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WE'LL CALL THE JULY 9TH, 2025.
WOULD STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ PRESENT.
CAN WE HAVE THE SPANISH ENGLISH INTERPRETER PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
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OKAY.WE'LL HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, COMBINED HEARING AGENDA, SORRY, CASES ARE ON COMBINED HEARING AGENDA OR CASES WHERE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES NOT REQUIRE FURTHER DETAILED DISCUSSION AND NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
THE OTHER ALL CASES ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD IN ONE MOTION.
UM, THE OTHER AGENDA IS THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA.
ANYTHING NOT ON COMBINED HEARING WILL BE ON INDIVIDUAL.
SO THE WAY I HAVE IT NOW IS EVERYTHING EXCEPT ITEM NUMBER 11 IS ON COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
I'M GONNA ASK COMMISSIONER LOPEZ TO LEAVE THE ROOM.
HE'S RECUSING FROM ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, AND SO IT IS, UH, 2 0 2.
COMMISSIONER LOPEZ HAS LEFT THE ROOM AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A VOICEMAIL ON ITEM EIGHT ALSO.
1 2 4 1 5 AUTUMN VISTA STREET, UH, SAN ANTONIO, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, MY NUMBER'S 2 1 0 8 7 8 8 3 7 4.
AND THE CASE NUMBER'S PA 2 2 5 1 1 6 0 4 9.
AND I'M JUST LEAVING SEVERAL QUESTIONS WITH, UH, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE UH, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
IT'S ODD FOR A, UH, TO PLACE A WAREHOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
WHY NOT PLACE THE WAREHOUSE IN, UH, ONE OF THE SAN ANTONIO WAREHOUSE DISTRICTS? UH, QUESTION TWO IS WHY IS PLACING A WAREHOUSE ON THIS PROPERTY GOOD FOR THE NEARBY RESIDENTS? UH, QUESTION THREE, PLEASE CONFIRM THIS WAREHOUSE IS NOT, IS ONLY TO STORE SUPPLIES NEEDED TO RESPOND TO DISASTER EVENTS.
QUESTION FOUR, FOR WHAT GEOGRAPHIES WILL THIS WAREHOUSE PROVIDE SUPPLIES TO DISASTER EVENTS? QUESTION FIVE, WILL THE FACILITY BE ACCESSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC ONLY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OR ENDEAVORS? ONLY QUESTION SIX.
WHAT IS THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ON AVERAGE THAT IS EXPECTED TO ENTER AND LEAVE THE FACILITY EACH DAY WHEN RESPOND? UH, AND UM, QUESTION SEVEN, WHAT IS THE VOLUME OF LARGE TRUCK TRAFFIC ON AVERAGE THAT IS EXPECTED TO ENTER AND LEAVE THE FACILITY EACH DAY? QUESTION EIGHT.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE TREES CURRENTLY LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITHIN 150 FEET OF THE RESIDENTIAL
WILL THE 25 FOOT BUFFER BE ACCESSIBLE BY THE UTILITY SERVICES AND OTHER CONTRACTORS PROVIDING SERVICES TO RESIDENTS WHOSE FENCE LINE BORDER OF THE PROPERTY? AND QUESTION 11, WHAT KIND OF LIGHTING WILL BE USED AT NIGHT? HOW WILL ENDEAVORS ENSURE THE PROPERTY ISN'T SHEDDING ACCESSIBLE TOWARDS RESIDENTIAL HOMES ORDERING THE PROPERTY? THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HOPE THEY'LL BE ADDRESSED, UH, BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
OKAY, THAT'S ALL THE VOICEMAILS.
UM, AND I'M ASSUMING STAFF IS DIRECTING THOSE QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER PROFIT, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA STAFF.
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YOU.ITEM NUMBER 11, SOMEBODY TELL COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, YOU CAN COME BACK.
IT IS 2 0 5 AND COMMISSIONER LOPEZ HAS
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REENTERED THE MEETING.ALEXA RATANA PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT VICINITY LAND PLAN FROM PARKS OPEN SPACE TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
LOCATED AT 13,900 JONES MALTSBERGER ROAD.
THERE WERE 23 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET.
NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET THERE TWO OPPOSED.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT FROM PARKS OPEN SPACE TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR FUNERAL HOME UNDERTAKING.
