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[CALL TO ORDER]
CALL, SORRY, CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:08 PM UM, ALL RIGHT.COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, ARE YOU THERE? I AM.
UM, SO FIRST I'LL TAKE ROLL CALL.
I'M GONNA GO IN ALPHABET MEDICAL ORDER BY THE AGENDA.
UM, SO, UH, CHAIR HEMPEL HERE.
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON IS GOING TO COME BACK.
COMMISSIONER WOODS IS ABSENT THIS EVENING.
COMMISSIONER HOWARD IS ABSENT THIS EVENING.
SORRY, I CLICKED THE WRONG ONE.
UH, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON HERE.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS IS ABSENT THIS EVENING.
AND COMMISSIONER HAYNES HERE AND RECOGNIZING OUR EX OFFICIO MEMBER, UH, CHAIR OF BOARD ADJUSTMENT COHEN.
ALRIGHT, UM, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, I'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU HERE.
ALL RIGHT, SO TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BE HYBRID PER USUAL, ALLOWING FOR VIRTUAL QUORUM AS LONG AS THE COMMISSIONER, SERVING AS CHAIR, MYSELF AS PRESIDENT IN CHAMBERS.
AS SUCH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS HERE IN CHAMBERS AND IN ATTENDANCE VIRTUALLY.
UM, BY MY COUNT, WE HAVE 10 COMMISSIONERS TONIGHT.
WE STILL NEED SEVEN FOR A MAJORITY VOTE.
UM, SPEAKERS CAN PRESENT FROM THE CHAMBERS OR PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY VIRTUAL COMMISSIONERS.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO SEND IN YOUR SIGN IN SHEET TO OUR STAFF LIAISON PER THE CLERK'S GUIDELINES AND HAVE YOUR GREEN, RED, AND YELLOW ITEMS FOR VOTING.
UM, MEMBER TO REMAIN MUTED, RAISE YOUR HAND AND JUST LET ME KNOW IF I DON'T SEE YOU.
UM, IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION TAKING UP YOUR ITEM AND SPEAKERS CAN DONATE TIME.
BOTH THE SPEAKER DONATING TIME AND THE SPEAKER RECIPIENT MUST BE PRESENT IN PERSON WHEN THE ITEM IS CONSIDERED.
AND I WILL HAVE ASSISTANCE FROM MS. GARCIA TONIGHT IN ANNOUNCING THE SPEAKERS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
ALL RIGHT, MS. GARCIA, DO WE HAVE ANYONE
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? WE HAVE SPEAKERTHANK YOU CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS STUART HARRY HIRSCH, OR AS I LIKE TO SAY, STU FROM DISTRICT TWO.
UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, I APPEARED BEFORE YOU TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN THAT, UH, STATE LEGISLATION IN 2019 MAY UNDERMINE OUR ACCESSIBILITY AND VISITABILITY STANDARDS IN CITY CODE BY OVERRIDING THEM.
UH, THIS SPECIFIC BILL WAS HOUSE BILL, UH, 24 39, WHICH BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE APPROVED IN 2019 AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNED.
AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN IF WE DON'T MOVE SOME OF THOSE PROVISIONS INTO THE HOUSING DISCRIMINATION CHAPTER OF THE CITY CODE, WHICH I KNOW IS NOT YOUR REALM OF EXPERTISE, BUT IT DOES COMPLAIN, UH, CONTAIN CERTAIN VISIBILITY STANDARDS SINCE 1997.
IF WE DON'T DO THAT AND YOU DON'T POST IT ON YOUR AGENDA TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, THAT'LL BE LOST IN THE SHUFFLE.
AND AFTER THE NEW CODES GO INTO EFFECT, THOSE OF US WHO ARE SENIORS OR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY WILL NOT HAVE THE KIND OF ACCESS TO SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEX AND TRIPLEX HOUSING THAT WE DO RIGHT NOW.
SO I URGE YOU TO PUT THIS ON YOUR FUTURE AGENDA.
I ALSO URGE YOU TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT LOCAL AMENDMENTS IN GENERAL.
UH, I WAS HERE IN THE EIGHTIES WHEN WE, UH, THOUGHT THAT WE WERE SMARTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE, UH, IN THE COUNTRY.
AND WE PASSED WHAT WAS CALLED, UH, HELIPADS ON HIGH RISES.
WE MANDATED THAT DOWNTOWN, UH, HIGH RISES HAD TO HAVE HELIPADS FOR HELICOPTER ISSUE.
APPARENTLY SOME PEOPLE APPROACHED THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER WATCHING THE MOVIE, UH, THE TOWERING INFERNO AND THOUGHT THAT WAS THE WAY TO GO.
AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A FIRE A COUPLE YEARS LATER ON IN BRAZIL THAT RESULTED IN LOTS OF PEOPLE DYING ON THE ROOFTOP BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FLY A HELICOPTER READILY IN THE MIDST OF A FIRE ON TOP OF A ROOFTOP OF A HIGH-RISE.
AND SO WE QUIETLY, UH, RESCINDED THAT ORDINANCE.
BUT ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO BUILT HIGH-RISE DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN, WHO HAD TO PUT HELIPADS ON, SPENT A LOT OF MONEY DOING SOMETHING THAT WAS ACTUALLY CONTRARY TO SAFETY.
SO, UH, PLEASE DON'T MAKE MISTAKES OF THE PAST.
UH, PLEASE, UH, UH, BE RESPECTFUL OF EMS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
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AND MY FORMER DEPARTMENT, THE BUILDING, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU DELIBERATE LATER AND, UH, UH, CONSIDER, UH, BEING THE FIRST PLANNING COMMISSION TO EVER MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE BUILDING CODES, AT LEAST IN, I'VE BEEN SHOWING UP HERE SINCE 77, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN A PLANNING COMMISSION DO THAT BEFORE.AND I THINK THAT'S AN EXPRESSION OF HUMILITY THAT MAY BE WELL WORTH CONSIDERING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GONNA BE ADAM GREENFIELD.
ADAM, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UM, SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF SINGLE STAIR REFORM.
I KNOW THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING AND IT GOT PULLED, BUT, UM, THE ENTHUSIASM I HAVE FOR THIS REFORM, UH, CANNOT BE HELD BACK.
UM, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS NOT ONLY GONNA BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL FOR ADDING HOUSING TO OUR STOCK, UH, BUT ALSO WALKABILITY.
WHEN WE, WHEN YOU THINK OF THE, THE MOST WALKABLE HUMAN SCALED, UH, CITIES AROUND THE WORLD ROW HOUSING IS OFTEN ABUNDANT IN THEM.
THAT KIND OF FINE GRAINED HUMAN SCALED DEVELOPMENT.
UM, ACTUALLY ONE OF MY EARLIEST MEMORIES IS LIVING IN A ROW HOUSE.
AND IT IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT I THINK IS GONNA MAKE THIS CITY EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL.
UM, AND, UH, VERY STRONGLY SUPPORT THE, THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
IT IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ABUNDANT FORMS OF HOUSING.
THERE'S NO REASON WHY AUSTIN CAN'T DO IT TOO.
IT'S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL ADDITION.
AND, AND WHEN THIS, THIS HOUSING KIND OF HOUSING COMES ONLINE, I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY CELEBRATE IT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? THANK YOU.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 23RD.DOES ANYONE HAVE EDITS TO THOSE MINUTES? SO IN THE EMAIL THAT I SENT OUT, WE DID HAVE TO POSTPONE THOSE MINUTES TO THE NEXT MEETING DATE.
OH, WE ARE POSTPONING THE MINUTES.
UM, SO THE, THAT WILL BE ADDED AS A POSTPONEMENT TO THE NEXT MEETING, THE JULY 23RD, UM, MEETING MINUTES.
