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CALLED MEETING FOR THE DESIGN COMMISSION LOCATED AT THE PERMITTING CENTER ROOM 1405.UH, WE'RE WE'LL DO THE ROLL CALL.
WE WERE HERE, UH, COMMISSIONER CARROLL, COMMISSIONER SALINAS, PRESENT COMMISSIONER FRANCO, RESIDENT COMMISSIONER HANDEL.
ROBLEDO COMMISSIONER TANA, GUCCI, VICE CHAIR MINORS HERE, COMMISSIONER ROLISON COMMISSIONER CALLED COLEMAN PRESENT COMMISSIONER WATLEY, PRESENT AND COMMISSIONER LUKENS PRESENT.
UM, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? ALL RIGHT.
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DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TANA.
UH, WE HAVE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
THE MEETING MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING ARE APPROVED.
[2. Staff briefing by Pamela Abee-Taulli, Development Services Department, regarding Functional Green. (Part 1 of 2)]
ITEM TEAL, UM, STAFF BRIEFING BY PAMELATHERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON ON THE SCREEN.
I WAS GOING TO WAIT FOR IT TO STOP.
IS IT COMING? DO I NEED, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? OKAY.
NOW YOU CAN HEAR GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT FUNCTIONAL GREEN.
IT'S A PART OF THE LANDSCAPE CODE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT SO EASY TO READ THE SLIDES.
SO FUNCTIONAL GREEN RESPONDS TO BOTH IMAGINE AUSTIN, WHICH ASKS TO ASK US TO INTEGRATE MORE GREEN INTO THE CITY, UH, TO HAVE A MORE SUSTAINABLY MANAGED, UH, WATER ENERGY AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND TO DEVELOP AN AFFORDABLE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY.
IT ALSO RESPONDS MORE DIRECTLY TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE TO BRING FORTH A, A CODE CHANGE TO IMPLEMENT FUNCTIONAL GREEN.
NEXT SLIDE FUNCTIONAL GREEN WILL APPLY IN THE URBAN WATERSHEDS, UH, FOR ANY SITE WITH A ZONING ALLOWED IMPERVIOUS COVER OVER 80%, INCLUDING DMU, N C B O S I'M SORRY, CBD SITES, UH, IN WATERSHEDS, OTHER THAN URBAN, IT WILL APPLY TO ANY SITE THAT HAS A WATERSHED IMPERVIOUS COVER.
SO HERE ARE THE, UH, LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THIS, UH, THIS, UH, PART OF FUNCTIONAL GREEN.
THE TARGET SCORE FOR FUNCTIONAL GREEN IS 0.3.
YOU MULTIPLY THE SQUARE FEET OF THE AREA OF YOUR ELEMENT, UH, BY THE TARGET SCORE AND GET YOUR SCORE FOR EACH OF THOSE ELEMENTS.
THEN YOU ADD THOSE TOGETHER AND IF IT GETS TO 0.3, YOU'RE DONE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IT WORKS VERTICALLY SO THAT, UM, MULTIPLE ELEMENTS IN THE SAME VERTICAL SPACE CAN BE COUNTED SEPARATELY.
SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE, UH, STARTING AT THE BOTTOM, YOU HAVE RAIN GARDEN MEDIA, THEN ORNAMENTAL GRASSES ON TOP OF THAT SHRUBS ABOVE THAT SMALL TREE ABOVE THAT.
AND YOU COUNT EACH OF THOSE LAYERS.
UM, AND ELEMENTS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY CAN BE COUNTED
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THE RIGHT OF WAY, DOES NOT COUNT FOR YOUR DENOMINATOR.UH, SO IT'S NOT COUNTED AS PART OF YOUR SITE AREA, BUT, UH, BUT YOU CAN USE ELEMENTS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR, UH, YOUR FUNCTIONAL GREEN SCORE, UM, REQUIREMENTS THAT, UH, ARE, UH, ELEMENTS THAT YOU USE TO MEET THE FUNCTIONAL GREEN SCORE THAT ALSO MEET ANOTHER REQUIREMENT OF THE CODE, UH, CAN COUNT FOR BOTH.
SO HOW DID WE DEVELOP THIS? UM, WE HAD, UH, THE, THE PEOPLE LISTED RIGHT THERE, UM, WHO, UH, DID THE, THE STUDIES FOR US HAVE THERE BEEN ANY, UH, BELLAIRE AND ED MCMULLAN? NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO WE HAD A LENGTHY RESEARCH PROCESS THAT PROVIDED THE RATINGS FOR EACH OF THE LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS THEY'RE BASED ON ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE.
THE CONSULTANTS REVIEWED OVER 120 PUBLISHED STUDIES, UM, AND, UH, LOOKED AT THE DATA FOR EACH, UH, RE RELATING TO BIOPHYSICAL PHYSICAL BENEFITS, ECONOMIC VALUES, BENEFICIARIES COSTS OF IMPLEMENTATION.
THEY ALSO LOOKED AT THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES, UH, AND DID ANALYSIS OF THOSE, UM, LOOKING AT THE RANGE OF THE LIKELY BIOPHYSICAL BENEFITS AND THE ECONOMIC COSTS AND BENEFITS.
AND OF COURSE THE ESTIMATED PERFORMANCE OF EACH ELEMENT.
SO IN THE PERFORMANCE CRITERIA, AS I SAID, WE HAD BOTH BIOPHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC, UH, ITEMS, THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES.
I'M JUST NOT GOING TO READ THEM ALL OUT, BUT THEY'RE THERE.
AND THEY'RE ALSO IN YOUR COPY OF THE SLIDE SHOW AND THE ECONOMIC ISSUES.
WE LOOKED AT A PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND USE HUMAN HEALTH AND WELLBEING AFFECTS ON PROPERTY VALUES AFFECTS ON DEVELOPABLE AREA.
UM, WE TESTED OUT FUNCTIONAL GREEN WITH A SET OF CASE STUDIES.
THESE WERE ALL SITES THAT HAD, UH, UH, APPROVED PERMITS FOR DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND OF COURSE THESE WERE ALL DONE WITHOUT FUNCTIONAL GREEN, BUT, UH, WE DIVIDED THE CASE STUDIES INTO SITES THAT WOULD NOT HAVE USED FUNCTIONAL GREEN, UH, AND SITES THAT WOULD HAVE IF IT EXISTED AT THE TIME.
SO THE STANDARD LANDSCAPE ONES ARE THE ONES THAT, UH, THAT WOULD NOT USE FUNCTIONAL GREEN EVEN IN THE FUTURE.
BUT, UH, WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF SCORES THEY GOT.
AND SO THIS SITE ON THE VILLAS OF 55TH STREET ON 55TH STREET, UH, GOT A FUNCTIONAL GREEN SCORE OF 0.44.
SO THEY KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.
UM, AND RIGHT THERE ARE THE LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS THAT THEY USE TO REACH THAT SCORE.
AND IT SHOWS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, UH, BESIDE EACH ONE OF THE LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS THAT THEY HAD.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, KIND OF YOUR STANDARD MULTIFAMILY, UH, SITE WITH THE LIKE TWO OR THREE STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
UM, IT DID ACTUALLY RATHER, WELL, 0.22, UM, AND, UH, UH, IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE SMALLER SITES DO BETTER REALLY THAN THE BIGGER SITES, BUT, UM, ANYWAY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AND WE LOOKED AT THE TACO CABANA ON NORTH LAMAR, UH, AROUND 52ND STREET.
AND, UH, THIS ALSO KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK WITH A 0.34 SCORE, UM, AND USING THE ELEMENTS LISTED THERE.
SO NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO LANDSCAPES THAT IF FUNCTIONAL GREEN, UH, GOES INTO EFFECT, THESE SITES WOULD HAVE HAD TO USE, OR IF IT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT AT THE TIME WOULD HAVE USED FUNCTIONAL GREEN.
UM, THIS IS CALLED SKY HOUSE IT'S DOWN ON RAINY STREET.
UM, UH, IT WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE, THE LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT IT PROPOSED WOULD, WOULD HAVE, UH, SCORED A 0.28.
SO IT'S RIGHT UP THERE ALMOST TO THE 0.3.
UM, AND THESE ARE, THIS IS HOW IT DID IT WITH EXISTING TREES, PLANTED TREES, SHRUBS, GROUND COVERS, AND THEN NATIVE PLANTS.
UM, SO IF YOU, IF YOU PLANT PLANTS AND THEY ARE TREES, THEN YOU GET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POINTS FOR THEM BEING TREES, AND THEN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POINTS.
ADDITIONALLY, FOR THE, IF THEY'RE NATIVE PLANTS IS, THAT'S WHY IT'S LISTED AS A SEPARATE ITEM.
ANOTHER, UH, BUILDING THAT, UH, THIS ONE HAS A 87% IMPERVIOUS
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COVER.0.13, IT'S THE EMILY BUILDING UP AT 53 50 BURNET ROAD.
UM, IT LOOKS RATHER GREEN, SO I'M NOT MEAN IT LOOKS GOOD, BUT ANYWAY, IT DID NOT.
I THINK ACTUALLY A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THIS HAD WERE, UH, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE PLAN SET, IT HAD, UH, EASEMENTS FOR LIKE POWER LINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH MAKE TALL TREES DIFFICULT, UM, WHICH I'M SURE CUT DOWN ON THE POINTS, UH, AND IN JUST PLANTING OF TREES WAS DIFFICULT AND OF COURSE, FUNCTIONAL GREEN WILL HAVE, UH, ALTERNATIVE, UH, COMPLIANCE JUST LIKE CURRENT LANDSCAPE CODE DOES.
SO YOU'D BE ABLE TO, TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, UM, TURF, BY THE WAY, WHAT DOES UP THERE IS ONLY LIVING TURF.
IT'S NOT ARTIFICIAL TURF, ARTIFICIAL TURF.
UH, THIS WAS THE KIND OF COULD HAVE DONE BETTER POSTER CHILD.
UM, IT'S A BUILDING DOWNTOWN PROBABLY ZONED, UH, CBD, BUT, UH, IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT OF PREVIOUS COVERED.
ALL IT HAS IS THESE TREES THAT ARE PLANTED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THEIR SITE.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT AGAIN, LOOKS A LOT BETTER, BUT, UM, STILL DIDN'T SCORE WELL AS A 0.18, UH, HAD PLANTED TREES, SHRUBS, GROUND COVER, GROUND COVER, AND, UH, AND POINTS FOR BEING MADE ARE USING NATIVE PLANTS.
SO ONE OF THE SITES THAT DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AND I DIDN'T SHOW THE FRONT ON THIS ONE, THIS IS, UH, SOUTH CONGRESS HOTEL.
AND, UM, UH, MOST OF THE TIME WHEN I GIVE THIS PRESENTATION, I USED THE SLIDES OF THE FRONT, BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE FRONT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW HOW THEY, UH, THE PART OF THE REASON THEY SCORED SO WELL IS BECAUSE THEY REALLY USE THE WHOLE SITE.
UM, THEY DO HAVE THEIR, THEIR RIGHT OF WAY WHERE THEY'VE GOT TREES AND GRASSES AND ALL KINDS OF GOOD THINGS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THEY CERTAINLY USE THAT TO A MAXIMUM, BUT THEN THIS IS AROUND THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND AROUND THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY JUST CONTINUED TO ADD THINGS.
SO THEY HAD PLANTED TREES, GREEN WALL SHRUBS, GROUND COVER, AND NATIVE PLANTS.
UM, AND THEY JUST HAD ENOUGH AREA OF THEM THAT THEY SCORED REALLY WELL.
UH, THIS WAS ONE OF THE, IS REALLY THE MOST HIGH DOLLAR ONE THAT I, THAT WE LOOKED AT.
UM, THIS WAS THE ESTONIAN, UH, ALSO A HUNDRED PERCENT IMPERVIOUS COVER.
UM, THIS DOES USE A GREEN ROOF.
ALTHOUGH MOST PLACES DON'T NEED A GREEN ROOF TO, TO MEET THE SCORE.
UM, THEY HAD, UH, PLANTED TREES.
UH, THEY HAVE BOTH EXTENSIVE AND INTENSIVE GREEN ROOF SHRUBS, ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, GROUND COVER.
UH, THEY ALSO HAVE A CISTERN, UM, AND USE ALTERNATE WATER SOURCE FOR IRRIGATION.
THAT'S WHY THEY GOT UP TO THE 0.31 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
I, THIS IS NOT ONE OF THE SITES THAT WAS A CASE STUDY.
UH, IT'S DOWN, IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH FIRST, NOT FAR FROM ONE TEXAS CENTER.
UM, BUT, UH, I LIKED IT BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE AN AMAZING NUMBER OF GREEN ROOFS, ALL THOSE LITTLE ROOFS OVER THERE OVER THOSE LITTLE BUILDINGS ARE GREEN ROOFS AND PLUS THEY'RE WHOLE, UM, AND THAT'S A VERY THIN MEDIUM GREEN ROOF.
UH, AND THEN, UM, YOU CAN'T BAN IT BEHIND THE TREES.
THEY ALSO DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PRESERVING THE EXISTING TREES.
AND THEN BEHIND THAT, THERE'S A SECOND FLOOR KIND OF OUTDOOR AREA, WHICH ALSO HAS A GREEN ROOF ELEMENTS.
UM, JUST AGAIN, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THESE SITES OF COURSE, DID NOT USE FUNCTIONAL GREEN BECAUSE IT DIDN'T EXIST, BUT SOME OF THEM SCORED REALLY WELL ANYWAY.
SO IF I CAN HELP CLARIFY ANYTHING, I'LL BE HAPPY TO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, CAN WE MOVE TO QUESTIONS IF I MADE SURE YOU MAY ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OF THE PRESENTER YOU MAY NOT DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
YOU'RE NOT POSTED FOR ACTION THIS EVENING.
UH, CHEMISTRY IS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER WATLEY? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT TO WHAT DEGREE IT'S KIND OF A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH.
YOU KNOW, WHAT I NOTICED IN SOME OF THE CASE STUDIES IS LIKE AMALIE ON BURNET.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS PROBABLY BURDENED BY THERE'S POWER LINES AND, UH, ENERGY, AUSTIN, ENERGY COMPATIBLE TREES.
UM, THE ONES DOWNTOWN, IT SEEMS LIKE THE OFFICE BUILDINGS DIDN'T SCORE SO WELL,
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BUT IF WE HAD A RESIDENTIAL TOWER, THERE'S A GREEN ROOF OR SOUTH CONGRESS HOTEL, PERHAPS WHAT HELPED IT WAS A GREEN GREENERY, YOU KNOW, THE PLANTING AREAS ALONG THE ALLEY.UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR PROJECT TYPE, UM, OR THEIR LOCATION IN THE CITY AND KIND OF THE EXPECTED LEVEL OF DENSITY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN THERE ARE GOING TO BE CHALLENGED BY THIS.
AND SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, DURING THE FORMULATION OF THIS, WAS THERE DISCUSSION ABOUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SITES THAT HAVE POWER LINES ON QUARTERS, LIKE BURNET AND AN OFFICE BUILDING VERSUS A RESIDENTIAL TOWER DOWNTOWN AND HOW, YOU KNOW, ONE'S MORE CHALLENGED THAN THE OTHER.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THESE, UH, REQUIREMENTS, UH, HOW SHOULD I SAY IT TO, JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM THE PALETTE OF CHOICES IT'S MEANT TO BE, UH, NOT AT ALL ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
IT'S MEANT TO BE FLEXIBLE AND FOR THE DEVELOPER TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE OPTIONS THAT WORK WITH THAT SITE.
AND THAT'S WHY IT HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT KINDS OF OPTIONS COMMISSIONED OUR FRANCO.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FUNCTION OF READING.
UM, I, MY IDEA, UM, I WAS TRYING TO LOOK UP, GO, YOU KNOW, IN THE PRESENTATION, COULD YOU WALK US THROUGH WHAT ONE CALCULATION WOULD LOOK LIKE AND NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE MATH LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THEY'RE CALCULATING THAT, AND ALSO, UM, UM, UNDERSTANDING WHAT WORD, HOW DOES THIS PLAY INTO YOUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS? IS THIS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE, UH, GREAT STREETS WHERE YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, APPLY MEET CRITERIA IN ORDER TO, TO, TO, UH, IS THIS SOME REALLY DATE? IS THIS SOME SORT OF GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENT IS A BONUS.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE LIKE TO SEE.
ARE WE CONSIDERING THIS? HOW DOES THIS FIT INTO OUR CITY PROCESS? SO LET'S TAKE YOUR SECOND QUESTION FIRST.
UH, IT'S JUST, IT'LL BE PART OF THE LANDSCAPE CODE.
SO JUST LIKE YOU DO ANY OTHER SITE AND YOU HAVE A LANDSCAPE PLAN REQUIRED, IT'LL THIS WILL BE, THIS IS JUST PART OF THE LANDSCAPE CODE.
SO IT'S PART OF YOUR LANDSCAPE PLAN.
AND SO YOU ARE FINDING QUESTIONS, SO YOU HA YOU HAVE TO MEET THE MINIMUM OF, SORRY.
I KEEP TRYING TO TAKE MY HAND OFF.
YOU HAVE TO MEET THE MINIMUM OF 0.3, THREE IN ORDER TO GET APPROVED.
AND THE CALCULATION, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I COULDN'T FIND IT.
CAN YOU PUT THE PRESENTATION BACK UP AND IT'S, LET ME SEE WHICH PAGE, IF YOU GO TO SLIDE NUMBER FIVE.
SO, UM, JUST, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF IMAGINE I DIDN'T PRINT THE, THE TABLE THAT, UH, THAT YOU'LL SEE IF, WHEN YOU GO TO IT'S A SPREADSHEET BASICALLY.
SO IMAGINE ONE MORE COLUMN TO THE RIGHT.
AND SO, SO YOU HAVE AN EXISTING TREE AND THE CRITICAL ROOT ZONE IS A A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET.
