Jan 15, 2026 City Council Zoning and Land Use Session

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>> MAYOR JONES: GOOD AFTERNOON. THE TIME IS NOW 2:02 P.M. ON

[ Roll Call  ]

>> CLERK: MAYOR, WE HAVE QUORUM. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK. FOR THE RECORD, ITEMS 21 AND 22 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN AND

[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.  ]

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, WE HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. WE HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS AND I WILL GO THROUGH THEM. FIRST INDIVIDUAL WE HAVE, JACK FINGER.

EACH INDIVIDUAL CALLED UP WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> MADAME MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. MADAME MAYOR, A FEW ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE YOU JUST LET THEM SAIL RIGHT ON THROUGH.

A COUPLE OF BIG ONES I WANT TO AT LEAST GIVE YOU A FAIR WARNING ON.

ITEM NO. 4 AND 5. THEY DEAL WITH SOMETHING OF A TRANSITION AREA HERE.

YEAH. BASICALLY, WHAT'S IT SAY? OH, FROM OFFICE OF HISTORIC LANDMARK ALTA VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND MULTIFAMILY TO TOD, TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? WELL, I LOOKED AT THE BACK-UP DOCUMENTS, TOD, TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE A COPY SO I JUST WROTE DOWN SOME OF THE WORDING ON THAT. WHAT DOES IT SAY, MR. AUDIO-VISUAL MAN? TOD TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT MIXED-USE ENCOURAGES OPPORTUNITIES WITH IDENTIFIED LIGHT RAIL STATIONS.

THIS IS ALONG SAN PEDRO. YES, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING UP THE GREEN LINE THERE BUT WHEN I SAW THAT PHRASE "LIGHT RAIL STATIONS," THAT BROUGHT BACK SOME BAD MEMORIES OF THE BIG BROUHAHA WE HAD TEN OR SO YEARS AGO.

SO MUCH SO THAT WE PUT IT IN OUR CHARTER THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY LIGHT RAIL ESTABLISHED HERE IN TOWN UNLESS THE VOTERS VOTED FOR IT.

I WANT TO ALERT YOU ABOUT THAT. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT PUTTING UP ANY LIGHT RAIL STATIONS HERE. OKAY.

ON TO OTHER THINGS HERE. A FEW OTHER ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AND THESE ARE YOU HAVE 39 OF THEM. IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THEM ORGANIZED HERE. ITEM NO. 1 IS ABOUT AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE.

AND THIS IS OVER IN MR. -- MS. VIAGRAN'S DISTRICT. MS. VIAGRAN, YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW ALCOHOL TO BE SOLD WITHIN 300 FEET OF A SCHOOL. WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE CARROLL BELL EDUCATION CENTER. YEAH, RIGHT OVER THERE ON PLEASANTON ROAD. I WISH, LIKE ALWAYS, YOU WOULDN'T ALLOW ALCOHOL SALES TO BE PLACED RIGHT WHERE SCHOOL KIDS HAPPEN TO WALK BY THEM, MS. VIAGRAN.

ALSO, ITEM NO. 3 IN DISTRICT 1. THE -- SUKH KAUR IS NOT IN

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THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: JOHN MEZA FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN PESCI.

>> HELLO. MY NAME IS JOE MEZA AND I'M HERE FOR THE REZONING, WHICH IS I GUESS NO. 3 FOR THE TATTOO SHOP ON 1449 CULEBRA ROAD.

BASICALLY, I'M JUST TAKING OVER FOR A BUSINESS THAT WAS THERE FORMERLY FOR PROBABLY THE LAST 30 YEARS. IT WAS A HAIR SALON AND SHE HAS SINCE RETIRED.

MY UNCLE THAT OWNS THE BUILDING, OFFERED ME THE SPACE, SO WE BEGAN THE PROCESS TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE REZONING AND EVERYTHING. AND BASICALLY THAT'S ABOUT IT. I PLAN TO JUST, YOU KNOW, OPEN THE SHOP TO THE COMMUNITY EVENTUALLY. WE'LL DO, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE SCHOOL DRIVES, MAYBE IN THE SUMMERTIME DO ART PROJECTS WITH THE COMMUNITY. BASICALLY, WOULD LIKE THE

OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. THAT'S IT. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU.

CHRISTIAN PESCI. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. ANY NAME IS CHRISTIAN PESH.

I'M SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO 11 AND 12, WHICH ENTAIL REZONING FOR 1510 EAST HOUSTON STREET. AND THE ZONING IS GOING FROM RESIDENTIAL MIXED TO URBAN -- I'M SORRY. REGIONAL MIXED TO URBAN MIXED USE AND FROM RM-4 TO R-2. MY FAMILY OWNS THE PROPERTY THAT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE REAR OF THAT PROPERTY. WE HAVE HEARD THAT THERE WAS OPPOSITION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE. WE LIVE AT 107 GLORYETTA AND WE OWN PROPERTY ON NORTH MESQUITE, WHICH IS 50 FEET WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA.

IN TERMS OF HEARING ABOUT THE OPPOSITION, WE WANTED TO STATE OUR POSITION ON IT IN THAT WE FIRMLY ARE IN LINE AND SUPPORT OF THE ZONING CHANGES ON THESE TWO ITEMS.

THAT'S BASICALLY IT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THERE ARE NO OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MAY I HAVE A -- IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT

AGENDA? >> VIAGRAN: SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH ARE ITEMS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 28, 32, 36, 37, 38, AND 39. PLEASE VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS.

STAFF, PLEASE START WITH ITEM NO. 9 AND 10. >> AGENDA ITEMS 9 AND 10.

STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS AN ALTERNATE LAND USE OF COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

STAFF MAILED 36 NOTICES. ONE RETURNED IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.

STAFF RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THE KEYSTONE OR LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD

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ASSOCIATIONS . >> MAYOR JONES: WE HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. THE FIRST PERSON IS MAJIL FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER.

EACH INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> HELLO.

MY NAME IS MAJIT AND I'M REQUESTING THE REZONING FROM C-2 TO C-3 NA.

AS FAR AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, I HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THEM.

THEY ACCEPTED AND THEY AGREED WITH THE REZONING. BASICALLY, THIS WAS A RESTAURANT FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS, WHICH I'VE OWNED THIS PROPERTY.

IT SITS ON .1 ACRES. AND BECAUSE IT ONLY HAS FIVE PARKING SPOTS, NONE OF THE TENANTS COULD MAKE IT TO HAVE A RESTAURANT THERE. SO I DECIDED TO CHANGE THAT AND START MY OWN BUSINESS THERE, HOPEFULLY TO TRY TO SELL ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE MOTORCYCLES. FOR THAT, I'M REQUESTING A C-3.

DURING OUR LAST MEETING, IT TURNED OUT THAT CLUB OR A DISCOTHEQUE. I AGREED WITH THE C-3 NA AND SO THAT'S MY REQUEST.

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. JACK FINGER.

>> MAYOR JONES: MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER AND ONCE AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ISSUE WITH YOUR PREVIOUS SPEAKER. THE GENTLEMAN SAYS HE INTENDS TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE A RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING VERY LIGHT DUTY OVER THERE. BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU CHANGE IT FROM C-2 TO C-3, YOU'RE STARTING TO GET PRETTY INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES.

YOU COULD PUT SOMETHING LIKE AN AUTO OR A TRUCK REPAIR SHOP.

BUT THE BIG THING IS THAT THIS IS ALL GOING UP JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE PEOPLE, RESIDENTS LIVE. YEAH. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NEIGHBORS. AND THAT'S WHY -- FOLKS, THAT'S WHY THE STAFF SAID PLEASE SAY NO TO THIS . DENY IT.

