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GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH OUR SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES STATEMENT, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS ROB SIPES AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT SEVEN ZONING COMMISSIONER.
I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICE MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION INTO SESSION.
ROMAN NUMERALS CONFUSING ME HERE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN MY FAR LEFT.
JOHN BUSTAMANTE, DISTRICT FIVE.
DANIEL KELLUM, DISTRICT ONE JOHN WITT, DISTRICT 10.
JANELLE CHASE, MAYOR'S OFFICE.
EDDIE REYES, DISTRICT FOUR STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
UH, WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? ALRIGHT, PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE OUR STAFF TO REVIEW THE MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF.
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THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE TURN YOUR PHONES ON VIBRATE OR TURN THEM OFF.
THE ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING CASES UPON RECEIVING YOUR RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION, YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD YOUR CASE TO CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CASE MANAGER.
STAFF WILL BEGIN EACH CASE WITH A SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE REQUEST.
PART OF THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES A MAP THAT SHOWS THE AREA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING AND PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN X INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION.
FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING.
YOU WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THOSE IN SUPPORT IN OPPOSITION, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.
YOU WILL BE INFORMED THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP.
FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO A SPEAKER, THAT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME FOR A TOTAL OF NINE MINUTES.
AND PLEASE STAND AND YIELD YOUR TIME WHEN THAT SPEAKER GOES TO THE PODIUM.
THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED IN TO SPEAK.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS.
UM, IT APPEARS THAT WE HAVE NO WITHDRAWN OR POSTPONED ITEMS TODAY, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IF WE COULD JUST GO OVER THE LIST OF ITEMS ON THE COMBINED AGENDA ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS NUMBER 6, 7 8 HAS BEEN MOVED TO INDIVIDUAL 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, AND 24.
ANY, ANY COMMISSIONER WISH TO PULL ONE OF THE REMAINING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE.
IF WE COULD READ THE CONSENT AGENDA INTO THE RECORD PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MF 33 TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
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27 NOTICES SENT ZERO RECEIPT IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED MINKY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE OUTSIDE.ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I ONE AND R SIX TO IDZ ONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OH ONE OFFICE DISTRICT AND 10 DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1327 TO 1343 SOUTHWEST 35TH STREET AND 25 26, 26 14 AND 26 18 EL HARDIN ROAD.
ZERO OPPOSED? THOMPSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
OUTSIDE 200 FEET WE RECEIVED SIX IN FAVOR.
OH, I'M SORRY, EIGHT WAS INDIVIDUAL.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX AND MF 30, OR I'M SORRY, R SIX RM FOUR AND MF 33 TO R SIX CD, RM FOUR CD AND MF 33 CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE ALL THREE WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT WITH A REDUCED FIVE FOOT BUFFER YARD WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 8 0 2 TO EIGHT 12 EAST ERIE AVENUE.
8 34 TO 8 36 EAST ERIE AVENUE.
4 0 1 AND FOUR 14 EAST LAUREL AND ONE 14 PAAL STREET.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO TEXAS DISTRICT ONE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I ONE TO IDZ TWO WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT BAR SLASH TAVERN MICROBREWERY.
MOBILE FOOD COURT, MOBILE FOOD TRUCK COURT, MOBILE FOOD TRUCK VENDING BASE OPERATIONS AND RECEPTION HALL WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT SIX 10 EAST JOSEPHINE.
AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR WEST FORT ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I ONE TO C TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1902 TO 1910 WEST COMMERCE STREET.
HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE PROSPECT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C3 NACD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR WHOLESALE, PLANT NURSERY AND C3 CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A WHOLESALE PLANT NURSERY, UH, TO C3 N-A-C-D-S WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR LANDSCAPING MYRIAD MATERIALS, SALES AND STORAGE AND A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR STORAGE OUTSIDE SCREENING FROM PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS AND ADJACENT PROPERTY REQUIRED LOCATED AT 83 49 WEST LOOP.
1604 NORTH 11 NOTICES WERE SENT.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO R THREE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 29 42 TAMP PICO STREET.
AND THERE IS NO RESPONSE FROM THE EL CHARRO OR BRADY GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C3 TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO PAINT AND BODY WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 67 25 WEST US HIGHWAY 90 13 NOTICES WERE SENT.
ZERO OPPOSED NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM NP 10 TO I ONE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 9 2 3 3 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY 12 NOTICES WERE SENT.
AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO YES.
TWO R FIVE AND C TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 3,400 GOLDEN AVENUE.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM RM FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 7 43 ES SIXTH STREET.
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27 NOTICES WERE SENT.DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER 19 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR R SIX R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND R SIX S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A PRIVATE SCHOOL SLASH DAYCARE TO PUD R THREE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 41 72, 41 44 AND 41 88 JUNG ROAD AND 39 51 BRIAR HOLLOW STREET.
TWO OPPOSED BRIAR WICK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION JUST SENT US A RESPONSE THAT THEY ARE NEUTRAL.
ITEM NUMBER 20 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MF 33 TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE FLEX SPACE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
THE APPLICANT IS WANTING TO AMEND TO A C TWO NA CD, UH, LOCATED AT 97 54 SOUTHTON ROAD.
NOTICES WERE SENT, ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR.
AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C3 NA AND R SIX TO C TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT, UM, 1 1 1 TO 1 27 GILLETTE BOULEVARD, 3 3 9 MORON BOULEVARD AND 3 53 MORSON BOULEVARD.
ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE HARLANDALE MCCOLLUM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 22 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MI ONE TO MXD WITH A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF FIVE UNITS PER ACRE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 1 5 8 3 PLEASANTON ROAD.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 23 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO R FIVE ON 0.12 ACRES OUT OF NCB 8 6 3 AND R THREE ON 0.09 ACRES OUT OF NCB 8 6 3 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 4 0 1 EAST MISSILE TO AVENUE 30 NOTICES WERE SENT.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR WHEN OPPOSED.
TOKEN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO TEXAS DISTRICT ONE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION.
A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM IDZ TWO WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND BAR AND OR TAVERN WITHOUT A COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK TO AN ID IDZ TWO WITH SIMILAR USES PERMITTED IN C TWO'S COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND BAR AND OR TAVERN WITHOUT COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK WITH A MAJOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 4 1 9 SOUTH HACKBERRY STREET.
AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND WE DO HAVE VOICEMAILS AND SPEAKERS.
AND IF WE COULD NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER BARTOS JOINED THE MEETING AT ONE 15 AND IF WE COULD, UM, START HEARING PUBLIC COMMENT.
I GUESS WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER SIX.
DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS AND VOICEMAIL? YES.
VOICEMAIL FIRST FOR ITEM SIX, PLEASE.
OKAY, WELL ACTUALLY, UM, SORRY.
WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY HERE, I BELIEVE, UM, MR. RAMIREZ FOR 3 0 3.
IRA, I BELIEVE YOU ALSO LEFT A VOICEMAIL.
DO YOU WANT YOUR VOICEMAIL PLATE OR DO YOU WANNA SPEAK? I WANNA SPEAK.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE FIRST STEP TO SPEAK AND IF YOU JUST GIVE YOUR US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
CAN YOU CHECK THE MIC PLEASE? THERE YOU GO.
UM, I LIVE JUST DOWN THE STREET.
UH, I WANNA EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THE OWNER FOR IMPROVING IT, MAKING IT LOOK NICE.
THAT IMPROVES THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HOWEVER I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO, THE WAY IT'S GONNA BE USED PROPOSED TO BE USED IS GOING TO IMPROVE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HAVING A BUSINESS WHERE A FAMILY SHOULD BE IS GONNA IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, PLUS THE OTHER PROBLEM I SEE WITH THIS IS THAT IT'S NOT THE ONLY BUSINESS ON THAT STREET.
THERE ARE, THERE'S AT LEAST ONE OTHER B AND B THERE.
PLUS IT WAS TOLD TO ME THAT TWO OTHERS ARE ON
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THAT SAME BLOCK IN THE 200 AREA THAT ARE NOT LISTED.BUT, UM, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT ONE FOR SURE IS AN AIRBNB PLUS.
I SPOKE TO ANOTHER NEIGHBOR IN THE AREA WHO SAID THAT SHE WAS, I'M NOT GONNA NAME HER, SHE WAS OPPOSED TO THIS ALSO.
SO WE BOTH FELT THAT THIS WASN'T HELPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECOME A COHESIVE UNIT AS FAMILY IS.
AND SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I THINK THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THAT ITEM? WE DO.
ARE YOU THE OWNER, SIR, OR THE APPLICANT? OH, AND THEN AFTER MR. GRIMES, IT'LL BE, UH, MR. ESCOBIDO, PLEASE.
UH, I LIVE AT FOUR 15 PARLIN PLACE IN MANKEY PARK.
UH, I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LAND USE COMMITTEE.
UH, AND NORMALLY THE PRESIDENT SCOTT DAY WOULD BE HERE TO SPEAK, BUT HE IS OUT OF TOWN.
SO I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WHEN NEIGHBORS FIRST BEGAN TO, UH, UH, MEET WITH, UH, MS. MR. ESCOBIDO, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, THIS PROFESSIONAL USE.
AND, UH, WHAT HE EXPLAINED TO US WAS THAT HIS INTENT WAS THAT, UH, THIS BE A, A RESIDENCE FOR HIS DAUGHTER AND THAT HE USED A PORTION OF IT AS HIS LAW OFFICE.
AND HE EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS WINDING DOWN HIS LAW PRACTICE MOVING FROM AN OFFICE AND THAT, UH, AND SO THIS, THIS WOULD BE HIS OFFICE PLUS THE RESIDENCE FOR THE DAUGHTER.
AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT THAT HEARD THIS, WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION AT THE TIME INCORRECTLY THAT A, UH, CONDITIONAL USE EXPIRES WHEN THE OWNER SELLS THE PROPERTY.
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE.
THE CONDITIONAL USE GOES WITH, UH, WITH THE PROPERTY.
AND SO THAT, THAT GAVE SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS SOME CONCERNS.
AND WHAT WE DID IS WE SUGGESTED TO MR. ESCOBIDO THAT AS A SEPARATE MATTER THAT WE FILE IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS IN AGREEMENT THAT ONCE HIS USE OF THE PROPERTY AS AN OFFICE WHEN EITHER RETIRES OR SELLS THE PROPERTY WAS NO LONGER THERE, THAT HE WOULD RE REZONE, VOLUNTARILY REZONE THE PROPERTY.
SO IT NO LONGER HAD THAT CONDITIONAL USE.
UH, WE PRESENTED THAT TO, UH, THE MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD YESTERDAY AND YESTERDAY EVENING BY ELECTRONIC VOTING, THE BOARD BOARD VOTED TO NOT OPPOSE THIS, UH, ZONING CHANGE.
SO, UH, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE SATISFIED THAT, UH, THIS WILL BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND THEN LASTLY FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX, MR. ESCOBIDO, GOOD AFTERNOON.
UH, I KNOW I'VE GOT JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES, BUT I DO WANNA ASSURE MR. RAMIREZ AS, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT HIS CONCERNS.
UH, AGAIN, I WANNA STRESS THIS IS AN R FOUR REQUEST, SO IT IS GOING TO BE A RES SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
I WILL JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE MY OFFICE THERE.
UM, AND AS YOU HEARD FROM MR. GRIMES, UH, WE'VE REACHED AN AGREEMENT ON HOW TO, UH, RESOLVE THE CONCERNS ABOUT IT CONTINUING AS PROFESSIONAL OFFICES AFTER I DISCONTINUE USE OF, OF THAT PROPERTY OR SELL IT, UH, I WANT TO ASSURE THE COMMISSION, I WANNA ASSURE MY PROSPECTIVE NEIGHBORS, THIS PROPERTY IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE IN CHARACTER OR IN APPEARANCE AT ALL.
AS, AS EVIDENCED BY THE PLAT THAT I'VE SUBMITTED WITH THE REQUEST.
UH, IN FACT, IT'S CURRENTLY A MULTI-FAMILY TYPE OF RESIDENCE.
WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HELPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY GOING TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE RECRUIT, UH, DECREASING THE INTENSITY OR THE DENSITY RATHER OF THE TRAFFIC THERE.
I DON'T, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ADVENT OF EMAIL AND, AND ZOOM AND EVERYTHING, I, I DON'T MEET A LOT OF CLIENTS.
SO WE'RE, SO MY PRACTICE DOES NOT INVITE FOOT TRAFFIC.
DOESN'T INVITE A LOT OF, UH, VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
NOBODY WILL EVEN KNOW THERE'S A L IT'S THERE EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT I MAY HAVE A SMALL PLACARD ON THE, ON THE, ON THE HOUSE ITSELF.
BUT THERE'LL BE NOTHING THAT WILL BE INVITING ANY MORE TRAFFIC THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY OCCURRING.
UM, AND AGAIN, UH, BUT I, I JUST WANT TO ASSURE THE NEIGHBORS, THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, THAT I'M GONNA BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND I THINK THEY'RE
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GOING TO, UH, ENJOY, UH, YOU KNOW, ME REHABILITATING OR, OR RENOVATING THE HOME.AND, UH, AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY AT THE MOMENT.
SO AGAIN, I WANT TO ASSURE IT, MR. RAMIREZ, THE OTHER UNNAMED PERSON THAT'S OPPOSED, AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S OFFERED ANY OPPOSITION, UH, I DON'T WANNA SAY IT'S MISPLACED BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A RESOLUTION IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
ALRIGHT, THAT IS IT FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX.
UM, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED UP FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, MR. JOSE GALLEGOS.
AND APPEARS HE MAY NOT BE HERE.
YES, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP.
IF YOU CAN JUST SPEAK YOUR NA UM, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I DON'T THINK I'LL TAKE THE FULL THREE MINUTES.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS JOSE GALLEGO.
UH, MY RESIDENCE IS TWO 14 WEST ACADEMY SAN ANTONIO AND A PROUD MEMBER OF DISTRICT FIVE, LIFELONG MEMBER OF DISTRICT FIVE AT S**T STATE.
UH, I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE THOMPSONS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AS PRESIDENT.
UH, WE WELCOME, UH, THE APPLICATION FOR REZONING AND UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, HAS MET WITH THE ASSOCIATION ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, ON TWO SPECIFIC OCCASIONS AND HAS BEEN VERY PROACTIVE IN HER APPLICATION AND HER TRANSPARENCY TO THE PROJECT THAT, UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING.
UH, I THINK THE, UH, PROJECT IS GONNA BE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PARTICULARLY THERE IN, IN THE AREA, UH, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF PORT SAN ANTONIO AND IT'S MOSTLY INDUSTRIAL, UH, AREA THERE.
UH, SO IT'S LOW DENSITY, BUT, UH, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE APPLICATION, WITH THE, UM, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, BUSINESSES THAT IT'S GOING TO ALSO ATTRACT, UH, ATTRACT TO OTHER BUSINESSES WISHING TO, UH, COME INTO THE AREA.
I THINK THERE'S ALSO POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH, UH, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR MUCH NEEDED, UH, RESIDENTS.
SO AGAIN, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT, UH, THIS REZONING APPLICATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS A, UH, UH, VERY HAPPY AND PRODUCTIVE, UH, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TO YOU.
