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>> viagran: all right. The time is now 2:01. If we could get the council

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members in the chambers to come to their seats.

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all right. I think we have quorum. The time is now 2:02 p.m. On

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thursday, august 6, 2026, and the city of san antonio zoning and land use session

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is called to order. City clerk, would you call roll?

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>> clerk: mayor pro tem, we have quorum. >> viagran: great.

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so, for the record, items 10, 16, and 17 have been withdrawn and will not be

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considered today. And agenda items for continuance, the next group

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of items continued to august 20e items 11, 12, 18, 19, and 20.

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is there a motion to continue the items? >> motion to continue.

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>> second. >> viagran: all right. We have a motion and a

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second to continue items for items 11, 12, 18, 19, and 20 for august 20, 2026.

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is there anyone signed up to speak? There isn't anyone signed up

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to speak. We will go ahead and take a vote.

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I'm sorry. Is there any council discussion? All right. Then there is a motion and a second.

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please vote. All right. Motion carries.

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we will now move on to the consent agenda. The following items are

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listed for individual consideration:  items 1, 5, 6, 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, and

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32. The remaining items on today's agenda will be

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considered on the consent agenda. Do any council members wish to pull an item from the consent agenda to be heard individually?

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no items have been pulled. Is anyone signed up to speak on the items remaining on

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the consent agenda? I see that we have three individuals. Up have three minutes. We will start w with edward ramon one more time for

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edward. Okay. Up next

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phillip? How about on agenda item -- item 30, kerry clark.

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>> is there a motion to approve the balance of the consent agenda?

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we have a motion and a second. Is there any council

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discussion on the items on the consent agenda? That concludes council

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discussion on the consent agenda, then. There is a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda, which are items 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 13,

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14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 26, 29, and 30. Please vote.

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motion carries. All right. We will now move on to

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individual items. Staff, please start with item no. 1.

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>> good afternoon. Agenda item no. 1.

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at 270 castroville road. The proposed use is for a convenience store. Two notices were sent to schools in the district. The jubilee academy is

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opposed. Also we obtained seven signatures in support within

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300 feet. Outside of 300 feet, 70 were returned in support, one

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opposed. And rhodes middle school is opposed to the request. Thank you. >> viagran: thank you. Madame clerk, is anyone

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signed up to speak on this item? >>

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>> viagran: all right. It seems we have two people signed up to speak. The first person is alrafati dua. Are you here?

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would you like to speak on this item? The second is stephanie

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torres. So stephanie, please be ready.

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hi. You have three minutes. >> yes. Can she speak and I translate? Is that okay?

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>> viagran: yes. You will have six minutes. >> my name is dua alrafati.

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270 castroville road. >> she said she would like to have the store fully

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function, even if the alcohol sale after the school, the kids went home,

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even after 5:00. Because they closed the store for three years and

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nobody wants to rent it anymore. And that's the only source of income for her. She has four kids and that's the only source of income

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for her. She cannot work because of one of the kid's autism.

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no speech at all and he's 7 years old. That's what she said.

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and if it's no beer, nobody would rent that store from her ever.

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>> viagran: yeah. Okay. You are the applicant for the item, correct? >> she's the applicant. >>

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>> she's the applicant. Yeah. She's the applicant/owner. Yes. >> viagran: is there anything else you'd like to

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share? >> no. >> viagran: okay. Thank you. All right. Next up on this would be

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stephanie torres. >> hi. Good afternoon.

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first of all, thank you, city council for letting me talk today. And thank you for doing all the back to school events that y'all handled.

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the community greatly appreciates it. First of all, I'm a parent

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of three kids. One in high school, two now in middle school.

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and the way we started with the whole problem with the daniel convenience store --

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first of all, we do appreciate the business. We love that daniel is there as a convenience store for our kids. For alcohol and other

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things, we don't miss. We don't miss that the homeless people that were

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there, feeling that safety is a hazard to our students. I'm vouching for our

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students and staff. We know they are going to go to the convenience store during school hours, which is not appropriate. But, at the same time, we

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want them to go to a safe convenience store and come right back.

