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[Call to Order]
AND IT IS SEPTEMBER 7TH AND IT'S SIX 12.AND WITH THIS HYBRID MEETING, I WILL FIRST CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER ACOSTA.
OH, CHAIRED BARRERA, RAMIREZ, COMMISSIONER BRAY, PRESENT COMMISSIONER DANCLER HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER GREENBERG HERE, COMMISSIONER KING HERE.
AND COMMISSIONER CABASA COMMISSIONER RAY.
NOW GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S NOBODY HERE SIGNED UP FOR A CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
[A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 17TH, 2021.AND I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE SOME CORRECTIONS I'VE HEARD.
UM, BUT, UM, ARE THERE CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES? UH, COMMISSIONER GREENBERG, UM, CASE B SIX.
UM, THE M YOU WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF THE MOTION.
AND SO M U WAS NOT PART OF THE MOTION, SO IT STANDS.
AND NOW FOR THE REST OF THE AGENDA.
SO, UM, IT'LL BE CHANGED, CORRECT? YES.
[Consent Agenda]
AND K B ONE ZONING C 14 DASH 2021 DASH 0 0 4, 0 OF 1501 CRAZIER LANE ZONING.B TWO REZONING C 14 DASH 2021 DASH 0 1 2 0 REZONING LIQUOR STORE.
THAT IS ALSO IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.
B3 REZONING C 14 DASH 2021 DASH 0 0 1 2 RESEARCH PARK, REZONING.
THAT IS A DISCUSSION ITEM BEFORE REZONING C 14 DASH 2021 DASH 0 1 1 7 WAS SLAUGHTER LANE RESIDENCES.
THAT IS A DISCUSSION ITEM B FIVE ZONING C 14 DASH 2021 DASH 0 1 0 4.
ACTS FELLOWSHIP CHURCH CONSENT.
B SIX REZONING C 14 DASH 2021 DASH 0 1 1 9.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ASKING FOR POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 21ST.
AND THAT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
B SEVEN REZONING C 14 DASH 2021 DASH 0 1 0 8 8 7 2 1 SOUTH FIRST STREET.
AND THAT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
B EIGHT REZONING C 14 DASH 2021 DASH 0 0 9 1.
THE REP THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 21ST, B NINE, REZONING C 14 DASH 2021 DASH 0 1 0 6.
THAT'S A WATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
B 10 REZONING C 14 DASH 2021 DASH 0 1 0 9 12 5 3 0 RESEARCH BOULEVARD.
THAT IS A DISCUSSION ITEM B 10, I MEAN B 11, REZONING C 14 DASH 2021 DASH 0 1 1 8 11 5 8 6 JOLLYVILLE ROAD.
THAT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
B 12 PRELIMINARY PLAN C EIGHT 10 DASH 2018 DASH 0 2 1 3 LONG VIEW, SMALL LOT PRELIMINARY PLAN.
UH, THE EVENT APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAT, C H J DASH 2 0 1 7 DASH 0 2 77 0.1 A BARTON CREEK SECTIONS, K L N O PHASE ONE FINAL PLAT CONSENT AGENDA.
COMMISSIONER SMITH RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDED WITH CONDITIONS PER EXHIBIT C.
SO MAKE SURE THAT IS INCLUDED AND I BELIEVE THAT IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND MADAM CHAIR.
UM, UM, I'D LIKE TO ADD A BISHAN AGAINST SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES ON THE B UM, B TWO.
AND THE APPLICANT WAS IN AGREEMENT AS STAFF.
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FOR A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO, THERE'S NO SPEAKERS HERE.UM, I SEE THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR B2B, BUT YOU'RE IN FAVOR AND YOU'RE GONNA, IT'S GONNA PASS IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL.
SO, AND I DON'T THINK I SEE ANYBODY ELSE HERE.
UM, BUT JUST IN CASE, IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO'S LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, PLEASE SPEAK UP NOW, BEFORE WE APPROVE SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE AGAINST.
THEN LOOKING FOR A MOTION CHAIR.
I LOOKED OUT, I LOOKED OUT TO WHERE YOU'D BE SITTING.
I JUST WONDER IF YOU WOULD JUST, UH, REPEAT THE ITEMS THAT ARE FOR DISCUSSION.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT LISTED, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO DO IT.
THE ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OR B THREE, WHICH IS THE RESEARCH PARK REZONING BEFORE, WHICH IS THE WEST LAUDER LANE RE RESIDENCES.
UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S ONE MORE.
UM, ME AND MY GLASSES, WHICH ONE? B OKAY.
B 10, WHICH IS 1, 2, 5, 3, 0 RESEARCH BOULEVARD.
SO THOSE ARE THE DISCUSSION ITEMS. OKAY.
THAT'S AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.
SO I'M AND COMMISSIONER SMITH.
I BELIEVE I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, INCLUDING THE POSTPONEMENTS.
COMMISSIONER BRIAN HAS SECONDED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
AND I'M LOOKING AT YOU ALSO ON THE SCREEN, RIGHT? OKAY.
AND CHAIR, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU PLEASE SHOW ME ABSTAINING FROM
AND SO, UM, ABSTAINING FROM B2 IS COMMISSIONER KING, RIGHT.
BUT, UM, FOR THE REST OF THE ITEMS ON CONSENT.
AND, UM, I HAVE CHECKED INTO MY, I JUST WANT TO DO A TECHNICAL THING RIGHT NOW.
I SEE THAT I'M CHECKED IN ON THERE, BUT I DO, I NEED TO BE OR K.
SO I WILL ACTUALLY, UM, WHILE, WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH ACTUALLY ON THE FIRST MOTION.
SO THE FIRST CASE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR TONIGHT
[B.3. Rezoning: C14-2021-0012 - Research Park Rezoning; District 6]
IS B3.AND LET'S FIRST HEAR FROM THE CASE MANAGER AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU SHERRY.
GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS SHERRY SIR, IS WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN IN PERSON.
THIS IS ITEM B3, WHICH IS CASEY 14, 20 21 0 0 1 2 RESEARCH PARK REZONING.
IT'S LOCATED AT 1, 2, 4 5 5 1 2 5 0 1 RESEARCH BOULEVARD, 1, 2, 4 8 9 1 2 5 1 5 AND A HALF, ONE TO 5, 1 7 AND A HALF RESEARCH BOULEVARD.
AND ONE TO TWO TO ZERO AND A HALF ROW RIATA TRACE PARKWAY.
THE REQUEST IS FROM LA TO LAPD A ZONING.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO ADD A PLAN DEVELOPMENT ERA AREA OVERLAY WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED AS PDA STANDARDS AND EXHIBIT C IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIAL.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS LAPD LIMITED INDUSTRIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT AREA.
COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS 179 PLUS ACRE TRACT OF LAND THAT ACCESSES ONTO MCNEIL DRIVE AND ONTO THE FRONTAGE ROAD OF RESEARCH BOULEVARD OR U S HIGHWAY 180 3 NORTHBOUND.
THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED WITH OFFICE WAREHOUSE AND MANUFACTURING USES THIS SPECIFIC AREA IN LOT 11, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 31 ACRES OF THE SITE APPEARS TO CONTAIN AN ELECTRIC SWITCH SWITCHING STATION, A VACANT PARKING STRUCTURE AND UNDEVELOPED LAND.
THE LOTS TO THE NORTH ARE DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL USES AND A DETENTION POND TO THE EAST.
THERE'S MULTIFAMILY USE A SMALL RETAIL CENTER AND OFFICE USES THE PROPERTY.
THE SOUTH FRONTING RESEARCH BOULEVARD IS DEVELOPED WITH AN OFFICE BUILDINGS TO THE WEST ACROSS MCNEIL DRIVE.
THERE IS A DAYCARE USE OR RETAIL USE OFFICES AND A CONVENIENT STORAGE USE AND AN AUTOMATIC WASHING BUSINESS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO ADD A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AREA, PDA COMBINING DISTRICT TO THE EXISTING LA-BASED BASED DISTRICT TO RETAIN THE OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSE USES AND ADD A 350 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY USE ON LOT 11 ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING L I P D A ZONING AS THE PROPERTY MEETS THE INTENT OF THE LIMITED INDUSTRIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT AREA DISTRICT.
THE ZONING WOULD BE COMPATIBLE AND CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING USES BECAUSE THERE ARE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES LOCATED TO THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST AND MULTIFAMILY.
RESIDENTIAL USES AND COMMERCIAL USES TO THE EAST
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LAPD.A ZONING WOULD ALLOW THE SITE TO BE REDEVELOPED WITH A MIXTURE OF HIGH DENSITY.
RESIDENTIAL OFFICE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES.
THIS LOCATION IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPOSED MIXTURE OF USES BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF A MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADWAY, MCNEIL ROAD, AND A HIGHWAY RESEARCH BOULEVARD OR US HIGHWAY 180 3.
THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN 800 FEET OF THE JOLLYVILLE ACTIVITY CORRIDOR AND IS NEAR THE 180 3 MCNEIL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
THE ADDITION OF MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES THROUGH THE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT AREA WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS AREA OF THE CITY.
AND THE STAFF IS IN AGREEMENT OR THE APPLICANT IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AND NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT AND THAT IS RICHARD SUTTLE OR THE APPLICANT'S AGENT.
I AM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, BOTH HERE AND VIRTUALLY.
UH, MY NAME IS RICHARD SUTTLE.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
I'LL DO AN ABBREVIATED PRESENTATION BECAUSE THIS IS A CASE WHILE IT'S GOT A THICK UP MATERIAL AND LOTS OF, UH, STUFF WITH IT.
IT'S BASICALLY 179 ACRES OF PROPERTY.
THAT'S ZONED ALLY FOR INDUSTRIAL.
AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS TAKE LOT 11, WHICH IS ABOUT 30 ACRES OF IT AND ADD AN ADDITIONAL USE OF MULTIFAMILY AND SUBTRACT SOME OF THE LIU USES.
AND THAT IS LITERALLY THE ENTIRE CASE.
SO I'LL RESERVE A TIME FOR QUESTIONS.
IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME NOW, THAT'D BE GREAT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
AND I KNOW THE NEIGHBORS HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU.
I'LL SIT DOWN, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND, UH, RESERVE FOR REBUTTAL.
SEE WHAT REBUTTAL? AND THEN I BELIEVE THE, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY SIGNED UP, BUT JUST CHECKING THEN I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION, THE FIRST PERSON AND THE PRIMARY SPEAKER IS JANET BROOKS.
AND I BELIEVE I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE DONATED TIME.
SO THAT MEANS 10 MINUTES, EIGHT, NINE MINUTES.
I HAVE LIVED IN MILLWOOD SECTION THE MICROPHONE.
YEAH, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, BUT BRING IT CLOSER OR OKAY.
SO WE'RE STARTING MY TIME OVER.
SO, UH, WE'RE SAYING GOOD EVENING TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS IN THE CHAIR.
I'VE LIVED IN THE MILL WITH SECTION 12 NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 34 YEARS.
I LIVE AT 63 13 AVERY ISLAND AND MY HOUSE IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THROUGH THE BACKYARD IN BEDROOMS THAT ARE ALONG THE BACK OF THE HOUSE TO, UM, THE EASEMENT IN THE BOUNDARY WITH THE PROPOSED PDA AND LOT 11.
AND, UH, SO, UH, CAN WE DO THAT FIRST SLIDE? OKAY.
UH, IT MAY BE KIND OF DIFFICULT FOR Y'ALL TO SEE.
UH, WE, UM, DON'T FEEL THAT THIS, UH, PDA DISTRICT IS NECESSARY.
THERE'S ALREADY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL APPROVED FOR, UH, THIS SITE.
AND WE DON'T FEEL THAT, UH, IT'S JUSTIFIED BECAUSE THE BOUNDARIES, UH, AND I'M DOING GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARY, GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARY TO THE EAST IS MILLWOOD SECTION 12, AND ABOUT 200 HOMES IN THAT AREA.
AND THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOUTH BOUNDARY IS, UH, A CLUMP, SOME TREE BUFFERS AND ARROW WOOD APARTMENTS, UH, MULTIFAMILY.
AND SO WE FELT LIKE THOSE TWO SIDES PARTICULARLY ARE COVERED WITH, UH, FAMILIES AND RESIDENTIAL.
UM, UH, ALONG MCNEIL, THERE ARE A FEW BUSINESSES, BUT THEY HAVE, UM, SPACES BETWEEN MEN TREES.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE FOR MOST OF THEM, ONE LOT DEEP, IT'S THE KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD THINGS LIKE YOU NEED A DAYCARE, THAT KIND OF THING.
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ONLY BIG ONE THAT'S, THERE IS A CARWASH AND IT'S, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF FEEDER STREETS COMING IN TO MCNEIL, UH, ON BOTH SIDES FROM NEIGHBORHOODS.AND THE ONE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE IN THIS PICTURE, BUT YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT ONE, IF WE CAN GO TO IT IS, UM, THE FIRST PICTURE, THAT WHOLE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S IN THE TOP TWO THIRDS THAT IS RETAINED CREEK, WHICH IS A HUGE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEY'RE JUST OFF THE LITTLE SIDE STREETS THAT FEED OFF OF MCNEIL.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, OURS, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND RESEARCH PARK, AND THEN THE BIG ONE THAT'S IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND CORNER THAT IS ARROW AND EVEN ARROW, IT IS LIKE WAY LARGER THAN RESEARCH PARK.
SO WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S, THIS IS MAINLY A NEIGHBORHOOD AREA WITH A FEW BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT IT.
IF YOU GO DOWN TO, UM, UH, ON NO TWO, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THREE SERVICE ROAD, THERE'S NO COMMERCIAL STUFF THERE.
UH, YOU SEE SOME LANDSCAPING AND THEN YOU JUST SEE THE SEAMONT SUPPORTS FOR 180 3.
IF YOU GO TO, UM, TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS IN THE BOTTOM PICTURES, TWO PICTURES, YOU DO FIND A STRIP OF ONE STORY BUILDINGS, UH, THAT ARE OFFICES AND OTHER KINDS OF BUSINESSES AND THEIR SETBACK FROM THE STREET.
AND THEY'RE ONLY ONE STORY HIGH AND IN THE BIG PICTURE, IN THE BOTTOM, RIGHT, THERE'S A BIG BUILDING BLOCK, MIND THAT ONE STORY BUILDING AND THAT BIG BUILDING IS A FOUR STORY BUILDING UNRESEARCHED PART.
SO IN OUR OPINION, IT'S ALREADY HAS A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IT'S RESEARCH PARK, BUT TO SAY THAT THE REST OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S MAINLY FAMILY ORIENTED AND HOUSING AND A FEW BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THESE, YOU KNOW, ONE STORY BUILDINGS AREN'T REALLY LIKE BIG COMMERCIAL AREAS AND THEY DON'T REALLY JUSTIFY HAVING A BIG PDA THERE WHEN THEY ALREADY HAVE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING.
UH, IF YOU'LL GO TO THAT NEXT SLIDE, UH, JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS LIKE REALLY FAST.
WE HAVE HERITAGE OAKS WHERE A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD OF 200 HOMES.
PLUS, UH, WE HAVE WHITE, UH, ONE LONG WIDE AVENUE AND LOTS OF WINDING STREETS CO'S AND, UH, WE'RE KIND OF A LITTLE DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, PROBABLY ONE OF THE, NOT AS AFFORDABLE AS IT USED TO BE, BUT YOU KNOW, NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS SOME OTHER NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, AS YOU GO DOWN THE BIG AVENUE AND YOU GET ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN, IT YOU'LL COME TO A WALNUT CREEK WATERSHED, WHICH HAS A NATURAL DRAINAGE DITCH THAT GOES UNDER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT, THAT IS THE RAILING WE ARE ON THE BRIDGE.
