[00:00:06] THE TIME IS NOW 2:38 P.M. ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2025, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING AND LAND USE SESSION IS CALLED TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> CLERK: WE HAVE QUORUM. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. FOR THE RECORD ITEM 21 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND IT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY. ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO OCTOBER 2ND, UM, ARE ITEMS 3, 10, 14, AND 15. IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEMS? >> I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: MADAM CLERK, IS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEM? >> CLERK: LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SEVERAL. I WILL CALL YOUR NAMES, HOWEVER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO -- GIVE THAT THESE ITEMS ARE RETURNED. FIRST ONE I'VE GOT IS MARY ANN SMITH. THE NEXT PERSON IS ANDREW NICHOLS. YOU'LL EACH HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, BUT, AGAIN, THESE ITEMS ARE MOVED TO OCTOBER 2ND. GO AHEAD, MA'AM. >> I JUST HAVE A STATEMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO READ. OKAY. SORRY, I GET A LITTLE ANXIOUS. SO, UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARY ANN SMITH. AND I LIVE ON JANSON ROAD IN THE MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD. I STAND HERE TODAY REPRESENTING THE VOICES OF OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE 661 HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE SIGNED OUR PETITION IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REZONING, ALONG WITH 230 DIGITAL SIGNATURES AND AT LEAST SIX PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SITE THAT'S 897 FAMILIES, AND NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS STANDING TOGETHER IN OPPOSITION. WE ARE NOT ALONE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HOT WELLS AND MISSION REACH REPRESENTATIVE LUHAN AND THE ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAVE ALSO VOICED OPPOSITION TO THIS CEMETERY. EACH OF US HAVE OUR OWN REASONS FOR SAYING NO BUT TOGETHER WE ARE UNITED IN ONE MESSAGE AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK TO YOU DENY THE PROPOSED CEMETERY. THANK YOU. >> CLERK: VAN GIGLERO. APOLOGIES, ARE YOU ANDREW NICHOLS? OKAY, GO AHEAD AND THEN VAN GIGLERO IS NEXT. >> I WILL RESERVE MOST OF MY COMMENTS FOR THE MOST MEETING BUT I WILL SAY THOUGH THAT THIS CEMETERY, REZONING REQUEST, IS REALLY A DISSERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, MANY OF -- MANY OF YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PROBABLY HAVE NEVER, EVER RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO PUT A CEMETERY IN THEIR DISTRICT. CEMETERIES DO NOT PAY TAXES ON THE PROPERTY TAXES CODE 1117, SO OUR TAX BASE IS SHRINKING BY REZONING LAND AND CLASSIFYING IT AS A CEMETERY. SO THAT BURDEN OF TAXES IS NOW BEING SHIFTED TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS. THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN A REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH FROM A -- AN APPLICANT WHO IS PUBLICLY TRADED ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WHO WILL NEVER PAY TAXES BUT THEY'LL HAPPY TO SELL PLOTS OF LAND TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM AND THEY'LL NEVER GET BACK -- NO SALES TAX, NO PROPERTY TAXES ARE EVER PAID ON CEMETERY. AND THESE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN DISTRICT 3, DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS. THIS COMMUNITY IS FINALLY STARTING TO GET THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY NEED AND THAT THEY DESERVE, AND THAT HOPE -- AND THAT PROGRESS -- IS WHAT THESE PEOPLE DESERVE. WE CANNOT -- AS A COMMUNITY WE CANNOT STAND HERE AND UNDERFUND EDUCATION FOR A COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS IT. YOU KNOW, MOST OF THESE PEOPLE LIVE ON THE SOUTHSIDE, THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY LIVE IN IS NOT WHAT YOU WOULD FIND ON THE NORTHSIDE. AND IT'S