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OKAY, EVERYBODY, IT IS TWO O'CLOCK AND WE WILL CALL THE OCTOBER 8TH, 2025.
WOULD STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
CAN WE HAVE THE SPANISH ENGLISH INTERPRETER PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON.
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ALL RIGHT.UM, TODAY WE WILL HAVE TWO AGENDAS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA AND THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA CASES ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA, UM, ARE CASES WHERE, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES NOT REQUIRE FURTHER DETAILED DISCUSSION.
NOBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
ALL THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD IN ONE UNIFIED MOTION.
UM, ANYTHING NOT ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA WILL BE ON THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA.
THOSE CASES WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY BEFORE ANY ACTION IS TAKEN.
SO WHAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW, I HAVE ITEMS 3, 6, 9, AND 10 ARE ON INDIVIDUAL, IS THAT CORRECT? I BELIEVE YOU WERE GONNA KEEP THREE AND SIX ON THE COMBINED AGENDA AND BUSANTE IS GOING TO RECUSE.
WE'LL KEEP THREE AND SIX ON THERE AND WE'LL KICK OUT.
COMMISSIONER BUSANTE? SOUNDS GOOD.
SO ITEM NINE AND 10 ARE ONLY ON INDIVIDUAL? CORRECT.
WELL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA? JUST SAY IT'S 2 0 2.
IF NOT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
AND FOR THE RECORD, ITEM TWO HAS BEEN POSTPONED, IS NOT PART OF THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
NUMBER NUMBER EIGHT IS POSTPONED AS WELL, IS POSTPONED AS WELL, GEORGE.
AND JUST SAY 2 0 2, THAT BOOSTER MO'S LEFT.
CAN WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS STATED BY THE CHAIR.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER BUS LEFT A MEETING AT 2 0 2.
UH, STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.
SOMEBODY LET COMMISSIONER BUSANTE KNOW HE CAN COME BACK.
COMMISSIONER BUSANTE HAS REENTERED THE MEETING.
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WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.YOU'RE UP TO WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
UH, CLAYTON WALLACE, INTERIM PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CAMP BULLIS EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION MILITARY PROTECTION AREA LAND USE PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL LOCATED TO 88 60 CROSS BOUND TRAIL.
15 NOTICES WERE MAILED SIX IN FAVOR.
THREE OPPOSED WITHIN THE 200 FEET OUTSIDE 200 FEET, 75 OPPOSED ONE IN SUPPORT.
THE APPLICANT SEEKS A PLAN AMENDMENT TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO ALLOW FOR AN OUTDOOR EVENT VENUE.
AGAIN, THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS NOT, UH, COMPATIBLE WITH EITHER LAND USES IN THE AREA.
COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS INTENDED TO BE LOCATED IN PROXIMITY TO MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AND ALONG EXISTING COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.
THE PROPERTIES LOCATED ALONG CROSS MONT TRAIL.
A LOCAL ROAD IS AN ADJACENT TO AND WITHIN EXCLUSIVELY RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
WHILE THE EVENT VENUE ITSELF COULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S THE OTHER USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN COMPAT COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL THAT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NO WAY, UH, TO LIMIT THE SPECIFIC USE THROUGH ZONING.
JBSA SENATE ITS STANDARD COMMENTS.
UM, JUST AS A REFRESHER, WE ARE, SO WE'RE STILL RECOMMENDING DENIAL.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT'S BEING HEARD.
UH, THIS APPEARED ON OCTOBER 27TH AND SEPTEMBER 24TH.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL CONTINUANCE, SO I'LL LET THEM SPEAK NOW.
EMILY WEISLER WITH KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE, SUITE TWO 50.
UM, HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THIS PLAN AMENDMENT AGAIN.
UM, BUT FIRST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH THIS.
UM, THE CROSS MOUNTAIN RANCH, HOA BOARD WAS NOT ABLE TO MEET WITH US, UM, TO DISCUSS RESTRICTIVE
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COVENANTS, UM, UNTIL YESTERDAY MORNING.WE HAVE A FUNCTIONING SET OF AGREEABLE TERMS WITH THEM, UM, AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THIS CONTINUANCE SO WE CAN FINALIZE THAT THIS WEEK, UM, AND COME BACK TO YOU ALL.
UM, ON OCTOBER 22ND, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD, UM, TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS, UM, AND TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT.
UM, WE ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE, UM, AND WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT ADDITIONAL TWO WEEKS, SO WE CAN FINALIZE THAT THIS WEEK AS WELL.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW WE HAD SOME VOICEMAILS ON.
THERE'S NOBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
UM, I GUESS WE NEED TO HEAR THOSE BEFORE SINCE I LEFT VOICEMAIL.
CASE NUMBER IS PA 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 6 1.
I, A DOCTOR, UH, HAD BEEN IN MONT RANCH SINCE 2002.
REASON OF THE MOVING WAS THE UNIQUE FEATURES, VERY LARGE, THAT A, UH, LOTS, UH, TWO TO FOUR ACRES, UH, PEACEFUL TRANQUILITY, UM, OUT OF TOWN, VERY UNIQUE FEATURES.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK IN THIS CASE, PA TO 0 2 5, UH, 0 6 1.
THE PERSON IN CHARGE WAS TO MAKE, UH, RESIDENT A COMMERCIAL, AN AREA WHICH HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
I THINK IT IS A MISTAKE, NOT JUST FROM THE AN NEEDED POINT OF VIEW.
UH, SAN ANTONIO HAS UNIQUE FEATURES, UH, THAT YOU CANNOT FIND IN MANY OTHER PLACES.
NICE HILLS, A LOT OF FOREST, A LOT OF, UH, LAND IN THIS AREA.
CHANGING THAT, UH, WILL REALLY BAD BE BAD FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UH, PEOPLE TRIED TO MOVE IN THE CITY AND FINALLY, YOU KNOW, SAYING THIS IS SOMETHING WHICH CANNOT BE REPRODUCED PROBABLY EVER AGAIN.
BUT CHANGING THIS WILL CREATE A, UH, SOMETHING THAT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT CONTINUE TO USE.
WE MIGHT DESTROY THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LAND, WHICH IS UNIQUE.
AND I DOES NOT THINK OF MYSELF AS A PERSON.
I'M THINKING AS A CITY AS A WHOLE.
THIS PERSON CAN OBVIOUSLY FIND OTHER PLACES NEARBY WHERE SHE CAN PUT ACTUALLY THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OR SHE WANTS TO DO IS NOT.
MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE SILVERBERG.
MY CASE NUMBER IS PA DASH 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 6 1.
I LIVE AT 2 3 0 1 5 CENTRAL PRAIRIE SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 5 5.
I AM OPPOSED TO THE CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, THE, IT WOULD CAUSE A PROBLEM INSIDE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS, UM, DESTROY THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THIS IS A RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOES NOT NEED ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
I'M AT 93 0 9 SCHOOLHOUSE ROAD IN CROSS MOUNTAIN RANCH.
THE CASE NUMBER IS PA DASH 2025 DASH 61.
I AND MY WIFE OPPOSE THIS CHANGE AS TO IC AND SHE SEES NOTHING POSITIVE COMING OUT OF THIS CHANGE.
THE OWNERS OF THAT PROPERTY COULD SELL IT AS SOON AS IT'S CHANGED, AND IT IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST THING WHEN YOU ENTER OUR PROPERTY, AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY THE PROPERTY OF THE RANCH.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS CHANGE GO THROUGH.
11 CASE NUMBER PA DASH 2 2 5 0 61.
UH, I AM A HOMEOWNER IN CROSS MOUNTAIN RANCH AND, UH, A STRICTLY OPPOSED, CHANGING, MODIFYING OR CIRCUMVENTING THE CURRENT CROSS MOUNTAIN REGULATIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO, UH, THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AT 88 60 CROSS MOUNTAIN TRAIL.
UH, BASICALLY APPROVAL IS SUPPOSED PROPOSAL, UH, WE'LL AMOUNT TO GREATLY INCREASING A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING WITH TRAFFIC AND NOISE ON CROSS MOUNTAIN.
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CROSS MOUNTAIN IS NO FLOW STREET, HOWEVER, WE, IT'S NOT BEING ENFORCED, SO WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT.WE HAVE WALKERS, BICYCLE RIDERS, KIDS PLAYING, ET CETERA ON THAT STREET.
UH, PERSONALLY, MY WIFE HAS BEEN RUN OFF OF THE ROAD TWICE MYSELF, ONCE BY AN 18 WHEELER.
UH, THIS IS A SUBDIVISION IS WHAT IT IS.
THERE'S A TWO ACRE SITES HERE, UH, MILLION DOLLAR HOMES.
UH, ANYWAY, THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION IS AGAINST THIS.
UH, DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE THAT, UH, IS IN FAVOR OF THIS, EXCEPT THE, THE DEVELOPER AND THE PERSON SELLING THE PROPERTY.
BUT MY FIRST QUESTION, WHY DID THE DEVELOPER CHOOSE THIS SITE IN CROSS MOUNTAIN RANCH? A BASIC COST OF ACREAGE.
UH, THERE ARE PLENTY OF SITES ALONG BERNIE STAGE AND CENIC LOOP.
YES, IT'D BE MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT WITH THIS SITE, IF IT GOES IN AS BEING PROPOSED, IT WILL GREATLY DECREASE THE PROPERTY VALUES AND CROSS MOUNTAIN RANCH.
SO IF THE EFFECT TO ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS, MY NAME IS
I RESIDE AT 2 3 2 3 1 SOUTHPORT AND CROSS MOUNTAIN SUBDIVISION.
MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 771-1362.
I'M CALLING REGARDING CASE PA DASH 2 0 2 5 DASH OH SIX ONE.
CROSS MOUNTAIN RANCH IS A BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.
IT SHOULD BE USED FOR NOTHING ELSE.
I LIVE AT 91 0 8 YIELD TRAIN, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO FIVE FIVE.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 854-9185.
THIS IS FOR ITEM NUMBER P AS IN PAUL, A DASH 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 6 1.
UH, RELATING TO ZONING OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY INTO RURAL, UM, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND CROSS MOUNTAIN RANCH.
UM, THIS DETERMINATION OF WHETHER A NEIGHBORHOOD CAN HAVE A COMMERCIAL ZONING IN THE MIDDLE OF IT COULD AFFECT HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF NEIGHBORHOODS DIRECT THE CITY AND STATE.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
WE HAVE CHILDREN WALKING SCHOOL BUSES THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE RESIDENTS WALKING AS WELL AS DRIVING.
UH, THE ACCESS OF A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WOULD RESULT IN POSSIBLE, UH, INTOXICATIONS AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY WHEN THERE ARE PARTIES, WHICH COULD CAUSE DEFINITELY, UH, PROBLEMS WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THIS IS A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT SHOULD NOT BE IMPACTED BY A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF NEIGHBORHOODS, BIKES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND ALL THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE ON THE VERY OUTSKIRTS OF THEM.
UH, IT IS A DEFINITE ROAD HAZARD FOR CHILDREN AND SENIORS AS WELL AS PEOPLE RIDING THEIR BIKES.
UM, MY FAMILY AND I ARE TOTALLY AGAINST THIS, UH, ZONING.
2 2 9 5 9 CENTRAL PRAIRIE SAN ANTONIO, SEVEN EIGHT TWO FIVE FIVE.
AND THIS IS REGARDING CASE NUMBER PA DASH 2025 DASH 1 1 6 0 0 0 6 1.
I'M CALLING TO STATE MY OPPOSITION TO CHANGING THE DESIGNATION AT 1860 CROSS MOUNTAIN TRAIL FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
I WOULD SAY THAT THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THIS RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO PROPER, BUT JUST THE KEY ISSUE TO ME AS WE'RE RECOGNIZED BY BEXAR COUNTY IS SAFETY.
THIS IS A VERY WINDY ROAD, UH, UH, CROSS MOUNTAIN TRAIL ON WHICH THIS LOT SITS.
AND THERE ARE, THERE'S A PARADE OF TRUCKS AND CARS THAT USE
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IT AS A, UM, SHORTCUT.THE SPEEDING IS A BIG ISSUE BECAUSE ACTIONS HAPPEN ON THERE ON THIS ROAD BECAUSE IT IS SO WINDY AND THERE ARE NO STREETLIGHTS.
THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN ACTION BY PLACING SPEED MONITORS TO KEEP THE TRAFFIC WITHIN THE SPEED LIMIT OF 30 AND HAVE POSTED NO THROUGH TRAFFIC SIGNS AT THE ENTRANCES OF CROSS MOUNTAIN.
THEY RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE HERE OF SAFETY.
THE LOT IS LOCATED ON A BLIND CORNER, WHICH REQUIRES REDUCED SPEED.
UM, IF THIS IS REZONED COMMERCIAL, THE EXPECTATION IS THE TRAFFIC WOULD SHARPLY INCREASE AND CAUSE MORE OF A SAFETY ISSUE.
