Jul 11, 2023 Planning Commission old

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GETTING STARTED.

UH, THIS IS JULY 11TH, 2023.

PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.

IT IS 6 0 9.

BRINGING THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

UH, WE WILL START WITH A, UH, WE HAVE QUORUM, SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH A ROLL CALL.

UH, IT'S A GOOD NIGHT TONIGHT WE HAVE, UH, 12 TO 13 OF US.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND, UM, START WITH ROLL CALL.

I'LL START WITH MY, UH, THOSE ON MY LEFT AND WE'LL START WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER WOODS HERE.

AND WE'VE GOT COMMISSIONER MAXWELL HERE, AND THEN YOUR CHAIR, CHAIR SHAW.

AND TO MY RIGHT, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER ANDERSON HERE.

UH, LEMME SEE AROUND.

YEP.

COMMISSIONER CONLEY HERE AND COMMISSIONER AZAR HERE.

THEN GOING IN THE ORDER.

I SEE YOU GUYS ON THE SCREEN.

UH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER HOWARD HERE.

COMMISSIONER HAYNES HERE.

COMMISSIONER MUSH TALLER HERE.

AND WE HAVE VICE CHAIR HEMPLE HERE.

COMMISSIONER COX HERE, AND COMMISSIONER VATA RAMIREZ HERE.

OKAY, SO LIKE I SAID, THAT'S 12.

UM, WE'RE STILL WAITING.

WE SHOULD HEAR SOON ABOUT OUR LAST COMMISSIONER TO FILL OUR, GET US TO 13.

UH, BUT NEXT, UH, JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH, UH, ALSO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT AS MOST NIGHTS, WE HAVE OUR EXOFFICIO, UH, THE FROM BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS CHAIR COHEN, THANK YOU FOR COMING AGAIN.

AND, UH, SO THIS IS A HYBRID MEETING.

WE HAVE PARTICIPANTS OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS CALLING IN.

AND, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THE ITEMS, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE'LL DISCUSS THE ORDER OF THE ITEMS. WE'LL TAKE UP FOR DISCUSSION.

AND THEN IF YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST, UH, YOU CAN WAIT IN THE ATRIUM IF YOU WISH, OR HERE, UH, BUT ABOUT 15 MINUTES OUT FROM THE ITEM, YOU'LL GET A, UH, IF YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, YOU'LL GET AN EMAIL, UM, FROM STAFF LETTING YOU KNOW WE'RE, UH, GETTING READY TO TAKE UP YOUR ITEM.

UM, LOOKING AT THE, KIND OF HOW WE PROGRESSED THIS EVENING, UM, I, HEY, WE'LL TAKE A BREAK, UH, JUST BEFORE THE UL TURF CASE, JUST A FIVE TO 10 MINUTE BREAK, AND THEN WE'LL JUMP INTO THAT ONE.

WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS, UH, SO THAT ONE MAY TAKE A WHILE.

UM, BUT WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE VICE CHAIR'S GONNA HELP ME AS AND DO THE READING OF THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.

AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SEE, UH, FINALIZE OUR DISCUSSION CASES.

AND THEN, UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE IN DISCUSSION.

AND JUST BEFORE I GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF HERE, WE DO HAVE APPROVAL OF

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ROLL THOSE INTO THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA THEN.

UH, VICE CHAIR, YOU WANNA KICK US OFF? SURE.

CHAIR.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

ITEM TWO PLAN

[2. Plan Amendment: NPA-2023-0030.01.SH - Mission South; District 2]

THAT'S NPA 2023 DASH 0 0 3 0 0 1 SH MISSION SOUTH.

THAT IS UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO AUGUST 8TH.

NUMBER THREE,

[3. Rezoning: C14-2023-0007.SH - Mission South; District 2]

MISSION SOUTH.

THAT IS UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO AUGUST 8TH.

NUMBER

[4. Plan Amendment: NPA-2023-0016.01.SH - LIfeworks III at Tillery; District 3]

THAT IS UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO AUGUST 22ND.

NUMBER FIVE,

[5. Rezoning: C14-2023-0018.SH - LIfeworks III at Tillery; District 3]

THREE TILLERY IS UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO AUGUST 22ND.

[6. Plan Amendment: NPA-2023-0018.04 - 7009 Guadalupe ST- NPA; District 4]

ITEM

[7. Rezoning: C14-2023-0029 - 7009 Guadalupe ST- Rezoning]

THAT IS UP FOR DISCUSSION.

ITEM EIGHT,

[8. Plan Amendment: NPA-2021-0025.01 - Greystar 290 NPA; District 8]

GRAY STAR TWO 90 N P A IS ON FOR CONSENT.

NUMBER NINE,

[9. Restrictive Covenant Amendment: C14-85-288.79(RCA) - Greystar 290; District 8]

GRAYSTAR TWO 90 IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT.

[10. Rezoning: C14-2022-0160 - Greystar 290; District 8]

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NUMBER

[11. Rezoning: C14-2023-0026 - Life Storage; District 4]

LIFE STORAGE IS UP FOR DISCUSSION NUMBER 12,

[12. Rezoning: C14-2023-0023 - W 5th Street Bank]

NUMBER

[13. Rezoning: C14-2023-0022 - Tannehill Residences]

TANA HILL RESIDENCES OFFERED FOR CONSENT.

NUMBER

[14. Rezoning: C814-06-0106.03 - Hyatt West; District 9]

[15. Site Plan- EV Variance: SP-2021-0091C - Oltorf Site Plan; District 3]

[16. Site Plan Extension: SP-2015-0543C(XT2) - Green Pastures; District 3]

SITE PLAN EXTENSION SP DASH 2015 DASH 0 5 4 3 C X T TWO GREEN PASTURES IS OFFERED FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO JULY 25TH.

[17. Site Plan Extension: SPC-2014-0442C(XT3) - Sunset Ridge; District 8]

NUMBER

[18. Code Amendment: C20-2022-009 - Sixth St Height Exception and Design Standards]

RECOMMENDATIONS NUMBER

[19. Imagine Austin Amendment: Austin Strategic Mobility Plan Update]

THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN UPDATE WILL BE POSTPONED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO JULY 25TH.

