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[Determination of Quorum / Meeting Called to Order]
WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, UH, BOTH ONSCREEN AND IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 6:06 PM.SO FIRST WE'RE GOING TO START OFF BY TAKING ROLE, UM, WITH THOSE IN CHAMBERS, AND THEN I'LL GO THROUGH AND CALL OUT, UH, THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY.
SO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME BY SAYING HERE OR HOLDING YOUR HAND UP.
SO IN CHAMBERS TODAY, I HAVE, UH, MYSELF, UH, VICE CHAIR, HUMBLE, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER IS, ARE HERE.
WE HAVE, UH, CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, JESSICA COHEN.
AND THEN VIRTUALLY WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY, COMMISSIONER COX, COMMISSIONER FLORES HERE, COMMISSIONER HOWARD.
TYLER IS ABSENT AS OF RIGHT NOW, COMMISSIONER PRAXIS COMMISSIONER YANAS POLITO HERE.
COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER CHAIR SHAW COMMISSIONER SHEA IS ABSENT TONIGHT AS IS COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
UM, WE HAD TO HAVE A CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR, PRESIDENT OR PRESENT IN THE CHAMBERS TO RUN THE MEETING.
UM, SO, UM, A LITTLE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE HYBRID MEETING, UM, SINCE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED HYBRID MEETINGS, UH, AND ALLOWING FOR A VIRTUAL QUORUM, AS LONG AS THE COMMISSIONER SERVING AS CHAIR IS PRESENT AND CHAMBERS AS SUCH, WE CAN HAVE COMMISSIONERS HERE IN CHAMBERS AND IN ATTENDANCE VIRTUALLY SIMILARLY SPEAKERS CAN PRESENT FROM THE CHAMBERS OR PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY.
UM, SINCE WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC, HOPEFULLY ON THE TAIL END, I ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO REMAIN IN THE ATRIUM OR OTHERWISE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE A FAIRLY EMPTY, UM, AUDIENCE TONIGHT, UM, UNTIL THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS READY TO TAKE UP THE ITEM YOU ARE HERE FOR, PLEASE WEAR A MASK AND MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING WHILE AND CHAMBERS, UH, THE LAND USE COMMISSIONS LIAISON, MR. ANDREW RIVERA WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE ATRIUM A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION BEGINS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
FURTHERMORE, IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL ABOUT 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION TAKING UP YOUR ITEM.
UM, MR. RIVERA IS GOING TO ASSIST ME TONIGHT IN ANNOUNCING THE SPEAKERS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND, UM, COMMISSIONER FLORES IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING THE FIRST READING OF THE AGENDA.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONERS FOR THOSE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY AS ALWAYS PLEASE HAVE YOUR GREEN, RED, AND YELLOW ITEMS FOR VOTING AND, UM, A LITTLE CHANGE TONIGHT DUE TO, UM, SOME DIFFICULTY IN THE PUBLIC, KNOWING HOW WE VOTED DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEETING, I'M GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE NUMBER OF VOTES FOR AGAINST, AND AN ABSTENTION FOLLOWED BY THE NAMES OF COMMISSIONERS VOTING AGAINST AND THOSE ABSTAINING FOR THOSE ONLINE, PLEASE REMAIN MUTED WHEN YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING AND RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE RECOGNIZED.
AND IF I MISS YOU, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND OR, OR JUST YELL AT ME, UM, JUST VERBALLY, LET ME KNOW IF I NEED TO CALL ON YOU.
SO FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, DO WE HAVE ANY, NO, ONE'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
[A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ON TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.SO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 22ND, 2022 MEETING.
UM, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES FROM THE COMMISSION ON THE MINUTES? OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY, UM, THOSE WILL BE MOVED AS IS TO CONSENT MEETING.
[Reading of Agenda]
ACTIVITY TODAY IS TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS THAT ARE CONSENT POSTPONEMENTS OR NON-DISCUSSION ITEMS. UM, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES IS GOING TO READ THE PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA AND IDENTIFY THOSE THAT ARE CONSENT POSTPONEMENT.AND NON-DISCUSSION AFTER READING, UH, THE LIAISON MR. RIVERA WILL FOLLOW TO NOTIFY US.
IF WE, AS SPEAKERS HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ANY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, REQUESTING ITEMS TO BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST CONSENT ITEMS, TO BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
SO COMMISSIONER FLORES, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT FROM HERE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, WE HAVE A APPROVAL MINUTES,
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A ONE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 22ND, 2020 TO BE PUBLIC HEARINGS.BE ONE PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 18 0 2 1 0.02 SKYLINE.
MIXED USE AT A STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 26 B TO PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 TO 1.0 TO 1406 TO 1506 PARKER LANE.
THAT IS STEP WAS BOMA TO APRIL 26, B3 PLAN MINUTE PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 0 5 0.01 ALPHA POINT 95 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT BEFORE REZONING C 14, 20 21 0 1 2 8 ALPHA POINT 95.
WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT B FIVE PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 20 0 0 1 5 0.02 S H 2011 AND 2015 EAST OR E M.
THAT IS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO MARCH 22ND, B SIX PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 1 5 0.0 2 31 0 1 HABITS ROAD STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 12TH, B SEVEN REZONINGS 20 21 0 1 3 4 31 0 1.
IF IT'S ROAD, THAT IS ALSO STEP WAS FOMENT TO APRIL 12TH, B EIGHT PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 1 5 0.0 4 6667 0 2 67 0 4 AND 67 0 6 REGGIE AND ROAD.
UM, THAT IS STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 26, B NINE REZONINGS C 14 20 21 0 1 5 7 6667 0 2 6704 AND 67 0 6 PHRYGIAN ROAD.
ALSO STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 26, 8 10 PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 1 5 0.0 360 6 0 3.
WHERE GN ROAD STAFF POST-MOMENT TABLE 26, B 11 REZONINGS C 1420 AT 21 0 1 5 8 66 0 3, REGGIE AND ROAD.
THAT IS STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 26, B12 PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 2 5 0.0 2 77, 15 AND A HALF WEST STATE HIGHWAY 71 AT A STAFF POSTPONEMENT, APRIL 26, B 13, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AMENDMENT C 1485 TO EIGHT, 8.23 RCA 7 7 1 5 15 AND A HALF WEST STATE HIGHWAY 71.
THAT IS STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 26, B 14, REZONING C 14 20 21 0 1 3 0 77, 15 AND A HALF WEST STATE HIGHWAY 71.
STEPH WAS FOAMING TO APRIL 26 GATE 15 PLAN AMENDMENT AND PA 20 21 0 0 1 6 0.01.
WHEN S H THUD, THAT ITEM IS UPWARD.
DISCUSSION B 16 ROW REZONING C 14 20 21 0 0 2 OH POINT S H.
THAT IS ALSO DISCUSSION B 17 PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 1 6 0.05 POINT S H LIVE MAKE APARTMENTS.
THAT IS, UM, APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO MARCH 22ND, B 18 REZONING C 14 20 21 0 1 7 TO LIVE, MAKE APARTMENTS APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TWO MARCH 22ND, B 19 PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 18 0 0 0 5 0.02 S H MARY VICE ESTATES, HUD LOT 27 AMENDMENT.
NUMBER ONE, THIS ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT.
B 20 REZONING C 8 1 4 97 0 0 0 2 0.01.
MARY VICES STATES PUD LOT 27 AMENDMENT.
NUMBER ONE, THIS ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT BEING 21 REZONINGS C 14 20 22 0 0 1 0 34 0 2 KIRBY LANE.
THIS ITEM IS A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO MARCH 22ND, B 22, REZONING C 14 20 21 0 1 9 0 3000 EAST.
THIS IS APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO MARCH 22ND, MAY 23, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT SPC 20 21 0 2 4 7 C EARL J POMERLEAU POCKET PARK.
THIS ITEM IS A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO MARCH 22ND, B 24 SITE PLAN COMPATIBILITY
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WAIVER REQUEST SPC 20 21 0 1 0 2 C 1400 CEDAR AVENUE.THIS ITEM IS A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT, APRIL 12TH, B 25 FINAL WITH PRELIMINARY PLAT, C H J 20 19 0 1 3 8 0.1 A PHASE ONE SMALL LOT SUBDIVISION.
B 26 FINAL PLAT OUT OF PRELIMINARY PLAN C A 20 21 0 0 7 8 0.1 A CIRELLI COMMUNITY SUBDIVISION.
THIS ITEM IS A FOR DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS.
I'M ASSUMING THERE'LL BE READ, UM, B 27 FINAL PLAT OUT OF PRELIMINARY PLAN C H J 20 15 0 0 2 1 0.38 EASTERN PARK ONE C PHASE THREE FINAL PLAT ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT B 28 PRELIMINARY PLANS.
CAJ 20 21 0 0 4 8 LOT PARK THREE B TO THREE, A PRELIMINARY PLAN.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT, B 29 CODE AMENDMENT C 20 21 0 0 6 VERTICAL MIXED USE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS.
THIS ITEM IS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO MARCH 22ND, AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
UM, TO CLARIFY ON ITEM B 26, THE SEERLEY COMMUNITY SUBDIVISION THAT IS DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS PER EXHIBIT C.
SO ARE THERE ANY, UM, UH, COMMISSIONERS THAT NEED TO RECUSE FROM ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? YES.
IF WE COULD ALSO, UM, MENTION THE ITEMS. UM, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? THE DENIM ITEMS WE HAVE, UM, B 30 INITIATE ADDITIONAL, UH, GIMME AMENDMENTS AND, UM, A STAFF BRIEFING ON VIMEO.
WE'RE ADDING TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
I DID NOT SCROLL DOWN FAR ENOUGH.
UM, THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION INITIATING CODE AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 25 OF THE CITY CODE RELATED TO VERTICAL MIXED USE TO EXPAND COMMUNITY AND AFFORDABILITY BENEFITS.
SPONSORS ARE COMMISSIONER AZHAR AND COMMISSIONER CONLEY AND SEE, UH, BRIEFING C2 ON VERTICAL MIXED USE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO LET ME ASK AGAIN, ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT NEED TO RECUSE FROM ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE, ANY ON THE DIOCESE? NONE.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS AND AT THE REQUEST OF COMMISSIONERS, R B 30 WILL BE HEARD AFTER THE C2 VMU BRIEFING.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR ABOUT IT, UH, ABOUT IT FROM CITY STAFF.
AND THEN WE CAN GO INTO THE DISCUSSION OR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR, SORRY, IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING SINCE IT WAS BROUGHT BY COMMISSION.
UM, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR THE ITEM B 30 AFTER THE BRIEFING, ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THAT AND, UM, THE OTHER BRIEFING.
SO WE WOULD HAVE, THE ORDER WILL BE, UH, THE SIX, 15 AND 16 WILL HEAR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL HEAR B 30 OR, SORRY, WE'LL HEAR THE BRIEFING C2 AND THEN HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR .
DID I GET THAT RIGHT, ANDREW? OKAY.
UM, ALL RIGHT, LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THE, WELL, DO
[Consent Agenda]
WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGN UP TO SPEAK FOR ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? OKAY.AND DO ANY COMMISSIONERS WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT WAS READ OUT? OKAY.
UM, LET'S SEE, LET ME READ THE CONSENT AGENDA AGAIN.
SO WE HAVE A ONE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AND THEN WE HAVE B ONE AND B TWO, OUR STAFF POSTPONEMENTS, APRIL 26, THE THREE AND BEFORE, OR WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT
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B FIVE POST STAFF POSTPONEMENTS.SO MARCH 22ND, B SIX STAFF POSTPONEMENTS, APRIL 12TH, B SEVEN, STAFF POSTPONEMENTS, APRIL 12TH, B EIGHT, B NINE, B 10, THE 11 B12 B 13, B 14, OUR STAFF POSTPONEMENTS, APRIL 26, B 15 AND B 16.
WE'LL BE DISCUSSING B 17, B 18 ARE APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT.
SO MARCH 22ND, B 19, B 20, OR UP FOR CONSENT, B 21, B 22, OUR APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO MARCH 22ND, B 23, B IS MAR NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO MARCH 22ND.
B 24 IS NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 12TH, B 25 IS ON CONSENT.
B 26 IS DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS AS PER EXHIBIT C B 27, B 28 ARE ON CONSENT.
AND B 29 HAS STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO MARCH 22ND DUE TO RE NOTIFICATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE B 30, WHICH WE'LL BE HEARING FROM TONIGHT.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND HEARING? OKAY.
AND SECOND THE COMMISSIONERS ARE ALL RIGHT.
COMMISSION-WISE I NEVER WAS THAT CAUSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVER THE CONSENSUS.
WE'VE GOT GREEN FROM EVERYBODY.
ON A VIRTUALLY AND THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
SO THIS CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[Items B15 & B16]
ALL RIGHT.SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO, UM, ITEM B 15 AND B 16.
UM, WE'RE HEARING FROM STAFF ITEM NUMBER B 15 IS PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 1 6 0.01 POINT S H LIBERTAD.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 900 GARDNER ROAD.
THE RE W IT IS WITHIN THE GAVALIN JOHNSON TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREA.
THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM CIVIC TO MIXED USE LAND USE.
WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT THE GAVALIN JOHNSON TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM AFTER THE STAFF REPORT WAS SUBMITTED.
AND THERE IS PERSON SIGN UP TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.
WELL, I HEAR FROM A ZONING PLANNER.
SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT ADRIAN? WELL, I'LL HEAR FROM, UH, FROM HEATHER SHEBEEN.
I I'M HAVING TROUBLE HEARING UP HERE.
ARE YOU OKAY? I'LL TRY TO SPEAK UP LOUDER, MS. CHAPMAN YOU'RE MUTED.
UH, HEATHER CHAFFIN HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, SPEAKING ON THE ZONING CASE, IT'S C 14 20 21 0 0 2 0 DOT S H AGAIN, LIBERTY TODD AT 900 GARDNER ROAD.
AND AS YOU HAVE GUESSED, I'M HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
SO THE PROPERTY IS REQUESTING TO GO FROM P N P T G R M U AND P.
AND STAFF IS SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATION.
THE SITE AREA WAS, UH, CHANGED IN FEBRUARY, 2022, UH, INCREASED TO 8.478 ACRES.
AND I'LL ADDRESS THAT LATER, UH, THAT WAS ADDING 2.4, THREE EIGHT ACRES TO THE REZONING REQUEST.
IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF GARDNER ROAD BETWEEN BOEHM ROAD AND LAVANDER LOOP IT'S PMP.
AND BY AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
THIS IS PART OF THE AREA WHERE THE AUSTIN ANIMAL SHELTER EMANCIPET AND OTHER CITY OF AUSTIN RELATED AS CIVIC USES ARE NORTH OF A REASONING TRACT.
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OUR PROPERTIES ZONED THAT ARE DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE FAMILY AND CONDO TOWNHOUSE USES ACROSS GARDNER ROAD TO THE EAST R L I C O PROPERTIES DEVELOPED WITH LIMITED WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION RETAIL GENERAL AND LIMITED MANUFACTURING USES SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY ACROSS, UH, GARDNER IS THE BABY, UH, AT BLUE STEAM AIRPORT BOULEVARD OF ANDREW LOOP INTERCHANGE.THERE IS FLOOD PLAIN EAST OF THE REZONING TRACK AND ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE, THESE ARE SHOWN ON THE EXHIBITS, THIS AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION PROPERTIES PROPOSED TO A PRO PROPOSED TO PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 160 TO 190.
UM, THE DETAILS ARE STILL NOT CLEAR AFFORDABLE DWELLING UNITS ON THE PROPERTY AS A SMART HOUSING PROJECT.
58% OF THE NITS WILL SERVE HOUSEHOLDS AT OR BELOW 50%.
AND I FIND 32% WILL SERVE HOUSEHOLDS AT OUR BALLOON.
60% MSI AND 10% WILL SERVE HOUSEHOLDS AT OR BELOW 80%.
NFI STAFF IS SUPPORTING THIS REQUEST AND PROVIDING AFFORDABLE DWELLING UNITS AND A VARIETY OF HOUSING UNITS IN THIS AREA IS, UH, SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT AND OTHER GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF PLANNING COMMISSION CITY COUNCIL.
THE APPLICANT, UH, WAS RECOMMENDED TO FIND, UM, ALTERNATIVES TO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT ONLY THAT DID NOT INCLUDE THE EXTRA 2.4 ACRES BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE FOODS FACILITY ON THE EAST SIDE OF GARDNER ROAD.
THERE ARE MATERIALS USED AT THAT FACILITY THAT REQUIRE A SETBACK ACCORDING TO OUR AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO THE APPLICANT ADDED A COUPLE ACRES TO, UM, ALLEVIATE THAT CONCERN AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SETBACKS.
AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT AND A NEIGHBOR AND OPPOSITION WOULD ARGUE, OR TO ALSO DISCUSS FUTURE.
NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT AND MR. CONNOR KENNEY, MR. KENNEY, YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES.
UM, SO I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UH, FOR LIBOR TOD, WHICH IS, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UH, AND THEN CARITAS OF AUSTIN IS GOING TO BE THE SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDER FOR 50 HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE UNITS ON SITE HERE, UH, FOR WHICH WE RECEIVED VOUCHERS INCLUDING 25, SPECIFICALLY FOR VETERANS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.
UM, UH, I AM HERE, UH, WITH, UH, CIVILITY.
WHO'S DOING THE SITE PLANNING HERE AND THEN AS WELL, WE'RE HELPING THEM OUT WITH THEIR REZONING.
SO WE HAVE AN MPA AS WELL AS A REZONING.
UH, UH, THE LAND HAS BEEN CITY OF AUSTIN LAND.
IT'S GONNA STAY IN AN AGE OF C PARTNERSHIPS.
SO THERE WILL SAY RETAIN PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF THIS IT'S PART OF THE LARGER, OLD HHSC COMPLEX WITH A, UH, ANIMAL SHELTER THERE, UH, RIGHT ADJACENT TO IT.
UM, THE RENT, THE NUMBER OF UNITS IS INFLUX.
UH, THIS IS SOMEWHAT DUE TO, UH, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT DISCUSSED EARLIER BY STAFF, BUT AS WELL, JUST TRYING TO, UH, HOUSING FINANCE IS A MOVING TARGET THESE DAYS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND, UM, HFC WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO, UH, COME UP WITH A CONFIGURATION THAT NEEDED AS LITTLE PUBLIC SUPPORT AS POSSIBLE.
UH, ALL THE RENTAL UNITS ARE GOING TO BE 60% OR BELOW.
THERE ARE 36, I'M SORRY, 26, UH, OWNERSHIP HOMES THAT ARE ALL GOING TO BE 80% OR BELOW.
THOSE ARE G AND DC PUT INTO A LAND TRUST.
UH, SO THIS IS A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE AND, UH, 60 UNITS OF, UH, UH, UM, I'M SORRY, UH, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SITE IT'S TUCKED IN THERE, RIGHT? UH, ON THE SOUTHBOUND WHEN 83 FRONTAGE ROADS IS KIND OF A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT IN THERE.
UH, AND IT'S KIND OF RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM END, UH, OF, UH, GO VALET JOHNSON, TERRORISTS, REALLY JOHNSON TERRORISTS, AS IT OPENS UP TO THE NORTH AND GO, NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS ZOOMED IN ON THE AREA.
THE WHOLE THING OUTLINED IN LIGHT BLUE IS THAT CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, COMPLEX SLASH UH, UM, UH, THERE'S STILL SOME LINGERING STATE CONTROL, UH, I THINK, AND THE, UH, THE YELLOW AREAS, WHAT HAS BEEN ADDED SINCE THE RFP, UH, AS A REMINDER, THIS, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WAS POSTED AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR.
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UH, THIS PROPOSAL WAS THE ONE THAT WAS, UM, SELECTED BY, UH, WITH A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT AND THEN ENDORSED BY CITY COUNCIL.UM, IT WAS FOR ORIGINALLY THE DARK BLUE AREA, AND WE EXPANDED IT INTO THAT LIGHTER YELLOW AREA FOR ADDITIONAL UNITS FOR THE PROPER SPACING FROM THE WAREHOUSE, WHICH HAS A BIG WALK-IN FRIDGE, WHICH LESSON LEARNED IS APPARENTLY SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO, TO MITIGATE WITH IN TERMS OF, UH, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE DECENT SPACING FROM, FROM ANY MATERIALS THERE.
UH, AND THEN AS WELL, UH, WORKING WITH THE CITY TO DEAL WITH SOME DRIVEWAY ACCESS, UH, TO THE ANIMAL SERVICES COMPLEX, PLACING OF SOME DETENTION PONDS, AND JUST GENERALLY TRYING TO GET A, A GOOD A PUBLIC AREA THERE.
BUT I DO WANT TO CALL OUT THAT IN A PLAN NORTH THAT YOU SEE THERE, AND WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ZOOMING IN, THERE ARE A BUNCH OF GREAT, UH, UH, OLD HERITAGE PECANS AND OAKS IN THAT PLAN NORTH AREA.
AND I HAVE TALKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOLKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRYING TO, UM, SINCE IT'S PUBLIC LAND ALREADY TRYING TO GET THAT DESIGNATED AS A PARK.
UM, AND, UH, WE, UH, VERY KIND OF DELIBERATELY LEFT IT OUT OF ANY EXPANSION AREA, UH, BECAUSE THE, UH, THE TREES THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL AND HUGE, UM, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, THIS IS THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN AS OF NOW.
UM, AND, UH, THE, UM, TO THE PLAN, UH, UH, WEST THERE, YOU SEE THE, UH, THE MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS, THOSE WILL BE BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR STORIES, UM, TO KEEP WITH AN ECONOMICAL FORM OF CONSTRUCTION.
WE SEE THE, UH, THE GMDC LAND TRUST AREA, THEIR PLAN EAST, UH, THEN SOME, UH, THE TENSION, WHICH IS PLANNED TO HAVE IN THERE, UH, PERMANENT WATER, UM, FOR, TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MILLER LAKE LIKE EFFECT.
AND THEN, UH, ON THE FAR END OF THE TRIANGLE, THERE IS THE EXISTING SOFT SHOULDER DRIVEWAY, WHICH THE CITY HAS ASKED US TO UPGRADE AND MAINTAIN AND PROVIDE AN EASEMENT TO EASE ACCESS TO THE, UM, UH, TO THE REST OF THE COMPLEX THERE, UH, ON LAVANDER LOOP.
AND YOU ALSO SEE FROM THE BREAKDOWN THERE THAT WE HAVE A REALLY HEALTHY MIX OF ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOMS. SO THIS IS, UH, VERY MUCH GOING TO BE A FAMILY ORIENTED, COMMITTED, UH, COMMUNITY, UM, UH, INCOME, UH, RANGING FROM $0 UP TO ABOUT 80,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.
SO A VERY MIXED INCOME COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN WITH QUITE A BIT IN THE WAY OF, UH, INTERIOR AMENITIES THERE, UH, THE PUBLIC SPACES HERE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF THE PUBLIC.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE PUTTING IN A HUGE PARK, BUT THERE, UH, THERE'S A WALKING TRAIL PLANNED ALL THE WAY AROUND IT.
UM, UH, I'VE BEEN SKEPTICAL IN THE PAST, BUT, UH, THEY PUT A QUARTER MILE ONE BY MY HOUSE AND EVERYBODY USES IT.
SO THERE'LL BE, UH, BARBECUE AND PICNIC AREAS.
UM, SOME PUBLIC BIKE STORAGE, SPORT COURTS, ALL THOSE WILL HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO STRIKE THE BALANCE HERE BETWEEN, UH, A PRIVATE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GATED APARTMENT COMPLEX AND, AND A PUBLIC AREA WHILE STILL TRYING TO MAINTAIN SOME PEACE AND SECURITY FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UM, SO THAT IS THE QUICK VERSION OF IT.
AND, UH, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM, UM, WELL, LET ME, UM, CHAIR, COULD I INTERRUPT REAL QUICK? YES.
FOR SOME REASON THE PODIUM IS ONLY COMING OUT THE ROOM FACING SPEAKERS.
WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING ON THIS END.
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO HEAR.
WE'LL, UH, WORK ON THAT, UH, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN IMPROVE.
SHOULDN'T BE NOTED, UH, THAT, UM, THAT WORKED THAT'LL WORK.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MR. DONALD MCGEE IS ALSO ON THE LINE AND IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, UH, BUT NOT WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM THE OPPOSITION, UH, SPEAKER MS. WENDY GRANARY GRINNELL YOU'LL SELECT STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR REMARKS.
HELLO, MATE? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
SO I, UM, WELL, THERE'S A HUGE ECHO ON THIS.
UM, UM, I OWN PROPERTY ON TRACY LYNN LANE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE ACCESS TO MAP AND YOU CAN SEE THAT TRACY LYNN LANE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE VIA GARDNER REP.
THE ONLY WAY IN NAILING WAY OUT, IT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL IN THERE.
MOST OF THE PROPERTIES IN THERE ARE ACTUALLY DUPLEXES, NOT NECESSARILY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES AND ACROSS FROM TRACY LYNN LANE,
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WE HAVE THE WHOLE FOODS DISTRIBUTION CENTER, WHICH HAS BEEN MENTIONED, AND THERE'S BIG RIG 18 WHEELERS COMING IN AND OUT OF THERE ALL THE TIME.WE ALSO HAVE A HARDWOOD FLOOR BARGAIN WAREHOUSE, KIND OF AT THE OTHER END OF GARDNER.
THEY HAVE 18 WHEELERS COMING IN AND OUT, AND THEN THERE'S OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE REALLY BIG VEHICLES COMING IN AND OUT.
