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GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE OUR SPANISH INTERPRETATION SERVICES STATEMENT.
HI, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
ALRIGHT, MY NAME IS JOHN BUSTAMANTE 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 INTO SESSION.
I'D LIKE TO DO ROLL CALL BY HAVING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.
UH, DISTRICT NINE, DANIEL KELLUM, DISTRICT ONE, JOHN WITT, DISTRICT 10 GEORGE.
STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT? YES, THE QUORUM IS PRESENT.
IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO PLEASE REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF.
IF YOU WOULD, BEFORE I BEGIN, I REQUEST THAT EVERYONE PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR PHONES OR PUT 'EM ON VIBRATE.
THE ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING CASES.
UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION, YOU WILL 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 MARKS WILL INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN X WILL INDICATE 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 TO SPEAK AND YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.
YOU'LL BE INFORMED THAT YOUR TWO MINUTES ARE UP.
FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER, THAT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES.
THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED IN TO SPEAK.
AND PLEASE ANNOUNCE THAT WHEN THAT SPEAKER IS GOING UP THE PODIUM THAT YOU ARE YIELDING YOUR TIME, THE APPLICANT THEN WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
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MUCH.UM, DO WE HAVE ANY WITHDRAWN, POSTPONED ITEMS? NO, WE DO NOT.
UH, IF WE COULD PLEASE LIST THE ITEMS ON OUR FIRST CONSENT AGENDA PLEASE.
ITEMS IN THE COMBINED HEARING ARE ITEM NUMBER 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, AND 13.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
LOOKING TO MY LEFT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING TO MY RIGHT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING REMOTELY, SEEING NONE.
UH, IF WE COULD PLEASE, UH, READ THE COMBINED HEARING.
NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM R FIVE TO IDZ ONE WITH USE OF PERMITTED FOR 12 UNITS LOCATED AT 1 57 WEST BROADVIEW DRIVE ALL OF RELEASE REMAIN THE SAME.
16 NOTICE AND SENT OUT ZERO IN FAVOR.
ZERO OPPOSED WOODLAWN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM R 20 TO R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 42 11 BOXWOOD ROAD.
ALL RELATES TO REMAIN THE SAME 21 NOTICES SENT OUT ZERO IN FAVOR TO OPPOSED OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
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ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.ITEM NUMBER FOUR, A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM I ONE TO IDZ ONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN THE MF 18 AT LOCATED AT 1 0 7 CAST STREET.
ALL OVER RELATES REMAINS THE SAME.
44 NOTICES SENT OUT ONE IN FAVOR.
ONE OPPOSED DENVER HEIGHTS DID NOT PROVIDE A RESPONSE.
A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM C TWO C TWO NA WITH A CONDITION OF USE FOR MINI STORAGE FACILITY C3 AND C TWO S WITH SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR SOLAR BATTERY STORAGE TO C TWO S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR UTILITIES SOLAR BATTERY STORAGE LOCATED ON THE 8,800 BLOCK OF MARBACH ROAD.
ALL OVER RELATES TO REMAIN THE SAME.
71 NOTICES SEND OUT ONE IN FAVOR.
OPPOSE RAINBOW HILLS AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM R FIVE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE TO R FIVE C-D-I-D-Z WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT LOCATED AT FIVE 30 EAST COURTLAND PLACE ALL OVER PLACE TO REMAIN THE SAME 29 NOTICES SENT OUT TWO IN FAVOR WHEN OPPOSED OUTSIDE.
ZERO OPPOSED TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
TEXAS DISTRICT ONE REST ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM R SIX TO MF 25 LOCATED AT 1002 REESE STREET.
ALL OVER RELATES TO REMAIN THE SAME 46 NOTICE AND SENT OUT ZERO IN FAVOR.
A OPPOSED WEST END HOPE IN ACTION AND MARTINEZ CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE.
PROSPECT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 6 0 4 WEST HOLLYWOOD AVENUE.
38 NOTICES SENT OUT TWO IN FAVOR.
ZERO OPPOSED BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO IDZ LOCATED AT 41 30 BROADWAY STREET.
19 NOTICES SENT OUT ZERO IN FAVOR.
ONE OPPOSED MANKEY PARK IS IN SUPPORT.
ITEM NUMBER 12, A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM R FIVE TO R FIVE CD WITH A CONDITION USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE LOCATED AT 1535 HILLCREST DRIVE ALL OVER PLACE TO REMAIN THE SAME 21 NOTICES SENT OUT ZERO IN FAVOR.
ZERO OPPOSED NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM 13, A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM FR TO BP LOCATED AT 14 22 3 STATE HIGHWAY 16 NORTH.
ALL OF RELATES TO REMAIN THE SAME 17 NOTICES SENT OUT.
AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITH INSURANCE DEFEAT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE ITEMS? NO.
WE HAVE VOICEMAILS, VOICEMAILS SOUND CORRECTED.
SO WE HAVE VOICEMAILS FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND ITEM NUMBER NINE.
IF WE COULD PLEASE PLACE PLAY THOSE VOICEMAILS NOW.
HELLO, MY NAME IS BILLY RAY SHEPHERD.
UH, MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN TWO ZERO FOUR ZERO FIVE THREE EIGHT.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 4 2 BON AIR SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 2.
UM, I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE REZONING, UM, REQUEST, UM, FOR THE CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 0 8 3.
UM, CD AS IN CHARLIE, DAVID, UM, I'M AGAINST THE REZONING.
I DO NOT WISH FOR THE REZONING TO, UM, TAKE PLACE.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD, UM, SOME ISSUES WITH, UM, THE OCCUPANTS OF THAT PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, UM, AFFECTING, UM, OUR RESIDENTS HERE.
AND, UM, I FEEL THAT CHANGING THE ZONING WILL ONLY, UM, INCREASE THE ISSUES.
THAT'LL INCREASE THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
IT'LL JUST INCREASE ALL KINDS OF, UM, NEGATIVE, UH, IMPACTS THAT I DON'T WISH TO HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
SO MY WISH IS THAT THE REZONING DOES NOT PASS AND THAT IT REMAINS AS IS RIGHT NOW.
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YOU.MY NAME IS VAL OF 42 35 BOXWOOD.
I'M CALLING ABOUT 42 11 BOXWOOD ROAD.
UH, THE ZONING REZONING, UH, CASE NUMBER Z 20 25 1 0 7 0 0 8 3 CD I'M CALLING TO PROTEST THE NEW ZONING THAT THEY WANNA DO.
UH, OUR HOUSE IS, UH, VERY VALUABLE RIGHT NOW AND DUPLEX AND APARTMENTS IS NOT GONNA BE A VERY GOOD THING FOR OUR STREET.
NOT ONLY THAT, UH, WE HAD ISSUES WITH THE MAN NOT CUTTING HIS GRASS.
HE'S ALSO DONE CONSTRUCTION WORK WITH NOW NO PERMITS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS HEATHER WILLIAMS. MY NUMBER IS 2 1 0 2 1 9 8 2 2 1.
THIS IS IN REGARD TO CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 5 1 0 7 0 0 0 8 3 CD AS IN CHARLIE DELTA.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY OPINION ABOUT THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
UM, I AM AGAINST THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, UM, FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS.
UM, I ALREADY KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMERCIAL, UH, ACTIVITY IN THAT PROPERTY, UM, THAT HAS, UH, CAUSED, UM, ISSUES FOR US, UH, AS NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT IF THEY WERE TO, UH, BE ALLOTTED THE, UH, CHANGE IN ZONING THAT THE PROBLEMS WOULD PROBABLY GET MUCH WORSE.
UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, SITUATIONS WHERE OUR WATER WAS CUT OFF, UM, WITHOUT OUR, WELL, IT WAS CUT OFF BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT IT WAS, THEY, THEY USED OUR ADDRESS AS THEIR ADDRESS.
UM, JUST LOTS AND LOTS OF ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD, BUT THAT WAS JUST ONE.
UM, SO AGAIN, I WANT TO VOICE MY OPINION AGAINST THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
UM, UH, THAT I AM AGAINST THAT.
I AM, UH, PROTESTING AN ADDRESS IS 42 11 BOXWOOD ROAD.
I THINK IT, UH, IT GOES FOR A VOTE TODAY.
I AM PROTESTING THE UPGRADE OF THE ZONING USED.
THE FACT THAT THIS MAN DOES NOT, DOES, UH, THINGS RIGHT.
HE HAS BEEN CAUGHT, UH, CHECK THIS OUT.
UH, HE CUT THE, THE STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND TAPPED A FOUR INCH PIPE, SEWER PIPE WITHOUT NO PERMIT.
UH, AND HE WAS CAUGHT DOING THIS, UH, A COUPLE OF, UH, YEARS AGO AND WE HAD TO TURN HIM IN.
UM, SO I'M PROTESTING THAT THAT JOB IS NOT GONNA BE DONE RIGHT.
UH, HE DOES, UH, UH, HIS OWN WORK AND DOESN'T DO THINGS RIGHT.
I'M ALSO PROTESTING IT DUE TO THE FACT THAT OUR PROPERTIES WILL GO DOWN AND I'M PROTESTING IT.
THAT, UH, WE DON'T NEED NO MORE DUPLEX OR APARTMENTS, UH, IN THAT AREA.
THE ADDRESS IS 42 11 BOXWOOD WITH A B.
THIS IS BETTY BOUCHER FOR THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UM, THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENT FOR, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AT FIVE 30 EAST PORTLAND PLACE, CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2025 DASH 1 0 7 0 1 5 4 PD.
THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY IS REQUESTING THAT THIS, UH, CASE BE POSTPONED SO THAT THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO RECEIVE THE NOTIFICATION.
AND WE'RE SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN THE TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, UH, SO THEY CAN RECEIVE NOTIFICATION AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR PERMIT.
HELLO, MY NAME IS CYNTHIA WALKER.
I LIVE AT TEN THIRTY EIGHT WEST SUMMIT AVENUE.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (818) 489-2599.
I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO ZONING CASE Z DASH 2025 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 6 0 CD.
UM, THE ADDRESS IS 6 0 4 WEST HOLLYWOOD.
I'M CALLING IN, I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I AM THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REQUEST THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR
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6 0 4 WEST HOLLYWOOD.THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON AUGUST 11TH, 2025 TO SUPPORT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR A ZONING CHANGE AT 6 0 4 WEST HOLLYWOOD.
FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD FOR TWO UNITS.
THE ZONING CORRECTS THE NON-PERFORMING PROPERTY.
THE SIDE HAS LONG, HAD TWO UNITS LONG, UM, THAT WERE HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE WOULD WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT DYE FOR WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY PRESENTING ON OUR ZONING AND URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE ON JUNE 16TH AND BY MAKING HIMSELF AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS BY RESIDENTS ON AUGUST 11TH.