IT'S A DANGER TO CARS AND TO WALKERS IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE, THE STATE, THE, UM, CURVING.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL THE VOICEMAILS AND NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
SO THERE'S CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONTINUANCE TO THE OCTOBER 22ND MEETING.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTINUANCE TO OCTOBER 27TH, 22ND.
THAT'S A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ZUKI STAFF, PLEASE DO A, UH, ROLL VOTE.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.
UH, IT IS TWO 17 AND COMMISSIONER SIEGEL HAS TO RECUSE FROM THIS ITEM, SO SHE WILL LEAVE THE MEETING.
MY NAME IS ASHLEY LEAL, SENIOR PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE ARENA DISTRICT SLASH EASTSIDE COMMUNITY PLAN FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND PARKS, OPEN SPACE TO COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL MIXED USE AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, GENERALLY BOUNDED BY FROST BANK CENTER DRIVE TO THE WEST.
THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE NORTH SALADO CREEK TO THE EAST AND WILLOW SPRINGS GOLF COURSE TO THE SOUTH COUNCIL.
DISTRICT TWO ISSUED A CCR ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2024 AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2025.
DIRECTING THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO INITIATE A LARGE AREA REZONING GENERALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE UNITED HOMEOWNERS IMPROVEMENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE PROPOSED LAR AIMS TO ALIGN ZONING WITH EXISTING LAND USE SUPPORT, FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT, AND PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES.
SUBJECT AREA IS PART OF THE ARENA DISTRICT EAST SIDE COMMUNITY PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN DECEMBER, 2003.
CURRENT LAND USE FOR THE SUBJECT AREA IS A MIXTURE OF LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL, MEDIUM DENSITY AND SUM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL STAFF IS PROPOSING 49 PLAN AMENDMENTS.
32 OF THOSE ARE GOING FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
14 FROM RESIDENTIAL AND PARKS, OPEN SPACE TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AND THREE OTHERS.
GOING FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND MIXED USE.
STAFF IS REQUESTING THE PLAN AMENDMENTS TO ALIGN WITH 67 PROPOSED REZONING CHANGES.
THIS LAR WAS HEARD BEFORE ZONING COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 7TH AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS FOR 10 PROPERTIES.
IF PLANNING COMMISSION WISHES TO ALIGN THE RECOMMENDATION WITH ZONING COMMISSION STAFF CAN CLARIFY WHICH AMENDMENTS ARE NEEDED TO DO SO.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED A TASK FORCE TO WORK WITH STAFF ON JULY 7TH.
STAFF NOTICED ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE SUBJECT AREA AND HELD TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN AUGUST AT THE BARBARA JORDAN COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE PROJECT IS TENTATIVELY SET TO GO BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 6TH FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION.
STAFF POSTED FOUR SIGNS IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS WITHIN THE SUBJECT AREA AND 454 NOTICES WERE MAILED.
104 IN FAVOR, 19 IN OPPOSITION OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET, ONE IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.
AND THE UNITED HOMEOWNERS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE IS IN SUPPORT.
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AND THERE IS PUBLIC COMMENT.UM, I BELIEVE THERE IS VOICEMAILS.
MY NAME IS JACK, LAST NAME IS FINGER, LIKE FINGER ON THE HAND.
UH, THIS MY, MY MAILING ADDRESS IS POST OFFICE BOX NUMBER 1 2 0 4 8 IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER 10.
I BELIEVE IT IS, UH, NUMBER FOR REFERENCE NUMBER, UH, CASE NUMBER 0 0 5 4.
UH, THE, THE, UH, SITUATION ON IN THE DISTRICT TWO AREA, THE, UM, I AM AGAINST THAT AND, UM, I, I, I ROUTINELY COME TO THE, THE ZONING COMMISSION MEETINGS, UH, REGARDING VARIOUS CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES.
I, I I, ON A, ON RARE OCCASIONS, I WILL COME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD, UH, UH, VOTE AGAINST THIS.
I THINK FROM WHAT I'VE LEARNED, IN FACT, TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE NOW LEARNING WHAT A MASSIVE WELL TAKEOVER THIS IS ON THE EAST SIDE.
UM, WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT, THAT IT'S, UH, THE PLAN IS TO PLACE, EVENTUALLY PLACE THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, AREAS INTO WHAT ARE NOW INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S A VERY INCOMPATIBLE FIT.
I MEAN, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT DO, OF COURSE PROVIDE JOBS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA.
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE EXXON STORAGE TANKS.
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STORAGE AND, AND REMOVAL STORAGE AND, UM, UH, MOVING COMPANY IN THAT AREA.
WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO WHEN
I RESIDE AT 9 1 0 NORTH MITMAN STREET, APARTMENT TWO 13, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO ZERO TWO.
UH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 988-7048.
AND THE LAST THREE DIGITS OF THE CASE I'M, UH, FOLLOWING ABOUT IS 0 5 4.
UM, I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION FOR A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DE DESIGNATION ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED HOME OWNERS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, UH, WHICH IS INCLUSIVE OF BOTH THE WILLOW WOODS AND MEADOWVIEW NORTH NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, WE'RE SEEKING A DESIGNATION OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FOR THE AREA AS OPPOSED TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION.
THE TWO RESIDENTIAL AREAS ALSO INCLUDE ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BELLA CAMERON PLEX PARK, UH, AND THEN A LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEX JUST OFF G ROAD.
UH, THE NEGATIVE TRAFFIC IMPACT FROM HEAVY TRUCKS INCLUDE HIGH AMOUNTS OF DUST DEBRIS AND HAS, UH, A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT ON RESIDENTS AS WELL AS, UH, REPRESENT SAFETY HAZARDS TO THOSE WHO WALK OR CYCLE FOR EXERCISE.
AND WE OF THE DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF WHICH I AM VICE PRESIDENT FOR VOICING OUR SUPPORT FOR THE REQUESTED DESTINATION FOR THE ABOVE AREA ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED HOMEOWNERS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY.
I'M A DIRECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO STOCKVILLE RODEO.
WE RESIDE AT 7 23 FROST BANK CENTER DRIVE AND WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE LARGE AREA.
MY CELL PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 254-6565.
UM, ON 3 6 4 3 RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER PA 2 2 5 1 1 6 0 0 0 5 4.
UM, AND THIS IS THE ARENA DISTRICT EAST SIDE COMMUNITY PLAN.
IF I JUST WANT TO LET THE COMMISSION KNOW, I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO, UM, PUT THIS FORWARD.
UM, INVOKE YES FOR THIS TO CONTINUE ON.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT CHANGES, UM, PROPOSED HERE FOR THE UNITED HOMEOWNERS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION AREA.
MY ADDRESS IS 34 0 2 CHATEAU DRIVE,
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 9.I AM CALLING ABOUT PROPOSITION 0 5 4 AND UH, I AM VOTING FOR IT.
UM, REASON BEING IS BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, TRACTOR TRAILERS THAT ARE DRIVING DOWN OUR STREETS, THE NOISE.
UM, ALSO ALL THE, UH, PEOPLE DRIVING FAST ON OUR ROAD NEXT TO OUR HOUSE.
THIS USUALLY HAPPENS BETWEEN UH, THREE AND FIVE AND THEN ALSO FROM AGE TWO 10, UH, THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, NOISE, UH, AFTER HOURS WHERE WE HEAR ALL THE, UM, THE FORKLIFTS REVERSING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, UH, THE POLLUTION, THE DUST THAT, THAT COMES UP BECAUSE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT WAREHOUSES THAT ARE WORKING.
PATRICK VON DELIN, DISTRICT 9 1 4 5 4 6 BROOK HOLLOW BOULEVARD NUMBER 4 0 2, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 2.
CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER 20 25 6 54 AND AM REQUESTING TO DENY OR AT A MINIMUM POSTPONE FOR 90 DAYS TO ALLOW ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL OWNERS IN DISTRICT TWO.
THIS PROJECT, UH, BY STAFF HAS MOVED VERY FAST.
THERE'S BEEN A FAILURE TO ANALYZE ALTERNATIVES TO DOWN ZONING WITH CONDITIONAL USE.
AND THAT WILL IMMEDIATELY NOT ONLY DEVALUE PROPERTIES, IMPACT TAXES AND IMPACT, ADVERSELY IMPACT BUSINESSES AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND WE HAVE A DUTY AS A CITY, A GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE WE DO RIGHT AND DO NO HARM.
AND THE APPEARANCE IS A FAVORITISM TOWARDS A BIAS AND NOT LOOKING AT OBJECTIVE REALITY AND A HISTORY OF WHAT'S BEEN THERE FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS.
THESE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA DESERVE TO HAVE DUE PROCESS AND THERE HAS BEEN NO DUE PROCESS AT THIS POINT.
APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION, APPRECIATE YOU DENYING THIS, OR AT LEAST AT A BARE MINIMUM, POSTPONING IT FOR 90 DAYS.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 0 3 CREEKVIEW DRIVE, SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE NINE.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 825-4550.
I AM CALLING IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 1 6 0 0 5 4.
THE LARGE AREA REZONING PLANT.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE AREA SINCE THE LATE NINETIES AND MY HOME ON CREEKVIEW DRIVE IS THE, IN THE BOUNDARY AREA THAT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION AS SOMEBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ORIGINAL ARENA AREA, EAST SIDE COMMUNITY PLAN PROCESS.
I'M GLAD THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE I BELIEVE PROTECTING THE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE VALUABLE NEIGHBORS AND THAT UHIA AREA IS A VERY WORTHY GOAL.
SO TWO WOULD BE ENFORCING THE RULES THAT ALREADY EXIST.
SO MANY OF OUR CONTINUING CHALLENGES WE FACE SEEM TO BE RELATED TO THE BUSINESSES THAT DON'T FOLLOW THE PROPER PROCEDURES AND THE CITY'S STEADFAST HABITS OF NOT TAKING ANY TIMELY AND SUBSTANTIVE ACTION TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE RESPONSIVE TAXPAYERS HERE FOR DECADES.
MY ADVICE, LISTEN TO THE PLEAS OF THESE RESIDENTS AND ON A DAILY BASIS, EVERYONE SHOULD BE DOING THEIR JOBS.
WHEN VIOLATIONS ARE REPORTED, MEANINGFUL ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT SO HARD ALL THE TIME FOR EQUITABLE TREATMENT.
AND DO WHAT YOU CAN TO GRANT THE FERVENT REQUEST OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEVOTED TO THIS EFFORT.
I LIVE AT 36 26
THAT'S IN THE, UM, AREA NEAR FLAT PARK.
AND I AM IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING OF THIS AREA THAT IS NEAR US FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT HAS BEEN SURROUNDED BY FAR TOO MANY,
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BUT INDUSTRY, UM, TRUCKING AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR FAR TOO LONG.THE FUMES, THE DUST AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS CAUSED IS REALLY A NUISANCE TO THE AREA.
AND THERE'S A HEALTH CONCERN AS WELL.
UM, BECAUSE OF ALL THE DUST IN THE AIR, THE AWFUL FUMES THAT ARE SOMETIMES PRESENT, IT REALLY AFFECTS US.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL CONSIDER IT AND RESOLVE THE AREA.
TELEPHONE NUMBER TWO ONE THREE NINE TWO ONE OH THREE ZERO NINE ONE FIVE TWO NINE.
MY ADDRESS IS 36 54
I BELIEVE THE ITEM AGENDA NUMBER IS PPA 2 0 2 5 16 0 0 5 4.
I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN FOR THE LARGE TRUCKING COMPANIES THAT ARE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG BELGIUM, BRUSSELS, PAULSON AND GIMLER ROAD, THE TIRE COMPANY COLON, C-O-L-A-N.
THEY HAVE TIRES STORED OUTSIDE VISIBLE THAT ARE COLLECTING WATER WHEN IT RAINS THE BREED MOSQUITOES, WHICH IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE TRUCKS, UH,
THEY FLY OUT OF THAT PARKING LOT.
I LIVE AT 3 4 0 2 CHATEAU DRIVE, 7 8 2 1 9.
AND I'M CALLING ABOUT THE REZONING THAT'S YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
MY COMPLAINT IS TOO MUCH TRAFFIC, TOO MUCH SPEEDING.
WE DON'T NEED ALL THOSE DAM BUSINESSES.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE MAKING PROJECT MARVEL SO THERE'S ROOM TO MOVE AND SO I VOTE THAT WE KEEP IT A RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
THIS IS RY
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (206) 658-3650.
I'M CALLING FOR CASE NUMBER ENDING IN 0 0 5 4 OR THE REZONING OF THE HIA.
NOW WE ARE HIGHLY IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING AS IT WILL PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FROM HARMFUL INDUSTRIAL ENCROACHMENT.
THE CURRENT ZONING HAS EXPLICIT RACIAL IMPLICATIONS, WHICH DO NOT HAVE PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING HAS NO PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS IT CREATES COMPLEX ACROSS HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, PROPERTY VALUES, AND SOCIAL WELLBEING.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE HIGHLY IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING.
OKAY, THAT IS ALL THE VOICEMAILS.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UH, THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UH, FIRST ON THE LIST IS TOM ROADIE.