YOU WOULD MULTIPLY 0.8 TIMES 100, AND THAT WOULD GO IN INTO THE IMAGINARY COLUMN ON THE RIGHT.
AND THEN, UH, IF YOU HAVE A RAIN GARDEN, THAT'S A 50 SQUARE, PROBABLY MORE LIKE 25 SQUARE FEET.
UM, YOU WOULD MULTIPLY THAT TIMES.
YOU SEE NUMBER 8.2 IS RAIN GARDEN MEDIA.
YOU WOULD MULTIPLY THAT TIMES, YOUR, YOUR 25 SQUARE FEET BY 0.3.
SO YOU DO THAT FOR EVERY ELEMENT THAT YOU PROVIDE, AND THEN YOU SUM THEM AT THE BOTTOM AND DIVIDE BY YOUR, UH, WELL, YOUR SITE AREA.
BY THE SEC AREAS, I TOLD HIM PERVIOUS COVER THE TOTAL SITE AREA, SITE, AIR WE A SIDE AREA.
I GUESS IT WAS THAT LARGER CALCULATION THAT I DID THAT I DIDN'T CATCH.
AND IF YOU EXPLAINED THAT I APOLOGIZE.
THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER COLEMAN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'LL I HAVE A HUNDRED QUESTIONS AND I ONLY ASK A FEW I'M PRACTICING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND IMPLEMENTED THE CODE SINCE 1982.
IT'S JUST, I'VE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH IT, AND THERE'S SO MUCH OVERLAP IN THIS CODE WITH OUR REGULAR LANDSCAPE CODE.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THE COMPONENTS EXISTING TREE.
WE HAVE A TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE, LARGE NEWLY PLANTED TREE.
WE HAVE TREE PLANTING REQUIREMENTS LIKE THOSE.
THAT'S ALSO TRUE FOR MEDIUM AND SMALL,
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LARGE SHRUBS.WE HAVE THAT FOR SCREENING SMALL SHRUBS.
YOU CAN ALWAYS USE SMALL SHRUBS, UH, GROUND COVERS AND TERROR FOR EARLY ALLOWED VEGETATIVE WALL IS ALLOWED.
UH, GREEN ROOFS ARE ALLOWED IRRIGATION.
ALTERNATIVE METHODS ARE ALLOWED.
POROUS PAVEMENT IS ACKNOWLEDGED EVEN AN ALTERNATIVE EQUIVALENT COMPLIANCE SUSPENDED PAVEMENT SYSTEM IS ALSO VERY OFTEN REQUESTED.
NOW, IN ORDER TO GET YOUR TREE CREDITS, UH, POLLINATOR RESOURCES, WE ACKNOWLEDGED, ESPECIALLY THINGS LIKE LEAD AND AUSTIN GREEN BUILDING POINTS, WHICH MOST PROJECTS LIKE OUR PROJECTS THAT WE SEE FOR DENSITY BONUS HAVE TO ABIDE BY WHY IS THIS NECESSARY WHEN WE HAVE OVERLAP AND ALL THE THINGS I JUST DESCRIBED NOT TO MENTION THE ONES COMING UP LIKE WATER FORWARD.
SO IS THAT A CLARIFYING? COULD I, OKAY.
UM, SO, UH, EACH OF THOSE HAS, UM, DIFFERENT WAY EACH OF THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS HAS, UH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET'S SEE, THERE'S KIND OF TWO PARTS TO THIS.
ONE IS THE OTHER LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, YOU CAN HAVE SHRUBS AND TREES AND ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE LANDSCAPE CODE, WE WANT TO REQUIRE A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
AND THE SITES WHERE THIS APPLIES PLACES WITH MORE THAN 80% IMPERVIOUS COVER, USUALLY DON'T REALLY HAVE A STREET YARD.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, WHEN HE GOT SCREENING, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A POND UP FRONT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY PARKING LOT, RIGHT NEAR THE ROAD.
THEY DON'T HAVE PARKING LOT TREES.
SO THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN ARRAY OF REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO THIS IS WHY, HOW WE, UH, SO THIS IS THE CODE THAT APPLIES TO THOSE SITES, TO WHERE IT DOESN'T.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CBD CAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION.
THERE WAS SOME COMMUNICATION THAT CAME FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, OFFICES THAT THIS DID NOT APPLY TO THE CBD, BUT IT WILL BE, THAT WAS CONFUSION.
SO THE, IT IS THE CBD, IT'S NOT JUST THE CBD IT'S ANY SITE THAT HAS IMPERVIOUS COVER OR THE 80% GAINS WITH BLUE VEINS GOING THROUGH WHAT WE SAW ON THE FIRST SLIDE.
SO FOR A NUMBER, SO LET'S TAKE, THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN A HUNDRED PERCENT ALLOWABLE AND, UH, EVEN A 90% OR OVER HE'S PROVED THAT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE SINGLE FRONTAGE AND DON'T HAVE A CORNER LOT, IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT GIVING UP IMPERVIOUS COVER.
IS THAT ACCURATE OR DOING A ROOFTOP GARDEN? I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY ACCURATE.
UM, I, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU CAN USE POROUS PAVEMENT, YOU CAN USE GREEN WALLS.
I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS HERE.
UM, YOU, UH, HAVE TO PROVIDE WATER QUALITY, SO YOU COULD DO RAIN.
WELL, YOU CAN'T GET CREDIT FOR RAIN GARDENS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT YOU CAN DO THINGS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND THAT WHOLE RIGHT OF WAY AREA DOESN'T EVEN COUNT AS YOUR DENOMINATOR FOR YOUR, UH, POINTS.
SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF A, A BONUS.
UH, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE ARE A LOT OF OVERLAPPING THINGS.
UM, AND, UH, WE FEEL THAT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF DIRECTING THE OVERLAP.
SO FOR INSTANCE, UH, ACTUALLY YOU CAN GET A WHOLE POINT IN AUSTIN, ENERGY GREEN BUILDING.
ALTHOUGH I TAKE THAT BACK, IF THIS BECOMES THE, THEN THEY'LL REMOVE THAT FROM AUSTIN ENERGY GREEN BUILDING, RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN GET A POINT FOR USING FUNCTIONAL GREEN.
UM, BUT, UH, TREES, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, ONLY TREES UP OVER 19 INCHES ARE PROTECTED TREES, UH, EIGHT INCHES AND ABOVE, THEY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SAVE, BUT YOU DON'T ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO.
AND, UM, WE WANT YOU TO BE SAVING MAYBE EVEN SMALLER TREES.
THIS GIVES YOU POINTS FOR SMALLER TREES.
SO, UH, IN THAT WAY, WE, WE ARE DOING SOMETHING TOWARDS THE FUTURE, UH, UH, DOWNTOWN CANOPY, UM, THE OVERLAP WITH, UH, AUSTIN WATER, THEY WILL BE REQUIRING YOU TO USE, UM, AT SOME, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING, THEY ALREADY DO REQUIRE TO USE YOUR CONDENSATE AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO USE YOU TO HOOK UP TO THE PURPLE PIPE.
UM, IN THIS WAY WE ASK AND OUR, WHAT WE DO IS WE KIND OF SKEW YOU TOWARDS LANDSCAPE, SO YOU COULD USE IT TO FLUSH TOILETS, BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO USE IT TO WATER THE LAWN.
I MEAN, I JUST THINK LIKE, LOOK, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR EXAMPLES,
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COULD WE JUST GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF THOSE? I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS UNDERSTAND IF I WANT TO SEE IF I'M SEEING THE SAME THING.THE FIRST ONE, I THINK THERE'S JUST A LOT HIDDEN THE DETAILS THAT I THINK THE PUBLIC THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING THIS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
SO ONE OF THESE IS THIS, THIS ISSUE.
SO WHAT ALLOWABLE HERNIAS COVER DID THIS PROJECT HAVE? SO IT HAS A 59% IMPERVIOUS COVER, BUT WHAT WAS MY ZONING? WHAT WAS THE ALLOWABLE ON THIS ONE? I DO NOT, I'M NOT SURE.
SO IF YOU'VE THOUGHT 65% ALLOWABLE, IT'S PRETTY EASY TO MEET THIS STANDARD, BUT A REGULAR LANDSCAPE CODE OR THIS ONE, RIGHT.
UM, WHAT WAS THE ALLOWABLE ON THIS ONE? THIS IS CONNIE'S 70%.
SO IT HAD 30% RIGHT OFF THE BAT TO DO LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS AND IT ONLY ACHIEVED A 0.2, TWO SCORE.
SO IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT REALLY PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF OVER 80%.
SO THE TWO THAT WE'VE JUST SEEN ARE UNDER, AND PROBABLY WOULDN'T ELECT TO DO THIS, EXCEPT THEY MIGHT, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT THEY WOULD PROBABLY STICK WITH A STRAIGHT UP LANDSCAPE CODE.
UH, THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE TO DO.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MY HEAD AROUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IT, WHICH I THINK YOU'RE ALLUDING TO.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE.
THIS ONE 72% AND IT BARELY MADE IT, YOU KNOW, 0.3 IS THE 0.3.
IS THAT OKAY? SO IT MADE IT BY A LITTLE BIT, BUT WHAT WAS THE ALLOWABLE ON THIS ONE? 95%.
AND SO IT, IT MAY HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE REVIEWED THAT AS, UH, IT PROVIDED STANDARD LANDSCAPE CODE AND I'M NOT SURE WHY WE DIDN'T REVIEW THAT AS A, UH, WELL, IT WOULD HAVE MADE IT ANYWAY.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REVIEWED UNDER THE, UH, UNDER THE, THE NEXT CATEGORY.
BUT YEAH, IT'D BE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE TOWER.
IT MADE IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER ONES WE SAW.
MAYBE THEY DID EXTRA TREES OR SOMETHING.
WELL, AGAIN, REMEMBER THAT THINGS ARE CUMULATIVE IN ONE SPACE.
SO PROBABLY THE REASON THAT THE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT DIDN'T COME IN VERY WELL IS THEY PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF SPACE, BUT IT'S JUST ALL TURF, WHICH IS GIVES YOU A 0.0 0.01.
UM, SO LIKE YOU SAID, THE SMALLER SITES TEND TO DO A LITTLE BETTER, THE BETTER THEY TEND TO STACK IT UP, RIGHT? AGAIN, ALL OF THIS AREA YOU CAN SEE, IT'S NOT ONLY BEING TREES, THEY'RE PRO THEY'RE ALSO NATIVE.
UM, THEY PROBABLY HAVE A, IT SAYS THEY HAVE A GROUND COVER, SO THEY DIDN'T JUST LEAVE IT AS TURF.
THEY DIDN'T PUT IT IN AS ROCKS, UM, IS, UH, IS ROCK GOING TO BE ALLOWED IN THE CODE, GRAVEL AND ROCK, WHICH WE ARE SEEING EVERYWHERE.
UM, IT'S NOT ALLOWED RIGHT NOW AS A, AS A MULCH FOR GROUND COVERS OR TREES YET IT IS EVERYWHERE.
AND THAT IS A QUESTION TO THIS.
SO WOULD A GRAVELED COVERED BED, MEET THE REQUIREMENTS? IT WOULD NOT GET YOU ANY POINTS.
BUT DOES IT MEET LANDSCAPE CODE, THE REGULAR LANDSCAPE CODE? IF I DO GRAVEL, I NEED TO KNOW FOR MYSELF.
CAUSE I GET THIS QUESTION EVERY DAY.
IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF MEET OR NOT MEET THE LANDSCAPE CODE REQUIRES CERTAIN THINGS.
YOU CAN MEET IT BY DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT SO IF YOU HAVE GRAVEL IN ONE, IN ONE AREA, THEN THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE I WOULD SAY IT DOESN'T MEET.
THE CURRENT GRANT LANDSCAPE CODE IS IN A PARKING LOT ISLANDS, WHICH ARE, HAVE TO BE VEGETATED.
I JUST HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.
THIS DEALS WITH, UM, THERE'S QUESTIONS REGARDING WHO IS GOING TO REVIEW THIS AT THE CITY AND HOW'S IT GONNA WORK WITH THE REGULAR CODE, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO TRAIN EVERYBODY, BUT THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PRODUCT OF DOING BUSINESS.
HE HAS A CONSUMERS ON HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK, BUT MY WEST LAST QUESTION IS THIS, UM, ITEM IN THE UNDER REQUIREMENTS.
THE LAST ITEM SAYS THE FOLLOWING NOTE SHALL BE ADDED TO THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
THIS LANDSCAPE PLAN USES THE FUNCTIONAL GREEN SCORING SYSTEM.
A SITE PLAN REVISION IS IT ALSO SAYS THAT THE DIRECTOR HAS TO DO THE FINAL INSPECTION OF YOUR PRODUCT.
ARE YOU ALL GOING TO HOLD TO THAT? A REVISION IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND IF I WANT TO CHANGE, WHAT IS AN ELEMENT? IF I CHANGE A SHRUB TO A GROUND COVER, THEY'RE BOTH FLOWERING AND THEY BOTH DO POLLINATOR.
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DO A REVISION TO MY PLAN? YES.UM, THE IDEA IS SO CORRECTIONS, UM, ARE, UH, JUST IN THE REVIEW PROCESS CORRECTIONS KIND OF SKATE UNDER THE RADAR A LOT.
AND THAT WAS THE IDEA FOR MAKING IT HAVE TO BE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO REDO THE SCORE.
UM, THAT, THAT ISN'T A, I MEAN, ALL THE, THE REGULAR LANDSCAPE REVIEWERS ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWING IT.
ANYWAY, WE REVIEW ALL THE CORRECTIONS AND THE RE AND THE REVISIONS.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY A HUNDRED PERCENT ANYWAY.
UH TIME-WISE AND FINANCIALLY TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS SOMETIMES DUE TO AVAILABILITY OR AUSTIN ENERGY DECIDES THEY WANT SOMETHING AND WE HAVE TO MOVE SOMETHING AROUND.
AND I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO RECONSIDER THAT BECAUSE WE ARE LICENSED PROFESSIONALS, I THINK WE COULD WORK DIRECTLY WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING REASONABLE WITHOUT FIVE WEEKS OF A PROCESS.
AND WHAT DOES A REVISION COSTS NOW? THIS, I MEAN, IT'S IN THE IT'S PARDON, EIGHT MONTHS AND CONSULTANT COSTS TOO.
IT WOULDN'T BE UNUSUAL FOR A PLANT MATERIAL REVISION TO COST OF DEVELOPER $4,500 JUST TO REPROCESS.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT GONE NEWTON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? UH, YES.
I JUST ADD ONE LAST SOLID OR CON TO REITERATE THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF, YOU KNOW, THERE, WE, WE FOCUS ON THE ORDINANCE AND, YOU KNOW, OUR PLANS A LOT OF TIMES, BUT TO FOCUS ON THE PROCESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF IT IS JUST SO IMPORTANT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPERS I SEE ARE GETTING STRESSED AND STRESS MORE WITH THE SITE PLAN REVIEW TIMES, YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE, PEOPLE WOULD SAY, IT'S CRAZY IN AUSTIN.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE SIX MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE LIKE IT'S 10 MONTHS SINCE A YEAR.
AND, UM, THE TIMES KEEP GETTING DRUGGED OUT FURTHER AND, UM, AND THEN UNKNOWN.
AND I'M NOT A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, I'M AN ARCHITECT, BUT I WORK WITH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.
SO, BUT WHAT I SEE A LOT OF TIME IS, YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGY IS GET IT, START THE CLOCK TICKING AS SOON AS YOU CAN, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE A YEAR PROCESS.
AND SO YOU GOT TO GET SOMETHING TOGETHER AND GET INTO THE CITY ASAP.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT'S REQUIRED FOR COMPLETENESS CHECK IS NOT A FULL LANDSCAPE PLAN.
AND SO I GUESS PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IF YOU KNOW, A LANDSCAPE PLAN HAS TO BE A FULL LANDSCAPE PLAN WITH ALL THE PLANT TYPES SPECIFIED AT THE BEGINNING, IT'S GOING TO TAKE LONGER TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
AND AS COMMISSIONER COLEMAN SAYS, WE GET OTHER DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A TREE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN NOT AND CHANGES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MADE.
AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE AT THE LAST MINUTE.
SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, IT DOES SEEM LIKE THESE REQUIREMENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR DENSE URBAN SITES, IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT, UM, TO ACHIEVE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THOSE EXAMPLES.
AND THEN I'M JUST AFRAID ABOUT THE INCREASED COST AND THE, AND THE TIME DURATION AND THE INCREASED PRESSURE ON STAFF TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO REVIEW THESE ITEMS. SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WATLEY.
UM, JORGE NOTED THAT IF THE COMMISSION WANTS TO PUT AN ITEM FOR AUCTION ON A FUTURE AGENDA, WE CAN MAKE A MOTION AND VOTE ON THAT.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T DO A FULL DISCUSSION TODAY, UM, YES.
OH, WHO ARE YOU POINTING AT WHEN I'M LIKE, OKAY, I SEE IT'S A CARTOON HAND.
UM, COMMISSIONER FRANCO YOU'RE ON MUTE COMMISSIONER FRANCO.
NO, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, UH, UH, UM, COMMISSIONER COLEMAN, COMMISSIONER WILEY'S COMMENTS ABOUT, ABOUT THE PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE, THAT WE, UH, WE REFORMED THESE REVIEWS IN A TIMELY FASHION, BUT ALSO VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS LEAST EXPENSIVE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT MY OTHER QUESTION, IS THERE ANY THOUGHT PROCESS, IS THERE ANY THOUGHT AROUND, UM, KIND OF STREAMLINING THE, THIS PROCESS, THESE PROCESSES, OR LOWERING THOSE FEES AS COMMISSIONER COLEMAN MENTIONED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS? I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, COMMISSIONER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, KATIE COIN.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME ASSISTANT DIRECTOR KATIE COIN, UH, IS IN DISCUSSIONS WITH, UM, UH, HOUSING DEPARTMENT ABOUT POSSIBLY SOME FUNDING OR SOMETHING.
