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LET'S LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED EVERYBODY.[CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL ]
IT IS 4:06 PM.IT'S A REGULAR MEETING OF THE DESIGN COMMISSION.
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MY NAME IS ART, SOMEWHAT RANDOM WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF.
UM, BEGAN ROW CHAIRMAN CAROL PRESENT, UH, SHERIFF, I MEAN COMMISSIONER FRANCO.
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[1.a. Discussion and possible action to evaluate and make recommendations regarding whether 80 Rainey, located at 80 Rainey Street, complies with the Urban Design Guidelines for the city of Austin; Amanda Swor Drenner Group; Gregory Klosowski Pappageorge Haymes; Chris Jackson TBG Partners; Scott Wuest Wuest Group.]
RECUSING MYSELF ON ITEM ONE, A SO COMMISSIONER TANNIC, GUCCI WILL ON THE SIDE.WHERE THE PRESENTER'S GOING TO SIT HERE.
PRESENTERS WILL SIT UP HERE A LITTLE HARD TO HEAR OVER THERE.
LIKE THE HEAT I TRIED TO, I TRIED TO PUT THE AC ON.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU BUILDING.
WE DON'T HAVE MIKE'S EVERYBODY'S TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT LOUDER.
DOES IT? OKAY IF WE TAKE OUR MASKS OFF TO PRESENT AND THEN PUT IT BACK ON SO YOU CAN HEAR US A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND NEW COMMISSIONERS AGREED TO SEE ALL IN PERSON.
I'M AMANDA SWORE WITH BANNER GROUP, I'M GOING TO LET, UH, PAWEL INTRODUCE OUR PROJECT TEAM.
AND THEN, UM, WE WERE EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT TO YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO SEND AN AMAZING PROJECT TO YOU AND HOPEFULLY WE GET TO THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR PROJECT TEAM THAT WE BROUGHT WITH US AND AMANDA SWORE WITH RENTER'S OFFICE TO INTRODUCE HERSELF AND, UH, CHRIS JACKSON WITH CBG OR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, AND ALSO GREG SOFSKY FROM CHICAGO, FROM PAPA, GEORGE JAMES, OUR PROJECT ARCHITECT ON THE TEAM.
I'M WITH INCOMM VENTURES AND THE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY AND THE PROJECT.
AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT PRESENTING IT TO YOU.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO AMENDMENT.
I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE BEGINNING PRETTY QUICK.
AND THEN, UM, I SAID A LONG-TERM PROJECT TEAM TO RUN MORE SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE GREAT STREETS IN THE OVERALL PROJECT.
SO THE 80 RAINY PROJECT, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN IS OUTLINED IN THE YELLOW STAR.
IT IS LOCATED ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF RAINY STREET, MID ABOUT MID-BLOCK THROUGH RAINY.
IT'S KINDA HARD TO SEE, BUT IT'S THE YELLOW OUTLINED BLOCK.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE 15 TO ONE AREA OF DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM AND ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY.
THIS PROJECT WILL SEEK AN FAR ABOVE 15 TO ONE, AND WE'LL BE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL CURRENTLY TODAY, THE PROPERTY IS USED.
TWO IS A FOOD TRUCK COURTYARD FROM THE NORTHERN PROPERTY IS AN OFFICE BUILDING.
AND THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY IS AN EXISTING COCKTAIL LOUNGE.
ALL FOUR SITES ARE ZONED CBD WITHOUT A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM WITHOUT A REZONING REQUIREMENT, A COUPLE OF THE PROPERTY BACK.
SO 80 RAINY IS WHAT WE KNOW THIS ISN'T WHAT WE CALL IT.
IT ACTUALLY HAS FOUR ADDRESSES RAINING FROM 78 TO 84 MAIN STREET.
THE SITE IS JUST OVER HALF AN ACRE AT 0.66 ACRES.
THE RAINY STREET REQUIREMENT IS 40 FEET WITHOUT PARTICIPATION IN THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.
WITH PARTICIPATION, WE ARE LOOKING AT A MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR THIS PROJECT AT 546 FEET OR 49 STORIES.
AND THE MAXIMUM FAR OF 22 1 IS OUR REQUEST WITH THIS DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.
I'M GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FROM AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PERSPECTIVE.
SO UNDER THE RAINY STREET REQUIREMENTS TO GET TO FAR OF EIGHT TO ONE, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 5% OF YOUR UNITS AS RENT AS FOR RENT AT 80%.
AND WITH THIS PROJECT THAT EQUATES TO JUST UNDER 10,000 SQUARE FEET OR 9,787 NET RENTABLE SQUARE FEET TO GET EIGHT TO ONE.
IF I GET OFF ONE, IT'S HARD TO JUST NOT SEE IT.
WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TO THE SECOND PIECE OF OUR
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DENSITY BONUS IS FOR THE AREA BETWEEN EIGHT TO ONE AND 15 ONE FOR THAT PORTION, WE ARE PROPOSING TO USE THE FEE IN LIEU THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM FOR THIS PROJECT FROM EIGHT TO ONE TO 15 TO ONE EQUATES TO $720,350, UH, FOR THE AREA BETWEEN 15 TO ONE AND 20 TO ONE, WE ARE PROPOSING TO USE A HYBRID.SO TO ACHIEVE HALF OF THAT ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE WITH ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE REMAINING PORTION WITH THE FAN LOO, WHAT THAT TOTALS? YEAH.
IT TOTALS, UM, UH, AN ADDITIONAL FEE IN LIEU OF $331,923 IN ADDITIONAL ONSITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OF 6,638.
SO FOR A TOTAL, THIS PROJECT WE'LL BE PROVIDING 16,435 SQUARE FEET OR 22 ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN FOR THE PROPERTY.
THE PROJECT IN THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS IS REQUIRED TO MEET THE GATES GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENTS.
THE GATE KEEPER REQUIREMENT FOR TWO STAR IS FOR TWO-STAR AGB.
THIS PROJECT IS PROPOSING TO MEET THREE-STAR AEB.
UM, IN ADDITION, UH, CJ, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT GREAT STREET COMPLIANCE, BUT WE ARE PROVIDING GREAT STREETS ALONG THE ENTIRETY OF OUR PROPERTY.
WE ARE ALSO ENHANCING THE PEDESTRIAN REALM FROM A GREAT STREETS PERSPECTIVE TO THE PROPERTY, TO OUR NORTH.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO MEET SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE DOWNTOWN DESIGN GUIDELINES, WHICH IS A PART OF THE REASON WE ARE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TODAY.
WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE WORKING GROUP THAT WE PRESENTED TO ON NOVEMBER 1ST, UH, INDICATING THAT THIS PROJECT MEET SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE.
WE WERE, UM, VERY PLEASED AND VERY EXCITED.
AND THIS IS THE THING, UM, THE WORKING GROUP HAD INDICATED THAT THIS PROJECT MEANT 10 OUT OF 10 OF THE AREA, WIDE GUIDELINES, 11 OF 11 OF THE PUBLIC STREET SCAPE GUIDELINES, UM, FIVE AND A HALF OF SIX APPLICABLE PLAZA AND OPEN-SPACE GUIDELINES.
AND THEN SEVEN OF SEVEN OF THE, UM, OF LIKE BUILDING GUIDELINES, UH, AND OVERALL INDICATED THAT THIS PROJECT DID SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE FOR THE URBAN DESIGN.
I WANT TO SPEND JUST A MINUTE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE LAYOUT OF THE PROJECT, AND THEN I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO ME.
THIS IS SUPER TOUCHY, UH, APOLOGIZE FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ON USER ERROR ON MY END.
SO I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE WAY THAT, UH, THAT WE SEE THE GROUND FLOOR LAYING OUT ON THIS PROJECT.
I'M GOING TO START SOUTH TO NORTH OR IN THIS PICTURE FROM LEFT TO, RIGHT.
SO THE TWO STANDALONE, UM, LEW BUILDINGS THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE INDICATED AS FAR ARE ACTUALLY THE TWO EXISTING BUNGALOWS ON THE PROPERTY.
SO THE BUNGALOW ON THE SOUTH, WE ARE MAINTAINING AND ITS CURRENT LOCATION, AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO MOVE THE BUNK ON THE NORTH.
SO THAT AREA BEHIND THE EXISTING BUNGALOW, IT'S THE SMALLER OF THE TWO REALLY TO CREATE THAT OPEN SPACE IN COURTYARD.
SO THAT ESSENTIALLY DOES, IS IT TAKES A THIRD OF THE FOLDABLE PROJECT IN PRESERVES, THE EXISTING, UH, THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, JUST TO THE, UM, TO THE NORTH OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS.
YOU'LL SEE, UH, UH, AN EAST AND WEST PASEO THAT WILL PROVIDE A PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SECTION FROM RAINY STREET FURTHER TO THE ALLEY.
AND THEN FURTHER CONNECTING TO THE BACK AT THE END OF THAT VIDEO ON THE ALLEY SIDE IS ALSO WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A DROP-OFF LOCATION FOR UBER, LYFT, TAXIS.
THOSE TYPES OF ITEMS IS GOING TO BE ALONG THE ALLEY SIDE AND THEN CONTINUING TO THE NORTH.
YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THE AREAS IN BLUE ARE THE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED SPACES.
THEY ARE THE RESTAURANTS, THE BARS, THE COFFEE SHOPS, THOSE ITEMS, THAT AREA THAT OUTLINED IN YELLOW IS THE SMALL AREA FOR THE LOBBY.
IT IS ALSO CREATED A BASEMENT LEVEL THAT YOU, UM, THAT WE CAN TALK THROUGH MORE LATER, BUT THE BASE LEVEL IS GOING TO ALSO HAVE A PEDESTRIAN IN ITS SPACE WITH A SPEAKEASY, BUT THEY PUT ALL OF THE, THE MAIL ROOM, THE BICYCLE ROOM, THE OTHER DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES THAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY SEE ON THE GROUND FLOOR ON THAT BASEMENT LEVEL TO ALLOW FOR FURTHER ACTIVATION OF THE GROUND FLOOR, AS WELL AS THE SECOND PART.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PAUSE AND PASS IT ON TO CHRIS WITH TDG TO TALK THROUGH THIS.
SO, UH, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO GET FULL GREAT STREETS COMPLIANCE ON THIS PROJECT, UH, WHICH WILL BE A REALLY NICE RESPITE COMPARED TO, UM, A LOT OF RAINY STREET.
ONE OF THE BIG DIFFERENCES TOO, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OUR SITE, WHICH IS TO THE RIGHT, UM, SOME EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THERE, THERE'S A SERIES OF SWITCHBACKS THAT ACTUALLY KIND OF ROLL YOU OUT INTO WHAT WOULD BE THE PARKING ZONE.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBOR ON 86 RAINEY TO HELP US, UH, REALLY KIND OF CONSOLIDATE
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AND MAKE THAT MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW WE'RE WORKING ON THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, UH, BEYOND THAT WE HAVE OUR TRADITIONAL EIGHT FOOT PLANTING ZONE, UM, AND ALSO FURNISHING ZONE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A 10 FOOT AUSTRIAN ZONE.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, THIS, UM, LIKE THE ACTIVATED GROUND LEVEL HAS SOME ADDITIONAL RELIEF THAT YOU CAN SEE BEYOND THE PROPERTY LINE TO ABOUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 FEET OUTSIDE OF SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS.
UM, PLUS THAT RELIEF OF THE PASEO THAT AMANDA MENTIONED.
SO THIS IS SPECIFICALLY THAT ZONE THAT WE MENTIONED THERE IN THE GRAY ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE PAGE, THAT'S WHERE WE CONCURRENTLY KIND OF ROLL OUT INTO THE INTERSECTION.
AND JUST UPHILL OF THIS IS A MAJOR PINCH POINT OF PEDESTRIAN FLOW, WHERE THERE'S A SERIES OF RAMPS TO KIND OF HELP PEOPLE TRAVERSE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS.
AND IN OUR CASE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL THAT BACK AND MAKE A FULL 10 FOOT CONNECTION DOWN INTO OUR SITE.
AND THIS IS WHAT THAT STARTS TO LOOK LIKE AN AXONOMETRIC FORM.
SO EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE BOTTOM, AND THEN THE MODEL OF HOW WE'RE NAVIGATING THAT TERRAIN.
AND THEN HERE, YOU CAN START TO SEE HOW WE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE CONDITIONS IN THE IMAGE BELOW, UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE WHERE THERE'S, UH, THOSE WALLS BASICALLY ARE ABOUT 10 FEET FROM FACE OF CURB.
SO WE'RE KEEPING THAT 10 FOOT PEDESTRIAN ZONE.
WE WORKED THROUGH THIS WITH THE URBAN DESIGN TEAM, UM, TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME FLOAT DOWN.
AND THEN WE WORK OUR WAY BACK ON OUR SITE INTO THE TRADITIONAL GRADE STREETS FLOW.
WE'RE ABLE TO PUT OUR TREES, UH, 22 FEET ON CENTER, ALL THE NORMAL RHYTHM.
ONE THING WE DID TO KIND OF PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN REALLY THE PRACTICES OF RAINEY WAS TO DO CONTINUOUS PLANTING BEDS UNDER THESE NEW PROPOSED TREES AND AREAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE PLANTING, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN FLOW AND TRAFFIC, WE HAVE DEDICATED ZONES TO WHERE PEOPLE COULD MOVE UP ONTO THE SIDEWALK TO ENGAGE THE SPACE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE SORT OF A, LIKE A PLANTING FENCE, UH, IF YOU WILL AROUND TO KEEP FROM GOING AND PEOPLE TRAMPLING THROUGH.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID, UM, I WASN'T HERE FOR THE WORKING GROUP, BUT I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF USING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT STREET TREE TYPES.
WE'VE SINCE REDUCED TO ONE STREET TREE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE URBAN DESIGN TEAM AND ALSO THE, UH, CITY ARBORIST ABOUT GOING TO A BALD CYPRESS FOR THAT TREE VERSUS BALD, CYPRESS AND MEXICAN SYCAMORE.
SO THE OTHER NEW PROJECTS THEY HAVE, I BELIEVE RED OAKS.
SO THERE IS A, UM, INTENTIONAL CHANGE IN THAT.
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL HERE AT THE END, A LITTLE MORE OF THAT DESIGN INTENT.
I THINK YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS ONE ALREADY, BUT IT SHOWS YOU KIND OF THE RANGE OF, UM, THESE DIFFERENT SPACES AND HOW THEY COME TOGETHER.
THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS PROJECT IS PUBLIC ART.
SO WE HAVE, UM, TO BE DETERMINED, BUT SCALED APPROPRIATELY, THIS SORT OF GATEWAY PIECE, THAT'S, UM, A JUST AT THE BOTTOM HERE, UM, THAT'S AT THE ENTRY SAY, OH, UM, THEN WE HAVE AN BE IN THE BACK IS AN ART FEATURE WALL THAT ALSO BECOMES A BIT OF SORT OF A, UM, AN INTEREST POINT.
SO WHEN YOU COME AROUND THE CORNER AND YOU SEE THE , YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON BACK THERE FROM A FORM STANDPOINT, KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHEN YOU ENGAGE FROM THE STREET AND SAY NEW ORLEANS, WHERE YOU SEE IT BACK INTO A COURTYARD, AND YOU'RE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON BACK THERE.
AND THEN THE LAST PIECE C IS A MURAL WHICH WILL BE ON THE RIDE SHARE DROP ON THE ALLEY SIDE, THAT DIMENSION.
SO THIS WORD, THIS JUST KIND OF WALKS YOU THROUGH THAT TO SAIL A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS BACK UNDERNEATH TO PRESERVED, UH, PROTECTED SIZED TREES, WHERE IT WILL BE FLOATING A DECK OVERTOP USING, UM, EITHER LIKE EXPENSIVE JOYCE OVER THE HALF CRITICAL ROUTES ON OR A SIMILAR SYSTEM.
UM, AND THEN I DIDN'T FAIL TO MENTION EARLIER, WE ARE PRESERVING A SUPER HERITAGE TREE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SITE.
THAT'LL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE STREETSCAPE, UH, AS WELL.
AND THEN NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. GREG, RIGHT? AND I THINK IT'S WORTH TO MENTION THAT.
OF COURSE, THE ART IS GOING TO BE SOURCED FROM LOCAL ARTISTS.
YOU HAVEN'T DECIDED YET, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME KIND OF COMPETITION PROGRAM.
MAYBE WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER.
UH, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, I'M GREG KLOSOSKI, I'M A SENIOR ASSOCIATE WITH PUPPETRY TEAMS, PARTNERS, OR THE ARCHITECTS FOR THE PROJECT, AND I'M EXCITED TO GET SOME INSIGHT INTO THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THAT WE CAN SEE FOR THE SITE OR RENDERINGS THAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW ARE BOTH TAKEN FROM RAINY STREET.
THE VIEW ON THE LEFT, THE VIEW FROM THE SOUTH EAST, AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING 70 RAINY ON THE LEFT, THE VIEW ON THE RIGHT ROTATES, THE BUILDING AROUND IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER.
YOU CAN STILL SEE 80 RAINY A LITTLE BIT THERE, AND, UH, KINDA MENTIONED HOTEL VANZANT, BUT IT'S HIDDEN BY THE DESIGN COMMISSION RIGHT
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THERE.SO CAN POINT YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, JUST AS A QUICK OVERVIEW FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, UH, TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE BUILDING, AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT EACH PIECE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AT THE BASE, UH, WHERE IT'S ALL LIT UP.
YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE TWO STORIES OF RETAIL.
THERE IS A SMALL, UH, RESIDENTIAL ENTRANCE AT THAT LEVEL POPPING UP ABOVE THAT IS THE PARKING LEVELS THAT'S COVERED IN LEASE RATES AND GOING INTO EMBEDDING THERE A LITTLE BIT.
UM, ANOTHER SORT OF LIT UP AREA JUST ABOVE THAT IS, UH, THREE STORIES OF AMENITY THAT WE'LL WALK THROUGH AND THE PUBLIC PARK, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING RISE UP ABOVE THAT ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP, WHERE WE HAVE A PENTHOUSE AND ANOTHER AMENITY LEVEL AT THE TOP.
AND THAT'S KEPT BY A SCULPTURAL CROWN NETWORKS I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS WELL.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT'S INTERESTING TO SEE FROM, UH, THESE TWO RENDERINGS IS, UH, WHAT AMANDA TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WE REALLY ARE TAKING ALMOST A THIRD OF THE ASSIGNMENTS ARE PULLING THE BUILDING BACK TO SAVE SPACE FOR THOSE BUNGALOWS IN THE PASEO.
AND THAT'S ALLOWING TOWER TO BE MORE SLENDER, UH, AND SHOULD HAVE A NICE SLENDER PROPORTION ON THE SKYLINE.
AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY IMPLEMENTING SORT OF A MODERN TAKE ON THE CLASSIC IDEA OF BASE MIDDLE AND TOP TOWER.
HOPEFULLY I GET THIS KEY RIGHT HERE.
SO STARTING DOWN AT THAT PEDESTRIAN SCALE DOWN LOW A LITTLE BIT, UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE MADE A PRETTY IMPORTANT DESIGN DECISION.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE REDUCED THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING.
WE'RE PULLING IN THE WALLS ON RAINY STREET AND ALONG THE SAIL TO ALLOW THE BUILDING TO TOUCH DOWN A LOT MORE CLEARLY, UH, ON THE GROUND.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPACTFUL FOR THOSE TWO TO FIRST, THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO HAVE TALL EXPANSES OF STOREFRONT, UM, OVERSIZE, SLIDING WINDOWS, UH, ROLL UP DOORS, AND IT WILL HELP ACTIVATE THE FACADE AND CONNECT THE GENEROUS, UH, INTERIOR SPACES FOR THE RETAIL THROUGH THE RAINY STREET EXPERIENCE.
BUT THIS RENDERING WHERE WE PULL IN EVEN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO WHERE THE SAO IS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BUNGALOW IN THE LEFT.
UM, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SEE WHERE THIS TURNS THE CORNER WE'VE GOT THIS REALLY POOREST CONDITION REALLY OPENED BETWEEN THESE INTERIOR SPACES AND, UH, THE PASEO, UH, THAT'S RUNNING ALONG THE MIDDLE OF THE DRAWING THERE, AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP DRAW THAT RAINY EXPERIENCE INTO OUR SITE.
AS WE START TO MOVE ALONG THE BASE OF RAINY, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PALLET OF POOL, INTERESTING FINISHES.
WE REALLY WANT TO ENHANCE THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AS YOU'RE WALKING ALONG RAINY.
WE WANT TO INVITE THE PUBLIC INTO THESE SPACES, AND WE DEFINE THE ELEVATED BRANDING OF THIS MIXED USE BUILDING.
THE INTENT IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SMALL RETAIL, OR I'M SORRY, THAT RETAIL RESIDENTIAL LOBBY FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE BUILDING, BUT EVEN THAT WILL BE AGGRAVATED BY A COFFEE SHOP PROGRAM.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE A SEPARATE DISTINCTIVE ELEVATOR LOBBY.