AND BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAINS IT'S, UH, HAS A LOT OF VEGETATION THAT'S GROWING REALLY TALL AND BLOCKING WHERE THE DRAINAGE IS SUPPOSED TO GO.
AND IF YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE ANGIE AND SHE WANTS TO PLAY THE VIDEO.
UH, SHE'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC.
UH, DO I STILL HAVE TIME LEFT THAT I NEED TO USE? HOW DOES THIS WORK OR DOES IT JANET? DO, DO I FINISH MY MINUTES? YES.
I'M GOING TO SKIP TRAFFIC SO SHE CAN COME BACK AND DO IT.
CAN YOU TELL, UM, SO IN THIS SLIDE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW YOU WITH THAT RED LINE THAT'S PERPENDICULAR AND GOES DOWN THAT SIDE THAT IS NEAR THE EASEMENT, THAT THE BACKS OF OUR HOMES ON AVERY ISLAND AND JENNINGS HAVE WITH RESEARCH PARK.
AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A TREE BUFFER BACK THERE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IF WE GET TO THAT POINT IS HAVING, UH, YOU KNOW, CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS THAT COVER THAT.
BUT I WANT TO STEP ASIDE FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE WE ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED.
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I USE THE MIC OR STAND UP.AND THEN THE NEXT PERSON, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
YES, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
I LIVE AT 63, 25 AVERY ISLAND AVENUE.
I'M OPPOSED TO THE REZONING OF RESEARCH PARK BECAUSE MY BACKYARD IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE CITY EASEMENT OF ABOUT 15 FEET.
UM, THERE'S A CHAIN LINK FENCE.
AND THEN THERE IS RESEARCH PARK, LOT 11 DIRECTLY ADJACENT.
I HAVE LIVED IN MY HOME TWO MONTHS SHY OF 10 YEARS.
THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF MODEST HOMES, PERFECTLY SUITED TO FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS AND TO THOSE SENIORS WHO DESIRE TO AGE IN PLACE.
MOST OF US ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO MOVE AWAY.
IF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH PARK INTERFERES WITH OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, AT THIS TIME PUBLICLY, THANK THE DEVELOPERS REPRESENTATIVES FOR MEETING WITH US TWICE FOR SHARING PLANS, MAPS DOCUMENTS FOR GIVING US A TOUR OF THE BUILDING SITE.
AND FOR LISTENING TO OUR INPUT, THE TRAFFIC IS CURRENTLY SO HEAVY ON MCNEIL ROAD, THAT IT IS EVEN DIFFICULT TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN OUT OF AVERY ISLAND TO GO EAST AND AVERY ISLAND IS ONE OF THE MAIN FEEDER ROADS IN OUR OLD MILLWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, INCREASED FROM DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS.
YOU CAN PLAY THIS SLIDE, PLEASE.
IT, THIS WAS JUST THE OTHER DAY, NOT DURING RUSH HOUR.
THIS WAS DURING THE WEEKEND AND IT TOOK FOUR MINUTES AND WE WON'T PLAY THE WHOLE THING, BUT FOUR MINUTES TO MAKE A LEFT-HAND TURN OUT OF THE DEAL.
SO WE ARE ASKING FOR CONDITIONAL TRAFFIC OVERLAYS AND IMMEDIATE FULL TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS ALONG NEIL DRIVE FROM CORPUS CHRISTI DRIVE TO OAK KNOLL, FULL TRAFFIC LIGHT AT OAK KNOLL AND MCNEIL DRIVE.
NO TURN ON NO RIGHT TURN ON RED AT OAK KNOLL FOR TRAFFIC HEADING EAST ALONG MCNEILL DRIVE, WE WOULD LIKE TO LIMIT THE ENTIRE RESEARCH PARK TO 10,000 TOTAL TRIPS PER DAY OR LESS.
WE'D LIKE TO REMOVE AND PREVENT IMPEDIMENTS TO TRAFFIC SIGHT LINES AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDER ROADS, EVENTUALLY A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT AVERY ISLAND AVENUE AND NEIL DRIVE WILL BE NEEDED.
AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS NEED TO BE ADJUSTED TO ALLOW MORE TIME
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FOR MOTORISTS TO ENTER AN EXIT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDER ROADS.AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MORATORIUM ON MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS UNTIL THIS IS COMPLETED.
WE ALSO, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO HAVE A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY OF A 200 FOOT EIGHT, EIGHT FOOT TALL DENSE, AND CONTINUOUS TREE BUFFER ON THE RESEARCH PARK PROPERTY, ALONG LOT 11 THE FLAG LOT AND BEHIND OUR HOMES.
AND WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE 500 FEET IN WIDTH.
AND IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ON MY LIST HERE.
SO HAS ANYBODY SIGNED UP? OKAY.
IF YOU DONATE, IF YOU DONATED TIME, THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
AND THEN NO OTHER PEOPLE WHO DID NOT DONATE TIME.
THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO THE APPLICANT FOR HIS REBUTTAL AND THANK YOU ALL NEIGHBORS FOR SHOWING UP AND THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH US TOO.
UM, ANDREW, I DON'T KNOW, ARE ABLE TO PULL UP A PRESENTATION THIS LATE IN THE GAME SO I CAN RUN THROUGH TO SHOW THE MATERIALS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
HE'S ON ANDOVER, UNFORTUNATELY.
YEAH, I'LL GO ACROSS THE HALL.
I'VE GOT SOME SLIDES THAT GIVE AN OVERALL, IF WE NEED TO GET INTO IT DURING QUESTION AND ANSWER, IT SHOWS THAT THE ENTIRE SIDE IS ALREADY ZONED ALLY, AND WE'RE JUST, WE'RE DONE.
WE'RE DONE THE PDA OVERLAY REQUEST TO ALLOW SOME FLEXIBILITY AND TO ALLOW THE ADDITION OF THE RESIDENTIAL ON, ON LOT 11.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY A DOWNER ZONING WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT BECAUSE THE USES THAT WE'VE AGREED TO DELETE OUR USES THAT YOU COULD DO TODAY, BUT WE'RE AGREEING TO TAKE THOSE OFF ON A LOT.
11, YOU WILL ALSO GET A SECOND LOOK AT THIS.
WHEN WE BRING THE REMAINDER OF THE PDA INTO YOU, W WE DIDN'T BRING A BUNCH OF SPLIT SPECULATIVE ZONING IN ON THE REST OF THE 1 79, BECAUSE WE'RE FRANKLY NOT READY, BUT ON, ON LOT 11, WE KNOW THAT THAT SETS ITSELF UP NICELY TO DO A MULTIFAMILY TRACK WITH THE PARK NEXT DOOR.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I'LL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AND IF WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION MATERIALS, WE'VE GOT SOME MAPS THAT SHOW HOW THIS LAYS OUT.
UM, CURRENTLY ON THIS SITE, THERE'S A, UH, ELECTRIC SUBSTATION AND A TWO-STORY PARKING GARAGE.
IT WAS ACTUALLY PART OF AN OFFICE BUILDING THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THE SITE.
AND, UM, NOW WE'RE DOING LESS DENSE BY DOING THE, UH, LOW DENSITY.
MULTI-FAMILY, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AND THEN, UM, THAT, IS IT, DO WE WANT TO HAVE A VOTE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES.
WE'LL HAVE A VOTE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS.
SO IS THERE A VOTE, IS THERE A MOTION, MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.
A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SMITH AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ACOSTA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
AND I'M LOOKING AT YOU ALL ON SCREEN COMMISSIONING.
AND WHAT, THE WAY I WAS GOING TO DO IT FOR THIS, WITH THIS HYBRID MEETING IS I WAS GOING TO START FROM THE DIET, UM, TO MY LEFT AND THEN ALTERNATE DYESS ON, ON THE SCREEN DYESS ON THE SCREEN AND JUST DO IT IN THAT ORDER.
SO UNLESS ANYBODY HAS JUST REALLY WANTS TO BE FIRST, BUT I WOULD JUST CON COMMISSIONER KOSTA.
IF THAT, IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU.
AND IF NOT, I MEAN, TIM, UM, COMMISSIONER BRAY SEEMED EAGER, BUT I'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER KOSTA, AND THEN I WILL GO TO PULL UP THERE AND I'M GOING TO TURN OFF MY MIC.
THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME GETTING USED TO, UM, YEAH, I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANTS.
SO FIRST I BELIEVE THERE'S 350 UNITS PROPOSED IN THE PDA.
AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM IF THAT'S CORRECT.
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THEN FOR THE PRESENTATION FROM THE APPLICANTS, THEY MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS SOME SINKHOLES AND WE'RE JUST RUNNING.IF IN YOUR SURVEYING, IF YOU HAD ADDRESSED THOSE OR I'D COME ACROSS ISSUES WITH DEVELOPING AROUND THEM.
SO I'M OLD AND HARD OF HEARING, BUT I THINK I GOT, LET ME SEE IF I ANSWER IT AND SEE MY ANSWER.
THERE ARE CAVES AND SINKHOLES.
WE HAVE, UH, SETBACKS BACK FROM WHEN THIS AND THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS EASEMENTS AROUND THEM.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SITE PLAN IN REVIEW NOW THAT IS PLACED TO WHERE IT'S NOT IMPACTING THE SINKHOLES IN THE CAVES.
AND THEN I'LL, WE'LL GO TO, UM, I SEE COMMISSIONER GREENBERG FIRST, CHRIS COMMISSIONER GREENBERG.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UM, YES, I HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO CHANGE THE TWO TO ONE FAR ON LOT 11 TO ONE TO ONE, AND ALSO, UH, THERE'S SIX OR SEVEN ADDITIONAL, UM, INDUSTRIAL USES THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO EXCLUDE.
UM, THOSE, MY UNDERSTANDING ARE BASIC INDUSTRY, CUSTOM MANUFACTURING, GENERAL WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION, LIGHT MANUFACTURING, LIMITED WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION, RECYCLING CENTER AND RESOURCE EXTRACTION.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH, UM, YOU DID AGREE TO REMOVE THOSE OR EXCLUDE THOSE USES? YES, MA'AM THEY'RE PERMITTED TODAY, BUT WE WERE WILLING TO EXCLUDE THOSE.
AND IN THE, UM, BACKUP, THERE'S SOME TALK ABOUT HAVING THE, UM, WELL, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMENTS WERE THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO, UM, CHANGE TO ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.
IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS WELL? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I THINK I HAVE.
COULD YOU GO OVER THE EXCLUDED ITEMS ORG OR THE APPLICANT CAN GO OVER THE EXCLUDED ITEMS? TAKE YOUR PICK.
WELL, I THINK THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL ONES TOO.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME COMMISSIONERS THAT HAD SOME ADDITIONAL ONES THAT WANTED TO BE ADDED AS WELL.
AND WE CAN DO AT THE END, WE COULD DO A CUMULATIVE LIST, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S MANY THERE'S MANY THAT WE CAN PRECLUDE.
THEN I'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER DANGLER WITH A QUESTION AND THEN, UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER.
EVERYTHING THAT'S EXCLUDED ON IS ANYBODY KEEPING TRACK OF OUR EXCLUDED ITEMS? THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
COMMISSIONER SMITH IS TRYING TO DO THAT, SO, OKAY THEN COMMISSIONER DANGLER, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP ON THIS.
I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THE EXHIBIT A THAT WAS IN THE BACKUP THINKING.
WE'RE ADDING USES ELSEWHERE ON THE ALLY.
UM, YOU INDICATED ON THE 30 ACRES THAT YOU WERE PROBABLY ONLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO HOW MUCH FOR, UH, THE APARTMENTS AND THEN HOW MUCH WOULD BE ENDED UP BEING DEDICATED FOR PARK.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL COME BACK LOT.
WE'LL COME IN AND REPLAT AND DO THE APARTMENTS ON ABOUT 13.
THE REMAINDER WOULD BE, UM, EXISTING USES IN THE PARKLAND AND WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT YOU'LL FIND.
IF YOU RAN THE NUMBERS, YOU WILL FIND THAT WE'RE DOING A BIGGER PARK THAN WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR 350 ACRES.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO DO AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS IS HAVE A PARK BANK, BECAUSE THERE MAY COME A TIME ON THE OTHER ONE 70, THE REMAINDER OF THE 179 ACRES THAT WE MIGHT DO MORE RESIDENTIAL AND LIKE TO GET CREDIT FOR THE ADDITIONAL PARKLAND ON LOT 11.
WERE YOU PLANNING ON CREDITING ANY EMBARK TRANSFERS ON, UM, PERVIOUS AND IMPERVIOUS COVER WATER QUALITY? NO, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN INTERESTING SITUATION.
WE HAVE TWO WATERSHEDS AND I THINK ETHIC CAN PROBABLY MAKE SURE I SAY THIS RIGHT.
WE CAN'T MOVE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND DO TRANSFERS BETWEEN WATERSHEDS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING THOSE SEPARATE.
BENKLER AND NOW WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER.
RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND IS THAT A YES OR A NO, I SEE A SMALL LITTLE FACE.
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UM, SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PROCESS RELATED DISCUSSION RECENTLY, SO I JUST WANTED, THIS IS FOR STAFF.UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THE TCEQ IS OR VIEW INTERACTS WITH THE CITY'S REVIEW IN THIS CASE? UH, GOOD EVENING.
I AM EIGHTH OF PHYLLIS WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION.
UH, THE TWO REVIEWS ACTUALLY DON'T INTERSECT AT ALL.
THERE ARE STATE REQUIREMENTS AND THERE ARE CITY REQUIREMENTS AND WE DON'T TRACK EACH OTHER'S PROGRESS ON ANY OF THOSE REGULATIONS.
AND I CAN MAKE ONE COMMENT ON THAT.
THEY'RE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, SO WE WILL HAVE TO MEET BOTH TCEQ AND THE CITY REQUIREMENTS.
THEN I WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER BRAY.
UH, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THE APPLICANT? WHAT WAS THE TIMELINE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT WAS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, NOT COMPLETELY KNOW THIS YET, BUT LIKE, WHAT'S THE ROUGH TIMELINE FOR LIKE, WHEN YOU WOULD BRING THE NEW PUD? UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU PLAN ON TRYING TO BRING THE NEW PUTT PUTT FOR THE REST OF THE PROPERTY? WELL, WELL, UH, I GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
IT'S NOT A PUTT, IT'S A PDA WE'LL, WE'LL PROBABLY, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SAY, BUT I WOULD GUESS A YEAR IT WOULD BE AT WE'LL GET THE, THE PLANNING COULD BE SOONER, COULD BE LATER.
UM, WE'RE DOING THE PLANNING NOW.
AND THE INVENTORY ON IT IS, IS IN, IS MOSTLY LIKE THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY IN USE.
LIKE, I'M GUESS I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THE CONTEXT FOR WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.
IS THERE A REASON THAT THAT'S LIKE BEING REDEVELOPED AS IT JUST LIKE, NO.
THERE'S A MIX OF, UH, USES THAT ARE THERE AND WE'LL BE THERE FOR AWHILE BECAUSE OF LEASES.
THERE'S A, A MIX OF SOME USES THAT HAVE SOME BUILDINGS THAT COULD BE REPURPOSED.
AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF VACANT LAND THAT CAN ALSO BE ZONED LA TODAY, BUT IT MIGHT BE BETTER USED MAYBE A BETTER MIX.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A ROAD SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A PRIVATE ROAD GOING THROUGH THE SITE AND THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AS A PUBLIC ROAD, WHICH MEANS TO MAKE ALL THE MEASUREMENTS WORK, WE MIGHT HAVE TO REALIGN IT.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE ENTERING INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS.
AND THAT'S WHY IT TAKES A WHILE.
AND YOU WERE TALKING TO THE TCQ? I THINK I THOUGHT I READ SOMETHING IN THE BACKUP, BUT YOU'RE ALREADY TALKING TO TCEQ.
SO, AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS, LIKE THEY ARE SEPARATE FROM YOURS, LIKE THE CITY, BUT LIKE THEY COULD STOP THE DEVELOPMENT IF, UH, YOU WEREN'T MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION FOR THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, YOU HAD SAID, I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH WHAT YOU SAID.
UH, YOU PREFERRED THE PARK TO BE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, THE CURRENT LOCATION IS FOR OUR PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I SPEAK MORE INTO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
UM, IT NEEDS TO BE TURNED ON MAYBE A RED DOT.
IS ANY OF THIS WORKING BETTER? WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE SPEAKER.
UM, WHAT CAN WE DO? SHE ANSWERED AND THEN WE REPEAT FOR THE IPAD.
UH, SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD DID NOT REALLY KNOW AT FIRST THAT THESE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME KONA, PARD NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON BETWEEN PARD AND THE DEVELOPER.
AND THAT, THAT PARTICULAR TRACT OF LAND HAD BEEN SELECTED.
THAT'S IN THE LOWER HALF OF LOT 11, AND WE TOURED THAT LOT.
IT HAS EXTREMELY DENSE MULTITUDE OF TREES.
AND IT ALSO HAS SOME OF THOSE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES THAT WE MENTIONED.
UM, AND THE PATH THAT THEY SUGGEST IS FOR PEOPLE TO WALK FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE END OF JENNINGS, WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR MCNEIL,
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UH, PUTTING A LITTLE PATH THROUGH THAT DEAD END AREA.AND THE WHOLE PATH GOES ALONG THE EASEMENT, BEHIND ALL THE HOUSES ON AVERY ISLAND AND CURVES AROUND BY THE MULTIFAMILY.
AND WE WENT AND WHEN IT WAS MEASURED BY TOM AND I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS LAST NAME WHO WORKS FOR PART, HE, HE REALIZED IT WAS OVER A MILE, UH, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WALK TO GET TO THAT PART.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PARKING BY IT EITHER.
SO OUR SUGGESTION, IF I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN GO BACK TO ONE OF MY SLIDES, UH, BUT THERE'S ONE THAT SHOWS WITH THE RED LINES, UH, OF THE EASEMENT BEHIND OUR HOUSES.
AND SO THERE IS A LOT 14 AF OH, I THINK YOU HAD IT.
UM, I THINK IT'S WITH BUFFERS OR SO IT MIGHT BE COMING UP AFTER THIS SLIDE.
SO A LOT 14 F IS THE LOT THAT'S RIGHT IN THE CENTER AT THE BOTTOM, AND IT HAS A SMALL COMP OF TREES, UH, BUT NOT A FULL BUFFER BETWEEN IT AND THE BACK OF OUR HOUSES, BUT JENNINGS THAT LITTLE DEAD END STREET THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PATH FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS RIGHT THERE.
SO IF THE PARK WERE LOCATED WHERE, UH, THAT LARGE GRASSY AREAS AND 14 F UH, IT'S BETTER BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL CRITICAL FEATURES THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
UH, NEIGHBORS DON'T HAVE TO WALK OVER A MILE AND A HALF TO GET TO A PARK OR TRY TO DRIVE ON A PRO PRIVATE ROAD OR NOT HAVE PARKING WHEN THEY GET THERE.
AND TO US, UH, SINCE THEY WERE GOING TO PUT IN A LOT OF SPORTS ACTIVITIES IN THE PARK, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE TO CLEAR A BUNCH OF TREES TO DO THAT.
IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR ADA NEEDS LIKE ME OR FOR SENIORS TO HAVE ACCESS, TO PLAY SPORTS AND GAMES ON.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A HUGE PARKING LOT.
AND THAT IS, UH, FLEXTRONICS, I BELIEVE IS THAT COLETTE'S RICHARD.
UH, AND THEY HAD LIKE THREE LARGE PARKING LOTS.
AND OF COURSE IT'S PANDEMIC TIME NOW.
SO YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL, BUT EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND WHOEVER USED THAT BUILDING NEVER USED ALL THOSE PARKING LOTS.
AND PERHAPS A DEAL COULD BE WORKED OUT WHERE SOME OF THE PARKING LOT THAT THEY DON'T USE, WHICH IS, UH, JUST ACROSS FROM WHERE THIS PARK MIGHT POSSIBLY BE, IS GOING TO HAVE, UH, SOME AVAILABLE PARKING PERHAPS, OR IT'S FLAT ENOUGH.
YOU CAN PUT PARKING AT THAT LOCATION.
AND ALSO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LIKED ABOUT IT, UH, WAS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I'M NOT AN ARBORIST, BUT SINCE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO CLEAR A LOT OF TREES AND A LOT OF 11 OR WHEREVER THEY BUILD, IF THERE WERE A WAY TO SAVE SOME OF THOSE TREES AND TRANSPORT THEM AND PUT THEM HERE, BECAUSE THIS, THIS NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE TREES THAN IT'S GOT, BUT IT DOES HAVE THE NICE FLAT LAND AREA FOR THE SPORTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT THEY WANTED TO PUT THERE.
AND IT'S A LOT CLOSER FOR THE NEIGHBORS WHO DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A PARK IN FOR THE 37 YEARS AT THAT BIEBER HAS BEEN THERE.
RATTAN CREEK IS ACROSS, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S A PRIVATE BUD PARK AND WE CAN'T GO THERE WITHOUT PAYING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN EXTRA FEES.
AND THE ONLY OTHER PARKS NEARBY YOU HAVE TO DRIVE TO, AND THEY'RE REALLY MORE CONVENIENT FOR RIATA TRACE ACCESS.
UH, THEY HAVE TWO PARKS OVER THERE.
SO REALLY THE ONLY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOESN'T HAVE, UM, WALKING DISTANCE ACCESS TO A PARK, AND WE JUST THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER LOCATION FOR IT.
UM, AND THIS MIGHT, YOU MIGHT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS.
I'LL ASK THIS BY THE IT'S ALSO MIGHT BE THE APPLICANT.
UH, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF CONNECTING, UH, CLOSER TO, UH, WHERE THE PROPOSED PARK IS NOW? LIKE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A DRAINAGE DITCH, UH, CURRENTLY THAT CONNECTS TO AVERY ISLAND, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF HAVING PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY, UH, THROUGH THAT PORTION? UM, OH, I KNOW THAT, YEAH.
AND DISCUSSED, I'VE DISCUSSED IT WITH SOME PEOPLE AT PART AND THEY HAD LOOKED AT IT, BUT, UM, YOU'D HAVE TO BUILD SOME KIND OF, A LITTLE BRIDGE TO GO OVER THE DRAINAGE DITCH AND SAFETY CONCERNS ARE THERE.
IT'S DEFINITELY WIDE ENOUGH AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, MORE CONVENIENTLY CLOSE TO WHERE THE LOCATION IS IN LOT 11.
UH, BUT IT, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER,
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UH, SORT OF A WIDE PIECE OF LAND BETWEEN TWO HOUSES.AND I'M SORRY, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE ADDRESS, BUT THE LOT ACTUALLY BELONGS TO ONE OF THE PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE LIKE FENCES BLOCKING IT OFF OR ANYTHING.
UH, SO THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT, BUT IT'S THAT OVER A MILE DISTANCE FALLS OUT OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PARK LOCATIONS.
AND SO THAT'S IN PARTICULAR WHY THE LOCATION IN A LOT 11 IS NOT FEASIBLE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT THE REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO THAT PARK WITHIN A MILE.
IT CAN'T BE MORE THAN A MILE AND RIGHT NOW MEASURES BEING MORE THAN A MILE TO GET TO IT.
AND DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT MR. SUTTLE? CAUSE I SAW YOU START TO ALMOST OPEN YOUR MOUTH.
I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF YOUR LEG AS WELL THERE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO CRAMP YOUR STYLE.
UM, COMMISSIONER BRAY, WE'RE ALL ABOUT CONNECTIVITY, WHETHER IT'S AT THE CUL-DE-SAC OR IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY THROUGH THE DRAINAGE, OFTENTIMES, UH, YOU GET A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION OF THE FOLKS THAT LIVE NEARBY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION ON WHETHER THEY WANT PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT.
BUT IF PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO EXPLORE MORE CONNECTIVITY, WE WOULD, WE WOULD CERTAINLY TAKE THAT TO HEART AND, AND WOULD WELCOME THAT.
AND NOW I WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER KING, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND THEN I'LL JUST SAY, AND I'M GOING TO GO COMMISSIONER KING, AND THEN OF COURSE I'M HERE AND THEN COMMISSIONER WOODY.
UH, YES, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND, UH, ONE, UH, JUST WANTED TO TRY TO CLARIFY IF I COULD, UH, ABOUT WHERE THE, UH, I HEARD SOME DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT THAT THE APPLICANT WAS WILLING TO, UH, OR HAS INDICATED THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL OR WATERSHED.
CAN SOMEBODY CLARIFY THAT IN STAFF OR THE APPLICANT ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT? I WILL SAY WE'RE MEETING CURRENT CODE ON ALL DEVELOPMENT ON THIS BEING PRESENTED TO US TODAY WOULD NOT CHANGE EXISTING, UH, CITY CODES.
WE'RE ASKING TO DO TONIGHT IS TO BE ABLE TO, UH, ADD RESIDENTIAL USE AND DELETE SOME INDUSTRIAL USES ON LOT 11, BUT WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CODES AT ALL.
AND, UH, UH, I JUST THOUGHT I HEARD EARLIER YOU, OKAY, THERE, THERE YOU GO.
I SEE WHAT YOU'RE AND THEN THE BAR LIMIT THAT I BELIEVE I READ WORDS TWO TO ONE AND, UH, I THINK IT WAS INDICATED EARLIER THAT YOU WERE GOING TO CHANGE THAT TO ONE-TO-ONE.
IT WAS A DESIRE OF A COMMISSIONER TO THAT.
WE BRING THAT DOWN ON LOT 11 TO ONE-TO-ONE.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THE BACKUP AND I DON'T, I SEE TWO TO ONE THERE, BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO IS GOING TO BE WONDERFUL.
INSTEAD WE HAD ASKED FOR TWO TO ONE AND NOW LOOKING AT THE MULTI-FAMILY SITE, IT CAN BE ONE-TO-ONE.
AND W IN THAT EXHIBIT A WHERE I'M READING FROM IN THE BACKUP SITES DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THERE'S SECTION ONE B, AND IT SAYS IF THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THIS ORDINANCE, WHICH IS THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD BE, I GUESS, APPROVED OF, IF THIS GOES FORWARD TO COUNCIL AND GETS APPROVED THE ZONING CASE AND APPLICABLE CITY OF AUSTIN RULES REGULATIONS IN ORDINANCE, THIS ORDINANCE, INCLUDING THE EXHIBITS SHALL CONTROL.
SO THAT'S TELLING ME THAT IF THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN SOMETHING IN THIS ORDINANCE AND SOMETHING IN THE CITY RULES, REGULATIONS IN ORDINANCE, THIS ORDINANCE CONTROLS, AND THAT KIND OF WORRIES ME, I JUST, IS THAT A STANDARD THING THAT'S THAT CAN STAFF ADDRESS THAT? IS THAT A STANDARD COMPONENT OF THESE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THESE PDA AGREEMENTS? THAT'S A STEP A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
SHERRY'S HER LATEST WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT? BASICALLY THE, WHAT IT IS IS THAT THE ORDINANCE LOCKS IN THE TIMELINE FOR THE PDA.
SO IT LOCKS THE CONDITIONS IN, OR THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AREAS ZONING.
SO IF THINGS WERE TO CHANGE IN THE CODE IN THE FUTURE, IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED.
AND SO THAT SENTENCE, I JUST READ
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IT AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOUR, WAS THIS, THESE EXHIBIT A, WAS THAT DEVELOPED BY STAFF OR WAS THAT BY THE APPLICANT? I SEE, I SEE.SO THAT'S A COMPONENT THE APPLICANT PREFERS TO BE IN, IN THIS EXHIBIT.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING STAFF WOULD, WOULD HAS ASKED FOR IN THERE.
THAT, THAT COMPONENT WHERE IT WORRIES ME A LITTLE BIT THERE.
UH, AND THANK YOU STAFF, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER, A LITTLE BIT HARD TO UNDERSTAND FOR ALL OF US IN THIS, UH, THIS, UH, HYBRID MEETING.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS THING WORK.
I, I JUST WISH THAT, UH, THE FOLKS WHO PARTICIPATING IN THE PUBLIC ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY BECAUSE I, I, I'VE HEARD THAT SOME FOLKS ARE WORRIED ABOUT COMING UP IN PERSON AND TESTIFYING.
AND, AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU ARE THERE IN PERSON, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE RISK AND DOING THE DUTY OF THE PUBLIC HERE IN THIS COMMISSION.
UH, I, I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY A PRETTY SIMPLE CASE WHERE IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, YOU CAN BUILD THIS SIDE OUT AS ALL INDUSTRIAL, UH, THE ENTIRE SITE.
UM, WHAT'S, YOU'RE ASKING TO DO IS INSTEAD OF DOING IT ALL INDUSTRIAL, YOU WANT TO MIX IN SOME MULTIFAMILY IN PLACE OF THE INDUSTRIAL USES AND MINIMIZE SOME OF THE INDUSTRIAL USES IN THIS PARTICULAR TRACK 11, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
UM, WE, WE NEED MORE, MORE HOUSING AND DON'T NECESSARILY NEED MORE INDUSTRIAL SERVICES IN THIS AREA.
UM, THE SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, YOU WERE SPECIFYING ARE REALLY LIMITED TO LOT WITH LOT SIZE IMPERVIOUS COVER BUILDING HEIGHT, VERY MINIMAL.
YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION OF ANY ZONING OR OF ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS OR WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS.
SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS DOCUMENT GOVERNS OVER CODE, JUST DOCUMENT DOESN'T ADDRESS, ENVIRONMENTAL, IT DOESN'T ADDRESS WATER.
IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
SO CURRENT CODE WILL APPLY FROM NOW ON, IS THAT CORRECT? AS IT RELATES TO WATER, ENVIRONMENTAL WATERSHED AND SO FORTH? YES.
THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH CURRENT CODE.
UM, AND THIS PROPOSED SITE PLAN THEY HAVE, WHAT IS THE SETBACK FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS ROUGHLY? IS IT 300 FEET OR SO, OR 400 FEET? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LET ME LOOK FOR A SECOND HERE.
OF COURSE, I DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC.
SO THERE IS NO SPECIFIC SETBACK FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
THEY WOULD HAVE COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS THAT WOULD APPLY.
SO IT WOULD BE AT LEAST A MINIMUM 25 FOOT SETBACK.
UM, THE PROPOSED, UH, DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ARE A MINIMUM LOT WITH THE 50 FEET, NO MINIMUM INTERIOR SIDE YARD, REAR YARD, FRONT YARD, OR STREET YARD SETBACKS.
SO JUST, SO THERE REALLY IS NO ENVIRONMENTAL OR WATERSHED ADDRESSED HERE AT ALL.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER, WHAT DO YOU, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND I SEE A SHAKE OF THE HEAD.
