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UH, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL JULY 4TH WEEKEND DESPITE LAST NIGHT.
UH, BUT THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE UNITED STATES WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM TO PROTECT OUR HONOR.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE OUR SPANISH INTERPRETATION SERVICES STATEMENT.
MY NAME IS JOHN BUSTAMANTE AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT FIVE ZONING COMMISSIONER.
THE TIME IS ONE O'CLOCK AND I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION INTO SESSION.
I LIKE TO DO ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.
MY NAME IS ROB SIPES AND I REPRESENT DISTRICT SEVEN.
I AM REPRESENTING DISTRICT EIGHT.
DANNY KELLUM, DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT 10.
JOHN WHITSETT MOSES VE, DISTRICT NINE,
ANA MAYOR'S APPOINTEE STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS DELAYED.
I'M, UM,
NOW STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE DUE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO PLEASE REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF.
IF YOU WOULD, BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE TURN YOUR PHONES ON VIBRATE OR TURN THEM OFF.
ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 MEN MEMBER, MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING CASES UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION.
YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD YOUR CASE TO CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CASE MANAGER.
STAFF WILL BEGIN EACH CASE WITH A SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE REQUEST.
PART OF THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES A MAP THAT SHOWS THE AREA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING AND PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN X INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION.
FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING.
YOU'LL BE CALLED IN ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.
YOU'LL BE INFORMED THAT THE THREE MINUTES ARE UP.
FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO A SPEAKER, THAT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME FOR A TOTAL OF NINE MINUTES.
THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED INTO SPEAK AND THEY PLEASE YIELD YOUR TIME.
WHEN THE SPEAKER GOES TO THE PODIUM, THE APPLICANT WILL BE THEN BE GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS.
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UH, DO WE HAVE ANY POSTPONED OR WITHDRAWN ITEMS TODAY? WE DO.WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS POSTPONED.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE TO COMMENT OR WEIGH IN ON 1 5 5 1 1 OAK RIDGE, DR.
UH, YOU ARE NOT GONNA HEAR THAT CASE TODAY.
UH, IT WILL BE RENO AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, IF AT ALL.
SO YOU CAN GO ABOUT AND ENJOY THIS RATHER HOT DAY.
STAFF, IF YOU WOULD, COULD YOU READ THE ITEMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE COMBINED HEARING? NUMBER ONE, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE ITEMS 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, AND 14.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, DOES ANYONE WANT TO PULL ANY ITEMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE TO MY LEFT TO MY RIGHT.
STAFF, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE READ THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM
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R FOUR TO RM FIVE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.ZERO OPPOSED DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 7 3 7 SAN FRANCISCO STREET.
41 NOTICES WERE MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR.
AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR THE SAN ANTONIO TEXAS DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO NA TO C TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 9 2 7 3 BABCOCK ROAD.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE RIOT COMMONS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FIVE TO R FIVE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 2 1 5 REED WELL DRIVE.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE EASTWOOD VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO R FIVE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 2 2 LEOPOLD 48 NOTICES WERE MAILED.
ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE LAVACCA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO C3 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 2 4 0 3 NACODOCHES ROAD.
NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR HL WITH ALL OF LAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 2 2 5 WILKINS AVENUE.
ZERO OPPOSED ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C ONE TO R FIVE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 5 4 4 3 EL PASO STREET.
34 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR.
LOS CARDENAS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO C TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 4 2 2 2 BLINKO ROAD.
ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR THE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX AND C3 TO JUST C3 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 48 10 EISENHOWER ROAD.
ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE PARK VILLAGE AND CAMELOT ONE.
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN OUR FINAL ITEM.
A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM IDZ TWO WITH USES PERMITTED IN C ONE AND 16 DWELLING UNITS TO I DZ TWO HL WITH USES PERMITTED IN C ONE AND 16 DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL, ALL OF THE OTHER OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 7 41 WEST ASHBY PLACE.
28 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR.
AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE ALTA VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS WHEN I FINALLY REMEMBER TO ASK YOU PREEMPT ME.
THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 3, 5 6 7 8 9 10 11, 12, 13, AND 14.
SECOND COMM BY COMMISSIONER PANA, UH, DISCUSSION.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 BY COMMISSIONER HUEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PANA.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE PRESENT HERE FOR ANY OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE JUST READ, UH, YOU ARE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FROM THIS BODY.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS TO GO TO COUNSEL.
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OUR NEXT AGENDA.OUR NEXT AGENDA IS THE CONTINUANCE HEARING TO AUGUST 4TH, 2026.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, LOCATED AT 26 35 WOODBURY DRIVE AND 1903 TO 1915 P FARMS LANE IS REQUESTING A FOUR WEEK CONTINUANCE TO THE AUGUST 4TH, 2026 MEETING.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE SPEAKERS PLEASE, MS. RUTH VENTURA.
MS. VENTURA, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UH, CAN WE TURN THE MICROPHONE ON? YES.
I, I LEARNED FROM THE LAST TIME.
UM, WE JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE MET NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
I'M SURE I GET USED TO THIS BY THE TIME WE'RE THROUGH.
AND, UH, WE MET WITH THE, UM, COUNCILMAN WHITE, HIS OFFICE, THE DEVELOPER, AND ABOUT 30, 35 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY MET IN THE OFFICE AND KIND OF, UH, GOT TOGETHER AND TALKED.
UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO COME TO A SOLUTION AT THAT POINT, SO WE ARE ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE SO THAT WE CAN GET TOGETHER IN SMALLER GROUPS AND KIND OF WORK THROUGH THIS AND GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE AGREEABLE WITH THE DEVELOPER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. VENTURA.
ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? THAT IS IT.
THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE THIS HEARING UNTIL THE 4TH OF AUGUST 26TH.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM.
THE MOTION IS TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER FOUR TO THE AUGUST 4TH, 2026, MEETING BY COMMISSIONER.
UH, WHAT SET WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM DISCUSSION TO MY LEFT.
AGAIN, THE ITEM IS TO CONTINUE.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE MOTION IS TO CONTINUE.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR TO AUGUST 4TH, 2026.
AND WE'LL SEE YOU ON AUGUST 4TH, MS. VENTURA.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE ARE NOW GOING TO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEM FOR OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEM.
MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BEEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS LOCATED AT 2 0 0 7 RIO CITY ROAD, GOING FROM C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR PARKING AND OR STORAGE LONG TERM WITH A FENCE HEIGHT OF UP TO EIGHT FEET WITH ALL OVERLY STAIN THE SAME.
THERE WERE 32 NOTICES MAILED SEVEN IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED VIA THE ESPERANZA AND KELLY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE OPPOSED OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
57 ARE IN FAVOR AND 22 ARE OPPOSED.
THE EXISTING C TWO DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C TWO CD DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE PARKING AND OR STORAGE LONG TERM IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REZONING TO PERMIT VEHICLE STORAGE ASSOCIATED WITH A WRECKER SERVICE.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE OF AN ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF APPROVED, THIS WOULD INTRODUCE AN INDUSTRIAL USE INTO AN AREA PREDOMINANTLY DESIGNATED FOR MEDIUM INTENSITY COMMERCIAL AND LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
MAKE IT AN INCONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTER AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
JANIE RA 2 0 0 7 BRIO CITY ROAD.
UM, SO WE, WE ARE REQUESTING THE CHANGE ZONE FROM C TWO TO C TWO CD PARKING LONG-TERM.
FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING, WHEN A LOT WAS, IS DESIGNATED AS PARKING OR LONG-TERM STORAGE, COSA HAS NO MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO WHAT CONSTITUENTS PARKING LIMITS.
TO CLARIFY, WE ARE REQUESTING THE ZONING CHANGE TO PARK VEHICLES FROM C TWO TO C TWO CD PARKING.
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TERM, OUR INTENTIONS ARE TO PARK STORE VEHICLES ON OR ABOUT 10 TO 15 DAYS BEFORE BEING SENT TO AUCTION FOR CLIENTS.WE ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF LONG-TERM STORAGE AS REGULARLY DEFINED BY PUBLIC.
WE OPERATE ONLY AS SHORT-TERM STORAGE TO REPOSSESS VEHICLES.
THE LOT IS ALWAYS MOVING VEHICLES.
IT IS DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT WHERE LONG-TERM STORAGE CANNOT FUNCTION.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE AWARENESS ZONE, MILITARY INFLUENCE AREA.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGNED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, JBSA WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROPOSED REQUEST.
THE MILITARY HAS INDICATED THAT THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS REQUEST.
PREPARATION FOR AND PROCESS FROM THE MOMENT WE TOOK INTEREST IN PURCHASING THE LOT.