IT'S UM, THAT, THAT IS, I'M NOT IN, I'M NOT INVOLVED
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IN THAT, SO I'M NOT SURE, BUT THERE, THERE ARE CONSIDERATE PEOPLE ARE, WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT, UH, TO CONSIDER THAT.UM, ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER? MY EYES? UM, SO MY QUESTION, UH, JUST STEMS FROM SOMETHING THAT I SAW RECENTLY WHERE METAGENE COLUMBIA, UH, HAD CONVERTED 18, UH, STREETS INTO URBAN FORESTS.
AND SO THEY FOUND THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO REDUCE, UH, THE, BY AS MUCH AS FIVE AND A HALF DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
UM, AND I SAW THE DIFFERENT AMBITIONS THAT THIS PLAN HAS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME CONSTRAINTS, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS.
SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS SHADE, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, REDUCING, UM, THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, UH, UH, PART OF THIS AND HOW MUCH, UM, UH, IS INVOLVED WHEN SOMEONE DOES WANT TO, UH, PUT TREES THAT ARE IN THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY, LIKE W WHAT DOES THAT, IS THAT GOING TO ALONG GATE THEIR APPROVAL? UM, I WILL SAY HEAT ISLAND EFFECT WAS DEFINITELY TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
UH, I SUPPLIED FOR, ARE PROVIDED FOR BACKUP MATERIAL, ALL OF THE, UH, THE RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE AND YOU'LL SEE THAT HEAT ISLAND, UH, IS, UH, IS A FACTOR IN ALL OF THOSE, UH, ALL THE STUDIES THAT WERE DONE, THE LITERATURE REVIEW AND THE, UM, ANALYSIS AND ALL THAT.
UM, AND WHAT WAS THE SECOND PART, WAS THIS I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, I MEAN, I WOULD THINK THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE A PRIORITY OF THE CITY TO TRY TO REDUCE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE HUMAN SCALE, PROVIDE SHADE FOR PEDESTRIANS.
AND I COULD JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO DO THAT, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE CITY FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND I JUST WONDER IF THAT'S A DISPARATE PROCESS OR IS THAT INTEGRATED INTO THIS, UM, PROCESS OF GETTING, UH, APPROVAL.
UM, AND, UH, THE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE FORTHCOMING AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, UH, CRITERIA MANUAL WILL HAVE MORE REQUIREMENTS FOR TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THESE WILL DOVETAIL WITH THOSE.
UM, SO, UH, BUT, BUT YES, IT DOES TAKE MORE, UH, PAPERWORK.
IT DOES TAKE WORK TO GET STUFF IN THE, UH, TO GET THE LICENSE AGREEMENT, TO PUT STUFF IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, BUT I, AND I WILL ALL, I WILL SAY THAT THIS PLAN HAS A BONUS POINTS FOR WHAT WE'RE CALLING, UM, UH, ACCESSIBLE GREEN AND, UH, THAT'S GREEN THAT'S IN THE, SO THAT'S PLANTINGS THAT ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OR RIGHT NEXT TO THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
MR. COLEMAN AND QUICK QUESTION.
WHEN IS THE FINAL LANGUAGE GOING TO BE ISSUED FOR REVIEW? WE ARE PROPOSING THE CURRENT LANGUAGE.
UH, IT'S LIKE WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
IT'S, IT'S ALL HAPPENING SUPER FAST.
UH, I THINK, WELL, IN THE END OF SEPTEMBER, I THINK IS WHEN THE FINAL LANGUAGE HAS DONE THAT'S MORE THAN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT IT'S CLOSE.
SO, SO THIS IS IT PRETTY CLOSE.
UM, I AM A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER.
IS THERE GOING TO BE FUTURE NOTICE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU START A PROJECT THAT TAKES, YOU KNOW, REALLY YEARS BEFORE YOU'RE READY TO BREAK GROUND FROM THAT INITIAL ACQUISITION AND PARTNERSHIP NEGOTIATION TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SITE FOOD, SOME AT ALL.
UM, SO I THINK SOMETHING AS SUBSTANTIAL AS THIS, ESPECIALLY FOR URBAN AND DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS NOTICE AS, AS BIG OF A CHANGE TO PROJECT BUDGETS AS THIS WILL BE, UM, WOULD BE REALLY FAIR FOR DEVELOPERS SO THAT THEY CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND, AND STRUCTURE THEIR, THEIR AGREEMENTS ACCORDINGLY.
IS THAT IN CONSIDERATION? I, I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO, UH, AS A COMMISSION, ARE WE INTERESTED IN PUTTING AN ITEM ON ACTION AND ACTION ITEM FOR A FUTURE AGENDA REGARDING FUNCTIONAL GREEN? OKAY.
I HAVE SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE BACK TO YOUR TEAM.
IF I CAN, IF I SPECIFY A DWARF BETHANY, LET'S CALL IT A BETHANY AND I CAN'T GET THOSE DUE TO SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE IN THE MARKET RIGHT
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NOW, I'M MAKING REVISIONS EVERYDAY TO PLANS.I GET SUBMITTAL REQUESTS EVERY DAY FOR PROJECTS.
WE DESIGNED TWO YEARS AGO, I'M MAKING PLANS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF EVERY DAY.
SO THEREFORE IT'S GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND DEVELOPER'S GOING TO SAY, WHY THE HECK DID WE HIRE YOU TO DO TWO YEARS WORTH OF WORK? AND NOW IT'S LAST MINUTE.
AND I HAVE TO GO IN FOR A REVISION TO DELAY MY PROJECT FOR FIVE WEEKS TO CHANGE THAT BETTANY TO IS X MINEA.
WHY IS THAT IN THERE THAT, OH, THIS CAME OUT TWO YEARS PLUS AGO, MAYBE THREE, AND THIS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT FEEDBACK.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOUR GROUP, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN LISTENED TO SAY, I'M NOT SPEAKING OF THIS COMMISSION LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.
UM, ARE WE DONE? THE ANSWER IS YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO CHAIR TO HAVE ACTION ITEMS, WHATEVER NEXT MEETINGS REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
COMMISSIONER THE ACTION ITEM HAS TO BE SPECIFIC FOR US TO POST AN ITEM FOR ACTION.
SO YOU WOULD NEED TO INCLUDE AS PART OF YOUR EMOTION, THE SPECIFIC POSTING LANGUAGE YOU WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO TAKE ACTION ON.
AND IF I MAY CLARIFY CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS, THAT WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU CAN ISSUE.
AND IN THE FORM OF AN ACTUAL RESOLUTION FROM THE DESIGN OR A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ARE FORWARDING TO THE COUNCIL AND OR THE STAFF, BUT THEY NEED TO BE SPECIFIC.
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO POST AN ITEM AS AN EXAMPLE, IF I MAY DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON FUNCTIONAL GREEN, THAT IS TOO BROAD AND A LOT OF DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO POST AN ITEM LIKE THAT.
WITH THOSE PARAMETERS, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTS AND KIND OF HOW FUNCTIONAL GREEN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AND MESSAGE COSTS AND TIMELINE.
UM, COULD WE POST THAT AS AN ACTION ITEM? DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR I GUESS I'M MAKING THE MOTION.
UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND? OKAY.
I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER COLEMAN WAS THE MAKER OF THE MOTION.
SO YOU CANNOT SECOND YOUR OWN MOTION.
I WOULD RATHER RESCIND MY MOTION AND ALLOW CHAIR TO MAKE THE MOTION.
DOES SHE NEED TO REPEAT THE MOTION AGAIN? WE JUST NEED A SECOND UNDER A SECOND, PLEASE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER LUKENS.
WHAT COULD BE SURE THAT THE MOTION YOU MADE BE SUSTAINED TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR US TO MAKE A RESOLUTION NEXT MONTH AND NOT BE TOLD THAT SOMEHOW OUR POSTING WAS INADEQUATE.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT THAT'S THE CASE.
THERE SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE WITH THE POSTING COMMISSIONER BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE FOR THE POSTING OF THE ITEM IS QUITE SPECIFIC TO ADDRESS SEVERAL ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSION IS WISHING TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION, WHETHER THAT BE A RECOMMENDATION THROUGH A RESOLUTION OR RECOMMENDATION IS THE PREROGATIVE OF THE COMMISSION.
STAFF WILL NOT TELL YOU HOW TO FORMULATE THAT RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY POST AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION.
AND THEREFORE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE DISCUSSION AMONG YOURSELVES AND TAKE SPECIFIC ACTION ON ANY OR ALL THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE LISTED FOR ACTION.
CAN WE CREATE A WORKING GROUP BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A RESOLUTION TO, TO VOTE ON SO WE CAN GET TO CITY COUNCIL A LITTLE FASTER? DO WE HAVE ANY INTERESTED IN WORKING GROUP REGARDING FUNCTIONAL GREEN CHAIR? MAY I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION FROM PAMELA? YOU INDICATED PAMELA THAT THIS IS A DONE DEAL IN A MATTER OF WEEKS, IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL YET AT ALL.
UH, WE ARE TAKING IT TO THE, OR SHOPPING IT TO THE COMMISSIONS RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE QUICK.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING THE SCHEDULE WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
I CAN GET THAT TO, UH, TO HAVE IT, UM, SENT OUT TO EVERYBODY.
I DO NEED A W W WHEN IS YOUR NEXT MEETING? SEPTEMBER 6TH.
HOWEVER, IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE IF I MAY, IF I MADE THAT IS A HOLIDAY THAT IS RUSSIA.
YOU'RE STILL HAVING A COMMISSION MEETING THOUGH.
UH, GENERIC, IF I, IF I MAY MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
UM, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE, UM, LANGUAGE
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AROUND, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.UM, HOW DOES IMPACTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WHAT, WHAT, UM, WHAT THINGS NEED TO DO WELL, HOW DOES IT IMPACT AFFORDABLE HOUSING? BUT I WOULD SAY IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD AT THE END, WHATEVER THIS, WHATEVER THIS STATEMENT ENDS UP TO BE, I WOULD SAY IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD AT THE END AND OTHER FACTORS THAT MAY BE APPLICABLE TO FUNCTIONAL GREEN AS A CATCHALL.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT I SERVE ON OTHER D ON MANY OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND WE'VE HAD SOME VERY, WHAT I THINK 4K WOULDN'T CONSIDER VAGUE STATEMENTS, UH, COME TO US.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, UH, AS AN EXAMPLE, THE STATE'S INPUT WHEN WE TOOK ACTION ON THAT ONE, IT SAID DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS, NO SPECIFIC ACTION.
SO I WOULD SAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S LEAVE THIS AND LET'S, LET'S MAKE THIS AS SPECIFIC AS WE CAN, BUT I THINK IF WE WE'D GIVE OUR SOMEONES A CATCH ALL, I THINK THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
AND I'M PERSONALLY WILLING TO RISK THAT.
I THINK A LOT OF DEPARTMENT WOULD LET US MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY DIFFICULT WITHOUT HAVING A WORKING GROUP GO OVER SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN DETAIL, UM, TO PROVIDE EVERY SPECIFIC ACTION WE WANT TO HAVE RIGHT NOW BASED ON A 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION.
AND SO I APPRECIATE IT IS CONSIDERED AND, AND SUPPORT TO GET THIS THING THROUGH.
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TO BE AS SPECIFIC AS THAT.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR PAMELA.
SO DO YOU HAVE A DATE FOR CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU'RE REVIEWING FUNCTIONAL GREEN AT? UM, I AM TRA TEXTS, SORRY TO BE SO RUDELY TEXTING, BUT I'M TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF SOMEBODY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE FINAL DATE IS, UH, THAT WE COULD MAKE CHANGES.
AND YES, THERE IS A DATE FOR IT TO GO BACK.
WE'RE ALREADY A LITTLE BIT, IT'S ALREADY BEEN PUSHED BACK A LITTLE BIT.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY SEPTEMBER 15TH, BUT IT'S BEEN PUSHED TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
SO, UM, SO I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE FINAL DATE IS THAT YOU CAN MAKE.
I'M HOPING SOMEBODY WILL TEXT SHORTLY.
UM, I CAN STAY AFTER MY PRESENTATION TO FIND OUT THE INFORMATION BEFORE YOUR MEETINGS OVER.
WELL, LET'S JUST, UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A GUESS THAT IT'S PROBABLY BEEN PUSHED BACK JUST BECAUSE I, A LITTLE BIT AWARE OF WHEN COUNCIL AGENDAS ARE CLOSING.
AND SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WORKING GROUP.
DO WE HAVE INTERESTS? COMMISSIONER COLEMAN WANTS TO BE IN THE WORKING GROUP, COMMISSIONER FRANCO, DO YOU OKAY? YEAH.
YOU DO HAVE A LANDSCAPE AND INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP COMPRISE THE COMMISSION, FRANCO COMMISSIONER
IF YOU WISH TO CREATE A NEW WORKING GROUP, STEP WOULD ADVISE, CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT TO DO, BUT WOULD ADVISE YOU TO TAKE THAT UNDER THE OTHER ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA THAT IS POSTED FOR ACTION THIS EVENING TO MODIFY THE COMPOSITION OF YOUR WORKING GROUPS THAT'S NOT REQUIRED OR NECESSARY.
HOWEVER, YOU DO HAVE AN ACTIVE LANDSCAPE AND INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP THAT COULD SUFFICE TO BEGIN WORKING ON THIS IF TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
UH, SO WITH THAT, ONCE WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ASSIGN THE URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD FIT LANDSCAPE AND INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING GROUP.
YOU GUYS CAN WORK ON THIS COMMISSIONER FRANCO WHILE YOU WERE UP.
UH, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE WORKING GROUP TO, TO CREATE SOME LANGUAGE FOR US AT THE NEXT MEETING.
MOVING ON, UH, ITEM THREE DISCUSSION AND POP'S POSSIBLE ACTION TO DETERMINE SURE.
IF I MAY, I APOLOGIZE, YOU DID NOT TAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION AND THE SECOND, AND YOU HAD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE TO REPEAT THE WHOLE THING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT THE WHOLE THING.
YOU JUST NEED A VOTE AND THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, AS WELL AS THE SECOND HAS TO ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT BY COMMISSIONER FRANCO.
WHAT I, I HAVE THE DATES, IF THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR ANYBODY.
SO COUNT, WE'RE GOING TO COUNSEL ON THE 29TH OF SEPTEMBER.
SO THE END, AND WE CAN MAKE TWEAKS UP UNTIL THEN TWEAKS.
SO CHAIR, IF I MAY HAVE Y'ALL MADE ANY TWEAKS WITH THE COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED THREE YEARS AGO, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY, ANY TWEAKS TO THE LANGUAGE? I DON'T, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ANY TWEAKS.
IF I WROTE THEM DOWN, I TRIED TO RESPOND TO THEM.
I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING THREE YEARS AGO THAT I HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO.
IT WAS THE DOCUMENT MODIFIED BASED UPON THE FEEDBACK YOU GOT THREE YEARS AGO.
I'M TRYING TO RESPOND TO EVERYTHING IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF IN THE CODE THAT I'M LANGUAGE THAT I'M PROPOSING.
AND JUST MAYBE, MAYBE ASK A FEW MORE QUESTIONS DURING THAT MEETING.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON COMMISSIONER? FRANCO'S FRIENDLY AMENDMENT
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TO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSIDERATIONS.DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND AGAIN FOR YOU? NOPE.
JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU DON'T NEED A SECOND ON, ON THAT.
YOU HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ON THE TABLES.
SO THE MAKER OF THE MOTION HAS TO AGREE AS WELL AS THE SECOND.
AND THEN YOU CAN CALL THE QUESTION FOR THE DO AGREE.
CAN WE INFLUENCE ON OUR END, OUR MOTION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
[3. Discussion and possible action to determine whether Parque Zaragoza Neighborhood Park Restroom Rehabilitation Project, located at 721 Pedernales Street, complies with the City Design and Sustainability Standards. Presented by Reynaldo Hernandez, Parks and Recreation Department.]
UM, DISCUSS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO DETERMINE WHETHER PARK IS THERE.IT GOES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK RESTROOM REHAB PROJECT LOCATED AT 7 21 PER NALA IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS PRESENTED BY RINALDO HERNANDEZ, HERNANDEZ FROM PARKS AND REC, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING.
SO, UM, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
I'M A PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M HERE AS A REQUEST, UH, FOR THE LAST MEETING THAT WAS HELD IN JUNE TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PARKING, SIR, IT GOES TO PROJECT.
UM, SO AT THIS TIME, IF YOU CAN PLEASE BRING UP THE PRESENTATION I PROVIDED AND GO TO SLIDE FOUR.
SO, UH, THIS IS THE NEW SLIDE, UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR IMAGE, UH, THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE TO THE BUILDING DESIGN, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE EXTERIOR AND, UH, THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT SHOWS THE PROPOSAL TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL SHADE STRUCTURES.
AND BY ADDING THESE SHADE STRUCTURES, WE REMOVED THE SHADE STRUCTURES THAT WERE ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING, UM, ESPECIALLY AT THE THREE ENTRY WAYS AND EXITS OF THE ACTIVITY ROOM.
THE OTHER CHANGE THAT WE DID WAS YOU ALSO MODIFIED THE ENTRY TO THE BUILDING.
UH, THERE WAS A LARGE SHADE STRUCTURE THAT WAS, UH, PLANNED THERE.
UH, THAT STRAIGHTS SHADE STRUCTURE WAS REDUCED IN SIZE.