AND THEN, UM, AND IF YOU, IF ANY OCCURRED JUST YOU WOULD BE FIRST AND THEN COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND FINISH OUT AND ASK ABOUT THE BUFFER.
THE NEIGHBORS MENTIONED A REQUEST FOR A TREE BUFFER TO REMAIN INTACT.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO, SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WAS THINKING THE APPLICANT.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE CURRENT SITE PLAN AND WHAT YOU'RE ENVISIONING FOR A TREE BUFFER? SURE.
THE THERE'S A SITE PLAN ON FILE IN THE REVIEW PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, LET ME SEE IF I'VE GOT MY, SO IF YOU COULD PULL UP APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION.
SO IF, UH, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WHAT THIS ONE SHOWS IS THE ENTIRE 1 78, AND THAT LOT 11 IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW.
AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT 11 THERE'S TREES ON THE BOTTOM TREES ON THE TOP ELECTRIC SUBSTATION IN THE PARKING GARAGE THAT ALL STAYS.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT SHOWS EVERYTHING AROUND US IS ZONED I AND EVERYTHING CURRENTLY ZONED A LOT.
IT'S HARD TO SEE, I KNOW WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT ON A SCREEN, BUT AT THE TOP YOU SEE THE NEIGHBORS THEY'RE ON AVERY ISLAND,
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AND THEN YOU SEE THE TREES, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHICH IS KIND OF DEAD CENTER ALONG THE ROAD.AND THE NEIGHBORS IS ROUGHLY 300 FEET AND THAT'S THE 300 FOOT BUFFER THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THIS SITE PLAN.
AND THEN YOU SEE THE, THE POND AND, UM, ALL THE TREES AND THEN MINIMAL SURFACE PARKING.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE COORDINATION AND THE NEIGHBORS COMING OUT TONIGHT.
AND THEN, UM, AND I WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE ALSO ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE AND ESPECIALLY I REALLY, UM, I HAD ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MR. SUTTLE AND AMANDA MORROW.
AND THANK YOU FOR SENDING THE, THE INFORMATION ABOUT CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES AND SO MUCH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL.
AND ON THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK IF THERE IS ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR SHOULD WE JUST GO TO A MOTION? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER, WHAT WERE THE ITEMS THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD? OH, YES.
WHAT I WAS DOING WAS COMPILING A COMPLETE LIST OF WHAT THE APPLICANT WANTED, UH, TO PROHIBIT WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUGGESTED AND THE APPLICANT AGREED TO.
AND THE INDUSTRIAL USES, UH, ALLOWED AN L I, UM, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FLAMMABLE STORAGE ON BASIC INDUSTRY, UH, THAT THE APPLICANT AGREED TO PROHIBIT.
SO THE COMPLETE LIST IS AUTO REPAIR, BASIC INDUSTRY BUILDING MAINTENANCE SERVICES, CAMPGROUND, COMMERCIAL OFF STREET, PARKING, CONSTRUCTION, SALES, AND SERVICES, CONVENIENCE STORAGE, CUSTOM MANUFACTURING.
THAT'S AN L I USE DROP OFF RECYCLING COLLECTION FACILITY.
THAT'S L I USE FUNERAL SERVICES, GENERAL WAREHOUSING, UH, AND DISTRICT, UH, KENNELS, LAUNDRY SERVICES, LIGHT MANUFACTURING.
THAT'S AN L I USE LIMITED WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER IS N A L I E.
UH, USE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE FACILITIES, OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT, PEDICAB STORAGE, AND, UH, DISPATCH RECYCLING CENTER AT BELIEVE.
THAT WAS AN L I USE RESOURCE EXTRACTION WAS AN L I USE SCRAP AND SALVAGE WAS AN L I USE SERVICE STATION, THEATER, TRANSPORTATION, TERMINAL, AND VEHICLE STORAGE.
AND I PROVIDED THAT LIST TO ANDREW AND I NEGLECTED TO SEND THAT TO, UH, MS.
FIRST THING, I WAIT TO EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
DEAL'S A LITTLE TOUGH, BUT I THINK WE'LL GO WITH THEM.
SO WHAT WAS THAT EMOTION? OKAY.
UM, HI, UM, THOUGHT THAT, WELL, I CAN MAKE THE MOTION.
I THOUGHT THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER GREENBERG MIGHT WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION, BUT I, UM, HAD ONE LAST QUESTION.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE IS WHAT BOTHERS ME ABOUT PHASED APPROACHES IS YOU DON'T DO TIA IS BASED ON THE CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC YOU'RE ADDING, AND THAT MAY PAY FOR SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS LIKE FOR A LIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO IS THERE A WAY TO DO A TA WILL BE REQUIRED BASED ON A CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC? UM, BASED ON, I KNOW IT SAID EACH NEW SITE PLAN, BUT YOU COULD THEORETICALLY HAVE ONE THAT'S 1900 AND THEN ANOTHER ONE THAT'S 1900.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? SO I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WAY WE CAN ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THE USE PROHIBITIONS, THE ONE-TO-ONE FLORIDA AREA RATIO THAT WE COULD ALSO, UM, MENTIONED THAT WE WANT THIS TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT CODE ON LOT 11.
AND THEN IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING TO REQUEST THAT A NEW TIA IS BASED ON CUMULATIVE COUNTS FOR EACH
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ADDITIONAL TRACK CHANGES FOR THE RECORD, THE APPLICANT WILL DO A TIA FOR THE WHOLE 1 79 CUMULATIVE, NOT, NOT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, NOT 1900 TRIPS THING, BUT A MASTER TA FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT.UH, AND WHEN WOULD THAT OCCUR ON THE NEXT, UH, SITE PLAN? YES.
THEN THAT I DON'T NEED THAT AS AN AMENDMENT.
SO THE MOTION WOULD BE APPROVED STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ONE-TO-ONE CURRENT CODE ON LOT 11 A ONE-TO-ONE FAR, AND ALL THE USES ARE READ INTO THE RECORD ARE PROHIBITED.
IS THERE A SECOND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BRAY AND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OR SHOULD WE JUST DO A VOTE? YOU HAVE A HAND UP.
A HAND WHERE, OH, COMMISSIONER GREENBERG.
HELLO, CHRIS COMMISSIONER GREENBERG.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ABOUT REMOVING THAT STATEMENT THAT SAYS IF THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN THIS ORDINANCE AND APPLICABLE CITY OF AUSTIN RULES, REGULATIONS, AND ORDINANCES THIS ORDINANCE, INCLUDING THE EXHIBITS SHALL CONTROL.
UM, AND MAYBE I'M JUST MISUNDERSTANDING.
I THOUGHT THAT, UM, MR. SUTTLE SAID THEY WEREN'T ASKING TO GRANDFATHER ANYTHING, BUT THIS STATEMENT SOUNDS LIKE WHATEVER ENVIRONMENTAL RULES THERE ARE RIGHT NOW WOULD APPLY.
EVEN IF YOU DO SOME DEVELOPMENT, I DON'T KNOW, 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD IN THIS BDA.
WHAT THAT STATEMENT MEANS IS FOR INSTANCE, UM, THIS ORDINANCE IS GOING TO SAY, NO, NO, PEDICAB USE THAT'S IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT THE CURRENT CODE WOULD SAY, BECAUSE L I WOULD ALLOW IT.
SO THIS ORDINANCE, TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S MENTIONED IN THIS ORDINANCE, THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THAT THE CONFLICT WOULD, WOULD BE RESOLVED IN FAVOR OF THE ORDINANCE.
IT'S JUST WHEN IT'S SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED HERE, THAT MEANS THAT IT'S, IF IT'S IN CONFLICT WITH CITY CODE, THEN THIS ONE CONTROLS, THAT'S ALL THAT'S MEANT TO DO IN THIS ORDER THAT ONLY RELATES TO THE LOT 11 THAT'S CORRECT.
WELL, ACTUALLY THE ORDINANCE, THE ORDINANCE APPLIES TO 179 ACRES.
HOWEVER, WE'RE ONLY CHANGING THE DEVELOPMENT REGS ON LOT 11, AND YOU WILL SEE THE REST OF IT IN THE FUTURE.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE REUSING THINGS LIKE THE ABANDONED GARAGE AND SITES THAT WERE CLEARED, BUT NOT USED.
AND COMMISSIONER DENCKLA REDONE, OR, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM YOU AND COMMISSIONER BRAY.
AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT MS.
AND SHOULD WE MAKE THAT PART OF THE MOTION? CURRENT CODE WOULD APPLY ON LOT 11 CURRENT CODE WILL AUTOMATICALLY APPLY CAUSE IT'S NOT AN ASSET AS AN EXCEPTION.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND RAISE YOUR HAND UP THERE TOO.
AND I WILL SAY IN FAVOR, I JUST WANT TO GO TO THE FIRST, I SEE COMMISSIONER GREENBERG, COMMISSIONER RAY IN FAVOR, BUT I DON'T SEE HANDS FROM COMMISSIONER.
AND, UM, THEN ON THE DIOCESE, I SEE COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, COMMISSIONER SMITH, COMMISSIONER BRAY, COMMISSIONER DANGLER, AND COMMISSIONER KOSTA ALLEN COMMISSIONER KING.
AND ME SO UNANIMOUS AND, UM, THE MOTION PASSES AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THIS.
AND I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE A LIST TO SHERRY
AND, AND, UM, IT, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR STAFF TO LET ATD KNOW? UH, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT KNOW THAT THE SIGNAL TIMINGS MIGHT NEED TO BE CHECKED ON MCNEIL ROAD.
AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY WHO SHOWED UP AND NOW ONTO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS B FOR REZONING AND MARK.
UM, LET'S SEE, 14, SO FORTH AND SO ON.
AND MARK BROWN CHAIR, COMMISSIONER, LADIES
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ON HANDOVER.IF WE COULD JUST PAUSE FOR TWO MINUTES SO I CAN GO OUT INTO THE ATRIUM AND JUST MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS OR, OKAY.
SO WHY DON'T WE TAKE, UH, LIKE, UH, IT IS WHAT TIME NOW? SEVEN 18.
WHY DON'T WE BE BACK IN SEVEN AT 7 22, 4 MINUTES.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO USE A BATHROOM WITHOUT BREAKING QUORUM? OKAY.
I'M JUST ANNOUNCING WELCOME BACK.
[B.4. Rezoning: C14-2021-0117 - West Slaughter Lane Residences; District 5]
AND MARK GRAHAM.AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, MR. GRAHAM, IF YOU COULD TEST IT.
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, I'M MARK GRAHAM FROM HOUSING AND PLANNING AND PRESENTING CASEY 14 20 21 0 1 1 7 CALLED WEST SLAUGHTER LANE RESIDENCES PRO PROPERTY'S ADDRESS AS 10 17 WEST SLAUGHTER LANE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING G R M U V, WHICH IS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL MIXED USE VERTICAL MIXED USE COMBINING HIS OWN DISTRICT.
THIS IS FOR A SITE THAT'S JUST OVER THREE ACRES WHERE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE ZONING TO BUILD 290 APARTMENT UNITS WITH 10% DESIGNATED AFFORDABLE AS REQUIRED WITH THE REQUESTED VERTICAL USE A MIXED USE BUILDING A 3000 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL COMPONENT THAT IS ALSO INTENDED AS IS ALSO REQUIRED WITH THE VERTICAL MIXED USE.
THE SITE, UH, IS A TREED SITE WITH A CREEK BUFFER RUNNING DIAGONALLY THROUGH IT.
AND THE CREEK BUFFER FORCES THE DEVELOPMENT NORTH TOWARDS SLAUGHTER SO THAT THE VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDING CONCENTRATING THE DEVELOPMENT ON SLAUGHTER MAKES SENSE TO THE STAFF.
THE WESTWATER LANE IS A LEVEL FOUR STREET.
IT'S AN ARTERIAL STREET IN AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
THERE ARE THREE TRAVEL LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, THE CENTER MEDIAN AND BIKE PATHS AND SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES.
IT'S ALSO DESIGNATED FUTURE TRANSIT CORRIDOR, WHICH IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA FOR A VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDING.
UH, THE BASIS OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IT, IT DOES FIT WITH A COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE, UM, UH, ORDINANCE WHERE IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALLY DEVELOPED COMMERCIAL SITE.
THE LOCATIONS ARE ACCESSIBLE FROM MAJOR TRAFFIC WAYS AND IT'S A COMBINATION OF LAND USES.
AND I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THE WAYS THAT IT MEETS THE VERTICAL MIXED USE CRITERIA.
ALSO THE PROPOSED ZONING SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE CITY.
THIS IS A, THIS IS A CORRIDOR THAT IS IDENTIFIED AS AN ACTIVITY CORRIDOR, A FUTURE TRANSIT CORRIDOR.
YET IT DOESN'T HAVE THE BUS SERVICE.
AND THAT OF A LOT OF OUR, OUR, A MAJOR CORRIDOR IS YET, BUT THIS USE IS THE SORT OF USE THE COMPACT DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR THESE CORRIDORS IN THE FUTURE.
SO WITH, WITH THAT IN MIND, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, UH, THE REQUESTED REZONING I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
AND THEN, UM, THE APPLICANT'S AGENT, ALICE PASCO, THANK YOU, DAVE, NAMED COMMISSION MEMBERS, ALICE GLASGOW, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT, AND SO GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU.
IT'S A LITTLE AWKWARD SPEAKING THROUGH, UH, A MASS.
SO, BUT AT LEAST WE ARE TRYING TO BE SAFE.
SO COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, I'M HERE FOR ITEM FOUR.
YOU CAN SEE THE MAP IN FRONT OF YOU AS THE CASE MANAGER JUST INDICATED IT'S A 10, 17 WEST SLAUGHTER LANE.
THE PROPERTY, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE
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IS A CREEK THAT RUNS FROM SLAUGHTER LANE, SOUTH WARD, AND, UM, QUITE A BIT OF IT CUTS THROUGH THE TRACK, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA MANUAL WILL REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, A SETBACK, UH, FROM THE SENTIMENT OF THE CREEK, OBVIOUSLY A GOOD CHUNK OF THE BACK REAR, THE TRUCK WON'T HAVE BUILDINGS WITHIN THAT, A WATERWAY AREA.SO I PUT THIS SLIDE TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE'S ALL THIS CONFUSION ABOUT THE V OVERLAY.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SITE R ZONING IS A DEVELOPMENT RESERVE, WHICH YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 10 ACRES.
WE DO NOT HAVE 10 ACRES, WHICH MEANS THAT OUR SITE IS NON-COMPLIANCE NON-COMPLIANT UNDER THE CITY CODE.
SO THERE IS ONE UNIT THERE, ONE HOUSE, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU ADD AS PROPERTY, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHATEVER USES THEIR REMAINS.
HOWEVER, IF WE WERE TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE OR NEW HOMES, YOU STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR VARIANCE.
SO UNDER THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, THE, UM, GR MUV WILL THE V WHEN USED REQUIRES THAT, UM, 10% OF THE UNITS, THEY ARE RENTAL THAT WILL BE AFFORDABLE AT 80% OF THE ANNUAL MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
IF THE DENSITY BONUS IS USED ALSO, YOU MUST HAVE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL.
WHEN YOU USE THE V AND A, THE AFFORDABLE UNITS HAVE TO REMAIN AFFORDABLE FOR 40 YEARS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO STATE THAT, UM, STARTED LANE IS DESIGNATED AS A FEATURE TRANSIT OR TRANSIT CORRIDOR, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO HAVE SUFFICIENT POPULATION DENSITY, MIX OF USES AND TRANSIT FACILITIES TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT TRANSIT USE.
