* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] AND HAD FOUR [Determination of Quorom/Meeting Called to Order] 16, I'M GOING TO BRING THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER. AND, UM, I GUESS, UH, LOOK QUICK. WE'LL DO ROLL CALL AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, START WITH THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM HERE TODAY. UH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS ARE HERE, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON HERE TO SCHNEIDER HERE. COMMISSIONER SHEA. YEAH. SO YOU'RE A CHAIR, TODD SHAW COMMISSIONER FLORES, COMMISSIONER HEMP, VICE CHAIR. HEMPEL AND WE HAVE A CHAIR COHEN FROM THE, UH, BOARDS OF ADJUSTMENTS. AND LET'S SEE, GOING IN AND GOING TO THE SCREEN. WE'VE GOT COMMISSIONER COX. CAN YOU HEAR ME? COMMISSIONER COX. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OH, OKAY. PRESENT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE MAY GET SOME OTHERS, UM, COMING IN AS WE, UH, MOVE THROUGH THE AGENDA. SO, UH, I'M GOING TO SKIP THE, UH, THE NORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT ON HYBRID MEETINGS. CAUSE WE DON'T PLAN TO HAVE MANY, UH, DISCUSSION CASES, UH, REAL QUICK. DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMUNICATION ITEMS AT ALL? OKAY. UM, AND, UH, I GUESS JUST QUICK REMINDER, IF WE DO TAKE BOATS, UH, COMMISSIONERS ON THE SCREEN, HAVE YOUR GREEN, RED, AND YELLOW CARDS AVAILABLE. UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, UH, ITEM ON THE AGENDA. UH, ANYONE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO OUR NOVEMBER 9TH, 20, 21 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE THOSE ON, UH, IN A FRUIT THAT IS WHEN WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO I'M GOING TO GO AND DO ONE READING [Reading of Agenda] OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND, UM, I WILL OPEN IT UP, UH, FOR QUICK, UH, INQUIRY OR, UH, JUST CLARIFICATION ON ITEM C1 AND C2, UM, IF WE NEED THEM, UH, BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THOSE INTO CONSENT. UM, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A QUICK, IF THEY ARE HELD ON CONSENT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE A QUICK, UM, UH, CHAIR COHEN WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UH, UH, SAY A FEW WORDS. UH, BUT IF WE PULL THOSE FOR DISCUSSION, WE WILL, UM, HEAR HER, UH, DURING THAT, DURING THAT TIME. SO, UM, LET ME GO AND READ THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO WE HAVE, UM, ITEMS B ONE PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 1 1 0.02. UH, MY, A BUILDING PROJECT AND, UH, RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. YOU HAVE ITEM B TO REZONING, UH, C 14 20 21 0 1 62. UH, MY ABILITY PROJECT, UH, THAT'S RECOMMENDED BY STAFF, BOTH B ONE AND B2 AGAIN ARE ON CONSENT. UH, WE HAVE ITEM B3 REZONING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM C 14 20 21 0 1 5 3 CHALMERS AVENUE, REDEVELOPMENT. THIS IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. UH, DO ANY COMMISSIONER, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THESE ON CONSENT IF WE HAVE, WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS THAT HAVE ASKED TO PULL THESE, UH, ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE WIND DISCUSSES, IF NOT, THEY'LL STAY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA HERE TODAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, I'M REQUESTING THE ITEM C ONE AND C TO, UM, BE PUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM C ONE IS A RESOLUTION, UM, THAT WAS IN THE BACKUP. THE INTENT OF THAT WAS JUST TO, UH, PROVIDE THE JUSTIFICATION TO THE CITY CLERK TO GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE ALL OF OUR MEETINGS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022, AS, AS WE, UH, PASSED AND ALSO INCLUDED THE LOCATION OF AUSTIN CITY HALL. AND SO, UH, PROVIDED ALL THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. UM, SO I'M ASKING FOR A VOTE ON THAT TODAY. THE SECOND ITEM IS JUST GENERALLY, I'VE BEEN TOLD, UM, BY, UH, MR. RIVERA THAT WE NEEDED TO PASS AN ITEM THAT WOULD JUST SAY WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY NAMING MEMBERS. IT'S JUST AN ITEM THAT SAYS WE WILL BE PRESENT. UH, WE WILL HAVE SPEAKERS AT THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, WHEN THEY DISCUSS OUR BYLAWS. IF YOU RECALL, WE APPROVED A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO CHANGE OUR BYLAWS, TO INCLUDE AUSTIN CITY HALL. SO WE DON'T NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE. IT'S JUST SAYING THAT WE WILL HAVE A PRESENCE. SO THOSE ARE C1 AND C2. DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, CLARIFICATION'S NEEDED OR, [00:05:01] UM, SMALL AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION BEFORE WE, WHETHER TO KEEP THAT ON CONSENT OR NOT? OKAY. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GIVE, UH, A FEW MINUTES TO SHARE A, WITH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. OKAY. THANKS CHAIR. REAL QUICK, EVERYONE. UM, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL AS I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF FROM THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, INVITING THE CHAIRS OF ALL THE LAND, USE SPORTS TO COME AND TOUR THE NEW PDC FACILITY. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, UM, MY JOB SCHEDULE CONFLICTS WITH THE TIMES THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED SO FAR. SO AS AN ALTERNATIVE, I'VE PROPOSED A JOINT MEETING OF ALL THE LAND USE SPORTS PLANNING, COMMISSION, ZAP, AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. UM, I DON'T KNOW, UH, THAT OUR TOUR IS REALLY GOING TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. MANY OF US HAVE, UM, WALKING AROUND A BUILDING, ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE MY MIND ABOUT THE LACK OF EQUITY OR ACCESSIBILITY, UH, THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY A PROBLEM WITH THE PDC. UM, WE, WE, WE TOOK PRETTY SIMILAR STEPS WITH, UH, RESOLUTION AS WELL. AND BYLAWS CHANGE. WE'LL ALSO BE SPEAKING, UH, IF IT GETS PICKED UP BY THE ALL THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, BUT, UH, WANTING TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU COULD, ONCE WE DO HAVE A DATE, PLEASE COME, YOU KNOW, I'VE ASKED OR AT LEAST SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO BE THERE. UH, I HAVEN'T MISSED A SINGLE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SINCE I WAS ELECTED AS CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. AND IF I CAN BE HERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR OTHER EX OFFICIO COULD ALSO BE HERE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS FOR US. SO PLEASE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. SO REAL QUICK, UM, MR. RIVERA, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR THE MEETING THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED? UM, THAT CHAIR COLIN'S REFERRING TO? THERE WERE TWO DATES. I THINK THEY WERE BEING OFFERED UP. SURE. COMMISSIONER LIAISON AND VERSO. UM, WE CAN, UH, COORDINATE AMONG THE COMMISSIONS AND THE LIAISONS AND WE'LL, UH, ONCE WE HAVE A PLACE, UM, UH, IN TIME BOOKED, WE CAN, UH, DISSEMINATE THAT TO THE COMMISSIONS AND, UH, UH, UPLOAD. OKAY. I MEAN, IT IS SOMEWHAT RELATED TO THESE C1 AND C2 ITEMS, BUT DO WE NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION HERE TODAY RELATED TO SETTING UP THIS MEETING? SO THE CHAIR CAN CALL THE SPECIAL, UM, MAYBE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OR TWO COMMISSIONERS. CAN YOU CALL THE SPECIAL CON? I DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE DIRECTION HAS BEEN RECEIVED. OH, UM, THE, YOU FEEL LIKE WE'VE ALREADY DIRECTED YOU TO DO THE CORRECT. OKAY. UH, WAS THAT THROUGH ME? CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST, YEAH, SO I, I DO. OKAY. SO, UM, YOU'RE AGREEING THAT I CAN DO THAT. SO I'M GOING TO, IF YOU'VE HEARD, UM, WE MADE, AND THE DATES WERE, I THINK THE 29 SURE. COMMISSIONER LEADS AND EVERETT. SO, UM, AS YOU RECALL, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS ON ANY PLANNING COMMISSION OFTEN UTILIZED, UM, THE FIFTH, TUESDAY OF A MONTH TO HAVE A JOINT MEETING. SO, UM, THAT MAY BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO, TO LIKE ADD, UH, SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, NOVEMBER 30TH AND PROBABLY AT 5 30, 6 O'CLOCK OKAY. HERE IN CHAMBER. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'VE GOT IT ON THE RECORD THAT I'VE REQUESTED THAT SPECIAL MEETING AT THAT LOOKING AT THOSE TIMES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, [Consent Agenda] UH, NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 9TH, LET'S SEE, UH, LET'S SEE, COMMISSIONER SHAY SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SNYDER. UM, IT'S GOING A VOTE FROM THE DYES FIRST THREE. OKAY. THAT'S UNANIMOUS. AND THOSE ON THE SCREEN THAT'S UNANIMOUS. SO THAT'S, UH, WE'VE DISPENSED THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ACTUALLY WE CAN MOVE VERY QUICKLY TO THE RANGER DO, UM, IS I'LL JUST KEEP IT VERY BROAD. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ANYONE WANTS TO CONSIDER TODAY? OKAY. UH, ANY UPDATES [E. BOARDS, COMMITTEES & WORKING GROUPS UPDATES] ON THE, ON OUR, UH, WORKING GROUPS? I'LL JUST QUICK NOTE, UH, AFTER THIS MEETING CODES AND ORDINANCES WILL MEET, UM, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER DESIRE. WHAT I, WHAT IS THE AGENDA TODAY? WHAT ITEMS DO YOU RECALL WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING? I'M SURE THERE'S A, THERE'S A DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT THE FLOOD REGULATIONS. I DON'T THINK WE'RE TAKING ACTION ON THEM. I THINK IT'S POSTED JUST FOR DISCUSSION OR STAFF BRIEFING, AND THEN WE HAVE ACTION ON ADJUSTING THE VMU AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS. AS YOU REMEMBER, WE INITIATED THAT A PLANNING COMMISSION. I WANT TO SAY JULY. UM, AND IT IS AT LAST IN FRONT OF THE [00:10:01] JOINT COMMITTEE FROM STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE CHANGE TO GO. NO, THAT IS GOOD NEWS. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, I'LL JUST OPEN UP ANY OTHER, UM, JOINT COMMITTEES HAVE ANYTHING TO ANNOUNCE. OKAY. WELL WITH THAT, UM, UH, BEFORE I ADJOURN ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO ADJOURN. THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT 4 26. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SHRIMP. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.