Oct 02, 2025 City Council Zoning and Land Use Session

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>> MAYOR JONES: GOOD AFTERNOON. THE TIME IS NOW 2:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2025. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING AND LAND USE SESSION

[ Roll Call  ]

[Public Hearing and Consideration of the following Adoption and Amendments of the Neighborhood, Community and Perimeter Plans as Components of the Master Plan and Zoning Cases. Plan amendments and Zoning cases presented by John Peterek, Assistant City Manager; Amin Tohmaz, Director, Development Services unless otherwise noted.  ]

>> CLERK: MAYOR, WE HAVE QUORUM. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK. FOR THE RECORD, ITEM 7 HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY. ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO OCTOBER 16S 2, 3, AND 5.

IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEMS? >> VIAGRAN: I MAKE A

MOTION TO CONTINUE. >> MAYOR JONES: MADAME CLERK, ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? NO, WE DO NOT. OKAY.

HEARING NONE, IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED? I'M GOING TO GO AROUND. MY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE ITEMS 2, 3, AND 5 TO OCTOBER 16TH. WE WILL DO A VOICE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> NEXT WE WILL REVIEW ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO NOVEMBER 6TH. ITEM TO CONTINUE IS ITEM NO.

11. IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM?

>> VIAGRAN: I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR JONES: ALL RIGHT. MADAME CLERK, ANYONE SIGNED UP ON THIS ITEM? NO? OKAY. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM TO BE CONTINUED? HEARING NONE, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE ITEM NO. 11 TO NOVEMBER 6. PLEASE VOTE. WE'LL DO IT BY VOICE AGAIN.

THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. >> AYE.

>> MAYOR JONES: THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION: ITEMS 13, 14, 15, AND 16.

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? HEARING NONE, MADAME CLERK, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? ON ITEM 6 AND 10? OKAY. WE HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 6. GIVEN WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT LIST, EACH WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. THE FIRST PERSON TO SPEAK, MARYANN SMITH FOLLOWED BY SYLVIA RINCON. MA'AM, THE CLOCK, UNFORTUNATELY, IS NOT WORKING, BUT WE'LL KEEP TIME HERE AND YOU'LL HEAR THE BUZZ.

THANK YOU. >> MADAME MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I AM MARYANN SMITH. I'M NERVOUS. MY VOICE SHAKES.

I'M A HOMEOWNER AT MISSION DEL LAGO. I COME TO YOU TODAY NOT ONLY AS A NEIGHBOR BUT AS SOMEONE WITH 40 YEARS OF MORTGAGE FINANCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW LAND USE IMPACTS FACILITIES, SCHOOLS, AND PROPERTY VALUES.

LAST FALL, I RESEARCHED THIS CASE, SPOKE WITH THE ZONING STAFF, AND WORKED WITH MY NEIGHBORS TO COLLECT SIGNATURES FROM MORE THAN 600 HO HOUSE HOLDS.

BUT TO US EVERY ONE OF THOSE VOICES MATTERS . TOGETHER WE ARE SEEING CLEARLY WE DO NOT WANT A CEMETERY. MY OPPOSITION IS ROOTED IN THREE CONCERNS: FIRST IS THE TAX REVENUE, WHICH YOU WILL HEAR SEVERAL PEOPLE REFERENCE TODAY. CURRENTLY, SCI OWNS SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK AND HAS NOT

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SECONDLY IS OVERSATURATION. BEXAR COUNTY ALREADY HAS 250 CEMETERIES WITHIN A FIVE-MILE RADIUS OF THIS SITE. FOUR CEMETERIES STILL HAVE AVAILABLE SPACE. COUNCIL HAS APPROVED ANOTHER CEMETERY IN DISTRICT 2 AND A FUNERAL HOME IN DISTRICT 3. AT THE SAME TIME, CREMATION NOW ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN 60% OF FAMILIES AND IS PROJECTED TO REACH 80% BY 2045.

THIS PROJECT IS SIMPLY NOT NEEDED. THIRD, PROPERTY VALUES.

WITH DECADES OF LENDING, I CAN TELL YOU LOCATION DRIVES VALUES.

CEMETERIES REDUCE THE DEMAND. THAT AFFECTS NOT ONLY MISSION DEL LAGO BUT LONG-TERM GROWTH ON THE SOUTHSIDE.

TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, I THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS WHEN I OPENED MY MAIL LAST NIGHT AND I RECEIVED A MARKETING CAMPAIGN FROM THE NEPTUNE SOCIETY, WHICH IS HELD BY SCI. IN SUMMARY, I'M ASKING RESPECTFULLY THAT YOU DENY.

>> MAYOR JONES: YOU CAN SUBMIT THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

SYLVIA RINCON FOLLOWED BY ANDREW NICHOLAS. SYLVIA RINCON.

ANDREW NICHOLAS FOLLOWED BY KATHLEEN NICHOLAS. >>

YIELD THEIR TIME TO ME. SO I'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU HAVE

FOUR MINUTES. >> SIX MINUTES. >> MAYOR JONES: FOUR.

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>> MAYOR, COUNCIL, FOR THE LAST 70 YEARS OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN FARMING AND RANCHING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. OUR PROPERTY SHARES 2100 FEET OF PROPERTY LINE WITH THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED EIGHT MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 281 SOUTH IN A RAPIDLY GROWING AREA SURROUNDING BY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES. THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 3, MANY OF WHOM ARE WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF BASIC SERVICES SUCH AS GROCERY STORES, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL STORES, AND MEDICAL CLINICS. IN ADDITION TO MORE WORK-FIRST HOUSING. A CEMETERY DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT ADDRESS THESE NEEDS.

DISTRICT 3 IS HOME TO 21 CEMETERIES. WITH FOUR OF THEM LOCATED WITHIN THREE MILES OF THE PROPOSED SITE, THE TWO LARGEST ARE SAN JOSE BURIAL PARK, OWNED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND MISSION BURIAL PARK SOUTH , BOTH OF WHICH HAVE AMPLE BURIAL CAPACITY TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS CURRENTLY UNNECESSARY AND UNWANTED BY RESIDENTS, LANDOWNERS, AND THE SOUTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE SOUTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ALREADY SUBMITTED A FORMAL OPPOSITION TO THIS ZONING REQUEST.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, CEMETERIES ARE EXEMPT FROM PROPERTY TAXES UNDER TEXAS PROPERTY CODE 11.17. REZONING THE LAND FOR A CEMETERY USE WOULD REMOVE IT FROM THE TAX BASE LEADING TO A SIGNIFICANT LOSS IN REVENUE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SOUTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM. AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY IS FACING A BUDGET SHORTFALL WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DIMINISH THE BASE THAT SUPPORTS PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONE SINGLE CORPORATION WHO GENERATES $4 BILLION A YEAR IN REVENUE. OKAY. $4 BILLION A YEAR IN REVENUE IS WHAT THEY GENERATE AS A CORPORATION. THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY STANDS TO LOSE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE TEACHERS COMPETITIVE SALARIES AND ADDRESS BUILDING REPAIRS. MEANWHILE THE CITY WILL FIND IT HARDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF DISTRICT 3 RESIDENTS AS A RESULT OF REDUCED FUNDING.