UM, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
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I HAVE A GENTLEMAN'S GONNA GIMME HIS TIME.MR. ART VIAL IS GIVING HIS TIME.
OKAY, YOU HAVE FOUR MORE MINUTES.
I ALSO HAVE A BUSINESS AT 6 0 2 GIMBAL ROAD.
IT'S CALLED ALAMO, KOA CAMPGROUNDS.
IT'S THE LARGEST PROPERTY IN THIS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD PLANT IS 38 ACRES.
I HELPED MY DAD AND MY TWO UNCLES BUILD IT.
UH, WE WERE THERE ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE HOMEOWNERS WERE BUILDING THEIR HOUSES.
WE'VE OWNED THE PROPERTY SINCE THE EARLY SIXTIES.
UM, WE'RE A KOA CAMPGROUND AND WE'RE NOT REALLY A CAMPGROUND.
WE'RE WHAT'S CALLED A KOA HOLIDAY RESORT.
WE HAVE AN EVENT CENTER THERE FOR CAMPERS WHEN THEY TRAVEL IN GROUPS.
WE HAVE A GROCERY STORE THAT SELLS BEER AND WINE.
UM, AND WE HAVE CAMPING CABINS.
WE HAVE ABOUT THREE DOZEN CAMPING CABINS.
A CAMPING CABIN IS NOT A MOBILE HOME AND IT'S NOT AN RV.
IT'S NOT A PERMANENT RESIDENCE, IT'S NOT ON A SLAB.
I AM TOTALLY, TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP'S ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES.
WE'VE BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
UM, MANY, MANY PEOPLE HERE HAVE KNOWN MY DAD AND MY UNCLES AND HAVE COME TO THE CAMPGROUND AND MANY HAVE STAYED THERE.
MANY YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST GOT OPEN DURING HEMISPHERE, WE EMPLOYED A LOT OF THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE'VE BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
WE'VE NOT ONLY BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO OUR ADJACENT NEIGHBORS, WE'VE BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THE CITY.
WE'VE DONATED LAND ALL THE WAY FROM OUR KOA CAMPGROUND ALL THE WAY UP TO FORT SAM EASTON, UH, ALMOST PROBABLY A HUNDRED ACRES.
IT'S NOW PART OF IT'S CALLED THE AL ROADIE NATURE PRESERVE.
UM, WE'VE DONATED LAND ACROSS THE STREET TO THE CITY TO, FOR THE SLAUGHTER CREEK HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
WE'VE DONATED LAND ADJOINING OUR CAMPGROUND FOR THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
UH, WHEN I SAY WE'VE BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR, WE'VE BEEN A VERY GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THE AREA.
UH, WHAT I'M AGAINST IS THE C TWO ZONING APPLICATION THAT THE COUNCILMAN HAS ASKED YOU ALL TO CONSIDER.
I THINK THAT'S AN OVERREACH OF ZONING POWERS.
THAT'S THE MINIMUM COMMERCIAL USAGE WE COULD POSSIBLY ALLOWED FOR A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT'S THERE.
WHAT, WHAT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM DOESN'T TELL YOU IS IF YOU TRY TO REZONE, I MEAN, IF YOU REZONE OUR LAND C TWO CONDITIONAL USE UNDER THE NEW STATE LAW, WHICH NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT, I WENT TO ONE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AT BARBARA JORDAN AND NOBODY BROUGHT IT UP, STAFFER, NONE OF THE, UH, PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE.
YOU NOW CAN BUILD 65 APARTMENT UNITS PER ACRE AND SEE COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROPERTY.
THAT'S GONNA ALLOW US, IF WE RECLAIMED OUR FLOODPLAIN LAND, WE COULD BUILD 2,470 APARTMENTS.
IF YOU REZONE THE OTHER TWO OR 300 ACRES ACROSS THE STREET TO SEE ZONING, YOU'RE BASICALLY CHANGING A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT TO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DISTRICT OF 65 UNITS PER ACRE.
UM, HOW MUCH YOU THINK 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS OUT, YOU CAN TEAR DOWN A FIVE ACRE WAREHOUSE IN THE FUTURE.
THE LAND'S MORE VALUABLE TO BUILD 350 APARTMENT UNITS.
A 10 ACRE VACANT TRUCK YARD COULD BUILD 650 APARTMENT UNITS.
I DON'T THINK WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTENDED.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCILMAN INTENDED AND I'M OPPOSED TO THE C TWO ZONING.
IN OUR SPECIFIC INSTANCE, WHEN I WENT TO BARBARA JORDAN AND ASKED THE STAFF, WHAT DOES AN RV PARK TAKE IN ZONING, IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE FOR THEM TO GET BACK TO ME.
THEY SAID MANUFACTURED HOUSING PARK, MHP, UH, MY ZONING CONSULTANT ART SAID WE PROBABLY SHOULD BE MHP WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR A CAMPGROUND.
I'VE SPENT TWO HOURS ON CHAT GBT AND IT SAYS IT'S BETTER TO BE A MANUFACTURED HOUSING PARK WITH CONDITIONAL ZONING THAN IT IS TO BE UNDER C TWO, THE BASE LAYER OF C TWO.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS SIX MINUTES.
YEAH, I WAS FOUR MINUTES, SORRY.
PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, THREE 15 EAST COMMERCE.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF DICK PEACOCK.
HE'S A PROPERTY OWNER IN THE AREA.
HE HAS ABOUT NINE PROPERTIES ON BRUSSELS AND, UM, I'M FORGETTING PAULSON STREET.
HIS ISSUE IS HE DOESN'T HAVE BUSINESSES IN THESE WAREHOUSES.
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WHAT HE HAS, HE, HE'S A LANDLORD, HE HAS TENANTS.SO I, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO ZONING, SO I KNOW THIS IS PLANNING, BUT WITH WHAT THE CITY IS GIVING HIM, EVERY TIME HE GETS A NEW TENANT, HE'S GONNA HAVE TO COME AND REZONE BECAUSE THEY'RE GIVING HIM THE C TWO CONDITIONAL DISTRICT FOR THINGS LIKE WAREHOUSING.
SO IF HE GETS A MACHINE SHOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HE'S GOTTA DO REZONING.
HOW THAT AFFECTS THE PLAN AMENDMENT IS THAT HE'S ALSO GONNA BE STUCK SOMETIMES DOING PLAN AMENDMENTS, SOMETIMES NOT.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING THIS COMMISSION IS TO FOLLOW WHAT THE ZONING COMMISSION DID YESTERDAY.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE HEARD, BUT THEY BASICALLY TOOK STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND MODIFIED A LITTLE BIT FOR, FOR MY CLIENT TO ALLOW HIM TO HAVE L ZONING AND A COUPLE OF OTHER, UH, REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE HERE FOR THEIR CLIENTS.
SO FOR MY CLIENT, I WOULD ASK THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO KEEP THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION ON MOST OF HIS PROPERTIES.
AND ON ONE THAT'S ON, UM, BRUSSELS, IT APPEARS TO BE EITHER MEDIUM OR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
WE WOULD JUST ASK THAT, THAT BE CHANGED TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UM, JUST GONNA COMMENT HERE, YOU KNOW, STAFF SAYS, WELL, THEY'RE, WE'RE GIVING ZONING TO THESE PROPERTIES THAT SO THEY CAN KEEP DOING WHAT THEY'RE CON WHAT THEY'RE DOING TODAY.
AND THERE'S NO SITE PLAN REQUIREMENT WITH THE CONDITIONAL DISTRICT THEY'RE RECEIVING SO THEY CAN EXPAND IT.
WELL, AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T REALLY HELP MY CLIENT BECAUSE HIS PROPERTIES ARE ALL FULLY DEVELOPED WITH WAREHOUSES, LARGE OFFICE FLEX TYPE BUILDINGS.
HE'S NOT GONNA TEAR THOSE DOWN TO MAKE THEM ANY BIGGER.
HE, HE'S JUST GONNA GET STUCK WITH EMPTY PROPERTIES THAT HE CAN'T LEASE BECAUSE MOST, MOST, UH, TENANTS WANT INSTANT ZONING.
THEY DON'T WANNA WAIT FOUR MONTHS FOR A ZONING CHANGE AND HE'S GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT COST TIME AND EXPENSE TO REZONE EVERY TIME HE GETS A NEW TENANTS, WHICH WITH NINE, NINE PROPERTIES, THAT'S A LOT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR TODAY.
JUST ALLOW US TO KEEP THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, HAVE THIS BODY'S RECOMMENDATION MATCH WHAT THE ZONING COMMISSION DID YESTERDAY.
I CAN'T REALLY READ THE LAST NAME.
I HAVE, UH, TWO INDIVIDUALS ALSO YIELDING SOME TIME.
UH, MS. V AND, UH, MS. PLUMMER.
OKAY, WHAT WAS THE FIRST ONE? DORIS V.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, TOO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS CLIFF ANIEL, 1314 FONTAINE DRIVE.
YESTERDAY DURING ZONING DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER KEN HUEY, UH, SAID SOMETHING THAT REALLY STRUCK ME DEEPLY.
HE SAID TO EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, AND WE FAILED THIS ROOM.
AND I FIND THAT STATEMENT TO BE TRUE.
IN MY OPINION, FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, THE FAMILIES OF THE UHIA NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE ENDURED THE FAILURES OF PAST LEADERSHIP, LIVING UNDER HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING THAT BRINGS DUST INTO THEIR LUNGS, HOMES, TRUCKS, TEARING UP THEIR STREETS AND POLLUTION THREATENING THE HEALTH AND CHILDREN'S FUTURES.
WE CANNOT CHANGE THE PAST, BUT WITH YOU, WE CAN HELP CHANGE THE FUTURE.
TODAY WE ASK THAT YOU DO WHAT PAST LEADERS WOULD NOT DO, DELIVER TO THIS COMMUNITY.
THE BASIC PROTECTIONS THAT WE HAVE WAITED FAR TOO LONG FOR, FOR DECADES.
UHIA HAS HELD MONTHLY PUBLIC MEETINGS, PUTS SIGNS ALONG BELGIUM LANE, GAMBLER ROAD, PAUL PAULSON, AND BRUSSELS, SO THAT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALIKE WOULD KNOW WHEN AND WHERE TO JOIN US.
WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR, INTRODUCED OURSELVES AS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND I HAVE PERSONALLY EMAILED PROBLEMATIC BUSINESSES ABOUT NEIGHBOR CONCERNS OVER DUST AND POLLUTION.
I'VE EVEN VISITED THOSE OFFICES IN PERSON AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE GOT IN RETURN IS RESISTANCE AND SILENCE.
BUT THE TRUTH IS, IT REALLY UPSETS ME.
NOW THAT WE WANT, THE BUSINESSES ARE SAYING THEY WANT MORE TIME, BUT THE TRUTH IS, IS THAT THEY HAVE HAD DECADES OF TIME, 50 YEARS, AND THEY HAVE NOT COME TO THE TABLE.
THIS IS NOT AN ANTI-BUSINESS MOVEMENT.
WE HAVE WORKED AND WELCOMED ANY RESPONSIBLE PARTNER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO STORM WORKS TO IMPROVE OUR DRAINAGE AT PLETZ PARK.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO RODEO ON BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS WITH BEXAR COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION WITH RES CARE FACILITY ON, UH, SUPPORTING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES UNION PACIFIC ON CORRIDOR BEAUTIFICATION, EVEN WITH STARBUCKS TO PROVIDE MEETING SPACE AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
THOSE PARTNERS ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AND THEY ENGAGED THE PROBLEMATIC BUSINESSES.
WE ALSO CANNOT IGNORE THE BIGGER ECONOMIC PICTURE.
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ARE GONNA LEAVE THE FROST BANK CENTER BY 2032.THE OFFICIAL REASON IS THAT THE ARENA IS OUTDATED.
BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S JUST A POLITE WAY FOR THEM TO SAY THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN A LOCATION THAT IS SURROUNDED BY HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TRUCK YARD DEPOTS AND BLIGHT.
BUT THAT FAILURE GOES BACK DECADES.
WHEN THE SPURS FIRST CAME TO THAT ARENA, CITY LEADERS SHOULD HAVE REZONED THAT AREA TO LAY DOWN THE FOUNDATION FOR A VIBRANT ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.
INSTEAD, THEY LEFT THE AREA TO STAGNATE.
NOW THE SAN ANTONIO RODEO WANTS TO EXPAND TO A YEAR-ROUND ATTRACTION, WHICH IS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR AREA.
BUT ASK YOURSELVES THIS, WHO WILL WANT TO VISIT AND STAY AND SPEND THEIR MONEY IN AN AREA THAT STILL LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE? NO, WE CANNOT KEEP MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES.
IF WE WANT THE RODEO TO SUCCEED, WE MUST MAKE THE AREA CLEAN, SAFE, AND WELCOMING.
AND THAT BEGINS WITH REZONING.
YESTERDAY WE HEARD THE CONCERNS THAT REZONING MIGHT HARM BUSINESSES, BUT THE FACTS TELL A DIFFERENT STORY.
