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[Call to Order]
UH, BEGIN THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION.UH, THIS IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6TH.
WE'RE CONVENING AT SIX O'CLOCK, STRAIGHT UP.
COMMISSIONER NADIA BURRERA RAMIREZ.
DO I CALL YOU CHAIR OR DO NOT CALL YOU CHAIR TONIGHT? I'M NOT
COMMISSIONER KERRY THOMPSON HERE.
WE HAVE NINE COMMISSIONERS PRESENT TO GET STARTED WITH.
WE WILL START WITH PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? HAVING NONE.
[Consent Agenda]
CONSENT AGENDA? A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM STARTING WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES BEFORE WE GO ON CHAIR? JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE COMMISSIONER GREENBERG HAS JOINED US.
SO WE HAVE 9, 10, 1, 2, 3, 6, 10.
WE'LL START WITH ITEM NUMBER TWO.
REZONING C 14 20 21 0 1 2 3 7900 SOUTH CONGRESS DISTRICT 2 78 0 9, PEACEFUL HILL LANE 77 13 AND 77 15 IN BIRD HILL LANE IN 76 0 4 AND SEVENTY NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE HUNDRED AND HALF SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE.
IT'S REZONING FROM DR AND N O C O TO G R M U V C O FOR TRACK ONE AND C S M U V C O FOR TRACK TWO AS AMENDED.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S BEEN PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
ITEM THREE IS A REZONING CASE C 14 20 22 DASH OH 1 35 58 0 7 ROSS ROAD IN DISTRICT TWO.
THIS IS BEING ZONED FROM DR TO SF SIX AND IT IS RECOMMENDED.
AND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM FOUR IS A REZONING CASE C 14 20 20 2053 SUN GOLD IN DISTRICT SEVEN 13,704 IDA RIDGE DRIVE.
IT IS FROM IP TO G R M U AND IS RECOMMENDED AND ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FIVE IS THE SITE PLAN S P 2020 1095 C PART TWO 90 LOGISTICS CENTER IN DISTRICT 1 99 21 EAST US TWO 90 HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD EASTBOUND.
THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCE TO PERMIT FILL OVER FOUR FEET UP TO 28 FEET AND TO PERMIT TO PERMIT CUT OVER FOUR FEET UP TO 22 FEET.
IT IS RECOMMENDED BUT IT IS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION AND WE DO HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION'S, UH, BACKUP ON THAT AS WELL.
ITEM SIX IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCE, C AJ 2021 DASH OH 1 41 0 A UH SLASH SP 2021 DASH OH 4 46 D 80 20 PALMER LANE, SOUTHWEST ONE 30, NORTHWEST 81 0 6 EAST PALMER LANE.
THIS IS TWO ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCES.
ONE TO REQUEST TO VARY FROM LDC 30 DASH FIVE DASH 3 42 TO ALLOW FILL OVER FOUR FEET TO 15 FEET AND VARIANCE TWO IS TO REQUEST A VARY FROM 30 DASH FIVE DASH 2 61 G TO ALLOW FLOODPLAIN MODIFICATIONS IN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE BUFFER.
THIS IS RECOMMENDED AND IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM C IS A PRELIMINARY PLAN C AJ 2021 DASH ONE 12 EASTERN PARK, SECTION FIVE A PRELIMINARY PLAN, DISTRICT TWO, WILLIAM CANNON AND COTA VISTA.
THIS IS APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY PLAN CONSISTING OF NINE LOSS ON 58.63 ACRES AND IS APPROVED RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS AS LISTED IN EXHIBIT C AND IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM EIGHT, FINAL PLAT OUT OF AN APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAN C EIGHT J 2021 DASH 0 0 48 1 A QUAD PARK THREE B DASH THREE A EASTERN PARK FINAL PLA DISTRICT TWO IS APPROVAL OF A FINAL PLAT OUT OF AN APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAN CONSISTING OF 63 LOTS ON 26.52 ACRES AND IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS AS LISTED IN EXHIBIT C AND IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM NINE, PRELIMINARY PLAN C 8 20 22 DASH OH TWO 50 TWO.SH GOODNIGHT TOWN CENTER, PHASE ONE, SECTION ONE IN DISTRICT 2 89 0 1 VERTEX BOULEVARD.
UM, IT IS A APPROVAL OF THE GOODNIGHT TOWN CENTER PHASE ONE, SECTION ONE PRELIMINARY PLAN CONSISTING OF ONE LOT DEDICATED FOR RIGHT OF WAY PURPOSES ON 1.65 ACRES OF LAND.
IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL AND IT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM 10 IS A RE SUBDIVISION C 8 20 22 DASH OH 2 54 0 A 1191 RIDGE DRIVE SUBDIVISION DISTRICT 1 11 91 RIDGEVIEW
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RIDGE DRIVE.IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS AS LISTED IN EXHIBIT C AND IT IS ON THE CONSENT APPROVAL.
CONSENT RECOMMENDATION FOR DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS 11 FINAL PLAT OUT OF AN APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAN.
CJ 2020 DASH OH OH 57 DO ONE A SLAUGHTER LANE, 90 ACRE TRACT PHASE ONE SMALL LOT FINAL PLATINUM EAST SLAUGHTER LANE IS AN APPROVAL OF A FINAL PLAT PER PRELIMINARY PLAN CONSISTING OF 127 LOTS ON 64.8855 ACRES RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS AS LISTED IN EXHIBIT C AND IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM 12, FINAL PLATFORM APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAN C 8 20 19 DASH OH ONE 40 SIX.ONE A FAXED AND SUBDIVISION OF SMALL LOT SUBDIVISION PHASE ONE AND DISTRICT TWO AT THE INTERSECTION OF SLAUGHTER LANE AND THAXTON ROAD.
IT IS APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAQUE CONSISTING OF 152 LIGHTS ON 56.20 ACRES RECOMMENDED FOR DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS AS LISTED IT IN EXHIBIT C.
PRELIMINARY PLAN WITH A VARIANCE CA 8 20 22 DASH 2 8 73 HILL APARTMENTS IN DISTRICT 5 1 12 23 4 HEATHERLY DRIVE APPROVAL.
APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAN COM IS COMPRISED OF EIGHT LOTS ON 58.39 ACRES WITH A VARIANCE TO THE LDC 25 DASH FOUR DASH 1 71 TO ALLOW LOTS TO NOT FRONT A DEDICATED PUBLIC STREET AND ALLOW LOTS TO FURNISH A PRIVATE STREET APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF AND APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAN WITH CONDITIONS LISTED IN EXHIBIT C IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM 14 C 8 20 22 DASH 0 2 60 SEVEN.ZERO A RESEARCH PARK SUB SUBDIVISION OF LOT ONE A 11 8 0 1 AND A HALF RESEARCH BOULEVARD SERVICE ROAD.
IT IS APPROVAL OF A RE SUBDIVISION OF A 35.207 ACRE PORTION OF LOT ONE RESEARCH PARK LOT TWO AND A PORTION OF LOT THREE RESEARCH PARK INTO EIGHT LOTS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS STAFF RECOMMENDATION DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS THAT'S LISTED IN EXHIBIT C AND IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISAPPROVAL WITH REASONS.
DISCUSSION ITEMS, UH, ITEM 15, DISCUSSION TO AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AMEND ADOPTING ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION 2023 SCHEDULED.
WE ADOPTED THIS LAST WEEK BUT THERE IS A CHANGE AND I HAVE THE CHANGE HERE SOMEWHERE.
WHAT WAS THE, SINCE WE CANNOT MEET ON ELECTION DAYS, THERE WAS A CHANGE AND I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME.
CHAIR COMMISSIONER LADIES ON ANDREW BEAR? THAT IS CORRECT.
THIS IS DUE TO THE RECENT, UH, COUNCIL RESOLUTION FOR PROMOTING, UH, B AND C'S COMMENCING ON ELECTION DAYS.
SO JUST A SLIGHT MODIFICATION OF MOVING THAT, UH, COUNSELING THAT, UM, NOVEMBER 7TH DATE AND REPLACING IT WITH A CONSENT AGENDA DATE AFTER NOVEMBER 14TH AT 5:00 PM OKAY.
I FINALLY FOUND IT NOW THAT YOU FINISHED SAYING ALL THAT
SO THAT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, COMMISSIONER.
