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AUGUST 24TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER IF WE HAVE A QUORUM, UM, THE TIME IS 6 0 6 AND DOUBLE START WITH A ROLL CALL.
I'LL JUST GO THROUGH, UM, UH, THE NAMES, UH, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND ANNOUNCE YOURSELF.
UH, SO LET'S SEE, WE HAVE MYSELF THE CHAIR.
UH, WE HAVE VICE-CHAIR HEMPEL.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, CZAR.
UM, MAYBE WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A SECOND.
I SEE HIS NAME, BUT I DON'T SEE HIS FACE.
UH, LET'S GO INTO, GO DOWN THE ROAD.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS, UM, CAUDALIE, COMMISSIONER CUPS, UH, COMMISSIONER HOWARD, UH, COMMISSIONER, YOU AND HIS PALITO.
MR. TODDLER SAID SHE'D BE A BIT LATE, UH, COMMISSIONER PRAXIS, UH, COMMISSIONER SNYDER HERE.
AND OUT, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES IS OUT.
UM, AND I THINK COMMISSIONER SHEA, UM, WILL NOT MAKE IT, UH, EITHER.
UM, AND EX OFFICIOS THIS EVENING, WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, COHEN AND I THINK, UM, THAT'S IT FOR ASSETS ISSUES THIS EVENING.
WE DO HAVE, OH, MY NAME, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M ON RECORD.
UH, AND AGAIN, COMMISSIONER IS, ARE CHECKING YOU IN.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT GOOD ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING.
UM, SO THIS, UH, JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL TO HAVE YOUR FILLER CARDS, UM, GREEN, RED, YELLOW, UH, FOR VOTING AVAILABLE, UH, REMAIN MUTED WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING AND, UH, RAISED THEIR HAND TO BE RECOGNIZED, UH, FOR PARTICIPANTS OUT THERE, STAR SIX TO UNMUTE, UH, WHEN YOUR EYES IS PULLED, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMAIN ON THE LINE.
YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL ABOUT 15 MINUTES AWAY FROM TAKING UP YOUR ITEM.
UH, SO, UH, REAL QUICK, WE'RE GONNA, UH, BEFORE WE GO INTO THE AGENDA ITEM, UM, UH, JUST WANTED TO, UM, MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
UH, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN, UH, JIM SCHISSLER, UH, WITH A GREAT STYLE.
I'M HERE TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU ALL OF IT.
UH, JIM DIED OF CANCER LAST TUESDAY.
UM, I WORKED WITH JIM THROUGH, UH, TWO VERSIONS OF THE LAND CODE AND HE WAS PARLIAMENTARIAN, UH, SERVING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM 2015 TO 2019.
AND, UM, WHAT I RECALL ABOUT JIM AND, UH, IS HE NUMBER ONE THING I NOTICED HE HAD REALLY GREAT TIES.
THAT'S WHY I'M HONORING HIM BY WEARING A TIE TO SEE EVENING.
THIS ONE DOES NOT EVEN, UH, REALLY, UH, DO JUSTICE.
UH, JIM HAD SOME REALLY GREAT TIES.
I WAS REALLY JEALOUS AND HE WORE THEM TO EVERY MEETING, UH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, JIM, UM, AS A, UH, AN ENGINEER THAT WORKED IN THE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY.
AND ACTUALLY I GOT A CHANCE TO WORK WITH HIM ON SEVERAL US AND ENERGY PROJECTS, UH, WHERE WE'RE EXTENDING CHILLED WATER TO SOME HIGH RISES DOWNTOWN.
UM, SHE HAS BROUGHT, UM, JUST A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DEVELOPMENT CODES, UH, DESIGN PRINCIPLES, AND COSTS.
A LOT OF TIMES IT WOULD BE VERY, IT'D BE VERY GOOD TO HAVE HIS PERSPECTIVE TO KNOW WHAT WAS POSSIBLE AND WHAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT VARIOUS, UH, ZONINGS, UM, THAT WE'RE INVESTIGATING AS PART OF THE CODE PROCESS.
SO, UH, DEFINITELY, UM, WE HAVE AN ITEM ON, UH, AGENDA ITEM, UH I'M TO ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, UH, TO SEE IF I CAN GET SOMEBODY TO SUPPORT A, UH, IN OUR NEXT MEETING, JUST A FURTHER REMEMBRANCE OF JIM WITH SOME SPEAKERS.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE THAT WHEN WE GET TO IT A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE AGENDA, BUT, UM, YEAH, IT'S, UH, IT'S REALLY SAD.
WE'VE LOST, UH, ONE OF OUR FINEST, UH, PLANNING COMMISSIONER MEMBERS.
[Reading of Agenda]
SO MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, THIS EVENING, UM, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THOSE LIFTS IN THE, OUR FIRST ACTIVITY, UH,[00:05:01]
IS WE WANT TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH WILL INCLUDE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AND THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS THAT ARE CONSENT POSTPONEMENTS ARE NOW IN DISCUSSION ITEMS. UH, I WILL READ EACH OF THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS AND IDENTIFY THOSE THAT ARE CONSENT POSTPONEMENT OR NON-DISCUSSION.UM, IF YOU ARE WAITING ON THE LINE, UM, TO DISCUSS AN ITEM THAT IS, UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND, UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO, UH, UH, PULL OUT THE CONSENT, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
UM, THIS WE'RE REALLY THROUGH THE ITEMS, UM, AS WELL AS THE CONDITIONERS TOO.
SO THE FIRST ITEM THAT WE HAVE, UM, ON CONSENT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 10TH, 2021 MEETING.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, CHANGES TO THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? OKAY, WELL, MOVE THOSE AS, AS, UM, AS THEY ARE.
UM, NOW I'M GONNA MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, AND THIS WILL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW ITEMS ON THE LIST.
UH, I'LL TRY TO RUN THROUGH THOSE QUICKLY.
AND, UH, I WILL POINT OUT THAT FOR ITEM B 13, UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, UH, THAT ITEM IS GOING TO REMAIN ON CONSENT, BUT WE DID HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS THAT WANTED TO SPEAK NEUTRALLY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO LET THEM DO THAT DURING THIS, UH, CONSENT AGENDA, UH, DELIBERATIONS.
SO, UH, AT THAT TIME, ONCE I GET THROUGH THE LIST, UH, ANDREW, UH, MR. RIVERA'S GONNA HELP ME, UM, KIND OF NAVIGATE THROUGH THE SPEAKERS.
SO LET'S GO AND GET STARTED, UM, RUNNING THROUGH, UH, AGENDA ITEM B PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, ITEM B.
ONE IS, UH, WE HAVE A PLAN AMENDMENT NTA 20 21 0 0 2 NINE.ZERO ONE DOT S H 10 21 EAST ST.
UH, THIS IS POSTPONED BY STAFF TO SEPTEMBER 14TH, ITEM B TO C 14 DESK 2021
UM, SIMILARLY POSTPONED SEPTEMBER 14TH, WE HAVE B3 PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 2 ZERO.ZERO ONE SHELBY LANE RESIDENCES.
UH, THIS IS STAFF INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT ITEM BEFORE C 14, 20 21.
AS THERE WAS 0 1 5 SHELBY LANE RESIDENCES IN STAFF, INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT THAT'S RE REZONING, UH, FOR THEN ITEM, UH, ITEM B FIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IN PA 2021 DESK 0 2 6 0 1, GRADY AND BROWNIE AND MIXED USE.
UH, THIS IS APPLICANT POSTPONEMENTS IS SEPTEMBER 14TH AND, UH, ITEM B SIX, REZONING C 14 DASH 2021.
DESTIN WAS 0 3 9 RADIANT BROWNIE MIXED USE AGAIN, APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 14TH, ITEM B SEVEN, REZONING C 14 DASH 20 21 0 0 9 17 25 TUNI ROAD.
UH, THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM RECOMMENDED BY STAFF
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ITEM B EIGHT REZONING C 14 DASH 2021 DASH 0 1 1 5, CLAWSON HEIGHTS, RESIDENTIAL.
UH, THIS ITEM IS ON CONSENT, UH, ITEM B NINE REZONINGS C 14 20 21.
THAT'S 0 1, 1, 1 THAT, UH, PARCEL ONE, 300 AND 301 PRESSLER AND 1505 WEST THIRD STREET.
WE HAVE ITEM B 10 REZONING CASE NUMBER C 14 THAT'S 2021 DESK, 0 1 1 2, PARCEL TWO AT 300 AND 301 PRESSLER AND 1505 WITH THIRD STREET.
B 11 REZONING C 14 DASH 2021 DESK 0 1, 1 3, PARCEL THREE, 300 AND 301 PRESSLER AND 1505 WEST THIRD STREET.
UH, THIS ITEM IS ALSO CONSENT, UH, MOVING TO B 12 REZONING FEET, UH, C 14.
YES, UH, DESK 2021 DASH 0 1 0 1.
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UH, THIS IS ON CONSENT ITEM B 13 REZONING CASE NUMBER C 14 DASH 2021 DOES 0 0 1 7 57 0 8 SPRINGDALE ROAD.UM, THIS IS THE ITEM WE'LL HEAR FROM SPEAKERS DURING, UH, RIGHT AFTER I GET DONE HERE.
UM, UH, BUT THIS IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM D 14 REZONING CASE NUMBER C 14 H S 2021 DASH 0 1 1 6, TRAVIS COUNTY FIRE CONTROL TEAM OPERATION CENTER.
THIS ONE IS, UH, ON CONSENT B 15.
THIS IS A APPEAL DENIAL, A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, UM, ITEM C 14 H THAT'S 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 H R 2021 DASH 0 8 5 7 3 9.
THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM, UM, THIS EVENING, UH, MOVING ON TO B 16 CODE AMENDMENT CASE NUMBER C 20 DASH 2021 DASH 0 0 7 NORTH BURNETT GATEWAY, PARKLAND DEDICATION DECIDE OF HIS OWN CONSENT, UH, MOVING TO THE 17 PLANT VACATION CASE NUMBER C A DASH 2017 DESK 0 1 2 FOUR.ONE, A, UM, PARENTHESES V A C T S H LIKE FIELD, UH, PLAT VACATION.
WE HAVE A, UH, ITEM D 18 FINAL PLAT C EIGHT S 2020 DASH 0 0 2 1 DOT OH, A FORT FORT BRANCH CREEK SUBDIVISION.
THIS IS A CONSENT DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS.
UH, DISPROVAL THE REASONS ARE SHOWN IN EXHIBIT C OF THE BACKUP.
AND, UH, LASTLY WE HAVE ITEM B 19 FINAL FLAT FROM APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAN, UH, CASE NUMBER C H DASH 20 18 0 1 6 5 DOT THREE, A CASCADES AT ONION CREEK EAST PHASE THREE.
IT'S APPROVED WITH CONSISTENT CONDITIONS.
AND, UM, SO JUST REVIEWING QUICKLY, WE HAVE THE MINUTES, UH, WE HAVE, UM, ALL THE ITEMS I READ IT'S THAT THE ITEMS WE HAVE FOR DISCUSSION, WHICH INCLUDE, GIVE ME ONE SECOND HERE.
ITEM THESE SEVEN, UM, ITEM B 15.
SO ALL WE HAVE THIS EVENING, ANDREW, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THE SPEAKERS.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, UM, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AFTER WE HEAR FROM SPEAKERS ON B 13, UH, ANDREW, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND LEAD US THROUGH THE SPEAKER LIST.
SO WE'LL HEAR FROM MS. NADIA BARBA, MS. BARBARA SELECT STAR SIX.
WE'LL HEAR FROM MR. WILLIAMS STOUT SELECT STAR SIX.
HER THIS CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS.
I DO NOT HAVE THEM ON THE TELECONFERENCE.
UM, QUICKLY A FEW OTHER ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, COMMISSIONERS THAT NEED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM ANY OF THE ITEMS THIS EVENING? OKAY.
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UH, ANY COMMISSIONERS WISH TO PULL, UM, ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA THAT WERE I'VE I F I D IDENTIFIED AS BEING ON CONSENT.UM, SO, UH, I'M GOING TO JUST REAL QUICKLY READ THROUGH THE NUMBERS, UH, REAL QUICK THAT WE'RE, UM, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM AUGUST 10TH.
WE HAVE ITEMS, UH, V1 V2, V3, V4 B FIVE, B SIX, B EIGHT, THE 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, THE 18 AND 19 ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[Consent Agenda]
UH, WITH THAT, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? JUST TO CLARIFY THE B ONE THROUGH SIX WERE POSTPONED TWO TO THE 14TH, EXCEPT FOR THREE AND FOUR, WHICH WERE INDEFINITE.AND THAT B 18, THE CONSENT DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS, AND B 19 CONSENT WITH CONDITIONS THAT THOSE CONDITIONED AND APPROVAL ARE IN THE STAFF REPORT.
ITEMS B A ONE THROUGH SIX ARE POSTPONED.
AND THEN WHAT WAS YOUR SECOND POINT COMMISSIONER? THE 18 SAYS DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS.
AND, AND THAT THOSE REASONS ARE IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THAT B 19 IS CONSENT WITH CONDITIONS AND THAT THOSE CONDITIONS ARE IN THE STUFFER.
UM, EXHIBITS ARE FOR D 18 EXHIBIT C AND THE STAFF REPORT, UH, CONTAINS THE REASONS.
AND THEN FOR B THE CONDITIONS, WELL, LET ME, UM, IT SAYS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.
UH, MR. RIVERA, CAN YOU CONFIRM, ARE THOSE ALSO IN THE STAFF REPORT, THE CONDITIONS FOR
AND ALSO I HAVE THE, UH, A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS FOR
UM, THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND HOLD OFF ON THOSE IN THE HEARING.
BEAR WITH ME JUST ONE MINUTE, WE ARE IN MEETING THEM.
MICHELLE, CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION, PULLING A BORDER? UH, ART WAS THE POST-OP CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
WE, WE ARE, AND WE, I WAS NOTIFIED BY MR. RIVERA THAT, UH, THE PERSON THAT WAS WANTING TO SPEAK WAS NOT ACTUALLY PRESENT.