YOUR OWN STAFF FOUND THAT NO CURRENT BUSINESS IN THE UHIA BOUNDARIES REQUIRE AN I TWO OR AN I ONE ZONING FOR THE WAY THAT THEY OPERATE TODAY.
IN FACT, SEVERAL ARE ALLEGEDLY OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
SOME LACK OF PROPER CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY UN PERMITTED STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY AND ARE NOT CONFORMING.
THE NEW ZONING PLAN WOULD ACTUALLY HELP BRING THESE BUSINESSES INTO COMPLIANCE BY GRANTING THEM CONDITIONAL USE STATUS, ALLOWING THEM TO CONTINUE OPERATING LEGALLY.
SO WHEN THEY SAY THAT REZONING IS GOING TO FORCE THEM TO SHUT THEIR DOORS, THAT NARRATIVE IS NOT TRUE.
THIS REZONING WILL NOT CLOSE DOWN RESPONSIBLE BUSINESSES.
IT'LL PREVENT NEW HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES FROM FURTHER HARMING THIS COMMUNITY.
YES, MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT WILL GIVE THE RESIDENTS WHAT THEY DESERVE, CLEAN AIR, SAFE STREETS, AND A FUTURE WORTH INVESTING IN.
AFTER 50 YEARS OF WAITING COMMISSIONERS, WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE DELAYS.
COMMISSIONERS, AS COMMISSIONER KEN HUGHES SAID YESTERDAY, YOUR PAST LEADERS FAILED YOU.
AND AGAIN, I BELIEVE THAT IS TRUE.
IN MY OPINION, YOU NOW HAVE A CHANCE AS LEADERS TO FINALLY HELP US GET THIS RIGHT.
WE CANNOT BLAME YOU FOR THE FAILURES OF THE PAST, BUT WE CAN ASK YOU TO HELP US CORRECT THEM.
DO NOT LET THE BASELESS CONSPIRACY CLAIMS OF LAST MINUTE PLEAS FOR DELAY DROWN OUT THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF THESE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CARRIED THIS BURDEN FOR GENERATIONS.
THE SPURS DEPARTURE IS A WARNING FOR WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY NEGLECT, WHEN YOU NEGLECT A COMMUNITY'S POTENTIAL.
AND THE RODEO'S VISION IS WHAT IS, IS WHAT WE SHOW WHEN WE ACT BOLDLY.
SO I ASK YOU TO APPROVE THE LARGE AIR REZONING.
HELP US TURN DECADES OF NEGLECT INTO DECADES OF OPPORTUNITY.
GIVE OUR FAMILIES THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, CLEAN AIR, SAFE STREETS, AND A COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
UM, TWO PEOPLE ARE GONNA YIELD THEIR TIME TO ME.
UM, BEVERLY TOWNS AND, UM, OKAY.
WHAT ADDRESS? 34 0 7 CHATEAU 34 0 7.
CHATEAU, I DON'T SEE THE NAME ON HERE.
FIRST NAME RAY AND 34 0 7 CHATEAU DRIVE.
SIR, DID YOU PHYSICALLY SIGN THE SHEET? I DON'T SEE YOUR NAME ON THE SIGNUP SHEET HERE.
WHO ELSE? GRANT ELSE SIGNED UP THAT'S NOT GONNA SEE THAT.
UM, I DON'T THINK THEY MEANT TO, BUT UM, THAT'S A LOT.
YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS BROUGHT TO ME TOO.
ALL RIGHT, WELL YOU GOT, SO, UM, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JESSE LES AND I'M FROM 1318.
DO YOU MIND PLAYING THE VIDEO ON MUTE IN THE BACKGROUND? Y'ALL SEE A LOT OF THE, THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON.
SO TODAY I'M GONNA TAKE ON A HISTORY CLASS.
HOW ARE WE HERE TODAY? HOW WAS THIS CREATED? BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAYS OF RACISM, SEGREGATION, DISCRIMINATION, SO THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE GONNA PUT THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE GONNA PUT THEM.
WHERE THE ELITE BLACK AFRICAN COMMUNITY,
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THERE'S A LOT OF ARTICLES, EVERYTHING I'M SAYING, IT'S ON THE RECORD.YOU GUYS HAVE A COPY RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
WHERE ARE WE GONNA PUT THEM? WE DON'T WANNA PUT 'EM IN THE WHITE AREAS.
WE CAN'T PUT THEM IN ALAMO HEIGHTS, BUT THEY SERVE OUR COUNTRY.
WE GOT VETERANS, WE GOT EVERY, WE GOT UM, SOLDIERS, WE GOT DOCTORS, WE GOT LAWYERS, BUT THEY'RE BLACK.
SO WHAT DID THEY DECIDE TO DO? PLEDGE DECIDED TO CREATE AN AREA.
THERE'S A LOT OF ARTICLES ABOUT THIS.
UM, DECIDED TO CREATE AN, AN AREA FOR THE ELITE BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
THEN YOU HAD A LITTLE BIT OF BACKLASH AROUND THERE SAYING, HOW CAN WE PROTECT THE LITTLE BIT OF, UM, PEOPLE AROUND THE AREA? WELL, THIS IS WHAT CLIFF MEANS ABOUT OUR LEADERS FAILED US.
ALSO ABOUT, GUYS, THERE'S THINGS WE GOTTA FIX.
ONE OF 'EM IS, YOU CAN PUT IT ON MUTE, I WANNA READ THIS TO YOU.
AND THE DEED OF TRUST IS STILL UP THERE.
IT SAYS, SAID, PROPERTY SHALL NEVER BE SOLD OR LEASE TO A NEGROES OR MEXICANS, NEGROS OR MEXICANS.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
YOU GUYS LOOK AT THE, LOOK AT THE POLLUTION RIGHT THERE.
LOOK LIKE, UH, MR. DONALD, YOU SAW TWO, THREE YEARS AGO, THE POOP ALL OVER OUR STREETS.
LEADERS LIKE YOU ALLOWED US TO NOT SMELL S**T AND POOP AND URINE FOR THANKSGIVING.
ALL WE WANT IS BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS.
WHY WAS THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS CREATED? THE HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE EMPHASIZES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
THE PRINCIPLES THAT ALL PEOPLE DESERVE.
THIS IS A CRITICAL, THIS IS CRITICAL BECAUSE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, OFTEN POOR INDIGNITIES AND RACIAL MINORITY GROUPS ARE FREQUENTLY LOCATED CLOSER TO SOURCES OF POLLUTION AND TO TO SUFFER DIS INAPPROPRIATELY FROM ITS EFFECTS.
THE HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK PROVIDES A LEGAL TO TO ADDRESS THESE INEQUALITIES IMPLICATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATIONS.
THE RECOGNITION OF THESE RIGHTS CREATE A LEGAL FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO SEEK JUSTICE.
IT MEANS THAT GOVERNMENTS HAVE LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE OBLIGATIONS TO PROTECT THESE RIGHTS.
AND THE ENVIRONMENTALLY DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES CAN BE CHALLENGED UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION.
IT IS ALSO A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN A COMMUNITY BRINGS THIS TO LEADERS LIKE YOU GUYS.
THAT'S WHY THIS LAW WAS CREATED TO HELP US MAKE THIS CHANGE.
HOW WERE WE CREATED THROUGH RACIAL DISCRIM INJUSTICE? HEY, BUT WE'RE HERE NOW.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO MEET, TO MEET HALFWAY? AND WE GOT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GREAT RELATIONSHIP.
WE SEE THEM ALMOST EVERY MONTH.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY DOING THINGS.
THE NURSING HOME, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH ALMOST HALF OF THE BUSINESSES.
BUT THEN WE GOT THE BUSINESSES INCLUDING THE RV PARK.
WE'RE BRINGING YOU TO COMPLIANCE.
YOU JUST BUILD A STRUCTURE THAT DOES NOT EVEN HAVE PERMITS.
CAN WE HEAR A THANK YOU? WE DON'T WANT YOU GUYS OUT.
WE ARE JUST SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, BUT THEY WANT MORE.
I HAVE, UH, ONE YOUNG LADY THAT WILL, UH, THAT'S GONNA GIVE ME MINUTES.
YOU JUST HAVE TO TELL THEM YOUR NAME.
I HAVE, UH, MATERIAL I'D LIKE TO GIVE TO COUNSEL.
SHE'S PASSING OUT MY MATERIAL RIGHT NOW.
I'M THADDEUS EGEL HARD OF 8 26 TIMO DRIVE.
ONE OF MY DIRECT BUSINESS NEIGHBORS IS MR. ROADIE, OF WHICH WE'VE HAD NO CONFLICT.
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IN FACT, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL FRIENDLY CHATS WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESSES DIRECTLY AROUND ME BEFORE WE WALKED INTO THIS MEETING.WE ARE READY TO UPDATE, TO UPGRADE OUR ZONE.
THERE IS NO COMPETITION BETWEEN BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL.
1:00 PM MEETING WITH LARGE, UH, LANDOWNERS AND BUSINESSES.
THERE WERE ONLY THREE THAT EXPRESSED THEY HAD SPECIAL NEEDS.
SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION DISCUSSED AND DECIDED WAS NO ONE PROPERTY NEEDED A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL I TWO CLASSIFICATION.
AND OUR VOTES WITH THE ZONING COMMISSION ARE NO VOTES.
CONSIDERATION FOR HEARINGS BASED ON FURTHER STUDY OF THE ONLY OTHER SIX BUSINESSES WHICH NEVER ATTEND OR ENGAGE IN ANY MEETINGS.
THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED, THESE SIX BUSINESSES DO NOT ATTEND PUBLIC MEETINGS.
COMMENTS WERE MADE AS IF 20 OTHER BUSINESSES NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.
THE COMMUNITY HAS NO ARGUMENT WITH THESE REMAINING BUSINESSES.
WE ASK THE PROCEEDINGS, THE IDEAS OF REZONING CONTINUE WITH APPROVAL OF CITY PLANNING.
50 YEARS OF POOR ZONING HAS BEEN A A BIT LONG.
FUTURE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR ZONE WITH PERMANENT PRESIDENTS PRESENCE OF RODEO YEAR ROUND IS NOW A REALITY.
PLEASE ASSIST US IN MAKING THIS A SOLID DECISION FOR ALL.
I, UH, ATTACH A MAP OR A DRAWING, AN ILLUSTRATION OF HOW BAD THE ZONING HAS BEEN AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR DECADES.
I ASKED YOU TO SEE THAT IT'S THAT MUCH IN INDUSTRIAL ZONING THAT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO SUPPOSEDLY EXIST AROUND US NOW IN DEFENSE OF THE BUSINESSES.
WE HAVE SIMPLY HAD SOME BAD ACTORS, SOME BAD LEASERS, SOME BAD TENANTS WHO HAVE POLLUTED NEAR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
I TOO AM A LANDLORD AND I INSIST THAT YOU KEEP MY PROPERTIES PRISTINE.
JAMES MCKNIGHT, 1 1 2 EAST PECAN WITH ORTIZ MCKNIGHT.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AT 6 39 GEMBLER ROAD.
SO IT'S ONE OF THE BUSINESSES AND, UM, WE WERE HERE YESTERDAY AS WELL WITH THE ZONING COMMISSION AND WE WERE ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WAS ASKING FOR AN AMENDMENT AND THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT MADE.
CURRENTLY THE CHANGE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT, UH, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE FOR OUR LAND USE AND CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
WITH THE RECOMMENDATION MADE AT ZONING COMMISSION, WE'D ACTUALLY NEED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
SO WE'RE ASKING THAT 6 39 GIMLER BE, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL INSTEAD OF THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL THAT WAS RECOMMENDED.
CONSISTENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT ZONING COMMISSION MADE.
THERE ARE USES ON THE, THE, ON THE PROPERTY THAT ARE NOT COMPLETELY COVERED BY EVERYTHING THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IN THE CONDITIONAL USE, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ASKING THE BASE ZONING TO BE RAISED FROM C TWO TO L AND CONSEQUENTLY WE NEED THAT LAND USE AS WELL.
ONE THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT LAND USE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS THAT IT, IT PERMITS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES, BUT ALSO C3 USES AND OFFICE USES.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY GOOD CATEGORY TO PUT THERE BECAUSE IT HAS KIND OF A TRANSITION AREA AND DOES ALLOW COMMERCIAL USES AS WELL.
SO IF THIS BUSINESS GOES AWAY, WHAT COULD GO IN THERE IS COMMERCIAL.
SO IT'S KIND OF THAT IN-BETWEEN AREA.
IT REMOVES THE I TWO FOR SURE.
WE'RE NOT HERE, UH, TO FIGHT THE MOVEMENT THAT IS TAKING PLACE AND WE BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE DON'T NEED A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, WE JUST LOOKING FOR THAT IN BETWEEN COMPROMISE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND LEAVE IN PLACE A LAND USE THAT IS REALLY, UM, APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA.
JUST GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I AM FROM, UM, MY RESIDENCE IS 37 35 BELGIUM LANE AND I ALSO AM A LENDER AT 8 1 9 T-I-M-I-L-O.