ADDITIONALLY, SWADDLING IS DESIGNATED AS AN ACTIVITY CORRIDOR UNDER YOUR IMAGINE AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEREFORE THE ROAD SHOULD BE CHARACTERIZED BY A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND TYPES OF BUILDINGS, INCLUDING MIXED USE BUILDINGS.
SLAUGHTER LANE IS PART OF THE AUSTRIAN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, WHICH ESTABLISHES GOALS AND STRATEGIES TO ACCOMMODATE MOBILITY NEEDS ALONG THE CITY'S STREETS NETWORK.
I'LL CONCLUDE HERE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS AND ON MY CHEAT SHEET HERE, THERE IS NOBODY.
SO WE'LL GO TO THE OPPOSITION AND I BELIEVE THAT KAREN WOLF IS THE PRIMARY SPEAKER AND YOU WILL HAVE DONATED TIME.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.
I'M KAREN WOLF, PRESIDENT OF THE CHISHOLM, LAME HOMEOWNERS AND REPRESENTING CHISHOLM LANE, AS WELL AS MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO BORDER ON THE TARGET SITE AND ARE ALSO IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE.
WE SEE THREE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE PROJECT.
IF IT'S APPROVED THE FIRST, IT WILL FURTHER COMPLICATE AN ALREADY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CORRIDOR.
SLAUGHTER LANE IS DESIGNATED ALREADY BY THE CITY AS A HIGH CRASH HIGHWAY TWO, IT WILL LIKELY HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON MARY MORRISSEY, RIGHT? METROPOLITAN PARK, THE WILDLANDS AND SLAUGHTER CREEK, AND THREE, THERE IS INSUFFICIENT CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN THIS SUPER CROWDED AREA.
ANY PLANS TO IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS PROJECT CONNECT WILL NOT BE REALIZED AT THIS POINT IN THE CITY SLAUGHTER LANE WITHIN NEXT DECADE OR TWO.
I WANT TO QUICKLY WALK YOU THROUGH OUR CONCERNS WITH MY SLIDE SHOW.
SO IF YOU COULD SHOW THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THERE INCREASED TRAFFIC ON SLUTTER LAND THREATENS ALL OF OUR SAFETY NEXT TO SOME LANE IS A DEAD END ROAD WITH EGRESS ONLY ONTO SLAUGHTER LANE.
AND IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, I SHOW YOU THE INTERSECTION SLAUGHTER LANE AND CHISHOLM LANE TO THE WEST.
HERE'S THE FIRST ONE SIGN YOU SEE WHEN YOU COME OUT OF OUR STREET HIGH CRASH, THIRD WAY.
THE TITLE TARGET SITE ALSO HAS EGRESS ONLY ONTO SLAUGHTER LANE AND THE FOLLOWING SLIDE SHOWS THE INTERSECTION FROM SLAUGHTER LANE TO THE EAST.
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THIS IS WHERE THEY WANT TO ADD RETAIL 3000 SQUARE FEET AND HUNDREDS OF APARTMENTS.WHAT TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES WILL ENSURE THAT CITIZENS ARE SAFE TRAVELING EAST AND WEST ON SLAUGHTER, OR IF THEY GO OVER FROM THIS TRIP, THAT WEST UP MANCHACA ROAD, OR IF THEY GO FROM THIS SITE ON TO FIRST STREET AND HEAD NORTH OR SOUTH, THEY CAN GO ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO SOUTH PARK MED.
THERE IS IT'S A SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT.
MARY MORRISSEY, WRIGHT PARK IS DESIGNATED WILD LAND.
THE TARGET SITE IS WITHIN 150 FEET OF THE PARK.
NEXT, THE SUBJECT TRACK ALSO OVER LIES THE CROW CREEK BUFFER ZONE AS WAS MENTIONED, AN ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT TO SLAUGHTER CREEK, WHICH RUNS ALL THE WAY ALONG THE BOTTOM OF MARY MORRISSEY, WRIGHT PARK.
AND THIS IS THAT AERIAL VIEW YOU SAW EARLIER SHOWING THAT ONLY THE TOP TWO-THIRDS OF THIS TRACT CAN BE DEVELOPED.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW IS THE RUNOFF FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT GOING TO BE CAPTURED TO AVOID FLOODING OR WATER CONTAMINATION.
NEXT, THE THIRD ISSUE IS THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE CANNOT ACCOMMODATE MORE HIGH DENSITY.
IF YOU WILL LOOK AT MY HANDOUT THAT I SHARED WITH ALL OF YOU IN ADVANCE, YOU'LL SEE MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE PICTURES, AERIAL VIEWS SHOWING THE DENSITY OF BUILDING THAT IS ALREADY IN THIS AREA.
WITHIN HALF A MILE OF THIS TARGET SITE ARE A THOUSAND APARTMENT UNITS.
AT LEAST IF GO A MILE OUT, WE'RE TALKING THOUSANDS OF APARTMENTS.
OUR LITTLE STREET IS, IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAININGS SINGLE STREETS IN AUSTIN WITH ACRE TRACKS ON THEM TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THIS TRACK.
IT IS SOLID APARTMENTS AND TOWN HOMES.
THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN TRAVEL ON PUBLIC TRANSIT AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME FROM THIS SITE IS VIA THE NUMBER THREE, WHICH RUNS EAST WEST AND NORTH UP TO THE CITY, OR TAKE THE THREE 18 AND GO OVER TO FIRST STREET, WHICH RUNS NORTH INTO THE CITY AND SOUTH DOWN TO SOUTH PARK MEADOW.
THE STAFF REPORT INDICATES THAT IT TAKES ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO GET TO REPUBLIC SQUARE.
I'VE NEVER MADE IT IN 30 MINUTES IN MY WHOLE LIFE.
IT TAKES 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR TO MAKE IT UP THERE.
AND YOU THEN GOT TO WALK TO YOUR DESTINATION.
AND JUST IN CASE YOU THINK THAT THAT WHOLE PROJECT CONNECTING IS GOING TO HELP IT DEAD ENDS AT STASSNEY LANE IN THE FIRST ITERATION, IF IT EVER MAKES IT DOWN TO SLAUGHTER LANE, IT WILL BE A STANDALONE LINE.
THERE IS NOTHING BETWEEN FIRST STREET AND BRODY LANE, EXCEPT FOR THE OCCASIONAL BUS.
HUNDREDS OF MULTI-FAMILY UNITS WITHIN A MILE, HALF MILE, AND MOST OF THESE UNITS ARE OFF CAP.
IF YOU DROP FURTHER SOUTH NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT A MORATORIUM ON IT, TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND NOT ALLOW FURTHER MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS IN PARTICULAR, BUT THIS COMBINATION APPROACH TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, I MEAN, WE MIGHT BE WILLING TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL SITE THERE, BUT TO ADD 300, ALMOST MORE APARTMENTS IS BEYOND THE PALE.
THE CITY NEEDS TO IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF THEY WANT TO SUPPORT THIS KIND OF DENSE GROWTH IN A PLANFUL WAY, LAST SLIDE.
AND THIS JUST TELLS YOU HOW TO REACH ME.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN YOUR HANDOUT THAT I GAVE YOU, YOU WILL SEE DETAILED PICTURES FOR EACH OF MY POINTS THAT I'VE TRIED TO MAKE TO YOU TONIGHT.
THE SAFETY ISSUE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL
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IMPACT ISSUE, AND THIS WHOLE NOTION OF LACK OF SUPPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT TO KEEP ADDING AND ADDING AND ADDING.THERE'S A BRAND NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX GOING IN LESS THAN HALF A MILE TO THE WEST OFF OF BILL BROOK.
THERE ARE PICTURES IN MY HANDOUT THAT WILL SHOW YOU THAT SITE, WHICH IS RAPED.
THERE'S NO TREES LEFT ON THAT SITE.
THIS IS TOO MUCH TOO FAST, TOO MANY PEOPLE ON TOO LITTLE LAND.
THEY WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES TO BUILD UP ON AND IT'LL GO STRAIGHT UP.
AND THEN FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE OTHER PIECE OF MY HANDOUTS FOR YOU IS, UH, AN UH, A PETITION AND IT'S AN UNOFFICIAL PETITION.
IT'S NOT TO CITY COUNCIL IT'S TO YOU GUYS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE LONG WEEKEND, WHEN I WAS WALKING DOOR TO DOOR, I MANAGED TO CAPTURE NEARLY 70 SIGNATURES FROM PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS WHO ARE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO THIS ABSORBING I'LL HUSH.
AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION THEN? THE APPLICANT'S AGENT ALEX GLASGOW WE'LL HAVE A REBUTTAL PERIOD.
UM, DID YOU DONATE TIME? UM, I, I MEAN, I SUBMITTED A WRITTEN ALL THE VISION YOUTUBE.
COMMISSIONER LAYS ON THE INDIVIDUAL STAGE.
SO IF THE INDIVIDUAL COULD JUST FILL OUT THE INFORMATION AFTER SHE PROVIDES SOME REMARKS, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AND, UM, CHAIR, MY NAME IS
I'M GOING TO BE REALLY BRIEF HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT C RIGHT VILLAGE ONLY HAS 246 HOMES.
IT'S CONSIDERED A CONDOMINIUM, UM, AREA WITH SELF-STANDING HOMES AND WE HAVE A VERY, UH, LOW WATER PRESSURE IN OUR DEVELOPMENT.
SO AN ADDITIONAL 290 UNITS ON THIS PROPOSED TRACT IS, UH, SERIOUSLY A CONCERN FOR US.
UM, THAT'S ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE TRAFFIC AND THE CONTAMINATION AND THE, UH, USE OF COMMERCIAL SPACES.
ALSO, THERE ARE SO MANY SHOPPING CENTERS ON THIS, UH, THIS AREA FROM SOUTH FIRST, TWO MEN CHECK A ROAD, THERE'S SO MANY COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTERS, STANDALONE SHOPS, AND THAT ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL ZONE.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ADDITIONAL SERVICES THEY WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT LIVE THERE.
AND THIRD, THE M THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, UM, MARY MORRISSEY, RIGHT, AS A DESIGNATED PARK, THERE IS WILDLIFE THERE.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, I LIVE IN SEAWRIGHT VILLAGE AND WE'VE BEEN SEEING COYOTES INSIDE OUR DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHY ARE THE COYOTES LEAVING MARY MORRISSEY, WRIGHT PARK? WELL, I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE INTENSE PRESSURE THAT THEY'RE GOING UNDER WITH ALL THE ADJACENT, UH, BUILDINGS AND HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL SITES THAT ALL AROUND THAT AREA.
IT IS DENSELY, DENSELY PACKED.
AND THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY FOR SPEAKING UP.
AND IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO IS HERE? OH, IF YOU COULD ALSO, IF YOU COULD PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD, SO WE MAKE YOU OFFICIAL.
AND ANOTHER PERSON WITH YOUR HAND RAISED, AND SURE.
UM, UM, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT VIRTUALLY WHEN WE'RE ON THE VIRTUAL SIDE OF THE MEETING, WE CAN'T SEE THE SPEAKERS.
ALL I SEE IS THE CITY OF BOSTON SHIELD THERE.
WE USED TO SEE THAT WE USED TO SEE THE SPEAKERS THEMSELVES, AND WE CAN'T SEE THEM.
I THINK IT'S HELPFUL IF WE CAN SEE.
BUT, BUT THEY DID HAVE EARLIER, THEY WERE,
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THEY SHOWED THE SPEAKER, SO, OKAY.THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
AND THERE WAS SOMEBODY ELSE WHO DID YOU DONATE TIME AND YOUR NAME IS DON WILSON.
IF YOU COULD ALSO DO THE SAME THING AS FAR AS.
AND YOU WILL HAVE, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, MY NAME IS DON WILSON AND I ACTUALLY RESIDE, UM, ON SOUTH CHISHOLM TRAIL, THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE LADY THAT FIRST SPOKE, UM, KIND OF A UNIQUE, UH, STREET.
WE HAVE 13 HOUSES, DEAD END STREET, SOUTH CHISHOLM TRAIL.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, OUR HOUSES, UM, LINEUP WITH THE SUBSTATION AND THE, UH, UH, THE AREA WHERE THEY'RE DEVELOPING.
UM, OUR CONCERN IS, IS REALLY KIND OF THE SAME THING AS THE, UH, THE HEIGHT, THE, UM, THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING, THE PROPOSED UNITS, YOU KNOW, 290 UNITS.
I MEAN, THAT SEEMS LIKE VERY EXCESSIVE, VERY INTENSE FOR THAT AREA, THE TRAFFIC, THE TURNAROUND, THERE'S NO LIGHT, THE LIGHT THAT'S REALLY CLOSE TO THAT.
UM, DRIVEWAY, UM, IS DEFINITELY, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE ISSUES.
I MEAN, THERE'S GOING TO BE ISSUES RIGHT THERE.
UH, SLAUGHTER'S A VERY BUSY STREET.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT THE SCHOOL THERE, WE'VE GOT THE SCHOOL ZONE.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S JUST A TOUGH SPOT, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF WITH THE, THE LADY THAT SPOKE IN THE BEGINNING, UM, UM, CONSIDERATE OF MAYBE COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT MANY UNITS IN THAT NARROW OF A PLOT OF LAND JUST SEEMS IT JUST DOESN'T FIT.
AND THERE'S NO OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE THAT THERE'S AN AUTOMOTIVE CENTER, THEN THEY'RE PROPOSED IN THE SUBSTATION, THEN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT RIGHT THERE.
IT'S JUST, IT'S A WEIRD LITTLE, UM, AREA FOR THAT TYPE OF UNITS RIGHT THERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING, BUT I WANTED TO HEAR HIM AND BE PRESENT AND I'M, UM, YOU KNOW, IN AGREEANCE WITH, UH, I THINK THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA AND REALLY CONSIDER THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT GO ON THAT PROPERTY.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
THANK YOU ANYBODY ELSE? AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, UM, FOR SHOWING UP HERE AT CITY HALL FOR THIS.
AND THEN, THEN WE ARE READY FOR THE REBUTTAL.
COULD I HAVE MY PRESENTATION LAPTOP, PLEASE? FIRST SLIDE PLEASE.
SO COMMISSIONERS W THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 3.15 ACRES.
WE ALSO HAVE THE ADJOINING TRACK THAT HAS BEEN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR TO THE WEST OF OUR SITE UNDER CONTRACT.
AND WE'LL BE FILING THE ZONING CASE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
AND WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU, UH, WHENEVER STAFF GETS IT TO YOU WITHIN A MONTH OR TWO TO BE COMBINED WITH THE SUBJECT TRACT.
SO YOU'RE THE IMAGINE AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH THIS COMMISSION ALSO ACTED ON DESIGNATES WEST SLAUGHTER LANE IS AN ACTIVITY CORRIDOR, ADDING OR CHANGING THE ZONING FROM DEVELOPMENT RESERVE.
AND THAT'S IN CANS WHEN YOU ANNEX LAND, IT'S LEFT AS DEVELOPMENT RESERVE UNTIL SUCH A TIME, AS THERE IS A SPECIFIC USE INTENDED.
SO THERE'S COMMERCIAL ZONING, GL ZONING ACROSS THE STREET.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE A V THERE'S LRM U TO THE WEST OF US.
AND, UM, GR UH, WOULD ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT TO BE CONCENTRATED CLOSER TO SLAUGHTER LANE WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AT TIME OF SITE PLAN.
