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[Determination of Quorum / Meeting Called to Order]
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, CONVENE THIS, UH, MEETING AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.UH, THE DATE IS AUGUST 22ND, 2023.
AND WE'LL START WITH A ROLL CALL AND I'LL START WITH THOSE FOLKS, UH, ON THE DAIS HERE.
WE'LL START WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER WOODS HERE.
AND TO MY RIGHT, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER CZAR HERE.
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON HERE, COMMISSIONER HAYNES HERE, AND THEN, UH, ATTENDING VIRTUALLY.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA GO IN THE ORDER AS I SEE YOU GUYS.
UH, COMMISSIONER RA RAMIREZ HERE.
WE HAVE OUR A I S D BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OUR NEW EX-OFFICIO MEMBER, CANDACE HUNTER.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT, UH, YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HERE THIS EVENING.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, JUST AS I'M ABOUT TO
AND ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, THE A I SS D INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT MATTOS RA, UM, IS HERE THIS EVENING.
AND WITH THAT, I THINK THAT GIVES IT GET US PAST THE ROLL CALL.
UH, WE HAVE A FEW DISCUSSION ITEMS. UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONFIRM THE ORDER OF THOSE ITEMS. THEN, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY FOLKS HERE, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY OUT IN THE LOBBY.
UH, YOU'LL GET A, AN EMAIL ABOUT 15 MINUTES OUT, UH, IF YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UH, BUT YES, WE HAVE, UH, FOLKS SPEAKING BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON AS WELL AS COMMISSIONERS AS YOU CAN SEE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY AND, AND HERE ON THE DICE AS WELL.
UH, SO, UM, COMMISSIONERS, HAVE YOUR COLORED CARDS READY TO HELP ME COUNT VOTES.
THAT'S ALWAYS A STRUGGLE, BUT WE'RE GETTING BETTER AT IT.
UM, MR. RIVERA, DO WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION TODAY? CHAIR, COMMISSIONER LADIES ON ANDREW VERA.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMUNICATION THIS EVENING.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ROLL THOSE INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS, UH, COMMISSIONERS
[Consent Agenda]
ANY, UH, CHANGES OR COMMENTS TO THE AUGUST 8TH, 20, 23 MINUTES.SO WE'LL GO PUT THOSE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, FIRST ITEM TODAY IS WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THROUGH THE AGENDA AND IDENTIFY THOSE THAT'LL BE, UH, VOTED ON CONSENT.
AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE HONORS THERE.
SO, AS I SAID, UH, MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 8TH, 2023 MEETING.
UM, AND ITEM TWO, WE HAVE PLAN AMENDMENT N P A 20 22 0 0 2, 9 0.02 ANDERSON LANE, MIXED USE.
UH, THAT'S STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER 10TH.
ITEM THREE, A PLAN AMENDMENT N P A 20 23 0 0 1, 3 0 2 700.
DAWSON, UH, THAT IS APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 26.
AND THE COMPANION, UH, REZONING THREE B, UH, C 14 20 23 0 0 6 4 700.
DAWSON, UH, AS WELL, UH, POSTPONED TO, THAT'S AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO, UH, SEPTEMBER 26, ITEM FOUR, A PLAN AMENDMENT N P A 20 23 0 0 1, 6 0.01 SH LIFEWORKS THREE AT TILLERY.
UH, THAT'S POST STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 12TH, FOUR B, THE REZONING COMPANION REZONING CASE C 14 20 23 8 SH LIFEWORK THREE AT TILLERY, UH, STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 12TH.
UH, MOVING ON ITEM FIVE, REZONING C 14 20 22 0 1 63, UH, 1001 NORTH CAPITAL TEXAS HIGHWAY.
THAT IS STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER 10TH.
ITEM SIX, REZONING C 14 DASH 2023 DASH 0 4 5 DASH, UH, ADDRESS, 24 0 4 RUTLAND DRIVE, APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 12TH.
ITEM SEVEN, SITE PLAN EXTENSION SP 2017 DASH 3 8 7 C
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UMT TWO POWELL LANE, PLAZAS SITE PLAN EXTENSION AND ITEM IS ON CONSENT.ITEM EIGHT, MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN ORDINANCE UPDATE A V I A UPDATE TO THE 2012 M D O.
THAT HAS BEEN, UH, THAT IS A DISCUSSION ITEM THIS EVENING.
ITEM NINE I L A AMENDMENT, UH, AMENDMENT TO A I S D I L A, UH, THAT IS ALSO DISCUSSION ITEM THIS EVENING.
ITEM 10 L D C AMENDMENT, ZONING, THE APPLICATION PROCESSES AND DEADLINES.
UH, THIS ONE IS, UH, BEEN, THAT'S THE STAFF POSTPONEMENT TILL SEPTEMBER 26TH.
ITEM 11, L D C AMENDMENT UNO SIGNED.
CORRECTION, UH, THIS ITEM IS ON CONSENT.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING? I JUST HOLD FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE, UH, CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OF COMMISSIONER CZAR SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WOODS.
UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE THOSE ON THE DES IN FAVOR AND THOSE, UH, VIRTUALLY.
UH, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND POINT COMMISSIONER SCHULER, YOU'RE, UH, IN OBJECTION TO, UM, ITEM.
WHICH ITEM, JUST FOR THE RECORD? THE UNO, PLEASE.
SO, UH, JUST, UH, HAVE IT BE NOTED THAT ON ITEM 11, THE L C L D C AMENDMENT, NUNO SIGNED CORRECTION THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER MOOCH TOLER IS, UH, VOTING AGAINST THAT ITEM.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND KEEP IT ON CONSENT.
UH, SO THAT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST DISCUSSION CASE THIS EVENING.
UH, WE'LL GO AND KEEP THEM IN ORDER.
[8. Master Development Plan Ordinance update: ABIA Update to the 2012 MDO]
EIGHT, UH, THE A B I A UPDATE TO THE 2012 M D O.SO WE'LL START WITH THE PRESENTATION FROM STAFF.
UH, KEITH MARS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN, UH, SUMMER SCHINDLER IS THE CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR, UH, A B I A, UH, NOW CALLED A U SS.
YOU NEED TO GET FAMILIAR TO CALLING IT A U S UH, I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF, OF WHAT IS PROPOSED AND WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
UH, ALSO, ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARE WATERSHED PROTECTION RELATED, OR, AGAIN, AIRPORT OF COLLEAGUES HERE FOR THAT.
SO, WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS AN UPDATE TO THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE FOR THE AUSTIN AIRPORT.
UH, THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, UH, REQUIRED AN UPDATE EVERY 10 YEARS.
WE, IN 2022, WE PROVIDED A ONE YEAR EXTENSION, AND THEN WE'RE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ACTUALLY FORMALIZE THAT FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS MOVING FORWARD.
THE BIG TAKEAWAYS FOR THE COMMISSION IS THAT UNLIKE, UH, MUCH DEVELOPMENT, THE, THE AIRPORT IS, IS A CAMPUS.
UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CAN STRUGGLE WITH THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
'CAUSE THERE WAS NOT CONTEMPLATION OF THAT NECESSARILY FOR SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE.
WHAT THIS ORDINANCE ALLOWS IS FOR THE CITY TO TREAT THE AIRPORT AS A CAMPUS, AS A SITE AT LARGE.
SO WHAT THIS ENABLES IS FOR THE CITY TO TREAT THE AIRPORT AS ONE SITE PLAN SO THAT IT CAN BE LOOKED AT COMPREHENSIVELY, LOOKED AT AS A CAMPUS, SO THAT WHEN BUILDINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED OR DEMOLISHED, WHEN UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS ARE DONE, IT CAN BE HOLISTICALLY AND TO MEET THE AIRPORT'S NEEDS.