ALRIGHT, THAT IS, UM, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
WE ALSO HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 10, MR. PATRICK SHEAR.
APOLOGIZE, I'M THE APPLICANT, SO IF I'M THE ONLY PERSON I'LL NEED TO SPEAK.
I, I DO, WE HAVE A VOICEMAIL ON ITEM 10.
IF YOU CAN PLAY NUMBER STEVE 1 0 5 RENO STREET.
I'M CALLING ABOUT THE SIX 10 JOSEPHINE CASE.
UM, I, I AGREE THAT, UH, STATE TWO, UM, IS APPROPRIATE ON THIS BLOCK, BUT, UH, IN THE PROPOSAL THERE IS A BAR SLASH TAVERN AND MICROBREWERY BAR SLASH TAVERN IS NOT PERMITTED.
IT'S SPEC SPECIFIC USE IN C TWO AND MICROBREWERY IS NOT PERMITTED AT ALL AND C TWO.
SO I, I RECOMMEND THAT THOSE BE REMOVED FROM THIS AS SINCE THERE IS ABUTTING RESIDENTIAL USES AND MANY RESIDENTIAL USES CLOSE BY.
UM, NEXT ITEM THAT WE HAVE A SPEAKER FOR IS, UM, FOR ITEM 19, MR. ROBERT BATIA FOR, FOR ITEM NUMBER 19.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS ROBERT BATIA.
I LIVE AT 1 5 0 0 3 WINTER VIEW DRIVE, 7 8 2 4 7.
UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, BUILDING, THE PROPOSED BUILDING, UH, THAT IS, UH, BY KB HOLMES IS
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DIRECTLY BEHIND MY HOUSE.UH, MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT IF THERE ARE GOING TO BE TWO STORY DWELLINGS, UM, HOW DO THEY PROPOSE TO, UH, KEEP MY PRIVACY? SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT I, THAT OUR HOA HAS NEGOTIATED WITH KB THAT THERE WILL BE NO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, UH, GOING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UH, THAT IS JUST MY, MY ONLY CONCERN.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE, UH, TWO VOICEMAILS FOR ITEM NUMBER 23.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 508-0928.
I LIVE AT 2 38 WEST ATCH, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2, THE ZONING CASE.
AND IN 2 0 3 AND IT IS AT 4 0 1 EAST MISSILE TOE.
AND I AM, I'M IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REZONING AND I BELIEVE I HAVE TWO VOTES.
AND LIKE I SAID, I'M IN OPPOSITION.
MY ADDRESS IS FOUR 10 EAST MISTO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE TWO.
PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 508-8717.
I'M CALLING REGARDING CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2024 DASH 1 0 7 2 3.
UM, FOR REZONING ON 4 0 1 EAST MISS AVENUE.
AND I AM IN OPPOSITION OF THAT.
AND I AM SORRY WE DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SPEAKER.
UH, MS. RA FALKENBERG, UH, SHE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BACK ON THE SIMILAR ITEM OF ITEM NUMBER 19.
HELLO, I'M RA FALKENBERG AND I RESIDE AT, I TOTALLY FORGOT IT, 39 57 CHIMNEY SPRINGS.
UM, AND LIKE MY NEIGHBOR SAID, OUR AREA IS VERY PRIVATE.
OUR HOUSES ARE FROM THE 1970S.
UH, ALL THE NEWER HOUSES ARE, YOU KNOW, TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
MY HOUSE WHEN I BOUGHT IT WAS $60,000.
NOW IT SELLS FOR THREE TIMES THAT, UH, WE LOVE OUR PRIVACY.
WE DON'T LIKE WANT ANYTHING COMING OR GOING.
ANYBODY THAT COMES TO OUR STREET, IT'S LIKE AN OBLONG STREET.
WE KNOW EVERYBODY IF THEY'RE COMING IN, IT'S 'CAUSE WE KNOW THEM.
IF THEY'RE LEAVING, IT'S 'CAUSE THEY LIVE THERE OR THEY VISIT SOMEBODY.
I DON'T WANNA ENDANGER THIS WITH ANY FOOT TRAFFIC, CAR TRAFFIC, ANYTHING.
JUST, UM, I LOST MY PLACE ON MY PHONE.
UM, OUR, OUR HOUSES ARE, WERE BUILT IN 1970.
THEY'RE ALREADY SIX EXIST THE JUNK ROAD.
SO WE DON'T NEED ANY TRAFFIC THROUGH OURS.
THERE'S NO HOUSES THERE IN, IN THAT AREA TO GO TO VERDE OR WHITMORE.
UM, OUR NEW STREET AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS JUST THE NEXT ONE OVER, WHICH I SAY IS JUNK STREET.
TELL ME IF YOU KNOW A NEIGHBOR THAT'S LIKE OURS.
OUR HOUSES ARE BUILT, THREE FOURTHS OF OUR HOUSES ARE BUILT WITH OUR DOOR ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, NOT A FRONT DOOR.
NOT EVERYBODY'S WELCOME TO OUR HOUSE BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT SIDE DOOR AND WE KEEP OUR PRIVACY.
YOU HAVE TO ACCESS OUR GATE OR NOAHS TO COME THROUGH OUR, OUR HOUSE, OUR HOUSE, OUR AREA FEELS LIKE A, A GATED SUBDIVISION.
WITHOUT THAT GATE, EVERYBODY WE KNOW COMES IN AND EVERYBODY WE KNOW GOES OUT.
THAT MAN RIGHT THERE, I KNOW HE'S MY NEIGHBOR BECAUSE I SEE HIM EVERY DAY WALKING OUR STREETS.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN WALK THE STREETS.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN WALK YOUR DOG.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE THE KIDS CAN PLAY THIS ADDED STRANGER STUFF.
WE, I MEAN, I'M SORRY WE WERE BUILT THERE SO LONG AGO AND, YOU KNOW, DON'T WANNA BE UPDATED, BUT I LIKE THE WAY WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THAT IS THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT, CORRECT.
UM, DOES ANY COMMISSIONER WISH TO PULL ONE OF THE ITEMS DOWN FROM THE CONSENT DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL LOOKING LEFT? SEEING NONE.
ALRIGHT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS MR. CHAIR.
I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20
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AS AMENDED, 21, 22, 23, AND 24.UM, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE THAT, OKAY.
SO THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 AS AMENDED.
21, 22, 23, AND 24 BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS, UH, DISCUSSION.
WHAT DID I, DID I MISS SOMETHING? NOPE.
DISCUSSION, UH, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE, UM, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THE IRA AVENUE ISSUE, UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON ASKED THAT I TAKE, UH, CARE OF THAT FOR HER TODAY SINCE SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.
UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A DOWN ZONING FROM MF 33, UH, TO R FOUR.
UM, THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR, UH, PROFESSIONAL OFFICE IS, IS A MORE INTENSIVE USE THAN A TYPICAL R FOUR, BUT IT IS, AS MR. ESCOVEDO REFLECTED A FAIRLY LOW INTENSITY USE.
UM, IT IS ONE STREET REMOVED FROM BROADWAY.
AND SO OVERALL, I DON'T SEE THIS AS CHANGING THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO AS A RESULT, UM, THIS WILL GO ON TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, WITH RESPECT TO EAST JOSEPHINE.
YOU KNOW, THE ONE OPPOSITION WAS REGARDING, UH, WHETHER OR NOT C TWO USES WOULD INCLUDE BAR AND TAVERN AND THEY DO NOT.
BUT GIVEN THAT IT'S AN IDZ TWO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE BAR AND TAVERN ARE USES PULLED DOWN WITHIN THE IDZ TWO, AND SO THEREFORE THAT AMENDMENT IS UNNECESSARY.
AND SO THAT IS WHY THAT IS GOING FORWARD AS WELL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER? UH, COMMISSIONER WITT? JUST, UH, IN RECOGNITION OF THE TWO PEOPLE WHO SPOKE, UH, REGARDING 19 THE YOUNG ROAD, UH, THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING LONG PROCESS WHERE THE DEVELOPER WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, THEY HAD, I THINK UPWARDS OF EIGHT MEETINGS.
I ATTENDED TWO OF THEM AND THEY, THEY'VE, THE DEVELOPER'S DONE A PROBABLY AN EXCELLENT JOB OF NEGOTIATING, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MITIGATE AS MANY OF THE ISSUES AS THEY POSSIBLY COULD, UH, WITH ALL OF THAT, INCLUDING CHANGING THE ZONING TO SOMETHING THAT WAS LESS POTENTIALLY OFFENSIVE.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, WELL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UM, THOSE ITEMS WILL NOW BE PASSING ON OR CONTINUING ON TO CITY COUNCIL, SO YOU ARE FREE TO ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY, SO WE WILL NOW.
UM, IF WE COULD, UH, HAVE THE RECORD REFLECT THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER BUS DEANTE IS RECUSING HIMSELF FROM THE NEXT, FROM THE CONTINUANCE HEARING AND HE HAS LEFT THE MEETING AT 1 26.
AND SO OUR CONTINUANCE ITEMS FOR OCTOBER ONE ARE ITEMS ONE, THREE, AND FIVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE ITEMS? NO SIR.
LET ME DOUBLE CHECK THE LIST OF SPEAKERS.
THOSE ARE FOR ITEM EIGHT, SO WE'RE GOOD.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CONTINUANCE AGENDA.
I'LL GIVE YOU ONE, UH, MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS ONE, THREE AND FIVE TO OCTOBER 1ST, 2024.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS ONE, THREE, AND FIVE TO THE OCTOBER 1ST MEETING BY COMMISSIONER WITT WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE.
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YES.IF WE COULD GET COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE TO REJOIN THE MEETING AND THERE HE IS.
COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE HAS REJOINED THE MEETING AT 1 28.
DID MR. CHAIR, IF YOU COULD TAKE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AHEAD, UH, AS THE FIRST ITEM ON INDIVIDUAL.
ALRIGHT, SO YOU SAID WE'RE MOVING EIGHT TO THE END OF THE NO.
UM, SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR ITEMS ONE, THREE, AND FIVE, WE WILL SEE Y'ALL IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
SO IF WE WILL, WE WILL TAKE ITEM EIGHT FIRST THEN IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION PLEASE.
MY NAME IS ASHLEY AL, SENIOR PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2023 DASH 1 0 7 0 3 3 6 IS THE SOUTH GOVERNMENT HILL LARGE AREA REZONING IN COUNCIL.
DISTRICT TWO A CCR WAS SIGNED BY DISTRICT TWO ON OCTOBER 16TH, 2023.
AND ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2023, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO INITIATE A LARGE AREA REZONING FOR APPROXIMATELY 135 ACRES.
GENERALLY ABOUNDED BY I 35 TO THE NORTH AUSTIN STREET TO THE WEST, AND THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST.
THE GOALS ARE TO ALIGN ZONING WITH THE CURRENT USE OF PROPERTIES MATCH ZONING WITH THE SA TOMORROW EAST SIDE LAND USE PLAN, AVOID NONCONFORMING USES WHERE POSSIBLE, GATHER COMMUNITY INPUT AND MAINTAIN A TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING REZONING CHANGES TO 206 OF THE 358 PROPERTIES REVIEWED.
GOING FROM VARIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS TO I ONE LC TWO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR.
C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR BAR SLASH TAVERN C ONE M 40 RM SIX RM FIVE RM FOUR R SIX R FIVE R FIVE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS R FIVE S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR MANUFACTURING HOME R FOUR R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS.
R THREE R TWO, R ONE IDZ ONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C ONE AND OH ONE WITH ALL OVERLAY DISTRICTS REMAINING UNCHANGED STAFF HAS ONE AMENDMENT FOR 5 0 3 ROPER AND 4 0 9 ROPER FROM IDZ ONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C ONE AND OH ONE TO IDZ ONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
THIS IS A MAP OF THE PROPOSED REZONING CHANGES.
THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WERE HELD FOR OWNERS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IMPACTED BY THE LARGE AREA REZONING STAFF PRESENTED THE AREA BEING REZONED, THE HISTORY OF THE AREA, THE PROPOSED ZONING CATEGORIES AND THE TIMELINE TO COMPLETE THE REZONING PROCESS.
393 NOTICES WERE SENT TWO IN FAVOR, TWO IN OPPOSITION, ONE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE OF 200 AND FEET, ZERO IN OPPOSITION OUTSIDE OF 200 AND FEET.
THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE GOVERNMENT HILL TOMORROW COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IS NEUTRAL.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE VOICEMAILS AND SPEAKERS OR JUST WE DO HAVE ONE VOICEMAIL AND THEN THE REST ARE SPEAKERS.
UM, WERE ANY OF THE SPEAKERS NO.
YOU ALREADY KNEW WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.
IF WE COULD HEAR THE VOICEMAIL PLEASE.
I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT HILL TOMORROW COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
I'M CALLING ABOUT THE SOUTH GOVERNMENT HILL LARGE AREA REZONING.
OUR ORGANIZATION TAKES A NEUTRAL POSITION ON ZONING CASES AS WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF SPEAKING FOR ANYONE WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES.
OUR GOAL IS TO PROMOTE COMMUNICATION.
I DO WANT TO SAY PERSONALLY THAT THE CITY PROCESS WAS ROBUST ON THIS LARGE AREA ZONING.
A LOT OF INFORMATION WAS SHARED AND TIME TAKEN TO ADDRESS RESIDENCE CONCERNS.
THIS PROPOSAL TODAY DOES ACCOMPLISH THE COUNCILMAN'S GOAL AND IS A POSITIVE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I AM REQUESTING THAT THE ROPER STREET ADDRESSES ASSIGNED AN IDZ PROPOSED ZONING.
LATE IN THE PROCESS, HAVE A CONDITION ADDED.
THESE PROPERTIES HAVE MULTIPLE SIDE FACING STREETS WITH RESIDENTIAL ADJACENT THERE AND THERE WILL BE NO SITE PLAN IN THIS CITY INITIATED REZONING.
I REQUEST THE STANDARD NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
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FRONT SETBACKS BE REQUIRED ON ALL STREET FACING SIDES OF THESE PROPERTIES.AND NOW WE'LL GO INTO SPEAKERS.
FIRST SPEAKER WE HAVE IS MS. PHYLLIS NEWMAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. ROSEHILL.
I'M RETIRED FROM THE US POSTAL SERVICE AND FROM FRONTIER AIRLINE.
I LIVE AT 1923 NORTH IH 35 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY.
EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIVE WITHIN THE 200 NOTIFICATION AREA, I'M QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA AS I GREW UP ON AT UH, 27 50 DIGNITY.
I COME BEFORE YOU ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT THE LARGE AREA REZONING THROUGH EYES OF NUMBER ONE, COMMON SENSE AND NUMBER TWO, FAMILY LEGACY.
IF I SUPPORT YOUR PROJECT, THEN YOU'LL SUPPORT MINE.
I STRONGLY OPPOSE ALL THE, OUR RESIDENTIAL REZONING ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND ALONG THE, UH, IH 35 CORRIDOR.
AS I VISIT THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD.
OVER THE PAST 60 YEARS, MORE BUSINESSES HAVE COME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN NEW RESIDENTS, SINGLE FAMILY OR OTHERWISE.
