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IT'S SIX O'CLOCK ON MAY THE FOURTH.
AND, UM, LET'S SEE, FIRST WE'RE GOING.
SO COMMISSIONER, UH, KOSTA, I BELIEVE IS, UH, HE WAS, HAD A CONFLICT TONIGHT, SO HE WASN'T GOING TO BE HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER DINKLER ISN'T DOESN'T SEEM HERE.
CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
COMMISSIONER THOMPSON IS NOT HERE.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE MISSING ACOSTA.
AND THEN WE HAVE A VACANCY AND DISRESPECT CODE.
THERE'S UM, COMMISSIONER CLAIRE COMMISSIONER THOMPSON TOO.
SO, UM, SO FIRST I'M GOING TO REVIEW THE AGENDA.
I HAVE A VERY, UH, PRINTED OUT A SCRIPT HERE, SO I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FORMAL THAN USUAL SO I CAN HOPEFULLY CHECK OFF ALL THE BOXES.
[Consent Agenda]
AGENDA AND VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.I WILL READ EACH PUBLIC HEARING ITEM AND IDENTIFY THOSE THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY STAFF FOR CONSENT APPROVAL, WHICH INCLUDE CONSENT POSTPONEMENTS AND NON-DISCUSSION ITEMS. SO FIRST IS THE MINUTES.
SO DOES ANYBODY, UM, HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS FOR THE MINUTES? OKAY.
I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B ONE.
SO B ONE IS CASE C 14 2021 ZERO ZERO FIVE SIX 1609 MATTHEWS LANE REZONING.
AND THAT CASE HAS BEEN PO UH, REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT, UM, UNTIL MAY 18TH, B TWO IS C 14 2021 ZERO ZERO FIVE ZERO SOUTH PARK MEADOWS PLAZA.
UH, B3 IS C 14 2020 ZERO ONE FOUR SIX AT 11 SEVEN OH FIVE RESEARCH BOULEVARD.
AND THAT HAS, UM, POST PR REQUESTS FOR POSTPONEMENT NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT UNTIL JUNE 1ST.
AND THE APPLICANT IS IN AGREEMENT BEFORE HIS C 14 2021 ZERO ZERO ZERO THREE, SUN AUTO.
AND THAT'S A STAFF POSTPONEMENT TILL MAY 18TH, B FIVE IS
THAT'S ALSO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
B SIX IS C 14 2021 ZERO ZERO FOUR THREE PLAINS TRAIL.
REZONING IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN A B SEVEN C 14 2021 ZERO ZERO THREE ONE JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD.
WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL THAT ITEM OR, UM, I'LL PULL IT.
UM, SO MOVING ON TO B EIGHT, WHICH IS C 14 2021 ZERO ZERO TWO SIX OR BARNA, AND THAT I BELIEVE IS STILL ON THE DISCUSSION BEEF.
I'M SEEING THE P FIVE IT'S PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANT TO HEAR THIS A LITTLE MORE AND I'M SORRY.
I'M SO LAST MINUTE ON ALL OF THIS TODAY, BUT, UM, WE'RE STARTING TO GET SOME CORRESPONDENTS AND I KINDA THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE PARCELS ALL INTERACT AND, UH, BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME PUBLIC.
UM, I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT SIGNED UP.
SO B NINE IS C 14 2021 ZERO ZERO TWO SEVEN URBANA TWO.
THAT ONE IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, B 10 C 14 2021 ZERO ZERO TWO EIGHT OR BROWN, A THREE ALSO CONSENT, UH, B 11 SP 2019 ZERO THREE ZERO ZERO.
SEE OMNI BUSINESS PARK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND THEN, UH, B12 C EIGHT 2018 ZERO ZERO FOUR 3.2 A PARKSIDE SECTION ONE AT WILD HORSE RANCH FOR CONSENT.
SO, UM, LET'S SEE, LET ME GO BACK.
I FORGOT TO SAY THAT THOSE ARE RECOMMENDED B 11 AND 12
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ARE RECOMMENDED WITH CONDITIONS.UM, SO FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, I HAVE B ONE POSTPONED TO MAY 18TH, B2 B3 POSTPONE TILL JUNE 1ST, BEFORE POSTPONED TO MAY 18TH, B SIX, B AND B NINE THROUGH B 12 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, I, I, DID I HEAR, UH, COMMISSIONER DECKER POOLED, UH, ITEM NINE, WHICH WAS THE URBANO ONE.
I'M SORRY, THAT WAS ITEM EIGHT OR BARKER AND, UH, IRVANA B NINE AND B 10 ARE ALL RELATED.
THEY'RE INTERDEPENDENT AND INTERRELATED TO EACH OTHER.
SO I WORRY THAT IF WE'RE JUST GONNA PULL ONE OF THEM AND IF WERE TO MAKE A CHANGE SOMEHOW IN A RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT ONE, I, I JUST WONDER HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE OTHER TWO.
SO I DON'T, I'M NOT NECESSARILY WANTING TO PULL THE OTHER TWO, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT WE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, PULL ONE AND POTENTIALLY MAKE A CHANGE ON IT WITHOUT SEEING HOW IT MIGHT AFFECT THE OTHER TWO.
SO DO YOU WANT TO PULL ALL THREE THEN COMMISSIONER KING OR HOLDING UP? I THINK THAT'S THE SAFEST THING TO DO.
SO LET ME READ THE CONSENT AGENDA AGAIN.
SO IT'S, UM, DO YOU ONE B2 B3 BEFORE B SIX AND THEN B 11 AND 12.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? DO YOU HEAR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ PROBLEMS 11 AND 12.
THAT INCLUDES A STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THE CONDITION ON THAT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KINGS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MOTION ALSO INCLUDED CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE MINUTES FOR 20 MINUTES ON APRIL 20.
WE SHOULD ALSO BE HERE TO SPEAK ON THOSE BEFORE WE DO THE POINT.
YOU WERE SAYING THAT IF THERE'S ANYONE ON THE LINE THAT IS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS WE LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE PHONE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF IF YOU ARE THERE.
SO HEARING NOTHING FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
CAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I APOLOGIZE.
MY NAME IS WILLIAM NINAS, AND I GUESS IT SEEMS LIKE Y'ALL ARE GOING TO POSTPONE ITEM BEFORE TO MAY 18TH, BUT I GUESS I JUST, I REGISTERED TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS ITEM.
SO I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO VOICE THAT.
UM, I'LL SPEAK AGAIN ON THE 18TH IN RELATION TO THIS ITEM, BUT SINCE I'M HERE, I FIGURED THAT I WOULD, UH, I GUESS STATE THAT.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
[B.5. Zoning: C14-2021-0038 - Pond Springs Rezone; District 6]
SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE ARE GOING TO START WITH B FIVE.IS THERE A STAFF PRESENTATION AND I'LL JUMP IN HERE.
AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE I PULLED IT, BUT I THINK THE APPLICANT MIGHT BE IN AGREEMENT.
UM, I PULLED IT BECAUSE THERE IS A FLOOD PLAIN ON THE PROPERTY AND GR JUST SEEMED A LITTLE TOO INTENSIVE FOR AN, THAT HAS PLAIN.
SO I PULLED IT AND ASKED IF SHE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, AND ALSO THERE'S AN OFFICE SPACE ON IT OR OFFICE BUILDING ON IT.
SO IT JUST SEEMED LIKE ELO OR GEO WAS A MORE APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THIS.
UM, I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY THE NEED FOR THAT.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE HIS OWN THING ON IT.
I MEAN, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ZONED A LONG TIME AGO, SO THE APPLICANT MAY ACTUALLY BE OKAY WITH, OR AT LEAST INDICATED IN AN EMAIL THAT SHE WAS OKAY WITH HAVING ELLA OR GEO.
SO, UM, AND I WONDER IF SHE'S ON THE LINE, I BELIEVE IT'S A SHEET.
AND, UM, AND IF SO, I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE MORE INTENSIVE GEOS ZONING, UM, AND THAT'S IT, AND TO SKIP THE PRESENTATION UNLESS PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO SPEAK.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S SO ANYWAY, SO I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT, MS. KEEPERS ON THE LINE.
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AND DOES THAT CHANGE, UM, GO AHEAD.SO, UM, I DID RESPOND TO THE COMMISSIONER'S REQUEST EARLIER TODAY AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY IN MINIMALS TO THIS.
UM, GEO IS BASICALLY THE SAME USES AS GR FOR US.
THEY'RE NOT DOING ANY DEVELOPMENT OR JUST USING THE EXISTING BUILDINGS.
IT WAS, IT HAS BEEN AG BECAUSE IT WAS ANNEXED AND IT'S JUST NEVER BEEN REZONED PROPERLY.
SO THE BUYER IS TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE PROPER DUE DILIGENCE, GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM CORRECTLY AND USE US TO HELP THEM THROUGH GETTING ZONED, APPROXIMATELY GETTING THE, GETTING IT REMODELED AND JUST INTERIOR FOR A DAYCARE AT AN OFFICE.
SO HOPE YOU'RE ON ME, IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND THEN COMMISSIONER KING AFTER COMMISSIONER COLOSSAE, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, FOR ZONING FOR THIS FOR GEO.
CAN BE TRICKY CHAIR AND, UH, COMMISSIONER CABASA, UH, WOULD THAT INCLUDE, UH, G O A C O THAT WOULD, UH, CON WE'RE HERE WITH THE AUTOMOTIVE RENTALS, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SERVICES, AUTOMOTIVE SALES AUTOMOTIVE WASHING OF ANY TYPE PAWN SHOP SERVICES.
DROP-OFF RECYCLING COLLECTION FACILITY, EXTERMINATION SERVICES, FUNERAL SERVICES, SERVICE STATION, AND BAIL BOND SERVICES.
I WOULD JUST DO THE G I WOULD DO THE G I WOULD JUST DO THE GEO, UM, THAT'S THOSE ARE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED UNDER GEO.
BUT, BUT, BUT I, MY CONCERN IS THAT IT IS I'M RECALLING THIS CASE, THAT IT IS OVER THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE, AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE FLOODPLAIN THERE IT'S IN A PLAIN.
AND SO THESE USERS, THEY WERE WILLING TO, UH, TO, TO, TO PROHIBIT THESE USES, UH, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH WHAT THEY WANT TO DO ON THE PROPERTY.
AND I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO, TO INCLUDE THESE, THE CEO COMMISSIONER.
THIS IS SHERRY WAIT, IS THE CASE MANAGER.
THOSE ARE THE USES THAT YOU SPOKE OF ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE GEO DISTRICT.
YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE GR DISTRICTS, BUT WE WERE NOW LOOKING AT GENERAL OFFICE BAIL BONDS, ALL THAT WOULD NOT BE A PERMITTED IN THE G O DISTRICT.