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where there's no alcoholic beverages or anything that makes community members stay in a facility there. Because we had a lot of homeless there and once we

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ended up taking it away and them having to go through the whole zoning process and

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everything they had to do, we saw a lot of decline. The students having to feel

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threatened and the safety came back. I'm talking about safety because I am one of the elected officials for the saisd, so I'm elected by

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these students. I talk for the students because they're not age yet

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to vote but they're the ones going through the path, showing that it is unsafe

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for them to have alcoholic beverages there. But we do love that daniel

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reopened. We do. We miss them. We miss the convenience of being a small convenience store.

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we just don't miss all the bad stuff that comes with it.

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and it was a big fight and we would love to keep them there, just without an

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alcohol license. And it's for the safety of our kids that are at jubilee

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and h hopefully soon, coming back to rhodes. Thank you for hearing us

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out. At the end of the day, it's the safety of our kids and the community there. At the end of the day, we can't take our kids away

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from where they're born. We know it's always going to be around but a little less

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is a little bit safer. I really appreciate it. Thank you. >> viagran: thank you. Item no. 1 is in district 5. Councilwoman castillo is

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recognized to speak. >> castillo: thank you, mayor pro tem. I want to thank the members of the public, the applicant and trustee torres for

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advocating for district 5 students and community members.

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this is a zoning case that has come before us and there were concerns raised by the

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neighbors and then of course we've reviewed the calls for service for the property

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when there was alcohol being sold on site versus without. And there has been a decline for calls for services. So again, this is an area where we want to make sure

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that we have safe pathways for our students and community members. Based on the challenging history of this property and issues stemming from the

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previous sale of alcohol, and in close proximity to our neighborhood schools, I

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did want to highlight that we have received a letter of objection from, of course,

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trustee torres, as well as the principal from lanier high school and several administrators to ask that we do not support this item. With that, I request to deny

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this item. >> second. >> viagran: we have a

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motion and a second. Is there any council discussion?

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if there isn't any council discussion, there's a motion and a second to deny.

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councilwoman kaur. >> kaur: I'm supporting councilwoman castillo and I wanted to say thank you to trustee torres for speaking out for jubilee as well.

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thank you for being here. Thanks, mayor pro tem. >> viagran: anybody else

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want to speak? We have a motion and a second to deny item no. 1.

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please vote. A yes vote is to deny. Motion carries.

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all right. Item -- the next item is item no. 5. Staff. >> agenda item no. 5.

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located at 1311 burleson street. Staff recommends denial with an alternate recommendation of r-4 with conditional use for two dwelling units.

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zoning commission recommends approval. 44 notices were mailed, zero returned in favor and zero opposed. We received no response from

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the east lawn neighborhood association . Outside of the 200-foot boundary, one notice was returned in favor. Thank you.

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>> viagran: madame clerk, do we have anyone signed up to speak on item no. 5?

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all right. Item no. 5 is in district 2. Councilman mckee-rodriguez

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is recognized to speak. >> mckee-rodriguez: thank you. Move to approve. >> viagran: there's a motion to approve.

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do we have a second? >> second. >> viagran: we have a motion and a second. Is there any council discussion?

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if there isn't council discussion, there is a motion and a second to

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approve item no. 5. Please vote. Motion carries.

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we'll move on to item no. 6 in district 2. Please present.

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>> item no. 6

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northeast loop 410. Staff and zoning commission recommend approval.

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23 notices were mailed, 3 were returned in favor, 1 opposed. The east gate neighborhood association is opposed. Outside of the 200-foot

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boundary, 20 notices were returned in favor and 15 in opposition. Thank you. >> viagran: all right. Item no. 6 is in district 2.

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councilman mckee-rodriguez is recognized to speak. I'm sorry.

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we have one member of the public signed up to speak. Jose salegos.

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you have three minutes. >> good afternoon, madame mayor pro tem, honorable

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members of the council. My name is jose gallegos and I'm a resident of district

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5. Have been a proud member of district 5 for a lifetime,

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which is about 75 years. I am a former zoning commissioner and a former

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planning commissioner for the city of san antonio . And I'm here today on this

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case, which is, for the record, a major site plan amendment.

