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BUT LIKE TO WALK UP COMMISSIONER KERRY, THOMPSON AND COMMISSIONER
[Call to Order]
KERRY THOMPSON, BEFORE I EVEN DO THE ROLE.UM, DO YOU WANT TO JUST SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOURSELF? UM, SURE.
I'M HAPPY TO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT INFORMATION IS USEFUL.
I, UM, I LIVE IN DISTRICT 10, UM, THAT HAVE A LONG HISTORY IN DISTRICT FOUR AND, UM, PHIL OWNED A HOUSE THERE.
I WORKED AT THE MEADOW CENTER FOR WATERMELON ENVIRONMENT WHERE I'M THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND, UM, HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF, UH, WORKING ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND I AM A CERTIFIED MEDIATOR AND I WORK ON THAT KIND OF THE CONFLICT ASPECT OF CONSERVATION.
I ALWAYS START WITH SAYING IT IS NOW IT'S SIX OH TWO ON TUESDAY, MARCH 2ND.
AND FOR TONIGHT'S, UH, ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
AND I'LL CALL THE ROLE FIRST AND COMMISSIONER KOSTA PRESENTED.
BERRERA RAMIREZ COMMISSIONER BRAY COMMISSIONER.
DINKLER PRESENT COMMISSIONER EVANS, COMMISSIONER KING.
COMMISSIONER CABASA COMMISSIONER RAY COMMISSIONER SMITH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
[Reading of the Agenda ]
[Consent Agenda ]
I'M GOING TO READ THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.A ONE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 2ND, 2021 AND B AND THEN A B ONE WAS POSTED IN ERROR.
THESE ARE ALL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA B TO FINAL PLAT C EIGHT DASH 2020 DASH ZERO TWO FIVE 5.08 AVERY LAKE LINE.
AND THAT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS THREE B3 PARCEL PLANT VACATION CA DASH 2019 DASH ZERO ZERO FOUR 1.1 A IN PARENTHESES VAC, AVERY LINK LINE.
THAT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR HER APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BEFORE PRELIMINARY PLANTS, C H J DASH 2019 DASH ZERO ONE FOUR THREE HOWARD LANE, A SMALL LOT SUBDIVISION PRELIMINARY PLAN.
AND THAT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR RECOMMENDATION FIVE FINAL PLAT WITH PRELIMINARY PLANS, C H J DASH TWO OH ONE EIGHT DASH ZERO ONE FIVE 1.1, A WHISPER VALLEY VILLAGE, AND ONE PHASE THREE FINAL PLAT THAT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND THEN A B6 FINAL PLAT WITH PRELIMINARY PLAN C H J DASH 2018 DASH ZERO ONE FIVE 1.2, A DESK WHISPER VALLEY VILLAGE, ONE PHASE FOUR TO FINAL PLAT, AND THAT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL.
AND SO THAT IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA FOR TODAY.
AND I'LL ASK A FEW THINGS FIRST OFF IF YOU ARE ON, BUT I'M NOT SPEAKING.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE ISSUES? I BELIEVE I DIDN'T EVEN SEE A SPEAKER SIGN UP FOR TONIGHT, BUT I JUST HAD TO ASK AND THEN ON GIVEN ALL THAT, UM, IS, UH, WE CAN HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SMITH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.
DANCLER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S UNANIMOUS AND EXCEPT I CAN'T SEE COMMISSIONER GRAY.
I, IT APPEARS HE HAS JOINED US AND, UM, AND THERE'S COMMISSIONER BRAY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND THEN ONTO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
AND THAT IS ITEMS FROM THE COMMISSION DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING MATTERS RELATED TO ANY PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE CODE.
AND, UM, IF THERE'S, UM, IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING, IF NOT, WE CAN SKIP ONTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND, UM, OH, COMMISSIONER SMITH.
WE HAVE TWO PHONE NUMBERS LISTED ONE ENGINE ENGINE ENGINE FOR TWO.
COMMISSIONERS ON ANDREW CHECK COMMISSION
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LAYS ON ANDREA TO THAT.IS THAT ANYBODY WHO IS, WHO ARE THOSE GOOD POINT? WHO ARE THOSE MYSTERY PHONE NUMBERS, NUMBERS? I FEEL JUST A DISREGARD THE NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN CITY HALL TECH PERSON.
CAN YOU HELP US OUT ON THIS? WE HAVE ONE ENDING AT 43 AND ONE 80 AND THESE ARE SO DO YOU KNOW THAT'S SOMEBODY SPEAKING ON AN ISSUE? YEAH, SO WE HAD TO BRING IN, UM, SOME STAFF MEMBERS ON THIS SIDE.
UH, OUR PHONE LINE SEEMS TO BE HAVING SOME ISSUES, SO WE HAVE, UM, JUST TOLD THEM TO CALL IN HERE.
SO THANKS COMMISSIONER SMITH FOR ASKING.
AND, UM, AND COMMISSIONER BRAY HAS JOINED US JUST IN CASE IT WASN'T NOTED AND OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS, AND THAT MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSED.
