[Determination of Quorum / Meeting Called to Order]
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UM, WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM, FIRST WE'RE GOING TO DO ROLL CALL, SO I WILL START WITH THOSE WHO ARE ON THE DYESS AND THEN I'LL CALL ON THOSE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY.
SO JUST SAY, AYE, OR RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.
SO IN CHAMBERS WE HAVE COMMISSIONER GREG ANDERSON.
HEMPEL AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER THOMPSON AND VIRTUALLY WE HAVE COMMISSIONER COX, COMMISSIONER HOWARD.
MISSIONER SNYDER HERE AND A CHAIR.
UM, I'M NOT SEEING THAT VIDEO FEED FROM CITY HALL, JUST FYI.
IS ANYONE ELSE HAVING THAT ISSUE? UH, THEY'RE GOT THE WEBEX.
I CAN, I CAN SEE CITY HALL AB ONE.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH ROLL CALL COMMISSIONER PRAXIS AND COMMISSIONER FLORES.
AND ABSENT TONIGHT IS CHAIR SHAW, UM, COMMISSIONERS, OUR COMMISSIONER, MUCH TALLER COMMISSIONER YON IS POLITO AND COMMISSIONER SHEA.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'LL SHOW UP LATER, BUT FOR NOW THAT IS OUR ACCOUNT.
AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR EX OFFICIO MEMBER BOARD MEMBER, JESSICA KELLAN.
SO WE ARE STILL DOING HYBRID MEETING, UM, AS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALLOW THIS ALLOWS FOR A VIRTUAL QUORUM.
AS LONG AS THE COMMISSIONER SERVING HIS IS PRESENT IN CHAMBERS.
SO WE CAN HAVE COMMISSIONERS HERE IN CHAMBERS AND IN ATTENDANCE VIRTUALLY SIMILARLY SPEAKERS CAN PRESENT FROM THE CHAMBERS OR PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY IF YOU WISH TO WISH TO WAIT IN THE ATRIUM, THE LAND USE COMMISSIONS LIAISON, UM, WENDY RHODES TONIGHT WE'LL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE ATRIUM A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION BEGINS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
FURTHERMORE, IF YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, YOU'LL RECEIVE AN EMAIL ABOUT 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION TAKING UP YOUR ITEM TONIGHT.
I HAVE ASSISTANCE FROM WINDY ROADS IN ANNOUNCING THE SPEAKERS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND, UM, COMMISSIONER FLORES IS GOING TO BE READING THE, UM, FIRST READING OF THE AGENDA FOR THOSE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY, PLEASE HAVE YOUR GREEN, RED, AND YELLOW ITEMS FOR VOTING.
AND FOR THOSE ONLINE, PLEASE REMAIN MUTED WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING AND RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE RECOGNIZED.
OF COURSE, IF I MISS YOU, JUST TRY ME AGAIN AND VERBALLY LET ME KNOW.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION]
START WITH CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.I BELIEVE WE JUST HAVE ONE WENDY, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.
UM, FELLOW PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
I JUST WANTED TO STOP BY REAL QUICK AND SAY, MY FAREWELL REMARKS TO THIS COMMISSION, UM, HAS BEEN A HONOR TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AND OFTEN THE THANKLESS HOURS OF EFFORT AND DEDICATION THAT EACH OF YOU GIVE TO THIS COMMISSION.
AND I WANTED TO SAY THAT I HAVE LEARNED A LOT DURING MY TIME ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND I HAVE LEARNED THAT ALL TOO OFTEN, THIS COMMISSION BECOMES A PROXY SPACE FOR THE CITY'S UNRESOLVED POLITICAL TENSIONS BATTLES AND CONTRADICTIONS.
WE IMPOSE ON LAND USE AND ZONING REGULATIONS, A HERCULEAN, OR PERHAPS A SISYPHEAN TASK.
AND THIS COMMISSION'S ENDLESS ATTEMPTS TO DESIGN, MICROMANAGE, AND CONTROL THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT TO DESIGN, MICROMANAGE, AND CONTROL THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
UM, OFTEN REFLECT THIS UNTENABLE POSITION ALL TOO OFTEN IN THE THROWS OF OUR CONFIDENCE IN OUR OWN KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, WE IGNORE THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS A LIVING PROCESS BIGGER THAN ANY OF US.
AND WE BECOME FORGETFUL OF THE UNEASY TRUTH THAT ZONING REGULATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES WERE FIRST AND FOREMOST, A TOOL OF EXCLUSION, A TOOL FOR LIMITING AND SEGREGATING ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACE, GOODS, AND RESOURCES MOVING FORWARD.
I SINCERELY HOPE THAT THIS COMMISSION WILL CONTINUE TO REMEMBER THAT IT SERVES ALL THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN, NOT ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE THE TIME AND LUXURY TO ENGAGE WITH THIS COMMISSION, REMEMBER THAT THIS COMMISSION SERVES WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF COLOR AND RENTERS WHOSE
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RENTS HAVE JUST SKYROCKETED TO RECORD HIGHS THIS YEAR.REMEMBER THAT THIS COMMISSION SERVES YOUNGER HOME BUYERS AND NEW FAMILIES WHOSE DREAMS OF EVER OWNING A HOME IN AUSTIN HAVE BEEN CRUSHED OVER THE PAST YEARS.
REMEMBER THAT THIS COMMISSION SERVES LGBTQ POPULATIONS AND SINGLE PARENTS, AND ALL THOSE WHOSE FAMILIES DO NOT FIT INTO THE STANDARD MOLD OF OUR SO-CALLED SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
REMEMBER THIS COMMISSION SERVES OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS REMEMBERING THAT THERE'S A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN CITIES WITH THE LARGEST UNHOUSED POPULATIONS AND THE MOST CONSTRAINED HOUSING SUPPLIES.
THIS COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER OF THE TOOLS TO FIX ALL OF THESE COMPLEX ISSUES, BUT IT MUST ASK ITSELF, IS IT WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE OF DEFENDING THE STATUS QUO? BECAUSE IF ALL WE CAN SUCCEED IN DOING IS DEFENDING THE STATUS QUO, THEN THESE POPULATIONS I HAVE LISTED WILL NOT STAND A CHANCE IN AUSTIN.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ALL OF THOSE FOR WHOM THE STATUS QUO IS ALREADY A LOSING PROPOSITION THAT DESERVE YOUR CONCERN AS WELL.
I SINCERELY HOPE THIS COMMISSION WILL NOT BE THE BOTTLENECK FOR CHANGE AND INNOVATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND GOOD LUCK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY.
UM, AND I KIND OF SKIPPED OVER OUR NEW COMMISSIONER OR NEW AGAIN, UH, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, WE WELCOME YOU TO THE COMMISSION.
I GUESS SOMEONE HAS TO, UM, JP, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.
I LOOK TO RE I THINK WE ALL LOOK TO LEAN ON YOU HEAVILY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND FOREVER.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS HERE ONCE UPON A TIME.
IT WAS ABOUT 15 MONTHS AGO AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO BUILD HOUSING IN AUSTIN.
THEN WE THOUGHT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO AFFORD HOUSING IN AUSTIN THEN, AND IT'S GOTTEN WORSE ON PRETTY MUCH EVERY METRIC THAT I FOLLOW.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO LEGALIZE A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES FOR DIVERSITY OF INCOME EARNERS AND KNOCK ON WOOD ONE DAY, REPLACE OUR 1984 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHERE EXCLUSIONARY ZONING IS ALIVE AND WELL, THANK YOU.
[A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ON TO ITEM A, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.UM, IF THERE ARE ANY PROPOSED EDITS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ARE WE GOOD WITH THE MINUTES AS IS SEEING NO CHANGES? WE'LL HAVE THAT ON THE CONSENT WITH NO CHANGES
[Reading of Agenda]
AND COMMISSIONER FLORES.ARE YOU READY TO READ THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, MA'AM ALL RIGHT.
UM, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CONLEY FOR YOUR REMARKS AND YOUR SERVICE, AND ALSO WELCOME TO COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT A APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
APPROVE THE MINUTES OF APRIL 12TH, 2020 TO BE ONE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UH, OUR B PUBLIC HEARINGS BE ONE PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 0 5 0.02.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO MAY 24TH B2 PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 2 5 0.01 TO 90 WESTERN SCENIC, BROOKE.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT GAYATHRI PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 18 0 0 2 1 0.02 SKYLINE OLD TOUR MIXED USE.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT BEFORE PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 0 0 1 5 0.02 POINT S H 2011 AND 2015.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION.
THE FIVE REZONING C 14 20 22 0 0 0 8 S H 2011 AND 2015 E M.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION BASICS.
REZONINGS C 14 20 22 0 0 2 TO 1106 SOUTH MEADOWS ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT.
B SEVEN PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 21 0.02 OR TINO SIX TO 1506 PARKER LANE.
THIS ITEM IS A PER APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO MAY 24TH, B EIGHT, REZONING SEAPORT, TEEN 20 21 0 1 5 3 14 0 6 TO 1506.
PARKER LANE ITEM IS UP FOR APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO MAY 24TH, BENIGN REZONING C 14 20 21 0 1 9 0 3000 EAST CESAR CHAVEZ.
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THIS ITEM IS UP FOR APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT BEING 10 POINT AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 1 5 0.0 4 6667 0 2 67 0 4 AND 67 0 6 REGINA REGINA LAKE ROAD.THIS ITEM IS UP PER STEP POSTPONEMENT TO MATE 10, B 11 REZONING SEAPORT TEAM 20 21 0 1 5 7 6667 0 2 67 0 4 AND 67 0 6, REGGIE AND LANE.
PARDON MY ALARM GOING OFF, BUT ALL IS GOOD.
UH, THIS ITEM IS UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO MAY 10TH, UH, B12 PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 1 5 0.0 360 6 0 3, REGINA UH, ROAD STAFF POST COLEMAN TO MAY 10 BEING 13 REZONING C 14 20 21 0 1 5 8 66 0 3, REGGIE AND LEE ROAD.
THIS ITEM IS ALSO A PRE-STEP POSTPONEMENT TO MAY 10, B 14 PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 21 0 0 2 5 0.0 2 77, 15 AND A HALF WEST STATE HIGHWAY 71 IS ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT.
B 15 REZONING C 14 20 21 0 1 3 0 77, 15 AND A HALF WEST STATE HIGHWAY 71.
B 16 RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AMENDMENT C 1485 TO EIGHT, 8.23 RCA 77 15 1 N 77, 15 AND A HALF WEST STATE HIGHWAY 71.
THIS ITEM IS UP-FRONT CONSENT.
B 17 SITE PLAN COMPATIBILITY WAIVER REQUEST S P 20 21 0 1 0 2 C 1400 CEDAR AVENUE.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR STAFF
80 19 FINAL PLAT VACATION SCENE 8 6 7 9 1 3 9.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR THINGS CONSENT AGAIN.
B 20 FINAL PLATFORM AN APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAN, C H J 20 19 0 1 4 3 0.1 HOWARD LANE PHASE ONE.
THIS ITEM IS A REPORT CONSENT BEING 21 FINAL PLAT FROM AN APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAN, C H J 20 19 0 1 4 3 0.28 HOWARD LANE PHASE TWO.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT B 22 FINAL QUESTION FROM AN APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAN CHA 20 20 0 0 1 3 0.38 WEST KELLER.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT B 23 PRELIMINARY PLAN CAJ 20 21 0 0 6 6 WHISPER VALLEY MULTI-FAMILY PARCEL 65.
THIS ITEM IS A PER DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS.
UM, AN ART THAT IS FIRST READING OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT NEED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? YES.
THE APPLICANT IS WORKING WITH HOMEBASE, WHICH IS OWNED BY AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, WHICH IS WHERE I EARN A MAJORITY OF MY SALARY.
SO ADAM, AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.
I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF ON THOSE ITEMS. THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, WENDY, UM, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS IN REQUESTING ITEMS BEING PULLED FOR DISCUSSION? NO, WE DON'T.
THEY'RE JUST ON ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE.
I DO NEED TO MAKE A COMMENT THOUGH ON ITEM NUMBER 16, THAT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.
AND SO IT WOULD COME WITH A STAFF RECOMMENDATION PLUS THE CONDITIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO ALL RIGHT.
DID ANY COMMISSIONERS WANT TO PULL OF THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OR OTHERWISE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? DO WE NEED TO STATE WHAT THE REASONS FOR THE DISAPPROVAL
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IS THERE AN AMENDMENT OR ADDENDUM? I WAS WONDERING THAT WENDY ON B 23, IS THERE AN EXHIBIT THAT WE NEED TO REFERENCE WITH THE DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS LET'S I WILL ASK JENNIFER BENNETT.SHE'S UH, THE CASE MANAGER FOR THIS CASE, JENNIFER.
HI, THIS IS JENNIFER BENNETT, CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, IT SHOULD BE AN EXHIBIT C IN THE BACKUP.
WHEN I REREAD IT ALL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S IN.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE WANTING TO PULL ANY OF THE ITEMS OR HAVE QUESTIONS.
[Consent Agenda]
THE CONSENT AGENDA.WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS IS B ONE IS, UH, APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO MAY 24TH B TO APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT, B3 APPLICANT, INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT B FOUR AND B FIVE WILL BE TAKEN UP TOGETHER FOR DISCUSSION B SIX IS ON CONSENT.
B SEVEN IS APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO MAY 24TH, B EIGHT APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO MAY 24TH, BENIGN APPLICANT, INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT B 10 AND B 11 AND B 12 ARE STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO MAY 10TH, B 13 STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO MAY 10TH, B 14, B 15, B 16 ARE ALL ON CONSENT.
B 17 IS POSTPONED B 18 B 19, B 20 B 21, B 22 ARE ON CONSENT.
AND B 23 IS DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS PER EXHIBIT C.
ALL RIGHT, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, INCLUDING THE MINUTES? LET'S SEE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER THOMPSON SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.
[Items 4 & 5]
MS. MEREDITH, ARE YOU PRESENTING ITEMS BEFORE AND B FIVE? YES.MARINE MEREDITH HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT ITEM NUMBER BEFORE IS IN PA 20 20 0 0 1 5 0 2 S H 2011 AND 2015 M FRANKLIN.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2011 AND 2015 M FRANKLIN AVENUE.
IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE EAST MLK COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREA.
THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE LAND USES.
IT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE EAST MLK NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED, EXCUSE ME, COMMUNICATION AND OPPOSITION, AND SUPPORT FOR THE CASES.
HEATHER CHAFFIN HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT WITH THE RELATED ZONING CASE, WHICH IS C 14, 20 22 0.008 DOT S H.
THE REQUEST IS TO GO FROM S F N P TO TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, MF FOR M P AND L R M U N P.
THE LARGER TRACT, WHICH IS SHOWN AS TRACT.
ONE ON THE ZONING MAP IS 2.82 ACRES.
THE SMALLER TRACT, WHICH IS TRACK TWO ON THE ZONING MAP IS 1.2, ONE ACRES TOTALLING A LITTLE OVER FOUR ACRES.
UH, THIS PROPERTY IS AT 2011 AND 2015 M FRANKLIN AVENUE, UH, IN THE ISSUE SECTION AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, UH, I'VE RECEIVED A VALID PETITION.
AND THAT IS IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST, THE PROPERTIES ON THE EAST SIDE OF M FRANKLIN AVENUE, ROUGHLY HALFWAY BETWEEN MLK AND MAYNARD ROAD.
THESE ARE BOTH IMAGINE AUSTIN ACTIVITY CORRIDORS.
THE PROPERTY IS OWNED SF THREE NP.
IT HAS A VACANT LOT AND A LOT DEVELOPED
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WITH THE DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATER NORTH OF THE REZONING PROPERTY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD ARE LOTS THAT ARE DEVELOPED.ZONED L O M U N P C S M U C O N P G R N P M G R V N P.
THESE ARE CURRENTLY MIXED WITH, UH, A VARIETY OF LAND USES AND, UH, INCLUDING A VACANT CLUB OR LODGE RESIDENTIAL AND, UH, ACCESSORY BUILDINGS.
UH, THERE'S ALSO MEDICAL OFFICE AND RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY FURTHER TO NORTH FOR THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND UNDEVELOPED.
SO NOT INCLUDING RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY AND MEDICAL OFFICE AND SUCH THOSE HAVE AN APPROVED SITE PLAN TO REDEVELOPED THAT MIXED RESIDENTIAL UNDEVELOPED AREA WITH 116 ATTACHED AND DETACHED RESIDENTIAL UNITS IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE PROPERTY IS MORE WILLIAMS GOLF COURSE, WHICH IS OWN PNP.
A SMALL TRIBUTARY TRIBUTARY WITH FLOOD PLAIN IS LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY BETWEEN THE SITE AND THE GOLF COURSE IMMEDIATELY.
SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ZONED SF THREE NP ACROSS M FRANKLIN TO THE WEST ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES AND SF THREE NP.
AND THEN ALSO ACROSS IAN FRANKLIN, A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY, OUR PROPERTIES ZONED
UH, THIS IS A SMART HOUSING PROJECT.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 160 MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY UNITS ON THE PROPERTY, 39 PER I'M SORRY, 30% OF THOSE, WHICH IS 49 UNITS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT 80% MFI MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME.
THEY HAVE ALSO STATED THEIR INTENT TO DEVELOP A COFFEE SHOP ON THE SITE.
AS MAUREEN SAID, THERE HAS BEEN CORRESPONDENCE AND SUPPORT AND AN OPPOSITION AND STAFF IS SUPPORTING THE REQUEST BY ADDING AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY IN THIS AREA.
IT WILL INCREASE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MEET THE GOALS OF THE STREETS, STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT.
UH, LOWE'S LOCATING THESE CLOSE TO THE, UH, ACTIVITY CORRIDOR OF EAST MLK AND MAIN ROAD.
UH, ALSO REFLECTS SOME OF THE, UH, PLANNING, UH, PRIORITIES OUTLINED IN THE BLUEPRINT.
