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OKAY, EVERYBODY, IT IS TWO O'CLOCK.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2026.
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER.
WOULD STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ PRESENT.
CAN WE HAVE THE SPANISH ENGLISH INTERPRETER PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON.
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GONNA HAVE TWO AGENDAS.WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
CASES ON COMBINED HEARING AGENDA ARE CASES WHERE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY DETAILED DISCUSSION AND NOBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
ALL CASES ON COMBINED HEARING AGENDA WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD IN ONE UNIFIED MOTION.
UM, THE SECOND AGENDA IS INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA.
ALL THOSE CASES WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY BEFORE ANY ACTION IS TAKEN.
THE WAY I SEE IT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA KICK COMMISSIONER BUSTA MONTE OUT FOR THE, UH, UM, COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
HE IS RECUSING FROM ITEMS 1, 3, 6, AND SEVEN.
AND EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR ITEM 13 IS ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
RIGHT NOW WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
IF ANYBODY, UH, WANTS DISCUSSION OR A MOTION, I MOVE TO, UM, APPROVE THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL IN A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
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13.AND FOR THE RECORD, IT IS 2 0 3 AND COMMISSIONER BUSANTE HAS REENTERED THE MEETING.
WHEN DID YOU PASS? FALL 12 WAS ON, UH, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, MY NAME IS KELLY SANDERS, PLANNING MANAGER WITH THE DSD ITEM NUMBER 13.
13 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE GUADALUPE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE.
LOCATED AT 28 14 VERA CRUZ STREET.
GRADY BRADY GARDENS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IS OPPOSED.
AND THE EL CHIRO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DID NOT PROVIDE A RESPONSE OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
SO THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM R FOUR TO IDZ THREE WITH, UM, WITH USES PERMITTED FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS.
UH, THE PROPOSED HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE LAND USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ONLY 1800, UM, 1,875 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE CATEGORY.
THE REQUESTED DE DESIGNATION PERMITS A LEVEL OF INTENSITY THAT CANNOT BE HARMONIOUSLY INTEGRATED INTO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BLOCK.
UM, THE PROPOSAL TO PLACE THREE DWELLING UNITS ON A LOT OF THAT SIZE WOULD REPRESENT A DENSITY SHIFT THAT IS BETTER SUITED FOR TRANSITIONAL AREAS CLOSER TO COMMERCIAL HUBS RATHER THAN INTERIOR OF LOAD DENSITY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THIS DID GO TO ZONING COMMISSION WHERE THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THE IDZ THREE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS ON, UM, LAST WEEK.
AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION BOARD? HELLO, MY NAME IS MARK GUERRA AND MY ADDRESS IS THREE 17 ALITOS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, CLEAR SOMETHING UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE ORIGINALLY HAD, UH, COME FORTH IN TRYING TO GET FOUR UNITS, WHICH WOULD BE A TOTAL OF TWO METAL CONTAINERS ONLY.
UM, WE'VE REDUCED IT, UH, TO THREE UNITS
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AND YOU CAN SEE THERE.UM, SO FROM THIS POINT TO THIS POINT IS ONE METAL CONTAINER.
AND THIS POINT TO THAT POINT IS ANOTHER METAL CONTAINER.
EACH METAL CONTAINER IS EIGHT BY 40.
SO THIS WOULD BE ONE UNIT HERE.
THIS AREA WOULD BE ONE UNIT HERE.
WE WOULD TAKE THE MIDDLE OUT AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER UNIT.
AND THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD UNIT.
UM, THIS IS ONLY 160 SQUARE FEET OF LIVING SPACE.
THIS IS THREE 20 'CAUSE IT COMBINES TWO.
SO I KNOW THAT IT SAYS MULTIFAMILY AND HIGH DENSITY, BUT WE'RE REALLY ONLY TALKING ABOUT TWO CONTAINERS, THREE UNITS OF A TOTAL OF 640 SQUARE FEET.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE PARKING NECESSARY TO QUALIFY UNDER IDZ THREE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU CAN LOOK FAVORABLE UPON THIS.
AND I, I, UH, JUST TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THESE CAN LOOK LIKE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE THIS LOOK INDUSTRIAL OR ANYTHING.