SO YOU ARE CORRECT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS TODAY.
CHAIR COMMISSION, LIAISON, AND VARIOUS, OR THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOW ON THE LINE.
SHE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE SPEAKERS FOR B 13.
SO, UM, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO THAT AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO THE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, CORRECT.
OKAY, SO NOW IF WE'LL HEAR FROM MISS BARBA, UH, Y'ALL HAVE, UH, THREE MINUTES SELECT STAR SIX.
HI, MY NAME IS NADIA BARBEAU I'M SECRETARY OF PSS AND A, AND ALSO ON THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER ON THIS PROJECT SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS, UM, OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND MY SUB COLUMBUS HAS MET FOR, UM, DOZENS OF MEETINGS, EMAILS, AND PHONE CALLS TO HEAR FROM ALL PARTIES AND DEANS CONSENSUS ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON 57 AND EIGHT SPRINGDALE.
UM, THE DEVELOPER TODAY, THE DEVELOPER, AND OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THE DEVELOPER AND THEIR AGENT HAVE AGREED TO MANY OF OUR REQUESTS TO MAKE THIS DEVELOPMENT MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJOINING BUSINESS AND PROVIDED COMMUNITY BENEFITS FOR ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WE APPRECIATE.
SO WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, INITIALLY I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE OTHER SIDE NOTES.
UM, INITIALLY WE WERE ASKING FOR A COMPLETE MORATORIUM ON ALL DEVELOPMENTS AND REZONING CASES, BECAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC, IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO COORDINATE A RESPONSE TO THESE COMPLEX CHANGES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, WE HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND NEW UNITS ALREADY COMING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARIES IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
UM, AND WE'RE EXTREMELY COMBATIVE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMBINED IMPACT OF THESE
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DEVELOPMENTS.UM, WITH THAT IN MIND, I HAVE THREE REQUESTS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO THIS DIRECT DEVELOPMENT, ONE COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS TO A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS, AND THREE I'M A NEW POSITION TO COORDINATE DEVELOPMENTS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY, UM, ON THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, UM, OUR ROADS ARE EXTREMELY UNSAFE WITH ALL OF THESE HUNDREDS OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PECAN SPRINGS AND SPRINGDALE HILLS AREA.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE COMPREHENSIVE SIDEWALKS OR LIGHTING OR CROSSWALKS OR PROTECTED BIKE LANES OR OTHER FEATURES THAT MAKE WORDS SAFE.
UM, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE ATTENTION TO THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ISSUES.
UM, SECOND, WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL.
UM, OUR NATURAL RESOURCES ARE HIGHLY AT RISK WITH ALL OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, AND OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS NPSS KNEW DIRECTLY AND MOST THE COMMISSIONERS ARE AWARE AND HAVE RECEIVED NOTICES FROM AUSTIN WATER THAT THEY SHOULD PURCHASE FLOOD INSURANCE.
UM, BUT THEN WE HEAR FROM CITY PLANNERS THAT ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE THEIR WATER CONTAINED ONSITE.
UM, THIS IS A HUGE LIKE ISSUE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ALL THE TIME THAT DOES NOT, THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESSED.
UM, AND IN THIS, UM, THIS CASE, I THINK YOU'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THE ROUTINE.
UM, WE HAD ANOTHER AREA WHERE THEY TOOK DOWN THE 200 TO 300 TREES, JUST IN ONE BLOCK.
UM, NPSS ANY BOUNDARIES, UM, TO MAKE WAY FOR A LARGE COMPLEX, UM, BUT WE NEED THIS COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, I THINK WE NEED A NEW POSITION WITHIN MAYBE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO COORDINATE THESE PROCESSES, UM, WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS DIRECTLY, SOMEONE WHO ALMOST AS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL.
AND NOW, WHILE WE'RE HERE, UM, FOR MS. XENOPHOBIA, JOSEPH AND MRS. AND ABBY, JOSEPH, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 13, MS. JUSTICE SELECT STAR SIX.
MOVING ALONG TO MR. WILLIAMS DOUBT, MR. ONE-STAR STAR STAR SIX.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON ITEM 13.
SO I'M TAKING UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF.
UM, WE WERE, UH, I WAS LOOKING, DOES ANYBODY NEED ME TO READ THE CONSENT AGENDA AGAIN? ARE WE CLEAR? UM, OKAY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UM, FLOATS PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDES THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, VICE CHAIR, HEMPHILL AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SNYDER.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND, UH, THE FIRST, UH, WE HAVE, UM,
[B7. Rezoning: C14-2021-0009 - 1725 Toomey Rd; District 5]
IS ITEM B SEVEN AND, UH, WE'LL HEAR FROM STAFF THAT'D BEFORE THAT.I JUST WANT TO, UM, ASK MS. RIVERA.
UM, CAN YOU PLEASE EMCEE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, YOU KNOW, ANNOUNCING THE SPEAKERS AND THEIR, UH, WHEN THE TIME THAT'S ENDED.
SO LET'S HEAR FROM, UH, STAFF, UH, IF YOU CAN, UH, PLEASE PRESENT.
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WE HAVE STAFF ON THE LINE CHAIR.UH, BEAR WITH ME JUST A ONE MINUTE.
MAYBE EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
UM, COMMISSIONERS WILL RETURN AT, UH, 6 42.
HE WILL BE, UM, GO AHEAD AND, UH, BREAK UNTIL SEVEN O'CLOCK.
THIS IS ANDREW LIAISON TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IF YOU CAN HEAR ME ON THIS ALLIANCE, WE WILL ALL TRY AGAIN AT 7:00 PM.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE CALL BACK IN AT 7:00 PM.
UM, AND WE'LL HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT HERE IN A FEW MINUTES AND, UH, WE WILL PROBABLY TAKE UP A FEW OF THE, UH, LATTER ITEMS, UM, ON THE AGENDA, BUT NOT THE HELP PUBLIC HEARINGS, BUT WE'LL WAIT TO HEAR FROM ANDREW.
CHAIR COMMISSION LIAISON, ANDREW VERA.
AND UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTIES OR, UM, UH, CHAIR.
DO YOU WANT TO COME INTO THE MEETING, CALL IT BACK TO ORDER? OKAY.
UM, HERE SHAW, WE'RE BRINGING THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT 7:18 PM.
UM, UM, MR. RIVERA, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US A STATUS OF THE TECHNICAL ISSUES AND OF, UH, HOW WE ADDRESS THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? YES, SIR.
SO IT APPEARS WE'RE HAVING, UH, DIFFICULTIES WITH THE APPLICATION FOR, UH, THAT WE HEAR FROM PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND STAFF.
UH, THE UNMUTE FUNCTION IS NOT WORKING, SO WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO, UH, GO FORWARD WITH THE TWO REMAINING ITEMS, UM, THAT WE HAD PLANNED TO HEAR THIS EVENING.
SO THOSE ITEMS WILL BE URI NOTIFIED, UH, THE PUBLIC WALL RECEIVERS, NOTICE OF THE NEW PUBLIC HEARING DATES.
UM, AND, AND WE ALSO ASK THAT THEY, UM, CONTACT THEIR CASE MANAGER, UM, WHO CAN ALSO, UH, KEEP THEM ABREAST OF THE STATUS OF THOSE CASES.
AND, UM, I THINK, W ARE WE ABLE TO TAKE UP ITEMS ONE AND D ONE WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING? OKAY, SURE.
I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM STAFF.
WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE.
UM, BUT IN REGARDS TO THE AUSTIN ENERGY, UM, BRIEFING, UH, WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM STAFF.
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UM, OUR HYBRID MEETING DISCUSSION.AND ARE YOU, UM, ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO HELP US, UH, WITH QUESTIONS WE HAVE ON THE HYBRID MEETINGS AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON TIMING AND WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE? YES.
IF YOU'RE READY, I CAN JUST DELVE INTO IT.
[D1. Discussion regarding future hybrid meetings. (Co-Sponsors Chair Shaw and Vice-Chair Hempel)]
YEAH.SO COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM D ONE.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, UM, THE HYBRID MEETINGS, UH, THAT WILL, UM, BE MOVING INTO AWAY FROM THE FULLY VIRTUAL SETUP THAT WE HAVE NOW.
LET ME COUNT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A QUORUM NOW.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION.
FOLKS, GO AHEAD AND STAY ON THE SCREEN THERE.
SO WE MAINTAIN QUORUM AND, UH, YES.
SO ITEM D ONE, UH, MR. RIVERA WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHEN WE WILL GO TO THE HYBRID FORMAT AND WHAT THAT WILL CONSIST OF.
SO, UM, AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST, THE CURRENT TOMO, UH, TEMPORARY ROLES, WELL, UH, TO OUR UNDERSTANDING WILL EXPIRE.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, UM, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE, UM, IN PERSON TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC, THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS PERMITTED THE COMMISSIONS CURRENTLY THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE TELEVISED TO GO FORWARD WITH HAVING HYBRID MEETINGS.
SO WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE OR WHAT THAT ALLOWS THAT ALLOWS SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY, BUT A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION MUST BE PRESENT IN CHAMBERS, INCLUDING THE COMMISSIONER CONDUCTING THE MEETING.
SO THAT WOULD BE SEVEN MEMBERS ON THE DYES AND THE REMAINDER COULD BE VIDEO CONFERENCED, SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH THE VIDEO CONFERENCING FOR A COMMISSIONER TO BE NOTED AS ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING.
THEY MUST BE ON VIEW IN VIEW, ON THE CAMERA AND SHED THAT, UM, NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE, THEY WILL BE NOTED AS OFF THE DIOCESE.
SO THAT COULD AFFECT A QUORUM DURING THE MEETING.
AGAIN, THE TESTIMONY FOR THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ONLY IN PERSON.
THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, UH, REGISTER IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.
AND ALSO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, WE WILL NO LONGER HOLD THEM TO A TIMEFRAME, UH, TO, UM, WHEN THEY MUST REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE IN A MEETING.
AND I BELIEVE WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH THE FIRST ONE I HAVE.
SO THE SEVEN, UM, THE QUORUM REQUIREMENT, THAT'S A, A MINIMUM, WE, IF COMMISSIONERS WISHED OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'LL SOCIALLY DISTANCE, UH, BUT WE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS COULD, UM, COULD, UH, COME JOIN, JOIN THE OTHER.
I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE A FULL MEMBERSHIP ON THE DICE.
IS THAT CORRECT? JERRY? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND, UH, IN REGARDS TO DISTANCING, UM, THERE ARE 13 SEATS ON THE DIOCESE.
UM, SO IF YOU DID WANT TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND THAT WOULD BE EVERY OTHER SEAT, UH, THERE ARE AS SPACE OF FOUR, SEVEN SEATS ON THE DIES.
OTHERWISE, UH, 13 SEATS ARE PHYSICALLY AVAILABLE.
AND, UH, MASKING IS A REQUIREMENT.
THE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE SEVEN ON THE DYES, UH, MINIMUM WELL AND MASS REQUIRED.
SO IS THERE A WAY THAT THE OTHER GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER MOOSE TALLER? I'LL LET OTHER FOLKS CHIME IN.
SO I HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, DUE TO MY TIMING AND COMING ON THE COMMISSION, I HAVEN'T BEEN IN OUR, I GUESS I PRESUMING WE HAVE A TYPICAL MEETING SPACE THAT, THAT PLANNING COMMISSION TYPICALLY OCCUPIES.
UM, I WAS CURIOUS HOW BIG THAT ROOM IS.
CHAIR COMMISSIONER LAYS ON ADVERSE.
SO WE WOULD BE MEETING IN CITY HALL,
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COUNCIL CHAMBERS.UM, AND THEN ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION CHAIR, UH, HERE TODAY ABOUT THIS? YES.
UM, UH, WE, YES, I'LL ALLOW SOME, LET'S GO AND GET THROUGH THE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, CAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO BRING UP.
JAMES IS NOT ON TONIGHT, BUT HE AND I LING AROUND SOME THOUGHTS, UM, ON OTHER PROBLEMS WE WERE TRYING TO, BUT IT MIGHT BE APPLICABLE IN THIS SITUATION.
I KNOW OTHER FOLKS HAVE HANDS UP.
UM, LET'S I THINK IT WAS COMMISSIONER SNYDER FIRST AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO COMMISSIONER COHEN AND THEN COMMISSIONER.
YOU UNMUTE PLEASE COMMITTED SCHNEIDER.
UH, W WE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE A QUORUM, UH, PRESENT, PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THE MEETING.
UH, SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF SOMEBODY LEAVES THE ROOM THAT WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM FOR THE MEETING ANYMORE IS QUORUM COUNTED BY THE PEOPLE PHYSICALLY IN THE ROOM AND NOT BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON VIDEO.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE PEOPLE ON VIDEO CAN STILL PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING, BUT THEY DON'T COUNT AGAINST THE QUORUM.
THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE DIAS, UH, MAKES THE QUORUM, OH, THAT'S A NUANCE.
SO WE, WE CUT IT A LITTLE CLOSE WITH SEVEN.
IF SOMEBODY GETS DELAYED IN TRAFFIC OR HAS TO LEAVE ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM ANYMORE.
SO THAT MAY BE A CONSIDERATION WE MAY WANT TO SHOOT FOR A SLIGHTLY LARGER NUMBER IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BILLING FOR.
UH, NEXT QUESTION, I GUESS, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE FOR MR. SHATNER? IS THAT OKAY MR. COHEN, ONE OR TWO, SEEING IF MR. RIVERA OR CTM COULD COMMENT AS TO THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY FOR COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ATTENDING THE MEETING REMOTELY? UH, MY, THE EMAIL I READ SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE, THEY WERE PRETTY STRICT AND THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT HAD TO BE MET.
COULD WE HEAR MORE ABOUT THOSE PLEASE? THE CHAIR COMMISSIONER LEADS ON AND VERA.