IT'S TOO INTENSE. YOU WOULDN'T LIKE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM A BIG AUTO OR TRUCK REPAIR SHOP. BUT YOU CAN PUT IT THERE. THIS DESIGNATION IS PRETTY BROAD AND YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING THERE YOU WANT TO WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS.

DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING, BUT JUST SOMETHING LIGHT IN DENSITY.

NO, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL. PLEASE, YOU MAY WANT TO -- I THINK THIS IS IN MS. KAUR, YOUR DISTRICT. THESE ARE THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST IT, MADAME. I WISH YOU WOULD SAY NO TO IT.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: ITEM NUMBERS 9 AND 10 ARE IN DISTRICT 1. COUNCILMEMBER KAUR IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK.

>> KAUR: I WANT TO CONGRATULATE US FOR PASSING OUR FIRST TOD VOTE.

IT'S COMING. JACK, THIS IS IN OUR DISTRICT AND I VOTE TO

APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEMS 9 AND 10? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE -- OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEMS 9 AND 10. WE'LL TAKE A VOICE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> ARE THERE ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION CARRIES. STAFF, PLEASE PRESENT THE

NEXT ITEM. >> AGENDA ITEM NO. 20.

IT IS LOCATED AT 3406 ROOSEVELT AVENUE. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: INSTALLATION OF DOWNWARD-FACING LIGHTING, NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, HOURS OF OPERATION SHALL BE LIMITED TO MONDAY TO FRIDAY FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M. AND ON SATURDAY FROM 10:00 A.M.

TO 6:00 P.M. AND THAT THERE SHALL BE NO EXTERNAL SOUND SYSTEMS OR LIVE MUSIC PERMITTED. AND LASTLY, SOLID SCREENED FENCING.

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OPPOSITION . THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU.

WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

THE FIRST PERSON IS JOEL FERNAND -- LET ME MAKE SURE THIS IS NOT THE SAME PERSON.

JOEL VANNI? TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. EACH OF YOU HAVE THREE

MINUTES. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS JOEL FERNAND AND I'M THE OWNER AT 3406 ROOSEVELT AVENUE. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME, MAYOR AND COUNCIL PEOPLE FOR LISTENING TO US.

>> MAYOR JONES: EXCUSE ME, SIR. JOEL JOVANNI AND LINDA?

SO NINE MINUTES. >> WE HAVE A POWERPOINT.

>> THIS FIRST PHOTO IS A PHOTO OF THE SHOP WHEN I PURCHASED IT IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.

THIS NEXT ONE IS THE WAY IT CURRENTLY LOOKS RIGHT NOW. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ALREADY STARTED DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON IT. THIS SHOP ORIGINALLY OPENED IN 1961 AS TOYOTA OF SAN ANTONIO. IT WAS A BODY SHOP WHEN IT FIRST OPENED UP IN 1961. IN THE LATE '70S, IT TURNED INTO CAVENDER TOYOTA COLLISION, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE LATE '80S AND IT WAS PURCHASED BY REFLECTION COLLISION AND STAYED AS REFLECTION COLLISION UNTIL THE LATE '90S WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED BY ROBERT GUERRA AUTOMOTIVE AND REPAIR. IT CONTINUED AS AN AUTOMOTIVE AND COLLISION REPAIR UNTIL LAST SEPTEMBER WHEN I TOOK OVER.

THIS IS A PICTURE THAT I TOOK WHEN I WENT TO VISIT THE SHOP RIGHT BEFORE I PURCHASED IT. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE PAINT BOOTH IS, WHICH IS A 37-YEAR-OLD PAINT BOOTH. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S 4 FEET BETWEEN THE OFFICE AND THE PAINT BOOTH AND THERE'S NO FIREWALL, THERE'S NO SAFETY OR ANYTHING.

AND NOW THIS SHOP HAS TWO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND IT HAD TWO OFFICES.

ONE IN THE AUTOMOTIVE AND ONE IN THE COLLISION AREA. THIS IS THE COLLISION BODY SHOP, WHICH IS THE BLUE ONE. THE PAINT BOOTH WAS 37 YEARS OLD AND IT WAS POSITIONED 4 FEET AWAY FROM THE OFFICE, WHICH HAD NO SAFETY WHATSOEVER.

WE CREATED A FIREWALL IN BETWEEN THEM TO SEPARATE THEM.

THAT'S THE REASON WE ADDED THE 40 FEET AND CREATED THE THREE-HOUR FIREWALL TO CREATE THAT SAFETY. AND WE ALSO FOLLOW THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES AND INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODES AS WELL AS PUTTING EXHAUST STACKS THAT MEET THE IFC AND THE IBC CODES. THIS IS THE WAY THE NEW PAINT BOOTHS LOOK NOW.

THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE. IT'S A LOT MORE MODERN. TIMES HAVE CHANGED IN THE LAST FOUR DECADES. THE PAINT BOOTH THAT WAS IN THERE WAS VERY UNSAFE AND IT JUST NEEDED A NEW BOOTH IN THERE. THE ONE THAT WE HAD IN THERE, I TOOK A PAINT BOOTH COMPANY IN THERE AND THEY SAID WE JUST NEED TO TEAR IT DOWN. WHEN WE GOT RID OF THE PAINT BOOTH, WE TOOK A COMPANY IN THERE AND WE ACTUALLY TRIED TO DONATE IT TO ANOTHER BODY SHOP BUT IT WAS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE THAT WE COULDN'T EVEN GIVE IT AWAY SO WE HAD TO COMPLETELY TEAR IT DOWN.

I HAVE BEEN A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER THAT OPENED UP BACK IN 1999 WITH ONE EMPLOYEE.

NOW I HAVE OVER 25 EMPLOYEES, SKILLED TECHNICIANS.

ON THIS LOCATION WE PLAN TO EMPLOY ANOTHER 20 SKILLED TECHNICIANS.

SO FAR WE'VE INVESTED $1.5 MILLION INTO THE ROOSEVELT LOCATION WITH

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NO EXTERNAL SOUND SYSTEM OR LIVE MUSIC PERMITTED. SOLID SCREEN FENCING ALONG WOODWARD DRIVE. OTHER CONCERNS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION -- WE ATTEMPTED TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT IN SEPTEMBER BUT SHE WASN'T AVAILABLE. IN OCTOBER, WE WERE UNAVAILABLE.

WE FINALLY HAD A ZOOM MEETING IN NOVEMBER. WE AGREED TO LOWER THE EXHAUST STACKS WHEN WE GOT APPROVED FOR ZONING. WE CANNOT WORK ON THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ZONING GETS APPROVED. AND WE AGREED TO GET RID OF THE CORRUGATED FENCING AND ADD STONE CINDER BLOCK FENCING, AS LONG AS IT WAS PERMITTED BY THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY. OTHER CONCERNS, I THINK ONE OF THEIR BIG CONCERNS IS THE TOW-INS. SO AT OUR OTHER EXISTING SHOP, WHICH IS THREE TIMES LARGER THAN THIS SHOP, WE ONLY RECEIVE FIVE TO SEVEN TOWS A WEEK. AND THEY DON'T GET BROUGHT IN IN 18-WHEELERS, THEY GET BROUGHT IN IN A 3500 FLAT-BED PICKUP. BUT ALL OF OUR WORK WE GET IN WERE SCHEDULE BASED SO THEY HAVE TO SCHEDULE IT IN THROUGH THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND IT GETS SENT TO US AND WE SCHEDULE TIMES WHEN IT GETS BROUGHT IN.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE A CONGESTION OF CARS THAT GETS BROUGHT AND DUMPED INTO OUR AREA. IN CLOSING, THIS REQUEST DOES NOT SEEK TO INTRODUCE A NEW -- I'M SORRY? I'M SORRY. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CHANGE WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THIS LOCATION. IT'S BEEN A BODY SHOP FOR SIX DECADES AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT A BODY SHOP.

