Mar 28, 2022 Design

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SO THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO REPLACE AUSTIN'S EXISTING PRESERVATION PLAN

[1.a. Briefing and discussion related to the equity-based preservation plan in progress, to be presented by Cara Bertron – City of Austin Housing and Planning Department (*This meeting was joined in progress*)]

AND OUTCOME MUCH HAS CHANGED IN AUSTIN OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS AS, UM, POPULATION HAS NEARLY TRIPLED, UM, VERY HIGH DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE, AND THAT'S LED TO SOME REALLY DRAMATIC CHANGES IN AUSTIN, OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO WE NEED AN UP-TO-DATE PLAN WITH UP-TO-DATE POLICIES IN TOOLS TO HELP STEWARD LOCAL HERITAGE THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION FIELD HAS ALSO SHIFTED SINCE THE EARLY EIGHTIES, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, THERE'S AN EXPANDED EMPHASIS ON TELLING THE FULL AMERICAN STORY, NOT JUST THE STORIES OF THOSE WITH POWER AND WEALTH RECOGNITION OF, UH, FOR AN ACULAR LIKE, UM, MORE MIDDLE AND WORKING CLASS BUILDINGS, UH, IN LANDSCAPES, UH, SIGNIFICANT NEW POLICY CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW PRESERVATION OF KIM HELPED INCREASE, UM, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND VERY NEW SPECIFIC TOOLS LIKE CULTURAL DISTRICTS, UM, ASSISTANCE TO HEIRS PROPERTY OWNERS AND TRADES TRAINING PROGRAMS. SO IT'S AN EXCITING AND EXCITING TIME TO BE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT PRESERVATION IN THE CONTEXT OF A GROWING CITY.

SO WE WANTED OUR PLAN TO BE EQUITY-BASED AND COMMUNITY FOCUSED, AND TO REALLY DIG INTO THESE QUESTIONS.

UM, HOW CAN WE BETTER RECOGNIZE BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN SHARING IMPORTANT PLACES IN STORIES, HOW CAN PRESERVATION POLICIES AND TOOLS ADDRESS, UM, OTHER, UH, ARGUABLY BIGGER COMMUNITY ISSUES AND HOW CAN CITIZENS CO-CREATE CONSERVATION POLICIES, UM, THAT CAN OFTEN, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY CONTEXT GET PRETTY WONKY PRETTY FAST.

SO AUSTIN, LIKE OTHER US CITIES, UM, HAS LOTS OF HISTORICAL WRONGS AND EXCLUSIONS TO RECOGNIZE INTERVIEW DRESS.

THIS IS ONE SPREAD OF FIVE IN A BACKGROUND, BRIEF, BRIEF ON EQUITY, UM, THAT STARTS, UM, WITH THE GENOCIDE AND COLONIZATION OF NATIVE PEOPLES.

AND THEN IT RUNS UP TO THE PRESENT DAY.

IT WAS AN EARLY PIECE OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION WE GAVE, UH, IN THIS PLANNING PROCESS.

SO I'M TELLING YOU ALL A LOT OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF PRESERVATION WHERE WE HAVEN'T DONE SO MUCH TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS BEFORE.

SO THESE, THESE HISTORICAL WRONGS COMPOUND, UM, THINGS LIKE POVERTY LEVELS, WHICH ARE MUCH HIGHER IN EAST AUSTIN AND ALSO MORE SPECIFIC, UM, MATTERS LIKE PRESERVING, LIKE HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

YOU CAN SEE IN THIS MAP THAT OUR HISTORIC RESOURCES ARE CONCENTRATED IN, IN WEST AUSTIN, IN HISTORICALLY WHITE, HISTORICALLY EXCLUSIONARY AREA, WHICH MEANS THAT THE TANGIBLE BENEFITS OF PRESERVATION LIKE THE ANNUAL PARTIAL TAX EXEMPTION FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK OWNERS, PRETTY GENEROUS ARE CONCENTRATED IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

WE, UM, I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROFIT COMMUNITY-BASED PROCESS FOR THIS PLAN AS AN ECOSYSTEM.

UM, THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION CREATED THE PRESERVATION PLAN WORKING GROUP, UM, WHICH IS A GROUP OF 26 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THE CENTER OF THE PROCESS FOR PHASE ONE.

UM, WE HIRED A PROFESSIONAL FACILITATOR TO HELP WITH THE GROUP.

UM, AND THEN THERE'VE BEEN, UH, A FEW OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOCUSED INPUT IN THIS PHASE, A COMMUNITY HERITAGE SURVEY LAST FALL, UM, PLUS FOCUS CONVERSATIONS WITH SMALLER GROUPS OF CITY STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN FOCUS GROUPS AND HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVES.

SO WE DID A REALLY BROAD RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR THE WORKING GROUP.

UM, BUT ABOUT 10 MONTHS AGO, UM, AND THE WORKING GROUP IS THE MAIN, UM, FACTOR IN PHASE ONE.

WE REACHED OUT, UH, DID A LOT OF OUTREACH THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

WE DID INDIVIDUAL OUTREACH AND WE PUT FLYERS UP AROUND THE CITY, INCLUDING, UH, LIBRARIES ACROSS THE CITY AND ALSO ETHNIC GROCERY STORES.

UM, MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO OPT INTO $25 PER HOUR PAYMENT, UH, FOR MEETINGS AND PREPARATION TIME.

AND WE PARTNERED WITH THE LIBRARY ON TECHNOLOGY THEN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE COULD ATTEND REMOTE MEETINGS.

I THINK WE MAY BE MEETING IN PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN APRIL.

WE'LL SEE, THAT'S THE HOPE.

UM, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEANTIME, IF SOMEONE IS ABLE TO MAKE, UM, ON THE MEETINGS, WE HAD NEARLY 150 APPLICANTS, WHICH IS A LOT FOR A HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROCESS AND WAS REALLY EXCITING.

WE SLEPT IT, BUT LANDMARK COMMISSION SELECTED 26 COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UM, AND THE WORKING GROUP ENDED UP LARGELY MARRIED, MIRRORING AUSTIN'S RACIAL AND ETHNIC MAKEUP.

ALSO REALLY EXCITING FOR A PRESERVATION PROCESS, UM, WHERE TYPICALLY THE FOLKS WHO SHOW UP TO GIVE INPUT ARE, UM, ARE LARGELY WHITE AND MUCH LESS RACIALLY AND ETHICALLY DIVERSE.

WE ALSO HAVE A THIRD OF RENTERS IN THE GROUP, WHICH IS PRETTY, UM, IT'S, IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY

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IT DOESN'T MEET AUSTIN 55% VENTURES, BUT IT IS STILL STILL SOMETHING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT HALF THE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP OPTED INTO COMPENSATION.

