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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND YOU ARE NOT THE APPLICANT OR APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES, YOU WILL NEED TO SIGN UP BEFORE WE GET TO THE MEAT OF THE MEETING.
UM, BECAUSE AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO START.
SO GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE OUR SPANISH INTERPRETATION SERVICES STATEMENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON WHEN I ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, MY NAME IS JOHN BUSANTE AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT FIVE ZONING COMMISSIONER.
I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION IN THE SESSION.
UH, I LIKE TO DO ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.
MARCO BARROS, DISTRICT NINE, ROB SIPES, DISTRICT SEVEN, ROLAND GONZALEZ, DISTRICT EIGHT.
DANIEL LUM, DISTRICT ONE, JOHN WHITSETT, DISTRICT 10, TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO.
EDDIE RAY IS DISTRICT FOUR, GEORGE OSA DISTRICT THREE.
NOW IT'S EDDIE REYES, DISTRICT FOUR,
ALRIGHT, STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
AT THIS POINT, UH, WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR MEETING, UH, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO PLEASE REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE STAFF.
IF YOU WOULD ALSO, UM, COMMISSIONER HOSA, YOU'LL NEED TO KEEP YOUR CAMERA ON.
ALL RIGHT, UH, BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE TURN YOUR PHONES ON VIBRATE OR TURN THEM OFF.
THE ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 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 CASE WITH A SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE REQUEST.
PART OF THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES A MAP THAT SHOWS THE AREA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING AND PROPERTY.
WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, CHECK MARK, CHECK MARKS WILL INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OR THE REQUEST, OR SORRY, IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN EX INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION.
FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST.
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING, YOU WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT YOU ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.
YOU WILL BE INFORMED THAT THE TWO MINUTES ARE UP.
FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO A SPEAKER, THAT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME FOR A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES.
THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED IN TO SPEAK.
AND PLEASE, IF YOU ARE GIVING UP YOUR TIME TO PLEASE ANNOUNCE WHEN THE SPEAKER IS GOING UP TO THE PODIUM THAT YOU ARE YIELDING YOUR TIME.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT, UM, ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS.
AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA HIT THIS POINT AGAIN JUST IN CASE IF YOU JUST WALKED IN OR YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP AND YOU ARE NOT THE APPLICANT OR APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE, PLEASE SIGN IN TO SPEAK, UH, SO THAT WE CAN BE SURE TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.
IF YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER, PLEASE STAND UP AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU ARE GIVING YOUR TIME AS
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THAT SPEAKER APPROACHES THE PODIUM OR IF YOU'RE CALLED FIRST LET US KNOW THAT YOU ARE GIVING YOUR TIME TO A CERTAIN SPEAKER.[Zoning Items ]
DO WE HAVE ANY WITHDRAWN OR POSTPONED ITEMS? WE DO NOT.STAFF, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GO OVER THE ITEMS ON COMBINED HEARING.
ITEMS ON CONSENT ARE ITEMS 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19 AND 20.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, DOES ANY COMMISSIONER WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? LOOKING TO MY LEFT, LOOKING TO MY RIGHT AND IN A COVID THROWBACK LOOKING REMOTELY, NO.
IF WE COULD READ THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA INTO THE RECORD, STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM RM FIVE TO MF 18 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT THREE 20 EAST CARSON STREET, 35 NOTICES WERE SENT.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET WE RECEIVED FIVE IN FAVOR.
GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE IS IN SUPPORT.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM RM FOUR C TWO C3 NA, AND C3 R TO IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND UP TO 575 DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
AND THEY HAVE SUBMITTED AN AMENDED SITE PLAN.
SEVEN RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM SOJO CROSSING HOA AND SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION.
OUTSIDE 200 FEET, WE RECEIVED FIVE IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I TWO TO I TWO S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR DELIVERY DRONE STATION WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 68 0 6 CAL TURNER DRIVE, FIVE NOTICES WERE SENT.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I ONE TO IDZ ONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND ONE DWELLING UNIT WITH ALL OF OUR LAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 2 1 2 VIRGINIA BOULEVARD.
ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX AND C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR ON, FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES TO IDZ.
TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR A VOCATIONAL TRADE SCHOOL, NO OUTSIDE STORAGE AND TRAINING AREA PERMITTED AND EIGHT DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1504 TO 1508 ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
ONE OPPOSED R UM, NO RESPONSE FROM ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO R FOUR WITH ALL OVER LACE TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 2 1 8 CASTROVILLE ROAD.
AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM EL CHARO OR PROSPECT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO GLASS SALES INSTALLATION PERMITTED WITH ALL OF RELAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 75 20 WEST MILITARY DRIVE.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MXD WITH A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE TO MXD WITH MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE WITH A MAJOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE TOTAL BUSINESS PARK ACREAGE WITHIN THE MXD GREATER THAN 10% WITH ALL OF LAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 500 BLOCK OF RICHMOND HILLS DRIVE.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM FR TO RP WITH ALL LOW OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 13 7 9 2 DONNA ROAD AND 12 7 0 5 OLD CORPUS CHRISTI HIGHWAY 19.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
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IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MF 33 TO P MF 33 WITH ALL OF RELAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.APPLICANT IS SUBMITTED AN AMENDED SITE PLAN GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 300 BLOCK OF EAST ASHLEY ROAD.
HARLAN HARLAND, DALE MCCOLLUM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE.
ITEM NUMBER 20 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM D TO DS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR AMUSEMENT AND OR THEME PARK SLASH OVERDO RIDES.
OUTDOOR RIDES WITH ALL LAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME, GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 300 BLOCK OF HEF AVENUE.
ZERO OPPOSED? DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET WE RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM DAU HILL AND DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
AND WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS. VERY GOOD.
IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH THOSE SPEAKERS WHO ARE PRESENT AND I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT.
IF YOU'RE BLOCKING THE DOOR, WE CAN'T BLOCK THE DOOR 'CAUSE OF FIRE SAFETY.
SO IT YOU CAN WAIT IN THE FOYER OR FIND A SEAT OR WAIT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM BY THE WINDOWS, BUT WE CAN'T HAVE ANYONE BLOCKING THE DOOR.
UM, IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH THE SPEAKERS ON THE ITEMS FOR THE ITEMS ON CONSENT, PLEASE.
ANY FURTHER SPEAKERS FOR ITEMS ON CONSENT? SO THAT IS IT FOR SPEAKERS AND WE CAN PLAY NOW VOICEMAILS.
THIS IS RICK SHELL ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ON CASE NUMBER 0 6 9 AT NORTH ST.
AS PRESENTED TODAY, WE CANNOT SUPPORT THE REQUEST.
THE SITE PLAN NEEDS TO BE COMPLETE TO INCLUDE 1928 NORTH ST.
IT'S PURPORTED TO BE UNDER CONTRACT AS OF TODAY, BUT STILL NOT PART OF THE PROJECT REQUEST AS TO THE PROJECT ITSELF, THE DENSITY, THE BEING REQUESTED IS 185 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS THREE TIMES WHAT IS ALLOWED IN REGIONAL MIXED USE.
MF 65 AND FIVE TIMES WHAT IS ALLOWED IN URBAN MIXED USE AND FLEX MIXED USE BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON EACH PARK TO THE EAST AND ACROSS NORTH ST.
THIS REQUEST IS FAR TOO INTENSE.
WE SUPPORT DENSITY PROJECTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO ADDRESS SOME STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
NUMBER TWO SAYS THERE ARE NO ADVERSE IMPACTS.
THEY LIST ALL THE IDZ IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
THEY FAIL TO INCLUDE THAT DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET ARE R SIX AND RM FOUR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED.
THIS IS A HIGH DENSITY PROJECT NUMBER THREE, YES, BUT IT'S STILL MARKET RATE WITH NO AFFORDABILITY.
NUMBER FOUR ADDRESSES HEALTH AND SAFETY.
AND THIS PROJECT TAKEN INDEPENDENTLY ITSELF DOESN'T CREATE A PROBLEM.
HOWEVER, COMPOUNDING ALL THE OTHER INFILL PROJECTS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA HAS ALREADY CREATED TRAFFIC ISSUES, PARKING ISSUES, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ISSUES, DRAINAGE AND RUNOFF ISSUES AND WATER SUPPLY ISSUES FOR THE EXISTING RESIDENTS.
RECOMMENDATIONS CANNOT CONTINUE TO LOOK AT EACH PROJECT INDIVIDUALLY WHEN IT SUITS AN OUTCOME AND AN AGGREGATE.
WHEN IT ALSO SUITS AN ALTERNATE OUTCOME, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS PROBLEMATIC.
THE NEWEST SITE PLAN AND HEIGHT RENDERING SHOW NINE STORIES 92 FEET TALL ABOVE GRADE WITH A MINOR AMENDMENT TO IDZ.
THIS IS FAR AND AWAY TOO TALL AT THIS LOCATION.
IT'S PERFECT FOR THREE BLOCKS EAST BUT NOT HERE.
JUST LAST YEAR, TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF THIS SITE, WE SUPPORTED A PROJECT DIRECTLY ABUTTING NORTH ST.
MARY'S AT A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 78 FEET USING STEPBACK HEIGHTS ALONG NORTH ST.
GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M CALLING REGARDING THE CASE 1 0 7 0 0 0 3 3.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROOSEVELT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, ME AND MY BOARD MEMBERS, UM, ALL OF US SUPPORT THE ZONING CHANGE AT ONE OH OR 1504 TO 1508 ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT IDEA OF PUTTING IN A VOCATIONAL TRADE SCHOOL ALIGNS WITH OUR GOALS AND MISSION FOR THAT PART OF THE CORRIDOR OF ROOSEVELT.
AND IT ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING IN EIGHT DWELLING UNITS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH WE TOTALLY SUPPORT AS WELL.
SO WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE ZONING CHANGE, UH, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MY NUMBER'S 2 1 0 3 8 7 7 9 1 9.
I LIVE AT 1 2 1 LORETTA PLACE, 7 8 2 1 0.
HELLO, I'M FLO LORENCIA MORENO FROM 7 5 0 8 WEST MILITARY DRIVE AND I AM CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE ZONING CASE ENDING IN DIGITS
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1 0 4 AND I AM IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING.YES, THIS IS ME IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 7 0 0 1 1 0.
UH, THE PROPOSAL FOR DONNA ROAD 1 3 7 9 2 AND OLD CORPUS CHRISTI ROAD 1 2 2 0 5 REZONING CHANGES.
I AM THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED SITE FOR THE ECDC NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M WRITING TO FORMALLY EXPRESS MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE CURRENT FLOODING ISSUES THAT ALREADY AFFECT THIS AREA, INCLUDING MY PROPERTY BEFORE ANY REZONING IS APPROVED OR DEVELOPMENT PRO PROCEEDS, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT A COMPREHENSIVE FLOOD MITIGATION PLAN BE DEVELOPED, REVIEWING AND ALREADY FOR INFLAMMATION.
GIVEN THE HISTORY OF THE FLOODING IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE COUNTY.
FOLLOWING PRIOR DEVELOPMENTS APPROVED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, I'M CONCERNED THAT SIMILAR OUTCOMES COULD OCCUR HERE, POTENTIALLY PUTTING MY PROPERTY AND OTHERS AT INCREASED RISK.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I DO NOT OPPOSE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW SCHOOL OR ENHANCEMENTS TO THE AREA.
IN FACT, I SUPPORT IMPROVEMENTS THAT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.
HOWEVER, RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT MUST INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING THAT PREVENTS ADVERSE EFFECTS ON NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
ADDRESSING DRAINAGE AND RUNOFF CONCERNS NOW WILL HELP ENSURE THE PROPERTY'S LONG-TERM SUCCESS AND MAINTAIN TRUST WITH NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS.
I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE BOARD TO PRIORITIZE FLOOD PLANNING AS A PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS AND ENSURE THAT THE PROSPECTIVE MEASUREMENTS ARE ITS PROSPECTIVE MEASURES ARE IN PLACE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH REZONING OR CONSTRUCTION.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND CONCERN.
I'M THE OWNER OF 1 2 9 5 9 OAK CORP.
HELLO, THIS IS LOUIS FRANCOIS, CHAIRPERSON OF THE DIGNITY HILL HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD REVIEW COMMITTEE CALLING IN ON THE ST.
PAUL SQUARE HISTORIC OVERLAY ZONING CASE.
THE DIGNITY HILL HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTED THIS ZONING CASE TO THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP AT THE MAY 18TH MONTHLY MEETING.
THE RESIDENTS VOTED TO SUPPORT THE ZONING REQUEST THAT WILL CHANGE THE CURRENT ZONING TO D-S-H-H-E-H-S-A-H-O-D, DOWNTOWN ST.
PAUL SQUARE HISTORIC OVERLAY WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR AMUSEMENT AND OR THEME PARK.
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, COULD WE HAVE THE APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE? WAIT, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE COME UP FOR AMENDED SITE PLANS, DO WE? OH, COME ON UP THEN.
AND NEXT WILL BE, UH, THE APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 19.
ASHLEY FAIRMONT KILLING GRIFFIN IN FAIRMONT 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE.
UM, HOPE YOU'LL ACCEPT THE ADMITTED SITE PLAN.
YES, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
EMILY WEISLER KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE.
UM, SUBMITTING THE AMENDED PUT PLAN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UH, THERE BEING NO FURTHER AMENDMENTS.
ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? COMMISSIONERS.
UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION.
UH, WELL I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEMS NUMBER FOUR, ITEMS NUMBER FIVE WITH THE AMENDED SIDE PLAN.
8 11 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19 WITH THE AMENDED SIDE PLAN AND 20.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEMS AS READ INTO THE RECORD BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS.
UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER WATSON, JUST TO NOTE ON, UH, CASE MY DISTRICT NUMBER 8 68 0 6 CAL TURNER DRIVE, WE ARE LEAVING IT ON CONSENT, UH, DUE TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AND MEETINGS BEING HELD TONIGHT.
UM, JUST NOTE THAT DOCUMENTATION WILL NEED TO BE END BEFORE COUNCIL VOTE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, COMMISSIONER VARDOS.
UH, I, UH, MR. CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS, UM, MY SUPPORT FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
THIS ITEM, UH, REALLY INCREASES THE CORPORATE REPRESENTATION BY AMAZON IN SAN ANTONIO AND IT HAS AN EXCELLENT, UH, EMPLOYMENT PACKAGE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
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SO I WILL SUPPORT THAT.I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER BARTOS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, UH, COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA? ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT.
CAN'T FORGET OUR COMMISSIONER WHO'S REMOTE.
UM, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS NUMBER FOUR FIVE AS AMENDED 8 11 12 13 14 16, 18 19 AS AMENDED.
AND 20 BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.
MOTION CARRIES FIVE AND 19 AS AMENDED.
ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE PRESENT FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, YOU ARE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, HAVE TO GO THERE WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
GOOD LUCK AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD BEGIN, UH, WITH OUR CONTINUANCE HEARING FOR THE SIX, I'M SORRY, THE JUNE 3RD, 2025 HEARING.
WE HAVE, UH, FOUR ITEMS REQUESTING CONTINUANCE TO JUNE 3RD ITEMS NUMBER 2, 7 17 AND 21.
AND WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS AND A VOICEMAIL FOR ITEM NUMBER 21.
IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH OUR SPEAKERS PLEASE.
21 IS TIME CERTAIN AT 3:00 PM I APOLOGIZE.
ITEM THAT I'LL HAVE TO WAIT TILL NOW.
3:00 PM I KNOW, BUT UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE I SAID IT WAS THREE O'CLOCK.
OKAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT AGAIN.
UM, OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW WE WILL, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT WE WILL BE MAKING THE MOTIONS FOR ITEMS TWO, SEVEN, AND 17.
AND WE HAVE NOT MADE A MOTION AS OF YET.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS TWO, SEVEN, AND 17? NOT FOR THOSE THREE ITEMS. OKAY, VERY GOOD.
UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION, MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS TWO, SEVEN AND 17 TO THE JUNE 3RD.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS TWO, SEVEN AND 17 TO THE JUNE 3RD, 2025 HEARING DATE BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS COMM COMMISSIONER'S DISCUSSION TO MY LEFT.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT CONTINUANCE HEARING DOCKET FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025 DATE.
REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO SEPTEMBER 2ND IS ITEM NUMBER THREE AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT ITEM.
THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER THREE TO THE SEPTEMBER 2ND HEARING DATE.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER HINO HOSA SECONDED.
UH, THE MOTION IS FOR CONTINUANCE TO SEPTEMBER 2ND FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HINO HOSA.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING.
WE WILL BEGIN THIS HEARING WITH ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, DUE TO RECUSAL.
I WILL BE LEAVING THIS HEARING.
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AND COMMISSIONER WATSON WILL CHAIR THE HEARING.FOR THIS ITEM, PLEASE NOTE CHAIR BUSANTE LEFT, UH, THE HEARING ROOM AT 1:25 PM CAN WE HAVE THE ITEM, UH, PRESENTED AND I THINK, UH, WE DO, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? WE HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
THEN I WILL ALSO ASK FOR US TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
PLEASE JUST SLOWLY GO THROUGH IT.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, FOREST WILSON, PRINCIPAL PLANNER, UH, WITH THE ZONING TEAM.
SO ITEM NUMBER NINE IS, UH, THE LAR ROOSEVELT PARK LARGE AREA REZONING.
IT IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MULTIPLE ZONING DISTRICTS.
LEMME MAKE SURE I GET 'EM ALL TO R ONE, R TWO, R THREE, R FOUR, R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO, THREE, AND FOUR DWELLING UNITS.
R FIVE, R SIX R SIX CD WITH A CONDIT CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS.
RM FOUR, RM FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A MEDICAL CLINIC THERAPIST.
UM, RM SIX C ONE, C TWO IDZ ONE WITH USE IS PERMITTED IN NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND IDZ TWO, UH, WITH USE IS PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT COFFEE ROASTING AND MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT.
UH, ALSO L MF 33 NC T-O-D-T-R 2.5 TOD MX THREE AND T-O-D-H-I THREE S, UM, WHICH ARE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.
AND THE SS WITH THE SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR WAREHOUSING WITH ALL OVERLAY DISTRICTS.