SO CURRENTLY, UM, I BELIEVE THE CURRENT, UH, SETUP THAT, UM, WE ARE TELECOM.
WE ARE CONVERSING RIGHT NOW, WHAT SUFFICE.
UM, THE COMMISSIONER WOULD RECEIVE A LINK AND, UM, THEY WOULD LOG INTO THAT, UM, LINK AND THAT WOULD BE THEIR PARTICIPATION, UM, ACCESS AGAIN, THE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, CONVEY OUR PARTICIPATE ENTIRELY THROUGHOUT THE MEETING.
UH, SO IN ESSENCE, A, A TWO-WAY CONVERSATION COULD OCCUR, UH, BETWEEN THE BODY PHYSICALLY PRESENT AND THE MEMBER PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY.
AND THE, OF COURSE THE CAMERA WOULD HAVE TO BE ON AT ALL TIMES.
AND THE INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE TO APPEAR ON THE CAMERA.
AUDIO ONLY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.
I WAS GOING TO VOLUNTEERS EX OFFICIO, NOT TO TAKE A SPOT ON THE GUY.
I THINK MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A WISE TWICE FOR ALL OF US.
I THINK COMMISSIONER, UM, UH, THE END, UH, MR. RIVERA SAID THERE WOULD BE SPOTS DOWN A BIT.
THERE IS A ROW OF CHAIRS AND A TABLE THAT YOU COULD OCCUPY OFF THE DIOCESE.
SO YOU COULD BE IN THE CHAMBERS, JUST NOT ON, ON THE DICE, UM, COMMISSIONER CZAR, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER PUPS TEACHER.
UM, MR. RIVERA, CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE HYBRID OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK? YEAH, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I GUESS I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT TO SAY, I REALLY HOPE THAT THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED.
I HAVE BEEN EXCITED TO SEE HOW MANY FOLKS SIGN UP FOR OUR CASES IN A VIRTUAL, UM, SETTING, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT THERE'S DIGITAL LITERACIES AND OTHER ISSUES THAT REMAIN,
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AND IT HAS BEEN EXCITING TO SEE, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO ENGAGE IN WHATEVER WAY SEEMS BEST TO THEM.UM, THE OTHER QUESTION, CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING REGARDING, UM, SPEAKERS HAVING TO SIGN UP OR HOW THOSE RULES WILL WE AFFECT IT? YES.
SO, UM, CURRENTLY WE REQUIRE THAT, UH, CITIZENS SIGN UP IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING THAT WILL NO LONGER BE THE CASE.
SO, UH, ONCE WE APPEAR IN PERSON, UM, CITIZENS, UH, WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP IN EVENTS OF THE MEANING IF THEY SO CHOOSE, WE WILL ALSO BE UTILIZING QR CODES.
UM, THAT CAN BE, THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED IN CHAMBERS.
SO INDIVIDUALS CAN USE THEIR MOBILE DEVICE TO SCAN THE QR CODE AND USE THEIR MOBILE DEVICE TO SIGN IN AND LOG ON TO REGISTER TO SPEAK.
WE WILL ALSO, UM, HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO SIGN UP AS WELL.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THAT LIMITATION WILL NO LONGER BE THERE BECAUSE I KNOW FOLKS HAVE MISSED THAT TIMELINE IN THE PAST, AND IT'S DISAPPOINTING WHEN YOU WANT TO TESTIFY AND CANNOT BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINE.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, STAFF AND COUNCILS, UM, DILIGENCE ON THAT.
I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONERS ARE SAID.
I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA AND I THOUGHT IT, THE FLEXIBILITY OR THE HYBRID APPROACH WAS GOING TO EXTEND TO THE PUBLIC AS, AND I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROCESSES.
UM, BEING PHYSICAL AT CITY HALL IS, IS VERY MUCH A CHALLENGE.
UM, BUT, UH, I GUESS MY QUESTION TO STAFF, I HAVEN'T BEEN INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN A REALLY LONG TIME, BUT IF WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS ON THE DIOCESE AND THEN COMMISSIONERS TUNING IN FROM CALM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? BOTH TO THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE DAYAS, UM, IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMISSIONERS OR VIEW THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, WHO ARE TUNING IN FROM HOME.
AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR PEOPLE BOTH PRESENT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND PEOPLE TUNING IN ON THE TELEVISION? DOES IT LOOK LIKE IT DOES NOW? AND THEN ONE OF THESE LITTLE BOXES ARE GOING TO BE THE, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS CHAIR COMMISSIONER LAYS ON, EDVERA SAID THE QUESTION OF HOW WELL THE COMMISSIONERS BE DISPLAYED AND HOW THEY, UM, THE, UH, UH, CITIZENS WOULD BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE, UM, VIRTUAL, UM, SCREEN FOR THOSE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE, THE VIEWER BOXES OR THE CAMERAS OF THE COMMISSIONERS WILL BE ON DISPLAY ON A LARGE SCREEN, THAT'S DISPLAYED IN THE METAL OF THE DIAS.
THERE'S ALSO, UM, VARIOUS SCREENS THAT ARE, UH, SUSPENDED, UM, IN CHAMBERS.
HOW WOULD THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE DIOCE THE COMMISSIONERS TUNING IN REMOTELY? WELL, THAT'D BE ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN THEY HAVE IN FRONT OF THEM.
THEY WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE WAY YOU LOG IN NOW, UM, WHERE, UM, YOU WILL NOTE, UM, YOU'RE ATTENDING A EVENT OR A MEETING.
AND THEN, UM, IF, IF WE WERE TO WANT TO PRESS THE ISSUE OF FLEXIBILITY IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, IS THAT PURELY A COUNCIL DECISION OR DOES THAT ORIGINATE FROM LEGAL? HOW WOULD, HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT DOING THAT? SO UNDER, UM, TOMA, THERE ARE, UM, LIKE WAS CONVEYED, THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND AT THIS TIME, UM, THE, THERE ARE NOT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, UM, TO HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.
AND I THINK THERE'S ALSO A FURTHER LEGAL REVIEW AND TO THE MATTER OF, UM, CITIZENS PARTICIPATING VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE.
UM, ANY MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE I ASK ANOTHER, UH, FINISHER COHEN TO ATTEND IN PERSON MR. ROBOT, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR MASKS ON THE ENTIRE TIME CHAIR, COMMISSION, LIAISON AND VERA AS THE, UM, CURRENT ROLE IS THAT, UM, MASS MUST BE WORN IN
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A CITY OF BUILDING.IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A REQUIREMENT.
SO, UM, MR. RIVERA, I HAVE A CLARIFICATION.
SO THE, THE HORAM HAS TO BE MADE UP WITH THOSE THAT ARE IN CHAMBERS, BUT THOSE THAT ARE VIRTUALLY, UH, PARTICIPATING, THEY ARE STILL VOTING THERE.
WE'RE STILL COUNTING THEIR VOTES.
SO, SO, UM, ALL RIGHT, SO WE MAKE UP HORAM WITH THOSE ON THE DIOCESE.
IT CAN'T CONSIST OF THOSE THAT ARE IN VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE.
UM, BUT WE STILL, UH, WILL INTERACT AND VOTE.
UH, IT'LL JUST BE A CHALLENGE FOR ME, UH, HAVING TO LOOK BOTH AT THE DIOCESE AND COUNT THOSE VOTES AND THEN SWITCH TO THE SCREEN AND COUNT THOSE VOTES, BUT ALL VOTES NEED TO BE COUNTED.
AND, UH, SO THIS WILL BEGIN THE NEXT MEETING.
IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND? YES.
SO THE CURRENT ROLES EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 1ST, SO OUR NEXT MEETING WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 14TH.
AND SO THE NEW ROLES WOULD BE IN EFFECT AT THAT TIME.
SO WHAT IF EVERYONE HERE WANTED TO, UH, GO TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS? IS THERE ANY WAY FOR US TO SPREAD OUT AND OCCUPY, UM, MORE CHAIRS OR WE, WE JUST HAVE, WE HAVE A LIMIT ON IF WE ONLY PUT SEVEN ON THE DIOCESE, IS, IS THERE A WAY ANYMORE, CAN SHOW UP, DO WE HAVE A WAY TO SET THEM UP WITH A COMPUTER AND GET THEM INTERACTING? LIKE A, LIKE THE ONES ON THE DIOCESE CHAIR CURRENTLY, WE CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THAT REQUEST.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HELP ME CLARIFY THIS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE DICE HAS THIRD GAME SEATS, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT ONLY SEVEN FOLKS CAN SIT WITH ONE PERSON SPACE BETWEEN THEM.
CHAIR COMMISSION LANES ON ANDROMEDA IS CORRECT.
SO 13 SEATS ON THE DIAS, EVERY OTHER SEAT WOULD BE SEVEN SEATS.
I WOULD NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE ONE DIVIDER IN BETWEEN ONE SEAT.
UH, COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY AND, UH, REAL QUICKLY HERE.
UM, I THINK MR. RIVERA, WE WERE GOING TO FOLLOW OUR RULES TO LIMIT THIS TO EIGHT QUESTIONS.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OFFER UP THAT WE SUSPEND OUR RULES AND ALLOW FOR, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, LIMIT THEM TO FIVE MINUTES.
I'M GOING TO JUST SAY ANOTHER EIGHT COMMISSIONERS, EIGHT QUESTIONS.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL NEED IT, BUT I HAVE A, I HAVE A, OKAY.
UH, I HAVE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COX.
LET'S GO AND VOTE ON SUSPENSION OF OUR RULES AND HOLD ON.
IT'S UNANIMOUS, MR. MOOSE TALLER.
IS THAT A GREEN STRAW? I'M JUST CHECKING.
SO LET'S CONTINUE, UM, WITH MR. CONLEY WHERE YOU NEXT, I BELIEVE YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
UH, I JUST WAS KIND OF BUILDING UP OFF THE QUESTIONS, UH, FROM BEZ AND FOR THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
I'M WONDERING IF WE NEED TO WELL, SO I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT SEVEN PEOPLE CAN BE, I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE NEED TO CREATE SOME KIND OF A SYSTEM WHERE WE SIGN UP SO THAT WE KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE PRESENT AND, AND, UM, WHETHER, WHETHER IT'S NECESSARY FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE THERE OR NOT IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE FORUM.
SO I'M JUST KIND OF REALLY THINKING ON MY FEET HERE, WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, BUT IT WILL BE HELPFUL.
I THINK IF WE HAD SOME AGREED UPON SYSTEM TO, TO FACILITATE THAT.
UM, AND, UH, MS.
COULD WE ESTABLISH THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING HERE TODAY? UH, JUST TO GIVE US, YOU KNOW, COULD WE GO AHEAD AND, UM, APPROVE THAT? OR WHAT DO WE NEED TO APPROVE IS, UH, I GUESS TO COMMISSIONER CONNELLY'S POINT, HOW DO WE, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO VOTE ON EACH MEETING? OR DO WE JUST, UM, I'M NOT CERTAIN, AND MAYBE WE CAN EXPLORE IT IF CERTAIN
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MEMBERS JUST DON'T WANT TO SHOW UP TO CHAMBERS AND SOME REALLY DO.WE'RE BEING PUBLICLY RECORDED, RIGHT? AS PART OF OUR OFFICIAL YES.
IS IT OKAY TO SPEAK? UH, WELL LET'S LET'S REAL QUICK.
UM, COMMISSIONER, LET ME GET, UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, SORRY.
UM, MR. RIVERA'S INPUT ON HOW WE WOULD ACTUALLY ESTABLISH MEMBERSHIP.
UM, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP BECAUSE ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO ICU CAPACITY IN THIS COUNTY.
THERE MAY BE ONE TO FOUR BEDS, DEPENDING ON THE DAY THAT IS ACROSS HCA, ASCENSION AND BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE.
AS OF TODAY, LEANDER ISD SENT OUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL THE PARENTS THAT DUE TO THE EXPLOSION OF COVID CASES AND THE CHILDREN DUE TO OUR OPTIONAL, MANDATORY MASKING POLICY, THAT THEY WERE INFORMED BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY, THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO CLOSE ALL THE SCHOOLS.
LEANDER ISD HAS APPEALED THAT TO THE TEA SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO STAY OPEN AND ATTEMPT TO STAY OPEN.
FRIDAY NIGHT, FOOTBALL STARTS THIS WEEK WITH PEP RALLIES AND LARGE GATHERINGS OF THE NURSES WHO CAME IN FOR THEIR REGULAR CHECKUPS WITH ME OVER THIS WEEK, THAT WORK IN OUR ICU'S.
THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THROUGH TEARS AND DESPERATION THAT THEY ARE EXASPERATED AND EXHAUSTED, AND THAT PATIENTS ARE COMING IN ARE YOUNGER THAN MANY OF US ON THIS DIOCESE.
AND THEY ARE ALL ON THE VENTILATOR AT ASCENSION.
THERE ARE 32 PEOPLE ON THE VENTILATOR TONIGHT, AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT GOING TO SURVIVE.
THEY'RE ALL ALSO MOSTLY UN-VACCINATED FOR THOSE OF US THAT WERE FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN OUR VACCINATION PROCESS IN DECEMBER, WHICH I DID.
AND THE STUDIES ARE SHOWING WANING ANTIBODIES AND BREAKTHROUGH CASE INFECTIONS.
AND WE ANTICIPATE FROM THE CDC FULL RELEASE OF BEING ABLE TO GET BOOSTERS, BUT THAT'S GOING TO COME LATER IN SEPTEMBER.
SO GIVEN THAT UNTIL I AM ABLE TO RECEIVE A BOOSTER, AND BECAUSE I AM A HEALTHCARE WORKER, I WILL NOT BE ON THE DAYAS UNTIL I'VE HAD MY BOOSTER SHOT.