AND THEN WE HAVE NEXT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND, UM, COMMISSIONER OR VICE CHAIR BERRERA RAMIREZ.
AND I HAVE ASKED FOR A PRESENTATION ON THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WILL BE, UM, WE WILL RECEIVE THAT ON MARCH 16TH.
IS THAT CORRECT? ANDREW? CORRECT.
THANK YOU FOR SCHEDULING THAT AND THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR, BARBARA RAMIREZ FOR RECOMMENDING THAT.
AND THEN I GUESS I'M TRYING TO SET THE RECORD ON THE QUICKEST MEANING EVER, BUT YES, UH, THIS IS COMMISSIONER KING AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY IS TAKING NOTES TO KNOW, BUT I AM TAKING BRIEF NOTES HERE IN CASE WE NEED THOSE FOR THE MINUTES AND I'VE JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE.
YOU ARE RIGHT ON TOP OF OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM
[E. NOMININATIONS & ELECTIONS ]
AND THAT IS E ONE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF SECRETARY.AND SO ARE THERE, DOES ANYBODY, IS ANYBODY WILLING TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE WOULD LOVE TO BE SECRETARY IS JUST DYING TO BE SECRETARY.
UM, COMMISSIONER KING, SINCE YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE TAKING NOTES, YOU HAD TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH.
HOW ABOUT IT? I THINK IT'S GREAT.
SO WE CAN NOMINATE IT UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO NOMINATE A SECRETARY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER KING, AS SECRETARY CUNNING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
AND IT IS, UM, COMMISSIONER KING TO MAKE IT UNANIMOUS.
I NOT AGAINST ROBERT STOOLS IN ORDER.
SO IT'S UNANIMOUS COMMISSIONER KING AS OUR SECRETARY.
AND THEN NEXT ONTO OUR AGENDA ITEM ARE, UM, NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS AND I'LL READ IT OUT EASY TO HIS NOMINATION AND RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION MEMBER TO SERVE ON CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE.
AND THEN
AND, UM, AGAIN, THOSE ARE JOINT COMMITTEES AND THERE'S A SLOT AVAILABLE ON EACH OF THEM.
IS ANYBODY INTERESTED OR ANY NOMINATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? UM, I'LL THEN I'LL JUMP IN THERE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ON A JOINT COMMITTEE IN TWO YEARS, SO I'D LOVE TO BE ON THE COMP, UH, CODES AND ORDINANCES COMMITTEE AND COMMISSIONER KING.
YOUR MEETING IS, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE A CHAIR, COOL BOSS, UH, FOR THE CODES AND ORDINANCES COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, AND THEN THERE'S STILL TWO OTHERS.
THERE'S THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THERE'S THE SMALL AREA JOINT COMMITTEE.
I THINK WE WOULD STAY ON THE ONES WHERE WE'D BEEN ON OR DO WE GET, YEAH, YOU CAN STAY.
YEAH, YOU CAN STAY ON THE ONES THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON.
UM, CAUSE IT'S JUST FOR THE OPENING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE LEFT US.
AND SO WE CAN REVIEW, WE CAN REVISIT ALL THAT TOO, BUT IT'S AND COMMISSIONER DINKLER YOU'RE MUTED.
I WAS GOING TO SUCK IT MR. KINKS MOTION.
I THINK IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS OR MORE REALLY.
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BUT, UM, SO ALL SECOND DAVID'S MOTION.IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO BE ON THAT OR COMMISSIONER BRAY AT THE, UH, WORKING ACTUALLY DOING WATER DISTRIBUTION STUFF.
SO WASN'T ABLE TO FOCUS NOISY.
UM, I'D BE INTERESTED IN DOING, UH, POSING ORDINANCES AS WELL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE LIKE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE'RE AIMING FOR WITH IT'S IT'S IT'S ONE VACANCY.
CAUSE IT'S, UH, IT'S A JOINT COMMITTEE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER THINKING CS? YES.
THERE'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THERE IS SMALL AREA PLANNING.
I'D BE INTERESTED IN A SMALL AREA PLAN.
AND THEN THAT WOULD JUST LEAVE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IF I COULD STAY ON THE SMALL AREA JOINT COMMISSION.
WHO'S THE VACANCY FROM THAT'S FROM COMMISSIONER GEARY.
JUST KEY AND RAY ARE ON THERE ALREADY.
IS THERE THREE MEMBERS ON THAT ONE? YES.
COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER, THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE BACKUP, THE PERSONS FROM DISTRICT SIX WITH NO LONGER ON THE COMMISSION.
WE RECEIVED A COMMUNICATION THAT THE, UH, DCX REPRESENTATIVE DID VACATE THE SEAT.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO VACANCIES ON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE.
AND I LIKE YOUR CAT NEEDS A HAT THOUGH.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND IF THERE'S AVAILABILITY TO ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE.
SO THAT WOULD FEEL THAT, SO, AND WE WOULD THEN NEED ONE MORE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ARE THERE ANY TAKERS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE OTHER, FOR THE OTHER POSITION DON'T ALL RUSH AT ONCE AGAIN AND WE CAN SEE WE'RE MISSING CONGRESSIONAL OR WHAT YOU, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MISSING.
