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UM, AND, UH, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNING
[ Determination of Quorum / Meeting Called to Order]
THE JOINT MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION HERE ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 30TH, 2022.UH, WE'LL DO A QUICK ROLL CALL.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RUN THROUGH THE NAMES OF AT SOME CHANGES.
UH, JUST WHEN I SAY YOUR NAME, UM, JUST SAY HERE OR PRESENT, WHATEVER YOU PREFER.
UH, SO I'LL GO DOWN THE LIST HERE, STARTING OUT WITH COMMISSIONER CZAR HERE.
UH, I'M YOUR CHAIR? UH, TODD SHAW.
UH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER HERE, UH, COMMISSION OR COPS HERE, COMMISSIONER MOOSE TALLER HERE, COMMISSIONER SHEA, AND I HAVE, UM, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON AND, UH, LET'S SEE.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FROM PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, AND WE MAY HAVE COMMISSIONER FLORES JOINING US LATER.
OH, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON HERE.
NOW FOR A ZONING, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, WE'LL START WITH, UH, JUST AN ORDER.
UH, AND WE HAVE CHAIR RAMIREZ HERE.
UM, COMMISSIONER DINKLER, UH, COMMISSIONER KOSTA PRESENTING, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER KING, GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE.
AND THAT WAS VICE CHAIR KIELBASA.
UH, SO WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE? THAT'S SHOWING UP FROM THE I'M HERE.
IT DOES THAT MAKE, UH, IS THAT YOUR, OKAY, SO THAT'S A, WE HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION AND SOME OF YOU PLANNING, WE HAVE QUORUMS. UM, LET'S GO AHEAD.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMUNICATION TODAY.
UH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A FEW WORDS.
UM, UM, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO, UH, COMMISSIONER DINKLER.
I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME A MOMENT OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGE.
I WANTED TO SPEAK TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT JACKIE GOODMAN, OUR LONGEST SERVING COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PER TEM MEMBER OF BOTH THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION LOST THE LOVE OF HER LIFE.
JACK GOODMAN LAST TUESDAY, JACK WAS A LEADER IN HIS OWN RIGHT, HAVING, UM, HAVING LED THE AUSTIN YOUTH RIVER, WATCH A PROGRAM THAT TRAINED CHILDREN ON HOW TO MONITOR WATER QUALITY.
HE WAS CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.
HE WAS, UM, A, A LONG-TERM BOARD MEMBER OF THE SAVE BARTON CREEK ASSOCIATION.
AND HE WAS A 22 YEAR MEMBER OF THE BARTON CREEK EDWARDS AQUIFER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
SOMETHING HE HELPED FIT FOUND BY WRITING IT THROUGH THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
I HOPE Y'ALL WILL GIVE HIM A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN AUSTIN.
UM, SO TONIGHT, UH, WE HAVE THREE BRIEFINGS FROM STAFF AND WE'LL HAVE Q AND A AFTER EACH BRIEFING.
UH, BUT WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION ON THESE ITEMS THIS EVENING.
UM, THE RULES, UH, FOR THE SEEDING THAT, UM, UH, LAID OUT ARE, UH, AFTER EACH PRESENTATION, WHICH WILL BE, WE'LL GIVE THE PRESENTERS 15 MINUTES.
UM, IF FOR SOME REASON THEY NEED TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER, UM, I'LL ASK, SEE IF YOU ALL WILL BE OKAY WITH GIVING THEM MORE TIME THAT HOPEFULLY THEY CAN WRAP IT UP WITHIN 15 MINUTES, WE'LL THEN MOVE TO 15, UH, GIVING Q
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AND A TO 15 COMMISSIONERS.AND WE'LL GO AHEAD SINCE WE HAVE, UM, UH, DON'T HAVE THAT MANY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST, UH, MAX IT OUT.
UM, EACH OF US, UH, CAN ASK A QUESTION AND LIMIT IT TO FIVE MINUTES, UM, EACH, SO WE MAY NOT ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CHANGE IT FROM THREE TO FIVE.
SO DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE RULES FOR THIS EVENING AND THE TIMEFRAMES? OKAY.
SO IF STAFF IS READY, WE'LL JUST GO IN THE ORDER.
UM, THE FIRST BRIEFING WE HAVE IS
[1. Briefing regarding Project Connect – Anti-Displacement and Community Initiated Solutions Program Updates. Staff: Nefertitti Jackmon, Community Displacement Prevention Officer, 512-974-3196. Housing and Planning Department. Julie Smith, Community Engagement Specialist, 512-974-9342 Housing and Planning Department.]
BRIEFING REGARDING PROJECT CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT AND COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS PROGRAM.AND, UH, THE STAFF WE HAVE OR NEF, NEFERTITI, JACKMAN, UH, COMMUNITY DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION OFFICER, AND ALSO HAVE LISTENED TO YOUR JULIE SMITH FROM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS FROM THE HOUSING, BOTH FROM THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, WHO'S GOING TO START THAT EVENING, UH, COMMISSIONER.
UH, MY NAME IS NEFFER TD JACKMAN.
I SERVICE A COMMUNITY DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION OFFICER I'LL GET US STARTED, UH, THIS EVENING, JULIE SMITH, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST IS ALSO, UM, AVAILABLE.
SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS? SO, UH, BRIEFLY WE INITIALLY SENT THE JUST, UH, EMAIL NOTICE TO SEE IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS.
THIS WAS PRIOR TO THE LAUNCH, OR AS, UH, WE HAD OPENED THE SOLICITATION, THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS IS THE $20 MILLION ALLOCATION BY CITY COUNCIL, UM, RELATED TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF PREVENTION SOLUTIONS THAT ARE COMMUNITY DRIVEN.
UH, THIS WAS BORN OUT OF THE WORK OF, UH, THE EQUITY TOOL, WHICH WAS PART OF A CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS SPECIFIC TO PROJECT CONNECT.
AND THIS IS HOW THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN INFORMED, BOTH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
UM, AND THE GOAL WAS TO, UH, OBTAIN COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR MOST PRESSING DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION.
UM, OUR DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES SPECIFIC TO TRANSIT INDUCE, UH, DISPLACEMENT AT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND BRIEFLY, I'LL GO OVER AND SHARE WITH YOU THE INVESTMENTS, UH, THE TIMELINE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE, UH, THE BUDGET THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, UH, INVESTMENTS, AND THEN ALSO I'LL COVER THE FUNDING PRIORITIES, THE FUNDING TERM, AND THEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THAT ORGANIZATIONS WERE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FOR THE AMOUNT THAT THEY, UH, COULD APPLY FOR.
I'LL BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK THAT HAS INFORMED THIS AS WELL AS THE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, AND THEN BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT THE APPLICATION AND THE REVIEW PROCESS.
SO, UM, AS MANY OF, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT $300 MILLION WAS A HISTORIC INVESTMENT BY, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN BOULDERS.
UH, IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST INVESTMENTS TO DATE, UH, BY ANY CITY TO ADDRESS, UH, ANTI-DISPLACEMENT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO, UH, TRANSIT, UH, INVESTMENTS, UNDERSTANDING THAT HISTORICALLY, UH, TRANSIT INVESTMENTS HAVE OFTEN CALLS, UH, DISPLACEMENT, ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK AND COMMUNITIES AND LOW INCOME RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN TOOK A VERY BOLD STEP AND CALLING FOR $300 MILLION TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
UM, AND THE GOAL IS TO REALLY HELP, TO, UM, PREVENT THE DISPLACEMENTS OF HOUSEHOLDS SPECIFIC TO TRANSIT AND DO, UH, DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES AND REALLY CREATING LOOK AT AT WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE SHORT TERM, UH, TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES.
AND THIS IS REALLY WHAT THESE FUNDS DO.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT HOUSING AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS ONE WAY TO ADDRESS THE, UH, DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES, BUT THESE FUNDS PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF OR MORE, UM, UM, AND THE, THOSE ARE FOR LONG-TERM, I SHOULD SAY.
AND SO THIS IS A SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES THAT HOUSEHOLDS ARE FEELING, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
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HERE YOU HAVE THE INVESTMENT TIMELINE.THERE WILL BE $300 MILLION INVESTED OVER A 13 YEAR PERIOD OF FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE CITY IS INVESTING A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
SO, UH, WHAT WE ALLOCATED OR WHAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ALLOCATING IS $65 MILLION THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE IN FISCAL, UH, YEARS OF 2021 AND 2122.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH STAGES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO HELP INFORM HOW THE $35 MILLION WILL BE SPENT.
AND IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS OF FOUR, THROUGH 13, $20 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES.
AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS TO $20 MILLION THAT, UH, I WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT TONIGHT, UH, THERE WAS ALSO AN ALLOCATION OF 23 MILLION FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND THEN $21 MILLION FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT, UM, INCLUDING, UH, OUR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND OWNERSHIP, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.
THE $23 MILLION IN LAND ACQUISITION ALSO INCLUDED APPROXIMATELY $8 MILLION FOR LAND ACQUISITION, UH, BY, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, CORPORATIONS, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS, UH, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CALL IT THAT IS, UH, THAT'S WHAT THE EQUITY TOOL THAT WE DEVELOPED, UH, WAS ASKING FOR.
THEY WERE ASKING FOR A CALL FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS, UNDERSTANDING THAT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSEST TO THE PROBLEMS OFTEN HAVE THE SOLUTIONS IN TERMS OF HOW TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS.
SO THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH.
IT'S A MORE BOTTOM UP APPROACH TAKING, UM, YOU KNOW, DIRECTION FROM, UM, THE COMMUNITY OR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR, OF THE CHALLENGES.
AND WE SAW, UH, THROUGH THE PROCESS AFTER REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS THAT CAME IN, YOU SEE VERY INTENTIONAL PROGRAM DESIGNS OF, WITH THE SOLUTIONS AND APPLICATION PROPOSALS THAT CAME IN.
SO $20 MILLION WAS MADE AVAILABLE IN THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BOTH TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF RENTERS, UH, ALSO THE EXPANSION AND PRESERVATION OF HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND OTHER ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE NEATLY FIT INTO ANY OF THE OTHER TWO CATEGORIES, INCLUDING ECONOMIC MOBILITY OPPORTUNITIES.
THE FUNDING TERM, UM, FOR THESE CONTRACTS FOR THE $20, UH, IS, COULD REQUEST FUNDING UP TO THREE YEARS.
THE MINIMUM AWARD AMOUNT WAS $250,000, AND WE ANTICIPATED THIS.
UM, I SHOULD HAVE UPDATED THIS SLIDE.
WE HAD ANTICIPATED AWARDING UP TO 15 APPLICATIONS FOR THE $20 MILLION, UH, BUT WE WILL, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD, UH, WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, TO AWARD, UH, 16 ORGANIZATIONS OF THE $20 MILLION IN FUNDING.
NEXT SLIDE, UM, FOR ELIGIBILITY, UH, ORGANIZATIONS HAD TO BE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OF WHO APPLIED OUR 5 0 1, UH,
WE ALSO WERE LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIPS, BUT ONE OF THE, IN THAT PARTNERSHIP, AT LEAST ONE ORGANIZATION HAD TO BE A NONPROFIT ENTITY.
AND THE GOAL WAS TO, UM, ANOTHER REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE FUNDS HAD TO SERVE HOUSEHOLDS LIVING WITHIN ONE MILE OF A PROJECT CONNECT STATION OR ALIGN IN COMMUNITIES.
THERE'S ALSO A GEOGRAPHIC CRITERIA, UM, THAT WERE EXPERIENCING EITHER VULNERABLE, ACTIVE, OR CHRONIC DISPLACEMENT RISK.
WE USE THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MAPS AND DASHBOARD TO IDENTIFY THE VARIOUS, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR, UH, LEVELS OF, UH, DISPLACEMENT RISK.
UH, AGAIN, THERE WAS VULNERABLE, CHRONIC AND ACTIVE, RIGHT? AND SO THESE MAPS MADE AVAILABLE TO EACH OF THE APPLICANTS.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THESE MAPS WERE UPDATED FROM THE UPROOT OF REPORTS.
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UM, WE'VE BEEN UPDATING THOSE AND THEN WE'VE SORT OF SIMPLIFIED THE CATEGORIES TO MAKE THEM EASIER.HOPEFULLY SIMPLIFYING THEM A LITTLE BIT.
SO ORGANIZATIONS COULD LOOK AT THESE DASHBOARDS TO IDENTIFY UNDERSTANDING NUMBER ONE, WHERE THEIR GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS WAS, AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF NEED FOR COMMUNITIES.
SO FROM THESE, UM, DASHBOARD AND THESE MAPS, YOU CAN ZONE IN AND SEE IF YOU HAD HOW MANY RENTERS, UH, YOU'RE DEALING WITH.
UH, YOU COULD LOOK AT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE, UH, CERTAIN AREAS, GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, AND SEE THEIR, UH, VULNERABILITY TO DISPLACEMENT BASED UPON THE FIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF DISPLACEMENT, AS OUTLINED IN THE UPPER ROUTE OF REPORTER DEFINED BY THE UPROOTED REPORT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS ARE DESIGNING SOLUTIONS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE NAME NEIGHBORHOODS AND AREAS THAT THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY WOULD SERVE.
WE USE, OR WE BEGAN WITH THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK, UH, IN THE CONTRACT WITH THE FOLDERS.
ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, THAT IT CALLED FOR WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EQUITY TOOL.
AND THIS EQUITY TOOL REALLY HELPED TO INFORM AND ESTABLISH THE PRIORITY PLACES WHERE WE WOULD DIRECT AND FOCUS THE INVESTMENTS AS, AS WELL AS THE PRIORITY.
PEOPLE LIKE WHO, UM, SHOULD BE TARGETED TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS AND THEN ALSO THE PRIORITY PURPOSES.
AND SO THE THREE BUDGET OR, YEAH, THE BUDGET PRIORITIES, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR, THE FIRST TWO FISCAL YEARS, UH, CAME FROM THE EQUITY TOOL.
WE WORK WITH, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DEVELOP THE TOOL, AS WELL AS, UH, CONSULTANTS, UH, AND A VARIETY OF CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF, INCLUDING THE EQUITY OFFICE, UH, THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, AND THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, ALL OF THESE ENTITIES AND OVER 30 CAPITALISTS PARTICIPATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EQUITY TOOL.
THE EQUITY TOOL FRAMEWORK WAS USED TO INFORM BOTH THE APPLICATION AND THE REVIEW PROCESS.
AND SO WE HAD COMMUNITY EVALUATORS WHO HELPED TO SCORE AND RANK THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVE.
AND THEN THESE ORD AND RANKED APPLICATIONS WERE SENT TO THE COMMUNITY, THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THEN THEY ALSO, WHAT, WHAT THEY DID, THEY, UM, ALLOCATED FUNDING OR APPLICATION PRIORITIES BASED ON GEOGRAPHY.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT THE THREE CATEGORIES OF ME, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD, UM, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WERE DEPLOYED IN THE RIGHT GEOGRAPHIES AND WHAT THE RIGHT SOLUTIONS BASED ON THOSE FRANKED APPLICATIONS.
UH, THIS RESULTED IN 16 STRONG PROPOSALS, UH, WITH COMMUNITY CENTERED SOLUTIONS THAT WILL BE DEPLOYED TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION.
I THINK THIS IS VERY HISTORIC OR ANY CITY, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, THERE'S NO OTHER WAY THAT I COULD SEE US DEPLOYING 16 ORGANIZATIONS, UH, DOING WORK WITH $20 MILLION, UH, AS A RESOURCE TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES.
AND THIS WILL BE A CURRENT IN THE, UM, NEXT YEAR.
WE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING FIVE MEET AND GREET SESSIONS.
WE HAD A PRESS RELEASE AND CONFERENCE OVER 220, UH, EMAILS WERE SENT TO, UH, 220 ORGANIZATIONS.
I'M SORRY, RECEIVED, UH, EMAILS TO INFORM THEM ABOUT THE SOLICITATION AND NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABLE.
AND SO WE, WE REALLY WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO HOLD, UM, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS SO THAT THEY COULD COME IN, ASK QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE INFORMED AND UNDERSTOOD.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS REALLY WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD STRONG APPLICATIONS AND THAT WE COULD BE A RESOURCE.
AND WE MEANING THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT HAVE.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, THE APPLICATIONS WE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FROM JUNE 13TH THROUGH UNTIL JUNE 27 AND THE, AGAIN, THE APPLICATION CRITERIA WAS,
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UH, PULLED FROM THE, NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US REPORT AND TOOL.AND WE HAD OVER $54 MILLION IN REQUESTS FOR THE LIMITED, UM, FOR THE $20 MILLION THAT WAS AVAILABLE.
UM, AND FOR THE REVIEW PROCESS, UM, IT INVOLVES MULTIPLE STEPS BY DIFFERENT GROUPS, CITY STAFF, UH, REVIEWED FIRST REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS TO BE SCREENED, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS WERE MET, MAKING SURE ORGANIZATIONS SUBMITTED FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS AS REQUESTED, UH, STAFF DOCUMENTS AND BUDGETS, ET CETERA.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE CON THERE WAS A COMMUNITY EVALUATION PANEL, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, AND IT WAS A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, BOTH PRACTITIONERS, ACADEMICS AND, UH, HOUSEHOLDS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE, UH, WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND MOST IMPACTED BY DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES SERVED ON THREE DIFFERENT PANELS TO REVIEW AND SCORE THE PROPOSALS.
AND, UM, THEN THE FI FINALLY THOSE LISTS THE LIST OF, UH, SCORED AND RANKED APPLICATIONS WENT TO A REVIEW PANEL OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WHAT THEY DID.
UM, THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSIDERING THE BALANCES, UH, BETWEEN THE VARIOUS FUNDING CATEGORIES, THE THREE CATEGORIES THAT WE HAD, AND THEY, UM, HAVE SENT FORWARD THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH WE WILL, UH, STAFF WILL SIN TO THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL, UH, FOR THEIR SEPTEMBER 29TH MEETING.
AND THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF, UM, THE 88 APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVE, UH, RECEIVE 25 EVALUATORS, UH, WERE SELECTED IN THIS, PROVIDES DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON WHO THE EVALUATORS WERE NEXT SLIDE.
