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IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH OUR SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES STATEMENT, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS ROB SIPES AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT SEVEN ZONING COMMISSIONER.
I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION INTO SESSION.
I'D LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.
MARCO BARRO, DISTRICT NINE, JOHN BUSTAMANTE, DISTRICT FIVE, OAL ORTIZ, DISTRICT EIGHT.
DANIEL KELLUM, DISTRICT ONE, JOHN WITT, DISTRICT 10, TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO.
WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO DO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS FOR ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE OUR STAFF TO REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF.
BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE TURN YOUR PHONES ON VIBRATE OR TURN THEM OFF.
THE ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING CASES UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION.
YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD YOUR CASE TO CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CASE MANAGER.
STAFF WILL BEGIN EACH PRESENTATION WITH A SHORT, EXCUSE ME, 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 THE PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND X'S INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION.
FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED IN TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING.
YOU WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.
YOU WILL BE INFORMED WHEN YOUR TWO MINUTES ARE UP.
FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE, GIVE THEIR TIME TO A SPEAKER, THAT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME FOR A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES.
THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED IN TO SPEAK AND MUST INDICATE THAT THEY'RE YIELDING THEIR TIME TO THE SPEAKER WHEN THEY GO UP TO THE PODIUM.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMITATION ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS.
STAFF, IF WE COULD PLEASE GO OVER ANY WITHDRAWN OR POSTPONE ITEMS. WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT IS POSTPONED.
ITEM NUMBER 14 LOCATED AT 1210 SOUTH ALAMO STREET AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE PROPERTY ON SOUTH ALAMO STREET, YOU'RE FREE TO LEAVE AS THAT ITEM WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY AND YOU WILL BE RE NOTIFIED IF AND WHEN FUTURE ACTION OCCURS.
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UH, STAFF, IF WE COULD PLEASE GO OVER THE LIST OF ITEMS ON THE, UH, CONSENT COMBINED AGENDA ITEMS THAT I HAVE ON CONSENT RIGHT NOW.ITEMS 9, 10, 11, 12 13, 6, 16, 17, 19 AND 20.
UH, SO SIX AND SEVEN HAVE BEEN PULLED, SIX HAS MOVED TO INDIVIDUAL, SEVEN HAS BEEN MOVED TO CONTINUANCE FOR THREE WEEKS AND THEN AS STATED 15 HAS ALSO BEEN CONTINUE OR IS GONNA BE MOVED TO THE CONTINUING DOCKET.
ALRIGHT, UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OF THE REMAINING ITEMS YOU WISH TO PULL TO INDIVIDUAL? LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE.
IF WE COULD PLEASE READ THE UH, CONSENT AGENDA INTO
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THE RECORD.ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C3 TO IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO AND 125 DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING THEIR PROPOSAL TO IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO DISTRICT AND ONLY 75 DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR THE AMENDMENT LOCATED AT 3 5 0 STONEWALL AVENUE.
1 1 2 6 PLEASANTON ROAD, 1 1 1 8 PLEASANTON ROAD, 1 1 1 6 PLEASANTON ROAD, 1 1 1 0 PLEASANTON ROAD AND ONE ONE OR 1 1 0 2 TO 1 1 0 8 PLEASANTON ROAD.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED ST.
LEO'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C3 NA TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR STONE CURING MONUMENT MANUFACTURING WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO C TWO NA UH, CONDITION WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE STONE CURING MONUMENT MANUFACTURING LOCATED AT 5 5 5 9 HISTORIC OLD HIGHWAY 90 20.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM NC TO NCS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A MEDICAL CLINIC WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 2 5 5 1 NORTH INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35 17.
THREE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE.
AND GOVERNMENT HILL TOMORROW IS NEUTRAL OUTSIDE 200 FEET WE RECEIVED THREE.
IN FAVOR FOR ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OF OUR LACE TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 28 10 MONTEREY STREET.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
PROSPECT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A CAR WASH WITH ALL OF RELATES TO REMAIN THE SAME.
GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 6,600 BLOCK OF MEDINA BASE ROAD.
ZERO OPPOSED RIDGE RIDGE, STONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND HEATHER'S COVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS GAVE NO RESPONSE.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM O2 AND RM FOUR TO IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO O2 325 DWELLING UNITS, BAR AND OR TAVERN WITHOUT A COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK.
MICROBREWERY WINE WINERY WITH BOTTLING, TIMESHARES OR CORPORATE TI APARTMENTS HOTEL TALLER THAN 35 STREET STUDIO SOUND AND A RECORDING CLUB SLASH PRIVATE SPA WAREHOUSE FLEX BASE ON 3.9 ACRES OUT OF NCB 1 3 8 1 15 AND IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C 2 0 1 0.5.
RM 4 31 DWELLING UNITS, BAR AND OR TAVERN WITHOUT A COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK.
MICROBREWERY WINERY WITH BOTTLING, TIMESHARES OR CORPORATE APARTMENTS.
HOTEL STUDIO SOUND AND RECORDING CLUB.
PRIVATE SPA WAREHOUSE, FLEX SPACE FITNESS CENTER HEALTH CLUB AND SPORT CLUB WITH OUTDOOR USES PERMITTED AND ATHLETIC FIELDS.
OUTDOOR PERMITTED ON LOTS ONE THROUGH FOUR.
BLOCK SEVEN NCB 7 0 7 THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING THEIR PROPOSAL FOR LOTS ONE THROUGH FOUR.
BLOCK SEVEN AND CCB 7 0 7 TO IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C 2 0 1 0.5 RM FOUR MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS NOT TO EXCEED 31 UNITS TIMESHARE OR CORPORATE APARTMENTS.
HOTEL STUDIO SOUND AND RECORDING CLUB PRIVATE AND SPA WITH ALL OF LAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
45 NOTICES WERE SENT TO RECEIVED IN FAVOR ONE OPPOSED LAVACCA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED REQUEST.
DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO TEXAS DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
KING WILLIAM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR AND WE RECEIVED FOUR MORE, UH, NOTES IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO C TWO CD WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR A FUNERAL HOME UNDERTAKING PARLOR ON 3.25 ACRES AND R FOUR S WITH A SPECIFIC USE FOR A CEMETERY OR MAUSOLEUM WITH OVERLAYS TO
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REMAIN.THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING THEIR, SORRY, THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING THEIR PROPOSAL FOR THE 3.25 ACRES FROM C TWO CD TO C TWO NACD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A FUNERAL HOME AND UNDERTAKEN PARLOR WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 3 2 7 9 FM 19 37 17.
NOTICES WERE SENT, ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 19 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C3 TO RM FOUR WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 61 27 FM 78 IN 61 35 FM 78 21 NOTICES WERE MAILED, ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 20 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO BP WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 6 6 0 3 FIRST PARK, 10 BOULEVARD 40 NOTICE 41 NOTICES WERE SENT ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR.
AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE PUBLIC NOTICE ON THOSE OR PUBLIC RESPONSE ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS AND I WILL JUST ADD THAT FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE.
IN ADDITION TO THE PROPOSAL, THEY DID SUBMIT AN AMENDED SITE PLAN.
DO WE HAVE, WE HAVE VOICEMAILS AND SPEAKERS OR JUST VOICEMAILS? IT LOOKS LIKE WE JUST HAVE SPEAKERS.
SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 16.
AND IF YOU CAN PLEASE, UM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK, SIR.
UH, I'VE LIVED AT 2 0 2 LAVACCA, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THIS PROJECT FOR 40 YEARS NOW.
AND, UH, AND IT'S CHANGED A LOT.
UH, IT USED TO BE A CRACK HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME AND, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOOK OVER THAT PROPERTY.
UH, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE IMPERATIVE FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE KIND THAT OXBOW IS DOING IS PRETTY DYNAMIC AND, AND I'M SUPPORTING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IN PARTICULAR SUPPORTING IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SENSITIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THE TWO PARCELS.
PHASE ONE, UH, THEY'VE CLO THEY'RE GONNA ASK TO CLOSE OFF, UH, MATAGORDA STREET TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM TRAFFIC.
UH, THEY ARE HAVING ENTRANCES FOR LARGER SCALE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITIES AT THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE PROJECT, PROTECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, KEEPING IT KIND OF THE PEACE OF QUIET LEVEL.
THEY HAVE ALSO FACING THE OLD HOUSES ON 100, UM, LAVACCA.
THEY HAVE SOME ONE STORY ELEMENTS THAT ARE RESPECTIVE OF THE SCALE OF THE HOUSES ON LAVACCA, THE 100 BLOCK LAVACCA.
UH, THEY HAVE ALSO I THINK, COMMITTED TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO MAKE SURE THE STREET IS DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO REMAIN A QUIET AND NOT HIGHLY TRAFFICKED STREET.
I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
I WANTED TO COMMENT BRIEFLY ON PHASE TWO.
UH, PHASE TWO IS DIRECTLY ACROSS MY HOUSE, UH, FROM MY HOUSE.
THE TWO, UH, HUNDRED BLOCK OF LA VACA IS SUBSTANTIALLY RESIDENTIAL AND IS THE EDGE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY EXISTS FOR OXBOW TO HAVE ON THE STREET FACING SIDE OF PHASE TWO, SOME HOUSING ELEMENTS THAT ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THE EDGES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE EDGED WITH SUCH A MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT.
AND PROTECTING THE EDGES MEANS YOU HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO NOT DESTROYING THE ELEMENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
SO I DON'T WANT TO MY HOUSE TO BECOME A LAW OFFICE OR THE THE GUYS DOWN THE STREET TO BECOME A WHATEVER.
UH, SO OXBOW I THINK IS TRYING TO DEVELOP THIS IN A WAY THAT'S SENSITIVE TO THE COMMUNITY, RESPECTFUL OF THE HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND I THINK THAT WILL BE A GREAT PROJECT AND HOPEFULLY LAVACCA WILL CONTINUE TO PROSPER THEM.
AND NEXT WE HAVE MS. KATHLEEN NICHOLS OR NICHOLAS FOR ITEM NUMBER 17.
OKAY, WHERE DO I START? CAN I START NOW? OKAY.
I'M KATHLEEN NICHOLAS AND UH, MY PROPERTY IS FM 9 1 38 97 FM 1937.
AND I OWN THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO, UM, THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, WHICH IS THE 80 ACRES FOR A CEMETERY.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT I THINK THAT WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO AND THAT THE PROPERTY, UM, IN QUESTION IS ALREADY ZONED ARE FOUR.
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SO WHY WOULD WE WANNA CHANGE THE LAND USE GUIDELINES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED AND, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.SO WHY WOULD WE UNDERUTILIZE IT IF IT'S ALREADY THERE? UM, THERE'S UM, ALSO HOMES AND SCHOOLS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THIS AREA AND, UM, THE LOCATION IS ONLY 10 MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN AND, UH, FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
AND, UM, THERE WAS A TJ MAX AND A NAVI STAR ALSO FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, THERE'S A UNIVERSITY TEXAS A AND M.
UM, AND SO I JUST THINK THAT THE BEST POTENTIAL USE OF THIS LAND, WHICH UH, WOULD BE TO HELP THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO INSTEAD OF, UM, THE DEAD RIGHT NOW,
SO WHY ARE WE UNDER UTILIZING IT IF IT'S, UM, THERE ANYWAY, UM, FOR THIS REASON I WAS GOING TO OPPOSE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEMS ON CONSENT.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, MR. CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER NINE WITH AMENDMENTS IS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM NUMBER 10 WITH AMENDMENTS IS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM NUMBER 11, 12, 13, NUMBER 16 WITH AMENDMENTS IS READ INTO THE RECORD.
NUMBER 17 WITH AMENDMENTS IS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ALRIGHT, AND IS THERE MR. CHAIR SECOND.
THAT MOTION? ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER NINE AS AMENDED 10 AS AMENDED 11 12 13 16 AS AMENDED 17 AS AMENDED 19 AND 20.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT? LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE.
IF ANY, IF Y'ALL WERE HERE FOR THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THOSE ITEMS WILL NOW BE PROCEEDING ON TO CITY COUNCIL AND YOU ARE FREE TO ENJOY HOPEFULLY THE LAST HOT DAY OF THE YEAR.
ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW BE PROCEEDING ON TO OUR COMBINED HEARING FOR CONTINUANCES.
SO WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO THE 11 FIVE ITEMS. NUMBER SEVEN, EIGHT, AND 18 ARE REQUESTING A THREE WEEK CONTINUANCE TO THE NOVEMBER 5TH MEETING.
AND WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON SEVEN AND 18.
ALRIGHT, UH, VOICEMAILS AND SPEAKERS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HEAR THE VOICEMAILS FIRST PLEASE.
ADAM, I LIVE AT 2 0 8 3 5 GREAT NAVA WITH MY FAMILY.
UH, THE CASE NUM, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 313-7667.
MY EMAIL IS MH PEREZ ADAM@GMAIL.COM.
THE CASE NUMBER IS PA DASH 2 0 2 4 1 6 0 7 0.
I'M CALLING NOT BECAUSE, WELL, BECAUSE UM, I LIVE OFF OF CAMP BULLIS.
I'M NOT WITHIN THE 200 FEET OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEIR TRAFFIC IS MY TRAFFIC AS I HAVE NO OTHER ACCESS OFF MY PROPERTY EXCEPT THROUGH CAMP BULLIS ROAD.
THE PRESENT TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS ALREADY DIFFICULT BUT WILL BE UNSUSTAINABLE WITH 350 TO 400 NEW FAMILIES MOVING IN WITH POTENTIALLY 700 TO 800 MORE CARS PLUS ALL MOVING OVER A ONE LANE BRIDGE THAT HAS A STOPLIGHT CUTTING OFF TRAFFIC, GETTING A, I'M SORRY, GETTING AROUND ANYONE TURNING LEFT.
NOT TO MENTION THE CARS MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK TRYING
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TO EASE INTO OR OUT OF CAMP BULLIS.I HOPE THAT THIS STARTS TO GIVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE VERY REAL DANGER THAT THE PROPOSED, UM, DEVELOPMENT PRESENTS, ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY SUCH AS A FIRE.
UM, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER 18 ON THE AGENDA FOR UM, OCTOBER 15TH, 2024.
IT'S A ZONING CASE ENDING IN 2 3 1.
I LIVE AT 2 0 8 1 1 EAST TEJAS TRAIL SEVEN EIGHT TWO FIVE SEVEN AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 823-5446.
I'M CALLING TO REQUEST A CONTINUANCE OR A POSTPONEMENT ON A DECISION IN THIS CASE UNTIL A TRAFFIC STUDY IS PERFORMED.
THE NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVELOPER AND WE ALL AGREED THAT WITHOUT A RESOLUTION TO THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM IN THE AREA THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK, THAT THERE'S NO NEED TO CHANGE THE ZONING UNLESS WE CAN RESOLVE THE TRAFFIC ISSUE.
BEING THAT WE ARE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND OUR HIGHWAY, THE ONLY ACCESS TO THE HIGHWAY IS THROUGH A VERY NARROW TWO LANE BRIDGE AND IT'S ALREADY, UH, VERY CONGESTED DUE TO A ZONING CHANGE THAT HAPPENED, UH, THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO THAT ALLOWED FOR A SCHOOL TO BE BUILT.
THERE'S CURRENTLY
AND THEN THERE'S THE BACK ENTRANCE OF DOMINION THAT'S CURRENTLY BUILDING 30 TO 35 HOMES WITH AN ADDITIONAL 40 TO 45 COMING PROBABLY IN THE NEXT SIX TO 10 MONTHS.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE A BOTTLENECK AND ALL THIS ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION IS ONLY GOING TO MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, THIS POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD ADD ANOTHER 300 TO 350 POTENTIAL DRIVERS.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST NOT, MY NAME IS SHERRY L BEATER.
I, UM, HAVE A HOME AT 2 0 7 8 2 EAST CAHO TRAIL AND ANOTHER HOME AT 2 0 7 9 0 EAST TEJAS TRAIL.
UM, CASE NUMBER, UH, REGARDING MY CONCERN IS Z 2 0 2 4 1 0 7 0 2 3 1.
THE REASON FOR MY CALL TODAY IS I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, POSSIBLE REZONING FOR A 300 TO 350 CONDO COMPLEX OFF OF CAMP BULLIS ROAD.
UM,
UM, AT THE POINT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE RE THE PART THAT'S GONNA BE REONE MAYBE AND MY HOME THERE IS, UM, ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, UH, OVER A BRIDGE OVER LEON, OVER LEON CREEK.
THERE'S ALSO AN ENTRANCE TO CALVERA WHERE THERE'S A LIGHT.
AND ALL OF THIS, OF CAMP BULLIS ROAD IS ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.
AND THE GREAT CONCERN THAT MY FAMILY AND I HAVE IS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH MORE TRAFFIC.
WE ALREADY HAVE TRAFFIC OFF THE TEO TRAILS ENTRY TO THE DOMINION WHERE THERE'S MANY HOMES BEING BUILT ON AT THAT AREA OF THAT GATE THAT COMES ONTO TEOS TRAIL, WHICH COMES AND GOES OFF OF CAMP BULLAS ROAD AS WELL AS THE NEW.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT IS IT FOR VOICEMAILS FOR 18.
AND THEN, UM, FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, MS. TERESA MYERS, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GONNA JUST, HELLO, MY NAME IS TERESA MENENDEZ MYERS 24 23 GREEN CREST.
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HERE BECAUSE WE HAD NOT HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT, BUT I WANNA THANK DR.KELLUM FOR IMMEDIATELY CONNECTING ME TO THE APPLICANT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, I AM A STRONG PROPONENT OF MISSING MIDDLE.
THIS CASE IS ABOUT LOOKING FOR A DUPLEX, BUT I'VE HEARD FROM MY NEIGHBORS, 'CAUSE THIS IS LITERALLY MY CHILDHOOD HOME, UM, THAT ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE ALL HEARD AS FAR AS PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE UNAWARE OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON AT THE PROPERTIES.
HOWEVER, IN SPEAKING TO MR. KANO, HE IS LETTING ME KNOW THEY ARE VERY MUCH AWARE AND THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS THE ISSUES THAT THEY'VE HAD THUS FAR.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS TO, TO DR.
KELLUM AND TO THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO IS OPENING UP DIALOGUE AND, AND I GUESS JUST IN HOPES OF THAT, BEFORE ANYONE SAYS NO, LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION, LET'S KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND, AND HOPEFULLY COME TO AN AGREEMENT.
AND THEN, SORRY, UM, SORRY, ONE LAST SPEAKER FOR ITEM 18 GOING BACK TO 18.
THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME TIME HERE.
THIS IS JUST KIND OF A LITTLE NARRATIVE.
CAN YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? NAME AND ADDRESS.
OH 2 0 4 7 OH WEST TEJAS TRAIL.
UM, MY MOM AND DAD BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
I LIVE ON THAT RIGHT NOW WHEN I WAS THREE YEARS OLD AND WE HAVE, I DUG UP THE OLD, UH, DEED RESTRICTIONS.
I WAS TRYING TO BRING IT JUST TO, 'CAUSE THE WAY THINGS HAVE CHANGED IS JUST, AND IT'S A POSITIVE THING, BUT IN THE BEGINNING HOUSES HAD TO BE 600 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, BUT THE LOTS WERE ALL FIVE AND LARGER ACRES.
THERE'S SO MANY THOSE OLD HOMES THAT LIKE I LIVE IN TOO THAT ARE STILL THERE.
I, I JUST, I I JUST THINK IT WOULD CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IF, LET'S PUT 50 HOMES ON THAT 24 ACRES RATHER THAN 350 LODGING.
AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS SEVEN, EIGHT, AND 18.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION FROM A COMMISSIONER ON THESE ITEMS? MR. CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE TO CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO THE NOVEMBER 5TH HEARING ITEMS NUMBER SEVEN, EIGHT, AND 18.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS TO CONTINUE ITEMS SEVEN, EIGHT, AND 18 FOR THREE WEEKS TO THE NOVEMBER 5TH MEETING.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT? SEEING NONE.
ALRIGHT, WELL WE MAY SEE Y'ALL IN THREE WEEKS, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND CONTINUANCE HEARING IF WE COULD HEAR THAT ITEM PLEASE.
SO ITEM NUMBER 15 IS REQUESTING A, UH, CONTINUANCE TO THE NOVEMBER 19TH MEETING AND WE DO HAVE A VOICEMAIL TO BE PLAYED FOR THAT ITEM.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 367-3883 AND I LIVE ON FIVE 30 WARE BOULEVARD.
AND THIS IS A COURT IN OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING CASE Z TWO N 24 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 2 2 8.
THIS IS A ROMAN PENA OPPOSITION TO THE, UH, ZONING, UH, CHANGE.
UH, THE CASE NUMBER IS Z 20 24 2 2 8.
AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM, MR. CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
ITEM NUMBER 15TH TO THE NOVEMBER 19TH HEARING.
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IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.THERE IS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS TO CONTINUE.
ITEM NUMBER 15 FOR FIVE WEEKS TO THE NOVEMBER 19TH MEETING.
LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING RIGHT AND SEEING NONE.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL SEE Y'ALL NEXT MONTH.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING AND I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER ONE IS FIRST UP, IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S REPORT PLEASE.
MY NAME IS KELLY SANDERS, UM, PLANNING COORDINATOR WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS LOCATED OFF OF SMITHSON VALLEY AND TRINITY PARK.
UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING FROM C TWO TO MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
14 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
UM, WE RECEIVED 55 IN OPPOSITION.
THE REQUESTING C TWO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT IS ALSO APPROPRIATE.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS APPROPRIATELY LOCATED WITH ACCESS OFTEN ON ARTERIAL STREET, WHICH PROVIDES A BUFFER BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES TO THE WEST FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE EAST.
THE PROPOSAL IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH ENCOURAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATE HOUSING TYPES TO ACCOMMODATE THE CITY'S GROWING POPULATION AT ALL INCOME LEVELS.
THE APP APPLICANT WANTS TO AMEND THEIR REQUEST TO MF 18 AND, UM, THEY ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND ALSO SAWS IS HERE TO SHARE THEIR REPORT.
ALL RIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE SAS REPORT PLEASE.
UH, MICHAEL ESCALANTE WITH SA A FOR PROTECTION AND EVALUATION SECTION.
WE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION LOCATED EAST OF HIGHWAY 2 81 NORTH AT THE INTERSECTION OF SMITHSON VALLEY ROAD AND TRINITY PARK ROAD, ALLOWING FOR A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON 15.26 ACRES.
THE SITE IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED WITH NATIVE TREES THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
A ZONE OF SOLUTION CAVITIES AND SINKHOLES WERE OBSERVED IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE.
A CAVE AND A SOLUTION ENLARGED FRACTURE, UH, WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
THESE SENSITIVE GEOLOGIC FEATURES WILL BE PRESERVED IN A FENCED UH, BUFFER AREA AND MAINTAINED IN A NATURAL CONDITION.
NO PORTION OF THE SITE IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN PER SUBMITTED SITE PLAN BY THE APPLICANT.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE SAS REPORT TO INCLUDE 50% PERVIOUS COVER FOR THE OVERALL SITE AND PRESERVING THE IDENTIFIED SENSITIVE GEOLOGIC FEATURES WITHIN A FENCED IN NATURAL BUFFER AREA.
IF WE'D HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE, YOU CAN LEAVE IT ON THAT PAGE FOR NOW.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, THREE 15 ECOMMERCE SUITE 3 0 4.
UM, HERE TODAY TO PROPOSE A NEW, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX ON UNDEVELOPED LAND.
AS STAFF SUGGESTED, WE ARE WILLING TO, UM, DOWNGRADE OUR REQUESTS FROM 33 UNITS PER ACRE TO 18 UNITS PER ACRE.
WORKING WITH SAWS, THEY'VE RECOMMENDED 50% IMPERVIOUS COVER.
AND SO THE 33% JUST IS NOT NECESSARY.
SO THERE'S NO REASON TO, UH, ASK FOR MORE THAN WE REALLY NEED.
SO WE WILL BE ASKING FOR THE 18 UNITS PER ACRE.
YOU KNOW, IF WE DEVELOPED IT TODAY AT COMMERCIAL, WE COULD HAVE 65% IMPERVIOUS COVER.