THERE IS ALSO SOME UNIQUE FEATURES TO THIS THAT MY COLLEAGUES IN WATERSHED PROTECTION CAN ELABORATE ON IN BOTH PROXIMITY TO ONION CREEK, BUT THEN ALSO HOW WE THE CITY TREAT STORM WATER, UH, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, TO THE IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT IS AT THE AIRPORT.
ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT MAKES THE AIRPORT VERY UNIQUE IS THAT THIS WAS ALSO, UH, A US AIR FORCE BASE PRIOR TO THE CITY TAKING, RECEIVING OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF CONSIDERATIONS WITH IMPROVEMENTS THAT EXIST TODAY.
AGAIN, THE TAKEAWAYS FOR THIS COMMISSION IS CO OR THAT THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES US TO TAKE THIS BACK EVERY 10 YEARS.
THAT ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT THE SITE COMPREHENSIVELY.
UH, AND THEN ALSO IT ALLOWS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO, AGAIN, TREAT THIS AS A SYSTEM SO THAT ON THE REGULATORY AND ENTITLEMENT FRONT, WE CAN GO SLOW WITH AN ORDINANCE, SO THAT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO CONSTRUCT, WE THE CITY CAN GO QUICKLY WITH, WITH ENVISIONING WHAT THE AIRPORT IS INTENDED TO BE FOR THE CITY AND, AND STREAMLINING THAT PROCESS AS BEST WE CAN.
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I'LL PAUSE THERE AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.AND AS MENTIONED, MY COLLEAGUES WITH THE AIRPORT AND WATERSHED PROTECTION ARE HERE AS WELL.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
IT'S, UH, READY FOR CLOSURE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
COMMISSIONER ZA SECOND ABOUT COMMISSIONER MAXWELL.
DO WE HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO CLOSING THE HEARING? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AND MOVE ON.
COMMISSIONERS, I THINK, UH, WE HAVE SOME Q AND A ON THIS ONE.
HE WANTS TO START US OFF HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER COX, UM, AS MUCH AS I WISH I COULD VOTE ON THIS ITEM, I AM PART OF THE CONSULTANT TEAM WORKING ON THE AIRPORT EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
SO I BELIEVE I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS CONVERSATION AND THE VOTE.
ARE WE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, TURN OFF YOUR, UH, SO WE CAN'T SEE YOU? IS THAT HOW WE DO THIS? OKAY.
SO YOU'LL BE GONE FOR THIS ITEM.
UH, WHO HAS FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER TO COMMISSIONER MOOCH TO NOT HEARING
YEAH, GO AHEAD AND KICK US OFF.
UM, I WANTED TO THANK, UM, MR. KEITH MARS FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, AND JUST BE FOR THE PURPOSES OF PUBLIC, I'M GONNA ASK SOME SILLY QUESTIONS, BUT AT LEAST LEAST WANT THEM TO BE ON THE RECORD SO THEY'RE IN THE PUBLIC RECORD SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, AND SO I WANTED TO, THERE WAS, UM, A WEB RESOURCE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THAT HAS INFORMATION.
SO I THOUGHT WE MIGHT SHARE THAT ON THE PUBLIC RECORD.
UM, IS SOMEBODY ABLE TO, UH, UH, THIS IS, UH, I'M SUMMER SCHINDLER.
I'M CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER AT THE, UM, AUSTIN AIRPORT.
UM, IF YOU GO TO FLY AUSTIN.COM, THERE IS A, UH, DROPDOWN REGARDING THE EXPANSION PROGRAM JOURNEY WITH AUSTIN, JOURNEY WITH A U S.
AND WHEN YOU GO THERE, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE CURRENT ACTIVE PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE FUTURE PROJECTS AS, UM, COMING UP.
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OUR PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE DONE, NOT ONLY AT THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, BUT ALSO INDUSTRY DAY AND OUTREACH THAT SHOW THE EXTENT OF THE PROGRAM AND UPCOMING CONTRACTS AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, INFORMATION.
AND THEN, UM, CAN WE JUST MENTION BRIEFLY, UM, THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALSO OPEN, THE PUBLIC CAN ATTEND THOSE OR, AND HEAR THOSE AND MAKE COMMENTARY AS WELL, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY? YES.
THEY'RE, UM, EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 3:00 PM AT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUIL BUILDING.
UM, AND, UH, THIS ORDINANCE WAS BROUGHT TO THEM THIS MONTH AS WELL, ON AUGUST 9TH, AND WE BROUGHT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION IN JULY.
THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, SO I'LL, I'LL RELINQUISH THE REST OF MY TIME.
UM, ANYBODY EL I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, UH, ONE THING THAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND LATELY, JUST, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, UH, THE HEAT AND THE WATER DROUGHT ISSUES THAT, UH, SEEM TO BE, UM, KIND OF IN FRONT OF US CURRENTLY AND IN FRONT OF US IS WHAT, UH, DOES THIS CAMPUS PLAN HAVE ANY INCORPORATE INNOVATION AS FAR AS WATER USE AND REUSE? IS, UH, DOES IT HAVE ANY ELEMENTS OF, UH, WATER MANAGEMENT? WELL, PART OF THE, THE PROGRAM WE ARE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANNA DO, WHETHER IT'S WITH WATERSHED OR WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR FACILITIES, IS INCLUDE INNOVATIVE MEASURES IN, UM, WATER CONSERVATION, WATER FORWARD, UM, PLANS TO REUSE, YOU KNOW, WATER COLLECTION INTO TOILETS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, UM, ARE PLANNED.
UM, BUT WE ARE IN VERY, VERY EARLY STAGES OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.
WE JUST NOW HAVE KICKED OFF OUR PROGRAM DEFINITION DOCUMENT PHASE FOR BOTH THE CONCOURSE AND OUR CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL START TO GET INCORPORATED INTO OUR PLAN.
AND THEN ONE OF THE ITEMS IN THE COVER LETTER, IT SAYS, ADDRESSES,
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UH, THIS, THE, THERE'S FIVE ITEMS, UH, CALLS THAT HIGHLIGHTS TO THE M D O, UM, IS, UM, CAUSE THAT ADDRESSES VEGETATION CONFLICT WITH FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION PROTECTED AEROSPACE REQUIREMENTS.COULD YOU GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THAT ONE? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I COULD BEAR YOUR, I APOLOGIZE.
UH, I, ON YOUR LETTER, UH, UH, IS A HIGHLIGHT ADDRESSES VEGETATION CONFLICT WITH F A A PROTECTED AIRSPACE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, COULD YOU ELABORATE ON THAT ONE A LITTLE MORE? UM, YEAH.
MOST OF WHEN THOSE VEGETATIVE REQUIREMENTS, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT, UM, YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT, IS REGARDING WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.
UM, SO, UM, AREAS WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING WHERE WE USE VEGETATED FILTER STRIPS VERSUS WATER QUALITY PONDS SO THAT WE CAN MITIGATE THOSE WILDLIFE, UM, WATER ATTRACTS BIRDS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
AND, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO MITIGATE THAT ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO TREES, UM, THAT WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE CERTAIN MEASURES TO ABIDE BY THOSE F A A REGULATIONS TO PRESERVE LIFE AND PROPERTY.
AND, UH, ALSO JUST QUICKLY, THE ITEM, UH, IT SAYS IMPLEMENT CAMPUS-WIDE APPROACH TO EXCEED WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS.
UH, I WAS INTERESTED A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THAT ONE TOO.
THAT'S, I'M JUST READING THE COVER LETTER.
UM, I THINK THERE ARE PARTS OF AN AIRPORT, OR I KNOW THERE ARE PART OF THE AIRPORTS THAT, UM, SOMETIMES GO AGAINST MAYBE SOME OF THE MISSIONS OF, OF WATER PROTECTION.
SO WE WANNA LOOK AT A CAMPUS AS A WHOLE, SO WHERE, WHERE WE CAN'T MEET, WE WANT TO EXCEED IN OTHER AREAS.