AND, UH, YOU'LL SEE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGE OF, OF ISSUING THE AWARDS OR ANNOUNCING THE AWARDS AS A SHARED, WE WILL, WE HAVE SUBMITTED THE INFORMATION AND WE'LL, WE'LL PRESENT TO THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD, UH, CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 22ND.
AND WE ANTICIPATE AFTER, UM, THAT APPROVAL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE APPROVED FOR FUNDING, UH, FUNDS WILL BEGIN TO BE DISPERSED.
UH, YOU KNOW, I ANTICIPATED IN WHERE FROM THE FALL 2022 THROUGH WINTER, UM, 20, 23, OR I SHOULD SAY THE SPRING, IT, I GUESS IT WAS SORTA BE SPRING SO EARLY JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME A FEW MONTHS OR A COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR US TO GET THE CONTRACTS ALL IN PLACE FOR THE 16 ORGANIZATIONS, BUT WE'LL BE STARTING THAT PROCESS AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT.
UM, DO YOU NEED ANY MORE TIME OR IS THAT THE, OKAY, THANK YOU.
UH, SO NOW, UH, WE'LL RUN THROUGH EACH, UH, EACH COMMISSIONER HERE HAS, UH, FIVE MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS.
SO WHO WANTS TO KICK US OFF THIS EVENING? ANY QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER MOOSE TODDLER.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION EVENING.
UH, APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION.
I I'M, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS I'LL TRY AND MOVE THROUGH THEM.
ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS HAVE WE LOOKED AT, AND DO WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION, UH, RECORD OF THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT ARE DIRECTLY IN LINE THAT SO THAT WE HAVE AN ACCOUNTING OF WHO WE KNOW IS IN THE PROPERTY LINES AND WHAT PROPERTIES ARE IN THOSE LINES THAT ARE GOING TO BE DISPLACED AS THE PROJECT IS? YEAH, SO A LOT OF THAT WORK IS TAKING PLACE WITH ALLSTON TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.
AND SO, UM, SOME OF THE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN HOMES AND WE DO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE REVIEW PROCESSES SORT OF LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS, BUT THAT IS INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE, UH, YES, SPECIFIC TO ALLSTON TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, BECAUSE I WOULD SAY SOME, OF COURSE, NOT ALL AT THIS TIME AS THE LINES WERE BEING BUILT OUT.
AS, AS I THINK ABOUT THE APPROACH TO THE PROJECT IN MY MIND, THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY THAT I CAN THINK
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OF ARE THE ACTUAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ACQUIRED AND DISPLACED.AND, UH, THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, BECAUSE AS THAT UNFOLDS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY'RE GOING TO GET TRAPPED VERY QUICKLY WITH THEIR LAND, NOT BEING DEVALUED.
AND I WORRY A LOT ABOUT RENTERS AND OWNERS THAT ARE RIGHT IN THAT LINE AND GETTING, UM, HELP OUT TO THEM AS PRIORITY ONE.
UM, AND SO, AND I ALSO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF AWARDING CONTRACTS TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS, IF WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THE SPECIFIC PROPERTY OWNERS AND ADDRESSES OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED, THEN I'M NOT SURE WE'RE CLEARLY DEFINING WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO.
WE'RE ABOUT TO GIVE LOTS OF MONEY TO, SO THAT'S STUFF THAT I WOULD WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S COMING FROM AUSTIN OR HOW THAT PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO GO, BUT THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE THOUGHTS I HAD IS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF MY HOME, IF MY APARTMENT THAT I'M RENTING IS RIGHT DOWN THIS LINE AND I GOT TO FIND A NEW PLACE I'M PRETTY NERVOUS.
SO SOME OF THAT'S THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING BOTH THROUGH THE ETOP PROCESS AND THEN ALSO THROUGH THESE GRANTS.
SO WE'RE VERY SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF WHERE THE FUNDS WILL BE DEPLOYED.
UH, GENERALLY, I MEAN, THERE'S, THIS IS, UH, UM, WILL FOLLOW ALL FEDERAL GUIDELINES AND THERE IS ASSISTANCE FOR, UH, HOMEOWNERS WHO WILL BE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR PROPERTIES, UH, DUE TO, UH, UH, TAIKI FOR THE NEED OF COMPLETING THE PROJECT.
SO A THROUGH M U R A GUIDELINES AND SH I KNOW UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT, UH, THERE, THERE ARE STANDARD PROCEDURES FOR HOW LAND ACQUISITION AND COMPENSATION WILL BE HANDLED.
UM, AND I WILL JUST BE CLEAR THAT THE FUNDS FOR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, UH, PROVIDED BY THE CITY, THROUGH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, IT EASE FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
IT IS NOT FOR ALL HOUSEHOLDS AND IT IS NOT NECESSARILY FOR BUSINESSES.
AND SO THIS IS HISTORICALLY WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT LOW INCOME RESIDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES AS, UM, OTHER HOMEOWNERS, BUT THIS IS GONE.
THESE ARE ALL OF THE DECISIONS THAT ATP STAFF, CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF, UH, WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS AS WELL AS CAP METRO ARE LOOKING AT AND MEASURING AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND WEIGH THE, YOU KNOW, I'VE ONLY GOT FIVE MINUTES.
SO I DO WANT TO KEEP US MOVING ALONG.
WHEN WILL WE KNOW HOW MANY HOMEOWNERS, RENTERS, TENANTS, HOW MANY PROPERTIES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LITERALLY DISPLACED RIGHT OUT OF THEIR PROPERTIES, WHETHER THEY RENT OR WHETHER THEY OWN YES, AGAIN, THAT IS INFORMATION THAT, UH, WOULD BE COMING FORWARD AND WOULD BE SHARED FROM ATP AND NOT FROM, UM, DO WE KNOW WHEN THAT INFORMATION IS SUPPOSED TO COME FORWARD? OR IS THERE BEEN A SCHEDULE FOR THAT OR THIS THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, MUCH TALLER, JUST LET YOU KNOW.
SO THE DESIGN PROCESS IS STILL UNDERWAY.
SO BY SPRING, THE IDEA IS THAT WE WILL HAVE A CLEAR IDEA FOR THE ALIGNMENTS AND STATIONARY IS SO WE WOULD KNOW WHICH PROPERTIES WILL BE IMPACTED AFTER THAT.
THEY WILL START THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
AND SO JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT EVERYONE WHO IS GOING TO BE DIRECTLY DISPLACED UNDER THE UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT, THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES UNDER THE FUNDING THAT COMES FROM PROJECT CONNECT FOR THE ACTUAL TRANS INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES, HOMEOWNERS, TENANTS, AND COMMERCIAL TENANTS WILL ACTUALLY GET ASSISTANCE SO THAT ALL WILL WORK THROUGH THIS.
AND THIS FUNDING IS DEDICATED TO THE TRANSIT INDUCE DISPLACEMENT.
DO WE, AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS MORE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL, HEY, REAL QUICK.
UH, WE'RE AT A TIME, BUT I WILL, I, IF THERE'S MORE TIME AT THE END, I'LL, I'LL RETURN BACK TO YOU IF THAT'S OKAY.
WELL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, OF ALL, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A MONUMENTAL TASK.
I MEAN, WE ARE, THE LAST I RECALL IS THE CITY INNOVATION OFFICE ESTIMATED ABOUT 250, 2000 PEOPLE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.
MOST OF THOSE ARE LONG TRANSIT QUARTERS WHERE DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A MONUMENTAL TASK WITH $300 MILLION.
IT'S REALLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET FOR
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WHAT YOU NEED.SO, BUT I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING HERE AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
IT'S ALMOST THE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING TASK THAT YOU HAVE, BUT THE $300 MILLION IS THAT JUST FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES, PERIOD, ALONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
AND THAT'S IT, PERIOD, UH, KEEP IN MIND TRANSIT CORRIDORS, BUT THAT THERE'S TWO THINGS, UH, THE TRANSIT CORRIDORS, AND THEN ALSO IT ALSO HAS TO BE IDENTIFIED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS FACING A CERTAIN LEVEL OF DISPLACEMENT RISK.
SO EITHER VULNERABLE OR, OR, UM, VULNERABLE CHRONIC.
AND, YOU KNOW, ALSO I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 60% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, YOU KNOW, IN WEST AUSTIN VERSUS IN EAST AUSTIN, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE, A BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND SO ARE YOU ABLE TO SAY THAT WE'RE LOW INCOME FAMILIES? ARE YOU ABLE TO ADJUST THAT LOW INCOME SETTING IN EAST AUSTIN TO, UH, TO, TO REALLY GET TO THE VERY LOW INCOME FAMILIES THERE AND, AND, AND PRIORITIZE THOSE FAMILIES IN THE TRANSIT QUARTERS THERE, ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT? SO ONE OF THE THINGS, AND AGAIN, SO THERE THERE'S, SO THERE'S THE INCOME, THE INCOME ELIGIBILITY, WHICH ARE ALSO ESTABLISHED, UH, FEDERAL GUIDELINES.
SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY CHANGE THOSE, RIGHT.
IT IS SPECIFIC TO OUR, UH, MSA, BUT YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT DISPLACEMENT RISK AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THE SAME LEVEL OF DISPLACEMENT RISKS.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN WEST AUSTIN, IF WE, IF THEY'RE NOT NUMBER ONE, THE TRANSIT CORRIDORS THAT ARE COMING, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE THREE DISPLACEMENT RISK, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE MONEY GOING TO THAT.
SO THOSE THERE'S, THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHEN DEPLOYING THE DOLLARS.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THIS HEAD ON AND, AND I, AND I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU NEED, AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE MONEY FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
NEXT, UH, WE HAD COMMISSIONER KOSTA.
AND I APOLOGIZE IF THIS HAS BEEN ANSWERED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW FOR ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT'S FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS.
AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY IS THAT EXISTING RESIDENTS, AS OF WHEN THEY APPLY, WHEN NON-PROFITS APPLIED FOR THOSE FUNDS EXISTING RESIDENTS, WHEN DOLLARS ARE DEPLOYED, UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS, CAUSE YOU KNOW, THE, THE IS OVER THE NEXT 13 YEARS.
SO IF ANY, IS, IF PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED DURING THAT TIMELINE, ARE THEY STILL ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FUNDS? IF THE PROJECT HAS A DESIRE TO DO AN ELEMENT OF RIGHT TO RETURN? IS THAT INELIGIBLE THEN? UM, I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS THAT THE TIMELINE FOR WHAT, WHEN IS, WHEN ARE WE SAYING EXISTING RESIDENTS? SO EXISTING RESIDENTS WOULD BE AT THE TIME FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AND RESIDENTS APPLY, UH, FOR FUNDS OF COURSE, PROGRAMS LIKE THE RIGHT TO RETURN.
THOSE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
SO A PROGRAM LIKE THAT, IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME AS YOU WOULD SEE FOR THESE FUNDS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THIS IS ALLOWING PREFERENCE POLICY FUNDS, UH, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL IT HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, PREVIOUSLY LIKE THE PAST 25 YEARS OF THAT RESIDENTS COULD LOOK AT, BUT THAT IS CURRENTLY SEPARATE.
IT'S A DISPLACEMENT, UH, PREVENTION STRATEGY, IF YOU WILL, IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO RETURN, BUT IT IS NOT.
UM, AND WE ARE INCORPORATING THAT IN SOME OF THE ROLLED TO AN OLDER APPLICATION PROCESSES.
DID THAT ANSWER THAT FOR YOU CAESAR? IT DID.
AND AGAIN, JUST TO CLARIFY, SO THAT'S EXISTING RESIDENTS AT TIME OF APPLICATION OR WHEN FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AS THE FIRST PART OF THAT.
FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS, JUST TO BE CLEAR.
UH, COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER, UH, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, I, I WONDERED DID CITY COUNCIL, UH, SET MEASURES FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO JUDGE THE SUCCESS OF THE EFFORT AND, UH, IF SO, WHAT ARE THEY, UH, I GUESS GENERALLY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ASSESS WHETHER THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND WHETHER, UM, WHETHER THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING MONEY HAVE DELIVERED THAT THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE AND, AND FIGHTING DISPLACEMENT? SURE.
SO WE ARE CITY COUNCIL DID NOT
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NECESSARILY, UM, UM, SET MEASURES OR METRICS TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS, BUT OUR TEAM, UH, WE ARE WORKING HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF.UH, WE ARE WORKING ON CREATING, UH, BOTH THE DASHBOARDS SO THAT WE CAN REPORT WHERE THE DOLLARS OR THE INVESTMENTS ARE BEING DEPLOYED TO SEE IF WE'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL.
UH, WE ARE ALSO, UM, CONTRACT AND WE HAVE A NEW SOLICITATION THAT WILL BE GOING OUT VERY SOON TO HAVE CONSULTANTS WORK WITH THE 16 VENDORS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE EFFECTIVE DEPLOYING THE DOLLARS, MAKING SURE IF THERE'S ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED WITH, UH, SETTING UP, UH, THERE MAY, UH, METRICS TO MEASURE THEIR IMPACT.
AND THEN ALSO AS A PART OF THE CONTRACTING PROCESS, UH, BECAUSE EACH APPLICATION IS DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE AND THEY'RE DELIVERING SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT.
WE HAVE TO WORK WITH EACH VENDOR TO SET UP THE METRICS AS WE DO WITH ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS TO, TO DETERMINE WHAT WILL BE THE METRICS OF SUCCESS, LIKE WHAT ARE THE CLEAR DELIVERABLES AND GUIDELINES THAT WE SHOULD HOPE TO ACHIEVE.
UM, SO I UNDERSTAND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY GETS A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY AND THEY LAY OUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHEN WE MEASURE THEM AGAINST THAT.
I GUESS I WAS SORT OF ALSO WONDERING IF STEPPING BACK A COUPLE OF STEPS.
WHAT IS THE, DO WE HAVE LIKE OUR, UM, A PRIORITY LIST OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS THIS IS THING, NUMBER ONE, LIKE MEASURING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT DISPLACED.
AND THEN WHAT'S THING, NUMBER TWO, AND WHAT'S THING, NUMBER THREE.
UH, YES, THERE WERE SOME GOALS.
I ACTUALLY, UH, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF I STILL HAVE THEM, UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS, RIGHT.
HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS WERE ABLE TO REMAIN, UH, WITHIN THEIR HOMES, IF THERE ARE RENTERS, IF THEY, UH, DID NOT, UH, WERE ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT AND STAY AS A RESULT OF, OF AS A RESULT OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UM, THAN, YOU KNOW, BUILDING UNITS, RIGHT? THE HOUSES AND STUFF.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WILL BE THE BEST METRICS TO DETERMINE, UH, WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYING OF THE DOLLARS AND KEEPING IN MIND, UH, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE NUANCES OF WHY PEOPLE MOVE.
UM, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES, SO WE ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND AND CAN COMMUNICATE CLEARLY TO THE PUBLIC, UM, THE MEASURES THAT WE'RE USING AND HOW DO WE HELP THE ORGANIZATIONS IDENTIFY, UH, WHAT ARE EFFECTIVE, UH, TOOLS OR MEASUREMENTS OF THEIR SUCCESS.
SO WE'RE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS NOW.
UH, THAT'D BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE, UM, WHAT RESULTS FROM THAT, UH, DO YOU, AS YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN THE PIKE, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE AND, YOU KNOW, THE VALUE OF PROPERTIES ARE GOING UP AND PEOPLE ARE SELLING THEIR MARKET RATE, APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING DISPLACED.
UM, ARE YOU SORT OF SEEING THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, OR 10 YEARS FROM NOW IN A DIFFERENT WAY FROM WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW? I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO, I'M SURE YOU CAN'T SAY, BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT KINDS OF ORGANIZATIONS ARE GETTING THIS MANY.
ARE THEY HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS OR LIKE SORT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
I, UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T RIGHT NOW, CAUSE WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
I I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER, UH, COUNCIL HAS MET ON SEPTEMBER 29TH AND HAS HAD A CHANCE TO DELIBERATE AND MAKE THEIR DECISION.
AND THEN I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THE ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL THAT INFORMATION, UH, WILL ACTUALLY BECOME, UH, PUBLIC.
UH, VERY SOON AFTER THAT INFORMATION IS POSTED TO THE COUNCIL AGENDA.
I THINK, I THINK I JUST GOT A LITTLE TIME LEFT ON, WELL, WE'RE AT A TIME, THAT'S IT.
WE MAY HAVE TIME AT THE END THOUGH.
WHO'S NEXT? UH, FISHERS WITH QUESTIONS.
WELL, I'M GOING TO WRAP IT BACK AROUND SINCE WE A LITTLE SHORTER, UM, I THINK COMMISSIONER MOOSE TODDLER, AND THEN COMMISSIONER SCHNEIDER, IF YOU GUYS WANT
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TO, YOU HAVE, UH, SOME LAST QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO GET ANSWERED.AND TARA, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
UH, HEY, MS. JACKMAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE WORKING ON.
UM, WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON REPLACING OUR 1984 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WE TALKED TO A LOT OF CONSULTANTS WHO WERE PRETTY CLEAR ON THE FACT THAT IF WE DON'T RE ENTITLE A LOT OF THE AREAS ON OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS, THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRETTY MUCH ENCOURAGE DISPLACEMENT.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO ENCOURAGE DISPLACEMENT IN A GROWING CITY IS TO LIMIT NEW HOUSING SUPPLY, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY OUR OUTDATED CODE DOES.
SO WHAT TYPES OF THINGS MIGHT WE BE DOING RIGHT NOW, OR ARE YOU ABLE TO WORK ON, OR IS THE CITY WORKING ON TO GET BETTER ENTITLEMENTS ALONG THESE CORRIDORS? UM, I WILL SAY ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND SOME PEOPLE, UH, MIGHT DISAGREE WITH THAT.
OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS REALLY, UH, ADDRESSING THE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES.
I WOULD SAY THOSE IMMEDIATE, WHAT I CALL CRISIS OF CHALLENGES THAT FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS ARE FACING.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, I THINK, UM, AND THAT HE IS DEVELOPING PROGRAMS AND DEPLOYING DOLLARS TO ASSIST FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS.
I THINK OUR CITY REALLY, UM, WE NEED TO BEGIN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE POLICIES, UM, UH, INCLUDING THE COLD, UH, IF WE'RE REALLY SEEKING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.