THAT WOULD BE REALLY UNIQUE TOWARD THE PART OF THAT.
SUDDENLY THE 11TH FLOOR THAT'S PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND ABOVE THIS SPACE, UH, WE'D BE CREATING A SCREEN THAT RUNS ALL THE WAY AROUND ALL FOUR SIDES OF THE GARAGE PARKING MODELS.
THIS WILL BE A MASONRY CONSTRUCTION.
OUR INTENT WOULD BE TO WORK WITH SOME LOCAL MASONS TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT'S SCULPTURAL AND INTERESTING SO THAT IT LOOKS FANTASTIC FROM THE STREET BELOW, BUT ALSO SERVES TO ACT AS A SCREEN.
SO THAT SCREENING THE VIEWS OF THE CARS AND THEIR HEADLIGHTS FROM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.
AND FROM THE LARGER NAME IN GENERAL, AS YOU COME UP ABOVE THE GARAGE LEVELS UP TO THIS AMENITY, THE LEVEL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THIS WOULD BE FLOORS 11 THROUGH 13.
UH, THIS IS AN ARCHITECTURAL BETWEEN BASE AND THE RESIDENTIAL.
UH, THIS WOULD BE HIGHLY, UH, PLANTED A LOT OF VEGETATION, REALLY LUSH THIS.
WE START TO ACTUALLY COME DOWN AND HAVE IT PARTS OF THE SCREEN OF THE GARAGE AS WELL, SO THAT YOU REALLY GET A SENSE OF THAT VEGETATION.
UH, NOT ONLY FROM THE STREET BELOW, FROM, BUT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY AND BEYOND.
AND THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE ARGUABLY THE MOST DRAMATIC PART OF THE DESIGN.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE COOL SORT OF TERRACING FLOORS THAT STEP UP, UH, 11 THROUGH 13 AND OVERLOOK AT EACH OTHER AND SHIFT IN UNEXPECTED WAYS AS THEY MOVE UP.
AND WHAT'S, UH, WHAT WE THINK IS REALLY COOL ABOUT THIS BUILDING, WHAT WE'RE ACTIVELY TAKING, WHEN YOU CAN SEE OUTLINED IN CARE, THIS IS THE 11TH FLOOR TAKING A BUNGALOW SIZED BAR AND MOVING IT UP TO THE 11 FLOOR WITH A OUTDOOR SPACE.
THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE OTHER BARS.
AND WHAT THIS IS DOING IS IT'S ELEVATING THAT BAR UP SO THAT IT CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BREEZES THAT YOU GET HERE IN AUSTIN USE TOWARDS THE LAKE.
AND IT ALSO WOULD BE A REALLY UNIQUE VANTAGE POINT TO TAKE, TO TAKE IN THE ENERGY OF RAINY STREET DOWN BELOW THE IMAGES THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE ARE SOME PRECEDENT IMAGES, BUT THEY'RE INTENDED TO SHOW THE DESIGN INTENT FOR THE WIDE RANGE OF SEATING ARRANGEMENTS.
WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE THE AMENITIES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL TENANTS AND ALSO, UH, THE OVERLOOK THAT YOU GOING TO BE HAVING FOR THE PUBLIC AT THE SPACE.
AND THEN MOVING BACK OUT AGAIN TO THIS PAIR OF RENDERINGS, YOU CAN NOW SEE.
SO WHERE WERE THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, 11, 12TH AND 13TH FLOOR AMENITIES YARD.
IT REALLY IS A BREAK BETWEEN PART OF THE BUILDING ON THAT UPPER PART.
THE UPPER PART ARE WHERE THEY'RE ALL THE APARTMENT UNITS WOULD BE.
MOST OF THE APARTMENTS WERE, ALL OF THE APARTMENTS WOULD BE FLOOR TO CEILING WINDOWS, AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE BROKEN UP BY SOLAR PANELS THAT YOU CAN SEE PATTERNING.
UH, THOSE SOLID PANELS ARE GOING TO REPRESENT
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BREAKS BETWEEN PARKING UNITS, FROM UNIT TO UNIT OR BREAKS WITHIN ROOMS WITHIN THE UNIT THAT IS PATTERNING.UH, SO IT'S, IT'S RANDOM AND PLAYFUL LOOKING, BUT IT FUNCTIONALLY CORRESPONDS TO WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE.
AND EACH ONE OF THESE SOLID PANELS WOULD ACTUALLY BE AN INSULATED RAIN SCREEN ASSEMBLY.
IT'LL BE AN ACTUAL WALL ASSEMBLY.
WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO IS HELP WITH, UH, INSULATIVE VALUE OF THE OVERALL THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE ENVELOPE.
IT WILL HELP REDUCE, UM, GLAZING AND THEREFORE SOME OF THE GLARE AND ALL OF THAT WILL HELP US ACHIEVE THE AUSTIN ENERGY GREEN BUILDING THREE STAR RATING THAT WE'RE GOING FOR ON THIS PROJECT.
AND THE PATTERN ALSO WILL START TO DISSOLVE EFFECTIVELY, GET A BIT MORE GLASS HERE AS IT GETS TO THE TOP.
AND THEN AT THE VERY TOP, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE FROM THIS ANGLE, BUT IT STEPS IN, UH, AT THE VERY TOP LEVEL SO THAT YOU GET THE, WITH TERRACES AT THE TOP, BUT IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE PENTHOUSE UNITS AT THE TOP.
AT TOP OF THE WALL ALSO HAVE US IN THE AMENITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS SO THAT EVERYBODY IN THE TOWER COULD ENJOY THAT TOP LEVEL WILL BE A CLUB ROOM AND, UH, AN OUTDOOR DECK THAT HAS AN ADDITIONAL, AND THEN ALL OF THAT FUNCTION AT THE TOP, WHICH WILL SERVE UNDULATING IN AND OUT.
IT'S GOING TO BE KEPT BY A ROOF UP THAT CANNULATORS OUTWARD.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INTERESTING, HIGHLY VISIBLE ARTICULATION THAT WILL ACT AS A, AS A CROWN, A SCULPTURAL CROWN.
UM, SO ANY WE'VE WE WORKED COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR CLIENTS AND ALL THE SIGNERS ON OUR TEAM TO CREATE A TOWER THAT WE THINK CAPTURES THE FUN AND ECLECTIC SPIRIT OF RAINY STREET WHILE HOPEFULLY BECOMING A CENTERPIECE OF THE REMARK OF THIS REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATION, UH, DOWNTOWN AUSTIN AS WELL.
SO BACK TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT WHERE WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF WHERE IT IS TODAY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS PRESENTERS, ONE QUESTION, UM, HOW MANY TOTAL UNITS FOR AFFORDABLE IT'S 22? WELL, THERE'S NO POINT I'VE ALWAYS GOING TO RE UM, I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY ADD ONTO THAT AS FAR AS THE 22 AFFORDABLE UNITS.
I KNOW YOU SAID THE OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE, ARE THEY 1, 2, 3? UM, SO THE FIRST PART IS DUE TO THE ABOVE, TAKE IT TO ONE.
I CAN PUT THAT ON THE SECOND AT 5% IS REQUIRED TO BE A MIX OF UNIT.
SO IT'S REQUIRED TO BE A PROPORTIONATE MIX OF ONES, TWOS AND THREES, THE AREA ABOVE THAT CAN BE EITHER.
SO IT CAN ONE BEDROOM, OR IT CAN BE A PROPORTIONATE MIX.
I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THAT'S MORE ONE BEDROOMS IN THAT AREA.
YOU'LL SEE BOTH, YOU'LL SEE A MIX, WHICH FOR ABOUT HALF OF IT, AND THEN THE SECOND HALF WILL BE OKAY.
WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THIS PROJECT IS EXEMPLARY OF URBAN DESIGN AND IT DOES EXACTLY WHAT I THINK THE CITY OF AUSTIN NEEDS IN TERMS OF BRIDGING PAST, YOU KNOW, PAYING ATTENTION TO THE HISTORICAL VALUE OF THOSE HOMES IN RAINEY, LOOKING AT THE CURRENT USE WHERE IT'S A VIBRANT NIGHTLIFE DISTRICT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE AS WELL.
I AM BLOWN AWAY BY THIS PROJECT.
AND I DO THINK THAT, UM, IT, IT SETS A VERY HIGH BAR, UM, UH, PARTICULARLY COMPARED TO A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE SEEN LATELY IN DOWNTOWN, WHERE THEY SEEM TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE DRAW THAT PEOPLE HAVE MOVED HERE FOR.
UM, I SAW A TWEET THE OTHER DAY THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME WHERE, UM, SOMEONE, UH, POSTED ON TWITTER, UM, SOMETHING THAT GOT RETWEETED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF TIMES, OR THEY SAID, UM, AUSTIN, TEXAS IS FAST BECOMING KNOWN AS THE CITY THAT BULLDOZED ITS CULTURE AND CHARACTER TO MAKE ROOM, BUILD CONDOS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DRAWN TO THE CULTURE AND CHARACTER.
AND I THINK Y'ALL HAVE BEEN AMAZING STEWARDS OF JUST COMMUNITIES NEEDS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT SITUATING THAT SAME CONCERN THAT SO MANY AUSTINITES HAVE.
SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
WELL, I GUESS WITH REGARDS TO THE CULTURE, I WOULD SAY, UM, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED YARDS AWAY FROM THE MAC AS, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE ART PROGRAMMING THAT YOU ARTWORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THERE.
WHAT'S THE THOUGHT OF PROGRAMMING THAT GOES, ESPECIALLY BEING SO CLOSE TO THE MAC AND SO CLOSE TO ESSENTIALLY BE THE MECCA FOR LATINO ART CULTURE.
AND IN AUSTIN, WE'LL TALK TO PROGRAMMING ON IT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WAS A BIG FOCUS ON THAT.
PASEO WAS SO IMPORTANT, LIKE CREATING THAT CONNECTION.
CAUSE RIGHT NOW RAINEY HAS THE ALLEY.
THAT IS JUST THE, BUT THAT GOES TO THE WEST.
AND SO THE VERY FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAD, THE PROJECT TEAM SAID, LET'S CREATE, LET'S CONNECT IT AND CREATE IT.
UM, PAVELLE DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I'LL BE HAPPY DOING EXACTLY THAT THE FIRST, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS AND I'M GOING TO ECHO EVERYTHING YOU SAID, BECAUSE WE FEEL PERSONALLY THE SAME WAY.
WE DON'T WANT TO GO THE DIRECTION THAT SOMEBODY WAS SUGGESTING WE'RE GOING.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT KIND OF HOLISTICALLY, WE SAID, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO DROP A HIGH RISE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK, CORRECT? LIKE, IS THERE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMETHING ELSE, RIGHT.
CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN INDUSTRIES, THE FACT THAT WE'RE MID-BLOCK, YOU KNOW, AND WE KNOW RAINY VERY WELL, ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, GO AND DINE THERE AND PARTY THERE AND WORK THERE
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AND WALK AND ALL OF THAT.SO WE HAVE A GOOD FEEL AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES.
SO WE SAID, YOU KNOW, CONNECT CONNECTIVITY IS ONE, UH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR PEDESTRIANS ACTIVATING ALL THOSE LEVELS FROM BASEMENT 11, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAKING THIS ART AND THE WEIRDNESS OF AUSTIN, PART OF THE PROJECT AND RESPECT, CORRECT.
AND JUST BANK RESPECT FOR ALL THOSE ELEMENTS AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, MAXIMIZING THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY.
WE WOULD REALLY WANT TO DELIVER, YOU KNOW, A QUALITY HOUSING PRODUCT THAT HAS VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SIZES AND PRICE POINTS WITH A SUBSTANTIAL AND MATERIAL AFFORDABLE COMPONENTS.
SO, SO OUR APPROACH FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WAS LET'S, LET'S TRY TO, YOU KNOW, WE CREATED THE VERY LONG LIST OF THINGS WE WANT TO DO IN THIS PROJECT.
AND WE SAID, HOW MANY OF THIS, WE CAN, WE REALLY IMPLEMENT THIS AT 20%, 30% OR 50%? AND WE SAID, WELL, WHY DON'T WE TRY TO DO ALL OF IT? AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE ABLE TO DO ALL OF IT, BUT AT LEAST 90% OF OUR INITIAL IDEAS ACTUALLY ENDED UP IN THIS PROJECT.
SO, AND YOU ADDRESS A LITTLE BIT SPECIFICALLY THE QUESTION ON THE ART, AND IT'S HOW WE PLAN ON PROGRAMMING, THE ART, YOU KNOW, THE ART NEEDS TO BE RESPECTFUL.
WE SAID, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO USE LOCAL ARTISTS AND W WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ART DIRECTORS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE ART CREATORS.
SO WE WANT THE ARTISTS TO HAVE A VISION AND HAVE AN IDEA AND BRING SOME IDEAS COLLECTIVELY.
AND OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, REALLY LEAN FORWARD TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, HISPANIC ART AND SO FORTH, AND THE CULTURE OF AUSTIN AND THE CONNECTIVITY TO MAC AND PAY RESPECT TO IT.
SO FROM THAT ANGLE, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO SUPPORT THE DIRECTION.
YEAH, I GUESS I'M MORE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE APPROACH IS TO GETTING THAT PROGRAMMING, UM, ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
I THINK IT'S AMAZING, BUT I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO BRING UP IS THERE'S A LOT OF LATINO ARTISTS IN TOWN THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO SOME OF THESE MAINSTREAM, UM, ART FACILITIES, I GUESS, UM, ART IN PUBLIC PLACES IS AMAZING AND THEY DO GREAT WORK, BUT A LOT OF LATINO ARTISTS JUST DO NOT HAVE THAT ACCESS FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.
SO I GUESS MY, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS DOING KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, UM, OUTREACH ARTISTS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OR SUGGESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU OR ANY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, HOW TO REACH OUT TO THOSE ARTISTS.
WE ALREADY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM ENGAGED IN THIS PROJECT AND MAKE THEM AT WORK OF OUR PROJECT AS WELL.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS FOR SURE.
SO THANKS FOR YOUR SUGGESTION.
TO MOVE THIS ON A COMMISSIONER COVE WITH THE, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TREE PALLET AT ALL? HOW DID YOU KNOW GREAT PROJECT, FIRST OF ALL, THE SUPER HERITAGE TREE ALONG THE STREETSCAPE IN FRONT OF THE BAR, HOW IS THAT BEING PRESERVED? THAT THE CONSTRUCTION TO CREATE THIS GREAT STREETS, IT LOOKS AMBIGUOUS, FLY DOWN.
YOU HAVEN'T GOT AN IDEA OF HOW TO DO IT, BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO DRIVE THAT THROUGH.
SO IT'S UPSIDE OF WORKING THROUGH PEDESTRIAN, UM, LIKE PEOPLE FLOWING DOWN THE STREET RIGHT THERE, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, BAR ON THE BOTTOM THERE, THAT EXISTING ENVELOPE WILL STAY IN PLACE.
UM, SO EVERYTHING THERE CAN PRETTY MUCH STAY INTACT.
SO OUR, OUR FENCING CAN GO AROUND.
WHAT WOULD BE PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE FULL DRIP LINE, LET ALONE THE HAVE CRITICAL.
SO THIS STAYS, AND THEN THIS IS THE TREE.
AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE, UM, THE PULLING UP OF THE EXISTING CONCRETE RIGHT HERE.
AND THE WAS GRANTED AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE NEW PAPERS, UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO THAT RECTANGULAR LANDSCAPE, THE RIGHT WORK WITH THE TRUNK OF A TREE.
NOW THAT RECTANGULAR LANDSCAPE RIGHT THERE, THAT, THAT WHOLE THING.
SO FOR THIS AREA, ALL WE CAN DO IS WE CAN ONLY WORK WITHIN, WELL, WITHIN THE HALF CRITICAL, WE CAN ONLY WORK WITHIN FOUR INCHES OF THAT SOIL.
UM, WITH THE OTHER THING WE CAN DO IS BECAUSE IT'S A PECAN AND IN THIS PART OF TOWN, THE ROOT STRUCTURE LIKELY IS TO GO MUCH DEEPER.
SO WE CAN AIRSPACE TO GO AND PUT STUFF IN THERE, EVEN TO THE ARBORIST THAT WE COULD ENCROACH IN THAT SPACE.
IT'S IN THE, IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT THREE FEET.
THE CENTER POINT IS ABOUT THREE FEET OFF THE FACE OF THE CURB AT THE MOMENT, TECHNICALLY A RIGHT-AWAY TREE TRUNK, THE TRUNK IS IN THE RIGHT AWAY.
THAT WAS ONE QUESTION, CAUSE I KNEW IT WAS IN DIRT NOW.
SO, UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER COUPLE OF LARGE CIRCLES THERE AND IT GOT SMALLER CIRCLES.
SO THEY, THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE
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TREES ARE ALZHEIMER'S.IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE CIRCLE AND WE TO JUMP IN THERE, WE ARE PROPOSING TO LARGER BALD CYPRESS IN THOSE ZONES.
SO THAT DAY ONE, WE CAN HAVE GREAT PAPERS OVER TOP OF THEM, UM, AND EVERY FORM AND THEN HAVE ENOUGH OF A CLEAR HEIGHT SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ALL DIMENSION CAN GET UNDERNEATH THAT.
UM, AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO THOSE TWO, A LITTLE BIT TALLER AT THE BEGINNING AS COMPARED TO THE REST AND ARE THESE GOING TO BE THE ONLY BALD CYPRESS TO CAUSE THE RAINY STREET DISTRICT IT'S BEEN VAGUE TO ALL OF US AT THE COMMISSION BECAUSE ALL OF THE OTHER STREETSCAPES ARE PRESCRIPTIVE IN THE GREAT STREETS PROGRAM AND RAINY STREET IS NOT PRESCRIPTIVE.
SO WHAT IS THE GENERAL TREE STRATEGY FOR THIS SITE AS IT RELATES TO THE OTHER SIDE? YEAH.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT IS THE ACTUAL ADOPTED PLAN OF GREAT STREETS THAT LIKE 120 PAGE VERSION.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES IN THERE THAT EXCLUSIVELY CALL OUT THOSE AREAS THAT ARE SPECIAL DISTRICTS, WHICH THIS IS ONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, THE GOAL WAS TO USE THE SAME REPETITION AND, UM, HORIZONTAL DIMENSIONING AT 22 FEET ON CENTER THAT RHYTHM AND THAT SPACING TO GO WITH THE TREE THAT IS MORE COLUMNAR, ALSO PAYS HOMAGE TO THE CREEK AND THE RIVER BEING THE BALD CYPRESS AND THE COLUMNAR FORM, AND ALSO THE TEXTURE AND THE COLOR OF THE LEAVES WE THOUGHT FROM AN EXPERIENTIAL STANDPOINT, PRESERVING THE BIG PECANS AND THEN JUXTAPOSING WITH A TREE HAS A VERY DIFFERENT FORM AND A DIFFERENT COLOR AND TEXTURE.
WE THOUGHT COMPLIMENTED THOSE VERY WELL.
SO YOU COULD SEE LIKE ONE VERSUS THE OTHER.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE THIS.
UM, WE WERE, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS ARCHITECTURE AND HOW WE WENT BACK TO THOSE FIRST COUPLE LEVELS FOR ALL THAT PROGRAMMING AND THE SHAPE OF ABOUT CYPRESS COMPLIMENTS THAT BUMP OUT SO THAT AS THE CANOPY MATURES, WHICH WE ARE DOING AND YOU AS A PLANTER PLANTING BEDS AND A THOUSAND CUBIC FEET PER SOIL FOR EACH OF THESE TREES THAT THIS FORM WOULD MATURE AND GROW UP IN A WAY THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN THESE SPACES DOWN LOW, YOU CAN S YOU CAN ENJOY THIS ACTIVATED EDGE VERTICALLY.
AND THEN THE PLANT, THE TREE ITSELF DOESN'T COMPETE WITH THAT FACADE AND SORT OF GROW AWAY OR NEED CUT.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A RANGE OF THE, UM, THE THOUGHT BEHIND THAT SPECIES OF TREE.
AND THEN LAST THING ON, UM, YEAH.
THOSE ARE PECANS AND ADVOCATED.
I'M JUST STRUGGLING WITH THIS CONCEPT DOWNTOWN, WHERE THE TREES ACROSS THE ROAD CREATE THIS UNIFIED CANOPY AND WE'RE STARTING TO PIECE MEAL READY? I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I DON'T, I HAVE NO OPINION ON CYPRESS STANDUP, BEAUTIFUL TREE AND THE ONLY THING, BUT I FOUND OUT RECENTLY, AND IF IT HAS NO BEARING ON DESIGN, BUT WE, WE ARE WORKING ON A PROJECT RIGHT NOW ON AUSTIN AND THE CLIENT IS PUTTING A 12 FOOT FLAT, THE SIDE, THE EXISTING POLICY FOR US BECAUSE WHEN HE DID ON THE HOUSE, THAT WAS THERE, YOU'RE ROOTED INTO THE SLAB.
