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          SO THIS 
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IS THE MEETING OF A SPECIAL 
          [Parks and Recreation Board on September 14, 2021.]
MEETING OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, 6:09 PM. 
          WE'RE AT THE ZILKER BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
          WELCOME. 
          THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING SINCE GOSH, HAS IT BEEN, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW MANY MONTHS IT'S BEEN SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN PERSON FOR A MEETING, BUT IT'S BEEN A HECK OF A LONG TIME. 
          SO WELCOME EVERYBODY IS REALLY KIND OF, OH GREAT. 
          YOU GUYS NOT ON A LITTLE SQUARE ON THE SCREEN. 
          IT REALLY IS NICE. 
          SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL ROLL. 
          SO WE HAVE, UM, VICE CHAIR. 
          DIPLOMA IS NOT HERE OR, UH, BOARD MEMBER RINALDI OR MEMBER DECARLO HERE. 
          WE'RE A MEMBER FAUST, UH, BOARD MEMBER. 
          HAGMAN IS NOT HERE. 
          BOARD MEMBER BERNARD OR MEMBER TAYLOR AND BOARD MEMBER COTTON CYBIL SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. 
          SO FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE, UM, CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. 
          WE HAVE ANY, WE HAVE NO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE AND RECREATION BOARD, REGULAR MEETING FROM AUGUST 24TH. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY MODIFICATIONS OR, UM, AMENDMENTS OR DOES SOMEBODY WANT TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE BOARD MEMBER FELL SMOOTH? DO I HAVE A SECOND THAT CAN ADVISE BOARD MEMBER COTTON SEIBEL ALL IN FAVOR. 
          IT'S UNANIMOUS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS A STAFF BRIEFING, THE PRESENTATION ON THE PARKLAND DEDICATION AND OVERVIEW OF RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACQUIRING NEW PARKLAND. 
          AND, UM, I THINK WE HAVE, UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, LEANNA, ELLA BOOKA AND BERGEN MANAGER, RANDY SCOTT, UM, ROB ROWLANDSON AND ROBIN HAYMAN'S. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT THAT IT. 
          OKAY, FANTASTIC. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR, UH, BOARD MEMBERS. 
          IT'S A HONOR TO BE SPEAKING FOR YOU THIS EVENING AND GIVE YOU THIS BRIEFING ON PARKLAND DEDICATION. 
          MY NAME IS THOMAS ROLL INCIDENT. 
          I'M A PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND HELLO, I AM ROBIN HAYMANS. 
          I'M A SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          AND TONIGHT WE WANT TO BRIEF YOU ON THIS PARKLAND DEDICATION STORY MAP. 
          THIS BRIEFING IS ABOUT 14 MINUTES, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO TO SHOW OFF KIND OF RIGHT. 
          THE, WHERE ARE WE? I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THAT WITH THE, I APOLOGIZE. 
          I DID WANNA, I DID WELL, I'M SORRY. 
          THAT'S MY BAD. 
          I WANTED TO REARRANGE THE AGENDA AND HAVE US TO THE BOND PROGRAM AFTER WE, UM, WE VOTE ON THE APPEAL, BUT WE CAN JUST GO PARKLAND DEDICATION AND THEN, UH, MOVE ON TO BOND. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO WE'LL DIVE RIGHT IN. 
          SO THIS IS A STORY MAP THAT OUR TEAM DEVELOPED. 
          IT'S A ESRI PRODUCT THAT HELPS US PUT TOGETHER A LOT OF RICH FORMAT, UH, WEB MAP DATA INTO A NICE WEBSITE FOR EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOU CAN NAVIGATE IT THROUGH THESE BUTTONS ON THE TOP. 
          AND THE AUDIENCE WAS REALLY TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT PARKLAND DEDICATION, AS WELL AS BOARD MEMBERS, SUCH AS YOURSELVES, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. 
          SO IT'S GOT A BROAD AUDIENCE, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KIND OF UNDERSTANDS THIS ORDINANCE. 
          SO AS WE ALL KNOW, AUSTIN IS GROWING. 
          UM, WE CAN SEE IN THIS, UH, CUTE DOG FROM 2013 ON A SKYLINE, THAT LOOKS ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE, ESPECIALLY IF WE LOOK BEHIND US AND NOW, YOU KNOW, HERE'S 2019 AND OUR SKYLINE'S GROWN PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          SO WE ALL KNOW AUSTIN'S GROWING REALLY RAPIDLY. 
          AND WHAT'S WONDERFUL IS THAT THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE ALLOWS US TO GROW OUR PARK SYSTEM AS OUR CITY GROWS, TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. 
          SO WE TRY AND PROVIDE 9.4 ACRES OF PARKLAND FOR EVERY 1000 PEOPLE. 
          UH, THIS STORY OF MATT PRESENTS SORT OF AN OVERVIEW OF PARKLAND DEDICATION. 
          THERE'S A LOT MORE HISTORY THAT CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE BY CLICKING THIS BUTTON. 
          AND THIS IS INTERACTIVE AND IS PUBLIC AND YOU CAN ACCESS IT ANYTIME. 
          SO WHAT IS PARKLAND DEDICATION? PARKLAND DEDICATION IS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENT FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE NEW PARKLAND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PARKLAND WITH A FIVE OR 10 MINUTE WALK OF ALL AUSTINITES. 
          UM, AND THAT'S A CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION. 
          UM, WE WANT TO DISTRIBUTE HIGH QUALITY PARKLAND EQUITABLY ACROSS THE CITY, INTEGRATE OPEN SPACE INTO A COMPACT AND CONNECTED CITY. 
          AND WE WANT TO CREATE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY WITH AMPLE RECREATIONAL ACTIVE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          JUST LIKE OUR IMAGINE AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SORT OF DIRECTS US TO, SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT. 
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A SUBDIVISION SITE PLAN OR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WILL COME INTO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CENTER. 
          AND IF THEY HAVE RESIDENTIAL OR HOTEL MOTEL UNITS, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WILL REVIEW THAT, UM, THE NEW PARKLAND NEED GENERATED BY THOSE UNITS. 
          SO PER UNIT, THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ACRES THAT'S GENERATED BY BY UNIT, UM, UH, PARKLAND THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN OUR SERVICE LEVEL. 
          THE PARKLAND DEDICATION CRITERIA IS SOMETHING THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADMINISTERS IT'S IT'S FOUND IN THE CODE AND THE PARKLAND DEDICATION OPERATING PROCEDURES AND THE PARD STAFF REVIEWS, ALL THAT DEDICATION CRITERIA, WHICH TOM WILL GO INTO MORE IN MORE DETAIL A LITTLE BIT LATER TO DECIDE HOW, UM, THESE PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE MET SO THEY CAN BE MET IN THREE WAYS. 
          ONE WAY IS BY LAND DEDICATION. 
          SO IF A DEVELOPMENT OH SEVEN ACRES, THEY CAN DEDICATE ALL SEVEN ACRES AND, UM, PROVIDE PARKLAND FOR THEIR RESIDENTS. 
          THEY CAN PAY FEES IN LIEU OF PARKLAND DEDICATION, UM, AND THAT WOULD, UM, SORT OF ENABLE THE CITY TO GO OUT AND BUY PARKLAND, OR THEY CAN DO A COMBINATION SO THEY CAN DEDICATE ONE ACRE OF PARKLAND AND PAY THE REMAINING SIX ACRES IN FEES. 
          AND LU THE WAY THIS GETS DETERMINED IS AGAIN THROUGH THESE DEDICATION CRITERIA. 
          UM, AND WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS CRITERIA, SO THEY WERE ADMINISTERING THIS EVENLY AND CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE CITY. 
          WHEN WE LOOK FOR LAND DEDICATION, WHERE SORT OF ASSESSING, DO WE NEED ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? IS THERE AN EXISTING PARK THAT WE WANT TO SORT OF CREATE, EXPAND, EXPANDED ACCESS TO, OR DO WE REALLY NEED A NEW COMMUNITY PARK HERE? IS THERE, ARE THERE NO PARKS AROUND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? DO WE NEED TO PROVIDE A NEW ONE? AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FEES IN LIEU OF PARKLAND DEDICATION, THEY GET SPLIT INTO TWO FEES. 
          ONE IS THE LAND FEE AND THAT, UM, IS USED TO BUY NEW PARKLAND AND WE'LL GO MORE INTO DETAIL. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS THAT DEVELOPMENT FEE, WHICH IS USED TO BUILD NEW, DEVELOP NEW DEVELOPED PARKS. 
          UM, BUT THEY ALL END IN A NEW OR IMPROVED PARK. 
          SO EVERY RESIDENTIAL UNIT OR HOTEL MOTEL UNIT THAT COMES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CENTER RESULTS IN SOME FORM IN A NEW OR IMPROVED PARK. 
          AND SO WE ALSO THIS VIDEO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU EXPLORE THIS ON YOUR OWN. 
          YOU JUST SHOW SOME NEW PARKS THAT WE'VE ACQUIRED OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO WALK YOU A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH THROUGH, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT JOURNEY WHEN IT COMES TO PARKLAND DEDICATION. 
          SO WE'LL WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE STEPS THAT ROBIN JUST DISCUSSED AND REALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT JOURNEY, UH, PARK STAFF IS GOING TO LOOK AT THE DEDICATION CRITERIA FOR THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO SORT OF ASSESS, UH, WHAT EXACTLY THOSE PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE. 
          AND REALLY THE BIG QUESTION FOR US IS WHETHER LAND IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED WITH DEDICATION ONSITE OR WHETHER A FEE WOULD BE REQUIRED, UH, INSTEAD, SO THE WHAT'S THE CRITERIA HERE IS ON THE LEFT. 
          A REALLY CRITICAL ONE THAT WE LOOK AT IS WHETHER THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS IN A PARK DEFICIENT AREA, WHICH I'LL GET INTO, UH, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER ONES INCLUDE WHETHER THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS ADJACENT TO EXISTING PARKLAND THAT COULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND AN EXISTING FACILITY, WHETHER THERE'S SUFFICIENT ACREAGE TO MEET THE STANDARDS FOR OUR PARKS, UM, ONE OF THEIR, UH, IT, THE PARKLAND WOULD BE NEEDED TO ADDRESS A CRITICAL NEED OR A CRITICAL SHORTAGE IN PARKLAND FOR AN AREA OR A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND WHETHER IT WOULD PROVIDE INCREASED CONNECTIVITY WITH IT EXISTING OR PLANNED PARK OR OPERATIONAL FACILITY, BUT A BIG ONE THAT WE DO LOOK AT IS PARKED DEFICIENCIES. 
          SO PARK DEFICIENCY REALLY REFERS TO AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF WALKING DISTANCE OF OUR EXISTING PARKS. 
          AND WE HAVE A MAP THAT ALLOWS YOU TO EXPLORE WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAP OUT ALL THROUGHOUT AUSTIN WHERE THERE, WHERE WE HAVE A FIVE AND 10 MINUTE WALK OF OUR EXISTING PARK FACILITIES. 
          SO THAT'S IN THE YELLOW TONE AND IN THE PINK TONE OR THE AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THOSE WALKING DISTANCES. 
          SO THAT'S FIVE MINUTES WITHIN THE URBAN CORE, 10 MINUTES OUTSIDE OF THE URBAN CORE. 
          AND THOSE WERE ESTABLISHED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2009, AS PART OF A RESOLUTION TO REALLY ENSURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS WITHIN AUSTIN ARE WITHIN A FIVE TO 10 MINUTE WALK OF A PARK. 
          SO WE USE THIS MAP REALLY AS AN INDICATOR THAT IF A NEW DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THAT PINK TONE, THAT'S IN THAT PARK DEFICIENT AREA, THEN THE RESIDENTS FUTURE AND EXISTING DON'T HAVE A PARK AND WOULD POTENTIALLY BE SUITABLE FOR ONSITE DEDICATION. 
          UH, IN INSTANCES WHERE ONSITE DEDICATION IS MAYBE NOT SUITABLE AND FEES 
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IN LIEU OF PARKLAND WOULD BE A BETTER FIT AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY MEET OUR CRITERIA. 
          THEN WE'LL ACCEPT THESE FEES IN LIEU OF PARKLAND, DEDICATION OF WHICH THERE ARE REALLY TWO THERE'S THE LAND FEES THAT WE USE TO PURCHASE NEW PARKLAND, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT FEES FOR NEW AMENITIES. 
          SO THESE LAND FEES ARE WHAT WE USE TO PURCHASE NEW PARKLAND IN AN AREA WHERE A NEW DEVELOPMENT HAS OCCURRED. 
          SO, UH, IF THERE'S A PARK OR A POTENTIAL PARK WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT, WE WOULD USE THOSE FEES TO GO OUT AND PURCHASE THEM. 
          AND, UH, IF YOU WANT TO EXPLORE THE STORY MAP ON YOUR OWN, THERE'S A REALLY GREAT GALLERY OF SOME OF THE PARKS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE OVER THE YEARS. 
          AND ONE EXAMPLE IS A SECTION OF SLAUGHTER CREEK GREENBELT THAT WE PURCHASED A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          THE DEVELOPMENT FEE IS WHAT WE USE TO PURCHASE NEW PARK AMENITIES. 
          SO THAT COULD INCLUDE PLAYSCAPES. 
          IT COULD INCLUDE NEW TRAILS, AND THEN IT COULD ALSO INCLUDE, UH, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS LIKE TEXAS CONSERVATION CORPS TO, UH, CLEAR OUT SOME OF OUR UNDEVELOPED GREENBELT AND UNDEVELOPED PARKS AND TURN THEM INTO USABLE PARK SPACES. 
          AND AGAIN, BOTH OF THOSE, YOU CAN KIND OF EXPLORE, UH, IN FURTHER DETAIL BY EXPLORING THE STORY MAP. 
          AND JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF, UH, ONE OF THE AMENITIES WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE WITH THESE FEES IS THE NEW PLAYSCAPE AT BATTLEBORN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. 
          UH, LOOKING AT OUR FEE, THE FEES THAT WE'VE APPROPRIATED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THAT PARDON ME, UH, W OUR FEES HAVE INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY, OR THE, OR THE APPROPRIATIONS HAVE INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, UH, UP TO 14 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY A RESULT OF TWO TRENDS. 
          ONE IS THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN AUSTIN, UH, AT THE MOMENT, BUT THE OTHER IS ALSO THE PASSAGE OF THE 2016 PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE. 
          AND THOSE UPDATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION TO BETTER REFLECT THE REAL COST FOR THE CITY TO GO AND PURCHASE NEW PARKLAND AND TO PURCHASE NEW AMENITIES FOR OUR EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS. 
          AS FAR AS THE EXPENDITURES OF THOSE FEES, WE LOOK AT A NUMBER OF FACTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING OUR PARK DEFICIENCY AND THAT WE'RE SERVING THE GREATEST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, AND ALSO THAT WE ARE SERVING THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST NEED OF PARKLAND. 
          SO WE LOOK AT A NUMBER OF DEMOGRAPHICS, UH, AS SUCH AS RACE, INCOME, ETHNICITY CHILDREN, UH, ON TOP OF PARK DEFICIENCY ALTOGETHER, REALLY TO TAKE A HOLISTIC LOOK AT WHERE WE CAN MAKE OUR BEST, UM, INVESTMENTS IN OUR PARK SYSTEM WITH THOSE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A MAP OF SOME OF THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS OVERLAID FROM THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WE UPDATE REGULARLY. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS A MAP THAT YOU'RE WELCOME TO EXPLORE. 
          IF YOU HAVE TIME ON YOUR OWN OUTSIDE OF THIS PRESENTATION, AS FAR AS EXPENDITURES AND HOW WE TRACK THOSE, WE HAVE ANOTHER MAP WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CITY HAS APPROPRIATED FEES FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS OVER TIME. 
          AND THOSE ALL APPEAR AS DIFFERENT ICONS OR STARS ON, ON THIS MAP, THAT'S JUST TAKING A SECOND TO LOAD, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL THAT YOU CAN EXPLORE TO SEE, UH, WHERE FEES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHERE A CONCENTRATION OF THEM ARE OCCURRING. 
          AND YOU CAN EXPLORE WHETHER THOSE FEES HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED TOWARDS SPECIFIC PROJECTS, OR WHETHER THEY'RE AVAILABLE, OR THEY'RE FOR, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE'VE SINCE COMPLETED. 
          AND YOU CAN CLICK ON EACH ONE OF THESE TO FIND OUT MORE DETAIL ABOUT EACH OF THESE PROJECTS, EACH OF THE, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT PAID INTO OUR PARK SYSTEM. 
          AND THIS ALLOWS US TO KEEP TRACK OF WHERE WE'RE EXPANDING OUR FEES, AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXTENDING THOSE FEES CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WERE COLLECTED, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE. 
          LOOKING OVER TIME AT THE EXPANSION OF OUR PARK SYSTEM, THROUGH PARKLAND, DEDICATION AND ACQUISITIONS, YOU CAN SEE SINCE GOING BACK TO 1998, THE GROWTH OF OUR PARK SYSTEM AND THESE KINDS OF YELLOW TONES AND THE RED INDICATES SORT OF THE INTENSITY OF EXPENDITURES IN NEW ACQUISITIONS. 
          SO REALLY OVER 80% OF THE PARKS THAT WE'VE ACQUIRED, UH, USING PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES, AS WELL AS BOND HAVE BEEN IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT. 
          WELL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LAND DEDICATION. 
          THAT'S WHEN A DEVELOPER WILL ACTUALLY GIVE A PORTION OF THEIR OTHER LAND TO THE PUBLIC AS PARKLAND, AND THAT CAN COME IN A LOT OF FORMS. SOMETIMES IT, IT COMES IN THE FORM OF AN ENTIRE PARK SYSTEM. 
          WHEN WE EVALUATE A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OR A NEW SUBDIVISION WAY 
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OUT IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN, THEY'LL PROVIDE A SYSTEM OF PARKS. 
          SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A SMALL CONNECTION. 
          AND SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE POCKET PARK THAT PROVIDES, UM, REALLY FROM URBAN LIFE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WOULDN'T OTHERWISE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. 
          SO WE LOOK FOR KIND OF TWO, UH, MAIN THEMES IN WHEN WE LOOK AT LAND DEDICATION, UH, ONE IS, UH, CRITICAL CONNECTIONS. 
          SO, WELL, I CAN SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE HERE, A CASE STUDY OF A PARK. 
          SO WE ALREADY OWN THIS PARK IT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED AND IT'S, UM, READY TO USE, BUT A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE CUT OFF FROM IT. 
          THE PEOPLE IN BLUE CAN WALK THERE, BUT THE PEOPLE OVER HERE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S BIG SUPERBLOCKS AND THE ROAD SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK. 
          SO WE CAN WORK WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS SHOWN IN ORANGE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE NEW, UM, ACCESS POINTS ALONG THE SIDE OF THEIR, UH, THEIR PROPERTY LINES. 
          SO THEY CAN BUILD A TRAIL. 
          THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT TRAIL GETS CREDITED AGAINST THEIR PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT FEES. 
          THE DEDICATION OF THE LAND GETS CREDITED AGAINST THEIR LAND FEES. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE IT'S A COMBINATION OF LANDON FEES AND THE REST OF THEIR FEES OF LAND, UM, GO INTO PURCHASING NEW PARKLAND AROUND THE CITY. 
          SO NOW WHAT WE'VE DONE IS DOUBLED OR TRIPLED OUR ACCESS TO THIS PARK WITH ZERO INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY. 
          CAUSE WE ALREADY HAD THIS GREAT PARK HERE. 
          WE JUST MADE SURE EVERYONE COULD GET TO IT. 
          AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REALLY, UM, VALUABLE TOOLS THAT THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE OFFERS US. 
          UM, THERE'S ANOTHER VIDEO HERE YOU CAN EXPLORE. 
          IT'S A, ANOTHER TRAIL CONNECTION AND IT'S SORT OF LIKE AN OFF, OFF, UM, STREET CONNECTION JUST TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF, UM, AND EXPANDED AN EXISTING GREENBELT. 
          WHAT WE ALSO LOOK FOR IS A NEW COMMUNITY PARK. 
          SO THIS IS A PARK THAT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THIS COULD BE PASSIVE, LIKE SITTING AT A PICNIC TABLE OR ACTIVE THROWING A BALL, A BASKETBALL COURT, A PLAYGROUND, A DOG PARK. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, CITY DWELLERS NEED, PARTICULARLY PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN MULTI-FAMILY UNITS. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE YARDS. 
          THEY MAY HAVE A SMALL BALCONIES, IT'S A PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO STRETCH THEIR LEGS. 
          AND WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HAVE ACCESS TO THESE AMENITIES, TO THIS PARKLAND, INCLUDING PEOPLE THAT ARE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO THERE MAY COME UP, UM, A LOT IN THE CONVERSATION SURROUNDING PARKLAND DEDICATION, BUT WE JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT PARKLAND SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL PEOPLE. 
          SO WHEN WE, UM, WHEN THESE PARKS ARE DEDICATED AGAIN, UM, ANY DEVELOPMENT IN THE PARK CAN BE CREDITED AGAINST THE FEES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THE LAND ITSELF CAN BE CREDITED AGAINST WHAT THE LAND THEY OWE. 
          AND THESE PARKS ARE HELD TO CERTAIN STANDARDS, WHICH ARE OUTLINED CLEARLY IN THE CODE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARK IS SAFE, OPEN, WELCOMING TO EVERYBODY, BUT IT ALSO DOESN'T OVERLAP TOO MUCH WITH OTHER, UM, OTHERWISE REQUIRED THINGS LIKE, UM, I DON'T KNOW, JUST OTHER, UH, PARTS OF THE CODE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED. 
          SO, UM, THAT, SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PARKLAND AND RELIEF FOR PEOPLE, UM, THAT ARE LIVING IN VASILY RAPIDLY DENSIFYING AREAS. 
          SO IN SUM ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PATHS ON A NEW DEVELOPMENTS JOURNEY ULTIMATELY RESULT IN A NEW PARK FACILITY, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION IS REALLY A DYNAMIC IN CONCEPT CONTEXT, SENSITIVE TOOL TO GROW OUR PARK SYSTEM. 
          AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW UPWARDS OF 35,000 NEW RESIDENTS ANNUALLY BY SOME ESTIMATES. 
          SO PARKLAND DEDICATION ULTIMATELY PROVIDES FOR NEW PARK ACQUISITIONS, NEW PARK DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, AND REALLY AFFORDS THE STATE AFFORDS MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, TO CREATE THE HEALTHY, COMPACT AND CONNECTED COMMUNITY THAT'S CONTEMPLATED IT IMAGINAL LIST. 
          AND SO ON A FINAL NOTE, WE'LL JUST SORT OF LOOK AT THE MAP OF AUSTIN. 
          UM, HERE WE HAVE OUR EXISTING PARKS IN GREEN, AND THEN THE PARKS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT IN ORANGE. 
          THESE PARTS HAVE EITHER BEEN PURCHASED WITH FUNDS FROM PARKLAND, UM, DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPED WITH THOSE DEVELOPMENT FEES OR DEDICATED BY, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, AND AS WE ZOOM OUT, WE CAN REALLY SEE THE IMPACT TO OUR ENTIRE PARK SYSTEM THAT THIS ORDINANCE HAS. 
          SO I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE IN THE SCREEN FAR AWAY, BUT THE ORANGE REALLY STANDS OUT AS YOU KNOW, CONSISTING OF A VAST PORTION OF OUR PARK SYSTEM. 
          AND I, I JUST DON'T THINK OUR CITY PARK SYSTEM WOULD LOOK THE SAME WITHOUT THIS ORDINANCE. 
          SO WE REALLY FEEL AS A GREAT TOOL. 
          IT, IT SORT OF THIS AUSTIN CITY CODE SORT OF STATES BY HAVING THIS ORDINANCE IN HERE THAT, HEY, PARKS IS OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, 
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JUST LIKE WASTEWATER, JUST LIKE ELECTRIC, JUST LIKE RIGHT AWAY. 
          IT'S A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS. 
          UM, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY ACQUIRED 125 ACRES SINCE 2018. 
          SO IT'S A PRETTY ROBUST PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND THEN IF YOU WANTED TO EXPLORE FURTHER, WE HAVE, UH, UH, 20, 20 YEAR IN REVIEW, UM, WHICH WILL PREPARE ONE FOR 20, 21 AS WELL. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO THE DEDICATION GALLERIES. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME TO AGAIN, COME BACK AT ANY TIME AND EXPLORE THIS. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE A SERIES OF YOUTUBE VIDEOS SHOWING ALL THE NEW PARKS. 
          SO IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, A LOT OF FUN CHECK IN AND SEE THE NEW PARK. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'LL GO AROUND AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          I'LL START WITH THE PEOPLE. 
          REMEMBER, BECAUSE I THINK ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD. 
          NO, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME OF THE CLARIFICATION. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, REMEMBER, TAYLOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT? NO, I DOUBT. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION OR MEMBER BERNARD. 
          NO, THANK YOU. 
          AND BOARD MEMBER. 
          UM, CHARLOTTE, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I JUST HAD ONE KIND OF RANDOM QUESTION. 
          UM, IF WE'RE OUT AND ABOUT AND SEE SOME PROPERTY THAT'S FOR SALE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, AND WANT TO FIND OUT IF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS KNOWS ABOUT THAT OR HAS EVALUATED THAT FOR POTENTIAL PURCHASE, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST PROCESS FOR FIGURING THAT OUT? I GUESS, UM, WE, WE DO HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS. 
          THAT'S A PARKLAND PERIOD, DEDICATION AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV. 
          SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL REACH ANY OF THE PLANNERS, UH, THAT WORK ON PARKLAND, DEDICATION THERE. 
          AND WE DO OCCASIONALLY, UH, TAKE REQUESTS. 
          WE OFTEN GET THEM FROM NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS WHO HAVE SUGGESTIONS AND WE'RE ALWAYS, UH, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE AND TAKE SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO YEAH, I WOULD SAY JUST, UH, EMAIL US AT THAT INBOX, OR I ASSUME 3, 1, 1 CALLS TWO WOULD BE EVENTUALLY ROUTED TO US TO, OR NUMBERS. 
          WE CAN SEND THAT KIMBERLY MCNEALY SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE CAN SEND THAT, THAT EMAIL ADDRESS TO YOU IN AN, IN AN EMAIL SO THAT YOU HAVE IT, YOU DIDN'T JUST IN CASE, YOU KNOW HOW SOMETIMES WE WRITE STUFF DOWN AND IT JUST DOESN'T COME OUT. 
          WE'LL SEND IT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAD. 
          AND I, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION ALSO. 
          I JUST GOT A LITTLE NOTE IF EVERYBODY COULD PLEASE REMEMBER TOO, THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS, AND IF YOU COULD JUST BE SURE TO WEAR THEM PROPERLY OVER YOUR NOSE. 
          SO EVERYBODY FEELS SAFE. 
          THAT WOULD BE, UM, WE'D APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, MY QUESTION ABOUT THAT IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY KIND OF METRICS OR DATA THAT SAYS WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE? IF WE DIDN'T HAVE PARKLAND DEDICATION OWNERS, LIKE YOU COULD SAY, THIS IS WHAT, HOW MUCH WE'D HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACQUIRE AND WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE AS FAR AS AMENITIES WITHOUT THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, OR WE COULD LIKELY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. 