IF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT HAS NOT FLOURISHED IN THE PAST 60 YEARS, THEN WHY WOULD IT DO SO? NOW? MOST OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE EITHER STILL STANDING WITH FRESH PAINT, BARELY STANDING REMNANTS OF AN OLD STRUCTURE, OR THERE ARE A VACANT LOT.
YOU CAN'T DRIVE ONE BLOCK WITHOUT NOTICING THE NEW BUSINESSES AND OR THE NON-RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
WOULD YOU PURCHASE THIS LAND ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO RAISE YOUR FAMILY? COMMON SENSE SAYS, NO NORWOOD AN INVESTOR.
DO YOU REALLY WANT THESE LOTS TO SET VACANT FOREVER? LAST JULY, A DECOMPOSED MALE BODY WAS FOUND ON ONE OF THE VACANT LOTS.
TELL US THAT THE RESIDENTIAL REZONING WOULD CAUSE A PROBLEM FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
LET'S LOOK AT THE SUDDEN OAKS APARTMENT AND THE PARK AT SUDDEN OAKS APARTMENT.
THE RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS BUILT IN 2010 ARE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT.
RECENTLY I WAS LAST THERE IN JULY PASSING OUT FLYERS FROM THE PIGEON POOP TO THE URINE SMELL ENTRYWAYS TO CHEWING GUM STUCK ON THE WALKWAYS.
IT LEFT ME WITH THE THOUGHT THAT THIS PLACE WOULD SOON BE ANOTHER PROJECTS OR GHETTO DUE TO POOR MANAGEMENT AND POOR SELECTION OF TENANTS.
THIS WILL SPILL OVER INTO THE REZONE RESIDENTIAL AREAS ALONG THE TRACKS.
THE PROPERTY ALONG IH 35 SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED TO RESIDENTIAL.
MOST PROPERTIES ALONG IH 35 CORRIDOR HISTORICALLY WILL BE SOME TYPE OF BUSINESS.
EVENTUALLY, WHEN THE OLD PANAM EXPRESSWAY WAS MAKING WAY FOR IH 35 RESIDENTS WERE ASKED TO MO TO MOVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DIGNITY IN OUR BLOCK.
JUST LOOK AT THE PROPERTIES FACING ANY INTERSTATE HISTORICALLY.
SOME, IF NOT ALL OF THEM ARE SOME TYPE OF BUSINESS.
WHEN YOU BRING US TO LOOKING AT THE REZONING WITH EYES OF YOUR FAMILY, LEGACY, YOUR BUSINESS PROPERTY.
AS ALWAYS, YOU WANT THE BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. ROSE HILL TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. JOHN ALCO.
MY NAME IS ROSE HILL, PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT, HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION.
I ALSO SIT ON THE, UH, ON THE DEVELOPMENT TASK TEAM.
UH, THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE OVER THE PAST WEEK HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS REGARDING THE LETTER RECEIVED AND VERY CONCERNED WITH THE VERBIAGE PUT UPON THIS LETTER.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION, BUT ALSO SIT ON THE TASKING FOR THE LARGE AREA REZONING.
MANY ARE CONTENT WITH THEIR PROPERTIES BEING ZONED AS RESIDENTIAL, BUT THE MAJORITY DO NOT WANT THEIR PROPERTIES REZONED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
THE ALLIANCE IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE LARGE AREA REZONING AT THIS TIME.
THESE LETTERS SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT THE BEGINNING OF, OF, OF SEPTEMBER 2ND, THE TASK TEAM SHOULD HAVE REVIEWED ALL THE NOTICES RECEIVED.
SO TODAY, MAYBE THE FIRST WE'LL HEAR OF THESE NOTICES OF HOW MANY RECEIVED AND HOW MANY WENT OUT.
ALL RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE COME FROM THE, FROM THE STAFF, NOT THE TASK TEAM.
WE AES READDRESSED RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE STAFF BASED ON COMMUNITY MEETINGS COMING FROM THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.
THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO LEAVE
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IH 35 CORRIDOR ALONE BASED ON THE CONCERNS FROM THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AS THIS COULD AFFECT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.THE RECOMMENDATION TO LEAVE SKEEN STREET ALONE AS THE MAJORITY ON THIS STREET, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, ARE INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES ALSO WOULD AFFECT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
RECOMMENDATIONS TO STAFF WAS TO SEND OUT LETTERS ADVISING THAT THIS WAS YOUR PROPERTY, WHAT IT IS BEING, WHAT IT IS AT THIS TIME, AND WHAT IT IS BEING CONSIDERED TO BE REZONED.
TOO MUCH CONFUSION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE REQUESTED THAT, THAT WE MADE SURE ALL LETTERS SENT WERE RECEIVED AND IF NOT, LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE, UH, RECEIVED AND OBTAINED.
AGAIN, THE TASK TEAM PLAYED A VERY SMALL ROLE AND THOSE SERIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TAKEN TO CONSIDERATION.
THIS AREA I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION WAS GRANDFATHERED IN BACK IN 2010.
RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ADVISED THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET PERMITS TO FIX THEIR HOMES.
BUT BEFORE THIS TRANSPIRED, ALL RESIDENTS IN THE AREA, IF YOU PULL RECORDS, THEY WERE GIVEN PERMITS.
I FEEL RIGHT NOW THAT THERE IS A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND A LACK OF CONFUSION AMONG OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, I BELIEVE UNTIL WE RECEIVE ALL THE NOTICES, UH, AND WE CAN MEET BACK AS A TASK TEAM, THAT WE COME TOGETHER AND WE LOOK AT IT BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE HOMES OF THESE RESIDENTS.
UM, I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO SPECIFY ON PAGE PAGE, UM, LET'S SEE, PAGE TWO AND THREE.
THE MAJORITY OF THOSE HOMES ON DIGNITY, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, DEVIL'S WHISKEY, MCDONALD'S, CHURCHES, BUSINESSES, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE LOTS ARE BELONG TO THE, TO THE, TO THE CHURCHES.
AND THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT CHANGING THEIR PROPERTIES FROM MF 33 TO RESIDENTIAL, SINCE THAT'S ALL THE MAJORITY OF THE BUSINESS AREA.
UM, PAGE FOUR ON 10 LOCKY, THAT IS HIGH DEN, HIGH DENSITY.
BUT IF YOU'LL NOTICE IT, UH, THAT AREA IS RIGHT, THE STREET RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO DIGNITY.
SO HOW CAN YOU HAVE ONE HIGH DENSITY AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE OTHER ONES RESIDENTIAL THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
PAGE NINE, ON RENTALS, YOU HAVE MF 33 AGAIN, UH, THAT HAS LOW DENSITY, BUT 5 0 7 ON THAT STREET SHOWS THE MAJORITY OF THE OTHER HOUSES SHOW NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
1718 WALTERS MF 33, RIGHT ON THE MAIN STREET.
UH, UH, THERE WE WANNA HAVE R SIX.
SO AGAIN, UH, WE WILL COME BACK AND SUPPORT THIS, BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR TO NOT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE MOVE IT BACK UNTIL WE, THE TASK TEAM HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT ALL THE NOTICES THAT HAVE COME IN.
AND IF THEY ARE ALL IN, IN FAVOR OF, AND THEY A HUNDRED PERCENT UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING, THEN WE WILL SUPPORT THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERBIAGE ON WHAT WAS SENT OUT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S THE STATE.
THE STATE HAS, UH, TO A RIGHT TO PUT THAT VERBIAGE ON THERE.
BUT THE, WHEN YOU SAY TELL THAT TO THE OWNERS THAT DON'T KNOW ROSE, THEY'RE VERY CONFUSED AND SCARED.
NEXT WE HAVE JOHN ALAD TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. VIAL.
MY FAMILY HAS LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS SINCE 1905.
SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A RESIDENCE.
BUT ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT, UH, I'M ON THE TASK TEAM AS WELL.
I CAME IN A LITTLE BIT, UH, LATER THAN THE RE UH, THE FIRST TASK TEAM.
BUT I'M FINDING THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE CONCERNED THAT WE'RE BEING CRAMMED DOWN OUR THROAT WITH THIS PARTICULAR PACKAGE.
I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE WERE GOING BACK TO RESIDENTIAL.
WHEN GOVERNMENT HELD CHANGED, UH, TO HISTORIC, WE WERE CHANGED TO INDUSTRIAL, HOPING THAT THIS AREA WOULD BE INDUSTRIALIZED, NEVER HAPPENED.
WE'RE GONNA STAY THERE AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR HOMES.
BUT THIS IS A LARGE TRACK OF LAND AND I RESPECT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT WANNA TAKE THEIR PROPERTY AND REFURBISH THEIR PROPERTY.
THAT'S THE RIGHT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS SO LARGE THAT WE NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THEIR ZONING IS BEING DONE.
MINE IS, UH, GOING TO BE CHANGED TO RESIDENTIAL, BUT ALSO IN THE VERBIAGE IT SAYS EMPLOYMENT SLASH SLASH MULTI-USE.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT I'M GONNA CHARGE MY FAMILY MEMBERS, UH, TO STAY IN THEIR BEDROOMS? I DON'T NEED THAT VERBIAGE.
AND A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE THAT TYPE OF VERBIAGE.
IF IT'S GONNA BE RESIDENTIAL, LET IT BE RESIDENTIAL.
DON'T TACK ON DIFFERENT, UH, VERBIAGE THAT'S GONNA BE BENEFICIAL TO SOMEONE ELSE.
UH, WE GET A LOT OF CARDS, A LOT OF POSTCARDS OF, OF DEVELOPERS WANTING TO BUY OUR PROPERTIES.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, IS THEY WANNA REZONE SO THAT IT'S EASIER FOR THEM TO COME IN AND BUY US OUT AND CHANGE THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
IT'S CLOSE DOWNTOWN, IT'S CLOSE TO THE EXPRESSWAY AND THEY WANNA CHANGE, UH, TO THEIR BENEFIT.
THEY WANNA MAKE A, UH, DOLLARS FOR THEMSELVES.
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BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE UP OUR CASTLES.
THOSE ARE OUR CASTLES BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN THERE IN MY FAMILY.
WE'RE A LARGE FAMILY AND WE'RE GONNA PASS ON THIS PROPERTY TO ANOTHER PROPERTY.
I'M A COMMUNITY LEADER AND I GOT A LOT OF CALLS FROM THESE CONCERNED RESIDENTS AND THEY WANT TO JUST FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON.
WHAT I'M ASKING OF YOU IS THAT GIVE US SOME MORE TIME, TAKE IT OFF THE DOCKET BEFORE YOU SEND IT TO CITY COUNCIL.
ALLOW US AS A TASK FORCE SO WE CAN SIT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO EARN OUT ALL THE, ALL THE RES WE NEED TO DOT THE I'S AND CROSS THE T'S.
GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS CORRECTLY.
NEXT WE HAVE MR. MICHAEL VIAL TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. JOSEPHINE DOW.
SO WE SIGN UP TO SPEAK TOGETHER, BUT I'LL YIELD MY TIME TO HIM.
OKAY, SO YOU'LL BE GIVEN SIX MINUTES, SIR.
MY NAME IS, UH, MICHAEL RIO, UM, 3 22 MARI EAST DRIVE.
BUT I'M HERE FOR, UH, A COUPLE BUILDINGS THAT MY MOTHER OWNS A BUILDING AT SEVEN 14 SEG STREET AND I OWN A BUILDING AT, UH, SEVEN 10 SEGUIN STREET.
UM, Y'ALL ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO, UM, C TWO AND I'M RIGHT NOW I TWO I BELIEVE, AND IT'S INDUSTRIAL.
SO, UM, IN UM, 1997, I OPENED MY BUSINESS AT, UH, SEVEN 14 SEGUIN STREET IN THAT SMALL BUILDING.
AND, UH, 2001, I, UM, PURCHASED A LOT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY SEVEN 10 SEGUIN STREET.
AND IN 2002, I STARTED A PROCESS OF BUILDING, UH, THE BUILDING THAT I HAVE TODAY AND FINISHED IT AT, MOVED IN IN 2003.
UM, I'VE WORKED AT THE BUILDING LAST 20 YEARS AND THIS ZONING THAT, UH, Y'ALL ARE REQUESTING IS NOT GONNA WORK WITH FURNITURE MANUFACTURING.
WHAT I DO, I BUILD CUSTOM FURNITURE CABINETS AND, UH, SO I WOULD JUST HEAR THAT HOPEFULLY YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, REMOVE THESE PROPERTIES FROM THE LIST OR AT LEAST LOOK AT IT, UH, UH, SEPARATE BASE INSTEAD OF THE WHOLE PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE REZONING THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
UH, WE CURRENTLY ALSO, MY MOTHER OWNS A LOT ON DIGNITY BEHIND THE MY SHOP, ACTUALLY.
AND WE HAVE NO PROBLEM CHANGING THE, UH, ZONING ON THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM RESIDENT, FROM INDUSTRIAL TO RESIDENTIAL.
SO, UH, I, UH, C TWO ALSO DOESN'T, UH, ALLOW FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE.
YOU KNOW, ALL THE WORK IS DONE INSIDE THE BUILDINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A STORAGE SHED.
I HAVE A DUMPSTER, I HAVE A CONTAINER AND A TRUCK AND, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL THINGS THEY USED IN BUSINESSES.
SO, UH, I'M JUST HOPING THAT, UH, Y'ALL CAN RECONSIDER IT AND LOOK AT, UH, THE BIG PICTURE HERE AND MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, LET ME STAY WITH THE IIO TWO.
UH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A FEW PICTURES HERE.
CAN I SHOW, CAN YOU BRING THIS UP? HOW DOES THAT ONE, SORRY, WE CANNOT TAKE THE FLASH DRIVE.
WELL ANYWAY, UH, I WAS BRINGING PICTURES OF TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE BUILDING WAS LIKE AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE WORKPLACE AND HOW SECURE.
UH, BUT UH, FORTUNATELY THIS, THIS NOT GONNA WORK.
UH, BUT I'VE PUT A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF HEART, YOU KNOW, AND I ORIGINALLY PULLED A PERMIT FOR, UH, HAVE A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL PERMIT HERE FROM BUILDING THAT SAYS ON HERE THAT IT WAS, UH, PERMITTED FOR FURNITURE FACTORY.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT STARTED YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW BIG YOU'RE GONNA GET AND THIS AND THAT.
UH, BUT I DID THAT AND I WAS ZONED FOR THE CORRECT THING.
AND NOW IT'S JUST LIKE, UH, NOT GONNA, IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK FOR ME BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I FEEL IF DOWN THE ROAD I DECIDE TO LEASE MY WHOLE BUILDING AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST RETIRE, SO TO SPEAK, THEN I'LL BE LIMITED TO WHO, YOU KNOW, GONNA BE IN THAT TYPE OF A BUSINESS, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THIS LOCATION.
SO, UH, WITH ALL THAT SAID, I GUESS, UH, EVERYTHING'S IN Y'ALL'S HANDS AND I HOPE Y'ALL DO THE RIGHT THING OR CONSIDER WHAT I'M SUGGESTING.
NO, ONCE YOU'VE SEATED YOUR TIME, YOU CAN'T.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MS. JOSEPHINE DOW TO BE FOLLOWED
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BY MR. TOM MARINO.I LIVE IN LAVERNE, TEXAS AND I OWN PROPERTY IN THE LARGER AREA.