AGAIN, BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
REQUEST THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR 6 0 4 WEST ON.
AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE ARE GOING TO PULL ITEM NUMBER THREE TO INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING REMOTELY.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION MR. CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 1 4 5 7 8 9 11, 12 AND 13.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT BACK.
ALRIGHT, UH, THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER 1 4 5 7 8 9 11, 12, AND 13 BY COMMISSIONER HUEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE.
UH, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEMS AS READ.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WERE HERE FOR ANY OF THOSE ITEMS, THEY ARE NOW MOVING ON WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL.
YOU WILL HAVE SIX MONTHS TO GO BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO COMPLETE THIS ZONING PROCESS.
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL DOCKET BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CONTINUANCE DOCKETS FOR TODAY.
ALRIGHT, SO OUR FIRST ITEM ON FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS ITEM NUMBER TWO.
MY NAME IS ALEXA ANA, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS LOCATED AT 2 6 3 4 EAST HOUSTON STREET.
GOING FROM R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 48 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ONE OPPOSED WITHIN THE 200 FEET JEFFERSON HEIGHTS AND HARVARD EASTLAWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS GAVE NO RESPONSE OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS IN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C ONE LIKE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS NOT THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY IS LOCATED MID-BLOCK SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
THE PROPOSED C ONE BAY ZONING DISTRICT WOULD ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPOSED ZONING IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE USE OF A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, WHICH CAN BE ACHIEVED BY A CONDITIONAL USE.
THUS, STAFF RECOMMENDS AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF RM SIX CD RESIDENTIAL MIXED DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
THIS WOULD RETAIN THE RESIDENTIAL BASE ZONE WHILE STILL PERMIT PERMITTING THE ALLOWANCE OF A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, WHICH WOULD BE LIMITED TO THE APPROVED 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.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP, PLEASE TELL US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PROJECT IF YOU WOULD.
MY NAME IS RENA SIMS. UH, THE PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2 6 3 4 EAST HOUSTON STREET.
AND UM, WE ARE HOPING TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING TO THE RM SIX WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR, UH, PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO USE FOR A TAX OFF TAX OFFICE OR NOTARY PUBLIC, SOMETHING SIMPLE
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BUSINESS HOURS, 10 TO 3:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, UH, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.SO NOW I'M, IF YOU STAY RIGHT THERE FOR A SECOND, UH, I'M GONNA ASK YOU, UH, YOU ARE AMENDING YOUR REQUEST TO RM SIX WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, CORRECT? YES.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.
UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON IS NOT PRESENT TODAY, SO COMMISSIONER CHASE WILL BE HANDLING THIS CASE.
THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD POSSIBLY OPERATE FROM EIGHT TO THREE.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO OPERATE, UM, HAVE IT IN YOUR STIPULATIONS EIGHT TO FIVE? IT ALLOWS YOU MORE TIME, BUT IT ALSO, UM, ALLOWS THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO KIND OF WIND DOWN DURING THE BUSIEST HOURS.
UM, WELL OUR, OUR INITIAL IDEA WAS TO HAVE THE BUSINESS HOURS FROM 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AND THAT WAS MOSTLY TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEIGHBORS AND TRAFFIC AND WHATNOT.
UM, WE WERE THINKING THAT OPENING AT 8:00 AM WOULD, MAY INTERFERE WITH THE EAST HOUSTON ENTRANCE TO THE, TO THE PROPERTY WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND YOU KNOW, THEM GOING IN AND COMING IN FROM WORK.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE CHOSE 10 TO 3:00 PM OKAY.
IF YOU'RE WILLING TO, I JUST DIDN'T WANNA LIMIT YOU, UM, FROM, IF YOU WANNA DO FROM 10 TO FIVE OR 10 TO FOUR 30, I JUST WANTED YOU TO ALLOW YOURSELF TO HAVE MORE HOURS WITHOUT CONSTRAINING YOU, BUT IT MAKES SENSE TO, FOR THE TRAFFIC FLOW TO AVOID THE 8:00 AM RUSH.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE 5:00 PM RUSH.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FREE TO OPERATE FROM 10 TO THREE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ALLOW YOU, UH, MORE HOURS, BUT STIPULATE THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO FROM NINE 30 TO, UM, FOUR 30 IN, IN WRITING.
I MEAN, IF, IF, IF YOU RECOMMEND IT HAVING FROM 10 TO FIVE OR EIGHT TO FIVE, I WOULD YEAH, WE, WE WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
JUST AT LEAST EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE IT OPEN FROM THOSE HOURS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN AT LEAST ACCOMMODATE IN CASE WE WE NEED IT.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING FURTHER? COMMISSIONER CHASE? NOT FOR ME.
I WILL, UH, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
NUMBER ONE, ARE YOU GONNA MAKE ANY MODIFICATION? I MEAN PARKING, I KNOW IT'S BY APPOINTMENT.
SO I'M ASSUMING THEY'LL JUST PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY? IS THAT HOW YOU YEAH, ACTUALLY THE ENTIRE BACK AREA, IT'S UM, IT'S GRAVEL SO IT'S, THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE TO PARK.
AND HOW DO I USE, NOT IN THE EYES, THAT'S ALL WE ASK
UH, AND THEN PUSH THE BUTTON OFF THE SIDE THERE.
SO THIS WHOLE BACK AREA IS, UH, GRAVEL AS WELL AS LIKE THE DRIVEWAY RIGHT HERE.
SO, UH, THAT AREA RIGHT THERE ACCOMMODATES A GOOD, LIKE THREE CARS AT A TIME.
AND, UM, THAT WOULD BE OUR PARKING SPACE.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYBODY LIKE PARK HERE.
WE WOULD HAVE LIKE A REAR PARKING AND WOULD ACCOMMODATE THE CLIENTS BACK THERE.
AND I KNOW THE AREA WELL, UH, I'M ASSUMING, WOULD YOU, YOU WOULDN'T ALLOW FOR ANY PARKING ON THE STREET? I MEAN, YOU CAN, BUT I MEAN, IT'S, IT GETS BUSY, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE VIA BUSES THAT PASS BY RIGHT THERE AT CERTAIN TIMES.
I MEAN, I, I, I WOULDN'T LIKE TO PARK ON THE, ON THE STREET MYSELF, SO I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T ALLOW CLIENTS TO DO IT EITHER.
I WOULD HAVE A, UM, LIKE A SIGN STATING.
AND THE REMIND THIS IS GONNA BE YOUR BUSINESS? YES.
AND I, I'VE, I HAVEN'T HEARD IN, IN MY SHORT TIME HERE ON, ON THE COMMISSION, UH, ZONING COMMISSION WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO EXTEND YOUR HOURS.
NORMALLY IT'S ALWAYS CUTTING THE HOURS, SO I WOULD TAKE IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO FIVE, I MEAN, IT'S YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
YOU WANNA DO 10 TO 12, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND I ACTUALLY DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THAT WAS OFFERED.
AND, AND THE LAST THING IS, I GLAD TO SEE SOME SORT OF DEVELOPMENT BY THE AT AND T CENTER.
EXCUSE ME, FROST BANK CENTER, RIGHT? WHAT IS IT CALLED NOW?
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? ALRIGHT, UH, STAFF, QUICK QUESTION TO YOU.
LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, UH, I'M PRESUMING THAT THERE'S NO NEW STRUCTURE AND THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WILL BE, UH, CONCOMITANT WITH THE BUILDING AS INDICATED FOR RESIDENCE.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
I I ALSO JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ADD ON TO THE WHOLE, UM, SO COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA HAD ASKED ABOUT PARKING, UM, WITH PARKING DISTRICTS.
UM, FOR HER TO GET A CFO, SHE WILL HAVE TO MEET, UH, PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
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SO THE MINIMUM IS ONE SPACE PER 300 SQUARE FEET, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, NECESSARY.AND THEN ALSO TO COMMISSIONER CHASE'S QUESTION, UM, ABOUT THE HOURS, THERE ARE DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS FOR THOSE THAT FOR CONDITIONAL USES WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
LIKE THIS WILL BE, UH, SITUATION WILL BE.
AND, UM, IT'LL, IT STIPULATES, UH, NO EXTERIOR DISPLAY OR SIGN EXCEPT THAT OF A NAME PLATE.
UM, ALSO CONSTRUCTION FEATURES SHALL BE PERMITTED THAT WOULD, UM, PLACE THE STRUCTURE OUT OF CHARACTER.
SO IT MUST STAY TO, UH, LOOK LIKE A RESIDENCE.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, BUSINESS OR OFFER OFFICE HOURS SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED BEFORE 7:00 AM OR AFTER 6:00 PM AND THOSE ARE THE STANDARD ITEMS IN OUR CODE FOR THIS SITUATION.
SO LET ME FOLLOW UP ON THAT THEN.
SO IF NO CONDITIONS WERE APPLIED OUTSIDE OF THAT, SEVEN TO SIX WOULD BE THE DEFAULT.
SO IF COMMISSIONER CHASE DIDN'T WANT TO APPLY ANY LIMIT, IT WOULD BE SEVEN TO SIX, CORRECT? DO YOU THINK I'VE MADE MY POINT? YES.
UM, ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER CHASE, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? LOOKING LEFT.
FLOORS OPEN FOR A MOTION AND DISCUSSION.
I'D LIKE TO COMMISSIONER CHASE.
I'D LIKE TO MOTION, UM, FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED FROM TO RM SIX WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WITH OFFICE HOURS FROM NINE 30 TO 4 38.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED WITH THE CONDITION OF OFFICE HOURS FROM NINE 30 TO FOUR 30.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SAY I'LL, I'LL SECOND.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA.
UM, YOU'VE ALREADY HAD YOUR SHOT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THOSE HOURS ARE FINE.
UH, IF, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO YOUR COUNCIL PERSON THEY CAN PROBABLY OPEN IT BACK UP TO THE DEFAULT.
AND THAT IS THE END OF MY COMMENTS.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED WITH THE CONDITIONS AS STATED ON THE RECORD.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA.
SIX MONTHS TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING WEST SIDE.
MY NAME IS ADA GOMEZ, ZONING SENIOR PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS LOCATED AT 42 11 BOXWOOD ROAD GOING FROM R 20 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO R SIX CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITION USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS.
THERE WERE 21 NOTICES SENT OUT.
THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITH THE HUNDRED FEET OF THE PROPERTY.
STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE NEIGHBOR AND LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS CHANGE OF ZONING REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
SURROUNDING AREA PROPERTIES ARE SHOWN R 20, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED R SIX CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS IS ALSO APPROPRIATE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE TO REPLY TWO EXISTING LOTS INTO INTO, SORRY FOR A TOTAL THREE DWELLING PROPERTIES, THREE DWELLING UNITS ON THE PROPERTY.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS A CORNER LOT THAT HAS TWO SIDES OF BOATING, RIGHT, OF ALLOWING MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS TO THE PROPERTY.