CAUSE THOSE CYPRESS KNEES ARE SO BLOODY.
SO SORT OF PONTE CYPRUS UP ALZHEIMER'S IT WAS NEW TO ME, CHRIS 40TH YEAR.
YOU JUST REALLY WAS EYEOPENING AWAKE.
WE WILL HAVE OUR, WE WILL HAVE OUR ROOT BARRIERS AND THEN WE ARE DOING THE CONTINUOUS AND THE THOUSAND CUBIC FEET OF SOIL WHEN 25% SHARED BETWEEN TREES.
SO WE THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR THOSE ROOTS TO GO, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, THE SPAN OF SUBSTANTIALLY LONGER THAN AN AVERAGE STREET TREAT.
LAST QUESTION, I SEE SIX, SEVEN TABLES ALONG THE STREETSCAPE FOR THE AVERAGE AREAS.
IS THAT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HOW MANY OR THERE'S MORE? AND I NOTICED THAT THERE'S A LITTLE GREEN STRIPS BETWEEN THE TABLES AND THE PAVERS.
SO THOSE LANDSCAPES, AS I SHOW YOU THE PRETTIER PICTURES.
SO, SO IT'S JUST REPRESENTATIVE IS THE SMALL ANSWER.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO ACTIVATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
SO WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THE GREAT STREET REQUIREMENTS THERE.
AND THEN BACK BEHIND THAT, WE ANTICIPATE PUTTING, AS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AS MANY TABLES AS WE CAN FUNCTIONALLY FIT WITH IN THAT AREA.
IS THERE SUPPOSED TO BE A GREEN BARRIER BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SPACES, THERE'S A GREEN LINE BEING SHUT UP, GOT IT.
EVEN AT THE BACK OF THE SIDEWALK, GREEN SPACE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
I HAVE A PRESENTATION BY NOW THAT BIT MORE OF A PLAN
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WHERE YOU GUYS ZOOM THAT OUT ON THE TABLES, THERE'S GREEN BONDS, RIGHT? THERE IS THAT TO CREATE SEPARATION A LITTLE BIT OF GREAT TO NAVIGATE IN THE AREAS WHERE THERE AREN'T ACCESS POINTS.AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME SORT OF A GREEN INTERVENTION TO NAVIGATE THAT, OR IT'LL BE IN, YOU SAW ONE OF THE RENDERINGS OF THE COPIES THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT AN ALTERNATIVE VERSION, WHICH WOULD BE A LOW BAR THAT PEOPLE COULD SIT AND KIND OF LOOK OUT ON PROSPECT.
SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT TO BE DETERMINED AND ALIGN.
ALL THOSE SPACES WILL BE VERY ACTIVATED IN THE FURNISHINGS BECAUSE THOSE SPACES ARE NOT YET IDENTIFIED AS TO WHO THAT IS.
THAT'S STILL VERY MUCH, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE SPATIAL LIMITATION BY ADDING THE RING.
IT'S JUST TIGHT, BUT JUST THAT'S.
MY ONLY COMMENT IS MORE ACTIVATION.
THE BETTER JUST PEOPLE WALKING OVER THOSE SHRUGS AND GROUND COVERS CAUSE RAINY IS CRAZY.
AND THAT'S DEFINITELY THE INTENT IS TO ACTIVATE THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHILE STILL ADDRESSING THE GRADE CHANGES THEN OKAY.
AND ALLOW THE PROJECT TO BE LIKE VERY ABSORPTIVE FOR AN INUNDATION OF, AND JUST PAY FOR THOSE SPACES, FEEL WALLED OFF.
I MEAN, I KNOW YOU WOULD NEVER GET THAT, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENTS.
SO THESE ARE NOT, SO THESE ARE NOT TABC WALLS, I GUESS, WHICH WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST WHERE THERE'S A, THERE'S AN INTENT TO CREATE A WALL.
THAT'S NOT THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO CREATE THE NECESSARY SAFETY MEASURES.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT WILL BE POOREST.
THE THINGS WE'RE DOING TOO IS BECAUSE WE'RE HISTORY DOES HAVE A SLIGHT SLOPE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
WE ARE STEPPING UP THE SLABS ALONG WITH THAT TOO.
SO THERE'S NOT A BIG, GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS.
MY LAST ARCHITECTURAL QUESTION IS WHAT IS THAT ARCHITECTURAL MATERIAL THAT'S PROVIDING THE WAITER, DARK GRAY LOOK AT THE GARAGE.
WHAT IS THAT? WELL AT THE GARAGE ITSELF, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING ACTUAL BASIS.
SO IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE PROBABLY WE'RE LOOKING AT A DARKER SORT OF NEUTRAL COLOR, BUT MAYBE SOME VARIATION BETWEEN THEM.
SO THE LAYERING IS ALL MASONRY.
SO I JUST LIKE TO READ MY COMMENTS THAT I GAVE IT TO WORKING GROUP MEETING.
AND I THINK WITH THE MAXING OUT THE RETAIL BY PROVIDE OR PROVIDING THE POST-SALE AND THEN BY EXTENDING THE MASTER THE RIGHT STREETS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, I THINK THIS PROJECT DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF ENGAGING THE PEDESTRIAN AND ACTIVATING RAINY STREET, WHICH IS KIND OF THE POPE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING THESE PROJECTS.
I THINK Y'ALL DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? HOW ABOUT JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON, UM, COMMISSIONER SAMWELL? I LOVE THE IDEA OF A ROTATIONAL ART SPACE TO WHERE MAYBE EVERY SOMETHING IS NOT PERMANENT SO THAT IT COULD MAYBE EVEN BECOME ITS OWN DESTINATION LIKE ON OUR EAST AUSTIN, EAST, WEST STUDIO.
BUT THEN THAT WAY THAT HAS A VERY STRONG CONNECTION TO THE MAC AND MAY GIVE SOMEONE THAT OPPORTUNITY THEN THAT MAY NOT TYPICALLY.
SO THEN I THINK THAT REALLY COULD BRING THAT GENUS LIST SIDE, THAT SENSE OF PLACE TO, UM, WHAT RAINY STREET USED TO BE RESIDENTIAL.
ABSOLUTELY THE GREAT POINT AND THE PIECES OF ART THAT CHRIS TALKED ABOUT ARE JUST THE THREE.
THOSE ARE LIKE THE BIG ONES THAT BEAT THE BOX.
THERE'S GOING TO BE ART ON THE 11TH.
THERE'S ART ALL THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT, JUST GIVEN ITS CULTURAL LOCATION, BUT THAT'S A REALLY GREAT POINT AND SOMETHING THAT WE'LL LOOK INTO INCORPORATING WELL ALONG THOSE LINES, SORRY.
I WOULD IMAGINE IT WON'T BE ACCESSIBLE FOR THE MOST PART, RIGHT? UNLESS YOU LIVE IN THE PLACE, IT'S NOT REALLY ACCESSIBLE, BUT THE OUTSIDE IS DEFINITELY ACCESSIBLE.
AS YOU SAID, NAVIGATING THAT, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN PEOPLE INTO RAINY STREETS.
THE SOCIO AND THEN THE 11TH FLOOR ACTUALLY IS COMPLETELY OPEN TO OPEN.
IT'LL HAVE SIGNAGE TO GET EVERYBODY THERE.
IT WILL BE, UM, A PUBLIC SPACE.
UH, BUT SO WHEN I SAY 11TH FLOOR, THAT IS PUBLIC SPACE TO COMPLETELY AGREE THAT THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE PASEO TO CREATE OTHER ARTISTS.
IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE WHOLE FOODS AND PLUS IT'S LIKE HOW MANY LATINOS WALK IN THE HALLS? IT'S YEAH, NO, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WALKING ON THE 11TH FLOOR.
AND I'M GLAD YOU ALL ADDRESS THE RIDE.
THANK YOU LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE WORKING GROUP.
UH, ARE THERE BICYCLE SHOWERS FOR MAINTENANCE STAFF THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE? I THINK THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT MEV.
YES, WE DEFINITELY, I APOLOGIZE.
I DIDN'T ADDRESS THAT AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT YES, THERE, THE QUESTION WAS RAISED AT THE WORKING GROUP IS, WAS, WILL THERE BE SHOWERS FOR, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEES, ET CETERA THAT ARE IN THE AREA? AND THE ANSWER IS YES, THEY WILL SHOWERS.
IS THERE A MOTION I'LL MOTION TO
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APPROVE THE PROJECTS COMPLIES WITH DESIGN GUIDELINES.SECOND WE'LL PUT, PUT IT TO A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
LOOKS LIKE ANIMUS ABSTAINING OR REFUSING THE SELF.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
JOHN SALINAS OR YOUR JOB SALINAS.
[1.b. Discussion and possible action to evaluate and make recommendations regarding whether City of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport AUS Cargo Development East located at 9402 Freight Lane, complies with the City Design and Sustainability Standards for the City of Austin; David Smythe-Macaulay Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.]
ITEM ONE, B DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO EVALUATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING WHETHER THE CITY OF AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CARGO DEVELOPMENT EAST LOCATED AT 9,402 FREIGHT LINK COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS.UM, MY NAME IS DAVID SMITH MCCAULEY.
I'M A PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE, UH, CARGO FACILITY.
AND BASICALLY THIS FACILITY IS A WAREHOUSE THAT'S USED TO TRANSFER GOODS FROM TRUCKS TO AIRLINES OR TO AIRCRAFT AND VICE VERSA.
AND, UM, WE, UH, BASICALLY HAVE A 90,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY THAT, UH, UH, EXPANDS THE EXISTING CARGO APRON, UM, CAPACITY.
UM, DURING COVID ONE OF THE ONLY BUSINESSES OR OPERATIONS OF THE AIRPORT THAT WAS GROWING WAS, UH, CARGO, UH, BECAUSE OF EVERYBODY SHOPPING ONLINE AND ORDER AND STUFF.
AND SO WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF SPACE AND UH, CAME UP WITH THIS PROJECT AND THAT, UH, CAPACITY.
UH, SO BASICALLY, UH, AS A SPACE FOR NEW TRUCKS, LOADING DOCKS AS A PARKING SPACE FOR 158 EMPLOYEES, UH, IT IS MEAT IN THE AUSTIN ENERGY GREEN BUILDING, THREE STAR RATING, UH, AND, UM, UH, IT WILL HAVE A DETENTION LANDSCAPE IN SIDEWALKS.
UH, IT WILL BE ENERGY EFFICIENT, UH, AND THERE'S A REDUCTION IN WATER USE BOTH ON THE IRRIGATION SIDE, AS WELL AS, UH, IN THE OFFICES ON THE BUILDING.
AND WE HAVE, UH, SPACES FOR ELECTRIC CHARGING VEHICLES, UH, AND THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT.
AND ALSO ON THE AIR SIDE FOR GROUND SERVICE EQUIPMENT.
UH, WHENEVER FUTURE TENANTS START CONVERTING THEIR EQUIPMENT TO ELECTRIC.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE REDUCED THE, UH, HEAT ISLAND, UH, UH, FOR THAT SITE AND, UH, THERE'S ACCESS TO QUALITY DRINKING WATER AND, UH, ALL OF THE OTHER, UH, LOW EMISSIONS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT, UH, UM, ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE PROJECT.
AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE AIRPORT TERMINAL IS AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
UH, AND THE CARGO FACILITY, THE SITE IS, UH, JUST AROUND THE CORNER OF THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE, UH, CARGO APRON ALONG FREIGHT LANGUAGES TO THE SOUTH AND CARGO AVENUE, WHICH IS TO THE EAST OF THE FACILITY.
AND SO THE ENTRANCE TO THAT FACILITY WILL BE OFF OF 71
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AND A SPIRIT OF TEXAS DRIVE AND ALTA FREIGHT LANE.AGAIN, THIS IS THE OVERALL SITE THAT USES UP ABOUT 20 AND A HALF ACRES OF, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION.
AND THE CONSTRUCTION IS BASICALLY THE CONCRETE APRON ON THE AIR SIDE, THE 90,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND THE TRUCK LOADING DOCK AREA, WHICH IS IN FRONT.
AND IT HAS TWO ENTRANCES AND EXITS, NOT YOUR QUALITY WATER QUALITY, UH, DETENTION POND AND THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT OFF OF A CARGO AVENUE.
AND THESE ARE IMAGES OF THE, UM, THE BUILDING ITSELF, UH, AND WHERE YOU SEE THE BLUE LINE IS THE ACTUAL ENTRANCE, UH, TO THE OFFICES ON THE EAST SIDE OF, UH, OF THE BUILDING.
AND THIS BUILDING WAS DESIGNED TO, UH, UH, UM, ACCOMMODATE UP TO FOUR DIFFERENT TENANTS.
AND, UM, AT THIS POINT IT'S A SPECULATIVE BUILDING AND WE'VE DESIGNED IT, UM, WITH ONE TENANT TAKEN UP ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE SPACE.
SO THAT'S A CLOSEUP VIEW OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE, UM, ALTERNATE ENTRANCE AND ALSO FOR THE TRUCK DRIVERS, UH, HA HAVE AN ENTRANCE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
ALSO, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THE WHOLE BUILDING HAS A FOREFOOT, UH, SKIRT, UH, CMU SKIRT, UH, UH, AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING.
AS I SAID BEFORE, UH, BASICALLY YOU HAVE THIS, UH, ABOUT 75,000 SQUARE FEET OF TRANSFER SPACE AT AROUND CLOSE TO A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT OF OFFICE SPACE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
AND WE HAVE SOME MORE SPACE FOR FUTURE EXPANSION.
UH, IF, UM, IF WE HAVE ANOTHER TENANT OR THE EXISTING TENANT, ONE SMALL SPACE, THIS IS THE CURRENT, UH, UH, OFFICE SPACE THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED, UH, AND INCLUDES YOUR BASIC OFFICE SPACES AND CONFERENCE ROOMS, THE DRIVER LOUNGE OF THE VR OF THE SOUTH ENTRANCE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A HUGE BREAK ROOM.
THIS FACILITY, UM, EMPLOYS ABOUT 150, UM, EMPLOYEES ON THREE SHIFTS.
AND SO WE'VE GOT THE BREAK ROOM FOR THEM, UM, AND, UM, UM, RESTROOMS, UH, FOR THE EMPLOYEE AND THEN GOING ON TO, UM, LANDSCAPING, ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING ON THE AIRPORT IS, UH, FAA COMPLIANT, UH, AND, UH, REQUIRED OF SAFETY REASONS.
AND THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF INCLUDING, UM, LANDSCAPING IN THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT.
THERE'S ONE IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS UP IN THAT CORNER, UH, FOR EMPLOYEES.
UH, AND THEN I'LL SHOW YOU THE NEXT ONE.
UH, ALSO THE CHARGING STATIONS, FUTURE CHARGING STATIONS WOULD BE LOCATED, UH, ALONG, UH, THAT'S, UH, THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT.
AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT, WE'VE ALSO GOT A LANDSCAPED ENTRY COURTYARD.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, A SHELTER, UH, THAT'S LANDSCAPE AND USE FOR EMPLOYEE BREAK AREA.
UH, ALSO, UH, NOT SHOWN ON THIS DRAWING, BUT WE HAVE, UH, THREE LOCATIONS ALONG THAT LANDSCAPE, UH, AREA THAT FOLLOWS THE SIDEWALKS BACK FROM, UH, CARGO LANE ALL THE WAY BACK TO FREIGHT LANE FOR, UH, ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.
AND THAT IS THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
AND I KIND OF OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS.
YOU SPOKE COMMISSIONERS FOR SURE.
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I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW, UH, FOLKS WHO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT.WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND THE LIGHT RAIL OUT THERE.
UM, HOW WOULD THEY ACCESS THIS BUILDING, UM, FOR FOLKS THAT TAKE TRANSIT? OH YEAH.
THERE IS A BUS STOP, UH, RIGHT HERE AND IT'S LESS, IT'S LESS THAN HALF A MILE, UH, WALKING THERE'S, THERE'S ACTUALLY SIDEWALKS, UM, FROM THIS BUS STOP, UH, ALL THE WAY UP TO TWO RIGHT HERE.
UH, AND THEN THEY CROSS THE ROAD AND ENTER THE FACILITY.
UH, AND FROM THIS POINT, UH, THERE'LL BE A NEW SIDEWALKS THAT LEAD YOU BACK TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE FACILITY.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH CAP METRO, UH, AT SOME POINT IF THE CAPACITY OF THIS APRON AREA INCREASES, UM, WE'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT EXTENDING THEIR BUS ROUTE DOWN FREIGHT LANE AND, AND COMING BACK OUT, UH, UH, ON RENTAL CAR.
UM, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THAT CAPACITY.
SO WE'LL JUST KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THAT.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT JUST AS THERE IN THAT DESIGN PHASE THAT YOU CONSIDER HOW I'M TALKING TO KEN.
WILL YOU PLEASE EXPAND ON WHAT THE OUTDOOR SPACES ARE LIKE? I SEE THEM ON THE HARD LINE, BLACK AND WHITE PLANS, BUT I HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING AN IDEA, THE SHELTER SIZE FOR THAT MANY EMPLOYEES AND WHAT'S IN THOSE LOCATIONS, WHAT MAKES IT COMFORTABLE AND MEANINGFUL FOR? YES.
SO THE, THE, THE FIRST ONE TO THE SOUTH, THE ENTRANCE, UH, IS BASICALLY ONE OF YOUR, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? UM, PORTABLE, UH, SHELTERS.
UM, AND NOW, UH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T INCLUDE A PICTURE OF THAT, UH, IN THIS SLIDE.
UM, BUT IT'S YOUR BASIC, UM, PREFABRICATED, UM, UH, SHELTER AND IT MEASURES, I THINK 10 FEET BY 15 FEET.
UM, AND IT'S, UH, THAT'S THE ONE TO THE, UH, AT THE SOUTH ENTRANCE, UM, FROM THE BIG TRUCKING, UM, LOADING AREA AND THEN THE ONE TO THE NORTH BY THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT, UH, IS MORE OF A, UH, SCOTT PUNCHES AND, UM, UM, CONCRETE TABLES OR, OR PICNIC, UM, UM, PICNIC TABLES, UM, THAT'S, UH, OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK AND THIS NICE, UH, ENCLOSED AREA, UH, LANDSCAPED, UH, ALCOVE.
IS THAT COVERED AS WELL ON THE NORTHWEST? YES.
UM, LET ME SEE IF IT'S, IF YOU CAN SEE IT, UM, AND IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THE, UM, THE, UH, EMPLOYEE BREAK AREA WOULD BE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT, UM, BENCHES AND TABLES IN THAT AREA.
YEAH, IT LOOKS WEST-FACING AND THOSE TREES ARE GOING TO BE VERY YOUNG.
SO, UM, I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMFORT LEVEL THERE ON THAT WEST SIDE, YOUR TIME, PLUS THEY'RE OVER THERE LOOKING OUT OVER A BIT OF ATTENTION, SO IT'S NOT AN OVERLY EXCITING SPACE.
AND THEN THE, UH, THE OTHER SHELTER, I MEAN, THAT SHELTER IS SMALLER THAN A PARKING SPACE.
WOULD THAT BE EMPLOYEES? I THINK OVERALL, I WOULD SAY THAT IN MY OPINION, AS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ENOUGH QUALITY OUTDOOR SPACE WHERE YOUR VOICE THAT'S COMFORTABLE AND ACCOMMODATING.
THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR THAT SMALLEST SQUARE FOOTAGE KIND LIGHTLY AND ENTICED FOR SHADE AND COMFORT AND BREAKS.
I KNOW THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR IT THAT IT'S, IT'S SMALL, SMALL AREAS FOR THAT.
WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT, UH, LOOK AT THAT, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
IT'S GOT A ROOF RIGHT IN, WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION INTO RAINWATER STORAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? HOW IS RUNOFF GOING TO BE TREATED, HOW THAT YOU TRUTH? AND THEN HE HAS SO MUCH IMPERVIOUS OVERALL OVER THE OTHER PLACE.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DESIGN DECISIONS WE CAME UP AGAINST,
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AND IT IS SO HUGE THAT IT WOULD BE ASTRONOMICALLY EXPENSIVE TO CAPTURE THAT WATER, UH, AND, AND HOLD IT, UH, FOR ANY OTHER USE.AND ALSO IT BECAME, UH, AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS, UH, THIS WAS A FAST TRACK PROJECT AND GET IN AUSTIN WATER TO AGREE ON HOW TO REUSE THAT WATER FOR LANDSCAPING OR FOR PORTABLE, UH, UH, WELL, NOT PORTABLE, BUT FOR TOILET FLUSHING IN, UH, AND SO ON WOULD HAVE BEEN A BATTLE TO CLIMB, UH, AND, UH, AGAIN, BUT THE BIG THING WAS THAT IT JUST TAKES TOO MUCH PLACE TO PULL THEM THAT AMOUNT OF WATER.