[Consent Agenda]
FROM THAT IS TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS THAT ARE CONSENT APPROVAL, DISAPPROVAL, POSTPONEMENTS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS OR NON-DISCUSSION ITEMS, VICE CHAIR ZAR.WE'LL READ THE PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA AND IDENTIFY THOSE THAT ARE CONSENT, POSTPONEMENT AND NON-DISCUSSION AND COMMISSIONERS.
YOU'LL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST CONSENT ITEMS TO BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, SO OF COURSE PART OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR JULY 23RD MEETING TO NINE 10.
MOVING ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS I NUMBER TWO, PLAN AMENDMENT NPA DASH 2023 DASH 2 0 1 7 0.01 ANDERSON SQUARE, DISTRICT FOUR.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION TODAY.
ASSOCIATED REZONING ITEM NUMBER THREE C 14 DASH 2023 DASH EIGHT ZERO ANDERSON SQUARE, DISTRICT FOUR.
THIS ITEM IS UP ALL UP FOR DISCUSSION.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS THE PLAN AMENDMENT NPA DASH 2018 DASH 0 0 2 1 0.02.
SKYLINE ALT OF MIXED USE DISTRICT THREE.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT I.
NUMBER FIVE IS A REZONING C 14 DASH 24 DASH 0 7 9.
SPECS, WINE, SPIRITS, AND FINER FOODS DISTRICT 10.
I NUMBER SIX IS REZONING C 14 DASH 2024 DASH 0 7 1 THORNTON ROAD, MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT FIVE.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION I.
NUMBER SEVEN IS A REZONING C 14 DASH 2024 DASH 0 0 9 5 11 0 3 DISTRICT NINE.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT I NUMBER EIGHT IS A REZONING C 14 DASH 2024 DASH 0 1 0 6 19 12 WEST 35TH STREET, DISTRICT 10.
THIS ITEM IS UM, ALSO UP FOR CONSENT.
AND NUMBER NINE IS A REZONING C 14 DASH 2023 DASH 0 1 3 4 22 0 1 WILLOW CREEK DRIVE, DISTRICT THREE.
THIS ITEM IS UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO UM, TEN EIGHT I.
NUMBER 10 IS A CONDITIONAL USE IN ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCE SPC DASH 2 23 DASH 0 1 0 C, STANE PARK DISTRICT TWO.
I NUMBER 11 IS AN LDC AMENDMENT C 20 DASH 2023 DASH 0 4 5, SITE PLAN, LIGHT PHASE TWO AND IN INFILL LOTS.
THIS ITEMS UP FOR DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
I NUMBER 12 IS OUR LOCAL AMENDMENT, THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.
THE TIME IS WITHDRAWN FOR TONIGHT.
AND CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS AND THE MINUTES AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, FIRST QUESTION, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT NEED TO RECUSE OR ABSTAIN FROM ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? OKAY.
UM, MS. GARCIA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? NO, WE DO NOT.
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OKAY.AND DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE, UM, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR OTHERS ALWAYS WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE ITEMS? MR. MAXWELL? UH, YES.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A QUICK COMMENT REGARDING ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
UM, THE REZONING RELATED TO THE SPECS REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE, THIS IS AT THE FORMER RANDALL'S SITE ON UH, 35TH STREET.
AND I AM NOT PULLING THIS ITEM, BUT I DID WANNA EXPRESS SOME DISAPPOINTMENT, SHALL WE SAY, AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER BECAUSE I FIRMLY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THIS LAND.
AND I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY NEW SPECS WE'RE GETTING.
THIS AREA IS A, UM, WALKABLE TRANSIT RICH AREA, HAS GREAT AMENITIES, GOOD SCHOOLS, A LOVELY NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT HAS MIXED FAMILY, MIXED MULTIFAMILY NEARBY.
AND WE HAVE A SIMILAR SITE JUST DOWN THE STREET ALSO ON NORTH LAMAR.
UM, SAME THING JUST NEAR ENFIELD, WHERE IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A SPEC SLICKER.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME THING WHERE IT'S A COMMERCIAL SPACE COMING INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS QUITE LOVELY, EXCELLENT SCHOOLS, GREAT NEIGHBORS, REALLY LOVELY, AND ALSO MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING.
SO WHEN I SEE TWO CASES LIKE THIS, ALTHOUGH ONE OF THEM IS COMING BEFORE US TONIGHT, THE OTHER ONE IS NOT.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT HAVING TWO LIQUOR STORES COME TO THESE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOODS IS THE BEST USE OF WHAT WE COULD BE DOING WITH THESE LANDS.
AND I WOULD PARTICULARLY SAY THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SITE THAT IS BEFORE US BECAUSE IT IS ADJACENT TO SETON HOSPITAL.
AND WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING LIKE HOUSING WE DISCUSS ENDLESSLY IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH WE E EXPECT OUR DEVELOPERS TO BRING TO THE TABLE, THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT THEY'LL BE PROVIDING.
AND WE'RE NOT HAVING THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS CASE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S REASONS FOR THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT I FIND THIS DISAPPOINTING AND I REALLY DO HOPE THAT OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, OUR COMMERCIAL LANDLORDS, EVERYBODY THINKS TWICE ABOUT THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS GOING FORWARD.
I'D LIKE TO BE SHOWN AS STANDING ON THIS ITEM.
DID I SEE YOUR HAND? OH, OKAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR WANTING TO PULL? OKAY.
UM, SO WE HAVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY.
UM, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARRA RAMIREZ.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT.
UNANIMOUS NOTING THAT COMMISSIONER MAXWELL IS ABSTAINING FROM ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
ALRIGHT, THIS CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[Items 2 & 3]
MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.THAT'S ITEMS NUMBER TWO AND THREE, THE ANDERSON SQUARE PROJECT.
UH, FIRST WE WILL HEAR FROM MS. MEREDITH AND MR. RUEZ MARINE MEREDITH PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS NPA 20 23 0 0 1 7 0.01.
ANDERSON SQUARE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT NINE TEN NINE TWELVE NINE FOURTEEN NINE SIXTEEN, TEN TWELVE AND 10 12.
1100 1100 AND A HALF, 1100 0 2 AND A HALF.
WEST ANDERSON LANE, 79, EXCUSE ME, 79 0 5 AND A HALF.
8 0 0 3 8 0 0 5 ANDERSON SQUARE AND 79 40 79 5800, 800, I'M SORRY, 8,000, 8,000 AND A HALF AND 8,002 RESEARCH BOULEVARD SERVICE ROAD.
THE PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE CRESTVIEW WI WOOTEN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREA.
IT IS THE REQUEST TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM MIXED USE TO HIGHER DENSITY MIXED USE LAND USE, AND IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF CHAIR.
WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT FOR FIVE MINUTES.
OH, WE'LL HEAR FROM, UH, MS. CEZ.
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER SHERRY TIS WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE ASSOCIATED ZONING CASE.
C 14 20 23 0 8 ANDERSON SQUARE.
AGAIN, THE ADDRESSES ARE
1100, 1100 AND A HALF, 1102 AND WEST ANDERSON LANE 79 0 5 AND A 88,003 AND 8,005 ANDERSON SQUARE, 79 40 79, 50 8,008,000 AND A HALF, 8,002 RESEARCH BOULEVARD SERVICE ROADS SOUTHBOUND.
SO THE REQUEST IS FROM C-S-M-U-M-P AND CS ONE MP TO C-H-P-D-A MP ZONING.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS C-H-P-D-A COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY PLAN DEVELOPMENT AREA NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY.
AS THE PROPERTY FALLS WITHIN THE NORTH MAR TRANSIT CENTER STATION AREA, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS ADDING PROHIBITED AND CONDITIONAL USES FROM THE RECENTLY ADOPTED EO ORDINANCE TO THE PDA OVERLAY.