ALSO THE CONDITIONAL USE REQUIRES A PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN THAT CANNOT BE SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLIC REVIEW.
THE PROPOSED ZONING IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH ENCOURAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE HOUSING TYPES TO ACCOMMODATE THE CITY'S GROWING POPULATION AT ALL INCOME LEVELS.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE PLEASE.
I WAS HIRED TO REPRESENT THE APPLICANT, UM, OF THE PROPERTY.
AND JUST FOR SOME CLARITY, THERE'S NO REQUEST TO BUILD DUPLEXES OR APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
THESE ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
INITIALLY THE PROPERTY WAS DIVIDED ABOUT RIGHT HERE AND, AND THE INTENT OF THE OWNER WHO OWNS BOTH PROPERTIES IS THAT HE WANTS TO KEEP THIS DWELLING HERE AND HE WANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO BUILD ANOTHER SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
AND THEN IN THE VERY LONG TERM FUTURE, ANOTHER SINGLE FAMILY HOME BACK HERE.
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THESE BOTH TO BE RENTAL PROPERTIES AND THAT HE WOULD RESIDE IN THIS PROPERTY AT SOME POINT.UM, ADDITIONALLY HE HAS VOLUNTARILY OFFERED TO REMOVE THIS METAL BUILDING THAT IS NOT IN CURRENT COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT HE'S ZONED FOR, BUT HAS BEEN THERE FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS PLUS.
UM, HE BELIEVES THAT THAT WOULD BE A MORE APPROPRIATE UM, LOOK FOR THE AREA IN GENERAL AND THE RESIDENTS.
UM, TO BE HONEST, THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS NOT GETTING ALONG WITH MY CLIENT.
AND IT DOES SOUND LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF UM, I GUESS MAYBE SOME PERSONAL ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORS AND MY CLIENT.
BUT UM, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE OF ANY TYPE OF VIOLATION.
SO A LOT OF THE COMMENTS WERE BASED ON THESE PURPORTED VIOLATIONS.
BUT MY CLIENT'S ACTUALLY DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.
HE GOT A SITE PLAN, HE HAS, UM, HE'S, YOU KNOW, GOTTEN AN ENGINEER TO LOOK AT THIS PROJECT AND HE'S NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE HE'S CONSTRUCTED SOMETHING AND IS NOW COMING BACK AND ASKING FOR PERMISSION.
SO I THINK THERE'S EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY OF HIM ACTUALLY DOING THINGS NOT THE RIGHT WAY.
HE'S HERE, HE WANTS TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
HE JUST WANTS TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP HIS PROPERTY FOR BETTER USE AND ALSO TO REMOVE THAT METAL BUILDING.
IT ONLY REALLY MAKES SENSE FOR HIM TO DO THAT IF HE'S ABLE TO DEVELOP THESE TWO PROPERTIES 'CAUSE SO HE OWNS A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND THAT METAL BUILDING IS KIND OF WHAT HOUSES SOME OF THAT CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, UM, HE'S IN AGREEMENT TO DO THAT.
IF HE CAN START AND MOVE THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE, IF HE CAN START MAKING MORE INCOME OFF OF THE PROPERTY, THAT'S BASICALLY THE BASIS OF HIS REQUEST.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. RUSSELL.
ALRIGHT, UH, WILL YOU LISTENED TO THE FOUR VOICEMAILS EARLIER.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE CASE.
UH, COMMISSIONER HENA HOSA TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, FOR ONES FOR STAFF, UM, WOULD THEY BE BOUNDED TO THE SITE PLAN? YES.
I WILL STATE THOUGH HEARING FROM MS. RUSSELL TODAY, 'CAUSE ORIGINALLY WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS OUR SIX CD FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS PER LOT.
SO THAT WOULD GIVE A MAXIMUM OF SIX UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE AGAIN, SHE, THEY'RE WANTING TO, THE APPLICANT IS WANTING TO SUBDIVIDE WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY TWO ACRE OR TWO LOTS INTO THREE LOTS.
BUT THAT IS SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE THAT YOU JUST WANNA DO THREE LOTS AND A SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY ON EACH.
SO I ACTUALLY ALREADY CLARIFIED THAT WITH AIO.
UM, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SITE PLAN YET FROM THE ENGINEER, SO WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE THREE DWELLINGS TOTAL AND THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT LOTS, BUT WE WEREN'T SURE HOW THAT WAS GOING TO WORK BECAUSE OF THE CONCRETE SLAB THAT WAS ALREADY THERE, THE DRIVEWAYS, ET CETERA.
SO EITHER THERE WAS GOING TO BE TWO LOTS ON THE, I'M SORRY, TWO DWELLINGS ON THE TOP OR TWO DWELLINGS ON THE BOTTOM.
AND IN MY EXPERIENCE, WE JUST ASK FOR EVERYTHING AND THEN BY THE TIME WE GET TO COMMITTEE, WE'RE ABLE TO CURTAIL THAT DOWN TO WHAT THE ACTUAL REQUEST IS.
SO I'M SORRY FOR THAT CONFUSION.
WELL THEN, NOW I HAVE A CLARIFICATION.
WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY THE, THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING THOUGH IS BECAUSE IF WE JUST GO FOR THE R SIX, THAT WOULD ALLOW THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS YOU COULD MEET, YOU COULD SUBDIVIDE IT HOWEVER THAT YOU'RE MEETING R SIX, UH, STANDARDS.
SO THAT WOULD NOT NEED THIS SITE PLAN.
SO YOU, DO YOU WANNA ASK THE QUESTION? YEAH, OR I CAN ASK THE QUESTION.
SO GIVEN THAT INFORMATION, UH, DO YOU WANT TO AMEND YOUR REQUEST TO R SIX? YES.
IF THAT WILL BE MORE OF A LIKELIHOOD OF PASSING IN COMMITTEE? ABSOLUTELY.
I I DON'T THINK IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN PASSING.
IT DOES HOWEVER MEAN THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE BOUND TO A SITE PLAN? YOU COULD POSSIBLY GET A FEW MORE UNITS ON THERE, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE? UM, I WOULD SAY YES, WE WOULD AMEND TO R SIX.
I DO THINK THIS IS THE PLAN THAT THEY PLAN THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT AS WE ALL KNOW IN CONSTRUCTION, SOMETIMES THINGS CHANGE.
SO IF WE'RE NOT BOUND BY SOMETHING, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A BETTER LIKELIHOOD FOR MY CLIENT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
LONG-WINDED
ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? UH, YES.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REBUTTAL FOR ANY OF THE VOICEMAILS OR CONCERNS THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAD? I THINK I DID ADDRESS A MAJORITY OF THEM.
MAJORITY OF THEM WERE ABOUT, UM, HAVE A REQUEST FOR DUPLEXES OR APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
AND THEN THE REST WERE COMPLAINTS ABOUT TALL GRASS, WHICH I'M NOT AWARE OF.
I DID NOT SEE ANY ISSUES AND MY CLIENT DID NOT MAKE ME AWARE OF ANY.
BUT ALSO THAT WE ARE NOT HERE BECAUSE A VIOLATION HAPPENED FIRST AND WE'RE COMING HERE TO FIX SOMETHING.
AND SO THE COMPLAINT SEEMED TO BE THAT MY CLIENT DIDN'T DO THINGS THE
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RIGHT WAY AND OFTENTIMES VIOLATED DIFFERENT, UM, CITY ZONING REQUIREMENTS.AND THAT IS NOT MY EXPERIENCE.
WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR KIND OF A WHILE, SO AT LEAST MAYBE I THINK I SUBMITTED IT OVER SIX, ALMOST SIX MONTHS AGO.
AND I HAVE ONE QUESTION THEN A COMMENT.
SO THE QUESTION IS, UM, UH, FORGOT THE QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK YOU.
UH, BUT OH, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO, WELL WHAT, WHAT OUTREACH HAS HE DONE? ARE YOU DONE WITH HIS NEIGHBORS? I'M ASSUMING NONE.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO OR HE'D BE WILLING TO DO SOME OUTREACH? I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GONNA GO BETTER IF, IF WE GET SOME NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBOR APPROVALS OR SOME THE SHOW OF, OF, UH, A LITTLE MORE ON HIS SIDE, Y'ALL SIDE THAT YOU ARE DOING SOME OUTREACH.
WE CAN, IF YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT'S NECESSARY.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, BECAUSE THE, THE STAFF WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T REALLY REACH OUT.
YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T MAKING SOME TYPE OF RADICAL CHANGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I TRY NOT TO ENGAGE IN, UM, PERSONAL CONFLICT BETWEEN PARTIES IF I BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, AFFECT THEIR PROPERTY, THAT'S ONE THING.
BUT NONE OF THE COMPLAINTS REALLY SEEM TO ALLEGE ANYTHING ABOUT AFFECTING THEIR PROPERTY.
THESE ALL SEEM TO BE KIND OF PERSONALITY CONFLICTS BETWEEN THEM.
AND I FIND IT NOT HELPFUL TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY SHOW UP AT SOMEBODY'S HOUSE TO RESOLVE A PERSONAL CONFLICT.
MAYBE HE, HE PROBABLY NEEDS TO DO THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LANGUAGE BARRIER.
UM, WELL I'M SURE HE CAN FIND SOMEBODY INTERPRETER OR, I MEAN, SURE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE OFTEN, I MEAN HIS NEIGHBORS NOW, UH, MY MY COMMENT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY TO AN OUTSIDE, MAYBE A DESOLATE AREA, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A CORNER LOT, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU GOT SLO CREEK RIGHT THERE.
I MEAN IF HE'S IN CONSTRUCTION AND THERE'S GONNA BE MAYBE THE NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MAYBE SOME SPILLAGE OR SOMETHING.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY THAT'S MY ROUTE TO BIG LOSE PIZZA.
BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S THE STREET THAT I TAKE FOR WHERE I LIVE.
UM, SO IT, IT'S AN IMPORTANT THOROUGHFARE EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T SEEM VERY HIGH TRAFFIC.
UM, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT I'M PROBABLY GONNA MAKE A, A MOTION LATER, UH, TO MAYBE CONTINUE THIS BECAUSE I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF OUTREACH FOR THE NEIGHBORS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO, WE CAN DO THAT.
I JUST KIND OF WISH THAT THAT HAD HAPPENED AND THAT REQUEST IS MADE BEFORE TODAY.
USUALLY, UM, THE COMMITTEE WILL TELL ME, YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH.
I ALSO DID, WASN'T AWARE OF ALL OF THESE ARE SEEM TO BE PERSONAL ISSUES TO BE HONEST WITH YOU AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HENO, HOSA.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT? YES.
COMMISSIONER REYES QUESTION FOR STAFF.