I'M DOING THAT BOTH FOR EVERYONE ELSE'S PROTECTION, THE PATIENTS I CARE FOR, AS WELL AS MY OWN, I DO HAVE A SUGGESTION ON HOW TO HANDLE THE PUBLIC.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THAT UP WHEN EVERYBODY'S READY TO HEAR THAT.
SO, UM, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU JUST CONTINUE WHILE YOU'RE, UM, CAUSE I THINK IT MAY FEED INTO HOW WE, UH, NAVIGATE THIS AND DECIDE ANYWAY, CONTINUE COMMISSIONING WITH PAUL.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS.
UM, SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COVID AND IN DOING THIS HAS TAUGHT US.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE OBSERVED IS THAT OFTENTIMES WHEN WE HAVE THE PUBLIC OPEN COMMENTARY, A LOT OF THE COMMENTARY WE'RE LISTENING TO TENDS TO BE REPETITIVE ABOUT THE POINTS THAT THEY'RE MAKING, EITHER IN FAVOR OR AN OBJECTION OF A PARTICULAR CASE.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD THOUGHT WAS WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO CREATE A MECHANISM BY WHICH THE PUBLIC COULD SIGN, UH, A PETITION LETTER, IF YOU WILL, THAT WOULD STATE THEIR RELEVANT POINTS AND EACH PERSON WOULD SIGN THEIR NAME.
AND IF THERE ARE CERTAIN NUMBER OF NAMES SIGNED, UM, THEN WE WOULD, INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM COME AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO TESTIFY AND TAKE UP THE TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF TIME AND LENGTH OF MEETING, BUT IT MAY HELP.
IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT, THEN WE WOULD READ THAT LETTER INTO THE PUBLIC MINUTES AS AN OFFICIAL TESTIMONY.
AND THAT MAY BE A WAY FOR GROUPS OF CITIZENS TO PUBLICLY SPEAK AND HAVE THEIR TESTIMONY RECORDED AND PRESENTED BY THEIR NAME WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE WHATEVER WE SET THE MINIMUM, 10 PEOPLE SIGN IT OR 15 PEOPLE OR WHATEVER.
AND THAT, THAT CAN BE HEARD AND READ IN AND UNDERSTOOD THAT 10 PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN THIS RADIUS HAVE THESE POINTS IN FAVOR OR THESE POINTS IN DISFAVOR, WHATEVER THEY'RE WANTING TO EXPRESS.
SO I LIKE, I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT AND TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE EXPOSURE AND DEFINITELY THE SOBERING NEWS.
AND, UH, DEFINITELY, UM, SUPPORT YOU NOT COMING IN, GIVEN THE, UM, URINE.
WE NEED YOU TO STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY.
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SPEAKING, WHAT I'M HEARING IS, UH, ANY ENTERTAINMENT OF KIND OF THE PUBLIC NODE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AND HOW WE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE KIND OF GET THE PUBLIC INPUT IS CANCELED GIVEN ANY, OR IF YOU AWARE OF ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS, BECAUSE I THINK WE WOULD FOLLOW THEIR LEAD ON HOW PUBLIC INPUT IS, IS OBTAINED AND HOW ARE THEIR LIMITING KIND OF PUBLIC, UH, YOU KNOW, EXPOSURE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO EACH OTHER WITH THIS VIRUS.IS THERE ANY BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS CHAIR, COMMISSIONER LAYS ON ADVERSE? SO THE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT UNDER TOMA, WE CANNOT LIMIT SPEAKERS.
AND SO, UH, WE, WE, UM, CANNOT, UM, GIVE, UM, THAT, UH, PERCEPTION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, JUST SO I HAD SPEAKERS FROM ATTENDING A MEETING.
SO WE KIND OF BRIEFLY LET'S CONVINCE YOUR COSTS.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR WE BET.
I THINK LET'S GO BACK TO OUR QUESTION TRACK IF WE CAN OR COMMENTS GO AHEAD.
UM, UH, FOR, FOR ANDREW PEOPLE CAN STILL SIGN UP FOR AGAINST EACH ITEM, CORRECT? THEY DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK, IT CAN JUST SIGN UP FOR AGAINST, IN THE, OR IS THAT ONLY FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS? THE PUBLIC ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO SUBMIT, UM, LETTERS OF, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE FOR, OR AGAINST AN ITEM, BUT AS FAR AS THE REGISTRATION IT'S TO INFORM, UH, US, IF THEY ARE REGISTERED, REGISTERING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST AN ITEM.
CAUSE I REMEMBER AT LEAST FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS, YOU'RE ABLE TO REGISTER FOR EXAMPLE, AGAINST, AND THEN SELECT IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD THAT INFORMATION, TALLY INFORMATION.
UM, EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO SPEAK, BUT I GUESS THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST FOR COUNCIL.
UM, AND THEN I GUESS TO THE CHAIR, I I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD JUST TAKE AN INFORMAL POLL OF WHO WANTS TO GO TO CITY HALL VERSUS WHO DOESN'T I'M I'M PERSONALLY IN THE, I'M HAPPY TO REMOTE IN UNTIL THINGS STABILIZE.
I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE THE SAME WAY OR IF WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO ATTEND AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT FROM THERE, WHETHER WE NEED TO FORCE PEOPLE TO COME IN TO MAINTAIN QUORUM, OR IF WE'RE ALL COMPETING FOR A SMALL NUMBER OF SEATS TO SAFELY DISTANCE.
SO, UH, REAL QUICK LET'S, UH, I THINK WE'VE GOT, JUST FINISH OUR QUESTIONS.
UH, I THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MORE, UH, LOSING COUNT.
LET'S GO AND FINISH OUR QUESTIONS, UH, COMMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A POLL TO SEE WHO IS WILLING TO COME IN LATE FOR THE NEXT MEETING, COME IN AND SERVE ON THE DIOCESE SO THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH QUORUM.
SO, UM, LET'S GO IN FIVE MORE SPOTS, UH, FINISHER COHEN AND THE COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER AND THEN COMMISSIONER, UH, VICE-CHAIR HEMPEL I THINK IT'S YOUR, I HAVE A COMMISSIONER COHEN SO REAL QUICK, AND THIS CAN WAIT TO THE END WHERE YOU'VE ALREADY COME UP WITH A SOMEWHAT SIMILAR PLAN AT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT THAT I'M WILLING TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE THE NIGHT BEFORE Y'ALL'S NEXT MEETING.
THE ONE THING I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE FOUND FROM LEGAL IS THAT WE CAN'T FORCE ANYONE.
WE CAN'T COMPEL, WE CAN'T BADGER.
WE CAN'T MAKE ANYONE COME INTO CITY HALL.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION BECAUSE WE CAN ASK THEM, WE CAN BEG THEM WITH COMPLETE, WHICH I ENDED UP HAVING TO DO TO GET MY QUORUM, BUT IT IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE FACTORED IN, IN MY OPINION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT GOOD POINT, DEPENDING ON THIS, HOW THIS GOES, I AM WILLING TO TAKE MY TURN ONCE I'M ABLE TO GET MY BOOSTER.
SO IT'S NOT A PERMANENT DECISION.
IT'S JUST GIVEN THAT I'M NINE MONTHS OUT FROM MY FIRST SHOT.
THAT'S ALL MR. SCHNEIDER, UH, UH, TWO THINGS FIRST, UH, BACK TO MR. RIVERA.
UM, I, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER COHEN.
UH, I'M A LITTLE WORRIED THAT IF WE ONLY HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE WHO WERE COMMITTED TO COME IN THAT, UH, IF WE LOSE ONE, WE CAN'T HAVE A MEETING AND, YOU KNOW, WE SAW WHAT TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES DID TONIGHT.
UM, SO IF THERE'S A WAY TO FIND A SPOT, MAYBE NOT ON THE DIETS FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERSON,
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JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE BACKUP, UH, I, UH, APPRECIATE, UM, COMMISSIONER MUSH, TODDLER'S COMMENTS, AND I'M ALSO VERY CONCERNED.UM, I'M HAPPY TO COME IN FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, I'VE LIVED CLOSE BY AND IN FACTS.
SO I FEEL LIKE I, I CAN DO THAT.
UM, UH, THE SECOND POINT IS I HEAR, UH, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND ME INCLUDED, UH, HAVE SOME, UH, CONCERNS THAT I THINK WE WANT TO EXPRESS TO, I GUESS IT'S THE COUNCIL ABOUT, UM, LEVERAGING THE LESSONS THAT WE SAW DURING THE PANDEMIC TO IMPROVE SUCCINCT COMMUNICATION.
AND I UNDERSTAND, I HEARD MR. RIVERA SAYING THAT THERE WERE SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
UM, BUT I, I DUNNO IF WE WANT TO CONSIDER SOME MORE FORMAL WAY TO ASK STAFF OR ASK THE, UM, UH, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO, UH, THINK OF IMPROVED WAYS TO, UH, GIVE CITIZENS INCREASE ACCESS.
LET'S UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. MAYBE WE CAN PUT THAT ON.
IS, IS, UH, AN ITEM FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION, UM, UH, BUS, YOUR HEMPEL I SAW YOUR HAND.
DID YOU HAVE THAT YOU WERE TAKING THEM FULL ALREADY? NO.
UH, NOT, NOT, I THINK I'M ALMOST GOOD.
I DO SEE WE HAVE OUR US AND ENERGY, UM, REPRESENTATIVE HERE.
SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND WRAP THIS UP AND I WOULD, UH, SO I HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE JUST DO A QUICK POLL OF WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO COME TO CHAMBERS, UM, COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
LET'S JUST DO A QUICK POLL OF THOSE THAT, UM, FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING INTO CHAMBERS, OR MAYBE I SHOULD REWORD IT, BUT WOULD BE WILLING TO COME INTO COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, AND BEFORE WE HAVE A FORMAL PROCESS FOR LIKE REGISTERING.
SO, UM, I HAVE PERMISSION TO THOMPSON.
LET ME, LET ME KEEP YOUR HAND UP.
I'M GOING TO WRITE DOWN NAMES.
UH VICE-CHAIR AND HEMPHILL THOMPSON, NIGHTER PARKS, FONDLY, UM, MYSELF.
WE DON'T MIND NOT SEEING, I THINK IS THAT IT? SO THAT IS 1, 2, 3.
SAY THAT AGAIN? COMMISSIONER SHAY IS OFF THE DYESS TONIGHT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE ONLY GOT SIX AND I'LL JUST, I'LL LEAVE IT AT.
SO WE HAVE SEVEN WITH NO SPARES, SO HOPEFULLY, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE JUST, UM, TO HAVE AT LEAST, UH, COMMISSIONER HOWARD.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, I LET'S, I WILL REVISIT THIS.
YOU'LL GET COMMUNICATION FROM ME AND ANDREW OVER THE NEXT WEEK.
THIS IS JUST A, A POLL TO SEE WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO COME IN, BUT WE WILL FINALIZE THAT ATTENDANCE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH, UM, UH, ME AND MR. RIVERA, MISS, UH, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE, A COUPLE OF MEETINGS I CAN TELL UNTIL WE KIND OF GET THE GROUP, I WAS JUST GETTING USED TO THE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT.
NOW THIS IS GOING TO BE EVEN MORE CHALLENGING HAVING HALF OF YOU ON THE SCREEN AND HALF YOU, UH, IN THE ROOM.
UH, SO DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING BAD COMMISSIONER DESSERT? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
VICE-CHAIR CAMPBELL, MR. RIVERA, NURSE STAFF, FOR BEING VERY ACCOMMODATING AND HELPING US THROUGH THIS.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING TIME FOR ALL OF US AND FIGURING ALL OF THIS OUT.
AND I PARTICULARLY JUST WANNA THANK STAFF FOR HELPING US MOVE THROUGH THIS AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
UH, THAT IS, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND YOU ALL, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT HERE.
YOU GUYS HAVE SAVED ME AND STEERED ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SO MANY TIMES.
IT'S UH, AND, UH, IT'LL BE INTERESTING SEEING A FEW FACES THERE.
UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS, IT'LL BE A LITTLE STRANGE PUNISHER COHEN.
DO YOU HAVE ONE MORE THING? ONE LAST COMMENT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THAT EITHER YOU OR MR. RIVERA SEND AN EMAIL TO THE NEW MEMBERS, INSTRUCTING THEM, HOW TO USE THE LITTLE TOUCH SCREENS NEXT TO THE COMPUTER MONITORS AND HOW TO USE THE MICROPHONES.
OH, WELL, WE ALL HAD TO LEARN THE HARD WAY I WOULD WANT TO MAKE IT EASY.
THAT IS A VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD SUGGESTION.
I SPENT, UH, MANY, UH, ABOUT 30 MINUTES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO OPERATE THAT THING WHEN I FIRST GOT THERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER COX, SORRY, ONE
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LAST THING.UM, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN TRY TO DISTRIBUTE IN PERSON PRIOR TO THE MEETING? I'M ONE OF THOSE IN THE CAMP OF, IF I CAN DO IT VIRTUAL, I PREFER TO DO IT, BUT IF WE NEED, IF I NEED TO BE THERE FOR QUORUM, I'LL DEFINITELY BE THERE.
UH, SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS TO KNOW WHO'S SO THAT 10 PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP.
YES, NO, THAT IS TOTALLY THE PLAN.
IS WE, BEFORE THE MEETING, WE KNOW EACH MEETING IS GOING TO BE GOING IN AND WHO'S STAYING SO THAT THERE'S NO MYSTERY, UH, THAT WOULD BE COMMUNICATED.
UM, I'LL GET WITH MR. RIVERA AND KIND OF THE TIMING OF THAT, BUT GIVE US A FEW DAYS BUFFER IN CASE THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, SOMETHING COMES UP, WE CAN ADJUST, UH, AGAIN, IT'LL, WE'LL TRY SOME THINGS OUT, SEE IF THEY WORK.
UM, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO, UM, THE OTHER ITEM WE CAN TAKE ON TONIGHT, WHICH IS THE BRIEFING THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN REQUESTED, AND MANY
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OF US ARE WAITING FOR, UH, ITEM C1.AND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, MR. SCOTT BAER FROM AUSTIN ENERGY, WHICH IS HERE TOO.