THE APPLICANT, SERVICE CORP INTERNATIONAL, HAS A TRACK RECORD OF UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACPRACTICES . IN 2022, SCI AGREED TO PAY TO SETTLE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR DECEIVING 87,000 RESIDENTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA .

THOSE RESIDENTS PURCHASED PRE-BURIAL PLANS AND THEY WERE DECEIVED BY WHAT THEY BOUGHT. MORE RECENTLY IN 2024, SCI WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA'S UNFAIR COMPETITIVE LAW AND FALSE ADVERTISING LAWS DUE TO DECEPTIVE MARKETING OF CREMATION SERVICES, RESULTING IN $23 MILLION OF SETTLEMENT. WILL OUR COMMUNITY BE THE NEXT ONE THAT FALLS VICTIM? GIVEN THE HISTORY OF DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES I ASK IS THIS THE KIND OF CORPORATION WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY? ARE WE WILLING TO GIVE UP MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF TAX REVENUE TO ALLOW THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR IN OUR COMMUNITY

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THE REQUEST IS NOT ABOUT LAND USE, IT IS ABOUT PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AWILL THE COUNCIL BE THE ONE THAT IS CITY SERVICES BY REMOVING 68 ACS TAXABLE BASE. WHO WILL MAKE UP THIS LOST REVENUE? IS IT GOING TO BE ME, THE LAND OWNER THAT'S NEXT DOOR? IS IT THE COMMUNITY THAT'S STRUGGLING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY? WHO IS IT? BECAUSE THAT REVENUE IS LOST FOREVER.

WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FIND THE REVENUE. AS THE TAX BASE SHRINKS, THAT NEED TO COVER EXPENSES FALLS ON LESS PEOPLE. LESS AND LESS LANDOWNERS HAVE TO COVER THAT COST AS WE REMOVE LAND FROM OUR TAXABLE BASE.

SO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE SOUTHSIDE, MANY OF WHICH ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING TO PUT THREE MEALS OF FOOD ON THE TABLE, TO REPAIR THEIR CARS AND HOUSES, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM TO PAY MORE TAXES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE UP THAT FUNDING SOMEWHERE. AND WHERE IS IT GOING TO COME FROM? CEMETERY DEVELOPMENTS, UNLIKE OTHER TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS, DO NOT GROW THE LOCAL ECONOMY NOR PROVIDE VITAL SERVICES. RATHER THAN REMOVING VALUABLE LAND WE SHOULD FOCUS ON SUPPORTING ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

WITH HOUSING, RETAIL, AND MEDICAL FACILITIES THAT WILL SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR DISTRICT 3 RESIDENTS.

FORWARD WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT WOULD DEPRIVE THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CITY SERVICES OF CRITICAL FUNDING WHILE BENEFITING A CORPORATION. I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE COUNCIL TO DENY THIS REZONING REQUEST TO REZONE 69 ACRES IN DISTRICT 3 FROM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTS TO CEMETERY USE. THIS PROPERTY, 80 ACRES IS ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE AVERAGE SALES PRICE ON THE SOUTHSIDE IS HOVERING AROUND $200,000. WHICH IS AFFORDABLE FOR MOST PEOPLE IN OUR ECONOMY TODAY.

WHY ARE WE TAKING A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT ALREADY HAS ELECTRICITY, IT ALREADY HAS SEWER, AN NOT USING IT TO BUILD RESIDENTIAL HOUSING FOR OUR COMMUNITY? MANY OF YOU STAND UP HERE CONSTANTLY AND YOU GO BEFORE THE MEDIA AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR HOUSING. WELL, $200,000 IS FAIRLY AFFORDABLE.

IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE MEDIAN SALES PRICE OF A HOUSE TODAY.

I'LL SAY THIS: 69 ACRES, THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE TO PUT 1,200 BURIAL PLOTS

PER ACRE. >> MAYOR JONES: SIR, YOU CAN SUBMIT THE REST OF YOUR

COMMENTS. >> 69 ACRES TIMES $3,000 IS $248 MILLION OF REVENUE.

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. >> THAT WILL GENERATE FROM THIS.

>> MAYOR JONES: JAMES KNIGHT FOLLOWED BY MIKE GUDINO .

MAY GUDINO. >> I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR HIS TIME IN SPANISH.

>> MAYOR JONES: OSVALDO VALDEZ? >> YES.

>> MAYOR JONES: 12 MINUTES. THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE 12 MINUTES? AND OSVALDO. IT'S EIGHT MINUTES. THANK YOU.

>> MY NAME IS MAY GUDINO. I LIVE AT THE MISSION DEL LAGO COMMUNITY.

AND I'M HERE COMING FROM DISTRICT 3 TO ASK YOU RESPECTFULLY -- I'M ASKING RESPECTFULLY OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE NO. AND TO VOTE NO ON THE CEMETERY BECAUSE AS A MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN I COMPLETELY DISAGREE TO HAVE A CEMETERY SO NEAR. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THAT REMINDER OF DEATH FOR THE

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WHEN MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL OR THEY ARE AT WORK, SO THEY CANNOT BE HERE IN PERSON TO SAY THAT THEY OPPOSE THE CEMETERY.

I THINK I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT ALL THE POINTS I HAD TO MAKE.

DO I STILL HAVE ANY TIME LEFT? ANOTHER REASON WHY I DON'T WANT THE CEMETERY -- JUST TO SPEAK ABOUT ALL THE CHEMICALS THAT ARE USED TO KEEP THE GROUNDS IN THAT CEMETERY THAT WOULD BE SO CLOSE BY.

SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK TO OPPOSE IT. I ASK WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO BE THERE DRIVING BY EVERY DAY TO HAVE THAT REMINDER OF DEATH? CAN SOMEBODY ELSE TAKE MY TIME THAT IS LEFT? NO?

>> MAYOR JONES: UNLESS THAT PERSON IS SIGNED UP ON THE LIST.

>> BECAUSE I THINK I POINTED EVERYTHING OUT.

>> MAYOR JONES: I MEAN, YOU CAN GIVE IT TO ROSALIA.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ROSALIA FROM MISSION DEL LAGO .

>> MAYOR JONES: JUST TO CONFIRM. SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR REMAINING TIME PLUS THE FOUR MINUTES YOU GET. SO YOU HAVE EIGHT TOTAL, RIGHT? WE'LL RESET THE TIME. GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. >> SO I STAND -- >>

>> I STAND BEFORE YOU, CITY COUNCIL, TO TELL YOU MY OPPOSITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CEMETERY AT MISSION DEL LAGO. MAYBE SOME OF THESE POINTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT IN OUR OPPOSITION TO THIS, BUT WE WANT TO REITERATE ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE, ALL THE RESIDENTS HAVE IN MISSION DEL LAGO. THE FIRST POINT WOULD BE CONSIDERING THE MOST CONCERNING POINT OF ALL WOULD BE THE IMPACT TO VALUATIONS OF PROPERTIES IN THE AREA. ANOTHER POINT WOULD BE THE CONCERN OF ANY ENVIRONMENTAL

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AND EFFECTS THIS MAY HAVE TO RESIDENTS CLOSE BY. ANOTHER CONCERN IS LOCAL TRAFFIC, WHICH IS BOTHERSOME. IT ALSO CAUSES STRESS.

