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• 300 feet were sent public notices on October 12th, 2023. No objections have been received. Uh, Austin Planning Commission received
• is the letter that the Brentwood Neighborhood Association sent to the Austin Planning Commission. How do you plan

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• the Planning Commission for their incredible efforts to bring forward meaningful solutions to address Austin's housing and affordability

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• waiving the requirement to go to planning commission is to be heard. Moving on to the next slide, moving

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• planning commission and thank the commissioners that met with us. We have initiated communication with the mayor and each
• Creek Neighborhood Association requested postponement on the hearing before the October 10th planning commission meeting, it stemmed

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• 11, we're gonna go and bring this, um, meeting of the planning commission to order. It is November 28th, 2023. And we'll do start off
• for the planning commission to hear the case. And the reason for that is that my understanding of the
• , as planning commission when we hear commitments made. Um, you know, tonight we will hear applicants saying that
• position and the letter was submitted as late material to the Planning Commission. Good evening commissioners Nancy Estrada
• work around zoning and planning commission cases. And I think this postponement, I I have real concerns that that's
• planning, this planning commission should be setting lower baselines when it comes to affordable housing. Uh, I think
• Planning Commission. Um, are, is somebody able, so we're, so if somebody signs up for a planning commission, they
• agreements were in place previously for planning commission and this is basically just a reinstatement of rules
• have a seat on planning commission. Yeah. I can't even make motion. Well, I guess it's technically I
• us or all of your efforts in working through the Planning Commission, but also all of your efforts on
• ways if you aren't on the planning commission, but it was, it was a lot of work. And we
• or the privilege to come to planning commission meetings and speak. And that as planning commissioners, we
• planning commission meetings. So thank you. So I'll just close on that and say you, you both are right
• adjourn this meeting, uh, planning commission at 9 58. Thank you very much. Love all long here to, that's
• from Codes and Ordinances joint committee? Uh, sure. We have not met since our last, um, uh, planning
• commission meeting and we do not have an update at this Time. Okay. Uh, conference plan Committee, uh