BY APPROVING THE REZONING, YOU WILL BE REDUCING THE IMPERVIOUS COVER TO 50%.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR, I'M GONNA ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT OF REBUTTAL TIME AFTER THE OPPOSITION SPEAKS, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET TO THE NORTH OF PROPERTY.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS, UM, THE PROPERTY JUST IN THE NORTH OF US IS OWNED BY HEB GROCERY COMPANIES WHO WE'RE IMAGINING THAT'S GONNA BE A FUTURE GROCERY STORE.
THE PROPERTY ACROSS BO VERDE THAT SENT IN THEIR SUPPORT, THAT'S GONNA BE A FUTURE MINI STORAGE SITE.
UH, WE'RE JUST OFF HIGHWAY 2 81.
WE THINK FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A VERY GOOD SITE FOR MULTIFAMILY QUICK ACCESS TO THE HIGHWAY.
THE OPPOSITION THAT WE HAVE IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.
I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT THEY'RE UPSET THEY DIDN'T GET NOTICE, BUT THAT'S STATE LAW.
IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, YOU DO NOT RECEIVE NOTICE ON A REZONING.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND THIS COMMISSION THAT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE PART OF THE TIMBERWOOD LITIGATION
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BACK IN 20 15, 20 16.THEY SUED THE CITY SO THEY SPECIFICALLY WOULD NOT BE ANNEXED AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
THE CITY DID TRY TO ANNEX THEM, THEY FOUGHT IT THROUGH LITIGATION.
SO I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS REZONING, STAFF'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND LIKE I SAID, AND REVERT TO RE RESERVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF REBUTTAL TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO.
WE HAVE A MIX OF VOICEMAILS AND SPEAKERS.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A FEW FOLKS WHO HAD SIGNED UP BUT ALSO LEFT A VOICEMAIL.
UM, MR. THOMAS KELLY, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK TODAY OR HAVE YOUR VOICEMAIL HEARD? I WILL SPEAK TODAY.
AND THEN ALSO, MR. PHILIP REVLIN, ARE YOU HERE? YEAH, I'M HERE.
DO YOU WANT YOUR VOICEMAIL PLAYED OR DO YOU WANNA SPEAK? I'LL SPEAK.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PLAY THE VOICEMAILS.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE SPEAKERS CASE.
I LIVE AT 2 7 1 3 TUSCAN CREST, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 6 1.
AND THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO CASE Z DASH 2 0 24 7 1 9.
UH, THE REZONING PROPOSAL OVER HERE BY THE TRINITY OAK SUBDIVISION.
UM, SIMPLY PUT, I DO NOT APPROVE THIS AND REALLY HOPE THAT YOU'LL RECONSIDER, UH, PUTTING IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE SUBDIVISION.
MY WIFE AND I RECENTLY MOVED OVER HERE FROM THE ENBREL POINT SUBDIVISION SHORTLY AFTER, UH, THE, UH, SEND APARTMENTS OFF OF 1604 WENT UP.
ONCE THE APARTMENTS WENT UP, THE INCREASED TRAFFIC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, NUMBER OF PETTY THEFTS SUCH AS LIKE PORCH PIRATES, UH, INCREASED DRAMATICALLY WITH THE INCOMING PEOPLE THAT WERE MOVING IN.
AND WE MOVED AWAY FROM, UH, THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE TO GET JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, TO NOT HAVE THIS SORT OF, UH, CONGESTION.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE AN INCREASED NUMBER OF KIDDOS HAVING TO GO TO SCHOOL.
CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THE INTERSECTION OF TRINITY PARK AND VERDE ROAD IS A MAD HOUSE WHEN LEAVING IN THE MORNINGS TO TRY TO TAKE YOUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
AND THIS INCREASED, UH, TRAFFIC WITH NEW PEOPLE MOVING IN IS GONNA MAKE IT EVEN HARDER TO GET IN AND OUTTA THE NEIGHBORHOOD DURING HIGH TRAFFIC HOURS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE INCREASED ACCIDENTS.
THE COMMUNITY'S ALREADY BEEN FIGHTING TO TRY TO GET A STOPLIGHT PUT IN HERE WITH NO PREVAIL.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING WITH THE INCREASED, UH, COMMUNITY COMING IN WITH MORE PEOPLE.
AND FURTHERMORE, HAS IT GONNA ALSO CONGEST OUR SCHOOLS.
WE'RE ALREADY A CAPACITY FOR INDIAN SPRINGS AND THE NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE CHILDREN NOW HAVING TO ATTEND.
THIS IS GONNA CREATE A DAMPER FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS HERE.
SO I HOPE YOU RECONSIDER AND, AND LOOK AT, OH, MY NAME IS CHRISTINA SOLIS.
I LIVE AT 2 6 4 1 8 TUSCAN PARK, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 6 1.
THIS IS IN REGARDING THE NOTICE OF ZONING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING CASE NUMBER ENDING IN ERZD.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STRESS THAT I AM AGAINST THE, UM, BUILDING OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE CORNER OF VERDE AND TRINITY PARK DUE TO, UM, HIGH CRIME, UM, MORE NOISE REVOLVING TENANTS, MORE TRASH VANDALISM.
SO I AM AGAINST, UM, THE BUILDING OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, UM, ON THAT CORNER.
UH, THIS IS A QUIET COMMUNITY AND I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE YOU TO STAY THAT WAY, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY I CHOSE THIS AREA.
HELLO, MY NAME IS DAVID COFFEE.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 6 4 0 2 TUSCAN PARK, SAN ANTONIO SEVEN EIGHT TWO SIX ONE.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 860-7731.
AND I'M CALLING IN REGARD TO THE CASE NUMBER ENDING IN 0 1 1 9, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH, UH, MUL, UH, A ZONING CHANGE ON THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE I LIVE.
AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING, UM, MULTIPLE, UM, LIVING SITUATIONS IN THIS SETTING.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DISRUPTIVE TO OUR TRAFFIC FLOW AS WELL AS CREATE SOME REAL CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, THE WATER FLOW THAT WILL COME OFF OF ALL THE IMPERVIOUS, UH, SURFACES.
UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SITS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM
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THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.UH, I PROPOSE THAT IT REMAIN AS IT IS, AS OPPOSED TO CHANGING IT SO THAT THESE APARTMENT BUILDINGS CAN BE BUILT.
UH, WE SIT LOWER IN ELEVATION THAN THESE AND WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF WATER FLOW THROUGH OUR PROPERTY.
UH, WHENEVER THERE'S, UH, HEAVY RAINS, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF WE HAVE THAT MUCH MORE IMPERVIOUS SURFACES, UH, UH, ALL DEVELOPED ACROSS THE STREET.
SO I AM VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ALONG WITH ISSUES OF HAVING MULTIPLE MORE PEOPLE, SO MANY MORE PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS, UH, ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
I I THINK IT'S ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THIS STREET.
AND TO HAVE, UH, APARTMENT BUILDINGS NOW WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC FLOW ON, ON OUR STREET, TRYING TO GET OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY.
ALONG WITH OUR CONCERNS ABOUT, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS AND OUR, BECAUSE I RESIDE AT 2 6 3 2 3 TUSCAN PARK WITH MY HUSBAND, UH, JOHN AGART.
UM, I AM OPPOSED TO THE ZONING CASE ENDING IN 1 1 9.
UM, WE FEEL LIKE WE WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED, UM, BY THIS NEW BUILDING.
UH, THERE WILL BE, UH, APARTMENTS IN OUR VIEW.
UM, OUR PROPERTY IS BACKED INTO, UM, TRINITY PARK AND, UM, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, UM, INCREASED ROADWAY AREAS, UM, IS UNREALISTIC.
AND, UM, WE ARE CONCERNED FOR, UH, OUR DECREASED PRIVACY AND INCREASED CRIME RATE IN THE AREA.
UH, MY ADDRESS, MY ADDRESS IS 25 0 7 KIN OAKS, SAN ANTONIO SEVEN EIGHT TWO SIX ONE.
MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS (210) 863-8100.
THIS IS IN REFERENCE CASE NUMBER 1 1 9.
AGAIN, REFERENCE CASE NUMBER 1 1 9 JAMES SANDERS.
I AM AGAINST CASE NUMBER 1 1 9.
I WOULD DO NOT WISH THAT THAT WOULD PASS.
BYE PETE CALDWELL, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 264-4629.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 6 4 2 2 TUSCAN PARK AND I'M IN, UM, AN OPPOSITION OF THIS, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEX, GONE ACROSS THE STREET.
I THINK IT COULD HINDER PROPERTY VALUE OF MY HOME, CRIME AND NOISE 'CAUSE IT'S VERY QUIET HERE.
AND THE CASE NUMBER IS AS Z AS IN ZEBRA, 2 0 2 4 1 0 7 0 0 1 1 9 ERZ AS IN DEBRA.
I LIVE AT AT TWO SIX THREE ONE NINE TUSCAN PARK.
UH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 867-7002.
I'M CALLING ABOUT ITEM AGENDA OR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
UH, LAST THREE DIGITS IS 1 1 9.
IT'S THE, UH, THE PROPOSED ZONING CASE, UH, CHANGE FROM, UH, COMMERCIAL TO MF, UH, TO MULTIFAMILY, ROUGHLY AT THE CORNER OF 2 81 AND, UH, VERDE ROAD, SPECIFICALLY ON TRINITY, UH, ONE BLOCK EAST OF 2 81.
ANYWAY, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I LIVE WITHIN THE 200 FEET NOTIFICATION, UH, ZONE.
MY, MY HOME IS COMPLETELY WITHIN THAT ZONE AND I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED.
UM, I'M CLEAR ON WHAT THE UDC SPECIFIES AND HOW NOTIFICATIONS WORK.
UM, I, I WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY MAIL OR BY ANY, EVEN A PHONE CALL.
UH, AND, UH, FROM TALKING TO SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS, THEY WERE NOT NOTIFIED EITHER.
SO RIGHT OFF THE BAT, THIS ITEM NEEDS TO BE TABLED TO THE NEXT AGENDA, UH, TO THE NEXT, UH, MEETING IN TWO WEEKS.
SECONDLY, UH, I AM VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO THIS, UH, ZONING CASE.
THE, UM, THE TRAFFIC ON, UH, UH, ON, ON THAT ON OUR ROAD IS ALREADY JUST RIDICULOUS.
AND THIS IS ONLY GONNA, NOT ONLY IS THIS GONNA, UH, INCREASE TRAFFIC IS GONNA REQUIRE, UH, THE ROAD WIDENING, UH, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT A COLLECTOR OR EVEN A BIGGER, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE TRAFFIC CONCERNS AT THE CORNER OF TRINITY AND, UM, AND BULVERDE ROAD.
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DEFINITELY A LIGHT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED.NOW THAT NEEDS TO BE REQUIRED.
NOW, UH, TRAFFIC'S GONNA BE A TON WORSE.
I'VE GOT DRAINAGE ISSUES, DRAINAGE CONCERNS.
UH, TYPICALLY I KNOW THAT, UH, THE IMPERVIOUS COVER ON A COMMERCIAL IS A LOT MORE THAN MULTIFAMILY.
UH, REGARDLESS THE CONFIGURATION OF MULTIFAMILY, UH, SOMEHOW SO SOMETIMES MAKES IT THE DRAINAGE EVEN WORSE.
MASON, MY LAST NAME IS BRAND B-R-A-N-D.
I LIVE AT 2 6 2 1 0 LANE BEAVER 7 8 2 6 0.
I AM CALLING IN REFERENCE TO ZONING CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2024 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 1 9 ERZD.
ALTHOUGH I DON'T LIVE WITHIN 200 FEET OF THIS, UH, PROJECT, I'M VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO IT BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED MORE APARTMENTS UP HERE.
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO OVERCROWD OR ALREADY OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS.
AND I ALSO GOT A HOLD OF THE SAWS, UH, IMPACT STUDY REGARDING IMPACT ON THE AQUIFER IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS PRESENTS AN ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT TO OUR DRINKING WATER.
WE STAND AGAINST THIS ZONING REQUEST AS A COMMUNITY AND WE DEMAND THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NOT APPROVE THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
FEEL FREE TO CALL ME BACK AT (210) 396-2594.
UH, THIS IS, UH, IN REGARDS TO NOTICE OF ZONING COMMISSION, UH, PUBLIC HEARING CASE.
UH, MY ADDRESS IS 2 6 3 2 7, UH, TUSCAN PARK.
UM, I AM CALLING TO LEAVE A VOICEMAIL IN REGARDS TO THE ZONING CHANGE, UM, THAT WE ARE, UM, WE VOTE AGAINST IT, UM, FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
UM, THE FIRST REASON BEING THE, UH, WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE LAYOUT THAT WE SAW OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, UM, HAS THE PROPER ENTRANCE AND EXITS.
WE THINK THIS TRINITY, UH, STREET CAN'T HANDLE THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC.
UH, IT WOULD NEED OUTLETS TO BULVERDE OR 2 81 TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT KIND OF HEAVY TRAFFIC, UM, UNLESS THERE WAS SOME SORT OF MASSIVE, UM, STREET EXPANSION.
UH, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE THE, UH, CURRENT DESIGN IS DEFINITELY GONNA RESULT IN A MAJOR INVASION AND PRIVACY.
UM, THE RENDERINGS I SAW HAS THE BUILDING, UH, VERY CLOSE TO THE STREET, UH, ABOUT FOUR STORIES TALL.
SO, UM, THE 14 OR SO HOMES THAT ARE AFFECTED HERE IN TUSCAN OAKS, UH, WILL NO DOUBT HAVE MULTIPLE BALCONIES, UH, OVERLOOKING ALL OF OUR BACKYARDS.
UH, WITH THAT SAID, UM, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, ALL 14 OF OUR HOMES WILL PROBABLY SUFFER A MAJOR, UM, HOME VALUE DECLINE, UH, AND UM, AS A RESULT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS TO, YOU KNOW, BE COMPENSATED FOR THAT TYPE OF THING.
THOMAS AND VICKY POP 25 26 TUSCAN OAK SAN ANTONIO 8 3 0 4 3 8 8 0 8 1 LAST THREE OF THE CASE NUMBER IS 1 1 9.
YOU HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW ON THE 15TH.
UH, MY MESSAGE IS WE ARE A US AIR FORCE VETERAN FAMILY.
MY WIFE AND I HAVE OWNED A HOME IN THE TUSCAN OAK SUBDIVISION FOR 11 PLUS YEARS, RIGHT ACROSS TUSCAN PARK ROAD FROM THE PROPOSED MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE MAIN REASONS THAT WE BOUGHT OUR HOME WAS THAT THE SUBDIVISION WAS ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED AS 55 PLUS AS ALL THE FEATURES FOR SENIORS.
MY WIFE AND I ARE BOTH IN OUR SEVENTIES, THIS IS OUR RETIREMENT HOME AND MOST LIKELY THE ONE WILL DIE AGAIN.
THE BIG CONCERN MOVING TO THE TUSCAN OAK SUBDIVISION WAS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION ACROSS THE STREET.
THE ONE PUSHED BY MANY WAS THAT IT WAS OWNED BY A LOCAL FOOD STORE.
ALSO, ONE RUMOR SAID THE PROPERTY WAS UNUSABLE.
SINCE IT HAD CAVES THAT FLOWED IN THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, THESE TWO SUPPOSED FACTS GAVE US COMFORT THAT PERHAPS ITS PROPERTY WOULD NEVER BE BUILT ON.
HOWEVER, TODAY IS NINE OCTOBER AND A BARELY READABLE YELLOW REZONING SIGN JUST POPPED UP.
IT BASICALLY SAYS THERE'S A REQUEST TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY.
FROM COMMERCIAL TO MULTI-FAMILY HOMES, A 256 UNITS MULTI-FAMILY HOME DEVELOPMENT IS THE WORST NIGHTMARE THAT WE ENVISION FOR THIS PROPERTY.
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TO KEEP IT COMMERCIAL, PUT IT IN A GROCERY AND OR RETAIL STORES, PLUS RESTAURANTS, WHICH WE NEED IN THIS AREA.YESTERDAY WAS 12 OCTOBER, AND THE YELLOW SIGNS ARE EITHER KNOCKED DOWN OR GONE.
THIS MAKES THREE OR FOUR DAYS OF VISIBLE POSTING, NOT MUCH OF A NOTICE FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT DECISION THAT WILL AFFECT APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN NEARBY SUBDIVISIONS, INCLUDING MINE.
AS SENIORS, WE FEAR FOR OUR SAFETY.
MULTIFAMILY HOMES MEAN BIG FAMILIES AND MANY YOUNG KIDS.
WE WON'T FEEL SAFE WALKING OUR STREETS AT NIGHT FOR FEAR OF BEING HARASSED, MOLESTED BY YOUNG PEOPLE.
ALL RIGHT, THAT IS IT FOR THE VOICEMAILS AND I'LL MOVE ON TO SPEAKERS.
UH, FIRST SPEAKER WE HAVE SIGNED UP IS MR. JOHN HICKMA.
YOU WILL HAVE, UM, TWO MINUTES.
IF YOU CAN JUST, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND AFTER MR. HAACK, IT'LL BE MR. THOMAS KELLY.
I LIVE AT, UH, 4 0 0 1 MARK ALLEN IN THE CLEAR SPRINGS PARK SUBDIVISION THAT'S JUST ON THE EAST SIDE OF SMITHSON VALLEY.
UH, ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE, UH, INTERSECTION OF BO VERDE ROAD.
THERE, YOU'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF THESE VOICEMAILS OF CONCERNS THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE, UH, PRESENTING.
MOST OF THESE ARE WITHIN 200 FEET.
I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE CASE MANAGER OUTLINING ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT CONCERNS.
I WON'T TAKE TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DETAILS AND THE CALCULATIONS, BUT THE TWO BIGGEST CONCERNS FOR ME ARE, NUMBER ONE, THE TRAFFIC.
EVEN IF THIS IS ADJUSTED TO AN MF 18 DESIGNATION, YOU'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER 300 CARS TO PUT ONTO BULVERDE ROAD, WHICH IS ALREADY STRESSED.
CURRENTLY IT'S ALREADY A PATCHWORK OF ASPHALT BANDAGES AND IT'S ONLY TWO LANES.
SO I THINK THAT ADDING THAT MUCH TRAFFIC AT ONE POINT ON THAT SHORT OF STRETCH IS GONNA OFFER SEVERE TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
PERHAPS MY BIGGER CONCERN HAS TO DEAL WITH WATER USAGE.
UM, THIS AREA OF BAYER COUNTY IS ALREADY UNDER A CRITICAL NEED FOR WATER AND ADDING THIS DENSITY OF POPULATION IS GOING TO STRESS THAT EVEN MORE.
UH, THERE IS A STUDY FROM THE TRINITY GLEN ROSE GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT ADDITIONAL WATER PUMPING IN THIS AREA IS GONNA CAUSE.
IT'S GONNA DROP THE LEVEL OF THE AQUIFER ABOUT 11 FEET FOR EVERY 5,000 ACRE FEET.
I DID SOME QUICK CALCULATIONS BEFORE, AND BY MY ESTIMATES, THE ORIGINAL MF 33 DESIGNATION WOULD DRAW MORE WATER THAN OUR ENTIRE SUBDIVISION OF CLEAR SPRINGS PARK.
SO THAT'S 10 ACRES THAT'S DRAWING MORE WATER THAN 1200 ACRES ONE MILE DOWN THE ROAD.
SO FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD URGE THE ZONING COMMISSION TO EITHER POSTPONE OR DENY THIS PROPOSED CHANGE.
NEXT IS MR. THOMAS KELLY AND HE IS TO BE FOLLOWED BY DR.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU.
UH, PHIL IS OUR HOA VICE PRESIDENT AND MYSELF WENT UP AND DOWN THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE 200 FOOT, UH, PARAMETER.
WE TALKED TO MAIL, CORRECT? NOBODY.
SO WE GOT A COPY, WE SAW THE SIGN OUT IN THE STREET THERE ON THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A COPY OF THE REQUEST FOR APPROVAL.
AND WE RAN UP AND DOWN THE STREET LAST NIGHT GIVING PEOPLE COPIES OF THAT BECAUSE NOBODY RECEIVED A MAIL COPY FROM WHOEVER SENDS IT OUT.
AND WE DROPPED THE PAPERWORK OFF OUT HERE.
SO WE HAD THREE DAYS, THREE DAYS FROM THE TIME WE BECAME AWARE THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE HERE.
THE OTHER PROBLEM IS I SEE THIS SITUATION BEING, UH, A PROBLEM WITH TRAFFIC.
THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN MEN MENTIONED ALREADY.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN THAT AREA WHATSOEVER.
WELL, YOU CAN CALL UBER, I SUPPOSE, BUT THERE IS NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND THERE ARE NO OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEXES WITHIN A MILE OF THAT.
UH, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES.
UH, SAFETY AND CRIME AND PROPERTY VALUES ARE THE MAIN CONCERN.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE IF WE HAD MORE THAN THREE DAYS, CORRECT? A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE.
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HE'S IN THE 200 FOOT ZONE AND THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE, BUT WE GOT PAPERWORK LAST NIGHT UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT.BYRON AUGUSTINE TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. JOHN EGGERT.
CAN YOU PUT THAT ON THE SCREEN AND THEN, UH, TO FOLLOW WITH THAT WILL BE THAT, AND THEN THE LAST TWO.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK QUICKLY.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU MEMBERS, WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU LIVE IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING AREA? 1, 2, 3, 4.
WELL, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHEN WE SHOW YOU SOMETHING ELSE.
UH, THE FIRST THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO LOOK AT THE, THERE IT IS.
AS YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP RIGHT HERE, I LIVE IN TUSCAN OAKS.
THAT'S THE ONE WITH THE YELLOW PRINTING AND THE OTHER AREA, YOU KNOW WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION IS.
THAT'S GONNA BE JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM US.
AND NOW WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO DO IS TO PUT THAT ONE UP.
THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BE ACROSS THE ROAD FROM US.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3 STORY APARTMENTS, TWO, FOUR STORY, FOUR STORY APARTMENTS.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IN THE BACK.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THAT AREA ACROSS THE STREET FROM US.
NOW, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE THAT DOWN AND, AND PUT THE FIRST ONE ON.
OKAY, WILL YOU, MY MAJOR CONCERN IS WATER, NOT AS A SOURCE, BUT AS A DANGER.
AND IF YOU'LL LOOK THERE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE IS A CREEK WHICH FLOWS DOWN THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
AND IF YOU'LL LOOK ON THERE RIGHT AT WHERE IT COMES TO, UH, TO THE STREET THAT GOES TO TRINITY OAK OR TRINITY PARK, YOU'LL SEE IT SAYS LONG CREEK.
THIS SAYS IT'S FROM THE ZONING CASE NOTIFICATION PLAN.
AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHO DID THIS PROJECT, BUT LONG CREEK IS NOT THE NAME OF THAT CREEK.
THE CREEK IS ELM WATERHOLE CREEK.
AND THAT CREEK, IF YOU START AT THE PROPERTY THAT WE LIVE IN, IS A FEMA FLOOD PLAIN.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OFF MOST A GOOD PORTION OF THOSE TREES OPEN UP.
NEXT WE HAVE MR. JOHN EGGERT TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. AMY LEON.
TWO MINUTES NOT IF YOU CAN, YOUR ORIGINAL ONE.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
UM, I LAY ON ONE OF THE 14 BACK IT UP HERE.
WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT A, WE HAVE A POINTER UP HERE, SIR.
I CAN THROW A ROCK FROM MY BACKYARD TO THAT ACROSS THE STREET.
UH, PROPOSED PROPERTY, UH, WE MOVED THERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, WAS MY WIFE AND I'S DREAM TO FIND A HOUSE LIKE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, WE ARE ALL VERY UPSET WHAT'S GOING ON? IT'S AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE.
UM, ESPECIALLY THE, THE PROPOSED TRAFFIC.
WE HAVE A HARD ENOUGH TIME GETTING OUTTA THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
A FOUR STORY UNIT IN THE BACK OF MY PROPERTY CAN LOOK IN MY BACKYARD.
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO PRIVACY.
THE ONLY CHOICE WE HAVE IF THIS GETS APPROVED IS TO SELL OUR HOUSE BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION LAYS GROUND.
AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE EITHER.
SO, UM, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS PROJECT.
IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AND UH, IT WOULD JUST DESTROY OUR COMMUNITY.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. AMY LEON TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. ALLISON GUERRERO.
SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK TODAY.
UM, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC, SO I WON'T MENTION MUCH OF THAT.