HERE'S THE VIEW OF THE BUILDING? UH, THIS IS, UH, FROM THE POOL, THE INTERIOR, UH, OF THE FACILITY ITSELF, LOOKING BACK AT THE BUILDING, THE ENTRY TO THE PROPOSED, UH, RESTROOM AND ACTIVITY SPACES ON YOUR LEFT, UH, WHERE YOU SEE THAT LARGE, TALL LIGHTING FIXTURE, UH, THE DOOR WHERE THERE IS THE ENTRY TO THE BATHHOUSE ITSELF, THE ARTS WAYS THAT YOU SEE HERE.
UM, THESE ARE THE DECORATIVE ARCHWAYS THAT THE ABILITY CURRENTLY HAS, AND WE INTEND TO SCREEN THOSE.
THOSE WOULD, UH, BE LEFT AS IS, THEY'RE JUST SCREENED RIGHT NOW.
THERE THEY ARE, UH, THE CURRENT ENTRY AND EXIT, UH, VOCATIONS FOR THE BUILDING, THE THREE LARGE OPENINGS YOU SEE ON THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE DOUBLE DOORS, UH, WHICH WILL ALLOW ENTRY AND EXIT ONTO THE POOL SPACE.
AND THEN ALSO TO THE PARK, BEYOND THE FOUR SHADE STRUCTURES THAT YOU SEE HERE, UH, THOSE ARE THE EXISTING SHADE STRUCTURES WE'RE ADDING TO, UH, THE TWO STRUCTURES THAT WE'RE ADDING ARE THE ONES CLOSEST TO THE BUILDING IN TREE AND THE ARCH, UM, UH, DETAILS OF THE BUILDING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REQUESTED WAS AN EXPLANATION OF THE CIRCULATION ROUTES.
SO THIS IS SHOWING, UM, THE CIRCULATION ROUTE FROM THE EXISTING ADA PARKING SPOT TO THE ENTRY, TO THE BUILDING, AND THAT'S, UH, ILLUSTRATED WITH THE RED CIRCLES.
SO THERE IS ONE ADA SPOT CURRENTLY THERE, AND WE'RE, UM, USING THAT SPOT AS THE ADA ACCESS TO THE POOL HOUSE AND PULL THE BATH HOUSE, I SHOULD SAY.
AND THE RED DOTS INDICATE THE CIRCULATION ROUTE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
THIS IS A LARGER VIEW OF THE OVERALL PARK AND MY APOLOGIES FOR MISSPELLING UNDER THE KEY LEGEND, UH, BIKE, UH, CITY BI K E INSTEAD OF BIC K.
SO THE YELLOW DOTS INDICATE THE EXISTING PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION ROUTES, UH, PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD IS OFF TO ON THE SLIDE.
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I'M SORRY.NORTH PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD IS ON YOUR RIGHT PER ANALYSIS ON YOUR LEFT.
AND THEN IN THIS GENERAL AREA WHERE THE CREEK IS THE TRANSITIONS TO WHERE REVEAL ROAD AT BOTH ON A RUBBER VILLE ROAD AND PER DENALIS AND PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD, THERE ARE BIKE LANES, UH, THE ONE ON PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD.
THERE'S A BIKE LANE ON EACH OF THE ROAD, UH, LANES.
SO ONE GOING NORTH AND ONE GOING SOUTH AND ON
THE YELLOW INDICATES THE PEDESTRIAN ROUTES, OR HERE'S THE CIRCULATION PATTERN, UH, FROM THE ADJACENT COMMUNITY AND ALLOWS YOU TO GO, UM, WALK ONTO THE PARK SITE AND THEN GET TO THE PATH BATH HOUSE.
THAT'S PR THAT'S BEING REVITALIZED.
UH, THE OTHER ROUTE PEDESTRIAN ROUTE FROM NORTH PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD.
UH, YOU ENTER THROUGH, UH, NORTH VALLEY ROAD AND THEN ENTER THROUGH THE PARK SITE AND MAKE YOUR WAY OVER TO THE RED, WHICH IS THE INDICATOR OF THE ADA, UH, ROUTE, UH, IN THE PARK.
THE ADA PARKING FOR PARKING, SIR GOSA IS PREDOMINANTLY AT THE RECREATION CENTER AND THIS PARKING LOT HAS RECENTLY BEEN REDONE AND THE ADA HAS BEEN IMPROVED.
UH, IT'S BEEN IMPROVED FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE ENTRY, TO THE FACILITY, THE ADJACENT GONZALEZ STREET INTO THE ENTRY OF THE FACILITY.
ONCE YOU ENTER THE FACILITY YOU EXIT TO THE BACK AND THE ADA, UH, DOESN'T NEED WALKWAY WILL THEN TAKE YOU TO THE CURRENT BATH HOUSE.
THIS IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF OUR LEED V4 INTERIOR DESIGN IN COMMERCIAL SPACES.
AND AT THE MOMENT WE ARE, UH, ACHIEVING A CERTIFIED CERTIFIED OR A CLASSIFICATION FOR LEAD.
WE ARE STRIVING TO MEET AS MANY OF THE POINTS THAT YOU SEE HERE.
THE CHALLENGE OF COURSE, IS THAT THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE AN OPEN AIR BUILDING.
SO WE ARE LIMITED TO SOME OF THE, UM, UH, SOME OF THE MATERIALS OR RESOURCES THAT WE CAN USE.
AND THEN ALSO THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, UH, POINTS THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE, THAT WE ARE STRIVING TO GET AS MANY OF THESE AS POSSIBLE.
AND THIS IS, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.
SO WE ARE WRAPPING UP OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT SET, AND WE HOPE TO GO OUT TO BID, UM, IN LATE 20, 22.
AND WE DO ANTICIPATE TO HAVE THE BUILDING OPEN FOR THE SWIM SEASON 2023.
AND THAT CONCLUDES, UH, THE UPDATES THAT I BELIEVE WERE REQUESTED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EXTRA TIME YOU PUT IN DESCRIBING THE ACCESSIBILITY AND, UM, THE, SHE HAD CONCERNS THAT WE HAD AT OUR LAST MEETING.
UH, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER FRANCO.
OH, LORDY LORDY, EVERY TIME, EVERY TIME.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO TALKING WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, THEIR, I GUESS THEIR RECOLLECTION, CAUSE I WASN'T HERE, UM, UH, BACK IN 1997, BUT THEIR RECOLLECTION OF THIS, UH, IS THAT THIS BUILDING IS TO THEM ESSENTIALLY FELT CLOSED SINCE BACK IN 1997, WHEN YOU ORIGINAL, WHEN THE, WHEN THE NEW REC CENTER OPENED UP.
SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT WAS OR WASN'T, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S FELT THAT WAY TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN I NOTICED IT IN, IN THE BACKUP, UM, AND YOU PUT IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE BONDS THAT HAVE, THAT ARE FUNDING, THIS PROJECT ONE FROM 2012, IT'S IN THE BACKUP.
AND THEN OF COURSE, ONE FROM 2018, WHAT'S WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? WHAT'S THE HOLDUP.
WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG? WHY IS THIS PROCESS TAKING SO LONG? WHY, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS FUNDING AVAILABLE IN 2012.
UM, WHY IS IT TAKING 10 YEARS TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE AT NOW? UM, UM, I, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S TAKING THIS LONG.
UM, THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WHEN THE BONDS, UH, FUNDING, UH, CRITERIA SET BY THE DEPARTMENT, THERE, THERE ARE CERTAIN DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS UNTIL THERE'S ENOUGH FUNDING.
YOU MOVE THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD.
UM, THAT'S THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT I CAN RELATE TO YOU BASED ON YOUR QUESTION, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES, I DO.
UM, AND THIS COMES FROM TALKING TO SOME FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
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I THOUGHT THAT ON THE SIDE OF THE OPPOSITE SIDE, THAT DOESN'T FACE THE POOL.WHAT'S WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THOUGHTS FOR THE DESIGNS FOR DESIGNS? IF ON THE, ON THE SIDE, IT DOESN'T FACE THE POOL.
SO THE TYPE OF FACES TO THE PARK, ESSENTIALLY.
SO THE SITE, UH, THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT FACES THE PARK, UM, THAT WILL, UM, BE THE MAIN ENTRY INTO THE BATH HOUSE.
THERE WILL BE A SMALL STATE STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE PUT IN PLACE, THE EXISTING OVERHEAD CANOPY THAT'S THERE.
NOW DOESN'T ALLOW FOR ADA ACCESS THAT HAS TO GET MODIFIED.
THERE HAS TO BE A MODIFICATION TO THAT, THE EXISTING WINDOWS THAT FACE THE PARKSIDE.
UH, THOSE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE, UH, ALTERED AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALTERED SO THAT IN I'LL BECOME A DOUBLE DOORS, UH, THAT FACED THE PARK.
AND SO THAT WOULD ALLOW PARK USERS TO INTER UH, THAT ACTIVE SPACE THAT WE'RE PLANNING THE PARK SUMMIT.
AND THEN POTENTIALLY IF THE OTHER DOORS, THE OTHER DOUBLE DOORS ARE OPEN ON THE POOL SIDE ALLOWS FOR ACCESS TO GO THROUGH, UM, THAT ACTIVITY SPACE.
BUT AS FAR AS FACADE CHANGES, THINGS LIKE THAT, I NOTICED IT'S IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF NATIONAL NATIONAL REGISTER, HISTORIC PLACES, AS FAR AS FACADE CHANGES, THERE'S NO MAJOR CHANGES PLAN THAT I MAKE, RIGHT.
THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE CHANGES.
AND THEN, AND THEN JUST GOING BACK TO THAT, JUST TRYING TO DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER, BUT THE BILLING ISN'T, AS FAR AS WHY THIS HAS TAKEN SO LONG, UM, DOES THE BUILDING HAVE ANY MAJOR ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH OR SOME HEALTH CONCERNS? WHAT, WHAT, UH, THERE ARE MAJOR, UM, I DON'T WANT TO SAY ISSUES, BUT CHALLENGES WITH THE BUILDING.
UH, ONE, THERE IS A LAD, UM, IN THE BUILDING AND THERE'S ALSO SOME SPOUSES, THE ROOF STRUCTURE, AND THOSE ITEMS NEED TO GET TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE.
UM, AS PART OF THE REHABILITATION, THE OTHER THING THAT'S A CONCERN AND WHICH REALLY WAS THE MOST CHALLENGING PARTS OF THE PROJECT WAS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE ADA ACCESS IN THE INTERIOR SPACES, ESPECIALLY IN THE RESTROOM FACILITIES.
SO IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE THE EXISTING OR OUT OF THE BUILDING WITH THE PROPOSAL OR PLAN THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE RESTROOMS HAVE TAKEN OVER, UM, THAT ONE LARGE SECTION OF THE BUILDING, BECAUSE THE BUILDINGS IS AN L SHAPE.
SO IT'S T OVER THE, THE BOTTOM OF THE OWL.
SO YOU HAVE THE MEDS IN THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM FACILITY.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS THAT WE HAD TO DEDICATE A NEW ENTRY AND EXIT BATHHOUSE ON THE POOL SIDE.
SO PRIOR TO, UH, THE PREVIOUS SIX OF THE BUILDING, I SHOULD SAY, USE THE ARCHWAYS AS THE ENTRIES AND EXITS, BUT THOSE ARE NOT ADA COMPLIANT.
SO WE HAD TO PUT IN OR DESIGN IN A WHOLE NEW ENTRY TO ALLOW ACCESS, ACCESS FRONT THE POOL INTO THE BATH HOUSE.
AND IS THIS OR THESE MS. RAMONA NOTIFICATION? IS IT JUST GETTING US WELL, THIS LAST ROUND OF FUNDING WAS GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE, AS FAR AS ASBESTOS CONCERNS, ELEPHANTS LED CONCERNS, THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND GIVE US THE, THE AESTHETICS AND FUNCTIONALITY THAT WE WANT.
SO YES, THAT'S, THAT'S THE HOPE.
ARE THERE ANY IT COMMISSIONER LUKENS? I MEAN, WATLEY, I'M SORRY.
YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, THAT COULD SPUR SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION, NOT TRYING TO CUT OFF DISCUSSION EARLY, BUT WE DID SEE THIS TWO MONTHS AGO, WE DIDN'T MEET LAST MONTH.
UM, I BASICALLY LIKED TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS AS, AS SUBMITTED AND PRESENTED TO US TONIGHT.
I THINK THAT OUR, THE CHARGE OF THE DESIGN COMMISSION IS SUCH THAT OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR SCOPE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO COMMENT ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS, IT'S ESSENTIALLY AN INTERIOR REMODELS, VERY SMALL, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE WAS MENTION OF MODIFICATION OF A SHADE STRUCTURE TO ASSIST WITH THE EXTERIOR ACCESSIBLE PATH THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE ACCESSIBLE PATH.
AND SO THE, UH, EXTERIOR SITE WORK ON THIS PROJECT AND THAT SCOPE IS VERY LITTLE, BUT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LAST MEETING DISCUSSING IT, UM, WHICH I DON'T KNOW THAT WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT THAT.
THE EXTERIOR IS NOT IN THE SCOPE AND IT WAS DESCRIBED HOW ORCS AND IT'S EXISTING.
AND WE WERE SHOWN, YOU KNOW, WITH MORE GRAPHICS TODAY.
SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE EXISTING CONDITIONS WORK.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, OUR CHARGE REALLY FOR THE CITY PROJECTS IS TO REVIEW FOR A GREEN BUILDING.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT VAGUE, BUT, UM, IT'S TO REVIEW FOR THAT.
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CITY BUILDINGS, A PLACEMENT AND A SITE DEVELOPMENT IS IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH SOME CHAPTER, EITHER LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.AND WE DO HAVE TOOLS SUCH AS, UM, URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT CAN ASSIST US WITH, YOU KNOW, THESE EVALUATIONS OF A BUILDING, BUT FOR A PROJECT, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN BUDGETED AND SCOPED TO BE PRIMARILY INTERIOR REMODEL.
UM, I THINK IT'S, TO ME, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.
AND SO I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
THAT WAS A REALLY LONG MOTION.
I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE THAT AS, UH, MR. WATLEY IS MEET A MOTION THAT THE PARK IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS AND REHAB PROJECT DOES SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLY WITH THE CITY DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS AS PRESENTED.
AND I HEARD A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER TAYLOR GUCCI, ALL IN FAVOR.
[4. Discussion and possible action to determine whether the project Stonelake, located at 506 E 5th Street, complies with the Urban Design Guidelines for the City of Austin. Presented by Katherine Nicely, Metcalfe Wolff Stuart & Williams, LLP.]
AND POSSIBLE ACTION.THANK YOU, MR. HERNANDEZ, UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROJECT IS STILL IN LAKE LOCATED AT 5 0 6 EAST FIFTH COMPLAINTS WITH THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN PRESENTED BY CATHERINE.
THEY SLEEVE, UM, OF MATT CATHFLO, STUART AND WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
MICHELLE LYNCH WITH METCALF, STEWART AND WILLIAMS. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.
UM, UH, WE DO HAVE, UM, A NUMBER OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, WE'LL JENKINS WITH, WITH STONE LAKE IS LEADING THE PROJECT.
UH, TRAVIS ALBRECHT TO MY RIGHT HERE IS, UH, WITH GENSLER ARCHITECTURE, UH, JACOB WALKER WITH DWG LANDSCAPE DESIGN, UH, GENTLEMEN KOWSKI WITH GARCIA EMC AS OUR CIVIL WILL, AND THEN CATHERINE NICELY HIS ONLY AGENDA AND HERE IN OUR OFFICE TO, TO ASSIST AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS, UH, BEEN A FUN AND UNUSUAL PROJECT.
UM, IN THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE DIFFERENT CONSTRAINTS.
UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, UH, THE HISTORIC FEATURES AND ZONING THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IT AS THE OLD CARMELO'S RESTAURANT, UM, BUT IT'S ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE OLD AUSTIN DEPOT HOTEL.
UM, AND SO WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS WITH A SPECIFIC HISTORIC CONSULTANT, UM, AND WENT TO THE STORK LANDMARK COMMISSION.
AND SO WE HAVE A BLESSING ON KEEPING THOSE BUILDINGS AND MODIFYING THE OTHERS AS NEEDED.
UM, WE DID GO TO THE WORKING GROUP.
GOSH, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS A MONTHS AGO.
UM, AND DID RECEIVE SOME COMMENTS AND CONCERNS, UH, WHICH YOU SEE IN YOUR BACKUP.
UM, WE DID WORK VERY HARD OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS, TWEAK THE PLANS, UM, OR CLARIFY AS NEEDED.
AND SO YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT AND, AND TRAVIS, WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT IN MORE DETAIL IN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS TRAVIS ALBRECHT.
WE ARE THE ARCHITECTS, UH, ON THIS PROJECT AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU.
UM, WHAT WE THINK IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT FOR DOWNTOWN.
UM, SO THE PROJECT IS CALLED FIFTH AND RED RIVER.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, AS THE NAME SUGGESTS IT'S ON THE CORNER OF FIFTH STREET AND RED RIVER STREET, UH, REALLY RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF, UH, DOWNTOWN.
UM, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW THIS PROJECT WILL, UH, KIND OF TRANSFORM THIS SIDE OF DOWNTOWN, UH, BUT ALSO WORK WITHIN A LOT OF THE CONSTRAINTS AND POSSIBILITIES, UH, WITH, WITHIN THE SITE ITSELF.
SO THIS GIVES YOU JUST A PROXIMITY TO, UH, MASS TRANSIT, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT,
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UH, THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS SITE AND ITS ACCESS, NOT ONLY TO CURRENT MASS TRANSIT WITH IT'S A ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM THE DOWNTOWN STATION RIGHT NEXT TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, BUT EVENTUALLY IT WILL BE, UH, VERY ACCESSIBLE TO, UH, PROJECT CONNECT AND, UH, THE VARIOUS LINES THAT ARE PLANNED THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN.SO ALL OF THE TENANTS AND GUESTS, UH, COMING TO THE SITE, UH, WILL HAVE A LOTS OF AVAILABILITY, UH, FOR MASS TRANSIT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, TO THE RAIL LINES, UH, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF, UH, AVAILABLE BUS ROUTES, UH, WITHIN DOWNTOWN.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE ITS PROXIMITY, UH, TO A LOT OF HIGH FREQUENCY BUS ROUTES, AGAIN, UH, FURTHER, UH, ACCENTUATING THE PROJECTS, CONNECTIVITY, UM, TO MASS TRANSIT.