BUT, UH, WE'RE ALSO EXAMINING, UM, I KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, UM, THE TENANT RELOCATION ORDINANCE, AS AN EXAMPLE, UH, IS REALLY SPECIFIC TO ADDRESSING DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES, UH, WHERE YOU HAVE DEVELOPER, WHAT I WOULD CALL DEVELOPER INDUCED DISPLACEMENT, RIGHT? WHEN YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS ARE TEARING DOWN, UM, A UNIT AND BUILDING MARKET RATE UNITS.
SO, UM, WE HAD HOPED TO, UH, FUND, UH, HAVE A DEVELOPER FUNDED PROGRAM SO THAT TENANTS CAN RECEIVE PROPER NOTIFICATION IN ADVANCE SO THAT THEY CAN PREPARE TO MOVE, UH, WITH PROPER NOTIFICATION AND SO FORTH.
IT'S STILL NOT A GOOD SOLUTION.
IT'S NOT A GOOD POLICY SOLUTION, BUT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO CHARGE DEVELOPERS OF FEE TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO THE CITY IS WORKING ON DEPLOYING A PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THE SH SHORT TERM RENTALS, UM, LIKE AIRBNBS AND WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF, UH, AIRBNBS, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPLY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
SO WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS MORE OF THE POLICIES, AND I THINK THAT'S MORE LONG-TERM AND THAT'S MORE SUSTAINABLE THAN PUTTING MONEY INTO WHAT I SEE IS, UH, IS NOT SUSTAINABLE IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING IT, BUT THAT IS NOT A CONSTELLATION OR ANSWER TO A FAMILY THAT IS FACING IMMEDIATE PRESSURE.
SO THE THING IS TO NUMBER ONE, ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS, AND THEN ARE SOME OF OUR NEXT WORK AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AREAS ARE WORKING ON SOME POLICIES OF ALSO THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, RIGHT? SO THERE'S, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING AND WE NEED TO, UM, THERE'S MUCH MORE THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE POLICY CHALLENGES.
I KNOW THE STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINTS PRETTY CLEAR ON THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T JUST SUBSIDIZE OUR WAY OUT OF THIS MESS AND WE HAVE TO HAVE BETTER ZONING AND BETTER DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. THANK YOU.
UH, BEFORE WE WRAP IT BACK AROUND COMMISSIONERS, ARE, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT QUESTION? I, I JUST WANT TO, IF I CAN TAKE MY SLOT, DO JUST EXPLAIN TO COMMISSIONER.
SO W WHAT THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE RECEIVING TODAY IS ONLY ONE PROGRAM OFF THE 200 MILLION.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR.
I THINK I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY TO EVERYONE HERE.
SO I SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN MORE AWARE OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.
THERE'S THREE PIECES TO THIS ONE IS ANYONE WHO WILL BE DIRECTLY DISPLACED DUE TO INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY WILL BE PROVIDED, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE A TENANT OR A HOMEOWNER, WHETHER THEY'RE COMMERCIAL OWNER, COMMERCIAL DENNETT, THEY WILL BE PROVIDED PROPER FUNDING FOR THE PROPERTY.
ALSO RELOCATION BENEFITS UNDER THE UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT THAT GIGGING IN AT THE TIME OF NEED, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT BE PROVIDED THAT FUNDING ARE UNDOCUMENTED AUSTINITES BECAUSE UNDER FEDERAL RULES AND GUIDELINES, THAT'S FORBIDDEN.
SO WE CANNOT USE THAT FUNDING FOR THAT PURPOSE, BUT EVERYONE ELSE WILL RECEIVE
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THAT FUNDING.THEN WE GET THE 300 MILLION, WHICH ESSENTIALLY THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING.
AND SO FAR, WE HAVE THREE STREAMS OF THE FUNDING THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UM, SORT OF ARE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY.
ONE WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BOTH OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL.
THIS IS UNDER OUR RHODA ORDER PROGRAMS. THE REQUIREMENT HERE IS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE WITHIN ONE MILE OF HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT, UNDER PROJECT CONNECT, AND YOU HAVE TO BE IN AN AREA THAT IS IDENTIFIED AS GENTRIFYING UNDER THE MAPS THAT AN FDD HAD SHARED.
THE SECOND PIECE OF THIS 200 MILLION WAS THE LAND ACQUISITION, BOTH A ADDED DISPLACEMENT ACQUISITION COMMUNITY WITH COMMUNITY ACQUISITION PROGRAM.
THE ADD CAP PROGRAM, WHICH WAS FOR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS DO PURCHASE LAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PURPOSES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE AUSTIN REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE SOME LAND NEAR THE GREEN LINE.
THE TERM, THE, AT THE OTHER PIECE OF ACQUISITION WAS ACTUALLY PRESERVATION OF MULTI-FAMILIES.
OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY VOTED TO HAVE TWO PROPERTIES ALREADY PRESERVED.
SO THERE'S EXISTING MULTIFAMILY THAT WAS AFFORDABLE MARKET AFFORDABLE, AND WE'RE PRESERVING THOSE.
AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE OF THIS 300 MILLION IS THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS PROGRAMS THAT NEVER DD HERE WAS MENTIONING.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO SORT OF THE SECOND ROUND OF THE PIECE, THE THIRD PIECE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE IMPACT THAT THIS MIGHT HAVE ON BUSINESSES ALONG THE CONSTRUCTION ZONES.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, WILL BE ONGOING AND WILL BE HANDLED, UM, NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
I THINK THE CONFUSION HERE IS NEVER DDS DEEM IS ONLY LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS.
OUR DEVELOPMENT THEME UNDER JAMIE MAY IS LOOKING AT PRESERVATION AND ADD GAP AND RHODA ODA, OUR AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP TEAM IS LOOKING AT WHAT WILL HAPPEN UNDER UNIFORM RELOCATION AND BUSINESS MITIGATION.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF NEVER DIDI AND HER TEAM UNDER OUR DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION PROGRAM, BUT THAT IS BEING HANDLED ACROSS THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
I JUST DID WANT TO CLARIFY THAT TO FOLKS.
AND WE DO, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, CHAIR, UH, RAMIREZ SAYS A QUESTION JUST A COUPLE OF QUICKLY.
WHAT IS RHODA ODA? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
UM, RENTAL RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.
AND THEN, UH, TO DEVELOP, TO DEVELOP, UH, RENTAL PROPERTIES AND THEN OLDER WOULD BE OWNERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOP OWNERSHIP.
AND THEY'RE BOTH IN COLIS, CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY'RE BOTH INCOME RESTRICTED AT 50% MFI AND LORE.
AND THEN, SO I MEAN, THE NAME RIGHT IS RIGHT IN THERE, RIGHT? IT'S ANTI-DISPLACEMENT SO THE IDEA IS THAT, UM, WE WOULD KEEP PEOPLE WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'VE GROWN UP IN AND THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY GO TO, ET CETERA.
AND SO, UM, COMMISSIONERS ARE, WAS TALKING ABOUT THE LAND ACQUISITION, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS COMMUNITY PORTION OF THE FUNDS, THE 20 MILLION THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING IS REALLY TO HELP PEOPLE STAY IN PLACE SO THAT THEY AREN'T FORCED TO BE THEY'RE NOT, UH, DISPLACED.
ANY, UH, LET'S UH, UM, COMMISSIONER KING LET'S, UH, WE'LL GET YOU.
WE HAVE, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO TO THE SECOND ROUND.
I'M GOING TO ALLOW THAT SINCE WE ARE, YOU DON'T, HAVEN'T USED ALL OUR TIME YET.
UH, BUT ANY COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE NOT ASKED A QUESTION, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS IN BEFORE WE, UH, GIVE A FEW EXTRA MINUTES TO THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ALREADY ASKED QUESTIONS.
JUST IN ORDER, UH, COMMISSIONER MOOSE TODDLER, AND THEN COMMISSIONER SNYDER, AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER KING, I WILL DO IT IN THAT ORDER AND TRY TO BE BRIEF WITH YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU COULD.
UM, I WANT TO THINK, UM, COMMISSIONERS ARE FOR EXPLAINING AND CLARIFYING SOME OF THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S HELPFUL FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE NOT INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THIS WORK.
UM, I, MY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, AND I, YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS WITH ONE OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
I STEPPED AWAY FOR A MOMENT, BUT DO WE HAVE REQUIRED REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE FOR ACCOUNTING, FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE AWARDED THESE, UM, UH, THE FUNDING TO DO THEIR, UH, THEIR WORK? SO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING, WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING? I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, FOR, FOR THE CITY THAT THERE'S CLEAR TRANSPARENCY ON, ON WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING AND HOW THEY'RE BEING USED.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY, ANYTHING IN THIS FOR, UM, REPAYMENT OF FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED IF THEY WERE NOT USED PROPERLY? OH, WE HAVE THE SAME ACCOUNTING PROCESSES AND TRANSPARENCY,
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UH, REQUIREMENTS AS WE DO FOR ALL CITY CONTRACTS.AND, UH, WE HAVE MANAGED A NUMBER OF CONTRACTS, UM, IN THIS PAST, UH, COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE THE DIVISION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND WE HAVE HAD GREAT AUDITS.
SO YES, THE SAME PROCESSES ARE IN PLACE THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL CITY FUNDS IN CONTRACTS.
UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
DO YOU HAVE JUST, JUST GENERAL QUESTIONS, I THINK AFTER, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER OURS COMMENTS ON I'M GOOD.
AND THEN MOVING TO COMMISSIONER KING.
I ALSO APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER'S RS COMMENTS AS WELL.
THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL, BUT ALSO $20 MILLION.
NOW I UNDERSTAND IS JUST, JUST SO LITTLE AMOUNT.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
UM, COMMISSIONER, DINKLER SORRY ABOUT THAT.
IS THERE ANY MONEY IN THE, UH, $20 MILLION IS ALLOCATED FOR BUYING? I THINK YOU MIGHT'VE SAID THIS, BUT IF YOU DID, I MISSED IT FOR BUYING PROPERTIES, UH, MARKET RATE PROPERTIES, AND, UM, THAT, UM, YOU'RE KEEPING THEM FROM GETTING DEVELOPED AT A HIGHER LEVEL.
I'M NOT EXPLAINING THIS VERY WELL, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
OH, UH, THERE ARE TWO BUCKETS OF FUNDING, UM, THAT ARE REFERRED TO THE THREE BUCKETS OF FUNDING, UH, THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR BUDGET PRIORITIES, UH, FOR THE FIRST TWO FISCAL YEARS OF PROJECT CONNECT.
UM, AND TWO BUCKETS, ONE IS LAND ACQUISITION, WHICH WILL BE USED A PORTION OF THE 23 MILLION FOR LAND ACQUISITION IS AVAILABLE FOR A COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO DO JUST THAT, UH, TO PURCHASE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, TO HELP, TO ENSURE THAT THEY WILL REMAIN AFFORDABLE AND OFFER THEM, UM, TO LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
AND THEN THAT IS ALSO WHAT THE CITY'S PRIORITY, UH, PRIORITIES ARE.
SO WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT OF, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE RHODA, UH, RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND OLDER, THAT'S WHAT WE DO WITH THE REMAINING, UM, THE BALANCE OF THE 23 MINUS THE EIGHT PLUS THE $21 MILLION.
ALL OF THAT WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE, UM, UM, MARKER RATE.
WE CERTAINLY HOPE WE CAN GET THINGS, UH, UNDER MARKET RATE, BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE, BUT YES, THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL IS AS A CITY AND AS, UH, EVENTS, UH, CHAIRS ARE REFERRED TO THAT.
ESPN LED BY OUR, OUR REAL ESTATE DIVISION WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE I ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD IT WAS CHEAPER TO BUY AN EXISTING OLDER PROPERTY THAN TO START FROM SCRATCH WITH THE LAND ACQUISITION COSTS, WHICH ARE HORRIBLE THAN FINDING THE GAP FUNDING, ET CETERA.
SO YOU ARTICULATED IT MUCH BETTER THAN I DID.
UM, I, UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UNLESS WE HAVE SOME BURNING QUESTIONS THAT WE WANT TO WRAP UP WITH.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION.
UM, UH, YEAH, I APPRECIATE IT.
AND SO, UH, OUR NEXT BRIEFING IS FROM ALLEGAN.
[2. Briefing regarding transportation analysis requirements for development applications as defined in the revised Transportation Criteria Manual and related Street Impact Fees regulations. Staff: Curtis Beatty P.E. , Division Manager, 512-974-6471, Austin Transportation Department]
READ THIS, UH, BRIEFING REGARDING TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS AS DEFINED IN THE REVISED TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL AND RELATED TO STREET IMPACT B'S REGULATIONS.UH, WE HAVE KURT AS BABY, UM, DIVISION MANAGER FROM AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
YEAH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I AM WITH THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
MY DIVISION IS TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
OUR GROUP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING ALL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS IN THIS AGE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH CODE ORDINANCES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME HERE AND, UH, SPEND A LITTLE TIME WITH YOU ALL TALKING ABOUT TWO TOPICS THAT HAVE COME LIVE.
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, ONE IS THE ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE STREET IMPACT FUND.
UH, THOSE TWO ELEMENTS ARE RELATED.
UH, GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES TO GIVE YOU A BRIEFING AND THEN I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE CAUSE LIKE, UH,
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I'M GOING TO TRY MY BEST, NOT TO OVERWHELM YOU WITH, UH, ACRONYMS. IT'S VERY EASY TO DO THAT.WHEN WE START TALKING TO THIS, JUST TO ABBREVIATE CONVERSATION, I'LL TRY TO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL IN PARTICULAR, HOW IT WILL, UH, IN, IN A REALLY LATE TO THE PURVIEW OF THESE TWO COMMISSIONS, UM, SOME OF THE ANALYSIS THAT COMES TO ZONING IN PARTICULAR, WE'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ROLE THIS COMMISSION WILL HAVE IN REGARDS TO APPEALS THAT THE STREET IMPACT FEE, THOSE WILL BE COMING TO Y'ALL.
UM, AND I WILL DISCUSS HOW THAT WILL BE COMING TO Y'ALL AND Y'ALL'S PURVIEW WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE APPEALS.
NEXT, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL BECAME EFFECTIVE JUNE 20TH OF THIS YEAR.
NOW THERE WAS A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY IT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED, ONE IT NEEDED TO BE WRITTEN.
SO IT REFLECTS THE ASAP AND THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THAT DOCUMENT.
WE ALSO NEEDED TO DO SOME CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENT AND CONSISTENT FOR DEVELOPMENT.
AS THEY COME IN TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF WAIVERS THEY HAVE TO REQUEST IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE CURRENT BEST PRACTICES AND, AND TO, UH, UH, ADOPT OTHER THINGS.
WE HAVE SUCH AS BEER BUSINESS, ZERO POLICIES, AND THEN ALSO THINGS LIKE PROJECT CONNECT AND EMPHASIZING, UM, OTHER MODES.
WE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DOCUMENT AND INCORPORATE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT IN THE TDS TCM, EXCUSE ME.
AND THEN WE ALSO DID NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DOCUMENT, TO ACCOUNT FOR THE STREET IMPACT FEE.
THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY DEFINE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE TCM.
BASICALLY IT JUST TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
WITH THE NEW TCM, WE ARE JUST TAKING CAREFULLY, UM, STARTING WHAT'S CALLED A CTA, A ZONING TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS THAT IS DONE AT THE TIME OF ZONING AND IS NOT AN OPTION LIKE THE CURRENT T TIA P UH, PROCESS IS WE ALSO INTRODUCING SOMETHING CALLED A TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENT.
I'LL GET INTO THE DEFINITION OF THAT REALLY MOMENTARILY, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE ALSO WANT IT TO INCORPORATE FORMERLY TRANSPORTATION DOMAIN MANAGEMENT INTO OUR ANALYSIS PROCESS.
NEXT SLIDE, HOW THESE ALL INTERACT AT STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT AT ZONING THAT IS WHEN THE ZONING TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS WILL BE REQUIRED.
UH, THIS WILL NOT BE AN OPTION.
THIS WILL BE APPLIED WHEN A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN WITH 2000 OR MORE DAILY TRIPS, THIS'LL BE UNADJUSTED.
SO THEY DON'T GET TO SUBTRACT OUT EXISTING TRIPS BECAUSE WE WANT TO LOOK AT ALL DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE OVERALL NETWORK THAT WILL BE COMING IN AT TIME OF ZONING.
AND YOU WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION WHEN CASES COME BEFORE YOU ALSO HAVE COMMISSIONS AT THOMAS SITE PLAN, THAT'S WHEN THE TIA OR TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENT WILL BE DONE.
AND THAT ALSO HAS TO HAVE A FORMAL TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN IN THAT TRANSPORTATION DID METAL PLAN.
THAT'S WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO REDUCE THEIR IMPACT VEHICULAR IMPACT ON THE NETWORK, SUCH AS MAYBE OFFERING TRANSIT PASSES, MAYBE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.
SO IT BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT FOR TENANTS OR USERS TO USE THEIR, UH, VEHICLE PARKING, UH, OR THERE COULD BE THINGS LIKE PROVIDING AMENITIES, ONSITE, BIKE, LOCKER, SHOWERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE OTHER MODES.
THE BUILDING PERMIT IS SOMETHING THAT ATD HAS JUST RECENTLY GOTTEN INTO BECAUSE OF THE STREET IMPACT FEE, BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN THE ORDINANCE AND ACTUALLY STATE LAW INDICATES WHEN THE STREET IMPACT FEE NEEDS TO BE APPLIED.
SO ATD IS NOW PART OF THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS.
WHENEVER A BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS COMES IN, WE ANALYZE IT TO SEE DOES A SIF APPLY.
IF SO, THEN WE DO THE CALCULATION OF THEIR FEE AND THEN PROCESS THE INVOICE WITH THE APPLICANT AND WITH THE TDM.
UM, IT'S A PLAN UP UNTIL IT ACTUALLY STARTS OCCURRING.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME REPORTING THAT DEVELOPMENTS WILL HAVE TO DO TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY MEETING THE REDUCTIONS THAT THEY SAID THEY HAD.