AND ALSO CONSIDERING THAT 281 IS A MAIN THOROUGHFARE IN AND OUT OF SAN ANTONIO.

ANOTHER CONCERN IS SAFETY. IT WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT FROM MISSION DEL LAGO. ANOTHER CONCERN IS A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT. WE DEEM THE PLACE SELECTED TO THIS PROJECT IS NOT THE MOST APPROPRIATE. AS FAR AS THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE THERE, TRAFFIC, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN AREA THAT CAN HAVE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE. SO WE JUST ASK OURSELVES SINCE THIS IS SUCH A LARGE AND VAST AREA, WHEN DO WE DEVELOP GREEN AREAS WITH PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATION? SO, THIS WOULD BE AN AREA, AN AREA TO HAVE THIS GREEN AREA THAT FAMILIES AND PETS CAN ENJOY IN THIS AREA THAT IS GROWING AND NOT YET COMPLETELY DEVELOPED.

AND CONSIDERING AND WITH ALL THE RESPECT TO THOSE THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY, WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS PASSED AWAY. WE JUST DON'T THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE THE PLACE FOR IT. SO THIS WOULDN'T BE A GOOD PLACE FOR IT BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY OTHER FUNERAL HOMES, OTHER CEMETERIES THAT ARE 10 TO 15 MINUTES AWAY, SO WHY WOULD WE NEED ANOTHER ONE THERE? IT'S A VERY NICE AREA. IT'S PEACEFUL. IT'S PRETTY AND I THINK WE COULD FIND BETTER DEVELOPMENTS FOR THIS AREA. SO WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO JOIN US IN SUPPORTING A NO FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT OF THIS FUNERAL HOME AND CEMETERY. THAT WILL BE ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> MAYOR JONES: MATTHEW GILBERT FOLLOWED BY EVAN WAGNER.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M CEDING MY TIME TO JAMES MCKNIGHT ALONG WITH EVAN

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WAGNER. >> MAYOR JONES: CEDING YOUR TIME TO?

>> I ACTUALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION. THERE WE GO.

THAT'S GREAT. >> BEFORE BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO SPEAK BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A FEW THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO ME.

>> MAYOR JONES: SO IT'S FOUR MINUTES. >> THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS JAMES MCNIGHT. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF SCI, THE APPLICANT.

AND THERE'S JUST A FEW THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT.

ONE IS THE CONTEXT FOR THE PROPERTY. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, YOU CAN TELL THAT WE ARE NOT JUST NESTLED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.

MISSION DEL LAGO IS ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM US BUT WE ARE ALSO SURROUNDED BY SOME INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND A LOT OF UNDEVELOPED LAND. A LOT OF UNDEVELOPED LAND.

AND THAT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO THIS AREA, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THESE UPCOMING SLIDES.

WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL ZONING ITSELF BECAUSE I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE USES. A LOT OF THAT LAND IS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS AT THE MOMENT BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DEVELOPED FOR CERTAIN USES THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT THIS AREA. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN.

ONE IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THAT IS THE FIVE ACRES THAT YOU SEE -- THIS IS THE PLAN TO THE LEFT. THAT'S FIVE ACRES THAT WE ARE NOT ZONING BECAUSE WE'RE DEDICATING THAT LAND TO THE CITY. AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHOW HOW IMPORTANT COMMUNITY IS TO US.

HAVING A CEMETERY IS A TRULY INTEGRAL PART OF ANY COMMUNITY.

AND WE WANWETED TO PROVE THAT ALL ALONG THE WAY. AND SO WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN'S LEADERSHIP AND HELP WE SAID WHAT IS IT THAT THIS COMMUNITY REALLY NEEDS? THAT'S WHAT THAT FIVE ACRES IS.

WE HAVE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT TO GIVE THAT FIVE ACRES TO THE CITY FOR PURPOSES OF A LIBRARY OR OTHER CIVIC USE COULD BE USEFUL.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS FROM HIGHWAYS ON EITHER SIDE SO THAT IF THERE IS ANY TRAFFIC CONCERNS WE HAVE PLENTY OF ACCESS. THIS IS A LIST OF ALL OF THE OUTREACH THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR TO TRY TO TALK TO FOLKS AND BEEN REFUSED AND TURNED AWAY, IN MANY POINTS. WE HAVE TRIED A LOT.

AND I THINK A LOT OF YOU UP THERE KNOW HOW HARD WE WORK AT TRYING TO TALK TO EVERYONE. THIS IS A RENDERING THAT SHOWS WHAT THE PROPERTY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT THE ENTRANCE AND ALONG THE FENCE LINE.

ONE THING THAT WE TRY TO FOCUS ON IS MAKING THE PROPERTIES REALLY LOOK PARK-LIKE, TO BE PART OF THAT COMMUNITY. IT'S A RENDERING OF AN EXAMPLE OF A FUNERAL HOME IN HORIZON CITY. THIS IS WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO GET TO . THIS IS A STUDY DONE TO SHOW THE GROWTH IN THE AREA -- THAT'S A HEAT MAP SHOWING WHERE ALL THE NEW HOMES ARE BEING BUILT.

AND OURS IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THAT RED AREA.

THIS IS A TREMENDOUS GROWTH AREA. THAT'S JUST A STUDY.

THIS IS THE REALITY. THESE ARE MAPPED-OUT DEVELOPMENTS SHOWING 8,000 HOMES THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN THIS AREA. THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING IN THIS LOCATION AND THAT'S WHY LOSS OF TAX REVENUE IS A NON-STARTER, ESPECIALLY AS ANYONE WOULD LOSE OUT ON THE TAXES NO MATTER WHERE YOU WENT.

WE DECIDED AS A STATE THAT IT WAS GOOD POLICY TO NOT HAVE CEMETERIES PAY PROPERTY TAXES. WHEREVER YOU ARE, IN CITY LIMITS, OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS.

IT IS NOT A ZONING ISSUE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, CEMETERIES DON'T PAY TAXES AND THIS SHOWS ALL OF THE GROWTH THAT'S COMING IN THIS AREA BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE. WE ARE LOOKING AT WHO WE ARE GOING TO BE SERVING. AND WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY.

OTHER ITEMS, AS PART OF THAT EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, MORE THAN JUST DEDICATING THE FIVE ACRES, WE'RE DONATING $100,000 OVER SEVERAL YEARS TO SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS FOR THE AREA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOTEX FOUNDATION.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDETS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT AT ONE POINT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAME TO US AND SAID CAN WE OFFER.