NEXT SLIDE, WE PUT THIS, UH, SLIDE IN, UH, AFTER OUR WORKING GROUP DISCUSSION AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED ABOUT CONNECTIVITY TO PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT WITHIN A FIVE MINUTE WALKING DISTANCE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE RIGHT ADJACENT TO BRUSH SQUARE.
UH, WE ARE WITHIN, UH, UH, FIVE MINUTE WALKING DISTANCE OF SEVERAL OF THE PLAN FEATURES ALONG THE WALNUT CREEK, UM, PLAN, INCLUDING PALM PARK AND THE REFUGE UP IN THE RED RIVER, UM, CULTURAL DISTRICT.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR TENANTS AND GUESTS, UM, AGAIN, TO ENJOY THE VARIOUS OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE WE'VE POINTED OUT, UH, THE PROJECT'S PROXIMITY TO THE LANCE ARMSTRONG BIKEWAY RIGHT THERE ON FOURTH STREET, AS IT COMES INTO DOWNTOWN FROM THE EAST AND CONNECTING FURTHER OUT TO THE WEST.
UM, AND THIS IS AGAIN SOMETHING THAT THE PROJECT, UH, IS, IS MAKING GREAT STRIDES TO, TO ENCOURAGE BICYCLE, UH, USE AND BICYCLE OWNERSHIP.
AND WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF THAT IN THE FURTHER PLANS.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL, UM, OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.
SO WE'RE ABOUT 242 APARTMENT UNITS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE ELEVATION HERE STACKS UP WITH THE PROGRAM, BUT WE HAVE CLOSE TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE, UH, ACROSS THE SITE.
UM, AND THEN SEVERAL AMENITIES DECKS THAT WILL SHOW YOU KIND OF THE LANDSCAPE, UH, PLANS OF, UH, AND HOW WE'RE PROGRAMMING THOSE.
UM, CURRENTLY WE ARE ASKING FOR A 14 TO ONE, UH, FAR, SO THAT WILL MEET THE CRITERIA FOR A DENSE URBAN SITES.
SO NOW WE'LL TAKE YOU KIND OF HOW THE SITE IS ACTUALLY PLANNED OUT AND, AND A LOT OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE, UH, AGAIN, WORKING WITH A TIGHT SITE, BUT GIVING A LOT BACK TO THE PUBLIC REALM HERE.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, THIS SHOWS YOU THE ACTUAL, UH, RENDERED SITE PLAN.
SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF TAKE YOU THROUGH HOW THE SITE IS LAID OUT FROM A PROGRAMMING PERSPECTIVE.
AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JACOB HERE TO TALK THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE AND GRADE STREETS PROGRAM.
SO STARTING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE IMAGE, UM, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY THE TWO, UH, PIECES OF THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES THAT WE WILL BE, UH, MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING AND, AND UPDATING.
AND SO THESE ARE THE TWO PIECES THAT WE'VE WORKED THROUGH WITH THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION ON, UH, TO PRESERVE.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE SLATED TO BECOME, UH, AGAIN, PUBLIC FACING BUILDINGS THAT WOULD HOUSE, UH, POTENTIAL RETAIL OR FOOD AND BEVERAGE, UH, ESTABLISHMENTS.
UM, AND SO PART OF THAT COMPLEX, UH, AND PART OF BRINGING THOSE FORWARD, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY IS TO REALLY ACTIVATE THE GROUND LEVEL, UH, ON THIS SIDE OF THE SITE AND THEN WITH THE EXISTING, UH, COURTYARD, UH, THAT'S THERE, WE ACTUALLY INTEND TO KIND OF MAINTAIN THAT AS AN OUTDOOR SPACE, BUT ENHANCE IT, UH, INCREASING IT IN SIZE AND REHABILITATING AND PROTECTING, UH, A LARGE HERITAGE TREE, UH, THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS, UM, AND MAKING THAT AGAIN PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.
SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN SUBSEQUENT PAGES ABOUT HOW WE ARE MAKING THAT KNOWN AND HOW WE'RE SETTING BUILDINGS BACK AND, AND CREATING LANDSCAPE CUES, UH, TO INVITE PEOPLE BACK THERE.
UH, BUT WE THINK THAT'S A BIG COMPONENT OF THIS WHOLE PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN AS YOU MOVE TO THE RIGHT, UH, FROM THOSE HISTORIC STRUCTURES, UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THE, THIS IS THE MAIN TOWER FOOTPRINT, BUT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO ACTIVATE AND DRAW PEOPLE BACK FROM FIFTH STREET, UH, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL SMALL RETAIL, UH, COMPONENT THAT WE'VE CREATED THERE ON THE GROUND FLOOR ADJACENT TO THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES.
AND SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOME VIBRANCY, UH, AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO KIND OF MOVE AND INVITE PEOPLE BACK.
THERE IS A BRIEF, UH, PAUSE THERE FOR
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THE BELOW GRADE PARKING ACCESS.AND SO, UM, THIS WAS, UH, UH, UH, CONCERN WITH OUR NUMBER OF CURB CUTS.
UM, BUT THESE TWO CURB CUTS THAT WE'RE SHOWING ONE HERE ON FIFTH STREET AND ONE ON RED RIVER ARE ACTUALLY EXISTING CURB CUTS THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING.
UM, BUT THE ONE THING ABOUT THIS ONE ON FIFTH STREET, IT NOT ONLY ALLOWS US ACCESS, UH, TO BELOW GRADE PARKING, WHICH WE THINK IS GREAT BECAUSE IT HELPS REDUCE THE IMPACT OF, UH, OF ABOVE GRADE.
SO INSTEAD OF ALL OF THAT PARKING BEING ALL ABOVE GRADE AND MAKING, YOU KNOW, A HUGE, UH, STRUCTURE OF PARKING, WE'RE BURYING SEVERAL FLOORS BELOW GRADE AND REDUCING THAT IMPACT, BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO OUR BELOW GRADE PARKING.
UM, AND SO IT ALLOWS US TO KEEP ALL OF OUR BACK OF HOUSE FUNCTIONS AND UTILITY AND TREES AND ALL THIS STUFF THAT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T GET TO ENGAGE IN.
IT ALLOWS US TO KEEP THAT TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE SITE, ALONG THE ALLEY.
UM, SO WITH THIS SORT OF BRIEF PAUSE, UH, FOR PARKING ACCESS, THEN YOU MOVE, UH, TO WHAT'S IN THE BLUE IN THE CENTER, AND THIS IS REALLY, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL LOBBY, UM, ENTRY.
AND SO, UH, WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THAT THE BUILDING ACTUALLY SETS BACK, UH, TO CREATE SOME ENTRY MOMENTS AND SEATING AREAS.
UM, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR SOME PROTECTION OF THE PEDESTRIANS AS THEY'RE KIND OF WALKING ACROSS.
SO YOU ARE PROTECTED OVERHEAD ONCE YOU KIND OF STEP RIGHT OFF OF THE SIDEWALK, UM, AND, AND ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER AND BE PROTECTED AS YOU ENTER, UH, INTO THAT SPACE.
UM, THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE LOBBY IS THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD A SORT OF LOUNGE PROGRAM AND SEATING WITHIN THAT, AND THAT'S ALL, UH, ALONG A RETAIL STOREFRONT GLASS FRONTAGE.
SO AGAIN, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENCES ARE ENGAGED WITH THE STREET LIFE AND VICE-A-VERSA, UM, AS YOU PASS BY, UM, CONTINUING ON, UH, TO THE EAST HERE, UH, TO THE HARD CORNER.
SO THIS IS OUR MAJOR RETAIL OPPORTUNITY ON THIS SIDE OF THE PROJECT.
AND SO WE'VE MADE SURE THAT, UM, ACROSS THE SITE WE'RE, WE'RE CREATING ACTIVE USES, UM, WE'RE MAKING THEM PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND REALLY INVITING THE PUBLIC INTO THIS PROJECT.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE HARD CORNER, OUR RETAIL MOMENT, AND WE ARE SETTING BACK AGAIN, UH, TO CREATE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COVERED OUTDOOR DINING SPACE, UH, FOR THAT RETAIL FNB.
UM, AND THAT, AGAIN, ACTIVATES THE CORNER, UM, ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SEE THIS AND KNOW THIS AREA AS A PUBLIC PLACE AND NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, A GATED COMMUNITY, IF YOU WILL, UM, CONTINUING ALONG, UH, TURNING THE CORNER ALONG RED RIVER STREET, UH, THE TWO MOMENTS HERE THAT, UH, CONTINUE THAT ACTIVATION, SO RIGHT BETWEEN KIND OF THE, OUR FIRE COMMAND ROOM, UM, AND THEN OUR ABOVE GRADE, UH, GARAGE ENTRY RAMP, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SMALL VESTIBULE, BUT THIS IS WHERE THE TENANTS OF THE BUILDING AND GUESTS, UH, CAN ACCESS THE BIKE PARKING.
SO AGAIN, ACCENTUATING THAT, UM, THAT BIKING CULTURE, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S, UH, VISIBLE BOTH TO THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE TENANTS THAT IT'S EASY TO GET TO THE STREET, TO THE BIKE PARKING AND IT'S SECURE AND IT'S SAFE, BUT IT ALSO CREATES JUST ANOTHER LEVEL OF ACTIVITY ALONG THE STREET.
UM, PEOPLE COMING AND GOING, AND THEN, UH, ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE, RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE ALLEY.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THERE THERE'S AN EXIT STAIR, BUT INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, CREATING THIS AS JUST A BLANK BOX, UM, ON THE CORNER, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE STILL WANTS TO BE ACTIVITY, UH, CONTINUOUS ACROSS THE STREET FRONTAGE, THIS IS ACTUALLY A FEATURE STAIR.
UM, AND WE'LL SHOW YOU IN SOME OF THE PERSPECTIVES A LITTLE LATER, HOW THAT WORKS.
UM, BUT IT REALLY IS AN OUTDOOR STAIR.
AND SO IT ALLOWS YOU, IT ALLOWS TENANTS AND GUESTS TO CIRCULATE FROM ONE OF THE TERRACES ABOVE THE PARKING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PARKING LEVELS AND THEN DOWN TO THE GROUND.
AND SO AGAIN, JUST THAT, UH, ADDED LEVEL OF ACTIVATION, UH, AROUND.
SO, UM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JACOB TO TALK ABOUT LANDSCAPE AND GREAT STREETS.
UM, IF WE CAN STAY ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE FOR JUST A MOMENT, UH, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GREAT STREETS AND WE'LL START AT THE CORNER, UH, IN FRONT OF THAT RETAIL SPACE.
UM, AND THAT REALLY THAT BLOCK IN FRONT OF THE, UH, THE PROPOSED TOWER, THE INTENTION FOR THE DESIGN OF THE SIDEWALK AND THE STREETSCAPE HERE IS THAT IT'S, UH, IT FEELS COHESIVE FROM THE CURB ALL THE WAY TO THE FACE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, AND SO WE WANT TO RESPOND TO THE FORMS THAT ARE, UH, THAT YOU SEE
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IN THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING.AND WE'RE RESPONDING TO THAT WITH THE PAVING PATTERN THAT WE'RE USING.
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ENHANCED, UM, PAVERS HERE, UM, NOT JUST A STANDARD CONCRETE SIDEWALK, UH, ALSO THROUGH THE FORMS OF THE PLANTER BEDS, UH, THE BENCHES AND THE FORMS OF THE PATIOS THAT YOU SEE THERE.
AND THEY DO, UH, THEY UNDULATE IN A WAY THAT EMPHASIZES THE ENTRIES TO THE LOBBY, UH, AND THEN THE PATIO, UH, AND THE ENTRY TO THE RETAIL SPACE.
UM, AND THEN THAT REALLY CREATES A, A CARPET OF, OF MATERIAL, UH, THAT ALSO FEEDS INTO THE, TO THE WEST PORTION OF THE SITE, UH, AND INTO THE HISTORIC PLAZA.
UM, BEFORE WE GET THERE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT GREAT STREETS.
SO WITHIN, UH, WITHIN THE SIDEWALK, WITHIN THE STREETSCAPE, UH, WE DO HAVE ALL OF THE, UH, GREAT STREETS COMPONENTS.
UM, WE HAVE A 10 FOOT CLEAR ZONE, UM, THAT AND FEET, AND, UH, AS I SAID, BLURS THAT EDGE TO ENGAGE, UH, THE SIDEWALK CIRCULATION WITH THE PATIOS, THE ENTRIES AND THE SEATING SPACES.
WE HAVE STREET TREES AT 22 FEET ON CENTER AND STREET LIGHTS AT 88 FEET ON CENTER.
UH, AS FAR AS THE FURNISHING ELEMENTS GO, WE HAVE THE TRASH RECEPTACLES AT THE CORNERS, UH, AND WE HAVE EIGHT BIKE PARKING.
UM, I BELIEVE SIX OF THEM ARE ON THE FIFTH STREET SIDE NEAR THE INTERSECTION.
AND TWO ARE ON THE RED RIVERSIDE, UH, NEAR THE PARKING GARAGE RAMP.
AND THEN THE WHITE BARS THAT YOU SEE ALONG THE EDGES OF THE SIDEWALK, THOSE ARE THE BENCHES, AND THESE WOULD BE CUSTOM SCULPTURAL BENCHES, UM, TO PROVIDE THE SEATING.
UH, WE HAVE VERIFIED AND WORKED WITH THE URBAN DESIGN DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF SEATING.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCEEDING THE NUMBER OF INCHES THAT YOU WOULD GET FROM THE TYPICAL BENCHES, UH, IN A GREAT STREETS PLAN.
UH, BUT DOING THAT WITH A CUSTOM BENCH, WE CAN GO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, AS WE MOVE ACROSS THAT, UH, THAT PARKING GARAGE RAMP.
AND WE START TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE SIDEWALK ENGAGES WITH THE, UH, PLAZA BEYOND, UH, THIS DIAGRAM WAS, UH, IN RESPONSE TO THE WORKING GROUP AND WANTING TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW MUCH OF THE SITE IS PUBLIC SPACE.
UM, SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE IN THE RED OR THE PINK COLOR THERE, UH, IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE, UM, WHETHER IT'S RETAIL SPACE INTERIOR IN THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS OR THE NEW TOWER, UH, OR IT'S THE SIDEWALK AND THE OUTDOOR PATIOS, UH, AND THEN THE, THE PLAZA THAT WE'RE CREATING BETWEEN THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND THE NEW TOWER.
AND I THINK OUR MAIN POINT WITH THIS DIAGRAM IS TO INDICATE THAT AS, AS YOU'RE ON THAT SIDEWALK, THERE'S RELIEF THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE HISTORIC BUILDING AND THE NEW TOWER.
AND THEN THERE'S THESE CUES THAT YOU HAVE THAT THERE'S THIS SPACE THAT YOU CAN EXPLORE AND THAT YOU CAN GET TO, AND IT'S A WELCOMING FOR YOU.
SO YOU HAVE THE, UH, THE RETAIL, UM, IN THE NEW TOWER, KIND OF AT THE END OF THE GARAGE RAMP, THERE THAT'LL BE A CUE, A FOCAL POINT FROM THE SIDEWALK, THAT'LL DRAW YOU BACK.
UH, WE DO HAVE THAT TREE, THAT'LL BE AT THE EXISTING TREE THAT WE'RE PRESERVING, UM, IS ABOVE AND BEHIND THAT FIRST HISTORIC, UH, BUILDING.
AND SO THAT'LL CATCH YOUR EYE AND THEN WE HAVE A LIGHTING PLAN.
YOU'LL SEE, IN A MOMENT, I BELIEVE THE LIGHTING WILL BE, UH, VERY ENGAGING TO DRAW PEOPLE BACK THERE IN THE EVENING, UH, AS WELL, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, AND THIS HISTORIC PLAZA, UH, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO ZOOM IN ON THE HISTORIC PLAZA.
ONE NOTE, UM, ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THIS IS, UH, IT, IT WAS VERY MUCH CONSTRAINED BY, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE EXISTING TREE, THE EXISTING PLAZA THAT'S THERE IN THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.
SO, UH, AS FAR AS THE LOCATION OF THAT PLAZA, UM, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DRAW PEOPLE BACK INTO THAT SPACE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SPACE THAT WAS ALREADY THERE.
UM, SO AS WE, AS WE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DETAIL OF THE PLAZA, UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN THREE PARTS.
SO AS YOU COME OFF OF THE, UH, SIDEWALK ON FIFTH STREET, AND, UH, I'LL JUST A QUICK NOTE THAT WE'VE ROTATED THE PLAN HERE TO FIT IN ON THE PAGE.
SO FIFTH STREET IS ON THE RIGHT OF THE PAGE.
SO AS YOU COME OFF OF FIFTH STREET, KIND OF THE ENTRY COURT, UH, FOR THE PLAZA AS A 15 FOOT WIDE PAVED PATH, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE USING THE SAME PAVING MATERIAL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE, ON THE SIDEWALK.
UM, AND THIS IS A SPACE THAT AGAIN, IS ABOUT ORIENTING, UM, CREATING SOME SEPARATION, UM, SO THAT ONCE YOU GET BACK INTO THE PLAZA, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN A QUIET, UM, AND A DIFFERENT SPOT, VERY DISTINCTIVE FROM THE, THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE STREETSCAPE AND THE PATIOS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
BUT IN THAT ENTRY COURT, THERE'S, UH, SOME PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE BIKE RACKS, UH, THE GREEN BAR THAT YOU SEE BETWEEN THAT SPACE AND THE DOWN RAMP FOR THE GARAGE, UH, IT WOULD BE A VERTICAL, UM, GABION WALL WITH PLANTING IN IT.