WE ALSO BEGAN CLEANING, GETTING RID OF OLD CLOTHES DEBRIS THAT WAS TRASHED THROUGHOUT THE LOT AND CLEARED METAL WITH MAGNETIC SWEEPER.
WE COLLECTED COUNTLESS SCREWS, NAILS, AND OTHER SMALL PIECES OF METAL, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY BE HAZARD TO ANY PERSON OR VEHICLE.
WE CUT AND CLEARED ALL OVERGROWN BRANCHES AND WEEDS THAT WENT UNTOUCHED YEARS.
PRIOR TO PURCHASING THE PROPERTY, WE WENT BACK TO CHECK ON THE LOT, A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER TO FIND MORE PILES OF TRASH DEBRIS THAT HAD BEEN DUMPED ON THE LOT.
IN ESSENCE, A LOT WAS USED AS A DUMP SITE BY VIOLATORS DUE TO ITS ACCESSIBILITY FROM MAIN THOROUGHFARE AND BEING UNMONITORED FOR SO LONG.
AND, UH, THERE'S A PHOTO OF THE LOT CLEANUP PROCESS.
UH, IT IT, IT TOOK SEVERAL, SEVERAL DAYS AND, UH, I TOO JUMPED IN AND SAID WE CAN DO IT.
ONCE WE PURCHASED A LOT, A COMPANY WAS HIRED TO CLEAR OUT THE MULTIPLE ENORMOUS PILES OF TRASH INCLUDED FURNITURE, TIRES, HUGE OVERSIZED TREE TRUNKS, CINDER BLOCKS AND PIECES OF ILLEGALLY DUMPED CONCRETE.
THIS TOOK SEVERAL DUMP TRUCK LOADS AND TRIPS AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT FROM WHEN WE STARTED.
AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE TAKEN IT UPON OURSELVES TO HAVE A TEMPORARY METAL FENCE INSTALLED TO KEEP FOLKS FROM USING THE LOT AS A DUMP SITE.
THE FENCE HAS SERVED AS ITS FUNCTION KEEPING ILLEGAL DUMPSTERS AT BAY.
WE REGULARLY WALK THE PROPERTY TO MAINTAIN ITS CLEANLINESS UNTIL WE CAN PROCEED FURTHER.
ONCE COMPLETED, WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND HAVE INFORMED THEM OF OUR IDEA TO USE DARK GREEN PRIVACY SCREENS AS PART OF THE FINAL FENCING PLANS AND PHOTOS OF THE AFTER THE CLEANUP.
UM, IN FEBRUARY, WE, WE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE OFFICE OF DISTRICT FIVE.
COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO STAFF REVIEWED OUR PLANS AND GAVE DIRECTION WITHIN TWO DAYS MEETING OF MEETING WITH THEIR STAFF, WE ALLOWED THEIR ADVICE AND ATTENDED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING.
THE NEIGHBORS WERE VERY RECEPTIVE TO OUR PLANS AND VISION FOR THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME, MANY EXPRESSED HOW IT WAS A POSITIVE TO SEE THE LOT CLEANED AND IMPROVED.
WE DID COLLECT NAMES AND SIGNATURES OF NEIGHBORS WHO SHOWED SUPPORT OF OUR PLANS TO BUILD OUT THE CORNER AND SECURE THE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE BEEN COMMI IN COMMUNICATION WITH NEIGHBORS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY AND OTHER NEIGHBORS WITHIN SIGHT OF THE LOT.
NEIGHBORS WHO WOULD BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED ALL HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING KNOWING THE BENEFITS OF HAVING ADDED SECURITY VERSUS SEEMINGLY ABANDONED FEELING OF THE LOT HAS NOW.
THE DIRECT BENEFIT OF BACK BACKDOOR NEIGHBORS HAS BEEN IMMEDIATE AFTER THE CLEANUP OF THIS DELIGHTED OF NEIGHBORS HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY HAVE, THEY NO LONGER SEE OR EXPERIENCE RATS, POSSUMS, OR OTHER RODENTS THAT WAS COMING FROM INSIDE THE RELIC BUILDING AND MOUNTAINS OF TRASH.
ONE OF OUR DIRECT BACK NEIGHBORS AN ELDER HAS REQUESTED IN WRITING TO WISHES NOT TO HAVE A, A SHRUBBERY OR TREES INSTALLED OR BUD AGAINST THE FENCE LINE, UH, REQUEST WE AGREED ON.
WE WERE GOING TO HAVE, UH, YES.
UM, THE, UH, SHRUBS IN THE BACKSIDE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ON FOLLOW UP OF OUR VISIT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE, WHO'VE BEEN VOCAL THAT WE SHOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
CONTRARY TO WHAT WAS TOLD TO US IN PERSON.
THE MAIN POINT THAT CAME ACROSS WAS THE WISHES FOR THE PROPERTY TO FOLLOW A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PATH AND PLAN.
AND THEN WHAT IS PUT FORWARD BY US PRIMARILY TO KEEP THE LIGHT LOT AND ZONING AS IS TO FOLLOW FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND WOULD INCLUDE SHOPPING AND RESTAURANT SPACE.
WE HAVE TRIED REACHING OUT TO THOSE VOCAL PARTIES AND ALL ATTEMPTS HAVE FAILED AT DISSUADING THEM FROM ALL THOSE IDEAS.
AS A COUNTER, WE, WE ARGUE THAT RIO CITY ROAD, UH, HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN INDUSTRIAL USED CORRIDOR.
A CORRIDOR PRIMARILY USED BY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
OVER TIME, THERE HAS BEEN ATTEMPTS TO BUILD OUT THE AREA, BUT PAST DEVELOPMENT HAS GRADUALLY FADED AWAY DUE TO THE ONE THING THAT IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF
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SMALL BUSINESS TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENT.CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION FOR TRIO CITY ROAD, A TRAIN BYPASS BRIDGE WILL FURTHER HINDER ANY SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
MANY OF OUR SURROUNDING BUSINESS NEIGHBORS HAVE ALREADY PLANNED ACCORDINGLY AND HAVE MOVED FROM THE AREA BY THEIR OWN VOLITION OR BY FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FROM THE CITY.
WE SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE FIRST AS A FAMILY AND THEN AS A BUSINESS WHO HAS BEEN IN THIS AREA FOR DECADES.
WE FEEL OUR PLAN TO CONTINUE AND OPERATE IN THE AREA IS THE BEST WAY TO NOT ONLY MEET, TO ONLY MEET OUR DEMANDS FOR GROWTH, BUT TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS SAFE WITH CONTINUED PRESENCE AND MINDFULNESS AS NEIGHBORS OURSELVES.
WE FEEL JUDY BOND TO THE AREA TO KEEP IT SAFE, SECURED, AND CLEAN.
WE DON'T JUST WORK HERE, WE LIVE HERE.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A FAMILY AND BUSINESS CAN SAY WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
WE KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEEDS.
FAMILIAR SALE AND SA TONE AND RECOVERY.
WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, FIRST WE HAVE MR. RON SEGOVIA AND HE IS TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. TRICIA FIA.
AS A FORMER POLICE OFFICER AND FORMER COUNCILMAN, I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA OF 2007 RIO CITY ROAD.
I HADN'T BEEN OUT THERE IN ABOUT 15 YEARS, SO I TOOK A DRIVE OUT THERE.
STILL VERY MUCH THE SAME INDUSTRIAL, VERY MUCH.
MR. EO HAS HAD A BUSINESS IN THE AREA FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND HAS MAINTAINED IT.
HE TOOK THIS LOT RAT AND CRITTER INFESTED, CLEANED IT UP, TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF.
I ADVISED HIM, GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TALK TO THE RESIDENTS.
HE GOT OVER 70 SIGNATURES IN FAVOR.
HE IS WILLING TO MAINTAIN, DO WHATEVER.
HE CAME UP WITH A NEW SITE, UH, DRAWING TO FOLLOW ANYTHING THAT HE HAS TO DO AS FAR AS WHATEVER CHANGES HAVE TO BE MADE.
HE'S EVEN VOLUNTEERED TO LANDSCAPE THE ENTRY TO THE SUBDIVISION AND KEEP HIS PROPERTY LOOKING NICE.
THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU MR. GOVIA.
MS. MS. VA, MS. VIA TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. YVETTE.
MA'AM, WOULD YOU REMIND ME OF YOUR NAME? DEAR GARCIA, MS. GARCIA IS DONATING THREE MINUTES OKAY.
SO MS. FAO, YOU WILL HAVE SIX MINUTES.