REMAINING UNCHANGED GENERAL, GENERALLY BOUNDED BY THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY TO THE NORTH IH 37 TO THE EAST IH IH 10 TO THE SOUTH AND SAN ANTONIO RIVER TO THE WEST.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH AN AMENDMENT TO EXCLUDE, UM, 1 21 EAST HIGHLAND FROM THE PROPOSED REZONING, WHICH WOULD LEAVE THAT ONE AS MF 33.
UM, AND THEN I'LL JUST ADD TOO, WE, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD TASK FORCE WAS ESTABLISHED TO WORK WITH STAFF ON THE REZONING.
WE HELD THREE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AT THE ROOSEVELT PARK CLUBHOUSE TO GATHER FEEDBACK, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES AND ADDITIONAL MEETINGS WERE HELD WITH THE ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS TO FURTHER THAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
YOU CAN HAVE OUR FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE.
I AM GARY BENDER AND I YIELD MY TIME TO GET THANK YOU.
SO YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES, SIR.
MY NAME IS JEFF HUNT AND I SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE RESIDENTS OF ROOSEVELT PARK SHARE TWO CONCERNS, THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE ABSENCE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG OUR TWO MAIN THOROUGHFARES ROOSEVELT AVENUE AND SOUTH PRESA.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE DO HAVE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF BUSINESSES ZONED AS INDUSTRIAL AND MANY PROPERTIES ALONG ROOSEVELT AND PRESA THAT ARE ZONED INCORRECTLY.
TWO YEARS AGO, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BEGAN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A LARGE AREA REZONING THAT WOULD BRING THOSE PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE.
AND THEN CAME THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM VIA THAT THE NEW RAPID TRANSIT GREEN LINE WOULD BEGIN AND END ON ROOSEVELT AVENUE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WAS ALSO ASKED TO SERVE AND BE A MEMBER ON THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, TOD DEVELOPMENT, UH, ZONING COMMITTEE.
AND IT WAS THEN THAT WE REALIZED THAT THE NEW TOD OVERLAY COULD BE THE CATALYST THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS NEEDING FOR TRANSFORMATION AND REVITALIZATION.
CURRENTLY, AS YOU WALK DOWN PRESA OR ROOSEVELT, YOU EXPERIENCE URBAN BLIGHT AND NEGLECT LOTS ABANDONED AND DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS, EXPANSIVE PARKING LOTS AND AUTO REPAIR SHOPS.
AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE DECAYING LONE STAR BREWERY.
ONE DEVELOPER WHO OWNS A LARGE PROPERTY ON ROOSEVELT COMMENTED LAST YEAR AT A PUBLIC CITY MEETING THAT HE THOUGHT INSTALLING ARTWORK FOR THE ENTRANCE TRAIL WAS A WASTE OF MONEY BECAUSE NO ONE IS GOING TO STOP AND WALK ALONG ROOSEVELT
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AVENUE.IT IS MERELY AN UGLY THOROUGHFARE TO GET THROUGH THE SOUTH SIDE TO DOWNTOWN.
HE MAY OWN PROPERTY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT HE IS NOT A RESIDENT AND UNFORTUNATELY DOES NOT SEE THE POTENTIAL THAT WE ALL DO THAT EXISTS IN ROOSEVELT PARK.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE TOD OVERLAY COULD BE THAT INCENTIVE NEEDED TO REINSPIRE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WITH THE TOD ZONING, ROOSEVELT SOUTH PRESA CAN EXPERIENCE A NEW REBIRTH.
UM, WITH COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES SUCH AS SMALL GROCERY STORES, UH, BAKERIES AND RESTAURANTS, WE CAN PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR THOSE YOUNG FOLKS AND SERVICE WORKERS WHO WANNA LIVE IN SOUTH TOWN, BUT WORK IN DOWNTOWN.
THIS CAN CREATE AN INCREASE IN WALKABILITY AND PUBLIC COMMUNAL SPACES WITH LESS TRAFFIC.
THESE TWO THOROUGHFARES CAN NOW BE LINKED TO THE WORLD HERITAGE TRAIL, THE YURI EDMONDS HOUSE, AND OUR THREE PARKS AND RIVER ACCESS.
AND WHO KNOWS, IT MAY EVEN PROVIDE THE INCENTIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT AT THE LONE STAR BREWERY.
MOST UNDERSTAND THAT THIS OVERLAY DOES NOT IMPACT RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND IT PROTECTS THEM FROM COMMERCIAL CREEP.
IN FACT, HOMEOWNERS THAT WILL BE ZONE TRANSITIONAL WILL NOW HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY.
ROOSEVELT PARK BELIEVES THIS IS AN INVESTMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HOPE YOU ALL CAN UNDERSTAND OUR CURRENT, UH, CONCERNS AND ALSO SHARE IN OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF ROOSEVELT PARK.
UM, I'M NOT NECESSARILY FOR OR AGAINST, COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? OH, MY ADDRESS? YES.
MY ADDRESS IS THREE 10 ALAMOSA AVENUE.
SO THE THREE 14 KIND OF NOT SO TAKEN CARE OF HOUSE ON THE VERY EDGE OF THE BLOCK ON THE FACING ROOSEVELT STREET.
WE LIVE DIRECTLY NEXT TO THAT, UH, MY FIANCE AND I.
AND SO I AM PROVING IN THE SENSE THAT I DON'T LOVE THE FACT THAT THAT HOUSE IS JUST KIND OF WITHERING AWAY.
IT'S, I THINK IT'S TAKING AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I'M ALSO CONCERNED BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING SO MUCH LOVE INTO OUR HOUSE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BUILD IT UP SO THAT WAY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SHARE GENERATIONALLY WITH OUR CHILDREN.
AND SO MY ONLY CONCERN IS THE TYPE OF, I GUESS, BUILDING THAT'S COMING NEXT TO IT.
I DON'T WANT IT TO BE AN, WANT IT TO BE ANOTHER BAR.
I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIKE JUST SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GONNA IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION IN WHICH IT'S GOING, THEN I SUPPORT.
BUT IF OTHERWISE, THEN I VOTE AGAINST.
AARON BENDER, TWO 10 WEST WHITTIER STREET.
I, UM, I'M ALSO ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD, THE REV ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND I'M DISTRICT FIVE LIAISON, BUT I'M ALSO A HOMEOWNER IN THE AREA.
AND I'M A HOMEOWNER IN THE AREA.
THAT'S A TRANSITIONAL DISTRICT.
SO WE ARE THE, THE SMALL GROUP THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE A MORE, A LESS RESIDENTIAL, MORE IMPACT ON TOD.
AND HONESTLY, WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO THIS, I WAS A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE TO SAY THE LEAST.
UM, AND I THINK IT WAS MORE OF A LACK OF EDUCATION ON MY PART.
AND AS I CONTINUED TO LEARN MORE AND REALLY UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY AND THE INVOLVEMENT AS A STRONG PARTNER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WE DO HAVE REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND TALK WITH US.
IT JUST GIVES MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR US IN THE FUTURE WITH OUR PROPERTY.
UM, ALSO WE NEED MORE DENSITY IN OUR AREA IN ORDER TO BRING IN MORE DENSITY.
WE NEED THE RIGHT KINDS OF SERVICES.
AS JEFF WAS SAYING EARLIER, UM, I HAVE HAVE HAVE A SON WHO'S 22 YEARS OLD AND, AND I WAS LIKE, NO, I'M AGAINST.
AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT MOM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO BRING THE LEVEL OF REVITALIZATION TO OUR AREA AND WE ALREADY HAVE THESE POCKETS OF THINGS WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE REALITY THINGS TAKE TIME.
SO, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING, WHICH GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE AND TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE LIKE WE HAVE BEEN SO FAR.
SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND ARE EDUCATED TO KNOW THAT THIS IS REALLY GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE NEED CHANGE, WE NEED REVITALIZATION.
AND WHERE I STARTED OUT HESITANT AND AGAINST, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF LEGACY, WHATEVER GENERATION, I NEED TO BE FORWARD THINKING FOR THE GENERATION OF MY CHILDREN AND THE CHILDREN TO COME.
SO THEY HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE IN PLACES THAT KEEPS SAN ANTONIO VITAL.
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WE JUST HAVE THE CONTINUAL GROWTH AND INFLUX OF NEWNESS THAT WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
UM, I BELIEVE I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER CHASE AS CHAIR ANTES RECUSED HIMSELF FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
JUST ASK ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE RIGHT QUESTIONS ON MY LEFT WITHOUT THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION AND DISCUSSION.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA? NOPE.
UM, FLOOR IS OPEN TO A MOTION.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION TO MY RIGHT, INCLUDING ZOOM TO MY LEFT? DO WE NEED WE NEED THE MOTION FIRST, SO YES, YOU DO.
DOES SOMEBODY WANNA MAKE, IF YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION FIRST, PLEASE.
TRAVIS DIANTE'S OUT AND YOU'RE THE MAYOR'S APPOINTEE.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE ITEM NUMBER NINE.
IS THERE A SECOND? APPROVE AS AMENDED.
SO WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED BY CHAIR CHASE BY, SORRY.
COMMISSIONER CHASE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THAT ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
UH, AND IF SOMEONE COULD PLEASE, UH, RETRIEVE CHAIR BUSANTE AND THEN, UH, FOR OUR, UH, PUBLIC, UH, MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WITH A QUESTION.
UM, IF YOU WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH THEM PLEASE AFTERWARDS.
ALRIGHT, I BELIEVE OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER ONE.
BRONTE FIRM ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS LOCATED AT 2 1 7 4 4 AND 2 1 7 5 0 HARDY OAK BOULEVARD GOING FROM C TWO NAS WITH A SPECIFIC USE FOR GYMNASIUM TO C TWO.
ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
29 NOTICES SENT ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED.
STONE OAK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE.
STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE EXISTING C TWO NAS COMMERCIAL NON-ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR GYMNASIUM IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS ALSO APPROPRIATE.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ABUTTING EXISTING C TWO BASED ZONING DISTRICTS WITHOUT THE ALCOHOL REGULATION AND LOCATE ALONG A SECONDARY ARTERIAL ROAD WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT OR THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE PLEASE.
SORRY, I DON'T MIND IF SHE GOES FIRST.
WE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION LOCATED AT 2 1 7 5 0 HARDY OAK BOULEVARD ALLOWING FOR ALCOHOL SALES FOR AN INDOOR PICKLEBALL COURT FACILITY.
THE SITE IS IN A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WILL OCCUPY AN EXISTING 14,500 SQUARE FOOT GYMNASIUM BUILT IN 2004.
THEREFORE NO ADDITIONAL IMPER COVER WILL BE ADDED.
NO SENSITIVE GEOLOGIC FEATURES NOR FLOOD FLOODPLAIN WERE DOCUMENTED ON SITE.
WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE SAS REPORT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. SANTE.
ALRIGHT, NOW THE APPLICANT OR APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE? YES.
HI, ASHLEY FAIRMONT GILLEN GRIFFIN AND FAIRMONT 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE.
UH, THANK YOU HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF EPIC PICKLEBALL.
IT IS AN EXISTING PICKLEBALL FACILITY.
UM, AS STAFF MENTIONED, IT'S THE ONLY PROPERTY ON THIS PORTION OF HARDY YOLK THAT DOES NOT, THAT HAS AN ALCOHOL RESTRICTION.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST STRAIGHT COMMERCIAL ZONING.
UM, THEY WOULD LIKE THE ABILITY TO SELL BEARD WINE WITH PICKLEBALL, UH, TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER FACILITIES.
UM, AND THEN ALSO DID WANNA NOTE THAT IT IS AN EXISTING FACILITY AND WE ARE REMOVING THE S FOR GYMNASIUM BECAUSE OF CODE AMENDMENTS.
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WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED, IT'S NO LONGER NEEDED.SO IT IS STILL TECHNICALLY A GYMNASIUM FACILITY.
UH, WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, COMMISSIONER RAMOS TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
THANK YEAH, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, I'LL LET THE, OUR COMMISSIONERS IF THEY, THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND I'LL MAKE SOME CLOSING COMMENTS ON A MOTION.
QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA QUESTIONS? I'M GONNA TAKE THAT AS A NO.
UM, COMMISSIONER BARTOS TO YOU FOR MOTION AND OR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION? YEAH, I'LL, UM, LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, EMIT ALL THE CRITERIA I, ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN INDOOR FACILITY, SO THE IS VERY CONTROLLED AND THE APPLICANT WILL SIMPLY HAVE TO APPLY FOR TABC FOR STATE PERMIT.
AND SO I'M, AT THIS POINT I'M MAKING A MOTION TO SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER ONE.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE BY COMMISSIONER REBATO WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
AND I'M SORRY, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
AND THANK YOU TO SAS FOR SITTING THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE THE MICS.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE ARE NOW GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.
MY NAME IS ALEXA RATANA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS LOCATED AT ONE 19 AGARITA DRIVE.
GOING FROM R FIVE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO RM FIVE RESIDENTIAL MIXED DISTRICT.
THERE WERE 21 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ONE IN FAVOR, SEVEN OPPOSED WITHIN THE 200 FEET SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET.
THERE ARE SEVEN OPPOSED AND THREE IN FAVOR.
THE EXISTING R FIVE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED R FIVE RESIDENTIAL MIXED DISTRICT IS NOT SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ZONED R FIVE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY AND THE PROPOSED RM FIVE RESIDENTIAL MIXED DISTRICT WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE REQUESTED ZONING IS TO PERMIT THE EXISTING THREE DETACHED DWELLING UNITS ON THE PROPERTY.
THUS STAFF RECOMMENDS AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF R FIVE CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS WHICH WOULD ADHERE, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE ADHERENCE TO A PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN.
THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR THE ADDITIONAL DENSITY WHICH WOULD UTILIZE THE CURRENT STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND AMEND THEIR REQUEST TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
COULD WE HAVE THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN.
UH, 2 3 7 WEST TRAVIS FOR THE RECORD.
WE ARE IN, UH, IN FAVOR OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND WE WOULD LIKE TO AMEND, UH, TO R FIVE CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS.
UH, MY CLIENT, UH, BOUGHT THE PROPERTY 20 SOME PLUS YEARS AGO AND IT HAD THE THREE UNITS AND HE PLANS ON STAYING WITH THE THREE UNITS.
UH, UH, SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE GET YOUR SUPPORT TODAY.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE, SO COMMISSIONER KELLUM TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
SO JUST WANNA CLARIFY, THE THREE UNITS ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, CORRECT? ALREADY BEING LEASED OR, YES.
UH, SO THERE'S NOT REALLY GOING TO BE ANY ADDITIONAL DENSITY? NO, I, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE THE CONFUSION AND WHERE THE OPPOSITION CAME.
MY, MY CLIENT HAS REACHED OUT TO, UH, EVERYBODY THAT OPPOSED THE ITEM AND LEFT THEM EITHER MESSAGE OR TRIED TO EMAIL THEM TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
NO MORE QUESTIONS MR. SHERIFF? THANK YOU COMMISSIONER KELLUM.
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ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? TO MY LEFT.SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA.
COMMISSIONER KELLUM TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I I WILL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
I THINK THE, THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 20 PLUS YEARS, UH, THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL DENSITY, IT'S ALREADY THREE UNITS ON THERE.
I THINK BRINGING IT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPROPRIATE ZONING, UM, IS GOOD.
AND SO I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION FOR APPROVAL FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
AND SORRY, BEFORE, BEFORE WE GET TO SECOND AS AMENDED.
AND CHAIR, I'LL SECOND WITH A BRIEF COMMENT THAT I APPRECIATE, UH, MR. SERNA AND THE APPLICANT WORKING WITH CITY STAFF ON THE AMENDMENT.
ALRIGHT, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
SEEING NO DISCUSSION ON MY LEFT.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SIX AS AMENDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
YOU ARE HEADING TO CITY COUNCIL.
OKAY, OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 10.
YEAH, I'M WATCHING THE CLOCK TOO.
MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BENAVIDEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS LOCATED, UH, IS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 5,000 BLOCK OF TESLA ROAD GOING FROM C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND AND C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TWO MXD MIXED USE DISTRICT WITH A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 25 UNITS PER ACRE.
WITH ALL OVERLAY STAIN THE SAME.
THERE ARE 40 NOTICES MAILED, ONE IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED, AND THE GREAT NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
PROPERTIES SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT AREA ARE ZONED R SIX, R FOUR, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
THE EXISTING C TWO AND C3 ZONING DISTRICTS ARE APPROPRIATE ZONINGS FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED M MS D MIXED USE DISTRICT WITH THE MAX DENSITY OF 25 UNITS PER ACRE IS ALSO APPROPRIATE.
THE INTENT OF THE ZONING IS FOR A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITH AN ONSITE PRE-KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL.
GIVEN THE MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE AREA, THE PROPOSED ZONING USE ALIGNS WITH SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ALSO FRONTS TESLA ROAD, A MINOR ARTERIAL WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE THE THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC.
ADDITIONALLY, THE REQUEST WOULD BE A DOWN ZONE FROM THE CURRENT C3 DESIGNATION, REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES, ABUTTING THE ALLY ZONED PROPERTIES TO THE EAST.
THE SITE PLAN PRESCRIBED BY THE MXD BASED ZONING DESIGNATION WILL REGULATE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS AND DEVIATION FROM THE APPROVED DOCUMENT COULD WARRANT ADDITIONAL CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
FURTHERMORE, THE PROPO THE PROPOSAL ALIGNS WITH THE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH ENCOURAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL HOUSING STOCK TO ACCOMMODATE THE CITY'S GROWING POPULATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION IS PENDING THE MAY 28TH, 2025 HEARING AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE, PLEASE.
JAMES MCKNIGHT ORTIZ MCKNIGHT, 1 1 2 EAST PECAN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UH, STAFF ALREADY SHOWED YOU WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKED LIKE RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT THERE'S A GOOD VIEW OF THE ZONING THAT'S SURROUND US.
WE ARE SURROUNDED BY C3 C TWO PROPERTIES AND AS YOU'LL NOTE, THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BELOW US, SOUTH OF US IS ALL UP AGAINST THOSE R SIX EXISTING R SIX PROPERTIES.
UM, AS STAT POINTED OUT, THIS IS FOR A MXD AND THAT'S FOR A, A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT THAT'S ACTUALLY 78 UNITS AND FOR A PRE-KINDER.
