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AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING
[Call to Order]
OF THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER.UM, DID YOU HAVE, OKAY, SO FIRST I'M GOING TO TAKE ROLL COMMISSIONER KOSTA, NOT HEAR ME.
COMMISSIONER BOON, PRESENT COMMISSIONER DINKLER AND I DO WANT TO WISH A VERY SPECIAL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COMMISSIONER GREENBERG.
YOU FINISHED YOUR KOBASA HERE.
COMMISSIONER STERN, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON HERE.
AND COMMISSIONER WOODY IS NOT HERE YET.
UM, WERE THERE MINUTES? I DIDN'T SEE MINUTES.
WELL, DID ANYBODY HAVE YES, COMMISSIONER? I DO HAVE, UH, WHAT I THINK ARE SOME ADMIN.
I WANT AN AMENDMENT TO THE MINUTES.
AND, UH, THE, THE AMENDMENT, THE MINUTES FOR ITEM, UH, BEAT BY THE CHRYSLER AIR TEMP HOUSE, THE, THE, THE, UH, THE RESULTS OF THE VOTE WHERE, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED WAS IT SAYS IN THE CURRENT DRAFT CHAIR AT BERLIN RAMIREZ AND COMMISSIONERS OF KOSTA AND WOODY VOTED IN A COMMISSIONER'S BOON AND STERN ABSENT, IT SHOULD READ COMMISSIONERS OF KOSTA AND SMITH VOTED IN A CHAIR.
BERRERA RAMIREZ AND COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER WOODY ABSTAIN.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE AMENDED MINUTES.
OKAY, SO THOSE ARE THE REVISED REVISIONS FOR THE MINUTES.
UM, AND THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO READING
[Consent Agenda]
THE AGENDA.MORELLI TWO IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA RECOMMENDATION OF MF TO CEO B TO C 14 20 20 0 0 7 9.
THE RBA I TRACK TWO AND B THREE C 14 20 20 0 0 8 0 RBI, AUSTIN TRACK ONE.
THOSE OF BOTH OF THOSE WILL BE APPROVED TOGETHER ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO INCLUDE PROHIBITED USE CO CODAFIDE AND APPLICANT REVISE, A MEMO AND CONDITIONS OF THE TIA.
UM, SO RECOMMENDED WITH CONDITIONS BEFORE IS C 14 20 21 0 1 8 7 MANCHACA ROAD.
UM, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT ONE, B FIVE C 14 20 22 0 0 1 2 7,001 CIRCLE S ROAD IS ON CONSENT RECOMMENDED.
A GABA ANNEX STAFF AND APPLICANT HAVE REQUESTED A POSTPONEMENT UNTIL MAY 17TH, B SEVEN, SPC 20 21 0 2 8 8 8.
STRIPING IS ON CONSENT RECOMMENDED B EIGHT S P 2008 0 3 2 4 C X T3 TECH READ SECTION ONE, UM, IS RECOMMENDED ON CONSENT AND D NINE C 8 20 17 0 1 5 4 0 1 DOT TWO EIGHT INTERPORT SECTION TWO C IS ON CONSENT DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS, EXHIBIT C AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT C.
AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PLACE ITEM D ONE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, APPROVING THE RESOLUTION AS SHOWN IN OUR BACKUP.
COMMISSIONER HE'S ON ANDREW RIVERA.
IF WE COULD, JUST TO NOTE FOR B2 AND B3 THAT HIS APPROVAL OF G R C O YES.
APPROVED ERCO FOR THOSE TWO ITEMS, THEIR MOTION.
DID I STUMP YOU ASK MR. GREENBERG.
UM, IS THERE A SECOND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER? DINKLER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF IT.
OH, LET ME READ IT ONE MORE TIME.
DO I NEED TO, SO THAT'S B ONE B2, B3, B FIVE B6
IF I CAN ON ITEM D ONE, I NEED TO BE SHOWN A POSE TO THAT.
UM, WE HAVE A MEMO FROM OUR ATTORNEY AND WE'RE CITY OFFICIALS, AND WE SHOULD TAKE THAT WITH A LOT OF WEIGHT.
WHEN OUR CITY ATTORNEY TELLS US THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON AND NOT SIMPLY SAY THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO COVER SOMETHING UP.
UM, WE SHOULDN'T BE SOLICITING ADVICE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ATTORNEYS ON THE LOBBY OUT HERE ASKING PEOPLE'S OPINION ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, THE CONSTRUCTION THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOING RIGHT NOW, THE CLEARING IS WITH AN APPROVED PERMIT.
THEY HAD A CLEARING PERMIT THAT'S BEEN APPROVED AND WRITTEN BY STAFF.
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UM, SO IN MY MIND, THEY'RE DOING NOTHING WRONG AND SO I'M GONNA BE OPPOSED TO ITEM D ONE.AND, AND CHAIR, I UNDERSTOOD COMMISSIONER SMITH WAS REPORTING TO D ONE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE QUESTION.
THAT WAS UNANIMOUS EXCEPT FOR COMMISSIONER SMITH.
[B4. Zoning: C14-2021-0187 - Menchaca Road - Calvo; District 5]
BEFORE AND WE'LL BE HEARING FROM MS. RHODES.GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER COMMISSION MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS WENDY RHODES WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THIS, UH, REZONING OR THIS ZONING CASE IS CONSISTS OF A PLANTED LOT.
THAT'S LOCATED AT THE SOUTH CORNER OF MANSHACK ROAD AND CASA GARCIAS ROAD.
UH, CASA GARCIA IS, IS A, UH, PRIVATELY MAINTAINED.
I DO NEED TO CORRECT THIS IN THE BACKUP AT PRIVATELY MAINTAINED PUBLIC ROAD DEDICATION, WHICH CONTINUES AS A 50 FOOT X ACCESS EASEMENTS AND FUNCTIONS AS A PRO PUBLIC DRIVEWAY AND INTERSECTS WITH MANSHACK FOR ZONING PURPOSES.
THIS IS THE LAW IS DIVIDED INTO TWO TRACKS.
THERE IS AN EXISTING, UH, 4,000 APPROXIMATELY SQUARE FOOT TO FOOT TO FOOT OFFICE BUILDING ON TRACT ONE.
AND THERE ARE, UH, SEVERAL, UH, WAREHOUSES AND PORTABLE BUILDINGS ON TRACK TO TRACK.
TWO IS FORMALLY, UM, USED AS A PRIVATE PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES KNOWN AS JACKIE'S GYMNASTICS, UH, THE PROPERTY AND THE ADJACENT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, UH, EXTENDING TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH WERE ANNEXED IN DECEMBER OF 2016 AND ASSIGNED INTERIM RURAL RESIDENTS AT THAT TIME, UH, THERE WAS AN APPROVED, UH, SITE PLAN FOR THE JACKIE'S GYMNASTICS, UH, WAREHOUSE BUILDING THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 11,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CREATE TWO TRACKS WITH CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS APPLICABLE TO EACH TRACT AND PROHIBITING MORE INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL USES TRACKED.
ONE IS PROPOSED FOR COMMERCIAL LIQUOR SALES.
THE INTENT IS TO CON CONVERT THE BUILDING AND AN OUTSIDE SEATING AREA, UM, FOR A COCKTAIL LOUNGE.
AND AS, AS INFORMATION AT COCKTAIL LOUNGE IS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THIS
SO THERE WOULD BE A CUP THAT WOULD RETURN FOR REVIEW BY THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION TRACK.
TWO COVERS THE WAREHOUSE BUILDING AND IS PROPOSED FOR CSI ZONING.
THIS IS MANSHACK ROAD IS PRIMARILY COMMERCIAL AND THE STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE ZONING REQUEST IS APPROPRIATE IN TERMS OF ITS LOCATION ON AN ARTERIAL ROADWAY.
UH, THE QUESTION ARE, AFTER THIS CASE WAS FILED, THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT EXISTING COCKTAIL LOUNGES IN THE AREA.
THOSE ARE, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS WHERE THERE IS NOT ZONING.
SO THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO ZONING OR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCESS.
UM, THE CLOSEST COCKTAIL LOUNGE IS ABOUT HALF A MILE OR 0.6 OF A MILE TO THE SOUTH.
UH, THE, SO THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR CS ONE FOR TRACK TWO AND CS CEO FOR ATTRACT CS ONE CEO FOR TRACT ONE.
AND CSCO FOR TRACK TWO WITH, UM, CONDITIONAL OVERLAY FOR PROHIBIT ELLIS TO PROHIBITED USES.
UH, THE APPLICANT DID MEET VIRTUALLY WITH THE CANTERBURY TRAILS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE, UM, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT, AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT.
NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT, MR. WEIGHTLIFTER, MR. WILDLIFE, YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES.
MY NAME'S JIM WEIGHTLIFT, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ANTONIO CALVO.
WHO'S THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, I WANT TO, UH, CORRECT ONE SMALL THING THAT WENDY HAD SAID, UH, I DID NOT MEET VIRTUALLY WITH THE CANTERBURY TRAIL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I MET IN PERSON WITH THEM, ALTHOUGH THEY DID HAVE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE THAT WERE ONLINE THAT WERE VIRTUAL, BUT IT WAS AN IN-PERSON MEETING.
AND WHEN I LEFT THE MEETING, EVERYONE THAT WAS THERE IN PERSON WAS OKAY WITH WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH
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THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT, UH, I'M SORRY, WITH, WITH THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY THAT, UH, STAFF HAS PROPOSED, UH, I KNOW THERE WAS ONE PERSON ONLINE WHO SAID HE'S NOT REALLY BEING CLEAR ABOUT ANYTHING.HE'S KIND OF HEMMING AND HAWING ON AND NOT PROMISING ANYTHING.
BUT I MEAN, I, I WAS HONEST AND FORTHRIGHT.
UM, COULD YOU, COULD YOU, UH, OKAY, WELL, I'LL S I'LL START WITH THIS.
SO I'LL, I'LL START WITH THE EMAIL THAT WAS IN YOUR BACKUP FROM MR. LANNY ARELLANO ON BEHALF OF CASA GARCIAS.
AND I WANT TO ADDRESS HIS COMMENTS.
UH, SO THIS IS THE SUBDIVISION PLAT, AND I KNOW IT'S REALLY HARD TO READ THERE, BUT I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU WHAT IT SAYS IN THE LITTLE PINK BOX THERE.
THE UNDERLYING LINE SAYS A 450, 50 FEET BY 450 FEET DEDICATED PUBLIC ROAD.
SO HE SAID THE WHOLE THING IS PRIVATELY MAINTAINED.
IT'S NOT THE FIRST 450 FEET AS A PUBLIC ROAD AND EVERYTHING BEHIND THAT IS INDEED AN EASEMENT.
SO HERE'S THE EASEMENT AGAIN, I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS, BUT THE PINK BOX ON THE BOTTOM, THIS IS A COPY OF THE EASEMENT DOCUMENT FROM MR. KELVIN'S CLOSING DOCUMENTS.
IT SAYS IS HEREBY ACCEPTED AND RESERVED ONTO GRANTOR HIS HEIRS AND ASSIGNS THE FREE AND UNINTERRUPTED USE AN EASEMENT OF PASSING IN ALONG THE CERTAIN PASSAGEWAY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
SO THAT IS THE ACCESS EASEMENT THAT HE TALKS ABOUT.
NOW IN HIS EMAIL TO YOU, HE SAYS, WHILE THERE IS AN ACCESS EASEMENT IT'S INTENDED FOR A SMALLER AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
I DIDN'T READ THAT ANYWHERE IN THE DOCUMENTS I FOUND THE WEAR AND TEAR OF THE PROPOSED USE WOULD CAUSE US TO INCUR ADDITIONAL EXPENSES AND MAINTENANCE.
OUR CURRENT TENANTS PARTICIPATE IN THE MAINTENANCE EXPENSES AS PART OF THEIR LEASE WITH US.
WE FEEL GRANTING THIS PROPOSED USE WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT US.
I AGREE WITH THIS LAST STATEMENT, BUT HERE'S WHY NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
COULD I SEE THE NEXT SLIDE? COULD YOU BACK UP BECAUSE THERE SHOULD BE MORE THERE, THERE WAS MORE THERE'S THERE'S SOME PICTURES THERE OF, UH, VALENTINO'S.
SO ON THE CASA GARCIA, THIS PROPERTY IS VALENTINE AS BARBECUE RESTAURANT.
SO HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF IT.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THREE SMOKER TRUCKS.
AND THE NEXT ONE, AND THIS IS THE ONE LOOK AT, LOOK AT HERE.
THIS IS RIGHT OFF THEIR WEBSITE LINE UP THIS WAY.
SO THEY HAVE 20 PARKING SPACES ON THEIR SITE.
THEY USE THAT WHOLE ACCESS EASEMENT.
THEY PROBABLY PUT 60 OR 80 CARS IN THERE AT A TIME, ACCORDING TO MR. KELVIL.
SO I THINK WHAT THEIR CONCERN IS IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AWAY THE PARKING ON THEIR X S EASEMENT, WHICH IS OUR ACCESS EASEMENT AS WELL.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE CITY AND DOING A SITE PLAN IN THE CITY, WE'RE REQUIRED FOR A COCKTAIL LOUNGE TO SHOW THE PARKING ONSITE, NOT IN AN ACCESS.
HE HAS BEEN PUT ONSITE AND WE HAVE 91 SPACES.
SO I, I THINK THAT THEIR ARGUMENT IS NOT RE REALISTIC.
FURTHERMORE, I ASKED MR. CALVO IF HE PARTICIPATES IN THE, IN THE COST OF MAINTENANCE FOR THIS EASEMENT, AND HE SAID HE WOULD, IF THEY EVER DO ANY WORK AND THEY SEND HIM AN INVOICE, HE SAID, HE'LL HAPPILY PAY HIS SHARE.
SO I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S AN, THAT'S AN OFFICIAL AGREEMENT.
HE, UH, MR. ARIANO SAID IT WAS IN THEIR LEASE WITH THEIR TENANTS, BUT MR. KELVIL, I THINK WILL GO ON RECORD WITH THEM AND SAY, AND HE'LL SHARE THE COST OF MAINTENANCE.
SO I THINK IT'S A BIT OF A RED HERRING THAT THEY DON'T WANT THIS.
THEN THEY TALK ABOUT, UH, CAN YOU DO THE NEXT SLIDE? THERE SHOULD BE.
THERE SHOULD BE A COUPLE MORE.
THIS IS FLIPPED THE WRONG WAY.
UM, SO IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THE BLACK BUILDING, YOU SEE THAT'S THE, THE BUILDING THAT WE WENT TO, UM, A ZONE FOR A COCKTAIL LAUNCH.
AND I'M SORRY, THESE ARE TURNED.
THERE'S A PICTURE OF THE BACK HALF OF THAT BUILDING AND THE NEXT ONE, HERE'S A, UH, OKAY.
AND HERE'S THE BACK HALF OF THE BUILDING.
AND THE UPSTAIRS IS PRIMARILY GONNA BE OFFICE IS STORAGE.
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IS AN OFFICE BUILDING CUT UP INTO A NUMBER OF ROOMS. IT'S NOT ONE BIG SPACE.IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A DANCE HALL.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE LIVE MUSIC IN THERE.
OR IF IT IS, IT'LL BE SOME LITTLE ACOUSTIC GROUP OR SOMETHING, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY DON'T HAVE A BIG AREA IN THERE.
IT'S, IT'S A NUMBER OF SMALLER ROOMS AND IT'S MEANT TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD BAR AND RESTAURANT COMBINATION.
THAT'S THAT'S THE INTENT HERE? UH, COULD I SEE THE NEXT SLIDE? OKAY.
SO THIS IS, UH, HE, HE TALKS IN HERE ABOUT HIS CONCERN WITH THE EXISTING BUILDING, WHICH IS, UH, ON MR. CALVOS PROPERTY.
UH, WHAT IT IS IS AN 800 SQUARE FOOT SCHOOL HOUSE THAT WAS MOVED HERE.
ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, EXTRA BUILDINGS THAT THE AISD USED TO USE, IT'S 800 SQUARE FEET.
IT'S GOT 20 MACHINES AND THAT IT'S NOT OPEN ALL THE TIME.
AS YOU CAN SEE, MONDAY THROUGH, I'LL FINISH ONE SECOND, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, IT'S 12:00 PM TO 4:00 AM, FRIDAY, IT'S 12 TO 12 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
IT IS 24 HOURS, BUT IT'S IT'S GAMING PLACE.
NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM JOAN ESCROW BELL ON THE TELECONFERENCE, UH, ESCOBAR, IF YOU'LL SELECT STAR SIX AND PROCEEDED WITH YOUR REMARKS, JOAN, AS YOU'RE STILL MUTED.
IF YOU'LL SELECT STAR SIX AND I'M A HOMEOWNER NEAR 11 5 30 AND CHOCOLATE ROAD, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
TONIGHT, I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION OF THE ZONING OR REZONING OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UM, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL REASONS WHY, UM, IF STAFF COULD BRING UP THE DOCUMENT THAT I HAD TITLED ALCOHOL SALES, I WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT FIRST.
UM, BASICALLY WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER BAR OR COCKTAIL LOUNGE ALONG THE MINT CHOCOLATE ROAD.
THE STAFF REPORT CORRECTLY SPACED THERE, SEVERAL COCKTAIL LOUNGES ALONG THE CHECKER ROAD BETWEEN SLAUGHTER AND FM 16, 26 ARE ALL LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
THESE PROPERTIES ARE ALL ON LEAD DAY AND ADJACENT TO THE CITY LIMITS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I KNOW IT'S KINDA SMALL, BUT THE ICON SHOW THAT THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER TO THE NORTH WEST OF THE SPOTTER AND A COUPLE FAULTS OF THE CITY LIMITS THERE.
UM, AND TALK, I HAD EIGHT COCKTAIL LOUNGE AS FAR AS RESTAURANTS THAT SERVE ALCOHOL AND FIVE GAS STATIONS THAT SELL ALCOHOL.
THE NEAREST COCKTAIL LOUNGE IS 0.6 MILES TO THE SOUTH.
THE NEAREST RESTAURANT SERVING ALCOHOL IS VALENTINO'S, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
WE DO NOT NEED COCKTAIL LOUNGES OR BARS CLOSER TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THERE ARE ALREADY AN ABUNDANCE OF OPTIONS.
ADDITIONAL LIQUOR SALES ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE SECOND REASON YOU COULD GO TO THE OTHER DOCUMENT I HAD SOLD, UM, THAT THE DOCUMENT THAT I HAD GONE TO SPEAK TO INCREASE TRAFFIC RISK, THE STAFF REPORT INDICATES A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS NOT REQUIRED.
IT SHOULD BE IN CHOCOLATE BETWEEN THE DOCUMENT WHEN IT PULLS UP, WILL SHOW EVEN SMALLER PORTION OF IN CHOCOLATE, BETWEEN REAGAN'S CROFT AND FREIGHT BARKER AND CHOCOLATE BETWEEN GRAHAM SCRAPS AND PAID BARKERS AND EXPANDED TO INCLUDE TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, THE CENTER TURN LANE CURBS AND GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS.
IN ADDITION TO THE OBSTRUCTED VIEWS FROM CONCRETE, AND I'LL HAVE THESE BARRIERS ALONG PORTION OF THE EAST SIDE OF AND CHAKA.
THERE ARE TOO MANY DRIVEWAYS ONTO SHAKA ROAD.
THERE ARE 14 DRIVEWAYS ON THE WEST SIDE AND 10 ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND THAT'S FOR A LESS THAN ONE MILE STRETCHES AND SHAKA, NONE OF THE 24 ROAD OR NONE OF THE 24 DRIVEWAYS HAVE PROTECTED TURN POINTS.
WHEN DACA, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN PARTICULAR HAS THREE DRIVEWAYS
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DIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE DEVIN CHOCOLATE ROAD, AS WELL AS ACCESS BY CASA GARCIA'S ROAD.OVERALL, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS FOUR POINTS OF ACCESS IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER, ALL HAVE UNPROTECTED MEANING NO TRAFFIC SIGNAL ONTO MINT CHOCOLATE ROAD.
WHY DOES THIS SITE NEED THIS MANY ACCESS POINTS? THE EXCESS OF UNPROTECTED EXITS ONTO THE CHAKA IS ALREADY A CONCERN IN THE AREA.
THERE ARE FREQUENT ACCIDENTS, EVEN MORE NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS, SORRY.
UM, I LEAVE TAPPING AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY ON BOTH WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS.
CAN YOU JUST GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL? THIS IS CLOSE TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, THE TRAFFIC ASSOCIATED WITH THE COCKTAIL PART INCREASES THE RISK, WHETHER DRIVERS, CYCLISTS, AND PEDESTRIANS, I URGE YOU NOT TO MAKE, SORRY.
I URGE YOU NOT TO MAKE BEEN CHAKA.
THE THIRD REASON IS POTENTIAL INCREASED NOISE IMPACT THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOODS, CONDOS AND APARTMENTS, NOT DIRECTLY A BASEMENT, BUT VERY CLOSE BY, WITHIN LESS THAN 500 FEET NOISE TRAVELED.
WE ALREADY HEAR MUSIC FROM ESTABLISHMENT FURTHER AWAY ON FM 16, 26.
SO WE ALL OBVIOUSLY HAVE MORE NOISE FROM A COCKTAIL LOUNGE BAR THAT IS LOCATED LESS THAN 500 FEET FROM OUR RESIDENTS PROPERTY.
UH, THERE'S ALSO A LACK OF EFFICIENT PARKING.
THE COCKTAIL LOUNGE IS ALL TO THE NORTH, HAD PARKING, WHICH LED TO PARKING ON THE CURB AND ALONG THE CHOCOLATE ROAD.
PARKING IS NOW PROHIBITED IN THAT AREA BECAUSE OF INCREASED ACCIDENTS.
VALENTINA HAS ALREADY USED A LOT.
UTILIZES CUSTOMER SEE IS ROAD FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING, AS ALREADY MENTIONED, UM, ADDITION OF ANOTHER COCKTAIL LOUNGE OR BAR, AND THE LACK OF SUFFICIENT ONSITE PARKING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN PEOPLE PARKING ON NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS AND WALKING TO THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS INCREASES THE RISK OF
IN ADDITION TO THESE REASONS, I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE STAFF REPORT.
COMMUNITY REGISTRY IS MISSING NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATES IN THE NAME OF FEW OLYMPIC HEIGHTS, OAK CREST AND CANTERBURY TRAILS.