UM, AND ANDREW, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OR IS THIS JUST, ARE WE JUST STARTING WITH Q AND A? OH, WE DO.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH OUR NORMAL RULES FOR Q AND A.
UH, MR. BARRY, YOU WANT, UH, CAN YOU, I GUESS WE, HAVEN'T DONE A SOUND CHECK.
GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AND CHAIRMAN SHAW.
WE CAN HEAR YOU, PLEASE CONTINUE.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TO YOU.
UM, THIS IS A CHANGE, A REAL CHANGE TO OUR DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL CONCERNING OUR OVERHEAD DISTRIBUTION LINE CLEARANCES.
UH, WHAT I THOUGHT I'VE COVERED WAS JUST, UH, COMPARED AGAINST THE, UH, PREVIOUS CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS.
HAVE A DIAGRAM THERE TO TALK ABOUT WHY WE, UH, CHANGED THIS RULE AND GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED OF THE CLEARANCE DIAGRAM SHOW YOU VIOLATIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN HISTORICALLY, AND THEN, UH, SOME, UH, ULTIMATE LINE CONSTRUCTION TO HELP MITIGATE THE IMPACT TO SOME OF OUR HOME VISITORS.
SO ON THE LEFT IS, WAS THE PREVIOUS, UH, CLEARANCE THAT WE HAD KEEP IN MIND.
THIS IS A CLEARANCE FROM OUR PRIMARY VOLTAGE SWITCHES.
THE ACTUAL VOLTAGE IS 12.47 K D UH, 7,200 VOLTS TO GROUND OR NEUTRAL, BUT ON THE LEFT WE HAD, UH, WE FOLLOW THE NDSC, UH, GUIDELINE OF SEVEN AND A HALF FEET.
UH, AND WE, WE TERMED IT FROM GROUND TO SKY.
SO ENERGIZE CONDUCTOR, NOTHING COULD BE BUILT WITHIN THAT, UH, THAT COLUMN THERE.
AND ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A RADIUS OF 10 FOOT OSHA RULE, UM, ON THE RIGHT IS THE NEW CURRENT, UH, RULE THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED.
AND, UH, WHAT WE DID THERE WAS WE ADDED A 15 FOOT RADIUS CLEARANCE FROM THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR AND FROM THE, UH, THE NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR.
SO YOU CAN TELL FROM THE BACKGROUND HOW THAT, HOW THAT AFFECTS, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, AS I SAID, NSC PROVIDES AT MINIMUM CLEAR DISTANCE OF SEVEN HALF FEET HORIZONTAL FOR ANYWHERE FROM 750 VOLTS TO 22 K D.
UM, THE OSHA 9, 10, 19 10, UH, 3, 3, 3 IS REALLY TO PROTECT UNQUALIFIED WORKERS BY MEANING NON ELECTRIC UTILITY WORKERS BE ABLE TO PERFORM THE WORK ADJACENT TO THOSE ENERGIZED CONDUCTORS.
AND THAT'S A NATIONAL STANDARD IT'S, IT'S, UH, 10 FEET FOR, YOU KNOW, THE VOLTAGE PLANTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND SO WHAT DROVE US HERE WAS REALLY PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, BUILDINGS BUILT SEVEN HALF FEET FROM THAT TOP OF VOLTAGE JUST DON'T ALLOW THE UNQUALIFIED WORK IS PERFORMED THE CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE STAFF BUILDING, UH, UNDER THE PREVIOUS RULE, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE DEVELOPER CONTRACT COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION, UH, AN ELECTRICAL HAZARD COULD EXIST, YOU KNOW, TO UNINFORMED WHEN PERFORMING MAINTENANCE, BECAUSE IF THAT BUILDING WAS, WAS ACTUALLY BUILT, EVEN FROM THE ENERGIZED LINE, UH, YOU KNOW, IF IT COULD BE WORK ON THAT BUILDING FOR THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR, THEY'RE ALREADY VIOLATING THE OSHA RULE.
SO WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WAS WE TOOK THE 10 FOOT OUT YOUR RULE AS THE CLEARANCE RULE, AND THEN WE ADDED FIVE
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FEET FOR ALLOWANCE FOR STAFF LAYING AND MATURE TO WHERE IT WOULD ENSURE THOSE WORKERS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR WORK IN A SAFE MANNER.WE HAVE HAD A PAST HISTORY OF NON-COMPLIANT CONSTRUCTION, UH, INCLUDING, UH, KELSEY OF, UH, OF NON-QUALIFIED WORKER AND SINCE 2017, OUR, OUR SAFETY INSPECTOR THAT PASSED OUT OVER 70 NOTICES OF ELECTRICAL HAZARDS, UH, IN THOSE YEARS.
SO THIS JUST SHOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, THE SAME DRAWING THAT WE HAD BEFORE ON THE LEFT, UH, SHOWS THAT THE SCAFFOLDING AND THE WORKERS IN THAT AREA, UH, YOU KNOW, AS THEY GET INTO IT, THEY'RE ALREADY WITHIN THE 10 FOOT OSHA, UH, RULE IN VIOLATION.
AND THE DRAWING ON THE RIGHT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, FIVE FOOT, UH, SCAFFOLDING WITH THE WORKERS IN THERE AND MAINTAINING THAT 10 FOOT RULE STAY OUT OF IT.
SO NEXT LOT, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIALOGUE AS THIS WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING PUBLISHED, PUBLISHED WITH ARCHITECTS BUILDERS AND, UH, THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, MATTER OF FACT, IS THIS RULE WAS APPEALED BY THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, AND IT WAS A PILL BY THE CITY MANAGER, BUT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK, UH, TO MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR WORK YET, KEEP A, YOU KNOW, A, UH, ENVIRONMENT THAT PROTECTS THE WORKERS.
SO WE HAVE ISSUED TO THE, UH, TO THE DAX CENTER DRAWINGS THAT WILL HELP THEM, UH, GET THE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR GIVING THEM INFORMATION ON THINGS.
AND THIS, THIS DIAGRAM RIGHT HERE ACTUALLY SHOWS THE DIFFERENT HOPS OF THE WOODS HOLE ON THE LEFT OF THE, IN THAT CHART AND WHERE THE CLEARANCES WOULD BE GIVEN DISTANCES AWAY FROM THE POLE.
I KEEP IN MIND, WE'RE LOOKING AT 10, 15 FEET AWAY FROM THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR, BUT WE REALIZED THAT THAT'S DIFFICULT SOMETIMES TO GAUGE.
SO THIS DIAGRAM ACTUALLY ADDS THE, UH, UH, FOUR FEET TO THE POLE BECAUSE NORMALLY ON A THREE-PHASE LINE, YOU'LL HAVE A, UH, EIGHT FOOT CROSS ARM.
SO YOU ASSUME THAT ONE OF THE PHASES WOULD BE TO ENTER THAT CROSS ON, GIVE YOU THAT EXTRA FOUR FEET.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT TWO FEET AWAY FROM THE POLE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE OUT OF THE AREA FOR SURE.
AND THEN AS YOU, AS YOU GO UP, YOU CAN GET CLOSER AS YOU NEED TO.
SO GO TO THE NEXT DIAGRAM, PLEASE, WE'LL SHOW A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CONCRETE, UH, DRAWING HERE.
SO THIS IS A 50 FOOT POLE, WHICH IS OUR STANDARD NOW 50 AND 50,000 FEET.
AND IF YOU'RE, UH, 15 FEET FROM THE POLE, YOU CAN GO UP 31 FEET ON THAT BUILDING HAT, WHICH I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF, UH, FEEDBACK ON, UH, I'M STILL RIG UNITS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERN THAT SOME BUILDERS HAVE WITH BEING ABLE TO BUILD THOSE, UH, COMPETENCE FACILITIES.
UM, BUT THIS, THIS GIVES A THIRD ONE BILLING HALF, WHICH IS NORMALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, ALMOST A TWO-STORY BUILDING, YOU KNOW, WITHIN, WITHIN 15 FEET OF THE POLICE SAY, OFFICER, UH, GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THERE.
SO HERE ARE SOME VIOLATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD HISTORICALLY, UH, SHOWING SOME OF THE, UH, UH, BUILDINGS GOING UP.
THIS MEETS THE ACTUAL OLDER, UH, COURSES.
THESE ARE ALL OVER, UH, PICTURES MEETS 75 FOOT 80 CLEARANCE, BUT YET, UH, THEY WERE IN VIOLATION OF THE 10 FOOT CLEARANCE TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY BUILD THAT BUILDING.
SO NEXT SLIDE
THIS IS ACTUALLY A RESIDENTIAL, UH, CONSTRUCTION WHERE THEY WERE BUILDING, UH, I GUESS, A STRUCTURE IN THEIR BACKYARD.
IT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, WITHIN THE 700 FOOT CLEARANCE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS ONE WAS, WAS CAUGHT, THEY, THEY WERE, THEY WERE REQUIRED TO REMOVE THAT STRUCTURE BECAUSE OF THE CLEARANCES.
NEXT ONE, HERE'S ANOTHER, UH, CLEARANCE VIOLATION AND APPROACHING THE END OF THE 10 FOOT RADIUS PARENTS DURING CONSTRUCTION PRIMARY SHOWING THE PRIMARY AND, AND A NEUTRAL NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THIS, UH, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL, UH, FATALITY,
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UH, SITE WHERE THE CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY PUSH THE PRIMARY OUT OF THE WAY.I'M USING TWO BY FOURS TO, UH, BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND WORK.
AND, UH, OF COURSE THEY WERE UNQUALIFIED AND UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THE WORKERS HAD SOME MATERIAL HANDLING AND, UH, TOUCH THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR.
AND, UH, AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT BECAME ELECTROCUTED.
SO WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE RESPONSES ABOUT OFFERING THE CONSTRUCTION TO MITIGATE IMPACT AND ALL OF THESE ARE COSTS AND BY THE CUSTOMER, AND CAN THEY REQUIRE ENGINEERING EVALUATION, BUT WHERE THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THIS CLEARANCE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD INSTALL TALLER POLES, UH, TO FIX FIVE FEET.
UH, WE CAN CHANGE YOUR SPAN FROM A HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION.
UH, WE HAD, UH, UH, TOP OF INSULATED TOP.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A TRADE NAME TYPE CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S AN INSULATED CABLE.
THAT'S VERY COMPACT, UH, TO GET IT CLOSER TO THE POLE.
AND THEN, UH, IF POSSIBLE, WE CAN READ A CATALYZE, MAYBE DIFFICULT, AND WE CAN UNCOVER, UH, JASON PROPERTY THAT MAY NOT BE ANOTHER ROUTE TO, TO RELOCATE THE LINE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY TOO, UH, NEXT LINE.
AND SO HERE'S JUST A COMPARISON OF OTHER UTILITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
UH, CPS REQUIRES 10 AND A HALF FEET, UH, FROM A CONDUCTOR AND THEY HAVE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO MAINTAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THEIR PEOPLE, TO, UH, TO, TO MAINTAIN THE OSHA CLEARANCE.
THEY'RE BOTH BLUEVINE AND PC PRETTY MUCH, UH, HAVE A 15 FOOT CLEARANCE FROM THE CO, ESPECIALLY ON THREE PHASE, UH, TO WHERE THERE'S NOTHING BUILT WITHIN THAT 15 FEET FROM A GROUND TO SKY.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE, WE TRY TO DO AS MUCH THE BENCHMARKINGS WE COULD FROM OTHER UTILITIES WHEN WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO LOOK AT OTHER URBAN TOWN, UH, UTILITIES, AS SOME OF THESE CLEARANCES ARE NOT WELL DOCUMENTED WITHIN THE INTERNET SEARCH THAT WE FOUND.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING OUT A, UH, BENCHMARKING TO OUR, UH, LARGE PUBLIC POWER COUNCIL UTILITIES AND, AND TRY TO GET SOME INFORMATION THAT WAY.
SO THAT'S, UH, PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAD TO PRESENT TO YOU.
I'M READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE LAST SLIDE.
UH, SO COMMISSIONERS, UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OUR Q AND A, WE HAVE, UH, EIGHT SLOTS, UM, OR IN OUR RULES.
SO WHO WANTS TO ASK THE FIRST QUESTION? UH, COMMISSIONER CUPS.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE IT, MR. BAYER FOR PRESENTING ALL THAT.
THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL INFORMATION.
UM, I THINK THE WHOLE REASON WHY YOU'RE HERE AND YOU PROBABLY KNOW IS BECAUSE WE GOT CONTACTED BY A COUPLE OF LOCAL ARCHITECTS, AS WELL AS THE MUM BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, UM, WHO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE REVISED RULE.
AND WHAT I HEARD FROM THE LOCAL ARCHITECTS WAS, UM, THAT OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS IMPACTING, UH, WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE THEIR ABILITY AND REALLY THE CITY'S ABILITY, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ACROSS, UH, LOTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, JUST BECAUSE TYPICALLY IN CENTRAL CITY NEIGHBORHOODS, WE DO HAVE SMALLER LOTS AND THE POWER LINES TYPICALLY RUN ALONG THE BACK FENCE.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT.
IT MIGHT BE, IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO PULL, UH, ONE OF YOUR EXHIBITS BACK UP, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT.
IT'S A, IT'S ESSENTIALLY A HEIGHT RESTRICTION AS YOU APPROACH THE LINE OR DID THE, JUST THE FLAT-OUT DISTANCE FROM ANY STRUCTURE FROM OUR LINES GROW.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THAT RESTRICTION GREW TO BE.
YES, IT'S STILL, WE STILL HAVE THE CENTER HAT FEED FROM SCATTER GROUND FROM THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR.
SO IF, IF YOU'RE, IF, UH, THIS, THIS ASSUME THAT IT'S A THREE-PHASE AND I THINK IT'S SLIDE, UH, NUMBERS EIGHT OR NINE.