AND IS IT THAT MR. WADE SAYS, SHERRY, THANK YOU, SHERRY.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE JUICES THAT WERE LISTED ARE NOT ALLOWED UNDER GEO I DON'T, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME? NONE OF THE USES I LISTED ARE ALLOWED UNDER GEO.
I'M FINE WITH NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT NEEDED.
SO I MOVED TO, UM, FOR GEO FOR THIS, UM, FOR THIS OWNING, FOR THIS PROPERTY, AND ALSO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.
[B.7. Rezoning: C14-2021-0031 - Johnny Morris Road Rezone 2; District 1]
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO B HAVE BEEN MY NOTES B SEVEN.I BELIEVE WE HAVE COMMISSIONER'S WAS A SHERRY OR WITNESS WITH THE, UM, HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS ITEM B SEVEN, WHICH IS CASEY 14, 2021 ZERO ZERO THREE ONE, JOHNNY MORRIS, REZONE TWO.
THIS IS AT 70 10 JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD.
THE REQUEST IS FROM SF ZONING TO G R M U ZONING.
THE STASH RECOMMENDATION IS FOR GR UCO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL MIXED USE COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING WITH A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY TO PROHIBIT AUTOMOTIVE RENTALS, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SERVICES, AUTOMOTIVE SALES, AUTOMOTIVE, WASHING EXTERMINATING SERVICES, PAWN SHOP SERVICES DRIVE THROUGH FAST FOOD AND FUNERAL SERVICES.
THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS A 13 ACRE TRACT OF LAND THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED
IT'S IN THE NORTH THERE'S PARKLANDS AND P AND LOTS THAT ARE DEVELOPED IN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, HIS OWN SF FOUR A TO THE EAST.
THERE IS ANOTHER FOUR ACRE PARCEL.
THAT IS PART OF THAT IS ALSO OWNED BY THIS OWNER THAT IS ZONE G R N U C O.
THE LOTS ACROSS JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD ARE DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE FAMILY.
RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE ZONED AS A, TO, TO THE SOUTH.
THERE'S A SMART HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS ZONED THROUGH ZEN CASEY, 1405, ONE 56 S H, AND IS, UH, DEVELOPING MULTIFAMILY USE WITH AMENITIES.
THAT WAS HIS OWN GRM UCO TO THE WEST.
THERE IS FLOOD PLAIN AND THE SOUTHERN WALNUT CREEK GREEN
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BELT.THE APPLICANT HAS STATED IN THEIR APPLICATION THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING GMU TO DEVELOP A MIX OF MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL USES AT THIS LOCATION.
THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL MIXED USE ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PERMITTED USES AND SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ALONG JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD FROM THE GRM UCA ZONING AT THE ARTERIAL INTERSECTION OF LOYOLA LANE AND JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD TO THE SF FOUR ZONING AND RESIDENTIAL USES TO THE NORTH.
THE PROPOSED URINE UCO ZONING WILL ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A COMBINATION OF RESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL USES THAT ARE APPROPRIATELY ON ARTERIAL ROADWAY WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND NEAR AN ACTIVITY CORRIDOR.
THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO PARKLAND AND A GREEN BELT TO THE NORTH AND WEST RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE NORTH END EAST AND A NEARBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO THE SOUTHEAST.
THE APPLICANT AGREES WITH THIS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
IS IT VICTORIA HOUSE AT THE APPLICANT? YEAH.
DO YOU THINK COMMISSIONERS CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES.
UM, THIS IS VICTORIA HASI WITH SERVER DESIGN ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER.
AND LET ME KNOW WHEN THE PRESENTATION IS IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, SO I REALIZED BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE, THAT SOME OF THE FIRST IMAGES IN MY PRESENTATION DON'T HAVE THE STREETS LABELED.
UM, DOING BEST TO ORIENT YOU THE MAJOR ROADWAY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE IMAGE RUNNING, UH, WEST EAST WEST IS LOYOLA LANE.
AND THE SUBJECT TRACKS IS SHOWN WITH A BLUE HASH MARK FEATURE AND IS A FLAG LOT WITH THE POLE FRONTING ON JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD THAT RUNS TO THE NORTH SOUTH NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS THE SAME AREA, BUT WITHOUT THE AERIAL VIEW, SHOWING THE BUILDING FOOTPRINTS, AND THEN SOME OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FOR SOME REASON, THIS MAP DIDN'T PRINT WITH THE FULL PARKLAND IN IT.
UM, AS, UH, AS MR
UM, SO WHERE THAT GREEN PORTION STOPS, IT ACTUALLY EXTENDS MUCH FURTHER BEYOND NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW HERE, AND IT'S 13 ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED LAND THAT FRONTAGE WITH THE WALNUT CREEK HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST.
THE PROPERTY, LIKE I SAID, IS UNDEVELOPED.
AND IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ON IT.
BUT WHAT IT DOES HAVE IS THREE RADIO TOWERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS.
UM, LAST FALL, WE WERE HERE WITH YOU TO REZONE THE FRONT FOUR ACRES THAT IS OUTLINED IN BLUE, AND THE COMMISSION DECIDED AT THAT TIME TO GRANT THE REQUEST WITH A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, PROHIBITING CERTAIN USES.
AND WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH STAFF TO CONTINUE THOSE PROPOSITIONS ON THE 13 ACRE TRACT AS WELL, BOTH TRACKS ARE OWNED BY THE SAME LANDOWNER WHO PLANS FOR A PHASE DEVELOPMENT, UH, OVER TIME THAT WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF CREATIVE OFFICE RETAIL SPACE, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE AT SPRINGDALE GENERAL.
UM, AND ALSO SOME RESIDENTIAL USES AS WELL TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, IT WAS VERY LITTLE TO NO PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
THE LANDOWNER OR THE LAND OWNER WILL BE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF ACCESS, UH, HAVING ACCESS POINTS SO THAT RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA CAN EASILY ENJOY THE TRAIL.
CURRENTLY, THRILL USERS HAVE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM LOYAL LANE, WHICH IS A BIT TROUBLESOME FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA.
THIS NOT GIVE CONTEXT FOR THE PROPERTY AS IT RELATES TO, UH, IMAGINE AUSTIN CENTERS, CORRIDORS AND CAPITAL METRO BUS STOPS TO ATTRACT IS MOSTLY LOCATED IN THE COLONY PARK.
UH, IN THAT IMAGINE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, UH, IN MANHATTAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ARE INTENDED FOR A MIX OF NEIGHBORHOOD.
SERVING USES CONCENTRATED ON SEVERAL BLOCKS OR AROUND ONE OR TWO INTERSECTIONS AND THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT TRACKS AT THE INTERSECTION OF LOYOLA AND JOHNNY MORRIS HAS GRMA ZONING.
AND IT'S BEING DEVELOPED TODAY AS THE LEO, THE LOYOLA LOSS WITH FOUR STORIES AND 204 DWELLING UNITS AND 2200 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE AS SUCH THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS A LOST OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMERCIAL USES FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
AND THEN FURTHER WEST THERE'S A 252 DWELLING UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT MR.
THERE'S BARBARA JORDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
AND THE ONLY EXISTING COMMERCIAL SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA IS A FEELING CONVENIENCE STORE STATION.
UH, AT THE EAST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS AT LOYOLA LANE,
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THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS AREA, INCLUDING SCHOOL STAFF THAT COULD BENEFIT GREATLY FROM A VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL USES AND SERVICES AT THE SITE.AND A VARIETY OF THOSE USES WILL BE BETTER SUPPORTED WITH THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DENSITY AND SOME ADDITIONAL UNITS THAT A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT CAN PROVIDE IN THE FUTURE.
VR BASED ZONING AT THIS TRACK WILL MAKE UP FOR THOSE LOST OPPORTUNITIES ON OTHER TRACKS TO BRING IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES THAT THIS AREA DEEPLY DESIRES.
JOHN MORRIS ROAD IS CURRENTLY A TWO LANE UNIMPROVED ROADWAY WITHOUT SIDEWALKS ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE, AND THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN CALLED FOR EXPANSION OF THE ROADWAY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAVEL LANES, RAISED MEDIAN BICYCLE FACILITIES AND SIDEWALKS.
AT THE TIME THE SITE PLAN, THE SUBJECT TAX WILL HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE RIGHT AWAY FOR QUARTER IMPROVEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY FOR THE PORTION THAT IS CLOSEST TO THE INTERSECTION WITH LOYOLA LANE, WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING IN AT THAT CORNER.
SO WITH THE COLONY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CORPORATION ABOUT THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY AND FOUND THAT THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE COMMERCIAL SERVICES THAT THEY CAN WALK TO OR TAKE A SHORT DRIVE TO.
UM, HOWEVER, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SOME CONCERNS FOR SOMEONE WHY COULD USES THAT WE'VE REQUESTED THOSE USED TO BE PROHIBITED IN A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTS THE REQUEST FOR VR AND USE DOUBTING WITH THE LETTER THAT IS IN YOUR BACKUPS.
WE ALSO MET WITH THE NEWEST SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT TRACKS TO SCENIC POINT SUBDIVISION.
THE MEETING WAS VERY INFORMATIVE FOR THEM.
AND SO FAR I'VE ONLY HEARD SUPPORT FOR THE COMMERCIAL USES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY CAN WALK TO.
AND FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT IS MINDFUL OF PRIVACY FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ALONG THE SHARED PROPERTY LINE TO THE NORTH NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS A LIST OF THE USES THAT ARE BEING PROHIBITED WITH THE CEO AND, UH, THESE THINGS WILL BE PROHIBITED WITH A SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF THE RESIGN.
SO WITH THAT, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS REZONING AND WE REMAIN AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, MISS
UM, MS. IS MS. JOSEPH ON THE LINE, UM, TO SPEAK NEXT.
MY COMMENTS ARE THE SAME AS THEY'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY, AS IT RELATES TO JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD.
THE PROPERTY IS SERVED BY ROUTE TWO 33, WHICH ALSO SERVES COLONY PARK, WHICH IS A 60 MINUTE BUS ROUTES.
AND SO WHILE I CERTAINLY RESPECT THAT THERE WAS MENTION OF CAPITAL METRO BUS STOPS AND THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES THAT EXIST NORTH OF US.
ONE 83 IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THE BUS RUNS 60 MINUTES.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL THAT IT'S SIX MINUTES SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL.
AND SO THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN A STATEMENT MADE ABOUT SMART HOUSING, EVEN THOUGH THIS DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY AFFECT THIS PROPERTY, I DO WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME IN THE AREA WOULD BE ABOUT 80%, 70%, SO THAT THERE'S MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU RECALL, MARK STANDS FOR SAFE, MIXED INCOME, ACCESSIBLE, REASONABLY PRICED AND TRANSIT ORIENTED.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, MOST OF THE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THIS AREA ARE LOWER INCOME.