AND I WILL LET YOU REFER TO THOSE IN YOUR BACKUP INSTEAD OF READING THEM
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ALL FOR YOU TONIGHT.THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS A 16 ACRE TRACK OF LAND THAT IS DEVELOPED WITH A RETAIL CENTER THAT CONTAINS SEVERAL USES, SUCH AS A HOBBY LOBBY, A GYM, AN INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY COMPANY, LAW OFFICES, AND A BINGO HALL.
THERE IS COMMERCIAL ZONING AND OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL USES SURROUNDING THE SITE TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING C-H-P-D-A MP ZONING BECAUSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO REDEVELOP THE SITE WITH A MIXTURE OF USES THAT WILL INCLUDE HOUSING.
THE PROPOSED PDA OVERLAY WILL HAVE ALL THE PERMITTED USES AND CONDITIONAL USES UNDER THE CH ZONING DISTRICT THAT ARE PERMITTED AND THE CONDITIONAL USES FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AND THAT IS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING.
THE PROPOSED SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 120 FEET, MAXIMUM LIGHT SIZE OF 20,000 SQUARE FEET, MAXIMUM FLORIDA AREA RATIO OF EIGHT TO ONE, NO MINIMUM SETBACKS, MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE OF 95% AND MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS COVER OF 95%.
AND THE MINIMUM SITE AREA IS NONE.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR C-H-P-D-A MP ZONING THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.
MISSI INTENDED THE CH BASE DISTRICT.
THIS TRACT OF LAND IS LOCATED IN AN ESTABLISHED RETAIL CENTER AT THE NORTH-WESTERN INTERSECTION OF TWO ARTERIAL ROADWAYS.
WEST ANDERSON LANE AND RESEARCH BOULEVARD, OR AS REFERRED TO AS HIGHWAY 180 3.
THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO COMMERCIAL ZONING TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, AND WEST.
AS THE PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION FALLS WITHIN THE NORTH AMERICA TRANSIT CENTER STATION AREA, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING PROHIBITING USES THAT ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE GOAL TO ENCOURAGE MARKET SUPPORTED DEVELOPMENT ALONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
THEREFORE, THIS STAFF RECOMMENDS PROHIBITING USES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ADOPTED EO ORDINANCE FOR THIS PROPERTY.
REASONING FOR THIS STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
THE PROPOSED C-H-P-D-A ZONING WILL PROMOTE CONSISTENCY AND ORDERLY PLANNING IN THIS AREA AS THE PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL ZONING AND OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL USES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, AND WEST.
THE PROPERTY IS NEAR A DESIGNATED TOWN CENTER.
IT'S NEAR CRESTVIEW STATION AND A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, THE NORTH LAMAR AND BERG AS DESCRIBED IN THE IMAGINE AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS TRANSIT OP OPTIONS IN THIS AREA, SUCH AS CAP METRO BUS, RAPID BUS LINE ALONG NORTH LAMAR BOULEVARD AND CAPITAL ME CAPITAL MEA ROAD BUS ROUTES ALONG RESEARCH BOULEVARD, WEST ANDERSON LANE AND ANDERSON SQUARE.
THERE ARE BUS STOPS ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY ON WEST ANDERSON LANE AND ANDERSON SQUARE.
IN ADDITION, THIS SITE IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF LIGHT RAIL CRESTVIEW STATION AND NORTH LAMAR CAPITAL METRO TRANSIT CENTER.
AND SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT FOR FIVE MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS.
I'M ALICE GLASGOW REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
THE, UH, CASE IN FRONT OF YOU, ITEMS TWO AND THREE, UH, REPRESENT THE ANDERSON SQUARE SITE.
UM, SHERRY AND MAUREEN GAVE YOU A GOOD OVERVIEW OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THERE TODAY THE SITE COMPRISES 16 ACRES AND UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SEVERAL BUILDINGS THERE.
THE HOBBY LOBBY, A GYM, UM, A TIRE STORE, UM, AN OFFICE, AND A BINGO POWER AT THE END WHERE THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE PROPERTY.
SO OUR RE OUR REQUEST, UH, ORIGINALLY WAS FOR A STAFF IN C-H-P-D-A AND OUR HEIGHT REQUEST WAS FOR 250 FEET OF HEIGHT.
BUT WHEN MET WITH STAFF, THEY INDICATED THEY COULD NOT SUPPORT THE TWO 50 CENTS.
THE CH ZONING DOES NOT HAVE COMMUNITY BENEFITS BAKED INTO IT.
AND, UM, AT THAT TIME WE HAD NOT FINALIZED OUR, UH, AGREEMENTS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM.
UH, WE FILED THIS CASE IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
UH, WE'VE MET WITH THE WOOTEN NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM.
WE HAVE A DRAFT, UH, LIST OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT THEY SENT TO, UH, TO, TO US.
THAT'S MY CLIENT AND ME AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, ON ADDRESSING THOSE.
AND, UH, WE HOPE TO HAVE ONE FINALIZED VIA BEFORE WE GET TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR ASK, UH, FROM WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IS JUST THE HEIGHT DIFFERENTIAL WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO A REGIONAL HEIGHT OF 250 FEET SUBJECT TO THE, UM, FOR US FINALIZING THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT.
COULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THERE WE GO.
SO YOU JUST SAW THE MAP AHEAD BEFORE YOU THAT SHOWED THE, THE, THE SITE AS IT IS TODAY.
AND, UM, THE VISION FOR THE SITE IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE TO HAVE, UM, A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT, UM, HAS RESIDENTIAL, UH, A POSSIBLE HOTEL IF YOU KNOW, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE.
UH, AND ALL THOSE ITEMS ARE LISTED IN OUR, UH, ZONING TRAFFIC ANALYSIS THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY STAFF AND IS PART
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OF YOUR BACKUP IN THE, UH, ZONING STAFF REPORT.UM, THIS CONCEPT PLAN IS, UM, UH, ENVISIONED AND GUIDED BY SUB CHAPTER E THE COMMERCIAL DESIGN STANDARDS.
YOU CAN SEE THE INTERNAL CIRCULATOR CIRCULATION ROUTES AND THE, AND THE DRIVEWAYS HAVE BEEN REDUCED FROM SIX DRIVEWAYS CURRENTLY TO JUST FOUR.
AND, UM, A TD HAS, UH, AS PART OF THE ZTA, UH, THE FOUR DRIVEWAYS THAT THAT HELP CREATE THE INTERNAL CIRCULATION ROUTE THAT IS REQUIRED UNDER SUB CHAPTER E IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
UH, SO AGAIN, THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL VISION FOR THE SITE AND UM, UM, WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT, UM, OUR AMENDED OUR REQUEST GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL FOR THE HEIGHT.
BUT, UH, THE REMAINDER OF OUR REQUEST FOR THE PDA THAT SHERRY JUST READ ARE STILL THE SAME SUBJECT AGAIN TO US FINALIZING OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT WITH THE WOOD NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WE WILL NOW BE HEARING FROM THOSE.
SPEAKING IN FAVOR, RYAN NIL IS OUR PRIMARY SPEAKER IN FAVOR.
RYAN, YOU WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE WOOTEN NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM.
UM, AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE NEGOTIATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH ALICE.
SO WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IS IF WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON ALL OF THESE POINTS, THEN WE ARE SUPPORTING THE PDA AT 250 FEET.
UH, SO THE CONTACT TEAM'S GOALS ARE BASICALLY TO CREATE A WALKABLE, BIKEABLE, ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DENSE DESTINATION THAT IS WELL CONNECTED TO EXISTING AND FUTURE TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE ALSO WANNA FUND LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS.