IT'S I'VE GOT TO GET USED TO THIS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN FILL THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I LOOKED AND IT'S NOT MEETING REAL SOON, SO, OKAY.
SO WHAT, WHAT LET'S DO THAT? SO HOW ABOUT THAT FOR OUR SLATE FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THAT WOULD BE COMMISSIONER KOSTA, SMALLER IN PLAN COMMISSIONER BRAY, AND ME FOR THE CODES AND ORDINANCES AND, UH, A VOTE, UM, IN FAVOR OF THAT SLATE COMMISSIONER KING YOU'RE MUTED, IT'S APPROPRIATE AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT NOMINATE THAT A CHAIR COULD ALSO BE NOMINATED FOR THE COATS AND ORDINANCES THAT COMMISSIONER BREAK BE NOMINATED FOR THE SMALL AREA, UH, JOINT PLANNING COMMITTEE.
AND THAT COMMISSIONER WILL COAST TO BE, UH, JOINED VIA A MEMBER OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE.
AND IT'LL GO TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
IT STILL HAS TO BE APPROVED, BUT OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE VOTE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
IT'S UNANIMOUS AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS BRAY AND COMMISSIONER KOSTA FOR STEPPING UP AND THANK YOU, ACTUALLY, COMMISSIONER KING FOR BEING HERE.
AND THEN WE HAD A SEPARATE MOTION FOR MY, MY APPOINTMENT TO THE, UH, AS THE SECRETARY.
AND I BELIEVE I COULD COUNT AS MAKING THE MOTION AND IT'S IN ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, A SMALL GROUP LIKE THIS.
AND WAS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? UM, YES.
EVERYBODY KNOW COMMISSIONER DANCLER.
SO THAT'S SECOND ON THE NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY WAS MOVED.
I HAD SMITH, BUT LET'S MAKE IT A SECOND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
AND I TRUST YOU ALL RECOLLECT AND I RUN THE MEETING.
I DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO OTHERWISE.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'VE GOT, UH, KOBASA AND DINKLER ON THE, ON MY EMOTION BY APPOINTMENT AND THEN ON ALL THE OTHER ONES, UH, ME AND SMITH THAT WERE THE, MADE THE MOTION ON THAT.
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ARE THERE, WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THAT AND, UM, THEN ARE THERE ANY REPORTS ON ANY OF OUR JOINT COMMITTEES AND I DON'T BELIEVE SO.AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WHAT WE HAVE IS OUR ADJOURNMENT.
SO, BUT I GUESS I COULD, OKAY.
COMMISSIONER CAN, I'M TRYING TO BE GOOD ABOUT MUTING WHEN I'M NOT TALKING.
BUT, UH, SO, UH, DID WE MISS THE
[D. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OH, I'M SORRY, BECAUSE THAT WAS WHERE YEAH.OH, WE CAN HAVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I REALIZED, YEAH, I SPED THROUGH THAT.
LET'S GO BACK TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS BECAUSE I HAD THE COURSE ON THAT ITEM, THAT VICE CHAIR, BREWER, RAMIREZ, AND I HAD PUT ON.
ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T ASK COMMISSIONER KING WILL.
UH, SO YES, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THE ITEM, UH, THAT WAS ON OUR PREVIOUS AGENDA, BUT DROPPED OFF BECAUSE ONE OF THE CO-SPONSORS IS NO LONGER ON OUR COMMISSION.
SO I'D LIKE TO, I'M JUST GETTING IT BACK ON THE AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE WORK THAT WAS STARTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND IT IS A DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION AND SUPPORTIVE, INCREASED COMMUNITY FLOOD PROTECTION AND FLOOD RESILIENCY EFFORTS IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND, UM, AND I'M WILLING TO CO-SPONSOR I WAS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON THAT.
JUST TAKES TWO TO CO-SPONSOR SO YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN YOU'D WANT TO HAVE THAT? WELL, YOU KNOW, GIVEN WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW AND RECOVERING INDEPENDENTLY PANDEMIC AND EVERYTHING, THE VACCINATION PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH THROUGHOUT THE CITY, I'M NOT TRYING TO PUSH THIS TOO HARD, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT IS KIND OF TIMELY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW THAT DOES AFFECT OUR RESILIENCY.
SO I THINK IF WE LET IT GO FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS HERE, MAYBE A MONTH OR SO, AND THEN FOLLOW UP ON IT BENEFICIAL.
I'LL AND I'LL CIRCLE BACK TO IT IN PROBABLY A MONTH.
ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS I SEE, YOU'RE ALL STRUGGLING AND WELL THEN COMMISSIONER DAN CLANCY.
I HAD A RECORD LIKE BEFORE, BUT I'M GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF THIS.
SO WE ARE KEEPING AND EVERYBODY ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING AND LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AROUND LIKE A FIVE POUND LEG, MAKE IT GO AWAY.
NEISHA AND MITIGATION, HAPPINESS.