          SO BASICALLY WE WOULD HAVE RELIED EXCLUSIVELY ON BOND FUNDING IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR PARKLAND ACQUISITION. 
          SO, UH, MAYBE THE PRESENTATION THAT'S COMING UP COULD ACTUALLY HELP WITH THAT BECAUSE IT DOES BREAK DOWN HOW MANY ACRES WOULD ACQUIRE. 
          THEY WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT OF, UM, ORDINANCE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          THAT WOULD REALLY GOOD TO SEE, TO SAY THIS, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          AND WE CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          NOW. 
          I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF I COULD TURN THAT LAYER OFF, BUT I CAN'T, BUT OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A GOOD PRESENTATION AND EVERYBODY LEARNED A LOT AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. 
          SO NOW I'D LIKE TO JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO, UM, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR NEW BUSINESS, WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGARDING THE APPLICANT'S APPEAL OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR 4 0 3 EAST AND LANG. 
          AND I THINK WE HAVE THAT AND ROBIN, OH, DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS FOR THAT? DO WE HAVE, UM, SO SAMMY CARLESS, I'M A LITTLE RUSTY WITH THESE, BUT I THINK WE GO STAFF PRESENTATIONS, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          SO WE HAVE, UH, ORGANIZED, UH, SYSTEM FOR THIS, UM, VIA THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          AND SO ANY OF THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS WILL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT. 
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IT'LL GO STAFF PRESENTATION AND THEN IT WILL GO, UM, THE APPELLANT'S PRESENTATION THEY'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES FOR THAT SPEAKERS, FOUR SPEAKERS AGAINST, AND THEN THE REBUTTAL. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US ORGANIZED. 
          OKAY, SO STAFF GOES FIRST. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          BOARD MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME AGAIN IS ROBIN HAYMANS. 
          I'M A SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE PARKS AND PARK PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 
          I AM THE SITE PLAN REVIEWER FOR THIS CASE, AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CASE SINCE THE VERY FIRST MEETING WITH THE APPLICANT IN AUGUST, 2020. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE APPLICANT'S APPEAL OF THE DETERMINATION, WHICH REQUIRES THE DEVELOPER TO DEDICATE LAND, TO SATISFY PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS SITE. 
          UH, PART OF REQUESTS, THE PARKS BOARD SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR LAND DEDICATION, AND DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO PAY FEE IN LIEU OF LAND DEDICATION. 
          I WILL WALK THROUGH THE CODE CONTEXT, THE SITE PLAN CONTEXT, THE APPLICATION OF THE CODE CRITERIA, SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS, UM, SOME PARK ALIGNMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN A RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THE CODE MANDATES PART REQUIRE LAND DEDICATION FOR A SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT. 
          IF CERTAIN CRITERIA ARE MET BASED ON THE CODE CRITERIA IN THIS CASE PART DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT FEE IN LIEU EXCLUSIVELY FOR THIS, FOR THIS SITE, THE APPLICANT IS UTILIZING A CODE PROVISION TO APPEAL, PARTS DECISION. 
          THEY ARE REQUESTING TO SATISFY THEIR PARKLAND DETERMINED DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS ENTIRELY WITH A FEE IN LIEU PAYMENT. 
          UH, AS A REMINDER, THIS P APPEAL IS NOT A DISCUSSION ON THE CONFIGURATION OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARKLAND. 
          IT IS SIMPLY A DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO DEDICATE PARKLAND OR SATISFY THEIR PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENT ENTIRELY WITH A FEE IN LIEU PAYMENTS. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED ALONG CANIN LANE ON NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF AIRPORT BOULEVARD. 
          UH, THE AREA IS CRITICALLY PARKLAND DEFICIENT, MEANING THERE ARE NO PARKS WITHIN A QUARTER MILE WALK OF THIS SITE, AND IT'S SHOWN IN THAT PINK TONE. 
          AS A REMINDER, THE PARK DEFICIENCY IS DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE QUARTER MILE ALONG ACCESSIBLE ROADS. 
          IT'S NOT MEASURED AS THE CROW FLIES. 
          THIS ENSURES A PARK GOER DOES NOT HAVE TO CROSS A RAILROAD OR A MAJOR HIGHWAY TO ACCESS A PARK WITHIN IN THIS CASE. 
          A FIVE MINUTE WALK. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO HERE'S THE PROJECT SITE YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE. 
          THE SITE IS SHOWN IN YELLOW. 
          IT IS THE ONLY REMAINING LARGE UNDEVELOPED LOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SHOWN IN RED DO DUE TO THE PARKLAND DEFICIENCY AREA HERE. 
          THE SITE IS BORDERED ON THE EAST BY THE PLANNED URBAN TRAIL, THE RED LINE TRAIL ON THE WEST BY ANOTHER LARGE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH BY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          AN IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY FROM THIS MAP IS A LACK OF AVAILABLE LAND TO ACQUIRE FOR PARKLAND THROUGH ANY OTHER KIND OF BOND FUNDING. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          IT WOULD TAKE THE, UM, SORT OF COLLECTION OF MANY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          YOU'D HAVE TO TAKE THOSE HOMES DOWN IN ORDER TO GET, UM, THE KIND OF PARKLAND THAT WE WOULD GET OUT OF PARKLAND DEDICATION AT THIS SITE. 
          NEXT UNIT. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THE SITE PLAN IS DEVELOPING 434 UNITS. 
          THAT'S THE PROPOSAL, APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THOSE SERVE AS AFFORDABLE UNITS UNDER THE VMU VERTICAL MIXED UNIT, UM, PROGRAM THAT AFFORDS THE DEVELOPERS, CERTAIN DENSITY BONUSES, THE PARKLAND DEMAND GENERATED BY THESE UNITS. 
          IT REPRESENTS ABOUT 700 NEW RESIDENTS IS 6.93 ACRES. 
          ALMOST SEVEN ACRES OF PARKLAND IS NEEDED TO SERVE ALL THE RESIDENTS ON THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE SITE IS 6.5 ACRES, LARGE IT'S LARGELY FLAT WITH NO FLOODPLAIN OR OTHER ENCUMBRANCES, WHICH IMPEDE THE AREA OF THE SITE THAT MAY BE DEVELOPED. 
          THE ONLY EASEMENT ON THE SITE, WHICH WAS STICKS, RESTRICTS DEVELOPMENT IS A 20 FOOT ELECTRIC EASEMENT ALONG THE RAIL LINE. 
          AND I MENTIONED THIS JUST TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOT A PARTICULARLY TIGHT OR RESTRICTED SITE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPABLE AREA HERE. 
          UM, SO THE PARKLAND, OH, IT'S STILL THE IDEA. 
          THE PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE SATISFIED FOR ALL 6.93 ACRES. 
          UM, BUT PART, PART OF IT WILL BE SATISFIED BY THE LAND DEDICATION. 
          AND THIS IS DUE TO A 15% CAP PUT IN THE URBAN CORE. 
          SO DUE TO THAT 15% URBAN CAP WHERE WE WILL REQUIRE 0.9, EIGHT ACRES TO BE SATISFIED 
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WITH LAND AT THIS SITE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO BASED ON THE CODE CRITERIA AND THE FACTS OF THE SITE, PAR DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT FEE IN LIEU TO SATISFY PARKLAND DEDICATION. 
          NOW I'LL GO THROUGH THAT. 
          SO 21, 6 0 5 HAS TWO PARTS THERE'S PART A AND PART B UM, UH, IT SETS OUT THE ONLY CRITERIA THAT PARKING CONSIDER IT AN ACCEPTING IN LIEU OF LAND DEDICATION. 
          SO THESE ARE THE ONLY CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO UTILIZE IN DETERMINING WHETHER IT'S LAND OR FEE, BOTH PARTS OF 6 0 5, A MUST BE MET TO ALLOW FOR A PAYMENT AND FEE IN LIEU. 
          THE PART DIRECTOR HAS EVALUATED THE CRITERIA IF 605 B ON THE RIGHT AND DETERMINED THAT FAMILY IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SITE. 
          THE AREA IS CRITICALLY PARKLAND DEFICIENT. 
          IT DOES HAVE SUFFICIENT ACREAGE TO MEET THE STANDARDS FOR DEDICATED PARKLAND. 
          IT IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS A CRITICAL NEED FOR PARKLAND AND PARKLAND AT THIS SITE WOULD INCREASE CONNECTIVITY WITH THE PLANNED URBAN TRAIL ALONG THE RED LINE THOUGH, THIS SITE OWES MORE THAN SIX ACRES, AS YOU CAN SEE, MAYBE IN A 25, 6 0 5, A TWO, UM, THE URBAN CORE CAP ONLY REQUIRES 0.9, EIGHT ACRES TO BE DEDICATED HERE. 
          TWENTY-FIVE 6 0 8 STILL OBLIGATES PART TO REQUIRE THE DEDICATION OF LAND AT THIS SITE BECAUSE THE CRITERIA IN 605 B DO NOT JUSTIFY A FEE IN LIEU PAYMENT HERE. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THERE ARE SEVERAL CRITERIA THAT PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON THE STANDARDS OF DEDICATED PARKLAND. 
          THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT PARKLAND IS SUITABLE FOR ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATION AND, UM, AND IS SORT OF ADMINISTERED EVENLY ACROSS ALL DEVELOPMENTS. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CONSISTENT ADMINISTRATION OF THIS CODE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THIS PLAN SHOWS THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED PARK ALIGNMENT. 
          THIS HAS STAYED CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS SINCE LAST AUGUST. 
          UM, WE MET WITH THE APPLICANTS OVER A YEAR AGO IN A PRE EARLY DETERMINATION MEETING TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR ALIGNMENT AND THEIR PROPOSAL. 
          THE APPLICANT AT THAT TIME REFUSED AN EARLY DETERMINATION LETTER. 
          AND IN DOING SO REFUSE FEEDBACK FROM PART ON THE PARK CONFIGURATION AT UPDATE ZERO, THE VERY FIRST UPDATE OF THEIR FORMAL SUBMITTAL, THE APPLICANT RECEIVED FORMAL COMMENTS THAT THE PARKLAND CONFIGURATION DID NOT MEET PARKLAND DEDICATION STANDARDS, AND TO REVISE THEIR DRAWING. 
          THERE ARE SEVERAL PARKLAND DEDICATION STANDARDS THAT ARE NOT MET WITH THIS ALIGNMENT, WHICH I'LL GO THROUGH HERE. 
          UM, IT'S HARD TO SEE, SORRY. 
          SO ON THE FAR LEFT, WE HAVE A SMALL PARK. 
          IT IS 0.17 ACRES. 
          IT'S WHERE THOSE TREES ARE. 
          UM, AND OUR, OUR SMALLEST PART WHERE WE CAN ACCEPT IS 0.2, FIVE ACRES. 
          THE BULK OF THEIR DEDICATION AREA, UM, 0.4 OR FIVE ACRES IS, UM, SHOWN IN THIS TRANSIT PARK. 
          THE TRANSIT PARK CONSISTS OF A SIDEWALK, A BIKE LANE, SOME BENCHES AND SOME LANDSCAPING. 
          IT'S ALL DONE VERY NICELY. 
          I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL SEE SOME VERY NICE RENDERINGS LATER, BUT IT DOESN'T CONSTITUTE PARKLAND BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, IT'S REQUIRED BY THE TIA, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. 
          IF THOSE ITEMS WERE REMOVED FROM THE TIA, THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE A, UM, A RED LINE, THAT'S AN AUSTIN ENERGY EASEMENT DUE TO AUSTIN ENERGY'S CODE REQUIREMENTS WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCEPT PARKLAND WITHIN THE AWESOME ENERGY EASEMENT. 
          SO THAT'S JUST ONE LITTLE PORTION THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADMINISTER, UM, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION WITHIN. 
          UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE KIND OF ON THE RIGHT, THE PARK ON THE RIGHT WOULD BE REALLY THE ONLY AREA THAT COULD MEET THE STANDARDS. 
          WE WOULD STILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU COULD SEE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PARK AND THAT THE PARK FELT OPEN AND INVITING. 
          SO FROM THE NORTH PART, YOU MAY BE OBSTRUCTED BY THE, THE BUILDING ITSELF AND NOT BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. 
          YOU MAY THINK IT'S PRIVATE. 
          YOU MAY NOT FEEL WELCOME THERE, OR YOU MAY NOT FEEL SAFE. 
          UM, SO WE WOULD WANT TO OPEN IT UP NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THERE ARE LOTS OF CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE SITE AND I'M SURE, UM, IT'S SORT OF A LOT OF INFORMATION, UM, BUT I'LL JUST GO THROUGH A FEW OF THE IMPORTANT ONES. 
          FIRST OF ALL, UM, THIS, AGAIN, THIS APPLICANT IS SATISFYING PARKLET DEDICATION WITH A COMBINATION OF LAND, DEDICATION AND FEES AND LOU. 
          UM, AND SO THE MAJORITY OF THEIR, THEIR DEDICATION IS ACTUALLY BEING SATISFIED BY FEES. 
          THAT'S 86%. 
          UM, AS A REMINDER OF THERE'S NO AVAILABLE LAND TO PURCHASE FOR PARKLAND WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF THE SITE. 
          SO A HUNDRED PERCENT FEES AND LOU IN THIS CASE, WOULDN'T ACTUALLY EVEN BE HELPFUL IN PROVIDING PARKLAND FOR THIS AREA. 
          UM, THE, UM, IT MAY COME UP THAT THERE'S AN IMPACT TO 
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE CAN GO INTO THAT MORE, BUT THE IMPACT TO NON-SMART AFFORDABLE UNITS IS NOT A CODE CRITERIA AROUND RELATED TO PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO THAT, UM, SO NOT ABLE TO CONSIDER THAT WHEN WE CONSIDER LANDER FEE. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, YOU MAY HEAR THE APPLICANT PROPOSED TO DEDICATE PARKLAND IN THEIR CHOSEN CONFIGURATION, WHICH DOES NOT MEET PARK STANDARDS AND TO PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR FEES. 
          IN ADDITION TO MAYBE OTHER DONATIONS, THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION PART IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO CONSIDER IN KIND DONATION OF LAND IN EXCHANGE FOR WAIVING PARKLAND, DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS AS MANDATED BY THIS CODE. 
          SO IF THE APPEAL GOES IN THE APPLICANT'S FAVOR, THE CITY WILL NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THE LANDO SITE, THE LAND DONATION, AND THERE WILL BE NO PARKLAND DEDICATED AT THIS SITE. 
          THERE WOULD ONLY BE FEES PAID. 
          IT WOULD BE ENTIRELY UP TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HOLD THE DEVELOPER ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT IN KIND DONATION. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE CODE ALREADY ENTITLED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO 0.9, EIGHT ACRES OF USABLE PARKLAND THAT MEETS THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, STANDARDS, PARK DEVELOPMENT, OR FEES AND LU AND THE REMAINING 86% OF THE LAND FEES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO PART AS THE APPLICANT TO PREPARE THE STEADY DEDICATING 0.9 ACRE NINE EIGHT ACRES OF CREDITED PARKLAND ON THE SITE THOUGH PART PREFERS A SINGLE CONSOLIDATED PARK. 
          THIS ALIGNMENT SPLITS THE PARK INTO ROUGHLY TWO EQUAL AREAS AND IT ACTUALLY WOULD MEET THE STANDARDS OF LAID OUT IN THE CODE. 
          AND EACH PARK IS ABOUT HALF AN ACRE AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION. 
          AND IT ACTUALLY HAS THE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT OF PROVIDING DISCREET AREAS FOR PARK USERS. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE PARK CLOSER TO THE ROAD, IT WOULD BE A FENCE DOG PARK, CLOSER TO THE RAILROAD. 
          IT COULD BE, UH, A PLAY AREA FOR CHILDREN SEPARATE THOSE TWO KIND OF CONFLICTING PARK USES AND EXPAND IT KIND OF FOR EVERYBODY. 
          I BRING THIS UP TO SHOW YOU THE, TO SHOW YOU, UM, TO EMPHASIZE THE PARDES, WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER, TO FIND A PARK CONFIGURATION THAT MEETS CODE AND ALLOWS FOR MAXIMUM DEVELOPMENT. 
          BUT AS A REMINDER, THE APPEAL IS SINGULARLY. 
          A DECISION BETWEEN WHETHER LAND OR FEES WILL SATISFY PARKLAND DEDICATION AT THE SITE, NOT ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THE PARK. 
          THE APPLICANT MAY REMARK THAT THIS ALIGNMENT IMPACTS A NUMBER OF MARKET RATE OR AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT ARE POSSIBLE ON THE SITE. 
          HOWEVER PART IS NOT AUTHORIZED BY CODE TO CONSIDER IMPACT TO DEVELOPABLE UNITS. 
          WHEN DETERMINING IF LANDER FEES MAY SATISFY PARKLAND, SEVERAL OTHER CODE REQUIREMENTS ALSO IMPACT THE NUMBER OF BUILDABLE UNITS, INCLUDING PARKING AND COMPATIBILITY SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, OUR CURRENT PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE IS A ROBUST TOOL. 
          IT HAS A LOT OF TEETH TO ENSURE CRITICAL PARKLAND INFRASTRUCTURE IS PROVIDED AS PART OF NEW DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY PARKLAND WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF ALL. 
          AUSTINITES JUST AS OTHER CODE REQUIREMENTS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CRITICAL ELECTRIC WATER, QUALITY FIRE, AND NEIGHBORHOOD SETBACK, UM, COMPATIBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, THE LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS PER SITE DUE TO THESE CODE REQUIREMENTS IS ACTUALLY JUST PART OF DEVELOPING A BALANCED AND HEALTHY CITY, SORRY, AND PROBABLY NEED WATER. 
          SO PART STAFF, UM, AS A CONCLUSION X AND Y IS HERE ONE MOMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT TYPE PLEASE. 
          UM, SO IN CONCLUSION, PART STAFF REQUESTS THAT PARKS AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEMBERS MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO PAY FEE IN LIEU OF LAND, TO SATISFY THE PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS HERE AT CANUCK, MOSTLY MULTI-FAMILY THIS DEVELOPMENT ADDS AS A REMINDER 434 UNITS. 
          THAT'S ABOUT 740 NEW RESIDENTS TO THIS ALREADY PARKED DEFICIENT NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THERE IS LIMITED AVAILABLE LAND FOR PARKLAND ACQUISITION WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA OF THE SITE. 
          AND THE APPLICANT IS ONLY MEETING A SEVENTH OF THEIR LAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENT AT THIS SITE AND IS ALLOWED TO PAY THE REMAINDER IN FEE AND LOO AGAIN, THE DISCUSSION AND THE VOTE TONIGHT IS NOT ABOUT THE PARK CONFIGURATION OR THE DEVELOPERS OFFER TO DONATE LAND AND PAY A FULL FEE IN LIEU. 
          THE DECISION IS VERY SIMPLY SHOULD THE DEVELOPER BE REQUIRED TO DEDICATE PARKLAND IN THIS CRITICALLY PARKLAND DEFICIENT AREA, OR BE ALLOWED TO PAY THESE AND LU AS SUCH ACCEPTING THE APPLICANT'S APPEAL REQUEST WOULD RESULT IN NO PARKLAND DEDICATED AT THE SITE BECAUSE THE CITY WOULD CANNOT ENFORCE AN IN-KIND 
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DONATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ROBIN, FOR THAT, UM, PRESENTATION. 
          SO LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I'M DOING THIS CORRECTLY. 
          SO WE, ARE WE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOMEBODY TALK FIRST OR CAN WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY HERE? OKAY. 
          DOES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE OR THERE IT'S WHEREVER YOU FEEL? THAT'S FINE. 
          I CAN GET UP TO, I DON'T THINK I'LL TAKE 14 MINUTES, BUT I'LL, UH, RUN THROUGH THIS AND MY PRESENTATIONS, UH, THERE. 
          SO YOU'LL HAVE TO LOOK THAT WAY RATHER THAN ME. 
          AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 
          UM, MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT, I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS, WE CAN GO TO, LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO IT. 
          OH, IT'S NOT WORKING. 
          YOU WERE RIGHT. 
          UH, SAMMY, SORRY ABOUT THAT NEXT SLIDE. 
          WELL, MAYBE, UM, OKAY, THANKS. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS A DEVELOPMENT ON CANUCK LANE, YOUR AIRPORT BOULEVARD, WE ARE DEVELOPING A MIXED USE PROJECT AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ONSITE PARKLAND, CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU HEARD. 
          THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE OF A DISAGREEMENT OVER THE CONFIGURATION OF A PORTION OF THIS PARKLAND. 
          WE NEED A CONFIGURATION THAT WORKS FOR THE PROJECT AND MAXIMIZES AFFORDABLE UNITS. 
          WHILE PART HAS TO DATE INSISTED UPON CONFIGURATIONS, THAT WILL THREATEN THE PROJECT'S VIABILITY AND REDUCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AS A COMPROMISE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDE THE FULL ON-SITE PARKLAND AS OUTLINED IN THIS PRESENTATION. 
          AND ALSO IN ADDITION TO THAT PAY PART, THE FULL FEE IN LIEU AMOUNT, PROVIDING BOTH PARKS, ACCESS AND FUNDING, AND YOU DO THE PARKLAND DEDICATION THROUGH A DONATION AGREEMENT, WHICH IS ALLOWED, AND WE'VE ALREADY CONFIRMED WITH REAL ESTATE SERVICES AT THE DIRECTION OF THE DIRECTOR. 
          I'M ASKING THAT YOU RECOMMEND PLANNING COMMISSION UPHOLD THIS APPEAL, STRICTLY CONTENT CONTINGENT ON THE COMMITMENTS. 
          I WILL OUTLINE IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE DO NOT NEED TO PIT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PARKLAND NEEDS AGAINST EACH OTHER. 
          I BELIEVE WE CAN MEET BOTH OF THESE NEEDS IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES BETTER OUTCOMES FOR THE CITY AND AUSTIN RESIDENTS. 
          WE ARE DEVELOPING, WE ARE REDEVELOPING, A VERTICAL MIXED USE PROJECT WITH 434 TOTAL UNITS, INCLUDING 44 AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT WILL BE INCOME RESTRICTED FOR 40 YEARS. 
          BY THE WAY, THE OWNER HAS OWNED THIS LAND FOR 20 YEARS, IT WAS, AND THE TEXAS GAS WAS THERE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. 
          AND IT COULD BE RELEASED AS COMMERCIAL OR REDEVELOPED AS COMMERCIAL IN WHICH THERE'D BE NO PARKLAND. 
          OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT THE GOAL. 
          THIS IS OUR SITE YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN WHERE IT IS WITH CANUCK LAYTON TO THE NORTH AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE EAST. 
          AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS IMPACTING THE SITE, INCLUDING EASEMENT AREAS, COMPATIBILITY SUB CHAPTER II, AND MORE AS A RESULT OF THE CONSTRAINTS, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A PROPOSAL THAT MEETS BOTH OUR PARKS AND HOUSING NEEDS WITH MORE THAN AN ACRE OF FULLY AMENITIZED PARK SPACE, INCLUDING A BUTTON PARK TO THE WEST AND A POCKET PARK TO THE EAST, AS WELL AS AN ADJACENT EASEMENT AREA. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY HAS AGREED TO ALLOW FOR USE TO EXPAND THE PARK SPACE. 
          WE ARE NOT INCLUDING THAT AS PART OF ANY CREDITABLE PARKLAND, SIMPLY MAKING YOU AWARE THAT IT'S AVAILABLE. 
          THESE WILL BE CONNECTED ACROSS THE FRONT BY A WIDE 20 FOOT FIVE, 20 FOOT, 25 FOOT WIDE AMENITIZE TRANSIT PARK CONNECTOR WITH TREES, BENCHES, BICYCLE PARKING, AND FULL LANDSCAPING TO PROTECT THE USERS IN CONTRAST TO WHAT MANY OF YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM TODAY. 
          THE WEST CANAAN FLAX DIRECTLY NEXT TO US, WAS NOT REQUIRED TO DO ALL TOLD THE VALUE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT WE ARE OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO BUILD. 
          AND AS NOTED, WE HAVE ALSO TO PAY THE FULL FEE IN LIEU ON TOP OF PROVIDING THE AMENITIES, THE FULL AMENITIZED PARK AREA. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, OUR COMPROMISES, A MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENT OVER THE INITIAL CONVERSATION WE HAD BACK IN AUGUST OF 2020. 
          AT THAT TIME, IT WAS 270. 
          MY EYESIGHT'S BAD, $278,000 LESS THAN WHAT OUR COMPROMISE PROPOSAL NOW OFFERS IN RESPONSE PART IS PUT 
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FORWARD THREE OF THEIR OWN ALTERNATIVES. 
          THIS IS THEIR TOP PREFERENCE, WHICH CAN TALK SOLID DATES, ALL THE LAND TO THE WEST AND IGNORES THE FACT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A PARKWAY RED LINE PARKWAY TO THE EAST OF THE SITE. 
          AND THEIR PROPOSAL WOULD ELIMINATE 92 UNITS AND 10 AFFORDABLE UNITS. 
          BY THE WAY, THE AFFORDABILITY IS CONTROLLED BY THE VERTICAL MIXED USE PROGRAM. 
          AND IS A CITY SPONSORED IN CITY ENFORCED PROGRAM. 
          THE COST WOULD BE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 
          IT WOULD NOT ONLY THREATEN THE PROJECT'S VIABILITY BY CAUSING CUTBACKS, BUT IT WOULD ALSO CAUSE CUTBACKS TO THE PARKS DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THE LOSS OF UNITS AND, AND OF OUR COMPROMISED FEE PROPOSAL ALSO YIELDS, AS YOU CAN SEE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER FUNDING FOR PART AND A LOWER ON-SITE PARKS AREA. 
          THE OTHER VERSION IS, UH, WHAT DO WE CALL THE EASTERN PREFERENCE OF PARDES? AND AGAIN, THIS CAUSES LOSS TO AFFORDABILITY UNITS AND MEANINGFULLY LOSSES TO PART FUNDING IN ONSITE PARK SPACE. 
          AND HERE IS THE THIRD OPTION, WHICH EXPANDS BOTH AREAS, BUT IT TOO MEANINGFULLY REDUCES AFFORDABILITY UNITS, PART FUNDING AND ONSITE PARK SPACE. 
          AGAIN, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LOSS TO PARKS. 
          SO AT THE CORE OF THIS DISPUTE IS THE CONFIGURATION OF THE PARK SPACE SPECIFICALLY OVER WHETHER TO ALLOW THE TRANSIT PARK CONNECTOR SHOWN HERE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PARKLAND DETERMINATION. 
          AS A RESULT OF THIS DISPUTE, I BROUGHT FORWARD A COMPROMISE. 
          WE WOULD DONATE THROUGH A DONATION AGREEMENT WITH THE REAL ESTATE SERVICES. 
          IS THAT, UH, FIVE MINUTES OR FOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME CHAIR SINCE APPLE, SINCE THE STAFF TOOK 14 MINUTES, JUST LIKE THREE OR FOUR MORE MINUTES, FINISH UP. 
          THANKS. 
          SO AT THE CORE OF THIS DISPUTE IS A CONFIGURATION. 
          SO THE COMPROMISE PROPOSAL WAS WE WILL GIVE THE LAND THROUGH A DONATION AGREEMENT WITH REAL ESTATE SERVICES. 
          IT'S 15.2, 7% OF THE SITE, AND WE WOULD PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT FEE IN LIEU. 