UH, AND I'M NOT, THIS IS JUST FOR AN ARTIST RENDITION HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO PLAN TO DRESS 'EM UP, PAINT THEM NICELY, PUT SOME NICE DOORS, PUT SOME VENEER ON IT JUST TO, TO MAKE IT LOOK, UH, VERY APPEALING, UH, INSIDE AND OUT.
SO WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER BUS.
UM, SO, UM, I I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING AT, UH, WEST SATX LIVING BROCHURE RIGHT NOW.
AND SOME OF THE, UM, BENEFITS THAT YOU LIST OR YOUR, YOUR COMPANY LISTS IN THE BROCHURE IS THAT THESE, UM, UNITS REPRESENT AFFORDABLE LIVING.
AND SO, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY.
THESE ARE ALL MEANT TO BE RENTAL UNITS, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO THE, THE OWNERSHIP WILL BE MAINTAINED BY WHOM? WEST SAEX LIVING.
SO THEY ACT AS THE DEVELOPER AND THE LANDLORD.
AND THE, THEY'RE CONTAINERS, AS YOU SAID, METAL CONTAINERS.
SO, UM, UM, WHAT IS THE, LIKE WHAT IS THE METRIC FOR AFFORDABLE THAT YOU'RE USING? WELL, WE'RE GONNA, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THAT AREA, MOST OF THESE AREAS DO REQUIRE SOME, OR I SHOULDN'T SAY REQUIRE, BUT ARE, UH, IN NEED OF SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, AND CONSIDERING WHAT'S IN IN THERE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE IN, IN, IN THE AREA, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ABOUT $600 A MONTH, UH, FOR THE UNITS.
SO THAT'S STILL, THAT'S AROUND $4 A SQUARE FOOT, MORE OR LESS.
BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, APPLY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE PER A DOLLAR AMOUNT BECAUSE THEY'RE SO SMALL.
I MEAN, THEY'RE 160 SQUARE FEET.
I THINK THE AVERAGE RE RENTAL RATE IS RIGHT AROUND A DOLLAR, MAYBE A LITTLE OVER A DOLLAR IN SAN ANTONIO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK AT, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HOUSING SHORTAGE IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, I SEE THAT BROCHURE SAYS THAT YOU ACCEPT SECTION EIGHT AND LOW INCOME PROGRAM.
UM, THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS VULNERABLE TO, UM, GENTRIFICATION, AS I'M SURE YOU'VE IDENTIFIED MM-HMM
SO I, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS.
THE SMALLER UNITS IN THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM, ARE THEY SUFFICIENT FOR LIKE A KITCHEN BATHROOM, A ONE 60? IT'D BE VERY KIND OF A, LIKE A, I ALWAYS COMPARE IT TO LIKE A DORM ROOM ALMOST.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE KITCHENETTE, SMALL COUNTER, UH, LITTLE KITCHEN AREA, BATHROOM, UH, EQUIPPED WITH SHOWER COMMODE.
AND THEN JUST THE REST OF THE SPACE IS KIND OF A LIVING SPACE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SMALL BED, A FUTON, THAT TYPE OF DEAL.
UH, WOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE TO TWO PEOPLE COULD LIVE THERE.
PROBABLY JUST ONE, SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY'S SINGLE, SOMEBODY JUST NEEDS A PLACE.
WILL THIS BE SHORT TERM OR LONG TERM RENTALS? LONG TERM.
I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? I HAVE ONE.
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE PARKING? WE HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING.
ID C3 REQUIRES 50% OF THAT, AND WE HAVE, UH, TWO,
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TWO PARKING SPACES THERE.SO YOU HAVE THREE UNITS, BUT YOU HAVE TWO PARKING SPACES.
ALL THIS IS THE PARKING HERE, AND THEN OUR ID Z THREE WE'RE REQUIRED.
ARE YOU DONE COMMISSIONER WALLACE THAT, OR DO YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS? YOU'RE THINKING COMMISSIONER WALLACE TODAY, ARE YOU, DO YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS? OH, SORRY.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEM BY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
WOULD, SO PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE A CHAIR.
DO WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT TODAY? NO, DIRECTOR'S REPORT TODAY.
THEN IT IS TWO 12 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.