MY CONCERN IS THAT WITH 198 UNIT PROPERTY, THAT IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY GARDNER, THERE'S GOING TO BE A HUGE TRAFFIC CAM.
AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE NO, UM, STRONG GUIDELINES AS FAR AS PARKING LOT PARKING SPACES REQUIRED.
SO PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LOWER INCOME OFTEN HAVE CARS THAT DON'T ALWAYS WORK.
I'VE LIVED IN REDLINE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE CARS ARE ON THE STREET, BROKEN DOWN, AND PEOPLE ARE REPAIRING THEM.
OIL'S GOING IN THE STREET CAR REPAIR PARTS ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TOSS TOSSED ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND IT JUST CREATES A JUNK PILE.
SO ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS IT'S, IT'S BEING OVERBUILT.
INITIALLY IT WAS 140 UNITS, AND THEN IT TURNED INTO 198.
UM, THE CITY HAD ONE NUMBER AND THEN THE VILLAGE HAD A DIFFERENT NUMBER.
UM, I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE A FLOODING ISSUES IN THIS AREA.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RED FLAG, THIS AREA, BECAUSE IT HAS HAZARDOUS WAY, WHICH WAS DISCUSSED, BUT NOT IN DETAIL.
I THINK THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS THEY WANTED MORE ACREAGE TO HAVE MORE SETBACK, BUT RIGHT NEXT DOOR, WHICH WASN'T MENTIONED TO THE WEST, WE HAVE A MANUFACTURING COMPANY AND THAT IS CALLED FORTERRA, THEY'RE A PIPE AND CEMENT COMPANY.
SO IF THERE'S FLOODS THERE AND YOU HAVE CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WALKING AROUND, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TOXINS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
SO I'M JUST, IT SEEMS LIKE THE CITY IS TRYING TO JAM THIS INTO AN AREA THAT HAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND IT'S, WE'VE GOT TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, WE'VE GOT TOXIC WASTE PROBLEMS, WE'VE GOT FLOODING PROBLEM.
AND IN MY OPINION, IT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE A MIXED USE.
IT SHOULD BE A MULTIFAMILY SO THAT WE CAN KEEP OXYGEN GREEN INSTEAD OF OVERCROWDED AND CEMENT FIELD.
AND INSTEAD OF JUST COMPLAINING, I LOOKED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER CITY SITES THAT MIGHT BE BETTER THAN THIS.
AND IN THE SAME ZIP CODE, WE HAVE THE WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER, AND THAT'S ON TANNAHILL LANE.
AND I EMAILED TO EVERYBODY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, A SATELLITE MAP OF THE EXISTING SITE AND TANNAHILL WOMEN'S SHELTER SITE.
UM, THESE ARE JUST CONCERNS THAT I HAVE.
AND I, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE REASON I BOUGHT IN THIS AREA IS BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AROUND VIA 180 3, AN AIRPORT, AND THAT ALREADY GETS REALLY BACKED UP.
SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU GUYS CONSIDER REDUCING THE NUMBER OF UNITS IS YOU CAN'T CONSIDER MOVING TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT FOR A THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
UM, THE, UH, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND LAND THAT CAN DO, UH, THAT IS NOT A DISPLACEMENT SITUATION THAT CAN DO A LARGE AMOUNT OF, UH, OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, THIS HAS BEEN PUBLIC LAND FOR AWHILE.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT THE CITY I KNOW FROM FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE IS LOOKING AT EVERY PARCEL THEY HAVE, UH, FOR, FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE THINK THE PROJECT STANDS ON ITS MERITS.
IT'S, IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE IT'S IT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED.
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WE THINK THE PLAN IS GOOD.SO, UH, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE, UM, UH, WE'RE NOT, UH, UH, FULLY ANTICIPATING MAYBE THAT, THAT, UM, UH, LARGE AMOUNTS OF LAND THAT WERE EMPTY, MY, UH, DEVELOP, UH, NEAR THEM.
UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH, UH, UM, ALL THE FOLKS WHO, UH, WHO LIVE AROUND HERE, WHO TALKED TO US.
UM, UH, I DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ALL THE, UM, THE ABSENTEE LANDLORDS, BUT, UM, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PRETTY BROAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT YEAR, AND WE'VE TRIED TO WORK PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO, UM, UH, TO REALLY BE RESPONSIVE TO THEIR INPUT.
SO, UM, YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT AND, UH, IT MERITS, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
OR THEY CAN, CAN LEAD TO THE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
UM, I SEE COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COX? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
LOOKS LIKE, UH, DOC, UH, COMMISSIONER MUCH.
UM, YEAH, I'M GOING TO BE LISTENING IN TONIGHT.
I'M STILL KIND OF GETTING OVER SOME ILLNESS AND I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS THE, UM, UH, SOME BRIEFINGS WE HAVE LATER.
SO I'M, I'M TO REFRAIN FROM VOTING TONIGHT AND NOT BE PRESENT DURING THIS PART OF THE MEETING NAKED.
ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? UH, I SEE COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER AND THEN COMMISSIONER COX.
UH, GOT QUESTIONED FOR MS. CHAFFIN.
UM, CAN, CAN YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE THE PROCESS THAT THE CITY, UH, THAT THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND THIS SHOULD BE, WE'LL GO THROUGH, UH, TO EXAMINE TRAFFIC AND ANY PROBLEMS WITH TRAFFIC? SURE.
HEATHER CHAFFIN HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I ALSO GOT INPUT FROM THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, VIEW THE ILLNESS THAT THE PROPOSED UNIT CAP AT APPROXIMATELY 200 UNITS OR 1 98 DOES NOT TRIGGER A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
WHEN THERE IS AN ENGINEERED STEP STUDY, IT WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH ALL CURRENT CITY CODES.
THE SITE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY STREET IMPACT FEE PROGRAM, AND THIS IS ALL AT TIME OF SITE FOR HIM.
AND THAT IS, UH, THE CITY STREET IMPACT FEE, UH, ADDS PHONES TO THE CITY ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN.
THERE IS CURRENTLY A SIGNAL I IDENTIFIED AT THE INTERSECTION OR BONE ROAD AND GARDNER, AND SO, UH, IMPACT THESE WILL GO IN THAT DIRECTION.
THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN REQUIRES ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY AND WILL BE A CONDITION OF SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
AND OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE ELEMENTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA, MANUAL, UH, TIME OF SITE PLAN, INCLUDING PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE, AND PARKING AND OTHER CONDITIONS.
AND, UH, FOR AN MR. CONNOR, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, POTENTIAL TRAFFIC MARKETING AGAIN, UH, UM, ALSO ADDRESS THE FLOODING CONCERN, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT TO FLOODING.
UH, THIS IS CURRENTLY A, UH, PRETTY, UH, IT'S VERY UNREGULATED, VERY FLAT.
UM, UH, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES AFTER RAIN.
UH, IT PRETTY MUCH JUST STRAINS TO THE STREET WITH NO CONTROL.
SO THIS WILL RECEIVE FULL, UH, ENGINEERING WITH, UH, TWO LARGE DETENTION PONDS THAT ARE ALSO DOUBLING AS IS KIND OF A LANDSCAPE FEATURES.
UM, SO, UH, THE GOAL HERE IS TO, UM, UH, CAPTURE 100% OF THE RUNOFF FOR LARGE RAIN EVENTS, UM, FOR, UH, FOR STORM WATER AND WATER QUALITY.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT TO TRAFFIC, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S A GEOMETRY PROBLEM IN OUR CITY.
UM, UH, THESE UNITS HERE WILL GENERATE LESS TRAFFIC THAN UNITS FURTHER OUT.
UH, THERE IS THE LIGHT IDENTIFIED AS WELL AS THE ASAP, UH, STREET WIDENINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS, UH, I THINK WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE NON CODE COMPLIANT, PARKING OF TRAILERS, TRACTOR TRAILERS ON THIS ROAD QUITE A BIT.
UM, SO THAT MIGHT BE A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE, UH, THAT WE MAY NEED TO COME UP WITH FOR, UH, FOR SAFETY.
BUT, UM, UH, I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO, UH, HAVING, UH, BEEN AROUND HERE, UH, VISITED A NUMBER OF TIMES, AND IT'S ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES THAT WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH, KIND OF THE REST OF THE CITY.
UM, I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THERE'S NO TRAFFIC HERE AND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'LL, IT'LL TAKE EVERYBODY TWO MINUTES TO COMMUTE DOWNTOWN.
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YEAH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.UM, I WISH WE HAD PROJECTS LIKE THIS COME UP, EVERY MEETING, UH, CAUSE WE DESPERATELY NEED THEM, BUT, UM, I CAN'T LOG ON TO FACEBOOK WITHOUT THE FIRST THING I SEE BEING AN AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER BEGGING FOR FOSTERS AND ADOPTION.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF NOW THAT THIS PROJECT HAS GROWN FURTHER SOUTH INTO THAT LITTLE TRIANGLE PIECE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER.
UM, HOW HAS STAFF LOOKED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT AS THE CITY GROWS A, IS GOING TO GROW AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOMEHOW CREATE FUTURE PROBLEMS WITH THAT? THEY'RE CHATTING HOUSING AND PLANNING.
I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THAT, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AL AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ACQUIRED THIS LAND MANY YEARS AGO OR AT LEAST SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AND I AM ASSUMING THAT THIS WAS PART OF A CITY-WIDE DISCUSSION SINCE OUR AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE RATE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
UM, AND I NOTICED I'M LOOKING, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY STARTED TALKING TO US ABOUT THE STREET SITUATION.
IT LOOKS LIKE BALD ROAD HAS, UH, SOME ON-STREET BIKE LANES, UH, PLENTY OF PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE EVEN USING TURTLE PUMPS TO HELP PROTECT THE BIKE LANES.
UM, IS THAT GOING TO EXTEND DOWN GARDNER ROAD, UH, WITH THIS, WITH THIS PROJECT IN TERMS OF COMPLETING THE SIDEWALK NETWORK THERE, AND THEN, UH, ON STREET BIKE LANES I UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR THINGS ADJACENT TO THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY CANNOT BE REQUIRED TO EXTEND THINGS FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD ADJACENT TO ANOTHER PROPERTY ON HIS PROPERTY, BUT YES, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH BIPLANE STREETSCAPE AND THOSE KINDS OF IMPROVEMENTS, COMMISSIONER COX, UM, MR. KENNY HAD, UM, RAISED HIS HAND, I THINK MAYBE HE HAS A, AN ANSWER.
UH, I THINK, UH, UM, MS. CHAFFIN SPOKE TO IT, BUT THERE IS A, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF SPARE LAND KIND OF ALL AROUND THAT LOOP.
UH, I DO HOPE THAT, UH, THOSE OLD, UH, HERITAGE TREES, UH, AND KIND OF THAT NORTHERN CORNER, UH, THAT THERE'S A LOOK, UH, TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR THAT.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN ADJACENT, HEAVILY WOODED CADDY CORNER, A LOT THAT COULD PROVIDE, UH, ACCESS, UH, TO BALAAM ROAD, UH, TO THAT, UH, IF PARKLAND, DEDICATION WERE DONE ON THAT.
SO, UH, I HAVE OFFERED TO, TO HELP, UH, THE CONTACT TEAM THERE AND, UH, IF THEY WANTED TO PURSUE THAT AND WE'VE, WE'VE HAD SOME INITIAL TALKS AND I HOPE WE CAN MAYBE BE COMING BACK IN THE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND HELP THEM TO GET SOME OF THAT DEDICATED AS PARKLAND.
AND THEY'RE STILL QUITE A BIT OF SPACE THAT COULD GO TO A SHELTER EXPANSION.
WHAT ABOUT ON-STREET BIKE LANES? UH, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A PROTECTED BIKE LANE IN THE P ALONG GARDNER ROAD HERE.
UM, UH, THE, UM, SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WOULD HAPPEN UNDER ASN P MANDATED, UH, STREET UPGRADES, UM, BUT CERTAINLY STREET IMPACT FEES, UH, COULD GO TO PROJECTS THAT GENERALLY ADDRESS THE RE THE ROADWAY THAT ALSO INCORPORATE BIKE FACILITIES ON IT.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING OF STREET IMPACT FEES IS THEY CAN'T GO JUST TO DOING A BIKE LANE ON A ROAD.
AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, SORRY, SORRY, JUST TO CHIME IN ON THAT THAT SITE WILL HAVE TO COMPLY.
AND THIS IS FROM THE INFORMATION I GOT FROM ATV.
UM, IT WILL HAVE TO COMPLY AT TIME OF SITE PLAN REGARDING ANY IMPROVEMENTS WHICH ARE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE, INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, PLANTING ZONE, BUT, UH, IT DEPENDS ON THE PROXIMITY OF THOSE FACILITIES AND THE SURFACE PROXIMITY OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH GARDENER LANGUAGE IS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE PROJECT.
UH, I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION FOR THE TIME IS, IS IF THIS PROJECT DOESN'T GET FINANCING FOR SOME REASON, UM, BECAUSE FINANCING IS STILL, I GUESS, UP IN THE AIR, IF WE MAKE THIS ZONING CHANGE, IS THERE THE POTENTIAL THAT THIS COULD BECOME SOME SORT OF MARKET RATE PROJECT, OR IS THIS PROPERTY EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE USE OF AUSTIN FINANCE, UM, AND, AND, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING? UH, YES.
COMMISSIONER HFC RETAINS, UH, OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY AND HAS CONTROL OVER WHAT GOES HERE.
SO, UM, HFC HAS RECENTLY EXPANDED THEIR FINANCING OPTIONS AND HAS A COUPLE OF ROBUST ONES.
SO I'M, I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT, BUT, UH, IN ANY CASE, IF, IF THIS PROJECT DIES FOR SOME REASON, IT JUST REVERTS RIGHT BACK TO HFC.
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ALL RIGHT.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS C UH, COMMISSIONERS ARE, AND THEN COMMISSIONER PRAXIS, UH, KOSHER.
UM, SO YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT THAT BREAKDOWN.
YOU GAVE US OF HOW MANY OF THE UNITS ARE ONE, TWO OR THREE BEDROOMS. UM, AND I'M CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE A MORE, UM, THIS IS FOR THE APPLICANT, A MORE PARTICULAR BREAKDOWN OF HOW MANY OF THOSE THREE BEDROOM UNITS, UM, THAT ARE MORE SUITABLE, OF COURSE FOR FAMILIES ARE AT 50% MFI, UM, AND THE BREAKDOWN FOR EACH OF THOSE.
UM, I THINK ABOUT A THIRD, OR I'M SORRY, ABOUT HALF OF THE THREE BEDROOMS ARE PLANNED TO BE IN THE DUPLEX UNITS AND ABOUT HALF OF THEM WILL BE IN THE MULTI-FAMILY.
UM, THIS IS JUST A PROBLEM IN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE WITH DOUBLE LOADED CORRIDORS INSTEAD OF, OF SINGLE-POINT, UH, STAIRWAYS, UM, THAT IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIT IN A THREE BEDROOM UNLESS IT'S ON A CORNER.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE AS A COUNTRY CAN DO BETTER ON, IT'S JUST NOT IN OUR KIND OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN CULTURE, UM, AND OUR CAPITALIZED HOUSING COMPANY WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, BUT, UH, IT'S JUST VERY, VERY HARD TO DO THREE BEDROOMS ON A DOUBLE LOADED CORRIDOR, UH, IF THEY'RE NOT ON A CORNER UNIT.
SO IT'S A BIG PROBLEM FOR, UH, FOR FAMILY-FRIENDLY MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE MY, I DIDN'T, UM, ASK MY QUESTION IN A WAY THAT WAS SUPER CLEAR.
UM, WHAT I'M ASKING IS FOR THOSE THREE BEDROOMS, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE AT 50%? I'M SORRY.
UH, I, I DON'T THINK THAT SPECIFIC MFIS HAVE BEEN MATCHED, UH, TO SPECIFIC ROOMS, BUT, UM, ALL OF THE RENTAL UNITS WILL BE, UH, 30, 50 OR 60.
UM, AND SO ABOUT HALF OF THOSE THREE BEDROOMS WILL BE, UH, IN THE RENTAL UNITS.
SO THERE'LL BE, I IMAGINE DISPERSED FAIRLY EVENLY BETWEEN THIRTIES, FIFTIES, AND SIXTIES.
COMMISSIONERS ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
I JUST HAVE, UH, ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, IT SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG.
UM, AND JUST TO FURTHER ADDRESS THE, UH, PARKING CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED.
AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UM, I KNOW THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH KERATITIS AND WITH OTHER PROVIDERS IN OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE WHILE DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT.
AND I WAS CURIOUS IF ANY STATISTICS WERE EVER LOOKED AT AROUND CAR OWNERSHIP IN OUR UNHOUSED, UH, NEIGHBOR POPULATION, UM, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE UNITS IN THIS PROPERTY WILL BE OCCUPIED BY PEOPLE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM HOMELESSNESS.
UM, AND IT SEEMS TO ME FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE AS SOMEONE PRETTY CONSISTENTLY WORKING, UM, ON THE FRONT LINES, IN THIS ISSUE THAT MOST OF OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS DO NOT OWN CARS, BUT I WAS CURIOUS IF THAT MIGHT, UH, HAVE BEEN A STATISTIC THAT YOU GUYS EVER LOOKED AT.
I HAVE A GREAT DATA SET BECAUSE WE'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING SEVEN, A HUNDRED PERCENT HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE BUILDINGS FOR SEVEN DIFFERENT NONPROFITS THAT SERVE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS.
UM, AND WE HAVE JUST KIND OF COMPLETED DESIGN PROCESS ON THEM AND, YOU KNOW, UH, FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IT'S NOT A MONOLITH.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOUSING FRAGILE, WHO ARE JUST FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS.
THERE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE COMING OUT OF CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, THAT BEING SAID, UM, UH, MOST OF THE, UM, UH, BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE NONPROFITS WHO ARE, HAVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE DOING THIS SUPPORT, UH, HAVE HARDLY ANY PARKING SPACES.
THERE'S A FEW SUBPOPULATIONS THAT REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING, BUT THEY'RE ALL I'VE BEEN OUT TO THEIR PRE AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED COMPLEXES AND THEIR PARKING LOTS ARE THREE FOURTHS EMPTY.
UM, SO WHEN YOU SUBTRACT THE HOMELESS UNITS, UH, RESPONSE UNITS FROM THE TOTAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY ABOUT LIKE 1.3 OR SO SPOTS TO A UNIT, WHICH IS PRETTY CLOSE TO CODE.
UM, SO WE ARE UTILIZING AFFORDABILITY AND LOCKED, BUT IT'S, IT'S COMING IN RIGHT AT ABOUT CODE.
SO THIS IS, IT SEEMS TO BE A MUCH LOWER, UM, NUMBER OF, UH, CARS, UH, CAR TRIPS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN WOULD BE GENERATED BY SORT OF SIMILAR MARKET RATE PROJECTS AT THE SAME SIZE.
AND IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE, I THINK ILLEGAL TRAILER PARKING THERE'S ABOUT A MILE OR THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET OF ON STREET PARKING.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH NOT USED ALL AROUND HERE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, WE, WE HAD THE SPACE TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE SURFACE, BUT BASED ON, ON OUR EXPERIENCE AND MARKET STUDIES, IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM LIKE WE NEEDED IT.
SORRY, TRAIL, GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON BOTH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE ZONING
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CASE.SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SNYDER.
DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION? UM, SURE.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT.
AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE MISSION OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND THE WAY WE HAVE WORKED WITH PUBLIC LAND, THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF WORK THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE.
SO I APPRECIATE BOTH HFC YOUR COUNSEL AND THE APPLICANT WORKING ON THIS.
I THINK IT MOVED FORWARD WITH A LOT OF THE GOALS THAT WE WANT TO MEET AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, DEEPER AFFORDABILITY AROUND GARDEN CONTINUUM OF CARE UNITS, AND REALLY PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WE NEED ON OUR GRAND PUBLIC LAND ASSETS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND I'LL JUST END BY SAYING THANK YOU, MR. KENNEY, AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS, ANY SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION, ANY SPEAKING IN FAVOR, COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY? YEAH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS BECAUSE THOUSANDS OF VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, WROTE BOTH TO CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UM, ASKING THAT THAT FUNDS BE PRIORITIZED FOR OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AND FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, UM, IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY.
AND SO THIS PROJECT, UM, IS A SIGN OF PROGRESS ON THAT FRONT AND A SMALL, BUT VERY, VERY IMPORTANT STEP.
EVERY UNIT ON THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT JUST A UNIT OF HOUSING, IT'S LITERALLY A LIFE THAT WE ARE POTENTIALLY SAVING.
UM, AND SO I, I'M JUST APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT THAT IT'S GETTING FROM THIS COMMISSION.
AND I VERY PROUD TO VOTE FOR THIS PROJECT TODAY.
THANK YOU ANY SPEAKING AGAINST OR FOR, UH, COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER? SO, UH, I, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER IS, ARE, AND COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
UH, AND I WANT TO ALSO JUST SPEAK TO CONCERNS THAT MAY COME UP FROM THE NEIGHBORS, UH, WHERE I LIVE IN THIS AQUA MARTIN NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, FROM A STONE'S THROW FROM MY HOUSE, I'VE GOT A SMART HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AND I ALSO HAVE A DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRANSITION, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UM, IN BOTH CASES, UH, UH, UH, THAT THERE'S BEEN ONLY POSITIVE IMPACT FROM BOTH OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS.
IN ADDITION, SMART HOUSING, UH, PROVIDE SOME BENEFITS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
YOU HEARD SOME OF THOSE EXPRESSED BY THE APPLICANT, UH, IN ADDITION TO SIDEWALKS, UM, SOME POSSIBILITIES FOR PARK AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
UM, AND, UH, I THINK THAT THERE'S, IT'S OBVIOUS, WE HEARD AT EVERY MEETING THE NEED FOR AFFORDABILITY IN PARTICULAR, THE NEED TO DEVELOP HOUSING, UM, FOR FAMILIES WITH, UM, MULTIPLE BEDROOMS, UH, FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR TRANSITIONING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.
SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY EXCELLENT PROPOSAL AND I, I, I BELIEVE BETWEEN SMART HOUSING REQUIREMENTS, UH, UH, ASM P REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPER THAT WILL MOVE US TOWARD IMPROVEMENTS ON THE STREET AND FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, AS WELL AS OTHER CHANGES THAT THIS WILL BE A NET IMPROVEMENT FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
YEAH, THE RISK OF SOUNDING REPETITIVE WITH COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER, UH, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.
LIKE I SAID, I WISH WE HAD A CASE LIKE THIS, EVERY, EVERY MEETING.
UM, I JUST HOPE THAT THE CITY AND CITY STAFF, UH, DO WHAT THEY CAN TO HELP DIRECT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WITH THESE PROJECTS.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF, IF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, SEE THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS COME ALONG WITH THESE PROJECTS, UM, THAT THEY WILL SEE THIS AS A NET BENEFIT RATHER THAN A CONCERN, THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO GET WORSE IN TERMS OF PARKING TRAFFIC.
AND WE HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN BICYCLE, PARKING, ALL THIS SORT OF STUFF.
AND SO BY, UH, BY DEPLOYING ON-STREET BIKE LANES TO HELP SUPPORT THE BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE ALSO HELPING TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING.
SO I JUST HOPE THAT THOSE THINGS GO ALONG WITH EACH OTHER SO THAT, UM, WE HELP, WE HELP SHOW THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE, ARE, ARE ABSOLUTELY A BENEFIT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE.
UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONERS, RS, MOTION TO SUPPORT STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON BOTH B 15 AND B 16, UH, HOLD UP YOUR GREEN 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
I HAVE NINE FOUR ON THE DYESS TWO, AND THEN THAT'S UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.
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OKAY.[C. BRIEFING]
ON TO OUR BRIEFING.SO THIS IS THE, UM, V VERTICAL MIXED USE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS BRIEFING.
COMMISSIONER LAYS ON HAND FOR, I BELIEVE WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THE M A S AND P NEXT AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO C1, WHICH IS THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN UPDATES IS A BRIEFING UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, UM, FOCUSED IN DIVISION MANAGER AND AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OVERSEEING OUR LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
UM, AND I'LL, I'LL JUST, UH, ASK TO ADVANCE THE SLIDES.
UM, THIS THERE'S, UH, A BIT OF A PRESENTATION IN YOUR BACKUP, AND I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT, UM, THIS IS A BRIEFING AND WE'LL BE BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A RECOMMENDATION AND MAY, UM, THIS IS THE THIRD PRESENTATION WE'VE MADE THE GORDON, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THIS MONTH, UM, AND, UH, UH, ADVANCED LIFE PLEASE.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO COVER, UH, BRIEFLY AS THE TIMELINE, A LITTLE BACKUP ON THE S AND P IT WAS, IT WAS NICE TO HEAR THE S AND P REFERENCING PREVIOUS ITEM.
UM, UH, I'LL COVER WHAT'S IN THE S AND P AMENDMENT CYCLE.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, INTERPRETING THE UPDATES BASED ON COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD, AND THEN WE'LL SAVE TIME FOR Q AND A NEXT SLIDE.
SO, UM, THIS ACE AND P AMENDMENT PROCESS STARTED IN MAY OF 2021.
WHEN WE, WHEN WE STARTED AN INTERNAL REVIEW PROCESS, UH, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A RELEASE OF A POLICY SURVEY ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2021, AND THEN A S AND P STREET NETWORK FEEDBACK MAP WAS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 15TH.