WE'VE ALREADY COVERED IT EXCEPT MY HOUSE BACKS UP TO BULL VERDE ROAD AND I CAN ALREADY TELL YOU THAT IT'S A RACETRACK SOMETIMES.
UH, SOME OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE WATER ISSUES AND THEY'RE DEFINITELY SMARTER AND MORE RESEARCH THAN I AM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND SKIP THAT AS WELL.
BUT WHAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE CRIME.
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AND SO JUST PAST THE LITTLE BARRIER OF NOTIFICATION IS ACTUALLY THE END OF SAN ANTONIO.SO WHAT POLICE OFFICERS ARE GONNA BE TAKING CARE OF THAT AREA SPECIFICALLY, DO WE HAVE SUBSTATIONS SET UP? DO WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT IS GONNA BE? AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE SCHOOL OVERCROWDING THAT'S BEEN COVERED AS WELL.
BUT ONE THING THAT WASN'T MENTIONED IS 50% OF OUR TEXAS TEACHERS ARE NOT CERTIFIED, WHICH WE ALREADY KNOW THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT LEARNING AS WELL AS THEY COULD WITH A TEACHER THAT IS ACTUALLY CERTIFIED.
SO HAVE WE CHECKED ALL THE SCHOOLS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY AND THE TEACHING STAFF TO ENSURE THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS? AND THEN EMERGENCY SERVICES, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY REMEMBERS THE FREEZE THAT WE HAD, BUT THE HOSPITALS EMERGENCY ROOMS SPECIFICALLY ACTUALLY FROZE OVER.
THEY HAD NO WATER, SO NOBODY COULD DO EMERGENCY SERVICES AT THE, AT THE HOSPITAL THERE.
SO THAT'S A REAL CONCERN THAT IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH WATER TO GET UP THERE, DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE CAPACITY FOR THAT? I'VE ALSO, MYSELF SPENT SIX HOURS WAITING IN THAT WAITING ROOM TO GET SEEN.
SO DO WE HAVE SERVICES FOR 400 MORE PEOPLE? UH, THE OTHER THING IS WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE IMPACT REPORTS, DO WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY? THE ANSWER WAS NO.
IS THAT REALLY COVERING EVERYTHING FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY? I REALLY THINK, NO.
UM, AND THEN THE STRAIN ON, UH, AMBULANCES, FIRE TRUCKS, ALL OF THOSE HAVE, WE REALLY DONE THE STUDY ON THAT.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. ALLISON GU GUERRO, AND SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MS. NORA TURA.
I THE TIME APOLOGIZE FOR BUTCHERING THE NAMES.
HE SIGNED UP AND WAS GONNA GIMME HIS TIME AS WELL IF HE SAYS HE'S GIVING HIS TIME.
UH, MR. CHAIR, POINT OF ORDER.
UH, THE, UH, SPEAKERS ARE NOT IDENTIFYING THEIR ADDRESSES.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, UH, JUST A, A NOTE THAT WHEN Y'ALL COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE UH, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND YOU'LL BE GRANTED FOUR MINUTES.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 6 5 0 8 TUSCAN VIEW.
I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CATTY CORNER TO WHERE, UM, THIS IS HAPPENING.
AND I DO HAVE HERE A CHANGE.ORG PETITION THAT IS OPPOSING THE REZONING OF LAND NEAR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS OF, UM, I STARTED THIS PETITION ON OCTOBER 3RD, AND AS OF TODAY WE HAD 585 SIGNATURES OPPOSING THIS ZONING, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT AND I CAN SHARE THIS WITH YOU ALL, BUT IT'S ALSO GOT THE ZIP CODES THAT WERE INCLUDED SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS PEOPLE THAT ARE FROM THE AREA.
IT'S GOT A LITTLE MAP IN HERE THAT'LL SHOW YOU THE ZIP CODES IN THE AREA THAT ALL OF THE OPPOSITION HAS COME FROM.
UM, MAIN POINTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE PETITION ARE INCREASED TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION, WHICH A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED.
THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN A SPEEDING MONITORING DEVICE ON VERDE ROAD, WHICH IT'S NOT SMITHSON VALLEY ROAD, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE REFERENCING.
IT'S ACTUALLY BULVERDE ROAD IN TRINITY PARK WHERE, UM, THIS IS, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
HOWEVER, UM, SO THEY'VE BEEN MONITORING FOR ABOUT A YEAR, THE SPEED ON BULVERDE ROAD WITH THE DIGITAL MONITORING.
THERE'S ALSO FOUR LANES THAT YOU HAVE TO CROSS WHEN YOU'RE EXITING TRINITY PARK, TAKING A LEFT ONTO BULVERDE ROAD, WHICH IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE INDIAN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY WITH NO LIGHT AND VERY BAD POOR TRAFFIC.
THERE'S ACCIDENTS THERE QUITE REGULARLY.
UM, RECENTLY THERE ARE ACTUAL, ACTUALLY TWO ACCIDENTS WITHIN ONE HOUR OF EACH OTHER ON A RAINY DAY.
UM, NEXT IS THE STRAIN ON LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO INDIAN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALREADY CANNOT OFFER BUSES TO ANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HERE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT FIND BUS DRIVERS.
SO WE ALREADY CANNOT SERVICE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD MORE CHILDREN TO THIS.
UM, TXDOT MUST CONDUCT A TRAFFIC IMPACTS, UM, IMPACT ANALYSIS STUDY BEFORE ANY TYPE OF ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION IS DONE IN THIS AREA.
WE'VE ACTUALLY ASKED FOR CROSSWALKS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE SIDES ACROSS TRINITY PARK FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET TO THE COMMUNITY POOL, PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK AND TRINITY PARK ACTUALLY RUNS TO, UM, THE ACCESS ROAD OF 2 81 ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE.
SO WE GET A LOT OF THROUGH TRAFFIC THERE ALREADY.
SO THAT'S EXPECTED TO INCREASE
SO, UM, AS MANY OF, UM, THERE'S NOT BEEN A WATER ABATEMENT POLLUTION PLAN BY TCEQ
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YET, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO SEE.THERE IS A CAVE DOCUMENTED ON THIS SITE THAT FEEDS TO THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AND JUST FENCING IT OFF IS NOT GOING TO KEEP POLLUTION FROM ENTERING THE CAVE IN THOSE WATERWAYS.
THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SITE.
ALSO, I'VE GOT AN ARTICLE HERE FROM SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS, AND IT'S INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH TITLED ALMOST HALF SAN ANTONIO LANDLORDS ARE OFFERING DEALS TO ATTRACT RENTERS AMID GLUT OF NEW UNITS.
THIS WAS FROM AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH APARTMENTS TO HOUSE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR APARTMENTS IN OUR CITY.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY, UM, 10,000 NEW RENTAL UNITS BUILT IN 2023 AND ANOTHER 12,500 PLANNED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO MORE IS NOT NECESSARILY MORE.
AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE BUILD THESE APARTMENTS AND THEY'RE NOT RENTED, THEY'RE GONNA GET DISCOUNTED, WHICH IS WHAT THIS ARTICLE TALKS ABOUT.
AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA COME TO THE CITY AND ASK FOR MONEY, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO TURN INTO SECTION EIGHT APARTMENTS WHEN WE DON'T NEED THEM.
SO, IN CLOSING, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.
INFRASTRUCTURE'S NOT IN PLACE FOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN SCHOOLS.
THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS TAKEN OVER $30 MILLION IN CHAPTER 49 FROM MAU.
THE DEVELOPER WILL BE, WILL NOT BE BE, THEY'LL MOST LIKELY BE ASKING FOR TAX CREDITS WHILE THEIR RENTERS ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO TAXES OR OUR SCHOOLS.
SO THEY'RE CAUSING AN ADDITIONAL STRAIN WITHOUT THAT.
OH, AND REAL QUICK, HEB OWNS IS THE LARGEST LAND OWNER IN OUR CITY AND THEY DON'T DEVELOP MOST OF IT INTO HEBS.
IT'S ACTUALLY THEIR BIG INVESTMENT.
SO JUST BECAUSE THEY OWN LAND OUTSIDE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT MEAN IT WILL EVER ACTUALLY BE.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. NORA AND, AND THEN SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MR. DAVID STEWART.
THAT'S NORA RA 27 51 TRINITY VIEW.
I'M A ACTUALLY FORMER SAS INTERN AND T-C-E-Q-I AM A PROJECT ENGINEER.
SO, UM, DETAILS, ATTENTION TO DETAILS.
THIS PROPOSAL NEEDS TO BE STOPPED, MITIGATED, UM, CANCELED ON THE TWO TECHNICALITIES OF, IT'S THE INCORRECT ADDRESS.
IT IS NOT SMITHSON ROAD, WHICH IS FURTHER DOWN.
IT IS BULVERDE ROAD AND TRINITY PARK.
AND THEN WHEN I DID REACH OUT TO THE CASE MANAGER, I, I I GOMEZ, UM, THE PLACEMENT OF THAT PLACARD WAS RIGHT WHERE THAT ARROW IS INDICATING EDWARD'S AQUIFER RESOURCE.
SO WE ASSUMED THAT IT WAS THE HEB TRACTS.
SO THE PEOPLE OVER AT TRINITY OAKS, TUSCAN, TUSCAN OAKS NEVER GOT THE VIEWING OR THE PROPER NOTIFICATION THAT IT WAS THESE TWO SOUTHERN TRACKS.
UM, AGAIN, A DELAY, A POSTPONEMENT, WHATEVER IT IS, ON TECHNICALITY.
NEXT TO BE, UM, NEXT IS MR. DAVID STEWART, AND HE IS TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. FRANK MAY.
UM, 2 7 0 2 7 TRINITY HEIGHTS.
UM, I AM IN THE NEXT COMMUNITY TO THIS.
UH, MY DAUGHTER DOES GO, OR GRANDDAUGHTER GOES TO INDIAN SPRINGS.
AND THIS WOULD JUST ADD TO IT.
AND BESIDES FOR THIS COMMUNITY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, IN MY AREA, BEHIND MY HOME, THE GREEN BELT IS OWNED BY TICOS, WHO IS ALSO LOOKING AT DEVELOPING 14.4 ACRES OF MULTIFAMILY, UH, APARTMENTS THERE TOO.
AND THEN UP AT BORG FIELD, THEY WERE PLANTING ANOTHER.
SO WE'RE ADDING WAY TOO MUCH TO THIS COMMUNITY.
THE, UH, AND THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC WATER.
UH, THERE'S ALSO A, A BIRD, IT'S CALLED A WARBLER THAT ONLY LIVES IN SAN ANTONIO AND MIGRATES TO, UM, MEXICO AND BACK EVERY YEAR.
AND WE'RE IN THAT ZONE OF WHERE THEY, UM, BUILD THEIR NESTS AND SUCH.
SO AS WE DEVELOP ALL THIS, WE'RE TAKING AWAY THEIR HOME IN, IN ALL THIS BUILDING.
WE'RE DOING THE, UM, UM, YEAH, AND, AND THE, THE WATER IS JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, I HEAR ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME AND I ONLY GET TO WATER MY LAWN ONCE A WEEK BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE WATER YET.
HERE WE ARE BUILDING AND BUILDING.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT? AND THE ELECTRICAL, I MEAN, TEXAS CAN'T
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HANDLE, HANDLE THE ELECTRICITY WE USE AND HERE WE ARE, JUST KEEP BUILDING, BUILDING AND, AND NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.DO THEY HAVE TO PUT SOLAR ON ALL THESE BUILDINGS IF THEY'RE GONNA BUILD? THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO, A SOLUTION TO, TO CUT DOWN ON THE, ON THE TAXING ON THE GRID.
IF ALL THESE THINGS HAD TO BE BUILT, SOLAR AND ANY NEW HOUSING HAD TO BE BUILT SOLAR TO, TO ACCOMMODATE.
NEXT WE HAVE MR. FRANK MAY TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. PHILLIP REVLIN.
GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
UH, I LIVE AT, UH, 2 7 2 6 TUSCAN CANYON IN THE TRINITY OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, YESTERDAY I EMAILED, UH, MR. RAIO GOMEZ.
HE'S THE, UH, CASE MANAGER AS YOU KNOW ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, I ASKED HIM, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE WERE THE 14 NOTICES I CAN SENT OUT.
I ASKED IF WE WOULD REACH THE 20% THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE, UM, SUPER MAJORITY REQUIREMENT IN THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO HE REPLIED BACK SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE 14 GOT SENT OUT ONLY ONE RESPONSE IN FAVOR, WHICH WAS SHOCKING TO ME AS YOU'VE HEARD OF ALL THE, YOU KNOW, OVER 500 SIGNATURES, UM, IN THE AREA OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OPPOSING THIS.
SO I ASKED HIM TO SEND ME THE LIST OF, UH, PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN NOTIFIED AND HE DID SO, AND THERE ARE 15 NAMES ON IT.
JEFF AT HOLDINGS ACTUALLY APPEARS ON THERE TWICE.
UM, AS WELL AS MR. PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, WHO IS THE, UH, REPRESENTING JEFF AT HOLDINGS, THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE.
SO THAT SEEMED A LITTLE ODD TO ME WHY THE, UH, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE, UH, APPLICANT WOULD BE ON THERE.
SO I ASKED MR. GOMEZ ABOUT THAT, AND THEN HE KIND OF CLAMMED UP AND SAID, YOU KNOW, OPEN RECORDS REQUEST, THE TRANSPARENCY ENDED.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE, UH, THAT'S A LITTLE STRANGE.
UM, AND IT JUST, UH, I KIND OF ASKED HIM HOW HE GOT THE LIST AND IT WAS FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT.
HE SAYS, WE JUST SEND OUT WHAT THE IT DEPARTMENT GIVES US.
SO IF THERE'S NO QUALITY CONTROL GOING ON, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S IN THE NOTIFICATION ZONE ON YOUR VERY OWN SCHEMATIC.
UM, THERE'S AT LEAST 12 UH, RESIDENCES IN THERE.
AND I KNOW MR. CHRISTENSEN HAS REPRESENTED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE, UH, THE CITY OR, UH, THE CITY LIMITS.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S A TEXAS STATE LAW THAT IS THE, UH, 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION.
UM, THAT'S NOT A SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL CODE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND AS I READ IT, AGAIN, I'M NOT A, UH, LAND USE LAWYER, BUT IT DOES SAY 200 FEET WITHIN THE, UH, PROPERTY BREW ZONE FULL STOP.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE GET AN, AT LEAST AN ADVISORY OPINION FROM THE, UH, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND NOT JUST RELY ON THE, UH, THE OPINION OF THE APPLICANT'S LAWYER.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A, A CONFLICT THERE, AND I, I URGE YOU NOT TO RELY ON THAT.
AND, UH, MR. BARIS AS THE, UH, AS THE, UH, DISTRICT NINE COUNSELOR, I WOULD JUST, UH, URGE YOU TO, UH, INTRODUCE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE CAN GET THIS, UH, SORTED OUT AS FAR AS THE MAILING, AS WELL AS THE ADVISORY OPINION ON THE, UH, NOTIFICATION ZONE.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR OWN, UH, DRAWING HERE.
AND LAST WE HAVE MR. PHILIP REVLIN.
I'M AT, UH, 25 27 TUSCAN OAKS, BUT ALSO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TUSCAN OAKS, UH, HOA, WHICH IS CLEARLY INSIDE THAT DOTTED LINE AS IS OUR CLUBHOUSE AT 2 5 4 0 3 TUSCAN PARK.
SO MY CONCERN IS A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE, IT SAYS, MAILED 14 NOTICES.
SAID YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAIL 'EM, BUT YOU MAILED THEM.
I PERSONALLY WALKED AND TALKED TO 11 PEOPLE.
I BROUGHT IN 11 OF THE NOTICES SIGNED, AND Y'ALL HAVE THEM HERE.
YOU ALSO HAVE FOUR VOICEMAILS THAT WERE MADE BEFORE THIS ENDED, WHICH WAS SAID TO END AT 10:00 AM THIS MORNING.
SO THOSE FOUR ARE CONSIDERED IN OPPOSITION BECAUSE THEY DID MATCH AND THEY WERE DONE IN TIME.
UM, MY MAIN THING IS, IS I BOUGHT MY HOUSE AND I SAW THE BIG LOT AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S ZONED AS COMMERCIAL.
IT'S VERIFIABLE, IT'S ZONED AS COMMERCIAL.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT, I DID BUY THAT HOUSE.
AND NOW Y'ALL WANT TO PUT UP MULTIFAMILY, WHICH IS, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A BAIT AND SWITCH IF ANYBODY'S EVER BEEN TO A GROCERY STORE AND BEEN SHOPPING.
BUT MY KEY IS YOU'VE GOT 11, YOU'VE GOT FOUR VOICEMAILS AND YOU CAN CHECK THE RECORD.
'CAUSE WE HEARD 'EM ALL HERE TODAY AND THEY'RE INSIDE THE RED DOTTED LINES.
AND THOSE WERE DONE BEFORE 10:00 AM TODAY.
SO THAT NUMBER UP THERE SHOULD READ IN OPPOSITION FOUR, WHICH IT DOES NOT.
NOW GOING ON AND ON HERE, UH, THE WATER CONCERNS HUGE CONCERN BECAUSE AS THAT ENDS UP FLOODING, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT CAN BE DEVELOPED INTO A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT THE WATER IS A DEFINITE CONCERN.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS DEFINITE CONCERN.
THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY, THERE ARE BACK CAVES ON THAT PROPERTY.
BUT THE KEY IS Y'ALL HAVE THE PAPERWORK.
Y'ALL DIDN'T GIVE US ANY NOTICE THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY ABSURD FOR SOMETHING THIS SERIOUS.
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AND ALSO, IF YOU LOOK TUSCAN OAKS, THANK YOU MR. REVLON, THAT'S YOUR TIME.ALL OF THOSE GATES LINE UP AND WE'D HAVE TO GO HEAD ON TO EXIT INTO THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX IF YOU LOOK AT THE DRAWINGS.
BUT HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ALRIGHT, MR. CHRISTENSEN, DID YOU WANT SURE, I'LL BE GREAT AN OPPORTUNITY.
I I'VE GOT OTHER CASES, PATRICK CHRISTENSEN.
UM, LOOK, I'M SYMPATHETIC WITH THEIR CONCERNS.
I MEAN, IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, FOR US, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE SINGLE FAMILY ONLY ZONES.
I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CITY LAND USE PLANS OR ANYTHING THAT DESIGNATE THIS AS SINGLE FAMILY ONLY.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MIX OF HOUSING TO HAVE VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, THE SUBURBAN DESIGNATION FOR THIS PROPERTY ALLOWS FOR MF 18.
THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
YOU'VE HEARD THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS SAWS, THE EXPERTS ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, THE CONCERNS YOU HEARD ABOUT TRAFFIC, WPA P'S WATER QUALITY.
UH, WHEN WE GET TO THE STAGE OF PLATING, WE WILL HAVE TO DO A FULL BOARD TIA AND IF THERE'S ANY TRAFFIC CAUSED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT REQUIRES TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS, ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY WILL REQUIRE THAT THE DEVELOPER SPEND MONEY FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR DECELERATION LANES OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE TO BUILD A WATER QUALITY BASIN AND A WATER DETENTION BASIN FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND REMEMBER, IF YOU APPROVE IT, YOU'RE REDUCING THE OVERALL IMPERVIOUS COVER FROM 65% TO 50%, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
UM, COULD YOU SHOW MY SITE PLAN PLEASE? UM, AND I HAVE THE POINTER.
THE ONLY FOUR STORY BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE PROPERTY.
UM, THIS AREA UP HERE IS A 35 FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT.
WE WILL NOT BE TEARING DOWN THOSE TREES.
UM, WE WILL TRY TO SAVE AS MANY AS WE CAN.
AND THIS AREA OVER HERE IS A SAWS, FLOODPLAIN EASEMENT.
BUT WHEN THE DEVELOPER DID A MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN WORKING WITH SAWS, HE AGREED TO DO AN EASEMENT WHERE NOTHING CAN BE BUILT IN THIS ENTIRE AREA.
THIS DARK GR GRAY SHADED AREA IS A FLOODPLAIN BUFFER THAT WE'VE AGREED TO DO WITH SAWS AS WELL.
SO WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT SAWS IS ASKING FOR IN THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO IN CLOSING, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE NEEDS FOR HOUSING IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND TALKING TO THE DEVELOPER, 95% TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE UNITS WILL BE ONE AND TWO BEDROOMS. EVEN IF THEY BUILD ANY THREE BEDROOMS, WHICH ARE NOR YOUR NORMAL FAMILY SIZE UNITS, IT WILL NOT BE MORE THAN 5%.
SO ONE AND TWO BEDROOMS, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A HUGE INFLUX OF KIDS.
AND THE, IT'S ALMOST INSULTING FOR THE AMOUNT OF CRIME THAT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING FOR A MARKET RATE PROJECT THAT IS NOT A TAX CREDIT PROJECT.
THEY LIVE IN A GATED COMMUNITY.
I'M PRETTY SURE THE APARTMENT DWELLING HOARDS WILL NOT BE TRYING TO CLIMB OVER THEIR FENCE TO GET INTO THEIR PROPERTY.
SO I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT.
AND MR. TARA, I'LL CLARIFY THE BOUNDARIES.
LADIES, IF YOU COULD SHOW THE MAP AND KIND OF ZOOM IN ON IT A LITTLE BIT.
UH, IF YOU, YOU DO SEE THE HA THE RED HASH MARK LINE THAT IS SIMPLY TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY IS.
UM, THE THICK BLUE LINE THAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMIT LINE.
SO ANYBODY TO THE EAST OF THAT LINE IS OUTSIDE OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY LIMITS AND WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS.
ALSO FOR THE REFERENCE ON THE, UM, ADDRESSING, IT'S NOT GONNA, IT, WE REFERENCED SMITH VALLEY BECAUSE BEXAR COUNTY REFERENCED IT.
BUT AGAIN, FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES, THAT'S LOCATIONAL PURPOSES IS WHAT WE USE ADDRESSES FOR MOVING FORWARD.
WE ARE JUST GONNA USE THE TRINITY PARK ADDRESS.
UM, THAT ADDRESS MAY CHANGE WHEN THEY DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.
SO, UH, AGAIN, IT'S ONLY FOR LOCATIONAL PURPOSES.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS CORRECT AND THAT IS ACCURATE.
IT'S IN THE ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT NINE CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER BARTOS FOR QUESTIONS.
YEAH, I'M GONNA, UM, ASK, UH, COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TOO.
UM, PATRICK, I I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
UM, THAT LAND ON TOP OF IT, IS THAT STILL OWNED BY HEB? THIS? YES IT IS.
I I, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M, I'M, I'LL RESERVE A FEW COMMENTS AND, ALRIGHT, GREAT.
UH, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER, STARTING COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WAS RAISED, UM, IS SORT OF DRAINAGE ISSUES.
UH, CAN STAFF REMIND US WHAT THE CITY REQUIRES WITH RESPECT TO DRAINAGE ON ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT? SURE.
WELL YOU HAVE THE SAWS IMPERVIOUS COVER REQUIREMENT
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AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, UH, ONCE THEY START DEVELOPING, THEY'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS.PLATING PROCESS WILL ENSURE ALL OF THE SUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER THAT BE DRAINAGE, CULVERTS, WHATEVER DRAINAGE MITIGATION IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO, FOR THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT TO GO IN.
UM, I THINK THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT THEY ALSO LOOK AT SIDEWALKS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, ALL OF THAT.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DRAINAGE SPECIFICALLY, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THEY CAN'T MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE ANY DRAINAGE ISSUE? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND IT DOES GET A STORM WATER REVIEW? YES, SIR.
UH, YOU HAD, UH, SITE PLAN FOR THIS PROJECT.
CAN WE PULL THAT BACK UP PLEASE? UH, WHERE ARE THE EXITS FOR? THIS IS THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE AND EXIT AND THIS WILL RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR GATE AND THIS WILL BE A EMERGENCY FIRE GATE THAT WILL BE USED IN CASE THERE'S A FIRE.
AND, AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE, I BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR.
OKAY, LET'S, YOU GOTTA MAINTAIN DECORUM OR WE, WE WILL HAVE YOU REMOVED FROM THE ROOM.
UM, MR. CHRISTENSEN, UH, IS GATES, IF THEY ARE IN FACT SORT OF DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM ANY ANYBODY? ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO EXPLORE THAT? SURE.