DISAPPOINTING AND AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON THE NORTHSIDE AND GREW UP ON THE NORTHSIDE AND I SPENT MY ENTIRE 20 YEARS OF LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO GOING TO THE SOUTHSIDE TO VISIT OUR PROPERTY THAT IS AD JAYSANT TO THIS -- TO THIS TRACK. I'M APPALLED THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE STILL LIVE IN THESE CONDITIONS, AND TRAILER PARKS THAT ARE FALLING DOWN. YOU KNOW, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE [00:05:03] SCRAPING BY AND HERE WE ARE TAKING PROPERTY -- VERY VALUABLE PROPERTY -- ON A MAJOR ARTERIAL ROAD AND WE'RE TAKING IT OFF OF THE TAX ROLLS FOR THE BENEFIT OF A CORPORATION AT THE EXPENSE OF CUTTING FUNDING -- IT'S NOT JUST THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S THE CITY ITSELF. THE CITY STANDS TO LOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, NOT ONLY NOW BUT IN THE FUTURE. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO TO THE BUDGET MEETINGS FOR MY DISTRICT AND I LISTEN TO THEM, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAYING THAT WE NEED MORE POLICE AND WE NEED BETTER FIRE SERVICES AND YET WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AND HERE WE ARE TAKING A PIECE OF PROPERTY OFF THE COUNTY TAX ROLLS? TO ME IT SEEMS VERY HYPOCRITICAL THAT WE'RE AT THIS JUNCTION AND THAT THIS IS EVEN BEING CONSIDERED, ESPECIALLY FOR A SERVICE THAT A SERVICE THAT THIS COMMUNITY DOESN'T EVEN NEED. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. >> CLERK: VAN G. AGUILARO. YEP. YOU WILL NOT SPEAK, OKAY. JACK FINGER. AND THE NEXT PERSON IS KATHLEEN NICHOLS. >> OKAY, MADAM MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YES, AND JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING, MADAM MAYOR, I'M SPEAKING ON CERTAIN ITEMS THAT ARE CONTINUED, OR PLANNING ON BEING CONTINUED. THIS IS AT -- >> CLERK: 3, 10, 14, 15. >> OKAY, VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. A FEW ITEMS THAT I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION TO CONTINUE TO A LATER DATE. I'M GOING TO SKIP AROUND HERE. ITEM NUMBER 15 -- 15 -- YES, UM, MS. CASTILLO THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. IT'S ABOUT CHANGING A DUPLEX AREA TO ABOUT TO A FOURPLEX AREA. UH, THAT'S STARTING TO GET PRETTY DENSE IN THAT AREA, MS. CASTILLO. IN FACT -- AND THERE IS NOTICES THAT WERE SET OUT TO -- AND WITHIN 200 FEET -- YOU HAD AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE OPPOSE THAT. MAYBE BECAUSE THEY THEMSELVES HAVE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS STARTING TO GET PRETTY DENSE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. MAYBE JUST -- MAYBE JUST -- AND THIS IS ALREADY BEEN CONTINUED FROM AUGUST 21ST THERE. SO MY SUGGESTION, MS. CASTILLO, IS JUST SIMPLY SAY NO TO IT ALL TOGETHER AND GO FROM THERE. BUT LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY. AND ANOTHER ITEM THAT I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON CONTINUING IS ITEM NUMBER 3, NUMBER 3, AND MRR DISTRICT. IT'S ABOUT AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE. IT'S ABOUT OVERALL PREPARING BY THE ROAD AND IT'S ABOUT -- UH -- WELL, BASICALLY THEY WANT TO SELL ALCOHOL WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE -- WELL, WHAT THEY CALL THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. A PREPARATION HIGH SCHOOL. WHY NOT JUST SIMPLY SAY NO TO THE IDEA OF SELLING ALCOHOL WHERE A BUNCH OF HIGH SCHOOLERS WILL WALK TO AND FRO TO THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE? SO, YEAH, UM, I -- I THINK -- I MEAN, UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO ALLOW THE PROMOTION OF ALCOHOL TO KIDS AS THEY WALK IN THAT AREA. I -- I WOULD NOT LIKE IT AND I THINK THAT -- YOU SHOULD SAY NO TO IT AS WELL. I MEAN -- WHY NOT, YOU JUST CHECKING HERE. MADAME MAYOR, THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: KATHLEEN NICHOLS. KATHLEEN NICHOLS. MATEY GUDINO FOLLOWED BY TERESA CANTU. >> I AM MAYTE GUDINO AND I'M HERE TO SAY I AM OPPOSED TO THE CEMETERY BECAUSE THEY DON'T PROVIDE TAX REVENUE. AS A HOMEOWNER AND AS A MOTHER