WELL, SOME HUNTERS, HOMEOWNERS LIKE MYSELF RECEIVED NOTIFICATION.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS DID NOT.
STAFF REPORT MENTIONED BASKET MET WITH THE CANTERBURY TRAIL NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH HE DID THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS HEARD ABOUT POSSIBLE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY TO PROHIBITED CERTAIN USES.
IN MY OPINION, THE APPLICANT LIKELY DID NOT INTEND TO DEVELOP BOTH PIECES.
SO IT'S NOT MUCH OF A CONCESSION, UM, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO DID A SURVEY OF THE COMMUNITY AND DID NOT SHARE THE RESULTS WHETHER OR NOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS IN SUPPORT OR AGAINST THE REASON.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU DENY RESA OR AT LEAST PLACED ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS REDUCED ACCESS TO MACHACA CHOCOLATE ROAD, NOISE RESTRICTIONS, AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS.
I ALSO URGE APPLICANT AND CITY STAFF TO CONTACT THE AREA NAMED HOMEOWNERS NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONDOS.
THAT'S A PLACE NEW SPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
YOU WILL NOT HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT FOR THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
UM, SO THE, THE CONDITIONAL THAT WE AGREED TO IS NO OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT, NO OUTDOOR MUSIC.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE THINGS WE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE, BUT OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE, WE DELETED THEM.
SO IT'S A, IT'S AN INSIDE BAR, UH, THE, UH, SPEAKER WHO JUST SPOKE, UH, VERY EMOTIONALLY.
YOU KNOW, THAT AREA IS VERY BUSY DOWN THERE, BUT WE DO HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING MORE THAN ADEQUATE PARKING.
WE HAVE 91 SPACES ON SITE, NOT USING CASA GARCIA, EXCESS EASEMENT, NOT USING ANYTHING ELSE, 91 PARKING SPACES ON SITE.
SO WE HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING, UH, AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD MORE PARKING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE LAND TOWARDS THE REAR.
IF WE NEED MORE, WE CAN BUILD MORE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT, UH, I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS A TYPE OF A, YEAH, IT'S A COCKTAIL LOUNGE, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD BAR TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT.
AND THE FOLKS THAT I MET WITH AT CANTERBURY TRAILS, ONCE AGAIN, NOBODY THAT WAS IN, IN ATTENDANCE, THERE
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HAD ANY ISSUE WITH IT.I KNOW THEY DIDN'T TAKE AN OFFICIAL VOTE, BUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO SAID, HEY, I'M OKAY WITH IT.
AND SOME OF THEM REALLY LIKED THE IDEA.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE PARKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS, STREETS, AND WALKING ACROSS MAN CHECK TO GET THERE.
THERE'LL BE ADEQUATE PARKING ON SITE.
THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE A REALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION OTHERWISE.
UH, SO I, I, I MEAN, WE'VE ADDRESSED ALL THESE ISSUES PROACTIVELY NOT REACTIVELY.
AND I AM ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT OUR REQUESTS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED BY COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER SMITH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER STERN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I DON'T SEE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UM, THE SITE PLAN, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD TRIGGER THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION.
UH, THE COCKTAIL LOUNGE THAT IS PROPOSED WILL, WILL TRIGGER THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION.
SO IF WE APPROVE THIS, THE SITE PLAN WILL COME BACK TO US AND IT'LL HAVE ALL THE ITEMS ADDRESS SOME TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO FORTH.
THERE, THERE WOULD BE A SITE CONDITIONAL USE SITE PLAN APPLICATION THAT IS REVIEWED, HAS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, ACCESS AND CIRCULATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COLLINS, MICHELLE GREENBERG.
IT SEEMS LIKE OVER ZONED, UM, THE CS AND CS ONE, A NEIGHBORHOOD BAR DOESN'T REQUIRE
UM, YOU CAN HAVE A RESTAURANT THAT SERVES ALCOHOL CS.
ONE IS FOR SITUATIONS THAT ARE REAL BARS THAT SERVE HAVE MORE RECEIPTS FROM ALCOHOL THAN FROM FOOD.
UM, WHICH TO ME ISN'T REALLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD BAR TYPE THING.
THAT'S THE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'LL OFTEN BE OPEN UNTIL 2:00 AM AND AFTER PEOPLE LEAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT LIKE THAT, IT'S NOT GENERALLY QUIET.
UM, THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS THE, THE TRACK TWO, WHICH IS QUITE LARGE FOR CS.
THE ONLY OTHER CS THAT I SEE IN THE ZONING MAP IS ONE LIQUOR STORE AND ONE THERE'S TWO AND ONE THAT'S CS AND ONE THAT'S
AND I WONDER WHETHER WLO SINCE THE USE IS SUPPOSED TO BE WAREHOUSE, WHETHER WLO WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE IN THIS PARTICULAR, UM, LOCATION FOR SUCH A LARGE PROPERTY AND GR WOULD BE FINE FOR THE SITE WHERE YOU WANT TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD BAR, BECAUSE YOU CAN STILL SERVE LIQUOR.
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S OBJECTIONS TO THE CS, ONE ZONING, UM, WITHOUT REALIZATION LIKE EVEN THE MAP THAT SHOWED ALL THE OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS THAT SERVE ALCOHOL, THEY'RE LIKELY NOT SEE US.
ONE OF COURSE, SOME OF THEM ARE ETJ, SO THEY'RE DEFINITELY NAZI CS WORN.
BUT, UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S KIND OF MY POINT OF VIEW THAT THE RECOMMENDED ZONING IS A LOT AND EVEN THE
MAYBE ONE MORE THING IS THERE ARE A LOT OF ACCIDENTS.
IF YOU GO TO VISION ZERO, YOU CAN SEE THE ACCIDENTS ON THAT STREET, INCLUDING THE FATAL ONES WITH THE RED DOTS, THEY DID JUST COMPLETE A COMPLETE REDO OF THAT WHOLE ROADWAY.
IT IS JUST UP, UP IN THE LAST PUBLIC, 30 DAYS OF A FOUR LANE ROADWAY WITH BIKE LANES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CENTER LANE.
I RODE MY BIKE DOWN YESTERDAY AND IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
SO I'M NOT SAYING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT TH THAT THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS HAVE DONE
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A LOT OF GOOD.CAN THEY SELL ALCOHOL IN A RESTAURANT? WHAT ARE THE ZONING I'M SEEING? CSOC HAS ONE THERE'S CONDITIONAL, BUT IS THERE A LOWER ZONING THAT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO DO ALCOHOL SALES IN A RESTAURANT? UH, YES, IT WOULD BE THE LR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DOES, DOES ALLOW FOR RESTAURANT USES WITH A SIZE LIMITATION OF 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
IT IS THAT SIZE LIMITATION DOES NOT APPLY IN THAT GR COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ZONING.
HOWEVER, ALCOHOL SALES MUST BE LESS THAN A 50% OF THE GROSS RECEIPTS.
UM, I'M WONDERING IF WE ARE WE'RE QUESTIONING WHETHER, SO I HEARD COMMISSIONER GREENBERG QUESTION, WHETHER THE ZONING WAS APPROPRIATE AND IF WE NEEDED TO ZONE SOMETHING, SHE SUGGESTED WLO, WHICH I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS.
CAUSE I, YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT A MAP THAT SHOWS A WLO WITH A CONDITIONAL OVERLAND.
UM, I MIGHT COMMENT ON WHERE I AM AT ON THIS.
I'M PROBABLY OKAY WITH THE CS ONE, JUST BECAUSE THE BACKUP WAS INDICATING IT'S 0.6 MILES AWAY, UH, FOR A COCKTAIL LOUNGE.
UH, THIS IS INDOOR, UH, MR. WHITLOAF AGREED TO NO OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT, OUTDOOR SPORTS.
THOSE ARE WORD, THE NOISE ISSUES COME IN.
UH, WE CAN ADDRESS HOURS AS PART OF THE CONDITIONAL USE SITE PLAN PROCESS.
I HAVE TO ADMIT, I DO HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE CS FOR THE ALMOST FIVE ACRE LOT.
UM, WHEN THE STATE OF PURPOSE IS FOR WAREHOUSE ELO, I LOOKED UP WAREHOUSE, HELLO, IT'S ONE STORY.
IT NEEDS ONE STORY, A HUNDRED FEET, WHICH IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A A HUNDRED FEET, UM, WITH, ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY.
AND SO I'M LIKE, WHY AREN'T WE GOING WITH W L ON THAT TRACT? UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M HEADING.
UM, THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YES, YES.
AND TO HEAR HIM AS INFORMATION, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT WLO HAS, UH, THE WLR ZONING DISTRICT HAS A 25 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT, AS I RECALL, AND IT HAS A 25 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT.
AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THE WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY EXCEED THAT BASED ON VIEWING THEM, BUT I NEED THE APPLICANT TO CONFIRM I'LL ALSO THE, UM, JACKIE'S GYMNASTICS, UM, IS A TWO-STORY BUILDING OR W WHERE JACKIE GYMNASTICS WAS HOUSE WAS, IT IS A TWO-STORY BUILDING.
BUT THE TWO STORY BUILDING IS IN, UM, TRACK ONE, CORRECT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ON JACKIE'S GYMNASTICS.
AND IT WAS, I THINK THAT WAS AN OFFICE BUILDING FOR THE SCHOOL, BUT THE ACTUAL SCHOOL WAS ON TRACK TO THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? TH THE, THE FRONT WAREHOUSE WHERE JACKIE'S GYMNASTICS IS LOCATED, THE LARGE BUILDING, THAT'S A TWO STORY BUILDING.
IF I HAD TO GUESS IT'S WAY HIGHER THAN 25.
IT'S PROBABLY, I'D SAY TO THE MID POINT OF THE HIP ROOF, I'D SAY IT'S 40, IT'S A TALL BUILDING.
UM, JUST TO GET THINGS MOVING, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
UH, I THINK HAVING A CUP ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT THEY HAD TO COME BACK, IT GETS ME A LONG WAYS DOWN THAT PATH, BUT I'LL, I'LL, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER KING.
UM, I DO SHARE THE CONCERN ABOUT HAVING A COCKTAIL
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LOUNGE HERE, GIVEN ALL THE CRASHES AND ALONG THAT SEGMENT OF MANCHESTER ROAD.AND SO I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND SO I DO WONDER TOO ABOUT THE NOISE, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO BE INDOORS, BUT, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE SEE THAT PATIOS ARE BUILT ON, AND THEN YOU HAVE OUTDOOR MUSIC.
SO CAN THE APPLICANT PLEASE ADDRESS THAT? WHAT ARE THE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT OUTDOOR IS PROHIBITED, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST WORRY THAT WE TAKE THIS FIRST STEP AND IF WE APPROVE
I UNDERSTAND, BUT IN A WAY WE'RE KIND OF SENDING A SIGNAL THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS FIRST STEP.
SO I'M, I'M A LITTLE WORRIED AND CAN, CAN THE APPLICANT APPLICANT PLEASE SPEAK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NOISE IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT, UH, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD? YES.
COMMISSIONER KING, UM, THAT WE ARE PROHIBITING OUTDOOR MUSIC AND OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT.
UM, NO PATIO MUSIC, IF THERE'S A BAND, IT WILL BE INSIDE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, UH, UH, A BIG, A BIG DEAL.
IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE A SMALLER, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE ACOUSTIC SINGERS OR SMALL GROUPS, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA BE, UM, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WHAT YOU'D HAVE AT THE BROKEN SPOKE, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, I WILL SAY THIS, UM, I WOULD EXPECT THAT YOU'LL MAKE SURE ALL THE BOXES ARE CHECKED, THAT IT MEETS TRAFFIC, ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPING, IMPERVIOUS COVER ON AND ON AND ON ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND OF COURSE, WHEN WE COME IN FOR A SITE PLAN, UH, IT'S ALSO KNOWN THAT, UH, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS THE RIGHT TO BRING NON-COMPLIANT DRIVEWAYS INTO COMPLIANCE.
SO THEY MAY FORCE US TO CLOSE THE DRIVEWAY ACCESS ONTO MANCHESTER ROAD, AND THAT WOULD SHUT OFF ONE MORE DRIVEWAY.
SO, UM, AND IF, IF IT DOESN'T MEET ALL THE THINGS, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE ADEQUATE PARKING, I WOULD EXPECT THE COMMISSION TO DENY THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST.
THAT'D BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
AND WHILE YOU'RE THERE, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
AND THEN THE ACCESS FROM THE COCKTAIL LOUNGE IS WHERE THAT GOING TO BE ONTO MANCHAC ROAD OR SOLELY, OR HOW, WHAT KIND OF ACCESS WILL THERE BE FROM THE COCKTAIL LOUNGE? THERE ARE SEVERAL PARKING AREAS.
THERE'S A, I'LL CALL IT THE PARKING IN FRONT OF JACKIE'S DANCE STUDIO, WHICH, UH, DURING THE EVENING THAT'LL BE A SHARED PARKING AREA.
AND SOME PARKING IN FRONT OF THE COCKTAIL LOUNGE THAT WOULD BE EXCESS CURRENTLY FROM A DRIVEWAY OFF OF MANCHESTER ROAD THAT EXISTS.
THERE'S TWO DRIVEWAYS THERE OFF MAN, CHECK THAT.
AS I SAID, AUSTIN, TRANSPORTATION MAY SHUT DOWN.
ONE OF THEM AT THE SITE PLAN STAGE, THE OTHER PARKING WOULD ALL BE ACCESSED OFF CASA GARCIA DRIVE AND ACCESS WAY.
THERE'S, THERE'S PARKING ALL, ALL DOWN THE SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND SO THERE'S NO, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU ADDRESSED THIS EARLIER.
NO, NO, ONE'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, THEY WON'T BE ALLOWED TO PARK ON THE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE RIGHT OF WAY ON GARTH, CASA GARCIA ROAD THERE, THAT, THAT, AND IT IS A SUBSTANDARD ROAD AND THAT CONCERNS ME IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE DRIVING DOWN THAT ROAD TO PARK AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THEIR CAR AND LEAVING, UH, TO GET ONTO MANCHESTER FROM CASA GARCIA.
AND IN FACT, UH, WHEN I WENT OUT THERE THE FIRST TIME AND MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, I EXPRESSED THE CONCERN THAT, UH, CASA GARCIA PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE RED FIRE LANES STRIPING DOWN BOTH SIDES, BECAUSE IF THERE EVER IS A FIRE IN THE BACK AND THERE'S CARS PARKED ON BOTH SIDES, IT'S GONNA IMPINGE ON, ON THE ABILITY OF, UH, FIRE EQUIPMENT TO GET BACK THERE.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT HAVE TO ADDRESS.
AND MY FINAL QUESTION TO YOU ABOUT THIS IS THAT YOU SAID YOU HAD MENTIONED A SHARED PARKING.
IS THAT GOING TO BE, IS THAT PARKING GOING TO BE ON THIS SIDE OR, OR JUST, JUST ADJACENT TO THIS SITE AND HOW WILL PEOPLE BE WALKING FROM THAT CHAIR THAT SHARED PARKING AREA ACROSS THE STREET TO THIS SITE? NO, THERE'LL BE NO CROSSING THE STREET.
THE 91 SPACES THAT I, I REFERRED TO A SHARED PARKING ARE ALL ON THIS PROPERTY.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.
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YOU ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.AND, UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF TO JUST CLARIFY.
UH, SO, UH, IF WE APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION HERE, THEN IT WAS BASED ON LIMITED WAREHOUSE, NOT GENERAL WAREHOUSE.
IS THAT OKAY? IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
THE, THE GENERAL WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION IS FIRST A LOT IN THE LOI DISTRICT.
SO, SO, AND I UNDERSTAND, I JUST WANT TO GET THAT CLARIFIED.
I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL YOUR STAFF TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIMITED WAREHOUSE ALLOWED.
SO LIMITED WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION IS ALLOWED AND THE CS DISTRICT GENERAL WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION IS NOT OKAY.
AND, AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN SEE THAT THERE'S ALREADY, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE SOME WAREHOUSING OR SOME BUILDINGS, RIGHT.
I JUST WORRY ABOUT BIG TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT, AND THE TRAFFIC AND THE NOISE.
SO IS THAT, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT OR WILL 18 WHEELERS BE ALLOWED TO GET IN DRIVE INTO THIS SIDE AND BACK OUT ONTO MANCHESTER? IT, SINCE IT WOULD BECOME A LIMITED WAREHOUSE USE? I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY ACCESS RESTRICTIONS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THIS PROPERTY FROM MANCHESTER.
I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE PROBABLY 18 WHEELERS THAT ARE ACCESSING THE ADJACENT USES RIGHT NOW.
AND STEP, THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION ABOUT THE AGENT OF CHANGE.
THE CHANGE POLICY APPLIES TO THIS SITE AND THAT THAT POLICY IS ABOUT REGARDING, YOU KNOW, COCKTAIL LOUNGES OR LA OR BUSINESSES WITH SOUND NOISE AMPLIFICATION, UH, WHO HAD WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MITIGATING THAT SOUND, IS THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE, WERE THERE FIRST, OR THE FOLKS THAT COME LATER, THE BUSINESSES THAT COME, HOW DOES THAT WORK HERE IN THIS SITE? I, I'M NOT SURE.
SO THE CITY HAS AN AGENT OF CHANGE POLICIES, SO THAT IF, UH, IF A BUSINESS COMES IN, THAT'S GOING TO GENERATE NOISE THAT COULD BE, COULD AFFECTED JASON, UH, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES OR PROPERTIES, THEN THAT BUSINESS COMING IN HAS TO MITIGATE THE SOUND.
IT'S NOT UP TO THOSE, BUT IF THE BUSINESS HAD ALREADY BEEN THERE, UH, AND, AND, AND ALLOWED TO OPERATE, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO MITIGATE.
IT WOULD BE, HAVE TO BE THE RESIDENTS MOVING IN LATER ON WHOEVER GOT THERE.
FIRST, THEY SORT OF WHEN THE, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO MITIGATE THE FOLKS THAT COME LATER WOULD HAVE TO MITIGATE.
THAT'S MY SIMPLE INTERPRETATION OF THAT POLICY.
I, I I'D HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO KNOW MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND I BELIEVE SINCE THIS IS A, IT SOUNDS LIKE ONE, UH, YOU KNOW, FIRST COCKTAIL LOUNGE AROUND AT LEAST SIX TENTHS OF A MILE AWAY, THAT IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MITIGATE THE SOUND SO THAT IF THEY DO CREATE SOUND THAT THEY HAVE A SOUNDPROOF OR WHATEVER MITIGATION THEY HAVE, SO IT DOESN'T BLEED OVER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I HOPE THAT WHEN HE COMES BACK WITH A CUP, WE CAN HAVE THAT, UH, THAT QUESTION ADDRESSED FOR, FOR THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I RECALL DRIVING AROUND THERE WHEN WE HAD ANOTHER CASE, CAUSE I SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER THE MOON TOWER AND A NUMBER OF BARS THERE.
AND ALSO RESEARCH THAT I DID AT THE TIME SHOWED THAT THERE REALLY WASN'T THAT MANY, THERE WEREN'T THAT MANY CS ONES.
UM, SO I AM INCLINED NOT TO SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE I CAN THINK OF SEVERAL BARS OR WHAT PLACES WOULD THINK OF BARS THAT ACTUALLY ARE NOT ZONED
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT THE PERSON WHO SHOWED UP TO TESTIFY DID A VERY PERSUASIVE JOB.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE WE READY TO CALL THE QUESTION? YES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, WHICH IS, UM, RECOMMENDED STAFF, STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
SO IT IS STERN MYSELF, BOON AND SMITH, ALTHOUGH, OH, AND THOMPSON BACKUPS SHOULD READ THE C, C S ONE CEO AND C S C O M ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
SO THAT IS GREENBERG DINKLER AND THEN THOSE ABSTAIN O N KIELBASA AND KING.
SO WE HAVE A NO RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT'S THAT FIVE MORE THE CHAIR.
WOULD YOU MIND READING THE VOTE SCORE SO I CAN MAKE SURE TO READ SURE.
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MYSELF AND STERN AND THOMPSON.[C1. Presentation of Austin Strategic Mobility Plan Update and possible action forwarding recommendations to Council. Presenter: Dan Brooks, 512-974-6423, daniel.brooks@austintexas.gov Austin Transportation Department]
OKAY.I AM GOING TO MAKE AN EXIT, NOT FEELING WELL.
AND COMMISSIONER DINKLER IS GOING TO TAKE OVER FOR ME.
UM, OUR WE'RE LOOKING FOR A STEP PRESENTATION IS THE STAFF MEMBER IS MR. BROOKS PRESENT? UH, YES.
HELLO? CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YEAH.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE A COMMISSIONER KOSTA HAS JOINED US.
UH, I SEE EVERYONE, I'LL BE SHARING MY SCREEN A LITTLE LESS FACILE WITH WEBEX, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE, UH, AS I DO THIS CORRECTLY, UH, AND AS HOPEFULLY MY COMPUTER Y OPERATES.
UM, IT'S TELLING ME THAT I'M GOOD TO GO.
SO, UM, WE'LL ASSUME THAT IT IS NOT LIKE, UM, HI BUNNY, I, UH, MISSIONARIES.
I AM A PLANNER WITH A SYSTEM SOLVING TO BEGIN AT THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY, UH, ABOUT THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLANS ARE BEGINNING AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, UH, TO THE PLAN.
UH, IT'S A QUICK AGENDA ON, ON WHAT I'LL SPEAK ON.
I'LL GO OVER THE TIMELINE OF THIS PROCESS AND I'LL SPEND SOME TIME DISCUSSING THE ASM P ITSELF, UH, AS WELL AS WHAT IS IN THIS AMENDMENT CYCLE.
AND BEFORE GETTING TO Q AND A, AT THE END, WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, UM, TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'VE HEARD AND HOW THAT CAN BE INTERPRETED FOR THESE UPDATES.
SO WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS, UH, IN THE SUMMER OF 2021 WITH AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
UH, AND THEN, UH, IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, WE WILL BE USED TO OUR FIRST, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SURVEY REGARDING UPDATED ACE AND P UH, AMENDMENT POLICIES FOLLOWED IN MID NOVEMBER BY A RELEASE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ASM P STREET NETWORK.
WE HAD INITIALLY SLATED FOR THE STREET NETWORK AND POLICY SURVEYS TO CLOSE AT THE END OF 2021 FROM DECEMBER 31ST.