NUMBER

[20. Imagine Austin Amendment: Palm District Plan]

AND FINALLY, NUMBER 21,

[21. Code Amendment: C20-2022-020A - Site Plan Lite Part 1]

A SITE PLAN LIGHT PART ONE IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA.

OKAY.

JUST, UH, CONFIRMING ON, UH, ITEM 18, UH, MR. RIVERA, THE, THAT SHOULD READ WITH EXHIBIT A AND, UH, WITH ONLY THE, UH, FIRST CONDITION BEING ON CONSENT AND REMOVING THE SECOND AND THIRD CONDITION.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

WE ALSO HAVE SPEAKERS IF YOU WANNA HEAR FROM THAT AT THIS TIME.

YES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE SPEAKERS AND THEN I'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY, UH, UH, ABSTENTIONS.

OKAY.

FIRST WE'LL HEAR FROM MS. KALE CHAIR HOW MS. KING, UH, PROCEED.

FIRST, HELLO COMMISSIONERS.

UM, MY NAME IS MEGAN KING.

I'M THE POLICY AND OUTREACH PLANNER FOR PRESERVATION AUSTIN.

UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF PRESERVATION AUSTIN.

IN RESPONSE TO THE EAST SIXTH STREET CODE AMENDMENTS LAST YEAR, UM, COUNCIL GRANTED STREAM REALTY A HUNDRED FOOT BUILDABLE HEIGHT ENTITLEMENT, UH, TO REDEVELOP THE 500 AND 600 BLOCKS OF THE SIXTH STREET NATIONAL REGISTER.

DISTRICT PRESERVATION.

AUSTIN HAS BEEN AND REMAINS DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR INCREASING THE ALLOWABLE HEIGHT FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION LOCATED IN THIS DISTRICT FOR DECADES.

THE PECAN STREET OVERLAY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROTECTION OF THIS DISTRICT BY LIMITING THE ALLOWABLE HEIGHT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION TO 45 FEET.

AMENDING THE OVERLAY FOR THESE SELECT BLOCKS EXPOSES THE ENTIRETY OF THE DISTRICT TO GREAT RISK FOR FUTURE CODE AMENDMENTS AND REDEVELOPMENT.

BY SETTING THIS PRECEDENT, GIVEN COUNCIL'S EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION TO INCREASE ENTITLEMENTS ON THESE TWO BLOCKS, WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE DESIGN STANDARDS PROPOSED BY STAFF FOR THESE BLOCKS ARE IN CLOSE ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS.

WHILE THE NEW ALLOWABLE HEIGHT OF 140 FEET WILL GENERATE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS INHERENTLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE DISTRICT, WE WELCOME THE ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT FOR REVIEW OF PROJECTS BY THE CITY THAT THE STANDARDS PROVIDE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT OUTSIDE THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS PRESCRIBED IN THE OVERLAY, THE DISTRICT'S STATUS AS A NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT DOES NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM DEMOLITION FOR CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS, NOR DOES IT PROVIDE ANYTHING GREATER THAN ADVISORY REVIEW BY THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

WE SUPPORT THE COMMISSION'S INCLUSION OF THE LCS RECOMMENDATION IN THEIR VOTE TONIGHT.

WE ESPECIALLY WANT TO STRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR ESTABLISHING LEGALLY BINDING OVERSIGHT FOR ALTERATIONS AND NEW ADDITIONS TO CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES ON THIS BLOCK IN EXCHANGE FOR THE MASSIVE ENTITLEMENTS BEING GRANTED TO STREAM.

WE BELIEVE THIS LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT BY THE CITY IS BOTH NECESSARY AND REASONABLE.

UH, WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT DISTRICT-WIDE HISTORIC ZONING IS THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP IN CREATING A VITAL,

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AND WE STRONGLY URGE THIS BODY AND COUNCIL TO SUPPORT DESIGNATING THE DISTRICT AS A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT TO ENSURE THAT PIECEMEAL CODE AMENDMENTS DO NOT CONTINUE TO CHIP AWAY AT ONE OF AUSTIN'S MOST HISTORIC AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT DISTRICTS.

UM, I'LL NOW PASS THINGS OFF TO MY COLLEAGUE MARY KALE, WHO WILL SPEAK TO THAT CULTURAL AND HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.

OKAY, GREAT.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, I'M MARY KALE, A RECENT GRADUATE IN THE PUBLIC HISTORY PROGRAM AT TEXAS STATE, AND CURRENTLY CHAIR OF, UM, PRESERVATION AUSTIN ADVOCACY COMMITTEE.

I ALSO HOLD AN MBA FROM UT AUSTIN, AND, UH, THAT'S FROM THE LATE EIGHTIES.

AND I HAD A SUMMER JOB WITH A REAL ESTATE COMPANY IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON WHEN I WAS AN UNDERGRAD.

I LEAD SEVERAL CITY AND STATE LEVEL ORAL HISTORY ORGANIZATIONS, AND I'M THE LONGEST SERVING VOLUNTEER TUTOR AT, UM, FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS CHANGES TAKING PLACE ON EAST SIXTH AND TO REMIND US THAT IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL OF US TO HONOR AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF THE AREA.

WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO ASK THAT STREAM REALTY DO.

ITS PART IN TELLING THE FULL STORY, UM, UH, INCLUDING UPDATING THE NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT APPLICATION AND INVESTING IN INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT SO THAT THE THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO E SIX WILL KNOW THE STORIES OF THE SPECIAL PLACE.

JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THIS IS JUST A SLIVER OF THE HISTORY OF THIS AREA.

UM, YOU'LL SEE ON THE SLIDE DR.

UM, EVERETT GIBBONS, ONE OF AUSTIN'S FIRST BLACK DENTISTS.

UM, HE WAS A WORLD WAR I VETERAN.

HE PUSHED FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN AUSTIN.