UM, AND SO, AND THEN ALSO, UM, KEEPING TRACK OF, I'M GONNA SAY LIKE IMPERVIOUS COVER, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS IN THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO MANAGING THOSE SORTS OF, UM, THE TRACKING, I CAN, I THINK THAT'S IT.
OR YOU WANNA JUMP ON JUST TO, UH, LIZ JOHNSTON WITH THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.
UM, JUST TO ADD ON TO WHAT SUMMER MENTIONED, UM, WE ARE ALSO COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH, UM, THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY AREAS WITHIN THE CAMPUS FOR ADDITIONAL WATER QUALITY TREATMENT THAT DOESN'T EXIST NOW.
SO THESE WOULD BE BETTERMENTS FROM WHAT IS, UM, THERE, UM, UH, NOW, SO EACH SITE PLAN THAT COMES IN DOES NEED TO MEET CODE AS FAR AS, UM, WATER QUALITY TREATMENT, EXCEPT IN THE CONFINED DEVELOPMENT AREA.
BUT WE, THERE ARE OTHER AREAS, UM, THAT COULD BENEFIT.
AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER AS, UH, DEPARTMENTS ON THOSE ITEMS. AND LASTLY, SOME OF THE, HIS, UH, MENTIONED THE PREVIOUS USE OF THE AIR FORCE BASE.
ARE, ARE WE STILL DEALING WITH HISTORICAL CONTAMINATION AT THE AS WE EXPAND, OR HAS THAT BEEN, HAS THAT ALL BEEN REMEDIED OR IS THAT STILL THOSE ARE STILL THINGS THAT, UM, WE MONITOR.
BUT AS, AS FAR AS, UM, IN BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE HAVE BEEN ABATED AND WE ARE DEMOLISHING THOSE BUILDINGS.
ANY SORT OF GROUNDWATER ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE TESTING NOW AND, AND TO MAKE SURE WHETHER IT'S PRESENT OR NOT PRESENT, WE CAN PROTECT THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN THE FUTURE.
SO THOSE ARE STILL THINGS THAT WE, UM, ENCOUNTER AND, AND MITIGATE AND, AND PLAN AROUND.
IT PRETTY MUCH GOT ANSWERED, BUT I DO WANNA SORT OF ASK IT IN THE PUBLIC FORUM.
AND IT WAS JUST UNDERSTANDING, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, ESSENTIALLY WHATEVER WORK HAPPENS AT THE AIRPORT DOES HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AS PART OF THE F D A PROCESS OR, OR AT LEAST SORT OF MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL PIECES.
UM, WE RECENTLY, JUST LAST FALL, WE GOT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT APPROVED FOR THE EXPANSION PROGRAM, UM, INCLUSIVE OF UP TO 20 GATES IN THE, UH, MIDFIELD, TAXIWAY, RELOCATION, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF WHAT THAT'S APPROVED ON ITS OWN A WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT SORT OF, UM, UM, ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO, UM, CURRENTLY WHAT'S IN THERE RIGHT NOW, UM, 20 GATES TUNNEL, THE EXPANSION OR, UM, OF ARRIVALS, DEPARTURE HALL, RELOCATION OF THOSE, THE ROADS, UM, ARE ALREADY INCLUDED IN AN EA THAT WAS APPROVED LAST FALL.
AND AS PART OF THAT FEDERAL PROCESS, THERE IS A SORT OF A, I DON'T WANNA SAY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT THERE'S LIKE A PUBLIC PROCESS YES.
THAT FOLLOWS THROUGH WITH THAT.
AND THOSE ARE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WE CANNOT WAIVE AND WILL ALWAYS BE APPLIED.
UM, THOSE ARE, UM, UH, UH, A PRE-PROCESS AND THEN WHEN THE DRAFT EA IS ALSO POSTED AS WELL AND THOSE ARE REQUIRED.
UM, AND, UM, WE'VE ALSO, UH, THE AIRPORTS, UM, UH, MADE PROMISES OR, UH, SENT, UM, MEMO TO
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COUNCIL MAYOR REGARDING ANY FUTURE FUEL FACILITY STORAGE THAT THOSE WILL GO THROUGH ANY EA PROCESS AS WELL FOR THOSE.I, I REALLY APPRECIATE, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH WAS I THINK JUST FOR FOLKS TO KNOW THAT AS WE GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE JET FUEL OR OTHER MM-HMM.
THAT COMMITMENT WAS MADE, UM, BY THE AIRPORT TO THE CITY.
UM, AND I DO WANNA APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE ON THIS AND THE, UM, AND THE ADDENDUMS AS WELL.
YEAH, I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS RELATING TO, UM, SORT OF TRANSIT AND ACCESS TO THE AIRPORT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH PROJECT CONNECT AND THEORETICALLY, AND OUR NEXT PHASE, UH, WOULD INCLUDE AN AIRPORT EXPANSION AND OBVIOUSLY I, THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THIS ROUND OF PROJECTS AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED IN A TERMS OF A LONG-TERM PLAN AND ALSO WOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL PROJECTS OR IS THIS SORT OF THE SET FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS? HOW ARE YOU ALL THINKING ABOUT THAT? UM, SO YES, THAT STATION IS PLANNED FOR IN OUR MASTER PLAN.
UM, IT COMES OUT TO THE OUTER NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND TO WHERE RIGHT THROUGH THE PARKING AREA AND THE STATION'S PLANNED IN BETWEEN THE TWO, THE, UM, PARKING GARAGE AND, UM, CONSOLIDATED RENTAL FACILITY.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE PLANNED AND WE HAVE THE PLANNED RIGHT OF WAYS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THAT THERE.
NOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUOUSLY PLAN AND ARE PART OF THE PROJECT CONNECT PLANNING ACTIVITIES AND COORDINATION TO ENSURE THAT THAT ALIGNMENT STAYS THERE AND THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.
SO ESSENTIALLY WE, SO ESSENTIALLY IF WE MANAGE TO GET THE FUNDING AT SOME POINT WE SORT OF FUTURE PROOF THE PLAN SO THAT THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE.
AND RELATED TO THAT, JUST TO UNDERSTAND, YOU ALL USUALLY DO THESE IN A SORT OF 10 YEAR CYCLE, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
SO WE WOULD EXPECT THE NEXT REVISION TO HAVE SOME DIFFERENT PROJECTS PERHAPS RELATED TO THOSE TRANSIT UPGRADES.
IS THAT CORRECT? UM, WE WOULD EVALUATE, UM, THIS ORDINANCE WITH THAT.
WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS TIME IS KNOWING THE EXPANSION PROGRAM SO WELL, UM, KNOWING WHAT WE HAD TO DO, WE COULD, UH, WORK WITH WATERSHED AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO ACTUALLY, UM, UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO, UM, WHICH WAS A REAL BENEFIT THIS TIME.
UM, SO WE KNOW THE PLAN FOR THE NEXT, UH, EIGHT YEARS PR PRETTY WELL ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO, UM, TO CATCH UP.
SO THAT WAS, IT WAS A REAL BENEFIT THIS TIME.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT AVIATION SORT OF STANDARDS CHANGE BIGGER PLANES, MORE PEOPLE.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF GROWTH AT THE AIRPORT.
AND DO YOU ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT SORT OF THE PLAN THAT'S IN PLACE NOW AND THESE ADJUSTMENTS WILL REALLY HELP US MANAGE THE GROWTH OF THE AUSTIN AIRPORT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS? YEAH, SO THIS, UM, WITH OUR INTERIM PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY AND STARTING CONSTRUCTION, THAT WILL HELP PROVIDE RELIEF.
WE DO THINK THAT, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION OVER THE NEXT EIGHT TO 10 YEARS WILL GET US, UM, EVEN WITH THE GROWTH OF 5.5% YEAR OVER YEAR CAN GET US THROUGH LIKE 2035 TO 2040.
