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[Determination of Quorum / Meeting Called to Order]
BRINGING, UH, THIS MEETING OF THE MARCH 28TH PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER.AND WE'LL START OUT WITH A, UM, AND I'M EXCITED CAUSE WE HAVE EVERYBODY HERE, INCLUDING, WE'LL INTRODUCE THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO Y'ALL IN JUST A SECOND.
UM, BUT, UH, FOR THOSE VIRTUALLY, UH, PLEASE HAVE YOUR, UH, CARDS READY TO VOTE.
WE'LL DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT CAUSE I WANNA RECOGNIZE THOSE, UH, NEW APPOINTEES.
AND WHEN I, UH, RECOGNIZE YOU, UH, SAY, PRESENT OR HERE, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'RE HERE.
OKAY? UH, FIRST JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER AZAR, WHO WAS HERE ALREADY, BUT NOW IS, IS STILL THE MAYOR'S APPOINTEE
UH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER HAYNES, WHICH IS ALSO, UH, MAYOR WATSON'S APPOINTEE HERE.
UH, WE HAVE ALICE WOODS FROM DISTRICT TWO COMMISSIONER, UH, FUENTES APPOINTEE HERE.
AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER CONLEY, UH, CONLEY FROM DISTRICT NINE.
UH, COMMISSIONER QUADRI HERE, UM, APPOINTEE.
AND FOR THOSE, UH, YOU MAY RECOGNIZE, UH, COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
HE WORKED UP HERE PREVIOUSLY OR VOLUNTEERED PREVIOUSLY.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, ALSO NEW, UH, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL FROM DISTRICT FIVE HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER RYAN, UH, AL ALTER IS APPOINTED HERE.
AND THEN, UH, GOING DOWN, UH, THE ROW HERE, WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON HERE.
UM, WE HAVE ON THE CHAIR, CHAIR SHAW.
WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON HERE.
AND, UM, LET'S SEE WHO ELSE I'M MISSING ON THE, THAT'S EVERYBODY HERE.
LET'S LOOK VIRTUALLY HAVE VICE CHAIR HEMPLE.
UH, COMMISSIONER COX HERE, UH, COMMISSIONER HOWARD HERE.
AND, UH, WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE, UM, OUR, UM, EX OFFICIO MEMBER CHAIR, UH, CHAIR OF, UH, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, JESSICA COHEN.
SO AS I SAID, THAT BRINGS US UP TO, I THINK, 13, IF I'M COUNTING CORRECTLY.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOME GOOD VOTES THIS EVENING.
UH, MOVING ON TO, UH, REAL QUICK, UH, THIS IS A HYBRID MEETING.
SO WE HAVE PARTICIPANTS, UH, BOTH COMMISSIONERS AND SPEAKERS, UH, IN THE CHAMBERS AS WELL AS PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY.
AND FOR THOSE, UH, WE HAVE A FEW, UH, MAYBE FOUR, I THINK FOUR OR FIVE CASES.
UH, WE'LL TAKE THEM IN ORDER AS THEY ARE ON THE AGENDA, BUT IF YOU WANNA WAIT OUT IN THE ATRIUM, ANDREW, WE'RE STILL, UH, SPEAKERS.
WE'RE GIVING, UH, A TEXT ABOUT 15 MINUTES OUT FROM THE ITEM.
IS THAT STILL WHAT WE'RE DOING? CHAIR COMMISSION LADIES ON ANDREW RIVERA.
UM, SO, UM, YES, SO WE CAN, UH, CERTAINLY SEND AN EMAIL TO EMAIL OUT TO FOX MINUTES AWAY FROM TAKING UP AT NINE.
SO IF YOU DON'T WANNA WAIT HERE THE WHOLE TIME, YOU ARE WELCOME TO WAIT OUT THERE AND WAIT FOR AN EMAIL SPEAKERS.
WE DO HAVE, I THINK WE'RE UP TO, I THINK WE'RE, IS IT FOUR OR FIVE CASES? AND SO IT WILL BE A PRETTY LONG EVENING EVEN WITH THAT NUMBER.
UH, SO JUST WANT THOSE THAT ARE, UH, TOWARD THE END, JUST, UH, HANG IN THERE.
BUT, UH, WE WILL BE HERE TILL AT LEAST 10 O'CLOCK, EVEN WITH SOME ACCELERATED RULES WE'RE GONNA TRY OUT.
UM, WE MAY GET OUT A LITTLE EARLIER, BUT IT, IT'S STILL GONNA BE A PRETTY LONG EVENING.
UH, SO I HAVE ASSISTANCE FROM MR. RIVERA THIS EVENING.
HE'S GONNA ANNOUNCE THE SPEAKERS.
AND COMMISSIONER FLORES, UM, YOU'RE GOING TO REDO THE FIRST READING OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP THERE.
YEAH, COMMISSIONERS TO STAY MUTED AND IF I FAIL TO GET YOUR ATTENTION, UH, YEAH, PLEASE SPEAK UP.
UM, BUT I'LL TRY TO RECOGNIZE YOU BY THROUGH RAISING YOUR HAND INITIALLY.
UH, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMU COMMUNICATION.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES, UH, FROM MARCH 14TH, COMMISSIONERS.DO WE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES FROM MARCH 14TH? OKAY, WE WILL MOVE THOSE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER
[Reading of the Agenda]
TO COMMISSIONER FLORES.OKAY, WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
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UH, TWO PLAN AMENDMENT N P A 20 18 0 0 2 1 0.02.SKYLINE OLTORF MIXED USE DISTRICT THREE, APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT THREE.
PLAN AMENDMENT N P A 20 21 0 0 2 5 0.0 1 2 90 WEST IN SCENIC BROOK, THAT ITEM IS UP FOR APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT FOUR.
PLAN AMENDMENT N P A 20 22 0 0 0 8 0.0 1 31 17 TO 31 21 EAST 12TH STREET.
THAT ITEM IS UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 25TH.
PLAN AMENDMENT N P A 20 22 0 0 1 7 0.01 CRESTVIEW VILLAGE STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO MAY 23RD.
PLAN AMENDMENT N P A 20 21 0 0 1 4 0.03 CHAPMAN 71, THAT ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION.
REZONING C 14 20 22 0 1 40 BRENTWOOD MULTIFAMILY STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 25TH.
PLAN AMENDMENT N P A 20 22 0 0 0 5 0.01 VARGAS MIXED USE THAT ITEM IS UP FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 11TH AND THE APPLICANT IS IN AGREEMENT NINE.
REZONING C 14 20 22 0 1 0 7 VARGAS MIXED USE THAT ITEM IS UP FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 11TH AND THE APPLICANT IS IN AGREEMENT 10.
REZONING C 14 20 22, 0 1, 0 2, 5 0 6 AND 5 0 8 WEST REZONING.
THAT ITEM IS UP FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 11TH.
REZONING C 14 20 22 0 0 7 0 SPRINGDALE COMMERCIAL TRACK TWO AMENDMENT AMENDED.
UM, WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THE SPEAKER IS GOING TO PROVIDE REMARKS DURING THE CONSENT AGENDA.
REZONING C 14 20 22 0 0 15 SPRINGDALE COMMERCIAL, UH, CONSENT STAFF TO STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION, UM, 13 PLAN AMENDMENT N P A 20 22 0 0 1 5 0.03 DARBY YARD 700 THE ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION 14.
REZONING C 14 20 22 0 1 0 5 DARBY YARD 700.
PLAN AMENDMENT N P A 20 22 0 0 1 5 0.04 HUDSON NUMBER THREE, THAT ITEM IS ALSO UP FOR DISCUSSION 16.
REZONING C 14 20 22 0 1 0 6 HUDSON NUMBER THREE ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION.
PLAN AMENDMENT N P A 20 22 0 0 1.
16.02 BOARD AND TRUCK DISCUSSION, 18 REZONING C 14 20 22, 0 1 21 BOARD AND TRACKED THAT ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION 19.
PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 22 0 0 0 5 0.02.
SECOND ALPHA 0.95 THAT ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION 20.
REZONING C 14 20 22 0 1 1 14 SECOND ALPHA 0.96 AT ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION.
PLAN AMENDMENT N P 20 22 0 0 1.