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• with a council policy and priorities. We now are here before you with Planning commission recommendations as well. We've heard
• during the joint meeting with the Planning Commission on October 26th. So I'll be focusing on some of the changes that
• Planning Commission recommended. When they reviewed the proposal on November 14th. The proposed code amendments respond to the direction
• the Planning commission in city council on October 26th. On November 6th, staff held an open house for members of the public
• to learn more about the proposal. On November 14th, the second public hearing was held at the planning Commission meeting
• . The planning Commission voted to recommend that council approve the proposal with a variety of amendments. And finally, the council
• will hold a public meeting at a, a public hearing at a special called meeting on December 7th. The planning commission recommended
• planning commission meeting and for the December 7th council meeting. The first planning commission recommendation is to set a floor
• , and that's the size of the square footage of the building allowed under the FAR maximum. So the planning commission recommended
• proposal that you saw on October 26th did not have an FAR maximum for two or three units. The planning commission recommended
• could have 5,200 square feet of floor area. So that's FAR. The planning commission also recommended some design standards be
• neighborhood. Next, the planning commission recommended adding something called a preservation bonus to the proposal. The purpose of the
• still working through at this time. The planning commission also recommended a companion sustainability bonus. The goals are very
• finally, the planning Commission recommended that these changes become effective 60 days after final adoption to allow
• provided to the planning commission and will be provided to counsel for your consideration. Thank you very much. That
• subtle than I would like. There are some recommendations that were made by the planning commission that, uh, when
• at the planning commission hearing, but also include some commentary as it relates to the amendments that were
• proposed by planning Commission. And if it's been touched on by staff, I'll kind of skip over that. Our group
• . And, uh, planning commission captured that in their amendments also. Our second recommendation was to create a new floor
• create an FAR cap for each use. And again, staff talked you through the planning commission amendment that capture
• allowable FAR for more units. And again, planning commission captured that in their amendments of graduating from 0.55
• limit for a single unit. Again, that was captured in planning commission amendments. We do have one very small
• detail to comment on there. Uh, planning commission have recommended that within three unit uses the two unit max
• definition. And this is where we're at odds with, um, what planning commission has recommended in their amendments
• and incentivize AUTOCENTRIC development. Um, so we're against that. What what planning commission did is they took the
• to be able to accommodate the configuration of multiple units. What planning commission has suggested is allowing for
• to reduce the front yard to 15 feet. The streetside yard right now is 15 feet. Um, planning commission proposed
• neighborhood design. And finally, our fourth recommendation was to adopt preservation incentive planning Commission amendments have done
• the possible permutations. But now we see that planning commission has recommended some far limits. My question is
• clarify, it appears that though the planning commission only recommended that these fire limits apply to units
• anticipate. Um, okay. Um, we also have a planning commission recommendation for preservation bonus and the sustainability
• , and the planning commission recommendation renders obsolete. What modeling we did have. Um, so when can we expect
• modeling, um, to be completed based on the planning commission recommendations for the changes to far and or the
• , I, I understand that they were, they were present for the planning commission, so I assumed that they would
• alongside those of the planning commission and, you know, the, um, housing professionals who are contributing to this effort
• considerations that we outlined and some concerns that we outlined. Um, substantively, uh, the planning commission, uh, changes
• I know that, uh, I'm also interested in the other planning commission recommendation of removing the 1100 square
• initiative that were recommended by the Planning Commission and that we just received a briefing on, um, from city
• department, um, the planning commission gave some additional direction related to, uh, wanting city staff and the council to
• in evaluating the proposal. Since the planning commission changes. Staff has been in communication with the Fire Marshal's
• concerns on fire risks, um, based on some of what we heard at the Planning commission with respect to
• . This has been a productive work session where we get additional information. Uh, the planning commission has just made
• are working tirelessly with my team and me to work on amendments to home with the planning commission working
• , I want to acknowledge the extraordinary work of the planning Commission working group on those key amendments that
• that you're playing and, and also the partners that have been involved, um, and the planning commission for the
• lot could be two 3,200 square feet in size of gross floor area. So a 3,200 square foot house. Under the planning
• commission proposal, a two unit development could have 4,400 square feet of floor area, and a three unit development
• preferred policy outcome outcomes. But, um, do our professional staff believe that the far recommendation from the planning
• commission is the best way for us to achieve our desired outcomes? So we, uh, Erica leak planning department, um
• staff. We're very grateful for preservation Austin and the Austin Infill Coalition and their work with the Planning
• Commission work group and our council offices to get this simple yet effective historic preservation incentives, both the

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• First, we're calling to order the zoning and planning commission. We are in city council chambers. I will start with calling roles
• planning commission, Do we already have rules that allow it or were the rules changed when we stopped allowing
• person. Yeah. Okay. So It's done in planning commission, but not here. I mean, I Don't, I don't other rules

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• counsel and from planning commission on this matter. Right. Well, and counsel will take this up on November 7th
• like to understand what the planning commission, uh, has been discussing on this today and yesterday before, you
• Planning Commission is chewing that right now. So the, and I'm, I wasn't familiar with what the planning commission, they're
• have a planning commission watch party if the JSC meeting was canceled. I'm sure there's multiple Environmental Commission
• mic. Uh, the planning commission got a lot of public comments. And just so you have the benefit of
• , the working group was requested by city council on the planning commission. It, the goal was to

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• Tuesday, November 14th. I'm gonna call to order the zoning and planning commission, which we will convene at five o'clock on Tuesday, November

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• housing unit. These proposed amendments were the subject of a joint meeting of the Planning Commission and City Council on
• house on the amendments at the Austin Central Library, and the Planning Commission will host a public hearing on the
• . In addition, staff has been preparing answers to planning commission and city council questions and responding to questions from