THEY'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN THAT REPORTING.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PENALIZE THEM FINANCIALLY, BUT WE CAN SAY, YOU'RE NOT MEETING YOUR, UH, YOUR REDUCTIONS.
YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE AND WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO SAY, OKAY, DO YOU NEED TO BUILD SOMETHING ELSE? OR DO YOU NEED TO OFFER SOMETHING LIKE TRANSIT PASSES OR MAYBE, UH, DECOUPLE YOUR PARKING IN SOME WAY? SO THAT IN A MULTIFAMILY YOU'RE NOT GUARANTEED A NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES PER UNIT.
EVERYBODY HAS TO ADD ADDITIONAL COST TO A MONTHLY FEE FOR YOUR PARKING.
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AND NOT GUARANTEED.AND THEN INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO REALLY CONSIDER, DO I NEED A PARKING SPACE WITH EVERY BEDROOM IN MY APARTMENT, OR DO I NOT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? UM, THIS ALL STARTS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION WHEN IT COMES IN, UH, THE LDC REQUIRES THAT A TIA DETERMINATION IS PERFORMED.
THE APPLICANT GIVES US SOME INFORMATION, WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO.
UM, LAND USES INTENSITY THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IF THAT'S COMING IN AT TIME OF ZONING CASE, A CTA WILL BE REQUIRED.
AGAIN, ANYTHING GENERATING 2000 DAILY TRIPS ON ADJUSTED, WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CTA.
I'LL GO INTO THE CONTENT OF THE CTA HERE IN A MOMENT AT THOMAS SITE PLAN.
WE, THIS IS WHERE WE DIVIDED IT UP THINGS A LITTLE BIT.
IF IT'S BETWEEN 2000 TRIPS AND 5,000 DAILY TRIPS, WE'RE DOING A TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENT.
IF YOU WILL, IT'S A REDUCED SCOPE.
THE REASON WE DECIDED TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE STREET IMPACT FEE, THE STREET IMPACT FEE REALLY SETS A MORE LEVEL PLAYING GROUND.
IF YOU WILL, OF WHAT THE OBLIGATIONS ARE FOR ALL DEVELOPMENTS OR THEY COME INTO THE CITY.
SO SOME OF THESE SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS NECESSARILY DON'T NEED TO TURN AROUND AND IDENTIFY AGAIN WHAT THEIR MITIGATION SHOULD BE BECAUSE AT C STREET IMPACT FEE IS TAKEN CARE OF THAT.
BUT WHEN IT'S THE LARGER DEVELOPMENTS, ANYTHING OVER 5,000 DAILY TRIPS, WE DO WANT TO HAVE THEM DO A TRADITIONAL ANALYSIS, LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTIONS, SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING, NOT ONLY ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF THEIR PROPERTY, BUT ALSO WHAT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED, UM, AT TIME OF SITE PLAN.
THIS IS ALSO WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING, ARE YOU BUILDING THESE IMPROVEMENTS? ARE YOU JUST GOING TO PAY YOUR STREET IMPACT FEE AS FUNDS DIRECTLY TO THE CITY? AND THAT'S WHERE THE NEGOTIATIONS BECOME IN BECAUSE IF THEY BUILD SOMETHING AND THE ORDINANCE, THE STREET IMPACT FEE ALLOWS THEM TO CHOOSE, BUILD OR PAY.
IF THEY BUILD SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO GIVE THEM A CREDIT FOR IT.
SO THERE'S SOME DOCUMENTATION OF THOSE, WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO AS OFFSETS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THEY GET THE CREDIT FOR THEIR STREET IMPACT FACE NEXT SLIDE, CTA.
AGAIN, I THINK THIS WILL BE SOMETHING OF IMPORTANCE THAT THESE TWO COMMITTEES WOULD WANT TO KNOW.
THOSE ETS WILL LOOK AT WHAT IS THE TRIP GENERATION FOR THE SITE, MEANING IF THEY'RE DOING A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, HOW MANY UNITS ARE THEY DEVELOPING AND HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS THAT GOING TO ADD TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? WE WANT TO OVERLAY THAT PROJECTED TRAFFIC ONTO EXISTING TRAFFIC OR THE BACKGROUND TRAFFIC.
SO WE WANT TO SEE WHAT THE VOLUMES ARE WHEN THAT DEVELOPMENT IS FULLY BUILT AND OPEN.
WE WANT IT TO HAVE AN ANALYSIS OF THE DRIVEWAYS, HOW THEY WILL OPERATE AND DO THEY MEET REQUIREMENTS OF THE TCM.
AND TH THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CALL ANTICIPATED TDM MEASURES HERE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO A FULL PLAN AT TIMEZONE, BUT THEY NEED TO INDICATE HOW THEY DO WANT TO REDUCE THEIR TRIP IMPACT SUCH AS THEY'RE GOING TO PURSUE REDUCED PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
THEY'RE GOING TO PURSUE SOME OTHER REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE ON A MAJOR TRANSIT CORRIDOR AND WITH AN EIGHTH MILE OR A QUARTER MILE OF A TRAIN STOP BUS STOP, THEY CAN GET SOME CREDITS AND THEY CAN ALSO, UH, GET OTHER, UH, REDUCTION THAT ON TOP OF THE STREET IMPACT FEE.
THEN IT'S ALSO THE DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, IF IT'S A KNOWN DEDICATION THAT CAN OCCUR AT TIME OF THE ZONING, OTHER TIMES, IT'S JUST NEW.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS OF RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE SMP, THE AUSTIN
AND IF THERE ARE LIMITATIONS, WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY, MAYBE EASEMENTS ARE THE WAY WE NEED TO GO.
INSTEAD OF THE DEDICATION, THOSE ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN EVERY CTA.
I'M GOING TO SWITCH OVER TO THE STREET IMPACT FEE HERE FOR A MOMENT.
AND THEN WE'LL TIE THE TWO TOGETHER IN JUST A SECOND.
THE STREET IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE BEGAN, UM, DECEMBER, 2020 THAT'S WHEN COUNCIL PASSED TWO ORDINANCES, ONE WAS THE ADOPTION OF THE STREET IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE.
AND THEN ONE WAS THE ADOPTION OF THE FEE CALCULATION STUDY.
WHAT SET THE RATES? UM, THE, WE HAD A FIRST REPORT DUE TO COUNCIL BACK IN JUNE LAST YEAR THAT WAS, UH, PROVIDED.
AND THEN COLLECTION ACTUALLY BEGAN JUNE OF LAST YEAR OR THIS YEAR, JUST ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.
WE HAVE TALKED WITH LEGAL MANY TIMES, UH, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOME OF THOSE, OH, WE DIDN'T QUITE THINK THAT ONE THROUGH.
UM, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS.
THE NEXT OBLIGATION IS TO, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR TO HAVE A PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD WHERE WE'RE SHOWING WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM WITHIN THE CITY, WHAT PROJECTS IS THAT MONEY BEING SPENT ON? AND THEN THE ONE ELEMENT TO WITHIN THE STREET IMPACT FEE IS IF YOU HAVE AN APPROVED TIA BEFORE
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DECEMBER, 2020, YOU ARE EXEMPT FROM THE STREET IMPACT FEE THROUGH DECEMBER, 2023.SO AS OF JANUARY, 2020, FOR ALL DEVELOPMENTS, REGARDLESS OF TIA STATUS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE STREET IMPACT FEE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IN GENERAL, THE STREET IMPACT FEE IS SOMETHING THAT IS DRIVEN BY LAW.
THERE IS A LOT OF THE ELEMENTS IN OUR ORDINANCE THAT ARE DIRECTLY REQUIRED, BUT DUE TO LAW.
UM, ONE OF THOSE IS THAT I STUDIED MUST BE PERFORMED TO IDENTIFY SERVICE AREAS, TO IDENTIFY HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DETERMINE YOUR RATES IN EACH OF THESE SERVICE AREAS, PROJECTING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN THESE SERVICE AREAS, IN WHAT PROJECTS WOULD YOU SPEND SUN, UH, SIF FUNDING ON IN THESE SERVICE AREAS FOR THIS STUDY, IT MADE SENSE TO DIVIDE THE CITY INTO 17 SERVICE AREAS.
EACH OF THESE SERVICE AREAS HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT RATES FOR THE STREET IMPACT FEE, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE LESS DEVELOPED.
SOME OF THOSE IN THE, UH, MORE SUBURBAN AREAS OF THE CITY HAVE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IMPACT FEE BECAUSE I HAVE LESS TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE LOWEST IMPACT FEES IS DOWNTOWN BECAUSE MOST OF THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, AS FAR AS VEHICULAR INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT OUT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADD ADDITIONAL LANES.
DOWNTOWN TURN LANES ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE BUILT BECAUSE OF THE PROPERTIES IN THIS STUDY.
WE ALSO REDEFINE WHAT'S CALLED THE ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY CALCULATION FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
PROPORTIONALITY IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT STATE LAW CONTROLS, MEANING WE CANNOT EXACT AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF P UH, UM, EXACTION BE IT MONEY OR IMPROVEMENTS FROM INDIVIDUALS, DEVELOPERS BY BASICALLY STRONG ARMING THEM TO DO SOMETHING JUST TO GET THEIR PERMITS.
BUT WE HAVE CHANGED THE CALCULATION OF THAT REP PROPORTIONALITY LIMIT BY WHAT'S CALLED THE STREET IMPACT FEE MAXIMUM ASSESSMENT VALUE THAT HAS INCREASED WHAT WOULD BE THE RP FOR PROPERTIES.
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE DETAILS UNLESS YOU HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE THAT CAN GET VERY TECHNICAL VERY QUICKLY.
UM, BUT THE OTHER THING, THE STREET IMPACT FEE REALLY DOES IS, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT ELIMINATED THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE WHEN A DEVELOPMENT CAME IN AND EVEN WITH THE TIA THEY WANTED, WE WANT TO BUILD THIS W THE CITY DOESN'T WANT TO BUILD THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN OUR SMP.
IT DOESN'T PROMOTE A MULTIMODAL, UM, NETWORK IN THAT PART OF THE CITY.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH THAT WENT ON THAT COULD ACTUALLY TAKE MONTHS TO ACHIEVE FINAL NEGOTIATIONS AND THEN GET IT INTO EITHER A ZONING CASE, A PUD CASE OR THE SITE PLAN.
A LOT OF THAT GOES AWAY BECAUSE HERE'S YOUR LAND USE.
HERE'S YOUR, YOUR INTENSITY, HERE'S YOUR FEE BASED ON YOUR SERVICE AREA.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY CREDITS SUCH AS TDM MEASURES CAN GIVE YOU CREDITS THAT'S THE FINAL NUMBER.
ONCE YOU PAY IT, YOUR BUILDING PERMIT IS RELEASED.
SO IT ALSO MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
AS THEY LOOK AT FUTURE BUILDINGS OR LOOK AT CHANGING, MAYBE THEIR, THEIR PROPOSED USES NEXT SLIDE.
UM, OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS, GETTING READY FOR THE SIF.
THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES WITHIN AMANDA.
UM, THAT IS THE, BASICALLY THE RECORD KEEPING SYSTEM FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT REVIEWS.
UH, WE'VE REACHED OUT, WE'VE HAD WORKSHOPS, WE'VE HAD PRESENTATIONS, WE'VE HAD EMAILS AND NEWSLETTERS WITH PA, UH, STAKEHOLDERS, SO THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT WAS COMING UP WITH THE STREET IMPACT FEE.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AS OF JUNE 21ST OF THIS YEAR, WHEN IT WENT INTO EFFECT IT'S NOT PERFECT.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A PHONE CALL TODAY WITH SOME PEOPLE QUITE SURPRISED BECAUSE THEY WANTED THEIR BUILDING PERMIT AND THERE'S A $93,000 INVOICE, THIS GONE UNPAID.
SO WE KIND OF HAD TO EDUCATE THEM WHAT'S GOING ON, WHY IT APPLIED.
UM, WE DO HAVE GUIDELINES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE STREET IMPACT FEE WEBPAGE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE SOME INTERNAL STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TO HELP STAFF GET USED TO THIS.
AND SO THAT WE'RE BEING VERY CONSISTENT WITH ALL APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN AND THE COMMUNICATIONS WHEN WE DEAL WITH APPLICANTS AND THEIR CONSULTANTS.
AND AS I SAID, FEE COLLECTION HAS BEGUN AND WE ALREADY HAVE STARTED RECEIVING IMPACT FEES, NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT, BUT WE DO HAVE TO REPORT TO THE IMPACT FEE COMMISSION IN NOVEMBER.
AND THEN AGAIN, UH, BY DECEMBER, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD WHERE EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT MONEY HAS COME IN IN EACH SERVICE AREA.
AND IF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT ON ANY PROJECTS YET NEXT SLIDE, I THINK I HAVE TWO MORE SLIDES.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO CONTINUING? EXCELLENT.
AS WE HAVE DEALT WITH THE STREET IMPACT FEE, WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME QUESTIONS, UH, VERY, UM, HONEST QUESTIONS THAT I THINK ANYBODY WOULD BE ASKING.
I JUST WANT TO RUN THROUGH SOME OF THESE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, DO NON-PROFITS HAVE TO PAY THE CIV.
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THERE'S NO EXCLUSIONS FOR OWNERSHIP OF A DEVELOPMENT.IT IS BASICALLY WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM? SO THERE IS NO EXCLUSION FOR NONPROFITS.
UH, CAN I BANK OFFSET CREDITS IF I DO SOMETHING ON ONE PROPERTY AND I GET CREDIT FOR IT, KIND OF HOLD ONTO IT AND GO TO ANOTHER PROPERTY AND USE THAT CREDIT THERE.
THAT'S NOT ALLOWED BY THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
IT'S A VERY DISTINCT IN THAT AREA.
SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A BLACK MARKET OF OFFSET CREDITS GOING ON, TRY EVERYBODY TRYING TO SWAP AND SELL THEIR CREDITS.
UH, DO THE IMP, UH, THE STREET PACK FEE REDUCTIONS ALIGN WITH THE NEW TCM.
THAT'S A BIG REASON WHY WE UPDATED THE DUE TCM SO THAT THERE IS CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE DOCUMENTS DO ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
GIVE ME A REDUCTION IN MY ASSESSED STREET IMPACT FEE.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT HAS CAUGHT SOME PEOPLE OFF GUARD.
UM, WE'VE HAD A DEVELOPMENT SAID WE'RE CERTIFIED SMART HOUSING.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE IMPACT FEE.
AND THE ORDINANCE STREET IMPACT FOR YOUR ORDINANCE IS ACTUALLY VERY CLEAR.
IT HAS TO BE NO HIGHER THAN 60% MFI.
SO IF A DEVELOPMENT IS COMING IN AT 80% MFI, THOSE UNITS DO NOT GIVE THEM A CREDIT TOWARDS THE, UH, THEIR STUDIO IMPACT FEE.
SO IT MUST BE MORE SIGNIFICANT.
WE DID GET CLARIFICATION FROM COUNCIL THAT WAS A VERY DELIBERATE ON THEIR PART TO ENCOURAGE MORE INVESTMENT.
AND I'M MORE EXTREME IF YOU WILL, UH, AFFORDABLE UNITS.
AND THEN SOMETHING THAT CAME UP JUST LAST WEEK FROM AN APPLICANT THAT RECEIVED THEIR STREET IMPACT FEE AND BOYS, I CAN'T AFFORD IT.
WHAT DO I DO? IS THERE A PAYMENT PLAN? NO, THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE IS VERY CLEAR.
ONCE THE FEE IS PAID, YOUR BUILDING PERMIT CAN BE ISSUED.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO DO A PAYMENT PLAN.
UM, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT JUST HOLDING ONTO THEIR PERMIT.
THEY CAN PAY THE FEE AND THEN GO THROUGH AN APPEALS PROCESS.
IT STARTS OUT WITH OUR STAFF, ISSUING THE INVOICE IN THE PHONE CALL TODAY.
IT'S A $93,000 STRAIGHT IMPACT FEE.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PAY IT AND THEN TURN AROUND AND PROTEST IT.
THE FIRST INITIAL PROTEST GOES TO THE DIRECTOR OF ATD.
UM, HE WILL LOOK AT IT INDEPENDENTLY INFORMATION FROM THE APPLICANT AND INFORMATION FROM STAFF OF WHY WE DID WHAT WE DID.
IF THERE'S NOT AN AGREEMENT AT THAT STAGE, IT GOES TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION, WHICH IS Y'ALL.
UM, WE ARE WORKING ON A PACKET OF INFORMATION RIGHT NOW, EXPLAINING WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR FIRST APPEAL, WHAT INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU, WHAT YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS DOES THIS COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE OR DOES IT NOT AND GIVE YOU SOME INSTRUCTIONS.
SO YOU WON'T BE DOING THIS COMPLETELY IN A VACUUM.
IF THAT APPEAL IS STILL NOT, UM, MAKING THE APPLICANT HAPPY, THEY CAN TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO CITY COUNCIL, FINAL RESOLUTION.
UM, THAT IS NOT THE FASTEST PROCESS.
I ADMIT I'VE, WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION, LIKE I SAID, CAN WE START THE APPEAL PROCESS? AND I SAID, YES, YOU CAN START THE APPEAL PROCESS.
IF YOU DON'T PAY YOUR FEE, YOU DON'T GET YOUR BUILDING PERMIT.
BUT EVEN IF YOU APPEAL TODAY, WE COULD LITERALLY BE LOOKING AT OCTOBER NOVEMBER TO GET IT ALL THE WAY TO COUNSEL.
IF THAT'S THE COURSE, IT'S THE POSTING OF AGENDAS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT I KNOW ALL OF Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF.
IT JUST TAKES TIME TO GET THROUGH CITY GOVERNMENT.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PAY THE FEE, DO IT UNDER PROTEST, BUT AT LEAST THEY CAN GET THEIR BUILDING PERMIT AND IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP THEIR PROJECT.
IF THEY WIN THE APPEAL, EITHER AS A REDUCTION OR A COMPLETE REMOVAL OR THEIR STREET UNPACKED FEE, THE CITY WILL ISSUE A REFUND CHECK.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL STOP AND OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, SO COMMISSIONERS, UH, RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONER DENTLER FIRST, BUT REAL QUICK, LET'S GO AHEAD.
WE'LL TRY TO STICK WITH OUR RULES.