15.06 GLOUCESTER DWELLINGS THAT IS ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION 22.
REZONING C 14 20 22 0 1 15 GLOUCESTER DWELLINGS THAT ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION.
7 0 7 WEST 10TH STREET THAT ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT AS AMENDED PER EXHIBIT A.
UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE APPLICANT HAVE AGREED ON UH, COS 24, HISTORIC REZONING C 14 H 20 22 0 1 76 BROKEN SPOKE OWNER HAS REQUESTED POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 25TH, 25, REZONING C 8 14 97 0 0 1 15 LEANDER REHABILITATION, PUT AMENDMENT NUMBER 16, STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO UH, REQUEST TO APRIL 25TH, UH, 26 REZONING C 14 20 22 1 19 52 25 NORTH LAMAR BOULEVARD.
REZONING C 14 20 22 0 0 27 REDLEAF HIGHLAND TRACK 12, THAT ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT.
RED LEAF HIGHLAND TRACK THREE, THAT ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT.
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C 14 20 22 0 29 REDLEAF HIGHLAND TRACK FIVE CONSENT 30 REZONING C 14 20 22 0 0 30 RED LEAF HIGHLAND TRACK FOUR CONSENT.UM, 31 IS REZONING C 14 20 23 0 0 0 9 21 30 GOODRICH AVENUE.
THAT ITEM IS UP FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO UH, APRIL 11TH 32.
CODE AMENDMENT C 20 22 20 22 0 2 1 WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE CODE AMENDMENTS.
THAT ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT WITH THE MUSH TALLER AMENDMENT.
UM, C O J C ORDINANCE PROVIDED A, I BELIEVE EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THAT.
UM, 33 CODE AMENDMENT C 20 20 22 0 0 8 AMENDMENT TO DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, CAPITAL DOMINANCE OVERLAY CONSENT FROM THE CODE AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED WITH AMENDMENT BY COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
UM, AND THERE'S A NOTE HERE THAT SAYS ANDERSON AMENDMENT INSERTS IS ADDITIONALLY, ANY PROPERTY WITHIN THE CAPITAL DOMINANCE OVERLAY MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.
34 CODE AMENDMENT C 20 20 22 0 13 AMENDMENT TO DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE FOR GREAT STREETS.
35 SITE PLAN, ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCE ONLY S SP 20 22 0 0 5 6 D.
EVERGREEN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION SITE.
UH, 36 SITE PLAN REVISION S SPC 2000 THOUSAND 858 C R ONE MEXICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER.
PRELIMINARY PLAN C 8 20 20 0 1 93 WILDHORSE TRACKED.
THAT ITEM IS UP FOR DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS PER EXHIBIT C 38.
FINAL PLAT FROM APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAN C 8 20 21 0 1, 52 0.2 A PINNACLE AT WILDHORSE RANCH SECTION TWO.
THAT ITEM IS UP FOR DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS IN EXHIBIT C 39.
FINAL PLAT FROM APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAN C 8 20 22 0 2 8 7 0.1 A THREE HILLS APARTMENTS AND THAT ITEM IS UP FOR DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS PER EXHIBIT C.
AND THAT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
OKAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FLORES.
SO WE'RE GONNA ALLOW FOR A FEW PEOPLE TO SPEAK HERE.
UM, UH, THE FIRST ITEM, AND MR. RIVERA, IF I GET THIS WRONG, LET ME KNOW.
SO WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 11 AND 12, IS THAT CORRECT? CHAIR COMMISSION? LELAND ANDREW? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
AND I'LL CALL OUT THE DAMS. OKAY.
UH, WE'LL BEGIN WITH, UH, MR. UH, BEN RAMIREZ.
YOU'LL BE PROVIDED TWO MINUTES.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST UM, 11 AND 12 SPRINGDALE COMMERCIAL.
I AM CO-CHAIR OF THE SPRINGDALE AIRPORT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I'LL ALSO SERVE ON, UH, GO VALLEY, JOHNSON TERRACE, NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, CONTACT TEAM, AND THE EAST MLK MLK CONTACT TEAM.
I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THIS, UH, PROJECT BECAUSE WE HAVE NO DEVELOPER IN HAND AND, UH, THERE'S NO PLAN FOR THE SITE.
YOU'RE TAKING AWAY ALL THE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE SITE WITHOUT HAVING A TAA OR, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS THING HAS AN ENVIRONMENT, HAS BEEN TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION BECAUSE IT IS ON THE OLD TANK TANK FARM SITE.
UM, UH, I'M HERE TO SAY THAT THERE'S NO COMMUNITY BE BENEFIT BEING OFFERED TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE UPZONING ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UH, THAT'S PROPORTIONATE TO THE ENTITLEMENTS THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET ON THE PROPERTY AND AS WELL AS NOT HAVING ANY INPUT FROM, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING, CONCERNED ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
DIRTY WATER COMING OFF OF THE SITE.
WE'RE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT FLOODING CUZ THEN THE NEIGHBORING PROJECT ON SPRINGDALE GENERAL ENDED UP FLOODING THE WHOLE STREET OF SALCEDO, PROBABLY 15, 20 HOUSES.
ALSO, WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT IN BETWEEN THIS PROJECT AND SPRINGDALE GENERAL THAT HAS, THAT HAS TAKEN, IT IS NOW BEING NEGOTIATED AND TAKING CARE OF THE PROJECT THAT'S FLOODING SALCEDO STREET.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED AS A PART OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE WITH THE
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UPSIZING OF THE RETENTION POND OR SOMETHING UP TO THAT EFFECT TO MAKE SURE MY NEIGHBORS DOWNSTREAM DON'T GET FLOODED OUT BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE 40 ACRES OF IMPERVIOUS COVER.PUT IT IN ON THE SPRINGDALE GENERAL SPRINGDALE GREEN AND THIS SITE.
UM, I JUST THINK THIS IS BEING WAY RUSHED.
I MEAN, WE SHOULD DO A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.
WE SHOULD TALK TO THE ENVIRONMENTALIST ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR, FOR LISTENING.
WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM MS. ANGELA BEN GARZA SPEAKING ON 11 12 13, 14, 15, AND 16 CHAIR.
SHE'S CURRENTLY NOT CURRENTLY IN THE CHAMBERS.
UM, WILL NOW HEAR FROM MS UH, NADIA BARBO SPEAKING ON 11 12 13 14.
ACTUALLY, UH, SPEAKING ON 11 AND 12 ONLY ANDREW, COULD YOU REPEAT WHAT ITEM NUMBERS THAT, UM, MS. NADIA BARBO IS SPEAKING ON.
MS. ANGELA BEN GARZA WILL BE SPEAKING ON 13 14 15, 16 17.
SORRY, Y'ALL WE'RE COMING FROM WORK
UM, HOW MANY MINUTES YOU'LL BE PROVIDED? TWO MINUTES, FIVE MINUTES.
FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW Y'ALL DO THIS AND YOU DON'T GET PAID TO DO WHAT YOU DO AND WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR THAT.
UM, I'M COMING UP HERE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE MORE KIND OF POSITIVE FOLKS IN THE AREA THAT REALLY TRIES TO COLLABORATE, COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS AND WORK TOGETHER IN COLLABORATIONS.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN DOING SO MUCH WORK FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE IN SUCH A, IN SUCH A MINDFUL WAY AND SUCH A WAY WHERE WE CAN MAKE THIS KIND OF A CASE STUDY FOR PEOPLE TO STUDY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
AND I HAVE TO SAY COMMEND THE DEVELOPER DEVELOPER'S, UM, UH, REPRESENTATION, OUR CO UM, CO-CHAIR TEAM, WHICH IS EASTERN K COMBINED CONTACT TEAM FOR BEING OUT THERE FOR TWO WEEKS, EVEN ON SPRING BREAK BEFORE AND AFTER WORK DOING RESEARCH, THE COMMUNITY FOR WANTING TO KNOW MORE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT WHAT'S SENSITIVE ABOUT THIS AREA, MOST SENSITIVE, ACTUALLY TWO THINGS IS THAT WE HAVE A BLACK GENTLEMAN WITH HIS HORSES THERE.
SO THE DEVELOPERS DOING WHAT HE CAN DO TO WORK WITH HIM TO COLLABORATE, TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO MAKE HIM INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT BEING IMPROVED.
WE ARE CLOSER TO HAVING, UH, NEGOTIATED, UM, COMMUNITY BENEFITS AS WELL.