SO THE ORDER OF PROCESSES THAT ZONING IS NOT A PERMIT FOR DEVELOPMENT ZONING JUST SIMPLY ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE CERTAIN USES.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SUBMISSION PROCESS.
STEP TWO, WE HAVE TO SITE PLAN IT AND SITE PLANNING.
YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR, IF YOU NEED A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, BECAUSE YOU TRIGGER TIA, WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO ALSO PROVIDE AN IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE APPALLED FOR A LONG SLAUGHTER LANE.
THAT'S WHEN THOSE IMPROVEMENTS OR PARA DEVELOPMENT PAYS FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT DENYING THE ZONING CHANGE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE YOUR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, CAPACITY AS CALLED OUT IN YOUR MOBILITY PLAN.
THE PLAN I'M SPEAKING TO THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN THAT HAS GUIDELINES THAT COUNCIL JUST ADOPTED A FEW MONTHS
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AGO, THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDING THE, UH, REQUIRED, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO ALL THE ROADWAY NETWORKS IN THE CITY.SO DEVELOPMENT WILL PAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT ZONING.
IT IS THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE OCCURRING NOW WILL CONTINUE.
SO AGAIN, DETENTION WATER QUALITY WILL ALL BE ADDRESSED ONSITE.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE REGULATIONS AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN.
THOSE WILL BE DEMONSTRATED THREE COMPLIANCE, COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS, ALL THOSE RULES FROM TWO TO THE WEST, TO THE EAST OF US, THERE IS AN ELECTRIC SUBSTATION.
SO THE, UH, THE V WOULD ALSO GET SOME AFFORDABLE UNITS, 10% OR WHATEVER NET UNITS ARE ACHIEVED HERE.
WE MAY NOT GET TO 90, BUT WHATEVER WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AT A TIME OF SITE PLAN, 10% OF THOSE UNITS WILL BE AFFORDABLE.
THE CITY CODE REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL USE.
SO YOU HAVE A VERTICAL MIXED USE, AND WE ARE FOLLOWING THE CITY CODE REGARDING THE, THE DESIGNATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT.
AND NOW A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN I'LL START WITH QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER BRAY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SMITH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
AND I SEE THAT CHAIR, BARBARA RAMIREZ HAS JOINED US, SO, AND IT'S UNANIMOUS.
AND SO I WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER THOMPSON AND WORK THIS WAY AND INCORPORATE THE HYBRID PEOPLE IN I'M GOING TO PASS COMMISSION.
THEN I WILL GO TO, UM, COMMISSIONER, WHAT DO YOU, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
AND THEN I WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER SMITH.
I JUST WANTED TO OFFER UP, I THINK THE VERTICAL MIXED USE DESIGNATION IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE OF IN THE CITY, SO THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE SAME PLACE.
YOU CAN LIVE, YOU CAN WORK, YOU CAN SHOP, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE ROADWAY.
SO THIS IS A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SEE USED ACROSS THE CITY.
THIS IS A SITE THAT'S FITS IN BETWEEN A POWER STATION, ELECTRICAL POWER STATION, AND EITHER COMMERCIAL OR MULTI-FAMILY DEPENDING ON IF THEY EXPAND THE SIZE.
SO IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE THE MULTI-FAMILY AT THIS LOCATION GETTING 290 UNITS.
I DON'T THINK THEY CAN PROBABLY GET THERE.
UM, JUST LOOKING AT THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF TREES OR AS A CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE THAT THEY CAN'T GET INTO.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S THE APPROPRIATE ZONING.
UM, AND I THINK YOU LET THE OTHER REGULATIONS IN THE CITY DICTATE WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO ONCE THEY GET THE ZONING, IT FITS WITH WHAT'S ACROSS THE STREET, IT FITS WITH WHAT'S NEXT DOOR.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE OTHER REGULATIONS THAT THEY NEED TO ADDRESS TO TRY TO GET TO THE TWO 90 AND JUST LOOKING AT IT.
I DON'T THINK THEY'LL GET THERE.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THE ZONING TO GET THEM ATTEMPT, TO GET AS MANY AS I CAN IN THIS LOCATION.
THE PARK THAT IS ADJACENT TO IS A VERY LARGE PARK, UM, AND IT'S A, A PART THAT NEEDS TO BE ENJOYED BY OTHER PEOPLE.
AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A COMMUNITY PARK TO HAVE A MORE DENSE DEVELOPMENT, UH, FRONT ON A MAJOR ROADWAY, SLAUGHTER LANES OF SIX LANE ROADWAY.
THEN I'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER KING.
AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONER SMITH THERE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH MANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT THIS IS A GOOD LOCATION FOR SOME DENSITY IT'S RIGHT ON THE MAJOR CORRIDOR THERE, UH, IN THE V I REALLY APPRECIATE THE V TO GET SOME, UH, VERTICAL MIXED USE THERE'S SO WE CAN HAVE SOME RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL THERE AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND I APPRECIATE THE INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING, ALTHOUGH I, YOU, AS YOU, AS THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, KNOW, I ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT 80% MFI, IT SOUNDS OKAY.
IT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT REALLY, UH, THAT'S UH, UH, THAT, THAT WOULD, THAT APPLY TO FAMILY, FAMILY OF FOUR EARNING $79,000.
SO, UH, AND LATINO BLACK FAMILIES IN AUSTIN EARN ROUGHLY ABOUT 40, 45,000 PER YEAR.
SO TH THIS, THIS LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY IS NOT GOING TO HELP, UH, A REALLY LARGE AND IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY HERE.
SO I JUST, I WANT TO KEEP POINTING THAT OUT, ALTHOUGH I DO APPRECIATE THAT IT'S BETTER TO HAVE 80% THAN NOT, NOT HAVE ANY AT ALL.
UH, UH, ALTHOUGH I JUST DON'T WANT TO KEEP SAYING THAT FOREVER.
I THINK WE DO NEED TO SEE SOME CASES WHERE WE DO SEE SOME AT 30% MFI, AND WE DO SEE SOME 50% MFI, SO WE CAN HELP ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THOSE THAT HAPPEN TO HAVE HIGHER INCOMES.
SO, UH, NIP ON THAT, I AM CONCERNED THOUGH ABOUT, UH, THE TRAFFIC HERE AND THE COIN ABOUT DEVELOPMENT.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT HERE NEARBY A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT NEARBY HERE.
SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ABOUT WHAT IS THE STATUS OF STASSNEY LANE, THE SERVICE LEVEL FOR STASSNEY LANE HERE, UH, AT THIS LOCATION.
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THIS DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE ONLY ACCESS TO THE ROADWAY WOULD BE TO SLAUGHTER LANE, AND THEY WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO TURN ONE DIRECTION OUT OF SLAUGHTER LANE.CAN STAFF ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS? OKAY.
AND FIRST STEPPING UP COMMISSIONER KING, UM, MARK GRAHAM FROM HOUSING AND PLANNING.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE SERVICE LEVEL OF STASSNEY LANE.
UM, AND AS, UH, ALICE, THE APPLICANT SAID THAT, UH, THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE SITE PLAN STAGE RATHER THAN AT THE ZONING STAGE TRAFFIC REVIEWS, THESE, AND THEY DEFERRED TO DO A STUDY AT THIS POINT, AND THEY WANT TO DO IT AFTER THEY'VE SETTLED ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE BUILT THERE AND THE, THE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL SPACE.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN ANSWER AT THIS STAGE.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT INDICATED THAT, THAT THIS SITE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO SOME NEW, UH, OR SOME, SOME NEW TRAFFIC IMPACT, UH, MITIGATION THAT, THAT COUNCIL RECENTLY PASSED.
AND I, I, IS SHE REFERRING AND MA MAYBE STAFF CAN RE, CAN MAYBE ADDRESS THIS IS THE STREET IMPACT FEE THAT NEW STREET IMPACT EITHER COUNCIL APPROVED, WILL THAT APPLY TO THIS DEVELOPMENT? DIDN'T, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE STREET IMPACT FEE GOES INTO EFFECT.
IT STARTS TO BE COLLECTED IN JUNE OF 2022.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE THERE, BUT JUNE OF 2022.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS, W W W IS IT DEPENDENT ON WHEN A SITE PLAN IS ACTUALLY FILED AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS, THIS SITE WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, UH, UH, THE SITE STREET IMPACT FEE COMMISSIONER KING? WHAT ELSE SPEAKING TO IS THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT TIME OF SITE PLAN THAT THAT CLIENT IS CORRECT? THE IMPACT FEE.
I DUNNO WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE FAMILY FACTOR, BUT YOU'RE CORRECT.
THE CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE AN IMPACT FEE, AND WHENEVER IT'S TRIGGERED, THAT'S WHEN YOU WANT TO BE TRIGGERED.
SO I DON'T KNOW, SHANNA
THAT'S WHEN, IF IT'S THE BUILDING PERMIT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED BEFORE JUNE, 2022 OR AFTER JUNE, 2022 IS WHEN THE NEW STREAM PACK FEE WILL DO RIGHT, BECAUSE IT, AND I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I THINK THAT NEW STREET MP IMPACT THE WILL HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT ARE DARK.
YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SPEAKING ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT AND, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING AND THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE LAGS BEHIND THAT, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS LAG BEHIND THAT DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE CONSTERNATION.
THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE CONFLICT CONCERN.
AND I KNOW, I BELIEVE OUR COMMISSIONER IS TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT GAP BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE, THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT GETS ON THE GROUND AND WHEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE, WE'D LIKE FOR THAT TO BE SINKED UP.
AND SO, UH, UH, IT'S VERY HARD UP HERE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU GET APPROVED THE ZONING, BUT WE CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH THE TRAFFIC IMPACT IS GOING TO BE.
THAT'S A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION TO BE IN.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THE CONCERN ABOUT, UH, UH, THE, THE, UH, UH, WATER PRESSURE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT CAN STAFF ADDRESS THAT AT WHEN WILL THAT ISSUE, I MEAN, IS I, I'M ASSUMING I'M GOING TO HERE AT THE SITE PLAN WHEN YOU START DOING THE SITE PLAN, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO START LOOKING AT, BUT CAN YOU, CAN YOU HELP ME ADDRESS THE CONCERNS FROM THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE WATER PRESSURE, THE LOW WATER PRESSURE? IS THERE A KNOWN CONCERN ABOUT THAT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE WATER, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WATER DEPARTMENT? YEAH.
UM, COMMISSIONER KING, MARK GRAHAM FROM HOUSING AND PLANNING AGAIN.
NOW I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE SITE PLAN IS, IS WHERE THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
THE OTHER, OTHER REVIEWERS OF THIS HAVE DEFERRED THAT UNTIL THEY GET MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHY DON'T YOU JUST HANG THERE FOR A SECOND, AS I MAY HAVE ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU, AND THAT IS ABOUT THE TREE PROTECTIONS.
UH, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS SITE WOULD BE, HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE HERITAGE AND PROTECTED TREE ORDINANCE.
NOTHING IS GOING TO WAIVE THAT, NOT EVEN VMU THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN THE DRAINAGE, THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION ABOUT THESE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES HERE.
UH, AND I, I GUESS, WITH THE DRAINAGE ON THIS, WOULD IT, WOULD IT GO TO THE STORMWATER DRAIN, UH, ON SLAUGHTER LANE OR, OR AGAIN, THAT, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE AT SITE PLAN TOO.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW THEY GRADE THE SITE.
I JUST HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THESE NEIGHBORS HAVE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS HERE.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED.
AND MY FINAL QUESTION IS ON THESE AFFORDABLE UNITS, UH, THESE, UH, AFFORDABLE UNITS, UH, WHAT IS THE BEDROOM
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MIX? DO WE KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FAMILY FRIENDLY UNITS HERE WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THREE BEDROOMS, THREE AND FOUR BEDROOMS IN HERE, AT LEAST ONE TO TWO BEDROOM UNITS AT THIS POINT THAT MAY CHANGE ONCE WE GET INTO THE SITE PLANNING STAGE AND COMMISSION.I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION HERE, UH, FROM THE APPLICANT AND FROM THE STAFF.
I ALSO WANT TO, I KNOW YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC.
SO THE THRESHOLD, THE TRIGGER FOR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS 270 UNITS OR MORE.
AND OF COURSE, IF WE'RE THEN EVEN WITHOUT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE, THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE NEXT YEAR.
APPARENTLY WHEN YOU PREPARE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, THERE'S YOUR PRO-RATA SHARE THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY TO EITHER IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND THE TIME OF THE TIA WOULD, AND THE REASON THE STAFF DEFERS YOUR TRAFFIC IMPACT AND ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS TO THE CYPRESS ON STAGE, BECAUSE THEN THEY KNOW EXACTLY THAT YOU HAVE LOOKED AT ALL YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS, YOU'VE HIRED A CIVIL ENGINEER AND YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THE CITY CODE.
AND THEN, THEN YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING.
THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND WASTEWATER GETS TO MAKE SURE A FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE ENOUGH WATER FLOW.
SO ALL THOSE ASPECTS, ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING ARE ADDRESSED AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN AND ABOUT 2016 OR 18 DEPARTMENTS TO 20 OR SO REVIEW THE SOUTH TO MAKE SURE IT'S COMPLIANT.
EVEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS INVOLVED.
SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH WATER PRESSURE.
SO IF THERE'S A FIRE, THERE'S ENOUGH WATERFALL TO THE FIRE HYDRANTS ALONG THE ROADWAY WHERE THEY NEED TO CONNECT TO THE FIRE HYDRANT.
SO IF YOU'VE HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH A CYBER INTERVIEW PROCESS, YOU DON'T REALIZE REALLY HOW MUCH STAFF ADDRESSES ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS.
AND IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 12 SOMETIMES TO 14 MONTHS JUST TO GET THROUGH THE SITE FROM PROCESS TO ADDRESS ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE CODE CALLS FOR.
AND BACK TO YOU, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
DID WE JUST LOSE THE FEED THERE? YEAH, ACTUALLY IT DID.
I'M NOT, YEAH, I'M NOT TRYING TO CUT THE APPLICANT OFF THERE.
SHE HAD SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE MORE THING.
YOU MET, YOU RAISED A CONCERN ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY UNDER THE V.
I DO HANDLE QUITE A FEW VARIABLE MIXED-USE CASES.
MOST OF THEM GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO I, THIS IS MY FIRST VK IS COMING TO YOU BECAUSE AGAIN, THE MAJORITY GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THE, UM, THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT IS IN THE CODE THAT 10% AT 80% MFI FOR RENTAL UNITS IS IN THE CODE.
SO UNTIL UNLESS THE CODE IS CHANGED, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, I SAY, WE CANNOT DEVIATE FROM WHAT THE CODE REQUIRES BECAUSE OF STATE LAW, THE RECORD YOU DICTATE IN YOUR CODE REGARDING AFFORDABILITY.
THEN THE CITY CANNOT ENFORCE ANYTHING THAT IS DIFFERENT.
THAT DEVIATES FROM WHAT HAS BEEN SPECIFIED.
SO UNTIL THE CODE IS CHANGED, IT SAYS 10% AT 80% MFI FOR RENTAL UNITS.
HOWEVER, FOR, FOR, FOR SALE UNITS OR OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS, IT'S 5% AT 80% AND 5% AT A HUNDRED PERCENT MFI.
SO AGAIN, WE WERE FOLLOWING THE CITY CODE.
THEN I'LL ASK A COMMISSIONER, BRAVE.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION AND ANY QUESTIONS AND JUST CLARIFYING FOR COMMISSIONER, UH, KING WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS.