WE DID. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REJECTED US BUT WE'RE STILL OFFERING IT. I BELIEVE THIS IS STILL SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN REALLY USE. AS WELL AS ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA. THIS IS -- AND PERHAPS ONE OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES CAN SPEAK TO IT IN THE VALLEY. THEY BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF ANY COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE IN. SO I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE IT WITH THIS: WE ARE PROVIDING MORE THAN JUST A CEMETERY. WE'RE PROVIDING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS REAGE, ALL OF THAT TO SHOW THAT WE'RE NOT JUST BURYING BODIES. WE'RE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR LIVES.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: ABEL PEREZ FOLLOWED BY DARREN SOMER.

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>> YES, I'LL BE SPEAKING BRIEFLY ABOUT THE RGV, THE VALUE THAT WAS MENTIONED.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT CEMETERIES, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DO HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE VERY EMBEDDED, NOT ONLY IN HELPING IN THE COMMUNITY BUT WE ARE ALSO PART OF IT. BUT WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? WE HAVE OVER 16 EVENTS ON A YEARLY BASIS WHERE WE CONNECT WITH THE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY FROM DOING SCHOOL DRIVES, FROM HELPING FAMILIES IN NEED. AND THAT'S JUST TO MENTION A FEW OF THE ITEMS. SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT, YES, WE ARE OWNED BY A CORPORATION BUT WE ARE OPERATED LOCALLY BY TEAM MEMBERS.

WE EXPECT TO HAVE OVER 50 TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RUNNING THIS CEMETERY.

AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO ALL THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT

INTO THIS AREA. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO ADD. >> MAYOR JONES: DARREN

SOMER FOLLOWED BY BRADY ALEXANDER. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE DO FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, I'M FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH OUR COMPANY IN GROWING THE HISPANIC AND SERVING THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.

ALTHOUGH I DON'T LOOK LIKE IT, THAT SHOW UP AT DIA DE LOS MUERTOS IN TUCSON. NOT BECAUSE WE OFFER DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, THEY SHOW UP. THEY WANT TO BE THERE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. WE'VE DONE MANY THINGS TO HELP WITH JOBS IN THE SENSE OF HOW TO BUILD A RESUME, HOW TO WORK ON A RESUME IN VERY DIFFICULT TIMES, WE'RE THERE TO SERVE THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY UNLIKE ANY OTHERS. I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT

FIT FOR US TO BE IN THAT AREA. >> MAYOR JONES: BRADY

ALEXANDER FOLLOWED BY ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ. >> THEY ARE CEDING THEIR

TIME TO ME. MY NAME IS BRADY ALEXANDER. >> MAYOR JONES: THE NAME

OF THE OTHER TWO, PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ, AND I'M GIVING MY

TIME TO BRADY. >> MAYOR JONES: AND THE OTHER PERSON?

>> ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ. >>

YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES, SIR. THANKS. >> MY NAME IS BRADY ALEXANDER. I REPRESENT THE HOT WELLS MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND I'M ALSO AUTHORIZED TO REPRESENT THE VIA CORONADO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THIS PROPOSAL . WE SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS IN OPPOSING THIS AND THEIR WISHES TO BE FOLLOWED. THERE ARE MANY ISSUES HERE THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP ALREADY ABOUT TAXATION, ET CETERA.

BUT LET'S BE HONEST. HIGHWAY 90 IS A BORDER IN THIS TOWN DUE TO TOPOGRAPHY REASONS AND ALSO ECONOMIC. WE HAVE NELSON GARDENS, COVILLE GARDENS AND WE'RE PRETTY MUCH THE STATE HOSPITAL IS GOING TO BE USED AS A THIRD DUMP, UNFORTUNATELY, FOR PEOPLE . WE GET THINGS DOWN HERE THAT NOBODY ELSE WANTS.

THEY MOVED THE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE CLINIC DOWN HERE FROM DOWNTOWN.

THERE ARE MANY OTHER ITEMS I COULD MENTION THAT ARE DISINVESTMENTS IN THIS AREA.

THIS IS A POOR, MARGINALIZED AREA THAT NEEDS CATALYST, INCENTIVIZATION FOR BUSINESSES TO MOVE IN. NOT THINGS THAT ARE DETRIMENTAL TO THIS AND ONLY PERPETUATE THE PREEXISTING POVERTY. AND LET'S BE HONEST, RACIAL SEGREGATION IN THIS TOWN. IT IS A DISGUSTING TRADITION THAT THIS TOWN CONTINUES TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENTS, WHETHER IT BE IN HOUSING, BUSINESS, ET CETERA.

WE DESTROY OUR SCHOOLS WITH TAX-INCENTIVIZED HIGH DENSITY, LOW-QUALITY HOUSING, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF 90, AS I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN NICER AREAS OF TOWN. I'M SURE THEY'RE HAPPY THAT IT'S NOT IN THEIR BACKYARD, BUT IT IS ON THE SOUTHSIDE. IT IS WRONG. THIS IS WHERE SAN ANTONIO STARTED. THIS IS OUR WORLD HERITAGE AREA.

AND WHAT DO WE DO? NOTHING. IT IS A SHAMEFUL TRADITION

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EVERY TIME I GO HOME, I DRIVE THROUGH BOERNE. I GET TO SEE WHY BOERNE IS THE FOURTH MOST EXPANDING SUBURB IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

UNFORTUNATELY, CITY POLICY CONTRIBUTES TO THAT. AND THAT IS WRONG.

I HOPE THAT WILL QUIT HAPPENING. WE HAVE PLENTY OF CEMETERIES ALREADY IN THE AREA. WE HAVE ONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S AN ANCIENT ONE, ET CETERA. BUT IT'S THERE AND IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE ABOUT 300 YEARS AGO. IN THIS AREA THERE'S GOING TO BE EXPANSION. YES, THERE'S GOING TO BE HOUSES, ET CETERA, BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BEAR THE BURDEN OF THIS TAXATION. CURRENTLY THIS PROPERTY IS VALUED AT $3 MILLION. THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT 1,000 TYPICAL SOUTHSIDE HOMES.

OR ONE-EIGHTH OF WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT AS A PROJECTION.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT 12.5% OF THE TAX BASE. AND WHAT OTHER STUFF DO WE HAVE THAT'S BEEN INCENTIVIZED? TOYOTA, T.J. MAXX, TRUCK COMPANIES, ET CETERA. BUT IF THIS WERE OCCURRING AT 281 NORTH AND 410, WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. IT WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING.

OR CLOSER TO HOME. THIS WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING IF IT WERE ON BROOKS.

THEY WON'T ALLOW IT. THEY DON'T WANT THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT OR THIS KIND OF PROJECT THERE. SO EVEN THOUGH STUFF SOUTH OF 90 COMPARED TO THE CITY IS RATHER SEGREGATED, THERE ARE AREAS IN THE SOUTHSIDE THAT ARE SEGREGATED TOO.

BROOKS THINKS IT'S THE WINDCREST OF THE SOUTHSIDE. THEY GOT ANOTHER THING COMING. THEY CAN'T INSULATE THEMSELVES FOR WHAT IS GOING AROUND THERE. PROJECTS LIKE THIS ARE DUMPED OUT INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, HOUSING, ET CETERA, BUSINESSES THEY DON'T WANT.