PARLOR STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED LAND USE CLASSIFICATION CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ABUTS AN EXISTING COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL LAND USE TO THE WEST AND FRONT OF SECONDARY ARTERIAL THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC.
FURTHERMORE, THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS TO THE EAST ARE ADEQUATELY BUFFERED FROM THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL LAND USE BY THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN.
THE AMENDMENT WILL NOT SIT, WILL NOT SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER EXISTING LAND USE PATTERNS IN THE AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? GOOD AFTERNOON.
UH, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO PLACE ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME.
WE ARE, UH, WE HAVE THREE EXISTING FUNERAL HOMES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, WE ARE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF JONES MALTSBERGER AREA.
WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE AND ALSO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO WE STILL LIVE IN THAT GENERAL AREA THERE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IN A FUNERAL HOME IN MORTUARY SERVICE THERE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THERE'S A FEW THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE GENERAL AREA THERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO TRAVEL TO.
WE'D LIKE TO BRING IT INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THERE SO WE CAN ASSIST THE FAMILIES IN THAT, IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
BASICALLY, WE DON'T EXPECT THERE TO BE A LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE COMING IN THERE.
IT'S GONNA BE MORE OF A CHAPEL USE.
UH, HOURS OF OPERATIONS WILL BE CLOSING EARLY, SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE A LATE FACILITY OPENED UP ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT.
AND OF COURSE WE WON'T HAVE A LOT OF LOUD NOISE THERE 'CAUSE IT IS A FUNERAL HOME.
CAN YOU JUST PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? UH, YES.
UH, ADDRESS IS GOING TO BE 1 9 1 4 1, UM, UH, MILAN STREET AND THAT'S HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 8.
UH, WE HAVE A VOICEMAIL ON THIS ITEM.
IT'S CHRISTOPHER ADAMS. UH, ADDRESS IS 1 8 1 1 SHOAL RUN STREET IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 2.
UH, CALLING IN REGARDS TO AGENDA ITEM PA 2 0 2 5 1 1 6 0 0 0 5 3.
UM, I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR GARDENS OF OCALA, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PROPOSED LAND USE CHANGE.
UH, WE ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THIS CHANGE.
WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT IT WITHIN THE PAST 15 TO 20 MINUTES.
UH, RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM A NEIGHBOR WHO STUMBLED UPON IT, UH, WHEN THEY WERE CONTACTED BY A NEIGHBOR THAT WAS WITHIN THE ZONE, UH, THAT WAS, UH, INFORMED.
UH, WE FELT THAT THAT LAND USE CHANGE IS VERY MUCH IN OFF IN NOT IN CON UH, AGREEMENT WITH AND APPROPRIATE FOR OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE LOCAL SURROUNDING AREA.
UH, TO CHANGE THAT FROM COMMUNITY, UH, FROM PARKS AND OPEN SPACE TO COMMUNITY CURB COMMERCIAL WOULD NOT BE, BE, UH, BENEFICIAL TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR HOMES, OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR AREA.
UM, WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE ABOUT THIS AND BE INCLUDED IN THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE OF THE DIRECT IMPACT HAVING A NURSING HOME AND CREMATORIUM ACROSS THE STREET WOULD HAVE ON US.
UH, I'M AWARE THAT THIS PHONE CALL IS, OR VOICEMAIL IS COMING IN LATE, UM, FROM THE CUTOFF, BUT WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AND FEEL THAT WE'VE BEEN LEFT OUT OF A DISCUSSION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PART OF.
UH, I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE.
MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 209-6436.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
I'M HERE WITH MY WIFE OLA KZA.
I HAPPEN TO BE THE GUY THAT CALLED MR. ADAMS
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TO TELL HIM THAT WE HAD JUST LEARNED, UH, REAL QUICK, CAN I GET YOUR ADDRESS REAL QUICK? I'M SORRY.MY ADDRESS IS 1 2 5 1 5 ENFIELD PARK.
MY WIFE AND I LEARNED ABOUT THIS PROPOSED APPLIC, THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT EIGHT 30 THIS MORNING.