UM, I COME HERE NOT ONLY AS A PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT ALSO A RESIDENT OF VI ESPERANZA.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STRONGLY OPPOSES THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL TYPE BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY ONE LOCATED NEXT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT OUR COMMUNITY'S ENTRANCE.
THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS DOES NOT ENHANCE OUR OR SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
INSTEAD, IT DETRACTS FROM ITS APPEARANCE, CHARACTER, AND LONG-TERM POTENTIAL.
OUR VISION IS TO SEE THE STRETCH OF REAL CITY ROAD CORRIDOR REVITALIZED WITH BUSINESSES THAT SERVE RESIDENTS, ATTRACT INVESTMENT, AND CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT MORE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS AREA WILL ALWAYS REMAIN HEAVILY INDUSTRIAL.
HOWEVER, COMMUNITIES CAN AND DO CHANGE.
REDEVELOPMENT AND THOUGHTFUL PLANNING CAN TRANSFORM AN AREA MUCH FASTER THAN, UM, THAN MANY EXPECT.
WITH THE CONTINUED GROWTH SURROUNDING PORT SAN ANTONIO, THIS CORRIDOR HAS TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL TO BECOME A WELCOMING GATEWAY WITH BUSINESSES THAT REFLECT THE PROGRESS OF THE COMMUNITY.
RATHER THAN BRINGING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN WITH ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIAL USES, WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN OPPORTUNITIES THAT RAISE PROPERTY VALUES, IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE, AND CREATE A CORRIDOR OF RESIDENTS CAN BE PROUD OF.
WE ASK OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DECISION MAKERS TO PLEASE SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THIS VISION AND PROTECTS THE FUTURE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALRIGHT, MS. RENDON, IS THAT WHO'S NEXT? IT'LL BE MS. YVETTE RENDON TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. ROBERT CRUZ.
MY NAME IS YVETTE AND I ALSO LIVE IN THE VIA DEZA SUBDIVISION.
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AM HERE TODAY TO STATE CLEARLY THAT THIS BUSINESS WILL NOT BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.IN FACT, THEY HAVE PROVEN FROM THE VERY START THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING HONEST WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE THREE CLEAR REASONS WHY WE CANNOT TRUST THEM.
FIRST, THEY MISLED US ABOUT THE SCALE OF THE OPERATION.
ON FEBRUARY 12TH OF THIS YEAR, JANIE HERRERA AND HER BROTHER ATTENDED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING.
THEY EXPLICITLY PROMISED US THAT THEY WOULD NOT, THEY WOULD HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 10 CARS ON SITE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
YET AT THE LAST MEETING HERE, THAT NUMBER SUDDENLY JUMPED TO 30 EVEN 50 CARS.
SECOND, THEY ARE HIDING THE REALITY OF THEIR TRAFFIC IMPACT.
IT WAS STATED LAST MONTH THAT THERE WOULD BE NO TOW TRUCKS OR SEMI TRUCKS OPERATING ON RIO CITY ROAD.
NEIGHBORS SEE THEIR OTHER LOCATION DOWN THE STREET AND WE KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THAT THEY CONSTANTLY PARK AND BLOCK THE MIDDLE OF RIO CITY ROAD.
THIRD, THEY HAVE SHOWN A COMPLETE LACK OF RESPECT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE INSULTED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, CALLING IT UGLY AND QUESTIONING HOW PEOPLE CAN EVEN LIVE THERE.
I HAVE PHOTOS TO PROVE RIGHT HERE SHOWING THE, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY ARE PROMISING YOU ONE THING TO GET WHAT THEY WANT WHILE DOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE IN THE STREETS.
THEY WILL NOT BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, HOWEVER, THEY WILL BE DISHONEST NEIGHBORS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THOSE PICTURES OF THE HOMES THAT ARE WELL KEPT AND MANY OF THESE NEIGHBORS DO NOT WANT THIS, UH, TOWING TRUCK THERE YET.
MY ADDRESS IS 2124 KYLE
AND I WELCOME THEM TO COME TO THE, OUR COMMUNITY AS THE ONE THING.
THEY CLEANED IT UP, THANK GOD GOT ALL RID OF THE RATS, THE A POSSUMS, UH, PEOPLE WERE CAMPING OUT THERE AT THE BUILDING, UH, FIRES, UH, JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE COULD BRING PHOTOS TO THE, UH, TO THE, UH, PRESENTATION HERE.
AND THERE'S, I GUESS THEY, THEY MISSED THE PHOTOS WHERE CARS WERE PARKED IN THEIR AREA WHERE CARS ARE ON TOP FOR, FOR THEY HAVE DILAPIDATED IS THE, UH, UH, DOORS OR, UH, HAS PRIVACY DOORS.
UH, THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT YEAH, I WELCOME THEM BECAUSE IT'LL BRING SECURITY FOR US, LIGHTING FOR OUR, OUR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTING FOR THAT CORNER.
AND ALSO BRING, IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION.
IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR THE CITY.
IT BRINGS TAXES IN, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
AND IT HELPS OUT US IN, IN, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND MY, THE COMMUNITIES, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND US, THE FAMILY, THEY WELCOME THEM.
THEY SAYS YES, BRING THEM ON AS THAT WE ALL SIGN FORWARD AND, AND WE'RE FOR THEM TO, TO COME IN, UH, AND PUT THEIR BUSINESS THERE BEHIND US IS THAT WE WOULD, WE, THEY TRIED HAVING A RESTAURANT.
SO LUQUE, I I WE, UH, WE APPRECIATE THEM COMING TO OUR, TO OUR NAME.
WELL BEHIND, BEHIND OUR, OUR, OUR HOME.
ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? THAT IS IT.
ALRIGHT, MR. EDDA A BRIEF REBUTTAL IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE IT, MS. ATA, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MORE MINUTES IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WAS SAID THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT.
THEN WE'RE GONNA GO STRAIGHT TO QUESTIONS.
UH, STAFF, THERE WAS NO ASSOCIATED PLAN AMENDMENT.
I'M SORRY, THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO IT IS TO ME FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, STAFF, THERE WAS NO ASSOCIATED PLAN AMENDMENT WITH THIS CASE, CORRECT? WELL, I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A NEW SITE PLAN.
SORRY, ASSOCIATED PLAN AMENDMENT CORRECT.
WHY NOT? WHY NOT? SO IT'S A PART OF THE PORT SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER PLAN AND IT'S URBAN MIXED USE, WHICH PERMITS UP TO C TWO.
UM, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE DOING THE C TWO CD.
UM, SO THEY CAN STAY WITHIN THE, THE PLAN'S RECOMMENDED ZONINGS.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, IF WE LOOK HERE, WE HAVE C3, C3 AND A GOING DOWN.
UM, ARE THOSE CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN FOR THIS AREA,
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IF YOU KNOW? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.C3 IS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE URBAN MIXED USE LAND USE.
UM, SO THOSE WERE EXISTING PREVIOUSLY, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND IF WE WERE TO GO UP AND DOWN RIO CITY ROAD, WE WOULD SEE OTHER, UH, PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT ALIGNED WITH THE PLAN? UM, CORRECT.
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE LAND USE IS.
UM, YEAH, IF IT'S THE SAME AS THIS ONE, THEN YES.
UH, THIS IS TO EITHER, ACTUALLY IT'S TO ANYONE I GUESS.
UH, BUT LET'S, LET'S GO WITH MS. EDDA OR MR. CRUZ.
UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RESTAURANTS HERE.
IF YOU WOULD COME UP ONE OF ONE OR YOU, ONE OF YOU OR BOTH OF YOU, UM, THERE WAS A RESTAURANT OR THERE WAS A RESTAURANT AT THIS LOCATION, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THE BUILDING IS STILL STANDING THERE? YES, SIR.
AND, UH, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT RESTAURANT CLOSED DOWN? UH, OVER A YEAR AGO.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT DATE, BUT IT WAS WELL OVER A YEAR AGO.
UM, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO MAYBE.
YEAH, PERHAPS I'LL, I'LL CALL Y'ALL UP TOO.
UH, AND DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THE PROPERTY WAS LISTED FOR SALE PRIOR TO YOUR PURCHASE? I, IT WAS, IT WAS CLOSED FOR MAYBE A GOOD EIGHT, NINE MONTHS BEFORE WE, WE HAD INTEREST IN, IN PURCHASING THE, PURCHASING THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WAS RAISED, AND I I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS FROM YOU, BUT IT WAS FROM A MEMBER OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, WAS THIS IS AN ENTRANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, CORRECT? IT'S CLOSED OFF.
YOU MEAN IT, IT IS AN IS THIS AN ENTRANCE TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON YES.
UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ENTRANCES AND EXITS TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG RIO CITY ROAD? UH, NOT ALONG RIO CITY ROAD.
SO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT ABOUT JUPITER STREET? YES, WE DO HAVE A BACK ENTRANCE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY CLOSED, UH, FOR MANY, MANY, MANY DECADES UNTIL THE REDEVELOPMENT OF, UH, HABITAT HOMES WERE BUILT OR DEVELOPED THAN THEY, THE CITY REOPENED JUPITER AND THOMPSON PLACE.
IS THAT A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD? UH, YES.
THOMPSON PLACE IS ACROSS THE TRACKS OFF OF, ACROSS FROM GENERAL HUDNALL.
BUT WITH RESPECT TO WEST THOMPSON PLACE, COMING OFF RIO CITY ROAD RIGHT THERE WITH CAROLYN, IS THAT STILL YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR NO, CAROLYN? YEAH.
UM, I DON'T, IT'S KIND OF A WEIRD ENTRANCE.
CAROLYN PARKS AREA, THAT'S KELLY PARKS AREA.
UM, NOW I THINK YOU'VE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT, UH, WE'D LOVE TO SEE REDEVELOPMENT HERE.
UH, AND YOU SAID A NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, A NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT, NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING, THINGS LIKE THAT? YES.
UM, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THIS PROPERTY WAS LISTED FOR SALE? YES.
I HAD CLOSED COMMUNICATION WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNERS OF JULIO'S CAFE.
THE ONLY REASON WHY IT WAS SHUT DOWN, IT WAS NOT BECAUSE OF SLOW BUSINESS, IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAD A SEWAGE PROBLEM AND IT WAS GOING TO COST THEM WAY TOO MANY DOLLARS THAT THEY COULD NOT AFFORD.
AND THEY DID TRY TO LEASE IT OUT AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.
AND, UM, THE FIRST PREVIOUS OWNER, THEY MOVED TO MEXICO AND THEY, THEY LEASED IT TO THE OTHER SECOND OWNERS.
AND THE SECOND OWNERS, THAT WAS THEIR REASON FOR CLOSING THE RESTAURANT.
BUT IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS IN OPERATION, MAYBE EVEN MORE.
THEY ACTUALLY DIDN'T SHUT DOWN TILL, UH, THE SECOND OWNER DIDN'T SHUT DOWN TILL JULY 5TH OF 25.
AND IT'S REASON FOR, BECAUSE OF PLUMBING ISSUES.
NO DOUBT THEY WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WHICH MIGHT EXPLAIN THE WRAPS,
BUT ANOTHER THING, I MEAN, RATS ARE NOT GOOD, BUT POSSUMS ARE VERY GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO IF I SEE A POSSUM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I'LL WELCOME IT BECAUSE THEY PICK UP THE TICKS.
UM, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THE PROPERTY WAS ACTUALLY LISTED FOR SALE? THAT I DO NOT KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I, I WAS NOT, WE WERE NOT AWARE.
I WAS NOT AWARE THAT IT WAS FOR SALE.
HOWEVER, I DO KNOW THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND HE OWNS MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE PROPERTIES ON FRAIL CITY ROAD.
UH, CAN WE GET THE AMENDED SITE PLAN UP?
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I KNOW THIS WAS BROUGHT UP BY, UM, MS.SO THIS IS THE CURRENT SITE PLAN.
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS BEFORE, MS. FAD? I DO NOT BELIEVE I HAVE.
UM, AND NOW A QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF.
THIS SITE PLAN, THEY'LL BE BOUND TO CORRECT? CORRECT? FOR THIS USE? THEY WILL BE BOUND TO IT FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE.
SO THEY CAN DO ANYTHING ELSE IN C TWO BUY, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UH, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, LET'S SEE HERE, I GET, I STILL GET TO SAY PET CEMETERY.
UH, SO WOULD INCLUDE, UH, A LIQUOR STORE, NOT AS GRID.
UM, SMALL INDOOR MOVIE THEATER, PET CEMETERY, AUTO UNLIKE TRUCK OIL AND LUBE AND TUNEUP, AUTO GLASS, UH, TINTING, TIRE REPAIR, GAS STATION, APPLIANCE SALES AND REPAIR, CHARITABLE FOOD AND CLOTHING BANKS AND DRY CLEANING, ET CETERA.
ANYTHING PERMITTED IN C TWO THEY'D BE ABLE TO DO, LET ME ASK YOU, MS. FA, WOULD YOU FEEL BETTER 'CAUSE THOSE, THOSE USES WOULD STILL BE AVAILABLE IF THIS DOESN'T WORK OUT.
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY'RE DOING PARKING, THEY'RE GONNA BE LIMITED TO THIS SITE PLAN HERE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW MANY VEHICLES WILL BE STORED WITH THIS LIGHT PLAN? SO THEY'RE GONNA BE LIMITED TO 50.
AND THERE'S FOUR, THREE OF 14 TO THE RIGHT AND THEN EIGHT ON THE LEFT.
UM, NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MORE INTENSE USE SINCE ALLOWED IN C TWO.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THE CONDITIONAL USE.
UM, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT A LIQUOR STORE GOING IN HERE? UM, I, AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER MYSELF, I DO NOT, I DO NOT MIND.
UM, ONE IS, I KNOW MANY LIQUOR STORE OWNERS, THEY KEEP THEIR PROPERTY CLEAN.
I'VE NEVER SEEN TROUBLE, I'VE NEVER SEEN FIGHTS, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT COME TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, SO THAT'S, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, UM, A BODEGA WOULD BE WELCOMED.
UM, THERE I DO SPEAK WITH THE, UH, PORTES SE UH, OFFICIALS AND THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY ARE SEEKING AREAS OUTSIDE OF THEIR PORTES SE TO BRING IN MORE, UH, OFFICES, COMPANIES, UM, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND BECAUSE IT IS A CLOSE PROXIMITY TO PORT SA UH, MINUTE AWAY, UM, WE FEEL THAT THAT CAN BE SOMETHING THEY CAN EXPAND TO AND OPEN UP LIKE, UH, OFFICES OR, OR IT'S NOT ONLY, UH, LIMITED TO PORT SE, BUT TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO BRING A VIABLE BUSINESS.
UH, CREATIVE WORK, ART SPACES, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SOMETHING'S GONNA POSITIVELY IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT BRING IT DOWN WITH STORAGE OF VEHICLES.
UM, NOW YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LANDSCAPE BUFFERS ON THIS SITE PLAN.
UH, DOES THAT HELP AT ALL? ARE THOSE OKAY, SO WHERE IS, OKAY, GAIA THE SOLAR, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHERE IS, UM, SO ON THE SIDE OF GAIA, THE SOLAR, THERE WILL BE NO LANDSCAPING.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE NOT AT THIS POINT ON FRAIL CITY ROAD, BUT WE COULD POTENTIALLY AMEND THAT LATER.
JANIE HIRA HAD, DID STATE THAT A RESIDENT COMPLAINED THAT THEY, SHE DID NOT WANT LANDSCAPING BECAUSE SHE'S ALLERGIC.
UM, SO SEE THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE DON'T TRUST.
UH, I'M GONNA CALL MR. CRUSO 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT AT LEAST MR. CRUSO SAID HE DOESN'T WANT THE LANDSCAPE IN THE BACK
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE, THERE SEEM TO BE SOME COMMUNICATION ISSUES HERE, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME MS. VAN.
UH, MR. ONG, ONE THING, UH, WHILE YOU'RE WALKING UP, WHAT THAT YOU BROUGHT UP WAS THE PARKING, UH, ON RIO CITY ROAD AT THEIR CURRENT LOCATION.
IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY? YES.
SORRY, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE 'CAUSE WE'RE ON YES, WE'RE ON TV.
I MEAN, NOT ANY CHANNEL YOU WANNA WATCH
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT WE TRIED TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE SITE PLAN HERE IS, UM, KEEPING AREA AND TWO ENTRANCES TO ALLOW TRUCKS TO COME IN AND OUT
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WITHOUT HAVING TO TURN AROUND AND, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT ON RIO CITY ROAD.DOES THAT HELP ALLEVIATE YOUR CONCERNS AT ALL? MM-HMM.
AND IF THE ANSWER'S NO ME THAT IT'S CLOSER TO THE HIGHWAY, THE, UM, EXIT OF THE HIGHWAY.
NO, IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
MR. CRUZ, IF YOU'D COME UP REALLY BRIEFLY, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA ASK THAT QUESTION.
I KNOW YOU ANSWERED IT ALREADY, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT ON THE MICROPHONE.