UH, WE CAN SUSPEND RULES IF WE WANT TO TAKE UP A VOTE TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR OTHER COMMISSIONERS, BUT LET'S TRY TO GIVE HER ONE A CHANCE FIVE MINUTES AND, UH, ONE ROUND, IF WE CAN.
SO COMMISSIONER TINKLER I SAW YOUR, UH, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START THE QUESTIONS? SURE.
UM, MR. BABY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M USUALLY THE ONE WITH THE TRAFFIC QUESTIONS ON ZAP, AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL, UH, TODAY.
UM, I NOTICED ON THE ZONING TRAFFIC OR TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS THAT YOU WERE GOING TO LOOK AT BRIBE WAYS, HOW ARE YOU ADDRESSING, UM, SAFETY ISSUES, LIKE SIDE DISTANCE WHEN, UM, WE DON'T DO ANY KIND OF TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT OR A TIA, UNLESS IT'S 2000 PRINTS.
SO IT IS WHERE DOES THE SAFETY ISSUE COME INTO THIS? UH, IF IT'S UNDER 2000 TRIPS.
A LOT OF TIMES THE DRIVEWAYS WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE, DOES IT MEET SAFETY? THERE ARE STILL TCM REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS DISTANCE,
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UH, FROM ADJACENT DRIVEWAYS, UH, HOW THEY, UH, BOTH, UH, TO THEIR SIDES AND ACROSS THE STREET, THEY'RE ALSO GEOMETRIC CONSIDERATION.LIKE YOU'RE BRINGING UP HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL CURVES OR OBSTRUCTIONS.
A LOT OF THAT IS DONE AT TIME.
AT SITE PLAN, WE USE TRANSPORTATION IS THAT IF THE, WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE AREA ENGINEER IS CONCERNED ABOUT SIGHT DISTANCE, THEY REQUEST A SITE DISTANCE STUDY AT TIME OF SITE PLAN, AND THEY'RE THE APPLICANTS AND THEIR TEAM HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION.
THERE ARE SOME GUIDELINES TO BENDING ON STREET SPEED AND SOME OTHER THINGS, IF IT DOES NOT MEET, THEY HAVE TO RELOCATE THEIR DRIVEWAY TO ENSURE THAT SITE DISTANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE BEING MET.
SO A LOT OF THOSE DESIGN DETAILS SPECIFIC LIKE THAT ARE DONE AT THOMAS SITE PLAN.
AND WE DO REQUEST THEM TO, THEY HAD AN IDEA OF WHERE THEIR DRIVEWAY IS GOING TO BE AT TIMEZONE, BUT AT THOMAS SITE PLAN AHEAD TO MOVE BECAUSE OF SAFETY, CONCERNS AND OBSTRUCTIONS.
I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION THEN I'LL DEFER TO MAKE SURE MY COLLEAGUES GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
UM, HOW LONG IN, IN THE FRAT, THE CRITERIA MANUAL, HOW LONG DO YOU MONITOR, UM, TRAFFIC, UM, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, UM, ON AS YOU'RE GIVING AN ANNUAL REPORT, ARE YOU JUST MONITORING THEIR ABILITY TO MEET THEIR GOALS FOR A YEAR, TWO YEARS, FIVE YEARS? HOW LONG ARE WE MONITORING? UH, YEAH, THAT'S NO, THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DOCUMENTED THE NEED FOR TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT.
WE HAVE PURPOSELY NOT SAID FOR HOW LONG NOW, IN SOME PUDS WE ARE MAKING THE REQUIREMENT OF HOW FREQUENTLY AND HOW LONG THAT'S BEING DONE, BECAUSE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THE TIA ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, UH, A PUTT IN OTHER THINGS WE ARE KIND OF, DEPENDING ON THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF AND THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE LOCATION, IT MAY BE FOR WE'RE THINKING FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS, BUT IT COULD BE AFTER THAT AND ANNUAL BASIS THEN MAYBE IT'S EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND SO WE'VE LEFT IT A LITTLE BIT VAGUE TO ALLOW STAFF TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT REPORTING BASED ON OUR ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE AREA AND THE SIZE OF DEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU, MR. BEATTY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AS ALWAYS, I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW, EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS SINCE, YOU KNOW, THE STREET IMPACT FEES FIRST STARTED.
CAUSE I ALWAYS, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
UM, SO I HADN'T HEARD OF THE ZONING TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS, THE CTA BEFORE, WHEN WILL WE START SEEING THESE, UM, COME BEFORE US? YEAH, WE HAVE ALREADY SCOPED A FEW OF THOSE.
UM, ACTUALLY THEY OFFICIALLY WENT IN EFFECT AS OF JUNE 20TH OF THIS YEAR.
WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME DEVELOPMENTS THAT WEREN'T BEING REQUIRED TO DO IT AT ZONING, BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND SCOPED THOSE BACK IN APRIL AND MAY BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE THEY WANTED TO GET AHEAD AND BE, YOU KNOW, GOOD CITY DEVELOPMENT CITIZENS.
UH, WE ARE SCOPING THOSE ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO I WOULD THINK PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, YOU'LL START SEEING CTA IS ASSOCIATED WITH ZONING CASES.
AND IF, UH, NOW THERE'S MAYBE A FEW TOP CASES WHERE THEY HAD THEIR ZONING APPLICATION IN BEFORE JUNE 20TH, THOSE WOULD BE EXEMPT BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT THE ACCEPTED DATES OF THEIR APPLICATION DOES CARRY WEIGHT.
AND THEN I, YOU KNOW, AS COMMISSIONER DINKLER WAS KIND OF REFERENCING, WE S I, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF ANXIETY ON OUR COMMISSION WHEN WE SEE A REQUEST FOR DEVELOPMENT, ZONING CHANGES THAT WE KNOW WILL BRING MORE DENSITY AND MORE CARS.
AND WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, UH, OR WE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET THE LEVEL OF DETAIL NEEDED.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FOCUS JUST ON THE LAND USE AND IT BECOMES REALLY CHALLENGING.
AND I WONDERED IF THERE WAS, I, I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE ZONING, IN THE GTA.
UM, SO I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S LIKE A TEMPLATE OR SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO USE AND THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY.
UM, WHAT WE THINK OUR TEMPLATE IS GOING TO BE ARE THOSE SIX BULLET POINTS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY CONSISTENT THAT THEY ADDRESS EACH OF THOSE ELEMENTS UNDER THOSE SIX MAJOR SECTIONS, UH, WITH SOME APPENDICES AND FIGURES AS NECESSARY.
SO THERE'S ALSO A CONSISTENCY, UH, NOT ONLY FOR COMMISSION, BUT ALSO FOR OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENT, UH, HOUSING AND PLANNING, ZONING CASE MANAGEMENT MANAGER.
SO THEY KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THOUGHT ARE OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
AND I HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION, 2000 TRIPS CAN KIND OF BE A LOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S QUITE A, UH, PRETTY INTENSE DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO I WONDERED IF THERE IN THE PAST THERE HAS BEEN NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL TRANSIT ASSESSMENTS, DO YOU, AND WE GET THAT A LOT TOO.
UM, FOLKS COMING IN CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY FOR SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS, IS THERE A WAY TO GET AT THAT? YEP.
MTAS ARE STILL AVAILABLE BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE LDC, THE
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LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.SO NTA IS, ARE STILL IN THE MIX.
AND SO IF THEY REQUIRE AN NTA, THOSE WILL BE PROVIDED.
THERE ARE TIMES THEY'LL HAVE AN NTA AND A Z T A, JUST BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WHY WE CHOSE 2000 DAILY TRIPS AGAIN, THAT'S, WHAT'S IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND WE HAD TO STICK WITH THE CODE.
UM, LET'S SEE, MR. KOSTA, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, SO JUST SOME QUESTIONS ON THE OFFSET CREDITS.
UM, ARE THEY LISTED WITHIN THE TCM? ARE THEY THE SAME AMOUNT OF CREDITS FOR EACH ENHANCEMENT ACROSS THE BOARD IN ALL 17 AREAS? AND WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR ADJUSTING THOSE? IS THAT AN AMENDMENT TO THE TCM? OR IS THAT SOMETHING NO, ACTUALLY WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY COVERED RIGHT THERE.
UM, THE, AN OFFSET CREDIT, SUCH AS LET'S SAY, UM, LET ME TAKE ONE STEP BACK HERE WITH THE STREET IMPACT FEE.
IT'S NOT ONLY THE DESIGNATION OF THE 17 SERVICE AREAS AND THE FEES FOR EACH SERVICE AREA.
PART OF THAT ALSO CAME WITH WHAT'S CALLED AN RCP ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN, WHICH IDENTIFIES THE PROJECT WHERE STREET IMPACT FEES CAN BE SPENT.
SO THEY'RE PRE-IDENTIFIED PROJECTS.
THAT'S NOT ABSOLUTE THAT WE CAN NEVER TOUCH THAT AGAIN, THAT GETS UPDATED.
AND IF A PROJECT QUALIFIES TO BE IN THE RCP, THAT CAN ALSO BE A PROJECT THAT WE CAN EITHER SPEND MONEY ON OR A DEVELOPER CAN BUILD.
AND WE GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR, SO IS A SET FEE.
NOT REALLY EVERY TIME THEY CHOOSE TO BUILD AN IMPROVEMENT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE US AN ENGINEER, A COST ESTIMATE.
IF IT'S A REASONABLE COST ESTIMATE FOR WHAT'S ALLOWABLE UNDER THE SIF ORDINANCE ORDINANCE, WE DRAFT UP WHAT'S CALLED AN OFFSET AGREEMENT, AND THAT WILL DOCUMENT EXACTLY WHAT THEIR OBLIGATIONS, THE COST AND THE OFFSET THAT WE'LL GET TOWARDS THEIR STREET IMPACT FEE INVOICE.
SO THERE'S A FORMAL PROCESS FOR THAT.
ARE THERE STANDARD PRICES? NOT NECESSARILY, UM, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
UM, BUT, UH, AS WHAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE OFFSET IS CONSISTENT ACROSS THE 17 SERVICE AREAS IN THE CITY.
AND THEN I SAW THAT THE FRONT FACING, UM, PLATFORM OR DASHBOARD THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS, WILL THAT ALSO LIST WHAT THE CALCULATIONS ARE OFFSETS WERE, WHAT PEOPLE PAID IN THEIR DIFFERENT FEES? YES.
UM, THAT'S ONE THING WE HAVE DISCUSSED, UH, A LOT OF THE PROJECTIONS OF HOW MUCH REVENUE WILL BE COME IN FROM THE STREET IMPACT FEE IS DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
BUT IF THEY BUILD SOMETHING, THAT'S NOT A DOLLAR AMOUNT WHERE WE'RE RECEIVING.
SO WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S NOT A DOLLAR, BUT IT'S AN ASSET TO THE CITY FOR THAT VALUE.
SO OUR THOUGHT IS WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT BOTH, BOTH THE MONETARY RECEIPT OF MONEY OR, AND, OR THE OFFSETS THAT WERE BUILT, BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T BRING IN $50 MILLION OF MONEY, BUT WE GOT $50 MILLION WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS, WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
UM, COMMISSIONERS ARE, THANK YOU, JARED.
THANK YOU STAFF FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, CAN YOU REMIND ME, AND I SHOULD KNOW THIS BECAUSE I WORKED ON THIS, BUT CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT THE SIF CAN ACTUALLY BE USED FOR? YES.
UM, AGAIN, IMPACT FEES ARE DIRECTLY, UM, DICTATED BY STATE LAW TO A LARGE DEGREE.
IMPACT FEES BY LAW ARE REQUIRED TO GO TO PET CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT IS VEHICULAR CAPACITY PROJECTS.
UM, WE CANNOT SAY WE CAN SPEND THIS ON CAT METRO'S OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE THAT IS PROHIBITED BY STATE LAW.
WE CANNOT SPEND THE MONEY FOR URBAN TRAILS TO MAKE CONNECTIONS AND BUILD BRIDGES THAT IS PROHIBITED BY STATE LAW.
OUR CITY ORDINANCE REFLECTS THOSE LIMITATIONS.
WE ARE BEING A LITTLE LIBERAL IN OUR INTERPRETATION OF CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE IN THE ASM P EVERY ROADWAY HAS WHAT THE DESIRED CROSS SECTION IS.
AND THOSE DESIRED CROSS-SECTIONS SOMETIMES, OFTEN ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE SIDEWALKS, BUT ALSO SOMETIMES BIKE FACILITIES.
IF THEY BUILD THE ELEMENTS OF THE ULTIMATE CROSS SECTION, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM OFFSET CREDIT FOR THAT.
SO IF THEY WANT TO SAY, I JUST WANT TO BUILD A BUS STOP.
WE CAN'T GIVE THEM OFFSET CREDIT FOR THAT, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR US, THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR CAP METRO THAT'S PROHIBITED BY THE IMPACT FEE LAW.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS IN, IT'S VERY
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EARLY TO KNOW THIS, BUT I GUESS ROUGHLY IF Y'ALL WOULD HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING, ARE WE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE FEES THAT WE'RE COLLECTING FROM WHEN WE WERE APPLYING ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN SAY THAT JUST YET.UM, I WILL SAY THIS THOUGH, BASED ON SOME OF THE PHONE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST SIX, EIGHT WEEKS, SOME DEVELOPERS ARE VERY SHOCKED AT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT'S COMING IN TO, UH, THEY'RE LIKE, UH, TO BEING INVOICED.
UH, SOME OF THAT IS THEY'RE JUST UNAWARE.
ALTHOUGH WE TRIED TO OUTREACH AND EVERYTHING, THERE'S JUST UNAWARE.
UM, WE, WE HAVE A SMALL STUDIO THAT'S BEING, UM, IT'S CHANGING LAND USES AND THE STREET IMPACT FEE TURNED UP TO $8,000 FOR A SMALL STUDIO ART STUDIO.
THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY KIND OF WORKING WITH THEM, SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO.
MAYBE THERE, WE CAN ACHIEVE SOME CREDITS THAT WILL REDUCE THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT RECEIVED A $93,000 INVOICE LAST WEEK, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN THEIR PROJECT BUDGET.
AND SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PAY IT, BUT THEN TURN AROUND AND APPEAL IT IMMEDIATELY.
SO Y'ALL WILL PROBABLY SEE YOUR FIRST APPEAL.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.
I, I APPRECIATE THAT ONE COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SORT OF SET ASIDE AT 60% OF A FINE, THAT IS THE WILL OF COUNCIL.
SO THAT, SO IT'D BE, BUT I THINK, I WONDER IF THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ALONG THE WAY.
SO OUR CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS ARE THE RENTAL HOUSING IS AT 60% OF A FI FOR A NUMBER OF PROGRAM FOR, FOR OWNERSHIP, EVEN AMONG CITY SUBSIDIZED PROGRAM.
SO THE CHALLENGE HERE IS LIKE, FOR SOMETHING LIKE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS, I'M LITERALLY TAKING TAXPAYER MONEY, GIVING DO DEVELOPER TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP, HOUSING, AND THEN TAKING SOMETHING BACK AS A STREET IMPACT FEE.
SO I WONDER, I FEEL LIKE IF SOMEWHERE WE'VE MADE A MISTAKE ON THAT LIMITED, ACTUALLY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE IT IS MFI 60%.
YOU MAY HAVE FIVE, FOUR RENTAL UNITS.
IT IS 80% MFI FOR OWNERSHIP UNITS.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION.
THAT GIVES ME A LOT MORE CLARITY AND LESS ANGSTY.
I WAS LIKE, OH GOSH, I THINK WE MADE A MISTAKE SOMEWHERE.
YEAH, THAT DEFINITELY HELPS ME.
I DO WANT TO MENTION ONE THING, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE WAY Y'ALL DID THE TIMELINE.
I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW THIS WAS, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE DETAILS CAUSE WE ALL WORKED ON IT SO LONG AGO, BUT LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE, THEY CAN SEE HOW WE CREATED A LOT OF DEPENDABILITY IN THE PROCESS.
SO THE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE APPLYING CAN SEE WHERE THINGS STAND AND HAD THE DINE DUKE I'M DOING.
OF COURSE IT WILL ALWAYS BE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE SURPRISED.
AND THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE CHALLENGED.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP WITH, BUT I APPRECIATE, Y'ALL'S SORT OF REALLY COGNIZANT OF WORKING THROUGH THAT TIMELINE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT IMPACTED IN A BIG WAY.
SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK LEGAL BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STATE LAW ALLOWS.
HOW DOES THE ORDINANCE APPLY? WHAT WAS THE INTENT OF COUNCIL WHEN THEY MADE SOME, UH, LANGUAGE CHOICES? AND SO IT'S BEEN A VERY MUCH OF A GROUP EFFORT, BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S ALSO VERY PRACTICAL OF COUNCIL TO GIVE STAFF THOSE ABILITIES INSTEAD OF IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A STRUGGLE AND I'LL MAKE THIS VERY QUICK.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT IS NOT JUST FOR THOSE WHO ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE.
IF YOU'RE PARTIAL AFFORDABLE, YOU GET PARTIAL CREDIT.
COMMISSIONER WITH QUESTIONS, RIGHT? UH, COMMISSIONER MITCHELL TELLER, AND THEN COMMISSIONER COX, THANK YOU, CURTIS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANKS TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK.
AND, UM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO MAYBE SPEAK TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO, WHERE YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE ADVANTAGES, UH, TO THIS AS NEW STUFF COMES BEFORE US.
AND WHAT, WHAT POSITIVES DO YOU GUYS THINK YOU GUYS THINK ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS? YEAH, I CAN SPEAK TO FOR THAT FROM KIND OF TWO PERSPECTIVES.
I THINK FROM THE CITY PERSPECTIVE, IT BECOMES MUCH MORE DEPENDABLE OF WHAT DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING TO BE OBLIGATED TO, TO THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO IMPACT FEES.
UH, I KNOW IN THE PAST I'VE DONE THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
THERE'S SOME DEVELOPMENTS COME IN, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE NOT DOING MUCH FOR MITIGATION AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THEY'RE HAVING TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO EVEN THE PLAIN BOARD, IF YOU WILL, UH, WE'RE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE ARE PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE UNDERDEVELOPED AND UNDER, UH, LESS INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THOSE AREAS WILL ACTUALLY BRING IN HIGHER STREET IMPACT FEE SO WE CAN GET TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE QUICKER.