HE OPENED THE LYRIC THEATER AT FOUR 19 EAST SIXTH, WHERE AUSTINITES COULD WATCH MOVIES WITH HIS DENTAL PRACTICE UPSTAIRS, HE FOUGHT FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, BETTER STREETS, PARKS, BUS SERVICES, AND BRIDGES TO CONNECT EAST AUSTIN ACROSS I 35, HE PUSHED FOR HIRING BLACK DEPUTIES AND TO GET MORE EQUITABLE POLICING, AND HE GOT THE CITY TO HIRE ITS FIRST BLACK FIREFIGHTERS.

THE NEXT PERSON IS DR.

ALBERTO GARCIA, WHO OPENED A PRIVATE PRACTICE AT 2 0 9 EAST SIX.

THE FIRST US TRAINED MEXICAN-AMERICAN PHYSICIAN TO PRACTICE IN AUSTIN.

HE ENROLLED IN UT SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM IN 1918, AND HE AND HIS WIFE AVA, PUBLISHED THE FIRST SPANISH LANGUISH NEWSPAPER IN AUSTIN LAGUARDIA.

UH, THEY SPOKE OUT AGAINST SEGREGATION AND EVA, ALMOST A SINGLEHANDEDLY DESEGREGATED STACY POOLE PARK.

THEY WERE EARLY PROPONENTS OF THE RIGHTS OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS.

I URGE YOU TO, UM, UM, KEEP THIS IN MIND AND WE ASK THAT STREAM DO IT'S PART TO UPDATE THE NATIONAL REGISTER DOCUMENT, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR GOING OVER AND PUTTING AN APPROPRIATE INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

UM, JUST FOR, UH, MR. RIVERA'S STAFF, UM, THE TWO H L C, UM, CONDITIONS THAT WE ARE LEAVING OUT, COULD YOU JUST FOR THE PUBLIC HERE, JUST GO OVER WHY THOSE ARE BEING REMOVED? THANK YOU, CHAIR.

I AM MS. GUY CONTRERAS, WHO WILL SPEAK TO THOSE TWO ITEMS. THANK YOU.

CHAIR CALLEN CONTRERAS PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

UM, THE TWO OR THE THREE, UH, CONDITIONS PROPOSED BY THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.

IN ADDITION TO, UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WERE FIRST THE RETENTION OF THE FIRST 15 FEET OF CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS FACADES, UM, SECOND REQUIRING A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR CHANGES TO CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS.

AND THIRD, A REQUEST, UM, THAT COUNSEL CONSIDER THE FEASIBILITY OF TAX CAPS IN THE AREA AFFECTED TO AVOID DISPLACEMENT OF LEGACY BUSINESSES.

SO WE'RE, UH, THE LAST TWO, UM, WE ARE REMOVING.

SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THE JUSTIFICATION FOR TAKING THOSE OUT.

UM, ONE I BELIEVE WAS, UH, IT WAS, YOU'RE ASKING FOR COUNSEL TO DO SOMETHING AND THAT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR PURVIEW.

BUT THE SECOND ONE, UH, COULD YOU MAYBE BRIEF ME ON WHY THAT ONE WE'RE PULLING OUT OF THE CONDITION? UH, CERTAINLY CHAIR, UM, THIS, UM, CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS IS THE USUAL MECHANISM FOR ROUTING PROJECTS, UH, ON WITH HISTORIC PROPERTIES TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE AND HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.

UM, BUT HOW THIS IS WRITTEN, UM, THESE PROPERTIES WILL STILL BE REVIEWED AGAINST THE DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, AS A REQUIREMENT.

AND ITEMS THAT DON'T MEET THE DESIGN STANDARDS, UH, WILL STILL NEED TO GO TO THE LANDMARK COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL, UH, AS WELL AS DEMOLITION OF CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS.

SO, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A NAMING, IS IT, IS IT JUST NOT NEEDED? IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY THE PROCESS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR CUZ WE WERE THE SPEAKERS WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, INCLUDING THOSE EXCEPTIONS, BUT WE DID TAKE OUT TWO OF THE, TWO OF THE CONDITIONS, SO ANYWAY.

SURE.

THANK, THANK

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THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA? ANY RECUSALS, UH, THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE.

UM, LET'S GO TO, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA, UH, INCLUDING THE, UH, MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING? MOTION, UH, COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR HEMPEL.

AND I'LL JUST ASK, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO SENT AGENDA? MOTION CHAIR, COMMISSIONER ZA I AND I CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, OR APPROPRIATE, SAY IT AGAIN.

CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS OR APPROPRIATE CLOSING CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

YES, WE ARE CLOSING.

I JUST AWARE.

APPROPRIATE I DIDN'T UNDER .

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

YES, WE'RE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT PASSES.

UM, NO OBJECTION.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND HEAR OUR FIRST ITEM THIS EVENING, WHICH IS, UH, CASE NUMBER, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP SIX AND SEVEN TOGETHER BOTH THE PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE REZONING.

UM, AND SO STAFF WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ON THIS.

TWO ITEMS. MARIE MEREDITH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 23 0 0 1 8 0.0 1 7 0 0 9.

GUADALUPE STREET PR PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 7 0 0 9.

GUADALUPE STREET IS LOCATED IN THE BRENTWOOD HIGHLAND COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREA.

THE HIGHLAND, UH, AREA OF THE COMBINED PLAN.

THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE OF FUTURE LAND USE MATT FROM HIGH DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE.

IT IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE HIGHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

I'M SHERRY TIS WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS THE ASSOCIATED ZONING CASE, WHICH IS CASE C 14 20 20 3029, WHICH IS AGAIN AT 7,009 GUADALUPE STREET.

THE REQUEST IS FROM SF SIX MP ZONING TO MF TWO NP ZONING.

THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT MUL MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCE, LOW DENSITY NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, MF TWO NP DISTRICT ZONING.

THE SUBJECT TRACK IS DEVELOPED WITH ONE DUPLEX AND A 75 FOOT WIDE LOT, AND IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF GUADALUPE STREET AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH JUANI DRIVE AND IS ZONED CURRENTLY SS SIX NP.

