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THE TIME IS NOW 2:16 P.M. ON THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2026, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S ZONING AND LAND USE SESSION IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROLL.
QUORUM. >> MAYOR JONES: GREAT. THANK YOU.
FOR THE RECORD, ITEMS 3, 5, 8, AND 14 HAVE BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION: ITEMS 1 AND 6. THE REMAINING ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED ON CONSENT AGENDA. ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY? OKAY. HEARING NONE, MADAME CLERK, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS REMAINING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? WE'VE GOT A COUPLE FOLKS.
OKAY. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF FOLKS. THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL IS BRANDON RAYMOND. SIR, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JAY
WANGER. >> TECHNICALLY I WAS TOLD TO SIGN UP IN CASE Y'ALL HAD QUESTIONS. I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.
I JUST WANT MY HOUSE TO STAY A HOUSE AND NOT BE A BUSINESS.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. APPRECIATE IT. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU.
JAY WINGER FOLLOWED BY MARK GUERRERA. >> I'M JAY WINGER FROM 7467 TIMBER CREEK DRIVE . I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE ATONEMENT LUTHERAN CHURCH WHEN WE STARTED THE PROCESS TO TRY TO REZONE ONE ACRE OF OUR FOUR ACRES THAT OUR CHURCH SITS ON. LIKE MANY CONGREGATIONS, WE HAVE STRUGGLED TO KEEP OUR DOORS OPEN, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC AND AFTER.
OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE'RE A PART OF, ESPECIALLY THE FRIENDSHIP HOUSE AND THE SCHOOLS IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES, FRIENDSHIP HOUSE WITH FOOD, CLOTHING, AND CASH DONATIONS.
WE'RE STRUGGLING AGAIN TO PAY OUR UTILITIES, TO TRY TO HAVE A PASTOR ON SUNDAY MORNINGS TO GIVE US THE WORD. AND WE WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1961 AND WE WANT TO BE A PART AND STAY A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
THIS ONE ACRE SHOULD HELP US WITH OUR EXPENSES. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR JONES: FINAL SPEAKER ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, MARK GUERRERA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH TO SAY UNLESS THERE'S A REBUTTAL TO OUR REQUEST. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CONVERT AN EXISTING HOUSE TO A SMALL LIGHT OFFICE USE. WE OWN THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET AND SOME PROPERTY NEXT TO IT. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALTER IN ANY WAY THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. JUST SOME RENOVATION INSIDE AND TRY TO MODERNIZE IT A LITTLE BIT. UNLESS THERE'S REBUTTAL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE MORE INDIVIDUAL TO SPEAK. MIA MARIE PUEG. OKAY.
THOSE ARE ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT
AGENDA? >> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE
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ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA?>> YES. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. COUNCILMAN WHYTE.
>> WHYTE: THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I'M COMMENTING TODAY ON BEHALF OF COUNCILWOMAN ALDERETE GAVITO ON ITEMS 16 AND 17.
SHE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS THOROUGHLY THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. THE COUNCILWOMAN ESPECIALLY WANTS TO RECOGNIZE THE VILLAGE IN THE WOODS HOA FOR REACHING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS CONCERNS. THROUGH RESTRICTED COVENANTS, THE APPLICANT HAS COMMITTED TO LIMITING THEIR HOUSE OF OPERATION.
IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT RECEIVED A LETTER OF NO OPPOSITION FROM THE BRONZE STATION WEST NATION ACROSS THE STREET . WITH THIS IN MIND, THE COUNCILWOMAN WOULD LIKE THE RESTRICTED COVENANT TO BE REFLECTED IN THE RECORD.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE DAIS? OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH ARE ITEMS 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, AND 19. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY.
THE MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS.
STAFF, PLEASE START WITH ITEM NO. 1. >> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AGENDA ITEM NO. 1.
THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION TO BE MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 4:00 P.M. TO 2:00 A.M. THREE NOTICES WERE SENT TO SCHOOLS AND LACKLAND ISD.
LACKLAND ISD SUPPORTS THE UPDATED HOURS. IT IS WITHIN 300 FEET OF LACKLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE VIRGINIA ALLRED STACEY JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOL. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: WE HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. JACK FINGER, YOU HAVE THREE
MINUTES, SIR. >> MADAME MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. AND ITEM NO. 1, MR. MUNGIA, I BELIEVE THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. IT WAS CONTINUED FROM EARLIER POINT LAST MONTH, I BELIEVE. IT'S ABOUT PLACING A ALCOHOL SALES -- ALCOHOL SALES WITHIN 300 FEET OF A, WELL, IT SAYS HERE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
YEAH. LACKLAND ELEMENTARY RIGHT THERE ON MILITARY DRIVE.