          BUT THE ONLY WAY TO IMPLEMENT THAT IS TO COME BEFORE YOU WITH AN APPEAL TO ALLOW US TO PAY FEE IN LIEU WITH THE CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT, THE DONATION AGREEMENT, THERE'S NOTHING. 
          AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE LANGUAGE IN MY REBUTTAL. 
          THAT LANGUAGE ALLOWS YOU AS A BODY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND YOU WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO MODIFY OUR PROPOSAL, TO ACCEPT THE DONATION AGREEMENT. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AGAIN, THAT THIS SPACE, THIS 25 FOOT CONNECTOR IS 25 FEET WIDE, FULLY AMENITIZED, AND SERVES A CRITICAL FUNCTION OF CONNECTING THE BUTTON AND POCKET PARKS. 
          SO AGAIN, OUR REQUEST WOULD BE TO RECOMMEND PC UPHOLD OUR APPEAL CONTINGENT ON US, DELIVERING ON THE PLAN OUTLINED HERE, WE'VE ALREADY FILED THE SITE PLAN WITH IT, INCLUDING THE PARK SPACE THAT WE'VE OFFERED AND THE FULL FEE AS NOTED HERE, PC HAS THE AUTHORITY TO UPHOLD, REVERSE OR MODIFY THE DECISION. 
          THAT'S 25 1 DASH NINE TWO. 
          SO AGAIN, TO RECAP BOTH PARK, WE, WE AGREE THAT ONSITE PARK SPACES NEEDED. 
          WE DISAGREE ABOUT THE CONFIGURATION PARTS, CONFIGURATIONS, ALL OF THEM THREATEN THE PROJECT AND REDUCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          IT ALSO REDUCES BY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY PAY WE HAVE INSTEAD PROPOSED A WIN-WIN THAT ACCOMPLISHES GOALS FOR BOTH PARKS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE WOULD CLEARLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. 
          FINALLY, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IN A MOMENT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT WILL SPEAK TO HOW PARDES RECENT PRACTICE SUPPORTS OUR CASE AND HOW OUR CASE ALSO SUPPORTS THE GOALS OF IMPROVING THE WAY WE APPROACH PARKLAND, SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY. 
          ULTIMATELY, WE DO NOT SEE THIS AS A BINARY DECISION AS STAFF HAS, UH, HAS PROPOSED IT. 
          ISN'T ALL OR NOTHING. 
          WE DO NOT NEED TO PUT PARKLAND. 
          WE DO NOT NEED TO PIT PARKLAND AGAINST AFFORDABILITY. 
          WE CAN MEET BOTH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE FOR, UM, MICHAEL. 
          OH, WAIT, HANG ON. 
          OKAY, JOSHUA, GO AHEAD. 
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I THINK IT MIGHT BE THE OTHER ONE. 
           CAN YOU JUST PASS ONE SLIDE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PRESENTATION? YEAH. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS. 
          MY NAME IS JOSHUA NEEDHAM AND I'M AN AUSTIN NATIVE BORN AND RAISED AND A 20 YEAR PROPERTY OWNER. 
          I'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT A FEW MISCONCEPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED THROUGHOUT THIS CASE RELATED TO FEE AND THROUGH FIELD LEW AUTHORITY AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED THE SIZE OF THE BUTTON PARK, THE TRANSIT PARK CONNECTOR, SETBACKS AND EASEMENT AREAS. 
          NEXT SLIDE FIRST, UM, THE QUESTION HAS BEEN RAISED KEN PART EXCEPT FEE IN LIEU FOR PROJECTS OWING MORE THAN SIX ACRES OF PARKLAND. 
          WE THINK THE ANSWER'S YES, CODE EXPLICITLY AUTHORIZED THE PARKS DIRECTOR TO ALLOW FEE AND LOO FOR THESE CASES. 
          WE ALSO KNOW THAT IMPARTS PRACTICE, INCLUDING THESE 10 RECENT CASES THAT WERE ALL IMPLEMENTED AFTER THE CHANGE IN THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE HAVE ALLOWED FOR, UM, DEDICATION WITH A MIX OF FINLAND AND OR IN SOME CASES, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF FIELD. 
          LOU, NEXT SLIDE. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT WHY WE'RE NOT PURSUING AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE QUOTE, THE SPONSOR FOR THE AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED SPECIFICALLY NOTED THAT THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN THE CODE TO PROMOTE SUBSIDIZED PROJECTS. 
          AND THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS NON-SUBSIDIZED NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WE TALK ABOUT THE BUTTON BARK. 
          SO IS THE BUTTON PARK AREA IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF OUR SITE, TOO SMALL TO BE ACCEPTABLE FOR PARKLAND? THE ANSWER IS NO. 
          AND THERE'S TWO POINTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT THIS FIRST. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT THE ACREAGE IS FULLY COMPLIANT WITH CODE, BUT IN, BUT EVEN UNDER PARTS, UH, STATED IN INTERPRETATION, IT IS COMPLIANT WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE TRANSPORT TRANSIT PARK CORRIDOR, BECAUSE THOSE PIECES CONNECT SECOND, EVEN WITHOUT THE PRINTED TRANSIT PARK COURT CORRIDOR. 
          AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, OUR BUTTON PARK SIZE IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH OTHER HARD, UH, BUTTON PARKS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LIST ATTACHED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          ANOTHER QUESTION THAT'S COME UP IS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE SUBJECT TO SETBACK AREAS AND THE ANSWER IS NO, THE AMUSE SPECIFICALLY WAIVES ALL SETBACKS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS IS ONE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          I PERSONALLY WENT AND ADVOCATED TO TXDOT AND INTO AUSTIN ENERGY TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD PROVIDE BIKE LANES, SIDEWALKS THAT I COULD AMENITIZE, UH, AN AUSTIN, UH, AUSTIN ENERGY EASEMENT, UH, WITH DOG PARKS AND OTHER SUCH ITEMS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDED THE BEST AND THE MOST ROBUST PARKLAND WE COULD POSSIBLY DO. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          WHAT I REALLY WANT TO GET ACROSS IS I FEEL LIKE IN SOME SENSES THERE'S A BIT OF FORM OVER SUBSTANCE. 
          UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE REALLY ARE FOCUSED ON PROJECT OUTCOMES AND WE WANT A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          IT'S MICHAEL IS A GOOD AND I'LL BE YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, COOL. 
          UH, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, MICHAEL GALVIN. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS CASE FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE AND WHY WE BELIEVE OUR PROPOSAL OFFERS THE BEST OUTCOMES FOR PART'S LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY AND PARKS ACCESS. 
          FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY SPEAKS TO HOW WELL PART IS ABLE TO MEET ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARD CURRENT AND FUTURE AUSTIN RESIDENTS. 
          TO PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE PARK, CURRENTLY REPORTS 137 NEIGHBORHOOD POCKET AND BUTTONED PARKS. 
          THE 23% OF THOSE ARE UNDEVELOPED AND ESTIMATED NEED OF OVER $33 MILLION. 
          BASED OFF THE AVERAGE PROJECT COSTS, AS YOU KNOW, PARKLAND DEDICATION DEVELOPMENT FEES ARE THE MAIN CONSISTENT SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS. 
          WITH OTHER SOURCES LIKE GRANTS 
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AND BONDS REQUIRING OTHER APPROVALS PART DATA INDICATES THAT ROUGHLY 25 TO 30% OF PARKLAND DEDICATION AND DEVELOPMENT FEES ARE GENERALLY SPENT ON NEIGHBORHOOD POCKET AND BUTTONED PARKS. 
          NOW OVER THE LONG RUN, ALL THESE PARKS WILL NEED IMPROVEMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT. 
          SO IF WE COMPARE OUR FUNDING TO OUR LONGTERM RESPONSIBILITIES, WE CAN SEE THAT PART'S ESTIMATED LONGTERM FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IS ROUGHLY 3590% OF ITS ANNUAL FEE REVENUES FOR THESE PARKS. 
          AT THE SAME TIME PART IS ADDING AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN $4 MILLION IN NEIGHBORHOOD POCKET AND BUTTONED PARK RESPONSIBILITIES ANNUALLY. 
          SO IT'S CRITICAL THAT PART LOOKED TO CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE AS OUR PARKS GROW IN AGE, OUR PROPOSAL DOES SO BY DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING ONSITE PARKLAND AT NO COST DEPART WHILE ALSO PAYING THE FULL FEE AMOUNT. 
          THE NEXT POLICY AREA EQUITY SPEAKS TO AIRPORT IS ACQUIRING LAND DEDICATION. 
          THE MAIN INSTITUTIONALIZED CRITERIA IS A QUARTER MILE, HALF MILE MEASUREMENT, WHICH DOES NOT CONSIDER EQUITY. 
          SO WE ANALYZE PARKLAND DEDICATION BASED OFF OF INDICATORS THAT THE UPROOTED STUDY DEVELOPED TO IDENTIFY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE HERE AND FOUND THAT WHEN WE COMPARE THAT THE PARTS DATA, ROUGHLY TWO THIRDS OF SITE PLAN DEDICATION WAS NOT IN THESE HIGH NEED MARGINALIZED AREAS. 
          OUR SITE IS ALSO NOT IN ONE OF THESE HIGH-NEED MARGINALIZED AREAS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, OUR CENSUS TRACK IS WIDER AND MORE EDUCATED THAN AUSTIN AS A WHOLE WITH LOWER CHILD POVERTY. 
          IN CONTRAST, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PARKS NEAR THE SITE THAT PART ITSELF IDENTIFIES AS QUOTE HIGH EQUITY IMPACT. 
          OUR PROPOSAL WOULD PROVIDE MORE FUNDING THAN THE PARK SYSTEM AND THUS MORE REVENUES THAT CAN GO TO HIGH EQUITY IMPACT PARKS. 
          FINALLY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS KEY TO ANY EQUITY CONVERSATION. 
          AND ON THIS FRONT PART ITSELF HAS IDENTIFIED AN INSTITUTIONALIZED PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE CITY'S POLICIES APPROACH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NOTING THAT OUR POLICIES ONLY CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF SMART UNITS, WHICH OFFER THE LOWEST LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY AND NOT TO OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE OUR VMU PROJECT, WHICH OFFER GREATER AFFORDABILITY. 
          AND SO TO CONCLUDE, I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT THERE, THIS IS JUST ONE SITE PLAN. 
          OUR CITY POLICIES ARE IMPLEMENTED ON A SITE PLAN BY SITE PLAN BASIS, MAKING THESE QUESTIONS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR FEATURE AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A CITY, I BELIEVE THAT OUR PROJECT OFFERS BETTER OUTCOMES ON THESE KEY POLICY QUESTIONS. 
          AND I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER THAT DURING THE DISCUSSIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARKS BOARD MEMBERS ARE CLEAR, THOSE WERE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE SPEAKING FOR. 
          AND SO WE HAVE ANOTHER SET OF INDIVIDUALS, NOT MANY MORE THAN HAVE SPOKEN FOR THAT, UM, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UM, AGAINST. 
          SO IF, UH, SUSAN POST IS WILLING TO COME UP TO THE POST TO THE PODIUM, CHAIRWOMAN VICE CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, I'M SUSAN POST. 
          I LIVE ON AT 55 0 9 AVENUE G HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          I'M HALF A BLOCK FROM THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND, UM, WE, MY PARTNER AND I BOTH FEEL THAT WE ARE AGAINST, UM, GRANTING THE VARIANCE IN. 
          WE LIVE IN ONE OF THE DENSEST AREAS IN AUSTIN WHEN WE CONSIDERED BUYING OUR PROPERTY. 
          THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAME FROM CENTRAL AUSTIN, WHERE THERE'S MANY MORE GREEN SPOTS. 
          WE WERE RIGHT NEXT TO WEST ENFIELD PARK, BUT WE HAD TO WALK 30 MINUTES TO GET TO THE  PARK FROM OUR PROPERTY. 
          AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICE EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT THERE'S NO GREEN SPACE. 
          AND, UM, THERE'S A FEW TREES AT THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY WHERE PEOPLE WALK THEIR DOGS. 
          AND, UM, IT'S SO IRONIC. 
          THE DENSEST PLACES HAVE THE FEWEST GREEN SPACES. 
          AND MY TAKEAWAY IS THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY TRADE ONE KIND OF GREEN FOR ANOTHER. 
          AND I FEEL THAT'S WHAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE TRYING TO DO. 
          UM, AND IT FEELS LIKE THE DOGS WILL GET MORE GREEN SPACE IN THIS PLAN. 
          THEY PLAN TO FENCE A DOG PARK AND THAT REALLY FENCES OUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE, THE WHAT'S IT CALLED THE TRANCES TRANSIT CORRIDOR. 
          IT FACES AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          DID YOU REALIZE THAT? AND IT WILL MAKE THE SHOPS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THE DEVELOPMENT LOOK REALLY NICE. 
          IT'LL BE NICE. 
          IT'S IT'S CURB APPEAL, BASICALLY. 
          IT'S NOT USABLE PARK SPACE. 
          AND, UM, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE REDUCED. 
          IS IT A PROPORTION? IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY. 
          SO IT, IT JUST FEELS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO CLOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT'S GOING TO CLOSE US OUT OF THE DEDICATED PARK ON ONE SIDE, AND IT WON'T 
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INCREASE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          IT WILL FOR THE RESIDENTS POSSIBLY, UH, OF THE, THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          BUT I THINK THE NEIGHBORS ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DANA MARCUS, DANA MARCUS WOLF. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          UM, I HAVE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS SINCE COLLEGE AND, UM, I NOW LIVE WITHIN 500 FEET OF THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND I AM AGAINST THE VARIANCE. 
          UM, I AM A CYCLIST. 
          I THINK THAT THE BIKE LANE ON THE SIDE OF KANICK LANE IS NOT A GOOD ANSWER. 
          UM, I FEEL LIKE THE, THE IDEA OF THE PARK OVER BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS IS NOT A GOOD ANSWER BECAUSE, UM, FOR SEVERAL REASONS, WHEN BEING THAT IT'S AT THE END OF THE STREET, THERE IS AN ADEQUATE LIGHTING. 
          THERE WAS AN ADEQUATE PATHWAY TO, TO WHERE THAT LITTLE PARK WOULD BE. 
          UM, I'M AGAINST THE LOCATION OF THE PARK, WHERE THE INTERSECTION OF CANUCK LANE AND FIFTH AND, UH, AND, UH, AVENUE APP IS, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S A SUPER BUSY AREA, TRAFFIC, HIGHLY TRAFFICKED AREA, AND NOBODY IS GONNA WANT TO GO SIT, SIT OUT WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS OR THEIR CHILDREN NEXT TO THE NEXT TO THE BUSY ROAD. 
          NOBODY'S GOING TO WANT TO PLAY WITH THEIR FRISBEE OUT THERE AND HAVE THAT FRISBEE TURN INTO, UH, INTO, UH, A HAZARD IN THE STREET. 
          UM, WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A, UH, A LARGE BUILDING, FIVE HOUSES AWAY FROM US. 
          AND WE HAVE THE OPTION HERE TO HAVE A PARK AS A PART THAT, AND TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM US IS NOT TRUE. 
          AUSTIN SPIRIT. 
          I DIDN'T HEAR 40 YEARS. 
          I KNOW WHAT TRUE AUSTIN SPIRIT IS. 
          I ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WHEN I WAS IN MY EARLY TWENTIES AS A TEMPORARY WORKER, WHEN THEY WERE DEVELOPING THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARKS AT THAT TIME, I KNOW I KNOW WHAT THE AUSTIN SPIRIT IS, AND IT IS ALL ABOUT HAVING PARKLAND AND GREEN SPACE AND COMMUNITY SPACE FOR PEOPLE, FOR THEIR PARENTS, FOR THE GRANDPARENTS, FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 
          AND THIS IS NOT WHAT I'M SEEING, WHAT I'M SEEING YOUR MINUTE AMENITIES FOR A BUILDING COMPLEX. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          IS IT TOM CARLSON, CARSON? SORRY. 
          I WAS CLOSED. 
          I SO APOLOGIZE. 
          WILL YOU PLEASE REPEAT YOUR NAME AGAIN SO I CAN GET IT CORRECT? TONY LARSON. 
          I'M A GEOLOGIST. 
          MY DAD WAS A DOCTOR, BUT MAYBE I INHERITED HIS WRITING. 
          NO, IT'S COMPLETELY MY FAULT. 
          I NEED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. 
          I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME. 
          UM, I'M AGAINST THE, UH, WHAT THE DEVELOPER HERE IS TRYING TO DO. 
          UH, MY FAMILY AND I HAVE RAISED HER CHILDREN WITHIN 500 FEET OF THIS UNIT. 
          UM, OVERALL, LIKE WHAT I SEE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SEACO OR PSYCHO WORK WITH PARD AND WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY BUILD THE PARK. 
          YOU KNOW, ROBIN MENTIONED THERE'S, THERE'S NO VIABLE PARK WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF THIS LAND. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY 1.2 MILES. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO WALK TO SHAI PARK, WHICH IS A GREAT PARK TO GET ANYTHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A PARK, SMELLS LIKE A PARK, OR FEELS LIKE A PARK. 
          THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO BUILD AN ACTUAL ONE ACRE PARK IN A UNDERSERVED PORTION OF AUSTIN. 
          UH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 
          I THINK THE SIDEWALK, YOUR BUILDING DOES LOOK NICE. 
          IT'S 25 FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK. 
          IT'S NOT A PARK. 
          IT'S A SIDEWALK BIKE LANE. 
          IT'S VEGETATED. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO SERVE ANY PURPOSE MORE THAN THE 15 FOOT SIDEWALK THAT'S IN FRONT OF CANINE FLATS RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S NOT THE KIND OF PLACE YOU'RE GOING TO GO AND SIT ON THE GRASS, THROW A FRISBEE, OR DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT. 
          SO I DON'T, I JUST DON'T SEE THAT AS CONNIE. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO ACCORDING TO OUR REGULATIONS, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS HAVE ONE 
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MINUTE FOR THEIR, THEIR COMMENTS. 
          AND SO I DIDN'T, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL AS THOUGH WE ARE, UM, TREATING YOU ANY DIFFERENTLY. 
          I JUST DOUBLE CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THAT I, WE WERE IN REGULATION. 
          SO THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO ARE AGAINST, SO WE'RE STILL IN THE AGAINST COLUMN. 
          SO, UM, IS IT BRIAN BEDR SON? ALL RIGHT. 
          I'M ALMOST THERE. 
          THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WHAT I DID SUPPORT TONY LARSON. 
          SO YES, I CAN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING US SPEAK. 
          I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH LOOP NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN WHICH THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS TO TAKE PLACE. 
          I'VE BEEN ASKED TO COME HERE ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO CONVEY A VOTE THAT WE TOOK LAST NIGHT. 
          UH, WE HEARD ARGUMENTS FROM BOTH PART AND SICO. 
          UH, WE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTED TO VOTE AGAINST THE APPEAL. 
          UM, I WAS ALSO ASKED TO MENTION THAT THE VOTE WAS NOT UNANIMOUS, UH, WITH JUST OVER 60% OF THE VOTERS VOTING IN FAVOR OF ARTS POSITION. 
          UM, THE FOLKS THAT WERE FOUR DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEEL THAT IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM AND FELT THAT THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS BEING ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY ONES THAT WILL COME UP FOR SALE IN THE NEAR TERM. 
          AND THOSE THAT WERE, UH, FOR SEQUENCE POSITION WERE, UH, VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT SEACO HAS MADE IN WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE MADE AVAILABLE PUT FORWARD, UM, AS WELL AS A FOCUS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN REALLY ON, UH, OR THE AFFORDABILITY AND DENSITY THAT MISSPEAK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND COBY CROOKS. 
          NO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, YEAH, SO FIRST THANKS EVERYONE FOR HAVING THIS MEETING AND ALL YOUR SERVICE FOR THE CITY. 
          YOU GUYS RAD. 
          UM, MY, MY FAMILY, WE LIVE THREE HOUSES DOWN FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO GET A PARK OR A PARKLET. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW MY DAUGHTER HAS ASKED TO WALK, UH, 15 MINUTES TO GET OVER TO THE TRIANGLE, UM, TO ENJOY THAT PARK. 
          UM, AND, UH, TWICE SHE'S HAD APD HELP HER GET HOME BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO IMPEDE HER PROCESS, UH, AS A YOUNG WOMAN. 
          SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE SOMETHING BY THE HOUSE. 
          UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CRITICALLY DEFICIENT IN PARKLAND, IS HIS ARGUMENT POINTED OUT BY EVERYBODY? UH, THE PROPOSED TRANSIT PARK CONNECTOR IS TOADY SAID SO WELL, IS, IS, IS A LITTLE MORE THAN A WELL, UH, WELL LANDSCAPED SIDEWALK AND FRANKLY, A BIKE PATH TO NOWHERE. 
          IF YOU GUYS RUN CANUCK EVER, UM, PRETTY, IT'S A REALLY BUSY STREET AND YOU END UP AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP, UH, OR, OR ON THE TOLL WAY BEFORE YOU KNOW, IT, UM, I FEEL LIKE PARKING GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY, UH, TWICE TO TRY AND WORK WITH DEVELOPERS AND HAS TWICE KIND OF GETTING GOTTEN BRUSH OFF. 
          UM, THANK YOU GUYS. 
          YOU READ SO BOARD MEMBERS THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS. 
          SO WE ARE ON THE QUESTIONS. 
          I BELIEVE THAT OUR APPLICANT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND. 
          IS THAT YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN LET'S HEAR THE RESPONSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, UM, ULTIMATELY THIS CASE IS ABOUT OUTCOMES. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT OUR COMPROMISED VISION, WHICH OFFERS THE MOST AMENITIZED PARK AREA, THE HIGHEST VALUE DEVELOPMENT, THE MOST PART FEES, AND THE MOST AFFORDABILITY PROVIDES THE BEST OUTCOMES WE HAVE PUT FORWARD A QUALITY PARK AREA WITH A BUTTON PARKED TO THE WEST AND A POCKET PARK TO THE EAST, AND A FULLY AMENITIZED TRANSIT PARK CONNECTOR, ALL FUNDED, DEVELOPED, AND MAINTAINED AT NO EXPENSE TO PART I'D ALSO POINT OUT THAT PART APPROVES AND IMPLEMENTS MANY CONNECTORS THROUGHOUT THEIR SYSTEM AND THROUGHOUT SITE PLANS ALSO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY PARK AWAY. 
          WE HAVE AGREED NOT ONLY THROUGH DONATION AGREEMENT TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE. 
          WE'VE ALSO AGREED TO A CHARRETTE TO IMPLEMENT THE $458,000 THAT CAN BE USED TO AMENITIZE THIS HALF. 
          YOU WOULD ONLY GET HALF OF THAT IN DEVELOPMENT FEES. 
          OTHERWISE, BY THE WAY, WE'VE ALSO COMMITTED AS YOU KNOW, TO PAY FULL FEE AND LIVE. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, WE KNOW FROM PRECEDENT, THAT PART DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT THE IN LIEU FOR SITES OWING OVER SIX ACRES. 
          THEY'VE DONE THAT MANY, MANY TIMES. 
          HERE ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WHERE THEY DIDN'T REQUIRE ANY PARKLAND OR REQUIRED LESS THAN THE 15% OR LESS THAN WHAT WAS, UH, OTHERWISE REQUIRED. 
          AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE IN PARTS, OWN WORDS, QUOTE, HIGH EQUITY IMPACT AND QUOTE PARKS NEAR THIS SITE WITHIN THE PLANNING AREA OF THE SITE THAT WOULD MEET PARDES OWN CRITERIA FOR WHERE PARKLAND, DEDICATION AND DEVELOPMENT FEES 
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CAN BE USED, WOULD HATE TO LOSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN THESE HIGH EQUITY IMPACT AREAS. 
          WE ALSO KNOW THAT PART HAS ALLOWED SEVERAL OTHER CASES IN THE NORTH LOOP NEIGHBORHOOD TO GO FORWARD WHEN THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY PARKLAND AT ALL. 
          WHEREAS WE CAME TO THE TABLE, AS YOU HEARD IN AUGUST OF 2020 WITH PROPOSING QUALITY ONSITE PARKLAND, AND HAVE SINCE BEEN TRYING TO PUT FORWARD A PROPOSAL THAT ENSURES WE CAN MEET BOTH PARKS, ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY WITHOUT PITTING THE TWO AGAINST EACH OTHER. 
          SO TO RECAP, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH BOTH PARKS, INTERESTS, AND AFFORDABILITY INTERESTS. 
          OUR PROPOSAL DOES SO BY DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING QUALITY ONSITE PARK SPACE. 
          AND IN ADDITION, PLEASE REMEMBER PAYING FULL FEES TO PARK, WHICH THEY CAN USE ON HIGH EQUITY IMPACT PROJECTS. 
          YOU WOULD LOSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 
          IF YOU VOTE THIS DOWN. 
          ULTIMATELY WE ARE PROPOSING TO MEET PARKS NEEDS THAT OTHER PROJECTS DID NOT HAVE TO MEET. 
          AND OUR REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH PART PRACTICE, TRULY SEEKING A FAIR AND EQUITABLE. 
          WE ARE TRULY SEEKING FAIR AND EQUITABLE TREATMENT. 
          IN THIS CASE THAT PROVIDES MORE THAN ANYONE COULD HAVE EVER DREAMED OF 15.7% IN PARK SPACE AND FULL FEE IN LIEU FOR ALL THE UNITS WITHOUT, UH, WITHOUT THE DEDICATION. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          I KNOW THAT COMPROMISE IS HARD. 
          COMPROMISE IS GOOD FOR OUR CITY AND FOR OUR STATE. 
          IT SETS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE THAT PARKS ISN'T THE SOLE PRIORITY. 
          THAT AFFORDABILITY IS IMPORTANT. 
          THAT GREAT STREETS IS IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE AT QUESTIONS. 
          SO I'LL JUST GO AROUND AND SEE THAT. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CITIZENS ARE COMING IN AND SHARING THEIR VIEWS. 
          WE REALLY ARE ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, I'M GOING TO START AGAIN WITH YOU ON BOARD MEMBER. 
          CYBIL THE QUESTION, I THINK I'M JUST IN YOUR LINE OF SIGHT. 
          UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING ALL THE DETAILS FROM THE PARD. 
          UM, AS PRESENTERS ALSO FROM THE APPLICANT, I DO FEEL LIKE THE APPLICANT IS MAKING CONCESSIONS, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR THE ORDINANCE AND LOOKING AT THE AREA. 
          AND I DID SOME RESEARCH BEFORE COMING TODAY TO LOOK AT THE AREA AND THERE REALLY IS NO MORE LAND AVAILABLE OR PARKS IN THAT AREA. 
          AND IT'S SO DENSE AND I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE LETTER OF THE, UM, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE. 
          SO I'M, UM, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, OBVIOUSLY. 
          SORRY. 
          OH, NO, THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, REMEMBER TAYLOR? YES, I DO. 
          I'M THE GENTLEMAN THAT, UH, PRESENTED, I GUESS, THIRD, UM, FOR THE DEVELOPER MENTIONED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAKING CONSIDERATIONS FOR SMART, BUT NOT FOR THE OTHER, BUT NOT FOR VMU. 