THIS WILL INCREASE THE DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES AND OPTIONS, AND THE PROPOSED COFFEE SHOP COULD, UH, PROVIDE LOCAL SERVICES.
THIS IS CURRENTLY A STREET WITH A MIX OF USES AND THE RANGE OF USES THAT ARE EXISTING IN THE AREA REFLECT THE MIXED NATURE OF THE SITE, OR I'M SORRY, MIXED NATURE OF THE AREA.
AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANTS, MR. KENNY, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.
AND THIS CASE IS, UH, WHILE THERE ARE A LOT OF ASPECTS TO IT AS ACTUALLY I THINK A RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD CASE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND ALLOW IN THE CITY AND WHAT KIND OF SIGNALS THAT WE WANT TO SEND TO DEVELOPERS WHO ARE LOOKING AT PARCELS OF LAND IN AUSTIN AND, AND WHAT THEY THINK, WHAT SIGNALS WE WANTED TO SEND TO THEM ABOUT WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY THINK THEY OUGHT TO BRING AND WHAT KIND OF ELEMENTS OF AFFORDABILITY AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND HOUSING TYPES THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE BRINGING, UH, HERE IN AUSTIN.
SO WHEN I RUN THROUGH, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, THE PROJECT CONCEPT AND SOME OF THE MAPS, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS ARE.
SO THIS IS THE, UH, THE SITE, UM, IT IS, UH, IN BETWEEN MLK AND MAINER ON M FRANKLIN IT'S WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF BOTH OF THOSE.
IMAGINE AUSTIN CORRIDORS, UH, THE LARGER HALF MILE GETS YOU ALL THE WAY TO, UH, AIRPORT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF BUS STOPS.
THIS IS, UM, ONE OF THE BEST TRANSIT AND PROTECTED BIKE LOCATIONS, REALLY IN TOWN THAT IS GREENFIELD.
THERE ARE NO CURRENT APPLICANT OR OCCUPANTS.
THERE WILL BE NO DISPLACEMENT AS A RESULT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS IS THE CURRENT ZONING MAP AND THE CURRENT FLUM, WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THAT THE NORTHERN HALF OF IAN FRANKLIN IS ALREADY ZONED FOR MIXED USE AND COMMERCIALS AND PRETTY INTENSIVE, UH, COMMERCIAL THERE ON THE NORTHERN END.
AND OUR, UH, OUR SITE ARE THOSE FIRST TWO YELLOW, LOTS ON THE EAST SIDE OF M FRANKLIN ON THE FLUM.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING HERE IS PUSHING ELLO ONE MORE LOT DOWN, AND THEN CREATING A ONE LOT TRANSITION ZONE OF MULTIFAMILY BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL MIXED USE
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AND THE SINGLE FAMILY ZONES.THE NEXT LINE, UH, THIS IS A RENDER OF THE STREET ELEVATION.
AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES.
UH, THE MOST, THE HIGHEST HEIGHT THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT FURTHEST AWAY FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IS, UH, FOUR STORIES.
THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE TWO AND THREE STORIES.
UH, SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT FOR US TO COME BACK TO IN TERMS OF THE HEIGHT ENTITLEMENTS ON THIS PROPERTY, THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THIS IS MORE OF A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW, 143 UNITS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 30% AFFORDABLE FOR 43 OF THOSE UNITS.
THIS IS A 100% OWNERSHIP FOR BOTH THE MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABLE UNITS.
SO A LOT OF HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY, UH, AT THE REQUEST OF NEIGHBORS, WE ARE PLANNING A COFFEE SHOP.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE LRS ZONING THAT ALLOWS THE RESTAURANT LIMITED SPACE.
UH, WE ARE PLANNING ON DEDICATING OR PUTTING THROUGH PUBLIC, UH, RECREATION EASEMENT ONE ACRE, WHICH IS FULLY 25% OF THE SITE THAT ARE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THAT YOU SEE, UH, THAT, UH, JOINS THE CURRENT PARKLAND, UH, THAT IS CURRENTLY THE GOLF COURSE.
UM, IN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ARE, UH, SOME FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WERE DOING NATIVE PLANTINGS ALONG THE CREEK.
UM, UH, IT'S BEEN REQUESTED FOR US TO PUT A DOG PARK IN THERE THAT IS PENDING, UH, WATER QUALITY PROTECTIONS, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MESSING AROUND WITH THAT A CREEK BACK THERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR DISPLACED OR AT RISK LOCAL RESIDENTS OF THE NEAR EAST SIDE.
AND WE HAVE A MARKETING CAMPAIGN, UH, FOR THAT.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT GOING TO NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS THE, UH, CURRENT AND PROPOSED ZONING.
AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE A PROJECT CONCEPT THAT DOES NOT NEARLY UTILIZE ALL OF THE ENTITLEMENTS, UH, THAT, UH, ARE IN THE BASE REQUEST.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE CURRENT ZONING PROPOSED ZONING AND PROJECT CONCEPT.
SO THE 2011, IAN FRANKLIN LAW, WE'RE ASKING TO GO FROM SF THREE TO MF FOUR.
UM, WE DON'T NEED THE 150 UNITS THAT MFR WOULD ALLOW.
WE ONLY REALLY NEED ABOUT HALF OF THAT.
UH, WE DON'T NEED THE 70% OF IMPERVIOUS COVER ONLY NEED ABOUT 65.
DON'T NEED THE 60 FEET THAT MFR OFFERS ONLY NEED, UH, BETWEEN 35 AND 40.
UM, THAT IS WHERE WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING AFFORDABILITY ON LOCKED.
UH, BUT SIMILARLY DON'T NEED THE IMPERVIOUS COVER THERE.
UH, AT 80% YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, AND THIS SHOWS THE, UH, THE STEPPING DOWN IN HEIGHT.
AND THIS IS AS A RESULT OF AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, THE HOA THAT WHO IS THE IMMEDIATE SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS, AND THAT THEY ASKED US TO STEP BACK THE HEIGHT BEYOND WHAT COMPATIBILITY REQUIRES AS WE TRANSITION TO THOSE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, THE A, AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE THERE.
IF COMMISSIONERS ARE INTERESTED, IS THE STEPPING DOWN IN HEIGHT, YOU'RE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO WE THINK ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF HOUSING GREEN SET BASE AND SUSTAINABILITY, NEXT SLIDE.
UM, THE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS HERE TO OWNERSHIP 30%.
UM, THE BASE PROPOSAL IS 20% AND AN ADDITIONAL 10% THE CITY WILL FUND THEM NEXT SLIDE.
UH, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T GET REZONING.
THE S THE LOT WILL BE SUBDIVIDED INTO 22 SINGLE FAMILY, LOTS WITH MCMANSION AND ADU ON EACH, UH, LOT, WHICH WILL BE A TOTAL OF 44 UNITS.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT NATURAL EXPERIMENT OF A REZONING JUST TO THE SOUTH OF US THAT FAILED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN HERE.
IF THIS REZONING DOESN'T GO THROUGH, ALL OF THOSE HOUSES ARE NOW PRICED BETWEEN 650 AND $1.5 MILLION.
I'LL JUST WRAP UP THE LAST SLIDE REAL QUICK.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY AN ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, UH, PROGRAM HERE, WHICH IS THAT WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH THE AUSTIN AREA, URBAN LEAGUE TO PROACTIVELY GO OUT AND MARKET THESE UNITS IN THE NEAR EAST SIDE TO TRY AND ACTUALLY REVERSE DISPLACEMENT THERE.
AND THEN ALSO IN THE COMMUNITIES OF DISPLACEMENT, LIKE MAINER AND PFLUGERVILLE THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED INTO.
UM, SO I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND I'LL BE COMING BACK FOR A CLOSE AT THE END.
ALL RIGHT, MR. RHODES, ARE YOU HELPING ME WITH THE, UH, OUR FIRST PERSON IN IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS, UH, UNMOLD MYRA.
I LIVE ON 14TH STREET AND HE SAW AUSTIN JUST A MILE FROM THE PROPOSED SITE, AND I'M THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, UH, HERE IN AUSTIN, I WORK ON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH A SOCIAL IMPACT ELEMENT, UH, WITH A BIG FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, BUT ALSO PROVIDING HOUSING FOR ARTISTS, FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES FOR THOSE SEEKING TO STAY SOBER.
AND FOR THE HOMELESS, UH, THIS PROJECT ON IAN FRANKLIN WILL FOCUS ON THE MIDDLE-CLASS, UH, FOR THE TEACHERS, NURSES, JANITORS, MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, ARTISTS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED OR ARE AT RISK OF BEING DISPLACED, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WANT TO LIVE CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WORK AND NOT DRIVE AN HOUR INTO THE CITY, STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND HURTING OUR ENVIRONMENT.
THERE WERE ONLY TWO HOUSES FOR SALE UNDER $400,000 IN EAST AUSTIN FROM 35
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TO 180 3.AND FROM TWO 90 TO TOWN LAKE, THIS PROJECT WOULD BRING 70 SMALLER HOMES THAT WOULD LIKELY SELL FOR UNDER $400,000.
BRINGING A DIVERSE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE CURRENT ZONING IS CONNOR SAID, WHICH RESULTS IN LARGE, EXPENSIVE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES LIKE THE HOME, JUST 300 FEET AWAY FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT'S SELLING FOR TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF OUR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE REZONING THAT WOULD PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED AFFORDABLE TRANSIT, FRIENDLY HOUSING TO THE AREA.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH WELCH.
I LIVE IN FRANKLIN GROVE AND MY BACKYARD ABUTS THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF MR. MAURICE PROPERTY.
I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
AND AS A REZONING, HE'S SEEKING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
MR. RAMIREZ PROPOSED AS ELEMENT BRINGS MUCH NEEDED HOUSING, ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S INCREASINGLY OUT OF REACH FOR THE AVERAGE AUSTINITE, THIS LEVEL OF MISSING MIDDLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN A WAY THAT TRULY RESPECT NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, HE'S PRIORITIZED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND GREEN SPACE, UM, KEEPING WITH CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE AND THE COMMUNITY VALUES THAT VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS HAVE SHARED OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF MANY WHO OPPOSED THE PROJECT DO SO BASED ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS PROPOSED.
AND YES, IT IS A HIGH UNIT COUNT ENTIRELY JUSTIFIABLY.
SO IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S A MARKET RATE UNITS THAT PAY FOR THE AFFORDABLE ONES AND THE LEVEL OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING MR. MATT HAS PROPOSED, AND THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CLAIMS TO VALUE MORE THAN JUSTIFIES THE DENSITY IN THE MIDST OF AUSTIN'S RAPIDLY ESCALATING HOUSING CRISIS.
THE REALITY IS THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE RIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THIS KIND OF THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE LESS THAN FOUR MILES FROM DOWNTOWN AND PROXIMATE TO SEVERAL I'LL IMAGINE OFTEN ACTIVITY CORRIDORS AND TO INCOMING RAPID TRANSIT ROUTES.
MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO FRANKLIN GROVE BECAUSE THE INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH AND A DYNAMIC PART OF AUSTIN, I PERSONALLY WELCOMED THE IDEA OF BRINGING SO MANY NEW NEIGHBORS TO THE AREA AND I FULLY SUPPORT THE REZONING.
MR. MARA IS REQUESTING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER ALSO ON THE TELECONFERENCE IS MATT.
I ALSO LIVE ON CLARY WAY WITH THEIR WELCH AND, UH, OUR FENCE BACKS UP TO THE 2011 M FRANKLIN PROPERTY.
UH, IN ADDITION TO BEING A NEIGHBOR TO THAT PROPERTY, I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE FREAK LEAGUE GROWTH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
AND SO I'M HERE TO SPEAK AS BOTH A NEIGHBOR AND THE HOA PRESIDENT, AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO WEAR THIS HAT SEPARATELY.
UM, SO FIRST SPEAK AS THE HOA PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO COUNT SORT OF, UH, THE HISTORY OF
UH, I'M ALL PROACTIVELY REACHED OUT TO US AND ENGAGE WITH US IN A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO SHARE HIS VISION FOR THE PROPERTY AND SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE, UH, AT THE FRANKLIN GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD COULD EMBRACE.
AND HE VISITED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SEVERAL TIMES TO MEET WITH US AND HOST Q AND A'S ABOUT THE PROJECT.
HE LISTENED TO OUR CONCERNS OR COMMENTS, UM, AND HE AGREED TO DO WHAT HE COULD WITH HIS PROJECT TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE CONCERNS AND COMMENTS AND, UH, ISSUES THAT WE SAW WITH THE PROJECT PROPOSING.
AND THOSE RELATE TO THE CREEK THAT RUNS NEAR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS REALLY NEAR AND DEAR AND TUNE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD'S HEART.
AND, UH, THERE WAS THREE CONCERN OVER THE PROXIMITY TO THE HOMES ON CLARY WAY, WHICH HE ALSO AGREED TO ADDRESS AND, UM, NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS. AND, UH, AFTER THIS DEDICATED EFFORT, BY ON TO BUILD CONSENSUS WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE VOTED AND VOTED 17 HOMES TO ONE, UH, TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT, UM, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS RELATED TO THOSE CONCERNS THAT I MENTIONED FOR, UM, PROVIDED THAT THOSE CONDITIONS ARE REDUCED TO A RESTRICTIVE COMING IN.
SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING THAT RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, UH, BUT ARMANDO ALREADY BEGUN TO FULFILL HIS OBLIGATIONS TO, AND WE REMAINING FOR IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.
UM, SO NOW I'M SPEAKING BRIEFLY AS A NEIGHBOR.
I COULDN'T BE MORE THRILLED TO HAVE THIS PROJECT COMING TO LIFE BEHIND MY HOME, UH, FROM EDINA SIDNEY'S INTO MY BIKE MENTIONED.
UM, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ON MOST GENUINE AND GOOD FAITH EFFORT, UH, AND APPROACH TO BUILDING THIS PROJECT.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I JUST THINK THE PROJECT IS GREAT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN MY MIND IS WHAT IT CAN DO FOR THE PORTABILITY THAT WE'RE ALL SEEING IN THE CITY.
UH, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSING CRISIS.
UM, WITH WE KNOW THAT HOMELESSNESS ISSUE
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HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S PROJECTS WILL DELIVERING SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT PORTABLE HOUSING.I MEAN, MY WIFE AND I ROUTINELY SEE PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ARE BEING FORCED OUT OF THE CITY AND WE KNOW OUR SUPPORT WORKERS ARE GETTING PUSHED FURTHER AND FURTHER FROM THE CITY THEY SERVE.
SO, UH, NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THIS PROPERTY NEXT TO US IS AN EMPTY LOT, SO THAT WILL BE NOTED, BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND THE LAST POINT I'LL MAKE THAT WE KNOW THE EXISTING ZONING IS PRODUCING HOMES WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, AND THAT'S NOT HELPING MUCH OF ANYONE IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
OUR NEXT, UH, PERSON IN FAVOR IS BETHANY CHANG.
SHE HAS ONE MINUTES AND SHE'S ON THE TELECONFERENCE.
I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE POST SITE AT FREQUENT COMMON.
UM, I ON THE STREET REGULARLY, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT AS PROPOSED AND THINK CAREFULLY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE HOUSING, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE INCREASED DENSITY, WHICH WILL ALLOW INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, TEACHERS SEE WORKERS AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS LIKE MYSELF TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO LEAD TO THIS COMMUNITY.
THE SITE OWNER HAS BEEN THOUGHTFUL AND GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENGAGE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I LOVE THE RESILIENCE PROJECT THAT THEY'VE ALSO INCLUDED ON THE SITE.
UM, IN CONTRAST, IF YOU NEED OTHERS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TURNING, UM, LOTS INTO MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR HOMES.
CURRENTLY, THERE'S A LOT BEHIND MY HOUSE ON GREENWOOD THAT LISTED FOR TWO LOTS, FOR 2.5 MILLION AND 3.4 MILLION A PIECE OR SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UM, ON OUR STREET ITSELF, A HOUSE JUST SOLD FOR OVER 1.2, 5 MILLION FOR THREE BEDROOM HOUSE, THE FRANKLIN COMMON TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE UNITS, NIGHTLY SUPPORTING DIGS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON OUR STREETS IS A KEY WAY TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
BUT NOW, AND IN THE FUTURE, THANK YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON IS SEAN GARRETSON HE'S.
I BELIEVE HE'S ON THE TELECONFERENCE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN PLANNING COMMISSIONERS? MY NAME IS JOHN HARRISON.
I'M A LONG TIME LAST NIGHT, AND I'M A NATIONAL EXPERT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
RECENTLY BEEN AT DISSIPATE IN THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PANEL IN BOISE, WE ADDRESS THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.
THEY HAPPENED TO BE THE MOST OVERINFLATED HOUSING MARKET IN THE UNITED STATES.
OFTEN A SECOND ON THAT LIST, WE ALL KNOW AUSTIN IS NOT LESS AFFORDABLE.
UM, IT'S BECOMING MUCH, MUCH, MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT THOUGH, AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT AT THE CHEST, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION CORPORATION, WE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED AN OWN FRANKLIN OR FRANKLIN GARDENS, WHICH WAS AT THE CORNER OF FRANKLIN AND MLK, JUST DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE 22 UNIT SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
I'VE COME TO KNOW THE SENIOR PERFORMANCE VERY WELL.
THIS IS A FOUR MINUTE MS PROJECT AND MANY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEING ABLE TO WALK THERE WITH CUP, FOR COFFEE, OR TO HAVE SOME OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS LIVE THERE.
IRONICALLY, THIS PROJECT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE ARE IN MULTI-FAMILY ZONE PROPERTY.
ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS, UH, HELPED THEM FIND IT.
I HOPE THAT YOU APPROVE THIS PROJECT AND SUPPORTING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
THE NEXT REGISTERED SPEAKER IS CHASE, RIGHT? HE IS IN PERSON ONE MINUTE.