AND THAT'S THE C ONE IS FOR THAT.
THAT'S WHY THE MXD IS FOR THE C ONE AND FOR THE MF, BUT IT'S ONLY FOR 78 UNITS AND IT IS A TAX CREDIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
UM, NEXT, WAIT, GO BACK PLEASE.
THIS REQUIRES A PLAN AMENDMENT AS WELL.
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GONE THROUGH THE SA TOMORROW PLAN YET, SO WE'RE STILL PENDING THE WEST NORTHWEST PLAN THAT'S COMING SOON.SO NEED THE, THE PLAN CHANGE HERE IS TO MIXED USE.
I KNOW THIS ISN'T THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT IT'S, IT'S A CHANGE ONLY BECAUSE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT MIX.
SO WHEN LOOKING AT THESE PROJECTS, ONE THING YOU ALWAYS WANNA LOOK AT IS LOCATION.
AND I THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR ZONING, IS TO LOOK AT WHAT'S AROUND US.
YOU'VE GOT AN HEB DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF US.
YOU'VE GOT GROCERY, YOU'VE GOT WALMART DIRECTLY ACROSS TESLA ROAD.
THERE ARE TWO VIA BUS STOPS ON TESLA ROAD THERE.
THERE'S AN URGENT CARE DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF US.
THERE'S A SCHOOL TO THE EAST OF US LIBRARY.
THERE ARE RESTAURANTS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, ALL AROUND US, AND EVEN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ALL WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.
AND THAT IS REALLY APPROPRIATE FOR, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A TAX CREDIT PROJECT WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET FOLKS LIVING CLOSER TO WHERE THEY WORK AND WHERE THEY USE THOSE SERVICES.
THE MXD PLAN IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
WE'RE JUST SHOWING MF 25 USES FOR THOSE 78 UNITS.
AND THE C ONE FOR THE PRE-K, THAT, AGAIN, IS ON SITE AND THAT IS, UH, PRE-K IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S NOT JUST FOR THE RESIDENTS, THAT'S FOR ANYONE ANYONE'S USE.
SO, SOME OF THE OUTREACH HERE, THIS IS NEXT TO THE GREAT NORTHWEST, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS THE LARGEST IN THE CITY.
SO OUTREACH WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE STARTED THAT PROCESS BACK IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
THERE WAS AN ELECTION AT THE TIME, SO WE KIND OF PAUSED WHILE THAT WAS GOING ON 'CAUSE THERE WAS A LOT HAPPENING.
UH, WE HAD A MEETING IN FEBRUARY 4TH AT THE DISTRICT SIX OFFICE.
IT WAS TOUGH TO HEAR EVERYBODY AND SEE ALL THE SLIDES AFTER WE PAUSED.
WE CAME BACK AND HAD ANOTHER MEETING LAST, UM, LAST TUESDAY TO MEET WITH FOLKS AND REALLY TRIED TO, TO GET THROUGH SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON WHAT YOU'D SEE FOR A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS.
TRAFFIC CONCERNS, SAFETY, SOME PROPERTY VALUE ISSUES, PERHAPS THE SIZE OF THE PRE-K DROP OFF, THE PROXIMITY TO HOMES, THE HEIGHT, AND YOU KNOW, JUST LOW INCOME HOUSING IN GENERAL.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.
THERE WAS NOTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS EXACTLY, BUT AGAIN, NOT UNCOMMON BECAUSE IT'S THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT EFFECTS THESE ARE GONNA HAVE ON YOU.
SO TO, TO WORK ON GIVING THOSE, GIVING THEM MORE INFORMATION ON THOSE UNKNOWNS.
WE, WE REALLY TRY TO ADDRESS ALL THEIR QUESTIONS.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S INHERENT IN THIS PROCESS, THIS FRICTION BETWEEN GROWTH, WHICH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NEEDING AND DISRUPTING THE STATUS QUO.
AND SO AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THESE, UH, TO THE FOLKS AROUND US BY SAYING, YES, THERE IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE.
BUT HERE, LET, LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT THAT CHANGE REALLY LOOKS LIKE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE'S A, A SEPARATION DISTANCE OF 90 FEET AT THE CLOSEST POINT.
THERE'S NO BALCONY ON THERE, BUT THAT'S ONLY TO WHERE THERE'D BE A A CUL-DE-SAC, NO ACTUAL YARD AT WHERE THERE'S A YARD.
YOU'VE GOT MORE THAN 110 FEET SEPARATING US.
THESE BUILDINGS ARE 35 FEET HIGH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE HEIGHT THAT'S ALLOWED IN THE R SIX AND R FOUR, UM, ZONING RIGHT NEXT TO US.
THE HOUSES NEXT TO US ARE OVER 20 FEET.
THEY ARE, UH, TWO, UH, TWO STORY HOMES.
DREW THIS QUICK SKETCH JUST SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY ALWAYS WONDERS ABOUT PEOPLE LOOKING IN THEIR BACKYARD.
SO YOU, YOU, THERE IS NO BALCONY FACING THAT DIRECTION.
PEOPLE ARE NOT LOOKING IN FOLKS' BACKYARDS.
BUT TO PUT A FINER POINT ON IT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
I JUST LOOKED IN THE AREA FOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE CURRENTLY.
SO THERE'S TWO SPOTS ON THERE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT.
THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU'VE GOT A 25 FOOT HEB THAT'S 50 FEET AWAY FROM A CURRENT TWO, TWO STORY HOME TO THE RIGHT.
YOU SEE AN APARTMENT THAT'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER, THAT IS THE ALASKA HERFORD APARTMENTS.
THEY'RE 120 FEET AWAY, THREE FOOT, THREE STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT IS 120 FEET FROM ANOTHER TWO STORY HOME.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS ALMOST EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE.
THIS IS NOT FOLKS LOOKING IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS.
TRYING TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
THOSE ARE BIG ONES EVERY TIME YOU LOOK AT THESE USES.
AND ONE, I PUT UP THIS THOROUGHFARE LOCATION TO JUST SO SHOW YOU THAT TRAFFIC IS A PLANNING ITEM.
YOU KNOW, THE CITY LOOKS AT LONG-TERM PLANNING.
SO YOU, HERE YOU'VE GOT A PRIMARY ARTERIAL IN COLLIBRA ROAD AND A SECONDARY ARTERIAL WHERE THOSE MEET ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
THAT'S WHERE YOU SHOW THE MOST INTENSE COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND THEN OUR SITE IS THAT EXACT SPOT TO TRANSITION FROM THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL BACK TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S THE PERFECT SPOT TO HAVE MULTIFAMILY, THAT MIXED USE OF, OF 13 UNITS AN ACRE.
NOW YOU MIGHT HEAR PEOPLE SAY THIS IS HIGH DENSITY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 13 UNITS AN ACRE THAT'S LESS THAN THE MF 18, WHICH IS THE LOWEST BAR FOR MF.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WANT TO BE EVEN MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
WE HAVEN'T DONE THE FULL TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS YET, BUT
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WE WANNA LOOK AT WHAT'S ALLOWED ON THE GROUND.NOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S UNDEVELOPED.
IF YOU ADD ANY TRAFFIC AT THIS POINT, IT'S MORE THAN WHAT'S GONNA BE THERE.
WE KNOW THAT WE SAY THAT EVERY TIME.
WHAT I'M REALLY LOOKING AT IS THE TRAFFIC THAT WE'RE GONNA GENERATE VERSUS THE TRAFFIC THAT CAN BE GENERATED ON THE C3 SITE.
NOW C3 IS A COMMERCIAL ZONING THAT ALLOWS A LOT OF DIFFERENT USES.
IT'S TOUGH TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF OF TRIP GENERATION YOU'RE GONNA GET FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT USES.
SO WE, WE PUT UP A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS, MEDICAL RETAIL OFFICES AND, UM, RESTAURANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE HOURS ABOUT WHEN THAT TRAFFIC IS GONNA COME, THAT VARIES AS WELL.
BUT WHAT'S CLEAR WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE, THE TRIP GENERATION RATES FOR OUR PRE-K AND FOR 78 UNITS, IT'S FAR BELOW, FAR BELOW WHAT A C3 USE WOULD BRING.
NOW IT MAY NOT BE AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, OUR PEAK HOUR TRIPS MAY BE AT 7:00 AM SEVEN TO 8:00 AM AS PEOPLE LEAVE FOR WORK.
AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING TO THE COMMERCIAL SITES MAY COME A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT THE CAR, THE ACTUAL CAR TRIPS IS FAR, FAR MORE EVEN AT THE LOW END.
IT'S 236 COMPARED TO THE 87 THAT WE'RE SHOWING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED WAS THE, THE UNKNOWN ABOUT THE PRE-K.
WELL, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO, WHAT DO THE CARS LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY'RE QUEUING UP? DOES IT, IS IT GONNA BACK UP ON TESLA ROAD, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE EITHER PARKING TO DROP OFF OR ARE THEY GOING TO BE DRIVING THROUGH TO DROP OFF? THERE'S PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE APARTMENTS THAT'LL WALK OVER TO DROP OFF.
THE HOURS ARE NOT THE SEVEN, SEVEN TO 8:00 AM THEY'RE ACTUALLY NINE 30 TO TWO 30.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE MORE, MORE CARS LATER.
NOT AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT SEVEN TO 8:00 AM TRAFFIC.
SO IN THAT WAY, YOU'RE ONLY GONNA SEE THE 36 PEAK HOUR TRIPS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE APARTMENT, NOT THE 51.
THAT MIGHT BE COMING FROM THE PRE-K.
THAT'S BASED ON, UM, 75 STUDENTS WHEN WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW BIG, HOW MANY STUDENTS WE'RE GONNA GET RIGHT NOW, THAT'S GONNA BE DRIVEN BY THE SIZE OF THE PRE-K ITSELF.
SO POLICIES, I MEAN, WE TALK A LOT IN THE CITY AT THE STATE LEVEL ABOUT THE POLICIES OF THAT.
WE HAVE FORMED SA TOMORROW THE NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PLAN.
EVEN THE, THE GOALS OF THE, OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND NONE OF THESE POLICIES WILL MEAN ANYTHING UNLESS WE ACTUALLY PUSH THROUGH SOME OF THE DISCOMFORT OF ADDING GROWTH WHERE THERE WASN'T DEVELOPMENT THERE BEFORE.
I KNOW THAT PEOPLE WANNA LOOK AT THE STATUS QUO AND SAY THAT'S GONNA INCREASE MY COMMUTE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND IN THESE POLICIES OF TRYING TO FIND HOUSING, IS THAT NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE FOR EVERYONE ELSE AROUND US.
WE KNOW THAT COMMUTES MIGHT BE LONGER, YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE TRAFFIC THAN BEFORE, BUT IT'S AT THE EXPENSE OF A POLICY THAT HELPS THOSE THAT, THAT NEED HOUSING.
CAN YOU GO BACK ONE OR IS THAT TIME? NO, NO.
SO ONE THING I'LL POINT OUT THERE IS THAT THE FAMILIES THAT MOST BENEFIT FROM THIS AREN'T IN THE ROOM TODAY, BUT THEY NEED REPRESENTATION TOO.
SO I'M, I'M HERE ON THEIR BEHALF AS WELL TO SAY THERE IS A BENEFIT OUT THERE THAT ISN'T ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT.
WE USUALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA CHANGE, WHAT'S GONNA AFFECT PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE.
UM, I WANNA TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S GONNA BE BETTER FOR THOSE FOLKS.
IN SUMMARY, IT'S AN MXD ZONING FOR THAT MF FOR 78 UNITS AND FOR THE PRE-K, UM, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, IT ALIGNS WITH ALL THOSE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE, UH, IMPLEMENTED HERE AT THE CITY LEVEL.
AND I WILL, UM, I'LL BE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE A SPEAKER AND VOICEMAILS.
UH, LET'S DO THE SPEAKERS FIRST.
JACOB PENA AND MR. PENA, IF YOU WOULD NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN TELL US YOUR THOUGHTS.
UH, JAGA PENA 88 0 9 TIMBER WILD.
I AM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER FOR THE GREAT NORTHWEST.
I HAVE A LETTER FROM OUR CHAIRMAN THAT WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, SO YOU WANTED ME TO READ IT.
UM, ON BEHALF OF THE GRANT NORTH WEST COMMUNITY PREMIUM ASSOCIATION, I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS OUR OPPOSITION IN THE PRO THE PROPOSED AFFORDABLE PARENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED FOR DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS IN SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE ON THE SUSTAINABILITY, SAFETY AND CONGESTION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE OF OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS IS INCREASED TRAFFIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE STRAIN.
THE GREAT NORTHWEST AREA ALREADY EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANT CONGESTION ON OUR MAJOR ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS.
ADDING A HIGH DENSITY RENTAL DEVELOPMENT WILL FURTHER BURDEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED TO HANDLE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS ADDITION.
ANOTHER CONCERN WE HAVE IS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY RISK.
A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN RENTAL PROPERTIES HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN LINKED TO A HIGHER TURNOVER RATE AND POTENTIAL CHALLENGES WITH CRIME AND COMMUNITY COHESION.
THE GRANT NORTHWEST HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO MAINTAIN A SAFE
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ENVIRONMENT AND WE FEAR THIS DEVELOPMENT MAY COMPROMISE THAT EFFORT.WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE CONSIDER THIS DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS THAT DO NOT DISRUPT ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES.
THE GRANT NORTHWEST STANDS READY TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH CITY OFFICIALS TO ENSURE RESPECTABLE GROWTH THAT BENEFITS BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS.
WE PUT ALSO PUT OUT A COMMUNITY SURVEY WITH OVER 400 RESIDENTS IN OPPOSITION.
UM, WE ALSO, WERE TRYING TO GET WITH A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE IN 200 FEET.
UM, BUT THE NORTHWEST BOARD OF DIRECTORS DOES OPPOSE THE PROJECT.
THANK YOU MR. PENA VOICEMAILS ARE NEXT.
I'M, UH, A RESIDENT AT, UH, HOUSE.
I OWN 9 4 4 3 VALLEY MOSS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5.
I'M CALLING IN REGARD TO ZONING CASE Z DASH 2025 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 4.
UM, I WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING BECAUSE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORKDAY.
UM, IN THE FUTURE IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THESE MEETINGS AT A DIFFERENT TIME, THE TIME WHEN RESIDENTS WHO, UH, HAVE JOBS WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
UM, THAT ASIDE THE CASE, I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT.
UM, WHILE I'M NOT OPPOSED NECESSARILY TO NEW APARTMENTS, UM, I THINK THAT, UH, DEDICATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING APARTMENTS WOULD BE, UH, WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S ALREADY A BIT OF A TRANSITORY COMMUNITY DEVELOPING ALONG TESSEL THERE, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE GREEN TRAIL.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A VERY SAFE PLACE TO WALK AT NIGHT ALREADY.
UM, AND, UH, YEAH, NOT OPPOSED TO HOUSING, BUT I, UH, I'VE SEEN THE, UH, EFFECTS OF PERVERSE INCENTIVES WHERE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRUCTURES BECOME KIND OF, UH, PLACES WHERE TRANSITORY INDIVIDUALS CAN LIVE FOR A TIME.
AND THERE MAY BE OTHER SOLUTIONS TO EXPLORE, BUT I, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT, UH, A GOOD, UH, A BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN, CHARLES STEWART.
MY, UH, ADDRESS IS 84 31 TIMBER BRIDGE STREET, UH, 7 8 2 5 0.
UH, THE ZONING NUMBER IS Z 2 0 2 5 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 4.
AS A CONCERNED RESIDENT OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST COMMUNITY, WE WISH TO OPPOSE THE REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTRUCTING LOW COST HOUSING AT TESLA AND GRISSOM ROADS.
WE HAVE ATTENDED TWO MEETINGS ON THE PRESENTATION OF THIS PROJECT AND THERE WAS AN OVERWHELMING PERCENTAGE OF OPPOSING THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
WHY IS NRP GROUP JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS TO PLACE A LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECT AND A PRE-KINDER SCHOOL IN A ZONING AREA? NOT ZONED FOR THE PROJECT? NOT TO MENTION THE ISSUES IT WILL CREATE WITH ELECTRICITY, WATER SECURITY, TRAFFIC, OVERCROWDING OF SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS WE ALREADY HAVE IN THIS AREA.
A LIST OF PROPERTIES WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST PRESENTATION MEETING ON MAY 30 13TH, 2025 TO, UH, NRP THAT ARE FOR SALE AND ALREADY ZONED FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO WE, WE ALL ASK WHY WE WILL CONTINUE TO OPPOSE THIS PROJECT FOR THE CONCERNED CITIZENS AND OURSELVES, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR OUR PROPERTY VALUES, THAT WILL DEFINITELY DECREASE.
UH, DID I MENTION THAT THIS IS CLARA AND OSCAR DELGADO, 33 YEAR RESIDENTS OF GREAT NORTHWEST COMMUNITY.
MY NAME IS GLORIA SI LIVE AT 4 9 2 2 TIMBER WHIP SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
AND, UM, UH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN FIVE FIVE SIX NINE FOUR FOUR THREE.
I'M CALLING REGARDING ZONING CASE Z 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 4.
I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY OPINION.
I'M OPPOSING THE, UH, STRUCTURE BEING BUILT ON TEZO, AND THAT IS ALL I WISH TO SAY ON THE MATTER.
HI, MY NAME IS HAM, I-R-M-A-L-A-T-H-A-M.
MY ADDRESS IS 4 9 3 9 TIMBER WHIP SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 5 0.
AND I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO Z AS IN ZEBRA, 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 7 0 0 1 4.
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I AM PROPOSED FOR THIS WHATEVER IS HAPPENING BECAUSE LOWER INCOME, THAT MEANS MORE VIOLATION, ROBBERY, MORE TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING ELSE.I'VE BEEN, UM, HAVING ISSUES, UH, WITH PEOPLE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE TO MAKE STATEMENTS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE VANDALIZED MY GARAGE.
AND THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, OKAY IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
NOW IMAGINE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF IT IS GOING TO BE LOWER, LOWER INCOME.
AND I DO NOT, I DO NOT LIKE THAT.
PLUS THE OTHER THING IS, OKAY, MORE TRAFFIC ON TE, MORE TRAFFIC ON GRISSOM AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING AGGRESSIVE AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE POLICE IS.