UM, BUT WE PROVIDED, UH, AN EXTENSION AFTER HEARING FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY WANTED MORE TIME TO, UH, DISCUSS THE, AND LEARN ABOUT AND STUDY THESE AMENDMENTS.
SO WE EXTENDED THE FEEDBACK PERIOD UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY.
UH, AT THE END OF JANUARY, WE CLOSED, UH, OUR FIRST ROUND OF FEEDBACK, UH, AND SPENT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY REVIEWING WHAT WE'D HEARD AND DEVELOPING UPDATED DRAFT PROPOSALS.
UH, WE'VE SPENT THIS MONTH, UH, AFTER RELEASING OUR ROUND TWO, UH, PROPOSALS ON FEBRUARY 28TH GATHERING MORE FEEDBACK PRESENTING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S APRIL NOW, THERE'S, UH, THERE WAS A HICCUP WITH US GETTING ON THE AGENDA FOR LAST WEEK, BUT, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE NOW AND WE'LL BE SPENDING, UH, THE REST OF THIS MONTH REVIEWING ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN BASED ON THE UPDATED ROUND TO AMENDMENT PROPOSALS.
AND WE WILL THEN BE, UM, PUBLISHING, UH, FINAL DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COUNCIL IN MAY.
YOU'RE TURNING TO PLANNING COMMISSION TO GET A RECOMMENDATION FROM THEM BASED ON, UH, THE CHARTER, UH, AND EARLY MAY, AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND, UH, THE REQUISITE, UH, COUNCIL MEETINGS AFTER THAT.
SO GOING INTO THE ASN P THE OSCAN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, UH, IT IS COMPOSED LARGELY OF TWO ITEMS. ONE IS THE POLICY DOCUMENT, A ROBUST, 130 OR SO POLICIES THAT DESCRIBE THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE SOME NICE BEDTIME READING FOR ANYONE WHO'S LOOKING FOR SOMETHING GOOD OR NEW.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR STREET NETWORK TABLE AND MAPS, UH, THERE A DATABASE OF ALL OF OUR STREETS, AND THEY ARE THIS
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SAME INFORMATION, JUST ONE PROVIDED TABULARLY IN THE TABLE.AND ONE PROVIDED GRAPHICALLY IN THE MAP.
THE POLICY DOCUMENT ITSELF IS THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT.
UH, IMAGINE AUSTIN, UH, IT'S OUR FIRST LOCALLY FOCUSED, COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THE, UH, IT IS THE NORTH STAR FOR THE MANY DIFFERENT, UH, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE UNDERTAKE AND OVERSEE.
UH, AND THE BIG TAKEAWAY FROM THE POLICY DOCUMENT THAT WE'VE REALLY PUSHED FORWARD IS THE 50 50 MODE SHARE WHERE AFTER, UM, OR DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ASM P WE, UH, REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR GROWTH TRAJECTORY AND OUR HISTORY OF GROWTH, THAT BY THE END OF THIS 20 YEAR PLAN IN 2039, WE WILL EFFECTIVELY DOUBLED IN SIZE AND TO MAINTAIN THE MOBILITY LEVELS THAT WE HAVE.
NOW, WE WANT TO SHIFT OUR MODE USAGES FROM WHAT IS NOW ROUGHLY THREE QUARTERS OF ALL OF US DRIVE ALONE, TO WORK BY OURSELVES, DRIVE ALONE, TO WORK IN A CAR BY OURSELVES.
AND, UH, ABOUT A QUARTER OF US TAKE ANY OTHER MODE.
AND WE WANT TO, UH, WORK ON CREATING A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT BRINGS THAT TO 50 50.
SO HALF THE PEOPLE, HALF OF OUR, OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE TAKING, UM, A CAR BY THEMSELVES TO WORK AND HALF THE PEOPLE AREN'T USING ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, UH, ALSO INCLUDES POLICIES, UH, HOSTED ACTION ITEMS, SEVERAL HUNDRED, THOSE AS WELL AS INDICATORS AND TARGETS THAT CAN BE USED TO, UM, SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING AND, AND GRADE HOW WE'RE DOING THE STREAM NETWORK, UH, VV ADOPTED.
SHE NOW HAS ABOUT A THOUSAND STREETS IN IT.
AND OVERALL IT'S A DATABASE OF STREETS, UM, THAT IDENTIFIED THE EXISTING AND FUTURE, UH, RIGHT AWAY, RIGHT AWAY CONDITIONS.
UM, THESE ARE THE ON THE GROUND TECHNICAL ASP, UH, ASPECT OF THE PLAN, AND THEY REFLECT WHAT THE ASM KEY POLICIES SAY THEMSELVES, UH, AND WHAT THE STREET NETWORK IS USED FOR IS FOR RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION.
SO, UH, WHEN THERE ARE, UH, WHEN THERE IS A FUTURE REDEVELOPED ROADWAY, UM, THE STREET NETWORK IDENTIFIES THE, UH, AMOUNT OF SPACE DESIRED IN AN IDEAL CONDITION.
UH, AND THIS IS, UH, PART OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SNOW IN THE LDC HAS DEDICATION, RIGHT? UH, ONE, ONE THING THAT HAS BECOME A PRIMARY FOCUS OF US DURING THIS PROCESS IS, IS, UM, THE DISCUSSION OF WHEN RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION IS NECESSARY.
SO THESE NUMBERS IN THE ASN P ARE NOT RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE S AND P IS FOCUSED ON IS THE STREET NETWORK IS RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION THAT IS TRIGGERED IN CERTAIN CASES, NOT ALL CASES, BUT WHEN THERE'S INTENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, NEW DEVELOPMENT, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE DO NOT, UH, TRIGGER THE PROCESS FOR RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION.
AND THAT IS SET OUT IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, UM, JUST BECAUSE, UH, THE STREET NETWORK, UH, TALKS ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND WE HAVE THIS IDEA, I THINK SOMETIMES OF, UH, MOVE THINGS COMING IN A NEW STREETS, UH, AND THAT, THAT BEING THE TIME WHEN WE SEE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THAT THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
SO THERE ARE MANY TIMES WHEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO, TO CREATE A MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR STREETS THAT EXIST NOW THAT ARE, UM, INDEPENDENT OF ANY CHANGE IN RIGHT OF WAY, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR, YOU KNOW, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR STREETS ARE NOT GOING THROUGH, UH, ANY MAJOR CHANGES OR ANY LARGE INTENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT PROCESSES.
SO, UH, GETTING INTO THIS AMENDMENT CYCLE SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS OUR FIRST LAWN WHERE WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH IT, SINCE THE ACCIDENT, HE WAS JUST ADOPTED IN APRIL, 2019.
UM, WE REALLY FOCUSED ON, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CONSIDERED MINOR CHANGES SINCE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN LESS THAN THREE YEARS SINCE THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
SO WE WEREN'T GOING THROUGH, UM, THE SAME INTENSIVE, YOU KNOW, A FOUR OR FIVE-YEAR PROCESS THAT THE ORIGINAL ASM P WENT THROUGH.
SO WE IDENTIFIED THREE NEW POLICIES TO ADD, AS WELL AS SOME REVISIONS TO, UH, ACTION ITEMS AND, AND OTHER, UM, SMALLER DISCUSSIONS IN THE POLICY DOCUMENT, AS WELL AS, ALTHOUGH IT PAINS ME TO SAY IT'S SEVERAL ERRATA AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MINOR CORRECTIONS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE TO, TO OUR WRITING, UH, THE
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GENERAL MISTAKES THAT HAPPEN OVER A 350 PAGE DOCUMENT.UH, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE CHANGES AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV/SSMP.
UM, YOU CAN SEE, UM, WHERE WE HAVE MADE DOCUMENT CHANGES, WHAT THE NEW POLICIES ARE, AS WELL AS THE FULL TEXT.
AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE SHORTLY.
UH, WE ALSO HAD A VARIETY OF CHANGES THAT WERE NECESSARY FOR THE STREET NETWORK TABLE BASED ON UPDATES THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE 2019.
SO WE WERE FOCUSED SIMPLY ON, UH, LINING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CITY PLANS AND DOCUMENTS WITH THE ADOPTED STREET NETWORK.
AND THIS PRIMARILY TRYING TO DO THAT, PARDON ME, THIS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE, UM, RECENT UPDATE TO THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL.
UH, IT ALSO LOOKED AT A 2014 BICYCLE PLAN.
UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL CHANGES DUE TO UPDATED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CHANGES, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, CONTINUING PROGRESS ON OUR MOBILITY BOND PROJECTS.
AND THEN THERE HAVE BEEN A VARIETY OF REMOVED AND ADDED ROADWAYS AS WELL.
AND ALL OF THESE ARE THE INPUTS THAT, THAT BUILD THE, THE MEAT OF THE ASN P STREET NETWORK, BECAUSE THE ASMP STREET NETWORK ITSELF IS A REFLECTION, UH, ALL THESE MORE SPECIFIC, UH, MODAL PLANS OR ENGINEERING PLAN.
SO AS, AS THEY WENT THROUGH UPDATES TESTS, UH, PAST THEIR CYNTHIA'S ADOPTION, WE WANT IT TO REFLECT, UH, WHAT THEY'VE FOUND, GETTING INTO THE POLICIES.
UM, OUR FIRST ONE IS A NEW POLICY AND OUR ROADWAY SYSTEM CHAPTER, UM, THIS, AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE WITH, UH, ALL THREE OF OUR ADDITIONAL POLICIES ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, MAJOR EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE SPRING OF 2019.
SO THIS POLICY IS SUPPORT STREETS AS PLACES WHERE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGE IN NON MOBILITY ACTIVITY, RECOGNIZE THE DIVERSE AND EXPANDING CIVIC NEEDS WITHIN OUR RIGHT OF WAY AND PROMOTE ADAPTED USES OF THE STREET.
YOU CAN READ THE FULL TEXT OF THIS NEW PROPOSED POLICY IN OUR RED LINE DOCUMENT IT'S ID NINE.
AND IT'S LOOKING AT ON PAGE 95, OUR NEXT PROPOSED POLICY AS AIR IN OUR AIR AND CLIMATE CHAPTER INCREASE THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, ADAPTIVE CAPACITY.
WHAT FUTURE-PROOF OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS TO FLEXIBLY ADAPT TO CLIMATE IMPACTS.
WE HAVE, UH, THIS AVAILABLE TO READ FULLY ON PAGE 1 97 OF OUR RED LINE DOCUMENT.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY, IN OUR COLLABORATION CHAPTER POLICY EIGHT SUPPORT, LARGER CITY EFFORTS FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE COORDINATE WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERS TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY DURING EXTREME EVENTS.
AND THE FULL TEXT OF THIS POLICY, UH, IS ON PAGE 2 68 IN THE RED LINE DOCUMENT.
UM, I MENTIONED DURING THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAD A PUBLIC FEEDBACK SURVEY ON THE POLICIES FIRST RELEASED IN OCTOBER, UH, RUNNING THROUGH AND WHERE WE, UH, TOOK COMMENTS, UH, ON THESE POLICIES AND TRIED TO LEARN WHAT, WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT OF THEM AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL THE POLICIES WERE, UH, STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY, UH, PEOPLE WHO COMPLETED THE SURVEY.
UH, WE DID HEAR DIFFERENT THINGS THOUGH ON, ON BOTH SIDES.
SO PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW ROADWAY SYSTEM OR THROWS A PROPOSAL, UH, IDENTIFIED THAT STREET SHOULD HAVE MANY USES.
THEREFORE PEOPLE NOT NECESSARILY THE CURRICULAR MOVEMENT, UH, PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE SAID, UH, REALLY, REALLY FOCUSED ON MOVING AND GETTING FROM PLACE TO ANOTHER AND THAT EFFICIENCY, UM, THAT IS THEIR PURPOSE.
UH, SOME PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T THINK IT WAS NECESSARY TO, TO MAKE A CHANGE LIKE THIS.
WE DID RECEIVE A LOT OF RESPONSES ABOUT THE STREET NETWORK, UH, IN REGARDS TO THIS POLICY AS WELL.
UH, EVEN THOUGH THIS QUESTION WAS, WAS TRYING TO ASCERTAIN PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS ON THE POLICY IN REGARDS TO OUR, UM, TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, UH, A LOT OF COMMENTS ON, ON ONE SIDE NOTED THE IMPORTANCE, THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION DURING MAJOR EVENTS AND HAZARDS LIKE THIS, UM, AND HOW THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IS, YOU KNOW, ONE PART OF, UH, SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS EVERYONE'S LIFE WHEN THERE'S A STORM OR A FLOOD OR A FIRE.
UH, OTHER PEOPLE FELT THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO, UH, UNNECESSARY ACTIONS OR, OR SPENDING BY THE CITY.
UM, AND THAT WE WERE MAYBE BEING A LITTLE TOO REACTIONARY TO SOMETHING THAT HADN'T HAPPENED, UH, YOU KNOW, EVER BEFORE IN A LONG TIME.
AND, UH, THAT JUST, WASN'T THE, WASN'T THE FOCUS OF OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
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ENGAGEMENT REPORT ON EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THIS, UH, FIRST BROWN, AND THAT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, IF ANYONE WANTS TO, UH, DIVE FURTHER INTO THE COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.SO THE STREET NETWORK, UH, SURVEY, WHICH WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER AND IS THE OTHER PART, UH, GAY AND OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ASM P UH, IS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, A REFLECTION OF ALL THESE OTHER MORE SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS.
SO, UH, THE GOAL OF THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME, UH, TRYING TO ALIGN THE ADOPTED ASN P STREET NETWORK WITH EXISTING AND UPDATED CITY DOCUMENTS, UH, THAT LOOKED SPECIFICALLY OF PROJECTS.
SO, UH, THE, THESE PROPOSALS WERE REALLY THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD A, UH, SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE FOR A LOT OF PROJECTS AND A LOT OF THE, UM, RIGHT OF WAY ON OUR STREETS, BECAUSE THE ADOPTED ASN P STREET NETWORK WAS BASED ON A PLANNING LEVEL ESTIMATES FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE RECENT TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL UPDATE THE, UH, CURRENT BICYCLE PLAN FROM 2014, UM, SEVERAL CHANGES IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND OUR MOBILITY BONDS DOCUMENTS, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, REMOVED AND ADDED ROADWAYS WERE ALL OF THESE MORE SPECIFIC PLANS THAT WE WANTED TO REFLECT, UH, OR THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT WE ARE REFLECTING IN THIS CURRENT ROUND OF PROPOSALS.
SO, UH, GETTING INTO THE TCM WORK SPECIFICALLY, UH, IT WAS ADOPTED AFTER A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND IT IS SET TO GO IN EFFECT IN ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS IN JUNE.
UM, AND THE TCM, UH, IDENTIFIES THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF OUR STREET.
SO IN AN IDEAL CONDITION, WHAT DO WE WANT OUR STREETS TO LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE THE WIDTH OF THE LANES? WHAT ARE THE, UH, FACILITIES INCLUDED IN A STREET? WHAT ARE THE, UM, WHAT ARE THE THINGS, WHAT ARE, HOW SHOULD THAT STREET LOOK? SO, UM, THESE CROSS SECTIONS WERE UPDATED FROM THE 2017 DRAFT AUSTIN STREET DESIGN GUIDE, WHICH WAS KIND OF THE PROGENITOR OF THE NEW TCM THAT EXISTS NOW BASED ON THE UPDATED TCM.
UH, WE, OUR PROPOSALS, UH, ARE REALIGNING THE STREET LEVEL, THAT ACROSS SECTION AND THE REQUIRED RIGHT OF WAY, UM, BETWEEN THE ADOPTIVE STREET NETWORK AND THE GCM ITSELF, THAT'S A WHITE, UM, WELL, I GUESS WE WILL HAVE TO, UH, IMAGINE THAT IMAGE THERE.
UM, AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO FIND IT, AND IT SHOULD BE IN THE BACA.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WHAT WAS ON THAT SLIDE, UM, WHICH I, I KNOW A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, AND I'LL TRY IT.
I'LL TRY TO DO THIS IN FEWER THAN A THOUSAND WORDS.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE WHAT THIS, UH, WHITE SCREEN HAD BEEN SHOWING WAS, UM, REALLY THE MAJOR CHANGE.
ONE OF THE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE TCM WAS THIS CHANGE FROM, UM, STREET CLASSIFICATION TO STREET LEVEL.
SO WHERE WE'RE, UM, MOVING ALONG THE SPECTRUM, BECAUSE IT'S ALL A SPECTRUM OF, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR ARTERIAL OR A HIGHWAY, UH, EVEN ABOVE THAT TO DOWN TO LOCAL STREETS WHERE NOW IDENTIFYING AS, UM, WELL, LEVEL ONE FOR OUR LOCAL STREETS OR UP TO A LEVEL FIVE FOR OUR HIGHWAYS.
UM, AND I CAN CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL, UH, GET EMAILED US A SLIDE SO YOU CAN SEE IT OR EVEN BETTER.
MAYBE IT'S ONLY ON MY SCREEN THAT IT'S JUST WHITE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT IF I MAY INTERRUPT MR. BROOKS, UM, IT'S IN THE BACKUP AND A QUICK QUESTION, IS IT POSSIBLE, UM, MR. RIVERA FOR THE BACKUP TO BE PROJECTED IF WE HAVE ANY MORE BLANK SCREENS OR NOT, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY MORE BLANKS WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOOD.
SO NO NEED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
LET'S JUST ASSUME IT'S THAT ONE SLIDE AND NO WORRIES, MR. BROOKS, UH, IT THINGS HAPPEN.
YEAH, CERTAINLY WHY I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY NOT WERE NOT WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR WHEN I STARTED, BUT WHEN, ALL RIGHT.
SO, UH, GETTING INTO AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE, UM, UH, WHAT THESE CHANGES LOOK LIKE IN PRACTICE.
UM, THIS IS A SEGMENT ON MESA DRIVE THAT SHOWED THE STREET IN THE ADOPTED, UM, S AND P STREET NETWORK, THE STREET LEVEL, THE
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CROSS SECTION, THE LANES, ALL OF THESE ARE BASED ON THIS DRAFT AUSTIN STREET DESIGN GUIDE.UM, AND WE WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LEVEL AND THE CROSS SECTION AND THE RIGHT OF WAY AND REMARKS.
AND THEN WITH THE UPDATED, UH, TCM, WE HAVE SIMPLY, UH, CONVERTED WHAT, UH, WAS LISTED IN THE ADOPTED SMP STREET NETWORK WITH THE OLD STANDARDS FROM THE AUSTIN THAT WERE, UH, LAID OUT IN THE INSTITUTE DESIGN GUIDE WITH WHAT IS IN THE NEW TCM.
SO NOW, UH, THIS SECTION WOULD NOT BE, UM, A THREE LANE UNDIVIDED STREET SECTION.
IT WOULD BE A TWO LANE STREET, AND THIS IS A CROSS SECTION FOR A LEVEL THREE STREET.
UH, IT ALSO NO LONGER REQUIRES 96 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY IN AN IDEAL CONDITION.
UH, IT REQUIRES, UH, 80 FEET IN IDEAL CONDITION.
UH, WE ALSO UPDATED THE RIGHT OF WAY REMARKS, UM, TO GO FROM TALKING ABOUT, UH, PRIORITIZING DESIGN ELEMENTS, RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION FOR NOTING THAT, UM, NOT, NOT ONLY THOSE ITEMS, BUT THAT ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DO NOT GO THROUGH LAND DEDICATION PROCESSES.
UH, THE, UH, 20 2014 BICYCLE PLAN WAS KIND OF A, ANOTHER MAJOR INPUT THAT WE WERE REFLECTING IN THE P UPDATES.
SO THE 2014 BASAL PLAN IS OUR OFFICIAL ADOPTED CITY BICYCLE PLAN.
IT HAS BOTH SHORT AND LONGTERM BICYCLE NETWORKS WITHIN IT.
UM, AND THIS WAS USED AS AN INPUT FOR US TO, UH, IDENTIFY WHAT AN APPROPRIATE STREET LEVEL WAS BECAUSE, UH, DIFFERENT TCM CROSS-SECTIONS COULD SUPPORT CERTAIN BICYCLE FACILITIES, BUT NOT OTHERS.
UM, AND I THINK THE NEXT CYCLE WILL SHOW THAT PROBABLY BETTER THAN MY WORDS DO.
UM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AMENDMENTS WERE PROPOSED TO, UH, RECLASSIFY THE STREETS TO ALIGN WITH THE BICYCLE PLAN.
UM, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IN OUR FIRST ROUND OF FEEDBACK.
SO USING THIS EXAMPLE FROM TWIN OAKS DRIVE, UH, WE HAVE THIS, UH, OLD CROSS-SECTION ON THE TOP FROM THE DRAFT AUSTIN STREET DESIGN GUIDE.
UM, THE FUTURE BICYCLE FACILITY WAS NOTED AS A BIKE LANE.
UM, BUT AS, AS A LEVEL ONE STREET, IT WOULD HAVE 50 TO 60 FEET OF RIGHT AWAY REQUIRED FOR IT, WITH THE UPDATE TO THE TCM.
UH, IT BECAME A LEVEL TWO STREET BECAUSE OUR LEVEL ONE STREETS DO NOT HAVE A SEPARATE BICYCLE LANE WITHIN THE FACILITY.
SO, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE STREET WOULD NOT CHANGE ITSELF, UM, WE JUST, DIDN'T OUR LEVEL ONE STREETS DO NOT CONTAIN A BIKE LANE FACILITY.
SO A LEVEL TWO STREET IS THE LOWEST LEVEL STREET THAT HAS A BIKE LANE ON IT.
UH, THE LEVEL TWO STREET THAT, UM, MATCHES THIS.
SO THAT HAS PARKING, UH, AND IT'S TWO LANES IS 80 FEET.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT, UH, THESE PROPOSALS.
SO, UM, WE, WE FLAGGED ALL OF THESE STREETS AND MADE CHANGES FOR ROUND TWO.
SO, UM, WE DECIDED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN WHAT THE ADOPTED ASM P HAS AND WAIT FOR THE ATX WALK, BIKE, ROLL PROCESS TO, UH, CONCLUDE SO WE CAN, UH, SEE WHAT THE NEW BICYCLE PLAN THAT WILL BE PRODUCED FROM THAT PROCESS.