AND IT SETS A TONE. IT'S WHY YOU ARE SEEING INVESTMENT GOING NORTH.

THIS TOWN MOVING TO THE NORTH. IT ALL COMES DOWN, UNFORTUNATELY, TO CAPITAL AND WHERE ARE PEOPLE COMING IN.

THIS COMPANY SEES AN OPPORTUNITY. THEY SEE CHEAPER LAND.

THEY WANT TO COME IN AND DO THIS. IT IS NOT CORRECT FOR THIS AREA TO BE FURTHER. THIS REALLY BOTHERS ME. I CHOOSE TO LIVE ON THE SOUTHSIDE. I DON'T HAVE TO BUT I CHOOSE HERE.

I CAN GO BACK TO A SMALL GERMAN TOWN THAT HAS NEARLY AS MANY WINERIES AS SAN ANTONIO HAS DIALYSIS CLINICS. BUT I CARE ABOUT THIS AREA AND IT'S REALLY SAD. I MEAN, THE SEWER PLANTS ARE DOWN THERE.

MITCHELL LAKE WAS THE FIRST SEWER PLANT. THAT WAS DUE TO TOPOGRAPHY.

I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT ROLLS DOWNHILL. BUT THERE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A CRAP MAGNET ON THE SOUTHSIDE WITH THE PROPERTY OF CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ETCHED ON IT. THIS IS JUST WRONG IN SO MANY WAYS.

AND WITH THE CITY'S PLAN FOR ZERO VISION ON PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES, THEY WON'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM TOO FAR OFF OF ROOSEVELT TO BURY THEM. AND THAT IS JUST WRONG.

IT'S REALLY SAD IF YOU GO DOWN THERE. I CHALLENGE ALL OF Y'ALL, INCLUDING OUR DISTRICT 3 REPRESENTATIVE. GO TAKE A DRIVE DOWN THERE AND SEE HOW IT IS. WHAT IT COULD BE. IT'S REALLY SAD.

AND THEN GO DRIVE 281 NORTH AND LOOK AT THAT. IT'S JUST SAD BEYOND WORDS AND I HOPE THAT Y'ALL WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND STOP INCENTIVIZING INAPPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT IN ALREADY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND HELP PEOPLE LIFT UP THE

AREA, NOT DEGRADE IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> MAYOR JONES: JULIAN

CRUZ FOLLOWED BY JOHNNY AGUILAR. >> MR. JOHNNY WILL BE

DONATING HIS TIME TO ME. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES, SIR.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JULIAN CRUZ. I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. I PROVIDED COPIES THAT OUTLINE OUR MAIN CONCERNS THIS GROUP OF ORDINARY BUT DETERMINED CITIZENS FEELS LIKE DAVID AGAINST GOLIATH.

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TO US, THEY ARE A FACELESS CORPORATION PUSHING THEIR WAY THROUGH TO FORCE THIS DEAL AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ARE FRUSTRATED.

DISAPPOINTED AND DISCOURAGED. BECAUSE THIS VOTE HAS BEEN DRAGGED FOR SO LONG. YES, CONTINUANCES ARE LEGAL BUT WHILE THE ATTORNEYS ARE WELL COMPENSATED FOR THEIR APPEARANCE, MANY OF US HAVE TO MISS WORK, CLOSE OUR BUSINESSES, OR REARRANGE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS JUST TO BE HERE TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD. I WANT TO SAY THIS WITH ALL RESPECT.

WE ARE HERE AFTER A YEAR AND HOW MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GONE? NOT LISTENING TO OUR REASONS. FOR THE MANY REASONS WE OPPOSE THIS PROJECT, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO CRITICAL POINTS.

THE SOUTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS VOTED TO OPPOSE THE CEMETERY.

THIS DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE POOREST IN SAN ANTONIO. A TAX-EXEMPT CEMETERY PROVIDES NO BENEFIT TO OUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED -- WHAT WE NEED ARE HOMES, BUSINESSES, AND DEVELOPMENTS THAT CREATE JOBS AND GENERATE TAX REVENUE. IMAGINE THE IMPACT OF HAVING AN H-E-B HERE, SOMETHING OUR COMMUNITY TRULY NEEDS. I WAS LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE FROM SCI.

ELOQUENT PRESENTATION. VERY PROFESSIONAL. TALKING ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS.

DONATING FIVE ACRES. BUT WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THAT LIBRARY? THEY ARE SAYING THEY'RE GOOD GUYS. BUT LISTEN TO THIS.

THE PROCESS IS BEING MANIPULATED. IT INCLUDED NEIGHBORS OF 200 FEG OPPOSITION. I GATHERED THOSE SIGNATURES. BUT IN THE AMENDED VERSION, THOSE NEIGHBORS WERE SUDDENLY EXCLUDED. LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE? YES. ETHICAL OR MORAL? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

THEIR VOICES, FEARS, AND CONCERNS DID NOT DISAPPEAR. YET THEIR VOICE WAS SILENCED BY A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT. CITY ZONING PLANNERS PROVIDED US WITH THE FOLLOWING VOTE COUNTS AFTER THOSE REVISIONS WITHIN 200 FEET.

TWO IN FAVOR, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY OWNER TWICE. OPPOSITION, FM 1937 HOLDING.

SOUTHSIDE ALSO OPPOSING. OUTSIDE OF THE 200 FEET, ONLY FOUR IN FAVOR AND 467 OPPOSED. AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE TENANTS BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY THEY DON'T COUNT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PROPERTY OWNERS. THIS NUMBER CLEARLY SHOWS WHERE THE COMMUNITY STANDS. I ALSO ASK YOU TO REVIEW THE STATEMENTS FROM THE TEXAS REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LUJAN WHO EXPLAINS THE REASONS FOR OPPOSITION IN A WAY THAT STRONGLY ALL ALIGNS WITH OUR CONCERNS. PLEASE VOTE NO.

YOU CANNOT GO WRONG VOTING IN FAVOR OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

STAND WITH THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT. THANK YOU.

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>> MAYOR JONES: RUTH RODRIGUEZ FOLLOWED BY SANDRA DIAZ.

SANDRO DIAZ. >> I'M RUTH RODRIGUEZ AND I GIVE MY TIME TO BRADY.

>> MAYOR JONES: TWO MINUTES, SIR. >> A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT

THEY WANTED ME TO REITERATE. >> MAYOR JONES: ONE SECOND, SIR.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, DEBBIE? OKAY. SHE CEDED HER TIME TO HIM,

THOUGH. >> TOLD YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO TAKE THE TIME AS YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN THE MAX TIME.

MS. RODRIGUEZ, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS RUTH RODRIGUEZ AND I LIVE IN MISSION DEL LAGO. I PROPOSE -- THE PROPOSED CEMETERY ZONING WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT SCHOOLS, TRAFFIC, AND PROPERTY VALUES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY OVERCROWDED AND UNDERFUNDED. REZONING REMOVES NEARLY $2 MILLION IN ANNUAL TAX REVENUE, WORSENING CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHSIDE ISD

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CREATING CONGESTION DURING MORNING COMMUTES FROM 6:00 TO 9:00, MID-DAY FUNERALS FROM 10:00 TO 2:00, AND EVEN RUSH HOURS INCLUDING VISITOR WEEKENDS.