WHEN THIS PROJECT IS 100% BUILT OUT, IT WILL DOUBLE THE POPULATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WE SEE THE NEED FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS NEARBY AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SAVE THIS PINK GORILLA 'CAUSE IT'S THE MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS PARCEL RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE AGREEABLE STUFF PRETTY QUICKLY.
UM, SO WE'VE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON, WE'D LIKE TO SEE A CAR FREE POEO, OH,
UM, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT THE, THE PROJECT EMBRACES ANDERSON LANE, ANDERSON SQUARE AND CREATES A PE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AREA FOR THOSE TWO STREETS.
UH, WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS ABOUT INTERNAL CIRCULATION AND SHADE COVERAGE THAT WE'VE AGREED TO.
UM, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BIKE PARKING, TRIP REDUCTION, ACHIEVING DIVERSITY OF STREET FRONTAGES AND BLOCK PERIMETERS AND ALL THAT'S BEEN AGREEABLE.
UM, WE'VE EVEN HAD CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE AGREEABLE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
SO RECONNECTING THE GRID AT DALE AND WATSON FUNDING SHADE STRUCTURES, UH, FOR BUS ROUTES ON THE SITE AND INTEGRATING BIKE SHARE IF CAT METRO FEELS THAT'S APPROPRIATE AND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS USING THE STREET IMPACT FEE ON THE SITE AT THE TWO MAJOR INTERSECTIONS WOULD REQUIRE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY ON THOSE THINGS WHERE WE'VE NOT YET COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IS FUNDING FOR THE RED LINE PARKWAY INITIATIVE, WHICH IS JUST A HALF MILE AWAY.
AND IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S WALKING DISTANCE FROM THE CRESTVIEW STATION.
SO THIS WOULD CONNECT THE PARCEL TO HIGHLAND TO THE SOUTH AND THE Q2 STADIUM AND THE DOMAIN TO THE NORTH ONCE THOSE SECTIONS ARE COMPLETED.
UM, WE'VE NOT YET COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON CAR PARKING.
WE'VE GOT SOME LANGUAGE HERE THAT I, WE THINK REPRESENTS WELL, WHAT THE APPLICANT WOULD AGREE TO, BUT IT'S QUITE A FAR DISTANCE FROM WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ASKED, WHICH WAS TO HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT UNDERGROUND PARKING AND UNBUNDLED PARKING.
AND SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO COME TO A MEETING POINT THAT WORKS FOR BOTH PARTIES.
UM, SOME MORE AGREEABLE STUFF SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON PROHIBITED USES.
WE SUPPORT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING GUIDELINES PASSED BY COUNCIL FOR PDA ON JULY 18TH.
UM, WE'VE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON BUSINESS AND STOREFRONTS TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN A GROCERY STORE.
GOT SOME PARK STUFF WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN REGARDS TO DETENTION PONDS AND AIR FILTRATION AND RAINWATER COLLECTION.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE AGREED TO PROVIDED THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AGREES TO IT, IS THAT THE OWNER WILL MAINTAIN THE PARK LAND THAT IS DEDICATED TO, YOU KNOW, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION THAT'S ON SITE.
UM, THEY'LL AGREE TO MAINTAIN IT PROVIDED THEY GET TO MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OF IT AND NOT GRANT IT OVER TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IF THAT IS AGREEABLE WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
UH, WHERE WE HAVEN'T AGREED ON PARKS AND ENVIRONMENTS IS THERE'S GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOLAR PANELS
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ON MANY OF THE ROOFS, BUT WE HAVEN'T DECIDED HOW MANY, WHAT STANDARD UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS.AND ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE TRYING TO DECIDE ON HOW TO FUND SOME WOOTEN PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
EITHER, UH, MORE MONEY SOONER OR LATER OR LESS MONEY SOONER IS KIND OF THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING AT THE MOMENT.
AND THEY'VE AGREED TO SAVE THE PINK GORILLA, WHICH WE FIND, UH, VERY AGREEABLE.
UM, SO THAT'S MY PRESENTATION AND IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SPECIFIC ITEMS, I KNOW I WENT THROUGH IT REALLY QUICKLY, IT WAS A LOT, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND IT'S FAIRLY COMPLICATED AND I JUST MAINLY WANTED TO HIT ON THE THINGS WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, BUT I THINK WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS.
WE WILL NOW BE HEARING FROM ADAM GREENFIELD.
ADAM, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
EVENING AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS ADAM GREENFIELD WITH SAFE STREETS AUSTIN.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE WOOTEN NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, TO DEVELOP THE VISION THAT RYAN JUST PRESENTED ON.
AND I JUST WANNA SPEAK OVERALL TO THE, UM, ABSOLUTE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THIS DEVELOPMENT RIGHT AND, AND GETTING IT TO A HIGH STANDARD.
UM, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ANDERSON LANE, IT'S NOT REALLY A PLACE YOU THINK TO GO TO, TO HAVE A NICE WALK, UH, BUT IT ABSOLUTELY COULD BE.
IT COULD BE AN AMAZING BOULEVARD THAT, THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD FLOCK TO.
AND THIS SITE IS THE, UM, EASTERN, UH, ENTRANCE TO THE ANDERSON LANE, UM, CORRIDOR.
IF WE CAN GET THIS RIGHT, GET THIS TO A HOT HIGH STANDARD, THEN WE COULD SET FORTH A, A DOMINO RALLY EFFECT THAT COULD THEN LEAD TO SIMILAR STANDARDS THE REST OF THE CORRIDOR.
AND ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE, UM, LEAD TO A PLACE THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE A TEMPTATION BECAUSE ANDERSON LANE IS NOT THAT PLEASANT RIGHT NOW FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO TURN AWAY FOR ANDERSON LANE AND TURN IN.
AND, UH, SAFETY EXHAUST IS VERY MUCH RECOMMENDING THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT EMBRACE ANDERSON LANE AND GIVE IT SOME OF WHAT IT NEEDS TO GET UP ON ITS FEET AS A GREAT PLACE.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THE BUILDING COMES RIGHT UP TO AND DEFINES THE SIDEWALK, THAT THERE'S A SHADE STRUCTURE THAT SHADES THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK.
THAT THERE ARE TREES, THAT THERE'S PLACEMAKING.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE PINK GORILLA IS SO POPULAR IS BECAUSE IT'S, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE ARRIVED SOMEWHERE WHEN YOU ARE THERE.
AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO, TO A WALKABLE BIKEABLE ENVIRONMENT.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE DETERMINED TO STAY ENGAGED WITH THIS PROJECT.
WE WANNA SEE IT, UH, RAISE THE BAR FOR DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS KIND IN AUSTIN.
AND UM, YEAH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS DONE A GREAT JOB, UM, DEVELOPING THE VISION SO FAR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS CHAIR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT NOW HAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL COMMISSIONERS.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REBUT.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF CONTINUING TO WORK AS WE HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST YEAR, ALMOST YEAR AND A HALF.
ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO TAKE A VOTE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE A MO, UH, MOTION FOR THAT? THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
UNLESS THERE IS OPPOSITION, WE'LL CONSIDER THAT MOTION PASSED AND WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO OUR ROUND ROBINS.
SO THE FIRST COMMISSIONER WITH A QUESTION, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, AND THEN COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, I BELIEVE.
UM, I'D LOVE TO JUST MAYBE ASK WHOEVER'S FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE, IF THEY CAN JUST SHARE, YOU KNOW, I'M HEARING DIFFERENT THINGS FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS I'M HEARING, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE READY TO GO, LET'S VOTE ON IT TONIGHT.
AND I'M ALSO HEARING FROM FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND AROUND THE AREA WHO ARE SAYING SUPPORTIVE, BUT WE'RE NOT READY FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.