REZONING, UH, SOUTH GOVERNMENT HILL.
UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS, UM, IT'S BEEN ZONED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL SINCE 1938.
MY PARENTS MOVED INTO THE AREA IN 1942 AND RIGHT.
EXCUSE ME, RIGHT NOW IT'S OWNED BY THE SIBLINGS, WHICH IS MYSELF AND MY BROTHERS.
UM, AND THE THING I WANNA SAY, I KNOW I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY IT'S NOT FLOURISHING.
WELL, THERE'S A REASON WHY IT'S NOT FLOURISHING AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE BECAUSE I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE I WAS 33 YEARS OLD.
AND THEN I MOVED OUT TO THE NORTH SIDE AND THEN WE MOVED OUT TO LAVERNE.
BUT ANYWAYS, UM, IT WAS, UH, I TWO IN 1938.
AND THEN LET'S FAST FORWARD TO UM, 2001 WHEN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE CAME IN.
LO AND BEHOLD, IT WAS STILL I TWO AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSES 23 HOUSES THIS WAY, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, WEST OF SOUTH, UH, I'M SORRY, WALTER STREET AND I 35.
AND THEN ANOTHER MAYBE 30 HOUSES THE OTHER DIRECTION GOING EAST OF WALTER STREET.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF HOUSES GROWING UP.
I SAW ONE INDUSTRY, ONE INDUSTRY THERE.
IT WAS IN THE CORNER OF SEIN AND EDGAR AND IT WAS THE AGGIE CHEMICAL COMPANY IN THE SIXTIES.
THERE'S NO RAILROAD TRACK ANYMORE THERE.
SO, AND THE REASON WHY IT HASN'T FLOURISHED IS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THEY BOUGHT PROPERTY THERE.
MY SISTER BROUGHT, BOUGHT THE UH, LOT NEXT TO HER VACANT LOT 'CAUSE SHE FIGURED, HEY, WHEN MY KIDS GROW UP, THEY'RE GONNA GET MARRIED.
THEY CAN LIVE RIGHT HERE NEXT TO ME.
RIGHT? LO AND BEHOLD, IT'S I TWO AND GUESS WHAT? IT'S NON-COMPLIANT.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SHE CAN'T BUILD A HOUSE ON HER OWN VACANT LOT.
THERE'S A VACANT LOT NEXT TO ME.
THEY CAN'T BUILD A HOUSE ON THEIR VACANT LOT.
I HAVE A HOUSE THAT NEEDS TO BE TOTALLY TORN DOWN AND SHE SAYS THEY CAN'T BE, UH, THEY'RE NOT LIVABLE.
YES, I WOULD, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO TEAR IT DOWN.
I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD ANOTHER HOUSE THERE AND ADDRESS RENT IT OR HAVE SOMEBODY RENT IT OR HAVE ONE OF MY RELATIVES MOVE IN THERE.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOT FLOURISHING BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN LOCKED FOR 80 YEARS.
IF YOU COUNT BACK FROM 38, WE'RE 20, 24 NOW.
I HOPE I'M DOING MY MATH CORRECTLY.
'CAUSE I TAUGHT ELEMENTARY MATH.
IT'S OVER 80 YEARS, GUYS, OVER 80 YEARS.
AND I'VE TALKED TO IVY TAYLOR BEFORE.
TALKED TO HIM ONCE AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF I GET IT REELECTED, COME AND TALK TO ME.
WELL, LO AND BEHOLD, ALL I ASKED HIM WAS FOR 23 HOUSES THERE IN THOSE FOUR STREETS, RIGHT? WELL, WHEN I SAW THE MAP, HE SAYS, WE'RE GONNA DO LARGE AREA.
I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE HE'S GONNA DO LIKE 30 HOUSES OR 50.
IT WAS ALL THE WAY FROM LOCK ALL THE WAY TO AUSTIN HIGH.
I'M LIKE, WELL, HE REALLY DIDN'T MEAN LARGE AREA, RESILIENT, RIGHT? SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS HAVE SOME COMPASSION ON US BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE THAT SPOKE HERE, THEY'VE NOT BEEN PAYING TAXES.
I'M PAYING TAXES RIGHT NOW AND I DON'T EVEN LIVE IN THE HOUSE.
MY DAD HELPED BUILD SUDDEN HOMES AT THAT TIME.
AND LIKE HE SAID, THAT'S OUR CASTLE.
YOU ASK ME WHICH PEOPLE LIVE THERE.
I CAN TELL YOU WHO LIVES THERE.
I CAN TELL YOU WHERE HE LIVES.
NEXT WE HAVE MR. TOM MARINO TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. RUBEN KANA.
MY NAME IS TOM MARINO, 26 14 26 18.
DIG, WITTY, RIGHT BEHIND THE COMMERCIAL BOXES, UH, WENDY'S, KFC, ET CETERA.
I'M A DISABLED, RETIRED, UH, AIR FORCE VETERAN.
I'VE OWNED ABOUT A DOZEN PROPERTIES IN AND AROUND THE EAST SIDE AND I'VE BEEN CONSIDERED A PIONEER IN REVITALIZATION OF THIS AREA, THIS LARGE AREA REZONING THAT WE'RE TAKING PLACE NOW.
UH, THIS AREA HAS BEEN NEGLECTED AND MISALIGNED FOR YEARS.
I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST 15 YEARS WORKING ON THIS AREA TO GET TO THIS POINT TODAY THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY HERE ON.
I'VE BEEN PART OF THE TASK FORCE AND OTHER KEY EAST SIDE PROJECTS AND I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE APPROVE.
WE GAVE AMPLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR FOLKS TO COME FORWARD.
WE STILL HAVE FOLKS THAT HAVE ISSUES WITH INDIVIDUAL AREAS.
I THINK WE SHOULD STILL TALK ABOUT THOSE, BUT I'M STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL AND I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
IT'S BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S TIME.
AND LAST WE HAVE MR. RUBIN KANA.
MY NAME IS RUBEN KANA AND, UH, ROCHELLE RAMIREZ IS MY SPOUSE.
UH, WE OWN THE PROPERTY AT 6 2 2
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SEIN STREET.UH, WE'RE AT THE CORNER OF ROPER IN SEIN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MAP WERE FLANKED BY I 35.
AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS, UH, BELOW, IT'S A VER IT'S A, AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.
UM, THE, THE, UH, PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID THAT, UH, IT WAS, UH, ZONED AS INDUSTRIAL BACK IN THE 1930S, UH, IN REGARDS TO OUR PROPERTY, UH, THAT WAS, UH, CONSTRUCTED BACK IN 1981, ABOUT 1982.
THE, THE PROPERTY WAS, UH, BUILT AS, UH, THE IN, UH, WHAT THE ZONE WAS FOR INDUSTRIAL.
UM, 42 YEARS LATER, AFTER PAYING PROPERTY TAXES ON A YEARLY BASIS, UM, WE RECEIVED WORD THAT OUR I TWO WOULD CHANGE TO A C3, UH, WITH CONDITIONALS.
UH, AND THAT WAS, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
RECENTLY, I RECEIVED ANOTHER LETTER SAYING THAT, NO, YOU'RE NOT AN I TWO ANYMORE.
YOU'LL BE CHANGING TO A C3, BUT WE'RE GONNA CHANGE YOU TO A C TWO.
SO THE REASON WHY THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, UH, PRESENTERS TODAY FOR THE OPPOSITION, UH, OF REZONING IS, UM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, UH, LACK OF CLARITY.
I DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT THE END RESULT WOULD BE FOR OUR PROPERTY.
BUT WE CAN'T RETROFIT, UH, AN INDUSTRIAL SHOP INTO A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT THAT WOULD BE VERY HARD.
WE HAVE TENANTS THAT, UH, WILL DO, UH, UH, THEIR LIVELIHOODS IS TO DO AUTO MECHANIC.
UH, THE SHOP WAS, UH, WAS DESIGNED, UH, FOR THAT.
I KNOW THAT MY, UH, BUSINESS NEIGHBOR, UH, CONSTRUCTED HIS PROPERTY A UH, A FEW DECADES AGO.
UM, HE HAD THE, THE UNDERSTANDING THAT HE COULD ACTUALLY DO WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO TO MAKE A, A LIFE FOR HIMSELF AND FOR HIS FAMILY.
SO RETROFITTING WOULD BE REALLY HARD.
AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AN INFLUX OF, OF RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE IT'S NOW A DESIRED AREA.
WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE LIVED THERE, UH, AS RESIDENTS.
BUT THIS WOULD BE KIND OF LIKE A, A DROP OF, OF THE BALL, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE GOVERNMENT AND, AND THE REZONING WHERE THERE'S A MISHMASH OF, UH, INDUSTRIAL AND, AND RESIDENTIALS COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER.
THAT'S, THAT'S HOW IT IS CURRENTLY.
UH, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WINNER OR A LOSER.
I THINK, UH, WE JUST HAVE TO PLAY IT ON, ON EACH, EACH SIDE.
BUT JUST LIKE THE RESIDENTIAL PEOPLE, UH, PUTTING IN THEIR MONEY, UH, THE INDUSTRIAL DID THE, THE SAME THING.
AND WE JUST WANT, UH, UH, MAYBE SOME MORE TIME TO REALLY CLARIFY LIKE, WHAT IS THE END RESULT? WHY ARE WE CHANGING, UM, THE ZONING? IS IT TO APPEASE ONE, ONE SIDE, UH, AND AND FOR THE DETRIMENT OF OTHERS.
SO IF WE CAN MAYBE JUST REVIEW THIS A LITTLE BIT, UH, UH, MORE, UH, AS OPPOSED TO JUST, UH, HAVING TO BE SENT, UH, UH, THROUGH THE NEXT STEP.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE BRIEF
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, SINCE THIS IS A CITY, I DON'T KNOW THE CITY'S THE APPLICANT.
SO LOGAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS, PLEASE.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF 'EM AND I'LL, I'LL KEEP IT HIGH LEVEL.
UM, I DO WANNA REITERATE THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ON FOR ALMOST A YEAR.
UH, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS, UM, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT.
UM, I, I'M VERY CONFIDENT IN SAYING THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ENTIRELY TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
I KNOW THAT WE HEARD, UH, TRANSPARENCY A COUPLE TIMES.
UM, I ALSO WANNA ADDRESS, I I BELIEVE A COUPLE SPEAKERS MADE COMMENT ABOUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE NOTICE THAT WENT OUT.
UH, AND THE, THAT LANGUAGE WAS ACTUALLY THE RESULT OF A STATE LAW THAT TOOK EFFECT IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE CYCLE.
IT WAS, UH, ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY OPPOSED BY EVERY SINGLE MUNICIPALITY THAT WEIGHED IN ON IT BECAUSE, UH, THE MANDATED LANGUAGE IS VERY CONFUSING.
IT SAYS YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE WE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU MAY LOSE YOUR PROPERTY RIGHTS.
AND IT IS AS MISLEADING A STATEMENT AS IS POSSIBLE.
THE STATE TELLS US WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE NOTICE, THE NUMBER OF, UH, PROPERTIES, IT WAS MENTIONED UP ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND UP ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT ARE BEING CHANGED FROM INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL.
THEY'RE BEING CHANGED TO RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILT AS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
AND TO LEAVE THOSE PROPERTIES AS COMMERCIAL.
EVEN IF A PROPERTY OWNER DID HAVE AN AMBITION TO ESTABLISH A COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL USE ON THESE FOUR OR 5,000 SQUARE FOOT PARCELS, THEY'RE COMPLETELY UNDEVELOPABLE.
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THE SETBACKS, THE BUFFER YARDS, THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE ONE SQUARE INCH OF THAT PROPERTY LEFT OVER TO DEVELOP BY THE TIME THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TOOK EFFECT.IT WAS MENTIONED THAT AT ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, THE COMMUNITY WAS TOLD ABOUT THE IMPACT OF HAVING TO REGISTER YOUR PROPERTY AS A NON-CONFORMING USE.
UH, I WAS THE ONE THAT MADE THOSE COMMENTS AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING.
UM, I DISAGREE WITH THE ASSESSMENT THAT NONE OF THESE PROPERTIES HAD TO DO THAT.
'CAUSE I'VE STOOD AT OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT COUNTER AND TOLD PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY, UH, 300, $350 TO REGISTER A NON-CONFORMING USE BECAUSE THEIR HOUSE IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL BEFORE THEY CAN GET A PERMIT TO REPAIR THEIR ROOF.
I'VE PERSONALLY HAD TO DELIVER THAT MESSAGE.
SO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY A TRUE STATEMENT.
THE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS WHAT THE DEPARTMENT'S CHARGE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CCR WAS, IT WAS STUDY THE AREA ZONE PROPERTIES BASED UPON WHAT THEY ARE TODAY, NOT WHAT THEY COULD BE ONE DAY.
IT'S ELIMINATE NON-CONFORMING USES.
IF IT'S A HOUSE, GIVE IT RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
IF IT'S A AUTOMOTIVE SHOP, GIVE IT COMMERCIAL ZONING THAT ALLOWS FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR.
IF WE WERE TO TAKE A STEP BACK, WE COULD NOT COME BEFORE THIS COMMISSION IN THE FUTURE WITH A RECOMMENDATION OTHER THAN WHAT WE'RE GIVING YOU, BECAUSE THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
WE CAN'T READ THE CCR THAT GIVES US A CLEAR DIRECTION AND SAY, WELL THANKS FOR THAT DIRECTION, BUT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA.
SO THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TODAY ZONES PROPERTIES BASED UPON THEIR CURRENT USE.
IT ELIMINATES NON-CONFORMING USES, IT AVOIDS CREATING ADDITIONAL NON-CONFORMING USES, AND IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CCR.
I WILL, UH, I WILL JUST KINDA ECHO WHAT LOGAN WAS SAYING.
UH, WE DID START THIS PROCESS OVER A YEAR AGO.
UM, THE CCR IS DATED OCTOBER 16TH OF, OF LAST YEAR.
AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT WE DID BEGIN WITH THE TASK FORCE MEETINGS BACK IN FEBRUARY.
UM, WE WERE ASKED AS THIS PROCESS MOVED ALONG TO ALLOW MORE TIME.
WE DID THAT, UM, FOR THE 393 NOTICES WE SENT, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE A BUNCH OF HIGH LEVEL STAFF, INCLUDING LOGAN AND MYSELF AND MELISSA RAMIREZ, HAVE EXPLAINED THE PROCESS IN ITS ENTIRETY.
AND THEN WE DID HAVE A SLIGHT DELAY INTO JUNE AS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DID THEIR EAST SIDE COMMUNITY PLAN.
SO THAT WAS THE ONLY, THE ONE THING I DIDN'T HEAR ADDRESSED WAS, UH, FLEX EMPLOYMENT MIXED USE.
THAT WAS A LAND USE THAT WAS GIVEN BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA.
AND THEY ACTUALLY, UM, THEY ACTUALLY MET WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THAT PLAN AS WELL TO ALIGN THE LAND USE WITH WHATEVER FUTURE ZONING WOULD BE.
SO WE HAVE ALIGNED AS WELL WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE IN THE AREA.