UM, SO THERE WAS A COGNIZANT DECISION OF THE PART OF TOWN WHERE THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
AND IT'S NOT A BLANKET JUST YOU'RE, YOU'RE USING SO MANY ACRES OR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SO
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MANY TRIPS PAY A DOLLAR PER TRAIL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.SO I THINK THAT'S SOME OF THE ADVANTAGE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT, BUT THEY DO LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO NEGOTIATE EVERY TIME THEIR MITIGATIONS, UM, BECAUSE THEN IT BECOMES HOW GOOD IS THEIR LAWYER, HOW GOOD IS THEIR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER? UM, AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, OKAY, I KNOW I'M BUILDING A 20 STORY BUILDING IN THE DOMAIN.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE THIS MANY SQUARE FOOTAGE, IT'S GENERAL OFFICE SPACE, THERE'S A CALCULATION.
AND THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS AS THEY WORK THROUGH THEIR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE.
UM, DO YOU MIND CIRCLING BACK FOR THOSE OF US WHO DON'T KNOW? I KNOW A COUPLE PEOPLE KIND OF ASKED, BUT, UH, HOW WE'RE CAPPED AT THE 2000 DAILY TRIPS.
CAUSE I WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING AND THINKING, WHY DIDN'T WE STRUCTURE IT, SAY AS A PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE ON THE ROADWAY STRUCTURE AND THAT KIND OF THING TO ACCOMMODATE FOR PROJECTS THAT QUOTE UNQUOTE SEEM SMALL, BUT MAY IN THEIR AREA HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE TRAFFIC THERE, IF THEY'RE FALLING BELOW THAT THRESHOLD.
SO I GUESS I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WERE HELD TO THAT 2000, EACH SIDED WAS, UM, RELATED TO SOMETHING IN CODE.
THERE IS ACTUALLY A REQUIREMENT IN THE ATLANTA DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT GENERATING MORE THAN 2000 TRIPS ARE REQUIRED TO DO A TIA.
AND SO SINCE WE CAN'T CHANGE THE CODE THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE, WE HAD TO MAINTAIN THAT THRESHOLD OF 2000 DAILY TRIPS.
IS THAT, IS THAT SORRY? MY DUMB QUESTIONS.
IS THAT CODE LOCAL OR IS THAT STATE LEVEL THAT IS LOCAL? IT CAN BE CHANGED.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAD TO MAINTAIN AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN, UM, HOW IS, SO WOULD THE 2000 TRIP CALCULATION WHO'S DOING THAT? WHERE IS THAT DATA COMING FROM? WHAT, YOU KNOW, RELIABILITY DO WE HAVE ON THAT? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT SEEMS LIKE NOW THERE'S A REAL CLEAR ADVANTAGE.
SOMEBODY COMING IN AT 1,900 TRIPS INSTEAD OF 2005, AND THERE ARE SOME DEVELOPERS THAT WILL PLAY THOSE GAMES.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR NECK OF THE, WHERE YOU GO, UH, ACTUALLY WITH EACH DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION BEFORE THEY ARE ACCEPTED WITHIN INTAKE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE, WHAT'S CALLED A TIA DETERMINATION WORKSHEET.
AND THAT WORKSHEET SAYS THEY HAVE TO INDICATE I AM GOING TO BE BUILDING THIS LAND USE.
HERE'S MY INTENSITY NUMBER OF UNITS, SQUARE FOOTAGE.
AND THEN WE USE THE ITE, THE, UH, INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION TRIP GENERATION GUIDE.
AND IT'S VERY CLEAR LAND USE INTENSITY, THIS AMOUNT OF TRIPS AND THAT'S DOCUMENTED.
AND THEN IF THERE'S EXISTING LAND USES THERE, UM, WE CAN, WE WILL SUBTRACT OUT TO GET THOSE TRAFFIC OUT OF THE NETWORK.
WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP BUILDING ON THINGS THAT NO LONGER EXIST IF YOU WILL.
AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE 2000, IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, THAT THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF EXISTING TRIPS, THAT IS CORRECT.
THAT THRESHOLD IS BASED ON UNADJUSTED TRIPS.
WE DIDN'T WANT ANY CREDITS OR ANY DEDUCTIONS ADDED TO THAT.
IF YOU ARE GENERATING 2000 DAILY TRIPS AS YOUR OWN UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT, YOU WILL BE SUBJECT TO THESE, UH, ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS.
BUT NOT, BUT THAT'S ONLY WHAT IS NEW, THE INCREMENTAL DIFFERENCE, NOT THE 2000 TOTAL DAILY, WHEN YOU TAKE A DEVELOPMENT AND ACCOUNT FOR WHAT'S ALREADY IN EXISTENCE, CORRECT.
THE INCREMENTAL, THE 2000 TO 5,000 WHERE WE INSTITUTED THE TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENT IS NEW.
WE EVEN UNDER THE LTCM, SOMETIMES WE WOULD DO A REDUCED SCOPE TIA OR THE SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS, BUT, UM, THAT'S THE ONLY REALLY NEW THING IN THAT CATEGORIZATION, UH, TRIPS.
YEAH, I WAS CURIOUS, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE GATHERING PROBABLY QUITE A BIT OF TDM DATA, UH, AS MORE AND MORE DEVELOPMENTS TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TDM REDUCTION IS, DOES STAFF, DOES ATD HAVE A MECHANISM THAT THEY'VE PLANNED OUT OR ARE GOING TO PLAN OUT, UH, TO TRY TO TAKE THAT, THAT DATA, THAT LONG-TERM DATA AND KIND OF CIRCLE IT BACK, RECYCLE IT INTO THE CALCULATION OF HOW MUCH, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY ALLOWING FOR TRIP REDUCTION, UH, WITH APPROVED TDMS. YEAH.
UM, WE ARE, WE DO HAVE A TDM DIVISION WITH ATD THAT WORK WITH EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS, REALLY TO TRY TO REDUCE THEIR ALREADY, UM, UH, VEHICULAR TRIP, UH, GENERATIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A FORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH MOVABILITY AUSTIN THAT DOES TDM MEASURES, UM, CITYWIDE, UM, THEY'RE BIG AND THE, THE, THE METER DEVELOPMENT AND THE IDEA IS AS THEY DO THEIR REPORTING, WE'RE COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION
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TO SEE WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S WORKING WITH CERTAIN LAND USES, WHAT'S WORKING IN CERTAIN PART OF TOWN.IS IT EMPHASIS ON BICYCLE OR IS IT AN EMPHASIS ON TRANSIT? SO WE'RE COLLECTING THAT DATA IN THE NEW TCM.
WE ACTUALLY, WITH OUR TDM, INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT PERCENTAGES, WE WENT TO A POINT SYSTEM.
SO THAT IF LIKES, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU REDUCE YOUR PARKING BY 10%, YOU GET A 10, ONE POINT.
IF YOU REDUCE IT BY 15%, YOU GET TWO POINTS.
THE REASON WE WENT TO THE POINT SYSTEM IN THE TCM, IT ALLOWS STAFF TO USE THAT DATA THAT'S COLLECTED INTO FIGURE OUT, DO WE NEED TO CHANGE THE PERCENTAGES TO INCREASE OR INFLUENCE OR ENCOURAGE CERTAIN TYPES OF TDM? SO MAYBE INSTEAD OF 10% TO GET ONE POINT, YOU HAVE TO DO 20% TO GET ONE POINT AND PARKING REDUCTION.
SO WE CAN ENCOURAGE A GREATER PARKING REDUCTION TO GET THE TD IN POINT.
SO, SO JUST SO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, YOU'VE GOT SOME SORT OF POINT SYSTEM BASED ON DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND A TDM.
AND, AND HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE THESE ARE GOING TO BECOME PRETTY STANDARD WITH ALMOST ANY DEVELOPMENT COMING FORWARD THESE DAYS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WAY THE STREET IMPACT FEE IS CALCULATED.
AND SO EVERY DEVELOPER IS GOING TO BUDGET IN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT COSTS TO GET A CONSULTANT, TO THROW TOGETHER A STANDARD TDM AND TRY TO MAXIMIZE THEIR POINT SYSTEM.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS THAT, IS THAT AS ATD GATHERS THIS DATA, IF WE'RE DISCOVERING THAT SHOWERS IN AN OFFICE BUILDING ARE NOT PRODUCING THE REDUCED TRIPS THAT WE THOUGHT THEY WERE, YOU'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE POINT VALUE OF THAT PARTICULAR STRATEGY IS THAT, IS THAT THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND THE THOUGHT IS WE'RE GOING TO BE UPDATED THE TCM AT LEAST EVERY TWO YEARS GOING FORWARD SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS FAIRLY FREQUENTLY.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THERE'S NO MECHANISM FOR FINANCIAL PENALTIES IF TDMS ARE NOT MEETING THEIR GOALS.
UM, I'M CURIOUS, SO MAYBE NOT MEETING THE GOALS, BUT IF, IF A DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T ACTUALLY DEPLOY THE TDMS THE WAY THEY HAD PROMISED.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY PROVIDING, IF THEY'RE NOT CHARGING FOR PARKING OR IF THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING TRANSIT PASSES OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS THAT THE CITY HAS? YEAH.
UM, ONE, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THE CARROT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE FINANCIAL PENALTY SEEMS THE MOST DIRECT WAY.
UH, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH THAT.
SO WHEN WE MEET WITH THEM AND THEY SHOW AND WE SHOW THAT, OKAY, YOU SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS.
YOU SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO DO X, Y, AND Z, THAT HAS AN ACHIEVED, OR YOU'RE DOING IT, BUT IT'S NOT RETRIEVING THE PERCENT REDUCTION THAT YOU COMMITTED TO.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO, WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO IF THE RESPONSE IS WE DON'T CARE, WE'RE NOT TO DO ANYTHING I HAVE TO VISIT WITH LEGAL A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN GO BACK AND SAYING YOU TOOK A REDUCTION REDUCTION ON YOUR STREET IMPACT FEE.
YOU'RE NOT ACHIEVING THAT REDUCTION.
SO THE CREDIT NEEDS TO BE CHARGED TO YOU.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS, IS HONESTLY IF I'M BUILDING OUT SOME MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT AND I PROMISE ALL THESE THINGS, AND I ONLY DO HALF OF THEM, I'VE GOTTEN MY PERMITS, I'VE PAID MY FEES.
AND IF ATD IS SENDING ME EMAILS SAYING, UH, YOU HAVEN'T DONE ALL OF THIS, WE'RE NOT SEEING THE REDUCTION.
AND I JUST SPAM THOSE EMAILS AND NEVER CALL BACK OR NEVER EMAIL BACK.
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT IS THE RECOURSE THERE? YEAH.
UM, IF IT'S A DEVELOPMENT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HELP FUTURE SITE PLANS, UM, IT'S VERY EASY FOR US TO CATCH THEM AT THAT TIME.
UM, AND SAY, WE HAVE ISSUES WITH YOUR PREVIOUS SITE PLANS THAT HAVE IN YOUR COMMITMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN FULFILLED.
UH, AGAIN, W WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE OF WHAT'S IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
IT ALSO HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF WHAT IS IN STATE LAW, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE MEETING ALL OBLIGATIONS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT, WE AS A CITY CAN PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING THAT PERMIT.
WAS THAT THE BUZZER? YEAH, THAT WAS THE BUZZER.
LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM HERE, WHO ELSE HAS A QUESTION? I SEE RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONER KING AND THEN FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, AND THEN WE'LL, UM, WE HAVE OUR CHAIR FROM THE VOA HERE THIS EVENING, UH, COMMISSIONER COLEMAN.
AND THANK YOU STAFF FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
AND I WONDER IF YOU COULD JUST MAYBE EXPLAIN WHEN THE FEE IS RECALIBRATED, IS IT BASED ON, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR ZONE OR AREA, UH, OF THE CITY, UH, WHAT'S THE PRIORITY, THE SERVICE AREAS, AND WHEN IS IT RECALIBRATED AND WHAT IS IT BASED ON? IS IT BASED ON THE COST OF LAND OR, OR W CAN YOU GIVE SOME INSIGHT INTO THAT ACTUALLY, YOU YOU'VE HIT SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS START ON THE HEAD.
THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THAT STUDY HAS TO BE DONE AT MINIMUM
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EVERY 10 YEARS, UH, TO REEVALUATE HAVE DEVELOPMENT TRENDS OCCURRED AS PLANNED HAS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE BEEN BUILT AS PLANNED THINGS OF THAT NATURE.SO EVERY 10 YEARS THAT WILL BE EXAMINED.
UH, IT WE'LL SEE IF, UM, ARE THOSE FEES KEEPING UP WITH THE COST OF THE, TO DELIVER THOSE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
UM, IS THE LAND SUCH AS RIGHT AWAY, DOES THAT VALUE HAVE CHANGED BECAUSE THAT GETS INTO WATER, THE PROPORTIONALITY OR THE SIF MAX.
SO THERE IS A MECHANISM WITHIN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF THAT THOSE VALUES, THOSE RATES HAVE TO BE REEXAMINED AT LEAST EVERY 10 YEARS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION THAT THAT'S SORT OF CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THE RATE OF CHANGE HERE IN AUSTIN, JUST THE PAST 10 YEARS.
WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT THE COST OF LAND ON OUR TRAFFIC, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT HAS BEEN MONUMENTAL OF JUST OVER THE PAST DECADE.
SO I WONDER IF THAT RECALIBRATION PERIOD CAN BE CHANGED TO MAYBE EVERY FIVE YEARS OR DEPENDING ON WHICH SERVICE AREAS SEEING A LOT OF CHANGE.
UM, I WOULD SAY IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE TO TAKE AN ACTION FROM COUNCIL.
WELL, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO IS TO LOOK BECAUSE 10 YEARS IS A LONG TIME, ESPECIALLY IN A FAST GROWING CITY LIKE AUSTIN, THAT, THAT DOES CONCERN ME.
AND BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS HAD AN ADDITIONAL 18 MONTHS, UH, BEFORE THIS FEE WAS ACTUALLY ENACTED.
COUNSEL GAVE THEM AN ADDITIONAL 18 MONTHS TO PREPARE FOR THIS.
I UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT, YOU KNOW, ON, ON, ON, ON OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HERE, BUT THEY HAD SUFFICIENT TIME, I BELIEVE, TO REALLY PREPARE FOR THIS FEE.
COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SERVICE AREAS? SO I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT, BUT I, I MIGHT'VE MISSED EXACTLY WHAT WERE THE DETAILS OF HOW THE MONEY HAS TO BE SPENT WITHIN A SERVICE AREA.
UH, ACCORDING TO STATE LAW IMPACT FEES HAVE TO BE ONE ESTABLISHED BY A STUDY.
AND IN THAT STUDY, YOU HAVE TO DEFINE SERVICE AREAS WHERE YOU ARE ONE DETERMINING THE RATE, THE FEE RATE, AND THEN ALSO WHAT PROJECTS THAT MONEY IN THAT SERVICE AREA WILL GO TOWARDS.
SO THERE IS AN EXAMINATION TO SEE WATER DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN AUSTIN WHERE IT'S AVAILABLE DEVELOPMENT COULD GO.
UM, THERE'S ALSO SOME, UM, THERE WAS A DIRECTION TO USE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE OR, OR GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES SUCH AS RIVERS AND MAJOR HIGHWAYS.
UH, ALSO BECAUSE AS PART OF THAT FEE CALCULATION IS THE QUOTE AVERAGE TRIP LENGTH, AND THAT AVERAGE TRIP LENGTH ISN'T CONSISTENT ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
SO THOSE 17 SERVICE AREAS WERE IDENTIFIED SO THAT THE AVERAGE TRIP LINKED IN EACH SERVICE VM, EXCUSE ME, AGAIN, AND INDIVIDUAL SERVICE AREAS IS CONSISTENT.
SO IN SOME CASES THAT'S A MILE.
IN OTHER CASES, IT COULD BE TWO AND A HALF MILE AS THE AVERAGE TRIP LENGTH USED TO CALCULATE THE FEE.
UH, BUT THEN THE, THE FEES HAVE TO BE SPENT WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT IS THAT'S CORRECT.
THEY'RE COLLECTED IN A SERVICE AREA AND MUST BE SPENT IN THE SERVICE AREA.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN AND PAYS THEIR FEES, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO INDICATE WHERE THEY WANT THEIR MONEY TO GO.
THAT IS SOLELY UP TO THE CITY.
AND AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, UM, ATD STAFF HAVE GONE TO ALTON COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND ASKED FOR THEIR PRIORITIES OF WHERE DOES THE MONEY NEED TO BE SPENT ON WHAT ROADWAYS, WHAT INTERSECTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, BUT, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO GET, MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
SO IF I'M BUILDING ON THE FAR EDGES OF AUSTIN, EVEN THOUGH I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT THESE PRE PANDEMIC 29% OF THE POPULATION COMMUTED TO DOWNTOWN OR THEREABOUTS TO WORK, AND NONE OF THOSE FEES CAN BE SPENT EXCEPT FOR IN THE FAR OUTSKIRTS WHERE THIS PROJECT IS BEING DEVELOPED.
DO WE HAVE ANY TRACKING OR ANY ESTIMATES OF ONCE THESE FEES ARE IMPLEMENTED? ARE WE GOING TO START SHIFTING MUCH MORE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS TOWARDS CAR BASED, YOU KNOW, OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY VERSUS, I MEAN, CAUSE THEY CAN'T BE SPENT ON, ON WELL ON BIKES OR, OR OTHER TO CHARGE THE TRANSPORTATION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS BEING SPENT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY AND LESS THAN THEM ON THE INSERT, UH, SINCE THEY HAVE TO BE SPENT IN THE AREA IN WHICH THE DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED, THOSE FEES ARE COLLECTED AND SPIN IN THAT AREA.
THE FURTHER YOU GET AWAY FROM THE DOWNTOWN CORE, THE LESS INFRASTRUCTURE ROTATION INFRASTRUCTURE THERE
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IS.THEY CAN EITHER PAY THE MONEY AND THE CITY WILL BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR THEY CAN BUILD IT THEMSELVES.