MY WIFE SPEAKS RUSSIAN, A FRIEND OF HERS WHO LIVES AT THE CORNER OF OAK LINE AND JONES MALTSBERGER AND DOES NOT READ OR SPEAK ENGLISH WELL.
CALLED MY WIFE ABOUT THIS, WHO PUT ME ON THE TELEPHONE, WHICH IS WHEN WE LEARNED ABOUT IT AND I NOTIFIED OUR PRESIDENT.
I'M, I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE OPPOSED TO THIS.
UH, FOR ALL OF THE USUAL REASONS WHY A HOMEOWNER WOULD NOT WANT A, UM, MORTUARY AND PRESUMABLY A CREMATORIUM IN THEIR FRONT YARD, BACKYARD, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO THE COMMISSION ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT THIS PROPERTY BORDERS ON A CREEK.
THE NAME OF THE CREEK IS LAWRENCE CREEK ACCORDING TO FEMA.
THIS IS IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS A SPECIAL FLOOD HA HAZARD AREA.
THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION OF THIS, OF, OF JONES MALTSBERGER AND THE BRIDGE THAT CROSSES JONES MALTSBERGER AT THAT LOCATION IS 775 FEET LESS THAN A THOUSAND FEET UPSTREAM.
IT IS AT 7 81 APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET UPSTREAM.
IT IS AT 7 71 APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET BELOW THE BRIDGE IS THE BASE.
UH, GOING VERY QUICKLY TO SEVEN 70.
YOU HAVE AN 11 FOOT DROP IN THE AREA JUST ABOVE THE BRIDGE AND BE BELOW THE BRIDGE.
UM, THE 98% OF THE TIME LAWRENCE CREEK IS COMPLETELY DRY, BUT WHEN IT'S NOT DRY, WE HAVE SEEN CATASTROPHIC FLOODS IN THAT AREA.
UM, THE, THE CREEK BOTTOM IS CLEARED GENERALLY I ASSUME BY EITHER MCALLISTER PARK PEOPLE OR WHAT IT, OR THE CITY, PERHAPS THE CITY IN SOME WAY CLEARS THE CREEK BOTTOM.
SO THE WATER FLOW IS OKAY, BUT UPSTREAM OF THE BRIDGE, IT IS NOT CLEARED.
IT'S FULL OF BRUSH TREES, GRASS, ET CETERA.
SO WHEN THERE IS A FLOOD, IT IS HIT.
AND I'VE ONLY SEEN THIS HAPPEN TWICE.
IT COMES TO JONES MALTSBERGER OVER THE BRIDGE AND FLOWS ONTO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.
THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR TIME.
UM, CHAIRMAN, MAY I HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE? I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE MINUTE.
I PERSONALLY HAVE OBSERVED, UH, WHEN I WENT OVER TO MATT MCALLISTER PARK IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A FLOOD AN SUV IN A TREE, THE WATER HAD PUSHED THIS SUV UP INTO A TREE.
I HAD KIND OF A TIGHTNESS IN MY CHEST, BUT WHEN I GOT OVER I WAS AFRAID I MIGHT BE THE PERSON TO FIND A, A DEAD BODY THERE.
BUT WHEN I GOT TO THE S-U-V-S-U-V, I FOUND THAT YELLOW TAPE HAD BEEN PUT AROUND IT.
SO I KNEW THAT THE AUTHORITIES HAD ALREADY BEEN THERE AHEAD OF ME.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A A A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
UH, I'M NOT
OKAY, NEXT PERSON IS KIM PETIT? YES, THIS IS KIM PETIT.
UH, MY ADDRESS IS 2 0 3 4 OAK MIST AND I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU FOR AT LEAST PRONOUNCING MY LAST NAME CORRECTLY.
UH, I'M HERE AS PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH CENTRAL THOUSAND OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, ALSO REFERRED TO AS NICK TO, UH, I ECHO WHAT, UH, MR. KAZI HAD JUST MENTIONED.
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A MATTER OF FACT, IN SPEAKING WITH HIM PRIOR TO HIS PRESENTATION, HE HAD INDICATED THAT THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY NEXT DOOR, WHICH IS TOMMY JOHN'S TAILGATE RESTAURANT, WASN'T EVEN AWARE OF THIS PROPOSED, UH, ZONING CHANGE.THEY, I'M SURE THEY SAW THE SIGN, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT THE EXTENT OF IT.