OUR HOMES ARE OUR BIGGEST INVESTMENT, MOST OF US WILL EVER MAKE.

HOMES NEAR CEMETERIES SELL LOWER AND APPRECIATE LESS. HURTING FAMILY EQUITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SOUTHSIDE DOESN'T NEED ANOTHER CEMETERY.

WE NEED COMMUNITY-FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS RECREATION CENTERS, SENIOR SERVICES, AND FAMILY-SUPPORTING FACILITIES.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: SANDRO DIAZ.

YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING? OKAY. DOES ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY? BASED ON SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 6 FOR A COUPLE OF POINTS OF CLARIFICATION. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE

THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM 6? >> VIAGRAN: I MAKE A

MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, MINUS THE ITEM THAT'S BEEN PULLED? THAT CONCLUDES COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH ARE ITEMS 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18, 19, AND 20.

PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. PLEASE START WITH ITEMS 13 AND 14.

>> VIAGRAN: I MAKE A MOTION, ORDER OF THE DAY, CAN WE START WITH ITEM 6?

>> MAYOR JONES: THAT'S FINE. >> THANK YOU.

AGENDA ITEM NO. 6 THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CODE CHAPTER 7 CEMETERIES 7-1 BURIALS IN CEMETERIES.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 13297 FM 1937. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. STAFF MAILED 10 NOTICES, TWO WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR AND ONE IN OPPOSITION WITHIN THE 200-FOOT NOTIFICATION BOUNDARY.

THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.

OUTSIDE 200 FEET, FIVE WERE RECEIVED IN FAVOR AND 486 IN OPPOSITION.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU FOR THAT .

CAN I HAVE SOMEBODY SPEAK TO THE -- BASED ON SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT THE VENDOR. BY MY ESTIMATE, IT'S BEEN $240 MILLION IN EITHER RESTITUTION THE COMPANY HAS HAD TO PAY OR IN SETTLEMENTS, CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENTS. THAT'S JUST IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SO WOULD APPRECIATE SOME CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT SIMILARLY THE VICTIM OF SOME OF THOSE PRACTICES.

>> SO THE CHANGE OF ZONING PROCESS DOESN'T LOOK AT SETTLEMENTS IN OR OUT OF STATE. I MIGHT OFFER THE APPLICANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE BUT THAT WOULD FALL OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF THE STAFF REVIEW.

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. >> JAMES MCNIGHT FOR SCI. MAYOR JONES, I'M NOT

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AND WE WORK HARD TO COMPLY WITH EVERY BIT OF THE LAW. BUT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT LAND USE. SO I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT.

>> MAYOR JONES: I APPRECIATE -- WERE YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR COMMENTS?

>> YES. >> MAYOR JONES: YEAH. I APPRECIATE YOUR SENTIMENT BUT MOST CERTAINLY THIS BODY WILL REVIEW OTHER FACTORS THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO HOW

WE UNDERSTAND -- >> VIAGRAN: POINT OF ORDER.

I WOULD LIKE THE LEGAL TO CLARIFY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY REGARDING ZONING.

>> MAYOR JONES: AS PART OF THAT, THOUGH, THE LEGAL -- >> VIAGRAN: POINT OF

ORDER, CAN WE HAVE LEGAL ANSWER, PLEASE? >> MAYOR JONES: SURE.

GO AHEAD. >> JUST AS A GENERAL REMINDER AS FAR AS ZONING GOES, IT'S GOVERNED UNDER THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 211.

SO THE STATE SETS THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNING BODY WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING AT A ZONING CASE. THAT TYPICALLY TELLS US TO

FOCUS ON LAND USE ISSUES. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE LAW PROHIBITING US FROM DISCUSSING OTHER FACTORS THAT MAY IMPACT OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE

DECISION, THE ZONING DECISION AS PART OF THAT? >> PROHIBITING?

NO. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. MR. MCKNIGHT.

>> YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK TO THOSE JUDGMENTS OR ANY OF THE PRACTICES THAT MAY BE OF CONCERN -- NOT MAY BE, ACTUALLY WERE RAISED BY SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE. OKAY. ONE FINAL OPPORTUNITY.

IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT OR IF ANYBODY ELSE ON YOUR TEAM WANTED TO SPEAK TO THOSE ITEMS. $240 MILLION IN THREE YEARS IS SIGNIFICANT.

AND, AGAIN, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO BEST SERVE OUR

COMMUNITY. >> THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO.

>> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

WOULD ANY OF MY OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?

GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN. >> WHYTE: THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT OUR ATTORNEY STATED AND THE COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN'S POINT HERE.

WE COULD CONSIDER ANYTHING IN THE WORLD, I GUESS. NOTHING PROHIBITS US FROM THINKING ABOUT OTHER MATTERS. BUT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ZONING ISSUES, WE ARE CHARGED TO THINK ABOUT THE LAND USE IMPLICATIONS OF THE POTENTIAL PROJECT. THAT IS WHAT ZONING IS ABOUT.

DO WE WANT TO MAKE THIS ZONING CHANGE BASED ON LAND USE CONSIDERATIONS? SO I WOULD JUST OFFER THAT, AT LEAST FOR ME, PERSONALLY AND HOW I'VE SEEN THINGS DONE DURING MY TIME ON THE ZONING COMMISSION, AS WELL AS HERE AT COUNCIL, THAT WE ARE BEST SERVED WHEN WE STICK TO CONSIDERATION OF LAND USE ISSUES.

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. I DO WANT US TO RECALL WE HAD FRANKLY A SIMILAR CONVERSATION AROUND HOW WE MIGHT CONSIDER THE IMPACTS OF A PROJECT THAT CAME BEFORE HERE. THAT INCLUDED ONE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. AND WE SIMILARLY SPOKE ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE RAMIFICATIONS OF OUR DECISIONS IN THE COURSE OF MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT ZONING. UNDERSTANDING, AGAIN, THOSE WERE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE AND THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER THINGS THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO CONSIDER. THEY ARE A PRECEDENT FOR THIS BODY CONSIDERING AND HAVING WIDER DELIBERATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THESE DECISIONS.

COUNCILWOMAN. >> MAYOR JONES: SO THAT'S CHAIR KAUR THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. FOR OTHERS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM,

PLEASE SIGN IN. THANK YOU. >> KAUR: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO MAKE THAT EXACT SAME POINT. AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE AND WOULD PUSH ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON LAND USE. SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOUSING IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR MARKET-RATE HOUSING, IT'S HOUSING.

WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT EDUCATION, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL OR AN ISD, IT'S EDUCATION. AND SO THIS IS A CEMETERY AND I WILL BE VOTING TO SUPPORT. THANKS.