UM, WE'LL SAY FOR ALL OF THESE STREETS, UM, IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT, UH, THE NEW BICYCLE PLAN HAS FOR STREETS THAT WOULD RESULT IN DIFFERENT FLEET LEVELS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD THEN REFLECT BACK INTO THE ACMP, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
BUT WE DECIDED THAT, UH, SINCE THAT PLAN IS SLATED TO BE COMPLETE SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, WE CAN HOLD OFF ON THOSE CHANGES.
UH, AND WAIT, UH, WAIT FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE, UH, INFORMATION.
UH, ONE OF THE, UH, OR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD MOST OFTEN IN THIS, UH, IN, IN THESE COMMENTS WAS, UM, WHAT THIS MEANS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH ESTABLISHED STREETS, UH, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY SINGLE FAMILY HOME NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO WE REALLY, UH, TRIED TO, TO CLARIFY THAT, UH, WITHIN, UH, ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS ON THESE ESTABLISHED STREETS, UM, THE, THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE, UM, SPACE TAKEN FOR BIKE LANES, UM, OR
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OTHER PARTS OF THE, UH, OTHER PARTS OF THE CROSS SECTION.SO, UH, ON ESTABLISHED STREETS, ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT DID OCCUR IF THEY EVER OCCURRED WOULD HAPPEN IN THE ESTABLISHED RIGHT OF WAY THAT EXISTS TODAY AND THAT, BECAUSE THESE WERE HAPPENING IN SINGLE FAMILY HOME NEIGHBORHOODS, WE REALLY WANT, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DO NOT GO THROUGH THE SAME DEDICATION PROCESS AS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND INTENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT.
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL REVIEW PROCESS AND, UM, PROPERTIES GOING THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL REVIEW PROCESS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION.
SO, UM, THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE, UH, HOPEFULLY A, A WORRY FOR THEM, UH, FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT APPLY TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PAST THE TCM AND THE BIKE PLAN.
UH, THERE ALSO BEEN CHANGES IN OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
THE ADOPTED SMP WAS IN MEMORY IN 2019.
IT CAME OUT, HAD THE LONG-TERM VISION PLAN FOR PROJECT CONNECT INCLUDED IN IT.
UM, SINCE THEN WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY ADOPTED THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN.
UM, SO WE NEED TO UPDATE THE, THE ALIGNMENTS AND ROUTES, UH, FOR THE FULL SYSTEM PLAN, AS OPPOSED TO THE LONG-TERM VISION PLAN.
UM, SO FAR NEW DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THESE CORRIDORS HAVE COMPLIED WITH RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION, UM, SINCE, SINCE THE EIGHTH CYNTHIA'S ADOPTION, UM, THERE IS, UH, THERE WITHIN, WITHIN OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MAP.
UM, OUR TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK WAS ALSO UPDATED.
UH, WE WORKED WITH THE LOCAL PLANNING TEAM AT CAP METRO TO, UH, IDENTIFY, UH, ANY UPDATES OR CHANGES TO HIGH-FREQUENCY SERVICE THAT WOULD AFFECT THE TRANSIT PRAIRIE NETWORK.
SO, UM, THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THEIR, UH, THEIR LATEST NETWORK.
UM, AND WE, UH, ADDITIONALLY CHECKED, UH, AGAIN, UH, AFTER ROUND ONE WITH THEIR TEAM TO MAKE ANY FURTHER UPDATES.
AND, AND WE HAVE, UH, IN ROUND TWO MADE ADDITIONAL UPDATES, BOTH, UH, ADDING AND REMOVING PARTS OF THE, UH, APARTMENT OF THE TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK.
AND THAT IS AVAILABLE AS A LAYER, UH, TO VIEW WITHIN OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MAP WITHIN OUR ROUND TWO STORY MAP.
UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WITHIN THE, THIS, UM, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECTION AND AS WILL BE AS WELL IN OUR MOBILITY BOND SECTION NEXT ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT, UH, THE STREET NETWORK IS REFLECTING UPDATED CROSS-SECTIONS AND RIGHT AWAY REQUIREMENTS FROM THE ENGINEERING PLANS THAT ARE HAPPENING, UH, WITHIN THIS MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECT.
SO AS I ALLUDED TO MOBILITY, UH, BONDS ARE, ARE SIMILAR IN THAT SENSE.
SO THESE PLANS HAVE PROGRESSED SINCE 2019.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION.
WE KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT WHAT SPACE THEY NEED ABOUT, UM, UH, EVERYWHERE WE'RE GOING.
AND SO WE ARE UPDATING THE S AND P STREET NETWORKS TO REFLECT THESE UPDATES.
THERE ARE ALSO, UH, REMOVED ROADWAYS IN THE ASMP AMENDED PROPOSALS.
UH, THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT REASONS WHY A ROADWAY MAY BE REMOVED.
UM, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS, UM, BUT BEFORE THE ASMP, UH, AND THEN DURING ROUND ONE THAT, UH, THERE ARE DIFFERENT ROADWAYS THAT SHOULD BE, OR, UM, THAT SHOULD BE REMOVED.
THESE SHOULD BE ONE WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL, UM, I'VE HEARD OF SEVERAL STREETS DURING ROUND ONE THAT WE'VE ALSO TAKEN OUT IN THIS LATEST, UM, SECOND ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT.
UH, THERE ARE ALSO ROADWAYS THAT ARE BEING REMOVED JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN VACATED OR, OR ARE THEY, ARE THEY NO LONGER EXIST? SO ANYONE WHO'S SPENDING TIME DOWNTOWN HAS PROBABLY DEALT WITH THE CHANGES IN RED RIVER, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THOSE ALIGNMENTS ARE BEING REFLECTED.
THOSE ALIGNMENT CHANGES ARE BEING REFLECTED IN THE SMT AMENDMENT PROPOSALS.
SIMILARLY, UH, WE HAVE SOME NEW ROADWAYS, SO THE SMP ACTS AS AN INVENTORY FOR ALL OF OUR STREETS.
SO ROADWAYS THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED AND MAYBE DID NOT EXIST IN 2019 HAVE BEEN PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE STREET NETWORK, UH, BRIEFLY ABOUT ALL THE COMMENTS.
UH, WE HEARD AND READ ONCE WE HEARD, UH, ABOUT 1,650 COMMENTS, UH, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM WERE CONCERNING THE, UH, SWITCH FROM LEVEL ONE TO LEVEL TWO, BASED ON THE 2014 FIVE PLAN, UH, VERY WORRIED ABOUT, UM, UH, POSSIBLE CHANGES TO STREETS
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IN, UH, SINGLE FAMILY, SLOWER TRAVEL SPEED NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, BUT WORRIED THAT THE HIGHER RIGHT OF WAY NUMBERS MEANT THAT THERE WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE THEIR FRONT YARD, UM, OR PUT IN FACILITIES ON SHEETS THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT, OR A TYPE OF FACILITY THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT.UM, LOOKING, UH, LOOKING MORE DEEPLY INTO THESE COMMENTS AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REALLY SAW THAT WE HAD TO DO A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THESE, UH, UPDATES ARE AND WHY THEY WERE NEEDED.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE ASN B STREET NETWORK IS, UH, FOUNDATIONAL FOR OUR, UM, UH, FOR ALL OF OUR PLANNING NEEDS, REGARDLESS OF, FOR ALL OF OUR MODES AND REGARDLESS OF MODE, UM, WE NEEDED TO GO THROUGH THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING, UH, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE, DOWN THE PIPE RIGHT NOW, AND THEY HAVE UPDATED NEEDS AFTER GOING THROUGH SPECIFIC PLANS.
IS THERE A PART OF, SINCE THEY ARE DEVELOPING THEIR PROJECT RIGHT NOW? UM, SO WE, WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STREET NETWORK REFLECTED THEIR NEEDS, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, UH, HAS ALL OF THE FACILITIES THAT WE WANT OUT OF OUR STREETS.
SO SIDEWALKS ROOM FOR STREET TREES, UM, ROOM FOR SAFE BIKING, FOR SAFE, UH, ROLLING.
UM, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE'S SPACE PRESERVED, UH, IF, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BIG WORRIES WAS, UH, THAT WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WAS JUST THAT IF, IF YOU'RE PROPOSING THIS, THAT MEANS SOMETHING IS HAPPENING.
UM, THAT IS, THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
THIS, THIS PROPOSAL AND AMENDMENT CYCLE, UH, REALLY WAS FOCUSED ON, ON TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO ALIGN THESE DIFFERENT, UM, THESE DIFFERENT, UH, DOCUMENTS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE WAS AN EXISTING STREET THAT WAS TWO LANES AND DIVIDED, THAT IS A STREET CROSS SECTION THAT MATCHED OUR LEVEL THREE STREET.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S ANY CHANGE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING THAT LEVEL THREE STREET OR, OR THAT STREET, REGARDLESS OF STREET LEVEL.
UM, IT'S JUST THAT AS WHAT OUR, UH, CROSS SECTIONS ARE.
SO IF THERE ARE TWO LANES WITH A MEETING IN THE MIDDLE, AND, UH, SO IT'S A TWO LANE DIVIDED STREET, IT IS A LEVEL THREE STREET IN THE UPDATED TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL.
UM, THE, THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS, IT SHOULD BE NOTED.
THE, THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL AND THE BIGGEST INDUSTRY NETWORK ARE OUR STARTING POINTS FOR CROSS-SECTION DESIGN AND RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN A PROCESS.
AND THEN WHEN, IF, AND WHEN THERE EVER IS A PROJECT THAT COMES ALONG, IT IS THROUGH THAT PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WHERE, UH, DESIGNERS GO AND, AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING VERY SPECIFICALLY AND SAY, OH, WE ACTUALLY NEED THIS MUCH SPACE.
UH, WE ACTUALLY CAN'T, UH, WE CAN'T DESIGN THIS AS THE GCM SAID, BECAUSE THERE ARE HERITAGE TREES HERE, OR THERE'S A CEMETERY OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
THE STREET NETWORK IS A STARTING POINT AND DISCUSSES IDEAL CONDITIONS.
UH, IT RECOGNIZES THAT THE REAL WORLD DOESN'T ALWAYS REFLECT THOSE CONDITIONS AND THE TCM, UH, ITSELF AS PROVISIONS FOR HOW TO DESIGN WITHIN CONSTRAINT CONDITIONS AND TO PRIORITIZE ELEMENTS, UH, WITHIN THAT STREET DESIGN ALSO REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN, THAT, UH, ONLY INTENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TRIGGERS RIGHT AWAY, DEDICATION.
SO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE NOT GOING TO BE DEDICATING RIGHT OF WAY.
AND SINCE THIS IS RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION, EXISTING HOMEOWNERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE DEDICATING RIGHT AWAY.
THIS IS NOT A LAND ACQUISITION DOCUMENT.
THIS IS A LAND DEDICATION DOCUMENT.
SO A HOMEOWNER OR A PROPERTY OWNER THAT IS SITTING THERE, YOU KNOW, SITTING IN THEIR HOME TODAY, WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THE SMP STREET AND OUR PROPOSALS, IT WON'T BE A CHANGE TOMORROW BECAUSE, UH, THERE WON'T HAVE BEEN DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PROPERTY.
THIS ONLY RIGHT AWAY, DEDICATION ONLY HAPPENS IN CERTAIN CASES, THOSE CASES BEING INTENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT, UM, AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, FOR SOME OF THESE LARGE PROJECTS, UH, THE THREE NARRATIVE WAS JUST A REFERENCE TO BEGIN, UH, THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH SOME MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, THEY GO THROUGH EACH PROJECT, GOES THROUGH ITS OWN, UH, VERY IN-DEPTH PROCESS.
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THE ACMP STREET NETWORK IS THE STARTING POINT FOR OUR PLANNING PURPOSES.SO I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING FOR A WHILE.
I APPRECIATE, UM, Y'ALL LET ME TALK ON MY BLANK SCREEN FOR 60 SECONDS.
UM, WE ARE WRAPPING, UH, VERY WRAPPED UP OUR MARCH PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE A FEW MORE, UM, PRESENTATIONS TO GIVE WE'RE TAKING APRIL, AS I SAID TO, UM, REVIEW ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT IN MARCH, AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN UPDATED TO APRIL 28TH.
UH, AND WE'LL BE GOING BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION IN MAY 10TH.
UH, IF Y'ALL DO ADOPT, UH, A RECOMMENDATION, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO, UH, SEND THAT TO, UM, CITY COUNCIL AND INCLUDE THAT WHEN WE ARRIVED THERE, UH, IN A FEW MONTHS WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, SAY THANK YOU AND, AND ALLOW FOR QUESTION.
UM, IF YOU CAN WAIT ONE MOMENT.
I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MULTIPLE QUESTIONS, BUT WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP AND WE SHOULD GO TO THE SPEAKERS NEXT.
I'LL LET ANDREW, UH, CALL THEM UP IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH MS. JANICE HARANGUING, MR. RANKIN, YOU'LL BE PROVIDED SIX MINUTES.
UH, DO YOU HAVE THE PICTURE SLIDES WHERE YOU COULD SHOW THOSE THE PDF PICTURE SCIENCE, THE SLIDES, I BELIEVE THAT'S COMING UP.
MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS I IN JANICE RANKIN, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN, WHERE I LIVE NEAR WHITE ROCK DRIVE, WHICH WILL BE INTERESTING TO YOU.
IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE ILLUSTRATION, UH, ON THE SCREEN OF THE ASM P UH, INTERACTIVE MAP SEGMENT, UM, I'VE WORKED FOR A MUNICIPALITY FOR STATE AGENCIES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
MOST RECENTLY, 12 YEARS SERVING MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THE ALLENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TODAY.
I SPEAK ON MY OWN BEHALF AND I MAY SOUND STERN TO YOU.
AND I HOPE I DON'T, UH, I MAY SOUND CRITICAL OF CITY STAFF, AND I DON'T MEAN TO OFFEND ANYONE.
I MAY DISAGREE WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN I INTEND PERSONAL OFFENSE TO ANYONE, UH, WHO, UH, WORKS FOR THE CITY.
I BELIEVE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY DOES ACCURATELY REFLECT THE CONCERNS AND THE FRUSTRATIONS OF MANY PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND OTHER SECTORS OF AUSTIN.
I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR CLOSE ATTENTION.
HERE'S THE PROBLEM, THE STRATEGY OF PROSPECTIVELY DESIGNATING MASS, RIGHT OF WAY CHANGES IN THE ASM P ADVERSELY AFFECTS PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT UPDATING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO A TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
IT HAS BECOME A MEANS OF PAVING THE WAY FOR A PROSPECT OF SHIFT IN A CITY-WIDE LAND USE AND REZONING POLICY.
AND IT FAILS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH PROPERTY RIGHTS, NOT JUST ZONING.
UH, THERE'S AN ATTACHMENT IN THE MATERIALS GIVEN TO YOU FROM, UH, EXCERPTS OF THE PROPERTY CODE AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
UH, AND SO YOU CAN REFER TO THAT AT YOUR CONVENIENCE WHILE I'M SPEAKING.
UM, THEY PROPOSED ISM P AMENDMENTS ARE PREMATURE, AND THEY AMOUNT TO A PRE TAKING OF RIGHT OF WAY.
THIS IS A FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT OR THE SAME THING AS AN OFFER BECAUSE IT'S SHOWN ON A MAP, BUT WHAT'S MISSING IS THE NOTICE TO THE OWNERS, UH, THE BONAFIDE OFFER AND THE OWNER'S BILL OF RIGHTS AND ALL OF THAT'S IN CHAPTER 20, ONE OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE, THIS STRATEGY ACTUALLY IS MARKING TERRITORY TO RESERVE RODWAY FOR POTENTIAL UNSPECIFIED USES LATER IN THE EVENT OF LAND DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING CHANGES.
AS MR. BROOKS MENTIONED, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO STAGE OUT OVER AN UNCERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME AND WOULD FACILITATE IMAGINARY LAND DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NOT PRESENTLY FORMULATED OR SCHEDULED.
THERE ARE WORK AROUNDS THAT ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO AVOID THE AGREED DEDICATION PROCESS OF RIDEAWAY UNDER THE LDC.
AND THAT WOULD NEGATE THE TRANSPORTATION GOALS OF HAVING THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.
IF THIS REDEVELOPMENT TRIGGERS,
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UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RIGHT-AWAY PROCESS, AND THEY CAN WORK AROUND IT, THEN IT NEGATES WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY GOALS ARE.UH, I WANT TO MENTION BRIEFLY ABOUT THE RESPONSES ON THE BAR GRAPH IN THE ASN P REPORT.
I BELIEVE IT HAD A REFERENCE TO 958 RESPONSES, AND, UM, PEOPLE BEING IN FAVOR OF THAT, THAT'S ABOUT ONE 10TH OF 1% OF THE AUSTIN POPULATION.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT SURVEY FOR PURPOSES OF DATA ANALYSIS, AND IT'S NOT A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE, UH, FROM PEOPLE IN AUSTIN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT CLEAR IF YOU EVEN HAVE THAT NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL SEPARATE PEOPLE RESPONDING, OR IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN PEOPLE MAKING 10 OR MORE COMMENTS, OR IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN FROM PERSONS WHO ACTUALLY DON'T RESIDE IN AUSTIN, BUT, UH, WANTED TO BE INCLUDED WITH THEIR OPINION.
UM, SO SUGGESTIONS AND STATEMENTS THAT THE CITY STAFF HAS MADE, I THINK THEY MEAN, WELL, UH, BUT THIS PROPOSED EXPANSION OF RIGHT-AWAY IS SUPPOSED TO NOT BE USED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY SOUND PROPERTIES.
I HATE TO TELL YOU, THAT'S JUST NOT SUFFICIENT BECAUSE THESE TEMPORARY CONCESSIONS ARE ASSURANCES THAT ARE BEING MADE NOW BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. SPILLER, THE ATD STAFF AGAIN, THEY MEAN, WELL, BUT THESE ARE WORTHLESS IN FUTURE YEARS BECAUSE PEOPLE COME AND GO, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL COME AND GO WHEN THE STAFF WILL COME AND GO.
AND SO THOSE ASSURANCES WILL BE HARD TO FIND.
AND, UH, IN THE MEANTIME, HERE IS THIS MAP OUT THERE WITH OPERATIVE NUMBERS, SHOWING ADDITIONAL EXPANSION OF RIDEAWAY ON HUNDREDS OF STREETS ALL OVER THE CITY.
THIS AFFECTS, UH, THOUSANDS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE RIGHTFULLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, BECAUSE THE PROSPECT OF DESIGNATIONS ARE ESTABLISHED ON THIS MAP WITHOUT PROPER NOTICE, WITHOUT A BONAFIDE OFFER OF COMPENSATION.
AND THERE'S NO REFERENCE TO THE BONE OF THE, UH, BILL OF RIGHTS OF, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS.
THIS, UH, ESTABLISHED THIS PR STRATEGY IS DISTINCT AS MR. BROOKS SAID, FROM THE AGREED DEDICATION PROCESS IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT'S CHAPTER 25.
BUT AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF TEXAS LAW UNDER CHAPTER 21 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE.
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHO GAVE THE DIRECTIVE TO INCLUDE THIS VAGUE PROPOSAL FOR ACQUISITION OF RIGHT AWAY IN THE TRANSPORTATION AMENDMENTS, BUT BEING TRIGGERED BY ZONING CHANGES OR REDEVELOPMENT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT BRINGS THIS TO YOU BECAUSE OTHERWISE THIS WOULD SIMPLY BE A STRAIGHT PLAN WITH, UM, TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
AND THESE ARE MORE THAN TECHNICAL.
UH, THIS STRATEGY RAISES CONCERNS SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN PROTESTED BY PROPERTY OWNERS OF AUSTIN IN THE PAST CONCERNING CODE NEXT, WHEN THE CITY ATTEMPTED A MASS REZONING OF PRIVATE PROPERTIES WITHOUT PROPER NOTICE TO THE OWNERS, UH, AS YOU SETTLE THIS ISSUE NOW BY INFORMING THE ATD AND ASM P TEAM TO REMOVE THESE PROSPECTIVE RIGHT AWAY, EXPANSIONS FROM THE AMENDMENTS AND THE MAP COMMENTS BEFORE SENDING THIS ONTO THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, MS. FRANKLIN I'LL REMAIN FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY, THANK YOU.
WELL, NOW HERE FOR MS. MEGAN, MEISENBACH MS. MEISENBACH FIELDS, SELECT STAR SIX, AND PROCEED WITH YOUR REMARKS, MS. MEISENBACH YOU'RE STILL ON MUTE.
PLEASE PROCEED WITH ARAMARK, MEGAN MEISENBACH.
AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME THIS EVENING.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS BRIEFLY THE ASM P STREET NETWORK INVENTORY.
I THINK IT NEEDS A TABLE OF THE ROW, THE RIGHT OF WAYS, ALL THAT ARE PRESENT THE DAY BEFORE THIS IS AMENDED AND ALSO THE PRESENCE STREET CURB, THE CURB WIDTH THAT WOULD REALLY SHOW SOME GOOD RESEARCH.
I THINK WE NEED TO ADD PROTECTION FOR TREES AND ADD TO THE FAC FAQ.
THE FACT THAT THE SMP A S AND P WILL OBSERVE AND CONFORM TO CHAPTER 21 OF THE PROPERTY CODE AND IT'S RANKED AND REFERRED TO WE HAD MANY, MANY RESPONSES TO THIS.
IT MAKES ME VERY UNEASY TO HAVE MY 30 FOOT THREE
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IN FRONT OF MY PROPERTY.B UH, HAVE A DEDICATION FOR OVER 72 FEET.
I'LL NOW PROCEED TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
WE HAD MANY, MANY, IT MAKES ME VERY UNEASY TO HAVE MY 32 FOOT THREE IN FRONT OF MY PROPERTY.
SO, UH, WELL NOW I HEAR FROM MR. JOHN MENDEZ, MR. MENDEZ, IF YOU'LL SELECT STAR SIX AND PROCEEDED WITH THE EARNIN MARKS, MR. MENDEZ, YOU CONTINUE TO BE MUTED IF YOU'LL SELECT STAR SIX AND THEN PROVIDE YOUR MARKS.
WELL FROM JOHN MENDEZ, THANKFUL FOR UPGRADING MORAL LEVEL THREE, THREE, I THINK THAT'S BOTH GOOD AND TERRIBLE MENTAL DAILY.