SO, UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE, HOWEVER, UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY AND HAS ASKED MR. BUSANTE TO LEAD OFF OUR DISCUSSION.
UM, MR. VIAL, IF YOU WOULD COME UP PLEASE.
THIS IS NOT GONNA BE A PRIVATE CONVERSATION.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, YOUR PROPERTY'S ON YOURS AND YOUR MOTHER'S PROPERTY AT, ON SINE STREET AT SEVEN 10 AND SEVEN 14, CORRECT? YES.
NOW, CURRENTLY IT IS ZONED I TWO SAMPLES OF I TWO USES ARE, UH, USES THAT ARE HIGHLY HAZARDOUS, ENVIRONMENTALLY SEVERE IN CHARACTER AND OR GENERATE VERY HIGH VOLUMES OF TRUCK TRAFFIC.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA? WELL, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA, BUT THAT WAS THE ZONING I WAS GIVEN.
YOU KNOW, UM, ALRIGHT, SO I'M WILLING, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT, YOU, I'M SORRY SIR.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
I, I, NO, I SAID I'M NOT, I'M NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SET IN STONE FOR THIS ZONING.
UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A NAIL ZONING OR SOMETHING A LITTLE LESS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WOULD, WOULD WORK WITH ME.
I, I DON'T HAVE HAZARD MATERIALS.
I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND IT WAS AN OVERKILL, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING DONE BACK IN THE LATE 18 HUNDREDS ACTUALLY WHEN THE ZONING WAS DONE IN THIS AREA.
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IT WASN'T 1930.AND, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK STAFF HAS BEEN TRYING TO IMPRESS IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS FIX IT, RIGHT? SURE.
LIKE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, CHEMICAL PROCESS, CLOTHING MANUFACTURING OR BOILER AND TANK WORKS OR SETTLING GAS MANUFACTURING AND STORAGE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DO HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES, UH, INCLUDING SURROUNDING YOUR PROPERTY.
SO LET'S TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR CONCERN.
I THINK ONE OF YOUR CONCERNS AND, AND YOU STARTED TO TOUCH ON IT, I THINK, AND YOU CAN CONFIRM IT FOR ME, IS, UM, YOU KNOW THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO BASICALLY USE CABINET AND CARPENTRY SHOP, RIGHT? WHICH WOULD BE AN L USAGE.
UH, FOR STAFF, WOULD L ALIGN WITH FUTURE LAND USE? IT WILL NOT, IT WILL NOT.
UM, WILL C3 WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR, UM, WHAT IS IT, WHAT'S THE LANGUAGE CABINET AND CARPENTER SHOP ALIGN? NO, SIR.
THE ONLY, UH, CATEGORY THAT ALIGNS IS THE C TWO.
AND IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR ALL OF THE USES THAT ARE, ARE BEING PERFORMED ON SITE TODAY, REPAIR OF, OF FURNITURE, UM, EVEN THE, UM, CARPENTRY END OF IT, ALL OF THAT IS, IS ALLOWED.
THE C TWO WOULD ALLOW THAT? YES.
HEY, SIR, YOU, YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING? I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU, WHAT, WHAT DID YOU THINK? I'M A LITTLE HARD OF HEARING, SO THAT'S FINE.
UM, SO WHAT STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED IS, IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER C TWO.
WHY? WHY, WHY DO YOU DISAGREE MR. VIAL? THE YOUNGER YOU SEE, I DISAGREE BECAUSE CURRENTLY, AND I LOOKED AT IT, I, I LOOKED AT THE THING THEY HAVE HIM AS JUST A FURNITURE SALES PERSON.
RETAIL, BUT HE, BUT HE MANUFACTURES, HE MANUFACTURES IT THERE, HE SPRAYS IT, HE, HE, HE BUILDS IT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT, THAT IS NOT, THAT IS NOT COVERED UNDER C TWO L WOULD L WOULD COVER IT.
AND WE, WE DISCUSSED THIS COURSE, DISCUSS, WELL, SO THIS IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS. OH.
ARE WE OUT OF, ARE WE OUT OF BOUNDS? YEAH.
WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK WHILE YOU HAVE YOUR CONVERSATION.
SO BETWEEN, SO LL WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE DESIGNATION, HOWEVER, IT WOULD REQUIRE A READ NOTICE FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THAT RANGE TO, TO INCREASE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO L FROM THE C TWO.
HOW? WELL, I ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
HOW IS THAT OUT OF RANGE? IF IT'S FROM I TWO TO C TWO IS WHAT'S NOTICED L IS BETWEEN THOSE TWO? I MEAN, I GUESS IT IS HIGHER, BUT, BUT IT IS, IT SHOULD BE IN THE RANGE I BELIEVE.
SOME TECHNICAL QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
IT, IT, WE CAN, YES, IT WOULD BE WITHIN THE RANGE BECAUSE THEY'RE STARTING OFF WITH AN I TWO AND WE DID ALREADY NOTIFY FOR I ONE L, C TWO, C TWO CD, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, ZONINGS.
L WOULD WORK FOR YOU? YES, SIR.
UH, BEFORE TODAY, UH, ANYWAY 'CAUSE IT HAS TO GO TO COUNCIL.
UH, WE ARE A RECOMMENDING BODY.
WE'VE GOT CONFIRMATION THAT IT CAN BE DONE.
UM, ALRIGHT, LEMME JUST FINISH MY NOTES HERE.
ALRIGHT, MR. KANA, IF YOU WOULD COME UP PLEASE.
UM, MR. KAENA, YOU ARE AT 6 22 SINE YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
NOT THAT YOU LIVE THERE, BUT THAT'S THE PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE HERE? THAT, THAT IS OUR BUSINESS PROPERTY.
NOW, CURRENTLY IF I LOOK AT GOOGLE MAPS, IT SEEMS THAT IT'S AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT, IT USED TO BE A SURVEYING COMPANY AS WELL, SO, OKAY.
UH, BUT YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY KIND
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OF, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY HAZARDOUS, ENVIRONMENTALLY SEVERE, UH, HIGH VOLUME OF TRUCK TRAFFIC USE? NO, NOT AT ALL.BUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO USE THE AUTO REPAIR? WELL, THE, UH, THE REASON WHY I'M IN OPPOSITION IS I JUST DON'T, UNDER, I I'M NOT, UH, FULLY UNDERSTANDING, UH, THE I TWO, WHICH WE HAD FOR 43 YEARS.
AND THEN ON, UM, APRIL 3RD, UH, I RECEIVED, UH, CONFIRMATION THAT, UH, FROM THE CITY THAT I WOULD CHANGE TO C3.
AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 6TH I GOT CONFIRMATION THAT I WILL NOW BE A C TWO.
SO MY OPPOSITION IS I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA BE GETTING.
AND WE'RE, AND, UH, BASED ON THE MATRIX, UH, CHANGING IT, THIS IS THE, UH, THE CITY MATRIX.
I DON'T SEE THE P IN IN IN IN ANY OF THAT, IN THAT BOX, BUT I DO SEE IT IN C3.
AND THE INDIVIDUAL THAT GAVE IT TO US ON APRIL, UH, SAID THAT, UH, I AM GOOD TO GO.
THERE'S NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER.
ALRIGHT, SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT PLAN FOR 6 22 SINE? OKAY, SO JUST TO GO BACK TO WHAT I WAS MENTIONING ABOUT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT COMING IN WITH THE EAST SIDE PLAN, THERE WAS A PAUSE, AND THIS WAS RIGHT AROUND THE APRIL TIMEFRAME BECAUSE IN JUNE WAS WHEN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVED THE NEW EAST SIDE PLAN.
AND THAT PLAN WENT TO EMPLOYMENT FLEX MIXED USE, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW A C3.
AND SO I'LL LET UM, ASHLEY EXPLAIN WHAT WAS SENT.
SO WE, YEAH, SO WE, UH, CHANGED OUR RECOMMENDATION FROM I ONE TO C3 TO I ONE TO C TWO CD FOR AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR TO ALLOW HIM TO CONTINUE DOING HIS BUSINESS.
AND THAT'S WITHIN THE EMPLOYMENT FLEX, UM, LINE USE.
SO THE, THE NEW RECOMMENDATION IS GOING FROM, IS IT I ONE OR I TWO? I TWO.
I TWO TO UM, C TWO WITH A CD FOR AUTO TRUCK REPAIR.
LIGHT AUTO TRUCK REPAIR, RIGHT? YES.
SO MR. CENA, OH, SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED YOU FROM COMING UP.
UM, SO THAT WOULD ALLOW THE AUTO TRUCK REPAIR TO CONTINUE AT THIS TIME.
IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TO YOU? BECAUSE IT'S A CONDITIONAL USE.
WHAT SO IS, SORRY IT WON'T, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL REHAB OR RIGHT.
WHAT'S, IS THERE A TIME WOULD YOU COME UP, COME UP HERE? SO, UM, LET ME ASK, LET ME LET YOU ASK YOUR QUESTION.
UH, TO ME CONDITIONAL MEANS IF SOMETHING HAPPENS.
SO IS IS CONDITIONAL, ARE YOU SAYING THAT I WILL ALWAYS HAVE IT AS LONG AS I MAINTAIN THE BUSINESS? UH, NOT EVEN SO.
YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE IT, IT RUNS WITH THE LAND.
IT'S LIKE A ZONING, IT'S A CONDITIONAL USE, MEANING YOU WILL HAVE ALL OF THE RIGHT, ALL OF THE ABILITIES TO DO EVERYTHING IN C TWO AND YOU WILL HAVE THE CONDITIONAL USE.
WE'RE BRINGING DOWN THE LIGHT AUTO TRUCK REPAIR AND PUTTING IT ON THAT PROPERTY AND SAYING IT GOES WITH THE LAND.
WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE? IF, IF THAT IS THE CASE, UH, AND I HAVE DOCUMENTATIONS ON IT, THEN, THEN I, I WOULD BE, UH, FOR THE UH, OKAY.
UH, THE CHANGE AND IF WE, AND, AND, AND IF THE CITY PASSES IT, IF WE RECOMMEND IT AND THE CITY THEN APPROVES IT, THEN YOU WILL HAVE A RESOLUTION TO THAT EFFECT AND IT WILL BE REFLECTED IN ALL OF THE CITY DOCUMENTS.
I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
QUESTIONS? FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT AND COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
I HEARD SEVERAL RESIDENTS MENTION THEY WOULD NEED TO GET PERMITS TO FIX THEIR HOMES IF THIS GOES THROUGH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT, THOSE STATEMENTS OR CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT? WE CAN TRY.
UH, I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE NON-CONFORMING USES, BUT I THINK WHAT LOGAN HAS MENTIONED IN OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS IS THAT WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO THE COUNTER AND THEY WANNA JUST BASICALLY, UH, REMODEL THEIR HOME OR THEY WANNA PUT A NEW ROOF OR THEY WANNA DO AN ADDITION AND THEY CANNOT DO SO BECAUSE THEIR PRESENT ZONING IS I TWO OR I ONE, IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL USE.
AND SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET PERMITS WITHOUT HAVING THESE ISSUES, THEY HAVE TO BE ZONED APPROPRIATELY.
SO WHEN YOU COME TO THE COUNTER AND YOU ASK FOR A PERMIT AND YOU SAY, I JUST WANNA DO A REMODEL, THE FIRST THING THEY LOOK AT IS THE ZONING.
AND IF IT SAYS I TOO, THEN THEY SEND YOU TO MY TEAM AND MY TEAM TELLS YOU, OH, WE'RE, WE'RE SORRY, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO A REZONING BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN DO A, AN IMPROVEMENT TO YOUR HOME.
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SO THIS WILL ELIMINATE THOSE ISSUES WITH, UH, STRUCTURES THAT ARE EXISTING NONCONFORMING WITHIN AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND MAKE THEM, UM, I GUESS PEOPLE LIKE TO SAY RIGHT SIZE OR ZONED APPROPRIATELY FOR WHERE, WHAT THEY'RE BEING USED FOR, WHICH ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? ON MY RIGHT? YES.
COMMISSIONER OSA QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UH, JUST REMIND ME AGAIN, WHAT IS THE OVERALL PLAN HERE? I MEAN, WHY, WHY IS THIS BEING DONE? YES, THIS WAS A, UH, A RESOLUTION AND DIRECTION TO STAFF BY A COUNCILMAN MICKEY R UH, R RODRIGUEZ TO, UM, REZONE THE PROPERTIES FOR THE WAY THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY BEING USED.
SO IT WAS A DIRECTION BY THE COUNCIL OFFICES TO BASICALLY RIGHTSIZE ANY ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ELIMINATE NON-CONFORMING USES, AND, UM, WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO COME TO CONSENSUS, WHICH I FEEL THAT WE HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT DONE.
AND, AND ONE COMMENT, UM, RIGHT SIZING I MAYBE, 'CAUSE I LIVE IN S-E-I-S-D, I JUST DON'T LIKE THAT WORD.
BUT THE POINT IS, UM, JUST FOR EVERYONE IN IN THE AUDIENCE HERE, DON'T FORGET, WE ARE A RECOMMENDING BOARD.
SO NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS HERE, IT WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR DENIAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER WHITSETT? MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
I'VE JUST BEEN LOOKING AT THE GOOGLE MAPS AND GOING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS AND WHAT I, I DO SEE SOME OF THE HOUSES IN THERE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S MAJORITY VACANT LAND OR INDUSTRIAL USES UP AND DOWN SINE UH, ROPER, UH, IN THAT AREA THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT.
SO DO Y'ALL HAVE, IS THERE A CONCEPT OF WHERE THIS IS GOING OR IS THERE, I MEAN, IT SEEMS TO BE REALLY CHANGING FROM WHAT WAS RESIDENTIAL WITH A FEW LEFTOVER HOUSES AND I YOU'D WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO RENOVATE THEIR HOUSES WITHOUT PROBLEMS, BUT IT'S SORT OF AN UNKNOWN.
WHAT'S THIS GONNA BE? UM, OH, SURE.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT SOME OF THE VISIONING FOR THE AREA COMES FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY PLAN.
AND SO THAT PLAN ESTABLISHES THOSE LAND USE DISTRICTS, SETS GOALS FOR THE AREA FOR ECONOMIC, ECONOMIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THAT SORT OF THING.
AND SO THE, THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT, AS REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL OFFICE, WAS JUST TO REVIEW THOSE PROPERTIES AND REZONE BASED ON THE, THE CURRENT USE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON GOOGLE THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF VACANT PROPERTIES ON THERE.
SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IF, IF THE DIRECTION IS TO REZONE BASED ON THE CURRENT USE AND THE CURRENT USE IS NOTHING, UM, WE RELY ON THE LAND USE PLAN AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND USE GENERAL PLANNING PRINCIPLES TO MAKE THE MOST APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATION WE CAN.
THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S EXISTING AND SURROUNDING AND EVEN IF IT IS VACANT, WE HAVE TO POTENTIALLY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND WE USE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S PLAN TO ALSO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, LAST CHANCE FOR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER MR. MONTE.
ACTUALLY, MS. DOW, I'M SORRY MS. DOW, IF YOU'D COME UP PLEASE.
I'M JUST, OH, HOW ARE YOU? CAN I SAY SOMETHING? UH, I, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD STAFF SAY KIND OF, UH, THE ISSUES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING A NON-CONFORMING UH, PERMIT.
