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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD AFTERNOON, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ZONING AGENDA.
WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLL.
QUORUM. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT.
WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ZONING MEETING. I'M GOING TO JUST KIND OF READ THROUGH WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE IN TERMS OF CONTINUANCES AND POSTPONEMENTS AS WELL AS THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE A CONSENT ZONING AGENDA THAT CONSISTS OF ITEMS 5, 6, 7, 11 AND 12. THOSE ITEMS WILL BE HEARD TOGETHER FOR ACTION TODAY. FOR THE RECORD, ITEMS 1, 2 AND 4 HAVE BEEN POSTPONED BY THE APPLICANT, WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. ITEM 3 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND WILL NOT BE HEARD. WE'VE GOT A FEW ITEMS THAT WILL BE CONTINUED.
ITEM 15 -- EXCUSE ME, ITEMS 14 AND 15 WILL BE CONTINUED TO MAY 15, 2025.
ITEMS 10 AND 13 WILL BE CONTINUED TO JUNE 5, 2025. AND A FEW ITEMS, 8, 9, 16 AND 17 WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. AND SO IF THERE'S CONCURRENCE FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON ALL THOSE THINGS, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD PROCEDURELY TO START CALLING THESE THINGS UP. WE'LL START WITH THE CONSENT, 5, 6, 11 AND 12. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE.
THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA.
WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON CONSENT -- EXCUSE ME, A COUPLE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT ITEMS. FIRST WE HAVE JACK FINGER ON ITEM 7. MR. FINGER, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JORGE DURON ON
ITEM 11. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG, MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER AND I WISH TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO ITEM NUMBER 7 ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. THIS IS OVER IN DISTRICT 1, MS. KAUR, YOUR DISTRICT.
AND THE IDEA ABOUT -- WELL, ON DE CHANTLE ROAD, THE IDEA OF ALLOWING FOR ANOTHER USED CAR LOT. I HAVEN'T CHECKED TO SEE JUST HOW MANY USED CAR LOTS THERE ARE WITHIN A HALF MILE TO A MILE OF THAT AREA, BUT I REALLY WISH YOU WOULD CONSIDER NOT PUTTING ANOTHER --R USED CAR LOT IN THAT AREA, MS. KAUR.
MS. KAUR? THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK
YOU, MR. FINGER. JORGE DURON ON ITEM 11. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JUST THE OWNER I'M REPRESENTING OWNS THE LOT. THIS LOT IS A PARKING LOT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE JUST DOING THAT ZONING BECAUSE HE HAS A NEED PARKING LOT FOR TEN YEARS AND I JUST WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THAT.
THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL. IT'S JUST A BENEFIT FOR HIM AND FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU. THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT ITEMS. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE VOTE. WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE ON THE SOFTWARE HERE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND
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FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.10-0 WITH ONE ABSENCE. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED TO MAY 15.
WE HAVE ITEMS -- EXCUSE ME, 14 AND 15. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS 14 AND 15 TO MAY 15. WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 9-0.
WITH TWO ABSENCES. 7 AND 8 ARE ABSENT. WE'LL GO NOW TO THE ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED TO JUNE 5, 2025. ITEMS 10 AND 13.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS 10 AND 13 TO JUNE 5, 2025. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE FOLKS ON THOSE ITEMS. JACK FINGER ON ITEM 10. YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JUAN
PEREZ ON ITEM 10. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JACK FINGER, ONCE AGAIN. THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 10, WHICH IS YOUR -- SOMEBODY IS PLANNING ON CONTINUING THIS.
MS. CASTILLO, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT AND I'M GLAD YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT TODAY, QUITE FRANKLY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RED FLAGS HERE AND I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST SAY -- DISCONTINUE IT INDEFINITELY THERE.
I MEAN SO IF THE STAFF, ZONING STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA, AND THIS IS OVER ON SOUTH GENERAL MCMULLEN. WHY? WELL, THE IDEA YOU WANT TO PUT A LIQUOR STORE. ANOTHER LIQUOR STORE OVER ON GENERAL MCMULLEN.