UM, BETSY GREENBERG GOTTA THANK UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ITEM FIVE BACK ON CONSENT PROVIDED THAT THE COMMISSION IS OKAY WITH CHANGING, UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION CONDITIONS FROM SAYING ENCOURAGE LONG-TERM TREE CARE PLAN FOR THE NEW AND EXISTING TREES TO REQUIRE LONG-TERM TREE CARE PLAN FOR THE NEW AND EXISTING TREES.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? DO WE NEED TO, DO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY MAKE A MOTION? WELL THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN A MOTION IF THAT WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, INCLUDING ITEM FIVE WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE LANGUAGE BE CHANGED AS DISCUSSED.
WAS THAT YOUR MOTION? THAT TAKES CARE OF IT.
THAT WAS COMMISSIONER GREENBERG'S MOTION.
DO I HEAR A SECOND? ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER KIELBASA.
UH, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH THE AGENDA CAUSE IT'S A VERY LONG AGENDA.
THE ONLY TWO ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED FOR DIS ONLY ONE ITEMS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION IS ITEM TWO.
UH, AND SO EVERYTHING ELSE IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.
THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ARE APPROVED.
AND THAT'S ALL CHAIR COMMISSION ON ANDREW.
AND JUST TO NOTE THAT THAT'S THE, UH, CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE APPLICABLE.
THAT WAS INCLUDING CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, CORRECT.
[2. Rezoning: C14-2021-0123 - 7900 South Congress; District 2]
GONNA GO ON TO ITEM TWO, REZONING C 14 20 21 DASH OH 1 23 7900 SOUTH CONGRESS IN DISTRICT 2 78 0 9, PEACEFUL HILL LANE 77 13 77 15, AND BIRD HILL LANE 76 0 4, 7900 7900 AND A HALF SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE.IT'S RECOMMENDED FOR DR AND N O C O TO G R M U V C O AND TRACK ONE.
AND FOR C S M U V C O FOR TRACK TWO AS AMENDED STAFF IS RECOMMENDED WITH CONDITIONS.
AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF.
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YOU CHAIR.UH, MY NAME IS WENDY RHODES WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THIS PARTICULAR CASE ON PEACEFUL HILL AND SOUTH CONGRESS, UH, TOTALS 43 ACRES OF LAND THAT IS CONNECTED BY SMALL SEGMENT OF SOUTH BOGGY CREEK THAT RUNS ALONG THE NORTH PORTION OF THE REZONING AREA.
THE WESTERN, UH, 11, ALMOST 12 ACRES IS DESIGNATED AS TRACT ONE.
IT'S UNDEVELOPED AND FRONTS ON PEACEFUL HILL LANE.
IT HAS NO CO ZONING BY A 2003 ZONING CASE.
THE EASTERN TRACT FRONTS ON SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, IT IS, UH, DESIGNATED AS TRACK TWO.
IT CONTAINS A LONG-STANDING AUTO SALVAGE USE AND HAS DR DEVELOPMENT RESERVE DISTRICT ZONING.
UH, THERE ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES AND CON CONDOMINIUMS ACROSS DITMAR ROAD TO THE NORTH AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES IN THE BEACON RIDGE.
TWO SUBDIVISION ACROSS PEACEFUL HILL LANE TO THE WEST.
UH, SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE IS DESIGNATED AS A PROJECT CONNECT CORRIDOR FOR THE FUTURE EXTENSION OF THE PROPOSED ORANGE LINE AND, UM, IS CURRENTLY SERVED BY TWO CAPITAL METRO BUS ROUTES.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO ZONE TRACK ONE TO THE GR M U V C O DISTRICT AND TRACK TWO TO THE CS M U V C O DISTRICT IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT, UH, APPROXIMATELY 1200 MULTI MULTI-FAMILY UNITS, 210,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE USES AND 136 HUN 136,000 SQUARE FEET OF SHOPPING CENTER ON TRACK ONE.
THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED CONDITIONAL OVERLAY WOULD ESTABLISH A 30 FOOT VEGETATIVE BUFFER, A LONG, PEACEFUL HILL.
IT WOULD PROHIBIT ACCESS TO PEACEFUL HILL EXCEPT FOR THE EXTENSION OF FOREMOST DRIVE, UM, WHICH WOULD CONNECT TO PEACEFUL HILL.
UM, IT WOULD LIMIT THE, UH, LAND USES TO THOSE THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE LR DISTRICT AND ESTABLISH LOCATIONAL CRITERIA FOR THE AMOUNT OF BUILDING FACADES IN PROXIMITY TO THE WEST PROPERTY LINE ON TRACK TWO.
THE APPLICANT IS, UH, SIMPLY PROPOSING TO PROHIBIT THREE OF THE MORE INTENSIVE, UH, USES AND THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED CONDITIONAL OVERLAY FOR USES HAS BEEN IN INCORPORATED INTO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A CONCEPTUAL LAND USE PLAN AND A PARK PLAN, AND THE, THE LADDER SHOWS A 13 AND A HALF ACRE PARK, UH, INTENDED FOR DEDICATION TO THE CITY WITH PRIVATE MAINTENANCE ON THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, THIS INCLUDES THE RESTORATION OF BOGGY CREEK AND THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN IN, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, PART ABOUT THIS AND THE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY.
UH, THE APPLICANT WAS REQUIRED TO PREPARE A T I TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR THIS PROJECT AND ALSO A NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, UM, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT ON TRACK ONE, WHICH CONTAINS THE PEACEFUL HILL FRONTAGE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR GRM U V C ON TRACK ONE AND CSM U V C O, UH, WITH THE CONDITIONS OF THE T I, UH, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FOR TRACK ONE GR IS LESS INTENSIVE DISTRICT AND PROVIDES A TRANSITION FROM THE CS ALONG SOUTH CONGRESS AND THE RESIDENTIAL USES ON PEACEFUL HILL LANE.
UH, AND FOR TRACK TWO LAND USES ON SOUTH CONGRESS ARE IN TRANSITION FROM UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES TO AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL USES, UH, THAT HAVE TRADITIONALLY, UH, BEEN FEATURED ALONG THIS STREET TO THOSE THAT INCLUDE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCES, THE MULTI-FAMILY, THE MU MIXED USE DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR THE APPLICANT'S INTENDED CONSTRUCTION OF A RESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY AND SUPPORTS THE GOALS OF THE IMAGINE AUSTIN PLAN AND THE STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT.
UH, THE T I A RECOMMENDS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SOUTH CONGRESS AND FOREMOST, FOREMOST DRIVE INTERSECTION AND ALSO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SOUTH CONGRESS AND DITMAR ROAD INTERSECTION.
SO IN SUMMARY, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, FOR, UH, UH, GM U VCO FOR TRACT ONE AND CSM U VCO FOR TRACT TWO WITH A 30 FOOT VEGETATIVE BUFFER ALONG PEACEFUL HILL PROHIBITING ACCESS TO PEACEFUL HILL FROM TRACT ONE EXCEPT FOR THE FOREMOST DRIVE EXTENSION PROHIBITING A SET OF USES THAT'S LISTED ON TRACK ONE, UH, PROHIBITING A, ANOTHER SET OF USES ON, UM, TRACK TWO ESTABLISHING CONDITIONAL USES ON TRACK ONE, UM, ESTABLISHING, UH, LIMITS ON BUILDING FACADES BETWEEN 30 AND 75 FEET OF THE PROPERTY OF THE WEST PROPERTY LINE.
AND, UH, REQUIRING AT LEAST 20% OF BUILDING FACADES BE LOCATED MORE THAN 240 FEET OF THE WEST PROPERTY LINE.
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AND OF COURSE, THE CONDITIONS OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.UM, THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF PARKRIDGE GARDENS, THAT'S TO THE SOUTH AND THE PEACEFUL HILL PRESENTATION, UH, PEACEFUL HILL PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET TO THE WEST.
AND THEY'VE ALSO CONTACTED A NUMBER OF OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS IN THIS AREA.
AND, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
OKAY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? SEEING NONE, WE'LL HAVE PRESENTATION FROM THE APPLICANT.
NICKEL MEAD, DO YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES? SIX MINUTES? SIX MINUTES? THAT'S WHAT I MEANT TO SAY,
NO, I, I WILL REALLY TRY NOT TO.
UM, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS NICKEL MEAD WITH HESH BLACKWELL HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UM, WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING THIS CASE FORWARD.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE FOR ACTUALLY OVER A YEAR, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY A YEAR, BUT ACTUALLY OVER A YEAR.
AND AS WENDY SAID, WE'RE AT 7,900 SOUTH CONGRESS AND ARE ASKING FOR REZONING TO GR M U N C S M U V.
IT IS REALLY A KIND OF A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AND A SPECIAL SITE BEING THIS LARGE AND BEING ON THE ORANGE LINE.
UH, SO REALLY, UH, WE THINK A REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FUTURE PROJECT CONNECT.
