Good afternoon.

The time is now 2 09 p.m.

on Thursday, October 16th at 2025 in the City of San Antonio's zoning and land use session is called to order.

Madam Clerk, please call roll.

Councilmember Corr.

President.

Councilmember Mickey Rodriguez.

Present.

Councilmember Viegeron.

Here.

Councilmember Mungia.

Present.

Councilmember Castillo.

Councilmember Galvan.

Here.

Councilmember Aldarete Gavito.

Here.

Councilmember Mesa Gonzalez.

Present.

Councilmember Spears.

Here.

Councilmember White.

Mayor Jones.

Here.

Mayor, we have quorum.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Items to continue to the December 4th meeting are items 10 and 11.

Is there a motion to continue the items?

Motion to continue.

Second.

Madam Clerk, is anyone signed up to speak on these items?

We have one individual, Jack Finger.

Sir, you have three minutes.

They fall into Mr.

Mungheus district.

Yes, sir.

And uh well, sir, I wish you wouldn't just continue it.

I wish you would you just uh deny it outright.

And there are various reasons for this.

Maybe you you're maybe you're familiar with them.

We the public are also familiar with them because we saw the backup documents on them.

And I'm just quoting from the staffers whom we employed to give us the straight truth on it there.

They say that uh the C2 designation was purposefully zoned for development along Potique Jordenton Highway to provide goods and services to the commercial the the commerce there and and act as a buffer between the residents and the industry.

That's why this thing has at least two two big red flags from the from the uh the planning staff and the uh the zoning staff.

Also, they say that uh it will impact the the residents nearby and but but here's uh one thing I notice that kind of buried down in there, maybe you know this.

The developer says, and the developer has not I repeat not met the agreed upon obligations in the uh in the agreement there, and you so I mean with all those things there.

Why are we even deciding to go ahead with this thing?

If if the person cannot in a good faith attempt do what he's supposed to do, he or she is supposed to do.

Why are we even giving this person a break?

I would ask you to please instead of just continue it, say no to it outright.

Thank you.

Is there any council discussion on the items to be continued?

There's a motion and a second to continue items 10 and 11 to December 4th.

Please vote.

The motion carries.

We will now move on to the consent agenda.

The following items are listed for individual consideration.

Items 14, 16, and 17.

The remaining items on today's agenda will be considered on the consent agenda.

Um, do any council members wish to pull an item from the consent agenda to be heard individually?

Okay.

What number would you like to highlight?

Councilwoman.

Item 18.

Okay, madam clerk.

We have a few folks to sign up to speak on items on the on the consent agenda.

Okay, we will start with number six.

Uh Mr.

Jack Finger.

And he's so it's just three minutes.

Sir Um a reminder, you're signed up to speak on several items.

We have three minutes total.

Thank you.

Okay.

I believe this is yes, just for clarification is item one through six.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

Very good uh Madam Mayor, other members of the illustrious San Antonio City Council.

Once again, my name is Jack M.

Finger.

Alcohol variances.

The state of Texas says you're not allowed to sell alcohol within 300 feet of a public education institution.

Any kind of education, a school, high school, college.

The only reason they give you the local governing authority to give variances to this is because they think you may happen to have some inside information as to why alcohol should be sold.

But for God's sake, I uh I the public do not know why you want to go ahead and allow alcohol to be sold within it's not even a tenth of a mile.

300 feet, that's the size of a football field or less.

And I and several of you, four of you.

Ms.

Carr, Mr.

McKee Rodriguez, Ms.

Spears, and Mr.

White, all of you have cases right here whereby you are going to allow alcohol to be sold within walking distance of a school.

Yeah, and one of them is an elementary school here.

One of them is is the college where where college kids are prone to to uh try to get around skirt around the law and drink alcohol.

Why are you going ahead with this?

Would you please please consider?

Well, more than just continuing, just outright denying this stuff.