AND THERE WAS A -- I THINK A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN OR RECENT REZONING THAT HAD A GOAL OF TRYING TO REDUCE THE LIQUOR INFLUENCE IN THAT AREA. YEAH.
IT WAS TRYING TO REVERSE IT. AND THIS, ACCORDING TO OUR VERY OWN STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE PAY TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THESE THINGS, THEY SAID THIS REVERSES THAT GOAL.
I REALLY WISH YOU WOULD JUST SAY NO TO THIS ENTIRELY AND GET IT OVER WITH THEIR.
AT LEAST A COUPLE PEOPLE SPOKE AT THE ZONING COMMISSION AGAINST THIS, AND WHEN YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE PERSON DOING SO, THAT'S AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THERE.
YEAH, PLEASE, JUST SAY NO TO THIS ALTOGETHER, IF YOU WOULD.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER.
JUAN PEREZ ON ITEM 10. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. QUESTION.
TRANSLATION SERVICES IF YOU HANG JUST ONE MOMENT.
IF WE CAN PAUSE HIS TIME FOR A MINUTE. AND YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES, MR. PEREZ.
>> TRANSLATOR: IN WILL BE OPENING THERE THAT WOULD BE SELLING ALCOHOL.
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REPRESENT A CHURCH THAT IS ACROSS THE STREET. >>
>> TRANSLATOR: AND WE'RE WITHIN 200 FEET OF THIS PLACE.
>> INTOXICATED PEOPLE THAT WILL BE GOING THERE TO BUY ALCOHOL, LIQUOR.
CITY AND PRESENT A GREATER DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY. >>
>> TRANSLATOR: I JUST ATTENDED A CLASS REGARDING SUICIDE AND HOW THIS IS
STATISTICS SHOW THAT THIS BEGINS WITH ALCOHOL. >>
>> TRANSLATOR: SO IF AT ALL POSSIBLE IF THEY COULD PLEASE OPEN A BUSINESS BUT A
DIFFERENT KIND OF BUSINESS THAT IS NOT ALCOHOL. >>
>> TRANSLATOR: FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PEREZ.
ALL RIGHT. THAT IS EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONTINUANCE ITEMS FOR JUNE 5. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? OKAY, ONCE AGAIN, THOSE ITEMS WILL NOT BE ACTED UPON TODAY, THEY ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUED TO JUNE 5. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 9-0. 7, 8 ABSENT.
WE'LL NOW GO TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. WE'LL START WITH ITEM NUMBER
8. >> CLERK: 37 NOTICES MAILED, ZERO IN FAVOR AND THREE OPPOSED. COLISEUM WILLOW PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND THERE WERE FOUR OPPOSED OUTSIDE THE
200-FOOT AREA. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE HAVE TWO FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 8. FIRST JACK FINGER. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
LINELL MCKINNEY. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JACK FINGER AND ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, ITEM NUMBER 8, THIS IS MR. MCKEE RODRIGUEZ'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, OVER ON CORLISS DRIVE.
AND IT'S ABOUT THE IDEA OF TRYING TO SQUEEZE FOUR UNITS INTO ONE LITTLE LOT THERE.
THE ZONING STAFF THOUGHT THAT WAS A BAD IDEA BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT THE ENTIRE AREA THERE. THEY SEE THAT ALL THE RESIDENCES AROUND THERE, IT REALLY -- IT WOULD -- IT WOULD MAKE LIVING THERE VERY HARD FOR THOSE WHO DESIRE LOTS THAT THEY CAN BREATHE IN, TO PUT IT MILDLY. TO GIVE THEM SPACE TO LIVE THERE. AND I THINK THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THOSE FOUR UNITS THERE, THEY WOULD -- WHEN THEY SEE THAT, THEY WILL WONDER WHY THEY MOVED THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AS WELL. SO I THINK JUST MAYBE WHY NOT JUST SAY NO TO SHOEHORNING FOUR UNITS INTO THIS LITTLE AREA RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. LINELL MCKINNEY.