AND SO A TEACHER SALARY WOULD FIT THE 80% AREA, MEDIAN INCOME, APPROXIMATELY $54,700 OR A LITTLE BIT LESS.
I WANT TO CALL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION, THE GREEN LINE, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I TESTIFIED THAT WAS THE PUSHBACK THAT THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSIONERS MENTIONED ON JUNE 20TH, 2017, DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER, JOE CLEMENS.
SO TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THE RED LINE WAS LOCALLY FUNDED YEARS AGO IN 20 2004.
AND THEN HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE GREEN LINE WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO BE LOCALLY FUNDED AS WELL.
IT DOESN'T MEET FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR DENSITY LEVELS IN A, ON APRIL 3RD, 2018, STRATEGIC PLANNING, VICE PRESIDENT, TODD HEMINGSON UPDATED COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
AND HE SPECIFIED WITH REGARD TO THE GREEN LINE, ANTICIPATED RIDERSHIP ON THIS LINE IS ACTUALLY LOW AND THAT NEEDS TO BE NO SECRET.
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AND SO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS CAPITAL METRO'S OWN WORDS.UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROPAGANDA HAS MADE THE COMMUNITY BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE A GREEN LINE.
THE GREEN LINE WILL BE FUNDED BY PROPERTY TAXES.
AND IT'S SPECIFIED IF YOU GO TO THE APRIL 3RD, 2018, TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT BACKUP MATERIALS, IT SAYS CAPITAL METRO OWNS THE RIGHT OF WAY AND PROJECT.
IT COULD BE EXECUTED QUICKLY IF NOT FOR LARGE CAPITAL COSTS.
AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND FUNDING, DEDICATION, ALBEIT PROPERTY TAX COULD ACCOMPLISH THIS.
AND SO I WANT YOU TO CONTEXTUALIZE THAT WHILE G R M U MAY BE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SITE, THE COMMISSION AND THE DEVELOPER NEEDS TO DO MORE TO ADVOCATE FOR EQUITABLE BUS STOPS.
I WILL CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.
ONE LAST THING ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN AGENDA ITEM TWO FOR THIS WEEK, THERE'LL BE 97 MILLION, $900,000 FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN ACT OF 2021, BUT FUNDING IS THERE.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK THE COMMISSION TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A NEED TO ACTUALLY INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION, EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION, AND AS IT RELATES TO THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK IF THERE WOULD BE A REASON WHY THEY COULDN'T EXCLUDE THE SERVICE STATION SINCE THIS IS A TRANSIT DESERT.
I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW MAYOR ADLER ON MARCH 25TH, 2021 ACTUALLY PUT FORWARD $650,000 FOR THE MOBILE MARKET.
AND SO THEY DON'T NEED A GAS STATION.
THEY NEED REAL, UM, UM, COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA.
AND SO IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT OR INCLUDE IN THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
AND I WOULD JUST TELL YOU THAT TWO 37, WHICH ALSO SERVES THIS AREA OPERATES 60 MINUTES, AND IT GOES UP TO COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE.
AND SO THESE ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO HELP OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS.
THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET TO THE JOBS AND AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN'T DO SO.
I THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY COMMENTS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PUZZLINGLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME, BUT THAT IS MY OPPOSITION.
THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH'S AND, UM, WITH THE APPLICANT, LIKE TO, UM, PROVIDE A REBUTTAL COMING IN AND OUT, ARE YOU THERE? YEAH, I'M HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO LEAVE Y'ALL WITH THE IDEA AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I UNDER, I UNDERSTAND WHERE MISS ENOVIA IS COMING FROM, THAT THIS AREA OUT HERE IS, UM, A TRANSIT DOES, OR IT DOES HAVE SOME BUS STOPS AND MAYBE THE RIDERSHIP SHIP IS NOT, UM, IS NOT VERY GOOD, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN MORE DENSITY COMES IN, MORE PEOPLE WITHOUT HERE, THAT'S ONLY GOING TO PROVIDE A GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASED RIDERSHIP.
UM, IT'S, IT'LL PROVIDE THE DENSITY NEEDED TO SPARK THESE TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE, ISN'T GOING TO BE FUNDING IF, IF THERE'S NO REASON TO COME OUT HERE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUT HERE.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE DENSITY OVER HERE WILL, WILL HELP WITH CREATING A MORE ROBUST TRANSIT SYSTEM.
OH, AND AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR COMMERCIAL USES AND THEY ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
SO I KNOW THEY WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS CASE AS WELL.
SO, UM, DO I SEE, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I COMMISSIONER DINKLER, IS THERE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SMITH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE WANT TO ASK OR ANY DISCUSSION? SURE.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THE, THE APPLICANT MENTIONED THE GREENBELT AND PERHAPS THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING ACCESS TO THE GREENBELT.
IS THERE A PLAN TO DESIGNATE SOME OF THIS PARCEL FOR, FOR GREENBELT USE OR TO MAINTAIN ANY OF THE TREE COVER? UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
UM, WE HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT, I GUESS I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE PARKLAND DEDICATION AND, AND WE HAVE NOT GONE
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THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT GETTING AN EARLY DETERMINATION ON THIS.UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, THE, YOU CAN SEE ON THE ARIEL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VERY CLEAR WHITE LINE THAT THAT IS THE CONCRETE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE NICE IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ON IT.
UM, BOTH RON AND I ENJOY IT QUITE A BIT, UM, BUT THERE IS NO ACCESS TO IT RIGHT NOW.
AND IN THE SITE PLANNING PROCESS THAT IS GOING TO BE EXPLORED.
IT'S A MATTER OF WILL THE CITY ALLOW IT.
UM, AND IT'S A MATTER OF TYPOGRAPHY.
SO AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS THE TREES GO, UM, SOME OF THE TRACKS, SOME OF THE TREES WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE.
BUT ALL OF THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT WITH TREE SURVEYS AND THE CITY WILL HAVE TO, UH, GIVE THEIR BLESSING ON WHAT CAN BE REMOVED AND WHAT CAN'T, AND, AND ALL THE MITIGATION THAT'LL COME ALONG WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S A SITE PLANNING ISSUE.
SO, UM, I, I EXPECT THAT, UH, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF TREES SAVED AND, AND, OR MITIGATED FOR, WITH ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENS HERE.
I HAVE TWO COMMENTS THAT I JUST I'VE GOT TO SAY.
UM, SO IF YOU CAN TELL, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE AERIAL, YOU CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY THAT THE PARK PLACE APARTMENTS HAVE CARVED OUT A ACCESS TO THE TRAIL.
AND IF YOU'VE SPENT ANY, AND ALSO JUST NORTH OF HERE, KEEGAN DRIVE, THERE'S ALSO AN ACCESS CARVED TO THE TRAIL.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S THE GOAT PATHS THERE.
THIS IS ABOUT FOUR ISH MILES FROM DOWNTOWN, AND, YOU KNOW, ON A BIKE THAT COULD TAKE YOU 20 MINUTES.
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET INTO DOWNTOWN IT'S.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OVER HERE, I HIGHLY SUGGEST WALKING OR BIKING ON THIS TRAIL.
THERE'S TONS OF BEAUTIFUL BIRDS, TOO.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS RIGHT BEFORE THE PEAK WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE SKYLINE.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO SAY, AND THIS IS, UM, I KIND OF HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND SHIFT MY HATS AROUND HERE, BUT I AM DIRECTLY WORKING ON THE METRO RAPID PROJECT.
SO I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS LOYOLA LANE IS PART OF THE EXPO METRO RAPID ROUTE.
SO THAT CONSTRUCTION IS STARTING EARLY NEXT YEAR.
AND I BELIEVE SERVICE IS GOING TO START, UM, 20, 20, JUNE OF 2022, 23.
BUT, UM, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS, UM, LOTS OF INFORMATION ON CAT METRO'S WEBSITE, PROJECT CONNECT.COM.
IT TELLS ME THEY'RE HAVING VIRTUAL MEETINGS RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS IS A METRO RAPID LINE ON LOYOLA FROM THE EXPO CENTER ALL THE WAY UNTIL DOWN TO DOWNTOWN, IT'S GOING TO HAVE 10 TO 15 MINUTE FREQUENCY.
SO THAT TRANSIT SERVICE, UM, MS. JOSEPH IS TALKING ABOUT IT'S COMING.
UM, I ALSO PROP B PAST, UH, JOHNNY MORRIS IS A, WHAT'S IT CALLED? LET'S SEE SUBSTANDARD STREET.
SO THE CITY IS ALSO WORKING TO UPGRADE JOHNNY MORRIS ANYWAY, JUST A LITTLE TRANSPORTATION AND BACKGROUND.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. DINKLER.
UM, IT'S A QUESTION FOR, UM, AND THANK YOU FOR PROP B BECAUSE, UM, I WASN'T SURE IF ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY ALONG JOHNNY MORRIS HAD BEEN DEDICATED.
UH, SO, UM, SHERRY, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF WE UNDERSTAND THIS AS A SUBSTANDARD ROAD, SO WE ARE DEVELOPING, UM, WE'VE GOT A, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT ENGINEERING AS PART OF PROP B, UM, AND RIGHT AWAY HAS BEEN DEDICATED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE JOHNNY MORRIS STRETCH THERE.
CAN YOU DO YOU KNOW, NAME ONE? AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
ACCORDING TO THE ASM T AND THE COMMENTS FROM ATD, OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF, IT IDENTIFIES A NEED FOR 120 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY FOR JOHNNY MORRIS FROZE HERE.
SO THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S, IT'S BEEN DEDICATED ELSEWHERE ALONG JOHNNY MORRIS, IF THERE'S AS THE SITE PLANS COME INTO THE SOUTH, WHICH THEY'RE IN DEVELOPMENT, AND YES, THAT HAS BEEN DEDICATED, IT WOULD JUST NEED TO PROGRESS UP JOHNNY MORRIS AS THE PROPERTIES ARE DEVELOPED ALONG JOHNNY MORRIS.
AND DO YOU KNOW IF, UH, ENGINEERING IS BEING LOOKED AT ON JOHNNY MORRIS? HAS IT PROPOSED OR HAS IT BEEN DONE? UH, I DO NOT KNOW.
UM, HAVING HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH TRANSPORTATION STAFF.
I CAN, I CAN GOOGLE WHILE I'M ASKING, UH, MR. THROWER OR MS. HAAS, A QUESTION WHOEVER WANTS TO SPEAK, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH LAND, UH, IS DEVELOPABLE HERE.
UM, YOU, IT LOOKS LIKE HALF OF THE PROJECT IS IN FLOODPLAIN.
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WE'RE PROPOSING 310 APARTMENTS.UM, IS THE DENSITY ABOUT 52 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS REALLY ON THE HIGH SIDE OF
CAN YOU PROVIDE ANY INSIGHTS, UH, COMMISSIONER DINKLER RON THROWER HERE? UH, WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS SIDE, WE HAVE A TOPOGRAPHY MAP FOR, UH, THE PROPERTY AND, YOU KNOW, THE RADIO TOWERS ARE UP ON A HILLTOP THAT IS RELATIVELY FLAT.