          AND CAN SOMEONE FROM THE CITY EXPLAIN TO ME WHY, WHY THAT'S THE CASE AND WHAT, WHAT THAT'S OR EXPLAIN THAT, OR YOU MAYBE THE, MAYBE THE GENTLEMAN WHO, WHO MENTIONED IT GO BACK TO YOU DON'T HAVE KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT THIS SPEAKS TO KIND OF A, THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION. 
          I THINK THIS SPEAKS TO A BROADER THING. 
          I THINK THAT INITIALLY IT WAS KIND OF SOMETHING THAT FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS. 
          UM, THERE, THE SMART HOUSING PROGRAM WAS A FEE WAIVER PROGRAM. 
          IT WAS ONE OF THE EARLIER AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS. THAT'S ALSO WHY IT'S ONE OF THE WEEKENDS. 
          UM, AND AS NEW PROGRAMS CAME ONLINE AND AS THINGS CONTINUE TO GET UPDATED, THE LANGUAGE THAT STAYED IN THE ORDINANCE SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY, IT SAID TWO UNITS THAT ARE CERTIFIED UNDER THE SMART HOUSING PROGRAM. 
          THE OTHER PROGRAMS NEVER KIND OF CAME UNDER THAT. 
          UM, THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME IN WHICH PARTS PRACTICE WAS TO DISCOUNT FOR THOSE UNITS. 
          THEY NO LONGER DO THAT. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS JUST A MISREADING OF, OF THE ORDINANCE AT THE TIME, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT HAS OPERATED TODAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CODE AND THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT GO INTO PARDES DISCUSSION PARTS, THINKING OF THAT, THE CODE ONLY SPECIFIES SMART HOUSING UNITS, I'M SORRY, AFFORDABLE UNITS CERTIFIED UNDER THIS SMART HOUSING PROGRAM BECAUSE SMART HOUSING UNITS ARE A BROADER UNIVERSE. 
          IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. 
          UM, SO I COULD JUST ELABORATE ON THAT AND SORT OF CLARIFY WHY WE WOULD TALK ABOUT SMART HOUSING UNITS IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          UM, THE CODE ONLY SPECIFIES SMART HOUSING UNITS AS MICHAEL JUST DESCRIBED. 
          UM, AND I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR WHY THAT IS, BUT I CAN TALK TO THE FACT THAT MANY OTHER CODE REQUIREMENTS ALSO DON'T CONSIDER THE IMPACT TO THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, INCIDENTS OF FIRE LANE OF FIRE LANE IMPACTS 
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THE DEVELOPABLE AREA. 
          WE DON'T TALK ABOUT HOW THE FIRE LANE IMPACTS THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE CAN HAVE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION TO MAKE. 
          AND THE OTHER CONSIDERATION IS THAT THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE ON THIS SITE NOW ARE NOT CODE COMPLIANT BECAUSE THEY DON'T COMPLY WITH THE PARKLAND DEDICATION CODE. 
          SO THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WAS PROPOSED IS THE MAXIMIZING OF THE SITE. 
          UM, AND IT, DOESN'T, IT SORT OF, THERE'S NOT 434 UNITS THERE TODAY. 
          WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY AWAY. 
          IT'S JUST, HOW MANY CAN WE PUT ONTO THE MARKET? AND SCOTT GRANT THEM WITH PARKS AND RECREATION JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT SMART HOUSING IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE CODE. 
          THE FUTURE CODE COULD BE AMENDED TO ADD THOSE OTHER AFFORDABILITY. 
          UH, THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MY SUGGESTION THAT MAYBE SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TAKE THAT UP. 
          SO YEAH, BUT EITHER WAY, THOSE WOULD NOT BE, ARE NOT CURRENTLY A CONSIDERATION OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IN DETERMINING WHETHER THIS CURRENT CODE, WHETHER A PARK IS NEEDED THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          BOARD MEMBER BERNARD. 
          IT HAS A GREEN LIGHT ON THEM. 
          I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA. 
          SO I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, WE'RE GOING TO FAST. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER BERLIN. 
          YEAH. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, UH, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE 0.2, FIVE ACRES THAT, UH, THAT Y'ALL SAY IS NEEDED TO QUALIFY AS A PARK. 
          UM, IS THAT, IS THAT WITHIN THE CODE OR IS THAT IT IS YES. 
          THAT'S WITHIN THE CODE, THE 0.25 ACRES. 
          UM, THAT'S WHERE, WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING SEPARATING A PARK INTO TWO PIECES, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE APART THIS LESSON 0.2, FIVE ACRES. 
          THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE PART IS ABLE TO OUTSIDE OF THIS PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE PURCHASED LAND. 
          THAT'S LESS THAN THAT ACREAGE, BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF PARKLAND, DEDICATION, THAT 0.2, FIVE ACRES IS A BOTTOM THRESHOLD FOR US AND THAT'S CREDITED ACREAGE. 
          UM, SO THAT THE PARK IS A USABLE SIZE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S IN THE CODE, IT'S IN THE PARKLAND DEDICATION OPERATING PROCEDURES, WHICH IS A CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED CODE SUPPLEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? TO THE APPLICANT'S POINT, THERE'S JUST TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          ONE'S CODE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEN ONE IS OUR OPERATING PROCEDURE. 
          SO I THINK THAT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT THAT IT'S IN THE OPERATING PROCEDURES SPECIFICALLY IN, I JUST WANT TO ESTABLISH IT WAS LIKE WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE. 
          UM, SO I GUESS, UM, CAN Y'ALL SPEAK TO WHAT THE, UM, APPLICANT MENTIONED ABOUT ALL THOSE CASES THAT WERE ACCEPTED FOR LESS THAN 0.2, FIVE ACRES. 
          UM, SO THOSE AREN'T NECESSARILY LESS THAN 0.2, FIVE ACRES. 
          I THINK HE WAS REFERRING TO SITES THAT REQUIRE LESS THAN 15% PARKLAND DEDICATION, IS THAT CORRECT? AND, UM, AND SITES THAT HAD GREATER THAN A KNEE GENERATED OF GREATER THAN SIX ACRES. 
          SO WE, WE WERE ABLE TO REVIEW ALL THOSE CASES THAT HE SENT THROUGH AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT A LOT OF THE CASES DID ACTUALLY TAKE PARKLAND. 
          SO ONE OF THE CASES WAS SYMPHONY SQUARE DOWNTOWN. 
          THERE'S A LARGE DEVELOPMENT GOING IN AROUND SYMPHONY SQUARE. 
          WHAT WE NEEDED THERE REALLY WAS AN EXPANSION OF THE PARK. 
          THE AREA IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 15% IN THE CODE AUTHORIZES. 
          AND OUR POLICY AUTHORIZES US TO TAKE THAT IF THAT IS, UM, PURELY FOR CONNECTIVITY. 
          SO IF IT'S JUST FOR CONNECTIVITY OR THE PARK EXPANSION, WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE LESS THAN 15%, BUT IN THIS CASE, IT'S REQUIRED FOR A PARK SERVICE, A NEW PARK TO ACTUALLY SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE TRANSIT PIECE. 
          UM, I'M SORRY, I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THIS AREA IN A LONG TIME, BUT SO THAT THE SIDEWALK IS ALREADY THERE. 
          THERE IS NO SIDEWALK THERE. 
          THE SIDEWALK IS REQUIRED BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, UM, A 15 FOOT SIDEWALK AND EIGHT FOOT PLANNING STRIP, OR A, YEAH, AVA, PLENTY SHARPEN A SEVEN FOOT SIDEWALK. 
          IT IS REQUIRED THAT THEY GO AND GET, UH, UH, AGREEMENT FROM TECHS THAT SO EITHER A LESSON'S AGREEMENT OR TEXTILE, IT HAS TO APPROVE THAT, BUT IT'S IN THE CODE ALREADY. 
          AND THOSE ITEMS WERE ALSO INCLUDED IN THEIR TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS. 
          IF THOSE ITEMS WERE TAKEN OUT OF THAT ANALYSIS, THEY WOULD, UM, 
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NOT BE COMPLIANT WITH THEIR TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          I SPEAK TO THAT. 
          DO YOU MIND? SO THE FIRST THING IS IT'S A TECH STOCK OWNED BRADWAY AND WHILE IT IS IN THE BASIC CODE, BECAUSE THEY, BECAUSE ATD DOES NOT OWN THAT RIGHT AWAY, THEIR RULES DON'T TRUMP TXDOT. 
          SO, SO, SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          WE ADVOCATED FOR WENT TO ATD, SAID THAT WE WANT TO DO THIS ATD INCLUDED IN RTA AT OUR REQUEST. 
          WE THEN WENT TO TECH STOCK AND WE SAID, TECHSTOP, WE'D LIKE TO DO THIS TECH STOCK SAYS WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEED OR DESIRE FOR THIS, UM, ON KENNY GLADE. 
          AND WE SAID, YES, BUT WE'D REALLY LIKE TO DO THIS. 
          AND WE WENT THROUGH A SIX MONTH PROCESS TO DO A SEPARATE TIA, TO DO A SEPARATE LICENSE AGREEMENT, AND WE'RE GETTING A DRIVEWAY PERMIT. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT ATDS REQUIREMENTS, DON'T TRUMP TECH STOCKS REQUIREMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SORRY, JUST LOOKING AT MY NOTES HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN JUST, YEAH, I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED. 
          THERE WAS, UM, ASIDE IN PARDES PRESENTATION WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE YOU'D HAD LIKE THE TWO GREEN PARKS AND IT SAID THAT THIS HAD, THIS HAD BEEN PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT AND THEN YOU ALL AGREED AND THEN THEY DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE, DO IT THAT WAY. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? AS AN APPLICANT TO PREPARE, UH, AN EXHIBIT SHOWING, UM, THE PARKLAND AS, AS MEETS OUR DEDICATION STANDARDS. 
          SO THEY PREPARED THAT AND WE BROUGHT THEM BACK AND WE SAID, THIS IS GREAT. 
          THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WOULD SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE. 
          WE CAN ACCEPT THIS BECAUSE IT MEETS OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION STANDARDS. 
          AND THEN THEY WROTE BACK AND SAID THAT IT WASN'T POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          GOTCHA. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UH, THANK Y'ALL EVERYONE FOR THE CLARIFICATION. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE'S PUT FORTH A LOT OF EFFORT. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THE DEVELOPERS AS TO WHY THEY COULDN'T MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU, MICHAEL WAYLON, ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, UM, AS YOU SAW FROM THE COMPARISON, THAT PARTICULAR ONE, WHICH EXPANDED THE EAST AND THE WEST, UH, UH, ONE, I THINK IT WAS 42. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S A LOSS OF A TOTAL OF 42 UNITS, WHICH MEANS FIVE AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT, UM, UH, WHICH IS WHY IS IT BECAUSE OF THE LOSS? UH, THAT'S WHAT THAT ACHIEVED. 
          AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK THE HOPE HERE, YOU SAID THE LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME WE'VE SPENT IS THAT THE RESULT HERE IS THAT THERE'S A VOTE TO SUPPORT THE APPEALS SUBJECT TO THE DONATION OF THE LAND THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED ON OUR SITE PLAN. 
          UM, ALREADY, THAT WOULD BE OUR HOPE, UM, THAT THAT IS ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE PRESENTS AND ALL THE FACTS YOU'D WANT. 
          I DID QUESTION. 
          SO WITH THIS DEDICATION PROCESS, I JUST WRECKED ME IF I'M WRONG ABOUT THIS, BUT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, WE'VE HAD, THIS IS OUR SECOND APPEAL BEFORE THAT. 
          WERE THERE ANY OTHER, HAVE YOU HAD ANY OTHER APPEALS? NO CHAIR. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND ONE. 
          AND SINCE THE 2016, UH, ORDINANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND HOW MANY, HOW MANY OF THESE HAVE YOU DONE OVER THE COURSE OF FINALLY RANDY AND HOW MANY SITE PLAN DEDICATION CASES? UM, UH, WELL OVER A HUNDRED, SO, OKAY. 
          AND THEN I HAVE ONE WITNESS, IF YOU WILL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A DEVELOPMENT, YOU DO HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE PARKLAND DEDICATION, OTHER ENVIRONMENTS THAT YOU HAVE. 
          AND SO DID Y'ALL LOOK AT KNOWING THAT YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE THIS PARKLAND AND THEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT WILL BE REQUIRED. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT KIND OF OTHER WAYS YOU CAN BUY THAT CUT BACK PARKING, INCREASED HEIGHT, ASPIRIN. 
          THERE HAS ANYTHING TO DO SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY FIX IT WITHOUT HIM. 
          AND IT TALENTS. 
          IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          SAM, COULD YOU PULL UP OUR APPLICANT CARS REAL QUICKLY? UM, THE, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. 
          SO WE WENT IN, UM, AND THIS WOULD BE, IF YOU GO TO JUST THE FIRST ONE, MINE, I'M SORRY. 
          IT JUST IT'S NUMBER ONE. 
          OH ONE VERY. 
          IT'S LIKE THE SECOND SLIDE. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          THAT ONE RIGHT THERE WITH THE RED LINES GO DOWN RIGHT THERE. 
          SO WE DID. 
          AND WHEN DID THE RED LINES THEY'RE CUTTING ACROSS ARE THE COMPATIBILITY SETBACKS. 
          SO WE CAN'T UTILIZE THE FULL 60 FEET. 
          SO WE KNEW RIGHT OFF 
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BECAUSE OF HOMEOWNERS, SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS, WE HAD 40 FEET OF HEIGHT THAT WAS HITTING US BOTH FROM ACROSS CANADA, FROM COMPATIBILITY. 
          YOU CAN, I THINK MAYBE FIVE HAD BEEN GRANTED IN THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT I'M AWARE OF. 
          THEY'RE NOT, OF COURSE. 
          YEAH, YOU COULD. 
          UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS RARELY AT, UH, PROVIDED ALL THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HERE WOULD BE WILLING TO SUPPORT A COMPATIBILITY VARIANCE TO ALLOW US TO GO TO 60 FEET, THEN THAT WOULD BE SOLVABLE, BUT THEN YOU WOULD HAVE A FIVE STORY WITH THE OTHER OFFICE. 
          SO THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE ONE, YOU'D HAVE A FIVE STORY BUILDING FURTHER AWAY, BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE EXTRAORDINARY, ESPECIALLY I THINK SOMEBODY MENTIONED PARK, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE AUSTIN SPIRIT? AND, UH, COMPATIBILITY WAS HERE. 
          WELL, WELL, BEFORE PARKS ORDINANCE WAS HERE, DEFINITELY WE HAVE A HERITAGE TREE, UH, TO ACTUALLY ON SITE. 
          WE HAVE EASEMENTS AND THEN SUB CHAPTER, HE REQUIRES A, A MID-BLOCK DIVIDER, WHICH IS THE MID-BLOCK DIVIDER THERE, UH, AS WELL. 
          SO THE SITE IS JUST FULL OF CONSTRAINTS AND THE, THE RED LINE PARKWAY PIECE IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD, BUT THERE WON'T BE ANY WAY FOR THE HOMEOWNERS TO GET THERE UNLESS THEY GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE STREET. 
          WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING IS A PATHWAY, RIGHT TO THE AT GRADE CROSSING TO GET TO WHAT WILL BE THE RED LINE, A PARKWAY THAT WILL DIRECT YOU, THAT WILL CONNECT YOU DIRECTLY TO THE STATION. 
          IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY AND TO MAKE THIS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE. 
          SO IT DOESN'T JUST KEEP GOING ON AS A COMMERCIAL USE WITH NO PARKLAND. 
          OUR GOAL HERE WAS REALLY TO LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING SOME OF THESE IMPORTANT, ADDITIONAL FACTORS, LIKE A WAY FOR PARKS OR PARKLAND TO CONNECT RIGHT TO THE RED LINE, UH, THE WAY WE'RE DESCRIBING WE DID. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, SHAME ON ME. 
          WE, WE, BECAUSE IT IS A VERTICAL MIXED USE, UH, SITE. 
          THERE IS NO FRONT SETBACK REQUIREMENT AND YOU CAN HAVE REDUCED PARKING AND WE HAVE REDUCED THE PARKING CONSIDERABLY, I BELIEVE BY OVER 20% OF WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED. 
          SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT WAYS TO SHRINK GARAGE. 
          WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, WAYS TO MEET SOME OF THESE OTHER, UH, VERY DIFFICULT. 
          UM, SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S A RUBIK'S CUBE, FRANKLY, DEVELOPING THESE INFILL SITES. 
          SURE. 
          LOUIS, I CAN PROVIDE SOME OTHER AUTHORITARIAN THAT IF YOU'D LIKE, UM, I KNOW THAT THEIR PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE VMU COULD BE REDUCED AS MUCH AS 40%. 
          THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO REGARDING THE INTERNAL CIRCULATION ROUTE, I DID CONFIRM WITH THE TRANSPORTATION REVIEWERS THAT THAT'S NOT REQUIRED TO BE THE CURRICULAR. 
          IT, UM, DOES ROADS AND FIRE LANE, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH THAT AND BE ABLE TO, THEY COULD HAVE EXPANDED THAT AREA AND PROVIDED A REALLY NICE WIDE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE PLAZA THAT COULD HAVE SORT OF OVERLAPPED THAT NEED TO BREAK UP. 
          THE TWO BUILDINGS PROVIDED INTERNAL CIRCULATION AND ALSO PROVIDE PARKLAND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ARE THERE ANY MORE REALLY PETTY ELEMENTS? WELL, I, UM, WE'RE GOING TO, SO I'LL SEE IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO THE NY OR APPROVED OR ANYBODY LIKE THAT. 
          FORGOT WHAT THE MIC DID YOU GUYS HEAR THAT? OKAY. 
          YEAH, YOU'RE MOVING TO DENY. 
          OKAY. 
          IS YOUR GREEN LIGHT IS I MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO EXCLUSIVELY EXCLUSIVELY PAY FEE IN LIEU OF LEON DEDICATION FOR CADING MULTI FAMILY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I HAVE A MOTION TO DENY. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? I WOULD SECOND. 
          I CAN'T REMEMBER COTTON CYBIL OKAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          IT IS UNIT AND WE DO HAVE SIX VOTES AND WE NEEDED SIX OTHERWISE, BUT THE AWARD, SO WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE. 
          I REALLY, AS ALL THAT, WE REALLY SAY THAT. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO KNOW THAT THE NEXT STEP IN THIS APPEAL PROCESS IS TO GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          AND SO THIS RECOMMENDATION WILL BE 
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SENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT ULTIMATELY THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL GET TO HEAR THIS CASE AGAIN, AND THEY WILL MAKE THEIR OWN DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER THEY WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT OR DENY THIS APPEAL. 
          SO I JUST NEED YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE'S ANOTHER, THERE'S ANOTHER PROCESS PART OF THIS PROCESS. 
          YOU CAN CERTAINLY PARTICIPATE IN THE, IN THE MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT, AND THE MEETING IS SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER 28TH AND YOU SHOULD ALSO RECEIVED IF YOU'RE WITHIN 500 FEET A SORT OF A RESPONSE CARD. 
          UM, AND THEN I'LL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO HAS ACCESS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION EMAILS AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE, UH, THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          I GUESS WE HAVE THE PRESENCE IN REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTED PRESENTATION REGARDING THE IMP, AND I'M GOING TO TALK IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2018 BOND PROGRAM AND BEHALF OF SO BOARD BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE KNOW THAT THE BOND, UM, THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2018 BOND PROGRAM IS IN RESPONSE TO A SPECIFIC REQUEST THAT CAME FROM THIS BOARD. 
          AND SO WE'LL HAVE MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATING IN THIS PRESENTATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO STEVEN LYNETTE, WHO WAS OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER. 
          AND I BELIEVE, UM, RANDY SCOTT WILL BE JOINING AND PERHAPS OTHERS. 
          AND THEY'LL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE SETTLED. 
          UM, STEVEN LYNETTE SERVING AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER HERE FOR A 2018 BOND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE TO KICK IT OFF. 
          WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THAT VIDEO FROM EARLIER ON LAND ACQUISITION AND THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE. 
          AND WE HAVE RANDY SCOTT, UH, NO, NOT YET. 
          JUST A SECOND. 
          I'LL TELL YOU. 
          WE HAVE RANDY SCOTT AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, UH, PARKLAND ACQUISITION PLD, UH, SINCE NOVEMBER, 2018 PART IS ACQUIRED APPROXIMATELY 200 ACRES OR, UH, 51 NEW OR EXPANDED PARKS. 
          AND, UH, WE'VE UH, RECENTLY, UH, HAVE HIRED ATTEMPT THAT WAS DONE SOME DRONE FOOTAGE FOR US. 
          HE'S GONE OUT AND FILMED SOME OF OUR ACQUISITIONS. 
          AND, UH, THIS VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS THE 200 ACRES IN THE 50 NEW AND EXPANDED PARKS THAT WE ACQUIRED WITH THE 2018 BOND PACKAGE. 
          YUP. 
          AWESOME ACQUISITIONS AND PARK DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH A VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES. 
          OVERALL, OUR OBJECTIVES ARE TO EQUITABLY, PROVIDE PARKLAND THROUGH THE CITY TO EXPAND OUR PARK SYSTEM PROPORTIONALLY TO THE GROWTH OF OUR CITY AND TO SERVE EVERY RESIDENT WITH A PARK WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE, WE'LL EXPLORE THREE DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          WE'RE IMPROVING OUR PARKS SYSTEM THROUGH ACQUISITIONS OF NEW PARKLAND, THROUGH DEDICATION OF NEW PARKLAND, AS PART OF DEVELOPMENT REVIEWS AND THROUGH PARK DEVELOPMENT FUNDS COLLECTED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WE'LL START WITH ACQUISITIONS. 
          SINCE 2018 PART HAS BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE TWO MAJOR FUNDING SOURCES, PARKLAND, DEDICATION, FEES, AND BOND FUNDS THAT COMBINED DRAMATICALLY EXPANDED OUR PARK SYSTEM. 
          IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, THE FUNDING FOR OUR ACQUISITIONS HAS CONSISTED OF 32% PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES COLLECTED FROM NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN 68% VOTER APPROVED BOND FUNDS, INCLUDING THE 2006 TO 2012 AND 2018 BONNETS. 
          WITH THE TOTAL OF THOSE FUNDS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE 75 ACRES OF NEW PARKLAND SINCE 2018, THOSE 75 ACRES MAKE UP 20 NEW OR EXPANDED PARKS. 
          HOW ARE NEW PARKS IDENTIFIED FOR ACQUISITION PARTS? PLANNERS USE A VARIETY OF CRITERIA TO LOCATE WHERE THE BEST INVESTMENT CAN BE MADE TO FURTHER THE CITY SCHOOL AND BEST SERVE OUR RESIDENTS. 
          THE ANALYSIS BEGINS BY LOOKING FOR AREAS WITH HIGH POPULATION DENSITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH THE CONCENTRATION OF PRIORITIZED COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN. 
          WE LOOK FOR CREEK CORRIDORS AND GAPS IN OUR GREEN BELTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN THE BEDROCK OF BOSTON'S PARK SYSTEM FOR GENERATIONS. 
          THEN WE LOOK FOR AREAS THAT LACK PARKS, WALKING DISTANCE OF OUR GROWING COMMUNITIES. 
          USING A WALK SHED ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED 
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IN GREEN FROM THIS ANALYSIS, YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO TARGET AND ACQUIRE NEW PARKLAND AND RESULTING IN 20 NEWER EXPANDED PARKS SINCE 2018. 
          FOR THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT FIVE NOTABLE NEW ACQUISITIONS, A CRITICAL CONNECTION WITHIN THE WILLIAMSON CREEK GREENBELT COOPER NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IN SOUTH AUSTIN, TILLERY PECAN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND EAST AUSTIN, UPPER LITTLE WALNUT CREEK GREENBELT IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN AND A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK OVERLOOKING BULL CREEK IN NORTHWEST COAST. 
          WILLIAMSON CREEK EAST GREENBELT IS OVER SIX ACRES ADJACENT TO ONION CREEK SOCCER COMPLEX. 
          THIS ACQUISITION CLOSEST TO CLEVELAND GAP IN THE WILLIAMSON CREEK EAST CLEAN KLEENBURN THE PARK CONNECTS THE SURROUNDING SOUTHEAST AUSTIN COMMUNITY TO NATURE THE TRAIL MEANDERING THROUGH BEAUTIFUL MATURE TREES AND DOWN TO THE CREEK COOPER NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IS A FIVE ACRE PARK SERVING A RAPIDLY DENSIFYING AREA IN SOUTH CENTRAL. 
          THIS PREVIOUSLY A SHEEP FARM. 
          THE SITE IS GENERALLY SLOPED WITH A DIVERSITY OF OPEN FIELDS, A CREEK CORRIDOR AND LARGE LIVE OAKS. 
          PERFECT FOR PICNIC. 
          THIS ACQUISITION CLOSES A CRITICAL GAP IN THE PARK SERVICE AREA FOR THIS NEW BROOKLYN TILLERY BEGAN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK PRESERVES, A HISTORIC MATURE BECOME AN ORCHARD THAT IS BELOVED BY ITS GROWING COMMUNITY. 
          IT WAS ACQUIRED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON'S HOUSING ROOM, THEREBY PROVIDING BOTH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PARKLAND TOGETHER. 
          UPPER-LEVEL WALNUT CREEK GREENBELT INCLUDES BARWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IN GEORGIA AND POCKET PARK. 
          THIS ACQUISITION PROVIDES ACRES OF UNENCUMBERED LONDON, NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS POINTS VIA EXISTING, RIGHT OF, AND SERVE AS A CONTINUATION OF THE UPPER LEVEL WALNUT CREEK GREENBELT ITSELF HARD PARTNERED WITH TEXAS CONSERVATION FLOOR TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THIS PARKLAND WITH STEPS DOWN TO THE CREEK AND A NATURE TRAIL BULL CREEK BLUFF NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. 
          IF IT'S MAGNIFICENT LIMESTONE BLUFFS, THIS PARK OFFERS SCENIC VIEWS TOWARDS THE HILL COUNTRY WHILE SERVING AS A CENTRAL NODE FOR THE LARGER BULL CREEK GREENVILLE, THE LOW SIDE OF THE BLUFF AND CLOSE A CRITICAL GAP FOR THE UPPER BULL CREEK GREENVILLE NORTH OF 360 ADDITIONAL PARKLAND ACQUISITIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING. 
          LOOKING AHEAD. 
          PARDON DISSIPATE. 
          SEVERAL MORE MAJOR ACQUISITIONS USING BOND AND PARKLAND DEDICATION FEEDS THE HEAT MAP SHOWS WHERE WE HAVE CONCENTRATED SPENDING ON LAND ACQUISITIONS, 
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INCLUDING FUTURE ANTICIPATED POSITIONS. 
          WE ANTICIPATE MAJOR UPCOMING ACQUISITIONS FOR GREENBELT CONNECTIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS FOR PRIORITIZED COMMUNITIES. 
          ALTOGETHER. 
          WE ESTIMATE THAT ALL TARGETED FUTURE ACQUISITIONS AND NOW TO APPROXIMATELY $43 MILLION, ABOUT 29 MILLION WILL COME FROM THE 2018 BOND WITH THE REMAINING 14 MILLION FUNDED THROUGH PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE. 
          HAVING SEEN WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. 
          WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE 1998 FIRST BOND. 
          WE HAVE ADDED HUNDREDS OF ACRES TO OUR PARK SYSTEM. 
          WE'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR BIGGER ACQUISITIONS OVER THE PAST 20 PLUS YEARS. 
