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STAFF CAN LET US KNOW WHEN WE'RE READY TO GO.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE LIVE NOW FOR WORK SESSION.
WE HAVE, UH, SIX COMMISSIONERS AND WE CAN GET STARTED WITH WORK SESSION.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ANYTHING ON THE PLATS CHAIR? JUST WANTED TO TEST OUR MIC.
CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU GUYS NOW.
UM, SOUNDS LIKE NOW THAT WE HAVE THE TECHNICAL ISSUES SQUARED AWAY, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE PLATS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE ITEM NUMBER 10, WHICH IS THE ALTERNATE PEDESTRIAN PLAN? I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT.
I GUESS IT'S PROBABLY FOR STAFF.
UM, IS THE ALTERNATE PEDESTRIAN PLAN, IS IT ONLY FOR THAT LITTLE AREA THAT IS, UM, KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED AROUND LIKE THE CREEK CROSSING? IS THAT THE ONLY PORTION THAT APPLIES TO THIS? WE'RE GETTING THAT ANSWER FOR YOU, SIR.
IS WORKING, DO WE HAVE, THERE'S SOMEBODY SHUFFLING IS OR SOMETHING.
HI GARCIA, HOW ARE YOU? HELLO, GARCIA.
HOW COME? I THINK WE HAVE EVERYBODY NOW.
UH, SO ON, ON THE, ON THE ALTERNATIVE PEDESTRIAN PLAN, THAT HIGHLIGHTED SECTION IS JUST A DETAIL TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THAT DOCUMENT.
BUT THE ALTERNATIVE PEDESTRIAN PLAN IS INCLUSIVE OF EVERYTHING SHOWN IN THAT DOCUMENT.
SO THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA HAVE, UH, 10 FOOT SIDEWALKS ON ONE SIDE AND NO SIDEWALK ON THE OTHER.
GIVE ME A, GIMME JUST ONE SECOND TO TRY TO PULL UP A LARGER EXHIBIT.
THE ONE I HAVE IS A LITTLE SMALL.
IN THE MEANTIME, CHAIR, DO YOU WANNA SEE IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, WELL ON THAT, ON THAT SAME, UH, AM I GETTING FEEDBACK? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YOU'RE GOOD NOW.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A HIGH, LIKE A, A DARKER LINE THAT SAYS ALTERNATIVE PEDESTRIAN PATH.
SO YOU'RE, ARE WE SURE IT'S NOT ONLY SPECIFIC TO THAT CREEK CROSSING OR THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT, I GUESS? YEAH, THAT'S MY QUESTION.
'CAUSE THE LEGEND, THE DARK LINE SAYS ALTERNATE PEDESTRIAN PATH FOR THAT ONE SPOT, AND THAT'S THE ONLY SPOT THAT DARK LINE SHOWS UP.
SO I WAS JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED.
WOULD IT HELP IF THE P D F WAS SHARED THAT WAY WE COULD ALL BE IT.
WE'RE PULLING IT UP RIGHT NOW.
THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PEDESTRIAN PLAN WHILE STAFFS PULLING IT UP? NOT ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 11, WHICH IS A VACATING OF SOME PROPERTY.
OR ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS A TIME EXTENSION.
UH, WHAT ABOUT THE VARI ON THE VARIANCES? THEY'RE BOTH TREATED VARIANCES.
CAN WE GET SOMEONE TO VERIFY THAT THEY'RE BOTH, UM, EXCEEDING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS? GO AHEAD.
THIS IS MARK BERG AND YES, BOTH, BOTH OF THE PROJECTS HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR MEETING, UH, PRESERVATION REQUIREMENT, OR NOT PRESERVATION, EXCUSE ME, MITIGATION MITIGATION
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REQUIREMENTS.MR. CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MARK.
THIS MIGHT BE FAR REACHING, BUT DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY, UM, TREES WE'VE ADDED IN THE CITY THIS PAST YEAR? AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, LIKE HOW MANY MORE TREES MORE WE'VE LIKE EXCEEDED COMPARED TO THE BARE MINIMUM? UH, THAT, THAT'S A, A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF WORK TO FIGURE OUT.
I KNOW THAT, UH, PROJECTS SUCH AS THE ONE THAT HAS THIS VARIANCE, UH, IS GOING AND PLANTING BEYOND THE, UH, MINIMUM REQUIRED TWO TREES PER LOT IN ORDER TO MEET, UH, IN MANY CASES MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND THE CANOPY REQUIREMENTS.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE, WE, WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY WORK TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THE ACTUAL, UH, NUMBER BEYOND MINIMUM TWO TREES THAT ARE BEING PLANTED.
AND WE DON'T TRACK AS A CITY, UM, HOW, HOW WE, HOW WE FARE AS FAR AS TREE PLANTING OR TREE CANOPY? UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO, UH, WE, WE MISS, UH, MELISSA RAMIREZ AT THE D P T F ON FRIDAY.