OF COURSE IT'S OPEN BECAUSE OF THE TOWERS.
UM, AND IT IS FLAT, UM, BASICALLY FROM THE RADIO TOWERS ARE DEVELOPABLE FLAT FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM THE RADIO TOWERS TO JOHNNY MORRIS ROADS.
NOW THE AREA THAT IT IS WEST OF THE RADIO TOWERS, IT DOES GET A LITTLE BIT STEEPER DOWN IN THERE AND THAT'S GOING TO PRESENT CERTAINLY SOME DESIGN CHALLENGES OR DIVINE OPPORTUNITIES.
HOWEVER YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT, BUT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO PLACE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY WITH ACCESS DOWN TO THE TRAIL.
UM, OF COURSE THERE WILL BE UPON DOWN ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS A, ANOTHER SET OF PONDS ON THE JOHNNY MORRIS SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY DOES DRAIN BOTH DIRECTIONS, BUT THERE IS A AGAIN AMPLE ROOM FOR A G R M U STYLE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY.
SO JUST ROUGHLY HOW MUCH ACREAGE DO YOU THINK IS AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMERCIAL USES? YOU'RE SO GOOD THERE.
UM, JUST ROUGHLY, I WOULD SAY HALF OF THE PROPERTY IS EASILY DEVELOPABLE FOR, UH, COMMERCIAL USES.
THERE WAS VERY LITTLE FLOOD PLAIN ON THIS PROPERTY.
ONLY A VERY SMALL STEP, THE BATTERY LEVEL.
UM, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, UH, DRAWING ON, UM, YOU KNOW, DRAWING AND IT LOOKED LIKE THAT WAS FLOODPLAIN.
UM, AM I MISUNDERSTANDING? YEAH.
THERE'S ONLY SO FAR PLANNING ON THE BACK.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO RESPOND? YES.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT EXHIBIT D AND YOUR BACKUP, WHICH IS THE AERIAL MAP, WHICH SHOWS THE FLOODPLAIN.
I WAS SEEING THAT LITTLE GOOP, I THOUGHT THAT WAS FLOOD PLAIN.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER BRAY AND THE COMMISSIONER KING.
UM, I WANTED TO ASK, IS THERE ANY PLANS, OR HAVE YOU DISCUSSED WITH THE, UH, THE PEOPLE DEPARTMENTS AT ROYAL APARTMENTS ABOUT CONNECTING, UH, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS? IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S COMMERCIAL, UH, ACTIVITIES TOO.
SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO LIKE WALK ALL THE WAY RIGHT AWAY THOUGH.
AND JOINING FOREST TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY COMMISSIONER BRAY.
WELL, I, I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FIRST BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TAKE YOURSELF ON MUTE ON OUR END, THERE'S A VOICE THAT INTERRUPTS WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING.
I WILL ASK THAT YOU READ OR RESTATE YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE.
SO THERE'S THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AT PARK PLACE AT LOYOLA APARTMENTS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY LINE, THERE IS THERE GOING TO BE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T LIKE COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE GOING TO THE COMMERCIALS, THE PEOPLE IN THAT COMPLEX CAN ACCESS THE PROPERTY WITHOUT HAVING TO GO ALL THE WAY ON LOYOLA AND JOHNNY FOREST ALL THE WAY AROUND TO GET TO IT.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES IN AUSTIN THAT DO THAT KIND OF CONNECTION.
PEOPLE HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND, EVEN THOUGH IT'S LIKE A FEW FEET AWAY, THEY HAVE TO WALK 2000 FEET TO GET THERE.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
UM, HOPEFULLY THAT IS NOT A GATED COMPLEX AND THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO HAVE A CROSS CONNECTION THROUGH THERE.
LOOKING AT THE GOOGLE MAP, IT IS A GATED COMPLEX.
THERE'S SOME GATES IN THE FRONT, AND THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT SECURITY ISSUES.
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I AGREE THAT IT'S GREAT TO HAVE, BUT A LOT OF TIMES APARTMENT COMPLEX, ONE OF THESE TWO HERE.MAYBE THEY CAN BE AT, THERE CAN BE A CODE GATE OR SOMETHING.
I WAS THINKING THE SAME FOR THE TRAIL.
THEY MIGHT LIKE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CODED GATE AND WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPLORE THAT, UH, AS WE GET DOWN THE LINE WITH SITE PLAN.
COMMISSIONER KING, OR WERE YOU DONE? COMMISSIONER BRAY.
UM, THE, I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP HERE.
IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR, I GUESS, THE APPLICANT, UH, UH, IT, THAT LITTLE, IF I'M LOOKING, I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP AND I SEE THE BIG SQUARE, UH, YELLOW SQUARE COMPONENT OF THE, OF THE, THE SIDE HERE AND THEN A LITTLE STRIP THAT, THAT GOES AND CONNECTS TO JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD.
UH, AND, UH, AND SO THE WHOLE THING IS PROPOSED TO BE GR IMMUNE ZONING, BUT FROM, FROM A DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THE COMMERCIAL'S STUCK WOULD BE ACTUALLY LOCATED IN THAT LITTLE STRIP CLOSEST TO JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD? DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE COMMERCIAL BEING BACK IN, YOU KNOW, ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT THERE THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE CREEK, UH, COMMISSIONER KING, RON THROWER HERE.
UH, IF, IF YOU WILL RECALL A FEW MONTHS BACK, WE HAD REZONED THE FRONT, A FEW ACRES OF THIS PROPERTY TO GR AND IT IS BY THE SAME LANDOWNER.
SO THE GR PORTION WOULD BE COHESIVELY DEVELOPED WITH, UH, WAS REZONED JUST A FEW MONTHS BACK.
NOW, THIS FLAGPOLE PORTION DOES CONTAIN A DRIVEWAY TODAY THAT ACCESSES THE RADIO TOWERS, BUT IT IS IT'S WAY TOO FAN BY ITSELF TO BE AN ECONOMIC UNIT AND HAVE DEVELOPMENT BY ITSELF.
UH, THERE'S NOT ANY, ANY DESIRE TO PUT A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT CLOSE TO THE RESIDENTIAL.
SO IF ANYTHING, THERE MAY BE A DRIVE OVER THERE, BUT THAT WOULD BE ABOUT IT.
AND, AND SO, UH, MR. TARA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE, I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST WONDERING, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE THE, THE PLAN IS TO DO THESE AS A, AS A COMBINED DEVELOPMENT HERE, ONCE THE ZONING IS DONE HERE, UH, WHICH MAKES SENSE TO ME, UH, YOU KNOW, TO WORK WITH BOTH OF THEM AS BASICALLY ONE UNIT THERE FROM A DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THOUGH, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT COMMERCIAL WOULD BE KIND OF ON THAT FRONT SIDE, THE OTHER, THE OTHER PARCEL THAT WAS THAT YOU REFERRED TO, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ZONED, UM, UH, THAT'S FRONTING ON JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD.
SO THAT WHOLE THING, THAT FLAGPOLE AREA YOU JUST DESCRIBED, AND THEN THAT OTHER BLOCK THAT OTHER PARCEL THAT'S ALREADY BEEN REZONED, THAT IS, THAT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE THAT THAT'S WHERE COMMERCIAL WOULD BE?
WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO DO A COOL DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S WHAT THE LAND OWNER WANTS TO DO.
LIKE THE COLLECTIVE SPRINGDALE COMMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR FLEXIBILITY AND WHERE THAT LINE MAY FALL BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE MULTI-FAMILY MAY BEGIN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL'S NOT GOING TO GO ON THE, ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS HILL AT ALL.
IT'S GOING TO BASICALLY BE AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
AND SO YOU KIND OF, THAT'S SORT OF WHAT MAKES SENSE TO ME, UH, MR. THROWER AND I, THAT'S WHY I'M WONDERING WHY THAT BACK COURT WOULD NEED TO BE GR I CAN UNDERSTAND IT NEEDS TO BE RESIDENTIAL IN, YOU KNOW, BUT GR SEEMS A LITTLE BIT KIND OF NOT, IT DOESN'T FIT THAT AREA, ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO TREAT IT ALL AS ONE DEVELOPMENT THERE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A COMMENT THERE.
UM, AND I WONDER TOO, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ADD A SERVICE STATION AS AN, UH, PROHIBITED USE ON THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY? YES.
ON ADDING THAT SERVICE STATIONS AS A PROHIBITED USE.
AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, MR. NOVIA DID REFERENCE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PART ABOUT INEQUITABLE TRANSIT, UH, SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME, UH, MEN, UH, PEOPLE AND FAMILIES AND, AND FAMILIES OF COLOR.
AND, AND, AND SHE'S RIGHT ON ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN THESE ZONING CASES COME UP, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PART OF THE CONCEPT HERE IS THAT WE'LL INCREASE THE ZONING, WE'LL INCREASE THE RESIDENTIAL CAPACITY AND THE COMMERCIAL CAPACITY, AND ALL OF THAT IMPROVEMENT WOULD HELP TO BENEFIT TRANSIT IN SOME, AT SOME POINT.
AND, AND SO I SEE HER POINT HERE, IF WE KEEP JUST CHECKING THE BOX AND CHECK IN THE, AND CHECKING THE BOX TO APPROVE THESE, BUT WE NEVER SEE ANY REAL CHANGE IN THE EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION HERE, THEN, THEN I SEE HER POINT HERE.
SO I JUST, I, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES.
SO I WONDER WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT INCREMENTALLY YOUR DEVELOPMENT AND EACH OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS REALLY HELPS US MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS AND REALLY KNOCK THIS INEQUITY OUT AND HOW HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE SAME KIND OF TIMEFRAME, FAST SERVICE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY.
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I JUST WONDER WHAT CAN WE DO, UH, COMMISSIONER KANE, YOU WILL PROBABLY FIND NOBODY THAT HAS A PROPONENT OF EQUITABLE, UH, TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AS MYSELF.UM, THERE ARE NO, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF US OUT THERE FOR SURE.
THERE'S A GREAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS THURSDAY, SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT A RESOLUTION RELATING TO ETOD, TO WHERE WE CAN GET EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE CORRIDORS TO PROTECT OUR BOND MONIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE EXTENDING FOR THESE CORRIDORS NOW FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, UH, OF COURSE, DENSITY IS A BIG DRIVER TO HELP THE TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE AREA.
AND, YOU KNOW, FROM AN EQUITABLE STANDPOINT, WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPLORE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH CITY COUNCIL, BUT WE'VE NOT HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS JUST YET.
AND I'M LOOKING ON THE MAP HERE AND IT LOOKS LIKE A BUS STOP.