AND WHILE, WHILE YOU'RE COMING UP MR. CRUZ STAFF, UM, THOSE ARE EXISTING CURB CUTS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THAT MEANS THERE'S NOTHING ELSE HAS TO BE DONE.
YOU KNOW, CITY OR STATE INTERVENTION TO MAINTAIN THOSE ENTRANCE AND EXITS? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO.
THEY'RE DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
UH, NOW ONE THING, WHEN WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE SITE PLAN, WE HAD THIS, UH, 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ON THE BACK AND YOU DID NOT LIKE THAT? NO, WE HAVE TREES BACK THERE ALREADY.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I TRIM.
OR, OR AT LEAST KEEP, KEEP 'EM AT A, AT BAY.
SO THIS WILL BE ON THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY'LL BE, I'M SURE THEY WILL KEEP THEM PLAIN RESPONSIBLE.
UM, SO DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SEWAGE PROBLEM? NO, I DID NOT.
I, I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE SEWAGE.
WELL, AT, AT THE BEGINNING THERE WAS A SMELL, MAYBE THAT WAS IT,
SO LOOK, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T BEING, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE 50 CARS PARKED OUT THERE WAITING TO GET, UH, FOR LUNCH.
THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ALL OF US, I THINK.
I THINK THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT NOW.
UH, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT QUESTIONS.
UH, TO, UH, MS. HERRERA, IF YOU'D COME UP FOR JUST A SEC.
YOU HAD MENTIONED, UH, RAILROAD BYPASS BRIDGE.
I'M NOT FROM THIS PART OF TOWN, COULD YOU? WHAT, WHAT IS THAT PROJECT? UM, YES, WHAT'S THE IMPACT? WHAT'S THE IMPLICATION OF IT? SO THAT, UH, PROJECT WILL, UH, GO, UH, SOUTH NORTH FROM TRIO CITY ROAD TO SAR SAMURA.
SO IT'S LIKE TRIO AND SARA MORA.
SO THEY RECENTLY REMOVED HOMES, REMOVED, UH, BUSINESSES FROM THERE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE TRAIN, THERE'S A TRAIN THAT, UH, STOPS AND STAYS THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND IT'S JUST BEGINNING TO MANIFEST WHERE THERE THE CITY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.
THEY'VE CHANGED THE BIG, UH, THE, THE, UM, LIGHTING.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PREPARING FOR.
IT'S THE RAILROAD CROSSING BETWEEN SAR SAMMO AND TRIO CITY ROAD OF NORTH SOUTH.
AND, AND I'M SORRY, JUST TO, SO I, I CAN UNDERSTAND, IS IT THAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD A BRIDGE FOR THE RAILROAD OR THEY'RE BUILDING A BRIDGE FOR THE ROAD OR THE VEHICLES? OKAY.
YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU SUGGESTED THAT THE, THAT THAT PROJECT WOULD DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ON, ON REO COR.
UM, COMPARED WITH NOW, UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE BASIS? COULD YOU HELP EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? I DON'T, I DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH REO CITY ROAD THROUGH WHERE, UH, 2 0 0 7 RIO CITY ROAD, THAT IS MORE PREDOMINANTLY, UH, INDUSTRIAL.
SO VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING TO MONTEREY, THERE'S A METAL PLACE CALLED MONTEREY.
UH, AND, AND, AND AS I WAS CLEANING THE PROPERTY, I NOTICED THAT VEHICLES, UH, ON THEIR WAY TO, TO THE DUMP, THERE'S A, THE, UM, BRIO, UH, IT'S NOT A DUMP, BUT IT'S WHERE YOU CAN TAKE YOUR, SOME CERTAIN TRASH SOLID WASTE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I SAW A LOT OF, A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN THEIR TRUCKS THAT WERE TAKING THEIR, UH, UH, NOT, NOT, NOT TRASH BECAUSE THEY DON'T ACCEPT ANY KIND OF TRASH.
UH, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE, UH, YEAH.
SO, SO SORRY, LET ME RE YOU HAD MADE A, A COMMENT DURING YOUR PRESENTATION THAT, THAT THIS PROJECT, THIS NEW OVERPASS, YES, IT WOULD DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ON FREO.
UM, BUT IF IT'S LIKE THE TRUCKS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO GO OVER THE, OVER THE OVERPASS.
SO WOULDN'T THAT JUST PROVIDE FOR LESS INTERRUPTIONS TO TRAFFIC? YES.
SO IT MIGHT INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC IF TRAINS AREN'T STOPPED THERE AT, AT, AT THIS POINT,
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UH, THE TRAFFIC IS DIVERTED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, UH, ALMOST ANA WHEN THE TRA WHEN THE TRA RIGHT NOW WHEN THE YES.SO THIS WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
SO POTENTIALLY MORE ACCESS TO THE BUSINESSES ON THREE? CORRECT.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT, UH, TO STAFF.
UM, ON THE, UH, THE ONE STOP INDEX HERE, UM, Y'ALL SELECTED THE, UH, LAYER, UH, FOR ZONING.
UM, AND IT, IT, YOU KNOW, ZOOMED WAS ZOOMED OUT FROM THE MAP THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THE STAFF REPORT.
SO IT, IT, UH, SHOWS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I SAW ON THE, THE MAP.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S, IT, UH, IT JUST ZOOMED OUT, UH, FROM THE MAP THAT WAS WITH THE STAFF REPORT.
I DIDN'T REALIZE DOWN RIO ROAD THERE, UM, IT SHIFTS FROM C TWO C3 TO INDUSTRIAL, UM, WHICH WAS A SURPRISE.
SO IS THAT ALL THAT I INCONSISTENT, UH, WITH THE, THE, THE GENERAL PLAN? 'CAUSE WE, WE ASKED IF THE C TWO WAS INCONSISTENT, BUT IS THE EYE ALSO INCONSISTENT? YES, THE EYE AREA IS CURRENTLY URBAN MIXED USE, UM, TO THE LEFT OF THE PROPERTY ON THE SAME SIDE OF RIO CITY, ACROSS RIO CITY.
THERE'S ALSO SOME EYE THAT'S ACTUALLY COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS DEFINITELY INCONSISTENT WITH THAT LAND USE.
SO, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE, THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, WHAT IS THE IMPLICATION OF THAT, OF THAT INCONSISTENCY? LIKE WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE CITY TRYING TO DO? UM, BY CHANGING THE, UM, THE GENERAL PLAN? YEAH.
I, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST AT A HIGH LEVEL THAT THIS IS A PART OF TOWN THAT, UH, HAS STRUGGLED WITH A LOT OF INCOMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT FOR MANY DECADES AND THAT THE OUTCOME OF THAT PLAN WAS TO INTRODUCE USES OF SUBSTANTIALLY LESS, UM, INTENSITY THAN WHAT THAT AREA HAS DEVELOPED, UH, AS OVER TIME.
UM, I MEAN, AND THE COMMERCIAL USES, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL USES GENERALLY.
IS THAT, IS THAT THE IDEA OF THE KIND OF THE CHARACTER YEAH.
NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IN THE CASE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET? YEAH.
UM, THE, UH, BECAUSE I NOTICED DOWN, UH, RIO, THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER, YOU KNOW, MORE INTENSE AUTO-RELATED USES.
I THINK A TRUCKING, UM, A TRUCKING COMPANY AND A DIRT DIRTY SANCHEZ GARAGE.
UM, FROM WHAT YOU GUYS CAN TELL ARE, ARE THOSE NON-CONFORMING WITH THE EXISTING ZONING? UM, OR ARE THOSE USES UH, UM, CONFORMING BUT STILL INCONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN FROM A QUICK LOOK? UM, SO LIKE THE AUTO SHOPS, I BELIEVE THOSE PROPERTIES ARE ZONE C3, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THAT USE.
SO THEY'RE POTENTIALLY CONFORMING WITH THE ZONING, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, NOT COMPLIANT WITH THE LAND USE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? YES.
COMMISSIONER SIPES, I GUESS THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE, THE APPLICANT, UM, OR CITY STAFF, EITHER OR, UH, LOOKING AT THE, THE AMENDED SITE PLAN, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE EXACTLY THAT FENCE ALONG CA DESO IS LOCATED.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT LIKE A STREET VIEW IMAGE OR A GOOGLE IMAGE OF THE SITE AND THERE'S AN EXISTING, UH, WELL ACCORDING TO THE IMAGE, THERE'S LIKE AN EXISTING WOOD FENCE AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE, WHERE'S THE PROPERTY LINE OR, OR WHERE WOULD THIS PROPOSED FENCE BE? WOULD IT BE UP AGAINST THE SIDEWALK? WOULD IT BE SET BACK FROM THE SIDEWALK? OR WHERE? IF I'M MAKING ANY SENSE AT ALL, I'M LOOKING AT WHEN YOU GET TO THE OCEAN.