YOU RECOMMEND APPROVAL? THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, LOOKING AT THIS EXHIBIT HERE, WHICH OF THE DRIVEWAYS ARE EXISTING AND WHICH ONES ARE PROPOSED? THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY IS THIS ONE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THE NEW DRIVEWAY WOULD BE THIS ONE AND THEN THIS ONE UP HERE IN THE CORNER.
DID YOU CONSIDER SHARED ACCESS OR CROSS ACCESS OR WILL YOU, IS YOUR PLAN THAT EACH LOT ONLY HAVE THEIR OWN ACCESS ACCORDING TO THIS LAYOUT? SO WE CAN DEFINITELY DO SHARED ACCESS.
I DO THINK IT TYPICALLY DOES WORK BETTER FOR EACH LOT TO HAVE THEIR OWN ACCESS AND THEY WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WHICH WE AREN'T ALWAYS.
SO WHEN I CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S AN AVAILABILITY, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.
THERE'S ALSO CURRENTLY A DRIVEWAY BACK HERE TO THIS METAL SHED AND I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR, HE IS NOT DOING CONSTRUCTION ON THIS PROJECT.
HE HAS A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND HE STORED THINGS, BUT HE IS NOT DOING CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROJECT THAT WOULD AFFECT THE CREEK WHATSOEVER.
COMMISSIONER REYES? YEAH, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN A SECOND.
UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT REMOTELY? QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT? YES.
MORE OF A COMMENT IF THAT'S OKAY.
WE'LL, WE'LL DO IT, WE'LL DO IT IN A SECOND.
WE'LL GET THE COMMENT UNLESS YOU, UNLESS YOU THINK IT'S GONNA BE PERTINENT TO A POTENTIAL MOTION.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA, BACK TO YOU.
QUICK QUESTION FOR CITY STAFF.
DID THE CHANGE THE PODIUM WHEN THEY, UH, TO R SIX? UH, DID, DID THAT AFFECT THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION AT ALL? NO.
WELL AT THIS POINT THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR, I'M SORRY, THE FLOOR IS TO COMMISSIONER HINO HOSA FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION C CAN WE OPEN IT UP TO, UH, I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION DOWN.
COMMISSIONER KLUM TO YOU FOR COMMENT.
MY COMMENT IS, UH, I, I, I THINK I SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER OSA'S DESIRE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT VERY WELL MAY BE A PERSONAL ISSUE, UH, BUT IT SEEMS PRESUMPTIVE AND I, I THINK IT WOULD HELP US FOR SURE
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IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU WOULD TALK TO THEM AND GET THEIR INPUT.IT MAY VERY WELL BE THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANNA WORK WITH Y'ALL IN TERMS OF THAT.
BUT A LITTLE MORE DEFINITIVE, UH, ANSWER I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME ANYWAY.
AND SO I THINK I'M GONNA BACK, UH, COMMISSIONER HINO HOSA IN WHATEVER HIS PRESUMPTIVE DIRECTION MAY BE.
COMMISSIONER HINO HOSA I'D LIKE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, CONTINUE THIS, UH, FOR THE GUESS TWO WEEKS.
TWO WEEKS WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 2ND.
THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
ITEM NUMBER THREE FOR TWO WEEKS BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA.
THERE IS A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM.
UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT.
UH, I AM ALSO IN FAVOR OF THE CONTINUANCE.
I ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS WANT TO SEE OUTREACH.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT BE POSITIVE.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE IT BE SUCCESSFUL OUTREACH, BUT WE ALWAYS WANNA SEE IT.
UM, SO THE MOTION IS FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM NUMBER THREE TO SEPTEMBER 2ND BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BEDA, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS LOCATED AT 3 1 8.
HISTORIC OLD HIGHWAY 90 GOING FROM C TWO AND A COMMERCIAL NON-ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WAS ALL OVERLY STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 15 NOTICES MAILED TWO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
LOS CENA'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AROUND MF 33, MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT AND C TWO AND A COMMERCIAL NON ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT.
THE EXISTING C TWO AND A COMMERCIAL NON ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS NOT THE REZONING IS TO PERMIT ALCOHOL SALES AT THE EXISTING RESTAURANT ON THE PROPERTY, GIVEN THAT THE RESTAURANT IS LOCATED WITHIN A NON-ALCOHOLIC SALES CORRIDOR, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED BY A CITY COUNCIL INITIATED LARGE AREA REZONE IN 2011 WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
STAFF FINDS THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE RECOMMENDED LAND USE FOR THE AREA, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE OTHER USES IN PROXIMITY THAT MAY PROVIDE ALCOHOL SUCH AS A MARKET AND CONVENIENCE STORE.
THEY ARE NON-CONFORMING AND NOT TYPICALLY SEEN WITHIN ANY DISTRICTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE AND IF YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS BERTO AND THE PROJECT IS, THE PROJECT ADDRESS IS THREE 18 HISTORIC OLD HIGHWAY 90.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING OUR CLIENTS.
AS AS SAID, THE DESIRE IS TO GO FROM C TWO AND A TO C TWO.
OUR CLIENTS PURCHASED THE, THE PROPERTY OR THE RESTAURANT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AND THEY SOUGHT TO DO EXTENSIVE, UM, REMODELING.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE REMODELING OF THE BUILDING, DESIRING TO BEAUTIFY THE AREA PARKING LOT, THE FACADE, UM, THE, UH, THE DRIVE THROUGH AND SUCH.
AND AFTER SPEAKING WITH MY CLIENTS IN DISCUSSING THE CHALLENGES, WE, WE HAD, UM, THE, THE ONLY DESIRE IS TO SELL, UM, BEER WITH FOOD, NOT, NOT ALCOHOL, NOT LIQUOR.
UM, THE HOURS WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
UM, THEY'RE OPEN WEEKDAYS TILL 10:00 PM WEEKENDS TILL 11:00 PM THERE'LL BE NO BAR, THERE'LL BE NO KARAOKE, THERE'LL BE NO LIVE MUSIC.
IT, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO BE A, A FAMILY FRIENDLY, UH, RESTAURANT.
UM, THE HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM, THEY'RE PRESENT AS WELL.
HE'S THERE IN THE MORNINGS AND SHE'S THERE IN THE EVENINGS TO CLOSE.
SO, AND THEY'RE THERE TO ENSURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS, IS MAINTAINED AS A FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT, THAT EVERYTHING IS UP TO PAR AND THAT, UM, IT, IT'S THEIR INVESTMENT, IT'S THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
SO THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.
UM, THERE'LL BE NO LIQUOR SALES.
IT'LL BE A FOOD, IT'LL BE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE A BEER WITH THE PURCHASE OF FOOD.
AND FOR ENHANCED SAFETY MEASURES, THEY'VE ALSO AGREED TO PROVIDE A, A, A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, A SECURITY OFFICER ON THE WEEKENDS, AGAIN, WITH NO CHANGES TO THE HOURS, NO LIVE MUSIC, NO BAR ENVIRONMENT, JUST STRICTLY AN OPTION TO PURCHASE BEER WITH FOOD.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO IT IS TO ME FOR QUESTIONS.
SO THEY ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING IN THAT SPACE? YES SIR.
THEY'RE, AND, AND HAVE BEEN FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS? YES,
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SIR.UM, WHAT KIND OF OUTREACH HAVE YOU DONE ON THIS CASE? UH, WE PRESENTED TO LOS CARDENAS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE HAD OVERWHELMING SUPPORT THERE.
UM, WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS, TO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES.
THERE'S MORE COMMERCIAL AROUND THERE.
UM, AND THEY'VE ALL ASKED THAT HAVING A BEER ON FRIDAYS WITH A MEAL WOULD BE GREAT.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO TACO CABANA THAT'S HALF A MILE, UH, HALF A MILE AWAY.
UM, SO THEY HAVE TO GO TALK CABANA NOW TO GET THAT BEER WITH THE FOOD AND, AND THEY'D LOVE TO HAVE IT THERE.
WELL, AND I KNOW THIS ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT ECONOMICS, BUT, UH, RESTAURANTS ARE TYPICALLY LOW MARGIN ENDEAVORS, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
AND SO ALCOHOL CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RESTAURANT THAT SURVIVES AND DOES NOT.
UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT? YES.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT LISTENING VERY WELL, BUT WHAT WERE THE HOURS? WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE LATEST? YOU'LL STAY OPEN? THE LATEST I OPEN IS 11 O'CLOCK ON WEEKEND, SIR.
UM, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT C REMOTELY.
COMMISSIONER CHASE TO MY LEFT.
UM, THIS IS AGAIN A DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO IT IS TO ME FOR DISCUSSION AND MOTION.
UM, ONE, I APPRECIATE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL IN THIS CASE.
I, I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM IS 2011.
UH, AND THAT IS ALMOST 15 YEARS AGO NOW.
UM, AND SO I THINK GIVEN THE OUTREACH PERFORMED BY THE APPLICANT, GIVEN THE, UH, SUPPORT FROM THE RELEVANT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, I'M GOING TO MOVE AND DO SO.
MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SIX AS SUBMITTED.
COMMISSIONER BOTTOMS IS MY SECOND, UH, DISCUSSION TO MY RIGHT REMOTELY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS.
UH, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SOME ROUGH TIMES RIGHT NOW.
I CAN TELL YOU I VISITED WITH 20 RESTAURANTS ON THE REAR WALK AND JULY SALES WERE DOWN 12%.
SO THIS IS A, A WAY TO SAVE A LOT OF JOBS AND A LOT OF RESTAURANTS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BARTOS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX BY ME WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS.
ALRIGHT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 10 IS OUR NEXT ITEM.
ALEX RATANA, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS LOCATED AT 3 3 4 COMO AVENUE GOING FROM R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO R FOUR CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR A BOARDING HOME FACILITY WITH NO MORE THAN EIGHT RESIDENTS WITH ALL OVERLAY STAY THE SAME.
THERE WERE 38 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET COLISEUM.
WILLOW PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE AND NO RESPONSE FROM OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS INAPPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED R FOUR CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR BOARDING HOME FACILITY WITH NO MORE THAN EIGHT RESIDENTS IS ALSO APPROPRIATE.
THE REZONING IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT LIVING BOARDING HOME AND EXTENDED FOSTER CARE PROGRAM.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS AN ACCESSORY DWELLING IN THE REAR AND ADDITION TO THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE, WHICH CAN SUPPORT THE INCREASED DENSITY AND IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO PUBLIC TRANSIT ROUTES.
THE PROPOSAL ALSO 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 AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
AND SIR, IF YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROJECT.
IAN ROSS, ONLY OWNER OF, UH, THE HOME AT 3 3 4 COMO.
UH, THE PROJECT IS, UH, PROJECT, UH, THE NAME IS QUARTER HOUSING AND IT'S A SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT, UH, LIVING FACILITY FOR KIDS AGING OUTTA THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 23.
