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• this meeting the planning commission order at 6:12 PM First off, we will take roll call. Um, so just acknowledge your presence
• health benefit veterans with PTSD such as myself, the opportunities are endless. And the Planning Commission has an opportunity
• , and I would, I mean, I would like to work with this planning commission because the other commission seem not to
• Austin. This is the Imagine Austin Planning Commission, FY 24 25 CIP. Memo of recommendations. This item is up for consent
• sign up to bring those concerns to us as a planning commission and speak to 'em directly versus requesting
• sat where you sit. I used to be on the planning commission and having you choose between affordable housing
• Planning Commission Google Maps. So first of all, can you review one more time, this is an affordability unlocked
• on this memo. Okay. So a brief, a memorandum that's provided to the planning commission, does it require it
• council um, basically for the planning commission to get a briefing and then review the technical code updates
• City Council felt that it would be ideal for us as planning commission to understand the proposed amendments as
• these would be excellent. Um, I know we have several technical experts on our planning commission, and I'm hoping
• of this process and ensure that we've really taken into account any recommendations that the planning co commission
• recommendations at our next planning commission meeting. That's such a great thing to do after your honeymoon. Um
• . We'll go to our q and a. So first, commissioner with a question, comm. Commissioner Cox Wouldn't be a planning
• commission meeting if Commissioner Cox wasn't the one with the question. That's right. Uh, yeah. Question for staff

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• the Planning Commission recommendations. And then we will stand for discussion and questions. I'm gonna ask, uh, assistant city
• Cook, principal Planner, both with the planning department, as you recall, on April 11th City Council. And the Planning Commission held
• city. Since April 11th, staff has hosted four public, public open houses. The Planning Commission has also held a separate meeting
• also like to thank City Council and the planning commission for your hard work, your dedication, support, and collaboration
• , on the slide in front of you are the three amendments that planning Commission offered for the EV charging land use
• phase two. Um, we just wanted to give you an update on staff's response to some of the planning commission recommendations
• . So staff does not support the Planning Commission amendment to exclude the flagpole of a flag lot, um, from
• appropriate. The planning commission also made a number of amendments related to setbacks, including reducing setbacks along internal lot
• for this is, uh, fire safety issues. Um, there are also two amendments from planning commission that are not included
• in the planning Commission version of the draft ordinance, and we just wanted to point those out. First is the
• staff version for Home two. Okay. Um, there was a, it was brought up at the planning commission. The
• planning commission did not recommend it. However, it remains in staff's, um, uh, ordinance. What it would have is
• , case manager for compatibility. Um, I'm going to briefly explain our rationale for the planning commission amendments. We
• amendment. Planning Commission introduced a new 35 foot building height limit for the area between 15 and 25
• not recommend the planning commission suggestion to reduce the noise limit to 45 decibels from the current 70
• ? So the planning commission recommended for lots less than 75 feet in width to have a 30 foot, 35
• April 30th, the planning commission, just Real quick and I apologize. No problem. I don't know who Thomas Simpson is
• planning commission voted to recommend the ETOD overlay with 26 amendments that they made to staff's proposal. Seven
• commission matrix that's posted in backup. The text amendments are as follows, that Planning Commission offered, they recommended
• the Conditional List Planning Commission recommended the non-residential redevelopment requirements from the staff proposal be removed
• . ETOD density bonus projects was another amendment from the Planning commission. They recommended that, um, if a fee
• Staff Ordinance Planning Commission recommend re replacing the non-residential redevelopment requirements, um, to instead require notice
• that with slight language changes in our ordinance. And then finally, planning commission recommended that the fee in
• . I'm gonna present the differences between the planning commission, which is the second column and the staff proposal
• eligible to redevelop under the bonus program. Staff and planning commission had similar language relating to the units. A
• bonus programs. While planning commission did not address the length of affordability, both proposals included similar notice
• provisions to make sure tenants are aware of upcoming redevelopment. The Planning commission recommended that tenants who choose
• % of total units on top of that one-to-one replacement. The planning commission didn't address this. So overall planning
• development than the staff proposal. And therefore we don't recommend passing the Planning Commission amendments on this
• requirements. The Planning Commission made some recommendations on these non-residential redevelopment requirements to determine what a
• 10 years. And overall, the version of non-residential redevelopment required offered by the Planning Commission significantly weakens
• it comes, whether we're going to be working off of the planning commission recommendation or the staff recommendation
• recommendation is that we work off of the planning commission recommendation because that way we have good access to
• have been proposed seem to be proposed off of the planning commission recommendation as opposed to off the
• bidding I would start is that we go from the planning commission recommendation. And Councilman Morales, I said
• planning commission recommendation regarding setbacks and porches and whether five feet of the porch would, um, be taken
• me, I'd assumed we were going on the staff and so I will certainly be looking at the Planning Commission recommendations
• ead we'll go with staff and the others will do the planning commission. 'cause I think that's the last Yes
• . Council member. I, I've been working off planning commission On all of them, Uh, on, on all of them
• be able to agree on that. So what I would, um, recommend is we start with the, the planning commission recommendation
• and everybody pay attention to that. We're gonna start with the planning commission recommendation. Okay. Alright
• broader recommendations, which you can find more information about in the e EAD overlay staff response to planning
• porch line need to be? So I just wanted to flag, um, I also assumed we were working off planning
• commission just because that's typically how, um, a lot of these proposals come to us. Um, so in that case
• we do, and unless I hear just a broad objection, we start with the concept of the the planning
• commission because I, I could see where, uh, I mean we do have, we do have differences. For example, I'm