AND NOW THE NA ASSOCIATION WANTS THE MONEY.
WHY? BECAUSE THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF US, US.
IF YOU NEED TO CALL ME, THIS IS THE PHONE NUMBER.
TWO TEN THREE THREE TWO TWENTY SEVEN TEN.
MY NAME IS GLORIA DAWN TAYLOR ZAMORA.
MY ADDRESS IS 64 19 TIMBER CANYON.
THE CASE NUMBER ENDS WITH A 0 1 4 AND IT'S THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY ON KE ROAD BEHIND THE, UH, BURGER KING.
I DON'T FEEL THAT IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE AGAINST, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT'S BECAUSE THAT AREA IS TOO CROWDED DURING TRAFFIC AND CONGESTED TO SUPPORT A MULTI-FAMILY LIVING CONDITION.
AND TO TOP IT OFF TO ALSO PUT A DAYCARE THERE, WE WERE TOLD AT THE MEETING, UH, IT WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE COULD WALK TO WALMART OR WALK TO HEV.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE ALL KNOW THEY'RE NOT GONNA WALK.
THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO DRIVE AND EVERYBODY'S GOTTA PULL OUT ONTO THAT ROAD.
UM, IT'S GOING TO BE WAY TOO CROWDED.
IT'S PACKED, ABSOLUTELY PACKED IN THE EVENINGS, UM, ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN.
SO THAT'S MY OPINION THAT IT'S NOT A GOOD SITE.
THERE'S SOME SITES FARTHER DOWN ON TESLA, UM, CLOSER TO GOBO, AND THERE'S A WALMART MARKETPLACE THERE.
THAT AREA IS NOT NEARLY AS CONGESTED AS THE ONE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
THIS IS MY NAME IS DIDIA REYNOLDS.
ADDRESS 8 5 18 TIMBER BRIAR STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 0.
ZONING, CASE Z TWO OH TWO FIVE ONE OH SEVEN ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE FOUR.
MY PHONE NUMBER (210) 382-2120.
I'M CALLING ABOUT IN REFERENCE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MY AREA.
I AM OPPOSED BECAUSE AS A SENIOR CITIZEN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CRIME AND HOW IT WILL AFFECT MY PROPERTY VALUE AND PROPERTY, TEXAS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
MY NAME IS MEL BONITO, A CONCERNED RESIDENT OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST COMMUNITY.
MY ADDRESS IS 49 30 TIMBER WHIP SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO FIVE ZERO.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN TWO ONE FIVE TWO EIGHT SEVEN EIGHT.
I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO ZONING CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 7 0 0 4.
I OPPOSE THE REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOW INCOME HOUSING AT AND GRIS ROAD.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL LOWER OUR PROPERTY VALUE AND CAUSE A, A NIGHTMARE ON ROAD
HELLO, I'M CALLING WITH REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER Z AS IN ZEBRA, 2 0 2 5 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 4.
AND THAT IS THE CASE FOR REZONING, UH, OPPOSED TO THE GREAT NORTHWEST COMMUNITY.
AND I HAVE ATTENDED BOTH COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE, UH, THE MAJORITY OF OUR COMMUNITY
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IS AGAINST THIS.I'M ALSO TOLD THAT ALL THE GREAT NORTHWEST COMMUNITY, UH, LEADERS ARE OPPOSING THIS AS WELL.
UM, THERE ARE VARIOUS REASONS WHICH I WILL, UH, GO INTO AT THE MEETING, BUT, UH, MY NAME IS TIM KREEL.
IT'S K-R-E-U-S-E-L, MY ADDRESS, 5 4 1 9.
TIM VERMONT, P-I-M-B-E-R-M-O-N-T SAN ANTONIO.
ZIP CODE SEVEN EIGHT TWO FIVE ZERO.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN TWO EIGHT NINE ZERO SEVEN SEVEN EIGHT.
HELLO, MY NAME IS MIKE O'DONNELL, CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, RESIDENT AND CONSTITUENT.
MY ADDRESS IS 8 0 1 1 WHITTLE WOOD STREET, 7 8 2 5 0, LOCATED THREE MILES FROM THE TESLA AND GSON ROADS INTERSECTION.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS AREA CODE (210) 787-7441.
I'M CALLING WITH REGARD TO ZONING CASE Z AS IN ZULU 2 0 2 5 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 4.
I'M CALLING TO EXPRESS MY STRONG AND HEARTFELT OPPOSITION AS OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED RE REZONING DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A LOW COST HOUSING PROJECT TO BE LOCATED AT OR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TESLA AND GR ROADS.
MY REASONS FOR OPPOSING THAT THIS PROJECT WAS FOLLOWED.
FIRST, THE ALREADY EXISTING TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE INTERSECTION OF GRISSOM, TESLA AND CBRA GETTING THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION AT BUSY TIMES, WHICH IS EVERY DAY AT MORNING NOON AND EARLY EVENING IS ALREADY DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING.
CASE IN POINT, I WAS ONCE REAR ENDED AT THAT LOCATION IN TRAFFIC.
ALSO, APPROVAL OF THE REFERENCE PROJECT WOULD ALSO ADD INTOLERABLE STRESS AND CONGESTION, CONGESTION TO THE TRAFFIC AND THE AREA IN QUESTION, MAKING IT EVEN LESS NAVIGABLE AND LESS SAFE FOR DRIVERS AND THEIR PASSENGERS THAN IT ALREADY IS.
SECOND, THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED CRIME IN THE AREA THROUGH THE ADDITION OF NEW NEW APARTMENT UNITS IS A NO-BRAINER.
THE CURRENT CRIME LEVEL IN OUR AREA IS ALREADY BAD ENOUGH.
WHY ASK FOR ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS BY SHOEHORNING AN ENTIRE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX INTO AN ALREADY CONGESTED AREA? MY GUESS IS TO LINE THE POCKETS OF THE DEVELOPERS RATHER THAN TO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS PART OF THE CITY.
THIRD, THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL INEVITABLY LEAD TO A LOSS OF PROPERTY VALUE AT TIME OF SALE FOR ALREADY EXISTING HOMES IN THE AREA, WHICH WILL IN TURN LEAD TO A GENERAL DOWNGRADE OF YES, THIS IS PAT MAPLE AT 4 9 0 3 TIMBER WHIP, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 OH NUMBER, CASE NUMBER Z 20 25 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 4.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS, UH, MY OBJECTIONS TO THE APARTMENTS BEING BUILT.
I FEEL LIKE IN OUR AREA, WE HAVE MANY APARTMENT COMPLEXES ALREADY WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS.
IT WILL CAUSE NOTHING BUT CONGESTION IN THAT AREA AND THERE IS ENOUGH CONGESTION ALREADY.
I FEEL LIKE OUR PROPERTY VALUES WILL BE DEVALUED.
I DO NOT FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THE, UH, FACILITIES TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE, UH, MORE PEOPLE MOVING IN OUR AREA AT OUR HOSPITALS.
OUR SCHOOLS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ADDITIONAL NOISE LEVEL AND UH, I FEEL LIKE, UH, THEY DON'T ALWAYS BRING THE BEST CHARACTER OF PEOPLE IN THOSE APARTMENTS.
I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN AND THE LAST THING WE NEED IS TO HAVE RIFF RAFF MOVING INTO OUR AREA AND DECREASE OUR VALUE IN OUR HOMES.
I WISH YOU WOULD RECONSIDER, UH, AND I STRONGLY OBJECT TO THIS BUILDING BEING BUILT.
MY NAME IS ROYA LYON, L-Y-O-M-S.
MY ADDRESS IS 59 0 2 CLIFF RIDGE.
THE CASE NUMBER IS LETTER Z 20 25 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 4.
AND I WOULD LIKE THE ZONING BOARD TO CONSIDER REJECTING THE PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING THE APARTMENTS ON TEZO.
THIS IS AN OLDER, OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD
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WITH MANY ELDERLY RESIDENTS BUILDING THESE APARTMENTS.AND THE KINDER SCHOOL WOULD CREATE AN A MUCH CONGESTION.
IT IS, IT IS A, IF IT'S AN 80 UNIT APARTMENT, THAT WOULD BE DOUBLED THE CARS PLUS MORE CON CONGESTION, MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH THE TRAFFIC OR FROM THE KINDER SCHOOL A FEW BLOCKS AWAY, 1604 AND COLLIBRA, THE ALAMO RANCH AREA.
THERE IS SO MUCH CONGEST CONGESTION AND IT'S STRESSFUL TO DRIVE OVER THAT WAY.
MANY ACCIDENTS HAPPEN THERE, THERE.
PLEASE GIVE, PLEASE GIVE US PEACE.
DON'T ADD MORE TRAFFIC TO THIS AREA.
PLEASE THINK OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT THE DOLLAR.
THIS IS WILLIAM H BILL MCDONOUGH 85 42 TIMBER PLACE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO FIVE OH.
PHONE NUMBER, CELL TWO TEN FIVE SIX NINE THREE TWO EIGHT ONE.
I'M CALLING REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER 10.
CASE NUMBER LAST THREE IS OH ONE FOUR.
I AM OPPOSED TO THE TESLA APARTMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, NO BUFFER BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS AND LOSS OF RESIDE.
CURRENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES, SPECIFICALLY TRAFFIC CONDITIONS HAZARD, ITS LEFT TURN ONTO TESLA FROM PROPOSED PRESCHOOL ENTRY.
EXIT HEAVY COMMUTE TRAFFIC NORTH AND SOUTH WOULD INCREASE ACCIDENTS CROSSING THROUGH YOUR FOUR LANES.
THE INTERSECTION OR PATH IS PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING FOR PICKUP TRUCKS AND ANYTHING LARGER THAN A COMPACT VEHICLE VEHICLE TO MAKE A U-TURN WITHIN TWO LANES.
THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION HAS HAD FATALITIES AND NUMEROUS T-BONE AND OTHER FORMS OF ACCIDENTS, INCLUDING PEDESTRIANS HIT THE DROP OFF AND PICKUP OF 75 CHILDREN ON TEZO ROAD WILL IMPACT TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE NORTH BACK LANE.
BY BACKING IT UP, THE SOUTHBOUND LANE WILL BE BACKED UP TOO, OBSTRUCTING VIEWS OF OTHER VEHICLES AND INCREASING THE PEN POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENTS WHILE TRYING TO CROSS VERY ACTIVE CONGESTED TWO LANES INTO THAT NARROW LITTLE ENTRANCE.
THE PRESCHOOL SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLANNED TO BE USED, UH, AT THE TESLA ROAD, CAMINO ROSA TRAFFIC LIGHT.
HOWEVER, ONLY THE APARTMENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SAFE LOCATION, BUT WHEN THE APARTMENTS WOULD'VE BEEN L HOWEVER, IF THE APARTMENTS WOULD'VE BEEN MOVED, THAT IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MCKNIGHT.
UH, YOU SAID BRIEF, I'LL, I'LL KEEP IT TO A COUPLE OF POINTS.
ONE IS THAT, AS ALWAYS HERE AS ZONING COMMISSION FOCUSES THE LAND USE, WE'VE GOT A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT'S C3 RIGHT NOW IT'S ON THE CORNER OF TWO ARTERIALS.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE TO HAVE 78 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS AS A TRANSITION BETWEEN THIS AND SINGLE FAMILY BEHIND US.
ONE THING I DID FAIL TO MENTION, AND MR. MCDONOUGH JUST MENTIONED IT, IS THERE'S A TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT GOES, UH, CAMINO, UM, A MISS COMMAND ROSA THAT'S TO THE, THE SOUTH OF US.
SO MOST OF THE TRAFFIC THAT IS EXITING HERE THAT IF THEY WANT TO GO LEFT OR SOUTH ON TESLA ROAD, THERE IS A TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE.
BUT OVERALL, AS I'VE SHOWN, AND I, I THINK, UH, THE TIA WILL BEAR OUT, THE TRAFFIC THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS FAR LESS THAN THE TRAFFIC THAT IS ALLOWED TODAY.
I KNOW EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT WHAT'S COMING, BUT THAT IS INEVITABLE.
WE ARE STILL GIVING LESS TRAFFIC OR PROPOSING LESS TRAFFIC THAN THERE WOULD BE OTHERWISE.
AND THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY IS THERE ARE COMMENTS ABOUT NOT DISRUPTING THE COMMUNITY OR THAT THIS IS NOT A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY INCLUDES EVERYONE HERE, NOT JUST THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE.
THE COMMUNITY INCLUDES THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA LIVE HERE.
THE, THE PEOPLE THAT BENEFIT FROM NOT HAVING TO DRIVE AS FAR TO WORK, THE COMMUNITY IS LARGER THAN JUST THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE HOMES THAT DON'T WANT THEIR, UH, TRAFFIC INCREASED.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. MCKNIGHT.
THIS IS A DISTRICT SIX CASE, SO COMMISSIONER HUEY TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, JACOB PENA FOR TAKING TIME OUT TO COME DOWN AND SPEAK TO US.
AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, MR. MCKNIGHT AND TEAM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU SPENT WITH THE RESIDENTS.
UH, I AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND ONE OF YOUR, THE LAST MEETING, THERE WAS A LOT OF SPIRITED CONVERSATION, LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS.
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I THINK YOU DID A A, A VERY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
SO IN YOUR PREVIOUS SLIDE YOU SHOW THE A AM PR TRAFFIC.
DID YOU HAVE ANY DATA FOR THE AFTERNOON TRAFFIC FOR THE PRE-K? NO.
WE, THE, THE TRAFFIC COUNTS THAT WE DID WERE, UH, THEY ACTUALLY DIDN'T GIVE US THE, UH, PEAK HOUR FOR WHEN THAT IS.
UH, THEY, SO THAT MIGHT BE THE PM TRAFFIC, TO BE HONEST, IT'S, THEY, THEY TELL US THAT THAT IS THE PEAK NUMBER OF CARS THAT IT'LL BE, BUT THEY DIDN'T TELL US WHICH HOUR THAT WILL BE BECAUSE THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT FULL STUDY YET.
WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT THE HOURS THAT WE EXPECT ARE CARS BECAUSE IT'S A PRE-K.
AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING IS THOSE COUNTS ARE BASED ON AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER.
THEY DON'T HAVE A PRE-K NUMBER APPARENTLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, COMMISSIONER REYES WOULD TELL US OTHERWISE, BUT OUR ENGINEER TOLD US THAT THEY HAD, THEY, THEY USED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY DIDN'T USE A PRE-K NUMBER, WHICH MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT NUMBER ALTOGETHER.
IN ONE OF YOUR PREVIOUS DIAGRAMS YOU WERE SHOWING, CAN YOU GO BACK TWO SLIDES PLEASE? TO THE, THE QUEUE? YEAH, YEAH.
SO CAN YOU CONFIRM TO ME HOW MANY PICKUP CARS YOUR DESIGN CAN ACCOMMODATE IN THE AFTERNOON? RIGHT, SO THIS IS SHOWING, UH, REALLY JUST TWO CLASSROOMS AND THEN SUPPORT SPACE.
SO THIS WOULD BE MORE LIKE, UM, 50 STUDENTS INSTEAD OF 75, BUT 40 IS IT 20? OKAY.
THAT'S ONE THING I WANNA POINT OUT, BUT THIS IS SHOWING NINE CARS THAT ARE QUEUED UP.
THEY'RE SHOWING ANOTHER, UM, WAS IT 10 SPACES, 10 MORE SPACES? UH, IT'S SHOWING SIX, PARKED NINE THAT ARE QUEUING UP.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST AT A TIME OBVIOUSLY, SO AS CARS ARE DROPPING OFF AND MOVING THROUGH, UH, YOU GET MORE CARS IN THERE TOO.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE TIA, WHICH MIGHT SHOW MORE MITIGATION ON TESLA ROAD.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD THE RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT THE CONGESTION ON MM-HMM
SO CAN YOU ADDRESS THOSE, UH, TRAFFIC CONGESTIONS, PARTICULARLY NORTHBOUND ON TESLA FROM CARS THEY'RE PICKING THE KITS UP IN, IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIGHT? SO MOST OF THE TRAFFIC YOU WOULD ANTICIPATE COMING FROM, WELL, YOU, I CAN'T, I CAN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, BUT IF THEY'RE TURNING RIGHT INTO THE COMPLEX TO PICK UP AND THEN TURNING RIGHT TO GO NORTHBOUND AGAIN, UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GONNA BE ADDING TO THE CAR LOAD THERE.
THE, THE 51 CARS THAT WE SHOWED FOR 75 CHILDREN IS OVER AN HOUR'S WORTH OF TIME.
SO THAT'S NOT JUST A BUNCH OF CARS ALL DUMPING AT ONCE.
THAT'S A CAR LESS EVERY, LESS OR MORE THAN A MINUTE AT A TIME.
UM, WE HAVE TALKED TO THE DEVELOPER ABOUT THERE'S, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM OF THIS DIAGRAM, THAT GATE IS CLOSED OFF TO THE, THE APARTMENTS TO THE SOUTH.
BUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HAVING THAT OPEN.
SO THOSE THAT WANT TO TURN SOUTH ONTO EZZO CAN USE THE LIGHT THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX LEAVING THE GATES OPEN.
SO THOSE THAT ARE DOING PICKUP AND DROP OFF CAN ACTUALLY GO DOWN TO THE LIGHT AND USE THE LIGHT INSTEAD.
SO THEY'RE NOT CROSSING THAT TRAFFIC GOING NORTH.
THANK YOU, UH, MR. CHAIR, I'VE GOT SOME COMMENTS LATER, BUT I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HUEY.
UM, COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER REYES QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE SOUTH ENTRANCE LINES UP WITH THE SIGNAL? IT DOES.
IN THE NORTH ENTRANCE THERE IS A DRAINAGE EASEMENT OR DRAINAGE CHANNEL.
DOES THE RAISE MEDIAN, I CAN'T TELL FROM GOOGLE, BUT YOU COULD PROBABLY TELL ME.
DOES THE RAISE MEDIAN GO ACROSS THAT ENTRANCE? IT DOESN'T SHORT, IT CUT SHORT.
IT DOESN'T, IT, IT CUTS SHORT OF THAT.
SO IF, IF YOU WERE TRYING TO TURN LEFT, YOU COULD RIGHT.