HOWEVER, WE DO WANT IT TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT NICER. EVERYBODY'S WORKED OUT OF THERE, THEY MADE MONEY OUT OF THIS AREA BUT NOBODY'S PUT ANY MONEY INTO THE BUILDING OR THE LOCATION. WE JUST WANT TO IMPROVE THE LOOK AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE BUILDING. WE WANT TO PUT NEW EQUIPMENT AND MODERNIZE THE SHOP.

SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS FOR YOUR APPROVAL. THAT'S ABOUT IT.

DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? >> MAYOR JONES: THAT'S IT,

SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JONES: THE NEXT PERSON IS BALTHAZAR SERNA FOLLOWED BY LEWIS VETTER.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. JUST TO REITERATE, I REPRESENT BALTHAZAR SERNA, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. I REPRESENT THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE AS HE SAID, WE MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I THINK BEFORE YOU HAVE SEVERAL SUPPORTS LETTERS FROM THE AREA. THERE'S A LACKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH I BELIEVE IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, COUNCILMAN MUNGIA, WHERE HE HAS HIS EXISTING LOCATION THAT BACKS UP INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD .

THEY ARE IN SUPPORT OF JOEL'S COLLISION BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT HE DOES, HOW HE OPERATES, AND HOW HE WORKS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

MY CLIENT IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

HE UNDERSTANDS THIS IS A HISTORICAL AREA. THE ONLY REASON HE'S HERE IS BECAUSE IN THE NAME OF SAFETY, HE IMPROVED HIS BUILDING BY 60 FEET.

HE EXPANDED, HE HAD GRANDFATHER RIGHTS. HE EXPANDED TO MAKE IT A SAFER FACILITY AND HE'S HERE ASKING FOR YOU TO APPROVE HIS ZONING TODAY.

AGAIN, HE'S JUST TRYING TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 65 YEARS AS A BODY SHOP. HE'S JUST TRYING TO GET BACK

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SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: LEWIS

VETTER FOLLOWED BY JANE HENRY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M LEWIS VETTER, PRESIDENT OF THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND I COME TODAY TO OPPOSE THE REZONING OF THE 3406 ROOSEVELT AVENUE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE ZONING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS ADOPTED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

IN THE 1970S THE CITY COUNCIL FIRST ADOPTED ZONING AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS AT THE REQUEST OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR TO PROTECT THE SAN ANTONIO MISSION NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK . IN 2018, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED ADDITIONAL ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR UNESCO TO PROTECT THE WORLD HERITAGE SITES AND ITS BUFFER ZONE. THIS PROPERTY -- DISPLAY THE PHOTO, PLEASE. THIS PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED INTO NEW NON-COMPLIANT AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS -- NON-COMPLIANT. AND WITHOUT THE USE OR FOLLOWING ANY OF THE CITY'S ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES.

AND THE CITY HAS FAILED TO REQUIRE THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO COMPLY WITH EXISTING ZONING. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE VIEW SHED OF WHAT MEMBERS AND INDIVIDUALS COME TO SEE IN THIS MARVELOUS SITE.

THERE'S A HISTORIC ZONE AROUND THIS TO PROTECT THE SHED AND THE CAPABILITIES AND WHAT CAN ENCROACH UPON THIS. LOOKING ACROSS ROOSEVELT, AS YOU APPROACH THIS UNESCO SITE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TELEPHONE POLES.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE VENT STACKS, ALL OF WHICH IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE ANY LONGER. TEN YEARS AGO IT WAS AGREED THAT TELEPHONE PHONES AND UTILITIES, CPS WERE TO BE REMOVED AND PLACED UNDERGROUND.

THIS SITE HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND WITHOUT PERMIT BUT BY HABIT OF DOING SO.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THAT YOU NOT APPROVE THIS REZONING AS IT'S GOING TO ESTABLISH A PRECEDENT THAT WILL ENABLE FUTURE NON-COMPLIANT USES AND DEVELOPMENT THAT VIOLATES THE CODES THAT THE COUNCIL'S ALREADY ADOPTED.

SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MEASURE. BY PASSING THIS ZONING, YOU'RE BASICALLY STATING THE FACT THAT WE'RE FINE WITH BRINGING THESE KINDS OF ELEMENTS INTO THIS PROTECTED AREA FOR, AGAIN, WHAT'S GOING TO OCCUR.

NOW, THE SOCIETY DOES WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT 3, THE OWNERS, CPS ON FINDING SOLUTIONS THAT WILL HELP ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH.

BUT WHILE STILL PROTECTING THE VIEW SHED. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JONES: JANE HENRY FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA DUARTE. YOU'RE GIVING YOUR TIME TO JANE HENRY? THANK YOU. YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES.

YOU HAVE NINE MINUTES, MS. HENRY.

>> HELLO, MAYOR JONES AND CITY COUNCIL PERSONS. I'M GLAD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THIS ISSUE WITH YOU TODAY. IN THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN THE WORLD HERITAGE BUFFER ZONE. I'LL READ MY STATEMENT.

MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSES THE REZONING REQUEST FOR THIS PROPERTY. WE CANNOT CONDONE THE APPLICANT'S ADDITIONS TO THE EXISTING BUILDING MADE WITHOUT BUILDING PERMITS OR INSPECTION OR APPROVAL FROM THE HDRC OR HIS INTENDED USE AS A PAINT AND BODY SHOP. MR. FERNAND HAS IGNORED EVERY CITATION ISSUED HIM BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. HE FAILED TWICE TO GAIN APPROVAL FOR NON-CONFORMING USE OF THE PROPERTY. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ZONING COMMISSION DECIDED TO REWARD MR. FERNAND'S DEFIANCE OF CITY ORDINANCES BY ISSUING HIM THE ZONING THAT WOULD FIT HIS ADDITIONS AND INTENDED USE.

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HIS CURRENT PLACE, JOEL'S COLLISION AT 2424 WEST LOOP 4110 -- SOUTHWEST LOOP 410 IS A C-3 SURROUNDED BY OTHER C-3S, LS, AND IS. OTHER SIMILAR SHOPS, GUN SHOPS, BUDGET MOTELS, THINGS LIKE THAT . IT'S RIGHT ON THE ACCESS ROAD OF A FREEWAY. THAT IS WHERE SOMETHING LIKE THIS BELONGS.

HIS BUSINESS IS FINE. HE DOES WELL. THE PLACE LOOKS GOOD AT THE WEST SIDE LOCATION BUT IT ABSOLUTELY IS TOTALLY OUT OF PLACE RIGHT ACROSS FROM MISSION SAN JOSE. AND IN THE WORLD HERITAGE BUFFER ZONE.

IT'S TOTALLY OUT OF PLACE. AND THE SMOKESTACKS THAT HE PUT UP ON THAT PROPERTY ARE JUST NOTHING SHORT OF BLASPHEMOUS RIGHT IN FRONT OF MISSION SAN JOSE.

IT'S APPALLING. THERE ARE OTHER VENTILATION SYSTEMS THAT HE COULD HAVE USED BUT HE CHOSE TO CHOOSE THE CHEAPEST ONE. HE SAYS HE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT. RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIM FROM WOODHULL WHERE IT ANGLES OFF OF ROOSEVELT, THAT LITTLE TRIANGULAR PARCEL OF LAND IS NATIONAL PARK LAND. IT IS THE BEGINNING OF 15 ACRES, GOING NORTH, OF THE MISSION SAN JOSE PORTION OF THE MISSION DISTRICTS NATIONAL HISTORIC PARKS .