UM, BASICALLY I SEE THAT ALREADY BURNED IT IN MANY BICYCLISTS SCHOOL ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON IN THAT AREA, WE'RE ALREADY FACING INCREASED VOLUMES TO THE OPENING OF THE ENTRANCE THROUGH LAMAR.
AND THIS WOULD, I BELIEVE INCREASE THE ALIGNMENT, BUT MORE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD AT RISK OR A CONGESTION.
UM, WE WERE WHERE I SIT ON THE
IT'S CONGESTED ALL THE WAY FROM THE RAILROADS BACK TO MEMORIAL WHEN THEY'RE HAVING THEIR ACTIVITY.
SO IT'S INCREASED, I DON'T THINK IS CONDUCIVE TO WHAT THE PARABLE RIGHT NOW, FOR PEOPLE THAT USE, I THINK IT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AGAIN.
AND, UM, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS.
I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS IT THE SAME WAY.
NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM MR. CHIP HARRIS, MR. HARRIS, SELECT STAR SIX, PROCEED WITH YOUR REMARKS.
MY NAME IS CHIP HARRIS AND I LIVE IN THE CRESTVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH CENTRAL AUSTIN.
I REQUEST THIS EVENING IS AT MORROW STREET, BE REDUCED FROM OUR LEVEL TO THE LEVEL ONE STREET.
JOSEPH, THE WESTERN PORTION OF MORROW IS PROPOSED TO BE UPGRADED FROM LEVEL TWO TO LEVEL THREE.
ALSO BE USED TO A LEVEL ONE STREET WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WOODROW AVENUE.
MORROW IS SIMILAR IN DESIGN AND FUNCTION AS THE OTHER STREETS AND PRESSED YOU ALL ARE CLASSIFIED AS LEVEL ONE.
HELLO, BACK MARA STREET IS A NARROW 30 FOOT WIDE STREET THAT RUNS EAST AND WEST BETWEEN LAMAR AND BURNER TWO BLOCKS SOUTH AND PARALLEL ANDERSON LANE.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF HOUSES ALONG THE STREET ARE ZONED SF THREE AND HOME TO MANY YOUNG FAMILIES, CHILDREN WELL HISTORY UNTIL THE COUNCIL TOOK STEPS TO REDUCE CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC BY ROUTING IT TO ANDERSON LANE VEHICLE COUNTS ON THE STREET OR OVER 9,000 TRIPS PER DAY.
RYAN ROLLING ANDERSON LANE, LIKE TWO BLOCKS AWAY AND FAR ABOVE THE 1200 TRIPS PER DAY RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY CODE FOR A STREET WITH ITS CHARACTERISTICS.
SO PROBLEM IS LABELING MORROW AS LEVEL TWO IN ST.
JOSEPH IT'S WESTERN SEGMENT, A LEVEL THREE, WHICH IS THE SAME LEVEL
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AS ANDERSON PLAYING SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE, INVITING AND ENCOURAGING MOTORS TO UTILIZE IT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ANDERSON LANE AND RISK LOSING THE PAINFUL PROGRESS THAT'S TAKEN 20 YEARS TO ACHIEVE.PLEASE RECOMMEND THAT BORROW ST.
JOSEPH BE CLASSIFIED AS LEVEL ONE STREETS.
AND NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM MS. ANYA PATALA YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
IF YOU'LL SELECT STAR SIX ON YOUR PHONE AND THEN PROCEED WITH YOUR REMARKS, SURE WE'LL HAVE A MS. HONEA PATELLA A CALL BACK IN TO SEE IF THAT WILL, UM, ASSIST WITH HER BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE HER REMARKS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? WE HAVE I, THE COMMISSIONERS AND MR. RIVERA.
MY NAME IS ANA PATEL AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THIS HOUSE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND CO SECRETARY OF THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL.
TODAY, I'M SPEAKING ON MY OWN BEHALF AS A NATIVE AUSTINITE AND CONCERNS THAT IS OF OUR GREAT CITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCESS AND OBSTACLES THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED, AND THAT HAD BEEN SHARED WITH ME REGARDING THEM BE A MESS.
WE HEAR YOU, MS. PATELLA IT'S PATHOLOGY FIELD.
MS. PATALA THERE'S A SLIGHT DELAY FROM THE TELECONFERENCE.
IF YOU'LL JUST, UH, PROCEED WITH YOUR REMARKS.
UM, MS. PATELLA, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS ATTEMPTED TO CALL BACK IN.
UM, SO IF YOU WANT TO HANG FOR JUST A SECOND, IF WE COULD WELDING AND YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
IS MS.
UM, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SHE'S CALLING BACK IN.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK, PLEASE SIGN UP, UH, CHAIR COMMISSION-WISE ON EVER.
UM, SPEAKER REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
UH, WE CAN MOVE TO QUESTIONS NOW OF STAFF.
UH, LET ME PROCEED BY STARTING ON THE LEFT AND LET ME ALTERNATE, UM, QUESTIONS FROM THE FOLKS ON THE DAY IS FIRST.
AND THEN I WILL GO TO PEOPLE RAISING QUESTIONS, UM, THAT ARE REMOTE.
AND THEN ONCE WE HIT THE RIGHT SIDE, I CAN ALTERNATE BACK.
SO LET'S START WITH MR. BOONE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR STAFF.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS MR. KING OF STAFF? UH, TERROR.
I, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THE, UM, THE SPEAKER ONE DOES CALL BACK IN THAT, UH,
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SHE BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS NOW.UH, YOU KNOW, I, I AM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE SURVEY THAT WAS DONE.
AND, UH, WHAT I NOTICED IS THAT, UH, 23% OF THE RESPONDENTS, IF THEY MAKE 150,000 OR ABOVE AND 69% INDICATED THAT THEY WERE WHITE.
UH, SO I, I SEEMED LIKE IT'S KIND OF SKEWED TOWARDS THAT END, AND I WONDER HOW, UH, AND I DON'T SEE THAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS ACTUALLY REFLECT THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.
SO CAN, CAN STAFF RESPOND TO THAT AND, AND WHAT, AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER ROUND OF PUBLIC OR IS THERE GOING TO BE ANOTHER ROUND OF PUBLIC INPUT? SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
I'M COLE KITTEN ON DIVISION MANAGER OVER OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING AND ATD.
UM, AND I'LL, I'LL REPLY AND LET DAN, UM, ADD SOME COMMENTARY AS WELL.
UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE USE OUR SURVEYS, UM, UH, PRETTY INFORMALLY TO, TO, UH, UH, GET A GENERAL PULSE ON WHAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE SAYING.
IT IS NOT EVER INTENDED TO BE A VOTE.
UM, BUT WHAT IT DOES DO IS ALLOW US TO SEE HOW, HOW WELL WE'RE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, UM, OR HOW, HOW POORLY WE'RE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO, UM, OUR DEMOGRAPHIC MAKEUP IN AUSTIN, UM, WHETHER IT'S A RACIAL OR, OR, UM, SOCIOECONOMIC.
SO, UM, IT IS GOOD TO LOOK AT THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS TO SEE, UM, THE CONTEXT OF THE, OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE'RE HEARING.
UM, I THINK THAT'S WHY WE GO THE EXTRA STEP TO TRY TO, UM, REVIEW THE COMMENTS, UM, AND, UH, UH, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF TAGGING THEM, UM, TO SEE WHAT THE GENERAL THEMES ARE, UM, UH, AS THEY RELATE, WHETHER IT'S POLICY RELATED OR A STREET NETWORK MAP RELATED.
UM, SO, SO YEAH, YOU DO, YOU DO HAVE TO TAKE, UM, WHETHER IT'S THE POLICY SURVEY, UM, UH, LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT WAS INDICATED, UM, UH, WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT IS WHY WE PROVIDE THAT FULL, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT REPORT.
AND, UH, SO, UH, I HAD, DID, HAS THE EQUITY OFFICE, DID THE EQUITY OFFICE PROVIDE ANY GUIDANCE OR ADVICE ON HOW TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE REACHING OUT AND INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO BE INCLUSIVE? RIGHT.
SO WE, WE DO WORK, UM, CLOSELY, UH, THE P WAS, UM, PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST, UM, UH, PLANS TO TAKE, UH, AN APPROACH THAT WAS EQUITY BASED.
UM, THE ORIGINAL PROCESS TO ADOPT SNP, UM, HAD LIMITED RESOURCES.
AND WITH THOSE LIMITED RESOURCES, UH, WE DID TARGETED ENGAGEMENT, UM, UH, TO OUR FOCUS POPULATION, WHICH WAS HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED, UNDERREPRESENTED IN THESE PLANNING PROCESSES.
SO THOSE WERE YOUTH SENIORS, UM, PEOPLE OF COLOR AND PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS, AND WE USED, UH, OUR ENGAGEMENT RESOURCES TO ENGAGE THEM AND COMPARE THE RESULTS OF THE P UM, WITH THE GENERAL POPULATION.
SO THE ACB IS, IS BASED ON THAT FOUNDATION OF ENGAGEMENT, UM, SPECIFICALLY FROM A, FROM AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE, UM, THIS ACMP AMENDMENT PROCESS ISN'T, ISN'T INTENDED TO BE A MAJOR OVERHAUL OF ACMP, BUT IS CONSIDERED, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE, UH, MINOR AMENDMENTS.
AND AS STAN PRESENTED, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LARGELY CONSIDERED TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS BASED ON, UM, THE INPUT THAT'S BEING USED, UH, TO INFORM THESE AMENDMENTS.
SO GOING INTO THIS ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UM, IT, IT HASN'T TAKEN THAT SAME FORMAT, UM, LARGELY, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PANDEMIC AND WE DID EXPERIENCE A SURGE, UM, DURING OUR, OUR FIRST ROUND.
UM, BUT WE, WE, UM, COMMUNICATED WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICES THAT IF WE DID SEE, UM, UH, PARTICIPATION, THAT SKEWED RESULTS, THAT WE WOULD TRY TO, UH, WORK WITH OUR COUNCIL OFFICES, UM, TO, TO, UM, RECTIFY THOSE, THOSE DISCREPANCIES.
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THANK YOU.AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE TO SAY, AND I, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE ASN P D THE, THE PLAN ITSELF WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UH, EQUITY FOCUSED PROCESS, IF YOU, BUT THESE, UH, THESE AMENDMENTS ARE WHAT I'M REFERRING TO THE PROCESS FOR THE AMENDMENTS.
AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I MEAN, I KNOW I'VE HEARD THE WORDS TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THAT THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, MINOR AMENDMENTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE SO-CALLED MINOR AMENDMENTS CAN HAVE MAJOR IMPACTS ON FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND SO I, I DON'T, I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT COUCHING THESE AS MINOR AND, AND POTENTIALLY DISCOUNTING THE IMPACT ON, ON THESE COMMUNITIES THAT FRANKLY ARE NOT REPRESENTED IN THESE, IN THIS SURVEY.
SO I HOPE THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH ANOTHER ROUND OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THIS THAT'S INTENTIONALLY REACHING OUT AND INCLUDING, UH, THE ALL COMMUNITIES HERE IN AUSTIN.
AND, UH, MY LAST QUESTION THOUGH, IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOKED AT THESE AMENDMENTS OF THE MAP IS I SEE THE MAP, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP THERE.
I APPRECIATE HAVING THAT INFORMATION AND THAT TOOL TO USE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING IF I'M TRYING TO SAY, HOW IS MY STREET GOING TO CHANGE? I CAN'T SEE THAT ON THE MAP.
I JUST HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SAY, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS YOUR STREET.
AND I, AND IT'S NOT THAT EASY TO GET THAT INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM THAT ONLINE MAP, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CLICK ON A FEW LAYERS AND THEN KIND OF FIGURE THAT OUT.
SO, SO I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT KIND OF INFORMATION MORE EASILY THROUGH THE TOOL.
AND THEN, SO MY QUESTION IS WHERE CAN I FIND BASED ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, THE NUMBER OF MILES OF LEVEL, ONE ROADS THAT ARE STREETS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROPOSED FOR LEVEL TWO, THE NUMBER OF MILES, THE NUMBER OF MILES FOR LEVEL TWO, GOING TO LEVEL THREE, THE NUMBER OF MILES, LEVEL THREE, GOING TO LEVEL FOUR.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW THAT, AND, AND FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES, BECAUSE POTENTIALLY I, HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT STREET PARKING THAT FOLKS ARE USED TO RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO TAKE AWAY PARKING ON THE STREET TO OPEN IT UP FOR A BIKE? AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO JUDGE WHETHER THAT'S GOOD OR NOT, OR, YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT IT, OR DON'T, I'M SIMPLY SAYING THAT MAKE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THAT QUICKLY AND UNDERSTAND THAT QUICKLY.
SO I THINK THAT KIND OF INFORMATION WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
UM, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK ON CALCULATING THOSE NUMBERS.
WE'LL ALSO MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE LEVEL TWO STREETS THAT ARE BEING RECLASSIFIED TO LEVEL ONE STREETS.
I KNOW I DIDN'T READ THE, KIND OF THE, I'M GOING TO CALL IT DOWN ZONING, BUT IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO USE THAT AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WE'RE NOT REALLY CHANGING ANYTHING RIGHT HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE MARKET LOOKS AT THAT MAP AND THEY START MAKING DECISIONS.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE DEVELOPMENT, IT MAY NOT OCCUR BECAUSE YOU UPDATED THAT FROM LEVEL TWO TO THREE OR LEVEL ONE TO TWO TOMORROW, THE, THE WHEELS START TURNING, RIGHT.
THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING TO TURN RIGHT NOW AS THESE PROPOSALS ARE OUT THERE.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT DISCOUNTING.
THAT IMPACT IS GOING TO BE DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU WON'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE WAY DOWN THE ROAD.
AND, AND, AND TO THAT END, I THINK WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERING, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW THESE ARE GOING TO IMPACT DISPLACEMENT IN VOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT OF OUR LOW MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES AND SMALL COMMUNITY BUSINESSES.
AND I HOPE THAT THAT, THAT POINT IS BROUGHT OUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO THESE CHANGES AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO EVENTUALLY AFFECT THE DISPLACEMENT OF THESE FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES DOWN THERE, THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT.
I'M GOING TO SAY, I, I JUST, I AM ABLE TO ANSWER 100 QUESTIONS.
THE EQUITY OFFICE WAS INCLUDED IN OUR INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE SMP.
AND CAN YOU PROVIDE, CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THOSE ARE REGAIN CONSULTED WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS? WHAT DID THEY RECOMMEND? I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED.
I CAN GO BACK AND SEE, UH, WHAT THEY HAD SUBMITTED, BUT WE, WE DID REACH OUT TO THEM TO INCLUDE THEM AND HAVE THEM AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER SMITH.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE, IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION.
UM, HAVE YOU WORKED WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS? CAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES WE HAVE ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE WHEN WE'RE DESIGNING STREETS, NO MATTER WHAT THE STANDARD IS, UM, THE CITY, SOME CITY DEPARTMENTS ENCOURAGE STREET TREES AND REFLECT, REQUIRE YOU TO PUT IN STREET, AUSTIN ENERGY, PROHIBITS YOU FROM PUTTING IN STREET TREES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONFLICT FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER, AND A LOT OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL ARE WORKING WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO TRY TO MINIMIZE AND REMOVE
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A LOT OF THOSE CONFLICTS.WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME GOING FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT TRYING TO RESOLVE WHAT IS A CONFLICT IN STANDARDS.
THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD COMMENT TO MAKE.
I THINK IT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO, TO WORK ON, UM, AS WE'VE UPDATED OUR TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE STREET TREES, BUT IT'LL, IT'LL ALWAYS HAVE THAT CONFLICT WITH, WITH, UH, OUR UTILITIES AND THE RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO, UH, COMMISSIONER KIELBASA.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IT'S TAKING TIME TO UNMUTE.
I DID DRAFT A PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION IF YOU WANT TO GO OVER IT NOW OR LATER.
AND, BUT I DID SHARE ALSO SOME OF CON COMMISSIONER KING'S CONCERNS ABOUT OUTREACH SPECIFICALLY IN SEEING THAT THE CITY MAP OR WHAT WAS IT, THE SURVEY MONKEY AND THE STORY MAPS ARE BOTH ONLINE WHEN THEIR EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT AUSTIN STILL HAS A VERY SEVERE TECHNOLOGICAL DIVIDE, WHICH IS WHY, UM, AISD WAS HANDING OUT CHROMEBOOKS AND PUTTING WI-FI ON SCHOOL BUSES.
SO YOU CAN'T REALLY, YOU CAN'T RELY ON THAT.
AND THEN THE DATA THAT YOU DO HAVE THE ZIP CODES SHOWS THAT IT WAS A VERY SELECT GROUP AND IT'S GOOD THAT THEY'RE ADVISING YOU, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T BEING HEARD SHOULD ALSO BE LISTENED TO.
I'VE WORKED IN SURVEY RESEARCH AND CONDUCTED FOCUS GROUPS, BUT IT REALLY NEEDS A CONCERTED EFFORT, I THINK, BUT BACK TO, UM, GOING OVER THE DRAFT RESOLUTION THAT I PREPARED, UM, SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT, OR, UM, JUST INTERRUPT.
WE HAVE MISS PATELLA BACK ON THE LINE.
WOULD YOU LET ME INTERRUPT YOU SO SHE CAN MAKE HER COMMENTS? OH, GREAT.
SO WE'LL NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM MS. ANNETTE PATELLA, MS. PATELLA, IF YOU CAN, UH, SELECT STAR SIX, WE'LL ADD BACK SOME TIME SO YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR REMARKS SO YOU CONTINUE TO BE MUTED.
MS. PATELLA FEELS SELECT STAR SIX, THAT WILL UNMUTE YOU, AND YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR REMARKS.
WE HEAR YOU HAVE YOUR PROSTATE TO YOUR MARKS.
THE COMMISSIONERS AND MS. RIVERA.
MY NAME IS ANA PATEL AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND COACH SECRETARY OF THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL.
DIANE SPEAKING ON MY OWN BEHALF AS A NATIVE AUSTINITE CONCERNED CITIZEN OF OUR GREAT CITY, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCESS AND OBSTACLES THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED AND HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH ME REGARDING THE ASN P AMENDMENTS DURING ROUND ONE AND TWO, IF YOU COULD SHARE, UM, THE FIRST BETTER THIS STEP, UM, TO PROVIDE INPUT ON, I'VE SHARED WITH YOU AN IMAGE OF THE STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONAL THAT I CREATED DURING ROUND ONE, IN ORDER TO HELP MY NEIGHBORS THROUGH THE DIFFICULT INPUT PROCESS, MANY NEIGHBORS DID NOT REALIZE THAT THEY HAD TO CLICK ON EVERY BLOCK OF THE STREET TO GET A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED FOR THEIR SPACE.
AND THEY COULD NOT FIND WHERE TO SHARE THEIR COMMENTS, THIS DIFFICULT TO NOT ADVOCATE MULTIPLE STEP PROCESS, TO GET TO THE COMMENT BOX, CREATED A HARDSHIP FOR NEIGHBORS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS, ESPECIALLY OUR ELDERS AND TECHNOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED.
IF YOU COULD SHARE THE SECOND IMAGE, UM, BUT THE HANDWRITING ON IT, THE SECOND PHOTO I SHARED IS A QUICK AND INSTRUCTIONAL THAT I CREATED TO HELP NEIGHBORS FIND THE ONES THAT WERE HIDDEN, UNLESS YOU KNEW WHAT LIGHT, WHAT THE LAYERS ICON LOOKED LIKE.
AND TO CLICK ON TO REBUILD THEM AGAIN, THIS PROVED TO BE A BARRIER FOR OUR ELDERS AND TECHNOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE START THE VIDEO NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
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A SHORT REAL-TIME VIDEO OF MY EXPERIENCE ON MARCH 31ST, WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO FILL IN THE SURVEY FOR ROUND TWO, AS YOU CAN SEE, I USE FACE HOLDING WORDING TO FILL IN THE COMMENT BOX ON THE SURVEY TO SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE THIS VIDEO, I HAD MADE CAREFULLY WORDED COMMENTS AND EVERY, EACH AND EVERY BOX.AND WHEN I GOT TO THE BOTTOM, I WANTED TO REVIEW MY ENTRIES BEFORE HITTING SUBMIT.
I ROTATED MY IPAD VERTICALLY TO GET A BETTER LOOK AND ITS BRAIN SURPRISINGLY CHANGED AND SHOWED A LINK.
THE SURVEY PERPLEXED, I ROTATED MY IPAD BACK HORIZONTALLY.
SO MY SHOT, ALL MY ENTRIES HAD DISAPPEARED.
I KNOW I'M NOT, I'M NOT EXPECTING TOO MUCH AT THE SURVEY SHOULD BE VETTED AND TESTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD NOT HAPPEN.
HOW COULD THIS SURVEY BE PUT OUT IF ALL THE INFORMATION ENTERED COULD SO EASILY BE RAISED? HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT THIS HAPPENED TO, BUT JUST WALKED AWAY, DISCOURAGED THEM TO CHECKED IT EVEN BEFORE, EVEN WHEN I SUBMITTED ENTRIES TO THE AUSTIN BLUES CALENDAR, MY GIG INFORMATION IS SAVED AS I GO.
I KNOW HOW TO USE MY IPAD, AND I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH INCOMPETENCY WHERE ALL MY ENTRIES VANISHED BY TURNING MY SCREEN.
I ALSO SHARED A SPRING OF EMAILS BETWEEN MYSELF AND MR. COLE KITTEN AT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WITH MR. RIBERA WAS KINDLY FORWARDED TO YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW.
SOME OF MY COMMENTS MADE SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE BY MR. BROOKE TODAY, DO NOT ALIGN WITH THE EMAILS I RECEIVED DUE TO THE LACK OF SPEAKING TIME.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A POINT THAT ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ME.
I ALREADY MENTIONED WHY TWO WAYS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LEVEL ONE SWEETS, ESPECIALLY THOSE UPGRADED TO LEVEL TWO.
THE HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE ON THOSE THREE DESERVE TO BE FULLY INFORMED.
IT SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY OMISSION OF INFORMATION.
THESE HOMEOWNERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH PROPERTY THEY WILL LOSE IF THEY DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTIES WITHOUT HAVING TO FIND A SURVEY THAT WAS DONE ON THEIR PROPERTY.