SO WORKING GROUP INCLUDE STAKEHOLDERS WHO COVER PRESERVATION, SPECIFIC FIELDS, PLUS A LOT OF ALLIED FIELDS.

UM, WE WANTED TO HAVE, HAVE REALLY BROAD PERSPECTIVES IN THE GROUP.

UM, WORKING GROUP MEMBERS DO COME FROM VERY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.

SO THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF THE PROCESS WE'RE FOCUSED ON LAYING GOOD GROUNDWORK AROUND HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND EQUITY.

WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF USING CLEAR LANGUAGE, AVOIDING TECHNICAL TERMS AND ACRONYMS AND PROVIDING BACKGROUND MATERIALS WITH LOTS OF GRAPHICS AND CHARTS.

JUST SAYING, LOOK, LET'S START WITH THE VERY BASICS, UM, KIND OF RUSHING THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, UM, TRYING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, LET'S SEE.

SO WE'RE PART WAY RIGHT NOW WE'RE PART WAY THROUGH PHASE ONE.

AND I WOULD JUST A YEAR LONG PROCESS THAT WILL RESULT IN A DRAFT EQUITY-BASED PRESERVATION PLAN FROM THE WORKING GROUP IN PHASE TWO, WHICH WILL START THIS FALL.

WE'LL DO BROAD, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE SPECIFICS OF THE DRAFT PLAN.

IT'S A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE WORKING GROUP SCHEDULE IN PHASE ONE.

AS I MENTIONED, WE STARTED OUT WITH, UM, A FAIR AMOUNT OF BACKGROUND AND KIND OF SOME PROCESS DISCUSSIONS IN THE GROUP WERE MOST OF THE WAY THROUGH, UM, SPECIFIC TOPICS, WHICH WE'RE COVERING ON FIVE MONTHS.

AND THEN WE'LL FINISH IN JUNE BY REVIEWING ALL THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS TOGETHER WITH A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION FROM THE WORKING GROUP ABOUT THE DRAFT PLAN AND HERE, AND THIS IS AN ENTERTAINING VERSION.

UM, IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY INPUT IN PHASE ONE.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE PRETTY DEEP AND FOCUSED, BUT THEY HAVE BRED INVOICES FROM, FROM OUTTA OUTSIDE THE WORKING GROUP.

UM, YES, AT DISCRETE POINTS, THESE TWO WILL INVOLVE A FEW COMPONENTS.

UM, THE BIGGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE DRAFT PLAN.

UM, I THINK TALKING INVITING BIGGER CONVERSATIONS AROUND HERITAGE AND PRESERVATION, REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THE TENT BIGGER ABOUT WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT PRESERVATION AND PROVIDING INPUT ON THE PLAN WILL ASK COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REFINE AND PRIORITIZE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IDENTIFY GAPS IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY CRITICAL PIECE AND TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR THE PLAN.

UM, AS PART OF THE EFFORT TO ESPECIALLY PRIORITIZE OUTREACH TO HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.

UM, OUR HOPE IS TO HIRE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS, TO WORK ALONGSIDE CITY STAFF AND A CONSULTANT TO MAKE THAT PROCESS AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE AND EFFECTIVE.

WE WILL ALSO, UM, BEGIN TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION WITH COST ESTIMATES FOR PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN FINALLY THE PLAN WILL GO TO RELATED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND IN COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION, I'M GOING TO CLOSE WITH A COUPLE OF, OF LAST THINGS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY BIG ONE.

IT'S THE VISION FOR THE PLAN.

THIS WAS DRAWN DIRECTLY FROM RESPONSES TO THE COMMUNITY HERE AT EACH SURVEY LAST FALL AT ABOUT 170 RESPONSES FROM AROUND THE CITY.

UM, AND THE VISION STATEMENT IS HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

AUSTIN ACTIVELY ENGAGES COMMUNITIES IN PROTECTING AND SHARING IMPORTANT PLACES AND STORIES PRESERVATION USES THE PAST TO CREATE A SHARED SENSE OF BELONGING AND TO SHAPE AN EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE, AND ECONOMICALLY VITAL FUTURE FOR ALL.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT PLACE IS AT THE CORE IT'S THERE, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT THE FOCUS IS REALLY ON THE ROLE THAT PRESERVATION PRESERVATION AND HISTORIC PLACES COMPLAINT IN AUSTIN AS A WHOLE, THAT IS ENGAGING COMMUNITIES TO SHAPE A BETTER CITY WITH.

THEY SHOWED SOME SIMPLE LONGING.

SO IT'S, IT'S MUCH BIGGER THAN OUR CURRENT PRESERVATION PROGRAM IS IN TERMS OF FOCUS.

BUT I THINK, I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING.

UM, AND FINALLY HERE IS THE EQUITY EVALUATION FRAMEWORK.

UM, THIS IS A TOOL THAT WE'RE USING TO ENSURE THAT EQUITY IS CONSIDERED THROUGHOUT THE PLAN, NOT IN A SEPARATE SECTION, AND IT TAKES 10 CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS THAT THE WORKING GROUP DEVELOPED FOR THE PLAN AND APPLIES AN EQUITY LENS, UM, TO THOSE CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS IT'S INTENDED TO HELP PREVENT BLIND SPOTS.

AND THE IDEA IS THAT IT WILL RE THE HOPE IS THAT IT WILL RESULT IN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICIES AND TOOLS THAT DON'T INADVERTENTLY CAUSE HARM TO HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN FORMED BY PUBLIC POLICIES IN THE PAST.

AND WE ARE USING THIS TO EVALUATE EVERY DRAFT RECOMMENDATION AND THE PLAN.

OKAY, VERY FINALLY, THIS IS OUR PROJECT WEBSITE.

I HOPE YOU'LL CHECK IT OUT.

UM, WE ARE UPDATING THE DOCUMENTS, UM, THIS SECTION, UH, EVERY MONTH WITH NEW, WITH MEETING INFORMATION, BACKGROUND BRIEFS PRESENTATIONS.

UM, AND I WILL MAKE A NOTE THAT THIS SHORT LINK IS CASE SENSITIVE.

SO THAT'S CAPITAL ETX.

UM, THIS, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER COMMUNITY PROCESS.

I MENTIONED WE HAVEN'T MET IN PERSON YET, BUT WE WERE HOPING TO IN APRIL, THIS IS MY EMAIL ADDRESS.

UM, THAT'S MY DOG.

UH,

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THANK YOU, KARA.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1963 AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS, BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT'S A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT BECAUSE WHEN I MOVED HERE IN 63, MY BEST FRIENDS WERE FROM EAST AUSTIN, EITHER LATINOS OR AFRICAN-AMERICANS BECAUSE I WAS INVOLVED IN A LOT OF ATHLETICS AND THEY WERE MY BEST FRIENDS.