AND THIS JUST GIVES YOU A, A SNAPSHOT OF THE ZONING IN THE VICINITY.
THIS IS THE EXISTING USE ON THE SITE.
IT'S BEEN THERE A VERY LONG TIME.
IT'S GONE THROUGH UPS AND DOWNS WITH THE CITY, WITH PROBLEMS AND COMPLIANCE AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE SITE TODAY AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO REDEVELOP.
SO THIS SHOWS YOU WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING ON THE SITE.
UM, WE THINK IT'S AGAIN, REALLY A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LOT OF HOUSING, TO DO A LOT OF OFFICE, AND A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT RETAIL THAT REALLY WILL BE GAME CHANGING FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, AS WENDY SAID, WE'RE PROPOSING ABOUT 1200 UNITS, 210,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND 136,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL.
WE HAVE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORS, WITH UM, CITY STAFF, WE HAVE PROPOSED A PRETTY LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ADD TO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO ADD TO THE DEVELOPMENT TO ADDRESS CONCERNS AND MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY CAN BE PROUD OF.
WE'RE OFFERING TO EXTEND FOREMOST DRIVE, WE ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO SOUTH BOGGY CREEK.
WE ARE GOING TO CREATE A PEDESTRIAN ACCESSWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTO A 13 ACRE PUBLIC PARK THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONSTRUCT.
AND WE HAVE AGREED TO TAKE SEVERAL STEPS TO ORIENT THE DEVELOPMENT, NOT TO PEACEFUL HILL, BUT TO CONGRESS.
AND ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS ABOUT THAT WAS WE ACTUALLY STARTED OUT WITH JUST THIS BEING THE SITE, UM, TO YOUR LEFT IS PEACEFUL HILL, TO THE RIGHT IS THE SALVAGE YARD.
AND OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS JUST THIS SITE, THE DEVELOPER, UH, IN HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT ORIENTING THIS DEVELOPMENT TO PEACEFUL HILL WAS NOT THE WAY TO GO, ACTUALLY ACQUIRED, UH, A CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THE ADDITIONAL SALVAGE YARD TOO, WHICH REALLY MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN US BEING ABLE TO ORIENT THIS DEVELOPMENT TOTALLY TO CONGRESS AND NOT TAKE ANY ACCESS AT ALL TO PEACEFUL HILL.
THIS IS PEACEFUL HILL, YOU SEE, IT'S NARROW.
UM, BUT, AND REALLY THE CONCERNS HAVE REALLY ONLY BEEN FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE ACROSS THE STREET FROM US ON PEACE ACROSS PEACEFUL HILL LANE.
BUT YOU ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S A REALLY PRETTY SIGNIFICANT VEGETATIVE BUFFER THERE THAT EXISTS TODAY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE AGREED IS TO NOT ONLY LEAVE THAT BUFFER BUT ENHANCE IT.
SO WITH THE IDEA BEING WHAT EVERYBODY SEES THERE TODAY IS WHAT THEY WILL SEE THERE IN THE FUTURE AFTER OUR DEVELOPMENT.
AND THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, OUR VISION OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
SO PARKS, WE ARE AGREEING TO TAKE ALL OF THE LAND IN THE PROPERTY THAT IS CRITICAL.
WATER QUALITY IS ON FLOODPLAIN AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL AND CREATE A 13 ACRE REGIONAL PARK.
WE ARE NOT ONLY AGREEING TO DEDICATE THE LAND, WHICH WE'D HAVE TO DO FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE'RE AGREEING TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PARK TO MAKE IT USABLE, TO IMPROVE SOUTH BOGGY CREEK, TO REALLY MAKE IT SOMEWHERE THAT PEOPLE CAN GO AS A DESTINATION AND LOVE AND BE A JEWEL FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION, I KNOW YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT TONIGHT FROM THOSE WHO ARE HERE IN OPPOSITION.
AND I WANNA BE CLEAR, WE GOT OPPOSITION ON THIS CASE AND WE HAVE SUPPORT.
UM, BUT I KNOW YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION.
SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING THERE AS A, WE DID A T I AND
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AN NTA AND THESE ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO CONSTRUCT.UM, AND THEN THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ARE AGREEING TO CONSTRUCT VOLUNTARILY AS A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND YOU'LL SEE ON THIS LIST, THEY'RE SIGNIFICANT.
UH, TRAFFIC IS NOT, DOES NOT FLOW SUPER WELL IN THIS AREA ALONG DITMAR, ALONG PEACEFUL HILL AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE AND THOSE THAT WE'RE VOLUNTEERING TO MAKE WILL REALLY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
YOU WILL HEAR TONIGHT ABOUT US EXTENDING FOREMOST DRIVE, FOREMOST DRIVE CURRENTLY TERMINATES AT CONGRESS AND WE WILL ARE AGREEING TO EXTEND IT, TO DEDICATE THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR AND EXTEND IT THROUGH THE SITE TO PEACEFUL HILL.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE LOT, THERE WILL BE SOME FOLKS HERE TONIGHT WHO ARE AGAINST THAT EXTENSION, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE COMMISSION THAT IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RAIL COMING RIGHT ADJACENT TO THIS SITE, POTENTIALLY HAVING A RAIL STOP ON THIS SITE.
AND THIS AREA REALLY IS IN PRETTY DIRE NEED OF CONNECTIVITY.
YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT AN OPTION THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO MAKE FOREMOST STRIVE THROUGH THE PROPERTY ONE WAY AND IT REALLY JUST ISN'T DESIRABLE.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE IS CREATING A GRID.
YOU'VE GOT RALPH ADO, YOU'VE GOT PEACEFUL HILL, YOU'VE GOT CONGRESS, AND ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO CREATE A GRID THAT REALLY MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE WITH REGARD TO THE CONNECTIVITY.
AND NOT JUST PEOPLE COMING TO OUR SITE, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY.
BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE SITE AND ACCESS CONGRESS AND PROJECT AND THE RAIL LINE.
THIS IS HOW FOREMOST DRIVE WILL LOOK THROUGH OUR SITE.
IT'LL BE A 72 FOOT URBAN ROADWAY.
VERY, UM, IT'LL BE NOT ONLY GOOD FOR MO UH, VEHICLE MOBILITY, BUT IT'LL ALSO HAVE BIKE LANES, IT WILL HAVE SIDEWALKS AND IT WILL BE GOOD FOR PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY AS WELL.
SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL ADDRESS A LOT OF THE CONCERNS WE DO.
I JUST WANNA SAY VERY QUICKLY, WE DO HAVE OUR, UH, CIVIL ENGINEER HERE, BRIAN GRACE, WE HAVE OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER HERE, LESLIE P*****K, AND WE'VE GOT THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THE DEVELOPER HERE AS WELL, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? NOT THE NEXT SPEAKER I HAVE IN SUPPORT IS DAGAN MARTINEZ VARGAS.
I'M THE PARKRIDGE GARDENS HOA PRESIDENT AND A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF AUSTIN AND IN PARTICULAR SOUTH AUSTIN, UH, PARKRIDGE GARDENS, UH, SUPPORTS THIS PROJECT, UH, BECAUSE WHILE WE WOULD LIKE LESS TRAFFIC IN GENERAL FOR BASICALLY ALL OF SOUTH AUSTIN, THAT'S NOT PRACTICAL WITH THE, UH, CITY'S OWN GOALS THAT THEY HAVE IN, UH, MIND, OUR COMMUNITY IS PARKED DEFICIENT AND THIS DEVELOPMENT GETS RID OF 43 ACRES OF SALVAGE YARDS THAT I'VE KNOWN MY ENTIRE LIFE AND UNDERDEVELOPED AGAINST WOODED AREAS THAT HAS BECOME A PLACE FOR TRASH, DUMPING AND CRIME AND REPLACE IT WITH AT LEAST SOME PARTS AND TRAILS AND AMENITIES THAT WE CAN USE AS A COMMUNITY.
THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH US TO ADD A NEIGHBORHOOD POCKET PARK WITH THE, WITH THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AND PICNIC TABLES, UH, TO BE CURRENTLY USED ON OUR OWN PIECE OF PROPERTY TO HELP OUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO WORK WITH US TO PROTECT THE BAT COMMUNITY AT DENMARK BRIDGE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY, OF COURSE, UH, BEHIND THE CONGRESS, UH, BRIDGE COMMUNITY OF BATS.
AND THEY'RE TO PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS TO ENHANCE, UH, BOGGY CREEK, TO PROTECT AND MAKE IT USABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY OVERALL.
WE SEE THIS AS A PROJECT THAT WILL MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A MORE BEAUTIFUL AND DESIRABLE COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN.
AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SOUTH AUSTIN, BORN IN THE SEVENTIES, I GREW UP PLAYING IN BOGGY CREEK AND I'VE TAKEN MY KIDS TO SEE THE BATS AT THE DITMAR BRIDGE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE CREEK RESTORED AND MAINTAINED SO THAT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CAN ENJOY THE NATURAL LANDSCAPING NEAR THE CREEK AND DISCOVER THE BATS AT THE LESSER KNOWN BRIDGE IN AUSTIN.
I USED TO RIDE MY BIKE DOWN THAT DITMAR ROAD, WHICH WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN THE SEVENTIES.
ME AND ALL MY FRIENDS, UH, AS WE WENT TO WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY AND, UH, PLAYED AND OF COURSE IT'S ONLY GOTTEN WORSE IN THE LAST 30, 40 YEARS.
ADD THAT WITH THE HOMELESS ISSUE THAT I ALREADY MENTIONED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE OPPOSITION.
I UNDERSTAND MARGARET VALENTE, YOU'RE GONNA BE THE LEAD SPEAKER.
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HI.GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS MARGARET LENTI AND I LIVE ON PEACEFUL HILL LANE.
I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THIS CASE.
UM, OUR NEIGHBORS, MY NEIGHBORS, AND I CALL IT THE 43 ACRE PEACEFUL HILL BIRD HILL LANE, SOUTH CONGRE, SOUTH CONGRESS PROJECT.
UH, THE COMMENTS THAT I'M READING TO YOU TONIGHT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR LATE STAFF BACKUP SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG.
UM, I'M GONNA GET INTO THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY NEIGHBORS, UH, MY PEACEFUL HELL NEIGHBORS, JOHN STOKES, RENEE PETTYJOHN, SAM BARROWS, MIA IBARRA, JOHN ORR, CHAD SATAR, AND DOUG BORE.
WE AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THIS PROJECT FOR WELL OVER A YEAR.
WE ALL LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE 43 ACRE PROPERTY AND WHILE I'VE LIVED IN MY HOME FOR OVER 15 YEARS, OTHERS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR TWICE AS LONG.
WHEN I PURCHASED MY HOME, I KNEW THAT EVENTUALLY THE VACANT LAND ACROSS THE STREET WOULD BE DEVELOPED AND IT HAS BEEN A GOOD RUN.
THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THIS COMMISSION THAT NONE OF THE PEACEFUL HELD NEIGHBORS HAVE INDICATED THEY ARE AGAINST DEVELOPMENT OF THIS LAND.
WHILE WE ARE NOT OPPOSING THE DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE REQUESTING DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING AND NEARBY ZONING SINCE AUGUST, 2021, WHEN THE APPLICANT FIRST PROPOSED A 13 ACRE RESIDENTIAL PROJECT ON THE SITE, WHICH WE NOW CALL TRACK ONE, WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTED HOUSING AT THE SF SIX ZONING LEVEL.
SF SIX IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORING LAND USES OF SF SF THREE, SF TWO.
IT IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING SF SIX VERRADO DEVELOPMENT ON PEACEFUL HILL AND THE RECENTLY APPROVED SF SIX ZONING OF 79 0 1 PEACEFUL HILL, THE PROJECT THAT CAME BEFORE YOU JUST TWO, TWO MONTHS AGO IN OCTOBER.
AND AS A REMINDER, THAT PROJECT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THIS PROJECT.
AND NOW THAT THE PROJECT HAS, UH, TRIPLED IN SIZE TO 43 ACRES AND INCLUDES COMMERCIAL USES AS WELL AS A NEW ROW CONNECTING SOUTH CONGRESS TO PEACEFUL HILL, WE ARE SAYING YES TO DEVELOPMENT, BUT ARE EVEN MORE CONCERNED ABOUT COMPATIBLE ZONING ALONG OUR STREET.
MY NEIGHBORS AND I HAVE CLEARLY STATED OUR OBJECTION TO HEIGHTS OF 45 FEET, 55 FEET AND 60 FEET.
WE ALSO OBJECT TO THE EXTENSION OF FORMER STRIVE CUTTING THROUGH TO PEACEFUL HELL, NOT THE BUILDING OF FOREMOST DRIVE ON THE PROPERTY, BUT CONNECTING IT TO PEACEFUL HILL.
SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN THE FORM OF AMENDED STAFF COS OR NEW COS.
SO TO BE CLEAR, I'M GONNA GIVE SOME COMMENTS ON THE STAFF COS BEFORE YOU OUR SUGGESTIONS TO TWEAKING THOSE AND INCLUDING A NEW CO.
SO FOR CO NUMBER ONE, WE SUPPORT THE STAFF CO OF 30 FOOT VEGETATIVE BUFFER.
HOWEVER, WE WOULD AMEND IT TO INCLUDE NO SIDEWALK BE BUILT WITHIN THE BUFFER AND THE SIDEWALK BE BUILT ON THE PROJECT PROPERTY AND OUT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY CO NUMBER TWO, WE SUPPORT STAFF CO PROHIBITING PROHIBITING, UH, CAR ACCESS TO PEACEFUL HILL LANE EXCEPT FOR THE PORTION OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FOR FOREMOST DRIVE, BUT WE WOULD AMEND THE CO TO INCLUDE EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY IN AND OUT OF FOREMOST DRIVE CO.
NUMBER THREE, WE SUPPORT STAFF RECOMMENDED PROHIBITIVE USES ON THE TRACK, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A NEW CO THAT PROHIBITS OR INCLUDE TO, UH, USES PROHIBITED USES OF MEDICAL OR DIAGNOSTIC OFFICES AND FACILITIES CO NUMBER FOUR, WE SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDED CONDITIONAL USES ON TRACK ONE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A NEW CO THAT REQUIRES ALL COMMERCIAL SPACES BE LOCATED 70 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE OF PEACEFUL HILL, AND LOCATED IN THE MOST EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MOST BUILDING FOOTPRINTS.
SO WE ARE ASKING FOR COMMERCIAL USES TO BE 70 FEET BACK FROM PEACEFUL HILL LANE.
UM, CO NUMBER FIVE, WE WOULD AMEND THE STAFF CO THAT ESTABLISHES NO MORE THAN 50% OF ALL BUILDING FACADES LOCATED BETWEEN FIF 30 AND 75 FEET OF THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE TO MO REDUCING THAT TO NO MORE THAN 25% OF BUILDING FACADES BEING LOCATED BETWEEN 30 FEET AND 70 FEET OF THE WEST STONE PROPERTY LINE CO NUMBER SIX, WE WOULD AMEND STAFF CO THAT REQUIRES AT LEAST 20% OF ALL BUILDING FACADES BEING LOCATED MORE THAN 240 FEET FROM THE WESTERN
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PROPERTY LINE, INCREASING THAT TO SEVEN, UH, 50% OF ALL BUILDING FACADES.SO THAT'S AN INCREASE ON THAT CO.
AND NUMBER SEVEN, FINALLY WE'RE ASKING FOR A NEW CO THAT NO BUILDING SHALL BE TALLER THAN 35 FEET WITHIN THE FIRST 70 FEET OF THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE.
THAT'S PEACEFUL HILL LANE FROM THIS LINE MOVING EASTWARD TOWARDS CONGRESS ON TRACK ONE, NO BUILDING HEIGHTS SHALL EXCEED 50 FEET.
THIS SPEAKS TO THE PROPOSED HEIGHTS ON THE CONCEPT PLAN BEFORE YOU TONIGHT THAT INDICATE 45 FEET, 56 FEET AND 60 FEET ON PORTIONS OF TRACK ONE.
THESE ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING RESIDENCES OR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF PEACEFUL HILL LANE.
SO THAT NEW CO GETS AT THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE SF SIX ZONING THAT IS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THIS BOARD ON PEACEFUL HILL ON THE WESTERN PEACEFUL HILL.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR HEARING THIS CASE THIS EVENING.
UM, I'M AWARE THAT SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND I'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER I HAVE IS JOHN STOKES.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE PEACEFUL HILL PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION.
UH, I'LL TRY NOT TO BE TOO REPETITIVE, BUT MAGGIE AND I WORK IN TANDEM ON A WHOLE LOT OF PROJECTS.
WE HA WE SEE EYE TO EYE WITH, UH, EACH OTHER AND WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
UH, WE AGREE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION CREATING TWO DIFFERENT TRACKS.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE NO COMMON BUILDINGS BETWEEN THE TRACKS.
THEY DESERVE TO BE ZONED SEPARATELY AND TRACT ONE DESERVES TO BE ZONED IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY FOR PEACEFUL HILL LANE.
I WANNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO TRACK TWO.
I WAS TRYING TO RACK MY BRAIN TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAD EVEN BOUGHT TRACK TWO UP AT ANY OF OUR BUILDINGS OR ANY OF OUR MEETINGS AND NONE DID.
SO WE THINK TRACK TWO PLAN LOOKS LIKE A GOOD FIT FOR SOUTH CONGRESS AND ALL OUR OBJECTIONS TO DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN TRACK ONE.
UH, THAT'S WHERE OUR OBJECTIONS ARE AND WHERE WE'RE ASKING FOR AMENDED.
THIS IS A 35 VEGETATIVE, UH, BUFFER ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE OF TRACT ONE.
WE'RE ASKING FOR NO SIDEWALK WITHIN THE VEGETATIVE BUFFER BECAUSE CONCRETE INSIDE A VEGETATIVE BUFFER KIND OF DEFEATS THE WHOLE PURPOSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF THAT SIDEWALK WOULD REQUIRE GETTING RID OF A WHOLE LOT OF VEGETATION IN SPITE OF THE PICTURE THAT WE SAW FROM THE APPLICANT.
ITEM TWO, UH, WE WANT, YOU'LL HEAR MUCH ABOUT THIS, BUT WE DON'T WANT ANY VEHICULAR ACCESS TO PEACEFUL HILL LANE.
UH, THE NTA SAID THAT IF PEACEFUL HILL LANE WAS ALLOWED TO BE ACCESSED, BY FOREMOST THERE WOULD BE 162% INCREASE IN TRAFFIC.
THAT PUTS US FROM A DESIRABLE STATE INTO AN UNDESIRABLE STATE AND, UH, ALONG A, UH, PEACEFUL HILL LANE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY SUBSTANDARD.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY IN AND OUT OF FOREMOST DRIVE.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE PROHIBITED USES ON TRACT ONE.
WE JUST WANT TO ADD ONE OTHER ONE, WHICH IS MEDICAL OR DIAGNOSTIC OFFICES AND FACILITIES.
AND THIS IS DUE PRIMARILY TO THE POSSIBILITY OF OF MEDICAL WASTE BEING ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE CONDITIONAL USES OF TRACT ONE WILL FIGHT OUT ANOTHER DAY, BUT THE ONE WE WANT IS THAT THE COMMERCIAL SPACE BE LOCATED 70 FEET FROM WESTERN PROPERTY LINE AND LOCATED IN THE, UH, EASTERNMOST AND SOUTHERNMOST BUILDINGS THAT'LL GET IT.
FIRST OF ALL, INTO A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY INSTEAD OF UP AGAINST PEACEFUL HILL LANE WHERE NOBODY CAN ACCESS IT.
WE WANT TO CHANGE THE CONFIGURATION OF THE MAJOR BUILDINGS ON TRACK ONE.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT 50% OF ALL BUILDING FACADES LOCATED BETWEEN 30 AND 50 AND 75 FEET.
WE WANT TO MAKE THAT NO MORE THAN 25% OF ALL BUILDING FACADES BE LOCATED BETWEEN 30 FEET AND 70 FEET.
THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME I'LL, I'LL LEAVE THE REST OF THE COMMENTS TO THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OKAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
I'M A, I AM A RESIDENT OF MY NAME'S MIA IBARRA.
I'M A RESIDENT OF PEACEFUL HILL LANE,
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AND I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID SO FAR BY MAGGIE AND JOHN.IN PARTICULAR, I WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE, OUR PROPOSED CONDITIONAL OVERLAY FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY BETWEEN PEACEFUL HILL LANE IN FOREMOST DRIVE.
UM, OUR HOME IS LOCATED RIGHT WHERE THAT INTERSECTION WOULD BE PLANNED.
AND, UH, WE'RE CONCERNED CERTAINLY ABOUT, UM, HEADLIGHTS IN OUR, IN OUR BEDROOM AT ALL HOURS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF AN IMPAIRED DRIVER GOING RIGHT THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION.
UM, FURTHERMORE, I I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BELIEVES THAT EXTENDING FOREMOST TO PEACEFUL HILL REALLY CREATES THAT, UH, GRID, UH, FOR TRAFFIC TO FLOW.
UH, PEACEFUL HILL IS NOT AN ARTERY BY ANY MEANS.
IT JUST FORCES TRAFFIC ONTO A MEANDERING PATH THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
I AM A RESIDENT OF, UH, PEACEFUL HILL LANE ALSO.
UH, AND I AGREE WITH, UH, EVERYTHING THAT, UH, MAGGIE JOHN MIA HAD SAID PREVIOUSLY.
UH, LIKE MIA, UH, A FOCUS THAT I WANTED TO HAVE TODAY IS ON THE PROPOSED, UH, CONDITIONAL OVERLAY NUMBER TWO, UH, HAVING ONLY EMERGENCY ACCESS FROM FOREMOST TO PEACEFUL HILL.
UM, BASICALLY VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC, UH, THE SAFETY CONCERNS.
WE'VE HAD FOLKS AT OUR MEETINGS, UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS WHO'VE DISCUSSED THE HAVING, HAVING KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT PLAY, THE INCREASED TRAFFIC COULD BE UNSAFE FOR THEM.
UH, WE DO LIVE RIGHT THERE AT WHAT WOULD BE A T INTERSECTION IF FOREMOST CONNECTED TO PEACEFUL HILL.
SO, UH, LIKE MIA MENTIONED, UH, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IMPAIRED DRIVERS PLOWING RIGHT THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION AND POTENTIALLY EVEN INTO A HOUSE, UH, THAT'S THERE.
UM, WE ARE CONCERNED, UH, ABOUT HAVING ALL THAT NEW TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WHICH IS A SMALL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WASN'T, UH, IT WASN'T, UH, PLANNED FOR THAT WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, IT ALSO AT THE CENTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, WHICH IS ALSO A SAFETY CONCERN TO CONSIDER.
UM, AND WHILE THERE MAY BE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS RIGHT AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, AREA THAT WOULD NOT COVER BY THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE, THE HIGH INCREASE IN TRAFFIC.
UH, THERE'S ALSO QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, A HUGE INCREASE, UH, WITH TRAFFIC OF NOISE POLLUTION, LIGHT POLLUTION AT NIGHT, UH, ALL THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES.
UM, AND, UH, LIKE ME HAD MENTIONED, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS WHO'S, UH, WANTED THAT CONNECTION TO COME THROUGH TOTALLY SUPPORT, UH, UH, ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, THOUGH TOTALLY SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY.
BUT I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF, UH, PROPOSED CONDITIONAL OVERLAY NUMBER TWO, UH, AS WELL AS EVERYTHING ELSE THAT, UH, THAT MAG AND JOHN HAVE PROPOSED IN THEIR CON CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS.
OKAY, WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER RORY WOODY HAS JOINED US.
UH, SO FINALLY, RON PETTIJOHN OR RIN PETTIJOHN, I'M SORRY, RIN PETTIJOHN.
UH, MY NAME IS RENEE PETTIJOHN.
UM, I LIVE ALONG PEACEFUL HILL LANE ACROSS FROM THIS PROJECT.
UM, THANK YOU MAGGIE AND JOHN ESPECIALLY.
THEY DO ALL THE, THE, THE LEGAL STUFF IN TERMS OF ALL THE FANCY WORDS.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA SPEAK FROM THE HEART.
UM, AND ALTHOUGH THIS, UH, PROJECT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, UM, I DO THINK PEACEFUL HILL RESIDENTS AND THE DEVELOPER HAVE FOUND SOME COMMON GROUND.
UM, SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH LARGE PORTIONS OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, I AM ALSO HERE TO THE CONNECTION, UM, BETWEEN SOUTH CONGRESS AND PEACEFUL HILL LANE BY WAY OF FOREMOST DRIVE, WHICH ALSO TO, UM, LET'S NOT KID OURSELVES.
IT ACTUALLY GOES ALL THE WAY OVER TO I 35.
SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT CONNECTION GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE HIGHWAY.
UM, WE DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF CONNECTIVITY AS IT PERTAINS TO URBAN PLANNING.
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ABOUT IN MANY MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE GOALS OF THE CITY TO ENCOURAGE THIS CONCEPT, RESIDENTS ALONG PEACEFUL HILL BELIEVE WE CAN FIND THIS CONNECTIVITY BY OFFERING FOOT AND BICYCLE TRAFFIC.UM, AT THE POINT WHERE FOREMOST CONNECTS DIRECTLY WITH PEACEFUL HILL RATHER THAN A CONSTANT FLOW OF VEHICLES.