UH, AND IT DIDN'T MAKE ECONOMICAL SENSE TO THEM.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE STORED SOMEPLACE RIGHT IN FRONT OF, AND THE PARKING LOT.
I MEAN, ALL THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, MAJORITY OF IT WILL BE TREATED IN THIS POND AND IT FLOWS OVER INTO, LET ME SEE IF THERE ARE, THERE IS A HUGE POND, UH, PATIENT TO THAT SITE, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, GONNA INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THAT POND TO ACCEPT THAT, UM, THAT RUNOFF.
SO, YEAH, SO WE'VE GOT TO, WE BOUGHT THE NEW ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD, UH, AND THEN THAT FLOWS INTO THIS BIGGER ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY, I GUESS, TO EVAN'S POINT, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, AND I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I'M SURE IT'S NOT EASY TO DEAL WITH THE GRAPHICS SOMETIMES, BUT WHY WOULD WE HOLD THE CITY TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD? UM, I KNOW YOU SAID IT'S DIFFICULT.
IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT IN THIS PROJECT WAS FAST TRACKED TO BE ABLE TO REUSE SOME OF THAT WATER, WHETHER IT'S FOR TOILET FLUSHING OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
UM, WE, WE WANT AND EXPECT OUR DEVELOPERS TO DO THAT.
WHY WOULD WE NOT EXPECT THE CITY TO DO THAT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, AND, UH, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A REALLY GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU RIGHT NOW ON, ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT.
UM, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY RESEARCH IT AND GET BACK TO YOU GUYS ON REUSING.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, UM, ASA GREENSTAR AND LEVEL THREE, IS THAT WHAT IT WAS, FORGIVE ME.
CAN YOU START, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME INPUT OR CLARIFICATION AS FAR AS WHAT THAT IS LIKE TO EVAN'S POINT THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO CAPTURE, NOT JUST WATER, BUT GINORMOUS ROOF.
I DON'T SEE ANY SOLAR PANELS ON IT EITHER.
UM, WE'RE NOT PUTTING SOLAR PANELS, UH, IN THIS, UH, PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION ROOF IS, UM, AND THAT'S PART OF OUR CODE.
UH, IT IS, UM, DESIGNED TO ACCEPT, UH, SOLAR PANELS ON THE ROOF AND WE HAVE THE CAPACITY WITHIN THE, UM, UH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ADD THE SOLAR PANELS AND MAKE USE OF THAT ENERGY.
WHAT'S THAT CONSIDERING SOLAR READY? YES.
WHAT'S THE TRIGGER POINT THERE WHEN YOU GUYS WOULD ACTUALLY DO THAT THOUGH? THERE IS NO TRIGGER POINT, UH, RIGHT NOW, UM, IT'S JUST GOTTA BE ON AS NEEDED BASIS.
UH, THE AIRPORT ALREADY HAS A HUGE, UH, SOLAR PANEL ARRAY, UM, ABOVE THE BLUE GARAGE.
UM, THAT'S PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF POWER FOR THE AIRPORT, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, WHAT IS THE PROJECT DOING TO ACHIEVE THREE STARS? GO BACK TWO AND THREE STAR TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS EQUIVALENT TO ELITE.
UH, SILVER, UM, ON THE, ON THE CURRENT PROGRAM, UM, COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, ALLOWING CITY PROJECTS TO EITHER GO FOR LEAD OR, UH, AUSTIN ENERGY GREEN BUILDING.
AND SO THE AIRPORT CHOSE TO, TO USE THE AUSTIN ENERGY GREEN BUILDING.
WE ALSO PAID FOR, UM, UH, FULL-TIME STAFF TO WORK SPECIFICALLY ON MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR FACILITIES MEET THAT OR THREE STAR RATING OR BETTER.
AND, SORRY, JUST ONE MORE QUESTION.
I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO ANSWER THE CHAIR'S QUESTION, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ACCESS TO QUALITY DRINKING WATER JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, IS THERE NOT QUALITY DRINKING WATER? WELL, NO, BUT IT IS, UM, IT IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE GREEN BUILDING, UH, AND LEAD, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO IT'S ACTUALLY VERY EASY TO REACH, UH, FOR US IF WE HOOK UP TO THE CITY WATER SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, SO
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IT IS PART OF OUR, UH, CREDIT RATINGS.I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE, UM, UH, OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, ASPECTS, UM, THAT GO INTO THAT GREEN BUILDING RATING.
UM, BUT THE ONES THAT STAND OUT THE, THE MOST, UM, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UM, AS I SAID, THIS IS A BIG, UH, WAREHOUSE.
UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, THEY CALL THEM, UM, THESE BIG, HUGE FANS, UH, TO CIRCULATE THE AIR.
WE'VE GOT VENTILATION, UH, WITHIN THE WAREHOUSE.
AND WE'VE ALSO GOT HEAT IN, UH, IN THAT WAREHOUSE FOR THE WINTER TIME.
AND, UM, THE WAY THE CAR GARAGE, UH, OPERATORS, UH, WORK, UH, A LOT OF THOSE DOORS, ESPECIALLY ON THE AIR SIDE ARE GONNA REMAIN OPEN, UM, UH, FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THEY'RE REALLY BUSY, MOVING CARGO BACK AND FORTH.
AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT DURING THE WINTER, THEY HAD SOME SORT OF HEAT AND THAT THAT AIR WAS BEING CIRCULATED.
UM, AND THAT GOES TO THE COMFORT, UH, OR CALL IT AIR QUALITY AND, UM, UM, EMPLOYEE COMFORT, UH, UH, INSIDE THE BUILDING, UH, ALSO IN THE OFFICE SPACE, UM, THE AIR CONDITIONING HEATING SYSTEM, UH, AS, AS EFFICIENT AS WE COULD GET IT.
UM, I GUESS BACK TO THE COMMISSION TO THE CHAIRMAN'S QUESTION OF WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? I THINK WHAT'S REALLY MISSING HERE IS LIGHTING.
I MEAN, I DON'T SEE ANY WITNESS AT ALL.
UM, YOU'LL BE RUNNING HIGH BAY LIGHTS THE WHOLE TIME, OR IT'S GOING TO BE DARK IN THERE.
UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE, THE CARGO DOORS, UH, AND, UH, THESE ARE THE CARGO DOORS ON THE APRON SIDE, AND THEY'RE ABOUT, UM, WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT 14 FEET BY, UH, THINK, UH, 20 FEET.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE PRETTY BIG.
UM, THEN YOU HAVE THE CARGO DOORS ON THE LAND SIDE, UM, AND ON THE LAND SIDE, MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THEY'RE, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A TRUCK PARKED THERE.
SO THERE'S NOT MUCH LIGHT FROM THAT AREA, BUT ON THE, ON THE, UM, PARASITE, WHEN THEY'RE OPEN AND THEY'RE OPEN FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME, UH, WHEN THEY'RE TRANSFERRING CARGO BACK AND FORTH.
SO DURING THOSE THREE SHIFTS, UM, DURING THE DAYTIME, UM, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD SAY, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S QUITE A FEW PLANES BEING LOADED AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE OPEN FOR ABOUT THREE TO FOUR HOURS.
UM, MOST OF THE ACTIVITY TENDS TO HAPPEN AT NIGHT.
UM, BUT DURING THE DAY, OH, AND ALSO I FORGOT TO MENTION THE WHOLE INTERIOR OF THAT SPACE IS PAINTED WINE TO A MORE OPENNESS AND, AND REFLECTIVITY.
SO IN SUPPORTIVE CHAIR, TAN AND GUCCI IS A RE I'M NOT SEEING THIS AS AN AUSTIN ENERGY.
THREE-STAR, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY DIFFICULT TO GET, OR THEY'RE NOT, AND I'M JUST NOT SEEING THIS IN THIS PROJECT.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO SUPPLY THE READING CARD THAT WE CAN, WE CAN SEE HOW YOU'RE ACHIEVING THESE POINTS AND TO BE CLEAR FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, THE APPLICATION DOES ASK YOU TO PROVIDE THAT BACK UP FOR US.
AND THE REASON IS SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS PRESENTATION IS NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE THREE STAR RATING UNDER OS.
SO IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING, IT JUST HELPS US TO SEE THAT CHECKLIST TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING FORWARD.
JUST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I COMPLETELY AGREE.
I CAN'T, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE, SO IT'D BE, I WOULD APPRECIATE UNDERSTANDING MORE, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS, IT'S A CITY OWNED FACILITY AND FOR US NOT TO BE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, UM, TO REACH OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AS A CITY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
I CAN, UH, WITHOUT, UH, HAVING THE, UH, THE AUSTIN ENERGY GREEN BUILDING, UH, SCORECARD IN FRONT OF ME, UM, I CAN ASSURE YOU, WE ARE IN A THREE-STAR RATING.
IT WASN'T AN EASY THING TO MEET WITH A BIG WAREHOUSE.
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THAT, UH, THREE-STAR AND THE AIRPORT, UM, HAS DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO BEING SUSTAINABLE.UM, AND WE HAVE A FULL STAFF OF ENVIRONMENTALIST I'VE WORKED TOWARDS THAT.
UM, AND AS I SAID BEFORE, WE HIRED AN AUSTIN ENERGY EMPLOYEE FULL TIME TO WORK ON AUSTIN, ENERGY, GREEN BUILDING, AS SUSTAINABILITY AT THE AIRPORT FOR ALL OF OUR FACILITIES.
AND THAT DOESN'T JUST INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, BUILDING FACILITIES, BUT ALSO, UH, CIVIL WORK ACROSS THE AIRPORT.
THE QUESTION ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND FAIRLY NEW TO DESIGN COMMISSION, UM, WHEN SOMEONE SUBMITS THEIR AES SCORE CARD, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A LETTER FROM AUSTIN ENERGY CERTIFYING THE SCORECARD BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHAT SOMEONE MAY THINK ARE POINTS THE WAY AUSTIN ENERGY QUALIFIES, THOSE POINTS.
IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE VERIFIED, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S COMMUNICATED.
AND WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH AUSTIN ENERGY.
I MEAN, WE DESIGNED THE BUILDING TO MEET CERTAIN POINTS, UH, TO GET US TO THE THREE-STAR AND, UH, AS WE GO INTO CONSTRUCTION OR AS WE COMPLETE DESIGN, WE'RE VERIFYING THOSE POINTS.
UH, AND THEN AS WE GO INTO CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THOSE POINTS ALONG THE WAY.
SO KIND OF TELL YOU FOR CERTAIN THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE AT THREE-STAR, BUT WE ARE DESIGNED TO MEET THREE STAR AND WE'LL KEEP WORKING, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH CONSTRUCTION, UM, TO, TO MEET THOSE POINTS THAT WE DESIGNED TO, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN EXCEED THEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I WANT TO JUST REITERATE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST PLACE MY HEAD WENT TO WAS THE SAME THING.
COMMISSIONER COLEMAN BROUGHT UP ABOUT OUTDOOR SPACE AND THINKING ABOUT THE CITY'S POLICIES ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST ENVIRONMENTAL, BUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT WORKERS' RIGHTS AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING A GIANT WAREHOUSE WITH 50 PEOPLE DOES SEEM LIKE THE OUTDOOR SPACE WAS AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE DESPERATE TO GET OUTSIDE AFTER WORKING IN A WINDOWLESS BUILDING ALL DAY, GET OUT TO EAT YOUR LUNCH.
AND IF IT'S A HUNDRED DEGREES OUTSIDE WITH NO SHADE, OR THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM IN THE SMALL SHELTER THAT'S PROVIDED BECAUSE YOU HAVE 50, 60 PEOPLE PER SHIFT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WHAT ARE THESE WORKERS DO? SO AGAIN, WE KIND OF FELT LIKE CITY PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY TO BE HELD TO A STANDARD THAT SETS THE BAR FOR THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THIS ONE JUST SEEMS TO FALL SHORT OF THAT.
MY QUESTION IS IN GENERAL IS WHAT, WHAT'S THE RUSH? YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TIME TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AS FAR AS HOW TO REUSE AND WHATNOT.
WHAT'S THE RUSH IS, OH, I MEAN, I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, NOT JUST YET, BUT I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU ON, ON THE ANSWERS.
UM, THE REASON WHY WE FAST-TRACKED TO THIS PROJECT WAS WE HAD A POTENTIAL, UH, TENANT THAT WANTED TO LEASE THE SPACE AND THEY WANTED IT RIGHT AWAY.
SO AS FAST AS WE COULD GO CITY-WISE, BUT KIND OF TACKING ON TO THAT.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP HERE ARE THEIR REQUIREMENTS FROM THIS TENANT THAT THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO APPLY.
IS THERE ANY PRECEDENT AS FAR AS NO.
I MEAN, THIS IS STRICTLY A CITY PROJECT, UM, UH, THERE NO PRIVATE EQUITY OR INVESTMENT OTHER THAN THE TENANT, UH, LIKES TO SPACE AND DECIDES TO LEASE IT GREAT.
BUT IF THEY DECIDE NOT TO, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER.
SO IT'S PRACTICALLY BEING BUILT AND RE REGARDLESS.
YOU'RE IRRESPECTIVE OF THE FACT THAT, OKAY, I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION ALONG THOSE LINES, MAYBE THIS IS OFF TOPIC, BUT IS THIS AN ENTERPRISE VENDOR FOR THE CITY OR IS YES, IT IS AN ENTERPRISE.
AND, UH, AS THE AIRPORT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW THIS, BUT WE'RE AN ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF THE REVENUE THAT WE MAKE IS MADE STRICTLY FROM PASSENGERS, TRAVELING THROUGH THE AIRPORT.
WE DO NOT USE TAXPAYERS MONEY IN ANY WAY.
AND WHEN WE SEE THIS PROJECT AGAIN, I ASSUMING WE MAY SEE IT AGAIN WITH THE OUTDOOR SPACES, IF YOU COULD INCLUDE OR SPEAK TO LIGHTING, BECAUSE IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU SAID A LOT OF THE WORK MAY BE HAPPENING IN THE EVENING.
SO AT LEAST IN THE EVENING, AND IT CAN BE LIKE A LITTLE COOLER OUTSIDE, BUT WHAT IS, WHAT DOES THAT SPACE FEEL LIKE? UM, AND THESE EMPLOYEE
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AREAS IN TERMS OF LIGHTING, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AT NIGHT, HOW DO YOU SEE THAT THEY USE? AND, AND I'M ASSUMING THEY HAVE ACCESS TO.AND I WOULD SAY IN THAT REGARD IS THE BUS STOP IS A HALF A MILE AWAY.
YOU PROBABLY WANT TO AT LEAST ADDRESS A LIGHTING ISSUE ON THE SIDEWALK, ALL THE WAY TO STOP.
IF THERE COULD BE WORKING AT NIGHT FIVE IN THE MORNING, THERE MIGHT BE DARK OUTSIDE, LIKE WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT.
SO DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ANY APPROVAL UNTIL, UM, FOLLOWUP PRESENTATION? IT'S ONLY FOR YOU TO TAKE ACTION.
IF THE DESIGN CONSULTATIONS, THE DESIGN TEAM, THERE'S PLENTY OF INPUT YOU PROVIDED, YOU CAN COME TO A FINDING IF THE LIKED COMMISSIONING, GIVE THE DESIGN TEAM INPUT ON THE POINTS YOU'VE MADE, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED BY ANY CODE DIVISION ACT UPON THIS.
IT'S POSTED AS SUCH A CASE, PROVIDE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OTHER THAN WHAT WE'VE ALREADY STATED.
YOUR PLAN FOR LANDSCAPE EXCEEDS OF REQUIRED QUITE A BIT, REALLY.
AND A LOT OF THE PLANTS ARE NOT NATIVES, SO THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY WATER CONSERVING IT.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE CRITICAL, BUT JUST A LOT OF ASIAN JASMINE, A LITTLE DRY OF THE, UM, UH, DON'T PROVIDE MUCH ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT.
YOU COULD, IF IT'S A BUDGET, WHICH WE WERE ALL BUDGET CONSCIOUS, YOU COULD REALLY PIER DOWN SOMEBODY, THE LANDSCAPES IT'S EASIER TO MAINTAIN MORE WATER-WISE STRAIGHTER LINES AND PUT THAT MONEY TOWARDS ENGLAND OUTDOOR SPACE, QUALITY, UPGRADE THE TREES AROUND THEM, BIGGER SHELTER THERE THAT ARE LOCATED.
I SEE THIS AREA RIGHT IN FRONT THAT SAYS SOD WITH A BRAVO SHRUGS AROUND IT.
UM, SO I, I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO MANAGE YOUR LANDSCAPE OUT FOR SPACES FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES AND MAKE IT COST-EFFECTIVE.
ANOTHER THING IS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SUPPORT LAYER MULCH CAME FROM.
IT LOOKS LIKE A CLOUD AS A BOAT.
I HOPE YOU DIDN'T GET COMMENTS BACK FROM STAFF BECAUSE YOU HAVE FOUR INCH ASIAN JASMINE PLANTED WITH INCHES OF MULCH.
THAT'S HORTICULTURALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE.
YOU DON'T NEED THAT MUCH FOAMS THREE INCHES COATS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S CHANGED, BUT HERE'S A WAY THAT VISUALLY TO SCRAMBLE THIS EGG UNSCRAMBLED AND GET YOU A BETTER QUALITY SPACE.
I ACTUALLY CAUGHT THAT AND I FORGOTTEN WHAT THE RESOLUTION WAS, BUT THE DESIGN TEAM, THEY WERE LIKE, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
PEOPLE, CAN'T YOUR PEOPLE, YOUR, YOUR MAINTENANCE STAFF, YOUR, YOUR TEAM CAN'T MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL OF LANDSCAPE.
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE'S ANY INTEREST IN TAKING ANY ACTION ON THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR THANK YOU FOR COMING.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM ALL DONE.
SO THAT , I KNOW SHE'S HER CHOOSING HERSELF.
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COMMISSIONER SCHEDULE ON PRESENTATIONS.WE'RE GOING TO MEET SIGNIFICANTLY AND WE NEED TO SIGNIFICANTLY PARED DOWN QUESTIONS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE ROOM TO GET PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING TO PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION.
[1.c. Discussion and possible action to evaluate and make recommendations regarding whether the 51st Street Revitalization Project located at 51st Street, complies with the City Design and Sustainability Standards for the City of Austin; Andrew Wong City of Austin Public Works Department.]
ONE, THE DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO EVALUATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING WHETHER THE 51ST STREET REVITALIZATION PROJECT LOCATED AT 51ST STREET COMPLIES WITH CITY DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS.THAT'S ONE THING FOR YOU, FOR EVERYONE, FOR HAVING US HERE ON THE DOCUMENT.
UM, MY NAME IS ANDREW WONG AND I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE STUDIO.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS I WORK FOR ACT AND I'M THE PROJECT MANNER.
AND THEY ARE JUST THE CAR DESIGNER OF RECORD.
THE VISION PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS PROJECT IS TO PROMOTE COORDINATED REDEVELOPMENT FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE CORRIDORS, UH, NORTH AND SOUTH, UH, TO SUPPORT, UH, FROM THE WORKING GROUP AND VARIOUS COMMUNITIES TAKE, UH, THE OFFICIAL VISION STATEMENT THAT WE PREPARED WAS 51ST STREET IS A MULTIMODAL URBAN STREET THAT ACCOMMODATES SAFE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MOVEMENT, AS WELL AS A CONFIDENCE KILLER TRAFFIC.
UM, THE 51ST STREET IS LINED WITH BUILDINGS AND PROMOTE A SAFE, INTERESTING, AND LIVELY ENVIRONMENT, BUT STRONGLY COULD USE AN APPROPRIATE SCALE TRANSITION TO THE WINDSOR PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND THE MUELLER.
UH, SO THE KEY IMPROVEMENTS THAT, UH, THE PROJECT AND, UH, CAPSULIZES IS A PARTIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY, SECTIONS 5 35 AND BERTRAND DRIVE, UM, OR LANE ARTERIAL ROADWAYS, WHERE THE INTERVENTION, A CENTER TURN LANE ACCESS, UH, MEDIANS WITH BREAKS AT THE INTERSECTIONS THAT MID-BLOCK PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AT THE INTERSECTIONS PROVIDE SPACE FOR PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING, AND TO CROSS SAFELY, UH, NUTRIENT LINE SIDEWALKS ON THE NORTH SOUTH SIDE, UM, INSTALLATION OF PROTECTED BICYCLE LANES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OUR STREET BICYCLE LANES ON SOUTH SIDE, A NEW ON-STREET PARALLEL PARKING SPACES, UH, CURB GUTTER AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, RAIN GARDENS, AND DETENTION PONDS FOR RUNOFF AND WATER QUALITY ENHANCEMENTS CREATED WATER SERVICE FACILITIES ON THE NORTH SIDE AND LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THE PROJECT.