          OVER 80% OF THAT NEW ACREAGE HAS BEEN A MID-EASTERN PRECEDENT OR REGION THAT GENUINELY CONSISTENT EAST AUSTIN, AS WELL AS THE EASTERN EDGES OF NORTH AND SOUTH COAST. 
          SWITCHING GEARS. 
          WELL NOW LOOK AT OUR EXPANSION THROUGH DEVELOPER PROVIDED PARKLAND, PARKLAND, DEDICATION, OR PLD FOR SHORT, IS THERE A REQUIREMENT FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL AND HOTEL DEVELOPMENTS, NEW DEVELOPMENTS, WE MUST PROVIDE AN EXPANSION OF OUR PARKS SYSTEM PROPORTIONATE TO THEIR IMPACTS. 
          THAT WAY WE CAN CONTINUE MAINTAINING THE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR WHICH WE ARE KNOWN WHILE OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW PARKLAND, DEDICATION CAN BE SATISFIED WITH FEES IN LIEU AND OR DEDICATION OF LAND CONCURRENT WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT. 
          DEPENDING ON THE PARTNER REVIEW, WE APPLY THESE FEES TO BUY NEW PARKLAND. 
          AS WE JUST WILL NOW FOCUS ON CONCURRENT ONSITE DEDICATION THAT OCCURS WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 
          IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE ADDED 125 ACRES OF PARKLAND THROUGH CONCURRENT ONSITE DEDICATION AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR NEW REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS. 
          THOSE 125 ACRES ARE SPREAD OVER 31 MOVE OR EXPANDED PARKS LOOKING AT WHERE THESE NEW PARKS ARE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          WHEREVER NEW DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH THE DEMAND ON OUR PART. 
          A SYSTEM DISTRIBUTION OF PLD PARKS GENERALLY CORRELATES WITH THE LOCATION OF NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS WITH SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH THAT HAVE SEEN NEW PLD PARKS INCLUDED EAST RIVERSIDE AND SOUTH HILLS. 
          HERE'S A SAMPLE OF THE NEW PLD PARTS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THEM COME TO US AS UNDEVELOPED NATURAL LANDS, OTHERS HAVE PARK AMENITIES THAT ARE BUILT AND SOMETIMES EVEN MAINTAINED BY THE DEVELOPER AS WE CONTINUE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, PART ANTICIPATES MANY NEW PARTS TO BE DEDICATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. 
          THE HEAT MAP IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF WHERE WE HAVE NEGOTIATED SOME FUTURE PARKLAND TO BE DEDICATED UPON PROJECT COMPLETION. 
          WE ANTICIPATE MAJOR UPCOMING DEDICATIONS THAT INCLUDE GREENBELT CONNECTIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS FOR GROWING COMMUNITIES. 
          ALTOGETHER. 
          WE ESTIMATE THAT THERE IS UP TO 1000 NEW ACRES OF PARKLAND IN THE WORKS IN THE COMING THREE TO 10 YEARS, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL AND HOTEL DEVELOPMENTS ALSO INCLUDE PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES THAT ARE USED TOWARDS PARKING IMPROVEMENTS. 
          EXAMPLES INCLUDE AMENITIES LIKE PLAYSCAPES SPORTS COURTS, TRAILS, PAVILIONS, AND MUCH MORE. 
          THESE ARE DISTINCT FROM PARKLAND FEES IN LOOM, WHICH ARE SPENT ON LAND ACQUISITION IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. 
          PART HAS EXPENDED CLOSE TO 7.1 MILLION IN PARK DEVELOPMENT. 
          THESE WITH 76 DIFFERENT PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, UM, PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ARE LOCATED NEAR WHERE THE FEES ARE COLLECTED SO THAT THEY BENEFIT THE EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA. 
          I ORGANIZATION OF PARK IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          MOST NEW IMPROVEMENTS LEVERAGED DEVELOPMENT FEES AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT 
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BONDS AS WELL AS OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, SUCH AS FRIENDS AND PARTNER CONTRIBUTIONS PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND INCLUDE A RANGE OF NEW IMPROVEMENTS FROM PLAYSCAPE REPLACEMENTS AND TRAILHEAD RESTAURANT CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLETE PARK INSTALLATION AS SHOWN IN THE FOLLOWING. 
          LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. 
          THE MAP SHOWS THE DISTRIBUTION OF AVAILABLE PLANNED AND COMPLETED BARK DEVELOPMENT FUNDS COLLECTED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT. 
          GENERALLY, THESE FUNDS MUST BE SPENT NEAR WHERE THEY'RE COLLECTED. 
          CURRENTLY. 
          WE HAVE OVER 2.6 MILLION IN AVAILABLE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THAT CAN BE SPENT ON FUTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. 
          AS AUSTIN GROWS, THE PARK PLANNING TEAM IS COMMITTED TO EXPANDING OUR PARK SYSTEM EQUITABLY TO MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF PARK SERVICE. 
          SINCE NOVEMBER, 2018, WE'VE GROWN OUR PARK SYSTEM BY APPROXIMATELY 200 ACRES OVER 51, NEWER EXPANDED PARKS. 
          THAT'S ABOUT 20 NEWER EXPANDED PARKS A YEAR FOR AUSTIN LIGHTS. 
          FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PARKLAND DEDICATION, VISIT OUR STORY MAP, WWW DOT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV/ATX PARKLAND, OR SEND US AN EMAIL AT PARKLAND DEDICATION AT AUSTIN, TEXAS DUCT UP THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO WATCH THAT VIDEO. 
          I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT. 
          UH, I HAD ONE OTHER THING TO ADD IN A BOARD MEMBER TO CARLO. 
          I BELIEVE YOU ASKED, UH, THE CONTACT, IF YOU HAD QUESTION ABOUT LAND ACQUISITION AND YOU CAN CONTACT ME AND, UH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER, I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU ALL. 
          NOW IT'S 5 1 2 8 0 9 4 6 3 4. 
          AND THAT'S, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT LAND ACQUISITION OR FIELD PARKLAND DEDICATION, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE VIDEO WAS GREAT. 
          I'M GLAD YOU ENJOYED THAT. 
          THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, THEN ALL IN HOUSE. 
          SO, UH, IT'S A FAR CRY FROM THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAD AVAILABLE WHEN I STARTED HERE. 
          WELL, IT, IT, IT REALLY GREAT JOB OF HIGHLIGHTING THE DEDICATION ORDINANCES. 
          MAY I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. 
          I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN A POCKET PARK AND A BUTTON PARK. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, SIZES IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE. 
          UH, BUTTON PARKS ARE MORE ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, UH, TALK LOTS, UH, YOUNG, YOUNGER RECREATIONAL THEY'RE SMALL IN SIZE. 
          OUR FIRST ONE WAS AT RILEY, UH, SCHOOL PARK. 
          UM, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY AN AREA CURVED CARVED OUT OF THE SCHOOL PARK ITSELF. 
          THERE WERE WE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DURING SCHOOL HOURS. 
          SO WHAT WE FIND WITH A LOT OF TIMES WITH SCHOOL PARKS IS THAT THERE'S A, A, A TIME DURING THE DAY THAT THAT PARK IS NOT AVAILABLE DURING SCHOOL HOURS. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A POPULATION THAT IS NOT BEING SERVED. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE KIDS THAT ARE NOT IN SCHOOL YET, OR THE OLDER GENERATION. 
          SO WE, IN THOSE, THESE BUTTON PARKS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL PARKS, WE'VE INCLUDED, UH, UH, LITTLE PLAY EQUIPMENT THAT'S, UH, FOR UNDER FIVE BASICALLY. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO CHECKER TABLES OR PING PONG TABLES FOR THE OLDER ADULTS AS WELL. 
          SO, AND THOSE ARE OPEN DURING SCHOOL HOURS. 
          OKAY. 
          CONTINUE WITH MUNICIPAL FINANCE, WHICH YOU ALL CAME HERE FOR. 
          UM, CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE VIDEO BEFORE WE GO ON? I THOUGHT IT WAS, UM, REALLY GOOD AND VERY INFORMATIVE, AND I WISH THAT THIS WAS A MEETING THAT WAS 
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BROADCAST ON ATX N BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE JUST DOING AN AUDIO RECORDING TONIGHT. 
          AND SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT THE VIDEO COULD BE MAYBE, YOU KNOW, PUBLISHED ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN COMMUNITY CHANNELS, IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL. 
          AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL WE'LL WORK ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AGAIN, I'M STEVEN LYNETTE SERVING AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER, AND I'M HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE 2018 BOND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SO WE, UH, YEAH, SO TO START US OFF, I'LL TELL YOU ALL HOW WE GOT HERE WITH THE 2018 BOND PROGRAM. 
          SOME STRATEGIES ON HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THIS HISTORICALLY LARGE PROGRAM FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, IT'S ALMOST THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF THE OH SIX AND 2012 PROGRAMS. AND LASTLY, THE PROGRESS WE'VE HAD SO FAR ON PROPOSITION B, WHICH IS FOR MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES AND CULTURAL CENTERS AND PROPOSITION C, WHICH WAS THE, UH, PROP SPECIFIC TO PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          FIRST OF ALL, UM, COUNCIL, UH, PASSED ITS CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS FROM THE 2018 BOND BACK IN JULY OF 2018, THAT SET FORTH AN EIGHT YEAR COMPLETION TIMELINE FOR OUR BOND PROGRAM AND SET UP THE, UM, THE PROPOSITIONS AS WE, UM, AS THEY WERE PASSED BY THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 2018 PROPOSITION V FOR LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL CENTERS GAVE US 66 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          THERE ARE ALSO LIBRARIES AND OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES ON THAT PROPOSITION, BUT 666 AND A HALF WAS DEDICATED TO THE PARK FACILITIES YOU SEE UP THERE. 
          UM, THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER AT DARDY ART CENTER, CARVER AND ASIAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER, UM, PROPOSITION C PROVIDED THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WITH THE $149 MILLION AND DIRECTED US ON, UH, WITH PRIORITIES FOR THOSE, UM, PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD SELECT THROUGH THAT PROPOSITION. 
          UM, IT SPLIT IT OUT INTO CATEGORIES WHICH WERE SET BY COUNCIL, UM, 45 MILLION FOR PARKLAND ACQUISITION, 40 MILLION FOR AQUATICS 25 MILLION FOR PARKLAND IMPROVEMENTS, 21 AND A HALF MILLION FOR BUILDING RENOVATIONS, WHICH HAS A $5 MILLION CARVE OUT FOR ACCESSIBILITY RELATED PROJECTS AND, UH, 17 AND A HALF MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OF VARYING SMALL TYPES. 
          UM, COUNCIL APPROVED ITS FIRST APPROPRIATION IN MARCH OF 2019. 
          SO WE'RE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF INTO OR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. 
          THE PROGRAM'S IMPLEMENTATION NOW. 
          UM, AND JUST THIS, SOME MORE BACKGROUND CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS, UH, CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS ARE MULTI-YEAR. 
          SO BASICALLY HOW THIS WORKS IS WE'LL BE APPROPRIATED THE FUNDING BY COUNCIL WITH THAT WE IDENTIFY WE'VE IDENTIFIED OUR NEEDS PREVIOUSLY EITHER THROUGH THE LONG RANGE PLAN THROUGH REHABILITATION NEEDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT, THIRD COMMUNITY ACTIVE ACTIVATED PARK PROJECTS, AND OCCASIONALLY OTHER PARTNERSHIPS. 
          UM, FROM THERE WE, UH, CREATE A FIVE-YEAR PLAN OR FIVE-YEAR CIP RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT $215 MILLION THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE LAND ACQUISITION. 
          UM, AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL HAVE OUR ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL AND OUR ANNUAL SPENDING PLAN. 
          SO FOR  OUR SPENDING PLANS JUST ABOUT 32 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR 21 THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH ENDS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, UM, $28.8 MILLION. 
          AND WE HAVE ACHIEVED THAT TARGET ALREADY. 
          SO, UM, WE ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK AS YOU'LL SEE ON THESE SLIDES COMING UP. 
          SO, AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS BOND PROGRAM WAS ABOUT THREE TIMES AS LARGE AS OUR LAST TWO IN 2012 AND 2006. 
          UM, WE ALSO DIDN'T REALLY SEE AN AUGMENTATION OF STAFF, UM, WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY GIVEN TO US TO IMPLEMENT THIS BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO REALLY, UM, EVEN BEFORE WE SAW IT PASSED, AND AS SOON AS IT WAS PASSED, WE SET SOME TARGETS OF STRATEGIES WE WANTED TO IMPLEMENT TO REALLY, UM, PUSH OUT MORE PROJECTS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES INTERNALLY. 
          UM, THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHODOLOGIES. 
          SO TRADITIONAL CITY PROJECTS COULD FOLLOW A DESIGN BUILD BID BUILD PROCESS. 
          YOU HIRE A SEPARATE DESIGNER, YOU BID OUT THE PROJECT, YOU GET THE LOWEST BID, OR IF THEY'RE COMPLIANT WITH ALL THE CITY REQUIREMENTS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING THE PROJECT. 
          UM, SO WE FOUND SOME CHALLENGES WITH THAT IN THE PAST, UM, EITHER WITH HAVING TO REBID PROJECTS, HAVING NON-QUALIFIED PEOPLE, UM, WHEN IN THE END, UH, OR PROVIDE THE LOWEST BID. 
          AND WE'VE SEEN ESPECIALLY HIGH ESCALATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S SET US THERE. 
          THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF RISK BETWEEN WHEN WE START A PROJECT AND WHEN WE DESIGN IT WHEN WE ACTUALLY BID IT AND WHEN WE GET THOSE BIDS BACK IN, 
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UM, SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THESE ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY STRATEGIES. 
          THE FIRST CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK BRINGS IN A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS THAT HELPS US OUT WITH PRE-CONSTRUCTION, UM, DESIGN AND WORKS WITH THE DESIGN TEAM THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND US TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING OR DESIGNING A CONSTRUCTABLE PROJECT AND ALSO ARE MEETING THE COST TARGETS THAT WE, UM, WE HAD THE BUDGET ESTIMATES COULD SET FOR THE PROJECT. 
          SO WE'RE DOING THIS ON MOST OF OUR LARGER PROJECTS, THIS BOND CYCLE, UM, THOSE BEING COLONY PARK AND GIVENS POOL. 
          WE SET THOSE AS A PACKAGE, UM, THE MAP OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER, THE DARDY ART CENTER, THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT SET OF POOL HAS BEEN TOPLESS IN NORTHWEST BEVERLY SHEFFIELD PARK. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS, WHICH IS JUST BASICALLY ALLOWS THE CITY TO, UM, UH, EVALUATE THE CONTRACTORS THAT APPLY, UM, BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS AND NOT JUST LOWEST COSTS. 
          SO WE'RE DOING THIS FOR MOSTLY HISTORICAL SITES AND OTHER SPECIALIZED ONES. 
          UM, AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          SO THE NORWOOD PARK FOUNDATION IS PARTNERING WITH US ON, UM, THE NORWOOD HOUSE, UH, REHABILITATION. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A FEW OTHERS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT THAT'S A PRETTY LARGE ONE AT THE MOMENT. 
          UM, WE ALSO BRING IN THIRD-PARTY PROJECT MANAGERS, SAME THING AT THE TWO ARE THE FULL FOUR MAJOR POOL PROJECTS AND THE DARTY ART CENTER. 
          SO WE'RE, UM, GOING OUTSIDE AND CONTRACTING WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER RATHER THAN HIRING MORE STAFF ON OUR OWN TEAM. 
          UM, THE LAST TWO ARE RELATED TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS. 
          GENERALLY, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, GET THESE IT'S A MASTER AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS YOU TO BRING 10 OR 12 FIRMS ON BOARD BEFOREHAND. 
          SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO AN INDIVIDUAL SOLICITATION FOR EACH PROJECT, SAVES US TIME IN GETTING DESIGN STARTED AND MOVING. 
          UM, LASTLY WE'RE USING SOME NEW, UM, PROJECT DELIVERY METHODS. 
          UM, WE'RE USING MORE COOPERATIVE CONTRACTS. 
          UM, SO THESE ARE ALREADY BID BY ANOTHER AGENCY. 
          MOST OF OURS ARE THROUGH THE BUYBOARD, UM, THROUGH THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, UM, THAT GIVES US ACCESS TO A READY SET OF CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIES, UM, FOR MANY OF OUR PROJECTS. 
          SO THIS IS MOSTLY USED FOR SMALLER SCALE PROJECTS, LIKE, UH, PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENTS. 
          UM, EXCUSE ME, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS. 
          ARE THERE OTHER PROFESSIONAL AREAS YOU USE THOSE FOR, OR IS IT JUST LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHITECTURE? IT'S A NUMBER OF THEM. 
          THOSE ARE THE ONES WE PRIMARILY USE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THEM FOR VARIOUS ENGINEERING SERVICES SURVEYING, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS, ALL KINDS OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO HOW LONG DOES ONE OF THESE, THESE WERE FOR LAST, SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE SOME FIRMS THAT YOU CAN GO TO DIRECTLY WITH THESE JOBS. 
          AND WHEN DO YOU OPEN THAT UP AGAIN? THESE WERE, UM, FOR FIVE YEARS, I BELIEVE, FIVE YEARS. 
          YEP. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, THESE 12 FIRMS FOR ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS FOR FIVE YEARS. 
          THEY EACH GET A PROPORTIONAL SLICE OF THAT $12 MILLION AUTHORITY. 
          SO A MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FROM JUNE, 2019 MEAN, UH, WHEN THAT AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED, ET CETERA, JUST DEMONSTRATING. 
          WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN, UM, WHEN THE BOND WAS PASSED IN NOVEMBER, 2018 FROM THERE, WHERE IT, SORRY, I DIDN'T EXPLAIN THAT THESE ARE WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPENED. 
          SO FROM 2019 TO 2024, YES. 
          THERE'S 12 ARCHITECTURE FIRMS THAT WILL GET A MILLION DOLLARS EACH ROUGHLY. 
          CORRECT. 
          BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT PROJECT IT IS YET AS PROJECTS COME UP AND THESE ARE ALL CITY-WIDE CONTRACTS. 
          IT'S NOT JUST FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, THE $12 MILLION, THE CITY-WIDE OR THAT'S JUST THE PARKS DEPARTMENT PARTS. 
          SO BASICALLY THIS ROTATION LIST SPECIFICALLY, THE ARCHITECTURE WAS LED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND IT IS FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING FOR ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO LIBRARY, UH, FIRE, EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT HEALTH COULD USE THAT ARCHITECTURE ROTATION LIST. 
          THE LANDSCAPE ONE IS ONE THAT WE LED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME AND OTHER DEPARTMENT CAN STILL USE IT FOR THEIR OWN SERVICES, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED AT THE 10 AND A HALF MILLION IS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PROJECTS, CITYWIDE, CITYWIDE, BUT THAT PARTICULAR LIST IS BEING USED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT PRIMARILY. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND HERE'S THE GENERAL VIEW OF WHERE WE ARE WITH PROPOSITION B THAT GAVE US 66 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO DATE. 
          WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 2%, THAT LOOKS VERY LOW, BUT, UM, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS WERE VERY 
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LARGE. 
          THEY HAD A LOT OF UPFRONT CONTRACTING. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS WERE ALL HIRED AT THE FRONT END. 
          SO WE WON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A BID PROCESS AGAIN, LATER ON IN THE PROJECT. 
          UM, SO YOU'LL START SEEING VERY LARGE NUMBERS STACK UP ON THESE IN 2023 AND 2024 AS THEY HAVE CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, BUT IT REALLY WON'T RAMP UP ON THESE LARGER PROJECTS UNTIL THAT TIME. 
          UM, SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS ENCUMBERED AS YOU HAVE A CONTRACT FOR IT? IT'S A CONTRACT IT'S NOT CASH OUT THE DOOR YET. 
          UM, SO THE FIRST OF THESE IS THE MAC PHASE TWO. 
          UM, Y'ALL SAW THIS, UH, FACILITY EXPANSION PLAN IN SPRING OF 2019 OR 20, UH, 18 RATHER. 
          UM, AND IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN SPRING OF 2018 AS WELL ON THE BOND PROVIDED 27 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          IT'S MOVING THROUGH THE DESIGN PHASE. 
          NOW THEY PRODUCED THEIR BUILDING PROGRAM A FEW MONTHS BACK. 
          UM, AND THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE COMPLETING THAT CRESCENT SHAPE FROM ITS CURRENT ONE PIECE. 
          THEY'RE DOING SOME INTERIOR RENOVATIONS TO THE EXISTING BUILDING, UM, ADDING SOME LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, UH, IN THE BACKSIDE OF IT FACING LADYBIRD LAKE. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO COORDINATING WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER CITY PROJECTS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, RAINY STREET IS REALLY, REALLY BOOMING RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THE CITY PROJECTS WE'RE PRIMARILY DEALING WITH ARE THE WALNUT CREEK DELTA PROJECT, WHICH IS GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. 
          AND I'M AN EIGHT DISTRICT COOLING PLANT AT THE SITE NEXT TO THE, UM, MAC, UM, THE DARTY ART CENTER REPLACEMENT PROJECT. 
          YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UM, AND PROVE THE PLAN EARLIER THIS, UM, LATE IN THE SPRING AND IT WENT TO COUNCIL, IT WAS APPROVED THERE, THE MODIFIED DESIGN, A OPTION, UM, WE'RE EXPECTING CONSTRUCTION TO START IN WINTER OF 20 22, 23. 
          UM, AGAIN, THIS IS REPLACING THE EXISTING DECK FACILITY WITH A NEW ONE BEHIND THE PART MAIN OFFICE. 
          UM, THE AARC PHASE TWO, UM, THIS WAS THE FACILITY EXPANSION OF PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED IN FALL OF 2019 ON THE PRIMARY SCOPE FOR THIS ONE IS BUILDING THE NEW ARTS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER NEXT TO THE CURRENT BUILDING, UM, AND DOING SOME LANDSCAPE AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL. 
          UM, THIS HAS RECENTLY BEEN MOVING THROUGH ALL OF THE COUNCIL APPROVALS. 
          UM, WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE THE DESIGN TEAM UNDER CONTRACT. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND REALLY MOVING ON THE, UM, DELIVERY OF THIS PROJECT. 
          UM, NEXT THE CARVER FACILITY, UM, WHEN THE BOND WAS PASSED, WE KNEW THERE WERE SOME NEAR-TERM NEEDS AT THE SITE. 
          UM, THERE WERE HVAC IMPROVEMENTS, ROOF IMPROVEMENTS, SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ALL OF THOSE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          UM, THOSE ARE IN VARYING STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN. 
          NOW, UM, THE LAST PIECE OF IT IS GOING TO BE THE, UH, ROOF AND LANDSCAPE OR SITE WORK TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE. 
          UM, ALSO THE FACILITY EXPANSION PLAN EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND IT PROVED THAT THAT'S SET FOR, UM, THREE PHASES FOR THAT PROJECT FOR A TOTAL PROJECTED COST OF 58 MILLION. 
          WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO A PIECE OF PHASE ONE, UM, WITH OUR REMAINING BOND FUNDING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE IN THE FOUR OR FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR RANGE FOLLOWING THOSE INITIAL, UH, BUILDING RENOVATION PROJECTS WITHIN PROPOSITION C, WE ARE OF THE $149 MILLION, WHERE ABOUT ONE SIXTH OF THE WAY THROUGH SPENDING THAT AT 16%. 
          UM, SO JUST ABOUT, ON PACE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, UM, FROM OUR INITIAL PLAN, THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO, UM, THE HIRING FREEZE AS WE SAW DURING THE PANDEMIC AND JUST GENERAL SLOWDOWNS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DURING THAT TIME AS WELL. 
          UM, WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO CATCH UP, UM, IN 2023 AND 24, AS SOME OF THESE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE CONSTRUCTION, IT WILL BE THE POOLS, UM, SOME OF THE BUILDING RENOVATION PROJECTS. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A SLOWER START ON, UH, JOHN TREVINO AND WALL THREE LONG METRO PARKS, WHICH HAD THEIR PLANS APPROVED LAST FALL. 
          SO, UM, DUE TO LIKE THE HIRING FEES, WE, WE HAVEN'T STARTED THOSE PROJECTS IN EARNEST YET, BUT PLAN TO DURING THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 2022, AS I SAID EARLIER, UM, THE COUNCIL SET FORTH SOME PRIORITIES FOR HOW WE SHOULD RANK PROJECTS THROUGH THESE CATEGORIES IN THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE HAD THREE MAIN AREAS NEED FOR REINVESTMENT, THE MEETINGS, STRATEGIC DIRECTION INDICATORS FOR HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND WORKING IN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS. 
          SO WE CREATED LIKE A PRIORITIZATION TOOL, UM, THAT VALUE EACH OF THESE AT ONE-THIRD THE FIRST FOR RE-INVESTMENT LOOKED AT EXISTING CONDITIONS OF FACILITIES, PRIMARILY IN THEIR CRITICALITY FOR THE PARK SYSTEM. 
          WE ALSO LOOKED AT 
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REGULATORY MANDATES LIKE ADA, WHETHER IT COULD CREATE MORE REVENUE OR SAVE FUNDING, SAVE OPERATING FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT, OR IF THERE WAS A PARTICULARLY INNOVATIVE OR SUSTAINABLE CONCEPT WITHIN THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT INDICATORS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ABILITY TO IMPROVE AMENITIES, WHETHER WE'RE LEVERAGING FUNDING FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE OR A SOURCE THAT IS NOT THIS BOND FUNDING, WHETHER WE'RE PROMOTING ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVITY WITH THE PROJECT AND BUILDING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ON SITE, UH, THE LAST COMPONENT IS EQUITY. 
          UM, AND THIS WAS A LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHICS AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATISTICS WITHIN EACH PARK OR FACILITY SERVICE AREA. 
          WE LOOKED AT THE POPULATION DENSITY, THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR SERVED AND THE CHILDREN'S SERVE RELATIVE TO AUSTIN MEDIANS. 
          SO EACH PARK, UM, AND YOU SAW THAT IN THE EARLIER PRESENTATION, ACTUALLY IT WAS SCORED, UM, FROM A ZERO TO 20 POINT SCALE ON HOW MUCH IT BENEFITED THOSE UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. 
          I THINK Y'ALL SAW THAT PARKLAND ACQUISITION. 
          THE ONE I THINK THEY DID NOT MENTION IT'S ALSO NOT ON THE SLIDE WAS THE ACQUISITION THAT RECENTLY PASSED COUNCIL AT JAMESTOWN ROAD. 
          UM, AND IT'S A THREE ACRE INFILL SITE KIND OF JUST NORTH OF 180 3 ON JAMESTOWN ROAD. 
          THAT IS A PRETTY MUCH THE MOST HIGH NEED AREA THAT WE HAVE ON BY THOSE EQUITY INDICATORS IN THE CITY. 
          SO WE'LL BE CLOSING ON THAT ONE SOON, BUT IT'S NOT CLOSED YET IN TERMS OF AQUATIC PROGRAMS. UM, WE HAVE FOUR MAJOR PROJECTS, THE GIVENS POOL REPLACEMENT, WHICH, UM, THE POOL WAS CLOSED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UM, DUE TO THE LEAKS AND STRUCTURAL FAILURES, UH, AND THE NEW COLONY PARK POOL, WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST NEED AREA AS DETERMINED BY THE AQUATICS PLAN THAT WAS PASSED IN 2018. 