MY PARTNER, UH, MISS QUARTER MERA HERE, HE USES HERE WITH ME AS WELL.
AND, UH, WE, WE ARE UH, BASICALLY EXTENDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIDS
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WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED, UH, THAT DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO GO OUT WITH GUIDANCE.UH, AS MOST INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN A TWO-PARENT HOUSEHOLD, UH, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COLLEGE AND HAVE, UH, UH, UH, A FAIR SHOT AT TRANSITIONING.
SO WHAT WE PROVIDE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS, KIDS TO BE ABLE TO COME INTO THE PROGRAM AT THE AGE OF 18.
THEY CAN STAY UNTIL THEY'RE 23 YEARS O YEARS OF AGE.
UH, THEY HAVE TO BE IN SOME FORM OF SKILLED TRADE LABOR, UH, CERTIFIED, UH, UH, CER CERTIFICATE TYPE OF FIELD, UH, UH, UH, OR, OR, UH, DEGREED FIELD, UH, EXPERTISE.
UH, WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING THEM TO HAVE UNDERSTANDING OF CREDIT, UH, WORKING WITH THEIR, UH, MENTAL PSYCHE AS FAR AS GIVING THEM COUNSELING AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WITH THE HOPES THAT THEY CAN COME IN, UH, CREATE JOB STABILITY, UH, FIND A SOLID FOUNDATION IN THE WORK FIELD.
AND, UH, BY THE AGE OF EIGHT OF 23, WHEN THEY AGE OUT OF THE SYSTEM, UH, PREFERABLY WE'D BE ABLE TO PUT 'EM IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HOME OWNERSHIP AND, UH, GO INTO THE, UH, THE FIELD, UH, WITH A JUST A, JUST A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
SO, UM, ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MAY HAVE IN REFERENCE TO THAT? YOU HAVE TO, I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T DO A LOT OF PUBLIC SPEAKING, BUT ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MAY HAVE IN REFERENCE TO THAT? UH, I HAVE ZERO ISSUE WITH DEALING WITH THOSE, UH, ISSUES AS WELL.
UH, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UH, WE WERE LOOKING TO UTILIZE THE, UH, HOME FOR SIX CHILDREN INITIALLY.
AND FOR WHAT I UNDERSTAND AS TO THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD WITH THE CITY, UH, UH, WITH THE CURRENT ZONING THAT WE, UH, ALREADY HAVE, WE, WE CAN, UH, UTILIZE THE R FOUR WITH, UH, UP TO SIX, UH, CHILDREN, UH, IN THE HOME.
BUT WE HAVE, IT'S A, IT IS, IT IS CURRENTLY STANDING AS A FOUR BEDROOM AND WE ALSO HAVE THE, UH, DWELLING IN THE BACK, UM, THAT WE'RE STILL KIND OF FIGURING WHICH, WHICH DIRECTION WE'RE GONNA GO WITH OFFICE SPACE.
SO, SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE UP TO EIGHT CHILDREN, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE AND HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, OBVIOUSLY.
SO THE CHANGE, UH, WAS KIND OF LAST MINUTE, UH, TO GO FROM SIX TO EIGHT AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO THE, TO THE NEIGHBORS.
WE DID, UH, REACH OUT TO THE HO UH, THE HOA UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T, UH, GET, GET A RESPONSE BY EMAIL.
IF YOU WOULD JUST MAYBE STAY UP FRONT.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ONE VOICEMAIL AND SOME SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK, DID YOU LEAVE A VOICEMAIL? NOPE.
ALRIGHT, LET'S DO THE VOICEMAIL FIRST AND THEN WE'LL DO THE SPEAKERS.
MY NAME IS EMMA SCHULER AND I LIVE AT 3 27 COMO STREET.
MY MOTHER, RUTH SCHULER WAS THE OWNER.
SHE PASSED AWAY IN 21 AND NOW I'M THE OWNER OF THE HOME.
I'M CALLING IN THE CASE OF Z 2 0 2 5 1 0 7 0 0 1 7 1 CD IN THE CHANGING OF ZONING.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 973-0555.
I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS CHANGE.
A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE RENTERS, SO THEY DID NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE CHANGING.
THIS CHANGING WILL MAKE OUR, THIS CHANGING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DO NOT AGREE WITH, BECAUSE I KNOW OF SEVERAL OTHER HOMES THAT ARE CHANGED, THE ZONING AND THESE PATIENTS ARE, THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY WALKING AROUND, KNOCKING ON PEOPLE'S DOORS.
THE PEOPLE ARE NOT TAKEN CARE OF AND IT JUST MAKES IT MORE DANGEROUS SITUATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I ALSO LIVE ALONE AND I ALSO WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE OUR FIRST, UH, SPEAKER, PATRICIA DUKES.
UM, CAN I SPEAK, UH, UH, MS. DUKES, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR TIME TO YOUR DAUGHTER?
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ALRIGHT.WHAT IS YOUR NAME MA'AM? ALBA C WARNER.
UH, MS. DUKES IS GIVING HER TIME TO MS. WARNER.
MS. WARNER, YOU WILL HAVE, ACTUALLY, MS. WARNER, YOU HAD SIGNED UP AS WELL, RIGHT? YEAH, I I SAW YOUR NAME HERE.
WELL, SO SHE CAN HAVE FOUR MINUTES, RIGHT? UH, I JUST NEED MAYBE JUST 30 SECONDS.
WELL, YOU, YOU WILL HAVE UP TO FOUR MINUTES.
HOW ABOUT THAT? THANK YOU MS. WARNER.
IF YOU WOULD JUST STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE, SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK.
UH, ALBAY WARNER AND MY ADDRESS IS 2 2 6 CARDIFF, C-A-R-D-I-F-F ON BEHALF OF MY MOM, PATRICIA DUKES, I WAS RAISED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND WE, THEY HAVE OTHER GROUP HOMES FOR ELDERLY.
THEY OUT IN THE STREET ON GAY AND FARGO.
UH, THINK THE ADDRESS IS 3 5 5 4 GO.
ONE OF THE, UH, RESIDENTS THAT LIVES THERE, HE'S IN A WHEELCHAIR, SO HE'S ALWAYS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
SO WHEN WE PASS HIM BY, WE HAVE TO EITHER TURN OR WAIT FOR HIM.
IF YOU DON'T STOP, HE CUSSES YOU OUT.
IT IS JUST A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE NOW IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEY DO COME AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR, ASK FOR FOOD, ASK FOR MONEY, OR WANT TO USE YOUR CELL PHONE.
SO I WENT TO THE GROUP HOME ON FARGO AND ASKED FOR THE, UH, THE PERSON THAT WAS RUNNING THE GROUP HOME.
SHE SAID, I DON'T EVEN WANNA BE BOTHERED WITH THEM 'CAUSE THEY'RE GIVING ME A HEADACHE.
HER NEIGHBOR, MRS. DAISY, SHE, SHE LIVES WITH HER DAUGHTER AND WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF, UH, JUST PEOPLE JUST ROAMING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GENTLEMAN WANTS TO DO AND IT'S A GOOD THING, BUT STILL IS, ARE THEY GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE CHILDREN? ARE THEY GOING TO, YOU KNOW, 18 TO HOWEVER OLD? HE SAID WHAT, 16 AND A HALF? 23, 23? YES MA'AM.
I MEAN, IT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY.
SO I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE ELDERLY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS OKAY WITH IT.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAY, THEY LIVE ALONE.
THEY OLD, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY ELDERLY.
BUT MY CONCERN IS IF I'M AGAINST IT BECAUSE I'M REALLY SCARED FOR MY MOM AND THE OTHER RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. WARNER.
UH, THAT'S MS. DAISY HERE, BUT I DON'T THINK SHE WANTS, I WE CAN BRING YOU A MICROPHONE.
WE'LL WE'LL BRING YOU A MICROPHONE, MA'AM.
AND IF YOU WOULD JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND, AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK.
OH, YOU GOTTA KEEP HOLDING IT.
IF, IF THE LIGHT'S ON, THAT'S FINE.
MY NAME IS DAISY B LEWIS AND I LIVE AT 3 3 8 CUOMO STREET.
AND I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE ALL MY LIFE.
UM, MATTER OF FACT, I PURCHASED A LOT IN 1950.
I HAD THE HOUSE BUILT OCTOBER THE 14TH, 1954.
AND I LIKE TO REMAIN THERE LIVING IN PEACE WITHOUT INTRUDERS BECAUSE WE HAVE ENOUGH GOING ON AT THE MOMENT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND SO I JUST, I I'M NOT FOR IT.
ARE YOU ALL MR. HATHAWAY? THANK YOU, HATHAWAY.
I HAVE HEARING PROBLEMS APPARENTLY.
YES, I UNDERSTAND
I REPRESENT THESE BEAUTIFUL LADIES RIGHT HERE IN THE AGE GROUP.
THEY ARE, I'M ARMAND HATHAWAY.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLISEUM WILLOW PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I'VE BEEN IN THAT POSITION FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO IS COMPLIMENT THESE GENTLEMEN WITH WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND, BUT SPEAKING FOR OTHER PEOPLE FROM
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OUR COMMUNITY, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT.IF MY, IF I MAY BE ABLE TO ELABORATE ON THIS.
IN THE LATE FORTIES, THANKS TO JOE FREEMAN, THE COLISEUM WAS BUILT, AND THAT'S BROUGHT ON THE RODEO.
IT BROUGHT A MIGRATION OF PEOPLE FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE EAST SIDE, MOSTLY BLACK FAMILIES.
AND THESE FOLKS LIVED IN THE SECTION THAT WAS CALLED COLISEUM, INDIVIDUAL HOMES THAT WERE BUILT LIKE MISS DAISY'S, LATER ON IN 1954, COLISEUM, WILLOW PARK.
IT WAS THE FIRST TRACK HOMES FOR BLACK FAMILIES.
AND THEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE WERE DOCTORS, LAWYERS, PREACHERS, TEACHERS, PEOPLE THAT WORKED AT KELLY, PEOPLE THAT WORKED AT JOE FREEMAN.
AND THEY BEGAN TO HAVE MORE AND MORE FAMILIES MOVING IN THAT COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT WANTED TO BE ON THE EAST SIDE BECAUSE IT WAS THE NEW SUBURBAN FOR BLACK FAMILIES.
AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY FOR THE PAST 70 YEARS.
MY FAMILY HAS BEEN THERE FOR 70 YEARS.
AND IN FACT, COLISEUM WILLOW PARK IS IN THE MIDDLE OF PLANNING A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS BEING IN THAT PART OF TOWN.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES IT THAT WAY IS BECAUSE OF THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE MOVING THERE.
NOT ONLY THE BUSINESSES, THE FAMILIES, BUT THE BUSINESSES.
UNI FIRST CLEANING GROUP IS THERE, ALSCO IS THERE BECAUSE THEY SEE SOME THINGS ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN.