YOU'RE ON THE SLIDE YOU CAN SEE.
SO THE TYPICAL EXISTING, UH, PROFILE VIEW OF THE EXISTING, UM, 51ST STREET AS IT IS TODAY, UH, I SEE THERE'S SOME, UH, CONCERNS AS FAR AS THE BYPASS AND A NARROW SIDEWALKS.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT THROUGH A PROJECT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE IN OUR, IN OUR PROPOSED US SECTION OF THIS VIEW IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE, UH, THE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE, AS WELL AS BIKE PATHS, UM, HAVING DEDICATED BIKE LANES ON NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE SEAL, AND ALSO INCREASING THE, UH, MEDIAN, UH, GREEN SPACE BETWEEN THE, UH, RAILWAYS.
AND, UH, SO THE OUTCOMES OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UH, WITH THIS PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE THE MULTIMODAL ACCESS REDUCED QUEUE LENGTHS, REDUCE QUEUE, UH, LEFT TURN CONFLICTS, UH, IMPROVE SPEED CONTROL, IMPROVE FACILITIES, UH, COMPLETE, UH, COMPLETE PEDESTRIAN
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CONNECTIVITY, IMPROVE TRANSIT ACCESS, AND MORE USER-FRIENDLY AND AESTHETICALLY PLEASING STREETSCAPE.AND OF COURSE, A REUSE ANY OF THE, ALL THE EXISTING TREES WITHIN THE CORRIDOR, THROUGH A RELOCATION PLANNING PROGRAMS, AND PLANS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, UH, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, THAT SORT OF LANDSCAPING PLANS THAT WE HAVE OF PLANTS WITH THROUGHOUT OUR PROJECT AND PROGRAM ALL THE, SEE ALL THE EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING AND ALL THE CHEESE THAT WE HAVE PLANNED TO FOR INSTALLATION.
THIS IS THE 51ST STREET, UH, FROM LANCASTER MUELLER.
AND THIS IS FROM MUELLER QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS FROM QUESTIONNAIRES.
I WAS REALLY EXCITED WHEN I SAW THAT RENDERING ON SLIDE TWO, WHERE DO YOU ENVISION THAT HAPPENING? WHEN I LOOK AT THE MAP OR THE SITES TO PLAN, I DON'T REALLY SEE WHERE THAT COULD BE HAPPENING, WHERE YOU HAVE LEASED OUTDOOR CAFES ON FIRST STREET.
I THINK THAT WAS THE TICKET IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT MORE LIKELY ON THE NORTH SIDE.
UM, BUT MAYBE PROPOSED CAFE OR IT'S, WE'RE TRYING TO LINK THIS, I GUESS, SIDE NEXT TO THE NEXT 35, CLOSER TO WINDSOR AND TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE OF A SEAMLESS AREA.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHERE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
CAUSE I DON'T SEE REALLY A SPOT LIKE THAT ON HERE THAT THAT COULD HAVE REALLY HAPPENED.
BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, YEAH, SO I LOOKED AT THIS PROJECT EARLIER AND A FEW THINGS I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT QUICK.
UM, I KNOW THAT THAT, UH, INGRESS EGRESS, UH, CLOSEST TO HOME DEPOT, YOU CAN GO LIKE WHOOP, LIKE ZIP ACROSS ALL LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO CAMERON.
I SEE THAT AS LIKE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AREA.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ADDRESSED.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT, IT IS ACTUALLY.
SO YOU'RE TALKING TO THE LEFT TURN LANE TO HOME DEPOT.
WE'RE IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE, UM, IF YOU'RE GOING EAST, YOU CAN TURN INTO THAT HOME DEPOT OR YOU COULD GO FURTHER OPEN AND TURN INTO THE ENTIRE, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CROSS STREET IS, BUT, UM, WHEN YOU LEAVE, IF YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE HOME DEPOT CLOSEST TO , UH, IT'S LIKE YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT TO CAMERON ACROSS MULTIPLE LANES OF TRAFFIC AND THAT AREA IS CRAZY.
SO I JUST AM CURIOUS IF, UM, SO THAT AREA WE DID IMPROVE ON, UM, I KNOW THERE'S A MEDIUM THERE NOW AND IT'S VERY LONG AND IT'S, IT'S KIND OF GUIDING YOU THROUGH THERE TO KIND OF PROTECT IT MORE.
SO, I MEAN, WITHOUT SEEING THE PLANS IN FRONT OF US, UH, YEAH, WE, WE HAVE IMPROVED ON THAT.
THERE WAS ON THAT FROM THE DSD AND I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LEFT TURN LANE, WHEN YOU'RE COMING FROM THE WEST FOR NO, FROM THE EAST TOWARDS 35, TAKING A LEFT INTO THE HOME DEPOT, THAT ENTIRE THING IS A GUIDED TURN LANE NOW DEDICATED WITH A VERY LONG QUEUE TO HELP THOSE GET OUT OF THE THREE LANES.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING, REAL FIVE, TWO THINGS.
THE OTHER THING, UM, THAT WAS CONCERNED WAS JUST THE PARKING AND THE SPEED THAT PEOPLE TRAVEL ON THAT STREET.
IF YOU HAVE FULL PARALLEL PARKING, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO WHERE DOES THE PARALLEL PARKING START LIKE AFTER THE ROUNDABOUT IT'S FURTHER TOWARD IT'S BERKMAN THERE IT'S, I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY IT'S, THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT A TON OF ON STREET PARKING.
UM, THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BULL BOUTS THERE.
UM, OR BOLDENS I GUESS, UH, FOR PARKING, BUT I MEAN, I GUESS IT WOULD BE A CONCERN, OBVIOUSLY PARALLEL PARKING ON 51ST STREET, BUT I THINK THE IDEA IS TO KIND OF SLOW THIS ROAD DOWN A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LANDSCAPING IN THE MIDDLE, IT'S MAKING IT MORE OF A, NOT SUCH A ARTERIAL, JUST SLOWING IT DOWN, CALMING IT DOWN WITH THE TREES AND THEN THE ON STREET PARKING, IT'S JUST KIND OF SETTLING A LITTLE MORE FOR MORE OF LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL.
SO THAT, THAT GIVES ME ANXIETY, HAVING NOT PARKING ON JUST A, THERE'S NOT A TON OF IT.
THERE'S NOT A TON OF IT AND IT'S NOT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
THEY'RE JUST LITTLE PIECES HERE AND THERE.
SO, AND THE FINAL POINT I SAW THE APELLA VERDE ON THERE, AND I'VE JUST SEEN A LOT OF PALOVERDE THAT'S COMPLETELY DEAD AFTER OUR WINTER STORM.
AND SO, UM, I JUST WAS CURIOUS, LIKE, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU, UH, IF YOU HAVE TREES THAT DIE, LIKE HOW EASY IS IT TO REPLACE THEM? I DON'T KNOW IF THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ON THIS.
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UM, SO I'M ME, I'M WITH COLEMAN AND ASSOCIATES.WE ARE AT THE LANDSCAPE FOR REALLY PROJECT.
I DON'T, THERE, THERE IS NOT A TON OF CELEBRITIES ON THE PROJECT.
UM, IF THEY DIE, THE HOPE IS THAT THEY WOULD GET REPLACED FOR A COUPLE OF WORDS TO THAT.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A PROLIFIC TREES THROUGHOUT THE STREETSCAPE.
UM, IT JUST WORKED REALLY WELL FOR THE POSITION THAT IT WAS IN.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A, WE TRIED TO HAVE A LARGE VARIETY OF TREE SPECIES THROUGHOUT THAT DEEPER STREET TO PROVIDE FOR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT HAPPENED.
UM, THE CATASTROPHIC FREEZE, THE ONCE IN A LIFETIME THREES, WHICH MAY HAPPEN AGAIN THIS YEAR, UH, DID KILL A LOT OF TREES THESES ALONG 51ST STREET.
UM, AND THOSE WERE ONE THAT FELT COMFORTABLE TO HIM.
WE CAN'T PLANT A PROJECT TOO, LIKE EXTREMES EXTREME.
I MEAN, IF YOU CAN, IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO PLAN FOR WHAT WE KNOW IS EXPERIENCED, I THINK A LOT OF THE TREES WE HAVE ARE SUITABLE FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S JUST MY ONLY, I'M NOT THE LANDSCAPE PERSON HERE ON THE COMMISSION, BUT I DID OBSERVE THAT SIDE.
SO I HAVE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SEPARATING, LIKE LAYING WITH THE CURVE UP.
51ST STREET IS FRIGHTENING ON A BIKE.
I WILL SAY I'M REALLY KIND OF DISAPPOINTED AND I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THE SPACE DEDICATED TO PEDESTRIANS AND THAT IT DOESN'T EVEN MEET SOME CHAPTER II REQUIREMENTS.
SO WHAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND THE PLANTING ZONE AND SIDEWALK IT'S BEING PROVIDED FROM PROPOSED IN THIS CROSS SECTION.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ON THE NORTH OF THE SOUTH SIDE? YEAH, YOU'RE ONE BOTH.
THEY'RE BOTH SOME CHAPTER II, WHICH TO ME IS A BASE LEVEL OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.
AND I REALLY WE'RE EXCEEDING THAT, BUT THE SIDEWALKS AND PLANTING ZONES DON'T EVEN MEET THAT.
SO I'M CURIOUS IF, WHILE WE'RE PROPOSING SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EVEN MEET CURRENT CODE, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU AND LOOK AT THAT.
UM, OR THE WIDTHS, OR I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE THIS UP CHAPTER EIGHT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE CAN TRUST.
THAT COULD BE JUST INTERPRETING WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH.
SO IF YOU COMBINE THE SIDEWALK AND THE CYCLE TRACK LIKE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY MEET SUBCHAPTER EVE AND THE CYCLE TRACK ISN'T REQUIRED BY SUB CHAPTER.
SO THAT, THAT COULD BE THE POTENTIAL THOUGHT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE THINKING? I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK.
CAN WE LOOK AT THIS SECTION, PULL THE SECTOR BACK BECAUSE IN THAT CASE, NO, THAT THAT WOULD BE A YEAR IN VETERAN.
SO WE'VE GOT SEVEN AND A HALF FEET OF SIDEWALK, SEVEN FEET OF OPEN SPACE AND SEVEN AND A HALF FEET OF CYCLED.
SO SEPARATED FROM TRAFFIC IN SOME SPACES BY PARKING, EVEN ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE IN THE FORM OF RAIN GARDENS, WHERE THAT PARKING, WHERE THE PARKING HAPPENS, THERE'S BULL BOUTS THAT HAVE RAIN GARDENS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO THAT'S 15 FEET OF PEDESTRIAN HARDSCAPE SPACE WITH SEVEN FEET OF LANDSCAPE SPACE.
UM, THERE'S ALSO NO BUILDINGS THAT DIRECTLY FRONT ON 51ST STREET.
EVERYTHING IS SET IN QUITE A WAYS FROM THE STREET THERE'S TALKS WITH.
I THINK UT IS LOOKING AT SOME BUILDINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DELL SITE, BUT EVERY THURSDAY, THERE IS A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN SPACE AND LANDSCAPE SPACE ALL ALONG 51ST STREET.
AND TO THE NORTH TO THERE ARE THE NORTH IS KIND OF ITS OWN READING THIS RIGHT, IS SHOWING AWNINGS A BOOK OVER THE SIDEWALK.
SO I WAS ASSUMING THAT JUST MEANS BUILDINGS BUILT UP TO THIS STONE, AS YOU WOULD DO IN SUB CHAPTER EIGHT.
THERE IS CURRENT THAT PART'S CONDITION DOES NOT CURRENTLY SURE, SURE.
BUT THIS IS PROPOSED, RIGHT? SO NEW PROJECTS THAT COME IN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO BUILD UP TO THIS ZONE.
ONCE THIS IS IN PLACE, IT WOULD VARY BASED ON WHAT THEIR ZONING REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR EACH PROJECT, HOW THEY INTERFACE WITH, I MEAN, BUELLER IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, CAUSE IT'S A PUTT, RIGHT.
BUT I WOULD ASSUME ANY OTHER NEW PROJECTS HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CODE.
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SO THAT'S JUST MY QUESTION.I MEAN THE FIVE, ESPECIALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK AND THE 5.8 FOOT THINGS OUT.
I MEAN, THOSE AREN'T EVEN CLOSE SUBJECT.
SO THAT'S JUST COMMON, UH, MAJOR COMMERCIALISM PROPERTIES.
AND THOSE WILL BE EVALUATED AT THE TIME.
IT WAS CYCLING, CYCLING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRIGGERS CHAPTER IS STANDARDS BASED ON ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
SO THEY WOULD RIP ALL OF THIS OUT AND THEN TOOK SOME CHAPTER YOU COMPLIANT.
WE NEED TO TEAR OUT ANY OF THAT.
IF IT'S NOT, IF IT'S FOUND NOT TO BE COMPLIANT, THERE ARE WAYS TO ACHIEVE ALTERNATIVE ONLY COMPLIANT NECESSARILY.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE CASE.
JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IT GOES ALONG WITH COPIES OF ENTITLEMENTS.
MY QUESTION IS, OR COMMENT IS, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE PROPOSING SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T MEET THOSE STANDARDS.
SO I'D LIKE TO GET SOME COMMENTS BECAUSE IF THIS PROJECT IS ONE-OFF OR SORRY, YOU CAN'T SPEAK IF YOU'RE TO CLARIFY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THIS WAS REQUESTED FOR ACTION AS WELL.
MORE QUESTION, UH, HAVE YOU TALKED TO ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THREE OF THE CITY ABOUT, DID THEY HAVE ANY STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS INTERPRETATION WITH PEPPER EAT? NOW, THIS HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY EVERYONE WHO WORKS AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND EVERY DEPARTMENT SINCE 2016.
UM, YEAH, THIS IS A 2016 BOND PROJECT.
UM, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF DST REVIEW, UM, INSTANT, BECAUSE IT'S A TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED, BUT YES, IT'S GONE THROUGH ARBORIST ENVIRONMENTAL FULL REVIEW.
I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHT PROCESS WHILE WE'RE HERE.
UH, SO IT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY THIS MANY IN PRINT AND IT HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE SEPTEMBER, EITHER COMPLAINANT OR NO, IT'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING THAT'S TRIGGERED AT YOUR TIME OF SITE PLAN.
SO BECAUSE THIS IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE STREETSCAPE PROJECT, THERE IS, THERE WAS NO SUBTRACTOR E REQUIRED.
UM, I GUESS MY LAST COMMENT IS, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BUS STOPS? YES.
W IT'S NOT STAYING ON HERE, BUT IT'S ON OUR PLANS.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH CAP METRO WE'VE MOVED BUS STOPS.
WE'VE ACCOMMODATED FOR THE FECAL TRACK.
DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS? WHAT'S GOING ON? AND THEY WANT ME TO JILL FAGAN HAS WORKED ON THIS PROJECT SINCE 2016 ALSO.
SO HI THERE, I'LL JUST SAY REALLY QUICKLY.
I'M JUST HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
I WAS HERE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
I'M BIG IN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE WORKED ON THIS PROJECT WITH MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM FOR MANY YEARS NOW REGARDING THE NORTH SIDE CONVERSATION INTO THE SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT HOW OR WHY THAT'S NOT MEETING THE CURRENT CHAPTER, YOU DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.
I THINK IT WAS A CONVERSATION.
AND THAT CONVERSATION, THAT DECISION WAS BASED ON THE FACT THAT YOU'RE USING THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY.
THAT'S THE AIR RIGHT NOW AND TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE STREETSCAPE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS DURING THIS SORT OF WHAT WE CALL AN INTERIM PHASE.
AND AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT OVER TIME, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT AT WAR AS THE NORTH PROPERTIES, REDEVELOPED, THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND ON THE OFFERINGS HERE.
NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE THOUGHT OF RIPPING OUT OR REDOING, BUT HOPEFULLY ADDING TO, OR ACCENTUATING, BUT THE CITY WITH ITS BOND CAPABILITIES WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY IN ORDER TO MAKE A WIDER SIDEWALK OR TREAT AREA.
THE FOCUS WAS ALSO ON BUILDING THAT MORE SIDE PROTECTED CYCLE TRACK, WHICH IS SOLID INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T EXIST RIGHT NOW.
THEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT AWAY, IT WAS LET'S DO THE TREAT AREA IN AS BIG OF A SIDEWALK AS WE CAN FOR NOW.
IT WAS SAYING AS PROJECTS COME IN AND REDEVELOP, IF THE CITY WANTED TO ASK FOR A WIDER SIDEWALK, THEN POTENTIALLY THAT WOULD BE ADDED ONTO, OR WE CONSTRUCTED.
AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENT.
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WHOLE POINT IS WE'RE DESIGNING SOMETHING THAT WHEN A PROJECT DOES DECIDE TO DEVELOP, THEY WILL NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY WILL EITHER HAVE TO RIP IT OUT AND BUILD NEW STUFF THAT DOES COMPLY OR TRY TO GET AN ALTERNATIVE EQUIVALENT COMPLIANCE.AND WE'RE SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY TO REDO THIS WHOLE STREET.
WHY NOT JUST BUILD IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME? THAT'S ALL MY, WE ARE LIMITED BY, THERE IS NO NEW RIGHT AWAY THAT WAS ACQUIRED AS PART OF THE JACKET.
THAT WAS MORE SO WE KIND OF HAD OUR, OUR LIMITS AND HAD TO FIT AWESOME ON PROJECTS THAT HAVE CALENDAR, THIS KIND OF CONFLICT WITH RIGHT AWAY ON THIS.
TYPICALLY THERE'S AN EASEMENT IS CONSIDERED TO MEET THE STANDARD OF SEPARATE, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO SHOULD THAT BE NECESSARY? THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION IN THE FUTURE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AT THE SITE THAT STAGE THAT COULD BE EVALUATED, BUT THIS BEING THE INFRASTRUCTURE ROADWAY WOULD NOT APPLY.
SOMETIMES TEMPLATE WILL NOT APPLY AND NOT UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S ALSO THE, ALL THE POWER LINES TO DEAL WITH ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET.
AND YOU KNOW, THOSE AREN'T REFLECTED HERE, BUT, UH, THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER YEAH.
BUILDING 15 FOOT SEVEN COULDN'T WORK.
UM, WELL I GUESS THAT SOUND LIKE ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS.
UM, I'LL PREFACE IT FIRST DEALERS OVER HALF DEVELOPED OR DEAD.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS AREA.
UM, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO VOTE AGAINST OR DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT THE INSTALLATION OF BIKE LANES WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, UM, PREVENTING THE INTERACTION OF CARS AND BIKES.
SO I WOULD PROPOSE AND SUPPORT THIS FOR THE VOTE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON.
YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THAT ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE TO RIP OUT OR MAKE A MODIFICATION, UM, TO IMPROVE FOR SUBCHAPTER E BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO DENY THE INSTALLATION OF LIENS ON EASTERN.
I WILL SAY IT'S NOT EITHER OR RIGHT.
I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S ROOM HERE.
THERE'S BIKE LANES AND PROVIDE A SIDEWALK IF IT WAS THERE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION, ANY DISCUSSION? WELL, JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT WHILE I DO AGREE THAT PUTTING IN PROTECTED BIKE LANES IS SUPER IMPORTANT, NOT, NOT A FAN OF KNOW, BUILDING SOMEONE JUST TO RIP IT OUT LATER, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IS WHY ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS EXIST IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT PROBLEM IS OR HOW TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
SO FOR ME TO, TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD OF SAYING, YEAH, OKAY, IT WORKS FOR NOW.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO RIP IT OUT IN THE FUTURE.
I CAN AGREE WITH ONE OF THE PROJECT FOLDER, THE PROPERTY OWNER, THAT'S IMPROVING PROPERTIES WITH THEIR BIG MULTI-MILLION DEVELOPMENT.
THEY'RE THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT IMPROVEMENT AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPROVING THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THEIR PROJECT ANYWAY, LIKE THEY ALREADY HAVE TO DO THAT SO THAT THAT'S ALREADY A PROTECT COST FOR THEM.
BUT IN THE INTERIM WE HAVE, WE HAVE A FUNCTIONING BIKE LANE AND WE'RE PREVENTING THAT.
YEAH, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT, BUT LET'S SAY IT'S HOUSING THERE, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE GOING TO, IF YOU HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER $500,000 OF THE COST OF THE PROJECT TO RIP OUT AND REBUILD WHAT WE COULD HAVE FIGURED OUT TODAY, THAT'S $500,000 OF MORE COST TO SOMEONE WHO CAN'T GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I GUESS ONE THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND TOO, IS, UM, I LEAVE WHAT'S THERE.
CAN THEY STILL COMPLY WITH SUB CHAPTER EIGHT IN THE FUTURE? AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TWO SIDEWALKS OR LIKE I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
AND THEN IT FEELS VERY PIECEMEAL.