AND THIS FIRST ROUND OF PUBLIC COMMENTS CLOSED ON JANUARY 30TH.
NEXT SLIDE IN FEBRUARY IS THAT TIME TO DEVELOP AN UPDATED DRAFT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, AS WELL AS SUMMARIZE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD IN ROUND ONE.
AND THEN ON FEBRUARY 28TH, WE PUBLISHED AN UPDATED DRAFT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND SENT OUT NOTIFICATION TO THE COMMUNITY REGISTRY.
SO NOW IN MARCH, WE'RE DOING BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEETINGS.
UH, WE'RE PRESENTING TO COUNCIL MOBILITY COMMITTEE THIS WEEK ON THE 10TH, AND WE'RE CONDUCTING OUR ROUND TWO OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
SO THEN IN APRIL, WE'LL DEVELOP OUR FINAL DRAFT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, AS WELL AS SUMMARIZE THE FEEDBACK WE'VE HEARD IN ROUND TWO.
AND THEN WE'LL PRESENT THAT TO PLANNING COMMISSION IN MAY FOR, FOR YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, AS WELL AS, UH, CONDUCT THE COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING FOLLOWED BY THE, UH, COUNCIL, UH, READINGS.
UM, SO NOW I'LL COVER, UM, BRIEFLY, UH, WHAT THE SMP IS, IF, IF, UH, YOU HAVEN'T, UM, BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PAST, BUT IT IS A POLICY DOCUMENT AND IT IS A STREET NETWORK TABLE AND MAP.
THE POLICY DOCUMENT WAS ADOPTED IN APRIL, 2019, UM, BY COUNCIL, AS THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
AND IT ESTABLISHED OUR CITIES, UM, NORTH STAR IN A PRIMARY PLAN OBJECTIVE, WHERE, UM, WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH A 50 50 MODE SHARE BY 2039 IN ORDER TO GROW SUSTAINABLY INTO THE FUTURE WHERE 50% OF CARS PEOPLE DRIVE ALONE IN CARS COMPARED TO 74% TODAY.
SO THE POLICY DOCUMENT ALSO INCLUDES INDICATORS AND TARGETS, POLICIES, AND ACTION ITEMS, ALL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT PRIMARY PLAN.
SO THE STREET NETWORK IS, UH, THE TECHNICAL ELEMENT OF THE PLAN.
IT'S A DATABASE OF STREETS, UH, THROUGHOUT AUSTIN ORGANIZED BY STREET NAME INCLUDES THE EXISTING AND FUTURE CONDITIONS OF THE ROADWAY.
AND THESE FUTURE CONDITIONS REFLECT THE POLICIES IN THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, VISION THAT SHARED WITH, IMAGINE AUSTIN IN THE S AND P AND IT REFLECTS OUR MULTIMODAL SYSTEMS FOR WALKING, BICYCLING, TRANSIT, AND DRIVING.
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THE STREET NETWORK IS USED TO IDENTIFY RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE THESE FEATURE CONDITIONS.AND THIS IS PER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THE THING TO POINT OUT THOUGH, IS THIS HAS GOTTEN CONFUSION IN OUR INITIAL ROUND, IS THAT RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION IS ONLY TRIGGERED FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT OR INTENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT BUILDING PERMITS OR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES GOING THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL REVIEW PROCESS DO NOT REQUIRE A RIDE, A QUICK DEDICATION.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT MANY OF OUR STREETS THROUGHOUT AUSTIN WILL ACTUALLY NEVER HAVE, RIGHT.
IT CHANGES, BUT WE'LL HAVE MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
SO I'LL FOCUS ON THE AMENDMENT CYCLE, NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS, UM, CONSIDERED A MINOR AMENDMENT, UM, TO THE SNP BECAUSE, UH, IT WAS ADOPTED ONLY TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROCESS AND APPROACHING, UH, THREE YEARS.
UM, SO WE'RE MAKING, UM, UH, THREE POLICY ADDITIONS TO THE POLICY DOCUMENT, AS WELL AS, UM, REVISIONS AND ADDITIONS TO ACTION ITEMS, VARIOUS ERRATA AND MINOR DOCUMENT CORRECTIONS.
AND ALL OF THOSE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED CHANGES CAN BE FOUND IN THE ACMP RED LINE USING OUR AMENDMENT LOG WITH IDS AND PAGE NUMBERS, UM, THAT CAN BE FOUND ONLINE.
WE'RE ALSO MAKING AMENDMENTS TO THE STREET NETWORK TABLE AND MAT TO, UM, MAKE CORRECTIONS AS WELL AS ALIGNMENTS WITH OTHER CITY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING AN UPDATE TO THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL THAT WAS JUST COMPLETED LAST YEAR, UH, ALIGNMENT WITH THE 2014 BICYCLE PLAN CHANGES TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO PROJECT CONNECT AND CHANGES RELATED TO MOBILITY BOND, UH, CORRIDORS STUDIES, AS WELL AS CHANGES WITH REMOVE ROADWAYS AND ADDED ROADWAYS.
SO I'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE THREE PROPOSED VIEW POLICIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE SPENT, UH, THE TIME IN, UH, EARLY LAST YEAR, REFLECTING ON THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT THE S AND P WAS ADOPTED AND ABOUT, UM, WAYS TO REFLECT ON, ON, UH, PERHAPS WHAT WAS MISSING FROM THE PLAN TO HELP PROVIDE GUIDANCE, UM, TO THE CITY ON, ON PRESSURES THAT WE'RE FEELING DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT WE FELT, UM, WAS, WAS, UH, THE USE OF OUR STREETS.
SO, UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THIS PROPOSED NEW POLICY WITHIN OUR ROADWAY SYSTEM, SUB CHAPTER TO SUPPORT STREETS AS PLACES WHERE PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY ENGAGE IN NON MOBILITY ACTIVITY TO RECOGNIZE THE DIVERSE AND EXPANDING CIVIC NEEDS WITHIN OUR RIGHT OF WAY AND PROMOTE ADAPTIVE USES OF THE STREET AND THE FULL TEXT OF, UH, SUPPORTING THIS POLICY CAN BE FOUND ON THE ACMP RED LINE, UH, ON PAGE 95.
NEXT SLIDE, SIMILARLY, UM, COMING OFF OF WINTER STORM JURY AND, UM, UH, REPEATED, UM, CLIMATE EVENTS, UM, THE S AND P PLANNING TEAM FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO IDENTIFY STRONGER TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCE POLICIES.
SO THIS ONE WAS, IS WITHIN OUR AIR AND CLIMATE NEW POLICY STATING INCREASE THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, ADAPTIVE CAPACITY, FUTURE PROOF, OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS TO FLEXIBLY ADAPT TO CLIMATE IMPACTS.
AND THE FULL TEXT CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 1 97 OF THE S AND P RED LINE.
NEXT SLIDE, A SUPPORTING POLICY THAT CAN BE FOUND IN OUR COLLABORATION, A SUB CHAPTER, WHICH STATES SUPPORT LARGER CITY EFFORTS FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO COORDINATE WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERS TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY DURING EXTREME EVENTS.
AND THE FULL TEXT CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 2 68 AT THE RED LINE, THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO IN OUR ROUND ONE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WE HAD A SURVEY, UM, ASKING, UH, PEOPLE TO, TO INDICATE HOW STRONGLY THEY SUPPORTED THE NEW PROPOSED POLICIES.
UM, ALL THREE OF THE PROPOSED POLICIES RECEIVED A 70% OR GREATER SUPPORT AND STRONGLY SUPPORT.
UM, AND A FEW COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD, UM, AND SUPPORT WAS THAT STREET SHOULD HAVE MANY USES FOR THE COMMUNITY STREETS OR FOR PEOPLE MOVEMENT, NOT JUST FAR MOVEMENT AS COMPARED TO COMMENTS THAT SAID STREET TO FORGETTING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, AND TO KEEP THE STREETS AS IT'S, UM, THE TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCE POLICIES,
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COMMENTS, UM, AND SUPPORT INDICATED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT, UH, TO KEEP OUR TRANSPORTATION OPERATING DURING THESE DISASTERS, UM, FOR SAFETY COMPARED TO, UM, SOME COMMENTS THAT INDICATED THAT THESE POLICIES WERE OVERREACTION, OR WE'RE NOT IMPORTANT, UH, THE FULL SURVEY RESULTS CAN BE FOUND IN OUR ROUND ONE PUBLIC FEEDBACK REPORT ONLINE, NEXT SLIDE.SO MOVING INTO THE STREET NETWORK AMENDMENTS, UM, THE, THE CORRECTIONS AND ALIGNMENT TO SEE DOCUMENTS, UM, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, THE STREET NETWORK REFLECTS THE INPUTS FROM ALL OF THESE VARIOUS DOCUMENTS AND PLAN PROJECTS.
SO EVERY AMENDMENT CYCLE, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT THE STREET NETWORK REFLECTS THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION.
AND THE ADOPTED STREET NETWORK WAS BASED ON DRAFT CRITERIA THAT WAS USED TO UPDATE THE TCM AS WELL AS PLANNING LEVEL, RIGHT BEFORE ESTIMATES.
SO A LOT'S HAPPENED EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, UM, SINCE THE ADOPTION, UH, TO, TO ENSURE THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE THE STREET NETWORK, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION.
SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES I'LL COVER THESE TOPICS.
SO STARTING WITH, UH, IN DECEMBER OF 2021, UH, WE ADOPTED AN UPDATED, UH, TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL AFTER A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS.
AND IT GOES INTO EFFECT, UH, JUNE OF THIS YEAR, IT SETS NEW GUIDELINES ON WHAT TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
IT INCLUDES NEW CROSS-SECTIONS FOR THE IDEAL CONDITIONS, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR DESIGNING STREETS AND CONSTRAINT CONDITIONS.
SO BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, WE'RE UPDATING THE STREET NETWORK STREET LEVEL CROSS-SECTION AND REQUIRED RIGHT-OF-WAY TO ALIGN WITH THE ASSOCIATED TCM CROSS SECTIONS AND STANDARDS.
SO IF YOU AREN'T FOLLOWING ALONG IN THE PUBLIC PROCESS TO UPDATE THE TCM LAST YEAR, UM, THE MAJOR ONE MAJOR CHANGE IS THAT WE, UM, UH, INSERTED OR CREATED A NEW TERMINOLOGY TO REPLACE, UH, THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION, UM, TERMINOLOGY AND RE WE REPLACED IT WITH STREET LEVEL.
SO, UM, CROSS SECTIONS ARE ORGANIZED BY STREET LEVEL, AND THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR IN NATURE, UM, AND CATEGORIZING THE FUNCTION OF THE STREET.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOW LEVEL ONE STREET IS SIMILAR TO OUR LOCAL STREETS AND THEY PROVIDE THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF ACCESS.
AND AS YOU MOVE UP THE CHART, UH, TO LEVEL 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE, YOU INCREASE IN YOUR DEGREE OF, OF MOBILITY, BUT MANY FACTORS PLAY INTO DEFINING EACH STREET LEVEL, INCLUDING DESIRED SPEEDS, TRIP, LENGTH, TURN LANES, BICYCLE FACILITIES, AND PARKING NEXT SLIDE.
SO TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW WE'RE USING THE UPDATED TCM TO MAKE, UH, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THE TREAT NETWORK, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF MESA DRIVE BETWEEN STACK AVENUE IN SPICEWOOD SPRINGS, THE ADOPTED STREET NETWORK, UM, DESIGNATED THIS STREET AS A LEVEL TWO AND A FUTURE CROSS-SECTION OF TWO LANES WITH A CENTER TURN LANE, AND INDICATED THAT IT WOULD NEED 96 FEET OF REQUIRED RIGHT-OF-WAY TO FIT THAT IDEAL.
CROSS-SECTION IT ALSO INDICATED THAT A FURTHER STUDY WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR PRIORITIZING DESIGN ELEMENTS OR RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION.
NEXT SLIDE, BASED ON THE UPDATED TCM, UM, WE'RE PROPOSING TO, TO CORRECT THE STREET-LEVEL DESIGNATION TO BE A LEVEL THREE, BECAUSE THE TWO LANE DIVIDED PROSECUTION SHOWN THERE REPLACED THE ONE SHOWN ABOVE.
UM, SO THE TWO LANE DIVIDED, UH, NO LONGER HAS A CENTER TURN, BUT A RAISED MEDIAN WITH TURN BAYS AND IT ALL, AND IT ALL CAN FIT WITHIN 80 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY.
WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING UPDATED RIGHT AWAY REMARKS, UM, TO, TO FURTHER EXPLAIN HOW THIS RIGHT OF WAY WOULD BE EVALUATED, UM, SUCH AS, UH, WHEN IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE MADE WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY.
AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, THAT RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION, UM, IS ONLY REQUIRED WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT, CONCUR, COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT, AND THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOME PROPERTIES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DEDICATE RIGHT AWAY.
SO THE NEXT, UM, TOPIC THAT WE, UH, ARE MAKING ALIGNMENTS TO IN THE STREET NETWORK IS THE 2014 BICYCLE
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PLAN.SO THE BICYCLE PLAN IS A LONG RANGE PLANT, IDENTIFY THE RECOMMENDED TYPE AND LOCATION OF BICYCLE FACILITIES.
IT MAPS OUT OUR SHORT AND LONG-TERM BICYCLE NETWORK, AND IT'S USED AS INPUT OR THE INGREDIENTS TO THE STREET NETWORK TO IDENTIFY THE CROSS SECTION AND THE TCM BY THE TYPE OF BICYCLE FACILITY.
SO IN OUR INITIAL ROUND, OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WERE TO CORRECT THE LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO STREET CLASSIFICATIONS TO ALIGN WITH THE TYPE OF BICYCLE FACILITY RECOMMENDED IN THE BICYCLE PLAN.
NEXT SLIDE TO SHOW IN THIS EXAMPLE, UM, THE STREET NETWORK IS A D WAS ADOPTED, UM, INDICATING THAT THE STREET WAS A LEVEL ONE STREET, BUT THE FUTURE BICYCLE FACILITY WAS RECOMMENDED AS A BIKE LANE AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR, OUR, UM, DRAFT CROSS-SECTIONS THAT WERE USED AT THE TIME AND OUR UPDATED TCM IT LEVEL ONE STREET DOES NOT HAVE A SEPARATE BICYCLE FACILITY.
SO, SO THE PROPOSED CHANGE WAS TO DESIGNATE THE STREET LEVEL AS LEVEL TWO AND TO FILL OUT THE, THE OTHER INFORMATION SUCH AS THE FUTURE CROSS SECTION, AS WELL AS UPDATE THE REQUIRED RIGHT OF WAY.
AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE UPDATED RIGHT OF WAY REMARKS THAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT THIS RIGHT OF WAY IS, UM, ONLY APPLICABLE TO NEW DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT AND NOT INTENDED FOR A RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION OR DEDICATION FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO BASED ON ROUND ONE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THESE, THESE, UM, PROPOSED CHANGES HAVE BEEN FLAGGED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, RIGHT AWAY WITHIN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.
UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES GO THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL REVIEW PROCESS.
SO THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO PRIOR TO DEDICATION.
SO IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE UPDATED DRAFT, WE'VE PROPOSED TO MAINTAIN WHAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2019 WITHIN, UH, ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS.
HOWEVER, IN AREAS THAT DO EXPERIENCE AND ARE PLANNED FOR DEVELOPMENT, UM, BASED ON EXISTING ZONING AND FUTURE LAND USE MAPS, WE'VE CARRIED THOSE, UM, PROPOSED CHANGES FORWARD IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE ABILITY TO, TO ACQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH DEDICATION AT THE TIME OF DEVELOPMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, SINCE, UM, THE CITY IS GOING THROUGH A PROCESS TO UPDATE THE BICYCLE PLAN, UM, THROUGH ATX WALK, BIKE ROLL, WE'LL BE, UH, REFLECTING THAT INFORMATION BACK INTO THE ACMP AFTER IT'S ADOPTED IN 2023.
SO, UH, THE ADOPTED SMP STREET NETWORK WAS ALSO BASED ON THE LONG-TERM VISION PLAN AND PROJECT CONNECT.
UM, IT ACCOUNTED FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY TO PRESERVE THE ABILITY TO OPERATE TRANSIT AND DEDICATED PATHWAYS.
AND SINCE THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2019, NEW DEVELOPMENTS HAVE COMPLIED WITH THOSE RIDEAWAY REQUIREMENTS, NEXT SLIDE.
BUT IN JUNE OF 2020, UM, THE CITY AND CAPITAL METRO ADOPTED THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN, WHICH REPLACED THE LONGTERM VISION PLAN AND THE ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS WITHIN IT AND UPDATES WERE MADE TO THE METRO RAPID ROUTES, AS WELL AS HIGH FREQUENCY, LOCAL TRANSIT ROUTES.
SO WE'RE MAKING CHANGES TO UPDATE A TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MAP, BUT WE'RE ALSO REFLECTING THE UPDATED CROSS-SECTIONS AND RIGHT AWAY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN THE ENGINEERING PLANS, GOING THROUGH THE NEPA PROCESS, UM, WITHIN OUR STREET NETWORK.
ABOUT HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE? WE RAN OUT OF TIME, BUT WE CAN GIVE YOU MORE, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT'S UM, UH, JUST A COUPLE MORE SLIDES AND THEN, YUP.
SIMILARLY, OUR MOBILITY BONDS COMPLETED CORRIDOR STUDIES.
SO WE'RE UPDATING THE STREET NETWORK TO REFLECT THOSE CROSS-SECTIONS AND REQUIRED A RIGHT-OF-WAY REQUIREMENTS.
WE'RE ALSO IDENTIFYING ROADWAYS TO REMOVE FROM THE STREET NETWORK FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
UM, THERE'S A FEW SHOWN THERE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING IT IN ROUND ONE.
WE'VE ADDED A FEW MORE ROADWAYS BASED ON FEEDBACK AND ROUND AND ROUND, UH, FROM ROUND ONE.
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ADDING ROADWAYS TO THE STREET NETWORK BECAUSE IT'S AN INVENTORY OF ALL STREETS IN AUSTIN.SO THERE'S BEEN MANY STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS SINCE 2019, BUT WE'RE ALSO ADDING A FEW NEW PROPOSED ROADWAYS AND NEW ALIGNMENTS NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN TO SUMMARIZE THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD IN ROUND ONE, WE HAD 1600 TOTAL COMMENTS IN OUR PUBLIC FEEDBACK MAP.
THE MAJORITY OF THESE COMMENTS WERE AN OPPOSITION TO CHANGING LEVEL ONE TO LEVEL TWO BECAUSE OF THE BICYCLE FACILITY, UH, DESIGNATION ISSUE.
UM, BUT THEIR, THEIR CONCERNS WERE PRIMARILY ABOUT EXPANDING NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
AND THERE WERE ALSO CONCERNS EXPRESSED ABOUT PROJECTS THAT WOULD INCREASE VEHICLE TRAVEL AND VEHICLE SPEEDS, AND THE FULL REPORT CAN BE FOUND ONLINE.
SO, UM, WE NEED TO HELP THE COMMUNITY INTERPRET THESE UPDATES.
SO THERE'S A FEW CRITICAL POINTS TO MAKE.
UM, THE STREET NETWORK IS A CRITICAL TOOL FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY PLANNING.
IT DOES PRESCRIBE THE FUTURE CONDITIONS OF OUR RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THE SPACE THAT'S NEEDED FOR TRAVEL LANES, PARKING BICYCLE, A BICYCLE FACILITIES, ET CETERA.
AND THERE ARE MAJOR UPDATES TO THE TCM AND ENGINEERING PLANS THAT, THAT REQUIRED THIS UPDATE TO THE STREET NETWORK.
SO WHILE UPDATES TO THE STREET NETWORK AND TCM LIST AND EXPANDED RIGHT OF WAY FOR MANY, MANY STREETS, IT DOES NOT MEAN CHANGES ARE IMMINENT.
THE STREET NETWORK PROVIDES A STARTING POINT FOR APPROPRIATE CROSS SECTIONS AND REQUIRED, RIGHT EQUATE FOR THE IDEAL FUTURE CONDITIONS.
HOWEVER, ONLY NEW DEVELOPMENT AND INTENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT TRIGGERS A DEDICATION OF RIGHT AWAY, WHICH MEANS SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES DO NOT REQUIRE RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION.
ADDITIONALLY, CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS USE THE STREET NETWORK AS REFERENCE AS THEY GO THROUGH THEIR OWN PROCESS TO IDENTIFY THE BEST APPROACH AND NECESSARY AMOUNT OF RIGHT-OF-WAY TO SERVE, UH, THE PROJECT NEXT SLIDE.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A LIST OF PRESENTATIONS, UM, THAT WE'LL BE GIVING.
UM, AND, UM, NEXT UP IS COUNCIL MOBILITY COMMITTEE ON THE 10TH.
THE BAC WAS CANCELED AND COMBINED WITH THE PAC YESTERDAY AND WE'LL BE BACK ON MAY 10TH.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME RUN THROUGH THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS? YES.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THAT WAS, UM, VERY HELPFUL AND INSIGHTFUL.
I THINK A LOT OF US ON THE COMMISSIONER ARE GETTING SOME FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN THAT THIS WAS GOING TO TRIGGER THINGS THROUGH SOME OF THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND TAKING OVER OF, OF, UM, SORRY, INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY.
SO JUST SO EVERYBODY'S CLEAR, CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS WE'RE GOING TO WATCH TONIGHT.
UM, THIS IS NOT GOING TO REQUIRE THE CITY TO GET, UM, RIGHT OF WAY AND DEDICATION OF EXISTING PROP RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE STREET NETWORK HASN'T CHANGED SINCE IT WAS ADOPTED AS WELL AS THE PREVIOUS, UM, UH, PLAN BEFORE IT.
SO THE STREET NETWORK IS, IS FOR RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION PURPOSES FOR THE TIME, UH, AT THE TIME OF, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT.
SO A LOT OF INFORMATION WAS SHARED OUT THERE THAT THAT MADE, UM, PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES THINK THAT THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE STREET NETWORK WAS ASH ACTUALLY A PLAN FOR THE CITY TO ACQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT THE STREET NETWORK IS USED FOR.
AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT CLEAR TONIGHT.
UM, AND IT ALSO SOUNDED LIKE FROM YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THIS A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT THINGS, ONE, THESE ARE AMENDMENTS TO AN EXISTING PLAN.
THE PLAN ACTUALLY EXISTS AND Y'ALL ARE AMENDING PART OF IT TO UPDATE.
SO THAT I THINK WAS ALSO A POINT OF, OF MISUNDERSTANDING, UM, WITH FOLKS.
AND THEN, UM, THERE IS CONTINUED IT, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION I HEARD JUST TO, UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THIS IS GOING OUT, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO HEAR THESE ANSWERS THAT THIS IS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
THIS ISN'T A, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND IT'S FINAL, YOU KNOW, READ IT AND WEEP THAT THERE ARE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT AS IT GOES THROUGH THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND THERE STILL IS A FINAL PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S GOING TO BE LAID OUT IN MAY.
AND SO THE DOCUMENT IS GOING THIS
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WHOLE AMENDMENT PROCESS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, EVOLVE AS YOU GET TO THE, UM, FINAL STAGES.SO WE'LL BE SUMMARIZING FEEDBACK THIS, UM, COLLECTED THIS MONTH AND USING IT TO MAKE THE FINAL DRAFT IN APRIL SO THAT IT CAN BE POSTED IN MAY FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS, I HAD MY OWN QUESTION SEPARATE FROM SOME OF THE FEEDBACK I WAS GETTING, BUT, UM, DOES THIS, IS THIS PLAN ALSO GOING TO END UP COMPLYING WITH SOME OF THE, THE OLDER HILL COUNTRY ORDINANCE AND HILL COUNTRY ROADWAYS THAT HAD PREPAID THIS STUFF? ALRIGHT.
SO THE TCM HAS UPDATED CROSS-SECTIONS FOR, UH, OUR NON CURB AND GUTTER, UH, STANDARDS.
UM, SO NOT EVERYTHING, UM, SHOWN, UH, IN MY SLIDES, UH, INCLUDED THAT, UM, AND THEY INDICATED THE CURB AND GUTTER STANDARDS, BUT THE TCM INCLUDES THOSE, UM, CROSS SECTIONS.
SO BECAUSE ONE OF THE THOUGHTS AND JUST FEEDBACK, I HAVE A SIT AS WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THESE MULTI-MODAL CORRIDORS AND IMPROVE OUR TRANSIT.
UM, HOW MUCH OF THE EXPANDING ROADWAYS OUT, UM, FURTHER OUT FROM THE CITY CENTER ARE CONTROLLED BY CITY VERSUS TECH STOTT.
AND I, I AM ASKING A LITTLE SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF ROAD IMPROVEMENTS COMING ON MAJOR ROADWAYS THAT ARE TXDOT, BUT TXDOT IS NOT TAKING IN AND MULTI MODAL INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO OUT THERE WE'RE LOSING SIGHT.
I MEAN, THEY'RE PUTTING SIDEWALKS, BUT THEY'RE REALLY NOT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
WE'RE LOSING BICYCLE LANES AND SAFE BIKEWAYS.
SO I WASN'T QUITE SURE HOW MUCH Y'ALL HAD AUTHORITY VERSUS OVER WHAT TXDOT DOES ON SOME OF THESE OUTER ROADS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF RECREATIONAL CYCLISTS WILL GO VERSUS TRANSPORTATION CYCLIST.
WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH TECH SITE, TO THEIR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WHEN THEY DELIVER THOSE PROJECTS TO ENSURE THAT WE MAKE THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
DO YOU THINK IF WE HAVE IT ON THE INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN THAT THAT WOULD LEND MORE WEIGHT TO Y'ALL'S ABILITY TO, UH, INFLUENCE HOW THEY'RE GOING ABOUT THEIR PORTION? YEAH.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UM, INDICATE WHAT, WHAT OUR PREFERENCE WOULD BE WITHIN OUR PLAN.
HOWEVER, ULTIMATELY IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO, UM, THEM, UH, TXDOT HAVING, UH, AUTHORITY ON THE JURISDICTION OVER THOSE ROADWAYS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, SO I LIKE TO TRY TO BRING, UM, MY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, LIKE AS A LOW-INCOME RENTER WHO'S FAMILY, LIKE MY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE LOW-INCOME RENTERS HAVE BEEN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
UM, AND A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT I'M IN COMMUNITY WITH ARE LOW INCOME RENTERS ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, ET CETERA.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF FOLKS ON THIS, UM, ON PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE ALSO HEARD THESE KINDS OF COMMENTS, BUT FROM FOLKS I'M IN COMMUNITY WITH THERE IS A PERCEPTION, UM, AND SORT OF A REACTION WHEN WE SEE BIKE LANE EXPANSION, THAT THIS IS A SIGN OF GENTRIFICATION MARCHING DOWN THE STREET TOWARDS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF FOLKS, UM, WHO ARE LOW INCOME ARE ALSO CYCLISTS AND THAT THAT'S LIKE ALSO A MAJOR WAY THAT FOLKS GET AROUND AND GET TO THEIR JOBS.
SO I'M NOT NECESSARILY, UM, OPPOSED IN ANY WAY TO BIKE LANE EXPANSION, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF THESE ISSUES, UM, AND SORT OF THE PERCEPTIONS ABOUT, UM, HOW, UH, BIKE WAYS AND OTHER MOBILITY, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES, TRANSPORTATION CHANGES, HOW THAT IS SORT OF CONNECTED IN A LOT OF FOLKS' MINDS, UM, TO DISPLACEMENT.
UM, I'M CURIOUS IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS THAT TOUCH ON THESE ISSUES OF HOW, UM, COMMUNITIES ENGAGE WITH THESE CHANGES AND, UM, AND ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN, UH, DISPLACEMENT AND THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE PROPOSED.
JUST WANT TO KNOW IF ANY OF THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN YOUR PROCESS, RIGHT? SO, AND HOPEFULLY YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME JUST FINE.
UM, UH, CONCURRENTLY THROUGH THE HX WALK, BIKE ROLL PROCESS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORT.
AND HOPEFULLY SOON THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN SEE, UH, THE WORK THAT'S GOING INTO THAT PLANNING PROCESS TO UPDATE THE SIDEWALK BICYCLE AND URBAN TRAILS PLANS.
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UM, BUT WE HAVE HIRED, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO BE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS AND ACTUALLY, UM, ENGAGE WITH, WITH THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE HISTORICALLY, UH, NOT REPRESENTED THROUGH THESE PROCESSES.SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE VOICES THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO REACH ON THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS.
UM, SO IT'S, UM, IT IS DEFINITELY A CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, I THINK, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BROUGHT THIS UP FOR ME IS SEEING IN THE, UH, SUMMARY OF THESE UPDATES, HOW, YOU KNOW, REDEVELOPMENT TRIGGERS THESE CHANGES AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT COMING FROM NOWHERE THAT FOLKS SEE THESE CHANGES AND HAVE A LOT OF, UM, ANXIETY AND ANGST COME UP.
SO, UM, BUT YEAH, GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE IS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS UNDERWAY, UH, COMMISSIONER COX.
UM, SO IT IS TRUE THAT THAT IT'S NP DOESN'T MEAN THAT ANY OF THESE CHANGES ARE EMINENT, BUT, BUT IT WILL FORM THE BASIS OF A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE COMMISSIONERS.
NO, WE SIFT THROUGH THE BACKUP OF ZONING CHANGES AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF.
AND BASICALLY ALL OF THESE PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCRUED OVER THE PAST DECADE OR TWO OR THREE, UH, FORM THE BASIS OF STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EVEN THOUGH RIGHT AWAY CHANGES OR ANYTHING ELSE IS NOT EMINENT, WE TRY TO GET THIS AS RIGHT AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND I'M, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF ANALYSIS GOING ON, UM, AS IT RELATES TO REPOSE RIGHT AWAY, CHANGES CONNECTED TO THE LEVEL OF A ROAD AND THE EXISTING ZONING ALONG THAT ROAD.
UM, AND IF THERE'S POTENTIALLY SOME IN COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN WHAT'S IN THE DRAFT ASM P AND AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE FACT THAT MAYBE WE'RE IDENTIFYING A LEVEL TWO, BECAUSE WE WANT THE BIKE FACILITIES, BUT SINCE THOSE ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY, LOTS, THAT'S NEVER ACTUALLY PRACTICALLY GOING TO HAPPEN FROM A AWAY PERSPECTIVE.
UM, AND SO I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF ANALYSIS GOING ON BETWEEN THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE ZONING AS IT RELATES TO RIGHT AWAY DESIGNATION, RIGHT.
SO IN THE UPDATED DRAFT WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, THAT WAS A PRIMARY FOCUS OF MAKING THE CHANGES FROM ROUND ONE, UM, LOOKING AT EXISTING ZONING, AS WELL AS LAND JUICES, UM, TO SEE WHERE THERE WERE THOSE ISSUES BETWEEN LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO STREETS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE MADE THE DECISION TO, UM, TO MAINTAIN AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS, BE ADOPTED, UH, STREET LEVEL BECAUSE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ACQUIRED IN THOSE AREAS.
SO THE STREET LEVEL DESIGNATION ACTUALLY, UM, REALLY DOES NOT, UH, HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO, UH, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE EXISTING STREETS.
SO FROM A LEVEL ONE OR LEVEL TWO PERSPECTIVE, IF WE FELT LIKE, UH, THERE NEEDED TO BE, UM, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STREETS TO IMPLEMENT A BICYCLE LANE, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE DONE WITHIN THE EXISTING PAVEMENT.
SO JUST BECAUSE THE LEVEL TWO STREET PROSECTION SHOWS THIS 84 FEET OF WIDTH, UM, WHAT WE'RE REALLY POINTING OUT IS, UH, THE INGREDIENTS OF THAT STREET, UM, IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, UH, APPROPRIATELY CLASSIFY IN THE STREET NETWORK.
SO IF ULTIMATELY THE PLAN IS TO NOT HAVE A BICYCLE LANE ON THOSE STREETS, THEN IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THEM TO BE A LEVEL ONE STREET BECAUSE, UH, IN OUR LEVEL ONE STREET THERE ISN'T A BICYCLE FACILITY, UM, IS THE, IS THE SOURCE OF THIS WHOLE DEBATE ABOUT AWAY PURELY JUST WANTING BICYCLE FACILITIES ON THESE STREETS, WHICH AUTOMATICALLY KICKS IT UP TO LEVEL TWO.
IS THAT KIND OF THE SOLE SOURCE OF THE ISSUE HERE? RIGHT.
SO IF, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DEBATE ON, UM, HOW TO APPROPRIATELY CLASSIFY A STREET, UM, I BELIEVE IS, IS, UH, A TECHNICAL TASK.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE TRIED TO COME UP WITH ANALOGIES ON, ON,
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ON HOW TO MAKE THIS MAKE SENSE, BUT, UM, I'LL TRY THIS ONE OUT, YOU KNOW, PICK QUACKS LIKE A DUCK AND WALKS LIKE A DUCK.SO WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IF WE WANT A STREET TO HAVE A BICYCLE LANE, OUR TCM SAYS THAT IT HAS TO BE A LEVEL TWO STREET.
UM, IF WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE A DUCK, WE WANT IT TO BE A CHICKEN.
THEN WE NEED TO SAY THAT THE INGREDIENTS OF THE STREET DO NOT INCLUDE A BICYCLE LANE SO THAT IT CAN BE A LEVEL ONE STREET.
AND THAT'S JUST THE TECH THAT'S JUST CLASSIFYING IT CORRECTLY.
SO WHAT'S THE SOLUTION HERE, RIGHT? I MEAN, WELL, AND THAT'S WHY THE ROADS, ALL ROADS ALONG SINGLE FAMILY ZONE, LOTS JUST ARE NEVER GOING TO GET ANY IMPROVED BICYCLE FACILITIES OR IS THERE SOME SORT OF HYBRID THAT YOU ALL ARE EXPLORING WITHIN EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY WOMEN'S RIGHT.
SO, UM, THE FIRST PART IS THE RECENT WE, WE CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, NOT PROPOSING AMENDMENTS WITHIN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS IS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO UPDATE THE BICYCLE PLAN.
SO IN SOME CASES THERE ARE LONG-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BIKE LANES THAT ARE BASED ON, ON LONG-TERM, UM, POTENTIAL, NOT NEAR TERM POTENTIAL.
SO, UH, THE BICYCLE PLAN HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RE-IMAGINE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD ACTUALLY CHANGE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
MAYBE A NEIGHBORHOOD BIKEWAY IS MORE APPROPRIATE, UM, INSTEAD OF A DESIGNATED BIKE LANE.
SO WE HAVE THIS CHANCE TO MAKE, MAKE, MAKE THE UPDATES IN THE BICYCLE PLAN SO THAT THE ACE AND P AND BICYCLE PLANS STAY IN SYNC, BUT IN THE INTERIM, UM, IF THE CITY FELT, UM, STRONGLY ENOUGH THAT A, UH, IMPROVEMENT NEEDED TO BE MADE WITHIN THE EXISTING STREET, WHETHER IT WAS FOR SAFETY OR FOR MOBILITY, THEN WE WOULD JUST OPERATE WITHIN THE EXISTING STREET, USING THE AUTHORITY THAT'S GIVEN TO US, UM, TO DESIGNATE BICYCLE LANES AND MAKE OTHER CHANGES TO THE STREET, UM, WITHOUT REALLY WORRYING WHETHER IT'S A LEVEL ONE OR LEVEL TWO STREET.
WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION.
UM, COMMISSIONER YANNIS, POLITO.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AND, AND SAY THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS MUCH ADAPTABILITY AS POSSIBLE IN THESE DESIGNATIONS THAT CONSIDERS PARTICULAR PLACE AND IMPACT.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK THE CONVERSATION ABOUT BIKE BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT IS REALLY CRITICAL AND IT'S NOT A BINARY FOR, OR AGAINST BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I THINK IT'S REALLY MUCH MORE ABOUT PROCESS.
WHAT I'VE SEEN IS REPEATEDLY IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THERE'S NOT ADEQUATE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE UNTIL THERE'S DRAMATIC GENTRIFICATION.
AND THERE'S A LACK OF CONSIDERATION SOMETIMES IN THE IMPACT ON FAMILIES OF SCHOOL, AGED CHILDREN AND SERVICE INDUSTRY WORKERS WHO RELY ON PARTICULAR STREET PARKING, ET CETERA.
AND SO, UH, ALSO JUST THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, THE REPRESENTATION AND LACK OF REPRESENTATION OF CERTAIN COMMUNITIES IN THAT INPUT PROCESS IS REALLY CRITICAL TO LOOK AT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE FRICTION ALSO, WHERE YOU HAVE INPUT GIVEN BY COMMUNITIES WHO SHOW UP IN PERSON TO TALK ABOUT THINGS REALLY SPECIFICALLY IN THEIR PLACE.
AND, UH, THAT INPUT IS SORT OF LOST IN A SEA OF DIGITAL INPUT AND INPUT GIVEN BY PEOPLE WITH A LOT MORE ACCESS TO THIS CONVERSATION WHO ARE A LOT MORE INVESTED IN BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE CITY, AND MAYBE LESS IMPACTED BY THOSE PARTICULAR TRANSPORTATION INEQUITIES IN SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THAT'S A REALLY CRITICAL PART OF IT.
ANYWAY, THAT'S HOW I KNOW THAT'S NOT A QUESTION, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW WE CAN PUT ADAPTIVE FRAMEWORKS IN THERE SO THAT THAT KIND OF ENGAGEMENT CAN BE CONSIDERED, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND I'LL JUST ECHO, UM, WE'RE REALLY HEARING, UM, FROM, FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS.
SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE REPORTS BEING, UM, PUBLISHED SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR, UM, WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THEM.
AND THOSE ARE THE CONCERNS THAT WE'RE HEARING.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD, UM, VERY CLEARLY THEY, THEY WANT THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEY WANT THEM 10 YEARS AGO.
UM, BUT THERE ARE VERY, VERY REAL CONCERNS ABOUT IT CAUSING DISPLACEMENT.
I THINK I SAW COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER'S HAND AND THEN COMMISSIONERS SHOT, OH, MR. SHAW, OR, UH, SO
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ON, UH, IN MY HEAD, I'M IMAGINING, YOU KNOW, THE LAST LAND CODE, THE REVISIONS THAT WE TRIED TO MAKE THAT ON HOLD AND WE HAVE THESE TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY NETWORKS.MANY OF THEM WERE GOING THROUGH SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES.
AND IF I RECALL WE HAD THESE LIKE TWO TIERS OF TRANSITION ZONES WHERE IT MIGHT ALLOW OR PLACES EIGHT PLEXES, YOU KNOW, ON WHAT ARE CURRENTLY SINGLE FAMILY HOME STRETCHES OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO I'M TRYING TO IMAGINE IF THAT WERE TO, IF THAT WERE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD PASS, WE HAVE A LAND CODE THAT ACTUALLY ADOPTS THAT FRAMEWORK.
WHAT LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT AND TRIGGERS THE WIDENING? IS IT A FOURPLEX OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE A MULTIFAMILY? YOU KNOW, YOU SAY IT'S A DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD TRIGGER, YOU KNOW, A ROAD WIDENING OR BE AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT I'M TRYING TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THREE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
NOW YOU'VE GOT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THAT'S TORN DOWN, YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF FOURPLEXES, EIGHT PLEXES.
HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT ALL WORK TOGETHER? UM, OR ARE THOSE NOT THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD TRIGGER, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF EX EXPANDING OF THE ROADWAY? SO, UM, UH, IT DEPENDS.
AND, UM, AND I, UH, ONE CLARIFICATION TO MAKE IS THAT LARGELY WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN OUR TCM CROSS SECTIONS IS THAT THERE'S NOT ACTUALLY AN EXPANSION OF THE, OF THE ROADWAY ITSELF, THE PAVEMENT IT'S PRIMARILY ABOUT, UM, PROVIDING ENOUGH SPACE FOR TREES, UH, TREES, ZONES, UM, WIDER SIDEWALKS, UM, AND PROTECTED BICYCLE FACILITIES.
UM, SO THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE EXPANDED RIGHT OF WAY FROM AN IDEAL CONDITION.
UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES FROM A DEVELOPMENT, UH, CASE BY CASE DEVELOPMENT, UM, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE LEVEL OF INTENSITY AND WHAT WE CONSIDER IS ROUGHLY PROPORTIONATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT'S IMPACT.
SO, UM, A SUBDIVISION OF A PROPERTY WILL TRIGGER THE REQUIREMENT, UM, OR A CHANGE OF USE AND LEVEL OF INTENSITY WILL TRIGGER IT, BUT IT HAS TO BE AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, OF INTENSITY, UM, TO MEET THAT THRESHOLD.
SO EVEN IF IT'S, UH, A MODEST INCREASE IN UNIT AND UNITS, WE MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY SEE A CHANGE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY ITSELF.
UM, SO PRIMARILY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS, UH, TO, TO USE A REAL, UM, UH, UH, EXAMPLE IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE RANDI NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE ZONING CHANGED AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLANS AROUND IT DID NOT.
SO WE HAVE WHAT WAS SINGLE FAMILY, UM, TURNING INTO TOWERS AND THE RIGHT OF WAY STAYED EXACTLY THE SAME.
UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE STREET NETWORK IS, IS, IS INCLUDE THOSE UPDATED TCM STANDARDS THAT WOULD ALLOCATE THE SPACE THAT'S NECESSARY, UM, TO HAVE STREET TREES AND PROTECTED BICYCLE FACILITIES AND WIDER SIDEWALKS, BUT ONLY WHEN IT'S, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, AT A SCALE THAT COULD ACTUALLY, UM, INCORPORATE THOSE STANDARDS.
LET ME, I'M NOT A GOOD, OH, I'M SORRY.
I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M ASKING ON BEHALF OF, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
SO, UM, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK THIS ONE.
UH, SO HE WANTED ME TO ASK ABOUT PLANS FOR WAYS THAT STAFF CAN INDICATE STREETS THAT SHOULD BE PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY WITHOUT INCREASING CAR TRAFFIC OR WIT.
SO IS THERE A WAY YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY THAT IN THE PLAN AND MAYBE IT SPEAKS TO SOME OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BUT YEAH, I MEAN TO START, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE SAID THAT EVERY STREET IS A PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY STREET.
UM, EVERY STREET SHOULD HAVE SOME, UH, A FORM OF A SAFE PEDESTRIAN, UH, ENVIRONMENT, WHETHER THAT IS A SIDEWALK OR IT IS A, UH, SAFE, UM, SHARED STREET.
SO IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK, UH, WE TOOK THE ROUTE OF IDENTIFYING PRIORITY NETWORKS FOR TRANSIT BICYCLES AND, AND, UH, VEHICLES, BUT, UM, KNOWING THAT EVERY STREET WAS A PRIORITY FOR PEDESTRIANS, DO YOU THINK THIS QUESTION THAT HE'S ASKING IS GETTING TO THOSE THAT, UM, MAYBE I'M INTERPRETING, THIS IS WHERE YOU, YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN THE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT YOU'RE NOT
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GOING TO INCREASE THE WIDTH OF THE STREET.HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU, HOW CAN YOU SHOW THAT? UM, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN VOICED BY THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE SHOWING THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO INCREASE THEIR, MAKE THEIR STREET ONE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT.
AND, AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT EVEN WHEN A SIDEWALK GETS BUILT, UM, NEVER IS A RIGHT OF WAY ACQUIRED FROM SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES THAT, UM, SIDEWALKS GET BUILT WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY THOUGH.
UM, THOSE STANDARDS HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED BY THE NEW ONES AND THE TCM.
ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON TO ANOTHER COMMISSIONER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE THREE MORE SPOTS IF ANYONE HAD SOME FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
I HAD ONE FROM COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
ANOTHER ONE THAT I THINK IS MORE, MAYBE MORE OF A COMMENT IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UH, AND HE, HE HAD THIS, UH, SPECIFICALLY, IT SEEMS TO BE THAT MANY OF THE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE, UH, RAISED BY THE LATEST, UH, ASAP AMENDMENTS SUGGESTED, OKAY.
UH, SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS, UH, WERE BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TOO WIDE AND SIDEWALKS OR BIKE LANES WITHOUT ALSO RAISING THE LEVEL OF THE STREET.
UM, I GUESS THIS CAME UP WHEN YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING AT THE TCM MODIFICATIONS, YOU JUST HAVE ANY COMMENT TO THAT.
I DON'T REALLY, HE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION IT'S JUST POINTING OUT THAT, I GUESS THAT WAS A CONCERN ABOUT HAVING TO RATE THE RATES THE STREET LEVEL.
SO, UH, ONE THING THAT I THINK IS ALSO HELPFUL WHEN UNDERSTANDING OUR STREET LEVELS, UM, IS THAT ANOTHER ANALOGY WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL, THE LEVEL TWO CROSS SECTIONS THAT ARE SHOWN IN THE TCM, THOSE ARE OUR IDEAL CONFIGURATION.
SO IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S LIKE BUYING A CAR WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES, BUT IN, IN THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE WOULD BE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS TO DESIGN THE STREET WITHIN THE EXISTING CONSTRAINTS.
SO THAT'S WHEN SOME OF THOSE BELLS AND WHISTLES START TO COME OFF, SOME THINGS GET PRIORITIZED, SOME THINGS GET, UM, UH, COMPROMISED, UH, FROM A DIMENSION POINT OF VIEW.
SO EVERYTHING GETS MODIFIED TO A NARROWER DIMENSION, BUT IF THE THING THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT AS A BICYCLE FACILITY, THEN, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT UNTIL YOU REMOVE THE BICYCLE LANE FROM THE INGREDIENTS THAT, THAT LEVEL CHANGES.
UM, WE WILL SEE, UM, MR. KITTEN AGAIN ON MAY 10TH FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING.
SO STILL PLENTY OF TIME TO GET COMMENTS IN AND, UM, FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK COMING TO THAT MAY 10TH MEETING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND BRIEFING, THE ITEM C TWO.
UM, THIS IS THE EMU VERTICAL MIXED USE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS.
I THINK WE'RE HEARING FROM SAM AT CITY HALL.
WE DON'T MIND IF I SHARED MY SCREEN IT'S TEMPERED.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF IT'S WORKING.
WE SEE A BLUE SCREEN HOUSING AND PLANNING FIRST SLIDE.
UM, AS WAS STATED, MY NAME IS SAM TEDFORD.
I'M A PRINCIPAL PLANNER IN THE INCLUSIVE PLANNING DIVISION AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M HERE TO GIVE A BRIEFING ABOUT, UM, THE AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 25 REGARDING VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDINGS.
I HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT I WAS HOPING TO GET TO TODAY, UM, JUST TO COVER THE VMU RELATED DIRECTION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THIS BODY, AS WELL AS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN DEFINITELY I NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE PROCESS.
CLARIFICATION'S, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION AND CHANGES AROUND THIS PARTICULAR CODE AMENDMENT.
SO I'D LIKE TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THAT AND PROVIDE WHAT CLARITY I CAN.
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UM, AND THEN I'LL PROVIDE A VERY BRIEF BASICS ON WHAT THE VERTICAL MIXED USE, UM, BUILDING SECTION OF CODE IS, AND THEN GO INTO WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THESE CODE AMENDMENTS AND PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF RESEARCH.UM, THAT WAS POSTPONED FROM THE LAST BRIEFING THAT WE WERE EXPECTED TO GIVE.
SO THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE PIECES OF VMU RELATED DIRECTION.
UH, TO DATE ONE WAS INITIATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION BACK IN JULY OF 2021.
THOSE CHANGES DIRECT IT WE'RE DIRECTING, UM, CHANGES TO THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDINGS PROGRAM THAT EXISTS TODAY.
THEN, UM, WE HAD MOVED THROUGH THE CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE, UM, AND MADE SOME PROGRESS ON GETTING THOSE AMENDMENTS IN MOTION WHEN CITY COUNCIL, THEN IN NOVEMBER, 2021, DIRECTED ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE VMU PROGRAM BY DIRECTING AN EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM, TO THE CREATION OF A NEW TIER WITH A HEIGHT BONUS.
AND SO GIVEN THESE TWO PIECES OF DIRECTION, UM, WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR STAFF TO COME BACK AS A ONE SINGLE CODE AMENDMENT, UM, AND ALIGN AND COMBINE THESE TWO PIECES OF DIRECTION THAT SAID IT, IT HAS BEEN VERY BUMPY SO FAR.
SO I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF OUTREACH FROM, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO RECEIVED MULTIPLE PUBLIC NOTICES TO THE STATE.
UM, THERE'VE BEEN RE NOTICES AND POSTPONEMENTS, AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND SHARE FRUSTRATION WITH THAT.
THIS HAS BEEN CONFUSING, AND IT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THIS PROCESS SO FAR.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO DO MY BEST TO SHARE WHAT INFORMATION WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
NOW I'LL BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AS WELL.
UM, BUT THIS HAS ALSO EXTENDED INTO THE VMU WORKING GROUP.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE VERY LAST TIME THAT WE MET.
AND SO, UM, IF SOME OF THIS IS NEW INFORMATION, I DO APOLOGIZE, BUT, UM, THIS, I I'LL BE AVAILABLE TO, TO SPEAK TO THE, THE CHANGES.
UM, SO DUE TO IREADY NOTIFICATION THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO EXPLICITLY STATE THE REMOTE PARTICIPATION OPTION.
UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM WILL COME TO PLANNING COMMISSION ON YOUR MARCH 22ND AGENDA.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE HAD ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THE, UH, PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THEIR CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING.
AND SO THAT DATE, WHICH HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN STATED AS MARCH 24TH WILL ACTUALLY BE A DATE IN APRIL.
UM, BUT IT IS NOT YET FINALIZED.
SO FOR SOME JUST VERY HIGH LEVEL VERTICAL MIXED USE BASICS, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL SORT OF ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS.
UM, VMU IS A VOLUNTARY DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM THAT'S DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THROUGH THE USE OF DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES.
UH, THIS PROGRAM WAS ADOPTED IN 2010 AND INCLUDED A PRETTY UNIQUE, UH, SPECIFIC ONE-TIME OPT-IN AND OPT-OUT PROCESS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING TEAMS OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO, UM, CONTROL SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS ON THIS PROGRAM, UH, INCLUDING WHERE BMU ZONING COULD BE APPLIED AS WELL AS WHAT LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY SHOULD BE REQUIRED IN THESE DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN.
THE BONUS ENTITLEMENTS, IF YOU KIND OF THINK OF THIS AS WHAT ARE WE OFFERING AS A DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE, AND WHAT ARE WE ASKING IN RETURN FOR THESE COMMUNITY BENEFITS? UM, THE BONUS ENTITLEMENTS ARE GENERALLY SPEAKING, UH, ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL USES ON PREVIOUSLY COMMERCIAL OR OFFICE ZONED SITES.
UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S ELIMINATING, UM, FAR REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING WAIVERS CERT FOR CERTAIN OTHER SITE DIMENSIONAL WAIVERS.
IT'S PURDUE, IT'S PROVIDING A REDUCTION IN THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT ON THESE SITES.
AND THEN FOR THIS PROPOSED TIER TWO IN THE VMU PROGRAM, THIS IS A NEW PROPOSAL FROM COUNCIL.
UM, THERE WOULD BE A 30 FOOT HEIGHT BONUS, UH, TO BE A MUSE OWNED SITES TODAY.
THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WE'RE GETTING IN EXCHANGE FOR THESE BONUS ENTITLEMENTS LOOK LIKE ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR USES A MIX OF LAND USES NEAR TRANSIT, HEIGHTENED DESIGN STANDARDS AND REGULATED AFFORDABILITY, WHICH I'LL SPEAK TO IN A MOMENT IN MORE DEPTH.
SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOVING FORWARD REGARDING THESE TWO PIECES OF DIRECTION WE'VE RECEIVED FROM PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I TRIED TO COMMUNICATE IN THIS TABLE HERE.
SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH, UH, SPECIFICALLY JUST LOOKING AT THE ROW HERE RELATED THAT SAYS VMU TIER ONE.
THIS IS THE VMU PROGRAM THAT EXISTS TODAY AND IS UP AND RUNNING.
THE CHANGES TO THIS PROGRAM ARE GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE, AND THEY'RE ONLY TO THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS SECTION.
SO, UM, THE CHANGE WOULD BE HERE TO STANDARDIZE
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THE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS IN NEW VMU DEVELOPMENTS TO 60% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME VARIATION TODAY, A MIX OF 60% AND 80% OF MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME AFFORDABILITY LEVELS IN FOR-SALE DEVELOPMENT, THE CHANGES WOULD BE TO STANDARDIZE TO 80% FOR THE ENTIRE 10% SET ASIDE.I'M SORRY, THAT'S THAT'S CONFUSING.
SO TODAY THE PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE 5% OF THE UNITS MUST BE SET ASIDE AS AFFORDABLE TO 80% OF THE M F I AND THE OTHER 5% SHOULD BE SET ASIDE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE MFI.
UM, THESE CHANGES WOULD STANDARDIZE AND, UM, LOWER THOSE REQUIREMENTS TO THE ENTIRE 10% AT 80% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
THE ADDITION HERE THAT WAS NOT DIRECTED BY PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF WOULD BE TO ADD A FIELD LOO OPTION FOR, FOR SALE DEVELOPMENTS.
ONLY THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO RENTAL DEVELOPMENTS.
THE ONSITE REQUIREMENT WOULD STILL REMAIN.
UM, AND I WILL SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO WHY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A FIEND LU IN THESE CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENTS, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, BUT THAT THOSE ARE THE CHANGES PROPOSED FOR THE CURRENT VNU PROGRAM.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CALLING HERE, TIER ONE, TIER TWO IS, UM, IN ALIGNMENT OR IN RESPONSE TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTED CHANGES, UM, THAT, UH, OFFERED A 30 FOOT BONUS HEIGHT ENTITLEMENT TO, UH, THESE SITES IN EXCHANGE FOR ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS, WHICH IN THIS CASE LOOK LIKE, UM, THESE TWO ITEMS HERE IN THESE NEXT, UM, CELLS.
SO WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO ACHIEVE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY LEVELS IN, UH, THE TIER TWO OF THE VERTICAL MIXED USE PROGRAM BY TRYING TO SET ASIDE 10% OF THOSE UNITS TO 50% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, OR TRYING TO GET AN INCREASED NUMBER OF UNITS, UM, OR AN INCREASED PERCENTAGE OF THOSE UNITS AT 12% OF TOTAL AT THE 60% OF MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FOR RENTAL DEVELOPMENTS, UM, FOR, FOR SALE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS OR SOME PRACTICAL RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITS THAT, UH, PREVENT US FROM GETTING MUCH LOWER, UH, UM, AFFORDABILITY LEVELS FOR, FOR SALE DEVELOPMENTS.
AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT 12% OF THOSE UNITS BE SET ASIDE TO 80% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, OR YOU'RE ABLE TO PAY AGAIN A FEE IN LIEU EQUIVALENT TO 12% OF THE TOTAL UNITS.
AND SO SPECIFICALLY TO TALK ABOUT WHY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIS FAMILY FOR CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MISTRUST IN THE COMMUNITY AND A LOT OF FOLKS FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT FEE IN LIEU REQUIREMENTS.
SO I WANTED TO GO OUT OF MY WAY TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT AT THIS TIME IN A PROGRAM THAT DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A FEET AND LOO OPTION, UM, WHERE RECOMMENDING THESE FOR OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENTS ONLY.
AND THE IDEA HERE WOULD ALSO BE THAT WE COULD RESTRICT THESE FEES COLLECTED BACK, UH, AND DIRECT THEM BACK TOWARDS LONG-TERM AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP PROJECTS, SUCH AS COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS, WHICH WE FIND ARE ACTUALLY MORE SUSTAINABLE FOR LOW-INCOME HOME OWNERS.
UM, THE RENTAL DEVELOPMENTS UNDER BMU WOULD STILL HAVE TO PROVIDE THEIR UNITS ONSITE.
UH, THERE WOULD BE NO OPTION TO DO FEE AND LU.
AND THE BARRIERS THAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGH THROUGH THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS, SUCH AS, UM, JUST LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS IN THESE PREDOMINANTLY MARKET RATE CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENTS ARE THAT THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT THE CITY CANNOT CONTROL FOR AND HAS STRUGGLED WITH, UM, ACTUALLY PROVIDING SOME STABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY TO THE INTENDED HOMEOWNERS IN THESE UNITS, UM, BECAUSE OF RISING HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION FEES OVER TIME, THEN, UM, VARIABLE PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS OVER TIME.
UM, AND SO THE IDEA HERE IS THAT IF THIS IS APPROVED, THEN THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT WOULD BRING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS IN LIEU, UM, AS PART OF THE CITY'S BUDGET, UM, IN THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENTS FEE SCHEDULE.
SO I'VE PROVIDED HERE A TABLE THAT IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST FOR REFERENCE, UM, FROM WHAT THOSE PROPOSED FEE IN LIEU OF ON-SITE INCOME RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE UNITS LOOK LIKE UNDER THE DRAFT LDC REVISION.
AND I WANTED TO PROVIDE THESE BECAUSE MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT HAVE A FEE IN LIEU, OR IT'S KIND OF EXPRESSES THE, A DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO AS MUCH, UM, MORE LIKE THIS, WHERE WE WOULD HAVE A FEE FOR THE ENTIRE UNIT.
AND IT WOULD VARY BY BEDROOM SIZE, UM, BECAUSE, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT MAY OH, UM, MIX OF BEDROOM COUNT IN THAT DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THEY WOULD PAY DIFFERENT FEES FOR A TWO BEDROOM AND THEN FOR A STUDIO, SAM.
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UM, I FORGOT TO, UM, EXTEND YOUR TIME TO 15 MINUTES.SO I JUST WANT TO, IF WE COULD PULL THE COMMISSION BACKUPS, SEE IF IT'S OKAY.
ANY, UM, OBJECTIONS TO LETTING SAM FINISH.
UM, THE ADDITION, THE ADDITION, THE ADDITIONAL, THE NEXT PIECE OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE CODE CHANGES WOULD BE TO ADD A SET OF ADDITIONAL GENERAL REQUIREMENTS WITH THE INTENT TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FOR HOUSING AND TO HELP CREATE MORE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THESE REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO ALL DEVELOPMENTS THAT VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATE IN VMU GOING FORWARD.
UM, IT'S ALSO IN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT IN THE LONGTERM, WE WOULD LIKE THESE REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY UNIFORMLY IN ALL VOLUNTARY DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS WITHIN THE LBC.
UM, BUT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENT WITH BMU, THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT APPLYING THEM SPECIFICALLY TO THIS PROGRAM.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD IDEALLY ONLY APPLY TO VMU.
AND SO I HAVE HERE A TABLE THAT LISTS THOSE, UM, THOSE DIFFERENT PROVISIONS, UM, AND THE TEXT IS REALLY SMALL IN HERE.
SO I HOPE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU HAVE THIS IN YOUR BACKUP, YOU COULD, UM, ZOOM IN IF YOU WANT TO READ A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, BUT I CAN ALSO GO THROUGH THESE ONE BY ONE.
SO SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION PROTECTION WOULD ENSURE THAT FOLKS IN BMU DEVELOPMENTS, UM, COULD NOT BE DENIED HOUSING BASED SOLELY ON THE SOURCE OF THEIR INCOME.
AND THIS SPECIFICALLY WOULD APPLY TO HOUSING VOUCHERS.
SO FOLKS WHO HAVE HOUSING VOUCHERS UNDER STATE LAW TODAY COULD BE DENIED, UM, HOUSING WITHIN, UM, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.
AND SO THIS, UH, BY VOLUNTARILY OPTING IN AND DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DISCRIMINATE BASED ON THAT SOURCE OF INCOME, UM, DISPERSION OF AN EQUAL ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE UNITS JUST ENSURES THAT THOSE UNITS ARE NOT CLUSTERED IN ONE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS BY ALL THE SAME ENTRANCES AND EXITS AS THE MARKET RATE UNITS.
AND THAT FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THOSE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS, UM, WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS ALL THE SAME AMENITIES IN THE SITE AS THE MARKET RATE UNITS, UM, SIMILAR WITH COMPARABLE DESIGN STANDARDS, YOU CAN'T, UM, THIS WOULD BE JUST EXPLICITLY STATING THAT THEY, UM, AMENITIES AND INTERIOR FINISHES NEED TO BE COMPARABLE IN THESE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS AND HAVE DURABLE, GOOD QUALITY, UM, COMPONENTS WITHIN THEM PROPORTIONAL.
BUT DREAM COUNT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ADDITION HERE.
AND THIS IS HOW, UH, STAFF IS TRYING TO, UM, RECOMMEND THAT WE START GETTING MORE MULTI BEDROOM UNITS WITHIN THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS.
THIS PROVISION IS NOT IN THE CODE TODAY.
AND SO MANY OF THE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS THAT WE SEE IN THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE ONE BEDROOM OR EFFICIENCY UNITS.
AND SO THIS IS AN IDEA THAT THE, UM, INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS THAT ARE REQUIRED UNDER THIS, UH, PROGRAM NEED TO MATCH THE SAME MIX OF UNITS THAT ARE IN THE MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT OR PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, EXCEPT FOR WE'VE WOULD ACCEPT MORE MULTI BEDROOM UNITS OVER, UM, ONE BEDROOM AND STUDIO UNITS, UM, FLOATING RENTAL UNITS JUST MEANS THAT YOU DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE TO DESIGNATE A PARTICULAR UNIT AS THE INCOME RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE UNIT.
IT COULD MOVE THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT SO LONG AS YOU'RE MEETING YOUR, UM, OVERALL REQUIREMENTS, SIMULTANEOUS ABILITY AVAILABILITY JUST MEANS THAT THOSE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS NEED TO BE BUILT AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT, UM, IS BEING BUILT OR NEED TO COME ONLINE AT THE SAME TIME.
AND AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING JUST ENSURES THAT WE ARE AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING AND SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT FAIR HOUSING.
UM, AS THESE DEVELOPMENTS TRIED TO ATTRACT TENANTS, UM, THE LAST PIECE OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT I WANTED TO SPEAK TO WAS, UM, WE'VE GOTTEN QUESTIONS AT LEAST AT THIS POINT FROM DEVELOPERS ABOUT WHAT THE BONUS AREA OF FEE FOR UPPER LEVEL NON-RESIDENTIAL SPACE WITHIN VMU BUILDINGS IS BECAUSE THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE CODE TODAY THAT SAYS THAT FEE WILL BE SET BY COUNCIL, NO FEE HAS EVER BEEN SET TO DATE.
AND SO STAFF, UM, WILL WAIT FOR ADDITIONAL DIRECTION TO BRING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS NON-RESIDENTIAL BONUS PERIOD FEE.
UM, IF WE, IF WE'RE GIVEN DIRECTION TO DO SO.
UM, THE LAST, THE LAST PORTION OF THIS IS A LOT OF STAFF RESEARCH.
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UM, I WILL BE GOING THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY, UM, BECAUSE IT IS PROVIDING A BACKUP AND I KNOW I'VE GONE PRETTY LONG WITH THIS PRESENTATION.UM, BUT THIS IS SOME CONTEXT ABOUT, UH, WHAT VMU DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OR ARE IN THE PIPELINE TODAY LOOK LIKE AND WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, AS WELL AS A BIT OF RESEARCH INTO WHAT THE DISPERSION OF VMU ZONING LOOKS LIKE, UM, BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS BY DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS AND HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS IN THE CITY.
AND THEN, UM, AN EXAMINE EXHIBIT, AN EXAMINATION OF OTHER POLICIES THAT COULD IMPACT THE BMU PROGRAM, INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS AND COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ THREE TO THESE NUMBERS, BUT I WILL SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF THESE SLIDES ABOUT, UM, WHERE VERTICAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS ARE IN THE CITY.
UM, AND AT THE END OF THIS SLIDE DECK, UH, FOR THE COMMISSIONERS WHO RECEIVED IT, THERE'S A LINK TO A MAP WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY EXPLORE, UM, SOME OF THESE DATA IN AN INTERACTIVE MAP FORM AS WELL.
UM, SO THIS IS SHOWING THE VMU DEVELOPMENTS, JUST THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS THAT IS BY A COUNCIL DISTRICT.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IS SHOWING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS.
SO THIS IS ALL THE MARKET RATE, HOUSING UNITS AND INCOME RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE UNITS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, SAM.
IF, IF I COULD INTERRUPT FOR JUST A SECOND, WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND CHAIR.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND TIME BY FIVE MINUTES.
IF YOU WOULD BRING DOWN THE, THE SCREEN SHARE.
ALL GREEN, UH, ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES.
AND, AND MORE ABOUT, UM, THESE ARE EXISTS OR, UM, YES, UH, VMU BUILDINGS THAT ARE EITHER COMPLETED OR IN DEVELOPMENT TODAY.
UM, WE'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A DEFINITE A MAJORITY OF THESE UNITS COMING FROM DISTRICTS 3, 4, 5, AND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER IN DISTRICT SEVEN, UM, WITH NO PROJECTS OR UNITS WITHIN DISTRICTS, 2, 6, 8, AND VERY FEW IN DISTRICT 10.
UM, NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WHERE VMU ZONING.
SO THIS IS THE DASH SHOULD BE COMBINED.
DISTRICT IS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO BY CODE, THESE WERE ON CORE TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
AND SO WE HAVE ABOUT OVER 800 SITES WITH THAT DASH WOULD BE COMBINING DISTRICT, UM, IN THE CITY TODAY AND ABOUT 1900 ACRES OF LAND, UM, THAT HAVE, UH, VERTICAL MIXED USE ZONING, UH, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BY COUNCIL DISTRICT AGAIN, UM, WE'LL SEE THAT DISTRICT FOUR HAS A REALLY HIGH, UM, ACREAGE OF VMU ZONING.
AND THAT IS PARTIALLY, UM, ON ACCOUNT OF THE HIGHLAND MALL AREA, WHICH IS, UM, PREDOMINANTLY ZONED FOR VERTICAL MIXED USE.
AND SO THAT MAKES UP A LARGE PORTION OF THAT ACREAGE IN DISTRICT FOUR.
UM, AGAIN, I'LL POINT OUT HERE THAT DISTRICT SIX AND EIGHT HAVE NO VERTICAL MIXED USE STONING WHATSOEVER.
UM, DISTRICTS TWO AND 10 HAVE VERY LITTLE, UM, BUT IT VARIES THROUGHOUT, UM, THESE OTHER DISTRICTS.
UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHERE VERTICAL MIXED USE ZONING IS IN THE CITY IN RELATIONSHIP TO DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS, UM, THERE ARE ABOUT 55% OF THE MUSEUM SITES ARE WITHIN DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SORT OF IN THIS MAP TO THE RIGHT ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE, BUT I'VE ALSO BROKEN UP THE, UM, DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS INTO THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF DISPLACEMENT RISK, UM, CHRONIC DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS ACCOUNT FOR 27% OF, UM, WHERE THOSE VMU SEWN SITES ARE.
UM, WITH 15 AND 13 OF 15% AND 13% OF THE BMU ZONE SITES BEING WITHIN ACTIVE AND VULNERABLE DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS.
UM, 33% OF EMU ZONE SITES ARE WITHIN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS.
THESE WERE AREAS THAT WERE DEFINED BY THE ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS OPPORTUNITY 360 INDEX, AND WERE PART OF THESE STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT GOALS.
AND THOSE TWO OTHER POLICIES THAT I MENTIONED THAT STAFF DID, UM, DO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OR IN WHAT WAY THEY MAY IMPACT THE AMUSE SITES, UM, SPECIFIC TO CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS.
I IMAGINE YOU ALL ARE QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY COMBINING DISTRICT TOOL.
UM, IT CAN BE USED TO MODIFY USE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ON A SITE BY SITE BASIS.
WE KNOW THAT MANY CEO'S CAN ALSO REGULATE SITE DEVELOPMENT, UM, REGULATIONS, INCLUDING LOWERING MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE BUILDING HEIGHT ON A SITE.
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OF VMU ZONE SITES ALSO HAVE A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY AND STAFF DID NOT DO THESE SITE SPECIFIC ANALYSIS OF WHAT EACH OF THOSE CEO'S ON THESE SITES, UM, DOES SAY, BUT IT IS LIKELY BASED ON THOSE KINDS OF NUMBERS THAT MANY OF THESE SITES WILL ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL HYPER RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR PROPERTY DUE TO CEO'S THE OTHER POLICY THAT, UM, STAFF NOTED AND DID ADDITIONAL RESEARCH THAT COULD IMPACT, UM, VMU ZONE SITES ARE COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS.AND I AM NOT THE COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS EXPERT AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT I WILL GIVE YOU A BASIC, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF HOW COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS COULD APPLY.
SO WE KNOW THAT COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS APPLY TO SITES THAT ARE WITHIN 540 FEET OF A PROPERTY LINE OF AN URBAN FAMILY RESIDENCE AT IS SF FIVE OR MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONING DISTRICT, UH, AS WELL AS TWO SITES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO A LOT ON WHICH, UH, USE PERMITTED IN SF FIVE OR MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONING IS LOCATED AND WHAT COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS ARE, ARE, UH, THEY REQUIRE HEIGHT AND SETBACK, LIMITATIONS, SCALE, AND CLUSTERING REQUIREMENTS, UH, SCREENING REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN REGULATIONS.
UM, BUT WHAT I HAVE SHOWN HERE IN THIS DIAGRAM IS JUST SPEAKING TO THE HEIGHT AND SET BACK LIMITATIONS FROM ANY COMPATIBILITY TRIGGERING PROPERTY.
UM, SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF VMU, UH, WITH THE TIER TWO 30 FOOT HEIGHT BONUS, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME SITES, UH, SUCH AS THAT HAVE BASED ZONING LIKE CS OR GR, UM, THAT HA 60 FOOT IN HEIGHT BASED ZONING ENTITLEMENT COULD BUILD TO 90 FEET.
AND SO IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A 90 FOOT, UH, HEIGHT BUILDING, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 420 FOOT FEET AWAY FROM A COMPATIBILITY TRIGGERING SITE.
AND SO WHEN STAFF LOOKED AT THAT CITYWIDE, THE IMPACT ON ALL THE ZONE SITES WAS THAT, UM, 41% OF THE MUSE ON SITES COULD BUILD TO THEIR BASE HEIGHT TODAY AFTER COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS ARE APPLIED, MEANING THAT 59% OF THE MUSEUM SITES ARE PROHIBITED FROM BUILDING TO THEIR MAXIMUM HEIGHT ALLOWED BY THEIR BASE ZONING DUE TO THESE COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS.
AND 34% OF THE EMU ZONE SITES WOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD TO THEIR BONUS HEIGHT UNDER THE NEW TIER OF THE BMU PROGRAM AFTER COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS ARE APPLIED.
AND THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE I WILL SHOW TODAY.
UM, BUT IT DOES INCLUDE A LINK TO AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE MAPPING TOOL WHERE YOU CAN, UM, VIEW WHERE VMU ZONE SITES ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL LAYERS FOR DISPLACEMENT RISK, HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS AND THE TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK THAT YOU CAN TURN ON TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF THESE SITES.
YOU CAN ALSO VIEW THE ALLOWABLE HEIGHTS AFTER, UM, WITH THE NEW 30 FOOT HEIGHT BONUS, UM, AFTER COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS ARE APPLIED AND YOU CAN ALSO VIEW VMU DEVELOPED AND BMU DEVELOPING BUILDINGS THROUGH THAT MAP.
UM, IF THERE ARE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE CURIOUS, THERE'S A SET OF EXTRA SLIDES IN THE BACK THAT JUST SHOW WHAT SOME OF THOSE, UH, DEVELOPED BEING NEW BUILDINGS LOOK LIKE TODAY ON THE GROUND.
THERE'S SOME PHOTOS AND INFORMATION ABOUT THEM, AS WELL AS THE TABLE THAT HELPS YOU MAKE SENSE OF SOME OF THE JARGON AROUND WHAT IS MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, AND WHAT DO WE MEAN INCOME RESTRICTED RENTS, UM, AS WELL AS A BREAKOUT OF THE MEETING INCOME BY RACE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND SO THOSE ARE WHAT ARE PROVIDED IS EXTRA SLIDES THAT I WILL NOT SHARE AT THIS POINT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE SOMETHING AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS.
UM, INSTEAD OF DOING THE ROUND ROBIN Q AND A NOW, UM, LET, LETTING, UM, COMMISSIONERS ARE, UM, SPEAK ON B 30 AND INTRODUCE US TO THAT.
WE WOULD HAVE, UM, SOME, UH, SOME PEOPLE, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND THEN WE COULD DO OUR ROUND ROBIN Q AND A AT THAT POINT.
UH, WHAT POINT OF, UH, JUST A QUESTION VICE-CHAIR UM, IF WE, THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING TOPIC.
IF WE NEED A FEW MORE QUESTIONS, CAN WE JUST WOULD BE MODIFY OUR RULES TO MAYBE BE ABLE TO FIT MORE IN IT BESIDES A YES.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, THANK YOU FOR
[B30. Discussion and possible action initiating code amendments to Title 25 of the City Code related to vertical mixed use to expand community and affordability benefits. (Sponsors Commissioner Azhar and Commissioner Conolly)]
THE BRIEFING.WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B 30 AS A REMINDER.
THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, SINCE IT WAS BROUGHT BY, UM, SOME OF OUR COMMISSIONERS.
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THANK YOU CHAIR.UM, SO WHILE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE RAN INTO A LITTLE BIT OF A HICCUP IN OUR STAFF, WAS WORKING ON THOSE SORT OF GENERAL AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE SAW TODAY IN SAM, DID A GOOD JOB OF LAYING THEM OUT.
ONE THING WE REALIZED WAS THAT, UM, WE WERE GETTING SOME DIRECTION FROM ALL OUR DEPARTMENT IN THAT, BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT BEEN PART OF THE INITIAL INITIATIONS FROM BOTH BC AND COUNCIL.
UM, WE COULD NOT GO AHEAD AND ACT ON IT.
SO WE'RE INITIATING THOSE TODAY, SO THEY CAN BE WRAPPED INTO THIS OVERALL PROCESS.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING ON THE 22ND THEN IS A MORE COMPREHENSIVE SET OF CHANGES AS SAM LEAD OUT.
SO THE IDEA HERE IS HONESTLY, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS PROCEDURAL TO GET THOSE PIECES MOVING FORWARD SO THEY CAN BE WRAPPED AND DO THIS ITEM.
AND THAT ALLOWS OUR STAFF DO WORK ON THEM IN A MORE, WITH MORE TIME AVAILABLE TO THEM THAN THEY WOULD OTHERWISE.
SO AGAIN, WE'D BE INITIATING THE CODE CHANGES TODAY WITH A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD BE COMING BACK AND VOTING ON THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE LANGUAGE ON THE 22ND, WHEN IT WILL BE POSTED.
SO THIS IS EXHIBIT A, UM, AND I REVISE IT A WITH SOME FEEDBACK FROM STAFF, A LOT OF THIS IS STUFF THAT SAM HAD ALREADY MENTIONED.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING OUR STAFF TO CONSIDER IF WHEREVER POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME IS LOOKING AT SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS.
SO THESE GOWN, UM, DOERS NOT DISCRIMINATING AGAINST HOUSING CHOICE, VOUCHER, HOLDERS, OR OTHER KINDS OF INCOME, SUCH AS ALIMONY AND OTHER THINGS, ALLOWING ONSITE DISPERSION AND ACCESS TO ENSURING THAT OUR UNITS ARE DISPERSED ALL OVER THE SITE AND HAVE THE SAME ACCESS TO AMENITIES AS MARKET RATE UNITS.
SO THIS IS, UM, GRADE THEM EQUITABLE.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, YOU'LL REALIZE A LOT OF THESE ARE WHAT WE ALREADY ACTUALLY WORKED ON, UM, WITH THE SOUTH CONGRESS, BUD.
SO THEY'LL SOUND A LOT OF SIMILAR, UH, COMPARABLE DESIGN STANDARDS.