WHAT I WANNA BRING UP, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT HAD ALREADY PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED AS FAR AS IT DOESN'T GO WITH THE TENOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE NICK TO IS BASICALLY A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF ABOUT 2,500 HOMES.
AND THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS LITERALLY AT ONE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
JONES BURG IS A VERY HEAVILY TRAFFICKED ROAD AND MR. KRA JUST MENTIONED A BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER AND ENTRANCE WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND I ASSUME YOU HAVE ON YOUR SCREEN A, A PHOTOGRAPH OR OF I HAVE THIS, YEAH.
IF YOU CAN SEE, UM, ON THE UPPER LEFT, PROBABLY ABOUT THE 10 O'CLOCK POSITION.
YOU SEE THE STREET NAME OAK LINE COMING IN AND UH, JUST TO CORRECT AND TO THE RIGHT OF THERE YOU CAN SEE.
ALRIGHT, GO BACK A LITTLE BIT.
SO PEOPLE GETTING OUT OF UM, OAK LINE TRYING TO TURN LEFT HEADING NORTH ARE GONNA FACE NOT ONLY THE USUAL TRAFFIC, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, QUITE A LOT, BUT BASED ON THIS PROPOSED, UM, REZONING, THE ENTRANCE OR OR ENTRY 0.4, THIS IS GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO THE CORNER IS RIGHT THERE, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHERE THE BRIDGE COMES DOWN IN OAK LINE'S HERE AND SAYS JUST COMPLICATE THE TRAFFIC SITUATION.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT AND THE GENERAL TENOR OF THE PROPOSED, UH, ZONING APPLICATION, WE WOULD CERTAINLY OPPOSE IT.
PERHAPS OTHER IDEAS WOULD BE TO MAKE THAT PART OF MCALLISTER PARK, WHICH IS JUST DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT OR PERHAPS AN ACQUISITION, UM, WITH TOMMY JOHNSON MIGHT BE PART OF THEIR ENTERTAINMENT AREA BECAUSE THEY ARE LANDLOCKED.
THERE IS THAT DEFINITE CONCERN THERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.
OH, THERE'S ANOTHER THING BROUGHT UP OTHER THAN THE APPLICANT SAYING THIS IS FOR A PROPOSED FUNERAL HOME, BUT PROBABLY MORE OF A CHAPEL THING THAT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE FOR FUNERAL PREPARATION, WHETHER IT'S GONNA BE A CREMATORY AS WELL OR ANYTHING ELSE.
I I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S JUST A CHAPEL ONLY 'CAUSE THERE, THERE CERTAINLY IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, A CASKET OR BODY THERE FOR WHATEVER CEREMONY.
SO I, I QUESTIONED SOME OF THE DETAILS ON THAT OR ASK MORE DETAILS ACTUALLY.
UH, WE HAD A, A LATE ADDITION TO THE SIGNUP SHEET, UH, RE ALTA YES, NO, THAT'S FINE.
THANK YOU FOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO, TO UH, SIGN IN.
ACTUALLY WE OWN THE MA'AM CAN YOU PLEASE ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? I APOLOGIZE.
WE ACTUALLY OWN THE ADDRESS TOO.
EIGHT ACRES 1 3 9 0 0 JONES MALTSBERGER.
UH, WE OWN THE EIGHT ACRES DIRECTLY BEHIND.
UM, SO, UM, WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO THE CHANGE WITH THE DISCUSSION THAT WE ARE ALLOWED ACCESS TO OUR PROPERTY BECAUSE WE ARE CURRENTLY LANDLOCKED AND THIS PROPERTY WHEN IT WAS SEPARATED FROM OURS IS WHAT LANDLOCKED OUR PROPERTY.
SO WE WOULD REQUEST THAT ANY CHANGES THAT GET DONE THAT AN EASEMENT BE OR AN ACCESS FOR OUR PROPERTY BE INCLUDED IN ANY CHANGES THAT GET DONE AT THIS POINT.
SO WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED, WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE WE ARE EFFECTIVELY LANDLOCKED.
I'LL GIVE THE APPLICANT A CHANCE FOR REBUTTAL.