Yeah, I mean uh I I for the life of me, I cannot figure out why you go ahead and do this stuff.

I really can't.

Alcohol sold within 300 feet where school kids walk and play.

Thank you.

We have Ashley Fairmond.

No longer speaking, okay.

Uh Shikina Hammond Davis.

No more, you're no longer speaking.

Okay.

Um highlight on consent.

Okay.

Yeah.

Councilwoman, just to confirm, we're gonna have you highlight during consent instead of pulling it now.

Okay.

Um are there any other um items from the consent agenda to be heard individually?

Okay.

Is there a motion to approve the balance of the consent agenda?

Okay, thank you.

Is there any council discussion on the items on the consent agenda?

I know Councilwoman Alderta Gavito on the item 18.

Others that would like to speak, please uh raise your hand.

Councilman, go ahead.

Thank you.

I just uh wanted to uh thank the applicant if you don't mind, please standing uh for your extensive community outreach to the surrounding neighborhood associations where you all received multiple letters of support from the Inspiration Hills Neighborhood Association, Ingram Hills Neighborhood Association, Woodlawn Hills Neighborhood Association Association.

I think this is just a great example of you all working with community to get this done.

So just wanted to give you all a shout out.

Thank you.

Okay, Councilman White.

Yeah, I just want to thank the School of Science and Technology for uh working with our office on this and uh understanding the case and the fact that this uh uh little premises is across the way from a major parkway from from where the school is.

It's not like this is sitting um directly next to the school, so I appreciate uh the school and all their efforts in this regard.

Anyone else that concludes council discussion on the consent agenda?

There is a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda, which are items one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, twelve, thirteen, fifteen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, and twenty-one.

Please vote.

Motion carries.

We will now move on to the individual items.

Uh staff, please start with item number 14.

Afternoon, Mayor and Council.

Agenda item number 14 is a change of zoning from R5 to MF 25, located at 1730 and 1714 Salteo Street.

Staff recommends denial.

Zoning commission recommends approval.

Staff mailed 41 notices.

One was returned in favor, zero opposed.

The El Charo Neighborhood Association and the Brady Gardens Community Organization are in favor of the request.

Thank you.

Looks like we have one individual signed up to speak on this item.

Charles Talbert, you have three minutes, sir.

Mayor, City Council members.

The proposal is for a 12-unit complex.

It would be a mixed use for downstairs units, would be primarily used for assisted living units.

The eight upstairs would be leased to medical professionals such as traveling nurses and medical students.

We are located 1.5 miles from the university health systems on the 701 Zarzamora, which is a teaching medical facility.

Our units would be great, great benefit and interest to these uh young young interns and doctors.

The the location is also important to the elderly residents which will be living there.

The property is adjacent to Vidaro Park, which will be an excellent place for the residents to exercise and walk.

Uh for residents if they choose to volunteer within two blocks.

There's a St.

Timothy's uh Catholic Church and the Gateway Fellowship Church.

We all know to the elderly folks, the worship is very important.

It's within walking distance.

Neighborhood support.

We've met with the uh El Charlo Neighborhood Association and have received a letter of endorsement uh on this project.

We've spoken to several of the neighbors uh in the immediate area, all in favor.

Unfortunately, older folks don't like to put things in writing, so they just say we have no problem with it, you know.

So go ahead.

Um please take note there are no objections uh to this project and the community to the community, uh, even though two public notices have been sent out.

Uh economic benefits, uh, there'll be economic benefits to the neighborhood.

We will enlist small businesses from the neighborhoods uh to work on this project during construction and after.

For landscaping, there are six west side landscaping companies in the immediate area, handyman services.

There are ten west side handyman services that are in the immediate area.

Plumbers, there are eight west side plumbers in the immediate area.

We can use all of these people uh in order to build and to sustain uh this project.

Uh I could name several others, but um uh just just kind of kind of reiterating uh regarding the the MF designation.