AND SO WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW THE HOUSE NEXT TO YOU CAN'T BE REPAIRED, UH, IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO? I'M REFERRING TO, UM, PEOPLE THAT THEY EITHER WANNA BUILD A HOUSE ON THEIR VACANT LOT AND THAT'S WHY Y'ALL KEEP SAYING THERE'S A LOT OF VACANT LOTS.
THERE'S I TOO, AND OUR PROPERTIES ARE 0.125 ACRES.
I'M NOT GONNA BUILD A FACTORY ON A 1.25 ACRES.
SO, AND THEN, YEAH, I CAN'T BUILD A HOUSE ON IT.
YES, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF VACANT LOTS BECAUSE WE OWN THE PROPERTY, BUT WE CAN'T BUILD ON IT.
SO, AND, AND IT IS TRUE BECAUSE WHEN THEY'VE TRIED TO, 'CAUSE MY SISTER WANTED TO ADD SOME ROOMS TO HER.
NOW I WAS ABLE TO ADD, ENLARGED A BATHROOM IN OUR HOUSE, BUT THAT WAS IN 88.
BUT WHEN Y'ALL DID THE UNIFIED CODE IN 2001, ALL OF THAT CHANGED.
SO NOW WE'RE ON, WE'RE WE'RE NON-CONFORMING USE NOW.
SO HOUSES ARE THERE, BUT WE'RE ZONE INDUSTRIAL.
SO WE'RE, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
AND I TALKED TO JAYLEN, I GO, JAYLEN, WE'VE BEEN LIKE THIS FOREVER.
I GO, WE CAN'T DO NOTHING WITH OUR PROPERTIES.
WE CAN'T BUILD AN INDUSTRY ON IT 'CAUSE IT'S TOO SMALL AND WE CAN'T BUILD
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A HOUSE ON IT BECAUSE THEY WON'T LET US.SO PRIOR TO 2001, YES IT WOULD ALLOW US, BECAUSE IT WASN'T THE UNIFIED CODE, THEY HAD THAT PYRAMID, RIGHT? AND ANYTHING IN THE PYRAMID COUNTED, BUT ONCE THEY DID THE UNIFIED WHATEVER WAS AT THE TOP, THAT'S IT.
SO I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS HAS BEEN DELAYED.
I REALLY, I WANNA THANK ASHLEY AND FORREST BECAUSE THEY EVEN HAD INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS BESIDES THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
THEY HAD TWO NIGHTS WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO AND TALK INDIVIDUALLY TO THEM AND VOICE THEIR CONCERNS.
SO I THINK I'M REALLY LIKE, SORRY TO SAY, BUT I'M FRUSTRATED BECAUSE 80 YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO BE WAITING FOR THIS.
AND PEOPLE ARE STILL PAYING THEIR TAXES.
THE SAME PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE 30 YEARS AGO, THEY'RE STILL THERE PAYING TAXES.
THANK YOU MS. THAT ALRIGHT? YAY.
I HAVE TO GIVE HER KUDOS 'CAUSE SHE MENTIONED THE PYRAMID ZONING THAT WE GAVE IN EVERY PRESENTATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? A QUESTION? SEE A NONE.
SO BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER MR. MONTE FOR A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, UM, WITH SOME BRIEF COMMENTS BEFOREHAND.
UM, ONE A, AS COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA MENTIONED, WE ARE A RECOMMENDING BODY.
UM, SO THIS IS NOT THE FINAL WORD ON THIS.
UH, YOU CAN GO FORWARD IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO FORWARD AND SPEAK TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL PERSON, SPEAK TO THEIR ZONING AND PLANNING DIRECTOR.
UM, BUT AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED WITH THE FURTHER AMENDMENT THAT THE PROPERTIES AT 7 1 0 AND 7 1 4 SINE BE ZONED.
L UH, THE REASON I AM DOING THIS, I THINK MS. DOW LARGELY HIT IT ON THE HEAD.
UM, THIS WILL ALLOW THE VAST, VAST, VAST MAJORITY OF PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO USE THEIR PROPERTY AS THEY ARE CURRENTLY USING IT TO IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTY, TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE FAITH THAT STAFF WENT THROUGH, I HAVE FAITH STAFF THEY REPRESENTED TO US, BUT THEY WENT THROUGH AND TRIED TO ENSURE THAT THESE PROPERTIES, UH, WERE ZONED FOR THE USE.
GIVEN TO THE EXTENT THAT SOMEONE LIKE MR. AL HAS INDICATED THAT THERE WASN'T APPROPRIATE ZONING, WE CAN TRY TO ADDRESS THAT AS THIS RECOMMENDATION DOES.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR YOU AND YOUR PROPERTY BEFORE THE CITY, BUT AT THIS TIME, UM, I DO MOVE AS NOTED FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED.
AND WITH THE SEVEN 10 AND SEVEN 14 S, AGAIN, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
NOBODY TALKED ABOUT THE PROPERTY BEING GRANDFATHERED IN IN 2010.
THEY ALL, WELL, NOT, NOT AT THIS TIME.
UM, ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED WITH THE FURTHER AMENDED AMENDMENT OF SEVEN 10 AND SEVEN 14 TO BE L UM, BY COMMISSIONER BUSANTE WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS.
UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER? LOOKING LEFT.
AND AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING BODY, SO THIS WILL BE PROCEEDING ON TO CITY COUNCIL WHERE YOU CAN ALSO HAVE YOUR INPUT THERE.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO, I ALMOST SAID OUR FIRST INDIVIDUAL HEARING, BUT OUR ITEM NUMBER TWO, IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S REPORT PLEASE.
MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BETA, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS LOCATED AT 6 0 8 SOUTH PARK BOULEVARD, GOING FROM R FIVE CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR A DUPLEX TO IDZ THREE HIGH INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR EIGHT DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAY STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 26 NOTICES SENT OUT.
COLLINS GARDEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED FROM OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
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AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.THE PROPOSED IDZ THREE HIGH INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONING WITH USES PERMITTED FOR EIGHT DOLING UNITS IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
THE PROPOSED DENSITY DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE SURROUNDING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN WHERE THE HIGHEST DENSITY WITHIN PROXIMITY IS TWO UNITS, WHICH IS ALREADY PERMITTED FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AMEND THE REQUEST TO IDZ TWO.
MEDIUM INTENSITY AND FIELD DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS.
IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
UM, MY NAME IS HAWAII, UH, FROM, UH, REGARDING THE 6 0 8 SOUTH PARK.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG, UH, EVENING.
UM, I, I LIKE TO STATE, UH, WHEN WE, WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED, UH, IT WAS USED AS A PLEX AT THAT TIME.
UM, THE PROPERTY WAS FROM THE OUTSIDE AND EVERYTHING WAS IN A REALLY BAD CONDITION.
UH, LIKE COSMETICALLY, UH, SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PROPERTY TO CLEAN THE BACKYARD, PAINT THE HOUSE EXTERIOR.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM THE OVERALL APPEARANCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S DRASTICALLY IMPROVED.
UM, BOTH THE, THE NEIGHBORS ON THE SIDE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN USED TO THE, THE PROPERTY BEING IN PLEX.
THEY, THEY ARE, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH IT.
UH, THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IT THERE.
AND THROUGH THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE STAFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SORT OF JUST REEMPHASIZE THAT OUR, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT UP TO, TO MAINTAIN, UH, AND KEEP THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, AND IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK, UH, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, UH, TO SORT OF LOOK INTO IT TO MAINTAIN IT AS A, WHETHER GRANDFATHERED OR BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS USED AS AN PLEX OR WHEN WE ACQUIRED IT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP IT THERE.
UM, WE WOULD APPRECIATE FOR A FAVORABLE OUTCOME ON THE EIGHT UNITS.
BUT LIKE THE, UM, UH, LIKE THE MAP SAID, IF, UH, SAMANTHA, UM, IF THE CITY DOES NOT, UH, FEEL THAT EIGHT IS TOO MUCH, UH, FOR, FOR THAT A FOR THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING, THEN WE ARE, WE'VE ALSO GIVEN AN ALTERNATE PROPOSAL FOR A FOURPLEX CONVERTING THEM INTO FOUR, FOUR UNITS.
UM, LOOKING AT THE MAP, THERE ARE, UH, SIGNIFICANT MULTIFAMILIES IN THE AREA.
ALL THE, EVERYTHING IN YELLOW I BELIEVE IS MULTIFAMILY AND THERE ARE COUPLE OF EYE DISEASE AS WELL.
SO, UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, JUST EMPHASIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'VE IMPROVED THE, THE LOOK AND FEEL OF WHAT THE, THE PROPERTY WAS AND THE BOTH THE NEIGHBORS ON THE EITHER SIDES ARE, ARE HAPPY WITH IT.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE WOULD, AGAIN, WE WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY, UH, IN ANY WAY, UH, POSSIBLE, UH, TO COME TO AN, UH, OUTCOME.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? UH, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS THE DISTRICT FIVE CASE.
SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, DID YOU PULL PERMITS FOR THE REPAIR WORK THAT WAS DONE AT THIS PROPERTY? I'M, I'M NOT AWARE OF IT.
UH, IT'S NOT MY PROPERTY, I'M JUST REPRESENTING THE OWNER.
BUT, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UH, WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED, UH, IT WAS USED AS AN PLEX.
THERE WAS, UH, LIKE ALL THE, THE, THE PAINT AND ON THE OUTSIDE WAS, WAS NOT CORRECT.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAD, WE COMPLETELY REPAINTED THE PROPERTY.
THE, THERE WAS SOME, UH, A LOT OF DAMAGE ON THE WOOD ON THE STAIRS.
UH, STAFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY INDICATION OF, OF WHETHER OR NOT PERMITS WERE PULLED RECENTLY? I DON'T SEE ANY RECENT PERMITS.
UM, PAINTING IS NOT NEEDED RIGHT.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE YOU DID SOME PLUMBING WORK AND SOME ELECTRICAL WORK.
I'M NOT, SO MAYBE, MAYBE I'M WRONG.
MAYBE I'M MISINTERPRETING SOMETHING.
UM, WHEN DID YOU PURCHASE OR WHEN DID THE, I THINK IT WAS PURCHASED ON 21.
UH, SO 21, I BELIEVE IT WAS ADVERTISED AS A MULTIFAMILY AND USED, UH, WHAT I REMEMBER.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY, UH, ELECTRICAL BOXES ARE THERE? I'M NOT, IT'S, IT'S NOT MY, UH, THE, THE CURRENT OWNER IS OUT OF TOWN, SO I'M JUST REPRESENTING IT, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF IT.
UM, WHEN WE WENT TO SITE VISITS, THERE WAS ONLY ONE METER, UM, ON, ON THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
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I COULDN'T COME UP WITH THAT WORD ON MY OWN FOR SOME REASON.I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UM, QUESTIONS? FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE FOR A, I COULD JUST ADD REAL QUICK, I'M SORRY.
UM, BACK IN 2021 I DO SEE A PLUMBING PERMIT, BUT THEN THAT'S THE ONLY ONE WITHIN, UM, AGAIN, THE LA SINCE LIKE 2021.
UM, UH, I, I DO APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT'S, UM, WILLINGNESS TO GO DOWN TO FOUR UNITS.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROPERTY.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY IT IS MID-BLOCK.
IT IS SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AT LEAST ZONED.
UM, THIS IS A REALLY INTENSIVE USE FOR FOUR.
IT IS AN UNBELIEVABLY INTENSIVE USE FOR EIGHT.
UM, AND SO AS A RESULT, YOU KNOW, UNDER EITHER OF THOSE TWO ALTERNATIVES, UH, UH, I CANNOT RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
AND SO AT THIS POINT I WOULD RECOMMEND DENIAL.
I MOVE TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO.
IS THERE A SECOND? NO, I'LL SECOND THAT.
MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM.
UM, THIS IS, UM, WE ALWAYS SAY IT'S A DIFFICULT CASE.
IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT CASES IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, BUT UM, NOW I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE ABOUT IT BE A MID BLOCK.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT IF THE, IF IF IT WAS FOR, WELL OF COURSE IT'S MID-BLOCK, RIGHT? THAT'S A FACT.
I I COULD, I I ONCE I, I, I GOTCHA.
BUT I AGREE WITH THE, UM, UH, THE RATIONALE.
BUT, BUT, UH, IF, IF, IF THE, IF WE WERE LOOKING AT A DUPLEX, I THINK A DUPLEX WOULD BE FINE.
IT'S ALREADY PERMITTED FOR A TWO DUPLEX.
THE ZONING HAS A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO UNITS.
AND THAT'S WHAT, AND THAT'S WHY STAFF WAS RECOMMENDING DENIAL JUST TO STAY, BECAUSE THAT IS THE EXISTING ZONING.
IT ALREADY DOES ALLOW TWO DWELLING UNITS AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT STAFF OR STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IT STAYS THE SAME, JUST TO STAY ALIGNED WITH THE REMAINING BLOCK.
THAT IS A SUBTLE WAY OF KELLY SAYING, DID YOU NOT READ MY REPORT THAT WAS POSTED? BUT THAT'S FINE.
UM, AND I WILL BE, I AM FINISHED WITH MY DISCUSSION, SO, ALRIGHT.
UM, AND IT'S STATED BY THE, ON OUR PREVIOUS CASE WE'RE JUST RECOM, WE'RE A RECOMMENDING BODY.
SO, UM, YOU CAN ALWAYS AT CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS NEXT.
MY NAME IS ALEXA RATANA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS LOCATED AT 4 5 1 STERLING STREET GOING FROM R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 27 NOTICES SENT OUT.
THREE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET.
NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND NO RESPONSE OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
GIVEN THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY
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USES, THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS NOT CONSISTENT.THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN A CUL-DE-SAC AT THE END OF A RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH THE ONLY ACCESS POINT TO THE PROPERTY OFF THE LOCAL STREET.
STAFF FINDS A PROPOSED COMMERCIAL ZONING DOES NOT ALIGN WITH TYPICAL LOCATIONAL CRITERIA OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
WHILE THERE ARE OTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN PROXIMITY TO THE SUBJECT, PROPER PROPERTY, THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE ACCESS TO MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE.
A SECONDARY ARTERIAL STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND AS I UNDERSTAND, AMEND THE REQUEST.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
UM, THIS IS OUR CONTINUOUS, I BELIEVE FROM LAST TIME.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MS. ANA THROUGH EMAILS AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE I'VE BEEN RELAYING ALL THE INFORMATION AND MESSAGES TO THE BEST AS OF MY ABILITIES TO MY PARENTS.
UM, I KNOW ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE ZONING WAS, UH, THE NC THAT I MENTIONED TO ME, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
UM, AND THE REASON WHY, 'CAUSE I SPOKE WITH MS. REYES OVER AT TXDOT, UM, AND SHE, WE WERE, WE TALKED FOR A LONG PERIOD BUT, UM, THE WHOLE QUESTION WAS THAT IF IT STAYS RESIDENTIAL, THEY WON'T, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THE, UM, WHEN SHE SENT ME THE APPLICATION AND EVERYTHING FOR THE COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAY.