AND SO IT'S A BALANCING OF WORKING WITH OUR AREA AIRLINE PARTNERS AND RECONCILING, RECONCILING A PLAN THAT WORKS FOR THEM AS WELL.
AND I APPRECIATE STAFF WORK ON THIS.
UM, AND THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, CHAIR.
WE STILL HAVE A FEW MORE SPOTS LEFT.
ANYONE WANTS TO TAKE THEM? OKAY.
IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, COMMISSIONER ZA CHAIR MOVE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION? WE HAVE A SECOND.
UH, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, UH, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION, MR. AZAR? UM, I'LL, I'LL JUST QUICKLY SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK ANYBODY WHO'S TRAVELED AND USED OUR AIRPORTS IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO REALIZES WE REALLY NEED TO GET SOME OF THIS WORK DONE.
I THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I WANNA APPRECIATE STAFF'S WORK ON THAT.
AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE WORK WE'RE DOING.
AND I ALSO WANNA APPRECIATE STAFF'S SORT OF, UM, WORKING THROUGH THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE AND THE WAY THOSE TABLES ARE DRAWN UP AND THE DETAILS.
I JUST WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE AIRPORT IS DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENTS AND LIVING UP, UP TO THE COMMITMENTS AND BEYOND THEM.
UM, SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
UH, ANY SPEAKING AGAINST THIS ITEM? NOT SEEING ANY, UH, ANY OTHERS WANNA SPEAK IN FAVOR BEFORE WE GO AND TAKE A VOTE? ALL RIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS ITEM? ANY, UH, PUTTING NEGATIVE? I SEE.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO, AND THIS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. MARS FOR HIS PROMOTION.
YOU SHOULD LOOK, YOU LOOK REALLY GOOD.
AND ALSO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU
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TO OUR DEPARTMENTS.UM, OUR STAFF, THE STAFF AT WATERSHED AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WAS A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS AND IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THIS SORT OF COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH EVERYONE.
[9. ILA Amendment: Amendment To AISD ILA]
UH, MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM.WE HAVE, UM, THE I L A ITEM NINE AMENDMENT TO A I S D I L A.
AND WE'LL GO AND START WITH, UM, STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS
I, I, I'M HERE AGAIN BEFORE YOU, UH, KEITH MARS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
SO BEFORE YOU ON THIS ONE IS THE AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
I, I'M GOING TO HIT SOME, SOME BROAD TOPICS TO HELP ORIENT YOU TO WHAT THIS IS.
AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO OUR COLLEAGUES WITH THE AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO GO THROUGH A PRESENTATION FOR YOU.
I THINK SOME IMPORTANT GROUNDING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU NORMALLY SEE.
SO, STATE LAW AUTHORIZES MUNICIPALITIES TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND OTHER, OTHER TOPICS.
BUT THIS ONE IS SPECIFIC TO DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY ARE CONSIDERED PEER FORMS OF GOVERNMENT.
SO THEREFORE, IN ORDER FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND BROKER AN AGREEMENT THAT IS THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, WE HAVE TRIED TO KEEP THIS VERY TIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 'CAUSE THERE ARE OTHER MATTERS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO BOTH THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THOSE HAVE BEEN MEMORIALIZED AND OTHER INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENTS.
SO, TAKING YOU BACK TO 1994 WAS THE FIRST AGREEMENT BETWEEN AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY ON THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT HAS BEEN, UH, AMENDED, UH, I WON'T SAY REPLACED, BUT HAS BEEN AMENDED A NUMBER OF TIMES SINCE THEN.
ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS OF GETTING THIS IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY TO OUR CITY COUNCIL AND ALSO A I S D, UH, BOARD IS THE, THE, THE RECENTLY PASSED BOND INITIATIVE.
AND THERE ARE MANY ELEMENTS TO THAT, SIMILAR TO, THERE'S SOME SIMILAR ELEMENTS TO THE AIRPORT OF THE, THOUGH THESE ARE DISPARATE LOCATIONS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE ALL PART OF THE SAME SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND THIS IS OUR ABILITY TO COME TOGETHER AS TWO FORMS OF GOVERNMENT TO TRY AND RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF BOTH EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, BUT ALSO THAT THERE'S A HUNDRED PLUS LOCATIONS IN THE CITY.
SO THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, IT, IT DOES REFLECT THE NEEDS.
IT DOES REFLECT ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS COMING TOGETHER, WORKING WITH OUR PEERS AND OUR PARTNERS WITH THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY IS, HAS STAFF SUPPORT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR A SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ELEMENTS OF IMPERVIOUS COVER, YOU'RE GONNA SEE ELEMENTS OF SETBACKS.
UH, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ELEMENTS OF THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS AND INSPECTION ITSELF.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE US ALSO TRY AND RIGHT SIZE APPLICATION OR RIGHT SIZE, UH, DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, UH, BOTH BUILDING AND THEN ALSO LAND USE ELEMENTS TO BOTH THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF A SCHOOL, BUT THEN ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THEIR NEEDS CAN CHANGE DRAMATICALLY FROM SOME OF OUR MOST URBAN SCHOOLS THAT ARE ON POSTAGE POSTER SIZE LOTS, ALL THE WAY TO SOME OF THE LARGER CAMPUSES.
UH, WE'VE ALSO TRIED TO BE VERY RESPECTFUL TO THE HARD WORK THAT HAVE BEEN DONE FROM OUR COLLEAGUES, BOTH FROM THE, THE POLICY LEVEL AND STAFF LEVEL DECADES OF WORK ON, SAY, BARTON SPRING ZONE, WHERE ELEMENTS ARE NOT BEING CONTEMPLATED, UH, OR, OR TOUCHED WITH THE, WITH THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
UH, I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO YOU TONIGHT IS SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF, UH, I KNOW WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, UH, AND, AND VERY HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU, UH, AND, AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SEE WHERE, WHERE, WHERE WE AS A COMMUNITY TAKE THIS.
UH, I'M GONNA PAUSE THERE AND, UH, PASS IT ON TO MY COLLEAGUES WITH THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT I BELIEVE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU.
I BELIEVE WE'LL FIRST HEAR FROM, UH, SUPERINTENDENT RA.
MR. KORA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.
I AM THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I'M AMAZED AT HOW EFFICIENT Y'ALL ARE TODAY.
UH, OUR BOARD MEETINGS SOMETIMES WILL GO LATE INTO THE EVENING, IF NOT THE EARLY MORNING.
SO, UH, COMMEND YOU FOR THE EFFICIENCY.
UM, SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
UH, I DO WANT TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO CITY STAFF.
THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING, UM, WORK PIECE OF WORK FOR THE LAST MANY, MANY MONTHS, WELL OVER A YEAR.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO REINFORCE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, A I S D ONLY EXISTS TO SUPPORT EDUCATION.
LIKE THAT IS THE ONLY REASON THAT
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WE EXIST.AND AS PART OF THAT REQUIRES MULTITUDE OF MULTITUDE OF THINGS, INCLUDING SAFETY, SECURITY, THE WAY THAT WE EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS, IT HAS CHANGED OVER THE COURSE OF, OF DECADES.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS STEWARDS OF THESE INVESTMENTS AND SUPPORTING EDUCATION WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS GET WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY NEED.
UH, AND SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I WANT TO POINT OUT AS I FLIP THROUGH THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN DO THIS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED IN THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM IS THAT IF WE INVEST AND WE DO IT IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY, WE CAN HONOR THE LEGACY OF OUR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, BRING ALL OF OUR FACILITIES UP TO SAFETY AND SECURITY STANDARDS, CREATE WELCOMING SPACES FOR OUR EDUCATORS AND STAFF, AND AT THE SAME TIME, REDUCE THE BURDEN ON A GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET.
