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• 2:00 PM – Planning Commission Convenes

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• held jointly with the Austin Planning Commission. It is 2:00 PM we are meeting in the Austin City Council chambers that are
• I indicated, this is a joint meeting of the Austin City Council and the Austin Planning Commission. So I'm pleased to now
• recognize the chair of the Austin Planning Commission, chairman Shaw, uh, to call to order the Planning Commission. Thank you, mayor
• . Can you hear me? Yes. Okay. Uh, yes, time is two o'clock and, uh, I, the chair of the planning commission bring the
• planning commission meeting to order. And, uh, I wanna recognize we do have quorum. In fact, this is a very good turnout
• for the Planning Commission. Thank you all Planning Commissioners . Thank you Mr. Chairman. Thank you. And thank you to all
• of the planning commissioners that are participating in this, and I wanna welcome everyone on behalf of the Planning Commission and
• the policy to have an opportunity to hear comments. At the same time. The planning commission will meet again on
• those questions will be shared with the council and the planning commission as soon as they are finalized for members
• . This will be a public hearing. Only remember, again that the Pub Planning Commission will be meeting on November 14th. There
• will be another opportunity to be heard and if ready, the planning commission will vote then. And the city council
• the Austin Planning Commission. And I will now call upon Laura Lauren Middleton Pratt, the plan, our planning director for a
• presentation from staff. Good afternoon, mayor City Council and members of the Planning Commission. Thank you for the opportunity
• proposed code amendments. The first is today's joint meeting of the Planning Commission and City Council. As the mayor
• mentioned, this is a new opportunity to our knowledge. We've never held a joint meeting of the Planning Commission and
• taking action today. Next, the planning commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 14th at 6:00 PM right
• here in City Hall. The Planning Commission could, at that time vote to make a recommendation to City Council
• much. Thank you. Um, I'll ask if there's any member of the commission, the planning commission or council that
• members and the planning commission to allow us that time. 'cause what we would hate to do is to be
• in D two, which I have the honor of representing on the Zoning and Planning Commission. I'm speaking today
• Mayor Council and Planning Commission for the opportunity to speak. My name is Tom Smith and I live in the
• please pass this. Oops. Jessica Leman. Hi. Thank you Mayor Council and members of the Planning Commission. My
• Dewart. Hi, good afternoon, city Council Mayor and Planning Commission. My name is Nora Dewart and I currently
• the city council members and planning commission to sit through all this and who are taking a stand and
• planning commission for your time today. Please do not eliminate single family housing. These changes will increase
• everyone Council and Planning Commission, who has helped move this forward. Um, I hope that we can pass this
• Watson, council members and members of the Planning Commission. My name's Paul Kevin Smith, and I've lived in
• . Thank you, Howdy City Council and Planning Commission. My name is Zach Faddis and I'm a proud resident
• Council and Planning commission, our community leaders see the path forward that we need to do to do
• counsel and planning commission. My name is Diana Molina. I moved here 23 years ago, but only very recently
• Council and Planning Commission. I'm Justin Lanier. I'm a graduate student of public policy at ut uh, D
• Planning Commission. My name is Craig Naser from Gracie Woods in District seven. I support some of this
• low income Austinites. I was on the planning commission during Code X, so I do feel your pain. I
• , I should have some slides up here. And, uh, Honorable mayor, city Council and Planning Commission, thank
• the planning commission for willingness to hear us all out for so long. It really does mean a lot
• December of 2021. Some of us were on planning commission, some of us weren't. It makes ADUs feasible. Tiny
• of the Planning Commission. Thank you for being here. My name is Andrea f Fryberger. I live in
• deluna. Uh, good evening City Council Mayor and Planning Commission. I live and work in District nine. I
• them. Thank you so much for listening to me. Good evening, mayor Council and the Planning Commission. Thank
• the Austin City Council. Uh, it's believed that this is the first time there's been a joint meeting of the Austin Planning
• Commission and the Austin City Council. Uh, I'm sure that there will be an historian out there that will remind us if that's
• November 14th, 2023. At that time, there will be the chance for further po public comment and input, and if the planning
• commission is ready, we'll be able to vote on recommendations to the mayor and City council at that time. The mayor
• please have patients with us. Any comments submitted through those methods will be collected and provided to Planning
• commission and to city council for their consideration. That concludes our presentation on the proposal. Thank you very
• for Project Connect. And then finally, it's a very important point. When I was on the planning
• commission, uh, chairman Shaw twice, we had uh, TAD come and explain how, uh, housing appraisals are done

