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WE'RE GONNA CALL THE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12TH, 2024.
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER.
WOULD STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER FAULKNER.
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE SPANISH ENGLISH INTERPRETER? THANK YOU.
WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
CASES THAT ARE ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA ARE CASES WHERE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES NOT REQUIRE FURTHER DETAILED DISCUSSION AND NO ONE THE AUDIENCE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
ALL CASES WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD IN ONE UNIFIED MOTION.
IF SOMEONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, IT'LL BE PLACED ON THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA.
UM, THE SECOND AGENDA IS THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA CASES THAT ARE PLACED ON THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA WILL BE DISCUSSED SEPARATELY PRIOR TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAKING A MOTION ON THE ITEM.
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NOW BEGIN THE CONSENT AGENDA.UM, BEFORE WE DO THE CONSENT, WE HAVE, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE FOR, UH, COMMISSIONER ORIAN AND COMMISSIONER LOPEZ TO, UH, LEAVE THE ROOM.
THEY ARE RECUSING FROM ITEMS COMMISSIONER LOPEZ FROM ITEM ONE AND FIVE, COMMISSIONER ORIAN FROM ITEM SIX.
AND WE DO HAVE A VOICEMAIL TO BE PLAYED BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
CASE NUMBER 2 3 1 1 8 0 0 4 4 7.
UH, I AGREE WITH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 14 YEARS AT, UH, SIX 11 WEST BUCHANAN.
AND, UH, I AGREE WITH HIM BUILDING HIS, UH, A HOME OF WHATEVER HE NEEDS ON HIS PROPERTY THAT HE PAID FOR.
AND, UH, AS LONG AS HE PLA UH, UH, THE IS DONE.
I'M MR. LOUISVILLE CASTILLO, SIX 11 WEST BUCHANAN BOULEVARD.
MY, UH, UH, UH, I MIGHT ALSO DROP THE LETTER AND, BUT I NEED AN ADDRESS.
BY IT'S MONDAY, THE JUNE THE 10, MR. LOUIS CASTILLO AT SIX 11 WEST LIEUTENANT BOULEVARD, AND LONG AS HE PAY FOR THE FLAT, AGREE WITH HIM BUILDING ON HIS PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW, ONE OR TWO HOUSES HIS BUILDING ONE ALREADY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEM NUMBER 15, WHICH IS STAYING ON CONSENT.
UM, FIRST WE HAVE ISMAIL HERRERA.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
HELLO, I'M WITH, UH, I'M RA I'M WITH A A RP TEXAS AND I AM HERE TO, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU FOLKS TO CONSIDER, UH, THE COMPLETE STREETS, UM, UPDATE, POLICY UPDATE, UH, AND TO CONSIDER 400,000 OLDER ADULTS IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, UH, OLDER ADULTS KNOW THAT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUCH AS WALKING, BIKING, CAN IMPROVE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, AL ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION MINE, UM, HELPS OLDER ADULTS WITH HEALTH AS WELL WITH AGING IN PLACE.
UM, I HOPE YOU CONSIDER OLDER ADULTS, UH, IN MIND WHEN CONSIDERING COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.
I'D LIKE TO STATE INTO THE RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER FAULKNER
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ENTERED THE ROOM AT 2 0 3.MY NAME'S JOEY LIK, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ACTIVATED A, UH, LEAD ORGANIZER, THE SAN ANTONIO COMPLETE STREETS COALITION.
THE SAN ANTONIO COMPLETE STREETS COALITION IS A DIVERSE GROUP OF LOCAL LEADERS, A NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION, SUCH AS AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, UH, A RP DISABILITY, SA BROOKS, WORK WEST CARE FOUNDATION, A I A SAN ANTONIO MOORE, ALL UNITED IN OUR SUPPORTS FOR AN UPDATE ITS COMPLETE STREETS POLICY TO IMPROVE STREET SAFETY AND PROMOTE ACTIVE LIVING FOR ALL SAN ANTONIOS.
COMPLETE STREETS IS NOT ABOUT ANY ONE PROJECT OR ELEMENT OF A PROJECT.
COMPLETE STREETS IS AN APPROACH TO PLANNING, DESIGNING, AND BUILDING STREETS THAT ENABLES SAFE ACCESS FOR ALL USERS, INCLUDING PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, MOTORISTS, AND TRANSIT RIDERS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
THIS APPROACH ALSO EMPHASIZES THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SYSTEM SYSTEMIC UNDER INVESTMENTS, OR THOSE WHOSE NEEDS HAVE NOT BEEN MET THROUGH A TRADITIONAL TRANSPORTATION APPROACH, SUCH AS OLDER ADULTS, PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES AND PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO VEHICLES.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF UPDATING OUR SAN ANTONIO COMPLETE STREETS POLICY IS IMMENSE.
OUR STREETS ARE NOT MERELY ROADS.
THEY'RE ARTERIES OF OUR COMMUNITY, ENHANCING SAFETY, SPURRING ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND PROMOTING HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES.
AND A CITY HAS VIBRANT AND DIVERSE AS SAN ANTONIO.
IT'S CRUCIAL TO OUR STREETS, CATERS TO EVERYONE'S, EVERY RESIDENCE'S NEEDS, REGARDLESS OF AGE, ABILITY, OR TRANSPORTATION MODE.
ACTIVATED SA AND SAN ANTONIO COMPLETE STREETS CO COALITION FIRMLY SUPPORT THIS UPDATED COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, WHICH MEETS NATIONAL STANDARDS.
UH, WE APPRECIATE THE PROFESSIONALISM, PROFESSIONALISM, AND DEDICATION TO THESE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN UNMATCHED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
WE APPLAUD THE EFFORTS THIS TEAM HAS UNDERTAKEN FROM POLICY DEVELOPMENTS TO EXTENSIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS.
THIS INITIATIVE IS MORE THAN JUST A POLICY UPDATE, IT'S A COMMITMENT TO A SAFER, MORE INCLUSIVE AND VIBRANT SAN ANTONIO.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO END BY EXPRESSING OUR APPRECIA APPRECIATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE FOR LEADERSHIP AND FORWARD THINKING APPROACH TO SMARTS AND SAFE, UH, TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES IN SAN ANTONIO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
THAT'S EVERYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO FOR THE RECORD, THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF EVERYTHING EXCEPT ITEMS 10, 11, 12, AND 14.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND 16 MINUTES AND 16 THE MINUTES? THAT IS CORRECT.
WELL, AT THIS TIME WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MILAM AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, STOP.
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OKAY.KELLY SANDERS, PLANNING COORDINATOR WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS LOCATED AT 1 5 8 9 5 STATE HIGHWAY 16 SOUTH AND IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION.
AMENDING THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FROM SUBURBAN TIER TWO GENERAL URBAN TIER 82.
NOTICES WERE SENT, ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, AND THERE WAS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM SUBURBAN TIER TO GENERAL URBAN TIER IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED GENERAL URBAN TIER AND IS INAPPROPRIATE AND INCONSISTENT WITH A BUDDING LAND USES SURROUNDING FUTURE LAND USE.
DESIGNATIONS CONSIST OF SUBURBAN TIER, NATURAL TIER AND AGRIBUSINESS REMSEY TIER WITH LARGE VACANT LOT IN BETWEEN INDU INDUSTRIAL USES.
THE RESIDENTIAL USES ARE TYPICALLY, UM, NOT COMMONLY LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO INDUSTRIAL USES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE EXISTING C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WAS PURPOSELY ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG POTI JORDAN HIGHWAY TO PROVIDE GOODS AND SERVICES TO THE EXISTING AND SURROUNDING USES AND ACT AS A BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE INDUSTRIAL USES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO READ IT THE RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER ORIAN AND COMMISSIONER LOPEZ REENTERED THE ROOM AT 2 0 9.
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GOOD AFTERNOON.MY NAME IS FERMIN RAJ, 1901 NORTHWEST MILITARY.
SO THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING HERE IS ABOUT 35 ACRES.
IT'S LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WATSON ROAD IN HIGHWAY 16 AND THE VICINITY.
WE HAVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ON DEVELOPED LAND, A CONVENIENCE STORE, AND THE IDEA IS TO GO FROM SUBURBAN TIRE TIER TO GENERAL URBAN TIER.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE NEXT, UH, WHAT WE HAVE AROUND THE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN ENCOURAGES DENSITY AND DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PROPERTY MEETS HOUSING GOALS ON OF THE SECTOR ON THE SOUTH SIDE BURKE COUNTY.
IT WILL ADD UP 1.1 MILLION NEW RESIDENTS AND 500 NEW DWELLINGS IN 2040.
THE INCREASING THE AVERAGE OF DENSITY WILL HELP TO REDUCE THE DEMAND FOR LAND AND WILL REDUCE THE TRAVEL DEMAND BY REDUCING VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.
THE POLICY AND GENERAL URBAN TIER REQUEST IS, IT'S, THE SITE IS VERY CLOSE TO THE TEXAS A AND M REGIONAL CENTER.
UH, A FEW NOTES REGARDING WITHIN THE TEXAS A AND M REGIONAL CENTER IS THAT THERE WILL BE 1700 TO 6,500 NEW HOUSEHOLDS FROM 2010 TO 2040, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE WHERE TO LIVE IN THIS AREA, 58% OF THE PEOPLE COMMUTE FROM 10 TO UH, 24 MILES.
THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INSIDE THE TWO MILE RADIUS THAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS LATER ON ABOUT THE OVERLAY, UH, OF THE TEXAS A AND M PLAN.
AND, AND THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR OUR PROPERTY.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE BLUE AND THE GRAY, YOU HAVE THE TOYOTA PLANT AND THE TEXAS A AND M PLANT ON BLUE ALL AROUND IN RED IS A TWO MILE RADIUS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, IN THE BLUE AREA YOU HAVE 198 LANDOWNERS, AND IN THE RED AREA YOU HAVE 4,000 LANDOWNERS.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
UH, IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE, WE'RE DOWNSIZING, WE'RE GOING FROM C TWO TO MF 33.
THIS IS PART OF A MASTER PLAN THAT WAS, I WOULD SAY, DREAM BY MY FAMILY OVER 20 YEARS AGO.
AND IT'S COMING, UH, WE'LL REDUCE THE OVERALL TRIP BY 43%.
WE DID A, A, UH, A STUDY AND THIS IS A BUFFER THAT IT GOES FROM THE TOYOTA PLANT.
YOU HAVE THE BRIM, THEN YOU HAVE APPLEWHITE, THEN YOU HAVE A LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY, THEN YOU HAVE HIGHWAY 16 AND ALL THE FRONTAGE.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DEVELOP THE BULK PART THAT IS FACING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES APPROVED ALREADY.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE RED EXACTLY WHERE THE PROPERTY IS.
AND ALL THE FRONTAGE ON HIGHWAY 16 WILL CONTINUE TO BE C TWO.
THE WHOLE PARCEL IS 99 ACRES AND WE'RE JUST CHANGING 34 ACRES OUT OF THE 99 ACRES.
SO, UH, THEY ARE INDUSTRIAL ZONING, BUT WE, AS I SAY, WE HAVE THE BUFFERS THAT PROTECT THESE FIVE BUFFERS THAT WILL PROTECT THOSE APARTMENTS AROUND THIS LARGE UNDEVELOPED SINGLE FAMILY IS IN THE BACK.
IT'S, IT'S ALREADY, UH, PREVENTED TO BE ABOUT 1500 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THE BACK.
AND WE ARE 1.8 MILES FROM THE PERIMETER OF TOYOTA.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS HOW YOU MEASURE IT.
SOMETIMES THEY HAVE MEASURED IT FROM THE CENTER OF TOYOTA AND SOMETIMES FROM THE PERIMETER OF TOYOTA, AND THAT GOES TO THE STARBUCKS AGREEMENT, WHICH IT IS BEING USED DISCRETIONARY.
AND THIS, THIS TIME IF THE O UH, OVER OVERLAY GOES IN, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE DO, WE'RE GONNA BE PART OF THAT OVERLAY.
AND, AND THAT'S A WORRY FOR, FOR MY PROJECT AND MY FAMILY.
SO WE REQUEST TO AMEND THE LAND USE FOR SUBURBAN TIER TO GENERAL OR TIER AND WE MEET THE GOALS FOR THE SAN ANTONIO GUIDING.
AND WE WOULD LIKE, UH, TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS FOR ZONING ON THE 18TH AND CITY COUNCIL IN THE 1ST OF AUGUST.
AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
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UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.MR. JOHN WHITSETT NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER HERE? YEAH, SO I'LL, I'LL MAX IT.
BEFORE I GET STARTED, UM, ACTUALLY YOU CAN KEEP GOING.
UM, I'M GONNA READ THAT SO KEEP GOING A LITTLE MORE.
IF YOU JUST KIND OF FLIP THROUGH 'EM, YOU CAN SEE THE RED DOTS.
AND I'M ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, MAKE A REQUEST IS SAVE Y'ALL HAVING ME HAVING TO COME BACK UP HERE AGAIN IS, LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ON 10 AND 12.
AT THIS POINT YOU'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS THE CAN I'M SORRY, CAN I SPEAK ON 10 AND 12 AT THE SAME TIME? THAT WOULD BE FINE.
THAT WAY I GET FOUR MINUTES AND I'LL BE DONE QUICKER THAN THAT PROBABLY.
BUT IF YOU CAN JUST GO THROUGH THE MAPS.
UH, THE CURRENT ONE WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, THE, MR DO YOU MIND SEEING YOUR, I APOLOGIZE.
UH, I LIVE AT 2 0 3 HASKIN DRIVE AND I'M A, UH, INDIVIDUAL HERE, BUT I'M ALSO JUST AS FAR AS EXPOSURE, I'M A, UH, ZONING COMMISSION FOR DISTRICT 10, BUT I'M HERE ON MY OWN BEHALF.
UM, THE, UH, PIECE UP TO THE NORTH ON ZZA MORA IS THE 10 AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE ONE THAT WAS JUST ADDRESSED DOWN THERE.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT MAP, UH, AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME THING.
THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF THAT TEXAS A AND M STUDY AREA, KIND OF THE NEXT MAP.
AND THEN THERE'S THE THREE MILE OVERLAY, THE TWO MILE, THE ONE MILE, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY SIT WITHIN THAT.
UH, SO LEMME GO AHEAD AND JUST READ THROUGH THIS AND, UH, I'LL GET OUT OF YOUR HAIR.
UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.
UH, IN ADDITION, I'M ASKING YOU TO REJECT THE CITY'S DENIALS FOR BOTH 10 AND 12 IN SUPPORT APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR THESE ITEMS. UM, MY COMMENTS HAVE APPLICABILITY SOMEWHAT TO ITEM 14, BUT, UM, FULL TRANSPARENCY.
I WAS TRUSTEE OF THE HOUSING TRUST FOR FOUR YEARS AND WAS THERE WHEN ITS CURRENT DIRECTOR PETE SALI WAS HIRED.
AND AS I MENTIONED, I'M ALSO A, UH, DISTRICT 10 ZONING COMMISSIONER FROM MY EXPERIENCE IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS OF MORE THAN 40 YEARS.
UM, BOTH OF THESE SITES ARE THE PERFECT MULTIFAMILY TRACKS WITH EXCELLENT TOPOGRAPHY GROWTH CORRIDORS WELL LOCATED ON MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, GOOD ACCESS, HAVING ALL UTILITIES AND PROXIMITY TO MAJOR EMPLOYERS.
SO WHEN I HEARD THEY'D RECEIVED DENIALS AND READ THE REASONING, I REALIZED I'M TOO OLD OUTTA TOUCH AND I DON'T GRASP THE LOGIC THAT TWO PERFECT AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING SITES IN AN AREA OF TOWN WITH GREAT NEED WOULD BE DENIED.
IT'S VERY CONFUSING IN LIGHT OF MAYOR BERG'S LETTER IN DECEMBER BRAGGING ABOUT THE RECENT 150 UH, MILLION DOLLARS BOND TO BILL MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND YET IN A MAJOR REVERSAL OF THAT POLICY DENIAL OF THESE AMENDMENTS WILL RESULT IN THE CANCELING OF MORE THAN A THOUSAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ARE NOT NEEDED.
UH, JUNE ARTICLE AND THE NATIONAL OBSERVER MENTIONED, UH, TOP, UH, ISSUE AMONGST YOUNG VOTERS IS AFFORDABILITY.
AND UH, THAT GOES ACROSS THE BOARD ALL THE WAY UP TO THOSE IN THE SEVENTIES.
UH, THERE IS A BAD GUY IN THIS SOUTH SAN ANTONIO AREA AND THAT'S PROJECT STARBRITE, WHICH THREE WEEKS AGO, DIRECTOR NINO ADMITTED EXISTS AFTER YEARS OF DENIALS.
THE BAD GUY IS A 20-YEAR-OLD UNRECORDED CONTRACT ZONING AGREEMENT.