OKAY. MR. FERNAND SHOWS ABSOLUTELY NO REGARD FOR CITY ORDINANCES, THE MISSION SAN JOSE, THE MISSION HISTORIC DISTRICT OR THE WORLD HERITAGE DESIGNATION OR THE WORLD HERITAGE BUFFER ZONE. HE KNOWS NO REGARDS FOR HIS NEIGHBORS IN MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD. AT THE OTHER -- LET'S GET BACK TO THE OTHER PLACE. HE HAS ELECTRIFIED FENCING, 7,000 VOLTS ON THE WEST SIDE. THE PLACE IS LIT UP LIKE A FOOTBALL STADIUM AT NIGHT.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THIS ZONING THING -- SORRY. THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ZONING COMMISSION, THEY TALK ABOUT COMPATIBILITY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT WORK. SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

ELECTRIFIED FENCING. NEIGHBORS -- THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A WALKABLE, WELCOMING AREA. AS MR. VETTER POINTED OUT. WITH THE 2017 BOND IMPROVEMENT, ROOSEVELT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, THOSE LINES, THE TELEPHONE LINES, THE UTILITY LINES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BURIED TO CLEAR UP THE CLUTTER.

THE SMOKESTACKS DO NOT CLEAR UP THE CLUTTER. PAINT AND BODY SHOP, SUPERSIZED, WITHOUT PERMISSION JUST DOES NOT MAKE A BEAUTIFUL, WALKABLE, BIKEABLE NEIGHBORHOOD, WELCOMING TO TOURISTS AND SAN ANTONIANS ALIKE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, HIS FACILITY THERE IS A POISON PILL FOR ALL THE VACANT LOTS AROUND THERE THAT HAVE BEEN BOUGHT BY OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS FROM WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HOPING TO BUILD -- PLANNING TO BUILD BETTER THINGS.

A BEAUTIFUL RESTAURANT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. HE HAD TO TEAR DOWN AN OLD LUFKIN BOAT REPAIR SHOP. IT WAS A GIANT WAREHOUSE KIND OF THING.

HE TORE IT DOWN, AND AN OLD GAS STATION, GETTING READY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.

RIGHT BEHIND JOEL'S COLLISION. THAT'S ALSO VACANT PROPERTY NOW BECAUSE THE CURRENT LANDOWNER CLEARED IT OF AN OLD MEAT PACKING PLANT THAT WAS THERE. SO THIS LAND IS READY FOR GOOD DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN BENEFIT THE CITY, THE MISSIONS, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE. WE NEED RESTAURANTS. WE COULD EVEN HAVE A HOTEL IN THAT AREA. DOWN MISSION ROAD THERE'S VACANT LAND THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THIS. BUT TO HAVE A PAINT AND BODY SHOP THERE WITH SMOKESTACKS AND TOW TRUCKS GOING IN -- THE TOW TRUCKS. ANYWAY, YOU CAN SEE IT'S NOT A GOOD FIT. NOBODY IS GOING TO WANT TO PUT ANYTHING NICE NEXT TO THIS PLACE. CLASSIC COLLISION ON ROOSEVELT AT THE RIVER WAS

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THEIR STACKS ARE ONLY THREE FEET HIGH AND THEY ARE HIDDEN BEHIND SOME FACADES THAT THEY BUILT. WHEN I TOLD THE MAN WE WERE CONCERNED THAT THE TOW TRUCKS MIGHT BE COMING, TAKING SHORTCUTS DOWN PADRE DRIVE THROUGH THE COUNTY PARK AND THROUGH THE NATIONAL PARK ON NAPIER AND DOWN MISSION ROAD, HE SAID, OH, WELL IT'S NOT ONLY THE TOW TRUCKS, WE ONLY GET ABOUT FIVE TO SIX TOW TRUCKS PER DAY CARRYING CRUMPLED CARS, WHICH WILL NOT BE NICE TO SEE EITHER.

HE SAID IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE 15 TO 30 DELIVERY TRUCKS EVERY DAY, BIG ONES, LIKE THE TWO BEDROOM SIZES FROM U-HAUL FROM EACH OF THE CAR MANUFACTURERS DELIVERING PARTS, BODY PARTS. 15 TO 30 TRUCKS COMING IN AT 3:00 A.M., 9:00 A.M., AND 2:00 P.M. DAILY. THAT IS WAY TOO MUCH TRAFFIC FOR THIS AREA, FOR THIS TOURIST DESTINATION, FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR THE PARK ROADS THAT ARE ALL AROUND THERE. WAY TOO MUCH. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT A GOOD IDEA. I THINK THAT MR. FERNAND NEEDS TO JUST REALIZE THAT HE'S MADE A MISTAKE IN CHOOSING THIS LOCATION. AND HE NEEDS TO MOVE IT TO A PLACE THAT IS MORE APPROPRIATE WITH AN L OR C-3 ZONING ALREADY IN PLACE AND ONE THAT WILL BE CLOSER TO -- ALSO CLOSE TO ENTERPRISE CAR RENTAL .

THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS RECOMMENDING THAT HE JUST TAKE DOWN EVERYTHING THAT HE'S BUILT ILLEGALLY. THOSE PAINT BOOTHS, THEY'RE MODULAR. THEY CAN BE TAKEN APART AND MOVED ELSEWHERE.

HE CAN TAKE DOWN EVERYTHING HE HAS BUILT AND TAKE IT TO ONE OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS.

THERE ARE 24 OTHER ENTERPRISE CAR RENTAL LOCATIONS IN SAN ANTONIO.

THE LOCATION HE CHOSE NOW IS VERY CLOSE TO THE ENTERPRISE ON MILITARY AND IT'S ALSO CLOSE TO STINSON WHERE THEY GET A LOT OF BUSINESS FROM, THE CAR RENTAL PLACE DOES .

BUT THE MAIN ATTRACTION MR. FERNAND FOUND TO THE LOCATION IS THE PROXIMITY TO THE CAR RENTAL PLACE. BUT THERE ARE 24 OTHER ENTERPRISE CAR LOCATIONS IN SAN ANTONIO AND SURELY HE CAN FIND A MORE APPROPRIATE ONE, A LOCATION NEAR ONE OF THOSE. AS FOR THE HISTORY ON THE TIMELINE, HE BOUGHT THIS PLACE -- MR. GUERRA WAS MY MECHANIC. HE HARDLY DID ANY PAINT AND BODYWORK AT HIS PLACE. MAYBE BECAUSE THE VENTILATION, THE FACILITY WAS OUTDATED FOR THAT. HIS VENTILATION WAS TURBINES AND OPEN WINDOWS AND OPEN

DOORS, IF HE DID ANY. >> MAYOR JONES: MA'AM, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, YOU CAN SUBMIT THOSE FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU.

IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL BEYOND YOUR TIME, YOU CAN SUBMIT THOSE FOR THE RECORD.

>> I'M SORRY. ADDITIONAL WHAT? >> MAYOR JONES: COMMENTS.

>> JUST A FEW ABOUT -- >> MAYOR JONES: SORRY. IN A WRITTEN FORM.

BECAUSE YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED, MA'AM. >> YES, I CAN PROVIDE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

>> MAYOR JONES: SIX MINUTES. >> CAN I HAVE A TIMER?

>> MAYOR JONES: SIX MINUTES. IT'S NOT WORKING.

WE'RE KEEPING IT HERE. >> MY NAME IS BRADY ALEXANDER AND WE SUPPORT MISSION SAN JOSE IN OPPOSING THIS PROJECT WITHIN OUR AREA.

THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT AS AUTHENTIC AS IT GETS. AUTHENTIC MEANING SAN ANTONIO DEGRADES HISTORICAL FEATURES AND THAT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE.

FROM THE STAGE STOP AT UTSA AND I-10, WHICH IS NOW A HONDA DEALER, LOOKOUT POINT, AND MANY OTHERS. IT'S REALLY SAD THAT THIS HAPPENS BUT IT TRULY IS AUTHENTIC. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO AUTHENTIC, THIS FITS RIGHT IN WITH THINGS IN THE PAST. WE CAN START AT THE ALAMO.

LOOK PAT PAST PHOTOS OF JORDAN FORD USED THE LONG BARRACKS AS A CAR LOT BACK IN THE '20S. OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.

THANK GOD THE STATE OVERSIGHT IS CONTROLLING THE ALAMO OR IT WOULD BE DESTROYED LIKE IS SLOWLY HAPPENING TO THE OTHER MISSIONS.

AND THEY ARE TRYING TO UNDO THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN ALLOWED BY THIS CITY OVER

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MISSION CONCEPCION, WHO WOULD PUT A JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY NEXT TO THAT MISSION? CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. HOW AUTHENTIC.

WHO WOULD PUT APARTMENTS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THAT? ONCE AGAIN, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. MISSION SAN JOSE AREA, AND NOT JUST THE MISSION, BUT THE SURROUNDING AREAS THAT ARE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT, ACEQUIAS AND OTHERS. GAMBLING IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN PROXIMITY TO THE STRUCTURE. CONVENIENCE STORE, OTHER VAPE SHOP, CBD, ET CETERA.

THOUGH IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE IN OTHER AREAS, NOT IN THIS. THIS IS A POOR AREA WHERE LESS. RECENTLY, WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF SOME BUSINESSES.

THE CORRAL, THE HORSING AROUND, GOT RID OF THAT SO BASICALLY WE GOT RID OF THE TOPLESS AND NOW WE HAVE THE HOMELESS. AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS WORSE. BUT WITH THEIR ARGUMENT OF THIS WAS A PAINT BOOTH OR PAINT SHOP AND NOW IT SHOULD CONTINUE. WELL, THE SAME ARGUMENT IS VALID FOR THE HORSING AROUND AND THE CORRAL. I'M SURE IF THEY BROUGHT UP THEY WANTED TO DO A STRIP CLUB, I WOULD WONDER IF YOU WOULD WANT TO BE AUTHENTIC ON THAT TOO. THE AREA IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY A DUMP GROUND. WHEN ANYBODY IS ACTING UP A LITTLE BIT, INDIGENT, MENTALLY ILL, THEY GO TO THE STATE HOSPITAL. ANYBODY IS HOMELESS, WELL, SEND THEM OVER TO HAVEN FOR DOPE DOWN ON PRESA. WHAT ELSE ARE THEY GOING TO DO? THIS SETS THE CATALYST FOR SOME VERY BAD THINGS AND YOU WOULD NOT BE SEEING THIS BODY SHOP OR A BODY SHOP ON BROOKS CAMPUS.

MORE CARE IS TAKEN THERE THAN AROUND HISTORICALLY-SIGNIFICANT AREAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE. WE USED TO GET THE CITY TO CARE ABOUT US ONCE A YEAR DURING THE SAN ANTONIO MARATHON. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE MLK MARCH. THEY CLEAN IT UP AND THE OTHER WEEKS IT GOES BACK TO WHERE IT WAS. WE REALLY DON'T GET A LOT OF ATTENTION DOWN THERE.

THE CITY COULD INCENTIVIZE A CATALYST FOR PROPER AND MEANINGFUL DEVELOPMENT THAT BENEFITS ALL, NOT JUST THE TOURISTS, BUT THE LOCALS ALSO.

IN JULY 2025, A $1,000 DONATION WAS MADE BY JOEL TO OUR DISTRICT 3 COUNCIL REP.

THIS KIND OF ACTION REMINDS ME OF THE SCHOOL BOARDS ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE THEY DON'T EVEN COVER THEMSELVES. AT LEAST IT LOOKS BAD. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A CAMPAIGN DONATION, SINCE IT WAS REPORTED AFTER THE CAMPAIGN.

SO I WISH IT WOULD AT LEAST COVER IT UP. THESE BORDER TOWN POLITICS ARE AUTHENTIC SAN ANTONIO, UNFORTUNATELY. SO IF YOU WANT TO PERPETUATE THE WRONGS OF THE PAST AND CONTINUE THEM IN THE FUTURE, APPROVE THIS AND WE CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE WHAT ELSE WE GET DUMPED ON AT SAN JOSE.

THE STATE RECOGNIZES THE CITY IS THE GREATEST THREAT TO THE MISSION HISTORIC AREAS. THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECOGNIZES IT.

THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY RECOGNIZES IT AND THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES IT.

IT'S ABOUT TIME THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECOGNIZES THAT THEY ARE THE THREAT TO OUR

COMMUNITY. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: SUSAN

STRAWN FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, MAYOR. I'M HERE, MY NAME IS SUSAN STRAWN AND I'M A RESIDENT OF RIVER ROAD IN DISTRICT 1 BUT I AM HERE TO SUPPORT MY FELLOW HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS DOWN SOUTH AND TO URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THIS AS A FULL COUNCIL.

I KNOW THE TRADITION IS THAT WE GIVE DEFERENCE TO THE COUNCILWOMAN IN WHOSE DISTRICT THE ZONING REQUEST IS BUT THE MISSIONS IS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE.

IT IS IMPORTANT INTERNATIONALLY, IT IS THE ONLY ONE IN TEXAS, AND IT HAD 1.3 MILLION VISITORS IN 2024, WHICH IS ABOUT FOUR TIMES AS MANY AS THE FROST BANK CENTER GETS. $171 MILLION IN LOCAL ECONOMIC BENEFIT.

AND THIS SITE IS ON THE DIRECT ROUTE TO THE NEW NATIONAL VISITORS AUDIO]. SO THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THIS ZONING WOULD GO IN IS AN AREA THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THE ENTIRE SITE, TO THE BUFFER ZONING, TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT AREA AS HAS BEEN PLANNED, AT LEAST SINCE AS LONG AS I

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AS MY FRIEND, JANE HENRY POINTED OUT, THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS -- AND THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY AS WELL --T HAS HAD PLANS FOR QUITE SOMETIME THAT ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH AN EXPANSION OF A BODY SHOP AND THE IMPOSITION OF NEW SMOKESTACKS AND ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT THAT ENVIRONMENTAL TRAFFIC, ALL OF THAT IS JUST NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SITE. SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ZONING COMMISSION AND VOTE TO DENY THIS OR AT LEAST HAVE FURTHER STUDY OF THE IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON THE CITY'S ECONOMY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT AREA AROUND OUR -- ONE OF OUR

PRIME TOURIST SITES. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: JACK

FINGER. >> MADAME MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JACK FINGER. MS. VIAGRAN, THIS CASE TAKES PLACE IN YOUR DISTRICT.

I BELIEVE -- I THINK YOU KNOW THE DEFINITION OF JUSTICE.

I THINK YOU AND PRACTICALLY EVERYBODY ELSE ON THIS COUNCIL ALSO KNOWS THE DEFINITION OF INJUSTICE. WELL, FOR TOO LONG THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO A LOT OF INJUSTICE. THEY HAVE BEEN DUMPED ON BY THIS AUTO BODY AND PAINT SHOP. THE NOISE, THE SMELLS, THE TRAFFIC. AND THE PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THIS LOCATION, THEY ALWAYS GOT AWAY WITH IT. NOBODY EVER SEEMED TO WANT TO ENFORCE ANY LAWS THAT WERE ON THE BOOKS ON THIS ONE. SO NOW THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THIS TO CHANGE, MS. VIAGRAN. AND THE FACTS ARE OUT THERE FOR ANYBODY TO SEE.