THEY'RE ALL GONE.

THEY'VE ALL MOVED TO PFLUGERVILLE.

YOU GO TO EAST AUSTIN, THAT DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE IT USED TO THE FIRST PERSON, THE FIRST A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS HIT WAS THE CLARKSVILLE BECAUSE I WENT TO OLD HENRY, RIGHT? SO CLARKSVILLE WAS THE FIRST, THEY WERE ACTUALLY THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICANS I MET CAUSE I WAS FROM THE VALLEY.

I WAS IN PARLIN.

I'D NEVER KNEW ANY AFRICAN-AMERICANS THERE, BUT I GOT TO KNOW THEM THROUGH SPORTS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

WELL, WHEN THE DEVELOPERS HAD CLARKSVILLE, I WAS REALLY BOTHERED BY THAT.

I GOT REALLY INVOLVED IN A LOT OF CAMPAIGNS THAT WERE TRYING TO SIT, SAY, CLARKSVILLE, THE DEVELOPERS WERE GOING IN THERE AND TRYING TO GENTRIFY THAT AREA.

WELL, 10 YEARS LATER, THAT SAME THING STARTED HAPPENING EAST OF 35, ALL THE LATINO AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES JUST KIND OF LIKE DISSOLVED.

AND IT'S JUST LIKE, IT'S LIKE NOW IT'S COMING UP.

LIKE, I THINK IT'S LIKE 20 DAYS, 20 YEARS LATE IN ABOUT $10 MILLION, YOU KNOW, $10 BILLION SHORT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S EFFORTS, BUT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT LONG TIME AGO.

AND NOW THIS DEAL, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS PROBLEMS, THE CITY DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR THIS AND THAT.

THE MAIN THING I LIKE ABOUT THE EXPAND, THE, THE REMODELING DEAL IS THAT IT'S GOING TO ERASE THAT BARRIER.

IT'S GOING TO GET RID OF THAT RACIAL DIVIDE IS WHAT I CALL IT.

AND THE CITY DOESN'T SEEM ALL THAT INTERESTED IN PAYING THE EXTRA AMOUNT IN MAKING THAT KIND OF A, KIND OF A REALLY URBAN DESIGN EFFORT THAT WILL BRING THE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.

EVEN THOUGH I THINK THERE ARE NO COMMUNITIES LEFT ON THE EAST SIDE OF 35.

AND I JUST WANT IT TO GO ON RECORD AND SAY THAT, THANK YOU.

I REALLY LIKED THE PRESENTATION.

I WANT TO ECHO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT A COMMISSIONER KENNEDY ICI IS SAYING IN THAT I HAVE HARD TIME COMPREHENDING WHAT THE PRODUCT LOOKS LIKE.

THE OUTCOME DOES THIS BECOME REMIT REMNANTS OF DISTRICTS THAT STILL REMAIN AREAS.

AND IS THAT GOING TO WORK WITH OUR, NOT WITH OUR EXISTING ZONING AND LAND RIGHTS FOR THOSE OWNERS? THAT'S A BIG QUESTION.

HOW DOES THIS WORK WITH CODE? ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD IS IT REALLY EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS AUSTIN? THE EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE IS MY DISTRICT CONVICT HILL, AND THAT AREA HAS A LOT OF RICH HISTORY, NOT ONLY WITH THE STATE CAPITOL, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE WHOLE HISTORY, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF KIND OF HISTORY AND IT, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT IN THE LOCAL PUBLICATION WHERE IT EXISTED.

SO THAT'S MY QUESTION.

ARE WE FOCUSED ON CERTAIN AREAS? DO THEY BECOME, UH, ACTUAL AREAS WHERE YOU CAN HAVE TO GO AND GET A ZONING CHANGE OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LAND FIGHTS AND RIOTS, OR THERE'S JUST A LOT OF OUTLINE, BUT I'M NOT SENSING WHAT THE ENGAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE.

YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND THIS IS REALLY I'M HERE GIVING YOU AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT WITHOUT ACTUALLY BRINGING THE MAIN PORTS, WHICH WILL BE THE DRAFT PLAN, WHICH WILL BE FINALIZED THIS LATE THIS SUMMER, UM, THE PLAN ITSELF.

AND I WILL CERTAINLY SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

UM, WHEN IT, WHEN IT BECOMES, UM, WHEN THAT DRAFT IS, IS COMPILED AND, AND COMES OUT OF THE WORKING WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THE PLAN WILL INCLUDE CITYWIDE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR NEW PROGRAMS AND TOOLS TO EXPLORE.

UM, IT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL SURVEYS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, COULD IDENTIFY POTENTIAL HISTORIC RESOURCES, BUT IT IS NOT IN ITSELF GOING TO RECOMMEND SPECIFIC NEW LANDMARKS OR DISTRICTS.

UM, ON TOP OF THOSE THAT WE ALREADY HAD, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY GOING TO, UM, MAKE SOME, SOME PROCESS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, FOR THE WHOLE CITY THAT WILL INVITE IT TO BUILDING HISTORIC ANGEL BUILDINGS ACROSS THE CITY.

SO NO ACTUAL IMPLEMENTABLE CODES, ORDINANCES DIRECTIVES FOR TANGIBLE EMBODIED EFFICATION OF THIS EFFORT, NOT FOR SPECIFIC PROPERTIES.

THERE WILL BE, THERE WILL BE, I THINK, SPECIFIC, UM, POLICIES AND TOOLS IDENTIFIED THAT WOULD, THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTABLE, HOPEFULLY.

UM, BUT IT'S NOT, THIS IS NOT GOING TO SAY, OH, YOU SHOULD.

THE CITYWIDE PLAN IS NOT GOING TO POINT AT ONE BUILDING OR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAY, THIS MUST BE HISTORIC.

IT'S MORE IDENTIFYING WAYS THAT EXISTING PROCESSES CAN BE MORE STREAMLINED AND EFFECTIVE.

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YOU TALKED ABOUT LEGACY BUSINESSES, UM, AND CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN DECEMBER.

SO THAT THAT'S, THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE DON'T HAVE NOW, BUT WE'VE WORKED, WE'RE WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF, TO SHAPE THOSE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLIC CONVERSATION IN PHASE TWO.

UM, THOSE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME EXAMPLES ABOUT, UH, AREAS THAT WILL BE TACKLED IN THE PLAN RATHER THAN SPECIFIC, UH, PROPERTY RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S MY QUESTION.

HEY, WHAT ELSE CAN I ASK? YEAH.

W UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M CURIOUS IF THE SCOPE OF THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL.

UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF SHARE MY MOTIVATION FOR ASKING THAT I'M SEEING A LOT OF LOCAL BUSINESSES ALONG MAJOR CORRIDORS, UH, IN MY AREA, IN, ON NORTH LAMAR, IN THE HIGHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THERE'VE BEEN A LOT OF SMALL MOM AND POP SHOPS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN BULLDOZED FOR, UH, LARGE SCALE RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS THAT DON'T EVEN OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO COME BACK IN INTO THAT SPACE.

UM, SO THAT, THAT'S PART OF IT.

YOU KNOW, I, I SEE A LOT OF INSTITUTIONS, UM, THAT ARE UP ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK RIGHT NOW.

UH, YOU KNOW, EL MERCADO DOWNTOWN IS ABOUT TO BE BULLDOZED.

THAT'S A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT'S GONE.

UM, THE IRON BEAR, WHICH IS AN LGBTQ, UH, INSTITUTION IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, UH, COULD BE BULLDOZED.

SO I'M SEEING THESE INSTANCES WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CULTURAL FABRIC OF OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, WHICH HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON, ON SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, IS BEING IMPACTED.

SO THAT'S KINDA, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THE SCOPE JUST RESIDENTIAL.

UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UM, ANECDOTALLY, YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN A HIGHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD AND I WOULD SAY 10 YEARS AGO, SOMETHING OF THIS EFFECT MAY HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE TO SAVE SOME OF THESE STRUCTURES.

BUT I WOULD ARGUE THAT, UM, JUST GIVEN MY ENGAGEMENT INVOLVEMENT WITH THE HIGHLAND COMMUNITY, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR PRESERVATION ARE THOSE WHO ARE IN FACT WITH POWER AND WEALTH.

UM, YOU KNOW, TH THEY'RE THE ONES WHO THEY WANT TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNDER THE GUISE THAT THEY DON'T WANT OTHER PEOPLE OF LOWER INCOME COMING IN.

YOU KNOW, SO I GUESS, HOW, HOW DO WE, UH, CONSIDER EITHER THE RIGHT TO RETURN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS ACTUALLY PRESERVING THE STRUCTURE ITSELF? HOW DOES THAT KEEP PEOPLE IN? AND HOW DOES THAT NOT FURTHER THE HOUSING SUPPLY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, GIVEN OUR CURRENT CODE IS, YOU KNOW, RAISING PEOPLE'S PROPERTY TAXES AND THAT'S, WHAT'S PUSHING THEM OUT.

IT'S NOT WHETHER OR NOT THE STRUCTURE IS DEMOLISHED.

SO I GUESS I, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THOSE TWO QUESTIONS, NUMBER ONE, UM, SCOPE, DOES IT IMPACT LOCAL BUSINESS AND NUMBER TWO, UM, HOW DOES PRESERVING A STRUCTURE EQUATE TO PRESERVING THE CULTURAL CHARACTER OF A NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH.

GREAT, GREAT QUESTIONS.

BOTH OF THOSE.

SO THE FIRST ONE, IN TERMS OF AN ANSWER TO THE FIRST ONE, NO, IT'S, IT'S, UH, BEN FOR ALL PROPERTY TYPES IN ALL SORT OF TYPES OF HERITAGE, OPPRESSIVE CITIES.

I MENTIONED LIKE THE WORKING GROUP CONSIDERED LEGACY BUSINESSES AND CULTURAL DISTRICTS AT ORAL HISTORIES.

UM, THERE WAS A MEETING DEDICATED TO INTANGIBLE HERITAGE, BUT KIND OF THE BUSINESSES ARE, ARE TANGIBLE, BUT THE THINGS THAT MAKE THEM IMPORTANT ARE, ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE BRICK AND MORTAR, UM, AT THAT SPACE.

SO YES, THAT ABSOLUTELY, UM, IS BEING ADDRESSED OR IT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, I THINK THAT SPEAKS IN A BROADER SENSE TO BE YOUR SECOND QUESTION ABOUT BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE AND STORIES AND, UH, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN A CITY WITH AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, UM, WITH REALLY HIGH DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES.

UM, I THINK TO, TO FULLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION, UM, NEED MORE TIME AND, UH, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPARING, BUT, BUT A LOT MORE TIME.

UM, I THINK THAT THE SHORT OF IT IS, IS THAT, THAT THERE IT'S SAFEGUARDING AND EXISTING LANDSCAPE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN NOT ADDING DENSITY.

UM, THE WORKING GROUP LAST MONTH TALKED ABOUT IT EXCEPT FOR INVOLVEMENTS AND, UM, OTHER WAYS TO ADD AT DENSITY WITHIN THE EXISTING FABRIC.

UM, THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT, AND THIS IS UNDER THE INCENTIVES TOPIC.

THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT WAYS TO ROUTINE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO MAY LIVE IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS, BUT MAY NOT.

SO LIKE, UM, THE IDEA OF AN INCOME CASE AND INCOME-BASED PROPERTY TEXTS, CIRCUIT BREAKER, THAT THAT'S

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UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S AIMED AT TAPPING THE PERCENTAGE OF INCOME THAT PREP THAT HOMEOWNERS PAYING, UM, BASED ON, UH, FOR THE PROPERTY TAXES BASED ON INCOME.

SORRY.

UM, SO I THINK THERE'S A REAL RECOGNITION OF THE VALUE THAT, THAT PEOPLE BRING TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO A RECOGNITION THAT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IS WHERE A LOT OF STORIES ARE CONTAINED THAT, THAT THEY, UH, THAT THE HOME WHERE PEOPLE GREW UP OR THE PLACE WHERE, UH, A BUSINESS THAT HAS EXISTED FOR 25 YEARS OR 30 YEARS OR 15 YEARS, IF THAT MATTERS TO PEOPLE, UM, BECAUSE IT IS A, IT'S A TANGIBLE LINK TO IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT MEMORIES.

I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER POINTS THEY COULD GET INTO ON THAT.

IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

UM, I THINK AT THIS TIME ALSO IN AUSTIN, THERE'VE BEEN, UM, AND IT IT'S A MUCH BIGGER, MUCH BIGGER THING, BUT IN TERMS OF MARKET AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, THE NON-SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, IT'S MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE OLDER, OLDER BUILDING STOCK THEN THAN IT IS TO BE REBUILDING STOCK.

SO, UM, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY CAPITAL H CAPITAL P HISTORIC PRESERVATION BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, HISTORIC LANDMARKS, BUT THERE IS ADDITIONAL VALUE TO THAT EXISTING, UM, EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.

I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

I, I APPRECIATE THIS HEADS UP FOR SEEING THE DRAFT IN PHASE ONE.

SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO COMMENT, BUT I WILL LET YOU KNOW.

NOW WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHEN IN PHASE ONE IN THE LATEST SUMMER IS WHAT I'M TROUBLED WITH IS THAT 1981 WAS 41 YEARS AGO.