TIM LO DRIVE OFF OF GIBBLER ROAD.
UM, I AM THE BABY OF THE BUNCH.
UM, THE HOMEOWNER, UM, ASSOCIATION
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HAS RAISED ME.UM, I'LL BE, UM, COMING ONTO MY FIFTIES AND UM, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I USED TO WALK TO CAMERON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN I WAS A, UM, AGE TO DO SO.
SO BACK THEN THERE WAS A CORNFIELD, THERE WAS A SAFE NET FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO COMMUTE FROM GEMR ROAD TO CAMERON ELEMENTARY OFF OF BELGIUM.
UM, IT GAVE ME A SAFE HAVEN WHERE I BOUGHT, WENT BACK HOME AND BOUGHT A HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MYSELF FOR MY CHILDREN.
UM, MY CHILDREN ARE UP AT AGE NOW, BUT THEY ALSO ATTENDED CAMERON ELEMENTARY AND I NOTICED WHEN I DID MOVE BACK HOME, I WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE MY CHILDREN TO WALK TO CAMERON ELEMENTARY, EVEN THOUGH I JUST LIVE ONLY THREE MINUTES DOWN THE STREET FROM IT BECAUSE OF THE TRUCKS, BECAUSE OF THE INDUSTRIAL.
AND I WALK MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF THAT.
UM, I'VE HAD, I'VE BEEN AN ATHLETE ALL MY LIFE, SO I RAN THE PARKS TO THE COLISEUMS ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS UP TO THE RED BERRY MANSION UP THE HILLS TO WW WHITE DOWN.
I AM A KNOWN TRACK STAR HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, I, UM, WANTED TO EXPRESS ALL THE POLLUTION AND STUFF THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, IT'S VERY HARD, UM, EVEN THOUGH, UM, TIME HAS CHANGED AND WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THE POLLUTION THAT WE HAVE, NOT ABLE TO HAVE A DECENT BARBECUE, UM, DINNER IN OUR BACKYARD BECAUSE ALL THE SMOKE AND DEBRIS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THE DUST AND STUFF.
NEXT WE HAVE GRACE BENNETT HILL.
JACKIE ALI TO WHO? JACKIE ALLIE.
UH, JACQUELINE ALI, YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM NAME AND ADDRESS.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES, I'M SORRY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN PECK AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS JACQUELINE ALI AND I LIVE AT 34 27 BELGIUM LANE.
IN WILLOW WOODS ESTATES ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT BORDERS THE ARENA DISTRICT AREA.
I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL MIXED, USED, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
FOR MANY YEARS, THIS AREA OF THE EAST SIDE HAS CARRIED THE WEIGHT OF HEAVY AND INDUSTRIAL WITH NOISE, TRUCK TRAFFIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT WERE NEVER MEANT TO EXIST.
SO CLOSE TO HOMES, SCHOOLS, AND PARKS.
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE WILLOW WOOD ESTATES, MEADOWVIEW NORTH AND MEADOWVIEW PARK WERE BUILT LONG BEFORE THESE INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES MOVED IN.
BUT OVER TIME, THE MISMATCH BETWEEN THE LAND USES HAS CREATED SERIOUS CONCERNS FOR OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, INCLUDING TRAFFIC CON CONGESTION, SAFETY RISKS, AND DECLINING PROPERTY VALUES.
BY SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT, WE ARE CHOOSING A MORE BALANCED AND COMMUNITY CENTERED VISION FOR THE EAST SIDE.
ONE THAT WELCOMES BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO PROTECTS THE RESIDENTS A SHIFT TOWARD COMMUNITY.
COMMERCIAL MIXED USE MEANS WE CAN ENCOURAGE SMALL BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL, AND SERVICES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE STILL ALLOWING LIGHTING INDUSTRY THAT'S COMPATIBLE WITH A CLEAN, SAFE, AND MODERN URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
WHAT WE ARE DOING IS NOT ANTI-BUSINESS.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT ANTI-BUSINESS, BUT THIS IS ABOUT THE RIGHT KIND OF GROWTH DEVELOPMENT THAT BRINGS JOBS AND PROVES OUR CORRIDORS AND CREATES OPPORTUNITIES WITHOUT HARMING THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE.
OUR BYLAWS INCLUDE BUSINESSES AS BEING ABLE TO BE MEMBERS OF OUR U-H-U-H-I-A IN ORDER TO WORK TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
IN THE PAST, MANY BUSINESSES HAVE SUPPORTED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BUSINESSES LIKE THE AT AND T, UH, NOT THE CENTER, BUT THE AT AND T PHONE
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COMPANY THAT USED TO BE HOUSED ALONG BELGIUM LANE AND THE PLUMBERS PIPE FITTERS AND BECOM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.THEY ALL SUPPORTED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT AS NEW BUSINESSES HAVE MOVED IN THERE, THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE EFFORT TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ENCOURAGE THE BUSINESSES TO JOIN US IN MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A MORE VIABLE LOCATION WITH SMART PLANNING AND SHARED INVESTMENT.
WE ARE PROUD OF OUR EAST SIDE COMMUNITIES AND WE WANT TO SEE IT THRIVE.
JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY WOULD WANT THEIRS TO THRIVE LIKE YOURS, I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT AND HELP MOVE OUR COMMUNITY TOWARDS A FUTURE THAT REFLECTS ITS TRUE POTENTIAL AND WORTH.
RESPECTFULLY, WE THANK YOU AND FOR YOUR TIME AND THE SERVICE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN.
KEN BROWN, UH, 100 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10, SUITE 1385.
I, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS RIGHT.
UH, THEY HAD MEETINGS AND WE ATTENDED THEM.
WE WORKED OUT A DEAL WITH, UH, THE RODEO AND WE WORKED OUT A DEAL WITH THE FRANKLIN DEPARTMENTS.
UH, AND WE 100% SUPPORT, UH, THE ELIMINATION OF I TWO AND I ONE ZONING.
UH, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR TOO LONG.
THERE HAVE BEEN BAD ACT BAD ACTORS.
I I DON'T THINK ANYONE DESERVES A SECOND, THIRD, OR FOURTH OR FIFTH CHANCE.
UH, SO WE DO SUPPORT THE DOWN ZONING IN PRINCIPLE.
UM, BUT IT HAS TO COMPLY WITH PLANNING PRINCIPLES.
AND WE HAVE A TRACK ON PAULSON LANE.
UH, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, UH, PLAN, UH, DESIGNATION.
WE ARE BEING ASKED OR THEY ARE RECOMMENDING COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, UH, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, UH, IN THIS AREA IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER LAND USES IN THE AREA.
THIS IS GONNA SOUND FAMILIAR 'CAUSE THIS IS STAFF RECOMMENDATION FROM ITEM NINE.
COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS INTENDED TO BE LOCATED IN PROXIMITY, PROXIMITY TO MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AND ALONG EXISTING COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.
UH, IT, IT, IT JUST DOESN'T FIT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FITS OUR TRACK WAS ONE OF THE TRACKS YESTERDAY THAT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE A A ASKING FOR.
WE DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO GIVE A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AN AN I ONE OR I TWO ZONING.
UH, I THINK THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WORKS HERE AS, UH, MR. MC MCKNIGHT SAID IT'S A PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT'S THERE AND, AND DOES ALLOW COMMERCIAL.
UM, THE OTHER, UM, UNIQUE FEATURE ON OUR TRACK IS A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES THEY'RE BUILT AND THEY'RE FOR LEASE.
WE HAVE A TENANT THAT'S LEAVING IN TWO WEEKS.
WHAT, WHAT CONDITIONAL USE ARE YOU GONNA GIVE ME? I, I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO ASK FOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THE NEXT TENANT'S GONNA BE.
IT I WOULD JUST BE PICKING A NEEDLE OUT OF A HAYSTACK AT THIS POINT.
I DON'T THINK WE MEET THE DEFINITION AS DEFINED BY THE CITY OF COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AND I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT OURS REMAIN SAME APPLIED INDUSTRIAL.
AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
ROXANNA RERO 8 0 2 RICHLAND DRIVE.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1,963.
TODAY I STAND IN FRONT OF YOU WITH A HUGE LUNG DISEASE.
WHEN, WHEN WE, WHEN WE MOVED THERE, NONE OF THIS WAS THERE.
WE USED TO CATCH CRAWFISH IN THE SIDE OF THE TR FULL THERE WITH OUR PENCILS WHEN WE WOULD WALK FROM SCHOOL OVER TIME, LIKE THEY SAY, WE DID GET A SHIFT IN CHANGE BECAUSE OF THIS CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS OVERLOOKED US AS A PART OF WHAT THEY'RE SAYING BY RIGHT.
WE DO NOT NEED ANY MORE INDUSTRIAL, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AT ALL.
I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU NOW COMING OFF OF BEING SICK FOR TWO DAYS WITH MY LUNG DISEASE AND
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WITH, UM, SINCE THIS WHOLE THING STARTED, I HAVE SEEN TANKS BEING BUILT ON TOP OF CEMENT AND PLACED IN THAT AREA RIGHT ACROSS WHEN I COME OUTTA MY OFF THE STREET TO ENTER ONTO GIMLER.AND THE CEMENT WENT EVEN DRY ON LAST THURSDAY, BUT THE TANK IS SITTING ON IT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS CITY, YOU GUYS HOLD SEATS, WILL STILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME AND DISRUPT OUR COMMUNITY.
I WOULD ASK FOR YOU GUYS TO PLEASE MAKE THIS FOR US.
THE COMMUNITY, A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA FOR US.
I, I'M, I'M YIELDING MY TIME TO VERONICA SAN.
VERONICA, YOU CAN APPROACH THE PODIUM NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES.
THE ADDRESS IS 3 6 5 4 VERSAILLES DRIVE.
V-E-R-S-A-I-L-L-E-S DRIVE, 7 8 2 1 9 MEADOWVIEW NORTH.
I AM HERE TODAY TO VOICE MY, UH, REQUEST AND SAY THAT I AM IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING THAT THE HOIA IS REQUESTING.
FIRST OF ALL, MOST IF NOT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE COMMISSION YESTERDAY AGREED THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN REDLINED AND WAS REDLINED 60 PLUS YEARS AGO WHEN IT CAME INTO, UM, WHEN THEY FIRST BUILT AND DEVELOPED THE AREA.
REDLINING IS AGAINST THE LAW, WAS AGAINST THE LAW.
AND IT IS STILL BEING PRACTICED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WILLOW WOOD ESTATES, MEADOWVIEW NORTH AND MEADOWVIEW, THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GEM OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
IT WAS NOT LIKE DENVER HEIGHTS AND THE DIG WITTY COMMUNITY WHERE, UH, WHITE FLIGHT LEFT AND WE WERE ABLE AND ALLOWED TO MOVE INTO THOSE HOMES.
THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT IS APPALLING THAT WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY COMING HERE, HAVING TO FIGHT FOR OUR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS THAT WE ARE ENTITLED TO LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
THIS ISN'T HAPPENING IN THE DOMINION.
IT'S NOT HAPPENING, UH, LA AREA.
IT'S NOT EVEN HAPPENING BY NORTH STAR MALL AND THE AIRPORT.
SO WHY ARE WE STILL BEING SUBJECTED TO THIS UNFAIR RACIST PRACTICES THAT ARE STILL, THAT WE ARE STILL BEING SUBJECTED TO? FIRST OF ALL, IT'S UNFAIR TO THE HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE 60 PLUS YEARS.
MY FATHER IS ONE OF THEM THAT HAS BEEN THERE 50 PLUS, CLOSE TO 60.
AND IT IS UNFAIR THAT WE ARE SUBJECTED TO THE POLLUTION FROM THE TRUCKS, ESPECIALLY THE, THE TRUCK TRUCKING LOT ON THE CORNER OF LEON THOMAS WAY AND UH, UH, GIMLER ROAD.
THAT LOT HOUSES GAS CIRCLE K, GAS TRUCKS.
AND SOMETIMES ACCORDING TO THE DRIVERS THAT I SPOKE TO WHEN I'M SITTING ON THE BUS STOP WAITING ON THE BUS, SOMETIMES THOSE TRUCKS ARE STILL FULL OF GAS.
THERE ARE HOMES 50 FEET OR LESS FROM THAT LOT.
WHY HAS THAT BEEN THERE? WHY IS IT ACCEPTABLE? HOW COME NO ONE HAS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT? DISTRICT TWO HAS BEEN THERE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT OF COURSE, THOUGH, THEY LIED AND SAID, OH NO, THE TRUCK SITS ON THIS AND THAT AND CLEANED IT UP.
COME THROUGH THERE AT NIGHT AND YOU SEE A BIG DUST STORM LIKE WE ARE IN THE DESERT SOMEWHERE.
I HAVE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. IT IS NOT FAIR FOR MY 92-YEAR-OLD FATHER.
I LIKE FRESH AIR TO COME THROUGH THE WINDOWS WHEN IT'S A, WHEN I, WHEN I CAN.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING OVER THERE WITH THE NOISE.