THE CITY SIGNED A LURE TOYOTA TO TOWN CREATING AN IMAGINARY, LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE THREE MILE BUFFER ZONE AROUND THE TOYOTA PLANT.
THIS UNSPOKEN AND SUBTLY ENFORCED THREE MILE BUFFER RULE CLEARLY PROMISED TOYOTA THE CITY WOULD BAN ALL RESIDENTIAL UNITS USES, WHICH HAPPENS TO INCLUDE THE AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ON BOTH THESE LOCATIONS.
READING STARBRITE OPENED MY EYES AND I UNDERSTOOD MY EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE WERE WORTHLESS AND THESE SITES WERE GIVEN DENIALS NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE TERRIBLE OR INAPPROPRIATE LOCATIONS, BUT THE CITY BOUND ITSELF TO TOYOTA WHEN IT SIGNED THAT AGREEMENT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, IT CLEARLY BANS ALL RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN THREE MILES OF TOYOTA'S PERIMETER, BOTH EAST, WEST, NORTH, AND SOUTH.
UH, WHILE THE CITY MANAGER MAY QUIETLY IMPLORE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO OBEY STARBRIGHT, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO IGNORE STARBRIGHT BECAUSE IT HAS NO LEGAL STANDING AS A ZONING OR LAND USE PROVISION.
SO PLEASE DON'T LET THE CITY ATTORNEYS LURE AND BULLY YOU, BULLY YOU INTO JOINING THEM AS THE BAD GUYS BY APPROVING THE CITY'S DENIALS OVER A THOUSAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND PREVENTING BADLY NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM BEING DEVELOPED ON THE SOUTH SIDE, YOUR EMPLOYERS AND SCHOOLS.
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OKAY, THAT IS EVERYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 10.SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
WE WILL START ON THE LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER LOPEZ.
I JUST HAVE ONE, ONE QUESTION ALONG THE ROAD AND WHY IS THAT PART EXCLUDED? UH, IT SEEMS LIKE IF YOU'RE GONNA GO TO A TO SOMETHING MORE INTENSE, SHOULDN'T THE ACTUAL FRONTAGE ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THAT MORE INTENSITY? THAT QUESTION IS FOR THE APPLICANT.
THE WHOLE PROPERTY TODAY IS C TWO AND WE'RE LEAVING ALL THE FRONTAGE TO CONTINUE BEING C TWO.
IT'S TOO WIDE, IT'S A THOUSAND FEET AND IT'S 99 ACRES THE WAY IT'S SAID NOW.
NOT EVEN IN STONE OAK, YOU HAVE 99 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE AND GET THE BEST USE OF THE PROPERTY.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA, NO COMMENT.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
I SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MILAM FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FAULKNER.
STAFF, PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL.
HELLO, MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BENAVIDES, PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN FROM SUBURBAN TIER TO REGIONAL CENTER, LOCATED AT 1 8 2 0 6 BLANCO ROAD.
THERE WERE 12 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET, AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE SENTARA PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
THE APPLICANT SEEKS A PLAN AMENDMENT TO REGIONAL CENTER TO REZONE TWO C3 S GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR AN ANIMAL CLINIC WITH THE EDWARDS WITHIN THE EDWARDS RECHARGE ZONE.
THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM SUBURBAN TIER TO REGIONAL CENTER IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO C3 S GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR AN ANIMAL CLINIC WITHIN THE EDWARDS RECHARGE ZONE.
THOUGH THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED WITHIN AN ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, C3 EXCEEDS THE INTENSITY PERMITTED WITHIN THE SUPERB TIER FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IDENTIFIED IN THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN.
THE REGIONAL CENTER LAND USE DE DESIGNATION IS TYPICALLY MEANT FOR LARGER PARCELS, 20 ACRES OR MORE.
TO SUPPORT BIG BOX COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M FROM LITTLE DIVERSIFIED ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSULTING AND I'M REPRESENTING PET FOLK AS WELL.
UH, YOU DRIVE IT WITH THE AIR CASE.
UM, SO HERE YOU CAN SEE OUR SITE PLAN.
WE ARE THE MIDDLE TENANT OF THE SPACE AND HERE IS A CURRENT ZONING MAP AS WELL.
SO WE, THE LANDLORD'S PREFERENCE IS TO STAY WITHIN THE C3 S, UM, JUST FOR, TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT WITHIN THE REST OF THE BUILDING AND THE OTHER TENANTS.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE'RE CURRENTLY PROPOSING THE C3 S AND THE OTHER TWO TENANTS ARE ALSO C3 AND PET FOCUS ITSELF IS, UH, VETERINARY CLINIC.
THERE IS ONLY 30 MINUTE INCREMENTS, UM, WITH APPOINTMENTS WITH SMALL DOMESTIC NORMAL ANIMALS THAT YOU WOULD FIND.
UM, AND IT'S VERY FOCUSED ON THE WELLBEING OF OWNERS AND AS WELL AS THE PETS.
IT'S A FEAR FREE FACILITY, SO IT HAS THAT CERTIFICATION.
UM, AND IT'S VERY FOCUSED ON THE SOUND, UM, ATTENUATION AND THE SMELL FOR THE WELLBEING OF THE PETS.
SO HERE'S A TYPICAL SPACE THAT YOU WOULD FIND WITHIN WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
YOU HAVE A LOBBY AND EXAM ROOMS, TREATMENT AND PHARMACY, DENTAL SURGERY, AND X-RAY,
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AND THEN A MORE EMPLOYEE FOCUSED AREA.IT'S VERY OPEN, A LOT OF NATURAL LIGHT.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, SO REALLY YOUR ANIMALS WOULD ONLY BE FOUND IN THE EXAM ROOMS AND THEN TAKEN BACK FOR ANY OTHER KIND OF TREATMENT.
UM, THERE'S NO BOARDING, THERE'S NO OVERNIGHT STAY, THERE'S NOTHING, NOTHING MAJOR THAT HAPPENS HERE.
IF THERE IS A MAJOR OCCURRENCE WITH THE ANIMALS, THEY DO RECOMMEND OTHER VETERINARY CLINICS.
UM, SO OUR HOURS OF OPERATION AND OUR SERVICES, SO AGAIN, 30 MINUTE APPOINTMENT ONLY.
IT'S NOT TYPICAL FOR CUSTOMERS TO BE THERE MORE THAN 30 MINUTES AND NOT TYPICAL FOR MORE THAN SEVEN TOTAL STAFF MEMBERS, TWO DOCTORS AND FIVE SUPPORT STAFF ON THE PREMISES AT ONCE.
SO THERE'S NO PARKING FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND FOR ANY SOUND CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE ANIMALS, UM, WE DO HAVE KENNELS LOCATED IN THE TREATMENT AREA.
UM, AND IT DOES HAVE PADDING AROUND, UM, TO KEEP THE ANIMALS SAFE AND CALM WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENT IN CASE THERE IS ANY OTHER TENANT OR OUTSIDE NOISE.
UM, AND IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE NOISE OF THE ANIMALS, WE DO HAVE A BACK OF HOUSE SPACE WITH MORE KENNELS THAT WE LOCATE THEM AND THEY DON'T STAY IN THE KENNELS FOR VERY LONG.
IT'S JUST IF THEY ARE IN BETWEEN TREATMENTS.
AND THEN OVERALL OUR EXAM ROOMS ARE TREATED WITH QUIET ROCK DRIPS IN BOARD AND ALSO IF BY REQUEST INSULATION, THAT REALLY HELPS THE SOUND ATTENUATION TO KEEP THE PETS VERY CALM AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UH, WE HAVE NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SO WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS START ON THE RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER ZUKI.
UH, SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU DO A PURSUE A CHANGE OF ZONING IN THE OVER THE AQUIFER, YOU USUALLY HAVE TO GET A SAS REPORT.
DO YOU NEED A SA REPORT FOR A LAND USE PLAN RE CHANGE REQUEST? WELL, UM, THE SAS REPORT WAS DONE FOR THE CHANGE OF ZONING, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARY FOR THIS PLAN AMENDMENT.
AND THEN FOR THE APPLICANT, UM, I, I RECALL THAT THEY ADDED THE ALLOWANCE TO FOR BOARDING ON VETERINARY CLINICS SOME YEARS BACK YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU WEREN'T GONNA BE BOARDING, BUT I NOTICED ON THE AREA THAT YOU, THAT THIS AREA UH, DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY EXTERIOR AREAS FOR DOGS TO USE A RESTROOM OR BE OUTSIDE.
IS THAT, HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THE CONDUCTION OF YOUR BUSINESS? SO WE DON'T NEED ANY FENCED IN AREAS.
IF THE DOGS DO GO OUTSIDE, THEY'RE ON THE LEASH WITH THEIR OWNERS AND WE DO PROVIDE, UM, LIKE ONE OF THOSE TYPICAL WASTE BINS AND DISPOSALS AS WELL AS OUR EMPLOYEES.
THEY'LL LIKE SWEEP THE AREA A LOT OF THE TIMES, BUT THEY USUALLY JUST ATTEND THE OUTDOOR AREA.
AND DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS TO SEE WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT YOUR LAND USE PLAN CHANGE? I THINK THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.
THEY'RE, YEAH, THERE'S ONLY ONE TENANT.
THE OTHER TENANT IS UNOCCUPIED.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE COMMISSION? A MOTION.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT, UH, AMENDMENT.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST BY COMMISSIONER ZUKI AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MILAM STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
UH, ROLLING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12.
BRONTE FREYER PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE HERITAGE SOUTH HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN FROM GENERAL URBAN TIER TO MIXED USE CENTER LOCATED GENERALLY IN THE 10,000 BLOCK OF SOUTH SARZA MORRIS STREET, THERE WERE 17 NOTICES MAILS THREE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
THE APPLICANT SEEKS A PLAN AMENDMENT TO MIXED USE CENTER TO REZONE THE
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TO REZONE TO MF 40 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT.THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT FROM GENERAL URBAN TIER TO MIXED USE CENTER IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO MF 40 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED MIXED USE CENTER IS INAPPROPRIATE AND INCONSISTENT WITH THE BEAUTY AND LAND USES.
THE EXISTING GENERAL URBAN TIER PERMITS MULTIFAMILY AT LOWER DENSITIES WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY DISTRICTS WITHIN THE BLOCK.
THERE IS MIXED USE CENTER TO THE SOUTHEAST BUT IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO CAMPUS TO POTENTIALLY PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THE APPLICANT LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM.
HI, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
ASHLEY FAIRMONT KILLING GRIFFIN IN FAIRMONT 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE.
I ALSO WANNA INTRODUCE SEA CIMA
SO TODAY I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING TRUST.
CIMA WILL SAY A FEW THINGS AFTER I DO, BUT I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE LAND USE, UM, BRIEFLY AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL.
UM, SO AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS IS THE PROPERTY.
IT'S ABOUT 20 ACRES OR SO ON ZAMORA, ZAR ZAMORA, SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION WITH FOUR 10.
SO THE IDEA HERE, AND AT ONE POINT THIS WAS PER PART OF THE VERANO MASTER PLAN.
UM, SO THE HOUSING TRUST NOW OWNS THIS PIECE AND THE IDEA IS TO BUILD A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, CATERING TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF TENANTS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMUNITIES TO LIVE WITHIN THIS 20 ACRES AND REALLY BUILD ITS OWN COMMUNITY KIND OF BUILDING OFF OF VERANO.
UM, UH, ONE OTHER THING I DO WANNA POINT OUT.
UM, ZARZA MARA IS AN ENHANCED SECONDARY ARTERIAL.
IT'S 120 FEET RIGHT OF WAY UP TO 140 IS WHAT'S RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY.
AND I DO THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE MIXED USE CLASSIFICATION DOES CALL FOR HIGHER DENSITIES ON LARGER ROADS.
UM, AND SO THAT'S ARTERIALS ARE ONE OF THOSE MENTIONED.
UM, IN THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN, I KNOW YOU ALL AREN'T CONSIDERING ZONING, BUT THE REASON WE'RE HERE FOR THE LAND USE CHANGE IS BECAUSE OF THE ZONING.
SO IT CURRENTLY HAS A FORM-BASED ZONING DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE, UM, FOR SOME TIME.
AND ALMOST EVERYONE WHO'S EVER HAD FORM-BASED ZONING HAS ZONED OUT OF IT.
UM, THAT'S WHY YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN THIS AREA IS BECAUSE THE FORM BASE IS VERY CHALLENGING TO DEAL WITH.
THAT'S WHY ALL OF VERANO HAS CHANGED TO A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT.
UH, AND THERE'S ONLY A FEW PARCELS LEFT OF THAT FORM BASED AND WE ARE ASKING FOR THE MF 40 ZONING CLASSIFICATION, BUT THE OVERALL DENSITY OF THE 20 ACRES WILL BE JUST OVER 30 ACRES, 30 UNITS PER ACRE.
UH, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED WITHIN THIS 20 ACRES.
AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO THOUGH IS HAVE A DENSITY THAT ALLOWS FOR THE DIFFERENT PLATTED LOTS AND SEMA WILL GO INTO THAT IN HER PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.
BUT WHEN THIS WILL BE PLATTED, ULTIMATELY PROBABLY INTO THREE LOTS.
SO IF WE HAVE A LOT THAT'S A HIGHER DENSITY AND LOTS, THAT'S A LOWER DENSITY WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE FOR BOTH OF THOSE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT WITH THE THE HOUSING TYPES.
UH, THE CURRENT CURRENT PLAN, HERE'S THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN.
WE ARE GENERAL URBAN TIER THAT ALLOWS FOR UP TO 33 UNITS AN ACRE.
SO WE'RE ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE ALLOWANCE FOR THE 47 ADDITIONAL UNITS PER ACRE.
UH, THERE WAS MENTION ABOUT NEARBY LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, THERE IS A MIXED USE CENTER THAT IS JUST ACROSS ZAMORA.
THERE'S ALSO A REGIONAL CENTER WHICH CAME TO THIS PLANNING COMMISSION MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO, MAYBE LESS, UH, FOR THE HOSPITAL THAT IS ALSO FURTHER AWAY FROM FOUR 10.
UM, JUST BRIEFLY ON THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN IS A VERY LARGE PLAN.
IT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2010, UM, SO FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED QUITE A BIT IN THE AREA AND AS IT'S GROWN, UM, WE DO THINK THAT THERE IS NEED, AND YOU'VE HEARD IT ALREADY TODAY, NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND ADDITIONAL HOUSING TYPES.
UH, AND THE SECOND THING ON THE SECTOR PLAN CRITERIA FOR REVIEW, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT THE AMENDMENT MUST CONSTITUTE AN OVERALL IMPROVEMENT TO THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN AND WON'T BENEFIT A PARTICULAR LANDOWNER.
UM, SO I THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD AGREE THAT WHAT THE HOUSING TRUST IS DOING AND CREATING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL IS A BENEFIT TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THEM AS THE OWNERS.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN THERE, THIS IS A, A ZOOMED IN VIEW OF ACROSS Z ZAMORA.
THERE'S A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY GOING IN.
THERE'S TRADITIONAL MULTI-FAMILY GOING IN ACROSS THE STREET.
AND THEN WE'RE ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY HERE.
UH, AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE NOT APPROVED THE A AND M REGIONAL CENTER PLAN YET, AND WE'LL CONSIDER IT LATER TODAY.
UM, BUT AS MR. WHITSETT POINTED OUT, WE ARE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT PLAN.
AND I THINK WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS PRETTY IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL ON THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ONE OF THE GOALS OF THAT PLAN, WHICH I KNOW A LOT OF TIME HAS BEEN PUT INTO, BUT IT SAYS THE PROJECTED GROWTH OF THE TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY, UH, SAN ANTONIO IS A MAJOR OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND IS LIKELY TO
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INCREASE DEMAND FOR A RANGE OF HOUSING PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS AT ALL INCOME LEVELS.AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO A BIG PORTION OF THAT PLAN, IF YOU'VE READ THROUGH IT, IS ABOUT THE INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE HOUSING TYPES.
SO IF, IF THERE IS A BUFFER, A ZONING BUFFER APPROVED, UM, ULTIMATELY THAT DOES PROHIBIT HOUSING SOUTH OF HERE.
UM, AND AS YOU'VE HEARD ALSO TODAY, THERE'S GREAT DEMAND.
SO, UM, WITH THAT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPROVE THE PLAN AMENDMENT AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CIMA TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THE PROJECT.
I'M CIMA KRAM FROM THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST.
UM, AND JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW, THE HOUSING TRUST, UM, IS AN ORGANIZATION CHARTERED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND WE WORK CLOSELY, UM, ON IMPLEMENTING THE SHIP.
UM, WE'RE A KEY PARTNER AND YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT, UH, OUR, OUR MISSION, OUR ORGANIZATION, WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING, UM, AFFORDABILITY AND DEEP AFFORDABILITY, UM, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UM, FOR RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO.