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and the way that it is stated and structured is that it is a zoning case,

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which has led to a lot of misinformation, misunderstanding, and

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opposition to this case. Now, this is a project that was started in 1923 -- or

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2023, I beg your pardon. Three years ago. The owner of the property,

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subject property, is mr. Reyes alvarado, who has operated texas truck shop

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for close to 50 years. The business came into existence in 1983.

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now, this is for a conditional major site plan amendment.

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in 2016, city council at that time approved a conditional use for that

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property and a down zone from a c-3 at that time to a c-2 na, which mr. Reyes

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alvarado supported and agreed to. So it was changed from a c-3

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na to a c-2 na conditional use. In february of 2023 is when

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he applied for a commercial project, which was to improve the current location

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and operation. In october of 2025, I came into the project and since

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then I've been the project manager and liaison. We submitted all the

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paperwork, major site plan amendment, all the different permitting.

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and then in april of 2026, it was discovered that we needed a change in zoning.

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and again, it's a misnomer because it's not a change in zoning.

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it's going to be the same zoning it currently enjoys and it's going to be a major

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site plan amendment. Since then, we have appeared before the zoning commission --

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>> viagran: mr. -- >> I want to say that staff recommends approval.

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the zoning commission recommended approval for this project. I also have -- >> viagran: yeah. You can submit that to us. Your time is up, mr. Gallegos, thank you very much.

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>> thank you very much, councilwoman and mayor pro tem. I would like to submit some pictures where -- >> viagran: yeah.

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we can grab those pictures, please. We'll pass them. >> and I also have a petition for each councilperson --

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>> viagran: just submit that to the clerk. We're going to move on and

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have -- we'll now go to councilman mckee-rodriguez is recognized to speak.

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>> mckee-rodriguez: thank you, mayor pro tem. >> >> viagran: no, there's no point of personal privilege. >> I understand mr. Reyes

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alvarado also signed up to speak. >> viagran: mr. Alvarado,

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you signed up for 24 and 25. Did you mean this item? Item no. 6?

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we had you for another item. We had you for an item in district 6.

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>> I didn't understand what you said. >> viagran: you signed up but you signed up for item no. 25 and 26 -- 24 and 25. You want to speak on this

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item? >> yes. >> viagran: okay. You have three minutes. >> I've been at this location since 1983.

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back when I built my shop, the trucks and trailers were 48-foot long.

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now they're 57-foot long. Now we're having to work outside in the hot weather

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and the cold weather and the rain. I need to add on to my shop to give my boys better working conditions. And that's all I want to do.

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I don't want to do anything else. I want to get them a more

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organized operation and just give them better working conditions. That's all I want to do. >> viagran: okay. Thank you.

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all right. So we will move on to councilman mckee-rodriguez.

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>> mckee-rodriguez: thank you, mayor pro tem. Thank you both for signing up to speak and for being here today. There have been a number of

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continuances and attempts to compromise and, you know, there is one issue at hand is the need to increase the size of the bays. There's two other major

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things that are happening with this amendment. One would be doubling the number of bays and tripling the footprint of the site from 5,000 square feet to

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15,000 square feet. This neighborhood, east gate are dealing with two major

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things now. One is the increased industrialization of our community and of our neighborhood. But then just a new feet

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away, right across the east houston street, is the ice detention facility.

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they right now are navigating development that is not favorable for their

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community as well as not going to be conducive for future growth and for the types of amenities they want to see. Today I will be requesting

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denial and standing with the neighbors on this case. I move to deny.

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>> viagran: we have a motion and a second. Is there any other council

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discussion on item no. 6? If there isn't any council discussion, the motion and

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the second is to deny item no. 6. Please vote.

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motion carries. All right. We are going to move on to item no. 24 and 25. Staff. >> items 24 and 25 are a

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plan amendment and change of zoning.

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located at 5995 heath road. Staff recommends denial. Zoning commission and

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planning commission recommend approval. The applicant is requesting to amend their request to c-2 na noise restriction. 42 notices were mailed, zero

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returned in favor, 16 were returned in opposition, meaning 43.28% of the land

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area within 200 feet is opposed. Misty oaks neighborhood association is not opposed. Outside of the 200-foot notification boundary, an

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additional 13 notices in opposition were returned . This item does require a

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supermajority to approve. Thank you. >> viagran: thank you.