JUST LOOK AT THE RECORD OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.

I MEAN, THE SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSES THIS.

YOU GET A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSING SOMETHING , THAT'S A BIG DEAL. YOU HAD AS MANY AS FOUR PEOPLE SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT AT THE ZONING HEARING. IF YOU GET ANYTHING MORE THAN ONE OR TWO, THAT'S A CONTROVERSY. HAVING ANYBODY WHO COMES ALL THE WAY ACROSS TOWN TO COME TO A ZONING COMMISSION HEARING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

NO, THAT'S WHY IT'S TIME, THE TIME HAS COME TO SAY NO TO THE, YES, INJUSTICE.

FINALLY, A CHANCE, A CHANCE TO CHANGE THINGS. YOU HEARD THE PEOPLE MENTION HOW THE PREVIOUS OWNERS CONTINUALLY BROKE THE RULES. WELL, YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT MENTIONED IN ANY OF THE PROPONENTS' COMMENTARY UP HERE.

WHY NOT SAY NO TO THIS? ANY CONDITIONS HE PUTS ON THIS, IS IT REALLY GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO IT.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: ITEM 20 IS IN DISTRICT 3.

COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU.

BEFORE WE BEGIN DISCUSSION, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> WHYTE: SECOND. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. JUST BECAUSE I NEED TO GET STARTED ON THIS CONVERSATION. IT WILL BE WITH CONDITIONS AND I'LL STATE THAT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SITTING IN MY DAIS, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, THOSE OF Y'ALL HERE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT MOST OF THE TIME I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF DISTRICT 3 BUSINESS IN DISTRICT 3. BUT AS YOU CAN TELL, AFTER THE FEW CASES THAT WE'VE HAD HERE AND THE PACK OF LETTERS YOU GOT THAT ALONG ROOSEVELT WHAT I HAVE IS AN ISSUE BETWEEN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW.

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AND ONE DANGEROUS ONE THAT WAS HAD WAS A MORATORIUM FOR THIS AREA.

AND WE DID NOT WANT THAT. WE KNEW WE NEEDED A TAX BASE.

WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO IMPROVE THAT AREA. WE HAD THIS PLAN, THIS GREAT BOND PROJECT COMING WITH ROOSEVELT AND WORLD HERITAGE.

AND IF YOU GUYS HAD BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS.

THIS IS A THRIVING, LIVING, SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY. I HAVE GOT AUTO REPAIR SHOPS. I HAVE GOT A PIZZA HUT , I HAVE GOT A BAR CALLED MUSTANG SALLY'S. THIS IS ALL ALONG ROOSEVELT AND WE GOT THE DESIGNATION WITH ALL OF THIS THERE. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, AS I KNOW MIKE SHANNON AND HIS TEAM WILL BE WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION. AND IT WILL IMPACT THESE BUSINESSES. I CURRENTLY HAVE AN EXISTING BUSINESS THAT IS TRYING TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. WITH STAFF APPROVAL AND ZONING APPROVAL WE ARE HERE TODAY AND I ASK THAT YOU -- AND I AM WORKING ON IT. AND I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR CITY STAFF. STAFF, CAN YOU ADVISE WHO OVERSEES THE PERMITTING OF THIS EQUIPMENT UNDER THE PURVIEW OF IS IT STATE,

TCEQ, OR DSD COSA? >> THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT WOULD BE

RESPONSIBLE FOR PERMITTING. >> VIAGRAN: DOES THIS BUSINESS STILL HAVE TO

UNDERGO FURTHER REVIEW BY HDRC FOR C OF O? >> YES.

NOTHING ABOUT THE CHANGE OF ZONING SUPERSEDES OR WAVES THAT REQUIREMENT.

>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR THEIR WORK IN VETTING THIS CASE AND FOR INCLUDING CONDITIONS THAT ADDRESS SIGNAGE, LIGHTING, HOURS OF OPERATION. AS YOU KNOW, GROWING WITH LEGACY AND HAVING A WORLD HERITAGE SITE IS DIFFICULT. HOWEVER, I HAVE BEEN TO CORDOVA IN SPAIN.

I HAVE BEEN TO AMSTERDAM. AND IF WE DON'T ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO GROW ORGANICALLY AND SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, WHAT'S GOING TO COME IN IS NOTHING BUT CORPORATE. SO I ASK THAT MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS

READ. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEM 20? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS READ. PLEASE VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES. STAFF, PLEASE PRESENT THE NEXT ITEM.

>> ITEM 23.

LOOP 410. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: ONLY DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING IS TO BE INSTALLED.

WITHIN 200 FEET. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. NO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. ITEM NO. 23 IS IN DISTRICT 4. COUNCILMAN MUNGIA IS RECOGNIZED.

>> MUNGIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. AT THIS MOMENT, I WOULD LIKE

TO MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS READ. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR JONES: WE HAD A SECOND. IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. HEARING NONE, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS READ.

PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION PASSES. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

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>> AGENDA ITEM 27 IS A CHANGE OF ZONING.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 603 PRUITT AVENUE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 14 NOTICES WERE MAILED, ZERO RETURNED IN FAVOR AND ZERO IN OPPOSITION. THE COLLINS GARDEN

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR. >> MAYOR JONES: WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM THE COMMUNITY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

VINCENT VINCENT HUBINGER. OH, OKAY.

THANKS. >> SORRY, MAYOR. VIN HUBINGER.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TODAY. I AGREE WITH THE CONTINUOUSANCE FOR THREE WEEKS AND WE HAVE THREE TO LOOK OUT FOR THE DISTRICT. SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR JONES: JACK FINGER. >> MADAM MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK FINGER. WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT OTHER SCANDALS WE CAN FATHOM THROUGH TODAY. MS. CASTILLO, THIS CASE IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. IT'S ABOUT PLACING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, OTHERWISE IN MY WORDS A MONSTROSITY, ABOUT A 200-FOOT-TALL MONSTROSITY HERE.

YEAH. WE HAVE ALL SEEN CELL PHONE TOWERS AND WE DO NEED THEM TO CONTINUE OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR CELL PHONES, ETC.. BUT I DARE SAY YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO A, YES, PR MONSTROSITY LIKE THIS. BUT THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE TO THE RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA HERE, MS. CASTILLO. YEAH.

OVER ON PRUITT AVENUE, AND -- AND THE ZONING STAFF, TO THEIR CREDIT, THEY SAY THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS. WHY? BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALLOWING, QUOTE, ALLOWING POTENTIAL HIGH RISE COMMERCIAL BUILDING ENCROACHMENT.

ENCROACHMENT -- WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THE QUESTION IS DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE CONTINUAL HIGH-RISE ENCROACHMENT WITHIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

LIVE NEXT TO IT -- TRY TO SAY HOW ON EARTH CAN I GET OUT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? HOW MUCH MONEY DO I HAVE TO RAISE TO LEAVE THIS PLACE. RIGHT NEXT TO THIS THING.

NO, UH, I SUGGEST THAT YOU SAY IT'S DENIED. AND GIVE EVERYBODY A BREAK ON

THIS ONE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: ITEM 27 IS IN

DISTRICT 5, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE VINCENT BEING IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONTINUOUSANCE, BUT IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE PODIUM.

HI, THANK YOU. YES. CAN YOU SHARE THAT YOU ARE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT OF THIS CASE AND YOU'RE ALSO IN AGREEMENT WITH A CONTINUANCE.