SO WE GET SOME GREEN SOFTENING THAT EDGE.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, THAT FOCAL POINT OF THE RETAIL AS YOU'RE MAKING YOUR WAY BACK.
AND THEN THE MID COURT, UH, WITHIN THIS PLAZA
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IS REALLY AROUND THAT EXISTING TREE THAT WE'RE PRESERVING, THAT'S A 22 INCH LIVE OAK.UH, WE ARE, UM, ENHANCING THE CONDITION OF THAT TREE RIGHT NOW.
IT HAS PAVING RIGHT UP TO THE INSIDE OF THE QUARTER.
CRITICAL IT'S PRETTY MUCH RIGHT UP TO THE TRUNK OF THE TREE RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY ARBORIST AND A THIRD PARTY ARBORIST TO CREATE A TREE CARE PLAN, BUT WITHIN THAT SPACE, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING THE PLANTING ZONE AROUND THAT TREE.
UM, PUTTING A BENCH THAT WRAPS AROUND THAT, UH, AROUND THAT PLANTING ZONE, UM, AND JUST CREATING KIND OF A MID-COURT SPACE, UH, THAT BUFFERS AGAINST THE TIGHTEST POINT BETWEEN THE TWO HISTORIC BUILDINGS WOULD BE A KIND OF A SERVICE, UM, CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, UM, BACK IN THAT SPACE.
AND THEN AS YOU GET BACK TO THE MAIN PLAZA SPACE, UH, THAT SPACE IS ABOUT 2300 SQUARE FEET.
UM, IT'S IT, WITHIN THAT SPACE, UH, IT'S REALLY INTENDED TO BE A PUBLIC SPACE.
THE RETAIL, UH, TENANTS CAN USE, UM, AS AN OUTDOOR DINING SPACE, UM, FROM ALL SIDES FROM, FROM ALL THREE OF THOSE RETAIL USES.
AND THEN THE BACK OF THAT SPACE IS ANCHORED BY A WATER WALL, UM, RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE ALLEY.
SO YOU HAVE A FOCAL POINT THAT PROVIDES, UH, SOME VISUAL INTEREST.
IT ALSO PROVIDES, UH, SOME WHITE NOISE FOR THE SPACE.
UM, AND THEN ALL OF THAT SPACE, ESPECIALLY ADJACENT TO THE, UH, TO THE NEW TOWER, UM, IS GOING TO BE PLANTED.
AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL BRIEFLY LOOK AT A PLANTING PLAN IN JUST A MOMENT.
UM, WE HAVE THREE NEW TREES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THAT PLAZA TO CREATE SCALE AND CANOPY, UM, UH, ALONG WITH SOME LIGHTING THAT WOULD BE, UH, CABLE HUNG OVER THAT SPACE.
I'LL LET TRAVIS TALK ABOUT THE MURAL AT THIS POINT.
SO, UH, ANOTHER FEATURE OF THIS PLAZA SPACE, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE RIGHT UP AGAINST A SIDE OF A, OF A TALL TOWER, UM, THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT SCALE AND HUMAN SCALE.
SO A LOT OF THAT IS BEING ACHIEVED THROUGH THE LIGHTING AND THE TREE CANOPY, BUT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IS TO CREATE SOME PUBLIC ART.
UM, AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE HERE ARE JUST SOME IDEAS ABOUT, UH, CREATING A BUILDING MURAL, UM, AS A BACKDROP TO THIS SPACE.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE WATER FEATURE, UM, THIS MURAL COULD, COULD REALLY ENHANCE THE SPACE AND, AND IT ACTS AS A WAY TO KIND OF KEEP PEOPLE'S EYE AT THE EYE LEVEL, UM, AND GIVES THEM A SENSE OF GROUNDING, UH, AT THE BACK OF THIS SPACE.
AND ALSO HELPS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN WITH THE USE OF COLOR, UM, AND TEXTURE AND THE ART, UM, IT CAN KIND OF SOFTEN, UH, THIS SIDE OF, OF THE TOWER ITSELF.
UM, SO THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF, OF SOME, SOME ART WE'RE EXPLORING, UH, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, WITH AN ARTIST IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S, UH, A GREAT PUBLIC, UH, PIECE OF ART TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE SITE THERE.
AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THESE, THIS, UH, THIS IS A LIGHTING PLAN.
UM, BUT, UH, IF YOU SEE IT IN FULL COLOR, ON A SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT IS, UH, IT IS MUCH BRIGHTER SHOWING WHERE THE LIGHTS ARE, BUT THE INTENTION HERE IS THAT WE, WE HAVE A LIGHTING PLAN, UM, REALLY FROM THE SIDEWALK EXPERIENCE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE PLAZA, THAT'S COMPREHENSIVE, UM, THAT, THAT MAKES SURE THAT THE PEDESTRIAN FEELS WELCOME, FEELS SAFE AND FEELS COMFORTABLE.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE WE ADDED, UH, IN RESPONSE TO THE WORKING GROUP TO SHOW THAT, UH, JUST SHOW HOW MUCH PLANTING WE HAVE ON THE SITE.
UM, AND THESE, THE ENTIRE PLANT PALETTE IS NATIVE AND ADAPTIVE PLANTS.
SO THIS SLIDE JUST DESCRIBES IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH O'CONNELL ARCHITECTURE AS MENTIONED BEFORE ON THE PRESERVATION PLAN.
AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS, UH, THE TWO LIGHT PINK, UH, STRUCTURES ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE, UH, PRESERVED AND MAINTAINED.
AND OF COURSE, WORKING WITH THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION, UM, THE DARK RED AREAS ARE EXISTING, BUT NON HISTORIC, UM, AND THOSE AREAS WILL BE REMOVED, UH, AGAIN, UH, TO, TO MAKE WAY FOR THE ENHANCED PLAZAS AND OUTDOOR SPACE.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, PUT SOME OF THESE EXISTING PHOTOS IN, UM, AGAIN, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEED, UH, TO PRESERVE THESE STRUCTURES.
THEY ARE, UM, IN A LITTLE BIT, UH, ROUGH SHAPE, IF YOU WILL.
UM, AND SO WE, WE FEEL THAT, UH, BRINGING THOSE FORWARD,
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UM, TAKING OUT WHAT IS NON HISTORIC AND BRINGING FORWARD, THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES WILL KIND OF BRING THIS AREA BACK TO LIFE, UM, AND KIND OF BRING THESE HISTORIC BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, REALLY BACK INTO THE URBAN FOLD.SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO THIS SLIDE IS REALLY TRYING TO DEMONSTRATE, UH, THE FULL AND CONTINUOUS ACTIVATION AT THE GROUND LEVEL.
SO PULLING YOU NOW KIND OF INTO THE THIRD DIMENSION AT THE TOP IS A RENDERING, UH, AS IF YOU'RE STANDING IN THE INTERSECTION OF FIFTH STREET AND RED RIVER, LOOKING BACK TOWARDS THAT CORNER RETAIL SPACE AND THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL LOBBY, UM, TOWARDS THE MID BLOCK AT THE BOTTOM IS A SERIES OF, UH, ELEVATIONS.
SO STARTING AT THE BOTTOM LEFT THERE ALONG FIFTH STREET, YOU CAN SEE THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES, UH, THAT ARE BEING PRESERVED.
THE SMALL BREAK, THAT AGAIN, INVITES YOU TOWARDS THE BACK, UM, TOWARDS THE PLAZA AND THE RETAIL THAT YOU'LL SEE AS A FOCAL POINT, UM, OUR SMALL BREAK FOR THE CAR IN GRASS AND EGRESS, AND THEN OUR LOBBY REALLY FOCUSING ON THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK, UM, AND THEN THE RETAIL EXTENDING TO THE CORNER AND REALLY ENLIVENING THAT CORNER AS YOU TURN AROUND TO FIFTH STREET OR RED RIVER STREET.
UM, SO THAT, UH, AS MENTIONED BEFORE THAT RETAIL KEEPS GOING, UM, AND THEN YOU'LL NOTICE THE, THE ENTRY POINT FOR, UH, THE TENANTS TO ACCESS THE BIKE STORAGE, UM, AND THE COMINGS AND GOINGS THERE.
AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, VEHICULAR INGRESS AND EGRESS TO ABOVE GRADE PARKING.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FEATURE STAIR.
SO IT KIND OF BECOMES A SCULPTURAL ELEMENT ON THIS CORNER THAT WOULD BE QUITE VISIBLE, ESPECIALLY AS YOU'RE WALKING ALONG SIXTH STREET, UM, AND SEEING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, REALLY COME OUT AND UTILIZE THAT STAIRWAY FOR ACCESS DOWN TO THE GROUND LEVEL.
NEXT SLIDE, THIS REALLY SPEAKS AGAIN, UM, MOVING INTO THE THIRD DIMENSION, SHOWING YOU HOW WE'RE REALLY ACTIVATING THAT PLAZA SPACE AND SHOWING YOU KIND OF THE PROGRESSION OF SPACES.
SO THE VERY ACTIVE ON THE STREET, UM, OUTDOOR DINING EXPERIENCE ALONG FIFTH STREET, IT STARTS TO TIGHTEN AND SQUEEZE AND PULLS YOU BACK TO THAT RETAIL IN THE BACK.
AND THEN THE GREAT PLAZA, UM, THAT WE'RE PLANNING, UM, IN THE TOP, RIGHT, IS AN IMAGE AS IF YOU'RE STANDING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THAT PLAZA, LOOKING BACK TOWARDS FIFTH STREET.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE MURAL WALL ON THE LEFT, THE CANOPY OF THE PROPOSED TREES AND THE CATENARY LIGHTS.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO CREATE THAT WARM, INVITING SPACE, UH, THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ENJOY, UH, BOTH DAY AND NIGHT.
UM, AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM, RIGHT, IS ANOTHER RENDERING AS IF YOU'RE, UH, WALKING ACROSS FIFTH STREET AND YOU CAN SEE HOW ON THE RIGHT, THE TOWER REALLY STEPS BACK AT THE GROUND LEVEL AND THE SECOND LEVEL, UH, TO PEEL BACK AND INVITE YOU, UH, PAST THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES TO THAT PLAZA BEYOND NEXT SLIDE.
I THINK NOW ON THE SIDEWALK CORNER AT FIFTH AND RED RIVER, LOOKING AT THAT RETAIL SPACE.
AND SO WOULD, YOU CAN SEE HERE IS, UH, PUSHING BACK THE FACADE OF BOTH THE RETAIL AND THE RESIDENTIAL LOBBY HELPS TO REALLY, UM, CREATE THAT SHADE.
UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR CREATING OUTDOOR DINING ENVIRONMENTS, BUT IT ALSO SOFTENS, UM, THE PROJECT AT THIS CORNER.
SO IT KIND OF LEADS YOU IN AND INVITES YOU, UH, CREATE SOME INTEREST.
AND SO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S PULLING BACK A LITTLE BIT FROM THE CORNER, WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THAT PLACE IS, IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SPACE WITH THAT OUTDOOR DINING.
SO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S ENGAGING, UM, AND REALLY CREATES THAT VISUAL INTEREST AS YOU APPROACH THE PROJECT, UM, AND REALLY SEE THAT IT'S PUBLIC FIRST AND THEN THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, ENTRIES ARE, ARE KIND OF MID-BLOCK AND A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE WAY, AND ALSO POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE SETTING BACK THE BUILDING OVERHEAD DOES PROVIDE COVER AND, AND CANOPY FOR PEDESTRIANS AS THEY'RE CIRCULATING, IF THEY NEED TO GET OUT OF THE INCLEMENT WEATHER OR THEY NEED A QUICK SPOT IN THE SHADE.
UM, THERE IS THAT PROTECTION NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH JUST SOME OF THE BUILDING PLANS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED.
UM, NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU OUR BELOW GRADE PARKING PLAN.
SO AGAIN, WORKING WITH, UH, A TIGHT SITE, UM, BUT TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST
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OUT OF THAT.AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS, AGAIN, OUR GROUND FLOOR PLAN, UH, OUR GROUND FLOOR PLAN, WHICH YOU CAN, WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF DISCUSSED THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS REALLY, AGAIN, ILLUSTRATES THE PROJECT'S COMMITMENT TO, UH, ENCOURAGING BIKE AND BIKE COMMUTING AND THE BIKING COMMUNITY.
SO THE SECOND LEVEL, UH, ACTUALLY CONNECTS, UH, VISUALLY AND PHYSICALLY TO THE RESIDENTIAL LOBBY BELOW, BUT YOU CAN SEE OVER TO THE RIGHT THAT ELEVATOR COMING UP FROM THE STREET LEVEL AND ALLOWING TENANTS AND GUESTS TO KIND OF BRING THEIR BIKE TO A SECURED SPOT.
UM, THERE ARE SHOWERING FACILITIES ON THIS LEVEL TOO.
SO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, TENANTS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN UNIT TO TAKE A SHOWER, THAT GUESTS ARE ENCOURAGED, UM, OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY COMING AND GOING, DOESN'T HAVE TO FULLY GO UP TO THEIR UNIT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A BIKE COMMUTING AND, AND, UH, ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES.
THIS IS OUR ABOVE GRADE PARKING LEVEL.
SO THIS, THIS PLAN SHOWS YOU OUR FIRST AMENITY DECK.
SO THIS IS THE, UH, LARGE OUTDOOR TERRACE THAT WE'RE CREATING RIGHT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE GRADE PARKING.
AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE ABOUT THE BUILDING PLAN, WHICH ARE KIND OF SHADED IN THE BLUE AND GRAY COLORS, IS THAT THERE IS A VERY SEVERE, SEVERE CUT, UH, ANGLED CUT TO THE TOWER ALONG THE EASTERN FACE.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS A CAPITOL VIEW CORRIDOR, UH, PASSING OVER THE SITE.
SO WE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, RESPECTFUL OF THAT.
UM, BUT IT CREATES KIND OF THIS UNIQUE FORM IN THE SKYLINE AS WELL.
UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THIS LEVEL IS MEANT TO BE, UH, THE PRIMARY AMENITY LEVEL FOR THE TENANTS AND GUESTS.
SO IT'S VERY ACTIVE WITH FITNESS, UH, DINING AREAS, OFFICING AREAS, BUT THEN WE'RE PAIRING THAT WITH A VERY ACTIVE TERRORISTS PLAN AS WELL.
SO PLANTED AND HARDSCAPE TO FACILITATE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES LIKE YOGA OR FITNESS CLASSES, OR JUST ENJOYING KIND OF THE OUTDOOR SPACES.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT ALSO WRAPS AROUND, UH, THE FOUR SIDES OF THE TOWER.
SO YOU'RE NOT LIMITED TO ONE VIEW OF THE CITY FROM THIS ELEVATED POSITION.
YOU'RE KIND OF INVITED TO FIND, UH, GREAT VIEWS ALL AROUND, UM, NEXT SLIDE.
SO THESE ARE OUR TYPICAL UNIT, UH, LEVELS.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, THE EFFECT OF THE CAPITOL VIEW CORRIDOR AND HOW WE'RE RESPECTING THAT WITH THE TOWER FORM.
BUT AGAIN, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TOWER ITSELF, UH, FEELS VERY SOFT, UM, AND SCULPTURAL, UH, IN THE SKYLINE.
NEXT SLIDE, I THINK, KEEP GOING A FEW MORE SLIDES.
THESE ARE OUR TYPICAL UNITS STACKS ONE MORE.
SO THIS IS OUR, UH, TOP LEVEL.
SO THIS IS OUR LAST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING LEVEL 37, AND THIS IS OUR, UH, AMENITY DECK, WHICH HAS THE POOL FOR THE TENANTS AND GUESTS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT GREAT VIEW OFF TO THE, UH, MAIN SKYLINE OF DOWNTOWN AND TOWARDS THE WEST.
UM, BUT THEN ALSO WRAPPING THAT OUTDOOR SPACE, UM, AND IT'S SHADED IN BLUE ON THE BOTTOM, RIGHT? BUT THAT IS OUTDOOR SPACE THAT WILL LOOK OUT, YOU KNOW, UNDER AN UNINTERRUPTED TOWARDS THE EAST SIDE OF AUSTIN AS WELL.
SO MAKING SURE THAT THE TOWER TAKES ADVANTAGE OF ITS KIND OF 360 DEGREE VIEWS ALL OVER AUSTIN.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, THESE ARE OUR, UH, JUST BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
UM, WE'VE KIND OF TALKED THROUGH THESE, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN THE NEXT SERIES OF SLIDES ARE JUST, UH, ADDITIONAL RENDERINGS AND PERSPECTIVES THAT SHOW YOU THE PROJECT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE CITY.
UM, SOME OF THESE HERE, UM, KIND OF AT GROUND LEVEL AND THEN ELEVATED, HERE'S THE CORNER AGAIN OF FIFTH AND RED RIVER.
THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS SHOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT PULLED BACK, LOOKING ALONG FIFTH STREET.
SO YOU SEE THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES ON THE LEFT AND THEN THE TOWER ON THE RIGHT AND HOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO CREATE TEXTURE AND WARMTH THROUGH THE MATERIALS TO KIND OF REFLECT, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND MAKE IT THAT INVITING, ENGAGING EXPERIENCE.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE AGAIN, THAT, UH, THAT FOCAL POINT AND HOW THAT WILL REALLY ENLIVEN AND BRING THESE HISTORIC STRUCTURES BACK INTO THE FOLD.