WHICH OUT OF THAT NORTH ONE? YES.
I JUST, JUST, I'M GONNA STICK TO THE FACTS.
AND SO, UM, THE RUNOFF, THE CHANNEL BEING BEHIND THE PROPERTY MEANS THAT ALL THE RUNOFF YOU GENERATE IS GONNA GO INTO THAT CHANNEL? CORRECT.
ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE A DRAINAGE ON THE SITE AS PART OF OUR SITE PLAN, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE UH, UH, IF YOU GO TO THE SITE PLAN.
BUT I GUESS MY POINT IS YOU WON'T BE CONVEYING IT INTO OTHER PROPERTIES.
CORRECT? ANYTHING YOU GENERATE NO, SIR.
WILL GO DIRECTLY INTO THE CHANNEL.
COMMISSIONER REYES, UH, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA? ANY QUESTIONS? YES, I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
NUMBER ONE, ON THE, UM, THE SCHOOL, THE PRE-K THREE OR THE PRE-K PART OF IT, UM, I THINK GEORGE GERVIN ACADEMY I THINK IS THE, UH, SCHOOL THAT'S GONNA BE ATTACHED TO THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK I READ THAT SOMEWHERE.
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LIKE I CALLED REAL QUICK AND THEIR OPERATION IS FROM 7 45 IN THE MORNING FOR PRE-K TO 2 45.NOT MEAN, NOT JUST BEING SAID THAT THAT'S GONNA BE THE HOURS AT THAT LOCATION, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY NORMALLY DO.
THERE IS A DRIVE LINE TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS LINE UP AND EVERYTHING.
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE IF FOR SOME REASON THAT SCHOOL DOES NOT CONTINUE AS, AS SO MANY DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF YOUNG KIDS.
IF, IF IT, IF IT, IF THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH KIDS, WHAT I'M SAYING AND, AND THEY'RE NOT MAKING THEIR MONEY RIGHT.
UH, JUST LIKE A REGULAR BUSINESS.
IS THERE OTHER PLANS FOR THAT BUILDING OR IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE UH, IDEA? YEAH, ACTUALLY, UM, WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM NRP WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT BETTER THAN ME.
I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS QUICK FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JASON ARGA WITH THE NRP GROUP 22 6 0 3 IMPALA BEND.
UH, THE, WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
THIS IS PART OF THE APPLICATION OF A COMPETITIVE 9% FOR A TAX CREDIT THAT WE MUST HAVE A, A PRE-K THERE.
SO IF THAT FOR SOME REASON, UM, THAT RECEIVED FINANCIAL JEOPARDY OR ANY OTHER JEOPARDY, WHICH PUT, WHICH PUT IT AT RISK, WE MUST FIND A NEW ONE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE TIMEFRAME ON IT, BUT WE MUST FIND A NEW ONE TO, TO REPLACE THAT BECAUSE THAT IS A COMMITMENT THAT WE MAKE UNDER A LAND USE RESTRICT RESTRICTION, RESTRICTIVE AGREEMENT TO THE STATE.
SO THERE IS NO OTHER PLANS FOR ANOTHER USE AND IT WILL NOT REMAIN VACANT.
SO, SO IT WOULD BE SOME SORT OF SCHOOL, IT WOULD BE SOME SORT OF PRE-K? YES, SIR.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER'S ON MY LEFT.
UH, WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER SIPES AND THEN COMMISSIONER ETT.
HE'S ALREADY WALKING UP TO THE I'M JUST, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IF I WASN'T GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION? I'M STANDING HERE ANYWAY.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, BUT FIRST I'M GONNA ASK STAFF A QUESTION AND THAT'S ON THE, THE, THE SITE PLAN, SINCE THIS IS A MIXED USE, A SITE PLAN IS REQUIRED, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
IN WHICH THEY HAVE SUBMITTED, YES.
SO THE QUESTION FOR MR. MCKNIGHT IS, UM, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD MOVE WHERE THE DUMPSTERS ARE, IF THIS GOES THROUGH.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF MY, ONE OF MY PET PEEVES IS, IS THAT IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE AT THE BACK BY WHATEVER EXISTING RESIDENTIAL, UM, IS, IS AT ITS BOUNDARY.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, THERE WAS CONCERN OR I THOUGHT I HEARD SOME CONCERN AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT I, I READ VERSUS HEARD TODAY, UM, ABOUT IMPACT TO THE LOCAL ELEMENTARY, NOT JUST NECESSARILY THE PRE-K, BUT THE LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, I WOULD ASSUME THAT WOULD BE TIMBER WILD ELEMENTARY, BUT THAT'S GOING BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE OF YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
UM, DO YOU KNOW IF, UM, IF THAT SCHOOL HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ANY OVERCROWDING RECENTLY? I HAVE TO SAY I DON'T, I DID NOT LOOK INTO THAT.
ALTHOUGH, I DO KNOW, I WILL SAY THAT I HEARD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE SCHOOL AS WELL.
ONE WAS THAT, UH, THERE WAS A GENERAL COMMENT ABOUT, UH, MORE TRAFFIC JUST HURTING, GETTING TO SCHOOL AND ANOTHER WAS THAT THIS WAS GOING TO CAUSE THE SAME LEVEL OF TRAFFIC CONCERNS AS OTHER FOLKS IN OTHER SCHOOLS COMPARING US THAT WAY IN.
WHICH WE'VE TRIED TO DIFFERENTIATE THAT WAY.
UM, I'LL HAVE COMMENTS UM, LATER ON AS WELL.
I DO, I THINK I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS NOW, UM, TO ONLY STAFF, SORRY,
UM, AND THAT IS, UH, CURRENTLY THIS IS ZONE C3.
THERE IS NO ALCOHOL RESTRICTION, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO A NIGHTCLUB COULD OPERATE WITHOUT ANY, WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TO COME BEFORE THE PUBLIC AT ALL.
THEY COULD JUST BUILD SOMETHING THERE AND BAR TAVERN, NIGHTCLUB.
BAR TAVERN USED CAR LOT WITH, WITH LIKE YES.
MOTOR VEHICLE SALES, UM, AND AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR.
WHAT ABOUT, UM, EXTENDED STAY HOTEL? I BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE, BUT I NEED TO CONFIRM.
SORRY, I HAD TO GIVE Y'ALL A HEADS UP 'CAUSE I'VE ALREADY, I'VE ALREADY LOOKED.
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THE HOTELS.SO AN EXTENDED HOTEL, UM, COULD, COULD OPERATE THERE.
AND SO AS A ZONING COMMISSION, WE ARE NOT CHARGED WITH OKAY.
THIS IS, THIS IS A, UM, A TAX CREDIT PROPERTY THERE.
THE, THE ZONING IS THE SAME, WHETHER IT'S TAX CREDIT, WHETHER IT'S MARKET RATE.
WE'RE BASICALLY DECIDING IS THIS APPROPRIATE FOR A, UM, A LOWER DENSITY APARTMENT WITH A SMALL BUSINESS COMPONENT? CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND THEN I DO HAVE A QUESTION, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FOR MR. MCKNIGHT, I JUST REMEMBERED.
AND THAT IS, UM, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT, AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO CONSIDER IT, BUT, UM, UM, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE YOUR SLIDE SAID 30 TO 60% A MI.
WAS THAT THE THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
AND AND WHAT, WHAT IS OUR CURRENT A MI IN SAN ANTONIO? IS IT LIKE THE METRO AREA? IT'S LIKE 80 THAT, THAT WAS FOR THE FAMILIES.
RIGHT? IT'S UH, THE, FOR 2025 IS GOING BE 96,500.
SO, SO, SO THIS WILL BE, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL STILL, YOU KNOW, I I KNOW WE, WE HEAR ABOUT LIKE, WELL IT'S, IT'S FOR UM, A POPULATION THAT, THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ASSUME ARE, UM, NOT WORKING.
BUT YOU WOULD STILL BE EARNING AT LEAST ABSOLUTELY 30 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR? THAT'S CORRECT.
NO, YOU'RE, THAT LEVEL, YOU'RE AT UH, ROUGHLY 60,000 YES.
BUT AT 30%, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RIGHT.
BUT AT LEAST, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIPES.
COMMISSIONER WHATSUP, UM, I GUESS THIS, I GUESS THIS LITTLE QUESTION DOWN ON THE SOUTH END, NEAR THE ENTRANCE IT SAYS ACCESS EASEMENT.
DOES IT SHARE ACCESS WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AND MM-HMM
SO THAT PROPERTY IS OWNED CURRENTLY BY THE SELLER HERE AND THE HEB TO THE SOUTH HAS THE EASEMENT OVER OUR PROPERTY AND THAT WILL CONTINUE.
SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO USE THAT FOR ENTRANCE AND EXIT FOR THEIR UH, STORE.
UM, MORE OF AN OBSERVATION, UH, THAT DENSITY, I'VE NOT SEEN TOO MANY DEVELOPERS NOT MAX OUT THEIR DENSITY.
UH, IS THERE A CHANCE THAT THEY MIGHT MODIFY THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD UP TO 25 UNITS AN ACRE? NO, THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOCKED INTO THAT NUMBER THAT, I MEAN, 78 SEEMS LIKE AN ODD NUMBER, BUT IT, LIKE THEY ARE LOCKED INTO THE ACTUAL 78 UNITS.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WHITSETT QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
I WASN'T LOOKING BEYOND YOU, I PROMISE
UM, SO, UH, JUST TO, FOR SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME, YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS HASN'T YET, UH, GONE THROUGH THE SA TOMORROW PLANNING PROCESS, BUT IT IS ON THE HORIZON.
LIKE AT WHAT POINT, LIKE IS, IS THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AREA LOOKING AT THE REGIONAL PLAN AND HAVE, DEPENDING ON THAT, HOW YOU JUST LOOKED AHEAD AND MM-HMM
AND SEEN WHAT'S PROJECTED? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
SO IT'S, I THINK IT'S TWO YEARS AWAY STILL.
AND SO THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY KIND OF PRELIM ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE HERE.
THAT'S JUST HELPFUL TO KNOW JUST IN CASE THAT WAS ONGOING.
UH, THAT WE MADE SURE WE WERE AWARE OF ANY PUBLIC INPUT THAT MAY BE COMING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND THEN, UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I THINK YOU'VE TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, THAT IT'S NOT THE NUMBER OF UH, POTENTIAL STUDENTS IN THE PRE-K ARE NOT GOING TO BE THE 75 THAT WAS IN YOUR PEAK TRAFFIC POTENTIAL.
SO AS PART OF THE, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE NUMBER THAT WOULD BE AT THIS PRE-K THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SERVICE? YEAH, SO WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE REDUCED THE NUMBER THROUGH, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE, THE MOST WE COULD DO, WE COULDN'T CHANGE THE NUMBER OF OF UNITS BUT WE COULD LOWER THE SIZE OF THE PRE-K FROM 5,000, 4,000.
AND THE 4,000 SQUARE FEET IS WHAT DRIVES, THAT'S THE MAX SIZE.
WE'LL DRIVE THE CLASSROOM SIZE, WHICH THEN WILL DRIVE THE STUDENT SIZE.
'CAUSE YOU CAN ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN EACH CLASSROOM.
SO OUR GUESS IS MORE LIKE IN THE 60 RANGE WE PUT 75 BECAUSE 4,000 COULD ACCOMMODATE 75.
AND THEN, UH, IN TERMS OF THE SORT OF UH, SET UP OF THE PRE-K, UM, UM, CAN YOU TOUCH ON AT ALL IF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TAX CREDIT AGREEMENT, UH, WHO IS GONNA, THE PRE-K GONNA SERVICE? IS IT PRIMARILY GOING TO BE PEOPLE IN THE APARTMENTS OR OFFSITE? HOW WILL THAT WORK? IT IS, IT'S NOT PRIMARILY FOR EITHER ONE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UH, I'M GONNA ASK A FEW QUESTIONS OF STAFF.
UM, I'M GONNA FOLLOW SOME OF COMMISSIONER SIPES QUESTIONS AND BE PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE LURID.
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SO C3 AS OF RIGHT CAN BE BODY PIERCING MASSAGE PARLOR.TATTOO PARLOR, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, AND IN C3, AS OF RIGHT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 35 FEET AS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR C3.
THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS UM, 35 FEET.
MR. MCKNIGHT, IF YOU WOULD, ALRIGHT.
AND WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE PLANNED BUILDINGS HERE? CAN WE GET THE SITE PLAN UP PLEASE? 35 FEET.
I WANT THE ONES WITH THE BUILDINGS.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 35 FEET, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 35 FEET AT CLOSEST, 90 FEET TO THE NEAREST R SIX HOME CORRECTS? CORRECT.
IT WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO BE AS FAR AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORS AS POSSIBLE.
AND YOU KNOW, BY COMPARISON, ONE OF YOUR SLIDES WAS THE HEB, THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UH, AT 50 FEET, CORRECT? ON THE LEFT.
DO WE KNOW HOW TALL THAT HEB IS? I DON'T.
UH, GENERALLY HE BS ARE AROUND 25 FEET.
BUT I THE, YOU'VE GOT A TWO STORY STRUCTURE TO THE LEFT THAT IT'S OF SIMILAR HEIGHT.
I CAN ALSO, UM, STATE THAT 35 IS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
SO THAT IS THE HEIGHT FOR THAT R FOURS THAT IT'S A BUDDING TO THE EAST.
THE THREE UNITS OF R FOUR THAT ARE CLOSEST WITHOUT THE DRAINING CORRECT.
UM, ONE THING I HEARD IN THE QUESTIONING FREQUENTLY WAS, UH, THIS PHRASE OF LOW COST HOUSING MM-HMM
SO I HEAR LOW COST HOUSING AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS HOW IT WAS MEANT AND UNFORTUNATELY THE, THE PEOPLE WHO USED IT AREN'T HERE TO TELL ME.
UM, DO YOU ENVISION A INFERIOR HOUSING PRODUCT HERE? NO, SIR.
IN FACT, THE FIRST PHOTO THAT IS ON THIS APPLICATION IS ONE THAT WE JUST DID THAT'S ALMOST IDENTICAL, WOULD BE PROPOSED TO BE IDENTICAL.
CAN WE SEE THAT? PLEASE? OKAY.
AND SO IT WOULD BE IN LINE WITH BUILDING CODES? YES SIR.
IT WOULD BE EQUIVALENT CONSTRUCTION VALUE OF A MARKET RATE.
I'M GONNA GET ONE MORE PASS THROUGH COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT THEN IN THIS CASE, COMMISSIONER HUEY TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION.
SO TO QUOTE MY GOOD FRIEND COMMISSIONER SITES, MAN, THIS WAS A REALLY DIFFICULT CASE AND THE REASON IS THERE'S SO MANY GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE KNOWN THIS PROPERTY TO BE EMPTY SINCE 1987 AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN EMPTY SINCE THEN.
SO WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT A, UH, LOW COST APARTMENT HOUSING COMING TO THE AREA, OKAY, IT'S, IT WAS VERY, UH, INTRIGUING.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, THERE ARE VERY, THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS BEHIND THIS.
AND I'LL START WITH THE BENEFITS, RIGHT? LAND USE, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING FROM A C3 TO A MXD AND YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE 70 NOT, UH, 78 UNITS, YOU KNOW, COMPLEX WITH THE PRE-K SCHOOL THAT THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO 75 STUDENTS.
YOU KNOW, AND WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE COMPLEX BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GEAR TOWARDS RESIDENTS EARNING BETWEEN 30 AND 60% A MI.
AND REALLY WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT, I THOUGHT, MAN, THIS COULD REALLY HELP OUR HOUSING SHORTAGE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND THERE'S AN HEB RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
HOW OFTEN HAVE WE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE AN HEB THAN ANYTHING ELSE? OR THERE'S AN HEB THERE ALREADY, RIGHT? AND EVEN BETTER, THERE'S A WALMART RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET ON EZZO ALL WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO DINING FRIENDS, I TELL YOU, I GO TO THOSE PLACES ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? SO IT'S ALL WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.
SO IF YOU ARE ON THE LOWER END OF A MI AND YOU COULDN'T AFFORD YOUR OWN CAR, YOU COULD EASILY WALK TO THESE PLACES.
AND IF YOU COULDN'T WALK, THERE'S A BUS STOP RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
AND THEN THERE'S AN URGENT CARE FACILITY RIGHT NEXT TO THE FACILITY.
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A MILE, I THINK YOU HEARD COMMISSIONER S SIPES TALKED ABOUT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITHIN HALF A MILE THERE'S ALSO A PUBLIC LIBRARY WITHIN HALF A MILE.AND THEN WITHIN A MILE THERE'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU GOT TIMBER PATH KINDERCARE, YOU GOT LITTLE PEAS AND SPROUTS LEARNING CENTER AND THEN LEARNING CENTER.
AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE PINNACLE KIDS ACADEMY THAT'S UP THE ROAD.
AND IF YOU NEEDED MEDICAL CARE WITHIN A MILE, THERE ARE MEDICAL OFFICES DOWN ON COLLIBRA.
SO, SO THIS IS ALL GOOD, RIGHT? THIS IS ALL GOOD.
BUT LET ME, LET ME TELL YOU, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT THAT REALLY BUGGED ME THAT JUST DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND I'LL SHARE THESE WITH YOU.
AND IT HAS TO DO WITH TRAFFIC.
AND YOU HEARD THE RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
SO FRIENDS, I LIVE IN THAT AREA.
SO WHEN THEY SAID THERE'S CONGESTION OUT THERE, I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S A LOT OF CONGESTION.
SO TESLA IS A MINOR ARTERIAL THAT'S INTENDED TO GATHER THE TRAFFIC FROM RESIDENTIAL LOCAL STREETS LIKE TIMBER PATH AND FUNNEL THAT TRAFFIC ONTO COLLIBRA AND GRISSOM ROADS IN THE MORNING AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON TAKE THAT TRAFFIC AND DISPERSE THEM BACK INTO THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
SO YOU'VE HEARD THE, THE RESIDENTS THAT TESLA'S HIGHLY CONGESTED AND DURING PEAK MORNING RUSH HOURS THAT SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC BACKS ALL THE WAY UP BACK TO TIMBER PATH.
SO EARLIER YOU HEARD, YEAH YOU HEARD, I THINK IT WAS COMMISSIONER UH REYES HAD ASKED ABOUT LEFT HAND TURN ON TEZO.