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• held jointly with the Austin Planning Commission. It is 2:00 PM we are meeting in the Austin City Council chambers that are
• I indicated, this is a joint meeting of the Austin City Council and the Austin Planning Commission. So I'm pleased to now
• recognize the chair of the Austin Planning Commission, chairman Shaw, uh, to call to order the Planning Commission. Thank you, mayor
• . Can you hear me? Yes. Okay. Uh, yes, time is two o'clock and, uh, I, the chair of the planning commission bring the
• planning commission meeting to order. And, uh, I wanna recognize we do have quorum. In fact, this is a very good turnout
• for the Planning Commission. Thank you all Planning Commissioners . Thank you Mr. Chairman. Thank you. And thank you to all
• of the planning commissioners that are participating in this, and I wanna welcome everyone on behalf of the Planning Commission and
• the policy to have an opportunity to hear comments. At the same time. The planning commission will meet again on
• those questions will be shared with the council and the planning commission as soon as they are finalized for members
• . This will be a public hearing. Only remember again that the Pub Planning Commission will be meeting on November 14th. There
• will be another opportunity to be heard and if ready, the planning commission will vote then. And the city council
• the Austin Planning Commission. And I will now call upon Laura Lauren Middleton Pratt, the plan, our planning director for a
• presentation from staff. Good afternoon, mayor City Council and members of the Planning Commission. Thank you for the opportunity
• proposed code amendments. The first is today's joint meeting of the Planning Commission and City Council. As the mayor
• mentioned, this is a new opportunity to our knowledge. We've never held a joint meeting of the Planning Commission and
• taking action today. Next, the planning commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 14th at 6:00 PM right
• here in City Hall. The Planning Commission could, at that time vote to make a recommendation to City Council
• much. Thank you. Um, I'll ask if there's any member of the commission, the planning commission or council that
• members and the planning commission to allow us that time. 'cause what we would hate to do is to be
• . I live in D two, which I have the honor of representing on the Zoning and Planning Commission. I'm
• Smith. Thank you Mayor Council and Planning Commission for the opportunity to speak. My name is Tom Smith and I
• zoning proposal Nora Dewart. Hi, good afternoon, city Council Mayor and Planning Commission. My name is Nora Dewart and
• , I thank the city council members and planning commission to sit through all this and who are taking a
• , planning members of planning commission for your time today. Please do not eliminate single family housing. These changes
• Poole and everyone Council and Planning Commission, who has helped move this forward. Um, I hope that we can
• planning commission, uh, chairman Shaw twice We had, uh, TCAD D come and explain how, uh, housing appraisals
• , mayor Watson, council members and members of the Planning Commission. My name's Paul Kevin Smith, and I've lived
• emotionally connected city. Thank you, Howdy City Council and Planning Commission. My name is Zach Faddis and I'm
• am happy that the City Council and Planning commission, our community leaders see the path forward that we
• . Please proceed. Good evening counsel and planning commission. My name is Diana Molina. I moved here 23 years ago
• start. Good evening City Council and Planning Commission. I'm Justin Lanier. I'm a graduate student of public
• . Hello City Council and Planning Commission. My name is Craig Naser from Gracie Woods in District seven. I
• A housing mostly for low income Austinites. I was on the planning commission during Code X, so I
• and Planning Commission, thank you for allowing me to speak and especially thank you for having the courage
• thank you all so much and the planning commission for willingness to hear us all out for so long
• ADU resolution from December of 2021. Some of us were on planning commission, some of us weren't. It
• members and members of the Planning Commission. Thank you for being here. My name is Andrea f Fryberger
• , my name is Amy deluna. Uh, good evening City Council Mayor and Planning Commission. I live and work
• the Planning Commission. Thank you for being here tonight. My name is Megan Meisenbach and I live in
• the Austin City Council. Uh, it's believed that this is the first time there's been a joint meeting of the Austin Planning
• Commission and the Austin City Council. Uh, I'm sure that there will be an historian out there that will remind us if that's
• November 14th, 2023. At that time, there will be the chance for further po public comment and input, and if the planning
• commission is ready, we'll be able to vote on recommendations to the mayor and City council at that time. The mayor
• please have patients with us. Any comments submitted through those methods will be collected and provided to Planning
• commission and to city council for their consideration. That concludes our presentation on the proposal. Thank you very
• to me and please pass this. Oops. Jessica Leman. Hi. Thank you Mayor Council and members of the Planning
• Commission. My name is Jessica Lemon. I am the Senior Associate State Director of outreach and advocacy for AARP