UM, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS AN AGREEMENT AND WHEN WE WERE FIRST HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, I THINK, I THINK THE GOAL WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IS TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL BY NOVEMBER.
AND THERE WAS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY BOTH PARTIES THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HASHED OUT 100% OF THE AGREEMENT WHEN WE CAME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO, SO LIKE WE ARE, WE ARE PREPARED FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO DECIDE TO POSTPONE IT OR NOT POSTPONE IT.
BUT, BUT I THINK TO DIRECTLY ANSWER THE QUESTION, WE HAVE NOT YET COME TO A COMPLETE AGREEMENT AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE TIME TO COME TO THAT AGREEMENT BY NOVEMBER.
AND, AND CAN YOU HIT THE HIGH POINTS? LIKE WHAT ARE THE TWO BIGGEST AREAS WHERE YOU'RE JUST STILL TRYING TO GET THERE? YEAH, SO TO HIT THOSE, AGAIN,
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I THINK THE, THE MOST, UM, WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE THE FIRST TO PART STILL IS IN REGARDS TO CAR PARKING.AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE MORE CAR PARKING YOU HAVE, THE MORE ATTRACTIVE THE CAR PARKING, THE MORE LIKELY PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANT TO DRIVE THERE.
SO WE'VE, WE STARTED OFF WITH A PRETTY LIKE HIGH BAR ON WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE IN REGARDS TO CAR PARKING, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PERCENT UNDERGROUND AND UNBUNDLED AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'D ALREADY CONCEDED THAT UNBUNDLING MIGHT NOT BE APPROPRIATE.
UM, AND THEN IT KIND OF CAME TO WHERE WE WERE AT.
UH, AND THE APPLICANT'S, AND MAYBE SHE CAN STATE HER CURRENT POSITION, BUT WHAT I HAD ON THE SCREEN EARLIER, WHICH WE DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT, WAS, UH, ABOUT LIMITING SURFACE PARKING TO ONLY ON STREET AND LOADING AND ACCESS TO HAVE A WRAP AROUND, UM, PODIUM OR, UH, JUST STANDARD PARKING GARAGE AND IF IT'S A, IF IT'S NOT A WRAP, TO HAVE IT SCREENED AND TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE KIND OF ACTIVE SPACES ON THE FIRST LEVEL IN MINIMIZE PARKING AND, UM, PARKING AND DEAD SPACE ON THE FIRST LEVEL.
SO THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THE, THE BIGGEST FUNDS WE'RE STILL TRYING TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WANNA FUND THE RED LINE PARKWAY SUM, AND THE MAIN STICKING POINT ON THAT IS WHAT TRIGGERS THE FUNDING.
UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO FUND IT IF THEY'RE ABOVE 120 FEET, BUT WE THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER IF IT WASN'T LIKE A YES NO PROPOSITION BECAUSE WE WANT TO AVOID A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE INCENTIVIZED NOT TO GO OVER 120 FEET TO AVOID THE FUNDING.
UM, SO REAL QUICK, UH, LET ME, LEMME JUMP IN.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT MR. NE, UM, STAFF.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS IT'S IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
THE NEIGHBORHOODS REALLY COME TOGETHER AND THEY'RE JUST REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS AS WALKABLE AND BIKEABLE AND WELL CONNECTED AS POSSIBLE.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS KIND OF WHAT TOOLS DO WE HAVE TO HELP ENSURE THAT THEY GET WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR? AND I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS KIND OF, I KNOW THAT BRODY OAKS WAS A PUD AND THIS ISN'T A PUD, BUT KIND, WHAT DO WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL TO HELP SEE THIS THROUGH? THAT'S RIGHT, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
UM, WHEN THE APPLICANT CAME IN WITH THEIR INITIAL PROPOSAL, THE STAFF MET WITH THE APPLICANT AND SAID THAT WE DID NOT FEEL LIKE WE COULD SUPPORT A HEIGHT OF 250 FEET, UH, THROUGH A PDA BECAUSE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT YOU WOULD NORMALLY GET IN C-H-P-D-A WOULD BE 120.
SO WE WERE ENCOURAGING A-A-P-U-D WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ON THE SITE THAT WERE REVIEWED BY THE STAFF AND THEN PRESENTED TO COMMISSION AND COUNCIL.
SO SUBSEQUENTLY, UH, THE APPLICANT AMENDED THEIR CASE TO REDUCE THE HEIGHT TO 120 FEET, WHICH WAS THE CH STANDARD.
AND SO WE WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT BECAUSE THE PROPERTY DID NOT INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT YOU COULD GET THROUGH A PUD.
WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS C-H-P-D-A.
AND SO THESE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT THE APPLICANT AND THE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE AGREED TO, THE MAJORITY OF ALL OF THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN A PRIVATE AGREEMENT.
THAT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE PART OF THE ZONING.
UM, IT IS VERY SPECIFIC IN THE CODE, WHAT YOU CAN INCLUDE IN A PDA DOCUMENT AND THOSE ITEMS ARE NOT THINGS THAT BE IN, COULD BE INCLUDED IN A PDA DOCUMENT.
AND I DID CHECK WITH OUR LEGAL STAFF EARLIER TODAY JUST TO VERIFY THAT I PULLED UP THE SECTION ON PDAS IN THE CODE AND THEY VERIFIED THAT IF IT'S NOT SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OR USES OR A FEW OTHER SPECIFIC ITEMS PER CODE, YES, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE THROUGH PRIVATE MEANS.
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, I BELIEVE I SAW YOUR HAND UP EARLIER.
UM, NO, I WAS, I WAS GONNA GO LATER IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO GO FIRST.
I'M STILL FORMULATING MY THOUGHTS.
YEAH, I GUESS FOR MR. NIL AGAIN, UM, HI.
UM, I HAVE BEEN IN YOUR SHOES, SO I VERY MUCH ADMIRE, UH, WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND ALL THE TIME YOU'RE PROBABLY PUTTING INTO THIS.
UM, I GUESS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE POSTPONEMENT, UM, DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAD WITH COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ONLY LEVERAGE THAT YOU'VE GOT AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL.
UM, IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVES THIS AND IF COUNCIL APPROVES IT, THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING, THERE'S NO LEVERAGE THERE FOR A DEVELOPER
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TO WORK WITH YOU.AND I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THIS IS BEING SUBMITTED AS A PDA INSTEAD OF A P AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF, IF THAT MATCHES YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT Y'ALL WERE TRYING TO ENTER INTO SOME SORT OF PRIVATE LEGAL AGREEMENT OR IF YOU WANTED TO ACTUALLY SEE THESE, WHAT I THINK ARE VERY GOOD DESIGN STANDARDS ACTUALLY IN SOME SORT OF ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO WE WERE DEFINITELY AWARE OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE PUD UH, RULES.
AND SO FROM THE BEGINNING WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING TOWARDS A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AND, AND YEAH, LIKE ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS IS LIKE, HOW CAN WE ENFORCE THAT AND NEGOTIATE THAT? UM, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SAFE STREETS IS THAT THEIR ASSISTANCE IS THERE TO KIND OF HELP US REVIEW AND CONFIRM THAT THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS ENFORCED BECAUSE WE DON'T EXPECT THAT THE NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION ON ITS OWN IS GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT WORK.
YEAH, THAT'S VERY CHALLENGING.
WE, WE'VE DONE WEIRD THINGS WITH ESCROW ACCOUNTS WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT GETS EXTREMELY MESSY WITH PRIVATE COVENANTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
UM, SO I, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, UH, THE DISCUSSION RELATED TO FACING ANDERSON BECAUSE THE GRAPHIC I SAW KIND OF DIDN'T DO THAT, THE POCKET PARK WAS INTERNAL TO THE PROJECT, AND I DO AGREE THAT THAT KIND OF HAVING THIS DEVELOPMENT MAKING ANDERSON A MORE WELCOMING PLACE IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.