I THINK, UH, THE, THE FEES FOR TRAFFIC IMPACT THE SCALE TO THE NUMBER OF UNITS, CORRECT? LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF TRIPS THERE WILL BE, AND THEN THEY WILL, THE FEE WILL BE PROPORTIONAL TO THAT.
AND, AND THAT'S ONE REASON YOU WAIT UNTIL SIDE POINT IS UNTIL SIDE PLAN IS CAUSE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE NOT, MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT YOUR OTHER LIMITS ARE THAT LIKE, IF YOU HAVE 200 UNITS, YOU HAVE TWO, 300 UNITS, YOU'LL PLAY MORE THAN YOU.
IF YOU HAVE 200 UNITS FOR, YEAH.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT FEES.
I THINK THERE'S THE IMPACT FEE ABOUT THE RODEO CAPACITY.
AND THEN THAT'S THE ONE'S GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE NEXT YEAR.
THEN THEY IS JUST YOUR REGULAR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT THE COST OF IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THE TRAFFIC WILL IT DETERMINE IF YOU NEED AN, A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, DO YOU NEED TO ADD A TURN LANE? SO ON, THEN THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS REQUIRED SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY'LL THAT EITHER WE PAY 100% OF THAT COST, IF WE'RE THE ONLY ONES USE IT CAUSING IT TO BE INSTALLED, OR THERE IS A FEE A PRO-RATA SHARE, THEY SAY, OKAY, IT'S GOOD THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO BENEFIT OTHER DEVELOPERS AND THEREFORE YOUR, YOUR FAIR SHARE, YOUR PROPORTIONATE SHARE IS X.
SO IT DEPENDS ON THE IMPROVEMENT SOMETIMES A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND THEN THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE ALSO IS BASED ON NUMBER OF UNITS.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE PRECISE.
SO THEN EXACTLY HOW MUCH TO EXACT THANK YOU.
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I'LL GO TO, UM, COMMISSIONER OR CHAIR, BEREA.RAMIREZ, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? AND I DO NOT.
AND THEN I'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER DANCLER.
UM, MS. GLASGOW'S A QUICK QUESTION.
DID YOU AGREE TO WRITE CHURN, UM, IN AND TURN OUT IN TERMS OF ACCESS? OH, NO, WE HAVE NOT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TRANSPORTATION IS GOING TO.
WE HAVE NOT AGREED TO ANY LEFT TURN OR RIGHT TURN BECAUSE ATD TRANSPORTATION STAFF WILL DETERMINE THAT AT TIME OF SITE PLAN.
YOU HAVEN'T STEPPED IN ON THAT CAUSE BECAUSE IT'S A DIVIDED ROADWAY.
OH, SO WHEN'S A MEDIA AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
UM, AND IT DOESN'T ALIGN, UM, BECAUSE TO ALIGN, WHICH IS PREFERRED IN CODE, YOU'D HAVE TO ALIGN USING THE, UH, DRIVEWAY ON THE PUBLIC PROPERTY TO THE WEST.
AND THAT WOULD BE UNLIKELY BECAUSE IT'S A UTILITY SUBSTATION.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF IT WOULD IMPROVE THE SAFETY TO DO A RIGHT TURN IN AND A RIGHT TURN OUT AS A CEO.
UM, BUT WE CAN DO YOU, YOU DID MENTION, YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER PROPERTY ON CONTRACT NEXT DOOR.
SO ARE YOU DOING, AND I DON'T WANT TO STRAY TOO FAR CAUSE THE ONLY THING WE'RE POSTED FOR IS THIS ZONING CASE.
ARE YOU, UM, PROBABLY THINK, ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT A CONSOLIDATED SITE PLAN WHEN SHE GET REZONING FOR THE SECOND? CORRECT.
JUST ONE, JUST ONE SITE THEN, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TALK WITH TRANSPORTATION AS TO WHAT THEIR PREFERRED INGRESS AND EGRESS IS.
SO IT WILL BE BEST FOR A LOT OF THE TRANSPORTATION.
TELL US WHAT THEY WANT THINK IS BEST.
AND UM, I WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER RAY COMMISSIONER.
RAY, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
JUST, UM, STRONG SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.
I THINK IT REALLY TAKES WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ON SLAUGHTER LANE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, CLASSIC, SUBURBAN STYLE, STRICT DEVELOPMENT, AND MOVES US IN THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO HEAD AS A CITY.
UM, IT'S AN IMAGINE AUSTIN CORRIDOR, THIS PROJECT REALLY LEGALIZES THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY WE NEED IN THIS AREA, AS WELL AS PROVIDES A MIX OF USING USER USE THIS FOR ALL RESIDENTS.
UM, ONE FINAL COMMENT IS THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT TRANSIT IN THIS AREA.
AND I WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UM, THAT 10 ALSO IS ALSO SERVED THIS, UM, POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THAT COMES EVERY 15 MINUTES.
UM, AND JUST KIND OF IN THE BROADER SENSE, IF WE WANT TO HAVE BETTER TRANSIT STEP SERVICE, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE AS A CHILDREN'S CITY CAUSE THAT'LL DRIVE UP THE DEMAND FOR MORE FREQUENT BUS SERVICE OR OTHER HIGH-CAPACITY INVESTMENTS.
COMMISSIONER RAY AND COMMISSIONER COSTA.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MY LAST ONE HERE YOU ARE.
CAUSE COMMISSIONER GREENBERG DISAPPEARED.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR GRM UV.
AND IS THERE A SECOND SECONDED FROM COMMISSIONER SMITH AND I AM SO SORRY.
YOU ALL IN TV LAND FOR, BUT UM, I'LL JUST GO TO THE DICE.
AND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AND IF NOT, WE'LL JUST DO A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF STAFF RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS AND I WILL CALL OUT.
MS. GREENBERG HAS LEFT THE MEETING.
SO, BUT, AND A TERRIBLE REAR RAMIREZ HAS JOINED US.
SO IT IS AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE FOR EVERYBODY ON THE DYESS AND COMMISSIONERS, WOODY KING CHAIR FOR RAMIREZ AND COMMISSIONER RAY.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE, THE, UH, GREENBERG, UH, COMMISSIONER GREENBERG WAS NOT ON, UH, ON THIS PHONE, IS THAT CORRECT? SHE WAS AT THE DESK.
SO SHE IS, SHE HAS, SHE IS OFF THE DYES AS THEY SAY.
UH, TH THE, THE, THE CLOSE, THE HEARING WAS, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER BRIAN MADE THE MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SMITH SECONDED IT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A CONSCIENTIOUS SECRETARY AND REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
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AND THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE DISCUSSION CASE, AND THAT IS, UM, ITEM B 10.[B.10. Rezoning: C14-2021-0109 - 12530 Research Blvd; District 10]
AND, UM, THE CASE MANAGER IS IT'S.HELLO AGAIN, SHERRY CIRCUITOUS WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS ITEM B, TIM, WHICH IS CASEY 14, 20 21 1 0 9.
THIS IS OKAY AT 1, 2, 5, 3, 0 RESEARCH BOULEVARD THERE.
THEIR QUEST IS A RESENTING FROM GR AND ELLOS ZONING TO G R M U.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS G RMU COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL MIXED USE COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING FOR TRACT ONE AND LMU LIMITED OFFICE MIXED USE COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING FOR TRACK TWO ON THIS PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS A 1.41 ACRE SITE THAT CONTAINS A VACANT RETAIL BUILDING AND A SMALL WAREHOUSE, WHICH WAS FORMERLY BUCKS BIKE SUPERSTORE, WHICH FRONTS US HIGHWAY 180 3 TO THE EAST.
THE TRACT OF LAND TO THE WEST CONTAINS AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR USE.
THE LOTS TO THE SOUTH ACROSS JOLLYVILLE ROAD ARE DEVELOPED WITH DUPLEX RESIDENCES.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING GRM USERNAME TO REDEVELOP THE SITE WITH A RETAIL MIXED USE.
THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING GRM U FOR TRACK ONE AND LMU FOR TRACK TWO GRM YOUTH ON TRACT.
ONE WILL PERMIT THE APPLICANT TO REDEVELOP THE SITE WITH RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL USES FRONTING RESEARCH BOULEVARD OR US HIGHWAY 180 3 NORTH, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO ADD AN M COMBINING DISTRICT TO THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, BOTH TRACKS ONE AND TWO TO REMOVE IT PERMIT.
THE ADDITION OF RESIDENTIAL USES THE PROPOSED ENDING WILL PROMOTE CONSISTENCY WITH THE PERMITTED USES DEVELOPED ADJACENT TO THIS TRACT IN THE EXISTING GR COMMERCIAL ZONING, LOCATED TO THE EAST AND WEST COMMERCIAL MIXED USE AND OFFICE MIX USE ANY WILL PERMIT THE APPLICANT TO UTILIZE THE VACANT STRUCTURES TO ALLOW FOR A NEW DEVELOPMENT FRONTING A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN AN AREA OF CONCENTRATED WITH COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.
IN ADDITION, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING 120 FOOT BUFFER OF LMU ZONING ALONG JOLLYVILLE ROAD FOR TRACK TWO.
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTENT OF THE U S 180 3 JOLLYVILLE ROAD AREA STUDY THE POLICY OF 120 FOOT STRIP BUFFER OF ELLA ZONING ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF JOLLYVILLE ROAD HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY APPLIED TO DATE TO MAINTAIN A SETBACK FROM THE COMMERCIAL USES FRONTING US HIGHWAY 180 3 TO THE RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE USES TO THE WEST ACROSS JOLLYVILLE ROAD.
IN ADDITION, THE MINT M U MIXED USE COMBINING DISTRICT TWO TRACKS ONE AND TWO WILL ALLOW NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THIS SITE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS AREA.
THE SITE CONSIDERATION IS LOCATED ALONG THE JOLLYVILLE ROAD ACTIVITY QUARTER, AND IT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER MILE FROM THE 180 3 MCNEIL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
SO LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON THE U S 180 3 JOLLYVILLE ROAD AREA STUDY.
IT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 1985, AND WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY, AS STAFF APPLIED THIS 120 FOOT ELO BUFFER TO PROVIDE A TRANSITION FOR THE MORE INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL USES ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO THE RESIDENTIAL, MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED OFFICE USES ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE WESTERN SIDE OF JOLLYVILLE ROAD.
YOU WILL SEE THERE ARE LITTLE POCKETS ALONG JOLLYVILLE ROAD, WHERE THERE MAY NOT BE A DLO BUFFER.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, IT'S VERY CONSISTENT.
THOSE POCKETS WERE PROPERTIES THAT WERE ANNEXED BY THE CITY AND WERE ZONED APPROPRIATELY BEFORE THEIR AREA STUDY WAS APPROVED.
SO THAT IS MY PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE HERE AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE APPLE ACCOUNT.
THAT TRACK TWO IS THE 120 FOOT BUFFER.
THAT IS WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING.
WE DECIDED TO BREAK IT UP INTO TRACK ONE AND TWO, SO THAT IT WAS CLEAR THAT WE'LL MAKE SURE TO TRACK WHO DIDN'T EXPAND BEYOND THE ONE 20, BUT IT'S THE ORIGINAL ELLO AREA.
JUST ADDING AN MOU IS WHAT A STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE.
MY NAME IS MOHAMMED RUM AND, UH, I DO APPRECIATE WHATEVER SHE SAID.
AND, UH, MOST OF IT MAKE SENSE.
THE ONLY THING, UH, I MEAN, THEY DID THE REWORK.
THE ONLY THING I KIND OF LIKE TO HAVE, IT IS A UNIFIED AND UNIFORM ZONING CHANGE, WHICH I ASKED FOR GR M U THERE WAS G OR L O
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AND I USED TO OWN ANOTHER PROPERTY DOWN THE ROAD WAY BACK IN THE DAYS AT THE SAME SITUATION.AND I CAME TO THE CITY AND THEY STOPPED ACCEPTED MY RECOMMENDATION AND THEY CHANGE IT AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS 1.4, ONE ACRE.
AND IF YOU DIVIDE IT IN THOSE TWO CATEGORIES, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT I COULD DO WITH IT DOWN THE ROAD.
I HAVE NO INTENTION AT THE MOMENT TO DO ANYTHING UP THERE.
A LONG-TERM PLAN FOR POSSIBLY ASSISTED LIVING BECAUSE I'M OF AGE, I'M GETTING THERE.
I REALLY WANT MINE TO LIVE RIGHT THERE IN THAT AREA WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR ME TO BE ASSISTED.
AND THE RULE THEY'RE APPLYING TO, WHICH IS IN THE BOOK, IT WAS THERE, BUT THAT WAS THE TIME WHEN JOHN BILL WAS ONE LANE ROAD RIGHT NOW, THE ENTIRE WILL, ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTH TO EAST IS TWO PLUS LANE ON EACH SIDE.
THAT MEANS THEY GET THE CENTER LANE AND HE GOT TWO LANE ON EACH SIDE.
SO THAT HANDLED IT TO TONY BUFFER.
THEY'RE TRYING TO APPLY TO THAT ELBOW PART.
IT REALLY PUT ME IN A SITUATION THAT I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE TOO MUCH USE FOR IT, UNDERSTAND THE LAW IS THERE, BUT IT'S 35 YEARS OLD.
NOW ALL, I WANT TO HAVE A UNIQUE, UNIQUE AND UNIFIED ZONING.
SO WHEN I GO TO AN ENGINEER OR I GO TRY TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT, I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF THINGS, WHICH YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO BE OBSTACLE.
AS IN TRYING TO DO SOMETHING UP THERE.
THAT'S THE ONLY OBJECTION I HAVE TO WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDED, BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THEIR INPUT AND, UH, PRESENTING WHATEVER THEY PRESENT YOU GUYS FOR APPROVAL.
IF I HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 2, 3, 4, 5 MONTHS, I HAVE NO PROBLEM BECAUSE AS I SAID, I HAVE NO IMMEDIATE, UH, PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY, BUT IF I COULD GET WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, IF I HAVE TO WAIT EVEN A YEAR, I HAVE NO PROBLEM TO RECONSIDER THIS BY THEM AND YOU GUYS HERE.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY REALLY, UNLESS THERE IS ANY QUESTION.
THEN IT'S CUSTOMARY TO HAVE THE, OH, YOU ARE THE APPLICANT.
YOU CAN DO YOUR REBUTTAL RIGHT NOW, THEN.
AND THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE TO SPEAK, SO WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
COMMISSIONER SMITH SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DANGLER, AND THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND, UM, I CAN ACTUALLY JUST GO THROUGH, BUT IS IT IF THERE'S JUST A FEW? YES, CORRECT? YES, IT WAS.
I WAS WONDERING IF, IF, UM, I'LL JUST GO DOWN, BUT YOU DON'T FEEL A NEED TO SPEAK AND I WILL START AGAIN WITH A COMMISSIONER OR KOSTA, AND THEN I'LL JUST JUMP BACK AND FORTH FROM VIRTUAL TO THIS.
UM, NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OF JUMPING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON, THAT'S REALLY A HARD TASK AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING IT.
I CAN SCREW UP NOW, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THEN I WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER, UH, I MEAN, CHAIR, BERRERA RAMIREZ, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND, UM, I, I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A HARD ONE.
I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT LIKE WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DEVELOP IN ELO, LIKE TO SEE HOW MUCH OF A BURDEN THIS REALLY IS, YOU KNOW, AND I AGREE THAT IT'S A 35 YEAR OLD POLICY AND WE LIKE TO, AS PLANNERS, WE LIKE TO PUT THINGS IN NEAT LITTLE BOXES AND THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME.