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• Updates from the Planning Commission.

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• and Planning Commission is up first There. Can you all hear Me? Yeah, Alice can hear you. Um, so we
• agenda. But that's coming up for Planning Commission. And then we'll have another planning commission meeting related to
• are my only updates from Planning Commission at the moment. Thank you. And I realize planning is listed as
• that is in progress. And the, uh, electric utility commission, uh, resource planning working group has continued meeting
• , this will come before planning commission and then it will go before City Council on December 7th. But I totally
• will be taken. The first vote will be taken by planning commission in November, and then city council will
• vote on this in December. And until those votes are taken, planning commission and city council still have the
• previously in response to my first question. Um, has the planning commission considered potentially pausing on pushing this
• , I represent district two on the planning commission. I know Councilwoman Fuentes has spent a lot of time in
• sure Planning Commission will have several updates. All right. Planning Commission as Electric Utility Commission. I'll

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• dash 0 2 7 Parkland, dedication, repeal, and replace. This is postponed to November 14th by the Planning Commission number, uh, on
• meeting. So our next, um, planning commission meeting will also be the second public hearing for the home zoning amendments
• reform and that we need to be thinking proactively as a planning commission and as a council about all of
• Planning Commission snide remarks, smiles, jokes. Just because you don't agree with someone doesn't mean you don't
• plan goals. And as the planning commission, we are tasked to be the stewards of the city's comprehensive plan
• informed by staff that we, as the planning commission, do not have the authority to initiate changes. Um, so
• there's a letter that essentially will be forwarded as a, um, memo or an recommendation from the Planning Commission to
• as the planning commission. So we are not at this moment, um, um, sort of working on the city's telework
• , a little bit beyond our purview as planning commission. Thank you for clarifying and setting kind of the
• legal is that the, the Planning Commission, um, does not initiate changes to the comprehensive plan. Um, and so
• . And if you go to section four, the planning commission powers and duties, it describes, um, this body's powers
• plan as maybe desired or required? It's pretty on point. So the action that, um, the planning commission appears
• fulfilling of our duty as planning commission? Sure. Um, I don't have a policy answer for that, but I
• planning commission is taken and if there was a different, um, interpretation years ago and somehow got processed, however
• Austin Comprehensive plan initiated by the Planning commission itself? Imagine os I don't know the specific answer to
• it was initiated by the planning commission itself, then that would be a precedent that I think we would
• as, as planning commission, we just need to make sure that we can fight for the comprehensive plan. And, and
• actually the planning commission that had initiated the comprehensive plan to begin with. And if that is the case
• November 14th, um, planning commission meeting. Okay. Uh, question number two, . Hold on. Let me get one . Well
• itself, uhhuh to write in ordinance, because planning commission is responsible for ordinances, right? So we make
• an ordinance saying the planning commission can amend the comprehensive plan. Would that work? I'm not sure. So
• , that both the council and Planning Commission touch the chart or touch the, um, comprehensive plan. You're Talking
• ordinances, then planning commission, and then back to council. I guess I'm confused then, because it says that
• that the planning commission has attempted to amend, um, or initiate amendments to the comprehensive plan. Um
• . Um, of course, this coming Thursday we have the joint, uh, council and Planning Commission, uh, public hearing
• will be our November 14th planning commission meeting. Um, so as stated earlier, the any zoning cases, um
• those will be moved on to the November 28th, um, uh, planning commission date. So, um, if we have a
• lot of speakers on November 14th for a planning commission, uh, meeting at the public hearing for the home
• amendments, it could be possible that we have to, um, call a planning commission meeting on November 15th
• council. Um, and we had talked about a December 5th possible meeting date, um, for planning commission. Um, and
• close. Correct. Thank you. Um, so let's go back to the Wednesday planning commission potential meeting date
• , that we ought to be all about fixing. Somebody said we're the planning commission earlier, and indeed we
• planning commission. I'd much prefer that. I just feel bad us requiring a big postponement for every discussion
• as with possible action, uh, around the role the planning commission plays in amending, uh, the comprehensive
• to people across the board. Again, if we're the planning commission, we need to be about planning for
• , uh, redraft. Um, the COJC forwarded to the planning commission. Uh, but we asked that the draft ordinance
• be shared with the planning commission along with some examples of what the fee calculation might look like
• Committee, no updates since our last planning commission meeting, but we have a meeting tomorrow evening, so I'll
• say that we are not allowed to, right. It doesn't, there's nothing in the charter that says the planning
• commission cannot initiate changes. Is that correct? Well, the, as far the planning correct, I don't see anything specific