DO ANY OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS, UH, SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THAT, THAT TOPIC? YEAH, UM, SO THERE'S TWO VERSIONS YOU CAN REFERENCE.
I, I SENT A, A COPY OF THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, AND YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THOSE ASKS IN THE BACKUPS TO, UH, I WILL STATE THAT THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION MIGHT HAVE AMENDED VERSIONS, BUT THEY'RE, THAT WAS PRETTY AGREEABLE FOR THE MOST PART FROM THE INITIAL ONES.
SO I EXPECT THE CHANGES TO BE PRETTY MINIMAL.
UM, BUT YEAH, THOSE, THOSE ARE MANY POINTS THAT ADDRESS THAT QUESTION DIRECTLY.
AND WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S THOUGHTS ON THE 250 FOOT REQUESTS? WAS THERE ANY, WAS THERE ANY REQUEST TO TRY TO GET THAT STEP BACK TOWARDS THE HIGHWAY OR ARE Y'ALL COMFORTABLE WITH 250 FEET ACROSS THIS WHOLE SITE? YEAH, SO THE IDEA HAS BEEN THAT THE EXTRA HEIGHT IS HOW WE GET THE AMENITIES THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
AND THEN QUESTION FOR STATS BY CAN THANK YOU MR. NEW.
UM, SO IS THERE ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT IN THIS PDA ZONING? NO, THERE IS NOT AT THIS TIME, NO.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE IS THERE'S JUST ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO GET ANY OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE WITH THIS PARTICULAR ZONING, NOT THE AMENITIES THAT ARE LISTED IN THE APPLICANT'S POWERPOINT OR IN THE LETTER THAT WAS INCLUDED IN BACKUP.
AND DID THE, DID THE APPLICANT GIVE YOU ANY SORT OF REASON WHY THEY, THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED IN A PUD? UH, I BELIEVE THEY JUST WERE SEEKING C-H-P-D-A.
UM, THEY FELT THAT THE PDA WOULD MEET THEIR NEEDS, SO, AND AS YOU SAW THE, THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THEY APPROACHED IT THROUGH THE PDA.
AND I CAN LET THEM SPEAK TO THAT IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER, BUT YES, UH, YEAH, I PROBABLY WON'T HAVE TIME.
MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE COULD PICK THAT UP.
DO WHERE DO, DOES DOMAIN CAP AT TWO 50? THE TWO 50 NUMBER SOUNDS FAMILIAR.
NO DOMAIN IS ACTUALLY HIGHER DOMAIN STEPS DOWN.
IT STEPS DOWN FROM OPAC DOWN TOWARDS BURNETT ROAD.
SO IT ACTUALLY HAS HIGHER HEIGHTS ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND IT'S BEEN AMENDED GOODNESS.
11? YEAH, LIKE 10, I WAS GONNA SAY 10 TIMES.
BUT IT'S BEEN AMENDED SO MANY TIMES THAT THAT'S WHY, BECAUSE WE'VE INCREASED THE HEIGHT IN THE DOMAIN WITH THE FOCUS BEING TOWARDS THE MAJOR HIGHWAYS, IT STEP BACK.
AND IF I HAVE A FEW MORE SECONDS, WE'RE, I'M REALLY GONNA PICK YOUR, WE'RE AT TIME COMMISSIONER COX.
I'LL CHAIR, I'LL, I'LL TAKE UP FOR MY TIME.
AND UH, COMMISSIONER COX, PLEASE FINISH YOUR QUESTION.
I WAS JUST GONNA REALLY PICK YOUR BRAIN AND SEE IF YOU REMEMBERED THE, THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT WE APPROVED ON SOUTH LAMAR NEAR 71.
I COULDN'T FIND IT FAST ENOUGH.
WHAT IF YOU REMEMBER AT ALL THE HEIGHTS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THERE, WHERE THEY PUT THE CRANES UP IN THE AIR AND THAT SORT OF THING? OH, I DON'T, BECAUSE BRODY, BRODY OAKS, I BELIEVE, YES.
I WAS NOT THE CASE MANAGER FOR BRODY OAKS, SO, UM,
OKAY, WE'LL GO 2 75 IS WHAT I'M HEARING,
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BUT I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY.UM, STAFF, I BELIEVE YOU CAN HELP ME ANSWER THIS QUESTION, OR THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A REQUEST FOR LOOKING AT WOODEN PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND HOW THEY WOULD BE, HOW WOULD THIS USUALLY INTERSECT WITH, UH, SOMETHING LIKE OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION OR FEE? HOW WOULD THAT WOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IF IT WAS? WELL, WHEN THE TIME AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN? UM, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND THE DEDICATION, UM, OF COURSE IT WOULD BE REVIEWED IF IT WAS A PUD THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS.
SO IF, IF THIS WAS INDEED A PUD, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WOULD FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT'S GONNA BE ON SITE OR OFFSITE.
IT COULD GO TO A PARTICULAR PARK.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION EITHER FOR MR. NEIL.
AND THEN MS. KLASKO, I MIGHT ASK YOU NEXT AS WELL, OR ANYONE, THIS IS RELATED TO THE RED LINE PARK WHEN I'M LOOKING AT YOUR PRESENTATION SLIDE.
UM, SO THE OTHER ONE THAT I SAW THAT THERE WAS NOT AGREEMENT ON CURRENTLY WAS A RED LINE PARKWAY.
CAN YOU PLEASE WALK US THROUGH WHAT THE ASK IS, WHAT THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN LIKE? YEAH, SO THE, UM, THE SITE IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE TRAIN TRACKS.
WERE THE RAILROAD RUNS AND THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS NEARBY THAT YOU COULD ACCESS IF THERE'S ONE AT CRESTVIEW STATION, MORROW STREET, ANDERSON LANE, WOOTEN PARK DRIVE, UM, AND A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH.
SO THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS WITH BETWEEN ABOUT LIKE 0.4 OF A MILE AND MAYBE ABOUT A MILE.
AND IT JUST, ONCE IT'S COMPLETE, WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GREAT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION TRAIL FOR THIS PART OF TOWN.
LIKE I SAID, I THINK YOU COULD GET FROM LIKE HIGHLAND A, CC HIGHLAND, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE DOMAIN AND THE Q2 STADIUM.
UM, SO, SO WE THINK IT'S KIND OF A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF TRYING TO MINIMIZE CAR USAGE OF THIS SITE IS TO HAVE THOSE SORT OF BIKING ROUTES.
UM, AND SO, SO YEAH, WE'VE HAD A FEW DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT.
I THINK, I THINK THEY HADN'T QUITE CONSIDERED THE IMPACT.
SO WE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ROUNDS AND ENDED UP WITH WHAT YOU SAW IN THE PRESENTATION, WHEREAS THEY, THEY WILL AGREE TO, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IF THEY BILL OVER 120 FEET.
AND SO OUR CURRENT CONCERN IS JUST THAT MAYBE WE DON'T LOVE THE 120 FOOT TRIGGER 'CAUSE IT MIGHT INCENTIVIZE THEM NOT TO BUILD UP TO THAT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE STATUS OF THAT POINT.
UH, MS. KLASKO, CAN I ASK, UM, YOU TO MAYBE HELP FURTHER SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL? THANK YOU MR. NIL.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER AZAR FOR THE QUESTION.
SO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE RED LINE, UM, FIRST WHEN WE FIRST, UH, SAW THE, THE REQUEST IS MY CLIENT DID NOT SEE HOW, HOW THE RESIDENTS OF OUR PROJECT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE RED LINE 'CAUSE OF THE CONNECTIVITY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DON'T, THERE'S IT A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE RED LINE.