RIGHT? THESE INEFFICIENCIES COST US TREMENDOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND WITHOUT THESE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN PROGRAMMING AND COMPENSATION, WHICH IS REALLY WHERE THE DOLLARS NEED TO GO.
AND SO, AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS WORK THAT'S, THAT'S OCCURRED, UM, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY.
YOU KNOW, AS, UM, KEITH MENTIONED, UH, WE DID RECENTLY PASS A $2.44 BILLION BOND PROGRAM AT A 74% APPROVAL RATING.
AND IT WAS A, AN APPROACH THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS NEVER TAKEN ON BEFORE.
IT WAS TRULY AN EQUITABLE APPROACH.
AND THOSE INVESTMENTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY ARE REFLECTIVE OF IT.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT $2.44 BILLION, ABOUT 72% OF IT ARE GOING TO TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS THAT SERVE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED STUDENT GROUPS, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENT GROUPS, BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS AND INCLUSIVE MODELS.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE WITHIN THIS BOND PROGRAM.
BUT HERE'S THE OTHER CHALLENGE, IS THAT WE'RE OPERATING IN AN INCREDIBLY ESCALATED MARKET, AND TIME DOES MATTER, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPEN SCHOOL A WEEK LATE TWO WEEKS LATE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THINK ABOUT ALL THE TIME IS, YOU KNOW, A WEEK LATE IS REALLY A SEMESTER LATE, AND THAT'S A SEMESTER THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT GONNA BE IN THESE IMPROVED BUILDINGS.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE IMPROVED, UH, FACILITIES OR SUPPORTS.
AND THAT INCLUDES OUR STAFF AS WELL.
AND WE OFTEN ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT, OH, THAT MY TIME.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I HAD THAT.
UH, BUT ANY CASE, OKAY, I'LL JUST KNOCK IT OUT REAL QUICK AS I MOVE THROUGH IT.
UM, YOU HEARD ME TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, EVERY CAMPUS DOES GET, UH, AN INVESTMENT BY WAY OF THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM, BUT THESE ARE LARGE, COMPREHENSIVE PROJECTS, ONES THAT WILL TRULY CHANGE, UH, THE ENVIRONMENT THAT OUR STUDENTS WITHIN.
AND THE ONE THING THAT I WANNA REINFORCE, AND I I TRUSTEES TALK TO TRUSTEES ALL THE TIME ABOUT I TALK TO, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF, IS THAT WE ARE A PROCESS ORIENTED, UH, TRANSPARENT ORIENTED ENTITY.
AND SO AS WE MOVED THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UH, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AS A LEADER OF THE ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT WE FOLLOWED A PROCESS THAT WAS FAMILIAR TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
ONE THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN COULD SUPPORT.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THE NOTIFICATIONS, UM, RECEIVING FEEDBACK, HAVING CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT THIS MEANS, UH, IN MY MIND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SUPPORT IT AND, AND SEE WHERE THIS GOES.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UM, WE ARE WELL UNDERWAY.
THE BOND JUST PASSED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, GIVEN THE SCALE AT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING NOW.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OFF, UH, TO DAVE ANDERSON, UH, AND CHARLIE TO CARRY US TO THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION BY, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UH, HERE SHORTLY.
AND AFTER, UH, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
I WILL, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, AFTER, UH, MR. ANDERSON, UM, THERE'S NOT ANOTHER SPEAKER OR IS THERE? CORRECT.
SO WE'LL HAVE A CONTINUOUS THROUGH THE REBUTTAL OF A TOTAL OF NINE MINUTES.
UH, INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT GERRICK COMMISSIONERS DAVE ANDERSON WITH THE GENERAL GROUP.
WE'VE HAD THE ABSOLUTE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE 2017 BOND, AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM IN THE 22 20 22 BOND.
UH, BUT THIS, THIS PIECE OF WORK HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
AND SEEING IT HERE BEFORE YOU COMMISSIONERS IS, IS, IS REALLY EXCITING.
SO THE REQUEST TONIGHT, UM, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS ARE A FUNCTION OR A PART, UH, OF CODIFIED STATE LAW, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TWO 12.902.
THE EXISTING I L A BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS EXPIRING IN 2024.
BY THE WAY, WE ALREADY EXTENDED IT DURING THE 2017 BOND, AND WE EXTENDED IT SO THAT THE RULES
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OF DESIGN WOULDN'T CHANGE AS WE GOT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH THAT.AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW IS MAKE SURE THAT WE SET THOSE RULES FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION NOW, SO WE HAVE A CONSISTENT, EFFICIENT USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT GETS KIDS IN, IN DESKS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN THESE NEW FACILITIES.
UH, L E C 25 1 9 0 2 REQUIRES US TO BRING THIS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IT IS A CODIFIED PROCESS, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING.
OUR HUMBLE REQUEST IS THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION TONIGHT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE TIME CONSTRAINTS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT, UH, DISCUSSED.
I SENT YOU ALL A VERY, VERY LONG SLIDE DECK THIS MORNING BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BREAK THIS DOWN TO SOMETHING THAT'S MANAGEABLE.
WE COULDN'T PRODUCE A RED LINE BECAUSE WE'VE MOVED SECTIONS AROUND AND IT JUST IS NOT READABLE.
SO THE INTENT WITH THIS MORNING'S, UH, PRESENTATION WAS TO WALK YOU THROUGH SECTION BY SECTION WHAT, UH, THE CHANGES ARE.
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO FURTHER, UH, DRILL DOWN ON WHAT I THINK, AND IT'S MY OPINION ON WHAT I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS MOST INTERESTED IN.
WE ARE OPEN TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON EVERYTHING.
YOU HAVE THE FULL DRAFT DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU.
YOU HAVE MY LENGTHY PRESENTATION, BUT THE INTENT IS FOR ME TO JUST, UH, FOCUS ON THE CHECK MARKED, UH, AREAS.
ARTICLE THREE IS A NEW ARTICLE IN THIS, UH, IN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
UH, IT IS INTENDED TO PROMOTE INTERACTION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN, ESPECIALLY THE PLANNING, UH, ROLES THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS.
WHEN I WAS CHAIR OF PLANNING COMMISSION, WE HAD THE GREAT FORTUNE OF A I S D RE-ENGAGING AND COMING BACK AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS AND ATTENDING MEETINGS.
AND I'M SO THRILLED TO SEE, UH, TRUSTEE HUNTER DOING THAT NOW.
AND SO THIS IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THAT, AND CODIFIED WOULD BE CODIFIED IN THE INTERLOCAL THAT WOULD PROMOTE THAT COOPER CONTINUED COOPERATION.
ARTICLE FOUR IS, IS, UH, ADDRESSES ZONING.
ZONING WASN'T REALLY ADDRESSED IN THE FIRST, UH, IN THE EXISTING INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT.
UH, SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, 4.1 STATES THAT, UH, THESE ARE THE SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT WOULD APPLY TO SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, DESIGN FLORIDA AREA RATIO MINIMUM, LOT SIZE, MINIMUM LOT WIDTH.
THESE ARE, UH, THE, THE INTERLOCAL NOW SPECIFIES THAT THE, THERE ARE NOT LIMITATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE, UH, CONCEPTS.
MINIMUM SETBACKS, UH, I'LL, I'LL SHOW YOU A TABLE IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE HAVE REDUCED THE MINIMUM SETBACK THE WAY THE CURRENT SETBACKS ARE.
UH, IT DEPENDS ON THE ZONING, ON THE ZONING, BUT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS FOR, FOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITY CONSTRUCTION, THE MINIMUM SETBACK IS 10, AND THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN'T DO WITHIN THE 10.