IN SOME CASES, DECADES AGO, CONSULTING A PROPERTY PROFILE, RECONTACTING THE DSC, BUT EXTRA RESEARCH RAISE THE BARRIER IT'S INFORMATION THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AND THESE AMENDMENTS SO THAT ALL CITIZENS OF AUSTIN COULD BE FULLY INFORMED BEFORE MAKING A DECISION ABOUT THESE AMENDMENTS.
I HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I HAD REACHED OUT TO THEM TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION NEVER REACHED OUT TO US DESPITE HER CONTACT INFORMATION BEING PUBLISHED PUBLICLY.
NOT ONLY DID THE OUTREACH FAIL TO ADDRESS MS. PATELLA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND THOSE WHO ARE TECHNOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PHOTOS, EMAILS, OR VIDEO THAT I'VE SHARED WITH YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE.
UM, I AM THINKING BEFORE WE DISCUSS, UH, THE RESOLUTION YOU, UH, HAVE PUT IN THE BACKUP, MS. UH, KOBASA, UH, COMMISSIONER CABASA.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM YOUR COLLEAGUES.
AND IN FACT, ACTUALLY, I'VE, THERE'S JUST BEEN A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I'VE HAD THAT I WANT TO GET TO ANYWAY.
SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND GET, SO I WAS WONDERING WHERE IN, I WAS LOOKING FOR, IS THERE A DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL OR DIRECTIVE FROM COUNCIL? WAS, DID COUNCIL VOTE ON IN MINUTES? UM, AND IF SO, WHERE CAN I FIND IT? OKAY.
THE CISCO AND SORRY IF I'M I'M LAGGING TOO, IT APPEARS TO BE LIVING ON MY SCREEN.
UM, COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION, UM, IN, UH, JUNE OF 2020 AFTER ADOPTING THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN PLAN TO INITIATE A PROCESS, TO AMEND THE S AND P TO INCLUDE A PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN AND ASSOCIATED TECHNICAL ELEMENTS.
THAT MEANS, UH, INCLUDING UPDATING THE STREET NETWORK TO INCLUDE, INCLUDE THOSE PLANS.
UM, SO USING THIS AMENDMENT CYCLE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND THE STREET NETWORK, UM, WAS ALSO INCLUDING THE, UH, STREET THAT UPDATE TO THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL THAT CONCLUDED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
AND THEN COULD, UM, IF POSSIBLE, COULD YOU AT LEAST SEND IT TO ME, I'D BE REALLY INTERESTED JUST TO SEE WHAT THE COUNCIL DIRECTION LOOKS LIKE.
THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT IS LOOKING AT, UM, NOTIFICATION, UM, WELL ACTUALLY THAT'S COVERED IN THE RESOLUTION, SO I DON'T REALLY NEED TO, BUT I WOULD ALSO, I WAS WONDERING, UM, I KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND CAMP METRO'S JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, UM, REQUIRES SOME MORE OUT OR HAS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR, UM, PUBLIC INPUT.
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AND SO WILL YOU BE DOING ANOTHER? AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS DOESN'T MAYBE MAKE THE CUTS.SO ARE YOU GOING TO BE DOING ANOTHER ROUND OF PUBLIC INPUT, ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT PRIORITY POPULATIONS? SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I FOLLOWED, UH, AS IT RELATED TO TO PROJECT CONNECT, PROJECT CONNECT IS FALL IS FOLLOWING THEIR OWN NEPA PROCESS FOR ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC INPUT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE ASM P AMENDMENT PROCESS GOES, UM, WE CONDUCTED THE FIRST ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT, UH, THAT CONCLUDED AT THE END OF JANUARY.
THE SECOND ROUND, UM, WAS CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT MARCH.
AND THEN THE FINAL PHASE OF THE AMENDMENT PROCESS IS, UM, PRESENTING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR, UH, RECOMMENDATION, UM, AS REQUIRED PER AUSTIN CITY CHARTER, A PUBLIC HEARING AT CITY COUNCIL BEING HELD ON MAY 19TH, AND THEN THE COUNCIL ADOPTION PROCESS THROUGH THREE READINGS.
SO THE FINAL ROUND OF, OF, UM, UH, PUBLIC TESTIMONY WOULD BE CONDUCTED THROUGH THAT FORMAL ADOPTION PROCESS.
AS FAR AS NOTIFICATION GOES, UM, PER REQUIREMENTS OF THE AUSTIN CITY CHARTER NOTIFICATION WILL BE SENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY REGISTRY AND AN ADVERTISEMENT WILL BE PLACED IN THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN, UH, 16 DAYS PRIOR TO, UM, HOLDING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THEN HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT YOUR PROPERTY IS AFFECTED? I RAN INTO THIS WITH THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR WHATEVER IT WAS THAT WAS VOTED ON IN SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2020.
I HAPPENED TO SEE IT AND I ALERTED ONE OF MY FAVORITE LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND THEY HAD NOT BEEN ALERTED THAT THEY, THAT THEY WERE LISTED, THEY WERE LISTED AND FOR A SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITION OF THEIR PROPERTY.
SO HOW COME YOU'RE NOT LOW NOTIFYING LOCAL, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS THEMSELVES.
SO THE PRIMARY THING TO DIFFERENTIATE AND DISTINGUISH ABOUT THE S AND P STREET NETWORK IS THAT IT IS NOT A RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION PROCESS.
UM, IT IS A TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THAT'S, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT INTENDED TO SERVE THAT TYPE OF PURPOSE OF, OF IMMINENT, UM, RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AS WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
UM, BUT IT IS A PREREQUISITE TO NEW DEVELOPMENT AND, AND, UH, COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT.
SO AS SOON AS SOMEONE, AS SOON AS THE PROPERTY OWNER DECIDES TO, TO DEVELOP, UH, THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY, UM, THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN HAS TO BE IN PLACE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO KNOW WHAT THEIR RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS ARE.
UM, SO IT IT'S, UH, IT'S A PREREQUISITE TO DEVELOPMENT, UM, BUT IT DOES NOT PRESCRIBE WHEN AND WHERE REDEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR.
NEXT QUESTION OR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER GREENBERG.
I DO HAVE COMMENTS, BUT BEFORE I DO, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, HOUSE BILL 28, 40 PASSED IN 2019 REQUIRES THAT WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO SPEAK IF THEY WISH TO SPEAK.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. LAVINSKY OR ANOTHER WAY IS MY QUESTION IS MR. LAVINSKY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL US, CAN YOU, IF YOU DO WANT TO SPEAK TO MAKE SURE YOU GET A CARD IN TO THE COMMISSION LAYS ON ANDREW RIVERA? UM, IF I COULD CHECK THE RECORD TO SEE THE TIME OF THE REGISTRATION, UH, AT THE, BECAUSE THE REGISTRATION WAS AT 6 0 5.
I WAS STUCK IN ONE OF THE POORLY DESIGNED ROADS IN AUSTIN.
THAT WOULD BE AGAINST YOUR TOMA ROLES.
WOULD WE LIKE TO VOTE ON IT'S? ALL RIGHT.
I'VE SPOKEN TO MANY OF YOU OFFLINE.
UM, I DO THINK THAT PUBLIC SPEAKING IS IMPORTANT THOUGH, AND I HOPE THAT THE CITY MIGHT, UH, TRY TO REVISIT THE RULES WHEN IT'S SO EASY FOR PEOPLE TO CALL IN ONLINE, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO DRIVE DOWN HERE.
UH, DO OTHER COMMISSIONERS WANT TO HEAR MR. LAVINSKY SPEAK
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YOU HAVE TO BE REGISTERED.UH, AND I TH I THINK THERE'S, YOU MIGHT HAVE AN INTERPRETATION ISSUE, BUT WE DID HAVE A COMMISSIONER WANT TO HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
SO I THINK THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT IS SAYING OTHERWISE, UM, AYE, MR. LAVINSKY, WHY NOT EMAIL FOLKS, YOUR COMMENTS, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, UM, DOING THAT AND MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS HEARD WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY.
I JUST LIKE TO GO ON RECORD THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DO NEED TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT THIS ISSUE HERE AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AND WE'RE NOT IN, YOU KNOW, IN IT, OR, YOU KNOW, VIOLATING IT SOMEHOW BY NOT ALLOWING FOLKS TO SPEAK HERE.
SO, AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT OUR REGISTRATION PROCESS AND ALL THAT, SO THANK YOU.
AND WE MAY, WE MAY BE, WE NEED LEGAL TO W TO WEIGH IN ON IT.
WISE ON THAT NPR, I'LL PULL UP THE COAT JUST A SECOND.
LET'S NOT GET INTO A DEBATE ABOUT IT NOW, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
UM, LET ME PUT THE COMMISSION TO, UH, COMMISSIONER GREENBERG AND SEE IF SHE HAS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
SO MY FIRST COMMENT IS THAT, UM, THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN SORT OF SAID, TOLD DON'T WORRY, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DON'T GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS.
THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION.
AND THE FACT IS THAT HOMEOWNERS ARE NOT COMFORTED BY THIS STATEMENT WHEN WE'VE SEEN PROPOSALS TO REZONE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, FOR EXAMPLE, TO
UM, AND I REALLY THE STATEMENT BY MS. RANKIN SAYING, THIS IS PAVING THE WAY FOR FUTURE ZONING REALLY SPEAKS TO ME.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE REASON FOR SO MUCH PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT THIS, UM, PLAN.
AND THE OTHER THING IS I'D LIKE TO ASK STAFF ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR MAKING THE STREET LEVEL CHANGES.
I MEAN, WE WERE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WERE CORRECTING ERRORS AND TRYING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE BICYCLE PLAN, BUT THE SPECIFIC CHANGES OFTEN COULD NOT BE EXPLAINED THAT WAY.
UM, SO I WONDERED ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WOULD RESULT IN NOT NECESSARILY CORRECTING ERRORS, BUT ADDING ERRORS.
UM, AND THEN THE BASED ON THE FEEDBACK, AND MAYBE SOME OTHER FACTORS, SOME STREETS WERE CHANGED BACK AND SOME WERE NOT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS USED TO IDENTIFY THE CHANGES, UM, BOTH IN THE ORIGINAL DRAFT AND THEN IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, BECAUSE LIKE SOME OTHER PEOPLE MENTIONED, I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE'S AREAS WHERE NOBODY HAPPENS TO BE PAYING ATTENTION.
AND SO IF THERE'S NO COMMENT MADE, WOULD A CORRECTION BE MADE.
SO THAT, THAT'S MY QUESTION TO EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR MAKING THE STREET LEVEL CHANGES, NOT SO MUCH THE INTENT, BUT HOW WERE THEY MADE THAT WE ENDED UP WITH CHANGES THAT WEREN'T QUITE RIGHT.
SO COOL KITTEN, UM, I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE SOME EXAMPLES THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE FOR WHERE ERRORS MAY BE MAY HAVE BEEN ADDED, BUT GENERALLY THE APPROACH, UM, TO THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN A RULES-BASED APPROACH.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STREET NETWORK TABLE, AS, AS DAN PRESENTED IN THOSE EXAMPLES, THERE'S INGREDIENTS WITHIN THE STREET NETWORK, SO YOU HAVE STREET DESIGN ELEMENTS SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF TRAVEL LANES, WHETHER THERE'S A CENTER TURN LANE OR, OR A MEDIAN, UM, WHETHER A BICYCLE FACILITY EXISTS AS A BIKE LANE OR A PROTECTED FACILITY, OR THERE ISN'T ONE AT ALL.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE INGREDIENTS, UM, WE ALIGN THEM WITH WHAT IS IN THE UPDATED TCM.
SO IF IT HAS TO TRAVEL LANES, A, UH, CENTER TURN OR RAISED MEDIAN, THEN IT WOULD ALIGN WITH OUR LEVEL THREE CROSS SECTION FOR A TWO LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY.
IF IT IS TWO TRAVEL LANES WITH A RECOMMENDED FUTURE BICYCLE FACILITY OF A BIKE LANE, THEN IT ALIGNS WITH OUR LEVEL TWO CROSS SECTION.
UM, IF THE ROADWAY IS TWO TRAVEL LANES AND IT WAS LEFT OUT OF THE BICYCLE PLAN, OR THE BICYCLE PLAN RECOMMENDED THAT IT WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD BIKEWAY OR, OR CALM CALM STREET OR QUIET STREET,
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THEN IT ALIGNED WITH OUR LEVEL ONE STREET.SO THERE, THE, THE APPROACH TO THIS AMENDMENT PROCESS WASN'T ACTUALLY TO CHANGE THE INGREDIENTS OF, OF WHAT WAS IN THE ADOPTED STREET AT WORK.
BUT IT WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE STREET LEVELS ALIGNED WITH THOSE ADOPTED INGREDIENTS AND THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY REQUIREMENTS WERE UPDATED BASED ON THE TCM, UM, IDEAL ACROSS SECTION.
SO FROM ROUND ONE TO ROUND TWO, WHAT WAS CHANGED WAS THAT WE LOOKED AT ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD THOSE LEVEL ONE STREETS THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED TO BE UPGRADED TO LEVEL TWO BECAUSE OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE A BIKE LANE, BUT BECAUSE THEY INCLUDED SINGLE FAMILY ZONING IN THAT RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION IS NOT PART OF THAT PROCESS.
WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD REMOVE THOSE PROPOSED CHANGES AND LEAVE THEM AT LEVEL ONE, UM, AS TO, AS TO REMOVE THOSE CONCERNS OF THE EXPANDED RIGHT OF WAY, UM, FOR, FOR SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES, HOWEVER, WHERE THERE IS ZONING IN PLACE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR, UM, VERTICAL MIXED USE OR MULTIFAMILY, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WE PRESERVED THOSE LEVEL TWO, UM, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, SO THAT WHENEVER A PROPERTY DOES REDEVELOP, UM, THAT SITE WOULD PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE, UM, TO INCLUDE, UM, THE, A, THE MORE IDEAL CROSS-SECTION AND PROTECTED BICYCLE FACILITY.
AND MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE TIME, UM, THOSE SEGMENTS OF ROADWAY OR WHERE THEY INTERSECT WITH A MAJOR CORRIDOR AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE IS NOT, UM, GIVING UP AT THE INTERSECTION BECAUSE WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT ALMOST 50% OF FATALITIES FOR BICYCLISTS OCCUR AT AN, AT AN INTERSECTION.
SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH THROUGH THE REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE STREETS IS THAT THEY'LL PROVIDE THOSE PROTECTED FACILITIES AS THE BICYCLE FACILITIES APPROACH DOES MAJOR CORRIDORS.
SO DO YOU WANT ME TO LIST A SEGMENT THAT DOESN'T REALLY SEEM TO FOLLOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, OR, UM, REACH OUT TO YOU OFFLINE? UH, EITHER WAY IT'D BE HELPFUL.
I'M, I'M, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO RECEIVING ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AS WELL, BECAUSE IF IT IS INDEED SOMETHING THAT'S IN ERROR, THEN, THEN WE WOULD, WE WOULD LOVE TO CORRECT.
IT WAS AN ERROR WEST AVENUE BETWEEN 34TH AND 38TH.
UM, IT WAS SLATED IN THE FIRST ROUND TO CHANGE FROM LEVEL ONE TO LEVEL TWO, AND THEN IN LEVEL IN THE SECOND ROUND THAT WAS REMOVED.
SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT THAT IN BY MISTAKE AND THEN TOOK IT OUT BASED ON COMMENTS.
BUT AGAIN, THE CONCERN IS SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY PEOPLE WHO, UM, STRUGGLE IN AUSTIN THAT ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK.
AND, AND ON THAT NOTE, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED EARLIER WITH COMMISSIONER KING'S COMMENTS ABOUT OUR EQUITY APPROACH.
YOU KNOW, WHILE WE DID HEAR FROM, FROM ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE ALLENDALE, UM, THE RULES THAT WE FOLLOWED WHEN WE'VE REMOVED THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, THEY APPLIED EVERYWHERE IN AUSTIN.
SO EVEN, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN, THAT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT AN INCREASE FROM LEVEL ONE TO LEVEL TWO, SUCH AS DOVE SPRINGS ROAD, UM, THOSE SAME RULES WERE APPLIED TO WHERE WE REMOVED THOSE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
UM, BASED ON THE COMMENTS WE HEARD IN ROUND ONE.
COMMISSIONER KOSTA, ANY, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
ANY COMMENTS WE CAN'T HEAR YOU? CAN WE, OUR CUSTOMER, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
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OKAY.UM, I, I WONDER IF HE MIGHT GIVE HIM TIME TO BE ABLE TO RECONNECT IF HE NEEDS TO SO WE CAN HEAR HIS COMMENTS.
THANK YOU, MR. COASTER, COMMISSIONER KOSTA.
DO YOU WANT TO TRY TO RECONNECT? OKAY.
UH, COMMISSIONER STERN, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? UH, YES.
UH, I THINK THERE'S, UM, SOME CONFUSION.
UM, AT LEAST I I'M FEELING CONFUSED ABOUT, UM, WHEN SOMETHING, WHEN REDEVELOPMENT WOULD TRIGGER A DEDICATION OF RIGHT OF WAY.
AND, UM, I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT SOUNDED LIKE IF THERE WAS A RESIDENTIAL USE, IT WOULDN'T TRIGGER IT, BUT THEN IT SOUNDED LIKE IF IT WAS SINGLE FAMILY, IT WOULDN'T TRIGGER IT, BUT IF IT WAS MULTIFAMILY, IT WOULD TRIGGER.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IS IT THAT, UM, SF ONE THROUGH FIVE AND MULTIFAMILY ONE THROUGH FIVE ARE PROTECTED, OR NOW IF YOU GO TO MULTIFAMILY, THEN THAT'S GOING TO TRIGGER, UM, A REDEVELOPMENT AND DEDICATION RIGHT AWAY.
SO, SO TO CLARIFY, UM, IT IS ALL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
SO THESE ARE NON SINGLE FAMILY ZONE PROPERTIES THAT GO THROUGH, UM, A DIFFERENT PROCESS IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UM, SO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UM, GO THROUGH THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS, AND THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DEDICATE RIGHT-OF-WAY, UM, A MULTIFAMILY, WHICH, WHICH INCLUDES ANYTHING GREATER THAN DUPLEX, UM, WOULD GO THROUGH, UH, THE SITE PLAN PROCESS, UM, WHICH WOULD TRIGGER THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION REQUIREMENT, UM, ANYTHING GOING THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS AS WELL AS ZONING, UH, IS SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION REQUIREMENT IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO, AGAIN, TO CLARIFY, UM, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST VERTICAL MIXED USE.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PUD, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE COMMERCIAL, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT DEDICATION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTIFAMILY, YOU KNOW, SO MULTIFAMILY ONE MULTIFAMILY TOO.
THAT'S GOING TO ALSO TRIGGER THAT REDEVELOPMENT AND RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION.
AND THEN, UM, THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS IF I HAVE A LEVEL ONE ROAD IN A MET 60 FEET WIDTH, AND I WANT A BIKE LANE, DO I GET A BIKE LANE OR DO I NEED TO BECOME A LEVEL TWO ROAD AND HAVE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION.
SO, UM, IN ORDER TO ADD A BICYCLE FACILITY, OUR DEPARTMENT DOES GO THROUGH A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO IDENTIFY, UM, THE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS, UH, THE NEED FOR BICYCLE FACILITY.
UM, SO DEPENDING ON THE VOLUME OF, OF THE ROADWAY, UH, THE TRAFFIC VOLUME OF THE ROAD, UM, AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS IS, IS REALLY WHAT WILL DETERMINE WHETHER A BIKE LANE IS NECESSARY.
UM, BUT IT ALSO DEPENDS ON, UM, THE OTHER NEEDS OF THE STREET SUCH AS PARKING, UM, WHAT THE EXISTING CURB TO CURB DIMENSIONS ARE.
UM, SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN JUST, UH, A SINGULAR CASE OF A CERTAIN, UM, PROPERTY REDEVELOPING, BUT IT REQUIRES THE FULL CONTEXT OF, OF THE ROADWAY, UM, UH, NOT JUST THE ADJACENT USES, BUT HOW THE ROADWAY IS BEING USED WITHIN THE FULL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AS WELL.
UM, YEAH, UH, THERE WAS, THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT WERE SENT TO US BY EMAIL ABOUT, UM, NORTH MOPAC, UM, THE RAMP BETWEEN NORTHWOOD AND WEST 35TH STREET.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE 3 35, WHICH RUNS ON THAT STREET, KIND OF DOES A LOOP DE LOOP THERE IT'S A DEAD DEADHEAD, UM, BY, UM, IDENTIFYING THAT AS A TRANSIT PRIORITY STREET.
IS THAT DOING ANYTHING TO THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION? IS THAT DOING ANYTHING TO ZONING THAT'S NEAR IT? UM, PARTICULARLY SINCE THERE'S NOT A STOP THERE.
SO THE GOAL OF THE TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK IS TO CAPTURE THE FULL LENGTH, UH,
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THE FULL LIMITS OF THE ROUTES THAT ARE CONSIDERED HIGH FREQUENCY.SO THEY, THESE ARE ROUTES OF 15 MINUTES OR, OR BETTER, UM, WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THAT PARTICULAR SEGMENTS, UH, A DEAD HEAD OR IT'S THE BEGINNING OF, OF THAT ROUTE.
UM, THE, THE IDEA IS THAT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY EVERY, EVERY SEGMENT THAT SERVICE OPERATES ON SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, UM, THE BEST, UH, TYPE OF, UH, TRANSIT PRIORITY TREATMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE, THAT, THAT SERVICE HAS, UM, UM, IS RELIABLE AND HAS COMPETITIVE TRAVEL, UM, TIMES WITH, WITH OTHER MODES.
SO IT'S MORE ABOUT MAKING WAY FOR THE VEHICLE THEN ZONING PURPOSES.
SO THAT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS IS A MOBILITY PLAN.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, IDENTIFYING WHERE TO PRIORITIZE OUR TRANSIT PRIORITY TREATMENTS, AND THOSE WOULD BE ON THE TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK.
UM, WE DO HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UM, BASED ON, UM, BASED ON DELIVERING THAT TYPE OF TRANSIT SERVICE THERE'S EFFICIENCIES IN, UM, UH, LOCATING LAND USES THAT ARE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE ALONG THE TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK.
HOWEVER, THE S AND P DOES NOT, UM, TRIGGER ZONING CHANGES.
UM, SO EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE IDENTIFIED IN THE TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK, UM, YOUR CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS IS WHAT'S IN PLACE.