HAS HE HAS ONE MINUTE? ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS CHASE, RIGHT? I'M THE PRESIDENT AT THE SPRINGDALE PARK NEIGHBORS.
UH, WELL I WORK WITH, UH, ADDRESSING THE HOMELESS CRISIS THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN EAST AUSTIN.
UH, I LIVE AT TOOL TO GREENWOOD, WHICH IS MAYBE A ONE MINUTE WALK FROM THE PROPOSED SITE TONIGHT.
AND AT THIS CURRENT TIME I AM A FATHER OF TWO.
UH, MY GRANDMOTHER AND I, I WAS RAISED UP IN EAST AUSTIN.
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 30 YEARS, SPECIFICALLY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I DO ALSO DREAM THE BONE IN THE HOUSE OVER THERE ONE DAY, AS OF NOW, I'M BEING OUT PRICED, UM, HIGH RENTERS INSURANCE, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, THAT THESE DEVELOPERS WERE BRINGING IN AT ONE POINT OVER THE LAST YEARS, UH, TO GET US TO MOVE UP ABOUT IT THERE.
UM, IT WASN'T UNTIL I CAME ACROSS THE, IN FRANKLIN PROJECT WHERE THE DEVELOPERS WERE THINKING OF, UH, NATIVES LIKE MYSELF, WHO'S BEEN IN THAT AREA FOR YEARS.
UH, AND FOR THEM TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A PART OF THEIR PLAN, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE AUSTIN URBAN LEAGUE TO IDENTIFY,
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UH, PEOPLE AT HIGH RISK OF BEING DISPLACED, UH, THAT SAYS A LOT.AND WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE DEVELOPERS LIKE THAT.
UM, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND I AM HIGHLY IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.
THE NEXT, UH, REGISTERED SPEAKER IS ALAN POWELL.
HE IS ON THE TELECONFERENCE THAT HAS ONE MINUTE.
UH, I WANT YOU TO THINK THREE AND FRANK THAT IS ZONED.
UH, I, UH, THE DEALER VENTURES AND LEE, UH, ADRIAN MISCHLER, WE RUN THE BUSINESS AND OUR BUILDING IS BEHIND THE MS. WALL X, THE CARE THAT THE BUILDING WITH THE MOVE PLOTS AND THE, I THINK IT'S BIG MACRO PERSPECTIVE.
WE HAVE A UNIQUE SITUATION, BOTH THE DOOR STORY AND ON MALL MARKING IN OUR OFFICE.
WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU.
CAN YOU, IS THERE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET A BETTER SIGNAL? I'LL LET YOU START OVER.
SO I WAS KIND OF SAYING I CAN ONLY GET MYSELF BETTER.
I'LL TRY TO IGNORE THE, THE ECHO.
UM, MY NAME IS ALAN POWELL AND I AM IN FAVOR OF THE ZONING CHANGE.
I REPRESENT UNIT FEE A 21 TO 3:00 AM.
FRANKLIN THAT IS OWNED BY BLUE HEELER VENTURES AND LEAST BUY FIND WHAT FEELS GOOD.
I'M EMPLOYED BY ADRIAN MISHLER.
AND WE USE THIS SPACE TO RUN THE BUSINESS SIDE OF OUR COMPANY.
OUR BUILDING IS BEHIND THE MOOSE LODGE.
WE ACTUALLY SHARE THE BUILDING WITH THE MOOSE LODGE AND OUR PROPERTY IS BOTH THE STORYVILLE DEVELOPMENT AND ON MALLS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
I'VE BEEN WORKING IN OUR OFFICE FROM THE FIRST DAY.
THE STORY BUILT START STARTED CLEARING THE LAND FOR THE GEORGE.
IN THE BEGINNING, I WAS DEFINITELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE ON US.
UM, BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN SURPRISED AT HOW LITTLE DISRUPTION I'VE EXPERIENCED WHILE WORKING THERE AND EVERYONE WHO THINKS IT'S GOING TO BE NOISY, BUT AFTER SEEING ALL THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT, BUT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN A PLACE WHERE I CAN FOCUS.
UM, SINCE WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDER, THE PLAN, AND WE HAVE GROWN TO TRUST ON VAULT ITSELF, I BELIEVE THE FINISHED PRODUCT WOULD BE AMAZING FOR THE STREET.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER LONG.
HI, MY NAME IS JENNIFER LONG AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMER IN ELA SHELTER FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN EAST AUSTIN ON MALL.
FIRST CAME TO US FIVE YEARS AGO.
HE APPROACHED US ASKING HOW HE COULD HELP.
HE HAS PROVIDED US WITH HOUSES EITHER BELOW OR AT NO COST FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO LIVE IN.
HE'S CURRENTLY HELPING US DEVELOP A PROJECT OF TWO NINE BEDROOM HOUSES IN EAST AUSTIN, WHERE IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANY HOUSING THAT WE CAN AFFORD ANYMORE.
I AM A HUNDRED PERCENT IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
I CAN SPEAK VERY HIGHLY TO HIS CHARACTER, AND I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR HIS EFFORTS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BILL MCKAMEY.
HE IS IN PERSON AND HAS ONE MINUTE.
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
I COME TO YOU IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT FOR TWO REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, I'M A NEIGHBOR AND I'M A CYCLIST.
I SORRY FOR COMING BEFORE YOU IN SHORTS.
BUT I BIKED DOWN HERE TODAY AND THE BIKE LANES ALONG 12TH, MLK AND MAINER ARE SUPERB.
I ACTUALLY TAKE, UH, IAN FRANKLIN TO GO SHOP AT THE HEB ON 51ST STREET.
THIS IS A GREAT PLACE FOR DENSE DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO CYCLE AND NOT HAVE A CAR.
THE SECOND REASON I COME AND SUPPORT THIS IS I MOVED HERE LAST JUNE FROM NEW MEXICO, WHERE I WAS THE SECRETARY OF LABOR FOR THE STATE.
AND AS YOU HEARD FROM NUMEROUS PEOPLE FOR YOU, I WILL ECHO THE FACT THAT IT WAS DEEPLY INGRAINED IN ME THAT FOR TEACHERS, COPS, JANITORS, MUSICIANS, ALL THE FOLKS THAT WE RELY ON IN OUR COMMUNITIES, IF YOU DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION HEALTHCARE, AND EXCUSE ME, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND CHILDCARE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WORK.
THIS PROJECT DOES A GREAT, GREAT JOB OF SOLVING HOUSING DIRECTLY.
AND BECAUSE OF THE GREAT POSITIONING WILL HELP WITH IT'LL HELP MORE WORKERS LIVE BETTER LIVES IN THIS CITY, AND I REALLY URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR IT.
THE NEXT PERSON, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK BY WAY OF THE TELECONFERENCE IS CHRIS GANNON.
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UH, IN FRANKLIN.UM, I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET AND A LITTLE TO BE THE SPOUSE.
I LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR 21 YEARS.
AND A THIRD OF THAT TIME I LIVED ON FRANKLIN.
I AM HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS FOR SURE THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT WE'RE FACING IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW.
IT TOUCHES ON EVERYTHING FROM SAFETY AND, AND HOMELESSNESS, UM, DISPLACEMENT AND, UH, AND TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING, UM, IS, UH, IS PRODUCT.
I THINK, ADDRESSES A LOT OF THESE ISSUES AND I THINK HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB ADDRESSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LISTENING TO US.
HE MET WITH US SEVERAL TIMES, UM, AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD AND I THINK THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CAN SUPPORT A LOT MORE DENSITY AND, UH, NEIGHBORS WHO, WHO, UH, WHO CAN'T AFFORD THE $2.1 MILLION HOUSES, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING INTO THE STREET.
UM, I AM ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE ON THE STREET WHO ACTUALLY HAVE, BUT, UH, UH, MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
I HAVE, UH, FRANKLIN GARDENS IN MY BACKYARD.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW AND THEY ARE IT'S, IT'S A, DEFINITELY A BENEFIT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, MR. GANNON, I WOULD RECOMMEND, YEAH.
OKAY, WELL THAT'S, UM, I SUPPORT IT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOAN DEUCE.
SHE'S IN FAVOR AND HAS ONE MINUTE.
AND AS ON THE TELECONFERENCE, MS. DEUCE, ARE YOU ON THE TELECONFERENCE? SIX TO UNMUTE.
UH, MR. RIVERA IS NOT SURE THAT SHE HAS THAT SHE'S ON THE TELECONFERENCE.
SO I WILL CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER CHRIS BAKER.
HE IS IN FAVOR IN HIS IN-PERSON.
I'M THE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OTHER ONE'S FOUNDATION.
WE'RE A LOCAL, UH, HOMELESSNESS SERVICE NON-PROFIT AND, UH, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF.
AND I THINK MUCH OF THE HOMELESS SERVICE COMMUNITY TO SAY THAT ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO BRING US MORE DENSITY AND MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GOOD.
WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
UM, I DON'T NEED TO TALK ANY ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS TO THE CRISIS THAT WE'RE FACING IN TERMS OF THE HOMELESSNESS SPACE.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS, UM, EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS INTEGRATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
HOUSING IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT CAUSES HOMELESSNESS.
UM, ONE OF THE BIG CAUSES OF THE, OR THE, THE CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS IS THE INTERSECTION OF A GREAT MANY SOCIETAL ILLS.
AND, UH, THERE IS NOT A SINGLE SOCIETAL ILL THAT, UH, WILL STAND A CHANCE AGAINST AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
AND MY FRIEND, MAN MALL OVER THERE IS THE EMBODIMENT OF ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
HE'S BEEN HELPING US WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SAY MY PIECE AND, UH, MICHAEL BRENNAN.
HE IS ALSO IN, IN FAVOR AND IN-PERSON AND HAS ONE MINUTE MR. BRENNAN.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY HAVE JOAN DEUCE ON THE REMOTE, ON THE TELECONFERENCE LINE.
MS. DUES, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? OKAY.
I BELIEVE WE DON'T HAVE EITHER A SPEAKER IN PERSON OR BY WAY OF THE TELECONFERENCE.
SO NOW WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE OPPOSITION.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS LIZ JOHNSON.
SHE IS IN PERSON AND HAS A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES.
I'M CURRENTLY PRESIDENT OF THE JJ SEABROOK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE'RE LOCATED SOUTH OF THE MUELLER EAST OF AIRPORT BOULEVARD, NORTH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR BOULEVARD IN WEST OF MORRIS WILLIAMS GOLF COURSE, JJ SEABROOK, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, VISION AND VALUES CENTER COMMUNITY.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDES YOU CAN START TURNING SLIDES.
WHOEVER DOES THAT? CAN I DO IT? YOU'LL JUST SAY NEXT.
SORRY, I HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE.
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THERE WE ARE.I THINK WE CAN DO THE NEXT SLIDE.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDES OVER 170 DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
AND AS SOON YOU CAN SEE NEXT AND AS SOON TO INCLUDE AND GO THE NEXT OVER 370 DEEPLY AND PERMANENTLY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS AT THE CORNER OF THE BLOCK OF THIS PROPOSED ZONING REZONING, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALSO, WE CAN STAY FOR A SECOND VALUES.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS HOME TO TWO CREEK BRANCHES, ONE RESTORED THROUGH CLOSE NEIGHBORHOOD COLLABORATION WITH LOTS OF CITY DEPARTMENTS.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A HIGH PRIORITY TREE AREA WHERE CITY PLANTING OF SHADE TREES NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO BE PRIORITIZED.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO VALUES GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HOST SEVERAL DEDICATED BIKE LANES.
AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE HOPE TO INCREASE PROTECTIONS FOR THEM ALL.
THERE ARE STILL MANY BUSY THROUGH STREETS WITH ZERO AND INTERMITTENT SIDEWALKS.
WE'D WANT TO CLOSE THESE GAPS.
NEXT SLIDE OF THE SIDEWALKS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS WHO USE WHEELCHAIRS, CANES, WALKERS, MOTORIZED SCOOTERS, AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TOO.
I WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN JANUARY OF 2021.
UP TO THIS POINT, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TAKEN THE DEVELOPER AT HIS WORD AND WORK TOWARD A CONSENSUS WITH THAT IN MIND, THE DEVELOPERS HELD IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL MEETINGS WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPONSORED TWO NEIGHBORHOOD WIDE SURVEYS.
THE FIRST YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE'S OUR NEXT PERFECT FIRST INVITED COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON WHAT THE DEVELOPER COULD CONSIDER, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE FEATURES.
A SECOND INVITED NEIGHBORS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE DEVELOPER'S FINAL PROPOSAL.
WE DISTRIBUTED THIS SURVEY TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ONLINE IN PERSON IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH IN PAPER TO PEOPLE WHO WANTED IT, INCLUDING TO THE DEVELOPER WHO OWNED THE PROPERTY IN THE FINAL SURVEY, 79 RESPONDENTS VOTED, THE RESULTS ARE DISPLAYED HERE.
MORE NEIGHBORS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE OPPOSED TO THIS PROPOSED MOVE FROM SF THREE TO MF FOUR.
THEN IN FAVOR WITH THIS IN MIND, I'M GOING TO REVIEW A FEW POINTS THAT NEIGHBORS HAVE RAISED AND SHARED WITH THE DEVELOPER CITY COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONERS IN PAST LETTERS.
I THINK WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1,178 RESIDENCES UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN THE JJC BROOK NEIGHBORHOOD.
RESIDENCES WILL BE ON THE CORNER OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND ADDITIONAL 116.
NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL BE ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE BLOCK AS WELL.
THIS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSES AN ADDITIONAL 143 UNITS.
IT SOUNDED LIKE 160 IN THE BEGINNING ON A MID-BLOCK PROPERTY WITH ONE INGRESS AND ONE INGRESS, EXCUSE ME.
ONE IN GREASY AGGRESS, THE DEVELOPER POINTS TO THE GEORGE, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE NORTH END OF THE BLOCK IS A PRECEDENT FOR MID-BLOCK DEVELOPMENT.
IT HAS A MUCH LONGER FRONTAGE ALLOWS FOR MULTIPLE INGRESS AND EGRESS IS IN FRANKLIN AVENUE IS ALREADY A FAIRLY BUSY STREET DURING RUSH HOURS.
CARS CUT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM MLK TO MAINER AND WEST AIRPORT BOULEVARD EAST TO 180 3 OR NORTH TO MUELLER.
NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUANTITY OF TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT OF PROPOSED PROPERTIES.
WE REQUEST THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERS THE TRIPS GENERATED THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, BUT YET TO BE INHABITED, CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE ACTUALLY HEARD OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE WAYS THE CURRENT PROCESS FOR REZONING CAN SIDE STEP, A HOLISTIC VIEW OF TRAFFIC AS DEVELOPERS SUBMIT PROPOSALS ONE AT A TIME OR RELY ON OLD TRAFFIC DATA.
THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY RUNS ALONG A BRANCH OF THE CREEK.
YOU'LL HEAR OTHER NEIGHBORS TALK ABOUT THAT WHILE THE DEVELOPER HAS OFFERED SETBACKS AND RESTRICT REDUCTIONS IN BUILDING HEIGHT AND OFFERED NOT TO BUILD ON ALREADY UNBUILDABLE AREAS OF THE CREEK EMPHASIS HAS REMAINED ON RETAINING AND OR INCREASING THE PROPOSED ZONING AND UNIT COUNTS.
ULTIMATELY, I ASKED THE COMMISSION TO SEE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE, AS OPPOSED TO ONE SINGLE APPLICATION OF A REZONING.
AND I ASKED THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER ALL OF THE JJ CBRE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS A HISTORY OF ACCESSIBILITY WHILE RENTS AND PROPERTY VALUES HAVE SOARED.
THIS HAS NOT PRODUCED A NEIGHBORHOOD AT POSTED DENSITY OR AFFORDABILITY.
NEIGHBORS HAVE OFFERED AN ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL FROM SF THREE TO MF ONE AND LMU.
AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, I WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THIS, TO THE TABLE TO TALK AND ALSO SURVEY DATA.
I'M GOING TO FINISH THIS BECAUSE OF THE STUFF IN THE BEGINNING WITHOUT MOVES TO THE MIDDLE AND COMPROMISES ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS TABLE, EXTENDED ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES, LIKE WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN WITH VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY, ORGANIZING TO WORK WITH DEVELOPERS THROUGH LEGITIMATE CITY, GENERATED GROUPS LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND CONTACT TEAMS RUN THE RISK OF EXHAUSTING AND DISILLUSIONING.
THE VERY CITIZENS WHO LIVE AND HAVE LIVED
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IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE ALL REPRESENT.THE NEXT PERSON TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION IS DIANA DEAN.
SHE IS ON THE CONFERENCE TELECONFERENCE.
MS. DEAN, I DON'T THINK DIANA'S AT LEAST SHE TOLD ME SHE WASN'T A FIELD CAUSE SHE'S CONSULTING.
SO MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE WENT TO THE THREE MINUTES.
UH, THE NEXT PERSON IN PERSON IS LAUREN STANLEY.
I'VE LIVED 17 YEARS ON IAN FRANKLIN.
I'M AN ARCHITECT AND VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS TANNAHILL CREEK BRANCH, TWO BETWEEN MLK AND MAINER, CLOSE TO WHERE WE LIVE.
IT'S FED BY SPRINGS AND HOME TO FOXES, OWLS AND HAWKS.
I'M MAKING A PLEA FOR MODERATION AND BALANCE.
AS WE GROW AUSTIN, IF WE PRIORITIZE DENSE NEW HOUSING ABOVE ALL ELSE, WE WILL TURN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS INTO BEDROOM COMMUNITIES AND SAY, WE DID WHAT WE COULD FOR A CITY OUTGROWING ITSELF, BUT WHAT WILL BE LOST? HUMAN CAPITAL, NATURAL CAPITAL, THE WISDOM EXPERIENCE AND VALUE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 10, 20 YEARS, WHO DISCOVERED SPRINGS TO BE DOCUMENTED AND STARTED GREEN STREETS LIKE I DID, WHO TEND AND MAINTAIN AND SHOW UP.
