A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 3225 Denargo Street in Five Points. Approves a map amendment to rezone property from I-B, UO-2 to C-MX-16, DO-7 (industrial to mixed-use), located at 3225 Denargo Street in Council District 9. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 10-27-20.
Yes, Madam President. I move that council bill 22 at 1159 be published. Thank you. It has been moved. And second, Ted. Bagon. Thank you. Council member Salem Barker. Your motion to postpone. Thank you, Madam President. I move that publication of Council Bill 20 Dash 1159 be postponed to Monday, February 8th. All right. Thank you. It has been moved. And may I get a second? Okay. Thank you. Questions or comments by members of council. Councilmember Herndon. Memories. I was I didn't know councilwoman say to back. I wanted to list her reasons reasoning for the postponement. I wanted to hear that first. If I. Perfect, perfect, great. I looked up and saw your hand raised. So Councilmember say to Barca, go ahead and and share with us why. Thank you, Madam President. And thank you, Councilman Herndon, for asking for the clarification on our last opportunity to hear about this proposed rezoning. I was under the impression that they had worked with the neighborhood. Group. While the neighborhood coalition of several groups. And it came to my attention before this evening's vote that there has not been good faith negotiations. I believe that there might be a representative. On the phone call. Listed as Alfonso Espino. If we have any questions regarding their meeting, I am asking to postpone it past the holidays to make sure that we give them ample time to come together and figure out a resolution to what feels like major disagreements that could lead to another voting down of their rezoning. I would like to see them put a little more work into the meeting the community needs. All right. Thank you. Council woman said Abarca. Councilman Hernan, did you have a follow up question? Yes, ma'am. President, I like to know Nate Lucero has been promoted. And while Nate is coming up, I this is, you know for rezonings it's quasi judicial. So council members are not allowed to make a public weighing in on this until we have the public hearing by requesting a delay. That's not coming from the applicant because, as councilman stated, backfill there hasn't been enough community outreach. I feel as if that's being done, which would be in essence against what our are charges. And I just wanted to and I'm curious too about the timeline for rezoning because this is something at my time alluded that I cannot remember happening. So, Nate, any anything to add or just correct me if I just add something incorrect. Good evening, members of Council. Thank you, Councilman Herndon. So it sounds like to me the reason for the reason the postponement is being requested is so that the applicant could continue to work with the neighborhood. And that isn't something that is that we're going to find within the review criteria, which council is charged with reviewing for rezonings . And it would seem appropriate that since this application was deemed to have sufficient information to move forward to the full council, that a public hearing on this matter, on the merits should be had. But it's certainly within this council's discretion to postpone it if they find an adequate reason for the postponement. The Native. I heard you correctly that the applicant wishing for it. We can certainly grant it. Because that has happened before. And Councilwoman, to back at the applicant requesting this delay or is it. No, the actually the community organizations that have set up a time to meet or was trying to meet with the applicant, they made the request and they made the request because the public hearing is on December 14th, which only leaves them about a week or two to to come together with Thanksgiving coming up. And that is a challenge with multiple RINO's who are part of a coalition. So we were just asking to skip over the holidays and give us some time to be able to pull them all together. Is. Thank you. Councilwoman is the applicant here today. We do, I believe, have the applicant in the attendees and we can go ahead and promote them. But I want to make sure, Nate, that you're advising us correctly, since this is quasi judicial and that we might be hearing from the applicant outside of of the the hearing. Yes. And council president. I'm not weighing in on the merits of the case. I just wanted this because I believe a property owner has a right to be heard before the full council. And so I was just going to ask the applicant if they're wanted to request a delay. That was my only that was my only question, Madam President. Perfect. That that sounds good. I just wanted to put that out there in case Nate had any issues with it. And so I'm fine promoting