AND SO TO DEFINE WINE NOW, SUBSTANTIAL POPULATION GROWTH, HEIGHTENED, UM, DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE THAT MOVING FORWARD.

I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO SEE THIS THROUGH THROUGH 2024? AND THEN WHAT IS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT BEYOND THAT? SO IF IT TOOK US 41 YEARS TO REVISIT THIS, WHEN THIS, WHEN THIS COULD HAVE BEEN REVISITED 10, 15, 20 YEARS AGO, IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF THRESHOLD THAT COULD BE DEFINED, OKAY, THIS AMOUNT OF POPULATION GROWTH, THIS AMOUNT OF HIGH DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE IS WHAT TRIGGERS WE NEED TO REVISIT THIS PLAN, DOES THAT EXIST OR NOT EXIST? AND IF, AND IF IT DOESN'T WHEN PHASE ONE COMES THROUGH, I THINK THAT'S REALLY A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR OF WHAT'S THE COMMITMENT TO THIS, SO THAT WE, AS CIVILIANS CAN HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE.

SO IT DOESN'T TAKE ANOTHER 41 YEARS, WHICH I KNOW IS OUT OF YOUR PREPPING, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT, UM, IN THE SUMMER WITH THE PHASE ONE DRAFT.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.

UM, AND I THINK LARGELY WILL BE A MATTER OF COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, IN MANY, IN MANY WAYS, ALTHOUGH WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND SORT OF, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, HAVING CONVERSATIONS AROUND RESOURCES AND, UM, IMPLEMENTABLE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF THIS PLAN ACTUALLY GETTING DONE AND ALSO GETTING UPDATED.

BUT YEAH, THANK YOU.

THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS AND I AM EXCITED TO SHARE, UM, THE DRAFT WITH YOU ALL LATER.

OKAY.

SO DID, DID YOU JUST COMMENT SOMETHING ABOUT MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU GUYS ARE STILL TRYING TO PREDICT HOW? YEAH, SO WE, WELL, IT'S PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESSES IS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR CITY PLANS.

WE'VE CONVENED A TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP OF CITY STAFF FROM BOTH DEPARTMENTS.

UM, AND I THINK THAT IN ADDITION TO HAVING COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF, AND SUPPORT FOR THE PLAN AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, HAVING OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN NEW RECOMMENDATIONS INTO THEIR OWN PRACTICES AND THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN WORK PLANS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF IT GETTING DONE.

UM, AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UM, REMAINING AN ACTIVE AND UPDATEABLE DOCUMENT NOT HAVING IT BE SILOED INTO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, WHICH DOES EXCELLENT WORK, BUT A VERY SPECIFIC TYPE OF WORK.

RIGHT.

SO THEN I GUESS JUST IF THERE'S A POTENTIAL OF KNOWING IF THERE'S A CITY DEPARTMENT THAT WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SPEARHEADING THIS

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IT'S VERY, IT'S JUST VERY UNEASY, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE HEADS UP AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING PHASE ONE AND THE SUMMER.

OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S ATTENTION ON YOUR, I SAY ONE OTHER THING SINCE I HEARD THE OTHER COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO BACK, OKAY, COMMISSIONER WILDLY, THEN YOU CAN GO.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE QUICK THING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I, I WISH THIS PROGRAM THE BEST OF LUCK, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED.

I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE'VE SEEN WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN GENERAL, BUT THEN JUST THE CULTURAL RESOURCES AND POPULATION IS THAT THE CITY DOESN'T ACT IN UNISON.

AND, UH, UM, IT IS NOT BEHIND SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS. CHARLIE, YOU KNOW, CITY POLITICS FOLLOWS THE MONEY AND THE MONEY DOESN'T NECESSARILY SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS, WITH THIS PROGRAM IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE, UH, I THINK IT HAS BRAIN GOALS AND IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.

AND I'M GLAD THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN EFFORT TO HAVE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED, AND I HOPE THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, PAY ATTENTION AND LIKE COMMISSIONER ATTAIN A GUCCI SET, AND MAYBE IT MIGHT BE WAY TOO LATE FOR SOME OF THIS.

UH, BUT DEFINITELY I DON'T SEE THAT IT'S ANY FAULT OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE AS I SEASON MY SUBMISSION POSSIBLE A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UH, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH TRYING.

AND THAT IS A DISCIPLINE TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET THE REST OF THE CITY INVOLVED BECAUSE IN MY, UH, THE CITY DOES AN ACT AND USE TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, SOMETIMES A SINGLE SITE, ONE THING, AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS WILL DO SOMETHING ELSE.

AND, UH, COMMISSIONER CAN AGREE TO GO AHEAD.

YEAH.

JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE WHAT I SAID EARLIER AND THEN TAKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S COMMENTS IN CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW, THE TRAIN LEFT THE STATION LONG TIME, GENTRIFICATION, NOT EVEN A TERM ANYMORE, IT'S ALL GONE.

I MEAN, NOW, NOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE TRY TO PRESERVE BUILDINGS, BUT PRESERVING BUILDINGS DOESN'T REALLY PRESERVE CULTURE.

OKAY.

THE CULTURE IS ALREADY GONE.

SO I HOPE THAT WHEN WE MOVE ON, WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF CASES WHERE DEVELOPERS ARE TRYING TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT AND DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT THAT'S WHERE SOMEBODY, UH, I THINK BART MENTIONED IT.

AND SO, YEAH.

SO DID MY, UH, COMMISSIONER MINORS IS MONEY TALKS.

SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THEIR PROJECT APPROVED OVER ON THE EAST SIDE OR WHEREVER IT IS, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT, BUT THEIR HEART NEEDS TO BE INTO IT, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE SEEN SO MANY PROJECTS AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER FRANCO AND COMMISSIONER MINERS HAVE BEEN REALLY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT PROJECTS ARE GOING ON FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE MORE ENTITLED FOLKS.

RIGHT.

AND THEN THEY, THEY, THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT SPEAK OUT.

AND I, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THEM IS THAT THIS HAS TO SPREAD FARTHER BEYOND JUST PRESERVING BUILDINGS THAT MIGHT PRESERVE CULTURE.

IT ALSO NEEDS TO PRESERVE EQUITY, OR IT NEEDS TO PROMOTE EQUITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY MISSING.

AND IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO DO IN A CITY THAT'S IS POPULAR AND IT'S FAST GROWING IT'S ALSO NEEDED.

SO I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD WITH THAT TOO.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO COME OUT AND HEAR SOME, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER COMMENTS FROM US, BUT THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

I DO APPRECIATE YOUR CANDOR.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, IF I MAY, I THINK WHAT I, WHAT I JUST ADD TO THIS CONVERSATION, I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD ONE THAT WE'RE HAVING AND EVERYONE'S GOT SOME REALLY GOOD THOUGHTS.