AND AS I STATED EARLIER, THE CROSS SECTIONS OF WHAT IS DESIRED EITHER BY THE CITY OR IF THE DEVELOPER BUILDS IT IS IDENTIFIED IN THE ASAP.
AND THOSE CROSS-SECTIONS DO CLUED THINGS SUCH AS BIKE PATHS OR BIKE LANES AND, AND THE CHRO, NOT CROSSWALK SIDEWALKS, EXCUSE ME.
SO THAT FULL CROSS SECTION WILL STILL BE BUILT TO INCLUDE OTHER THINGS BECAUSE THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN OUR LONG-TERM TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
I GUESS IT WOULD, I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING SOME OF THESE TRENDS TRACKED TO SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE CONCLUDE STREET IMPACT FEES, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS ARE NOW BEING SPENT, YOU KNOW, AND THE, THE FAR EDGES OF AUSTIN, AS OPPOSED TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, 30% OF THE PEOPLE COMMUTE.
I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DATA OPPORTUNITY, DATA ANALYSIS TO SEE IF THE IMPACT FEES HAVE WON FUNDED, THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO HAS IT IMPACTED WHERE DEVELOPMENT HAS CHOSEN TO GO IN SOME CASES.
UH, AND THEN, LIKE YOU SAID, WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING CONSTRUCTED WITH THIS MONEY? OKAY, THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A CHAIR COHEN THEN FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
HI, A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS OR THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS DONE.
YOU GETTING OF THE SITE REVIEW PLAN, IS THAT RIGHT AT THOMAS SITE PLAN? YES.
NOW THAT WE'VE INSTITUTED THE CTA, THE ZONING TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENT THAT IS DONE WITH THE ZONING CASE, THE TIA OR THE TA TRANSPORTATION IMPACT T TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS OR THE TA TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENT THAT IS DONE IN A TIME OF SITE PLAN.
UH, WHAT DO YOU KNOW, LIKE SPECIFICALLY WHERE I WAS MORE THINKING, LIKE WHAT IF SOMEONE WERE TO CHANGE WHAT THEY WERE DOING? BECAUSE THEY WERE OUR HAD TO CHANGE, LIKE IF THEY GOT A VARIANCE FROM THE BOI.
UH, TYPICALLY THERE THERE'S LIKE, I'VE GOT TO STOP HITTING THAT MIC.
UH, THERE IS A CLAUSE IN THE TRANSPORT TIA'S IF THEY MAKE CHANGES TO THE LAND, USES THE INTENSITIES THAT TIA CAN BE CONSIDERED VOID.
NOW WE DO HAVE SOME CASES WHERE THEY WANT TO CHANGE THEIR LAND USE AND IT ACTUALLY GENERATED LESS TRIPS.
SO WE ALLOWED THEIR TIA TO STAND BECAUSE THAT WAS A MORE EXTREME THAN WHAT THEIR REALITY IS GOING TO BE.
WE'VE ALSO HAD OTHER CASES WHERE DEVELOPMENT HAS DECIDED TO GO FROM MAYBE AN OFFICE BUILDING TO MULTIFAMILY, MULTIFAMILY GENERATES MORE TRIPS.
SO THEY HAD TO UPDATE THEIR TIA TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CHANGE OF USE.
THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT, UH, WE'RE THE WANTING TO KNOW.
UM, THIS MAY BE MORE OF A QUESTION FOR LEGAL, BUT I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN CASES THAT WE'VE HEARD, UH, WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE INCREASED TRAFFIC, BUT WE COULDN'T CONDITION, UH, ANY TYPE OF TRAFFIC STUDY BECAUSE LIKELY WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO, IS THERE ANYTHING, OR IF YOU GUYS LOOKED INTO ANYTHING TO ENSURE THAT, UH, EVEN IF THEY STILL MEET WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY, UH, UH, THE ORIGINAL, LIKE, UH, IT'S ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS, RIGHT? UH, WHAT YOU GUYS HAD ORIGINALLY CALCULATED, UH, IF IT FELL ABOVE OR BELOW, IS THERE ANY WAY TO LIKE TRIGGER AN ADDITIONAL, IT CAN BE ANY TIME THAT TIA IN THE DETERMINATION WORKSHEET SAYS, WE'RE BUILDING THIS TYPE OF BUILDING WITH THIS INTENSITY NUMBER OF UNITS OR WHATEVER THAT RESIDES WITH THE, WITH THE SITE PLAN.
IF THEY MAKE CHANGES TO THAT SITE, PLANT, IT TRIGGERS AUTOMATICALLY TO US TO ASK, THEY NEED TO VERIFY THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT ANALYSIS WHERE THEY'RE EXCEEDING IT.
AND AT THAT TIME WE ASK THEM TO DO SOMETHING ADDITIONAL.
MAYBE IT'S A COMPLETE UPDATE OR COMPLETE NEW ANALYSIS AGAIN, OR IT'S JUST TO INDICATE HOW MAYBE THE ADDITIONAL TRIPS ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE MITIGATIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED.
AND SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHECK AND BALANCE, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE MULTI-PHASED OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY, EVERY TIME WE SEE A NEW REQUEST FOR OUR PERMIT, WE ASK THEM, YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE TO WHAT YOU ORIGINALLY STATED.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT, THAT OPENS UP CONVERSATIONS, OKAY.
NOW THAT STREET IMPACT THE COX'S LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DO IT AFTER THE FACT, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, NOW WITH THE STREET IMPACT FEE, THAT KIND OF MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE STREAMLINED.
SO IF THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO 280
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UNITS, BUT NOW THEY THINK 300 IS BETTER.WE CAN QUICKLY MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT IN THE CALCULATION OF WHAT THEY WOULD OWE IN THE IMPACT FEE BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING MORE INTENSE THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED.
AND HOW OFTEN IS THIS RECALCULATED? WHENEVER THEY MAKE A CHANGE, IF THEY MAKE A CHANGE NOW, ONCE THEY GET, UH, WELL, THEY, THE, THE, THE INVOICE IS AT TIME OF BUILDING PERMIT.
AND SO AT THAT TIME, WE KNOW WE HAVE AN INVOICE FOR A BUILDING OF 280 OF, UH, MULTI-FAMILY UNITS.
THE BUILDING PLAN REVIEW IS GOING TO SAY, YOU'RE SHOWING 290 IN YOUR PLANS.
SO THERE'S A CHECK RIGHT THERE TO SAY WHAT YOU ARE PAYING DOES NOT MATCH WITH WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE SHOWING.
SO WE WILL MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT THERE TO INCREASE THEIR STREET IMPACT FEE TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE 10 ADDITIONAL UNITS.
IF THEY GO OUT IN THE FIELD, THEIR PLAN SHOWS 280 UNITS.
THEIR STREET IMPACT FEE IS 280 UNITS.
AND THEY GO IN THE FIELD AND BUILD 290.
THAT'S A CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUE, AND THEY COULD BE RIGHT TAGGED IN THE PROJECT, STOPPED ALTOGETHER.
AND THEN WHAT DO YOU DO? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES IT'S AS EASY AS YOU'VE GOT TO REMOVE THE ADDITIONAL OR GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS TO GET THE APPROVAL, IF IT'S ZONING, OR IF IT'S A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT, AND THEN MAKE A, THERE COULD BE PARKLAND, DEDICATION IMPACTS.
THERE COULD BE WATERSHED IMPACTS.
SO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WILL SAY, HERE'S WHAT YOU HAVE VIOLATED.
BASICALLY IT HAS TO BE CORRECTED.
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, THANKS CHAIR.
SO ALL OF THESE FEES, THEY JUST GET PASSED ALONG AND IF THEY CAN'T GET PASSED ALONG, THEN THEY JUST FILL THE DEAL.
AND I GUESS ON THE HEELS OF READING, YOU KNOW, THIS NEW REPORT IT'S SHOWING THAT AUSTIN BY FAR HAS THE HIGH SPS IN THE STATE AND HEARING FROM ONE OF THE LEADING MAYORAL CANDIDATES TODAY, SHARE THAT WE ARE IN A COST OF LIVING, EMERGENCY OUR FEES, OUR OWN LITTLE FRANKENSTEINIAN MONSTERS.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT SEEMINGLY GOING AFTER MORE AND MORE FEES AND THE FEE IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY AS SOME AREAS AND BRAND NEW FEES HERE, AND WHEREVER THE STATE ALLOWS US TO DO SOMETHING, WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN.
IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION AMONGST KIND OF STAFF IN ITS ENTIRETY TO MAX OUT ON THESE SPEEDS AT SOME POINT, OR DO WE JUST CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, RUN A VETERAN AND JUST, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST FEES IN THE STATE AND THAT THEY CONTINUE TO GO UP AT THIS ALMOST EXPONENTIAL RATE? NO, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT IS A GREAT WATER COOLER CONVERSATION.
WE HAVE QUITE OFTEN, UM, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR FEES FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
I KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION, WE DO HAVE STATE LAW THAT LIMITS HOW FAR WE CAN GO.
AND THAT'S THE ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY, UM, EXACTION THAT WE CAN DO.
AND SO OUR FEES CANNOT EVEN EXCEED THAT.
SO THERE IS SOMETHING IN LAW THAT WILL PREVENT US FROM GOING BEYOND A CERTAIN LIMIT.
UM, AS FAR AS STREET IMPACT FEES, THERE ARE OTHER CITIES, ROUND ROCK, UH, LEANDER, AND A FEW OTHER IN THIS AREAS.
THERE ARE OTHER MAJOR CITIES FORT WORTH.
UM, OUR STREET IMPACT FEES ARE LOWER THAN THEIRS.
SO COMPARATIVELY OUR STREET IMPACT FEES ARE NOT THE MOST EXPENSIVE.
OF COURSE, THAT BEING ONE PIECE OF THE MANY PIECES THAT GO INTO MAKING DEVELOPMENT AND OUR OVERALL FEES ARE WHAT MATTER AT THE END OF THE DAY.
AND THEY ARE OF COURSE THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF STAFF IS CONTEMPLATING A WAY TO HAVE A MAXIMUM FEE, INSTEAD OF WATCHING THEM GO UP AS FAST AS THEY ARE, AND AS HIGH AS THEY, AREN'T SO MANY DIFFERENT, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, DEVELOPERS DON'T CARE WHAT THE FEES ARE GOING TO.
IF THEY'RE JUST GIVING CHARTERS JUST TO UNBELIEVABLE FEE, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY KILLS THE DEAL OR JUST MAKES IT LESS EFFICIENT.
AND AGAIN, ALL THOSE FEES GET PASSED ON.
SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE ELIMINATED ANY FEES, HITTING FOLKS, THE SUBSIDIZED UNITS, INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS, BUT WE HAVE SUCH A GAP FROM THAT MOMENT ON UNTIL WE HIT MARKET RATE UNITS, BECAUSE WE'VE MADE IT SO DIFFICULT TO BUILD HERE.
AND I UNDERSTAND, AND, AND OPPRESSIVE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WRITTEN IN THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF THE REAGAN PRESIDENCY, DOESN'T HELP US, BUT HERE WE ARE.
AND ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO, TO CATHY'S OVERALL PHASE AS A CITY VERSUS JUST THINKING SILO, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT.
AND I KNOW I'M ASKING YOU A PRETTY BIG QUESTION HERE AND IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT.
I DO KNOW COUNCIL HAS ASKED FOR THOSE REVIEWS, WHAT FEES ARE BEING CHARGED, THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THOSE FEES? UH, I BELIEVE, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM ALTER WAS THE LAST COUNCIL MEMBER FOR ASK FOR OUR REVIEW, UH, DSD, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDED A RESPONSE TO THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT INITIALLY JUST LOOKED AT REVIEW FEES THAT THE CITY CHARGED, NOT NECESSARILY THINGS LIKE PARKLAND FEES, STRAIGHT IMPACT FEES, BUT JUST THE RE COST OF GOING THROUGH TO GET YOUR PERMIT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ACTION COUNTS IS GOING TO DO.
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AT THIS TIME WE HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN ANY INSTRUCTIONS OF FURTHER ANALYSIS OF FURTHER DATA NEEDED AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL FOR THEM TO REVIEW.DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE ALL HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS JUST A LARGE PROBLEM.
WE'RE HANDING IT TO THE NEXT COUNCIL THAT POTENTIALLY WE HAVE TO SOLVE.
UH, WELL, COMMISSIONER KING, WE'RE NOT REPEATING QUESTIONS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THIS GO ROUND JUST TO KEEP US ON TRACK HERE ON TIME.
I DON'T THINK WE WANTED TO STAY HERE PAST NINE 30.
UH, SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? UM, OKAY, SO I WANT TO DO A QUICK CHECK.
I HAVE BEEN, ARE WE GOING TO BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT PRESENTATION, ARE WE GOING TO LOSE ANY COMMISSIONERS? UH, LET ME COMMISSIONER MOOSE TODDLER.
SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS, UH, I'M GOING TO TURN THE CHAIR, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES OVER TO, UM, CHAIR THAT AT A RAMIREZ MIRRORS, BUT THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION CAN REMAIN, UH, WE DON'T NEED TO LEAVE.
WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS, COME BACK AT EIGHT 20 AND, UH, UH, RECONVENE.
AND THEN WE'LL TURN THE CHAIR OVER TO JEREMY.
POINT OF ORDER, MR. HERRERA, IF YOU CAN HELP US, WOULD, WOULD THAT MEAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADJOURN WHILE WE HAVE GORHAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONER, LIAISON, AND VERSE.
SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS ONCE PLANNING COMMISSION LOSES CORUM, UM, THE MEMBERS CAN PROCEED TO, UM, UH, TO ATTENDING, BUT NOT PARTICIPATE ANY FURTHER.
NO, SO YEAH, WE CAN STAY HERE, BUT WE CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS.
[3. Briefing from legal staff regarding zoning regulations, including notice and meeting posting requirements, parameters for affordable housing elements, and Land Use Commissions’ role and responsibilities. Staff: Patricia Link, Division Chief, Land Use and Real Estate, City of Austin Law Department, 512-974-2173. Steven Maddoux, Assistant City Attorney, 512-974-6080, City of Austin Law Department.]
THE NEXT BRIEFING IS FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT, MS. LINK.UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.
I AM THE DIVISION CHIEF OVER THE LAND USE AND REAL ESTATE DIVISION OF A LOT DEPARTMENT.
OUR DIVISION SUPPORTS BOTH OF THESE COMMISSIONS, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION, THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION, AND BOTH, UH, HOUSING AND PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, CURTIS'S TEAM, AS YOU HEARD HIM TALK ABOUT US TRYING TO HELP HIM.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO FOCUS ON THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD COME UP DURING YOUR MEETINGS SO THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION IN A, NOT WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO CONSIDER THE CASE MOMENT.
UM, SO IT MAY NOT COVER EVERY QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE, AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, WE WILL, BUT WE WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR.
AND WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE STEVE MADDIX AND CHRISSY MA'AM.
THEY ARE BOTH IN THE DIVISION AND WILL BE ASSISTING, UH, BOTH LAND USE COMMISSIONS.
AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO STEVE TO, UH, GO THROUGH THE START OF THE PRESENTATION.
COULD YOU BE IN CHAIRS, COMMISSIONERS? UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO, UH, AN OUTLINE OF SOME, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD QUESTIONS COME UP, UH, DURING THE COMMISSION MEETINGS, KIND OF, KIND OF GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ZONING.
UH, TALK ABOUT THE LAND, USE COMMISSIONS ROLES.
UM, TALK ABOUT CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS, UH, TOUCH BRIEFLY ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE DISCUSS SOME NOTING, UH, NOTICE AND MEETING, UH, POSTING REQUIREMENTS.
SO WHAT QUALIFIES AS ZONING UNDER TEXAS LAW? SO, FIRST THING WE DO IS WE LOOK AT, UH, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND, UH, CHAPTER TWO 11, AND BASICALLY THAT CHAPTER ESTABLISHES THE PARAMETERS FOR THE CITY ZONING AUTHORITY.
AND SO I'M KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL.
THE FIRST THING IT DOES IS IT REQUIRES ZONING DECISIONS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, IT ESTABLISHES THE PROCEDURES TO ADOPT ZONING REGULATIONS, UM, AND IT AUTHORIZES A CITY TO CREATE A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT JUST TO MAKE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS TO ZONING REGULATIONS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PARAMETERS OF THE CITY'S ZONING AUTHORITY UNDER,
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UNDER STATE LAW.UM, AND THEN ZONING REGULATIONS ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT ADDRESS, UM, HEIGHT AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS, UH, BUILDING COVERAGE, DENSITY, LOCATIONS OF BUILDINGS, USE OF BUILDINGS AND DESIGNATION OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.
SO WHAT IS THE LAND USE COMMISSION'S ROLE IN THE ZONING PROCESS? SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT AT TWO 11, UM, SPECIFICALLY 2 11 0 0 7, IT SAYS THAT A CITY MAY ADOPT A ZONING COMMISSION.
AND HERE IN AUSTIN, WE HAVE TWO ZONING COMMISSIONS, UH, PC AND ZAP, AND THE PURPOSE OF THOSE COMMISSIONS UNDER STATE LAWS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNING BODY ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS.
SO UNDER CITY CODE AND TOOK A LOOK AT 25 TO A 2 82 A FOR WHAT THE LAND USE COMMISSIONS, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ON SPECIFIC ZONING CASES.
SO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OPTIONS ARE, UM, THAT THE LAND USE COMMISSION MAY RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY APPROVE THE APPLICANTS REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATION, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED A MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONING CLASSIFICATION, OR THAT COUNCIL APPROVED THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATION OR A MORE RESTRICTIVE CLASSIFICATION WITH CONDITIONS.
AND I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE CONDITIONS HERE IN JUST A MINUTE, UM, OR, UH, THE LAND USE COMMISSION MAY RECOMMEND THAT CITY COUNCIL DENY THE ZONING APPLICATION.
SO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FORWARDED ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO OF THE CONDITIONS THAT THE LAND USE COMMISSION CAN IMPOSE ON A ZONING CASE, UM, IS THE, UH, CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
AND SO WHAT'S THE ROLE OF A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
UM, AND THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY IS TO IMPOSE CONDITIONS THAT ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT OTHERWISE APPLY TO THE PROPERTY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, USE INSIGHT DEVELOPMENT, USE INSIGHT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT REGULATIONS WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY TO THE PROPERTY CAN BE, CAN BE, UM, IMPOSED WITH A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
UH, CONDITIONAL OVERLAY CAN PROHIBIT PERMITTED, CONDITIONAL AND ACCESSORY USES.