SO ESSENTIALLY ENSURING THAT OUR AFFORDABLE UNITS HAVE COMPARABLE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT THEY'RE NOT SUBSTANDARD OR SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT IN STANDARDS.
IS IT COMPARED TO THE MARKET RATE UNITS THAT THERE'S THE PROPORTIONAL BEDROOM COUNT? THIS IS SORT OF THAT INCENTIVE FOR GREETING OR ENCOURAGEMENT FOR CREATING MORE MULTI BEDROOM REQUIREMENTS, UM, EXCEPT WHERE THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS IS INCREASED.
SO SAM KIND OF COVERED THIS AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS, UM, ALONG FLOATING RENTAL UNITS.
SO THE RENTAL UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE.
RENTAL UNITS ARE FLOATING THROUGHOUT THE THING.
IT'S NOT ABOUT HAVING DEDICATED UNITS IN ONE PART OF THE SITE THAT THEY HAVE TO BE SIMULTANEOUSLY AVAILABLE WITH THE MARKET RATE UNITS.
SO YOU IN A MULTI-PHASE PROJECT OR AFFORDABLE UNITS WOULD BE COMING SIMULTANEOUSLY ONLINE AND GETTING A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AT AROUND THE SAME TIME, AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WE'RE REALLY AFFIRMATIVELY MARKETING THESE UNITS TO THE FOLKS WHO ARE MOST IN NEED, SUCH AS RESIDENTS OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME FOLKS, UM, THE UNBUNDLED BARKING AND HOUSING COSTS TO EXPLORING THAT IDEA OF WHETHER UNBUNDLED BARKING AND HOUSING COSTS CAN BE WORKED ON.
THERE IS AN AMENDMENT FROM THE WORKING GROUP RELATED TO THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE OUR INTENT WAS ENSURING THE NOT ONLY ARE WE UNBUNDLING PARKING AND HOUSING COSTS, BUT WE'RE ALSO ENSURING THAT IN BUNDLING, WE ARE DOING LIKE REQUIREMENTS, SO THAT THE SAME NUMBER OF MARKET RATE UNITS AND THE SAME NUMBER FORDABLE UNITS MIGHT HAVE UNBUNDLED BARKING.
AGAIN, EQUITABLY SPREADING OUT THAT IDEA, UM, GIVING DENNIS A RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AGAIN, OUR STAFF WOULD BE EXPLORING THIS.
UM, COUNCIL HAS ALREADY INITIATED A CHANGE RELATED TO THIS.
UM, THIS WE'LL BE WRAPPING THIS INTO OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM, UM, BUILDING OUT SOME POST-CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS AND PENALTIES.
SO THIS IS, UM, REALLY BUILDING OUT THE MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE PIECE AND STRENGTHENING WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
AND LASTLY DO ALIGN THE CITY'S RIGHT TO SUBSIDIZE THE ADDITIONAL UNITS WITH THE VMU PROGRAM.
SO CURRENTLY OUR ORDINANCE SAYS THAT THE CITY HAS THE RIGHT TO SUBSIDIZE APARTMENTS UP TO 10% OF THE UNITS, BUT SINCE WE WILL BE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS, POTENTIALLY UP TO 12% OR WHATEVER THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE, WE WILL BE ALIGNING ACCORDINGLY AND I'LL STOP THERE.
SO ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD BE A GOLD CHANGE RELATED TO THESE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BMU PROGRAM THAT WILL GIVE OUR STAFF THE ABILITY TO WORK ON THESE BEFORE THEY COME TO US ON THE 22ND.
DO WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS? SURE.
SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH HEARING FROM HIS ZENOBIA JOSEPH, MR. JOSEPH, IF YOU'LL SELECT STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR REMARKS.
UM, JOSEPH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AS IT RELATES TO ADDING THE EMAP HOLD ON LANE WITH WOOD SPECIFICALLY.
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SO DENSITY, UM, THE TOTAL UNITS AND THEN AFFORDABLE UNITS, AS WELL AS THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME, NOT STANDALONE, BUT YOU COULD ASK ME, SEE IT AS ONE, UM, ITEM, WHEN YOU'RE REVIEWING CASES SPECIFICALLY, I HAVE AN EXAMPLE AS SUSAN RED LINE ORANGE LINE, METRO RAIL CREST VIEWS, THERE'S THE RYAN DRIVE PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND MIXED INCOME YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.IT'S ONLY 10 TO 20% OF THE OPINION.
THERE THERE'LL BE NINE TOWNHOMES.
THEY'RE ONLY 30, 50, 60, 80% MEDIAN INCOME AND MOBILE TRANSIT.
BUT WHEN YOU GO NORTH OF US, YOU'LL SEE 171 UNITS, A HUNDRED PERCENT AT A THERMAL BLATTMAN WITH NO BUS BECAUSE WRONG PEOPLE ARE, THE RUTLAND WAS UNILATERALLY ELIMINATED.
I SHARE THAT WITH YOU SO THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE DENSITY AND THE ACTUAL, UH, AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
AS ONE, I WOULD ALSO MENTION JUST AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THE GOLD LINE HARLAN VILLAGE WAS MENTIONED FOR THIS FORM, BUT THEY'RE ONLY AFFORDABLE COMPLEX.
THERE IS 80% MILLION MEDIAN INCOME, AND THAT IS A TREND.
BUT WITHOUT SAYING RIGHT, IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE THE SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION, JUXTAPOSED WITH THE DENSITY, YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT THE NUMBER ON THE EAST SIDE ONE IS ABOUT 300 UNITS.
THE LEFT OF LOOP ONE, IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED UNITS.
SO AT LAKELINE STATIONS, IT'S 128 UNITS.
AT THE MORE YOU LOOK AT THE NUANCES OF THE PROJECT IN THAT MAJOR FOUR DOORS IS SPARKED WITH THE 80% MILLION MEDIAN INCOME.
SO I TOTALLY SUPPORT THE 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME GOAL OF THE STAFF.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD MENTION IS THAT AS IT RELATES TO HIGHER OPPORTUNITY AREAS AND AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING, THERE'S A MASON IN 2021, US TREASURY FEDERAL REGISTER.
AND IT ALSO HAS THE HIGH OPPORTUNITY LANGUAGE I WOULD LASTLY JUST MENTIONED.
IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO ASK THE DEPUTY ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN TRAVIS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BOSTON, BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT MOST OF THE UNITS ON THE FLOOR, NORTHEAST LAWSON ARE IN SOUTHEAST THE LESSON.
AND THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL IS DOING AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU TO BASICALLY GET THIS IN THE VERY FEW VERTICAL MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES OF THE LAST ONE I'LL GIVE YOU IS THE BLUE LINE.
RIVERSIDE COUNCIL RESOLVED OCTOBER 17TH, 2019, OVER 100.
IT WAS ABOUT 1,308 MINUTES, BUT THEY LATER SAID, OH, HERE'S $300 MILLION.
IT CAN'T HAVE PLACEMENT, BUT THE UPROOTED ARTHUR HAD HIS WAY THE LAW PROFESSOR AND HER AUNT MARTHA STATED THAT YOU DIDN'T LISTEN TO THEM GET, THEY GAVE THEM IDEAS ON HOW TO STOP JUSTIFICATION.
AND SO I THINK IT WAS JUST GETTING PARTNERS.
WE COULD SEE THOSE TWO ITEMS TOGETHER.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING MY COMMENTS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL ASK THEM AT THIS TIME, LET HER USE MY IRON IDEAS, THE WRITING THE THREE ON THE 26 MINUTES.
WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM MS. JODY, ZANELE MR. MELLON, IF YOU'LL SELECT STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR REMARKS, UH, UM, MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NOT REALLY REVIEWED ANY OF THIS.
NONE OF THE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE TILL FRIDAY.
UM, WE ARE VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN PRESENTED SO FAR AND WE DON'T FALL FAST, BUT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A GREATER AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE UNITS, MORE THAN 10% AFFORDABLE UNITS.
WE APPRECIATE THE BEDROOMS AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THIS, BUT WE REALLY FEEL LIKE FOR THE ADDITIONAL 30 FEET THAT WE WOULD LIKE AT LEAST 20% AFFORDABILITY FOR THE UNIT THAT ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE TO PARTICIPATE IN A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO DO THAT.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
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THANK YOU.UM, AND AS A REMINDER, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE TO CLOSE.
UM, SO WE CAN GO RIGHT INTO Q AND A.
SO FIRST COMMISSIONER WITH A QUESTION AND THEN A CHAIR SHOP.
UM, I WANT TO THANK SAM AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE WORK Y'ALL ARE PUTTING ON THIS AND COMMISSIONER OF A'S FOR THE AMENDMENTS.
I CAN TELL THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK GOING INTO THIS.
WE'VE BEEN ASKING, I THINK BOTH SAP AND, AND PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SOME MORE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX, UM, TO BE ABLE TO CREATE MORE OPTIONS.
CAUSE WE KIND OF FEEL BOXED IN WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW.
UM, I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST GIVE SOME THOUGHT OR POSE UP FOR SOME THOUGHT DISCUSSION.
I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT DROPPING OFF, UM, THE AFFORDABILITY ON THE OWNERSHIP PIECES.
I UNDERSTAND THE DISCUSSION CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, THE PROPERTY TAXES AND HOA FEES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I STILL THINK THAT OWNERSHIP, UM, IS STILL A PATHWAY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT.
AND I, I RATHER THAN SAY NO AT ALL AND SAY THOSE WOULD ONLY BE FEE.
AND LOU, I'M WONDERING IF WE MIGHT GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO SOME OPTIONS THERE AS WELL, WHICH WOULD ALLOW PC AND ZAP TO RESPOND BETTER TO CHANGING MARKET DEMANDS AS OUR POPULATION CHANGES OR OUR POPULATION NEEDS CHANGE OR WHAT PEOPLE WANT CHANGES.
UM, SO THAT, THAT WAS ONE THOUGHT I HAD ABOUT, ABOUT THAT, THAT WE MIGHT GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION FOR.
AND THEN AS ONE OF THE, UM, SPEAKERS SPOKE UP ABOUT THE HEIGHT, THE 30 FOOT BONUS, UM, AND THE PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABILITY WE'VE, IT'S COME UP OVER.
AND A FEW TIMES ON SOME OF OUR ZONING CASES, IF THERE WAS, IF THERE WOULD BE A MECHANISM TO TIE INTO, UM, INCREASED AFFORDABILITY FOR INCREASED BONUS HEIGHT.
SO WITH EACH TIER OF INCREASE, THEN THERE WOULD BE MORE COMMUNITY GIVE BACK.
SO THAT WAS ANOTHER THOUGHT I HAD IN MAYBE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A HELPFUL TOOL AS YOU GUYS ARE WORKING TOWARDS THE FINAL ARRANGEMENTS OR FINAL PROPOSALS ON THIS.
UM, I ALSO NOTICED YOU GUYS HAD CITED OUT THAT THE DISTRICT SIX HAS, DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF THIS, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU PULLED THAT OUT.
DISTRICT SIX HAS A LOT OF, UM, COUNTY AND ETJ AREA THAT GOT ANNEXED BY THE CITY AND PIECES AND PATCHES.
AND IT ALSO TIES INTO OUR ASM P DISCUSSION.
UM, JUST TO SHARE MY UNDERSTANDING, A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE DOESN'T EXIST OUT THERE BECAUSE THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE AUTHORITIES THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURES TO REQUIRE AND WE GET IN THIS CIRCLE SPIN.
UM, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE VMU COME OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN HEIGHT THAT DON'T AFFECT OTHER THINGS, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HIT THESE COMPATIBILITY RESTRICTIONS.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA NEED THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT IT MAKES IT A LIVABLE, WORKABLE AREA FOR ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO.
HOPEFULLY SOME OF THAT'S HELPFUL.
THANKS FOR THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING.
OH, AND THEN COMMISSIONER COX.
UH, VERY GOOD PRESENTATION, UH, WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THE VERY END KIND OF THE, UH, I STUDIED THE MAPS SHOWING THE IMPACT OF COMPATIBILITY AND I WAS ASTOUNDED.
IT LOOKS LIKE, I MEAN THEN THE CEO IS IT'S REALLY CRUSHING OUR ABILITY TO REALLY FULLY CAPITALIZE ON THESE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.
IS THERE ANY, UH, CONSIDERATION OF LOOKING INTO, UH, COMPATIBILITY AND ITS IMPACT ALONG MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THESE MAIN CORRIDORS LIKE VERNON AND LAMAR, IS THAT BEING, UM, ENTERTAINED FOR STAFF? I'M SORRY.
UM, FOR OUR PART, THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY COMPRESSED TIMELINE THAT, UH, COUNSEL HAS REQUESTED US TO MOVE ON.
AND SO WE HAVE NOT REALLY REACHED A STAFF RECOMMENDATION AROUND COMPATIBILITY.
AND SO STEP ONE WAS JUST KIND OF TO START TO DO THE RESEARCH ON THE IMPACTS OF COMPATIBILITY.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S, AS FAR AS WE'VE GOTTEN RIGHT NOW AND, AND, AND STAFF HAS NOT DEVELOPED A RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO COMPATIBILITY AT THIS TIME.
AND SECONDLY, UH, THIS QUESTION FOR YOU, AS WELL AS I NOTICED, YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE VULNERABLE AREAS, HIGH OPPORTUNITY IS THAT BECAUSE COUNSEL WANTS
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TO, HOW DOES HIS COUNCIL WANT TO AVOID PUTTING VMU AND MA IN CERTAIN AREAS AND MORE THAN OTHERS, IS THAT KIND OF THE REASON YOU'RE PROVIDING THAT DATA? IT WAS PROVIDING THAT DATA.UM, MOSTLY BECAUSE AT THE TIME WHEN VMU ZONING WAS KIND OF INITIALLY APPLIED IN, IN BROAD SWEEPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE DIDN'T HAVE DATASETS LIKE THAT.
AND WE WEREN'T LOOKING AT, UH, THE APPLICATION OF BMU ZONING IN THE SAME WAY.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO HELP PROVIDE MORE CONTEXT FOR THE MOST PART ABOUT WHERE VMU SITES ARE LOCATED, UM, BECAUSE IT IS A BIT MORE FAR REACHING AND CITYWIDE THAN MANY OF OUR INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. UM, AND SO IT'S MOSTLY FOR CONTEXT AND ALSO WHAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GENERALLY TELL FROM THE MAP IS THAT A LOT OF THOSE AREAS THAT CAN REACH 90 FEET IN HEIGHT ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED WITHIN HIGHER DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS.
UM, BUT MANY OF THE AREAS THAT, UH, ARE HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS CAN NOT REACH THAT ADDITIONAL HEIGHT.
AND SO IT'S JUST TRYING TO START TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE DATA TO, TO SHOW WHERE THERE MIGHT BE EXISTING, UM, UH, DIFFERENCES ACROSS THE CITY AND HOW THIS PROGRAM COULD WORK.
THAT, THAT POINT YOU MAKE ABOUT HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS THAT BECAUSE OF COMPATIBILITY, UH, LIMITING THE HYPE IN THOSE HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS, COMPATIBILITY IS YEAH.
WHAT THOSE MAPS ARE SHOWING RIGHT NOW IS JUST HOW COMPATIBILITY COULD AFFECT HEIGHT.
AND, UM, YES, WITHIN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS, THERE IS LESS BMU ZONING TO BEGIN WITH AND COMPATIBILITY MORE FREQUENTLY PREVENT THOSE SITES FROM REACHING THE, THE HEIGHT BONUS.
AND THEN, UH, FOR VMU AND I LOOKED AT THE RATINGS, I KNOW WE HAVE OPT IN, YOU KNOW, AREAS THAT OPTED IN, BUT WHAT YOU SHOW THERE CAN A DEVELOPER, I THINK THEY CAN, UH, COME TO US AND ASK FOR VMU ZONING AND WOULD IT, AT THAT TIME THEY COULD USE THESE, THIS PROGRAM RIGHT AT THAT TIME TO GET REZONED.
SO AS I COULD COME THROUGH UNDERSTANDING STANDARD REZONING PROCESSES TO GET THE V UH, VMU ZONING, UM, SO THE OPT-IN WAS KIND OF WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY APPLIED ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, THERE WAS SOME DISCRETION ALLOWED TO NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT WHICH SITES SHOULD GET VMU ZONING AND WHICH ONE SHOULDN'T AND THEN WHAT SHOULD THE AFFORDABILITY LEVEL, BUT IT IS NOW COMBINING DISTRICTS LIKE ANY OTHER THAT, UH, THROUGH REZONING COULD BE APPLIED TO A SITE.
AND, UM, I MAYBE RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE, UM, OH, I SAW YOUR LIST IS VERY SIMILAR TO, UM, COMMISSIONER ARE, IS KIND OF ONE OF THE SLIDES ON THE THINGS YOU WANT TO INCLUDE.
AND IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE, I THINK IT IS THAT WE TAKE ACTION ON THOSE TO KIND OF, UH, TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE ZONING OR YOUR DRAFT ORDINANCE, UH, THE ITEMS THAT YOU LISTED UP THERE THAT MATCHES.
SO I BELIEVE THIS IS WHERE WE HAD SOME CONFUSION WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THE CHANGES AROUND THESE GENERAL PROVISIONS WERE NOT INITIATED BY PLANNING COMMISSION OR CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO GET THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO INITIATE THOSE CHANGES SO THAT WE COULD COME BACK WITH A DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT INCLUDED THEM, UM, THEIR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, BUT THEY WOULDN'T BE REFLECTED IN THE ORDINANCE OTHERWISE.
YEAH, I GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS, PROBABLY MOST OF IT JUST FOR MY IGNORANCE.
SO APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE FOR THAT.
UM, SO IN THIS PROCESS, IS, ARE WE CONTEMPLATING ADDING MORE VMU BY RIGHT TO MORE AREA, OR IS THIS JUST GOING TO APPLY TO THE EXISTING BMU AREAS PLUS ANY REGULAR ZONING CASE THAT WANTS TO ADD TO THE, THE LADDER THIS, THESE CODE AMENDMENTS WOULD NOT APPLY THE MUSE OWNING ANYWHERE IN THE CITY? UM, IT SAYS CHANGING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SITES THAT ALREADY HAVE THE AMUSED ZONING AND ALLOWING THOSE SITES, THIS ADDITIONAL HEIGHT BONUS, UH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A REZONING PROCESS IN ORDER TO GET BMU ZONING.
UH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT TODAY.
SO THE, THE PROCESS WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW AND THE ULTIMATE VOTE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL TO ADOPT OR NOT ADOPT THESE CHANGES THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE LAST KIND OF PUBLIC PROCESS WHERE THE AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY DESIGNATED AS VMU FOR, FOR, UM, THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON THIS.
AND THEN, AND THEN ONCE IT'S APPROVED, IF IT'S APPROVED USING THE VMU AND VMU DESIGNATED AREAS, DOESN'T TRIGGER ANY SORT OF PUBLIC NOTIFICATION, DOES IT BELIEVE IF I'M FOLLOWING YOUR QUESTION? YES.
UM, BECAUSE THESE ARE CHANGES THAT WOULD, UM, AFFECT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR VMU ZONE SITES, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY'RE ADOPTED, THEY BECOME KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVELY DEALT WITH.
AND SO A PROJECT WOULD DEVELOP UNDER THEIR ENTITLEMENTS, UM, WITHOUT ADDITIONAL, UM, YEAH, I GUESS, POINTS OF PUBLIC INPUT IN THAT WAY.
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TO DELINEATE MY HEAD WHEN, WHEN SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET A NOTICE THAT VMU IS BEING USED ON THE NEW DEVELOPMENT VERSUS WHEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET A NOTICE AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WHERE VMU IS NOT BY RIGHT.
CURRENTLY IT WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A ZONING CHANGE TO DO THIS.
SO IF A SITE HAS THE NEW ZONING TODAY, THEY COULD DEVELOP UNDER VMU AND THERE WOULD BE NO ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION.
MOTEL OR COMMISSIONER MOST TELLER SAID, I, WHERE DID Y'ALL COME UP WITH THE, UM, WELL, ACTUALLY TWO THINGS ON THAT.
WHERE DID Y'ALL COME UP WITH THE ADDITIONAL 2% FOR THE VMU TWO OPTION? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT IS 2% REPRESENT VERSUS SOMETHING LIKE 15% OR AN EXTRA 5%? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
AND SO IT'S A GREAT TIME TO MENTION THAT THESE PERCENTAGES WERE NOT CALIBRATED IN A SENSE THAT THEY WENT THROUGH A RIGOROUS, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF THE MARKET RESEARCH RELATED TO BMU TYPE DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, AND THAT'S MOST SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO JUST THE TIMELINE THAT WE WERE ASKED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THESE AMENDMENTS BY COUNSEL ON.
AND SO THEY'RE NOT CALIBRATED, LIKE SOME OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS ARE IN THAT WAY.
AND SO WHAT WE DID IS LOOKED BACK AT SIMILAR PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN CALIBRATED.
AND SO SPECIFICALLY I LOOKED AT, UM, CHANGES UNDER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REVISION THAT WERE SIMILAR, THAT WOULD GRANT A HEIGHT BONUS SIMILAR TO THIS, AND WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE IN TERMS OF CALIBRATED SET ASIDES AND ALL OF THOSE, UM, CALIBRATED NUMBERS WERE UNDER 10%.
AND SO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE, THE BASELINE TODAY IS 10% AND VERTICAL MIXED USE.
UM, WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO BELOW THAT.
AND SO WE LOOKED AT OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN THIS UNCALIBRATED WAY.
AND THAT TO US LOOKED LIKE TRYING TO PROVIDE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY WITHIN THAT 10%.
SO THESE DEVELOPMENTS COULD BE CONSIDERABLY LARGER, UM, GOING FROM POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, A 60 FOOT DEVELOPMENT TO 90 FOOT, UM, YOU KNOW, 10% WILL RESULT IN MORE UNITS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME PROPORTION.
UM, BUT WE THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST ADJUSTING THE AFFORDABILITY DEPTH WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT THAT WE COULD GET.
UM, THE 12TH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 12% AT 60% MFI AND 10% AT 50% MFI IS ROUGHLY PROPORTIONAL TO EACH OTHER.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIKE A MARKET RATE UNIT ACROSS THE BEDROOM SIZES THAT WE SEE IN THOSE DEVELOPMENTS AND MARKET RATE UNITS, UH, SORRY.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUYING DOWN A MARKET RATE UNIT AT 60% AND 50%, THAT 2% IS WHAT WE FOUND IS, IS PRETTY FLEXIBLE PERSONAL HAD SINCE WE'RE DEALING WITH SINGLE PERCENTAGE POINTS HERE, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH FRACTIONS OF THE UNIT? DO YOU ALWAYS ROUND UP, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? THEY DO.
IT IS OUR POLICY THAT THOSE UNITS, THERE'S NO FRACTIONAL UNITS THEY ALWAYS ROUND UP.
AND THEN THE QUESTION ABOUT, UM, A FEE IN LIEU OPTION FOR SALE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY A DEVELOPER WOULD EVER NOT TAKE A THEME TWO OPTION WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING CONDOS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE DISPERSED GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK TO ANY REAL ESTATE AGENT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY THERE BY PROVIDING JUST A BLANKET FAMILY OPTION FOR, FOR SALE UNITS TO ACTUALLY HAVE VERY WELL LOCATED, UH, CAPITAL A AFFORDABLE FOR SALE CONDOS OR WHATEVER THEY HAPPEN TO BE.
I WOULD HOPE THAT STAFF, I UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR THE FAN LOO, BUT HAVE Y'ALL EXPLORED AN OPTION TO MAKE THAT FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, A BIT BETTER FOR THE CITY WHEN IT'S TAKEN AND A BIT BETTER FOR THE DEVELOPER WHEN IT'S NOT TAKEN.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS DON'T MAKE THEM PROPORTIONAL IN LU VERSUS ON-SITE, BUT MAKE THE FEE IN LIEU COST MORE FROM, FROM A DOLLAR PERSPECTIVE THAN ACTUALLY THOSE UNITS ON SITE COMMISSIONER COX, WE ARE AT TIME.
SO SAM, IF YOU HAVE A QUICK ANSWER, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER PRAXIS.
UM, FIRST I WILL SAY, UM, I SKIPPED OVER THIS SLIDE IN THE STAFF RESEARCH, BUT ONE THING THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP TOP OF MIND IS THAT THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO DATE HAVE BEEN VASTLY MAJORITY RENTAL DEVELOPMENTS.
WE'RE TALKING 1% IN THE PIPELINE, OUR OWNERSHIP UNITS, AND 2% IN DEVELOPED UNITS TO DATE OUR OWNERSHIP UNITS.
SO IT IS A VERY, VERY SMALL NUMBER OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE COME THROUGH UNDER OWNERSHIP, UH, OR CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENTS, UM, BEYOND THAT MY ANSWER WOULD PROBABLY GET LONG, SO I WILL STOP, BUT THAT WAS THE POINT I WENT INTO
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IMMEDIATELY MAKE.THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PRAXIS.
UM, SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU ALL HAVE DONE ANY RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF VM USE, UM, ON PROPERTY TAXES AND PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR, UM, SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS AND RENT INCREASES.
UM, AND I GUESS THE GENERAL WAY TO PUT THAT IS VM USE AND DISPLACEMENT.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY DATA ON THAT? UM, WAS THAT AT ALL PART OF THE DISCUSSION? UM, FAIR HAS NOT BEEN TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UH, RESEARCH SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE AMUSE OR VMU ZONING AND, AND PROPERTY TAX IMPACTS, UM, THAT I KNOW OF.