>> MAYOR JONES: CHAIR MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. I'LL DISAGREE A BIT WITH COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE AND COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE OFTEN CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING ZONING CASES. FOR EXAMPLE, CRIMES THAT MAY OCCUR IF A SPECIFIC BUSINESS OR DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS. JOBS THAT ARE CREATED AS AN INCENTIVE TO SUPPORT THAT

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CEMETERIES CAN BE CONSIDERED POTENTIAL SOURCES OF SOIL AND GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AND BURIAL PLACES WHERE THERE IS NO SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND TREATMENT AND INORGANIC ELEMENTS PRODUCED DURING THE DECOMPOSITION OF CORPSES.

ESSENTIALLY THE LIQUID CREATED FROM CORPSES COULD, EITHER IN RAIN OR -- IN A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS THAT IS NOT PROPERLY MANAGED, IT COULD HAVE HARMFUL IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT

ABOUT HOW YOUR DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT DO THAT? >> I HAVE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY 28 YEARS AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY THAT I'M AWARE OF.

THERE'S BEEN SITUATIONS WHERE WE'VE HAD ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, LIKE IN SAN DIEGO, AND WE HAVE GIVEN UP LAND TO TAKE CARE OF THE GNAT CATCHER.

I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY WITH OUR COMPANY. I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS.

I WILL SAY THIS. THE PRESIDENT OF OUR COMPANY, ABOUT 4:00 IN THE MORNING, REVIEWS ALL FAMILIES -- ALMOST ALL THE FAMILIES HE CAN FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. THE SURVEY WORK THAT THEY SENT IN ON IF WE SERVED THEM WELL OR HAVEN'T SERVED THEM WELL. WE WERE RECOGNIZED WITH -- THERE'S EITHER FIVE OR EIGHT JD POWERS PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS AWARDED TO COMPANIES.

WE RECEIVED THAT. OUR GOAL IS .

>> THERE ARE 20,000 EMPLOYEES. SO I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS EACH ONE OF THOSE CASES, BUT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO

SERVE THEM WELL. >> I HEAR YOU. I DON'T KNOW THAT QUITE

ANSWERS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. >> I WANT TO AT. I'M THE LAND USE GUY. THE PERMITTING PART IS WHEN IT COMES TO DRAINAGE OR TAKING CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY DURING THIS PROCESS WAS MAKING SURE WE DID HAVE TO COMPLY WITH EVERY REGULATION THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO DURING THAT PROCESS BECAUSE IT WAS STATED AT SOME POINT MAYBE WE DIDN'T. WE MADE IT -- THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO PUT IT IN THE ORDINANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID COMPLY WITH EVERYTHING.

SO ALL THE DRAINAGE CONCERNS WOULD BE HANDLED THROUGH THAT

PROCESS. >> FOR SURE. I APPRECIATE IT.

I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. I DO INTEND TO SUPPORT THE ITEM. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MY COLLEAGUES DON'T GET ANTSY. I HAVE A NUMBER OF CEMETERIES IN MY DISTRICT. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY IT CAN BE EMBRACED ABOUT I A COMMUNITY OR VIEWED AS AN EYESORE OR HAS TO DO A LOT WITH MAINTENANCE AND TYPES OF MATERIALS USED. THE PICTURES I SAW ARE GOOD. I WOULD BE HAPPY IF A NUMBER GOT IMPROVED IN MY DISTRICT TO LOOK LIKE THAT. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT

THE FENCING THAT'S GOING TO BE USED? >> WE DID USE A RENDERING THAT WAS OPEN FENCING. IT WAS WOOD PRIMARILY.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE MADE ANY ESTIMATES -- COMMITMENTS ON THAT YET.

WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. WE DON'T HAVE ANY

COMMITMENTS YET. >> NO CHAIN LINK? >> WE HEARD THAT AT SOME POINT. THAT'S WHY THAT RENDERING LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES.

>> THESE ARE CONSIDERATIONS INTO MY DECISION MAKING OUTSIDE OF LANDAUS I FIVE ACRES CONTRIBUTED FOR A POSITIVE COMMITMENT ENVIRONMENT, LIBRARIES. I WISH A DEVELOPER WOULD HEAR MY CONCERNS AND OFFER ACRES FOR A COMMUNITY NEED. IF ANYBODY IS LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET A GOOD DEVELOPMENT APPROVED LIKE THAT.

AS WELL AS THE $100,000 FOR A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD -- I WOULDN'T CALL THEM CONCESSIONS, BUT BENEFITS I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING TODAY. THANK YOU.

>> WOULD ANY OTHER -- NO ONE ELSE? OKAY.

YEP. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS IN DISTRICT AGREE.

COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> I WANT TO RECOGNIZE EVERYONE THAT REACHED OUT TO ME AND MY OFFICE ON THIS PROPOSED ZONING CASE DURING THE PAST YEAR. YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE.

I'M FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE MY FAMILY COMES FROM. SO, OF COURSE, THE CONSIDERATION OF WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NEEDS AND WHAT THE NEIGHBORS WOULD LIKE AND WHERE WE GO, THE WHERE THIS PROPERTY SITS THOUGH IS -- DOES HAVE

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THE NEIGHBORS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN BECAUSE IT SITS IN BETWEEN FM1937 AND THE HIGHWAY. AND IT IS NOT THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO BUILD HOMES BECAUSE, AS YOU SAW FROM THIS SLIGHT SHOW, THEY ARE BUILDING HOMES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE AREA AND IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE IT SITS BETWEEN FM1937 AND THE HIGHWAY. SO AS WE LOOKED AND I WANT AN H-E-B AND RETAIL JUST AS MUCH AS EVERYTHING ELSE.

WE WE WERE PUT FORWARD WITH WAS A CEMETERY AND WE BEGAN THE CONVERSATIONS. SCI AND THE GROUP BEGAN GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THE CONVERSATIONS. AS TIME WENT ON, WHAT I SAW WAS THAT THIS BECAME, WITH CITY STAFF AND ZONING'S APPROVAL OF THIS, IS THAT THIS IS WHERE CEMETERIES WERE GOING TO GO. THEN A FEW WEEKS AGO, I GET A RENDERING FROM THE NEIGHBOR THAT SITS IN THE COUNTY ON THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF THIS PROPERTY THAT IS WHAT? NOT A RETAIL SPACE.

IT'S ANOTHER CEMETERY. SO HERE WE ARE TODAY, AND I'VE GOT THE COMMITMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY -- FROM THE COMPANY THAT SAYS WE'RE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WE WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED. THIS -- I HAVE THE FOOTAGE -- THE SLIDE SHOW OF THE HOUSING GOING IN. IT IS GOING TO COME.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED PLACES TO BURY THEIR LOVED ONES.

I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE CEMETERIES THAT THEY HAVE MENTIONED.

THEY ARE VERY SMALL CEMETERIES. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WAS THERE JUST NORTH OF THAT PROPERTY. MASSAGE PARLORS.

