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• space is. This is not planning commission, it's not, you know, that's land use. So, um, just really appreciate the council

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• possible action establishing a working group tasked to provide a FY 2023-2024 Budget recommendation for PlanningCommission consideration.

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• Camera's on, uh, it is, uh, 6 0 8 and, uh, we're bringing this meeting of the planning commission to order. The date is June 13th, 2023. Uh, we'll
• further ado, Let's get started. As the members of Planning Commission are aware of the city's work to develop and to map
• provisions of the code that are no longer meeting our needs has only grown. And city council or planning Commission have
• . Code amendments may be initiated as you know, by either City Council or Planning Commission. Once the code amendment is
• public hearing by planning commission, and a public hearing with three ratings at city council. Notification is required prior
• to planning commission and city council hearings, and the law department will be involved in review and at ordinance preparation
• have served on the planning commission previously would be very excited to see this. Um, so thank you guys for what
• there anything that, uh, you would ask of the planning commission, um, tonight? Um, I made, uh, ask Lauren to pop in
• excited to hear that planning commission will also be delving into budget discussions. And so in coordination with the city
• there are two or three days before planning commission so that, cause I know sometimes what really is the backup
• between planning commission, taking action and then council taking action. So we'll have to align it in a way that
• , would the code cabinet be made available if planning commission wants to initiate a complex amendment? I just wanna make
• to indicate when, so you've got the tick marks for planning commission and then city council. Is there a way to
• those go? The regulating plans would definitely go to codes and ordinances and then to planning commission. Um, some of them
• that at least has them identified for an actual meeting of planning commission. Um, but what I'm hearing is the potential
• think will be on that agenda based on what we're seeing here for the various, uh, joint committees and planning commission, just
• scheduled the week before the big planning commission code meeting, longer conversations. All that said, maybe our executive committee
• ordinances would happen, when planning commission light to the actual meeting date. Mm-hmm. . Um, so we can follow up
• distributed, um, to the planning commission members when it goes out to the housing and planning committee. Thanks. That would
• give staff some indication whether or not the planning commission supports what they have with some changes. If commissioners
• dates for potential, uh, planning commission? Go ahead. Sheriff, if I might, uh, Mr. River had asked if we
• working group around the budget recommendations from Planning Commission to, uh, the budgetary group, city of Austin Budget Group
• back recommendations to Planning Commission I believe in two weeks or maybe the meeting after that. Anything on the
• date. Um, so certainly, um, information moving forward from planning commission on July 11th, um, would be far enough in
• they want to cover comments. All right. Um, so it is 9 32 and I'm adjourning this meeting of the Planning
• Commission. Where do you go when you can go, what do you do when they start? Who do you know? We're all.

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• , that have been kind of rearing their heads at planning commission. So I think as we see more of these, uh, we're

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• two and has the honor of serving on the zoning and planning commission, which I joined to help with our self-inflicted housing
• recommended by the Planning Commission. I'm sorry, can you speak a little louder? Yeah, can you hear me? Yes, that's better
• support the safe Fencing Code Amendment unanimously recommended by the Planning Commission. It will help reduce the risk of injuries and
• Council member Vela on this, just given that's his original, um, article and his profession on the planning commission
• rezoning is incompatible with the guidelines of the planning commission incompatible with the aims of affordable housing incompatible
• mixed uses appropriate at this location. The applicant's, um, request was supported by planning commission with the 120
• much to offer today in the way of presentation other than to say we still agree with the planning commission recommendation
• me just a few minutes ago about an additional setback. Um, the planning Commission recognized the importance of the
• not near a neighborhood. Compatibility is not an issue. Again, i I said this at planning commission, if not here
• >. And from the preserve, the Planning Commission wanted an additional US to set back an additional 60 feet from
• the planning commission you've had, and I know since I was here last, I've had 23 ccs of letters to
• Brock and number two at the planning commission. At the planning department. Nine months later, you contacted us, you
• , but the planning commission, um, brought that down to 75 and of course you could, you know, amend that with
• for staff, but were there considerations that were not taken up at planning commission? Is there something we think
• , so I just had imagined planning commission probably discussed it. Can you talk a little bit about those aspects
• I'm, I'm late to, to this, uh, discussion, uh, is that the 60 foot setback that the planning commission, uh
• code for items to go before the planning commission and come before council. We are not meeting those deadlines
• recommendation and the planning commission recommendation. Thank you very much. Does anybody have any questions? Appreciate that. Um