UM, WHAT I CARE ABOUT WITH STRUGGLE.

WELL, WHAT I CARE ABOUT PRESERVING WHEN IT COMES TO CULTURE AND PLACE IS, UM, THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO THRIVE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO FOR ME.

UM, THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO CREATE MEMORIES, UM, TO CREATE PLACES THAT THEY FEEL LIKE A LOCAL PLACES THAT THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING THEIR, AND THEIR MEMORIES AS BEING SPECIAL.

AND TO ME, THAT'S NOT, UM, ANTI DENSITY AND THAT'S NOT ANTI NEW DEVELOPMENT.

LIKE WE CAN HAVE DENSITY, WE CAN HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT FOSTERS LIFE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO THRIVE.

AND THAT FOSTERS MIXED INCOME LIKE INCLUSIVE OF IN FABRIC.

UM, AND THAT IS CERTAINLY MY PASSION AND THAT'S WHAT I LOOK FOR.

AND THAT'S WHAT I TRY TO CONTRIBUTE TO, UM, AS A, YOU KNOW, AS A AND THINGS LIKE THESE.

UM, AND AS A PROFESSIONAL, ANY TIME THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION CAN ALSO, UH,

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IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT WE CAN HELP US AND BE AFFORDABLE IN THE FUTURE.

UM, AND OFTENTIMES THAT LOOKS LIKE BUILDING MORE.

UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE INCLUDING IN THE CONVERSATION.

OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S EVERYBODY, UH, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTATION CARE OF ROUTE THREE SHADE.

I THINK IT'S ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE ON

[1.b. Briefing and discussion on the Downtown Density Bonus Program, 25-2-586, and the role of the Design Commission. City Staff: Jorge E. Rousselin. Jorge.rousselin@austintexas.gov]

ONE B BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO AND TO CONNECT THE CONVERSATION, JUST TO GIVE ME A LITTLE PRESSURE ON THE INTENSITY LEVELS FROM GROOM SOIL IN THIS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO HEAR WHO'S TALKING.

I CAN'T EVEN TELL WHO'S VOICE.

IT IS FROM, FROM ONLINE.

COULD YOU COME UP A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO CAUSE IN THE ROOM AND SAY, OH, YOU SOUND DIFFERENT THAN EVERYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM FOR WHATEVER REASON I SAY THAT.

YEAH.

SOUNDS MUCH CLEARER.

GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

OKAY.

CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER? CONDITIONAL CRITIQUE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

YEAH.

OKAY.

GIVE THIS A SHOT AND SEE IF WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION ITSELF.

PEDRO, THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING IS JUST TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.

WE HAVE BIG COMMISSIONERS ON THE COMMISSION.

IT SEEMS IN THE CHAIR SIMPLY TALKING ABOUT MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT DENSITY, MOST PROGRAM IT'S SPECIFICALLY .

BUT FIRST OF ALL, I KIND OF WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK IN TIME TO TYPE IT CAN YOU RECOGNIZE THE PICTURE WHERE ST PAUL'S SITS NOW ESSENTIALLY PERFECT HINDSIGHT.

THAT IS WHERE SICKLE IS A DIFFERENT SEAT FULL OF WAREHOUSES.

IF YOU NOTICE THE TOP RIGHT COUNTRY, IF YOU SEE THE BARBECUE PLACE THERE BEGINNING.

TRUE, VERY GOOD BARBECUE AND ALL AREAS.

NOW, WHY AM I SHOWING THIS? IF IT'S AROUND 2000 AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE SKYLINE, OKAY.

MAYBE I HAVE TO TURN TO THE CENTURY 19 98, 99, 2000.

THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT I'M ON AT THE TIME.

I'M SEEING THIS.

SOME OF US PROBABLY WON'T, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION THAT DOWNTOWN HAS GONE THROUGH IT JUST THE LAST 21 YEARS.

SO WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT WHAT WAS CHRONICALLY THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE, PHYSICAL CHANGE AROUND THE HOUSE, AND THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS WERE CHANGING PR CENTRAL BERLIN.

PRE-DEVELOPMENT COMBINING THE DISTRICT CURE FOR SHORT, WHICH HAD STATE SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WAITING CLOSE HER EYES IN THE DARK ROOM WITH NO LIGHTS, KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A HAND WITH FINGERS.

THE TOWN, PORTLAND, OREGON.

IT'S GOT HIS FINGERS KIND OF ALL OF THEM.

SO WE CALL THIS THE CURE EARLIER WITH THE THREE METERS EXTENDING TO HE'S POSITIVE, SECURE IS A VEHICLE BY WHICH CAN BE COMBINED WITH A VIRTUAL BASIS FOR DOWNTOWN THAT CAN MODIFY SITE STANDARDS MODIFIED FOR CAN ALSO MODIFY A SECOND PARTY MANEUVERING, ESPECIALLY THE HIDES, AND IT CAN MODIFY SIGNAGE, LANDSCAPE SCREENING, AND OTHER HOME CARE.

JUST TO BE CLEAR, STILL IS IN THE LAND.

HOWEVER, AS WE STARTED TO EVALUATE INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT AND DENSITY DOWNTOWN,

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IT'S NOT LEGAL IN EXCHANGE FOR HOUSING CONTRIBUTIONS, AS AN EXCHANGE FOR BUYING PROPERTIES SPECIFICALLY RELATE TO ZONING KIND OF INCENTIVE BASED SYSTEM, WHICH IS VOLUNTARY.

OBVIOUSLY THIS REGULATION OR THIS CASE COUNCIL INACTIVE IS SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA FOR DOWNTOWN , WHICH AGAIN, RELAXED FROM OUR FINE ZONING ATTACK IN ORDER TO CREATE THOSE PROBLEMS CAN BE PREDICTABLE AND TRANSPARENT, HOPEFULLY RESPONSIVE TO THE MARKET CONDITIONS THAT WERE OCCURRING AT THE TIME 2008.

AND IT WOULD OFFER A CLEARER IN BENEFITS IN EXCHANGE FOR ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS AND COULD SUPPORT IN CONTINUING HEALTHY GROWTH FOR DOWNTOWN OVER COUNCIL.

THINKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES.

COUNCIL ALSO WANTED THE DOWNTOWN TO CONTINUE TO BE SUSTAINABLE FOR A ROAD AND PRESERVING ITS CULTURAL HERITAGE AS ICON FOR HISTORY, BUT ALSO FACTOR.

SO I WON'T BRING IT ON THIS TIMELINE, BUT STARTING FROM 2008, THERE WAS A SERIES OF ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING BY THE COUNCIL TO GAIN VIEWS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DATA FLOWS INTO THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN IN 2011.