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we do have -- this item is in district 6. That's item no. 24 and 25.

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there are individuals signed up to speak. I will call you in order. You will have three minutes. If you would like to cede your time to a specific

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individual, can you please indicate when I call that individual up?

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so first will be emily weisler followed by elena hernandez.

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>> good afternoon, council. Emily weisler here on behalf of the property owner.

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happy to answer any questions. Just want to reiterate this request is for an indoor fully enclosed pickleball facility.

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the request itself, the indoor pickleball facility is allowed in c-1 but those

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have building-size restrictions. The requested base of c-2 is to allow for a consolidated buildings rather than one building.

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one consolidated building with more perimeter buffering for our surrounding neighbors. The request has been amended to include not only the na,

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the alcohol restriction, but also the nr for no external sound machines or outdoor

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live music to protect that. The owner has also agreed to a lighting pole size

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restriction of no more than 20 feet. We have a letter of those

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conditions as well as the amendment, for the record. Happy to answer any

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questions and respectfully request your support. Thank you. >> viagran: thank you, emily. Elena hernandez.

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>> thank you, mayor pro tem, city council members. At this time, I would like

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to allocate my time to

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does anyone else want to cede their time to rose? I've got one more speaker.

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rose, you have six minutes. >> thank you very much, honorable mayor --

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>> viagran: hold on. Jesse, are you jesse ruiz? Do you want to cede your

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time to rose? You will have nine minutes. >> thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Good afternoon, honorable mayor and city council

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members. I'm honored to be here today to represent not only myself and my property but that of almost 30 families that live in this area.

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basically what's happened is there was an unrepresentation or

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misrepresentation by the hoa because the hoa did not do due diligence by knocking on

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all the doors. I'm 73 years old. I have hip replacement but I did do that in 100-degree heat because I care about our neighborhood and I care

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about the preservation of our neighborhood. The mayor and -- my slides,

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please. The mayor and city council decides the shaping of our

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neighborhoods, preservation for our future. You'll see in some of the maps in just a moment that this project, even though it has a 20-foot buffer zone,

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it is going to be abutting the back fences of all of these neighbors. These neighbors are incensed that this project is moving forward.

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the problem is that it's currently zoned c-1, which is light commercial.

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they want to take it to heavy commercial. And it isn't just the fact

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that that's going to happen. If that were not enough, what happens if the

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pickleball and racketball courts go out of business? Now you have opened a

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pandora's box on businesses that can go in there. But almost 30 families,

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their lives, their heart, their soul depend on preserving our neighborhood

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and we are coming before you to beseech the city council and mayor to please take

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note of all of these petitions that you'll see in this slide presentation

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today. Our neighborhood is primarily 99% low density

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residential. My seven acre property is zoned np-10, which is a

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higher level neighborhood preservation district. As is four or five just to the northwest of my property my parents worked hard to get that designation because

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they wanted to preserve the neighborhood. Allowance of a rezoning of a

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proposed project to commercial 2, which is heavy commercial, severely

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disrupts the character of the neighborhood. It would be extremely

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disruptive, not only to the residents because the operating hours proposed are

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7:00 in the morning until 10:00 p.m. That's 15 hours of traffic.

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and if you have looked at the proposed project, the perimeter is all parking.

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that means people firing up their engines from 7:00 in the morning until 10:00 at

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night and that's a little bit much for somebody's back fence.

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it's also not only extremely disruptive to the residents because of the operating

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hours but also the wildlife and its habitat. Because we have engaged

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species that are living in the area. We also have those four

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acres have a lot of heritage oak trees on them, on that property. And I know it's protected by the city's tree ordinance. However, how will that be

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handled? Will they be bulldozed down for these buildings and then

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pavement everywhere? What about the heat island effect for all of the neighbors? What about the flora and the fauna that we're supposed to

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try to preserve? Very concerned about that. The other thing is that at a

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previous meeting, cosa's zoning staff recommended denial, denial of this

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upgrade to commercial 2. The reason being: inconsistent with low

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density residential and the flooding issues. You're going to see those

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pictures in just a minute. Problems the neighbors have with this c-2 upgrade.