WE'VE UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY OWNED THIS PROPERTY FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
SO, UH, THE FLOOD FLOODING SITUATIONS, I'VE SEEN IT.
WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING GET INTO THE BUILDING OR CLOSE TO THE BUILDING.
SO, UM, THAT WAS AN INCORRECT, UH, STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER.
UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CHAPEL, I'VE, UH, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, I OWN THREE FUNERAL HOMES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO YES, THERE'S GONNA BE SERVICES AT OUR FUNERAL HOME.
OF COURSE THERE IS A CHAPEL THERE.
WE NEVER HAVE MORE THAN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THERE BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO HAVE AS A BUILDING THERE MAYBE ANYWHERE FROM A HUNDRED TO 125 PEOPLE AT OUR CHAPEL AT THAT TIME.
OUR, UM, THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY IS CHANGING NOWADAYS.
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NOT AS MANY FUNERAL SERVICES.YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS THEY USED TO COME TO OUR SERVICES AS BEFORE.
UM, THE UM, TOMMY JOHN'S OR THE PLACE NEXT DOOR, THEY ACTUALLY ARE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I ACTUALLY LET THEM, UH, USE OUR PARKING LOT, UH, WHENEVER THEY HAVE OVERFLOW INTO OUR FACILITY THERE.
UH, SO NO, WE DON'T WANT IT TO TURN INTO JONES MALT, INTO MCALLISTER PARK.
WE'VE OWNED THAT PROPERTY, LIKE I SAID, FOR 15 YEARS.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO ZONE INTO A C3 THE WHOLE PROPERTY, WHICH WAS SOMETHING WE WERE THINKING ABOUT DOING, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE BIG CORPORATIONS COMING IN THERE AND EXPANDING THEIR BUSINESSES ALL THE WAY DOWN JONES MALTSBERGER.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO JUST, UH, TURN IT INTO A C TWO C 2D BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA AFFECT THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.
THERE'S ALREADY HIGH TRAFFIC THERE.
UH, THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT OUT OF THE FACILITY THERE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM THERE AND WE CAN EXPAND THE ENTRANCE WAY.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA, UH, CAUSE UH, ANY DAMAGE TO EXITING OUT OF OUR FACILITY.
SO JUST WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT AS WELL.
APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATIONS.
THAT'S EVERYBODY THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
WE'LL START ON THE RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER DKI.
UM, WHAT IS THE CURRENT USE OF THE BUILDING AT THE SITE RIGHT NOW? UH, WE'RE NOT USING THE MICROPHONE.
CAN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM PLACE, SIR? THANK YOU.
SO WE ARE NOT USING THE BUILDING AT THIS POINT.
BEFORE, BEFORE WHEN WE BOUGHT THE BUILDING, IT WAS WHAT THEY CALLED A, A GENTLEMAN'S CLUB BASICALLY FOR MEN TO WORK OUT THERE.
BUT IT WAS AN APPROPRIATE FACILITY THAT WAS, THAT WAS BEING HELD THERE.
UH, THAT WAS FOR ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, MANY YEARS BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT.
ONCE WE BOUGHT IT, WE CLEANED OUT THE FACILITY, WE STARTED MAINTAINING THE, UH, THE YARD THERE, CLEANING UP THE TREES.
UH, WE WERE SITTING ON IT FOR MANY YEARS BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN OPENING OTHER FUNERAL HOMES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE, AT THIS POINT WE'RE READY TO START OPENING A NEW FUNERAL HOME.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA DO NOW IS OPEN A FUNERAL HOME.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST SITTING THERE, UM, NOT BEING IN USE RIGHT NOW AS PART OF YOUR, UH, OPENING YOUR FUNERAL HOME.
ARE YOU GOING TO ESTABLISH NEW BUILDINGS DEMOLISH THIS? NO, SIR.
WE'RE JUST GONNA DO, UH, I BELIEVE 'CAUSE IT IS IN A FLOOD ZONE AREA, ALL WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO IS DO REMODELING TO THE OUTSIDE AND THE INSIDE.
BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANY TYPE OF DIS UH, DESTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING.
THE ONLY THING WE'RE GONNA DO IS BEAUTIFY THE FACILITY, THE LAND, ADD LANDSCAPING, UM, FINISH THE TREES OUT, UH, ADD PLANTS BASICALLY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING.