AND THAT'S ART IN CREATION OF COMMANDMENTS IN 13, WHICH ARE, WHICH ENDED UP BEING ARTISTS.

THEIR SYSTEM CHANGES IN 2014, THAT CREATED CHAPTER 45 TO 5 86, WHICH IS WHAT WE USE TODAY.

PRETTY MUCH SINCE 2014.

SO ABOUT LAST YEAR, THE PROGRAM REMAINED INTACT.

THE VERY LITTLE CHANGES IN HAITI AND WITH THE ORIGINAL CALIBRATION OF DEVELOPMENT, LOTUS IS CALCULATED AT THE TIME OF THIS COUNSEL DID MAKE A CHANGE THAT CEDAR TO TEMPORARILY MODIFY ANKLES AND ALSO MOVE THE BANKERS ARE UPDATED AND MODIFIED TO A SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR THE HOUSE.

HERE'S A TABLE THAT IS EMPTY WITHIN FOUR MINUTES WHICH IS AN EXHIBIT THAT DEPENDS THE CHANGING OF THE TYPES ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC ZONING DISTRICTS, THIS CASE CPD IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND MAKES REFERENCE TO THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS AS OUTLINED IN THE DOWNTOWNS.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW DESIGN CONDITION PLAYS A ROLE INTO THE SLEEP PROPERLY BECAUSE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE GATEKEEPER CONVICTS TO THIS COBRA.

LET'S THINK ABOUT WHERE THE CONCEIVABLE IS APART.

THERE ARE CERTAIN PROPERTIES WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE DECIBELS OR COMPETING PRODUCT WITH DISTRICT TO DISTRICT PUMPING ON OUR MARKET AREA.

AND ALSO THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

A CERTAIN DISTRICT SIXTH STREET PARIS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE DENSITY BLOCK.

THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OTHER ELEMENTS THAT FOR EXAMPLE, THE CAPITOL VIEW FOR MOST CAPITAL DOMINANCE AND COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO THE PROPERTIES OF ON FRENCH.

IF THERE'S ANY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, OBSTACLES, PROPERTIES TO SEE IN THE PICTURE HERE OF THE CAPITOL VIEW, OR OF COURSE, EVEN IN AREAS WHERE THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM APPLIES AND COULD GRANT ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS OF HEIGHT, ARE ONE LIMITED FACTOR THAT COULD HINDER THE EXPANSION OF THOSE TIMES ON THOSE PARKS.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL PROBLEM ARGUMENTS THAT

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AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENTS THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAM THAT COUNCIL PUT IN PLACE.

IT TALKS ABOUT SOME, SOME MAJOR ELEMENTS STARTS OFF WITH A SCHEMATIC LOCAL SITE PLAN.

IT'S NOT A FULL BLOWN SITE HIRED.

HOWEVER, IN SPEAKING WITH DESIGN TEAMS WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE, ARCHITECTS, MOST OF THEM TOLD US THAT IT'S JUST AS EASY TO DO A FOOTBALL SEGMENT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T ANYWAY.

SO MOST OF THE TIME WE ARE SEEING A GREAT NUMBER OF SIGNING ON AND PROGRESS THAT ARE BEING PROCESSED.

THAT'S THE SECOND GATEKEEPER ELEMENT IS THAT A DESIGN COMMISSION, CHARLOTTE, VALERIE CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE'LL GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

THERE'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT FOR COMMITTING TO THE EXECUTION OF IT WAS PRINTED ACCOMMODATED TO IMPLEMENT PROJECT, AS WELL AS TWO STAR AUSTIN, ENERGY GREEN BUILDING RAILING, OR FOR BUILDING SPECIFICALLY POINTED DIRECTION TALKS ABOUT.

AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF SAY THIS WHEN YOU SEE EMPHASIZE ON THE SCREEN AS A STAFF, IF THIS IS NOT THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN, THEY CAN CODE IS JUST SO FIRST OF ALL, THE RENTER DETERMINE THAT THE PROJECT'S SUBSTANTIALLY THE COMPLIANCE AND AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS THAT HELPS.

AND YOU AFRICAN SHOWING THE DIRECTOR THREE, THE SITE OF ALL THE SCHEMATICS AND THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS, AND ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING YOU SEEN FOR PANCAKE OR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE PROJECTS, THE, THAT THE WERE TOO HIGH.

THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE, ALL SPECIFICALLY THE DESIGN COMMISSION SHALL EVALUATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT COMPLIANCE, THE PEOPLE IN DESIGN AND THE DIRECTOR OR STAFF SHALL CONSIDER COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THE EMPHASIS HERE IS THAT THE DESIGN CONDITIONS, SHELL IS A KEY IMPORTANT FACTOR OF THE GATEKEEPER OR ITS STAFF, THE PAINTS ON THE VALIDATION AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE CONDITIONS TO FURTHER EVALUATE WHETHER THE PROJECT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIES WITH URBAN DESIGN.

SO BY COLOR STACK, THIS REQUIRED TO CONSIDER YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN GALICIANS.

COUPLE OF THINGS, TO KEEP IN MIND THAT AS THE CONDITION IS EVALUATED, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE CODE AND THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM DOES NOT GRANT THE COMMISSION, THE ABILITY TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE PROJECTS, THIS CASE.

IT WILL BE A SITE DEVELOPMENT THAT HE WILL BE REVIEWING AS PART OF THE DECIMALS.

I ALSO WANT TO KNOW IF I CAN APPLY TO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE OF NOT DEFINED IN THE LAND.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE LIE UPON.

THE COMMISSION LIKE GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION, AS ONE OF YOU BELIEVE COMPLIANCE IS NOTE THAT THE DIRECTION FOR A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE FALLS OFF STAFF, THE DIRECTION FOR COMPLIANCE THAT'S SO BASE VERDICT RELATIONSHIPS.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO COME OUT WITH A RECOMMENDATION AND FINDING ALL THESE REQUESTS WHEN THEY COME IN.

THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE AFTER IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMISSION TO COMPLIANCE OR NONCOMPLIANCE FORWARD THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE ARE REQUIRED BY CODE TO CONSIDER THOSE EVALUATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE DELVE INTO THE PROJECT.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN, IF I NEED TO, NONCOMPLIANCE HAS BEEN RENDERED BY PREVIOUS VIRTUALS OF THIS COMMISSIONER.

SO STAFF RELIES ON IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC GUIDELINES THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO REACH THAT COMPLIANCE, FINDING WHAT IS THE PROJECT WE'RE ACTING IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC TIMELINES.

AND WE RELY ON THAT RECOMMENDATION SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMISSION WOULD FEEL CONSTITUTED IN COMPLIANCE.