TWO 33 A IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS LOCATION HERE.
IS THAT CORRECT? I WILL DEFER TO VICTORIA ON THAT.
AND, AND STAFF IS, STAFF CAN ANSWER THAT TOO.
I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE TRANSIT IS ALREADY THERE NOW.
UM, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES, I PUT GUYS, I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THE, THE BUS STOP NUMBER, UM, AT HAND AT THE MOMENT.
ON GOOGLE MAPS AND IT'S, IT SAYS, IT SAYS IT'S THE BUS STOP.
MY PRESENTATION DID SHIFT THE, IMAGINE, AUSTIN.
UM, I DID SHOW THAT RED.IN FRONT OF, IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, SO, OKAY.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S AN, YOU KNOW, GOSH, GOSH, A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, MORE FAMILIES TO BE LIVING HERE AND, UH, FOR THERE TO BE A BUS STOP RIGHT IN FRONT.
AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS, CHILDREN TO BE GOING TO THOSE SCHOOLS THERE, THE, THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLS THERE.
SO I SAW THE, THE ANALYSIS IN THE BACKUP ON THIS.
SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AND TO REALLY SUPPORT LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND PROVIDE OPTIONS FOR THEM, EQUITABLE OPTIONS FOR THEM.
SO I, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIMITED THINGS WE CAN DO ON THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION TO, TO KINDA CODIFY THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO PUT INTO THE ZONING ITSELF.
AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS, OUR STUFF THAT WE CAN USE.
SO IT WAS SORT OF LIKE WE WERE JUST TRYING TO, LET'S SAY PRETTY PLEASED.
CAN YOU HELP US OUT HERE? SO, UH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE WORKED IN WORK WITH THE, UH, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS THERE IN THE AREA.
SO, UH, ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO INCREASE BUS SERVICE THERE, TO MAKE IT MORE EQUITABLE, THAT THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU COMMISSIONER WOODY, UH, HEY, HOW'S IT GOING, UH, PICK YOU UP FOR PRESENTING TODAY.
UM, MY QUESTION KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH WHAT DAVID WAS SAYING ABOUT THE EQUITY PIECE.
UM, I, I DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL SPEAKING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORS OF THE AREA, BUT I, I, I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, HAVE YOU HAD ANYONE, UH, APPLY OR NOT APPLY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, TO SUGGEST THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE A BUSINESS OWNER, UH, IN YOUR PROPERTY AND HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THOSE NEIGHBORS TO SAY, HEY, WHO HAS A BUSINESS LIKE THIS, OR WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY, UH, OPEN THEIR BUSINESS IN THIS PROPERTY? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, FOLKS, THIS IS A HISTORICALLY BLACK AND BROWN, UM, AREA, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE INTERESTING.
IT'D BE COOL TO SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOUR, YOUR DEVELOPMENT HAVE FOLKS FROM THIS AREA THAT LOOKED LIKE THEM IN THIS AREA.
AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT SPEAKING WITH, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS OVER HERE IS, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE ASKING, WELL, WHO ARE YOUR TENANTS GOING TO BE? AND, AND WE DON'T KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT, BUT I REALLY MADE A TIP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE AWARE THAT THE KIND OF TENANTS AND THE KIND OF BUSINESSES THAT, UM, ARE DESIRED FOR.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO COME FORWARD AND ACTUALLY WANT TO, BUT WE WELCOME.
AND I KNOW THE LANDOWNER WOULD WELCOME BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE FROM THE AREA AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS OWNERS FROM THE MINORITY POPULATIONS AS WELL.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE BIG THINGS THAT, THAT WOULD BE ENCOURAGED HERE FOR SURE.
I ALSO, I ALSO KNOW THAT THE, THE APARTMENT THAT'S GOING IN, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING IN AT THE CORNER OF LOYOLA AND JOHNNY MORRIS, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A PERSON
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IN REAL ESTATE THAT, UM, HE, HE SPECIALIZES IN THAT KIND OF IN THAT, IN, IN DRAWING THAT THEY'RE KIND OF TENANTS.UM, SO HE ALSO EXPRESSED AN INTEREST WITH US IN THE FIRST DARNING CASE TO KEEP HIM ABREAST OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS PROPERTY, BECAUSE HE WOULD LOVE TO HELP, UH, MARKET THAT AND BE ABLE TO BRING, BRING SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FORWARD.
SO IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY, YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OH, YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER LABASA AND THEN DAN CLERK.
UM, RON, YOU AND DAVID HAD BROUGHT UP, UH, OR COMMISSIONER KING HAD BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT AND A CONCERN ALSO OF MINE ABOUT THE, THE WAY THIS IS ALL STRUCTURED AND HAVING WHERE THIS, WHERE THE MULTI-FAMILY IS GOING TO BE.
SO I'M CURIOUS, CAUSE I'M ACTUALLY AGAINST THIS KIND OF ZONING BECAUSE I SEE THE MF THREE ON ONE SIDE AND I SEE THE
AND THEN I WAS REALLY HOPING THAT NOT ALL, BUT SOME OF THIS, I FEEL LIKE GR IS JUST TOO INTENSIVE BETWEEN AN MF THREE.
AND
SO, UM, WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO, UM, HAVING THE BACK PART BE ZONE MULTIFAMILY AND THEN THE FRONT PART BEING ZONED GR UH, COMMISSIONER KIELBASA TURNER WE'RE HERE? UM, LET ME EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE GRE IN YOU HERE.
AND I WOULD PREFER, PLEASE, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, NOT JUST TWO DIMENSIONALLY, BUT THREE DIMENSIONALLY.
AND YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE GR IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GO, GR IS ONLY GOING TO GO BETWEEN JOHNNY MORRIS ROAD AND PROBABLY THE CREST OF THE HILL.
IF THAT FAR BACK NOW DEFINING THAT LINE IN THERE IS DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME.
UM, MULTI-FAMILY IS ONLY GOING TO GO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL, BUT WHAT GRM U GIVES US IS A FLEXIBILITY IN PLACING THE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THERE HORIZONTALLY, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO USE THE ENTIRE PROPERTY FOR DENSITY CALCULATIONS TO GET UNITS UP, TO GET PEOPLE IN JOBS IN THE AREA.
SO THAT RIDERSHIP FOR TRANSIT IS INCREASED.
AND IT JUST, I MEAN, GR IS NOT GOING TO OCCUR BETWEEN THE CREST OF THE HILL AND THE TRAIL DOWN BELOW.
IT'S JUST, THAT'S NOT WHERE GR MARKET IS THAT THAT'S ONLY GOING TO BE WHERE THE MULTI-FAMILY TRYING TO GO.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF I, I'M NOT READY TO SAY HERE IS WHERE THAT LINE NEEDS TO GO.
AND THE REASON PRIMARILY IS BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY, BUT ALSO, UH, JUST TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE HOUSING THAT CAN BE PLACED WHERE HOUSING IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO GO, WHICH IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT HILL.
I JUST WISH IT COULD BE CODIFIED.
THAT'S ALL COMMISSIONER DINKLER OH, YOU'RE ON MUTE.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, I THINK THAT I REALIZED THAT'S A HILL.
I WAS THINKING THAT WAS FLOODPLAIN.
UM, I THINK COMMISSIONER CABASA WAS GETTING TO THE HESITATION.
I HAVE, UM, MR. THROWER, UM, YOU KNOW, 310 UNITS IS PRETTY MF DENSITY, 36 TO 54 UNITS PER ACRE.
IT ALLOWS THAT GR BASED DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR EFFICIENCIES.
UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY, I UNDERSTAND YOUR NEED FOR FLEXIBILITY AND THE DESIRE NOT TO SUBDIVIDE, BUT I THINK THE INTENSITY IS, IS, IS, IS THAT BASE DISTRICT INTENSITY IS WHERE I'M BULKING.
UM, AND I DO, UH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR, AND I FOUND THAT JOHNNY MORRIS'S PROPOSED FOR AN UPGRADE,
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UH, IN THE ABILITY BOND.SO I APPRECIATE, UM, THAT BEING SHARED WITH US BY, UM, UM, OUR CHAIR HERE.
UM, CAUSE I THINK THE LIGHTNING, THE RAIL PIECE OF THIS IS GOING TO BE, UH, LATER, RATHER THAN EARLIER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER BRANCH SEEK US OUT.
CAN WE,
I'M TRYING TO BE GOOD NEAR THE OFFICIAL HAND-WRITING MIX IN MY MIND IS THE GREAT PLACE WHEN THE GRMP, UM, W WE NEED MORE RETAIL IN THIS AREA.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RETAIL TO SUPPORT WHAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, AND WE NEED MORE.
WE ALSO NEED MORE HOUSING OVERALL.
UH, SO I THINK BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE MIX OF RETAIL AND HOUSING IN THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR WHAT THIS AREA NEEDS.
UH, WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS A NO BRAINER IN MY MIND.
I WAS GOING TO SECOND, WHAT COMMISSIONER SMITH SAID.
I REALLY LIKED THE LOCATION IN TERMS OF IT'S GOING TO BE NEAR A RAIL LINE OR DECIDED ON RAIL ID BRACKET PLUS LINE, UH, AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRAIL, WHICH IS A REALLY GREAT WAY TO GET DOWNTOWN.
I'VE ALSO BIKED ON THAT TRAIL AND I THINK IT'S AWESOME TRAIL, AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF PLACE WHERE WE NEED THE HOUSING NEAR THOSE TRAILS, WHERE PEOPLE CAN USE THEM TO COMMUTE.
UM, AND THAT'S A, IT'S A REALLY GOOD TOOL TOO.
IT'S JUST LIKE A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CONCRETE TRAIL, SO IT'S EASY TO, FOR SOMEONE TO BIKE OFF, IT'S NOT LIKE A, IT'S NOT LIKE A HIKING BIKE TRAIL WHERE SOMEONE HAD TO GET A NON BIKE TO DO IT.
UM, SO I'M ALSO, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK AS FAR AS THE CONCERN ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY, I THINK COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS WOULD STILL APPLY HERE RIGHT.
IN TERMS OF LIKE HEIGHT RIGHT NEXT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD COVER THAT ASPECT OF IT.
I'M NOT SURE PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WOULD ENTER THREE APARTMENTS OR CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT AN, A FOUR APARTMENTS NEXT TO THEM.
LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, MY, MY MAIN CONCERN IS STILL WITH THESE KIND OF CASES IS LIKE THE CONNECTIVITY ISSUE WITH THE APARTMENTS NEXT DOOR THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUSTIFYING COMMERCIAL BASED ON AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT IF THEY HAVE A GATE IT'S LITERALLY A HALF MILE AWAY.