          UM, BOTH THOSE PROJECTS HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PHASE AND ARE IN THEIR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. 
          NOW, UM, WE'RE EXPECTING CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN AFTER PERMITTING, UM, IN EARLY 20, 23 AND, UH, TO END IN 2024 IN TIME TO OPEN FOR THE 2020 FOR POOL SEASON. 
          UM, THE NEXT SET OF MAJOR PROJECTS, OOP, SORRY, QUICK QUESTION. 
          HOW MANY PARK WAS GOING TO BE INDOORS IN MY, HOW DID I GET THAT? I THINK THAT COLONY PARK, THEY WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE INDOORS. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT THE BUDGET WILL ALLOW FOR THAT. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. 
          WE THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE IT HEATED, BUT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT AN INDOOR FACILITY WOULD A SUBSTANTIALLY MORE FUNDING THAN THEY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NEXT SET OF POOLS, NATURE, POOL PROJECTS, OR REPLACEMENTS AT MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND, UH, BEVERLY SHEFFIELD NORTHWEST PARK. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE FALLING BY ABOUT A YEAR. 
          UM, THEY'RE HAVING THEIR CONTRACTS APPROVED AT COUNCIL NOW OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          UM, AND WE'D EXPECT THOSE TO BE ABOUT ONE YEAR BEHIND THE OTHER TWO POOLS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ONE SMALLER SCALE PROJECT THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ON THAT PARK IS OUR GOSA, UM, THERE'S HISTORICAL BACKPACKS THAT USED TO BE THE OLD REC CENTER OF THAT SITE. 
          IT'S BEEN OUT OF COMMISSION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          SO WE'RE REHABILITATING THAT. 
          SO THEY HAVE A ACTUAL BACKHOUSE ON THAT SITE AGAIN, JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THE, UM, NORTHFIELD OR NORTHWEST SWIMMING POOL. 
          AND THEN ON TABLETS, IT'LL BE ON THE SEPTEMBER 30TH COUNCIL MEETING FOR APPROVAL. 
          SO YOU SAID IN THE NEW FUTURE, BUT IT'S THE END OF THE MONTH. 
          UM, WE ALSO, UH, ARE APPLYING FOR A GRANT FOR THE MONTOPOLIS POOL REPLACEMENT PROJECT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OUTDOOR RECREATION LEGACY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM THAT WILL BRING UP 3 MILLION MORE DOLLARS TO THAT PROJECT. 
          UM, WE JUST GOT WORD FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE THAT THEY'RE MOVING IT FORWARD TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. 
          SO STILL SOME MORE STEPS TO JUMP THROUGH, BUT FEELING VERY GOOD ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, NEXT WE HAVE THE PARKLAND IMPROVEMENTS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE TONS OF THEM. 
          UM, THERE'S ONE VISION PLAN GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT BEVERLY SHEFFIELD NORTHWEST DISTRICT PARK. 
          UM, THAT'S LIKELY TO HIT PARKS BOARD IN DECEMBER ON ITS CURRENT SCHEDULE. 
          UM, AND THEN THIS WHOLE SERIES OF SEVEN IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW, UM, THE PREMIERE ONE AT THE TOP IS GIVEN SISTER PARK THAT HAD ITS VISION PLAN APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO, OR JUST UNDER THE TIMELINE AROUND JANUARY, 2019, I THINK, UM, WAS WHEN IT WAS APPROVED BY PARKS BOARD. 
          UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THAT ONE IN . 
          UM, THESE OTHER PROJECTS ARE ALL ALSO LIKELY TO BEGIN SOMETIME DURING CALENDAR YEAR 22. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS IS JUST BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING FUN THROUGH PARKLAND DEDICATION, OR BEING DEDICATED BY 
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THE DEVELOPERS THEMSELVES. 
          UM, AMONG THOSE, UM, AMONG THOSE, WE HAVE SOME MAJOR ONES LIKE THE LAKEFRONT TRAIL AT FESTIVAL BEACH OR HOLLY FESTIVAL BEACH, UM, LAKELINE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, SCENIC BROOK POCKET PARK, UM, GO VALLEY EMMA LONG IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, PALMER LU IS SLATED FOR CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS ALGEBRA. 
          SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A TON OF PARKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, WE HAVE ONE THAT'S ABOUT TO START IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AT ROSEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WHEN I REPLACE THE TWO TENNIS COURTS OVER THERE, TENNIS COURTS. 
          YEP. 
          UM, LASTLY AMONG OUR BUILDING RENOVATIONS, UM, A COUPLE OF MAJOR ONES ARE JUST STARTING CONSTRUCTION NOW ON THE ZILKER MAINTENANCE BARN AND, UM, THE SEA HOME INTAKE FACILITY, REHAB PROJECT ALONG LADY BIRD LAKE. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE ONE THAT, UM, IS IN REBID THE FAR TENANT CENTER, UM, OVER, ACROSS THE MUELLER DEVELOPMENT ON AIRPORT BOULEVARD. 
          UM, WE ARE REBUILDING THAT AND EXPECT AT THE END OR CONSTRUCTION IN SPRING NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION, WE, WE ANTICIPATED WITH THE BOND PROGRAM WAS PUT TOGETHER THAT WE'D BE DOING A NUMBER OF SMALLER SCALE BUILDING RENOVATION PROJECTS THROUGH ED, AS IT TURNED OUT. 
          WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF, A LOT OF FUNDING THROUGH THE CAPITAL REHABILITATION FUND, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL COUNCIL APPROPRIATION, UM, 1 MILLION THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN 2 MILLION FOR THE LAST, UH, TWO YEARS NOW. 
          UM, THAT'S REALLY HELPED KNOCK OUT SOME OF THE SMALLER SCALE PROJECTS THAT ALLOW US TO RESERVE OUR BOND FUNDING FOR LARGER, MORE IMPACTFUL PROJECTS. 
          AND LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 
          THESE WERE SPLIT UP INTO SIX SMALLER SCALE PROGRAMS, ATHLETICS, CEMETERIES, GOLF, LOTS AND ROADWAYS, PLAYSCAPES AND TRAILS. 
          UM, AMONG THESE, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW, UM, IN GOLF. 
          UM, THEY JUST COMPLETED A MAJOR RENOVATION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS AT JIMMY CLAY GOLF COURSE IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          UM, AND ARE CONTINUING WITH THE GREENS RENOVATIONS OF THOSE COURSES, UM, CLAY AND THE ADJACENT KEISER COURSE RIGHT NOW, UM, AMONG PARKING LOTS AND ROADWAYS, UM, OUR MAJOR OR WE'VE HAD A FEW PROJECTS COMPLETED, UM, AT PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AT BARTHOLOMEW LAMAR AND ARE ABOUT TO START WHEN IT, UH, PARK IS OUR GOSA, UM, AMONG PLAYSCAPES. 
          UM, OUR TWO MAJOR PROJECTS IN THIS BOND PROGRAM WERE COMPLETED EARLIER THIS YEAR AT WALNUT CREEK, METRO PARK AND CIRCLE C METRO PARK. 
          UM, ON THE SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE OF WALNUT CREEK'S. 
          UM, IT'S GOT THIS PRETTY COOL, UM, NATURE PLAY AREA THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD WITH A ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION GRANT. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO LIKE THE NORMAL, LARGER PLAYSCAPE THAT WE'D ORDINARILY PUT IN THE PARK, UM, IT'S REALLY A GREAT PROJECT AND WE'D REALLY RECOMMEND YOU ALL CHECK IT OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T YET. 
          UM, AND LASTLY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LARGE TRIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, THE LONGER WAY TO NORTHERN WALNUT CREEK GREENBELT PHASE TWO, A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL IMPROVEMENT, UM, IS ALSO GOING TO COUNSEL ON SEPTEMBER 30TH AND WE'LL START CONSTRUCTION PROBABLY TOWARD THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR OR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT CALENDAR YEAR. 
          UM, THAT'S EXTENDING THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL FROM WALNUT CREEK PARK ACROSS LAMAR BOULEVARD AND INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ON THE EAST SIDE. 
          SO IT'S ABOUT A MILE AND A QUARTER OF, UM, A SHARED USE TRAIL THAT WILL BE BILLION. 
          AND THAT'S JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD OF BOND PROGRAM. 
          FOR PART, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. 
          NOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PREPARING THAT PRESENTATION. 
          IT CLEARLY TOOK A LOT OF WORK AND IT'S REALLY A GOOD TO SEE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. 
          SO I APPRECIATE IT. 
          YEAH, I WOULD AGREE. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING. 
          I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE, JUST THE PRIORITY AND THEN YOU HAVE THOSE CRITERIA OR, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU, UM THAT YOU OR THE COUNCIL OR THIS, UM, HELP LAY OUT. 
          SO DOES THAT, IS THERE LIKE A VIDEO BECAUSE HOW DOES THAT WORK? UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT REALLY A COMMITTEE. 
          SO AS WE'RE, THERE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF KIND OF DATA POINTS THAT ARE GOING INTO THIS, BUT WE USUALLY MEET AMONG THE DIVISION MANAGERS IN OUR GROUP TO KIND OF DISCUSS PROJECT PRIORITIES THAT WERE CONCEPTS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING OR CONCEPTS THAT ARE BROUGHT UP, EITHER GIVE A LONG RANGE PLAN 
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CAPS OR OTHER REHAB NEEDS. 
          WE'LL DISCUSS THEM AS A GROUP AMONG OTHER DIVISIONS, LIKE PLANNING, PARK DEVELOPMENT, OPERATIONS, AND MAINTENANCE, AND THEN THE ACTUAL PEOPLE PROGRAMMING THE FACILITIES AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, JUST KIND OF MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH OUR PRIORITIES AND SELECTED PROJECTS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WITH REGARDS TO THE EQUITY COMPONENT TO THIS, WE'VE JUST HIRED. 
          WELL, A CONDITIONAL OFFER HAS BEEN, UM, HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO AN EQUITY PROGRAM MANAGER, WHICH IS A NEW POSITION THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          NOT EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS ONE. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD AN EQUITY COMMITTEE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT NOW WE ARE HIRING A PROGRAM MANAGER. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO RECLASS A POSITION WITHIN OUR OWN RESOURCES. 
          AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT PARTICULAR, UH, PERSON WILL BE ABLE TO MAYBE BRING SOME EXPERTISE TO THIS PROCESS AND BE ABLE TO HELP DETERMINE, UM, IS THERE A DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT EQUITY? ARE WE LOOKING AT SOCIAL DETERMINANTS? ARE WE LOOKING AT HEALTH? UM, DIFFERENT SORTS OF HEALTH INDICATORS, BUT IT CERTAINLY CAN BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND, AND IMPROVE UPON. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE STARTED WITH AND THE PROCESS THAT STEVEN PROVIDED AS THE EXACT PROCESS THAT WE HAVE NOW. 
          BUT I GUESS I'M JUST PUTTING YOU ON ALERT THAT IT MAY EVOLVE AS, UM, SOMEONE BRINGS AN ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE TO OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          I GUESS I'D ADD THERE'S I KNOW THERE'S A TON OF PROJECTS ON THERE. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN REACH ME AS WELL. 
          UM, AND EITHER ANSWER THEM OR PUT THEM IN CONTACT WITH THE PERSON THAT CAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU REALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M GOING TO, ACTUALLY, WHILE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M GONNA ASK, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO TAKE A BREAK FOR, UM, A FEW MINUTES, SO EVERYBODY CAN JUST HANG IN THERE AND STRETCH YOUR LEGS OR DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO. 
          WELL, I CAN. 
          SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, IT'LL BE, UH, A RECESS OF THE PARKS SPORT, AND THEN WE'LL RECONVENE, UH, WHEN WE ALREADY, YEAH, PROBABLY IN ABOUT 10 OR 15 MINUTES BEFORE WE START THE PRESENTATION, I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE HERE, UH, TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE THERE IS A SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT COMMITTEE, AND I KNOW THAT BOARD MEMBER COTTON SEIBEL HAS BEEN QUITE, UM, INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERHAPS INTRODUCE THIS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE AND THEN ALLOW OUR STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND, AND, UM, PROVIDE SOME PART OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          SO I'LL HAND IT OVER TO BOARD MEMBERS, COTTON SILO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, I'M LAURA, HIM SHOVEL AND I'M THE PERSON THAT'S APPOINTED TO THE SCHWAB. 
          AND I'M WORKING ALSO ON A WORKING GROUP WITH THE SCHWAB AND WHAT I'VE BEEN WANTING TO GET THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU BECAUSE NOBODY'S REALLY ON THIS COMMITTEE, I THINK AWARE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT NUANCES THAT ARE GOING ON HERE. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO US ABOUT, UM, THIS, THIS IS A VISION PLAN THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2012 AND IT INVOLVED ALL SORTS OF STAKEHOLDERS WHO WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD TO DEVELOP A VISION PLAN. 
          IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, I HAVE THE WHOLE BOOK WITH ME HERE TONIGHT, AND, UM, IT HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME. 
          THERE'VE BEEN SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY'LL EXPLAIN TO YOU, BUT THE CONCERN I HAVE IS THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE BACKGROUND OF THIS, THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THE PUD, THE PUD, UM, I'LL, I'LL LET THEM GO AHEAD AND TALK, BUT, BUT BASICALLY THE DIFFERENCES IN WHAT THE VISION PLAN WAS AND WHAT WOULD BE IMPOSED IF THE DEVELOPER GOT A PUD OR THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF, BECAUSE THIS IS A LAND, A PIECE OF LAND THAT, UH, THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE VISION PLAN IMAGINED AS A SIGNATURE PARK FOR THE CITY AND IN THE PUD, IT WOULD JUST BE AN EASEMENT. 
          SO THOSE ARE THAT'S MY, MY CORRECT. 
          TH THEY'VE THEY'VE KIND OF CHANGED THAT NOW THEY'RE, THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE WAY, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAD A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING TO SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE. 
          SO KIT, UH, SORRY. 
          CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION BEFORE WE START ABOUT YOUR EXPLANATION? SO THE POSTURE IS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, THIS WOULD COME TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FOR A RECOMMENDATION ON SUPERIORITY OF THE PUD. 
          WOULD THAT BE YOUR DECISION? OR THEN LATER IT'S ALREADY STARTING THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE POD FOR TWO YEARS AND THEY PUT OUT A LETTER A WEEK AGO. 
          I THINK THAT SAID, WE GOT TO, WE'RE GOING TO START THE PROCESS. 
          SO BOARD MEMBERS, IT WILL COME BEFORE YOU ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, THERE THEY INVOKED A PORTION OF THE CODE THAT SAYS THAT WHEN I SAY THEY, I MEAN THE, UM, THE DEVELOPERS, 
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UM, THEY INVOKED A PORTION OF THE CODE THAT, UM, SAYS THAT THE CITY IS OBLIGATED TO TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT. 
          UM, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT WORDS. 
          SO SCOTT HELPED ME TAKE IT TO THE NEXT SET OF COMMISSION HEARINGS, RIGHT. 
          THEN ALLOWS THEM TO GIVE APPROPRIATE NOTICE. 
          AND IN ORDER FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION THAT TAKES US TO SEPTEMBER 28TH, OTHERWISE THEY WILL HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH ITS PROCESS AND ALL THE WAY TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WOULD HAVE MISSED. 
          IF WE WAITED UNTIL THE OCTOBER MEETING, THIS BOARD WILL HAVE MISSED THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A RECOMMENDATION. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS VERY TIMELY, UH, AND THAT WILL, YOU'LL HAVE SOME INFORMATION TODAY. 
          YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MAYBE MARINADE ON IT AND THEN WE'LL BE BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU ON THE 28TH. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS IN BETWEEN NOW, AND THEN YOU COULD ALSO SUBMIT THOSE READY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          BOARD MEMBERS. 
          AND THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE TO DISCUSS THROUGH FIVE SOUTH CONGRESS PUD ALSO KNOWN AS THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN SITE. 
          MY NAME IS AVA PHILLIPS AND I AM AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE SUPERVISOR IN THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT. 
          SCOTT GRANTHAM, PRINCIPAL PLANNER FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE CO-PRESENTING WITH ME TONIGHT. 
          SO TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE YOU DETAILS ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, PROPOSED PUD, ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES AND STATUS STAFF EVALUATION POSSIBLE. 
          SUPERIORITIES CODE MODIFICATIONS AND STAFF PROPOSED CONDITIONS FOR SUPERIORITY. 
          SO NOW WE'LL GO INTO THE PROPOSED PUD. 
          SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE SITE AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PUTT IN RED, EVERY PET IS DIFFERENT AND COMES WITH ITS OWN OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES. 
          THIS PUD PROJECT IS UNIQUE AS IT SITS ON A PROMINENT CORNER ON SOUTH CONGRESS AND LADY BIRD LIKE THIS LOCATION IS POPULAR FOR BAT VIEWING AND THE GRAVEL TRAIL ALONG THE LAKE. 
          THE TRAIL IS AN EXISTING EASEMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          ON THIS SLIDE, THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS ARE SHOWN IN GRAY, BUT THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BUILT ON A MONOLITHIC UNDERGROUND, UH, PLATFORM THAT PROVIDES CONNECTED PARKING FOR THE ENTIRE SITE. 
          SO DUE TO THE SITES, PROXIMITY TO LADY BIRD LAKE, THERE ARE SETBACKS AND BUFFERS. 
          THE BLUE LINE INDICATES THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE. 
          AND THE OTHER TWO LINES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY. 
          THE DARK ORANGE LINE IS THE PRIMARY SETBACK AND THE ORANGE LINE IS THE SECONDARY SETBACK. 
          ONLY CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT IS ALLOWED WITHIN THESE BUFFERS AND SETBACKS, AND THEY'RE INTENDED TO PROTECT, PROTECT THE QUALITY OF THE SPACE. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPOSED WATER QUALITY IN BLUE BESIDE IS PROPOSING A BIOFILTRATION POND ALONG CONGRESS AVENUE. 
          THAT WILL BE FOUR TO FIVE FEET DEEP BECAUSE OF THE DEPTH OF THE POND WILL PROBABLY REQUIRE A SAFETY FENCE AROUND THE POND. 
          THE OTHER, UH, BLUE AREAS ARE RAIN GARDENS THAT ARE ONE FOOT IN DEPTH, AND THEY WILL BE DESIGNED AS AN AMENITY WITH PLANTS. 
          SO THERE'LL BE VEGETATED THE GREEN AREAS DENOTE A PROPOSED TURF. 
          AS OF NOW, UM, THERE IS ALSO A PROPOSED TURF BEACH WITH STEPS EXTENDING INTO THE WATER. 
          THIS AREA WOULD REQUIRE A TREE REMOVAL. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE, THESE TERP AREAS CROSS INTO THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITIES ZONE, WHICH IS MEANT TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY FOR THE SITE FOR THE LAKE. 
          THE GREAT COLOR REPRESENTS THE PATHS. 
          MOST OF WHICH ARE CONCRETE. 
          THE EXISTING TRAIL WILL REMAIN GRAVEL, BUT FUTURE PLANS INCLUDE CREATING MO MULTIMODAL PATHS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE CONCRETE AS WELL. 
          THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING A BOARDWALK ALONG THE LAKE AND APPEAR SHOWN HERE IN ORANGE. 
          THE PROPOSED PIER AND BOARDWALK WOULD REQUIRE TREE REMOVAL. 
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I HAVE ADDED THE TREES USING AERIALS. 
          THE CURRENT PLAN IS PROPOSING TO SAVE OR TRANSPLANT ALL HERITAGE TREES, AND WE'LL SAVE 77% OF ALL OF THE CALIPER INCHES ONSITE. 
          THIS IS A PUD TIER TWO ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT. 
          UM, THE AREA IN GREEN SHOWS THE PROPOSED PARKLAND DEDICATION, THE LIGHTER GREEN DENOTES THE PLAZA AREA WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SCOTT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS, UM, IN A FEW SLIDES. 
          SO ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS, OR MAYBE IT'S BEEN JUST OVER TWO YEARS AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT. 
          THE FOLLOWING ITEMS REPRESENT MAJOR UNRESOLVED ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. 
          SO THE PUD PROPOSES TO ADD DEVELOPMENT IN THE WATER QUALITY, UM, CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE AND HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN REDUNDANT, CONCRETE PATHS ALONG THE PROPOSED. 
          UM, BUT PROPOSED VENDING IN THE FUTURE WILL INTENSIFY EXISTING EROSION. 
          THE APPLICANT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSING TO CAP IMPERVIOUS COVER AT 24.5% WITHIN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE. 
          BUT CODE ONLY ALLOWS 5% AND THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY ONLY ALLOWS 15%. 
          SO NUMBER TWO, STAFF UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR A PUBLIC VIEWING AREA AND HEAVIER PROGRAMMING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARK. 
          WE HAVE OFFERED IN EXCHANGE FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARK THAT THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK SHOULD INCORPORATE THE WATER QUALITY RAIN GARDENS AND BE RESTORED TO A MORE NATURAL STATE. 
          THIS WOULD INCLUDE RELOCATING, UH, THE, UH, THE TRAIL, A MINIMUM OF 25 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE. 
          I'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES IN A FEW MINUTES THAT SHOW YOU WHY. 
          UH, NUMBER THREE, THE RESTRICTIONS PROPOSED ON THE DEDICATED PARKLAND BY THE APPLICANT WILL NOT ALLOW FOR THE DESIGN NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS THAT THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SEEKS. 
          SO THERE ARE AREAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY THAT ARE MORE SUITED TO PROGRAMMING. 
          AND THIS IS IF YOU WERE LOOKING LIKE THE CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE IS BEHIND YOU, AND YOU'RE LOOKING EAST DOWN THE TRAIL, WHAT YOU SEE ARE KIND OF LIKE, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY JUST WEEDS. 
          UM, IT'S MAINLY RAGWEED. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE YOUR FIRST TREE IN THE DISTANCE. 
          UM, BUT STAFF BELIEVE THAT SHORELINE ACCESS, INCLUDING THE PIER AND THE STAIRS SHOULD BE LOCATED IN THIS AREA. 
          THOSE ARE ALREADY VOID OF TREES. 
          SO THERE ARE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE SHORELINE THAT ARE ERODING AND NEED TO BE RESTORED AND PROTECTED WHAT THE FENCE. 
          THERE ARE ALSO AREAS ALONG THE TRAIL WHERE WATER IS RUNNING ACROSS THE TRAIL AND CAUSING EROSION DOWN SLOPE, UM, ON THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PROPERTY. 
          AND THAT'S, WHAT'S PICTURED HERE. 
          THE TRAIL WAS ON THE EDGE OF THE SHORELINE. 
          THIS IS CAUSING FURTHER EROSION STAFF SUGGEST THAT'S A TRAIL, BE MOVED A MINIMUM OF 25 FEET AWAY FROM THE SHORELINE IN THESE AREAS, THE AREA BETWEEN THE TRAIL AND THE SHORELINE SHOULD BE RESTORED. 
          SO ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE DEVELOPMENT AUDITORIUM SHORES, AS MODELING AND EXAMPLE OF RESTORATION WITH POINTS OF ACCESS. 
          SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE STATUE AND THERE'S, UM, KIND OF A VANTAGE POINT THAT WAS CREATED. 
          SO, SO PEOPLE CAN GO THERE WITHOUT CAUSING MORE DISTURBANCE ALONG THE SHORELINE. 
          SO YOU HAD THESE HARDENED POINTS OF ACCESS THAT ARE PROTECTIVE TO THE SHORELINE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THESE AREAS OF RESTORATION THAT ARE PROTECTED BY A SPLIT RALPH VINCE. 
          SO IN EXCHANGE FOR DENSER DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE FOR BAT VIEWING STAFF PROPOSES THE TRAIL, UM, MOVING THE TRAIL OFF THE SHORELINE AS THE, AS SHOWN IN THIS EXHIBIT. 
          SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK THE TRAIL, WE DREW IT IN 
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ORANGE AND JUST KIND OF PULLED IT OFF THE SHORELINE. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO PROPOSE MOVING ALL WATER QUALITY PONDS TO THE EAST AND INTEGRATING THE RAIN GARDENS WITH RESTORATION, ALLEVIATING THE NEED FOR A DEEP BIOFILTRATION POND IN THE BAT VIEWING AREA. 
          SO REALLY JUST LEAVING THE WEST SIDE SO THAT IT CAN BE MORE HEAVILY PROGRAMMED, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THAT THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE WITH THE PROPOSED GRADING PLAN, BUT THE PROJECT IS IT'S BASICALLY DEMOING THE EXISTING STATEMENT, BUILDING, PULLING ALL OF THAT OUT THERE, DEMOING THE, UH, SURFACE PARKING LOT, THAT'S UP ON THE HILL. 
          AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO DIG A GIANT HOLE FOR THE MONOLITHIC PARKING GARAGE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN THERE. 
          AND SO REALLY, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SCRAPE WHERE YOU HA YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS WHEN YOU DO THAT MUCH, THAT EXTENSIVE TYPE OF DEMO AND REBUILDING. 
          CAN I ASK A QUESTION? EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, I'M JUST NOT FOLLOWING THE STATEMENT THAT SAYS IN EXCHANGE FOR DENSER DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE FOR BAT VIEWING, RIGHT. 
          I UNDERSTAND MOVING THE TRAIL OFF THE SHORELINE, THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          AND THE RAIN GARDENS INSTEAD OF THE BIG BIOFILTRATION POND MAKES SENSE, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS IN EXCHANGE FOR DENSER DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE FOR BATHROOM. 
          HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU SEEN THE PLAN? DID YOU SEE THE BACKUP? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, WHEN, WHEN I, I DON'T, I SUPPOSE IT'S JUST THE, UM, THIS, THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. 
          SO IS THAT WHAT, WHAT, NO, I THINK WHAT WE WERE THINKING, THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE PARK RIGHT NOW, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. 
          AND SO WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO IS TO FOCUS THEIR PROGRAMMING BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN AMPHITHEATER AND THEY HAVE ALL THESE VENDORS THEY WANT TO PUT IN THERE, LIKE BOAT RENTAL AND BIKE RENTAL AND ALL OF THESE OTHER SORT OF ACTIVITIES. 
          AND WHAT WE'D LIKE THEM TO DO IS TO USE THE SPACE ON THE EAST SIDE AS MORE PASSIVE KIND OF NATURE, I GUESS, AND RE MORE OF A RESTORATIVE ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND THEN WHERE THE BATS, WHERE THE BATS ARE BEING VIEWED, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF INTERACTION BECAUSE THE PUBLIC COMES THERE TO WATCH THE BATS. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU MEAN DENSER DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PARK, LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING IN THE PARK. 
          YOU DON'T MEAN DEAD, SIR DEVELOPMENT, LIKE ACTUAL BUILDING DENSITY. 
          AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS. 
          I'M SORRY, WHAT I WAS NOT UNDERSTANDING. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS SOME KIND OF LIKE, OH, YOU CAN BUILD MORE OVER HERE IF YOU MOVE INTO JAIL AND I'M LIKE, YOU CAN BUILD MORE PARK AMENITIES. 
          SO YOU COULD FOCUS, FOCUS THEM IN THAT AREA WHERE THE TREES ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NO TREES THERE AND IT WOULD JUST BE CLOSER TO WHERE THE BATS ARE. 