SO ARE WE ENCOURAGING LIKE PIECEMEAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FUTURE BY DOING THIS? I DON'T.
I THINK THE SCENARIO WOULD BE WITH WHAT I DESCRIBED EARLIER, EITHER THEY TRIED TO GET AN ALTERNATIVE EQUIVALENT CLIENTS OR THEY RIP IT OUT AND FIND SOMETHING THAT DOES.
I'M JUST TRYING TO ENVISION WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
LIKE WITH PIECEMEAL, YOU KNOW, ONE DEVELOPER HERE HAS CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE AND THEN DOWN THE ROAD, IT'S THE SAME.
YOU CAN SEE IT ACROSS SIDEWALKS THAT JUST, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF JOGGING THAT OCCURS ON NORTH SIDE.
ANYWAY, THERE'S, UH, A LARGE QUANTITY OF EXISTING TREES THAT ARE IN THE RIGHT
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OF WAY THAT ARE BEING WORKED AROUND.UM, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE CHURCH THAT IS IN THE PROCESS OF REDEVELOPING THEIR PROPERTY AND WORKING WITH US INCORPORATING KIND OF WHAT THEIR DESIGN WAS AND INCORPORATING WHAT WE HAD AS FAR AS THE 50 BIRTH STREET IMPROVEMENTS GO WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW IT'S COLLABORATING AND WORKING, BUT THE OVERHEAD POWER LINES ALONG THE NORTH SIDE, COUPLED WITH EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, EXISTING STORM, WATER, SANITARY, ALL OF THAT.
AND THEN THE EXISTING TREES WE WERE ON WITH CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS WHEN THE STE JUST CHANGED THEIR MIND AND DECIDED THEY WANTED A LOT OF TREES PRESERVED ON THAT NORTH SIDE.
SO THAT AGAIN, KIND OF NEXT DOWN, SOME OF OUR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE AND HAS KIND OF CREATED SOME WINDING WEAVING THAT OCCURS AROUND THOSE EXISTING.
IF I MAY CLARIFY, THERE'S NOT AN OPTION TO MEET SUBJECTIVELY AT THE TIME THAT APPLIES THE PROJECT EITHER MEETS IT OR DOES NOT MEAN WHEN THE TIME COMES THAT A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT HAS TO BE SUCH A CREED.
THERE ARE WAYS TO ACHIEVE THAT.
I'M TRYING TO PULL ON COMPLIANCE IS ONE WAY TO ACHIEVE IT IS NOT AN EXCEPTION TO THE STANDARD.
IT'S ANOTHER WAY ANOTHER DESIGN SOLUTION TO MEET THE INTENT IN THE SPECIFICATIONS OF DESIGN STANDARDS ARE CODIFIED EASEMENTS HAVE BEEN USED AGAIN, JUST TO REPEAT AS A, AS A MECHANISM TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARD.
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO ACHIEVE THAT.
IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT FUTURE PROJECTS WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE SUBJECT.
THERE IS NO MECHANISM AS TO ADMINISTRATE THE WAVE SUBTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS.
SO THOSE WILL BE MET ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IN THE FUTURE.
WE HAVE THREE MORE PROJECTS TO GET TO.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FROM MICHELLE WEAVER.
UM, OH, THERE WAS A SECOND BY OUR BLADE.
UM, THIS PROJECT COMPLIES WITH CITY AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ITEM ONE D DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO EVALUATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING WHETHER THE SPRINGS HEALTH FACILITY LOCATED AT 58, 11 HOLLY LANE, THE COMPLIANCE WITH CITY DESIGN SCANABILITY STAMPS.
[1.d. Discussion and possible action to evaluate and make recommendations regarding whether the Dove Springs Health Facility located at 5811 Palo Blanco Ln, complies with the City Design and Sustainability Standards for the City of Austin; Carolyn Roman Marmon Mok Architecture; Claire Eddleman-Heath Asakura Robinson; Kalpana Sutaria City of Austin Public Works Department.]
GOOD AFTERNOON.I'M CONVINCED THAT A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT MANAGEMENT ON THE DOVE SPRINGS PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY PROJECT.
AND BEFORE THEY PRESENT, I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT HOW EXCITED THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH IS THAT THIS IS FINALLY HAPPENING.
LIKE THEY'VE BEEN TRYING FOR 20 YEARS AND IT'S ONE OF THE POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS IN AUSTIN.
AND THEY RIGHT NOW TRAVEL ONE AVID EACH WAY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES, LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, VIG PROGRAMS, WHICH IS WOMEN, CHILDREN, WOMEN, INFANT, CHILDREN PROGRAMS, UM, AND IMMUNIZATIONS INTIMIDATION FOR THE KIDS.
AND SO RIGHT NOW IT JUST SPREAD EVERYWHERE AND THEY FIND WHATEVER THEY CAN DO.
SO THIS WILL REALLY BRING THE MUCH NEEDED FACILITY, ESPECIALLY AFTER COVID, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS IS A DESIGN PROJECT.
AND WITH ME, I HAVE MY DESIGN BUILD TEAM MEMBERS.
KETTERLING ENROLLMENT WITH MARVIN MOCK ARCHITECTS AND, UH, UH, CLAIRE EDELMAN
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HEATH WITH SECRETARY ROBINSON.AND THEY WILL BE PRESENTING THE, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE THAT QUICK? YEAH.
AND SO THIS IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOVE SPRINGS METRO PARK.
UM, RIGHT NOW THERE IS THOSE THINGS, UH, LIKE CREATION CENTERED IN THE METRO PARK FROM POTENTIALLY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH RUNS SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, BUT NOW THEY WILL FIND THIS.
THEY'RE DIVIDED ELEMENTARY IN THE SOUTH IS TEMPORARY.
AND SO AS A FURTHER ITERATION OF OUR LOCATION AND ALSO SOME, UH, LOCAL CONNECTIVITY, UM, WE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH ON NUMBER ONE OF THE DOVE SPRINGS RECREATION CENTER.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE QUEUE HERE UP IN THE TOP CENTER.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EXISTING BICYCLE PATHS THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND THROUGHOUT THE PARK.
UM, LET'S SEE, THERE ARE EXISTING SOCCER FIELDS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EXISTING, REALLY NICE TREES ON THE SITE.
UM, AND I CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THIS WAS A, A SPECIAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN AUSTIN, AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE, UH, PARDON.
SO WE WENT THROUGH CHAPTER 26 PROCESS AND THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE USE OF THAT.
THE ORANGE AREA IS THE PARKLAND THAT IS BEING USED.
AND SO THE COUNCIL APPROVED IT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019.
UM, SO AS FAR AS ZONING GOES, THIS IS FOR PARKS WITH, UH, UM, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREA FOR MCKINNEY.
AND THEN CLAIRE, IF YOU WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SITE.
AND SO, UM, SO A FEW TEACHERS THAT I THINK WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT ARE UNIQUE TO THE SITE.
ONE IS THAT WE HAVE WILLIAMSON CREEK JUST TO THE EAST.
SO WE DO HAVE A FLOOD COMING INTO THE SITE AND WE'RE NOT DEVELOPING THAT PORTION OF THE SITE.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A UNIQUE STREET SIGNAGE, UH, RIGHT AT THIS CORNER IS REALLY OUR PRIMARY STREET FRONTAGE TO THE ADJACENT STREET.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE SITE THAT'LL BE IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO NOTE IS, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS PREVIOUSLY PARKLAND REALLY DONE OUR BEST TO PRESERVE AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING SOME THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY, UH, NOT BE PRIORITIZED OR DO PROVIDE A LOT OF HABITAT VALUES SUCH AS THE HACKBERRY OR CEDAR ROUND.
SO WE DO HAVE A FEW, UH, HERITAGE OF DETECTIVE STORIES.
UM, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW, BECAUSE WE ARE SEEKING AN ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE FOR SUBCHAPTER E 2.3, BECAUSE WE HAVE A HERITAGE TREE KIND OF CIRCUITRY THAT BLOCKS THE ADJACENT STUFF OUT STREETS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I'LL PICK THIS OUT RIGHT HERE.
WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL HERITAGE, CEDAR ELM RIGHT HERE, AND THEN I HAVE A PROTECTIVE TREE AS WELL RIGHT HERE, UH, GEORGE STREET, AS WELL AS OUR CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.
SO, UH, WHEN YOU COME TO THIS SITE, YOU'LL ENTER FROM PALO BLANCO LANG ADJACENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND ALSO THE MAIN ACCESS TO THE RECREATION CENTER.
YOU'LL, UH, WE'RE, UH, PROVIDING THE DRIVE FOR EASY ACCESS TO COME IN TO THE SITE.
UH, SO YOU'LL SEE, COME IN AT THE BUILDING AT THE 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND YOU'LL HAVE A VISITOR PARKING WITH LARGE PLANTING ISLAND.
UM, ALL OF THE RIGHT LIGHT GREEN COLOR ARE NATIVE AND ADAPTED PLANTS, UH, GRASSES, SUCH, UM, TO BEAUTIFY THE ENTRANCE.
UH, THE MAIN BUILDING WILL BE LOCATED, UM, ON THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTION OF THE SITE.
UM, AND I'LL HAVE THEIR OUTDOOR DAYCARE AREAS.
SO OUTDOOR PLAYGROUNDS, UM, FOR INFANT TO FIVE-YEAR-OLD AGES.
UM, AND THEN, UM, ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE DRIVE, WE'RE KEEPING TO THE SAME SOCCER FIELDS.
UH, SO THOSE ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AND WE'LL HAVE, UH, ADDING A PAVILION TO LOOK OUT ONTO THEM FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS.
AND THEN ON EITHER SIDE, OUR STORM WATER QUALITY FEATURES ARE RAIN GARDENS PLANTED WITH NATIVE PLANTS.
AND THEN AS FAR AS SITE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENTS, UM, YOU CAN SEE, UH, EXHIBITED HERE, OBVIOUSLY THE, UH,
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WE ELECTED TO MAKE PART OF THE FIRE, UM, FIRE LANE TURN AROUND CROSS PAVE BECAUSE IT WAS SO CLOSE TO THE EXISTING SOCCER FIELDS.WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE FOR EVERYONE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A DECOMPOSED GRANITE WALKING PATH, WHICH IS IDENTIFIED BY NUMBER TWO ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DRIVE.
UM, AND THEN A REGULAR SIDEWALK ADJACENT TO THE PARKING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVE.
IT CONNECTS ALL THE WAY FROM HICKORY DOWN TO PUBLIC BLANCO.
AND, UM, WE HAVE THE ART, TYPICAL ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SPOTS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF BICYCLE SPACES ADJACENT TO, UM, JASON TO THE MAIN ENTRY FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE BUILDING.
I THINK I MIGHT'VE FROZEN UP JUST A LITTLE BIT THERE.
, THE PROBLEM WITH USING NEW BUILDINGS? WE'RE THE GUINEA PIG TO FIND OUT THE BUGS? WELL, HE'S DOING THAT.
COULD YOU CLARIFY SOMETHING FOR ME ON THE APPLICATION? UH, YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE TAKING THE EXCEPTION TO THE SCREEN FRONTAGE, AND YOU ALSO SAY AN ALTERNATIVE EQUIVALENT IS PROVIDED THERE, WHICH, WHICH IS IT ON THE STREET FRONTAGE? UM, YOU SAID YOU'RE USING THE EXEMPTION OF STREET FURNITURE REQUIREMENT FOR FOR SMALL LOTS.
WE FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION.
IT WAS, OUR TEAM WILL NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON IT.
AND I'M SORRY, I CAN'T CLARIFY.
UM, SO IF IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE EQUIVALENT COMPLIANCE, WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT.
YOU'RE TONIGHT, IF YOU'RE JUST USING THE EXEMPTION, THAT'S IN THE CODE AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE I'M USING EXEMPTION EXEMPTION.
SO THERE WAS JUST, THE TYPE OF COVER SAID VC IS PROVIDED BY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.
IS THAT A SEPARATE ISSUE? THAT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE.
THAT'S ABOUT THE FRONTAGE, UM, IT'S TO DO WITH THE, THE CORNER OF THE LOT, BUT THE ISSUE, I KNOW YOU WILL WANT TO REVIEW WITH THE 2.3 ACTIVITY, UM, STARTING TO STEP OUT STREET OR THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS WE ARE PROVIDING PEDESTRIAN AND, UH, ACTOR, BUT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING THE CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE SITE AT THOSE AREAS BECAUSE OF THE VERY PROTECTIVE TREES.
SORRY ABOUT THE, I'M GOING TO TRY TO LOVE THE PDF ONE REAL QUICK.
I'M GOING TO SAY WE BROUGHT A FLASH DRUNK WITH THE PDF.
IF YOU'D LIKE US TO TRY, THERE'S ALSO A PDF ON THERE.
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UM, AND I THINK WE'RE IN THE RIGHT SPOT.AND SO THE SECOND FELL FROM THE BOTTOM TOOTH, I BELIEVE.
UM, WE DID BRING, UM, WE DO BRING THE FLOOR PLANS WITH US, BUT I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF TIME AND LISTEN TO ANYTHING SPECIFIC, YOU'D LIKE TO SEE, WE CAN KIND OF CRUISE PAST THOSE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, JUST TO TURN OUT, WE HAD A NUMBER OF EXHIBITS.
WE DID ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY QUITE A BIT.
WE, UH, HAD A TASKFORCE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT OFFERED US VERY VALUABLE FEEDBACK.
WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THEM.
THEY'VE GIVEN US FEEDBACK ON THE EXTRA MATERIALS.
UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF ACTUAL JUST OPEN COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE WE RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON, UH, THE COLOR OF THE BUILDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE TASK FORCE IS MADE UP OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND WE LITERALLY MET WITH THEM ONCE A MONTH, ONCE IN TWO MONTHS TO KEEP UP WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT.
SO DURING COVID ENTIRELY, WELL, WE'D LIKE TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE DID A COMMUNITY SURVEY AND, UM, FILL OUT THE RESULTS, UH, WHICH WE CAN COME BACK TO IF YOU'D LIKE, UM, SEND OUT A NUMBER OF CARDS WITH VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, OR CALLS THAT WE DID INVOLVED, UM, KIND OF LOCAL, UH, LOCAL FLORA, FAUNA, DESIGN, UM, AESTHETIC, AND WHAT IT MEANT FOR THE BUILDING THAT ACTUALLY LED US TO PART OF OUR EXTERIOR PALLET.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE A FEW RENDERINGS TO HELP EXHIBIT THE, UH, THE ENTRANCE TO THE SITE.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE, UM, AREA IS ACTUALLY SORT OF SCREENED BY THE RETAINING WALL, WHICH IS KIND OF NICE.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE DRIVE KIND OF MEANDERS THROUGH THE SITE, WHICH IS ALSO NICE.
WE'RE TRYING TO RETAIN A LOT OF THE EXISTING TREES ON THE SITE AND, UH, IT'S UNIQUE, ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE OF ITS SORT OF CORNER ENTRANCE.
UM, ORIGINALLY WE BEGAN WITH, UM, UM, MASONRY AND, UM, METAL PANEL EXTERIOR, UM, HOWEVER, THROUGH SOME BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, FOLLOWING AVAILABLE AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS AND COVID ET CETERA, WE HAVE MOVED TO A MORE STUCCO APPROACH, UH, THE ENVELOPE THAT HAS A, AN AESTHETIC OR A FINISHED SURFACE OF ENTIRELY STUCCO, UM, INCLUDING GLAZING AND OPENINGS, BUT WE'RE BRINGING IN COLOR TO HELP, UH, OFFSET THIS.
AND THE COMMUNITY WAS ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE COLORS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHERE WE PROPOSE THOSE COLORS BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE SUN IN TEXAS IS STRONG.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE, UH, PUBLIC HILLSIDE.
AND THEN, UM, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MENTION EARLIER THAT, UH, THE OTHER WING ON THE GROUND LEVEL IS A CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, A CHILDCARE CENTER.
UM, AND SO THIS WOULD BE THE ENTRY TO THE CHILDCARE CENTER.
UM, SO AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH DOESN'T REALLY OPERATE CHILDCARE CENTERS, BUT THIS WAS ADDED AT THE LAST MINUTE ON PROJECT BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND SO THEY WILL GET AN OPERATOR TO OPERATE THE CHILDCARE CENTER AND ALL THE CITY WILL OWN IT.
AND SO THEY WILL HAVE SOME, UH, IT'S A HIGH-QUALITY CHILDCARE CENTER AND COSTS A LOT, BUT THEY WILL HAVE SOME PARTS FOR SUBSIDIZED.
UM, THIS IS THE, UH, INFANT AND TODDLER OUTDOOR LEARNING AREAS THAT CLAIRE MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDED OUR BUILDING ELEVATIONS IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.
BUT, UM, NO, I REALLY SPED THROUGH THOSE LAST FEW SLIDES, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE US TO REVISIT OR BRING BACK UP ON THE SCREEN OR LIKE QUESTIONS? UM, WE ANSWERED WE'RE HERE TRAINS WITH LIKE THE CLOSEST TRANSIT STOP.
SO THE CLOSEST TRANSIT STOP IS ACTUALLY ABOUT TWO BLOCKS AWAY.
LET ME SCROLL UP OFF OF STASSNEY.
UM, AND THE, THE COMMUNITY WAS ACTUALLY WE PARTICIPATED IN A COMMUNITY.
SO WE, WE ARE ENGAGING WITH CAPITAL METRO AND THEY CAME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS AND, UM, ON HICKORY STREET IT'S TWO BLOCKS AND THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE
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A BUS STOP ON .THERE WAS SOME DESIRE TO BE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, BUT CAP METRO SAID THAT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT WITH THE SMALLER CURVIER STREETS TO GET IN THERE.
AND THEY REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON THAT EXISTING KIND OF LARGER PARKWAY.
FOR INSTANCE, STEPHANIE HAS MANY OPTIONS, SO THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE ON DESTINY AND THEY CAN TAKE OTHER HOUSE.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE ITEM NUMBER 10, WHICH IS A COVERED TOURBILLION.
AND JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS, HOW IT'S FLYING NEXT TO THEM, TRY AND THRIVE.
SO THAT'S NOT LANDSCAPE RELATED QUESTION, BUT IT'S A FRIENDS OF MINE.
THE OTHER THING I LOVE OR ALL THESE OUTDOOR SPACES, MY OTHER QUESTION, ARTISTS ARE THOSE ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN ON.
IF YOU'RE NOT CALLING THE CHILDCARE, IF YOU'RE NOT, HOW CAN I JUST GO AND BRING MY CHILD TO PLAY CERTAIN HOURS? JUST CURIOUS, IT'S REALLY AN ESTIMATE.
SO JOHNNY CARE CENTER, YOU KNOW, IT'S INFANCY TO PRE-K.
SO IT'S, THE BILLION IS MEANT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE, IT WOULD BE OPEN.
THE PARKING IN THE PAVILION WILL BE OPEN TO PUBLIC.
YOU KNOW, AT ALL TIMES, PAVILION IS MAINLY MEANT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TO WATCH THE SOCCER GAMES.
THEY ARE SAYING IT'S BECOMING LOT, LOT MORE POPULAR.
AND SO, UM, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD ELIJAH WILLIAMS WHEN WE HEAD OUT BECAUSE OF COST.
NOW, THE PAVILION IS A CHILLING PART OF ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM.
THEY WILL DO A FOUNDATION AND THEY'RE GOING TO DESIGN.
SO, UH, CHILDREN IN CHILDCARE CENTERS HAVE THEIR OWN WHAT THEY CALL OUTDOOR LEARNING SPACES.
WE, THEY ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE BECAUSE CHILDCARE CENTERS, ALL THESE ENVIRONMENTS.
SO CHILDREN WILL BE USING THOSE DAILY PAVILION IS MEANT FOR JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IS THERE STILL A WAY TO MOVE THAT PAVILION? JUST BECAUSE WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LITTLE , IT'S REALLY NOT A TRAFFIC IS ONLY FOR THIS FACILITY, SO WE ARE NOT EXPECTING AND ALL THE, UM, CHILDCARE CENTER AND OTHERS, THE PART BEFORE ACTUALLY THE CROSSING OF THE PAVILION, MOST OF THE PEOPLE DIDN'T FIGHT ME BEYOND THIS.
SO WE'RE NOT EXPECTING MUCH KIND OF, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO HELP, BUT YOU JUST KNEW THE CLOSER INTO THE SOCCER FIELD OR PROVIDE A FENCING OR SOMETHING.
I THINK I'LL SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT KNOWING I A AND FOR THAT, I THINK WE HAVE A FEW FEET.
I THINK WE'RE, UM, WHERE IT MAY NOT BE A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT HERE, BUT THE, UM, THE SOCCER FIELD AND THE DRIVE ARE ACTUALLY FAIRLY, UM, FAIRLY CLOSE.
UM, NOT SUCH THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT THE KIDS TO BE RUNNING OUT INTO THE DRIVE, BUT, UM, THAT SORT OF NARROWED OUR PAVILION TO AN EXTENT, AND WE COULD NARROW IT JUST A BIT MORE, UH, AND PUSH IT OVER.
BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST ENOUGH OF AN, UH, UH, COVERAGE PROVIDE SHADE VERSUS BEING REALLY FUNNY AND NOT FINDING IT ALONG THE BAGGAGE WHEN YOU'RE GOING AROUND THAT, ON THE SIDES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST NO ARE CREATED.
SHE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT JUST LIKE I SAID, LESS SLEEP BETTER JUST KNOWING.
I KNOW HOW THOSE SPRING IS REALLY A FINISHED NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE BENEFIT AND IT'S GOING TO, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO I THINK Y'ALL DID A GOOD JOB.
IT HAS BEEN A FIGHT AND IT'S LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD COME TO EVERY BOND MEETING AND THIS WAS FINALLY APPROVED IN 2014.
SO WE ARE REALLY ENGAGING THE NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE TO GIVE US ALL THAT COMMENT.
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU WERE TO TRAVEL BY BUS VERSUS JUST ALL YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES.
UH, SO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS UNDERSTAND, COULD YOU JUST WALK THROUGH THE CONNECTIVITY? CAN YOU SEE THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY.
WOULD YOU MIND GOING ONE? THIS SLIDE ACTUALLY.
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AS YOU KNOW, IN SOME CHAPTER 18, 2.3, THEY WOULD ASK US TO, TO OUR, OUR JASON STUBBED OUT STREETS, WHICH IS GEORGE AND, UM, HICKORY DOWN HERE ACROSS THE SITE.BUT, UM, IF WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE A GOOD CONNECTION WITH THE SIDEWALK AND DG TRAIL ACROSS THE HICKORY, BUT NOT ABLE TO CONNECT THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE HERITAGE TREE AND THEN THE PROTECTED TREE AND CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE WITH VEHICULAR ACCESS.
SO THAT'S THE POINT THAT IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE SUBJECTOR B.
UM, BUT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS WE'RE REQUESTING, UH, TO, UH, NOT PROCEED WITH THAT ACTIVITY.
SO THERE'S ONE MORE THING TO THAT.
UM, THEN THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE, UH, CHAPTER 26 PROCESS TO USE THIS PIPELINE.
WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DISCUSS BEYOND THE SOCCER FIELDS.
THAT IS AN AGREEMENT THAT ONLY CERTAIN ADA WILL BE DISTURBED.
SO THAT WE CONNECT, BUT HE COULD EVEN THOUGHT PICK THE, INITIALLY WE HAD A PRELIMINARY PLAN SHOWING THE CONNECTION TO THE HICKORY STREET, AND THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT THIS BIG PREDICTED NICE STREAK IS THAT.
SO WE FIGURED OUT THE FIVE THAT EXISTS AROUND WITHIN DECIDED FIRE DEPARTMENT DEGREE.
I SUPPOSE THE THING ALSO IS THAT WE'VE TAKEN THE DRIVE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT IT SHOULD SOMETHING UNFORTUNATE HAPPENED TO THAT PORTRAY THAT IF IT WOULDN'T BE MUCH OF A PUSH TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
WHY IT'S ALTERNATIVE EQUIVALENT? WELL, WHY IS IT ALTERNATIVE? GO BACK TO THE SITE BECAUSE THE STREET DOES NOT CONNECT IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU NEEDED AN ALTERNATIVE, IT'S AN EXEMPTION.
I THINK YOU COULD ARGUE IF THERE'S SOME EQUIVALENT IN PROVIDED.
I MEAN, THERE'S, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S PEDESTRIAN CONNECTED, RIGHT? THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING, WHICH WE DON'T ALWAYS WANT IT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY IN MY OPINION THAT I NEED, BUT THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LIKE A MOTION I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS PROJECT COMPLIES SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIES WITH URBAN DESIGN GUIDE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD FOR A SECOND.
UM, LET'S BE CLEAR THOUGH, THAT SHOULD CITY DESIGN AND SUSTAINABLE.
UH, CAN WE WRAP THESE INTO ONE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A SEPARATE LINE ITEM TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THE AGENCY AND WRAP IT INTO THE SEAT OF MENTIONED ON THE RECORD THAT YOU'RE ALSO TAKING ACTION IN MAKING A RECOMMENDATION OR A FINDING ON THE APC REQUEST, BECAUSE IT IS FINE WITH THAT TO ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT.
SO IT'S A SAYING THE MOTION IS TO COMPLY WITH CITY DESIGN SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS AND, UM, ALSO RECOMMEND THE, THE CONNECTION.
[1.e. Discussion and possible action to evaluate and make recommendations regarding whether the Givens District Park Community Pool Facility located at 3811 E. 12th Street, complies with the City Design and Sustainability Standards for the City of Austin; John Byrd Shawn Bacon and Greg Houston Marmon Mok Architecture; Scott Sinn City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department; Marissa McKinney Coleman & Associates.]
POSSIBLE ACTION TO EVALUATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING WHETHER GIVENS DISTRICT PARK COMMUNITY POOL FACILITY LOCATED AT 38, 11, 12 COMPLIANCE WITH CITY DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS.SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SAME AND THEN GIVE DESIGN COLLECTION THE PRESENTATION.
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WHERE DO YOU WANT ME? UM, YOU HAVE A HARD STOP AT SIX 30 OR THERE ANOTHER MEETING MOST SIMILAR TO THE SIX 30.SO, UM, I CAN GO FASTER, BUT I DON'T HAVE A MASK, UH, GIVEN THE PRESENTATION AND WHILE WE'RE STUDYING, I'LL INTRODUCE.
SO MY NAME IS GREG HOUSTON AND OUR COMPANY IS MARVIN MOCK.
YOU SAW ONE OF OUR WORK BEFOREHAND, ALSO WITH ME AS JOHN BIRD WITH MARK, AND WE GET TO HAVE EXCELLENT MARISSA MCKINNEY ON OUR TEAM INTERNALLY.
UM, THE FIRST PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS GIVEN THIS DISTRICT PARK AQUATICS FACILITY.
AND I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT A GOOD TIME TALKING ABOUT POOLS, BUT WE ALL REMEMBER THE TEXAS SUN.
UM, SO, UH, WE BROUGHT MATERIALS THAT WILL ADDRESS EVERYTHING YOU ASKED US TO PROVIDE TO YOU AND IN THE PUBLISHED REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO FASTER.
SO DURING THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LEGACY OF THIS POOL AT GIVENS.
VINCE IS A DISTRICT PARK IS ON 12TH STREET, KIND OF NEAR EAST AUSTIN.
AND, UM, THIS, IT WAS BUILT IN 1958.
SO THERE'S EXISTING FACILITIES HERE.
IT'S NOT A BRAND NEW SOMETHING AND NOT ONLY IS THERE AN EXISTING POOL, THERE'S AN EXISTING BUILDING.
AND ALL OF THESE HAVE, UH, NOT ONLY THE PHYSICAL LEGACY OF BEING THERE, BUT ALSO CULTURAL LEGACY TO THE COMMUNITY THERE.
IN FACT, WE HEARD THAT DURING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND WE HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAVE FACILITATED BY A CONSULTANT.
UM, AND THEY, THEY PRO ON MANY ISSUES.
UM, AND WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK THAT DIRECTED SOME TIME IN THE, UM, COMMUNITY MEETING.
WE, THE SECOND ONE, WE BROUGHT SOME IDEAS AND SOME OF THESE IDEAS REFLECTED SOME OF THE LEGACY THERE, AND THAT IS THAT THEY HAVE SOME PROGRAMS IN THE WATER AND AROUND THE WATER.
SO WHEN WE DESIGNED THIS, WE RESPECTED THE FACT THAT THEY COULD OPERATE IN THE WATER WITH SOME OF THEIR AQUATICS PROGRAMS AND SET UP TEMPORARY SEATING FOR THE EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE ON NIGHTS AROUND THE POOL.
UM, THE LAND USE AROUND, UH, IS, UH, PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL AND, AND IT REALLY WORKS WELL BECAUSE THERE CAN BE CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THE PARK AND UP TO THE POOL, NOT ONLY FROM 12TH STREET, BUT AROUND, OKAY.
SO AT THE SITE, UM, THERE'S, UH, AS I MENTIONED, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, AND ONE OF THOSE IS SOME REALLY WONDERFUL HERITAGE.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER TREE ON THE SITE THAT WE LOST TO THE FREEZE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS INTACT AND IT WAS NOT AN OAK TREE.
SO THE BEAUTIFUL TREES THERE, AND, AND, AND PART OF THE REMAKING, THE POOL WAS TO RESPECT THE FACT THAT THEY LIKED THE SIZE OF THE POOL, LIKE THE ORIENTATION TO THE POOL.
AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO MOVE IT IN A PINCH ON ROOT ZONES AND TREES, THE EXISTING BUILDING IS OVER ON THE EAST END.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S FULL BUILDING, AND THEN WE ADDED SOME OTHER THINGS.
BUT ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS OF THIS IMAGE IS THAT, UM, 12TH STREET HAS TWO BUS STOPS, AS YOU CAN SEE.
AND THOSE BUS STOPS, UH, PRETTY CLOSE TOGETHER, UH, BUT FACILITATE MOVEMENT ALONG 12 THREE TO CONNECT THE PROJECT TO THOSE, WE'RE DOING A NEW PEDESTRIAN ACCESS PATHWAY SIDEWALK THAT GETS UP THERE AND IT'S A HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
SO WE'RE FOLLOWING THE TERRAIN.
THE OTHER ELEMENT OF THIS IS EXISTING CONDITION IS THERE'S A LOT OF SLOPE.
IT GOES FROM 12TH STREET DOWN TOWARDS THE SCHOOL.
SO THERE WAS SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES TO DEAL WITH, BUT ALSO LINES OF SIGHT AND VISIBILITY AS YOU APPROACHED THE POOL.
UH, THE PARKING TO THE EAST IS EXISTING AND THE, THE REST OF THE GIVENS PARK IS TO THE SOUTH.
SO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE, AND BECAUSE THE SITE SLOPES DOWN FROM 12 AND A LEVELS OFF AT THE POOL AND THEN SLOPES DOWN AGAIN,
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UM, THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR VIEWS FROM THE POOL DECK AND WHATEVER NEW SPACE WE MADE.AND WE DID MAKE A SIGNIFICANT NEW SPACE THERE.
SO THE PARK OF THE SOUTH, AND THIS IS THE EXISTING BUILDING RIGHT HERE, AND THESE ARE SHADE STRUCTURES IN COLOR, AND THIS IS A NEW BUILDING THAT IS A MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM.
THEY CAN USE IT FOR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND PARTIES AND LIFEGUARD TRAINING AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS IMAGE ALSO HAS THESE VERTICAL STRUCTURES THAT ARE SHADE STRUCTURES IN ORANGE.
AND WE WANTED TO, UM, CRAFT THOSE IN A WAY THAT THEY WERE ORGANIC IN THEIR FIELD.
SO WHILE THE SHADE IS PROVIDED, PARTLY BY THE TREES, UH, THE STRUCTURED SHAPE ALSO PROVIDES A LOT OF SHADE AND IT'S A TRANSLUCENT FABRIC, UM, AQUATICS AND PARKS AND RECREATION LIKED THEM A LOT.
SO THE THING IS WE'RE CREATING A RAIN GARDEN ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE SITE, AND THIS RAIN GARDEN ON THE SOUTH EDGE HELPS CREATE A TRANSITION FROM THIS ELEVATED POOL DECK DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF THE, OF THE BASEBALL FIELD.
SO IT'S A SOFTER LANDING AS THE BUILDING PRESENTS ITSELF TO THE PARK OVER TO THE WEST IS A CREEK WAY.
UM, BUT WE DIDN'T ORIENT ANY OF THE VIEWS THAT WAY BECAUSE, UH, ONE IT'S WEST, UH, AND TWO IT'S THE GREEN WAY.
SO THE BUILDING ON THE SITE REALLY PRESENTS ITSELF TO THE PARKING.
AND, UM, SO AS YOU APPROACHED THE BUILDING AND EXPERIENCE IT, IT'S JUST WELCOMING FROM THE PARK INSIDE.
ONE OTHER ASPECT OF THIS IMAGE IS, UH, WHEN WE CREATED THIS SUCCESSFUL ROUTE UP TO 12TH STREET TO GET TO THE BUS STOPS AND COME DOWN, UH, WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING SOME SHADE TREES ALONG THAT JUST TO SHADE WALK AND MAKE SURE THAT'S A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT.
SO THE BALANCE OF THOSE TREES IS WE WANT THEM LARGE ENOUGH TO SHAVE THE WALK AND WALK UNDER THE CANOPY, BUT WE DON'T WANT THEM ALL SO THAT THEY ACTUALLY RESTRICT THE VIEW AS YOU'RE DRIVING ALONG 12TH STREET, LOOK AT THIS NICE AWAY, SITS DOWN IN THE PARK, SO PROPERLY SIZED AND PROPERLY MAINTAINED.
AND SO, AGAIN, THE, UH, WHERE YOU SEE THE NUMBER 12 AND THE CIRCLE RIGHT HAND BUILDING, THAT'S AN EXISTING BUILDING.
AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS PRESERVE THE ENVELOPE OF THAT BUILDING AND REMAKE THE INTERIOR AND THE ENVELOPE IS A NICE COBBLED RIVERSTONE, LIMESTONE, AND IT'S AN OPEN AIR BUILDING AND NOT ONLY OPEN AIR, BUT OPEN TO THE SKY.
SO IT'S A TRUE BATH HOUSE IN THE SWIM ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE'RE PRESERVING THAT BUILDING IN PART BECAUSE IT MAKES GOOD ECONOMIC SENSE, BUT ALSO PART BECAUSE TO THE CITIZENS, THIS IS PART OF THE LEGACY OF GIVENS.
AND THE HISTORY OF THAT BUILDING THE NEW BUILDING IS RIGHT HERE AT THE NUMBER NINE WITH SOME SUPPORT STORAGE SPACE, BUT THAT'S THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM.
SO IT'S IN THAT ELEVATED POSITION WHERE IT HAS A NICE PANORAMA OF THE POOL, BUT IT ALSO HAS A NICE TAMAR PANORAMA BACK TO GIVENS AND IT'S ELEVATED POSITION.
AND OF COURSE WE PROTECTED IT FROM THE WEST SIDE AND IT HAS A NICE OVERHANGS, WHICH WE'LL SHOW YOU IN RENDERING, BUT THAT BUILDING IS CONDITIONED.
SOME UTILITY SPACES IN THE LOWER PLAN AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE PARK.
UH, THE THREE SCALLOPS CANOPIES IN THE FOREFRONT ARE PART OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY REMAKING SOME OF THE BASINS TO BE THE SEARCH TANK FOR THE POOL.
AND, AND THEN DOWN WAY DOWN ON THE OTHER END, THAT CIRCULAR ROOF, THAT'S THE EXISTING STRUCTURE THERE.
SO LIMESTONE SURROUND, WE'RE REDOING THE ROOF A MORE REFLECTIVE, UH, FRIENDLIER, AND THEN THE ROOF ON THE PURPOSE ROOM ALSO PICKS UP ON THE MOTIF THAT EXISTS ON THE SITE.
SO WE'RE DOING NOT ONLY THE HARD SURFACE OF THAT ROOF, BUT THE SHADE STRUCTURES AND THE CIRCULAR.
UM, ALSO PUTTING LIMESTONE ON THE BUILDING AND A VIEW ACROSS THE POOL, YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING CANOPY AND YOU CAN SEE THIS PENINSULA THAT COMES OUT IN THE POOL.
ONE OF THE EVENTS IS AN ADJUNCT THEY HAVE.
AND SO PATRICK CONTESTANTS WILL WALK ON THAT.
AND THEN, AND THE, AND THE VIEWERS WILL BE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
AND JUST ANOTHER LOOK AND YOU GET ANOTHER LOOK AT THE MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING AGAIN, NORTH FACING GLASS DIVING, CURVILINEAR FORMS. AND THEN THIS IS THE VIEW BACK TOWARDS, FROM THE ENTRANCE BACK TOWARDS 12TH STREET, THE WHITE BLOCKS REPRESENT
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THE SCALE OF THE RESIDENCES ACROSS 12TH STREET.BUT, UM, UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A SLIGHT RISE UP IN THE HILL TO GET TO 12TH AN OVERVIEW THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE OPEN AIR CONDITION IN THE ORIGINAL BATH HOUSE.
THAT'S HOW IT WAS AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
AND THAT'S IN, EVERYBODY'S FINE WITH THAT CONDITION.
AND BY THE WAY, UM, THEY'RE NOT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
WE TALKED ABOUT ART PUBLIC PLACES, AND WE'VE BEEN INTERACTING WITH THEM.
UH, WE MADE SOME SUGGESTIONS HOW ART COULD BECOME PART OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND WE'RE WORKING TO THAT PROCESS.
NOW, THEN OVER TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THAT'S THE ENTRANCEWAY SORT OF ENVELOPING FRIENDLY ENTRANCEWAY OF THE LIMESTONE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE RAIN GARDEN IS GOING TO TERRORISTS BACK, OR WE WILL BE SEEKING SITE CERTIFICATION.
AND WE'RE WELL UNDERWAY TOWARDS THAT.
THAT'S THAT'S THE GIVEN THIS PROJECT.
WHERE'S THE TEMPORARY SEATING, BUT THERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF THAT HAPPENED TO VERY IMPORTANT.
THOSE BANDS WORKS, DID THEIR THING THERE.
THE PAGEANT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.
UM, YOU'VE MENTIONED TEMPORARY THING, BUT IT DIDN'T SHOW IT ANYWHERE.
SO THOSE ARE INTENDED TO BE, I'M SORRY.
WHERE IS IT INTENDED TO BE? SO WE WIDENED THE NORTH DECK, RIGHT.
AND SO THERE'S MORE WITH, ON THE DECK AND IT WILL GO ON THE NORTH DECK AND THEY'LL ROLL IT IN FOR THE EVENT ON THE WALL WITHOUT CONCESSION.
UM, SPECIFICALLY AQUATICS IS OUR USER COORDINATOR GROUP AND THEY DON'T REALLY LIKE CONCESSIONS AT THE POOL, BUT THERE IS BENDING.
AND SO THE THING WILL TAKE PLACE RIGHT IN THAT AREA.
SO YOU CAN HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, UH, VENDING EVERY VENDING SNACKS, BUT NOT ACTIVE SERVED CONCESSIONS.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I PERSONALLY AM NOT A FAN OF THE THREE PODS THAT ARE JUST FLOATING OUT THERE.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF MAYBE YOU ADDED ONE OR TWO MORE.
SO THAT THERE'S A SENSE OF CONNECTIVITY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILY AND HERE IN CONCEPT B, YOU COULD SEE THIS CLUSTERS.
SO THAT TO ME IS A VERY DIFFERENT LANGUAGE THAN THE SPIRIT OF THAT I'VE SEEN WITHIN THAT POOL.
AND THEN JUST A SMALL THING, JUST, UM, WITHIN THE RENDERINGS.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT TO SEE MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR TO ACTUALLY REFLECT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY THAT'S THERE VERSUS WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO IT JUST FEELS A LITTLE DISCONNECTED, BUT MORE SHADE OR CONNECTIVITY WITH THOSE PODS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.
AND WE HAVE TO AGREE ON ABOUT THE SAME THING, BUT THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT, UM, GIVEN ON BOTH COMMENTS, NO, ON THE PEOPLE OF COLOR, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REFLECT THE COMMUNITY THAT'S THERE.
UM, AND EVEN IF THE COMMUNITY IS CHANGING, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REFLECT THE HISTORY AND HONOR THE HISTORY OF IT.
I'M ASSUMING THE SHALLOW AREAS ACCESS.
THERE'S TWO MEANS OF ACCESSIBILITY IN THE POOL.
WE HAVE, WHAT'S CALLED A ZERO ENTRY RAMP WHERE THE WATER TAPERS TO ZERO DEPTH, UM, AND THAT IS TECHNICALLY ACCESSIBLE, BUT THE 42 TESTS, TEXAS ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER AREA THAT HAS A RAIL.
UH, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
ONE, THE FIRST ONE IS I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TREE ACCESSIBLE PATH FROM THE BUS STOP.
WE NORMALLY HAVE TO REALLY FIGHT TO GET STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT.
UM, THE SECOND QUESTION IS MAYBE I MISSED IT IN THAT EXISTING BUILDING, THE POOL FACILITY.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU MAKING ALL OF THAT ACCESSIBLE AS WELL? YES, YES.
NOW I DIDN'T EXPLAIN, UH, FROM THE PARKING TO THE BUILDING, BUT CURRENTLY IT'S, IT'S NOT EXACTLY ACCESSIBLE.
I THINK THERE'S BEEN INTERIM ACCOMMODATIONS MADE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT FULLY ACCESSIBLE.
WE'RE PUTTING A NEW RAMP IN, FROM THE PARKING UP TO THE BUILDING AND, UH, AND ACTUALLY ARGUING THAT SYSTEM WITH THE TEAMS AND, UM, AND SOME PAVING THAT LIFE, IF I CAN ADD TO THAT TOO, WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE ACCESSIBLE PART AND THAT IS CURRENTLY THERE BECAUSE THE EXISTING ACCESSIBLE PARKING DOESN'T BECOME.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND ADJUSTING THAT PARKING LOT TO MEET CURRENT STANDARDS.
AND ONE OTHER ELEMENT TO, UH, CONNECTIVITY IS WE'RE PROVIDING BY BIKE PARKING AND WHERE IT'S VISIBLE, BUT SECURED AND, UM, ENDED UP WHERE IT CAN BE PART OF THE CONNECTIVITY APPROACH.
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WELL, SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOVE.I SAID, I'LL HAVE ONE, ADD ONE MORE COMMENT.
UM, I LIKED GRADED FOR FIVE YEARS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AISLE THAT YOU HAVE, UM, FOR THE SHOW IS, BUT ALSO FOR LIFEGUARDING, THAT'S SO GREAT THAT YOU CAN GET TO THE ENTIRE POOL REALLY FAST.
IN FACT, IT'S THE HEADWALL FOR THE LAP LANES TOO.
LIKE MOST OF THE TIME, SOMETIMES IT'S MOVABLE BULKHEADS OR WHATEVER THAT IT KEEPS THE SAME GOAL, BUT WELL DONE.
YOU WANT TO TAKE ACTION? YOU DON'T HAVE TO RECOMMEND A MOTION TO SUPPORT A PROJECT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIES WITH WHICH ONE ARE WE DOING? STANDARDS.
IT, MAYBE MAKE A COMMENT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ADDING ONE TO TWO ADDITIONAL PODS THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE FOR ADDITIONAL SHADING AND FOR GATHERING, THEN I CAN SUPPORT.
YOU CANNOT GO WRONG WITH MORE SHADE, ALL OF THE FAVOR AND IT'S UNANIMOUS.
[1.f. Discussion and possible action to evaluate and make recommendations regarding whether the Colony District Park Community Pool Facility located at 7400 Loyola Lane, complies with the City Design and Sustainability Standards for the City of Austin; John Byrd Shawn Bacon and Greg Houston Marmon Mok Architecture; Scott Sinn City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department; Marissa McKinney Coleman & Associates.]
POSSIBLE ACTION.THE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING WHETHER THE COLONY DISTRICT PARKS COMMUNITY POOL FACILITY, OKAY.
TO 7,400 LOYOLA LINK COMPLIANCY DESIGN SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS, YOU CAN ADD UP DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION.
YOU CAN NOT TAKE ACTION WHEN THERE NOT.
SO COLONY PARK DISTRICT PARK, UH, IS ON LOYAL, ELAINE JUST EAST OF 180 3.
UH, SO IT'S FARTHER EAST AUSTIN AND, UM, THIS IS A GROUND UP FACILITY.
SO IT'S A NEW POOLS AND BILL LANE, BUT IT'S IN AN EXISTING PART NEXT, UH, AGAIN, EDITORIAL REQUIREMENTS TO GIVE TO YOU BEST.
WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THROUGH ALSO A PRETTY ROBUST, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND ROBUST IN SO FAR AS WE HAD THE SAME CONSULTANT, WE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS, MET WITH THEM, DISCUSSED A LOT OF THE SAME TOPICS THAT WE WANT TO DO IN THE WATER.
AND WHAT SORTS OF THINGS DO YOU LIKE IN THE WATER? BUT THIS COMMUNITY WAS VERY ACTIVE.
THEY HAVE BEEN WANTING THIS POOL FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY LET US KNOW ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
SO, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS TO DO TO GET IT RIGHT AND NOT JUST CONNECTIVITY AND VIEWS AND ALL OF THAT, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER DEPTHS, WE ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WANTED.
AND THEY TOLD US WHEN WE PRESENTED SCHEMES TO THEM, WHAT SORTS OF FIT BEST IN THEIR OPINION NEXT, BECAUSE IT'S IN A DISTRICT PARK, THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE TO THE, TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST, ACROSS LOYAL, ELAINE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS BEING BUILT, BOTH HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY.
SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSTITUENCY THAT'S GOING TO USE THIS COMMUNITY POOL IS GOING TO BE VERY NEARBY.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS IS HOW TO MAKE THE ACCESS ACROSS LOYAL.
ELAINE, VERY FRIENDLY FOR THOSE ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF OIL, NOT EXACTLY IN THE PURVIEW OF OUR SCOPE, BUT, BUT HER, BY EVERYBODY IN THE PROCESS.
SO THE CITY IS FULLY AWARE, UH, IN THE PUBLIC PARK ARE SEVERAL FACILITIES.
THERE'S A RECREATION CENTER, PLAY FIELDS.
THERE'S A PLAYGROUND, THERE'S EVEN A SCHOOL ON THE PROPERTY OF THE PUBLIC PARK.
UM, BUT WITH RESPECT TO CONNECTIVITY, YOU SEE THE ONE RED.TO THE LEFT.
THERE'S, THAT'S THE CLOSEST ONE.
UH, THE NEXT CLOSEST ONE IS, IS FURTHER UP LOYOLA, BUT THE RED DOT REPRESENTS THE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE, NOT ONLY ON LOYOLA, BUT IN THE PATH THAT WE'RE MAKING TO GET FROM LOYOLA UP TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING.
AND IT'S A VERY CURVILINEAR, CIRCUITOUS PATH FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF RAIN THAT GOES FROM THE TOP OF THAT HILL DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, EVEN MORE THAN WE HAD IN GIVENS.
AND THEN THIS TRAIL CONTINUES ON FROM THIS POINT.
SO THIS IS THE EXTENT OF THE PROPERTY AND WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS, BUT THIS TRAIL IS ALREADY THERE.
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TO IT BY DESIGN.OUR SITE IS ORGANIZED TO CONNECT THAT, AND THIS TRAIL ACTUALLY GOES UP AROUND THE REC CENTER AND THROUGH A BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER THE WETLANDS CONNECTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE'RE BY VIRTUE OF CONNECTING BY DESIGN THIS TRAIL.
WE'RE CONNECTING TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN A BETTER WAY, NOT JUST ALONG THE BUSY OIL LINE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE BIKE PARKING IN TWO LOCATIONS.
AND SO IT'S AN EASY BIKE PARKING.
IF YOU JUST WENT TO THE PARK, YOU'D USE THE BIKE PARKING, YOU GO TO THE AQUATIC CENTER.
YOU DIDN'T USE THE BIKE PARK SAME WAY WITH THE PARK, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE SIGNAGE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE THE REC CENTER.
SO, UH, THE VEGETATION THAT LANDSCAPE DESIGN IS REALLY FOCUSED AROUND THE IMPACT AREAS.
IN A COUPLE OF PLACES, WE HAVE A SERIES OF RAIN GARDENS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP MANAGE WATERFLOW ON THIS VERY STEEP SITE.
AND ALSO THIS RAIN GARDEN IS GOING TO BEAUTIFY THE ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING, INTO THE COMMENT.
THIS MANAGES WATER COMING OFF OF THE HILL, AND THIS MANAGES WATER DOWN AT THE BASE OF THE HILL.
UH, BUT IT GETS INTEGRATED WITH SCIENCE THAT DEFINES YOUR COLONY PARK DISTRICT PART.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING THAT HAPPENS RIGHT UP AROUND IN HERE TO BEAUTIFY THE ENTRANCE.
SO THE ORIENTATION IS, IS MORE FRIENDLY, UH, DIRECT TO THE PARKING AND NOT THIS BIG IMPOSING STRUCTURE THAT LINES THE EXISTING PATH HERE.
SO WE SORT OF STILTED IT TO DO SEVERAL THINGS AND WORK WITH THE POOLS.
UH, BUT WE EXTENDED THIS OFF THE MORE OF A PRESENCE TO LOYAL ELENA AND YOU SEE A BIGGER ELEVATED PART OF THE SPACES IN THE POOL HOUSE OR UTILITY OR PRIVATE SPACES ARE CHANGING ROOMS, THEIR SHOWERS.
AND SO THEY HAVE SOLID WALLS TO THEM.
UM, BUT THE, UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SIDE, WHAT WE CALL THE ICE CREAM CONE, YOU CAN RECOGNIZE IT.
UM, THAT'S A PLACE FOR WHERE WE PAY.
WE COMBINATION OF LANDSCAPING AND PAVING TO ACCOMMODATE FOOD TRUCKS THAT MIGHT COME UP TO SUPPORT DAILY ACTIVITIES.
SO TO SUPPLEMENT THE FOOD CHOICES THERE, WE DO HAVE VENTING THE FOOD TRUCKS WILL ADD TO THE BINDER AND THEN SOME OUTDOOR MEAT AND RELAXED SPACE WHERE WE JUST PUT SOME LAWN AREA SO THAT THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE PARK.
WE'RE ADDING TO THE PARK AT THE FRONT OF OUR BUILDING.
AND SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY WHO HAPPENS WITHIN THE POOL AREA.
UH, IF YOU WANT TO RELAX OUTSIDE, MAYBE GET SOME OF WE'VE TRIED TO SO THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING IS OPEN AIR IT'S NATURALLY VENTILATED, LOW ENERGY.
UM, IT'S GOT A TRANSLUCENT ROOF FOR DAYLIGHTING.
UM, THE DAYLIGHTING IS SUPPLEMENTED BY THE ELEVATED ROOF AND THE SCREEN MATERIAL, UH, THAT KEEPS THINGS OUT THAT WE DON'T WANT IN THE BULLYING, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS THE WIND TO PASS THROUGH.
BUT IT'S DESIGNED IN A BUTTERFLY ASHTON TO SUPPORT THE VENTURI EFFECT AS THE WIND PASSES THROUGH.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, THE LOW SCALE PLANTING AND THE RAIN GARDEN, WHERE IT'S NOT GOING TO GROW TO COVER UP DIFFERENCE, BUT IT'S GOING TO SOLVE AND SUPPLEMENT THE MATERIALS THERE.
AND THEN THE WALLS THAT YOU SEE THAT HAVE THE SORT OF BLUISH CAST TO THEM, THOSE ARE CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE WALLS WITH THE FRUGAL COVER.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN SENSE OF THEIR ABILITY, BUT SOFTNESS IN THE COLOR FOR THE ENTRANCE.
WE WANTED TO ADD EVEN MORE COLOR WITH SOME METAL PANELS.
AND SO IT REALLY SIGNALS THE EYE AND THE PERSON TO COME TO THIS POINT AND WE ELEVATED THE ROOFS AND BROKE THEM APART.
AND SO IT REALLY MAKES PEOPLE X AND THEN OUT IN THE FOREGROUND, IN THE SNOW CONE, WE ANTICIPATE WHEN THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE THERE, THERE'LL BE TABLES, UH, JUST FOR VISUALIZATION PURPOSES.
UM, WE DON'T SHOW ALL OF THE TREES, BUT MORE TREES IN THE SNOW CONE ISLAND SHADE, THAT AREA, UH, THAT PATH ALSO WHEN THE FOOD TRUCKS AREN'T THERE AS SORT OF CHANNELS PEOPLE TO THE BUILDING NEXT, OKAY.
SHE CAN SEE THE BUTTERFLY ROOFS, YOU SEE THE LIGHT COLORED ROOFS ARE TRANSLUCENT.
THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS THE DARKER ROOF, THAT'S CONDITIONED SPACE.
AND SO IT'S AN INSULATED METAL.
THE FENCE IS POSITIONED FOR SECURITY, BUT IT'S ALSO POSITIONED TO NOT INTERRUPT THE LINES OF SIGHT.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE PULLED IT OFF THE EDGE OF THE POOL HERE, CAUSE IT'S A VERY STEEP SLOPE.
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AND SO WHEN YOU'RE IN THE POOL, YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE OVER THE FENCE, BUT THIS STENT FENCE IS STILL FUNCTIONAL FOR SIX TO EIGHT FOOT HEIGHT.AND, UM, YOU PROBABLY NOTICED WE HAVE A SLIDE TOWER.
AND SO THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE SLIDE TOWER.
UM, AND WE DID STUDIES SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE ON THE SLIDE TOWER, YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE INTO THE BUILDING.
YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE, BUT YOU'RE JUST HIGH ENOUGH TO ENJOY THE VIEW.
AND THEN ALSO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE THESE SHADE CANOPIES AROUND THE POOL.
SO AS YOU LOOK TO THE TOP OF THIS IMAGE, YOU CAN SEE, UM, KIND OF TEXTURE, UM, VERTICALITY TO THE SHADE STRUCTURES AND KIND OF DANCING THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SEE FROM THE PARKSIDE.
WHEN YOU LOOK BACK TO THE BUILDING.
SO IT'S NOT THIS HARSH HARD WALL.
AND THAT WAS PART OF THE SITING OF THE BUILDING ON THE FOREGROUND.
SEE THAT ELEMENT, THAT'S THE MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING.
SO THIS MULTI-USE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, UH, AGAIN, HAS ELEVATION TO IT.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO TERRACE AND STABILIZE THIS HILLSIDE WITH SOME STONES AND SOME IB.
UM, BUT, UM, IT HAS SORT OF A PROMINENT POINT THERE AS YOU'RE COMING UP THAT CURVILINEAR DRIVE, IT SORT OF GUIDES YOU IN BACK IN THIS YEAR.
AND THIS IS A BETTER VIEW AS YOU'RE COMING UP THAT DRIVE HERE.
SO ON THE INTERIOR SIDE, IN THAT SAME MIX OF, OF CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE, UH, COLOR BLENDED WITH SOME COLORED PANELS AND SOME COLOR CODING, AND THE ORANGE COLOR YOU SEE ON THE WALL IS ACTUALLY THE LOCKERS THAT WERE GOING TO, UH, INDICATE COLOR THERE AGAIN, THAT CAN NAME THE USERS TO GO TO THAT POINT.
AND SO YOU HAVE THIS SORT OF DIRECTION BY COLOR, UH, THAT GIVES CUES TO THE USER SLIDE IN SORT OF THE INTERACTION YOU SEE THE FORMS OF THE SHADES ARE MIMICKING THE FORMS OF THE ROOF.
SO THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM HAS NORTH-FACING GLASS HAS GOT VISIBILITY, UH, FOR SECURITY.
UM, IF THERE'S A POOL PARTY AND MOM WANTS TO SEE THE KIDS IN THE POOL RATE VISIBILITY FROM THERE, UH, BUT A LOT OF SHADE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DECK.
SO THEY CAN SIT ON THE DECK AND WATCH IS THEY'RE BOTH FROM WITHIN THE POOL.
YOU SEE, UM, SOME ELEMENTS ON THE HILL AS YOU LOOK JUST TO THE LEFT BETWEEN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AND THOSE, AND THOSE, UH, BLOCKS FOR HOUSING, UH, YOU'LL CATCH A ELEVATED VIEW ARE OFF OF THE SKYLINE OF AUSTIN.
SO JUST AS SOMEONE WHO'S TRYING TO DEPENDENT THAT THE CURVY THING, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE SOME CONSTRAINTS IN THE LANDSCAPE FOR THAT PERSONALLY WOULD DRIVE ME CRAZY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER HEAT TO HAVE TO LIKE UNNECESSARILY WALK DOWN THIS WINDING PATH.
SO ARE THERE OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT? SO IT HAS TO BE AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE.
AND THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE IS THERE IS A POSSIBLE THAT I'M DOING, I MEAN, WE COULD, WE COULD SEND IT STRAIGHT DOWN ONE DIRECTION AND BRING IT STRAIGHT BACK, BUT THAT STILL HAS YOU, AS YOU'RE DOING THIS PIG FEED.
UM, AND I THINK THE SENSE OF SCALE OF THIS IMAGE IS A LITTLE DECEIVING BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE DOING THIS.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING GRACEFUL TURNS.
SO YOU GO OUT OF GREAT CHANGE THAT LIKE BY A LOT, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE OVER, LIKE, WE'RE LIKE OVER 20 EAT A GRADE CHANGE FROM LOYOLA TO WHERE THE BUILDING IS SITED ON, WHICH IS WHY IT'S CITED SO FAR BACK BECAUSE WE HAD TO BE ABLE TO GET TO IT BOTH FROM A VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN STANDPOINT.
SO, AND IN ORDER TO MAKE IT KIND OF UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE, THAT EVERYONE TAKES THE SAME PATH.
SO WHETHER YOU ARE USING THE MOBILITY DEVICE OR A BICYCLE, OR YOU'RE WALKING, YOU'RE ALL TRAVERSING FROM LOYOLA TO THE BUILDING ENTRANCE IN THE SAME FASHION.
AND YET WITH THE VEHICLE, YOU WERE ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THE SLOPE WITH THE, OKAY.
I MEAN, IF THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE, I'M SURE YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, BUT YEAH.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE LANDINGS AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE SHADING THAT PATH, YOU SAW THE FOLLOWUP NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH OF WHAT YOLA WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS, UM, OH, THE CROSSING THE STREET.
AND SO IT W IT CAME UP AT A COMMUNITY MEETING.
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UH, OUR PROJECT MANAGER WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, HE TESTED POSITIVE.HE TOLD US THE, UM, THE CONSTITUENCY THAT, THAT THE CITY WILL LOOK AT IT.
IT'S IN THE LOYAL TO RIGHT AWAY.
SO, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA TRAVEL THROUGH SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND ROUTE, UM, UH, NOT SOMETHING WE'LL ADDRESS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.
UM, SO JUST SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT OF COLONY PARK, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE BICYCLES ARE OR GETTING PARKED, WHICH IS FINE ON THE SITE, BUT MAYBE TO START CONSIDERING PUTTING IN LIKE A JUNCTION BOX, THAT'S ELEVATED FOR CHARGING FOR E-BIKES, EVEN IF YOU HAVE YOUR IPHONE, BECAUSE DONE, AND THEN GREG, OKAY, SORRY.
WHAT DID THEY ASK ANOTHER, UH, LIKE A PART TWO OF MINE, AS FAR AS BIKES ARE CONCERNED, HOW DO THEY, ARE THEY EXPECTED TO, SHE HAS THE SAME AREA AS THE CARS LIKE GOING INTO THAT DRIVEWAY OR ARE THEY, SO OUR PATHS ARE, ARE INTENDED TO BE A WALKING BIKING PATH.
THEY'RE SHARED YOU SIT AT WHOLE RED LINE ALL THE WAY AS BASICALLY SHARED YOURS.
AND IT'S A SIX FOOT WIDE, SO IT'S NOT AS FOR LIKE, WE'RE NOT EXPECTING MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO SHARE A BOARD, BUT A SIDEWALK IS SIX FEET.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I FIND A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT, ESPECIALLY THE LANDSCAPE.
I WAS ACTUALLY DISAPPOINTED WHEN I SAW THE RENDERING OF THE ICE CREAM CONE WITH NO TREES.
AND THEN YOU SAID, AND I, AND I WENT AND LOOKED AT THE DRAWINGS AND THE TREAT AGAIN, THE TREAT ACCESSIBLE PATH FROM THE STREETS.
UH, I ESPECIALLY LIKED THE RAIN GARDEN, UH, FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND THAT SORT OF SENSE OF ENTRY AS YOU GO IN.
UM, SO THE GOOD JOB ON THAT, UH, YEAH, IT'S A QUESTION FROM ONE OF THE IMAGES AND I RECOGNIZE THAT ALL OF THE IMAGES WERE PROPER RENDERINGS.
UM, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE RUFUS OVER FREAKING MATERIAL IS OVER THE, UM, NOT, NOT THE SHEEP, BUT THE OVER THE BATHROOM BUILDINGS.
AND I WAS WONDERING SRI VALUE IS WE WANT TO REDUCE, OH, MULTIPURPOSE.
AND THE RENDERING WILL NOT PROTECT.
THE REFLECTIONS OF THAT ROOM, YOU WERE RIGHT.
WE'LL PICK A MATERIAL THAT IS WITHIN THE SILVER REFLECT AND FILM, GRAIN LIKE GRAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS ONE? UM, MAKE THE MOTION AGAINST THE MOTION, UM, PROJECT.
SOMETIMES YOU COMPLIES WITH THE SECOND.
WELL, LET'S GO VOTE AND THAT'S UNANIMOUS ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.
WE CAN TAKE 30 SECONDS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM MAINE
[2.a. Approval of the November 15th meeting minutes]
APPROVAL OF THE NOVEMBER 15TH MEETING MINUTES.ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
[2.b. Discussion and Possible Action on recent Council approval to update the Urban Design Guidelines]
WE LEAVE, UH, URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINE UPDATE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.WE NEED TO GET THIS GOING IN JANUARY WITH A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.
WE WANT TO GET DESIGN COMMISSIONERS TOGETHER, UM, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE KIND OF STEERING COMMITTEES.