BUT WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE IS THERE'S STILL ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 FAMILIES WHO ARE ORIGINAL OWNERS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEIR, THEIR LEGACY, SOME OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE THERE.
AND AFTER TALKING WITH THEM AND RE RECEIVING AND LARGE NUMBERS OF CALLS, THEY DON'T WANT A BOARDING HOUSE THERE.
ALTHOUGH I THINK IT MAY BE A GOOD IDEA, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE WELL DEFINED BECAUSE THE FOLKS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE OLD, THEY'RE SCARED.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
THERE'S CRIME THERE, BUT THERE'S CRIME ALL OVER THE CITY.
BUT WE MIGHT, WE MIGHT CALL YOU BACK UP TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.
APPRECIATE, BECAUSE I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I'LL LET YOU, UH, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO DO THAT BEFOREHAND.
UH, BUT, BUT YOU CAN, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR TIME TO SOMEONE ELSE, MR. HATHAWAY, I'LL CALL YOU BACK UP IN A SEC.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
WILL COVINGTON IF SOMEONE ELSE DOESN'T.
UH, SORRY, WHAT WAS THE LAST NAME? COVINGTON.
HI, MY NAME IS WILL COVINGTON.
I'M AT, UH, 5 7 4 CUOMO, AND WE'VE BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR, UH, ABOUT 20 YEARS, NO MORE THAN 25 GOING ON 25, 20, UH, SIX YEARS.
BUT MY FAMILY'S BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT HOUSE SINCE THE 1950S.
UM, LIKE, UH, WHAT THEY, WHAT, UH, MR. HATHAWAY SAID, WE DON'T, WE DON'T OPPOSE, UH, MATTER OF FACT, WE APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE YOUNG, UH, PEOPLE.
BUT OUR PARTICULAR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ARE, WE'RE AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S, UM, AND, AND THE FABRIC OF IT IS, IS CHANGING.
UH, LIKE WHAT THEY WERE SAYING EARLIER IS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE INVESTORS THAT ARE COMING IN, PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUYING THESE HOMES AND PUTTING, MAKING THEM INTO GROUP HOMES.
AND AS THESE AND THE GROUP HOMES THAT ARE COMING IN, THE PEOPLE ARE, UH, THE PEOPLE ARE, LIKE THEY SAID, THEY, UH, SOME OF 'EM, YOU KNOW, THEY AFFECT, WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL 'EM ZOMBIES BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE ON DRUGS AND THEY WALK AROUND AND THEY, YOU KNOW, JUST DOING CERTAIN THINGS.
BUT THEY, THEY, UM, THEY ARE NUISANCES, UH, UH, TO SOME EXTENT TO, TO THE NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, TO WHERE THEY, THEY'LL TAKE THE WATER OR THEY'LL, IF, IF SOMEBODY LEAVES THEIR GARAGE OPEN, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS COME UP MISSING IF THE CARS ARE LEFT OPEN.
THOSE THINGS ARE, NOW, I'M NOT SAYING, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE PEOPLE, THAT THE, THAT ONLY THE PEOPLE IN THE GROUP HOMES ARE DOING THAT, WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT THE FABRIC OF IT IS CHANGING.
WE'RE JUST STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE INVESTORS WHO AREN'T IN, WHO AREN'T PART OF THE COMMUNITY DOING THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE INVESTORS INVEST IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES AND PUT THE GROUP HOMES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY, UH, WHERE THEY LIVE.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT, THAT THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS LIKE, LIKE THEM WHO HAVE TO STAY NEXT TO, OR, YOU KNOW, NEXT DOOR TO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE GROUP HOMES AND THESE, THESE, UH, THESE PARTICULAR PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CALLING 'EM KIDS FOR THEIR 18 TO 23.
THEY'RE ADULTS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS AND THEY CAN BE, UH, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, SO BASICALLY WHAT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE'RE FOR THE SAFETY OF, OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND AS A OLDER COMMUNITY, UH, I'M IN OPPOSED, UH, TO THE AMENDMENT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. COVINGTON.
DONNA COVINGTON, I TO YIELD MY TIME TO MR.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU WANNA COME UP AND TALK, BUT WE, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK TO MR. HATHAWAY MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LATER.
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POSE THIS ZONING.I APPRECIATE THIS SUCCINCTNESS.
UM, THAT IS ALL FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
MR. RYLES, YOU'LL HAVE A BRIEF REBUTTAL.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO START BY SAYING I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF EVERYONE HERE.
UM, AS FAR AS THE PROPERTY GOES THAT WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, IT, UH, IT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UH, PRIOR TO US GETTING IN AND STARTING THE RENOVATIONS AND DOING EVERYTHING TO THE PROPERTY, WHICH WE'RE UNDER RENOVATION RIGHT NOW.
MAKING SURE WE'RE PUTTING, GETTING EVERYTHING IN CODE AND DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.
UH, BOTH NEIGHBORS TO MY LEFT HAND, MY RIGHT, I HAVE DECENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH BOTH OF THEM.
UH, MY NEIGHBOR TO THE LEFT, HE'S GOT CHILDREN.
I, I'VE GOT A BIG PECAN TREE IN THE FRONT.
THEY PICK THE PECANS AND DO ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UH, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE COME INTO THE HOME, BROKEN IN THE WINDOWS IN THE BACK.
WE'VE HAD, UH, MY NEIGHBOR TO THE LEFT RUN, UH, I I WANNA SAY MAYBE TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT TIMES ON TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, PEOPLE FROM GOING IN THE BACK OF THE HOME, UH, YOUNG KIDS HAVING SEX IN THE HOUSE, UH, DOING DRUGS, THROWING PARTIES, DOING ALL KIND OF THINGS.
UH, AND HE'S LITERALLY HAD TO RUN 'EM OFF BY GUNPOINT AT ONE POINT.
UH, MY NEIGHBOR TO THE RIGHT, SHE'S ALSO, UH, UH, KEPT A PRETTY GOOD EYE ON THE PLACE AND SHE'S, UH, UH, KIND OF TOLD A FEW PEOPLE, UH, WHO HAVE BEEN AT THE HOUSE AND GOING INTO THE PROPERTY, UH, WITH IT BEING AS A VACANT UNIT, UH, TO, TO LEAVE THE PREMISES AS WELL.
SO, AS FAR AS THE THE STRUCTURE GOES ITSELF, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE A, A RENOVATED HOME THAT'S ACTUALLY BEING UTILIZED, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOMETHING POSITIVE, THEN TO HAVE, UH, THE CONCERN THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DEALING WITH, WHICH IS HAVING VAGRANTS IN THE HOME, PEOPLE, UH, DOING DRUGS IN THE HOUSE, PEOPLE THAT YOU REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHO THEY ARE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE STRUCTURE BECAUSE IT'S A VACANT, UH, STRUC STRUCTURE AS IT STANDS.
SO, UH, AGAIN, I DO, UH, UNDERSTAND AND I EMPATHIZE WITH EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE IS SAYING HERE.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIND A WAY TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AND COEXIST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE AND ALLOW THIS STRUCTURE TO BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, INSTEAD OF, UH, HAVING A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION TO IT RIGHT NOW BE A PILLAR OF SOMETHING POSITIVE AND BEING ABLE TO TRANSITION CHILDREN INTO, UH, PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO GO INITIALLY TO, UH, COMMISSIONER CHASE, BECAUSE COMMISSIONER WATSON IS NOT PRESENT.
UH, COMMISSIONER CHASE QUESTIONS? UM, YES, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UM, I BELIEVE MR. ROUSE SAID THAT BY RIGHT, HE HAS, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOUSE SIX PEOPLE, UM, AND REZONE AND GIVES HIM THE RIGHT FOR EIGHT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER CHASE? I DO.
MR. ROS, IF YOU'D COME ON UP AGAIN AND, AND MS. WARNER, JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED, BUT I MIGHT COME ASK YOU A QUESTION SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SEE IF YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO, UM, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE CHANCE TO ENGAGE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS HERE, BUT THEY CAME OUT TODAY AND THEIR CONCERNS ARE VALID.
UM, I PERSONALLY AM SUPPORTIVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THE OVERALL OPERATION.
I'VE WORKED WITH HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES OUT OF CALIFORNIA, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TATTOOS ON THE HEART IS, IS SOMETHING THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH, AND, AND IT'S A, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO MY OWN HEART.
SO, UM, I IN GENERAL AM IN SUPPORT OF YOUR OVERALL MISSION, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE YOU TO ENGAGE WITH, UM, YOUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING FOR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HOUSE SIX, UM, YOU KNOW, KIDS OR, OR YOUNG ADULTS.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, IT CHANGING IT TO EIGHT.
UM, THAT'S TWO MORE KIDS THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY, UM, PREVENT FROM BECOMING THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT YOUR CURRENT NEIGHBORS ARE OPPOSED TO HAVING MORE OF.
UM, IF WE CAN REACH THEM YOUNG, THEN HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE GET THEM UP AND INTO SOCIETY AND GOOD JOBS AND CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIETY INSTEAD OF ROAMING THE STREET AS, YOU KNOW, LIKE ZOMBIES OR, YOU KNOW, DRUG ADDICTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
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I'M IN SUPPORT.I JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR CONTINUANCE IF THE OTHER MEMBERS ARE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
ALSO, UM, TO GIVE YOU TIME TO WORK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, MAYBE COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR HOW YOU CAN, UM, ENGAGE THESE CHILDREN TO, UM, GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY, LIKE RIGHT THERE.
UM, MAYBE WORKING WITH THE OTHER HOME TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET THEM POSSIBLY JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME TYPE OF, UM, A FORM OF SERVICE THAT GOES ALONG WITH STAYING AT THE HOUSE.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IF YOU STAY HERE, WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD IMPACT YOUR NEIGHBORS IN A WAY TO SEE THAT YOUR MISSION IS HELPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN A POSITIVE WAY.
WELL, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO AFFECT THE COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE CAPACITY, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HERE FOR THAT.
UH, ONE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFORE I LEAVE, UH, A LITTLE BACKGROUND FOR ME AND MY, MY ASSOCIATE PARTNER, UH, ME, MYSELF, I WAS HOMELESS FROM OH FIVE TO OH EIGHT.
UH, AND I ENDED UP, UH, GOING THROUGH A REALLY TOUGH TRANSITION MYSELF.
I DIDN'T, I HAVE MY OWN KIDS, SO, SO I, I ENDED UP LOSING MY KIDS, GETTING FULL CUSTODY OF MY KIDS.
I RAISED 'EM AS A SINGLE FATHER, DID ALL OF THAT.
ALL OF MY KIDS ARE NOW COLLEGE GRADUATES AND, UH, ARE IN REALLY GOOD POSITIONS AND, AND, AND IN WHERE THEY STAND.