OF TWO KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I REALLY DON'T WANT MY KIDS TO GROW UP RIGHT NEXT TO A CEMETERY. I HAVE GONE DOOR TO DOOR AND I EVEN HAVE JUST RIGHT NOW 30 MINUTES BEFORE COMING TO THE MEETING TODAY, I HAVE FIVE SIGNATURES. I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING SIGNATURES AGAINST THE CEMETERY OF NEIGHBORS THAT THEY CAN'T ATTEND TO THE MEETING AT 2:00 P.M. AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE OF THEIR [00:10:06] RESPONSIBILITIES, THEY CAN'T ATTEND TO THE MEETING. I JUST HAVE TO ASK RESPECTFULLY THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE NO AGAINST THE CEMETERY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO NEED. AND ACTUALLY JUST IN THE DISTRICT 3 WE ALREADY HAVE LIKE 20 CEMETERIES. LIKE, AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: TERESA CANTU. FOLLOWED BY JULIAN CRUZ. >> I AM TERESA CANTU AND I AM HERE TO OPPOSE THIS CEMETERY. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW THE AREA WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE, ANTONIO AT THAT TIME USED TO THROW OUT THEIR DELINQUENT KIDS AND THEY STILL HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL. SO THIS MAN BUILT THESE TWO-ROOM HOUSES WITH OUTDOOR TOILETS. IN THAT TIME, MS. DEBNER AND ANOTHER COUNCIL LADY STARTED GETTING GRANTS TO GET STREETS -- NOT SIDEWALKS BUT JUST STREETS, BECAUSE THEY WERE DIRT ROADS. IT HAS, IN THAT TIME, IT HAS TAKEN 70 YEARS TO GET SIDEWALKS ON ROOSEVELT, LIKE JUST ONE MILE. 70 YEARS. I GREW UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. MY PARENTS BOUGHT THERE IN 1940 SO I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. I GRADUATED IN 1967 FROM SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL AND I KNOW WHAT WE DID WITHOUT. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THERE ARE 250 CEMETERIES IN BEXAR COUNTY. THERE ARE 20 IN DISTRICT 3. WE DON'T NEED MORE. WHAT WE NEED IN THIS AREA IS A LIBRARY, A RECREATION CENTER FOR OUR KIDS, SOME MENTORING BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN REDLINED SINCE 1954. AND I OPPOSE IT BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE NOT BEEN TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE THERE. YOU DON'T LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU PROBABLY HAVE NEVER VISITED OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU HAVE NOT VISITED MISSION DEL LAGO. YOU HAVE NOT VISITED THE OTHER AREAS ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF LOOP 410 OR THE INSIDE OF 1604. SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU NOT TO VOTE FOR ANOTHER CEMETERY. THEY WILL NOT PROVIDE REVENUE OF ANY KIND. DISTRICTS 1 THROUGH 6, THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS 1 THROUGH 6 ALREADY HAVE CEMETERIES IN THE CITY SO WHY ONE MORE? WHERE'S THAT REVENUE GOING TO COME FROM? CERTAINLY NOT FROM THE OTHER DISTRICTS, YOUR DISTRICTS. THE REVENUE IS NOT GOING TO COME TO THE SOUTHSIDE. THANK YOU. JULIAN CRUZ. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JULIAN CRUZ. I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT. I OPPOSE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS CEMETERY. I WAS HERE LAST MONTH. THIS MEETING AND THIS VOTING KEEPS BEING POSTPONED AND POSTPONED AND POSTPONED. I HAVE ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS FROM WITHIN 200 FEET HERE WITH ME, MS. ANGELES. THERE WAS ANOTHER LADY WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE SHE HAS EYE SURGERY, BUT SHE'S ALSO OPPOSING. MORE THAN THAT, I WAS AT THE BOARD MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY VOTED AGAINST THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS CEMETERY BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND A CEMETERY IS NOT GOING TO PROVIDE ANY TAXES OR MONEY COMING INTO THE DISTRICT. I WILL RESPECTFULLY IMPLORE YOU. IF YOU CAN VOTE TODAY, JUST SAY NO. I MEAN, IT'S LOGICAL. EVERYBODY IS OPPOSING. [00:15:07] MARYANN HAS OVER 600 SIGNATURES. I HAVE MOST EVERYBODY WHO LIVES WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE CEMETERY, WHICH IS NOT MANY NEIGHBORS, BUT I HAVE THE MAJORITY SIGNING AGAINST IT. SO WHY NOT VOTE TODAY? I MEAN, I KNOW THERE WAS AN EXTENSION REQUESTED FOR ANOTHER -- OCTOBER 2. THAT DAY I HAVE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. WE'LL SEE IF THE OTHER PEOPLE CAN MAKE IT. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS TO -- MS. ANGELES HAS A BUSINESS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PROPOSED CEMETERY. SHE OWNS A BEAUTY SALON AND SHE HAS TO LEAVE IT UNATTENDED TO BE HERE. AND SHE HAD TO WAIT AND SEE IF SHE CAN DO THE SAME THING FOR NEXT MONTH. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR THEM. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR ANY OF THOSE NEIGHBORS. LET'S VOTE. LET'S VOTE NO. YOU CANNOT GO WRONG WITH THAT. THE SOUTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NEEDS THE MONEY FOR MORE HOMES AND BUSINESSES, NOT COMING FROM CEMETERIES BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THERE FOR THEM. I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME IF YOU COME DOWN FROM MILITARY DRIVE GOING SOUTH, THAT'S ABOUT FIVE MILES YOU HAVE SAN JOSE BURIAL PARK. A CITY CEMETERY THAT WILL STOP GETTING REVENUES. AND THAT'S A CITY INCOME FOR THEM. YOU HAVE MISSION PARK AND EL CARMEN CEMETERY. ALL THOSE BIG CEMETERIES WITH LOTS OF SPACE, YOU DON'T NEED ANOTHER CEMETERY IN THAT FIVE-MILE RADIUS, STRAIGHT LINE ON ROOSEVELT . LET'S VOTE NO. IF WE CAN DO IT TODAY, DO IT TODAY. POSTPONING IT I DON'T THINK IS FAIR FOR ANYBODY, FOR THE NEIGHBORS. PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE ITEMS 3, 10, 14, AND 15 TO OCTOBER 2. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE WILL REVIEW ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO THE OCTOBER 16TH MEETING IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM? >> VIAGRAN: I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE. >> MAYOR JONES: MADAME CLERK, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? THERE ARE NONE. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM TO BE CONTINUED? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE ITEM 23 TO OCTOBER 16. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION: ITEMS 11, 16, 17, 18. THE REMAINING ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY? MADAME CLERK, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS REMAINING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. THERE ARE SEVERAL. JACK FINGER FOLLOWED BY LUCY OROZCO. >> WELL, MADAME MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN MY NAME IS JACK FINGER AND A FEW ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SAIL RIGHT ON THROUGH HERE. ITEM NO. 12 -- I'LL SKIP AROUND HERE. ITEM NO. 12, THIS IS IN MR. MUNGIA'S DISTRICT, I BELIEVE. I'M JUST DOUBLE CHECKING HERE. >> MAYOR JONES: SIR, YOU MAY GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 1, 2, AND 12. THANK YOU. >> OH, OKAY. YEAH. MY MISTAKE. ITEM NO. 12. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET IT ALL STRAIGHTENED OUT. OKAY. YES. BUT ONCE AGAIN I BELIEVE THIS IS -- CORRECT ME IF I'M [00:20:06] WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, MR. MUNGIA, THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON APPROVING THIS PORTION HERE. YEAH. I WAS LOOKING AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS ON THIS ONE, SIR, AND I NOTICED THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON PLACING A BATTERY STORAGE AREA VERY CLOSE TO THE RESIDENCES THERE. YEAH, THIS IS -- I REPEAT, THIS IS OVER ON MARBACH ROAD. MAYBE IF YOU LOOKED AT THE MAP ON THAT, SIR, IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A BATTERY STORAGE AREA BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING TO PLACE IT JUST ACROSS THE STREET, ESSENTIALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM ALL THOSE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES THERE. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE TO LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO, WELL, THE TRAFFIC, THE POTENTIAL FOR CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION FROM SOLAR BATTERIES AND SO FORTH. I DON'T SEE MUCH OF A BUFFER THERE, SIR. MAYBE YOU WOULD WANT TO PLACE AN AMENDMENT SAYING BEFORE THEY PLACE IT THERE THERE'S GOT TO BE MUCH MORE OF A BUFFER THAN A MERE STREET. YEAH. ELSEWHERE ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, ITEMS 1 AND 2 ARE ALCOHOL VARIANCES. SAME ROUTINE AS I MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO TO MR. WHYTE ABOUT THE ALCOHOL BEING SOLD WITHIN 300 FEET OF SOME SCHOOLS. ITEM NO. 1 IS IN MS. VIAGRAN, THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT. IT'S OVER ON PLEASANTON ROAD AND THEY'RE PLANNING ON SELLING ALCOHOL WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE CARROLL BELL EDUCATION CENTER. WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO ALLOW THEM TO SELL ALCOHOL RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THE SCHOOL KIDS TRAVEL. ITEM NO. 2 IS ONCE AGAIN IN WHYTE'S DISTRICT. HE'S NOT SITTING IN HIS CHAIR AT THIS TIME SO I DON'T KNOW WHO IS GOING TO CARRY THE WATER THERE BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF SOMEONE WOULD TELL MR. WHYTE THAT THEY WANT TO SELL ALCOHOL WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE GREAT HEARTS NORTHERN OAKS SCHOOL , A PUBLIC CHARTER EDUCATION INSTITUTION, RIGHT THERE ON BULVERDE ROAD. I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD SAY NO TO THAT ONE AS WELL. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, SIR. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> VIAGRAN: I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? THAT CONCLUDES COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WHICH ARE ITEMS 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 19, 20, AND 22. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. STAFF, PLEASE START WITH ITEM NO. 11. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. RECOMMENDS DENIAL. STAFF E-MAILED 22 NOTICES, ZERO RETURNED IN FAVOR, TWO WERE RETURNED IN OPPOSITION, AND THE HARLANDALE MCCOLLUM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. THANK YOU . >> MAYOR JONES: WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 11. JACK FINGER. >> MADAME MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JACK FINGER AND THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS IN DISTRICT 3. ONCE AGAIN, MS. VIAGRAN. YEAH. I WAS LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENTS ON THIS ONE, MADAME, AND THERE ARE MANY RED FLAGS ON THIS ONE THAT NOT ONLY YOU BUT EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT. BUT OF COURSE ONE INTERESTING NOTE HERE IS THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN CONTINUED FROM A PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WHY ARE WE STILL DEALING WITH THIS WHEN IT SHOULD [00:25:04] HAVE BEEN DENIED WEEKS AGO? YEAH. THE IDEA IS THAT THEY WANT TO PUT AN OVERSIZED VEHICLE STORAGE UNIT HERE. AND BOTH THE ZONING STAFF AND THE ZONING COMMISSION THOUGHT THESE WERE VERY BAD IDEAS. WHY? WELL, THEY STATE IN THEIR VERY OWN DOCUMENTS, AND I'M SURE YOU HAVE READ THEM, IT SAYS IT TALKS ABOUT IT ABUTS, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO, THE RESIDENCES THERE. BAD IDEA PLACING IT RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTS LIVE. ALSO, THE COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT. THE IDEA OF LETTING COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS ESTABLISH THEMSELVES RIGHT IN COMMUNITIES AND IT ADDS TO THE BAD EXAMPLE WHEREBY IT BECOMES EASIER FOR MORE COMMERCIALISM TO ESTABLISH ITSELF RIGHT NEXT TO SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES. AND ALSO THE OTHER THINGS THEY NOTED WERE THE INCREASED NOISE AND TRAFFIC AND OTHER NUISANCES THERE. I ALSO NOTICED THAT ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS THERE, THE MCCOLLUM -- HARLANDALE MCCOLLUM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSED IT. THEY MAY HAVE CITED THE SAME REASONS I HAVE WHEN THE ZONING COMMISSION MET THERE MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, MS. VIAGRAN, YOU'LL WANT TO SAY NO TO THIS ONE INSTEAD OF DOING ANYTHING ELSE WITH IT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: ITEM NO. 11 IS IN DISTRICT 3. CHAIR VIAGRAN IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE CASE WAS CONTINUED PREVIOUSLY FROM LAST MONTH TO ALLOW DIALOGUE. AND I DO APPRECIATE HARLANDALE MCCOLLUM NA TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THE APPLICANT FOR THIS. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE SO I MAKE A MOTION FOR DENIAL. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEM 11? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DENY ITEM 11. PLEASE VOTE. YES IS DENY. THE MOTION CARRIES. STAFF, PLEASE PRESENT ON ITEM NO. 16. >> AGENDA ITEM NO. 16 COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. STAFF MAILED 15 NOTICES, TWO WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. ALSO OUTSIDE OF THE 200-FOOT NOTIFICATION BOUNDARY, TWO WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR . THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. JACK FINGER. >> WELL, MADAME MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK FINGER AND ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS -- THIS IS OVER IN -- WELL, MS. CASTILLO, ONCE AGAIN IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT THERE. YEAH, IT'S ABOUT CHANGING A DESIGNATION THAT IS NON-ALCOHOLIC IN SALES TO, WELL, SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS ALCOHOL TO BE SOLD. IT'S IN A NON-ALCOHOLIC CORRIDOR AND THAT WAS ESTABLISHED WITH, I ADD, TO THE SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THIS WAS YEARS AGO. THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM. THAT'S WHY THE ZONING STAFF THINKS IT'S A BAD IDEA TO GO AHEAD WITH THIS. WHERE IS IT? OVER ON HISTORIC OLD HIGHWAY 90. WHY NOT SAY NO TO THIS AND NOT RILE UP THE NEIGHBORS WITH A COUNCILWOMAN WHO WANTS TO ALLOW MORE ALCOHOL SALES IN AN AREA WHERE THEY DON'T REALLY NEED IT ANYMORE. HUH? THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: ITEM NO. [00:30:03] 16 IS IN DISTRICT 5. COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, LOGAN FOR THE PRESENTATION. THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CITED THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST PRESENTATIONS THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED FROM AN APPLICANT AND THEY WANT THE PRESENTATION FROM THE APPLICANT TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR FUTURE REZONINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND THE MEMBERS WITHIN -- THAT WERE PRESENT FOR THE PRESENTATION WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE ITEM. WITH THAT, I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 11. >> SECOND. >> CASTILLO: I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 16. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEM 16? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 16. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. STAFF, PLEASE PRESENT ON ITEMS 17 AND 18. >> AGENDA ITEMS 17 AND 18 ARE A PLAN AMENDMENT AND CHANGE OF ZONING. APPROVAL. STAFF MAILED 41 NOTICES, ONE WAS RECEIVED IN FAVOR, EIGHT WERE RECEIVED OPPOSED. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE COLLINS GARDEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. OUTSIDE OF THE 200-FOOT NOTIFICATION BOUNDARY, 3 NOTICES WERE RETURNED IN OPPOSITION. THIS DOES REQUIRE A SUPERMAJORITY TO APPROVE. THANK YOU . >> MAYOR JONES: WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. LUCY OROZCO. CONRAD JARVIS. ITEMS 17 AND 18 ARE IN DISTRICT 5. COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, LOGAN FOR THE PRESENTATION. THIS ITEM DOES REQUIRE A SUPERMAJORITY IN WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE ATTENDANCE TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM. WITH THAT, I MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE OCTOBER 2 AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: THERE'S A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM UNTIL OCTOBER 2. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S ZONING AND LAND USE SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW 3:21. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.