WE ARE OBSERVANT, COMMITTED, AND VISIONARY.
WE ARE THE ONES WHO WERE MAKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE NOT TRYING TO STOP CHANGE, BUT WE KNOW IT'S A MAP.
I'VE SAID THIS SINCE THE START, THIS PROJECT IS SIMPLY TOO MUCH FOR THIS LOCATION.
IT'S ELEGANT, BUT IT'S TOO MUCH FOR THIS PARTICULAR PLACE.
WHY ONE, A HUGE INFLUX OF HOUSING UNDERWAY IN THIS AREA, MUCH OF IT DEEPLY AFFORDABLE TO CONGESTION AT A MID-BLOCK SITE WITH NO OTHER OUTLETS THAN THE ARTERIALS THAT EITHER END THREE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND HUMAN PET IMPACT ON A WOODLAND CREEK AND A PART OF TOWN WITH A HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUITY FOR SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR DOMINO MF, FOR DEVELOPMENT INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IS IT SMART TO ACCEPT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT 80% MFI PACKED INTO A MID-BLOCK GREENFIELD WITH NOTHING ELSE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAN A COFFEE SHOP? WHY WOULD WE WANT TO ADD TO OUR URBAN HEAT ISLAND EXACERBATE HOUSEHOLD DEPENDENCE DURING A SNOWPOCALYPSE OR DETERIORATE A RARE PERENNIALLY FLOWING CREEK? THE VALID PETITION CIRCULATING ENVISIONS SMALL CLUSTERED HOUSING NESTED WITH COMMUNITY AMENITY SF THREE TO
THE OWNER KNEW WHAT THE ZONING WAS WHEN HE PURCHASED.
SO HE COULD HAVE AT LEAST TAKEN A SHOT AT A DEFAULT PLAN, EVEN CLOSE TO THE CURRENT ZONING.
WE NEVER HEARD ONE, NOT EVEN CLOSE TO IT.
OUR JOB IS NOT TO SOLVE A PROFORMA NOR THE CITY'S HOUSING TARGET, BUT TO MAKE WISE CHOICES THAT ARE WINS FOR MORE OF US, NOT JUST A FEW.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IN PERSON IS GAIL BORST AND SHE HAS THREE MINUTES.
I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO GET THREE MINUTES, BUT, UM, LAUREN SAID SO MANY OF THE THINGS I SHOULD FIRST SAY THAT, UM, I'M ON 1604 DELONE STREET, WHICH IS NOT TECHNICALLY IN THE AREA OF CONCERN.
I DIDN'T GET ANY KIND OF NOTICE, BUT I LIVED DOWNSTREAM AND I MOVED TO THE EAST SIDE EIGHT YEARS AGO BECAUSE I, I MOVED THERE FOR THE CREEK.
IT'S IT'S NOT A DRAINAGE DITCH.
IT'S A LIVE CREEK THAT FLOWS ALL YEAR LONG.
AND I WATCH THE GREAT BLUE HERONS FEED IN THERE.
WE HAVE WONDERFUL WILDLIFE IN OUR, IN OUR AREA, REALLY APPRECIATES THE WILDLIFE.
BUT, AND, AND WE, WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR MORE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MORE DENSITY.
BUT DOES IT HAVE TO BE DONE ALL AT ONCE AND ALL ON THE EAST? ON THE EAST SIDE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE TAKING THE BRUNT OF IT.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME, AREN'T BEING CONSIDERED.
SO, UH, I I'M FEEL LIKE, I FEEL LIKE I'M ON THE VERGE OF MOVING OUT BECAUSE MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS BECOMING SOMETHING THAT IT WASN'T ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE.
I'M NOT, NOT AGAINST DENSITY, BUT LIKE LAUREN SAID THAT THIS IS JUST NOT THE SITE TO OVERDO THINGS ON.
SO I'M, I'M HERE TO SPEAK SELFISHLY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF MY CREEK AND MY WILDLIFE WHO ARE
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VOICELESS IS THERE.THEY'RE BEING SQUEEZED OUT, JUST LIKE I FEEL LIKE I AM.
THE NEXT PERSON IS ON THE TELECONFERENCE AND HIS NAME IS ROB SHOE WORK.
MY NAME IS ROB SHORT AND I'M SPEAKING ABOUT POSITION TO THE EPISODE.
THIS APPROACH WAS A FOUR STORY BUILDING A TOP OF PARKING GARAGE UP TO 150 HUMID EXPRESS 3.8 ACRES.
THAT INCLUDES A CREEK DELIVERING POTABLE WATER TO DOWNSTREAM.
WHILE THE MID-BLOCK DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE ONLY A SINGLE HEAT GRAPH, IT WOULD BE BETWEEN 47 AND 53 UNITS PER ACRE, ON THREE DEVELOPABLE MAKERS, FAR DONE SERVING THE GEORGE HAD ELEMENT DOWN THE STREET, EVEN THOUGH THOSE DEVELOPERS HAD A GREATER ENTITLEMENT WHEN THEY MADE THEIR DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT ALLOW THEM TO GET THE CAPITAL BECAUSE THE CITY STAFF OPPOSES DOWNING STEPPED DOWN, BUT BECOMING THE DENSEST CONGLOMERATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE IS NOT A SET DOWN ALL NEIGHBORS ACROSS FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT AND OTHERS ON THE BALLOT PETITION ALLOWING MS. LINE WITH LOW LOL THIS REASONABLE COMPROMISE AND STILL MAKE IT TO DEVELOPMENT ON THE BLOCK, NO GOALS, PLANNING, COMMISSIONERS TO EVALUATE REZONINGS AND ESTABLISH PRINCIPLES AND STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION POLL SHOWED THAT THE MAJORITY OF HOST THIS LEVEL OF DENSITY, THIS BLOCKBUSTING DEVELOPMENT CAN BREAK THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT IT CAN'T BREAK THE FEVER.
THAT IS THE AUSTIN HOUSING MARKET, WHICH IS FUELED BY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS.
AND THOSE WHO HAVE FUNDED THEM THAT ARE EAGER TO PROFIT ON THE HOUSE.
IN SOME SENSE, IT MAY ALSO ENCOURAGE IT TO ALLOW THIS KIND OF SPOT.
SO WE RECOGNIZE THE CITY NEEDS FOUR UNITS PUTTING, YOU KNOW, THE 80 UNITS, WHETHER WITH ONE IS A FAIR AND REASONABLE COMPROMISE.
UH, THE NEXT, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JUSTIN CANARD.
HE IS IN PERSON AND DO BECAUSE MS. DEAN WAS NOT HERE.
HE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES.
I TRIED TO READ IT AS FAST AS I CAN, SO IT'S MY IT CRAZY AT THE END.
I GREW UP HERE, EDUCATED HERE, GREW UP IN SECTION EIGHT, HOUSING IN NORTH AUSTIN OFF WHISPERING VALLEY.
WHO'S AN AISD TEACHER AND OUR TWO CHILDREN.
ONE OF WHICH WAS BORN AT OUR RESIDENCE ON NAMED FRANKLIN FOR 12 YEARS.
I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PAY TRIBUTE TO STEVE.
SEDOWSKY THE LONG TIME, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN, HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OFFICER WHO PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY.
STEVE WAS A GOOD FRIEND AND HE ENCOURAGED ME TO SPEAK MY VOICE ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND OVERALL TRAJECTORIES OF DEVELOPMENT AND AUSTIN.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ON IA FRANKLIN IS AN EGREGIOUS ZONING REQUESTS THAT WILL NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE RESIDENTS SURROUNDING IT.
UH, THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHICH OPPOSE WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, IT'S ALL ABOUT MAXIMUM UNITS, MAXIMUM PROFIT, WITHOUT ANY REAL REGARD TO WHAT THE SCALE OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD WILL DO TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.
A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SIZE IS NOT COMPATIBLE TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF M FRANKLIN WITH ONLY ONE PROPOSED ENTRANCE AND EXIT.
THIS DEVELOPER HAS BEEN STEADFAST IN HIS REQUEST AND IS UNINTERESTED IN ANY REAL NEGOTIATIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE SIZE AND SCALE OF HIS SEASONING OF HIS DEVELOPMENT ON THE STREET WITH HIS NUMBERS REGARDING UNITS AND SALES PRICES, HE STANDS TO MAKE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROFIT AT AN
ANY IDEAS ABOUT DOWN ZONING SIZE AND SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT HAVE ONLY BEEN MET WITH A THREAT OF LOSS OF AFFORDABILITY, LOSS OF AFFORDABLE HOMES, WHICH WE CAN ONLY BLAME OUR OWN SELFISHNESS.
AND SUPPOSE THAT IGNORANCE, YOU CAN BE SURE WHEN YOU EXPECT PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING THE WORD LOSS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT THIS DEVELOPER IS NOT PROPOSING TO BUILD AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
COMPLEX AFFORDABILITY IS ONLY 20%, MAYBE 30.
IF YOU GIVE HIM HIS, UH, AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED REQUEST, UH, EXCUSE ME.
WE, AS RESIDENTS OF THE CITY ARE NOT BEHOLDEN TO THE COST OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND THE ECONOMICS OF BUILDING ANY MORE THAN THIS DEVELOPER IS BEHOLDEN TO PAY EACH RESIDENT OF IAN FRANKLINS PROPERTY TAX BILL.
EACH YEAR, I WOULD ENCOURAGE CITY OF AUSTIN TO RETHINK THE IDEA THAT DENSITY IS GOING TO BRING ANY KIND OF AFFORDABILITY TO THIS CITY.
DENSITY DOES NOT BRING AFFORDABILITY IF THIS WAS TRUE, WHY ISN'T TOKYO LONDON OR NEW YORK, THE MOST AFFORDABLE PLACES IN THE WORLD.
THIS IS A FALSE NARRATIVE PERPETUATED BY THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY, THE BANKING CARTELS AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
THIS ZONING WILL ONLY LEAD TO MORE UPZONING REQUESTS ON THE STREET, BIGGER, TALLER, DENSER BUILDINGS IN JJC, BROOKE, COMPLETELY DEGRADING THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THOSE THAT CURRENTLY LIVE THERE EFFECTIVELY TURNING IT INTO A MORE SHORT-TERM HOUSING STYLE AREA.
UH, MY ADVICE IS TO DENY THE ZONING REQUEST, LET THE DEVELOPER SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTY BILLS OUT AT SF SIX, HE COULD BUILD 50 HOMES, 50 PLUS HOMES ON THIS PROPERTY, BUT THIS
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STILL WOULDN'T SOLVE ANY OF THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES OR ANY TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT WILL HAPPEN WITH DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY.THE MISALIGNMENT OF CITY OF AUSTIN PRIORITIES IT TO INCENTIVIZE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS WRONG AND SHOULD BE CHANGED.
THE NEXT PERSON, UH, IN SPEAKER AND OPPOSED IS IVAN LAW FOR NEAR SANDOVAL.
HE HAS ONE MINUTE HI, MY NAME IS MY NAME IS IVAN AIR SANDOVAL.
I LIVE AT A 1922 E M FRANKLIN.
I THINK A LOT OF THE POINTS HERE THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED, I SHARE THE SAME CONCERNS.
AND WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT, BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO W WHERE I LIVE, IT'S 1920 AND 1922, I'M THE ONLY PERSON OUT OF THE FOUR, UM, UNITS THERE THAT'S HERE, BUT NONE OF US ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.
I WOULD SAY, OF COURSE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS TO BE BUILT, BUT AT, AT WHAT COST, UM, AND IT SHOULDN'T BE AT THE COST OF THIS SPRING-FED CREEK OR OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE STREET OR IN THE AREA.
I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, UM, THAT WILL, THAT WILL BE CAUSED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND I DO NOT SUPPORT THE REZONING.
THE NEXT REGISTERED SPEAKER IS MARY SUMMERALL.
SHE IS IN PERSON AND HAS ONE MINUTE I COMMISSIONERS.
I LIVE AT 2008, M FRANKLIN, UH, MOVED THERE 11 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH.
UM, BEFORE THAT I LIVED IN, UH, THE MILLER DEVELOPMENT JUST NORTH OF, UH, OUR AREA FOR FOUR YEARS.
SO I COME TO THIS WITH SOMETHING OF AN APPRECIATION FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAD A VARIETY OF TYPES OF HOUSING, SINGLE FAMILY, MULTIFAMILY, AFFORDABLE, SO FORTH.
UM, AND I MYSELF LIVED ON A STREET THAT JUST HAD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON IT.
I AM NOT OPPOSED TO A VARIETY OF HOUSING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD JUST TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, BUT THE PART OF THE, IN FRANKLIN, WHERE I LIVE IS MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
I MEAN, THE STREET IS AN INTERESTING ONE.
IT, ON, ON ONE SIDE, THERE'S A, UH, LIKE THEY WERE SAYING MEDICAL BUILDINGS AND OTHER THINGS.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER HALF, UM, IT'S SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES.
UM, AND THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL GO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING, WHICH SEEMS TO ME, UH, AN INAPPROPRIATE, UH, JUMP IT'S FROM
SO I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT IT BE A MORE MODERATE SHIFT TO MF ONE WITH LIMITED OFFICE.
UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN OZMEN.
HE IS IN PERSON AND HAS ONE MINUTE.
UM, I LIVED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LOTS IN QUESTION.
UH, WHEN I MOVED IN, UH, LATE 2016, UH, PEOPLE FROM THE MILLER DEVELOPMENT USED THE, IN FRANKLIN TO CUT ACROSS TO MLK AND 12TH STREET.
AND EVERY DAY, UH, WHEN IT WAS HIGH TRAFFIC TIMES, YOU WOULD SEE A DOZEN OR MORE CARS BACKED UP FROM THE LIGHT OF THE IOM, FRANKLIN AND MLK, YOU KNOW, HALFWAY DOWN THIS BLOCK, UH, STORY BUILT IS PUTTING IN THE GEORGE, UH, WITH 116 UNITS, I THINK.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY ESTIMATE IS THAT'S 150 CARS ADDED TO OUR STREET.
UH, IF THIS REZONING GOES AS IT'S PROPOSED, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 180 OR 200 CARS ADDED TO THIS STREET.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR THAT.
I DON'T OPPOSE REZONING THIS, THE MULTI-FAMILY, BUT I DO OPPOSE THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS REZONING.
THE NEXT PERSON IN, IN PER IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS ANNE WOODS.
MY NAME IS DAN WOODS, AND I LIVE AT 2000 8:00 AM FRANKLIN WITH MARY SUMMERALL.
I'M A NATIVE AUSTINITE, AND WE LIVED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS LIKE ANIMAL AND WITH DEPARTMENTS LIKE ZONING, WATERSHED PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABILITY.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BALANCE OUR REAL AND URGENT HUMAN
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HOUSING NEEDS WITH THE EQUALLY CRITICAL NEED TO MAKE SURE AUSTIN IS READY FOR A CHANGE IN CLIMATE TO DO THAT.WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR TREE CANOPY TO KEEP THE CITY COOL.
WE NEED EAST AUSTIN'S DEEP, RICH SOIL.
SO LOCAL FARMERS CAN GROW OUR FOOD, AND WE NEED HEALTHY CREEKS TO RECHARGE THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AND PROTECT OUR WATER SUPPLY.
THESE VITAL ELEMENTS OF OUR ECOSYSTEM ARE ALL THE QUALITIES OF AUSTIN.
WE LOVE KEY TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE REASONS.
SO MANY OF US WANT TO LIVE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE, THIS LITTLE CORNER OF EAST AUSTIN, THIS LITTLE WILDFLOWER FIELD THAT DRAINS TO A SPRING-FED CREEK LINED WITH MATURE ELM AND PECAN TREES IS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THAT.
ZONING IS CRITICAL TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
WE CAN'T EASILY IF EVER CHANGE THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
PLEASE CONSIDER A MORE REASONABLE APPROACH TO UPS OWNING IN THIS AREA.
AND WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER WHO IS IN FAVOR, UH, MS. DEUCE, JOAN DEUCE.
SHE IS NOW ON THE TELECONFERENCE AND SHE HAS ONE MINUTE.
MS. DEUCE, ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
HELLO, MY NAME IS JOAN NICE LIVE DESK TO THE NORTH OF MORRIS LILLIAN'S GOLF COURSE FOR 17 YEARS NOW.
AND TO AM FRANKLIN IS MY CHERISH CUSPER YES.
I'M ONE OF THE CARS THAT GOES THROUGH FOUR TIMES A DAY.
I DON'T WANT ANY DEVELOPMENT ON THIS LAND.
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS, BUT THAT JUST ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE GETTING, IF YOU LOOK AROUND OUR BIG FANCY MANCHESTER AS CLOSE TOGETHER AS POSSIBLE WITH NO COMMUNAL SPACE AND NO HOUSE UNDER PROBABLY 1.5 MILLION, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT MAXIMIZES PROFIT FOR DEVELOPERS, IT IS HARD TO INTENTIONALLY CREATE A, MEET A COMMUNITY, COMMUNAL GARDEN SPACES, MAYBE A COFFEE SHOP WITH SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OPEN TO SOME OF THE MIDDLE-CLASS AND NOT THE TECH WORKERS APP UP AND SEE IF SOMEONE CARES ENOUGH TO TRY TO DO THE HARD THING WHO CARES ABOUT THE OUTCOME AND OUR WORLD AND THE IMPACT OF OUR BUILT SPACES AND COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETY.
AND PEOPLE TRY TO HIDE THE PARKING.
I FEEL LIKE THE LEAST I CAN DO IS NOT STAND IN THEIR WAY.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS.
AND NOW WE HAVE, UH, CONNOR KENNY FOR A THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL, MR. KENNY.
UM, SO WE WE'VE HEARD, UH, UH, QUITE A BIT ABOUT, UM, THE CREEK TONIGHT AND IT IS IMPORTANT.