WE HAVE THE COMMISSION MAY DISCUSS ITEMS, ISSUES THAT ARE OUTSIDE FOR THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, HOWEVER,

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BUT THOSE WOULD BE RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY, BUT NOT SUPERSEDE BECAUSE THOSE HAVE BEEN EXECUTED BY IMPERMANENCE.

WHEN THE FINDING IS NOT REACHED AT A COMMISSION, THEN THE STAFF CANNOT CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMISSION AND THE PROJECT THAT MOVES FORWARD WITH THE PAID STUFF.

WE'VE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND HOW THOSE ARE APPLIED TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT.

SO I WANT TO JUST KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH WHY WOULD ENCOMPASS ALONG WITH THE GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENTS, HOW COMMUNITY BENEFITS WILL BE BUYER AND SOMEONE BRINGS TO YOUR ATTENTION, A SPECIFIC SECTION OF THE DENSITY SIX C IS THE , WHICH IS KIND OF SPELLED OUT AND LOOKING AT THE GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENTS, BUT THE INFORMATION THAT STAFF NEEDS TO EVALUATE IN ORDER TO COME TO FINALLY HAVE SUCCESSION PLANS, YOU'LL NOTE THAT UNDER C AND D THERE'S AN EMPHASIS BY STAFF THAT UP THAT THE APPLICANT CHOOSES AND THE APPLICANT PROPOSES.

SO 50% OF THE ADDITIONAL TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTRIBUTIONS ONSITE, OR THE BLUE CHOOSING IN PROPOSING FROM THE LIST OF COMMUNITY MEDICAL STAFF.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO WE'RE KIND OF WALKING THROUGH AN IMAGINARY BUILDING THAT HASN'T FOLLOWED THE ASSUMPTIONS.

THE PROBLEM IS ON CBD.

IT'S A PROBLEM DISTRICT.

AND ESSENTIALLY THE ORG DOWNTOWN IMAGINE REALLY CONGRESS.

I LOOK AT THE HEART OF THE QUORUM APART FROM DISTRICT JOBS.

SO MOST OF THE TIME, WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS DOES THAT PIECE ON TOWERS TYPICALLY INCLUDE A MIX OF OFFICE RESIDENTIAL, WHETHER THAT BE FOR SALE OR RENT, TYPICALLY THERE'S A PARKLAND POLIO, AND SOME GROUNDABLE PERSISTS.

I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT TO SCALE OR IT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU THE OVERALL PICTURE OF AN IMAGINARY BUILDING DICKIE.

MORE THAN LIKELY NO, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU EXAMPLE, TIP LASH, MAYBE TWO MONTHS, MAYBE THEY'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IT.

SO WE START OFF WITH ESSENTIALLY THE BASE ENTITLEMENTS ON THE PROJECT.

IF A PROPERTY IS ON CPD, THERE IS NO HEIGHT LIMIT IN TERMS OF ZONING CLASSIFICATION.

HOWEVER, THERE'S A PAGE ONE OR AREA RATIO MIMICS THOSE AS BY, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHERE THE PROJECT ESSENTIALLY STARTS OUT IN THE DISTRICT.

IF THERE'S ALSO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE SLIDE, THAT IS THE DOWNTIME, THE CMOS ADMINISTRATIVE, THE ENTITLEMENTS THAT KIND OF WORK THROUGH NOT ONLY TO THE GATEKEEPER, BUT TO STAFF.

I THINK YOU CAN GET UP TO 25 TO ONE FOR EVERY OPERATION.

WE ALWAYS SAY ABOUT 25 TO ONE BECAUSE OF THE OBLIGATED FUNNY PATH BREAKS 44.8 6 9 5 2 8 0.5, BECAUSE IT COULD BE UP TO FIVE.

YOU COME BACK AND DO YOUR ASSIGNMENT.

YOU CAN REALLY ADJUST THAT.

SO WE SAY UP TO 25 PER PERIOD ISSUE, THERE IS SOME LIMITED HIKES, HOWEVER, THE LIBERTY FIVER ON HEIGHT OR THE PROPORTIONS OF THE SITE, OBVIOUSLY AS THE NUMBER OF FLOORS ARE FUNNY TO JUST KEEP GOING UP, ESSENTIALLY THE AS A PENCIL BECAUSE IT'LL BREAK.

SO WHEN LOOKING AT THE SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE PROJECT THAT YOU CALLED IT, A BONUS AREA, COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE THAT FLOOR AREA RATIO ABOVE THE BASICALLY IT'S THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROFOUNDLY 25 TO 25 MINUTES.

60 IS AN ECHO OF THE MONTH 12TH.

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NUMBER 12 IS ESSENTIALLY ONE THAT THE APPLICANT CAN PROPOSE AND HE OR SHE NEEDS TO MAKE A CASE TO THE STAFF.

THAT RECORD HAS TO BE PROPOSED TO COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED IN THE CODE WOULD BE TRULY COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND HOW THAT WOULD BE APPLIED IN CALCULATED IN TERMS OF GRANTEE POST.

SO THE SECOND, ESSENTIALLY THE FIRST HALF OF THE FOCUS AREA IS REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY PREFERENCE FOR A HOUSEKEEPER .

THAT IS AN APARTMENT THAT HAS THE MOST AREA SET ASIDE FOR HOUSING OR PUMP SITE.

IT'S THE DOORS THAT THERE'S ANOTHER APP STORE WAY TO GET THEIR COMMUNITY BASKETS.

SO WE LOOK AT THE OTHER HALF, THE REMAINING 50% OF THE BONUS, OR IT CAN BE MET WITH ANY OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS LISTED NUMBER.

HE WENT THROUGH 12, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSE.

SO AN APPLICANT MAY CHOOSE TO GO BACK TO THE HOUSE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PURCHASE PROVIDING ON SITE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE 100% OF THE AND SOUTH IS VALID.

MEANING HOW TO CALCULATE CAN BE FOUND IN DECEMBER OF 20 14, 0 2, 2 7 DASH CIVIL FLASH FORWARD AT THE BACK OF THE ORBITS.

THIS SPECIFIC FORMULAS THAT APPLY TO TEACH COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

TECHNICALLY THERE'S A NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET OR GRANTED FOCUSED AREA IN EXCHANGE FOR A NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET OF DAYCARE, COMMUNITY BENEFIT, PRESERVATION, OPENINGS, ONSITE, OR OFFSITE, OR THE POSITION OF OTHER PLUS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE CLASSES.

FOR EXAMPLE, AND STAFF REDUCE THOSE THROUGH THE INDUSTRY PROCESS AND BE ABLE TO GENERATE NOT ONLY THE FORMULA, BUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BONUS PERIOD THAT CAN'T BE GRANTED.