THERE IS AN APARTMENT TO THE NORTH AND A TRIPLEX TO THE SOUTH THAT ARE BOTH ZONED MF TWO NP AND A PARK WITH A SOFTBALL FIELD TO THE EAST.

THAT IS ZONED P AND P.

THE PROPERTIES TO THE WEST ACROSS GUADALUPE STREET ARE LOCATED ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE LAMAR JUSTIN LANE POD, WHICH CONTAINS A LARGE, A RANGE OF RESIDENTIAL USES, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, DUPLEXES, AND APARTMENTS.

THE ZONING FOR THAT IS T O D N P AND DESIGNATION IS MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENCE.

FOR THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE IS REQUESTING MF TWO ZONING TO COMBINE COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING IN ORDER TO BUILD ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY.

THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THIS FOLLOWS THE PROPOSED ZONING SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE STATEMENT OF THE DISTRICT SOUGHT.

THE MF TWO ZONING DISTRICT IS APPROPRIATE FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREAS LOCATED NEAR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, OR IN AN AREA WHICH IS LOW DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE IS DESIRED.

THE STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS THE ZONING BECAUSE ZONING CHANGES SHOULD PROMOTE COMPATIBILITY WITH ADJACENT AND NEARBY USES.

THE STAFF RECOMMENDS MF TWO MP ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CONSIDERATIONS, THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY ON GUADALUPE STREET, A COLLECTOR STREET, TWO, IT IS SUITABLE FOR ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THREE, IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH COMPATIBLE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL USE IS PERMITTED IN THE TODD TO THE WEST.

AND FOUR, IT IS A REASONABLE LOCATION FOR PARCELS DEVELOPED AND TO BE DEVELOPED AND REDEVELOPED AS A RESIDENTIAL INFILL, AS THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON A CAPITAL BUS ROUTE, WHICH IS 9 3 24.

AND SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT, UH, MS. CRYSTAL LE, I, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AS WELL, MS. LEIS, IF YOU'LL SELECT STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR REMARKS.

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I AM A PERMIT COORDINATOR WITH PERMIT SOLUTIONS.

THE PROPERTY OWNER, JULIAN PARTRIDGE AND I ARE THE APPLICANT'S APPLICANTS TO AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER SIX AND SEVEN FOR PROPERTY 7 0 0 9 GUADALUPE STREET.

MISS, JUST RUN THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION PLEASE.

SORRY, THE, THERE WE GO.

I THINK THE SLIDE SLIDE NUMBER ONE, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

NUMBER TWO.

SO I WANNA COVER BOTH ITEMS. THE TWO APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED.

UH, NUMBER ITEM NUMBER SIX, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT, AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN OF THE REZONING CASE.

THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN REZO OR HAS BEEN ZONED AS AN S OF SIX FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS, WHICH ALLOWED FOR, ITS AN EXISTING DUPLEX FOR ONE TWO FAMILIES FOR THE PROPERTY.

BOTH APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED TO REQUEST A CHANGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND THE REZONING REQUEST FOR AN MF TWO.

AS FOR SLIDE NUMBER THREE, AS MENTIONED, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED AS AN SF SIX.

THE NEIGHBORING LOT 71 0 1 GUADALUPE STREET HAS AN EXISTING ZONING, UM, MF TWO.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR AN MF TWO ZONING THAT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR MORE THAN SEVEN UNITS AND MUST COMPLY WITH TODAY'S BUILDING CODES.

AND SLIDE NUMBER FOUR, YOU CAN SEE THE STREET CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE PROPERTIES WITH EXISTING MULTIFAMILY TWO ZONING.

OUR PROPOSAL IS REQUESTING FOR THE REZONE OF 7 0 0 9 GUADALUPE STREET, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, TO REZONE TO MF TWO, WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH PROPERTIES ALONG GUADALUPE STREET.

FOR SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, THERE MIGHT BE TRANSPORTATION CONCERNS SUCH AS PARKING WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HIGHLIGHTED LEFT OF GUADALUPE STREET AS AN EXISTING TRANSIT ORIENT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND HOPES TO PROVIDE AN FOR SLIDE SIX TO ADDRESS OUR SECOND APPLICATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT AGENDA.

I ISLAND FUTURE USE LAND USE MAP OUTLINED BY PROPERTY 7 0 0 9 GUADALUPE STREET, AND ITS EXISTING LAND USE OF HIGH DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY REQUESTING A CHANGE TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS CONSISTENT AGAIN AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORING LAWS AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.

THE PROPERTY OWNER, JULIAN, IS PRESENT IN THE MEETING IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

CHAIR IS NOTED.

UH, JULIAN RIDGE IS ALSO REGISTERED AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE OPPOSITION, MS. VALERIE BROWN.

MS. BROWN, SELECT STAR SIX.

YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

MY NAME IS, EXCUSE ME.

MY NAME IS VALERIE BROWN.

I'VE BEEN A HOMEOWNER IN THE HIGHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 20 YEARS, AND I AM SPEAKING TO REQUEST TO OPPOSE THE REZONING PROPOSAL FOR THE PROPERTY ON GUADALUPE STREET WHERE IT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE ALLOTMENT FOR, UM, FROM TWO TO THREE FAMILY HOMES TO, UM, FIVE TO SIX CONDOS ON THAT ONE GIVEN LINE.

AND THAT'S GOING TO DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE DENSITY.

AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO, UM, DIRECTLY AFFECT AND ADD TO THE GROWING PAINS, UH, THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS SUFFERING FROM.

AND I BELIEVE THIS CHANGE IS GONNA, UM, HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THIS COMMUNITY IN THIS HIGHLAND, BRENTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO I'M ASKING YOU TO, UM, OPPOSE IT SO THAT WE DO NOT CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS.

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IF YOU'LL SELECT STAR SIX, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR A REBUTTAL.

UH, MS. ES SELECT STAR SIX AND, UH, PROVIDE YOUR THREE MINUTE REMARKS.

OKAY, MR. RIDGE, PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SPEAK FOR THE THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL.

