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>> VIAGRAN: THE CITY CLERK WILL CALL ROLL.
>> CLERK: MAYOR PRO TEM, WE HAVE QUORUM. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ITEMS 13 AND 14.
THE REMAINING ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO PULL ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY? IT APPEARS NO ITEMS OTHER THAN 13 AND 14 WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. MADAME CLERK, IS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS REMAINING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL BEGIN WITH -- THIS IS FOR ITEMS 1, 3, AND 4.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE JACK FINGER. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. A COUPLE ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. ACTUALLY, THESE TWO ITEMS BELONG IN JUST ONE PARTICULAR DISTRICT, AND THEY ARE IN DISTRICT 1.
DISTRICT 1. MS. SUKH KAUR IS THE CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 1 AND WE'RE WAITING FOR HER -- AS WE'RE WAITING FOR HER TO VISIT HER CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT ITEM NO. 1 IS, AS THEY SAY HERE ON THE AGENDA, IS AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE. IT'S WHEREBY -- IT'S REQUESTING THE CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW ALCOHOL TO BE SOLD WITHIN 300 FEET OF A LOCAL SCHOOL.
IN THIS CASE, IT'S THE BONHAM ACADEMY ON ALAMO STREET.
YES, MS. KAUR. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, SINCE THESE THINGS USUALLY SAIL RIGHT ON THROUGH, WHY MUST ALCOHOL BE SOLD WITHIN 300 FEET OF WHERE SCHOOL KIDS PLAY? HUH? YEAH.
I MEAN, WHY MUST ALCOHOL BE SOLD THERE? TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION SAYS IT SHOULDN'T BE DONE BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENCES THERE.
IT GIVES YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE RIGHT TO SAY GO AHEAD, SELL IT IF YOU THINK THERE'S SOME ABSOLUTELY GOOD REASON IT HAS TO BE SOLD. BUT I, THE CITIZEN, DON'T SEE IT AND I'M STILL WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO GIVE ME A DARN GOOD REASON WHY IT HAS TO BE SOLD RIGHT WITHIN 300 FEET OF WHERE YOU HAVE SCHOOL KIDS STUDYING AND PLAYING. YES, MS. KAUR. THAT'S ITEM NO. 1.
ANOTHER ITEM IN YOUR DISTRICT IS ITEM 3 AND 4. IT'S ABOUT THE IDEA OF PLACING A -- WELL, CHANGING THE ZONING FROM C-2 CD FOR A CONDITIONAL USE.
CONDITIONAL USE FOR WHAT? A MOTOR VEHICLE SALES. IN OTHER WORDS, ANOTHER USED CAR LOT. USED CAR LOT. YES, MA'AM.
DO WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER USED CAR LOT ALONG BLANCO ROAD? I MEAN, HAVE YOU COUNTED ALL THE NUMBER OF USED CAR LOTS THERE ARE WITHIN A MILE OF THAT AREA? SO PLEASE, I WISH YOU WOULD JUST PULL IT AND SAY NO TO
ANOTHER USED CAR LOT. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, CHRIS DE GRANDE. YOU'RE WAIVING YOUR TIME? THANK YOU.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA?
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WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCILWOMAN KAUR.>> KAUR: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO CAMERA ON MY TEAM WAS ABLE TO GET TWO MORE TOD ZONES. WE LOVE WHEN WE GET TOD ZONES BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO APPROVE THAT FRAMEWORK A LITTLE WHILE AGO. CHRIS IS HERE, WHO IS GOING TO BE THE OWNER OF AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT. IT'S ALSO TOD ZONING.
JUST WANT TO SHOUT THEM OUT AND WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THEM.
CAN'T WAIT TO EAT SOME YUMMY ITALIAN FOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANKS, MAYOR PRO TEM.
>> VIAGRAN: IF THERE'S NO OTHER SPEAKERS, THAT CONCLUDES COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH ARE ITEMS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, AND 15.
PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. STAFF, PLEASE START WITH ITEMS NO. 13 AND 14.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. AGENDA ITEMS 13 AND 14 ARE A PLAN AMENDMENT AND CHANGE OF ZONING.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 12139 JONES MALTSBERGER ROAD.
STAFF, ZONING COMMISSION, AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL.
19 NOTICES WERE MAILED, 7 WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR, 2 IN OPPOSITION.
AND OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET, 7 WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 IN
OPPOSITION. >> VIAGRAN: ITEMS 13 AND 14 ARE IN DISTRICT 9.
COUNCILWOMAN SPEARS IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK -- OH, I'M SORRY.
WE DO HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. JACK, YOU HAVE THREE
MINUTES. >> MADAME MAYOR PRO TEM AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JACK FINGER. WELL, IN DISTRICT 9, MS. SPEARS, YOUR DISTRICT. THIS IS AN INTERESTING CASE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE FOR THIS ONE BUT, I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A BASKET CASE.
ITEM 13 AND 14. THIS IS ABOUT A PLAN AMENDMENT AS WELL AND THE PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL. THE ZONING STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL.
AND THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL. WHAT'S ALL THE HUBBUB ABOUT? WELL, IT'S ABOUT A AUTO PAINT AND BODY SHOP. NOW, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING WRONG WITH AUTO PAINT AND BODY SHOPS BY THEMSELVES, BUT THIS ONE, THIS ONE'S LOCATED -- IT BUTTS UP RIGHT AGAINST THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENCES.
YEAH. ACCORDING TO THE STAFF IT ABUTS THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND IS NOT ENOUGH BUFFERS FROM THE HAZARDOUS EMISSIONS THAT COME FROM PAINT AND BODY SHOPS. IT IS INCOMPATIBLE, DETRIMENTAL TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THESE ARE THE WORDS OF THE VARIOUS STAFFERS WE PAY TO FIND OUT THE FACTS ON THESE THINGS. THE NOTICES SENT OUT, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS I HAVE SEEN, 19 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT AND, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU TALK TO, YOU HAVE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 WHO SAID NO. DO NOT DO THIS.
THAT REPRESENTS ANYWHERE FROM 15% TO 30% OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA SAYING NO, WE DO NOT WANT THIS PAINT AND BODY SHOP THERE.
FOR THE REASONS JUST MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO. NOW, AND YOU'RE DOING GOOD
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IF YOU GET ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 10% COMPLAINTS. YOU'VE GOT AT LEAST 15% TO A WHOLE THIRD SAYING THEY DON'T WANT IT. THIS WAS CONTINUED FROM JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, MS. SPEARS. MY QUESTION IS: WHY DON'T WE PUT THIS THING OUT OF ITS MISERY AND SAY NO FOR IT ONCE AND FOR ALL, OKAY?THANK YOU. >> VIAGRAN: ITEMS NO. 13 AND 14 ARE IN DISTRICT 9.
COUNCILWOMAN SPEARS IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. >> SPEARS: AFTER CONSIDERING AND REVIEWING THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT, I AM GOING TO
RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ITEMS 13 AND 14. >> WHYTE: SECOND.
>> VIAGRAN: THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEMS 13 AND 14.
PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THIS CONCLUDES TODAY'S ZONING AND LAND USE SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW 2:15 AND THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.