SO JUST BEAUTIFYING THE FACILITY.
WE WANNA KEEP IT AS NATURAL AS AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF MCALLISTER PARK.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S, THAT'S A NICE PARK THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GO OUT TO THE PARK.
WE DON'T WANNA ADD IT TO WHERE IT'S GONNA LOOK TOO MUCH LIKE A COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
WE WANT IT TO MAKE FIT WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THE, IN THE AREA THERE.
AND WITH THE CURRENT USE OF THE BUILDING OF A HUNDRED, 125 PEOPLE AT THE TIME, IT'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE IN THE SURFACE PARKING LOT SIZE.
UH, YES, WE DID PUT A PROPOSAL IN WHEN WE, UH, ASK FOR THE REZONING.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE JUST A COUPLE OF MORE PARKING SPACES OUT FRONT.
THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING PARKING SPACE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA ADD JUST ANOTHER SMALL PARKING SPACE SO WE CAN FIT THE ACCOMMODATION THAT WE NEED FOR THE FACILITY, FOR THE CHAPEL.
UH, JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS AND, AND MAYBE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
ON THE, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU GUYS ARE PART OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, I THINK YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED WITH THE CITY, SO I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.
I THINK STAFF CAN PROBABLY ASSIST WITH THAT.
AND THEN ONCE YOU REGISTERED, YOU'LL RECEIVE NOTICES FOR ANYTHING THAT'S AFFECTING ADJACENT AREAS, CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
I, I ACTUALLY DID RECEIVE A NOTICE ANYWAY.
OH, YOU DID? YOU'RE WITH 'CAUSE YOU'RE WITHIN THE 200 FEET.
YES, BUT I STILL WOULD ENCOURAGE BECAUSE THEN YOU'LL RECEIVE ALL, ALL OF THE CITY CORRESPONDENCE.
UM, AS PART OF THE PLATING PROCESS, THE CITY WILL CONSIDER A FLOOD IMPACTS, UH, WASTEWATER AND TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
UM, ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE WOULD, UM, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FURTHER, BUT TYPICALLY DOES REQUIRE IT TO BE PLATTED IF THEY'RE ADDING A BUILDING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
FROM WHAT I JUST LOOKED AT, NONE OF THIS AREA IS PLATTED.
SO, UM, DURING THAT PLATTING PHASE, IT WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE INTERNAL REVIEWS AND STUDIES.
AND EVEN WITH PLATTING GOING INTO THE PERMITTING STAGE FOR SITE WORK TO ADD ON THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE OR ANY OF THE REMODELING, THESE ITEMS WILL ALSO BE REVIEWED.
AND, UH, YOUR NEIGHBOR MENTIONED AN ISSUE ABOUT ACCESS, WHICH AGAIN, IS NOT OUR PURVIEW, BUT MM-HMM
UH, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN ADDRESS THAT COURSE TO MAKE COURSE.
UM, BUT, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? NO, THANK YOU.
ALL MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ? NO QUESTIONS.
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ANY QUESTIONS.I'M ASSUMING THE ACCESS ISSUE WILL BE SQUARED AWAY WITH PLATTING AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF.
SO SINCE IT WASN'T PLATTING DIDN'T CREATE THE LANDLOCK ISSUE, IT WILL, THEY, THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT'S MORE OF A CIVIL MATTER TO REQUEST THAT THEY PROVIDE ACCESS WHEN THEY PLA THE SITE.
UM, DURING THE PLATTING FEES, YOU CANNOT CREATE A LANDLOCKED LOT.
BUT SINCE IT'S, IT WAS ALREADY CREATED PRIOR TO THE PLATTING STAGE, WE CAN'T ENFORCE IT.
BUT IF THAT'S A PRIVATE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, THAT CAN BE DONE.
UM, HOWEVER, THAT IS NOT OUR PURVIEW TODAY ANYWAY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAND USE, BUT JUST WANTED THAT ON THE RECORD, SO THANK YOU.
UM, SO AT THIS STAGE, IS THERE ANY MORE COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTION, YOUR HONOR.
USED TO COURTHOUSE CARE OF IT? NO, THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
IS THERE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? NOTHING TODAY.
IT IS 2 27 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.