NEXT SLIDE, THE COURTYARD, NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS SORT OF AN AERIAL SHOT FROM ABOVE.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE TOWER, AGAIN, REALLY BECOMES THAT SCULPTURAL FORM AND THE SKYLINE, BUT TRIES TO STAY WARM AND INVITING
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THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SLIDE.I THINK MAYBE OUR LAST RENDERING JUST AS KIND OF A NIGHT SHOT, HOVERING ABOVE SEVENTH STREET, LOOKING BACK, UH, OF THE NORTH AND THE EAST SIDE OF THE TOWER.
AND THEN I BELIEVE, UH, THE SUBSEQUENT PAGES, WHICH ARE IN YOUR PACKET, UM, JUST HIGHLIGHT THE, THE, UM, ITEMS THAT WERE COMMENTED ON DURING THE WORKING GROUP.
AND WE'VE INCLUDED OUR RESPONSES, UH, IN KIND OF BOLD RED.
I THINK THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION COMMISSIONERS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER TIANA, GUCCI? YES.
I WAS PRESENT AT THE, UH, WORKING GROUP MEETING AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT Y'ALL ADDRESSED ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD KIND OF BROUGHT UP.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I HAD THOUGH.
ARE THESE FOR SALE UNITS OR ARE THEY RENTALS? THEY'RE A RENTAL.
AND WHAT IS THE DENSITY BONUS? A DENSITY BONUS.
ARE YOU DOING P IN LIEU OF, OR IS THERE ANY, UH, DIFFERENT KIND OF, UH, ANNA FITS COMMUNITY BENEFITS? SORRY.
UH, THE OPTION, THE MENU OPTIONS WE WERE TAKING IS THE FEE IN LIEU.
AND THEN THE MEETING, THE OTHER 50% COMMUNITY BENEFITS AS INDEPENDENT.
I THINK IT'D BE NICE IF YOU INCLUDE THE PRESENTATION AND KIND OF SHOWED US HOW MUCH MONEY WAS HE IN THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THERE IN IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS INCLUDED.
I THINK THE STREET ACTIVATION, OF COURSE, ON THE PUBLIC SPACE, THAT'S PRETTY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRETTY, UH, IMPORTANT, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW KIND OF IN DOLLARS AND CENTS, WHAT THAT AT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS MIGHT BE IN THE FEE AND LOOP PROGRAM.
AND THE LAST THING I HAD TO SAY IS THAT I DON'T THINK I SAW THE MURALS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE MURAL.
I REALLY LIKE OPTION ONE, THE ONE THAT JOEL SHOW.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE Y'ALL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER MINORS? THAT'S FINE.
UM, YEAH, I LOVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THIS.
I WASN'T A PART OF THE WORKING GROUP, SO I DIDN'T GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, BUT I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY.
UM, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE LABELING, UH, FOR THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
YOU HAVE IT LISTED AS POTENTIAL FUTURE FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
IS THAT WITH SOME SORT OF INTENT OR IS THAT JUST LIKE A MISNOMER? UM, IT, THAT THE INTENT IS THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, FNB, UM, BUT THAT IS GONE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY FIND A ATTENDANT TO TAKE THAT OVER AND MAKE THAT A REALITY, BUT THE WAY WE'RE POSITIONING THE PLAZA AND A LOT OF THE SEATING AREAS THAT IS THE CONTEMPLATION THAT IT WOULD BE ACTIVATED BY FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
UM, SO I GUESS WHEN I SEE THAT, IT JUST, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK SOLIDIFIED, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT COULD ALMOST BE LIKE A BAIT AND SWITCH WHERE YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, OFFER IT TO, UM, A COMPANY THAT IS GOING TO CLOSE IT OFF, CLOSE OUT PLAZA OFFERS SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN I HAD.
UM, AND THEN WITH THE LOBBY, I'M JUST CURIOUS, UH, YOU KNOW, I SEE THAT YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF FRONTAGE FOR THAT LOBBY, UM, ON FIFTH STREET.
UH, AND I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT DO YOU KNOW, THE LINEAR FRONTAGE THAT THAT LOBBY HAS RELATIVE TO THE, UM, TO THE RETAIL? UM, I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY CLARIFY THAT.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD PROBABLY ADD AS AN UPDATE TO SHOW THOSE DIMENSIONS.
I CAN FIGURE THEM OUT OFFHAND.
I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO, TO, UM, DISCERN FROM THE RENDERING PER SE, BUT IT JUST SEEMED THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT RETAIL SPACE, THE ONLY, AND THIS IS BEING SUPER NITPICKY, BUT THE ONLY THING THAT I WAS THINKING IS THAT YOU MAY GET MORE BENEFIT, UM, OUT OF CONVERTING KIND OF LIKE UP TO WHERE THE MAIL ROOM IS, UH, FOR YOUR RETAIL USE RATHER THAN RESIDENTIAL LOBBY.
BUT I MEAN, THAT'S BEING SUPER NITPICKY AND I OVERALL, UH, REALLY LIKED THIS PROJECT.
I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK ACTUALLY.
UM, YEAH, I THINK, UH, I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE TO KIND OF DEVELOP THAT, BUT, UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE RETAIL REALLY PULLS, UH, FRONT AND CENTER FOR PEOPLE AS THEY APPROACH THE PROJECT.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS, MR. COLEMAN, FANTASTIC PROJECT.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING, VERY ROMANTIC PLACE.
THAT RESTAURANT I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT IRON SCROLLING STUFF FROM, I CAN SEE A GAZEBO OUT OF IN THE COURTYARD, BUT TO DELIVER IT TO MY HOUSE, PLEASE,
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A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, SITE PLANNING WISE, WAS THERE ANY EFFORT MADE TO PRESERVE THE TREES ON RED RIVER? UH, THE, YOU MEAN THE EXISTING RIGHT? WE WOULD LOOK TO CLOSELY.UM, I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER LIVE OAK AND THE OTHER ONE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE SPECIES.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT, UH, WE WERE LOOKING CLOSELY AT THAT, THE WAY THAT, UM, THE WAY THAT IT WAS ASSESSED THAT HAD A LITTLE BIT OF STRUCTURAL CONCERN, BUT IT ALSO, UH, WOULD BE RIGHT, UH, WHERE THAT, UH, ENTRY TO THE PLAZA IS.
UM, IT IS ALSO IMPACTED BY THE GARAGE BELOW, UM, AND THE WAY THAT IT'S GROWING, IT'S LEANING TOWARDS THE TOWER.
SO THERE'D BE A SIGNIFICANT CANOPY IMPACT, BUT WE DID LOOK AT IT.
UM, DID AN ARBORIST AGREE CONCUR WITH YOUR FINDINGS? UH, WE HAD, UH, YES, WHAT I STATED WAS FROM A THIRD-PARTY ARBORIST AND WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH THE CITY ARBORIST.
UM, THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, THERE ARE NO GREAT STREETS, BENCHES OR TRASH RECEPTACLES.
RECYCLING ARE GREAT STREETS, BENCHES NO LONGER REQUIRED.
UM, THEY HAVE ALLOWED US TO DO A CUSTOM BENCH, UH, INSTEAD.
AND WHAT THEY'VE ASKED IS THAT WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF BENCHES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AS FAR AS HOW MANY INCHES OF BENCH AND MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE, UH, AN EQUIVALENT OR GREATER, UH, WITH THE CUSTOM BENCHES.
UM, AND, AND WE DO HAVE TRASH RECEPTACLES, UH, PER THE GREAT STREET STANDARDS.
IS THAT ACCURATE OR, HEY, W GREAT STREETS, BENCHES ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE REQUIRED.
THERE IS NO SPECIFICATIONS IN THE GREASE STREET STANDARDS OR PLAN THAT REQUIRE A SPECIFIC BENCH.
IT STATES HERE, AND I QUOTE BENCHES ARE SUITABLE ELEMENTS FOR CUSTOM DESIGNS FROM A REPUTABLE MANUFACTURER.
REPUTABLE MANUFACTURER IS NOT DEFINED IN THE PLAN ITSELF.
SO THERE IS NOT A SPECIFIC BENCH THAT IS REQUIRED FOR GREEN STREETS.
EVEN THOUGH POLICY HAS BEEN THE LANDSCAPE FORUMS FOR OVER 30 YEARS, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE HAD IN STAFF.
A LOT OF THE NORMS THAT WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO EXPECTING AND REVIEWING HAVE CHANGED, WHICH IS FINE.
BUT I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE EVALUATING GREAT STREETS COMPLIANCE TO KNOW WHAT THE CHANGES ARE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN DO.
SO, AND THEN, AND, YOU KNOW, FUNCTIONAL GREENS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, YOUR PLAN WOULD NOT EXACTLY MEET FUNCTIONAL GREEN BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU HAD ADAPTED PLANTS.
SO YOU COULD NOT COUNT THE ADAPTED PLANTS IN THE GROW GREEN TOWARDS FUNCTIONAL GREEN.
SO THIS COMMISSION JUST HAS A LOT OF THINGS COMING DOWN AND FURTHER REVIEWS THAT ARE GONNA BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HAS BEEN POLICY IN THE PAST UNWRITTEN POLICY.
UH, GRANTED, I, I AGREE WITH THAT.
OTHER THAN THAT GREAT PROJECT REALLY LOVED THE HISTORIC.
I JUST HAVE A CURIOSITY QUESTION ON HISTORIC PORTION, THE BUILDING THAT FACES THE ALLEY DOESN'T HAVE MUCH STREET PRESENCE RIGHT NOW.
IS IT BRICK? IS IT GOOD LOOKING AT, WHAT IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN EVERYTHING'S TORN AWAY AROUND IT? OH, THERE YOU GO.
UM, NO, WE, WE WE'LL BE PRESERVING THE ORIGINAL LOOK.
UM, SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE STONE AND THEN A WOOD PANELING AND, AND WINDOWS AND DOORS.
UM, SO THAT WAS THAT AREA JUST FOR YEARS, CAUSE, UH, WHERE A LOT OF THE, WHERE THE GUEST ROOMS WERE OF THE ORIGINAL HOTEL.
UM, SO IT'S KIND OF A TWO STORY, UM, PIECE, BUT YEAH, WE, THE INTENT IS THAT IT WILL BE RESTORED AS IT USED TO BE.
I UNMUTED MYSELF FIRST THIS TIME.
UM, I WANT TO ECHO A COMMISSIONER TENNANT GUCCI'S, UM, STATEMENT ABOUT NOT KNOWING WHAT IT IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE TRADE-OFF IS.
THIS IS A GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENT AS PART OF INTENSIVE DOWNTIME DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.
SO I WOULD THINK THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO PUT WHAT DENSITY YOU'RE GETTING, UM, AND HOW YOU'RE ACCOMPLISHING THOSE.
THOSE ARE THOSE, UH, COMMUNITY BENEFIT REQUIREMENTS.
SO I LIKE TO GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT I, IF, I MEAN, MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT YOU GUYS ARE PAYING INTO THE, THE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, UM, BASED ON WHAT SQUARE FOOTAGE, HOW MUCH
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ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE ARE YOU GETTING OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM? UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS I BELIEVE SHE MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT 50% COMMUNITY BENEFITS.I, I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH THAT LAST NAME, BUT I HEARD 50% AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND JUST WANTED TO GET SOME CLARITY ON THAT.
AND I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS SLASH COMMENTS, BUT IF, IF Y'ALL CAN ANSWER THOSE FIRST, THAT'D BE FOR JUST THOSE FIRST.
THAT'D BE FANTASTIC IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT RIGHT WHERE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS IS THAT, SO THE CHART, SO THE CHART THAT WE HAVE IN THE BACK OF THE PRESENTATION, I THINK IT STARTS ON PAGE 50.
ONE OF YOUR MATERIALS, UM, IS WHERE WE OUTLINE ALL OF THE GUIDELINES THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO MEET.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE PUT A DOLLAR FIGURE TO THOSE.
I THINK MAYBE THAT WAS COMMISSIONER TANNIC GUCCI'S QUESTION.
UM, AND MY AS WELL, YOU'LL BE UP HOW MUCH IS GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FOR THEM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I THINK THAT'S IN OUR APPLICATION THAT MIGHT BE AT THE BEGINNING.
I'LL SAY, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE OUR LETTER BACK YET.
UM, IN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY SUBSIDIES YOU'RE GETTING FOR PRESERVING THE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS THAT MIGHT WIPE OUT SOME OF THE, A DENSITY BONUS IN LIEU OF THE DENSITY BONUS, DOESN'T ACTUALLY INCLUDE THAT AREA OF THE PROJECT FOR THE CALL.
IS THAT CORRECT? WHERE, HEY, UM, THE MAIN AREA OF THE TOWER IS WHERE THE DENSITY BONUSES CALCULATED.
IF I MADE SURE TO CLARIFY, THERE'S A SPECIFIC AREA WHERE THE DENSITY BONUS WILL APPLY, THE APPLICANT IS ABLE TO PETITION CITY STAFF FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS, WHICH COULDN'T WORK ELEMENTS WITHIN THE SITE THAT GOES TOWARDS COUNTING FOR BONUS AREA, WHICH WOULD LESSEN THE FISCAL IMPACT FOR ONSITE, EXCUSE ME, FOR FEEDING LU OR THE PROVISION OF ONSITE UNITS.
THAT IS A CHOICE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS TO MAKE IN TERMS OF WHICH OPTIONS FROM THE LIST OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS, THEY'RE ABLE TO APPLY TO THE PROJECT.
YEAH, I GUESS MY POINT BEING OKAY, IF IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT, HOW W WHAT THEY'RE GETTING IN RETURN, RIGHT? LIKE JUST STAY THAT CLARITY.
UM, AND THAT'S, IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME AT ALL.
I'LL GO BACK AND GET A PRESENTATION AGAIN, UM, TO SEE IF THAT IS CLEAR, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT Y'ALL TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
COULD HAVE PUT IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
YOU GUYS ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST THE FACES OF THAT, UH, OF THAT, UH, THAT PROGRAM, BUT IT'S REALLY THE, PUBLIC'S THE PUBLIC'S DOMAIN.
SO YOU GUYS ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR INFORMATION.
IT'D BE GREAT TO PUT THESE, THESE NUMBERS IN THE PRESENTATION ITSELF.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS, AS I'M JUST WONDERING, AND NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT YOU HAVE TO, BUT HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU AT ALL ADDRESSED, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS CONTEXTUALLY, WHAT THIS, THIS PLAYS INTO THE MEXICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE DISTRICT, THE PALM DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT FEEL LIKE? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION? UM, AND IF NOT, HOW DO YOU PLAN TO, UM, EXCUSE ME, UH, COMMISSIONER FRANCO, JUST BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THAT, IT IS IN A DIFFERENT APPLICATION.
THAT'S NOT IN YOUR BACKUP THAT IDENTIFIES THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
UM, IT IS $4.5 MILLION IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEES.
AND THAT'S BASED ON WHAT IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF, OF, UM, THAT IS THE 451,163 SQUARE FEET THAT'S BONUS SQUARE FOOTAGE.
THE BONE IS ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE CORRIDOR, UM, AND CENTRAL PALM DISTRICT, WHAT DOES HAVE THE GENETIC ENDOCRINE AT ALL? IS THERE, THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING THERE THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE AWARE OF, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ADDRESSED THAT SPECIFICALLY.
UM, BUT I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, BOTH WITH THE, UH, ART THAT'S PLANNED AND WITH, UH, THE RETAIL OFFERINGS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THOSE DESIGN ELEMENTS WORK THEIR WAY IN, I WILL MENTION, UM, THE RETAIL THAT WE'VE SHOWN IN THE FACADE IN SOME OF OUR RENDERINGS, UM, IS INTENDED TO BE CHANGED OR ALTERED BASED ON WHO THE TENANT IS.
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UM, SO WE WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK WITH WHATEVER TENANT GOES INTO THAT GROUND FLOOR RETAIL TO, TO MODIFY THAT, UM, AND CREATE THEIR OWN KIND OF PRESENCE WITHIN, UH, WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURE.HOW DOES THAT ADDRESS MY QUESTION? I MEAN, ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH CAN PUT UP WHATEVER SIGN THEY WANT.
DOESN'T MATTER TO ME, I'M TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE AMERICAN, THE ACADEMIC, THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE CORRIDOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DIDN'T, UM, I KNOW THERE'S STILL THIS, SOME DISCUSSIONS RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHAT WAYFINDING WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
SO IT'LL BE NICE AND ORDERLY, SO EVERYBODY CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE ON THE MEXICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE BOARD OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU GUYS DIDN'T ADDRESS THAT AND DIDN'T ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THE TREE WAS A VERY IMPORTANT CULTURAL AREA WAS VERY IMPORTANT, MEXICAN AMERICAN AREA, AND OUR CITY HAS SAID, SO IT WAS A SET AS MUCH AS THAT, UM, BY READING THE MEXICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CORRIDOR, RAIDING THE PALM DISTRICT.
UM, AND I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES, UM, ESPECIALLY IN, YOU KNOW, I GET ON MY SOAP BOX EVERY TIME, EVERY TIME I GET ON MY SOAP BOX.
I DO THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THROUGH PUBLIC ART, TO, IN, IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE TO ADDRESS THINGS, UM, THAT ARE CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT.
UM, I THINK, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT MURAL, UM, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE INTERIOR SPACES AND THE LOBBY SPACES IN THE WAY OF OUR CULTURAL PRESERVATION, AS FAR AS ART, UM, THAT MURAL COULD BE A TESTAMENT TO, YOU KNOW, UH, EVERY SIX MONTHS CHANGING OUT AND USING THE, FROM THAT BEING A COMMUNITY, RIGHT.
UM, THE, THE, THE, UM, THE LOBBY SPACE COULD BE A FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC AREA FOR UNDERSERVED AND UNDERPRIVILEGED ARTISTS FROM THE LATINO COMMUNITY.
IT'S MADE THEIR ART, AND I'M JUST NOT HEARING ANY OF THAT STUFF COME THROUGH HERE.