UM, SO THE PROJECT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, ON THIS PROPERTY, UM, THESE ARE KIND OF OUR, OUR OVERARCHING GOALS.
WE REALLY ARE EXCITED TO, UM, BRING, UM, TO SAN ANTONIO A COMMUNITY, UM, THAT IS WALKABLE, THAT IS PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE.
SO IT'LL, IT'LL, UM, BE MAINTAINED IN OUR OWNERSHIP, UM, IN PERPETUITY.
AND WE ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO, UM, CREATING A HOUSING TYPOLOGY THAT'S DISABILITY FORWARD.
UM, WE JUST PASSED, UM, A UNIVERSAL DESIGN STANDARD, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE APPLIED TO ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WORK ON, UM, AND THAT ARE PARTNER WITH.
UM, SO REALLY THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, UM, AND WE WANNA SHOWCASE THE ABILITY TO CREATE THIS TYPE OF HOUSING IN A PROJECT THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING ON OUR OWN.
UM, WE ALSO ARE COMMITTED TO MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING, PROVIDING HOUSING FOR SENIORS AND FAMILIES, HAVING DIFFERENT, UM, VARIED, UH, BUILDING TYPES AND, AND UNIT TYPES.
UM, WE ALSO REALLY WANNA CREATE A, A NEIGHBORHOOD AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, UM, AND ARE LOOKING TO CREATE DIFFERENT BUILDING TYPOLOGIES, UM, TO CREATE THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A, A COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY.
WE'RE PLANNING ON PURSUING THE GREEN COMMUNITIES, UM, STANDARD, UM, THAT WILL LOOK AT SUSTAINABILITY FROM SITE DESIGN ALL THE WAY THROUGH BUILDING DESIGN.
UM, SO HERE IS A VERY PRELIMINARY CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THE SITE.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THE SITE IS BROKEN UP INTO, UM, SO IT'S OVERALL ALMOST 20 ACRES, BUT BROKEN UP INTO KIND OF THREE, UM, DIFFERENT, UM, BUILDING TYPOLOGIES.
THE, UM, THE BUILDING ON THE FAR LEFT OF THE SCREEN WOULD BE FOCUSED ON FOR SENIORS WE 200 UNITS OF, UM, UH, OF HOUSING FOR SENIORS.
THE BUILDING ON THE FAR RIGHT TO THE OF THE SCREEN, UM, WOULD BE A KIND OF LARGER, UM, FOUR STORY, UM, BUILDING WITH STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE, UM, WITH, WITH SMALLER UNITS FOR SMALLER FAMILIES.
AND THEN REALLY THE KIND OF THE WHAT WE ARE THINK IS A VERY INNOVATIVE APPROACH.
UM, THE SORT OF CENTER PORTION OF THE SITE, UM, WOULD REALLY BE FOCUSED ON CREATING PARKS AND GREEN SPACE.
UM, A PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR REALLY CREATE A CENTER OF AMENITIES THAT PEOPLE CAN, UM, GET OUT OF THEIR APARTMENTS, UM, MEET ONE ANOTHER IN THE STREET, MEET ONE ANOTHER IN THEIR PARKS.
UM, AND THE SITE CIRCULATION IS REALLY ORGANIZED AROUND GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, PUTTING THEM AWAY AT THE, THE PERIPHERY OF THE SITE AND BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE ONE ANOTHER, UM, IN PERSON ON THE STREET.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE, UM, HERE'S KIND OF A QUICK, UM, 3D RENDERING.
YOU'LL, UM, THE BUILDINGS KIND OF A OR RANGE BETWEEN THE FOUR STORY, UM, LARGER BUILDINGS AT THE, UM, THE ENDS AND THEN KIND OF A RANGE OF TWO AND THREE STORIES IN THE MIDDLE.
SO RANGING BETWEEN FOUR PLEXES AND, AND, UM, THE KIND OF LARGER BUILDINGS IN THE MIDDLE, UM, GO UP TO ABOUT 25 UNITS.
UM, SO USING THAT BUILDING TYPOLOGIES TO CREATE THAT SENSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS WAS KIND OF OUR INITIAL ANALYSIS OF OUR CURRENT SITE PLAN AND YOU'LL SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TWO END BUILDINGS HAD THAT LARGER OR, UH, INCREASED DENSITY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO GO, UM, HAD TO GO TO THAT MF 40.
SO IF WE PLOT THESE THREE AS SEPARATE PARCELS, UM, THOSE, UM, END CAP PIECES COULD, UM, POTENTIALLY, UM, GET TO THAT MF 40.
WE'D, WE'D OBVIOUSLY NEED TO, UM, DECREASE THE DENSITY FROM OUR CURRENT PLAN AS WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE THIS, UM, DESIGN.
BUT THEN THAT CENTER PARCEL, UM, IT HAS A SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DENSITY THAT CREATE THAT OPEN SPACE.
SO OVERALL, UM, THE, FOR THE 19.68 ACRES, THE DENSITY IS ABOUT 30.5.
WE JUST NEEDED TO GO UP TO THAT MF 40 SO THAT WE COULD PLOT THE LOT SEPARATELY.
UM, AND THOSE, UM, PARCELS COULD STAND ALONE.
UM, SO YEAH, SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING, UM, THIS PROJECT TO SAN ANTONIO AND, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SUPPORT, UM, OUR, OUR PLANNING CHANGE.
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AWESOME.UH, NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER.
QUESTIONS START ON THE LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER LOPEZ.
NO QUESTION AT THIS TIME, UH, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
IS THERE ANY OTHER OPTIONS FOR THEM TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, UH, WITHOUT, WITHOUT GOING THIS ROUTE? UH, SADLY THIS IS THE ONLY, UM, LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FOR THAT DENSITY, THE MF 40.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTIONED, UH, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITY SINCE YOU HAVE SENIORS? UH, YEAH.
UM, SO THERE CURRENTLY IS A BUS THAT RUNS DOWN SARS MORA, UM, AND IT IS PART OF A KIND OF LARGER REGIONAL PLAN FOR VIA, UM, OF THAT, THAT SARS MORE CORRIDOR.
UM, SO I IMAGINE THAT AS THIS, UM, AREA BUILDS OUT, THERE'LL BE, UH, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THAT CONNECTS TO THE HIGHWAY TO TEXAS A AND M UM, AND BEYOND.
SO THERE'S CURRENTLY A BUS SERVICE THOUGH.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I THINK THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE VARIETIES OF THE HOUSING UNITS THAT'S PROVIDED FROM THESE PLANTS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITIES.
NO QUESTIONS FOR ME, SO WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
YOU CAN DO, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST AND I'LL SECOND WE HAVE
AND A SECOND THE STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 14.
YEAH, UH, YOU CAN DRIVE IT WITH THE AIR.
ALRIGHT, WELL GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN PECK, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, MY NAME IS RUDY NINO AND I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE CITY'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UH, RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU'RE RECEIVING, UM, A PACKET, UH, WHICH IS, UM, SOME LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT THE TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO OR REGIONAL CENTER PLAN HAS RECEIVED.
UH, FROM PALO ALTO COLLEGE, THE NRP GROUP, SOUTH STAR COMMUNITIES, THE SOUTH TEXAS BUSINESS ALLIANCE, UH, TEXAS A M, UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO, AND VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT.
UH, SO PACKETS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR YOU, UM, SO THAT YOU HAVE THEM AVAILABLE TO YOU.
UH, TODAY I AM, UH, CONTINUING ON THE, UH, UPDATE AND BRIEFING OF THE TEXAS A AND M AREA REGIONAL, UM, TEXAS A AND M, SAN ANTONIO AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, UH, FOR FORMER CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMISSION.
SO, UH, FOR A MATTER OF BACKGROUND, UM, THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO.
IT'S CONSIDERED A REGIONAL CENTER VIA THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, THE AREA IS, IS AN EMERGING REGIONAL CENTER THAT IS PROJECTED TO HAVE 15,000 OR MORE JOBS BY THE YEAR 2040.
UH, ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, YOU SEE SOME OF THE KEY LANDMARKS THAT ARE WITHIN THE REGIONAL CENTER AREA.
YOU SEE UNIVERSITY HEALTH, WHICH WILL HAVE A NEW HOSPITAL, UH, IN THAT AREA NEAR THE, THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU HAVE THE ACTUAL TEXAS A M UNIVERSITY CAMPUS ON THAT, ON THAT SECTOR, UM, TO THE SOUTHERN AREA, YOU HAVE THE MEDINA RIVER, THE TRAILS, THE LAND HERITAGE INSTITUTE, AND JUST NORTH OF THAT IN THE CENTER OF THE REGIONAL CENTER IS THE TECH, UH, THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURING PLANT.
OF COURSE, THIS PLAN CANNOT MOVE FORWARD AND GET TO, TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS TODAY WITHOUT ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT HAS BEEN HAD BY MANY OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA.
FOLKS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT, UM, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, THAT'S BEEN DONE OVERALL.
THERE'S BEEN 17 PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS, FOUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
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UM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS MAILED NOTIFICATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, UH, THAT ARE AFFECTED AS WELL AS THROUGH THE US POSTAL SERVICE ROUTES FOR THE PLAN AREA IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE GET AS MUCH, UH, COVERAGE IN TERMS OF, OF, UH, OUTREACH AS POSSIBLE FOR THIS PLAN.YOU CAN SEE THE VISION FOR THIS PLAN, UH, ON THE SCREEN.
I WON'T READ THE ENTIRE PLAN, BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS UPDATE AND BRIEFING, UM, I WOULD DEFINITELY FOCUS ON THAT CENTRAL PIECE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT AS A MA THAT THIS IS A MAJOR EDUCATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL HUB FOR THE REGION, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING QUITE A BIT TODAY ABOUT THE IDEA OF INDUSTRIAL LAND USE AND COMPATIBILITY AND TRANSITIONAL LAND USE FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES TO LESS INTENSE, UH, USES, UH, ON THE SCREEN ARE THE GOALS OF THE, OF THE PLAN, UH, WHICH RANGE FROM INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS WITHIN THE AREA DOWN TO, UM, ENSURING THAT THE AREA DEVELOPS IN A WELL-ROUNDED, SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND INNOVATIVE, UH, COMMUNITY.
THE REGIONAL CENTER PLAN HAS A LOT IN IT.
IT ACTUALLY HAS A LOT OF REALLY GOOD WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THE EFFORT.
UM, OVERALL THERE'S 86 TOTAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES IN THIS PLAN.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS TOPICAL AREAS AND IN WITHIN WHICH THE 86 TOTAL AREAS ARE DIVIDED.
UM, BUT THE PLAN, THE PLANNING TEAM ALSO, UH, PROPOSED TO THE COMMUNITY THE PRIORITIZATION OF SOME AREAS THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
AND ON THE SCREEN YOU'LL SEE MANY OF THOSE AREAS DEALING WITH, UM, ALLOWING VERTICAL MIXED USE PROJECTS AND INCLUDING MULTIFAMILY AND COMMUNITY SCALED USES NORTH OF JAGUAR PARKWAY, WHICH IS WHERE THE VITA PROPERTY IS RIGHT NOW.
UH, THEY'RE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB OF TRYING TO PROVIDE, UH, VARIOUS HOUSING OPTIONS AND CHOICES FOR FOLKS, UH, IN THIS, IN THIS, UH, PLANNING AREA.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN, UH, DISCUSSION QUITE A BIT ABOUT GUIDING PRINCIPLES RELATED TO RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE FOR GROWTH IN THE AREA.
AND THE COMMISSION DID TALK ABOUT THE EMPHASIS SO MUCH ON USING, UH, UH, TOYOTA AS PART OF THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURING COMPANY AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION RELATED TO TRANSITIONS WITHIN THE AREA.
UM, ADDITIONALLY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH IS THROUGH A COMPLETELY SEPARATE PROCESS BUT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED HERE.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMISSION ABOUT THE, THE OVERALL EMPHASIS OF THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT POINT TO ADDRESS THAT.
UM, AND SO THE WORD ORIGINALLY AT THE TOP OF THIS SLIDE IS TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THAT, UH, WE HAD THE BENEFIT OF OF DISCUSSION ALREADY WITH THE CHAIR IN ORDER TO, UM, ADDRESS, UM, THE CONCERNS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS MADE.
AND SO IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES I'LL HIGHLIGHT WHAT SOME OF THOSE ARE.
UM, ON THIS SLIDE, THIS IS RELATED TO THE NARRATIVE OF THE LAND USE SECTION.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS, UH, QUITE A BIT OF CONCERN EXPRESSED ABOUT THE EMPHASIS ON THE TOTO MANUFACTURING PLANT AND REALLY THE COMMISSION WAS MOST FOCUSED ON, ON THE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE SEPARATION OF USES AND ABOUT TRANSITIONAL LAND USE.
AND SO WE PROVIDED, UH, IN THE BLUE UNDERLYING TEXT THAT'S ON THE SCREEN, UH, SOME SUGGESTED, UH, LANGUAGE THAT MAY HELP TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE, UH, QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE HAD ON THIS SLIDE.
UM, WE, UH, ARE RESPONDING BY SUGGESTING THE REMOVAL OF SOME OF THOSE GUIDING OR THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR GROWTH IN THE SOUTH SIDE THAT SPECIFICALLY REFERENCE, UM, THE ONE MILE, TWO MILE AREAS, UM, AND FOCUSING MORE IN THAT BLUE UNDERLINED AREA THAT THAT TALKS ABOUT, THAT THIS IS A HUB FOR INDUSTRY, UM, THAT WE NEED APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN, UM, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES AND LESS INDUSTRIAL, UH, AND LESS INTENSE USES, UH, TO SUPPORT, UM, THE ECONOMIC VITALITY WHILE ENSURING THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY IS STILL A PRIORITY.
ON THIS SLIDE, UM, WE REMOVED THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU FELT WAS CONFUSING RELATED TO, UM, THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MARMAN ROAD.
UM, AND WE FOCUSED A QUITE A BIT ON UPDATING LANGUAGE UNDER LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE NEED FOR ALLOWABLE AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS INNOVATION OR EMPLOYMENT FLEX.
UH, AS OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE AS WE UPDATE THIS PLAN TO ENSURE THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S DYNAMIC THAT WE ARE, UH, KEEPING UP WITH WHAT SOME OF THE NEEDS ARE NORTH OF MARMON ROAD FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE, UH, UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.
ON THIS SLIDE, UH, THE FOCUS, UH, IS MUCH MORE ON TRANSITIONAL LAND USE AND AVOIDING FUTURE CONFLICTS, WHICH IS CRITICAL, UH, WITHIN THIS PLAN AREA.
AND WITHIN, UM, THE AREAS TALKING ABOUT THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES REALLY FOCUSED ON PREDICTABILITY BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS A KEY
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ASPECT OF MANY OF THE COMMUNITY'S DISCUSSIONS IS THAT, UH, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ANYTHING THAT IS CREATED OUT THIS PLAN PROVIDES PREDICTABILITY FOR ANYBODY WHO'S GONNA BE DEVELOPING IN THE FUTURE.UH, AND SO THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF THE OUTREACH PROCESS AND SO WE MADE SURE TO PUT THAT IN HERE, UM, AS PART OF THIS, THIS LANGUAGE AS WELL.
AND THEN ON THIS SLIDE IS WHERE WE TRY TO STREAMLINE AND REMOVED RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT ABOUT, UH, THE TOTO MANUFACTURING PLANT AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND REALLY FOCUSING MORE ON, UH, THE TOOLS THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE AVAILABLE DOWN THE ROAD IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.
UM, THAT WE WOULD ENSURE THAT THE CITY'S, UH, ANNEXATION GROWTH MANAGEMENT POLICY IS REVIEWED IF SOMEBODY WERE TO WANNA DEVELOP ADJACENT TO THE TEXAS A M AREA, A REGIONAL CENTER PLAN AND A ENSURING THAT ORDERLY TRANSITIONS, UH, SURROUNDING INDUSTRIAL USES ARE, ARE PARAMOUNT AS WE CONSIDER FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE ARE HERE TODAY, IT'S JUNE 12TH FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, WE HAD THE INITIAL WORK SESSION EARLIER, UM, HERE FOR CONSIDERATION OF THIS PLAN SO THAT, UH, WE CAN THEN GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, NEXT THURSDAY FOR FORMAL, UH, CONSIDERATION AND WE HOPE ADOPTION OF THE TEXAS A M REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
SO WITH THAT, UH, MR. CHAIR, UM, MY PRESENTATION'S CONCLUDED AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOLLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH RUDY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO WE WILL GET GOING.
UM, FIRST IS JOHN WHITIT NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, NOW THERE'S ANOTHER GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. WI, I DON'T BELIEVE YOUR MICROPHONE IS ON.