AND, UH, BEYOND JUST LOOKING AT WHERE VMU IS LOCATED WITHIN DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS, UM, 55% ARE IN AREAS AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.
AND FOR FOLKS WHO ARE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT AND, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHO'VE ADVOCATED FOR ACTION, UM, ON, UH, TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT, UM, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO GET DOWN TO MUCH DEEPER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY, UM, THEN YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SEE CURRENTLY.
SO IT'S GREAT TO HEAR YOU ALL BUMPING IT DOWN TO IS, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY 60%, BUT WHY, UM, WHY NOT GO DEEPER THAN THAT? THAT'S A QUESTION.
WHY WAS IT SETTLED ON 60%, RATHER THAN LIKE 50 OR 40% OR EVEN DEEPER AFFORDABILITY LEVELS? OKAY.
SO THE, THE F THE VMU TIER ONE THAT IS GOING TO BE LOWERED TO 60%, UM, WAS, WAS INITIATED BY PC.
AND SO STAFF JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, THAT, UH, PC INITIATED CHANGE, UM, IN THE TIER TWO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIS EITHER, OR IT 50% MFI OR AT 60% MFI, UM, GETTING BELOW 50% OF THE VI CAN BE REALLY CHALLENGING, UM, BECAUSE THE COST TO SUBSIDIZE IT GOES UP.
AND SO, UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT IT IS OFTEN CHALLENGING TO GET THAT DEPTH OF AFFORDABILITY IN THESE KIND OF MARKET-DRIVEN PROGRAMS. AND SO WE OFTEN FIND THAT IT TAKES PUBLIC SUBSIDIES TO GET US DOWN TO THAT 30% MFI.
SO I WILL ADD THAT, UM, THERE IS A PROVISION THAT COMMISSIONERS ARE BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON WITHIN THE CODE TODAY THAT SAYS THE CITY, UM, UH, WILL MAINTAIN THE RIGHT TO SUBSIDIZE ADDITIONAL UNITS OR DEEPER AFFORDABILITY WITHIN BMU DEVELOPMENTS.
AND SO, BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT PROVISION HAS NEVER BEEN USED, BUT THAT COULD BE ONE WAY BY WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE KIND OF A FOOT IN THE DOOR IN THESE DEVELOPMENTS, ADDITIONAL CITY FUNDS COULD COME IN AND PROVIDE DEEPER SUBSIDIES TO GET THE 30% MFI UNITS POTENTIALLY.
I'M GLAD THAT THAT'S BEEN HIGHLIGHTED.
UM, SO LET'S SEE, UM, SOMETHING THAT COMMISSIONER COX WAS BRINGING UP, UM, IN REGARDS TO NOTIFICATION.
UM, SO PLEASE TELL ME IF I'M MISINTERPRETING THIS RIGHT NOW, UM, FOR, UM, PARCELS THAT ARE ZONED THE, OR BMU, UM, IF, IF A PROPERTY, UM, YOU KNOW, IF A PROPERTY OWNER WAS SEEKING THAT ADDITIONAL 30 FEET, THEY WOULD HAVE TO NOTIFY, GO TO THE NEIGHBORS AND NEGOTIATE WITH THEM.
AND SO THE NEIGHBORS COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, COME BACK AND ASK FOR FOR MORE THAN BEN THAT, UM, WHAT'S CURRENTLY BEING SUGGESTED WOULD BE THE TIER TWO REQUIREMENTS.
UM, I'M CORRECT IN THINKING THAT RIGHT.
OR AM I, I, IF I'M, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A WAY, UM, FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEGOTIATE AN ADDITIONAL HYPE BONUS.
UM, I MEAN, SO, UM, EVEN THROUGH A REZONING, MOST OF OUR ZONING DISTRICTS, EXCEPT FOR LIKE SOME OF OUR DOWNTOWN ONES, WOULDN'T REACH 90 FEET IN HEIGHT.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW, UM, MECHANISM BY WHICH A NEIGHBORHOOD COULD NEGOTIATE OR ADDITIONAL HEIGHT BEYOND, UM, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE FACE ENTITLEMENTS.
UM, I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT SAID, OKAY.
AND THEN THE LAST, UM, QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, CAN WE, UM, DETERMINE MFI, UM, REQUIREMENTS
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BASED ON THE MICRO AREA? SO NEIGHBORHOOD NFI AND LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE'RE DETERMINING, UM, WHETHER A PROJECT IS GOING TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, IT'S ALSO A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.AND I WOULD LOVE TO ASK ERICA WHO HAS A MUCH, MUCH BETTER ANSWER ABOUT THIS THAN I DO, UM, TO, TO TIME IN HERE WE'RE AT TIME, BUT ERICA, IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER REALLY QUICKLY.
UH, MY, MY QUICK ANSWER IS I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A LOT, UM, IS THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE CONTRARY TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING.
AND, UH, AND, AND BASICALLY IT WOULD BE THAT IF PORTABLE UNITS IN MORE EXPENSIVE PLACES WOULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE, WHICH MEANS THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE THEM BE EVEN MORE EXCLUSIVE.
SO THAT IS WHY WHILE I ABSOLUTELY SEE SOME POTENTIAL BENEFITS WITH HAVING THE MFI OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS MATCH A SMALLER AREA.
IT MEANS THAT AREAS THAT ARE MORE EXPENSIVE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE OUT OF REACH EVEN MORE OUT OF REACH.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS WITH THAT.
UM, YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION AND I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT PRETTY BRIEF, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE THIS ISN'T THE LAST TIME WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF.
THIS IS JUST THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, BUT, UM, I DID WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE, GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ABOUT THE CALIBRATION.
AND SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, UH, A QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS, BUT, UM, JUST THINKING ABOUT LIKE, WE WANT THE TOOL TO WORK, RIGHT.
AND WE WANT IT TO GENERATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHOUT HAVING TO, WITHOUT REQUIRING, UM, SUBSIDIES.
I MEAN, IF WE CAN ADD THE SUBSIDIES, THAT'S GREAT, BUT WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE DEPENDENT ON THAT IF WE CAN GET THE UNITS.
AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN LIKE A LOT OF THAT CALIBRATION YET.
SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS, IS THE IDEA TO TRY TO DO MORE CALIBRATION.
AND THEN, UM, IS THE IDEA TO REVISIT THAT CALIBRATION WITH A CERTAIN, UM, FREQUENCY.
UM, IT'S, IT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
AND SO I THINK RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE AT IS, YOU KNOW, STANDING UP A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, RESPONDING TO COUNCIL'S DIRECTION IS STEP ONE.
AND WITH ADDITIONAL TIME, AND THE ABILITY TO DIVE INTO THAT, UM, CALIBRATION AND THE RESEARCH, IT WOULD REQUIRE STAFF COULD COME BACK WITH, YOU KNOW, UPDATES.
WE'VE PROBABLY WORKED THROUGH OUR CODES AND ORDINANCES TO A COMMITTEE OR SPEAK WITH THIS COMMISSION.
UM, IF STAFF IS, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDING CHANGES AT THAT TIME, THAT MIGHT BETTER REFLECT KIND OF MARKET REALITIES.
UM, AND SO, YES, IT'S POSSIBLE.
THOSE COULD COME, YOU KNOW, LATER DOWN THE LINE, UM, THE FIRST STEP HERE WAS RESPONDING TO COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ON THE COUNCIL DIRECTED TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, UM, AS TO THE TIMELINE.
UM, YEAH, WE ALSO HAVE NOT REALLY FINALIZED ANY, WHAT IS THE EXACT RIGHT CALIBRATION TIMELINE, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS THIS, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENTS NEED SOME LEVEL OF PREDICTABILITY TO, UM, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE PROJECTS WORK IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A HISTORY OF IN AUSTIN LETTING THESE PROGRAMS GO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STAGNANT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
AND SO, UM, AN IDEA THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF KICKED AROUND THIS IS SORT OF DRAFT IS THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THESE, THESE, UM, POSTS, MAYBE EVERY FIVE YEARS, YOU'RE DOING THIS BIG RECALIBRATION, BUT IN THE INTERIM, IT COULD BE TIED TO SOME KIND OF, UM, UM, INDICATOR IN THE MARKET THAT WOULD SORT OF, YOU KNOW, INCREASE INCREMENTALLY IN THAT TIME PERIOD.
BUT, UM, THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE DISCUSSION TO BE HAD ABOUT WHAT IS THAT EXACT RIGHT? UH, CALIBRATION TIME TIMELINE.
SO NOTHING'S BEEN DETERMINED REALLY.
AND THEN IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE MORE PIECE TO THAT QUESTION, IT'S ABOUT THE FEE IN LIEU PIECE, I'M GUESSING WHEN FURTHER CALIBRATION HAPPENS FEE IN LIEU WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY LOOKED AT AS PART OF THAT.
I MEAN, THE POTENTIAL TO, YOU KNOW, GET A LITTLE BIT MORE AS FEE IN LIEU OR TO PLAY AROUND WITH A FEW NEW OPTIONS.
THAT IS ALSO PART OF STEPH'S INTENT BECAUSE WE ALSO, AGAIN HAVE A, UH, HAVE A BIT OF A TRACK RECORD OF HAVING THESE STAGNANT FEES THAT DON'T REALLY REFLECT THE COST TO BUILD THESE HOUSING UNITS.
UM, UM, USING THOSE FEE IN LIEU DOLLARS, THE IDEA WOULD BE TO REALLY CAPTURE THE MARKET VALUE THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THOSE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS GOES BACK TO THE OTHER QUESTION WE WERE GETTING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY THESE FOR SALE UNITS SHOULD BE, UM, SHOULD BE FEE AND LOU AND THE CITY WE ARE COMMITTED TO BRINGING ABOUT LOW-INCOME
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.IT IS JUST NOT REALLY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THESE LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNERS IN THESE PREDOMINANTLY MARKET RATE CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENTS.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO DIRECT THESE TOWARDS SLOPE, UH, TOWARDS LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY OPPORTUNITIES IN SOMETHING LIKE OUR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST PROGRAM, WHERE WE CAN JUST BETTER SECURE THE STABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY IN THE LONGTERM OF THOSE UNITS, UM, IN A MUCH MORE SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE HOMEOWNERS.
AND I'M ALSO AWARE OF THE FACT THAT OUR COLLECTED FEE AND LOSE DO A LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND, AND WE'RE RUNNING SHORT ON THEM.
SO THERE IS SOME VALUE IN HAVING FEE IN LIEU.
UM, WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE.
CAUSE YOU'RE YELLING IS ALITO.
I WASN'T ABLE TO UNMUTE, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, I WANTED TO LEAN IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE FAIR HOUSING ACT, UM, ELEMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING I COMMUNICATED WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S OFFICE ABOUT THIS, UM, AS WELL, UH, BECAUSE OF THE CONSIDERATION THAT WHERE THERE'S THE MOST POTENTIAL FOR PROFITS FOR A DEVELOPER, THERE IS POTENTIALLY THE MOST, IN SOME CASES, A GREATER IMPACT, UM, IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF VULNERABILITY TO DISPLACEMENT.
AND SO THAT WAS A RESPONSE THAT I GOT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S OFFICE THAT LOOKING AT MFI OF A PARTICULAR AREA WOULD GET US IN TROUBLE AND FAIR HOUSING ACT.
AND I'M STILL JUST NOT ABLE TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND IT.
IT SEEMS LIKE A WORTHY THING TO CHALLENGE AND I, AT THE VERY LEAST I WOULD URGE COUNCIL AND ANYONE TO LOOK AT WITH GREAT CAUTION AT HOW WE APPLY SUCH A THING, BUT I'M STILL STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS VIOLATES FAIR HOUSING ACT TO LOOK AT A POTENTIAL DISPARATE IMPACT IN PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT AT ALL, ERICA? OKAY.
I, I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND, AND LIKE I SAID, I HAVE, I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT, UM, THOUGH MAYBE IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY THAN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.
SO I KNOW GREAT, GREAT THING TO, TO CONTINUE TO DIG INTO.
UM, SO YOUR, WHAT YOU'RE THINKING IS THERE COULD BE A DISPARATE IMPACT IF IT'S, IF THE MFI DOESN'T MATCH THE MFI AND THE AREA IS AFTER, AND IT'S MUCH LOWER THAN THE SO-CALLED AFFORDABLE UNITS WOULD ALSO BE GENTRIFYING UNITS AND POTENTIALLY REPLACING MARKET AFFORDABLE TO THAT AREA, OR OTHERWISE BRINGING IN MUCH HIGHER INCOME PEOPLE.
SO, SO THE WAY, SO YOU COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT IT BOTH WAYS.
I MEAN, SO, SO THERE'S THAT SIDE OF IT, BUT THEN THE OTHER, THE OTHER SIDE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHERE CITIES HAVE BEEN SUED IS WHERE THEY HAVE TRIED TO MATCH THE MFI OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT, IT BASICALLY KEEPS OTHER MEMBERS POTENTIALLY PROTECTED CLASSES OUT OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S, IT'S INTENDING TO TRY AND MATCH THE UNITS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH MIGHT BE GREAT IN LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, IT HAS AN EXCLUSIONARY, UH, EFFECT IN HIGHER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD SUCH A POLICY DICK THAT WE ARE MATCHING MFIS FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOODS OR JUST IN THOSE IX, UH, PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT, LIKE LOWER MFI AREAS.
WOULDN'T HAVE, IT COULD BE DISCRETIONARY POTENTIALLY, POTENTIALLY.
UM, I MEAN, I THINK THAT THOSE WOULD BE DETAILS THAT THAT FOLKS WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO.
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YEAH.THAT WOULD BE MORE EQUITABLE TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY MAKE A COMMENT.
I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONERS HAVE BROUGHT UP A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I THINK THE BME WORKING GROUP WILL DEFINITELY SORT OF TAKE THESE INTO ACCOUNT.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, UM, THAT AS CURRENTLY IT STANDS, OUR AMENDMENTS ARE POSTED ONLINE, SO PLEASE REVIEW THEM.
AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU DO NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU WANT US TO CONSIDER THAT IT'S NOT THERE, PLEASE EMAIL ANDREW AND ANDREW WILL SHARE IT WITH ME OR OUR WORKING GROUP, AND WE CAN SORT OF START CONSIDERING THOSE THAT'S ONE THING.
AND THE OTHER THING TO SAY, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE COMING ON TO A BIT OF A HOLIDAY HERE AND FOLKS WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, MANAGING A LOT OF FAMILY COMMITMENTS AS GOODS COME HOME.
SO ALL THAT TO SAY, IF YOU CANNOT JUST LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY AMENDMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO WORK ON, OKAY.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER IS OUR CHERYL, GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE AHEAD WITH ITEM A, B 30.
SO THIS WOULD BE, UH, AN INITIATING CODE AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 25 OF THE CITY CODE RELATED TO VERTICAL MIX USE TO EXPAND COMMUNITY AND AFFORDABILITY BENEFITS.
UM, AND THIS WOULD ESSENTIALLY INCLUDE EXHIBIT A, WHICH LAYS OUT WHICH COMMUNITY AND AFFORDABILITY BENEFITS WE ARE REFERRING TO.
IS THERE A SECOND COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER? ALRIGHT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE MOTION? SURE.
SO AGAIN, JUST TO REMIND YOU TO FOLKS THAT THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE INITIATING TODAY ONLY REFERS TO THAT EXHIBIT, WHICH IS ADDING THESE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY AND AFFORDABILITY BENEFITS.
AND THE IDEA HERE IS TO INITIATE THESE TODAY.
SO OUR STAFF CAN WORK ON THEM AS WE COME UP TO THE 22ND DATE FOR ACTION, ROLL THEM IN, AND WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE ORDINANCE, SO WE CAN VOTE ON, ON THE 22ND.
SO REALLY THIS IS MOST MORE OF A PROCEDURAL ITEM HERE TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING ALIGNED SINCE WE DO HAVE A DIRECTIVE FROM COUNCIL TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON THIS ITEM.
ANY BUDDY SPEAKING AGAINST COMMISSIONER COX? I I'M SORRY.
I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR.
IS THIS COMING BACK TO US FOR A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION? SO, SO IF I'M SEEING HEADS NODDING, YES.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE WE BLOATING FOR TONIGHT THEN? UM, SO, UH, COMMISSIONER COX, THE WADE WORKS IS WE WOULD INITIATE A CODE AMENDMENT AT THIS TIME.
STAFF THEN TAKES, IT WORKS ON THE ORDINANCE LANGUAGE.
IT GOES TO CODES AND ORDINANCES AT THEIR NEXT MEETING WHO THEN SEND IT FORWARD TO BC WITH THE, AS THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
THEN WE HAVE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION ON THE ITEM, ON THE, ON THE ORDINANCE.
AND THEN WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE THAT THEN GOES TO COUNCIL FOR ACTION.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS ONLY INITIATING A CHANGE TO THE GOD GOAD, NOT ADOPTING THE FINAL ORDINANCE BECAUSE THAT LANGUAGE WILL COME BEFORE US, AFTER OUR STAFF HAS WORKED ON IT.
COMMISSIONER PRAXIS, ARE YOU SPEAKING FOR AGAINST? OH, UM, I HAVE A, ANOTHER QUESTION.
UM, IF WE WANT TO MAKE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHANGES, WOULD WE THEN KNOW IF WE BUILT ON THIS TONIGHT? MY UNDERSTANDING AND STAFF CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
NO YOU, SO WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO MAKE AMENDMENTS, UM, DO THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO US ON THE 22ND.
SO THAT IS WHEN WE FINALIZE THE ORDINANCE AND SEND IT TO COUNCIL FOR ACTION.
AT THIS MOMENT, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY SIGNALING, SIGNALING AN INTENT TO STAFF, TO WORK ON THESE ITEMS AND BRING THEM BACK TO US AS AN ORDINANCE TO BE ADOPTED, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL GOAT CHANGE COMMISSIONER COX.
SO WOULD THIS, IS THIS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO ADD TO THIS LIST THAT WE SHOULD MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND? OR IS IT BASICALLY, UH, TAKE IT AS EXHIBIT A OR LEAVE IT? NO COMMISSIONER GOSS.
I HAVE LAID OUT EMOTION AND, OH, ERIC, I FEEL LIKE I
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GO WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING.WELL, I, SO, SO YOU ALL CAN ADD TO THE LIST AT WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY TAKING ACTION ON THE ITEM, UH, ON THE 22ND.
SO, OR, OR NOW, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S UP TO YOU, BUT THERE JUST NEEDED TO BE AN INITIATION OF A BROADER GROUP OF, UH, AFFORDABILITY, COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
UM, BUT THE CHANGES THAT THE ACTUAL LIST COULD BE MADE EITHER NOW OR ON THE 22ND, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT STAFF THEN WORKS WITH AND, AND BRINGS BACK TO US AT A LATER DATE.
I MEAN, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE A LOT OF THAT, YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS AT THE NEXT MEETING, THEN IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW ABOUT THEM.
UH, I'M GOING TO TRY THAT, UH, THAT IT'S TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET MY HEAD AROUND THIS AS WELL, BUT, UH, I THINK I HAVE A FAIRLY SIMPLE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS.
SO WE GOT, UM, WE GOT A SPECIFIC DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO DEVELOP A PERCENTAGE OF ADDITIONAL AFFORDABILITY IN EXCHANGE FOR INCREASED HEIGHT.
SO THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE WORKING GROUP.
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON THAT AND WE'RE GETTING TOWARD, UH, CODE, UH, ACTUAL ORDINANCE LANGUAGE.
THE SECOND THING IS THIS PROPOSAL TO SIMPLIFY HOW WE SET THE PERCENTAGES FOR RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP, AND THAT WAS DISCUSSED A LONG TIME AGO AND WE HEARD ABOUT IT BEFORE.
UM, BUT THAT GOT ROLLED INTO THIS SAME, UH, REVISION ALONG WITH WHAT COUNCIL DIRECTED US TO DO.
UH, AND SO THAT'S ALSO GOING TO GET ROLLED INTO THIS ORDINANCE.
I THINK THIS THIRD THING THAT, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, AS OUR COMMISSIONER CONLEY SPONSORED IS THIS LIST OF PROTECTIONS FOR RESIDENTS AT VM NEWS.
AND, UM, THAT HAS COME UP BEFORE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, IT SORT OF CAME UP AS A PART OF THE STATESMAN PUD DISCUSSION AND THAT ON THE WORKING GROUP THERE WAS CONSENSUS ABOUT.
AND SO, AND WE SORT OF FEEL LIKE THERE WILL BE CONSENSUS ON THE PC, BUT THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
SO SINCE WE KNOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE LIKELY TO BE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO PRESENT IN AN ORDINANCE TO COUNCIL.
WE LOT DEPARTMENT WANTED US TO ADD THIS, THIS THIRD LIST OF THINGS SO THAT IT WAS READY.
NOW, WHEN WE GET THE MEETING, UH, AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WHEN WE CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE, OF COURSE, LIKE WE DO WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS, UM, PC MEMBERS CAN OFFER AMENDMENTS THAT WILL THEN STAFF WILL HAVE TURN THOSE INTO ORDINANCE LANGUAGE AS WELL BEFORE IT GOES TO, TO, UM, TO THE COUNCIL.
I HOPE THAT'S NOT MORE CONFUSING AND CLARIFYING.
THAT'S MY INTENT POINT OF CLARIFICATION, JUST I THINK YES.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT THE LOT OF APARTMENT TO VET BEFORE A NEXT MEETING, UH, YOU CAN TRY TO GET IT APPROVED BY THE BROADER, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION HERE TONIGHT.
WE COULDN'T VOTE TO SEE IF WE WANT TO INCLUDE IT OR NOT, UH, BECAUSE LAW IS GOING TO LOOK AT THESE.
AND SO NOW IT'S YOUR CHANCE TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET, YOU KNOW, ETHICS AND, UH, COMMISSIONER YOU'RE ON IS PLAY-DOH IN THAT CASE, IF THIS IS THE MOMENT I'D LIKE TO OFFER ANOTHER GENERAL AMENDMENT.
IT WOULD BE TO, IT WOULD, UH, THE TOPIC IS ANTI-DISPLACEMENT AND THE LANGUAGE WOULD BE TO IDENTIFY PROTECTIVE CRITERIA TO LIMIT APPLICATION OF VMU IN AREAS VULNERABLE TO GENTRIFICATION.
I'M SORRY TO DISPLACEMENT THERE A SECOND.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION SHARE POINT OF CLARIFICATION? IS THIS, IS THIS AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL OR IS THIS A YES.
SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ADDING ON TO THE
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LIST THAT WAS THERE, UH, LIKE AN ITEM FIVE TO THAT SPREADSHEET TO PROMPT STAFF TO LOOK INTO.I'LL SPEAK BRIEFLY TO IT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO ON TOO LONG SINCE IT'S LATE.
UM, BUT JUST WHAT, UH, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF CLARIFICATION AROUND FAIR HOUSING ACT.
I DON'T THINK THIS HAS TO APPLY CITYWIDE.
I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE EXCLUSIVE.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT, UM, ACTUALLY BUILDING AN ANALYSIS AND USING DATA AND LOOKING AT SIMPLE NUMBERS, UM, TO IDENTIFY WHERE THIS COULD ACTUALLY CAUSE ADDITIONAL HARM INSTEAD OF, UH, MOVING US TOWARD WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
UM, SO I'D LIKE STAFF TO LOOK AT THAT.
ANYBODY SPEAKING AGAINST TRICK AND A MAKE AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION? UM, YEAH, I'LL ALLOW IT.
I WOULD LIKE THAT CONSIDERATION TO BE FOR, UM, EIGHT YEARS THAT ARE IN THE VULNERABLE DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS.
IS THERE A SECOND, UM, CON UH, COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY.
SO THIS IS, UH, IF YOU GO AND LOOK AT THE DATA OUR STAFF PRESENTED, SO THERE'S SORT OF THREE AREAS, UH, SORT OF CATEGORIES OF DISPLACEMENT.
WE SAW THIS IN THE UPROOTED REPORT WHERE THERE'S THE CHRONIC DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS, THE ACTIVE DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS, THE VULNERABLE DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS.
AND WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION QUITE ROBUSTLY, UH, WHILE WORKING ON OTHER ITEMS. AND THE IDEA WAS, UH, PARTICULARLY AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REZONING OR LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE ASPECTS, AS WAS MENTIONING, IT MAKES SENSE TO APPLY THEM TO AREAS THAT ARE VULNERABLE.
SO THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE AT LEAST USE OF GENTRIFICATION OR VULNERABLE TO COMING CHANGE, AS OPPOSED TO LOOKING AT OTHER AREAS THAT MIGHT HAVE CHRONIC DISPLACEMENT RISK, WHICH REQUIRE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING DISPLACEMENT, SUCH AS ACTUALLY INCENTIVIZING THE ADDITION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS THERE.
SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO HERE IS BRING SOME NUANCE TO WHAT I THINK COMMISSIONER YANNIS BELIEVE THEY'RE SUGGESTING, WHICH I, I THINK MAKES A LOT OF SENSE IN ENSURING THAT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON THESE VULNERABLE DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS.
ANYBODY'S SPEAKING AGAINST OR FOR, UM, SORRY.
IS THAT THE AGAINST THE AMENDMENT TO THAT AMENDMENT OR AGAINST THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT? YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK NEUTRALLY I'M I APPRECIATE THE NUANCE.
AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ANALYSIS IN AREAS OF CHRONIC DISPLACEMENT AS WELL.