UM, AND THAT TO ME IS IMPORTANT ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PERSPECTIVE.
UM, AND I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO, OH, UH, THE BIKE RACKS, THE BIKE LOCKERS.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE BIKE LOGGERS.
THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THOSE IN.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THAT, BUT GIVEN THAT YOU GUYS ARE ON THOSE TRANSIT LINES RE REAL, REAL CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OUR, OUR TRENDS STATIONS, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR HAVING PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE BY BLOCKERS? RIGHT.
IF YOU, UH, IF I WANT TO USE TRENDS TO COME INTO DOWNTIME, MAYBE, MAYBE HAVE MY I'M TAKING MY BIKE AROUND, BUT STORE AT SOME POINT TOO.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I'M SORRY.
WILL YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THAT.
HOW ABOUT NOW? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT FEEDBACK.
UM, I, I, I THINK ALL OF YOUR PREVIOUS COMMENTS ARE ADDRESSABLE.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.
UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS WE GOT IN THE WORKING GROUP, UH, SESSION AND THE PREVIOUS ITERATION OF OUR PLAN, THE, A SMALL, NO LOOK, UH, WITHIN THE TOWER FOOTPRINT ITSELF, ALONG THE PUBLIC PLAZA AREA, WE HAD ACTUALLY, UM, SLATED THAT AS A PUBLIC BIKE PARKING AREA AND THE BIKE PARKING FOR THE RESIDENTS ABOVE WAS GOING TO BE, UH, ACCESS VIA ELEVATOR DIRECTLY FROM THAT SPACE.
AND THEN THE GROUND FLOOR WAS GOING TO BE USED FOR A PUBLIC BIKE PARK, PUBLIC BIKE PARKING, WHICH WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT.
AND THE COMMENT AND THE WORKING GROUP WAS THAT, UH, IT WAS PREFERENCED TO SEE MORE RETAIL, TO ACTIVATE BOTH SIDES OF THE PLAZA.
AND SO THE PLAN WAS REVISED TO MAKE THAT RETAIL AS OPPOSED TO PUBLIC BIKE PARKING.
UH, BUT AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED, WE DID HAVE PUBLIC BIKE PARKING THAT'S SINCE BEEN SHIFTED FOR RETAIL.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I, MY COUPLE COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THEM, BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT TO HAVE MORE RETAIL THERE, BUT I GUESS MY, THE QUESTION IS MORE GEARED TOWARD JOB.
UM, DO YOU HAVE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY I DID SEE HOW MANY SPACES YOU HAVE A BIKE PARKING, UM, OR BIKE LOCKER IS THERE, BUT WHAT'S IT LOOK LIKE TO MAKE MORE AVAILABLE THAT ARE, IS NOT JUST TO THE RESIDENTS, RIGHT.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR Y'ALL? HOW DOES THAT, CAN WE EVEN, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN ADDRESS? I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ENHANCE, UH, FOR CERTAIN, UH, AGAIN, IN THE, UH, PRE OUR KIND OF PREVIOUS ITERATION OF THE PLAN, WE WERE, WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE HAD PROPOSED THAT IN IT'S SINCE CHANGED, BUT I THINK THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF ENHANCE PUBLIC BIKING OPTIONS OR STORAGE OPTIONS ONSITE, JACOB.
AS FAR AS BIKE PARKING, UM, EXTERNAL TO THE BUILDING, WE DO HAVE WHAT'S REQUIRED BY GREAT STREETS, WOOD, WHICH
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IS, UH, EIGHT RACKS, TOTAL 16 PARKING SPACES.BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, IN THAT ENTRY COURT, UM, TO THE PLAZA, WE HAVE FIVE ADDITIONAL PARKING OR, UM, UH, BIKE RACKS, AND THEN PARKING, BIKE, PARKING SPACES.
UM, SO THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 PLACES TO LOCK BIKES, UH, INTERNAL TO THE SITE, UH, BUT STILL EX EXTERIOR SPACE.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, MY GENERAL COMMENTS, UH, BEAUTIFUL PROJECT, UM, I THINK Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AS FAR AS MATCHING AT, UH, RESPECTING THE HISTORIC BUILDING AND INCORPORATING THAT INTO, INTO THE NEW BUILDING.
UM, AND, AND FROM A HUMAN SCALE PERSPECTIVE, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SALINAS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, IT'S A GREAT LOOKING PROJECT.
UH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE BIKE LOCKERS.
UM, AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT THE, UH, THE FUTURE RESTROOMS THAT YOU HAVE ON THERE.
THE PUBLIC RECORDS, I'M NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE, I GET THE RESTAURANT, UH, PORTION BE IN A FUTURE.
YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR TENANT IS, BUT WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE GOAL WITH THE FUTURE RESTROOM? WHY IS IT THE FUTURE NOT BEING, UM, PART OF THIS PROJECT NOW? SO THE REASON, UH, MAYBE SIMILAR TO WHY WE LABELED IT A POTENTIAL, UM, IS THAT THE, THE INTENT OF THIS PLAN AND THE INTENT MOVING FORWARD IS THAT WE WILL, UH, CREATE THIS AREA ACTIVATED BY RETAIL AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
AND SO RECOGNIZING THAT THIS WOULD BECOME A PUBLIC PLAZA, UM, WE WOULD, AS PART OF THAT, CREATE THOSE PUBLIC RESTROOMS, BUT UNTIL EVERYTHING KIND OF HAS TO WORK TOGETHER, UM, I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE FROM A SECURITY PERSPECTIVE AND, AND ALL THAT, THAT WE'VE GOT THE RETAIL ACTIVATION ON THAT PLAZA BEFORE IT'S FULLY UTILIZED.
SO THAT'S A BIT WHY IT'S FUTURE, UM, AT THIS POINT.
SO WOULD THAT BE MANAGED BY THE WHOEVER'S TAKING OVER THOSE BUILDINGS, I GUESS, AS FAR AS ACCESS CONTROL AND WHATNOT, RIGHT, CORRECT.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT THAT ALLEY ACT, THAT LITTLE DRIVEWAY YOU HAVE BACK THERE IS THAT JUST FOR AN UNLOADING ZONE FOR THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING, THAT'S JUST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT, A HISTORICAL BUILDING.
THAT'S FOR ACCESS, UH, FOR BRINGING, UM, LOADING AND EVERYTHING TO THOSE RETAIL SPACES AND THEN THE BUILDINGS TO THE WEST OF THAT, UH, THAT ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS THING ON GOOGLE STREET VIEW, THOSE THINGS ARE ALL KIND OF MELTED TOGETHER.
AND SO I GUESS ALL THOSE ROOTS KIND OF GO TOGETHER, DON'T THEY? SO, BUT THOSE BUILDINGS ARE NOT PART OF THIS PROJECT AT ALL, REQUESTED THAT, CORRECT? YES.
THOSE ARE ON A SEPARATE PROPERTY.
SO NOT PART OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, BUT I THINK THROUGH THE, AGAIN, THROUGH THE WORK OF TAKING OUT THE NON HISTORIC STRUCTURES, UH, THERE WILL BE, START TO BE SOME MORE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS TO THE WEST AND THESE, YEAH, THEY'RE CLOSE THERE.
UM, BUT, UH, THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND I LOVE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THERE.
AND, UH, WHAT CAN YOU SAY? IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.
UH, TWO THINGS, ONE, UH, HOW MANY, UH, THOSE SPACES IN THE GARAGE WE'LL HAVE, WILL BE A HEAVY CHARGING.
UM, SO PART OF WE ARE, UH, THE PROJECT IS GOING FOR LEAD AND AGB CERTIFICATION.
UM, AND SO AS PART OF THAT, WE ARE, AND I WILL TRY AND FIND MY SCORECARD HERE.
UM, WE ARE PLANNING FOR EVS CHARGING STATIONS.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND THE PERCENTAGE.
IS THERE A NUMBER OR IS IT YES.
I THINK THERE ARE 20, UM, PARKING SPACES SLATED TO HAVE EVIE CHARGES CHARGES.
HOW MANY SPACES ARE THERE? SEE, I KNEW YOU WOULD ASK ME THAT QUESTION.
UM, I THINK WE'RE DOING, UM, 5% OF THE SPACES AS EVIE CHARGING BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE IS NOW, RIGHT? SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A, UH, INADEQUATE.
BUT THE OTHER THING I HAD IS A MORE GENERAL QUESTION AND THAT
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IS, UM, COMMISSIONER CAROL MENTIONED, THAT'S THE PROJECT PROTECTION, UH, AT GRADE FOR PEDESTRIANS AT THE PILOT, THE, UH, GARAGE ENTRANCE ON THAT SORT OF THE NATURE OF THE BEAST.BUT HOW DO YOU SEE, UH, HOW DO YOU SEE THAT WORKING OTHER THAN PEOPLE GOING, OH MY GOD, THERE'S A CAR FROM A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE ON THE SIDEWALK WHERE WE'RE DOING A, WE HAVE A FEW, UM, CUES AT THAT 0.1, THE, THE PLANTING, I MENTIONED THAT THE SIDEWALK WAS WIDER THAN 10 FEET IN MOST PLACES.
AT THAT POINT, WE BRING IT DOWN, UH, WITH THE PLANTING ON EITHER SIDE, UM, PARTICULARLY ON FIFTH STREET, UH, THE RED RIVERSIDE'S ALREADY NARROW.
UM, THERE WERE PINCHING THAT DOWN, SO YOU KIND OF REGISTER, HEY, UM, IT'S TIGHTER HERE.
AND THEN THE PAVING CHANGES TOO.
WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, A PAVEMENT CHANGE, UM, AT BOTH DRIVEWAY CROSSING, STANDING THAT AS WELL.
AS I SAID, IT'S A GREAT PROJECT AND, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PLAZA IN BETWEEN THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND THE MAIN BUILDING.
SO IT'S ALL HAVE, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? CAN WE SERVE WRINKLE WHERE YOU'RE RAISING YOUR HAND AGAIN OR TAKING IT DOWN? YOU'RE ON MUTE COMMISSIONER FRANCO.
I BOTHERED, UH, JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GERMANE TO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, BUT I'M WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS PROJECT IS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BEING TO DO.
UM, AND WE GOT A PRESENTATION A FEW MONTHS AGO FROM STAFFS FROM STAFF ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SETTING THE FEE AND LIVE AND WHY DEVELOPERS WOULD, WOULD NOT, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, UH, FEE AND LOU.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S VERY EASY TO DO STILL.
UM, SO MAYBE WE CAN ADJUST THOSE A LITTLE, A LITTLE MORE, BUT HAVE BEEN THREE I'M SORRY, WAS THAT A QUESTION? IT WAS JUST A GENERAL COMMENT ABOUT THE FEEDING LOU STATUS OF THIS PROJECT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER COLEMAN? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION, THIS PROJECT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIES WITH THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES? DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
VERY APPRECIATE ALL THE INPUT.
[5. Discussion and possible action on changes to membership of Design Commission workings groups.]
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CHANGES TO MEMBERSHIP OF DESIGN COMMISSION, WORKING GROUPS.UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY, IF I MAY CHAIR THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS TO BRING UP A DISCUSSION AND IN THIS NEW FORMAT HAS TO BE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO RECONSTITUTE THE MEMBERSHIP OF YOUR WORKING GROUPS.
IF, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, YOU MAY TAKE ACTION OR APPOINT DIFFERENT MEMBERS TO DIFFERENT WORKING GROUPS, AS YOU SEE FIT, I DO BELIEVE THERE'S A COMMERCIAL SELENA'S WISHES TO BE PART OF ONE OR SEVERAL, OR MAYBE ALL WORKING GROUPS.
SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR HIM OBVIOUSLY.
UM, I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONER CAROL STEPPED DOWN FROM THE PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN WORKING GROUP.
UM, COMMISSIONER SALINAS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT PLACE? IS THAT FUNCTION FOR YOU? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
UH, TRIPOLI'S UH, COMMISSION TO SELENA'S OR REPLACED COMMISSIONER CARROLL WITH COMMISSIONER SALINAS.
UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND? THANK YOU.
I HAVE SOME DISCUSSION, LIKE SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT.
I HADN'T HEARD THAT COMMISSIONER CARROLL IS HE STEPPING DOWN IS OUR CHAIR.
UM, I AM CHAIR NOW AND HAVE BEEN FOR A FEW MEETINGS.
UM, COMMISSIONER, NO, UM, HE'S STILL COMMISSIONER.
CAROL IS STILL CHAIR OF THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINE WORKING GROUP.
UM, THE WORKING GROUP WE'RE DISCUSSING IS THE ONE THAT DOES THE DENSITY BONUS REVIEW.
BEFORE WE COME TO OUR GROUP MEETING, COMMISSIONING MEETING, I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONER CARROLL STUDY WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON, ON THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINE, WHICH IS WHY IT WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THAT.
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DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE MOVE THE MOTION TO A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONER SALINAS, YOU KNOW, IN A WORKING GROUP, UM, CHECK TERRIFY MATE,
[2. Staff briefing by Pamela Abee-Taulli, Development Services Department, regarding Functional Green. (Part 2 of 2)]
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, I DO NEED TO APOLOGIZE ON YOUR FIRST ITEM ON THE STAFF BRIEFINGS.I WAS CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT AND YOU TOOK ACTION.
SO YOU WERE NOT POSTED FOR ACTION THAT DOESN'T CHANGE ANY BEAM.
WE WILL TAKE THAT AS DIRECTION THAT THE CHAIR REQUESTED THAT AN ITEM BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
AND THAT WAS CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER COLEMAN TO PUT ON THAT.
SO EVERYTHING YOU DISCUSSED AND REQUESTED WOULD BE ON THAT, IT WOULD JUST NOT COUNT AS AN OFFICIAL ACTION FROM THE COMMISSION BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT POSTED FOR ACTION.
THAT'S ON ME TO KEEP US ON TRACK, BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
IT JUST NEGATES YOUR ACTUAL FORMAL ACTION BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT POSTED FOR ACTION.
SO IS THE WORKING GROUPS STILL TAKING PLACE? YES, THE WORKING THE WORKING GROUP MAY MEET AT ANY TIME.
YOU DON'T NEED AN ACTION TO ACTIVATE A WORKING GROUP.
SO THE WORKING GROUPS STILL WILL MEET AT THEIR PREROGATIVE.
YOU WILL STILL HAVE AN ACTION ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON FUNCTION, GREEN AND ALL THE ITEMS YOU REQUESTED TO BE PUT ON THERE.
IT WAS MY MISTAKE TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU WEREN'T ACTUALLY TAKING A FORMAL ACTION.
SO I WANT TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT POSTED FOR THAT.
COMMISSIONER COLEMAN, A COMMISSIONER ON ANOTHER COMMISSION MENTIONED TO ME THAT IF WE WANTED TO, WE COULD MAKE A MOTION THAT ANYTIME WE GOT A STAFF BRIEFING THAT WE COULD TAKE ACTION IN THAT MEETING AS A FOLLOW-UP.
IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT IS INCORRECT.
ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION WE HAVE FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, YOU WERE ALSO GIVEN A COPY OF THEIR INSTRUCTIONS AS WELL.
I'M NOT AWARE THAT THAT'S ALLOWED UNDER, BUT THEY WERE I'LL GET MORE SPECIFICS ON IT, BUT I COULD, I WAS INTRIGUED BY THAT.
UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN, UPDATE FROM REPRESENTATIVE ON THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION REGARDING THE LAST MEETING, OUR LAST MEETING WAS CANCELED.
WE HAVE NO UPDATE, UM, ITEM EIGHT,
[8. Update from representative on the Joint Sustainability committee regarding last meeting]
UPDATE FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE, ON THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE REGARDING THE LAST MEETING HE'S NOT HERE.[9. Update from representative on the South-Central Waterfront Advisory Board regarding last meeting.]
UPDATE FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD REGARDING THE LAST MEETING COMMISSIONER FRANCO.UM, OUR LAST MEETING, WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM BOTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHICH ARE TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES ON, ON WHAT EACH ONE OF THEM IS, UH, WHAT THEIR ROLE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT MAY BE.
UM, AND, UH, JUST LONG AND SHORT OF THAT IS THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS STILL SPEARHEADING ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO GET, UH, TO GET THE DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE MAY NEED BRING FORWARD, WHETHER IT'S A REGULATING PLAN OR SOME SORT OF FUNDING SOURCE.
AND THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS, UH, NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THE SOUTH, THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD, AS YOU REQUESTED TO HAVE A ROLE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ROLE MAY LOOK WILL LOOK LIKE YET IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT IN PLACE BETWEEN US AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, YEAH, DIFFERENT UPDATE IS JUST KIND OF CLARIFICATION WHERE THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS, UH, LIE WITHIN, WITHIN THE STRUCTURE THERE, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SEXY STUFF TO PUT IT BACK THERE.
I BELIEVE THE COMMISSION SKIPPED OVER ITEM NUMBER SIX.
UM, YES, BUT CHEER CAROL IS NOT PRESENT.
[Additional Item.]
WE ADJOURN, IF I MAY, UH, WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MS. NICOLE CORONA TO THE DESIGN COMMISSION, SHE WILL BE OUR NEW STAFF LIAISON MOVING FORWARD.MR. GUNNER GARNEAU SAYS LEAVING THE CITY AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
AND, UH, WE WISH THEM WELL AND WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK HIM ON BEHALF OF CITY STAFF FOR THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HE PUTS ON TO PUT THIS WHOLE SHOW TOGETHER.
IT'S A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT, UH, WE ALL DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER.
SO GREATLY APPRECIATE, UH, GUNNER AND ALL THE WORK HE
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DID FOR US WISH THEM WELL, MANY BEST WISHES FOR SOME OF YOU, NOT ALL OF YOU IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY AS WELL.AND WITH THAT AT EIGHT 19 WORDS ARE IN FOR A REGULAR MEETING OF THE DESIGN COMMISSION.