THE SPOKEN GOAL OF THE DEVELOPER IS TO CREATE CONNECTIVITY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE BELIEVE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS WOULD NOT NEED TO DRIVE ONTO THE PROPERTY TO ACCESS THOSE THINGS LIKE THE ORANGE LINE OR, UH, THE, THE FACILITIES THAT ARE GONNA BE OFFERED.
UM, IN TERMS OF LIKE RETAIL AND ALL OF THAT.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT WE COULD WALK HER BIKE THERE.
UM, WE ARE ALL VERY CLOSE TO IT.
SO, UM, NOT JUST PEACEFUL HILL RESI RESIDENCE, BUT OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN ALL JUST WALK THERE.
UM, SO WE BELIEVE WE COULD GO AHEAD AND, AND MAKE THAT CONNECTIVITY, NOT BIKE FOR VEHICLES, BUT FOR, UH, WALKING TRAFFIC AND FOR BICYCLE TRAFFIC AND FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES ONLY.
THE MODEST ASSESSMENT THAT THIS CONNECTION WILL BRING, 2000 PLUS MORE VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY IS INCONCEIVABLE FOR THIS VERY UNDERSIZED STREET.
THE CONNECTION DEAD ENDS IN FRONT OF OUR NEIGHBORS HOMES, GIVING DRIVERS THE OPTION TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT, THEN WEAVE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THEIR DESTINATION.
THIS CREATES LIGHT POLLUTION, NOISE POLLUTION, DANGEROUS SITUATIONS OF DRIVERS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CUTTING THROUGH.
NOT TO MENTION THE WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS, UM, IN THE PATH OF WHERE PEOPLE WOULD CONNECT TO OVER TO SOUTH FIRST.
NOT TO MENTION DRIVERS WHO FAILED TO STOP AT THE, AT THE STOP SIGN THERE AT FOREMOST.
AND THE PEACEFUL HILL CONNECTION.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME, UH, HAVE TO SOMEHOW BE IN THE BUSINESS OF PREDICTING HUMAN NATURE AS IT PERTAINS TO TRAFFIC FLOW, BUT IT SEEMS OBVIOUS TO OUR NEIGHBORS THAT THIS WILL ONLY ALLOW AS A RELEASE VALVE TO BYPASS SLAUGHTER INTERSECTIONS AS RALPH ADO PUNCH THROUGH HAS DONE.
UM, WE JUST DON'T WANT THAT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT DEAD ENDING INTO SOMEONE'S HOME IS ACTUALLY THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THIS.
SO WE WANT THIS PROJECT TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR ALL AND EXCITED ABOUT MANY OF THE ATTRIBUTES IT BRINGS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THE CONNECTIVITY WITH FOREMOST AND ITS PROPOSED, UM, INTENSITY IS JUST SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR AN OPPOSITION? I GUESS NOT.
WHAT WE HAVE STRUGGLED WITH IN WORKING WITH THE PEACEFUL HILL PRESERVATION SOCIETY IS REALLY TRYING TO GET TO THE MEAT OF WHAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND WE HAVE DEDICATED A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF RESOURCES TO TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS.
UM, WE THINK WE'VE REALLY DONE THAT, BUT THEY WILL TELL US THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC.
BUT IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT THE DATA AROUND TRAFFIC, ADDING FOREMOST LANE THROUGH THE PROPERTY ACTUALLY REDUCES THE, UH, THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THAT IS GOING BY THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEM IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE IT IS GIVING THAT TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING FROM RALPH ADO OR MAYBE FROM SLAUGHTER AN OUTLET TO GET OUT TO CONGRESS.
SO WE STRUGGLE WITH HOW THAT'S NOT A GOOD SOLUTION.
UM, IF IT'S NOT TRAFFIC, THEN WE'VE HEARD IT'S SEEING BUILDINGS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THEIR HOMES.
WE HEARD THAT AND WE UNDERSTOOD THAT IN SMALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, THEY DIDN'T WANT LARGE MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS LOOMING OVER THEM.
WE'VE AGREED TO KEEP A 30 FOOT UNDISTURBED VEGETATIVE BUFFER THERE SO THAT THE CLOSEST BUILDING WOULD BE 30 FEET, BUT THEN AGREED TO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS TO PULL THOSE BUILDINGS BACK EVEN FARTHER.
WE ARE JUST HEARING TONIGHT ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ASKING FOR.
WE DON'T THINK THOSE WORK WE ARE WITH SITTING THERE TRYING TO CRUNCH THE NUMBERS, WE THINK WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT WILL COST ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL 125 UNITS HOMES FOR PEOPLE ON A LINE ON A PROPERTY ON THE ORANGE LINE.
I THINK THAT'S THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE WANT TO BE DOING.
UM, OR IS THE THIRD THING JUST LIVING NEXT TO APARTMENTS.
AND AGAIN, WE GET THAT WE DON'T AGREE WITH IT, BUT WE THINK THAT WE'VE SOLVED FOR THAT BY CREATING THIS REALLY EXTENSIVE BUFFER AND HAVING THE ENTIRE NORTH PART OF THE PROPERTY BEING PARKLAND.
SO WHEREAS WE DEFINITELY, AND YOU HEARD THAT THERE ARE NEIGHBORS IN THIS AREA WHO DO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF LOOKING AT THE GREATER GOOD AND THE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO REALLY GET SOME SIGNIFICANT, UH, DEVELOPMENT ON THIS SITE THAT'S BEEN TOTALLY UNDERUTILIZED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
UM, BUT WE REALLY FEEL LIKE WE HAVE PUT THE WORK IN TO SOLVE FOR ALL OF THE CONCERNS THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS.
WE DO NOT THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO NOT EXTEND FOREMOST THROUGH.
WE DO NOT THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO EVEN FURTHER REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNITS ON THAT TRACK.
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IT, THEY'RE SAYING WE LOVE THE DENSITY ON THE, THE PART OF THE TRACK CLOSER TO CONGRESS, BUT WE, WE'VE AGREED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM TO NOT HAVE ANY PART OF THE PROJECT.EVEN TRACK ONE THE TRACK CLOSER TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, TAKE ANY ACCESS TO PEACEFUL HILL.
SO IT'S NOT AS IF IT, IT'S ALMOST IN A LOGICAL ARGUMENT THAT YOU SUPPORT THE MULTI-FAMILY IN WHATEVER NUMBERS ON THE LARGER PART OF THE TRACK, BUT NOT ON THIS PART OF THE TRACK.
THAT REALLY ENDS UP JUST COMING DOWN TO NOT WANTING THOSE APARTMENTS CLOSE TO YOUR HOMES.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE APPLICANTS STAFF OR DO I HEAR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? COMMISSIONER KING HAS A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GREENBERG.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WHAT? TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
OH, JUST TO, JUST TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WHO WANTS TO START? COMMISSIONER GREENBERG? SO I HAVE, UM, ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE CONNECTIVITY.
I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT TO CENTRAL MARKET ON NORTH LAMAR AND SOME NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THAT WHEN IT WAS BEING BUILT AND WE DIDN'T LOSE A SALVAGE YARD, WE LOST GREEN SPACE, OKAY.
BUT SOME NEIGHBORHOODS HAD THE SAME FEELING THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ACCESS FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE CENTRAL PARK, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
AND I WOULD SAY THE CONNECTIVITY IS A TWO-WAY STREET AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD REALLY THINK CAREFULLY BECAUSE YES, YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC COMING REALLY BOTH WAYS IN AND OUT TO, TO ACCESS THAT DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S ALSO ACCESS FOR YOU.
AND THOSE ARE, I MEAN, THAT YOU ARE GONNA HAVE ACCESS TO A PARK AND NO, EVERYBODY CAN'T WALK OR BICYCLE AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LOVE THAT TO BE THE CASE.
UM, AND SHOPPING SOMETIMES THERE'S A LOT TO CARRY.
UM, THERE'S GONNA BE AMENITIES IN THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'RE GONNA WANT EASY ACCESS TO.
SO I'M HOPING BEFORE THIS GOES TO COUNCIL OR EV WHENEVER FINAL DECISIONS ARE MADE ABOUT CONNECTIVITY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL RETHINK THEIR POSITION.
UM, THE OTHER COMMENT I HAVE IS THAT THERE ARE ON THE SITE PLAN LIMITS HEIGHTS SHOWN THAT ARE BELOW 60 FEET.
AND I WOULD LIKE THAT SINCE THAT'S THE PLAN TO BE BUILT INTO THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS.