There are several other properties in the area that are zoned, multifamily 25 and 33.

This will not be a standalone multifamily uh zoning.

In conclusion, we believe the assisted living facility will be a valuable addition to this west side community.

It'll provide safe, comfortable, and supportive environment for the residents while promoting an active and engaging lifestyle.

Thank you.

Item number 14 is in District 5.

Councilwoman Castillo is recognized.

Thank you, Mayor.

As both Logan and Charles have mentioned, the Chadow Neighborhood Association and Brady Gardens Neighborhood Associations are in favor of this project, and with this project comes much needed density to our communities.

And as Charles hit on, uh we need more housing in our communities.

So with that, I motion for approval.

Okay, there's a motion and a second to approve.

Item 14, please vote.

The motion carries.

We'll move on to um item number 16.

Item number 16 is a change of zoning from R5 to R5S with specific use authorization for a wireless communications system with a reduced setback from residential property of 196.5 feet, located at 603 Pruitt Avenue.

Staff recommends denial, zoning commission recommends approval.

Staff mailed 14 notices, none were returned in favor, and none opposed.

The Collins Garden Neighborhood Association is in favor of the request.

Thank you.

We have three individuals from the community signed up to speak.

Uh Jack Finger, followed by Leon Dackbert.

Madam Mayor, other members of our San Antonio City Council.

Once again, my name is Jack M.

Finger.

This particular case is again in Ms.

Ms.

Castillo, this is in your district.

It's about putting a cell phone tower up near Pruitt Avenue.

The big red flags that I've seen on this one is the fact that the staff thought it was a bad idea.

The uh why why?

Well, they say that it will allow potential high-rise commercial building encroachment, encroachment within the residential neighborhood.

Now many of you have seen residential, have seen commercial encroachment throughout your own neighborhoods.

And you know that how how destructive this is to the residents living nearby.

It doesn't even meet the setback requirements.

Yeah, the setback requirements, even after the applicant offered it an alternate alternative.

200 feet is what it should be away from the borders there.

Couldn't even get 200 feet.

I think what was it?

120, 130.

He said, okay, I'll make it 196.

Well, excuse me, what's the matter with 200?

Uh do we really need do you really want this monstrosity placed among your neighbors?

Ms.

Castillo.

I would ask you to say no to this one.

Thank you.

Leon Dackbert, followed by Vincent Hubinger.

Good afternoon.

Uh my name is Leon Dackbert.

I'm the property owner of a 603 Pruitt.

Um I-35 is right next to it.

It's surrounded by commercial uh easy pond there.

It's it's it's my grandfather grew up there.

It's a and he basically started a commercial uh piano business called Docker Music Next Door.

And that's how kind of a unique uh mix of the residents and the commercial came about next to each other.

And he actually bought that property before I-35 was built, and I-35 was actually built right along that residential property.

Um so uh I'll leave I'll yield to my time to Mr.

Hubinger to uh talk about the um the advantages to the community about this and how this applies, but I think it's a perfect location being the unique residential uh zoning and everything kind of growing around it.

So and this three and a half feet variants.

Thank you, and thank you for your considerations.

Thank you, Leon.

Sir, you have three minutes.

Okay, thank you, Mayor Council.

My name is Vince Hebringer with Vincent Gerard.

I do have a real quick presentation.

I'm representing ATT before I forget, Paige Johnson with ATT is here if you have any specific questions for her.

Um Leon's a property owner, and I'll go through this real briefly.

Um previously to the submittal, we met with the Collins Garden Neighborhood Association, had a great meeting with them.

Uh we talked about their coverage issues and stuff like that.

So they they appreciate us trying to get better coverage for 911 and safety reasons.

Uh the location is in a triangle.

You can see the zoning map on the top right, all that red commercial and then Leon's track is still that R-4.

Um, we took about a year to try to find a commercial site that worked with 200 feet.

Did not find anything.