THAT TRAFFIC IS REALLY, REALLY TOUGH, RIGHT? YES, THERE'S A TURN LANE, BUT IT'S REALLY TOUGH.
SO IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THIS IS WHERE I'M HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH THIS PROJECT IN THE AFTERNOON, THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC BACKS UP FROM TIMBER PATH ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO COLLIBRA.
AND, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE REMEMBER THIS POINT IS THAT BECAUSE THIS TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP, IT BLOCKS THE NORTH END ENTRANCE TO THE PRE-K, ALRIGHT? AND THEN YOU HEARD THE APPLICANT, THEY ESTIMATE THE PEAK HOUR TRIPS IN THE MORNING IS WHAT ABOUT 51 CARS? I THINK TYPICALLY, AGAIN, THIS IS IN THE MORNING, PARENTS DRIVE UP, LET THE KIDS OUT.
SO DROP OFF IN THE MORNING I BELIEVE IS FAIRLY WELL CONTROLLED.
I HAVEN'T DROPPED A CHILD OFF TO PRE-K FOR 36 YEARS, SO I STILL HAVE SOME MEMORY OF BEING THAT BEING PRETTY QUICK.
BUT IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THIS IS WHEN I WAS ASKING ABOUT THOSE PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC SPECIFICALLY IN THE AFTERNOON, IS THAT PARENTS HAVE TO WAIT IN THEIR CARS GET IN LINE TO PICK UP THE KIDS AND WHEN THEY PICK UP THE KIDS, YOU PARK YOUR CAR, YOU GO INSIDE SO THEY KNOW YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON TO PICK UP THE CHILD.
THEN YOU GET 'EM BACK IN THE CAR, YOU STRAP 'EM BACK IN AND THEN YOU GET TO TAKE OFF.
BUT IF THE TEACHER WANTS TO TALK TO YOU, MAN, YOU'RE IN THERE FOR SEVERAL MORE MINUTES.
SO AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS NOT SO MUCH IN THE MORNING, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE AFTERNOON.
MANY, MANY TIMES I AVOID GOING THROUGH CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN WHERE THERE'S SCHOOLS IN THE AFTERNOON BECAUSE PARENTS HAVE A TENDENCY TO PARK AND BLOCK THE STREETS, RIGHT? THEY BLOCK THE STREETS 'CAUSE THEY WANT TO GO PICK UP THEIR KIDS IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO WHAT THAT WORKS OUT TO BE, AND I WAS TRYING TO GET HELP FROM EDDIE HERE, IT'S THE STACKING IN THE AFTERNOON.
YOU'RE, AND I ASKED ABOUT HOW MANY CARS YOU CAN ACCOMMODATE IN THE PRE-K SIDE, RIGHT? IT'S IF YOUR LOT IS NOT BIG ENOUGH, THOSE CARS GOING NORTHBOUND, TRYING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN TO PICK UP THE KIDS IS GOING TO BACK UP ONTO TESLA.
AND YOU ALREADY HEARD HOW CONGESTIVE TEZO IS, RIGHT? AND I WISH PARENTS DIDN'T DO THAT.
I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE 'EM WALK HOME, RIGHT? BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY DO.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPENING.
IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, ISOLATED, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS, MOST SCHOOLS DO THIS, HIGH SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND PRE-K.
SO AGAIN, SO FOR ME, CAN I ADDRESS THAT ISSUE? ONE SEC, ONE SECOND.
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LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A PRE-K LOCATED IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.AND I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF DOWN ZONING.
I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF ADDING HOUSING STOCK.
AND I REALLY, I MEAN, IF I HAD TO PICK A LOCATION FROM A, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BE BECAUSE AGAIN, IT IS SO CONVENIENT.
SO AGAIN, I LIKE ALL THE IDEAS, BUT FOR THIS PROPERTY, BECAUSE OF THE CONGESTION ON TEZO, AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE A SIDE STREET TO FEED THIS TRAFFIC OFF BECAUSE WE AT OTHER SCHOOLS, IF YOU GO TO LET'S SAY TIMBER HILL RIGHT, OR TIMBER WILD, SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC THEY'RE PICKING UP, THE KIDS GET FED OFF TO THE SIDE STREETS, BUT HERE YOU DON'T HAVE A SIDE STREET TO FEED THEM OFF.
SO AGAIN, IT, TO ME, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO FIT.
AND I GOTTA QUOTE ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, HE TOLD ME, KEN, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIT A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE.
SO IN MY MIND, RIGHT, IF THE DEVELOPMENT WAS JUST FOR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE LINE OF CARS TRYING TO PICK UP THE KIDS IN THE AFTERNOON, IT'D BE A GREAT DEVELOPMENT.
IF THE DEVELOPMENT WAS JUST FOR PRE-K ON THIS PROPERTY, THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE TO BUILD ENOUGH PARKING TO KEEP THE PICKUP CARS FROM SPILLING ONTO TEZO AND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD DEVELOPMENT.
BUT TO PUT THE TWO TOGETHER, I THINK WE'RE GONNA END UP WITH HORRENDOUS TRAFFIC CONGESTION THAT'S ALREADY ON A CONGESTED STREET.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS GONNA BE A SAFE SITUATION FOR ANYBODY.
SO MR. CHAIR, FOR THESE REASONS, I MOVE TO DENY.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR DENIAL OF ITEM NUMBER 10.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
OKAY, THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER HUEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA.
ALRIGHT, QUESTIONS TO MY, I'M SORRY.
DISCUSSION TO MY RIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONER HENA OSA.
I MEAN OBVIOUSLY I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS MOTION AND, AND THE BIGGEST THING IS TRAFFIC AND THE SCHOOL, REMEMBER THIS IS PRE-K, RIGHT? PRE-K THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS.
MAMA, DADDY, GRANDMA, SOMEBODY'S PICKING THEM UP IN A VEHICLE.
I MEAN MAYBE WE COULD TWIST THINGS AROUND, BUT THAT TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, I'M NOT FROM THAT AREA, BUT I I, I TRAVELED THAT AREA AND IT'S VERY CONGESTIVE, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THE PICKUPS, UM, ATTACHED.
I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A SCHOOL THERE, RIGHT? IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU EVEN EVEN SAID.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH KIDS TURN INTO ANOTHER, SOMETHING ELSE AND MAYBE THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC THERE THAT YOU CAN TURN THAT BUILDING TO SOMETHING ELSE.
YOU NEED TO HAVE IT YOUR STATE, UM,
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA, UH, COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT DISCUSSION.
I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE MOTIONS TO DENY.
UM, WE HAVE SEEN CASES COME THROUGH EXACTLY LIKE THIS WITH A PRESCHOOL ATTACHED, AND IT WAS DENIED BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OPPOSITION, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE LOW INCOME HOUSING OR IT IS, UM, TRAFFIC.
AND THAT IS KIND OF OUTSIDE OF OUR PURVIEW AS FAR AS TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CANNOT GET ADDRESSED UNTIL THERE IS, UM, THE FINISHING OF THE, THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
AND ONCE THAT IS ADDRESSED, THEY WILL MAKE, UM, THE APPROPRIATE, UH, TRAFFIC, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND FIX THOSE PROBLEMS. UM, THE LIGHTS WILL COME, A LIGHT WITH A TURN SIGNAL, SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HELP RESIDENTS AND EVERYONE ELSE ALLEVIATE THOSE PROBLEMS. UM, I LIVE 1.5 MILES AWAY FROM A, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING AND ALSO PRESCHOOL.
IT HAS NOT BROUGHT DOWN MY PROPERTY VALUE.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT IT BRINGS DOWN MY PROPERTY VALUE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO I WOULD HATE TO SEE SUCH A GREAT PROJECT DENIED BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT'S FIXABLE LIKE TRAFFIC.
WE CAN FIX THOSE PROBLEMS. UM, BUT WHAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS IS A HUGE HOUSING PROBLEM.
WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE, WELL, IF YOU WANNA AFFORD TO LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO, GO LIVE OUT HERE AND
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TRAVEL BACK IN.THAT'S WHAT CREATES OUR TRAFFIC PROBLEM.
SO IF WE COULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE, WORK, AND GO TO SCHOOL IN THE SAME AREAS, IT ALLEVIATES SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC PROBLEM AND THOSE, THOSE WILL GET ADDRESSED AS IT COMES UP.
AND SO I JUST WOULD HATE TO LOSE ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS DISSOLVE AND, AND I I THINK IT WAS D 10 10.
UM, SO I PERSONALLY KNOW HOW THESE PROJECTS IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY, THEY IMPACT IN A POSITIVE WAY.
IT CREATES A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN.
UM, MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS REVITALIZED, WE HAVE, UM, SEEN A LOT OF POSITIVE IMPACTS FROM BOTH, UH, PUBLIC CHARTER AND, UM, MAGNET SCHOOLS THROUGH S-A-I-S-D.
SO EDUCATING THE CHILDREN AND UM, HAVING COMMUNITIES THAT THEY CAN WALK TO SUPPORTING THE PARENTS THAT ARE, UM, THESE ARE NOT EVEN LOW INCOME.
THIS IS JUST MEDIAN INCOME OF SAN ANTONIO.
SAN ANTONIO'S MEDIAN INCOME SITS AT AROUND 60,000 AND THE TOP OF THE A MI THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS RIGHT UNDER THAT.
SO THESE ARE NOT LOW INCOME, THESE ARE WORKING CLASS SAN ANTONIONS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE DENIAL.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH COMMISSIONER SIPES.
NOT TO, NOT TO QUOTE THE QUOTE OF MY COMMISSIONER DOWN AT, UH, COMMISSIONER HUEY WHO SAID THAT IT'S A DIFFICULT CASE.
IT, IT ALWAYS IS A DIFFICULT CASE.
UM, AND, UM, I WANT, I WANT THE, THE NEIGHBORS TO REALIZE THAT, THAT WE DO TAKE THESE CASES SERIOUSLY.
UM, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION THAT WE'RE JUST LISTENING AND, OR NOT REALLY LISTENING OR NOT REALLY CONSIDERING THINGS.
UM, WE DO CONSIDER THESE CASES CAREFULLY AND WE DO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TRY AND DO OUR OWN RESEARCH.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FOR THAT REASON THAT, UM, I'M GONNA RESPECTFULLY, UM, NOT SUPPORT COMMISSIONER HUEY'S, UH, RECOMMENDATION OR MOTION FOR DENIAL.
UM, MY OPINION ON, ON, UH, TRAFFIC FOR THE PRESCHOOL, I'M THINKING THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE USING THE PRESCHOOL ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE LIVING IN THOSE APARTMENTS.
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE PURPOSE OF THAT, OF THAT PRESCHOOL.
AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE CAUSING STACKING TRAFFIC.
THEY'RE JUST GONNA PARK AT THEIR APARTMENT AND THEN JUST WALK TO THE, TO PICK UP THEIR KID.
UM, TIMBER WILD ELEMENTARY, UM, IS, UH, UH, VASTLY UNDERUTILIZED.
UM, AND THAT'S BORNE BY FACTS OF, UM, WHAT'S PUBLISHED ON ISDS WEBSITE.
UM, BACK IN THE DAY THEY HAD REGULARLY OVER 800 KIDS, NOW THEY'RE UNDER 500 KIDS.
UM, SO AS THE, AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD GETS OLDER, UM, THERE'S LESS KIDS.
UM, AND SO, UM, I KNOW AND, AND OF COURSE THIS COMES FROM MY WIFE'S A TEACHER, SO I GET INSIDE INFORMATION.
UM, THE, A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS IN NORTHSIDE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING TO, TO, UM, EITHER RELOCATE TEACHERS OR IF THEY WERE JUST HIRED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, IT'S LIKE, I'M SORRY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR YOU.
UM, NORTHSIDE IS ACTUALLY LOSING POPULATION, SO ADDITIONAL KIDS, IT WILL BE GOOD FOR THE, UM, FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND, UM, AT OUR LAST MEETING, I ACTUALLY VOTED AGAINST THE, UM, TAX CREDIT PROPOSAL THAT WAS OVER THERE BY THE AIRPORT.
AND, AND THE MAIN REASON WAS BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION CONNECTIVITY AND ADJACENCY TO SERVICES.
AND HERE I CAN'T VOTE AGAINST THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S GOT ALL OF THAT CONNECTIVITY AND ADJACENCY TO AN HEB TO DINING AND TO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD STILL WALK IF YOU WANTED TO, TO AN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IT, IT, IT'S HAS IT CHECKS ALL THE BOXES.
I UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
UM, I WILL ADMIT IT'S BEEN, UM, DECADES SINCE I LIVED IN THE, IN THE, IN THE NORTHWEST AREA OVER THERE OFF OF, UH, AS WE CALLED IT, TETZEL AS THE TIME.
UM, BUT, UM, THERE, THERE'S TOO MANY GOOD THINGS THAT I SEE FROM THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN I WEIGH IT AGAINST THE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE THINGS OF A C3 WITHOUT ANY SORT OF ALCOHOL RESTRICTION.
IT'S A MAJOR, MAJOR DOWN ZONING.
AND SO THAT CAN ONLY BE A GOOD THING OVERALL.
SO I RESPECTFULLY WILL BE, UM, VOTING AGAINST THE
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MOTION.COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, MR. MCKNIGHT, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION.
UH, IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR PRESENTATION CORRECTLY, THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT ADDRESSED SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS, AND IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, YOU'RE STILL WAITING ON SOME TRAFFIC DATA, UH, BUT I THINK YOU MODELED FOR US SOME OF THE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT THE C3 CURRENT ZONING WOULD, WOULD FACE IF ANOTHER BUSINESS WERE THERE.
AND IT WOULD SEEM TO ME FROM THE PRESENTATION THAT SOME OF THESE TRAFFIC ISSUES MIGHT BE MITIGATED WITH, UH, WITH YOUR CURRENT PLAN.
UH, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.
IT, IT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, BASED ON THAT SLIDE, IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD, CAN GET THAT SLIDE UP ONE MORE TIME? YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT, UH, I COULD ASK MR. MCKNIGHT JUST TO WALK US THROUGH THIS SLIDE ONE MORE TIME? JUST, UH, NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
WELL, IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, THE PURPOSE OF THE SLIDE IS, IS BASICALLY TO SHOW US WHAT, WHAT COULD BE WITH THE C3 ZONING AND HOW THE TRAFFIC ISSUES ARE ACTUALLY MITIGATED.
AND SO TO ME, PERHAPS THE TRAFFIC ISSUES MIGHT BE MISPLACED, UH, IN TERMS OF CONCERN FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED PLAN.
UH, AND, AND THAT'S A CONCERN THAT I HAVE IN TERMS OF, UH, MAKING TRAFFIC AN ISSUE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE APPLICANT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
COMMISSIONER WITSON, UM, I'M GOING TO NOT WASTE A LOT OF TIME TALKING, BUT I'M GOING TO PROBABLY AGREE WITH MR. SIPES, UH, ON WHAT HE SAID.
AND UM, I DO SEE THAT THEY'RE DOING A MUCH LOWER DENSITY, UH, ON THE SITE AND IT, TO ME, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S AN APPROPRIATE MULTIFAMILY SITE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
WHAT'S IT? COMMISSIONER WATSON? UH, WHEN WE DO, UH, TAKE A LONG TIME ON COMMENTS, I WANNA REASSURE EVERYONE HERE.
IT'S BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND HELP YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR REASONING.
WE APPRECIATE THE SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, UH, THE TIME, UH, THAT IT TAKES FOR APPLICANTS AND REPRESENTATIVES TO DO THAT, TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE APPRECIATE COMMUNITY SHOWING UP AND, UH, MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD AND SHARING YOUR CONCERNS.
UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M A NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZER AND THAT'S HOW I CAME UP, UH, INTO GETTING INVOLVED IN LAND USE.
AND SO I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND, UM, AND APPRECIATE THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT IT TAKES.
I HAVE BEEN A RENTER THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN A NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZER AND THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I'VE SAT ON THIS COMMISSION.
UM, AND SO AS, UH, MUCH AS I APPRECIATE COMMUNITY CONCERNS, I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT RENTERS ARE AN UNDERTAPPED RESOURCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE IS NOT A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO IS UNABLE FOR WHATEVER REASON, TO OWN OR PURCHASE A HOME USUALLY BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING CLASS OR YOUNGER AND CRIME.
SO I WOULD JUST CAUTION FOLKS IN THE FUTURE WHEN YOU'RE COMING UP HERE, EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT RENTERS TO BE MINDFUL OF WHO YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE.
UH, ADDITIONALLY IN TERMS OF THE MERITS OF THE PROJECT ITSELF, UM, BUILDING ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS OF OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, UM, FROM THE LAND USE PERSPECTIVE, WHILE TRAFFIC IS A PORTION OF WHAT WE CONSIDER IT IS IN OUR MAIN PURVIEW, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE, UH, EVIDENCE PRESENTED, UM, HAS SHOWN THAT THIS IS LIKELY TO HAVE A REDUCED IMPACT DUE TO IT BEING A DOWN ZONING.
UM, I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE STILL DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I WOULD LOOK AT THAT, THAT GATE OPENING OPTION TO ADDRESS THAT SOUTHBOUND ISSUE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IS VALID SAFETY CONCERN.
UM, AND CONTINUE CLARIFYING THINGS ABOUT PEAK HOUR TRIPS AND MITIGATION CONCERNS WITH THE PRE-K.
UM, BUT THE PRE-K BEING PART OF THIS PROJECT IS PART OF WHY I'M SUPPORTING IT.
UH, THERE IS NOT ONLY A HOUSING SHORTAGE IN SAN ANTONIO, THERE IS IS A CHILDCARE SHORTAGE.
AND AS A WORKING WOMAN, UH, WHO WORKS WITH MANY SINGLE MOMS, LACK OF ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY CHILDCARE IS A HUGE CONCERN AND DRIVES MANY OF THE ONGOING SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE'S A REASON WHY IT'S INCLUDED IN TAX CREDIT PACKAGES.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT CON CONSIDERATION IN ADDITION TO THE, THE CLOSENESS TO SERVICES, UM, THE UNIQUE RANGE OF A MI OFFERED IN THIS PROJECT.