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• Is why Ever since I've been appointed, not one ever, and I haven't missed a meeting at the planning
• commission since I've been elected as chair. Not one ever. And she went on vacation to Hawaii and actually got

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• conversations on whether or not we're gonna recommend them to council. So, or planning commission If I may? Yes

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• was talking. Can I still talk? Um, Yes, go ahead. You working With the planning commission at all? We
• have. We presented, we briefed the Planning commission, yes. Um, on the plan. Okay. And are you going to

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• regarding April 23rd meeting. I did not attend because, um, they had a, like, joint meeting with planning commission. Um

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• just one timeline update. Uh, it was gonna go to the planning commission on the 28th of this month, may
• that's been moved. It's gonna go to the Planning commission on June 11th now. Um, yeah. Uh, and that's just
• did do the set date for council already. Um, the planning commission hearing, uh, has been moved, uh, first

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• concurrence with the council approved East Austin historic resource survey staff and the planning commission recommend
• and the planning commission recommend historic zoning for the historic portion of the home's footprint only as
• so that the historic Landmark Commission and Planning Commission are often more concerned about their voices being
• recommendation. Furthermore, both the historic Landmark Commission and Planning Commission overwhelmingly recommended this property for
• the people of Austin. The planning commission and the city council have a duty to basis decisions upon
• here for the planning commission and this requested that we add the wording for unlocked and tie it
• housing. That's not the case. Also, uh, in the reef sheet says, it mentioned that the planning commission asked
• to come from planning commission to council in 10 days. Sent me a couple other projects that I've
• again, as we did at Planning Commission. Although we differ on this project, they have been professional and
• make a walking motion, I will move approval of this item as proposed by staff and planning commission. And
• as the Planning commission and is recommended by Staff District eight routinely ranks last in the city and
• . I've been here with you since that time. Um, please note that this happened on February 27th. Planning
• , commission meeting. Um, it was indeed postponed, but we were told to show up after we were told not

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• think that when I said this has been partially overcome by events Planning Commission has already taken this up
• to recommend historic zoning as we send this on to planning commission and on to, um, council. And without

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• this to be May 30th, um, of 2024, and we're going to planning commission on May 14th. Um, it was a
• . And so then so it goes to planning commission on May 14th. Yeah, May 14th is planning commission. And so with
• ordinances, planning commission is kind of the official body that gives a formal recommendation to city council. Of
• first, um, so that the Planning Commission can hear your recommendation and consider that with theirs. So it does
• Commission meeting before council, but not before planning commission. I see. I do believe that if you have a
• working group, you can get people from the planning commission in the working group. So there is that to
• to, um, any other board about this ordinance, Mr. Lloyd? Um, we're going to planning commission, um, on this
• to planning commission then. And again, just for context, this really is intended to right size non zoning
• , correct? Yeah. Yeah. So the, the Planning Commission has a codes and ordinances, oh, core codes and Ordinance
• subcommittee that meets with the zoning and planning commission members. Um, so they hear things before they go before
• that you know, this, um, the next meeting is after the planning commission. And, um, that's really a, um
• could have a working group and bring things forward. We could possibly even have that ready for planning commission for
• , uh, brought forward at planning commission and counsel. I guess my suggestion would just to be, to style it
• than the downtown density bonus. When it got to the Planning Commission, somebody decided that it would