YEAH, IT, I, I WAS LIKE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT ONE, BUT DOES, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE IS A, THE PROPERTY LINE IS SET BACK FROM THE, UH, CURB LINE PER SE.
SO IF I WAS TO MAKE A ROUGH ESTIMATE ON ONE STOP, IT APPEARS THAT THE PROPERTY LINE IS APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET OR 19 FEET AWAY FROM THE CURB LINE ALONG THAT ENTRANCE.
UM, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIPES, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? LEFT? QUESTIONS RIGHT? YES.
COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA, UH, QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UH, WE, A LOT OF, UH, PORT SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP, BUT THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT ANY SORT OF SUPPORT, DENIAL, THEIR THOUGHTS OR ANYTHING? DREAMS, WISHES? NO,
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I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE DIRECTLY CONTACTED, UM, AS IF THEY'RE NOT WITHIN 200 FEET OR ON THE PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET.SO UNLESS SOMEBODY REACHED OUT TO THEM DIRECTLY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN ANYTHING FROM THEM.
AND THEN SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED THERE WAS 70 LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
UH, DO WE HAVE, DOES THE CITY STAFF HAVE THAT ON FILE OR, SO WHEN I CALCULATED ALL THE SIGNATURES THERE WAS WAS, UM, I BELIEVE 57 TOTAL OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
AND THERE ARE SEVEN IN FAVOR INSIDE 200 FEET.
AND THEN CAN YOU REMIND ME, I THINK IT WAS SOMEWHERE BUT SEVEN WITHIN 200 FEET, BUT WHAT'S THE TOTAL OF HOUSES WITHIN 200 FEET? DO WE HAVE THAT? I'M NOT TOO SURE.
OH, LIKE THE 32 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT.
SO 32, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY HOMES, THAT'S JUST WHAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE AREA.
UH, AND THEN REMIND ME, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE JUST MISSED THIS, UM, THE BUILDING ITSELF THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE, THAT'S GONNA BE DEMOLISHED, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
AND THEN MS. RA, WHILE YOU'RE, WHILE YOU'RE HERE, JUST REMIND ME OF YOUR BUSINESS.
IS IS A TOW TOWING COMPANY? REPO.
HOW LONG ARE THOSE CARS GOING TO BE THERE ONCE IT ENTERS? I KNOW, LIKE A ROUGH ESTIMATE.
THERE MAY BE, UH, 10 TO 10 TO 15 DAYS AT THE MOST.
SO PROBABLY NO LONGER THAN A MONTH? NO.
SO THERE, THERE IS GONNA BE, BECAUSE SOMEONE BROUGHT UP RATS AND POSSUMS AND ALL THESE BEARS ON MY, UM, AND I WAS JUST THINKING, WELL, I MEAN, IF THE CAR'S GONNA BE THERE AND SITTING THERE FOR MULTIPLE MONTHS, THERE COULD BE RATS AND STUFF COMING IN THERE, BUT OKAY.
UH, MR. CRUZ, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU IF YOU WANNA COME ON UP, WHY YOU'RE COMING UP.
UM, DO YOU, UH, ATTEND THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS? TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE'RE VERY HONEST WITH YOU.
WE HAD NO CLUE THERE WAS AN ASSOCIATION OKAY.
I MEAN, I, I'M A PRESIDENT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I DON'T EVEN GO TO ALL MY MEETINGS.
AND THEN THE PICTURES THAT WERE SHOWN, THAT WAS NOT YOUR HOUSE, ANY OF THOSE PICTURES? NO, SIR.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORS? LIKE, WERE YOU LIKE, OH, THERE, THERE'S MY NEIGHBOR? NO.
UH, I WISH, I WISH, UH, NOT TO YOU, MR. CRUZ, BUT I WISH THAT THE PICTURES HAVE MAYBE SHOWN SOME OF THE BACKYARDS, UH, PICTURES OF THAT.
AND, UM, UH, IS, ARE THERE ANY VAGRANTS OR ANY, ANY, ANY OUS ENCAMPMENTS BEHIND THE, THE, THE, THE STRUCTURE? THERE'S A, UH, A VACANT LOT.
I'VE BEEN WANTING TO, TO, TO PURCHASE THAT LOT.
BUT THE CITY HASN'T CALLED ME BACK YET.
UH, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THAT LOT.
THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE IT CLEAN AND, UH, AND THIS, YEAH.
AND THEN, UH, FINAL QUESTION FOR MS. UH, OR PRESIDENT, UH, OF THE NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION.
I, I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED, UM, YOUR, YOUR BIGGEST ARGUMENT AGAINST THIS IS YOU JUST DON'T WANT CARS TO BE PARKED THERE.
UH, YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE A, A LIQUOR STORE AT THE ENTRANCE OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT NOT A, NOT A TOW TRUCK, UH, YARD.
WHY? NO, IT'S, UH, IT WAS HIS IDEA OF BRINGING UP THE LIQUOR STORE.
I'D RATHER HAVE A BODEGA OR OFFICE SOMETHING.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANT LESS INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES OPENING, ESPECIALLY NEXT TO OUR EXIT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AND WHEN YOU SAY WE, THAT IS THE MY NEIGHBORS.
WELL, NOT THE NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE MR. CRUZ WAS RIGHT BEHIND THERE.
DID YOU HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH THE NEIGHBORS RIGHT DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS? I'M ASSUMING THERE'S ABOUT WHAT, UH, TWO OR THREE HOUSES THAT ARE KIND OF AFFECTED BY THIS? MAYBE NOT.
DID Y'ALL GO TO DOOR TO DOOR OR, 'CAUSE WE DID.
MATTER OF FACT, YVETTE, SHE WAS THE ONE THAT COLLECTED, UM, SIGNATURES BECAUSE I WORK MOST OF THE TIME.
SO SHE DID A FAVOR FOR ME THAT WHILE I WAS AT WORK TO COLLECT SIGNATURES.
AND THEN I TOOK OVER WHEN I CAME HOME IN THE EVENING.
SO I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE.
YVETTE IS THE ONE THAT TAKES THE TIME TO MAINTAIN OUR ENTRANCE AND EXIT, CUTTING THE GRASS, UH, TRIMMING THE TREES.
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TALKING ABOUT IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO HIS HOUSE.THEY NEVER ONCE EVER VOLUNTEER TO CUT THE GRASS.
YVETTE IS THE ONE THAT'S DOING IT.
AND, AND I'M SORRY, ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU FOR MS. YVETTE.
MS. EVE, WHEN YOU WENT TO THOSE HOUSES DIRECTLY BEHIND, UH, THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE, WHAT, WHAT RESPONSE DID YOU GET FROM THOSE TWO OR THREE HOUSES? WELL, THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT IT.
THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT THERE AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS THERE EVER FOR SALE.
AND THERE WAS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT SAID THAT THEY WISHED THEY WOULD'VE KNOWN IT WAS FOR SALE 'CAUSE THEY WOULD'VE BOUGHT IT.
AND THEN THAT, THAT, UH, THAT WAS EVERYBODY.
HUH? THAT WAS EVERYBODY BEHIND THE, UH, PROPOSED ZONING AREA.
UM, OH, THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT MAYBE THREE RIGHT BEHIND.
LIKE, LIKE IN THE SIDE OF HI OF THE NEIGHBOR MM-HMM
AND ALL THREE OF THEM DIDN'T WANT IT.
EXCEPT, YEAH, MR. CRUZ WANTED IT.
THERE WAS A HOUSE ACROSS FROM HIM THAT WANTED IT.
I MEAN, UM, NOT DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM HIM, BUT KIND OF TO THE SIDE THERE WAS ALSO FOR IT.
AND, AND I THINK OUR CHAIR BROUGHT UP THE, AND, AND I BRING THIS UP TOO, SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S C TWO, IT'S ALREADY ZONE SPECIFIC USE.
I MEAN, ANYBODY, I COULD BUY IT AND PUT A PET CEMETERY OR A LIQUOR STORE OR SOMETHING WITHIN BY, RIGHT.
AND THAT'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US DON'T WANT CERTAIN THINGS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE POSSUMS, BUT SOMEONE SAID THEY WOULD LOVE POSSUMS. SO I MEAN, IT, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
WOULD YOU HAVE VE A FINAL QUESTION FOR ME.