SO I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A CHICKEN OR THE EGG, A LOT OF THE TIMES ABOUT, UM, WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO GET A SIDE PLAN UNTIL YOU FIGURE THOSE THINGS OUT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THAT TIME, HE ALSO COULD TALK TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX NEXT DOOR AT A TIME, IT GETS THE KIND OF AGREEMENT THAT THEY'LL AGREE TO.
SO I WOULD LIKE IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY THIS TIME, BUT, BUT DEFINITELY IN THE FUTURE, REALLY KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING TO US WITH THESE KINDS OF RESILIENCE, ZONINGS THAT TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALSO TALK ABOUT CONNECTIVITY WITH YOUR OTHER NEIGHBORS AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE WE'RE BASING ZONING ON SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IF WE'RE WAITING TILL SITE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY AGREE TO THAT.
UM, BUT I, IN GENERAL DO LIKE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, W WHERE WE ARE WITH THE G THE PROPOSED ZONING.
SO I WOULD, UM, IF THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS I CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT.
AND I'M NOT SECONDING THAT EMOTION, BUT I AM JUST CLARIFYING IT.
THAT MOTION INCLUDES THE, UH, THE ADDITIONAL, UH, PROHIBITION AGAINST SERVICE STATION USES IN THE LIST OF, UH, IN THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
LET ME CLARIFY, I GUESS I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, THE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH, UH, THE RESTRICTIONS WITH THE ADDITION OF THE SERVICE STATION ON RESTRICTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS STATED, RAISE YOUR HAND, ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
SO CHAIR, LET ME JUST CLARIFY, AS A SECRETARY, WE HAD FOUR VOTES FOR THE MOTION.
IS THAT CORRECT? SMITH AND MYSELF THREE VOLTS, FOUR AND FOUR BOATS AGAINST, AND ONE EXTENSION.
AND CHAIR, MAY I JUST EXPLAIN MY WHY, WHY I VOTED AGAINST IT JUST REALLY QUICKLY.
I JUST AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLOT THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO IT, YOU CAN SEE THAT MF THREE IS RIGHT, RIGHT.
ADJACENT TO IT, TO JUST TO THE SOUTH THERE, IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENCY IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN GR ON THE FRONT END, I JUST WORRY ABOUT HAVING GR ACROSS THE WHOLE, UH, OUT THERE THAT THAT'S MY MAIN, I GET YOU.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T REALLY SPOKE ABOUT THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TO SPRINGDALE GREEN, BUT IT IS A, LIKE A MIXED
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UNIT DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T HAVE RESIDENTIAL ON IT, BUT IT IS, UM, IT IS TWO STORIES.IT IS, IT DOES GO, IT GOES BACK.
UM, SO I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF COMMERCIAL, NOT JUST BEING ON THE FRONT OF A LOT AND THAT YOU COULD DRIVE THROUGH A PLACE AND IT BECOMES A PLACE MORE THAN JUST, UM, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE ARTERIAL COMMERCIAL ONLY FACING THE ARTERIAL ROADWAY.
SO I LIKE, UM, AND I, AND I'M THINKING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO LIKES THIS BECAUSE THEY WERE IN SUPPORT OF IT.
SO I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED TO SEE SO MUCH OPPOSITION.
ADDITIONALLY, I ALSO LIKED WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER BRAY WAS SAYING ABOUT CONNECTIVITY.
I'M THINKING OF CHILDREN THAT MAY LIVE IN THOSE APARTMENTS TODAY THAT HAVE TO COME ALL THE WAY TO LOYOLA AND ALL THE WAY UP JOHNNY MORRIS COULD GO TO THE STORES AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AT THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER DINKLER OH, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF.
NO, I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH ELSE, BUT, UM, THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE MIXED USE THERE YOU'RE ZONING FOR, FOR COMMERCIAL AND RE YOU KNOW, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF RESIDENTIAL AND YOU'RE PUTTING A CEO OVER IT, IT MAY END UP ALL APARTMENTS AND MAY END UP ALL, UM, HE COULD ACT UP, I DO THINK THEY'RE BUILDING APARTMENT AND I DO THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE IN THE BACK.
AND SO THE HEIGHT MAY NOT BE AS MUCH OF AN ISSUE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS WEIGH IN ON COMMERCIAL THAT HEIGHT MAY BECOME MORE OF AN ISSUE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY GO UP THAT HIGH ON THE HEIGHTS, ON THE COMMERCIAL, ON THE HILL, BUT THAT THE POINT IS YOU, IT, IT IT'S FLEXIBLE, BUT IT'S ALSO INSURED.
BUT I ALSO THINK GIVEN THE DEARTH OF COMMERCIAL USES IN THE AREA, I WOULD LOVE IF THE WHOLE THING WAS COMMERCIAL.
I THINK I WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT TOO.
I KNOW I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE COMMERCIAL.
I GOT TO SAY, SINCE WE ALREADY VOTED ON IT, WE'VE HAD OUR DISCUSSION DECISION.
DO WE MOVE ON THERE? WE COME UP WITH NO RECOMMENDATION.
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UM, IS THERE AN APPLICANT PRESENTATION? THERE'S A STAFF PRESENTATION.I WAS GOING TO SAY STAFFERS, SORRY.
I'M MARK GRAHAM, SENIOR PLANNER IN HOUSING AND PLANNING.
IN THE CASE OF THE CORE, YOU WOULD SEE 1420, 21 DOUBLE ZERO 26 CALLED BANNER ONE.
THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM DR.
TO G R M U C O FROM DEVELOPMENT RESERVE TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL MIXED USE WITH A CEO IN THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW ALONG CAREFULLY HERE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE G R BASED ZONING, BUT THEY ARE, ARE WILLING TO FOLLOW THE L R USES WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.
SO THE L UH, THE LR REGULATIONS, UH, IN USAGE, UM, THE EXCEPTIONS ARE COMMERCIAL OFF STREET PARKING.
THAT'S NOT AN LR THAT THEY WANT TO BE A USE BY, RIGHT.
FIVE OF THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN GR THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE CONDITIONAL USES IN THIS DISTRICT.
THAT WOULD BE INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT, INDOOR SPORTS, AND RECREATION, OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT, OUTDOOR SPORTS, AND RECREATION, AND THEATER, AND THEY WOULD PROHIBIT ALL OTHER GR USAGE.
SO, UM, THE EFFECT OF THAT IS TO REDUCE THE DENSITY FROM THE GR LEVEL TO THE LR LEVEL, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY MF TO THE SAME ZONE THAT THEY'RE ASKING TO BE PUT ACROSS WEDGEWOOD STREET.
UM, THE C O THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, WE PROHIBIT ALTERNATIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND SERVICE STATION STAFF, UH, IS SUPPORTING THE L R M U C O DESIGNATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE REQUESTED, UM, GR UM, THE APPLICANT IS AT THIS POINT, UM, AGREEING TO ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF REPORT.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY REALLY QUICKLY.
SO WE ARE, UM, WE'RE GOING ZONING FROM DDR TO L R M U C
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O AS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.SO THE APPLICANT IS NEXT, MS. MEAD, KAREN COMMISSIONERS, NICOLE MEAD WITH HUSH BLACKWELL.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT TONIGHT.
UH, SOMEONE CAN LET ME KNOW WHEN OUR PRESENTATION IS UP, UM, REALLY WANT, OKAY, GREAT.
I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
WE, UM, ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH SAFRA RECOMMENDATION.
THE TRACK THAT REALLY HAS BEEN REALLY THE FOCAL POINT OF DISCUSSION HAS BEEN PARCEL ONE.
THIS IS A SITE THAT'S CONSISTING OF THREE PARCELS, AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE ARE FINE.
I FEEL LIKE STAFF RAISED SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT ON THE CASE THAT YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT GR POTENTIALLY BEING TOO INTENSE FOR THIS PARCEL ONE SITE.
AND WE ARE IN FAVOR OF IN FINE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
SO IF SOMEONE COULD GO TO SLIDE TWO, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SITE IS ON EAST BREAKER LANE, WHICH IS JUST EAST OF ABOUT A QUARTER MILE, PROBABLY NOT EVEN A QUARTER MILE EAST OF
AND THE SITE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BRAKER LANE.
I HEARD COMMISSIONER KING AND COMMISSIONER, DANCLER SAY THAT THEY REALLY WERE INTERESTED IN LIKE, HOW DOES, HOW IS ALL THIS WORKING TOGETHER? SO WE HAVE FILED THREE ZONING APPLICATIONS TO DEVELOP ONE PROJECT.
THE THREE ZONING APPLICATIONS WERE NECESSITATED BY THE FACT THAT THE PROPERTY IS DIVIDED BY RIGHT OF WAY, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS EXHIBIT, THE, UM, PART.
SO WE HAVE THREE PARCELS PARCELS, ONE, TWO, AND THREE PARCEL.
ONE YOU CAN SEE THERE IS ABOUT 4.2 ACRES PARCEL TWO, WHICH IS THE LARGEST TRACT IS ABOUT 26 ACRES.
AND PARCEL THREE IS ABOUT, UH, A LITTLE ALMOST CLOSE TO FOUR ACRES.
WE, THIS, THESE TRACKS WERE ACTUALLY ZONED IN 2018, AND WE ARE FOR THE MOST PART ASKING FOR VERY MINOR CHANGES TO THE ZONING.
SO ON PARCEL, I'LL START WITH PARCELS TWO AND THREE.
AND THEN I'LL GO BACK TO PARCEL ONE SINCE, SORRY, ARE WE, ARE WE, DID YOU CHANGE THE SLIDE? ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT SLIDE? CAUSE I'M JUST SAYING THAT OVER GOOGLE MAP.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMISSIONER.
I JUST WANTED THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UH, WE CAN'T UNFORTUNATELY SEE IT CAUSE OF THE DELAY.
SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT PARCELS TWO AND THREE, AND THEN I'LL GO BACK TO ONE SINCE I THINK MOST OF THE DISCUSSION IS AROUND ONE.
SO PARCEL TWO IS CURRENTLY SF FOUR A AND GRC.
OH, WE ARE ASKING FOR TRACT ONE OF PARCEL TWO, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE THE LARGEST OF THE TRACKS TO GO FROM
ONE WE'RE ASKING TO GO FROM GRC.
AND WE ARE ASKING TO SHIFT THAT GR OVER EASTWARD FROM WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS ON THE PROPERTY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THIS MAP, PARCEL THREE, SAME THING.
WHAT YOU SEE IN YELLOW THERE, WE'RE ASKING TO GO FROM
AND THEN WE'RE ASKING FOR THE COMMERCIAL PIECE, WHICH YOU SEE IN RED TO GO FROM GR CO TO M U VCO PARCEL ONE.
AND LET ME SAY, WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT, UH, TALKING TO NEIGHBORS, WORKING WITH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S WELL ESTABLISHED.
WHO'VE OWNED THEIR HOMES THERE SINCE THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES.
AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS ANY ISSUE WHATSOEVER WITH PARCELS TWO AND THREE.