UH, ONE THING THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT THIS IS NOT A PARKLAND DEFICIENT AREA.
SO, UM, THE, UH, IF IT WAS THE ALTERNATIVE HERE, IT'S NOT A CHOICE BETWEEN NO DEVELOPMENT AND THESE 143 UNITS OF MISSING MIDDLE.
UM, IT WILL BE AN S3 SUBDIVISION JUST LIKE SOUTH OF IT.
UM, IF THIS DOES NOT GO THROUGH, UH, AN S3 SUBDIVISION AND AN AREA THAT'S NOT PARKLAND DEFICIENT, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE PARKLAND DEDICATION.
IT REQUIRES NO COMMON GREEN SPACE.
IT WILL RESULT IN AN AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER.
THAT IS JUST ABOUT THE SAME AS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE DUE TO STREETS AND SIDEWALKS NOT BEING COUNTED.
UM, AND IT WILL ENCROACH CLOSER TO THE CREEK THAN WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN THE DEVELOPMENT TODAY.
UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS IN THEIR SHORT-TERM COVENANT IS A PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT THAT IS GOING TO GO ACROSS A MID-BLOCK HERE FROM IAN FRANKLIN TO THE GOLF COURSE IN THE HOPES THAT, UH, IF THE CITY CONSIDERS RECONFIGURING THAT LAND, THAT THAT WILL REDUCE THE WALK TO ACCESS THAT LAND AS, AS, UH, OPEN RECREATION SPACE BY A HALF MILE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND IF WE CAN GO TO THE LAST SLIDE, UM, THE REASON WHY WE HAVE STUCK AT MF FOUR IS THAT MF FOUR ON 2011 ALLOWS A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF MARKET RATE UNITS TO CROSS SUBSIDIZE THE AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED DEVELOPMENT ON 20:15 AM FRANKLIN.
IF YOU START DROPPING DOWN, UH, ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT CAN BE ABOUT, WE'VE ALREADY DROPPED DOWN, HEIGHT DROPPED DOWN, IMPERVIOUS COVER DROPPED DOWN, BUILDING COVERAGE, YOU DROPPED DOWN THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
THE CROSS SUBSIDIZATION QUICKLY STARTS FALLING APART.
AND THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT CAN BE DONE ACROSS THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT QUICKLY STARTS DROPPING.
SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT WE'VE REALLY STUCK AT THAT UNIT COUNT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S WHAT THE MODEL NEEDS TO MAKE THE, UH, CROSS SUBSIDIZED, UM, UH, AFFORDABLE UNITS WORK.
AND SO, UM, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION FOR ME IS, YOU KNOW, IF DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE, WHICH IT'S GOING TO, IT'S FOUR ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED LAND IN CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN, IS IT GOING TO BE A 0% AFFORDABLE, TWO TO THREE STORY SF THREE SUBDIVISION OF MILLION DOLLAR HOMES, OR A 30% AFFORDABLE, TWO TO FOUR STORY
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MISSING MIDDLE HOMES RANGING FROM 200,000 INCOME RESTRICTED TO, YEAH, IT'S 800,000 ON THE TOP END.PROBABLY PART OF THAT PURCHASE PRICE IS GOING TO SUBSIDIZE THE $200,000 HOMES.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THIS DIRECTLY ADDRESSES OUR HOUSING CRISIS, UH, BY BUILDING THESE HOMES AT THIS PRICE POINT.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BUILDING THE HOMES, IT'S ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE BUILT.
SHOULD THEY BE BUILT OUT ON A HIGHWAY FURNITURE ROAD? IS THAT WHERE THE UPS OWNING SHOULD GO OR SHOULD IT GO ALONG MULTIPLE PROTECTED BIKE LANES THAT READ RIGHT DOWNTOWN INTO CAMPUS? UH, AND THE, UH, GREAT TRANSIT LINES.
I REALLY UNDERSTAND AND SYMPATHIZE WITH THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO SEE THEIR BLOCK CHANGE LIKE THIS, AND ARE UPSET ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ON THE STREET.
I DO THINK THAT, UM, TAKING IT OUT ON, ON, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE ONE DEVELOPMENT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE AGENCY OVER AND BEING ABLE TO MAYBE DENY THIS REZONING REQUEST.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT TAKING IT OUT ON THIS 30% DEVELOPMENT, UH, AFFORDABLE IS, IS, IS THE WAY TO GO.
AND IT IS THE RIGHT KIND OF CITY PLANNING FOR US TO BE DOING.
UM, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? ALL RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, IS THERE A SECOND COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER YANEZ PAULINO? THIS IS A QUICK CLARIFICATION FOR THE APPLICANT ARE ALL THE AFFORDABLE UNITS AT 80% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
UM, THE, UH, THEY WILL BE AVERAGING, UM, 60 PER I'M SORRY, 80% UNDER, UH, AFFORDABILITY ON LOCKED.
AND IT IS THE INTENT TO TAKE, UH, TO TRY AND SPREAD THAT OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WE START RUNNING INTO MORTGAGE ISSUES AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO 60.
UM, BUT THE SMARTEST THING TO DO, IF YOU'RE NOT, UH, RESTRICTED ON SUBSIDY FUNDING, LIKE WE WON'T BE ON MOST OF THESE UNITS IS TO SPREAD THAT AFFORDABILITY RANGE OUT IN THE END, THE DOLLARS ARE THE SAME, AND IT ACTUALLY JUST MAKES IT EASIER TO TURN THOSE UNITS OVER FASTER.
SO DO YOU THINK THAT RANGE, THAT RANGE WILL THEN BE, UH, WHAT ROUGHLY REALISTICALLY, I WOULD SAY IT'S GOING TO BE 60 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT MFI, WHICH IS, UH, UM, ABOUT 60,000 TO 120,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR 60,000 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR PENDING.
YOU WOULDN'T KNOW, BREAK DOWN UNTIL YOU AVERAGE THOSE, WOULD YOU? YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS LARGE NUMBER OF UNITS, IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE TO FIND, UH, FOLKS WERE, YOU KNOW, PRE-QUALIFIED FOR MORTGAGES AND STUFF.
THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAVE A MARKETING BUDGET BUILT IN HERE, UH, FOR THE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
UM, I, UH, REALLY IT BECAUSE OF THE AVERAGING AS, AS A DEVELOPER, IT'S ALL THE SUDDEN AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE END.
SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU MEET YOUR AFFORDABILITY LEVELS AND YOU KIND OF TAKE PEOPLE AS THEY COME AND AS YOU START FILLING THEM UP, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT AFFORDABILITY LEVEL YOU HAVE TO HIT, THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND ONE LAST QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE A ROUGH IDEA OF THE MFI, UM, OF THOSE THAT WOULD BE PURCHASING OR QUALIFY FOR MORTGAGES FOR THE MARKET RATE UNITS? UM, SO THE MARKET RATE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE A MIXTURE OF TOWNHOMES, SMALL STACK MULTIFAMILY, AND THEN, UH, A, UM, THREE, PROBABLY THREE OVER A ONE STORY PARKING, UH, STACKED MULTI-FAMILY.
UM, WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE AUSTIN MARKET IS THAT THE DISCOUNT ON TOWNHOUSES IS PROBABLY SOMETHING ABOUT 150 $200,000 PER UNIT ON STACK UNITS.
IT'S 200 TO $250,000 VERSUS THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE OF, OF DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF JUST, UM, UH, YOU CAN EXTRAPOLATE FROM THERE.
IT'S JUST THAT, UH, FOLKS WITH MORE MONEY GO AND FIND THOSE DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES AND BUY THEM.
SO THESE JUST EVEN THE NON-INCOME RESTRICTION ONES NATURALLY END UP NOT TREMENDOUSLY, BUT YOU KNOW, A BIT MORE AFFORDABLE.
SO 150,000 TO 250,000, LESS THAN 1.5 MILLION OR 750,000 FOR COMPARABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT 3000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSES HERE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, 900, 800 SQUARE FEET TO MAYBE 1200 SQUARE FEET.
SO, UH, FOR YOUR, UH, TOWNHOMES THAT ARE 1300 SQUARE FEET, YEAH.
MAYBE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, SEVEN 50 THERE VERSUS 900, UM, FOR YOUR STACK UNITS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A, A NATURALLY AFFORDABLE PRICE OF, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SAY WHAT THE MARKET DOING, WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UH, BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T JUST PAYING 30% OF THEIR INCOME, RIGHT.
LIKE WE'RE GETTING INTO HALF PLUS.
AND SO IT'S HARD TO SAY WHAT MFI IT'S GOING TO BE, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO SPEND RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING.
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YEAH.WE'RE COMING IN WITH TONS OF CAPITAL, SO, OKAY.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME, SOME TANGIBLE THAT'S HELPFUL.
THE EIGHT, 800 TO 900 SQUARE FEET FOR THE TOWNHOMES DISCOUNT OF 160 OR 150 TO 250,000 ON HOME PRICES AND, UM, TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS, 1 44 WITH THE 30%.
SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT HOW MANY UNITS IS THE 30%? YEAH, IT'S A 143 AND A TOTAL UNITS.
AND THE, UH, THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLES IS I BELIEVE IT'S COMING IN AT LIKE 45.
UM, AND OF THOSE 20% WILL BE CROSS SUBSIDIZED AND, UH, THE REMAINING 10 POINTS THERE, IF, UH, IF THE CITY CAN MAKE UP SOME OF THE, UH, DELTA, NOT AN OPPORTUNITY COST, BUT JUST ON BUILDING MATERIAL COSTS, THAT'S, WHAT'S CHANGED IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, RIGHT.
AS BUILDING MATERIALS ARE UP 30%.
UM, THEN, UH, THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, UH, UH, STATES THAT, UM, THOSE UNITS WILL BE CONVERTED, UH, UH, FROM MARKET TO AFFORDABLE.
IF, IF THE CITY WILL FUND THEM AT THE STANDARD, UH, CITY RATES AND BECAUSE OF THIS LOCATION, UM, UH, IT'S ONE OF THE BEST CANDIDATES FOR, UH, FOR THOSE CITY SUBSIDIES AROUND THAT, THAT I'VE SEEN.
AND WHEN WILL, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY SUBSIDIES WILL COME THROUGH ON THAT, UM, THOSE HAVE BEEN QUARTERLY, THE APPLICATIONS THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE FUNDS ARE RUNNING OUT ON THE BOND, BUT THERE'S TALK ABOUT DOING A NEW ONE.
SO, UH, THAT'LL BE KIND OF, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO SEE HOW IT COMES.
SO T SO PORTION OF THOSE OF THAT 30% IS CONTINGENT ON THE CITY SUBSIDY FUNDING COMING THROUGH 10 POINTS OF THE 30 POINTS, 10 POINTS OF THE 30 POINTS FOR SCORING, EVEN WITH THE 80,000 PER THOSE UNITS WILL ALL BE BUILT AT A LOSS.
I'M JUST NOT QUITE AS HUGE OF A LOSS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SNYDER.
UH, THIS IS ALSO FOR THE APPLICANT ON MR. KENNEY.
UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, HEIGHT LIMITS AND STEP UPS FROM THE, I THINK FROM THE NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH.
UM, CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME WHAT THOSE ARE AGAIN, AND HOW ARE THOSE, UH, MEMORIALIZED, ARE THEY IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OR ARE THEY PART OF THIS RESTRICTIVE COVENANT OR, OR SOME OTHER MECHANISMS? RIGHT.
SO, UM, I SENT YOU ALL A COPY OF THIS DECK, IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE SEVEN.
UM, AND IF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BRING UP SLIDE SEVEN, THERE, UH, THERE'S AN ILLUSTRATION THERE AS WELL WITH THE MEASUREMENTS, UM, UH, ON IT, THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS COME UP WITH, TO THE NEIGHBORS FROM THE SOUTH, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION ACTUALLY OF THAT SETBACK ON AND FRANKLIN, THAT WAS ANOTHER STEP BACK THAT WAS OFFERED, UH, UM, UH, AS PART OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WAS NEVER KIND OF ACCEPTED.
UM, BUT WHAT, UH, WELL WE HAVE, THERE IS, UM, THAT BASICALLY THE ROW OF HOMES THAT WILL FACE ALL THE HOMES TO THE SOUTH SHOULD BE LESS THAN THREE FULL STORIES.
SO, YOU KNOW, 30 TO 35 FEET HIGH, THE BULK OF 2011 WILL BE CAPPED AT THREE STORIES, SO ABOUT 40 FEET.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE 2015, THE ENTITLEMENTS ONLY GO UP TO 40 FEET, BUT WITH AFFORDABILITY AND LOCKED, WE COULD GET ANOTHER STORY OUT OF THAT.
SO, UM, TO BUILD WHAT WE NEED TO BUILD, TO DO THE AFFORDABILITY THAT WE NEED TO DO, UM, AND PER AGREEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORS, UM, THIS IS THE HEIGHT, UH, KIND OF STEP BACK, UH, THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH THE PROJECT.
UH, I THINK, DID YOU JUST SAY THAT SIT IN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, OR IS THIS PART ASSESS RECOMMENDATION? LIKE, IS IT, IS IT YEAH.
UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, IS FOR JUST THE BASE NFR ZONING REQUESTS.
WE DON'T NEED ALL THOSE ENTITLEMENTS.
UM, THIS WILL BE PART OF A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT WITH, UH, THE FRANKLIN GROVE HOA, WHICH IS THE SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH.
UM, AND, UH, CAN YOU, CAN YOU ALSO, UH, TALK IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT, UH, WHAT STEPS YOU'RE TAKING TO PROTECT THE CREEK AND ALSO HOW THAT WILL BE MEMORIALIZED? YEAH, SO, UM, WORKING WITH THE CIVIL ENGINEERS, UH, WE THINK THAT THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT, UH, A HALF ACRE OR SO OF, UH, CONSTRAINED, UM, UH, SPACE THAT YOU CANNOT DO A LOT WITH.
CAN'T PUT A BUILDING THERE, YOU COULD DO OTHER THINGS.
UH, THEN THERE'S SOME SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK THAT DIRECTLY ADJOINS THE GOLF COURSE.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 0.3 0.4 OR SO ACRES THAT IS ON, UM, UH, THIS SIDE THAT IS BUILDABLE, BUT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE OF THE LAYOUT OF THE SITE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD, IT COULD GET MORE EXPENSIVE.
THE IDEA WAS TO DO PARKLAND ON ACRE IS WHAT PEOPLE ASK FOR.
SO AN ACRE IS WHAT WE KIND OF SHOT FOR THERE.
UM, I SUSPECT THAT PART IS GOING TO END UP ACCEPTING MAYBE 0.7
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ACRES AS PARKLAND DEDICATION.THE OTHER PART, UH, I THINK THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANT TO TAKE, BECAUSE IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK AND THEY'D HAVE TO PUT THEIR LAWNMOWERS LIKE ON A TRAILER AND BRING THEM ALL THE WAY AROUND.
SO ANYTHING THAT IS NOT TAKEN BY PART A AS PARKLAND DEDICATION AND THE REMAINING ACRE WILL BE GIVEN UP AS A PUBLIC RECREATION EASEMENT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT THAT CROSSES THE DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE A FULL ACCESS BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO BOTH THIS ACRE PRESERVE LAND, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO THE, UH, TO THE CURRENT GOLF COURSE TO THE EAST.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE, UM, I THINK YOU SAID THE PREVIOUS COVER IS ABOUT WHAT YOU'D GET, UH, IF ANOTHER, LIKE A
WHEN YOU PLOT A SUBDIVISION AS WHEN YOU DO LIKE A MULTIFAMILY BUILDING AND PRACTICE, UH, IT'S IT'S, UH, IN MY EXPERIENCE THAT YOU GO THROUGH A MORE RIGOROUS PROCESS.
SO, UM, WE, UH, ARE HOPING TO ACTUALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE THAT'S OPEN THERE AND USE IT AS ACTIVE, UH, GREEN.
UM, AND, UH, SO THAT COULD INVOLVE, YOU KNOW, TERRORIST SPACE THAT FUNCTIONS BOTH AS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OPEN SPACE, BUT IT'S ALSO A RAIN GUARD AND YOU JUST KIND OF DON'T SEE IT BECAUSE THERE'S GRAVEL AND ROCK BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE TURF.
UM, THAT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE, UH, ON AN ENGINEERING, UH, THAT RESULTS THERE.
UM, BUT THERE'S THIS LITTLE KNOWN PROVISION OF CODE, UH, THAT SAYS THAT IF YOU'RE SF THREE AND YOU'RE ADJACENT TO AN OPEN SPACE, LIKE A GOLF COURSE SPECIFICALLY NAMED, UH, YOU ACTUALLY CAN DO 55% OF IMPERVIOUS COVER, NOT 45.
IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME OR ANYBODY THAT I'VE ASKED IF YOU SUBDIVIDE AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU DO A SITE PLAN, IF THAT 55% WOULD CARRY ACROSS TO THE ENTIRE S OF THREE A SUBDIVISION, IF IT DOES, THEN CURRENTLY IT'S ENTITLED AT 55%, NOT ACTUALLY THE 45, UH, WE ONLY NEED THE 65% IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE PLANNING.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT QUESTION, MR. COX.
I'M TRYING TO GET OVER A BOUT OF COVID.
UM, YOU'VE MADE A LOT OF PROMISES TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE NEIGHBORS, UH, AROUND THIS, THESE PROPERTIES, UM, I'M ASSUMING AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED IF THIS PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO DO SO ACTUALLY MEMORIALIZING A LOT OF THESE SETBACK HEIGHTS, UH, THE LIMITED USE OF THE LR, MAYBE EVEN THE PARTS OPEN SPACE.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE, UH, LEGALLY CAN DO, BUT I'M ASSUMING YOU WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO US MEMORIALIZING THAT IN A CEO WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ZONING.
SO, UH, IN YOUR BACKUP, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE TWO PAGE LETTER FROM FRANKLIN GROVE.
THE FIRST PAGE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN PUT IN A CEO.