SO I LOOK AT THESE KIDS AS AN EXTENSION OF THAT MYSELF.
UH, MY, MY, UH, I'M ALSO LICENSED REAL ESTATE, MORTGAGE GENERAL CONTRACTING.
I OWN A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT FIRM, UH, OWN A MORTGAGE BANK, COALFIRE LENDING AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
SO I, WE, WE, WE, WE, WE BELIEVE IN WORKING IN EXCELLENCE AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THESE, UH, KIDS TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, ATTAIN SOME OF THOSE SAME THINGS.
UH, MY PARTNER, MISS, UH, MITCHELL HUGHES, SHE ACTUALLY, UH, ADOPTED FOUR, SIX FOSTER KIDS AND SHE'S RAISED THOSE FOSTER KIDS HERSELF.
SO SHE'S GOT A CLOSE CONNECTIVITY TO, UH, DEALING WITH FOSTER CHILDREN OURSELVES.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THE, THE NEED THAT'S THERE, UH, THE VOID THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED.
AND WE'RE JUST HERE TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP.
ALL, ANY FURTHER, BUT JUST, YOU MIGHT WANNA STAY UP HERE.
WE MIGHT HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER CHASE, FURTHER QUESTIONS? UH, NO MORE QUESTIONS.
I'LL OPEN UP TO THE FLOOR FOR ANYBODY ELSE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, UH, TO MY RIGHT QUESTIONS.
UH, LET'S GO COMMISSIONER HUEY FIRST.
WE'LL, WE'LL JUST GO STRAIGHT DOWN THE LINE, APPARENTLY.
UH, QUESTION FOR STAFF ON THEIR SITE PLAN.
UM, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED? THE, UM, PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED? THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR A BOARDING HOME FACILITY, UM, IS 0.3 SPACES PER BED, PLUS ONE SPACE FOR, FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.
SO IF THEY HAVE EIGHT RESIDENTS, UM, I WOULD IMAGINE SO 0.3, THAT WOULD BE 2.4, WHICH WOULD ROUND UP TO THREE.
AND THEN EACH ADDITIONAL, UM, AN ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR AN EMPLOYEE.
SO THAT'D BE FOUR SPACES, JUST ABOUT RIGHT.
UH, QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UH, CAN YOU HELP ME, CAN YOU SHOW ME WHERE ON YOUR SITE PLAN YOU ALLOCATED YOUR FOUR PARKING SPACES? WELL, SO THIS IS A LONG DRIVEWAY HERE ON THE SIDE, AND YOU HAVE PARKING HERE ON THE STREET.
IF, IF WE NEEDED IT RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
SO FOR FOUR PARKING, I MEAN, YOU COULD, NOT THAT WE WOULD, BUT YOU COULD PROBABLY PUT FOUR CARS HERE, IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK.
THERE'S PARKING UNDERNEATH HERE AS WELL.
UH, THEN WE HAVE PARKING HERE OFF OF THE STREET.
YOU RECOMMEND APPROVAL? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, ALL THESE OBJECTIONS WE HEARD, UM, I WROTE DOWN PEOPLE KNOCKING ON DOORS, WHEELCHAIRS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, ZOMBIES.
CAN ANY OF THOSE OBJECTIONS BE ATTRIBUTED TO YOU AND THE WAY YOU'RE GONNA OPERATE THIS FACILITY? SO AGAIN, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE MENTIONED IT BEFORE, BUT WE'RE ALSO A DIRECT PARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
SO THESE KIDS ARE, UH, COMING FROM THE STATE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REGULATED THAT WAY.
SO IF, IF THEY GET IN ANY TROUBLE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT TAKES PLACE, THEY'LL BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM THE HOME.
BUT YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP THESE YEAH, BUT WE ARE HERE TO, TO HELP THE CHILDREN HELP, UH, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
NOW, AS FAR AS IMPACT GOES, OBVIOUSLY IF WE'VE GOT PEOPLE ROAMING THE STREETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I HAVEN'T BEEN PRIVY TO THAT, SO I DON'T, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT MYSELF.
UH, BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY IF WE'RE RAISING, UH, YOUNG MEN, YOUNG LADIES
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TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DECENT, PRODUCTIVE, UH, INDIVIDUALS IN SOCIETY, IF THEY SEE SOMEONE IN A WHEELCHAIR IN THE STREET, I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD ASSIST WITH GETTING THEM OUTTA THE STREET OR HELP 'EM OUT IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF CONCERNS WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
BUT I MEAN, THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING TO TO, TO DO BETTER WITH THEIR LIVES.
SO AGAIN, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE GONNA BE IN SCHOOL.
UH, THERE IS CLOSE TRANSPORTATION WITH THE BUSES.
UM, WE'RE TALKING 18 TO 23, SO MAJORITY OF 'EM COME IN FROM THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, MORE THAN LIKELY NOT HAVE A VEHICLE.
UH, SO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WILL BE A BIG PART OF, UH, HOW THEY GET AROUND AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UH, CURRENTLY THE, THE HOUSE IS VACANT.
SO THIS IS A NEW, UH, WALK ME THROUGH OR HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT.
SO THE MAX IS EIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE A COUPLE IN EACH ROOM.
IS THERE GONNA BE SOMEBODY ON STAFF 24 7 LIVING THERE? HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH, SO WE'LL HAVE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT LIVING.
SO THERE IS, UH, STAFF ACROSS, UH, AROUND THE, AROUND THE CLOCK.
UH, SO THEY'LL PRETTY MUCH KIND OF, THEY'LL HAVE THE FREEDOM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE, DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
WE'RE NOT A JAILHOUSE SYSTEM BY ANY MEANS.
THIS IS TRANSITIONING KIDS THE SAME AS YOU WOULD DO IF YOU WERE TAKING YOUR KIDS AND SENDING 'EM TO A TRADE SCHOOL OR, UH, TRANSITIONING 'EM TO COLLEGE.
UH, GIVING 'EM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AN EDUCATION, UH, MAKING 'EM RESPONSIBLE FOR THEMSELVES AND WHAT THEY DO.
UH, OBVIOUSLY STAFF ON, ON HAND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE DONE PROPERLY IN AN, IN AN, UH, UH, UH, THE CORRECT MANNER.
UH, BUT AS FAR AS, UH, THE, THE, THE STAFF GOES, THEY'RE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UH, MAINTAIN STRUCTURE, MAINTAIN THAT THE, THE, THE FACT THAT THE KIDS ARE DOING WHAT THE, THAT THEY, WHAT THEY NEED TO DO WELL.
AND, AND, AND THESE, UH, INDIVIDUALS CAN BE KICKED OUT OF THE HOME.
UH, WHAT I SEE IS, I THINK THERE'S A COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION PROBLEM HERE.
I, I DEFINITELY, HOWEVER, UH, MS. COMMISSIONER CHASE WANTS TO, TO DO THIS, I THINK MORE TIME COMMUNICATING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE NEIGHBORS STILL DON'T WANT THIS, THAT'S FINE.
BUT YEAH, I THINK YOU NEED TO COMMUNICATE BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A, A DIFFERENT SORT OF, UH, HALFWAY HOME YEAH.
WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS AND ARE DRUNK AND WALK AROUND.
I, I'M ASSUMING THAT IF, IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, UM, MS. UM, MS. WHAT? DAISY, MS. DAISY, MS. LEWIS.
MS. LEWIS, MS. DAISY LEWIS CAN PROBABLY KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND TALK TO THE STAFF MEMBER AND SAY, HEY, YEAH, LITTLE JUAN
UM, I, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS GREAT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE EAST SIDE.
YOU KNOW, MY, MY DAD GREW UP ON AMANDA AND, UH, MLK RIGHT THERE, THAT'S WHERE GRANDMA LIVED, UH, AND SHE BOUGHT HER HOUSE IN 1952, BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW THE DATE.
BUT ANYWAY, IT'S, IT IS REAL IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE INDIVIDUALS, I BELIEVE WILL PROBABLY BE ON THE STREET.
THEY WILL BE THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY WANT TO BE THERE TO BE, MAYBE THEY'LL LIVE IN THE EAST SIDE AND BUY A HOME AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE NEXT PART.
BUT I THINK COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, GETTING THAT DONE IS VERY VITAL HERE.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT.
COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA TO MY LEFT.
QUESTIONS BOTTLES, COMMISSIONER BOTTLES.
WELL, I THINK YOU'LL HAVE ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.
AND, AND IT WAS, IT IS AN INDUSTRY REGULATED BY THE STATE.
AND THE ONLY THING I HAD CONFUSED WHETHER HE IS PRESENTLY OPEN OPERATING FOR SIX, BUT EXPANDING TO EIGHT.
SO, MR. ROES, THAT'S TO YOU, I GUESS, ARE YOU CURRENTLY OPERATING? NO, SIR.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, UNDER RENOVATION, SO IT'S A RATHER LARGE UNDERTAKING AND WE'RE FUNDING EVERYTHING OUT OF OUR OWN PERSONAL POCKETS.
UH, SO IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY LARGE INVESTMENT, UH, IN GETTING IT DONE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER RENOVATION, UH, DOING, UH, INTERIOR EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS AS WELL AS, UH, RENOVATION ON THE REAR FOR, UH, IN OFFICE.
SO LET ME ADD A COUPLE COMMENTS.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE CITIZENS WHO SHOW UP TODAY.
AND I AM GOING TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER CHASE THAT IF Y'ALL COULD SIT DOWN FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION.
UM, STAFF ALREADY HAS AN APPROVAL FOR THIS, AND I THINK IT'S JUST COMMUNICATION.
SO I, I THINK THIS IS REALLY NEEDED.
I'D RATHER SEE KIDDOS IN A FOSTER CARE THAN HOMELESS OR RUNNING, UH, THE STREETS.
SO, UM, I AM, I'M IN A, IN A, IN AGREEMENT WITH COMMISSIONER CHASE TO, UM, GIVE IT A CONTINUANCE.
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SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.UH, MR. RYLES, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MR. HATHAWAY, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE TIME JUST ASKING IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA SAY AT THIS POINT.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT LITTLE KIDS AND HE TALKED ABOUT 18 TO 23.
WHICH ONE IS IT? AND, UH, AS I NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION EXCEPT ABOUT THIS HEARING TILL LAST WEEK, UH, HE MENTIONED THAT THE HOA I'M, WE, WE ARE A NEIGHBORHOOD OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.
WE ON, I RECEIVED A LETTER ABOUT THIS MEETING, BUT NOTHING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH HIS ACTIVITY.
IF WE'VE BEEN HERE AS LONG AS WE HAVE, AND HE WANTS TO DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO, HE NEEDS TO BE, AS HE SAID, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE COMMUNICATION AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE WRONG AND SAYING NO IS WHAT WE STAND FOR.