THIS IS A EARLY KIND OF CONCEPT PHASE.
UM, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIR.
ALRIGHT, OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
I TRICKY IF YOU'RE STILL THERE.
UM, WHO HAS CONTROL OVER THE TRAFFIC? UM, IS IT UH, TDOT OR IT WOULD ENTIRELY BE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THESE ARE ALL CITY OF SAN ANTONIO STREETS.
ALRIGHT, OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
QUESTIONS COMING JUST MR. ORTIZ, MY CLARIFICATION FOR THE CITY.
I HEARD SOME PEOPLE STATING THEY WEREN'T SERVED WITHIN 200 FEET, THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS.
IS THAT THE REASON WHY? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN AUDREY WAS ALSO GONNA CHIME IN ON THE STATE STUFF.
SO YEAH, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION TWO 11, WHICH IS WHERE THE 200 REQUIREMENT COMES FROM, ACTUALLY SAYS 200 FEET ON MUNICIPAL TAX ROLLS.
SO WE ONLY NOTIFY PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE MUNICIPAL TAX ROLLS.
WHEN YOU ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, YOU AREN'T ON THOSE ROLES.
SO YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE NOTIFIED.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AS WELL.
IT'S A TEXAS CODE, NOT JUST A CITY
OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE.
QUESTIONS COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
SO AUDREY, CAN YOU ADDRESS WHAT, UH, WAS UH, MENTIONED HERE ABOUT THE STATE CODE VERSUS THE CITY CODE? SO, YES, WHAT I WAS JUST REFERENCING IS ACTUALLY THE STATE CODE.
IT'S THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, OUR UDC, WHICH IS THE LOCAL, UH, REGULATIONS, UH, REGULATIONS ACTUALLY MIRRORS THE LANGUAGE IN THE STATE CODE.
ONE QUICK QUESTION ACTUALLY, ONE FOR THE APPLICANT, ONE FOR SOS.
SO FOR THE APPLICANT? YES SIR.
SO I SEE YOUR ACCESS POINTS AND YOUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER PROBABLY LINED UP THE ACCESS POINTS 'CAUSE THOSE ARE SAFER WHEN YOU LINE UP ACCESS POINTS, A T INTERSECTION IS ALWAYS SAFER THAN HAVING ACCESS POINTS THAT ARE DON'T, DO NOT LINE UP JUST FOR SITE DISTANCE ISSUES.
AND, AND AGAIN, I MEAN THE CITY CONTROLS THE STREETS, THEY CONTROL OUR BUILDING PLAN APPROVAL, EVERYTHING WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY AND WE'RE AT THEIR MERCY.
I MEAN, IF THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT WE PLAN, WE GOTTA CHANGE IT.
AND GOING FROM MF 33 TO MF 18, THE PEAK HOURLY TRIPS WOULD GO DOWN, CORRECT? WHAT, WHAT'S, YES.
SO I MEAN, IF THIS COMMISSION, I MEAN THIS IS NOT LOCKING US INTO A SITE PLAN.
IF THIS COMMISSION WERE TO APPROVE MF 33, WE CAN BUILD TALLER BUILDINGS, BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE REDUCED IT TO MF 18.
AND ONE QUESTION FOR SAWS, AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER FOR THIS, BUT OKAY, THANK YOU SIR.
UM, ELM ELM WATER HOLE CREEK WOULD, DO YOU KNOW IF IT, IF IT JUST CONVEYS THE STORM WATER OR DOES THAT ACTUALLY FEED THE AQUIFER? WOULD YOU KNOW THAT? UH, I MEAN, SO THE WAY THE THE PROPERTY SLOPES, IT SLOPES SOUTHWARD.
SO ANY DRAINAGE WOULD, WOULD BE CONVEYED THROUGH ELM WATER HOLE CREEK WAY.
AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT GOES IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION, I BELIEVE.
UM, KIND OF ACROSS THE STREET THERE ON TRINITY PARK.
UM, AS FAR AS GOING INTO A CAVE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
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UM, NO, I MEAN NOT, NOT AS FAR AS THE CREEK ITSELF DRAINING DIRECTLY INTO A CAVE.I, NOT THAT I KNOW OF AT LEAST ON, ON THIS.
I I JUST NOTICED THE, THE FRACTURES WERE NORTH OF THE CREEK AND SO IF THE CREEK WOULD JUST CONVEY THE STORM WATER OFF THE PROPERTY RIGHT, RIGHT THEN.
AND, AND ACTUALLY BEFORE ANY DRAINAGE GETS INTO THE CREEK, BASED ON THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ANY, ANY PROJECT OR ANY DEVELOPMENT ABOVE 20% IMPERVIOUS COVER, THEY, THE DEVELOPER HAS TO INSTALL A PERMANENT, UH, BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE, UH, SUCH AS A WATER QUALITY BASIN TO TREAT ANY RUNOFF FROM, FROM THE IMPERVIOUS COVER LIKE YOUR PARKING LOTS AND ROOFTOPS.
AND SO, UH, BE BEFORE THAT GETS WASHED OFF IN, INTO THAT, THAT CREEKWAY.
UM, UH, ONE OF THEM FOR THE APPLICANT, WHERE, WHERE'D HE GO? THERE YOU GO.
YOU KNOW, THERE NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE BUILDING ANY MORE LAND.
AND I GUESS THE CORE ISSUE IS THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE, UM, I KNOW WHEN MY WIFE AND I DECIDE TO BUILD OUR AREA OR BUILD OUR FAMILY, UM, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS BASICALLY WE UNDERSTAND FOR, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE, THE NEIGHBORS, UH, THE QUESTION FOR YOU SIR, UH, APPLICANT, I'M ASSUMING YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO OR YOU'RE MORE YOU'RE AVAILABLE FOR TO WORK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND OF COURSE WE ARE A RECOMMENDING BODY AND ALL WE'RE SEEING IS ZONING.
THANK GOD WE LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO, WHERE IF YOU OWN LAND, YOU GET TO DO WHATEVER YOU WISH WITHIN ZONING, WHICH ARE THE GUIDELINES IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT PARCEL OR THAT AREA.
SO IF WE DO RECOMMEND FOR APPROVAL, IT DOES GO TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR VOTE FOR IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SOME OF YOU GUYS DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL PERSON WHO'S IN, UM, FOR THAT AREA, UH, COULD BE TALKED TO, I'M ASSUMING, BECAUSE THE BIGGEST ISSUE I SEE IS THE TRAFFIC WATER WILL BE KIND OF HELPED WITH ZONING AND YOU GUYS WILL HELP WITH THE RUNOFF AND ALL OF THAT ISSUES.
BUT YEAH, THERE'S GONNA BE MORE TRAFFIC, RIGHT? THERE'S GONNA BE MORE PEOPLE, UM, TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, TEXT OUT OVER THE CITY, UH, GETTING ROADS OR EVEN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ON THERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A, A STATEMENT, I GUESS, AND, AND SHOW THAT THE DEVELOPER IS HERE TO WORK.
I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S NOT WHO WE WANT.
I DON'T WANT THAT CRACK KID LIVING TWO STORE, TWO HOUSES DOWN FROM MY HOUSE, BUT THAT'S JUST WHERE WE LIVE.
UH, BUT SOMETIMES WE WON'T WIN, BUT MAYBE WE CAN COME JUST SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSION'S ON MY RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, YEAH, PATRICK, I THINK IT, IT'S, IT, IT'LL BE EITHER BE TO YOU OR IT'LL BE TO STAFF.
UM, ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY, ARE WE, I WILL, MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS HAVE TO, UH, YES.
IF THEY'RE IDZ INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE, THEY DO NOT, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NORMAL.
THE STANDARD AND STAFF, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IF THEY'RE NORMAL, MF 18, 13 45, THEY DO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE AUDIENCE IS THAT, UM, THEY WILL, UM, ONCE A TRAFFIC STUDY IS PERFORMED, IF THERE ARE VARIOUS MITIGATING FEATURES THAT NEED TO BE MADE, UM, UH, THE DEVELOPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A CERTAIN PORTION OF THOSE.
UM, THE CURRENT PROPERTY IS ZONE C TWO BASED ON THE ALLOWABLE USES, I SEE ITEMS SUCH AS LIKE AN INDOOR, UM, ENTERTAINMENT VENUE.
IS THAT CORRECT? OR A, THERE ARE OTHER, I I MEAN, I, AND MY POINT IS, UM, WOULD THOSE GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC THAN A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT? IT, IT'S GOING TO BE USE SPECIFIC.
SO THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR OTHER RETAIL SERVICE KINDS OF USES TO PRODUCE MORE TRAFFIC THAN HOUSING, THAN MULTI-FAMILY? MM-HMM,
I BELIEVE, UH, COMMISSIONER RE HAS ALREADY COVERED QUITE A FEW, AS DID OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH THEIR QUESTIONS.
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THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE WARBLER HABITAT.THE GOLDEN CHEEK WARBLER, I BELIEVE IS PATRICK, IS THERE A REQUIRED STUDY OR ANYTHING ON THIS PROPERTY? SO NORMALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS, UM, WHEN THE DEVELOPERS COME IN WITH MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLANS, THAT'S THE TIME THAT THEY DO THEIR GOLDEN CHEEK WARBLER STUDIES AND OKAY.
AT THAT TIME, THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE WILL REQUIRE SET ASIDE AREAS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THIS PROPERTY IS NOT SUBJECT TO ONE OF THOSE.
IT'S CALLED A HABITAT COMPLIANCE FORM.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND ROB, I'M GONNA JUST HAVE ONE MORE THING.
I MEAN, SO THE PROPERTY DOESN'T HAVE ANY VESTED RIGHTS.
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE CITY ORDINANCES REGARDING TREES, AND OF COURSE IMPERVIOUS COVER.
AND THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION IS, IS THE, THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT ZONING, UM, IS GRANDFATHERED, IS IT NOT OR DOES IT STILL HAVE TO QUALIFY FROM SOME THINGS? YES.
THINGS SINCE WE'RE CHANGING THE PROJECT COMPLETELY WILL BE NO.
HAS TO BE UPDATED, NO GRANDFATHERING AT ALL.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL OF MY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
SO TO YOU, COMMISSIONER BALDOS, UNLESS, COMMISSIONER ONE.
COMMISSIONER WATSON, UH, FOR THE APPLICANT.
I FEEL LIKE I'M BLOCKING PEOPLE'S VIEWS.
UM, I BELIEVE YOU TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT JUST AS A FOLLOW UP POINT OF CLARIFICATION, UM, SINCE THIS, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THIS IS A MARKET RATE PROJECT, BUT COULD YOU PLEASE COMPLETELY CONFIRM IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, ARE YOU ACCEPTING ANY KIND OF TAX CREDITS, PUBLIC FINANCING, OR OTHER INCENTIVES FOR THIS PROJECT? THE DEVELOPER IS NOT APPLYING FOR ANY KIND OF TAX CREDITS, CITY INCENTIVES.
HE'S NEVER APPLIED FOR 'EM BEFORE AND WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO
THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING THAT.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER RAM BARDOS.
THANK YOU MR. ON ALL THE COMMENTS.
RE TO CITY USE OF THE LAND AND THE PROPERTY CITY STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, CITY COUNCIL OFFICE FOR DISTRICT NINE AND THE SOURCE REPORT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, UH, FOR MO, UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE.
THAT WAS YOU, COMMISSIONER REYES.
SORRY, I WAS LOOKING THE WRONG WAY.
UH, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER BOTTLES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REYES.
DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT, SEEING NONE, UM, I WILL BE SUPPORTING YOUR MOTION PRIMARILY BECAUSE, UM, WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT, AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS A, A NET BENEFIT.
UM, THE, UH, REDUCTION IN IMPERVIOUS COVER AND IN THE, UH, PRESERVED AREAS, I, I BELIEVE ARE BETTER THAN WHAT COULD BE ALLOWED WHERE YOU WOULD LITERALLY PAVE OVER TWO THIRDS OF THE, UH, PROPERTY FOR A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT.
THE, UM, AND, UM, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT.
UM, UH, FOR THOSE OF US THAT DO LIVE IN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WE OFTEN ABUT, UM, RESIDENT, UH, MULTIFAMILY AND MULTI, UH, MF 18 IS A VERY LOW INTENSE USE.
A LOT OF US, UM, LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO MF 33.
UM, AND SO THERE ARE NO ISSUES WITH A MIX OF DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES.
UM, AND WITH THAT, WAS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING IN.
MAY WE ASK A QUESTION? I'M SORRY.
WE'RE THE ONLY ONES WE GET TO ASK THE QUESTION OR DIDN'T GET THAT, THAT THAT'S KIND OF HOW THE, THE PROCESS WORKS.
WE CAN, YOU CAN, WE CAN HAVE THE NO CASE MANAGER EXPLAINED THINGS TO YOU OUTSIDE THE, THE, THE ROOM.
BUT Y'ALL ARE WRONG ABOUT THE CODE.
I'LL TRUST OUR, I'LL TRUST OUR LAWYER ON THAT ONE.
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OKAY.NEXT, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER TWO.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAND THE CHAIRMAN AT LEAST A PIECE OF PAPER? IF YOU HAVE PAPERWORK YOU NEED TO HAND TO HIM, WE CAN TAKE IT FROM YOU.
SIR, YOU GUYS NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THE HIGHWAY TWO.
MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BENAVIDEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 1900 BLOCK OF EAST ONTARIO BOULEVARD.
GOING FROM C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND C3 S GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR AN ANIMAL CLINIC, AUTOMOBILE PART SALES FACILITY, PAINT AND WALLPAPER STORE WITH RETAIL AND WHOLESALES PRINT SHOP AND BLUEPRINTING.
PHOTO STATING FACILITY TWO MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 18 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND NO RESPONSES OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ZONED R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT MF 33, MF 50, AND MF 65 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICTS.
THE EXISTING C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND C3 S GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR AN ANIMAL CLINIC, AUTOMOBILE BART SALE FACILITY, PAINT AND WALLPAPER STORE WITH RETAIL AND WHOLESALES, WHOLESALE SALES, PRINT SHOP AND BLUEPRINTING.
PHOTO STATING FACILITY IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT IS ALSO APPROPRIATE.
THE REQUEST TO REZONE IS TO PERMIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCES.
THERE'S MULTI-FAMILY ZONING OF THE SAME DENSITY WITHIN PROXIMITY AND THE PROPERTY IS APPROPRIATELY LOCATED ALONG A LOCAL SECONDARY ARTERIAL THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC.
ADDITIONALLY, THE REQUEST FOR MF 33 WOULD BE A DOWN ZONE FROM THE CURRENT ZONING.
FURTHERMORE, THE PROPOSED ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH ENCOURAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATE HOUSING TYPES TO ACCOMMODATE THE CITY'S GROWING POPULATION AT ALL INCOME LEVELS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, SAS IS PRESENT TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
A FOR PROTECTION AND EVALUATION SECTION.
WE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION LOCATED EAST OF HIGHWAY 2 81 NORTH AND SANTER BOULEVARD INTERSECTION, ALLOWING FOR A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON 10.28 ACRES.
THE SITE IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED WITH NATIVE TREES AND GROUND COVER VEGETATION, UH, LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
NO SENSITIVE GEOLOGIC FEATURES WERE IDENTIFIED ON SITE.
HOWEVER, THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE SITE LIES IN THE FLOODPLAIN AND, AND WILL REQUIRE A BUFFER AREA.
CURRENTLY THE SITE IS IDENTIFIED AS CATEGORY ONE.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN SAUL'S REPORT TO INCLUDE 60% PERVIOUS COVER FOR THE OVERALL SITE AND A FLOODPLAIN BUFFER AREA ESTABLISHED ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
ASHLEY FAIRMONT AND KILLING GRIFFIN IN FAIRMONT.
UM, I'LL GIVE YOU ALL AN ABBREVIATED PRESENTATION AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY OPPOSITION OR, UM, TO THIS ONE, BUT IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
UM, SO JUST THE, THE LEGACY SHOPPING CENTERS AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 1604 AND 2 81.
WE'VE BROUGHT BEFORE THIS BOARD SEVERAL ZONING CASES IN THE PAST, ALL FOR HOUSING AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE.
UM, AT THIS SHOPPING CENTER YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF COMMERCIAL CONCENTRATED RIGHT AT THE CORNER, UM, HERE, LIFETIME FITNESS.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS THE FIRST APARTMENT COMPLEX WE REZONED WAS HERE AND THEN WE DID A SECOND PHASE OF THAT.
AND THEN MOST RECENTLY WE REZONED THIS PIECE HERE NEXT TO MAIN EVENT FOR MF 65.
SO FOR A MORE DENSE, UM, APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ON THE THESE 10 ACRES IS ALSO HOUSING, BUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOUSING.
WE'D LIKE TO DO RENTAL TOWN HOMES HERE.
UH, SO A LITTLE BIT LESS DENSE, UH, A BIT OF A DIFFERENT MARKET.
SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS A YARD, MAYBE A LARGER UNIT.
THE UNITS ARE ROUGHLY 1200 TO 1400 SQUARE FEET.
UH, SO SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT MAYBE READY TO COMMIT OR CAN COMMIT TO A HOME BUT NEEDS, UM, MORE SPACE.
SO, UM, I'LL KIND OF JUST JUMP THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICK.
UM, THIS IS THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN.
SO IT IS REGIONAL CENTER IN THAT PLAN WHERE WE'RE ASKING FOR MF 33 'CAUSE THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN.
UM, SO IT, IT, IT COULD PROBABLY BE A LOWER DENSITY CITY MULTIFAMILY, BUT THAT WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN.
SO WE WENT WITH THE MF 33, UM, AND JUST AN IDEA OF HOW
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THE, THE SPACE WOULD LAY OUT.UH, THERE'S THE TOWN HOME UNITS WITH SOME GREEN SPACE IN THE BACK OF SAWS MENTIONED THE FLOODPLAIN BUFFERING.
UH, AND WE ARE AGREEABLE TO ALL OF SAS'S UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE IT, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
SO I DIDN'T EVEN LOOK TO SEE WHICH, OH, COMMISSIONER BARDOS, THIS IS DISTRICT NINE CASE.
NO, I, UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND IF I HEAR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, BUT I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA.
IT'S RIGHT BEHIND MAIN EVENT, RIGHT BEHIND LIFETIME AND IT'S JUST AN AREA'S GROWING AND, UH, IT BECOMING ALMOST A SECOND MEDICAL CENTER AREA.
A LOT OF MEDICAL BUILDINGS HAVE MOVED THERE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND I, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE IS THREE OR FOUR MORE MEDICAL FACILITIES MOVING THERE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SO, UH, THIS, THIS KIND OF PROJECT IS REALLY NEEDED.
ALRIGHT, WELL LET'S SEE IF WE'VE GOT QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE.
COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER BARDOS FOR A MOTION.
SO, UH, AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ITEM NUMBER TWO.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, I HAVE NO DISCUSSION.
UM, ONE MORE CASE BEFORE BREAK.
ALEXA ROTANA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS LOCATED AT 4 5 1 STERLING STREET GOING FROM R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 27 NOTICES SENT OUT.
THREE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET.
NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND NO RESPONSE OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS IN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
GIVEN THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY USES, THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS NOT CONSISTENT.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN A CUL-DE-SAC AT THE END OF A RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH THE ONLY ACCESS POINT TO THE PROPERTY OFF THE LOCAL STREET.
STAFF FINDS A PROPOSED COMMERCIAL ZONING DOES NOT ALIGN WITH TYPICAL LOCATIONAL CRITERIA OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
WHILE THERE ARE OTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN PROXIMITY TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE ACCESS TO MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE.
A SECONDARY ARTER STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND AMEND THEIR REQUESTS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
I'M, UH, SON OF MS. YOLANDA RARO AND JUAN VAR.
UM, DO I NEED TO STATE MY ADDRESS? YES, PLEASE.
I LIVE AT, UH, 10 10 LOCKEY STREET, UM, OVER BY WALTERS IN 35.
UM, BUT OF COURSE I GREW UP, UH, MY PARENTS LIVE AT 4 54 STARTING WHERE I GREW UP AS WELL.
UM, AND I PRETTY MUCH LIVED THERE AS WELL TOO.
UM, ASIDE FROM THAT, I KNOW I HAD EMAILED MS. ANA, UM, THE THREE, THE THREE LETTERS FROM THE NEIGHBORS, BUT I DID, I WAS ABLE TO GET MORE, OF COURSE.
SO IT WAS LIKE FIVE OR SIX OF 'EM.
I'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY AT WORK BUT UH, I HAVEN'T EMAILED EVERYTHING OVER.
UM, AND OF COURSE WHEN I TALKED TO MY DAD, LIKE ALL THE FEEDBACK, UM, THAT HE WANTS TO DO AN, UH, NC UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION, UH, SORRY, CORRECTION COMMERCIAL.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT HE WAS, THAT'S WHERE NOW FOR THE FOOD STUFF OF COURSE, UM, MY DEGREE IS IN FOOD SCIENCE, FOOD SAFETY.
I, SO I'VE, I'VE WORKED REALLY GOOD WITH PETROL HEALTH, UM, TRYING TO GET THAT ESTABLISHED.
UM, AND THE FOOD TRUCK, UM, THE MAIN THING MY DAD SAID WOULD BE LIKE A SNACK TRUCK, UH, EL LOPEZ CORN, ROASTED CORN AND STUFF.
UM, SO ALL THAT STUFF I'VE ALREADY BEEN LOOKING INTO IT,
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UM, WITH GETTING IT REGISTERED AND ALL THAT.UM, ALL THAT STUFF I KNOW THEY HAD, UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS TO GET FAMILIARIZED WITH THE REST OF THAT STUFF AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT, SO.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.
UH, THIS IS THE DISTRICT TWO CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR COMM FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, AND JUST FOR AS A REMINDER, UM, SINCE I KNOW THE OTHER ASPECT OF THIS IS KEEPING THE PARKING THAT'S EXISTS FOR THE WORK, THE WORK TRUCKS YOUR FAMILY HAS THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE OPENING THE PARKING LOT FOR LIKE COMMERCIAL PARKING FOR ANY REASON.
LIKE SAY YOU'RE GONNA CHARGE $15 FOR RENT.
UM, AND THEN DO WE HAVE UH, THE SIGNATURES THAT HE'S MENTIONED FOR THE RECORD? OKAY.
WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF THAT.
BASICALLY THE QUESTION IS JUST IF YOU HAD THEM WITH YOU.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM ME.
UM, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MY OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
QUESTIONS? FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIR FOR THE APPLICANT.
SO I'M HEARING THAT IT WILL NOT BE USED FOR PARKING, IT WOULD JUST BE USED FOR A FOOD TRUCK, WHICH MEANS THAT ONLY PATRONS WILL BE TRYING TO ACCESS THIS PROPERTY.
UM, FOR LIKE OUR VEHICLES, OF COURSE PARKING IN PARKING IT THERE AND THEN ALSO FOR LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT GO BY THE UM, GO BY CORN, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT, THAT'D BE, THAT'D BE FINE.
'CAUSE THAT'D BE SHORT TERM AND THAT'LL JUST BE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT.
BUT ARE YOU GONNA INVITE PEOPLE TO PARK THERE? UM, THAT WILL NOT BE USING, UH, OR VISITING THE FOOD TRUCK? NO.
NO, BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS THE ACCESS, BECAUSE TO ACCESS THIS YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A HARD RIGHT AND THEN A HARD LEFT AND THAT, THAT ACCESS POINT IS VERY CLOSE TO THAT ONE WAY FRONTAGE ROAD.
IF YOU MISS THAT RIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE TO COME ALL THE WAY AROUND.
AND IF IT WAS LARGE TRUCKS, YOU'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD, A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THE CASE.
UM, LIKE NORMALLY IT'S NORMALLY ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND THERE.
I MEAN I GREW UP THERE, WE ALL HAVE SMALL VEHICLES.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S IN
UM, HONESTLY LOW INCOME FAMILIES TRYING TO LIKE WITH SMALL VEHICLES.
THANK THANKS, THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
I I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW, THIS IS A, AT THE END OF A CUL-DE-SAC.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE, I I'M WRONG.
THERE WILL BE NO ACCESS AT THE MOMENT.
YES, THERE'S NO ACCESS ONTO THE STREET.