UM, YOU CAN MAKE A PERMITTED USE A CONDITIONAL USE, UM, AND IN A MIXED USE COMBINING DISTRICT, IT CAN PROHIBIT OR MAKE A CONDITIONAL USE OTHERWISE PERMITTED.
UM, SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE CITY REGULATIONS ARE AT 25 TO 30, 31 AND 25 TO 3 32.
AND THESE ARE WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO FIND THE PARAMETERS, UM, FOR CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS? SO CONDITIONAL OVERLAY OR C O IS THE TYPE OF COMBINING DISTRICT THAT CAN BE COMBINED WITH ANY BASE ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, A RESTRICTION IMPOSED BY A CEO MUST BE STATED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS A COMBINING DISTRICT AND THE LETTER C O SHALL BE ADDED TO THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION ON THE ZONING MAP.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF THE CASES ZONE FOR MF SIX, IT HAS A CEO AND IT'S, AND IT'S INCLUDED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN THAT IT WILL BE MF SIX C O N P.
UH, NEXT SLIDE WAS SO WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF CONDITIONS THAT COMPLY WITH CITY CODE? SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE MORE COMMON QUESTIONS OF WHAT A CEO CAN DO.
UM, SO THE CITY MAKES A USE THAT IS PERMITTED IN THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT, A CONDITIONAL USE.
UH, THE CITY DECREASES THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS THAT MAY BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY.
THE CITY INCREASES THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE, MINIMUM, LOT WITH MINIMUM YARD AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS ON THE PROPERTY.
THE CITY DECREASES THE MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE, MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, MAXIMUM FLORIDA AREA RATIO, OR MAXIMUM HEIGHT ON THE PROPERTY, OR THE CITY MAY RESTRICT ACCESS FROM THE PROPERTY TO A BUDDING AND NEARBY ROADWAYS.
SO NOW WE'RE GOOD TO WHAT CANNOT BE INCLUDED IN A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
UM, AND SO GENERALLY THOSE ARE ANY SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATION THAT IS NOT DESCRIBED IN 25 TO 3 32 IN THE CODE, OR IF IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC SITE REGULATION THAT IS RELATED TO THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT CAN NOT BE INCLUDED IN A CEO.
UM, ALSO WHAT CAN NOT BE INCLUDED IN A CEO IS A CONDITION THAT REQUIRES THE APPLICANT OR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO TAKE SPECIFIC ACTION TO UTILIZE THE ZONING.
UM, SO EXAMPLES MIGHT BE A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY THAT WE WANT TO REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO BUILD A FENCE, A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
WE WANT THE APPLICANT TO BE REQUIRED TO BUILD A RETAINING WALL.
THOSE ARE THOSE WE, THOSE AREN'T MAKING THINGS MORE RESTRICTIVE.
THOSE ARE REQUIRING SOME SORT OF AFFIRMATIVE ACT ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT OR PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO THOSE WE CAN'T INCLUDE IN A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
UM, WE ALSO CAN'T REQUIRE, UM, THAT
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THEY PROVIDE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC ANALYSIS PRIOR TO THE ZONING APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF ZONING APPROVAL OR AFTER THE ZONING APPROVAL, UNLESS IT'S ALREADY REQUIRED BY CITY CODE.SO I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A QUESTION THAT'S COME UP MORE THAN ONCE.
CAN WE USE A CEO TO IMPOSE, UH, AN NTA OR A TIA AND THE ANSWER'S NOW, UH, OTHER THINGS THAT CANNOT BE IMPOSED WITH A CONDITION AND A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, OUR NON SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, UM, AND A CHANGE, UH, TO THE REQUIREMENT FOR A DENSITY BONUS OR INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
UM, SO WHY ARE TIA IS, AND NTA IS NOT INCLUDED NCO.
SO AS, AS, AS CURTIS BEATTY, UH, ALREADY DISCUSSED THESE EARLIER AND GAVE US A VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD OVERVIEW.
I WON'T SPEND MUCH TIME, BUT ANYWAYS, CITY CODE CHAPTER 25, 6, ARTICLE THREE, DIVISION TWO ADDRESSES.
TIA IS AN NTS AND IT, AND THEY TALK ABOUT WHEN TIA IS AND NDAS ARE REQUIRED.
THEY REQUIRE THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT INFORMATION MUST BE INCLUDED IN BOTH OF THOSE AND WHO MAY PERFORM A TIR IN NCA.
AND SO A TIA IS AN NTA IS, ARE NOT INCLUDED IN COS BECAUSE NEITHER ARE CODE PROVISIONS.
NEITHER OF THE CODE PROVISIONS ARE SITE-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
AND NEITHER OF THOSE ARE, UM, CODE PROVISIONS THAT ARE DESCRIBED SPECIFICALLY IN 25 TO 3 32.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION BACK TO FIRSTLY, THE NEXT SIDE, PLEASE.
SO WHY ARE DENSITY BONUS OR INCENTIVE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS NOT INCLUDED IN A CEO? OUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS, OUR INCENTIVE PROGRAMS ARE VOLUNTARY.
THEY PROVIDE COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN EXCHANGE FOR ADDITIONAL HEIGHT DENSITY.
ARE THERE SIMILAR ELEMENTS, THE BASE ZONING, ADDITIONALLY, A BASE ZONING DISTRICT DOES NOT REQUIRE PARTICIPATION IN OUR DENSITY BONUS OR INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
AND AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING ON THE, UH, FOR THE OTHER, UM, THINGS THAT CAN'T BE INCLUDED IN A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, IT IS NOT A REGULATION OR CONDITIONS SET OUT IN, UH, 25 TO 3 32.
SO THIS LEADS TO THE NEXT QUESTION THAT WE HEAR A LOT, UM, KIND OF UNIVERSALLY IS CAN THE CITY REQUIRED DEVELOPER TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? AND JUST SO THAT WE'RE ALL SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE, UM, IN THIS CONTEXT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS DWELLING UNITS THAT ARE INCOME RESTRICTED FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE IS NO, WE CAN'T REQUIRE THAT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, WHICH ARE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS AND INCENTIVE PROGRAMS AND THE KEYWORD BEFORE BOTH OF THOSE DESCRIPTIONS OF PROGRAMS IS VOLUNTARY.
UM, SO THAT HAS TO BE A CHOICE OF THE DEVELOPER, UM, AND EXAMPLES, UH, OF DENSITY BONUS AND INCENTIVE PROGRAMS ARE SMART HOUSING, OUR DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, AND THEN A THIRD PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE AFFORDABILITY ON LOCKED PROGRAM.
I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT COMES UP IN CONVERSATIONS BEFORE BOTH COMMISSIONS, UM, BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WHEN SOMEONE IS ELIGIBLE FOR AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED AND THEY'RE USING AFFORDABILITY ON LOCK, THEIR DEVELOPMENT IS CONSIDERED A PERMITTED USE IN MOST OF OUR ZONING DISTRICTS, BUT AFFORDABILITY LOCK UNLOCKED IS A VOLUNTARY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONUS PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOR THE INCREASED DENSITY FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS AND IS PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
SO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL, UH, USE ON THE PROPERTY CAN BE IS 25%.
SO IT IS PREDOMINANTLY A RESIDENTIAL.
IT ALSO REQUIRES AT A MINIMUM 50% OF THE UNITS TO BE INCOME RESTRICTED.
AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT ALLOWS FOR INCREASED HEIGHT, REDUCE SETBACKS, UM, MINIMUM NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS, AND IT PROVIDES EXEMPTIONS RELATED TO COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS, THE MAXIMUM FAR AND THE MINIMUM SITE AREA REQUIREMENTS.
THIS COMES, I KNOW THIS CONVERSATION COMES UP BEFORE BOTH BODIES BECAUSE SOMETIMES DEVELOPERS WILL COME AND ASK FOR A ZONING CHANGE AND WHAT THEY HAVE EXPLAINED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO THE COMMUNITY IS THAT WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO USE IS AFFORDABILITY AND LOCKED, BUT THEY WANT A ZONING CHANGE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE, UH, BETTER UTILIZE THE PROGRAMS, UH, ALLOWANCES AND EXEMPTIONS.
SO SOMETIMES WE WILL HAVE, UH, DEVELOPERS TALK SOLELY ABOUT THAT WHEN REALLY WHAT THEY'VE ASKED THE COMMISSION FOR IS TO CHANGE THEIR ZONING TO GR.
AND SO THE REAL QUESTION BEFORE A COMMISSION, WHEN THAT COMES UP IS, IS GR NOT THE AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATE FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
AND THE REASON THAT THAT IS IMPORTANT, UM, ONE IS BECAUSE THAT'S, WHAT'S BEING ASKED, BUT TWO, WE CANNOT MAKE THEM COMPLY WITH AFFORDABILITY ON LOT.
UM, AND IF THEY DO THIS BEFORE THEY COME IN FOR THE SITE PLAN, IF THEY ARE TAKING THEIR ZONING CASE, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR AFFORDABILITY AND LOCKED, THEY REALLY CAN'T,
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UH, WE CAN'T MAKE THEM COMPLY.SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT THE QUESTION THE COMMISSION CONSIDERS IS, IS GR AS FOR THE EXAMPLE APPROPRIATE THERE.
UM, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED IS UTILIZED OR NOT NEXT SLIDE, AND OUR LAST TOPIC IS STATE LAW NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND USE COMMISSION MEETINGS.
UM, WE ALL KNOW THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT THAT WE, UH, ARE, WE DEAL WITH ALL THE TIME.
IT'S THAT POSTED NOTICE OF THE WRITTEN WRITTEN NOTICE OF DATE, OUR PLACE AND SUBJECT AND ACTIONS TAKEN IN VIOLATION OF THE
AND SO WHAT IT TELLS US TO DO IS BEFORE THE 10TH DAY BEFORE THE HEARING, BEFORE THIS COMMISSION, YOU MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION.
AND THAT NOTICE HAS TO GO OUT TO UNDER STATE LAW PARAMETERS WITHIN 200 FEET.
OUR CITY CODE IS ACTUALLY 500.
SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE ALWAYS COMPLIANT WITH CITY CODE, WE'RE ALWAYS COMPLYING WITH STATE LAW.
UM, AND SO THEY GET THAT INDIVIDUAL WRITTEN NOTICE FROM THE CITY AND A ZONING CLASSIFICATION IS GOING TO BE COUNSEL AMENDING THE ZONING MAP TO CHANGE THE BASE ZONING.
IT IS CHANGING AN ELEMENT OF A ZONING STRING OR AS AMENDING THE BOUNDARY OF AN EXISTING OR COMBINING OVERLAY DISTRICT TO ADD OR REMOVE ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC PROPERTIES.
NEXT SLIDE AND APOLOGIES THIS FONT, THE COLOR ON HERE IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST, UM, BUT JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS SOME EXAMPLES OF THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE IF IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL'S APPLICATION TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP.
SO IF THEY'RE GOING FROM GEO TO CS, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE PUBLISHED NOTICE, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR ALL OF OUR COUNCIL ACTIONS.
AND THEN INDIVIDUAL NOTICE BEFORE THE COMMISSION HEARING, IF THEY ARE, IF THE COMMISSION IS CONSIDERING A CHANGE THAT WILL APPLY DISTRICT RIGHT WIDE, UM, TO A SPECIFIC ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, SO AMENDING THE HEIGHT REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO A PROPERTY WITH A V DESIGNATION, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PUBLISHED NOTICE REQUIRED.
AND THEN IF COUNCIL, IF THE IDEA IS TO CREATE A NEW ZONING DISTRICT, UM, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE APPLIED AT THE TIME IT'S CREATED, WE'RE JUST TALKING PUBLISHED NOTICE AND NOT THE INDIVIDUAL NOTICE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM WE'LL START WITH THINK LER, UH, IT'S A QUICK QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
IT KIND OF CLARIFIED, UM, SOME ISSUES FOR US.
I THOUGHT THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS ALSO WENT TO PEOPLE WHO, UH, HAVE CITY UTILITIES, RENTERS, ET CETERA.
THE ONLY CATEGORY THAT WE NOTICED ON, OR ARE THERE ADDITIONAL, UM, FOLKS THAT ARE NOTIFIED WITHIN THE 500 FEET? SO OUR CITY CODE REQUIREMENT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPANSIVE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I AM, STEVE MAY KNOW OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD, BUT, UM, IT IS MORE EXPANSIVE THAN STATE LAW AND STATE LAW FOCUSES ON THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, WITHIN THE 200 FEET BASED ON THE MUNICIPAL TAX RULES.
ANY OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR LAST SLIDE? UM, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WHEN, AND MAYBE YOU COULD PULL IT BACK UP, SORRY.
UM, THAT WHEN THERE WAS A NEWS ZONING DISTRICT OR A REGULATION, THE LAST TWO ROWS THERE THAT WASN'T THERE A CASE THAT WE HAVE TO LIKE NOTIFY EVERYONE, OR I'M CONFUSED ABOUT JUST THIS BEING PUBLIC, A PUBLISHED NOTIFICATION.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS A DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS NOW.
SO WHAT, UM, I'M GONNA GET OUT MY NOTES.
UM, SO THERE'S TWO ISSUES AT PLAY WHEN IT COMES TO A ZONING CASE.
ULTIMATELY, WHEN COUNCIL IS DECIDING IT IS, DID WE PROVIDE APPROPRIATE NOTICE AND DID WE RECOGNIZE THE PROTEST RIGHTS AND DID THE PROTEST RIGHTS TRIGGER A PARTICULAR VOTE? AND SO FOR OUR PURPOSES WHEN WE ARE, UM, AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU CAN GO BACK ONE MORE SLIDE, UM, THE THREE BULLET POINTS HERE WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AMENDING THE ZONING MAP.
SO THE INDIVIDUAL NOTICE REQUIREMENT GOES TO A CHANGE IN ZONING
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CLASSIFICATION AND A ZONING CLASSIFICATION IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE ON THE ZONING MAP.SO YOUR TRADITIONAL CASE, OR IF YOU'RE ADDING THE MOU OR THE NP, OR IF YOU ARE JUST CHANGING THE BOUNDARY.
SO FOR, UM, THE UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY, IF WE'RE EXPANDING THAT AND WE'RE CAPTURING MORE PROPERTIES OR REDUCING IT, THAT WOULD BE A SITUATION WHERE THEY GET THE INDIVIDUAL NOTICE.
AND WE DID PROVIDE A MEMORANDUM TO MIM MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT WE WILL ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE TO BOTH BODIES.
I DON'T THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
SO, I MEAN, WITH THIS RECENT, UM, FINDING ON THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, YOU KNOW, I WENT TO PLANNING SCHOOL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NEW TO ME THAT WHEN YOU'RE RE REVISING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, THAT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY THE ENTIRE CITY, THAT THEY SHOULD ALL GET INDIVIDUAL NOTICES.
AND THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE FINDING FROM THE COURT WAS THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE ZONING CHANGES WITHOUT NOTIFICATION.
IF YOU GO TO SORRY TO THE NEXT SLIDE AGAIN, WHERE IT'S TALKING ABOUT AMENDING HEIGHT REGULATIONS WITHIN V OR CREATING A NEW ZONING DISTRICT.
SO UNDER THAT DECISION AND THE CITY'S PRACTICE GOING FORWARD WILL BE THAT IS PUBLISHED.
NOTICE IT IS INDIVIDUAL NOTICE IF IT IS MODIFYING THE PROPERTY AND THE WAY WE DESCRIBE IT IN THE MEMOIR IS A LITTLE BIT, I THINK, UM, EASIER FOR ME TO EXPLAIN SOMETIMES IT'S PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION VERSUS A NON-PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION.
SO THE FIRST LINE WHERE I HAVE THE REZONE FROM GEO TO CS, THAT IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE THAT'S IMPACTING A PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION FOR THE NEXT TWO LINES.
THE NEXT TWO EXAMPLES, THAT'S GOING TO BE A NON-PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION.
IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO ONE PROPERTY.
UM, AND SO IT IS REALLY, UM, IT IS LOOKING AT, UH, WHETHER THE CHANGE WILL IMPACT THE CLASSIFICATION FOR THE PROPERTY.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'VE WE HAVE, UH, DELINEATED THE CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION TO A NON.
ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER KOSTA OR ANYBODY IN THE TV LAND? OKAY.
I DON'T THINK I CHAIR I'LL GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE RECORD DOES MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE, AS QUESTIONS COME ABOUT NOTIFICATION OF THESE CASES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE CITY DOES GO BEYOND THE STATE LAW.
IT DOES NOTIFY, UH, PEOPLE WHO HAVE UTILITY BILLS, RENTERS.
IT DOES NOTIFY THOSE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY OF THE COMMUNITY REGISTRY.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY GOING BEYOND THE, THE, THE STATE LAW AND NOTIFYING ALL OF THOSE, THOSE FOLKS AND BUSINESSES THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE AFFECTED, UH, FROM THAT ZONING CHANGE.
I GUESS THAT, OH, THERE WE ARE.
COMMISSIONER CABASA IT'S CHAIR.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND TASK A QUESTION JUST FOR, I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE ANSWERED HERE AS, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD INCLUDING BY JACKIE GOODMAN THAT YEARS AGO, THEY USED TO ALSO INCLUDE ON THE NOTICES, THE FACT THAT YOU COULD PROTEST DO A VALID, A VALID PETITION PROTEST OF THE ZONING CHANGE.
AND I WAS WONDERING WHEN THAT WAS TAKEN OFF OF THE NOTICES THAT WERE MAILED OUT, I DO NOT KNOW THAT INFORMATION, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT, BUT THAT IS GOING TO HAVE GOING FORWARD AS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, UM, REVIEWING, UM, JUST KIND OF AS ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS, UM, IN PART, BECAUSE OF THE DECISION RELATED TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE PROTEST, UM, ASPECT OF THAT CASE.
SO WE CAN FIND OUT AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP.
UM, THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND I'M BLINKING, UH, MS. LINK AND I THINK THAT'S IT.
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YEAH, SURE.