HOW DOES IT WORK? I GO IN HERE? YES.

OKAY.

HELLO.

PLANNING COMMISSION PEOPLE.

I'VE ACTUALLY OWNED THAT LITTLE, MY IPHONE THAT LIKE, FOR 25 YEARS WE'VE OWNED THAT LITTLE PLACE.

IT'S BEEN PRETTY COOL, I THINK LONG BEFORE THE LIGHT RAIL APPEARED.

AND SO IT'S BEEN A PRETTY COOL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE, THE LITTLE TENANTS I GOT THERE, LOVE IT.

UH, MOST OF 'EM TAKE THE BUS, WALK THE LIGHT RAIL OR BIKE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO RIGHT NOW, THE, THE ZONING THAT I DON'T HAVE, LIKE MY NEIGHBORS IS, I THINK IT LETS ME BUILD JUST FOUR UNITS THERE.

AND THE BUILDER SAYS IF I GOT THIS CHANGE, I COULD BUILD, YOU KNOW, A FEW MORE, MAYBE FIVE, DON'T MAKE 'EM TOO SMALL, PRETTY, PRETTY COOL.

ALL THE PARK ME OFF THE STREET, BUILD LIKE A LITTLE FIVE UNIT TOWNHOUSE, KIND OF NICE LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, SO, UH, UH, I THINK IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WENT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING AND THEY SEEMED TO SUPPORT IT AND IT'LL BE LIKE MY NEIGHBORS.

SO IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY SAID.

UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, WE'LL GO INTO OUR Q AND A AND WE'LL BRING YOU BACK UP IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, MOTION TO INCLUDE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, MR. MAXWELL, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WOODS.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE, UH, ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO OUR Q AND A, UH, THIS ONE, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS ON THIS ONE TO MOVING AT FIVE AT THREE? UM, FIVE QUESTIONS, THREE MINUTES EACH.

UH, IF WE NEED MORE, WE CAN MOVE ON, BUT I THINK THAT MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO GET US THROUGH THE Q AND A BEFORE WE, UH, DEBATE.

ALL RIGHT.

WHO HAS FIRST QUESTION ON THIS ITEM? ANYONE? QUESTIONS? QUESTION? UH, COMMISSIONER AZAR? NO.

COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONER ZA AND COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, START SOUTH.

COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

I HOPE, I HOPE, UH, THE APPLICANT CAN HEAR ME.

OKAY.

UM, SO THIS, THE SITE HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO A PRETTY AMAZING PARK, AS I KNOW YOU'RE AWARE, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'VE BEEN ANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MAYBE A PUBLIC ACCESS FROM THE STREET TO THE PARK? HOW DOES, YEAH, , UM, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS DID ASK THAT WAS POSSIBLE, BUT I, I, I, I GUESS MY, UH, MY FEELING IS THE PARK AXIS IS OFF, YOU KNOW, OFF OF ST.

JOHN'S, AROUND THE CORNER.

AND, UH, MY LOT'S ONLY 75 FEET WIDE, SO I GOTTA BE HONEST.

UH, I, I FEEL A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO MY TENANTS.

LIKE AFTER 25 YEARS, I BUILD MORE, I PLAN TO KEEP IT, UM, MEAN MY WIFE STILL GIVING STRANGERS PUBLIC ACCESS ACROSS A LONG, NARROW LOT WHERE PEOPLE ARE PARKING.

I GUESS I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT VERY MUCH ABOUT THAT, BUT IT WASN'T MY FIRST INSTINCT TO THINK, YEAH, THE, ALL THE OTHER LOTS NEAR ME ARE BEING BROUGHT UP IN A MUCH WIDER, THAT'S A PRETTY SKINNY LITTLE LOT.

I, I WASN'T REALLY PLANNING TO GIVE PUBLIC ACCESS ACROSS MY LOT WHERE MY LOT IS ON THAT PARK.

IT'S A BIG DRAINAGE CULVERT THAT THE CITY DUG OUT, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? RETENTION POND THING.

SO IT DROPS OFF PRETTY QUICK.

YOU NEED QUITE SOME DEVELOPMENT BEHIND MY CHAIN LINK FENCE THERE.

IT DROPS OFF PRETTY STEEP INTO THE DRAINAGE CULVERT.

SO THAT WOULD NOT BE A, A TRIVIAL PROJECT, I IMAGINE, FOR THEM OR ME.

BUT I'M NOT THE EXPERT .

AND OF COURSE, HOPE.

I AM CURIOUS, I'VE ASKED, YOU HAD GOOD THOUGHTS ON THIS, I'D LOVE TO PASS THIS OFF TO COMMISSIONERS AZAR, AND THANK YOU.

UM, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.

SO I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN.

I GUESS ONE THING WE WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND FROM OUR STAFF, ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS WITH ALLOWING SOMETHING LIKE THAT ACCESS FROM HERE? SO THERE WILL BE TWO THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING.

ONE OF COURSE IS ALLOWING ACCESS FROM GUADALUPE, BUT ALSO FROM THE DOD IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE IS ACCESS NEEDED TO THE EXISTING PARK.

I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF, I KNOW IF HE HAD BARRED STAFF, THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD BETTER DETAILS ABOUT THIS, BUT I WONDER, HI COMMISSIONERS.

R WE DO NOT HAVE THE PARED STAFF WITH US TONIGHT, SO I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM AS FAR AS ACCESS GOES, BUT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE USUALLY ACCOMPLISH THROUGH A ZONING CASE.

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OKAY.

THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

APPRECIATE THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS? MOTION COMMISSIONER ZA.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

I'LL, I'LL MOVE.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? UH, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU WANNA SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION? SURE.

I, I THINK STAFF DOES A GOOD JOB OF, UH, LAYING OUT WHY THIS REZONING HERE MAKES SENSE.

PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE ZONING THAT WE HAVE IN THE MIDT NORTH PARCEL, THE SOUTH PARCEL, AND THEN DEFINITELY TO THE WEST AS WELL, AND THET, O D.

UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CONVERSATION, I THINK ONE THING THAT'S COME UP IS HOPEFULLY IS THIS MOVE TOWARDS SITE PLAN THAT SOMETHING STAFF CAN CONSIDER VERY SERIOUSLY TO SEE IF WE CAN PROVIDE SOME KIND OF PUBLIC EASEMENT OR ACCESS.

AND I THINK THE APPLICANT IS RIGHT, THAT RIGHT BEHIND IS THE DETENTION POND.

SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME CHALLENGES.

MAYBE THIS IS NOT THE BEST SITE AMONG THE VARIOUS SITES ON THIS SITE OF GUADALUPE, BUT HOPEFULLY SOME THINGS STAFF CAN CONSIDER AND FIGURE OUT JUST SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BETTER PARK ACCESS.

BUT OTHERWISE, I DO THINK THE CASE, UH, MAKES SENSE IN MOST FORWARD, HELPS US MEET OUR DIFFERENT HOUSING GOALS, BUT ALSO EXPAND ON THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON THE E D O D PROJECTS.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

ANYONE SPEAKING AGAINST THIS MOTION? UH, ANY MORE? WANNA SPEAK IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE AS, UH, THE D IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION OR STAFF RECOMMENDATION BY COMMISSIONER AZAR, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL.

UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S EVERYONE.

UH, THOSE, UM, VIRTUAL, UH, IN FAVOR, UH, THAT LOOKS LIKE.

OKAY.

12 0 0.

THAT ONE PASSES.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, MOVING ON TO OUR SECOND ITEM.

UH, THIS IS ITEM 11.

IT WAS PULLED BY COMMISSIONER AZAR.

UM, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND HEAR, GET A BRIEFING FROM STAFF.

HELLO AGAIN, COMMISSIONER SHERRY SESS.

THIS IS CASE C 14 20 20 3026 LIFE STORAGE.

IT'S LOCATED AT 82 27 NORTH LAMAR BOULEVARD.

THE REQUEST IS FROM L I MP ZONING TO C S M U MP ZONING.

THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS FOR C S M U MP ZONING, WHICH IS COMMERCIALS GENERAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES, MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING.

THE SITE FALLS WITHIN THE STUDY BOUNDARIES OF THE NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT AREA E TODD.

AND SO I BELIEVE THAT'S PART OF THE CONSIDERATION THAT WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS TONIGHT.

THE PROPERTY IS A 4.38 ACRE LOT THAT FRONTS ONTO NORTH LAMAR BOULEVARD.

THAT IS DEVELOPED WITH A CONVENIENT STORAGE FACILITY TO THE NORTH.

THERE IS C S V N P AND L I M P ZONING THAT IS DEVELOPED WITH A PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT SERVICES, WHICH IS A FENCING BUSINESS AND AN EQUIPMENT SALES USE, WHICH IS RIDER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

THE LOTS TO THE SOUTH ARE ZONED L I N P AND CS MP AND CONTAIN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR.

USES A BILLBOARD SIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SALES AND SERVICE USE.

THE TRACT OF LAND TO THE EAST IS DEVELOPED WITH AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE FACILITY TO THE WEST ACROSS NORTH AMMAR BOULEVARD.

THERE IS CS MP AND CS ONE MP ZONING THAT CONTAINS AUTOMOTIVE SALES AND AN OFFICE COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING C SMU MP ZONING TO UTILIZE THE FLORIDA AREA RATIO ALLOWED BY THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES OR CS DISTRICT, WHICH IS TWO TO ONE F A R.

THE APPLICANT NEEDS THE ADDITIONAL FLORIDA AREA RATIO TO REDEVELOP A PART OF THE SITE WITH A MULTI-FAMILY CLIMATE CONTROLLED STORAGE FACILITY.

THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE PROPOSED ZONING BECAUSE IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DISTRICT SAW, WHICH IS C SMU MP ZONING THE PROPERTY FRONTS AND TAKES ACCESS TO NORTH LAMAR BOULEVARD, WHICH IS A LEVEL THREE MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADWAY, AND A DESIGNATED ACTIVITY HOARDER IN THE NORTH LAMAR.

ACTIVITY HOARDER IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN C S M U NMP ZONING WILL PERMIT THE USES THAT ARE CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH COMMERCIAL AND LOW DENSITY INDUSTRIAL USES SURROUNDING THE SITE TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST.

THE PROPOSED ZONING WILL ALLOW FOR EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING USE ON THE PROPERTY AND WILL ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE IN THE FUTURE WITH THEIR MIXTURE OF USES ALONG A MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADWAY.

THE REQUESTED C SMU ZONING IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OR PLUM DESIGNATION WITH THE NORTH LAMAR COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

CHAIR COMMISSIONER, WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT WHO'S THE ONLY SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM, UM, AND WILL FOREGO THE REBUTTAL, UM, BUT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

I'M ROBERT HYLE WITH LYLE ENGINEERING HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.

SO THIS IS A EXISTING CONVENIENCE STORAGE SITE.

THERE IS DEMAND FOR THE PRODUCT,

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THEY DIDN'T WANNA GO OUT, THEY DIDN'T WANNA EXPAND OUTWARD, THEY WANTED TO EXPAND UP, AND SO THEY SAW, UH, WERE SEEKING THE REZONING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE INCREASED FLORIDA AREA RATIO AVAILABLE WITH THE CS.

WHENEVER WE LOOK AT DOING A REZONING, FIRST THING WE DO IS WE CHECK THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.

UH, THAT'S THE POINT OF NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS IS TO SHOW WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S VISION FOR THIS IS MOVING FORWARD.

IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS INCREASINGLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE DEVELOPING USES ALONG LOMAR, AND IT'S NOT WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAID THEY WANTED.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAID THAT THEY WANTED THIS PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE TO GO TO A COMMERCIAL MIXED USE.

AND SO THAT IS PART OF, THAT'S WHAT WE APPLIED FOR, UM, TO BOTH, LIKE I SAY, BOTH TO ALLOW US TO EXPAND UP INSTEAD OF OUT, AND THEN TO BE IN FULL ACCORD WITH THE ADOPTED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WOODS.