NO, HE NEEDS TO TRY TO CONVINCE US BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONES IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE BEEN THERE YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
YOU KNOW, AS I WAS TRYING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE EARLIER, THERE, THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING AT THIS PART OF TOWN WHO COULD BE HELPFUL TO HIM IF HE NEEDED THEM, BUT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SENIORS AND SOME OF THE LEGACY PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL THERE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WE JUST, WE, WE, OUR FIRST RESPONSE IS TO SAY NO UNTIL WE HEAR SOMETHING FROM THEM AND THEY NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR.
I, I COMMEND THEM ON WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT WE'VE BEEN THERE, WE'VE BEEN MEETING THE COLISEUM, WILLOW PARK ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN TOGETHER SINCE THE SIXTIES, AND THEY'VE ONLY WORKED WITH BOTH YOUNG PEOPLE AND MOSTLY SENIORS.
AND WE JUST DIDN'T HEAR THAT WE HEARD ABOUT KIDS.
THEN ADULTS, WHICH ONE IS IT? IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FOUR PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE AND WHERE IS HIS SUPERVISOR GONNA BE AND WHICH ONES YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AND THE LITTLE KIDS, OR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE OLDER ONES HASN'T BEEN CLEAR.
SO SOME COMMUNICATION NEEDS TO BE DONE, IN MY OPINION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. HATHAWAY.
MS. WARNER, YOU HAD ONE IN COMMON AS WELL.
UM, I JUST WANNA REPLY THAT HE SAID HIS NEIGHBORS TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT OF HIM.
WELL, THIS NEIGHBOR IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE HOME AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO HOW CAN HE SAY HIS, HIS NEIGHBORS HERE AND HERE.
HE HAS A, A, A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, BUT MS. LEWIS IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE HOME THAT HE'S TRYING TO TURN INTO A BOARDING HOME.
SO, ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU MS. WARNER.
ALRIGHT, UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? UH, TO MY LEFT MS. CHA, UH, COMMISSIONER CHASE.
UH, ALL RIGHT, WELL, COMMISSIONER CHASE, IT'S NOW UP TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO, UM, CONTINUE THIS FOR THIS SEPTEMBER 2ND, AND IN THE MEANTIME, MR. ROUSE WOULD MEET WITH HIS NEIGHBORS, UM, AND KIND OF GO OVER THEIR CONCERNS AND SHOW HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, HE'S WILLING TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY AND ENSURE THAT THE, UM, KIDS THAT ARE YOUNG ADULTS, UM, ARE WORKING IN A WAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO TO BE POSITIVE MEMBERS.
UM, EVEN IF THAT MEANS SERVICE TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THE ELDERLY LIKE A MEALS ON WHEELS.
THEY HAVE TO VOLUNTEER SOME WAY IF, IF HE'S WILLING TO DO THAT.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO SEPTEMBER 2ND.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THERE.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER BARDOS IS THE SECOND, UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT.
UM, I AGREE WITH COMM, UH, COMMISSIONER CHASE, THAT, UH, COMMUNICATIONS IS THE KEY HERE AND I SEE, AND I RESPECT THE, UH, THE ELDERLY RESIDENTS THAT CURRENTLY LIVE IN THAT, UH, AREA.
BUT I ALSO SEE THAT, UH, WHEN COMMISSIONER CHASE WAS REALLY THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX ABOUT HOW DO YOU INTEGRATE, YOU KNOW, YOUNGER FOLKS INTO AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD.
I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THERE IS A SOLUTION THERE.
I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT YOU COULD, THAT THE YOUNG FOLKS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO AGAIN, I, I COMMEND, UH, THE NEIGHBORS FOR COMING OUT AND FOR THE APPLICANT TO, UH, TO COME TODAY.
BUT I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO SPEAK TO EACH OTHER, MEET AND DISCUSS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT, UH, DISCUSSION.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK THE NEIGHBORS FOR COMING OUT BECAUSE, UH, THE CITY HAD BASICALLY HAD
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APPROVED THIS.SO IF YOU GUYS HAD NOT COME OUT AND TALKED, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN A DONE DEAL.
SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EVERYONE.
EVERYONE'S AGREE, EVERYONE SEES, UH, POSITIVE OR IF NOT, COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND WE WILL, WE'LL, WE'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE, BUT HOPEFULLY THERE'S A LOT OF DISCRETION.
IF YOU EVER THINK YOUR VOICE IS NOT IMPORTANT, IT IS BECAUSE IT, IT, IT, IT'S GONNA OPEN UP FOR MORE DIALOGUE.
UH, YES, COMMISSIONER REYES, JUST VERY QUICK.
I, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ALSO ECHO ABOUT THE AGE GROUP, THE AGE DIFFERENCE, BUT THESE YOUNG ADULTS NEED MENTORS.
THEY NEED POSITIVE INFLUENCES AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY, THE EXISTING COMMUNITY CAN OFFER THAT, CAN OFFER THAT WISDOM, THAT MENTORSHIP THAT THEY PROBABLY REALLY, REALLY NEED IN THEIR LIVES.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER REYES TO MY LEFT DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOW GONNA BE LONG-WINDED.
UM, BUT THAT'S PAR FOR THE COURSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE AS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED.
AND YOU KNOW, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HILLIARD'S, UH, YOU GREW UP GOING AT TIMES SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH RIGHT THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE CARVER LIBRARY IS RIGHT THERE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN MANY WAYS THIS IS A REALLY GOOD SPOT FOR WHAT MR. ROS WANTS TO DO.
HOWEVER, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS ARE SIGNIFICANT.
AND, AND SO MR. RO, I THINK I SAW YOU DOING THIS AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO IT.
BE THAT POINT OF CONTACT, RIGHT? YOU AND MS. HUGHES, EACH OF YOU.
SO IF THERE ARE CONCERNS FROM MS. LEWIS, MS. WARNER AND HER MOTHER, UM, MR. COVINGTON AND MS. COVINGTON, THAT YOU ARE THEIR POINT OF CONTACT.
BECAUSE ONE GREAT CONCERN THAT I HEARD AND, AND ONE THAT I THINK REALLY DOES RESONATE WITH MYSELF IF NOT OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD, IS, YOU KNOW, THESE FACELESS INVESTORS, THESE PEOPLE WHO COME IN AND BUY HOMES AND THEN DISAPPEAR.
AND SO IF YOU'RE THAT POINT OF CONTACT AND YOU HAVE THESE KIDS COMING OUT OF FOSTER CARE AND I USED TO REPRESENT KIDS AND PARENTS IN THE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES CASES, UM, BUT YOU CAN BE THAT POINT OF CONTACT, I THINK THAT WILL REALLY HELP.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND FOR THE NEIGHBORS, I JUST WANNA BE SUPER CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING.
MR. ROS HAS AS OF RIGHT TWO TODAY, THE ABILITY TO BRING IN SIX BEDS.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE ZONING SYSTEM IS RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK HE'S RIGHT.
THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A GREAT DEAL OF PARKING.
UH, BUT MR. ROES, FOR YOUR INFORMATION OFF STREET, LIKE ON THE STREET PARKING DOESN'T COUNT.
IT HAS TO THOSE FOUR UNITS HAVE THOSE FOUR SPACES OF PARKING HAVE TO BE ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT IN ANY EVENT, YOU KNOW, I'M SUPPORTING THE, THE, UM, CONTINUANCE TO SEPTEMBER 2ND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE THAT WE CAN REACH AGREEMENT, THAT WE CAN HAVE THE KIND OF COMMUNICATION THAT I THINK ALL OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT'S GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, GOOD FOR MR. RYLES AND MS. HUGHES, AND GOOD FOR THE 18 TO 23 YEAR OLDS.
SO THAT BEING SAID, THE MOTION IS FOR CONTINUANCE TO SEPTEMBER 2ND BY COMMISSIONER CHASE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.
UM, AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS OR MAYBE NOT.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO BE HEARD TODAY? NO ZONING ITEMS, BUT I CAN GIVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
UH, WELL WE NEED TO DO MINUTES FIRST, RIGHT? LET'S DO THE MINUTES.
ALRIGHT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE WERE NO OTHER ITEMS. ALRIGHT.
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THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE, UH, WHAT IS THIS, THE FIFTH AUGUST 5TH MEETING.ANY OTHER, ANY CORRECTIONS, COMMENTS, CHANGES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE? SEEING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION MR. CHAIR? YES, I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER HUEY.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS.
AND WE'LL DO THIS BY ACCLAMATION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL, SAY AYE.
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APPROVED.UM, I JUST WANTED TO NOTIFY EVERYBODY THAT IN CASE YOU WEREN'T AWARE, THAT THEY CREATED A NEW DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR CAPITAL BUDGET PROJECTS AND THAT, UH, MICHAEL SHANNON, OUR DIRECTOR IS, WAS REQUESTED TO BECOME THE DIRECTOR FOR THAT NEW DEPARTMENT.
SO HE IS GOING TO BE LEAVING DSD ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
UM, HE'S STILL GONNA BE AROUND, BUT FOR THE MEANTIME, STARTING VERY QUICKLY, HE'LL BE WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THAT MEANS THAT, UM, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AMIN TOMAZ, IS NOW GOING TO BE PROMOTED TO DIRECTOR AND OUR LOVELY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MS. MELISSA RAMIREZ, SHE HAS ALSO BEEN PROMOTED TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
SO SHE'S GOING TO BE OVERSEEING THE FIELD SERVICES AND NO LONGER WILL BE OVERSEEING LAND DEVELOPMENT.
BUT WE ALSO DO HAVE ANOTHER, UM, GREAT MOVE.
HE HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT, UH, DIRECTOR, SO HE WILL BE OVERSEEING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT SECTION.
SO YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING SOME CHANGES THERE, BUT JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR NOT STEALING MY THUNDER.
UH, TODAY I AM SORRY TO SAY, UH, THAT COMMISSIONER REYES WILL NO LONGER BE A MEMBER OF OUR COMMISSION.
UM, I HAVE TO SAY THAT HE HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.
HE BRINGS A LEVEL OF EXPERTISE THAT I THINK WE HAD BEEN MISSING, UH, AND WE WILL MISS IT AGAIN.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE HAVING HIM ON THE COMMISSION.
UH, AGAIN, I, I JUST, I FEEL SO LUCKY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE LEVEL OF PEOPLE ON THE CALIBER OF TALENT THAT WE HAVE ON THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK.
AND COMMISSIONER REYES, YOU'VE BEEN A BIG PART OF THAT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I WISH YOU WEREN'T GOING, UH, GOING, UH, BUT I UNDERSTAND.
I WANNA THANK STAFF AND MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAS BEEN A PLEASURE.
AND I WILL ECHO THAT STATEMENT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER REYES FOR YOUR TIME.
AND SO UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANYTHING ELSE, THE TIME IS 2 33.
THIS MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION IS ADJOURNED.