ALL THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN AROUND PARCEL.
AND WE ARE ASKING TO GO FROM DR.
AND YOU SEE ON MY SIDE
AND THE, THIS TRACT IS HIGHLY UNDEVELOPABLE.
WE BELIEVE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE TRACT IS REALLY DEVELOPABLE WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO IT, BECAUSE IT HAS REALLY SIGNIFICANT SLOPES ON IT.
BUT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT TRACK PART OF THE PROJECT.
SO WE NEED SOME ZONING ON THAT TRACK OTHER THAN THE DR.
AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM NEIGHBORS IN OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT THEY WANT NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE
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AMENITIES.AND THEY, THERE IS A DESIRE TO HAVE SOME THINGS ON THAT TRACK, LIKE A RESTAURANT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING OTHER THAN JUST HOUSING.
AND SO, UM, WE FEEL LIKE LRC, O L R M UCO IS A REASONABLE ZONING FOR THAT TRACT.
AND WE FEEL LIKE IT IS A ZONING THAT WOULD NOT CREATE ANY HAVOC OR PROBLEM WITH THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL USES.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, THE SITE WILL BE SUBJECT TO COMPATIBILITY.
WE'RE NOT ASKING TO WAIVE THAT.
AND AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF IT IS NOT DEVELOPABLE.
SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE COMMISSION, UM, WILL SUPPORT THAT REQUEST.
AND AGAIN, AS I SAID, A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO TRYING TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH IT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE KNOW WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH COMMERCIAL ON THAT TRACK, BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, WE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD CENTRIC, LR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TYPE USES ON PARCEL ONE.
SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THE COMMISSION SUPPORTIVE THAT WE THINK THAT IT WILL, UH, REALLY MAKE THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION MUCH BETTER.
AND I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY STOP THERE.
AND I'M NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE REST OF MY PRESENTATION IS ABOUT GR, BUT AS I SAID, WE ARE FINE WITH THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF LRM YOU ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AND THEN I HAVE A LIST OF SPEAKERS, ALL KNOWING MS. MEAD.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST SPEAKER IS, SOUNDS LIKE MR. CAMPBELL AND MR. WARD ARE NOT ON THE LINE, BUT MS. DOUGLAS IS MS. DOUGLAS, ARE YOU ON THE PHONE? OH, ALSO SKIPPING HER, SORRY.
AND THEN MISS ROAN OR MR. ROAN, STACY ROWAN.
ARE YOU ON THE LINE? IF SO, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
UM, JUST, I WAS JUST, UM, ON THE, YOU KNOW, TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, I THINK MOST OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE GOING TO BE ON, THEY RECEIVED THE NOTIFICATION OF CONSENT AGENDA AND SO THEY DIDN'T STAY ON.
BUT, UM, NO, I, I, YOU KNOW, I CAN JUST ECHO, UH, WITH MIQUEL JUST, UH, DISCUSSED THE SAME ISSUES THAT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE.
ONE, WE AGREED TO BE LR ZONING AND THAT THE CITY IS RECOMMENDING OR CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ISSUE WITH THAT.
OUR CLEAR INTEREST IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND MELVIN REN, YOU'RE NEXT FOLLOWED BY STEPHEN FOSTER.
UH, THIS IS A MELBOURNE MELBOURNE RAN.
HELLO? YEAH, I AGREE WITH THE APPROVAL.
HOW ARE YOU? UH, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PRESENTATION, UH, THAT, UH, TURNEY KELP MCKELL MADE IS MADE AND, UH, ECHO THAT, UH, UH, THE, THIS IS A KIND OF AN UNUSUAL SITUATION THAT, UH, WE WERE INVOLVED IN IT, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, THE EQUITY ISSUES ARE TAKEN CARE OF BASED UPON THE ORGANIZATION.
AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY OPEN AND RECEPTIVE TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE INVOLVED.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THE AGENT WOULD GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE PROJECT.
AND, UM, STEVEN FOSTER, ARE YOU ON THE LINE AND THEN LINDA YOUNG FOLLOWED BY VICTORIA LEWIS DONE? YES.
STEVE FOSTER, JUST WANT TO ALSO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT FORTH BY STAFF IN THE KILL.
I'LL STAY IN MY LANE AS COUNSEL, BUT I SEE THE NEED FOR AMENITIES AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT, UH, FROM COMMERCIAL USE THERE AS WELL.
UH, WOULD HOPE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD SUPPORT THAT REQUEST.
UM, I ALSO AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATION AND CONCUR WITH WHAT OUR BOARD
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CHAIR, MELVIN WREN SAID ALSO STEVEN'S COMMENTS.I'M ALSO ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE RIGHT ON AND WE SUPPORT THAT.
UM, AND THEN I HAVE VICTORIA LEWIS DONE NEXT.
DAN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE, PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? UH, CAN YOU HIT YES.
AND I'LL PROBABLY DO THAT, BUT YES, I AGREE WITH WHAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN SAID AND, UM, IT'S, UM, ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, UH, PROJECT AND YOU WON'T BE SORRY.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD FOR THE CONSENT AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.
SO I THINK THAT WAS THE END OF MY SPEAKER LIST AND THE APPLICANT HAS ANY CLOSING WORDS BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND NICKEL MEET AGAIN WITH HUSH BLACKWELL.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH THIS INTRO, BUT THIS PROPERTY IS OWNED BY BIG AUSTIN.
YOU HEARD FROM MELVIN REN, WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF BIG AUSTIN.
BIG AUSTIN IS A CHARITABLE NON-PROFIT THAT HELPS, UH, PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE OF COLOR, UM, START AND MAINTAIN AND THRIVE AND GROW BUSINESS.
SO THIS PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY THEM IN 2019 AND 2020 LAST.
AND IT REALLY IS THEIR VISION FOR THIS PROPERTY IS FOR IT TO BE WHAT THEY CALL THEIR ENVISION CENTER, WHICH WILL BE EFFECTIVELY THEIR HEADQUARTERS, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE WITH, THEY FEEL LIKE IS A BIG ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE FOR THEIR MEMBERS, UH, WITH USES LIKE COWORKING SPACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU THAT CONTEXT, UM, SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS FROM, FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE COMMUNITY DRIVEN COMMUNITY FOCUSED ORGANIZATION AND FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS PROJECT IS TO, UM, ADVANCE THAT MISSION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR.
AND AGAIN, I'M HERE, UH, STILL ON THE LINE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THAT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT, AND I DO WANT TO ASK A QUESTION.
SO ARE WE, OR ARE WE JUST LISTENING TO B EIGHT OR WERE YOU PUTTING THEM OFF? I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER TO BE EIGHT, NINE AND 10 TOGETHER.
SO IF WE'RE READY TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL NEED TO CLOSE IT ON ALL THREE ITEMS. YES.
IT'S I MOVED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEMS EIGHT, NINE, AND 10.
IS THERE A SECOND THERA COMMISSIONER SMITH AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND UNANIMOUS.
UM, OKAY, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION ANY QUESTIONS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE HOW THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH, UH, THESE, THESE, THE TRACKS HERE AND NUANCE THE ZONING, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, TO EACH TRACK AND TO, UH, AND MADE IT CONTEXT, YOU KNOW, SENSITIVE IF YOU WILL, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND USES.
SO, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT HAD, IN THE LAST CASE, WE, WE BOTH, WE TOOK CARE OF ALREADY.
I THINK IF WE HAD WORKED, I HOPE THAT THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK TO GET THAT RESIDENTIAL IN THAT COMMERCIAL DEFINED.
AND I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE ON THAT CASE.
AND THIS ONE, I THINK THAT WORK WAS DONE HERE.
I CAN SEE THAT, THAT, AND I UNDERSTAND IT TAKES WORK.
AND I THINK I SEE THAT THE WORK HERE HAS, HAS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ZONING HERE.
I SEE ON THE TRACKS, BUT I, I APPRECIATE THAT WORK.
AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION, UH, FOR, I GUESS, STAFF AND THE APPLICANT HERE.
UH, AND I SEE I'M LOOKING AT GOOGLE MAPS RIGHT NOW, AND I SEE THAT I SEE WEDGEWOOD DRIVE THERE, BUT THEN I ALSO SEE SILVER LAWN DRIVE.
SO IT'S SORT OF DRAWN IN ON GOOGLE MAPS, BUT I DON'T SEE SILVER LAWN DRIVE, UM, SHOWN ON, ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE EXHIBITS FROM, FROM THE, UH, APPLICANT HERE, UH, OR STAFF.
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IF THAT, DOES THAT ROAD EXIST? IT SHOWS ON GOOGLE MAPS, BUT I DON'T SEE IT.OR IS THAT A FUTURE COMMISSION? UH, THIS IS MARK GRAHAM, UH, STAFF, AND THE, THERE WERE SEVERAL ROADS THAT WE ALLUDE TO IN, WE MENTIONED IN THE SAFT REPORTS, THE DOUGHNUTS IS A POSITIVE DRIVE.
FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE BASE OF THIS, THE SUBJECT PARCEL OR DONE A ONE DOES NOT EXIST OR THE RIGHT OF WAY EXISTS, BUT THE ROAD IS NON FILL.
THERE ARE SEVERAL ROADS THAT ARE STUBBED OUT INTO, UM, THE PARCEL ON THE EAST SIDE OF WEDGEWOOD THAT DON'T EXIST.
THEY WERE THERE WITH A POD THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
AND, UM, WE WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL SITE PLANNING.
YES, THERE WILL BE ANY ROADS THAT MAKE CONNECTIONS THROUGH THE PARCEL.
SO, UM, WE, WE BELIEVE THAT PLAZA PLAZA DRIVE WILL BE EXTENDED TO WEDGEWOOD, BUT WE DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER ROADS THAT, UM, HAVE THAT POTENTIAL AT THIS POINT.
SO, SO, SO WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THEN IS WADE WOULD DRIVE WOULD BE PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY DRIVE THAT GOES THROUGH THIS, THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT HERE, ALL OF THESE TRACKS HERE, AND, UH, THE, THE, THE, THIS, ALL OF THESE TRACKS WOULD THEN ACCESS EITHER THROUGH BRECKER LANE, UH, FROM REDWOOD REDWOOD DRIVE TO BREAKER LANE OR OVER TO TRINITY HILL OR OVER TO WALNUT RIDGE.
I JUST WONDER, I JUST NEED TO GET A BETTER SENSE ON THE CONNECTIVITY HERE TO FURTHER COMMENT.
UM, AUSTIN, UH, TRANSPORTATION HAS DEFERRED THEIR STUDIES UNTIL THEY SEE WHAT THE ZONING IS AND SEE WHAT THE SITE PLAN IS.
UM, MAINLY TO REQUIRE SOME TRAFFIC STUDIES.