UH, ANY OBJECTION, HEARING NONE? WE'LL GO AND MOVE INTO Q AND A.

UH, LET'S DO THIS ONE AT FIVE, AT THREE AGAIN.

UM, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET, UH, SINCE YOU'VE PULLED THIS ONE, UH, COMMISSIONER AZAR, YOU WANNA LEAD US OFF.

I APPRECIATE THAT CHAIR.

YOU'RE ALL ARE GONNA BE HEARING A LOT FROM ME TONIGHT, SO I APOLOGIES.

UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

I, I UNDERSTAND THE SORT OF THE USE, SORT OF THE ZONING THAT WE'RE GOING FOR THE MIXED USE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN, SO JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GOING FOR THE MIXED USE ZONING, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT ON THIS SITE CURRENTLY.

THERE'S NO PLANS FOR IT TO BE A RESIDENTIAL, UH, COMPONENT TO THE PROJECT? NO.

UM, WE ASKED FOR THE MIXED USE BOTH TO BRING IT INTO LINE WITH WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD ASKED FOR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, AND ALSO IS AN EYE TO THE FUTURE THAT IF THE, UM, PROPERTY GETS REDEVELOPED TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN MIXED, UH, THEN OTHER THAN THE STORAGE USE, THEN THE ZONING'S ALREADY IN PLACE FOR SOMEONE TO DO THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND JUST SO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE, I Y'ALL HAD REQUESTED THE CS ZONING BECAUSE YOU WANT THE TWO TO ONE F R BECAUSE YOU NEED TO GO TO THAT HEIGHT TO EXPAND THE STORAGE FACILITY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

THE, UH, LA ZONING IS A ONE TO ONE FLORIDA AREA RATIO.

CS HAS THE TWO TO ONE.

AND SO THAT WILL ALLOW US, UH, A GREATER HEIGHT INSTEAD OF SPREADING OUT.

AND DO YOU HAVE ANY SORT OF SENSE OF TIMELINE ON THIS PROJECT, OR, I UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE TOO EARLY IN THE PROCESS TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.

WE DO HAVE A SITE PLAN IN THE WORKS, BUT, UM, THAT'S IN PART, UM, PENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF THE ZONING CASE.

I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AS WELL.

I, I DO WANNA START OFF WHILE STAFF IS WALKING, I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS EARLIER AND WORKING WITH OUR A T O D TEAM.

SO I JUST REALLY WANNA THANK OUR STAFF FOR WORKING THROUGH THAT.

SO MY QUESTION REALLY WAS, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND, SO CURRENTLY IN, ARE YOU STABLES, ARE, IS STORAGE COVERED IN THE CONVENIENCE STORAGE USE? AND I'M SORRY, I'M MAKING YOU WALK UP AGAIN.

YES.

A MANY STORAGE OR, UM, A STORAGE FACILITY WOULD BE UNDER CONVENIENT STORAGE AND THAT'S UNDER PERMITTED USES IN OUR CODE.

YES.

AND THAT'S THE SORT OF ONE, AND CURRENTLY THAT'S A PERMITTED USE, CORRECT? YES.

WOULD THERE BE ANY CONCERN OF MOVING IT TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUIREMENT SO THAT WE CAN DIG IN A LITTLE DEEPER? IF, IF THAT WAS INDEED THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION OR SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE COMMISSION, BUT WOULD THERE BE ANY SORT OF CONCERN FROM Y'ALL'S END? FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE? UH, WE, WE FIND THAT THE EXISTING USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA BECAUSE IT IS A COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL MIX.

AND SO THAT USE IS A NECESSARY USE FOR STORAGE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN FACILITIES AND HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF MATERIAL.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT.

I MEAN, WE BELIEVE OBVIOUSLY THAT USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS QUARTER.

UM, BUT IT, AGAIN, IT WOULD BE UP TO THE COMMISSION IF YOU FEEL THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT AS A CONDITIONAL USE SO THAT YOU COULD SEE IT DURING THE SITE PLAN PROCESS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I KNOW YOU HAD A PRETTY, I'M GLAD Y'ALL UP UP MY TIME'S UP, SO THANK YOU .

SORRY.

GOT BLESSED RIGHT.

COMMISSIONERS ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, ADDITIONAL TIME TO COMMISSIONER AZAR SO I CAN KEEP ASKING HIS QUESTIONS.

ANYONE WANNA DONATE TIME? OKAY.

I'M GONNA ALLOW THIS.

TRYING NOT TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK I CAN CIRCLE BACK, LET OTHER PEOPLE OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE.

WE DO.

OKAY, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, GO AHEAD.

UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT IF THEY HAVE A, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK OBVIOUSLY THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH HERE IS SORT OF, UH, FUTURE LAND USE AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SURE.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE EXCITEMENT OF WHAT WE MIGHT BE BUILDING

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MM-HMM.

, I THINK THE CONCERN IS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN HOW THE BUILDING FRONTS THE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S A STRUGGLE FOR US TO SAY, HEY, THIS MAYBE SHOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT USE, WHATNOT.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TRIED TO INCORPORATE THAT IN YOUR ZONING.

SO MY QUESTION IS, IF THIS PROJECT IS, WHAT IS THE GENERAL LIFE SPAN OF A, SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN TERMS OF FEASIBILITY OF EVENTUALLY BEING REDEVELOPED AT SOME POINT? DO YOU HAVE SOME ESTIMATES ALONG THOSE LINES? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

UM, A LOT OF THAT WOULD DEPEND ON BIGGER MARKET FORCES THAN I THINK I COULD REALLY SPEAK TO, UM, WITH A LOT OF CONFIDENCE.

UM, SO, UM, SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT REALLY SURE LIKE IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S A 10 YEAR OR 15 OR 20.