UH, THE SECOND PAGE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN PROBABLY ONLY DO IN AN RC THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IN AN RC WITH THEM.
UM, BUT IF YOU, UH, JUST LOOK AT THE, UM, UH, UH, UH, SLIDE SIX AND SEVEN THAT HAVE THE HEIGHT STEP BACKS, UH, THERE ON USES, WE WERE, UH, TRYING TO KEEP OPEN, UH, OFFICE AND LIVE WORK, UM, JUST TO HAVE SOME, UH, SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THAT, UH, THAT BUILDING THERE.
UM, BUT LOOK, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO GO INTO CITY COUNCIL WITH
AND THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT IN YOUR BC EMAIL AS WELL.
UM, NEXT QUESTION ABOUT THE PARKS OPEN SPACE FROM THE AERIAL IMAGE, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A PRETTY WELL-DEFINED TREE LINE UP AGAINST THE CREEK.
UM, IS THAT TREELINE GENERALLY ENCOMPASSED BY YOUR PROPOSED PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, UM, ON YOUR PRESENTATION? NO, THE PROPOSED, UH, PRESERVED SPACE GOES QUITE A BIT ABOVE THAT ON THE SLOPE.
SO ALL THE TREES, ALL THE TREES THAT ARE THERE, UH, I SUSPECT THAT WATERSHED IS GOING TO WANT US TO GO IN AND CLEAR OUT SOME VINES AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE, UH, INVASIVE.
AND, UM, BUT WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH FRANKLIN ROBE
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TO UTILIZE SPECIFICALLY A NATURALIST AND ARBORIST TO UTILIZE SOME NATIVE PLANNINGS AND MAKE SURE NOT TO CUT BACK ON HABITAT THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME, UH, BELOVED OWLS AND A FOX, I THINK.AND, AND, UH, SO, UH, PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH THEM IS, IS THAT THAT'LL BE DONE IN A NATURAL WAY.
AND WHEN YOU SAY AGREEMENT, YOU MEAN, YOU MEAN A PRIVATE, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT HASN'T BEEN DRAFTED YET? UH, IT IS BEING DRAFTED AND WORKED OUT AND WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE IT BY THIRD READING AT COUNCIL.
SO LET ME, LET ME ASK YOU THIS LAST THING ABOUT PRIVATE RESTRICTED COVENANTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD IN CONCEPT, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY REQUIRE MONEY TO PAY A LAWYER TO ENFORCE IT.
UM, IS THERE ANY PROVISION IN THAT RC OR FUNDING IF, IF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DID NEED TO ACTUALLY UTILIZE AN ATTORNEY TO ENFORCE THE RC, WE DON'T ENVISION PREPAYING AN ATTORNEY TO SUE US.
UM, UH, BUT THAT IS THE POINT OF, UH, THE FRANKLIN GROVE LETTER IN SEPARATING THAT OUT.
YOU CAN ONLY PUT THINGS IN CEO THAT ARE GOVERNED UNDER THE ZONING CODE.
YOU CAN'T, UH, PUT THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, PRESERVE, UH, HABITAT USING NATIVE SPECIES, UH, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.
SO THE THINGS THAT ARE PRESERVABLE IN A CEO ARE SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT THERE AND ARE ON THAT, UM, UH, UH, PAGE 15, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, LISTED UP ABOVE, UH, EVERYTHING THAT IS THERE THAT'S ELIGIBLE TO BE CEO AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT IS, IS FINE AS BEING A CEO, UH, UH, UH, WITH US.
UM, THE OTHER STUFF IS, UH, LIKE WE OFFERED AND ARE COORDINATING WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE FENCE LINE TO COORDINATE WHICH SPECIES OF TREE THEY WANT PLANTED AND WHERE THEY WANT PLANTED.
SO EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE PUT IN A CEO IS, IS, YOU KNOW, ACCEPTABLE TO PUT IN A CEO FOR SURE.
AND JUST ONE LAST THING, UH, IT DID SOUND A LITTLE FUNNY, BUT WE'VE HAD DEVELOPERS PUT ESCROW FUNDS AS PART OF A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, UH, THE DOLLARS ARE NEEDED TO ENFORCES RC.
SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE A PROVISION LIKE THAT IF, IF THE NEIGHBORS THOUGHT IT WAS NEEDED.
BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? GIVE US YOUR PRACTICE.
UM, SO ONE IS, YOU MENTIONED, UM, THAT THIS SITE COULD BE DEVELOPED JUST LIKE THE ADJACENT SITE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF THIS REZONING ISN'T GRANTED, SO I'M WONDERING, UM, WOULD THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY ACTUALLY, IS THERE A PLAN THAT IF THIS REZONING ISN'T GRANTED THE PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD TO BE DEVELOPED, DEVELOPED IN SUCH A WAY WITH $2.5 MILLION, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE COST PER LOT? YEAH.
UM, I THINK AS, AS YOU MAY HAVE KIND OF CAUGHT ON TONIGHT, UH, MR. MIRA IS, IS ONLY INTERESTED IN DOING SIGNIFICANTLY AFFORDABLE PROJECTS.
AND SO, UH, IF THE ZONING WAS AN, EITHER A LEVEL OF ZONING THAT DIDN'T ALLOW THE LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR CAME, UM, HE'S EXPRESSED THAT HE WOULD MOST LIKELY JUST PUT THE LAND ON THE MARKET SO THAT HE COULD GO AND DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND SO, UH, UH, IN MY EXPERIENCE, THERE ARE A LOT OF DEVELOPERS WHO WOULD LOVE FOUR ACRES IN THIS PART OF TOWN TO PUT UP A BUNCH OF MILLION DOLLAR HOMES.
UM, AND SO MY OTHER QUESTION, UM, IS IT SOUNDS LIKE BASED ON YOUR PRESENTATION, I THINK IT SAID THAT THE MARKET RATE, UM, YOU'RE ESTIMATING 200 TO 500,000, UM, IS WHAT EACH OF THOSE UNITS WOULD BE SOLD FOR, IS THAT RIGHT FOR THOSE HUNDRED MARKET RATE UNITS? IT DOES SAY THAT IN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, THE THAT'S DEFINITELY STILL APPLIES TO THE MULTIFAMILY AND THE, YOU KNOW, NINE MONTHS SINCE THE, THAT ESTIMATION WAS FIRST MADE.
THOSE NUMBERS ARE PROBABLY NOW OUT OF DATE.
UM, AND, UH, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, TOWNHOUSES DO NOT SELL AS MUCH AS DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY, BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY SELLING FOR A LOT RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, THE, THE OFFER AND KIND OF WHAT THE FINANCIAL MODEL COULD SUPPORT IS THAT A THIRD OF THE UNITS BE SOLD AT, UM, SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BELOW MARKET PRICE.
UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF ABOUT THE, THE CONSTRAINT THERE.
IF, IF WE WANTED TO START, I DON'T KNOW.
I GUESS MY PRIORITY IS TO TRY AND GET MORE $200,000 UNITS THAN WORRY ABOUT WHETHER THE TOWNHOUSE IS GOING FOR, YOU KNOW, 700 OR 800, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THE RESOURCES INTO THE LOWER END OF AFFORDABILITY RATHER THAN CAPPING
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THE HIGHER END.AND FOR THOSE BEING SOLD, THOSE 43 AFFORDABLE UNITS, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED IT, BUT WHAT WOULD BE THE RANGE? UM, I, I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID IN TERMS OF LIKE THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FOR FOLKS AND THAT INCOME RANGE, BUT WHAT WOULD BE THE RANGE OF WHAT THOSE UNITS WOULD BE SOLD AT? SO CURRENT CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, REGULATED PRICING, WHICH IS WHAT THESE WOULD BE UNDER, UNDER AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED? UH, I I'M TO SAY RANGES FROM, UH, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS, AN AVERAGE OF 180 TO TWO 30, UM, MAYBE ONE 60 TO TWO 30, DEPENDING ON IT'S A ONE BEDROOM OR THREE BEDROOM.
AND THEN, UH, I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'LL SEE A SWING OF, YOU KNOW, 30% MORE OR LESS THAN THAT, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF NFI THAT COMES IN, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE REGULATED 80% PRICE.
YEAH, THAT DEFINITELY SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD, GOOD RANGE.
UM, AND HAVE YOU ALL THOUGHT OF MECHANISMS TO PUT IN PLACE TO, UM, ENSURE LONGTERM AFFORDABILITY, UM, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS OR DEED RESTRICTIONS AND STUFF? SO THESE WILL BE GOVERNED BY BOTH THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, UM, UH, WITH, UH, HOME BASE, AS WELL AS REGULATED UNDER AFFORDABILITY AND LOCKED.
UM, SO THE CITY, UH, PUTS A NOTE IN YOUR DEED.
UH, IT'S, IT'S NOTED WHENEVER IT'S SOLD.
UM, THE CITY HAS WRITE A FIRST REFUSAL ON THOSE UNITS, UM, AND, UH, HAS THE REGULATED PRICE.
AND, UH, WHEN YOU DO YOUR TITLE INSURANCE POLL, UH, THOSE WILL ALL POP UP BECAUSE IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE RECORDED IN THE DDA TRUST FOR 99 YEARS.
AND, UM, FOR THE UNITS THAT YOU SAID WOULD BE IN THE LIKE 200,000 TO $500,000, OR MAYBE MORE MARKET RATE RANGE, WOULD YOU CONSIDER FOR SOME OF THOSE UNITS THAT ARE CLOSER TO 200,000 HAVING SOME KIND OF SIMILAR, UM, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR DEED RESTRICTION OR FINDING A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MOST AFFORDABLE OF THOSE MARKET RATE UNITS REMAIN AFFORDABLE? LONG-TERM YEAH.
I'VE ACTUALLY TRIED TO DO THIS SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND, UM, THE BUYERS WHO DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE INCOME RESTRICTIONS, THEY GET, THEY START GETTING REAL SPOOKED IT, AND THEY STARTED SAYING, WELL, HOW MUCH CAN I SELL THIS FOR? YOU KNOW, WHEN I WENT TO SELL MY HOUSE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, I'M NOT IN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM, I JUST WANT TO BUY THIS HOUSE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING THE RESOURCES AT THE LOWER END RATHER THAN THE HIGHER END.
I'M JUST THINKING FOR LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY IN AUSTIN, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO, BUT YEAH, CERTAINLY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THE 30%, BUT, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE OSTIAL BUREAUCRACY IS A HUGE PAIN ON THIS STUFF AND I'M TRYING, UH, IT'S A, IT'S, UH, IT'S HARD TO NAVIGATE.
I THINK I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR CITY STAFF.
UM, I'M WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT, UM, APPROVED PROJECTS THAT ARE, I, I, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED FROM THE PRESENTATION AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM BOTH SIDES.
SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM CITY STAFF, UM, ARE THERE APPROVED PROJECTS THAT ARE READY TO BE BUILT IN THE AREAS AROUND, UM, THAT BRING THE DENSITY IN, OR ARE THESE THEORETICAL PROJECTS, HEATHER CHAFFIN HOUSING AND PLANNING AS PART OF MY RESEARCH, I DIDN'T DO THE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IN PROCESS.
I JUST DID THE ONES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA AND THE SITE TO THE NORTH, UH, HAS THE APPROVED SITE PLAN.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, LAST TIME I WAS OUT THERE, I, IT WAS AWHILE AGO.
IS THAT THE GEORGE THAT WAS BEING DISCUSSED? SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF IT.
SO THAT ONE IS APPROVED AND THAT ONE IS THAT'S COMING AND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS ON THAT SAME STREET.
I CAN SAY THAT THERE ARE NO RECENT REZONING CASES IN THIS AREA.
THE PROPERTY THAT WAS MENTIONED IS AT 35 11, MY ROAD, I BELIEVE IS THE ADDRESS.
IT'S THE OLD STREET AND BRIDGE BUILDING, UH, PUBLIC WORKS.
AND IT HAS, UH, RECENTLY, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE CURRENT STATUSES OF IT, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A CITY OF, UH, HOW CITY OF AUSTIN OR AUSTIN HOUSING, FINANCE CORPORATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
THERE'S NOT ANYTHING IN A REAL TIGHT
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RADIUS AROUND HERE.I DIDN'T LOOK OUT MORE THAN A FEW BLOCKS.
WELL, THEY'VE GOT, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS THE MAIN CROSS STREET ON ONE END AND THE MAIN CROSS STREET ON THE OTHER END.
AND WHETHER WE'RE CREATING BOTTLENECKS IN, IN THE MIDDLE THERE, UM, BY PUTTING THE DENSITY IN THE MIDDLE, THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY THE CONCERN FOR SOME OF THE RESIDENTS.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER PROJECTS ON IAM FRANKLIN, BUT I DIDN'T RESEARCH IN ALL THOSE SINGLE FAMILY OR ANY OTHER.
SO I CAN JUST LOOK AT WHAT'S EXISTING FOR ZONING, WHAT THAT WOULD ALLOW AND THEN WHAT'S THERE.
AND THEN, UM, HAS, UH, HAS THIS BEEN LOOKED AT PRELIMINARILY BY ENVIRONMENTAL? WAS THERE ANY CONCERN THAT CAME UP OR DOES THAT COME AFTER OUR ZONING HEARING? UM, THAT HAPPENS AT TIME OF SITE PLAN, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WATERSHED HAS LOOKED AT THIS SITE, UH, JUST OVER SEVERAL YEARS, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, PRESERVING THE NATURAL ELEMENTS.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE, UH, WORKED WITH WATERSHED AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE MET OUT ON THE SITE.
IT WASN'T RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO THIS ZONING CASE, BUT, UH, I KNOW WATERSHED HAS BEEN OUT THERE.
UM, THEN I'LL DIRECT THE QUESTION TO, UM, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXTS THAT WAS SPEAKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHICH PARTICULAR NEIGHBOR TO ASK, BUT I WAS WANTING TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, I KNOW THERE'S A PRETTY SPOT BACK THERE.
I KNOW THERE'S AN AREA BACK THERE, BUT, UM, IS THAT I'M WANTING TO UNDERSTAND IF JUST THE CONCERN IS BRINGING IN THE HUMAN DENSITY IN THAT AREA, OR IF THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT.
AND THAT WOULD BE, I THINK WE HAD SEVERAL SPEAKERS THAT WERE OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT THAT ADDRESSED SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.
IF THEY'RE STILL PRESENT FOR US.
ARE YOU WANTING TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CREEK OR THE GREEN AREA? UM, JUST MORE DESCRIPTION.
AND IN PARTICULAR, WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE ABOUT BRINGING IN THE PROJECT, AS FAR AS THE ENVIRONMENT THERE, I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT, IF THEY BUILD IT OUT AS SF THREE, THEY'RE GOING TO GET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS OUT OF IT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY CAN DO CURRENTLY WITHOUT COMING BEFORE US.
AND IF THEY TAKE A PROJECT THE WAY THEY DO, THEY'RE GOING TO GET AN INCREMENTAL, YOU KNOW, MORE BUILD ON THAT.
BUT, UM, SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOUR CONCERN IS ABOUT THE CREEK BACK THERE.
CAUSE I LIKED THAT THEY'RE PUTTING THAT BUFFER.
I HAD LOOKED AT THAT AND WONDERED WHY WE WOULDN'T PUT THE PARK BUFFER ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT WITH THE CREEK BACK THERE, THAT ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE.
UM, SO, UM, A FEW THINGS CONFUSED ME A BIT.
I DID NOT SEE A RETENTION FACILITY.
UM, THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER I'M SEEING WITH THIS SITE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WOULD BE.
UH, AND I DO KNOW, CAN SAY ALSO THAT, UM, WE ARE SEEING LG IN THE CREEK NOW WHERE WE DID NOT SEE IT BEFORE.
AND, UH, THE GEORGE IN CONTRAST TO ANOTHER COMMENT BEING MADE, UH, EARLIER THIS EVENING, UM, IS DEFINITELY HAVING A, UH, IT'S A WHOLESALE RAISE.
UH, NO, I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF TWO TREES MAKE IT ON THAT SITE.
THERE'S A LOT OF HEAVY DUTY IMPACT ON THAT SITE, RIGHT UP THE STREET.
AND THE CREEK BACKS ONTO THAT AS WELL.
AND WE'RE SEEING SOME EFFECTS ALREADY WITH YESTERDAY'S RAIN.
I THINK, UH, A NEIGHBOR SAID THAT THEY'D SEEN SOME WASH OUT POTENTIALLY.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S, WE'VE LIVED THERE 17 YEARS.
I THINK SOME PART OF 2011 OR 12, THE CREEK ABS TO MAYBE BARELY A FLOW.
OTHER THAN THAT, IT HAS FLOWN FLOWED ALL YEAR LONG EVERY DAY.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET ANOTHER COMMISSION TO PICK UP THE TIME.
COMMISSIONERS ARE, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES.
UM, I DON'T WANT TO RAMBLE ON EITHER.
UM, SO I THINK THAT IT'S, UH, UM, I, I HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT THAT 55% IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR SF THREE.
I, I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE COULD GET WATERSHED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, I MEAN, TH THE PARKLAND THAT THEY'RE SHOWING IS GOT TO BE PROTECTED ANYWAY.
UM, IT'S, UM, MOST OF IT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT AMOUNT IS A BUFFER ABOVE AND BEYOND LIKE A FLOOD PLAN LINE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, THERE JUST, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU DIG HUGE HOLES IN THE GROUND FOR SEMI SUBTERRANEAN PARKING OR WHATEVER IT IS, THERE, THERE DEFINITELY IS IMPACT NO DOUBT TO THE CREEK.
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UM, IT'LL BE REALLY SAD TO SEE THE IMPACTS ON THAT CREEK.UM, AND I, I HEAR A LOT TOO ABOUT LIKE A, KIND OF A GREAT AIDED HEIGHT RESTRICTION FROM THE SOUTH END.
WELL, FRANKLIN GROVE BY AND LARGE SUPPORTS THAT THEY'RE PRETTY NEW DEVELOPMENT.