UH, THE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT WITH THE SITE AND JUST, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF REPURPOSING AN UNDERUTILIZED PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IT IS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL, UH, BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT IS GIVING ADDITIONAL OPTIONS TO FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY TO ACCESS THOSE SERVICES AND BE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WILL PRO PROMOTE, PROMOTE ONGOING SUSTAINABLE AND UH, WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE TRAFFIC AND OUR RELIANCE ON CARS AND SOME OF THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS WITH THEM.
WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT HIGHER DENSITY OPTIONS WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE TO US.
AND THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF DOING THAT WELL IN WISELY, UM, IN THIS CASE.
AND UM, ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSCORE THE FACT HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS IN PROXIMITY TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES USUALLY DRIVES UP PROPERTY VALUES, NOT DRIVES THEM DOWN.
UM, AND WE'VE SEEN FROM THE, UM, THE SLIDES IN THE PRESENTATION HERE THAT THIS IS A QUALITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
UM, IT'S NOT LINING DEVELOPERS POCKETS.
THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY'RE APPLYING FOR TAX CREDIT.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BUILD THIS, UM, IN THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW.
AND SO EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES A HOME AND THESE
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ADDITIONAL IMPACTS, UM, THAT ARE POSITIVE, UH, IN TERMS OF LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY AND GOALS THAT WE'VE ADOPTED AS A COMMUNITY, UM, THROUGH A NUMBER OF ORDINANCES AND PLANNING PROCESSES, I THINK IS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.AND SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UM, AND I WILL HAVE THE FINAL WORD.
UH, I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT EVERYTHING.
THOSE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION HAVE SAID I FIND MYSELF IN THE SAME CAMP.
UH, I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE HOWEVER, UH, ONE OF THE POINTS THAT COMMISSIONER WATSON MADE, WHICH IS AGAIN, CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE SOLUTION OF OPENING THOSE GATES TO ALLOW ACCESS AND EGRESS, UH, TO CAMINO ROSA, WHICH IS HARD TO SAY 'CAUSE IT SHOULD BE CAMINA ROSA OR CAMINO ROSA, I THINK.
UH, ALRIGHT, THAT BEING SAID UNNECESSARILY.
UH, THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER HUEY AND WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA.
COMMISSIONER CHASE? NO CHAIR BUSANTE? NO MOTION FAILS.
THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION MADE BY A COMMISSION MEMBER WHO VOTED NO.
COMMISSIONER KELLUM HAS MOVED TO RECONSIDER.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
I'M GIVING IT TO COMMISSIONER CHASE.
THERE'S A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHASE.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKING TO MY LEFT.
VOTE FOR MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHASE.
THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION.
THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 10 BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
GOT IT AGAIN THIS TIME SHE WAS QUICK ON THE DRAW.
IS THERE DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS? TO MY LEFT.
UM, I THINK THE TRAFFIC IS THE, THE BIGGEST ISSUE.
THAT'S WHY I PROBABLY WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS.
UH, BUT THE OTHER THING TOO IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR, UH, SNIPES SAID, UM, WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE PRE-K THREE, PRE-K FOUR OR PRE-K KIDS THERE, WHICH WOULD TAKE FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, AND IT IS A DIFFERENT CHARTER SCHOOL, SO, OR IT'S A CHARTER SCHOOL.
SO THOSE KIDS ARE GONNA WIND UP PROBABLY BEING THE FUNNEL INTO, INTO THAT CHARTER SCHOOL, WHICH WOULD HAVE LESS KIDS GO IN.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT WITHIN OUR REALM OF, OF OVERALL OVERSEE, BUT, UH, THAT'S WHY I WON'T BE SUPPORTING IT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA.
ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER WATSON OF ITEM NUMBER 10 WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHASE.
AS LONG AS I'M NOT FENESTRATED.
THIS IS OUR TRADITIONAL BREAK TIME COMMISSIONERS.
HOW DO YOU FEEL BREAK? WELL, WE CAN DO 21 TIME CERTAIN RIGHT NOW, AND, BUT WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER ONE AFTERWARDS THAT'S GONNA BE LONGER.
I THINK I SEE ABOUT SIX PEOPLE FIVE MINUTE BREAK, WHICH IS NEVER A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
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CALL IT EIGHT MINUTE BREAK.WE WILL COME BACK AT THREE 13.
IF THE COMMISSIONERS CAN PLEASE TAKE THEIR SEATS.
I, I BEFORE, HOW ARE YOU IF MS. SANDERS WOULD PLEASE TAKE HER SEAT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE TIME IS THREE 13.
THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS BACK IN SESSION.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER BARROS, UH, HAS LEFT THIS MEETING TO ATTEND TO ACTUALLY OTHER CITY BUSINESS.
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UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH ITEM NUMBER 21, WHICH IS SEEKING A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE TO THE JUNE 3RD, 2025 MEETING.OH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE? NO, NO, WE'VE ALREADY, UM, SO ITEM 21 IS REQUESTING A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE, AND WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SHOULD WE START WITH SPEAKERS? THE SPEAKERS PLEASE? YEAH.
WE'RE NOT GIVEN THREE MINUTES.
MS. SANCHEZ, IF YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS ANN SANCHEZ, I LIVE AT 25 20 SAUNDERS AVENUE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
AT THE LAST MEETING, MR. NORIEGA STATED THAT MR. GARCIA HAS APPLIED FOR NON-CONFORMING USE OF THE PAST FOR THE PAST 22 YEARS BECAUSE HIS PROPERTY IS C TWO AFTER TWO DECADES.
WHY HASN'T THIS ZONING BEEN CORRECTED OR BETTER YET ENFORCED? BOTH MR. GARCIA'S PROPERTIES ARE OVERWHELMED WITH CLUTTERED.
THAT'S NOT REVITALIZATION, IT'S HOARDING AND IT'S GROWING.
MR. NORIEGA ALSO, UH, MENTIONED THAT THE LOTS COULD HOLD UP TO 35, BUT THIS MORNING THERE ARE OVER 20, OVER 40, UM, IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DISREPAIR, WHICH RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS.
SO IF THERE'S A FIRE THAT OCCURRED OR SOME TYPE OF ACCIDENT, HOW WOULD THE GAS OIL AND HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AROUND THE SURROUNDING HOMES BE AFFECTED? NOW THIS BUSINESS ALSO OPERATES AS A FULL SERVICE AUTO SHOP, WHICH AGAIN, UH, MOTOR OIL, GASOLINE, UM, POWERSTREAM FLUID, ANY TYPE OF FLUID THAT THESE VEHICLES NEED, WE SEE NO SIGNS OF PROPER STORAGE OR DISPOSAL.
THERE'S NO COMMERCIAL TRASH PICKUP THERE.
CAR PARTS AND GARBAGE REGULARLY SPILL ONTO THE SIDEWALKS.
AS I LOOK OUT MY KITCHEN WINDOW EVERY DAY, I SEE JUNK THAT'S STORED BEHIND HIS OFFICE, ALONG OUR NOW DAMAGED, UM, FENCE LINE, WHICH IS VERY NEW, UH, WHICH ALSO JUNK, YOU KNOW, IS PUSHED UNDER THERE.
WE HAVE TO PUSH IT BACK SO THAT WE CAN CUT OUR YARDS AND KEEP IT CLEAN.
IT'S AN EYESORE, A MAGNET FOR VAGRANT, A HEALTH RISK, AND IT'S UNSAFE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH CHEMICAL ORDERS, LOUD NOISES, CAR PAINTING.
UM, IT'S DONE IN A CAR, IN A CARPORT, NOT A PROPER PAINT BOOTH.
UH, THESE FUMES ARE, YOU KNOW, FORCED TO BASICALLY KEEP, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR LOVED ONES INSIDE.
UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHICH DAY THEY'RE GONNA BE DO DOING THIS BECAUSE THERE'S NO NOTIFICATION.
SO THE HEALTH RISK, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE VERY SERIOUS.
UH, WHILE MR. GARCIA IS POLITE, THERE'S NO MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HIS CUSTOMERS REGULARLY PARK IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES, BLOCK OUR DRIVEWAYS, STOP US IN OUR YARDS TO ASK IF WE'RE PART OF THE BUSINESS.
IT'S DISRUPTIVE AND DISRESPECTFUL.
THIS CORNER LOT IS NOW A NARROW STREET.
IT, YOU KNOW, MR. NORIEGA WANTS A ONE LANE, YOU KNOW, IN THERE TO ENTER AND EXIT.
THAT'S JUST NOT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
UM, MS. BUSINESS IS ALSO WANTING TO USE A SERVICE ALLEYS.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. SANCHEZ.
SORRY, I HAD A THREE MINUTE THEN.
MY NAME IS LINDA, AKA, LINDA ORTEGA.
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UH, FOR THE PAST, I GUESS 20 YEARS.UH, THIS MR. GARCIA, WHO I HAVE NEVER SEEN, WHO I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THAT HIS NAME IS GARCIA, HAS BLATANTLY DISRESPECTED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO HE, WE, THE DRIVERS GOING DOWN, UH, SAUNDERS TOWARDS SOUTHA.
MORTA HAVE HAD TO RISK THEIR LIVES BECAUSE YOU CANNOT TURN.
HE HAS HAD A STATION WAGON, A DILAPIDATED STATION WAGON PARKED ON THE SIDEWALK FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS.
SO YOU HAVE TO INCH AWAY AND LOOK.
I LIVE AT THE OTHER END, THANK GOODNESS.
UH, BUT I KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
YOU KNOW, RECENTLY HE STARTED PARKING HIS CARS IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES.
JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT ASKING PERMISSION.
AND SOMETIMES THEY WOULD STAY OVERNIGHT UNTIL PEOPLE STARTED COMPLAINING, CALLING THE POLICE AND SAYING, HEY, THIS CAR MIGHT BE STOLEN.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO THEY BELONGED TO.
AGAIN, HE DID NOT COME AND ASK ANYTHING.
UH, I, I AM A BOARD MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC WESTSIDE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION AND WE OPPOSE IT.
WE MET WITH HIS, UM, REPRESENTATIVE MR. NORIEGA, AND AFTER OUR DISCUSSED, DISCUSSED OUR CONCERNS, MR. NORIEGA AGREED THAT HE WOULD RETURN TO THE, UH, ASSOCIATION AND GIVE US, UM, ANSWERS TO HER CONCERNS HE NEVER DID.
THIS IS TYPICALLY THE WAY THESE PEOPLE OPERATE.
SO AGAIN, I OPPOSE THIS AND I HOPE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER? PUBLIC COMMENT? VOICEMAIL? WE HAVE VOICEMAIL.
ALRIGHT, WE CAN PLAY THE VOICEMAIL PLEASE.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS ROBERTO NORIEGA.
UM, I LIVE AT 1813 ON PACO STREET, WEST SIDE.
I'M ON ABOUT CASE NUMBER 0 9 0 2 9 0.
UH, FOR MR. GARCIA, OFFICER DAVID GARCIA, WE, UH, WE SUPPORT THIS BUSINESS.
UH, WE LIKE HIM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE, HE HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS, UH, OF
MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 336-5063.
THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE.
I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR A CONTINUANCE TO JUNE 3RD, 2025.
UH, THANK YOU MS. SANCHEZ AND MS. ORTEGA FOR COMING.
UH, IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, I EXPECT A SITE PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY, WORK WITH STAFF.
FOR THAT, REACH OUT TO THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE, INCLUDING MS. ORTEGA.
UM, AND I WILL SEE Y'ALL IN TWO WEEKS.
THE MOTION IS FOR CONTINUANCE TO JUNE 3RD, 2025.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITSETT, UH, DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 15.
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GOOD AFTERNOON.MY NAME IS ALEXA RATANA, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS LOCATED AT 2227 AND 2235 WEST SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD GOING FROM RM FOUR RESIDENTIAL MIX DISTRICT TO L LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 16 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ONE IN FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED WITHIN THE 200 FEET, QUINTANA COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE.
AND OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET, THERE IS ONE IN FAVOR.
THE EXISTING ARM FOUR RESIDENTIAL MIXED DISTRICT IS NOT IN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED L LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS ALSO NOT APPROPRIATE.
WHILE RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SITTING NEXT TO ESTABLISHED INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL USES, IT STILL CURRENTLY ABUTS AN EXISTING RESIDENCE ALONG WITH OTHER HOMES ALONG THE BLOCK FACE, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE PROPOSED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ALSO NOT APPROPRIATE.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF C TWO PCD COMMERCIAL PEDESTRIAN DISTRICT WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE CELLS.
THE CD CONDITIONAL USE WOULD ALLOW FOR THE PROPOSED USE, BUT THE C TWO P BASED ZONING DISTRICT WOULD PREVENT FURTHER INDUSTRIAL ENCROACHMENT ALONG THE BLOCK FACE AND CREATE A BUFFER BUFFER BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES TO THE EAST AND THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TO THE WEST.
ADDITIONALLY, THE SITE WILL BE HELD TO PRE PRESCRIBE SITE PLAN AND ANY DEVIATION WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL COUNSEL CONSIDERATION.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND AMEND THEIR REQUEST TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
IF THE APPLICANT WOULD COME FORWARD PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND CHAIRMAN.
I'M A LULAC PRESIDENT OF RISES ABOVE COUNCIL AND FOUNDER OF MANUP BEXAR COUNTY, A NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING SINGLE FATHERS.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF MR. GONZALEZ, THE OWNER OF 2 2 7 AND 2 3 5 WEST SOUTH CROSS AS HE SEEKS TO REZONE HIS PROPERTY FROM RM RESIDENTIAL MIX TO CP TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH CONDITIONAL MOTOR VEHICLE CELLS.
FIRST, I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THIS COMMISSION FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE REZONING BACK IN JANUARY OF 2024.
THAT ACTION ACKNOWLEDGED THE HISTORICAL USE AND ZONING OF THE PROPERTY AND IT SENT A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT SMALL PROPERTY OWNERS LIKE MR. GONZALEZ MATTER IN OUR CITY'S PLANNINGS PROCESS.
SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN SEEKING YOUR FINAL AND FULL APPROVAL TO ENSURE MR. GONZALEZ CAN MOVE FORWARD AND OPERATE HIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE DECISION DID NOT REFLECT THE REALITY ON THE GROUND, NOT THEN, AND CERTAINLY NOT NOW.
THE SURROUNDING AREAS STILL LARGELY ZONED C TWO OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESSES THERE CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. CASTILLO.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO.
WE HAVE VOICEMAILS AND SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
ALRIGHT, LET'S START WITH THE SPEAKERS PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME, GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE Y'ALL.
LIKE I WAS HERE LAST YEAR, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND WE HAD THIS, UH, SAME, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION AND IT WAS APPROVED.
I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE YOU FOR APPROVING IT.
WE'RE HERE BACK AGAIN AND I JUST WANNA ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER THE, YOU KNOW, THE APPROVAL AGAIN.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE IT UP TO THE COUNCIL.
I KNOW WE GOTTA GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN APPROVE IT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT WE WANNA KEEP OUR BUSINESSES GROWING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE DON'T NEED NOBODY COMING OUTTA SAN ANTONIO.
WE WANT THEM TO PROVIDE SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITY JOBS FOR OUR ASSISTANCE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MS. CASTILLO.
IF YOU WOULD TELL US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
MY ADDRESS IS 38 14 WEST MARTIN.
I DO LIVE BORN, RAISED IN DISTRICT WIFE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.
NEXT M JOHNSON DID JERRY UHDO, ARE YOU YIELDING YOUR TIME? JERRY, ARE YOU YIELDING YOUR TIME? NO, I'M NOT YIELDING MY TIME.
UH, MICKEY JOHNSON OF THE JOHNSON LAW FIRM AT, UH, 1148 EAST COMMERCE STREET IN, UH, 7 8 2 0 5.
SO, UH, I RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE THE ZONING CHANGE I REQUESTED FOR THIS, UH, PROPERTY AT 2 2 7 AND 2 2 3 5 SOUTH CROSS.
UH, THIS BUSINESS IS CURRENTLY OPERATING IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF IMPORTANT REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE INTENDED TO PROTECT
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THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENSURE LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT.THE REGULATIONS AT ISSUE SPECIFICALLY CAN BE FOUND IN THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL CODE.
THAT'S GONNA BE SECTION 16 DASH 1 95 AND SECTION 16 DASH TWO 10.2.
THESE ADDRESS FENCING, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
THE FENCING AROUND THE PROPERTY AT ISSUE IS NEITHER IS EITHER NON-COMPLIANT OR MISSING ALTOGETHER, UM, THE FENCES.
AND THAT'S CONTRARY TO THE STANDARDS THAT APPLY TO THE METAL RECYCLING AND USED AUTO PARTS BUSINESSES.
THESE PHYSICAL DEFIC DEFICIENCIES NOT ONLY REFLECT ONGOING NON-COMPLIANCE, BUT ALSO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT SITE SECURITY, NEIGHBORHOOD AESTHETICS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS.
THE PROPERTY HAS EXPANDED ITS OPERATION ONTO AN ADJACENT TRACK WITHOUT THE NECESSARY ZONING APPROVALS OR CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY FOR KEY STRUCTURES.
THIS INCLUDES A CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF A SCALE HOUSE AND A SCALE WHICH ARE INTEGRAL TO METAL RECYCLING OPERATIONS.
YET THEY WERE BUILT WITHOUT THE GOING THROUGH THE PROPER PERMITTING AND LAND USE PROCEDURES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THIS SAME PROPERTY, HIS NAME IS RAMAN COURIC, UH, WAS PREVENTED FROM CONSTRUCTING A SCALE HOUSE AND A SCALE UNDER THE NEWLY IDENTICAL CI CIRCUMSTANCES DUE TO THE LACK OF REQUIRED PLATINUM ZONING COMPLIANCE.
DESPITE THAT, THE PROPERTY NOW IS, WHICH PATRON METAL RECYCLING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO PROCEED WITH THE SAME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
EVEN THOUGH THOSE DEFICIENCIES REMAIN UNADDRESSED, THE DISCREPANCY HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION BEFORE ANY ZONING CHANGES ARE GRANTED.
AND SO, IN CONCLUSION, ALLOWING THE REZONING UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD LEGITIMIZE OPERATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED RULES FOR RES AND UAPS.
WE BELIEVE THE BUSINESSES SEEKING REZONING SHOULD FIRST DEMONSTRATE FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE APPLICABLE CODES AND REGULATIONS FIRST.