IT'S IN A WAY OF, UH, FURTHER EAST WE ARE.
UM, BUT, UH, WE DID RECEIVE A MAP FROM THE FOLKS FROM THE TO SHOW IN THE FUTURE REALLY IF THE, UH, COULD YOU PLEASE PULL UP MY MAP, MY PRESENTATION? IT'S BEST TO PROBABLY SHOW THAT, UH, THE, MY PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, YOU SEE DALE DRIVE, DALE DRIVE DEAD ENDS, THERE IS A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY THAT IS THERE.
SO THE POINT, SO IN THE FUTURE, WHENEVER THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS REDEVELOPED, THE GOAL IS THAT THEN RE RESIDENTS FROM OUR SITE WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO BIKE THROUGH DELL DRIVE, WHICH IS NOT THERE.
AND SO TO THE RED LINE, SO THE POINT MY, OUR CLIENTS MATES LIKE DONATING $250,000 FOR SOMETHING THAT, UM, MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON.
UM, THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE, THE WE, UH, THE AMOUNT, UH, UH, COMES FROM AND ALSO THE, THE TRIGGER.
SO WE, WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT BETWEEN OUR AND COUNCIL REALLY THROUGH THE TRIGGER POINT WHEN THE FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
SO IT'S, WE WE'RE STILL OPEN TO HAVING THAT DIALOGUE.
UM, SO UNLIKE YOUR COMMUNITY PARK, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS STILL, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH 'EM REGARDING AND THAT BENEFITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR RESIDENTS HERE.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, LET MAY WAIT TO SEE OUR ONLINE COMMISSIONERS.
AND I'LL TAKE JUST A FEW SECONDS TO EDITORIAL LIES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S DISTRICT FOUR, UM, D SEVEN AND I'M, I'M SURE MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON WILL AGREE WITH ME.
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ANDERSON, WE SHARE ANDERSON LANE FROM D SEVEN.IT IS
UH, WE'VE GOT COVER THREE, WE'VE GOT ENCHILADA EMA, UH, DON'T DIS ANDERSON LANE, PLEASE.
SO WITH THAT EDITORIAL, UM, UH, LET ME HAVE THE, ACTUALLY LET ME HAVE THE, UH, UH, MR. YES, THANKS MR. NEIL.
UM, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU AS, UM, AS COMMISSIONER COX WAS SAYING, IT FEELS PROBABLY LIKE YOU'RE FIGHTING THE DRAGON OR FIGHTING LOTS OF INCOMING, UM, YOU GOT A LOT OF INCENTIVES IN HERE AND, AND I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, HAVE, HAVE YOU ASKED FOR THAT? WHAT, WHAT'S BEEN YOUR REQUEST? SO, SO I I, I BREEZED OVER THAT ONE QUITE QUICKLY.
WE, WE AGREED TO JUST IMPLEMENT THE CITY COUNCIL'S JULY 18TH PDA GUIDELINES, UH, IN THIS PROJECT.
SO THEY WERE, WHILE WE WERE HAVING THE NEGOTIATIONS, THE COUNCIL, UH, SO YEAH, SHE JUST HANDED ME THE GUIDELINES.
SO THE GUIDELINES ARE THAT FOR, OH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE LOOKED AT THIS.
SO, OKAY, SO IF IT'S, UH, THEY CAN DO 12% AT 60% MFI, IF THEY'RE AT 90 FEET AND IF THEY GO, UH, OVER 120 FEET, IT WOULD BE 15% AT 60 MFI OR 12% AT 50 MFI.
SO THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BOTH AGREED TO, THAT THOSE GUIDELINES ARE, ARE GOOD FOR THIS SITE SINCE IT WAS DESIGNED FOR THE PDA ANYWAYS.
AND, AND YOU PLAN TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE, INTO THE, THE COVENANT? YES.
AND, AND Y'ALL ARE, LOOK, THIS IS A NEGOTIATION BETWEEN TWO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS OR PRIVATE PARTIES.
AND, AND I GET, I'M NOT TRYING TO GET IN BETWEEN YOU, UH, KEEP NEGOTIATE, BUT WE COULD, AS COMMISSIONER COX SAID MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN I CAN, WE COULD DO A LOT OF THIS THROUGH ZONING AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BE A, AN ENFORCEMENT AND POLICING NIGHTMARE.
I I'M STILL LEARNING THIS STUFF, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, YOU'RE, YOU THINK THIS NEGOTIATION'S TOUGH RIGHT NOW AS YOU GET DOWN THE ROAD, KEEPING SOME OF THIS GOING IS GONNA BE TOUGH.
SO, WELL, YOU GOTTA PLAY THE HANDS YOU'RE DEALT NOT THE ONE YOU WISH YOU HAD.
UH, MSLA, UH, UH, YOU'RE AGREED TO THE, TO THE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENTS? YES.
SO I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION FOR STAFF FIRST, AND THEN I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
UH, AND THIS IS JUST MOSTLY RELATED TO CLARIFICATION BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PDS VERSUS PDAS, RIGHT? AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A ARBITRARY HEIGHT CHANGE HERE BETWEEN THE ONE 20 AND TWO 50.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT AND HAS COUNCIL CONSIDERED MAKING THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE REALLY DEALING WITH TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AND MAYBE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A SQUARE PEG, ROUND HOLE SITUATION.
SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE I REALLY UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
THIS, THE APPLICANT ORIGINALLY PROPOSED A HEIGHT OF 250 FEET THROUGH THE PDA, THE CH BASED DISTRICT WILL GET YOU TO 120 DEPENDING ON THE IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT YOU BUILD ON THE SITE.
UM, THE STAFF WAS RELUCTANT TO RECOMMEND THAT LEVEL OF HEIGHT AT THIS LOCATION WITHOUT HAVING ANY ASSURITY OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
SO WE WERE LOOKING AT THE PDA PRO OR THE PUD, SORRY, NOW I'M DOING IT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PUD PROCESS, WHICH IS WHERE THE STAFF COULD ACTUALLY REVIEW, UH, THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY BENEFITS, WHICH THE APPLICANT IS OBVIOUSLY TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT.
UM, BUT IT WOULD ACTUALLY GO THROUGH STAFF DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW, UM, TO, FOR THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO REVIEW THE SITE AND TO LOOK AT THE CAPACITY AND WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE REQUIRED AND THROUGH THE TIER REQUIREMENTS IN A PUD.
YEAH, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET AT IS, YOU KNOW, IS IN THIS SITUATION YOU ALL HAVE, IT'S, IT'S MOVING FORWARD AS A PDA, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A PUD REALLY MIGHT, A PUD MIGHT ACTUALLY BE THE BETTER TOOL HERE.
AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, IS THERE A WAY TO SORT OF SAY, NO, THIS REALLY DOESN'T WORK FOR A PDA BECAUSE I, I, I THINK I SHARED THE CONCERNS TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE MENTIONED ABOUT THIS IS A PRIVATE COVENANT, HOW ARE WE GONNA ENFORCE IT? THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO SORT OF SUPERIORITY BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT, AND WE WOULD BE DOING THAT IF THIS WAS A PUD, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING THIS 'CAUSE IT'S A PDA.
SO I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS FROM STAFF PERSPECTIVE, IS THERE A WAY TO SORT OF SAY TO AN APPLICANT LIKE, NO, ABSOLUTELY THIS DOESN'T SQUARE PEG, GROUND HOLE? THAT WAS SORT OF MY QUESTION.