THEY'RE AN HOA THEY'RE SORT OF CONTROLLED THERE.
UM, WE, I, I DON'T, I'M NOT EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE HEIGHT BEING BACKED UP AWAY FROM THE STREET TOWARDS THE CREEK.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND GREAT TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RETENTION FEATURE IS.
I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT IT DID IN FRANKLIN.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S RIGHT THERE BY THE CREEK AND FRANKLIN GROVE.
SO, UM, I CAN FINISH RAMBLING NOW.
UH, IF ANYONE HAS ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
SO IF YOU WANT ME TO ASK ANY MORE SPECIFIC, SO I CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC.
MR. KENNY, CAN YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO THE ISSUE OF FLOOD MITIGATION, UM, AND THE IMPACT ON THE GREEK? IT'S A, I'M SORRY.
YEAH, IT'S A WOODLAND SITE, SO IT DOESN'T FLOOD A LOT.
I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, IN THEORY, A SUBDIVISION HAS THE SAME WATER PROTECTIONS AS, AS LIKE A MULTIFAMILY BUILDING.
IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS GET MORE SCRUTINY BECAUSE THEY'RE ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE SHOT CLOCK BILL, THEY'RE UNDER LESS TIME, UH, PRESSURE, UM, TO EVALUATE IT.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, IT, IT, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENCE IN PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, 55, MAYBE 60% IMPERVIOUS COVER IT'S IF IT'S AN MP3 SUBDIVISION WITH THE NEW STREET, YOU KNOW, NEW SEWERS, NEW SIDEWALKS VERSUS, UH, THE MULTIFAMILY.
UM, BUT THE, UM, UH, WE DON'T NEED THE FULL 80% ONLY NEED 65 TO DO THE AFFORDABILITY.
UH, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UM, I WOULD SAY, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY IN WATERSHED WHO WOULD DISAGREE, THAT THERE IS REALLY ANY SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE IMPACT OF WHAT AN S3 SUBDIVISION WOULD DO THERE VERSUS A, A MULTIFAMILY THEY CAN, THEY CAN GET JUST AS CLOSE TO THE CREEK, THE IMPERVIOUS COVERS, NOT THAT DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, THE SAME KIND OF FACILITIES ARE REQUIRED.
MR. GUINEA, UH, COMMISSIONER, MOST DOLLAR.
DOES THAT FULLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THAT YOU HAD ASKED? THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? WE HAVE TWO MORE SPOTS.
UM, THIS IS FOR MR. KENNY, UM, THE TOPIC ABOUT THE SINGULAR INGRESS EGRESS.
AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO TRAFFIC COUNTS WITH PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT DO YOU HAVE EXAMPLES WHERE THIS HAS BEEN BUILT BEFORE AND, AND OTHER AREAS OF TOWN? YEAH.
UM, UH, EARLY ON WE, WE GOT ASKED ABOUT THAT AND I, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SAID, SURE, WE'LL DO MULTIPLE POINTS OF INGRESS EGRESS.
UH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DISHONEST BECAUSE, UM, UH, THERE IS A PROTECTED BIKE LANE, UH, THAT CROSSES OVER WHERE THE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE WILL BE AN ATDS POLICY RIGHT NOW IS TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF CONFLICTS RATHER THAN, UH, AND TO TRY AND ISOLATE THEM DOWN.
UM, SO, UH, AND AT THIS LEVEL OF TRAFFIC, YOU WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NEED MORE THAN ONE LANE IN AND OUT.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT WERE GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY, YOU KNOW? SURE.
BUT I DON'T THINK ATD IS GOING TO LET US DO IT.
THEY THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CYCLIST SAFETY AND THEY WANT TO MINIMIZE THOSE CONFLICTS WITH, UH, WITH CARS AS FAR AS EXAMPLES IN TOWN.
CAN YOU THINK OF ANY, UM, I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL, NOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE TWO OF MY OWN IN SITE PLANNING RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE SINGLE POINTS OF, OF, UH, ENTRY AND EGRESS.
ONE OF WHICH IS 120 UNITS AND, AND THE OTHER IS, UM, A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF A HUNDRED UNITS.
AND REMIND ME, CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE BACKUP ABOUT, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR REDUCED PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE TRANSIT, UM, THE, UH, AFFORDABLY UNLOCKABLE ALLOW THE LOWER LEVEL OF PARKING.
UM, WE, UH, WANT TO DO MORE MARKET STUDY, UH, TO FIGURE OUT KIND OF HOW LOW WE CAN PUSH THAT.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A WEIRD PUSH PULL BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO OVER PARK IT AND ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO BE USING CARS THERE.
BUT WE ALSO HEARD FROM A LOT OF FOLKS THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T PARKING, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER PLACES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT ACROSS PURPOSES.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, UH, THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVIZING STUFF THROUGH BUS PASSES, YOU KNOW, ET CETERA.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY LIKE IF YOU WORK DOWNTOWN OR ON CAMPUS, IT'S ONE OF THE BEST TRANSIT AND BIKE
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LOCATIONS IN TOWN.UM, SO, UH, I SUSPECT THAT, AND THEN AS WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FACT OF MATTER IS THE, THE HIGHER INCOME YOU ARE IN AMERICA, THE MORE YOU USE YOUR CAR ACTUALLY.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE AFFORDABLE UNITS WILL ALSO, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY TEND FOR, FOR LOWER CAR USAGE.
I USED TO RIDE MY BIKE WHEN I LIVED ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN IT THROUGH THIS AREA.
SO I KNOW IT'S REALLY BIKEABLE AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE MINUTES LEFT.
I WENT INTO ASK ABOUT THE, THE GOLF COURSE, POTENTIALLY BECOMING AN OPEN SPACE.
IS THAT, IS THAT IN THE LONG RANGE PLAN OR, UH, I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE URBAN TRAILS PLAN.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL URBAN TRAIL THAT STRETCHES ALONG THE CREEK FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BETWEEN MLK AND MAINER AS A CONNECTION.
UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE LOVELY.
I THINK THERE'S, UM, A LOT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY ISSUES AND YOU DON'T HAVE, UH, WE ARE NOT SEEING THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE CREEK DEDICATE PARKLAND THE WAY THAT WE ARE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT REQUIRED.
IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A PARKLAND DEFICIENT AREA.
UM, SO I DEFINITELY THINK THERE'S POTENTIAL THERE.
UM, I THINK A MORE LIKELY THAN AN URBAN TRAIL NORTH TO SOUTH COULD MAYBE BE JUST KIND OF THOSE GREENS ARE PRETTY SPREAD OUT.
THEY COULD BE SQUISHED TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT AND YOU COULD HAVE A REALLY NICE JUST, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC PARK, MORE FOR, YOU KNOW, UNPROGRAMMED PLAY OR PLAYGROUNDS OR THINGS LIKE THAT THERE.
AND SO OUR HOPE IS, IS THAT BY PUTTING THE PUBLIC ACCESS, HE'S BEEN ACROSS THE PROPERTY, THAT IN THE FUTURE, THERE WILL BE MORE OF A, UH, UH, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC KIND OF USE THERE, AND THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE PASEO ACROSS THE PROPERTY TO GO AND ACCESS IT.
I MEAN, BETWEEN THAT AND THE COFFEE SHOP, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN THE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND ON THE PARKLAND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS REALLY FOR THIS TO BE A PERMEABLE DEVELOPMENT AND TO BE AN EXTENSION OF THE GRID RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, CLOSED OFF FROM IT.
AND, AND WHERE IT ABUTS THE CREEK, IS THERE A WAY TO DEDICATE NOT PARKLAND, BUT AN EASEMENT IN ORDER FOR THAT FUTURE POTENTIAL URBAN TRAIL TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT? YES.
THE EASEMENT WILL STRETCH, UH, ALL THE WAY FROM IAN FRANKLIN ALL THE WAY TO THE PARKLAND.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WATERSHED PROTECTION WOULD WANT US TO PUT, UH, LIKE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ACROSS IT'S IT'S, UH, UM, AND WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WATER QUALITY AND FOOTINGS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
THERE, UH, IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY LOOKS POSSIBLE TO ME.
UM, AND THE, UH, THE POINT IS TO HAVE THE ACCESS EASEMENT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE PROPERTY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN USE IT, BUT AT SOME POINT THEY, IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR THE CITY TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
ONCE THE ADJACENT CONNECTIONS ARE THERE TO MAKE SENSE OF A TRAIL WITH, WITH WHAT, OR WE'RE DOING THE SITE PLAN OR THE YEAH.
PROCLAIM DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS ARE HARD TO COME BY.
UM, I GOT SOME PRODUCTS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'VE BEEN HOPING A LONG TIME ON FOR THAT STUFF.
ONE MORE QUESTION, MS. SHARON PRAXIS.
IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A QUESTION, I KNOW I ALREADY ASKED SOME, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE.
UM, UH, SO WHAT, UM, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IF YOU CAN TELL US WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THE TOTAL PROJECTED REVENUE WOULD BE ONCE ALL OF THESE UNITS HAVE BEEN SOLD, UH, IN THIS MARKET, IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE AS HELL.
THERE'S NOT ANY KIND OF ESTIMATES THAT YOU ALL HAVE MADE.
I MEAN, THERE'S A, THERE'S A HUGE RANGE.
THAT IS A RANGE AS BIG AS THE COSTS RIGHT NOW.
UM, UH, I'M, I'M BUILDING SEVERAL HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE PROJECTS AND, AND OUR MATERIALS COSTS, OUR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS ARE UP 30% OVER JUST SIX MONTHS AGO.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF CHAOS RIGHT NOW.
THE, UH, THE WEEK OF STOMACH ARE ALL KIND OF BALING, UM, TO, TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
IS THERE EMOTION? I'LL, I'LL START AND WE'LL SEE WHERE THIS GOES.
UM, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR GO WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON BOTH THE NPA AND THE REZONING, WHICH WOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE.
AND THEN SF THREE, CHANGING TO MS. FOUR AND P AND L R M U N P.
UM, WITH THE FRANKLIN GROVE LETTER RESTRICTIVE COVENANT BULLETS THAT ARE ON PAGE 56 OF OUR BACKUP INCLUDED WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION.
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SETTING? SECOND COMMISSIONERS ARE, UM, I'LL SPEAK TO MY EMOTION.I, WE HEARD A LOT OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT ON BOTH SIDES.
UM, I'M SIMPLY COMING FROM A SIDE OF, WE NEED HOUSING.
UM, I THINK THAT THE CONNECTIVITY TO THE TRANSPORTATION NEARBY JUST MAKES US, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN.
IS THERE ANYBODY SPEAKING AGAINST SPEAKING FOR MR. COX I'M, UH, I'M FOR THE RESOLUTION OR FOR THE MOTION, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY WAY, UM, THAT WE CAN MAKE REFERENCE TO THE OTHER RESTRICTIVE COVENANT ITEMS LISTED IN THE FRANKLIN GLOBE.
I KNOW IT CANNOT BE PART OF THE CEO, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL, UM, NOT APPROVE THIS UNTIL THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT WITH THOSE BULLET ITEMS ARE AS FULLY DRAFTED AND AGREED UPON BETWEEN THE PARTY.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MADE PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION COMMISSIONER MESS TELLER.
I'M NEEDING STAFF CLARIFICATION ALSO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE CITY CAN ENTER INTO RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS ON THEIR REZONING.
SO I'M INQUIRING ABOUT THAT AND WHY WE'RE BEING TOLD.
SO THE CITY IS NOT A PARTY TO THAT.
AND, UH, THE CITY CAN DO CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS AND CAN DO PUBLIC RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, BUT THESE ITEMS. OKAY.
SO IF WE WERE TO DO A PUBLIC RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, THEN THAT'S, WHAT'S LIMITING WHAT WE CAN INCLUDE IN THAT RC.
THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS CAN BE, CAN BE IN A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
CERTAIN ITEMS CAN BE IN PUBLIC AND THE REST HAS TO GO PRIVATE.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
I CAN, I'LL I'LL SPEAK IN FAVOR.
UM, I, IT IS VERY HARD TO GET A PERFECT PROJECT AND THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME OUT BOTH IN FAVOR AND OPPOSITION SHOWS A PROJECT THAT IS STIMULATING DISCUSSION, UM, WHICH I LIKE, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO SATISFY ALL OF THE INTERESTS.
THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT THE PROJECT IS THAT I LIKE THAT THERE WAS AN EFFORT TAKEN TO CREATE A, A BLEND INTO WHAT'S EXISTING AND INTO WHAT'S NEEDED AND PARTICULARLY THE MIDDLE HOUSING.
UM, I'M TRYING TO LEARN ALL THE ASPECTS OF AFFORDABILITY AND HOW WE INCORPORATE AS MUCH OF THAT AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO IF, YOU KNOW, FOR MISSING ON SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I LIKE THE INTENT OF THE PROJECT AND MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT AS IT MOVES FORWARD TO COUNCIL, WE CAN IRON OUT SOME OF THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD, UM, UH, PARTICULARLY AS OPPOSED TO, IF IT JUST STAYS WITH NSF THREE ZONING AND WHAT THAT WOULD BRING AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
UM, ANYONE SPEAKING AGAINST, ALRIGHT, UM, COMMISSIONER COX, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SPOKE FOR, OR IF WE SHOULD USE THAT SPOT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
I THINK AS CHAIR, IT IS ENTIRELY UP TO YOU.
WELL, I'M TRYING TO END, UH, MENTORING INQUIRY.
UM, CAN, UH, CAN YOU REMIND US OF THE, UH, THE EFFECT THAT THE BALLOT PETITION HAS ON SPROUT AND, UH, DOES IT APPLY TO THE PLANET COMMISSION OR ONLY THE COUNCIL AND WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO VOTE TO PASS THIS? THE, UH, VALID PETITION ONLY AFFECTS THE THIRD READING AT CITY COUNCIL.
IT DOES NOT AFFECT PLANNING COMMISSION VOTES OR COUNCIL VOTES ON FIRST OR SECOND, JUST FOR INFORMATION THAT IT WAS, UH, DETERMINED TODAY.
THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER SNYDER.
AND I HAVE ONE QUESTION WITH THE MOTION THAT I MADE.
UM, I WAS CONFUSED IF WHEN I STATED PAGE THE, UM, FRANKLIN
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GROVE RESTRICTIONS ON PAGE 56, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THAT THAT CAN NOT BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE MOTION? UM, SO IT'S THE LETTER DATED JUNE 18TH, JUST IN CASE PEOPLE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING 50 SOMETHING.UH, THERE IS A SECTION WHICH ALL OR MOST OF THOSE CAN GO IN A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
AND THEN THE SECOND SECTION, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, COORDINATING AND MAINTAINING TREE PLANTINGS, UH, SOME THINGS RELATED TO GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO LOCATE ON SITE PARKING.
THOSE CAN'T BE IN A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY OR A PUBLIC RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.
SO WE WILL HAVE LOT DEPARTMENT REVIEW, UH, WHICH THINGS OFFICIALLY CAN BE IN A CEO, BUT FROM MY LOOK AT IT ALL, OR MOST OF THE ONES ON THE FIRST PAGE OF IT, THE LETTER COULD BE IN A CEO AND PART OF YOUR RECOMMENDED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
SO DID THOSE MAKE IT IN AS A CEO ON, ON THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE? YES.
I JUST, I WAS JUST HOPING TO, TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY, OR HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WHAT'S GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL AS THE PC RECOMMENDATION, UH, STAFF MADE REFERENCE TO ALL OUR MOST, AND I'M A LITTLE CURIOUS, I'M LOOKING AT TWO BULLET POINTS THAT I ASSUMED WOULD HAVE GOTTEN SHOT DOWN.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT STAFF BELIEVES WILL ACTUALLY END UP IN THE RECOMMENDED CEO.
UM, I HADN'T REVIEWED THIS UNTIL TODAY.
UH, I JUST HAD SEEN IT AS A LETTER OF SUPPORT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT HAD BEEN AGREED TO.
UM, SO JUST MY PRELIMINARY REVIEW, OF COURSE, THIS IS DETERMINED BY LAW DEPARTMENT.
THE FIRST CONDITION CREATED 25 FIT, NO BUILD BUFFER ON 20:11 AM FRANKLIN.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO IN A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
ALLOW TWO STORY HOMES, NO CLOSER THAN 25 FEET FROM THE NORTHERN FENCE LINE AND THREE STORY HOMES ON 20:11 AM FRANKLIN NO CLOSER THAN 85 FEET FROM THE NORTH FENCE LINE.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE DO IN SEO.
ALLOW A BUILDING HEIGHT, NO GREATER THAN THREE STORIES ON 2011, M FRANKLIN AND FOUR STORIES ABOVE PARKING ON 2015.
WE MAY HAVE TO, UM, GET LEGALEES IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY STORIES OVER PARKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY CALCULATE TO? BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE HEIGHT OF THE PARKING GARAGE AND ON THAT, ON THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION, THEY EQUATED ACTUAL HEIGHTS TO STORIES.
SO IF THAT NEEDS TO BE CONVERTED TO HEIGHT, THEN I'M HOPING WE CAN USE THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION AS A GUIDE FOR THAT.
UM, WE WILL INCORPORATE IT AND DETERMINE, UH, WHICH IS ACCURATE AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE CLARIFIED TO COUNCIL.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE MOTION IS TO RECOMMEND THIS WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE OUTLINED HERE, FIRST THEY'LL HAVE TO BE REVIEWED BY LAW DEPARTMENT, BUT ANYTHING THAT CHANGES BETWEEN THE TIME THAT PLANNING COMMISSION MAKES THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND IT GOES TO COUNCIL, WE UPDATE THEM ON THAT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE THIS KIND OF DEFINITION OF THE HEIGHT, AND THEN WE FINESSE IT AND SAY, OKAY, THAT, YOU KNOW, FOUR STORIES IS ACTUALLY 72 FEET OR, YOU KNOW, 65 FEET, UM, WE CAN DO THAT BEFORE THEN AND KEEP THEM UPDATED.