the property owner in to answer that question. Councilman. Do you. I think that was Chase or Alfonzo. Mm hmm. I think we've got him in. Okay. Yes. Thank you. Council President Gilmore, Councilman Herndon. I'm Jamesville with Cyprus, the developer of the. Proposed. Rezoning. We do not we are not requesting an extension. Okay. If I can speak to the carry out, which I'm happy to, but I. Just I would respectfully I would ask that we just wait until the community to the public hearing as that's when counsel should hear all of the all of that. So I appreciate. I have a question. So, colleagues, I would I would vote no. I believe a property owner has or an applicant has a right to have their case heard before the full council. If if we feel and the public hearing a month from now that there wasn't effective community outreach, we should vote it down. No, but to delay, I think, would be inappropriate. So I'll be voting no. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you. Councilman Herndon. Councilman Black. Thank you, Madam President. My questions were answered. Thank you. All right, Councilman Ortega. Thank you, Madam President. I just wanted to ask Councilwoman CdeBaca if you had facilitated a meeting between the developer and the community. In your role as the councilperson, you can bring both sides together, you know, before the application gets filed to try to, you know, work some of those issues out. And is there a reason why it wasn't some of these things weren't brought up at the time that it came to committee? We were actually our office was under the impression that they had worked it all out. And then we got notification today from the community that they were requesting an extension because there was not resolution. We did not facilitate that meeting. We are happy to try and facilitate if we were able to get an extension, but we did not facilitate the the previous meeting. And normally, once it's filed, it's not appropriate to do that. It's before the filing that it's very appropriate to do that. So that's what I was trying to clarify. Right. And this is round two for them. So this is a persistent issue with their developments. We were not involved before the filing or after the filing in convening a meeting. But if we get an extension, we will absolutely. Try to make sure that we help convene. Thank you. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Councilwoman Ortega. Councilman Flynn. Thank you, Madam President. I want to follow up on what May Lucero was talking about in response to Councilman Herndon and suggests that this hearing is still a month away, four weeks away, even though Thanksgiving Day is next week. There's still a month's time for the community and the owner applicant to talk. And if I would suggest that delaying this for three months might have the effect of taking pressure off as opposed to having a hearing a month from now, keeping pressure on on when this hearing comes up in December, we always have the option of extending it at that point. So I will I will vote no on the postponement at this time, but be open to it later. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Councilman Flynn. Madam Secretary, roll call on the postponement. See the vodka? Yes. Clark. No. When? No. Herndon. Now find. No. Cashman No. Kimmich? No. Ortega of. Sandoval. No. Sawyer now. Torres. No. Black. Now. Madam President? No, Madam Secretary. Close the voting and announce the results. One I 12 nays. One I 12 nays. The postponement has failed. Madam Secretary, roll call on Council Bill 20 dash 1159 to be ordered published. Black. I. See the. I. Clark. All right. When I. Herndon. I. Hi. Hi. Cashman. I. Can I? Ortega, I. Sandoval. I. Sawyer. I. For us. I. Madam President. I. Madam Secretary, please close the voting and announce the results. 39. 13 ays Council Bill 20 dash 1159 has been ordered published. That concludes our items to be called out. All other bills for introduction are ordered published. Council members remember this is a consent or block vote and you will need to vote I. Otherwise, this is your last chance to call out an item for a separate vote. Council Member Cashman. Will you please put the resolutions for adoption and the bills on final consideration for final passage on the floor? Yes, Madam President. I move that resolutions be adopted and bills on final consideration be placed upon final consideration, and do pass in the Bloc for the following items. All series of 2020 1172 1239 1240 1241 1242 1243 1212 1213 1214 1199 1245 1191 1238 1358 1362, 1181, 1150 1141, 1178 and 11 7914. Thank you. It has been moved. And second, Ted. Madam Secretary, roll call. Black. I see the vodka. I'm Clark. I. When I. Brendan, I. Hi. Hi. Cashman. I. Can I? Ortega. If I. Sandoval. I swear. I. Torres. I. Madam President. I. 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