SO WE, WE MET WITH THEM AND WE SAID, OKAY, UH, WE REALLY CAN'T
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GET THERE AT THAT HEIGHT WITHOUT DOING A PUD WITH BENEFITS.SO WE SAID WE COULD GET THERE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A PDA BY LIMITING IT TO 120.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE LEFT IT.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT AMENDED THEIR REQUEST AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE EOD CAME ALONG, OF COURSE WAS IN THE PROCESS AND WE LOOKED AT PROHIBITING CERTAIN USES THAT WERE NOT, YOU KNOW, CONDUCIVE TO THIS SITE BECAUSE THEY WERE AUTOCENTRIC.
SO WE REMOVED THOSE USES IN OUR RECOMMENDATION AS PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, I DID WANNA ANSWER COMMISSIONER COX'S QUESTION.
I LOOKED UP THE BROD OAKS PUD AND IT IS 270 FEET, 75 FEET AND HEIGHT AS THE MAX WITH THE BENEFITS.
AND THEN I GUESS ONE OTHER QUESTION REGARDING THIS IS THAT WE'RE SEEING THINGS LIKE A EO AND LIKE A LOT OF GREAT CONNECTIVITY AND THAT'S ALL WONDERFUL, BUT IF THIS WAS JUST GOING FORWARD AS A REGULAR PDA, THAT WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED.
AND WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY A WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD TEAM THAT'S REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THIS A GREAT WITH SUPPORT FROM LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUPS.
SO I GUESS I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS MAY NOT HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OR THAT ENGAGEMENT.
SO WHY ARE WE SAYING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT TYPE OF PLACE MAKING FOR A PDA AT ONE 20 THAT YOU DO HAVE TO DO IF THIS WAS A PUD AT TWO 50? AND I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF A ZONING QUESTION AND I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF, IF THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED IN TERMS OF THOSE DIFFERENCES.
WE WERE LOOKING AT THE INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE AND WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, BE DEVELOPED HERE.
AND, AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE LANDED ON, WE HAVE MANY DISCUSSIONS,
BUT UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, THE DOMAIN IS A PDA TOO.
SO, AND WE HAVE SET THAT PRECEDENT WHERE WE HAVE DONE PDAS, WHERE WE'VE INCREASED THE HEIGHT.
UM, WE, THAT TOOK A LOT OF WORK.
AND THAT DID TAKE A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF PROHIBITED USES AND SETBACKS AND THINGS THAT WE INCORPORATED INTO IT TO MAKE THAT PDA WORK.
UM, THIS BEING A 16 ACRE SITE, IT WOULD MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR A PUD, WHICH IS 10 ACRES.
UM, SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE PUT THERE OUT THERE TO THE APPLICANT, BUT UNDERSTAND AS STAFF, WE CAN ONLY REVIEW WHAT THEY APPLY FOR.
I DID HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY MADE A HUGE EFFORT IN AUSTIN TO BE, YOU KNOW, REALLY TAKE AWAY OUR PARKING MINIMUMS AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ALL ARE OPEN TO THESE CONVERSATIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY DOES JUST KILL GOOD KIND OF WALKAWAY NEIGHBORHOODS OUTTA THOSE PARKING PODIUMS, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET THE PARKING TO A GOOD PLACE, YOU KNOW, POT, POTENTIALLY MORE UNDERGROUND PARKING OR CERTAINLY LESS PARKING ON SITE? I GUESS I'M CONCERNED THAT THAT SEEMS TO BE A REAL STICKING POINT AND IF THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING PODIUMS THAT IS REALLY GOING TO SAY RUIN THE VIBE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
YEAH, WE, WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO REALLY WORK THROUGH ALL OF THIS THINGS BETWEEN ON COUNCIL AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TO ADD THAT, UH, THE, UM, SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD IS REALLY BORROWING ALSO FROM THE, UH, BRODY OAKS PUD.
IN FACT, THEY HAVE A SECTION REGARDING, UH, SCREENING FOR THE PARKING GARAGES.
THERE ARE NO REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND PARKING FOR THE BRODY OAKS PUD I'VE READ ALL OF IT.
AND THE LANGUAGE WE HAD UNDER PARKING IS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SCREENING IN A MORE DELINEATED, UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE SCREENING WOULD BE FOR PARKING GARAGES.
SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING THROUGH THIS.
AND, AND BY THE WAY, YOU GUYS DID APPROVE, UH, I HAD DANNY'S PUD, UM, FOR 3, 230 FEET AND I CAME BACK TO YOU FOR THE PINNACLE PLAZA FOR THE HOTEL, DOUBLE TREE HOTEL, WORKED WITH THE SWEET DEAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO DO C-H-P-D-A AND THEY GAVE, ALLOWED US TO GO TO 330 FEET.
SO WE DO RECENTLY WENT BY CONSENT, SO MAYBE JUST DIDN'T.
OKAY, WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE ON.
UM, SO MS, SO YOU MENTIONED THAT THE PDA CANNOT DO MOST OF THE MODIFICATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES PRESENTATION.
WHAT, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, WHAT CAN A PDA MODIFY? IS IT ONLY THE REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY TO THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT IN SUB CHAPTER C OF THE ZONING CODE? SO LET ME PULL IT UP REALLY QUICK.
HERE ARE THE PDA REQUIREMENTS.
REGULAT REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY A PDA COMBINING DISTRICT MAY MODIFY, PERMITTED OR CONDITIONAL USE USES AUTHORIZED IN THE BASE DISTRICT EXCEPT FOR SUBCHAPTER E, WHICH IS COMPATIBILITY.
UH, ARTICLE 10, THE SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO THE BASE DISTRICT OFF STREET PARKING OR LOADING SIGN REGULATIONS OR LANDSCAPING SCREENING REGULATIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE IN THE BASE DISTRICT.
SO JUST TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, UNDER PARKING, WOULD
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I SHOULD, I SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT I DON'T.BUT, UM, IS THE WAY PARKING IS REGULATED IN THE BASE DISTRICT, IN THIS CASE, CH, SUCH THAT A PDA ORDINANCE COULD PROHIBIT SURFACE PARKING, BUT ALLOW STRUCTURED PARKING? I, I DO NOT BELIEVE SO.
I DIDN'T REQUIRE PARKING ANYMORE, BUT, UH, WHEN THEY SPEAK TO PARKING, I BELIEVE THEY MEAN THE REQUIRED PARKING, WHICH OF COURSE, SINCE THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, WE PA PASSED THE PARKING REGULATION CHANGES.
SO WE CAN'T CONTROL THROUGH THIS, WHETHER IT WOULD BE SURFACE PARKING OR UNDERGROUND PARKING THROUGH A PDA.
AND IT'S NOT REGULARLY, PARKING ISN'T TREATED AS A USE WHEN IT COMES TO ONSITE PARKING FOR DEVELOPMENTS LIKE IT'S AN ACCESSORY USE TO THE PRINCIP PRINCIPAL USE? IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE JUST ONSITE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO, TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, OFFSITE ACCESSORY PARKING, AND I'D HAVE TO PULL IT UP.
UM, BUT THIS WOULD BE ONSITE FOR THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT, SO.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED AN ACCESSORY USE JUST PART OF NO, IT WOULDN'T BE AN ACCESSORY.
IT WOULD JUST BE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UH, THE APPLICANT AND MR. N BOTH MENTIONED THE, THE PDA GUIDELINES.
I REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT THOSE COME FROM COUNCIL DIRECTION.
WHEN, WHEN ARE THOSE BEING ADOPTED? WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THAT? UH, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN PDAS.
AND IS THAT GONNA COME TO PLANNING COMMISSION? I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE ON THE GANTT CHART IN THE PROCESS.
THAT WAS A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE THAT PROCESS TO DO A DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM ON JULY 18TH FOR AFFORDABILITY IN PDAS.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT IS IN THE PROCESS.