UH, BUT I'LL GET TO A TABLE THAT'LL CLARIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AGAIN, FURTHER, UH, CLARIFICATIONS BUILDING COVERAGE, UM, WILL BE SPECIFIED THAT NO BUILDING COVERAGE LIMITATIONS SHALL BE APPLIED IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, IMPERVIOUS COVER WILL BE, UH, GOVERNED STRICTLY BY WATERSHED, UH, REGULATION AREAS, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
TRAFFIC IMPACT THAT NATALIE SEES.
UH, THE EXISTING INTERLOCAL STATES THAT NO TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS ARE REQUIRED.
UH, THIS SECTION IS REVISED TO STATE THAT, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO NOTE THAT, UH, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, A CIRCULATION ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN GET BY BICYCLE OR PEDESTRIAN OR IN CARS.
WE CAN LOOK AT HOW THE FACILITY FUNCTIONS.
IT'S JUST NOT A TRADITIONAL, UH, UH, T I A FROM A COMPATIBILITY PERSPECTIVE.
THIS IS LOT, THESE ARE LOTS OF WORDS AND HEIGHT, BUT I'M GONNA GO HERE.
SO EXISTING I L A IS THE SECOND COLUMN PROPOSED.
I L A, UH, IS THE THIRD COLUMN.
THE EXISTING I L A STATES THAT THERE'S NO STRUCTURES, UH, WITHIN 15 FEET OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL OR ZONING.
IT ALSO STATES THAT FROM 15 TO 25 FEET FROM THE SAME, THERE ARE SIDE AND REAR YARD SETBACKS FROM, UH, FROM THE PROPOSED INTERLOCAL, WE'RE REDUCING THE MINIMUM SETBACK TO 10.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM SETBACK TO 10, BUT WE'RE ALSO SPECIFYING THAT LESS THAN 25 FEET FROM RESIDENTIAL USE OR ZONING CANNOT HAVE ANY INTENSIVE RECREATIONAL USES.
SO NO BUILDINGS WITHIN 10 FEET, NO SCHOOL BUILDINGS WITHIN 10 FEET AND NO INTENSIVE RECREATIONAL USES, UH, WITHIN 25 FEET.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT 25 FEET, THERE'S NO
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REAR FRONT SIDE, SO IT DOES PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BUFFER, UH, BUT ALLOWS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALSO FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS TO USE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE FACILITY FROM A, FROM A HEIGHT PER, FROM A HEIGHT.PLEASE, PLEASE, YEAH, PLEASE CONTINUE.
FROM A HEIGHT PERSPECTIVE, THE FORMER MAXIMUM HEIGHT, UH, FOR FACILITIES IN THE EXISTING INTERLOCAL WAS 60 FEET.
WE'RE PROPOSING A HUNDRED FEET.
AND THE REASON WE PROPOSE A HUNDRED FEET IS THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL REASONS.
ONE, TRANSOMS AND, UH, FACILITIES, STRUCTURAL FACILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH GYMNASIUMS REQUIRE, UH, ADDITIONAL HEIGHT.
IN FACT, MCCALLUM GOT A SPECIAL PROVISION IN A PREVIOUS AMENDMENT TO GET UP TO 85 FEET.
IN ADDITION FOR CONSTRAINED SITES, WE WANT THE ABILITY TO GO HIGHER IF WE NEED TO.
UH, I THINK YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH EXISTING COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
THAT'S SHOWN, UH, ON THE, UNDER THE EXISTING I L A, THE PROPOSED I L A IS A IS DIFFERENT.
IT IS A 45 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT, UH, WITHIN 60 FEET OF RESIDENTIAL ZONING, AND THEN A HUNDRED AFTER THAT.
AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK TO SCHOOL DESIGNERS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF, THEY SAID WHEN WE DO, UH, GYMNASIUMS, WHEN WE DO THEATER AREAS, THOSE ARE GENERALLY GONNA BE LOCATED AWAY FROM, UH, NEIGHBORING, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS OR NEIGHBORING USES.
SO WE WANT THAT ABILITY TO HAPPEN.
WE WANT THAT HEIGHT TO HAPPEN IN THE CENTER.
UH, AND TALKING WITH CITY STAFF, UH, PLANNING STAFF, WE CAME UP WITH, UM, THE 60 FOOT SETBACK AND 45 FEET OF HEIGHT, UH, WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT SETBACK.
PLATTING, THIS IS A CLARIFICATION FROM THE EXISTING INTERLOCAL BECAUSE, UH, IT'S A JURISDICTION OF THE STATE THAT HAS CONDEMNATION AUTHORITY.
THE CITY'S POS POSITION IS THAT THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES NOT NEED TO PLAT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR IN THE DOCUMENTS, SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, UH, THERE ARE A MYRIAD OF CHANGES HERE.
LOTS OF THEM HAVE TO DO WITH REVIEW TIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET SCHOOLS ON THE GROUND AS FAST AS POSSIBLE WITH THE REQUISITE REVIEW.
UM, SECTION 6.1 IS BASICALLY, UH, COMBINES WHAT WAS A SMALL SITE PLAN AND IS CURRENTLY A SITE PLAN EXEMPTION INTO ONE SITE PLAN EXEMPTION FOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
SO THERE IS A THRESHOLD ON SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE EXPANDED SECTION 6.2 AND 6.3, IDENTIFY PROJECTS AS MINOR AND MAJOR REVISIONS TO APPROVED SITE PLANS.
WE JUST ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL DETAIL TO THAT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR.
UH, SECTION 6.5 EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES ON PUBLICLY ZONED TRACKS.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING WE RAN INTO IN, UH, 2017.
IF YOU DO A SITE PLAN ON A P ZONE PROPERTY, YOU HAVE, IT'S, IT'S CALLED, IT'S, IT'S A CONDITIONING USE SITE PLAN.
IT HAS TO COME TO COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.
AND THEY SHOULD BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY LANDSCAPE STANDARDS.
UH, THE NEW LANDSCAPE STANDARDS ARE VERY REFLECTIVE OF CURRENT CODE EXCEPT FOR ALLOWING FLEXIBILITY WITH VISIBILITY AND LIGHTING TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS SAFETY AND SECURITY.
I'VE GOT FIVE SECONDS THAT'S GONNA BEEP AT ME.
UH, UM, CHAIR, MIGHT I, UH, INTERVENE? UM, CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE GIVE THE SPEAKERS FOUR MORE MINUTES.
I THINK THIS IS A COMPLEX AND ITEM, AND I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE.
UH, I WILL POINT OUT, UH, THE LAST BULLET.
THIS DOES ALLOW FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY ARBORIST TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE, UH, HERITAGE FEE REMOVAL VARIANCE, OR OTHER REQUESTS BASED ON THE CRITERIA IN THE CODE SECTION 6.9.
AGAIN, A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT ZONING.
SAME CONCEPT APPLIES PARKING REQUIREMENTS IS REFLECTIVE OF HOW WE THINK THE CITY COUNCIL IS GONNA VOTE BASED ON A RESOLUTION.
WE WORKED WITH A T D STAFF TO COME UP WITH THE LANGUAGE.
THE PARKING HAS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE TRANSPORTATION CIRCULATION STUDY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, SIDEWALKS, I KNOW THIS IS A CONCERN WHEN IN 2017, UH, WE RAN ACROSS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE SIDEWALKS WERE REQUIRED BY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS.
IN SOME CASES, THE CITY WAS REQUIRING WHOLESALE REPLACEMENT OF THOSE SIDEWALKS.
IN SOME CASES, WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE SECTIONS THAT WERE DAMAGED IN SOME CASES,
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UH, BUILDING PERMITS, OR EVEN WE COULDN'T START CONSTRUCTION OR GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY UNTIL THOSE WERE DONE.SO THIS SECTION IS FAIRLY ROBUST AND CLARIFIES THAT, UH, IT DOES INCLUDE, UH, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, UH, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE'RE NOT, AND IN FACT, WE, WE INVESTIGATED A COST SHARING AGREEMENT, UH, RE REGARDING SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE EAR EARLIER VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT.