IT'S A, A BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE OF, UH, BELGIUM THAT HAS THEIR WELDING A LOT
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OF NOISE AND EVERYTHING.HOW DID THAT BUSINESS GET A PERMIT? THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE ILLEGALLY PERMITTED.
HOW ARE THEY THERE? WHY ARE THEY THERE? WHY ARE THEY STILL THERE? WHO'S GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? YOU GUYS ARE JUST SWEEPING IT UNDER THE RUG.
BUT YOU WANT, YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU, YOU WANT CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN WATER AND BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD YOU HAVE IN YOURS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE 'EM IN OURS.
AND YOU PEOPLE DON'T SEEM LIKE YOU'RE IN ANY, UH, HURRY TO ASSIST US IN GETTING WHAT WE ARE RIGHTFULLY ENTITLED TO.
NOW, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, AND YOU GUYS NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AND GIVE US THE HOMEOWNERS WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.
THE BUS I HEAR THE BUSINESS OWNERS COMPLAIN ABOUT, OH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY.
OSCAR VICKS, 1214 PICARD DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
I'M JUST WONDERING, WHEN DOES THE EQUALITY AND JUST THE START NOW THE BUSINESSES TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE DOING TO THEM, WHAT THEY BEEN DOING TO US FOR 50 YEARS.
50 YEARS WE'VE BEEN PUTTING UP WITH THIS.
WE GET SOMETHING ABOUT THE DEAL.
NOW Y'ALL CAN TALK THIS NOISE.
ALL YOU WANT TO ABOUT POSTPONING AND DOING ALL THIS.
MY WIFE HAD TO LIGHT CANDLES EVERY DAY, ALMOST JUST TO MAKE OUR HOUSE SMELL GOOD.
PEOPLE LIVING OVER THERE ON
NOW, WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO LOCAL DEVELOPMENT, WE MADE SURE THAT BUSINESSES THAT COULDN'T GET NO MONEY, WE WOULD GO OUT AND HELP THEM.
WE WOULD GO INTO THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING.
IF SOME OF Y'ALL WOULD GO OUT THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SMELL THE STUFF THAT WE SMELL AND LOOK AT THE POLLUTION, YOU HAVE A BETTER, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW ABOUT WHAT WE DOING WHEN WE MOVED OUT THERE.
WHEN WE MOVED OUT THERE, IT WAS A LITTLE RICE POND, A CORN FIELD, AND US.
NOW WHAT WE GOT, EVERYTHING, ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF, IT'S BEEN DUMPED.
I'VE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE FOR 50 YEARS.
I SERVED THE PRESIDENT FOR SIX DIFFERENT TIMES.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOWN HERE TO FIGHT FOR EVERYTHING.
WHY? WHY WE GOTTA FIGHT FOR EVERYTHING WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE NO PROBLEM, BUT NATURE, NOW WE GOT EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY TRYING TO DEFEND THE BUSINESS.
AND THEY TALK ABOUT ASK NOT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY, BUT WHAT ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY.
I, I WAS PICKING 200 POUNDS OF COTTON WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS OLD THAT COTTON WAS MAKING ALL Y'ALL SHIRTS AND CLOTHES AND ALL THAT.
SO I'M DOING WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO FOR MY COUNTRY.
I GOT SHOT UP FROM MY COUNTRY IN VIETNAM.
I HAVE SERVED AS A MAILMAN RIGHT NOW.
I CUT GRASS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD HALF THE TIME.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU ALL Y'ALL CAN SIT HERE AND MAKE ALL THESE DECISIONS.
BUT WHEN DO THE EQUALITY AND JUSTICE START? YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST, JUST PUT YOURSELVES IN OUR SHOES JUST FOR A MINUTE, JUST FOR A MOMENT.
AND THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH FOR 50 YEARS AND NOW YOU WANNA STAND UP FOR THE BUSINESSES.
WE AIN'T TRYING TO GET RID OF NOBODY.
LET'S JUST GET ALONG WITH ONE ANOTHER.
AND LIKE I TOLD Y'ALL YESTERDAY, THE, THE FIESTA PARADE WENT IN SCHEDULE WHEN WE HAD THE PANDEMIC IN 21.
I'VE BEEN DOING THE JUNETEENTH PARADE, FREEDOM, EQUALITY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL SCHEDULE.
THE FIESTA PARADE ON JUNE 19TH, I CALLED AND TOLD, I SAID, I WANNA SPEAK TO THE HEAD PERSON.
I WANNA SPEAK TO THE HEAD PERSON.
I SAID, NOW LEMME TELL YOU ONE THING.
BUT I AIN'T THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT STAY P****D OFF.
I SAID, NOW ONE WAY WE GOING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
WE GOING PUT SOMETHING IN THE FIELD OF PARADE AND Y'ALL GOING TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE JUNETEENTH PARADE.
OH, MR. BIGS, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WE'VE BEEN GETTING ALONG EVER SINCE.
SO NOW WHY WE CAN'T JUST GET ALONG, WHY WE CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER, WHY WE CAN'T LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER CONCERNS AND WORK OUT SOMETHING.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE DOWN HERE.
WE GOT EVERYBODY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S OVER 90 YEARS OLD.
GIVE MS. PERRY TO RAISE ALMOST 80, 80 AND 90 YEARS OLD.
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE COMING DOWN HERE FIGHTING FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN YOU GOT PEOPLE LOOKING OUT FOR 'EM.
OKAY, THAT'S, THANK YOU, MR. VICKS.
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I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.UM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
ALONZO JONES, 34 11 WILLOW WOOD, UH, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 7 8 2 1 9.
UM, OF COURSE YOU'VE HEARD EVERYONE TODAY SPEAK ON, UM, THEIR OPPOSITIONS AND THOSE SPEAK FOUR.
UM, I'M 61 YEARS OLD AND I'VE BEEN THERE 60 YEARS.
MY PARENTS BROUGHT ME THERE WHEN I WAS ONE.
UH, I RAISED MY KIDS THERE AND NOW I HAVE A FEW HOMES THERE, AND THEY'RE LIVING IN 'EM.
IN ANY EVENT, UM, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT TWO PROPERTIES IF YOU COULD, AND YOU'D UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE REALLY FEEL THAT WE NEED TO BE REZONED AND REPLAN BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE NEIGHBORLY HOMES, UH, STRUCTURES WITH LITTLE STOREFRONTS UNDER THE BOTTOM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, KIND OF LIKE THE PEARL AND THINGS OF THAT, THAT THE AREAS ARE GOING TO, IN ANY EVENT, 6 39 GIMLER ROAD.
YOU HAVE HEARD SEVERAL THINGS ABOUT DUST.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST, BIGGEST, BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO IT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY TELL YOU THEY WANT TO BE REZONED OR ASKED FOR SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THEY ARE IN A FLOOD PLAIN.
AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM BECAUSE EVERY TIME IT GOES BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CITY, FEMA COMES INTO EVOLVE BECAUSE FEMA'S THE ONE THAT DEEMED IT A FLOOD, A FLOOD ZONE.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO BAMBOOZLE YESTERDAY AND TODAY AS FAR AS THEY COULD BUILD SOMETHING ELSE ON THERE WHEN THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING ON THERE.
I'D ALSO ASK YOU TO LOOK AT 1003, BRUSSELS 1003.
BRUSSELS DOES NOT BELONG IN ANYONE'S NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN FROM YOU.
NO ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT THE SAME PEOPLE THAT OWN IT SEEM TO SIT UP AND NOT WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT ONE.
BUT THEY WANT SPECIAL PRIVILEGES.
REGINA WILLIAMS. REGINA WILLIAMS. REGINA WILLIAMS. REGINA WILLIAMS. I YIELD MY TIME TO, OKAY, SO I HAVE THE VIDEOS.
TELL THEM TO PAY OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I, UM, BUT YOU HAVE TO TELL HIM, UH, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.
HE CAN'T, HE CAN'T, SHE CAN'T YIELD HER TIME TO HIM.
OKAY? BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA YIELD HER TIME TO THE VIDEOS.
SO YOU COULD SEE IF SHE CAN'T YIELD IT TO HIM.
SO YOU'RE SAYING REGINA WILLIAMS WANTS TO YIELD HER TIME TO THE VIDEO? TO THE VIDEO OR TO JONES IF SHE CAN'T, WELL, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HER YIELDING THE TIME TO MR. JONES.
YEAH, IF YOU PLAY THE VIDEO FOR HIM IN THE BACKGROUND, THE BEGINNING, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND YOU, AND THEN YEAH, I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO SEE THIS IS JUST SOMETHING I TOOK.
THIS ACTUALLY IS THE LOT AT 6 39 THAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF BEHIND THOSE TRUCKS.
BEHIND THOSE TRUCKS, THERE'S A BUS STOP, WHICH MISS FIANCE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, WHERE SHE SITS AND OTHER, UH, NEIGHBORS SIT TO CATCH THE BUS.
YOUR HOME IS FULL OF DUST, FULL OF DIRT EVERY DAY.
YOU DUST TODAY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DUST TOMORROW.
WE'VE BOUGHT HELPER FILTERS, WE'VE BOUGHT ALL KIND OF, UH, THINGS TO DO THAT.
AND THEY WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THEY DESERVE TO BE HERE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, I GUESS WE'VE PASSED APART WHERE 1003 BRUSSELS IS, BUT 1003, BRUSSELS HAS LIQUID GAS, HELIUM, UH, ALL KIND OF CHEMICALS THAT THEY HAVE IN THESE LARGE TANKS OUT THERE, WHICH ARE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S SEEPING OUT OF THEM.
AND JUST LIKE THOSE TRUCKS THAT'S OVER THERE, THOSE TRUCKS STORE ALL KIND OF CHEMICALS, ALL KIND OF EVERYTHING EVERY DAY BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST PARK 'EM THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S SEEPING OUT INTO THE GROUND.
WHAT'S WA RUSHING INTO THE WASTEWATER? ALL THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT THEY NEED SPECIAL, UH, A SPECIAL ZONING OR A SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION WHEN THEY KNOW TNRC HAS A CASE AGAINST THEM.
BUT THEY'RE GONNA TRY AND TELL YOU LIKE THEY'RE OPERATING, RIGHT? THEY ARE NOT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST POLLUTER THAT
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IS THE BIGGEST POLLUTER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT THERE.UM, WE, WE ASK THAT THIS BE REZONED BECAUSE WE REZONED AND PLANNED BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO ACTUALLY TURN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN, IN THE SURROUNDING AREA INTO SOMETHING THAT IS WHAT'S LOOKED LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THE EXISTING NEIGHBORS TO, I MEAN, EXISTING BUSINESS TO GO.
WE HAVEN'T ASKED THEM TO LEAVE.
WE HAVEN'T ATTACKED THEM IN ANY KIND OF WAY.
MATTER OF FACT, AS YOU'VE HEARD, THEY REFUSE TO SHOW UP.
THAT IS EVERYBODY THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
WE WILL START ON THE RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER ZUKI.
UM, THAT WAS VERY STRONG PRESENTATIONS FROM ALL THE RESIDENTS AND THE OWNERS IN THIS, UH, WILLOW WOOD ESTATE.
I CAN HEAR YOUR VOICE, YOUR CONCERN.
AND, UH, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION, BUT I CAN FEEL THAT THERE IS A STRONG NEED TO MAKE THESE CHANGES AND I STRONG STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT THIS IS SHOULD BE DONE AND WE SHOULD GO FOR IT.
SO A COUPLE OF YOU MENTIONED, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOICES AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE NOT ONLY TODAY AND YESTERDAY, BUT SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AS WELL.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, AND I GUESS IT'S FOR ALL OF Y'ALL, WHICH IS THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME TO THE ZONING COMMISSION YESTERDAY, ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE AMENDMENTS, THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS THAT WERE SUPPORTED THERE? WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING, WE'RE WE'RE TRUSTING THAT THE CITY, WHAT THEY DID? WE MAY HAVE TO, IF ANYBODY'S GONNA RESPOND.
CAN YOU PLEASE GO TO THE PODIUM ON ONLY ONE RESPONSE? CAN Y'ALL AGREE ON ONE? OKAY.
IN REGARD TO PROPERTIES, MANY ASKED FOR AMENDMENTS, BUT WE ONLY COUNTED THREE THAT WERE ASKING FOR SOMETHING BRAND NEW OR SPECIFIC.
THE KOA CAMP ACTUALLY DOESN'T HAVE A DESIGNATION OR A ZONING TYPE THEY FEEL THAT FITS THEIR PROPERTY.
SOME OF THESE OTHERS WE ARE COMPLETELY REJECTING IN, IN REGARD TO POLLUTION AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT AROUND THEIR PROPERTIES.
WE HAVE HAD THE ASK AND WE HAVE CODE COMPLIANCE TO DEATH, SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES FOR THE UPKEEP ON THE PROPERTY.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? UM, SORT OF
STAFF CAN CLARIFY WHAT PROPERTIES THAT WERE YES.
UH, WE, WE DEALT WITH STAFF YESTERDAY AND STAFF TRIED TO PRESENT ON BOTH A HALF, BOTH OF US.