SO THE OTHER ONES, UH, I'M A LITTLE LESS CERTAIN ON, I'M NOT SAYING, I DON'T THINK THEY CAN BE A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO RUN BY, UH, LAW DEPARTMENT PRESERVE UP TO AN ACRE OF GREEN SPACE SINCE IT DOESN'T SAY WHERE, UH, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PUT IN A VEGETATIVE BUFFER AND SIGNAGE TO DISCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
I'M PRETTY SURE WE CAN'T, UH, SAY YOU NEED TO PROVIDE SIGNAGE FOR PEDESTRIANS IN BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS ZONING ISSUE, SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND, YOU KNOW, BUFFERS AND SETBACKS, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
AND THEN ACCOMMODATES ALL PARKING SPACES REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT ON SITE.
I'M NOT REALLY CLEAR ON THE MEANING OF THAT.
SO I'D NEED MORE CLARIFICATION.
IT'S NOT COMMITTING TO A HUNDRED PERCENT PARKING OR 80% PARKING OR A PARTICULAR PERCENT PARKING, I BELIEVE.
UH, MR. KENNY SAID THAT THEY'RE STILL WORKING OUT WHAT
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THEIR, YOU KNOW, INTENDED PARKING RATIO IS GOING TO BE.BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IN THESE, UH, WE HAD A CASE RECENTLY, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, AS RECOMMENDED THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS, UH, GABELLI, JOHNSTON TERRORISTS.
AND IT WAS AS REVIEWED BY LAW DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT CAN AND CAN'T BE PUT IN CHAIR.
CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? UM, I HAVE, I HAVE A STRONG SUSPICION THAT THOSE LAST THREE BULLETS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GET, UH, NIXED BY LEGAL, JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT EXTREMELY WELL-DEFINED, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE INTEND.
AND AS SPECIFICALLY TO THE PRESERVES UP TO AN ACRE OF GREEN SPACE, I'M WONDERING IF THE APPLICANT ON THE SPOT, WHICH MIGHT BE DIFFICULT, MIGHT PROVIDE JUST A NO BUILD SETBACK FROM THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE THAT WOULD GENERALLY, UM, GENERALLY AFFECT AT PARKS AND OPEN SPACE THAT THEY PRESENTED TO US AS PART OF THEIR PROJECT.
AND THEN WE COULD INCLUDE THAT IN THE CEO AS, AS A NO BUILD SETBACK, RATHER THAN A SOMEWHAT AMBIGUOUS, UM, JUST PRESERVE AN ACRE OF GREEN SPACE.
UM, MR. KENNEY, I'LL ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK TO THAT.
THE DISTANCE IS ACTUALLY A LOT HARDER THAN THE AREA, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO MORE IN-DEPTH ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE THAT LINE COULD BE.
UM, THE, UH, I AM NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ON, UH, CLEARING A CEO, BUT, UM, UH, WE KNOW FOR SURE, WE, WE THINK THAT WE'RE DOING AN ACRE, WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT WE'RE DOING AT LEAST 0.7 ACRES.
UM, SO IF THAT WANTED TO BE AT A THRESHOLD, A MINIMUM THRESHOLD THAT THE COMMISSION WANTED TO CONSIDER, UM, THAT WOULD BE CONGRESS WITH THE, WITH THE PLANS.
SO I'M HEARING, INSTEAD OF PRESERVING UP TO AN ACRE, IT WOULD BE PRESERVING A MINIMUM OF 0.7 ACRES.
AND YES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD CLEAR, BUT IF WE WANTED TO SPECIFY THAT THAT 0.7 ACRES WAS IN THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE PROPERTY, I THINK THAT COULD WORK PERHAPS, UH, I'M I'M NOT A LAWYER, NOR AM I COMMISSIONER COX, THE WOOD THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU.
IT, IT WOULD, I THINK, I THINK MODIFYING THE LANGUAGE TO SAY RESERVES AT LEAST, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS DOCUMENT SAYS AN ACRE, THE APPLICANT JUST SAID 0.7 ACRES.
UM, BUT, BUT UP TO IS BASICALLY FROM ZERO TO BAT.
SO IF, IF THE INTENT IS THAT WE WANT GREEN SPACE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT THAT THE DEVELOPER AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS COME TO.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE MODIFY THAT LANGUAGE TO SAY PRESERVES A MINIMUM OF AN ACRE OF GREEN SPACE OR WHAT THE APPLICANT SAID.
SHARES ARE, UM, CHAIRMAN VITAM MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION AND I'M HOPING THIS WORKS COMMISSIONER GODSON.
YOU CAN SECOND IT, IF IT DOES.
UM, CAN WE SAY PRESERVE OPEN SPACE FROM 0.7 UP TO AN ACRE? OKAY.
UH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COX, YOU WOULD DO LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE SOME COMMENTS FROM STAFF ON THAT.
UM, AGAIN, WE NEED TO HAVE LAW DEPARTMENT REVIEW THIS IN MY RECOLLECTION.
WE DO IT ON PUDS, BUT I'M ON REGULAR ZONING CASES.
I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DO, BUT AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF DEPARTMENT REVIEW THIS AND TRY TO FIND THE, THE, THE LEGAL LANGUAGE THAT CAPTURES THE SPIRIT OF THIS LETTER.
I MEAN, THE LETTER WAS PREPARED BY AN, AN HOA, SO IT'S NOT AS SUPER DETAILED INTO EXACT ACREAGE AND LOCATION, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, UH, COMMISSIONERS, ARE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR AMENDMENT? I'LL JUST QUICKLY SAY, I THINK THE INTENTION HERE IS REALLY TO SAY THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GO DOWN.
SO TO CONSTRUCT, GOD SAYS WHAT YOU GOT DO IF UP TO AN ACRE.
SO YOU CAN DO ZERO ACRES BECAUSE THAT IS STILL WITHIN THE UP AN ACRES.
THIS GIVES US SORT OF 0.7 UP TO THAT ONE ACRE.
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WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS AND WHAT THE APPLICANT SAYS IS GOING TO BE POSSIBLE.UM, THOSE SPEAKING AGAINST I'M SPEAKING FOR, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
UM, SO I, UH, I'LL BE AS BRIEF AS I CAN.
I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE, A LOT OF THE DETAIL AND NUANCED DISCUSSION THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED.
THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SEE HOW AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED CAN BE APPLIED, UM, POTENTIALLY, AND IN COMBINATION WITH THESE PROJECTS.
SO I'M, I HAVE A LOT OF REASONS TO, UM, SUPPORT A PROJECT LIKE THIS.
AND I ALSO HAVE A LOT OF HESITATION AROUND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE POINTS THAT WERE RAISED.
SO MY MAIN REASONS, UM, OR ABSTAINING, UM, ARE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE TREE CANOPY AND THE CREEKS, UM, I THINK IT'S JUST TO REMEMBER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE CAN'T GET THESE THINGS BACK.
UM, AND I I'M SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP WITH THE VERY STARK CONTRAST OF OPEN STREAMS AND CONCRETE DITCHES, UM, ON THE WEST SIDE, ON THE EAST SIDE AND WHERE THEY WERE FOUGHT FOR THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE.
SO STREAM ECOLOGY IS ACTUALLY REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL AND A LOT OF THESE AREAS AND, UM, COULD BE THREATENED BY SOME OF THE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, BUT ARE MUCH MORE THREATENED BY THESE LARGE, LARGE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT THE DAMAGE CAN BE MINIMIZED IN THE CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE YOU REALLY CAN'T GET THESE THINGS BACK.
UM, ONCE THEY'RE COMPROMISED, ESPECIALLY THE TREE CANOPY.
AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT HERITAGE TREES, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CRITICAL CANOPY.
UM, THE IDEA THAT THERE'S NO DISPLACEMENT ON A GREENFIELD, I THINK NEEDS TO BE CHALLENGED.
I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT BULLDOZING ANY EXISTING UNITS, BUT THE INFLUX OF A HUNDRED LUXURY UNITS INTO AN AREA LIKE THIS THAT IS, IS APPEALING AS A DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THIS AREA WAS DEVALUED BY RACISM, UM, THAT DOES HAVE A GENTRIFYING AND DISPLACING EFFECT OVER TIME AND REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED, BEING USED TO CREATE BASICALLY A 30% MAX AFFORDABILITY OUT OF A VERY LARGE PROJECT, AS OPPOSED TO THE MAJORITY OF ONE BUILDING.
UM, ALSO THE IDEA THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY GET ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE HOPING WE WILL GET, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH ON THE LINE.
AND I THOUGHT I WAS WITH THESE NUMBERS IN AN INCREDIBLY VOLATILE MARKET.
UM, BUT I, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONER'S EFFORTS TO GET AS MUCH OF THIS MEMORIALIZE AS POSSIBLE.
AND FINALLY, UM, THE PRECEDENT, UH, WE, I HAVE SEEN THIS PATTERN OF PROJECTS WITH SOME AFFORDABILITY AND A LOT OF COMPROMISES, UH, THEN CAN SET THE STAGE FOR MUCH MORE UPSETTING THAT WE DON'T GET THE COMMITTED COMMUNITY BENEFIT IN.
SO I JUST WANT US TO BE CAUTIOUS AS WE PROCEED.
I DO THINK THIS IS GOING TO PASS, AND I DO THINK IT IS GOING TO GET US SOME AFFORDABLE UNITS.
AND I DO THINK THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS SACRIFICES WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT.
ANY OF THEIR COMMISSIONERS SPEAKING FOR AGAINST COMMISSIONER? THIS IS FOR THE AMENDMENT.
YES, THIS IS FOR THE AMENDMENT.
I ALWAYS SCREW UP THE PARLIAMENTARIAN PROJECT PROCESS THERE.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE SPEAKING TO THE AMENDMENT.
YEAH, I JUST, I DIDN'T WANT TO SPECIFICALLY THIS AMENDMENT, BUT THEN JUST BROADER AS WELL.
I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED BY NEIGHBORS AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THIS, BUT I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT SO MUCH DETAIL HAS GONE INTO THIS AND THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS, HAS MADE AN EFFORT TO PUT A RELATIVELY GOOD AMOUNT OF DETAIL ON WHAT IS A ZONING CASE AND NOT, NOT A SITE PLAN APPLICATION.
UM, THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THAT EFFORT BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE PUBLIC AND THE DEVELOPER IS MEMORIALIZED AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER KEPT USING THE WORD MEMORIALIZE, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD DEVELOPERS OUT THERE, BUT I HAVE ALSO SEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS CHANGE AFTER THEY GET PAST THE ZONING CHANGE, NO MATTER WHAT PROMISES HAVE BEEN MADE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE WITH THIS DEVELOPER.
I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS DEVELOPER, UM, BUT WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP, UH, MEMORIALIZE THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, I THINK IN FUTURE CASES MAKES NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND, AND OTHER, UH, ACTIVIST GROUPS, MORE WILLING TO ENGAGE WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THEIR EFFORTS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO RESULT IN A PROJECT THAT THEY WERE PROMISED.
AND SO, UM, WITH THIS, AND THEN, UH, THE, THE, UH, THE CHAIRS, UM, UH, ORIGINAL MOTION, UH, I THINK,
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I THINK THOSE AS FAR AS POSSIBLY, WE LEGALLY CAN TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THOSE GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS ARE ACTUALLY PUT IN THE ZONING CASE.ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WISHING TO SPEAK? SHOULD WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE? ALL RIGHT.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, WE'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED BY COMMISSIONERS OUR SECOND AND BY COMMISSIONER COX.
DOES ANYBODY NEED THAT AMENDMENT RESTATED? OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ON THE DIOCESE, UM, IN FAVOR, VIRTUALLY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
THAT IS UNANIMOUS ON THE AMENDMENT.
UM, LET'S GO BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH WAS, UM, I MADE THE MOTION COMMISSIONER ZAR SECONDED.
THIS IS FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON BOTH BEFORE AND B FIVE WITH THE FRANKLIN GROVE, UM, UH, ITEMS IN A CEO ON PAGE 56 OF THE BACKUP, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OR SORRY.
DID ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK? I THINK WE HAD OTHER SPOTS SEEING NONE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONER YANEZ, PALITO AND COMMISSIONER PRAXIS ABSTAINING.
DON'T YOU ALSO NEED TO INCLUDE THE OFF DIASPORA ACCUSED COMMISSIONER FOR THE BOAT OR, OH, NO, I'M STILL LEARNING AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WE'RE GOING TO ITEMS FROM THE COMMISSION, WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE ANY, UM,
[D. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
ITEM D FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD A FUTURE ITEM? ALL RIGHT.IF ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WAS INTERESTED IN PICKING THIS UP, I WOULD LOVE SOME CLARIFICATION FROM EITHER CITY STAFF OR LEGAL AS TO WHY THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN'T TIE A PRIVATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT INTO A RECOMMENDATION.
I KNOW WE CAN'T ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME PRECEDENT THERE AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT LIKE, IF, IF, UH, SOMEONE IN AFRICA WHO'S COME BEFORE YOU HAS SOME RESTRICTIVE COVENANT SAYING, HEY, LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF I'VE DONE IN IT SIGNED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION COULDN'T SEND IT ON TO CITY COUNCIL SAYING, HEY, WE RECOMMENDED WHAT THIS, BUT DON'T TAKE IT OFF.
AND THAT MIGHT ADDRESS LIKE COMMISSIONER COX'S ISSUES, YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW DO WE MAKE SURE IN SHORT THAT THIS HAPPENS ONCE THE ZONING, UH, RECOMMENDATION IS GIVEN TO CITY COUNCIL? SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO, WOULD BE INTERESTED ON THAT.
COMMISSIONER COX AND MITCH TYLER.
UM, AND I W I WOULD JUST EXPAND IT.
I'D LOVE TO HAVE A BRIEFING FROM LEGAL OR STAFF THAT JUST KINDA GIVES US A CRASH COURSE ON WHAT EXACTLY CAN AND CANNOT BE INCLUDED IN THE CEO.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE TINY BIT SQUISHY IN MY TIME HERE.
YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY YES TO WHAT SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT ON THE RCS, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE PRIVATE IN PUBLIX, AND SO I'D LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT CAN GO WITHIN TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN KIND OF THE LEGAL BASIS BEHIND THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IN LAND CODE OR STATE CODE OR WHAT THE DEAL IS WITH THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ALL RIGHT.
[E. NOMINATIONS]
ON TO E WHICH IS NOMINATIONS.SO TONIGHT WE HAVE, UM, ONE, POSSIBLY TWO NOMINATIONS OPEN, UM, THE FIRST ONE BEING FOR CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE.
UM, SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE WILL TAKE UP ANY NOMINATIONS FOR A MEMBER.
THIS WOULD BE ONE, THIS WAS VACATED BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY.
UM, WE DON'T NEED A SECOND AND THEN WE'LL VOTE.
[02:20:01]
AND KITCHEN.I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, MR. ANDERSON TO THE CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY.
I DON'T HEAR ANY OTHER PROPOSED NOMINEES.
SO, UH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, WHO'S PROPOSED FOR THE CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE.
WE NEED SEVEN TO, UM, TO BE NOMINATED.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
WE HAVE 8 0 2, UH, COMMISSIONER YANAS PULIDO AND PRACTICE ABSTAINING.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
YOU'RE NOMINATED TO THAT COMMITTEE.
AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A VACATION ON THE SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE, MY UNDERSTANDING, WE DON'T NEED TO, UH, VOTE ON AN ADDITIONAL MEMBER FOR THAT TONIGHT.
[F. BOARDS, COMMITTEES & WORKING GROUPS UPDATES]
TO THE, UH, ITEM F WE'LL GET A QUICK UPDATE FROM BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS.SO STARTING WITH THE CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE, UM, WE DIDN'T MEET QUORUM FOR OUR LAST MEETING.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING, UM, WHICH REMINDS ME I STILL NEED TO DO THAT DOODLE POLL.
UM, SO THE DATE IS TO BE DETERMINED.
WHAT ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE? WE ARE MEETING ON THURSDAY.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING, UM, DEDICATED TO THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.
HOW ABOUT JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE? WE'RE MEETING TOMORROW AT SIX.
UM, SMALL AREA PLANNING, JOINT COMMITTEE.
I THINK THAT HE HAD A REVIEW RECENTLY.
I MISSED, UM, ON SOME OF THE WATERFRONT STUFF AND A RAINY.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT TOOK PLACE THE WEEK BEFORE OR NOT.
AND REFLECTIVITY THAT WE WENT AND WE SAW TONIGHT ON.
AND SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD, W WE DIDN'T MAKE QUORUM.
YOU HAVE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING IN EARLY FIRST WEEK OF MAY, I THINK.
AND MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP.
UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR UPDATES.
WE DO HAVE TO GO BACK TO E I'M SO SORRY.
UM, BUT SINCE YOU RESIGNED FROM THE SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE, WE DO NEED TO NOMINATE A MEMBER.
UM, I'M GOING TO MAKE, UH, AN I'M GOING TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER THOMPSON TO THE SMALL AREA PLANNING, JOINT COMMITTEE, ANY OTHER NOMINEES? ALL RIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER THOMPSON ON THE SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, UH, AGAINST AND ABSTAINING.
DID YOU VOTE FOR YOURSELF? ALL RIGHT.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING AT 8 27.
ANDREW WERE THERE, UM, IF I COULD ASK, UH, ONE MORE TASK THAT'S JUST TO BOTH ON A SUBSTITUTE SECRETARY TO SEND A PLANT THIS EVENING.
ALLAH WILL NOMINATE, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THREE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN LAMP UNANIMOUS.
SO YOU'RE OUR SUBSTITUTE SECRETARY TONIGHT.
Y I THOUGHT I SAID AT THE TIME ADJOURNED AT 8 28.
[02:25:21]
I CAN'T SLEEP.I CAN'T SAY I DON'T LIKE TO SEE.