UM, ONE THING I MIGHT ADD THOUGH IS THAT AS AND, UM, UH, MR. WAY SPOKE TO THAT, I THINK PRETTY EFFECTIVELY AS THE CORRIDOR IS REDEVELOPING AND ADDING MORE RESIDENTIAL USES, MANY OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL USES ARE GONNA BE SMALLER.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE GARAGE OR THE EXTRA STORAGE THAT YOU'RE, UH, MORE SUBURBAN STYLE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED.

AND SO WE FEEL THAT, UH, ESPECIALLY LIKE A CLIMATE CONTROLLED SMALLER UNIT, CONVENIENT STORAGE CAN BE A SUPPORTIVE PART OF A MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR.

GREAT.

AND THEN JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL UNITS, SO WOULD THIS SERVE, UH, MORE PEOPLE OR, YOU KNOW, SORT OF HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL CAPACITY ARE YOU EXPECTING IF THIS MOVE FORWARD OR AGAIN, IF AN ESTIMATE? UH, AGAIN, SOME OF THAT IS GONNA BE DEPENDENT ON THE SITE PLAN, WHICH IS BASED A LITTLE BIT ON DEPENDING THAT, UM, BUT WE ARE THINK LOOKING AT, UH, APPROXIMATELY FOUR STORIES MM-HMM.

OF, UH, OF, OF USE GOING UP.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

RIGHT.

UH, COMMISSIONER CONLEY, I'M LOOKING AROUND, MAKE SURE I DON'T FORGET.

I HAVE A QUESTION AND FIRST FOR THE APPLICANT AND THEN FOR STAFF AS WELL.

BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE EXAMPLES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY OF GENUINE MIXED USE THAT DOES INCORPORATE STORAGE WITH HOUSING, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

, I MEAN, STORAGE IS A NEED FOR TENANTS, UM, LOW INCOME FOLKS OR FOLKS WHO LIVE IN MORE COMPACT SPACES AND MOVE FREQUENTLY.

SO IT'S A GENUINE NEED.

UM, BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE FINDING WAYS TO INCORPORATE STORAGE IN REAL MIXED USE.

UM, WHY WOULD WE NOT TRY TO PURSUE A REAL MIXED USE IN ON THIS SITE RIGHT NOW? UM, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WOULD, WOULD THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRICTLY STORAGE FACILITY IN SOME WAYS SET US BACK, UM, TOWARDS, UM, PURSUING REAL MIXED USE ON THIS SITE? SURE.

UM, THAT, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

THERE ARE, THERE ARE EXAMPLES WHERE, UM, STORAGE USES AND HOUSING HAS BEEN, UM, DEVELOPED.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY IN AUSTIN.

UH, IT'S NOT REALLY A HOUSING MODEL THAT I, I THINK YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A NEW HOUSING MODEL IN AUSTIN AS FAR AS I'M, I'M AWARE.

UM, SO I THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT MARKETABILITY OF THAT.

UM, ALSO JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT, UH, MY CLIENT DOES IS THEY'RE NOT REALLY, UH, EQUIPPED TO BUILD AND MANAGE RESIDENTIAL USES.

SO FROM MY CLIENT'S PERSPECTIVE, YES, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT USES THAT WOULD GO WELL ON THERE.

UH, THERE'S SOME ENTERTAINMENT USES THAT WOULD GO WELL ON THE SITE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY DO.

UM, BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR THE MIXED USE ZONING SO THAT IN THE FUTURE IF SOMEONE WERE WANTING TO DO, UM, A MIXED USE PROJECT, THAT ZONING WOULD BE IN PLACE FOR A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT OUR, OUR VIEW, OUR OUR VISION AT THIS TIME.

OKAY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND, UM, I, I, I GUESS THE CONCERN IS SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS, IT'S TRUE THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LAND USE THAT INCORPORATES HOUSING IS, YOU KNOW, IN, INTO THIS KIND OF PROJECT IS WOULD, WOULD BE NEW FOR AUSTIN MM-HMM.

, BUT ALSO HAVING FUNCTIONAL URBAN LIGHT RAIL AND METRO RAPID SYSTEMS WOULD BE NEW TO AUSTIN.

RIGHT? SO WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW THINGS TO AUSTIN.

THAT'S GOOD.

AND I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT PUTTING A LOT OF NEW STORAGE SPACE INTO A FUTURE E T O D AREA, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, UM, THE WAY THAT PEOPLE ACCESS STORAGE, RIGHT.

PRIMARILY BY SINGLE OCCUPANCY MOTOR VEHICLES MM-HMM.

.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT HOW THIS STORAGE PLAN FITS INTO A POTENTIAL FUTURE E T O D PLAN, AND THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF IS, YOU KNOW, HAS THERE BEEN SOME THOUGHT TO HOW THIS BECOMES PART OF AN E T O D IN THE FUTURE? YES.

AND SORRY, SPENT TOO MUCH TIME WORDING MY QUESTION.

.

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THIS IS MY TIME.

GO AHEAD PLEASE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, SURE.

I I WOULD SAY EVEN IF IT DOESN'T SUPPORT RESIDENTIAL ON SITE, UM, THAT IT COULD STILL BE A USEFUL PART OF A MIX ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

NOT EVERY SITE IN A MIXED USE CORRIDOR IS GONNA INCLUDE EVERY POTENTIAL USE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF A VIBRANT MIXED USE CORRIDOR.

SO, UM, RIGHT NOW THE USES ARE PRETTY INDUSTRIAL AROUND IT.

UM, BUT AS THOSE ARE BEING REDEVELOPED AND AS MORE RESIDENTIAL IS BEING MOVED, THIS IS STILL NORTH OF 180 3, SO IT'S STILL PRETTY FAR NORTH ON THE E O CORRIDOR.

UM, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING, WE'RE WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM INDUSTRIAL ZONING TO COMMERCIAL MIXED USE, UH, TO ALLOW THE EXISTING USE TO EXPAND UP INSTEAD OF OUT AND TO ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE OF IT BEING REDEVELOPED WITH THE COMMERCIAL MIXED USE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

SURE.

UH, WHO'S, WHO RAISED THEIR HAND? YOU WANNA GIVE MORE TIME TO OH, OKAY.