AND WE ARE WORKING TOWARD, WE'RE PROGRESSING THERE.
WE'RE ALMOST THERE WITH THE DEVELOPER.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK, WE JUST GOT AN UPDATE TODAY AND WE'RE STILL SPEAKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT I CAN SAY FOR SURE THAT, UM, WE, WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING LEADWAY WE'RE GETTING SOLUTIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS HAPPY WITH AND WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND THE DEVELOPER HAS, UM, ACTUALLY AGREED TO GO AHEAD AND HELP INFORM THE COMMUNITY AGAIN SINCE IT'S BEEN LIKE A YEAR SINCE THEY'VE BEEN UPDATED AS WELL.
I HEAR FROM MS. UH, NADIA BARBO ON, UH, 11 AND 12, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
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OKAY.MS. NADIA BABAS BE SPEAKING ON ITEMS 13, 14, 15 AND 16.
UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS OF ZONING CASES AND CHANGES IN EAST AUSTIN.
SO IT DOES GET REALLY COMPLICATED.
AND THIS IS NOT THE ONLY CASE I'M SPEAKING ON TONIGHT.
IT'S KEEPING THE COMMUNITY VERY BUSY, TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH AND AND DIGEST ALL OF THESE CHANGES.
UM, I THINK THE MAIN THING I WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT ANGELA SAID ON, UM, THESE FOUR, UH, CASES IS THAT THERE'S A, A TOTAL OF A THOUSAND NEW UNITS OF HOUSING, UM, WHICH IS A LOT, LOT.
UM, AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING, THAT'S A BIG IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT, UM, ALMOST NO NEIGHBORS KNEW ABOUT IT.
UM, I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE, UM, SINCE WE'RE NOT, UH, DOING A, THIS IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I GUESS WE DIDN'T SHOW A MAP, UM, BUT THERE'S NO NEIGHBORS IMMEDIATELY IN THE 200 FOOT NOTICE LOCATION.
SO WHAT, BASED ON WHAT WE FOUND, UM, GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN THE HOGPEN NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORS HAVE ALMOST NO IDEA THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.
AND THE HOGPEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, HAD CLOSED DOWN LAST YEAR.
UM, UH, AND SO WE ARE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO RE REINVIGORATE THAT, UM, AS A CONTACT TEAM.
UM, BUT THAT WAS THE REASON THE, IT'S A THOUSAND UNITS OF NEW HOUSING AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE WERE KIND OF DISCUSSING IN DETAIL ALL OF THE, UH, ALL OF THE IMPACTS AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BENEFIT, UM, TO THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND THE, THIS NE THIS DEVELOPER, I WOULD SAY HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY, UM, ACCOMMODATING, UM, AND RESPECTFUL, UM, THEIR WHOLE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UM, TEAM.
UH, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ON THE CONTACT TEAM CUZ THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
UM, AND UM, WE APPRECIATE, UH, THAT, UH, AND WE DO WISH THAT THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS DURING THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK CHANCE.
WE HAD TWO ITEMS AND, UM, AM TELL, I WANNA RECOGNIZE YOU.
YOU HAD, UH, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO ITEM 32 AT ALL BECAUSE, UM, I THINK YOU HAD INITIALLY PULLED IT, NOW IT'S ON CONSENT.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO, UM, SPEAK TO ON THAT ITEM? THANK YOU CHAIR.
I WAS LOOKING FOR, WE, I THINK WE HAD THE AMENDMENT LANGUAGE WORKED OUT.
UM, I'M SORRY, I ACTUALLY HAVE NOT SEEN IT IN THE, THE RECENT BACKUP, SO I DON'T KNOW IF OTHERS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THAT.
SO I WAS GONNA ASK LIAISON IF WE COULD LOOK AT THAT BRIEFLY.
AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU WANT ME TO ADDRESS.
SO WE SHARE REGARDING THAT, UH, THERE, THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE, MOSTLY IT WAS READY TO GO ON CONSENT.
THERE WERE A FEW CHANGES TO SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE, IN THE ORDINANCE TO KIND OF, UH, CLARIFY SOME QUESTIONS THAT HAD COME UP BEFORE TONIGHT'S MEETING.
SO YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT STILL BEING ON CONSENT? I WAS HOPING TO JUST GET A QUICK LOOK AT THE AMENDMENT LANGUAGE CHAIR, COMMISSION, LAY LIAISON, ENVERA.
UM, SO, UM, THE LANGUAGE WOULD BE TO THREE A C AND IT WOULD NOTE CROSSES AND AD OR ADJACENT TO AN AREA IDENTIFIED AS OKAY.
OKAY, SO WE'LL KEEP THAT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, COMMISSIONER COX? I THINK THERE WAS, YEAH, I THINK THERE WAS ONE OTHER CONCERN ABOUT, YEAH, I'LL DEFER TO COMMISSIONER COX.
WELL, NO, I WAS JUST, I I WAS SORRY, I WAS JUST DRAGGED THERE FOR A SECOND.
ARE, ARE WE TAKING IT OFF CONSENT? IT'S CURRENTLY ON CONSENT THAT I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE ANY CONCERNS AND MAYBE MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS COMMISSIONER MOTOS.
UH, I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME WORK DONE, UH, TO GET IT TO WHERE SHE'S SATISFIED WITH THE LANGUAGE, BUT, UM, SO I, WE'RE LEAVING ON CONSENT UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO PULL IT IS, WELL IS THAT AMENDMENT ANYWHERE IN THE BACK? I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IT.
UM, I RECEIVED IT AND WAS READING IT MR. RIVERA, IS IT IN THE CHAIR COMMISSION? LAY ON ARA.
SO IT WAS, UH, DISS A MINUTE TO THE, UM, UH, FIRST READER OF THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA
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AND THE CHAIR, UH, UH, TO READ INTO THE RECORD.I CAN DISSEMINATE IT TO THE, UH, COMMISSION.
CAN WE, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND PULL IT AND THEN, UM, I'LL TRY TO READ THE AMENDMENT AND SEE IF THAT ADDRESSES EVERYTHING.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE, WE DON'T NEED TO CHAT ABOUT IT.
UH, MR. RIVERA, CAN WE HAVE THAT READY TO DISPLAY WHEN THE TIME COMES? CERTAINLY PULL IT.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA PULL ITEM 32.
HOPEFULLY WE ADDRESS THAT VERY QUICKLY.
ITEM 30, OH, COMMISSION COMMISSIONER DESIGN.
CAN I JUST ASK, I KNOW THAT IT'S AHEAD OF THE EVERGREEN DAN IMPROVEMENTS.
IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO PUT THAT AT THE END? JUST BECAUSE I KNOW FOR SOME OF THE OTHER ONES WE MIGHT HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR APPLICANTS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE GO THROUGH THOSE FOR US BEFORE WE GET TO, UM, AN ORDINANCE THAT ESSENTIALLY REQUIRES ONLY STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THAT TO THE END SINCE? OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE 32 TO THE END.
UH, JUST REAL QUICK, UH, ITEM 33, ANYTHING YOU WANNA SPEAK TO ON THAT ITEM? MS. UH, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
SO THE AMENDMENT IS JUST NOW TO ALLOW FOR ANY CON ANY PROPERTY WITHIN THE CAPITAL DOMINANCE OVERLAY TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT THIS BODY PASSED WHEN WE LOOKED AT WHAT WAS GONNA BE A NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SADLY WE'RE HEARING FROM A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF ZONING CASES BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY OUTDATED LANE DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND SO WE ALREADY PASSED TO DO THIS AND COUNCIL ALSO PASSED THIS ON FIRST AND SECOND READING.
THIS JUST MATCHES WHAT WE DID A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
AND I THINK THAT'S, OH, I KNOW, UM, MR. RIVERA IS ON THE ASSIGNMENTS FOR, UM, OUR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR PARLIAMENTARIAN.
DO THOSE HAVE TO GET APPROVED BY COUNSEL? I FORGET CHAIR.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO THEN MOVE UP JUST BEFORE WE GET INTO DISCUSSION CASES.
ITEM 42 ON THE NOMINATION OF PARLIAMENTARIAN, I, I MIGHT NEED A PARLIAMENTARIAN
UH, AND, UM, ANY, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THAT UP AFTER WE PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT RIGHT AFTER WE, UH, I GO THROUGH THE READING OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, AND THERE, LET'S GO AND GET TO IT.