UH, BUT SHE SAID IF IT STAYS WITHIN AN R FOUR, MOST LIKELY IT'S NOT GONNA GO THROUGH 'CAUSE IT HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
UM, SO I DO HAVE THOSE EMAILS AS WELL.
UM, ADDITIONAL TO THE, TO THE NEIGHBORS.
I HAVE TWO MORE, UH, TO THE THREE.
I DUNNO IF Y'ALL WANNA SEE 'EM OR NOT OR DISPLAY 'EM.
UM, I AM GONNA SCAN 'EM AND SEND THEM TO MS. ANA AS WELL.
UM, BESIDES THAT, UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE STAND AT.
I DO HAVE THE APPLICATION, LIKE I SAID, I SPOKE WITH MS. REYES, UM, SHE SAID IT'S GONNA BE A LONG PROCESS AS WELL.
UM, SO I'VE ALREADY STARTED FILLING IT, FILLING IT OUT, UM, TO SEND IT BACK OVER TO HER.
UM, SO AGAIN, SHE SAID IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU COULD ALWAYS CALL ME.
UM, SHE GAVE ME THE CELL PHONE AND EVERYTHING, SO YEAH, LIKE, I'M TRYING, WE'RE TRYING.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE, BUT AGAIN, UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND SO SHE ASKED MR. BUSANTE TO LEAD DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
UM, ALRIGHT, LET, LET ME TRY TO UNPACK A LITTLE BIT IF I CAN, UH, WHAT, WHAT YOU SAID.
SO FIRST, ARE YOU FORMALLY AMENDING YOUR APPLICATION TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL? YES.
UM, TO, WHEN YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE COMMERCIAL ACCESS, THE COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ACCESS FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UH, CAN YOU, DO YOU HAVE A POINTER? STAFF? DO WE HAVE A POINTER UP THERE? AND STAFF, IF WE COULD GET THE LETTERS THAT HE HAS ON HIS PODIUM? UH, JUST PUT UP ACTUALLY.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET ME HAVE HIM DO WHAT I WANT HIM TO DO WITH THE POINTER.
CAN YOU POINT TO THE, THE HOUSES WHO SUPPORT YOU HAVE? MR. REYES? OKAY.
WELL, CORRECTION I HAVE, SO THE ONE, UM, DIRECTLY, SORRY, I'M NERVOUS AGAIN.
SO, EXCUSE ME, WE GOT, UH, SO I HAVE THE NEIGHBOR DIRECTLY ACROSS UHHUH
UM, NEXT I HAVE THE, THAT ONE AS WELL.
AND THEN WE, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS IS OFF OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER, UM, BUT HE'S AT THE CORNER OF STERLING AND LOW OAK.
UM, I ALSO, SO MY PARENTS LIVE RIGHT THERE.
NOW IF WE COULD SEE THE, THE LETTERS PLEASE, JUST SO WE CAN GET THOSE BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
AND THAT'S APPROXIMATELY ACROSS THE STREET, IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THE NEXT ONE PLEASE, MR. ALDO IS THE ONE OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER, THE ONE DOWN IN THE CORNER.
UM, STAFF, A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UH, MR. REYES HAS FORMALLY AMENDED HIS APPLICATION.
I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A GOOD NUMBER OF USES LAST TIME.
WOULD NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ACCOMMODATE THOSE USES? DO WE REMEMBER? WELL, I, I KNOW HE HAS MAYBE WANTS A FOOD TRUCK IN THE FUTURE, WHICH IS AUTOMATICALLY A FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT.
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WE DO HAVE CONCERNS, HOWEVER, IF HE'S JUST STILL TRYING TO USE IT AS A PARKING LOT BECAUSE IT IS NOT GOING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.IT WILL IN COORDINATION WITH A USE, BUT IT WILL NOT JUST BE ABLE TO BE A STANDALONE PARKING LOT.
MR. REYES, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? YES.
AND YOU STILL WANNA AMEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
WOULD THERE BE AN OPTION OR SOME TYPE OF CONDITIONAL WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PARK LIKE AT, BEFORE OR AFTER HOURS? SO I, I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO.
UM, AND, AND, AND THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT, THAT I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMENDMENT, THAT, THAT WE UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE USES THAT YOU WANT, UM, IT'S VERY HARD TO NAVIGATE THE ZONING APPROPRIATELY.
UM, ABSENT, UH, STAFF INDICATED, UH, FOR PARKING, YOU KNOW, CONTINGENT UPON THE USE OF THE FOOD TRUCK.
AND SO IT WOULD JUST SIMPLY NOT BE AVAILABLE TO USE AS A PARKING LOT STANDALONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, HERE, HERE, HERE'S, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A CHOICE, ALRIGHT? UH, ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE THIS IS NOT MY DISTRICT.
UM, YOU CAN COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AFTER TALKING TO WATSON AND TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION.
UH, YOU ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THREE CHOICES.
UH, I CAN MOVE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AS AMENDED OR I CAN MAKE A MOTION ON, UH, THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION, THE ORIGINAL REQUEST.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I, MY CONCERN IS, AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS PRIMARILY IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, UH, MS. WATSON, OR COMMISSIONER WATSON, EXCUSE ME, UH, SPOKE, YOU KNOW, WITH STAFF HAS WORKED ON TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR SOME OF THE USES.
UH, AND I JUST DON'T THINK SHE CAME UP.
SHE WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALLOW ALL THE USES AND, AND NOT FOR ONE OF TRYING, BUT FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT IT'S MAYBE IMPOSSIBLE TO DO.
UM, SO LIKE I SAID, I CAN GIVE YOU THREE OPTIONS.
Y'ALL CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN COMMISSIONER WATSON WILL RETURN.
UH, I CAN MAKE A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL OR I CAN MAKE A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO THE ORIGINAL REQUEST.
'CAUSE MY, I KNOW MY DAD, HE'S NOT HERE.
UM, HE'S ELDERLY AND HEART ATTACKS AND UHHUH, SO HE'S NOT ABLE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE.
UM, BUT HIS MAIN CONCERN THAT HE EX LIKE, HE WAS VERY EXPRESSIVE.
HE'S A, I DON'T WANT ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CITY ONE.
UM, TWO, I WANT TO BE ABLE, UM, WHERE WE CAN PARK THE TRUCKS THERE.
UM, SO IF SCRAPPING THE FOOD TRUCK, THE WHOLE FOOD SERVICE THING LIKE THAT, THAT'S OUT THE WINDOW.
I, MY MAIN THING IS TO, TO, UM, TO DO WHAT HE TOLD ME TO DO IS THE PARKING.
IN THAT CASE, I WOULD MOST LIKELY RECOMMEND TO YOU THAT YOU CONTINUE, LET'S, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT FIGURING OUT WHAT YOU WANT WORK WITH COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UM, AND I'M SORRY TO HAVE KEPT YOU HERE SO LONG.
BUT, UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND AT THIS TIME.
FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER OSA QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UM, I KNOW IF HE HAD THOSE VEHICLES AND THEY PARKED IT IN THE BACK OF THEIR HOUSE, THAT'S ALLOWED, CORRECT? YES.
THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT IT'S JUST, IT'S AN INDEPENDENT LOT.
IT'S, AND IT'S NOT, IT IS THEIR PROPERTY BUT THEIR HOME IS ACROSS THE, LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT THEY'RE HAVING THE ZONING ISSUE, UM, WHAT, WHAT WOULD, AND THIS IS JUST FOR ME AND MAYBE FUTURE, UM, CASES, IF SCENARIOS, IF THEY WOULD BUILD A 300 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE AT THE FRONT OF THAT PROPERTY, THEY COULD PARK THEIR VEHICLES IN THE BACK.
UH, 200 FOOT OF UH, SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY.
WELL THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE
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SETBACKS.SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MEET FRONT SETBACKS.
UH, SIDE SETBACKS, REAR SETBACKS AND UM, IS THERE A MINIMUM I CAN'T ANSWER ON RESIDENTIAL CODE, ON INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE TYPICAL ITEMS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
SO I'M ASSUMING BATH, FULL BATH, LIVING AREA AND UH, KITCHEN AND OTHER AREAS.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM WOULD BE, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE.
SO, SO MAYBE THAT'S AN OPTION FOR YOU GUYS.
AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT AREA WELL, THE LADY IN THE WHEELCHAIR THAT'S AT THE CORNER UNDERNEATH.
I CALLED EMSA COUPLE TIMES ON HER.
I THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD ON THE FLOOR, BUT THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT.
WELL, UM, BUT WHAT, WHAT I'M SAYING HERE IS, UM, THE FOOD TRUCK IDEA, I MEAN IT'S A GREAT IDEA BUT I DON'T THINK, I DON'T KNOW IS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF TDOT'S GONNA LET YOU COME IN THROUGH MARTIN LUTHER KING OR THIS BECAUSE IT'S A ONE WAY RIGHT THERE.
I MEAN THAT WOULD BE ALMOST A LITTLE DANGEROUS.
I WOULD THINK IT ACCORDING, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
YOU HAD MENTIONED, ACCORDING TO THE STAFF REPORT, TXDOT WILL NOT ALLOW ACCESS OFF OF MARTIN LUTHER KING FOR THIS PROPERTY.
SO THEY ARE HAVING TO UTILIZE, UM, THE STREET STERLING.
AND, AND STERLING IS, WAS A DEAD END.
SO MAYBE THAT'S NOT AN OPTION IN OUR PLAYBOOK, BUT, BUT DEFINITELY GET WITH YOUR CASE MANAGER AND I THINK DEFINITELY THINK ABOUT THE OPTIONS.
SO MAYBE BUILDING A SMALL, MY ORIGINAL HOUSE WAS LIKE 600 FEET OR 600 FEET, 600 SQUARE FEET AND WE'RE A TINY HOUSE AND WAS SIX OF US AND WE EAT, WE'RE BIG BOYS AND GIRLS.
BUT, UH, ALL I'M SAYING IS MAYBE AN OPTION, SOMETHING THERE.
SO YOU CAN HAVE OF COURSE WITH ALL THE SETBACKS AND EVERYTHING, BUT HAS THAT OPTION BEEN GIVEN TO YOU OR HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? UM, MY DAD, THE LAST, WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE NC AND THE C ONE AND ALL THAT STUFF TO THEM, UM, HE SAID, HE WAS LIKE, I WISH I HAD THE MONEY TO BUILD A HOUSE.
WE'LL BUILD A HOUSE IF WE COULD.
UM, BUT THE, THE, THE MONEY'S NOT THERE.
SO WE'RE THE MAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE MAIN, HIS MAIN THING IS LIKE, WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE.
WE DON'T WANNA HAVE TO LIKE WHERE Y'ALL HAVE TO COME OUT, THEY CO COMPLIANCE HAS TO COME OUT THERE AND BE LIKE, HEY, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
SO WE WANT TO KNOW, LIKE, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT WE WANNA BE ABLE TO LIKE BE OKAY WE'RE GOOD.
THE RIGHT PERMIT IS, OR THE RIGHT ZONING OR WHATEVER IT IS FOR US TO BE IN COMPLIANCE OR FOR IT TO BE OKAY.
UM, LIKE THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE.
LIKE IT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S HIS MAIN CONCERN.
AND MY LAST QUESTION FOR STAFF, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE CODE AS WELL, I AS I SHOULD, BUT I, I BELIEVE THERE IS NO ZONING FOR, FOR THEM TO PARK VEHICLES IN A PARKING LOT AREA LIKE THIS OR IF THERE IS, WHAT IS IT, TY, YOU HAVE TO BE ZONED FOR A PARKING LOT.
BUT WE, SO WHERE I THINK WE'RE GOING AND WE'LL SPEAK TO MR. REYES, BUT IS BACK TO WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, WHICH WAS MAYBE KEEPING THE RESIDENTIAL BASE AND THEN JUST DOING A NON-COMMERCIAL PA PARKING LOT.
UM, BUT EITHER WAY WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK, UM, BECAUSE HE WOULD NEED REDUCED BUFFERS AS WELL FOR THE LANDSCAPE BUFFERS IN ORDER TO, TO DO THAT.
BUT WE WERE TRYING TO, AS COMMISSIONER BUSSAN NOTED, AC TRY TO ACCOMMODATE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS HE WAS TRYING TO DO.
UH, I THINK THAT WAS COMPLICATING THINGS A BIT, BUT IF THEY'RE READY TO GO BACK TO THE, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF THE ROOT ISSUE, UM, I, I THINK WE CAN DO AN R WHAT IS IT? R FOUR CD FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT WITH REDUCED BUFFERS.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONER REYES QUESTION FOR STAFF.
SO STERLING IS A LOCAL STREET AND THE PROPOSED YEAST IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA, CORRECT? RIGHT.
THE C TWO YOU, YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE WE, WE WERE, WE WERE MAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL ZONING ALLOWING A MULTITUDE OF COMMERCIAL USES.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MR. CHAIR? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR STEPH.
IS THIS ONE PROPERTY OR TWO PROPERTIES? IT'S JUST ONE PROPERTY.
SO I I I'M STILL CONFUSED ABOUT WHY HE CANNOT PARK MORE CARS OR ANYTHING LIKE IN HIS OWN PROPERTY.
THERE'S NO HOUSE ON IT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL AND THE ONLY USE THAT'S ON THERE IS PARKING LOT A COMMERCIAL USE.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE WERE TRYING TO SAY IF YOU BUILT A HOME OR IF IT WAS, BUT AGAIN, AND IT'S NOT EVEN A BUDDING HIS EXISTING HOME, IT'S ACROSS THE STREET.
AND SO COULD A SOLUTION BE THAT HE PUTS A, A PORTABLE, LIKE ALL THE SCHOOLS PUT ALL THE PORTABLE SCHOOLS BACK
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PERMITTED UH, LIKE MANUFACTURED HOMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ARE NOT PERMITTED IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.WELL, I'M TRYING TO THINK IS WAYS THAT HE CAN SAVE MONEY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS TWO PROPERTIES.
SO IF THEY COULD BE PLANTED ONE, THEN THE ISSUE GOES AWAY, BUT, ALRIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, UH, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE FOR A MOTION.
UM, GIVEN THE CONVERSATION, I MOVE FOR CONTINUANCE TO THE OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 MEETING AND I'LL SECOND THAT.
THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO THE OCTOBER 1ST MEETING BY COMMISSIONER BUS WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOTTLES DISCUSSION.
ALL RIGHT, WELL WE WILL SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS.
ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS THREE O'CLOCK.
WE TAKE A BREAK BUT WE HAVE ONE CASE LEFT.
EVEN THOUGH I SEE A TON OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, SO NO.
UH, IF WE COULD HAVE THE FINAL CASE NUMBER 17, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS BRONTE FERRE ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS LOCATED AT 2 2 5 NEAL ROAD, GOING FROM RP TO R 20.
ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
THERE WERE SEVEN NOTICES SENT OUT.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
STAFF DOES FIND LIKELY EVIDENCE OF ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE EXISTING RP RESOURCE PROTECTION DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED R 20 IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE EXISTING RP ZONING PRESERVES AGRICULTURAL AREAS AND PROTECTS VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCES BY REQUIRING A 10 ACRE MINIMUM.
THEY PROPOSE R 20 ZONING WOULD PERMIT A DENSITY OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME PRESENT.