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• Amendment that will go to, it will go to the zoning and planning commissioner or planning commission, whichever is appropriate, and
• recommendation to, um, planning Commission, which would also make a recommendation to city Council. So ultimately City Council will

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• to planning commission, a super majority is required on the recommendation stage. Um, initiation is just kind of a research
• eight. Gotcha. Thank you. Okay. And I believe it's, uh, in either the, uh, planning commission or council would need to
• have three quarters as well. That would be not just the planning commission, but council also is that, so it
• and Planning Commission, staff recommends approval of the proposed code amendment only with the following conditions. First, the amended
• revisions are still subject to review by the law department who will be drafting the ordinance, uh, prior to planning
• commission review on June 27th. Uh, staff will collect revisions requested by the commission tonight to be included in that legal

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• then the smaller area Planning commission is Commissioner acoa and then the Minutes note. Greenberg, but Greenberg is not, is Commissioner
• didn't see anything. Small area Planning Commission. Any committee report? Uh, no, but we will be meeting tomorrow, uh, or we're scheduled

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• meeting our needs has only grown. And city council and or planning commission have initiated more than 60 ad hoc amendments to the
• or planning commission. Next slide. Once the code amendment is initiated and a lead department has identified, staff will work through
• by the codes and ordinances, joint committee review and public Hearing by Planning Commission, and any other commissions that are warranted
• prior to planning commission and city council hearings, and the law department is involved in the review and ordinance preparation. Next
• direction from previous councils and limited time and resources to enact the many policies that we are, that we or planning commission have
• ordinances and the planning commission or anything that needs to go through, uh, zoning and platting. And so I know
• approval is and here's where planning commission is. Um, but we had, I think one along the way that came into it
• committee, what exactly is their role in all this? What do they bring to the table that let's say Planning commission doesn't
• or? Sure. So the codes and ordinances joint committee includes members from the Planning Commission and the zoning and
• they would will be involved if planning commission initiates the code amendment that is a staff-led code amendment, typically staff
• would take it to the codes and ordinances joint committee to, for a recommendation to planning commission to initiate, and
• Commission. So the, the Planning Commission really relies very heavily on the codes and ordinances joint committee, um, for their
• because they are a joint committee, it is Planning Commission and Zap. And so that's Zaps, um, real opportunity to weigh
• in to this, which is very valuable to the members of the Zoning and Planning Commission. So we do follow that
• Planning commission or to go to codes and ordinances. Are those required by state law or is that a requirement We've
• put on ourself? We are required to go to the planning commission if we are amending zoning regulations. So anything
• and want it to go through the planning commission. Got it. All right. That's all My questions. Council Avela, I, um
• at the planning commission hearing to testify against it. Um, mostly representing the, the groups, the neighborhood plan contact
• the planning commission, you get told no mm-hmm. , because then, then we're stuck. And so we're, we're gonna have
• flu amendment that was voted down by the planning commission passed on consent without any opposition on council. I mean
• as it kind of leaves council and then, you know, goes to staff and then comes back through the planning commission and
• codes and ordinances, joint committee for planning commission. There's a set, the public hearing date that gets scheduled for counsel
• we could do that. But as far as I'm aware, I don't think we ever implemented, I was on planning commission at
• board. I mean it, uh, but, but the planning commission is a sovereign board and they have, they have authority by
• then it would move back to codes and ordinances joint committee for review as a draft before it hits the Planning
• in 25 2 are our regulating plans or something of that nature. We are required by state law to go to the Planning
• commission. Other amendments to Title 25 Council, uh, made a decision that that's the process they want, want to follow

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• spoken with the planning commission about this? No, but I've sent them all information, the same information that I sent to

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• a primary designer of the Zilker Park Vision Plan, who is Commissioner Claire Hemple of the Planning Commission. I will