SO WE HAVE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA
[ Consent Agenda]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM MARCH 14TH.ITEM TWO, PLAN, AMENDMENT, UH, APPLICANT, INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.
ITEM THREE, PLAN AMENDMENT, APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.
ITEM FOUR, PLAN AMENDMENT STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 25TH.
ITEM FIVE, PLAN AMENDMENT STAFF, POSTPONE TO MAY 23RD.
THAT IS A DISCUSSION CASE ITEM SEVEN, REZONING STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 25TH.
ITEM EIGHT, PLAN AMENDMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TILL APRIL 11TH, APPLICANT IS IN AGREEMENT.
ITEM NINE, REZONING NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 11TH, APPLICANT IN AGREEMENT.
WE HAVE ITEM 10, REZONING NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 11TH AND WE HAVE ITEM 11 REZONING AND IT'S, UH, COMPANION ITEM 12.
THESE ARE BOTH REZONING CASES.
THOSE ARE BOTH ON CONSENT NOW.
UH, THAT ITEM IS ON CONSENT NOW.
ITEM 14, REZONING IS ON CONSENT.
ITEM 15, PLAN AMENDMENT IS ON CONSENT.
ITEM 16, REZONING IS ON CONSENT ITEM 17, PLAN AMENDMENT.
THIS ITEM IS UH, UP FOR DISCUSSION AS WELL AS ITEM 18.
REZONING CASE IS UP FOR DISCUSSION 19.
PLAN, AMENDMENT AND UM, YES AND IT'S COMPANION REZONING CASE ITEM 20.
THOSE ARE BOTH FOR DISCUSSION.
THEN WE MOVE TO, UH, YES ITEMS 21 AND 22, THE PLAN, AMENDMENT AND REZONING.
THOSE ARE BOTH FOR DISCUSSION AND THE 20 THREES.
REZONING CONSENT AS AMENDED PER EXHIBIT A NEIGHBORHOOD AND APPLICANT AGREED COS ITEM 24, HISTORIC REZONING OWNER POSTPONEMENT, UM, REQUEST APRIL 25TH.
WHAT DID WE SETTLE ON THERE? IS IT ON APRIL 25TH,
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MR. RIVERA CHAIR? THAT IS CORRECT.UH, ITEM 25, REZONING STAFF POSTPONEMENT TILL APRIL 25TH.
31, UH, REZONING NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 11TH.
ALL RIGHT, UH, THE CODE AMENDMENT ITEM 32, WE'RE MOVING TO THE END.
UH, THAT'S PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE THAT TO THE END.
YES, THE C OJC RECOMMENDATION WITH AMENDMENT BY COMMISSIONER ANDERSON IS ON CONSENT.
ITEM THREE TO 4 34 CODE AMENDMENT IS ON CONSENT ITEM 35.
ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCE ONLY IS FOR DISCUSSION 36 ON CONSENT.
37 DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS IN EXHIBIT C.
UH, 38 DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS IN EXHIBIT C.
AND WRAPPING THE UP ITEM 39, FINAL PLATFORM APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAN DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS IN EXHIBIT C.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, INCLUDING THE MINUTES FROM MARCH? UH, MARCH 14TH? UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR HEMPEL.
I'D LIKE TO BE SHOWN IN VOTING NO ON ITEM 34.
I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS DENSITY, BONUS FEE IN LIEU FOR TEXT STREETS THAT DON'T ALLOW FOR GREAT STREETS, BUT TO CHARGE FOLKS THE EXACT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IT COSTS TO BUILD THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WHEN THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD THEM AND MAKE THEM BUILD THE SIDEWALKS THAT THEY HAVE TO BUILD ANYWAY.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR GETTING LESS AND THEY WOULD RATHER BUILD THE GREAT STREETS.
AND SO I JUST THINK THIS FEE IS FAR TOO HIGH.
I DON'T WANNA PULL IT JUST CUZ IT WOULD HOLD UP HOUSING.
WE HAVE A BIG NIGHT, BUT HOPEFULLY THIS GETS RESOLVED BEFORE IT GETS TO CITY COUNCIL.
OKAY, WELL SHOW ON THE RECORD.
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, VOTING AGAINST THAT ITEM.
ALL RIGHT, UH, I HAD A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE, UM, CONSENT AGENDA.
COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR HEMPEL.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.
UH, AND THOSE ON THE DIAS IN FAVOR.
SO THAT, UH, WE HAVE CLEARED THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND, UH, REAL QUICKLY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ITEM 42.
[42. Election of interim parliamentarian.]
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, NOMINATE, UH, COMMISSIONER AZAR TO BE MY PARLIAMENTARIAN.I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
UM, AND THE REASON IS HE HAS BEEN HERE PRETTY REGULARLY ON THE DIAS HELPING ME, UH, AND ALSO HAS ROLES IN OTHER COMMISSIONS AND IS VERY EFFECTIVE.
SO, UH, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THIS.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO, UM, COMMISSIONERS ARE SERVING AS PARLIAMENTARIAN? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, UH, WE GO AHEAD AND, UH, PASS THAT.
COMMISSIONER ZA, I SAY THANK YOU, CHAIR.
NOW OUR FIRST DISCUSSION CASE, LET, UH, ROOM CLEAR OUT QUICK.
ALL RIGHT, WELL LET'S GO AHEAD HERE, UH, FROM STAFF ON ITEM SIX,
UH, BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF CASES I NEED TO GET YOUR SUPPORT ON, ON MY NOTES HERE.
SO, UM, WE TYPICALLY, UH, ALLOW FOR EIGHT SPOTS FOR AT FIVE MINUTES EACH FOR Q AND A.
UM, AND WE CAN ALWAYS REVERT BACK IF WE REALLY NEED TO HEAR MORE AT MORE QUE Q AND A.
RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE CAN TAKE A VOTE.
BUT CUZ WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF CASES, I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO, UM, FIVE SPOTS AT THREE MINUTES EACH.
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IT MAY SEEM RUDE, BUT IF YOU HAVE A SPEAKER THAT'S NOT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE REDIRECT THEM QUICKLY, CUZ IT HAPPENS.YOU GO ON, THEN YOUR TIME'S GONE AND, AND THEN YOU DIDN'T GET ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO I KNOW IT CAN BE A BREATH, BUT IT'S OKAY IF YOU NEED TO CUT 'EM OFF AND GET TO THE POINT.
UM, THAT WAY WE CAN GET THROUGH OUTTA HERE MAYBE BY 10 O'CLOCK.
SO WE'RE GONNA, ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION HERE.
SECONDLY, TYPICALLY WHEN IN DEBATE WE HAVE UPFRONT FOR AND AGAINST, WE HAVE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES EACH FOR THE PRIMARY SPEAKER, FOUR AND PRIMARY SPEAKER AGAINST.
AND THEN THE SECOND, THIRD SPEAKING, UH, GET TWO MINUTES.
I WOULD LIKE TO LOWER THAT NUMBER TO TWO MINUTES AND ONE MINUTE RESPECTIVELY.
AND IF WE'RE JUST CONSISTENTLY RUNNING OUT OF TIME, WE CAN RECONSIDER IT.
BUT LET'S TRY TO GO WITH THAT AND MAKE YOUR POINTS CONCISELY AND SEE IF WE CAN LIVE WITH THAT, UM, UH, MORE ABBREVIATED DEBATE.
SO IF WE HAVE, I MAY SUGGEST MOTIONS JUST TO KEEP THINGS MOVING, LIKE SOMETIMES JUST SAY STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, CAN WE GET A MOTION ON THAT AND IF THAT WORKS AND IF, UH, WE, I, IF WE DON'T GET ANY OBJECTIONS, IF I ASK AND THERE ARE NONE, WE MAY JUST MOVE THAT FORWARD.
COUNSEL IS DOING THAT AND THAT SEEMS TO MOVE THINGS THROUGH VERY QUICKLY, BUT IF THERE IS AN OBJECTION, WE'LL GO INTO DEBATE.