BUT BECAUSE THAT ADDRESSES, UM, FINANCIAL, UH, COST SHARING ISSUES, WE DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS A CITY LEGAL.
AND CHAD CAN CORRECT ME, BUT DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS APPROPRIATE HERE.
AND SO THAT WILL BE A SEPARATE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT ADDRESSES HOW THAT MONEY IS SHARED.
WE WORKED VERY, UH, HARD WITH WATERSHED.
OH, THERE SHE IS, UH, ON FIGURING OUT WAYS TO, SO, MR. ANDERSON, I WILL HAVE A QUESTION ON IC IF YOU WANNA SPECIFICALLY, IF WE COULD SAVE THIS ONE FOR LATER.
I'M GONNA HAVE QUESTIONS ON IC, SO IF YOU GOT OTHER ITEMS YOU WANNA COVER, IT WOULD BE, THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND CLARIFY, THIS IS A NEW SECTION.
IT WASN'T ADDRESSED IN THE PREVIOUS INTERLOCAL.
UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE DISTRICT COULD UTILIZE THE SIGNS THAT IT WANTED TO, TO UTILIZE, UM, TO A REASONABLE EXTENT.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ROOFTOP SIGNS IF WE'RE ON A SCENIC ROADWAY.
WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THOSE SCENIC ROADWAY SIGN ORDINANCES.
BUT THIS JUST GIVES US DIMENSIONS SO THAT THERE'S NO MORE, UM, ARGUING ABOUT WHAT'S APPROPRIATE AND WHAT'S NOT.
AND RICHARD'S SCHOOL IS A GOOD, UM, A GOOD EXAMPLE OF, OH, GOD,
THAT'S RIGHT OF, OF, OF, OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID BY PUTTING IT IN HERE AND DEFINING IT.
UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR, UH, TAKING ON THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS BIG ITEM THIS EVENING.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, IF I CAN GET A VOTE, UH, COMMISSIONER ZA AND, UH, ANY OBJECTIONS TO, UH, CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING A SECOND ON THAT? OH, WE HAVE A SECOND.
SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND.
UM, JUST, UH, I DO HAVE A WANNA SEE THAT TABLE AGAIN ON IC, BUT DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANNA GO FIRST? I THINK YOU HAD SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA THANK, UM, EVERYBODY WHO'S INVOLVED IN THIS WORK, BOTH AT THE PLANNING AND CITY OF AUSTIN, AS WELL AS IN A I S D AND THE PARTNERS YOU ALL HAVE WORKED WITH.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A TREMENDOUS CHANGE AND I THINK ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT TIMING, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT GETS BUILT AS A RESULT OF THESE.
I THINK REALLY FORWARD THINKING CHANGES.
I THINK THERE WERE A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD, ONE OF WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED REGARDING THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, JUST TO CLARIFY THEN, UH, WITH THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS, I DID NOTICE THAT THERE'S A FEE IN LIEU FOR THE SIDEWALKS.
WOULD THAT BE CONTRIBUTING TO SIDEWALKS, TO THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL OR HOW THAT WOULD WORK EXACTLY, IN TERMS OF, AS ONE OF THE CHANGES IN THE SIDEWALK PARTS.
SO THERE'S AN OPTION FOR FEE AND L OPTION FOR FEE AND L AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, THE INTENT IS FOR IT TO BE APPLICABLE TO THOSE SIDEWALKS IN SAFE FROSTS TO SCHOOL ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SCHOOL.
SO IT, RATHER THAN IT JUST GOING INTO THE GENERAL FUND, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'VE NOT SEEN WHERE THAT, THAT TYPE OF MONEY GOES INTO A POD, AND THEN WE DON'T SEE THE ACTUAL SIDEWALKS GO BACK INTO OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH IF, AS WE WERE DISCUSSING, IF THERE'S ANY PLACE YOU WANNA SEE SCHOOL SIDEWALKS, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, IT'S AROUND SCHOOLS.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT, THAT FEE AND LIE WOULD ACTUALLY BE TIED TO THAT PROGRAM WOULD BE, I THINK, HELPFUL OR EVEN AS YOU SAID IN THE ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT.
YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERING APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I'M GETTING NODS THAT THAT'S THE INTENT, UH, FROM STAFF.
UM, THAT WAS THE FIRST QUESTION.
UH, AND THE SECOND QUESTION WAS SORT OF MORE OF A TECHNICAL ONE.
I SAW THAT WE ARE EXEMPTING THE DISTRICT FROM MOST FEES EXCEPT FOR RELATED TO, UM, INSPECTION FEES.
AND I WAS CURIOUS IF THERE WAS A REASON THAT STAFF OR YOU ALL FELT THAT THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE FEES RELATED TO INSPECTIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT? GREAT QUESTION.
UH, THE, UM, LEGISLATING ORDINANCE IN THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SPECIFICALLY STATES REVIEW FEES.
IT DOES NOT ALLOW US ALLOW THE CITY TO EXEMPT INSPECTION FEES.
AND SO OUR DISCUSSION WAS, UH, THAT IT WAS A FAIR TRADE OFF, UM, FOR THE DISTRICT TO, UH, PAY THOSE FEES BUT NOT HAVE TO DO THE REVIEW FEES.
SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A, UM, A BALANCE THERE.
AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT NUANCE.
I ASSUME THAT THERE WAS A REASON WE WERE CONTINUING TO CHARGE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, TAX DOLLAR MONEY BEING USED EFFICIENTLY, WHY CHARGE THEM FOR THESE PARTICULAR SET OF FEES? IT SEEMS
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LIKE IT'S LEGALLY REQUIRED.AND WHAT WE DID FIND CLARIFICATION ON IS IMPACT FEES.
SO IMPACT FEES ARE DEFINITIVELY NOT INCLUDED, WHICH IS, CAN BE A VERY BIG LINE ITEM.
SO, UH, THAT'S VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE SCHOOLS.
AND THEN JUST KIND OF A LAST QUESTION.
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THESE CHANGES WERE DONE WITH THE PROJECTS WE HAVE IN MIND, BUT, UM, JUST SORT OF THINKING BIG PICTURE, DO WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE REALLY PUT THE DISTRICT IN A GOOD PLACE NOW FOR, YOU KNOW, THESE SORTS OF BOND PROJECTS GOING FORWARD? YEAH.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
I'M, I'M PROBABLY HERE AS THE ONLY SUPERINTENDENT WITH A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING LICENSE,
AND I WILL TELL YOU, TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THERE WERE FRUSTRATIONS THAT WE HAD, MAINLY BECAUSE THE SYSTEMS WERE NOT ABLE TO DO WHAT WE ALL BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD DO.
UM, AND A LOT OF IT CAME DOWN TO AN INTERPRETATION OF AN AGREEMENT, UH, THAT WAS DRAFTED DECADES AGO.
AND SO FROM THAT POINT, WE FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REVISED AND UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONS.
UM, BUT I THINK THIS DOES JUST THAT.
UM, AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND, UM, YEAH, NO, I THINK IT DOES.
I THINK IT SETS US UP VERY WELL.
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK ON THIS.
UH, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, UH, UM, STAFF HAS JUST ALERTED ME THAT CURTIS BEATTY BEATTY IS ON, UH, ON THE CALL.
UH, CURTIS BADES WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, IS INTIMATELY AWARE OF THE, UH, SAFE ROUTE SCHOOLS.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE BEING A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE WITH THE RESPONSE ON HOW THOSE MONIES ARE USED.
UH, FOR ANYTHING WAS FEE AND LOO.
UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS CURTIS BEATTY.