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flooding, because the property is in the floodplain. Operating hours -- 15 hours of noise. The light intrusion at

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night. Right now we have dark skies there. Noise pollution, real estate devaluation, heat island effect, traffic congestion.

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on saturdays the traffic backs up for a mile heath road to grissom.

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there's air pollution and if you plow down the trees, they help purify the air so

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you're going to have more air pollution. Not only from the trees being gone but you're going to have all these engines firing up all the time.

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the tree ordinance are issues because if you get rid of them, you know, what

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does that do for the neighborhood? If you mitigate and plant someplace else, that doesn't do one thing to preserve the integrity of the

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neighborhood. It also is going to disrupt the neighborhood's peace and quiet. But most importantly, of all of the things I just

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mentioned, the most important thing is that it is inconsistent with current

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low-density residential and inconsistent with neighborhood preservation code designations. We either honor the codes or we low them out the window.

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that's what we're looking at here . Flooding impacts the

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neighborhood again. This picture that you see is heath road .

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you can't tell. It looks like a river, doesn't it? Look at that. Heath road is the middle third section that's there.

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all the rest is flooding. This is from july 4, 2026. So heath road is completely

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under water. Oh, by the way, right here -- let's see.

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is this working? All right. It's not working.

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>> entrance to this project is. It's really important. This project is -- okay.

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you see the light pole on the far left? The light pole on the far

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left, about 5 feet beyond that is the driveway going into this project.

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I wonder how many people are going to play racket ball and pickleball with that

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condition. Oh, by the way, it's a little over 4 acres of

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impervious pavement that they want to put there. What kind of sheet runoff are you going to get from all the water that comes through there?

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next slide, please. Flooding on heath road, july 4th, another picture.

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does it make sense to approve a proposed project with 4 acres of impervious

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pavement and impervious rooftops in a floodplain? Why would anybody vote to

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increase the propensity for flooding? Next slide, please.

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this is a map of the area. However, to show it appropriately, we really

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need to look at a bigger, wider view. But the reason I chose this

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one is if you look up where the red is, the proposed project -- I wish this was

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working. Anybody know how to fix this?

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>> viagran: it's not a pointer. He's moving the slides. >> well, it isn't that. It was working earlier. I don't know.

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but anyway, let's see if we can get this one working. Okay.

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that area there, a little bit -- go about an inch more.

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those houses right in there, their houses got flooded. Their backyards were

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completely under water so it does not make sense to put more impervious pavement

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when people are already suffering because of the flooding in the area.

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if you look at -- it's kind of a maroon color, if you look just below it, that's

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the back fence of all of those people. We are requesting to

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preserve our neighborhood. On june 16, a member on june 16. >> viagran: just one more

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comment to wrap up, please. >> he said it would be to allow a c-2 designation

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would be a slap in the face. Even emily -- one how, 26 minutes, 51 seconds into the

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meeting said the project was not consistent with low-density residential but

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planning approved it. Note that cosa zoning recommended denial. Another letter, may 7 by -- >> viagran: okay. Thank you.

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your time is up. Thank you. All right. >> I have a petition -- >> viagran: thank you. You can hand it to him and

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he will hand it to the rest of the council to see. Thank you. All right. We are now -- this item no. 24 and 25 is in district 6.

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councilman galvan is recognized to speak. >> galvan: thank you, mayor pro tem. Thank you, rose for the presentation and for the

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conversation we've had, as well as the conversation you have had with many of the residents in the area. I want to say thank you to the folks who are also here

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speaking on this project, who shared their time with rose, who have reached out

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to our office and talked about their thoughts. Overall, I know there are a

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lot of concerns in the area relating to the flooding issues and leon creek.

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those are issues we're going to have to address with larger projects in the

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public realm to make sure we're mitigating the flooding further up.

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>> viagran: rose, you can sit. >> thank you very much. >> galvan: thank you. There's going to be continued work in the area.