A LITTLE LOUD NOW, JOHN WITT 2 0 3 HASKIN.
UH, AND UH, I DO WANT TO THANK THE, UM, STAFF FOR MAKING SOME CHANGES AND MAKING AN EFFORT TOWARD IT.
UH, I WANNA HOLD OFF FULL RESERVATION UNTIL I CAN ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND READ IT, BUT THEY DID MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT'S A GOOD START.
UM, SO REALLY MY INTEREST IS IN DEFENDING PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE TWENTY EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE INNOCENT PROPERTY OWNERS WHO PRIOR TO WITH THIS OVERLAY WERE GOING TO BE IMPACTED WITH NO SAY IN WHAT HAPPENED TO 'EM.
AND THEY WERE GOING TO BE RESTRICTED TO NO EXPANSION OF THEIR EXISTING PROPERTIES.
IT WAS GONNA, YOU COULDN'T BUILD A HOUSE, IT WAS NO RESIDENTIAL.
UM, SO I, I THINK THAT'S A, A GREAT START.
I REALLY HAVE FOUR UH, POINTS AND MAYBE IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO, I THINK KIND OF TOWARD THE BEGINNING.
THERE, UH, MY FOUR POINTS WERE TO ABANDON THE ICON ZONING OVERLAY, WHICH THAT'S BEEN APPARENTLY DONE HERE.
UH, POSTPONE ANY CONSIDERATION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, COMBINED FOR A GOOD COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE ZONING COMMISSION, WHICH IS GONNA BE HELD SOMETIME IN JULY TO REALLY EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, THE OTHER IS TO AMEND THE PLAN, WHICH SOME AMENDMENT HAS BEEN DONE TO REMOVE, UH, THE UNFAIR LANGUAGE AND THE BUFFER.
AND REALLY ULTIMATELY IF THE CITY REALLY THINKS IT'S NECESSARY TO PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT BUFFER AND RESTRICT DEVELOPMENT, THEY SHOULD BUY UP THE LAND OUT THERE THAT IS IMPACTED, THAT THEY BELIEVE IS PROTECTING THE INDUSTRIAL OR TOYOTA, UM, AND OR PAY CONDEMNATION FEES AND LET PEOPLE KEEP THEIR PROPERTY.
YOU DON'T NEED TO LISTEN TO ME TALK ANYMORE, BUT THANK YOU.
I THINK I'M GONNA BUTCHER THIS NAME.
I'M GONNA USE DOROTHY ROGER'S TIME AND OKAY.
OKAY, SO YOU'RE, WHOSE TIME DOROTHY AND IS THERE ANOTHER ONE? DOROTHY'S THERE.
AND MR. PEREZ, YOU NEED TO SPEAK IN THE MICROPHONE.
CAN I GIVE YOU ONE BY ONE? WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE THIRD PERSON? I'M SORRY.
RON PER YOU'LL, IF YOU'LL HAND US ALL OF 'EM, WE'LL TAKE THE DOCS AND THEN IF YOU'LL JUST TELL US WHEN HE'S TALKING.
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OV 1901 MILITARY DRIVE.WAIT, DON'T START, DON'T START AGAIN.
YEAH, ONCE YOU START I GOTTA START THE CLOCK.
READY, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFOREHAND THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF SOME CHANGES.
I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT HOW TO DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER, NOT ONLY ONE SIDE.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS I'M GONNA SAY WERE BEFORE LOOKING AT THIS, BUT STILL A LOT OF CHANGES HAS TO BE MADE.
SO THE ISSUE TODAY IS THE STAFF IS ASKING THIS COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND THE REALIZATION OF THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENT THAT GOES BY THE NAME OF STARBRITE SIGNED 20 YEARS AGO BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND TOYOTA, THE NEW NAME TEXAS A AND M PLAN.
THE PROPOSED PLAN INCLUDES A TWO MILE OVERLAY AROUND TOYOTA PROPERTY.
THE PLAN IS EXTREMELY MISLEADING.
I HAVE TWO MAPS HERE TO SHOW YOU THE WAY THE THE TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO AREA PLAN IS.
AND YOU WILL SEE JUST THE AREA OF THE TEXAS A AND M PLANT TOGETHER WITH TOYOTA IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THEN ON THE NEXT ONE PLEASE, YOU'LL SEE BEAUTIFUL COLORS ON EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE.
AND THEN OF COURSE COMES PAGE 22 GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND 60, WHICH IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OVERLAY.
IF YOU CAN SEE OVER THERE, THE IMPLEMENTATION TAKES AWAY THE ABILITY FOR 4,000 LANDOWNERS TO DEVELOP.
THE BIGGEST QUESTION HERE IS I HAVE FOR STAFF IS WHY MAKE CIRCLES AROUND TOYOTA? IT'S THE NEXT MAP, PLEASE.
YEAH, I MEAN THEY STARTED WITH THE STARBOARD AGREEMENT DOING A CIRCLE THREE MILES, SOMEBODY CAME UP WITH A DEAL THREE AND THEN SOMEBODY CAME WITH A D TWO.
SO WHY MAKING CIRCLES? WHY NOT PERFORM A PROFESSIONAL STUDY AROUND TOYOTA AREA THAT WILL INCLUDE TRAFFIC, ENVIRONMENTAL MARKET DEMAND, AFFORDABILITY, SCHOOLS, ET CETERA.
ISN'T THAT WHAT ZONING AND PLANNING USUALLY GOES? MY UNDERSTANDING NOW IS THE CITY OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN PRESSURED, EVERYBODY TO VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE TOYOTA MIGHT BAIL OUT OF THIS NEW INVESTMENT.
LET ME TELL YOU, LIKE MOST LARGE CORPORATION, TOYOTA HAS A 20 YEAR PLAN AND IT'S ALREADY GETTING INCENTIVES FOR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM US TAXPAYER.
SO WHY NOT BUY BUY WITHOUT MONEY OR THE AFFECTED LANDOWNERS? WILL TOYOTA SHUT ITS DOORS, PICK UP AND LEAVE TOWN IF THE OVERLAY IS REMOVED FROM TEXAS A AND M? I DON'T THINK SO.
I BELIEVE THEY WILL INVEST IF THEY NEED TO INVEST AND GROW.
THERE ARE 200 BILLION COMPANY FOR THIS COMMISSION.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN TWO WEEKS.
I MEAN THERE'S NOT A NEW STUDY.
MAYBE THE CHANGES, BUT IT JUST IS NEW.
WHAT'S THE RUSH TO TAKE IT TO THE COUNCIL NEXT WEEK? I MEAN THE WAR IS ALSO THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE VOTE TODAY, IF WE APPROVE IT, WE'RE NOT APPROVE IT, WE'RE MOVING OR WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT TO COUNCIL.
SO WHY WASTE OUR TIME HERE? WHY ARE WE DOING ALL THIS? THEY'RE GOING ANYWHERE.
ANYTHING WE DO, THEY'RE GONNA GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
IS THAT WHY WE ARE HERE EVERY WEEK, EVERY TWO WEEKS, JUST MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS IF THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT? MY PLEA IS FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES, MUCH NEEDED IN THE AREA, LAND RIGHTS, 4,000 LANDOWNERS WILL NEGATIVELY BE AFFECTED HERE THE ONLY PEOPLE ALLOWED TO GIVE AN OPINION THIS PLAN WERE 190 LANDOWNERS THAT INCLUDE TEXAS A AND M PLAN.
BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE OVERLAY, IT'S ABOUT TWO 4,000 PEOPLE NEVER GOT CALLED FOR THIS, INCLUDING ME.
I RESPECTFULLY IMPLORED THIS COMMISSION AND ASKED STAFF TO AMEND THE, TO AMEND THE PLAN, TAKE OUT THE LANGUAGE ON THE OVERLAY DELAY AND POSTPONE THE RECOMMENDATION UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND ALL THE CHANGES.
EXPLAIN THIS ISSUE TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY.
REQUIRES STAFF TO BRING A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ABOUT THIS PROPOSED OVERLAY OR CHANGES.
WE PROBABLY MENTIONED WHAT WE NEED.
THE ZONING COMMISSION IS HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING JULY 16 TO DISCUSS THE OVERLAY AND MAYBE WHY NOT THE
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PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE ZONING COMMISSION TAKE TOGETHER THE 4,000 LANDOWNERS AFFECTED HERE.LET'S STOP HEARING FROM ONLY ONE LANDOWNER, WHICH IS TOYOTA HERE, 4,000 MORE.
PLEASE SEPARATE THE OVERLAY FOR THE TEXAS NAME PLAN TODAY.
COMMISSIONERS DON'T GET PRESSURE LIKE LAST MEETING BY VOTING TWICE.
DO THE RIGHT THING THAT AFFECTS 4,000 PLUS LANDOWNERS.
LET'S GIVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ALL, IT'S OUR MORAL AND LEGAL OBLIGATION BY BEING HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE JOSEPH CHARLES, JOSEPH CHARLES.
I RESIDE AT 31 31 WESTJET ROAD.
I'M ONE OF THE 4,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THAT AND I'M OPPOSED TO IT.
OKAY, THANK YOU GRETCHEN HOWELL, COULD YOU BRING UP THAT MAP? WHICH ONE? UM, JUST A MAP OF THAT WAS IN THE, UH, IN THE PLAN THAT HAS ALL THE COLORS ON IT.
YEAH, I'M GONNA TRY AND DO THIS LIKE MY TEENAGERS DO AND IT'S HARDER.
SO
I'M AT FOUR 13 SANTA CLARA PLACE.
I AM THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH STAR AND WE ARE OVERSEEING THE VITA DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS PART OF THIS PROPOSED REGIONAL PLAN.
AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF SUPPORT OF IT, UH, PARTICULARLY BASED ON SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'VE DISCUSSED WHERE WE TALK ABOUT SEPARATING THE OVERLAY FROM, UH, FROM THIS PLAN, WHICH REALLY IS ABOUT CREATING SMART GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA.
UH, WE'VE BEEN CREATING COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH SIDE FOR OVER A DECADE NOW.
UH, STARTING WITH MISSION DEL LAGO, UH, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, WHICH IS RIGHT ON ROOSEVELT JUST EAST OF THIS PLAN.
AND WE'VE WATCHED AS TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN A CATALYST FOR REALLY EXCITING GROWTH AND INSPIRATION IN THIS AREA.
WE WATCHED AS THE CITY ENCOURAGED JOB GROWTH IN THIS AREA, THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN THIS AREA.
WHAT WE DIDN'T SEE AFTER THAT WAS INVESTMENT.
WE DIDN'T SEE THE RETAIL, WE DIDN'T SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO LIVE IN A VARIETY OF HOMES THAT GIVE WORKERS AND RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA CHOICES.
AND WHAT WE LIKE ABOUT THIS PLAN IS THIS PLAN GUIDES GREEN SPACE.
IT GUIDES CONNECTIVITY, IT GUIDES INFRASTRUCTURE, IT SUPPORTS THE INVESTMENT THAT WE FEEL IS REALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS AREA TODAY AND LIVING IN THIS AREA AND THE FUTURE.
GRA COULD YOU LEAVE THAT MAP UP THAT PLEASE? THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS REBECCA VRAN, 31 28 SYDNEY BROOKS, 7 8 2 3 5.
AND I SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF SOUTH TEXAS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP, FORMERLY THE SOUTH SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND ON BEHALF OF SOUTH TEXAS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP SOT WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF THE TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
THE PROPOSED PLAN ALIGNS WITH OUR MISSION TO STIMULATE SUSTAINED ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS.
AND I'D LIKE TO ECHO THANKING YOU ALL FOR SEPARATING THESE TWO CONVERSATIONS OF THE PLAN AND THE OVERLAY.
THIS PLAN INCLUDES A AND M SAN ANTONIO AND IT'S 7,700 STUDENTS IN THE AND THE FASTEST GROWING UNIVERSITY IN THE A AND M SYSTEM.
AND IT INCLUDES THE NEW UNIVERSITY HEALTH HOSPITAL, WHICH WILL BE ONLY THE SECOND HOSPITAL IN SOUTH SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY.
SO TECHS AND MANY SURROUNDING STAKEHOLDERS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED AND ACTIVE IN THIS AREA IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE PLANNING PROCESS SINCE 2019.
AND THE PROPOSED REGIONAL CENTER WITH FOUR 10 TO THE NORTH AND NEIL ROAD TO THE SOUTH INCLUDES MORE, UH, HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES WHO WORK AT MANY OF THE BUSINESSES.
WE REPRESENT THE LEGACY AND NEW RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
IT IS IMPERATIVE TO SUPPORT THESE POPULATIONS WITH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE, DESIGN, CONNECTIVITY, SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR REGIONAL ASSETS.
TODAY THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND BROOKS ARE THE ONLY TWO CURRENT REGIONAL CENTER PLANS SOUTH OF US, HIGHWAY 90.
THE GROWTH AND SUPPORT OF THE SOUTH SIDE, THE SOUTH SIDE HAS EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OF THESE PLANS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE AND WE ANTICIPATE A AND M SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER TO BE NO DIFFERENT.
BUT WE MUST DO THIS THOUGHTFULLY.
THE PANDEMIC MAY HAVE HALTED THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND PLANNING PROCESS IN 2020 AND 21, BUT DID IT DID NOT SLOW DOWN THE MOTIVATION, VISION,
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AND RELENTLESS WORK OF ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS AREA.THANK YOU TO THE STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN DI DILIGENTLY WORKING ON THIS AND WE THANK YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
MS. RE, MARK BOCANEGRA, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS MARK BOCANEGRA AND I LIVE AT 10 11 SOUTH LOOP 1604, WEST LOT NUMBER 19.
UM, AND IT'S REGARDING THE OVERLAY.
I HAD PLANS TO BUILD A HOUSE THERE, BUT I CAN NO LONGER BUILD.
SO I'M JUST LIVING WITH MY PARENTS.
IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A HOUSE THERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A THAT RIGHT.
I'M EXCUSE, SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS MY NAME IS SANTOS HASSO.
I'M TALKING FROM MY DAUGHTER, ROSEANNE HASSEL.
SHE LIVES AT THE 15 2 2 9 SGA HARBOR WAY.
AND SHE'S IN THE, IN THE ZONE.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN I HELPED HER GET THIS HOUSE, SHE WAS REAL HAPPY, YOU KNOW? AND NOW SHE, SHE SHOWED ME THIS LETTER THAT SAYING THAT SHE PROBABLY HAS TO MOVE OUT.
AND I'M LIKE, WHAT? YOU GOTTA MOVE OUT? SHE GOES, YEAH, 'CAUSE I'M IN THAT ZONE.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE IN THAT MEETING WITH Y'ALL RIGHT HERE IN THIS MEETING.
BUT, UH, I'M AGAINST IT 'CAUSE MY DAUGHTER WAS REAL HAPPY WHEN SHE GOT THIS HOUSE.
AND I MEAN, IF THEY WANT US TO MOVE OUT, I THINK THEY SHOULD GIVE US A, A MONEY FOR US TO GIVE DOWN ON ANOTHER HOUSE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BECAUSE I HELPED HER WITH THEIR FINANCE TO GET THE HOUSE AND EVERYTHING.
AND NOW SHE'S REAL UPSET ABOUT, LIKE, SHE WAS REAL HAPPY.
SHE DID A LOT TO THE HOUSE AND NOW SHE'S GOTTA MOVE OUT.
UH, YOU MIGHT WANNA TALK TO SOMEBODY, SOME, UH, WITH STAFF.
AND THERE'S BEEN THERE, THERE'S NO REASON FOR ANYBODY TO MOVE OUT OF A HOUSE BECAUSE OF THIS.
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO DISCUSS WITH STAFF.
ANDO CHAVEZ AT 1 6 3 6 7 LAREDO ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
UM, SO I'M, UH, WAS GIVEN A TIME FROM BETTY HOYLE AND ROGER LUGO, WHO'S SITTING HERE.
WHAT WERE THE NAMES? UH, BETTY HOYLE AND ROGER LUGO.
I DON'T SEE EITHER ONE SIGNED UP HERE.
THEY'RE BOTH SITTING RIGHT HERE.
THEY'RE NOT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THOUGH, SO YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
THEY, THEY LET US SPEAK LAST TIME.
THEY WERE, THERE'S, THERE'S NOBODY.
NO, IT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S CLOSED.
ALRIGHT, WELL THEN I'LL MAKE IT SHORT.
SO WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT GOT UP HERE AND SPOKE IN, IN FAVOR OF THIS.
UM, AND IT SOUNDS REAL GOOD THE WAY THEY REPRESENTED IT, ABOUT HOW THEY DID CERTAIN THINGS.
THEY ADDED SOME THINGS, AND THAT'S, IT'S A START.
HOWEVER, SOME OF US FOLKS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FOR, OVER FAMILY'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR OVER 200 YEARS.