SO I DON'T FIND IT ANY, I DON'T FIND IT LIMITING, SO I'M NOT AGAINST THAT AMENDMENT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT INTENTION.
CAN I SHOW PRAXIS? UM, DO I HAVE TO SPEAK, CAN I SPEAK AGAINST AT THIS TIME? YES.
UM, SO I HEARD, UM, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS SAY THAT CHRONIC DISPLACEMENT REQUIRES INCENTIVIZING THE ADDITION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS, WHICH TOTALLY MAKES SENSE.
HOWEVER, UM, CONTRIBUTING TO THE, THE, UM, FORCES THAT DRIVE PEOPLE OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BY INCREASING PROPERTY VALUES, THAT'S STILL SOMETHING I'M SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IMPACTS AREAS WITH WHETHER THEY'RE CHRONIC ACTIVELY OR VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT.
SO I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT LIMITING IT TO LOOKING AT AREAS THAT ARE CONSIDERED VULNERABLE WILL CAUSE US TO MISS A WHOLE LOT.
UM, IN, IN THE ANALYSIS THAT STAFF BRINGS BACK TO US, ANYBODY SPEAKING IN FAVOR, COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY? UM, YEAH, I, I AGREE.
I THINK WE SHOULD NARROW THE FOCUS OF, OF THE AREAS WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASING PROPERTY VALUES, THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT PROPERTY, ABOUT THE PROPERTY VALUE PER UNIT AND THE LAND VALUE PER UNIT, BECAUSE EVEN IN A WORLD WHERE THERE MAY BE AN INCREASED PROPERTY VALUE, TO SOME EXTENT, YOU'RE STILL GETTING A CHEAPER VALUE PER UNIT THAN YOU WOULD IN ANY OTHER SITUATION.
UM, AND THAT IS REALLY IT'S THE UNIT THAT PEOPLE LIVE IN.
IT'S THE UNIT THAT PEOPLE HAVE IT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR TASK HERE IS TO RESPOND TO THE VERY URGENT NEED THAT THE CITY HAS TO INCREASE ITS SUPPLY OF HOUSING.
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TO EXPAND THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BEING SENSITIVE TO THE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE, BECAUSE THAT CAN BE CAUSED, UM, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL FOR SORT OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT.UM, SO I SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO FOCUS THE GEOGRAPHY.
ANYBODY ELSE SPEAKING FOR AGAINST LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.
SO COMMISSIONERS ARE, IF YOU COULD REPEAT YOUR AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, LET ME MAKE SURE I CAPTURE THIS CORRECTLY.
SO THE IDEA HERE IS THAT WE DIE.
WHAT COMMISSIONING, HONESTLY, THEY WERE SAYING IN TERMS OF ASSESSING THE DISPLACEMENT RISK, DO, UM, THE VULNERABLE DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS.
AND THAT MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, VIRTUALLY 1, 2, 3, 4, UM, AGAINST AND ABSTAINING COMMISSIONER COX, UM, CONFIRMING THAT'S YELLOW.
UH, MR. SCHNEIDER, WHAT WAS YOUR VOTE? OKAY.
AND THIS, YOUR IMAGE TODDLERS.
NOW ON THE SCREEN, IF YOU WERE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, BUT I ONLY COUNTED SEVEN.
THOSE ARE VOTING FOR 1, 2, 3, 5.
AND ON THE DYESS FOUR, YOU GOT TO, OKAY.
UM, AND THOSE LIKE, I, WE WERE TRYING TO TRY THIS OUT THIS TIME, THOSE FITTING AGAINST WHERE COMMISSIONERS YANEZ, PALITO AND COMMISSIONER PRAXIS AND ABSTAINING WAS COMMISSIONER COX.
NOW WE GO BACK TO COMMISSIONER YANNIS CULITO'S AMENDMENT.
UM, SECOND BY PRACTICE COMMISSIONER YANEZ, POLITO, IF YOU COULD REPEAT YOUR AMENDMENT, BUT IDENTIFY PROTECTIVE CRITERIA TO LIMIT THE APPLICATION OF VMU AND AREAS VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT NOW TIED TO AREAS OF VULNERABLE RISK AND THE UPROOTED STUDY.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE, I DON'T THINK WE GOT SPEAKERS, ANYBODY FOR AGAINST COMMISSIONER COX.
UH, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
WILL WE BE ABLE TO ADD MORE ITEMS AFTER THIS BOOK? YES.
ANYBODY SPEAKING FOR OR AGAINST? LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS ON VIRTUALLY ON DICE.
THAT AMENDMENT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
SO NOW WE HAVE THE EXISTING LIST WITH COMMISSIONER YANNIS BURRITOS AMENDMENT.
IN ADDITION TO WITH COMMISSIONER, IS OURS AMENDMENTS THE AMENDMENT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS COMMISSIONER COX? I JUST TYPED UP THREE REALLY QUICK.
UM, AND THEN MAYBE A BIT DUPLICATIVE, BUT, UH, THE FIRST ONE IS EVALUATE ADDITIONAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES TO EMPLOY WITH REVISE THE VMU REQUIREMENTS.
THE SECOND ITEM IS PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, FEEDBACK BEYOND COMMISSION AND COUNCIL HEARINGS DURING THE ORDINANCE CHANGE PROCESS THAT IS PROPERLY NOTICED IN THE EFFECT IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH EXISTING VMG ZONING.
AND THE THIRD ITEM IS EXPLORE OPTIONS TO PROVIDE GREATER PUBLIC BENEFIT WHEN THE FAN LIEU OPTION IS USED ON FOR SALE UNITS.
IS THERE A SECOND? UM, CAN I MAKE A, A MOTION TO SPLIT US? THEY'RE QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT.
I'LL SECOND THAT I'M IN FAVOR OF SPLITTING THE THREE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
SEE VIRTUALLY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 AGAINST ABSTAINING.
AND ON THE DAYAS IN FAVOR OF SPLITTING TWO.
SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT YOUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS COMMISSIONER COX INTO THREE.
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FOR EACH.SO CAN YOU REPEAT THE FIRST ONE? YEAH.
THE FIRST ONE IS EVALUATE ADDITIONAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES TO EMPLOY WITH REVISED BME REQUIREMENTS.
I HAVE A SECOND COMMISSIONER YANNIS POLITO.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT JUST REALLY QUICK? W WHAT I THINK I WAS HEARING AND I HAD MET THAT I'M A BIT LOST WITH SOME OF THIS.
SO WHAT I THINK I WAS HEARING FROM, FROM COMMITTED, UH, COMMISSIONED A LOT OF, UH, PULIDO AND COMMISSIONER SR, WAS RESTRICTING THE VMU IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, UM, IS, IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT, BUT I THINK THERE'S POTENTIALLY OTHER ITEMS WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WITH THE BMU COORDINATES.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THOSE AS WELL.
I THINK SOME OF THEM ARE PROBABLY ILLEGAL, LIKE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL, BUT HOPEFULLY THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK OUT AS WELL.
ANYBODY SPEAKING AGAINST OR FOR YES.
COMMISSIONER YOU'RE ON IS PLUTO.
I JUST SPEAK FOR, THERE ARE DEFINITELY STRATEGIES AND SOME OF THEM INCLUDE THINGS LIKE SUBSIDIES AND JUST WANTING TO SEE BETTER VALUE CAPTURE DEALS IN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE MAKING HAND OVER FIST, WHERE THERE'S TONS OF DISPLACEMENT.
IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WANTING TO SPEAK TO THAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE, OH YES.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK I SUPPORT THIS ITEM AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY WORTHY OF OUR STAFF'S CONSIDERATION.
UM, MY ONLY HOPE WOULD BE AS OUR STAFF CONSIDERS IS THIS DOES NOT SLOW DOWN OUR ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE, BECAUSE AGAIN, I REALLY WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT OUR COUNCIL WANTED US TO BRING THIS TO THEM IN DECEMBER.
AND WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DELAYED A LITTLE BIT, A FEW TIMES, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND WE'RE COMING ON TO APRIL, BUT I DO THINK I, HOPEFULLY OUR STAFF CAN DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND COME BACK WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THIS TIME PERIOD.
UM, I WANT TO ADD ON THAT NOTE OF THIS PROCESS NEEDING TO HAPPEN LIKE QUICKLY.
UM, IT, I THINK IT FEELS RUSHED, UM, BECAUSE IT IS RUSHED AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS THAT COULD HAVE, UM, ON OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING BACK TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OF THE MAJOR STRATEGIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, UM, TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT.
AND ONE OF THEM IS TAKING THE TIME TO HAVE COMMUNITY-BASED PLANNING.
SO I WANT TO JUST PUSH BACK AGAINST THE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE QUICKLY.
WE NEED TO DO IT WITHOUT INCLUDING MUCH COMMUNITY INPUT, BECAUSE THAT TAKES TOO LONG.
I JUST WANT TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THAT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, ON THE NOTE OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES, ANOTHER ONE IS TO LOOK AT WHAT IS ACTUALLY AFFORDABLE FOR THE MICRO NEIGHBORHOOD AREA.
UM, SO I WOULD HOPE THAT UNDER THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY COMMISSIONER COX, THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT, UM, AND WAYS TO DO IT THAT MIGHT NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, SENT ALARM BELLS WHEN IT COMES TO FAIR HOUSING STUFF.
UM, BUT YEAH, I SUPPORT THIS, OF COURSE SURE.
COMMISSIONER LAYS ON THE ENVER AND CONFER WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT.
WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE POSTED FOR AMENDMENTS IN REGARDS TO VERTICAL MIX USE AND UNDER THAT CHAPTER, UM, AND NOT NECESSARILY PROCESS.
UM, I THINK WE'RE STILL GOOD TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS THOUGH, AND THOUGH, RIGHT.
CHEROKEE CHAIR, COMMISSIONER LEAVES ON HANDBURY HE SPLIT THE QUESTION.
SO, UM, THE, UM, PORTION THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE, UM, PROCESS IN THAT POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I THINK IT'S THE NEXT ONE REGARDING NOTICE PROCEDURES THAT WE WANT TO AVOID IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
UM, LET'S YEAH, BUT LET'S, LET'S VOTE ON THIS ONE.
COMMISSIONER COX, IF YOU COULD REPEAT YOUR FIRST OF THREE, FIRST OF THREE, THAT I HOPE WE WILL ACTUALLY VOTE ON IS EVALUATE ADDITIONAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES TO EMPLOY WITH REVISED VMU REQUIREMENTS.
THAT WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER UGANDANS, PALITO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF VIRTUALLY TWO, THREE THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
THAT ONE WAS UNANIMOUS, UM, AMENDMENT
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TO COMMISSIONER COX.SO I'M HOPING MAYBE THERE'S LANGUAGE THAT WE CAN TWEAK THAT WILL MAKE LEGAL HAPPY, BUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT I'VE WROTE AND TWEAKED IS PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FEEDBACK BEYOND THE COMMISSION AND COUNCIL HEARINGS DURING THE ORDINANCE CHANGE PROCESS THAT IS ADVERTISED IN THE EFFECTED NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE EXISTING BMU ZONING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT ONE HAS TO DO WITH PROCESS, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THAT ONE TONIGHT.
SO LET ME REVISE THAT TO SAY UM, LET ME SEE IF THIS SATISFIES THE LAWYERS, EVALUATE OPPORTUNITIES, REPUBLIC, NEIGHBORHOOD, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FEEDBACK BEYOND COMMISSIONING COUNCIL HEARINGS WITH THE REVISED BMU REQUIREMENTS.
SO, ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THIS IS A CODE AMENDMENT AND THE CODE PROCESS IS STIPULATED IN CODE.
SORRY, WHAT WAS THE LAST PART? ANDREW? THE PROCESS IS STIPULATED IN CODE.
SO IN WHAT, SO I, I SPECIFICALLY TOOK THE WORD NOTICE OUT OF MY MOTION BECAUSE NOTICING IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS POTENTIALLY ILLEGAL ISSUE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT PREVENTS OUR STAFF FROM SHARING THIS ON FACEBOOK OR POSTING IT IN A NEWSLETTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WOULD ADVERTISE THIS CHANGE, POTENTIAL CHANGE TO THE EFFECT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, DO WE EVEN HAVE A SECOND ON THIS ONE? I'M JUST TRYING TO MOVE IT ALONG.
DO WE HAVE POINT OF, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY, LET ME DO.
UM, SO ONE THING YOU MIGHT, UM, THE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP, UH, MAY, UM, TAKE THIS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR HOW THEY WISH TO CONDUCT THEIR MEETING, CONVINCED YOUR CLASS.
CAN YOU, UM, SEND ANDREW THE LANGUAGE AND HE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS TO THE WORKING GROUP? UM, CAN I MAKE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION? CAN WE, I MEAN, WE CAN MOVE THIS ALONG.
UM, SIMILARLY, I MEAN, IT MAY NOT EVEN PASS A VOTE.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN, WE CAN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH PROCESS.
WE CAN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT ENCOURAGES THAT, REMEMBER THIS IS NOT AN APPROVAL.
THIS IS RECOMMENDATION TO STAFF.
WE CAN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT RECOMMENDS STAFF PROVIDES GREATER OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC.
CONVENTIONAL HASN'T EVER YEAR BEYOND, UH, THE TOMA, UM, S DATED ITEM.
WHAT WAS NOTED IN THE, IN THE AGENDA.
THE LANGUAGE OF ONLY HAS TO DO WITH THE CODE AMENDMENTS.
SO YEAH, THE WORKING GROUP SHOULD TAKE THIS UP.
WE CAN'T DO IT HERE BECAUSE IT WASN'T PART OF THE NOTICE.
SO IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE.
WELL, THE WORKING GROUP MEETINGS ARE NOT ADVERTISED AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, BUT OKAY.
UM, HOPEFULLY COMMISSIONERS ARE CONFIGURED SOME CREATIVE WAY TO GET THAT IN THERE.
UH, SO THE THIRD ITEM IS, UM, EXPLORE OPTIONS TO PROVIDE GREATER PUBLIC BENEFIT WHEN THE FAMILY OPTION IS USED ON FOR SALE UNITS.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER YANEZ? PALITO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT JUST REAL QUICK? I, I I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH FAMILY OPTIONS BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE TAKEN WHEN IT MAKES FINANCIAL SENSE.
AND SO WE JUST NEED TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO CREATE PUBLIC BENEFITS IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE JUST GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO BUY, BUY OUT OF PRO PROVIDING ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
ANYBODY WHO IS SPEAKING AGAINST COMMISSIONERS ARE.
SO I JUST, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY HERE THAT I THINK OUR STAFF THAT THIS OUT THIS WILL NOT BE A BIRTH FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THE WAY THIS IS MOVING FORWARD.
THIS IS NOT A BURST SQUARE FOOTAGE
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FEE, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SEE IN OTHER PLACES FOR COMMERCIAL USE BONUSES.THIS IS TRULY A BURN UNIT FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COST OF PRODUCING A UNIT, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WERE SEEING WITH THE SOC CONGRESS STATESMAN BUD.
AND IT WOULD ALLOW US TO GENERATE ENOUGH DOLLARS TO ACTUALLY GO AND PUT MONEY TOWARDS OUR CITY'S LAND TRUST, WHERE FOLKS CAN GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE A HOME WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THE TAXATION IMPACT, THE HOA FEES, DROOLY, ENSURING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABLE, VIABLE LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY.
AND I THINK THAT IS THE AIM HERE.
AND SO THE IDEA WOULD REALLY BE THAT THAT IS THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT THAT WE'RE RECEIVING.
WE DO NOT WANT TO DISINCENTIVIZE PEOPLE FROM COMING FORWARD WITH OWNERSHIP, OWNERSHIP PROJECTS, BECAUSE WE'RE CREATING SOMETHING THAT ESSENTIALLY MAKES IT A NON WORKABLE BONUS BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING THINGS WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE FULL CALIBRATION OR WHAT THE IMPACT MIGHT BE.
PARTICULARLY SINCE THIS IS AGAIN, NOT APER SQUARE FOOTAGE FEE, BUT A PER UNIT FEE, WHICH WOULD BE ASSESSED EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THE FEE SCHEDULE AND REVISED ANYONE SPEAKING FOR OR AGAINST.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE ON THIS COMMISSIONER COX, IF YOU COULD REPEAT YOUR AMENDMENT, LET'S EXPLORE OPTIONS TO PROVIDE GREATER PUBLIC BENEFIT WHEN FEE IN LIEU OPTION IS USED ON FOR SALE UNITS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF VIRTUALLY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ALL RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT TWO AND THEN THE DYESS FOUR AGAINST AND STAIN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS? OKAY, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION WITH SEVERAL AMENDMENTS ADDED.
SO THERE WAS COMMISSIONER COX'S, UM, AMENDMENT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER YANNIS, PALITO.
MY COMMISSIONER IS PALITO SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PRAXIS ABOUT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT RESEARCH WITH AN AMENDMENT THAT PASSED BY COMMISSIONER.
AZHAR SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY ABOUT, UM, LOOKING AT SPECIFIC, UM, HELP ME PLEASE.
UM, WHAT WAS YOUR AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT? JUST TRYING TO REPEAT IT.
THE AMENDMENT WAS, DO ADD ESSENTIALLY VULNERABLE DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, VIRTUALLY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
YOU'VE GOT 8 0, 0, AND ON A DAYAS IN FAVOR THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[F. BOARDS, COMMITTEES & WORKING GROUPS UPDATES]
MOVE ON TO, UM, BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUP UPDATES.IS THERE ANYTHING FROM CODES AND ORDINANCES, JOINT COMMITTEE I'LL SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT WILL BE ON THAT AGENDA.
UH, ANYTHING FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE, WE WILL BE MEETING ON THURSDAY.
JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.
UM, YEAH, WE HAVE SOME MEETINGS COMING UP.
ONE THING I WOULD WANT TO BRING UP FOR ANYBODY WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, WHICH I HOPE WOULD BE ALL OF US HERE IS THAT, UM, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE AN IMPLEMENTATION WORKING GROUP THAT WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING OUR CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, BUT IT'S RUN INTO MAJOR SPEED BUMPS, INCLUDING A LACK OF STAFF, UM, SUPPORT OR CAPACITY.
AND THAT, UM, THE ORIGINAL VISION WAS TO COMPENSATE SOME DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE.
BUT APPARENTLY THAT IS FROWNED UPON, UM, TO, TO, UH, COMPENSATE FOLKS FOR A WORKING GROUP WITH THE CITY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST RUNNING INTO SOME ISSUES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOW US WHEN IT COMES TO EQUITY AND INVOLVING DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THESE, UM, STRUCTURES ARE KIND OF SET UP,
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SET UP AGAINST US.BUT YEAH, I'LL GIVE MORE UPDATES ON THAT IF, UH, WE COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS OR WHATEVER COMES, I GUESS.
UM, UPDATES FROM THE SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE, IT'S THE COMMISSIONER MUST TOLERATE AND SHE'S NOT ON ANYMORE.
UM, COMMITTEE, UH, SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD COMMISSIONER.
UM, AND THE MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP, IT'S GOING TO SHARE COPS INTO, OH, OH, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE LONG LIST OF OTHERS THAT ARE ON THAT.
NOBODY ELSE CAN PREVENT AN UPDATE.
UM, NOT MEANT TO DISCUSS, BUT I KNOW A THOMPSON HAD FORWARDED SOME QUESTIONS TO STAFF WHICH STAFF WAS GOING TO RESPOND TO.
AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE BRIEFING THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY.
THE VMU CODE AMENDMENTS WORKING GROUP, WE, UM, PRESENTED WHAT OUR, WHAT WE WORKED ON, WHAT WAS PRESENTED TONIGHT AND THEN A WORKING GROUP THAT'S NOT LISTED HERE.
JUST CHECKING IN TO SEE IF THERE'S BEEN ANY WORK DONE ON THE BUDGET.
UM, THAT WAS ESTABLISHED, I THINK, LAST MEETING THE BUDGET WORKING GROUP.
I'LL GET WITH MR. RIVERA TO SCHEDULE A VIRTUAL MEETING.
UH, THIS ONE MAY JUST BE ONE MEETING LONG, JUST LOOKING AT WHAT A ZONING AND PLANNING HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY AND SEEING HOW WE MIGHT WANT TO, UH, USE OR EXPAND ON THAT, UH, PROCESS OUT OF THAT DOCUMENT PRACTICE.
IS THERE ROOM STILL ON THE BMU WORKING GROUP OR IS THAT, I THINK WE'RE AT THERE, THERE IS ROOM, I THINK, BUT WOULD WE, UH, WE MIGHT WANT TO, UM, MR. RIVERA TO CLARIFY HOW WE WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL PERSONS ON CHAIR, COMMISSIONER LAYS ON ANDOVER.
UNFORTUNATELY WE WOULD HAVE TO POST THAT FOR THE MARCH 22ND, MEANING TO ADD SOMEONE TO THAT WORKING GROUP.
SO IT DOESN'T REALLY BENEFIT, BUT, BUT THEY ARE TAKING, UM, THEY ARE TAKING INPUT AND YOU CAN PROPOSE AMENDMENTS OF YOUR OWN AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO PLEASE, UH, OR AT ANYTHING YOU, I GUESS YOU HAVE TO THEM TO MR. RIVERA AND HE'LL GET THEM TO THE WORKING GROUP.
ARE THESE MEETINGS PUBLIC LIKE, LIKE THE, THE CODES AND ORDINANCES WHEN WE'LL BE OKAY.
UH, COMMISSIONER GOX, OUR WORKING GROUP MEETINGS ARE NON-PUBLIC BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT WORKING WITH COMMUNICATION STAFF ON POSTING.
THESE ARE NOT, THESE ARE NOT DON'T UNDER DOMA MEETINGS.
THESE ARE WORKING GROUP MEETINGS THAT WE SORT OF INFORMALLY MEET VIRTUALLY, UM, THE CODES AND ORDINANCES MEETING, WHICH WILL BE ON THE 16TH.
UM, THAT ONE WILL BE BOASTED AND FOLKS CAN ACTUALLY SIGN UP AND SPEAK AT THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO, AGAIN, I AGREE WITH WHAT CHEMISTRY AND SHAW WAS ST.
JAMES SHAW WAS SAYING, PLEASE SEND ANY IDEAS, AMENDMENTS, OR THOUGHTS TO MR. RIVERA, AND HE CAN FORWARD THEM TO US.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL ADD IS, AGAIN, THE REMINDER THAT ONCE AN ORDINANCE COMES UP FOR ACTION, UH, FOLKS CAN MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS ON THE DAYAS UM, AND CAN ALSO SHARE THEM IN ADVANCE AND THE COMMISSIONERS ARE, UM, JUST LET'S, YOU KNOW, IN CASE YOU'RE INTERESTED OR NOT, I'M NOT SAYING YOU SHOULD DO THIS OR NOT, BUT, UH, WITH THE WORKING GROUP THAT WE DID FOR THE STATION, PUT STAFF WAS ABLE TO SET UP MEETINGS THAT, UH, EXTERNAL MEMBERS ATTENDED, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T ADVERTISED TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, SO THAT IS AN OPTION THAT YOU CAN EMPLOY IF YOU'D WANT TO.
WELL, WE CAN'T OVER POUR OF, IS THAT CORRECT? MR. RIVERA? THAT HAS TO BE LESS INFORMED.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS HONESTLY, WHEN WE STARTED OUT, OUR INTENTION WAS TO ACTUALLY DO A LISTENING SESSION BECAUSE THIS WAS WORTHY OF FIT.
IT'S JUST THAT WE HAD IT DO WEEK SORT OF BEARDED WISH TO WORK.
SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SCHEDULE SOMETHING AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE SAME BEARD AT THIS POINT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW WE SCHEDULE A PUBLIC MEETING IN THE MIDDLE OF SPRING BREAK WHEN FOLKS WILL HAVE KIDS HOME WITHOUT THE NOTIFICATION AND TIME, BECAUSE REMINDER OUR AMENDMENTS WOULD BE DUE IN THE MORNING OF FRIDAY THE 18TH.
SO THAT REALLY LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO SCHEDULE SOMETHING AND SHARED.
BUT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
[E. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
IF I COULD BRING UP SOMETHING UNDER ITEM E UNDER, SORRY, UNDER WHAT NEUTROGEN ITEMS. OH, YES.UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEEDS TO BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM UNLESS WE'RE INTERESTED, BUT I THINK IT'S KIND OF EMBARRASSING FOR US TO BE TAKING AN INITIAL VOTE ON CONSIDERING AN AMENDMENT TO AN ORDINANCE AND NOT BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS OF AMENDING THAT ORDINANCE.
AND SO IF WE NEED TO EXPLORE WAYS TO MODIFY OUR POSTING
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LANGUAGE WITH STAFF OR HAVE OTHER ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY EXPLORE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK I GET IS HOW LIMITED THE ABILITY TO GET PUBLIC FEEDBACK IS.AND SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WHEN WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS.
SO IF THAT NEEDS TO BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS THAT WITH STAFF OR LEGAL, UM, OR IF WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THE STAFF REVISE THE POSTING LANGUAGE ON FUTURE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER THEM.
I THINK THAT WOULD JUST BE MAKING SURE THE LANGUAGE READS CORRECTLY WHEN IT'S POSTED.
ANDREW CHAIR, COMMISSIONER LIES ON ANDREA.
SO ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND WITH A FUTURE GENERAL ITEMS, IS THERE NOT ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED THAT ARE PROPOSED? UM, BUT I CAN, UM, CERTAINLY GET IN TOUCH WITH COMMISSIONER COX.
UM, ANY OTHER, UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.
UM, WELL WE MADE IT THROUGH THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
IT'S 9 37 AND THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED.