* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:08] GO AHEAD CHAIR. YOU CAN START. [Call to Order] OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER GARCIA. I AM CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'LL CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION INTO SESSION. IT'S 2:05 PM CAN WE HAVE THE INTERPRETERS READ THE INTERPRETATION SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THIS MEETING? WHEN STAFF, PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER JACKSON. MAKE SURE TO, UH, HIT ON MUTE, SIR. THERE YOU GO. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CARILLO. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER PROFIT. HERE. COMMISSIONER ROHR EGRIN. HERE. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. HERE. COMMISSIONER PECK. HERE. COMMISSIONER MCGEE. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. TRY TO HIT UNMUTE ON YOUR PHONE. THERE YOU GO. PRESENT, UH, CHAIR GARCIA PRESENT. UH, QUO IS PRESENT, SIR. THANK YOU. UH, PRIOR TO STARTING ARM WITH OUR ITEMS, CAN STAFF PLEASE REVIEW THE MEETING FORMAT TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND LIMIT THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF COVID 19? THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS HOLDING MEETINGS VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE. THESE MEETING STANDARDS ARE BASED UPON THE VARIOUS SUSPENDED PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT ISSUED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNOR IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 CRISIS AND ARE IN PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN WATCH AND LISTEN TO THIS MEETING BY VISITING WWW DOT SAN ANTONIO. DO GOV SLASH DSD OR BY CALLING IN FOR AUDIO ONLY AT 2 1 0 2 0 6 BY 4 8 3 TO INCORPORATE PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE ARE FOUR OPPORTUNITIES. THESE INCLUDE EMAIL OR MAIL OF COMMENTS, DROPPING OFF COMMENTS, LEAVING VOICEMAIL, OR ASKING TO BE CALLED DURING THE MEETING. STATEMENTS OR COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES AND FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT, STAFF WILL READ INTO THE RECORD ANY EMAILS OR LETTERS RECEIVED, AND STAFF WILL ALSO PLAY ANY MESSAGES RECEIVED BY VOICEMAIL. LASTLY, FOR THOSE THAT SIGN UP TO RECEIVE A CALL BACK, WE WILL CALL THEM TO STATE THEIR TWO MINUTE COMMENT. SPANISH INTERPRETERS ARE ON STANDBY AS NEEDED. THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL WITH A TIME LIMIT, ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS. THANK YOU. [Consent Agenda] UH, PLEASE REVIEW THE CURRENT LIST OF CONSENT, AN INDIVIDUAL AND ANY POSTPONED OR WITHDRAWN ITEMS. YES, CHAIR. UH, CURRENTLY THE, UH, ENTIRE AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14, WHICH HAS BEEN PULLED FOR A RECUSAL, UH, AND AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 15, 16, 17, 18, AND 19, WHICH ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY. AND AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20, WHICH IS POSTPONED TO THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, THE BALANCE OF TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED AS THE CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? ONE SECOND HERE. LEMME JUST DOUBLE CHECK. DO NOT THEN. I'LL TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND. OKAY. THIS IS COMMISSIONER PECK. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. AGENDA MR. SECOND. GIVE US JUST ONE SECOND. ARE YOU READY FOR ROLL CALL? VOTE COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YEAH, I THOUGHT, UH, I THOUGHT STAFF WAS LOOKING JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THAT NEEDED TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD OR VOICEMAILS OR ANYTHING. OH, NO, NOT FOR THESE. OKAY. IF THERE ISN'T, THEN YES, LET'S GO FORWARD WITH THE ROLL CALL. GREAT. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YES. COMMISSIONER CARILLO? YES. [00:05:01] COMMISSIONER PROFIT? YES. COMMISSIONER ROHR EGRIN? YES. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES. COMMISSIONER MCGEE? YES. COMMISSIONER PECK? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER, UH, AND CHAIR GARCIA? YES. OKAY. UH, MOTION PASSES. NINE TO ZERO. OKAY. NEXT TO NINE TO ZERO. OKAY. NEXT, [14. 20-4014 TPV 20-048 Tree Preservation Variance for SAWS WRIP Phase 2: Request by Mr. Robert Jenkins for approval of a tree preservation variance request from Unified Development Code Section 35-523 (h), “significant trees shall be preserved at eighty (80) percent and heritage trees at one hundred (100) percent preservation within both the 100-year floodplains and environmentally sensitive areas”, located along the proposed alignment of the SAWS Segment 2C and Segment 3 pipelines and within the Anderson and Old Pearsall pump stations. Staff recommends approval. (Herminio Griego, (210) 207 - 6042, herminio.griego@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)] WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. UH, FIRST WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 14, WHICH IS, UH, PUT AN INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION FOR PURPOSES OF CUSAL. SO THAT ONE, WE'LL JUST NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THAT ONE. AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER PECK IS OKAY. HE'S OUT. COMMISSIONER PROFIT, MOVED FOR APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER CARILLO. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER PROFIT. A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CARILLO. IF STAFF CAN DO THE ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YES. COMMISSIONER CARILLO? YES. COMMISSIONER PROFIT? YES. COMMISSIONER EGRIN? YES. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. HIT ON YES. UH, COMMISSIONER MCGEE? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. AND CHAIR GARCIA? YES. MOTION PASSES. EIGHT ZERO. OKAY. THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 14. NEXT, WE'LL [19. 20-4009 Consider applicants for and possibly make appointments to or interview candidates for the Planning Commission Technical Advisory Committee (PCTAC), to include receiving the recommendation of the PCTAC Nominating Committee. (Tony Felts, AICP, Policy Administrator, (210) 207-0153, tony.felts@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department).] CONSIDER ITEM NUMBER 19, WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENT OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS TO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ALL GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. TONY PHELP, ADMINISTRATOR WITH DEVELOP. ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. TONY PHELPS, UM, POLICY ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AS YOU'RE REMEMBER FROM YOUR BRIEFING, WE HAVE EIGHT, UM, POSITIONS OPEN WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON JUNE 25TH, THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, WHICH CONSISTS OF CHAIR GARCIA, UM, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND COMMISSIONER PECK MET TO MAKE THEIR, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL PLANNING COMMISSION. AND SO I'LL READ THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS NOW THAT ALSO, UM, ON THE AGENDA ITEM WITH YOUR PACKET FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORIC ALTERNATE POSITION, UM, THEY'VE NOMINATED, UH, MR. ROBERT COPIA, UH, FOR THE PLANNING PROFESSIONAL POSITION. THEY'VE NOMINATED MR. KEN BROWN, WHO IS ALSO THE INCUMBENT IN THAT POSITION FOR THE ALTERNATE PLANNING PROFESSIONAL. THEY'VE NOMINATED, UM, MR. MICHAEL TAYLOR, WHO IS ALSO THE INCUMBENT IN THAT POSITION FOR THE REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. PRIMARY, THEY'VE NOMINATED, UM, MS. RYAN SAGAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL PRIMARY. THEY'VE NOMINATED MS. SUSAN WRIGHT, WHO IS ALSO THE INCUMBENT IN THAT POSITION. UH, FOR THE TWO COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE PRIMARY, UM, POSITION, THEY'VE NOMINATED MS. DEBBIE REED AND MR. JODY, SHE, WHO ARE ALSO THE INCUMBENT REPRESENTATIVE. I WILL MAKE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, UM, WHICH I WAS A PART OF. UM, AND A COUPLE COMMENTS. UM, I WAS, UM, EXCEPTIONALLY PLEASED BY HOW MANY APPLICATIONS THAT WE GOT FOR SUCH, UM, FOR SUCH POSITIONS. SO IT IS REALLY GOOD TO SEE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS STEPPING UP AND WANTING TO BE A LITTLE MORE PART OF THESE DIFFERENT PROCESSES. UM, BUT I WILL STILL KIND OF HAVE A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I DO, UM, HOPE TO SEE EVEN MORE PEOPLE, UM, APPLY FOR THESE POSITIONS AND SIMILAR POSITIONS ACROSS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, UM, SO THAT WE ARE ALLOWED SO THAT WE'RE A BETTER ABLE TO HAVE A MORE DIVERSE, UH, COMMITTEE, IF YOU WILL. AND BY DIVERSE, I MEAN BY, BY RACE, I MEAN AGE, MALE, FEMALE, ALL OF THE ABOVE. UM, AND SO ALTHOUGH WE DID GET A LOT OF APPLICATIONS, IT WAS VERY EVIDENT THAT WE, WE SAW FROM JUST A FEW DISTRICTS, UM, THAT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WERE APPLYING. AND SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, I I HOPE THAT, UM, THE PUBLIC DOES KIND OF STEP UP AND START APPLYING AND, AND WANTING TO BE A PART OF THIS TO, UM, MAKE SOME OF OUR LIVES EASIER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME MORE DIVERSE COMMISSIONS. [00:10:01] THANK YOU, CONNIE. THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH THOSE WITH, UH, THAT STATEMENT. UM, THERE WAS A FEW DISTRICTS WE DID NOT GET APPLICATIONS FROM, BUT I THINK, UH, HOPEFULLY THROUGH SOME OUTREACH AND STUFF, WE CAN GET APPLICATIONS FROM ALL OF THE CITY TO HAVE A NICE DIVERSE COMMITTEE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. JOY MCGEE? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. UH, CAN STAFF TO THE ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YES. COMMISSIONER CARILLO? YES. COMMISSIONER PROFIT? YES. COMMISSIONER ROHR EGRIN? YES. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES. COMMISSIONER MCGEE? YES. COMMISSIONER PECK? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. AND CHAIR GARCIA? YES. MOTION PASSES. NINE TO ZERO. THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE [15. 20-4000 PLAN AMENDMENT CASE PA-2019-11600010 (Council District 8): A request by Brown and Ortiz, representative, for approval of a Resolution to amend the North Sector Plan, a component of the Comprehensive Master Plan of the City, by changing the future land use from “Suburban Tier" to "General Urban Tier" on Lot 1, NCB 17462; Lot 4, NCB 14614; and 0.353 acres out of CB 4528, located at 12400 South Hausman Road. Staff recommends Approval. (Associated Zoning Case Z-2020-10700042) (Michael Pepe, Planner, (210)207-8208, Michael.Pepe@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)] AGENDA WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 15. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THIS IS MERCEDES REVA, SENIOR PLANNER FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 15 IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN FROM SUBURBAN TIER TO GENERAL URBAN TIER, LOCATED AT 12 400 SOUTH HAUSMAN ROAD. THERE WERE 33 NOTICES MAILED OUT. THREE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, SIX IN OPPOSITION FIELDSTONE, H O A AS AN OPPOSITION. THREE OPPOSED OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY AND THERE WAS, THERE WAS A CHANGE.ORG PETITION SIGNED IN OPPOSITION WITH 867 SIGNATURES. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A PLAN AMENDMENT FROM SUBURBAN TIER TO GENERAL URBAN TIER TO REZONE TO M X D MIXED USE DISTRICT. THE REQUEST TO AMEND A LARGE BLOCK IN ITS ENTIRETY IS AN APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT OF, OF GENERAL URBAN TIER WITH ACCESS TO LOOP 1604 AND LARGER ROADWAYS WHILE MAINTAINING SEPARATE FROM THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT AVAILABLE? JAMES, ARE YOU THERE? HEY JAMES, GO AHEAD. OKAY. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN GO AHEAD. YES. GREAT. OKAY. SO, UM, JAMES MCKNIGHT, BROWNER ORTIZ 1 1 2 EAST PECAN REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. I ALSO HAVE RAJIV PERRI, HE'S HERE AS THE APPLICANT AS WELL. SO I'M GOING TO DO MY PRESENTATION FIRST AND THEN, UM, LET RAJIV CONTINUE. SO, UH, IF YOU HAVE MY SLIDE SHOW UP, IF YOU GO TO SLIDE NUMBER TWO. OKAY. HOLD ON A SECOND. WE'RE LOADING IT UP NOW. OKAY. TWO. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. OKAY, SO SLIDE NUMBER TWO IS THIS JUST SHOWS THE LARGER AERIAL CONTEXT OF THE SITE. I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN SOME, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT LARGER. UM, SHOW OUR CONTEXT TO SINGLE FAMILY, MULTI-FAMILY HIGHWAY SCHOOLS, ATHLETIC COMPLEX. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THAT IN THIS AREA. IT'S A VERY DIVERSE AREA. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A ZOOMED VERSION OF THE SITE, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, THE TREES THAT ARE ON THAT SOUTH PROPERTY LINE, BECAUSE WE ARE, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE PLANNING TO KEEP A LOT OF THOSE. UM, BUT ALSO YOU CAN JUST SEE A, A, A LITTLE BIT BETTER VIEW OF THE, THE HOMES, THE MULTIFAMILY AND THE N I S D AUDITORIUM AND ATHLETIC COMPLEX TO THE NORTH OF US. THIS NEXT ONE IS THE, A LARGER CONTEXT FOR THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN. SO YOU CAN SEE THE LAND USES IN THE AREA, AND I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S A, WELL, THE FEW THINGS ARE IMPORTANT HERE. FIRST IS THAT WE ARE ALREADY SUBURBAN TIER. OUR REQUEST IS TO GO TO GENERAL URBAN TIER. SO JUST ONE STEP UP IN INTENSITY, BUT WE ARE ALREADY ALLOWED TO HAVE MULTI-FAMILY AT 18 UNITS AN ACRE AT OUR CURRENT LANDUS DESIGNATION AND CHAMPIONS GATE. THE, THE ROAD THAT GOES EAST WEST IN FRONT OF US IS AN ARTERIAL. UH, 1604 IS 500 FEET AWAY. AND I WANT TO, I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE PLANNING, I KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THINK CHANGES AROUND THEM, THEY TEND TO LOOK IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY. THEY LOOK AT 200 FEET OR JUST THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT PLANNING IS A LARGER EXERCISE THAN THAT. IT'S A, IT'S A REGIONAL EXERCISE. IT, THIS PROPERTY IS NOT JUST SERVING THOSE PEOPLE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY, BUT IN THE REGION. SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO SHOW THIS SLIDE. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS SLIDE FIVE [00:15:01] SHOWS THE ZONING. WE ARE CURRENTLY ZONED R SIX AND WE HAVE COMMERCIAL TO THE WEST OF US AND AND NORTH WHERE THE ARE THE NATATORIUM IS, WHICH IS APPROPRIATE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE LOOP 1604 IN THE AREA. AND, BUT IT ALSO SHOWS HOW OUR PROPERTY IS IN THIS TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY AREAS, SINGLE FAMILY ZONING, AND MORE INTENSE COMMERCIAL AREAS. SLIDE NUMBER SIX. THIS IS OUR MOST RECENT SITE PLAN. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE PROPOSING MF UP TO MF 25 USES AND C TWO USES. THIS IS AN M X D ZONING WITH A, A MIX OF USES IN THE BUILDING, PRIMARILY TWO BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE LOCATED IN TWO LARGE BARS, 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER, AND FOUR STORY APARTMENTS FOR THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING. AND WE'VE ACHIEVED WITH THIS DESIGN 65% IMPERVIOUS COVER RECEIVED THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL FROM SAWS. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW THIS BECAUSE THIS IS DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE STARTED WITH. EARLY IN THE PROCESS, WE HAD A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH THE FIELDSTONE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. WE HAD A SITE PLAN THAT I BELIEVE RAJIV WILL SHOW THAT HAD 10 BUILDINGS, MUCH, MANY MORE BUILDINGS, AND THEY WERE ALL SPREAD OUT. AND AFTER LISTENING TO THEIR COMMENTS AND HOW IMPORTANT BUFFERS WERE, WE REDESIGNED THE ENTIRE SITE TO RESPOND TO THOSE COMMENTS. WE CAME BACK AND HAD ANOTHER MEETING WITH THEM RECENTLY AND, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO PRESENT THE, THE UPDATED SITE PLANS. UH, HOWEVER, AFTER THAT IS, IS WHEN WE RECEIVED A LETTER OF OPPOSITION. SO WE, WE STOPPED, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO NEGOTIATE FURTHER PAST THAT POINT. AND AGAIN, I THINK RAJIV CAN SPEAK TO THAT IN MORE DETAIL. SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE, THE LAND USE DESCRIPTION IN THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN ITSELF. AND I WANNA SHOW THIS TO, TO SHOW THAT GENERAL URBAN HERE, WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS APPROPRIATE FOR SMALL TRACK DETACHED MULTIFAMILY. IT ALSO ASKS FOR ATTACHED WALKABLE RETAIL SERVICES, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING. AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARTERIALS AND COLLECTORS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE, CHAMPIONS GATE AND SOUTH HOUSEMAN. BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO NOTICE THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT THE, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUBURBAN TIER THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AND GENERAL URBAN TIER IS, IS ONLY A DIFFERENCE OF TWO LAND USES MF 25 AND MF 33. WE ARE ASKING FOR A DENSITY OF MF 25. SO AT THE MOST, WE'RE ASKING FOR SEVEN MORE UNITS PER ACRE. THAT IS IT, THAT IS THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE LAND USE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING. AND EVEN THEN, WE'RE REQUESTING AN M X D ZONING. M X D ZONING ALLOWS YOU TO DO BASICALLY FLEXIBLE ON YOUR DENSITY. YOU CAN NAME THE DENSITY IN THAT PLAN. SO WE BELIEVE THAT THE MORE APPROPRIATE LAND USE IS HIGHER THAN 18, BUT NO HIGHER THAN 25. SO REALLY IT'S JUST SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE. I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE ADDING ONE USE, MAYBE ONLY HALF OF THAT USE IN IN THE END BECAUSE OF THE, THE M X D PLAN THAT WE'RE REQUESTING. NUMBER EIGHT, NUMBER EIGHT SLIDE. UM, SO WE ARE, THIS IS A VIEW OF THE, THE SENATE, THE ESSAY TOMORROW PLAN. UM, THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN WAS IMPLEMENTED 10 YEARS AGO, LARGELY PUT IN PLACE JUST SO THAT WE HAD A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN PLACE. BUT SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE DONE MORE IN DEPTH AS A CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING, AND THAT'S WHAT THE ESSAY TOMORROW PLAN IS. IT'S TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MORE COMPLETE PLANNING CONCEPTS THAT WEREN'T IN PLACE IN THE 20 10 20 10 PLAN. AND SO AS WE, AS WE GROW, YOU SEE THESE CHANGES LIKE OUR REQUEST TODAY AND, AND WE HAVE THIS UPDATED PLAN TO ADDRESS THOSE CHANGES. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS UPDATED PLAN IS THE POPULATION GROWTH THAT SAN ANTONIO IS EXPERIENCING. SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT IN OUR OUR ADOPTED CITY PLAN, IT SAYS WE NEED TO UPDATE THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO PREPARE OUR COMMUNITY FOR THIS ANTI ANTICIPATED POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT GROWTH. WE KNOW THIS POPULATION'S COMING, AND ONE OF THE WAYS TO HANDLE THAT. NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE NINE, IS TO INCREASE THE DENSITY. THERE ISN'T ENOUGH LAND. THIS IS IN THE POLICY ITSELF. THERE ISN'T ENOUGH LAND TO CAPTURE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH PART OF THE CITY WHERE WE ARE, IF DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES UNDER THE SAME DENSITY AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. SO IT'S RECOGNIZED AS A CITY THAT POPULATION IS COMING AND DENSITY IS A WAY TO HANDLE IT. IN OUR CASE, WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR AT THE MOST, SEVEN MORE UNITS PER ACRE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS DEVELOPMENT. SLIDE NUMBER 10. THIS IS A, A BRIEF VIEW OF THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN AS IT CURRENTLY SITS THAT SAYS, HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IS AN IMPORTANT LAND USE. OF COURSE, THERE WASN'T AS MUCH MUCH ANALYSIS IN THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN AT THE TIME, BUT STILL IMPORTANT THAT IT, IT, IT IS PART OF THE CURRENT PLAN. SLIDE NUMBER 11. THESE ARE SPECIFIC NORTH SECTOR PLAN GOALS THAT ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. THAT IS HOUSING GOALS. [00:20:02] UH, GOAL 1.2, TRANSITION OF HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ALONG PRIMARY PRI PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS. WHERE WE ARE, AND A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE FOR US HOUSING GOAL 2.3 UTILIZE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AS A BUFFER BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND ARTERIAL ROADWAYS AND NON-RESIDENTIAL AND LOWER DENSITY HOUSING. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING AT THIS POINT, AND IT IS PART OF THE REASON THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON, ON THIS REQUEST. YOU CAN SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, NUMBER 12, THAT'S THE TRANSITION THAT WE'RE GOING FOR. WE HAVE LOOP 16 0 4, 500 FEET AWAY. THAT'S AN INTENSE, HEAVILY TRAFFICKED HIGHWAY. AND WE HAVE THE NATATORIUM ATHLETIC COMPLEX ACROSS THE STREET STREET FROM US. AND YOU CAN SEE TO THE NORTH OF THE COM OF THAT COMPLEX. THE GENERAL URBAN TIER IS RIGHT THERE. THAT WAS USED AS A TRANSITION LAND USE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT COMPLEX, EXCUSE ME. AND SOUTH OF US, YOU CAN SEE REGIONAL CENTER ALONG LOOP 1604. SO FROM A REGIONAL CONTEXT, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A TRANSITIONAL AREA AND GENERAL URBAN TIER IS THAT KIND OF APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONAL LAND USE EXACTLY WITHIN THE GOALS THAT THE CITY IS CALLING FOR. AND AGAIN, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. SO ONE OF THE, UH, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THE, THE PETITION THAT THEY MENTIONED, THE CHANGE.ORG PETITION WAS THAT THEY WANTED THIS LAND TO REMAIN AS A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT REALISTIC IN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF WHERE WE ARE. I MEAN, THE OWNERS STILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. THEY WANT TO SELL IT, IT WILL BE DEVELOPED, AND THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO SO. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ALTHOUGH THEY ARE ASKING FOR IT TO BE A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, THAT IS NOT THE CASE. WE HAVE MULTIFAMILY THAT WAS JUST DEVELOPED WEST OF US. UM, THE NATATORIUM TO THE NORTH OF US AND SINGLE FAMILY DID STOP. THIS IS NOT A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED. SO IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE 13, YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY HOW THIS WORKS. THIS PROPERTY CAN WORK AS THAT BUFFER IS THAT HIGH INTENSITY TRANSITION DOWN TO SINGLE FAMILY USE. UM, I THINK THIS VIEW IS, IS JUST REALLY APPROPRIATE TO SHOW HOW WE ARE, ARE, ARE MOVING, MOVING THAT LAND USE DOWN FROM HIGH INTENSITY TO SINGLE FAMILY. UM, SLIDE NUMBER 14. AGAIN, I WANNA BRING THE SITE PLAN BACK IN PLAY BECAUSE AS LISTENING TO THE NEIGHBORS, WE, WE, WE DID THIS CLUSTERING OF THE BUILDING TO GO UP FOUR STORIES TO MOVE THE BUILDINGS FURTHER AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY. BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN YOU MIGHT REALIZE IN THAT PLAN. SO AT THE CLOSEST POINTS, THOSE, THOSE TWO BUILDINGS ARE 107 FEET AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE IS, THERE'S AN EXISTING 30 FOOT EASEMENT THAT THAT'S, THAT'S BETWEEN US ALREADY. AND THEN WE ADDED ANOTHER 77 FEET JUST TO THOSE TWO PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING WHERE WE HAVE NO PATIOS OR ANY WINDOWS FACING THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILDING, WE'RE ACTUALLY 176 FEET AWAY WHEN YOU ADD IN THAT DISTANCE. AND THE TREES THAT WE'RE PRESERVING THERE ARE OFFERED TO BUILD AN EIGHT FOOT OPAQUE FENCE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT BUFFERING BETWEEN THAT SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY AND US. SO WHILE, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS ALREADY A TRANSITION PROPERTY, WE HAVE LISTENED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DONE ALL OF OUR DESIGN BASED ON TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT KIND OF BUFFERING. THIS BUFFERING IS ONLY GOING TO BE PROVIDED UNDER THE KIND OF DENSITY THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS MF 25. IF WE HAD TO LOWER THE DENSITY BELOW THAT, OR IF IT WAS DEVELOPED A SINGLE FAMILY AS YOU SEE NOW, YOU WOULDN'T GET THOSE BUFFERS. IT'S ACTUALLY THE, THE DENSITY THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT IS ALLOWING US TO INCREASE AND HAVE THE KINDS OF BUFFERS THAT ARE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SLIDE 15. THIS IS A VIEW FROM SOUTH HOUSEMAN LOOKING EAST INTO THAT 30 FOOT EASEMENT. AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT VIEW BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE ALREADY THE HOUSE TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PHOTO, IS 20 TO 30 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE FENCE. THEN YOU'VE GOT THE 30 FOOT EASEMENT IN PLACE, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THESE LINE OF TREES. THIS IS ALREADY SIGNIFICANT AS IT IS, AND WE'RE ADDING ANOTHER 70 TO 150 FEET ON TOP OF THAT. SO THE OBSTRUCTION OF, OF VIEWS THAT WE ARE, WE'RE HEARING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE IS NO OBSTRUCTION OF VIEWS. WE'RE, WE'RE BUFFERING. WE ARE PROVIDING THAT SPACE BETWEEN THE NATATORIUM AND THE LIGHTING AND THE NOISE. EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY WE'RE, WE ARE THE BUFFER BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND THAT NOISE AND LIGHT. ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, SLIDE 16, [00:25:01] THIS IS A CROSS SECTION. SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE ACTUAL DISTANCES OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME, THEIR BACK GATE, A 30 FOOT EASEMENT IN BETWEEN TREES. AND THEN OUR FOUR STORY BUILDING, ANOTHER 70 SOMETHING FEET AWAY. AND THIS IS AT THE CLOSEST POINT, OBVIOUSLY WE'D HAVE ANOTHER 40 FEET, UM, I'M SORRY, ANOTHER 70 FEET FOR THE, THE LARGER PART OF THE BUILDING. BUT THE OTHER THING I WANNA POINT OUT ON THIS SECTION IS THE GRAYED OUT HOME THAT'S SHOWN. THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU HAD, IF YOU LEFT IT AS IS AND LET IT BE DEVELOPED AS R SIX, YOU'D HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT WERE RIGHT ALONG THAT PROPERTY FENCE. SO IF YOU LEFT IT AS IS, THAT'S HOW CLOSE THEY WOULD BE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE CAN OFFER BY PUSHING EVERYTHING BACK. LAST SLIDE SET 17. THIS IS JUST TO LEAVE THIS, THIS PICTURE, THIS REGIONAL, UM, VIEW OF THE LAND USE ON SCREEN FOR YOU. BUT I DO WANT TO END BY SAYING WE'VE, WE HAVE MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE LISTENED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'VE TRIED TO PROVIDE WHAT WOULD BE THE, THE BEST KIND OF BUFFERING THAT WE CAN OFFER, BUT I THINK IT IS IT'S REGIONAL VIEW. THIS IS A TRANSITIONAL BUFFER PROPERTY, AND WE ARE PROVIDING EVERY KIND OF AMENITY TO, TO APPROPRIATELY SCREEN BETWEEN THE INTENSE USES TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH. AND EVEN AT THAT, WE ARE ASKING FOR AT THE MOST SEVEN UNITS MORE PER ACRE. UM, THAT IS THE ONLY ADDITION TO WHAT'S ALREADY ALLOWED THERE. AND I THINK THAT IS, THAT'S PRETTY MINIMAL TO, TO PROVIDE THE KINDS OF AMENITIES THAT WE ARE. SO, UM, THAT WRAPS IT UP FOR ME AND I'LL, I'LL LET RAJI TAKE IT FROM HERE. THANK YOU, JAMES. UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JAMES BEFORE I JUMP IN OR SHOULD I GO? GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE. OKAY, THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS RAJIV CORY, 6 0 0 2 KELI ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 7. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UH, UH, OUR, UH, BACKGROUND ON US, UH, OUR OTHER PROJECTS, UH, WHAT WE HAVE DONE ON THIS SITE SO FAR, UH, AND WHAT WE'RE THINKING, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW IT WOULD GET DEVELOPED. JAMES DID A GREAT JOB COVERING A LOT OF IT, BUT, UH, I'LL RUN THROUGH IT. SO THE FIRST PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT I HAVE IS, IS THE PRESENTATION UP? YES, GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO IS THE FIRST PART OF PRESENTATION IS BACKGROUND ON OUR COMPANY, ATHENA DOMAIN INCORPORATED. UH, I'LL RUN THROUGH THIS, UH, VERY FAST. IT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEEL AND VIEW OF THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DONE IN, IN AND AROUND SAN ANTONIO. AND, UH, THEN, UH, WE'LL SHARE SOME MORE DETAILS, UH, UH, TO WHAT, UH, JAMES ADDED REGARDING THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT. AT ANY POINT IN TIME, IF YOU'D LIKE TO STOP ME, PLEASE DO SO OR, UH, JUST, UH, GUIDE ME PLEASE, UH, FROM A TIME CONSTRAINTS STANDPOINT. THANK YOU. WE GO TO, UH, SLIDE TWO, UH, THIS SHARE. THIS SHOWS THE DIVERSITY OF PROJECTS. SO WE ARE A DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, COMPANY. WE DEVELOP, UH, PROPERTIES. UH, WE'VE SELECTED, UH, CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO, UH, AS OUR, UH, OR CENTRAL TEXAS AS OUR LOCATION STARTING WITH SAN ANTONIO. AND WE'VE DONE PROJECTS IN SINGLE FAMILY MASTER PLAN, MULTI-FAMILY, MARINAS, LAKES, UH, UH, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, RETAIL RESTAURANT, MEDICAL OFFICE REDEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS, UH, HIGH IDENTITY URBAN PROPERTIES. SLIDE THREE. SO THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES ARE PICTURES OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE DONE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO I'LL RUN THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT THAT EARLIER. THIS ONE IS, UH, A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. WE DID, UH, CALLED THE CHATEAU AT THE DOMINION. UH, SLIDE FOUR, UH, UH, 187 ACRES OF DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AGAIN INSIDE THE DOMINION. THIS ONE WAS UNIQUE BECAUSE WE HAD ENDANGERED SPECIES ON THIS PROPERTY. AND, UH, WE WERE AMONG THE, THE FIRST, UH, TO REACH OUT TO CAMP BULLIS, WHO IS OUR NEIGHBOR ON THIS PROPERTY, UH, AND US FISH AND WILDLIFE AND THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, TO WORK ON A COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT, UH, ALLOWED US TO PRESERVE THE HABITAT FOR, UH, ENDANGERED SPECIES, WHICH WAS GOLDEN WARBLERS AND TO DEVELOP OUR PROPERTY IN CONJUNCTION. AND, UH, THE ONLY ONE IN TEXAS, UH, THAT I KNOW OF, THAT WHERE THE PRIVATE LAND ENDED UP BEING COVERED BY A SECTION SEVEN ENDANGERED SPECIES PERMIT, UH, FOR CAMP BULLIS. UM, AND, UH, SO THIS IS DEVELOPED INTO FOUR DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, INSIDE THE DOMINION. SLIDE FIVE IS A PICTURE OF [00:30:01] ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. SLIDE SIX IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT, UH, OUR DEVELOPMENTS ARE, ARE VERY DIVERSE, BUT WE REALLY FOCUS ON CLASS A DEVELOPMENT AND WHATEVER TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE GET INTO, WE GO TO SLIDE SEVEN. THAT'S A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS CALLED DOMINION CROSSING. THIS IS ACROSS FROM THE DOMINION, RIGHT ON I 10, I H 10 HIGHWAY, 27 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WHERE WE HAVE LA GLORIA. UH, WE HAVE MULTIPLE RETAIL. WE HAVE A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING WHERE WE HAVE CHRISTUS, SANTA ROSA UNIVERSITY HEALTH, AND SEVERAL OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. WE HAVE A, UH, 334 UNIT, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX, UH, A A A, UM, CHILDCARE CENTER AND OTHER, UH, DOCTOR FACILITIES. THERE'S SOME PICTURES OF THAT, UH, LOCATION ON SLIDE EIGHT. SLIDE NINE SHOWS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. THIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS IN FAIR OAKS ON IH 10. AGAIN, IT'S 19 ACRES AND WE DEVELOPED A 292 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY IN 2017. WE'RE HOLDING ONTO IT. UH, IT'S A CLASS A DEVELOPMENT. UH, AND THEN IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A MONTESSORI SCHOOL IN THIS DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE MEDICAL OFFICES, UH, AND WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO DEVELOP. THIS. SLIDE 10 SHOWS THE PICTURES OF THE MULTIFAMILY, UH, PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE. YOU TOP LEFT, YOU'LL SEE THE POOL, UH, AREA, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE, THE GAME ROOM AND, UH, THE CLUBHOUSE AS WELL AS THE, UH, UH, ONE PICTURE OF, OF A, UH, UNIT INSIDE. SLIDE 11 SHOWS ANOTHER PROJECT. THIS IS CREEKSIDE LOOKOUT. THIS IS ON 1604 AND LOOKOUT ROAD CLOSE TO I 35. UH, WE, UH, PURCHASED 52 ACRES OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, WE ARE IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE OF DEVELOPING THIS ONE AS WELL. WE HAVE A CELL GAS STATION AND C STORE ON THE CORNER. UH, WE DEVELOPED A 320 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT. SO THAT'S, UH, AGAIN, THE STUFF AND WE STILL OWN IT. UH, WE'RE DEVELOPING ANOTHER 293 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY ON THIS PROPERTY. UH, WE'VE SOLD A, A, A FEE PROPERTY FOR A THREE STORY CLIMATE CONTROL, UH, UNIT, AND WE'RE DEVELOPING SOME MEDICAL OFFICES RIGHT NOW, UH, ON THIS, UH, AT THIS POINT. SLIDE 12. UH, THESE ARE THE PICTURES OF OUR MORE, THE PICTURES OF OUR MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, UH, AT THE, UH, AT THIS DEVELOPMENT. SLIDE 13, UH, IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW THAT'S IN SOUTHTOWN. IT'S ON VALS AND SOUTH FLORES, NOT FAR FROM THE D S D OFFICES. THE FIVE ACRE SITE, MIXED USE WITH 292 UNIT MULTIFAMILY WITH A GARAGE ON THREE AND A HALF ACRES. AND A, UH, AND A, UH, 45,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, RETAIL OFFICE AND TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NEXT TO IT. SLIDE 14 IS THE ELEVATION OF WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO BUILD. THIS PROJECT HAS NOT STARTED CONSTRUCTION YET. IT'S, UH, GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION NEXT MONTH. ACTUALLY, SLIDE 15 SHOWS THE COMMERCIAL PART. SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE TOP LEFT, UH, IT SHOWS THE CURRENT BUILDING. SEVERAL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND THE D S D OFFICE, UH, OFFICES MUST HAVE SEEN THIS BUILDING. IT'S A YELLOW BUILDING WITH A BROWN, UH, TOP RIGHT NEXT TO THE RAILROAD LINE. AND AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT YOU'LL SEE WHAT OUR PROPOSED, UH, DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE. UH, AND THIS BUILDING, THIS SINGLE BUILDING WILL ACTUALLY HAVE RETAIL OFFICE AND TOWN HOMES, UH, WITHIN THE SAME BUILDING. AND WE'RE, UH, PLANNING TO START THAT DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AFTER THE MULTI-FAMILY IS COMPLETED. SLIDE 16. THIS IS A LARGER MULTIPLAN, UH, MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY. THIS IS UP IN GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, 287 ACRES, UH, 7 84 LOTS WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL IN THE FRONT. NINE 19 IS, UH, ANO, UH, SLIDE 17, I'M SORRY, IS BERRY CREEK CROSSING ANOTHER MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. UM, THIS IS ON THE CORNER OF I 35 AND, UH, ONE 30. UH, THIS IS 49 ACRES. UH, WANTED TO SHARE THIS, THAT, UH, THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN HAS REALLY WANTED THIS TO BE A, UH, UH, KIND OF A JOB CENTER WITH A LOT MORE, UH, OFFICE, UH, DEVELOPMENT. AND, UH, IN WORKING WITH THEM, THERE'S A BERRY CREEK 300 ACRE PARK NEXT TO IT, A SPRING FED CREEK. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO SAY THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO DO MULTI-FAMILY, CLOSE, CLOSE TO THE CREEK, AND THEN COMMERCIAL IN THE FRONT. AND THEY AGREE. UM, SO WORKING TOGETHER, WE'VE COME UP WITH A GOOD SOLUTION FOR THAT, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY. SLIDE 18. IT'S ANOTHER PROJECT [00:35:01] THAT WE HAVE DONE. THIS IS UPTOWN SQUARE. THIS IS ON 1604, CLOSE TO 81. UH, IT WAS THE SEVEN ACRES USED TO BE HARVEST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH AND SCHOOL AND GYM. AND WE'VE, UH, REDEVELOPED THIS INTO A NORTHBROOK CHURCH, UH, PLACE, OFFICE, AND SOME OTHER, UH, RETAIL THAT'S GOING TO GO IN. SO I'M NOT BIG ON GOING ONTO SLIDE 19, UH, UH, NOT BIG ON TALKING ABOUT US IN GENERAL, BUT IN THE CURRENT CONTEXT OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY. AND, UH, THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING THIS ON THE PHONE, IT'S HARD TO SEE YOU ALL FACE TO FACE AND BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. SO I TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR PUTTING THIS UP THERE, BUT OVER THE LAST, UH, 12 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO AND HAVE DONE ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS, WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. AND, UH, I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACCOLADES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED BASED ON OUR, UH, WORK WITH THESE FOLKS. UH, THAT, UH, JUST, AGAIN, JUST DEMONSTRATE WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE, UH, HOW WE WORK. UH, THE FIRST ONE IS I WISH ALL DEVELOPERS WERE THIS FORTHCOMING. THIS IS FROM JIM, UH, ZO, UH, AT, UH, CAMP BULLIS. UH, NEXT ONE IS ROB MCDANIEL, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DOMINION, H O A WHO WRITE I'M WRITING TO OFFER MY STRONGEST ENDORSEMENT FOR RAJIV URI AND HIS VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT. HAVING WORKED CLOSELY WITH RAJI OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN AND NEAR THE DOMINION, I CAN SAY RAJIV DELIVERS FIRST CLASS PROJECT IN THAT TIME. I'VE ALWAYS FOUND RAJIV TO BE ACCOMMODATING AND RESPONSIVE TO OUR NEEDS, AND OFTEN GOES BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED, IS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH, AND IS ALWAYS PROFESSIONAL AND PROACTIVE. NEXT ONE IS FROM KELLY LYON. SHE IS WAS THE PRESIDENT OF FRIENDS OF FRIEDRICH PARK, UH, AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT, AT, UH, TRINITY, UH, WORKED WITH HER IN THAT CAPACITY, UH, AND ON THE BOARD OF BRIDGER PARK ON A REZONING CASE THAT WE DID, UH, ON OUR DEVELOPMENT. AND, UH, SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO WRITE A GREAT RECOMMENDATION, AND SHE SAID THIS, THESE ARE EXCERPTS FROM THE LARGER RECOMMENDATIONS, BY THE WAY, AS A PERSON WHO DEALS DAILY WITH ISSUES OF, UH, ANTHROPOGENIC, UH, CHANGE AND, UH, CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, I CAN SAY WITHOUT RESERVATION THAT MR. PURI IS A DEVELOPER AND BUSINESS OWNER WHO CARES ABOUT AND CAREFULLY CONSIDERS THE ENVIRONMENT AND RESPECTFUL OF THE PERSPECTIVES OF OTHERS. I GIVE MR. RAJI PURI MY HIGHEST PRAISE AS A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN WHO CAN TRUST, BE TRUSTED IN HIS DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES TO TAKE THE ENVIRONMENT INTO CONSIDERATION AND CAREFUL AND CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE PERSPECTIVE OF NEIGHBORS AND LOCAL STA STAKEHOLDERS IN AN OPEN, HONEST, AND TIMELY MANNER. WITH SLIDE 20, UH, THERE'S SEVERAL OTHERS, BUT I'LL JUST STOP WITH THE LAST ONE HERE, WHICH IS, UH, FROM DAVE DURANT, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE CANYON RIM. H O A WAS THE KEN PRESIDENT OF CANYON RIM, H O A BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN STONE OAK FOR ONE OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS AS A PERSON, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SPEAK MORE HIGHLY OF HIM, HE WALKS TO TALK AND FOLLOWS THROUGH WITH HIS COMMITMENTS IN A RESPONSIVE, RESPECTFUL, PROFESSIONAL, AND COURTEOUS MANNER. I TRUST RAJE, WHO IMPLICITLY AS A PERSON WHO IS CONSIDERATE TO OTHERS, AND HE HAS SHOWN THAT HIS WORD IS HIS BOND. I WOULD MOST STRONGLY RECOMMEND HIM FOR HIS ANY POSITION WHERE TRUST IS PARAMOUNT, HIS ABILITY TO WORK WITH OTHER PEOPLE IS UNPARALLEL. UM, THESE ARE VERY HUMBLING, OBVIOUSLY, AND, AND, UH, I FEEL WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE. SOME OF THESE WERE CONTENTIOUS, SOME OF THEM WERE COLLABORATIVE, AND, UH, AND WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY WORK THROUGH. AND THERE'S OTHERS IN HERE THAT, UH, IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I'M HAPPY TO SEND YOU THE FULL RECOMMENDATIONS. WE ALSO HAVE SOME ARTICLES BASED ON OUR DOMINION PROJECT THAT WERE WRITTEN IN, UH, SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, GOING TO SLIDE 20. UH, THIS IS, UH, NOW TALKING ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PROJECT HERE. UH, UH, AGAIN, RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME. I'LL RUN THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO THIS VIEW PROVIDES A SORT OF A SOUTH LOOKING VIEW FROM THE NORTH, AND, AND IT SHOWS WHAT THE AUDITORIUM IS MULTIFAMILY IN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE FIELDSTONE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND. UH, YOU KNOW, JAMES DID MENTION THIS, BUT, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO KNOW THAT THE NATATORIUM ITSELF IS LIKE 60 FEET TALL AND THE, UH, THE BLEACHERS AREA FOR THE FOOTBALL STADIUM IS MAYBE EVEN TALLER THAN THAT. THEY'RE LIKE FIVE, SIX STORY, UH, HIGH. AND SO TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSITION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE SITE, AS, AS JAMES SAID, THIS IS A TRANSITIONAL SITE AND THERE'S, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY NEXT TO A 60 FOOT STRUCTURE EITHER. UM, GOING TO SLIDE 22, UH, UH, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT WE HAD LAID OUT, UH, FOR THE SITE. UH, BEFORE WE HAD MET WITH THE, UH, FIELDSTONE, H O A, UH, WE WERE PLANNING [00:40:01] TO GO FOR M X D AND C TWO WITH MF 33 ZONING, 290 UNITS IN 10 BUILDINGS THAT WERE THREE AND FOUR STORY TALL. UH, AND, UH, OVER 70% IMPERVIOUS COVER. I THINK IT WAS 71% IMPERVIOUS COVER. NOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE, AS YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE, THAT, UH, WE REALLY ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY REAL NEIGHBOR ON THIS PROPERTY WITH, UH, PROPERTY, PROPERTY LINES TOUCHING EACH OTHER. ON THE RIGHT SIDE. WE HAVE DETENTION NORTH SIDE, WE HAVE CHAMPIONS GATE. ON THE WEST SIDE, WE HAVE SOUTH HAUSMAN, AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WE HAVE A 30 FOOT DRAINAGE BUFFER BETWEEN US AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, DURING, WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS FIRST TIME TO THE H O A BOARD, UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMENTS THAT CAME BACK AND, UH, AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE WORKED HARD, UH, WITH THE H O A OR TRIED TO AT LEAST TO, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD ON, ON THE VARIOUS CALLS. UH, WE GO TO SLIDE 23. UH, THIS ACTUALLY SHOWS, UH, YOU THE NEW PLAN THAT WE CAME UP WITH AFTER ALL THESE DISCUSSIONS, UH, WHERE YOU WILL SEE THAT, UH, WE WENT ON M X D, WE WENT DOWN TO MF 25 FROM MF 33, UH, WENT DOWN TO 234 UNITS FROM, UH, 290 UNITS. UH, WE WENT FROM 10 BUILDINGS DOWN TO THESE ARE, THEY LOOK LIKE TWO, BUT THERE'S THREE BUILDINGS. BUT ANYWAYS, TWO OR THREE BUILDINGS, ESSENTIALLY DOWN FROM 10, WE WENT DOWN ON OUR IMPERVIOUS COVER. EVEN THOUGH THE PROPERTY IS ENTITLED TO 75% IMPERVIOUS COVER, WE HAVE AGREED TO 65% WITH DOG AND HAVE THEIR APPROVAL ON, ON THIS SITE PLAN. UH, WE HAVE PUSHED THE UNIT AS FAR BACK FROM THE, FROM THE H O A FIELDSTONE, H O A AS WE POSSIBLY COULD WHILE STILL TRYING TO MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK. AND AS A RESULT, MOST OF THE UNITS ARE 176 FEET AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE AND 200 FEET AWAY FROM THE BACK OF THE HOUSES THAT, UH, BACK UP, UH, AND FIELDSTONE. UM, THIS NUMBER WAS A LOT LESS IN OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WHERE WE HAD, UH, UH, BUILT 10 BUILDINGS, UH, IN PLACE. AND WE'VE ALSO AGREED THAT THE, THE BUILDINGS THAT TURN, UH, CLOSER IN THE CLO AT THE CLOSEST LEVEL THAT ARE 106 FEET AWAY FROM H O A, WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT, NO PATIOS OR WINDOWS ON THAT SIDE OF THE, UH, OF THE UNIT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN'T SEE. UM, UH, WE HAVE INCREASED THE TREE PRESERVATION BECAUSE OF THAT, AND WE HAVE LOWERED THE IMPERVIOUS COVER, UH, WHICH AGAIN, ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE KNOW THE CITY WANTS AND PT Q WANTS AND SALT WANTS, AND ALL OF US WANT. UM, WE'VE ALSO DONE, IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY ON THE SITE PLAN AS THE, ALONG THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF OUR, OUR, OUR PROPERTY, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ALL THE TREES THAT ARE ALONG THAT PROPERTY LINE. AND WE'VE SHARED THIS WITH THE H O A ON OUR CALLS THAT BECAUSE WE, THE WAY WE DESIGNED OUR SITE AND, UH, THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE ISLANDS AROUND OUR, UH, PARKING, TO SAVE MANY OF THESE TREES THAT ARE, UH, ALONG THAT, UH, ALONG THAT BORDER. IN ADDITION, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ON THE TWO SIDES OF THE SITE, ON THE BOTTOM LEFT AND BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THESE TWO BIG PATIENTS, THAT THE REASON IS THAT THIS SLIDE, THIS SITE ACTUALLY IS AT THE HIGH IN THE MIDDLE. SO YOU SPLIT. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO WATER QUALITY AND DETENTION BASINS, BUT FROM A DRAINAGE STANDPOINT, I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL OBVIOUSLY FOLLOW ALL THE REGULATIONS AND, AND, AND GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT THAT, UH, COVERED AND I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, CONSERVATIVE AT THIS POINT IN TERMS OF THE SIZES OF THESE PATIENTS. AND THE POINT WAS THAT WE COULD, UH, HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE THEM AROUND AND, AND SAVE SOME OF THESE TREAT, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UM, SLIDE 24. UM, THIS SHOWS THE, WE'VE TAKEN THE SITE PLAN THAT WE SHOWED YOU ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE AND SHOWN YOU A, A CONCEPTUAL RENDERING OF WHAT THE BUILDING WOULD LOOK LIKE IF YOU WERE STANDING AT THE CORNER OF, UH, CHAMPIONS GATE AND SOUTH HAMU. SO YOU CAN SEE THE RETAIL AT THE BOTTOM THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE PLANNING ABOUT 15,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, WHERE WE HOPEFULLY ARE LOOKING TO DO MEDICAL OR DENTAL OR SERVICE TYPE OF, UM, UH, USERS CONSIDERING HOW MUCH N I S D HAS IN THIS, UH, AREA, WE THINK THOSE WOULD BE GOOD SERVICES TO PEOPLE AS WELL AS TO ALL THE, THE NEIGHBORS. THE OTHER THING YOU'LL NOTICE IS THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S A FOUR STORY SITE, YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS IS THE, UH, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WAS RECENTLY BUILT THAT JAMES MENTIONED. THAT ONE'S THREE STORIES. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS, FROM A MASSING STANDPOINT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PUT A BIG STRUCTURE IN, IN NEXT TO SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, KIND OF LOW AND HIGH. ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IS SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE FITS REALLY WELL WITH SAN ANTONIO AND WOULD BE A [00:45:01] GREAT THING FOR, UH, AS A WINDOW TO THIS, TO THE ENTRY TO THE CIVIC CENTER FOR THE, UH, DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, UH, VISITORS. SLIDE NUMBER 25, UH, SHOWS A VIEW FROM, UH, FROM, UH, SOUTH HAUSMAN AND, UH, FIELDSTONE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, THE WOODEN FENCE FROM THE FIELDSTONE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE MASONRY FENCE THAT WE'RE PLANNING, AND THIS IS THE ACTUAL BUILDING THAT WOULD BE PUT ON TOP OF THE SITE PLAN THAT WE SHOWED. OBJECTIVE HERE IS REALLY TO SHOW THAT THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE PRETTY FAR AND WITH A BUNCH OF TREES IN BETWEEN, THAT CREATES A GREAT AMOUNT OF SCREENING AND BUFFERING, UH, BETWEEN, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE TWO, UH, DEVELOPMENT. SLIDE 26, UH, IS TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE REVISED SITE PLAN AND THE CONCESSIONS THAT WE'VE MADE. SO WE'VE LOWERED THE DENSITY, WE'VE MOVED THE BUILDINGS AWAY, UH, BY SEVERAL FEET, 10 FEET, NOT JUST, UH, FIVE 10. UH, WE'VE LOWERED THE PARKING BECAUSE WE'VE LOWERED THE NUMBER OF UNITS. SO IF YOU SEE THERE'S A LITTLE CHART ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS SLIDE, IT SHOWS THAT MINIMUM REQUIRED PARKING IS 401 MAXIMUM IS 520. FOR A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS, WE HAVE RIGHT NOW 507 PARKING SPACES. SO WE HAVE PLENTY MORE THAN WHAT THE MINIMUM IS. UH, AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY, SO WHEN WE SAY WE CAN SAVE THE TREES AND PUT ISLANDS, WE'RE NOT JOKING ABOUT THIS. WE'RE, WE'VE DONE OUR WORK ON THIS TO SHOW THAT, UH, THIS WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ACHIEVABLE VERY EASILY WITHOUT TRIPPING UP ON ANY KIND OF PARKING, UH, UH, CHALLENGES. WE'VE SAID NO PATIOS, UH, FACING THE H O A FOR OVER ONE 20 FEET, WE'RE HAPPY TO PUT A, A SOLID FENCE, UH, A FEED IF CITY WOULD ALLOW IT. UH, WE'RE ALSO ONE OF THE POINTS THAT ONE OF THE, UH, PEOPLE AT THE, AND THE H O A CALL MENTIONED DARK SKY COMPLIANT LIGHTING, WHICH WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH. WE'VE DONE IT ON MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENTS, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT HERE. UM, WE FEEL LIKE THIS PLAN PROVIDES A BUFFER FROM N I S D AUDITORIUM AND FOOTBALL STADIUM, WHICH ARE LIKE 60 FEET, UH, TALL AND COMMERCIAL LOOKING. AND, AND, UH, THIS WILL CREATE A, A NICE BUFFER TO THE H O A BOTH FOR LIGHTS AND SOUND ESSENTIALLY. UM, AND, UH, WE ALSO HEARD THAT, UH, THERE'S AN A NEED FOR A SIDEWALK. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT A PERIMETER SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY AROUND OUR PROPERTY, WHICH WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR, UH, KIDS WHO MAY BE WALKING BACK AND FORTH FROM SCHOOLS. IT WILL IMPROVE THESE LOCATION FROM WHAT IT IS TODAY. WHEN I LOOK AT THE, HOW IT'S SET UP TODAY, IF ANYBODY'S WALKING FROM A, FROM ONE OF THE SCHOOLS, THEY HAVE TO WALK ALONG THE AUDITORIUM ALL THE WAY TO 1604, AND THAT'S WHERE THE CROSSING IS, AND THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AROUND. BUT WITH OUR SIDEWALK GOING ALL THE WAY TO SKYHAWK WHERE THE AUDITORIUM IS, WE COULD EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF, UH, OF, UH, UH, PROVIDING ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN CROSSING IN THAT LOCATION. WE'VE ALSO MADE A COMMITMENT. THERE WOULD BE NO BARS OR NIGHTCLUBS OR ANY OF THAT STUFF IN OUR COMMERCIAL SITE. WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, UH, MEDICAL SERVICE AND THOSE KINDS OF, UH, UH, TENANTS. UM, WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, N I S D, JUST SO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LARGE INVESTMENT, UH, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US. PART OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE PURCHASING IS FROM N I S D, AND THE OTHER PART IS FROM, UH, ANOTHER OWNER. SO IT'S TWO SELLERS IN THIS CASE. AND, UH, WE HAVE SHARED OUR SITE PLAN WITH N I S C, AND, UH, THEY'RE REVIEWING IT ON THEIR END AND, UH, TO, UH, TO SEE HOW WE WORK TOGETHER. BUT FROM THE BEGINNING, WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO N I S C, THEY DID AN, UH, A, YOU KNOW, BACKUP, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A, A CHECK ON US. THEY LOOKED AT OUR DEVELOPMENTS, THEY PUT SEVERAL RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT WE COULD OR COULD NOT DO ON THE SITE. AND, UH, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM CLOSELY, UH, ALL ALONG. UM, SO ON 27, UH, I THINK JAMES HAS COVERED OUR REQUEST ESSENTIALLY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A CASE THAT WE HAVE DONE TWO CONFERENCE CALLS WITH FIELDSTONE, H O A, UH, WE'VE MADE MULTIPLE CONCESSIONS BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD. WE EVEN REACHED OUT, WE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO 16 DIRECT OWNER NEIGHBORS THAT WOULD BE BEHIND THE BUFFER. AND, UH, WE'VE HAD LIMITED SUCCESS REACHING OUT TO THEM DIRECTLY. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY PREFER TO GO THROUGH THE BOARD. UH, WE'RE RESPECTFUL OF IT, BUT WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO CONNECT WITH ONE PERSON IN REAL LIFE WHO WAS WILLING TO TALK TO US DIRECTLY. UM, AND, UH, I THINK IN TERMS OF ALTERNATIVES, IT COULD BE EXPANSION OF SPORTS FACILITIES. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF N I SS D, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE CONSIDERING WHAT'S THERE. WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH U T S A ABOUT A TENANT CENTER. UM, COULD BE, UH, WITH THE CURRENT ZONING, YOU COULD HAVE, UH, POTENTIALLY LOWER END AND LOWER END SINGLE FAMILY OR DUPLEX HOMES THAT ARE MUCH CLOSER TO THE SIDE. YOU LEAVE, LOSE MORE TREES, YOU WANNA HAVE BUFFERS, AND OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD NOT LOOK AS IT WOULD [00:50:01] TODAY FOR ANYBODY WHO'S COMING INTO THE SPECIFIC CENTER FOR, FOR, UH, DISTRICT EIGHT. SO OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR THOUGHT IS THAT WE FEEL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE A GOOD TRANSITION. I UNDERSTAND O A'S POINT OF VIEW, UH, DEAL STONE, THAT IT SHOULD BE R SIX, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU ASK YOURSELF, IF YOU WERE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS BUYING THE HOMES, WOULD YOU EVER BUY A HOME THAT BACKED UP TO CHAMPIONS GATE IN A 60 FOOT MORATORIUM RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE? SO I I, I FEEL LIKE IT IN, IN, YOU KNOW, DOES NOT, IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE FROM A LARGER PLANNING STANDPOINT. I UNDERSTAND FROM THE FIELDSTONE H O A STANDPOINT, IT IS IMPORTANT AND THEY WANT TO PROTECT AS MUCH OF THE BUFFER, BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE AND, AND I'S PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU KNOW THIS, THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENS IN THAT LOCATION. UM, SO OUR REQUEST IS THAT WITH ALL THE, UH, CONCESSIONS AND CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE TO OUR PLAN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET TO THE MF 25 OR HIGHER THAN M F A TEAM TO, TO, UH, TAKE THIS PROJECT ECONOMICAL. UH, BECAUSE IN A FOUR STORY PROJECT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ELEVATORS, UH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS EXPENSIVE. AND IF WE DROP DOWN TO A LOWER DENSITY OF 1 69, IT WOULD REALLY REQUIRE US TO COMPLETELY REDESIGN AND PROBABLY GO MORE WITH THE TWO STORY, THREE STORY APPROACH WITH, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS MUCH CLOSER TO, UH, UH, TO THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AND, UH, FINANCIALLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, INCLUDING MASONRY AND ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, SO, UH, THAT'S OUR REQUEST TO YOU. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S, UH, ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP WITH REGARDS TO, UH, TRAFFIC. I FEEL LIKE OUR PLAN ACTUALLY SHOWS THREE ACCESS POINTS IF YOU GO, UM, UH, TO OUR SITE REAL QUICK ON, UH, SLIDE NUMBER, UH, 23, YOU'LL SEE WE WE'RE SHOWING THREE ACCESS POINTS AND WE'RE WORKING WITH N I S D ON THIS, UH, BECAUSE THEY, UH, OBVIOUSLY ARE STAKEHOLDERS ON THE OTHER SIDE. UH, BUT THIS DISPERSES A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC. UM, DRAINAGE WISE, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE, THE LAW AND WE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE OUR OWN WATER QUALITY AND DETENTION. SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO INCREASE THE FLOW ON SOMEBODY ELSE. EDWARDS AQUAPHOR, WE'RE GONNA, UH, FOLLOW THE REGULATIONS THERE. AND BY DOING LOWER IMPERVIOUS COVER, THEY ALWAYS PREFER THAT OVER HIGHER IMPERVIOUS COVER AND TREES. UH, WE ARE SAVING MORE TREES BY GOING THIS PLAN THAN THE OTHER PLAN THAT WE HAD. AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT SOMEBODY MENTIONED WAS SECURITY, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH MULTIFAMILY, AND I WANTED TO SHARE THIS, THIS IS MAYBE UNIQUE ABOUT US AS COMPARED TO OTHERS, BUT ON ALL OF OUR MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COURTESY, UH, S A P D OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT WE, YOU KNOW, COMP THEIR APARTMENT SO THAT THEY STAY ON SITE. UH, AND SO THEY CAN HELP, UH, WITH ANY ISSUES OR, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT COME UP AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY DOES. WE, WE DO. AND THAT'S BEEN, UH, THAT'S BEEN, UH, GREAT FOR US. UM, SO I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, UM, OR, UH, FILL IN ANY OF THE GAPS. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, ACTUALLY WE HEAR, HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, THEN THE APPLICANT WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE A REBUTTAL. SO STAFF, YOU CAN GO ONTO THE PUBLIC PORTION. FOR THIS ITEM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE LETTERS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. THE FIRST ONE IS FROM FIELDSTONE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. WE, AS A FIELDSTONE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT AND DON CHANGE NOTED ABOVE THE PRELIMINARY LETTER SENT BY THE BOARD TO OUR COMMUNITY DETERMINED THAT ALL 23 PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE OFFICIAL 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION AREA OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ARE OPPOSED TO THESE REQUESTS PER THE, PER THE 2010 NORTH SECTOR PLAN. THE CURRENT LAND USE IS SUBURBAN TIER. THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN IS A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING DOCUMENT CREATED THROUGH PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA AND THE NORTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. THE PLAN DETERMINED THAT OUR AREA IS AND SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AS SUBURBAN TIER. THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR US SINCE WE ARE A SUBURB OF SAN ANTONIO. SUBURBAN TIER IS GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY. THE RELATED ZONING DISTRICTS ARE RESIDENTIAL WITH THE HIGHEST MULTI-FAMILY CATEGORIES, BEING M 18, WHICH ONLY ALLOWS UP TO 169 UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY IF REZONED. THIS DENSITY IS TO SCALE WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND AREA. THE DEVELOPER IS REQUESTING GENERAL URBAN HERE FOR MORE DENSITY. THIS CATEGORY ALLOWS MS 25 AND MS 33, WHICH IS A MUCH HIGHER DENSITY OF UP TO 234 THROUGH 310 [00:55:01] UNITS. THE TWO, THE 2010 NORTH SECTOR PLAN USE MAP FROM THE CITY DEMONSTRATES AND INDICATES THAT IT IS DESIGNATED AS SUBURBAN TIER AND NATURAL TIER PACIFIC CENTER. LAND USE OF THE NORTH IS FOR THE EXISTING N I SS DIUM AND ATHLETIC COMPLEX. IN ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PROPER PLANNING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THE FIELDSTONE BOARD ITS MEMBERS MET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND REPRESENTATIVE TO REVIEW THE PLAN AMENDMENT AND MXD ZONING REQUEST. THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A TRUE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, BUT A WAY TO GET MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITH A TOUCH OF COMMERCIAL. THE PROJECT WILL MAKE TRAFFIC WORSE IN THE AREA, INCREASE CONGESTION, AND MAKE THE BUSY ROADWAYS MORE UNSAFE. CURRENTLY, THERE IS A FAILING LEVEL OF SERVICE AT THE SOUTH HAUSMAN AND CHAMPION SKATE INTERSECTION APPROACH AS THERE IS A 1500 LSST OF YOUTH VEHICLES OBSTRUCTING OUR SUBDIVISION'S, ENTRANCE AND EXIT DURING THE A M PEAK HOURS VEHICLES ON SOUTH HAUSMAN APPROACHED CHAMPIONS GATE, CURRENT OP MAP REVERSAL PROJECT ON NORTH LOOP 1604 WEST IN CHAMPIONS GATE AREA. WE'LL NEGATIVELY, THAT'S TWO MINUTES. J DEAN, WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE OF TIER AND ZONING FOR THE ABOVE-REFERENCED PROPERTY. AND THAT STAFF RECOMMEND DENIAL BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FACTORS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL DESTROY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GATE APARTMENTS ALREADY SOUTH. SKATE TRAFFIC WILL WILL BACK UP ALL THE WAY TO PALOMA CREEK AND LAKE RUN, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN LAKE RUN AND PALOMA CREEK TO HAUSMAN ROAD FLOODING A FRENCH CREEK WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED. ALREADY MANY PROPERTIES ARE IN FLOODPLAIN AND MANY OTHERS WILL BE PUT IN THE FLOODPLAIN. LOTS OF MATURE OAK TREES ARE CUT DOWN AND DESTROYED. MORE POLLUTION IN THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE. BIRDS SANCTUARY DESTROYED BETTY TAN. I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS. THE FOUR STORY MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENTS AND MIXED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED. SOUTH HOUSING ROAD IS ONLY A TWO LANE ROAD, ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION. IT IS NOT A GOOD FIT FOR OUR AREA. IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, THERE ARE ALREADY THREE N I N I S D SCHOOLS, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND AN ATHLETIC COMPLEX. THIS PROJECT IS NOT WARRANTED FOR THE AREA WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY ON SOUTH HOUSE AND THE TRAFFIC IS ALREADY TERRIBLE IN THE MORNING. YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE AND WHAT THESE DEVELOPERS ARE PROPOSING. AND OF COURSE THEY DON'T CARE. THEY'RE NOT THE ONES LIVING HERE. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MONEY. THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT THE MONEY AND PROFIT. EDWARD L CASTOR REFERENCED THE REFERENCE, THE ABOVE CASE. THIS AREA HAS RETENTION PONDS. FURTHER UP THE TERRAIN FROM PROPOSED REZONING FROM CURRENT R SIX. THIS AREA ALWAYS HAS STANDING WATER AFTER A RAINSTORM. THE RECENTLY COMPLETED APARTMENT COMPLEX AND NOW THIS PROPOSED REZONING WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE STORM WATER RUNOFF FOR THIS LIMITED SPACE OF DEVELOPMENT. THE CURRENT ZONING FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PARCEL. WE NEED MORE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO. THIS ONE'S FROM BETTY. THESE DEVELOPERS CAN AFFORD TO BUILD THEIR PROJECT ELSE ELSEWHERE, AWAY FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AWAY FROM PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND AWAY FROM SOUTH HAUSMAN, WHICH CANNOT INJURE THE TRAFFIC. IT IS NOT SAFE TO ADD 234 UNITS IN 500 PLUS PARKING, NOR DOES IT BRING VALUE TO EXISTING COMMUNITIES. I MOVED HERE FROM HOUSTON WHERE I LIVED FOR FOUR YEARS, SO I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT OVERCROWDING AND RAISING OF TREES AND GRASS WILL ONLY LEAD TO CHAOS, FLOODING AND TRAFFIC NIGHTMARES. I URGE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO REJECT THESE DEVELOPERS' PLANS TO CONSIDER OTHER LOCATIONS THAT ARE MORE SUITABLE. THE MEN FAMILY AT 1 2, 5, 3, 4 PALOMA TRAIL. THERE IS, THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON IN OUR WORLD TODAY. IT PAINTS US TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN. ONE THING WE ARE CERTAIN OF, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR HEALTHY FAMILY. IN OUR MODEST HOME OF 23 YEARS, YOU'LL FIND A PETITION OF OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED REZONING. IT INCLUDES 865 SIGNATURES FROM DISTRICT EIGHT HOMEOWNERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS IN OUR AREA. WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED REZONING FOR THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF, OF ALL THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA, ATTEND SCHOOLS AND PARTICIPATE IN NEARBY ACTIVITIES. AND WHILE PROPERTY VALUE, PRIVACY, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND THE OF HAPPINESS ARE NOT CONCERNING FACTORS TO DECISION MAKERS, IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THOSE OF WHO PAINSTAKINGLY WORK TO BUILD QU QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR FAMILIES. AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, IT IS MY HOPE THAT INTEGRITY AND ETHICS WEIGH HEAVILY ON YOUR DECISIONS. YOU SEE, AS PARENTS, AN ESSENTIAL WORKER. WE SACRIFICE DAILY, WE STRIVE TO BE AN EXAMPLE TO OUR KIDS. ALWAYS DO WHAT IS RIGHT. SIMPLY SAID, YOUR DECISION IMPACTS YOUR LIFE, IMPACTS CHILDREN AND IMPACTS FUTURE GENERATIONS RESPECTFULLY, THE MEN FAMILY. AND THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE WRITTEN IN OPPOSITION FOR THIS CASE. WE DO HAVE VOICEMAILS TO PLAY AND COLLAR WE'LL. GO AHEAD. [01:00:04] HI, THIS IS JANELLE GUZMAN. MY HUSBAND IS JOHN GOMAN. WE BOTH LIVE AT 56 CROSS POND IN, UM, CASE NUMBER PA TWO ONE ONE SIX ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO. PHONE NUMBER ONE ZERO EIGHT SEVEN EIGHT FIVE ONE EIGHT EIGHT. I'M CALLING, UM, BECAUSE MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH, UM, THE REZONING OF UH, 1200, I'M SORRY, 12 4 0 0 SOUTH HOUSING ROAD. UM, WE LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO, TO THAT LAND AND WE DO NOT WANNA SEE IT, UM, BE DEVELOPED INTO APARTMENTS OR, UM, COMMERCIAL, UM, ZONING. THANK YOU. HI, THIS IS JANELLE GUZMAN. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE TWO LIVE CALLERS. THE FIRST ONE SHOULD BE KEVIN ESCOBAR. MS. ESCOBAR, ARE YOU ON THE CALL? HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD SIR. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KEVIN ESCOBAR AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE HUNTERS GLEN NEIGHBORHOOD. H O A. OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND HOMEOWNERS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH AND STAND BY OUR NEIGHBORS IN FIELDSTONE, THE COMMUNITY THAT NEIGHBORS HUNTERS GLEN, AND DIRECTLY BORDERS THE PROPOSED REZONING. AS A GENERAL TIMELINE, I REACHED OUT ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY TO OUR COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE IN EARLY MAY AND PROVIDED AN OFFICIAL LETTER OF OPPOSITION TO OUR ZONING COMMISSIONER, DR. ROMERO ON JUNE 12TH. I ASKED THE DEVELOPER'S ATTORNEY FOR PROJECT INFORMATION ON JUNE THE THIRD, AND DID NOT HEAR BACK UNTIL I FOLLOWED UP ON JULY THE SIXTH. JUST TWO DAYS AGO. MR. MCKNIGHT STATED THAT HE DID NOT RESPOND TO MY REQUEST BECAUSE I SUBMITTED A LETTER OF OPPOSITION AFTER REQUESTING INFORMATION, AND HE INTERPRETED THAT AS THE END OF OUR CONVERSATION, GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, I DO NOT FEEL IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR HIM TO DISREGARD OUR H O A CONCERNS AND IGNORE MY INITIAL REQUEST. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS IS THAT SOUTH HOUSMAN ROAD CANNOT HANDLE THE INCREASED TRAFFIC FLOW THAT WILL COME TO SOUTH HOUSMAN AND THE CHAMPIONS GATE INTERSECTION. BEXAR COUNTY IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A DRAINAGE PROJECT THAT IS THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND THERE ARE ALREADY INTERRUPTIONS TO NORMAL FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON SOUTH HALMAN. WE BELIEVE THE CURRENT PROPERTY IS BEST SUITED FOR LOW DENSITY HOUSING AS IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR NOT A HIGHER DENSITY APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL COMPLEX. THE CURRENT SUBURBAN TIER LAND USE ALLOWS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 50 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WHICH WE FEEL IS THE BEST USE OF LAND IN TERMS OF SAFETY, TRAFFIC, AND AESTHETICS OF OUR AREA AND TO OUR EXISTING COMMUNITIES ON SOUTH HOUSING. ANOTHER FOUR STORY APARTMENT BUILDING SIMPLY DOES NOT BELONG AT THIS INTERSECTION. AGAIN, THE HUNTERS GLEN, H O A IS OPPOSED TO THE REZONING OF THIS PARCEL LAND FROM SUBURBAN TO MIXED USE. WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT. WE ENCOURAGE THIS PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED, BUT AS IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR SUBURBAN TIER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SO THAT IT CAN TOO GROW INTO A STRONG COMMUNITY LIKE WE HAVE HERE IN HUNTERS GLEN AND OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE IN FIELDSTONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WE, WE TRULY HOPE YOU, UH, CONSIDER OUR POINTS. THAT'S TWO MINUTES. MR. ESCORE, STAY ON THE LINE IN CASE THE COMMISSION HAS QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD, CHAIR. YES. UH, WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER. UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CARILLO, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER, BUT THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN COMMISSIONER PROFIT. UH, GOOD. THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT. UH, NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ROHR, ANNA GREENY. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS FOR ALL THE CALLERS AND ALL THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? CAN YOU HEAR ME? MICHAEL? WAIT. MR. GARCIA, YOU HAVE AN ECHO? UM, LET, CAN YOU, I THINK YOU HAVE TWO SPEAKERS ON OR SOMETHING IF YOU NEED TO MUTE SOMETHING. NO, YOU STILL HAVE AN ECHO, SIR, YOU NEED TO MUTE, UH, THE [01:05:01] COMPUTER IF YOU'RE USING YOUR PHONE. I'M NOT USING THE PHONE. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? STILL AN ECHO. OKAY. TRY NOW, SIR. TRY TALKING NOW. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? NO, IT'S STILL AN ECHO. MY SCREEN HAS CHANGED TO, UH, D S D STAFF. UH, YEAH, IT'S TOO MUCH OF AN ECHO, UH, CHAIR. I, WE'RE TRYING TO FIX IT FROM OUR END, BUT THERE'S, I THINK HE IS TRYING TO TALK INTO TWO THINGS AND HE IS GOT BOTH THINGS ON. YEAH. COMMISSIONER GARCIA, HOW MANY DEVICES ARE YOU USING RIGHT NOW? UH, JUST THERE'S A SCREEN THAT SAYS PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT'S ALL. HOW, HOW MANY DEVICE ARE YOU USING THIS, LIKE, ARE YOU USING YOUR, YOUR COMPUTER AND YOUR PHONE OR A TABLET? , JUST MY COMPUTER, THAT'S ALL. OKAY. UH, MAYBE TURN LOGGING OUT AND LOGGING BACK IN. YEAH, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MR. GARCIA DISCONNECT FROM THE MEETING AND CONNECT BACK IN. OKAY. WELL, COMMISSIONER GARCIA'S, UM, DOING THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER MCGEE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER PECK, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER, OR THE CALLER ACTUALLY ANSWERED THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO HAVE, UH, STATING THAT THEY PREFER THAT, UM, THE ZONING AND LAND USAGE REMAIN THE SAME. UM, DID WE GET COMMISSIONER GARCIA BACK? I'M TRYING TO GET BACK. PERFECT. YOU'RE WORKING NOW. OH, GO AHEAD. OKAY. NO, MY, MY QUESTIONS WERE REALLY CONCERNS WERE THE INTERSECTIONS, UH, IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING. 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY CARS OUT THERE IN THAT AREA THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE ROAD RAGE, BUT THAT'S NOT FOR US TO DECIDE TODAY. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THE CITY HAS TO WORK ON. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. UH, SO THERE, THERE WE HAVE, UH, THE COMMISSIONER'S QUESTIONS FOR THAT SPECIFIC CALLER. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE HAD, WE DO HAVE A SECOND CALLER. THANK YOU MR. ESCOBAR. WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT CALLER. UH, MR. ROBLES. JOSE ROBLES, ARE YOU THERE? YES. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? YES, GO AHEAD, SIR. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. HONORABLE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS AND STAFF. I HOPE THESE CURRENT TOUGH TIMES FIND EVERYONE AND THEIR FAMILIES WELL. UH, MY NAME IS JOSE ROBLES. I'M FROM 1 2 5 2 7 RED ROCKO, PROPERTY OWNER AND H O A BOARD MEMBER WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. AS YOU'RE AWARE, THERE'S A GREAT NUMBER OF OPPOSITION REGARDING THIS CASE. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM, DISCUSS THEM OF THE KEY POINTS OF OPPOSITION. PROPERTY WAS ALREADY DETERMINED AND CLASSIFIED WITH ITS APPROPRIATE LAND USE AS SUBURBAN TIER AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE ZONING FOR 2010 NORTH SECTOR PLAN. THE CURRENT LAND USE IS SUBURBAN TIER. THE PLAN DETERMINED THAT OUR AREA IS AND SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AS SUBURBAN TIER AND IS APPROPRIATE FOR US SINCE WE ARE SUBURB SAN ANTONIO. UH, CHANGING THE LAND USE WILL ALLOW UNNECESSARY DENSITY IN THE AREA. THE ADVERSE IMPACTS ARE INCREASED TRAFFIC AND SAFETY CONCERNS FOR PEDESTRIANS. CURRENTLY DURING THE A M PEAK HOURS, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 1500 LINEAR FEET OF VEHICLES QUEUING, WHICH IS BACKING UP AS THEY APPROACH CHAMPIONS GET FROM SOUTH HOUSEMAN. THIS IS ALSO AN AREA IN WHICH FAMILIES WALK TO AND FROM SOOTHING ELEMENTARY, STINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BRANDEIS HIGH SCHOOL. LET NOT FORGET THE DUB FERRIES ATHLETIC COMPLEX AND N I S D AUDITORIUM IN SWIM CENTER, WHICH WELCOMES A GREAT NUMBER OF FAMILY AND STUDENTS WITHIN THE AREA TO WALK TO AND FROM AND ATTEND EVENT. SO THERE'S GONNA BE AN EXHIBIT, UH, THAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT, UH, REGARDING THIS TRAFFIC. A CURRENT TEXTILE PROJECT ON LOOP SIX FOUR RAMPER, UH, REVERSAL WILL ALSO PLAY A FACTOR AS CHAMPIONS GATE WILL NOW HAVE ADDED CAPACITY IN FUNCTIONS IN ARTERIAL TO THE NEW EXIST. EXITING TRAFFIC FROM LOOP 1604 RAMP. THE DEVELOPER'S ALSO PROPOSING FOUR STORY APARTMENTS UNCHARACTERISTIC TO THE AREA. THEY'RE GONNA BE TOWERING APARTMENTS. WE ALREADY GOT AFFECTED BY THE ONES RIGHT ACROSS, YOU KNOW, MF 25. IT'S, UH, UH, THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING ADDITIONAL SEVEN UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH BRINGS ADDITIONAL 70 UNITS. WHEREAS THE CURRENT ZONING ONLY ALLOWS 2.5 STORIES OR 35 FEET HIGH. THE COMMUNITY WILL BE MORE OF ACCEPTANCE OF HAVING A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE HOME BEHIND THEIR BACKYARD VERSUS AS A FOUR STORE UNIT. WE BELIEVE THERE ARE OTHER LOCATIONS SUITABLE FOR FOR THEM. THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION TIME THAT THEY MENTIONED IS TWO YEARS. ACCORDING TO THE DEVELOPER, [01:10:01] THE INGRESS AND EGRESS IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM AN EXISTING APARTMENT COMPLEX. THEIR MAIN ENTRANCE IS RIGHT ACROSS AN EXISTING COMPLEX. THE PROPOSED ZONING IS MIXED USED, BUT THE PROJECT'S MAINLY APARTMENTS TO ONE ONE COMMERCIAL BUILDING. THE CURB, SUBURBAN TIER R SIX ZONING ALLOWS FOR CONSTRUCTION APPROXIMATELY 50 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BY RIGHT AND APPROPRIATE RATHER THAN 234 UNITS. FOUR STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX. WE REALIZE THIS PROPERTY WILL BE DEVELOPED, BUT IT'S PERMANENTLY SERVES AS ONLY BUFFER BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMPLEX. UH, ADDITIONAL MULTIFAMILY NOT NECESSARY. HERE ARE THREE LARGE, AS THERE IS THREE LARGE MULTIFAMILY COMPANIES. IT'S WITHIN LESS THAN A MILE IN ALL DIRECTIONS. WE HAVE CHAMPION SKATE, HIDDEN LAKE AND RIDGE AT BANDERA. MM-HMM. , THERE'S ALSO MULTIFAMILY PROJECT BEING DONE AT THE APPROPRIATE DENSITY AT M F 18. AND JUST IN CLOSING REMARKS, UH, WE ARE IN COMPLETE OPPOSITION. THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FIT FOR THIS AREA AND WOULD BE NEGATIVELY LEFT MIXED OF THE COMMUNITY. AS JAMES MENTIONED, NOT ONLY WILL IT IMPACT FOLKS WITHIN 200 FEET, BUT THE COMMUNITY IS SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES. THANK YOU. WITHIN THE PETITION INTRODUCED, OPPOSING THE DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. STAY ON THE LINE FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION. GO AHEAD, CHAIR. OKAY. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON? NO. THANK YOU CALLER FOR SHARING YOUR VIEWS WITH US. UH, COMMISSIONER CARDILLO, UH, NO QUESTIONS. SAME COMMENT AS COMMISSIONER JACKSON. THANK YOU. CALLER COMMISSIONER, PROFIT. UH, THANKS AGAIN. CALLER, I, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER ROAR EGRIN, NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA, NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. BACK. YEAH. ECHOS BACK, SIR. WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. YOU'RE LOGGED IN TWICE. YOU NEED TO DISCONNECT ONE OF THEM. UH, COMMISSIONER PECK. ACTUALLY, MR. GARCIA, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT FROM OUR END. DON'T, DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING. WE'LL DO IT. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER MCGEE, NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CALLING IN. I CAN. I ALSO HAVE, UH, NO QUESTIONS FOR THIS CALLER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CALLING IN AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS, STAFF. THAT'S ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, SIR. OKAY. NEXT. UH, THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, REBUTTAL. WAS THE APPLICANT AVAILABLE AND DID THEY, DID THEY WISH TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS BROUGHT UP? YES. OKAY, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME NOW. YES. OKAY. UM, AGAIN, THIS IS JAMES MCKNIGHT. UH, JUST A FEW THINGS. UH, ONE IS THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE AS IS. I WANNA POINT OUT AGAIN, THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN DESIGNATION WAS COMPLETED 10 YEARS AGO, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO THE CITY. THERE'S, THERE'S POPULATION GROWTH THAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT PLANNING IS ABOUT, IS ADDRESSING CHANGES AS THEY HAPPEN AND, AND ADAPT TO THOSE CHANGES. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE AN UPDATED PLAN. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ESSAY TOMORROW. WE ARE ADAPTING TO WHAT IS TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY AT THIS MOMENT AND INCREASING THE DENSITY TO DO THAT. UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF MENTIONS OF THE PETITION. THE PETITION, UH, SAID IN ITS GOAL WAS THAT THEY WANTED TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY AS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, MEANING NOTHING ON THE PROPERTY. SO I, I DON'T BELIEVE THE PETITION REALLY HOLDS MUCH WATER HERE, CONSIDERING THEY JUST WANT NOTHING. I I DON'T THINK THAT'S, I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WANTS, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND THE MOST ACCEPTABLE USE. AND ACCORDING TO THE PLAN GOALS, THIS IS THAT ACCEPTABLE USE TRAFFIC, UH, ISN'T IMPORTANT THING TO LOOK AT. UM, I KNOW THAT'S NOT ALWAYS CONSIDERED AT, AT PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT UM, I KNOW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT. THEY, THEY, THEY LOOK AT THESE THINGS. WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT EXITS, AS RAJI POINTED OUT, INCLUDING ONE OFF THE, THE NORTHEAST CORNER THAT COULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO TURN LEFT ONTO CHAMPIONS GATE, THEREFORE NOT NEEDING TO EVEN COME ONTO SOUTH HOUSEMAN. SO, UM, EVEN WITH OUR LIMITED AM AND PM PEAK HOUR TRIPS, WE CAN STILL SPREAD THOSE OUT OVER THREE ENTRANCES AND EXITS. UM, ALSO, AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS JUST THERE'S MENTIONS OF THE, THE BUFFER THAT THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS, THAT THEY, THEY LIKE TO HAVE THIS BUFFER, THIS NATURAL BUFFER BETWEEN THE NATATORIUM AND THEMSELVES OR EVEN A, A SINGLE FAMILY BUFFER. AND, AND THEY SAY THAT'S THE BUFFER THAT WE NEED BETWEEN, UM, THAT INTENSIVE USE AND OURSELVES. BUT IT SEEMS THAT THEY'RE FORGETTING THE PART ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE [01:15:01] THEN WOULD LIVE THERE IF IT GOT DEVELOPED AS SINGLE FAMILY. WHAT'S THEIR BUFFER NOW? THEY ARE, ARE RIGHT THERE ON, UM, CHAMPION'S GATE WITH AN AUDITORIUM ACROSS THE STREET. I THINK THE APPROPRIATE BUFFER AS ALL PLANNING TOOLS WOULD DICTATE AND AS OUR POLICY DICTATES, IS THIS TRANSITION. AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR REBUTTAL. CHRIS, YOU'RE ON MUTE. OH, CHAIR, YOU'RE ON MUTE. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. UH, STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER JACKSON. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. SECOND, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CARILLO. UM, NO QUESTIONS. I JUST, I GUESS I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. UM, THIS IS KIND OF DIFFICULT FOR ME JUST BECAUSE WE OFTEN HEAR SO MANY RESIDENTS CAME OUT. UM, ONCE IT'S TOO LATE, ONCE IT'S ALL BE CLOUDED AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN CAN DO ABOUT THAT. UM, THAT BEING SAID, I DO APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPERS, UM, APPROACH AND EFFORTS TO MEET SO MANY OF THE, THE CONCERNS. UM, I REALLY DO THINK THAT THEY HAVE TRIED TO REACH COMPROMISE IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, I, I DO APPRECIATE THE ADDITION OF THE, UH, DETENTION PONDS. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT STORM WATER AND THE DRAINAGE AND, AND THOSE DETENTION PONDS, UM, WILL GO A LONG WAY AND, AND HELPING THAT ISSUE. SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. BUT, UH, AGAIN, I DO APPRECIATE THE, THE DEVELOPERS', UM, EFFORTS ON, ON THIS PROJECT. AND I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT IS A GOOD PROJECT FOR THE AREA. I THINK IT FITS THE AREA. I THINK THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO DEFINITELY BE A, AN ISSUE AND SOME, SOMETHING HOPEFULLY THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED. I DO REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE THREE, UH, AREAS OF, UM, INGRESS AND EGRESS AND NOT ALL ONTO SOUTH HOUSEMAN, BUT NONETHELESS, CHAMPIONS GATE SEEMS LIKE IT'S AN ONLY WITH THE ONE WAY IN FOR 1604 AND SUCH A LARGE, UH, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD AREA. SO HOPE THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL THE, THE CALLERS AND, AND THE APPLICANTS ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER PROFIT. THANK YOU ALL. UH, AND I, UH, AGAIN APPRECIATE THE PARTICIPATION OF, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THE PRESENTATION BY THE DEVELOPER AND JAMES. A LOT OF THOUGHT WAS PUT INTO THIS PROJECT, AND I, AND I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER CARILLO. I THINK A LOT OF IMPORTANT CONCESSIONS WERE MADE, UH, TO I IMPROVE THIS PROJECT IN TERMS OF, UH, ITS DISTANCE FROM THE EXISTING STRUCTURES, UM, DECREASING IMPERVIOUS COVER. UM, IT APPEARS THAT, UH, MR. PURRY HAS BEEN KINDA A CHAMPION OF, OF DOING RESPONSIBLE GROWTH, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I'M IN FAVOR OF. UM, TRAFFIC OF COURSE IS A CONCERN. UM, A LOT OF THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED AS THE PLATTING GOES FORWARD AND THE, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES ARE DONE. UH, BUT I THINK IT, IT, IT'S A, A GOOD PROJECT FOR THIS AREA. THERE'S LOTS OF EMPLOYMENT, UH, CLOSE TO THIS AREA AND, AND A NEED FOR, FOR HOUSING IS, IS DEFINITELY THERE. SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING OTHER COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS AND, UH, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER AURORA EGRIN. UH, THANKS. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. UH, MY MAIN CONCERN REALLY WAS ABOUT TRAFFIC. UM, OFTEN THESE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, DON'T, THE STREETS ARE CITY STREETS, SO THE STREETS DON'T GET WIDENED OR, OR ADAPTED. AND I UNDERSTAND TRAFFIC IS, IS HUGELY PROBLEMATIC. SO, UM, RATHER THAN A QUESTION, JUST A, A COMMENT TO ANY ENGINEER THAT'S INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT IS TO REALLY ACCOUNT FOR THAT TRAFFIC FLOW, UM, INTO THAT COMMUNITY TO LESSEN THE BURDEN ON THE SURROUNDING AREA. UM, I'M ALSO VERY, VERY SYMPATHETIC TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT LOVED HAVING THIS GREEN SPACE BEHIND THEM. UM, I'M A NATURE LOVER AND, AND I LOVE THAT, UM, MYSELF. BUT, UM, ALSO WE KNOW IT'S A, IT'S MEANT TO BE DEVELOPED. UM, AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE SO WE DON'T GET TO, UNLESS WE BUY THE PROPERTY OURSELVES, WE LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY THERE. SO, UM, I AM, I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THE CONCERNS AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATED. UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT, UM, APARTMENTS [01:20:01] IN, IN THIS LOCATION ARE, UM, IN THE, THE, THE WAY THAT THEY ARE BEING PROPOSED, VERY SENSITIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE, UM, IS PROBABLY A, A GOOD USE OF THIS LAND. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. UH, COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. NO QUESTIONS. UH, COMMISSIONER MCKEE. THANK YOU. UM, SO MY COMMENTS WILL JUST BE THE SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE. I GOT A GOOD CONSENSUS HERE. I, UM, DEFINITELY AM, UM, APPRECIATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ON THIS PROJECT. UM, AND EVERYBODY WHO'S TAKING THEIR TIME AND PARTICIPATED, I, UM, APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS MADE, YOU KNOW, WORKING, UM, WITH THE COMMUNITY. UM, EVEN THOUGH THERE WASN'T A COMPLETE CONSENSUS THAT WAS ARRIVED, THERE WAS QUITE A FEW CONCESSIONS MADE. I APPRECIATE, UM, THE EFFORT TO PRESERVE THE TREES AND, UM, THE REDUCTION OF THE IMPERVIOUS COVER. UM, THE REDUCTION FROM THE ORIGINALLY, UH, DESIGNATED, UM, DENSITY AND THE EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS GOOD TRANSITIONS BUILT IN. AND, UM, WE DEFINITELY NEED HOUSING HERE IN, UH, SAN ANTONIO, UM, LIKE NOW AND CERTAINLY IN, IN THE UPCOMING FUTURE. SO, UM, I WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UM, THIS PARTICULAR CASE. THANK YOU, SHERRY. I THINK WE FIXED MR. GARCIA, SO IF HE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, HE CAN PROBABLY TRY AGAIN. UH, MICHAEL GARCIA, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. WHAT'S FIXED? THANK YOU, SIR. UH, COMMISSIONER PECK. UH, THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, THANKS TO EVERYBODY CALLING IN AND SENDING IN EMAILS. AND ALSO, UH, THANK YOU, UH, JAMES AND RAJIV FOR, UH, YOUR APPLICATION AND, UH, VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION ON, UH, WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ALL ABOUT. UM, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THIS AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GONNA BE OPPOSITION, UM, WHEN YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING FROM A UNDEVELOPED PIECE OF LAND TO, TO A, TO A MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THE, THE, UH, SUBURBAN TIER THAT'S THERE NOW ALLOWS FOR M F 18, UM, OR SINGLE FAMILY, UH, THE SINGLE FAMILY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ANY SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON THAT TRACT OF LAND WOULD BE REALLY SMALL LOTS, PROBABLY 30 OR 40 FOOT LOTS, AND THEY'D BE SHOEHORNED IN THERE. UM, AND THE BUFFER THAT, UH, RAJIV IS PROPOSING, THE A HUNDRED TO 176 FOOT BUFFER, I BELIEVE HE SAID, WOULD DISAPPEAR. UM, THE SAME WITH THE MF 18. IN ORDER TO MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK, UH, YOU SAW THE PLAN FOR THE MF 18, THE BUILDINGS WOULD BE SPREAD OUT, PARKING WOULD BE SPREAD OUT, AND, UH, THEY'D BE RIGHT UP AGAINST A PROPERTY LINE. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ELIMINATING THAT BUFFER. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT OUR PURVIEW AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS, AND OUR PURVIEW IS THE LAND USE. UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING HERE TODAY. SO THE QUESTION YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF IS, DOES GENERAL URBAN TIER MAKE SENSE? AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT PROPER PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND GOING FROM A HIGH INTENSITY USE, SUCH AS THE NATATORIUM, AND HOW YOU, UH, TRANSITION THAT FROM SI FROM THAT TO A SINGLE FAMILY AREA, THE, THE ANSWER IN BETWEEN IS SOME TYPE OF, UH, MIDDEN USED LIKE APARTMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, SOME, UH, LOW INTENSITY COMMERCIAL. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT RAJIV IS PROPOSING. SO WHEN YOU ASK THE QUESTION, DOES GENERAL URBAN TIER MAKE SENSE? THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS ANSWER YES. WHEN YOU CONSIDER PROPER PLANNING PRINCIPLES. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE DENSITY ISSUE IS MORE OF A ZONING COMMISSION PURVIEW. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE M X D APPLICATION, THEY CAN, UM, LIMIT A DENSITY OR WHATEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, UP TO THE 25 IF THEY'RE GOING FOR THE MF 25. SO THAT'S MORE OF THEIR PURVIEW AND NOT OURS. SO, UM, I THINK WE LET THAT BATTLE BE FOUGHT AT THAT AT THAT POINT, WHEN THEY GO TO ZONING COMMISSION, I THINK IT'S NEXT WEEK OR WEEK AFTER NEXT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND, THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS ISSUE BEFORE US MAKES SENSE TO, UH, SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL AND SUPPORT THE APPLICANT'S PROJECT. SO THAT'S HOW I'LL BE VOTING. THANK YOU. [01:25:01] THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. SURE. UM, SO I ECHO THAT OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. UM, I AM ALSO IN FAVOR OF THIS. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD, I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRE AREA, SO AS A CITY, UM, AS SEVERAL OTHER COMMISSIONERS MENTIONED, YES, WE DO, UM, NEED MORE HOUSING, WE'RE IN DIRE NEED OF HOUSING. UM, BUT THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC AREA, U T S A IS, UM, TAKING ON THEIR MASTER PLAN. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH GOING ON IN THAT AREA, RIGHTFULLY SO. AND SO I DO ALSO WANT TO APPLAUD, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM THAT'S WORKING ON THIS. THEY, UM, THEY WERE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE, OF THE PROCESS AND, UM, AN OPEN PROCESS AND ALLOWING FOR THIS INPUT. UM, AND SO, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY WE HAD. IT'S, IT'S ALSO TO HEAR SO MANY DIFFERENT VOICES AND OPINIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMETHING IS OBVIOUSLY GONNA AFFECT YOU AND YOUR, UM, YOUR HOME. UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, I AM, I'M NOT IN AGREEMENT NECESSARILY, UM, WITH SOME OF THOSE OPPOSITIONS, BUT, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. THANK YOU FOR THE DEVELOPER FOR, FOR DOING IT OR BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE OF DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY. UM, AND THE ONLY INTERESTING COMMENT THAT I WOULD ADD IS, UM, FOR THIS, THIS TYPE OF ITEM TO BE A PART OF A HOMEOWNER'S COURSE, IF YOU WILL, I JUST TOOK A HOMEOWNERS COURSE AND, AND THEY DON'T TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU PURCHASE A HOME OFF OF GREEN SPACE AND, AND WHATNOT, THAT IT, IT'LL LIKELY GET TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU IF IT'S, UM, PURCHASED BY A PRIVATE DEVELOPER AND WHATNOT. UM, AND SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT I I WISH THAT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE MORE OF US WERE AWARE OF, OF HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS GOES. THAT'S ALL. MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, AND I DO WANNA SAY I AGREE WITH, UH, MY CAPELLA COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS REGARDING THE LAND USAGE CATEGORY. UM, I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY DID MAKE CONCESSIONS REGARDING THE BUFFERING AND RE REARRANGE THEIR SITE TO PROVIDE THAT EXTRA BUFFERING. UM, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. GENERALLY, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR GENERAL URBAN TIER? WHAT, WHAT DO YOU GUYS LOOK AT FOR THAT? UM, SO IN THIS CASE, WE'LL LOOK AT, UH, TYPICAL INTERSECTIONS OF, UH, THOROUGHFARES FREEWAYS. UH, THAT'S TYPICALLY FOR YOUR MORE REGIONAL TYPE, UH, CENTER USES. AND SO THEN WHAT WE DO IS THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL LOOK FOR A TRANSITION FROM THAT AREA. JUST SOUTH OF THIS IS, UH, BANDERA 1604, WHICH HAS, UH, A LOT OF THE REGIONAL CENTER, UH, TYPE USES AND LINE USE CATEGORIES. AND THEN IT JUST IMMEDIATELY JUMPS TO SUBURBAN TIER. UH, THE, THE NEXT CATEGORY OF GENERAL URBAN TIER, WHICH WOULD ALLOW A TRANSITION BETWEEN REGIONAL CENTER AND SUBURBAN TIER IS NOT UNTIL FURTHER NORTH AND THERE'S ONLY SMALL PIECES. UH, SO YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD TYPICALLY LOOK FOR A TRANSITION FROM REGIONAL CENTER TO GENERAL OVER HERE TO SUBURBAN HERE. BUT IF YOU RECALL, THIS NORTH SECTOR PLAN WAS, UH, DEVELOPED AND A LOT OF THIS AREA WAS, UH, VACANT OR JUST STARTING TO, UH, DEVELOP. AND SO THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED WITH BROAD BRUSH STROKES, UH, FOR VACANT LAND. AND SO SUBURBANS HERE WAS APPLIED ON A LOT OF THE AREA WITHIN THIS PLAN, UH, WHICH THEN TRIGGERS, UH, REZONING FOR, UH, PROPERTIES AND A PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, WHEN THEY WANNA GO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DENSE. UH, SO GENERAL FRONTIER IS A, IS THE ONLY NEXT LEVEL CATEGORY THAT ALLOWS MF 25, WHICH IS STILL A LOW DENSITY, UH, MULTI-FAMILY CATEGORY. UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE LOOK AT. SO AGAIN, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS AREA SHOULD BE MORE GENERAL URBAN TIER, INCLUDING THE PROPERTIES THAT, UH, FRONT LOOP 1604, JUST TO THE WEST OF THAT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE, PROVIDE THAT TRANSITION FROM REGIONAL CENTER TO THIS AREA TO THE SUBURBAN HERE THAT'S ADJACENT TO IT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ACTUALLY LEADING TO MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS WITH THE, THE CIVIC CENTER ACROSS THE STREET, UH, YOU HAVE ALL THAT, THAT, UH, ATHLETIC FACILITIES FROM NORTH SIDE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PROXIMITY TO 1604. DOES SUBURBAN TIER OR EVEN THE MEDIUM TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USAGE CATEGORIES, DO THOSE MATCH THAT PROPERTY WITH THE WAY THINGS HAVE DEVELOPED? ARE, ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY SOUTH OF THAT, THE SUBURBAN TIER? YES. YES. YES. THE, THE, THE, THE PROPERTY THAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING IS APPLYING FOR, I'M ASKING IF THE CURRENT LAND USAGE CATEGORY OR, UH, SOME OF THE LESS DENSE. UH, SO THERE IS, UM, I BELIEVE APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT, UM, IS IN A SUBURBAN TIER CATEGORY, BUT ACTUALLY THE ZONING ALLOWED FOR MORE DENSITY, UH, BECAUSE IT ALLOWED FOR MS 33 BY RICE [01:30:01] BECAUSE IT WAS A CODE CONVERSION FROM THE OLD V TWO, UH, AND B ONE CATEGORY. UH, SO ALIGNMENT. OKAY. OKAY. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY FINAL THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FOR CALLING IN, WRITING IN, UH, EMAILING IN VOICEMAILS. APPRECIATE COMMENTS FROM MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE READY FOR A MOTION. AND A SECOND. IT IS COMMISSIONER PECK, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEM. UH, THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER ROYAL LAG GREENY. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PECK AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER RO ALLEG GREENY STAFF. CAN YOU DO THE ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YES. COMMISSIONER CARILLO? YES. COMMISSIONER PROFIT? YES. COMMISSIONER ROYAL EGRIN? YES. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. MAKE SURE TO HIT UNMUTE, SIR. OKAY. GO AHEAD. YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MCGEE? YES. COMMISSIONER PET? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. CHAIR GARCIA? YES. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. NINE TO ZERO. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16. ALRIGHT. JUST BEFORE WE START, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT FOR THE NEXT TWO CASES, THEY EACH HAVE OUR NEXT, THE NEXT THREE CASES, WE HAVE A TOTAL ABOUT 27 LIVE CALLS TO MAKE, TO MAKE. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT. THAT'S A 27 LIVE CALLS. ALRIGHT. IS THAT TOTAL OR IS THAT EACH? THAT'S LIVE CALLS AND VOICEMAILS TOTAL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, GO AHEAD. ITEM ITEM NUMBER. COMMISSIONER, DO WE NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK BEFORE WE GET STARTED? YES. OKAY. UM, LET'S TAKE, UH, WHAT WE NEED. FIVE, FIVE MINUTES, MAYBE 10, 10 MINUTES. I THINK EVERYONE'S SAYING FIVE FIVE . OH, OKAY. SO I'M LOOKING AT MY CLOCK THAT SAYS 3 38. SHOULD WE COME BACK AT THE 45? MARK CAN CALL IT. GOOD. OKAY. THREE FORTY FIVE. EVERYBODY ON BREAK. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOOD TO GO. GO AHEAD, [16. 20-3880 PLAN AMENDMENT CASE PA-2020-1160027 (All Council Districts): A request by Killen, Griffin & Farrimond, PLLC, representative, for approval of a Resolution to amend the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Military Protection Area Land Use Plan, a component of the Comprehensive Master Plan of the City, by changing the future land from “Agricultural” to “Urban Low Density Residential” on 21.918 acres out of CB 4708, located at 9135 Dietz Elkhorn Road. Staff recommends Approval. (Daniel Hazlett, Planning Coordinator, (210) 207-8270, Daniel.Hazlett@sanantonio.gov, Development Services)] MR. ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION MILITARY PROTECTION AREA LAND USE PLAN FROM AGRICULTURAL TO URBAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, LOCATED AT 9 1 3 5 DSS ELKHORN ROAD. THERE WERE FOUR NOTICES, MAIL DOUBT. THREE RECEIVED IN FAVOR AND ZERO IN OPPOSITION. AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. PROPERTY. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A PLAN AMENDMENT FROM AGRICULTURAL TO URBAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO PERMIT A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT NOT TO EXCEED 18 UNITS PER ACRE. THE PROPOSED URBAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. MR. CHAIR GARCIA, ARE YOU THERE? OH, I SEE. YEAH, THERE'S A LOW BANDWIDTH, BUT IF, OH, IF YOU'LL LIKE, THEN WHAT WE CAN DO IS JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THE APPLICANT FOR THEIR PRESENTATION. ASHLEY, YOU THERE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. I'M HERE. OKAY, GREAT. UM, HI. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IT'S ASHLEY FAIRMONT WITH KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMONT. UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CONSIDER THIS REQUEST. UM, THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE, SO JUST AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ADOPTED LAND USE CONTROLS AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR AREAS WITHIN THE CITY'S E T J, UM, THAT WERE NEAR MILITARY BASES. SO THE CAMP BULL AREA AND THE LACKLAND AREA. UM, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019, THE LAND USE PLAN FOR CAMP BULLIS [01:35:01] WAS ADOPTED. UM, AND THE, THE PURPOSE OF THAT WAS TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR OUR MILITARY BASES IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BEING BUILT AROUND THEM. UM, AND SO SINCE THIS IS IN THE E T J, JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE'S NO ZONING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE. SO WE DON'T HAVE A REZONING APPLICATION, IT'S JUST A PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION SO THAT ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT CAN RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF COMPATIBILITY, UH, TO BE CONSTRUCTED. SO TODAY, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE APPLICANT, WE'RE REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE LAND USE, UH, TO THE URBAN DENSITY LO, EXCUSE ME, URBAN DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL USES OF THE SITE. UM, MULTIFAMILY WAS MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME DENSER SINGLE FAMILY OPTIONS AS WELL AS TOWN HOMES, UM, FOR LEASE POTENTIALLY FOR THE PROPERTY. UM, SO LOOKING TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE ALTERNATE HOUSING TYPE FOR THIS AREA THAT'S STILL LOW DENSITY, BUT DOES PROVIDE, UH, SOME HOUSING FOR, FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING IN THE AREA. UM, IF THE, WE DO HAVE AN EXHIBIT, I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF, OF WHERE YOU ALL TYPICALLY CONSIDER LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT, SO I DO WANT TO KIND OF UPDATE YOU ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THIS PROPERTY. UH, SO TO THE EAST OF THE SITE AND TO THE SOUTH, UM, IMMEDIATE SOUTH IS THE CITY OF FAIR OAKS RANCH. THERE ARE SINGLE FAMILY, NEW SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS COMING AS WELL AS THERE'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALL TO THE EAST. SO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE IS A CHURCH. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER CHURCH TO THE EAST, EXCUSE ME, FAR OAKS IS TO THE WEST. I APOLOGIZE. UM, FAR OAKS AND A SINGLE FAMILY TO THE WEST NOW MOVING EAST DOWN DEEP ELKHORN. UM, WE HAVE THE CHURCH ON THE SOUTH. THERE ARE SOME NEWER, UM, OFFICE RETAIL TYPE BUILDINGS AT THE CORNER OF DEEP ELKHORN AND OLD FRED ONE'S EXISTING. ONE IS PROPOSED. UM, AND THEN THAT CHURCH I MENTIONED, AND THEN TO THE SOUTH ON DETAIL CORN, THERE ARE AUTOMOTIVE USES. AND THEN ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF DEEP ELCO, THERE IS A LARGE RETAIL COMMERCIAL MIXED USE PROJECT THAT IS IN DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMING, UM, ACROSS FROM THAT PROJECT, THERE IS A NEW OVERPASS BEING CONSTRUCTED ON I 10 THAT WILL BE SIGNALED, UM, UNDER I 10 ON THE ACCESS ROAD. AND THEN ACROSS THE HIGHWAY IS, UM, FUTURE ALAMO COLLEGE'S CAMPUS. SO THERE'S A LOT GOING AROUND ON IN THIS AREA. SO WE THINK IT'S A GOOD LOCATION TO HAVE SOME, A DIFFERENT HOUSING OPTIONS CLOSE TO THESE USES, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE A BUFFER FOR THE MORE SINGLE FAMILY USES TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST. UM, ALSO AS PART OF THE E T J M P A ORDINANCE, THE CITY ALSO ADOPTED SOME DEVELOPMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR THE AREA. UH, THOSE INCLUDED LIGHTING OVERLAYS, SOUND OVERLAYS, AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY, DISTRICT TREE PRESERVATION, RECHARGE ZONE. THIS PROPERTY, UM, IS A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR AWAY FROM CAMP BULLIS TO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE AIRPORT HAZARD OR THE SOUND ATTENUATION, BUT IT DOES HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE OTHER STANDARDS, UM, APPLICABLE TO THIS AREA, PARTICULARLY THE DOWN LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS. WE DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH J B S A ON THE, ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. UH, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, THEIR PRIORITIES FOR THIS SITE WERE, UH, THE DOWN LIGHTING, LIKE I MENTIONED, AND THEN ALSO THEY ASKED ABOUT ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITAT. UH, SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE, SINCE WE'VE TALKED TO, TO THEM TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A HABITAT STUDY THAT SHOWS THAT THE SITE DOES NOT HAVE ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITAT ON IT. UM, I DO ALSO WANNA MENTION, JUST LEARNED BEFORE THE HEARING THAT THE CITY OF FARROW'S RANCH MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING, UM, DEEP ELKHORN, THE ROAD AND TRAFFIC ON THAT ROAD. UH, WE ARE PRETTY EARLY ON IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, BUT ARE COMMITTED TO COORDINATING WITH THEM ON FUTURE TRAFFIC STUDIES AND ANY NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, ON THAT ROAD. AND I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ADDRESS IT WITH THEM, BUT IT'LL ALSO BE FURTHER ADDRESSED IN THE PLATTING PROCESS AND, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO MEET WITH THEM TO DISCUSS FURTHER. UH, SO JUST IN SUM, THE REQUEST TODAY IS FOR THE URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE MILITARY PROTECTION OVERLAY AND ALSO COMPATIBLE WITH THIS LOCATION. SO WITH THAT, I WILL WRAP UP AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. CHAIR GARCIA, ARE YOU THERE? THERE YOU ARE. WE SEE YOU NOW. GO AHEAD. YOU'RE MUTED, SIR. YES, I AM HERE. OKAY, THERE YOU GO. SORRY, THERE WAS SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES I HAVE RETURNED. THERE WAS SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES. UM, THAT'S THE NATURE OF THESE MEETINGS, UNFORTUNATELY. UH, THANK YOU APPLICANT. UH, I BELIEVE, UM, NEXT WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN AFTERWARDS THE APPLICANT WILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER'S QUESTIONS, STAFF. OKAY. SO WE HAVE TWO CALLERS FOR, UH, THIS ITEM. OH, MR. ELIZONDO, ARE YOU ON THE PHONE? GO AHEAD, PLEASE. YES, I AM. UH, [01:40:01] MY NAME IS ROYAL ELIZONDO. I'M THE MAYOR PRO TAM OF FAIR OAKS RANCH, TEXAS. UH, AND AND YOUR STAFF KIND OF ALREADY ADDRESSED, YOU KNOW, PART OF MY QUESTION, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I WAS DRAWN TO THIS MEETING BECAUSE OF THE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE INGRESS AND EGRESS ON DETAILED CORN, WHICH IS CLOSE TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO, UH, NEXT TO AN EXISTING, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I NOTICED FROM YOUR DIAGRAM THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE WAS OUTREACH TO THEM. I KIND OF WISH THERE HAD BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF MY QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT THE PROPOSED DENSITY AS I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS THAT AS MANY AS 400 UNITS COULD BE PUT ON THIS LAND, AND THAT COULD BE UP TO 800 VEHICLES POTENTIALLY. AND YOU KNOW, REALLY WE, WE GET IT, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH OUT HERE. YOU KNOW, THE, THE AREA IS ADDING OVER A MILLION PEOPLE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT NEITHER ONE OF US CAN SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS INSIDE OUR OWN BORDERS. WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT PROVIDE A POSITIVE CITIZEN EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE THEY, THEY REALLY DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE THE, THE CITY LIMITS ARE. TRUST ME. AND SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I'M PASSING THIS THROUGH THE COMMISSION I KNOW, IS IF THIS THING MOVES FORWARD BECAUSE THE LAND WILL BE DEVELOPED SOMEHOW, BUT ENCOURAGE, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO WORK WITH US AND, AND OTHER PARTNERS IN THE AREA, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COME UP WITH A GOOD SOLUTION FOR THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER. COMMISSIONER JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU. NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CARILLO. UM, QUESTION BASED ON THE CALLER'S STATEMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF I ASK IT NOW OF STAFF OR LATER. UM, IT'S RIGHT NOW WE'RE HANDING QUESTIONS FOR THIS SPECIFIC CALLER, SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THAT, IF THAT GENERATED QUESTIONS FOR YOU FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT, UM, WE'LL, THERE'LL BE A TIME LATER TO ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR THE APPLICANT. OKAY. I'LL, IT, IT'S FOR STAFF, SO I'LL ASK LATER. THANK YOU, CALLER. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER POP. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE CALL. UM, NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER AURORA, ALLEG GREENY, NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? I CAN HEAR YOU, BUT I CAN'T SEE YOU. NO. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER PE CAN HEAR ME? I WE CAN HEAR YOU, SIR. WE COULD HEAR YOU. UH, OKAY. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER MCGEE? YES. UH, COMMISSIONER MCGEE HAD TO LEAVE THE MEETING SO SHE'S NO LONGER ON THE MEETING. OH, OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER PECK, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. UH, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR THE CALLER. UM, I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT A REQUIRED FOR THE CITY OR THE DEVELOPER TO, IN INCLUDE YOU ALL IN THE CONVERSATIONS, BUT ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IN INCLUDED IN ANY CONVERSATIONS UP UNTIL NOW, UH, REGARDING THIS? SO, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR CITY MANAGER THAT, UH, WE WERE NOT CONTACTED AS THE CITY, BUT EQUALLY, I'M CONCERNED THAT JUST LOOKING AT, UH, THE LINES ON THE DIAGRAM, THAT THERE WAS NOT OUTREACH TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTIES IN OUR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION JUST TO THE EAST OF THIS, UH, PROPOSED, UH, AMENDMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, I REALIZED THAT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICIAL PROCESS SINCE THAT SAN ANTONIO E T J AND NOT WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS. UH, BUT I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR PRACTICE TO GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE THOSE PEOPLE, UH, WITHIN, WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE. YES, SIR. UH, ASHLEY, WOULD Y'ALL BE OPEN TO, TO INCLUDING THEM IN CONVERSATIONS MOVING FORWARD? YES. YEAH. WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK TO, TO CITY OF BAR OAKS AND, AND NEIGHBORS MOVING FORWARD. SURE. OKAY. THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, ASHLEY. THANK YOU. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THE CALLER, SO THANK YOU. CALL FOR CALLING IN, [01:45:01] UH, STAFF. UH, NEXT ON THE PHONE WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE, UH, SEA OF FAIR FRENCH, UH, TOBIN MAPLES. ARE YOU THERE, SIR? YES, I'M HERE. OKAY, GO AHEAD. OKAY. UH, WELL FIRST I DIDN'T GET TO HEAR ALL OF, UH, THAT PREVIOUS CALL, BUT THAT SOUNDED LIKE THAT WAS ONE OF MY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. BUT ANYWAY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND STAFF, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING US TO PARTICIPATE, UH, IN THIS HEARING. UH, I'M REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSED ON HOW Y'ALL ARE CONDUCTING IT. UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAYBE IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES ON OUR END. UH, I'M CALLING TODAY JUST TO, TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT HERE TO, UH, SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO COORDINATE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, PRIMARILY WITH THE IMPACTS TO, UH, DEETS ELKHORN ROAD. JUST BASED OFF THE LIMITED INFORMATION WE HAVE, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE INGRESS EGRESS INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA BE DIRECTLY ON ONE OF OUR LOCAL RESIDENTIAL ROADS. AND SO WE WOULD CERTAINLY, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND JUST REALLY A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE DRAINAGE IS GONNA BE HANDLED AND ALL THE TRADITIONAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS THAT MAY TAKE PLACE HERE. AND WE DO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST AND IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTHEAST, THERE'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO, SO TRAFFIC IMPACTS AND DRAINAGE ARE GONNA BE SIGNIFICANT OUT HERE, AND WE JUST WANNA PRESERVE A, A SEAT AT THE TABLE IF POSSIBLE. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ALLOWING US TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONVERSATION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER? COMMISSIONER JACKSON? NO QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CARILLO. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR FOR CALLING IN. UM, SO I, I GUESS I AM A LITTLE SURPRISED AND MAYBE DISAPPOINTED IN THE DEVELOPER THAT THEY HADN'T REACHED OUT TO FAIR OAKS RANCH, BEING THAT IT DOES, UM, HAVE INGRESS INGRESS DIRECTLY ONTO YOUR ROADS. UM, I KNOW THIS IS OUT OF OUR PURVIEW, BUT I'M WONDERING IF, UM, THE APPLICANT COULD MAKE A SIMILAR PRESENTATION TO YOUR COUNSEL. UM, AGAIN, I, I, I KNOW IT'S NOT FOR US TO HAVE ANY SAY IN, BUT THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE RIGHT THING TO DO. UM, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, BUT, BUT THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN AND, AND BEING A PART OF THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PROFIT. NO, AGAIN, THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. UH, WE, UH, UH, BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION, AND I THINK IT, UH, PROVIDES FOR, UH, GOOD DISCUSSION FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS AS, AS CITIES EXPAND AND ABOVE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A, A COOPERATION BETWEEN, UH, PUBLIC ENTITIES. BUT, UH, NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROHR HALLI, I JUST WANNA ECHO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I WANNA ECHO, UH, COMMISSIONER CARILLO, UH, COMMENTS AND THAT, AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S NOT OUR PURVIEW AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT REQUIRED TO MEET WITH THE FOLKS IN FOLKS RANCH, BUT, UM, I WOULD CERTAINLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY, UH, WILL PROBABLY SUPPORT THE EFFORT, BUT, UH, BUT NEED TO BE INCLUDED, UH, IN THE DISCUSSION. UM, AND IF THEY ARE WILLING TO DO THAT, I'D BE MUCH, UH, MORE WILLING TO SUPPORT, UH, THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA, ALSO ON THE TRAFFIC COORDINATION. THE PAPER ADDRESSED THAT ALREADY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PECK, I HAVE NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. UH, NO FURTHER COMMENTS. I, I'LL JUST REITERATE MY PREVIOUS COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR. UM, MR. CITY MANAGER, I DID ASK THE APPLICANT IF THEY'D BE OPEN AND THEY DID AGREE TO INCLUDE YOU ALL, UM, IN THESE PRESENTATIONS MOVING FORWARD AND, AND DO, UM, PROVIDE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT, UM, FOR THE REST OF THE PROCESS. SO THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. THANK YOU. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER. THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN STAFF. WHAT'S NEXT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? THAT'S ALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR. OKAY. UH, DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANY REBUTTAL OR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? UH, YES, COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE A COUPLE OF THINGS REALLY QUICK. UM, YEAH, THANK YOU MR. ELIZONDO AND MR. MAPLES FOR REACHING OUT. UM, WE ARE HAPPY TO CONTINUE AND START THE DIAL HUG WITH OAKS RANCH AS WE GET INTO THE LAND USE CHANGE, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY MORE SO AS WE GET INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRACK, AS YOU MENTIONED, DRAINAGE TRAFFIC, WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND COORDINATE ON THOSE. HAPPY TO DO THAT. UM, AND WE CAN REACH OUT AFTER TODAY'S MEETING. UM, I DO ALSO [01:50:01] WANNA NOTE THAT THE DEVELOPER FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, CHRIS LIGAND IS, UH, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER BY TRADE AND A RESIDENT OF FAR OAKS RANCH. SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT HE WILL BE A, A GOOD CITIZEN AND, AND THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE, UM, DONE IN A WAY THAT WE CAN COORDINATE AND WORK TOGETHER, UM, ON THIS PROJECT AND, AND FUTURE PROJECTS NEAR FAR OAKS. SO, UM, I ALSO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S, YOU KNOW, PATIENCE ON, ON THIS ONE. UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST E T J M P A AMENDMENT THAT'S GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WILL COMMIT TO WORKING WITH FAIR OAKS RANCH MOVING FORWARD AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING THIS A PROJECT THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO, UH, COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR FOR STAFF, UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON. UH, NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SIR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CARILLO. THANK YOU. UM, SO JUST A COUPLE, UH, QUESTIONS. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, FOR STAFF, UM, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ ALLUDED TO IT, BUT I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION. SO IN CASES LIKE THIS WHERE A PROPERTY CROSSES INTO ANOTHER CITY, UM, IS IT STANDARD PRACTICE THAT WE DO NOT NOTIFY THOSE RESIDENTS WITHIN WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE THE 200 FOOT, 200 FOOT RADIUS IF THEY'RE NOT LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? SO LIMIT THE STATE LAW THAT GOVERNS, UH, NOTIFICATION REGULATIONS REQUIRES THAT WE NOTIFY OWNERS OF PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET IN OUR E T J, NOT WITHIN THE ADJACENT STATE. SO THAT IS AN EXPECTATION ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE THAT WE HAVE TO UPHOLD, THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. HOWEVER, WHAT WE DO IS WE POST A TWO FOOT BY THREE FOOT, UH, NEON YELLOW SIGN AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY WITH THE CASE NUMBER, THE NAME OF THE CASE MANAGER, AND A PHONE NUMBER, UH, AS WELL AS A EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE PROJECT IS SEEKING. SO IN THIS CASE, WE WOULD'VE SAID A CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL LAND USE TO URBAN LOAD DENSITY LAND USE. THAT WAY ANYONE THAT DRIVES BY WHETHER THEY'RE WITHIN 200 FEET OR NOT, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. OKAY. I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT, UM, BEING THAT THIS PROPERTY, UH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE DIAGRAMS THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, BUTS DIRECTLY TO A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE IN THIS CASE AND, UM, PERHAPS EVEN FUTURE CASES TO, TO, UH, CHANGE THE PRACTICE IN THESE SITUATIONS. I KNOW THAT'S NOT VERY COMMON, BUT, UM, MAYBE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. UM, MY QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT, UM, CAN, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, THE PLANS? YOU MENTIONED 400 UNITS ON THESE, IT'S ALMOST 22 ACRES. CAN YOU GO IN, UM, GO OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT? WHAT, WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR THE, THE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT HOUSING OPTIONS STILL? HOLD ON. WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, MUTE HER. IT SHOULD BE GOOD NOW, ASHLEY, GO AHEAD. OH, OKAY. UM, YES, I, SORRY. UM, SO THE, THE 400 UNITS THAT, THAT WASN'T, THAT DIDN'T COME FROM US, UM, THAT'S NOT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL OPTIONS. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY YET IF IT WOULD BE A LOW DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT OR FOR LEASE DENSE SINGLE FAMILY TYPE DEVELOPMENT, LIKE TOWN HOMES OR, OR YOU KNOW, CLOSE SINGLE FAMILY. UM, CHANGING THE LAND USE IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DO TO PROVIDE THE ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OPTION. UM, WHETHER IT BE THAT DENSE RENTAL SINGLE FAMILY OR THE LOW DENSITY MULTIFAMILY. UM, SO WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT UNIT COUNT YET, OR HAVE A SITE PLAN. WE ARE JUST IN THE LAND USE PLANNING CHANGE PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THAT TYPE OF USE, UM, CAN HAPPEN ON THE SITE. OKAY. AND SO STAFF WITH, WITH THIS DESIGNATION, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE MAX AMOUNT OF UNITS THAT COULD GO ON THAT PROPERTY? ASHLEY, ARE YOU THERE? THAT WAS FOR STAFF. OH, I APOLOGIZE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A QUESTION FOR STAFF. IT WAS, OH, I'M SORRY. WE COULDN'T HEAR IT. OKAY. UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, WITH THIS CHANGE, WITH THIS DESIGNATION, WHAT WOULD BE THE MAX AMOUNT OF UNIT THAT COULD GO ON THE PROPERTY? 378 IS THE MAXIMUM BASED ON THE ACREAGE [01:55:01] AND, UH, THE PROPOSED USE. OKAY, THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. UM, PAT, THIS IS ASHLEY. I'M SORRY, CAN I COMMENT ON THAT JUST BRIEFLY? YES. UM, SO THERE, THERE WILL ALSO BE, I MEAN THERE ARE OTHER PRACTICAL LIMITATIONS. I MEAN, WE HAVE THE DENSITY CAP OF THE URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, BUT THERE ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, GONNA BE LIMITATIONS ON THE SITE IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE, TREE PRESERVATION, RECHARGE ZONE, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT UTILITY CAPACITY. UM, SO THAT NUMBER OF UNITS IS NOT BEING DISCUSSED, UM, BUT I REALIZE THAT THE LAND USE CATEGORY DOES ALLOW FOR UP TO THAT MANY. OKAY. I I HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT ON THAT. YOU, YOU'VE MENTIONED THE RECHARGE ZONE TWICE NOW, BUT THAT, THAT PROPERTY FROM WHAT I'M SEEING IS NOT RECHARGE ZONE. IT LOOKS LIKE RECHARGE ZONE EXTENDS JUST NORTH OF THAT. UM, AND SO MAYBE IT WAS, I THINK LIKE THE, THE VERY NORTHEASTERN TIP IS RECHARGE ZONE, BUT UM, THE, THE MAJORITY, I WOULD THINK 95% OF IT IS NOT RECHARGE ZONE. YOU JUST . SO THERE, THERE IS A RECHARGE ZONE ON I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST THINKING, SUGGESTING YOU MIGHT WANNA GET CLARIFICATION ON THE EXACT PARAMETERS OF, UH, RECHARGE ZONE ON THAT, ON THAT PROPERTY. I'M LOOKING AT THE EDWARDS AQUIFERS MAPS RIGHT NOW AND LET'S NOT CHAR THEM. OKAY. YEAH, THERE, THERE'S THE FLOODPLAIN AND THE NORTHERN END, BUT WE, YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY OBVIOUSLY TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO ACCOUNT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PR. THANKS CHAIR. UH, LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED LAND USE IN THE AREA, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE AS A DEVELOPING AREA. UM, A LITTLE CONCERN, UH, ABOUT THE LACK OF COOPERATION. I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS COMMISSIONER KOREA ALLUDED TO, SEEMS LIKE THAT'S PERHAPS THE LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION FOR THE NOTIFICATION, BUT, UM, AS LONG AS THE APPLICANT, UH, IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE CITY OF FAIR OAKS RANCH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THEY CAN WORK THROUGH THE, UH, UH, TRAFFIC AND, AND IMPACT TO THE FLOODPLAIN. UM, AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT, UH, THEY DO THAT. BUT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PROJECT FOR THE AREA. ALRIGHT, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER RO EG GREENY, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. I WOULD JUST WANNA THANK THE FAIR, UH, COUNCIL MAYOR FOR, UM, CALLING IN AND GIVING US THEIR CONCERNS AND I HOPE THAT THE DEVELOPER WORKS CLOSELY WITH THEM. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. GO AHEAD. MR. GARCIA, YOU'RE UNMUTED. UH, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR THEM. I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAD GIVEN SOME, UH, PROPERTY TO THEM, UH, A COUPLE YEARS BACK. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS WAS IN THAT AREA OR NOT, BUT I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PECK. UH, NO REAL QUESTIONS. UM, THE TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, THE DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS WILL GET WORKED OUT ON DOWN THE LINE IF THE PROJECT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. UM, THE, THE PROPOSED LAND USE SEEMS TO BE IN, IN, UH, REASONABLE COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT IN THAT AREA, UM, AT THIS TIME. SO I'LL BE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. UM, MY QUESTIONS WERE ADDRESSED BY MY, BY THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS. THEY ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. UH, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE, UH, TIME FOR A MOTION COMMISSIONER. PROFIT MOVED FOR APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ SECONDS. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONERS PROFIT AND GONZALEZ STAFF, CAN YOU DO THE ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YES. COMMISSIONER CARILLO? YES. COMMISSIONER PROFIT? YES. COMMISSIONER ROY? YES. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. UNMUTE SIR. [02:00:01] YES. COMMISSIONER PECK? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. AND CHAIR GARCIA? YES. MOTION PASSES. EIGHT TO ZERO. THANK YOU. NEXT WILL BE [17. 20-3998 PLAN AMENDMENT CASE PA-2019-11600028 (Council District 2): A request by Matthew Badders, representative, for approval of a Resolution to amend the Government Hill Neighborhood Plan, a component of the Comprehensive Master Plan of the City, by changing the future land use from “Low Density Residential" to "Mixed Use" on Lots 1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10, Block 3, NCB 1178, located in the 2000 block of North Walters. Staff recommends Approval. (Associated Zoning Case Z-2020-10700113) (Michael Pepe, Planner, (210) 207-8208, Michael.Pepe@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)] ITEM NUMBER 17. ITEM NUMBER 17 IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED YOUTH. LOCATED AT AT 2000 BLOCK OF NORTH WALTERS. THERE WERE 44 NOTICES NAILED OUT. NINE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, 13 IN OPPOSITION. THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE IS IN FAVOR, FIVE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE OF THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY AND EIGHT EIGHT OPPOSED OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A PLAN AMENDMENT FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE TO REZONE TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. THE REQUEST TO AMEND A BLOCK IN ITS ENTIRETY IS AN APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT OF MIXED VIEWS WITH ACCESS TO I 35 AND ALONG WALTERS STREET. IT ALSO ACTS AS A BUFFER TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC AND STREET NOISE. THE WALTERS CORRIDOR IS ALREADY PARTIALLY DEVELOPED AS MIXED USE AND THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL BLOCK OF MIXED USE WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE AREA AND CORRIDOR THAT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU. UH, IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? WE ARE UNMUTING HIM NOW. OKAY, GO AHEAD SIR. MR. BATERS, ARE YOU THERE MR. BATERS? MAKE SURE? YEAH, CAN YES, GO AHEAD. OKAY, GREAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE A PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF YOU. UH, DO YOU WE ARE QUEUING IT UP NOW AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE ARE READY. OKAY, SUPER. WE'RE READY ON THIS END. ALRIGHT, MR. BATERS, GO AHEAD, JUST TELL US, UH, THE SLIDE THAT YOU WANNA GO TO AND WE'LL GO TO IT. GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS, UH, MATT BATTERS. I'M SITTING HERE WITH MY CLIENT SARAH MARTINEZ, AND WE'LL START BY DIVING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION MATERIALS FOR YOU. THE FIRST SLIDE, UH, IS A MAP SHOWING YOU WHERE WE ARE IN OUR CITY. WE ARE AT THE HARD CORNER OF WALTERS AND 35, PARTICULARLY THE NORTHWEST CORNER. I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. NOW THAT COULD SHOW YOU A MORE DETAILED CONTEXT OF NOT ONLY MY CLIENT'S PROPERTY, BUT OUR, OUR PARTNER PROPERTY, IF YOU WILL, ON THIS CASE. UH, I KNOW THAT ITEMS 17 AND 18 ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY GO TOGETHER. UM, ITEM 18 IS THE PROPERTY IN THE SORT OF SOUTHERN RECTANGLE ON THE DARK OUTLINE. ITEM 17 IS MY CLIENT, MS. MARTINEZ'S PROPERTY, THE NORTHERN PROPERTY ON THIS RECTANGLE OUTLINE, AGAIN, WE'RE AT THE HARD CORNER OF WALTERS AND 35 AND THIS MAP IS TAKEN FROM THE CITY'S CURRENT ZONING MAP SHOWING WHAT SURROUNDS IT. WE HAVE COMMERCIAL TO THE RIGHT. WE HAVE RECENTLY REZONED NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL OVER ON THE LEFT ON THE WESTERN SIDE AND RIGHT ON THE ACCESS ROAD ON THE SOUTHERN END AND RIGHT ON WALTER STREET, WHICH IS NINE LANES ON THE EASTERN BOUNDARY. THE THIRD SLIDE HERE SHOWS THE AERIAL MAP AND THE OUTLINE. THIS WILL BE IMPORTANT IN A MOMENT BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TREES AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA TALK ABOUT MY, MY APPLICANT. WE'RE GONNA BE SAVING THESE TREES THAT EXIST AS WELL AS SUPPLEMENTING THEM. UH, TO SERVE AS A BACKDROP, MY CLIENT HAS OWNED THIS PROPERTY FOR 42 YEARS AND MANY OF THESE TREES SHE PLANTED HERSELF IN THE LATE 1970S AND EARLY 1980S. SO IT, IT'S DEEPLY PERSONAL TO HER TO SAVE THE TREES. I KNOW YOU GET THOSE ASSURANCES ALL THE TIME, BUT THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT, UH, A LITTLE BIT EXCEPTIONAL. TALK ABOUT THAT SOME MORE. WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA AND WE WOULD PROPOSE THREE POSSIBLE INGRESS POINTS, AT LEAST TWO 'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO, BUT THREE WOULD BE PREFERRED JUST FOR ADDED SAFETY AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF A LARGER PARCEL BY PARTNERING WITH FROST [02:05:01] BANK ON THIS. UM, IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE DID A STUDY OF THE PERCENT OF TRAFFIC THAT WOULD VISIT THE SITE FROM THE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. THE MAJORITY, NOT SURPRISINGLY, FROM THE ACCESS ROAD TO I 35 SECOND GREATEST CONTRIBUTOR COMING NORTH ON WALTER STREET. THAT'S BECAUSE AT THIS TIME THE SOUTH GATE TO FORT SAM HOUSTON, WHICH IS WHERE WALTER'S UH, UH, KIND OF DEAD END THERE, UH, IS, IS OCCASIONALLY OPEN. 5% COMES FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREA TO THE NORTHWEST AND 15% FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC ON I 35. IN THE NEXT SLIDE, AGAIN, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. THIS IS THE EXTENT OF WALTERS STREET FACING SOUTH. THE PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ON THE RIGHT. IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, YOU CAN SEE THE PEDESTRIAN AND BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS IT TO, UH, THE DEAD END JIM STREET THERE ON THE RIGHT, THE TURN LANE AND THE ORDINARY LANES OF TRAFFIC, UH, FACING THE I 35 EXPRESSWAY. IN THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU SEE THE I 35 ACCESS ROAD FACING WEST. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS AGAIN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. JUST TO GIVE THIS SOME CONTEXT. THIS IS A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF THE TRAFFIC AS WELL AS THE SITE PLAN. THE MORE DETAILED ONE WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT IN A MOMENT HAS ALL KINDS OF ENGINEERING CLUTTER ON IT. SO I WANTED TO OFFER THIS ONE AS A KIND OF CLEAN, UH, SNAPSHOT TO THE LAYOUT OF THE PROPERTY. THIS MAP IS NORTH ORIENTED, SO NORTH IS AT THE TOP, SOUTH IS AT THE BOTTOM AS IN A TRADITIONAL MAP. YOU CAN SEE WALTER'S ON THE RIGHT, EDGAR STREET ON THE LEFT AND THE I 35 BURNAGE ROAD TO THE SOUTH. THE DARK AREA IS WHERE A PROPOSED BUILDING WOULD BE. AND THEN THE FINAL OR THE NEXT IS THE MORE DETAILED ENGINEERING STUDY. UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT INVESTED TO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR ONE DONE. THIS IS KIND OF A ROUGH AND DIRTY JOB. TO ILLUSTRATE THE SITE PLAN CONCEPT. WE'VE INDICATED WHERE THE TREE LINE IS, UH, SOME OTHER FEATURES. THIS IS SITE PLAN A AS I'LL CALL IT. THIS IS FOR USE AS A SINGLE PURPOSE RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE-THROUGH. WHERE WOULD THE DRIVE-THRU GO? THAT WOULD BE UP TO OUR TENANT SITE PLAN B. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON MONDAY NIGHT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THIS IS INTENDED USE AS A GAS STATION CLASS A BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY. AGAIN, LARGER THAN REQUIRED BUFFER ZONES TO SAVE MY CLIENT'S TREES WITH THE PUMP STATIONS TOWARDS I 35. IN THIS CASE, THE MAP IS ORIENTED WITH THE WEST SIDE ON THE TOP, WALTER STREET ON THE BOTTOM, RENO STREET ON THE RIGHT, AND I 35 ON THE LEFT. I, I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THIS PROJECT TO YOU BY EXPLAINING WHO I HAVE THE HONOR OF REPRESENTING. THIS IS THE SECOND CASE IN MY 10 YEAR CAREER WHERE I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN FOR THE DEVELOPER. BUT YOU ALL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND MY CLIENT DOES NOT FIT THE PROFILE OF THE DEVELOPER, NOT EVEN REMOTELY LIKE WHAT WE HEARD EARLIER. I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT MRS. MARTINEZ. A NICKNAME FOR HER THAT I LEARNED THIS MORNING IN ONE OF MY CALLS WITH THE NEIGHBORS IS AS THE GRANDMOTHER OF GOVERNMENT HILL. SHE CAME HERE FROM MEXICO AS AN IMMIGRANT WHEN SHE WAS 17 YEARS OLD. SHE EARNED HER CITIZENSHIP AND SHE GOT A JOB PAINTING HOUSES IN THE MORNING WHEN IT WAS COOL OUTSIDE AND WORKING IN THE KITCHEN AT TACHO CABANA IN THE EVENINGS, TWO JOBS TO MAKE A LIVING. SHE BOUGHT HER FIRST HOUSE IN THE ONLY NEIGHBORHOOD SHE COULD AFFORD, WHICH WAS GOVERNMENT HILL. AND THROUGH GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORS, SHE BOUGHT THE NEXT HOUSE, NEXT DOOR TO IT. AND SHE BOUGHT THE HOUSE TO THE SOUTH AND THEN TO THE EAST. AND SHE COLLECTED THIS BLOCK OVER THE COURSE OF 40 YEARS. SHE RENTED OUT THE HOUSES. SHE DID NOT OCCUPY HERSELF. AND SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN A FAIR LANDLORD. IT'S NEVER BEEN IN THE HANDS OF A MANAGEMENT COMPANY, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN, HER TENANTS HAD ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO CALL HER DIRECTLY. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS 1975 WHEN SHE FIRST MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO. TODAY SHE'S A DIFFERENT AGE AND SHE HAS TO BE OUTTA THE LANDLORD BUSINESS. SHE CANNOT AFFORD TO REPAIR THESE PROPERTIES HERSELF. SHE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE A LANDLORD ANYMORE, AND SHE CAN'T DO IT. SHE HAS LISTED THE PROPERTY FOR SALE WITH A BROKER, IN FACT, HER OWN [02:10:01] NEIGHBOR ON EDGAR STREET. THERE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST IN HER PROPERTY FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL. THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO NOT UNFAMILIAR, UH, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE ORIG THE, OR THE FIRST OFFER SHE RECEIVED TO PURCHASE IT WAS IN 2019 FROM QT STORES. AT THAT TIME, SHE DID NOT HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL. SHE DID NOT HAVE MANY ADVISORS, AND SHE, SHE TOOK THE OFFER THAT WAS HANDED TO HER. UH, FORTUNATELY AS LIFE TURNS OUT, QT BACKED OUT OF THE PROJECT, BUT MRS. MARTINEZ HAS NEVER BACKED DOWN FROM A CHALLENGE AGAIN. SHE, SHE WAS TOLD SHE COULDN'T COME HERE. SHE CAME HERE, SHE WAS TOLD SHE COULDN'T BE A CITIZEN. SHE IS ONE. SHE WAS TOLD SHE COULDN'T BE A PROPERTY OWNER. SHE IS ONE. IN FACT, UH, WE, WE LEARNED, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK, SHE WAS DENIED A LOAN FROM FROST BANK, AND NOW THEY'RE HER JUNIOR PARTNER IN THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND SO SHE HAS TAKEN ON THE TASK OF DEVELOPING THIS HERSELF, BUT NOT AS A SELLER. SHE INTENDS TO BE A LANDLORD AND DO A GROUND LEASE. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU ON THE COMMISSION WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH COMMERCIAL PROJECTS UNDER A GROUND LEASE, UH, THE TENANT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE, TAXES, INSURANCE, EVERYTHING. THE LANDLORD IS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE SCENARIO. SHE GETS A CHECK AND AN INCOME FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO FIX LEAKING ROOFS, DEAL WITH TERMITES, AND MAKE DEALS WITH TENANTS WHO ARE FALLING ON HARD TIMES. UH, THE TENANTS LEASES HAVE COME UP DUE, AND MOST OF THEM HAVE MOVED OUT. THE REST WILL BE OUT BEFORE MUCH LONGER. UH, BUT AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER WITH FROST BANK ON THIS BY ADDING THEIR PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH. THERE'S IMMEDIATE ACCESS INTO 35, SO WE'VE GOT, UH, THE MOST UNLIKELY OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS IN A PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER WITH THE LARGEST PUBLICLY TRADED CORPORATION HEADQUARTERED IN SAN ANTONIO. THAT'S PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY. WHEN WE APPROACHED THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT THIS, OF COURSE, THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVED THERE HAVE KNOWN MRS. MARTINEZ FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE TIME, AND WE WERE SURPRISED AT THE WARM WELCOME THAT THEY, THEY OFFERED, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT AND THE SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY LEARNING THAT IT WAS HER. WE REACHED OUT TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UH, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF INTIMIDATION. BUT TO OUR SURPRISE, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. UM, EMBRACING MRS. MARTINEZ IS ONE OF THEIR CONTEMPORARIES. THEY'VE, THEY'VE OFFERED ENDLESS RESOURCES, INCLUDING THEIR OWN ENGINEERING STUDY AND SITE PLANS FOR OUR HELP. THEY'VE REFERRED US TO CONTRACTORS AND OTHER RESOURCES, AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH C OVID 19. UM, IN THE OLD DAYS, WE WOULD HAVE A PERSONAL MEETING SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, IN THIS CASE, GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE, AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK GREATLY WITHOUT THAT, SIMPLY BECAUSE MRS. MARTINEZ IS A KNOWN FIGURE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HER NEIGHBORS. UH, AND A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT LATER, YOU'LL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE MOST UNLIKELY SUPPORTER OF THIS PROJECT AT ALL, WHICH IS HER NEIGHBOR ON EDGAR STREET. FERNANDO, UH, LOZANO. HE IS UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT THIS, NOT ONLY BECAUSE HE OWNS A PROPERTY THAT NEIGHBORS HERS, BUT HE WAS HER BROKER TRYING TO SELL THIS AS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, SO HE'LL BE MISSING OUT ON HER RATHER SIZABLE COMMISSION BY LETTING MS. MARTINEZ KEEP THIS AND GO THROUGH. NEVERTHELESS, YOU'LL HEAR HIS WHOLEHEARTED STORY. MY OFFICE HAS TAKEN OVER 40 PHONE CALLS OVER THE LAST WEEK SINCE WE GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE, UH, DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS AT GOVERNMENT HILL THAT DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO CALL. I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN EVERY CALL. THERE ARE AT LEAST SIX THAT I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH DIRECTLY. HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE JOINING THIS PRESENTATION TODAY AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE INTENDED USE IS IN ANY CASE, UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THIS PROPERTY IS ON THE HARD CORNER AND A TRANSITIONAL PLAN IN GOVERNMENT HILL IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN TO, SEEMS THAT THIS BECOMES NOT JUST A PLACE PEOPLE RUSH THROUGH, BUT A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE STOP, SPEND MONEY, SPEND TIME, AND SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH AS EVERY OTHER AREA IN TOWN GETS TO ENJOY. I FINALLY RECEIVED ON TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK IN THE MIDST OF A OFFICE, MOVE MYSELF, THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR GOVERNMENT HELD NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I WANTED TO READ FOR YOU A FEW EXCERPTS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT MAKE IT INTO, UH, THE PRESENTATION. THIS IS IN PARTICULAR FROM THE OCTOBER OF 2000. LET ME GET THE DATE JUST RIGHT FOR YOU. THIS IS THE OCTOBER OF 2010 [02:15:01] PLAN FOR THE GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN UPDATE PREPARED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD AREA-WIDE REZONING INITIATIVE. IF WE LOOK TO THE DESCRIPTION OF COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS C TWO, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE ON PAGE SIX OF THAT PLAN, IN CASE ANY OF YOU WANT TO REFER TO IT LATER OR HAPPEN TO HAVE A COPY OF IT IN FRONT OF YOU. IT DESCRIBES THE COMMERCIAL USE AS SOON AS MY COMPUTER WILL WORK. IT'S DOING TOO MANY APPLICATIONS AT ONCE. HERE WE GO. COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL PROVIDES MEDIUM INTENSITY LAND USE THAT DRAWS ITS CUSTOMER BASE FROM TWO OR MORE NEIGHBORHOOD ARTERIALS. EXAMPLES OF USES INCLUDE A GROCERY STORE, MEDICAL OFFICE, MUSIC STORE, SHOE STORE, NURSERY, OR MAILING SERVICES STORE. COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL USES SHOULD BE LOCATED ALONG ARTERIALS OR HIGHER ORDER ROADWAYS, NEAR INTERSECTIONS, OR IN ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL AREAS. COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS AN APPROPRIATE BUFFER BETWEEN LOW, MEDIUM AND HIGH RESIDENTIAL USES, OR BETWEEN AN ARTERIAL AND LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. I'LL STOP RIGHT THERE. THAT'S DESCRIBING THIS PROPERTY TO A T. IT'S LOCATED ALONG THE, THE, PROBABLY THE MOST MAJOR ARTERIAL THAT GOES THROUGH SAN ANTONIO INTERSTATE 35 5 AND A NINE NINE LANE ROAD THAT FEEDS FORT SAM HOUSTON. UH, IT IS A, IT WOULD BE A BUFFER AND IS A BUFFER BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL USE AND THE ARTERIAL ROADWAY. AND AGAIN, PARKING IS ENCOURAGED IN THE REAR OF THE BUILDINGS. I WOULD DIRECT YOU AGAIN TO THE TWO POSSIBLE SITE PLANS APPROPRIATELY BUFFERED FROM ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL USES. AGAIN, PLEASE OBSERVE THAT AS A RESULT OF PARTNERING WITH FROST BANK ON THEIR TRACK, WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH SPACE TO GIVE MORE THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIRED BUFFER AND SAVE THE TREES THAT MY CLIENT PERSONALLY PLANTED ON THIS PROPERTY IN THE 1970S. MONUMENT SIGNAGE IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED, AS ARE PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES. SHARED ACCESS IS REQUIRED. COMMERCIAL RETROFIT PATTERN, A TYPE OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. THIS TYPE OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT COULD TRANSFORM SURFACE PARKING LOTS INTO TOWN CENTERS WITH A MIX OF OFFICE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES. AGAIN, PLEASE REFER BACK TO THE SECOND SLIDE IN MY PRESENTATION TO GIVE A LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY IN ITS CONTEXT, YOU'VE GOT COMMERCIAL TO THE RIGHT. WE'VE GOT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO THE LEFT AS AN APPROPRIATE BARRIER. UH, AND BY THE WAY, THE FIRST TIME IN MY CAREER I'VE EVER BEEN HERE ON BEHALF OF THE QUOTE UNQUOTE DEVELOPER, WHAT WAS THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TRACK. THE MAJORITY OF MY PRACTICE IS DEVOTED TO HELPING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WORK WITH DEVELOPERS TO, TO PUT A GOVERNOR ON OVERZEALOUS DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CASE. UH, WE AGREE WITH THE STAFF THAT THEY RECOMMENDED. THIS IS THE TIME IN OUR, IN OUR HISTORY AND IN THIS PROPERTY, AND PARTICULARLY FOR MY CLIENT WHO'S, I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE DESERVING PERSON TO HAVE EARNED A SEAT AT THE TABLE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND PROGRESS TO MY CLIENT. AND SO I WOULD TURN IT OVER NOW TO THE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU. UH, STEPH, I BELIEVE NEXT WOULD BE PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND JUST TO CORRECT FOR THE RECORD, UM, WE HAD 13 IN OPPOSITION BY YESTERDAY'S DEADLINE. UH, WE GOT TWO MORE THIS MORNING AND SO, UH, THAT, THAT NUMBER SHOULD BE 15 JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT CORRECTLY. SO 15 AGAIN, UM, WE DO HAVE VOICEMAILS. I MEAN, WE HAVE LIVE COLORS, VOICEMAILS, AND WRITTEN OPPOSITION, SO WE'LL START WITH THE WRITTEN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PLANNING CASE FOR C TWO COMMERCIAL. THESE ARE THE FOLLOWING REASONS. THIS LOCATION IS THE PRIME COMMERCIAL CORNER. THE OTHER THREE CORNERS THAT LIE ON THE FRONT EDGE ROAD, WALTERS AND 35 ARE ALL COMMERCIAL. IT WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS TO PUT RESIDENTIAL HOUSING ON THAT CORNER BECAUSE OF CARS COMING OFF THE EXPRESSWAY ONTO THE FRONT EDGE ROAD. WE NEED TO BRING DROPS INTO OUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO BEAUTIFY THAT CORNER AND PUT IT TO GOOD USE THAT WILL BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WE HAD A MEETING WITH THOSE IN FAVOR AND THOSE AGAINST BASED ON THE MEETING AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MADE A DECISION TO SUPPORT THIS DECISION TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. PLEASE NOTE SOON WILL BE ANOTHER MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT COMING TO WALTERS AT I 35 RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SPECIFIC PROJECT. THANK YOU [02:20:01] ROSE HILL GOVERNMENT, HILL ALLIANCE. DEAR DIRECTORS, MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS, I WRITE TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED C TWO REZONING BY MS. SARAH MARTINEZ AND BY THE KOMA JACKSON TRUST OF THE PROPERTIES AT WALL STREET STREET AND I I 35. MY ORGANIZATION IS ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL STAKEHOLDERS IN GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOODS. WE FOLLOW PROPOSALS AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS CLOSELY. THIS ONE IS REMARKABLE AND DESERVING OF OUR SUPPORT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. THE PROPERTY IS THE GATEWAY TO THE SOUTH GATE OF FORT SAM AND THE CRITICAL LOCATION MRS. MARTINEZ. MRS. MARTINEZ'S PROPOSAL IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY AND HONORABLE MRS. MARTINEZ IS A FIXTURE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS ALWAYS SUPPORTED US WHEN WE NEEDED HER. WE NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME APPROPRIATE BALANCE DEVELOPMENT AND TO SUPPORT OUR OWN NEIGHBORS IN THE PROCESS. AGAIN, I EXPRESSED MY SUPPORT FOR THIS REZONING AS PROPOSED TO C TWO AND ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO JOIN WITH ME IN SUPPORT OF MRS. MARTINEZ AND CLMA JACKSON TRUST. THAT WAS FROM JOHN JOHN SPIKE AT 1422 EAST PRECINCT. THIS ONE IS FROM JAMIE EZ. I AM WRITING TO CONFIRM OUR SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED REZONING BY MS. SARAH MARTINEZ AND THE DIPLOMA JACKSON TRUST FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED NEAR WALTERS AND IH 35. I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY IN GOVERNMENT HEALTH SINCE 2015, RECOGNIZING MANY CHANGES MOVING FORWARD. THE GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT HILL IS DEPENDENT ON MANY FACTORS, WHICH, WHICH CONSISTS OF FAMILIES PRESERVED HISTORY, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, AND COMMERCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS LOCATED NEAR THE MAIN GATE OF FORT SAM HOUSTON, WHICH IS IDEAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR REZONING TO SEE TWO. MRS. MARTINEZ HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS PUT FORTH A TREMENDOUS EFFORT CREATING BALANCED COMMERCIAL ZONING FOR GOVERNMENT HEALTH. ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED REZONING TO C TWO, ALLOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. THIS ONE IS FROM LOGAN D FULLMER. THE REASON FOR THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT TO THE ZONING CASE MENTIONED ABOVE THE LAND ON THE CORNER OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN MAIN THOROUGHFARE IS TO THE AR TO THE AREA'S COMMERCIAL C TWO. THIS LOCATION WOULD BE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO FACE THE HIGHWAY AND THE NEED FOR BUSINESS USE IS EVIDENT ALONG THIS STRETCH OF ROAD. I WELCOME THIS REZONING EFFORT AS IT WILL CERTAINLY BECOME A CONDUIT FROM MUCH NEEDED INVESTMENT INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SUPPORTS LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NEXT ONE IS FROM RICHARD AL AT 9 2 2 EAST PARON. MY BUSINESS IS ATLAS BODY SHOP, ATLAS BODY SHOP AT 9 2 2 EAST CARSON. I HAVE OWNED MY BUSINESS SINCE MAY OF 1971. AT THE SAME LOCATION I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PROPONENT FOR COMMERCIAL GROWTH AND GOVERNMENT HOMES. NEW BUSINESS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY IF IT CREATES JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. I HAVE KNOWN MS. MARTINEZ FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND I SUPPORT AND PROPOSED PROJECTS THAT I BELIEVE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY AS IT STANDS NOW, IS BOTH UNSIGHTLY AND A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS PROJECT WILL GREATLY IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AGAIN, I GIVE MY SUPPORT FOR THE REZONING AS PROPOSED TO C TWO AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING MS. MARTINEZ AND HER PROPOSED PROJECT. MS. NEXT ONE IS FROM AMBER ALONZO. I'M A RESIDENT IN THE GOVERNMENT HILL AREA AND I RECENTLY SAW THAT THERE IS A REZONING ORDER ON EDGAR STREET NEAR FORT SAM HOUSTON. THERE WAS RECENT TALKS OF BUILDING A QT GAS STATION A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT THE RESIDENTS WERE ABLE TO PREVENT THIS. I'M UPSET THAT THIS COULD BE A POSSIBILITY. THERE ARE SEVERAL GAS STATIONS IN THE AREA, A FEW ON I 35. THERE IS A VALERO IN THE PEARL DISTRICT THAT I AVOID BECAUSE OF THE HOMELESS AND DRUG SPEAKERS. THE CRIME IN THIS AREA IS ALREADY HIGH, AND MY FEAR IS THAT THIS GAS STATION WILL ATTRACT 10 10 HANDLERS AND HOMELESS. IN ADDITION, THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT LIVING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A GAS STATION INCREASES YOUR RISK FOR CANCER. THIS IS NOT SAFE FOR MYSELF OR THE HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN WHO ATTEND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WHEN BLOCKS DOWN, IN ADDITION TO QT, WILL INCREASE THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, WHICH WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR THE CHILDREN. THERE ARE MANY CHILDREN IN THE AREA THAT WALK TO SCHOOL. MY FEAR IS SOMEONE WILL GET RUN OVER ONE DAY. MANY PEOPLE SPEED ON CARS IN THE STREET AS IT IS. PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS REZONING FOR THE QT GAS STATIONS RESIDENTS HAVE LIVED THERE FOR GENERATIONS. IF THE AIR FORCE OUT, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE ALREADY LIVE NEAR A BUSY HIGHWAY. I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE AREA STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL. I FEEL IF THIS WAS A HIGH INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD, THE REZONING ORDER WOULD BE SHUT DOWN RIGHT AWAY. UT GAS STATION IS FINDING ANOTHER LOOPHOLE TO HAVE THE LANDOWNER GET THE PROPERTY ZONED COMMERCIAL. AND BECAUSE THIS AREA HAS MORE POVERTY, WE ARE BEING BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE OPPOSED TO LARGE NECESSARY CT REPLACING. LONG ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL OWNERS ARE FREE TO MAKE A LARGE PROFIT ON THE SALE OF THEIR PROPERTY WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF ESTABLISHED, APPROVED PROPER ZONING. DISTRICT ROXANNE AT SEVEN 14 SANDMEYER STREET. MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS FAMILIES, INCLUDING MY OWN, HAVE LIVED HERE THROUGH GENERATIONS. WE HUMBLY COME BEFORE YOU TO ASK THAT YOU KEEP ALL COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE IS OPPOSED. NEXT ONE IS FROM FROM MARYANNE. EVA AT 7 2 4 SANDMEYER. SHE'S OPPOSED TO MIXED USE AND NO COMMERCIAL BUSINESS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NEXT ONE IS FROM MARTIN VES AT 7 2 5 MEYER. I OPPOSE TO MIXED USE REZONING. IT WILL ALLOW ALL TYPES OF [02:25:01] COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES TO COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE NEED MORE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CALEB JAMES, BUT HE REQUESTED A CALL BACK AND HE, HE'LL BE CALLED AT A LATER TIME. DOLORES NOLAN AT 4 2 8 SANDMEYER. YOU WOULD LIKE RESIDENTIAL OR APARTMENT OPPOSED? CARMEN. CARMEN HAD A MEAL AT 4 2 9. SANDMEYER IS IN OPPOSITION. SHE WOULD LIKE GARDEN HOME SINGLE FAMILY CONDO APARTMENTS RESIDENTIAL OPPOSED BECAUSE OF INCREASED TRAFFIC. STUDY HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT WHERE AND VAR STREETS, NOISE POLLUTION AND MORE. STELLA ASHLEY IS WRITING IN SUPPORT OF THE REZONING TO C TWO, THE PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY MS. SARAH MARTINEZ ON WALTERS AND IH 35. MY SON OWNS PROPERTY ON STAFFORD, SEAN ASHLEY, AND HE IS ALSO IN FAVOR OF P TWO. WE FEEL THIS WOULD BE AN ASSET TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE WRITTEN OPPOSITION OF SUPPORT FOR THIS ZONING CASE. RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA START, UH, WITH THE VOICEMAIL AGENDA ITEMS 17 AND 18 COLVIN 8 1 7 WEST MAGNOLIA AVENUE. 2 1 3 8 1. HOLD ON A SECOND, WE'RE GONNA START IT AGAIN. 18 CIMA COLVIN, 8 1 7 WEST MAGNOLIA AVENUE, 2 1 0 3 8 1 7 8 7 1. GOOD AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL, I HAVE SPENT THE LAST DECADE WORKING WITH MY NEIGHBORHOOD OF BEACON HILL AND WITH THE DUAL NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION ON MATTERS OF PLANNING AND ZONING. I HAVE ALSO SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN WAS COMPLETED IN 2010 WHILE GOAL TWO OF THE PLAN TO REVITALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEING USED HERE TO JUSTIFY THE REQUEST. GOAL ONE, HOUSING IS BEING ABANDONED. ITS SAFE, CONSERVE, REHABILITATE, AND OR REPLACE IF NECESSARY HOUSING STOCK. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH GOLD TWO PROMOTES THE MARKETING OF VACANT LANDS TO DEVELOPMENT, IT DOES NOT PROMOTE THE DISPLACEMENT OF RESIDENTS AND THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING HOUSING TO FURTHER THAT GOAL. A MAJOR COMPONENT OF ANY NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IS THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. THIS IS WHERE THE RESIDENTS LOOK AT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND MAP OUT CHANGES OR NOT TO LAND USE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE GOALS IN THEIR PLAN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN THE 2010 GOVERNMENTAL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, THE ENTIRE AREA BETWEEN 35 AND FORT SAM FROM WAL AND THE BROWNVILLE IS ALL DESIGNATED AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. EVEN THE REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES MAP IN THE PLAN SHOWS THIS AREA AS REMAINING RESIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT. HILL IS PART OF THE EAST SIDE SUB AREA PLAN CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THE COMMUNITY HAS HAD THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THEIR GOALS. THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE EXISTING PLAN SHOULD BE RESPECTED. THE HOUSING CRISIS IN THIS CITY IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY TO DECIDE TO REDUCE HOUSING IN FAVOR OF COVER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. AT THIS TIME OF THE TRAGEDY, A COMPROMISE TO ALLOW HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES ON THESE PROPERTIES WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE COMMUNITY'S GOALS AND THE CITY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO OPPOSE THIS REQUEST. I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE PA 2 1 9 1 1 6 0 0 2 8. UM, I AM IN OPPOSITION OF CHANGING THE ZONING. MY NAME IS WILLIAM HYNER. MY ADDRESS IS 1123 WYOMING STREET. AND CHANGING THE ZONING IN THAT AREA WOULD CAUSE MORE STRESS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WOULD INCREASE POPULATION DENSITY AND BE TOTALLY OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE NATURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. BYE. YES, MY NAME IS F RA. TELEPHONE NUMBER IS ONE ZERO FOUR TWO ONE EIGHTEEN SIX NINE. I LIVE AT 25 39 NORTH 8 3 5 AND I ALSO OWN THE COPY PROPERTY 25 43 NORTH INTERSTATE 35. I'M IN OPPOSITION OR I 17 AND 18. I OWNED MY HOUSE. I WAS 12 YEARS OLD. LITERALLY MY MOM GAVE IT TO AS WELL. AND WE DO NOT WANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN BECAUSE IT WOULD DISRUPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW I ALSO USED TO OWN ONE . WE KNOW THAT NOW BELONGS TO MY BABY'S MOM AND HE AGAINST IT. SHE CALLED IN. IF NOT, SHE LEFT A MESSAGE. EITHER WAY. IF YOU HONOR A HOLD OF HER PHONE NUMBER IS TWO ONE ZERO SIX THREE TWO SEVEN FOUR EIGHT [02:30:04] AND POSITION FOR AGAINST ITEM 17 AND 18. WE DO NOT WANT COMMERCIAL ZONING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? CALL 1 0 4 2 1 18 6 9. THANK YOU. HI, THIS IS ANISHA SHELL AND MY ADDRESS IS 4 2 0 EAST MISTO AVENUE. I'M CALLING REGARDING CASE 0 2 8. UH, THAT IS BEING HEARD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TODAY. UM, I'M CALLING TO ASK THAT THE COMMISSIONERS OPPOSE UH, THE CHANGE IN THE PLAN AND THAT THEY RESPECT THE ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN THAT WAS DONE IN 2010. ALTHOUGH I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL, I AM A MEMBER OF THIS YEAR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IS REALLY AFFECTING ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RESPECT THE COMMUNITY'S NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN ON THIS CASE AND DENY THE AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. YES, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ROSE YOUNG, R O S E H I L L. UH, THIS IS REGARDING CASE NUMBER PA 20 20 20. UH, IT BELONGS TO ONE 12 RENO STREET. UM, I AM THE, MY NAME IS ROSE HILL. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'M CALLING TO LEAVE A MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. THE BOARD AND MYSELF AS THE PRESIDENT HAVE GONE AHEAD AND, UM, HAD A MEETING WITH BOTH GROUPS REGARDING, UH, THE PEOPLE IN, IN, UM, IN OPPOSITION AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE FOR AGAINST IT. AND WE'VE GONE BACK AND TRIED TO ANALYZE THE ENTIRE SITUATION AND THEREFORE WE'VE COME UP WITH A CONCLUSION BASED ON THAT PARTICULAR CORNER THAT WE FEEL THAT, UH, THAT CORNER IS SHOULD NOT BE RESIDENTIAL. SO WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THE C TWO COMMERCIAL FOR THAT, UM, UH, FOR THAT CORNER. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN GIMME A CALL BACK AT TWO ONE ZERO OR 2 0 4 3 20 AGAIN, UH, WHEN IT'S AT AS BY TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT, UM, THAT PROPERTY TO BE FREE TO COMMERCIAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HI, UH, THIS IS, UH, MARIA BLANCO. I'M LIVING, UH, 1 0 9 RENO AND I AM AGAIN AND I DIDN HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS ALREADY. AND THIS BECAUSE, UH, JUST GO TO MY, UH, DAUGHTER'S FATHER AND PARENTS FOR A LONG TIME. SO THE DATE NUMBER IS 1780. AGAIN. HI, MY NAME IS ALEE GARCIA. I LIVE AT 1800 EAST CARSON. THIS MESSAGE IN REGARDS TO THE ZONING CASE 0 2 8 ON 11 TWO RENO STREET. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (956) 295-9414. I LIVE WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPOSED C TWO REZONING PROPERTY. I OPPOSE SAFETY CLASSIFICATION. THERE ARE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY ZONING OPTIONS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THERE'S NO DOUBT CHANGE IS COMING AND WE ABSOLUTELY WELCOME CHANGE, BUT THE RIGHT KIND OF CHANGE. WE DO NOT WANT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE ENG BY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. WE OFFER A MORE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY ZONING CLASSIFICATION SUCH AS RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE. UM, AND THEREFORE I ASK THAT YOU THE ZONING PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. HI, THIS IS ANTHONY KIT MILLER. MY ADDRESS IS 6 0 1 SANDMEYER STREET AND I, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 317-7824. I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER PA DASH 2 0 2 0 DASH 1 6 0 0 0 2 8. UM, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I OPPOSED THE REZONING. I GREW UP IN, UM, CITY IN OHIO THAT IS VERY MUCH LIKE THIS LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LOVE. AND, UM, I JUST MOVED HERE NINE YEARS AGO AND I LOVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DON'T WANNA SEE IT BEING REBOUND AS, UM, ANYTHING BUT RESIDENTIAL. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MARIO RECONDO, ADDRESS OF ZERO ONE SANTA STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 8 AND I'M CALLING REGARDING CASE NUMBER, UH, PA 20 21 6 8. UH, I'M CALLING TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING OF THE 1 1 2 RENO, UH, BLOCK. UH, ALSO ON, UH, ZIP CODE 7 8 2 0 8, UH, [02:35:01] NEAR MY ENTIRE FAMILY'S ENTIRELY OPPOSED TO THE REZONING OF THAT PARTICULAR PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, I'M A THIRD GENERATION PERSON, UH, WHO IS LIVING HERE ON THE PROPERTY, UH, WHICH WAS PURCHASED BY MY GRANDPARENTS IN, UH, THE 1940. SO WE ARE DEFINITELY OPPOSED TO THE REZONING OF THAT AREA. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, UH, CHAIR. THAT'S THE LAST OF THE VOICEMAIL. SO NOW WE HAVE LIVE CALLERS. WE HAVE THE FIRST ONE QUEUED UP, MS. MARLENE HAWKINS. MS. HAWKINS, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? I AM, YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. MY NAME IS MARLENE HAWKINS, 6 0 1 EAST CARSON AND GOVERNMENT HILL, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH GOVERNMENT HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, A CITY REGISTERED ORGANIZATION. I PLEASE ASK YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS REQUEST. THE IDEA IS THAT THEY WANT TO GET TO A C TWO ZONING AND WITH THE C TWO ZONING, THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO AFTER THEY GET IT. UH, THAT WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO THIS AREA OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE BLOCK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY, UH, HOMES. AND IN FACT, THAT BLOCK HAD, HAS EIGHT HOMES ON IT WHERE SARAH MARTINEZ HAS JUST EVICTED EIGHT FAMILIES BY TELLING THEM TO GET OUT BY THE END OF JUNE OR START PAYING $1,500 A RENT A MONTH, RENT OVER TWICE WHAT THEY WERE PAYING. UH, THEY HAD A REAL HARD TIME TRYING TO FIND BECAUSE THERE'S NOT THAT MANY AFFORDABLE RENTALS ARE HOMES TO BUY. UH, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THESE HOMES? IS SHE GOING TO, IS SHE GOING TO, UM, UM, DEMOLISH 'EM? THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, BUT THEY'RE ALL LIVABLE HOMES. THE U D C CHAPTER 35 HAS THE LIST OF ESSAY TOMORROW, UH, CATEGORIES FOR, UH, LAND USE. AND THESE ARE, UH, THEY WERE ADOPTED IN 2 20 18 AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A, A MIXED USE CATEGORY THAT'S JUST MIXED USE. THEY HAVE THREE MIXED USE CATEGORIES. UH, THEY NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, URBAN AND, UH, REGIONAL. AND YOU KNOW THIS BECAUSE YOU WERE GIVEN AN UPDATE ON THIS AND, AND WAS PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS. UH, THE, THE MIXED USE THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT COMES FROM ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO. I'M TOLD THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WHICH IS FROM 2010, THE LAST UPDATE THAT THE, UM, DOCUMENTS IN IT FOR OUR LAND USE WERE ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO. THAT'S TWO MINUTES. IS THAT, IS THAT TWO MINUTES? YES. IT'S, THAT'S TWO MINUTES. SO STAY ON THE LINE IN CASE, UH, THERE'S ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION CHAIR. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU CALLER. ARE THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER JACKSON? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER. I DO HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, LATER ON. UM, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER CARILLO. NO QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PROFIT. UH, NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE CALL, MA'AM. UH, COMMISSIONER AURORA ALLEG, UH, JUST ONE QUESTION I JUST WANNA VERIFY. I HEARD CORRECTLY YOU SAID THAT THE EIGHT RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, UM, WERE GIVEN NOTICE TO VACATE THE PROPERTY AT THE END OF THE MONTH. IS THAT CORRECT? THE TWO LEFT THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND A HOME TO MOVE TO. OKAY. AND WAS THERE ANY ASSISTANCE? THAT'S VERY SAD. WAS THERE ANY ASSISTANCE FOR ANYBODY TO FIND ADDITIONAL OR SEPARATE HOUSING? WE TRIED, EXCUSE ME, TO GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE, UH, CITY, BUT BECAUSE, UM, SARAH MARTINEZ DOES NOT GIVE LEASES, THESE PEOPLE WERE ON MONTH TO MONTH AND THE CITY WAS ONLY SERVING PEOPLE WHO'VE HAD LEASES, SO THEY DIDN'T GET ANY HELP AT ALL. I SEE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR, FOR CALLING IN. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. SURE. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PECK, UH, NO QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER. THANKS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER STAFF. ALRIGHT, THE [02:40:01] NEXT CALLER WE HAVE IS MS. BEEZ. MS. BEEZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? MS. FEDDIS, CAN YOU HEAR US? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD PLEASE. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. OKAY. MY NAME IS DORA PEREZ. I LIVE AT 7 25 SAND MEYERS. MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE ON THE CORNER HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE COMMERCIAL MIXED USE, UH, PROPOSAL. I GREW UP AND HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THE MAJORITY OF THE HOME PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN OWNED BY THE SAME FAMILIES FOR 30, 40, 50 AND 60 PLUS YEARS. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS CALM AND IT'S PEACEFUL AND IT'S FRIENDLY WITH AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND A PARK ONE BLOCK OVER. WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AND WE PLAN TO RETIRE AND SPEND THE REST OF OUR LIVES HERE BY CHANGING TO MIXED USE. WE'LL GIVE WAY FOR ANY UNKNOWN BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY COMMERCIAL TO, TO COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE A RESTAURANT, STRIP MALL, OR A SUPERSIZED GAS STATION. NOT TO MENTION THE FIVE YOU ALREADY HAVE WITH MANY GAS PUMPS, DANGEROUS GAS FUMES POLLUTING OUR AIR. WE WOULD BREATHE EVERY DAY BEING SO CLOSE. AND THE SAFETY OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ONE BLOCK OVER TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN AT SCHOOL, BUSES TRYING TO PICK UP AND DROP OFF OUR SCHOOL KIDS BRINGING HOMELESS CRYING TRASH SPILL, UH, SPILLING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, DEVALUING OUR PROPERTIES. REGARDLESS OF WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS IT IS, OUR CITY IS GROWING. OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD HAS POTENTIAL TO THRIVE WITH FOR MORE, UH, FAMILY HOMES, MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENTS, OR EVEN FAMILY HOMES FOR OUR MILITARY TO LIVE CLOSER TO THEIR JOBS AT FORT SAM HOUSTON. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE JUST AGAINST THE C TWO MIXED USE PROPOSAL. THIS WILL OPEN UP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMMERCIAL BUSINESS UNLESS OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE THOUGHT OF LIVING ACROSS A SUPER GAS STATION OR UNKNOWN BUSINESSES AND THE SAFETY OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS ONE BLOCK OVER IS UNACCEPTABLE. PLEASE VOTE NO TO THIS C UH, SORRY. C TWO MIX USE PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. AND STAY SAFE. ALRIGHT MA'AM, STAY ON THE LINE, UH, CHAIR IF I MAY. ALRIGHT, UM, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF LIVE CALLERS TO GO THROUGH, MAYBE IF SOMEBODY HAS A QUESTION, THEY CAN STATE THEIR NAME AND THEN YOU CAN CALL ON THEM. THAT MIGHT SAVE US SOME TIME. OKAY. UH, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FOR THIS CALLER? CALLER OKAY. NOBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU. NEXT CALLER. NEXT CALLER. I HAVE, UH, MS. FRANKLIN, ARE YOU THERE? CAN YOU HEAR US? YES MA'AM. THIS IS LIZ FRANKLIN. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD. YOU'VE GOT TWO MINUTES. OKAY. UH, LIZ FRANKLIN AT FIVE 15 HAY STREET. I LIVE IN DIG WHITTY HILL, UH, WHICH IS THE ADJOINING NEIGHBOR TO ME TO BRING, UH, THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO BRING YOU GUYS BACK UP TO SPEED. ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD BE ON THE FRONT OF OUR MIND IS FIVE MONTHS AGO, A VERY SIMILAR CASE WAS HEARD THROUGH PLANNING AND THEN ZONING. ACTUALLY IT WAS WITHDRAWN AT PLANNING BECAUSE QT WITHDREW IT. HAVING SAID ALL THAT, THE FOLKS ASKED ME AGAIN WAY IN. THE THING ABOUT IT IS, IS HISTORICALLY FOLLOWING THE MEETING, THOSE SAME FOLKS IN THE 200 FEET, THE AFFECTED RESIDENTS HAD MET WITH JADA SULLIVAN, UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JADA SULLIVAN AND CREW. AT THAT MEETING, IT WAS CLEAR THAT TWO THINGS WERE GONNA HAPPEN. ONE, THE NEIGHBORS WANTED, UM, RESIDENTIAL TWO IN INCLUDE, THEY WOULD EVEN BE OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND C TWO AND GAS STATION OR OTHER ENTITY WAS, WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THEM. SO WHERE ARE WE TODAY? WE HAVE A VERY SKIMPY TO NON-EXISTENT SITE PLAN. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTS MR. MS. MARTINEZ TO SELL AT A FAIR PRICE, BUT THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS THE SAME THINGS THAT MADE HER A GOOD NEIGHBOR 20 YEARS AGO ARE NOT MAKING HER A GOOD LANDLORD TODAY. EVICTION OF EIGHT FAMILY RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA TO MAKE THE SALE, NOT BRINGING THE NEIGHBORS BACK INTO THE CONVERSATION. THE VERY SAME NEIGHBORS THAT OPPOSED IT TO BEGIN WITH. AND A SKIPPY PLAN THAT SAYS I COULD DO ANYTHING FROM A LIQUOR STORE. I MEAN, IS IT GONNA BE A RESTAURANT, IS IT GONNA BE A GAS STATION? THEY WEREN'T BROUGHT INTO THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A COMPROMISE. THE FIRST TIME THEY EVEN KNEW THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NEED TO COMPROMISE WAS MONDAY NIGHT WHEN THE CHIEF OF STAFF SAID YOU MIGHT HAVE TO COMPROMISE. LIZ, THAT'S TWO MINUTES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO STAY ON THE LINE JUST IN CASE THE COMMISSION HAS QUESTIONS. CHAIR? YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS [02:45:01] HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS CALLER? UH, DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FOR THIS CALLER. THANK YOU. THANKS ON THE LIST. I BELIEVE WE HAVE STEVE VERTE ON THE CALL. MR. VERSTEEG, YOU THE CALL. HELLO? YES. HI. STEVE VERSTEEG, 1 0 5 RENO. HELLO COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. UH, SLIDE TWO PLEASE. I AM A MECHANICAL ENGINEER. I AM A LOGICAL AND OBJECTIVE THINKER. I CAN'T MAKE SENSE OF THIS. SOMEONE HAS TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND. FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY I TEXTED MATT BATTERS HOURS AFTER THE ABLE TO SIGN WENT UP AND HE NEVER RESPONDED FOR TWO WEEKS. NOW MY FIRST QUESTION IS HOW IS THIS NOT A WASTE OF CITY RESOURCES TO SUBMIT THE SAME REZONING AS A DEFEATED AND WITHDRAWN REZONING CASE A FEW MONTHS AGO? HOW DOES THIS MOVE FORWARD WHEN THE NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATED HAS HAD ONLY A FEW DAYS TO REVIEW THIS, JUST GETTING THE INFORMATION THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND? HOW DOES THIS GET APPROVED WHEN NONE OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THE OPPOSITION HAVE HAD THEIR CONCERNS WELL DOCUMENTED AND ADDRESSED? HOW CAN THIS CHANGE BE MADE WHEN THERE IS NO SPECIFIC COMMITMENT ON BLANKET PERMISSION ONLY BLANKET PERMISSION FOR ALMOST ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT? WHAT IS THE APPLICANT'S SCHEDULE FOR CONTINUED AND EQUITABLE CITIZEN PARTICIP PARTICIPATION DURING THIS APPLICATION PROCESSING STAGE IN DEVELOPMENT? HOW IS THEIR ACCESS TO WALTERS WITH NO CURB CUTS AND EXCESS TO 35 A BLOCK AWAY? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. HOW CAN FOUR OF THE FIVE RESIDENTIAL NON-REAL HOMEOWNERS ACROSS THE STREET BE IN OPPOSITION AND WE DON'T GET OUR CONCERNS LISTENED TO AND A COMPROMISE NEGOTIATED? HOW CAN DORA PEREZ AND MIGUEL DEL BE FACED WITH NO SAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEIR FAMILIES HAVE HAD THEIR HOME FOR OVER 60 YEARS? WHY WAS THERE NO OUTREACH BY THE APPLICANT? WHY WAS THERE ONLY A COMMUNICATION FORCED BY THE D TWO OFFICE FLIGHT THREE, PLEASE. WHEN WE ARE NEVER OFFERED A COMPROMISE, WHY ARE THE NEIGHBORS BLAMED FOR BEING NAYSAYERS? WHERE IS EQUITY IN THIS PROCESS? CAT CHRISTIE AND THEIR TEAM WORK HARD TO MAKE THIS A FAIR PROCESS. BUT AS SPELLED OUT IN THE ESSAY TOMORROW, AND ESPECIALLY THE ESSAY CLIMATE READY, THIS CITY IS COMMITTED TO EQUITY, NOT EQUALITY. IF SOMEONE ON THE EDGE OF STONE OAK NEIGHBORHOOD TRIED TO SELL OFF THEIR LAND AS COMMERCIAL, WOULD THEY EVEN MAKE IT TO THIS COPPER COMMISSION? JUST BECAUSE THEY CREATED HOAS WITH LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE NORTH SIDE AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS. JUST BECAUSE THEY PUT A FREEWAY THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT DOESN'T MEAN OUR RIGHTS TO A HEALTHY ORGANIC NEIGHBORHOOD ARE THROWN OUT. HOW DO YOU NOT MOTION FOR DENIAL? WHERE IS EQUITY? THANK YOU. STAY ON THE LINE STEVE. UM, IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, CHAIR OH CHAIR. MAKE SURE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, UH, WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY COMMISSIONER'S QUESTIONS. IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THERE ARE ANY AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT CALLER. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE VETTE COLE. MS. COLE, ARE YOU THERE? YES. SORRY, I UNMUTED. CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? YES, GO AHEAD. YOU GOT TWO MINUTES. TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS DT COLE. I LIVE AT 1 0 5 RENO, JUST 30 FEET IN BEHIND THE MARTINEZ PROPERTY. WE ARE ASKING FOR ONE OF TWO OUTCOMES TODAY. THE FIRST IS THE DENIAL OF BOTH CASES BEFORE YOU OR THE SECOND A CONTINUANCE, SOME HISTORICAL CONTENT. BOTH OF THESE PROPERTIES CAME BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR FOR THE EXACT SAME ZONING AND LAND USE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TODAY. THE CASE WAS DENIED EIGHT TO ONE BY ZONING COMMISSION AND THEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT. FROM YOUR AGENDA, CLEAR TO THE ZONING BOARD AND COUNCILWOMAN JADA ANDREW SULLIVAN. THE COMMUNITY RESIDENCE WITHIN THE 200 FEET WANTED THE PROPERTIES TO REMAIN RESIDENTIAL FOLLOWING THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE, THE THE DEVELOPER. WE, THE 200 FOOT PROPERTY OWNERS MET WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN TO DISCUSS FUTURE LAND USES AT THIS MEETING. RESIDENCE AGAIN REITERATED THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION AND STRESSED OUR FLEXIBILITY IN WHAT IS CURRENTLY OUR SIX AND BEING OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF MULTIFAMILY, HIGHER DENSITY, CONDOS, ET CETERA. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE 2010 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, THE MOST IMPACTED NEIGHBORS AND THE CRITICAL HOUSING SHORTAGE THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO. THE COUNCILWOMAN AGREED THIS WAS SOMETHING SHE COULD WORK WITH AND SAID SHE WOULD REACH OUT TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS. THE NEXT TIME WE SPOKE TO THE COUNCIL WOMAN'S STAFF WAS LAST WEEK. ORLANDO RAMIREZ, D TWO ZONING DIRECTOR REMEMBERED BOTH THE MEETING AND THE COUNCIL WOMAN'S COMMITMENT TO SOME FORM OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THESE PROPERTIES. THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE 200 FOOT NEIGHBORS REQUESTED AN EMERGENCY MEETING WITH THE GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AHEAD OF THIS PLANNING HEARING MONDAY NIGHT, THE COUNCIL WOMAN'S CHIEF OF STAFF LOU MILLER, FACILITATED THE VIRTUAL MEETING. DURING THE COURSE OF THAT MEETING, MR. MILLER MENTIONED A COMPROMISE MAY BE NECESSARY. WHILE A COMPROMISE MAY HAPPEN AT SOME POINT, IT'S UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN WITHOUT ANY SCHEDULED MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS MOST IMPACTED BY THIS APPLICATION, WHAT THE SITES MAY BE USED FOR. WE HAVE [02:50:01] ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA, JUST A BROAD REQUEST JUMPING FROM R SIX TO MIXED SLASH C2 AND THAT'S WHY WE ASK FOR CONS CONTINUANCE FOR THE APPLICANT. IF, IF, IF THE APPLICANT TODAY, YOU VOTE TO DENY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. MS. STAY ON THE LINE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. CHAIR. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. THIS IS COMMISSIONER CARILLO. GO AHEAD. UM, I JUST WANNA ASK OF THE, THE CALLER, SO, UH, WITHIN A CONTINUANCE, WHAT WOULD YOU WISH TO ACCOMPLISH? CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY, GOOD. WHAT WE WISH TO ACCOMPLISH IS JUST CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO. GO AHEAD. YES. OKAY. I'M SORRY. UM, WE WOULD JUST HOPE TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE CONVERSATION. WE'VE HAD, THERE'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY ZERO, ZERO OUTREACH TO ANY OF THE 200 FEET NEIGHBORS AND THERE ARE 15 OF US IN OPPOSITION. UM, AND WE FEEL CLEARLY VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS 'CAUSE THESE ARE OUR HOMES. I MEAN, THIS IS OUR AMERICAN DREAM AS WELL. AND IF YOU WOULD LOOK, IF YOU WOULD SEE THE PICTURES. AND I HAVE PICTURES FOR THE NEXT PRESENTATION, BUT THIS IS SO CLOSE. WHEN I TELL YOU THAT I CAN LOOK OUT MY FRONT WINDOW AND THE MARTINEZ PROPERTY, IT'S RIGHT THERE. IT'S JUST, THIS IS A REALLY SMALL, UM, INTIMATE KIND OF BEDROOM COMMUNITY HERE IN THE URBAN CORE. SO WE WOULD JUST HOPE TO HAVE A VOICE IN WHAT IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR DAILY LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OUR NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. DID ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DID YOU NOT? UM, I HAD A QUICK YES OR NO QUESTION, WHICH IS WITH ANY OF THE TALKS WITH THE COUNCIL WOMAN'S OFFICE, WAS THE PROPERTY ON YOUR OWNER PRESENT AT THOSE TALKS? NO. OKAY. OKAY. UM, LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CALLER STAFF. RIGHT. NEXT, UH, PERSON WE HAVE IS, UH, CALEB JAMES. MR. JAMES, ARE YOU THERE? YES, I AM. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. YOU GOT TWO MINUTES. HELLO, MY NAME IS CALEB JAMES. I OWN AND RESIDE IN 1800 EAST CARSON STREET. UH, THAT'S WITHIN 200, UH, FEET OF THE PROPOSED C TWO REZONING. I OPPOSE THE C TWO REZONING IN SAN ANTONIO. WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN POPULATION DENSITY AND THEY WANT TO PUT A DRIVE-THROUGH OR A GAS STATION OR WHATEVER. THEY'RE NOT TELLING US THEY WANNA PUT ONE OF JUST A DRIVE THROUGH, MAYBE ON A PLOT OF LAND THAT HAS THE HIGHEST ALTITUDE. LOOKING OVER DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO, THIS IS PRIME REAL ESTATE FOR RESIDENTIAL. UM, THE REASON THEY'RE GOING WITH C TWO IS BECAUSE IT SELLS FROM MORE PER SQUARE FEET. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GREED. THEY WON'T APPLY FOR ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING MORE MONEY FOR C TWO. UM, I I, I WANT THEM TO GO WITH A RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE I WANT NEIGHBORS. UM, I ASK THAT YOU OPPOSE THIS, UH, SECOND LOUSY ATTEMPT AT A C TWO, UM, UH, RECLASSIFICATION BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY ATTEMPTED THIS FIVE MONTHS AGO. THEY JUST PUT A DIFFERENT APPLICANT'S NAME ON IT. THEY'RE SAYING INSTEAD OF A SALE, IT'S A RENT. THEY'RE JUST SCRATCHING. WHITING OUT SOME PARTS OF THE PAPERWORK AND REAPPLYING FOR THE SAME PAPERWORK. PLEASE STOP WASTING YOUR TIME AND JUST SAYING NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY, UH, COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY NEXT CALLER. ALRIGHT. UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE MR. LORENZO ORTIZ. MR. ORTIZ, ARE YOU THERE? YES, MA'AM, I AM. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. YOU GOT TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. MY NAME'S LORENZO ORTIZ. UH, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION. MY ADDRESS IS 25 47 IX 35. SO I AM ACTUALLY ON THE FRONTAGE. I ACTUALLY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY TWO YEARS AGO. UM, 'CAUSE OF THE ACTUAL LOCATION. UM, BUT I AM IN OPPOSITION OF THE ACTUAL, UH, UH, MIXED USE SLASH C TWO. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THE PUT, UH, C TWO, UH, AND GIVE 'EM THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO BUILD WHATEVER THEY WANT. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO CLEAR PLANS. UM, THERE, THERE THERE'S THREE PLANS THAT THEY'VE GIVEN US, BUT THEY'RE NOT DEFINITE ON ANYTHING. SO IT, IT GIVES 'EM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. UH, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE ACTUAL PROPERTY, AND I'M SAYING THE PROPERTY, 'CAUSE THERE'S TWO PROPERTIES INTO QUESTION, IS BIGGER THAN THE ACTUAL, UH, UH, SCHOOL, WHICH IS 400 FEET AWAY. UM, THE COMMUNITY IS [02:55:01] AN OLDER COMMUNITY. UM, EVERYBODY HAS ACTUALLY WORKED HARD TO GET WHERE THEY THEY'RE AT. EVERYBODY ACTUALLY HAS AN AMERICAN DREAM OF A HOME OWNERSHIP AND THAT'S WHY THEY STAY WHERE THEY'RE AT IN GOVERNMENT HILL. UM, ALL I WANT TO SAY IS I'M AN OPPOSED AND I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, OPPOSED UH, TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CHANGE. BUT TO SEE TWO SLASH MIXED USE, UM, IT JUST GIVES 'EM, UH, THE DOOR TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. 'CAUSE THEY REALLY HAVEN'T TOLD US WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING TO DO. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR. STAY ON THE LINE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. UH, CHAIR. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS FOR THIS CALLER? MS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY THANK YOU CALLER STAFF. ALRIGHT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE EMIL. EMIL, ARE YOU THERE? EMIL? MAKE SURE YOU UNMUTE. EMIL CAN HEAR US NOW. EMIL, YOU'RE ON. YOU'RE MUTED ON OUR END. OH, ARE YOU THERE? CAN SPEAK AGAIN. WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE CONNECTING WITH AMIL. I THINK HE HAS TO HIT. OKAY. AMIL, ARE YOU THERE? CAN YOU HEAR US? YES. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD AMIL. YOU GOT TWO MINUTES? OKAY. UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME'S AMIL . I LIVE 24 11. SENATOR RICH, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THERE WAS A STUDY DONE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2009 AND IT'S CALLED THE WALKER STREET DESIGN. CHARETTE. AND I PRESENTED IT THAT THE LAST TIME THIS THING WAS TRYING TO BE RE RE UH, AMENDED AND REZONED. AND I SENT DOCUMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THROUGH MR. THAT HAD TITLE OF THE, UH, STUDY AND ALSO IN PARTICULAR LAND USE MAP SHOWS, PROPOSED SOLUTIONS FOR THE AREA. AND BASICALLY WHAT IT ENTAILS IS THAT AS YOU COME OFF WALGER STREET, THE FIRST LITTLE BLOCK DOWN NEXT TO THE FREEWAY IS JUST FOR NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL. ALL THE OTHER LANGUAGES TO THE WEST OF WALTER STREET IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. AND TO THE RIGHT OF WALTER STREET IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MIXED USE OF TOWN CENTER. AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO CREATE A TOWN CENTER FOR, IN THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IN ADDITION TO GET PEOPLE FROM THE, UNFORTUNATELY HOUSTON TO BE PART OF THAT PARTICULAR NEW TOWN CENTER IN TERMS OF RESIDENTIAL USES AND ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL USES IN THAT AREA. SO THAT WOULD HELP MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE AREA. THIS WAS DONE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BACK IN 2009 WHEN THEY WERE INITIATING ALATION REDEVELOPMENT AREA NEW LES IN WALTER STREET. THAT'S TWO MINUTES. THIS IS MY RECOMMENDATION JAM. THAT'S TWO MINUTES. SO JUST STAY ON THE LINE IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY? OKAY. I'D LIKE TO . THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I'M NOT SEEING ANY. THANK YOU CALLER. STAFF NIGHT SCHOLAR. I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE LAST CALLER. SO WE'RE DONE WITH, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO I BELIEVE, UH, I'LL HAND IT BACK TO YOU FOR THE APPLICANT'S REBUTTAL. OKAY. DO WE STILL HAVE THE APPLICANT? DO THEY HAVE A RESPONSE TO THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC OR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE? YES, A COUPLE THINGS. UM, THERE SEEMS TO BE, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS, SO I WANT TO CLEAR THAT UP. MRS. MARTINEZ DOES NOT HAVE A CONTRACT WITH ANYBODY, AND THAT'S BECAUSE INSTEAD OF BEING IN THE POSITION SHE WAS IN FIVE MONTHS AGO WHERE AN OFFER CAME ALONG, OKAY, SHE'S NOT AT THE BACK OF THE BUS ANYMORE. SHE'S AT THE FRONT OF THE BUS AND SHE'S DRIVING IT. SO WE ARE SOLICITING OFFERS FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE. UH, WE HAVE NOT COMMITTED TO ONE YET BECAUSE NO ONE HAS MET HER TERM. SHE'S NOT JUST GONNA TAKE THE FIRST LOW BALL SOMEONE DANGLES IN FRONT OF HER. UM, MRS. MARTINEZ IS VERY AWARE OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO SHE HAS SUPPORTED AND HAVE SUPPORTED HER BEFORE. ONE OF THE PROPOSALS THAT [03:00:01] SHE'S BEEN APPROACHED WITH IS TO PUT A SHOPPING CENTER THERE. SHE SAID, NO WAY. SHE DOESN'T WANT THEM FACED WITH A DUMPSTER IN THEIR FRONT YARD. SHE'S MADE ACCOMMODATIONS. OKAY? SO THAT'S THE FIRST POINT I WANT TO BE CLEAR IS THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A CONTRACT WITH ANYBODY. SHE'S NOT BEING TROTTED OUT AS A FRONT FOR SOMEONE BEHIND THE SCENES. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SUBMITTED TWO PROPOSED SITE PLANS BECAUSE THE LEADER RIGHT NOW IS FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT. MRS. MARTINEZ IS SUBJECT TO SOMETHING CALLED A NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT. PART OF OUR ABILITY TO PROCEED FORWARD IS WHETHER OR NOT SHE GETS A REZONE DONE. AND BY THE WAY, THE TERMS THAT ARE FAVORABLE FOR HER INCREASE IF SHE GETS THIS DONE. THE SECOND POINT, I WANNA MAKE DOVETAILS ON THAT. WE HEARD SOME ALLEGATIONS THAT C TWO LETS THEM DO ANYTHING THEY WANT. UH, NO. WHAT WOULD LET HER DO ANYTHING SHE WANTS IS I D Z. AND WE, WE HEARD CONFLICTING COMMENTS FROM SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WHERE THEY SAID, WE WANT RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE, KIND OF ONE OF THESE URBAN THINGS. OKAY, WELL THEN WE WOULD NEED IDZ ZONING IN ORDER TO DO THAT. AND THAT REALLY GIVES HER A BLANK CHECK TO DO WHATEVER SHE WANTS. C TWO AGAIN, NOT C THREE C TWO IS THE COMPROMISE TO SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS. POINT NUMBER THREE IS THE COMMISSION TODAY DOESN'T WRITE MRS. MARTINEZ A BLANK CHECK. WE STILL GO TO ZONING. WE STILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL. AND EVEN THEN, SO, SO SHE GETS HER REZONING. WHOEVER WANTS TO DO SOMETHING THERE, WHETHER SHE ENDS UP GROUND LEASING IT TO SOMEONE ELSE, OR SHE PROCEEDS HERSELF WITH PUTTING THE BUILDING UP, WHICH SHE'S MOTIVATED TO DO, YOU STILL HAVE TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT. YOU STILL HAVE TO GET FINANCING. YOU STILL HAVE TO GET, UH, UTILITIES. YOU STILL HAVE TO GET PERMITS. THIS IS NOT THE NEIGHBOR'S LAST BITE AT THE APPLE BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION TO HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WHAT IS PUT THERE IS REASONABLE. THE FOURTH POINT I WANNA MAKE, UH, IS WE'VE HEARD SOME TALK THAT THERE'S NO, UH, WE'RE LOSING RESIDENTIAL, WE'RE LOSING RESIDENTIAL. QUITE THE OPPOSITE. UH, ONE OF THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT HAS BEEN SENT IN IS FROM A DEVELOPER, UH, PEGGY, WHO'S RIGHT ACROSS THE WAY, DOING A 48 UNIT RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. 48 UNITS. YES, WE'RE LOSING FIVE FROM MS. MARTINEZ. WE'RE GAINING 48. THE REASON PEGGY SUPPORTED US ON THIS IS BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS AT THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL WANT AMENITIES. THEY'LL WANT A RESTAURANT OR A GAS STATION ACROSS THE STREET. AND SO AGAIN, THERE HAS TO BE SOME BALANCE. IT CAN'T ALL BE RESIDENTIAL EITHER. ANOTHER POINT I HAVE TO MAKE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THERE HAS BEEN AN ALLEGATION THAT MRS. MARTINEZ EVICTED ALL OF HER TENANTS. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FALSE. IN FACT, SINCE THE CORONAVIRUS, IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE IN SAN, IN BEXAR COUNTY TO DO RESIDENTIAL EVICTIONS EVEN IF SHE WANTED TO. BUT NOT ONLY IS IT FALSE THAT SHE'S AFFECTED HER TENANTS, SHE'S ACTUALLY GIVEN SOME OF THEM SEVERAL MONTHS OF FREE RENT TO GIVE THEM TIME TO FIND, UH, A SUITABLE ACCOMMODATION. AND SO, AND AGAIN, FOLLOWS A LONGSTANDING PATTERN, SHE'S BEEN A VERY FORGIVING AND GENEROUS LANDLORD. RATHER THAN STICKING THEM WITH A LONG-TERM LEASE, SHE LEFT THEM PAY MONTH TO MONTH. AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE THAT THE CITY'S RESIDENTIAL RENTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ONLY SERVES PEOPLE WITH ANNUAL LEASES. IT ALSO SERVES PEOPLE WHO ARE ON MONTH TO MONTH TENDENCIES. THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER QUESTION FROM ONE OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FIVE RESIDENCES. AGAIN, MRS. MARTINEZ IS A STEWARD OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. HER, HER FATHER, WHO IS IN HIS NINETIES, LIVES IN ONE OF THE HOUSES, ONE OF THE CONDI. ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT SHE HAS BEEN INSISTING UPON WITH THE FOLKS WE HAVE BEEN IN TALKS WITH FOR GROUND LEASING THE SITE, IS THAT THEY DONATE THE ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SO THAT WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THEIR EFFORTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE HISTORIC PART OF GOVERNMENT HILL, THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS CAN USE THOSE RESOURCES. THAT'S FOR FREE. SO INSTEAD OF SEEING THAT THESE, YOU KNOW, ORIGINAL WINDOWS ORIGINAL FIXTURES, ORIGINAL FRONT DOORS END UP IN A LANDFILL, THEY'RE DONATED TO HER OWN NEIGHBORS. UM, THE FINAL POINT, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S VERY CLEAR. THE MAJORITY OF PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 200 FEET SUPPORT THIS, AT LEAST 10 FORMS WERE SENT BACK IN SOME OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTERS OR, OR WHO HAVE A HARD TIME RESOLVING WHICH DIAL IN NUMBER TO CALL IN. JUST INSISTED I GET TO MICHAEL BEFORE THE PRESENTATION TODAY, THEY'RE HANDWRITTEN SUPPORTS. AND MICHAEL, I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO ADD THEM, UH, IN, BUT I HOPE THAT YOU WOULD CONFIRM FOR THE COMMISSIONERS THAT THOSE WERE RECEIVED. IT WAS FIVE DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND THREE DIFFERENT HANDWRITTEN NOTES SUPPORTING [03:05:01] THIS. THIS IS A WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD. MANY OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS DON'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO DEDICATE FIVE HOURS OF THEIR DAY IN THE AFTERNOON TO BEING ON A CALL AND CALLING IN. UH, THESE ARE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL WORKERS WHO DON'T HAVE THE TIME OFF AND THE LUXURY TO BE HERE. AND, UH, I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS QUESTION. UM, IF WE CAN'T DO RES CAN'T DO A REZONE AND CAN'T DO ANYTHING, IF, IF WE WERE ANNEXING THIS INTO THE CITY TODAY AND IT HAD NO ZONING, WHAT WOULD YOU ASSIGN TO IT? UM, IT'S AT THE HARD CORNER WHERE THERE'S 18 LANES OF AN INTERSTATE FREEWAY TO THE SOUTH, NINE LANES ON THE THOROUGHFARE TO A FEDERAL MILITARY BASE TO THE EAST. IT'S SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL ON ITS, UH, UH, PARALLEL PROPERTIES ACROSS THE WAY AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AS THE APPROPRIATE BUFFER ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO, UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONERS, I'LL MAKE YOU AVAILABLE. NOW, MY CLIENT, MY CLIENT IS SITTING HERE NEXT TO ME, UH, NODDING ALONG, ALTHOUGH SHE'S NERVOUS, AS AS I'LL GET OUT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY. BUT SHE'S AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS DIRECTLY FOR HER AS WELL. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL GO INTO OUR COMMISSIONER'S QUESTIONS AND WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER JACKSON. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. UM, I APPRECIATE YOU HEARING THE VARIED COMMENTS, UH, THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE COMMISSION FROM, UH, LOCAL RESIDENTS BOTH FOR AND IN OPPOSITION TO THE PRO PROJECT. UH, IT IS APPARENT TO ME THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE CHANGE BEING REQUESTED IS NOT INCONSISTENT, UH, WITH OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE AREA. THERE ARE OTHER, UH, PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UH, DESIGNATED MIXED USE. THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL IS TROUBLING FOR ME. UM, I'M CONCERNED WITH THE COMMERCIAL APPLICATION FOR A PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY RESIDENTIAL, PARTICULARLY ONE THAT IS LOCATED IN AN AREA OF OUR CITY, UH, OCCUPIED BY OUR NEIGHBORS. WERE CLEARLY IN, IN NEED OF AND DESIRE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I THINK IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL INTENT AND, UM, SPIRIT, UH, EXPRESSED BY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO REMAIN MINDFUL OF THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AS WE EXECUTE OUR DUTIES. UM, I'M NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS RECOMMENDATION. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER THE APPLICANT OR ANY OF THOSE WHO'VE SPOKEN UP IN OPPOSITION, BUT I AM UNABLE TO SUPPORT THIS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER CARILLO. UM, THANK THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WROTE IN AND CALLED IN AND, AND, UH, PARTICIPATED ON THIS ITEM. UM, I ECHO SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON. THIS IS A REALLY TOUGH ONE. UM, UM, I'M CURIOUS IF THE APPLICANT WOULD BE OPEN TO A CONTINUANCE. I HAVEN'T HEARD, OR MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. UM, MS. MARTINEZ HAS, UM, TRULY SAT DOWN WITH THESE NEIGHBORS AND TRIED TO HEAR THEM OUT. UM, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD COME OF THAT. I, I ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, AT FACE VALUE SEEING THIS PROJECT, I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS, UM, A GOOD IDEA THAT IT WAS, UH, IT WOULD PROVIDE A GOOD BUFFER BETWEEN WHAT IS A BUSY WALTER STREET AND, AND THE RESIDENTS AND THE FACT THAT SHE'S KEEPING THOSE TREES. AND I UNDERSTAND HER PERSONAL TIES TO IT, BUT, UM, I, I REALLY FEEL FOR THE RESIDENTS AND, UM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NOT KNOWING WHO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT IN THE ROOM OR WE WERE NOT PART OF ANY DISCUSSIONS. AND SO IT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT LIKE IT'S BECOMING A HE SAID, SHE SAID, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE ON WHAT ISSUE, BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE, UM, THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ON BEHALF OF MS. MARTINEZ. SO, UM, UH, MR. BATTERS WOULD, WOULD MS. MARTINEZ BE OPEN FOR A CONTINUANCE AND, AND DISCUSSING OPTIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORS? I WOULD, I WOULD RE I WOULD REMIND YOU OF TWO, TWO ITEMS. AGAIN, WE'VE FIELDED OVER 40 PHONE CALLS WITH RESIDENTS IN GOVERNMENT HILL. MOST OF THEM HAD QUESTIONS. MANY OF THEM WERE OPPOSED AT FIRST. AND WHEN THEY GOT A BETTER IDEA OF, OF EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON, THEY WERE NOT OPPOSED, AND THEY DID NOT SEND IN FORMS AND OPPOSITION. UM, THE OTHER IS WE HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING TOGETHER WITH LARGE GROUPS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF C OVID 19. MRS. MARTINEZ IS [03:10:01] THE PRIMARY CAREGIVER FOR HER FATHER WHO IS IN HIS NINETIES. SO WE, WE, AGAIN, WE WE'RE LIMITED BY ONLY THE TECHNOLOGY THAT ENABLES COMMUNICATION. AND I ALSO WANT HER, I MEAN, SHE, SHE HAS MADE AN EFFORT PROACTIVELY INSTEAD OF COMING TO THE COMMISSION SO THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO CONTINUE THIS AND GO BACK. SHE'S COME WITH, UH, PROPOSED SITE PLANS THAT ACCOMMODATE COMPROMISE. I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH FURTHER SHE COULD GO. UM, SO I, I I JUST RESPOND BY SAYING WE'VE TRIED IT, IT WE'VE COMMUNICATED DIRECTLY WITH PEOPLE AND RESOLVED ALMOST EVERY CONCERN WE'VE GOTTEN BY DIRECT COMMUNICATION. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH WITH THE CONTINUANCE AT THIS POINT. UM, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE, UM, COUNCIL WOMEN'S OFFICE? YES. UH, AND IN FACT, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO LOU MILLER FOR USING THE, THE DISTRICT TWO'S TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATE THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE MEETING THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT. UH, MY, MY CLIENT DOES NOT HAVE ZOOM. WE'RE LIMITED ON WHAT WE CAN DO AROUND HERE, BUT BLUE MILLER ORGANIZED IT, UM, NOT AT THEIR INSISTENCE, BUT RATHER AT OUR REQUEST BECAUSE IT'S MUCH MORE EFFICIENT FOR US TO HAVE THAT GROUP MEETING AND COMMUNICATE WITH EVERYONE ALL AT ONCE INSTEAD OF DOING INDIVIDUAL PHONE CALLS. AND YOU SEE THAT THE RESULT OF THAT MEETING IS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS THIS. UM, I, I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW WHERE I STAND ON THIS ONE YET. I'M GONNA WAIT TO LISTEN TO SOME OF MY OTHER, UM, COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CARILLO, UH, COMMISSIONER PROPHET, THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, THANKS FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS, UH, COMMENTS AND, UH, NAVIGATING, UH, THE, THIS, UH, COMMISSION PROCESS IN THESE LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TIMES. SO I'M RESPECTFUL OF, OF PEOPLE MAKING, UH, TAKING THE TIME OF THEIR DAY TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD. I, FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, REALLY I THINK THIS PIECE OF LAND IS, IS MIXED USE SEEMS TO BE THE APPROPRIATE USE. UM, IT'S A HARD CORNER OF, OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. UM, WHETHER C TWO IS APPROPRIATE IS REALLY A MATTER FOR THE ZONING COMMISSION. UM, MIXED USE WOULD ALLOW, UM, DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS, INCLUDING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY, WHICH JUST SEEMS A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS WOULD SUPPORT. SO, UM, I'M A LITTLE BIT ON THE FENCE, BUT I, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM A PLANNING, UH, COMMISSION LENS, I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT USE TO BE MIXED USE, BUT I HAVE TO DEFER TO, UM, ZONING AS FAR AS C TUBING, THE RIGHT USE FOR THIS PROPERTY. UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SO AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO HEAR THE OTHER COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS AND, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER AURORA EGRIN. HI. THANK YOU. UM, SO I, I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THIS AND I REALIZE THAT'S A ZONING QUESTION IN THE END. UM, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE ISN'T A PLAN, AND WE KNOW THAT, UH, A, UM, A GAS STATION WAS PROPOSED INITIALLY, WHICH I HAD OPPOSED AT THE TIME. UM, AND I'M, SO, I'M CONCERNED THAT, UH, THE, THE RE UH, REVISING OF LAND USE WITH NO SPECIFIC PLAN OPENS THE DOOR TO TOO MANY POSSIBILITIES. AND I THINK THAT THE NEIGHBORS MIGHT BE MORE WILLING TO ACCEPT, UM, A, A CHANGE IN THE PLAN IF THEY HAD A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GONNA HAPPEN. IT'S THE UNKNOWN THAT'S PROBLEMATIC. AND I LIVE IN A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD. I UNDERSTAND VERY MUCH WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH. I DO THINK THAT THE, THE PROPERTY WE'RE GOING TO HEAR NEXT, I KNOW THESE ARE ACTUALLY KIND OF JOINT PROPERTIES, UM, MAKES A LITTLE MORE SENSE FOR COMMERCIAL. THIS ONE, UH, YES, IT IS A BUSY CORNER, BUT, UM, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS NOT ALONG THE INTERSTATE. IT'S A BLOCK BACK, UM, INTO WHERE THERE'S LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. UM, I, UM, SO I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WERE DISPLACED. UM, UNFORTUNATELY, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY CAN CHOOSE TO DO THAT. UH, IT'S HER PROPERTY, SHE CAN SELL IT AND ASK EVERYONE TO MOVE, PARTICULARLY IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE LEASES. UH, SO THAT IS HER RIGHT. UM, NO MATTER HOW MUCH THAT MIGHT UPSET ALL OF US TO SEE DISPLACEMENT. UM, THAT SAID, UH, DISPLACEMENT IN FAVOR OF MORE HOUSING MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE THAN DISPLACEMENT IN FAVOR OF THE UNKNOWN. SO I'M, I'M REALLY, UH, HESITANT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. UM, I HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT OPINION OF THE OTHER PROPERTY, UM, BUT THIS ONE, I'M, I'M VERY CONCERNED WITH. AND GIVEN THAT SO MANY RESIDENTS ARE OPPOSED, UM, I'M, I'M VERY HESITANT TO SUPPORT IT. I WOULD, UH, SUPPORT A CONTINUANCE IF WE DECIDED TO GO THAT ROUTE, [03:15:01] JUST BECAUSE IT WOULD ALLOW, UH, MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO DISCUSS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. UM, BUT WITHOUT THAT OPTION, I'D BE MORE INCLINED, UH, TO OPPOSE THE PLAN AS IT, UH, STANDS NOW. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. ALL OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED AS A LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT THE MENTION OF QT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S JUST A HYPOTHETICAL AT THIS POINT. UM, SO I'LL ASSUME THAT, AND, UM, AND I'LL HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. I, UH, YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. OKAY. I AM A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR AREA USED TO SERVICE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, AND THERE WAS COMMERCIAL FROM 35 ALL THE WAY TO THE GATE OF FORT SAM. THEN URBAN RENEWAL CAME AND REMOVED ALL OF THAT, AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GO BACK AND, AND, UH, REPLACE IT WITH, WITH, UH, A BETTER USE. UH, HOUSING WOULD PROBABLY BE IDEAL BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THE HISTORIC HOUSES THAT ARE IN THE AREA, AND IT'S A VERY NICE COMMUNITY TO KEEP, AS HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY A LOT OF THE PEOPLE AGAINST THE CHANGE. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU KNOW, TIME GOES ON AND YOU NEED TO RESOLVE IT WITH A BETTER DEVELOPMENT. AND, UH, YOU DON'T WANNA NECESSARILY JUST CHANGE IT AND LET, UH, THE HIGHEST BIDDER TAKE THE LAND, BUT YOU NEED TO, TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF HOUSING THAT'S ADEQUATE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, LIVE IN THAT AREA. YOU GET A FANTASTIC VIEW OF THE SKYLINE OF SAN ANTONIO FROM THERE. SO GOOD LUCK TO WHOEVER COMES. I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M READY TO SUPPORT THE, UM, THE CHANGE OF THE, UH, UH, CHANGES AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PECK, NO REAL QUESTIONS. UM, MY THOUGHTS ARE PRETTY MUCH PARALLEL WITH COMMISSIONER PROFIT'S THOUGHTS IN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS FROM OUR CHARGE AS PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, UM, THE MIXED USE DESIGNATION REALLY, REALLY DOES MAKE SENSE THERE TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALONG 35 WALTERS, UM, IS A, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, A BIG ROAD. I THINK IT'S LIKE NINE LANES FEEDING UP INTO FORT SAM. I MEAN, THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, ALONG WALTERS AND 35 REALLY WANTS TO BE COMMERCIAL BECAUSE OF THE, OF THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA GO THROUGH THERE. AND, UH, TO ME, UH, MIXED USE MAKES SENSE. UM, THE ZONING, YOU KNOW, LIKE ONE OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, I THINK IT WAS, UH, OR ALLEG GREENY, UH, I THINK SHE MIGHT'VE SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S UP TO THE ZONING COMMISSION AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR PURVIEW, BUT ME, THE MIXED USE MAKES SENSE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY STANDARD. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, I, OH, ACTUALLY, UH, SHE HAD TO LEAVE AND SHE LEFT ABOUT FIVE 17, SORRY. OH, OKAY. UH, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. UM, CONSIDERING WHERE THIS SLOT IS, AS, AS YOU HEARD WITH, WITH THE, THIS VICINITY TO THE LARGE STREET ON WALTERS AND THE HIGHWAY, UM, WOULD RESIDENTIAL LAND USAGE CATEGORIES BE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT PROPERTY? I KNOW IT CURRENTLY HAS LOW DENSITY NOW, BUT WITH WHAT, WHERE IT IS NOW, DOES THAT MATCH, UM, WITH WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE? UH, THERE ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AS WELL AS, UH, I THINK THE PROPERTY, UH, ONE OF THE PROPERTIES FOR THE SOUTH HOUSE, THE CONDITION WERE USED FOR SIX UNITS, I BELIEVE. UM, SO THE, UH, PART OF THE PROPERTY IS NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATION, BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT IS. OKAY. UM, BUT CONSIDERING WHERE IT IS, I MEAN, IF, IF, IF THIS WAS, IF THIS HAD NO LAND USAGE CATEGORIES, UH, AT THIS TIME, LET'S SAY THERE WAS NOTHING THERE, UM, WOULD ANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL LAND USAGE CATEGORIES BE APPROPRIATE? GIVEN WALTER STREET AND I 35 AND YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STREET AND YOU SEE MIXED USE, WE WOULD'VE CLASSIFIED IT AS MIXED USE TO BE IN LINE WITH WHAT IS ACROSS THE STREET. AND IN CREATING THIS SORT OF MIXED USE, UH, CORRIDOR. UH, AND THE MIXED USE CATEGORY DOES ALLOW FOR HIGHER DENSITY, UH, MULTI-FAMILY USES. [03:20:01] UH, SO WITH THAT CATEGORY, THERE'S, THERE'S OPTIONS THAT COULD BE EXPLORED DURING THE ZONING DISTRICT, UM, UH, PROCESS OR THE ZONING PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHICH ZONING DISTRICT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. BUT MIXED USE DOES ALLOW FOR THAT, UH, MIX OF EITHER HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OR, UH, SOME COMMERCIAL USE. OKAY. SO RE SO RESIDENTIAL'S STILL AN OPTION THERE? UM, ANOTHER YES. UNDER ANOTHER, UNDER, UNDER THE FINANCE CATEGORY, YES. OKAY. UM, ANOTHER QUESTION, SINCE GIVEN ITS PROXIMITY TO FORT SAM HOUSTON, DID THE MILITARY WEIGH IN AT ALL? WAS THERE ANY OPPOSITION, ANY SUPPORT? DID THEY RESPOND AT ALL? NO, THEY DID NOT RESPOND ON THIS ONE. OKAY. UM, JOAQUIN, UH, MY OTHER QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. I DID HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH, BUT THE APPLICANT, UH, DID ANSWER THAT. THAT BEING SAID, UM, LOOKS LIKE IT'S TIME FOR A MOTION AND A VOTE ON THIS ONE. THIS COMMISSIONER CARILLO, I WOULD MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER GAR CARILLO ON A CONTINUANCE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER ROYAL LAG GREENY. I WOULD SECOND THAT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR A CONTINUANCE. UH, DO WE WANNA DO A TYPICAL TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE OR A MONTH CONTINUANCE? UM, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE, YOU KNOW, HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET TOGETHER, I WOULD GO FOR A MONTH. UM, I'M TRYING TO, UH, FIND THE DATE FOR AUGUST. I BELIEVE THAT IS AUGUST. OKAY. SO AUGUST 12TH IS, UH, THE CONTINUANCE DATE. AND THE ONLY THING I WOULD JUST, UH, CHECK WITH IS IF THE APPLICANT, AGAIN, IF THIS MOTION PASSES FOR A CONTINUANCE, IS THE APPLICANT IN TOWN ON THAT DAY? I JUST WANNA, OR AT LEAST AVAILABLE, UH, THAT DAY. SORRY, WHAT DAY WAS THAT? UH, AUGUST 12TH. MRS. MARTINEZ, ARE YOU AVAILABLE ON AUGUST 12TH? YES. OKAY, THAT WORKS. OKAY. OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MOTION, UH, WAS SECONDED AND THE MOTION WAS FOR CONTINUANCE ON AUGUST 12TH. UH, STAFF CAN DO THE ROLL CALL. UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YES. COMMISSIONER CARILLO? YES. COMMISSIONER PROFIT? YES. COMMISSIONER AURORA EGRIN? YES. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. MAKE SURE TO HIT UP MUTE, SIR, GO AHEAD. YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER PECK? YES. AND CHAIR GARCIA? YES. MOTION PASSES. SEVEN ZERO. OKAY, SO THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 17. NOW WE'RE GOING TO ITEM NUMBER 18. [18. 20-3999 PLAN AMENDMENT CASE PA-2019-11600029 (Council District 2): A request by Robert Wynn, representative, for approval of a Resolution to amend the Government Hill Neighborhood Plan, a component of the Comprehensive Master Plan of the City, by changing the future land use from “Low Density Residential" to "Mixed Use" on Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, the north 34.59 feet of Lot 10 through Lot 14, and the north 34.59 feet of Lot 15, Block 5, NCB 1181, located in the 2600 block of North Interstate 35. Staff recommends Approval. (Associated Zoning Case Z-2020-10700114) (Michael Pepe, Planner, (210) 207-8208, Michael.Pepe@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)] ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE, LOCATED AT 2,600 AT THE 2,600 BLOCK OF NORTH INTERSTATE 35. THERE WERE 19 NOTICES MAILED OUT. I HAVE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, FIVE IN OPPOSITION, NO RESPONSE FROM GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE OR IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY AND 12 OPPOSED OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A PLAN AMENDMENT FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TOUSE TO REZONE TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. THE REQUEST TO AMEND A BLOCK IN ITS ENTIRETY AS AN APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT FOR MIXED USE OF ACCESS TO I 35 AND ALONG WALTER STREET. IT ALSO ACTS WITH A BUFFER TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL FROM TRAFFIC AND STREET NOISE. THE WALTERS CORRIDOR IS ALREADY PARTIALLY DEVELOPED AS MIXED USE AND THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL BLOCK OF MIXED USE WITH BE CONSISTENT WITH THE AREA AND CORRIDOR STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU. WE'VE HEARD FROM STAFF IS THE TICKET THE APPLICANT IS READY TO PRESENT ON THIS PLOT OF PROPERTY. OF PROPERTY. THIS IS ROBERT WYNN, GO AHEAD. I'M HERE. THIS IS ROBERT WYNN. YES. DO YOU HAVE A, A SEPARATE PRESENTATION FOR THIS PROPERTY? [03:25:01] NO, UH, THE, THE, THE, UH, PROPERTY IS THE SOUTHERN, UH, REALLY 150 FEET OR SO, THE TRACK THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING, UH, ON THE PREVIOUS CASE. SO, UH, IT'S EVERYTHING'S, YOU KNOW, ALREADY BEEN SET ABOUT, ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND THE LOCATION, SO I DON'T NEED TO BE, UH, REHASHING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. WE'RE, WE'RE THE, UH, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE THERE DIRECTLY ON 35. AND, AND, UH, WE, UH, HAVE THIS PROPERTY HERE AT CROSS BANK AS A TRUST FOR THE KOMA JACKSON FAMILY. UH, KOMA JACKSON SET UP THE, THE TRUST FOR HER GRANDCHILDREN. AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN ENTERTAINING DIFFERENT, UH, PROPOSALS ON THE PROPERTY, BUT, UH, THEY'VE, THEY'VE ALL, UH, BEEN COMMERCIALLY ORIENTED. UH, AND SO WE, THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE ASKING FOR THE MIXED USE DESIGNATION. UH, WE HAD HOPED TO, UH, PARTNER WITH THE, UH, MS. MARTINEZ'S PROPERTY BECAUSE, UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, COMPLIMENT THE, UH, SETBACKS AND, UH, THE BUFFER ZONES THAT, UH, ARE NECESSARY FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, WE WERE HOPING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN EXTRA PARCEL OF LAND THERE OR DEVELOP DEVELOPER WAS THAT IS TO, UH, TO WORK WITH. SO, SO THE REASON WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, APPLYING FOR THE MIXED USES TO ENABLE, UH, COMMERCIAL, UH, USE FOR THE PROPERTY, UM, BECAUSE THAT, THAT IS WHAT THE INTEREST WE'RE GETTING, UM, FOR THE ULTIMATE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY WOULD BE OKAY. UM, STAFF, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE? WE DO. WE WILL START, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT LIKE LAST TIME WITH THE LETTERS THAT WE RECEIVED. JOHN FIKE AT 1 4 2 2 EAST GRAYSON I WRITE TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR THE, FOR THE PROPOSED C TWO REZONING BY MRS. SARAH MARTINEZ AND THE COOMA JACKSON TRUST OF THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT WALTER STREET AND IH 35. MY ORGANIZATION IS ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD. WE FOLLOW PROPOSALS AMONG OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS CLOSELY. THIS ONE IS REMARKABLE AND DESERVING OF OUR SUPPORT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. PROPERTY IS THE GATEWAY TO THE SOUTH GATE OF FOR SAM AND A CRITICAL LOCATION. MS. MR. MRS. MARTINEZ'S PROPOSAL IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY AND HONORABLE MS. MARTINEZ AS A FIXTURE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED US WHEN WE NEEDED HER. WE NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME APPROPRIATE BALANCE DEVELOPMENT AND TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE PROCESS. AGAIN, I EXPRESSED MY SUPPORT FOR THIS REZONING AS PROPOSED TO C TWO AND ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO JOIN WITH ME IN SUPPORTING MS. MARTINEZ AND THE OMA JACKSON TRUST JAMIE FED. I'M WRITING TO CONFIRM OUR SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED REZONING BY MRS. SARAH MARTINEZ AND THE POMA JACKSON TRUST FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED NEAR WALTERS AND I 35. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY IN GOVERNMENT HILL SINCE 2015, RECOGNIZING MANY CHANGES MOVING FORWARD. THE GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT HILL IS DEPENDENT ON MANY FACTORS WHICH CONSIST OF FAMILY PRESERVED HISTORY, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, AND COMMERCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS LOCATED NEAR THE MAIN GATE OF FOREST, SAM HOUSTON, WHICH IS IDEAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR REZONING TO C TWO. MRS. MARTINEZ HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS, HAS PUT FORTH A TREMENDOUS EFFORT CREATING COMMERCIAL ZONING FOR GOVERNMENT HILL. ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED REZONING TO C TWO, ALLOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. LOGAN B HOMER, THE REASON FOR THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT TO THE ZONING CASE MENTIONED ABOVE THE MOST APPROPRIATE USE OF THE LAND ON THE CORNER OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND MAIN THOROUGH AFFAIRS SUIT TO THE AREA OF COMMERCIAL T TWO. THIS LOCATION WOULD BE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO FACE THE HIGHWAY. AND THE NEED FOR BUSINESS USE IS EVIDENT ALONG THIS STRETCH OF ROAD. I WELCOME THIS REZONING EFFORT, AS IT WILL CERTAINLY BECOME A CONDUIT FOR MUCH NEEDED INVESTMENT INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'LL, THAT SUPPORTS LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RICHARD AL AT 9 2 2 EAST CARSON. MY BUSINESS IS ATLAS BODY SHOP AT 9 2 2 EAST CARSON. I HAVE OWNED MY BUSINESS IN MAY OF 1971 AT THE SAME LOCATION. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PROPONENT FOR COMMERCIAL GROWTH IN GOVERNMENT HILL. THE BUSINESS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY IF IT CREATES JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. I HAVE KNOWN MRS. MARTINEZ OVER 30 YEARS, AND I SUPPORT HER, HER PROPOSED PROJECT THAT I BELIEVE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY AS IT STANDS NOW, IS BOTH UNSIGHTLY AND A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS PROJECT WILL GREATLY IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AGAIN, I GIVE MY SUPPORT FOR THE REZONING HAS PROPOSED TO C TWO AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING MS. MARTINEZ ON HER [03:30:01] PROPOSED PROJECT. CARMEN JARAMILLO IS AN OPPOSITION WOULD, WOULD PREFER GARDEN HOME, SINGLE FAMILY CONDO APARTMENT'S, RESIDENTIAL OPPOSED BECAUSE OF INCREASE OF TRAFFIC STUDY HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT. SAFETY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, WEAR AND TEAR OF THE STREETS, NOISE, NOISE, POLLUTION, AND MORE. DOLORES NOLAN AT 4 2 8 SANDMEYER WOULD LIKE CONDOS AND GARDEN HOMES, KEEPING A FAMILY AREA. CALEB JAMES SUBMITTED A LETTER, BUT HE LEFT A VOICEMAIL TO BE HEARD AND IT'LL BE PLAYED AT A LATER TIME. MARTIN JAY EZ AT 7 2 5 SANDMEYER. BY ALLOWING THIS REQUEST, IT WOULD ALLOW A LARGE BUSINESS TO ENTER INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WOULD NOT BE GOOD FOR US, THAT WOULD CAUSE HAVOC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ONLY RESIDENTIAL. MARYANNE EVA AT 7 2 4 SANDMEYER OPPOSED TO COMMERCIAL ZONING AND MIXED USE, ROXANNE IS IN OPPOSITION. MY FAMILY HAS LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR FOUR GENERATIONS. WE WANT TO KEEP IT FAMILY FRIENDLY WITHOUT ANY BUSINESSES OR ANY PROPERTIES BEING USED FOR COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT FOR SALE. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE WRITTEN OPPOSITION FOR THIS ZONING CASE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE FIVE VOICEMAILS TO PLAY, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START. 8 1 7 WEST MAGNOLIA AVENUE, 2 1 0 3 8 1 7 8 7 1. GOOD AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL, I HAVE SPENT THE LAST DECADE WORKING WITH MY NEIGHBORHOOD OF BEACON HILL AND WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION ON MATTERS OF PLANNING AND ZONING. I HAVE ALSO SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN WAS COMPLETED IN 2010 WHILE GOAL TWO OF THE PLAN TO REVITALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEING USED HERE TO JUSTIFY THE REQUEST. GOAL ONE, HOUSING IS BEING ABANDONED. IT'S SAFE, COULD CONSERVE, REHABILITATE, AND OR REPLACE IF NECESSARY HOUSING STOCK. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH GOAL TWO PROMOTES THE MARKETING OF VACANT LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT, IT DOES NOT PROMOTE THE DISPLACEMENT OF RESIDENTS AND THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING HOUSING TO FURTHER THAT GOAL. A MAJOR COMPONENT OF ANY NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IS THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. THIS IS WHERE THE RESIDENTS LOOK AT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND MAP OUT CHANGES OR NOT TO LAND USE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE GOALS IN THEIR PLAN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN THE 2010 GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, THE ENTIRE AREA BETWEEN 35 AND FORT SAM FROM AND THE BROWNVILLE IS ALL DESIGNATED AS LOWDEN RESIDENTIAL. EVEN THE REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY MAP IN THE PLAN SHOWS THIS AREA AS REMAINING RESIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT. BILL IS PART OF THE EAST SIDE SUB AREA PLAN CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THE COMMUNITY HAS HAD THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THEIR GOALS THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE EXISTING PLAN SHOULD BE RESPECTED. THE HOUSING CRISIS IN THIS CITY IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY TO DECIDE TO REDUCE HOUSING IN FAVOR OF COVER. COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME IS A TRAGEDY. A COMPROMISE TO ALLOW HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES ON THESE PROPERTIES WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO OPPOSE THIS REQUEST. I AM CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE PA 2 1 9 1 1 6 0 0 2 8. UM, I'M IN OPPOSITION OF CHANGING THE ZONING. MY NAME IS WILLIAM HYNER. MY ADDRESS IS 1123 WYOMING STREET. AND CHANGING THE ZONING IN THAT AREA WOULD CAUSE MORE STRESS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WOULD INCREASE POPULATION DENSITY AND BE TOTALLY OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE NATURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. BYE. YES, MY NAME IS JOSE F RA. TELEPHONE NUMBER IS FOUR TWO ONE EIGHTEEN SIX NINE. I LIVE AT 25 39 8 3 5. AND I ALSO OWN THE PROPERTY NEXT TO 25 43 NORTH INTERSTATE 35. I'M IN OCCUPATION OR AGAINST I 17 AND 18. I'VE OWNED MY HOUSE SINCE I WAS 12 YEARS OLD. LITERALLY, MY MOM GAVE IT TO I 12 AND DO NOT WANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, BECAUSE IT WOULD DISRUPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW, I ALSO USED TO OWN ONE . WE KNOW THAT NOW BELONGS TO MY BABY'S MOM AND HE'S AGAINST IT. UH, HE CALLED IN, IF NOT LEFT A MESSAGE EITHER WAY. IF Y'ALL NEED TO GET A HOLD OF HER, PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 632-3748. [03:35:03] AND SHE IS 18. DEPOSITION FOR AGAINST ITEM 17 AND 18. DO NOT WANT COMMERCIAL ZONING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? GIMME A CALL. 1 4 1 8 3 6 9. THANK YOU. YES, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ROSE YOUNG, R O S E H I L L. UH, THIS IS REGARDING CASE NUMBER PA 20 21 1 6 0 0 2 8. UH, IT BELONGS TO ONE 12 RENO STREET. UM, I AM THE, MY NAME IS ROSE HILL. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'M CALLING TO LEAVE A MESSAGE, UM, BEHALF OF THE BOARD. THE BOARD AND MYSELF AS THE PRESIDENT HAVE GONE AHEAD AND, UM, HAD A MEETING WITH BOTH GROUPS REGARDING, UH, THE PEOPLE IN, IN, UM, IN OPPOSITION AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE FOR AND AGAINST IT. AND WE'VE GONE BACK AND TRIED TO ANALYZE THE ENTIRE SITUATION AND THEREFORE WE'VE COME UP WITH A CONCLUSION BASED ON THAT PARTICULAR CORNER THAT WE FEEL THAT, UH, THAT CORNER IS, SHOULD NOT BE RESIDENTIAL. SO WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THE C TWO COMMERCIAL FOR THAT, UM, UH, FOR THAT CORNER. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN GIMME A CALL BACK AT (210) 420-4320. AGAIN, UH, WHEN IT SAYS ADVISE, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT, UM, THAT PROPERTY TO BE SEEK THE COMMERCIAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HELLO, MY NAME IS CALEB JAMES. I'M THE OWNER AND RESIDENT OF 1800 EAST CARSON STREET. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (956) 404-1754. I'M CALLING TO LEAVE A MESSAGE ABOUT ZONING CASE ENDING IN 0 2 9. I EMBRACE CHANGE, BUT E TWO ZONING PROPOSAL IS NOT HOW WE WANT TO DEFINE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'RE SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ON NORTH FELS AND I 35 AND WALTERS. THERE ARE ENOUGH COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. WE ARE AT THE PEAK OF SAN ANTONIO. LOOKING OVER DOWNTOWN, THIS REZONING WASTE PRIME REAL ESTATE WITH A VIEW FOR A COFFEE SHOP, A GAS STATION. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO PUT THERE. I ASK THAT WE CONSIDER A RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE ZONING THAT WAY BOTH PARTIES WIN, THE NEIGHBORS GET RESIDENTIAL AND THE SELLER IF THEIR MIXED USE FOR A RETAIL SPACE BELOW AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. THANK YOU. AND PLEASE CONSIDER A RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE CHANGE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE LIVE CALLERS. THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS, UH, LORENZO ORTIZ. MR. ORTIZ, ARE YOU THERE? YES, YES, MA'AM. I AM. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. YOU GOT TWO MINUTES? UH, YES. MY NAME'S LOREN ORTIZ. I OWN THE PROPERTY AT 25 47 IH, UH, 35 NORTH. I AM ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD. I PURCHASED MY, UH, HOME, UH, TWO YEARS AGO. UH, I AM IN OPPOSITION OF THE ACTUAL, UH, PROPERTY, UH, FOR C TWO SLASH MIXED USE. UM, WE JUST HAD A, A MEETING JUST RECENTLY. UM, MR. ROBERT WYNN DID STATE IN THE MEETING THAT HE HAS NOT ACTUALLY, UH, OBTAINED OR LISTENED TO ANY OTHER, UH, OFFERS OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL. SO BASICALLY HE'S NOT BEING FLEXIBLE. I'M WILLING TO TO BE FLEXIBLE AS FAR AS, UM, SOMETHING ELSE, BUT NOT SEE TOO MIXED USE. UM, AS FAR AS ROSE HILL AND THE, THE GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, SHE JUST FOUND OUT AS WELL. NOBODY'S ACTUALLY KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS UNTIL JUST RECENTLY. NO PLANS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN GIVEN. UM, THERE'S MORE INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, GIVEN BEFORE WE ACTUALLY EVEN THINK ABOUT, UH, CHANGING THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY OF GOVERNMENT HILL. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A PLACE THAT WE, WE CALL HOME THE HOMEOWNERS. AND THAT'S WHY I ACTUALLY PURCHASED IN THE COMMUNITY, ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD ON THE HILL TO WHERE I CAN OVERSEE A SKYLIGHT OF SAN ANTONIO, MY NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW, AND I'M GOING OFF COURSE, JUST RECENTLY GOT HIS COMMERCIALIZED, BUT THEN HE TURNS AROUND AND PUTS A BIG LIGHT. SO NOW I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE IS GONNA HAPPEN. I I, I HAVE NOTHING BUT LIGHT FLASHING ON MY HOME NOW THAT IT'S COMMERCIAL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE IS ACTUALLY GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT'S WHAT, WHAT'S THE PLANS? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLANS ARE AND I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO SIT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT THESE PLANS BEFORE WE WE DESTROY AN ACTUAL COMMUNITY. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ON OPPOSITION OF THIS PROPOSAL. ALRIGHT, SIR, STAY ON THE LINE. WE'LL SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, COMMISSION QUESTIONS. UH, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU, CALLER STAFF. ALRIGHT, THE NEXT CALLER [03:40:01] WE SHOULD HAVE ON THE LINE IS MARLENE HAWKINS. MS. HAWKINS, YOU THERE? YES, I AM. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD. YOU GOT TWO MINUTES. MARLENE HAWKINS, 6 0 1 EAST CARSON GOVERNMENT HILL, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH GOVERNMENT HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, A CITY REGISTERED ORGANIZATION. KOMA KOMA JACKSON MUST HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL PERSON. I WOULD'VE REALLY LIKED TO KNOW HER. SHE ESTABLISHED, UM, NATURE PARK IN MY, IN WILSON COUNTY. SHE GAVE MONEY FOR CHURCHES. SHE BOUGHT PROPERTIES AND, AND LEFT THEM FOR HER, UH, GRANDCHILDREN IN, UH, IN TRUST. WE NEED TO MAKE THIS WORK WHERE IT HONORS HER, BUT THE, THE WORDS MIXED USE IS THE PROBLEM. THE MIXED USE Y'ALL ARE GOING BY COMES FROM OUR 2010, UH, GOV, UH, UH, PLAN. AND, AND THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF LAND USE THAT ARE IN THAT PLAN WERE GIVEN TO PUT IN THE PLAN BY THE CITY. AND I'M TOLD THEY'RE 25 YEARS OLD. WHY SHOULD WE BE USING SOMETHING THAT'S 25 YEARS OLD WHEN ON THE U D C, WE HAVE THE, LETS SAY TOMORROW CATEGORIES ALREADY, ALREADY PART OF THE, UH, RULES. YOU JUST SAW THAT ON THE, ONE OF THE, UH, NUMBER 16 WHERE THEY WERE USING ONE OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS THERE FROM THE ESSAY. TOMORROW. WHY ARE WE, UH, USING SOMETHING FROM SO FAR BACK? THE, UH, CHANGES ARE MADE TO MAKE IT MORE EQUITABLE AND WE SHOULD NOT BE, AND I USE THIS WORD HOSTAGE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN THAT'S 10 YEARS OLD AND DESCRIPTIONS THAT I'M TOLD ARE 25 YEARS OLD. WE NEED TO MEET WITH MR. WYNN AND COME TO A WIN-WIN COMPROMISE. UH, AND KNOW MR. WYNN, WE DON'T NEED A STARBUCKS THERE. PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS. AND, UH, LET US GET BACK AND TRY TO MEET WITH MR. WYNN AND COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT THAT HONORS CL. YOU ALRIGHT, MS. I CAN STAY ON THE LINE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. CHAIR, MAKE SURE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE NONE. THANK YOU CALLER. ALRIGHT. UH, NEXT PERSON WE HAVE IS MS. EZ. ARE YOU THERE? MS. EZ? MS. EZ, ARE YOU THERE? MAKE SURE TO HEAR, CAN HEAR? YES. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD. YOU'VE GOT TWO MINUTES. OKAY. MY NAME IS DO PERES. I LIVE AT 7 25 SAND MYERS. I JUST WANNA SAY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS EXISTED SINCE 1889 WITH RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND FAMILIES. MY PARENTS' HOME WAS BUILT IN 1935 AND WAS BOUGHT IN, UH, 1953 BY THEM. THEY LIVED AND, AND LOVED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY ACTUALLY DIED IN THEIR HOME AFTER 63 YEARS, TWO YEARS AGO. I LIVE IN MY CHILDHOOD HOME NOW AND IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DISAPPEAR, UH, TO COMMERCIAL. WE NEED MORE HOUSING, UH, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. PLEASE VOTE NO TO THIS MIXED USE PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MS. BETA, STAY ON THE LINE IN CASE OF ANY QUESTIONS. CHAIR. THANK, THANK YOU CALLER. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? THERE BE NONE. UH, THANK YOU. NEXT CALLER. ALRIGHT, NEXT CALLER WE HAVE IS LIZ FRANKLIN. UH, LIZ, ARE YOU THERE? I'M HERE. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD. YOU GOT TWO MINUTES. ALRIGHT. THIS IS LIZ FRANKLIN, FIVE 15 HAY STREET, DIGNITY HILL. UM, THIS ONE POSES A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SITUATION TO MAKE, UM, BUT IT'S ALMOST THE SAME. IT'S THE LACK OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT'S MOST SEVERELY AFFECTED. YOU KNOW, I'VE OFTEN GIVEN THOUGHT TO WHAT WOULD BE THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE. WE WOULD BE OPEN TO ALL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS IF WE WERE INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSATIONS. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, IT SEEMS TO BE A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT, THAT THE C TWO WITHOUT A SITE PLAN BECOMES THE TOOL TO SELL THE PROPERTY. UM, AND IT, IF MR. WING WERE AGREEABLE, FIRST OF ALL THROUGH A CONTINUANCE, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR ANYBODY BUT MYSELF, UH, ON THIS, I THINK THAT MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS WOULD WANNA KNOW MORE. UM, AND THAT PROPERTY IS SEPARATE FROM THE OTHER PROPERTY. AT LEAST HE WAS FRANK AND HONEST ABOUT WHY HE IS PARTNERING WITH THEM. UM, [03:45:01] WHICH MEANS THAT THERE COULD BE A REAL CONVERSATION ON WHAT MIGHT BE THE BEST USE OF THAT PROPERTY. AND TRUTHFULLY, WITH FORT SAM, AFTER G I'VE WORKED FOR MANY, MANY WAYS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING THOSE SOLDIERS BACK IN OVER TO THE EAST SIDE. A HOUSING COMPLEX WOULD DO THAT. A GAS STATION MEANS I'M HITTING IT AND I'M DRIVING THROUGH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UH, LIZ, STAY ON THE LINE IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. CHAIR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS CALLER? LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE NONE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT CALLER. UH, NEXT ONE. WE HAVE STEVE . STEVE, ARE YOU THERE? YES. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. YOU GOT TWO MINUTES. OKAY. UM, SLIDE ONE. UH, THIS PROPERTY ESSENTIALLY HAS NO ACCESS TO WALTERS. THE CITY WILL NOT ALLOW AN ENTRANCE EXIT ON WALTERS IN A BUSY TURN LANE, SO CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION. ALSO, THEY WILL ONLY ALLOW AN ENTRANCE ON THE ACCESS ROAD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM THE INTERSECTION ONLY IF THE, IF A CURB OR PYLONS ARE INSTALLED FOR THE TURNAROUND. AND WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE QUICKTRIP WENT THROUGH THIS. UM, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, THIS IS NOT AN INTEGRATED PROPOSAL. THEY WANNA DO THE WHOLE THING AS ONE. IT'S NOT MIXED USE. THERE'S NO MIXING. IT IS NOT AN ARTIST, IT IS NOT AN ARTERIAL PER THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PLAN. C TWO IS NOT, UH, APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT'S NOT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY. AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S ACROSS. WALTERS ON THE OTHER SIDE TELLS YOU THAT THERE IS NO NEED FOR THIS. THIS HAS BEEN MIXED USE C TWO FOR A DECADE, AND EVERYTHING GOT TORN DOWN AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE. THERE IS NO NEED FOR THIS USE. IT IS NOT THE HIGHEST USE BECAUSE THERE'S NO NEED FOR IT. AND I'D LIKE TO CORRECT WHAT MR. BATTER SAID. HE SAID HE CALLED FOR THE MEETING WITH LOU MILLER, UH, THE D TWO OFFICE. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE. I TALKED TO LOU MILLER ON JULY 4TH, AND THAT IS THE REASON WE HAD THIS MEETING. THEY HAVE FAILED TO REACH OUT TO EVERYONE THEY KNEW WHO WOULD BE IN OPPOSITION. IT, IT WAS SO BLATANT. IT'S, IT'S RIDICULOUS. UM, THERE WAS NO RESOLUTION AS ROSE HILL SAID. ASKED IF WE WERE GOOD AND WE SAID, NO, WE ARE FLATLY NOT GOOD. WE ARE ONLY LISTENING. THERE HAS BEEN NO COMPROMISE, NO CONVERSATION, UM, UH, THAT WELL, THE PROPERTY IS APPROPRIATE FOR SOMETHING MORE, MAYBE IN OH ONE WHERE YOU COULD HAVE LIMITED TRAFFIC AND THEY COULD GET IN ON EDGAR OR JIM STREET, BUT IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR C TWO BECAUSE IT CAN'T HANDLE THE TRAFFIC. THANK YOU. STAY ON THE LINE MR. . UH, CHAIR. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS FOR THIS CALLER? UH, THERE BEING NONE. THANK YOU. CALLER STAFF. NEXT CALLER. UH, NEXT ONE IS DIT COLE. MS. COLE. HELLO. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD YOU GUYS. TWO MINUTES. OKAY. UM, APPARENTLY I GOT MY PRESENTATION IN TOO LATE AND SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OF MY LOVELY GRAPHICS TO SHOW YOU TO TALK ABOUT. UM, I GUESS WHERE WE ARE IS THAT, UM, OUR PROPERTY, OUR HOUSE IS ACTUALLY OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. WE LOOKED IT UP EARLIER ON THE SIXTH FLOOR OF THE LIBRARY, UM, IN THE, UM, TANA. AND SO OUR HOUSE IS SO MUCH OLDER THAN WE, THAN WE KNEW. OUR STREET, RENO STREET IS A DEAD END. IT DOES DEAD END IN THE WALTERS BECAUSE, UM, OF THE EXPANSION OF WALTERS YEARS AGO, THEY, THE ELEVATION IS MUCH HIGHER. AND SO YOU COULDN'T, YOU'D HAVE TO CLIMB UP A HILL TO GET TO IT. UM, WE HAVE A REALLY SUPER QUIET STREET, AS I SAID BEFORE, AND I WAS GONNA SHOW YOU IN THE PICTURES FROM MY MAILBOX TO THE MAILBOX AT ONE OF THE NOW VACANT HOMES OF THE MARTINEZ PROPERTY IS 24 FEET, 24 FEET. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE SIDEWALKS. IF YOU PUT SIDEWALKS, YOU COULDN'T GET TWO CARS DOWN THE STREET. YOU JUST COULDN'T. IT'S TINY. AND GRANTED, UM, THAT THE URBANIZATION OF THE CITY AND THE CITY DOES GROW, AND WALTERS GOT WIDENED. OUR AREA JUST KEPT GETTING CUT, DICED, SLICED, AND DICED. WHEN THEY PUT IN I 35 IN THE SIXTIES, IT CUT OUT HALF THE AREA. THAT'S WHY ON THAT FROST PROPERTY, YOU'LL SEE IT'S A REALLY THIN, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A, A WHITE SIDEWALK. NOBODY COULD, COULD DO ANYTHING WITH THAT. I GUESS I JUST MOST RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THESE PROPERTIES. THEY'RE PRESENTING THESE PROPERTIES IN TANDEM AS A PACKAGE DEAL. AND, UM, Y'ALL WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE TIME ON THIS. WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS SINCE TWO WEEKS AGO. TODAY, THE YELLOW SIGN WENT OUT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE FOR THE REZONING TWO WEEKS WITH A THREE DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN BETWEEN. IN THE TIME OF WHEN WE'RE HAVING OUR GREATEST SPIKE IN THE CORONAVIRUS, WE, WE REALLY, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AT [03:50:01] LEAST LET US HAVE SOME SAY. WE WERE SO BLINDSIDED BY THIS, AND WE DID CALL FOR THAT MEETING. WE DID CALL LOU MILLER ON THE FOURTH. AND WE DID SAY, WE REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHO SAID THEY DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THIS LAST FRIDAY. THANK YOU. STAY ON THE LINE IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS CALLER? UM, LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NOT, SO THANK YOU CALLER. UM, STAFF, BEFORE WE, UH, END THE PUBLIC COMMENT, I JUST WANTED TO STATE FOR THE RECORD, THERE WERE TWO CALLERS THAT ASKED TO BE CALLED IN. UM, AND WE WERE, WE'VE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REACH THEM. THAT WAS AIL , WHO YOU HEARD ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM. AND JASMINE BURGESS, I BELIEVE HER NAME IS, SHE WANTED TO BE CALLED ON THIS ITEM AND THE PREVIOUS ONE. AND WE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES, UH, FOR BOTH, UH, CASES AND THEY WERE UNREACHABLE. SO I JUST WANNA STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD. SO THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO I'LL LEAD IT BACK TO YOU CHAIR AND THE APPLICANT'S REBUTTAL. THANK, THANK YOU STAFF FOR LETTING US KNOW ABOUT THE, THE TWO CALLERS. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO BE REACHED. UM, NOW WE'RE GOING TO THE APPLICANT'S REBUTTAL TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. UH, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. UH, THE ISSUE HERE REALLY IS JUST THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE JACKSON TRUST PROPERTY. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN INTEREST FROM COMMERCIAL USERS, AND THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE THE MIXED USE DESIGNATION. IT'S ADJACENT TO, UH, MAJOR FREEWAY WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES AND, UH, NINE LANE WALTERS THROUGH A FAIR. AND WE JUST, THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE GETTING ONLY COMMERCIAL INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY. SO THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER'S QUESTIONS STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER JACKSON. THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, APPLICANT. UM, MANY OF THE COROLLARIES, UH, MENTION, UH, AND EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE PREVIOUS CASE, MS. MS. MARTINEZ. UM, ARE THESE TWO CASES, UH, INTRINSICALLY LINKED? UH, IS YOUR PROPERTY VIABLE, UH, COMMERCIALLY AS A STANDALONE PROPERTY, UH, WITHOUT ITS LINKAGE WITH THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY? WELL, WE BELIEVE IT IS. UH, I, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INQUIRIES THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES, UH, LAND BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT 32,000 SQUARE FEET THERE. AND THE REASON FOR THE ADDITIONAL AREA WOULD BE FOR ALLOWING, YOU KNOW, MORE BUFFER, UM, YOU KNOW, INCREASED, UH, SETBACK, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THE ALLOWANCES. UH, SO A LOT OF THE COMMERCIAL USERS ARE LOOKING FOR THAT, THOSE KIND OF, UH, CHARACTERISTICS. SO, SO IT WOULD BE IDEAL TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE LAND THAN JUST THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE. UH, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF LAND, UH, BUT MOST OF THESE COMMERCIAL USERS ARE NOW LOOKING FOR LARGER TRACKS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE NEW ZONING REQUIREMENTS AND LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS SUITABLE FOR COMMERCIAL USE AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE PURSUING, YOU KNOW, THE CHANGE. AND THERE ARE POTENTIAL USERS OUT THERE. IT JUST, IF WE HAD ADDITIONAL LAND THERE, THE THE POTENTIAL MIX OF USERS WOULD BE LARGER. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS APPEALING AS POSSIBLE, AND THAT WOULD BE TO HAVE AS LARGE A TRACK AS AS POSSIBLE. UNDERSTOOD. SO DOES YOUR REQUEST HINGE ON THE APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS CASE? UH, UH, WOULD YOU RECONSIDER, UH, YOUR REQUESTED FUTURE LAND USE, UH, CASE IF 18 IS NOT APPROVED? NO, WE, WE, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO REQUEST, UH, THE MIXED USE. IF YOU MEAN, IF, IF THE, UH, THE TRACK TO THE NORTH WAS NOT APPROVED, CORRECT. IS THAT WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS? YEAH, WE WOULD STILL PURSUE A MIXED USE DESIGNATION BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY INTEREST WHATSOEVER FROM A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL PROSPECT. IT'S, UH, IT'S ALL BEEN COMMERCIAL. UNDERSTOOD. AND IS YOUR PROPERTY CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED OR ARE THERE RESIDENCES YES. OR STRUCTURED? THERE'S, THERE'S ONE RESIDENCE ON THE PROPERTY. [03:55:04] OKAY. THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE PREVIOUS CASE. UH, NOT QUITE AS TROUBLESOME. UH, A BIT TROUBLESOME STILL WITH THE, UH, UM, THE DEMISE OF, OR THE LACK OF ADDITIONAL, UH, UM, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. UM, BUT IT IS ON A MAJOR ARTERY, UH, WHICH MAKES ITS, UH, ITS USE OR ITS APPROVAL FOR MIXED USE. UH, A LITTLE LESS PROBLEMATIC. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JACKSON? UH, COMMISSIONER CARILLO. UM, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR, UH, APPLICANT, UM, COMMISSIONER JACKSON PRETTY MUCH. UM, I MERE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING COMMISSIONER JACKSON SAID. I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT. AND I, I DO HAVE, UM, A LITTLE LESS, UH, ANGST ON THIS ONE. IT'S A LITTLE MORE PALATABLE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT IS ON, DIRECTLY ON THE CORNER. AND I, I DO BELIEVE IT PROVIDES A, YOU KNOW, A GOOD BUFFER TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE I STAND ON IT YET. BUT, UM, THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALL THE TOTAL CALLERS AND, UM, THE APPLICANT. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER PROPHET, UH, THANKS. YEAH, I GUESS, UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON KIND OF SUMMARIZED YOU TRYING TO SEPARATE THE TWO, UH, CASES IS, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE, AND I HAVE THE SAME FEELING FROM A, A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE AT THIS PROPERTY THAT MIXED USE IS APPROPRIATE. UH, A QUESTION, MR. WYNN, UH, YOU SAID THAT THERE IS, UH, ONE OCCUPANT ON THE PROPERTY. IS THAT THE, THE TRUST, IS THAT THE, THE FAMILY THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY OR THEY ARE? NO, IT, YEAH. UH, THE, THE ONE HOUSE, UH, THAT IS ON THE PROPERTY IS, IS BACK AT THE, UH, NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE TRACK. AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S BEING RENTED OUT AT THIS POINT. THEY RENT, IT'S THE RENTAL. OKAY. YES, SIR. MM-HMM. . ALRIGHT. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER . THANKS. UM, I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I HAVE COMMENTS. AND THIS IS, I THINK IT'S A TRICKY SITUATION, UH, TAKEN ON ITS OWN. I WOULD HAVE LIKELY SAID MIXED USE ON THIS SPOT IS, IS REASONABLE. IT'S ON AN ACCESS ROUTE IN A QUARTER. UM, THERE ARE OTHER NEW DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE AXIS ROAD, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN FROM THERE THAT ARE RESIDENTIAL. SO I KNOW THERE ARE, UH, DEVELOPERS THAT WILL DO RESIDENTIAL ON THAT ROAD. UM, BUT IT IS A REASONABLE LOCATION FOR MIXED JUICE. MY, WHAT'S TROUBLING ME IS THE, THE PRESIDENT THAT SET WITH, UH, INITIALLY THIS WAS SUGGESTED AS ONE COMBINED CASE AND SEPARATED INTO TWO, WHICH, UM, IS VERY TROUBLING FOR ME BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IF WE GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT, UH, ONE FOR MIXED USE, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTIAL ON THE SECOND. AND THAT, UH, THAT DOES CONCERN ME. UM, I'M SURE IT'S NOT INAPPROPRIATE TO DECIDE, MAKE THOSE LONG TERM DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY GOES THERE, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A CONCERN BECAUSE IT'S STILL, THERE'S A, THEIR HOUSES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT. AND EDGAR'S A VERY NARROW ROAD. SO, UM, WHILE THAT CORNER WARRANTS COMMERCIAL, IT IS, UM, SURROUNDED ON THE OTHER TWO SIDES BY, BY RESIDENCES. AND I UNDERSTAND THE FEAR OF THE NEIGHBORS OF BEING ENCROACHED UPON BY, UH, COMMERCIALS. SO, UM, I, I AM NOT, I HAVEN'T MADE A FINAL DECISION. I WANTED TO LISTEN TO, UM, EVERYONE ELSE'S COMMENTS TO QUESTIONS, BUT I, I WILL SAY THAT I, I, I KIND OF WISH THIS ONE HAD BEEN A COMPLETELY SEPARATE CASE. THE FACT THAT IT'S PUT, UH, IT, IT SEEMS TO BE A WAY AROUND THE, UH, THE DRAMA THAT WE HAD WITH WHEN THE WHOLE PROPERTY WAS PUT TOGETHER AND, UM, THAT, THAT SORT OF ATTEMPT TO WORK AROUND REALLY, UH, TROUBLES ME AS A, AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. UM, SO I'M VERY, I'M VERY HESITANT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO LISTEN TO OTHER FOLKS' COMMENTS. UM, AND I'LL STOP THERE. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. SIR, MAKE SURE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. SORRY, GO AHEAD. AM I OKAY? YOU'RE GOOD NOW. OKAY. I KNEW I WAS GOOD. BUT ANYWAY, UH, THE SAME PLAYER SEEMS TO BE, I MEANT IN ON BOTH PARCELS THAT WE ARE REVIEWING HERE AND THE CONCERNS ARE THE SAME. ONE OF THEM MENTIONED THE FACT THAT THE, THIS PARTICULAR ONE [04:00:01] IS VERY HARD TO, TO DRIVE INTO, GIVEN THE PROXIMITY TO THE CORNER AND THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT GOES THERE. SO WHATEVER IT'S, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE PROBABLY A, A LESSER TYPE OF, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, GOING IN. UM, I, I WOULD FEEL GIVEN THEM MORE TIME WOULD BE THE BETTER ONE. SO THEY CAN COORDINATE BOTH SIDES, BUT IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO, TO PLAN FOR THEM. BUT, UH, I'M NOT REALLY RIGHT NOW READY TO SAY, I, I'LL VOTE FOR THIS OR I'LL VOTE FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GARCIA. UH, COMMISSIONER PECK. UH, THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, MY COMMENTS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS THEY WERE ON THE PREVIOUS CASE. UH, TO ME, THIS, THIS TRACK REALLY, UH, LOOKS LIKE MIXED USE, YOU KNOW, UH, RIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY IN WALTER STREET, RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION, HARD CORNER. SO IT LENDS ITSELF MORE TO, UH, YOU, UH, LOOK AT IT THROUGH A PLANNING LENS, LENDS ITSELF MORE TO COMMERCIAL THAN ANY TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO, UH, TO ME, THE MIXED USE MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, A QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF. IT WAS A COMMENT ABOUT ACCESS AND, AND PUTTING CURB CUTS ON WALTER STREET. WHERE DOES THAT GET WORKED OUT? IS THAT DOING THE ZONING THING OR LATER BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS? WHEN OUR ENGINEERING TEAM, UH, REVIEWS IT FOR, UH, THE APPROACH. OKAY, HOLD ON. WE'RE GONNA MUTE THE APPLICANT'S PHONE THAT'S CAUSING THE FEEDBACK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD, SIR. OH, OKAY. I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT WAS. OKAY. UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS AND SOME, SOME PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT SURE, SINCE THERE'S NO SPECIFIC USE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE CONCERNED, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE LOOK AT LAND USAGE CATEGORIES. SO TODAY IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE COFFEE SHOP, BUT TOMORROW, DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT ZONING ENDS UP BEING, IT COULD BE SOMETHING VERY, VERY DIFFERENT. BUT AS FAR AS LAND USAGE CATEGORIES ARE CONCERNING, THIS, THIS SPECIFIC LOT ON THE CORNER TO ME LENDS ITSELF MORE TO MIXED USE, UH, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION. UM, I, I CAN HEAR SOME OF THE, THE COMMENTS REGARDING, UH, THE OTHER PROPERTY, BUT AGAIN, THAT ALSO LENDS ITSELF TO MIXED USE. UM, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS GOOD FOR, FOR ALLOWING TIME FOR A COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPER TO WORK THINGS OUT. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT MOTIONS WE SEE, UM, AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. UH, BUT LIKE COMMISSIONER PECK SAID, FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, YOU COULD DEFINITELY SEE, UH, A MIXED USE CATEGORY AND ALL THE APPRO AND ALL THE ZONING CATEGORIES ALLOWED UNDER IT. UH, WHICH DOES INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL AS STAFF. MENTED REMINDED US EARLIER TODAY, UM, BEING ASSIGNED TO THAT PROPERTY. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, IF NOT, THEN, UM, WE'LL HAVE A MOTION OF SOME TYPE MR. PROFIT MOVE FOR APPROVAL. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PROFIT FOR, UH, TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER PECK. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PECK STAFF, PLEASE DO THE ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YES. COMMISSIONER CARILLO? UM, NO. COMMISSIONER PROFIT? YES. COMMISSIONER ROHR EGRIN? NO. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA. OKAY, GO AHEAD. FORGET. YES. YES. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONER PECK? YES. AND CHAIR GARCIA? YES. MOTION PASSES. FIVE TO TWO. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. UH, STAFF, I BELIEVE THAT IS THE LAST OF OUR, NOT AGENDA ITEMS, BUT PLAN AMENDMENTS. AND WE ALREADY HEARD THE PTAC NOMINATION. SO NEXT WOULD BE MEETING MINUTES. [21. 20-3996 Consideration and Action on the Minutes from June 24, 2020.] HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS ON THE MEETING MINUTES? IF NOT, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? [04:05:02] SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ROYAL GREENY. SECOND. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE GARY EGRIN FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES STAFF, YOU NEED THE ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER JACKSON? I WASN'T AT THE LAST MEETING, SO I WILL ABSTAIN. OKAY. COMMISSIONER CARILLO? YES. COMMISSIONER PROFIT? YES. COMMISSIONER RO EGRIN? YES. COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES. COMMISSIONER PECK? YES. AND CHAIR GARCIA? YES. MOTION PASSES. SIX TO ZERO. AND ONE ABSTENTION. AND ONE ABSTENTION. YES. THANK YOU. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? I DON'T THINK WE DO. NO, NOT TODAY. ANY STAFF OR DIRECTORS COMMENTS? SOMEBODY HAD TO COMMENT. UH, COMMISSIONER EGRIN I THINK WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. . SORRY. YEAH, I, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I THAT SO I, IT'S NOT JUST THE PTAC THAT I WON'T BE ON, BUT I'M RESIGNING FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION COMPLETELY. MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR. I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT GOT CONFUSED. OH, UM, YEAH, SORRY. UH, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY MY LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. UM, I'M SORRY IF THAT WASN'T CLEAR. UM, I AM, I'M TAKING A, A JOB THAT'S GOING TO DEMAND A SIGNIFICANT MORE AMOUNT OF MY TIME, ESPECIALLY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. UM, AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO, TO SPEND ANY TIME ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO IT'S BETTER IF I RESIGN NOW, SO YOU CAN GET SOMEBODY WHO CAN DEDICATE THEIR TIME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO I'M ACTUALLY VERY SORRY TO LEAVE YOU ALL BECAUSE IT'S BEEN QUITE AN EXPERIENCE AND I'VE ENJOYED IT FOR THE MOST PART, AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR TEACHING ME OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. I, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE ON IT LONGER, BUT, UH, THIS SPRING OPPORTUNITY CAME UP AND I, I CAN'T, UH, TURN IT DOWN. SO, UH, THANKS AGAIN AND I'LL, UH, I'LL BE FOLLOWING THE AGENDAS IN THE MONTHS TO COME, BUT I WILL NOT BE SPEAKING, UH, WITH THE COMMISSION. CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH, CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD LUCK, CHARISSA LUCK. IT WAS GOOD TO GET TO KNOW YOU A LITTLE BIT AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR, UH, INPUT. IT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, CONGRATULATIONS. OH, GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WE DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UH, YOU'VE BEEN AN INVALUABLE PART OF THIS COMMISSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. WE'RE GONNA DEFINITELY MISS YOU, . THANKS. WELL, YOU KEEP FOLLOWING ME ON FACEBOOK, SO YOU'LL SEE ME YES. WITH UPDATES REGARDING THE COVID SITUATION AND EVERYTHING. AND THIS WAS A GREAT MEETING TO GO OUT ON FOR LONGEST. YEAH, WE GOT OUR MONEY'S WORTH THAT EVE , EVERYBODY IN THERE. $20 TODAY. OH, THAT'S FOR SURE. ARE WE STILL, ARE WE STILL GETTING $20? I KNOW THE BUDGET'S BEEN CUT QUITE A BIT. . NOPE, WE STILL ARE. YOU STILL ARE. YOU SAY, UM, QUESTION FOR STAFF BEFORE WE GO. WHEN WE HAVE THESE, UH, AGENDA ITEMS THAT HAVE A LOT OF CALLING PEOPLE, UM, WHEN IT WAS IN PERSON, WE USED TO USE THE SHEET TO DE TO DETERMINE IF, HEY, WE NEED TO GO DOWN FROM THE THREE MINUTES TO THE TWO MINUTES OR TWO MINUTES TO ONE MINUTE. DO WE HAVE SIMILAR CRITERIA FOR THIS FORMAT? UM, SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS IT USED TO BE THREE MINUTES. AND SO WHEN WE STARTED THE VIRTUAL MEETING FORMAT, WE LIMITED IT DOWN TO TWO MINUTES. UH, WE'VE TYPICALLY DONE THAT WHEN WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE LIMITED IT DOWN TO TWO. SO, UM, WE'VE JUST MADE THAT STANDARD ACROSS THE BOARD FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS. ANYTHING LESS, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GET IT IN AND ANYTHING LESS THAN TWO, ESPECIALLY A MINUTE AND A HALF. SO, UM, AND THEN WE, WE GET A LOT OF VOICEMAILS AND LETTERS THAT ARE LONGER THAN TWO MINUTES, WHICH IS WHY WE, WE CUT IT OFF. BUT ALL OF OUR HANDOUTS, ALL OF OUR INFORMATION, TELL THEM THAT WE WILL READ EVERYTHING THAT, THAT THEY SENT TO US UP TO. OKAY. I WAS JUST WONDERING. I AGREE YOU CAN, YOU CAN SAY A LOT IN A COUPLE MINUTES, BUT I KNOW SOMETIMES, UH, IF WE CUT IT DOWN TO ONE THAT CAN, THAT MIGHT CUT IT TOO SHORT. RIGHT? YEAH. WE'VE NEVER DONE ONE. OH, OKAY. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? MAN, TOO BAD WE DIDN'T HAVE LIKE A IN-PERSON MEETING. WE COULD'VE HAD, I DON'T KNOW, TREATS OR SOMETHING. SURE. WISH, UH, CHARICE. GOODBYE. OKAY. . YEAH. GOOD LUCK. SO WE STILL HAVE A PERMANENT TECH POSITION OF PHIL, RIGHT? AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, IF YOU DROP STRAWS, I GUESS , BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY WHAT THE THREE, THREE OR FOUR OF US THAT COULD ARE ALREADY ON THAT COMMISSION. SO I GUESS YOU HAVE [04:10:01] TO DECIDE THAT BY THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH. Y'ALL ARE STILL LIVE. WE'RE STILL LIVE. SO SORRY. OKAY. UM, NO, NO, BUT THAT IS TRUE. WE DO HAVE POSITIONS WE NEED TO FILL. UH, QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF. UM, HOW SOON CAN WE PUT OUT NOTICES FOR THE VACANCIES? BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES AND WE NEED TO GET THOSE FILLED. A S A P. UH, LIFE HAPPENS AND WE DON'T WANNA RUN INTO ANY QUORUM ISSUES WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEG GREENE'S RESIGNATION. WE NOTIFIED THE CLERK'S OFFICE, UM, AND, UH, TO WORK WITH THEM TO ADVERTISE THE POSITION AS WELL AS THE OTHER VACANCY THAT WE HAD. UM, AND I'M JUST WAITING FOR A RESPONSE BACK ON HOW IT'S GOING. THE ADVERTISEMENT AND THE SCHEDULING BACK TO THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. OKAY. AS YOU KNOW, GOVERN THE COMMITTEES AND COUNCIL ARE NOT MEETING FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. THEY DON'T RESTART UNTIL AUGUST. UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT FOR NOW, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH C OVID 19. SO, UH, IT, IT MAY NOT BE, IT MAY NOT BUBBLE UP TO THE TOP, BUT WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET IT, GET IT SCHEDULED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE GIVEN THE TWO VACANCIES. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? I MEAN, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THERE BEING NONE. WHAT WAS THAT? OKAY. I SAID THANK YOU EVERYBODY. OH, THANK YOU. WELL, WE HAVEN'T ADJOURNED YET. OH, NOT YET. WAS TO ADJOURN AT 6 25. MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. BYE. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. BYE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.