WHERE THIS IS, THIS IS TAKING PLACE.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE TALKED ABOUT HERE.
LIKE THERE WAS INDIANS IN THE AREA, YET TEXAS A AND M IS CALLED TEXAS A AND M JAGUARS INSTEAD OF THE INDIANS OR A PARTICULAR TRIBE.
UH, ONE OF THE WORST THINGS ABOUT THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS DONE OUT THERE IS THERE ARE NO GROCERY STORES IN THAT AREA.
THERE'S NO BANKS, THERE'S NO AIR LIFE.
WE'RE BARELY GETTING THE HOSPITAL.
YOU DON'T FIX THE ROADS AND YOU WANT TO INDUSTRIALIZE THE AREA AND YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING.
I, MYSELF HAVE SERVED ON TURF BOARDS, TIF BOARDS, UH, SOUTH SIDE, ISD SCHOOL BOARD.
I HELP BRING, UH, TJ MAXX TO THE AREA.
HOWEVER, FOLKS YOU NEVER INCLUDE, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS? I HAPPEN TO DO, WELL, I'M BLESSED.
I CAN DO, BUT THERE'S OTHER FOLKS THAT CANNOT.
AND YOU, YOU COME IN HERE AND YOU TRY TO INDUSTRIALIZE THINGS AND IT SOUNDS REAL GOOD AND PRETTY FOR THE STUDENTS AND THIS AND THAT AND WHATNOT.
HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL, THE, THE FACT STILL REMAINS.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO FOR THOSE PEOPLE? YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S ALWAYS ABOUT TOYOTA.
TOYOTA, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AGAIN, THERE'S NO GROCERY STORES, NO AIR LIFE.
NO, THEY'RE STILL NOT A HOSPITAL.
IT'S GREAT THAT ONE'S COMING, BUT NOTHING EVER HAPPENS OUT THERE.
AND YET AGAIN, GO LOOK AT THE ROADS, GO LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT YOU WANNA INDUSTRIALIZE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT YOU'RE DOING, FOLKS.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT GONNA MAKE THE ULTIMATE DECISION 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF, TO, TO, I'VE SERVED ON AN ESD BOARD AND HELPED OUT WITH THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO FOLKS, AS I STATED LAST TIME, YOU KNOW, YOUR CONSCIENCE IS EVERYTHING.
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AND, UH, IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ONE, I PROMISE YOU, YOU DO.AND THE LORD WILL HAVE IT VISIT YOU.
AND, UM, JUST, JUST DO THE RIGHT THINGS, GUYS.
I GOT ONE MY WIFE'S TIME ALSO.
YES, YOU WILL HAVE FOUR MINUTES.
IT'LL PROBABLY BE TWO, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, SO I AM A TOYOTA MAN.
UM, I MOVED HERE BECAUSE OF TOYOTA.
CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND I'M SORRY.
UH, I LIVE ON, UH, 1680 MILMAN ROAD.
RIGHTS SMACK IN THE MIDDLE, UH, THE RING OF FIRE OVER THERE.
I'M GONNA TALK JUST ABOUT, UH, AGAINST THE TOYOTA OVERLAY.
WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE'RE FINALLY GETTING SOME INVESTMENT, UH, IN THAT AREA.
AS, UH, THE GENTLEMAN SAID BEFORE ME, UH, WE FELT ABANDONED THERE FOR MANY, MANY DECADES.
I WROTE EVERYTHING DOWN SO I DON'T SCREW UP HERE.
UM, I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE DIABOLICAL UNDER THE TABLE, ATTEMPT TO DE DISENFRANCHISE SOUTHSIDE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION.
I LET A COMMUNIST SOCIALIST DICTATORSHIP TO BE A FREE MAN HERE IN THE US, BUT OUR WOKE CITY'S POLICIES AND TENTATIVES TO DESTROY OUR ASSETS AND DEMOCRATIC FREEDOMS COME RIGHT OUT OF THE COMMUNIST PLAYBOOK.
OUR PROPERTIES ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DISTRICT, AND WE WERE NOTIFIED A MERE ONE BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE MEETING THE LAST TIME, EXPECTING ORDINARY CITIZENS TO TURN ON A DIME CONCERNING LIFE-CHANGING DECISIONS.
THIS IS DELIBERATE, ILLEGAL AND CRIMINAL, AND A PATTERN AS WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF TODAY'S MEETING, EXCEPT BY A PRIVATE CITIZEN SPENDING THOUSANDS OF HIS OWN FINANCES TO INFORM US TO INFORM AFFECTED LANDOWNERS.
I WORKED FOR TOYOTA FOR OVER A DOZEN YEARS TILL THE PLANT WAS SOLD TO TESLA.
AFTERWARDS, I MOVED TO TEXAS BECAUSE OF TOYOTA AND BOUGHT PROPERTY DOWN THE STREET FROM IT.
20 YEARS AGO, TOYOTA WAS ALL I KNEW, AND I WAS NEVER TOLD OF THE DRACONIAN AND ILLEGAL STARBRITE AGREEMENT IN WHICH THE CITY I IS IMMORALLY INVOLVED WITH THE DEEP POCKETS.
CONVENIENTLY, IT USED TOYOTA AS AN AVENUE THAT WAS MENTIONED, BY THE WAY, HERE, BY OTHERS AS AN AVENUE TO ATTRACT OUTSIDE INVESTORS, NOT INFORM THEM OF THESE RESTRICTIONS UPFRONT, OR BUILD THEM INTO THEIR DEEDS, MAKE THEM PAY TAXES FOR DECADES TO ENRICH THE CITY AND THEN HANDICAPPED THEM.
I USE STRONGER LANGUAGE HERE, BUT I I TOOK IT OUT.
SO AFTER BUILDING FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY AND HAVING DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS, WE WERE LEFT OUT TO DRY WHEN IT COMES TIME TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF OUR HARD EARNED INVESTMENTS.
IF TOYOTA WANTED A BUFFER ZONE, THEY SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT OUT IN THE BOONIES OR NEGOTIATED THINGS UPFRONT WITH THE AFFECTED LANDOWNERS.
IN OTHER WORDS, PULL OUT ITS CHECKBOOK AND NOT SUBVERT OUR TEXAS CONSTITUTION.
THE CITY IS USING OUR PROPERTIES TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL DEMAND AND TO LINE THE POCKETS OF BILLIONAIRE INVESTMENT INVESTMENT GROUPS SUCH AS VERANO, WHO ARE CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTING THOUSANDS OF APARTMENT UNITS JUST OUTSIDE THE TWO MILE BUFFER ZONE.
SHAME ON ALL THE PEOPLE WHO RUBBER STAMPED THIS UN-AMERICAN DEALING AND TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE.
THIS IS DISGUSTING AND DESPICABLE.
WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHO IS GETTING THE KICKBACKS.
THERE'S MORE TO THIS THAN WHAT I'M READING HERE.
IF YOU DON'T STAND FOR YOUR RIGHTS, YOU WILL LOSE THEM.
SO, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T REALLY CARE THAT THE CITY IS IN BED WITH, UH, TOYOTA.
AS LONG AS WE DON'T GET SCREWED OVER.
UM, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY FAVORING THE RICH.
I HOPE WE DON'T GET INTO A, UH, ROBIN HOOD SITUATION ALL OVER AGAIN HERE.
NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YEAH, SHE'S, SHE'S BACK THERE TOO.
UM, ANDREW NICHOLAS, UM, 13 8 9 7 FM 1937.
UM, FOR THE PAST 80 YEARS, OUR FAMILY HAS OWNED SEVERAL LARGE TRACKS OF LAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.
UH, NOT NECESSARILY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TEXAS A AND M REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, UM, BUT WITH THAT OVERLAY WITHIN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, UM, OF THE TWO MILE BUFFER, UM, WHERE THE TOYOTA PLAN IS LOCATED.
UM, AS OF TODAY, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE STAFF MADE THESE AMENDMENTS TO THIS PLAN, WE OPPOSE THE PLAN AS IT'S WRITTEN.
UM, WITHOUT READING THE COMPLETE AMENDMENTS AND THE COMPLETE PLAN WITH ALL THE CHANGES, I STILL OPPOSE THIS PLAN.
UM, BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS.
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THE CITY STAFF HAS HISTORICALLY SHOWN, NOT ONLY AT THIS LAST MEETING, BUT AT THE ZONING COMMISSION MEETING I WENT TO LAST MONTH, THAT THEY CAN'T ARTICULATE THE NEED OF THIS TWO MILE OVERLAY DISTRICT.YOU KNOW, THEY FINALLY ADMITTED THAT THE STARBRITE AGREEMENT'S OUT THERE, BUT THEY CAN'T ARTICULATE WHY THEY NEED TWO MILES, WHY THEY NEEDED THREE MILES, WHY IT CAN'T BE A HALF MILE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY HIDE BEHIND THE REASON OF HEALTH AND SAFETY.
BUT THERE IS, THEY CAN'T ARTICULATE WHAT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS ARE BESIDES ONE SENTENCE.
AND I KNOW THEY MADE THE CHANGES TODAY, BUT HOW ARE YOU STILL GONNA FULFILL THAT AGREEMENT TO TOYOTA? AND THE CITY STAFF CAN'T ANSWER THAT BECAUSE TOYOTA ON ONE SIDE, THEY SAID, THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD WITH THE CITY.
HOW ARE YOU GONNA FULFILL IT? SO EVEN WITH THESE CHANGES TODAY, I WOULD LIKE THE CITY, I WOULD LIKE THE CITY STAFF TO COME OUT HERE AND SAY, HOW ARE THEY GONNA FULFILL THIS AGREEMENT TO TOYOTA? BECAUSE TOYOTA IS GONNA CONTINUE TO WANT THAT AGREEMENT FULFILLED.
BUT YET NO ONE WANTS TO REVEAL THE DETAILS OF THAT.
AND THIS IS ALWAYS GONNA BE A CONTENTION BETWEEN THE CITY AND TOYOTA UNTIL SOMEONE GETS WHAT THEY WANT.
AND WHAT IS THAT GONNA LOOK LIKE? AND THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH, WITH THIS CITY AND, AND HOW THEY'VE PUT THE PAINTED THEMSELVES IN THIS CORNER IS AT SOME POINT THE LANDOWNERS ARE GONNA BE AFFECTED BY THIS.
AND SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? ARE YOU JUST GONNA ESSENTIALLY SEIZE THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS BY ZONING USING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE OR A PLAN? OR WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? I MEAN, YOU'LL KEEP HIDING IN THE BACKGROUND AND YOU, AND YOU TRY TO PASS THESE PLANS AND THESE ZONINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITHOUT NOTIFYING PEOPLE 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE, AND YOU EXPECT THEM NOT TO SHOW UP.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU'RE SENDING OUT NOTICES TO THE LAST ZONING COMMISSION MEETING THE WEEK BEFORE THE MEETING, AND THEN YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SHOW UP.
AND WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP, YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN YOURSELF.
YOU KNOW, I WA I WASN'T HERE AT THIS LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I WATCHED IT PROBABLY HALF A DOZEN TIMES.
AND TO BE FRANK, I WAS EMBARRASSED BY THE CITY STAFF AND WHAT THE RESPONSES WAS TO Y'ALL'S BASIC QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, IN ANY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY THAT WOULD NEVER FLY, NO BUSINESS IS GONNA ADOPT A PLAN LIKE THAT BASED ON A FEW SENTENCES IN RESPONSES TO SOME BASIC QUESTIONS THAT HAVE YET TO BE ANSWERED IN PUBLIC BY THE CITY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
I MEAN, I DO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, BUT IT'S ASTONISHING THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO THIS.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME OF ALL THIS IS GONNA BE, BUT SOME, BUT SOMEONE'S GONNA BE A LOSER.
AND I, AND I HOPE IT'S NOT THE FOLKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO THAT ARE GONNA LOSE A LOT OF FINANCIAL, FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL THAT THEY'VE WORKED PROBABLY THEIR ENTIRE LIFE TO OBTAIN.
UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I, I WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THESE AMENDED REVISIONS.
UM, I'D STUDIED THIS PLAN FOR PROBABLY HOURS ON END FOR THE, FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
AND LIKE I SAID, I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO DIGEST ALL THIS AND TO READ THROUGH THE REVISED PLAN.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I STILL, I STILL OPPOSE THE PLAN AS IT IS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WISH THAT Y'ALL WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO, UM, READ THROUGH IT IN FINAL DRAFT FORM BEFORE Y'ALL, UH, MAKE A, UM, PROPOSAL TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE PLAN.
AND I KNOW THE CITY'S GONNA TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL PROBABLY NEXT WEEK, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH TOYOTA FOR TOYOTA'S ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT OF $500 MILLION.
AND THEY HAVE NOTHING TO BRING TO THE TABLE AT THIS POINT, OR VERY LITTLE.
AND SO I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE GONNA WANNA BRING THIS TO THE TABLE IN NEGOTIATION WITH TOYOTA TO SAY THAT, LOOK, HEY, WE GOT YOUR BUFFER ZONE THAT WE PROMISED YOU 21 YEARS AGO.
UM, AND SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL'S STRONG ENOUGH TO SEE WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON HERE, UM, AND NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, ON THE BACKS OF HARDWORKING CITIZENS ON THE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.
HELLO, MY NAME IS RODRIGO GRA.
I LIVE AT, UH, 10 11 SOUTH LOOP, 1604.
IT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF, UH, THE AREA.
BUT I WAS CONCERNED THAT, UH, IT WAS GONNA BE A REZONING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, OVER THERE EVERYBODY HAS ANIMALS, SO WE DON'T WANT ANY REZONING BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR ANIMALS OVER THERE.
ANOTHER THING IS THAT, UH, EVER SINCE
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TOYOTA GOT THERE, BECAUSE I WAS LIVING THERE BEFORE TOYOTA WENT IN, EVER SINCE TOYOTA GOT THERE, WE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GONNA BUILD A LOT OF THINGS.I MEAN, UH, THAT IT, IT WAS GONNA BE LIKE SOMEBODY MENTIONED SOME STORE, SOME AT LEAST A WALMART OR A A, SOME SORT OF BUSINESS OUT THERE.
NOTHING, NOTHING IN FRONT OF TOYOTA.
THEY BUILT A RESTAURANT AND A BANK, AND THEY HAVEN'T USED THAT AT ALL.
I GOTTA GO AROUND MY HOUSE, WHICH I LIVE ABOUT FIVE MILES AWAY FROM TOYOTA.
AND, AND FROM THERE I GET ON TOP OF MY ROOF, I CAN SEE TOYOTA.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE.
AND IT REALLY HASN'T BRING ANY BUSINESSES OVER THERE OTHER THAN THE, UH, WAREHOUSES THAT THEY'RE BUILDING, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, THINGS FOR TOYOTA.
SO TOYOTA HASN'T BEEN NOTHING LIKE WE EXPECTED.
IT ONLY RAISED UP OUR TAXES AND EVERYTHING.
UH, FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN THEY BUILT TOYOTA, I HEARD THAT THEY, THIS PROPOSED WAS GONNA BE ONLY FOR 10 YEARS.
AND NOW I HEARD FROM JOHN THAT THE MAN THAT SPOKE A LITTLE WHILE AGO SAYS, OH NO, IT'S FOREVER.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S FOREVER? NO, TOYOTA HAD ONLY 10 YEARS.
THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD.
THAT WAS BEFORE, UH, THEY BUILT OVER THERE.
SO I'M REALLY, UH, DISSATISFIED WITH TOYOTA OVER THERE.
AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT, UH, TEXAS A AND M IS GOING OVER THERE AND THAT THEY'RE BUILDING.
AND HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GET MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE AND STORES.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ALFRED GARCIA AND MY ADDRESS IS 1 23 80 ZAMORA.
AND, UH, I'M OPPOSED TO IT BECAUSE IF, IF MY, MY ZONING CHANGES, I WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH MY PROPERTY, BUT SELL IT.
AND I'VE BEEN THERE WAY, WAY BEFORE EVEN SAN ANTONIO WAS OUT THERE.
AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO TELL ME THAT THE ZONING THAT I GET WHERE I'M GOING TO GET CHANGED TO, IT'S GONNA BE A, I HAVE A BUILDING THERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FLAME MARKET, AND I PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR A RESTAURANT ANYMORE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M AGAINST IT.
MY, SO MY ZONING IS GONNA CHANGE AND, AND, UH, WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE? JUST PAY TAXES ON IT.
SO, AND I, I THINK TOYOTA HAS BEEN, I, MYSELF, MY, MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT I THINK TOYOTA IS THE ONE THAT RUNS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
NOT, NOT, NOT THE GOVERNMENT OR, UH, THE GOVERNMENT, THE MAYOR, OR NOTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S PROBABLY TOYOTA THAT RUNS THE SAN ANTONIO.
THAT IS EVERYBODY THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE SOME VOICEMAILS.
UH, I OWN 40 ACRES AT 2 0 1 0 9 TRUMBO ROAD IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 7 8 2 6 4.
I AM CALLING TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING, TO THE INDUSTRIAL REZONING OVERLAY AROUND THE TOYOTA PLANT THAT IS A PART OF THE, UM, I THINK IT'S THE SAN ANTONIO AREA, AREA, REGIONAL SAN TEXAS A AND M, UH, REGIONAL PLAN.
I AM CURRENTLY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.
IN 2017, I'M GONNA BE ANNEXED, AND AT THIS TIME I WILL BE SUBJECT, UH, TO THE INDUSTRIAL OVERLAY ZONING.
I MEAN, IF THIS PASSES, I'M GONNA LOSE MY RETIREMENT MONEY, UH, MY LIVELIHOOD.
I MEAN, MY KIDS ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BUILD ON THE LAND THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING UP ON.
WE BOUGHT THIS LAND 10 YEARS AGO THINKING THIS WILL WOULD BE OUR RETIREMENT INVESTMENTS, OUR RETIREMENT MONEY, OUR KIDS' MONEY, OUR KIDS' HOUSES, AND, UH, REZONING AND ALLOWING TOYOTA TO CONTROL EVERYTHING AROUND THEM WOULD, UH, COMPLETELY TAKE AWAY MY RIGHTS TO USE MY LAND TO DEVELOP MY LAND, AND TO FORM MY LAND, WHICH I AM CURRENTLY
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DOING.SO I AM VOTING AGAINST THIS TEXAS A AND M, SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL PLAN AND AGAINST THE, UH, INDUSTRIAL ZONING.
AND I HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND EVERYONE INVOLVED, WILL ALSO VOTE AGAINST THIS MEASURE.
YES, THIS IS MR. JACK M FINGER.
I LIVE AT 9 0 1 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I'M REFERRING TO ITEM NUMBER 14, I BELIEVE.
THAT IS THE, UH, UH, THE RESOLUTION CALLING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FOR THE TEXAS A AND M.
UM, UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE, UH, JUST A MINUTE.
THE, UH, INDUSTRIAL COMPATIBILITY OVERLAY DISTRICT.
THAT'S THE, UH, RECORDING THAT I HAVE HERE.
I, UH, CITIZENS ARE NOW LEARNING WHAT THIS BIG POWER GRAB IS ALL ABOUT, A LAND GRAB.
AND YES, WE, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, WE DO NOT LIKE THE, UH, 800 POUND GORILLA IN THE ROOM, UH, TOYOTA MANUFACTURING TO, UH, DICTATE TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WHAT IT WANTS.
I DO NOT WANT, AND I DO NOT WANT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PAVING INTO THIS CRAZY THING.
NO, UH, UH, I'M SORRY THAT THE CITY, UH, GOT INVOLVED WITH, UH, THIS, THIS EXTREMELY IN INCOMPETENT IS THE BEST WORD I DESCRIBE.
INCOMPETENT PLAN FOR, UH, ZONING ON THE SOUTH SIDE NEAR THE TOYOTA PLAN.
THE, UH, PE RESIDENTS OUT THERE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, RESIDE WHERE THEY NEED TO WITHOUT A, A LARGE COMPANY TELLING THEM WHERE THEY SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT LIVE.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU AS MEMBERS OF THIS, UH, THIS COMMISSION, SAY NO TO IT.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, DON'T CONTINUE DOWN THIS VERY TERRIBLE PATH.
I LIVE AT 1731 FAWN CREST IN DISTRICT NINE, AND I'M CALLING ABOUT THE, UH, TEXAS A AND M AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
I'M REQUESTING THAT THE PLAN COMMISSION POSTPONE ANY CONSIDERATION OF THIS AT YOUR HEARING.
UM, AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION TO SEND THE TEXAS A AND M PLAN AS DRAFTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 20TH.
UM, YOU REALLY NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS SENT NOTICES TO THE MANY THOUSANDS OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN THAT AREA.
UM, RATHER THAN SNEAKING THIS IN, UM, IT'S TIME TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THESE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THEY NEED TO BE EDUCATED AND INFORMED THAT THEIR PROPERTY VALUES ARE ABOUT TO BE STOLEN FROM THEM.
AND, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU REMOVE THE UNFAIR LANGUAGE IMPOSING OF THE TWO MILE BUFFER ZONE AROUND TOYOTA'S PLANT BECAUSE IT'S, UH, A CONDEMNATION OF THEIR PROPERTY WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION.
IF THE TOYOTA PLANT, WHICH IS ARGUABLY IN THE CITY'S INTEREST FOR THE, FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THEN WE SHOULD NOT FORCE THE, THAT OWN OWN PROPERTY AROUND THAT AREA TO BEAR THE ENTIRE BURDEN.
AND WE JUST STEAL THEIR VALUE.
AND WHEN OTHER PEOPLE BESIDES THEM ARE BENEFITING, IF IT'S REALLY WORTH IT, THEN THE CITY SHOULD, UH, PAY FOR A CONSERVATION EASEMENT OR PURCHASE THE PROPERTY OUTRIGHT.
AND, UM, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY FAIR.
HI, MY NAME IS JOHN CUNNINGHAM AND I LIVE AT 1 0 0 2 WHISPER HOLLOW, AND I'M AGAINST THE TEXAS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
UH, I'M REQUESTING THAT THE COMMISSION POSTPONE ANY CONSIDERATION AT THE JUNE 12TH, 2024 MEETING FOR A RESOLUTION BE TO SEND THE TEXT A AND M PLAN IS DRAFTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 20TH, 2024.
I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS, UH, NOTICES TO THE BOUNDS OF IMPACTED PROPERTY OWNERS AND HELD A FULLY TRANSPARENT COMMUNITY MEETING.
SIMILAR TO THE PROPOSED ZONING COMMUNITY MEETING IN JULY,
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TO BE AMENDED TO REMOVE THE UNFAIR LANGUAGE, IMPOSING A TWO MILE BUFFER ZONE AROUND TOYOTA'S PLAN THAT CONDENSED PROPERTY RIGHTS AND BANS ALL FUTURE RESIDENTIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING USES.UH, FINALLY, UH, IF THE CITY WANTS A BUFFER ZONE AROUND THE TOYOTA'S PLANT, UH, DRAW A LINE AROUND THE PLANT AND HOWEVER BIG YOU WANT IT, AND EITHER PURCHASE THE LAND OR PAY PROPERTY OWNERS FOR A CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT, UH, IN SATISFACTION OF ITS OBLIGATIONS TO THE TOYOTA, CREATED BY THE, UH, STARBRITE AGREEMENT.
MY RE RESIDENCE IS AT 73 39 SEIDEL ROAD, S-E-I-D-E-L 7 8 2 0 9.
AND I'M CALLING REGARDING THE, UH, TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
I'M REQUESTING THE COMMISSION TO POSTPONE ANY CONSIDERATION AT THE JUNE 12TH 20, UH, 24 HEARING OF A RESOLUTION TO SEND THE TEXAS A AND M PLAN AS DRAFTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 20TH, 2024.
PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS SENT NOTICES TO THE THOUSANDS OF IMPACTED PROPERTY OWNERS AND HELD A FULLY TRANSPARENT COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, TO EDUCATE AND INFORM BOTH THE COMMISSIONERS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO ALLOW THE PLAN TO BE AMENDED TO REMOVE THE UNFAIR LANGUAGE, IMPOSING A TWO MILE BUFFER ZONE AROUND TOYOTA'S PLANT THAT CONDEMNS PROPERTY RIGHTS AND BANS ALL FUTURE RESIDENTIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING USES.
FINALLY, THE CITY WANTS A BUFFER ZONE AROUND TOYOTA'S PLANT.
DRAW A SECOND LINE AROUND THE PLANT, HOWEVER BIG, AND EITHER PURCHASE THE LAND OR PAY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND SATISFACTION OF ITS OBLIGATIONS TO TOYOTA, CREATED BY THE STARBRIGHT AGREEMENT.
LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO SAY, WHEN I MOVED HERE NINE YEARS AGO FROM NASHVILLE, IT WAS ALMOST, AND I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT IT WAS ALMOST AS IF THE CITY DID NOT WANT US TO MOVE HERE.
ALL THE RED TAPE AND, UH, MONETARY INVESTMENT IT TOOK TO REZONE THE, THE PROPERTY FROM TWO LOTS TO ONE AT MY RESIDENCE.
UM, IT COST OVER $15,000 FOR AN ENGINEER TO ASSIST.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THAT, UM, ONE OF THE SUBMITTING CITY, UH, REPRESENTATIVES CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, OH, WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS WHOLE REZONING AND JUST DONE IT BY, UH, BY AN EXCEPTION.
SO BASICALLY, I THREW $15,000 IN MONTHS OF TIME INTO THE, UH, ZONING PROCESS.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
I'M THE RESIDENCE FOR, THIS VOICEMAIL IS ON FEST ROAD, AND I RECEIVED A LETTER AND I'M CALLING REGARDING THIS LETTER TO VOICE MY CONCERN AND MY DISAPPROVAL OF THIS TWO MILE OVERLAY REZONING FOR INDUSTRIAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS HERE ARE CONCERNED THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS BUILDING TO OCCUR.
WE DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS GROWTH TO OCCUR NEAR OUR PROPERTY.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE FOR THINGS TO REMAIN THE WAY THEY ARE.
I IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, FEST ROAD IS DEAD END AND IT'S ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF ANYTHING, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, CONCESSIONS CAN BE MADE TO GRANDFATHER FEST, ROAD INN IN PARTICULAR, BUT WE WOULD NOT LIKE TO HAVE ANY CHANGES MADE TO FEST ROAD AND IN THE PROPERTIES AROUND FEST ROAD.
UM, UH, SO AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO VOICE MY CONCERN.
WE ARE SEEING THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRING IN THE SURROUNDING LAND, AND THAT'S FINE.
AND IF BUSINESSES WANNA BUILD THERE, THAT'S FINE, BUT THEY SHOULDN'T BE ENCROACHING ON OUR RIGHTS AND OUR PROPERTY RIGHTS 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN THERE LONG, UH, YOU KNOW, BEFORE.
AND PARTICULARLY MY FAMILY HAS OWNED LAND ON FESS ROAD FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME FOR GENERATIONS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THIS, UH, MESSAGE, UH, IN NOTICE OF THIS, THIS, UH, LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED.
I'M UN UNABLE TO ATTEND A MEETING BECAUSE I'M TAKING CARE OF FAMILY MATTERS.
I'M AT 1 1 5 EAST EL VIEW PLACE.
UM, I WAS JUST CALLING 'CAUSE I'M AGAINST THE TEXAS A AND M AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
UM, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSION POSTPONE THE CONSIDERATION AND SEND IT TO, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, ALSO IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR Y'ALL TO, UM, SEND NOTICES TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE IMPACTED, UM, UH, BEFORE ANY DECISIONS ARE MADE IN THIS SITUATION.
THAT IS EVERYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN ALL THE VOICEMAILS.
SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
UM, AS WE DELIBERATE THIS, I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE THE PLANNING COMMISSION
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AND ZONING IS NOT OUR PURVIEW.UM, BUFFERS ARE NOT OUR PURVIEW.
UM, THE WHOLE ZONING OVERLAY THING IS, IS NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DELIBERATE.
WE'RE HERE TO DELIBERATE THE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE US.
UM, SO WE'LL START OVER ON THE RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER DKI.
UM, RUDY, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE ARE SHARING AN, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT THE PLANNING FOR THE TEXAS AND M SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL PLAN.
AND, UH, SOME OF THEM, UH, HAVE, UH, SEEN THIS AMENDMENT AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY, BUT THEY STILL OPPOSE THE PLAN.
UH, SOME HAVE BEEN SHARING CONCERN OF LEAVING THEIR PROPERTIES OR MOVING OUT FROM THEIR PROPERTIES.
SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO, UH, UH, MAYBE RESPOND TO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, IF THIS IS RELATED TO WHAT THE PLAN WERE VOTING ON IT TODAY, OR THIS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT UNDER THE ZONING COMMISSION.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY ARE CLEAR WITH IT.
AND I, I DO THINK THAT, UM, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT SO MANY FOLKS PER EITHER IN PERSON OR CALLING IN, UM, ASSUME THAT TODAY WOULD BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, THE INDUSTRIAL COMPATIBILITY OVERLAY DISTRICT.
THE, TO BE CLEAR, THE CITY DID NOT SEND A LETTER DIRECTING FOLKS TO CONTACT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ABOUT THE ITEM OR TO ATTEND A PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WASN'T RELEVANT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, I SPOKE TO SOME FOLKS OUTSIDE WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTY WHO SAID, WHY AM I GETTING THIS? I SAID, I, I REALLY DON'T KNOW
UM, SO, UM, WE DID NOT, THIS IS NOT, UH, THE INDUSTRIAL COMPATIBILITY OVERLAY DISTRICT WAS CONTINUED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE REQUEST OF THE PLANNING, I'M SORRY, THE ZONING COMMISSION AND THE ZONING COMMISSION ALSO REQUESTED THAT WE WOULD CONDUCT A COMMUNITY MEETING, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, INDUSTRIAL COMPATIBILITY OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH WILL BE DOING ON JULY THE SECOND.
UH, ALL IMPACTED PROPERTY OWNERS WILL RECEIVE A NOTICE ABOUT THAT.
AND SO WE WILL BE CONDUCTING THAT MEETING ON JULY THE SECOND.
THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE ICOD THAT WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE ZONING COMMISSION ON JULY THE 16TH.
WITH REGARD THE QUESTIONS ABOUT LEAVING OUT FROM THE HOUSE, I'M NOT ABLE TO USE THE, UH, PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF MY PROPERTIES.
ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS, IF THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY FOR THE VOTE OF THIS PLAN, THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS INCLUDED IN OUR PLANS FOR OUR VOTING TODAY.
THAT WE ARE NOT VOTING ON TAKING THE RIGHTS OF THE PRIVATE PLAN.
THE, THE INTENT HERE IS TO ADOPT A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN WITH 86 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF, OF ISSUES THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED, UH, INCLUDING ADOPTING A FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT ADDRESSES THE LONG TERM, UH, THE, THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD OCCUR IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
AND IT ABSOLUTELY RESPECTS THE, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT THAT HAS BEEN DONE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UH, LEADING UP TO TODAY IS ANYBODY WILL BE FORCED TO REMOVE OR REMOVE THEIR OWNERSHIP OF THEIR PROPERTY.
WOULD THIS PLAN ENCOURAGE ANY OF THAT OR PROMOTE ANY OF THE, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE PLAN THAT STATES ANY ENCOURAGING OF LEAVING PROPERTY, MOVING AWAY FROM YOUR HOME, LEAVING YOUR HOUSE, NONE OF THAT? NO.
AND JUST, I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A ZONING COMMISSION SPECIFIC ISSUE, THERE ALSO ARE WITHIN THE, UH, INDUSTRIAL COMPATIBILITY OVERLAY DISTRICT WITHOUT GETTING TOO MUCH INTO THAT, UM, EXEMPTIONS FOR FOLKS THAT LIVE IN EXISTING HOMES TODAY.
SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY MADE NON-CONFORMING, THEY'RE JUST EXEMPT FROM THE OVERLY DISTRICT.
UM, SO TO CLARIFY, AGAIN, UM, THESE REVISIONS THAT WE NOW HAVE IN FRONT OF US THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TODAY, THOSE ESSENTIALLY RE THEY, THEY REMOVE ANY OF THE, THE MENTION OF A SPECIFIC DISTANCE FROM THE TOYOTA PLANT.
UM, IT BASICALLY JUST SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS, BUT IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY STATE WHAT THOSE EXACT TRANSITIONS ARE TO BE CORRECT.
UM, WHICH, WHICH I GREATLY APPRECIATE.
UM, MY MAIN QUESTION IS ABOUT HOW THE BOUNDARIES FOR THE PLAN WERE CHOSEN.
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IS, UM, TWO REASONS.ONE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, THERE'S MENTION OF A NEED TO HAVE APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS TO THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, BUT THE PLAN BOUNDARY BASICALLY STOPS ON THE, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT IF THERE WAS, IF THAT WAS A HUGE THING TO HAVE TRANSITIONS OR TO MENTION TRANSITIONS, THAT THE PLAN WOULD HAVE EXTENDED WESTWARD.
UM, AND, UH, LIKEWISE ON THE EAST SIDE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TALK ABOUT, OH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, MULTIMODAL TRAILS.
WE'LL HAVE ALL THIS KIND OF CONNECTIVITY TO THE, TO THE, TO THE NATURAL AREAS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
BUT AGAIN, IT, IT, THE BOUNDARY KIND OF STOPS AT THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
I DON'T SEE HOW THOSE, THAT CONNECTIVITY IS EFFECTIVE UNLESS IT GOES OUTSIDE OF THE PLAN, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THE PLAN WOULD'VE EXPANDED TO, TO, TO ENABLE OR, OR TO BETTER DEFINE THE TRANSITIONS DOWN FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND TO SHOW POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS TO, FROM THE NORTH PART, WHICH IS WHERE ALL THE, THE RESIDENTIAL IS, IS BEING REALIZED TO THE, TO THE SOUTHERN PART.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW THOSE, WHY THOSE BOUNDARIES WERE, WERE CHOSEN THE WAY THEY WERE.
UM, SO IN 2013, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CONDUCTED THREE INITIAL, THEY WERE CALLED INITIAL STUDIES.
UM, THEY WERE INITIATED AT THE TIME BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT, NUMBER ONE, IS OUR COMMUNITY GROWING AT THE TIME, IT WAS, THERE WAS QUESTIONED WHETHER OR NOT IS THE COMMUNITY GROWING AND WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT? ARE WE PREPARED TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? UH, THERE WAS THREE STUDIES DONE.
ONE WAS TO DETERMINE, UM, WHAT ARE THE PROJECTED, YOU KNOW, FUTURE FORECAST FOR GROWTH, UH, TO DETERMINE WHAT, WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAD THE APPROPRIATE CAPACITY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS TO ACCOMMODATE POTENTIAL FUTURE GROWTH IF WE DO ACTUALLY SEE THAT.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S OTHERS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT RELATED TO ANNEXATION ISSUES AND SO FORTH.
AND SO, UM, DURING THAT TIME, THERE WERE THREE STUDIES CONDUCTED, AND THEY USED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT METHODS.
THEY LOOKED AT WHAT'S CALLED TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ZONES OR TA ZONES.
THEY LOOKED AT CENSUS TRACKS, UH, TO DETERMINE WHERE, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF DATA BEHIND WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT THAT GROWTH LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND SO USING THAT DATA, WE ULTIMATELY TOOK IT AND DEV STARTED DEVELOPING OUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSELY WHERE THOSE FUTURE GROWTH NODES OR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE.
SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS A, UM, A, AN EXHIBIT THAT DISPLAYS WHAT SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE.
BUT ADDITIONALLY WE HAD SOME CONSTRAINTS AND SOME OF THOSE CONSTRAINTS WERE RELATED TO WHAT IS IN THE CITY LIMITS AND WHAT'S IN THE COUNTY.
SO THERE ARE PROPERTIES AROUND THIS A AND M REGIONAL CENTER AREA, AND IT IS ENCUMBERED BY ACTUALLY IN A NUMBER OF AREAS, COUNTY PROPERTIES.
SO WE COULD NOT EXTEND THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE MAP OUT INTO AREAS THAT ARE IN BEXAR COUNTY.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROPERTIES THAT HAD REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, THAT WE WEREN'T BISECTING REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
SO WE WOULD TAKE THE FULL NEIGHBORHOOD EITHER INTO AN AREA OR OUT.
UM, SO IT WAS, SOME OF IT WAS, IT WAS HIGHLY DATA DRIVEN.
THEN THE BACK END OF IT REALLY WAS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
UM, AND, AND DEMONSTRATING THIS IS WHAT AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER IS.
IN SOME AREAS WE WOULD GO OUT TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OR THIS AREA, THIS BUSINESS AREA, UM, IS MOST APPROPRIATE IN THE REGIONAL CENTER.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? SO THERE WAS A, A, YOU KNOW, MULTI-MONTH PROCESS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO DETERMINE WHAT SHOULD THESE BOUNDARIES ULTIMATELY LOOK LIKE.
AND THOSE BOUNDARIES THEN WERE PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION PRIOR TO THE, UH, START OF THE SUB AREA PLANNING PROCESS.
AND ULTIMATELY WE, WE LANDED ON WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN VOTING ON SINCE 2016.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK I, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
I JUST, UH, WANTED TO, UH, REITERATE MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS COMMENT ABOUT TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT THE ZONING, THE, ALL THE DISCUSSIONS ON ZONING DO NOT HAPPEN, ARE NOT GONNA HAPPEN HERE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO, UH, LOOK OUT FOR THAT JULY 2ND COMMUNITY MEETING AND THEN THE FOLLOWING ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH IS WHERE, UM, PROPERTIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THIS PLAN WILL, THERE WILL BE IMPACTS ON.
UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE REALLY MOST OF YOUR
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QUESTIONS PROBABLY WILL BE ANSWERED AT THAT TIME.THAT'S VERY CLOSE TO ALL OF YOU.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE, UH, PLANNING FOR MY REGION, WHICH IS THE MIDTOWN REGIONAL, UM, UM, AREA AND, UH, CENTER.
AND I FELT THAT THERE WAS COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY IN EVERYTHING THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING THERE.
UH, WE UNDERSTOOD A LOT ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE HAPPENING AROUND THE PEARL, THAT THERE WAS UNDOUBTEDLY GOING TO BE MUCH GREATER BUILDING SPREADING AWAY FROM THERE AND MUCH GREATER DENSITY.
AND THAT WAS OF GREAT CONCERN TO ALL OF US.
BUT WE FELT THAT WE HEARD EVERYTHING THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE NOT HEARD EVERYTHING THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS LAND USE PLAN.
UM, IT SOUNDS TO ME AS IF THE ZONING COMMISSION WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROPOSED OVERLAY.
AND WHILE I COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, THAT IS NOT OUR, WE ARE NOT THE ZONING COMMISSION.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO WITH THAT.
IT STILL TROUBLES ME TO TAKE A VOTE ON A PLAN THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED DID NOT HEAR THE FULL SCOPE OF, AND THAT'S A COMMENT, IT'S NOT A QUESTION, BUT THAT'S MY COMMENT.
WELL, AND IF I, IF I CAN JUST RESPOND, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU, THERE WAS A LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITH THE MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, THE PLANNING PROCESS? I WOULD JUST STATE THAT THIS PLANNING PROCESS WAS EQUALLY AS ROBUST AND IN SOME CASES GREATER IN THAT THERE WERE 17 PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS THAT OCCURRED DURING THAT TIME FOR COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
UM, NOTIFICATION WAS SENT IN AN IDENTICAL FASHION, UM, AND IN SOME CASES, EVEN TO A, TO A BROADER EXTENT.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE YOU AS A COMMISSIONER TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS NO THERE IN TERMS OF A, AN ACTUAL ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
IT, IT IS PRETTY STREAMLINED AND WE ENSURE THAT THE SAME LEVEL OF EFFORT PUT INTO PROVIDING NOTIFICATION, UM, WAS MADE FOR, IS MADE FOR ALL PLANS EQUALLY TO, TO FOLLOW UP THEN, RUDY, WERE THEY APPRAISED OF THE POTENTIAL OVERLAY? YES, DURING THE PLANNING PROCESS, WE ACTUALLY HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING WHERE THE, ALL, EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN WAS VERBATIM PLACED ON A, ON A, UM, A BOARD THAT WAS PRESENTED, UH, DURING, JUST SIMILAR TO THE PROCESS THAT WAS USED FOR MIDTOWN, UH, WITH STAFF THAT WAS ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WITHOUT IT SHOULD, BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T SEE THE POTENTIAL OVERLAY ON, ON THIS SCREEN.
I'M SORRY, THE POTENTIAL OVERLAY, UM, IS SOMETHING I WOULD'VE IMAGINED WOULD'VE BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
OR IT SOUNDS LIKE IN WHAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY PRESENTED WITH THE PLANNED OVERLAY? WELL, THE, AGAIN, THESE WERE THE ORIGINAL PRIORITY IMPLEMENTATION ITEMS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT TALK ABOUT UTILIZING THE VARIOUS TOOLS THAT THE CITY HAS IN ORDER TO, UH, ADDRESS INTENSITY AND DENSITY ISSUES.
AND, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT STRATEGY 3.1, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IMPLEMENT AN OVERLAY DISTRICT.
RIGHT? SO, SO WE WERE VERY TRANSPARENT ON BOARD, SO THERE WAS ROBUST, ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK THAT ON A COMMUNITY MEETING, SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT YOU SEE IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND SIDE BOARDS JUST LIKE THAT WITH THIS TEXT ON IT.
NOW GRANTED, SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM TODAY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE ATTENDED VARIOUS FORUMS WITHIN THE PROCESS WAS EVERYBODY WHO WAS UNDER THAT PROPOSED OVERLAY INVITED TO THOSE, EVERYBODY THAT IS WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR PLAN AREA WAS INVITED TO THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND, BUT THAT'S NOT EVERYBODY WHO WAS THE PROPOSED OVERLAY AS WELL AS SOME FOLKS ALONG THE POSTAL ROUTES AS WELL.
ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONER? MAYOR? I'M SORRY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE COMMISSION IS SPEAKING WITH STAFF.
ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONER MOON? I'M DONE.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER FUNNER, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
IT'S SIMILAR TO SOME OF THESE OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND A SIMILAR COMMENT, UM, JUST FOR CLARITY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A GRANDFATHERING OR AN EXEMPTION WITH THE LAND USE, NOT THE OVERLAY, THE WAY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SET UP THESE AREAS OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAND USE, DOES THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACT OR IMPACT THE, THOSE LANDOWNERS NOW OR FUTURE LANDOWNERS? OR IS IT JUST THE OVERLAY
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IN TERMS OF THE, THIS THIS TOPIC OF EXEMPTIONS, GRANDFATHERING, OTHERS? THOSE, THOSE ARE ZONING PRINCIPLES, ZONING CONCEPTS.THEY'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO LAND USE.
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT MAP STATES THAT WITHIN A PARTICULAR CATEGORY, A NUMBER OF ZONING DISTRICTS ARE CONSISTENT WITHIN THAT CATEGORY.
SO THEY'RE ABLE TO DO WHAT, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
THEORETICALLY THEY'RE ABLE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST ONLY LOOKING AT THIS PLAN, NOT ANYTHING ZONING OR ANYTHING.
YES, COMMISSIONER, IT DOES NOT, IT, IT, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO AT RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER IS ALLOWED WITHIN THE ZONING THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR PROPERTY TODAY AS OF NOW.
BUT THAT IF IT'S THAT CHANGES OR THAT'S ONLY FOR THOSE WHO RIGHT NOW, NOT NECESSARILY FUTURE OWNERS.
WHERE IS FUTURE? I'M SORRY, COULD YOU RESTATE, WELL, YOU SAID SOMETHING EARLIER TO THE EFFECT OF THE CURRENT LAND OWNERS MM-HMM.
BUT THE WAY THAT THIS LAND, THIS, THIS MAPPING IS, IS IT COULD AFFECT FUTURE LANDOWNERS.
IT, IT, THE RIGHTS, THE ZONING RUNS WITH THE GROUND.
AND SO WHATEVER RIGHTS AND ENTITLEMENTS COME WITH THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT A PERSON HAS, THEY CONTINUE WITH ANY PROPERTY OWNER THEREAFTER.
SO A PIECE OF PROPERTY ZONED THAT'S JUST, I'M GONNA JUST THROW OUT C TWO, I BUY THAT C TWO PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IT COMES WITH THAT PACKAGE OF RIGHTS THAT ALREADY EXIST ON THE PROPERTY TODAY.
BUT THE LAND USE, THEY'RE GOOD.
EVERYTHING, THERE'S NO CHANGE OTHER THAN THIS ISSUE OF THE OVERLAY THAT WILL BE HANDLED AT A SEPARATE.
UM, THE OTHER COMMENT THAT I WILL SAY IS SIMILAR TO, TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, AT THE VERY LEAST, I WILL SAY IT DOES MAKE ME A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE THAT WE HAVE REVISIONS AND WE HAVEN'T HAD PEOPLE AN SUFFICIENT TIME FOR THEM TO DIGEST IT AND TO BE ABLE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT OR MAYBE THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.
SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, THAT DOES MAKE ME A LITTLE COMFORTABLE ABOUT MAKING A, A RECOMMENDATION TODAY WITHOUT AFFORDING THEM THAT TIME ON THIS PLAN AMENDMENT.
AND, AND I WOULD JUST SAY, COMMISSIONER, THAT THE INTENT REALLY WAS TO PROVIDE TEXT AND LANGUAGE THAT WAS RESPONSIVE TO THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS MADE BY THE COMMISSION AT, AT THE LAST MEETING.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO DO.
AND, AND IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
AND, AND I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE GOOD REVISIONS, BUT I STILL THINK THAT, THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE, ABLE TO BE AFFORDED TO DIGEST ANY OF THE CHANGES.
COMMISSIONER ROULETTE A LOT, A LOT OF THE CONCERNS I'VE HEARD TODAY IS ABOUT RESIDENTIAL.
IN OTHER WORDS, I CAN'T, I CAN'T BUILD A HOUSE, I CAN'T STAY IN MY HOUSE.
I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, DO ANYTHING TO THAT NATURE.
IT'S, IT'S FOCUSING ON PROVIDING THOSE LEVEL OF BUFFERS TO MAKE IT MORE INDUSTRIAL TO TRANSITION OUT OF THAT INDUSTRIAL AREA FROM THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURING PLANT ALSO WITH TEXAS A AND M CAMPUS.
YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT AT, AT SOME POINT, CLARIFY TO US THAT THIS IS NOT TAKING AWAY WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TAKING AWAY THEIR RIGHTS TO, QUITE FRANKLY, BILL, LIKE WHAT COMMISSIONER ZUKI WAS SAYING IS THAT, CAN YOU CLARIFY AND HELP US UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE REASONING BEHIND THIS AND WHAT, WHAT THAT DOES IN TERMS OF THE EFFECTS IT HAS IF YOU DO BUILD RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THOSE AREAS? WELL, WHAT, WHAT I WOULD STATE IS THAT WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS CONSIDERATION OF THE FULL TEXAS A AND M REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
PART OF THAT REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
AND REALLY THE REGULATORY COMPONENT IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT STATES THAT YOU WILL BE, THAT A PROPERTY IS CATEGORIZED IN A CERTAIN WAY AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THAT CATEGORY.
UM, IT IS NOT, IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY TAKE AWAY THE RIGHT THAT ANYBODY HAS TODAY TO DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING TODAY.
REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT ULTIMATELY DOWN THE ROAD, IF YOU, LET'S JUST SAY ARE CATEGORIZED AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
YOU HAVE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL CATEGORY.
AND SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO REZONE YOUR PIECE OF PROPERTY, IT WOULD BE YOU, IT WOULD, IT WOULD EITHER BE TO REZONE TO, TO A ZONING DISTRICT THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OR YOU CAN REQUEST A PLAN AMENDMENT.
THERE'S ALWAYS PROCESS THAT'S AVAILABLE TO ANY PROPERTY OWNER TO COME BEFORE THIS COMMISSION, TO COME BEFORE THE ZONING COMMISSION AND TO GO BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL IF THEY THINK THAT THERE IS A, A BETTER APPROACH TO ADDRESSING GROWTH ISSUES WITHIN THIS AREA.
THE IDEA HERE IS A COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS WHERE FOLKS CAME TOGETHER, STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH A PLANNING TEAM, AND THEN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, UM, ENGAGED IN, YOU KNOW, IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO PUT FORTH A PLAN THAT ULTIMATELY THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S RECOMMENDED FOR THE CITY FOR ADOPTION, BUT IT DOES NOT STOP ANYBODY FROM DOING ANYTHING WITH THEIR PROPERTY TODAY.
AND THE SECOND PART WAS JUST THAT WHAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING THAT BUFFER FROM TOYOTA OUTWARDS TO MAKE THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
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AND CREATING THIS TYPE OF PLAN ALL THE WAY UP TO THE MULTIFAMILY ABOVE JAGUAR, NORTH OF JAGUAR PARKWAY TO BE MORE MULTIFAMILY.I MEAN, WHY, WHY WOULD YOU WANT IT IN THIS FASHION? SURE.
TO HELP CLARIFY THAT FOR SURE.
THE, THE, THE KEY ISSUES HERE ARE THAT WE DO HAVE, AND WE HAVE TO BE, IT'S VERY OBVIOUS WE HAVE A VERY INTENSE INDUSTRIAL USE, UH, IN THE SOUTH SIDE.
WE HAVE THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURING PLANT.
AND THE CONCERN MOVING FORWARD, AND THIS HAS BEEN A CONCERN THAT WAS STATED, UH, THROUGH BOTH THE PLAN, THE ZONING COMMISSION AND EARLIER, UH, THROUGH SOME OF THE EXHIBITS, WAS THE CONCERN SINCE FROM THE COMMUNITY SINCE 2019, THAT WE HAVE A LAND USE THAT PROVIDES COMPATIBLE USES AND, AND TRANSITIONAL ZONING SO THAT DOWN THE ROAD WE DON'T HAVE A SITUATION WHERE FOLKS ARE LIVING RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE.
THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURING PLANT IS ZONED MI TWO, THAT'S MIXED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
SO WHATEVER SOME OF THOSE HEAVIEST USES ARE THAT ARE IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE COULD POTENTIALLY BE THERE DOWN THE ROAD.
IF THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURING PLANT WEREN'T THERE IN 20 YEARS, AND WE WERE TO ALLOW RESIDENCES TO BE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THAT PROPERTY, THEY WOULD, IT COMES WITH THAT PACKAGE OF RIGHTS.
IT STAYS ON THE GROUND SO THAT MI TWO PIECE OF PROPERTY GETS REDEVELOPED WITH ANOTHER MI TWO USE.
FOLKS WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT.
AND THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE COULD POTENTIALLY BE SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED AT THAT POINT.
SO THE FUN, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION HERE IS WHETHER OR NOT WE BELIEVE RESIDENCES SHOULD LIVE NEXT TO A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE.
AND IF WE THINK THAT THAT'S FAIR.
AND SO THE PLAN, THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT, THAT THAT JUST WASN'T APPROPRIATE.
WHAT IS THE BEST PATH MOVING FORWARD, BUT IN A PATH THAT PROVIDES SOME PREDICTABILITY? BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN THROUGH THIS CONCEPT OF THREE MILES, IT'S TOO MUCH.
WELL, THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PROCESS, THROUGH WORKING WITH THE PLANNING TEAM, IT'S LIKE, HOW DO WE SCALE THAT BACK? AND THE PLANNING TEAM SAID, WOULD Y'ALL PLEASE REACH OUT TO TOYOTA AS A STAKEHOLDER, NUMBER ONE TO SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO BE ON THE PLANNING TEAM? AND THE NUMBER TWO, IF AT SOME POINT WE CAN ALL COME TO THE TABLE AND HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, UH, WE DID REACH OUT TO TOYOTA.
THEY, THEY OPTED TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE PLANNING TEAM.
SO THEY WERE NOT A PART OF DEVELOPING THIS MAP.
BUT WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS WITH, WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES, WAS THE IDEA THAT REALLY WE NEED TO SCALE THAT BACK.
WE NEED MORE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND WE NEED PREDICTABILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
SO ULTIMATELY WE SAID WE NEED TO SCALE IT BACK AT LEAST A MILE.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO THAT THROUGH COMING THROUGH SOME OF THESE CONCEPTS OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
UM, MUCH OF, MUCH OF WHICH WE'VE ALREADY REMOVED FROM THIS AND BASICALLY SAID, LOOK, LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION MORE BROADLY ABOUT TRANSITIONAL LAND USES WITHIN THIS PLANT.
SO THAT'S REALLY HOW WE GOT TO THIS CONCEPT.
AND WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP IS REFLECTIVE OF TRYING TO PROVIDE ABOUT ONE MILE, KEEPING IT RELATIVELY INDUSTRIAL, AND THEN STARTING TO SCALE BACK THE LEVEL OR INCREASE SCALE, SCALE THE LEVEL OF INTENSITY BACK THE FURTHER AND FURTHER YOU GET AWAY FROM THE MANUFACTURING PLANT.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO BE FAIR TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO AGREE THAT THIS WAS PRESENTED TODAY.
I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE NEED TO DIGEST IT AT AT SOME POINT.
UM, BUT ALSO I COME FROM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE LIVED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON WHERE QUITE FRANKLY THAT HAPPENS QUITE FRANKLY.
ANYBODY CAN DO WITH WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH THEIR PROPERTY FOR THE MOST PART.
SO CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THEIR UNDER THAT THEY NEED TIME TO UNDERSTAND AND DIGEST IT AT SOME POINT TOO.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA, MY CONCERN, AND I HEAR A LOT OF THE PEOPLE HERE WITH SOME FEARS ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR INVESTMENTS, BUT I, I HAVE TO ASK, UH, WHO WILL ULTIMATELY CONTROL THE OVERLAY? WHO MAKES A DECISION ON WHAT IS ON THE OVERLAY OR NOT? YOU KNOW, UH, WE, WE PRESENT IT IN A MAP AND THESE, UH, FOLKS WILL UNDERSTAND, WELL IF YOU CAN'T DO THIS BECAUSE THAT'S ON THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, OR WILL NOT ALLOW YOU BECAUSE OF WHAT WE APPROVED ON THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHO HAS THE POWER TO SAY YAY OR NAY ON WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO IF THEY'RE IN THE UNDER OVERLAY DISTRICT? ALL LAND USE AND ZONING DECISIONS LIE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THE, FROM THE ENABLING ORDINANCE ULTIMATELY UP TO THE, THE ACTUAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT PARAMETERS, ALL OF THAT IS THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
WHAT WE ARE AGREEING ON TODAY WILL GIVE THE POWER TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO.
THE CITY COUNCIL ALWAYS HAS THE AUTHORITY WHEN IT COMES TO LAND USE AND ZONING DECISIONS.
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IS CONSIDERATION OF THE TEXAS A AND M AREA REGIONAL CENTER AND NOT THE OVER, NOT A ZONING OVERLAY DISTRICT.SO ON THIS PLAN, UH, I NOTICED IT IN THE REVISIONS UHSPECIFICALLY, IT TALKS ABOUT THE SUGGESTION OF OVERLAY BUFFERS, BUT IN AND WITHIN THE PLAN.
SO I JUST WANT TO, I'M JUST CURIOUS, COULD THIS BE PLAN, BE USED AS JUSTIFICATION FOR A BUFFER OUTSIDE OF THE PLAN FOR A BUFFER OUTSIDE OF THE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW STAFF IN THE CITY WILL USE THESE PLANS AND WHEN, WHEN A ZONING CHANGE COMES FORTH OR EVEN 10 YEARS FROM NOW? MM-HMM.
THE, THE, THE CONFINES OF THIS PLAN AS IT SITS TODAY, IS THAT GOING TO BE, UH, THE ONLY THING IT CAN, IT HAS PURVIEW OVER, IT DOESN'T EXTEND BEYOND THE BOUNDARY IN ANY SUGGESTION? WELL, WELL AGAIN, THE THIS PLAN IS NOT MAKING THE EXPLICIT DIRECT RECOMMENDATION ON ANY PARAMETERS RELATED TO AN TO THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
THAT STATING THAT THAT'S A TOOL THAT COULD BE UTILIZED.
IT'S, AND IF THAT IS THE TOOL THAT MOVES FORWARD, WE DO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
GET THAT THOSE, THAT, THAT, THOSE, UM, THAT, THAT, THOSE PARAMETERS AND WILL BE DISCUSSED WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
BUT, AND THE CRUX OF MY QUESTION IS THOUGH, IS CAN THIS PLAN, IF WE PASS THIS TODAY, IF IT GETS PASSED MM-HMM,
'CAUSE WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH OF THE LANGUAGE, IT IMPLIES IN AND WITHIN, FROM THE NORTH SIDE TO THE SOUTH SIDE, IT DOESN'T, YEAH.
BECAUSE WE WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE LAND USE ISSUES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE TEXAS A M AREA REGIONAL CENTER.
AND I, AND I DO LIKE THE, THE REVISIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THEY'RE ON POINT.
I THINK THEY, THEY KEEP IT, UH, A LITTLE, UH, MORE GENERAL.
UM, SO THE OTHER, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, SO IF WE, WHOEVER MAKES A MOTION TO LET'S SAY, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, WITH THE CITY AMENDMENTS MM-HMM,
FOR WHAT, WHERE, FOR WHAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD? YES, SIR.
WE ACTUALLY PROVIDED A HANDOUT AND MY POLICY AS I SEE THE HANDOUT, YOU GET A COPY.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A, IF YOU COULD JUST REFERENCE THAT AND SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS GONNA BE MADE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY OR IF THERE WAS SOME CODE NUMBER ON HERE TO MAKE SURE THERE WASN'T THE, IT WAS THE, THE INTENT OF PROVIDING THAT WAS JUST THAT Y'ALL HAD A, AN ACTUAL WRITTEN COPY THAT YOU COULD REFER TO AND LOOK AT.
BUT PROVIDING THAT FOR THE RECORD IS, IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO GIVE US THE RECOMMENDATION TO THEN MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PLAN.
AND THEN HOW SOON COULD THAT BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE JUST MORE INFORMED SURE.
OF, OF WHAT WE COULD HAVE, COULD ACT ON TODAY.
NO, WE CAN PLACE THAT ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT AWAY.
UM, ONCE WE MAKE ALL OF THOSE MODIFICATIONS, WE CAN PLACE THAT ON THE WEBSITE AND REPLACE THE, UH, DRAFT THAT, OR SHOW IT THAT THERE'S A NEW COMPONENT, UH, UH, ON THE WEBSITE.
AND, UM, AND IT WILL BE UPLOADED TO ANY FUTURE AGENDA FOR THE FINAL CONSIDERATION OF THIS PLAN.
I, I'M IN SUPPORTIVE THAT AS REVISED.
I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
MY QUESTIONS HAVE ALL BEEN BETWEEN THIS MEETING AND LAST MEETING AND ALL THE DISCUSSION.
UM, I DO WANNA THANK EVERYBODY THAT CAME DOWN TODAY TO SPEAK FROM THE PUBLIC AND GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME AND BEING HERE AND MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD.
NOW THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK RUDY, MICAH, AND BRIDGET, IF YOU'RE OVER THERE, I THINK YOU ARE, UM, FOR WORKING OVER THE PAST FEW WEEK OR A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS BY THE COMMISSION THAT WE HAD AT OUR LAST MEETING AND, UH, WORKING SWIFTLY TO, TO GET THOSE, UM, THOSE EDITS OUT FOR THIS MEETING TODAY.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE WILL ENTERTAIN SOME TYPE OF MOTION.
I MOVE TO, IF THERE'S NO MORE COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS AS AS RECENTLY AMENDED BY STAFF.
CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THAT? I'M SORRY.
I MOVED TO ADOPT THE, UH, THE PLAN AS RECENTLY REVISED, UH, BY STAFF.
IS THAT A SUFFICIENT, DOES THAT COVER WHAT WE'VE GOT TODAY? YES.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE, THE REVISED LANGUAGE FOR PUBLIC RECORD.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLAN WITH THE REVISIONS PROVIDED BY STAFF TODAY.
WE HAVE A SECOND AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
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NO.SO WE DON'T HAVE, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION REQUIRES MAJORITY VOTE OF FIVE VOTES EITHER WAY.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE MOTION HAS NOT BEEN PASSED.
SO IT'S AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER COMMISSIONER.
WELL, ANOTHER COMMISSIONER CAN MAKE, MAKE A MOTION BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE FINAL ACTION ON THE ITEM.
SO THIS TIME WE'LL ENTERTAIN ANY OTHER MOTION.
UH, DOES A MOTION HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEBODY IN THE, ON A, ON A PREVAILING SIDE OR IF IT'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THAT MOTION TO APPROVE, THEN YES.
SINCE IT WAS A TIE, WHO'S ON THE PREVAILING? I GUESS SOMEONE WHO VOTED NO WOULD HAVE TO BE BECAUSE THE MOTION FAILED.
THEN IT WOULD BE THE, THOSE THAT VOTED FOR IT OR BE AGAINST IT.
SO, SO TO REPEAT THAT, IF YOU WANTED TO SUBMIT A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE MOTION FAILED, SO THOSE ON THE PREVAILING SIDE WOULD BE THOSE THAT VOTED AGAINST THE MOTION.
SO IF THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE THAT VOTED AGAINST THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOUR COMMISSIONERS THAT VOTED AGAINST, ONE OF THEM CAN SUBMIT A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, AND THEN AFTER THAT POINT, THE COMMISSION CAN TAKE ANOTHER VOTE.
CAN I SUGGEST, UH, A MOTION TO CONSIDER GIVING MORE TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO REVIEW THE REVISION VERSION OF THE PLAN FOR ANOTHER MEETING WHERE WE CAN VOTE ON IT AFTER THEY HAVE THE TIME TO LOOK AT IT AND THEY JUST, I THINK WE NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER BEFORE WE CONSIDER THAT MOTION.
UH, HE, HE COULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO CONSIDER.
THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER WOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE AGAIN.
SO, AND HE ABSTAINED SO HE, HE'D BE ABLE TO, TO, HE CAN DO THAT ONE.
'CAUSE IT'S JUST A CONTINUANCE KIND OF THING.
SO YES, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THIS ITEM AND THEN HAVE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION AFTER THAT.
SO, COMMISSIONER ZUKI, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, AND AFTER A SECOND WE'LL HAVE A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER, AND THEN A SUBSEQUENT VOTE CAN BE HELD ON THE NEXT MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
AND A SECOND PLEASE DO ROLL CALL VOTE.
I'LL ENTERTAIN ANOTHER MOTION MOVE TO CONTINUE FOR TWO WEEKS.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE FOR TWO WEEKS, WHICH WILL BE THE JUNE 26TH.
THE JUNE 26TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
CHAIR, MAY I INTERJECT ONE MOMENT? YES.
WE ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR FROM OUR LEGAL COUNSEL.
WE ALWAYS LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK
UH, I JUST WANT TO LET THE COMMISSION KNOW THAT BECAUSE THIS IS ALREADY BEEN HEARD AT TWO COMMISSION MEETINGS, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CAN MOVE FORWARD TO COUNCIL, UH, EVEN IF THIS IS CONTINUED.
AND SO WE JUST TRANSPARENCY WANT THE COMMISSION TO KNOW.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, CHAIR.
UM, CAN I, CAN I PLEASE REQUEST SOMEBODY WHO, WHO VOTED AGAINST THIS, IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC AMENDMENT THAT THEY COULD SUGGEST THAT WOULD GET THEM TO SWAY TO AN APPROVAL BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ON A CONTINUANCE VOTE? CERTAINLY.
SO I'M, I'M, I'M JUST ASKING THE MAKER OF THE MOTION OF THE CONTINUANCE.
IF THEY COULD JUST, IF THERE'S ANY, IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THIS COMMISSION VOTED TO KNOW THAT, THAT, THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD CHANGE, THAT WOULD SWAY THEIR VOTE.
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TO THAT.UH, IT ADDRESSED THE COMMENT THAT WE HAD FROM THE LAST MEETING.
UH, I CAME TO THE MEETING TODAY, FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN CHANGES THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF.
I, I LOOKED AT IT, I HAD THE TIME TO READ IT, AND I HAD THE PRESENTATION BEFORE THE MEETING TO GO OVER IT AND ASK QUESTIONS TO RUDY, AND HE DID ANSWER THAT QUESTIONS TO ME.
SO I HAVE NO PROBLEMS ON THAT PLAN.
MY PROBLEM IS THE COMMITTEES HERE, THE COMMUNITIES HERE HAVE JUST SAW, SAW THE COMMENT JUST NOW.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO DIGEST IT, IT TO GO OVER IT, TO READ IT, TO GO BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES AND, AND ADDRESS IT, AND WHETHER IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THEM OR NOT.
SO I JUST WANNA GIVE THEM THE TIME TO LOOK AT IT AND COME BACK LATER FOR A MORE, UH, INFORMAL DECISION FROM THEIR END.
THAT MAKES ME COMFORTABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PLAN.
WELL, I ONLY ASK BECAUSE IF, SINCE EVERYTHING WE HEARD, UH, THAT WAS AGAINST, UH, THIS HAD TO DEAL WITH OUTSIDE OF THE PLAN BOUNDARY AND, AND THE PLAN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH, AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUTSIDE OF THE PLAN BOUNDARY, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THIS PLAN BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE ARE HEARING IS A ZONING RELATED ISSUE.
I, I'M GONNA ECHO, UH, COMMISSIONER ZUKI.
I JUST, I I THINK IT'S FAIR TO GIVE, TO GIVE THEM TIME TO, TO DIGEST IT, TO LOOK AT IT.
AND IF THEY HAVE COMMENT QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, THEY HAVE THE TIME FOR IT.
PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF.
UM, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE TO JUNE 26TH.
CAN WE PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THAT.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.
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IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.IS THERE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? WE'LL DO A VOICE VOTE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES? ANY STAFF UPDATES, DIRECTOR'S REPORT,
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ANYTHING? NO, SIR.UH, JUST THAT WE'VE EXTEND, THE ONLY THING I WAS GONNA PROVIDE, I'M SORRY, IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION TECHNICAL ADVISORY APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED OR THE APPLICANT? HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
MELISSA, CAN YOU PLEASE KEEP YOUR VOICES DOWN? WE STILL HAVE A MEETING GOING ON HERE.
THE ONLY ITEM I WAS GOING TO MENTION IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATIONS.
UM, IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS, SO WE PLEASE ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO APPLY AND HOW MANY COMMUNITY THANK MEMBERS ARE NEEDED ON THAT.
APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
IT IS FOUR 14 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.