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• . Uh, they're now anticipating it going to planning commission at some point, uh, in early 2024, um, with council

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• does the city staff. So does a hundred percent of the planning commission, who after reviewing all the documents, uh
• List. To our knowledge, none of the people who visited with us that night came to the planning commission meet
• of time and, and, and the, the planning commission denied or allowed for the extension of time and that's
• Planning Commission's decision to approve a three year site plan. If you want to go with what the planning
• commission did, which is to approve a three year site plan extension, then we would deny the appeal. The motion

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• is the allowing three units per lot will be at the City Council, joint City Council Planning Commission meeting on
• the City Council and Planning Commission hearings. What is the timeline for council to actually take action? Do we know

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• Six oh six. I'm gonna call to the order the Zoning and Planning Commission. Today is Tuesday, October 17th. We are in City Hall Austin Chambers. Austin

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• has received strong direction from Council and Planning Commission to prioritize zoning, overlays and a number of cultural

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• Discussion and possible action to establish a working group tasked with providing amendments to the PlanningCommission regarding regulations that apply to single-family zoning districts and the number of unrelated

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• little quarter mile there. I want to encourage the planning commission to actually do some planning. Um, it's been a long
• to the planning commission and I didn't want to come to one. But here we are. Um, I, you know, I, I'm
• , uh, for the Planning commission and City Council, but again, didn't wanna muddy the waters with the specific direction the
• , I just, or should I start? First of all, I'm extremely happy to see this coming before planning commission and
• planning commission for action. And then, uh, I would say if you can look at your calendars, we're not sure
• need somebody on from the planning commission Yeah. To make the motion. Commissioner Scholer, you wanna be the motion
• City Legal around what we as a work group, what we as planning commission, um, are, are allowed to do
• A little late, just trying to get organized here. Uh, but I'm gonna go ahead and bring this, uh, meeting of the October 10th, 2023 Planning
• commission to order. Um, let's go ahead and do a roll call, and I'll start as I usually do with the folks on my left
• slaves, Buffalo soldiers, um, where they lie and where they rest. Um, I don't know all the lingo and all the planning
• commission, all the zoning talk, the WTF and the BFDs. Um, but, but I'm, I'm here as a person, um, that if