I'LL DO, YEAH, STAFF CAN DO IT THERE.
AND THE REQUESTERS ARE IN THE ROOM.
SO FOREST WILSON PRINCIPLE PLANNER, UM, UH, SO THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED FOR AN AMENDMENT YESTERDAY, UM, AND THE ONES THAT IF, IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WANTED TO ENTERTAIN A SIMILAR AMENDMENT THAT WILL ALIGN, UM, WOULD BE TO THESE EIGHT PROPERTIES WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENTS.
THAT'S 10 11 PAULSON, 10 15 PAULSON, 1111 PAULSON, 1002 PAULSON, 1006 TO 1014 PAULSON, 1102 PAULSON AND 10 39 BRUSSELS AND NINE 14 PAULSON.
AND THEN SEPARATELY, TWO, THAT WOULD, UM, NEED TO BE CHANGED OR THE COMMISSION COULD ENTERTAIN A RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND FROM OUR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
AND THAT WOULD BE AT 10 30 BRUSSELS AND 6 39 GAMBLER.
WAS THAT ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ON IN THE MEETING YESTERDAY? YES, IT WAS.
SO ALL OF THOSE WERE RECOMMENDED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BY THE ZONING COMMISSION, SO I MISSED IT.
AND THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT AGREE WITH THAT.
AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? SO, WELL, WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, CLARITY WOULD BE REALLY NEEDED ON THAT BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW EVERY ADDRESS OFF THE TOP OF OUR HEAD, YOU KNOW, SO, UM,
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WHAT THOSE BUSINESSES ARE DOING, AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE BUSINESSES, AT LEAST THE NINE OR OR EIGHT, WHAT HAVE YOU, UM, THEY ARE LEASING THOSE, YOU KNOW, THEY ACTUALLY OWN THE PROPERTY AND THEY BUILD THE SUIT, WHAT HAVE YOU.BUT, UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE.
WE DON'T KNOW THE ONES THAT WE CAN SEE OUTSIDE, LIKE 1003, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH, BRUSSELS 1003, BRUSSELS.
IT'S VERY OBVIOUS WHAT'S GOING ON OUTSIDE THERE, YOU KNOW.
BUT, UM, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ASKING FOR REZONING AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
UM, ONE OWNER OWNS MOST, UH, NO, YOU'RE NOT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I, I THINK I'LL, I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.
UH, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE SPEAKING UP TODAY, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, THE ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING VARIOUS CLIENTS.
UM, I, I DO NEED A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY.
ARE YOU, AND LEMME JUST MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND PROPERLY BECAUSE I MAY HAVE MISHEARD.
ARE YOU RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU ASKING TO POSTPONE THE VOTE ON THESE PARTICULAR FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS TO THESE PROPERTIES, THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL? ARE YOU ASKING TO OPPOSE IT OUTRIGHT AND OPPOSE IT? ARE YOU JUST ASKING TO GET MORE TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE BUSINESSES DO? WE DON'T WANT MORE TIME BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WAITING 50 YEARS, ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
ONE OF THOSE OWNERS OWNS MOST OF THEM.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE ALL THESE BUSINESSES, THERE'S LIKE, THEY TRY TO DO LITTLE TACTICS OF CONFUSION.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S ONE OWNER OWNS LIKE EIGHT, NINE OF THEM.
UM, I THINK I SAW HIM IN THE ROOM.
I ACTUALLY RESPECTFULLY AND HE WAS VERY POLITE, WENT UP TO HIM A WHILE BACK SAYING, HI SIR, HOW ARE YOU? I WAS EXCITED AND UM, I MIGHT LOVE TO COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
NOT RUDE, POLITELY JUST SAID HE WAS NOT INTERESTED THAT HE'S VERY BUSY.
SO WE TRIED FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS TO DO THIS.
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
THE ONE THAT WE REALLY, REALLY, THAT LEAVES ALL THE DUST THAT Y'ALL SAW IS THE ONE THAT WANTS TO MOVE TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UM, SO WE'RE KIND OF OPPOSED TO THE CHANGES.
WE'RE TRUSTING THE CITY, WE'RE TRUSTING EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
THE TASK FORCE THAT WAS INVOLVED, THEY WERE GIVEN THE TIME THAT WE WERE GIVEN, THEY'VE BEEN TO THE MEETINGS THAT WE WENT TO.
SO I WANTED TO JUST MAKE THAT CLEAR.
SO BY GIVING THEM THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, IT'S GONNA ALLOW ALL THAT DUST TO CONTINUE AND DOING ALL THAT MESS.
BUT IT'S ON THE VIDEO AND THAT'S WHY I DID THOSE VIDEOS BEFORE I CAME, UM, THE OTHER DAY, JUST SO Y'ALL GUYS COULD SEE.
'CAUSE IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT DUST IS, THAT'S NOT EVEN, IT'S 24 7.
LIKE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT CAME YESTERDAY THAT, THAT WERE SO SICK YESTERDAY.
SOME AND OXYGEN TANKS, SOME THAT, THAT HAVE CANCER.
A LOT OF 'EM CAME UP YESTERDAY.
A LOT OF 'EM DIDN'T FIT IN THE ROOM.
SO WE'RE OPPOSED TO THE CHANGES.
WE'RE TRUSTING THE CITY AND WE'VE DONE TASK FORCE.
WE DID ALL THE PROPER CHANNELS TO MEET EACH OTHER HALFWAY.
COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, SO THE CURRENT AMENDMENT, WHAT WOULD THAT, I'M JUST PICKING ON 6 39, WHAT WOULD THAT DO? WHAT WOULD BE THE ZONING WITH THIS AMENDMENT IF IT'S, IF IT'S SUPPORTED TODAY? SO FOR 6 39 GAMBLER, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UM, FOR ZONING WAS ORIGINALLY C TWO WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLE SALES, SERVICE AND STORAGE.
UM, THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY ZONING COMMISSION WAS TO CHANGE THAT TO L WITH A SPECIFIC USE OF AUTHORIZATION FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLE SALES, SERVICE AND STORAGE.
UM, AND THAT STAFF'S REALLY CONCERNED WITH THAT WOULD JUST BE RELATED TO THE ADDITIONAL USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THE L BASE ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU'VE, YOU'VE HEARD, UH, THE POSITION FROM BOTH SIDES AT THIS POINT.
THE, THE, AS FAR AS THE PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, WAS, IS CONCERNED.
SO FOR 6 39 RIGHT NOW, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE STAFF ORIGINALLY RECOMMENDED COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH THE ZONING RECOMMENDATION OF C TWO CD.
UM, BUT IF, IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A A PLAN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH WHAT ZONING THE ZONING COMMISSION AMENDED TO, UM, IT WOULD BE TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT.
MEANWHILE, YOU HAVEN'T SAID NOTHING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ? NO, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ORIAN.
OKAY, SO I'M, I'M, I'M FOR SOME OF THIS STUFF 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SWABS OF VARY IN SAN ANTONIO, THAT ZONE I WON AN I TWO DO DUE TO THE CONVERSION THAT ARE COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA.
UH, RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN THEN, YOU KNOW, GIMBAL ROAD IS A THIRD IS LISTED AS AN 86 FOOT RIGHT AWAY ARTERIAL, UH, THERE, THERE WILL MOST LIKELY BE
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SOME SORT OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THERE, WHETHER IT'S AN L OR A C3 OR WHATNOT.UH, SO WE GOTTA LOOK, WE GOTTA TAKE ALL THAT STUFF INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, I THINK THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THERE TO BE A BUFFER BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AND THEN INDUSTRIAL.
I DON'T THINK I WANT AN I TWO OR APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA.
I THINK THERE'S SOME POCKETS OF THIS WHERE L IS APPROPRIATE.
THE OTHER THING I'M LOOKING AT THAT THAT'S, THAT'S IS OF CONCERN IS THESE NEW CHANGES TO THE STATE LAW.
IF THIS, IF THIS STUFF CHANGES AS RECOMMEND RECOMMENDED AND YOU HIT C TWO, THE MOMENT ANY BUSINESSES THAT'S GONNA BE THERE IS GOING TO END UP BEING ABLE TO STAY AS LONG AS THEY WANT AS A, AS A NON-CONFORMING OR PRESERVATION RIGHTS USE SO THAT WHEN THE MARKET CONTROLS AND THEY LEAVE, I'M AFRAID YOU'RE GONNA GET SO MUCH HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE THAT EITHER.
AND SO THERE'S SOME, SOME OF THIS IS, I THINK IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AS A WAY TO FORCE A ZONING CHANGE THAT'S INEVITABLE IN THE FUTURE ANYWAY.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I I THINK THAT, UH, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS AND I'M, I'M TRYING TO FIND A PLACE SOUTH OF BELGIUM WHERE IT CAN BE A BUFFER TO YOUR RESIDENTIAL AND WHAT THAT BUFFER IS.
I THINK THAT I, I REALLY THINK THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SHOULD BE ALONG THE GAMBLER CORRIDOR.
UM, I THINK THAT ON BELGIUM IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT YOU, YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH THE C TWO CD BECAUSE THAT, THAT MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU END UP WANTING IN THE FUTURE WHEN THESE BUSINESSES GO AWAY.
'CAUSE SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES WILL BE THERE A REALLY LONG TIME BEFORE YOU SEE CHANGE.
SO FOR STAFF, UM, IS THERE, IS THERE A, UH, DID Y'ALL LOOK AT DOING ANY OF THIS BUFFERING OR Y'ALL JUST GOING STRAIGHT TO THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL? I MEAN, IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT THAT MAYBE IS MORE OF A C ONE C TWO ALONG BELGIUM AND THEN AS YOU GET NEAR GAMBLER WHERE IT'S MORE OF A THOROUGHFARE, MAYBE IT IT GROWS INTO A C TWO OR AN L? UM, IS THERE, IS THERE, WAS THERE A RECOMMENDATION THAT MAYBE WASN'T LOOKED AT? SO WE, WE, I, I COULD SAY THAT WE CONSIDERED EVERY POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION.
UM, WE, WE REVIEWED, UM, THE, THE CITY'S ARENA DISTRICT PLAN THOROUGHFARE PLANS, UM, CONSIDERED THE WAY THAT PROPERTIES WERE BEING USED TODAY, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CCR THAT DIRECTED US TO INITIATE THIS PROJECT.
UM, SO YES, WE DID CONSIDER, AND, AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES THAT WE DID RECOMMEND L FOR.
UM, AND THAT WE DO HAVE FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
AND, AND AS FAR AS THE NONCONFORMING USE ISSUES, IF THIS WERE TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE ZONING CHANGE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, ARE THERE ANY PROPERTIES THERE THAT ARE, THAT DON'T MEET THE CRITERIA FOR NON-CONFORMING? LIKE MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE A LEGITIMATE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY THAT, THAT WOULD ADDRESS A LOT OF THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF? SO THERE THE, WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS STAFF HAS PRESENTED, UM, STAFF DOESN'T ANTICIPATE ANY CREATING ANY NON-CONFORMING USES.
THERE ARE NON-CONFORMING USES THERE TODAY THAT THIS WOULD CORRECT.
UM, AND THEN JUST TO REITERATE, FOR WHOEVER MAKES A MOTION ON THIS, THE, THE ADDRESSES THAT CAME FROM ZONING WERE ON PAULSON 9 14, 10 11 1, 1 1, 1 1, UH, 10 0 2, 10 0 6 TO 1114.
WAS THAT RIGHT? TO 10 14 TO 10 14 TO 10 14.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT IS, UH, THAT IS TO, TO REMOVE, UH, FOR THE RECOMMENDATION TO MAINTAIN WHAT'S THERE WITH 10 30 BRUSSELS AND 6 39 GAMBLER TO BE ADMITTED TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
SO THERE'S EIGHT PROPERTIES, UM, EIGHT PROPERTIES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENTS.
AND TWO, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
ASHLEY IS SHARING, UM, A SPREADSHEET THAT WE HAD PUT TOGETHER FROM YESTERDAY'S ITEMS. SO THE ONES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ARE THE ONES THAT, WELL ALL THE ITEMS HIGHLIGHTED ARE THE ONES THAT ZONING COMMISSION HAD RECOMMENDED.
UM, AN AMENDMENT ON THE YELLOW ONES WOULD BEING THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY, UH, ALIGNED WITH THE EXISTING LAND USE, THE ORANGE ONES WOULD HAVE TO BE CHANGED.
UH, THE PLAN AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE CHANGED.
AND I, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO REFLECT, GOING BACK TO ONE OF YOUR FIRST COMMENTS ABOUT THE L VERSUS THE C TWO AND ALL THAT WITH THE HOUSING, THAT HOUSING WOULD ALSO BE PERMITTED IN L BASED ON IT.
'CAUSE IT IS PERMITTED IN WAREHOUSING, UH, OLD WAREHOUSING DISTRICTS.
AND SO L AS PER, PER OUR NEW UDC UPDATE THAT WAS APPROVED LAST MONTH, UM, IT WOULD BE PERMITTED IN L AS WELL.