SO DO I HAVE A, UH, MOTION, UM, IN SUPPORT OF THESE CHANGED INTO OUR RULES? AND A SECOND WE JUST NEED A MOTION.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, OKAY, WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL AND SECOND TO COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
AND, AND WE'LL TAKE A QUICK VOTE.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO CHANGE OUR RULES? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE,
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE CAN MOVE INTO
[6. Plan Amendment: NPA-2022-0014.03 - Chapman 71; District 2]
THE FIRST CASE.UH, STAFF IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US, UH, OVERVIEW OF ITEM SIX.
UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
UM, JESSE GUTIERREZ, UH, WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UH, ITEM SIX IS A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT CASE.
UH, THE CASE NUMBER'S NPA 20 22 0 1 4 0 3.
UH, THE ADDRESSES ARE 50 10 BURLESON ROAD, 35 0 3, 35 0 3 AND A HALF, 35 0 5, 35 0 7 35 33 CHAPMAN LANE, AND 49 0 5 5,001 5,005, 5,005 AND A HALF, AND 51 0 9 EAST BEND WHITE SERVICE ROAD.
EASTBOUND, UH, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SOUTHEAST COMBINED, UH, MCKINNEY NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AREA.
UH, THIS IS A FUTURE LAND USE MAP CHANGE REQUEST FROM INDUSTRY TO COMMERCIAL.
UH, THE INCLUSIVE PLANNING STAFF TEAM DOES NOT RECOMMEND THE CHANGE.
UH, THE SOUTHEAST COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM HAS SUBMITTED A LETTER SUPPORTING THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST AND THAT LETTER, THAT LETTER CAN BE FOUND IN YOUR LATE BACKUP.
NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.
MR. WHELAN, YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
UH, MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS OUR REQUEST TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OR THE FLUME FROM INDUSTRY TO COMMERCIAL FOR THE SITE AT 50 10 BURSON, WHICH WE CALL CHAPMAN 71.
RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE THE MPA FILED.
WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONTACT TEAM, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES OFFICE, AND WITH CITY STAFF WITH RESPECT TO THIS SITE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, AS A RESULT OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WE'VE ADJUSTED OUR REQUEST FROM MIXED USE TO COMMERCIAL AND WE ARE WAITING TO BRING THE REZONING CASE SO WE CAN FIRST ENSURE THAT COMMERCIAL USES WILL BE GRANTED VIA THE FLUME.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
FIRST, OUR REQUEST IS SUPPORTED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM AND I BELIEVE MS. ANNA AGUIRE IS HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF OUR REQUEST.
OOPS, AS WE'LL DISCUSS, UH, MOMENTARILY THE REQUEST.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS ISN'T, IT'S NOT TURNING.
UH, AS WE'LL DISCUSS MOMENTARILY, THE REQUESTED FLUME CHANGE ALIGNS WITH CITY PLANNING POLICIES AND WITH THE COMMUNITY'S VISION FOR THIS AREA, WITH THE GOAL OF ADDRESSING SOME HISTORICAL ISSUES AS IT RELATES TO LAND USE.
HERE'S THE LOCATION MAP OF THE SITE SO YOU CAN ORIENT YOURSELVES.
THE SITE IS ON BURSON ROAD AND CHAPMAN LANE WITH FRONTAGE ALONG THE EASTBOUND SERVICE ROAD OF EAST BEND WHITE.
AND HERE'S AN IMAGE OF THE SITE TODAY FROM THE FRONTAGE ROAD, IS LARGELY DEVELOPED WITH SURFACE PARKING LOTS WITH
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SOME INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.AS YOU'VE HEARD, THE SITE IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED FOR INDUSTRIAL AND WE ARE SEEKING COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION IS CONSISTENT WITH MUCH OF THE NEARBY FRONTAGE TRACKS, INCLUDING MULTIPLE TRACKS LOCATED LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AC AWAY ACROSS HIGHWAY 71.
OUR REQUEST IS SUPPORTED BY THE SOUTHEAST COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE SNIPPETS FROM THE ADOPTED PLAN, HIGHLIGHT ADDED FOR EMPHASIS.
THE PLAN SPECIFICALLY POINTS OUT THAT AREAS ALONG BEN WHITE AND OTHER MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS ARE QUOTE, DEFICIENT IN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING BUSINESSES.
DASH BOTH COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES END QUOTE AND CALLS FOR LAND IN THE AREA TO BE ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE TYPE ACTIVITIES.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN ALSO CALLS FOR INDUSTRIAL USES TO BE SET BACK FROM THE STREET FRONTAGES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND IMPORTANTLY SUPPORTS A MIX OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL USES ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, NOT JUST INDUSTRIAL CHAPMAN.
71 IS LOCATED LESS THAN HALF A MILE FROM THE IMAGINE AUSTIN DOVE SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS SITE, WE REALIZED THAT DOVE SPRINGS IS THE ONLY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER THAT IS SURROUNDED BY ENLARGING MADE UP OF INDUSTRIAL USES.
THIS IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE STATED CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE SMALLEST AND LEAST INTENSE OF THE THREE MIXED USE CENTERS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO SAFELY TRANSITION PARTS OF THIS AREA TO COMMERCIAL AND EVEN RESIDENTIAL USES, AND HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THIS GOAL FOR MANY YEARS.
YOU'LL HEAR THAT DIRECTLY FROM MS. AGUIAR WITH THE BERKS FROM SPUR BEING DEVELOPED HERE IN THE AREA IS EVEN BETTER SUITED FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STAFF.
OPPOSITION IS BASED ON CLAIMS THAT INDUSTRIAL LAND MUST BE PROTECTED BECAUSE IT IS AT, IT IS AT RISK OF DISAPPEARING.
HOWEVER, A 2020 REPORT GIVEN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BY STAFF FOUND THAT ONLY 38% OF INDUSTRIALLY ZONED LAND WAS USED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
IN FACT, OVER A QUARTER OF INDUSTRIALLY ZONED LAND IS UNDEVELOPED.
WHEN THE SOUTHEAST COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN WAS ADOPTED, THE LAND USE BREAKDOWN FOUND THAT 22% OF THE MCKINNEY AREA WAS DESIGNATED FOR INDUSTRIAL USES WHILE THE CITYWIDE AVERAGE WAS ONLY 5%.
GRANTING THIS FLUME AMENDMENT HELPS ADDRESS SOME OF THE HISTORIC ISSUES, AND IMPORTANTLY ADVANCES NEIGHBORHOODS GOAL OF INCREASING COMMUNITY SERVING ACTIVITIES.
THIS GOAL IS CAPTURED IN MULTIPLE CITY PLANNING DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING IMAGINE AUSTIN, WHICH REFERENCES A 2011 DOVE SPRINGS COMMUNITY MEETING.
OUT OF THE SIX PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THIS, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE WAS THE ADDITION OF RETAIL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
SO TO RECAP, GRANTING COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION BRINGS THE SITE INTO ALIGNMENT WITH SURROUNDING FRONTAGE PROPERTIES AND THE REQUEST IS SUPPORTED BY THE CONTACT TEAM AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING DOCUMENTS.
THE SOUTHEAST COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CALLS FOR INCREASED COMMUNITY SERVING BUSINESSES AND ACTIVITIES AND SEEKS TO SET INDUSTRIAL USES BACK FROM THE STREET FRONTAGE.
THE SOUTHEAST COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD AREA CARRIES A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF INDUSTRIALLY DESIGNATED LAND, AND IT IS THE ONLY AREA IN AUSTIN THAT OVERLAPS INDUSTRIAL USES WITH AN IMAGINED AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
AND FINALLY, INDUSTRIALLY ZONED LAND, FAR OUTPACES DEMAND AS WE'VE SEEN CITYWIDE WITH ONLY 38% OF INDUSTRIAL LAND BEING UTILIZED FOR INDUSTRIAL USES AND OVER A QUARTER OF INDUSTRIALLY ZONED LAND LEFT COMPLETELY UNDEVELOPED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND OBVIOUSLY I AM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
WILL I HEAR FROM MS. GUI? YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
AS A DISCLAIMER, FULL DISCLOSURE, CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL.
BUT I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR OR ON THE BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION OR THE COUNCIL.
I AM THE IMMEDIATE PASTOR CHAIR OF THE SOUTHEAST COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM.
AND I'M SPEAKING ON THE BEHALF OF THE CONTACT TEAM FOR THIS PURPOSE.
WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE OWNER, WHICH IT'S RARE WHEN WE HAVE THE OWNER WRITE THERE HAND IN HAND WITH THE APPLICANT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, THE CONTACT TEAM VOTED IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM INDUSTRY TO COMMERCIAL.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FUTURE PLANNED BERGSTROM SPUR PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE A BICYCLE AND WALKING TRAIL FROM SOUTH FIRST TO AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL
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AIRPORT.WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MAKING OUR AREA A GO-TO AREA DESIGNATION AS OPPOSED TO JUST A PASSTHROUGH AREA, WHICH COMMONLY HAPPENS IN INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIALIZED ZONE OR AND LAND USE AREAS.
WE ARE RESPECTFULLY ASKING THAT YOU SUPPORT THE FUTURE LAND USE CHANGE REQUEST FROM INDUSTRY TO COMMERCIAL.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM PHILLIPE CASTILLO.
UH, MY NAME'S FELIPE CASTILLO.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND WHILE I'M UP HERE, THANK, UH, ANNA A YET AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TEAM FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT.
IT'S BEEN A A VERY GOOD COLLABORATION.
WE'VE ALSO HAD BEEN FORTUNATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OF FUENTES HAS BEEN PART OF THE TEAM AND IN WORKING THROUGH THIS, IT'S A VERY VISIBLE PARCEL FROM 71 THAT WE HOPE TO DO SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL FOR IT.
SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THAT CONCLUDES THE, UH, SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING? COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, SAY BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, WELL, ANY OBJECTIONS
JUST REMINDER, WE HAVE FIVE THREE.
WHO WANTS TO KICK US OFF? UH, SEE COMMISSIONER COX WITH HISS HAND UP.
I DON'T WANNA GO DOWN TOO MUCH OF A RABBIT HOLE, BUT, UM, THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION VERY MUCH EMPHASIZE THE WHOLE INDUSTRIAL ZONING ISSUE.
UM, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION TO STAFF IS WHEN WE DO AN ANALYSIS LIKE THIS AND THROW OUT ALL THESE PERCENTS OF UTILIZED, UN-UTILIZED, THAT SORT OF THING, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE'RE SEEING A MISREPRESENTATION OF UTILIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL TRACKS BECAUSE WE MIGHT BE ADDING PDA TO ALL OF THEM IN ORDER TO GET CONDOS AND APARTMENTS, OR MAYBE THEY'RE IN FLOOD PLAINS THAT CAN'T BE DEVELOPED.
UM, COULD YOU POTENTIALLY ELABORATE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR US? SURE, COMMISSIONER, UM, THE PLAN IS ALSO PRETTY OLD, SO THE PERCENTAGES HAVE PROBABLY CHANGED SINCE THEN.
UM, BUT OVERALL, I THINK, UM, YOU COULD FIND INSTANCES WHERE, UM, UNDEVELOPED LAND WAS JUST, UM, FLUMED AS INDUSTRY.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU WOULD PROBABLY GET A PERCENTAGE OF INDUSTRIALLY, UH, FLUMED LAND JUST UNDEVELOPED.
SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY WAREHOUSE OR INDUSTRY ON THAT LAND PER SE.
UM, THAT MIGHT BE ONE REASON WHY.
UM, YEAH, THERE I DON'T, IS IS, IS THAT STUDY THAT Y'ALL DO OR ANY FUTURE ANALYSIS THAT YOU DO JUST LARGELY DEPENDENT ON THE BASE ZONING OR, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT EVEN MORE L I PDA CASES, WE'VE SEEMED TO BE GOING THROUGH A BUNCH OF THEM, AND I EXPECT THERE TO BE MORE.
DOES THAT MISREPRESENT THE AMOUNT OF INDUSTRIAL ZONING WE ACTUALLY HAVE IF WE'RE ADDING PDA IN ORDER TO GET RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL? I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
I'D HAVE TO ASK, UM, SOME OTHER COLLEAGUES OF MINE.
UM, YEAH, I'M NOT SURE TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE YOU WOULD GO THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH INDUSTRIAL WE HAVE IF WE'RE RAPIDLY CONVERTING ALLY TO L I P D A AND THEN NOT HAVING INDUSTRIAL ANYMORE
YEAH, AND YOU'D YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT LIKE THE ACTUAL, LIKE YEAH, THE ZONING, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THE ACTUAL LAND USE THAT'S THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF LAND USES THAT WERE THERE BEFORE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN WAS ADOPTED, UH, 20 YEARS AGO, WHENEVER IT WAS.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOME LAND USE THAT AREN'T EVEN PART OF THE PLAN, THAT JUST HAVE BEEN REMNANTS OF WHAT THE AREA WAS, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS AGO OR, OR BEYOND.
AND MY, MY LAST QUESTION, UM, SO DID, WHEN, WHEN Y'ALL MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION NOT TO SUPPORT THIS CHANGE, I KIND OF PICTURE, YOU KNOW, MAJOR TRAFFIC TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS LIKE HIGHWAY 71 AS BEING REALLY SUPPORTIVE TO COMMERCIAL.
UM, BUT THIS IS RIGHT ON HIGHWAY 71, SO COULD YOU ENLIGHTEN US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY Y'ALL WOULDN'T BE SUPPORTIVE OF COMMERCIAL ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY LIKE THAT? SURE.
I THINK REAL QUICK, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE NEXT QUESTION.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONER COX, YOU DON'T HEAR THE, PROBABLY CAN'T HEAR THE BUZZER, BUT WE'LL GO AND ROLL INTO MY, MY TIME.
SO GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THE QUESTION PLEASE.
UM, THERE WAS DEFINITELY A CONVERSATION
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BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN DOES STATE THAT COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES ARE ALLOWED OR OKAY, ON AND WHITE FOR INSTANCE.UM, BUT WHAT WASN'T SHOWN IN THE PRESENTATION PREVIOUSLY IS THAT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY IN THE, UH, IMAGINE AUSTIN, UH, JOB CENTER, MCKINNEY JOB CENTER, UM, WHICH IS, UM, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF ITS LOCATION.
UM, SO I'LL JUST READ FROM, FROM, UM, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.
IT SAYS THESE CENTERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EXISTING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, AS YOU MENTIONED, SUCH AS ARTERIAL ROADWAYS, FREEWAYS, OR AUSTRIAN BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
UM, SO THE FACT THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, UM, IS LOCATED IN AT A JOB CENTER IS PRETTY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HAS ACCESS TO THESE MAJOR ROUTES THAT ARE GOOD FOR INDUSTRY WAREHOUSING.
AS, AS I'M SURE YOU'LL KNOW, UM, WITH MORE AND MORE WAREHOUSING, AMAZON, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THESE AREAS ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GROWING ELSEWHERE.
BUT THIS IS WHAT A CONCENTRATION WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT'S KEY TO THAT.
THERE'S OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN INDUSTRIAL IN THE PAST WHERE YOU SEE THE KIND OF PD LAP PDAS CHANGING, RIGHT.
UH, YOU'RE LOOKING EAST AUSTIN.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S STILL KIND OF INTACT IN SOME WAYS, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY OUR TEAM CHOSE TO NOT RECOMMEND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MOVING TOWARDS MIXED USE OR TOWARDS COMMERCIAL WOULD KIND OF JUST TIP THAT DOMINO TOWARDS MORE COMMERCIAL AND MORE MIXED USE, WHICH IS GREAT IN ST.
IS IT NECESSARY HERE AT THIS TIME OR EVEN MOVING FORWARD? UM, ALSO IN TERMS OF JOB BASE, UM, THE BLUE COLLAR JOBS THAT EXIST IN THIS AREA WILL BE LOST.
SO WHATEVER COMMERCIAL COMES IN, WHICH WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF COMMERCIALS COMING IN, UH, MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME TYPE OF JOBS FOR RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN THAT NEED BLUE COLLAR JOBS WITHIN THE CITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DISPLACEMENT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT ONLY HOUSING, BUT ALSO JOBS AND WORK TYPES.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON THE CONVERSATION WAS GEARED TOWARDS, UH, NOT SUPPORTING THIS, UM, CHANGE AT THIS TIME.
I'M GONNA GO AND YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
DO I HAVE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER CONLEY? YEAH, I'M, I AM INTERESTED IN, UM, SORRY.
I'M INTERESTED IN THIS POINT THAT YOU MAKE ABOUT THE JOBS AND ABOUT THE NEED FOR BLUE COLLAR JOBS AND THAT DISPLACEMENT.