>> YES, I AM REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT AND WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONTINUANCE.

>> VIAGRAN: >> CASTILLO: THERE'S COVENANT AND A LETTER OF INTENT.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THAT WITH BOTH YOU AND THE APPLICANT AS WELL AND THE GARDEN

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. >> THAT IS FINE. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, KEN.

WITH THAT I MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 27 UNTIL FEBRUARY 5TH. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO FEBRUARY 5TH. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES, NEXT

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ITEM, PLEASE. >> AGENDA ITEMS 30 AND 31 A CHANGE OF ZONING AMENDING THE DOWNTOWN REGIONAL CITY PLAN FROM URBAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND REZONING FROM R4 TO USES PERMITTED FOR SIX DWELLING UNITS.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 141 CASTILLO AVENUE. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF IDZ-1 WITH USES PERMITTED FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 42 NOTICES WERE MAILED, ZERO WERE.

ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JONES: WE HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

JACK FINGER. >> MADAM MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JACK FINGER. MS. CASTILLO ONCE AGAIN YOU HAVE ANOTHER INTERESTING CASE IN YOUR AREA. ZONING STAFF. THOUGHT THAT THIS IDEA OF -- WELL, PLACING SIX DWELLING UNITS INTO ONE LITTLE SPOT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERKILL.

YEAH. AT LEAST 50%. THEY EVEN MADE THE RECOMMENDATION OF GOING TO JUST FOUR UNITS. THEY'LL GRANT YOU THAT, BUT, UH, THEY -- MAYBE THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS WHO SYMPATHIZE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO LIVE AROUND THE DENSITY OF THIS STUFF AND THEY SAY, NO, LET'S NOT START LOOKING LIKE NEW YORK TENEMENT BUILDINGS. LET'S KIND OF REDUCE THIS AND, UH, SAY NO TO SIX UNITS ON ONE LITTLE PROPERTY. OH, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE STREET THERE? CASTILLO AVENUE. I HOPE THAT DOESN'T SWAY MS. CASTILLO ABOUT THE -- THE ATTRIBUTES ON THIS ONE. YEAH. WELL, I SUGGEST IF YOU WOULD,

PLEASE, SAY NO TO THIS ONE, MS. CASTILLO. >> MAYOR JONES: ITEMS NUMBER 30 AND 31 ARE IN COUNCIL 5, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK.

>> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THANK AGAIN. AND WORKING WITH THE ASSOCIATION TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM. WITH THAT I MOTION TO APPROVE AS SUBMITTED.

>> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. AS SUBMITTED.

PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.

>> ITEM 33 A CHANGE OF ZONING.

RECOMMENDATION OF C1, ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVES. ZERO NOTICES WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENTS' NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

SUPPORTS THE REZONING REQUEST. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: WE HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. LETICIA SANCHEZ. FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER.

>> HI, I'M THE CO-CHAIRPERSON OF THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION AND THIS IS THE OWNER, MS. CABINA. THE PROPERTY ON MONTEZUMA IS WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES.

OUR ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN WORKING WITH MR. SKAMIA TO ENSURE THAT THE ZONING THAT WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER AS THE BEST OPTION FOR HIM AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY. HE'S THE OWNER OF THO THE TORTIA FACTORY THAT IS A LEGACY BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEIR BUSINESS IS ON THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY BEHIND 725 MONTEZUMA WHICH IS THE PROPERTY THAT FACES GUADALUPE STREET.

THEIR GOAL IS TO EXPAND THE BUSINESS ONTO THE BACK PROPERTY ON MONTEZUMA AND OUR ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS THEIR ZONING REQUEST FOR C-2PNA ZONING.

ALTHOUGH OUR ASSOCIATION WOULD NOT TYPICALLY SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF ZONING ON MONTEZUMA, WE DO

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AND FINALLY MR. ESCAMIA HAD SUBMIT THE A COVENANT RESTRICTION LETTER TO OUR ASSOCIATION, ENSURING IF THE PROPERTY WOULD EVER BE SOLD, WHICH HE SAYS THAT AS LONG AS HE'S ALIVE IT WON'T BE, IT WOULD NOT BE SOLD TO ANYONE WISHING TO START BUSINESSES LISTED ON THE C2 ZONING THAT OUR ASSOCIATION HAS INDICATED THAT IT DOES NOT WANT ON THE PROPERTY.

SO WE, THEREFORE, ASK THAT YOU VOTE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> MAYOR JONES: JACK FINGER. >> WELL, MADAM MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I, JACK FINGER, WOULD TEND TO DISAGREE WITH SOME OF THE SPEAKERS THAT COME UP HERE.

TODAY SEEMS TO BE THE DAY FOR THE WORD ENCROACHMENT. YEAH.

THAT WAS THE -- THE WORDS OF THE PERSONS WHOM WE HIRE, CALLED THE PROFESSIONAL ZONING STAFF, TO ASCERTAIN THESE CASES AND MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO US. THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY THE PROFESSIONALS ON THESE SITUATIONS. AND THEY -- THEIR WORDS WAS ABOUT -- WELL, ENCROACHMENT.

YEAH, THEY MENTIONED THAT THE -- OVER HERE ON MONTEZUMA STREET, THE COMMERCIAL ABUTS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE RESIDENCES, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THESE THINGS.

AT LEAST THE -- AND AT LET'S THE C1 RECOMMENDATION IS EASIER ON THE NEIGHBORS.

C1 -- IT'S NOT AS INTENSE. C2, CROSSES THE LINE. IN THEIR WORDS IT'S TOO ENCROACHING. MORE -- MORE COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT AND MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO THE -- INCONVENIENCE OF HAVING TO LIVE NEXT TO UNDESIRABLE -- WELL, JUST BUSINESSES.

INSTEAD OF BEING NEXT TO -- ONE MORE BUSINESS NEXT TO THEM IS ONE LESS NEIGHBOR THAT THEY COULD BE LIVING NEXT TO. YEAH. PEOPLE WHO THEY WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO. AND SOME OF US SAID THAT, HEY, I THINK THAT WE CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS ONE AND LET'S GO ASIDE AND SEE IF THE COUNCIL WILL SAY YES TO IT.

BUT, ANYWAY, MISSISSIPPI MS. CAS STREET NAME IS NOT CASTILLO AT THIS TIME, BUT JUST THE SAME, I WISH THAT YOU WOULD SAY NO TO THIS -- AT LEAST ONE OF THESE THINGS.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THIS ITEM IS IN DISTRICT 5, COUNCILWOMAN

CASTILLO IS RECOGNIZED. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR AND I RECOGNIZE THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION WITH WORKING WITH APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.

WITH THAT I MOTION TO APPROVE AS SUBMITTED. >> SECOND.

>> MAYOR JONES: APPROVE AS SUBMITTED. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

STAFF FOR THE FINAL PRESENTATION. >> ITEM 34 AND 35, A PLAN AMENDMENT AND CHANGE OF ZONING.

AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THE STAFF MAILED 18 NOTICES, THREE RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION. THE JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED AND STAFF RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THE SUNSHINE ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. OUTSIDE OF 200-FEET, 91 NOTICES WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR AND THREE

IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY, THE FIRST PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS IS BIANCA BUTTEON AND FOLLOWED BY ANDY GARCIA.

