* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH OUR SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES STATEMENT, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ROB SIPES AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR 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. THE TIME IS 1 0 5. I'D LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MARCO BARROS, UH, REPRESENTING DISTRICT NINE, DANIEL KELLUM, DISTRICT ONE, JOHN WITT. UH, DISTRICT 10 TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO. JANELLE CHASE, MAYOR'S OFFICE. GEORGE HOSA, DISTRICT THREE. EDDIE REYES, DISTRICT FOUR. KEN HUI, DISTRICT SIX STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT. HEY, QUORUM IS PRESENT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE OUR STAFF TO REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF. THANK YOU. 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 A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION, YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO FORGE YOUR CASE TO CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE, PLEASE SEE 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 EX INDICATES THOSE OPPOSED. FOLLOWING THIS AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THE 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. THOSE IN SUPPORT IN OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION. YOU WILL BE INFORMED WHEN YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP. FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO A SPEAKER, THAT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME FOR A TOTAL OF NINE MINUTES. THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED IN TO SPEAK AND MUST YIELD THEIR TIME. WHEN THAT PERSON GOES TO THE PODIUM, THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THANK [Zoning Items  ] YOU. STAFF. IF WE COULD GO OVER OUR WITHDRAWN ITEM FOR TODAY. WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT'S BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM NUMBER 20, LOCATED AT 1314 EAST COMMERCE STREET. ALL RIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THAT ITEM ON EAST COMMERCE STREET, THAT HI ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN, SO YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE AS THAT ITEM WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY AND YOU WILL BE RE NOTIFIED IF ANY FUTURE ACTION ON THAT ITEM OCCURS. SO THANK YOU. UH, STAFF IF WE COULD GO OVER THE LIST OF ITEMS ON THE COMBINED AGENDA PLEASE. ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON CONSENT ARE 2 8, 9 11, 12, 17, 18, AND 21. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OF THESE ITEMS YOU WISH TO PULL TO INDIVIDUAL? LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE. ALRIGHT. IF WE COULD PLEASE READ THE COMBINED HEARING THE CONSENT AGENDA INTO THE RECORD FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C3 AND C ONE TO C TWO S WITH ALL OVER WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A HOSPITAL WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 1900 BLOCK OF ROGERS ROAD WITH THE AMENDED SITE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED. 35 NOTICES WERE SENT. ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED, AND THERE'S NO [00:05:01] REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MF 33 TO C3 WITH ALL LACE TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 1 1 8 9 3. THE APPLICANT IS WANTING TO AMEND THEIR PROPOSAL TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A TRUCK STOP AND LAUNDRY WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. TYPE E, WHICH IS A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG PROPERTY LINES, ABUTTING SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AND OR USES DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING AND TRUCK PARKING SHALL BE A HUNDRED FEET FROM ANY PROPERTY LINES ABUTTING, SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AND OR USES. 54 NOTICES WERE SENT. 49 RECEIVED IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C3 NA TO C3 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 1 0 9 WEST GRAYSON STREET. 14 NOTICES WERE SENT. ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO TEXAS DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST IN CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 26 10 WOODBURY DRIVE. 25 NOTICES WERE SENT. ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR. TWO OPPOSED. AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MF 33 TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLE STORAGE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 4,300 BLOCK OF PARKWAY DRIVE. KELLY, I THINK THAT'S THE WRONG ONE. OH, I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S ITEM 13. IT IS NOT ON CONSENT. I READ ITEM 12, CORRECT? NO, NO THANK YOU. A REQUEST NOT. ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST AND CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A DAYCARE CENTER WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 6,800 WACH ROAD. 23 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RECEIPT IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. MOVING ON TO 17 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT 900 DWELLING UNITS AND BAR SLASH TAVERN TO IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT 900 DWELLING UNITS, BAR SLASH TAVERN AND HOTEL WITH OLIVER LAKE TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 2 46 WEST JOSEPHINE STREET. 41 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO TEXAS DISTRICT ONE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION. ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C3 TO C3 HL WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 7 0 2 SAN PEDRO AVENUE. 19. NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RECEIPT IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. ONE IN FAVOR. OUTSIDE 200 FEET. TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO TEXAS DISTRICT ONE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION. AND ITEM 21 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX HL WITH ALL OF LAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT SEVEN 11, UH, EAST MISSILE TOE AVENUE 45 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RECEIPT IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR. AND THE SEND, UM, AND NO RESPONSE FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS DISTRICT ONE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION. WE DO HAVE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT AND I BELIEVE, UM, ONE OF THE VOICEMAILS THAT WE HAVE. UM, MISS, I BELIEVE MISS VIRGINIA, SHANNON, YOU HAVE SIGNED UP, BUT YOU LEFT A VOICEMAIL. DID YOU WANT YOUR VOICEMAIL PLAYED OR DID YOU WANNA SPEAK HERE TODAY? OKAY, SO AGAIN, WE HAVE VOICEMAILS. IT LOOKS, UM, WE HAVE ONE VOICEMAIL FOR ITEM NUMBER 18 AND THEN WE HAVE SPEAKERS. ALRIGHT, SO WE JUST, SO YOU'RE SAYING THE ONLY VOICEMAIL THAT WE HAVE IS FOR ITEM 18? CORRECT. MS. SHANNON, UM, IS SPEAKING FOR ITEM 12. SHE'S THE ONE WHO LEFT THE VOICEMAIL. GOTCHA. OKAY, GREAT. IF WE CAN HEAR THAT VOICEMAIL FIRST PLEASE. 8 1 7 WEST MAGNOLIA AVENUE. 2 1 0 3 8 1 7 8 7 1. REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 18 FOR 7 0 2 SAN [00:10:01] PEDRO DEAR ZONING COMMISSIONERS, WHILE I DO NOT LIVE WITHIN THE 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION AREA, I DO LIVE IN A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROPERTY OWNER'S APPLICATION FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK STATUS. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. I SERVE ON THE CITY'S TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE SUBCOMMITTEE AND SAN PEDRO IS SOON TO BECOME VIAS FIRST ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT CORRIDOR AND THE CITY'S FIRST TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. THIS MEANS CHANGES FOR THIS HISTORIC CORRIDOR AND MAKING SURE THAT WE PROTECT SOME OF THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND ARCHITECTURE AS WE MOVE TO MODERN ARTS. OUR CITY IS IMPORTANT. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS OWNER'S REQUEST. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, AND NOW I'LL GET INTO SPEAKERS. FIRST WE HAVE MR. REVEREND OR REVEREND FRED PEREZ FOR ITEM NUMBER 12. YES SIR. IF YOU'LL COME UP, UM, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I, OKAY. MY NAME IS REVEREND FRED PEREZ. UH, I AM THE PASTOR AT TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AT 6,800 WACH. UH, SO THAT I'M, THAT'S THE ADDRESS I'M STATING. UH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, TO, UH, SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, THE DAYCARE THAT WE'RE PLANNING AND THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE SERVED THROUGH THE, THE DAYCARE, WHICH ALSO, UM, HELPS, UH, LOW INCOME FAMILIES AS WELL. AND, UH, ESPECIALLY THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NEARBY WOULD BENEFIT FROM SUCH A DAYCARE. THAT'S ALL I'D LIKE TO STATE ON THAT. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. NEXT FOR ITEM NUMBER 12. ITEM NUMBER 12, WE HAVE TONY AGUILAR. THANK YOU. DO YOU WANNA STAY SEATED? THAT'S ALRIGHT, I GOT IT. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MEMBERS OF THE ZONING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS TONY AGUIGUI AND I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF THE TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. WE'RE ASKING THE MEMBERS OF THE ZONING COMMISSION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 12 ON THE LIST OF THE REZONING REQUESTS. WE HAVE A SCHOOL BUILDING AT 6,800 WBA ON THE CHURCH PROPERTY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILDING AN AREA REZONE, UH, FOR A DAYCARE. WE FEEL THERE IS A NEED FOR A DAYCARE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE IS GLEN OAKS ELEMENTARY, A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE BUILDING, A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NEARBY THAT PARENTS, UH, CHILDREN WOULD FIND VERY CONVENIENT FOR THEM TO USE WITH YOUR APPROVAL. THIS WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT ALL CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. AND NEXT WE HAVE MS. VIRGINIA. SHANNON, ALSO FOR ITEM NUMBER 12. YES, I AM VIRGINIA SHANNON. I LIVE AT 54 10 NEWCOMBE, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS CHURCH. I THINK THEY COULD HAVE NOTIFIED US ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO. I'VE LIVED THERE OVER 50 YEARS. I HAVE SEEN IT BE A CHURCH AND THEN THEY BUILT THE SCHOOL. IT WAS A, UH, NOT A DAYCARE KINDERGARTEN BEFORE MY SON WENT THERE. IT'S BEEN A SCHOOL. IF IT'S GONNA BE A DAYCARE, HOW MUCH MORE TRAFFIC ARE WE GOING TO HAVE? I ALREADY HAVE MUCH MORE TRAFFIC DOWN THAT STREET BECAUSE EVERYONE USES IT AS A CUT THROUGH FROM FOUR 10 OVER TO EVERS AND BANDERA. I AM FOR HELPING ALL THESE CHILDREN. I'M A TEACHER, I'M A RETIRED TEACHER, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL BE USING MY STREET THAT I LIVE ON AND HOW MUCH MORE TRAFFIC AND HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN THAT AREA. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. I THINK Y'ALL COULD HAVE NOTIFIED US. I KNOW THEY'RE BACK THERE. THEY HAVE THINGS ON SATURDAY AND THERE'S CARS PARKED ALL OVER THAT. I SEE. I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS HAS BEEN A NEIGHBORHOOD THERE FOR OVER 50 TO 60 YEARS, SO I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND MORE PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. [00:15:01] ALRIGHT. I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN TO A ZONING COMMITTEE, SO I, I'M LEARNING SOMETHING NEW. THANK YOU. YES. NEXT WE HAVE, UM, FOR ITEM NUMBER 19, MR. JOE CALVE. NOT YET. I APOLOGIZE. NO, I'M JOE CALVE. I APOLOGIZE SIR. UM, AND THE LAST WE HAVE MR. ES, MS. ESTHER PONCE FOR ITEM NUMBER 21, MS. ESTHER? YES. DID YOU WANNA SPEAK FOR ITEM NUMBER 21, THE HL? YES. IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP TO THE, TO THE PODIUM. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND THE CITY FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK AND ALSO FOR THE FABULOUS JOB THAT Y'ALL DID WITH THE JAZZ AT THE HEMISPHERE. AMAZING. SO, UM, I AM IN FAVOR OF THE BOUTIQUE HOTEL AND I DO BELIEVE THAT, OH, IS IT THE WRONG ITEM? YOU HAD SIGNED UP FOR ITEM 21 ASKING ABOUT THE HISTORIC LANDMARK. OH, I WAS AGAINST THAT. THAT'S ALL. BUT I THINK THEY DROPPED THAT, RIGHT? NO, THAT ITEM IS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER. OH, OKAY. BUT IF YOU DID WANNA SPEAK ON 21 7 11 EAST MISSILE TILL YOU CAN SPEAK OUT. OKAY. UM, I'M, I'M GOOD. OKAY. THE ONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING YES, THAT WILL BE AN INDIVIDUAL, SO IT'LL BE LATER ON. OKAY. SO YOU CAN SPEAK JUST OVER. OKAY. AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT ITEMS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, UH, REVEREND PEREZ TO, UH, TO GET WITH MS. SHANNON BEFORE, UM, CITY COUNCIL IF THIS PASSES, YOU KNOW, TO, TO OUTLINE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON, ON HOW MANY PEOPLE Y'ALL EXPECT, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, THE DAYCARE AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, ALL RIGHT. I AM OPEN TO A MOTION ON THESE ITEMS, MR. CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER TWO AS AMENDED ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AS AMENDED. 9 11 12 17, 18 AND 21. ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IS THAT YOU, COMMISSIONER WITT? YES, SIR. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, . ALRIGHT. UH, THE MOTION IS TO, UH, APPROVE ITEMS TO AS AMENDED EIGHT AS AMENDED. AND I'M ASSUMING THAT WHEN WE SAY AS AMENDED, THAT INCLUDES THE CONDITIONS THAT STAFF HAD. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU CAN MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION. THAT'S APPRECIATED. ALRIGHT. UM, ACCEPTING THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FOR THOSE CONDITIONS AS WELL. ALRIGHT. AND THE SECOND APPROVES, THOSE ACCEPTS THOSE I APPROVE? YES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO, UH, MOTION IS TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER TWO AS AMENDED EIGHT AS AMENDED WITH CONDITIONS 9 11 12 17, 18, AND 21. UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITSETT. UM, ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT. SEEING NONE. LOOKING RIGHT. SEEING NONE. UH, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITSETT? YES. COMMISSIONER KELLUM? YES. COMMISSIONER NOOSA? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER HUEY. AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER CHASE? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. SORRY MR. CHAIR. UM, WE DO NEED TO CALL UP MR. JOEY CAL ALBY FOR ITEM 19. WE THOUGHT IT WAS ITEM NINE. NO, HE'S FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE. I ACCIDENTALLY SAID 19. SO HE IS FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE. IF YOU COULD PLEASE, SORRY, I APOLOGIZE SIR. HE IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THE, UM, WEST GRAYSON AREA LOCATION. UH, THANK YOU. AND I WANNA THANK, UH, ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AS WELL AS CITY STAFF. I HAVE OWNED 1 0 9 WEST GRAYSON FOR 30 YEARS NOW. IT'S A WORLD WAR II BUILDING. I PURCHASED IT FROM THE ORIGINAL BUILDER D STEVENS. I'VE OWNED A BUSINESS IN SAN ANTONIO FOR 40 YEARS AND I'M PROUD TO SAY I'VE [00:20:01] NEVER MISSED A PAYROLL AND I'VE NEVER BOUNCED A CHECK. UH, MY PERSONAL BACKGROUND IS WHAT I HOPE YOU WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IN APPROVING MY ZONING REQUEST. UH, I GOT, I GOT TO SAN ANTONIO IN 1976 BY WAY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, WHERE I WAS THE PHOTOGRAPHER OF BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER. AND THEN I STARTED MY OWN BUSINESS IN 1984. UH, ALONG THE WAY I WAS A SALES MANAGER FOR THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND I'VE HAD MY BUILDING USED FOR MANY, UH, PURPOSES OVER THE YEARS, BUT IT WAS PRIMARILY AND CONTINUOUSLY FOR 30 YEARS. UH, MY HEADQUARTERS FOR MY BUSINESS WHERE WE HAD OUR INVENTORY AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS NOT A VERY GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN I MOVED IN. IT WAS A VERY BAD NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, WE BROUGHT STABILITY AND WE ALSO BROUGHT SECURITY TO THAT AREA. DURING THAT TIME, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS USED MY BUILDING FOR ONE OF THEIR RECRUITING VIDEOS THAT THEY MADE. UH, IT WAS USED, UH, AS A HEADQUARTERS FOR, UH, CRIME STOPPERS OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, AT THE SAME TIME I WAS USING THE BUILDING, SO I GAVE THEM A PORTION OF IT. UH, CITY COUNCILMAN BOBBY PEREZ USED IT AS HIS HEADQUARTERS WHEN HE RAN FOR, UH, DISTRICT ONE, UH, CITY COUNCIL TWICE. UH, WE'VE USED THE BUILDING THERE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR, UM, SHRINERS HOSPITALS, AND I USE IT AS A STAGING GROUND EVERY YEAR, UH, TO, TO DRESS UP LIKE SANTA CLAUS AND GO OUT TO, UH, THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND, AND MANY OF THE, UH, LOCAL, UH, PLACES. UH, I DO AS A VOLUNTEER NOW SIMPLY BECAUSE DURING THE REST OF THE YEAR PEOPLE KEEP SAYING I LOOK LIKE SANTA. SO, UH, OUR, OUR, UM, OUR INTENT ON THE USE OF THE BUILDING IS TO HAVE THE, UH, ZONING. WE PR WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE ZONING CHANGE SO THAT WE COULD BRING IN A RESTAURANT TO TAKE OVER THE BUILDING AND BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE. WE'VE HAD MANY OFFERS TO SELL THE BUILDING TO THE DEVELOPERS IN THAT AREA AND THEY ARE CONSTANTLY, UH, BOMBARDING ME WITH OFFERS AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD OFFERS. BUT I PREFER TO KEEP IT WITHIN OUR FAMILY AND WITHIN OUR COMPANY. UH, THE, UH, RESTAURANTS THAT WE, WE'VE HAD CHEFS COME IN THERE AND WE'VE HAD, UH, CHAIN OPERATIONS WITH, UH, UPSCALE TYPE OF RESTAURANTS. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A FAST FOOD DRIVE THROUGH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE AND BRING AN ENHANCEMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW WE HAVE PARKING TOO. WE HAVE ONSITE PARKING AND PARKING'S ALWAYS AN ISSUE. DOWNTOWN I JUST DROVE BY AND, UH, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME IS A REALLY GOOD LITTLE TACO PLACE CALLED VELVET TACO AND THEY HAVE NO PARKING AND THEY HAVE A LIQUOR LICENSE THERE. AND ALONG THE STREET IT WAS CHANGED FROM PARALLEL PARKING TO HEAD IN PARKING. AND TODAY WHEN I CAME OVER THERE WERE NINE PARKING SPACES OPEN AND I HAVE 12 ON SITE, SO PARKING SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. CAVI. AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, AND THE CONSENT AGENDA WAS APPROVED UNLESS ANYONE WANTS TO, UH, RECONSIDER IT, BUT HEARING NONE. ALRIGHT, SO IF YOU WERE HERE FOR, UM, THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THOSE ITEMS WILL NOW BE PROCEEDING ON TO CITY COUNCIL AND YOU ARE FREE TO ENJOY THE REST OF THE FALL DAY. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST CONTINUANCE HEARING, PLEASE THANK YOU'ALL ITEMS THAT WE HAVE FOR CONT FOR A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE TO THE OCTOBER 15TH MEETING. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ITEM NUMBER 4, 6, 7, AND 15 ARE REQUESTING A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE TO OCTOBER 15TH. ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS? WE DO HAVE VOICEMAILS FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ALL RIGHT. IF WE COULD HEAR THOSE PLEASE. CASTILLO'S ADDRESS IS 6 6 2 5 KINGS CROWN EAST SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO THREE THREE. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 646-2368. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 4 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 7 8. I AM CALLING TO VOICE MY, UH, A FEELINGS AGAINST THE NEW REZONING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HI, MY NAME IS ANN CASTILLO. UH, ADDRESS IS 6 6 2 5 KINGS CROWN EAST SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 3. UM, THIS IS REGARDING THE CASE NUMBER 1 7 8 AND I WANT TO SAY, UH, I AM AGAINST THE ZONING. UH, THE PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 646-2368. AGAIN, AGAIN, THIS IS ANA CASTILLO AND WE ARE AGAINST THE REZONING. CASE NUMBER 1 7 8. THANK [00:25:01] YOU. AND MY ADDRESS IS 6 3 6 8 FOX RUN, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 3. I LIVE IN THE, UH, ROBARDS RANDOLPH HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, THE CASE NUMBER IS Z LIKE ZEBRA, 2 0 2 4 1 0 7 0 0 1 7 8. UM, THE, UH, REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1 44 O'CONNOR ROAD IS THE SUBJECT. AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE RANDOLPH HILLS, UM, OR ROBARDS NEIGHBORHOOD ARE CONCERNED WITH THE IMPACT THAT SUCH A DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE ON NOT ONLY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CROWN RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ON THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ON O'CONNOR ROAD. CURRENTLY, THE EXCESS TRAFFIC AT THIS LOCATION GOING TOWARDS I 35 IS UNMANAGEABLE. NOT TO MENTION THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UPPER LEVEL, WHICH IS GOING ON THERE AT THIS TIME. WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES, THE DEVELOPER HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE A TRAFFIC STUDY TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THE ADDITIONAL 515 VEHICLES IT IS PROVIDING PARKING FOR. THERE IS NO SAFE WAY AT THIS TIME TO MAKE A LEFT TURN FROM KING'S CROWN, UH, FOX RUN OR CROWN RIDGE ONTO O'CONNOR ROAD. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ADD ADDITIONAL SAFETY, UM, HAZARDS. NOT ONLY IS THE TRAFFIC CONGESTED, A HILL RISES JUST TO THE EAST OF KING CROWN IN FRONT OF THE REFERENCE SITE, UH, MAKING SIGHT OF, UH, ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND POSSIBLE THE DEVELOPER ALSO IS UNWILLING TO DECREASE. WE FEEL THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL ADD NO VALUE TO O'CONNOR ROAD, RANDOLPH HILLS DISTRICT 10 OR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WE STRONGLY ARE, ARE OPPOSED TO REZONING THIS CASE. THANK YOU HOFFMAN. I LIVE AT ONE OH EIGHT SIX SEVEN CROWN VIEW. UM, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 392-7334. I'M IN OPPOSITION TO, UH, THE CASE NUMBER 1 7 8 FOR THE PROPERTIES BEING BUILT ACROSS O'CONNOR FROM US. UH, THIS IS THE PROBLEM. WE NEED THE CITY TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC SURVEY BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT IN THE MORNING AND FOUR 30 AND SEVEN IN THE EVENING ON DAYS WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DROP THEIR CHILDREN OFF DOWN HERE TO THE SCHOOL. AND LOOK AT HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS THERE. A LOT OF THIS IS FROM THE APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOUSES THAT ARE BEING BUILT AT THE END OF O'CONNOR AND KITTY HAWK. UM, WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF MANAGEMENT COMPANY IS GOING TO RUN THIS. UH, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO LEASE THE APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOUSES WITH, UH, SO THAT THEY CANNOT BE USED BY AIRBNB? WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO ABOUT SUBLETTING? HOW WELL WOULD YOU VET APPLICANTS FOR THE APARTMENTS? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN PEOPLE RENT OUT THEIR EXTRA ROOMS? AND THAT INCREASES TRAFFIC EVEN MORE AND PARKING PROBLEMS BECOME AN ISSUE OVER THERE. WE KNOW WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT A STOPLIGHT HERE AT ROYAL RIDGE BECAUSE IT'S DANGEROUS TRYING TO GET OUT IN THE MORNINGS. WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW, WE ALSO WANT TO SAY WE HAVE GROUND SHIFTING OVER HERE IN OUR HOAI CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT'S GONNA BE ON THAT HILLSIDE. SO WE, AND WE, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT WATER RUNOFF? HOW'S THAT GOING TO BE HANDLED FROM OVER THERE? WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THESE, THESE PROBLEMS ADDRESSED, IF YOU DON'T MIND. AND YES, I AM AGAINST IT. THANK YOU. THIS IS MARK MAYS. UH, I AM A RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO. I LIVE AT, UH, 65 12 FOX RUN, THAT'S SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 3. AND I'M OPPOSING THE, UH, ZONING CASE Z 2 0 2 4 1 0 7 0 0 1 7 8 TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AT 1 44 O'CONNOR ROAD. UH, THE DEVELOPER THAT WE HAVE MET WITH HAS INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE DONE NO STUDIES, EITHER TRAFFIC STUDIES, SAFETY STUDIES, OR RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE UNDERLYING CHANGES, HOW THOSE WOULD AFFECT THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. UH, SO THE DEVELOPER'S PROPOSAL BASICALLY IS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES AND WHATEVER THE PROBLEMS ARE, THOSE ARE NOW GOING TO BE YOURS TO DEAL WITH. UH, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S REASONABLE FOR US AS A COMMUNITY. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WANT. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING MOST MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, IF SOMEONE PROPOSED THAT TO BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THAT NEXT TO THEIR HOUSE, THEY WOULDN'T WANT THAT EITHER. SO, UM, IF YOU DO NEED TO REACH BACK TO ME, UH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS AREA CODE (210) 842-3780. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING MY COMMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ROBERT MAYS. MY ADDRESS IS 6 3 0 7 ROYAL RIDGE SAN ANTONIO. MY PHONE NUMBER IS [00:30:01] (210) 842-9220. AND I'M CALLING REGARDING, UH, ZONING CASE NUMBER, UH, 0 1 7 8, UH, WHICH IS THE ADDRESS AT 1 44 O'CONNOR ROAD. THE, UH, INFORMATION, UH, THAT I WISH THE ZONING COMMISSION TO CONSIDER IS THAT AT SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING, UH, TRAFFIC IS BACKED ALL THE WAY FROM THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT RANDOLPH BOULEVARD AND O'CONNOR ROAD ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE LIVE OAK CITY LIMITS. SO AS I UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION, UH, CONCERNING 1 44 O'CONNOR ROAD ZONING, UH, THE PLANS ARE THAT, UH, FIRST OF ALL IT WOULD BE HIGH DENSITY, UH, ZONING, UH, IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. AND SECONDLY, THAT THE TRAFFIC WOULD, UH, EXIT ONTO O'CONNOR ROAD, UH, NEAR THE KING'S CROWN ENTRANCE. UH, UH, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS ON O'CONNOR ROAD, UH, I WOULD THINK THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO REQUIRE THAT THE ENTRANCE TO 1 44 O'CONNOR ROAD. UH, IT, FIRST OF ALL, IT SHOULD HAVE A TRAFFIC STUDY AND A SAFETY STUDY, BUT THAT THE ENTRANCE, UH, SHOULD BE, UH, OPPOSITE THE ON ONTARIO'S PARK STREET, WHICH EXITS FROM, UH, ROYAL RIDGE. UH, I AM PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND ALSO PRESIDENT OF GARDEN HOMES TWO. ROYAL RIDGE IS THE GROUP OF 1100 HOMES THAT IS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE PROPOSED PROJECT. UH, THE, UH, NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT WOULD COME FROM THE 545 PLANNED APARTMENTS, UH, WOULD REQUIRE, I BELIEVE, AT AT LEAST A TRAFFIC LIGHT AS WELL AS ZEBRA STRIPES. I THINK THAT THE CITY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO PUT IN SIDEWALKS ALONG ON TERRY'S PARK, ALONG INDIGO CREEK AND ALONG INDIGO FOREST, UH, SO THAT PEDESTRIANS WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK FROM THE HOUSING PROJECT OVER TO ROYAL RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. UH, UH, IN SHORT, I THINK THE PROPOSED ZONING, UH, UH, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF, UH, APARTMENTS AND RESIDENCE THAT IS PLANNED, UH, UH, IS EXCESSIVE AND, UH, WHATEVER IS PROPOSED THAT IT SHOULD BE, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BYE-BYE. UH, MY ADDRESS IS SEVEN WESTLAKE COURT, LAKE JACKSON, 7 7 5 6 6. I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER Z 20 24 1 0 7 0 0 1 7 8. PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE FROM RESIDENTIAL TO MULTIFAMILY AT 1 4 4 O'CONNOR ROAD. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THIS VOICEMAIL MY TESTIMONY AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING, AS WELL AS THE LETTER AND ATTACHMENTS SENT BY EMAIL TO MR. RAIO GOMEZ ON AUGUST 30TH. HE ENTERED INTO EVIDENCE AND THE RECORD ON THIS MATTER. I REPRESENT STANDARD STEIN GREEN COSTELLO WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE. SHE OWNS AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE RESIDENCE AT 6 3 5 4 KINGS CROWN, WHICH WOULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BOTH IN TERMS OF THE LOSS OF PRIVACY, CLIENT ENJOYMENT OF HER PROPERTY AND PROPERTY VALUE BY THE ZONING CHANGE IF IT IS APPROVED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. IN ADDITION, THERE'S ANOTHER REASON WHY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SHOULD DENY A ZONING CHANGE. ACCORDING TO SECTION 35 DASH 3 0 7 B OF THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL CODE, ALL PROPERTY OWNERS LISTED ON ALL CURRENT WARRANTY DEEDS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN AN APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF ZONING. A CORPORATE REP OF ABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH NAMED CHAD RIPLEY REPORTED AN AFFIDAVIT OF ABUSE AND POSSESSION WITH BEAR BEAR COUNTY PROPERTY RECORDS ON OR ABOUT MAY 28TH ALLEGING, ALLEGING THE CHURCH HAS BEEN IN QUIET, USEFUL AND, AND NOTORIOUS USE OF POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY SINCE 2025. THERE'S NO REASON TO FOLLOW AN AFFIDAVIT OF ADVERSE POSSESSION IF THE PROPERTY OWNER OWNS CLEAR TITLE TWO A PROPERTY. I RETAINED A TITLE COMPANY TO EXAMINE THE BAIRD COUNTY PROPERTY RECORDS. THE RESULTS SHOW THAT THAT RECORD TITLED TO THE PROPERTY AT 1 4 4 O'CONNOR ROAD IS NOT CLEARLY VESTED IN ABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO. I PROVIDED A COPY OF THIS TITLE SEARCH IN MY AUGUST 30TH LETTER TO MR. GOMEZ. TO THE CONTRARY, THERE ARE CONFLICTING WARRANTIES RECORDED IN THE BEXAR COUNTY RECORDS WHERE BOTH ABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO ON THE ESTATE OF HAROLD GABY CLAIMED OUT TO THE SAME PROPERTY. SPECIFICALLY ON JANUARY 10TH, 2018, THE ESTATE OF A FAILED TO MAKE GABY RECORDED A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR 1 4 4 OCON ROAD AMONG OTHER PROPERTIES IN FAVOR OF HELD GABY SENIOR. THE PROPERTY OF THIS 2018 DEED WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO MR. GOMEZ. THEREFORE, SINCE ALL PURPO PURPORTED, PROPERTY OWNERS [00:35:01] ON ALL WARRANTY DEEDS HAVE NOT JOINTLY SIGNED THE APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF ZONING FORMS. AND SINCE THE CHURCH ON ITS OWN CANNOT CURRENTLY SELL THIRD TITLE TO THE PROPERTY TO A DEVELOPER OR THIRD PARTY, THE PROPOSED ZONING EXCHANGE SHOULD BE DENIED UNTIL THIS TITLE DISPUTE IS RESOLVED, EITHER BY AGREEMENT OR A LAWSUIT TO ACQUIRE A TITLE. THANK YOU. AND WE ALSO, YES, THIS IS FOR CASE NINE AND WE ALSO HAVE VOICEMAILS AND SPEAKERS FOR ITEM NUMBER 15, NUMBER Z DASH 20 24 1 0 7 0 0 2 1 1. AND THE CASE MANAGER, I BELIEVE IS AT ION GOMEZ. AND I AM CALLING, UH, MY NAME IS ELSA ESPARZA HAMILTON. I LIVE AT 40 26 MOUNT LAUREL DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 0. AND I AM A HOMEOWNER OF THE IN THE LAUREL HILLS SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY THAT WE ARE, UH, THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING OF. REZONING IS 91 0 3 WBA ROAD LOT EIGHT BLOCK ONE NCD 1 4 7 9 5. AND I'M IN PROTEST OF HAVING THAT REZONED TO A MULTI-FAMILY UNIT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT IS A VERY SMALL PROPERTY AND IT IS A PROPERTY THAT WE'VE HAD MANY TIMES, UM, PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS WORD BOX FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER THAT HAVE GOTTEN HIT. I KNOW YOU'VE PUT IN AN ISLAND, I KNOW YOU'VE PUT IN, UM, LIGHTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT THE FACT IS THAT PEOPLE STILL CROSS FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER WITH WITHOUT GOING ACROSS THE CROSSINGS THAT ARE THERE. UM, AND THIS IS A VERY NARROW PROPERTY TO WHERE I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO FIT MULTI-FAMILY UNITS IN THERE, REGARDLESS IF IT'S GATED, IT'S NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO HAVE MULTI-FAMILY UNITS. UM, I'D LIKE FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER A PARK, A WALKING PARK. IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO THAT GREEN BELT, WHICH IS VERY LOVELY. AND I WILL WALK THE PROPERTY ALMOST OFTEN AS I CAN BECAUSE I LIVE SO CLOSE THAT IS PART OF MY MORNING WALK THAT I TAKE THROUGH THERE. SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE THE CITY TO CONSIDER IT BEING A WALKING PARK SINCE WE HAVE NOTHING WITHIN THIS BLOCK, YOU KNOW, FOR FROM I 10 TO, UM, WHAT IS IT? UH, FREDERICKSBURG. THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS AREA WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY WALK, UM, EITHER A WALKING PARK OR A PLAY SCAPE FOR KIDS. I, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE PLEASANT TO THE EYE RATHER THAN MORE MULTIFAMILY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME AND PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THIS IS JUST TOO SMALL OF A PROPERTY TO HAVE ANY CON RICHARD GATZ AND MY WIFE IS LOW AS GETS, WE LIVE AT 94 0 3 FERN GLEN DRIVE. THE ADDRESS OF THE REQUEST IS 91 0 3 W PARK. THE LAST THREE DIGITS OF THE CASE NUMBER IS 2 1 1. WE ARE FOR THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FROM A RM FOUR AND AN MF 33 TO AN MF 18 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS. WE HAVE LIVED IN OUR HOME SINCE 1970 AND WAS PROMISED BY THE DEVELOPER AT THAT TIME THAT THE LANDED BACK OF US WOULD BE LAUREL HILLS. NUMBER TWO, IT WAS ZONED FOR R SIX DEVELOPMENT. OTHER DEVELOPERS OVER THE YEARS TRIED TO CHANGE THE CODE, BUT WE FOUGHT IT AND WERE SUCCESSFUL. SO THESE DEVELOPERS APPLIED FOR A ZONING CHANGE OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT MINIMUM REQUIRED NOTIFICATION LINE SOUTHWEST OF FELAND. NOBODY ON FELAND WAS NOTIFIED OF ZONING REQUESTS AND IT, AND SO THEY WENT THROUGH UNOPPOSED AND PASSED. TODAY THAT PROPERTY IS ALL APARTMENTS. IN 2004, GRACE BAPTIST TEMPLE WANTED TO BUY THE PROPERTY AT BACK OF FERN GLEN [00:40:01] AND CHANGE THE CODE FROM AN RM FOR PUD MIXED RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS TO AN RM FOUR MIXED RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT FOR SPECIAL USE. LAUREL HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SAID THAT THEY WOULD AGREE NOT TO OPPOSE THEIR ZONING REQUESTS IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS WERE MADE, SUCH AS A ONE FOOT NON ACCESS EASEMENT ALONG THE COMPLETE BOUNDARY LINE FROM WORST SPOT TO BLUE MOLD. AND THAT A SIX FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE WOULD BE ERECTED AND MAINTAINED ALONG SAME BOUNDARY LINE. GRACE BAPTIST TEMPLE AGREED AND THE ZONING APPLICATION WENT UNOPPOSED AND PASSED. IF THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR MF 1832 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS DOES NOT PASS AND STAYS R FOUR, THEN THE DEVELOPER CHRISTOPHER GILL CAN BUILD UP TO 20 QUADPLEX UNITS FOR 80 FAMILY UNITS. THIS, THIS CAN BE APPRO, THIS COULD BE APPROXIMATELY 300 PEOPLE IN A SMALL THREE ACRE. THESE UNITS WOULD THEN BE USED FOR RENTAL PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD DEVALUE OUR PROPERTY. HELLO, MY NAME IS SAKI SHAIKH, S-A-K-I-B, LAST NAME S-H-A-I-K-H. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE LAUREL HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THIS IS REGARDING CASE Z DASH 2 0 2 4 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 2 1 1. SO I HAVE SUBMITTED, UH, THROUGH EMAIL A PETITION SIGNED BY ROUGHLY HALF OF THE NEIGHBORS, UH, THAT ARE WITHIN THE, THE RED LINE THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN A NOTICE OF THE ZONING CHANGE. UM, IN MY SURVEY OF THE NEIGHBORS, THEY HAVE BROUGHT UP, UH, A FEW ISSUES THAT THEY FEEL WOULD BE, UM, WOULD, WOULD BE MADE WORSE BY, UH, THE PROPOSED ONLY CHANGE AND THE ADDED, UH, HOUSING THAT WOULD COME WITH IT. AND THE PRIMARY IS, THE PRIMARY ISSUE IS THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT USE WARD BLOCK STREET TO PULL INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS THERE ARE ROUGHLY FOUR ENTRANCES FROM WARD BLOCK INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND NONE OF THOSE ENTRANCES HAVE ANY FORM OF TRAFFIC ASSISTANCE. THERE'S NO FORM OF GUIDANCE, NO SIGNAL LIGHTS, UM, IT'S JUST PEOPLE WAITING ON WARS BLOCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD TO MAKE A A TURN INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. IF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS BUILT, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO JUST ADD TO THAT CONGESTION. AND SO, AND IF IT'S A GATED COMMUNITY, THEN IT WOULD BE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE FOR THE GATE TO OPEN, UH, CAUSING FURTHER HICCUPS TO TRAFFIC ON HORSEBACK. UM, THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT THE LOT IS SO NARROW THAT IN ORDER TO CREATE ENOUGH SPACE, THE HOUSE ON THE STREET, THE HOUSES WOULD BE PUSHED SO FAR BACK UP THE FENCE THAT ALL OF THE HOUSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE ON FERN GLEN STREET, UM, WOULD NOT ONLY JUST LOSE THE VIEW OF THE GREEN SPACE THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY WOULD LOSE ALL OF THEIR PRIVACY BECAUSE ANYBODY LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE, UH, WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK DOWN INTO THEIR YARD AND POSSIBLY INTO THEIR HOMES FROM THE SECOND FLOOR. THESE ARE THE CONCERNS THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BROUGHT UP. UH, I SHARE THESE CONCERNS. WE'D BE WILLING TO, UH, PROPOSE A CONTINUOUS SO WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THESE ITEMS ADDRESSED AS WE, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE RECEIVE THE NOTICE UNTIL A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DECISION. WE VOTE AGAINST THE ZONING CHANGE. SO THAT'S IT FOR VOICEMAILS. NEXT I HAVE, UM, MS. SYLVIA VALDEZ SIGNED UP FOR ITEM NUMBER 15. YES. DID YOU WANNA SPEAK NOW OR DID YOU WANNA WAIT UNTIL PERHAPS THE NEXT MEETING OR, OR BOTH? IT'S UP TO YOU. SAY SOMETHING. OKAY. SO MS. VALDEZ, YES. IF YOU COULD, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. AND AFTER MS. VALDEZ, IT'LL BE MR. STEVEN SALINAS. OKAY. MY NAME IS SYLVIA VALDEZ. I LIVE AT 40 31 BURNING TREE. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION. MY HUSBAND AND I, UH, BOUGHT OUR HOMES A LONG TIME AGO. WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR 32 YEARS. UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE DO APPROVE SOME OF THE, THE THINGS THAT THIS DEVELOPER IS TRYING TO [00:45:01] DO. HOWEVER, I HAD ASKED, UH, LAURA TO KIND OF GET IN A CONTINUOUS, UH, CONTINUING, UM, MAYBE A, A COUPLE OF WEEKS, UM, TO KIND OF LIKE FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO. UM, AND I DO AGREE, UM, WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP. HOWEVER, UM, I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CITY WILL DO BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON WAR PARK LOTS. WE ARE GETTING OUR SIDEWALKS EXTENDED WHITEN. HOWEVER, IF WE HAVE, UM, AND I KNOW THAT CHRISTOPHER GILL HAS SAYS THAT HE WILL DO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND WE ALL AGREE WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES INSTEAD OF, UM, YOU KNOW, HIGHER AMOUNTS OF, UH, TOWN HOMES OR DUPLEXES. BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FEAR IS THAT THESE PEOPLE, IF THEY DO THE MULTI-FAMILY, UH, RESIDENTS, THEY ARE NOT OWNERS OF THIS RESIDENCE. AND SO PEOPLE, AFTER A WHILE THEY COME AND GO, THOSE THOSE, UH, DUPLEXES OR TOWN HOMES ARE GOING TO BE TRASHED AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN EYESORE FOR OUR SUBDIVISION. AND, AND, UH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF PAUSE AND TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO KIND OF LIKE FIND OUT EXACTLY AND FIND OUT IF, IF CHRISTOPHER GILL ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THE PAPERWORK FOR SINGLE HOMES, UM, INSTEAD, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SO THAT THESE PEOPLE AND HAVE A LESS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE OR LESS AMOUNT OF HOMES BEING BUILT THERE INSTEAD OF HIGH RISE APARTMENTS OR DUPLEXES, TOWN HOMES, WHATEVER. AND, UM, WE ARE AT THE MEDICAL CENTER, YOU KNOW, AREA AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WORST SPOT IS VERY, VERY POPULATED. UM, YOU KNOW, IF I'M COMING FROM AT FOUR O'CLOCK AND THE AFTERNOON COMING FROM FREDERICKSBURG INTO WBA, THE LINE OF CARS WAITING FOR THE LIGHT AT I 10 AND WBA IS ALL THE WAY UP. AND SO I WANNA FIND OUT FROM THE CITY HOW ARE YOU GOING TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CONTROL THE, THE AMOUNT OF, OF CARS AND, AND, AND VEHICLES COMING THROUGH THAT, THAT, UM, STREET OF WAR BLOCK WHEN WE DON'T, THE, THE ACTUALLY THE STREETS ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE WIDENED ANYMORE. SO WE ARE COMPLETELY POPULATED WITH SO MANY PEOPLE COMING IN AND THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA, IT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR LISTENING. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. NEXT, MR. STEVEN SALINAS. I AM STEVEN SALINAS. I LIVE ON 94 11 FERN GLEN, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE THIS, THIS IS, UH, WHAT THE DEVELOPER GAVE US TO. I'D LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO SEE THAT. IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T, CAN Y'ALL PUT THAT UP ON A SCREEN OR SOMETHING? OH, THERE IT IS. SO I HIGHLIGHTED MY PROPERTY AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM. THAT PAVED ROAD, YOU SEE I MARKED WHERE OUR ALLEY IS. WE HAVE A REAR ENTRANCE AND THE PAVED ROAD THAT YOU SEE WHERE THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO DEVELOP, THAT'S ALREADY THERE. THE CHURCH PUT THAT IN. SO MY CONCERN IS NOT SO MUCH THE HOUSES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, THE STREET THAT'S ALREADY PAVED THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A, A NICE DISTANCE BETWEEN OUR OTHER HOMEOWNERS. BUT YOU SEE WHERE I'M AT. AND THEY WANTED CRAM EITHER WAY, EITHER WAY IT ZONED THERE. THERE'S TWO, TWO PICTURES THERE. EITHER WAY IT ZONED, THEY WANT TO USE THAT LITTLE STRETCH OF PROPERTY TO, I MEAN, THEY'LL BE RIGHT ON THAT FENCE LINE. THEY'LL BE RIGHT IN MY BACKYARD. AND NOT TO MENTION IT, THAT DIMENSION IS 57 FEET FROM THAT PAVED ROAD TO THE FENCE AT THE WIDEST POINT. IT'S 57 FEET AND THERE'S A LOT OF NICE TREES THERE. LIKE ONE OF MY OTHER NEIGHBORS SAID, IT'S LIKE A LITTLE GREEN BELT TO US, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN I LOOK AT MY BACKYARD, I'M LOOKING AT A NICE, YOU KNOW, BUNCH OF TREES AND A LITTLE GREEN BELT THERE. AND I DON'T WANNA, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A DUPLEX. IT'S TWO STORIES AND THEY'RE FIVE [00:50:01] FEET. I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW. I WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEBODY TO TELL ME HOW CLOSE, IF THIS THING GOES THROUGH, HOW CLOSE WILL THAT THEY BE ABLE TO BUILD TO THAT FENCE? WILL IT BE FIVE FEET AND THEN THEY'RE SITTING 20 FEET FROM MY DRIVEWAY. AND THEN WHEN I, WHEN I GET UP AND LOOK OUT, I'M GONNA SEE A, JUST A BIG OLD SIDE OF A BUILDING OR SEVERAL OF THEM, HIM. UM, SO LIKE WHERE I PUT THE XS, I WOULD BE PERFECTLY FINE WITH THE REST OF IT, BUT WHERE I PUT THE XS, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP ALL THOSE NICE TREES IN THERE AND I JUST DON'T WANT SOMEBODY THAT CLOSE TO MY BACKYARD. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE, UM, CONTINUANCE ITEMS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. YES. UM, IS THERE A MOTION FROM A COMMISSIONER ON THESE ITEMS? MR. CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEMS NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER SIX, NUMBER SEVEN, AND NUMBER 15 FOR TWO WEEKS. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS 4, 6, 7, AND 15 TO THE UH, FOR TWO WEEKS. UM, BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS. UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS. LOOKING LEFT. SEEING NONE. LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE. ALRIGHT. UH, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER KELLUM? YES. COMMISSIONER NOOSA? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER HUEY. AYE. COMMISSIONER TSET? YES. COMMISSIONER CHASE? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WELL WE WILL SEE Y'ALL IN TWO WEEKS. IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND CONTINUANCE HEARING AGENDA. SO WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE REQUESTING A FOUR WEEK CONTINUANCE TO THE, UM, NOVEMBER. YEAH, NOVEMBER 5TH. UM, MEETING ITEMS NUMBER FIVE AND 19. AND WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE. ALRIGHT, WELL I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THESE ITEMS. MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS NUMBER 19 TO THE NOVEMBER 5TH HEARING. I'LL SECOND THIS. ALRIGHT, WELL THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS FIVE AND 19 TO THE NOVEMBER 5TH MEETING BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS DISCUSSION. LOOKING LEFT. SEEING NONE. LOOKING RIGHT. SEEING NONE. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER KELLUM? YES. COMMISSIONER NOOSA? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER HUEY AYE. COMMISSIONER WHATSUP? YES. COMMISSIONER CHASE? YES. CHAIR S SIPES? YES. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WELL WE WILL SUE Y'ALL IN A MONTH. ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING AND I BELIEVE THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER ONE. SO IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S REPORT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. ALEXA RATANA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS LOCATED AT 1 2 1 3 5 HENER ROAD GOING FROM R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME. THERE WERE 13 NOTICES SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET. NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND NO RESPONSE OUTSIDE OF THE 200 FEET. THE EXISTING R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS IN AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS ALSO APPROPRIATE THE PROPERTY ABUTS OFFICES AND MEDICAL CLINICS WITH COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ONE BLOCK OVER. ADDITIONALLY HENER ROAD, A TYPE A PRIMARY ARTERIAL RUNS PARALLEL TO THE PROPERTY AND CAN SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC OF A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL THE APPLICANT'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND SAS IS HERE TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE SAUL'S REPORT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UH, MICHAEL BARR WITH THE RESOURCE PROTECTION DIVISION OF THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM. I'M HERE TO PRESENT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ZONING CASE, UH, Z 2 0 2 4 1 0 7 0 0 1 1 3. UH, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF EBNER ROAD AND MOONLIGHT WAY TO ALLOW FOR A COMMERCIAL MIXED USE RETAIL SPACE DEVELOPMENT. THE SITE IS UNDEVELOPED WITH NATIVE VEGETATION ON 0.745 ACRE LOT. UH, NO SENSITIVE GEOLOGIC FEATURES NOR FLOODPLAIN ARE LOCATED ON THE SITE. AND SAWS IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE SAULS REPORT TO INCLUDE PER A SUBMITTED SITE PLAN [00:55:01] BY THE APPLICANT AT 60% IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR THE 0.745 ACRE LOT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE? YES, PLEASE. HI EVERYONE, MY NAME IS ISIS SODA. UM, SO THIS PROPERTY WAS BOUGHT BY ME, MY HUSBAND, AND MY PARENTS. UM, OUR PLAN IS SORRY TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE FOR SMALL RETAIL BUSINESSES OWNERS. UM, WE PLAN ON BUILDING ONLY A 3,400 SQUARE FEET RETAIL CENTER AND IT WOULD BE SPLIT UP INTO FOUR OR FIVE, UM, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT TENANTS INCLUDING COFFEE SHOP, SMALL COLLECTIBLES, OFFICE MATERIAL SHOP. UM, THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT DRY CLEANING. WE, WE REACHED OUT TO ALEXA AND SHE, UH, CORRECTED US IN WHICH WE CAN ONLY HAVE A PICKUP STATION, WHICH IS PERFECT FOR WHAT WE WANT. UM, MAYBE A SPA STUDIO, SOMETHING VERY SMALL THAT PEOPLE CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING IN. AND WE PLAN ON BUILDING ONLY ON THE INSIDE PART. I'LL SHOW YOU. I HAVE A LITTLE DRAWING TOO. UM, SO WE PLAN LEAVING A LOT OF ABUNDANT GREENERY. SORRY, RIGHT HERE. IT'S JUST A QUICK SKETCH. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT. THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ IS NOT HERE TODAY. SO COMMISSIONER CHASE TO YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UH, QUESTIONS? FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. STARTING ON MY FAR RIGHT? YES. QUICK QUESTION. HOW MANY ACCESS POINTS ARE YOU GONNA NEED? UH, WE'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING TWO, SO IF YOU SEE, UH, ONE OF THEM IS IN MOONLIGHT WAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OH, PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, UM, RIGHT HERE WE HAVE A MEDICAL OFFICE ON THIS SIDE AND A MEDICAL OFFICE ON THIS AND THIS SIDE. AND THEN THIS IS HUBNER ROAD. WE MAY OR MAY NOT, UH, BUILD A, A DRIVEWAY HERE BECAUSE IT IS VERY, VERY THICKLY GREEN THERE. SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE KIND OF LIKE A BRIDGE. UM, AND LEAVING THIS AREA AS WELL. GREEN, JUST NATURAL AS MUCH AS WE CAN. THANK YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT. ALRIGHT. AND I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. SO BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER CHASE FOR A MOTION. UM, MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH, UM, SAS RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THAT'S OKAY. UH, BY COMMISSIONER CHASE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REYES. UM, DISCUSSION COMMISSION ON MY RIGHT. SEEING NONE. COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT. SEEING NONE. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER CHASE? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER LUM? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER OSA? YES. COMMISSIONER HUEY. AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WIT? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. WASHINGTON CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S REPORT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. BRONTE FRE ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS LOCATED AT 1738 EAST COMMERCE GOING FROM AE ONE TO AE ONE S WITH A SPECIFIC USE FOR HOTEL. ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. THERE WERE 29 NOTICES SENT OUT 18 IN FAVOR. 10 OPPOSED. 42 IN FAVOR OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET AND SEVEN OPPOSED OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET. DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. AND DIG NODE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR. STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE EXISTING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED AE ONE S ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT WITH THE SPECIFIC USE FOR A HOTEL IS ALSO APPROPRIATE AND THE S THE SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION IS REQUIRED FOR THE HOTEL [01:00:01] USE. THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT WAS DE DESIGNED TO FACILITATE AND FILL AND REDEVELOPMENT WITH MIXED USES. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS SUITABLY LOCATED ALONG THE COMMERCE ABBVIE CORRIDOR. A PRIMARY ARTERIAL THAT ACCOMMODATES A VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL MIXED USES, MAKING THE PROPOSED ZONING SUITABLE FOR THE AREA STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT PLEASE. HELLO COMMISSIONERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY NAME IS ATE. I'M THE OWNER AND THE DEVELOPER OF THIS PROJECT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I LIVE JUST BEHIND OR YOU KNOW, JUST ON THE, ON THE SOUTH SECTION OF, UH, OF THIS PROJECT. YOU KNOW, TODAY IT WAS A VERY EYE OPENING DAY FOR ME, UH, AS A DEVELOPER THAT AS I AM, AS I HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN DOING PROJECTS ALL AROUND THIS AREA FOR MANY YEARS NOW. TODAY I END UP INVITING ABOUT 35, 40 AGENTS REAL ESTATE AGENTS TO A, A PROJECT THAT WE JUST DID, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY FROM HERE. AND IT WAS AN EYE-OPENING DAY FOR ME. 'CAUSE WHEN I STARTED TALKING WITH ALL THESE AGENTS, IT WAS TRULY, TRULY SHOCKING TO ME TO HEAR FROM THEM THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THIS AREA. THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DRIVING AROUND THIS AREA AND THAT, AND THEY DID. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS THIS AREA ALL ABOUT FOR US, FOR ME, MY FAMILY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ME DOING ALL THESE PROJECTS FOR US, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST AREAS THIS CITY HAS. UNFORTUNATELY SPEAKING, AND AS YOU MAY HEAR MY ACCENT, I'M NOT FROM HERE. WE MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO AND THE FIRST THING I HEARD ABOUT WHERE TO LIVE OR WHERE TO CONDUCT MY BUSINESS WAS, SORRY ABOUT WHAT I'M JUST ABOUT TO SAY WAS GO EVERYWHERE EXCEPT THE EAST SIDE. AND SO I STARTED ASKING, HEY, WHERE'S THE EAST SIDE? YOU KNOW, WHERE, SORRY ABOUT MY FRENCH, WHERE THE HELL IS THE EAST SIDE? YOU KNOW, TELL ME WHERE'S THAT? SO I'M GONNA END UP AVOIDING IT. AND THEN THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT SAID, HEY, AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO DOWNTOWN, YOU CROSS A RAILROAD TRACK, THE FIRST THING THAT YOU SHOULD DO IS DO A U-TURN. THANKFULLY, ONE DAY I DIDN'T OBEY THAT COMMENT OR I DIDN'T FOLLOW THAT COMMENT. AND I GOT INTO THE EAST SIDE AND I GOT IN LOVE WITH THE EAST SIDE. THIS WAS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO. THAT DAY I END UP PLACING MY FIRST PROPOSAL TO BUYING A A A A PROPERTY THERE. AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND INVESTING A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THIS AREA. WE LIVE IN THE AREA. YES, WHEN SOMEONE TOLD US TO AVOID THAT AREA, WE END UP MOVING TO ANOTHER PLACE. BUT ABOUT CLOSE TO NOW, FOUR PLUS YEARS, CLOSE TO FIVE YEARS, WE MOVED TO THE AREA. AS I WAS TELLING YOU, I JUST LEAVE JUST NEXT TO THIS BEING IN LOVE AS WE ARE IN THIS AREA AND CONSIDERING AND UNDERSTANDING THIS AREA. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE BEEN INTO THE AREA LATELY, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD GO ALL GO AROUND AND DRIVE THE AREA. UH, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO THE CITY DECIDED TO RECONVERT CERTAIN SECTION OF, OF THIS PART OF, OF, OF THE EAST SIDE COMMERCE MONTANA STREET, WHICH IS PARALLEL TO COMMERCE CHERRY STREET, WHERE THE ALAMO DOME IS AND NEW BRAUNFELS. AND THEY CREATED AND THE CITY CREATED WHAT IS CALLED TODAY AN ARTS ENTERTAINMENT AREA. YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BRONTE, MY CASE MANAGER JUST SHARED TO YOU WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT IS TO PROMOTE THE AREA AND TO, AND TO DO SOMETHING IN ORDER TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THIS AREA. THAT'S WHY WE'RE DECIDING. AND WE END UP SAYING, HEY, LET'S GIVE IT A TRY AND LET'S MAKE THIS PROJECT IN ORDER FOR, AT LEAST IN MY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, TO BRING PEOPLE TO THIS PART OF TOWN THAT, AS I WAS TELLING YOU TODAY, PEOPLE THEY DO NOT KNOW THIS AREA. YOU KNOW, THESE AGENTS, THEY, THEY WERE BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO AND THEY WERE TRULY, TRULY KIND OF SHOCKED ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW. THEY SAW A NICE, NICE PLACE FOR THEM TO EVEN SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA EVEN MAY END UP CONSIDERING BUYING ONE OF YOUR PROPERTIES HERE BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A NICE PLACE. UH, SO FAR IN WITHIN THIS SECTION WE HAVE INVITED, YOU KNOW, LOCAL ARTISTS AND BY MEAN, AND BY THAT I MEAN LOCAL, LOCAL, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS THAT THEY LIVE THERE, JOHN TALENTED, UH, YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO ARTISTS THAT NO ONE BEFORE HAVE GIVEN THEM THE CHANCE TO DO A MURAL. WE HAVE BEEN ONE OF THOSE THAT HAVE GIVEN THEM THAT CHANCE. TODAY WE HAVE DONE ABOUT 14 MURALS, SIX SCULPTURES, EVERYTHING PUBLIC ART. AND, AND AGAIN, WE ARE THERE, WE'RE NEIGHBORS. WE LIVE WHAT ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ALL WE LIVE THERE. SO WHEN CONSIDERING ABOUT WHAT TO DO AND UNDERSTANDING ALL THE DYNAMICS OF COMMERCE STREET AND WHAT COMMERCE USED TO BE, I DUNNO IF YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE PICTURES OF COMMERCE BACK IN THE LATE 18 HUNDREDS, BEGINNING [01:05:01] OF THE 19 HUNDREDS, IT WAS AMAZING THAT STREET, YOU KNOW, FULL OF, FULL OF PEOPLE WALKING, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES GOING ON ALL AROUND. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH HERE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BRING BACK, YOU KNOW, THOSE, LET'S SAY GLORIES THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD USED TO HAVE. AND WE NEED TO HAVE. UM, SO THIS IS A PROJECT, THE PROJECT, IT, IT, IT CONSIDERS TO BE A HOTEL, A SMALL BOUTIQUE HOTEL, FOUR BEDROOMS, UH, AS IT IS TODAY. WE HAVE AN EXISTING STRUCTURE JUST IN FRONT FACING COMMERCE, WHICH WE WANT TO KEEP IT 'CAUSE IT USED TO BE A FLOWER SHOP YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS RECOGNIZES, UH, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT PROPERTY AS, THAT AS, YOU KNOW, A PLACE THAT EVERYBODY REMEMBERS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE THE FLOWER SHOP. UH, SO WE'RE GONNA END UP KEEPING IT AS TO CONVERT IT AS THE RECEPTION OF THE HOTEL. AND THEN BEHIND THAT WE'RE GONNA END UP BUILDING A NEW STRUCTURE INTO WHICH WE'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PLACES FOR, FOR THE BEDROOMS. WE ALSO ARE GONNA END UP PLACING, UH, YOU KNOW, A RESTAURANT, A ROOFTOP TERRACE FOR THE GUEST IN ORDER, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BRING PEOPLE IN. UH, PRETTY MUCH A BLOCK AWAY TO HIGHEST OR LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY. WE ALSO OWN ANO A ANOTHER PIECE OF LAND THERE IN WHICH WE WANT TO ALSO TO ACTIVATE THAT AREA AS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, A PLACE FOR SOME RETAIL, SOME FOOD VENUES IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO KEEP ON WALKING AND GETTING INTO THAT AREA, PLUS ADDING PARKING. 'CAUSE WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT WE'RE FULFILLING EVERYTHING, WHAT THE CODE IS REQUIRING US, WE ALREADY HAD A PPR MEETING HERE AT THE CITY. THEY END UP REVIEWING ALL THE DRAWINGS, ALL THE, ALL ALL WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO DO. AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE PRETTY MUCH COMPLYING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHAT CODE ASK US TO COMPLY. NEVERTHELESS, YES, WE'RE GONNA END UP BRINGING MORE INTO THAT OTHER FOLLOWING BLOCK IN ORDER TO HAVE MORE PARKING THERE. SO THAT'S WHAT THE PROJECT IS ALL ABOUT. AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR FROM YOU YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR, YOUR IDEAS. IF WE NEED TO IMPROVE, YOU KNOW, TO IMPROVE THE PROJECT, WE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO SO. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO. WE HAVE UM, WE HAVE VOICEMAILS. YES, WE HAVE TWO VOICEMAILS AND THEN WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS. ALRIGHT, COULD WE HEAR THE VOICEMAILS FIRST PLEASE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MARK CZI. I AM THE OWNER OF 7 24 MONTANA STREET AND I'M COMMENTING ON CASE Z 2024. 1 0 7 0 0 1 72 S. MY WIFE AND I ARE RESIDENTS IN DIGNITY HILL AND OUR PROPERTY OWNERS IN BOTH DENVER HEIGHTS AND DIGNITY HILL. I COMMENTED AT THE PREVIOUS ZONING SESSION FOR ZONING, SPECIAL PERMIT REQUEST FOR HOTEL USE AT 1738 EAST COMMERCE. I'M IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST. I ATTENDED THE DIGNITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SPECIAL MEETING LAST WEEK FOR THIS PROPOSAL I HAD AND STILL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT ADEQUATE ONSITE PARKING IN DROP OFF SPACES. SERVICE VEHICLES TEND TO BE LARGE RIDE SHARE SERVICES SHOULDN'T BE USED, UH, THE TRAFFIC LANE FOR DROP OFFS AND PICKUPS. A DA REQUIRES ACCESSIBLE AISLES AND ROUTES. EMERGENCY VEHICLES REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SPACE. MY QUESTIONS AT THE PRESENTATION WERE NOT ADDRESSED TO MY SATISFACTION, AND NONE OF THESE USES ARE BEING REALISTICALLY ACCOMMODATED. FOR EXAMPLE, THE REQUIRED A DA PARKING FOR THE REMOTE LOT IS 300 FEET AWAY ACROSS MONUMENTAL STREET. ALSO AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD LAST WEEK, I LEARNED THERE'S AN ONGOING CIVIL LAWSUIT THAT WOULD DIRECTLY IMPACT PROPERTY LINES BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND AN ADJACENT PROPERTY. THE FACT THAT THIS LAWSUIT IS ONGOING MEANS THAT THE BASIC PROPERTY AREA AND BOUNDARIES ARE NOT YET CONFIRMED. I'M TROUBLED TO KNOW THAT THE COMMISSION COULD RENDER ANY DECISION ON THE USE OF THIS PROPERTY DESPITE ONGOING LITIGATION. I ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSIONERS TO DENY THIS REQUEST AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. HELLO, MY NAME IS VALERIE CORTES AND I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF DIGNITY WITTY HILL. WITH RE REGARD TO CASE NUMBER 2024 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 72, LOCATED AT 1738 EAST COMMERCE STREET. WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE ZONING REQUEST FROM AE ONE TO AE ONE S, WHICH PROVIDES THE SPECIFIC USE [01:10:01] AUTHORIZATION FOR A HOTEL. MR. MET WITH BOTH DENVER HEIGHTS AND IGN WITTY HILL RESIDENCE ON SEPTEMBER 24TH. HIS PRESENTATION INITIATED MANY QUESTIONS BY THE RESIDENTS AND HIS ANSWERS WERE VERY VAGUE OR COMPLETELY INSUFFICIENT. A FEW REASONS WHY WE DO NOT AGREE WITH THE ZONING STAFF TO SUPPORT THIS ZONING REQUEST ARE THE IMMEDIATE AREA AROUND HIS FIVE STORY HOTEL ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WHOSE PRIVACY WILL BE VIOLATED DUE TO THE HEIGHT AND CLOSENESS OF THE HOTEL. THERE IS INSUFFICIENT PARKING SPOTS ON SITE FOR THIS HOTEL. THE FIVE PARKING SPOTS HE TALKS ABOUT ARE NOW DESIGNATED FOR BUSINESS DELIVERIES REQUIRED TO RUN THE HOTEL. THE ONLY PARKING SPACES IDENTIFIED FOUR CUSTOMERS ARE ONE BLOCK AWAY, WHICH MEANS THAT CUSTOMERS WILL PROBABLY START PARKING ON THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE HOTEL CAUSING CONGESTION ON THESE RESIDENTIAL STREETS. THE APPLICANT STATED THAT HE'S WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR A DA REQUIREMENTS, BUT IT'S THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HE HAS TO WORK WITH, WHICH IN OUR MINDS MEANS HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING TO MEET A DA REQUIREMENTS. HOW WILL EMERGENCY CREWS ACCESS THE AREA IF THE NEED EVER ARISES? IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT TO LIGHT THAT MR. WAS NOT FORTHCOMING IN HIS PRESENTATION TO INFORM THE RESIDENTS FROM BOTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT HE IS BEING SUED BY HOMEOWNERS IN DENVER HEIGHTS. THERE IS A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO WHERE HIS BOUNDARIES FOR THIS PROPERTY ACTUALLY ARE AND WHAT HE HAS TAKEN AS HIS OWN. THIS SITUATION NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE THERE IS ANY CONSIDERATION FOR ZONING CHANGE. FINALLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, DENVER HEIGHTS NA IS IN OPPOSITION TO THIS APPLICATION AND IT SEEMS AS IF THE SIGNATURES MR. GOT IN SUPPORT OF HIS PROJECT ARE SUSPECT BASED ON THE LETTER PROVIDED BY DENVER HEIGHTS. IT IS FOR THESE AND ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WE STILL HAVE ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT WE ARE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS ZONING APPLICATION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT FOR VOICEMAILS. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO SPEAKERS. FIRST WE HAVE MS. MIA MARIE PUGH SIGNED UP AND SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, MR. RICHARD MILLER. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MIA MARIE PUGH. I'M WITH BROWN AND MCDONALD LAW FIRM, AND WE ARE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER. SO IN THOSE VOICEMAILS YOU HEARD ABOUT THE LAWSUIT, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'LL BE TOUCHING ON A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS ALSO AN UNUSUAL SITUATION FOR US. THIS FIRM IS USUALLY HERE BEFORE YOU IN SUPPORTIVE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE KEY IS SMART AND THOUGHTFUL DEVELOPMENT. I THINK WE HAVE A PRESENTATION WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. . SO JUST TO SITUATE OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT, SO WE HAVE COMMERCE STREET AND MONUMENTAL, WHICH IS THE YELLOW STAR IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UH, THE TWO RED STARS ARE THE PROPERTIES OWNED BY OUR CLIENT AND THEN THE ORANGE STARS BELOW ARE A RECENT DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE THE APPLICANT LIVES. OH, AND CAN WE GO BACK? THANK YOU. ONE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE PARKING LOT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT SHOWN ON THIS MAP, SO IT WILL BE QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY AND CAUSING PEOPLE TO PARK PROBABLY ON MONUMENTAL STREET OR EVEN PINE STREET. WE FEEL THAT THIS PROJECT IS SIMPLY TOO BIG FOR THIS PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY IS 0.2685 ACRES. HE, AT THE DEITY MEETING, HE SAID IT WAS GONNA BE FIVE STORIES AND AROUND 40 HOTEL ROOMS IN THERE. JUST IN COMPARISON, IF HE WENT TO MF LIKE 33, THE MOST, YOU KNOW, INTENSE MULTIFAMILY, IT WOULD BE 8.86 UNITS. SO THAT IS TIMES FIVE. YOU TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THAT THERE'S THE ONLY PARKING IS FOR SERVICE THERE. ON HIS SITE PLAN, HE HAS THE DRIVEWAY KIND OF ON THE LEFT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO TO, UM, AN ACCESS ROAD THAT'S NOT LABELED. AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT SCALE AT THE BOTTOM IS NOT UP TO PAR. IT WOULD SAY IF THAT IS, [01:15:01] THAT IT'D BE 36 FEET WIDE. UM, OUR CLIENT WANTED TO KNOW LIKE, WHAT'S THIS BUILDING SETBACK, HOW MUCH LANDSCAPING BUFFER? AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GIVE THEM AN ACCURATE NUMBER BECAUSE THAT SCALE SEEMS TO BE OFF. SO THE GRAY BUILDING ON THE RIGHT IS WHAT BASED OFF OF THE SITE PLAN WHERE THE RESTAURANT IS GOING TO BE. SO AGAIN, INSTEAD OF TALKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE USUALLY ADVISE OUR CLIENTS TO DO AND GET SOME INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO, YOU KNOW, BRING IN THAT INPUT INTO THE OVERALL DESIGN. HE DECIDED TO KIND OF DO THE OPPOSITE. HE DECIDED TO TRESPASS ON OUR CLIENT'S PROPERTY AND INSTALL THIS WOODEN FENCE. UM, I HAVE TWO PEOPLE YIELDING TIME. OKAY, SO HOLD ON, MS. MR. MILLER, ARE YOU GIVING UP YOUR TIME? YES, MA'AM. AND SAME FOR YOU MS. MILLER. OKAY, SO YOU'LL HAVE NINE, SIX ADDITIONAL MINUTES. OKAY, SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WOODEN FENCE IS ON OUR CLIENT'S PROPERTY. AND IT, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE, IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO ACTUALLY TOUCH THE HOUSE. AND THIS IS NOT OUR FENCE. AGAIN, THIS IS THE APPLICANT'S FENCE. SO ONCE IT TOUCHES THIS FENCE, IT CURVES AROUND IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE NEXT AND IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR CLIENT'S PROPERTY WITH THESE POSTS IN FRONT OF THE WINDOWS. SO IF THERE IS SOME KIND OF EMERGENCY, IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET OUT OF THE, THOSE WINDOWS. THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WE'VE HAD ABOUT THREE SURVEYS DONE. TWO OF THEM SHOW THAT THE APPLICANT IS ENCROACHING ON HER LAND. THERE IS ONE TO SAY THAT IT IS NOT, WHICH IS WHY THAT THERE IS A CIVIL LAWSUIT. SO UNTIL THIS LAWSUIT IS SETTLED, THAT SITE PLAN THAT HE PROVIDED CAN'T BE ACCURATE. THOSE SETBACKS, THE LANDSCAPING BUFFERING, ALL OF THAT CAN'T BE DETERMINED UNTIL THAT SITE PLAN AND THIS LAWSUIT SETTLE. IT IS SETTLED. SO OUR CLIENT WENT AND CANVASSED AROUND THE PROPERTY AND WE'VE GOT OVER 20% IN OPPOSITION, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF WAS NOTED BEFORE. SO ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES, UM, 1702 IS NOT WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BUFFER, BUT ALL THE REST ARE, THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS DEVELOPMENT FIVE STORIES OVER THEIR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE RESIDENTS AT THE HOTEL OR PEOPLE EATING AT THE RESTAURANT TO PARK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND ALSO THE FACT THAT DENVER HEIGHTS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THIS IS IN, IS IN OPPOSITION AND THE FACT THAT DEITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION'S ABSTAINING UNTIL THIS LAWSUIT SETTLED. WE RESPECTFULLY REC REQUEST THAT YOU DON'T RECOMMEND APPROVAL AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MS. ESTHER PONCE, AND SHE IS TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UM, MR. JESSE SANCHEZ. OH, OKAY. OKAY. I'M IN THE FAVOR OF THE BOUTIQUE HOTEL AND I BELIEVE THAT THE BOUTIQUE HOTEL SUPPORTS THE VISION FOR SAN ANTONIO ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND GROWTH THAT IS COMING WITH THE BASEBALL STADIUM. AND, UH, I HAVE FAITH IN THE CITY AND THE PUBLIC AND HEAD ADO THAT, UM, WILL BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER, WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES TO BE ABLE TO, TO MOVE SAN ANTONIO FORWARD AS THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND JUST WORK OUT THE DETAILS. UM, I MEAN, IT PROVIDES JOBS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE TO COME TO THE RESTAURANT. IT PROVIDES PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO RIDE THEIR BICYCLES, TO GO WALKING, TO MAKE IT, UM, THE WAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A NEW IDENTITY FOR THE EAST SIDE. I HAVE BEEN INVESTED ON THE EAST SIDE SINCE THE EIGHTIES, AND I DO WALK, BUT I, I REALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE A, IT'S NOT A SEVEN 11, BUT JUST LIKE A LITTLE STORE WHERE YOU CAN GO IN. I CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA SEE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING GO UP LIKE SELLING MORE ALCOHOL OR JUST, UM, THAT'S GONNA PROMOTE MORE DRUGS OR THAT TYPE OF SITUATION. UM, I DO KNOW THAT JUST SPENDING THE TIME THAT I HAVE WITH HERALDO, HE'S REASONABLE. UM, I [01:20:01] AND CARES ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. OBVIOUSLY HE'S LIVING THERE AND, UM, JUST, I, I DON'T DUNNO, I JUST ENVISION ALL OF THAT COMMERCE JUST BEING A MELIN, A DENTIST, A HAIR SALON, JUST THINGS THAT WE CAN ALL ENJOY. UH, DOG GROOMING, A ROTHI AND IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO PUT THESE PROJECTS UP. AND, UM, SO I, I JUST, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A POSITIVE, SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S MS. NCE, CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE YOUR ADDRESS? YOU DIDN'T DO THAT AT THE BEGINNING. I HAVE, UH, SEVERAL PROPERTIES THERE. I OKAY. PICK ONE. I'M AT 12 20 12 18 WYOMING. 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 3, 4. THANKS. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT, MR. JESSE SANCHEZ, AND THEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, PAULINA CAR. CAR NOVA. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JESSE SANCHEZ. I LIVE AT 8 1 5 MONTANA STREET. MY FAMILY HAS OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR 83 YEARS. I'M 72 YEARS OLD, SO I'VE BEEN THERE ALL MY LIFE. UH, MR. IAR BUILD AT EIGHT 11 MONTANA STREET RIGHT NEXT TO ME. UH, A THREE STORY BUILDING. MY PROPERTY IS NOW STARTING TO SINK IN A SENSE. MY DRIVEWAY HAS DEVELOPED CRACKS. THERE'S A SEPARATION OF ABOUT FOUR INCHES FROM THE CONCRETE TO THE HOUSE THAT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE. UH, IT'S TOO LATE FOR ME TO SUE. IT'S GONNA COST ME TOO MUCH MONEY. OKAY. SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, IF THIS IS APPROVED, THAT MR. HETE PROVIDE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS POLICY FOR 10 YEARS TO COVER ANY FOUNDATION PROBLEMS. AND IF NOTHING EVER HAPPENS, CANCEL IT. IT'S GONE. OKAY. UH, THEY'VE, UH, TALKED ABOUT, UH, PARKING AND MY UNDERSTANDING, HE WANTS TO PUT FIVE SPACES ON A FIVE STORY HOTEL. NDA, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY TWO BLOCKS DOWN ON COMMERCE STREET, HAS TWO FLOORS AND THEY HAVE 14 PARKING SPACES. THE HOLIDAY INN, WHICH IS ANOTHER BLOCK TO TWO BLOCKS DOWN TOWARDS SUNSET STATION, HAS FOUR STORIES AND THEY HAVE 40 PARKING SPACES. HE WANTS TO BUILD FIVE STORIES, WHICH PROBABLY APPROXIMATELY 10 ROOMS PER PER FLOOR. 50 ROOMS WOULD BE 50 PARKING SPACES. AND HE'S TRYING TO PROVIDE FIVE AND THAT'S IT. HE'S ALSO BOUGHT HALF OF THE ALLEY. THE TELEPHONE POLE, WHICH PROVIDES SERVICE TO ME, UH, IS RIGHT ON HIS PROPERTY, BUT HE'S PURCHASED HALF OF THE ALLEY, WHICH HE'LL EXTEND THIS PROPERTY I'VE ALREADY CALLED AT AND T AND HE SAID, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS WITH FIBER AND EVERYTHING. IF HE, WHATEVER HE DOES, UH, I DON'T RUN OUT. ANOTHER THING, THIS IS TO ME IMPORTANT, THIS AREA, UH, ABOUT THE MEXICAN SOLDIERS WERE CAMPED OUT HERE SIX YEARS AGO. I MADE A HOLE, FOUND SOMETHING THAT I HAD TO CALL THE SAN ANTONIO ARCHEOLOGISTS FOR, AND HE SAID, YOU KEEP ON DIGGING, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA FIND A SKELETON. SO IF HE'S GOING TO BULLDOZE THIS WHOLE AREA, WHICH IS GONNA BE DEEPER THAN WHAT IS NEXT TO ME, HE'S JUST GONNA ROLL RIGHT OVER BONES IF HE FINDS IT. SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT HE HAVE ON STAFF FOR ANY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA, AN ARCHEOLOGIST HIRED SO THAT HE COULD LOOK AT EVERYTHING. I JUST FOUND A MUSKET BALL LAST WEEK IN MY YARD. UH, I FIND POTTERY IN MY YARD, THE ME, AND ACCORDING TO THE ARCHEOLOGIST, UH, MATTHEW, ELON FREID, SAN ANTONIO, THE MEXICAN SOLDIERS WERE ALL CAMPED OUT THERE. WHAT IS UNDERNEATH THE GROUND? WE DUNNO. I THINK I'VE USED UP MY TIME. THANK YOU MR. SANCHEZ. THANK YOU. AND LAST WE HAVE MS. PAULINA CORDOVA. WAIT. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I LIVE AT 8 0 9 MONTANA STREET. I'M HERE AS A NEIGHBOR. I THINK WE DESERVE BETTER. I THINK THE EAST SIDE, AS I LIVED LIKE IN A LOT OF PLACES IN MY LIFE, AND I'M IN LOVE WITH THE AREA. I THINK IT'S CLOSE TO EVERYTHING. I, I THINK IT HAS THE DOWNTOWN I HAS THE PEARL. I THINK IT HAS THE HIGHWAYS, BUT I THINK THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CAN BE SO MUCH BETTER. I THINK WE HAVE GOOD NEIGHBORS. I THINK WE STAND AS A COMMUNITY, [01:25:01] LOTS OF US, AND I THINK EVERYBODY LIKES TO HAVE LIKE A GOOD WAY OF LIVING. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS PROJECT GOING ON. I WOULD LOVE TO WALK OUTSIDE MY HOUSE AT NIGHT WITHOUT FEELING LIKE UNSAFE IN SOME KIND. I WOULD LIKE TO LIKE BRING MORE PEOPLE. LIKE MY FRIENDS, THEY ALL LIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE AND EVERY TIME THEY COME TO MY HOUSE THEY SAY LIKE, THIS IS AMAZING. LIKE, THIS AREA CAN BE LIKE, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO NOW HERE. SO I THINK LIKE AS A COMMUNITY, AS A NEIGHBOR, WE DESERVE BETTER. I THINK THIS IS A NEVER THAT HAS BEEN HERE LIKE FOREVER. AND IT HAS HISTORIC AND IT'S THERE, BUT IT'S ALSO LIKE A NEW THING TO GO. THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON DOWNTOWN, A LOT OF THINGS LIKE WHERE THE CITY IS WORKING, WHERE THE INVESTORS ARE WORKING, BUT NOTHING CAN HAPPEN IF WE DON'T WORK TOGETHER. THAT'S MY BELIEF. AND I APPRECIATE LIKE HOW THE CITY TAKES CARE OF ALL OF US AS LONG AS, AS INVESTORS, AS LONG AS SOCIETY. BUT I ALSO THINK LIKE IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, WE CAN HAVE A BETTER PLACE TO BE AS AN OWNER. I HAVE AN BREAD AND BREAKFAST ALSO IN MONTANA STREET, AND IT'S A BUSINESS. MY DREAM IS TO HAVE GUESTS TO ENJOY THE AREA. LIKE NOT TO ASK ME LIKE, OH, IS THIS AREA SAFE? WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED? I CANNOT DESERVE IF LIKE, BECAUSE LIKE IT SOUNDS LIKE, OH, IT'S KIND OF SKETCHY. LIKE THOSE ARE THE WORDS THAT I, AND IF YOU CAN SEE MY REPLIES, IT'S LIKE, YOU WILL BE AMAZED HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS PARTY. I SAY LIKE, THIS IS AREA. IF I DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THIS AREA, I WOULDN'T BE BELIEVE IN HERE. I TRUST THIS AREA. I WISH I CAN HAVE LIKE MORE PEOPLE. NOT LIKE JUST LOCALS, LIKE PEOPLE. AND YOU MIGHT KNOW, LIKE SAID PULSE SQUARES HAS BEEN BRINGING LIKE A LOT OF LIKE BUSINESS TO THE AREA. YOUNG PEOPLE, LIKE MY FRIENDS, CHILDREN, LIKE TEENAGERS ARE COMING BACK TO DOWNTOWN. THEY GO TO ST. PAUL SQUARES. THEY LIKE TO EAT THE FOOD. LIKE THE NEW RESTAURANTS. THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF EXPERIENCES THAT ARE AROUND THE EAST AREA THAT I THINK WE DESERVE THAT. TODAY WAS A MEETING IN THE MORNING. I DON'T KNOW, LIKE OCTOBER 5TH IS LIKE A BACK MURAL THING AROUND THE CITY WHERE THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP THAT IS TRYING TO PROMOTE LIKE THIS AREA. LIKE LET'S RIDE, LET'S SEE ALL THE MURALS, LET'S PROMOTE, LET'S SUPPORT ARTISTS. SO THIS IS JUST LIKE MY SAYING FROM MY HEART WHY I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. UM, MR. CHAIR, BEFORE WE PROCEED, UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, THE LITIGATION GOING ON. AND SO, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR LEGAL TEAM CHIME IN. SO AUDREY'S GONNA, ALRIGHT, IT'S GREAT. THANKS. SO THIS IS AUDREY ZAMORE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. UM, AND JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S GENERAL AWARENESS, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, AND I CONFIRMED WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY KIND OF COURT ORDERS OR INJUNCTIONS OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THOSE CASES. INSTRUCTING THE CITY TO NOT PROCEED AT THIS POINT. SO UNDER THE UDC AND STATE LAW, UH, WHICH WE FOLLOW THE CASE IS OKAY TO PROCEED AT THIS POINT AS FAR AS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS CONCERNED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. UM, MR. UH, , WOULD YOU LIKE A OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL? YES, IF YOU ALLOW ME TO. UH, YES, IT IS A FACT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LAWSUIT GOING ON. IT'S A BOUNDARY DISPUTE. I DON'T KNOW HOW, WHERE YOUR BOUNDARIES DISPUTES. UH, YOU KNOW WHAT WE OFFER THE, THE MILLERS WHEN WE, WE KNEW ABOUT THIS IS, HEY, LET'S MEET AND LET'S SEE HOW WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WORK TOGETHER AND DO THIS. ALL RIGHT, A BOUNDARY DISPUTE. WHAT THE PROCESS, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS PART OF TOWN, IT WAS BUILT IN THE 1880S. 1890S. SO THIS WAS AN, SO THIS WAS NOT NEW FOR ME TO HEAR ABOUT A BOUNDARY DISPUTE. I WOULD SAY THAT OUT OF THE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PROJECTS THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING IN THIS AREA, 99% I HAVE HAD A BOUNDARY DISPUTE. AND WHY IS IT THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE A BOUNDARY DISPUTE HERE? BECAUSE BACK IN THOSE DAYS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS TERM BEFORE, THEY WERE MEASURING THINGS BASED UPON BADASS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEAR IF YOU HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE. SO THEN WE CONVERTED THINGS FROM BADASS TWO INCHES. IF YOU, IF YOU NOT USE THE FOURTH DECIMAL POINTS, YOU KNOW THE FOURTH NUMBERS AFTER THE DECIMAL POINT, YOU'RE GONNA END UP CREATING A MESS WHEN CONVERTING THE THINGS. THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT YOU SEE WHEN DEALING OR DOING A PROJECT HERE. THE OTHER THING IS, LET'S BE OPEN. YOU KNOW, THIS WAS BUILT MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. BACK IN THOSE DAYS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE DOING, THEY WERE PLACING FENCES, THEY WERE PLACING THE HOUSES IN A WAY WHERE THEY WANT IT. LEMME PUT IT AS, AS STRAIGHT AS [01:30:01] IT IS. YOU KNOW, WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE GPSS, WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THESE INSTRUMENTS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. SO AGAIN, LONG STORY SHORT, THERE'S ALWAYS AN ISSUE HERE. SO WHEN I SAW, EVEN BEFORE BUYING THE, THE, THE PROPERTY, I FORESEE THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING ON BECAUSE IF YOU WERE, IF YOU WERE ABOUT TO DRIVE THERE TODAY, YOU WILL SEE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH THOSE TWO STRUCTURES. THE HOUSE AND THE BRICK BUILDING WHERE IT'S IN AT MY LOT, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, SKEWED TO EACH OTHER. OKAY. UH, SO WHAT IS, WHAT I ALWAYS DO, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE SELLER PROVIDING ME A SURVEY. I ALWAYS BRING A NEW SURVEY IN ORDER TO DETERMINE, HEY, IF THERE WAS, IF THERE'S NO ISSUE, EVEN WHEN I BUILD, I END UP DOING THAT. SO YES, THERE'S BUILDING A, A, A, A BOUNDARY DISPUTE. I'M NOT THE JUDGE. I AM NOT CONSIDERED TO BE MYSELF A JUDGE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA BE, HOW'S HIS RULING GONNA BE. WHAT I DO KNOW IS WHAT IT CONCERNS ME THAT IT'S MY PROJECT. THE SETBACK THAT I'M PLACING BASED UPON MY SURVEY, THEY ARE ENCROACHING CLOSE TO TWO FOOT BASED UPON THEM. IT'S NOT. SO I'M HAVING A 12 FOOT SETBACK BASED UPON WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE MY, MY, MY SETBACK. IF IN THE REMOTE CASE I LOSE, WHICH I'M GONNA END UP LOSING THOSE TWO FOOT, THEN I STILL HAVE 10 BASED UPON CODE. I JUST REQUIRE FIVE. SO I END UP, I END UP EVEN PLAYING IT SAFER IN NORTHERN NOT TO HAVE NO ISSUES IF THAT THAT WORST CASE SCENARIO ARISES. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STANDING. SO YES, THERE'S A DISPUTE, I DUNNO HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE, YOU KNOW, TO RESOLVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE, THE COURT, THE JUDGE WILL, WILL SAY WHAT IS GONNA END UP HAPPENING. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR QUESTIONS. I HAVE SEVERAL THAT I WILL, UH, GO LAST AND LET MY OTHER FELLOW COMMISSIONERS GO FIRST. ALRIGHT. QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT. COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER REYES OR COMMISSIONER CHASE? YES. TO THE APPLICANT, PLEASE. SORRY. THERE WAS A CODE AND PERMIT VIOLATION FROM, UM, IT CLOSED IN MARCH OF 2024. COULD YOU EXPLAIN IF THAT WAS YOUR CODE VIOLATION OR A PREVIOUS OWNER OF WHAT I DIDN'T SEE WHEN EXACTLY YOU PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY. I END UP PURCHASING, UH, CLOSE TO TWO YEARS NOW. I WOULD SAY, UH, YES. UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, TO PLACE THE, THE FENCE THAT THEY SHOWED, THE MAIN REASON I END UP PLACING IT IS BECAUSE THEY STARTED DUMPING ALL THEIR TRASH TO MY SIDE. SO IN ORDER TO PROTECT MYSELF, I END UP NEEDING TO PLACE THAT FENCE. SO WHEN I CAME HERE TO THE CITY TO ASK FOR MY PERMIT, WHAT I WAS TOLD IS THAT BASED UPON, AND PERHAPS I'M GONNA END UP CODING THE BULLETING, THE, THE NOT THE WRONG NUMBER, THE THE WRONG NUMBER, BULLETING 2, 2 3. IF I'M NOT MISTAKING. WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT WHEN YOU ASK FOR A, FOR A FENCE, IF YOU'RE GONNA END UP DOING LESS THAN 25% OF THE FENCE, YOU DON'T NEED A PERMIT. SO AT THE END, AFTER HEARING HERE THAT I END UP PLACING THE FENCE. SO THEN LATER ON, THE MILLER STARTED COMPLAINING HERE AT THE CITY ABOUT THE FACT THAT I DID PLACE THE FENCE. AND YES, CODE ENFORCEMENT WENT THERE AND SAID, HEY, YOU NEED A PERMIT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER I KNEW THAT I NEEDED A PERMIT, I CAME BACK HERE, I PULLED THE PERMIT, I ASKED FOR THE PERMIT, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CODE ENFORCEMENT SAID, HEY, YOU ARE, YOU'RE FREE TO GO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY NO FINES, NO NOTHING. YOU KNOW, YES, YOU END UP DOING THINGS BASED UPON THAT BULLETING, BUT YEAH, YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD THE, THE PERMIT, WHICH I DID AND I PULLED IT. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONER REYES, DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR, UH, YES FOR THE APPLICANT, MR. DUARTE, I WOULD JUST STAY CLOSE. YEAH, JUST STAY CLOSED. STAY UP IN THE FRONT. I'M GONNA STAY HERE. . SORRY. YOU, YOU HAVE, THANK YOU. YOU HAVE ONE ACCESS OFF OF COMMERCE? YES SIR. SO WESTBOUND TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC GOING TOWARD DOWNTOWN THAT IS ON COMMERCE WOULD HAVE TO YIELD TO MAKE THE LEFT TO GET INTO YOUR PROPERTY. UM, DO YOU FEEL THAT'S TOO CLOSE TO THAT INTERSECTION? YOU SEE HOW THE TRAFFIC WOULD BACK UP IF YOU HELP ME PLEASE, IF THEY CAN'T IN MY PRESENTATION, DO YOU HAVE MY PRESENTATION? RIGHT? I'M ASKING YOU 'CAUSE THAT'S MY CONCERN. YES. MS. YOURS? YES. OKAY. KEEP ON GOING DOWN. JUST WORK DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN HERE. SO HERE'S A LOCATION. SO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M FOLLOWING YOU RIGHT, IS YOUR CONCERN IS MR. ED, I'M SORRY TO [01:35:01] INTERRUPT, BUT YOU NEED TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE 'CAUSE WE'RE, UH, SORRY. RECORDING AND IT'S, UH, SO PEOPLE NO, THAT'S FINE. SORRY. UH, SO AGAIN, I DUNNO IF, UH, I'M FOLLOWING YOUR RIGHT, YOUR QUESTION. YES, THIS IS THE SITE. OKAY. THE OTHER PARKING, UH, THE OR THE OTHER PLACE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PLACING THE PARKING IS HERE, WHICH IS JUST LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY. SO YES, WHAT PEOPLE WILL NEED TO DO WHEN GETTING INTO THE, INTO THE HOTEL, THEY WILL COME HERE EXACTLY IN THIS SECTION, STARTING ABOUT THIS SECTION OF COMMERCE, THE, THE LANES THEY KIND OF SPLIT AND THERE'S KIND OF AN ADDITIONAL LANE FOR YOU TO TURN INTO SOUTH MONUMENTAL. OKAY. SO WHAT PEOPLE WILL THEN NEED TO DO, THEY WILL THEN GET INTO THE PROPERTY. THEY WILL USE, YOU KNOW, THOSE PARKING SPACES THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WERE REFERRING TO. THEY WILL DO THE CHECK-IN AND THEN THEY WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO GO OUT AGAIN AND TO GO AND PARK HERE. UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS TOLD FOR EXAMPLE THAT A HOLIDAY INN HAS 40 PARKING SPACES HAVING THE SAME, LET'S SAY, NUMBER OF STORIES THAT WE HAVE. BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT HOLIDAY INN HAS ABOUT 85 ROOMS. WE HAVE LESS THAN THAT. WE HAVE JUST 40, AND WE'RE GONNA END UP HAVING 45 PARKING SPACES. SO ACTUALLY WE HAVE MORE THAN THE OTHER HOTELS HERE. SO YES, THIS IS THE WAY THEY WILL THEN END UP NEEDING TO GO. SO HERE THEN IF OR TURN TO MONUMENTAL OR TURN TO, UH, PITMAN. AGAIN, I DUNNO IF I FOLLOW CORRECTLY YOUR QUESTION, BUT IF NOT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT NO, THAT'S FINE. I HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR. ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONER OSA. YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE CLARIFICATION FOR THE APPLICANT AND FOR OUR STAFF. UH, YES SIR AS WELL. SO JUST FOR MY, UH, KNOWLEDGE. SO IT'S, IT'S PLANNED FOR FIVE STORIES. THE CODE, THIS IS NO, NO, NO, NO. WAIT, I'M, I'M, I'M ASKING A DIRECT QUESTION. IS IT FIVE STORIES? MY PROPOSED PLAN IS FIVE, FIVE STORIES. OKAY. AT THE REAR SECTION OF THE BUILDING, WE'RE GONNA END UP STARTING WITH LIVING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, WHICH IS JUST ONE STORY. THEN WE WILL BUILD ANOTHER STRUCTURE BEHIND THAT, WHICH AT THE BEGINNING IT WILL BE FOUR STORIES. AND THEN AT THE REAR SECTION OF THE BUILDING, IT WILL BE FIVE STORIES. UH, TOTAL HEIGHT THAT I GUESS THAT IT'S BETTER TO REFER THIS AS HEIGHT RATHER THAN STORIES. IT'S GONNA BE 47. OKAY. UH, UH, FIT, WHICH THIS OTHER STRUCTURE THAT IS HERE NEXT TO US IS 35, AND THIS STRUCTURES OVER HERE ARE 35. OKAY. AND SO FIVE STRUCTURES AND THEN PARKING. YES SIR. WHERE IS YOUR PARKING LOCATED AGAIN? PARKING. CAN I, CAN YOU BRING THAT UP? STAFF ON FOR ME? THE SITE PLAN ON THE, BECAUSE MAYBE I MISSED A LITTLE BIT ON, SORRY. ON THE SITE PLAN, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE THE OTHER, LET'S SAY SHARED PARKING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE. BUT IF YOU MOVE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE, 'CAUSE I, SO THE PARKING'S GONNA BE OFFSITE, IT IS GONNA BE ON SITE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME PARKING SPACES AND THEN A COOPERATIVE PARKING SPACE HERE, A BLOCK AWAY. AND IN THAT ONE SPECIFIC, THE, THE PART ACROSS THE STREET FROM PAO, THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, SOLELY PARKING AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE REFERRING TO. IT'S GONNA BE 40 SPACES HERE. WE HAVE IN THIS SECTION, AS YOU MAY SEE THERE, YOU KNOW, THOSE TWO STORES THAT YOU SEE THERE, WE HAVE THERE TWO LOCATIONS. OKAY. UH, OR OR THREE, OR LEMME CALL IT THREE LOTS OUT OF THOSE THREE LOTS. OKAY. NOW I'LL STOP YOU RIGHT THERE. SO STAFF, UH, MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW FOR THE SITE PLAN, UH, I BELIEVE FOR THE ZONING IT'S, WAS IT 0.08 PER ROOM? DOES THAT HAVE TO BE ON THE SAME PROPERTY OR IS IT, AND I'M ASKING STAFF, SO CAN YOU ELABORATE THAT FOR ME? SO PARKING CAN BE PROVIDED BY MEANS OF A COOPERATIVE PARKING AGREEMENT OFFSITE. THAT'S NOT COMMON, BUT IT IS ALLOWED. BUT I, I, BUT I I THINK YOU HAD ANOTHER PART TO YOUR QUESTION THAT I WASN'T UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE POINT. YOU'RE JUST SAYING BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA, THE REQUIREMENT THEY WANT, HE WANTS 40 ROOMS. RIGHT. BUT ISN'T THERE A, ISN'T IT POINT DIDN'T A RECENT WHERE IT SAYS 0.08 SPACES PER ROOM. HOLD ON. SORRY. I KNOW. YES, I KNOW. AND WHILE THEY'RE LOOKING THAT UP, YOU KNOW, I, I GREW UP ON THE EAST SIDE. I WAS BORN ON THE EAST SIDE, AND YOU MENTIONED HOW YOU MET WITH THE REALTORS AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE EAST SIDE. THEY CHOSE NOT TO KNOW ABOUT THE EAST SIDE. AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I LIVED ON THE EAST SIDE IS 'CAUSE MY PARENTS COULDN'T AFFORD ANYWHERE ELSE. AND I THANK GOD THAT THE EAST SIDE IS STARTING TO REDEVELOP AND, AND, AND CHANGE. UH, AS SOMEBODY WHO'S A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF, OF THE ALAMO DEFENDER, A LOT OF THE LASSOS MOVED TO THE EAST SIDE IN THOSE, IN THOSE STREETS ALL AROUND THERE BECAUSE THEY HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO, BUT YES. STAFF. RIGHT. SO AT YOU ARE CORRECT, IT'S 0.8 PER ROOM, PLUS ONE [01:40:01] PER 800 SQUARE FEET OF PUBLIC MEETING AREA OR RESTAURANT SPACE. AND THEN REMIND ME, BECAUSE I, I THINK I MISSED IT. SO THERE'S A RESTAURANT AS WELL ON THE SITE PLAN WITH THE, WITH THE HOTEL. MM-HMM. , UH, APPLICANT. YEP. THERE IS SO ON, ON THE SITE. CAN THEY BRING UP THE SITE PLAN? I'M SO SORRY. I I GOT A LITTLE CONFUSED ON WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. UM, SO, UH, THE HOTEL IS, CAN CAN YOU, WITH YOUR POINTER, CAN YOU POINT AT ME WHERE THE HOTEL'S GONNA BE? OKAY. IT'S RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. WHERE'S THE RESTAURANT WITHIN THE HOTEL? THE FLOWER SHOP. OH, OH, THE FLOWER SHOP. OKAY. OKAY. SO THE FLOWER SHOP, WHICH IS ON COMMERCE OR OR MORE AHEAD OF COMMERCE OR DIRECTLY OFF OF COMMERCE IS GONNA BE THE HO THE RESTAURANT AND PARKING FOR THAT AS WELL AS THE SAME THING. STAFF, I MEAN, IF IT'S OFF SITE, THEY CAN, OKAY. WAS THAT A YES, I'M SORRY. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. TO, TO ADD TO, TO YOUR COMMENT, STRICTLY SPEAKING, FOLLOWING CODE, BASED UPON WHAT AE ALLOW US TO DO AS WE'RE IMPROVING AN EXISTING STRUCTURE, WE COULD EVEN ARGUE THAT I DO NOT NEED PARKING BASED UPON WHAT A ONE SAYS. BUT SOMETIMES, NEVERTHELESS, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. I DO NOT BELIEVE ON THAT. OKAY. I DO NOT BELIEVE ON THE FACT THAT I JUST HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE MINIMUM OF WHAT THE CODE SAYS. OKAY. SO THAT IS WHY WHEN DOING THE MATH OF THE NUMBER OF ROOMS THAT I HAVE THE RESTAURANT AS YOU DID AND ALL THAT, WE END UP SAYING, HEY, EVEN WITH WHAT I'M PROVIDING THOSE PARKING SPACES AND A ONE ALSO CONSIDERS THAT BIKE RACKS FIVE, FIVE BIKES COULD BE CONSIDERED AS ONE PARKING SPACE. SO JUST WITH THIS THAT I'M SHOWING, I'M COMPLYING TO WHAT THE CODE SAYS. OKAY. AND I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT. THANK YOU. APPLICANT. KNOW I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS. NUMBER ONE, IT'S SOMETIMES NOT ABOUT JUST COMPLYING AND FOLLOWING THE RULES. YES. NO, CORRECT. UM, YOU LIVE IN THE AREA, I MEAN, YOU LIVE RIGHT BEHIND THERE. SO WHAT MY FIRST OF THE TWO QUESTIONS. WHAT WAS THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FROM THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT, THAT YOU FELT THAT YOU RECEIVED? WHAT I FELT IS THAT YES, THERE WAS A, A, A FIRST, A BIG CONCERN ABOUT PARKING. 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE FACT OF THE OTHER ADDITIONAL PARKING I WAS GONNA END UP MAKING. OKAY. THEN THE OTHER CONCERN HAS BEEN ABOUT A DA PARKING. OKAY. IN WHICH AS I HAVE BEEN SHARING, AND I, AND I WILL BE SAYING IT AGAIN, IS I'M COMPLYING WITH WHAT CODE SAYS, BUT I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THAT. OKAY. EVEN TODAY I HAD A MEETING WITH SOME, UH, WITH THE DISTRICT TWO, UH, AUTHORITIES AND WHAT I, I TOLD THEM, HEY, IF WHAT WE NEED FOR OKAY, THANK YOU. APPLICANT IS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANSWERED MY QUESTION. WE WILL. AND THE LAST QUESTION FOR STAFF WAS, UH, YOU GUYS ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSION ON MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONERS ON MY LINE. MY LEFT QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER? NOT A QUESTION. UM, JUST A COMMENT. UM, I'VE HEARD ENOUGH OF THESE, UH, UH, COMMENTS ON THE PROJECT, BUT THERE, THERE WAS A COUPLE SPEAKERS WHO SPOKE ABOUT A LOT OF OTHER QUESTIONS THEY HAD, BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SONY CASE. SO THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PROCESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DESK ON PERMITS, CONSTRUCTION, ALL THAT. SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH, WITH OUR, UH, APPROVAL TODAY. ALRIGHT. UM, LET'S SEE. JUST A, MAYBE A QUESTION COMBINATION OF STAFF AND HERE, THE OFFSITE PARKING THAT'S ALREADY ZONED FOR PARKING AND THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS APPROVAL HERE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE PROJECT CAN BE BUILT SUBJECT TO THIS PARKING OFFSITE, BUT WE'RE NOT. HE'S GOING TO HAVE YEAH. RIGHT. REGARDLESS, THE SITE PLAN TELLS YOU HOW MANY HE A MINIMUM HE NEEDS. UM, IT'S, UM, THEY MAY NOT BE SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN, HOWEVER, WHEN HE COMES TO GET A PERMIT, HE WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT COOPERATIVE PARKING AGREEMENT. YEAH. AND JUST, JUST TO BUILD ON THAT A LITTLE MORE HYPOTHETICALLY, IF THE ZONING CASE WERE APPROVED AND THE APPLICANT CAME IN FOR A PERMIT, THERE ARE CRITERIA YOU HAVE TO MEET IN A COOPERATIVE PARKING AGREEMENT. YOU, YOU CAN'T PROVIDE A, YOU CAN'T PROVIDE PARKING FOR THE SITE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. SO THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS YOU HAVE TO MEET. THOSE WILL BE EVALUATED FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE UDC AT THE TIME OF THE BUILDING PERMIT. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, COMMISSIONER WHITSETT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. UH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR QUESTIONS, I GUESS. YES. UM, MY FIRST QUESTION TO STAFF, CAN A FIVE STORY STRUCTURE BE BUILT TODAY WITH THE EXISTING ZONING? TECHNICALLY YES. UP TO SIX STORIES. OKAY. SO REGARDLESS OF WHETHER HE GETS [01:45:01] THE S AUTHORIZATION FOR A HOTEL, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESSES FOR THAT SPECIFIC PULLING, BEING ABLE TO BE PERMITTED CORRECTLY TO, TO OPERATE A HOTEL FOR EVERYONE. THAT'S WHY THIS IS HERE. A FIVE STORY STRUCTURE CAN BE BUILT TODAY. ANY RANGE FROM ANY RANGE FROM FOUR TO SIX FEET. OKAY. OKAY. STORY. SORRY. YES. SO, UM, JUST NOTE WITH THE EXISTING LAND USE DESIGNATION, THOUGH THERE MAY BE CONCERNS ABOUT A LARGE STRUCTURE, A LARGE STRUCTURE IS ALLOWED TO BE BUILT. UM, MY CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW A COOPERATIVE PARKING AGREEMENT IS SET UP AND THE PERMITTING PROCESS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. UM, CAN YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, WHAT MAY HAPPEN SHOULD IN THE BUILDING PROCESS, AN ARCHEOLOGICALLY VALUABLE THING BE UNCOVERED AND WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT PERMITTING OR BUILDING? SO IF YOU WERE TO FIND NO, I KNOW I'M JUST LISTENING TO THEIR CONVERSATION BACK THERE. , BUT GO AHEAD. YES, TAKE YOUR TIME. I THINK JUST FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS WITH THE CITY, THAT MAY BE HELPFUL. I, I WILL SAY VERY GENERALLY, 'CAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF POTENTIAL OUTCOMES THAT IF SOME SORT OF ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCE WERE DISCOVERED, YOU WOULD CONTACT THE ARCHEOLOGIST WITH THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THEY WOULD MAKE A SITE VISIT AND ASSESS THE APPROPRIATE NEXT STEPS. OKAY. EXCELLENT. UM, DO WE HAVE PURVIEW, UH, THIS IS PROBABLY FOR AUDREY. DO WE HAVE PURVIEW AS A ZONING COMMISSION OVER EXISTING CIVIL LITIGATION? NO. OKAY. AND AS SHE MENTIONED, THERE IS NOTHING THAT HAS YET COME FORWARD THAT WOULD HALT CONSTRUCTION. UM, THE OTHER, UH, THINGS THAT ARE PRIMARY CONCERNS ARE A DA COMPLIANCE AND EMERGENCY ACCESS. UM, ARE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, MY FINAL QUESTION, WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM SETBACKS THAT ARE REQUIRED, UM, WITH THIS PARTICULAR ZONING DESIGNATION UNDER CODE? IT'S GONNA VARY, BUT, UM, KELLY CAN PROBABLY GIVE YOU THE DETAILS. IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE DISTANCE AWAY AS FAR AS THE STORIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THE MINIMUMS, IF YOU GIVE HER A SECOND, SHE'LL PULL THOSE UP. IT'S A SPECIAL DISTRICT, SO IT HAS VERY PARTICULAR CRITERIA THAT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED. LET ME SAY GENERALLY THAT THE AE ONE SECTION ON BUILDING SETBACKS REQUIRES A MINIMUM FIVE FOOT, UH, FRONT BUILDING SETBACK, A MAXIMUM 10 FOOT FRONT BUILDING SETBACK. IT GETS MORE COMPLICATED FROM THERE. THE MINIMUM FRONT SETBACK MAY BE REDUCED TO MATCH THE MEDIAN FRONT BUILDING SETBACK OF OTHER STRUCTURES ON THE BLOCK. UH, THE MAXIMUM CAN BE EXTENDED TO 20 FEET. IF THE FRONT YARD IS TO FUNCTION AS AN OUTDOOR SEATING AREA. IT'S ALL, UH, LISTED IN SECTION 35 3 58. OKAY. BUT THERE'S LOTS OF POTENTIALS. YES. AND THE UNIQUE, UH, SITUATION HERE THAT I THINK ALSO HAS LED TO SOME OF THE BOUNDARY CHALLENGES, THAT THERE IS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE ON SITE THAT IS ON THE PROPERTY LINE, UH, BASICALLY THAT THE PROPERTY LINE THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED. UH, SO, UM, IN THE EVENT THAT, UH, DEPENDING ON HOWEVER THAT GOES, THAT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE FOR THE PURPOSES OF ZONING. IF THAT, WITH THAT EXISTING STRUCTURE ALREADY BEING IN PLACE WHERE IT'S LOCATED, WOULD AN ADDITIONAL PROCESS BE REQUIRED TO PRESERVE IT? UM, BECAUSE IT WOULD POTENTIALLY NOT TOTALLY GEL NO PROPERTY, I MEAN PROPERTY BOUNDARIES OR PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHATEVER THAT IS DETERMINED TO BE, THAT'S HOW UM, STAFF WILL EVALUATE THE PROPERTY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, AND THEN CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL POINTS, UH, IS THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF DAY HILL CURRENTLY AN OFFICIALLY REGISTERED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION? THAT ONE WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT. OKAY. TAKE YOUR TIME ON THAT. AND THEN, UM, I KNOW WE READ THEM UP TOP, BUT CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, BRONTE REREAD THE COUNTS? YES. YES. OKAY. YES. THERE WERE 29 NOTICES SENT OUT. 18 IN FAVOR WITHIN 200 FEET. 10 OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET. 42 IN FAVOR OUTSIDE 200 FEET, SEVEN OPPOSED OUTSIDE 200 FEET. AND THEN AS A CLARIFICATION QUESTION, THERE WAS, UH, A CLARIFYING POINT FOR ME. UH, THE FIRST LETTER, DIGNITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SENT IN WITH A DIFFERENT PRESIDENT WAS AN APPROVAL ONE THAT I, I BELIEVE WAS CORRECTED UP HERE, BUT TWO, WITH A CHOICE TO ABSTAIN. SO, UM, JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS. UM, AND THEN, UH, MR. DUARTE, MY LAST QUESTION IS FOR YOU. YES. UM, CAN YOU PLEASE BRIEFLY, UM, DESCRIBE YOUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROCESS FROM THE BEGINNING? UM, AND AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ALSO FOR EVERYONE, THE MEETING HELD [01:50:01] LAST TUESDAY WAS HELD AT MY REQUEST AND BOTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WERE INVITED, UH, BY THE DISTRICT TWO OFFICE, UM, AS OUR, OUR LAST STEP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST THING THAT I DID THIS. OKAY. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN OTHER ZONING CHANGES. SO ON THIS ONE I PARTICULARLY THOUGHT THAT GOING TO THE MINIMUMS WAS NOT CORRECT. NOT, NOT EITHER ON CODE, BUT IN ANYTHING. SO SAYING THAT WE WERE JUST GONNA END UP SENDING LETTERS, YOU KNOW, TO THE 200 FOOT INSIDE, I SAID, HEY, I NEED TO DO MORE. SO I END UP KNOCKING NOT ALL THOSE DOORS, YOU KNOW, IN THE 200 RADIUS. I END UP WALKING PRETTY MUCH FROM MONUMENTAL ALL THE WAY TO CHERRY. OKAY. WITHIN COMMERCE AND WITHIN MONTANA. 'CAUSE I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT WAS GONNA BE MORE THAN JUST THE 200 RADIUS. I END UP KNOCKING, I WOULD SAY EASILY SPEAKING ABOUT 120 DOORS. NOT ALL OF THOSE DOORS WERE OPEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, THEY TEND NOT TO OPEN IT. BUT REGARDLESS OF THAT, I END UP, UH, GETTING AND I'M VERY BLESSED WITH THAT, THAT I GOT 65 SIGNATURES IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT WITHIN THE INSIDE OF THE 200 RADIUS AND OUTSIDE THE HUN THE 200 RADIUS. UH, SO YES, EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER WERE A HUNDRED DEGREES AND ALL THAT, I END UP WALKING THOSE, THOSE STREETS, THOSE AND KNOCKING THOSE DOORS. 'CAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE, FROM THE NEIGHBORS. I REALLY WANTED TO BE INVOLVED WITH THEM AND HEARING WHAT THEY WERE, WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YES, I END UP GOING TO DISTRICT TWO AND TALK WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE AUTHORITIES OF DISTRICT TWO. I WENT TO SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. BOTH OF THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THIS MONTH PLUS THAT I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH, WITH, WITH THE CASE. UH, I HAVE BEEN GOING TO, UH, UTSA, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, CENTER THAT THEY HAVE. I WENT TO SEE SAGE, YOU KNOW, WHICH THEY ARE THE ONES PROMOTING, YOU KNOW, THE EAST SIDE. SO I HAVE BEEN GOING PRETTY MUCH ALL AROUND BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE NOT ONLY ON THE PROJECT AND, AND REGARDLESS OF PROJECT, IF IT'S GONNA BE APPROVED OR NOT. WHAT I DO BELIEVE AND I, WHAT I CARE OF IS OF THIS COMMUNITY. SO I'M GONNA END UP DOING ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY EFFORT TO CON TO, YOU KNOW, TO SEE THIS COMMUNITY AS MY DREAM WILL BE SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO VISIT SAN ANTONIO, GOOGLING SAN SAN ANTONIO AND SAY WHAT TO DO THAT THIS WILL BE ONE OF THOSE THREE TOP AREAS TO VISIT SAN ANTONIO OR WHOEVER LIVES HERE. THOSE WHO, WHO WE ARE LIVING HERE TO BE PROUD OF BEING HERE, TO BE PROUD OF SAYING, HEY, WE LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE AND WE DON'T CARE ABOUT SAYING THAT OUT LOUD. SO THAT'S WHY I END UP DOING ALL THE WORK THAT I DID. OKAY. THAT, THANK YOU. UM, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME. I'LL HOLD MY COMMENTS FOR THE END AS WE MOVE TO DISCUSSION AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO THEY ARE NOT. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UH, LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS. LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE. I HAD ONE QUESTION AND I'M ASHAMED TO, TO ASK THIS. IS THIS A HISTORIC DISTRICT AREA OR NO, IT'S THE, WHAT I BELIEVE IT'S OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE THE, WE DON'T HAVE AN OVERLAY. OKAY. THERE ISN'T AN OVERLAY IN THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. SOME HISTORIC PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, BUT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. OKAY. BASICALLY IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH HGC, THE, THE EASIEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS COMMERCE NORTH. IT IS HISTORICAL COMMERCE SOUTH. WHERE, WHERE, WHERE WE ARE, IT IS NOT OKAY. YOU JUST HAVE FEW CASES THAT THEY ARE, WE ACTUALLY, WE RUN ONE, ONE BED AND BREAKFAST, WHICH IS HISTORICAL ON THIS SECTION OF TOWN, BUT IT'S NOT A HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. OKAY. BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT SEEMS HDRC ALWAYS ASKS IS, YOU KNOW, FOR A ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION. BUT, ALRIGHT. UH, BACK TO YOU. UH, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. IT APPEARS, SO BACK TO YOU COMM MR. WATSON, FOR A MOTION. UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANNA DO DISCUSSION BESIDES ME? BECAUSE I'M GONNA OFFER YOU THE OPPORTUNITY FIRST SINCE MY COMMENTS ARE LENGTHY, HAVE COMMENTS, NOT QUESTIONS THAT THEY WANNA SHARE. UM, ANY, OKAY. YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK BECAUSE I'M, I'M REAL PASSIONATE ABOUT THE EAST SIDE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I LIVE ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE. I GUESS I MOVED ON UP TO THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OR MOVED DOWN TO THE SOUTHEAST. I DON'T, ANYWAY, MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE, DON'T FORGET, WE ARE RECOMMENDING BODY TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO, UH, WHEN IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL, THEY'LL MAKE THE FINAL APPROVAL. WE ARE HERE FOR ONLY ZONING RESPONSIBILITY, NOT BECAUSE OF LITIGATION OR PAST OR I DON'T LIKE YOU. AND THIS IS STRICTLY ZONING. THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER THANK YOU COMMENTS? WE'LL COME BACK FOR A SECOND ROUND, UM, AFTER, AFTER, AFTER THE MOTION, BUT I SEE NONE. UH, THE ONLY COMMENTS THAT I, [01:55:01] I WILL HAVE AT THIS TIME IS THAT MY INITIAL CONCERN WAS OVER, UM, THE DENSITY AND HEIGHT. UM, BUT THIS IS JUST TO ADD THE S FOR THE HOTEL AUTHORIZATION. THE HEIGHT IS ALREADY ALLOWED. SO TO YOU, COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY, THIS IS, UM, I, I AM GOING TO LEAVE MY MOTION FOR THE END SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. UM, BUT THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY, EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT CASE AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY CHALLENGE THAT YOU ENCOUNTER WHEN DEVELOPING ON THE EAST SIDE IS ENCAPSULATED IN THIS PROJECT. UM, WE ARE FORTUNATE, I WOULD SAY, UM, AND TO HAVE AN ASPIRATIONAL ZONING OPPORTUNITY, UM, UM, WITH THE AE DESIGNATIONS BEING UTILIZED, UM, IN SOME AREAS OF DISTRICT TWO. UM, AS MANY OF YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A LOT OF RESULT FROM HAVING THE OPTION, UM, OF DEVELOPING WITH THE DOWNTOWN DESIGNATION, WHICH DOES APPLY IN PARTS OF DISTRICT TWO WITH THE AE ONE DESIGNATIONS THAT DO APPLY, UM, IN THIS AREA. AND, UM, STAFF REPORT, UM, INCLUDES SOME OF THE GOALS THAT ARE IN THE CURRENT ADOPTED PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES SUPPORTING BUSINESSES THAT IMPROVE RESIDENTS ACCESS TO DAILY RETAIL GOODS AND SERVICES. UM, IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOWER RISK AND LOWER COST BUSINESSES. UM, ACTIVELY PROMOTING AND MARKETING EMPLOYMENT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT SITES. UM, IN GENERAL, IMPROVING, UH, MIXED USE, UH, ACCESS SERVICES. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IS CONTINUED REQUEST AS IS ENTERTAINMENT OF A VARIETY OF KINDS. PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PLACES TO SPEND MONEY IN THE DISTRICT. THEY WOULD LIKE TO NOT HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS ANY KIND OF RESOURCE. UM, AND, UH, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN ALONG ANY OF THE CORRIDORS IN DISTRICT TWO COMMERCE, UH, CHERRY HACKBERRY, UM, WE HAVE MIXED RESULTS. AND SO, UM, THE CONCERN ABOUT STRUCTURE AND HEIGHT THAT MANY RE RESIDENTS HAVE, UM, FOR BETTER OR WORSE CAN BE DONE TODAY. SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND DEALING WITH IS THE S AND WHETHER A HOTEL IS GOING TO MEET SOME OF THESE GOALS. UM, AND MANY OF THE OTHER ISSUES, UM, ADDRESSED, UH, OR RAISED ARE THINGS THAT WILL BE FORCED TO BE IN THE PROCESS. SO, UM, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD THIS, UM, WITHOUT APPROPRIATE SETBACKS. THERE'S NOT GONNA BE THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD THIS UNLESS THE COOPERATIVE PARKING AGREEMENT, UM, FOLLOWS ALL OF THE RULES. AND IN THIS CASE, THE SITE FOR THE COOPERATIVE PARKING AGREEMENT IS A SITE THAT THE APPLICANT OWNS. UM, SO THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT BEING NEGOTIATED SUCCESSFULLY IS OBVIOUSLY HIGH. UM, YOU CAN'T BUILD WITHOUT MAKING SURE YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES. YOU CAN'T BUILD, UM, WITHOUT MAKING SURE YOU MEET A DA REQUIREMENTS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IF YOU OPENS A RESTAURANT, THERE'S AN ENTIRE BODY OF PERMITTING AND RULES THAT WOULD APPLY, UM, THAT HE HAS TO FOLLOW. AND THOSE ARE ALSO BEYOND THE PURVIEW OF, OF THE ZONING COMMISSION. UM, AND SO WHILE NEIGHBORS HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, UM, HAVING SOMEONE WHO HAS SHOWN A COMMITMENT TO THE EAST SIDE, WHETHER PEOPLE LIKE WHAT HE'S BUILT OR NOT, HE LIVES HERE. UM, HE'S INVESTED, HE STAYED, HE COULD NOT HAVE CONTINUED TO INVEST WITHOUT BEING FISCALLY SOUND. UM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT PEOPLE'S PERSONAL VIEW IS, UM, HE HAS, HE IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO MEET ALL PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONCERNS RAISED. THE STRUCTURE CAN BE BUILT TODAY. UM, AND IN GENERAL WITH THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROCESS, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET ARE IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT. AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE OVERALL POSITION OF THE COMMUNITY HERE, UM, WITH THE CONFIDENCE THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED. UM, I'D PREFER TO HAVE A DEVELOPER WHO'S COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE LONG HAUL GET THIS SPECIFIC USE DESIGNATION AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO TRY AND BUILD THIS, FOLLOWING ALL OF THE RULES, UM, AND HAVE IT CONTINUE TO BE VACANT AND POTENTIALLY BE PURCHASED BY SOMEONE WHO IS A ONE AND DONE AND HASN'T SHOWN A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND WITH IT BEING A SPECIFIC USE DESIGNATION, I DON'T THINK THE LAND USE CASE, UM, IS OUT OF, UM, OUT OF STEP WITH THE ADOPTED PLAN, UM, AND THE, AND THE LAND USE FOR THE AREA. AND SO WITH THAT, MY MOTION IS GOING TO BE FOR APPROVAL. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALRIGHT, WELL THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS DISCUSSION. CHANCES. COMMISSIONER'S ON MY LEFT. NONE. COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT. I I I'M SORRY I I HAD TO SAY THIS BECAUSE IT'S BOUT BER. YOU REALIZE THERE'S A CEMETERY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, RIGHT? AND I LOVE THAT. HERE WE GO. YES, THANK YOU. OH YEAH, . YES. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO PROMOTE. I HAVE BEEN WORKING, DOING A LOT OF EFFORT WITH THE HDRC IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THAT. I'M ONE OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE BEEN INTO NEW ORLEANS AGAIN, WHAT TO DO IN NEW ORLEANS AND THE THREE TOP THINGS TO DO IS VISIT THE CEMETERIES. [02:00:01] WHY WE CANNOT HAVE THE SAME THING HERE. WE HAVE THE HISTORY JUST IN FRONT OF US, SO LET'S DO IT. YEAH. . ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, I AGREE. HISTORIC CEMETERIES ARE AWESOME. AWESOME. UM, ALRIGHT, SO THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL. UM, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER KELLUM? YES. COMMISSIONER NOOSA? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER HUEY. AYE. COMMISSIONER WHITSETT? YES. COMMISSIONER CHASE? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. UM, IT IS THREE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. SO WE WILL, THE ZONING COMMISSION WILL RECONVENE IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. RIGHT. IF EVERYONE WOULD TAKE THEIR SEATS PLEASE. WE WILL RECONVENE AND START BACK UP. ALL RIGHT. WE GOOD? YEAH. ALRIGHT. IT IS THREE, NO 50 HOURS. WHAT IS IT? THREE 15. IT IS THREE 15. AND WE ARE RECONVENING THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I I BELIEVE WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 10. CORRECT. IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S REPORT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. BRONTE FOR ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 10 IS LOCATED AT 8 38 COLLIBRA ROAD GOING FROM R SIX TO C3. ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN SAME. THERE WERE 36 NOTICES, ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM WESTON HOPE AND ACTION NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. NO RESPONSE FROM MARTINEZ CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND NO RESPONSE FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. DISTRICT ONE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION STUFF DOES FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS. IN RELATION TO THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST. THE EXISTING R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS NOT APPROPRIATE. THE PROPOSED C3 ZONING WOULD CREATE HIGH DENSITY COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT TO THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO AN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND TO MY UNDERSTANDING, AMEND THE REQUEST TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO SALES AND LIGHT REPAIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE. HI, I'M IVAN MAGAR. UM, I JUST, UH, WANT TO OPEN, UH, AUTO SALES. UM, SO IT'S AN EMPTY LOT MORE THAN FOUR, UH, FIVE YEARS. AND, UM, SO IT'S A COOL ROT IS 8 8 3 8 CULEBRA AND IT'S AROUND COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND IT'S, IT'S THAT SIMPLE. SO I JUST NEED TO CHANGE THE ZONING SO I CAN HAVE THE, THE CAR LOCK AND, UM, WELL I BRING THE SIDE PLAN. OH, YOU HAVE IT. SO THAT ONE IS THE, THE SIDE, THE SIDE PLAN IN, UH, SURROUND AREAS. ALRIGHT. AND YOU ARE AMENDING YOUR REQUEST TO CC TWO CD? YES, EXACTLY. YES. OKAY. GOTCHA. ALRIGHT. UM, BLESS YOU. BLESS YOU. BLESS, BLESS YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. MM-HMM, . UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT. THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE. SO TO YOU, COMMISSIONER KLUM FOR QUESTIONS. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS? NO COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT QUESTIONS. , I'M LIKE PAUSING FOR A EFFECT HERE. ALRIGHT. UM, WELL I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. SO BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER KELLUM FOR A MOTION. UM, I I, I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME WITH THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S HARD TO INSERT COMMERCIAL, UH, ZONING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE R SIX ZONING. AND SO MY MOTION IS FOR DENIAL. I WILL SECOND HIS DENIAL. ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER KENEL WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITSETT. UH, DISCUSSION? ANYONE ON THE LEFT? SEEING NONE. ANYONE ON MY RIGHT? NONE. ALRIGHT. UM, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER [02:05:01] KELLUM? YES. COMMISSIONER TSET? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER NOOSA? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER HUEY. AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER CHASE? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. MOTION CARRIES AS DENIAL. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. UM, IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13 PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AL GOMEZ, SENIOR SENIOR ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 14 IS LOCATED AT 1 3 6 EIGHTH 13, OH, SORRY. 13. I'M SORRY, I GOT THE WRONG SHEET. 13. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I NUMBER 13 IS LOCATED AT 4 3 0 0 BLOCK OF PARKWAY DRIVE GOING FROM MF 33 MULTIFAMILY TO C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLE STORAGE. THERE WERE 18 NOTICES SENT OUT. ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO POST. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE INGRAM HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS TO THE NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ZONE C3, GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT C3 R, GENERAL COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIVE ALCOHOL SALES, AND I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. THE EXISTING NUMBER THREE, THREE MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT DESIGNED AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. CONSIDERING THE SURROUNDING INDUSTRIAL AND MORE INTENSE COMMERCIAL ZONING. THE PROPOSED C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLE STORAGE IS MORE APPROPRIATE. THE PROPOSED ZONING IS EXISTING WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED I ONE C3 WITH ACTIVE COMMERCIAL USES AND INDUSTRIAL USES. APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN REQUIRED BY CONDITIONAL USE ZONING. ANY DEVIATION FROM THE APPROVED DOCUMENT COULD POTENTIALLY WARRANT ADDITIONAL COUNSEL CONSIDERATION. THE REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE AND SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PLANNING AMENDMENT ON SEPTEMBER 25TH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR COMMISSIONERS CAROLINE MCDONALD WITH BROWN AND MCDONALD. 100 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND APPLICANT. UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT SEVEN CASE, UM, AND IT IS OFF OF PARKWAY. I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, HERE, UH, THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED BETWEEN PARKWAY DRIVE AND CALLAHAN ROAD. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A VERY LARGE, UM, DRAINAGE DIS OR DITCH BEHIND OUR PROPERTY TO THE WEST. THAT WAS A, UH, I BELIEVE A CITYWIDE AREA PROJECT TO HONE IN ON SOME OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUES HERE IN THE AREA. NEXT SLIDE. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND AS, AS STAFF INDICATED, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED MF 33, ALLOWING UP TO 33 UNITS AN ACRE. UM, IT IS A, A SMALL TRACK JUST UNDER ONE ACRE AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO REZONE IT TO COMMERCIAL WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PARK PARKING AND LONG-TERM STORAGE OF, OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES. YOU CAN SEE WE ARE SURROUNDED BY C3 AND I ONE TO OUR NORTH MF 33, UH, TO OUR SOUTH AND, UH, RESIDENTIAL TO THE EAST. NEXT SLIDE. UM, AGAIN, AS STAFF INDICATED, WE DID GO BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK. UH, WE WERE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE ARE REQUESTING A PLAN AMENDMENT FROM LOW RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL SO THAT IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE REQUESTED REZONING. UH, HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF THE TRUCKS THAT THAT WOULD BE STORED ON THE PROPERTY. AND THIS IS THE EXISTING FENCE. AND AT THE REQUEST OF INGRAM HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WILL BE INCORPORATING THAT MESH, UH, TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE, THE SCREENING THAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE FROM THE KING WILLIAM, UH, DISTRICT THAT, THAT WE USED. SO JUST AS A TIMELINE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE APPLICATION, WE DID REACH OUT TO INGRAM HILLS, UH, MR. UH, MIKE PHILLIPS. WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM IN SEPTEMBER AND WE HAVE ENTERED INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, ADDRESSING SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS. AS FOR SCREENING, UM, PARKING, UH, LANDSCAPING AND, AND YARD MAINTENANCE, WE DO HAVE THEIR, UH, THEIR SUPPORT. UH, INGRAM HILLS, THE BOARD DID ISSUE THEIR SUPPORT LETTER. UM, AND WE'RE [02:10:01] HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY. HERE'S SOME OF THE TERMS OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT ADDRESSES SOME OF THE, THE SCREENING, THE YARD MAINTENANCE, UH, PARKING. UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL PUT A NO RIGHT TURN LINE, UH, SIGN AS THE VEHICLES EXIT SO THEY DON'T GO FURTHER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. HERE IS THE SITE PLAN THAT IS ATTACHED TO, UH, THE ZONING CASE. AND, UH, I AM HERE AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS OUR ENGINEER AND THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL AND I'M, I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WELL THANKS. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? I DON'T THINK WE DO. THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THIS IS A DISTRICT SEVEN CASE, SO IT'S TO ME UM, THE PRIMARY REASON I PULLED IT DOWN WAS JUST TO, UH, GET A BETTER PRESENTATION FOR, UH, THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND MYSELF. UM, I HAVE CONFIRMED THAT, THAT, YES, UH, INGRAM HILLS, UM, IS IN SUPPORT AND OF THE PROJECT, AND SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH THEM. UM, MY INITIAL THOUGHT WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS CASE WAS, OKAY, WE ARE GETTING WAY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HOWEVER, AFTER, UM, BOTH TALKING WITH THE APPLICANT AND, AND DISTRICT SEVEN STAFF, IT'S THE, THE CONCERN OF THE, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS, UM, THEY WERE OKAY WITH HAVING A, A KIND OF A STEP DOWN TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, BE THIS, UM, STORAGE OR LIGHT STORAGE. I'M NOT REAL SURE WHAT EXACTLY WE WOULD CALL IT, UM, RATHER THAN HAVING, UM, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. UM, SO I WILL, THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE ARE BASICALLY, UM, DO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S TO THE APPLICANT. WHAT ABOUT ANY LIGHTING DO Y'ALL HAVE? ARE Y'ALL GONNA HAVE DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING OR, OR IS THERE YEAH. YES SIR. SO WE WILL HAVE DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING, AS YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CRIME IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. NO, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING WITH LIGHTING AT NIGHT, THEN, THEN PEOPLE DO TEND TO, TO, UH, SNEAK IN IF YOU WILL. OKAY. AND WHAT, WHAT KIND OF HOURS OF OPERATION? I MEAN, IS IT OPEN ALL THE TIME OR NO? NO. SO, UM, THE PROPERTY OWNER ACTUALLY OWNS THE, THE SENIOR HOUSING THAT'S TO THE SOUTH OF THEM. TO THE SOUTH, OKAY. AND SO THEY WANNA KEEP HOURS A LITTLE BIT CONSISTENT, SO IT'LL BE 7:00 AM TO ABOUT 5:00 PM UM, OKAY. THEY WILL ALLOW TILL 7:00 PM IF SOMETHING IS GOING ON, BUT, UM, THEY'LL HAVE TO GET SPECIAL PERMISSION, SO. OKAY. GREAT. GREAT. MM-HMM? . ALRIGHT. UM, QUESTIONS? MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON THE LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. COMMISSION ON MY RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WELL IN THAT CASE I WILL BE, UH, I, I WILL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 13 SECOND. OKAY. A MOTION BY ME TO APPROVE WITH A SECOND. AND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. DISCUSSION. LOOKING LEFT. SEEING NONE. LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE. ALRIGHT. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL. CHAIR SIPES. YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER KELLUM? YES. COMMISSIONER NOOSA? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER HUEY. AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITSETT? YES. COMMISSIONER CHASE? YES. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. NOW WE ARE GOING TO ITEM 14. IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S REPORT PLEASE. ITEM 14 IS LOCATED AT 1 3 6 8 7 SOMERSET ROAD GOING FROM NP EIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION DISTRICT TO C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO PAIN AND BODY. THERE WERE 10 NOTICES SENT OUT. TWO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. STAFF HAS FOUND INDICATIONS OF LIKELY ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. THE PROPOSED AUTO REPAIR COULD BRING NOISE AND OTHER POTENTIAL NUISANCES TO THE AREA. THE EXISTING MPA NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO PAINT AND BODY IS NOT APPROPRIATE, ALTHOUGH THE, THE BASE C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT CAN PROVIDE APPROPRIATE RETAIL AND SERVICES TO THE AREA. THE CD CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO PAINT AND BODY AND SEEKS CONDITION DOWNED, SORRY. GIVEN THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES USE OF BUDDING THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH AND NORTH, THE PROPOSED ZONING COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE ESTABLISHED HOMES. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. [02:15:02] ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE, ROSA. AND SO SHE IS THE SISTER, UH, AND THE OWNER IS GOING TO SAY HER NAME AND SHE'S LOCATED AT FOUR 50 VINCENT STREET IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ROCK, SAN ANTONIO. AND THE ADDRESS IS 1 0 3 2 2 MISSION ROCK, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 4. ALRIGHT, UM, IF YOU JUST TELL US LIKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR REQUEST, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. OKAY, UMANA, UH, SO MY SISTER MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO IN 2018. BY 2021 THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND NOW SHE'S GOING TO USE THE POINTER. OKAY. BUILDING DRIVEWAY. AT THE BEGINNING WHEN THEY BOUGHT ORIGINALLY THE PROPERTY, THAT BUILDING THAT SHE'S JUST SAYING RIGHT NOW WAS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE AND THAT WAS THE DRIVEWAY. MM-HMM. , THEY'RE NOT SURE, BUT I THINK THAT BUILDING WAS USED FOR THE MECHANICS, FOR THE USE OF MECHANICS IN THAT TIME. BY 2008, ALL THE CODE, THE CO THE CODES OF THE CITY CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE ANNEXATION OF THIS PROPERTY TO CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. OKAY. UM, THE BUILDING AT THE TIME THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE THE PERMITS TO BUILD THAT RECTANGULAR BUILDING IS WHEN WE NOTICED THAT THAT PROPERTY WAS NOT IN WITH THE CORRECT ZONE TO DO IT AT THAT TIME. THEY RECOMMENDED US TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL PERSON TO SEE IF WE HAVE A CHANCE TO CHANGE THAT ZONE. AND THEY TOLD US WHY YOU DON'T GO AROUND WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. AND WE TALKED TO THE BOTH SIDES OF OUR NEIGHBORS TO SEE IF THEY WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT CONSTRUCTION. BOTH OF OUR NEIGHBORS AGREED. THEY SAID NO BIG DEAL WITH THAT. YOU CAN SHOW THAT AT THE FRONT. UH, CROSSING THAT STREET IS COMPLETELY, [02:20:02] NOW IF YOU LOOK AROUND, YOU CAN SEE THAT IS COMMERCIAL ACROSS THE STREET. I JUST HAVE TO MY LEFT TWO NEIGHBORS AND TO MY RIGHT, ONE NEIGHBOR. AND WE THINK IN THE FUTURE EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BUILD SOMETHING TO DO IT. COMMERCIAL. UM, CAN YOU GO BACK WITH THE, OKAY, SO BUILDING, SO THAT WILL BE THE BUILDING AND THE DOWN PART WILL BE THE, THE SPACES FOR THE PARKING. WE REALLY ALREADY TALKED TO THE CITY. THEY GAVE US ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH FIRST. AND WE AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY REQUESTED. YEAH. AND JUST TO PUT HERE THAT THIS IS A FAMILY BUSINESS, IS HER FAMILY BUSINESS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE. AND WE PUT IN YOUR CONSIDERATION THAT YOU WILL BE KINDLY APPROVING THIS. I DUNNO IF THE OTHER PERSON THAT SPOKE BEFORE ME, UH, TALK ABOUT THE SETBACKS BECAUSE AT THE BACK THERE IS NOTHING THERE. SO WE CAN HAVE ALL THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR. SETBACKS. MM-HMM. HIGH SCHOOL. THERE'S APARTMENTS ON THIS SIDE. I, I MEAN, YEAH, SO, AND WE ARE BY THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE ARE ALSO CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL SEE, SEE DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT. THIS IS A, UH, DISTRICT FOUR CASE, SO TO YOU. COMMISSIONER REYES. RIGHT. FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, IS THERE COMMERCIAL ACROSS THE STREET? THE ANSWER WAS YES. DO YOU HAVE THE NEIGHBOR SUPPORT? THE ANSWER WAS YES. UM, IN YOUR LAYOUT, THERE'S A SOLID METAL FENCE. IT'S EXISTING NOW, BUT ON YOUR LAYOUT THERE'S A SOLID METAL FENCE. WILL THAT REMAIN SOLID METAL ON YOUR LAYOUT? IT SHOWS SHE UNDERSTANDS A LITTLE BIT ENGLISH. SO SHE WILL BE, UH, ANSWERING YOU IN SPANISH BECAUSE, UM, SHE DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TO ANSWER YOU IN ENGLISH, BUT SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT YOU ARE ASKING. THAT'S FINE. SO SHE WILL DO IT. SO, UH, CURRENTLY WHAT WE HAVE AS A FENCE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. IF OUR PROJECT IS ACCEPTED. I'M NOT DOING IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PUT MONEY IN SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO TO DO IT. SO, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO BE A COMMERCIAL. GOT IT. AND IT'LL BE AN EIGHT FOOT METAL FENCE ACCORDING TO YOUR LAYOUT. AND THEN THE DRIVEWAY WILL BE CENTERED ON THE PROPERTY. YOU WILL, THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY KIND OF GETS SHIFTED TO THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH MAKES IT SAFER. YES. EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY IS REQUESTING, YES, WE WILL DO IT. OKAY. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE CLARIFICATION. UH, ALTHOUGH IT, IT TELLS YOU THAT IT'S AN EIGHT FOOT METAL FENCE 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S THERE. UM, CORRUGATED METAL IS NOT A PROHIBITED MATERIAL, SO IF THEY WANTED TO MAINTAIN A METAL FENCE OF THAT NATURE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR A VARIANCE. IT'S NOT ALLOWED BY WRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. UM, QUESTIONS? [02:25:01] OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT. ALRIGHT. HMM. YOU WERE SAYING WHAT? I WAS ASKING IF ANYONE, ANY COMMISSIONERS HAD QUESTIONS ON MY LEFT. OH, OKAY. MAYBE SORT OF A COMMENT. I'M LOOKING AT THE OVERALL ZONING MAP HERE AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S FIVE MP EIGHTS AND THINGS TO THE SOUTH ARE C TWO THINGS TO THE NORTH, OR C TWO ACROSS THE STREET IS C TWO AND MP EIGHT IS SCATTERED AROUND THERE, BUT IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF A TRANSITIONAL AREA THAT IS CHANGING, UM, THAT MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE. SO I'M GONNA TEND TO, UM, KIND OF FALL ALONG WITH WHAT, UH, EDDIE'S COMMENTS WERE. AND UH, CAN YOU PULL THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER? SORRY, WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE. YOU WANT ME TO REPEAT ALL THAT OR JUST THAT? UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT IT, BUT YEAH, WE JUST NEED TO HEAR TO HEAR YOU. IT, IT, IT APPEARS TO BE TRANSITIONAL THAT THE NP EIGHT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE, UH, THE RIGHT THING WITH LOT OF C TWO UP AND DOWN SOMERSET ROAD THERE. THAT I, I DIDN'T HEAR A QUESTION IN THERE, BUT WHAT STAFF'S ASSESSMENT IS IS THAT WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR, ON THAT NORTHERN PORTION, IT'S MORE RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE RIGHT NOW. UM, AND BEHIND IT IS A LARGE PARCEL OF R FIVE, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY PROBABLY BE A SUBDIVISION OF SOME SORT. AND SO, UH, WITH ALL OF THAT IN MIND, UM, WE JUST DIDN'T FEEL THAT THIS L OR SLASH I ONE KIND OF ACTIVITY WAS EVEN IF CONDITIONED DOWN WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. FINAL CHANCE FOR QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE. COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT? NONE. ALL RIGHT. BACK TO YOU. COMMISSIONER REYES FOR A MOTION. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THE, THE CITY REPORT DOES SAY THAT THIS, UH, REQUESTED C TWO BAY ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT, CONSISTENT WITH FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORS. UH, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER REYES WITH A SECOND. BY THAT WAS YOU COMMISSIONER OSA. UM, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT. SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT. SEEING NONE. ALRIGHT. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER NOOSA? YES. COMMISSIONER KELLUM? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER HUEY. AYE. AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER TSET? YES. COMMISSIONER CHASE? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON. I BELIEVE OUR FINAL CASE OF THE DAY IS NUMBER 16. SO IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S REPORT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BEEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 16 IS LOCATED AT 56 50 CLIFF BRIAR DRIVE GOING FROM C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR WITH ALL OVERLAY STAYING THE SAME. THERE WERE 30 NOTICES SENT, SENT OUT ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. GREAT NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND NO RESPONSE FROM OUTSIDE 200 FEET. THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA SURROUNDING PROPERTIES OR ZONE R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT, C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND C3 R GENERAL COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIVE ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT. THE EXISTING C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR IS NOT APPROPRIATE. COMMON LAND USE PRINCIPLES RECOMMEND THAT MORE INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES BE KEPT ALONG. MAIN ARTERIALS AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL USES. GIVEN THE PROXIMITY TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES, STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPERTY DOES NOT MEET THE LOCATIONAL CRITERIA FOR THE HIGH INTENSE COMMERCIAL USE OF AUTO REPAIR. THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT PERMITS MORE SUITABLE COMMERCIAL OPTIONS THAT WILL NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE ABUTTING RESIDENT RESIDENCES. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE. HELLO, MARCUS GURA, UH, REPRESENTING THE OWNER 4 5 6 5 0 CLIFF BREAR. UM, THE BUILDING WAS ACTUALLY BUILT IN 2018. THE LAND WAS DEVELOPED IN 2018. OWNER TOOK IT OVER, UM, ABOUT [02:30:01] A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. UH, NOTICED THAT IT WAS ZONED AS A C TWO, UH, MOVED FORWARD WITH WHAT THE EXISTING PLANS WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY WHEN IT WAS BEING ERECTED IN 2018. UM, PRETTY MUCH FINISHED IT OUT. UM, GOT IT READY FOR A WHITE BOX FOR THE NEW, UH, NEW OWNERS THAT COULD ACTUALLY COME BACK IN AND FINISH IT OUT. UH, WHAT WHEN WE GOT IT, IT WAS, IT WAS DIRT, UH, METAL BUILDING, UM, OPEN LAND IN THE BACKSIDE, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, UH, WHERE THE, WHERE THE TOP PARKING IS IS THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE. UM, WE TOOK NOTICE, WE RESUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UM, WE TOOK NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD THERE, MODIFIED THE CIVIL PLAN TO CREATE MORE OF A, A BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE PARKING LOT ADDED, UH, DIDN'T A A LOT MORE LANDSCAPE IN THE AREA TO COMBINE WITH, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE AND THE STREET SIDE. UH, JUST TRYING TO BEAUTIFY THE AREA. UM, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS, IT WAS EXISTING. WE GOT THERE, WE JUST BEAUTIFIED AREA THE C TWO. UM, IF YOU NOTICE WHAT LIKE, LIKE IT WAS EXPLAINED, THERE'S, THERE'S A C TWO C3 AROUND IT. THERE'S ZACHARY MIDDLE SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET. THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN THAT LITTLE POCKET IS ACTUALLY SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL. SO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALSO COMMERCIAL. UM, AND KIND OF FILL INTO THE TOWN HOMES AND SO FORTH. UH, THE PROPERTIES TO THE RIGHT FROM THE SIDE PLAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, IT'S ALL ZONED C TWO ON THAT FENCE LINE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO THAT, THAT PROPERTY LINE FROM THE BACKSIDE WHERE THE RESIDENTIAL IS ALL THE WAY DOWN, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR DOWN, BUT MAYBE ABOUT SIX LOTS DOWN OR ALL COMMERCIAL C TWO OR COMMERCIAL ZONED. SO, UH, THE NEW APPLICANT THAT'S LOOKING AT DOING IT IS, UH, IT'S GONNA BE AN OIL LUBE, UH, PLACE. UH, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS JUST TO ADD ON, KEEP THE C TWO AND JUST MAINTAIN OR WAS IT A LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR FINISH OUT? SO, UH, WE DID HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING. UH, EVERYBODY LOVED IT. UH, WE HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO IT. THEY WERE EXCITED FOR IT TO OPEN, UH, THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY. WE HAD ONE PERSON COME TO COUNCIL LAST WEEK AND KIND OF LET 'EM KNOW WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING THE HOURS OF THE BUSINESS, IT'S NOT GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, 24 HOURS A DAY KIND OF BUSINESS. UM, THEIR COMPLAINTS WERE ACTUALLY AFTER MEETING WITH THEM, AFTERWARDS WERE ABOUT THE LIGHTING ON THE EXISTING PROPERTIES AND ACTUALLY WENT OVER THERE TO THE GAS STATION AND TO THE CONVENIENCE SOURCE TO SEE IF THEY COULD MODIFY THE LIGHTING FOR THOSE PEOPLE. BUT DIDN'T, DID TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION ON OUR PROPERTY. UM, LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY, WE, WE DID INSTALL SOME LIGHTING, BUT IT'S GONNA BE FOCUSED MORE DOWN. IF THEY HAD ANY PROBLEMS IT WOULD BE THERE TO HELP ADJUST FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD VERSUS WE'RE SO CLOSE TO IT. BUT LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY APPROVED IT. THEY LOVED IT ON THE LAST MEETING, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO. . ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YES SIR. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT, GREAT. THIS IS A DISTRICT SIX CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER HUEY FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. UH, FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS FOR THE STAFF. CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY FOR ME? SO THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS, UM, PRESENTED IS THAT BINDING. SO THEY, THEY HAVE A C TWO PROPERTY AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M CHECKING IS, UH, THEY, THEY ARE ALLOWED A PARKING AREA IN A C TWO AND THAT'S WHAT IS OUT THERE NOW FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND. UM, BUT I'M SHOWING A SEVEN AND A HALF FOOT, UM, SETBACK UP THERE ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SET OF THE SITE PLAN. AND SO WE'RE JUST DOUBLE CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE WAS A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VARIANCE GRANTED TO THAT. BECAUSE IN ORDER TO REDUCE YOUR BUFFER YARD, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. UM, OKAY. NO, I, OKAY. SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU CHRISTIE. UH, MR. GARRA, I SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. SO CAN YOU GO BACK, STEPH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN PLEASE? NOW YOU MENTIONED, UH, HOURS OF OPERATION. WHAT ARE YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION FOR YOUR PROPOSED? THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. I'M THE REPRESENTING THE BUILDING OWNER. COME ON UP. I THINK IT WILL PROBABLY MORE BE LIKE SEVEN TO SIX, SEVEN TO SIX SEVEN IN THE MORNING TILL 6:00 PM SEVEN DAYS A WEEK OR I THINK IT WILL BE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, BUT IT MAY, WE MAY JUST DO SIX, NOT DO SUNDAYS. OKAY. SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN. UM, I GUESS I'M HAVING A LITTLE, UM, DIFFICULTY LOOKING AT YOUR, ON YOUR SITE PLAN. YOU SHOW AN OPEN AREA, WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO IN AN OPEN AREA? WHAT DO YOU MEAN OPEN? WELL THAT'S, THAT'S THE BUILDING GOING BACK TO ME. I GUESS WE'RE GONNA SWITCH , , GO AHEAD. THAT, UH, RIGHT NOW THERE'S, THERE'S NO [02:35:01] PLANS FOR ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT BACK THERE. I DID ASK THE OWNER, UM, IT'S JUST AN OPEN FIELD, UH, WITH SURROUNDING TREES ON THE, ALONG THE FENCE LINE OF THE RESIDENCE. UH, BUT RIGHT NOW HE HASN'T SAID HE WAS GONNA DO ANYTHING ON THAT PART. SO THAT'S, I WAS ASKING STAFF IF THE SITE PLAN IS BINDING. MM-HMM IF WE DO ANYTHING, IF WE WERE TO APPROVE IT, THEN THAT'S A SITE PLAN YOU'RE GONNA GO WITH. THAT'S AN OPEN AREA. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GO WITH? UH, THAT'S, THAT'S UP TO THE OWNER. UM, RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, HE HASN'T MADE ANY DECISIONS ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THE BACKSIDE. SO, SO WHAT I'M GETTING FROM YOU IS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THERE AND YOU'RE ASKING US TO MAKE A DECISION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WOULD HOLD. NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BE THE TENANT ON THE PROPERTY AND SO THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN DO. BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THEY WOULD BE BOUND TO THIS SITE PLAN. SO IF SOMETHING THEY WOULD NEED TO CONSTRUCT SOMETHING IN THE REAR THAT REQUIRES, UH, NOW IT'S PART OF THE CONDITIONAL USE, THEN THEY, AND IT WOULD BE A, UM, MAJOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT. SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO REZONE AGAIN. YES, AND THE OWNER DOES UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST THE DEVELOPMENT THAT ACTUALLY WAS EXISTING, UH, WHICH WAS A BUILDING. WE, IT'S ONLY TO THAT LINE RIGHT NOW FROM WHAT THE OWNER HAS NOTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND JUST ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON YOUR SITE PLAN. MM-HMM IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, THE TOTAL LOT IS GONNA BE IN PREVIOUSLY COVERED. SO YOU'RE GONNA PAVE THE OPEN AREA AS WELL? NO, NO SIR. UM, RIGHT NOW WHERE THAT, THAT LINE IS OFF THE SET FROM THE BACK SIDE OF THAT BUILDING, THAT'S THE ONLY IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. STAFF, DO THEY NEED TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT OR AMENDMENT TO THE SITE PLAN IF THEY'RE ADDING ANY STRUCTURES TO IT? YES. NO, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPERVIOUS COVER. IF THEY NEED TO INCREASE THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE OR INCREASE ANY BUILDING FOOTPRINTS, STRUCTURES, SQUARE FOOTAGE, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A MAJOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN. YES. IN THE SITE PLAN IT SAYS THEY'RE PAVING THE ENTIRE LOT. AND THEN WHAT I'M HEARING NOW IS THAT NO, IT'S JUST WHAT THE EXISTING PAVING IS. YES SIR. WE UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE WHAT WAS EXISTING. RIGHT. BUT IT'S LIKE, YEAH, LOOK, YOU KNOW, JUST THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE IS 44,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS THE SIZE OF THE LOT. NO, IT'S JUST THE SIZE OF THE WHERE, WHERE THAT THE LINE IS FOR THE PARKING LOT AND WHERE THE GARAGE AREA IS. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S THE 44,000, RIGHT? YES SIR. UM, I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE YOUR, YOUR LAND AREA IS 1.015 ACRES AND THAT EQUATES TO 44,213 SQUARE FEET. SO YES, HE DID PUT A MAXIMUM INFU COVERAGE ON THIS SITE PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. OKAY. SO TECHNICALLY IF HE WAS TO, IF THEY WERE TO SUBMIT A FUTURE PERMIT TO PAVE THIS OVER, UM, AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN THIS, UH, MAXIMUM WE WOULD, UH, STAFF WOULD, UM, PERMIT IT, UH, IF IT MET OTHER CODE. I'M JUST TALKING FROM A ZONING STANDPOINT. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, EXCUSE MY, MY QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, JUST TO KIND OF CLARIFY, WE USUALLY TELL THEM TO GO PUT AHEAD, GO AHEAD AND PUT A MAXIMUM BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THEY GO THROUGH PERMITTING AND THEY NEED TO CHANGE SOMETHING AND IF IT'S LIKE A SLIGHT IMPACT OR AN ADDITION OF MAYBE, UM, IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, UM, WE HAD THIS ISSUE WHERE THEY CAME TO PERMITTING AND TRAFFIC WAS TELLING THEM THAT THEY NEEDED ADDITIONAL PARKING AND THOSE KIND OF ITEMS. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY THEY PUT A VERY LARGE NUMBER SO THEY WON'T HAVE TO COME THROUGH BECAUSE IF THEY PUT A, A VERY EXACT NUMBER AND THEY HAVE TO CHANGE IT FOR PERMITTING STAGE, IT, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO COME BACK HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS JUST TO REVISE THAT, UM, SQUARE FOOTAGE. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, ONE MORE QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. SO, UH, RIGHT NOW YOUR PLAN IS TO ONLY USE WHAT'S IN THE, UM, SOLID, UH, OUTLINE FOR YOUR BUSINESS. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S WHERE THE BUILDING IS. AND YOU'RE NOT INTENDING TO PARK CARS IN THE OPEN AREA? NO, SIR. THE ONLY CARS THAT I WILL HAVE IS THE CARS THAT CAN FIT IN THE GARAGE. 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT THE LIABILITY. IT'S NOT GONNA BE LIKE A SHOP WHERE THEY'RE TAKING CARS APART. EVERYTHING IS BRAND NEW, NEW PARTS REPLACING PARTS. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. UH, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP TO THE REST OF MY COMMISSIONERS FOR QUESTIONS. [02:40:01] ALRIGHT. UM, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. OKAY. COMMISSION ON MY LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS? THAT WAS QUICK. BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER UWE FOR A MOTION. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. SO YEAH, WE TALK ABOUT CASES BEING DIFFICULT AND FOR ME THIS WAS KIND OF DIFFICULT BECAUSE I THINK IN DISTRICT SIX WE PREFER TO SEE A GRADUAL, UH, TRANSITION OF, UH, LAND USE FROM MORE EXTENSIVE TO LESS EXTENSIVE TO RESIDENTIAL. HERE YOU'RE ASKING US TO GO FROM C TWO DIRECTLY TO AN R SIX AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT TYPICALLY WOULD PREFER NOT TO DO, BUT IN YOUR CASE, YOU'VE TALKED TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND THEY ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU. AND I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THEY WOULD LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING YOU THERE, RIGHT? WELL, I MEAN, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. THANK YOU. BUT ALSO YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH IN MY MIND CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT IN THIS CONVERSATION. SO EVEN THOUGH I, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS, UH, WITH YOUR APPLICATION, I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL FOR THIS. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER HUEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS. UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT. NONE. COMMISSIONER'S ON MY LEFT. NONE. UM, I AGREE IT, THIS IS A, A, A DIFFICULT CASE BECAUSE WE ARE KIND OF TRANSITIONING THE WRONG WAY IN MY OPINION. UM, BUT I DO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY DID, UM, GARNER SUPPORT FROM NEIGHBORS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. SO WE WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER HUEY AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER KELLUM? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER OSA? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITSETT? YES. COMMISSIONER CHASE? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I BELIEVE [Approval of Minutes  ] WE HAVE MINUTES AS OUR FINAL ITEM. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE MINUTES. I'LL GIVE YOU ONE. NOBODY WANTS TO DO IT. ALRIGHT, . SO DEFEATIST . APPROVE. APPROVE THE MINUTES PLEASE. ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. WOW. I DON'T REMEMBER WHO, WHO WAS THAT ON OUR SIDE? WAS THAT BOTH OF Y'ALL? YEAH. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER REYES SINCE HE SEEMED TO WANNA SEND AWAY THAT SECOND. ALRIGHT. UM, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WIT WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REYES. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE [Director’s Report  ] A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? NOT REALLY. I THINK THE NEXT FEW MONTHS YOU'RE GONNA GET TO SEE, UM, HERE'S SOME NEW PRESENTATIONS AND STUFF ON PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING TO THE CITY. SO IT SHOULD BE INTERESTING. OH, THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, TODD. YEAH, THAT'S GONNA, I THINK THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER OR YEAH, LATE OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER. AND JUST DIFFERENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BRINGING THINGS FOR YOU GUYS TO HEAR, SO. ALRIGHT. VERY COOL. VERY COOL. I GUESS, UM, AND A REMINDER OF, UH, THIS SATURDAY FOR THOSE TO ATTEND BEFORE YOU GUYS HOLD ON, BEFORE YOU CLOSE. HOLD ON. I MAY HAVE TOLD, DID I OVERSTEP? OKAY, GOOD. NO, NO, NO, YOU DIDN'T OVERSTEP. BUT, UM, I WAS, I WAS NOTICING WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE LA I THINK IT WAS THE LAST CASE THAT IN CASE 14 ON ITEM 14, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE CLARIFIED THAT THAT WAS AMENDED TO C TWO CD, UH, FOR THAT SOMERSET ROAD CASE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WAS CLARIFIED AS PART OF THE MOTION. ALRIGHT. DO WE NEED TO, DO WE NEED TO RECONSIDER OR, OR WHAT DO YOU WANT? YOU DON'T NEED TO RECONSIDER, BUT YOU CAN ASK DOES ANYBODY WANT TO RECONSIDER? AND IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH IT, THEN THAT'S GREAT. WE CAN JUST KEEP MOVING ON. BUT IF SOMEBODY DOES WANNA REOPEN IT UP, THEN ALRIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THAT CASE? I'M SORRY, COULD YOU [02:45:01] RE COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT WHAT JUST SAID WE WERE CHATTING OVER HERE AND WE MISSED IT COMPLETELY. SHAME. I'M VERY SORRY. WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST CHATTY OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. , ESSENTIALLY IF EVERYBODY IS OKAY AND UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY WERE VOTING ON, THEN WE ARE FINE TO, TO PROCEED AND JUST LEAVE IT AS IS. BUT IF CHRISTIE CLARIFYING THAT SOMEHOW CHANGES IT IN YOUR MIND AND YOU WANNA REOPEN IT UP, NOW'S THE TIME TO REOPEN IT UP BASICALLY. AND THE CLARIFICATION WAS THAT IT'S A C TWO CD FOR CASE NUMBER OR ITEM NUMBER 14, RIGHT? AUTO PAINT AND BODY. THE COR THE CORRUGATED MIDDLE FENCE. YEAH. ONE. YEAH. YES. SO BECAUSE WHEN THE ITEM CAME TO YOU, IT CAME TO YOU AS C3 AND SHE DID AMEND IT TO C TWO CD AND SO WE JUST NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD WHEN YOU GUYS MADE THE MOTION. YES. YES. ALRIGHT, SO IT, IT APPEARS THERE IS NO NEED, THERE IS NO, UH, WANT FOR A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION, SO THAT WILL STAND AS IS. ALL RIGHT EVERYONE, UH, THANK YOU. THE TIME IS 4 0 2 BECAUSE WE HAD SOME CHATTY PEOPLE AND HAD TO REPEAT SOME STUFF COULD NOT END AT AN EVEN TIME. AND THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS ADJOURN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.