          THAT'S WHERE THE PUBLIC SORT OF, UM, COMES TOGETHER AND WATCH THE BEDS DOWN THERE. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU MOVE THE TRAIL AND IF THAT AREA'S FENCED OFF AND VEGETATED, SO IT'S LIKE A NATURE AREA, BUT IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON THE, BETWEEN THE TRAIL AND THE WATER. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO YES, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE RESTORED AND THEY MAY DECIDE TO HAVE A, A HARDENED EDGE IN THERE SOMEWHERE. 
          WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE WATER. 
          UH, WE JUST WANT IT TO BE APPROPRIATE, THOUGHTFUL AND DELIBERATE. 
          AND THEN AN PROTECTIVE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF ANYONE SEEN BARTON CREEK WHERE EVERYONE GOES DOWN, BARTON CREEK TO GET INTO THE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE KIND OF LIKE, THIS IS WHERE YOU APPROACH THE WATER, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A KIND OF A FORMALIZED AREA. 
          OTHERWISE IT JUST CAUSES EROSION PLANTS CAN'T GROW BECAUSE OF ALL THE COMPACTION, THAT SORT OF THING. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          YEAH. 
          NO, THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW, I MEAN, THIS, THE CITY OWNS ALL OF THOSE LANDS ALONG BARTON CREEK THAT ARE ERODED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WALKING ON THEM. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE NOT THE GREATEST EXAMPLE OF MANAGEMENTS, BUT OKAY. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SORRY, I WASN'T FOLLOWING THAT STATEMENT. 
          THERE'S A MASTER PLAN AND HAPPENING WITH THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          SO TO CONTINUE, SCOTT'S TAKEN OVER GOOD EVENING AND GOOD BOARD MEMBERS, SCOTT GRANTHAM FROM PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          UM, SO BASICALLY I THINK MAYBE SAM SAMMY IS, I GUESS MAYBE I, I CAN CONTROL THIS, LET ME GO BACK. 
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SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT SLIDE, BUT I WANT TO HAVE ONE OF THESE UP. 
          PROBABLY NOT THAT ONE. 
          I THINK THAT ONE WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST, SO MIGHT FLASH A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, BASICALLY THE, OUR STAFF EVALUATION FOR PARKLAND, UM, I'M GOING TO JUST RUN THROUGH SOME BULLET POINTS OF, OF, OF AREAS THAT WE SEE ARE LACKING AND AREAS, UM, THAT IN SOME SENSE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE COME, THEY'VE COME SOME WAY. 
          UM, UH, LIKE , I'VE ALSO BEEN REVIEWING THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND, UM, INITIALLY THE APPLICANT WAS COMING TO US AND SAYING THAT LET'S SEE, MAYBE I GET THE GREEN THAT, UM, THE SORT OF DEEPER, THE DARK GREEN COLOR THAT'S ALONG LADY BIRD LAKE, THAT THAT WOULD BE, UM, THEY WANTED TO JUST OFFER THAT UP IN TERMS OF AN EASEMENT, AS OPPOSED TO A DEED. 
          AND THE KEY DIFFERENCE THERE IS THAT THEY WOULD STILL PRIVATELY CONTROL THAT. 
          UM, IT WOULD BE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE PARK EASEMENTS THAT ESSENTIALLY SERVE AS PARKS, BUT THE UNDERLYING OWNERSHIP IS STILL THE APPLICANT. 
          SO WE, WE DID, UM, WE COMMENTED ON THIS, WE FOUGHT THEM ON THIS FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          AND NOW THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY WILL NEED IT. 
          THEY WILL DEED US THE LAND. 
          UM, AND THEN THE, THE ONLY THING IS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE HOLDING OUT A CONDITION ON THAT. 
          AND THE CONDITION IS THEY HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT CONDITIONS, BUT THE ONE THAT'S THAT'S REALLY CONCERNING HAS TO DO WITH PROGRAMMING, UH, THE RESERVATION OF RIGHTS TO PROGRAM OR RESTRICT PROGRAMMING. 
          SO BASICALLY THEY WANT TO HAVE ABILITY TO, UM, TO SAY NO, OR TO PROMOTE THEIR OWN EVENTS WITHIN THIS SPACE. 
          UM, WE, WE REALLY HAVE A PROCESS TODAY THAT ALLOWS FOR THIS. 
          AND, UM, IT TYPICALLY WOULD FALL UNDER THE GUISE OR THE, UM, AREA OF A PARKLAND IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT. 
          SO WE ARE, WE ARE SAYING NO TO THAT CONDITION, TO THAT. 
          THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PLACE THIS IN THE DEED TO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO PROGRAM OR RESTRICT PROGRAMMING. 
          IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO START DOING TODAY. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ONE PIECE THIS, UM, IN TERMS OF THE LAND AREA, THAT GREEN IS ACTUALLY A BIT LARGE FOR WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TODAY. 
          AND, UM, LET ME, UH, HOPE YOU DON'T MIND JUST FLASHING THROUGH SOME SLIDES AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE HARD TO READ, BUT THIS IS THE SLIDE FROM THEIR LATEST PLAN. 
          UM, THIS, I, I DO SUGGEST LOOKING AT THE BACKUP, UM, TO, TO GET A BETTER PICTURE OF THIS, BUT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE THAT ALONG THE SOUTH, ALONG THE LOWER PART, THERE'S A, THERE ARE DIFFERENT COLOR HATCHES, AND THERE'S A PURPLE HATCH THAT, THAT IS THE INNER BAND. 
          AND THERE'S ALSO A PURPLE HATCH THAT COMES OUT IN KIND OF A CONE SHAPE. 
          AND, UH, DOWN TO, UM, DOWN TO, UM, THE STIFF, I GOT A LASER POINTER ON THIS. 
          NO, IT DOESN'T WORK. 
          SORRY. 
          I COULD, I COULD LITERALLY GO AND POINT. 
          OKAY. 
          I CAN. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          SO, SO THE, THE, THE PURPLE, UH, IS, IS WHERE SHE POINTED AND BASICALLY THAT'S, UM, THAT WOULD BE, THAT'S STILL BEING OFFERED UP IN TERMS OF EASEMENTS. 
          SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE DOING SOME, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION BY DEED, MOSTLY PARKLAND, DEDICATION BY DEED, AND THEN SOME BY EASEMENT. 
          AND THAT, THAT PURPLE IS THAT, THAT SHE WAS POINTING TO IS, IS THE AREA THAT WE CALL THE GREAT STEPS. 
          SO, UM, THAT, UH, THIS IS ALL TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          IT'S SHRUNKEN A LITTLE BIT FROM THAT SLIDE WITH THE GREEN, AND IT'S ALSO MISSING ONE OTHER PIECE THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HERE IN A SECOND. 
          UM, THE SECOND QUESTION HERE IS THAT WE JUST GET BACK TO THIS ONE. 
          THE TIMING FOR THE DEDICATION IS UNCLEAR, AND WE, WE REALLY NEED THIS TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR IN, IN THE PUD. 
          UM, UH, SLIGHT POINT OF CLARIFICATION IS THAT THIS IS A PUD AMENDMENT, BUT IT REALLY FUNCTIONS IS GOING TO FUNCTION THE SAME. 
          AND THE BOARD IS GOING TO VOTE THE SAME WAY, UM, TO, TO RECOMMEND FOR SUPERIORITY OR NOT, OR HAVE ADDENDUMS TO THAT. 
          UM, THEY'RE SPLITTING THIS, THEY'RE SAYING NOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SPLIT INTO THREE PHASES, AND THEY'RE ROUGHLY GOING TO BE, I JUST HAVE TO SHOW YOU HERE 
          [02:40:14]
WHICH IS ALL THAT'S FINE. 
          UM, BUT BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET VERY, VERY CLEAR IN THE PUD ABOUT WHEN THE TRIGGER IS, WHAT THEY'VE SAID IS THAT WITH PHASE ONE, THEY'LL DEDICATE THE PARKLAND WITH THE LAST UNIT IS BUILT WITH PHASE TWO. 
          WHEN THE LAST UNIT IS BUILT WHEN PHASE THREE, WHEN THE LEFT, NO, WE DON'T WANT THAT. 
          WE, WE WOULD PREFER IT TO BE WHEN THE FIRST UNIT IS BUILT, BUT ACTUALLY WE CAN BE VERY SPECIFIC IN PUDS. 
          SO, UM, AS A REVIEWER, I'M SAYING IT SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE FIRST HALF. 
          SO I THINK THAT ORDER OF MAGNITUDE WE'RE TALKING REALLY ABOUT APPROXIMATELY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE SPACED, BUT, UH, MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE 1500 UNITS THROUGHOUT THIS THING. 
          SO THAT COULD BE BROKEN INTO 500, 500, 500. 
          AND THEN YOU COULD SAY, WELL, DEDICATE THE LAND AT UNIT 200. 
          SO, UM, AND REALLY I'M SAYING THE FIRST HALF FIND A TRIGGER POINT IN THE FIRST HALF OF EACH PHASE. 
          AND THEN THAT WOULD, UM, THAT WOULD BE SATISFACTORY. 
          UH, NEXT POINT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMMIT TO BUILD PARK AMENITIES. 
          NOW, HERE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS AT ALL, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE GRAY THERE'S LI THERE ARE LABELS AND THERE ARE THINGS LIKE PEER, AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT SAYS BOARDWALK. 
          AND SO THIS IS, THESE ARE THE BEGINNINGS OF A PARK PLAN. 
          AND SO THIS IS GOOD. 
          UM, WE, WE WANT TO SEE THIS AND WE WANT TO SEE THIS, THAT IN THE, IN THE PUTT ITSELF. 
          AND WE WANT TO SEE THIS PHASED, SO THAT, THAT THEY'RE COMMITTING TO BUILD THESE THINGS IN THESE SPECIFIC PHASES. 
          UM, THEN THE THERE'S, THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS ACTUALLY THAT THE, UM, THEY WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO, TO DO A, UM, TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT FEE. 
          SO THAT DEVELOPMENT FEE WOULD BE PART OF, OF THEIR, UM, UNDER CURRENT CODE. 
          THEY WOULD HAVE THIS DEVELOPMENT FEE, BUT WITHIN THE PUD, IN ORDER TO BE SUPERIOR, IT WOULD NEED TO BE IN EXCESS OF. 
          SO, UM, UH, TODAY IT'S ROUGHLY $500 PER UNIT, UM, AS CURRENT CODE. 
          AND THEN WE'RE SAYING, UM, REALLY THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING PUDS FROM HERE ON OUT IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO SET A FEE. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY IT SHOULD BE $600 BECAUSE IN 10 YEARS, $600 MIGHT BE LESS THAN, SO WE DON'T WANT TO GRANDFATHER THEM IN THAT WAY. 
          WE WANT TO SAY, WELL, IT SHOULD BE MORE THAN SO AS A REVIEWER, WE'VE LOOKED AT VARIOUS PUDS AND THEY'VE OFFERED $50. 
          UM, AND WE'RE SAYING IT SHOULD BE MORE, UM, AUSTIN GREEN PUD HAD A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN EXCESS OF DEVELOPMENT FEE PER UNIT. 
          SO I'M STICKING WITH A HUNDRED DOLLARS. 
          IT REALLY COULD BE MORE COME UP AT A MEETING RECENTLY WHERE, UH, THEY TALKED ABOUT A PERCENTAGE. 
          AND CAN YOU ALSO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT THE DEVELOPER, THE, UH, SO THE PERCENTAGE I GOT, BUT WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU SAID, EXPLAIN MORE CLEARLY ABOUT THE DEVELOPER FEE? YES, OF COURSE. 
          SO BASICALLY THE PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS ARE, ARE TWO. 
          UM, ONE IS ACTUALLY LAND AND, UM, IT, IN SOME CASES IT CAN BE FEE IN LIEU HERE. 
          IT'S NOT, BUT THE, THE SECOND PIECE IS, IS THE ACTUAL FEE FOR DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THAT, THAT FEE ALWAYS GOES TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF, OF THE, OF THE PARK, UM, AMENITIES WITHIN THE SPECIFIC PARKS. 
          SO IN THIS CASE, UM, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING A BOARDWALK, THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY PRICEY, MAYBE SOMETHING AROUND ONE, A 1 MILLION, 1.5. 
          UM, SO BASICALLY IF YOU BROKE THAT DOWN, UM, YOU WOULD BE, UH, THAT THOSE DEVELOPMENT FEES COULD ACTUALLY GO TOWARDS THE, THE BOARDWALK. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE PREFER. 
          WE PREFER THE DEVELOPERS TO ACTUALLY BUY THE, UM, BUILD THE AMENITIES AS OPPOSED TO WRITE A CHECK TO THE CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, DID I ANSWER THE QUESTION? OKAY. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, IT IS A LITTLE BIT, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND THIS FOR A LONG TIME, UH, MAY LOSE TRACK OF THOSE TWO DIFFERENT ASPECTS, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW IS THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PAY THIS FEE OR BUILD THE AMENITIES. 
          AND WE, EVERY TIME WE PREFER THEM TO BUILD THE AMENITIES, AND WE WOULD SAY THAT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THEM TO BUILD THE AMENITIES IN EXCESS OF WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR CURRENT CODE. 
          [02:45:03]
OKAY. 
          UM, NEXT PIECE PONDS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO HERE THEY ARE. 
          UM, SO I I'M, I'M NOT A DESIGNER, BUT I HAVE BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH THIS A WHILE AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH AVA AND, UM, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ON MY TEAM, ROBIN AND OTHERS. 
          AND BASICALLY JUST LOOKING AT THIS AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UM, OUR, OUR, WHAT, WHAT IS THE DESIGN OF THESE PONDS? UM, REALLY WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING LOTS OF THE PONDS IN PARKLAND AND, UH, THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN DOES ENVISION DRAINAGE AND WATER QUALITY WITHIN PARKLAND. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SAYING NO TO ABSOLUTELY TO PONDS AND PARKLAND, BUT, UM, IT, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE, MUCH SO EARLY ON, WE SAID, OKAY, AT LEAST GIVE US A CAP OF LIKE, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM? AND THEY GAVE US A CAP OF, UM, 50,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS A LOT IT'S, IT'S OVER AN ACRE. 
          SO WE REALLY KIND OF, WE WERE AMAZED BY THAT. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE THAT, THAT, THAT REALLY I TOOK A STAND ON EARLY WAS THE, UM, THE BAT VIEWING AREA. 
          NOW THEY'VE GOT, THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE, THEY'VE GOT SOME PLANS FOR THE BAT VIEWING AREA TO MAKE IT REALLY GREAT. 
          AND, UM, I JUST, I THINK WE NEED TO SEE THOSE PLANS IN ORDER TO ENDORSE THIS PLAN, BECAUSE, UM, RIGHT NOW THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC LOVED PLACES IN AUSTIN. 
          AND THEY'RE PUTTING A BIG POND RIGHT THERE. 
          SO, I MEAN, IT'S, TO ME, IT JUST DOESN'T PASS THE SMELL TEST. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY AT A MINIMUM, THEY NEED TO BE SHOWING SOME DESIGN. 
          THEY NEED TO BE SHOWING THAT IT IS, UM, THAT IT IS NOT A DEEP POND THAT IS GOING TO BE, IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE OUT THAT ENTIRE AREA. 
          AND THAT ALSO THAT IT WOULD NOT BE FENCED OFF, SO THAT THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR MYSELF AND AVA. 
          UM, SO BASICALLY THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG POINT OF CONTENTION. 
          UM, NEXT, JUST GOT A COUPLE MORE POINTS HERE. 
          THE GREAT STEPS THAT WE, THAT, UM, BOARD MEMBER COTTON SEIBEL HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER, THAT THESE ARE, UM, BASICALLY THE IDEA IS THAT, THAT THIS WOULD BE A PLAZA THAT GOES DOWN FROM, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE WHERE PEOPLE NOW GO DOWN TO SEE THE BATS FROM SOUTH CONGRESS, THIS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF THAT, THAT IT WOULD, IT WOULD ACTUALLY COME INTO AND IT WOULD COME IN AS A PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME DOWN AND THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COME DOWN THESE GREAT STEPS. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S A REALLY NEAT IDEA. 
          AND IT'S IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN. 
          I THINK OUR CONCERN HERE IS THAT WE, UM, WE WOULDN'T, WE WOULDN'T WANT DIRECT ACCESS TO BE TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE THE CURRENT ACCESS TODAY, REALLY, IF I COULD JUST SHOW IT IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT NOW. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S NOT THAT FAR DOWN. 
          YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE A LITTLE ELBOW SHAPE THAT COMES DOWN THE STAIRS, AND THEN IT GOES DOWN TO THE BAT VIEWING AREA. 
          BUT THE IDEA IS THAT YOU'RE LOSING THAT AND YOU'RE LOSING THAT UNDER THEIR PLAN. 
          AND SO PART IS SAYING, BRING THAT BACK. 
          UM, YOU, WE NEED A DIRECT ACCESS. 
          WE NEED, UM, AN ACCESS THAT'S ALWAYS PUBLIC. 
          UM, AND THEN WE NEED AN ACCESS THAT'S ADA. 
          SO THOSE, THOSE ARE SOME, SOME FACTORS THERE THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT WE DON'T FEEL ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT SATISFIED BY THOSE GREAT STEPS. 
          AND THEN THERE'S ONE LAST PIECE, UM, WHICH IS LAND USES IN PARKLAND. 
          AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS SHOULD BE AN EASY ONE FOR THEM THAT JUST TO TAKE OUT A COUPLE OF THE COMMERCIAL USES THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED, I THINK THEY WERE ORIGINALLY TRYING TO BUILD IN SOME EXTRA ENTITLEMENTS. 
          AND WE'RE JUST SAYING, UM, THOSE LAND USES DON'T NEED TO BE IN PARKLAND. 
          I THINK THAT IF THIS AREA BECOMES DEEDED PARKLAND, IT BECOMES A LITTLE LESS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEN IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CONCESSIONAIRES, THEY CAN BE PERMITTED THROUGH A CONCESSIONAIRES AGREEMENT. 
          UM, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SELL SNOW CONES OR RENT BIKES, OR, YOU KNOW, EVEN HAVE LIKE SOME KIND OF MOBILE ANIMAL RESCUE, YOU KNOW, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT THAT CAN ALL BE PERMITTED THROUGH PARKS. 
          AND SO, UM, 
          [02:50:01]
IT'S, IT BECOMES LESS IMPORTANT TO, TO ACTUALLY DEFINE THOSE COMMERCIAL USES WITHIN THE PUD. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I TALKED A LOT, I THINK I NEED TO HAND IT BACK TO AVA. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW I GOT TO KEEP TALKING, SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO HERE'S, THE, HERE ARE THE DIFFERENT, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT VALUES OF THE LAND. 
          SO NOT ALL LAND IS EQUAL. 
          AND IN FACT, THE BLUE IS, UM, INUNDATED LAND. 
          THEY GET 0% CREDIT FOR THAT. 
          RED IS THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE. 
          UH, GREEN IS UNENCUMBERED, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY EASEMENTS AND PURPLE IS EASEMENT. 
          SO WE CREDIT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND THEN HERE'S A TABLE THAT SHOWS IT ON THE APPLICANT. 
          SO I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TIME. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO BE, UM, IN TERMS OF PARKS, THEY REALLY HAVE THE PERSPECTIVE THAT THEY HAVE DONE VERY WELL BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF LAND THAT THEY'RE DEDICATING. 
          AND IN TERMS OF THE, THE FULLY DEEDED LAND, IT'S ABOUT 6.8 ACRES JUST SHY OF. 
          AND, UM, THEN IT'S ABOUT 1.5 ACRES OF EASEMENTS. 
          UM, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY DO THE CREDITING, IT COMES OUT TO ABOUT 4.3, FIVE ACRES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          SO TOTAL SITE IS 18.8, SIX ACRES. 
          UM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT DEEDING AGAIN, 6.78, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UM, 1.5, OUR EASEMENTS. 
          NOW, IF THEY WERE, IF THEY ADDED BACK IN, SORRY, IF THEY ADDED BACK IN THIS PIECE AS AN EASEMENT, THAT, THAT LAST PIECE, THAT STRAIGHT SHOT, THEY COULD PROBABLY GET A LITTLE MORE, BUT I MEAN, IT'S, UH, THE, THE, UM, THE CONNECTION ITSELF IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THAT CASE. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, MA'AM OKAY. 
          I, I, DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT WAS ON WITH THE TIF AND THE, UM, AND THE VISION PLAN ORIGINALLY BEFORE THE POD CAME UP? OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS MY CONCERN THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          SO THERE WAS THIS PLAN THAT WAS ENVISIONED BY THE STAKEHOLDERS, LIKE I MENTIONED, AND WHAT THE PAD WOULD DO WOULD SUPERSEDE THAT. 
          SO IF WE AGREED TO THIS PUD, IT'S GOING TO SUPERSEDE THE VISION PLAN, BECAUSE WE CANNOT PUT INTO EFFECT THE SAME VISION PLAN THAT THE STAKEHOLDERS ORIGINALLY CAME UP WITH. 
          AND THE CITY HAD A PLAN TO CREATE A N H E D C, WHICH IS AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND THAT IS TO OVERSEE THIS PROPERTY AND TO OVERSEE THE VISION PLAN GOING FORWARD PROPERLY, THE HUD IS AN AMENDMENT IS SOMETHING THAT ORIGINALLY WAS PUT THERE TO BE A NEWSPAPER PLANT. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE. 
          IF YOU SHOW ALL THE BUILDINGS, I THINK WHAT OTHER SIX BUILDINGS AND THEY, THEY'RE PUSHING THEM UP FROM 90 FEET TO 500 FEET, AND THEY'RE MOVING THE BUILDING. 
          AND WHAT I REALLY LOOK WANT YOU TO SEE IS THIS IS I'M GOING TO PASS THIS AROUND. 
          THEY'VE GOT ONE OF THEM, BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE IS WHAT THE CITY HAD IN MIND FOR THOSE GRAND STEPS WAS THAT IT WOULD COME, YOU WOULD COME OFF THE CONGRESS BRIDGE AND IT WOULD LOOK LIKE A PARK. 
          THERE WERE BIG STEPS THAT CAME DOWN INTO THE BAT VIEWING AREA. 
          THERE WERE, UM, GRADATED FEEDING ROCKS, LIKE BROCK'S INTO THIS. 
          YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          SO YOU GUYS CAN LOOK AT ALL THIS, BUT THE THING IS THAT THE CITY DIDN'T MOVE FAST ENOUGH TO PUT THE AED IN PLACE. 
          SO IT HAS ONLY BEEN PUT IN PLACE THIS SUMMER AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING, UM, ALL THE PEOPLE HIRED TO DO THAT. 
          I THINK CITY STAFF ARE TAKING OVER SOME OF THE POSITIONS TO BEGIN WITH, AND THE CITY WAS TRYING TO PUT INTO PLACE WHAT'S CALLED A TIFF OR A TERS, WHICH IS MONEY ALLOCATED. 
          YOU ENFORCE THIS VISION PLAN. 
          BUT IF THE POD COMES IN ALL THAT GOES OUT THE WINDOW, BECAUSE THEN THE DEVELOPER WILL CONTROL WHAT'S IN THE POT. 
          SO THE LONG STORY SHORT IS IF WE VOTE FOR THIS POD, EVEN IF IT GETS SOME OF OUR AMENDMENTS, WE ARE VOTING AGAINST LETTING THE CITY CONTROL THIS PROPERTY AS IT WAS IN THE VISION PLAN. 
          AM I RIGHT? THIS IS JUST EXTREMELY COMPLICATED. 
          I MEAN, THE BET AM I RIGHT? DID I SAY IT? I THINK THERE, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE, I MIGHT ADD A COUPLE THINGS TO THAT, JUST TO SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE THE PUD IS THE ZONING. 
          AND SO BASICALLY THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          UM, THEY MUST COMPLY WITH, WITH EVERY SITE PLAN THAT COMES IN THERE, IF THEY WANTED TO GO OVER AND ABOVE THAT, AND THE CITY HAD THE POLITICAL WILL TO DO THAT. 
          AND IT DIDN'T CONFLICT WITH THAT. 
          THEY COULD STILL DO IT, BUT THE, THE TEETH WOULDN'T BE THERE TO SAY THAT YOU MUST 
          [02:55:01]
DO THIS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHERE THE, WHERE THE TIF COMES IN IS IT'S LIKE THE FINANCING PIECE. 
          AND, UM, BUT, BUT I, I FULLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT, THAT THE, THE REAL PLACE TO PUT THE TEETH IS IN THE PUD. 
          SO IF, IF, IF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE DONE, THAT, THAT IT NEEDS TO GO INTO THE PUD. 
          SO ONE OF MY, UM, SORT OF BIG CONCERNS WITH THIS POD HAS BEEN THAT THEY'RE DICTATING THAT THE DESIGN OF THE PARK, AND IT'S SUCH A, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE SUCH A JUUL THAT I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROCESS. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE DONE IS DESIGNED THE PARK, BUT EXPECT THIS TIF TO PAY FOR THE DESIGN, THEIR DESIGN. 
          AND SO WHAT THEY ENVISION IS KIND OF A DOMAIN LOOK AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE USED THOSE WORDS. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. 
          AND SO, UH, I'VE ASKED THEM TO ADD NOTES TO THE LAND USE PLAN SAYING THAT ALL THE DESIGN WITHIN THE PARK IS CONCEPTUAL. 
          UM, BUT ONCE IT'S APPROVED WITHIN THE PUD, IT'S PRETTY MUCH A DONE DEAL. 
          I THINK THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT SHOULD WE, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION THIS MORNING? YUP. 
          OKAY, SURE, PLEASE. 
          I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT MAY BE ADA CAN ANSWER. 
          ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE IS WITH ALL THIS EXCESS, THE, THE, SOME OF THE, UH, THAT THEY WANT A HUNDRED FOOT LONG BEACH ALONG THE RIVER, OR THE TOWN LAKE AND SORRY, LADY, BIRD LAKE BEEN HERE TOO LONG. 
          GOT TOO MANY NAMES LAYERED ON THERE. 
          DON'T ASK ME TO TELL YOU WHAT COLLEGES IN, IN MARCUS EITHER. 
          CAUSE I'LL TELL YOU 20 YEARS AGO, UM, THE, THE, I CAN'T THINK OF THE YEAR, THANK YOU AT THE BEER, THE PIER, UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I LIVE RIGHT OVER THERE AND IN THE BOARDWALK, WHICH IS LOVELY, AND I ABSOLUTELY ADORE IT, BUT WHEN YOU PUT A PIER, THE WATER SEDIMENT STARTS TO GET BACKED UP AND IT GROWS TREES. 
          AND THIS IS A PROBLEM. 
          IF THE BATS DON'T HAVE THE PLACE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS RIGHT. 
          SO SOME OF MY CONCERNS HAVE TO DO WITH PROGRAMMING AND LETTING THEM BUILD SOME OF THESE THINGS. 
          AND THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO PUT A 500 FOOT BUILDING RIGHT HERE. 
          NOW WE'RE IN THE OLD VISION PLAN. 
          IT WAS A STEP. 
          AND IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE BATS. 
          IN SOME WAYS THEY'VE SAID THAT IT'S SAFE, BUT I'M CONCERNED ARE THOSE THINGS, FAITH FOR THE BATS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I HEARD SOMEONE MAYBE WAS LIZ SAY THAT UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE, ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHERE THEY BUILD A LITTLE REAL IMPROVEMENT, THERE HAVE BEEN A LESSENING OF THE BAT POPULATION. 