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UM, THAT, SO UNDER THERE THERE'S SOME LIMITATIONS TO THAT NEW LEGISLATION THAT IF THERE ARE PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING USED FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET, THAT WOULD PREVENT THE ABILITY TO DO MULTIFAMILY ON THESE PROPERTIES.SO I, I DON'T REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY ON SOME OF THESE PROB.
UM, THERE ARE SOME HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF THE PROJECT AREA AND, AND THE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE ZONING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
AND SO THE, THE THE ADDRESSES THAT YOU'RE, THAT'S BEING REQUESTED TO, UM, BE REMOVED FROM THIS, ARE ANY OF THEM AT THE ALONG, UM, UH, BELGIUM AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T THINK THE CORNER LOT WAS ON BELGIUM.
YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE, THE ON THE CORNER ON PAULSON, IT'S 1 1 1 9 AND 1 1 1 4 COR, CORRECT? NO, I MEAN THE, THE 6 3 9 GAMBLER DOES HAVE, I MEAN IT CROSSES BOTH THE, THE ENTIRE BELGIUM AND GAMBLER.
SO, SO THE WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED AT ZONING? IT WOULD BE THE, THE FIRST COUPLE TRACKS OFF OF SOUTH OF BELGIUM ARE NOT PART OF THE AMENDMENT.
'CAUSE I, I'M JUST, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF A BUFFER, BUT I ALSO THINK AS YOU MIGRATE TOWARDS GAMBLE THERE, YOU KNOW, HAVING A, HAVING AN L IS NOT, AND IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, OF CREATING LIKE THAT BUFFER WHERE YOU HAVE THE LOWER INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES.
BUT TO AS WHAT HAS BEEN SIGNIFIED BY THE CCR, WE CANNOT CREATE NON-CONFORMING USES.
SO WE HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT IS ALREADY ON THE SITE.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE OVERSIZED VEHICLE STORAGE SERVICE AND, UM, SALES.
AND SO BASICALLY WE COULDN'T GO AT A LOWER, LIKE C TWO IS BASICALLY THE LOWEST, UH, COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT THAT WE COULD USE TO DO TO GET TO THE I ONE BASICALLY.
AND THAT'S THE ONE ON GAMBLER? CORRECT.
SO I'M, I'M JUST FOCUSING ON PAULSON.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT STARTING AT 1 1, 1 1 AND THEN MOVING SOUTH, KEEPING THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL MM-HMM
BECAUSE THAT WOULD GET YOU TO GAMBLER, YOU KNOW, WHICH WOULD BE A THOROUGHFARE, BUT GETTING THE PROPERTIES NEAREST BELGIUM, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY GET THAT CHANGED.
BUT YOU SEE HOMES DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH TOO, SO COMING ALONG, UM, COMING TO THE SOUTH THERE KIND OF PUTS US IN A BIND THERE.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHY WE WERE SUPPORTING MORE OF THE SEA IN THE MIDDLE THERE.
THE SPECIFIC, YEAH, SO IT WOULD, BECAUSE IT IS ADJACENT BASICALLY TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND THAT WAS BASICALLY HOW WE DESIGNATED THAT.
AND, AND HAS THERE BEEN ANY TALKS OF ANY RESTRICTIONS PUTTING ON SPECIFIC PROPERTY MOVING FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL ON ANY OF THESE? DO YOU MEAN LIKE CONDITIONS, ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS? NO, THAT'S, I'M SURPRISED NO ONE'S EVER THAT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP.
SO JUST AS Y'ALL, AS WHATEVER HAPPENS HERE, AS YOU MOVE FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL, TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL PERSON ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS SORT OF STUFF, SO, ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
I'M, I'M, I SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT.
UM, AND I, AND I AND, AND GETTING RID OF THE REST OF IT IS I ONE I TWO, SO NO QUESTION.
ALRIGHT COMMISSIONER, BOOST MONEY.
I HEARD SOME THINGS THAT I THINK MIGHT NEED SOME CLARIFICATION EVEN FROM YESTERDAY.
SO LET'S TAKE FOR EXAMPLE 6 39 GIBBLER.
THE MOST INTENSIVE USE THAT WILL BE ALLOWED IS WHAT? THE OVERSIZED VEHICLE.
UH, IF IT'S C TWO, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THAT'S THE MOST INTENSIVE USE THAT WILL REMAIN IN PERPETUITY, IT WILL RUN WITH THE LAND, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
LET'S TAKE ONE OF THE UM, UH, PAULSON PROPERTIES.
WHAT'S THE MOST INTENSIVE PROPOSED FROM THE CITY STAFF PROPOSED USE ON PAULSON? OF THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PROPOSED AT ZONING YESTERDAY BY A VOTE OF SIX TO FOUR, WHICH WAS THE BARE MINIMUM TO PASS.
WHAT WOULD THAT BE? WELL, WE WERE RECOMMENDING C TWO CD.
THE CD WAS FOR THE OFFICE WAREHOUSE AND ASHLEY JUST CONFIRMED, YEAH, BELIEVE THERE'S, THERE WAS ONE UM, THAT WE HAVE A CD FOR, UH, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR FACILITY.
SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST INTENSE ONE.
AND IS THAT MORE INTENSE OR LESS INTENSE THAN NOW? WHERE ARE YOU, WHERE ARE YOU PULLING IT DOWN FROM? THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES CONTRACTOR IS PERMITTED BY WRIGHT IN AND L.
OKAY, SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE THAT MOST INTENSIVE USE? CORRECT.
UH, I THINK THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.
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OKAY.UM, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY A FEW THINGS.
THE FIRST THING I WANT CLARIFY IS THE SPREADSHEET ARE THE YELLOW ONES THE ONES THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED BE CHANGED FROM C TWO CD TO THE L BASED ZONING TO L BASED ZONING? CORRECT.
SO THAT'S ALL THE YELLOW ONES.
IS THAT THE ORANGE ONES TOO OR WHAT ARE THE ORANGE ONES? THE ORANGE ONES ARE ALSO BEING REQUESTED TO CHANGE TO L UM, BASED ZONING, BUT THE ORANGE ONES HAVE AN EXISTING, UM, LAND USE LIKE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND PARKS OPEN SPACE THAT WILL STILL NEED A PLAN AMENDMENT TO BE DECIDED ON.
WHEREAS THE YELLOW ONES BASICALLY DO NOT HAVE, DO, DO NOT NEED THE PLAN AMENDMENT.
YOU ALREADY HAD THEM AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
THEY ARE EXISTING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AS PER THE ARENA DISTRICT.
UM, SO THE L ZONING AND L LAND USE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS SO IT'S ON THE RECORD AND CONFIRM THAT I'M CORRECT.
SO THAT ZONING, THAT TYPE OF INDUSTRIAL ZONING, THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THAT ARE BASICALLY ONLY THEY'RE ENCLOSED IN THE BUILDING, RIGHT? THERE'S NOT ANY OF THIS NOXIOUS STUFF HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF A BUILDING, IS THAT CORRECT? I'M GONNA READ SOMETHING THAT COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE CODE ON L THAT COULD POSSIBLY ANSWER.
I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN, MOST OF THE OUTDOOR USES ARE PERMITTED ONLY IN I TWO, BUT YOU DO HAVE ITEMS THAT ARE OUTSIDE IN L UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW UP THE LIST HERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING JUST SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, SO L IS A DISTRICT THAT PROVIDES A MIX OF LIGHT MANUFACTURING USES OFFICE PARK, FLEX SPACE AND LIMITED RETAIL AND SERVICES ARE SERVICE THAT USES THAT SERVICE, THE INDUSTRIAL USES WITH PROPER SCREENING AND BUFFERING.
SO THE NOXIOUS ISSUES THAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT AND SEEING VIDEOS OF AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT IS NOT A L DISTRICT, IT, IT SHOULD BE REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS LIKE ON THE GIMLER UH, LOCATION, I MEANT THAT WITH THE DUST AND EVERYTHING.
I MEAN IF IT'S COMING DOWN THAT THEY'RE PARKING ON GRAVEL YEAH.
THAT'S NOT GONNA BE ANSWERED BY ZONING.
BUT IT WOULDN'T BE PROPAGATING AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CREATING IT.
IT DEFINITELY IS A REDUCTION OF NOXIOUS USES, CORRECT.
THE OTHER THING, AND THIS IS ANOTHER THING I JUST WANT CLARIFIED.
SO THE C TWO CD, OKAY, SO THE CONDITIONAL USE THE CD PART, RIGHT? IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S ZONED C TWO AND THEY GET A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR WHATEVER, OKAY.
THAT USE IS PERPETUAL FOREVER.
IF IT'S, IF IT'S A NON-CONFORMING USE, LIKE IT'S SAY IT'S ZONED L BUT IT'S IN CURRENTLY IN I TWO USE.
IF THAT BUSINESS SAY THERE'S A FIRE AND THEY SHUT DOWN OR THEY'RE CLOSED FOR A YEAR BECAUSE OF WHATEVER, OR, OR THEY STOP OPERATIONS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, THEY LOSE THEIR NON-CONFORMING RIGHTS, RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE CORRECT, YES.
SO THE DIFFERENCE IS IS THAT NON-CONFORMING RIGHT, GOES AWAY AND IT CAN'T COME BACK.
BUT IF IT'S A CD, THEY CAN BE RESTARTED AGAIN.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, BASICALLY YES.
AND, AND AGAIN, AS PER OUR CCR, WE CANNOT CREATE ANY NON-CON CONFORMS. WE ARE DESIGNATING CDS TO GO WITH WHAT IS ON THE PROPERTY.
AND I WILL ALSO SAY, UM, YES, WE MAY BE RE WE'RE SUGGESTING REMOVAL OF A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL USES, BUT WE ARE SUGGESTING MORE COMMERCIAL USES AND AS PER OUR USE MATRIX, THERE'S A LOT MORE ITEMS THAT ARE PERMITTED IN A C TWO THAN THERE ARE IN I TWO, I ONE AND L.
UM, MR. BROWN, I THINK YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING IN YOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT, AND I GUESS I JUST WANT SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
UM, WHY IS THE L MORE IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CLIENT THAN THE C TWO CD? LIKE WHY, LIKE, WHY? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? YEAH.
I, I IN MY BUILDING, UH, WE HAVE A SHUTTER ASSEMBLY, UH, COMPANY, UH, THEY'RE LEAVING IN TWO MONTHS.
I MEAN, WHAT CD WOULD I ASK FOR? UM, I, THERE WOULD BE NO FLEXIBILITY.
I'D HAVE TO GUESS AND, AND THEN JUST TRY TO GO FIND THAT CLIENT SOMEWHERE.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT MORE COMMERCIAL USES.
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THERE'S NO MARKET FOR IT, RIGHT? IN THAT, IN THAT SITUATION.UH, ALONG THERE, UH, I I I JUST THINK THE L IS IS MORE APPROPRIATE.
I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AREA.
UH, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T MEET ANY OF THE PLANNING STANDARDS THAT, THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS LAID OUT.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
JUST ASK ONE QUESTION OF STAFF.
THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT, OF COURSE, THAT ZONING AND PLANNING HAVE MATCHING RECOMMENDATIONS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? IS C3 ZONING ALLOWED IN THE L LAND USE DESIGNATION? SO C3 ZONING I BELIEVE IS, I'M SORRY.
ANYMORE COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANYBODY WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION?
SO IS YOUR, SO IS YOUR MOTION TO FOLLOW THE ZONING COMMISSION'S CHANGES OR YOUR MOTION IS TO ACCEPT STAFF'S, UH, PROPOSAL AS IS ACCEPT THE STAFF PROPOSAL.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED BY STAFF AND A SECOND STAFF.
ANYBODY ELSE WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION? YEAH, I'LL, I, I MOVE TO, UH, TO ACCEPT, UH, THE, THE, THE SAME RECOMMENDATION AS PER THE ZONING COMMISSION.
DO WE NEED, OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION? YEAH, I'LL LIST IT OUT.
I, SO I, I MOVED TO ACCEPT A STATUS RECOMMENDATION WITH EXCEPTION OF NINE 14 PAULSON 10 11 PAULSON.
UM, 1111 PAULSON 10,000, UH, 10 0 2 PAULSON, 10 0 8 TO 10 14 PAULSON, 10 39 BRUSSELS, UH, TO TO UH, TO BE EXCLUDED AND THEN TO MAKE 10 30 BRUSSELS AND 6 39 GAMBLER AMENDED TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
AND THAT FOLLOWS WHAT HIS ORIGINAL INTENT WAS IS TO FOLLOW WHAT ZONE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY ALL THAT AGAIN.
AND WHO, UH, THAT WAS COMMISSIONER ORIEN.
WHO WAS THE SECOND COMMISSIONER? LOPEZ.
WOULD STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? VOTE.
WE DID THE MINUTES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO WE ARE, IS THERE ANY, UH, DIRECTOR'S REPORT TODAY? THERE'S NONE.
WELL SEEING THAT IT IS 3 54 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.