This is the only site that would allow close to 200 feet as possible.

And Leon has agreed uh and we're helping him to demo the existing house on it.

So it'll be 196.5.

Uh the rezoning part is because of the uh community planning area.

They they they designate that residential mixed use.

So we had to at least do some cleanup work there and request our M5 for something like a duplex or whatever, if he does agree to, or if he does decide to go forward with something.

But yeah, it's a minor waiver.

Um it is uh disregard these numbers on here.

It is 196.5 from the outside of the the monopole to the structure.

We provided staff with a value study showing something that I did within my neighborhood, uh tower that's 800 feet away from my house and watch those those uh values go for the last 15 years.

It will have first net capabilities, and it's built for up to three carriers.

Um I'm gonna skip over the part that Logan was talking about anyway.

You can vary the 200 feet by this council only, and again, it's a minor um minor deviation from the code.

You can see we're pushing it as far back as possible, and the rezone to R M5 helps us with a 10 foot setback, so we're going all the way to the back there.

Again, the code the the house on that site will be demoed.

Um most important maps is the coverage maps.

Red is bad.

Uh yellow is in vehicle coverage.

So you see some areas that they don't have covered.

Um it's really important for 911 safety reason to get GPS locating you because over 70 percent of the 911 calls are on mobile phones as well.

And then after the site's on air, you can see how well that benefits the neighborhood.

That is all in building coverage.

Um net is going to be provided on this site.

They employed that on every new site that ATT builds.

Um RF exposures.

I use this graph basically to show that when I warm up my coffee mid morning in front of the microwave.

I'm getting more non-ionizing radio waves from that microwave than you do standing below the tower.

Um that's it.

Basically, we have these little supercomputers in our hands.

We want to make sure that everybody in San Antonio can use them.

Thank you, sir.

If you have additional comments, you can submit them for the record.

I'm sorry.

If you have additional comments, you can submit them for the record.

Yeah, no, no comments.

Thank you.

Item number 16 is in district uh five.

Councilman Castillo is recognized.

Uh thank you, Marin.

Uh, thank you all for the public comment with this item.

I would like to motion to continue to December 4th.

Did you second?

Okay.

There was a second.

Yep.

There's a motion and a second to continue item 16 to December 4th.

Please vote.

The motion carries.

Staff, please present the final item.

Absolutely.

Agenda item number 17 is a change of zoning, uh, rezoning from multiple districts to R4, RM4, C2NA, C2NA with conditional use for auto and light truck repair, C2NA with conditional use for a fitness center, outdoor use is permitted, C2NA C D with a conditional use for construction trades contractors, screening required for outdoor storage and from public rights away and adjacent property.

C to an A C D with a conditional use for motor vehicle sales, full service, and C2NA C D with a conditional use for food, mobile vending base operations.

The project area is generally bounded by Pettus Street to the north, Watkins Lane to the west, and Calebra Road to the south.

Staff and zoning commission recommend approval with one amendment to remove 3851 Calibra from consideration.

Staff mailed 152 notices, none were received in favor, none opposed.

The Calebra Park Neighborhood Association is in favor.

Thank you.

No one from the community has signed up to speak.

Um item number 17 is in district seven.

Councilman Aldrete Gavito is recognized to speak.

Thank you.

I want to first thank the Calibra Park Neighborhood Association for raising this issue to my team and I.

Um, specifically Manny and Forrest, who put this together.

Umso to to the city uh team for putting together two community meetings to inform property owners and gather feedback.

Thank you for y'all's help with that.

My office block walked this area where businesses are and personally um invited them to use these meetings uh to use these meetings to be part of the discussion.

Sorry.

With that in mind, I motion to approve this item with the amendment.

Second is there any other council discussion on item 17.

There's a motion and a second to approve as amended item number 17.

Please vote.

The motion carries that concludes today's zoning and land use session.

The time is now 234, and the meeting is now adjourned.