TRANSPORTATION OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, IT IS ENVISIONED THAT THIS FEE IN LIE FOR SIDEWALKS, THAT WOULD BE IN SITUATIONS WHERE THERE ARE SOME SITE CONDITIONS OR CONSTRAINTS THAT IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR THE IMMEDIATELY IN IMMEDIATE INSTALLATION OF SIDEWALKS, OR THERE COULD BE SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP.
WE WOULDN'T WANT TO TEAR OUT NEWLY INSTALLED SIDEWALKS.
SO THIS MONEY WOULD BE, UH, GO TOWARDS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL FUNDING SO THAT IT, THE EXPENDITURES WILL COME BACK TO PROJECTS RELATED TO SCHOOLS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, TRUSTEE HUNTER, JUST YOU'RE WELCOME, UM, UH, TO ASK QUESTIONS AS WELL, UH, SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY.
SO, UH, FEEL FREE, WE CAN DEFINITELY USE OUR SPOTS AND THEY ACTUALLY EXTEND THE NUMBER OF, UH, FOLKS A ASKING QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.
SO, UH, JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE TEAM HERE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I HAD, UH, I'M GONNA GO AND ASK MY QUESTIONS SO WE COULD PULL UP THAT IC TABLE, UM, THAT I HAD A SKIP OVER.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT, UH, THE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND HOW THIS MIGHT CHANGE FROM THE CURRENT, UH, AGREEMENTS.
ARE THERE GONNA BE INCREASES, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, I, I GUESS YOU'RE INCREASING THE IMPERVIOUS COVER ON THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR COMPARED TO THE CURRENT I L A OR IS THERE ANY PROVISION FOR IC? GREAT QUESTION.
SO WE HAVE GONE FROM WHAT CAN BE CONFUSING, TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IT WILL BE SOLELY BASED ON WATERSHED.
AND WE HAVE BROKEN THAT, UH, INTO FOUR, FOUR PIECES, URBAN, SUBURBAN WATER SUPPLY AND BARTON SPRING ZONE.
IT IS OUR INTENT BASED ON 10, 15 YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS, UH, FOR IMPERVIOUS COVER IN THE BARTON SPRING ZONE, THAT WE DO NOT TOUCH THE IMPERVIOUS COVER RULES THAT ARE IN THE EXISTING I L A BY ANYTHING THAT WE DO IN THIS I L A, SO THAT THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THAT.
THEN WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS, AS SCHOOLS GROW, AS SCHOOL DESIGNS HAVE CHANGED, DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR US FOR, FOR SOME SITES TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL IMPERVIOUS COVER? SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE TABLE FOR, UH, FIRST OF ALL, FOR BARTON SPRING ZONE, NO CHANGE IN THE PROPOSED INTERLOCAL FROM EITHER THE BASE CHARACTERISTIC OR THE CHARACTERISTICS WHERE WE MAY CHANGE, WHERE WE MAY TRANSFER, UM, IMPERVIOUS COVER TO THE SITE, NO CHANGE FOR WATER SUPPLY.
WELL, ACTUALLY FOR ALL OF THE PROPOSED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BASE CASES, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE BASE IMPERVIOUS COVER.
WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT 130 SCHOOLS, UH, SITES BY WATERSHED CATEGORY AND LOOKED AT
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LEARNING AREA CHANGES OR DESIGN CHANGES FOR LEARNING AREAS, AND WE ESTIMATED THAT MAYBE 20 TO 25,000 SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL SPACE WOULD BE NEEDED BECAUSE SCHOOLS ARE DESIGNED DIFFERENTLY THAN THEY WERE IN 1994.AND I CAN GIVE YOU A LIST OF HOW THOSE KINDS OF DESIGN CHANGES.
UH, WE LOOKED AT ADDITIONAL AREA WE MAY NEED FOR NON LEARNING AREAS UP TO 10,000 SQUARE FEET, AND THEN WE LOOKED AT DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES.
AND YOU'LL SEE, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THIS OVER TIME, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RISES AND FALLS, RIGHT, WITH DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE FUTURE GROWTH IN THE, IN THE WONDERFUL SITUATION WHERE WE, WHERE, WHERE WE REALIZED IT.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE BASE CASE FROM EXISTING CONDITIONS, BUT WE DID CHANGE, UH, FOR WATER SUPPLY AND SUBURBAN AND URBAN, WE CHANGED, WE WE'RE ASKING FOR 5% MORE, 10% MORE ADDITIONAL IMPERVIOUS COVER, UM, FOR SITES THAT ARE BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 ACRES AND UP TO 15% MORE IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR SITES THAT ARE LESS THAN FIVE ACRES.
SO FOR THOSE SUPER CONSTRAINED SITES, WE'RE HOPING TO, THAT WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ADDITIONAL IMPERVIOUS COVER.
AND IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY BREAKS ON WATER QUALITY TREATMENT OR DETENTION.
WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO DETAIN THAT WATER, BUT WE JUST WANT THE ABILITY TO GIVE THE KIDS THE BEST ED CHANCE FOR EDUCATION THAT THEY CAN GET BY, UH, FOR CONSTRAINED SITES.
SO WE REALLY FOCUSED OUR CHANGES, UH, CHAIR SHAW ON CONSTRAINED SITES.
SO I, I WANNA, I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A RELATED QUESTION, BUT, UH, I NOTED YOU TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO LOOK AT THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN LIGHT OF WHAT COUNCIL'S FUTURE DECISIONS.
I NOTICED THE COMPATIBILITY STILL KIND OF HAS SOME OF THE CURRENT COMPATIBILITY REGULATIONS.
AND I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE FUTURE THOSE COMING UP FOR A CHANGE.
UH, WHY NOT? UM, AT A HUNDRED FEET.
I MEAN, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT BE CONSTRAINING YOURSELF FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
UM, WHY NOT LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, GOING TO FULL HEIGHT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE STILL USING THAT TIERED SYSTEM THAT'S EMBEDDED IN OUR CURRENT CODE.
WERE YOU, DID YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT, UH, ASKING FOR A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING COMPATIBILITY AT ALL AFTER SOME DISTANCE? I THINK I APPRECIATE THAT THOUGHT.
WE MET FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS WITH CITY STAFF AND
I THINK WE WOULD WELCOME, UH, UM, S SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF THE COMMISSION OKAY.
WANTED TO SEND THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL.
I'M AT TIME, BUT THAT GIVES ME KIND, YOU DID LOOK AT IT AND I GUESS THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION, SIR, WITH SIX STAFF.
UM, UM, UM, LOOKING AROUND, I'VE COMMISSIONER MOOSH TOLER AND THEN COMMISSIONER HAYNES AND WE'LL SEE WHO'S, WHO ELSE HAS QUESTIONS AFTER THAT.
THAT, THAT WAS A PERFECT SEGUE FOR ME CHAIR 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KIND OF WANTED TO DIVE INTO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, UM, AND, UH, POSSIBLY TAKE THAT TO DISCUSSION.
UM, SO THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR, UM, FOR OUR CITY STAFF.
THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE SEEING COME THROUGH ON COMPATIBILITY AT THE MOMENT IS ANY OF, OF THE, WHAT'S BEEN PASSED OR ZONING CHANGES OR THINGS LIKE THAT, DO ANY OF THEM APPLY TO THIS SCHOOL ZONING? DO WE HAVE ANY OF THAT IN OUR TOOLKIT YET? NO.
UH, KEITH MORRIS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO.
THE, THIS THE SCHOOLS CAN DEVELOP IN ANY ZONING CLASSIFICATION.
PART OF OUR APPROACH WAS REALLY TRYING TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS, RECOGNIZE THAT TO THE CHAIR'S POINT, THAT CURRENT CODE IS PERHAPS NOT THE DIRECTION THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING.
UH, AND, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO BE, UH, RE RESPECTFUL TO, UH, TO BOTH SETBACKS AND THEN, UH, THE, THE HEIGHT, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT THE F A R REQUIREMENTS.