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>> HELLO, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS SHANNON LINELL MCKINNEY.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME, MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN MY VIDEOS. I WANT TO DISCUSS DO ANY OF YOU ALL LIVE NEXT TO AN AIRBNB, HAVE NEW NEIGHBORS EVERY DAY, DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY COME FROM? I'VE HAD MEN LOOKING IN MY BEDROOM WITH ME IN MY BED, IT'S NOT PLEASANT. THE PEOPLE DOING THIS ARE DOING IT FOR MONEY. I DO NOTHING FOR MONEY. I LIKE MY PEACE.
I HAVE NO PEACE. YOU WANT AIRBNB NEXT TO YOU? YOU? WHO WANTS AN AIRBNB NEXT TO YOU, HAVE NEW NEIGHBORS EVERY DAY, DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. WE DON'T EITHER.
THAT'S IT. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU.
THIS IS AN ITEM IN DISTRICT 2. COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. AND THERE IS NO MOTION AT THE MOMENT.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. I'LL START OFF BY SAYING, SO TODAY'S ITEM IS ON INDIVIDUAL FOR STAFF DENIAL FOR THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WHICH WAS REZONE FROM R-4 TO RM-5 WITH A FOUR-UNIT SITE PLAN.
THE APPLICANT WAS RECOMMENDED TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS TO THREE AND HAS ACCEPTED THOSE AMENDMENTS. THEY'VE REPROPOSED THEIR SITE PLAN AND HAVE GARNERED SUPPORT FROM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS. IT DOES NOT ALLOW SHORT-TERM RENTALS. THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE REQUIRED.
GIVEN SO, I MOVE TO APPROVE. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 8. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL GO TO ITEM 9.
>> CLERK: WAIVERS, SNIPE, BANDIT OR PENNANT SIGNS. DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING REQUIRED. HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 7:00 A.M.
TO 7:00 P.M. 32 NOTICES MAILED, ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THIS IS AN ITEM IN DISTRICT 4. WE DO NOT -- WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 9. JACK FINGER.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M JACK FINGER ONCE AGAIN.
AND THIS ITEM IS IN DISTRICT 4, MS. ROCHA GARCIA, YOUR AREA.
THE REASON WHY ZONING STAFF THOUGHT THIS WAS A BAD IDEA IS BECAUSE, WELL, AND EXCUSE ME, IN THEIR WORDS, THEY SEE THAT THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP, YOU PLACE IT THERE, THEY NOTICE THERE'S REALLY NO BUFFERS BETWEEN IT AND THE RESIDENTS WHO NEED TO LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT THERE. AND THEREBY MAKING LIFE PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THOSE WHO DO RESIDE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, IN YOUR DISTRICT.
QUITE FRANKLY, IT SAYS NO BUFFERS FOR THIS COMMERCIAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE.
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE RESIDENCES. PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD, SAY NO TO THIS PROPOSITION SO THEY CAN LIVE IN PEACE ONCE AGAIN.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER.
COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. >> GARCIA: I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE
WITH CONDITIONS READ. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 9 WITH CONDITIONS AS READ. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL GO TO ITEM 16 AND 17.
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AN AMENDED SITE PLAN. 25 NOTICES MAILED, ONE IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED.THERE WAS ONE OPPOSITION OUTSIDE THE 200-FOOT AREA. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THIS IS AN ITEM IN DISTRICT 10. WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 16 AND 17.
KEN BROWN. YOU ARE WAIVING YOUR TIME? WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCILMEMBER
WHYTE. >> WHYTE: THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED IN THIS MOTION TO
APPROVE WITH THE AMENDMENTS MADE. >> SECOND.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 16 AND 17 WITH AMENDMENTS AS RECORDED.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES.
ALL RIGHT. THAT IS ALL OF OUR AGENDA. THE TIME IS 2:29 P.M. ON APRIL 17, 2025, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON.
THANKS, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.