I'M NOT SURE ANDREW, IF YOU WANT TO PULL THAT BACK UP AND LOOK AT THAT, IT'S A ONE WE'LL GO UP THERE, PASS THE PICTURES AND THE NEXT ONE UP, I GUESS, BUT IT'S SO IF WE HAVE THAT ONE HERE, SO IF WE HAVE, UH, FOUR FEET FROM THE CODE TO THE CONDUCTOR AND THEN ANOTHER, UH, SEVEN HALF FEET, SO THAT'S 11 AND A
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HALF FEET FROM THE POLE THAT WE, THE WAY IT'S BEEN, WE JUST DON'T ALLOW ANYTHING.AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY THE PREVIOUS CLEARANCE WAS TOO.
SO AS YOU, AS YOU GO UP IN ELEVATION, YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE RADIUS OF WHERE THAT NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR IS AND WHERE THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR IS.
SO WE PUT UP A 15 FOOT RADIUS OF CLEARANCE AROUND THOSE CONDUCTORS TO TRY TO GIVE THE BUILDERS AS MUCH ABILITY TO BUILD CLOSER AS, AS THEY CAN.
AND SO THIS, THIS ONE SHOWS HERE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GO TO THE NEUTRAL RADIUS, UH, AT 15 FEET, YOU KNOW, WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S, UH, 15 FEET, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU CAN BUILD A 31 FOOT BUILDING UP THERE.
SO, UH, FOR, FOR SMALLER RESIDENTIAL TYPE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS PRIMARILY THE COMMUNICATION I GOT FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, LIKE IN SOMEONE'S BACKYARD, IF THEY'RE BUILDING SOMETHING LESS THAN 31 FOOT IN HEIGHT, UNDER THE PREVIOUS RULES, THEY COULD BE WITHIN SEVEN AND A HALF FEET OF THAT NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR, BUT NOW IT'S DOUBLED TO 15 FEET.
IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, IT WAS SEVEN AND A HALF FEET, UH, FROM SCOTT OR GROUND, MY 15 FOOT RADIUS FROM THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR, WHICH THE NEUTRAL IS AN ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR.
SO THE FACE CONDUCTOR UP AT THE TOP AND THE NEW COUNTRY AT THE BOTTOM, BOTH HAVE A 15 FOOT RADIUS AROUND THEM.
AND IN THAT 15 FEET USED TO BE WHAT, WELL, IT USED TO BE SEVEN AND A HALF FEET FROM, FROM THE, AND THAT'S IT.
SO, SO FOR A TYPICAL ONE OR TWO STORY ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IN THE, IN THE BACK OF A CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD, RESIDENTIAL LOT, THEY INSTEAD OF LOSING SEVEN AND A HALF FEET, NOW THEY LOSE 15 FEET.
IF, IF THAT POWER LINE RUNS ALONG THE BACK PROPERTY LINE, THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY A CORRECT STATEMENT DEPENDING ON HOW, HOW THEY WANT TO BUILD THAT.
UH, ANDREW, CAN YOU GO TO THE PREVIOUS LABS IN THIS, JUST TO, I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, IT WASN'T SEVEN AND A HALF FEET THOUGH.
YOU SAID IT WAS 11 AND A HALF FEET BECAUSE THE LINE ITSELF IS FOUR FEET FROM THE POLE.
SO THIS ONE HERE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, AT 50 FOOT POLE, IF YOU'RE 11 FOOT SIX AWAY FROM THE POLE, WHICH IS WHAT THE PREVIOUS ONE HAD, OR WHAT'S PREVIOUS SHOWED IS YOU COULD BUILD A STRUCTURE THAT'S 21 FEET, SIX INCHES, BUT THAT, THAT DIAGRAM, SO THAT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, YEAH, ON, UH, THE MISSION BE ON THE RIGHT THERE.
I, I HEARD, I HEARD FROM ONE AND I APOLOGIZE IF I'M INTERRUPTING YOU.
I THINK, I THINK WE'VE GOT A TIME LIMIT ON OUR QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, I HEARD FROM ONE ARCHITECT THAT THIS RULE CHANGE CAME ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF GETTING AN ADU DESIGNED AND PERMITTED, AND NOW BASICALLY THEIR PROJECTS CAN'T HAPPEN.
IT WAS THERE, WAS THERE A, UH, LIKE A, KIND OF A NOTIFICATION THAT THIS ROLE WOULD COME INTO EFFECT AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME OR WAS IT BASICALLY JUST DROPPED AND THEN WHATEVER PROJECTS WERE IN PROGRESS HAD TO, OR IF WE FOLLOWED THE, UH, THE STANDARD, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN RULE MAKING PROCESS OR DESIGN CHANGES, WHERE BACK IN JANUARY, WE GAVE NOTICE OF THE RURAL, UH, YOU KNOW, PUT IT OUT TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE, WE HAD SOME INDUSTRY MEETINGS WHERE WE SHOWED, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S A RULE IS GOING TO BE, UH, WE RESPONDED TO THIS, UH, PRODUCT QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND SO IT FOLLOWED THE STANDARD TEST OF YOU KNOW, OF THE, UH, ROOMMATES ACROSS.
AND, UH, YOU NEED TO MOVE ON ANOTHER COMMISSIONER, UH, OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS, AND THEN IF WE HAVE SPACE, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU TO CONDITIONER COPS.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS? I, OKAY, SORRY.
UM, I HAD HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF THE SAME STUFF THAT, UM, UM, COMMISSIONER COX HAD HEARD TO CLARIFY.
ARE YOU GUYS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, UM, THE DISTANCE BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING ITSELF AND FATALITIES, OR ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT WHEN SCAFFOLDING CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OR ACCESS TAKES PLACE THAT WE'RE HAVING FATALITIES? WELL, IT'S REALLY BOTH.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S THE BUILDER'S
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RESPONSIBILITY AND WHOEVER WORKS ON THAT HOME STAY 10 FEET AWAY FROM THE ENERGIZE LINE.AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE NATIONAL, YOU KNOW, THAT HASN'T CHANGED FOR SOME TIME WITH OSHA.
UM, AND SO MY QUESTION IS HOW HAVE THESE BUILDERS BEEN DOING THIS AND MEETING THE OSHA REQUIREMENTS, UH, BOB BUILDING CLOSER THAN 10 FEET, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BUILD, YOU'D HAVE TO WORK ON THE OUTSIDE OF A BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO FINISH IT OUT.
SO THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HAD IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THE INFLUX OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE HAD IN SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS AND AT THE FATALITY, UH, AS IT'S FINALLY COME TO THE COURTS AND FOUND THE CITY OF BOSTON LIABLE FOR, OR PARTLY LIABLE FOR THAT FATALITY, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAME TOGETHER FOR US TO SAY, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY.
I KNOW YOU SHOWED SOME DATA ON SOME OF THE UTILITY PROVIDERS IN, IN OUR REGION.
THIS IS, I'M CURIOUS IF THIS IS COMMONPLACE IN OTHER URBAN CORES LIKE OURS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BENCHMARK AND GET YOUR INFORMATION.
UH, WE WE'VE DONE, UH, SOME INTERNET SEARCHES, WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT.
WE HAVE FOUND, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, DT ENERGY.
THEY HAVE A 15 FOOT CLEARANCE.
ALSO, UH, A LOT OF OTHER UTILITIES SEEM TO HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO STAY 10 FEET AWAY FROM THE HAZARD, FROM THE OTHER, FROM THE ENERGIZED LINES.
WE'RE NOT SURE HOW THEY ACTUALLY ENFORCE THAT.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THE BASKET SERIES, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE THREE QUESTIONS TO BE BETTER UTILITIES, TO TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO WE, WE BELIEVE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT OTHER UTILITIES ARE DOING.
WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T WANT TO RISK THAT, BUT, UM, IF IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT THE STRUCTURE, ONCE IT'S, IF WE NEED THE 10 FEET AND THE CONCERN IS THAT THE SCAFFOLDING, THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, THAT KIND OF THING IS PUTTING THINGS TOO CLOSE TO DANGEROUS.
UM, I GUESS I'M CONCERNED THAT WE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE AT THIS COMMISSION AND, AND, AND ZAP SPEND A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IN GOOD HOUSING OPTIONS.
UM, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, UM, OR THESE OPPORTUNITIES OVER EASEMENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE JUST WHEN IT'S SCAFFOLDING OR THAT KIND OF THING.
I KNOW FOR OBVIOUSLY TREES DON'T TYPICALLY CAUSE THIS KIND OF A PROBLEM IN AND OF THEMSELVES, BUT WHEN WE'RE PROTECTING THE HERITAGE TREES, IN ORDER FOR THE BUILDER TO GET STARTED, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PERIMETER THAT'S CLEARED BY THE INSPECTOR.
IS THAT EVEN AN OPTION THAT IF THE BUILDER IS GOING TO GET STARTED, THEY HAVE TO SHOW THAT THAT PERIMETER IS SAFE SO THAT NOBODY'S GOING IN IT VERSUS JUST MAKING IT THE CAUSE ON SOME OF THESE SMALLER LOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT 15 FEET JUST BECOMES SO DIFFICULT.
THEY, THEY, THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
WE'RE RENDERING THESE PROPERTIES, NOT REDEVELOP WILL IN A BETTER WAY, BUT I STILL WANT TO PROTECT THE SAFETY.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M WONDERING, COULD THERE BE A TEMPORARY BOUNDARY IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY WORK THAT HAS TO BE IN PLACE TO SECURE THAT WE HAVEN'T INVESTIGATED THAT IN DETAIL, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IN THE PAST, AND EVEN NOW AT TIMES, WE, WE HAVE, AND WE SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OSHA VIOLATION, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO WORK WITH THE BUILDER OR THE CONTRACTOR AND TO SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN THERE.
IN SOME CASES, WE'LL TRY THE ENERGIZE THAT LINE, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION, BUT KEEP IN MIND, THEY MAY HAVE TO WORK ON THAT SIDE OF THE BILLING, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, ENERGIZED CONDUCTORS FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THEN WE TAKE THAT LINE OUT SERVICE.
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SERVE OTHER CUSTOMERS.
SO THE CUSTOMER IS GOING TO LOSE THEIR ART FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
THE THING IS, WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT THERE HAS TO BE A SECURE PERIMETER AROUND THAT 10 FEET.
SO THEY CAN'T PUT SCAFFOLDING OR HAVE ACCESS IN THAT AREA DURING THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OR WHATEVER'S GOING ON IS THAT'S THE SAME THING WE HAVE TO DO FOR THE TREES.
IT HAS TO BE, THEY HAVE TO PULL THE PERMIT, THEY HAVE TO SECURE THE TREE AND THE PERIMETER AND THE BOUNDARY.
AND THEY HAVE TO SHOW THAT THAT'S BEING MAINTAINED THE ENTIRE TIME.
THE PROCESS IS IN PLACE FOR THE ZONES, I GUESS, THE CRITICAL ROOT ZONES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WHAT WE, WHAT WE PUT OUT HERE IS REALLY THE SOLUTION FOR WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY THERE, TO, TO BE ABLE TO MAN TEND TO ENERGIZE, UH, CLEARANCE.
THEY HAVE TO BE 10 FEET AWAY FROM THERE.
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SO THE BUILDING WOULD HAVE TO BE WHATEVER DISTANCE THEY CAN PUT IN THERE, SCAFFOLDING OR LADDERS OR, UH, MATERIAL HANDLING SPACE THERE.SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT, UH, ALTERNATE METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION TO TRY TO MITIGATE SOME OF THESE ISSUES, BUT IT, WHEN IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, THE WORK OF THE BUILDING UP AND ALSO THE HOMEOWNER AS THEY GET BACK IN AND DO WORK IN THE FUTURE, YOU DID THANK YOU.
UH, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER PRICES? YES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, CHANGES ARE BEING MADE AFTER, UM, WORKERS LOST THEIR LIVES.
IT'S KIND OF RARE THAT YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN AND I'VE MET, UM, UNDOCUMENTED CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO'VE SUFFERED ELECTROCUTION.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND, YOU KNOW, LEARNING ABOUT WHY THIS CHANGE WAS MADE.
UM, IS THERE A MAP OF WHERE ENERGIZED LINES ARE, UM, EXCUSE MY IGNORANCE ABOUT THIS, BUT IS THERE LIKE A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE MAP SO THAT IT'S EASY FOR FOLKS TO IDENTIFY WHERE, UM, THEY WOULD NEED TO CREATE THAT RADIUS? NO, IT'S NOT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
I MEAN, WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE, UH, ALL OF OUR ASSETS ON THE, ON A GIS SYSTEM, UH, BUT IT'S FAIRLY RECOGNIZABLE, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, WITH THE TALLER POLE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION OF THE LINES THERE.
WHAT OF WHAT A PRIMARY VOLTAGE LINE IS.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY EVER QUESTIONS THAT HOMEOWNERS HAVE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE CALL OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN ENERGY AND, UH, 3, 1 11, AND WILL DEFINITELY RESPOND TO THAT.
UH, WE, WE ARE SENSITIVE TO THE IMPACT OR EXIST, ESPECIALLY ON DELIVERY DRILLING UNITS IN THE WEEK.
I HAD A STAFF AND ON THE X AND THE LAST PRESIDENT, AND IF WE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH DAVID, GO IN AND STOP TRYING IT AND VERY, UH, YOU KNOW, GOOD CONVERSATIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE EXPLAINED WHERE WE WERE COMING FROM TO EXPLAIN THE CONCERNS.
UH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE HAD MEETINGS, UH, WITH SOME OF THE ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS OUT IN THE FIELD, UH, OUT IN EAST AUSTIN, WHERE THEY SHOWED SOME AREAS WHERE THEY WERE BUILDING AND, AND DISCUSS THIS.
AND, UH, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WE KNOW THIS IS AN IMPACT, BUT WE ALSO FEEL LIKE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD BE BUILDING THEIR BUILDINGS TO WHERE, UH, OSHA PARENTS AT 10 FLUID DOES NOT, UH, INFRINGED UPON, UH, DURING CONSTRUCTION OR IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BUT IN A MORE QUEST COMMISSIONERS ARE THANK YOU CHAIR.