AND MY QUESTION IS, DO, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY WORK BEING DONE OR STUDIES BEING DONE AROUND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE LONG-TERM PROJECTED DEMAND ACTUALLY IS FOR, UH, INDUSTRIAL LAND WITHIN THE CITY? AND DO YOU HAVE SOME SENSE OF THAT? CUZ WE'VE LOOKED AT HOW MUCH IT'S BEING USED RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHERE THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR PLANS.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I'VE HEARD OF, LIKE THAT'S IN PROGRESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY AND OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO, UM, GET THE WORKFORCE TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE TOWARDS HIGHER PAYING JOBS, BUT THERE'S HIGHER PAYING JOBS IN BLUE COLLAR.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT OR TEAM.
I THINK THE INDUSTRIAL STUDY DOES MENTION THAT THE INDUSTRIAL STUDY THAT OUR DEPARTMENT PUT OUT PROBABLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
SO THINGS HAVE DRAMATICALLY CHANGED SINCE THEN.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC TO TALK ABOUT TO, TO, TO STUDY.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE UP TO COUNCIL PLANNING COMMISSION TO MAYBE INITIATE THOSE TYPES OF, UH, UH, KIND OF STUDIES, UM, AND TO MAKE THEM OFFICIAL, I FEEL LIKE.
UH, COMMISSIONERS ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? SO ON THIS ONE, UM, WE HAVE, WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION.
OH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT APPLICANT REQUEST FOR CHANGE IN FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM INDUSTRIAL TO COMMERCIAL.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON'S SECOND SET.
DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION? SURE.
UM, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE INDUSTRIAL SITES AND MAINTAINING INDUSTRIAL JOBS, BUT IT SEEMS THAT HAVING THE CONTACT TEAM AND SUPPORT THE LOCATION ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD WITH COMMERCIAL ACROSS THE STREET AND THE PROXIMITY OF BERGSTROM SPUR, THERE'S MORE POTENTIAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT IN THIS SITE AS COMMERCIAL THAN AS INDUSTRIAL.
UH, ANY COMMISSIONERS SPEAKING OB POSITION? SAYING NONE.
DO WE HAVE COMMISSIONER SPEAKING IN FAVOR? MR. FOX? COMMISSIONER FOX? OH, COMMISSION, UH, YOU SPEAKING AGAINST OR IN FAVOR? YEAH, I THINK I'M GONNA SPEAK AGAINST, OKAY, GO AHEAD.
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I DON'T REALLY LIKE THESE FLU CHANGES WITHOUT A ZONING CASE ATTACHED.I KNOW WHY APPLICANTS DO IT, BUT THERE'S JUST SO MANY UNKNOWNS AND I THINK A LOT OF THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDED IS EITHER AMBIGUOUS OR, UH, PROBABLY OUT OF DATE.
AND I JUST THINK THAT THAT TH THIS, THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THIS MAKES SENSE TO ME.
I KNOW THIS AREA PRETTY WELL AND IT, AND IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
I UNDERSTAND WHY THE CONTACT TEAM WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THE CHANGES, BUT I JUST THINK WE WOULD NEED MORE INFORMATION, UH, BEFORE I FEEL COMFORTABLE MAKING A CHANGE LIKE THIS.
I'LL, I'LL JUST MAKE DUE COMMENTS.
I, I REALLY WANNA SAY I, I UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS STAFF IS MAKING AND I REMEMBER THAT 2020 REPORT.
WELL, I, I THINK THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT ARE WORTHY OF CONSIDERING.
ONE IN RECENT YEARS, PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ACTUALLY ZONED PARTS OF THE PARCELS ON, UM, BEN WHITE TO OTHER USES.
I KNOW PARTICULARLY ALONG BEN WHITE AND MONOPOLI, WE SWITCHED A BUNCH OF LOTS TO COMMERCIAL, PARTICULARLY WITH SUPPORT, HONESTLY, FROM THE CONTACT TEAM.
AND I REALLY DO WANT TO APPRECIATE MS. AGUIRE AND HER LEADERSHIP ON THEIR CONTACT TEAM AND THE WORK THEY'VE DONE.
PART OF THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS THAT THE PLUM WAS ADOPTED 20 YEARS AGO.
AND SINCE THEN, NOT ONLY HAS THE AREA CHANGED, BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S VISION OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS CHANGED.
AND I THINK THAT'S WORTHY OF HONORING HERE.
AND I ALSO WANNA SAY, HONESTLY, THAT EQUITY ISSUE IS HARD TO PUT ASIDE OUT OF THE, I REMEMBER IN THE REPORT, OUT OF THE AREAS THAT WERE CONSIDERED TO BE INDUSTRIAL AND HAVE HAD LOSS, YOU KNOW, TWO OF THEM SAYING ELMO AND, UM, UH, NORTH BERNARD GATEWAY ARE WEST OF 35, RIGHT? APART FROM NORTH RESEARCH BOULEVARD.
MOST OF THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO STILL MAINTAIN THAT INDUSTRIAL ZONING IS EAST OF 35.
IT'S WORTHY FOR US TO CONSIDER THAT.
AND AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF'S COMMENT OF SAYING HOW DO WE DO MORE, UH, PLANNING AROUND THIS.
UH, COMMISSIONER SPEAKING AGAINST THIS MOTION.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, TAKE A VOTE.
UM, AND FOR THOSE ON VIRTUAL, KEEP YOUR CARDS UP.
UH, CUZ I GOTTA KIND OF TAKE NOTE HERE.
SO THOSE ON THE DIAS IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO, FOR APPLICANT, UM, UH, PLAN AMENDMENT CHANGE FROM INDUSTRY TO, UH, INDUSTRY TO COMMERCIAL LAND USE.
UH, THOSE IN FAVOR? UH, SIX, SEVEN.
UH, THOSE IN FAVOR, VIRTUALLY, UH, THIS AMENDMENT, UM, SORRY.
AND, UH, ON THE DIOCESE VOTING AGAINST, UH, THAT'S CHAIR SHAW AND THOSE VOTING AGAINST ON VIRTUALLY.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT MOTION PASSES 11 TO TWO.
I KNOW I'M TRYING TO KEEP THIS QUICK.
STAFF, CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE THAT INDUSTRIAL REPORT WITH OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS? I KNOW THAT WAS A VERY HELPFUL REPORT.
UH, MR. RIVERA CAN, LET'S SEE.
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17 AND 18 TAKING THOSE UP TOGETHER? YES, SIR.THESE ARE THE BOARD AND TRACKED ITEMS. UH, AND JUST FOR NEW COMMISSIONERS, IF WE HAVE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND REZONING, WE TRY TO TAKE THOSE UP AT THE SAME TIME.
SO STAFF, UM, MARIE MEREDITH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT ITEM NUMBER 17 IS NPA 20 22 0 0 1, 6 0.02.
THE BOARD TRACK IS WITHIN DISTRICT THREE.
THE PROPERTY ADDRESSES ARE 21, 21 AND A HALF, 41 AND 71 STRATMAN COVE AND 11 21 41 41 AND A HALF.
JULIANA CO IS WITHIN THE GAAL JOHNSON TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREA.
THE CAVALLI SUB AREA, THE REQUEST IS A CHANGE OF FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM INDUSTRY TO MIXED USE, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF JOY HARDEN WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
ITEM 18, ON YOUR AGENDAS CASE NUMBER C 1 14 20 22 0 1 21 BORDEN TRACK.
IT'S LOCATED AT MARIE JUST STATED, BUT 21, 21 AND A HALF, 41 AND 71 STRATMAN COVE AND 11 21 41 AND 41 A HALF COVE.
THE SITE IS OVER 21 ACRES AND DEVELOPED WITH THE BOURN DAIRY FACILITY.
THE SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED L I C O N P AND THE APPLICANTS REQUEST, THIS I P D A IN P STAFF RECOMMENDS L I P D A NP COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING.
ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WILL ESTABLISH THAT A KITTO LOUNGE USE CANNOT EXCEED 15,000 SQUARE FEET.
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THE PDA WILL ALSO PROHIBIT SEVERAL USES WHICH ARE OUTLINED ON PAGE THREE OF YOUR STAFF REPORT.AND THE APPLICANT DOES AGREE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
THE REASON FOR SUPPORT IS THAT THE REZONING WILL PROVIDE A MIX OF USES.