IT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE BECAUSE NOW THE CITY CONTROLS IT AND WE DO THAT. BUT I AM FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THIS AREA HAS AND WHAT IT NEEDS AND WHILE I WOULD LOVE MORE HOUSING AND HOUSING EVERYWHERE AND THE H-E-BS, THAT'S NOT WHAT'S COMING.

I AM NOT ABOUT TO GET IN THE WAY OF A PROPERTY OWNER THAT SAYS THIS IS WHAT I HAVE. THIS IS WHAT'S ON THE TABLE.

AND TELL HIM, NO, BECAUSE THE NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH OF YOU WANTS TO BUILD A CEMETERY. SO THIS IS THE LAND USE THAT CITY STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION HAVE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM.

WE'VE REVIEWED WITH THE APPLICATION, THE ASSOCIATED MATERIALS.

I BELIEVE THE PROPOSED CEMETERY IS APPROPRIATE TO SIT ALONG NEXT -- ACROSS FROM TJX. IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT LAND USE WHICH IS INTERNATIONAL DOWN THE STREET, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE WITH -- MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNSEL DISCUSSION ON ITEM 6? OKAY. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER

MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: JUST ONE QUESTION.

I SAW THE RENDERINGS. HOW MANY TREES ARE CURRENTLY ON THIS PROPERTY AND WHAT DOES THE TREE CANOPY LOOK LIKE?

BUSHES? NO TREES? >> I REALLY WISH I COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TREES YOU INTEND TO PLANT?

>> OH, WELL, IT'S VERY -- I MEAN, THE ONLY OTHER PROPERTY THEY HAVE IN NORTHERN PART OF SAN ANTONIO RIGHT NOW IS PLANTED TREES CONSTANTLY THROUGHOUT -- THAT JUST MAKES BETTER SHADE, BETTER PLOTS FOR PEOPLE. I KNOW IT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT THEY DO ON SITE. BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT PLAN YET.

NO. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: FOR SURE.

I GUESS I MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK. I KNOW THAT IT'S A LOT TO ASK YOU TO COME OUT DURING THE WORKDAY TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

I DO WANT TO CONVEY THAT WE HEAR YOU. I MEAN, WE ALSO HEAR AND RESPECT OUR COLLEAGUE AND I DON'T LIVE IN THE AREA.

I DON'T NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE AREA, BUT I WANT TO DEFER TO THE ENGAGEMENT OVER THE PAST YEAR AND CHANGE. I BELIEVE THAT SHE DOES HAVE YOUR BEST INTEREST AT HEART. SO I'M GOING TO BE

SUPPORTING TODAY. >> MAYOR JONES: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 6. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

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THANK YOU. >> A PLANNED AMENDMENT AND CHANGE OF ZONING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND REZONING FROM R6CD FOR ADDITIONAL USE FOR DUPLEX AND FOUR DWELLING UNITS. IT'S AT 301 EAST 5TH STREET. STAFF, PLANNING COMMISSION, AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AN UPDATED SITE PLAN FOR THE COUNSEL'S REVIEWED.

38 NOTICES WERE MAILED. 6 RETURNED IN OPPOSITION. THE LONE STAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS NOT OPPOSED OUTSIDE OF THE 200 FOOTNOTE OCCASION BOUNDARY. WE RECEIVED 13 IN FAVOR AND ONE IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. .

>> MAYOR JONES: MADAM CLERK, ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?

>> WE DID NOT. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. WELL, WE'RE ON 13 AND 14. YEAH. OKAY.

THERE BEING NONE, ITEMS 13 AND 14 DISTRICT 5 COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO

RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. >> THANK YOU. THERE WERE CONCERNED AROUND NOT ENOUGH ON SITE PARKING. I WANT TO THANK COLTON WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT TO HAVE ON SITE PARKING AND SOUND BUFFERS WITH THIS. SO WITH THAT, I MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEMS 13 AND 14? OKAY.

THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AS AMENDED ITEMS 13 AND 14. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY.

YEP. THE MOTION CARRIES. STAFF, PLEASE PRESENT ON

15 AND 16. THANK YOU. >> 15 AND 16 ARE A PLANNED AMENDMENT AND CHANGE OF ZONING AMENDING THE LONE STAR COMMUNITY PLAN FRACTILE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO LOW DENSITY MIXED USE AND REZONING THE PROPERTY FROM R6 TO IDZ1 WITH USES PERMITTED FOR ONE DWELLING UNITMENT IT'S LOCATED AT 117 RAYMOND STREET.

STAFF, PLANNING COMMISSION, AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 41 NOTICES WERE MAILED. ONE WAS RETURNED IN FAVOR. 8 IN OPPOSITION. NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE COLLINS GARDEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY. THREE WERE RETURNED OPPOSED.

THIS DOES TRIGGER A SUPER MAJORITY REQUIREMENT AS 21.51% OF THOSE NOTICES WERE RETURNED IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU.

>> MADAM CLERK, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? JUST THE TWO. OKAY. WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS, LUCY OROSCO FOLLOWED BY CONRAD JARVIS. YOU EACH HAVE TWO

MINUTES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M THE APPLICANT FOR 117 RAYMOND STREET. MY HUSBAND AND I GOT MARRIED LAST YEAR.

WE LIVE NEAR THE AREA. WE'RE VERY -- WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT LONE STAR.

WE ENJOY A LOT OF THE RECREATIONAL AREAS AROUND THERE.

THIS IS HOW WE FOUND THAT LOT. IT'S AN EMPTY LOT.

THE ONLY PURPOSE WE WANT TO GIVE TO THAT LAND IS TO BUILD A HOUSE AND WE

REALLY HOPE YOU SUPPORT US IN THAT. >> CONRAD JARVIS.

>> MAYOR JONES: ONE SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO RESET YOUR TIME TO TWO MINUTES. OKAY.

GO AHEAD. >> CONRAD JARSIS. I OWN THE LOT.

I FEEL THAT HER POINTS -- SHE COMMUNITIED HER POINTS EFFICIENTLY. I HOPEULA PROVE THIS MOTION FOR REZONING AN AMENDMENT FOR THE PLAN SO THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A

HOME. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: ITEMS 15 AND 16 DISTRICT 5, COUNCILMEMBER CASS TEEN OWE RECOGNIZED TO

SPEAK. >> THANK YOU, LOGAN AND APPLICANTS FOR THE PRESENTATION. THIS REZONING WILL ALLOW A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON OTHERWISE VACANT LOT WITH PROPOSED ZONING, SAME STANDARDS EXISTING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. SOME OF THE OPPOSITION WAS BECAUSE THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS BEING A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.

HOWEVER STAFF CONFIRMED THAT THE BLOCK FACES AT STR CAPACITY.

A LOT OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT ALSO HAD CONCERN REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR OFFICE SPACE. THIS WILL BE PRESENTED FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS ALSO EXPRESSED FOR THIS REZONING, AND IT FALLS WITHIN ALIGNMENT OF THE

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APPROVE THIS ITEM. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE IN ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON 15 AND 16? OKAY.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEMS 15 AND 16.

PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S ZONING AND LAND USE SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW 3:11, AND THE

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