AND, UH, I, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP, UM, ONE MORE TIME REGARDING THE BASE ZONING DISTRICTS.
IS THERE SOME REASON WHY, UM, THERE WOULD BE THE DEDICATION OF RIGHT OF WAY AT MULTIFAMILY? UM, IS THERE A REASON WHY IT WASN'T, UM, SPECIFICALLY CONTAINED TO COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL OR SPECIAL PURPOSE, UM, WHY SOME RESIDENTIAL AND NOT ALL? SO, SO THIS IS A, A, OR I GUESS, A RESULT OF HOW THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IS DESIGNED OR WRITTEN, UM, MULTI-FAMILY UM, IS INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS, UH, TO, TO, THROUGH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
SO MULTIFAMILY, COMMERCIAL MIXED USE ARE ALL REVIEWED THROUGH THE SAME LENS AND HAVE ALL OF THE SAME REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LBC.
UM, WELL, UH, IT DOES PULL IT, PUT A CHILLING EFFECT ON, UM, ZONING, SOMETHING MULTIFAMILY INSTEAD OF SINGLE FAMILY HOME AS A RESULT.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND CONSIDERING AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT COMMISSIONER HAS SORT OF AN EMERGENT QUESTION IF YOU HAVE A, IF YOU CAN WAIT ONE SECOND.
AND WHERE YOU DONE, YOU WERE DONE.
GO AHEAD, MR. BOOTH, APOLOGIES.
UM, I'M JUST, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THAT ON A, ON A PRACTICAL LEVEL, I SEE THE ELEGANCE OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, FIVE AND ONLY FIVE CATEGORIES HERE, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE CAUSING A LOT OF GRIEF ACROSS THAT ZERO TO ONE TO TWO BOUNDARY.
I'M WONDERING IF IN PRACTICE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE OF A GRANULARITY OR SOMETHING THAT APPLIES TO WAY THAT BICYCLES VERSUS 18 WHEELERS VERSUS RIGHT.
OF WAY, YOU KNOW, MIGHT VARY IN THAT INTENSITY OR IF IT TRULY IS A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
UM, AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE UPDATE TO THE TCM IS THAT AFTER MULTIPLE DECADES.
WE FINALLY RIPPED THE BANDAID OFF AND WE'VE UPDATED IT, WHICH MEANS THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE IT AS WE FIND THINGS THAT AREN'T WORKING OUT.
HOWEVER, WHAT, WHAT, UM, PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WITH THE UPDATED TCM IS THAT WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED FLEXIBLE DESIGN CRITERIA IN GUIDANCE TO WHERE, WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO MODIFY EACH OF THOSE STREET LEVELS, UM, TO FIT WITHIN THE CONSTRAINT CONDITIONS.
SO JUST BECAUSE WE START WITH A LEVEL TWO THAT MAY HAVE 84 FEET OF RIGHT-OF-WAY, UM, WE'RE GIVEN MORE TOOLS IN THE UPDATED TCM TO, TO, TO DESIGN IT WITHIN THE CONSTRAINT CONDITIONS, TO WHERE WE MAY HAVE A STREET THAT ON PAPER LOOKS, IT HAS ALL THE INGREDIENTS, HOWEVER, PHYSICALLY IT'S IT'S MUCH NARROWER, UM, UH, AND DESIGNED TO THAT SPECIFIC SITE CONSTRAINT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER.
I SAY THIS WITH ALL THE, ALL THE SYMPATHY IN MY HEART,
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UM, IT WOULD APPEAR TO BE THAT DESIGNING WITHIN CONSTRAINT IS NOT BEING COMMUNICATED, PERHAPS.UM, AND IF YOU'RE DONE, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO CYCLE BACK REAL QUICK TO SEE IF COMMISSIONER KOSTA MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
I WILL GIVE IT ONE MORE TRY AND THEN I WILL HERE.
SO MORE, JUST A BASIC QUESTION THEN.
SO AS I UNDERSTOOD THE CHANGES BEING REQUESTED IN THE AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN ARE TO ALIGN WITH THE CHANGES ALREADY APPROVED IN THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL.
IS THAT ACCURATE? SO WHAT'S THE, SO WHAT'S THE CONSEQUENCE OF NOT APPROVING THESE CHANGES THEN, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE ALREADY APPROVED AND THE INTROSPECTION CRITERIA MANUAL AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, THEY'LL MOVE TO THOSE STANDARDS.
WOULD THAT JUST MEAN THAT THE PLAN IS NOT ACCURATELY SHOWING THE PUBLIC WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT RIGHT OF WAY, WHAT, WHAT FACILITIES, WHAT AMENITIES WOULD BE ON A ROAD? UM, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO GET BACK.
SO THE STREET NETWORK DOES SERVE, UM, TWO PURPOSES.
IT DOES SERVE AS, AS THE, THE VISION FOR WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT DOES ALSO HAVE THAT TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT ELEMENT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT SAYS, UM, REFER TO THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR YOUR SITE, UM, REQUIREMENTS AND COMPLY WITH, WITH WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT PLAN.
SO, UM, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THAT I THINK WE WOULD HAVE SOME LEGAL, LEGAL CHALLENGES AT THE TIME OF DEVELOPMENT, IF WE ARE TRYING TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY, THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
SO WE WOULD HAVE OUR TCM STANDARDS TELLING THEM ONE THING, BUT THE PLAN TELLING THEM, UH, SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO I, I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, UM, WE'VE HAD TO EXPERIENCE YET BECAUSE THE TCM GOES INTO EFFECT JUNE 20 OF THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT SITUATION.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST IS THE DIFFICULTY OF ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY.
THAT IS NOT IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
ALL RIGHT, LET ME GO TO COMMISSIONER SMITH.
ME AS AN ENGINEER, WHO'S BEEN DESIGNING ROADS FOR WAY TOO LONG TO THINK ABOUT AN AUSTIN.
WHAT WE USE THE ASN P FOR IS WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO US, A CLIENT SAYS, HEY, I WANT TO DEVELOP THIS PIECE OF LAND ON THIS ROADWAY.
WE CAN GO TO ASM P AND SAY, WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO DEDICATE 20 FEET OR RIGHT AWAY.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE ASM P PLAN, THEY WANT THIS AMOUNT OF RIGHT-AWAY.
AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE PLANNING AND THE SITE PLAN PROCESS, YOU'RE OBLIGATED TO GIVE THAT LAND TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THESE PIECES OF PROPERTY IN THE ASAP, WHEN WE GO THROUGH AND DEVELOP THEM, YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT RIGHT AWAY FOR FREE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK LATER ON IF YOU WANT TO BUILD THAT ROADWAY AND BUY THAT RIGHT AWAY.
UM, SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO ACQUIRE RIGHT AWAY WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT.
AND WHEN A DEVELOPER IS WANTING TO DEVELOP HIS LAND, IT'S NOT, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT USED TO JUST TAKE LAND.
THAT'S NOT PLAYING FOR DEVELOPMENT.
AND NOBODY'S ASKING FOR A PERMIT I'VE NEVER SEEN THE CITY SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO COME IN AND TAKE 20 FEET OR RIGHT AWAY, BECAUSE WE THINK WE CAN, YOU CAN'T.
UM, BUT IF A DEVELOPER COMES IN WITH THE INTENT OF DEVELOPING A PIECE OF PROPERTY, THIS GIVES THE CITY THE RIGHT TO TAKE THAT LAND WITHOUT COMPENSATION, UP TO A POINT, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT IS, HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ASN PIECE.
THAT'S WHAT WE USE IT FOR IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CITY'S THOUGHTS ARE, WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE FOR THESE ROADWAYS.
CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS COME FOR ZONING PROJECTS, COME BEFORE US.
IF THAT ROADWAY WERE WIDENED WELL, THIS IS HOW THE CITY GETS THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE WIDENING THAT ROADWAY.
THEY CAN'T COME IN AND TAKE RIGHT AWAY.
IT'S TAKE LAW PROHIBITS THAT, BUT THIS IS HOW THEY CAN GET RIGHT AWAY FROM DEVELOPERS, WHICH I'M FINE WITH.
UM, BUT IT GIVES US AN UNDERSTANDING BEFORE ANYBODY BUYS THE LAND.
LIKE I CAN LOOK AT IT AND SAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DUMP THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEDICATE X AMOUNT OF RIGHT AWAY IS IN THE PLAN IS WRITTEN DOWN.
UM, IF IT'S NOT IN A PLAN, IT'S UP TO NEGOTIATION AND THE CITY IS GOING TO LOSE.
UM, IF THEY COME IN AND SAY, WE DON'T HAVE IT ON A PLAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WANT FOR RIGHT AWAY, BUT WE THINK WE WANT SOMETHING.
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THEN, UM, AS I DEVELOP A, IT WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU AIN'T GETTING ANYTHING.UM, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAN TO BACK THAT UP.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE USE ASM P FOR IS SIMPLY WHEN WE'RE DOING DEVELOPMENT, WE CAN LOOK AT AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY'S DESIRES ARE.
THIS IS HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO GIVE TO THEM.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE COME FROM.
WELL, I COULD CYCLE BACK IF COMMISSIONER SMITH'S DONE.
I THINK HE IS TOO, OR, UM, FOLKS THAT ARE REMOTE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, MAYBE YOU RAISE YOUR HAND.
I HAD ONE, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO, UH, COMMISSIONER KING.
WELL, UH, CARE, YOU, YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GO, I CAN GO AFTER YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO, I WANT TO KEEP BREAD IN THE MEETING, BUT I WOULD REALLY SPECIFICALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHERE IT SAYS IN YOUR 300 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO SINGLE FAMILY.
UM, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL PROCESSES, SO THIS WOULD APPLY TO MIX TO, UM, SAY MULTIFAMILY, BUT IN TERMS OF ZONING, MULTIFAMILY IS CONSIDERED RESIDENTIAL.
SO I'M SEEING POTENTIAL PLACES FOR CONFUSION.
WHERE DOES IT SAY IN YOUR DOCUMENT THAT THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO RESIDENTIAL? UM, IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN INTO THE DOCUMENT? SO, UM, TWO THINGS, UM, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE INCLUDING IN THE STREET NETWORK IS CLARIFICATION THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION DOES NOT APPLY TO SINGLE FAMILY ZONE PROPERTIES.
HOWEVER, UM, IT DOES APPLY TO MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
SO I'M SORRY, IS THERE A PAGE NUMBER THAT I CAN REFERENCE? SO WITHIN THE STREET NETWORK ITSELF, WHAT WE'VE INCLUDED, UM, WHICH WAS REFERENCED EARLIER IN THE EXAMPLES, THERE'S A COLUMN CALLED RIGHT-OF-WAY REMARKS AND WE'RE UPDATING THOSE RIGHT AWAY REMARKS COLUMNS TO INCLUDE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS ON HOW THIS RIGHT OF WAY IS TO BE EVALUATED AND USED.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE INCLUDING THAT, THAT, THAT LANGUAGE, THAT ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, UM, TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IT DOESN'T APPLY TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, HOWEVER, WHERE IT REALLY MATTERS.
AND AS, AS, UM, AS, UH, THE COMMENTER WAS, WAS MAKING, UM, IT'S ABOUT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE WAY THAT THAT'S WRITTEN AND, UM, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRES RIGHT OF WAY TO BE DEDICATED FROM MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND NOT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO IT'S ALREADY WRITTEN IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND WE'RE JUST REFLECTING THAT FACT IN THE STREET NETWORK, UM, RIGHT.
UH, JUST TO FOLLOW UP, UM, ON, UM, UH, BELIEVE, UH, MR. KITTEN, YOU HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT, YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP THE LEVEL TWO AMENDMENTS FOR MULTI-FAMILY AND FOR MIXED USE VERTICAL MIXED USE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
AND I WONDER, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THINKING BACK TO CODE NEXT, I REMEMBER WE HAD ALL THESE MAPS OF THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES AND DOWN TO THE, DOWN TO THE LOT LEVEL, YOU COULD SEE, YOU COULD SEE, UH, YOUR LOT AND YOU COULD, YOU COULD SEE WHAT THE PROPOSED CHANGE WAS.
AND SO I'M WONDERING, DO YOU, DO YOU, CAN YOU PRODUCE A MAP THAT SHOWS ALL OF THESE, UH, LEVEL TWO AMENDMENTS THAT THAT WOULD CONTINUE FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY MIXED USE THAT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY SEE THAT ON THE MAP.
CAN WE SEE THAT ON THE CURRENT MAP THAT'S OUT THERE? RIGHT.
SO WHEN YOU'RE IN THE STORY MAP THAT WE'VE PRODUCED FOR OUR SECOND ROUND, UM, IT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION ON HOW TO READ THE MAP, INCLUDING HOW TO TURN ON THE LAYERS, UM, THAT, THAT ARE IN THE LEGEND.
UM, BUT WITHIN THAT LEGEND, IT INCLUDES, UM, UH, THE FULL STREET NETWORK LAYER ITSELF.
BUT THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONAL LAYERS THAT YOU CAN TURN ON AND OFF SUCH AS THE LEVEL TWO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD.
AND YOU CAN TURN THAT LAYER ON AS WELL AS ZONING LAYER THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY ALIGN, UM, UH, BLOCK BY BLOCK COMPARED TO WHAT OUR EXISTING ZONING IS TODAY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD IS JUST TO FOLLOW ON, ON THE POINT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT HERE.
THE COMMISSIONER COSTA ADDRESS THAT IS ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE TCM AND THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA MANUAL AND THE S AND P ITSELF.
AND, AND I'M JUST WONDERING, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE PLAN
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IS, IS IT SHOULD COME FIRST OR, YOU KNOW, OR THAT'S THE DRIVING FORCE.THAT'S THE THING THAT YOU REFER TO THE PLAN.
THAT'S WHERE THE PUBLIC INPUT IN ALL OCCURRED ABOUT WHAT, WHERE WE WANT THESE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR CITY.
AND, AND, AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD BE DOING THE PLAN FIRST AND THEN COMING BACK IN AND DOING THE TCM TO, TO FIT THAT PLAN.
AND AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE? SO THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED FROM 2016 TO 2019, AND IT INCLUDED, UM, THE AUSTIN STREET DESIGN GUIDE, WHICH, UH, WAS REFERENCED IN THE PRESENTATION, UM, THAT WAS THE PRECURSOR TO THE UPDATE OF THE TCM.
UM, BUT A LOT OF IT WAS WHAT WAS USED TO DEVELOP THE ORIGINAL STREET NETWORK.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS IS REALLY WHERE WE WERE VALIDATING, UM, WHAT PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE, UM, AS THE FUTURE VISION OF THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
AND THEN WE USED THE STREET DESIGN GUIDE AS THE, UM, INPUT INTO THE STREET NETWORK.
AND NOW THAT THE S THE TCM HAS BEEN FORMALLY ADOPTED, WE'RE REPLACING THAT DRAFT CRITERIA THAT WAS USED IN THE STREET NETWORK BASED ON THE FINAL, THE FINAL PRODUCT.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T REDONE THE PLAN.
WE WERE, WE'RE USING THE INGREDIENTS THAT WERE DEVELOPED DURING THE PLAN, BUT ALIGNING THEM WITH THE FINAL PRODUCT.
AND THE PRODUCT HERE BEING WHICH ONE, THE PLAN OR THE, OR THE TCM CCM.
SEE, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S, WHAT, I'M I MISSING SOMETHING HERE? IT SEEMS LIKE THE, THE TAIL IS WAGGING THE DOG HERE THAT, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE TCM, THEN NOW WE'VE GOT TO GO CHANGE THAT STREET NETWORK, OR IT'S GOING TO BE INCONSISTENT, OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE CONFLICTS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE, THE TCM SHOULD FOLLOW THE PLAN.
AND IF IT'S OUT OF SYNC, JUST BECAUSE WE CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR VR, WHATEVER PRECURSOR TO THE TCM, THEN, THEN I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE JUST GOING TO FORCE IT INTO THE R THE S AND P THEN HAS TO BE CHANGED BECAUSE OF THAT AND THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE POINTED OUT.
SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT RATIONALE.
I GET CONCERNS ME A LITTLE, FRANKLY, AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE? WELL, UM, I, UM, IT, IT IS HARD TO FOLLOW, UM, BECAUSE IT, IT IT'S LOGICAL IN MY, IN MY MIND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TCM IS A REFLECTION ON THE GOALS OF THE ACE ASM P IT'S ALSO THE D THE STARTING POINT IN THE STREET DESIGN PROCESS TO, TO MAKE THE VISION OF WHAT'S IN THE STREET NETWORK, A REALITY.
AND THAT'S THE OTHER COMMISSIONER STATED IT'S, WHAT'S REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF DEVELOPMENT TO ACQUIRE THAT SPACE AND DESIGN THAT STREET BASED ON WHAT'S IN THE TCM.
SO THE ASM P ESTABLISHED OUR VISION OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN AUSTIN, BUT THE TCM IS THE NEXT STEP.
AND THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL OF WHAT'S NEEDED TO BUILD IT.
AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE WHAT I WAS HEARING IS THAT, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP SOME OF THESE LEVEL TWO CHANGES FROM LEVEL ONE TO LEVEL TWO, BECAUSE THE TCM WOULD BE INCONSISTENT.
AND IT SEEMS TO ME, THE PLAN IS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.
THAT SHOULD BE THE DRIVING FACTOR.
IT SHOULDN'T BE, IT SHOULDN'T BE DRIVEN BY WHAT'S IN THE TCM.
I UNDERSTAND THE TCM SAYS WHEN YOU DO DEVELOP ON A LEVEL TWO, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT YOUR STREET DESIGN HAS TO FOLLOW.
SO IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE SORT OF OVERRIDING THE PLAN HERE, AND I, THAT CONCERNS ME.
AND SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO MY LAST, UH, UH, QUESTION HERE.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE, OH, AS I RECALL FROM THE PRESENTATION THAT THE ATX WALK BIKE ROLL PROCESS, UH, IS, IS GOING TO BE, IS GOING TO COME AS AN ANOTHER, UH, UPDATE TO THIS SMP.
SO, SO HE, WE WOULD GO THROUGH THIS ASM P PROCESS AND THEN ACROSS, THEN WE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO ROLL IN THE EIGHT ATX WALK, BIKE ROLL PROCESS INTO THAT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS AND WHY AREN'T WE DOING THAT NOW, AND THEN, AND THEN DOING THE S AND P AMENDMENTS, RIGHT? SO IT, JACKS WALK PARK ROLL IS THE UPDATE TO THE SIDEWALK PLAN, BICYCLE PLAN AND URBAN TRAILS, UH, PLAN.
UM, IT IS UNDERWAY IT'S IN THE EARLY PHASES.
UM, SO IT'S A, IT'S AN 18 MONTH PROCESS TO UPDATE THOSE PLANS.
UM, BUT THE THING THAT WE, WE WANT TO ENSURE THEY S AND P DOES MOVING FORWARD IS THAT THE ASM P IS THE COMPREHENSIVE MOBILITY PLAN.
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AND THOSE, THOSE MODAL PLANS LIVE UNDERNEATH IT.SO OUR GOAL IS FOR THEM TO ALWAYS BE IN SYNC MOVING FORWARD.
SO RIGHT NOW THE AMENDMENTS TO THE STREET NETWORK ARE REFLECTING THE 2014 ADOPTED RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE BICYCLE PLAN.
HOWEVER, WHENEVER THE PLAN GETS REPLACED IN 2023, WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONCURRENTLY PROVIDE AN AMENDMENT TO THE P SO THAT THEY ALWAYS STAY IN SYNC.
BUT, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THAT, UM, SOME OF THE DEBATE HAS REVOLVED AROUND WHERE A BICYCLE FACILITIES SHOULD BE RECOMMENDED, WHETHER IT CAN BE DONE WITH, WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD BIKE WAY, OR IF A BIKE LANE IS ACTUALLY NEEDED.
SO, UM, THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS REALLY WHERE, UM, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO REIMAGINE THE INGREDIENTS OF THE STREET NETWORK.
WELL, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND ADDRESSING OUR QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, I, I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS VERY COMPLICATED AND, AND VERY DETAILED.
AND, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE FOR OUR CITY, WE DO NEED TO UPDATE OUR AND P WE DO NEED TO UPDATE OUR TCM AND OUR, OUR WALK, BIKE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SIDEWALKS.
AND, BUT I JUST, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR PEOPLE AND HOW IT CAN IMPACT PEOPLE.
AND, AND I HOPE THAT WE GOING FORWARD THAT OUR PROCESS IS MORE INCLUSIVE AND INTENTIONALLY INCLUSIVE OF ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, THESE KINDS OF CHANGES.
I THINK AT THIS POINT, UNLESS THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR THE AUDIENCE, ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION OF THE FOLKS WHO'VE SPOKEN, UH, I THINK WE CAN GO TO COMMISSIONER KIELBASA.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAD A DRAFT RESOLUTION.
IF YOU COULD LAY IT OUT, I'M NOT SURE EVERYBODY SAW IT.
AND THEN FOLKS CAN COMMENT ON THE RESOLUTION, WHETHER THEY WANT TO WAIT FOR MORE INFO.
UM, UM, SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS I HEARD COMMISSIONER KING MAKING, UM, I'LL TAKE YOU LAY IT OUT, AND THEN I CAN TAKE COMMENTS FROM FOLKS.
AND I'M FINE WITH, I MEAN, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SO MUCH INFORMATION.
I CAN JUST LAY IT OUT AND THEN WE COULD COME BACK TO IT NEXT WEEK OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER WORKS FOR WHATEVER WORKS FOR PEOPLE.
UM, AND ANYWAYS, UH, ANDREW, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON THE DOCUMENT CAMERA AND I'M SORRY, I STARTED TO LAUGH BECAUSE MY MOTHER'S DOG IS IN THE BACKGROUND AND REALLY WANTS MY ATTENTION RIGHT NOW.
SO IF YOU HEAR, THAT'S NOT ME BARKING.
UM, SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUT THIS ON THE, ON THE DOCUMENT CAMERA? SO WE'LL GET UP SHORTLY.
AND I COULD START READING IT CAUSE I HAVE IT HERE, BUT IN THIS LOW TECH WORLD OF WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE A DOCUMENT CAMERA AND LET ME KNOW WHEN IT'S UP, BECAUSE THEN I CAN JUST READ IT FROM MY, UH, UM, AND I CAN'T, I WON'T BE SEEING YOU, BUT, UM, SO JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN IT'S UP AND I WILL READ IT VERY QUICKLY.