UM, MR. BAYER, CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW MANY ACCIDENTS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AND THE REPORTED ACCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD? COMMISSIONER, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I CAN HAVE TO TRY TO GET THAT FOR YOU, BUT I'VE, I'VE NOT, UH, I KNOW FROM AN ENERGY STANDPOINT, WE DON'T KEEP THE RECORDS OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE WILL PROBABLY, UH, WE'D HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH TO, TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
AND I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO HAVE TO DO SOME EXTRA WORK.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS HOW DOES THIS WORK WITH EXISTING STRUCTURES? SO WHAT IS THE GRANDFATHERING PROCESS LOOK LIKE? YEAH.
FOR EXISTING STRUCTURES, THEIR GRANDFATHER, DAN, THIS IS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OR FOR NEW, UH, NEW BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING PUT UP GOING FORWARD.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE SAYING IT, IS IT, IS IT ALSO LIKE YOU WANT TO EXTEND A PORCH? CAN YOU DO THAT OR WOULD YOU NOT, NO LONGER BE ABLE TO EXTEND A PORCH AND DO WHAT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXTEND THE PORCH IN THE PAST? WHAT DOES INCLUDE WE HAVE OF YOUR FACADE? GOOD PEOPLE.
LIKE, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE WHAT ALL IS INCLUDED IN THIS.
ANY, ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION, IF THEY WANT TO ADD A PORCH OR EXTENDED PORCH THAT WAS ALL INTO THIS RULE ALL UNDER THIS SCHOOL.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF,
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UM, OSTEO ENERGIES FACILITY? SO LET'S SAY YOU TRY TO PUT AN ELECTRIC BOWL.ARE YOU NOT GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PLACING ANY NEW BOWLS, 15 FOOT FROM AN EXISTING STRUCTURES? YES, SIR.
WE HAVE TO DO THAT SAME, SAME CLEARANCE.
AND SO, I'M SORRY, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A STRUCTURE AT 7.5 FOOT OR 10 FOOT.
I MEAN, NOT EVEN LIKE, HOW DO WE PUT THE NEW BONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR THE EXISTING STRUCTURES WITH FUTURE WORK? WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL EVALUATE HOW FAR OUR TRANSMISSION OR OUR, I'M SORRY.
OUR DISTRIBUTION LINE IS, YOU KNOW, UH, FROM 15 FOOT RADIUS OF WHERE IT IS ON THE HIGH FLIES AND WHERE IT IS.
UH, NORMALLY THERE IS A SETBACK IN THE FRONT AND WE NORMALLY DON'T RUN PRIMARY VOLTAGE IN THE BACKLOGS OR SIDEWALKS ANYMORE.
WE TRY TO DO THAT FROM THE, FROM THE STREET NOW BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY OF TRYING TO ACCESS THOSE, THOSE STRUCTURES WHEN THERE'S NOT AN, NOT EVEN A WAY TO ACCESS THEM.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, UH, I GUESS THE DESIGN PHILOSOPHY THAT CHANGED QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO ABOUT TRYING TO PUT PRIMARIES ONLY ON WHERE WE CAN ACCESS THEM WITH OUR TRUCKS AND OUR, UH, TRUCKS OFF THAT.
SO, SO MOST OF THIS IS GOING TO, UH, APPLY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, SAY PRIMARY VOLTAGE THAT'S IN THE BACKLOG LINE OR ON THE SIDELINE SIDELINE THERE.
SO, AND AGAIN, SOME OF THE MITIGATING CONSTRUCTION, UH, TECHNIQUES CAN, CAN BE THERE TO TRY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, REDUCE THE IMPACT OF ALLOWING THAT CONSTRUCTION TO BE THERE.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY UNDERSTANDING OR ANALYSIS OF HOW THIS IMPACTS, UM, SORT OF A DESIGN OR PLANNING SIDE WHERE WE'RE WANTING MORE ACTIVE STREET FUNDS AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES COMING ONTO THE PROPERTY LINE ITSELF? HOW WOULD THIS IMPACT THAT? UM, UM, I GUESS I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU THERE ON THAT.
WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION? UM, JUST ON THE PLANNING SIDE, WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON WANTING STRUCTURES, COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES TO BE ON THE PROPERTY LINE.
HOW WOULD THIS RULE WORK WITH THAT SORT OF UNDERSTANDING OF PLANNING AND WANTING MORE THINGS ON THE STREET FRONT? I THINK AGAIN, IT WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MEET THE CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS WITH, YOU KNOW, THE RADIUS OF THAT, UH, OF THAT ENERGIZE CONDUCT UP THERE IN SOME CASES, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE COULD UNDERGROUND THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LINE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING OF THE COMMERCIAL BILL AND GET, WE NEED TO ELIMINATE THAT CLEARANCE PROBLEM ALTOGETHER, UH, IN SOME CASES, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A, SAY A 45 FOOT POLE, WE CAN PUT IN A 55 FOOT, SO TO TRY TO GET, YOU KNOW, UH, A GREATER HEIGHT THERE.
SO IT WOULD STILL, YOU KNOW, THE RULES STILL APPLY TO THOSE TYPES OF, UH, THAT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE BUILDER TO TRY TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO ALLEVIATE THAT IMPACT.
COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER AND THEN COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
UH, SO YOU TALKED A BIT ABOUT, UH, SOME MITIGATION OPTIONS AND, UH, I, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A SENSE OF, UH, WHAT THE COST OF THAT MITIGATION IS PARTICULARLY RELATIVE TO A SMALL PROJECT, LIKE, UH, LIKE AN APU ARE THERE, UH, I, I, I, FOR SOME REASON I HAVE THIS IDEA THAT LIKE PUTTING A LINE UNDER BRAND IS RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE AND IT MAY BE THAT, UH, PUTTING A LARGER POLE IN IS ALSO EXPENSIVE, BUT YOU HAD SOME OTHER OPTIONS.
AND I WONDERED IF YOU COULD JUST TALK ABOUT WHETHER ANY OF THOSE WERE RELATIVELY LESS COSTLY OR, UM, YOU THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, RATHER A SMALLER SCALE DEVELOPMENT, LIKE AN ATU.
UH, EACH, EACH AREAS IS FAIRLY UNIQUE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SPANS, NOT JUST WHERE THE PROPERTY IS, BUT THE SPANS BEYOND IT AND WHERE IT COMES INTO.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE A COUPLE OF SPANS THAT HAVE TO BE, UH, MODIFIED.
UH, IT COULD BE MORE THAN THAT, BUT THE OTHER, THE OTHER, UH, CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES WHERE NORMALLY IT'S A HORIZONTAL CONSTRUCTION, SOME CASES WE CAN GO VERTICAL AND TRY TO PULL, UH, YOU KNOW, THE
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CONDUCTORS AWAY THEN THAT WOULD GIVE A MAYBE, YOU KNOW, AN EXTRA FOUR FEET IN THAT REGARD.UH, IN SOME CASES, IF IT'S A COURSE, UNDERGROUNDING IS GOING TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE IT'S, IT'S QUITE EXPENSIVE.
AND IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, A BIG PROJECT TO DO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, RAISING THE POLES, PROBABLY THE LEAST, OR CHANGING THE CONFIGURATION FROM HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL WOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, LESS, A LESSER COST, UH, CHANGING TO THIS, UH, HENDRICKS TABLE WHERE IT'S AN INSULATED TOP TABLE, UH, IN TAKING THIS AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS A VERY COMPACT, UH, CONFIGURATION FOR ALL THREE PHASES.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FAIRLY EXPENSIVE TOO, BUT, UH, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS AN IMPACT JAR, UH, OBSERVED A DWELLING UNIT BUILDING COMMUNITY, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO OFFER UP AS MUCH AVAILABLE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES AS WE CAN ON THIS.
DO YOU EXPECT TO HAVE, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, MITIGATION IDEAS OR ARE THERE THINGS THAT ARE DONE IN OTHER CITIES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN CONSIDERED HERE THAT, UH, MAYBE GOOD ALTERNATIVES IN THE FUTURE, OR YOU SORT OF LAID OUT THAT BASIC MITIGATION, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE OPEN FOR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE NEW, UH, NEW TECHNOLOGY COMING UP, BUT WE'VE PRETTY MUCH, UH, IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, THE TYPES OF ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES THAT WE, THAT WE KNOW ABOUT AT THIS POINT.
SO YEAH, IT'S NOT, UH, UH, WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT WE'VE LAID OUT ALREADY.
UH, AND, UH, I, I THINK YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT OTHER, UH, UH, URBAN AREAS AND TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THEY DO.
UM, I'M GUESSING GIVEN WHAT YOU'VE LAID OUT, THAT YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT TO SEE DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENCES.
ACTUALLY, THE REQUEST THERE CAME, WE HAD A MEETING WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR LAST WEEK AND HER STAFF, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GAVE A SIMILAR PRESENTATION AND FOR SHE, SHE'D BEEN HEARING THE SAME THING THAT YOU COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO SHE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION BETTER THAN SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE BENCHMARKING, UH, THAN, THAN WHAT WE PRESENT AT THAT TIME.
AND SO WE'VE ACTUALLY SENT OUT A SURVEY TO OUR LPPC, UH, AFFILIATES TO TRY TO TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION IN A MORE SECURE MANNER, I GUESS, THAN JUST INTERNET SEARCH.
CAUSE WE DID FOUND OUT THAT NOT ALL UTILITIES, UH, PUBLISHED THEIR CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS LIKE, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN DOES.
SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE, WE TURNED TO THAT METHOD.
SO WE WILL HAVE A FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH, UH, WITH HER OFFICE, UH, SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER.
AND, UH, I'M GUESSING THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, UH, GETTING A COPY OF THAT REPORT IF YOU COULD SHARE IT YEAH.
UP ON SOME OF THE MITIGATION PIECES THEN.
SO IF IT'S A, IF YOUR NORMAL POLE LOOKS LIKE A T AND YOU HAVE SORT OF THREE LINES ACROSS THE TOP OF IT, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU CAN MAKE IT JUST A, A TALLER POLE AND THEN PUT THE THREE LINES VERTICALLY.
SO IT DON'T HAVE THOSE EXTRA FOUR FEET ON EACH SIDE.
AND, AND SO IF, IF I'M DOING THAT, IF I HAVE A ADU IN MY BACKYARD AND, AND IT'S CUTTING OFF, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE FEET OF MY ABILITY TO DO THAT, HOW DO I, CAN I JUST COME TO AUSTIN ENERGY AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, PUT IN TWO NEW POLES AND CHARGE ME FOR IT, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? WELL, NORMALLY IT'S THROUGH THE PROCESS OF TURNING IN, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, A REQUEST FOR SERVICE, OR NORMALLY IT COMES THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS OF, OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, TO ASK FOR ELECTRICAL SERVICE THERE.
AND IT GETS HANDLED IN THAT REGARD BECAUSE THE DESIGNER WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THAT PROJECT.
AND THEY'LL DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ISSUES WITH, UH, WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU NEED, WHAT YOUR PROJECT NEEDS.
AND, UH, IT'LL GO THROUGH THAT, THE NORMAL PROCESS THERE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT, BUT REPLACING A POLE WITH A TALLER POLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S A REQUEST FOR SERVICE THAT THE PUBLIC CAN REQUEST.
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THEN, SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT THE HENDRICKS SPIT, I DIDN'T, IS THIS ANOTHER SERVICE THAT COULD BE REQUESTED? IT IS THIS, YEAH.HENDRICKS IS ACTUALLY SORT OF LIKE A CALLING A SODA, POP COKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, COCA-COLA, IT'S, THE HENDRIX IS A GOOD NAME FOR A CHOCOLATE, UH, INSULATED, UH, ASSEMBLY OF A HIGH VOLTAGE CONDUCTOR.
AND IT HAS AN INSERT IF THE CONDUCTORS ARE INSULATED AND IT HAS A SPACER IN THERE AND IT KEEPS THEM TOGETHER.
SO IT'S A VERY TIGHT CONFIGURATION THAT CAN BE PUT IN AND POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, PUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POLE WHERE IT WILL, IT'LL SOMEWHAT DO THE SAME THING THAT, UH, VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION MAY DO.
UH, AND SO IF THAT'S, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY THERE TOO, BUT YEAH, SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHICHEVER'S, BUT AGAIN, I CAN SAVE FOUR FEET OR, OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND TO PUT SOMETHING UNDERGROUND, IS THAT ALSO A REQUEST FOR SERVICE OR IS THAT YES, THAT WOULD BE, UH HUH.
SO AS YOU WOULD GO THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS WITH, WITH THE DESIGNER, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS WOULD, WOULD COME UP ABOUT THE CLEARANCE ISSUES AND THEN TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO, UH, KEEP THE STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST 15 FEET AWAY FROM THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR ITSELF.
BUT, BUT IN TERMS OF GENERAL PLANS, I MEAN, YOU, YOU SAID YOU'VE, YOU'VE CHANGED THE DESIGN, SO YOU'RE NOW GOING INTO FRONT OF THE HOUSE AS OPPOSED TO THE BACK, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER DESIGNS TO USE VERTICAL OR, OR HENDRIX IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE STILL GONNA DO THE TEASE WITH THE THREE LINES ACROSS THE TOP FOR MOST OF OUR ELECTRICAL POLES.
AS A TYPICAL STANDARD INSTALLATION.
THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THERE? YES.
UH, I JUST LOOKING, TAKING A QUICK POLL.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS REALLY HAVE QUESTIONS WE COULD SUSPEND ROLES AND OFFER UP TO YOU MORE SPOTS, UH, OR ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS INTERESTED IN MORE Q AND A I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
SO, UM, I WOULD, UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, UH, WAS JUST A PRESENTATION WITH Q AND A, UM, NO ACTION.