UM, THEY WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH TDOT IF THEY TRY TO DO ANY ACCESS OFF OF MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE THERE, SO THANKS.
UH, COMMISSIONER HINO JOSE, UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, 'CAUSE I KNOW LAST TIME WE WERE TRYING TO GO BACK AND FORTH AND I, I THOUGHT WE WERE IN A FORK IN THE ROAD AND YOU HAD TO PICK, BUT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MY MISUNDER MISUNDERSTANDING.
SO THOSE VEHICLES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PARKED THERE, NOW YOU'RE GONNA TAKE 'EM OFF.
THERE'S NOTHING FOR STORAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT WASN'T THE QUESTION WAS THEY COULDN'T PARK THEM OVERNIGHT WITH ITS CURRENT, WITH THIS CURRENT ZONE.
SO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, THEY'RE ABLE TO PARK IT THERE OVERNIGHT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE APPLICANT, YOU, YOU GUYS DO WANNA PARK 'EM THERE OVERNIGHT, RIGHT? YOU WANNA MAINTAIN THAT.
YEAH, BUT LIKE FOR IT TO STAY THERE LIKE, FOR LIKE DAYS AND NO, NOT LIKE WE'RE GETTING OR THEY'RE BEING UTILIZED.
AND I'M JUST TRYING, I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT HARD.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE JUST CLARIFICATION SO THAT YOU GUYS MAKE SURE YOU, YOU DON'T WALK OUTTA HERE HAPPY AND OH NO, YOU GOT ANOTHER CODE VIOLATION.
ARE Y'ALL LOOKING INTO THAT? OKAY.
AND THEN, YEAH, SO, UM, SORRY.
UH, SO LONG AS THE VEHICLES ARE TRANSIENT, SO OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD, IF IT DOESN'T EXCEED THAT, THEN THAT WOULD BE PERFECTLY FINE.
THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A MORE OF THE, THE 24 HOUR PERIOD WOULD BE THE COMMERCIAL OR THE, UM, STORAGE OF THE VEHICLES.
UH, SO LONG AS THE VEHICLES DO NOT REACH THAT PERIOD, THEN IT WOULD BE LIKE IT, IT WOULD BE OKAY.
AND THEY'RE, YEAH, THEY'RE WORKING, THEY'RE GOING OUT THERE DURING THE DAY AND THEY'RE COMING.
UH, AND THEN YOU MENTIONED
UM, AND I THINK MR. REYES, COMMISSIONER REYES KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS 'CAUSE I KNOW I'M REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
REMEMBER, SO ONCE THIS GETS APPROVED, I MEAN YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA PUT A FOOD TRAILER THERE.
AND I'M, WELL THIS PROBABLY IS APPLICABLE FOR
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ZONING.WHERE DO YOU HAVE YOUR CUSTOMERS COMING IN FROM? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THE GATE'S ON STERLING, RIGHT? YES.
THAT'S WHERE IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE, RIGHT? UM, YES.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUE UH, COMMISSIONER EY? THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
UM, I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS EARLIER, BUT, UH, WHERE DO YOU INTEND FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS TO PARK? UM, WAIT.
SO RIGHT THERE, THAT'S JUST A WHITE CANOPY.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE MOVABLE CANOPIES THAT'S 10 BY TWENTIES.
UM, SO SOMEWHERE RIGHT THERE WE'RE THINKING OF PUTTING LIKE THE TRUCK, THE FOOD TRUCK, BUT IT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE REALLY SMALL FOOD TRADERS.
NOT THE, NOT THE LIKE, SORRY, I WAS GONNA SAY SPANISH, NOT THE BIG ONES.
UM, AND THEN LIKE OF COURSE THE VEHICLES WOULD LIKE DO THE SAME CONCEPT RIGHT THERE.
SO YOU DON'T ENVISION THEM PARKING AT THE CUL-DE-SAC.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSION ON MY RIGHT.
I, I THINK I ASKED ON THE LEFT.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UM, SO THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS BEING LIKE A FOOD TRUCK OR TRAILER, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ENVISION ALSO BEING A MOBILE BUSINESS, CORRECT? LIKE THE PRIMARY IS ACTUALLY LEMME JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
SO YOU'RE NOT ONLY PROVIDING SERVICE THERE, BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE ZONING THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO LEGALLY PARK YOUR FOOD TRUCK, CORRECT? YES.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY AS WELL.
IT IS STILL A PRIMARILY MOBILE BUSINESS.
UH, LAST CHANCE FOR QUESTIONS, CNN.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR A MOTION.
UM, SO I RESPECT THE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL AND ALSO WANNA COMMEND THE STAFF ON WORKING TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT WOULD ALLOW A FAMILY TO MAINTAIN THEIR BUSINESSES, UM, WITHOUT INCURRING SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIP, EVEN IF IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A NORMAL TYPE OF SETUP FOR A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, IT'S AN AREA THAT NEEDS SUPPORT.
WE WANNA SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, WE WANNA SUPPORT LOCAL RESIDENTS, UM, IN THE SENSE THERE IS SUPPORT FROM NEIGHBORS IN THIS AREA AND OTHER THINGS THE APPLICANT IS TRYING TO DO ALIGNS WITH THE NEEDS AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES FOR DISTRICT TWO.
I'M GONNA MAKE A, A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED REQUEST FOR NC.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION OF THE AMENDED REQUEST FOR NC BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER OSA, UH, DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS 3 0 2 AND WE WILL, WHAT DO WE SAY? WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ADJOURNING, WE'RE JUST RECESS.
WE'RE IN RECESS FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
IF WE COULD HEAR THE SPEAKER PLEASE.
SO WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX, MR. SAKI.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER SIX OFF OF WARS BLOCK AND HE'LL JUST, UH, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
MY ADDRESS IS 4 2 3 8 LAUREL TRAIL AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF LAUREL HILLS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY RESIDENTS.
UH, THE RESIDENTS OF LAUREL HILLS WISH TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT NEAR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE IMPACT IT'LL HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THE RESIDENTS OF FERN GLEN ROAD, WHICH IS THE ROAD THAT BACKS UP TO THE, THE STREET THAT BACKS UP TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL COMPLETELY LOSE THEIR PRIVACY.
IN MANY CASES THIS IS SOMETIMES CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE, BUT IN THIS CASE, UH, THAT LAND THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR REZONE IS CURRENTLY JUST AN OPEN SPACE THAT IS SLIGHTLY DEVELOPED BY THE CHURCH THAT IT BELONGS TO CURRENTLY.
SO IT'S NOT LAND THAT WAS LEFT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, IT'S BEING, IT'S ALMOST BEING FORCED TO BE DEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING AND THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR PRIVACY FOREVER.
IN CASES IN OTHER HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN THIS CASE THE HOUSE IS BACK UP RIGHT UP TO THE SERVICE ALLEY.
SECOND, THERE ARE MULTIPLE ENTRANCES INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FROM WACH
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ROAD.UH, AND IT CREATES UNCOORDINATED TRAFFIC GOING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CAUSES PEOPLE FROM, FROM BLUE MILL TO USE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS A CUT THROUGH.
TO BE ABLE TO GET ONTO WACH IN ADDITION OF ANOTHER ENTRANCE INTO THIS NEW NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD WOULD CAUSE, WOULD CAUSE MORE TRAFFIC, MORE CONGESTION AND MAKE IT, UH, UNSAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS.
AND WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF PEDESTRIANS.
THERE IS PLENTY OF DEVELOPMENT ON SBACK ROAD, PLENTY OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THERE ARE HOTELS, THERE ARE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
WE LIVE IN HARMONY WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
UH, HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTED COVENANTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE IN PLACE.
MY TIME IS ALMOST UP, UH, A MANDATORY HOAA COMMITMENT THAT THERE WILL BE NO HOMES BUILT ON.
FERN THAT BACK UP, UH, TO FERNAND TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND A SOLUTION TO ADDRESS THE INCREASED RISK OF PEDESTRIANS AND RESIDENTS AS IT RELATES TO INCREASED TRAFFIC.
UH, INCREASE IN UNCOORDINATED TRAFFIC ON SBACK ROAD.
AND THEN MR. UH, JOE, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 40 27 BURNING TREE 7 8 2 4 0 IN LAUREL HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, I AM A BOARD MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION AND UH, MY FAMILY MOVED THERE IN 93 WHEN I GRADUATED.
UH, BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD, TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS HAVE CHANGED, HOWEVER, UM, YES, SOKI AND I AND AND THE, THE BOARD AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEING PROPOSED THERE, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BECAUSE CURRENTLY WE ARE THE ONLY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ON THAT SIDE OF I 10 FROM CALLAHAN ALL THE WAY TO DE ZAVALA AND I MEAN, AND ON.
SO WE'RE SURROUNDED BY MULTIFAMILY BUSINESSES ALIKE.
WE DO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THEM, BUT WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS JUST LIKE SAKI WAS SAYING, IS THAT THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVE, A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, STRICT AS FAR AS LIKE A DEED RESTRICTION THAT WOULD COVER US AND PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND THAT DEED RESTRICTION THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY AN HOA TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE HOUSE, MAINTAIN OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE, OF COURSE TRAFFIC IS GONNA BE AN ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU GO DOWN WACH, THE MEDICAL CENTER, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA HIT TRAFFIC AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY WITH, WITH 34 HOUSES, WHATEVER, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MORE TRAFFIC ON THERE.
I MEAN WE UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE POSITION THAT WE'RE AT JUST TO NOT BE THE LONE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING THERE WOULD UH, BE A GOOD THING.
AND BOTH OF THOSE WERE FOR ITEM SIX, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
IF WE COULD, AND WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, I BELIEVE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
ALEXA RATANA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS LOCATED AT 1 5 9 CASTROVILLE ROAD GOING FROM R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO C TWO NA COMMERCIAL NON-ALCOHOLIC CELLS.
THERE WERE 43 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN THE 200 FEET.
PROSPECT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, EL CHARO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND BRADY GARDENS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION GAVE NO RESPONSE AND THERE'S NO RESPONSE OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET.
THE CURRENT R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C TWO NA COMMERCIAL NON-ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT IS NOT AS IT ABUT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH AND EAST STAFF RECOMMENDS LOWERING THE PROPOSED ZONING TO SEE ONE LIKE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO LIMIT THE SIZE OF BUILDING AND COMMERCIAL USES FOR MORE APPROPRIATE BUSINESSES TO SERVICE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPERTY FRONTS A SECONDARY ARTERIAL WHICH CAN ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATE INGRESS AND EGRESS.
THE APPLICANT'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
I'M A 1422 RO UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR A C ONE.
UM, LAST TIME I WAS HERE Y'ALL ASKED, UH, MR. BUSANTE WAS ASKING ABOUT UH, PARKING BECAUSE I WANTED THE C TWO IN CASE MY PIT GROOMING PLACE FAILS.
I WAS GONNA DO A LIGHT MOTORCYCLE MECHANIC WITH OIL AND LUBE.
SO THE MAIN CONCERN WAS PARKING SPOTS.
UM, THIS IS MY PROPERTY RIGHT HERE AT THE CORNER.
I COULD FIT 13 CARS ON THE PROPERTY, UM, FOUR PARKED OUTSIDE.
UH, ACTUALLY I COULD PUT FOUR UP IN THE FRONT, THREE OFF IN THE SIDE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WON'T OBSTRUCT THE SIDEWALK AND I COULD PUT ANOTHER SIX IN THE BACK.
UH, THE BACK IS A 10 FOOT METAL FENCE, COMPLETELY ENCLOSED FROM ALL THE NEIGHBORS AND THE STREET VIEW.
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UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE.DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSMAN FOR QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, MR. SANCHEZ, I THINK WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS PREVIOUSLY, UH, THIS PROPERTY HAD BEEN A C TWO ZONED PROPERTY, CORRECT? YES, IT WAS C TWO, UH, ZONED.
UM, I, I PULLED BACK THE LAST, OR I WAS LOOKING FOR THE LAST CERTIFICATE AND THE LAST CERTIFICATE WAS PULLED IN 20, WHAT DID I WRITE DOWN THERE? 20 12, 29, 20 19.
ORIGINALLY WHEN I APPLIED FOR THE CERTIFICATE, THEY TOLD ME THE LAST ONE WAS PULLED IN 2012.
UM, I FOUND ONE FROM 2019 FOR A RETAIL THRIFT SHOP.
UM, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE BUILDING WAS IN A MASS REZONING SO THEY CONSIDERED IT A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SINCE IT WASN'T USED FOR SO LONG.
BUT IT'S ONLY BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE THE LAST CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
UM, AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY WAS THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO REACH A PARKING AGREEMENT WITH A PROPERTY ACROSS CASTROVILLE ROAD, CORRECT? YES.
AND THAT AGREEMENT FELL THROUGH LAST MINUTE.
SHE DECIDED SHE DIDN'T WANT TO LET ME USE HER PARKING.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE FOR A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE MANY OF OUR CASES OF COURSE THIS IS DIFFICULT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE LARGE AREA REZONING IS SOMETHING A TOOL THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.
I THINK IT LARGELY STABILIZES AND MAKES UNIFORM THE PROPERTIES IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS THAT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS HAVE UNDERTAKEN OR HAVE UNDERGONE ZONING CHANGES THAT ARE INAPPROPRIATE.
UM, THE R FOUR IN THIS CASE, UH, CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE INAPPROPRIATE GIVEN THE LOCATION OF THIS PROPERTY AND GIVEN ITS HISTORICAL USAGE.
UH, ALTHOUGH I WOULD LOVE TO AGREE WITH STAFF'S ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION, UM, I ALSO DON'T WANT TO UNDULY LIMIT THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY AND THE APPLICANT.
AS A RESULT I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL WITH ALL DUE RESPECT FOR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE AS SUBMITTED BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS.
DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
DISCUSSION ON MY COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
UM, I WILL SUPPORT THIS MOTION, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S CON IT'S SURROUNDED BY C3 EVEN.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S REPORT PLEASE.
ALEX RATANA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS LOCATED AT 1 4 4 O'CONNOR ROAD GOING FROM R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO MF 33 MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAY STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 50 NOTICES SENT OUT, ZERO IN FAVOR, 36 OPPOSED WITHIN THE 200 FEET RANDOLPH HILLS CIVIC CLUB NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT IS ALSO AN APPROPRIATE ZONING.
THERE IS MULTIFAMILY ZONING OF THE SAME DENSITY WITHIN PROXIMITY AND THE PROPERTY IS APPROPRIATELY LOCATED ALONG A SECONDARY ARTERIAL THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC AWAY FROM THE LOCAL STREETS.
THE PROPOSED ZONING IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH ENCOURAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATE HOUSING TYPES TO ACCOMMODATE THE CITY'S GROWING POPULATION AT ALL INCOME LEVELS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
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GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.EMILY WEISLER WITH KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE, SUITE TWO 50 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UM, SO AS STAFF MENTIONED, UM, PROPERTIES AT 1 44 O'CONNOR ROAD.
IT'S 12, JUST OVER 12 AND A HALF ACRES.
DO, DO I HAVE CONTROL? THERE IT GOES.
UM, SO WE ARE ACTUALLY EAST OF RANDOLPH BOULEVARD.
UM, ABOUT A MILE, UH, HALF A MILE FROM IH 35.
UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS AERIAL VIEW.
SO THIS IS PROPERTY UNDEVELOPED.
UM, AROUND US IS THE RANDOLPH HILLS COMMUNITY.
ACROSS THE STREET IS THE CROWN RIDGE TOWN HOMES.
UM, YOU CAN SEE INWOOD PLACE TO THE SOUTHWEST.
AND THEN THIS IS THE LINKS APARTMENT, UM, TO THE NORTH.
UM, AGAIN, ABOUT HALF A MILE FROM I 35.
UM, ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM HORSEBACK PARKWAY.
UM, O'CONNOR ROAD IS A SECONDARY ARTERIAL.
UM, WE KNOW THAT, UM, EXISTING TRAFFIC, THERE'S A LOT OF CONGESTION RIGHT NOW.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WILL COME WITH THIS PROJECT, UM, AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE ABOUT, UM, REVIEW AND AN INTERMEDIATE SOLUTIONS TO THEIR EXISTING TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE, ACTUALLY, LEMME GO BACK.
ONE, UM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION VIA STOPS.
THERE IS ONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S ALSO ONE RIGHT HERE AT KING'S CROWN.
THIS PROJECT WILL ONLY HAVE ACCESS IN AND OUT OF O'CONNOR.
IT DOES NOT CONNECT VEHICULAR OR ANY OTHER WAY, UH, TO ANY OTHER STREET.
SO THIS IS ENTIRELY IN AND OUT OF O'CONNOR ROAD, THAT SECONDARY ARTERIAL.
YOU CAN SEE AS YOU GET JUST PAST RANDOLPH BOULEVARD.
THERE IS ACTUALLY, UM, SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL AND INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES, UM, AND A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES IN THE AREA.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO ON THE RECORD, UM, FORMALLY AMEND THIS REQUEST.
UM, OUR ORIGINAL REQUEST IS FOR MF 33.
THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO AN MF 25.
UM, AND I'LL GET INTO THIS SITE PLAN IN JUST A SECOND.
AND OUR DENSITY IS ACTUALLY JUST UNDER THAT, ABOUT 23 UNITS AN ACRE.
UM, SO, BUT THE AMENDED REQUEST WOULD BE FOR AN MF 25 ON THIS 12 AND A HALF ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE'RE, UH, JOINING R SIX.
UM, THIS C TWO IS THE LINKS, WHICH IS DEVELOPED AT ABOUT 33 UNITS AN ACRE.
UM, THERE IS MULTIFAMILY MF 33 ACROSS THE STREET, UM, AND THEN RM FOUR AS WELL.
SO A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES, UM, AND DENSITIES HERE, WHICH MAKE THE MF 25 CONSISTENT AND APPROPRIATE ALONG O'CONNOR ROAD.
UM, AND AGAIN, CONSISTENT AND APPROPRIATE WITH, ALONG WITH THE SHIP HERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT VARIETY OF ZONING DISTRICTS AND INTENSITIES AND DENSITIES, UM, ALONG O'CONNOR.
THIS IS A CLASS A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT BY WHITE CONLEY BUILDERS.
UM, A COMMITMENT WE HAVE MADE THAT TO EXCEED THAT DENSITY.
SO THAT'S ABOUT 23 UNITS AN ACRE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HERE.
UM, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE UNIT TYPES AND THE BREAKDOWN IN A SECOND, BUT THIS SITE WAS ACTUALLY VERY SPECIFICALLY LAID OUT TO, WITH CONSIDERATION FOR KING'S CROWN, UM, PART OF THE RANDOLPH HILLS COMMUNITY THAT WHERE THEY ARE ADJOINING US, THERE'S ACTUALLY ONLY, THE ONLY THING ADJOINING THEM ARE THESE 25 PARKING SPACES AND THIS LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER.
UM, BUT WE ORIENTED THIS PROJECT AND LAID THIS PROJECT OUT, UM, TO CREATE AS MUCH SEPARATION, PRIVACY AND CONTROL FROM THIS PROJECT, FROM THOSE ADJOINING NEIGHBORS.
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IN THIS A THAT ON THIS BACKSIDE, THIS FAR RIGHT AND UPPER RIGHT, THERE'S ACTUALLY NO DEVELOPMENT THERE.
SO WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT OUR PROXIMITY TO KING'S CROWN.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS IN AND OUT OF O'CONNOR, ONLY THESE 296 UNITS.
THESE ARE LIMITED TO FOUR STORIES.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ON THESE LITTLE FINGER POINTS, UM, THESE ARE TOWN HOME STYLE APARTMENTS AS WELL.
THOSE ARE LIMITED TO TWO STORY.
AND SO WE DID THAT ALSO VERY MUCH ON PURPOSE TO CREATE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF HEIGHT WITHIN, IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO ANY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, NO RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF KING'S CROWN, THERE IS ALSO A 17 AND A HALF, GIVE OR TAKE, UM, ALLEYWAY BEHIND KINGS CROWN TO OUR PROPERTY LINE.
UM, AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME SETBACKS AS WELL.
UM, BUT THIS IS FULLY PARKED CLASS, A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT.
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AMENITY CENTER, UM, RIGHT HERE ON O'CONNOR ROAD.WE HAVE ALSO TALKED ABOUT WITH THE COMMUNITY ON INCLUDING A BUS STOP INSIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET SCHOOL BUSES INSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, DO PICKUP DROP OFF THERE IN A MORE SAFE AND CONTROLLED AREA, UM, RATHER THAN A BUS STOP ON O'CONNOR THERE.
UM, LET ME, SO AS I WAS MENTIONING SETBACKS, SO THIS IS THAT 17 FOOT SIX, EXCUSE ME, 17 FOOT SIX INCH ALLEYWAY, UM, BEHIND KING'S CROWN.
THE CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO ANY BUILDING WITH THAT, ALMOST A HUNDRED FEET, ABOUT 94 FEET.
UM, THIS ONE AT THE TOP END IS, UM, JUST ABOUT 114 FEET OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THE ALLEY, THE PROPERTY LINE, THE REAR PROPERTY LINE OF THOSE NEIGHBORS ON KING'S CROWN AND THE BUILDING.
UM, AND, AND WE DID THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY AGAIN, TO CREATE AS MUCH BUFFERING AND SEPARATION THAT LEAVES LANDSCAPING AND PARKING THERE, UM, TO OFFSET THAT FOR THOSE NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND I'M GONNA SEARCH BACK AND THE LAYOUT OF THIS PROJECT WAS ALSO DONE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE DRAINAGE FLOW.
WE ARE ACTUALLY TAKING ON THE WATER FROM RANDOLPH HILLS COMMUNITY.
SO THE WATER ACTUALLY COMES, UM, DOWN INTO OUR PROPERTY, WHICH WE HAVE TO MITIGATE UN UNIMPEDED.
WE HAVE TO MOVE THAT WATER OFF THROUGH OUR SITE AND DOWN INTO IT, AS WELL AS THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR OWN ONSITE RUNOFF.
UM, SO MOVING THOSE BUILDINGS AROUND MAKES, UM, THE DRAINAGE SITUATION VERY DICEY, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMUNITY HERE.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME DRAINAGE CONCERNS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S JUST WATER'S JUST RUNNING UNIMPEDED WHEN WE BUILD.
WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT OFFSITE WATER CONTINUES THROUGH OUR SITE UNIMPEDED.
UM, THESE NEXT SEVERAL SITES, UM, ARE GOING TO DETAIL SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND CONCESSIONS AND COMMITMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE.
UM, OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, THIS ACCESS RIGHT HERE IS THE ONE CLOSEST TO KING'S CROWN, UM, AND MAKE THAT EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FULL TIA AND CITY APPROVAL PROCESS ON THAT.
UM, BUT THAT IS OUR COMMITMENT THAT IF SO LONG AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ALLOWS US TO LEAVE THAT AS EMERGENCY ACCESS, THAT IS OUR INTENT IS THAT THAT SECONDARY ACCESS POINT IS EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY, UM, TO AVOID ANY ADDITIONAL UNNECESSARY VEHICLES, UM, AS CLOSE TO KING'S CROWN AS POSSIBLE.
UH, FENCING, IMPROVED FENCING IS SOMETHING, SO WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY PERIMETER FENCING ALL AROUND THE PROJECT, BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THIS YELLOW LINE THAT WAS KIND OF THE ORIGINAL IMPROVED FENCING OUTLINE.
UM, WE'VE ALSO EXTENDED IT PAST, UM, WITH THIS GREEN AREA.
SO THAT IS, WE'RE WAITING ON SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT HAVE DISCUSSED TWO DIFFERENT, UH, FENCING TYPES.
ONE IS A DOUBLE-SIDED WOODEN PRIVACY FENCE UP TO EIGHT FEET, UM, WHICH PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT SOUND NOISE, PRIVACY BARRIERS.
UM, BUT THEN THEY ALSO WANTED TO CONSIDER, UM, A WROUGHT IRON FENCE WITH INTERNAL PLANTING.
SO PLANTING'S ON THE INSIDE OF THE FENCE TO FILL IT IN FOR A MORE NATURAL AESTHETIC.
UM, WE ARE OPEN TO, AND HAPPY TO DO EITHER ONE OF THOSE, BUT THERE WOULD BE IMPROVED FENCING ALL ALONG.
AND THIS RUNS WHERE, WHERE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY LIVE.