AND LET ME SAY THIS, LIKE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATION IS DEFINITELY FROM DEALING WITH A PROPERTY OWNER WHOSE PROPERTY WAS, UM, VOTED ON IN THE CORRIDOR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
SO, AND ALSO FROM HEARING PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY ARE, UM, THEY ARE CONCERNED, SO IT'D BE GOOD TO, AND I THINK IT'S JUST RIGHT TO NOTIFY PEOPLE THAT YOUR RIGHT OF WAY MAY IS GOING TO BE LISTED FOR POTENTIAL ACQUISITION.
UM, AND ARE WE READY TO GO AND JUST LET ME KNOW.
CAUSE I THINK IT JUST SPEAKS TO ITSELF.
I DON'T WANT TO GO ON ANYMORE.
JUST LET ME KNOW AND I WILL IT'S UP.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN PLEASE WAIT JUST A MINUTE.
TRANSPARENCY, PROPERTY OWNERS WHOSE FOOTAGES LISTED FOR POTENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION SHOULD BE NOTIFIED IN THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE, ADVANCED NOTICE WOULD PREVENT OWNERS AND TENANTS, NOT REAL THINGS, NOT REALIZING THEIR PROPERTY WAS TARGETED FOR POTENTIAL PROCUREMENT.
LIKE WHAT THE SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2020 CITY COUNCIL VOTE AND PROPERTY ACQUISITION FOR THE CORRIDOR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
UNTIL AFTER THE FACT, SINCE THE ASA ASM P AMENDMENTS ARE INTENDED TO BE AN ALIGNMENT OF EXISTING CITY DOCUMENTS, SPECIFY WHICH CRITERIA CODE RULES OR DOCUMENTS BOLSTER THE
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PROPOSED CHANGES, ASM P TECHNICAL CHANGES SHOULD INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY, PREDICTABILITY, AND PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE RATIONALE BEHIND ANY CHANGES, PROVIDE DEFINITIONS OF TERMS, MINIMIZE THE IMPACT, INCREASE THE RIGHT OF WAY ONLY WHEN NEEDED FOR SPECIFIC PLAN PROJECTS.AND WHEN THE REQUIRED WITH THIS DATA IN THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES ONLY FOR PROJECTS PROPOSED IN THE BIKE AND SIDEWALK MASTER PLANS, GIVEN THAT THE ASA ASM P TEAM PUBLICLY STATES THE CHANGES THAT ARE NOT IN IT, AND THAT PLANS CAN CHANGE AS THESE ASAP AMENDMENTS, A TEST ASKED FOR ONLY ASK FOR ONLY WHAT IS NECESSARY.
AUSTIN IS AT THE HEART OF FLASH FLOOD ALLEY DO NOT INCREASE IN KOREA IS COVERED BY EXTENDING RIGHT AWAY IN FLOOD ZONES OR AREAS WITH A DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF IT HAVE INCREASED POTENTIAL PRETENDED PENDING THE COMPLETION OF A STUDY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING REQUIRED DRAINAGE STUDIES FOR RIGHT AWAY, ACQUISITION OF MORE THAN 4,000 SQUARE FEET THROUGH INDIVIDUAL OR COMBINED PARCELS EQUITY INCLUDE THE EQUITY OFFICE TO ENSURE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ARE PROVIDED SAFE AND EQUAL ACCESS TO ALL FORMS OF MOBILITY, PEDESTRIAN BIKE VEHICLE, AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
THE INPUT OF THE EQUITY OFFICE MUST PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO ENSURE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS AFFORDABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS AND ADJUSTED BASED ON THEIR INCOME WHILE ALSO PROTECTING THEM FROM DISPLACEMENT.
ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION LOCATIONS MUST PROVIDE SHELTER FROM RAIN AND SUN INCLUDE AN AND INCLUDING LIGHTING AT NIGHT FOR SAFETY.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER KIELBASA LAID OUT A RESOLUTION.
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS UP TODAY OR DO YOU WANT TO POSTPONE IT UNTIL NEXT WEEK? WHY DON'T WE START WITH COMMISSIONER MOON THOUGHTS? GOSH, THE LEFT-HAND SIDE HAS SUCH A BURDEN.
I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER STERN.
I MEAN, I W I WOULD RECOMMEND POSTPONING BECAUSE I THINK THE RESOLUTION NEEDS WORK AS IT IS.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT, UM, THE CITY HAS NO CONTROL OVER LIKE, UM, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION LOCATIONS HAVING SHELTERS.
IT'S NOT EVEN PART OF THE CITY'S WORK.
UM, ALSO I, I THINK THAT THE ISSUE THAT I BROUGHT UP ABOUT, UM, DEFINING RESIDENTIAL VERSUS COMMERCIAL MORE CLEARLY, IT WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE INTENTION FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, WHICH IS TO, UM, ENCOURAGE MORE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND POSSIBLY MORE INTENSE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BY MOVING TO MULTIFAMILY, EXCEPT THAT THIS MIGHT TRIGGER, UM, RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE IN A PROPOSAL LIKE THIS VERSUS WHAT'S HERE.
UM, AND THE, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY BROUGHT UP FLOOD ZONES IN THIS DISCUSSION TODAY AT ALL.
UH, COMMISSIONER, A KOSTA I'M MOVING RIGHT TO LEFT.
YOU WANT TO ACT ON THIS TODAY.
UM, COMFORTABLE TAKING OUR TIME AND BEING INTENTIONAL WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
FINALLY COMMENT ON ITS CURRENT DRAFT IS TO SWITCH OUT PROPERTY OWNERS WITH RESIDENTS.
I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, AT THE SPIRIT OF THIS IS THAT WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT WITH ALL AUSTIN RESIDENTS.
WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT IT INCLUDES THE MAJORITY OF AUSTIN RESIDENTS.
I THINK THAT THE IDEA, AND THIS IS A GOOD THING JUST, AND I CAN, I'LL TRY AND PROVIDE COMMENT OFF, OFF, YOU KNOW, OFFLINE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW THAT THE, TO INCREASE THE RIGHT OF WAY ONLY WHEN STATE AND THE TCM IS ACCURATE, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING WAS THAT IT'S THE, IT'S THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN THAT ACTUALLY TELLS US IF WE WANT TO INCREASE RIGHT AWAY OR NOT.
SO THINGS LIKE THAT I THINK ARE JUST SIGN.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BETTER FEEDBACK ON, AND I'M KIND OF GETTING A SENSE OF WHERE THIS IS HEADING.
SO I COULD CONTINUE TO ASK FOLKS, BUT MAYBE THE QUESTION IS TO HAVE A, UM, HAVE FOLKS SEND THEIR COMMENTS TO THE, THE RESOLUTION DRAFTER OR PERHAPS DO A WORKING GROUP.
UM, I'M SHEA SEEING HEADS SHAKING ON THE WORKING GROUP UP WITH COMMISSIONER GREENBERG.
I THINK IF PEOPLE SEND THEIR COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSIONER KIELBASA, WE COULD POTENTIALLY VIOLATE QUORUM RULES.
SO, UM, PROPOSED CHANGES CAN GO TO ANDREW AND ANDREW CAN SHARE IT WITH THE COMMISSION IS THE, THAT THAT MAKES MORE SENSE TO BOSS.
AND I'M STEPPING IN HERE BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY WE DID IT BEFORE PEOPLE WOULD JUST
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POST, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF OUT OF THE GATE, BUT PEOPLE WOULD JUST SUBMIT THEIR, SUBMIT THEIR PAPERWORK AND WE WOULD GO OVER IT AT THE MEETING.I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
NODDING OF HEADS THERE, A COMMISSIONER KING.
UH, CARE IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKING GROUP, AS I UNDERSTAND, WE WOULD HAVE TO POST IT FOR THE NEXT AGENDA.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT WE HAVE TUNNEL FOR THAT.
BUT, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND TOO, THIS IS GOING TO COUNCIL, UH, IN, ON MAY THE 19TH, IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING THE P AMENDMENTS FOR ROUND TWO, WHEN, WHEN IS THE FINAL KIND OF VERSION OF AN ESP THAT'S GOING TO COUNCIL? WHAT IS THAT DATE? SO WE'RE GOOD.
IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT STEP? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, UH, PUBLIC HEARING OR A SPIDERY OPEN ON THE 19TH.
SO WE HAVE TIME TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS AND STILL GET IT IN ON TIME BEFORE, BEFORE THEN.
SO I DO THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO, YOU KNOW, JUST SEND OUR COMMENTS IN AND, AND, UH, THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, TO ANDREW AND THEN ANDREW COULD DISSEMINATE THEM TO THE GROUP SO WE CAN ALL SEE WHAT THEY ARE.
AND, UH, I, AND THEN WE CAN CONSIDER THE CHANGES TO THE AMENDMENT AT OUR NEXT MEETING, AT THE RESOLUTION AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
I WOULD TEND TO AGREE AS WRITTEN.
PART OF ME WANTS TO SAY, THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE THE CITY CAN'T ANNEX ANY PROPERTY.
THEY CAN'T ACQUIRE ANY PROPERTY.
THEY CAN'T TAKE THE PROPERTY OR INTO THE SITE PLAN PROCESS.
SO IT PRECLUDES THEM FROM TAKING ME AS A DEVELOPER, RIGHT.
THE BUMPER'S ALL GOING TO BE DONATING RIGHT AWAY.
THE CITY IS GOING TO BE BUYING THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THAT PART OF ME IS LIKE, LET'S APPROVE THIS AS WRITTEN BECAUSE THE CITY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE RIGHT AWAY THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS ANYMORE.
UM, BUT AS A CITY OFFICER REPRESENTING THE CITY JUST NEEDS A LOT OF WORK BECAUSE IT'S GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF WHAT ASM P DOES.
A S AND P IS AN UMBRELLA DOCUMENT, NOT A SPECIFIC DOCUMENT.
ANDREW, IF I, WE NEED ABOUT SHAKE YOUR HEAD, THAT FOLKS SHOULD SEND THEIR COMMENTS ON THIS RESOLUTION SUGGESTED CHANGES ACTUALLY TO ANDREW AND ANDREW WILL DISTRIBUTE.
UM, NO, I W I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU COMMISSIONER DANGLER, BUT LIKE, I WOULD SUGGEST JUST PEOPLE WRITE UP THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN THING, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE.
I LIKE WRITE UP, EVEN IF IT'S A PARAGRAPH OR WHATEVER, AND THEN WE CAN JUST STITCH IT ALL IN, BUT IT'S, IT BECOMES A MESS WHEN YOU START EDITING AND RE-EDITING PEOPLE THINGS.
UM, I THINK YOU SAID THAT MUCH BETTER THAN, UH, I DID.
UH, COMMISSIONER GREENBERG WAS CORRECT.
UH, WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A WALKING QUORUM SITUATION COMMISSIONER.
I'M WONDERING IF, UM, IN THE SPIRIT OF, UH, THE PREVIOUS COMMENT, IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF NARROWING OF SCOPE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE MIGHT MAKE AS A BOARD ON THIS, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE A KIND OF A RECURRING THEME OF THE CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT DOCUMENT IS THAT IT HAS THINGS THAT ARE MAYBE OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE SHOULD RESTRICT OUR COMMENTS TO.
DO WE HAVE ANY GUIDANCE IN THAT DIRECTION? I WOULD SUGGEST YOUR, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU CAN DRAFT AN ALTERNATIVE RESOLUTION, UM, AND OUR STRIKE, WHAT YOU THINK THE GENERAL POLICY HAS BEEN.
IF WE WRITE A RESOLUTION, WE GET IT OUT BEFORE THE FRIDAY, BEFORE THE MEETING, AND IT GETS DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYBODY IN YOUR BACKUP.
I MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN CLEAR AS, AS THIS SPECIFIC BOARD.
LIKE, DO WE HAVE A SPECIFIC THING THAT WE HAVE GOT, OR WAS JUST CARP LODGE TO COMMENT ON IT WITHOUT REGARD TO ZAP ZONING AND PLANNING, PLANNING? I, I'M NOT SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION.
I THINK, I THINK MR. GREENBERG HAS IT TO ANSWER MY QUESTION FOR ME.
THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT FLASH FLOODS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT FLASH FLOODS IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT YEAH.
IF YOU WANT TO SAY SUCH AND SUCH DOESN'T BELONG THERE, JUST SAY IT
SO ONE ACTUALLY WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER IS JUST AN ACTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO YOUR NEXT MEETING, AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REGISTER AND SPEAK ON THAT ITEM.
UM, MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING AND ASK THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE INTERESTED TO SUBMIT COMMENTS OR THEIR OWN VERSION OF THE MOTION THAT COULD BE MADE.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? YEAH.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO IF YOU VOTE, YES, I'M VOTING.
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YES.YOU DIDN'T COUNT YOUR OWN HAND.
[E1. Nomination and election of Zoning and Platting Commission officers.]
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO, UH, ELECT OFFICERS.UM, IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO TAKE UP NOW UNLESS UH, WELL, SEVERAL OF US NOT HERE, ALL THE REST OF THEM ARE HERE.
COMMISSION LAYS ON THE INVERTIBLE.
SO BY, UM, YOUR BYLAWS, IT'S YOUR FIRST MEETING AND, UM, APRIL AND IT MAY BE THE FIRST MEETING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO ACT ON IT AND FIREWORK CALL.
SO I, I, UH, REALLY DO HATE ACTING ON IT WITHOUT HAVING A FULL BODY HERE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST THE CHAIR TONIGHT, THE TEMPORARY CHAIR.
SO, UH, WHAT'S Y'ALL'S PLEASURE.
I THINK THE CURRENT OFFICERS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AND I WOULD MOVE TO SECOND THAT I WAS GOING TO DO THE SAME THING.
AND IF THEY'RE SICK, THEN PEOPLE WHO AREN'T AND NADIA IS NOT HERE.
SO HEY, SHE GETS STUCK BEING PRESENT.
AND AGAIN, AND I DID, I HAVE A SECOND TO SECOND.
UH, AND WE'RE SURE NADIA WANTS TO DO IT RESIGNED.
SHE CAN RESIDE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, AH, OKAY.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 PASSES, UH, 7 0 1 0 1 1 EXTENSION.
AND CHAIR WHO ABSTAINED? UH, COMMISSIONER.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT WHO HAS A PHONE HERE, UNLESS THERE'S ANY FUTURE.
[F. FUTURE AGENDA ITEM]
AGENDA ITEMS, ANYBODY? NO.UM, MAYBE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS RULES, UM, TO MAKE SURE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RULES THAT ARE POSTED ON ARE, ARE THEY COMING FROM THE CLERK OR SURE.
COMMISSION ON IT, ANDREW THERE.
UM, SO YOU HAVE, UM, YOUR TEXAS OPEN MEETING IT'S ACT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE PRIMARY AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR WHAT'S POSTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT IF WHAT'S POSTED ON THE AGENDA VIOLATES TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, MAYBE WE SHOULD IN THE FUTURE CHANGE, WHAT GETS POSTED.
DO, DO WE HAVE, UH, ANOTHER PERSON, UH, COMMISSIONER KING, KARA, JUST TO CLARIFY, MAYBE WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS FOR THE, MAYBE WE COULD GET THE LEGAL STAFF TO KIND OF COMMENT ON THAT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A CONFLICT WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND THE TOMA.
IT'S JUST A REQUEST THAT, YOU KNOW, ILLEGAL MEMO ON THAT.
AND TO CLARIFY YOU MEAN THAT FOLKS CAN SIGN UP UNTIL THE ITEM IS, UH, BROUGHT UP.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH.
SO MEETINGS ACT WHAT IT DOES DOES AARP YOU ARE PROCEDURES AND PROCESS AND REQUIREMENTS, UH, SIGN UP REQUIREMENTS, SPEAK REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLY WITH TOMA ESSENTIALLY.
THINK IT'S A MATTER OF COMPLYING AND IT'S ALSO A MATTER IF WE WANT TO CHANGE OUR RULES, WE CAN CHANGE OUR, BUT LET'S, LET'S GET AN A, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE THAT WE GET AN INTERPRETATION FIRST.
AND THEN IF WE WANT TO, UH, CHANGE THE RULES, THEN WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.
COMMISSIONER JOSE ANGEL RIVERA.
SO IT'S NOT ONLY, UM, WELL OF COURSE WE ADHERE TO TOMA, BUT IT'S ALSO WHAT I HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO DURING THE MEETING.
SO THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, BUT OF COURSE WE ADDRESSED NOW.
I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH YOU WERE JUGGLING TODAY, UH, AND HOW MUCH YOU'VE ASSISTED ME TODAY.
UH, I DO THINK THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT THE LEGAL INTERPRETATION THOUGH.
AND I'D LIKE TO GET THAT AND I'M KIND OF SENSING FOLKS WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THAT PROPERLY.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE CAN ADDRESS WHETHER WE SHOULD CHANGE THE RULES, WHETHER HOW THAT IMPACTS YOU.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOVE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING ALL THE IMPLICATIONS OF IT.
SO IF YOU COULD ASK LEGAL FOR A WRITTEN MEMORANDUM OR WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FORMALLY REQUESTING IT, UM, UM, I WOULD, CO-SPONSOR HER REQUEST IS TO GET A, UH, A LEGAL INTERPRETATION ON IT.
UM, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING LEGAL TO SEE IF WE, IF TELMA, UH, ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SIGN UP UP UNTIL THE ITEM TO SPEAK, AND I KNOW YOU CAN SET YOUR OWN TONE AND OUR RULES THAT YOU'D BE ASKING.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING
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TO BE INTERPRETED, UH, COMMISSIONER GREENBERG, DO THE RULES THAT ARE POSTED ON THE AGENDA, VIOLATE THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.I THINK THAT'S A, IF I CAN ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, BECAUSE OF COURSE, IF WE MOVED THAT TIMEFRAME TO STATE AN INDIVIDUAL CAN SPEAK UP TO THE ITEM BEING HEARD, IF WE CAN CERTAINLY DO SO, BUT ADMINISTRATIVELY, UM, THAT'S, UM, NOT SOMETHING I CAN ACCOMMODATE AT THIS AND IT MAY BE JUST THAT WE DO IT FOR FOLKS COMING TO SPEAK IN PERSON.
CAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE THE ARRANGEMENTS IF THEY'RE REMOTE.
UM, THAT'D BE HESITANT TO TREAT PEOPLE HERE IN PERSON DIFFERENTLY THAN WE TREAT PEOPLE ON THE PHONE.
I CAN SEE THE NIGHTMARE OPENING UP.
LET'S GET TO WHERE WE WANT, HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE THIS.
DO WE, WE I'M TRYING TO KEEP THEM MEETING MOVING ALONG HERE.
I'M IN MY PARLIAMENTARIAN HAT.
UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT WANT THE LEGAL BRIEFING? UM, SHOULD WE, WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON IT.
THAT'S TECHNICALLY A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
WELL, CA UH, CHAIR, MAY I, MAY I THANK YOU.
IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM WHAT, UH, UM, ANDREW HAS TOLD US THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS ANSWERED, YOU KNOW, AND REALLY IT'S DOWN TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE CON IMMUNO MATTER HERE WEATHER.
SO MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE ASKING IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET TO A POINT OF BEING ABLE TO DO THIS, YOU KNOW, UH, LOUD SPEAKERS, WHETHER THEY'RE ONLINE OR VIRTUAL OR COME IN IN PERSON TO BE ABLE TO SIGN A BRIGHT DAY AND RIGHT BEFORE THE ITEM IS ACTUALLY TAKEN UP BY THE COMMISSION.
I THINK WE'D HAVE TO CLONE ANDREW, BUT I THINK THAT, YEAH, BUT I DON'T THINK, I THINK THE QUESTION IS ANSWERED.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT.
WE HAVE TO, PEOPLE ARE THERE TO GET A LEGAL OPINION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.
SO, UH, I WAS AT THE KITE FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND, WHICH IS VERY MUCH FUN AND, UH, BUT I SAW THE AUSTIN PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS THERE DOING THERE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET MORE FEEDBACK ON THE ZILKER PARK, UM, MASTER PLAN, A VISION, A VISION PLAN.
AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD GET AN UPDATE ON THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT, THAT, UH, PLAN TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONS, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE OTHER LAND USE COMMISSION.
SO I THINK IT'D BE GOOD FOR US TO GET ALSO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT VISION PLAN WHEN THEY START TAKING IT TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO I WONDER IF WE COULD ASK FOR ZAP TO BE INCLUDED ALONG WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ARE THERE TWO COMMISSIONERS WHO'D LIKE THAT? I, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER GREENBERG WOULD.
SO IF WE HAVE TO, CAN YOU CHECK WITH THE PARK STAFF TO SEE IF THEY COULD DO A BRIEFING ON THAT, BUT I KNOW IT'S BEEN NO.
AND, AND, AND CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'D BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT POSTED AS A BRIEFING WITH POSSIBLE, UH, WITH DISCUSSION POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMISSION, UH, RATHER THAN A BRIEFING, WHICH PROHIBITS A CITIZEN COMMENT, LET'S PRE PRESENT IT AND MAKE IT A PRESENTATION, RIGHT.
PRESENTATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
UM, ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.
[G. COMMITTEE REPORTS & WORKING GROUPS]
UH, CODES AND ORDINANCES I KNOW DID NOT MEET TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.JOINT COMMITTEE HAVE A MEETING.
WE GET A PRESENTATION FROM THE ASM.
SO WE LEARN ABOUT THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
WHEN IS THAT SCHEDULED? APRIL 28TH, I THINK AS WELL.
SMALL AREA PLANNING COMMITTEE.
ANY, ANY REPORT? COMMISSIONER KING? YES.
UH, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I'M NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN THE LOCALIZED FLOODING GROUP, I DON'T THINK WE'VE MET IN OVER A YEAR.
SO I JUST TO CLARIFY, WE DID, I THINK WE DID HAVE SOME WORK, BUT THE END OF LAST YEAR, SO LATE LAST YEAR.
SO, BUT, BUT THERE'S MORE TO BE DONE AND NOT A PRESENTATION FOR US.
UM, I THINK THAT IS IT FOR THE MEETING.
UM, AND WE DON'T NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WE ARE SO ADJOURNED AT WHAT TIME IS IT? 9 0 6, 9 0 6.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HEALTH, ESPECIALLY MR. RIVERA.
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IT COMES FROM DUST.