UH, MY NAME IS JOSHUA GARCIA AND I LIVE AT 2 2 5 NEAL ROAD.
THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, UM, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY AND UM, HOPEFULLY LET YOU KNOW OF THE NEED AND THE APPROPRIATENESS TO REZONE IT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFICATIONS YOU NEED, GO AHEAD AND PLEASE ASK ME.
UM, SO IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE SINCE THE 1970S, UH, WITH ONE EXISTING HOUSE.
AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, OH, I HAVE A PRESENTATION.
SO SINCE, UH, THE 1970S THAT HOUSE LABELED NUMBER ONE, UM, HAD BEEN THERE.
UM, THE HOUSE NEXT TO IT, UM, TO THE LEFT.
AS YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP, THAT'S WHERE I GREW UP.
I WAS, WHEN I WAS BORN, I WAS BROUGHT HOME TO THAT HOUSE AND MY PARENTS STILL LIVED THERE.
UM, SO, UH, IN 2011, THAT LOT NEXT TO THEM WAS SOLD WITH THAT ONE HOUSE ON IT.
UM, IT WAS FORECLOSED AND MY PARENTS BOUGHT IT.
IN MAY OF 2017, WE SOLD OUR FAMILY HOME THAT WAS, UH, NEAR SEAWORLD, UM, BECAUSE I WANTED TO MOVE BACK OUT TO THE COUNTRY.
SO I ASKED MY PARENTS IF I COULD BUILD NEXT TO THAT EXISTING HOUSE RIGHT THERE.
SO WE WITH A LOT OF SWEAT EQUITY 'CAUSE I BUILT A LOT OF THE HOUSE MYSELF, THE FOUNDATION LAID ELECTRICAL WIRES, INSULATION AS MUCH AS I COULD DO, UM, SO THAT WE WOULDN'T GET INTO DEBT.
UM, WHAT HAPPENED? SO LET ME READ THIS.
IN MAY, 2017, WE SOLD OUR HOUSE.
OH, STAYED WITH MY PARENTS EIGHT MONTHS NEXT DOOR AND CONSTRUCTED IT.
I GOT A CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION, WHICH ALLOWS YOU, I GUESS TO BUILD THE HOUSE WITHOUT PLANNING AT THE TIME.
UM, AND ALSO I ENDED UP GETTING A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO MOVE INTO THE HOUSE.
SO AT THE TIME THAT I SOLD MY HOUSE, MOVED THERE AND STARTED TO BUILD THE PROPERTY WAS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT, OH, IT'S GONNA BE NICE, EASY, NO ZONING, JUST COUNTY.
SO, UM, INSPECTIONS STILL APPLY.
BUT, UM, SO WE WENT, I WAS PLANNING AND I WAS GONNA PLOT IT AFTER TO SPLIT IT.
SO THE MAJORITY OF THE HOME WAS COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE CITY ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTY.
LATER THAT YEAR, THE CITY ANNEXED US AND THEY GAVE US A ZONING.
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IT RESOURCE PROTECTION AT THE TIME.UM, WHICH RESOURCE PROTECTION HAS A MINIMUM OF 10 ACRE, UH, SIZE.
SO THE ZONING THAT THE CITY APPLIED TO IT DIDN'T MEET ITS OWN REQUIREMENTS, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY DID AT THE TIME.
SO MY INTENTION IS TO SPLIT THE PROPERTY IN HALF AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED WHEN WE SOLD OUR LAST HOME.
UH, WITHOUT DOING THIS, I CAN'T REALLY LEGALLY OWN THE HOUSE.
IT'S JUST A HOUSE THAT I'VE SPENT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON ON MY PARENTS' PROPERTY.
UM, AND ALSO WE WANT TO ADD ONTO IT.
SO I, I NEED IT TO GET A MORTGAGE, UH, LIKE A LIEN ON THE HOME TO GET, UH, THE ADDITION.
SO IN THIS, I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU GET ZONING, YOU GET ZONING SO THAT YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU PROPOSE TO DO.
IN THIS CASE, THE EXISTING USE IS ALREADY TWO RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND IT'S KIND OF REVERSED THE ZONING TO FIT THE USE BECAUSE RESOURCE PROTECTION IS NOT WHAT FITS WITH THIS LOT.
UM, SO IN SUMMARY, UH, THE EXISTING USE IS TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UM, FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, THE CURRENT USE IS TWO, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND MY PROPOSED USE IS THE TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE ON IT.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE NO CHANGE.
UM, EVENTUALLY WHEN I PLOT IT, THERE WILL BE A LEGAL LOT LINE, BUT YOU WON'T EVEN SEE A FENCE 'CAUSE THAT'S MY BROTHER THAT LIVES NEXT DOOR.
UM, SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND HOPE THAT, UH, YOU SEE IN THIS CASE THAT THE, THE REZONING MAKES SENSE AND IT ACTUALLY FITS BETTER THAN RESOURCE PROTECTION FITS FOR THAT PARTICULAR LOT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT BOTH THE ADJACENT LOTS, THEY HAVE, UH, MULTIPLE HOUSES.
MY MOM NEXT DOOR, UH, THAT'S HER HOUSE AND MY BROTHER HAS, UH, A MOBILE HOME ON THERE.
AND THEN THE OTHER NEIGHBOR NEXT TO US HAS ONE HOUSE WITH LIKE TWO SMALLER HOUSES IN IT.
SO THE DENSITY, UH, ALSO IS THE SAME AS MY NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND IN THE AREA THERE'S SOME RE TWENTIES, THEY'RE NOT RIGHT HERE, BUT THEY'RE ON PLEASANTON ROAD, WHICH IS THE NEXT STREET OVER.
SO THERE ARE SOME RE TWENTIES THERE AS WELL.
SO I ASKED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND, UM, THAT YOU WOULD HELP ME SO THAT I CAN ACTUALLY OWN MY HOME INSTEAD OF JUST, UM, SPENDING THE MONEY ON SOMETHING.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER HENO HOSA FOR QUESTIONS.
TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE AN OPEN AND CLOSED CASE.
CAN I GET A GAVEL AND JUST GO TICK.
UH, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHY YOU GUYS ARE RECOMMENDING DENIAL? BECAUSE LIKE, LIKE HE SAID, I MEAN THE, THE USAGE NORMALLY IS TO, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD A HOUSE OR TO DO SOMETHING, BUT THE HOUSE IS ALREADY THERE.
CAN YOU GO OVER WHY IT'S FOR DENIAL? SURE, SURE.
SO THEY'RE ALLOWED ALREADY TO HAVE THE HOMES THERE.
RP ALSO ALLOWS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RR SIX, BASICALLY YOU CAN BUILD TO R SIX STANDARDS.
UM, THE, THE REASON THAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS DENIAL IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH, UH, THE NEWLY ADOPTED TEXAS A AND M PLAN, WHICH, UH, WANTS AGRICULTURAL LAND TO BE PRESERVED IN THIS AREA.
AND SO A MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH OF THEM IS ALSO OCL OR OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
SO I IMAGINE IF AT ANY POINT ANY OF THAT PROPERTY EVER GETS ANNEXED, IT TOO WOULD BE, UM, ASSIGNED PROBABLY A LAND USE OF AGRICULTURAL, UM, TO PRESERVE THOSE, THOSE FARMLANDS OUT THERE.
UM, BUT BASICALLY, UM, THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
UM, HIS ISSUE IS THAT HE NEEDS TO PLOT THE PROPERTY AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO SUBDIVIDE, YOU HAVE TO GET THE ZONING FIRST IN ORDER TO SUBDIVIDE.
DO YOU HAVE LIKE AN OVERLAY MAP OF SHOWING, I MEAN, HOW FAR IN IS HE WITHIN THE TEXAS A AND M REGIONAL? SURE.
UM, LADIES, CAN YOU PULL UP THE, UH, ZONING, THE GIS MAP AND FOR THE APPLICANT? I THINK, I THINK YOU, YOU MENTIONED THIS, BUT WHEN DID YOU B BUILD THE HOUSE? WHAT YEAR IN 2017? 2017.
AND THE CITY ANNEXED IT, I THINK 2013 OR SOMETHING AROUND THERE.
SO I THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S YOU BEFORE, BEFORE THE OKAY.
WELL FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND THEN FOR THE APPLICANT, UM, J JUST OUT OF PERSONAL QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE SEPTIC OUT THERE? IS IT CITY? YEAH, WE HAVE A SEPTIC.
SO CITY, UH, SEPTIC AND A SEPARATE TWO METERS.
BUT CPS PLACED, UH, WE GOT A POLE PLACED IN THE MIDDLE, SO WE PULLED OUT AN ELECTRIC METER.
FOR THE TIME BEING, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I HAD DONE
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AND I GOT A DRIVEWAY PERMIT FROM THE COUNTY.SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THAT BLUE OR THAT PURPLE ON THE SCREEN IS ALL THE TEXAS A AND M AREA.
AND THEN THEY ARE THE NEWLY ANNEXED PART ALONG WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS.
AS THEY MENTIONED, THERE'S OTHER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OUT THERE THAT THEY ASSIGNED RP.
UM, AND THOSE ARE ALSO IN THE A AND M PLAN AREA.
SO HIS PROPERTY'S A LITTLE DOT THINGY.
LITTLE SYMBOL WITH THE CIRCLE ON IT.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN THE GRAY? WELL, WHY NORTH OF HIM? THAT'S THE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO ANYTHING THAT IS GRAY ON THE SCREEN IS NOT CURRENTLY IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UH, BEFORE I MAKE MY MOTION, I, I, I GUESS I'LL OPEN UP TO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
WE'RE GONNA START ON THE RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER REYES, A QUESTION VERY, VERY QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF.
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF VALUABLE AGRICULTURAL AREAS IN YOUR REPORT? I THINK THAT'S SUBJECTIVE, BUT, UM, THAT IT'S ALSO, UH, PART OF THIS AREA IS, UM, A LOT OF IT IS MX ONE OR MIXED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE AREAS THAT HAVE FARMLAND FOR FARMING.
IT'S GOING TO BE AREAS THAT HAVE A LOT OF VACANT PROPERTY FOR POTENTIAL INDUSTRY AND, AND THINGS RELATED TO AGRICULTURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON COMMISSIONERS? ON MY RIGHT? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER TSET, I GUESS WE SHOULD BE CALLING IT INSTEAD OF TEXAS A AND M, THE TOYOTA AREA PLAN, BUT THEY NAMED IT TEXAS A AND M, UM, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
UM, YOU FOUND NO INDICATION OF ADVERSE EFFECTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE? UH, THIS IS UNDER YOUR STAFF REPORT, I BELIEVE.
UM, I ALSO NOTICED THAT, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION IS PLANNING TO HEAR THIS ON THE 25TH OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR DECISION IS AT THIS POINT.
UM, I DON'T UNDERSTAND EITHER THE REASON WHY THIS IS NOT SUPPORTED, UH, PARTIALLY 'CAUSE IT'S LOGICAL.
UM, THERE ARE TWO HOUSES THERE THAT WERE THERE BEFOREHAND.
UM, AND I KNOW Y'ALL ARE RELYING ON THIS TEXAS A AND M AREA PLAN, UH, AND TOYOTA'S APPROVAL OF THINGS LIKE THIS.
BUT, UH, THIS IS JUST, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO NOT GIVE THEM WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO CONFLICT WITH PUBLIC POLICY OBJECTIVES OF THE TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO AREA COMMUNITY PLAN UNDER NUMBER FIVE.
SO, UM, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE HOLD UP OR THE PROBLEM WITH GIVING THEM WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING? IS THAT A QUESTION OR IS THAT A IT WAS A COMMON DISCUSSION.
RHETORICAL ALSO KIND OF QUESTIONS, UH, FOR STAFF IS IT'S DON'T UNDERSTAND.
UM, I DO UNDERSTAND, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
I, I HAD ONE QUESTION AND MM-HMM,
SO, AND THAT IS ON THE, THE SIZES.
SO RESOURCE PROTECTION IS 10 ACRES.
BUT, AND, AND, AND CURRENTLY THIS LOT IS LIKE 2.6 ACRES.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE ASSIGNMENT AS FAR AS LIKE FOR THE ACREAGE, BUT IT WAS DONE IN A GROUPING.
THIS, THIS ONE LITTLE SECTION WAS DONE IN A GROUPING.
SO THAT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK THEM THAT.
BUT, UM, IT ALSO, LIKE I SAID, WOULD PROBABLY EVENTUALLY BE PART OF THAT LARGER AREA TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.
AND THEN I WILL ALSO SAY THAT RP IS A STANDARD DESIGNATION, UM, GIVEN WHENEVER THEY SEE SINGLE FAMILY ALREADY ON A LARGE LOT, THAT WAY THAT USE IS CONFORMING AND NOT A NONCONFORMING USE IS NOT CREATED.
OH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.
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DO WE KNOW IS, DID COMMISSIONER BARDOS LEAVE PERMANENTLY OR DID HE OKAY.ALRIGHT, BUT WHO'S GONNA MAKE THE SECOND? NO.
COMMISSIONER HENO, WHO UP FOR A, A MOTION AND DISCUSSION? OKAY, BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION, UM, I JUST WANNA ASK STAFF IF THE ZONING DOES GET APPROVED AND EVERYTHING, WHAT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF UNITS HE COULD BUILD WITHIN HIS? UH, SO THE, UM, PROPERTY R 20 ALLOWS 20,000, UM, A MINIMUM OF 20, OR, I'M SORRY, A MAXIMUM MINIMUM OF 20,000 SQUARE FEET.
UM, WITH HIS ACREAGE, HE COULD POTENTIALLY GET UP TO FIVE UNITS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER.
HE ALSO WAS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REYES DISCUSSION.
LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE.
AND NO, I DON'T HAVE A DISCUSSION EITHER, I GUESS.
IT'S, I, I I SEE BOTH SIDES OF WHERE, WHERE EVERYBODY'S GOING.
ALRIGHT, LET'S DO A ROLL CALL.
ALRIGHT, SO I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THE CASES WE HAVE ON THE, ALRIGHT.
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ANY CORRECTIONS ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES? IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.ALRIGHT, MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES BY COMMISSIONER MONT WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WITT.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT, NOT THE REPORT.
I THINK IT WAS SUPPOSED TO REMIND YOU GUYS ABOUT A TRAINING.
DID YOU GUYS GET AN EMAIL ABOUT A TRAINING? YES, WE LIKE A, WE DID ROBERT'S RULES OR SOMETHING? YEAH, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING JUST RECENTLY.
IF I COULD FORWARD IT TO ME AND I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IT.
I'M, AND THEY JUST, IT, IT'S JUST KIND OF A REFRESHER, BUT YEAH.
SO IT'S JUST SUPPOSED TO REMIND YOU OF THAT.
SO YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT.
WOULD THAT BE LIVESTREAM OR VIDEO? I HAVE NO IDEA.
IT'S DONE THROUGH, UM, THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
SO THERE'S ANOTHER SUBTLE STAFF REMINDER OF OBVIOUSLY COM CHAIR SIPES IS NOT FOLLOWING THE PROPER ROBERTS RULES OF AWARD, BUT NO, UM, POINT OF ORDER.
UM, THE TIME IS THREE 15 AND THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS ADJOURNED.