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what I appreciate about the conversations that have been had, particularly with the applicant, with emily, is looking at amending this particular site as much as

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possible to address the issues. Whether or not this goes

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through, whatever project goes in here, it's still going to require significant

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work with public works and the stormwater division to address impervious cover

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along with concerns about flooding overall. I'm appreciative of the

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applicant's making sure alcohol will not be present on site and noise restrictions will be there as well, and of course their continued efforts to reach

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out to misty oaks hoa to ensure this project would remain a pickleball court

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even if it were sold in the future. That needs to be negotiated between the applicant and the hoa but it is my understanding the applicant

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will continue to do that work beyond this vote today. Given the issues raised and

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given some of the issues that folks have raised as alternatives, I'm going to

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motion to approve as amended with the current restrictions on site. I encourage the neighbors to continue reaching out to our office as well as the hoa to

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hopefully have a better conversation to make sure this site really works for

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our community. >> is that a motion to approve? >> galvan: motion to approve with conditions. >> is there a supermajority?

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we need nine members present. >>

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>> mayo >> viagran: councilman whyte, can you hear us?

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>> whyte: yes. Sorry, I can hear you. >> viagran: great.

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we've got a motion. We've got a second. Is there any other council

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discussion on item numbers 24 and 25? All right.

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so thank you for coming out. As the city grows and we see investment in economic

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development, I do want to stress, as we move forward that we look at possible

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resiliency and sustainability issues that this developer can put into

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the means because of the flooding that we were made aware of today.

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I think that that's kind of key as we look forward is where can we have the right

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type of impervious cover. Do we have solar? Can we do rainwater -- catch

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the rainwater for that? There's going to be means. I think again thank you for

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bringing up the point regarding flooding. I think that's something we need to discuss as a whole in a b session, john, at some point in terms of our

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flooding issues, citywide. So I want to thank you for that.

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do any other -- would any other council like to discuss on this item?

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all right. If not, we have a motion. There's a motion and a

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second to approve with amendments as stated. Go ahead and vote.

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councilman whyte, can we get a voice vote? >> whyte: aye.

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>> viagran: motion carries. All right. Now let's move on to the next item, which is 27 and 28 in district 7.

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I believe we do not have anyone signed up to speak on this issue. Is that correct? Okay. So councilwoman alderete

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gavito is recognized to speak. >> gavito: thank you, mayor pro tem. First, I want to thank the applicant, adam, for being

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here today and his willingness -- >> viagran: I'm sorry. I went out of order. Logan has to tell us what the item is.

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>> I will be very brief. I promise. Agenda item 27 and 28 is a

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plan amendment and change of zoning.

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located at 1802 west french place. Staff recommends denial.

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zoning commission and planning commission both recommend approval. 30 notices were mailed, 8 were returned in favor, 1 opposed.

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the woodlawn lake neighborhood association is in support. We received no response from the west

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additional 17 in favor. >> viagran: councilwoman, the floor is yours.

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>> gavito: thank you, mayor pro tem. First, I want to thank the

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applicant, adam navarez for being here today and for his willingness to collaborate with our office and with the neighbors and neighborhood associations in this

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process. I do also want to recognize the wood lawn lake

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neighborhood association for contributing to this process and also providing a letter

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of approval . Neighbors have watched this business grow from

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inflatable castles to now providing mechanical rides for the fourth of july celebration at woodlawn lake. On paper this does not meet

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the typical use intended for this corridor but we believe that the social and economic impact of this business will bring -- continue to be positive for our

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neighborhood. I also would like to recognize the applicant's willingness to work with their immediate neighbors and neighborhood

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associations in addressing concerns. These include limiting the footprint of the business to only house equipment and small trucks.

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removing large rides from the property. Creating an 8-foot screened fence, and improving the entrance of vehicles to prevent traffic buildup on

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zarzamora. With that in mind, I motion to approve this item. >> second. >> viagran: I have a motion and a second.

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is there any discussion on items 27 and 28? If there's not, please vote.

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motion carries. All right. We are on to item no. 31 and

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32. Logan, the floor is yours. >> items 31 and 32 are a

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plan amendment and change of zoning.

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the property is located at 12 139 jones maltsberger road.