AND FOR THESE REASONS, UH, WE URGE AT THE DENIAL OF THIS APPLICATION.
JERRY NANDO ONE ZF AND I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE ZONING CHANGE.
FIRST OF ALL, I GOTTA GET SOMETHING CLEAR.
IS THE ZONING REQUEST AMENDED FROM WHAT IT, THE REQUEST WAS? OR, OR, I'M NOT CLEAR ON THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA CLARIFY THAT IT'S AMENDED TO THE C TWO P.
SO WHY ARE WE HERE? UH, REQUESTING A DENIAL.
FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE, I THINK IN, UM, MICKEY HAD SAID IT, UH, MORE SUCCINCTLY AND THAT IS THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN QUESTION SINCE 2022.
2021, GOING BACK SEVERAL YEARS.
AND SINCE THEN ON THIS PROPERTY, THEY HAVE HAD 64.
SLOWLY 64 VIOLATIONS, CODE VIOLATIONS THEY'VE, UH, REMOVED.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU A PICTURE HERE.
THIS IS THE WAY THE PROPERTY LOOKED BEFORE.
CAN YOU PUT THIS ON SCREEN? YES.
THIS IS THE WAY THE PROPERTY LOOKED BEFORE.
SO YOU SEE THAT THERE'S HOUSES ON THE PROPERTY.
WITHOUT ANY, UH, ANY PERMITS FROM THE CITY.
THEY JUST REMOVED THEM AND SAID, OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA BUILD AND EXPAND OUR METAL RECYCLING FACILITY, WHICH IS THE ADJOINING PROPERTY TO THE NORTH.
AND THEN SO THEY REMOVED THE HOUSES, THEY REMOVED THE TREES, AND THEN THIS IS WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKED LIKE AFTER THEY DID THAT WORK.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY THEN PUT THEIR TRUCKS WITH ALL THE METAL RECYCLING, WHICH AGAIN, ABUTS THIS PROPERTY.
AND TO EXPAND THE METAL RECYCLING, THEY LOADED UP THE TRUCKS AND THEN PARKED THEM, WENT, TOOK THEM AROUND, TOOK THE THE FENCE DOWN, PARKED THEM ALL, AND YOU SEE THE PICTURE RIGHT THERE SHOWING ALL THE METAL RECYCLING.
SO IT WAS REALLY AN EXPANSION OF, OF WHAT THEY DID.
CAN I GET 1 1, 1 MINUTE? NOPE.
IF YOU WOULD JUST PUT THAT IN DE IBANEZ.
WE NEED TO GET AN EASEL FOR YOU.
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THAT ONE.HELLO, MY NAME IS DIANA IBANEZ.
I'M A CITIZEN AND I AM A CONSTITUENT IN DISTRICT FIVE.
I'M SPEAKING ON THIS CASE, UH, WHICH I GUESS YOU GOT.
THE BOARD PASSED IN THE FIRST TIME, UH, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MADE A 90 DEGREE RUN AGAINST IT.
UH, IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE CITY CHARTER AND THE, UH, COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR WELFARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY.
AS FOR THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, THEY HAVE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS AND HAVE COM COM, UM, COMPLIED IN EVERY, IN, IN, IN, I'M, I'M NERVOUS IN EVERY WAY REQUIRED TO KEEP UP WITH THE CODE.
WHEN LOOKING AT THIS MAP, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
THE MISUSE OF THE ZONINGS AND THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUSINESSES ARE RATHER HEAVY.
UM, COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL, UH, I URGE YOU TO EVALUATE THE HIGHEST BEST USE OF THIS PROPERTY AND ITS POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES IT BRINGS WITH THE GOOD APPROPRIATE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY, IN WHICH, WITHOUT QUESTION, THIS BUSINESS OF A CAR LOT ALIGNS WITH WHAT IS IN THE SURROUNDINGS.
NOW, THERE HAS BEEN THE COMPLAINTS, UH, SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS WE TALK ABOUT, UH, ENVIRONMENT, WHAT IS IT? ENVIRONMENTAL.
UM, I JUMPED, UH, BUT ANYWAY, AND HERE I, I'M SHOWING THE ENVIRONMENTAL, THEY HAVE NO, NOT THAT ONE.
UH, WHICH, WHICH OTHER, OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE THE DIRT THAT, AND THEY HAVE THE CEMENT AND AROUND IT.
SINCE I DON'T HAVE THE, THE, THE AERIAL DEAL IS ALSO COMMERCIAL.
SO TWO MINUTES IS JUST TOO SHORT.
IN CLOSING, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING THAT WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY BY WAY OF BRINGING JOBS TO DISTRICT FIVE, ALIGNED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALIGNED WITH RESPONSIBILITY, GROWTH AND COMMUNITY INTEREST, QUALITY, INTEGRITY, AND DONE WITH RESPECT.
I REPRESENT DANNY'S METAL RECYCLING AT 9 0 2 SOMERSET.
THEY'RE THE, UM, NEIGHBOR EXACTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THESE PROPERTIES.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, DO I FEEL DEJA VU? BECAUSE ALMOST EXACTLY TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS SAME PROPERTY AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE DISCUSSING THE MULTITUDE OF VIOLATIONS THAT THIS PROPERTY OWNER HAD COMMITTED AND HAD, UM, ASKED FOR GRACE.
AND YOU WOULD THINK AT THE DENIAL OF THAT REQUEST BY THIS COMMITTEE THAT THEY WOULD'VE FIXED AND CLEANED UP THEIR ACT.
BUT AGAIN, MY CLIENTS ARE ACROSS THE STREET.
AND WHENEVER THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. GONZALEZ WAS CHARGED WITH REELECTING HIS FENCE IN ORDER TO NOT USE THE PROPERTY FOR, UM, AN INDUSTRIAL USE, HE INSTEAD PUT UP A MOBILE FENCE AND HAS CONTINUED TO OPERATE IN VIOLATION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CODES.
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE THE CITY AWARE OF THESE VIOLATIONS AND HE HAS CONTINUED TO DO BASICALLY WHATEVER HE CHOOSES.
UM, WE HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT THE ABILITY OF THIS PROPERTY OWNER TO ACTUALLY USE THE PROPERTY AND THE WAY IN WHICH THEY'RE REQUESTING NOT ONLY DOES THEIR, THEY HAVE A PLAN AMENDMENT ALSO PENDING RIGHT NOW.
AND IT IS NOT THE SAME AS THE REQUEST WITH ZONING.
IT IS FOR A BUSINESS OFFICE SPACE, NOT FOR INDUSTRIAL USE.
AND, UM, MY CLIENT WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT BUSINESS OFFICE SPACE.
BUT ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THEY WERE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE PRIOR, UM, NOT TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE VIOLATIONS, WAS BECAUSE OF THE WAY IN WHICH TRUCKS 18 WHEELERS WOULD ENTER THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM MY CLIENT'S PROPERTY.
AND THERE WAS JUST NOT AN ABILITY TO DO SO.
THIS HAS NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED.
THE CURB WAS REMOVED BY A MR. GONZALEZ AND PATRON RECYCLING AT THAT TIME IN ORDER TO JUST FORCE, UM, THIS BEHAVIOR INTO ACTION.
AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN PROPERLY ADDRESSED BY THE CITY OR BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS PROPERTY OWNER CAN FOLLOW THE REGULATIONS.
HE HAD TO BE HERE TO DO IT AND SO CAN'T DO THAT.
ALRIGHT, ANYONE ELSE? THAT'S IT FOR SPEAKERS.
HI, YES, I'M CALLING ABOUT THE CASE.
MY NAME'S KIMBERLY EZ, I'M IN THE PALM HEIGHTS AREA.
THIS IS ADDRESS 2 2 2 7 AND 2 2 3 5 WEST SOUTH CROSS.
I'M CONFUSED ON THE, THE ZONING BECAUSE
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THE ZONING SAYS INDUSTRIAL, BUT THEN ON THE PLANNING IT SAYS PLANNING FOR OFFICE.UM, I DID HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT A CAR LOT AND I AM IN FAVOR FOR CAR LOT IF IT'S GONNA BE IN COMMERCIAL ZONING.
I KNOW INDUSTRIAL I BELIEVE IS DIFFERENT, SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON WHAT THE REQUEST IS.
BUT I AM IN FAVOR FOR WORK FOR COMMERCIAL, FOR SOME KIND OF BUSINESS BEING ON IN THAT LOCATION SINCE I SEE THAT IT IS MORE COMMERCIAL THERE.
I DO SEE MACHINES ON THERE, WHICH IS A LITTLE CONFUSING 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE MACHINES THERE.
BUT AGAIN, WE ARE IN FAVOR FOR A CAR LOT OR SOME KIND OF COMMERCIAL.
ALRIGHT, NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NO METAL RECYCLING YARD OR NOTHING.
LET ME REMIND YOU, THIS PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED I TWO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL IN 1977 THROUGH ORDINANCE 4 7 7 6 2.
AND THAT DESIGNATION WAS REAFFIRMED UNDER THE 2001 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE VIA ORDINANCE 9 3 8 8 1.
YET IN 20 2009 IT WAS ZO TO RM FOUR WITHOUT ANY CLEAR JUSTIFICATION.
THIS, THAT DECISION DID NOT REFLECT.
MR. GONZALEZ IS NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING UNUSUAL.
HE HAS MADE THREE REZONING ATTEMPTS OVER THE YEARS SIMPLY TRYING TO RESTORE THE RIGHTS.
HE ORIGINALLY HAD RIGHTS THAT MATCH THE SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USE.
WE UNDERSTAND THERE HAS BEEN A PUSHBACK, PARTICULARLY FROM SPECIFIC BUSINESSES.
AND WHILE WE RESPECT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIFIC BUSINESSES, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE HONEST AND ASK, IS THIS OPPOSITION CONSISTENT WITH OTHERS NEARBY PROPERTIES? BECAUSE MR. GONZALEZ, I'M SORRY
UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO IT IS TO ME FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO MY FIRST QUESTION WAS RAISED BY MR. ARADONDO.
UH, ARE YOU OFFICIALLY AMENDING YOUR APPLICATION TO BE C TWO P? YES.
CD WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES? YES, SIR.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK A FEW QUESTIONS OF STAFF.
STAFF TO YOU, UH, THE CONDITIONAL USE DOES REQUIRE A DETAILED SITE PLAN.
AND THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A SITE PLAN THAT IS CORRECT.
THEY'RE BOUND TO THAT SITE PLAN? YES SIR.
UM, WHICH BRINGS ME, WELL, THEY'RE BOUND TO THAT SITE PLAN FOR THE MOTOR VEHICLE SALES USE.
THEY WOULD BE PERMITTED OTHER C TWO USES THAT WOULD NOT HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SITE PLAN.
SO FOR THE, FOR THE USE THAT THEY ARE BRINGING DOWN FROM C3, THEY ARE BOUND TO THE SITE PLAN? CORRECT.
I WILL EVENTUALLY GET THAT NUANCE RIGHT, BUT IT'S NOT TODAY.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO MR. CASTILLO, I ASKED ABOUT A POTENTIAL CONTINUANCE ON THIS CASE YESTERDAY IN OUR DISCUSSIONS.
UH, I THINK THAT'S STILL APPROPRIATE HERE.
UH, LET ME ASK IT, LET ME ASK A QUESTION INSTEAD OF DOING MY DISCUSSION.
UM, YOU KNOW, NO, I'M GONNA NOT ASK ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW I WILL GO INTO MY DISCUSSION AND MOTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY CONCERNS AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS CASE IS, YOU KNOW, I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS NOW AN AMENDED CASE, THAT THERE WILL BE A BOUND SITE PLAN.
THE SITE PLAN SUBMITTED, HOWEVER, TO ME DOESN'T ENTIRELY MAKES SENSE.
UH, WE HAVE A DRIVEWAY COMING OFF OF SOUTH CROSS THAT GOES INTO THE SPARK PARKING SPACES FOR THE VEHICLES.
UM, THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME OTHER THINGS I THINK WE CAN DO HERE, UH, TO ADDRESS SOME OF MY CONCERNS.
UM, BUT, BUT RIGHT NOW I DON'T SEE HOW THIS
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IS GONNA WORK AND IT MAKES ME A LITTLE NERVOUS TO THINK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS SITE PLAN.MY PRIMARY CONCERN AGAIN IS I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DRIVEWAY THAT MAKES SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IN FACT THIS IS GOING TO BE USED FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES, THAT THAT IS WHAT IS REFLECTED ON THIS SITE PLAN.
AND, AND RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, I I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN BOTH PARK CARS FOR SALE AND THEN HAVE A DRIVEWAY AND GET TO THE EMPLOYEE PARKING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, SO FOR THAT REASON, I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR CONTINUANCE TO THE SEPTEMBER, I'M SORRY, TO THE JUNE 3RD MEETING, UM, IN TWO WEEKS.
AND, UM, AND I DO SO MOVE, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER'S ON MY LEFT? YES.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE APPLICATION HAS EVOLVED AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE CONTEXT THAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY.
WHERE I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS, UM, IS NOT SO MUCH THAT PERHAPS RM FOUR IS NOT NECESSARILY THE APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THIS AREA, BUT CONSISTENTLY WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED IS NOT REFLECT REALITY AND IT'S NOT REQUESTED IN YOUR APP REFLECTED IN YOUR APPLICATION DOCUMENTS EITHER ON BEHALF OF WHOM WE REPRESENT.
SO FOR US TO BE COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH ANYTHING, WHATEVER, WE NEED A LOT MORE EXPLICIT CLARITY ABOUT WHAT IS GOING THE PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE USED FOR IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND IT NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENT AND MAKE SENSE.
UH, THERE IS NO WAY I THINK TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AFTER THIS CONTINUANCE WITHOUT HAVING CONFIDENCE BASED ON THE RECORD OF CODE VIOLATIONS AND THE LACK OF CONSISTENCY IN INFORMATION WITHOUT IT BEING EXPLICITLY CLEAR FROM THE SITE PLAN, UM, AND IN A FULL PRESENTATION WHAT THIS WILL BE USED FOR IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT STEPS YOU'RE TAKING YOUR, YOUR, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS TAKING TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
UM, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN IT ENOUGH TIMES, CONSISTENTLY ENOUGH THAT IN SPITE OF PROMISES OR WHATEVER CODE VIOLATIONS CONTINUE, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, I TAKE YOUR POINT, I APPRECIATE THE CONTEXT YOU BROUGHT TO THIS, UH, PRESENTATION THIS TIME, BUT THE CONSISTENCY AND THE ACCURACY NEEDS TO BE THERE FOR ME TO HAVE CONFIDENCE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, SO I, I SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER ANTE'S, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT THE SITE PLAN.
UM, IT WILL NEED TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT ACTUALLY A BUSINESS PLAN AND PROPOSAL FOR A USED CAR LOT IS THE CASE AND I WILL WANNA HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, AND THIS APPLICATION FOR ZONING ARE RELATED BECAUSE THAT CONCERNS ME.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMERS TO MY RIGHT? YES.
I'LL ALSO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE SITE PLAN.
IT APPEARS THAT THAT DRIVEWAY IS NOT GONNA MOVE.
IT'S GONNA BE AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE MANY RESOURCES OUT THERE THAT'LL DEMONSTRATE THAT 35 FEET, IT'S CALLED THROAT DISTANCE, THE THROAT DISTANCE FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THAT FIRST PARKING SPACE.
THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES OUT THERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIRE AN ENGINEER TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THAT 35 FEET SHOULD BE ENOUGH.
IT MIGHT NOT BE, BUT I CAN, I CAN SEE THE CONCERN WHERE DEMONSTRATE THAT THAT 35 FEET IS SAFE OKAY.
TO WHERE SOMEONE CAN ENTER SAFELY AND TURN SAFELY.
SO I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.
ANY FURTHER? DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONS ON MY RIGHT.
THE MOTION IS FOR A CONTINUANCE TO JUNE 3RD BY ME WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. CASTILLO.
[Approval of Minutes ]
ALRIGHT, UM, FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE MAY 6TH, 2025 ZONING, COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, UH, ANY AMENDMENTS, CHANGES, AMENDMENTS, SUBSTITUTIONS, WITHDRAWALS.THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WITT? THIS WILL BE BY ACCLIMATION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE APPROVING THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.
[Director’s Report ]
ALRIGHT.IS THERE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT TODAY? YES.
UM,
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I BELIEVE MOST OF Y'ALL ARE AWARE THAT OUR, UH, PLANNING MANAGER HAS ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT AND TODAY IS HER LAST, UM, ZONING COMMISSION MEETING WITH US.SHE HAS GUIDED ME FOR THE, ABOUT ALMOST FOUR YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE.
AND I THINK SHE'S BEEN HERE WHAT, LIKE 7, 8, 8 YEARS.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO MISS HER, BUT I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO HOPEFULLY GIVE CONGRATULATIONS FOR HER AND HER POTENTIAL OR HER MOVE AND EVERYTHING.
CONGRATULATIONS CHRISTIE FLORES FOR TAKING THE NEW POSITION AT TRANSPORTATION.
YOU HAVE BEEN HERE THE ENTIRE TIME I HAVE BEEN HERE AND ALTHOUGH I'M NOT THE OLDEST PERSON ON THIS COMMISSION IN EITHER SENSE, I'M CLOSE IN BOTH SENSES.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THIS COMMISSION, YOUR HELP, YOUR GUIDANCE FOR THE STAFF MEMBERS AS THEY COME UP.
UM, THIS COMMISSION I THINK IS ROUTINELY LOOKED AT AS AN EXAMPLE AND ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THAT IS YOUR TREMENDOUS WORK AND THE TREMENDOUS WORK OF THE STAFF THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT UP WITH YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE FACILITATING FOR YOU GUYS AND WORKING WITH YOU.
AND REMEMBER, I'M JUST AROUND THE CORNER SO YOU HAVE, MOST OF YOU HAVE MY CELL.
IF YOU DON'T, I'M HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN AT LEAST POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT I'M LEAVING YOU IN VERY CAPABLE HANDS.
SHE'S AMAZING IN EVERY WAY AS YOU KNOW.
AND SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WELL WISHES.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL MISS YOU AND WE ARE DONE.
THIS MEETING OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS ADJOURNED.