UH, WAS, UH, SHARING THAT OUR URBAN FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS, WHICH WAS, UH, CONDUCTED BY THE US FOREST SERVICE, US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE COMPLETED A, UH, A SAMPLING SURVEY OF TREES IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND OUR E T J.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A, UH, UH, DATABASE RELEASED, I BELIEVE IN NOVEMBER.
THAT'LL BE AN ONLINE, UH, SYNOPSIS OF THAT INVENTORY OF TREES AND SPECIES IN THE CITY AND THE E T J FOLLOWED BY A PUBLICATION THAT'LL COME OUT, I BELIEVE IN MARCH, APRIL.
DON'T, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THE EXACT TIME IN 2021, BUT THAT'LL BE COMING FROM THE US WAR SERVICE AND IT'LL BE A, A A BIT MORE DETAILED IN, IN THE FINDINGS FROM, FROM THOSE SURVEYS.
SO YES, THAT, UH, U F I A URBAN FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS WILL, UH, DO AN ANNUAL, UH, 10% SAMPLING OF TREES SO THAT WE'LL CONSTANTLY BE UPDATING, UH, WHAT WE KNOW IS EXISTING AND WHAT'S PLANTED AND, AND, AND, UH, THE HEALTH AND THE GROWTH OR DECLINE OF THE FOREST, THE URBAN FOREST.
THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
I DID HAVE, UH, ANSWER, UH, FOR MR. PECK'S QUESTION ON THE ALTERNATIVE TEST PLAN.
WE DO HAVE IT UP ON THE SCREEN THERE, UH, BLOWN UP.
IF YOU LOOK OVER AT THE DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY TABLE, IT SPECIFIES THAT THE ALTERNATIVE PEDESTRIAN PLAN IS FOR UNIT ONE B AND UNIT FIVE, UH, AS SHOWN THERE IN THE DARK LINE, UH, ON THE EXHIBIT, UH, THOSE DETAIL A AND B ARE JUST A LARGER ACCUSED OF THE PARTICULAR, UH, START AND FINISH POINT.
UH, BUT IT IS AFFECTING ONLY THAT STRETCH BETWEEN UNIT ONE B AND UNIT FIVE.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I THOUGHT, BUT JUST, UH, WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T MISSING SOMETHING.
THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
IS THERE NOT A SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE? IS THAT WHAT, OR A REDUCED SIZE? IS THAT WHAT THAT DETAIL? RIGHT, SO YEAH, AND YOU CAN, THE DETAILS SHOW THAT MUCH EASIER THAT THERE IS A SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE BUT NOT CARRIED OVER TO ALL OF THE, THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
IT'S JUST A VARIANCE TO THE U D C THAT WE'RE APPROVING.
YEAH, SO, SO WHAT THE U D C ESTABLISHES IS WHENEVER WE WANT TO VARY FROM THOSE SIDEWALK UH, CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS, YOU GO THROUGH THE ALTERNATIVE PEDESTRIAN PLAN, UH, WHERE YOU LAY OUT WHERE WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT YOU ARE SEEKING TO VARY FROM THAT SIDEWALK REQUIREMENT.
QUESTIONS ON THE PEDESTRIAN PLAN, IF NOT, UM, OTHER ITEMS? THERE'S NUMBER 15, WHICH IS, UH, SOME, THE DISPOSITION IS SOME REMNANT PROPERTY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? IF NOT, THE LAST ITEM WAS, UH, RESCHEDULING THE MEETINGS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT FROM STAFF? WERE THERE ANY STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS OR REPORTS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE THAT WE NEED TO GO OVER BEFORE THE MEETING GETS STARTED? NONE TODAY, SIR.
ARE THERE REFUSAL, ARE THERE ANY SORRY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.
IF THERE'S ANY REFUSALS OR ANY ITEMS THAT WE
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HAVE TO HOLD FOR INDIVIDUAL OR ALL ITEMS THAT ELIGIBLE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? THE BU AGENDA? NO, SIR.MR. CHAIR, A QUESTION FOR STAFF ON THE RESCHEDULING OF MEETINGS TO CLARIFY.
THOSE ARE ALL, UM, A 9:00 AM START MEETING? YES.
THE, THE RESCHEDULED MEETING PROPOSALS WILL BE FOR MEETINGS STARTING AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
OKAY, SO THAT'D BE FOUR MEETINGS AT 9:00 AM NO, IT WOULD BE TWO MEETINGS AT 9:00 AM IT WOULD BE THE CANCELLATION OF FOUR.
IS THIS THIS YEAR? WE HAVE, YEAH, WE HAVE MEETINGS ON, UH, VETERAN'S DAY, THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, UH, THAT FOLLOWING, UH, WEDNESDAY AND THEN DECEMBER 23RD.
SO WE WOULD LOOK TO CANCEL THOSE MEETINGS, UH, GET THEM SCHEDULED ON NOVEMBER 18TH AND DECEMBER 16TH, UH, TO MEET, UH, STATE DRIVEN, UH, DEADLINES.
BOTH THOSE AT 9:00 AM YES SIR.