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staff, planning, and zoning commission recommends denial. 19 notices were mailed, 7 returned in favor, 2 in opposition, there is no

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registered neighborhood association within 200 feet. Outside of the 200-foot

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boundary, 7 notices were returned in favor and one opposed. Thank you . >> viagran: thank you. We have one member of the

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public signed up to speak on this issue. Zachary salazar.

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zachary, you will have three minutes. >> yes, ma'am.

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good afternoon, council members. My name is zach salazar.

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we ask that the city reconsider our request for a spray booth. We have worked hard to build a business that serves our community with honesty and

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integrity. To show the support we have for those around us, we have gathered signatures from our neighboring residents and surrounding businesses.

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all of whom support our request for a special-use permit. We would like to clarify an important part of our situation.

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code compliance did not discover our business operating without the proper permit. We came to the city because we wanted to make sure we

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were doing everything the right way. When we realized our certificate of occupancy did not allow us to continue operating our collision shop

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as intended, we sought guidance from the city. Our goal has been to operate

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legally, responsibly, and with integrity. We believe our request may have been denied because it appeared we have been caught painting vehicles without a

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permit. That is not what happened. We chose to come forward voluntarily because we believe in following the rules even when it is

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difficult. We could have continued operating and hoped to not be noticed but that's not the kind of business we want to be.

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we chose honesty and compliance because it's the right thing to do. Today our business supports five employees, each who have families that depend on

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this shop and for their livelihoods. A decision to approve this

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permit is about more than just a spray booth, it's about supporting local

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families and allowing a small business that is trying to do the right thing to continue serving this community. We understand that the

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city's responsibility is to protect the surrounding neighborhoods and we fully respect that responsibility. This is why we have asked to take the time to speak with

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our neighbors and nearby businesses who have expressed support for our operations. We have committed to continuing to operate safely

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and responsibly in full compliance with all city requirements. We sincerely hope that you will consider not only our request but the integrity

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with which we have approached this process. We respectfully ask for you

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to reconsider and approve of our special-use permit so we can continue serving our

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community, our customers, and supporting our employees. Thank you. >> viagran: thank you. Item no. 31 and 32 is in

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district 9. Councilwoman meza gonzalez, however, is recognized to speak. >> gonzalez: thank you, mayor pro tem.

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councilmember spears is absent. On her behalf, motion to deny items 31 and 32. >> second. >> viagran: we have a

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motion and a second. Is there any council discussion on items 31 and

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32? Councilman mckee-rodriguez. >> mckee-rodriguez: yes.

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can you just read the summary again, the support and opposition one more

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time? >> yeah. We had 19 notices were

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mailed, 7 returned in favor, 2 opposed. There is no registered neighborhood association, and outside of 200 feet, 7 in favor and 1 opposed.

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>> mckee-rodriguez: I wish the council member were here to justify her -- explain

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why she's asking us to deny this request. >> so we had opposition from

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the neighborhoods

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please. >> viagran: come to the microphone. >> the two opposed were under the impression that we were spraying the booth with

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the doors open and we didn't maintain a safety, well-filtrated spray booth.

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I invited them to our facility freshly spraying a vehicle and asked her to

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step inside. She took a breath and didn't smell anything.

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I think that's what the opposition is for, the smelling of fumes. I have had both of those people come forward and have actually had their vehicles

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repaired at our facility. We have actually tended to that neighborhood on a

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couple of other neighbors as well. If at this point -- I don't know if there's a follow-up letter or notice signed or filled out, but as far as

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I'm concerned, everybody's on board and the two people that were opposed have brought their vehicles in for service. >> mckee-rodriguez: thank

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you. I move to continue the item until august 20th?

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>> can I ask the council what steps do I need to take in order to make this right?

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>> mckee-rodriguez: if you can work with your council member to change her mind.

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>> okay. Who -- >> mckee-rodriguez: logan

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will give you -- >> thank you so much. >> viagran: we have a motion to continue from d2. Do we have a second? Do we have any conversation

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on the motion to continue? We'll take that first. If there's no discussion, we

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have a motion and a second. We have a motion and a second to continue until

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august 20th, that is two weeks from now. Please vote.

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motion carries. This item has been continued until august 20th, 2026.

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that concludes today's zoning and land use session. The time is now 2:53 and the

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meeting is now adjourned.