UM, FOR THE HEIGHTS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE PLAN, IN SOME PLACES IT'S 40 AND SOME PLACE, I THINK IT WAS 30 SOMETHING, MAYBE 35 MAKES SENSE FOR THERE.
UM, THERE WAS ONE THAT HAD A HALF A FOOT OR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
UM, BUT TO HAVE THOSE BUILT IN HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS TO GIVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD MORE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING 60 FOOT TALL BUILDINGS RIGHT NEXT TO THEIR HOMES.
AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL HAS CHANGED COMPATIBILITY RULES ON SOME, UM, STREETS AND WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GETTING ELECTED ON A COUNCIL THAT'LL BE IN JANUARY OR WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
SO IF THOSE ARE BUILT INTO THE ZONING, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I COULD RECOMMEND THOSE HEIGHT LIMITS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN.
SO ON THE SITE PLAN I'M LOOKING AT, I SEE FOUR STORIES ON ONE UNIT IS 56 FEET AND THEN 33 AND A HALF FEET OR THREE STORIES ON ANOTHER.
THOSE THE ONES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES.
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER KING? YES.
AND YOU KNOW, I CONCUR WITH COMMISSIONER GREENBERG'S COMMENT.
I'M, I'M SORRY I'M WEARING MY MOUTH GUARD TONIGHT CUZ I'M HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TWO TEETH PROBLEMS. SO
UH, BUT, UH, BUT I DO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER GREENBERG'S POINT ABOUT CONNECTIVITY THERE.
I THINK IT IS A TWO-WAY STREET AND I I CAN SEE THE BENEFITS FROM, FROM UH, HAVING THIS CONNECTIVITY IN THIS LOCATION RIGHT HERE.
BUT I WONDER TOO ABOUT, UM, THE, UM, ADDITIONAL RESTRICTED, UH, PROHIBITED USE OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC OFFICE AND FACILITIES.
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COULD THAT BE ADDED TO THE CEO? WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE TO, TO THE APPLICANT? WE'RE ASKING, WE'RE ASKING THE APPLICANT'S GONNA ANSWER THAT.UH, OUR STRONG PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO NOT RESTRICT THOSE USES AS IT STANDS WE'VE ALREADY AGREED TO PROHIBIT, UM, HOSPITAL GENERAL AND HOSPITAL LIMITED WOULD ONLY BE A CONDITIONAL USE.
WE ACTUALLY THINK IT SORT OF MAKES SOME SENSE TO POTENTIALLY HAVE ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, 24 HOUR BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE KIND OF EMERGENCY FACILITIES ON A SITE OF THIS SIZE.
UM, SO IT WOULD BE OUR STRONG PREFERENCE, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT THE BE ALL AND THE END ALL OF THE CASE IF THAT'S THE COMMISSION'S PREFERENCE, BUT WE REALLY THINK WITH IT BEING A CONDITIONAL USE, I DON'T THINK IT'S A REALISTIC CONCERN ABOUT MEDICAL WASTE GETTING INTO THE CREEK OR SOMETHING.
UM, BUT WITH IT BEING A CONDITIONAL USE, I THINK ISSUES LIKE, IS THERE, YOU KNOW, AN AMBULANCE BAY OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THOSE OUT AND THIS COMMISSION HAVING TO APPROVE THOSE.
SO WE WOULD PREFER TO KEEP IT.
I'M, I'M SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY, THOSE THAT USE IS CURRENTLY, UH, A CONDITIONAL USE, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
UH, HOSPITAL GENERAL COMPLETELY PROHIBITED AND HOSPITAL.
LIMITED WOULD BE CONDITIONAL USE.
AND MRS. ME, COULD YOU, COULD, COULD YOU MAYBE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY UH, YOU DIDN'T GO WITH LR ZONING, UH, THAT YOU WENT WITH Z DR ZONING AND THEN YOU, UH, HAVE THIS LONG LIST OF PROHIBITED USES? SURE, YEAH.
FOR US IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF LR COULD HAVE WORKED, BUT IT BECOMES FOR US A MATTER OF, UH, HEIGHT AND F A R AND IT'S REALLY FOR US ATTEMPTING TO WORK AROUND SOME GIGANTIC TREES THAT ARE ON THE SITE AND REALLY TRYING TO GET THE, AND THE SETBACKS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE AGREED TO AND TRYING TO GET THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WORKS FOR THE SITE.
UM, WHILE, YOU KNOW, TRYING KNOWING THAT WE'RE PRETTY SEVERELY RESTRICTED.
SO YES, THAT IS WHY WE WERE ABSOLUTELY IN AGREEMENT WITH RESTRICTION DOWN TO LR USES.
UM, BUT WE, WE DO NEED THE HEIGHT AND THE F A R FROM GR.
AND THEN I JUST WANT TWO, TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.
I'M GONNA LET, I HAVE SO MANY, BUT I'M GONNA CERTAINLY LET OTHER, OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE SOME TIME HERE.
BUT IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A V ZONING ON THIS VMU ZONING ESSENTIALLY.
SO, UH, WHAT LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY ARE YOU TARGETING HERE? WE ARE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO A MINIMUM OF 5% OF THE UNITS AT 60% MFI.
HOWEVER, WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS NOW TO VERY SIGNIFICANTLY HOPEFULLY INCREASE THAT.
UM, WE WERE HOPEFUL THAT WE'D HAVE ALL THAT SORTED THROUGH BY THE TIME WE WERE HERE AND BEFORE WE GOT TO COUN, BUT WE WILL HAVE IT SORTED OUT.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO COUNCIL, BUT EVEN REGARDLESS OF THOSE AGREEMENTS, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY ABLE TO COMMIT TO 5% OF THE TOTAL UNITS ON THE SITE AT 60, AT 60%.
AND IS THAT THE V M U TWO COM UH, UH, PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OR VMU ONE? YES.
SO THAT GIVES YOU THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT FROM THAT, UH, LOWER LEVEL.
WELL, BUT LET, LET ME SAY COMMISSIONER KING, WE ARE COMMITTING TO THAT REGARDLESS OF THE V.
SO EVEN IF WE DIDN'T TAP INTO THE V M U, WE WOULD BE COMMITTING TO, AT A MINIMUM, THE 5% AT 60%.
AND, AND MY LAST QUESTION, AND THIS IS I GUESS FOR STAFF, IT IS ABOUT COMPATIBILITY AS I UNDER STAFF, UH, COUNSEL DID JUST RECENT, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, PASS AND CHANGES TO COMPATIBILITY.
SO CAN STAFF EXPLAIN HOW COMPATIBILITY WOULD APPLY TO TRACK ONE? MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT COUNCIL PASSED IS THAT IT WOULD NOT AFFECT TRACK ONE C.
THE COMPATIBILITY THAT'S ON THE BOOKS TODAY WOULD APPLY TO THIS SITE.
IS THAT KIRK, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT OR CLARIFY THAT FOR ME? I, I'M COMMISSIONER KING.
I HAVE, I HAVE NOT LOOKED OVER THE, OR HAVE NOT SORTED THROUGH THE, UH, COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS, UH, THAT WERE, UH, APPROVED BY COUNSEL LAST, LAST THURSDAY.
I I HAVE NOT GOTTEN THERE YET.
AND I, I SEE, I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THIS, THIS UNCERTAINTY IS, YOU KNOW, THIS BRINGS SOME UNCERTAINTY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.
I I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THAT TO BE CLARIFIED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR NOW.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER, I BELIEVE, UH, ANNE DINKLER, COMMISSIONER DINKLER HAD HER HAND RAISED.
MAY, MAY I JUST VERY QUICKLY SAY ON THAT POINT, UM, WE ARE FINE WITH THE RESTRICTION THAT COMMISSIONER GREENBERG SUGGESTED.
WE REALLY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CREATE THESE WEIRD CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS THAT LOCK THE BUILDING INTO WHAT WE'VE SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT ANYWAY, SO WE WOULD BE OKAY IF THE COMMISSION CHOSE TO ADD THOSE RESTRICTIONS.
UH, COMMISSIONER DINKLER? YES.
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WAS HOPING THE APPLICANT COULD PUT THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN UP.AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OF THE FACADES ARE VISIBLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I WILL SAY I SUPPORT, UM, FOREMOST CONNECTING.
I THINK IT BECOMES A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE IF YOU DON'T, YOU WANT POLICE AND FIRE TO GET THERE FASTER.
UH, AND THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO WITH THE, THE CONNECTIVITY.
UM, AND Y UM, AND AS FAR AS THE PART GOES, ARE YOU PROPOSING ANY RE-VEGETATION ALONG THE CREEK? COMMISSIONER DINKLER? WE ARE, UM, WE ARE WORKING PRETTY HAND IN HAND WITH PART AND WATERSHED WITH REGARD TO HOW THAT CAN BE DONE.
THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS AROUND THAT, BUT PART OF OUR PROPOSAL IS THAT WE WILL BE, UH, RESTABILIZING THAT CREEK AND WOR WORKING ON SOME EROSION CONTROL AND DOING SOME CONSTRUCTION TO IMPROVE WHAT'S OUT THERE NOW, CLEANING IT UP, ET CETERA.
BUT YES, THAT'S PART OF OUR PROPOSAL.
AND IN TERMS OF YOUR CONCEPTUAL, HOW MUCH OF YOUR, YOUR CONCEPTUAL PLAN LOOKS TO BE VISIBLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD? UM, I KNOW YOU WERE AGREEING TO 25%, THEY'RE HOPING IT COULD BE 50.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD GET THE NUMBER OF UNITS, UH, IF WE GO TO 50, BUT, WHICH, CAN YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT, BASED ON THIS PLAN, IS THAT 25% THAT'S VISIBLE OR? YEAH, WE, IF YOU THINK OF THE ONES THAT ARE, WE, WE FEEL THAT ALMOST NONE OF IT WILL BE VISIBLE COMMISSIONER DANGLER BECAUSE WE ARE SAYING VEGETATION.
WE KEEP THAT 30 FEET AS IT IS TODAY AND WE WILL ADD VEGETATION TO IT TO FILL THE GAPS IF THERE ARE ANY THAT EXIST.
HOWEVER, YOU'RE CORRECT THAT WHAT YOU SEE TODAY CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IF THAT'S WHAT ENDS UP BEING VISIBLE, IS ABOUT 50% OF THE FOOT OF THE FACADE.
IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT, BUT WE NEEDED TO BUILD IN SOME CUSHIONS SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE BUILDING COMPLETELY DESIGNED.
AND IT'S A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
DO WE NEED TO INCLUDE THE VEGETATIVE BUFFER AS PART OF A CO? UM, IS IT NORMALLY, I UNDERSTOOD THE BUFFER WHEN IT HAD TO BE 25 FEET, SO ADDING THAT FIVE, NOT SURE HOW CONSEQUENTIAL THAT IS, BUT DO WE HAVE TO PUT IN THE CO THAT WE, UH, KEEP TREES IN THE VEGETATIVE BUFFER OR KEEP VEGETATION? UM, UH, I'M JUST REC OKAY, GO AHEAD MS. ROSE.
SO, UH, YES, FOR, FOR CO NUMBER ONE REGARDING 30 FOOT WIDE VEGETATIVE BUFFER, UM, OR THE 30 FOOT WIDE VEGETATIVE BUFFER, UH, THAT'S, THAT EXCEEDS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS REQUIRED.
AND THEN I GUESS YOU COULD ADD THE WORD UNDISTURBED.
YEAH, I'M TRYING TO KEEP THOSE TREATS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.
SO A DISTURB IS A GOOD WAY TO HANDLE THAT, I THINK.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR ME.
I BELIEVE THE NEXT ONE IS COMMISSIONER OR RAMIREZ.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
I AGREE WITH MANY OF THE STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THUS FAR.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO CONNECT FOREMOST IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
I DID MISS A LOT OF THE EARLIER TESTIMONY.
I HAD TO LEAVE FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, I'M IN SUPPORT OF STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, I'M THE SAME WAY WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMPAT, PARTICULARLY ON THE FOREMOST DRIVE.
I MEAN, THE LAST SUBDIVISION WE DID, THE NEIGHBORS IN ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT DIDN'T WANT CONNECTIVITY, SO WE DIDN'T PUT IN THE CONNECTIVITY AND THEN AS SOON AS WE BUILT THE SUBDIVISION, ALL THE NEIGHBORS ADJACENT TO US CAME AND SAYS, WHY DON'T WE HAVE CONNECTIVITY? WE WANNA CUT THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
SO IT IT, IT SEEMED LIKE ONCE YOU GET IT ALL BUILT UP, EVERYBODY WANTS THE CONNECTIVITY ONCE THEY SEE IT AND, AND ARE ABLE TO USE THAT.
COMMISSIONER, UM, KING SOUNDS LIKE WE MIGHT BE GETTING CLOSE TO THE MOTION HERE.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE, THE FOLLOWING CHANGES, UH, THAT THE HEIGHT, UM, SHOWN IN THE SITE PLAN WILL BE THE HEIGHT.
LET'S SEE, HOW DID, HOW DID YOU WORD THAT COMMISSIONER GREENBERG, THE HEIGHT, THE HEIGHT LIMITS SHOWN IN THE SITE PLAN WILL APPLY ADJACENT TO PEACEFUL HILL LANE.
DO WE WANNA LIMIT PEACEFUL HILL LANE FOR THOSE BUILDINGS THAT ABUT PEACEFUL HILL LANE? THAT'S CORRECT.
THE, THE HEIGHTS SHOWN IN THE SITE PLAN ALONG PEACEFUL HILL LANE WILL APPLY.
DO WE WANT TO REFERENCE THE SITE PLAN OR DO WE WANT TO REFERENCE YEAH, WE NEED NUMBERS.
IF I MAY INTERRUPT, BECAUSE THIS IS
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A CONCEPTUAL PLAN, IT IS NOT A SITE.SO THE HEIGHT LIMITS OF 35 AND WHAT WERE THE HEIGHT LIMITS? 35 FEET AND 56 FEET.
35 FEET AT THE INTERSECTION OF PEACEFUL HILL AND FOREMOST, AND TO THE NORTH IT WOULD BE A HEIGHT LIMITATION OF 56 FEET.
CAN WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UH, YES.
I, FOR FOR AND FOR PURPOSES OF A ZONING ORDINANCE, I WILL NEED A, AN EXHIBIT SHOWING EXACTLY WHERE THOSE HEIGHT LIMITS ARE.
CAN YOU PULL THAT INITIALS OFF? CAN EXCEPTIONAL PLAN IS A START, BUT OKAY.
THAT WILL NEED TO BE, UM, REFINED BY WAY OF AN EXHIBIT THAT CLEARLY SHOWS WHERE, WHERE THE DIFFERENT HEIGHT LIMITS ARE.
SO I THINK THE FINAL MOTION THAT STAFF WILL LOOK AT THAT CAN BE WITHIN SO MANY FEET OF PEACEFUL HILL LANE AND SO MANY FEET OF FOREMOST DRIVE THE HEIGHT WILL BE LIMITED TO 35 FEET.
AND THEN BETWEEN X NUMBER OF FEET, UH, FROM FOREMOST DRIVE TO THE NORTH, THE HEIGHT WILL BE LIMITED TO 56 FEET.
YOU CAN FILL IN THOSE NUMBERS.
DOES THAT, DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? UH, AND I AND I WILL MOST LIKELY NEED SOME SORT OF ENGINEER DRAWING TO, TO, TO STATE THAT MM-HMM.
THAT, THAT CAN BE, THAT THAT'LL BE PREPARED.
AND THEN, THEN THE SECOND CO WOULD BE, UH, OR, OR CHANGE WOULD BE THE 30 FOOT UNDISTURBED VEGETATIVE BUFFER IS, IS THAT THE WORDING? YES.
AND, UH, JUST, I'M NOT AT CHANGING THAT ANY FURTHER WITH MY COMMENT THAT I'M ABOUT TO MAKE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SORT OF ADDRESS THE CONCERN ABOUT PUTTING A SIDEWALK THROUGH THAT 30 FOOT UNDISTURBED VEGETATED BUFFER.
WOULD TH WOULD THIS PRECLUDE A SIDEWALK GOING THROUGH THERE THEN? BECAUSE I AGREE I WOULDN'T WANT A SIDEWALK TO GO THROUGH THERE AND DISTURB THAT THE SIDEWALK SHOULD BE OUTSIDE OF IT, ALONG THE, THE, THE HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY THERE.
AND COMMISSIONER KING, THAT'S HONESTLY THE ONLY REASON WE HADN'T USED THE WORD UNDISTURBED, BUT MAYBE JUST TO MAKE VERY CLEAR WHAT THE COMMISSION'S, UM, INTENT IS.
MAYBE WE CAN SAY UNDISTURBED EXCEPT FOR A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALK.
AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT WITH THE CITY LEGAL IF WE NEED TO DO THAT BY RESTRICTIVE COVENANT OR HOW WE NEED TO CODIFY THAT BY DOING THAT, WE'RE PUSHING THE SIDEWALK INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY, CLOSER TO THE RESIDENCE, FURTHER AWAY FROM THE MULTI-FAMILY, JUST FYI.