UH, WOULD YOU WANT A LIQUOR STORE THERE COM? UH, COMPARED TO A, A TOW TRUCK YARD OR, OR A WHATEVER THAT'S CALLED? I MEAN, IF, IF THAT'S A CHOICE.
COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? YES.
COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ, THERE'S A QUESTION FOR STAFF, UH, OUT THOSE, UH, LETTERS THAT ARE IN SUPPORT, HOW MANY OF THEM LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? DO THEY ALL LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? NO.
SO, WELL, THE SEVEN, THERE'S SEVEN WITHIN 200 FEET.
UM, AND THEN THERE WERE, UM, 57 PROVIDED SIGNATURES THAT WERE OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
WELL, I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS, IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD BIGGER THAN 200 FEET? CORRECT.
SO WE DID NOT CLARIFY IF THEY WERE WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE JUST WERE LOOKING AT THE 200 FEET VERSUS OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
SO THESE PEOPLE STILL LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? THEY MAY, THEY MAY NOT.
WE'RE NOT, WE DID NOT CLARIFY, CONFIRM THAT.
AND HOW MANY LETTERS WERE THERE TOTAL? GIMME ONE SECOND.
IS THAT WERE MAILED OUT OR RECEIVED, RECEIVED WITH SUPPORT? 64 60 SOMETHING? YES.
UH, QUESTION FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE HO HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? WE HAVE ABOUT 50, 52 65 RESIDENCES HOMES.
UH, ACTUALLY WE HAVE MORE NOW WITH THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
SO I, I, I'M A LITTLE, I I AM NOT SURE I REALLY HAVE NOT COUNTED THE NUMBERS, BUT WE HAVE MORE THAN ABOUT 60.
UH, I WANNA SAY NOW PROBABLY 75, 80, INCLUDING THEM.
AND HOW MANY SIGNATURES DO YOU HAVE OF BOTH? WE HAVE 34, 35.
AND THEY ALL LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SOME FROM THE KELLY PARK AREA.
WELL THINK THEY, THEY WERE FREQUENT VISITORS OF, UH, JULIO'S RESTAURANT.
SO RIGHT NOW MORE THAN 50% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
ARE IN SUPPORT OR AGAINST IN SUPPORT? THERE'S, YOU JUST SAID THERE WAS LIKE 60 SOMETHING HOMES? NO, THE TOW TRUCK STORAGE FACILITY COMING IN.
THEY HAVE 60 SOMETHING, 64 IN AND YOU HAVE 50.
THAT DOESN'T SEEM THE, THE NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP TO NO, WE HAVE 35, 35 SIGNATURES THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION AND IT'S FROM WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
DOES THAT MAKES SENSE? THANK YOU.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? RIGHT, QUESTIONS REMOTELY.
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BRIEFLY, MS. RA, UM, WITH RESPECT TO FAIR MS. RA, IF YOU COME UP PLEASE, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE 57 SIGNATURES THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, THOSE WERE BROUGHT BY YOU TO THE DEPARTMENT? YES, SIR.WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE SIGNATURES? UH, THOSE WERE WITH AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I PERSONALLY WENT DOOR TO DOOR, UM, KNOCKING AND I JUST WENT AROUND THE BEHIND THE, UH, SHOP THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND JUST TOOK IT AS MUCH AS, AS LONG AS THERE WERE NO DOGS
ALRIGHT, UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS LEFT YOU ASK COMMISSIONER ELL, UH, I'M A LITTLE DISORIENTED WITH, UH, SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT LIKE SEVEN DIRECT NEIGHBORS IN SUPPORT YET THE HOA VOTED TO OPPOSE.
SO CAN I GET A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE HOA TO COME UP AND HELP ME, HELP ME FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON? SO FIRST OFF, Y'ALL HAVE A FUNCTIONING HOA, IT'S A NEIGHBOR.
IT'S A REGISTERED BY THE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS? UM, NOT RIGHT.
THE CURRENT TIME WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, WE'RE WORKING ON A LOT OF THINGS.
UH, I SEE IN THE STAFF REPORT IT SAYS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION VOTED TO OPPOSE THE PROPOSAL.
HOW DID THAT VOTE OCCUR WITHOUT A BOARD OF DIRECTORS? WELL, WE JUST WENT DOOR TO DOOR TO COLLECT SIGNATURES.
BUT WAS, WAS IT NOTICED? I MEAN, THE ONLY BOARD WE HAVE IS JUST ME AND MY SECRETARY AND, AND, UH, TREASURER.
BUT IF YOU COLLECTED SIGNATURES, HOW, HOW DID YOU COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD, HAD VOTED TO OPPOSE THE PROJECT? WHAT, WHAT? WELL, IT WAS A PETITION.
BUT YOU DIDN'T ASK IF THEIR VOTE WAS YES OR NO, YOU ASKED THEM TO SIGN THE PETITION TO OPPOSE THE PROJECT.
I TALKED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING AND I SAID, IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR, I MEAN IN OPPOSITION, THEN YOU CAN SIGN IT.
IF YOU ARE, IF YOU OPPOSE OF MEANING, IF YOU WELCOME THEM COMING IN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN IT.
SO WE DID, I DID HAVE TWO, TWO NEIGHBORS THAT DID NOT SIGN IT BECAUSE THEY WERE IN FAVOR.
YEAH, NO, I, I THINK, AND THEN JUST THE LAST QUESTION MM-HMM
UM, I'M, I FEEL LIKE I GOT SOME INCONSISTENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS BEHIND THE PROJECT.
STAFF HAS SHOWN US A MAP THAT SHOWS THAT THE IMMEDIATE SEVEN NEIGHBORS, HERE IT IS.
THAT THE, THAT IS THE THREE OR TWO IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET, ANOTHER FOUR, UM, ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.
UM, HOW, HOW DO, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO INTERPRET THIS MAP WITH YOU FINDING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS OPPOSED? WHY, WHY IS EVERYONE NEXT DOOR SO IMPORTANT? EX MY QUESTION AS WELL, THE NEIGHBORS CLOSEST TO THE PROPERTY, UH, WHEN YVETTE WENT AND TOOK, UH, WAS HAVING PEOPLE SIGN THE PETITION AND ASKED HIM IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OR NOT.
THE NEIGHBORS CLOSEST TO THE PROPERTY WERE THE ONES THAT WERE IN SUPPORT OF THEM COMING IN.
ANDERSON DOES, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH.
AND IT'S JUST WHAT, MAYBE THREE HOMES, FOUR HOMES AT THE MOST.
AND IT'S THE ONES CLOSEST TO THE EXIT, WHICH BAFFLES MY MIND TOO.
WHY WOULD THEY SUPPORT THAT? BUT I'M THINKING THEY JUST WANT SOMETHING TO COME IN.
THEY JUST, THEY DON'T WANNA SEE ANY IT EMPTY.
MAYBE IT'S THE POSSUMS. SO, THANK YOU
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? LEFT? QUESTIONS? RIGHT QUESTIONS REMOTELY.
UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE.
SO IT IS TO ME FOR DISCUSSION AND, UH, POTENTIAL MOTION.
UM, AS WE FREQUENTLY SAY FROM THIS DAIS, THIS IS A DIFFICULT CASE.
UH, AND IT IS, AND IT'S A DIFFICULT CASE.
FOR THE REASON THAT COMMISSIONER ELL JUST MENTIONED, UH, THIS IS A CASE WHERE WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, REPRESENTING THAT IT'S OPPOSED.
WE HAVE CLOSE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE REPRESENTING, THEY'RE IN FAVOR.
UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THE WAY OUR SYSTEM WORKS IS, UM, AND, AND THANKFULLY COMMISSIONER PUNANA, WHO IS A WONDERFUL REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL, WAS ABLE TO LOOK UP AND SEE THAT
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THIS PROPERTY'S BEEN ON AND OFF THE MARKET FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.FIVE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WEIGHS HEAVILY ON MY MIND.
IT WEIGHS HEAVILY ON MY MIND THAT IN FACT, MAYBE THE CLOSEST NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT JUST HAVING AN EMPTY LOT HERE.
UM, TO TRY, YOU KNOW, IF THIS WERE A CASE, LET ME BACK UP.
IF THIS WERE A CASE WHERE THE, THE APPLICANT WERE REQUESTING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, INDUSTRIAL ONE OR INDUSTRIAL TWO, BOTH INDUSTRIAL ONE, INDUSTRIAL TWO ARE RIFE ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS, UH, THIS WOULD BE AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE.