I, THIS IS COMMISSIONER CARILLO.
I WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THE 16TH, BUT I'VE ALREADY INDICATED THAT TO STAFF.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY, UH, PLEASE EVERYONE CHECK THOSE DATES TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN MAKE IT THAT WAY.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, QUORUM ISSUES.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS?
DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTION TO THE MEETING MINUTES? NO.
CHRIS, YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE YOUR FASTEST MEETING EVER.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS SETTING OUT.
WHAT'S THE RECORD? UH, THAT WE HAVE BEFORE? OH, 90.
IT WAS, IT WAS LIKE, UH, YEAH, IT WAS LIKE A MINUTE AND A HALF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT, SEE THAT'S THE PROBLEM IS WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE TRANSLATION ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE BEGINNING BACK THEN.
SO I DON'T THINK, I THINK THAT RECORD MIGHT AS WELL BE GOLD PLATED AND HUNG ON THE WALL.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK WE CAN MEET IT NOW.
SO IT'LL PROBABLY BE A RECORD FOR VIRTUAL.
'CAUSE LAST TIME IT WAS LIKE FIVE MINUTES WHEN WE HAD EVERYTHING ON CONSENT.
UM, SO WE COULD TRY TO BREAK THE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE.
I THINK WE HAD ONE THAT WENT MAYBE BETWEEN TWO TO THREE ONCE WE STARTED DOING ROLL CALL AND ALL THAT.
AND THE ANNOUNCING THE TRANSLATION SERVICES.
WE'LL NEVER BREAK THE, UH, THE ONE MINUTE, THE ONE OR SECOND, WHATEVER IT WAS THAT MARK MARCELLA DID.
AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING IS THAT NOW WE DO INDIVIDUAL THE ROLE.
YOU KNOW, YOU DO A MOTION AND EVERYBODY HAS TO SAY, AYE.
AND BEFORE, BACK THEN IT WAS JUST EVERYBODY SCREAMED OUT.
SO IT WAS, YEAH, IT WAS REAL QUICK.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
[Call to Order]
GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER CARLOS GARCIA AND I AM CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I HEREBY CALL TODAY'S REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PLANNING COMMISSION INTERSESSION.
UH, CALL TO ORDER AT 2:00 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING OUR GREAT ACTION PACK MEETING.
UH, IF WE CAN DO THE INTERPRETER SERVICES, THAT'LL BE GOOD.
STAFF, PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL ATTENDANCE.
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COMMISSIONER PROFIT HERE.CAN STAFF PLEASE REVIEW THE MEETING FORMAT TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND LIMIT THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF C OVID 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 C OVID 19 CRISIS AND ARE IN PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN WATCH AND LISTEN TO THIS MEETING BY VISITING WWW SAN ANTONIO.GOV/DSD OR BY CALLING IN FOR AUDIO ONLY AT 2 1 0 2 0 6 5 4 8 3 TO INCORPORATE PUBLIC COMMENT.
THESE INCLUDE EMAIL OR MAIL OF COMMENTS, DROPPING OFF COMMENTS, LEAVING VOICEMAIL, OR ASKING TO BE CALLED DURING THE MEETING.
STATEMENTS OR COMMENTS RECEIVED ARE PART OF THE OFFICIAL WRITTEN RECORD FOR ITEMS ON INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT.
STAFF WILL PLAY ANY MESSAGES RECEIVED BY VOICEMAIL.
LASTLY, FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE A CALLBACK, WE'LL CALL THEM, CALL THEM TO STATE THEIR TWO MINUTE COMMENTS.
SPANISH INTERPRETERS ARE ON STANDBY AS NEEDED.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL WITH A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.
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UH, NEXT WE'LL BE REVIEWING THE ITEMS. ELIGIBLE FOR CONSENT STAFF ARE ALL AGENDA ITEMS, UH, FOR TODAY ELIGIBLE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? THEY ARE, I CAN READ THOSE IN WHEN YOU'RE READY.WERE THERE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PLAYED FOR TODAY? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA.
UH, ANYBODY WE SHOULD PULL ANY ITEMS FOR CONSENT? IF NOT STAFF, PLEASE, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THE ENTIRE PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED IN ONE CONSENT AGENDA MOTION, UH, THAT INCLUDES ITEM NUMBER 16, WHICH FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD I WANT TO CLARIFY, IS THE CANCELLATION OF THE NOVEMBER 11TH, NOVEMBER 25TH, DECEMBER 9TH, AND DECEMBER 23RD, PLANNING, COMMISSION MEETING AND THE RESCHEDULING OF THE NOVEMBER 18TH AND DECEMBER 16TH MEETINGS TO START AT 9:00 AM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTION WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2020.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE OMNIBUS CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CARILLO AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PECK.
STAFF, PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? COMMISSIONER GARCIA? YES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UM, STAFF REPORTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY, SIR.
ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS? THERE BEING NONE.
AND JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY TO, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, PLEASE GO OUT AND VOTE AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.