LACKLAND ELEMENTARY AND ANOTHER ONE. ALLRED STACY JUNIOR/SR. HIGH SCHOOL . THE QUESTION REMAINS WHY NOT SAY NO TO PLACING ALCOHOL SALES WITHIN 300 FEET WHERE SCHOOL KIDS PLAY AND WALK TO AND FROM SCHOOL? THE TEXAS ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE COMMISSION HAS RULES AGAINST THESE THINGS .
THEY HAVE GOOD REASONS AS TO WHY THEY DON'T WANT SUCH ALCOHOL SALES TO BE PLACED RIGHT WHERE SCHOOL KIDS ARE WALKING AND RUNNING AND PLAYING.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE SAY NO TO HAVING THESE INFLUENCES RIGHT TO WHERE THE SCHOOL KIDS ARE, SIR? INSTEAD OF JUST CONTINUING IT OR SAYING YES TO IT
THERE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: ITEM NO. 1 IS IN DISTRICT NO. 4. COUNCILMAN MUNGIA IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK.
>> MUNGIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WILL NOTE THE TWO SCHOOLS IN QUESTION ARE ON THE LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE BEHIND A LARGE GATE SO NO ONE CAN ACTUALLY WALK PAST THAT SCHOOL FROM THE BAR. JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. AND I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE BAR FOR ALSO AGREEING TO START LATER IN THE DAY AT 4:00, AFTER SCHOOL LETS OUT. AND THE SCHOOL SIGNED OFF ON IT. I WANT TO MAKE THAT NOTED. MOTION TO APPROVE WITH
CONDITIONS AS READ. >> VIAGRAN: SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEM NO. 1? OKAY.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS READ.
ITEM NO. 1, PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES. STAFF, PLEASE PRESENT THE
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NEXT ITEM. >> AGENDA ITEM NO. 6.
IT IS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 3000 BLOCK OF CITY BASE LANDING.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL. ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
STAFF MAILED 12 NOTICES. ZERO WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED.
AND THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. THE FIRST PERSON IS EMILY WESTLER. YOU'RE OKAY? JACK FINGER, YOU HAVE THREE
MINUTES. >> MADAME MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. AND ITEM NO. 6, THIS ONE FALLS IN DISTRICT 3 IN MS. VIAGRAN, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
IT'S ABOUT PLACING AN AUTO PAINT AND BODY REPAIR WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE OF VEHICLES AND PARTS. JUST RIGHT THERE OVER AT THE CITY -- ON A STREET CALLED CITY BASE LANDING. THE RED FLAG HERE IS THAT ZONING STAFF SAID THAT THIS THING IS RIGHT -- WELL, IN THEIR WORDS, I'LL READ WHAT THEY SAID HERE.
IT CEMENTS A HEAVY COMMERCIAL PRESENCE HINDERING, HINDERING THE TRANSITION TO A VIBRANT, MIXED-USE ENVIRONMENT. THAT'S WHAT THE INTENTION IT WAS BEFORE THIS AREA ON THAT STREET. THEY ALSO MENTION THE NOISE AND THE ODORS THAT DO COME FROM A AUTO PAINT AND BODY SHOP, MS. VIAGRAN.
SO, THE LOGIC WOULD SAY YOU DON'T PUT AN AUTO PAINT AND BODY SHOP CLOSE TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY IT, NEGATIVELY. AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT THE STAFF, THE PAID STAFF THAT WE -- WE, WE PAY TO GET PROFESSIONAL OPINIONS ON THESE THINGS. SO, MS. VIAGRAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE SAY NO TO ITEM NO. 6?
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY. ITEM NO. 6 IS IN DISTRICT 3.
COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING WITH MY OFFICE AND WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
THE NO ALCOHOL RESTRICTION AND THE ADDITIONAL SCREENING REQUIREMENTS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL ASSIST WITH MAINTAINING THE ESTABLISHED AESTHETIC APPEAL OF THE BROOKS REGIONAL CENTER. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION:
MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEM NO. 6? OKAY.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. PLEASE VOTE.
OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. SO THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S ZONING AND LAND USE SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW 2:30 AND THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.