THE AREA STANDARDS, UM, IN THIS PDA WILL ADD TWO RESIDENTIAL UNITS, UNITS USES, UH, CONDOMINIUM, RESIDENTIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AND, UH, AS WELL AS THE TEL NOUN USE THAT I JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
UM, AGAIN, THAT WOULD LIMIT, UM, HAVE A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT LIMITATION UNLESS THE APPLICANT, UM, WAS WILLING TO DO A C P.
THE PROPOSED PED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS MODIFY SETBACKS, BUILDING HEIGHTS, BUILDING COVERAGE, AND F A R TO CREATE A DENSE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GROWTH TRENDS.
THE BIGGEST ASK BY THE APPLICANT WOULD BE THE PROPOSED HEIGHT OF 120 FEET AS THE EXISTING ZONING HEIGHT ALLOWS FOR 60 FEET.
HOWEVER, THIS SITE IS FURTHER AWAY FROM THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY.
IT'S PROXIMITY TO THE HIGHWAY AND ITS LOWER ELEVATION MAKES THE HEIGHT AND THE REQUEST FOR THE MIXER USES APPROPRIATE LOCATION.
I MAY HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT, MR. RICHARD SULE.
MR. SULE, YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
HOPEFULLY I CAN GIVE YOU SOME BACK CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
MY NAME'S RICHARD SUT AND IN LIGHT OF YOUR HEAVY AGENDA TONIGHT, I'M JUST GONNA DO AN ABBREVIATED PRESENTATION CAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE SOME NEIGHBORS HERE TO TALK.
WE JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD CASE.
UH, IT'S, IT'S A CASE THAT'S AWAY FROM NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
IT'S BOUNDED BY TECH DOT JURISDICTION, UH, ROADWAYS.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY HOUSES NEARBY.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE 1400, UH, MULTI-FAMILY OR CONDOMINIUM UNITS.
AND BECAUSE WE SIT DOWN LOW AT THE, AT THE, UH, HIGHWAY INTERSECTION THERE, WE JUST FELT LIKE ASKING FOR THE 120 FOOT IN HEIGHT AND NOT TOWER ON OVER IN ANYBODY WOULD NOT BE AN IMPOSITION.
AND OUR ATTITUDE WAS KIND OF, IF, IF NOT HERE, THEN WHERE WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE AND RESERVE FOR REBUTTAL.
ONE, I HEAR FROM MR. CHRISTOPHER BROWN IN OPPOSITION.
MR. BROWN, YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
I BETTER DEFER TO MR. THE CONTACT FOR THE POLAR PRESENTATION.
CHAIR, BEAR, BEAR WITH ME WITH JUST, JUST FOR ONE MINUTE.
WE GOTTA, UH, JUST GOTTA PUT UP THE PICTURE.
HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE BEFORE YOU START MY TIME? HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE? YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
I I CAN GO AHEAD AND START AS, AS HE BRINGS IT UP.
UM, SO THE APPLICANT CAME, UH, TO THE CONTACT TEAM WITH A PROPOSAL YOU HAVE, UH, BEFORE YOU 125 FEET, 95% IN PREVIOUS COVER AND BUILDING ALL THE WAY TO THE COLORADO RIVER PRESERVE.
THE CONTACT TEAM, CATEGORICALLY, UH, OPPOSED THIS.
AND, UH, WE BEGAN TO, UH, HAVE NEGOTIATIONS.
WE, WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY, UH, MEETINGS WITH THEM.
AND, UM, UH, THE REASON THAT WE REJECT THIS, THIS PROPOSAL E EVEN THOUGH, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NOT NEAR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS ABSOLUTELY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU CAN SEE THERE, UM, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SITE IS AND THAT CIRCLE RIGHT THERE IS THE ONLY, THE ONLY, UH, ENTRANCE TO THIS SITE FROM EAST, WEST, NORTH, AND SOUTH.
AND THERE, AND THERE IS A, IT'S LIKE A BOTTLENECK THERE.
SO THE, THE SCOPE OF THIS, UH, UH, PROJECT WOULD ALREADY OVERWHELM THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY.
THERE'S LESS THAN 500, UH, TRIPS PER DAY.
THIS, THIS PROJECT WOULD PROJECT 21,000 TRIPS PER DAY ON THAT LITTLE BOTTLENECK RIGHT THERE.
SO, UM, WE BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS AND WE ACTUALLY REACHED AGREEMENT ON, ON, UH, UH, BUILDING AWAY FROM THE PRESERVE, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT WE COULD NOT FIND AGREEMENT ON THE HEIGHT IN THE, IN PERVIOUS COVER.
AFTER SOME CONVERSATIONS, THE APPLICANT OFFERED A 90, UH, UH, 90 FOOT, UM, UH, MAXIMUM HEIGHT, BUT THERE WAS NO SUPPORT.
AND ON THE CONTACT TEAM, WE CAME BACK WITH A COUNTER OFFER OF A, OF A 75 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT WITH 65% IMPERVIOUS COVER.
AND LET ME TALK ABOUT THE IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR A MINUTE.
UM, THAT GOES TO HEAT ISLAND AND, UH,
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WE HAVE GOT TO TAKE CLIMATE, CLIMATE, UH, UH, UH, THE, THE CLIMATE SITUATION LITERALLY HERE, UH, IT, IT SPEAKS TO HEAT ISLAND EFFECT AND IT ALSO SPEAKS TO RUNOFF TO THE MORE CEMENT WE HAVE, THE MORE ROOFS WE HAVE, THE MORE RUNOFF WE HAVE.SO THIS IS WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR SIX, NO MORE THAN 65% IMPERVIOUS COVER.
SO THE CONTACT TEAM, UM, SO WHEN WE COULDN'T FIND AGREEMENT ON THE 90 FEET, THEY CAME TO YOU.
SO, UH, WE ARE STILL IN, IN A POSITION WHERE WE WOULD CONSIDER A 75 FOOT MAXIMUM HEIGHT WITH 65% IMPERVIOUS COVER AND A HUNDRED FOOT BUFFER FROM THE PRESERVE.
UH, SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY, BUT IF, IF THEY ARE APPLYING FOR THE 120 FEET, UH, AT, UH, 95% PERVIOUS COVER, WE ARE OPPOSED TO THAT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WELL NOW HERE FOR MS. SUSAN AMANZA.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES BEFORE WE START.
DID WE SKIP CHRIS BROWN? OH, WE CAN BRING HIM BACK IF YOU WANNA GO.
YOU COME FIRST, CHRIS, I THINK, UH, BECAUSE HE'S A RESIDENT RIGHT NEXT TO THE AREA AND YOU COULD HOLD HIM FIRST.
AND THESE ARE THREE MINUTES, CORRECT, MR. SURE.
WELL, I'LL TRY TO BE MORE BRIEF THAN THAT.
UH, UH, COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME'S CHRIS BROWN.
UH, I'M, UH, I'M HERE AS A CO-FOUNDER OF THE COLORADO RIVER CONSERVANCY, A NONPROFIT COALITION WE STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO OF NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS TO FOCUS ON ADVOCACY OF THE URBAN RIVER BELOW LONGHORN DAM TO THE CITY LIMITS.
UH, I'M ALSO THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER TO THIS SITE.
I LIVE, I DON'T KNOW, MUST BE A FEW HUNDRED FEET, UH, FROM THE WESTERN END OF THE SITE, UH, DOWN AT THE END OF RED BLUFF ROAD.
UM, WHAT THE STAFF'S MATERIALS, I THINK FAIL TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE COMMISSION IS THAT THIS SITE IS ADJACENT TO A 43 ACRE WILDLIFE PRESERVE.
UH, THAT, UH, AS RECENTLY AS THE 1970S WAS USED FOR MINERAL EXTRACTION AND HAS TO COMMUNITY EFFORTS AND PUBLIC EFFORTS BEEN RESTORED TO KIND OF REALLY REMARKABLE CONDITION, UH, AND IS IN TURN PART OF A NETWORK OF OTHER PARKLANDS AND, UH, RIPARIAN WATERWAYS THAT FORM THAT ENTIRE COLORADO RIVER CORRIDOR BETWEEN LONGHORN DAM AND, AND REALLY ALL THE WAY TO THE TESLA