UM, BUT THE SITE WILL BE FULLY SECURE AND WE DO HAVE ONSITE MANAGEMENT.
ANOTHER CON, ANOTHER CONCESSION THAT WE'VE MADE IS THE REMOVAL OF BALCONIES ON THOSE TWO STORY, UM, TOWNHOUSE STYLE UNITS.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THIS WAS THE, UM, THIS IS THE REVISED FLOOR PLAN.
THERE ARE NO SECOND STORY BALCONIES, SO THOSE ARE THE ONES CLOSEST TO ANY NEIGHBORS.
SO THERE IS NO ISSUE OF BALCONY PEEPING.
UM, BUT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, UH, RENDERING WITH THOSE BALCONIES.
SO WE HAVE COMMITTED TO REMOVING THOSE SECOND STORY BALCONIES, UM, FROM THOSE UNITS THAT WOULD ADJOIN ANY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOR.
THOSE ARE THESE BUILDINGS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR TWO STORY BUILDINGS.
THESE LARGER, LONGER BUILDINGS ARE THE TWO FOUR STORIES.
AND AGAIN, THOSE HAVE BEEN DONE PUSH THEM BACK AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FRONT THEM AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO O'CONNOR CONSIDERING TRAFFIC LAYOUT, ALL OF THE CITY REGULATIONS AND DRAINAGE TO OF COURSE.
UM, BUT THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES, UM, BOTH THE TWO STORY AND THE FOUR STORY HAVE BEEN ORIENTED IN A WAY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE BUILDINGS ARE NOT CREATING ANY SORT OF, UM, PRIVACY CONCERNS FOR, FOR THOSE RESIDENTS ALONG KING'S CROWN.
UM, THIS AREA IN GREEN IS ANOTHER CONCESSION.
THIS IS OUR ONSITE TRACKS TRASH COMPACTOR, UM, AND DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE.
UM, AND SO WE'VE COMMITTED TO LEAVING IT THERE.
THERE IS NO ADJOINING NEIGHBORS, NOWHERE NEAR ANYBODY THERE FOR THAT.
THIS IS THE FRONT, UM, ELEVATION AND PERSPECTIVE VIEW
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OF THAT FOUR STORY BUILDING.UM, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT IS IF THERE IS ANY POSSIBLE REDUCTION FURTHER IN HEIGHT, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
UM, BUT THIS WOULD NOT EXCEED ANY FOUR STORIES.
UM, JUST A COUPLE MORE EXHIBITS.
AGAIN, THIS IS A CLASS A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A BUILT PROJECT AND THEIR AMENITIES ON SITE.
UM, THIS IS A LIST OF ALL OF THE CONCESSIONS AND COMMITMENTS TO DATE, DARK SKY COMPLIANT, NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS, FENCING, UM, TREE ORDINANCE, EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF.
UM, HEIGHT LIMITATION, UNIT COUNT LIMITATION.
THOSE ARE ALL OF THE CONCESSIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE AS PART OF OUR WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DATE.
UM, SO AGAIN, OUR AMENDED REQUEST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY IS AN MF 25.
UM, REDUCING THAT FROM AN MF 33 STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT TODAY.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO.
WE HAVE, UM, QUITE A FEW VOICEMAILS, BUT WE DO HAVE THREE SPEAKERS HERE.
UM, FIRST OFF, REAL QUICK, UH, MR. GARZA, I BELIEVE YOU LEFT A VOICEMAIL.
DID YOU WANNA SPEAK TODAY? YOU WANNA JUST PLAY THE VOICEMAIL? THE VOICEMAIL? OKAY.
SO WE'LL HAVE, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS AND THEN 18 VOICEMAILS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HEAR THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE.
UM, I'M CALLING ABOUT, UH, CASE NUMBER Z 2024 DASH, UH, 1 0 7 0 0 1 7 8.
UM, THAT'S ON, UH, THE ADDRESS IS 1 4 4 O'CONNOR ROAD.
UM, I'M JUST CALLING TO OPPOSE, UM, THIS ISSUE.
I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT IS, UM, GONNA BE PLACED HERE OR IS TRYING TO BE PLACED HERE.
I'M NOT, UH, I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THAT.
UH, I DON'T, I DON'T AGREE WITH THE AMOUNT OF, OF PEOPLE THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT IN THERE.
UM, AND I ALSO JUST DON'T BELIEVE IT'S WITHIN THE CHARACTER OF THIS AREA.
UM, WE, UH, WE ARE, WE'RE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, WE JUST DO NOT WANT THAT MUCH MORE TRAFFIC TO BE BROUGHT IN.
UM, THE, THE TRAFFIC ON O'CONNOR IS ALREADY, UH, GETTING TO BE PRETTY HORRENDOUS AND, UH, WE JUST DON'T NEED THAT ANY FURTHER.
UM, ANOTHER ISSUE IS THE SAFETY.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO CUT THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND THAT WOULD JUST UP THAT ISSUE.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE PROPOSED, UH, LOCATION OF ONE OF THE DRIVEWAYS WOULD, UH, INCREASE, UH, THAT SITUATION.
UM, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF, WE HAVE SOME CHILDREN THAT LIVE HERE, UM, AND, AND WE JUST, UH, NOT ONLY THE CHILDREN, BUT SOME OF OUR ELDERLY, UH, PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE AS WELL.
IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT SMART, IT'S NOT GOOD.
UM, SO OVERALL, WE, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO OPPOSE THIS MATTER.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 284-5010.
HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR, OF YOUR DAY.
YEAH, GOOD MORNING, GOOD AFTERNOON.
I LIVE AT 6 6 4 2 WEST QUEENS CROWN IN RANDOLPH HILLS.
I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER Z 2004 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 78, OR 1 44 O'CONNOR ROAD.
I'M CALLING IN OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING CHANGE ON THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, UH, ON THE BASIS THAT I'M VERY FEARFUL OF THE TRAFFIC AND THE SAFETY, UH, OF THE KING'S CROWN EXIT THAT I USED TO GET OUT OF MY SUBDIVISION.
UM, IT'S DANGEROUS NOW IT WITH 400 APARTMENTS, IT'S GONNA BE MORE DANGEROUS.
I'M ALSO IN OPPOSITION TO THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT I FEEL THAT, UH, WERE VIOLATED SOMEHOW, UH, ON SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT THEY PUT INTO ADJOIN, THAT PIECE OF LAND THAT INTO OUR SUBDIVISION.
UM, UM, IT, IT VIOLATES, UH, THE REASON WHY I MADE MY INVESTMENT HERE FOR THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS, UH, PARTICULARLY TO ENJOY IN MY PROPERTY.
I'M ALSO FEARFUL THAT MY PROPERTY VALUE WILL GO DOWN BECAUSE OF THAT TYPE OF PROJECT.
MY ADDRESS IS SIXTY FOUR FIFTY FOUR KINGS CROWN.
MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 381-2392.
AND THIS IS REGARDING ZONING CASE THAT ENDS IN 1 78, THE RANDALL HILLS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL.
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I OWN MY PROPERTY AS AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY.I'VE NEVER LIVED IN THE PROPERTY.
IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL AIRBNB.
PART OF THE APPEAL OF MY PROPERTY IS THE, THE, THE, THE QUIET, UH, AND ESPECIALLY THE BACK AREA AND THE FACT THAT MOST OF MY GUESTS FEEL IT'S, IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE IN THE COUNTRY WHILE STILL BEING CLOSE TO, TO A LOT OF THE CITIES, SHOPPING AND ATTRACTIONS.
UM, I AM VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE BECAUSE IT WOULD BASICALLY DEFEAT THE PURPOSE OF, OF WHAT I'M DOING.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT AFFECT THE RESALE VALUE OF MY PROPERTY GREATLY.
UH, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIVE IN THE PROPERTY LIKE A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS, UM, I AM, UH, I AM AN INVESTOR AND, AND AS MUCH AS I, I'M, I'M ALL, I'M ALL FOR, UH, CITY GROWTH AND, AND, AND INVESTMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS JUST NOT THE RIGHT TIME, NOT THE RIGHT PLACE.
SO I, I OPPOSE, UM, THIS PROPOSAL.
UM, UH, AGAIN, MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 381-2392.
MY NAME IS ELIZABETH SAUNDERS.
I LIVE AT 11 6 8 5 APPLE MAN IN THE ROBARD SUBDIVISION CASE NUMBER, THE LAST FOUR IS 0 1 7 8 1 4 4 O'CONNOR ROAD.
I WILL, I OPPOSE THE BUILDING OF THIS $50 MILLION APARTMENT COMPLEX DUE TO THE TRAFFIC IT WILL CREATE FOR ALL THE EXISTING COMMUNITIES AROUND THIS PROPOSED SITE.
THIS AREA IS NOT A HIGH END AREA, SO IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT HIGH, HIGH-END RATE RENT CAN BE COLLECTED HERE.
HIGH END IS STONE OAK, DOWNTOWN, AMO HEIGHTS, GARDEN RIDGE, ET CETERA.
HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION OF HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY BEFORE THE REZONING? THIS MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.
NO MATTER WHERE THE ENTRANCE, ENTRANCE AND EXIT ROADS ARE BUILT FOR THIS COMMUNITY, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE DRIVING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY TRYING TO FIND A FASTER WAY TO GET TO THE HIGHWAY OR OTHER ROADS FOR EASIER ACCESS.
THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS WON'T HAPPEN.
THAT'S GREAT THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL MAKE 30 MILLION IN PROFIT, BUT WHAT GUARANTEE WILL THERE BE THAT IT WILL STAY A HIGH END COMPLEX? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS.
HI, MY NAME IS KAREN S SCHOOLCRAFT.
I LIVE AT 1 1 9 8 0 WEER WAY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, UM, IN RANDOLPH HILLS AREA.
I AM IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO THE BUILDING THAT, UH, PERMIT CHANGE THAT IS PROPOSED FOR 1 44 O'CONNOR ROAD, UM, MAINLY DUE TO THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC IN A HEAVILY POPULATED, UM, SCHOOL AREA AS WELL.
AND THE FACT THAT THEY WANNA GO FOUR STORIES WHEN THAT IS TOTALLY OUT OF CHARACTER FOR THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH, UM, SOME, THE CLOSEST APARTMENTS ARE TWO STORY.
THE HOMES BACK IN RANDOLPH HILLS ARE ONE AND TWO STORY HOMES, AND ANY NEW HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THAT AREA ARE ALSO ONE AND TWO STORY HOMES.
A FOUR STORY OR SEVERAL FOUR STORY APARTMENT COMPLEXES WOULD OVER LOOK OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE VALUE OUR PRIVACY WHERE TAXPAYER HONEST, HARDWORKING PEOPLE THAT HAVE BOUGHT OUR PROPERTIES AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW, MAINLY LIKE I SAID, THAT IS MY, MY OPPOSITION.
I LIVE AT 65 12 FOX RUN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO THREE THREE.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS ZERO CODE (210) 842-3780.
I'M CALLING TO, UH, RECORD MY OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING CASE OR ZONING CHANGE REQUEST OR ZONING CASE Z 2 MILLION 24 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 7 8.
I FEEL THAT THIS CHANGE WOULD, UH, IRREPARABLY ALTER THE CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN NO, UM, TRAFFIC SURVEYS DONE BY THE DEVELOPER.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO SAFETY STUDIES DONE TO SEE IF THIS WOULD BE A WISE DECISION.
UH, AND FURTHERMORE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO STUDIES DONE BY THE DEVELOPER, UH, TO ASSESS ANY, UH, CHANGES TO THE UNDERLYING PROPERTY VALUES OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, UH, AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
THIS MESSAGE IS IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER Z
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DASH 2024 DASH TEN SEVEN ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE SEVEN EIGHT.MY ADDRESS IS 6 4 8 2 KINGS CROWN SAN ANTONIO.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 705-3394.
AND I AM IN OPPOSITION TO THE ZONE CHANGE FOR 1 4 4 O'CONNOR ROAD DEVELOPMENT.
I, ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND STEVE
WE ALSO ARE OPPOSED TO THE FOUR STORY BUILDING THAT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE SINGLE STORY STRUCTURES DOWN OUR STREET.
UM, WE BOUGHT THIS LAND BECAUSE OF THE COUNTRY FEEL AND THE LOVE FOR THE OPEN SPACES AND THE WILDLIFE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN, BUT THIS ZONE CHANGE IS NOT APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME.
MY NAME IS NICHOLAS BLAKENEY AND I LIVE AT SIXTY FIVE OH EIGHT KINGS CROWN WEST.
I'M CALLING TO EXPRESS MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER Z 2004 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 78 FOR THE PROPOSED REZONING OF 1 44 O'CONNOR ROAD TO MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT.
I HAVE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MANY YEARS AND CHOSE THIS COMMUNITY TO RAISE MY FAMILY.
I DEEPLY CHERISH AND VALUE THE FAMILY ORIENTED, PEACEFUL AND QUIET CHARACTER OF THIS COMMUNITY.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WITH FOUR STORY APARTMENTS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER THE NATURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THE INCREASED TRAFFIC, NOISE AND RISK OF SAFETY CONCERNS ARE ALL MAJOR CONCERNS TO MY FAMILY AND OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC SPEEDING AND ACCIDENTS, MAKING IT DANGEROUS TO WALK AROUND OR EVEN EXIT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD ONLY EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM WITH MORE VEHICLES ON THE ROADS, LOOKING TO BYPASS TRAFFIC ON O'CONNOR ROAD INCREASING THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE RISK OF ACCIDENTS, INJURIES, OR WORSE INVOLVING OUR CHILDREN AND ELDERLY RESIDENTS WOULD BE INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY.
THE HEIGHT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETELY OUTTA CHARACTER FOR THE AREA AND WOULD SEVERELY IMPACT THE PRIVACY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THE TOWERING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WOULD CAST SHADOWS AND OVERLOOK OUR PROPERTIES, CREATING A SENSE OF INTRUSION.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED WITH THE PROPERTY DEVALUATION FOR PROPERTIES THAT WILL BE BLOCKED IN AND LANDLOCKED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH A DEVELOPER EVEN STATING THAT THESE LOCKS CANNOT BE DEVELOPED.
I TRULY BELIEVE THERE ARE BETTER OPTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA THAT WOULD BE MORE COMPATIBLE AND IN CHARACTER WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
I URGE YOU TO DENY THIS REZONING APPLICATION, KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE, AND PROTECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
HI, THIS IS THE RILEY FAMILY CALLING WITH STRONG OPPOSITION TO CASE Z LIKE ZEBRA.
2 0 2 4 1 0 7 0 0 1 7 8 AT 1 44 O'CONNOR ROAD IS THE ADDRESS WHERE A DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING TO PUT UP A FOUR STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX ON A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF LAND.
WE HAVE SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS WITH THIS, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE RILEY FAMILY AT 63 72 FOX RUN THAT HAS LIVED HERE FOR OVER 65 YEARS.
AND THE PROPERTY AT 1 0 8 8 7 ROYAL BLUFF, JUST THREE TENTHS OF A MILE DOWN ROYAL RIDGE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF O'CONNOR ROAD.
WE HAVE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES WITH THIS PROPOSED PROPERTY SAFETY ISSUES FOR THE PEOPLE THAT CURRENTLY LIVE HERE.
FOR THE PEOPLE THAT USE O'CONNOR ROAD, FOR THE CHILDREN THAT MAY LIVE IN THOSE, THOSE APARTMENTS TRYING TO CROSS O'CONNOR ROAD TO GET TO RURAL RIDGE ELEMENTARY.
THERE ARE TOO MANY SAFETY ISSUES.
THERE IS NO REASON TO HAVE A FOUR STORY COMPLEX OVER HERE.
THERE ARE NO OTHERS IN THE AREA WHATSOEVER THAT ARE FOUR STORIES HIGH.
IT'S TOO SMALL OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR THE DENSITY OF WHAT THEY'RE WANTING PROPOSING RIGHT NOW TO PUT THERE, I'M SORRY IF MY WORDS ARE QUICK, BUT I'M TRYING TO GET AS MUCH IN THESE THREE MINUTES AS I CAN.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO PAY ATTENTION AND PUT THEMSELVES IN OUR SHOES OVER HERE.
WE ALSO DON'T NEED HOMELESS TAKING OVER VACATED APARTMENTS.
THEY START RUINING THINGS AGAIN.
THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS SAFETY FOR US, THE OVERCROWDING IN THIS AREA.
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MY ADDRESS IS 6 3 0 7 ROYAL RIDGE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.UH, I'M CALLING REGARDING 1 44 O'CONNOR ROAD, AND I WISH TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.
UH, THE REASON FOR, UH, MY PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE IS, UH, OR OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE IS BECAUSE THE, UH, PLANNED APARTMENT BUILDINGS, UH, THAT ARE FOUR STORIES HIGH, UH, ARE OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE, UH, EXISTING, UH, HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I AM PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY OF 1100 HOMES AND WOULD, THEY'RE LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE, UH, THE STREET ACROSS O'CONNOR ROAD FROM, UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, UH, PROJECT WITH THE, UH, ZONING CHANGE.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, TWO STORY TOWNHOUSES, UH, WOULD BE, UH, ACCEPTABLE.
UH, BUT, UH, FOUR STORY APARTMENTS OR EVEN THREE STORY APARTMENTS ARE EXCESSIVE, UH, COMPARED TO, UH, WHAT IS, UH, EXISTS, WHICH ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, UH, BOTH, UH, NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.
UH, UH, ALSO THE, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, UH, AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE PROPOSED EXIT NEAR KING'S CROWN, UH, UH, WOULD, UH, SNAR TRAFFIC, UH, UNBELIEVABLY, UH, I BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND CROSSWALK, UH, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY, UH, EVEN WITH ON TERRY'S PARK.
MY NAME IS ROSEANNA MURRAY AND MY ADDRESS IS 1 1 5 3 9 BRIDGE AND CIRCLE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 3.
I'M A RESIDENT OF RANDOLPH HILLS AND I'M CALLING TO LEAVE AN OPPOSITION FOR THE APARTMENTS PROPOSED ON O'CONNOR ROAD.
THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS PROPOSED AT 1 4 4 O'CONNOR ROAD.
THE REASON FOR MY OPPOSITION IS THAT I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND I'VE NOTICED THAT OVER THE YEARS, THE INCREASED CONGESTION AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS CAUSING PROBLEMS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE ONLY HAVE TWO EXITS, UM, FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THIS HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY PROBLEMATIC, ESPECIALLY DURING BUSY TIMES IN THE MORNING AND AFTER WORK, LIKE AFTER FIVE, AROUND FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNINGS, IT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS TO GET ONTO O'CONNOR ROAD, UM, OR GET ACROSS THE CORNER ROAD TO TAKE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BECOME MORE PROBLEMATIC IF YOU PUT A HUGE DEVELOPMENT ON O'CONNOR ROAD.
UM, SOME OTHER CONCERNS I HAVE ARE ABOUT ADDITIONAL WEAR AND TEAR ON THE RAFT.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS POORLY MAINTAINED, UM, BOTH IN PAVEMENT AND, UM, JUST SIDEWALKS.
WE HAVE A LACK OF SIDEWALKS, BUT OUR STREETS ARE IN VERY POOR CONDITION.
THERE'S POTHOLES ON NEARLY EVERY STREET WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE REALLY BAD DRAINAGE WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS ONLY EXASPERATES THE ISSUE.
MY FEAR IS THAT WITH ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ON O'CONNOR WITH THE APARTMENTS, WE'LL HAVE MORE PEOPLE CUTTING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON THIS ON THE OLD ROADS.
WE ALSO HAVE VERY OLD INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING OLD WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THAT, WHAT THE IMPACT MIGHT BE, NOT ONLY ON JUST VOLUME, ADDITIONAL PEOPLE LIVING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT AGAIN, RUNNING OVER THE, UM, THE STREETS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS SARAH BLAKENEY AND I LIVE AT SIXTY FIVE OH EIGHT KING GROUND WEST.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 347-1334.
THE LAST THREE DIG DIGITS OF THE CASE NUMBER IS 1 7 8.
I'M CALLING TO SHARE MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT 1 4 4 O'CONNOR ROAD.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASED TRAFFIC NOISE AND SAFETY RISKS IT WOULD BRING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE DENSITY OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS, NUMBER OF UNITS, AND THE NUMBER OF CARS ADDED TO THE ROADS ARE ALL OUT OF CHARACTER FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND AREA.
WE ALREADY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SPEEDING AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN AND AROUND OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD ONLY MAKE IT WORSE.
I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE DENY THIS REZONING APPLICATION.
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SAN ANTONIO.MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN SIX FIVE FIVE FIVE ONE EIGHT ZERO.
I'M CALLING IN CONCERN TO A PROJECT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO FORWARD TOMORROW.
THE NUMBER IS Z 2 0 24 DASH 0 7 0 0 1 78.
MY OBJECTIONS TO THIS IS THAT THE FOUR STORY APARTMENT IS UNPRECEDENTED IN THIS AREA.
IT'S A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND WE HAVE FOR THE PROPERTIES THERE IS, IS ZONE SIX OR RESIDENTIAL SIX.
I ALSO OBJECT BECAUSE IT'LL REALLY CAUSE A TRAFFIC JAM OUT ON O'CONNOR ROAD HERE.
THERE'S NO OTHER ENTRANCE OR EXITS THAT IT CAN BE MADE THERE.
AND THEY'VE ALREADY GOT ENOUGH TRAFFIC ON O'CONNOR ROAD HERE NEXT TO RANDOLPH BOULEVARD.
SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CONSIDER THIS FOR THE CASE TOMORROW.
MY OFFICE ADDRESS SEVEN WEST WAY 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 CHANGE FOR FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY AT 1 4 4 O CON ROAD.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS VOICEMAIL, THE ATTITUDE AND TESTIMONY FOR THE MEETING SCHEDULED ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2024, AS WELL AS THE LETTER AND ATTACHMENTS I SENT TO MR. AR GOMEZ, UM, BOTH ON OCTOBER 30TH AND YESTERDAY.
I REPRESENT SANDRA STEINBERG CASTELLO WITH PROPOSED TO THE ZONING CHANGE.
SHE OWNS AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN A RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 63 54 KINGS CROWN, WHICH WOULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED IN TERMS OF LOSS OF PRIVACY, CLIENT ENJOYMENT OF HER PROPERTY AND PROPERTY VALUE BY THE PROPOSED ZONING EXCHANGE IF IT IS APPROVED BY THE STATE OF SAN ANTONIO.
HOWEVER, THERE IS ANOTHER REASON WHY THE STATE OF SAN ANTONIO SHOULD DENY THIS PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.
ACCORDING TO SECTION 34, EXCUSE ME, 35 DASH 3 0 7 B OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, ALL PROPERTY OWNERS LISTED ON ALL CURRENT WARRANTY DEEDS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN AN APPLICATION FOR ZONING CHANGE.
CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR ABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH RECORDED AN AFFIDAVIT OF USE AND POSSESSION WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY REAL PROPERTY RECORDS ON MAY 28TH.
THERE IS NO REASON TO FILE AN AFFIDAVIT OF ADVERSE POSSESSION IF THE PURPORTED PROPERTY OWNER OWNS CLEAR TITLE TO A PROPERTY.
I RETAINED A TITLE COMPANY TO EXAMINE BEXAR COUNTY PROPERTY RECORDS.
THE RESULT SHOWS THAT RECORD TITLE TO THE PROPERTY AT 1 4 4 O'CONNOR ROAD IS NOT CLEARLY INVESTED IN ABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO.
I PROVIDED A COPY OF THIS TITLE SEARCH WITH MY LETTER TO MR. GOMEZ.
TO THE CONTRARY, THERE ARE CONFLICTING WARRANTY DEEDS RECORDING IN THE BEXAR COUNTY REAL PROPERTY RECORDS.
WE'RE BOTH ABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE ESTATE OF HAROLD GASBY SENIOR.
WELL HOTCHKISS, I LIVE AT 6 4 1 8 GIL UH, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 3 3.
UM, I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE PROPOSED REZONING FOR 1 4 4 O'CONNOR ROAD.
UH, THE CASE NUMBER IS Z DASH 2 0 2 4 DASH 7 0 0 0 1 7 8.
I AM OPPOSED TO THIS, UH, VERY MUCH.
UM, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS AND I'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL MEETINGS DISCUSSING IT.