THANKS COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER KING AND NICOLE MEET AGAIN FOR THE APPLICANT.
I WILL SAY THAT A TIA ACTUALLY WAS DONE ON THIS TRACT IN 2018, 20, 19, 2018.
AND THE TIA DOES CALL FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF WEDGWOOD.
THE, WITH THE ADDITION OF BIKE LANES ON WEDGEWOOD, UM, TOO, IT'S REALLY ALMOST LIKE A COUNTRY RIGHT AT THIS TIME, SO THERE'LL BE IMPROVED.
UM, AND THEN IT, THE TA OFFICE SPEAKS TO PLAZA DRIVE POTENTIALLY CUTTING THROUGH AND CONNECTING OVER TO HICKORY GROVE, SO THAT TO, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINT AND IT CALLS FOR SOME TURN LANES AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO BE PLACED ON SOME OF THOSE ROADS AND ADD BREAKER IN ORDER TO HELP WITH MOBILITY AND TRAFFIC FLOW.
AND OUR CASE MANAGER IS EXACTLY RIGHT, THAT WE WILL BE TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT, BUT SOME OF THOSE, MOST OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY COMMITTED TO BUY THE PROPERTY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEY, COMMISSIONER BRAY, NO.
PETER SIMILAR JOB TO MY, ON THE LAST CASE THAT I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY TO CRICKET HOLLOW APARTMENTS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY GATED ON, UH, POSIT DRIVE AND, UM, SUB COPING THAT THEY'LL WORK WITH THE, UH, WITH THE OWNERS THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THERE'S EASY PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND PEOPLE HAVING NO WALK ALONG LONG WAY AROUND.
UM, AND SORRY IF I DID FOLLOW THE LAST QUESTION, BUT IS THERE GOING TO BE LIKE THERE'S A PLEASANT PLACE TO WALLOW IN THAT IT SEEMS LIKE STAFF CAN SAY THAT THEY WOULD VERY LIKELY BE A ROAD THERE.
I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'RE KIND OF WAITING ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT THEY WOULD USUALLY DO ON THAT KIND OF TRACKED.
THAT SEEMS LIKELY FOR PLAZA DRIVE.
AND WE, WE, UM, UH, TREATED IT THAT WAY IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS, CLARIFY PLAZA DRIVE WOULD CONNECT TO WEDGEWOOD, BUT IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY CONNECT TO THE EAST TO WALNUT RIDGE OR YES, THE, THE MEMO I RECEIVED, UM, I BELIEVE YESTERDAY FROM ATV AUSTIN, TRANSPORTATION SAID THAT THE, UM, PREVIOUS TIA TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT IS NOT GRANDFATHER'S.
ALTHOUGH, AS NICOLA STATED, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DRAW SOME CONCLUSIONS FROM IT, IS THIS LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED OF WEDGWOOD.
SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO USE IT DEFINITIVELY.
WE CAN ONLY USE IT AS A, UM, AN IDEA OF WHAT WAS SUGGESTED LAST TIME AROUND WITH THE DIFFERENT ZONING.
WE BELIEVE PLAZA DRIVE WILL GO THROUGH TO WHAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY INDICATION WITH THE NEW ROADS ON THE EAST.
AND THIS IS NICOLE MEET AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION
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AND PLAZA ACTUALLY ALREADY GOES TO WEDGEWOOD.SO WE WILL, THE DISCUSSION IS WHETHER IT HAS TO CUT THROUGH TO WALNUT RIDGE AND THE TIA THAT IS ON THE BOOKS TODAY, SINCE IT'LL CUT THROUGH TO WALNUT RIDGE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY ATD ALWAYS DOES A REFRESH TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN.
AND THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORS THAT WE'VE HEARD SAY THEY'D RATHER IT NOT GET THROUGH, BUT CURRENTLY THEY, THE COMMITMENT IS THAT THE CITY HAS ASKED THAT IT CUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO CONNECT WALNUT RIDGE ALL THE WAY OVER TO I 35, MM.
AND THEN DINKLER, UM, I'LL LET END OFF.
ARE THERE NO OTHER QUESTION DOES NOT MAKE A MOTION, BUT GO AHEAD AND HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR, UH, STAFF DID Y'ALL LOOK AT A NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE RATHER THAN NO.
UM, SIMPLY, UM, WE WERE, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE CROSSED FOUR AMENITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE THINGS LIKE, UM, CANCELING A COFFEE SHOP OR A RECREATION, A MINUTE PLAINFIELD OR SOMETHING, AND, UM, OFFICE DIDN'T PERMIT ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF USES AND YET COMMISSIONER AND DENT CLARINET.
COUNT ME AGAIN FOR THE APPLICANT.
YEAH, WE ACTUALLY OFFICE WAS WHEREAS BIG.
IT'S VERY LIKELY TO BE COWORKING SPACE.
I THINK THAT MOST OF THE COMMENT TERRY THAT WE HEARD WAS THAT THEY REALLY DID WANT EASES, THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO USE ON A DAILY BASIS, WALKING TO THE COFFEE SHOP OR WALKING TO THE DRY, CLEANER, WHATEVER OFFICE.
THEY HAD A WORRY THAT OFFICE WOULDN'T BE, UH, UTILIZED THEM WOULD BE VACANT.
UM, AND LR HAS A THREE-STORY HEIGHT 40 FEET, CORRECT? YES.
IF NOBODY ELSE I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, NOT CA TO LR
UM, I THINK
THIS HAS BEEN AGREED TO, IS THERE A SECOND ON THE MOTION SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KING SUBSTANTIVE.
I'D LIKE TO SPLIT THE QUESTION AND MOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON NINE AND 10.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE, UM, AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION, IT'S A SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE SUBSTITUTE TO THE MOTION.
SO THAT'S UNANIMOUS AND THEN WE VOTE ON, UM, SO IS THERE, DOES THERE NEED TO BE AN ALTERNATIVE OR JUST THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ALTERNATE MOTION? YEAH.
YOU VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE PURSE.
THAT'S A SENSITIVE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY THEN THAT WILL US, CAN WE STILL NEED THAT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN OR TAKING A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT, UH, USING STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, ALTERNATIVE TO LR IN UCO INSTEAD OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR
UH, MR. KOBASA, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
SO THAT'S UH, EIGHT, NINE AND 10 OR SO I WAS, YEAH.
SO I WASN'T CLEAR FROM THAT A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT THE RETAIL RIGHT THERE.
IT'S IT'S JUST UNDERSTAND THAT.
I HAVE FAITH IN BIG, I THINK THEY'RE AN EXCELLENT GROUP IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM AND I HAVE FAITH IN THE APPLICANTS, SO, UM, Y'ALL ONE MEDIA OVER.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM C COMING FROM THE COMMITTEE.
UM, SEE ITEMS FROM THE COMMISSIONS C ONE IS DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING MATTERS RELATED TO SUNY.
WHY DON'T YOU? BUT, UH, WE DID, WE, WE, I JUST WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE I'M UP TO SPEED WITH EVERYBODY
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HERE.SO WE HAD A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO SPLIT BA FROM BENIGN AND
SO THAT, THAT WOULD, SO THEN THAT SUBSTITUTE MOTION WAS JUST FOR B NINE AND B 10 STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THOSE TWO.
AND THEN THE ONE, THE, THE, THE, THE MOTION AFTER THAT WAS FOR BA STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND BOTH OF THOSE WERE UNANIMOUS.
SO ANY, UM, ITEMS RELATED TO PROVISIONS, UH, PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE? NOPE.
[D. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, THOSE YOUR KING.UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK MY MOM WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HAD A MUTE BUTTON, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY.
SO, UH, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, THESE, UM, THESE, UM, UH, SUBDIVISIONS AND THE PROCESS FOR APPROVING THEM.
AND WHEN STAFF SAYS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RECOMMENDING WITH CONDITIONS AND THOSE CONDITIONS HAVE, HAVE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, RE TALK ABOUT THAT THEY WILL COMPLY WITH IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS.
THEY WILL COMPLY WITH CERTAIN.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE SOME KIND OF AN UPDATE FROM STAFF ABOUT THE TIMELINES FOR SUBDIVISIONS, HOW THEY GET APPROVED, JUST TO CATCH US UP TO DATE ON THAT.
AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS WE CAN DO WITH THOSE SUBDIVISIONS BASED ON THE STATE LAW AND THE TIMEFRAMES AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST GIVE US SOME BASICALLY, IT'S LIKE A LITTLE TRAINING SESSION ON, YOU KNOW, HOW, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST KINDA A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED IN OUR LAST MEETING, NOT THIS ONE, BUT THE PRIOR MEETING WHERE WE HAD A CASE WHERE THERE WERE SERIOUS CONDITION, YOU KNOW, UNMET CONDITIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, CODE, UH, CODE REQUIREMENTS, BUT THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT THOSE, THOSE CODE REQUIREMENTS WOULD EVENTUALLY BE, BE MET.
I, I JUST WONDER IF WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND MAYBE SOME, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION FROM STAFF ON THAT.
IS ANDREW, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN HELP US SET UP OR COMMISSION WHILE HE'S ON ANDREW FERRIS? I CAN CERTAINLY COORDINATE THAT IF WE CAN HAVE A SECOND.
I APOLOGIZE YOU SECOND, IF I CAN SHARE KIELBASA.
UM, SO ALL, AND THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL WE NEED, RIGHT.
IT JUST NEEDS, YEAH, IT NEEDS TWO CO-SPONSORS, SO, OKAY.
[E. COMMITTEE REPORTS & WORKING GROUPS]
NEXT WE HAVE COMMITTEE REPORTS AND WORKING GROUPS AND COMMISSIONER DINKLER.DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CODES AND ORDINANCES? ARE YOU OH, YOU'RE ON, YOU'RE ON MUTE.
I, I, YOU JUST NEED TO STAND OVER MY SHOULDER AND EVERYTHING BE PERFECT.
I DON'T HAVE MY HELPER TONIGHT.
UM, WE HAD A MEETING, UH, WITH A CORUM.
UH, WE, UM, UH, POSTPONE THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING, AND WE WERE BRIEFED ON THE NEED FOR, UH, AMENDING THE ORDINANCE UNO ORDINANCE.
UM, THE DESCRIPTION OF SIGNAGE, UH, WAS DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS, UH, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN IF, UH, I'M SPEAKING INCORRECTLY HERE.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, UH, BUT, UM, WE RECOMMEND THAT THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THE ORDINANCE CORRECTION SOUNDS.
UM, AND DID THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE MEET A SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE? DID YOU GUYS MEET NO.
AND THE ONION CREEK PRE LOCALIZED FLOODING WORKING GROUP.
THERE'S A MEETING COMING UP WITH THE CUP RECTORY PLAN JOINT MEDI.
I THINK WE CAN, UM, ADJOURN OUR MEETING EVERYONE.
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