          YEAH. 
          SOME I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE BAT POPULATION. 
          I KNOW THERE'S LIKE A VIRUS OR A FUNGUS THAT THEY'RE GETTING. 
          THAT COULD BE A REASON THAT THE POPULATION IS DWINDLING. 
          UM, BUT WE, UH, CHRIS HARRINGTON AND I, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, MET WITH, UH, THE BIOLOGIST FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE. 
          AND THEY ACTUALLY SAID THAT BATS ARE NOT, UM, THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THEY WANTED TO PUT A WATER QUALITY POND UNDERNEATH CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE. 
          AND, UM, THEY SAID THAT WAS NOT A DETERRENT. 
          THEY, AND THEY SAID THAT THAT'S WHEN THEY FLY OUT, THEY FLY ALONG THE TREE LINE. 
          SO AS LONG AS TREES AREN'T BEING REMOVED, THEN THAT WILL BE FINE. 
          THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT THE BIOLOGIST HAD WAS ABOUT THE BLUE LINE. 
          THEY SAID THAT THAT'S THERE, THEY COME OUT REALLY FAST, BUT THEY CAN'T GAIN ALTITUDE VERY QUICKLY. 
          AND SO HIS FEAR IS THAT THE BATS WOULD RUN INTO THE, EITHER THE BRIDGE ITSELF OR THE TRAIN AS IT PASSES, THAT SORT OF THING. 
          YEAH. 
          WE DIDN'T EVEN TALK YET ABOUT THAT PIECE OF IT, BECAUSE LIKE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK NOW AT THE EDGE OF THAT, THE BLUE LINE IS PLANNING TO CONNECT INTO THE, INTO THE, I GUESS, WHERE THOSE APARTMENTS ARE RIGHT THERE. 
          IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR AT THE EDGE OF THE STATES, AND THEN ON THE EAST SIDE, THERE'S OLDER APARTMENT AND THE BLUE LINE IS PLANNING TO COME THERE, BUT THAT'S WHY SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE BRIDGE WAS ORIGINALLY MAYBE A TUNNEL AND NOW THEY'VE DECIDED TO BRIDGE. 
          SO, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT, UH, BUT HE DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK THAT CONSTRUCTION WAS GOING TO, UM, TO HURT THE COLONY AT ALL. 
          AND SO, BUT WE WERE CONCERNED AND THAT'S WHY WE REACHED OUT. 
          [03:00:04]
ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO SCOTT TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PARKLAND, UM, ISSUE, OF COURSE. 
          UM, IT'S GREAT THAT THEY WANT TO DEDICATE THIS PARKLAND, BUT TO CONTROL IT, UH, LIMITS WATERSHED AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH RESTORATION AND, YOU KNOW, MOVING THE TRAIL IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL TO THE SHORELINE SO THAT WE COULD REGROW, UH, PLANTS IN THAT AREA. 
          UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THEY'RE DOING IS SAVING OR TRANSPLANTING ALL THE HERITAGE TREES, UM, AND THEY'RE SAVING 77% OF ALL TREE CALIBERS ON SITE, WHICH IS OKAY. 
          SO THESE ARE THE CODE MODIFICATIONS FOR THE, UM, THAT RELATE TO THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          UM, SO THIS LIST ONLY SPEAKS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CODE AND I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM. 
          SO, UM, THE MODIFICATIONS LISTED INCLUDE, UM, ALLOWING A PEER TO EXTEND 70 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE. 
          ONLY 30 FEET IS ALLOWED BY CODE. 
          WE ASKED THAT THE APPLICANT REACH OUT TO THE ROWING, UM, PEOPLE, FOLKS TO SEE IF THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR THEM. 
          AND IT SEEMS THAT IT WOULD NOT BE SO, UM, SO THE NEXT ONE IS TO EXCEED THE ALLOWED 20% OF SHORELINE DISTURBANCE AND THEY EXCEEDED WITH THE BOARDWALK. 
          SO WHEN THEY CONSTRUCT THE BOARDWALK, THE BOARDWALK AND ITS PEERS WILL IMPEDE FLOW OF WATER, THEY'LL PROBABLY BE TRASH BETWEEN THE PEER AND THE SHORELINE CAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENS. 
          UM, AND OF COURSE THEY'LL DISTURB, UM, EITHER REMOVE TREES AND DISTORT DISTURBED THE SHORELINE WHEN THEY CONNECT ON BOTH SIDES. 
          UM, LET'S SEE THE NEXT ONE. 
          UM, THEY WANT TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE, UH, THAT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HUD LAND USE PLAN AND OPEN SPACE PLAN. 
          SO THEY WANT TO ENACT THEIR PLAN THAT THEY HAVE ON THE, UH, THEIR PARK PLAN THAT THEY HAVE. 
          UM, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT THEY WANT TO, UM, THEY WANT AN ENTITLEMENT OF 24.5% IN PERVIOUS COVER. 
          AND AS I STATED BEFORE, THERE'S, IT'S ACTUALLY ONLY 5% ALLOWED BY CODE AND IN THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY, IT'S ONLY 15%. 
          UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN, A LOT OF THESE, UH, VENDORS WOULD, UM, MAKE WORSE THE EROSION THAT'S HAPPENING ALREADY ONSITE. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE LAST CODE MODIFICATION, UM, TO ALLOW THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL FOR THE STEPS ON THE, ON THE SHORELINE, AS OPPOSED TO SEEKING COUNCIL APPROVAL, THAT IS REQUIRED BY CODE. 
          AND THEN I THINK YOU TAKE OVER NEXT. 
          SURE. 
          UM, I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY SKIP THIS SLIDE. 
          I'VE TALKED ABOUT MOST OF THIS ALREADY, SO, AND WE'RE NEARING THE END. 
          I PROMISE. 
          UM, SO TO GAIN ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF SUPPORT, WE PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR SUPERIORITY, WANT TO RELOCATE THE TRAIL 25 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE SHORELINE, AND THEN READ VEGETATE ACCORDINGLY, UM, ELIMINATE THE REDUNDANT PATHS AND TRAILS WITHIN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE. 
          UM, CAP PROPOSED IMPERVIOUS COVER WITHIN THE CRITICAL TO 10%, WHICH IS, UH, BETWEEN WHAT'S ALLOWED WITH THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY AND WHAT'S ALLOWED BY CODE. 
          AND THE CRITICAL, SO 10% IS I THOUGHT WAS A GOOD COMPROMISE. 
          UM, THEY COULD ALWAYS, LIKE, LET'S SAY THAT PARKS DESIGNS, THIS, UM, DESIGNS TO THE PARK AND THEY DECIDE THEY WANT MORE IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          THEY CAN ALWAYS ASK FOR A VARIANCE. 
          AND SO, BUT THEN IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROCESS AND BE APPROVED THAT WAY. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          SO YEAH, AND THEN WE WOULD REQUIRE THAT THAT NUMBER ALSO INCLUDE CONCRETE SIDEWALKS TO TRY AND LIMIT THEIR USE OF REDUNDANT PATHS THROUGHOUT THE SPACE, UM, PRESERVE OR TRANSPLANT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF HERITAGE TREES, WHICH THEY'RE DOING, UH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SOIL VOLUME FOR TREES THAT ARE PLANTED IN A STREET OR RIGHT AWAY. 
          AND SO THAT WOULD BE A THOUSAND CUBIC FEET OF SOIL VOLUME FOR STREET TREES. 
          AND IT CAN BE SHARED UP TO TWO TREES, UH, PROVIDE GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PUD PROJECT. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SPECIFY HOW THEY DO THAT. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO GET THEM TO PROVIDE AS MUCH WATER QUALITY, UH, WITHIN THE PROJECT AS POSSIBLE, 
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BECAUSE IF THEY CAN DO THAT, THEN THE PONDS WITHIN THE PARK WILL ACTUALLY BE SMALLER. 
          AND THAT IS GOOD, YOU KNOW, CAUSE THEN THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE USABLE PARK SPACE. 
          UM, SO THEY COULD DO THAT IN A NUMBER OF WAYS THEY COULD ACTUALLY CAPTURE WATER THROUGH CISTERNS AND THEN THEY COULD ALSO PUT, UM, RAIN GARDENS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE BARTON SPRINGS EXTENSION. 
          UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS ASKED OF US BY AUSTIN WATER, BUT, UH, TO CONNECT TO THE CONNECT AND USE AUSTIN WATER UTILITY RECLAIM WATER WITHIN THE PROJECT. 
          SO CURRENTLY THE PROJECT IS PROPOSING TO DRAW WATER FROM LADY BIRD LAKE, UH, BUT AUSTIN WATER HAS REQUESTED THAT THEY CONNECT AS PART OF THEIR PLANNING GOALS FOR RECLAIMED WATER, NO RESPONSE FROM THE APPLICANT. 
          THEY'RE LIKE WE'RE DRAWING WATER FROM THE LAKE. 
          AND THAT'S THAT, UM, DEMONSTRATE THAT THE BUILDING, UM, YET DIDN'T DEMONSTRATE THAT THE BUILDING DESIGN WILL REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR BIRD BUILDING COLLISIONS, UM, USING GLASS WITH A REFLECTIVITY OF 15% OR LESS, AND THEN ALSO TO ENHANCE CITY OF AUSTIN, DARK SKY REGULATIONS, UM, BY USING THE TECHNIQUES LISTED. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THE NEXT ONE IS FOR YOU. 
          SURE. 
          AND FOLKS I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ALL THIS, UM, BUT JUST, JUST TO QUICKLY HIT THE BULLET POINTS, DEDICATE THE LAND, DEDICATE THE LAND THAT WE SHOWED. 
          UM, ALONG LADY BIRD LAKE DEDICATE THE EASEMENTS THAT WE LOOKED AT, REMOVE CONDITIONS REGARDING PART PRO PROGRAMMING FROM THE DEED, UM, TRIGGERING FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION SPECIFIED FOR EACH PHASE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE PHASE, COMMIT TO A LEVEL OF PARK INVESTMENT PER UNIT, CURRENT CODE, PLUS A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER UNIT. 
          WE'RE OPEN TO TALKING ABOUT PERCENTAGES RATHER THAN FIXED AMOUNT. 
          UM, FIVE IS A BIG ONE PROVIDE PARK PLAN WITH COMMITMENT TO SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THEY HAVE THE BEGINNINGS OF THIS, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY WOEFULLY LACKING AT THIS POINT. 
          IT'S IT'S. 
          SO THAT, THAT WE WE'VE REALLY BEEN TRYING TO DRAW THIS OUT, TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING, REMOVE POND FROM BAT VIEWING AREA, DEMONSTRATE AN AMENITIZED DESIGN FOR PONDS AND RAIN GARDENS WITHIN THE PARKLAND, UH, PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM CONGRESS TO TRAIL AND BAT VIEWING AREA THAT IS FULLY PUBLIC DIRECT AND ADA ACCESSIBLE. 
          SO THAT'S THE SECONDARY ACCESS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EXISTS TODAY THAT WE WOULD BE LOSING UNDER THEIR PLAN AND THEN REMOVE SOME OF THESE USES, UH, PERMITTED IN PARKLAND. 
          SO THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE. 
          THAT'S OUR LAST SLIDE. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE I DON'T. 
          THANKS FOR LISTENING. 
          AND OF COURSE WE'RE HERE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          YES. 
          AND OF COURSE WE WILL BE BACK. 
          I WILL BE BACK IN THE NEXT MEETING TO HAVE A MUCH MORE REFINED PRESENTATION, HOPEFULLY MORE STRUCTURED  I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL BE BACK, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT WAS A GREAT PRESENCE. 
          I LEARN ABOUT THIS AND I'M CONCERNED THAT I HAVE A QUESTION JUST ABOUT HOW WE'LL HANDLE THE VOTE ON THE PUD. 
          SO IF IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE SHOULD VOTE FOR THE PUD, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THESE THINGS IN IT TO GET THEM CODAFIDE THAT CORRECT? HOW DOES, HOW DOES THAT WORK THEN IF THEY BRING THE, UH, UH, I, I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW IT'S GOING TO GO. 
          DO YOU GUYS NOW, SO I DON'T THINK YOU'RE VOTING ON WHETHER A POD MOVES FORWARD OR IT DOESN'T, YOU'RE VOTING ON WHETHER IT WILL HAVE SUPERIORITY, RIGHT? SO YOU'LL YOU AS A BOARD WILL LISTEN TO SCOTT'S PRESENTATION AND HE'LL SAY, THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED. 
          THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT SUPERIOR. 
          AND, AND THE STAFF WILL BRING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, IF THESE THINGS HAPPEN, WE BELIEVE IT TO BE SUPERIOR AND ITS CURRENT STATE, WITHOUT THESE COMMITMENTS, IT'S NOT SUPERIOR. 
          AND THEN YOU ALL WILL VOTE FORWARD FOR SUPERIORITY. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE VOTING FOR A PUD, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. 
          TH THE PUTT THAT'S THE PUT AMENDMENT AND YOU'RE NOT VOTING FOR THE PUD AMENDMENT. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE GIVING A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL ULTIMATELY REGARDING THE PUD SUPERIORITY. 
          AND IT CAN TAKE THE FORM OF THAT OF SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE, IT IS NOT SUPERIOR TODAY, BUT TWO, IF YOU ADD THESE THINGS, IT CAN BE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, SO YOU'RE VOTING FOR, SO YOU'RE VOTING AS TO WHETHER THE TWO 
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AS TO THE SUPERIORITY OF IT, NOT AS TO WHETHER THERE IS A PUTTER, NOT A PUTT, IS THAT HOPEFULLY THAT CLARIFIES. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          I'D ALSO ADD ON, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          RANDY JUST GAVE US A REALLY GREAT, UM, ADDITION AS IT RELATES TO PARKS. 
          SO WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THIS. 
          OOPS. 
          WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE SUPERIORITY OF ENTIRE, UH, SORRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE WATERSHED PROTECTION OR ANYBODY ELSE. 
          WE'RE JUST ON THE, WE'RE JUST DOING IT ON THE MERIT OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO THEY'RE JUST, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP HERE BECAUSE SHE'S TALKING ABOUT A GIANT STORM WATER POND THAT HAS TO BE FENCED OFF IN THE PARKLAND. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO THE BOARD, THE THINGS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND TO YOUR POINT, YES, THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP, BUT THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT TODAY THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS BOARD OR WITHIN OUR PURVIEW TO DECIDE AS TO WHETHER IT'S SUPERIOR OR NOT, THAT BELONGS TO ANOTHER BOARD. 
          BUT YES, TO YOUR POINT, THERE WILL BE PROBABLY SOME THINGS THAT MAY OVERLAP, BUT WE'LL ONLY, WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO BRING FORWARD TO THIS BOARD FOR, FOR A PUD SUPERIORITY, THINGS THAT RELATE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATIONS PER VIEW, RIGHT. 
          TO OUR, OUR, OUR PLAN REVIEW PER I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, SORRY. 
          UM, ONE OF YOUR CONDITIONS. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS LIKE POSSIBLY WHAT IT WOULD BE AS A RECOMMENDATION. 
          THAT'S THE PUTT IS SUPERIOR IF IT MEETS ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS, WHICH HE LISTED SEVERAL AT THE END. 
          SO YOU SAID TO PROVIDE A PLAN FOR THE PARK WITH COMMITMENT TO SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS. 
          BUT I UNDERSTOOD FROM EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE WANTED THE LAND TO BE DEEDED TO THE CITY AND THEN FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO PLAY IN THE PARK. 
          SO I'M UNCLEAR THERE MORE OF THE FORMER, UM, TO SAY THAT, THAT, UM, TYPICALLY THE WAY IT WILL WORK IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY COME FORWARD WITH A PLAN EARLY AND WE GET TO LOOK AT IT AND IT'S, IT'S A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. 
          AND, UM, BASICALLY WE'RE ABLE TO SAY, WE LIKE THIS, WE DON'T LIKE THIS. 
          AND, UM, THEY, THEY HAVE SOME SEMBLANCE OF THAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S INADEQUATE. 
          AND SO REALLY THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A MORE FLESHED OUT, A MORE FULLY FORMED PARKED PLAN. 
          SO IT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN'T MAKE A DETERMINATION ON SUPERIORITY WITH THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PLAN. 
          IS THAT BECAUSE IF I SAY I RECOMMEND A PROVIDER PROVIDE A BETTER PLAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW ON THE END TO JUDGE, IF THEY'VE MET THAT, LIKE HOW DOES CITY COUNCIL JUDGE HAS ANYBODY JUDGE? I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. 
          AND I, AND I THINK YOU MAKE A VERY GOOD POINT IN THAT WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY AT, WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR THIS BOARD TO CONSIDER IT SUPERIOR. 
          OR THERE MAY BE SOME WORK DONE BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME THAT WE PRESENT TO YOU ON THE 28TH THAT WILL ALLOW THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO SAY, WE SAID THIS EARLIER, BUT, UM, SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS HAPPENED, WHICH IS ALLOWING US TO BRING FORWARD INFORMATION THAT WOULD MOVE THIS, THE NEEDLE TO SUPERIOR. 
          BUT WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME. 
          OH, I'M SURE YOU HAVE. 
          OH YEAH, I'M SURE YOU HAVE. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY. 
          WHEN DO YOU, UM, YOU GO TO ENVIRONMENTAL BEFORE YOU COME TO US? UH, NO ENVIRONMENTAL IS AFTER AND NOTHING'S BEEN SCHEDULED EXCEPT FOR THE SEPTEMBER 28TH MEETING HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT ISN'T IT ENVIRONMENTAL UNDER THIS SAME UNCONSTRAINED. 
          THEY HAVE TO GET IT. 
          THEY WANT TO LOOK AT IT. 
          THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT YES. 
          AND SO IF IT SAY, IF THEY TRIED TO TAKE IT TO PC, PC WOULD SAY, YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO ENVIRONMENTAL. 
          BUT ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT WE WILL PUT YOUR RECOMMENDATION IN THE BACKUP. 
          AND SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WILL SEE YOUR RECOMMENDATION. 
          THE PARKS IS THE PARK COMPONENT OF THIS POD IS SUCH A BIG PIECE OF IT THAT, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT, LIKE WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION SAYS. 
          SO BOARD MEMBERS, THE REASON WHY I WAS ABLE TO COME FORWARD WITH THE SEPTEMBER 28TH CON WITH THE SEPTEMBER 28TH MEETING WAS BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, WITH THE PLANNING, UM, WITH THE PLANNING GROUP AND HOUSING AND PLANNING. 
          AND SO I 
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WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT BASED UPON THE SCHEDULE THAT THEY HAD SET OUT OUR BEST AND OUR AVAILABLE DATE IS SEPTEMBER 28TH. 
          UM, BECAUSE OUR NEXT DATE RIGHT, IS NOT UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER. 
          AND IT WILL LIKELY BE THAT THIS WILL HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS, MISSING OUR OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION. 
          SO ONE THING I HAVEN'T HEARD IS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO SAY. 
          I MEAN, USUALLY WITH THE PUTT, IT'S LIKE, WE NEED TO DO THIS PUD CAUSE WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE AND DO ALL THESE GREAT THINGS AND UNDERSTAND ZONING. 
          IT WOULD BE REALLY BAD. 
          AND THIS IS A PUT AMENDMENT. 
          THERE'S ALREADY A PUD THERE CAUSE THEY CREATED ONE TO HELP THE PRINTING PLANT OR SOMETHING. 
          BUT WHAT'S WHAT ARE THEY GONNA SAY? I THINK THAT THEY, THEY WILL SAY THAT THEY ARE, THEY ARE SUPERIOR IN TERMS OF PARKLAND BECAUSE THEY'RE DEDICATING MORE THAN THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO. 
          UM, IT'S UH, IN TERMS OF LAND. 
          UM, I THINK THAT IT'S A, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME CAVEATS TO THAT AND, AND STAFF WILL BE SURE TO BRING THOSE UP. 
          BUT, UM, INITIALLY I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THEIR IDEAS. 
          LIKE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEDICATING THIS LAND. 
          WE'RE GOOD. 
          AND WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN SAYING FROM THE GET-GO YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT GOOD. 
          YOU'RE NOT GOOD YET. 
          YOU NEED TO, YOU NEED TO HAVE THESE, THIS COMMITMENT TO SPECIFIC THINGS, SPECIFIC PARKLAND IMPROVEMENTS SPECIFIC, AND THEN ALSO DEVELOPMENT FEE OR DEVELOPMENT, UM, UH, INVESTMENT, UM, FOR, FOR PER UNIT AND THE OTHER ITEMS. WELL, SO IS THERE AN ACTUAL SCENARIO WHERE WE SAY, NOT US, BUT YOU KNOW, PARKS BOARD RECOMMENDS AND THEN ULTIMATELY CITY COUNCIL SAYS, NO, THIS IS, YOU'RE NOT SUPERIOR. 
          THIS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GRANT THE PEDIMENT. 
          AND THEN THEY MOVED FORWARD WITH SOME SORT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS LESS PARKLAND IF THEY, IF THEY ARE, IF THEY ARE NOT, IF THEY'RE NOT DEEMED SUPERIOR, IF THEY'RE NOT DEEMED SUPERIOR, THEN COUNCIL COULD CHOOSE TO VOTE IT DOWN. 
          BUT I MEAN, I THINK MORE, MAYBE A MORE LIKELY SCENARIO IS THAT, THAT BECAUSE OF THE, BECAUSE OF WHAT THE, THE APPLICANT HAS INVOKED, THAT THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED ABOUT JUST MOVING, IT'S BASICALLY MOVING FORWARD HERE AT LIGHTENING SPEED. 
          AND THEN BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT ALL OF OUR, OUR, UM, PRIORITIES, EVERYTHING THAT WOULD POSSIBLY BE THAT MAKE IT SUPERIOR. 
          AND THEN IT'S JUST, IT, IT, IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE HASHED OUT ON, YOU KNOW, IN A VERY PUBLIC SETTING. 
          SO I JUST KIND OF GO, OKAY. 
          UM, SO IF THEY DON'T GET THIS PET APPROVED, THEY'RE STUCK WITH THEIR EXISTING PUD THAT PUD ONLY ALLOWS A NEWSPAPER PRESS. 
          SO THEY HAVE, THEY HAD A, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. 
          IS THERE A REAL THREAT OF SOME SORT OF DEVELOPMENT WITH LESS PARKLAND? YEAH. 
          IT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO THAT USE. 
          LIKE, SO, BECAUSE THE EXISTING ZONING IS ONLY FOR WHAT'S THERE. 
          RIGHT. 
          THEY COULDN'T DO VERY MUCH WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND TO ANSWER YOUR, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN ANSWERING IT, BUT TO ADD TO YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION ABOUT THE APPLICANT, THE APPLICANT WILL LIKELY BE HER ON THE 28TH. 
          THEY'LL CERTAINLY BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE. 
          SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM, FROM THEM, THEIR PERSPECTIVE. 
          AND NOW IT'S LIKE, I DO THINK THAT WE, AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS IS A LOT AND YOU MAY COME UP WITH SOME OTHER THINGS YOU WANT TO HAVE ADDRESSED AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN REACH OUT TO YOU OR WE DON'T HAVE TO COVER ALL THAT UP. 
          YES. 
          AND PLEASE EMAIL ME. 
          I MEAN, AND, AND I MEAN, I'M GOING TO BE VERY BUSY OF COURSE, BUT JUST CONDENSE, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CORRAL EVERYBODY AND, AND, AND EMAIL, AND THEN I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ANSWERS GO OUT OR ONE OF US, I GUESS WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ANSWERS GO OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I ALREADY HAVE SOME THAT OR MEMBER DIPLOMA HAS SENT ME, SO I WILL I'LL FORWARD THOSE TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT WILL ALSO HELP INFORM MY PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY FOR LISTENING FOR STAYING LONG ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING BACK AND GIVING THIS PERSON. 
          YEAH, REALLY? YEAH. 
          I NOTICED LIKE GREAT, GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, LET ME SEE. 
          YES. 
          SO THE ONLY, UM, ONE OTHER THING THAT I QUICKLY WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE SEE ABOUT HOW THIS KIND OF GET INPUT ABOUT HOLDING A, 
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A BOARD, WHICH WOULD NOT BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT SOME LOCATION FOR FEW DAYS, HAVING ALL KINDS OF GREAT EXPERIENCE TOGETHER, BUT MORE JUST TO TRY TO COVER ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEVER REALLY GET TO DO AT PARKS BOARD MEETING. 
          LIKE KIND OF LOOKING AGAIN AT PURVIEW, THINKING ABOUT OUR BULLS, BRIAN, IF WE'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOT, DON'T SEEM TO BE WORKING WELL, HOW WE TO GET THIS RESOLVED, WHETHER IT'S STAFF RELATIONS OR, OR ANYTHING ELSE, AND JUST KIND OF JUST SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME KIND OF HAMMERING OUT KIND OF WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES, WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY AT THESE BARS MEETINGS, BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT WE ARE USUALLY JUST HAVE JUST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT IN OUR AGENDA AND WE'RE JUST GONNA KIND OF WHIZ THROUGH IT AND MAYBE SPENDING A LITTLE TIME TRYING TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT ARE ALL HELPFUL. 
          AND I KNOW EVERYBODY'S BUSY AS WELL AT THIS. 
          IT'S GETTING SOMEBODY TO COME TO A MEETING OUTSIDE OF THE PARKS BOARD MEET REGULAR PARKS. 
          BOARD MEETINGS IS CHALLENGING BECAUSE WE ARE ALL REALLY BUSY OBVIOUSLY. 
          AND WE HELPED THE WIVES ARE DOING ALL VOLUNTEER WORK. 
          AND I, I, MYSELF AM GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY I'M CAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS A LOT MORE TO DO THAN GO, UM, SPEND TIME AT PARKS BOARD MEETINGS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET A FEEL. 
          DOES ANYBODY THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA? IS THERE ANYBODY LIKE, FORGET IT. 
          THAT'S NOT ANYTHING I EVER WOULD HAVE WANTED TO DO JUST TO GET KIND OF A FEEDBACK. 
          ANYBODY. 
          I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          UM, SO ARE YOU THINKING LIKE, UM, LIKE, UH, JUST AN ADDITIONAL MEETING THAT'S LIKE, I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO A WHOLE, I MEAN THAT'S TWO MONTHS TO ASK FOR IT AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED A WHOLE DAY JUST, YEAH, IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE A SPECIAL MEETING, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WE WOULDN'T REALLY FOCUS ON ANY KIND OF TOPICS, BUT I MEAN ANY KIND OF REGULAR ITEMS, I GUESS THAT COME TO US BEHIND THE SCENES, WORKINGS, CONCERNS, BOWLS, RESPECTIVES, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          I WOULD BE UP FOR THAT. 
          I'M INTERESTED. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL KIND OF COME UP WITH AN INCENTIVE, MAYBE COME UP WITH SOME TIMES LIKE A LITTLE BIT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WAS QUICK. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO FINALLY, ANY, UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT IF SOMEBODY HAS SOMETHING THEY JUST DUMPED IN THEIR HEAD RIGHT NOW AND THEY WANT TO ASK IF THEY CAN EAT THAT ON, UH, A MEETING IN THE FUTURE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT CASE NO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND WE'LL UM, WE WILL OFFICIALLY IN TURN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE.
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