INSTEAD, WHAT WE HAVE IS A REQUEST TO MAINTAIN THE BASE ZONING, MEANING THAT C TWO WILL REMAIN THE BASE ZONING, UH, INTRODUCING GRANTED A MORE HEAVY INTENSIVE USE, BUT LIMITING THAT TO THE SITE PLAN THAT I KNOW MISSO WAS GONNA KILL ME.
BUT THAT WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
BECAUSE WHEN I WENT OUT TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS, WE HAD THE SAME SPLIT.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE OPPOSED.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE IN FAVOR, UH, BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WANTED A NUMBER OF THINGS, ONE, NOT TO HAVE AN EMPTY PROPERTY THERE.
TWO, TO MAKE SURE THAT TOW TRUCKS OR CAR TRANSPORT SEMIS WERE NOT PARKED IN FRIO CITY ROAD.
UH, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR ENTRANCE TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BEAUTIFIED AND CLEAN.
UH, I GIVE CREDIT TO THE APPLICANT FOR CLEANING UP THIS PROPERTY.
AGAIN, THIS IS ZONING, SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT APPLICANT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THERE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, BUT IN THIS CASE YOU APPEAR TO.
UH, SO AS A RESULT, AND I THANK STAFF FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION, I UNDERSTAND IT.
UM, BUT GIVEN ALL OF THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, INCLUDING THE MARKET, INCLUDING THE OPPOSITION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, INCLUDING THE APPLICANT'S WILLINGNESS TO MAINTAIN AND ABIDE BY A SITE PLAN, WHICH IS ENFORCEABLE BY THE CITY, UH, I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO.
I SECOND IT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ.
ALRIGHT, DISCUSSION TO MY LEFT? YES.
SO, UH, THE REASON WHY THIS IS BEFORE US AT ALL IS THAT, UH, WHAT IS IT, TRUCKING SERVICE OR WHATEVER, UM, IS NOT ALLOWED BY RIGHT WITHIN C TWO.
IT INSTEAD REQUIRES A CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION.
SO BEFORE WE VOTE, I JUST WANT TO URGE THAT WE, WE DO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO DISCUSS IF WE HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT COULD BE IMPOSED ON THE PROJECT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR THIS PROPERTY.
REMINDING EVERYONE THAT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF A CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION IS THAT IT'S A USE THAT MAY BE SUITABLE FOR THE PROPERTY WITH THE APPLICATION OF CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
SO MAYBE IF, I MEAN, I, I KNOW THAT WE'VE REVIEWED IT BEFORE WITH STAFF, THE, YOU KNOW, CONDITIONS THAT CAN BE PLACED ON A, UH, A CD OR A, A CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION.
BUT I, I I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE, IF WE THINK ABOUT IT, I, I KNOW THAT THE, UM, UH, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS, ONE OF THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS SAID THAT THE, THE 15 FOOT TYPE B LANDSCAPE BUFFER, HE FOUND DISAGREEABLE.
AND I THINK HE WAS LIKE THE IMMEDIATE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT MIGHT BE ONE THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER MOVING OR CHANGING.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY YOU CAN'T DO THAT, BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT AT ALL.
THE 15 FOOT PROPERTY BUFFER IS BETWEEN C TWO AND RESIDENTIAL IS REQUIRED BY THE CODE.
SO THAT, THAT WASN'T FROM JUST THE CONDITIONS.
THAT WAS NOT, THAT IS NOT A CONDITION THAT IS STRAIGHTLY FROM THE COAT.
THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, IF MR. CARUS HAD SAID NO AND IT WERE OPTIONAL, I WOULD'VE NOT DONE IT.
I WOULD ALSO REMIND THAT THIS IS AN MLOD.
SO LIGHTING IS MAINTAINED UNDER A SEPARATE REGULATORY STRUCTURE.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN PENANT FLAGS, NO PENANT FLAGS.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND TO, UH, INCLUDE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO PROHIBIT PENANT FLAGS.
UH, I ACCEPT THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ.
CAN WE JUST SAY TEMPORARY, TEMPORARY SIDES? WELL, SORRY.
I, I CALL IT PEN FLAGS JUST TO KEEP, KEEP IT CONSISTENCY.
THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO BAN TEMPORARY SIGNAGE IS, UH, WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER ELL, WAS ACCEPTED BY ME AND COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ.
THAT IS NOW PART OF THE MOTION.
UH, IS, UM, I KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT, I MEAN THE, THE CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE SITE PLAN TO DEAL WITH CIRCULATION.
UH, CAN CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL RELATED TO PARKING BE PLACED ON A CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION? I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT THEY COULD.
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WELL, WHAT KIND OF, WELL, YOU CAN PARKING STIPULATIONS, ARE YOU? YEAH.THAT DOESN'T PROHIBIT STREET PARKING THOUGH, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T ANY PRIVATE STREET PARKING? NO.
IT, IT'S A, ALSO, IT'S AT LEAST A TYPE B ARTERIAL WITH NO PARKING ALLOWED ON THE STREET ANYWAY.
OR AT LEAST FOR RIO CITY ROAD AND PROBABLY FOR KAYA, UH, GALO SOUL AS WELL.
RIGHT? YES, COMMISSIONER, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS, UH, THIS MOTION.
AND I AGREE WITH THE, OUR CHAIR.
IT, IT IS A DIFFICULT CASE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION ONE WAY AND THEN YOU HAVE THE DIRECT NEIGHBORS, UM, IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
UM, I ALWAYS LEAN TOWARD THE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE THERE AND ARE RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
NOW, THIS SHOULD NOT BE ANY KIND OF, UH, UH, DOWNPLAY TOWARD THE NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION.
I, I, I APPLAUD YOU FOR, FOR STICKING IT OUT.
UH, I, I REMEMBER STORIES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHEN IT FIRST STARTED BACK IN THE EIGHTIES AND THERE WASN'T HARDLY ANYBODY THERE.
AND THE LAST COUPLE MEETINGS WE HAD LIKE 80 PEOPLE, WHICH IS, I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AT MEETINGS.
MY ONLY CONCERN WILL BE LIKE, WHEN MR. CRUZ, UH, SAID HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WAS A NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION.
SO YOU NEED TO DO SOME OUTREACH AND BLOCK WALKING AND ASK HIM, HEY, WE GOT THIS GOING ON.
AND, UH, FOOD ALWAYS BRINGS PEOPLE, AT LEAST ME, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
I'VE BEEN UP AT THAT SNACKS BAR RIGHT BEHIND US FOR ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES ALREADY.
UH, BUT ANYWAY, ARE WE SUPPORTING THIS? UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND, UM, I, I THINK WE MADE A RIGHT CALL.
FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, RIGHT? YES.
THE REASON I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS IS ONE, I BELIEVE THAT THE OWNER'S GONNA HAVE IT WELL MAINTAINED.
UH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE SEEING POSSUMS AND RATS LIKE, LIKE IT IS NOW,
AND, UH, AND SECOND, THE, THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE MOSTLY AFFECTED BY IT, WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT ARE RIGHT BEHIND IT, THEY'RE IN FAVOR OF IT.
UH, SO FOR THAT REASON, I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT.
AND THEY HAVE MORE THAN 50% OF THE HOMES THERE THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF IT ALSO.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? RIGHT.
UM, YEAH, ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UH, BRIEFLY IF I MAY, UM, BUT WITH RESPECT TO THE RIGHT TURN LANE, WHICH WAS SHOUTED OUT, PLEASE DON'T SHOUT OUT DURING OUR MEETINGS.
UH, BUT THERE IS A CARVE OUT EVEN ON THE SITE PLAN THAT DOES ALLOW FOR A, A LINE OF SIGHT, UM, ON THIS SITE PLAN AS WELL.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE SITE PLAN WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE AS IT GOES BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO WITH, UH, UH, CONDITION OF NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, UH, BY ME A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ.
COMMISSIONER PETER RODRIGUEZ? YES.
YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE CURRENTLY SET TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL, BUT Y'ALL ALL CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS AS YOU GO FORWARD, UH, BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE, WHICH IS AT LEAST NOT UNTIL AUGUST.
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SO MUCH.UH, THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL AND CONSIDERATION OR CONSIDERATION TO END APPROVAL OF THE JUNE 16TH, 2026 ZONING COMMISSION MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES, AMENDMENTS, COMMENTS ABOUT THE MINUTES FROM JUNE 16TH? SEEING, HEARING NONE? COMMISSIONER LOAF? ALL RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? OH, I'M GONNA GO WITH COMMISSIONER ELL.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ.
UH, THIS CAN BE BY ACCLAMATION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE JUNE 16TH, 2026 ZONING COMMISSION MINUTES PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANY ABS
THIS MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION IS ADJOURNED.