ACTUALLY, ARE YOU A GROUP, OKAY, SO NINE MINUTES TOTAL. THANK YOU.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO USE AS A VISUAL. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR GINA ORTIZ

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ULTIMATELY WE WERE NOT INVITED TO PARTICIPATE. ON MONDAY, JANUARY 12TH, 2026, THE DAY OF THE JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION'S COMMUNITY MEETING, WE RECEIVED AN E-MAIL EARLIER THAT MORNING BEFORE THE MEETING TOOK PLACE INFORMING US THAT THE ASSOCIATION WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING OUR REZONING REQUEST. THE REASON PROVIDED TO US WAS CONCERN THAT APPROVING THIS REQUEST WOULD SET A PRECEDENT FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA AND COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES ALONG THE WEST SIDE.

GRADUALLY CONVERTING A FULLY RESIDENTIAL AREA INTO A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.

AFTER RECEIVING THAT COMMUNICATION, WE RESPONDED RESPECTFULLY.

WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE CONCERN AND CLARIFIED THAT OUR REQUEST IS SITE SPECIFIC AND LIMITED IN NATURE AND ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION REGARDING HOW THE DECISION WAS REACHED.

SPECIFICALLY WHETHER THERE WAS A FORMAL VOTE, HOW MANY ACTIVE MEMBERS PARTICIPATED, WHETHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE INVOLVED, AND WHETHER THE FEEDBACK RELIED UPON CAME FROM RESIDENTS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE PROPERTY. THE CLARIFICATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.

DESPITE THIS, WE CONTINUED ENGAGING WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

WE SPOKE DIRECTLY WITH NEIGHBORS, CLARIFIED MISINFORMATION, AND EXPLAINED OUR OPERATING PLAN. WE GATHERED ADDITIONAL PETITION SIGNATURES, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO A LITTLE OVER 90 SUPPORTER. SEVERAL OF WHOM ARE NEIGHBORS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE CHURCH THAT SITS DIRECTLY ACROSS THIS PROPERTY.

THESE MATERIALS WERE SUBMITTED TO OUR ZONING CASE MANAGER ALONG WITH THE MAP IDENTIFYING PETITION SUPPORTERS. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO CLEARLY EXPLAIN WHAT THIS PROJECT IS, AND WHAT IT IS NOT. WE ARE THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY AND THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR US TO OPERATE OUR OWN PERSONAL FAMILY-RUN BARBERSHOP AT THIS LOCATION.

THIS IS NOT AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY. THIS IS NOT A FRANCHISE.

IT IS NOT A HIGH VOLUME OR LATE NIGHT OPERATION. IT IS A SMALL APPOINTMENT-BASED BUSINESS THAT WE WILL PERSONALLY MANAGE AND BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR. OUR BUSINESS PLAN IS INTENTIONALLY MODEST. WE ARE NOT SEEKING EXTENDED HOURS.

WE ARE NOT SEEKING LARGER SIGNAGE. OUR REGULAR BUSINESS OPERATIONS ARE APPOINTMENT BASED AND NOT EVENT DRIVEN. AND AN OCCASIONAL COMMUNITY-FOCUSED ACTIVITY WOULD BE LIMITED AND INFREQUENT AND CONDUCTED IN COMPRIENS WITH ALL OF THE CITY PERMITTING AND REGULATIONS. WE ARE OPEN TO REASONABLENESS AND ENFORCEABLE CONDITIONS RELATED TO HOURS OF OPERATION, SIGNAGE, AND OVERALL OPERATIONS TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANT TO ALSO DIRECTLY ADDRESS CONCERNS RELATED TO TRAFFIC AND SAFETY. PLANNING, ZONING AND STAFF REVIEWED THIS REQUEST IN TRAFFIC AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS IN MIND AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

THIS IS A LOW-VOLUME APPOINT-BASED OPERATION, WITH STAGGERED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. WHICH LIMITS THE TRAFFIC AND AVOIDS CONGESTION.

THE SCALE AND INTENSITY OF THIS USER CONSISTENT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY ACTIVITY AND THEY DO NOT INTRODUCE TRAFFIC PATTERNS BEYOND WHAT IS TYPICALLY EXPERIENCED DURING NORMAL DAILY HOURS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO OPERATING RESPONSIBLY AND PRIORITIZING SAFETY FOR RESIDENTS, PEDESTRIANS, AND NEARBY INSTITUTES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER FROM A

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THROUGH OUR OUTREACH, NEIGHBORS SHARED THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE MADE THE SITE FEEL MORE WELCOMING AND LESS OF AN EYE SORE. OUR INTENT IS TO CONTINUE THAT LEVEL OF CARE AND RESPONSIBILITY MOVING FIRST. WE UNDERSTAND CONCERNS ABOUT PRECEDENT, RESPECTFULLY, ZONING DECISIONS ARE EVALUATED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.

APPROVAL OF A SITE SPECIFIC REQUEST DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY ESTABLISH A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.

IT IS THROUGH STAFF REWITHDREWING AND ZONING REGULATIONS AND THIS DOES NOT ALTER THOSE PROTECTIONS. WE FULLY RESPECT THAT SOME RESIDENTS OPPOSE THIS REQUEST.

AND FOR CLARITY ON THE RECORD, WE RECEIVED OPPOSITIONS FROM TWO INDIVIDUALS AND FROM THE JNA, AT THE SAME TIME, WE COLLECTED A LITTLE OVER 90 SIGNATURES OF SUPPORT.

SEVERAL WHICH ARE RESIDENTS FROD INSTITUTIONAL NEIGHBORS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY OF WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED TO THE CITY. WHAT WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TODAY IS WHETHER WE ACTED IN GOOD FAITH, WHETHER WE ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE TRANSPARENTLY, WHETHER WE CONTINUED OUTREACH, EVEN WHEN ACCESS WAS LIMITED, AND WHETHER THIS REQUEST ON ITS OWN MERITS MEETS THE STANDARDS FOR THE REZONING APPROVAL.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO OPERATING RESPONSIBLY, MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY, AND BEING ACCOUNTABLE OWNERS. OUR INTENT IS FOR THIS LOCATION TO REMAIN POSITIVE, WELL MAINTAINED, AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBLE PRESENCE. BEFORE I CONCLUDE I WOULD LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK OUR ZONING CASE MANAGER ALEXA ROTANA FOR HER PROFESSIONALISM AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WHICH HAS BEEN A MEANINGFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR US.

AND I THANK THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AND FOR THE RESPECT SHOWN THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND

CONSIDERATION. >> MAYOR JONES: THIS ITEM IS IN DISTRICT 7, COUNCILWOMAN GAVITO

IS RECOGNIZED. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: I WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS WHO TOOK TIME TO BE HERE TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR VOICES WERE HEARD.

OUR ZONING POLICIES CALL FOR A HEALTHY DIALOGUE IN ORDER TO DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH CASE BEFORE COMING TO COUNCIL. I RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM NEIGHBORS AND FROM THE JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS INTRODUCING COMMERCIAL USES ONTO A CORRIDOR THAT IS PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL.

THESE CONCERNS HAVE YIELDED A LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM THE JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHICH REPRESENTS AROUND 3,000 HOMES IN DISTRICT 7.

WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS DECISION IS NOT WHAT THE PROPERTY HOMEOWNER IS HOPEFUL FOR, I AM ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE IN MY DIRECT, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO LOOK TO ME TO REPRESENT THEIR POSITION. WE LOOK FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR DISTRICT 7 NEIGHBORS AND ASSOCIATIONS WHEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CASE AND, UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT SEE THAT HERE. WITH THIS IN MIND I MOTION FOR DENIAL OF THE ITEM.

>> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DENY THIS ITEM. PLEASE VOTE. FOR CLARIFICATION, A YES MEANS THAT YOU WILL DENY. THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY.

THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S ZONING AND LAND USE SESSION AND THE TIME IS NOW 3:21 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.