AND THE, YOU KNOW, WE PUT LIKE WITH LIKE, THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO DO A EUCLIDEAN ZONING.
UM, SO I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION IS I, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY, I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD BE THE RIGHT PERSON TO ANSWER, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT LIMITATIONS REALLY ARE THERE FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IT, DEVELOP HIS PROPERTY, UM, BY, BY BREAKING IT UP INTO TWO
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TRACKS AND LIMITING, UH, TO THE, THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY TO ELO, UH, SHERRY.AND I DO REMEMBER WE HAD A CASE BEFORE US BEFORE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MORE INTENSIVE USES IN THE GR DISTRICTS SUCH AS AUTOMOTIVE USES THINGS SUCH AS THAT WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED, OBVIOUSLY IN THE ELO OFFICE DISTRICT.
UM, HE WAS STATING THAT POSSIBILITY OF LIKE DOING A RETIREMENT HOME CONVALESCENT SERVICES IS PERMITTED AND ELO CONGREGATE LIVING WOULD BE A CONDITIONAL USE IN ELO.
ALL THE GROUP HOMES ARE CONDITIONAL ARE, ARE, UH, PERMITTED IN THE ELO DISTRICT.
SO THE MEU WOULD OBVIOUSLY ALLOW FOR A, YOU KNOW, A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON BOTH TRACKS.
UM, IT'S JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT HE ENDS UP PROPOSING TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE ELO OR THE OFFICE DISTRICT.
CAUSE THIS WAS DONE BEFORE IT BECAME HELLO, UM, WAS TO JUST PROVIDE THAT TRANSITION FOR THE HEAVIER USES THE COMMERCIAL GENERATING USES ON THE HIGHWAY BACK TO JOLLYVILLE AND THE MORE RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE USES ON THE OTHER SIDE.
LET'S SEE, I'VE UPHELD IT AS THE PLANNER IN THIS AREA FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.
THANK YOU, SHERRY THAT I ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
THEN I WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER DENKER DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.
I'LL JUST GO COMMISSIONER WOODY.
THEN I'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER BRAY.
YEAH, THERE WOULD STILL BE COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS THOUGH WITH THE RESIDENTIAL.
UH, WELL, I'M SURE JOLLYVILLE ROAD WOULD EAT UP THE COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A GREATER DISTANCE THAN THE SETBACK REQUIRED BY, BY COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS.
SO I GUESS, BUT THEY WERE, HE WAS SAYING WHEN THE, UM, WHEN THAT POLICY WAS FIRST STARTED, JOLLYVILLE WAS TWO LANE AND NOW IT'S FIVE LANES AND I'M JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE COMPATIBILITY, LIKE WAS COMPATIBILITY THING WHEN THEY MADE THAT COMPROMISE.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY WHEN THE CODE WAS, WAS CHANGED AND COMPATIBILITY AND CONDITIONAL OVERS AND THINGS WERE ADOPTED AS PART OF THE CODE THAT WAS IN 1985.
SO YES, THAT'S WHEN THE CODE CHANGE OCCURRED.
THEN I WILL GO TO, UM, COMMISSIONER KING DID ALREADY GET TO YOU NOW.
YEAH, NO, NO, YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO ME YET.
AND, AND, UH, UH, BUT, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT THE CON YOU KNOW, THE CONCERN FROM THE APPLICANT, I HEAR I'M HEARING, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLICATES HIS DEVELOPMENT THERE CERTAINLY DOES.
UM, ON THE OTHER HAND, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A POLICY THAT'S BEEN IN EFFECT A LONG TIME AND OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE HAD TO DEVELOP WITH THAT, THAT POLICY.
AND, AND I, AND I THINK IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO CONSIDER CHANGING THAT POLICY, THAT WOULD HELP THE COMMISSIONS WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE CASES IN THIS AREA HERE.
BUT, BUT I, I'M NOT INCLINED TO JUST CHANGE IT HERE, UH, BECAUSE I, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN DO A LOT OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU KNOW, ARE IGNORING THE POLICY HERE IS WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT, UH, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN STILL DO AT LEAST SOME OF WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE, WHICH, WHICH HOPEFULLY THAT, THAT WON'T BE A CONSTRAINT FOR HIM.
AND I THINK THERE'S ASSISTED LIVING IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY TOO.
SO I'M GLAD THAT OUR CODE ALLOWS FOR THAT UNDER ELO AND, UH, NGR AS WELL.
SO ANYWAY, UH, I, I JUST WONDER ABOUT THE, UM, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POINT ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT NOT HAPPENING UNTIL LATER ON.
UH, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE, I GUESS THIS IS REALLY A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
THE, IF IS THIS IS THE ZONING RIGHT NOW, A CONCERN FOR YOU IN TERMS OF, IS IT AFFECTING YOUR TIMELINE? UM, NO, IT'S NOT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE LATIN.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, STAY IN YOUR CASE.
UH, COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.
AND JUST, UM, I MEAN, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCES FOR MOST USES BETWEEN ELO AND G ARE SOME OF THE HIGHER INTENSITY YAR.
I THINK IF HE WANTED TO COME BACK, IF WE APPROVED THIS AS STAFF RECOMMENDATION TODAY, A YEAR FROM NOW, HE HAS A BUYER THAT HAS A USE THAT WOULD BE AGREEABLE, BUT WOULD NOT FIT IN THE LR.
HE COULD COME BACK AT THAT POINT IN TIME AND REZONE AGAIN.
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SO WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME BETWEEN THE REZONINGS.THERE WOULD NOT BE A TIMEFRAME UNLESS IT WAS DENIED A COMMISSIONER AT CAMP.
SO IF WE APPROVE IT, HE COMES BACK NEXT WEEK AND SAYS, HEY, I'VE GOT A BUYER.
I WANT TO DO GR THIS IS WHAT I HAVE IN MIND IN A SITE PLAN.
THE ONLY THING THAT TRIGGERS A DELAY OR WOULD TRIGGER SUBMITTING FOR THE SAME ZONING WOULD BE IF IT WAS DENIED AT COMMISSION, IT WOULD BE 12 MONTHS IF IT WAS DENIED AT COUNCIL OF THE 18TH.
BECAUSE MY INCLINATION IS TO GO AHEAD AND KIND OF DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR A LONG TIME, JUST BECAUSE WE WERE DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME.
WAS IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT UNLESS WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EITHER.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT EXACTLY THEN.
DID I GET TO YOU YET? AND THEN, AND DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, BUT I APPRECIATE THE HISTORY LESSON HERE, UM, AND CONTINUE TO URGE US TO TAKE UP BILLING DEVELOPMENT CODES SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD INTO 21ST CENTURY.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, NO QUESTIONS.
I MOVE TO APPROVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I DON'T KNOW ALL SECOND THAT, AND I'LL JUST SAY SOMETHING.
CAUSE I WAS HERE FOR THE LAST CASE THAT WE HAD, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF SHERRI'S WORK ON THIS BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE SAME THING AND THERE WAS A RATIONALE AND I KNOW IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT, IT MUST HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST TIME WHEN WE HAD A CASE, WHETHER COUNCIL WOULD CHANGE IT AND IT HASN'T.
SO I BELIEVE IN JUST STICKING WITH WHAT WORKS.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? YES.
SO SEE, IS THERE A FORMAL POLICY THAT COUNCIL WOULD, COULD CHANGE ON THAT? OR IS THIS LIKE AN IT'S A CONSISTENT FORM CODAFIDE THING? OR IS THIS AN INFORMAL? THIS WAS, UH, THE STUDY WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN 1985.
AND THIS WAS THE INTENT OF THE STUDY THAT THE STAFF HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTING FOR THE LAST 36 YEARS.
SO THE, THERE COULD BE A PROPOSAL FOR STAFF TO AMEND THAT IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO PASS A RESOLUTION AS A COUNCIL, IT COULD HAVE BEEN, YEAH.
IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO RECONSIDER, YOU KNOW, THE AREA OF STUDY OR TO, YOU KNOW, ASK STAFF TO CONDUCT A NEW STUDY FOR THIS AREA, THAT MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY.
I JUST TO, DID WE GET A SECOND ON THAT? I KNOW COMMISSIONER, I SECONDED IT.
CAUSE I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ANYWAY.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND IF NOT, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
AND UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS UNANIMOUS AGAIN AND AGAIN, COMMISSIONER GREENBERG IS OFF THE DICE, BUT CHAIR FOR REAL RAMIREZ HERE.
SO EVERYBODY, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND YEAH, I'M SORRY TO KEEP INTERRUPTING.
I FEEL BAD ABOUT INTERRUPTING SO MANY TIMES.
UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT EARLIER WHEN WE PASS THE CONSENT THAT THAT ITEMS ITEMS TWO, FIVE, AND SEVEN WERE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOTION.
AND I'M JUST CONFIRMING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WE WERE APPROVING OR RECOMMENDING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD POINT ON ITEMS. TWO, FIVE AND SEVEN.
UM, POINT OF ORDER, DID I GET THE RIGHT MOTION HERE? UM, TWO, WE ADDED IN SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES AS A PROHIBITED USE.
AND THAT, THAT WAS ON THE RECORD.
WE GOT THAT ON THE RECORD, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MOTION WAS STAFFED RECOMMENDATION, UH, W WITH THAT ADDITIONAL PROHIBITED.
AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE POINTS.
AND THEN, UM, GOING ON TO ITEMS FROM THE COMMISSION C1 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING MATTERS TO ANY PROPOSED REVISIONS TO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND I'LL BET THERE IS NOTHING HAPPENED IN THERE.
SO, BUT I'LL JUST LOOK AROUND AND THEN SEE TO
[C.2. Discussion regarding Zoning and Platting Commission Hybrid meetings. (Sponsors: Chair Barrera-Ramirez and Vice-Chair Kiolbassa)]
DISCUSSION REGARDING ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION HYBRID MEETINGS.AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR POINTS THERE OR ANYTHING FAIR? YEAH.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, I KNOW I DIDN'T, I DON'T KNOW IF ANDREW WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH A, UM, SUMMARY OF OUR SURVEY.
UH IT'S UM, IT'S A TOOL TO BE INTERNAL, BUT I CAN,
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UH, DISTRIBUTE THAT.CAUSE I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS KIND OF A ROTATING OR SOME KIND OF ROTATING LIST WHERE SOME PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO JUST TO STAY AT HOME AND SOME PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO COME IN AND I JUST WOULD HATE TO BURDEN THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND HAVING THEM HAVE TO COME TO CHAMBERS.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS OR HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP AS A THOUGHT, PUT THAT ON THE AIR.
I'D RATHER HAVE IT AS A SLOW, MORE CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL TO, SO THAT WE'LL NOT TELL ANYBODY WHY WE DON'T WANT TO BE HERE PERSONAL INFORMATION.
IT MAY BE PROTECTED INFORMATION, SO.
UH, AGAIN, UH, BUT, BUT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO CHAIRS WE HAVE, SO I'M SPEAKING TO CHAIR, NADIA, THE RAILROAD RAMIREZ, THE WORK ON OUR WORK GROUP HERE THAT I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO, UH, MAYBE GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC ON THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON, UH, ON THE HYBRID BEING, THIS IS OUR FIRST ONE TONIGHT.
AND MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP INFORM OUR WORK GROUP IF WE WANTED TO MAKE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT.
BUT, UH, BUT, BUT, SO THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WORK GROUP WOULD, WOULD CONTINUE ON UNTIL, UH, WE EITHER DECIDE WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR WE'VE GOT SOME TEAMMATE.
SO IS THAT CORRECT? I DON'T KNOW.
I WASN'T IMAGINING A WORK GROUP.
I WAS JUST KIND OF, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE LIKE AN EMAIL.
ANDREW COULD GIVE US THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY AND THEN WE COULD SOMEHOW, NO.
AND WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR WORKING GROUP FOR THIS ONE.
THIS WAS JUST TO TOUCH BASE ON OUR HYBRID MEETINGS.
AND I THINK WE'VE MAYBE COVERED EVERYTHING ON THAT, SO GOOD AND NO PERSONAL INFORMATION DEVAL.
[D. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND ANY IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE AND COMMISSIONER BRAID.HAD WE, UH, I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING I ASKED ABOUT TALKING ABOUT DISCUSSING LIKE, UH, OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND LIKE WHAT KIND OF GET TOGETHERS WE COULD HAVE.
UM, AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING WE WERE PLANNING ON HAVING IN A FUTURE MEETING.
VERY A MEMORANDUM WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION.
AND MEMORANDUM, I TEAR DOWN HERE ON YOUR RIGHT.
JUST CHECKING IN ON THAT WATERSHED BRIEFING.
AND, UH, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.
DO WE HAVE A DATE YET? ANDREW CHAIR, COMMISSIONER LAYS ON HANDOVER.
UH, WE DO HAVE A DATE FOR, UM, WHILE WE'RE LIKE, UH, IF WE CAN REAL QUICKLY.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE TWO BRIEFINGS THAT WILL, UH, THAT HAVE DATES AND I I'LL EMAIL THE COMMISSION, THOSE TWO DATES.
AND THAT, THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE DEMOGRAPHER, CORRECT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TOO.
AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ON THE, UH, YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE A MEMORANDUM, BUT WE CAN ALSO DISCUSS, UM, AFTER THAT WE COULD DISCUSS LIKE WHAT KIND OF MEETINGS WE HAVE.
LIKE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WOULD ALSO BE A DISCUSSION ITEM, NOT JUST A MEMORANDUM THAT WE GET, BUT LIKE SOMETHING WE CAN HAVE POSTED ON THE AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT NOTED.
AND ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND SEEING, AND I'M LOOKING NOW INTO THE SCREEN AND, UM, I'M JUST LETTING YOU WELL KNOW THAT I FINALLY HAD A GOOD QUESTION FOR THE DEMOGRAPHER.
I'M WHY THE BREAK DOWN OF, UM, THE SENTIMENTAL WE POSTED.
BUT, UM, WHAT DAY WAS THAT SCHEDULED? YEAH, EMAIL ANDREW WITH THE EMAIL, ANDREW, WITH YOUR QUESTIONS FOR ALL OF THESE EXCITING PRESENTATIONS.
AND NOW WE'LL GO ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS
[E. COMMITTEE REPORTS & WORKING GROUPS]
AND WORKING GROUPS.AND, UM, IS THERE, UH, NO, THERE HASN'T BEEN, BECAUSE I'M ON THAT.
THE CODES AND ORDINANCES, JOINT COMMITTEE WE'VE BEEN CANCELED OR ANYTHING WE'RE GOING TO MEET ON THE 15TH.
I KNOW THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO MEET NEXT WEEK.
JOHN COMMITTEE HAS THAT MET, I GUESS, NUTS, SMALL AREA PLANNING COMMITTEE.
AND ONION CREEK AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WORKING GROUP.
THEN CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON THAT WORKING GROUP WITH MY OTHER, UH, CO CO MEMBERS, THEIR, UH, COMMISSIONERS DINKLER AND SMITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE SENDING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD, UH, KIND OF TOUCH BASE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ON THIS, BUT I'LL CHECK IN WITH YOU VIA EMAIL.
AND THANK YOU, ANDREW, FOR SENDING US THE DATES FOR THESE MEETINGS.
AND I BELIEVE WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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VERY MUCH TO EVERYBODY.AND THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY TO OUR TECHNICAL STAFF AND TO ANDREW FOR YEAH.