UH, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS FAR TOO DENSE, WAY TOO MANY UNITS FOR, UH, THIS AREA.
THERE'S NOTHING WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE AREA THAT'S THE CHARACTER OF FOUR STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
UH, REGARDLESS OF ANY DESIGN THAT'S GONNA BE DONE BY THE CONTRACTOR, UH, THE BUILDER, THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST GONNA HAVE THIS MASSIVE, UH, AMOUNT OF APARTMENTS IN THEIR BACKYARD.
UM, AND IT JUST, IT JUST DOESN'T CORRELATE.
WE HAVE NOTHING REALLY HIGHER THAN ABOUT A TWO STORY BUILDING IN THE AREA.
FOR THE MOST PART, NONE OF THIS KIND OF A APARTMENT.
UM, AND IT IS GONNA PROVIDE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MORE CARS, UM, AND IN THE PARKING SPOTS.
AND WE ALREADY HAVE A REALLY BAD ISSUE THERE ON O'CONNOR.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH IN THERE IN THE MORNING.
CERTAIN PEAK TIMES OF THE DAY YOU CAN JUST ALMOST NOT GET OUT.
BUT ALSO THAT'S HEADING WEST I'M REFERRING TO, BUT SOMETIMES HEADING
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EAST, UH, BY KING'S CROWN.THERE IS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE OTHER SIDE AND PEOPLE ARE JUST BARRELING DOWN, UH, THE TURN LANE OF O'CONNOR AND NOT WATCHING.
AND I'VE ALMOST BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIMES.
UH, AND BY THE TIME YOU ADD THIS MANY MORE CARS TO THIS, IT'S JUST NOT GONNA BE A GOOD SITUATION.
THIS IS REGARDING CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 24 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 71 78.
MANY OF THESE EXPECTED RESIDENTS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL LIKELY BE CHILDREN.
IN ORDER TO GET TO SCHOOL AT ROYAL RIDGE ELEMENTARY, THEY WILL NEED TO CROSS O'CONNOR ROAD.
WHETHER THEY WALK, BIKE, BE DRIVEN, OR TAKE THE BUS, THIS WILL BE A VERY DANGEROUS ADVENTURE.
AFTER HAVING MET WITH A DEVELOPER, THEY HAVE MADE NO ATTEMPT TO DECREASE THE DENSITY.
THEY HAVE MADE NO PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE SCHOOL BUS TRAFFIC.
THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED A TRAFFIC STUDY.
IN ADDITION, THE LINE OF SIGHT IS UNSAFE FOR MAKING TURNS LEFT FROM KING'S CROWN AND FOX RUN ONTO O'CONNOR ROAD AS A HILL OBSTRUCTS THE VIEW FROM THE EAST, THE DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT ADD VALUE TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, DISTRICT PENN OR THE RANDOLPH HILLS COMMUNITY.
WE ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY AT 1 4 4 OCONNOR ROAD.
HELLO, MY NAME IS VICTORIA MARQUEZ.
I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER, NICO CASTILLO.
HER ADDRESS IS 6 6 25 KINGS CROWN, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO THREE THREE.
TELEPHONE NUMBER IS (210) 646-2368.
AND THE LAST FOUR OF THE ZONING CASE NUMBER IS 0 1 7 8.
I'M CALLING BECAUSE MY MOTHER IS LIVES IN THE, UM, AREA THAT THE RANDOLPH HILLS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL IS BEING HAPPENING.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO VOICE OUR ARE CONCERNED AND OUR OPPOSITION FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO BE TAKING PLACE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT THE AREA IS ALREADY OVERGROWN AND TO HAVE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, THERE WOULD BE MORE PEOPLE AND MORE TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
THE AREA THAT MY MOTHER LIVES IN IS MOSTLY POPULATED BY ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS WHO TAKE THEIR SAFETY AND SECURITY, UH, THAT FOR THEM IT'S A PRIORITY AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT THE MORE PEOPLE THAT COME IN THAT WITHOUT THE SECURITY THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED FOR THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, THAT THE RISE IN POLICE CALLS THAT ARE ALREADY TAKING A LONG TIME WILL GO UP.
UM, WE ALSO ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
IT SEEMS THAT THERE MIGHT BE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ALREADY THAT ALREADY TAKES PLACE AND A DRAINAGE.
MY ADDRESS IS 6 3 6 9 BOX RUN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 3.
REGARDING CASE NUMBER 0 1 7 8, I AM AGAINST ANY ZONING CHANGE.
MYSELF AND MY WIFE BOTH THIS WAY, WE CO-OWN THE HOUSE.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT FOR VOICEMAILS.
UM, FIRST SPEAKER WE HAVE IS MS. BARBARA GARZA AND MR. JENKINS HAS DONATED HIS TIME TO ME.
ALL RIGHT, MR. JENKINS, YOU'RE MR. JENKINS IS PRESENT AND I DO YIELD MY TIME WITH MS. GARZA.
SO THAT'LL GIVE YOU FOUR MINUTES.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TODAY.
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UH, THE MANY COMPLAINTS TODAY, NOT ONLY FROM HOW DO YOU TURN THIS ON, IT'S NOT ONLY FROM OUR, UM, GROUP, BUT FROM YOUR OTHER, UM, CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE, THAT CAME UP FOR FOR THEIR OWN, UM, UH, PETITIONS AND ZONING, UM, ISSUES.UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THAT THE, UH, DEVELOPER SAYS THAT THEY MADE CONCESSIONS FROM MF 33 TO MF 25, WHICH, OKAY, THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED AND HAVE, UH, BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
SO THEY HAVE NOT MADE ANY CONCESSIONS FOR THE DENSITY IN THIS PROJECT BECAUSE MF 25, AS THEY HAD ON THEIR, UM, INFORMATION, POWERPOINT IS 23 UNITS PER UM, ACRE.
AND AS FAR AS, UM, WHAT 296 UNITS IS, IS ABOUT THE SAME THING, 23 UNITS PER ACRE.
SO, UM, IT'S STILL LESS THAN MF 25.
SO THEY REALLY DIDN'T DE DECREASE, THEY DIDN'T CONCEDE TO ANY KIND OF, UM, CONCESSIONS WITH THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS IS THE DENSITY, UM, OF THE POPULATION HERE.
UM, THEY WANT TO PUT THE FOUR STORIES.
YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE FOUR STORIES.
THERE'S NO FOUR STORIES AROUND US.
THE FOUR STORY BUILDING THAT IS AROUND US IS IN LIVE OAK ON JUDSON ROAD, AND IT IS THE METHODIST HOSPITAL.
GRANTED FOUR STORIES, THERE'S NO FOUR STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT ARE AROUND THE CORNER FROM US ARE TWO AND THREE STORY BUILDINGS, NOT FOUR.
OKAY? SO THAT'S NOT AN APPROPRIATE THING.
SO, UH, THE, UH, UNITS THAT ARE ACROSS THE STREET HERE, THE, THAT, UM, TOWN, OR SORRY, CROWN RIDGE TOWN HOMES ARE ALL TWO STORY OR ONE STORY.
SO TO MAKE, UM, UH, A CLAIM THAT THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA, IT IS NOT.
YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS, NOT ONLY THE TRAFFIC HERE, UH, COMING FROM ALL THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE WAY DOWN HERE THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, GOING TO, UM, I 35, BUT HERE WE'RE BUILDING THAT, UM, UPPER LEVEL.
SO YOU HAVE BACKUP ALREADY HERE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CUTTING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY OUT AND GET AROUND.
UM, NOT ONLY RANDOLPH BOULEVARD, RANDOLPH BOULEVARD IS ALSO WAY BACKED UP BECAUSE OF ALL THIS TRAFFIC ON O'CONNOR ROAD, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING 515 PARKING SPOTS HERE.
SO THAT MEANS TO ME YOU'RE GONNA PUT AT LEAST 300 CARS RIGHT HERE.
SO YOU HAVE AN EXIT RIGHT HERE, AN EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY.
SO EVERYONE'S GONNA BE COMING IN AND OUT OF HERE.
WE HAVE A BUS STOP RIGHT HERE ALSO, RIGHT AT THEIR EXIT, BASICALLY.
SO THE BUS STOP COULD, THE BUS COULD, THE VIA BUS COULD ALSO BLOCK THAT ENTRANCE FROM TIME TO TIME.
SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT JUST THE TRAFFIC, BUT THE SAFETY, SAFETY ISSUES OF THE CHILDREN WHO MIGHT HAVE TO CROSS THE STREET.
THERE'S NO PROVISION FOR A, UH, SIGNALED CROSSWALK, UM, BECAUSE THEIR SCHOOL IS RIGHT OVER HERE IN ROYAL RIDGE.
SO, UH, WITH ALL OF THESE, UM, TO YOUR TO, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SAFETY IS REALLY THE ISSUE.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEEDING HERE ON O'CONNOR ROAD ARE OFTEN COMING FROM LIVE OAK.
SO LIVE OAK POLICE, GUESS WHERE THEY'D PULL 'EM OVER? RIGHT HERE.
FOX RUN AND KINGS CROWN AND THAT'S OKAY.
PULL 'EM OVER, GET 'EM, STOP 'EM.
BUT POINT BEING IS ADDING 515 CARS RIGHT HERE IS NOT GONNA CUT IT.
UM, I'M WONDERING HOW MANY TIMES WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE FATALITIES THERE.
WHEN THE ROBBAR SUBDIVISION WAS BEING BUILT IN 19 52, 1 OF OUR RESIDENTS WAS RESIDENTS WAS KILLED BY A CEMENT TRUCK.
AND I REALLY WOULD HATE FOR THIS TO BE A CHILD AT THIS POINT.
AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM FIVE.
ALRIGHT, MS. WEISLER, WOULD YOU LIKE A OPPORTUNITY FOR A SHORT REBUTTAL? JUST REAL QUICK? JUST REAL QUICK.
UM, WANNA THANK THE NEIGHBORS FOR BEING HERE TODAY? UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS CASE IS COMING TO YOU ALL FIRST, BUT, UM, WE DID CONTINUE THIS FOR A MONTH LAST TIME.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, THE COMMUNITY HAS MET SEVERAL TIMES, UM, WITHOUT US AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO BE A PART OF THAT, UM, WHICH IS FINE, BUT WE HAVE RECENTLY MET AGAIN.
UM, AND THOSE CONCESSIONS THAT I OUTLINED, UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO PULL UP THAT SLIDE AGAIN, ARE IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED OF THE DEVELOPER AND OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE HAVE COME DOWN, UM, AND, AND AGREED TO THOSE THINGS AS, AS PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THEM.
UM, AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
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EXISTING TRAFFIC CONCERNS AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE REGULARLY COMMUNICATING WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE ABOUT.UM, THOSE TRAFFIC CONCERNS, UH, PRE-EXIST, THIS DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A BIT.
UM, SO WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE, UM, ON THAT SOLUTION.
BUT AGAIN, A TA WOULD BE REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS MADE.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE BUS STOP, UM, INSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT THERE.
UM, LIMITED ACCESS THERE, THERE IS NO OTHER VEHICULAR ACCESS THAT CONNECTS TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THE, THE CITY'S MAP DOES SHOW A LOT OF STREETS IN ACCESS.
ALL OF THOSE ARE RICHER PAPER STREETS.
UM, SO THAT AREA BEHIND THIS PROPERTY, UM, AND TO OUR, OUR RIGHT SIDE, EAST SOUTHWEST REAR, UM, IS NOT DEVELOPED.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL MONTIER, DRE ESTES, THOSE ARE ALL PAPER STREETS, SO THOSE DON'T ACTUALLY EXIST.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UM, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT HERE, FINANCIAL CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR ALL OF OUR TENANTS.
UM, THIS IS A PREDOMINANTLY ONE TO TWO BEDROOM, APARTMENT COMPLEX, UM, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
THOSE TOWN HOMES ARE ONE TO TWO BEDROOM.
THOSE TOWN HOME UNITS ARE ONE TO TWO BEDROOM AS WELL.
SO THIS IS PREDOMINANTLY, UM, NOT DRIVEN TOWARDS UM, A LOT BIG FAMILIES HERE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, UM, WE ARE TAKING TRAFFIC INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, WE ARE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND AS MUCH AS THEY'RE WILLING TO DISCUSS WITH US, UM, AND AGAIN, THOSE COMMITMENTS AND THE CONCESSIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE TO DATE HAVE BEEN IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED OF US.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, LET ME START WITH JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
UM, THERE'S A DISCUSSION OVER DISLIKE OF THE FOUR STORY UNDER THE ZONING CODE OF EITHER 33 OR 25.
WHAT IS THE HEIGHT? IS IT A CERTAIN HEIGHT OR IS IT, DOES IT ALSO TRANSLATE TO STORIES? SO THE UM, HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR MF 25 IS 35 FEET.
SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE UNDER 35 FEET, I WILL STATE THOUGH, THERE IS A ITEM THAT WE HAVE IN THE CODE, KIND OF LIKE A WEDDING CAKE APPROACH.
SO THE FURTHER THEY'RE AWAY FROM THE SETBACKS, THE HIGHER THEY COULD GO.
SO THEY COULD GO SIX OR SEVEN STORIES BY STEPPING BACK FROM THE SIDES IF THEY'RE WITHIN THOSE SETBACKS, RIGHT? YES.
SO THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE WITH THE FOUR STORIES FOR THE FACT THAT THEY'RE SET FURTHER BACK.
UM, AND IT IS, AGAIN, IT IS A REDUCTION.
SO MF 33, THEIR ORIGINAL REQUEST THERE, THAT HEIGHT REQUIREMENT IS 45 FEET.
SO GOING TO MF 25, IT'LL COME DOWN TO THE 35 FEET.
AND 35 FEET IS ALSO THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
IF THAT PUTS IN PERSPECTIVE ON HEIGHT.
AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH TRAFFIC AND ISSUES AROUND THAT.
YOU ARE RECOMMENDING BODY FOR THE ZONING USE.
UM, AS FOR TRAFFIC AND OTHER ITEMS, THOSE WOULD BE, UM, RESOLVED DURING THE PERMITTING STAGE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
UM, OTHER THAN MAYBE EMILY, UH, MS. WEISLER, UH, WE HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME POSSIBILITY OF REDUCING THE HEIGHT FROM FOUR STORIES TO THREE STORIES OR SOME SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
IS THAT A STILL A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MIGHT CONSIDER? YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE THEY'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT IN OUR LAST MEETING WAS IF THERE WAS ROOM TO MOVE BUILDINGS AROUND AGAIN, THAT IT, THERE ARE DRAINAGE CONSTRAINTS ON THE SITE.
UM, IF THERE WAS ANY OPENNESS TO INCREASING THE HEIGHT ON THOSE BUILDINGS, CONSIDERING ON THOSE TOWNS, TOWN HOME BUILDINGS, UM, CONSIDERING THAT THOSE ARE NOT ADJOINING ANY NEIGHBORS, THERE IS NOT OPENNESS TO THAT.
UM, SO WE ARE, WE ARE STILL ACTIVELY LOOKING AT A HEIGHT LIMITATION BUT HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY SET THE PROPERTY BACK.
UM, AND THAT FOUR STORIES WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO THOSE BUILDINGS ONLY.
UM, SO THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY DENSITY BONUS, EXCUSE ME, HEIGHT BONUS FOR THE SETBACKS ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE PROJECT.
AND DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT Y'ALL HAVE, UH, DEALT WITH THE SCHOOL BUS ISSUE BY BRINGING IN SOME TYPE OF TURNAROUND IN THERE? YES.
UM, AND THE GATES HAVE BEEN PUSHED BACK, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR QUEUING, UM, AND TO GET VEHICLES IN, UM, OFF OF O'CONNOR AND AGAIN, RESTRICTED THAT ACCESS, UM, TO THE, THE HIGHEST EXTENT
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POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS.UM, FOR THAT LOCATION, THAT'S THE INGRESS INGRESS CLOSEST TO KINGS CROWN.
UH, FOR THE MOMENT I'M KIND OF DONE WITH MY QUESTIONS.
I'D LIKE TO LISTEN TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
UH, QUESTIONS? FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIR FOR THE APPLICANT.
IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ACCEPTING STORMWATER RUNOFF.
SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL SEND YOU THEIR RUNOFF.
AND I'M ASSUMING IT'S GONNA BE SHEET FLOW.
SO WHEN IT LEAVES YOUR PROPERTY, WILL IT COME OUT OF THE ACCESS POINT OR ARE YOU PLANNING TO RELEASE IT? ALSO SHEET FLOW, WHICH IS A LOT, A LOT SLOWER, GENTLER LEAVING THE PROPERTY.
AND IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT, THEN IT'S, TO MY GENERAL UNDERSTANDING, THE LATTER OKAY.
IS HOW IT IS GOING TO OPERATE.
UM, CAN YOU PULL UP THAT SITE PLAN? YEAH, THAT ONE.
UM, SO WHERE'S THE BORROW THIS? THANK YOU.
AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS YOU DO HAVE, YOU DO HAVE LIKE LANDSCAPING AND BUFFER AND VEGETATION.
SO THAT IS GOOD THAT IT'S SURROUNDED BY VEGETATION.
AND, AND PART OF THAT TOO, AGAIN, PREDOMINANTLY THIS, OH, THAT'S BACKWARDS.
SO SORRY IF I BLINDED SOMEONE, UM, IT'S THE LOCATION OF, OF THIS BUILDING, THE, THE DOMINANCE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS LANDSCAPING BUFFER KIND OF PULLS OUT RIGHT HERE.
THAT'S WHERE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE WATER IS COMING ONTO OUR SITE.
UM, AND SO WE'VE GOT TO MANEUVER IT AROUND AND OUT, UM, UH, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY SLOW DOWN ON ITS WAY OUT.
UM, BUT THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE WATER THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO MITIGATE AS A CREATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE, THE STORM WATER THAT YOU ARE, YOU'LL BE, UM, LIKE GENERATING MM-HMM.
OH, AND THEN ONE OTHER THING, AND I THINK, I THINK WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT AT NO POINT WILL ANY OF THE, UH, RESIDENTS, THEIR, THEIR TRAFFIC WILL NEVER SPILL INTO THE LOCAL STREETS UNLESS THEY CHOOSE TO USE THE LOCAL STREETS.
UM, SO EMILY ON THE SAME DRAWING HERE, YOU MENTIONED, UH, DO MONTIER.
MM-HMM
MAYBE I THINK LEMME FLIP BACK.
SO, UM, LET'S GO BACK REAL QUICK.
I DON'T BELIEVE, I'M TRYING TO ORIENT MYSELF AS THIS COMES AROUND.
THERE'S THAT, THIS SHOULD BE DRIVER DO MIND HERE, DOWN HERE.
THEIR HOUSE IS SOME SORT OF RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE BACK THERE.
UM, CLOSEST TO THAT'S WHERE FOX RUN.
YEAH, THAT'S ON THE BACKSIDE OF FOX.
THOSE HAVE DIRECT ACCESS BUT IT, THOSE STREETS AREN'T BUILT OUT INTERNALLY.
JUST THOSE HOMES RUNNING FOX RUN.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON I RIGHT? NONE.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER WHITSETT FOR A MOTION.
UH, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A, A KIND OF A CHALLENGING DEAL WHERE, UH, EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SEEMINGLY OPPOSED TO THIS USE, UM, BOTH THERE AND ACROSS THE STREET.
AND I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS IS TRAFFIC CHALLENGES THAT EXIST TODAY.
UH, AND THE PROBLEMS WITH THAT, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN SOLVE NOR THE APARTMENT DEVELOPER, BUT IT'S A CITY, UH, ISSUE THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK ON.
AND I, I'M PRETTY, I'VE TALKED TO THE COUNCILMAN, HE'S INDICATED THAT HE'S TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT AND BRING SOME TYPE OF, UH, HELP UH, TO THE AREA, WHETHER THE APARTMENTS GO IN OR NOT.
UM, AND SO ULTIMATELY, UH, I THINK I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS 'CAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S A LOGICAL USE ALONG THAT
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AREA AND UH, IT MAKES SENSE.SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, WE APPROVE THIS.
UH, AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WITT FOR APPROVAL WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT.
MAY I MAKE ONE QUICK FINAL COMMENT? SURE.
UH, I WOULD REQUEST THAT THE NEIGHBORS AND THE DEVELOPER GET TOGETHER.
UH, I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A DISCONNECT AND THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE NOT INCLUDED THE DEVELOPER IN SOME OF THIS STUFF.
AND, UM, Y'ALL NEED TO TALK AND SEE IF YOU CAN COME TO SOME ADDITIONAL COMPROMISES BEFORE YOU GO TO COUNSEL.
UM, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE HAS LEFT THE MEETING AT WOW.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.
MY NAME IS KELLY SANDERS, PLANNING COORDINATOR WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS LOCATED AT 91 0 3 WARS BACH ROAD GOING FROM RM FOUR AND MF 33 TO MF 18.
THERE WERE 44 NOTICES SENT OUT.
SIX RECEIVED IN FAVOR, SIX OPPOSED AND NO, UM, RESPONSE FROM RIOT COMMONS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
THE EXISTING RM FOUR AND MF 33 ARE APPROPRIATE ZONINGS FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED MF 18 IS ALSO AN APPROPRIATE ZONING.
THERE IS MULTIFAMILY ZONING WITHIN PROXIMITY AND THE PROPERTY IS APPROPRIATELY LOCATED ALONG A SECONDARY ARTERIAL WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC AWAY FROM THE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
THE PROPOSED ZONING IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH ENCOURAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATE HOUSING TYPES TO ACCOMMODATE THE CITY'S GROWING POPULATION AT ALL INCOME LEVELS.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND IT IS, WE ARE AWARE THAT THE APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY AMENDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO JUST 3.327 ACRES, UM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE LOWER SECTION.
UM, BUT THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE HERE AND HE IS WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
CHRISTOPHER GILL, THREE 11 EAGLE LAND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
UM, SO FIRST OFF, THIS IS A DOWN ZONING.
UH, DOWN ZONINGS AS YOU UNDERSTAND ARE GENERALLY WHEN THE PROPERTY IS BEING BROUGHT OFF THE CURRENTLY APPROVED USE.
SO LESS DENSITY, LESS UNITS, LESS SQUARE FOOTAGE, THAT SORT OF THING.
UH, THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION BEING REZONED IS SIMPLY THE RM FOUR SECTION, NOT THE MF 33 BY RIGHT.
THIS WOULD ALLOW UP TO FOUR UNITS PER 4,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT.
AND ON THE 3.32 ACRES BEING REZONED, THAT COULD ALLOW UP TO ABOUT 80 UNITS ON THAT SITE.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S PRETTY DENSE AND WOULD CREATE UNITS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ABOUT 900 TO 1200 SQUARE FEET.
UM, AND THOSE WOULD LIKELY BE RENTAL UNITS NOT FOR SALE PROPERTIES.
UH, HEIGHT AND STORIES POSSIBLE UNDER ARM FOURS.
AGAIN, 35 FEET OR THREE STORIES.
UM, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE MAIN CONCERNS RAISED HAVE BEEN VAGRANTS AROUND THE AREA AND THE POOR QUALITY OF THE PERIMETER FENCE ALONG FERN GLEN OR THE ALLEY, UM, THAT ABUTS THIS PROPERTY.
THERE WAS ALSO A LOT OF CONCERN RAISED THAT THEY REALLY DID NOT WANT MORE RENTAL UNITS IN THE AREA.
UM, AND THEY REALLY HOPED THAT WHATEVER WENT IN HERE WOULD BE USED BY OWNER OCCUPANTS WHO WOULD BE, UM, EXCITED ABOUT MAINTAINING AND PROTECTING THE PROPERTY VALUES IN THE AREA.
UM, THE RE THIS REZONED APPLICATION IS TO NOT DO 80 UNITS BUT 34 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THE MF 18, UH, LOT.
SO LESS THAN 50% OF THE DENSITY THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER THE CURRENT RM FOUR ZONING.
UH, THESE HOMES WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 1800 SQUARE FEET AND REALLY POSITIONED AS FOR SALE HOMES, NOT AS A RENTAL COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS WOULD ALSO REMOVE THE VACANT PROPERTY THAT'S USED AS A CUT THROUGH AREA FROM WARS BLOCK ROAD AND PEOPLE JUMPING
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THROUGH THE, THE DILAPIDATED FENCE INTO THE LAUREL HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD.UM, WE'VE ALSO AGREED TO CONSTRUCT A NEW EIGHT FOOT PERIMETER FENCE ON THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY THAT ABUTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, TO PROVIDE EXTRA SECURITY AND, UH, DISTANCE.
WE'VE HAD, UH, A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOING BACK, UM, TO JUNE OF 20 20, 20 22 WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE'VE MET WITH THEM A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL TIMES AND SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LAUREL HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE OUR CONTINUANCE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
THAT FURTHER DETAILS THAT THIS PROPERTY WILL BE USED FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, NOT A MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT.
UM, AND THAT WE'D BE BUILDING THE EIGHT EIGHT FOOT PERIMETER FENCE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY THAT ABUTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE RECEIVED AND Y'ALL HEARD COMMENT FROM A NUMBER OF THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY PREFER NOTHING TO BE DEVELOPED AND THIS BE TURNED INTO SOME SORT OF A CITY PARK.
AND WHILE OBVIOUSLY I'M SENSITIVE TO EVERYONE'S REQUEST, UM, WE FEEL THAT DOING SOMETHING THAT'S OF LOW INTENSITY THAT WILL INCREASE SAFETY PRESERVE AND INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES AND PROVIDE NEW FOR SALE HOUSING IN AN AREA THAT'S LARGELY BUILT UP IS UM, CONSISTENT AND BENEFICIAL TO THE SAN ANTONIO MEDICAL CENTER.
AND I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO APPROVE THIS DOWN ZONING AND SUPPORT IN THE CREATION OF THIS HOUSING.
DO WE, HAVE WE HEARD FROM TWO SPEAKERS? DO WE HAVE OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO.
DENNIS ISBELL, 91 0 3 WBA ROAD REPRESENTING THE CHURCH FAMILY AT GRACE BAPTIST TEMPLE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE ENTRANCE AT 43 98 BLUE MILL.
UH, WE'VE BEEN A CHURCH FOR CELEBRATING 70 YEARS, UH, THIS YEAR, WHICH I'VE BEEN A PASTOR OF THE 32 OF THOSE 70 YEARS.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED THE LORD TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY BACK IN 2005.
WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP IT, MOVE INTO IT IN 2008, UH, AND HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE WE'VE BEEN, UH, UH, TAKING CARE OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALLOWING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, UH, AT THE CHURCH, UH, AND BEEN TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR DURING THIS PROCESS.
UH, ONE THING I DO ECHO IS I APPRECIATE WHAT I'VE SEEN HERE TODAY IN THE PATIENCE AND THE EVIDENCE OF KIND WORDS, UH, AT TIMES.
UM, WE JUST BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE BEST.
WHEN WE FIRST LAID OUT THE PLANS FOR THIS PROPERTY, WE HAD SET, UH, A SOCCER FIELD AND A TWO STORY SUNDAY SCHOOL BUILDING THAT WE WERE GOING TO EVENTUALLY DEVELOP ON THAT SECTION OF LAND.
UM, THAT JUST HASN'T HAPPENED.
WE'VE REALIZED THAT WE CAN DO SOME THINGS WITH OUR PRESENT PROPERTY AND WHAT WE'LL HAVE LEFT WITH OUR PROPERTY.
AND SO WE JUST BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE BEST FOR THAT.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC BETWEEN WORDS, BACH AND BLUE MAIL THAT CUTS THROUGH OUR PROPERTY REGARDLESS OF THE SIGNAGE THAT WE PUT UP.
AND SO, UH, TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT HERE WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WOULD JUST, UH, BE A BLESSING ALL THE WAY AROUND, UH, AS WE SEE THIS AREA BEING DEVELOPED AND WE CAN DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A CHURCH FAMILY WITH WHAT WE HAVE LEFT.
UM, I'M ASSUMING YOU DON'T NEED A OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT WELL, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY ALSO WE HAVE VOICEMAILS.
IF WE COULD HEAR THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE.
YOU HEAR AT 42 11 LAUREL TRAIL, UH, IT WAS A ZONING CASE.
THE LAST THREE DIGITS, 2 1 1 LAUREL HILL SUBDIVISION.
IT WAS JUST, UH, I HAD SENT AN EMAIL AND, AND PROTEST OF UH, BUILDING THOSE 80 UNITS BEHIND THE FERN GLEN.
I THINK IT'LL BRING MY ALL OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND QUALITY OF LIFE DOWN.
AGAIN, MY PHONE NUMBER'S TWO TEN EIGHT SIX TWO ZERO NINE FIVE THREE TWO TEN EIGHT SIX TWO ZERO NINE FIVE THREE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JESSICA VALDEZ.
UM, FIRST I WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M CALLING FOR THE SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION AND I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF LAUREL HILLS TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT NEAR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND FIRST I WANTED TO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS OF FERN GLEN ROAD WILL COMPLETELY LOSE THEIR BACKYARD.
UM, PRIVACY DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THEY LOSE OF PRIVACY.
THEIR LOSS OF PRIVACY IS A SIGNIFICANT
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CONCERN OF OURS.UM, SECOND, THE MULTIPLE OPEN ENTRANCES INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FROM WBA ROAD ALREADY CREATES UNCOATED TRAFFIC LEADING TO SAFETY CONCERNS AND CONGESTION.
UM, ALSO IN LIGHT OF THESE CONCERNS, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE FOLLOWING GUARANTEES BE WRITTEN IN A RESTRICTED
I APPRECIATE THIS MATTER AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSE.
MY NUMBER IS TWO TEN THREE EIGHT FIVE TWENTY FIVE NINETY ONE.
THIS IS CARRIE GONZALEZ, 41 31 MOUNT LAUREL DRIVE, TWO TEN FOUR EIGHT EIGHT TWO ZERO ONE TWO.
CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE Z DASH 2 0 2 4 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 2 1 1.
UM, CALLING IN TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS TO VOTE AGAINST THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE AND WE EMAILED A LETTER TO MR. GOMEZ THIS MORNING.
UH, MY NAME IS MARLA DIAL MOORE.
I LIVE AT 42 10 BLUE MILL ROAD IN THE LAUREL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, MY HOUSE IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM USAA AND I'M ACTUALLY CALLING, UM, WELL THERE IS A REZONING PROJECT THAT IS ON THE AGENDA SOON AND THE UH, CASE NUMBER IS, UM, THE LAST THREE OF THE CASE NUMBER ARE TWO 11.
UH, THE CASE IS NUMBER Z 20 24 1 0 7 0 0 2 1 1.
UM, THIS IS REALLY JUST A, A PROTEST.
THIS DEVELOPER IS WANTING TO PUT MULTIFAMILY HOMES ON A PROPERTY THAT'S CURRENTLY OWNED BY UM, GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH AND HE IS NOT WILLING TO GIVE ANY GUARANTEES FOR UM, ANY KIND OF A SETBACK OR UH, DISTANCE REQUIREMENT.
AND IT WOULD BE RIGHT UP ONTO PROPERTY ON FERN GLEN ROAD, WHICH IS, UM, A PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, REALLY ABOUT 2020 AND ESPECIALLY SINCE 2021, WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING A LOT MORE FOOT TRAFFIC, A LOT MORE CRIME.
A THE OTHER DAY THERE WAS A SHOOTING AT A PERSON WHO WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET, UM, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
UM, THIS WAS ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND SOMEBODY FIRED 13 SHOTS OUT OF THEIR CAR DRIVING PAST FOR THE, CLEARLY THEY KNEW HIM.
UM, THIS KIND OF THING NEVER USED TO HAPPEN BEFORE AND A LOT OF IT IS COMING FROM MULTIFAMILY UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE, UM, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UH, THAT ARE OFF GARDENDALE AND THIS WOULD BE EVEN CLOSER.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE ISSUES WITH HOUSING SHORTAGES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO AND I'M VERY SYMPATHETIC TO THAT.
BUT, UM, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF, UH, PROPERTY CRIME AND INCREASINGLY VIOLENCE AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THOSE, UH, THE VOICEMAILS? UH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS RELATED TO SETBACKS.
WHEN WE MEASURED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN, UH, THE BACK OF THESE UNITS AND THE HOMES, THE BACKYARDS ON THE FERN CLEAN SIGN, WE'RE ABOUT 70 FEET OF SEPARATION THERE WITH THE ALLEY.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER BACKYARD TO BACKYARD CONFIGURATIONS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY AVERAGE ABOUT 50 FEET.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, EXCEEDING WHAT THE SETBACK AVERAGE IS IN THE AREA.
UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE, SO DO YOU COMMISSIONER ORTIZ FOR QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, CAN YOU PULL UP A SITE PLAN FOR ME, IF YOU DON'T MIND? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SITE PLAN YOU PROVIDED.
SO I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE AMENDING THE AMENDING IT FROM, UM, I GUESS THE RM FOUR JUST TO SHOW THE MF 18, BUT THE MF 33 IS GONNA REMAIN MF 33, IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE AREA IN QUESTION, UM, IS TO THE SOUTHWEST OR SOUTHEAST.
UM, I SENT YOU ALL THE SITE PLAN.
DID Y'ALL GET THAT? AND WE CAN PULL IT UP FOR, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN, IS THERE WHERE WE CAN SHOW THIS? CORRECT.
SO FROM NORTH, LIKE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, THE NORTHERNMOST PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED MF 33.
THE NEXT ONE IN THE MIDDLE WOULD REMAIN RM FOUR,
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AND THEN THE PORTION TO THE BOTTOM, JUST AT THE CURVE WHERE YOU START SEEING THE CURVATURE OF THE PROPERTY, UM, THAT PORTION WOULD BE ZONED MF 18.SO THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY PART OF THIS REQUEST NOW.
UM, UM, MR. GIL, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT WHAT YOUR PLAN TO DO WITH THIS CHANGE NOW? I MEAN, I'M SEEING THE SITE PLAN FOR 34.
THE REASON I ASK IS THE APPLICATION MENTIONED 34 TO 44 UNITS, BUT THEN THE SITE PLAN SAYS SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING.
SO I JUST WANT TO HAVE THE CLARITY THERE.
YEAH, THERE WAS A THOUGHT OF DOING A SINGLE SHARED WALL TOWN HOME DESIGN.
SO THERE'D BE KIND OF ONE TOWN HOME AND A SHARED WALL AND THEN A SECONDARY HOME.
SO THAT WOULD INCREASE THE SITE YIELD, UM, TO AROUND THAT 40, 42 TO 44 UNITS.
UH, AT THIS POINT, THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND HORIZONTAL DEVELOPMENT WORK BEING DONE IS FOUR A 34.
SO YOU'RE GONNA BE CHANGING THE SITE PLAN, I TAKE IT.
UM, WHAT, WHAT WAS WHAT WAS SUBMITTED AND, AND BEGUN.
THE PERMITTING PROCESS IS FOUR A 34 HOME DEVELOPMENT, BUT NOT UNITS.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU PUT ON THE APPLICATION.
SO, SO THERE'RE SINGLE FAMILY UNITS, THEY'LL BE OWNED INSIDE OF A CONDOMINIUM REGIME, BUT THEY WILL ALL BE DETACHED, UM, DETACHED HOMES, DUPLEXES OR SINGLE FAMILY? NO, THEY'LL BE SINGLE FAMILY.
AND THEN I GUESS, UM, LET ME ASK YOU, BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING, COULD YOU, I GUESS COULD YOU, YOU, I GUESS, COULDN'T YOU ACCOMPLISH THIS WITH THE RM FOUR RIGHT NOW? YEAH, THE RM FOUR COULDN'T ACCOMPLISH THAT.
AND THAT'S REALLY FOR A SITE LAYOUT AND SETBACKS AND KIND OF JUST THE WAY THE CONFIGURATION WORKED OUT.
SO, SO JUST TO REDO, I, I GUESS WHAT WOULD BE YOUR MAIN PURPOSE? JUST TRYING TO READDRESS THE LOTS OR WHAT WERE YOU, WHAT, WHAT WERE THE MAIN PURPOSE OF CHANGING IT TO AN MF FOUR, MF 18 WHEN AN RM FOUR KIND OF FITS WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW? YEAH, BECAUSE IT, TO DELETE ALL THESE INTERIOR LOTT LINES WITH THE PROPERTY BEING ON A CONDOMINIUM REGIME AND, AND ADJUSTING THE CENTER ROAD, UH, WIDTH AND KIND OF SOME OF THE CURRENT, UH, SAWS RELATED SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
THE MF 18 JUST MAKES MORE SENSE FROM A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE.
AND AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT, IS IT GONNA BE A GATED COMMUNITY? 'CAUSE I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE MENTIONING ABOUT PEOPLE, THE TRACK WAGON AS PEOPLE WALKING IN THROUGH BLUE MILL AND WALKING IN THROUGH WARS BLOCK.
WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT ARE Y'ALL PROJECTING TO DO? YEAH, SO CURRENTLY THAT ROAD GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH FROM WARS BLOCK TO BLUE MILL.
UH, THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT, THERE WILL BE A REAR FENCE.
SO THIS WILL BE A SELF-CONTAINED PROJECT AND THERE WILL BE NO ACCESS GOING THROUGH FROM WARS BLOCK TO BLUE MILL.
AND THEN I GUESS SOMEONE MENTIONED ABOUT, I THINK MR. SAKI THAT CAME IN EARLIER.
SOMETHING ABOUT FOR LAUREL HILLS, HE REPRESENTS LAUREL HILLS, HOA.
HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO LAUREL HILLS AND RIOT COMMONS? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THEM, BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM RIOT RIOT.
UH, SO SYLVIA VALDEZ IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE LAUREL HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
SHE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN ALL OF OUR MEETINGS AND SUBMITTED A SUPPORT LETTER ACTUALLY FROM THE LAUREL HILLS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
DO YOU HAVE THE LETTER WITH YOU BY CHANCE? I, I DO.
LEMME JUST SEE THAT CAN, I DON'T KNOW, CAN YOU GET THIS UP SOMEWHERE? QUESTIONS FOR, UH, CITY STAFF? LET ME ASK, UM, BEING THAT THE SAME PLAN PROVIDED IT'S NOT AN ENFOR, IS IT ENFORCEABLE WITH THE CITY? IF HE EVER DECIDES, LET'S SAY WE CHANGE THIS TO MF 18 AND THEN MY CONCERN WOULD BE JUST THE FACT THAT THERE COULD BE PROB WHAT, MAYBE 18 UNITS PER ACRE IF THEY WOULD SELL THIS LAND IN THE FUTURE? SO NO, WE CAN'T HOLD THEM TO A SITE PLAN BECAUSE, UM, THIS IS JUST AN OUTRIGHT BASED ZONING DISTRICT, SO THERE'S NOT A SITE PLAN REQUIREMENT WITH IT.
SO, UM, BUT I WILL GIVE YOU THE DENSITY.
SO ON MF 18 YOU CAN HAVE POTENTIALLY, IF HE WAS MAXING IT OUT, HE COULD HAVE 60 UNITS.
HOWEVER, UNDER THE CURRENT MF MFRM FOUR, UM, THAT COULD BREAK DOWN INTO 36.
AND THIS IS JUST THE, THE NEW ACREAGE THAT HE'S PROVIDED, THE 3.327 ACRES.
UM, BASED ON THAT ACREAGE, HE COULD BREAK IT UP INTO 36 LOTS AT FOUR UNITS PER EACH LOT.
'CAUSE IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR M FOUR NOW.
I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
ALRIGHT, UM, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
MR. GILL, IF YOU COULD COME UP PLEASE.
UM, I HAVE, UH, SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
UM, WITHOUT A FORMAL PRESENTATION, IT'SS KIND OF UNDER
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DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING.I WOULD'VE LIKED TO SEE, UM, SLIDE DECK, SOMETHING LIKE RENDERINGS OR SITE PLANS SO THAT I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS ARE COMING FROM.
SO FOR FUTURE, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU PREPARE MORE EFFECTIVELY FOR THESE MEETINGS.
BUT, UM, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING IN YOUR, UH, RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER ORTIZ'S COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, THE NA THE UNITS BEING SELF-CONTAINED.
BUT I DON'T THINK SPECIFICALLY RESPONDED TO THE QUESTION ABOUT WILL IT BE GATED.
UM, SO I, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S GONNA BE PERIMETER FENCING AROUND THE UNITS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND.
UH, BUT CAN YOU CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THE ACCESS ROAD ITSELF WILL BE GATED AND ONLY OPEN TO RESIDENCE? UH, UH, THE PLAN AT THIS POINT IS TO, IS TO HAVE A GATE ON THE COMMUNITY? THAT'S CORRECT.
THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING THAT.
UM, THE OTHER, UH, SPECIFIC, UH, CONCERN THAT I HEARD FROM, UH, THE NEIGHBORS, UM, HAD TO DO WITH, UH, AN HOA VERSUS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION REGIME.
SO A CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION IS FOR A CONDOS ESSENTIALLY THE EQUIVALENT OF AN HOA? CORRECT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU MENTIONED HAVING MADE AGREEMENTS AND CONCESSIONS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
TECHNICALLY WE CAN'T LOOK AT THAT WITH LAND USE, BUT, UM, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU MADE AN AGREEMENT IN WRITING? JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION WITH LIKE YOUR TIMELINE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT WHAT, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? WHAT AGREEMENT WAS REACHED OR, SO YES, SO YES, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU DIDN'T GIVE US A SPECIFIC TIMELINE OF YOUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'VE MENTIONED, UM, ARE SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY MET WITH THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM ABOUT.
YEAH, SO OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STARTED IN JUNE OF 2022.
UM, AND THEN AS THE PROJECT CONTINUED, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ADDITIONAL MEETINGS WITHIN THE LAST EIGHT WEEKS AT DIFFERENT, UH, RESIDENTS ALONG THE LAUREL HILLS ON THE FERN GLEN, EXCUSE ME, UH, STREET THAT ABUTS THE PROPERTY LINE.
UM, ONE OF THEM WAS WELL ATTENDED WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND AGAIN, THE CONCERN KIND OF VOICED OVER AND OVER AGAIN WAS TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THIS WOULD NOT BECOME A RENTAL COMMUNITY.
I THINK THE MF 18 SINGLE LOT AND THEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT THERE'RE GONNA BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THE ONE LOT TOWN HOMES INSIDE THE CONDOMINIUM REGIME HAS CONTINUED TO CAUSE CONFUSION.
UM, SO, AND, AND THEN SINCE THE CONTINUANCE OF THE LAST MEETING, WE'VE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT, UH, THE, THE SELLER PASTOR ISABEL AND I STATING THAT THIS WILL BE FILED WITH THE COUNTY AND THAT THIS IS KIND OF DICTATING WHAT THE USE OF THE SITE'S GONNA BE.
AND SO IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU'VE DONE SPECIFICALLY, THEY MENTIONED THAT THE, THE RESIDENTS ON FERN GLEN WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ABUTMENT, ABUTTING THE ALLEY AND SETBACKS.
YOU MENTIONED A 70 FOOT SETBACK, BUT UM, HAVE YOU SHOWN THEM A SITE PLAN THAT REFLECTS THAT DURING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO CONFIRM THAT OR ASSUAGE THEIR CONCERNS? WE, WE HAVE, YES.
UM, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT AGAIN AND MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND COUNCIL, UM, AND MAKE SURE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT.
AND THEN SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE OPPOSED HAD A QUESTION ABOUT 80 UNITS, UM, OR COMMENTED ON THE 80 UNITS.
AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A DOWN ZONING.
SO IS THIS NEW REQUEST THAT ONLY IS FOR THE MF 18 ON THIS PORTION, UH, REFLECTING A CHANGE FROM YOUR, AN INITIAL PROPOSAL OF 80 UNITS DOWN TO THIS 34? NO, WHEN WE DID A SITE PLAN, THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE SHOWED THE NEIGHBORS OF KIND OF A MOCKUP OF, OF THE SITE UTILIZING THE RM FOUR ZONING.
SO WHILE YOU COULD GET UP TO 120 UNITS ON IT, PRACTICALLY, YOU'RE PROBABLY AT AROUND 80 UNITS ON THE SITE.
SO TRYING TO AGAIN ILLUSTRATE THAT THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DOWN ZONING AND DECREASE IN DENSITY.
I WOULD JUST BE CAUTIOUS ON YOUR LANGUAGE BECAUSE WHILE IT IS A REDUCTION IN UNITS, IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A DOWN ZONE IF YOU'RE GOING UP TO MF 18 FROM RM FOUR.
SO I WOULD BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THEN THAT, UM, IN YOUR, IN YOUR LANGUAGE, 'CAUSE THAT CERTAINLY CONFUSED ME A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE REDUCTION IN DENSITY IS WHAT I GUESS I WOULD CALL IT.
UM, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.
I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING MATERIALS REALLY TO REFERENCE FROM YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL SINCE, SINCE OTHER FOLKS CAME TO SPEAK, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE ROYAL HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY, I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ALIGNED AND ON THE SAME PAGE, UM, BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD TO COUNCIL BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM TO TRACK WITH THE, THE STATEMENT OF SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE FOR MS. VALDEZ.
AND A PRESENTATION WAS SENT TO THE CASE MANAGER, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT GOT LOST, BUT OKAY.
UH, QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
UM, COMMISSIONER WATSON ANSWERED OR ASKED THE MAIN QUESTION THAT I HAD AND THAT WAS, AND, AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ANSWERED THAT IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 80 UNITS AND NOT THE 132, THE EFFECTIVE UNITS.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO LAY IT OUT.
I WAS LIKE, WELL, IT'S NOT REALLY GONNA BE 132.
YOU STILL GOTTA PUT IT IN A ROAD.
UM, AND I HAVE NO QUESTIONS REALLY.
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COMMISSIONER ORTIZ FOR A MOTION.ACTUALLY, I WANNA COMMEND COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR ASKING SOME QUESTIONS THAT I FORGOT TO ASK.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN BEING, I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA ASK FOR TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE.
I FEEL THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS THAT STILL NEED TO BE ANSWERED AND JUST TO GET SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM LAUREL HILLS AND RYE COMMUNITY THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, AND THEN MAYBE PROVIDE US WITH A BETTER SITE PLAN WHEN YOU COME OR SOME, SOME TYPE OF REMBRANDT WHEN YOU COME IN TWO WEEKS, JUST SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO WITH IT NOW THAT IT'S BEEN, UH, AMENDED TO JUST THE, UM, RM FOUR AND NOT THE MF 33.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND RECOMMEND A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE UNTIL NOVEMBER 5TH.
AND THAT WAS AN AMENDMENT TO MF 18.
UH, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO THE NEXT MEETING ON FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT? NO, JUST THAT IF YOU COULD, MAYBE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, IF YOU COULD REACH OUT TO BOTH COMMUNITIES AND JUST TRY TO, MAYBE IF YOU NEED TO REACH, I'LL GET YOU MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND MAYBE WE CAN REACH OUT TO 'EM TOGETHER JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON BY NOVEMBER 5TH.
UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER'S.
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HAVE MINUTES UP FOR DISCUSSION OR APPROVAL OR ANYTHING.ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? CORRECTIONS, UH, MR. CHAIR? I DO.
IF WE, IF WE'RE HERE FOR 16 MORE MINUTES, DOES THAT MEAN WE GET DINNER? I'M JUST KIDDING.
DESIREE SAYS YOU GET MORE SNACKS.
UM, ANY ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? THE ONLY THING I NOTICED, SORRY.
AND I, I KNOW I NEED TO, I WAS, I DID NOT EMAIL YOU ABOUT IT, BUT I, I I DID NOTICE THERE WAS ONE THING THAT SAID THAT THE, IT WAS THE OCTOBER 1ST MEETING, BUT THEN ONE OF THE ITEMS HAD, I THINK SAYING THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A CONTINUANCE TO THE OCTOBER 1ST MEETING.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST THE DATE'S WRONG OR THE WAS MISSED THE 15TH.
UM, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE MINUTES.
I KNOW WE, WE KIND OF TALKED, I DON'T KNOW IF AT, AT OUR, OUR BIG, MEANING OUR CITY MEETING, THEY, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON WHETHER WE ACTUALLY NEEDED TO APPROVE MINUTES.
ANYWAY, OBVIOUSLY I'M SHOWING THAT I FORGOT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED.
THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BARROS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED.
SECOND BY THAT WAS YOU COMMISSIONER KIWI.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT ANYTHING? NA NA.
WE NEEDED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WE'LL GET BETTER AT THE MOTION TO ADJOURN