UM, ON THIS ITEM, DECEIVING, UH, COMMISSIONERS, YOU CAN PROPOSE FUTURE X AND UNDER F IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO, UM, PROPOSE FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
SO, UH, MR. BEAR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANY FUTURE, UH, FUTURE POLLING THAT YOU, UH, GET FROM THOSE OTHER UTILITIES TO SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING.
WELL, APPRECIATE, Y'ALL APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
[E. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UM, UH, ITEM E, WHICH IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. AS I SPOKE OF EARLIER, I HAVE ONE I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO RECOGNIZE, UM, UH, MR. JIM CHESLER PREVIOUS COMMISSIONER THAT SERVED FROM 2015 TO 2019.UM, THIS CAME AS A REQUEST FROM OUR PREVIOUS CHAIR, ACTUALLY, UH, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER CAUSEY, WHO IS, UM, UH, THE COMMISSIONER CAUSEY AND COMMISSIONER, UM, JUST ARE WORKED IN THE SAME COMPANY.
UM, I SEE, I HAVE, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER AZHAR IS SUPPORTING THAT AND THE COMMISSIONER MITCH TODDLER.
UH, WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR IT MAY NOT WE'LL LOOK, WE HAD, UH, WE HAD, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE UP THESE CASES.
WE DID NOT HEAR, UH, IT MAY BE NOT THE NEXT ONE.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIT IT IN, IT COULD BE, HAVE TO BE THE FOLLOWING, BUT WE WILL TRY TO FIT IT IN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS.
UH, THAT'LL BE MY GOAL WORKING WITH AN MR. RIVERA.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT, UM, MISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER COX? OKAY.
UH, IN THE, IN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT FLEXIBLE FUTURE MEETINGS, A LOT OF US EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN DISCUSSING
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SOME SORT OF OPTIONS FOR EXPANDING THAT FLEXIBILITY TO THE PUBLIC.AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO TRY TO REQUEST A HEARING WITH, OR NOT A HEARING A BRIEFING OR A Q AND A SESSION WITH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE THE CITY CLERK OR IF THAT WOULD BE, I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT WOULD BE, BUT SOMEONE AT CITY STAFF TO, TO EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR TRYING TO EXPAND FLEXIBILITY AND LOOKING, YEAH, I SEE IT BOTH AS A, YOU KNOW, LEGAL, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL ISSUES AND ALSO THE TECHNICAL ISSUES BOTH.
WE HAVE, I HEARD A FEW THINGS THAT THERE'S LEGAL UNDERSTANDING THE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING REQUIREMENTS, BUT THEN ALSO KIND OF THE TECHNICAL IMPEDIMENTS TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
I HEARD, I HEARD THE TERM RESOURCES, WHICH SEEMS TO ENCOMPASS FUNNY.
WELL, THAT'S WHY I WAS SUGGESTING, AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS AN ANSWER TO THIS, BUT THAT'S WHY I WAS SUGGESTING A CHANGE IN HOW THE PUBLIC CAN SUBMIT TESTIMONY FORMALLY.
SO I KNOW THEY CAN SEND IN A LETTER AND THAT COMES TO US AS BACKUP MATERIAL, BUT WHEN A LETTER COMES IN, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THESE MEETINGS AS FORMAL MINUTES AND OFFICIAL PART OF THE RECORD.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SUGGESTING THAT IF THERE WAS A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO WRITE IN AND SIGN THEIR NAMES, THEN WE, IT COULD BE READ INTO THE MINUTES FORMALLY, OH, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
I JUST, I W I'M KIND OF BUILDING ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I'M WONDERING, SO WE DO GET BACKED UP.
AND WE DO SEE LETTERS THAT ARE WRITTEN, UM, THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN BEING PART OF THE RECORD.
IS THAT THE REST OF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HEAR IT OR SEE IT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM ON THE WEBSITE OR AS PART OF THE AGENDAS AND THE FORMAL POSTING OF THE AGENDAS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THERE, CAUSE WE'VE EVEN HAD PEOPLE THAT HAVE SENT IT IN AHEAD OF TIME AND THEN CALLED IN AND READ IT BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT THAT IT GETS HEARD AT THE MEETING.
SO I WAS TRYING TO KIND OF CIRCUMVENT SOME OF THAT, THAT IT COULD GET READ, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE MEETING.
I, IT, SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING, IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE READ INTO THE RECORD.
THAT'S PHYSICALLY WOULDN'T BE THERE.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING TO WRITE.
THERE WERE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF, THERE WAS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SAME AS YOUR CAUSE, RIGHT.
IF I DON'T KNOW IF OUR MEETINGS WORK THE SAME WAY AS COUNCIL, BUT IF YOU HAD SOMEBODY THAT WANTED TO DONATE TIME OR THAT KIND OF THING, THEY WERE SPEAKING, THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT TO DONATE TIME SO THAT SOMETHING CAN BE SOMEBODY ELSE CAN MAKE THE PRESENTATION AND GET THOSE MINUTES.
AND I, I, I'M NOT SURE IF OURS WORK THE SAME WAY, BUT I REALLY AM JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE BURDEN OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO GET IN AND HAVE ACCESS, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATION.
THERE'S, THERE IS SPECULATION THROUGH UT THAT THIS COULD CARRY ON THROUGH OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AT VERY HIGH LEVELS.
AND IT MIGHT NOT, IT MIGHT TURN IF BEHAVIOR CHANGES, BUT, UM, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE WITH US A WHILE AND THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO DON'T COME INTO THE SITUATION AND LOSE THEIR VOICE BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER CLOCKS, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF A WAY TO WORD THIS, AND I THINK WE JUST NEED IT.
I'M SEEING, UH, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION FROM THE APPROPRIATE STAFF TO, UM, UH, PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE LEGAL AND RESOURCE, UM, I GUESS, ISSUES WITH, UM, FOR, BY ALLOWING FOR, UM, UM, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UM, VIRTUAL, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS OR PUBLIC SPEAKING.
AND THEN ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, ENTERTAIN THE IDEA TO ABSOLUTELY READING, UM, INTO THE RECORD, UM, AS A, AS AN OPTION TO, UM, BEING PRESENT IN CHAMBERS.
SO TWO OPTIONS, I WAS GOING TO FRAME IT AS LIKE, UH, A BRIEFING AND Q AND A SESSION FROM THE APPROPRIATE STAFF DEPARTMENT OR DEPARTMENTS, UH, ON WHAT WE ARE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO IN TERMS OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THESE MEETINGS, UH, BASED ON STATE LAW, WHATEVER.
UM, AND THEN WHAT THE LIMITATIONS ARE RELATED TO CITY RESOURCES AND UTILIZING THOSE OPTIONS.
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STAFF INPUT ON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D CALL THEM INNOVATIVE, BUT, BUT JUST, BUT JUST OTHER MECHANISMS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT, WHETHER THAT'S READING AND FORMAL PETITIONS OR, UH, CREATING A PORTAL THAT SOMEHOW IS PRESENTED DURING THE MEETINGS.UM, BECAUSE I ALSO AGREE THAT THAT EVEN BEYOND THE PANDEMIC, YOU'RE REALLY LIMITING PEOPLE, PHYSICALLY BEING THERE, ESPECIALLY WORKING CLASS PEOPLE HAVE JOBS AS MOST OF US DO.
AND SO WE UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES RELATED TO THAT.
UH, BUT THEN ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC, I THINK, I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S CERTAINLY A RESTRICTION ON, ON ACCESS, UH, TO PEOPLE WHO ARE VULNERABLE.
SO TRYING TO GET SUPPORT FOR, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, BRIEFING WITH APPROPRIATE STAFF ON LEGAL AND RESOURCE LIMITATIONS ON ALLOWING ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC, UM, SPEAKING DURING PUBLIC HEARINGS, CHAIR, COMMISSIONER LAYS ON ANDREW, HER, YES.
WE'RE NOT POSTED TO DISCUSS THIS.
I KNOW IF WE COULD GO BACK INTO THE PREVIOUS ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA, IF I COULD JUST, UM, CLARIFY, UM, BY STATE LAW, THE ONLY OPTION FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS IN PERSON.
ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT BY ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDERS, YOUR MINUTES REFLECT ACTION ONLY, BUT WE NEED TO GET THE STATE LAW CHANGED.
WHY DID YOU THAT ANDREW IS THAT ONE OF OUR THINGS? OKAY.
SO, UM, MR. RIVERA, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THERE IS NO, UH, THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO PUBLIC, UM, IN PERSON SPEAKING.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NOT AT THE CITY'S DISCRETION TO PROVIDE THESE ALTERNATIVES.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'D LOVE YOUR STATE LEGISLATURE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT KIND OF SHUT DOWN THAT CONVERSATION.
SO I'LL CALL UP, RETRACT MY REQUEST, AND I'LL ALSO EMPHASIZE THAT IT IS, UH, IN REGARDS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO IT'S DIFFERENT FOR COUNCIL.
CAN WE FIND OUT HOW THAT'S DIFFERENT? I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE COMMISSION.
JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANY DIFF UH, COMMISSIONER PRACTICES.
I'D STILL LIKE TO HAVE THAT PRESENTATION AND HAVE CITY LEGAL COME IN AND SPEAK WITH THEM ABOUT THAT.
UM, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THE CITY COULD TRY TO DO IN SOME WAY, AND THEN COULD BE OUT SOME KIND OF LEGAL RISK, BUT MAYBE IT'S A RISK WORTH TAKING.
UM, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM CITY LEGAL.
UM, AND, AND I, I I'LL SECOND THE REQUESTS, BUT MAYBE EXPAND IT TO WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE FOR COUNCIL, BECAUSE WE COULD ALWAYS PUSH A RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF PUBLIC INPUT AT THAT VENUE.
SO MR. RIVERA, I'M HEARING THEIR REQUESTS.
AND I THINK THIS IS JUST FROM LEGAL STAFF.
IT'S JUST A PRESENTATION ON THE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTED.
OH, ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I'M SORRY.
[F. BOARDS, COMMITTEES & WORKING GROUPS UPDATES]
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM STAFF, OUR BOARD, UH, COMMITTEES AND WORK GROUP UPDATES, UH, STARTING WITH THE CODES AND ORIGINS IS JOINT COMMITTEE.I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO SCHEDULE A MEETING FOR THIS MONTH AND I AM ON, I KNOW I FAILED TO RESPOND IN A TIMELY MANNER, SO THAT'S GETTING PUSHED OUT TO A DATE IN SEPTEMBER, I BELIEVE.
UH, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WILL, UH, THOSE, SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ON THOSE, UM, JC COMMITTEES, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANDREW MAYBE, UH, THIS SORT OF VERY CLARIFIED.
THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE IN PERSON AND FOLLOW THESE, UH, HYBRID RULES.
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UM, THE JOINT COMMITTEES WILL BE IN PERSON ONLY.THEY WILL NOT BE, UH, HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING A HYBRID FORM.
SO TO BE WITH IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL DRUNK COMMITTEES, WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSING IT'S ABOUT SPACING, ET CETERA.
SO NOT A DISCUSSION ITEM HERE TODAY, JUST, UH, POINTING THAT OUT, UM, THAT ALL OF US WOULD BE IMPACTED.
SO COMMISSIONER COPPS, SOME OF THESE UPDATES WERE REALLY JUST, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TIME FOR.
UH, SO, UM, CODES AND ORDINANCES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A SEPTEMBER MEETING TOGETHER.
UH, HOW ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, DRUNK COMMITTEE? ANY ACTIVITY THERE? WE HAVEN'T MET SINCE THE LAST TIME.
SO STILL REMOTE LAST CHANCE TO BE VIRTUAL.
UM, AND THEN A SMALLER PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY, UH, COMMISSIONER MITCH STELLAR? UH, WE DID MEET AND, UH, THE PRESSLER CASE THAT WAS ON CONSENT AGENDA, UH, TOOK A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND REVIEW, UM, BUT PERTINENT TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTARY WE HAD EARLIER TONIGHT, THE, UM, UM, THE JOINT COMMITTEE ALSO WAS ASKING ABOUT SMALL AREA PLANNING AND HAS REQUESTED INFORMATION FROM STAFF ON POTENTIAL METRICS THAT AND RESOURCES THAT WOULD HELP, UH, TO POTENTIALLY TARGET AREAS THAT NEED IT MOST BASED ON CERTAIN PERFORMANCE METRICS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING FOLLOW-UP ON THAT.
SO THAT IS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN NOTED BY BOTH PLANNING COMMISSION AND ZAP.
AND I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO HAVE THAT.
UM, SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, MR. THOMPSON, AND, UM, AS, AS A, AS A WHOLE GROUP, WE MET AND WE DID OUR ANNUAL REPORT TO REVIEW THE ANNUAL REPORT, UM, THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE SOON.
AND THEN AS A, A WORKING GROUP, I'M GOING TO ANOTHER, IT HAS SEVERAL SMALLER WORKING GROUPS.
AND ON ONE OF THOSE, UH, WE LOOKED AT A, A TOOL CREATED BY ECO NORTHWEST, WHICH WAS ALSO DID THE SAME SORT OF ANALYSIS TOOL FOR, UH, THE ATLANTIC DEVELOPMENT CODE.
NOT THAT YOU COULD SORT OF A SPREADSHEET THAT YOU COULD PUSH TO DIFFERENT LOVERS AND SAY, WELL, IF THE HOUSING WHERE THIS, WHAT WOULD IT BE IF THE PARK DEDICATION FEE WHERE THIS, WHAT WOULD IT BE AND SEE, UH, HOW IT ALL WORKED OUT AND WHAT THE EXTRA TIFF, YOU KNOW, THAT THE EXTRA TAXING WOULD BE REQUIRED TO, TO GET IT ALL BUILT.
AND, UH, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE, ANY ACTIVITY ON THE MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION OR FRUIT, I KNOW.
WELL, UM, IT'S, UH, 8:52 PM, AND I'M GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMISSIONERS.