[CALL TO ORDER]
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I'M GONNA CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING IN THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 20 20TH, 2025, AND IT IS EXACTLY SIX O'CLOCK.
WE ARE IN AUSTIN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 1001.
I WILL START WITH THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBER.
CHRISTIAN CHEPE HERE AND TAYLOR MAJOR? SURE.
WE HAVE FIRST ITEM IS THE CALL TO ORDER AND A PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE NONE, NOBODY ONLINE AND NOBODY IN THE ROOM TO TALK.
[Consent Agenda]
I WILL GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE, ON THE MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY 6TH? IF NOT, WE'LL INCLUDE THOSE THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL INCLUDE.
THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM MAY 6TH AS ITEM ONE.
ITEM TWO IS A REZONING CASE C 14 94 0 1 6 7 0 1 6500 RIVER PLACE, PDA AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING A STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO JUNE 3RD AND THAT STAFF POSTPONEMENT IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.
UH, ITEM THREE IS A REZONING CASE.
CITY INITIATED REZONING OF JOHN TREVINO JUNIOR METROPOLITAN PARK TO PUBLIC.
SO IT IS A REZONING CASE FROM IRR TO AND SF THREE TO P PUBLIC.
IT IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF AND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM FOUR IS IN THE EV VARIANCE, SP 2024 DASH 0 2 9 8 D FLATS.
UH, THE REQUEST IS TO VARY LDC 25 8 341 TO ALLOW UP TO 11 FEET OF CUT REQUEST TO VARY LDC 25 8 3 42 TO ALLOW UP TO 16 OF FILL REQUEST TO VARY LDC 25 8 3 0 2 TO ALLOW UP TO 600 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING ON SLOPES OVER 25% AND TO ALLOW UP TO 300, 3000 SQUARE FEET OF PARKING AREA ON SLOPES OVER 15%.
IT IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF AND IT DID GO TO ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND CAME OUT WITH, I BELIEVE, A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL AS WELL.
SO THAT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL.
UM, AND THAT IS IT FOR OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? OH, WE JUST, WE JUST GOTTA SAY A NAME FOR THAT ONE SPEAKER.
SO WE DO HAVE JUST ONE SPEAKER.
UM, WHO'S THE APPLICANT? MEGAN ECKHART.
UM, WHO'S JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
MEGAN, YOU WANNA PUSH STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
AND THIS IS FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY JUST HERE AS A RESOURCE IF THERE, IF THIS WAS POLL FOR DISCUSSION.
SO I DON'T NEED TO, UM, SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IF IT'S GOING FORWARD WITH CONSENT.
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONTENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY LUIS OLUGO AND A SECOND BY BETSY GREENBERG.
[WORKING GROUP/COMMITTEE UPDATES]
ITEM WORKING GROUP COMMITTEES.ITEM FIVE, CODES AND ORDINANCES.
JOINT COMMITTEE, GREENBERG FLORES AND STERN.
WE HAD A MEETING TOMORROW BUT CANCELED DUE TO LACK OF BUSINESS.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, JOINT COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER SMITH, GREENBERG AND FAUNCE.
UH, SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER LUGO PKI AND SHE, WE HAVE NOT HAD A MEETING YET.
NOTHING ON THE WORKING GROUP FUTURE.
THERE IS AN ITEM EIGHT LAND USE COMMISSION ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY WORKING GROUP.
WE WANTED TO CREATE A WORKING GROUP WHO ALL WANTS TO BE ON THIS WORKING GROUP? UH, CHAIR.
THIS SHOULD BE TO, LET'S HAVE A MOTION TO CREATE THE, I'M SORRY, I HAVE A MOTION TO CREATE.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO CREATE THE WORKING GROUP? I MOVE THAT WE CREATE A WORKING GROUP TO WORK ON A RECOMMENDATION FROM ZAP ON WHATEVER THAT ORDINANCE WAS.
UPDATE ON THE ONGOING EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE COMMISSION STRUCTURE RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS OF CITY COUNCIL IN A ACCORD TO THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 24 12.
YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY, THAT'S WHAT YOU GONNA SAY.
TOOK THE WORDS OUTTA MY MOUTH.
COMMISSIONER GREENBERG MADE THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER LIGO MAKES A SECOND.
NOW DO WE WANNA APPOINT WHO'S GONNA BE ON IT OR SEE IF THERE'S VOLUNTEERS? WHO WANTS TO VOLUNTEER TO BE ON THIS COMMISSION? WE JUST CREATED COMMITTEE.
WHAT IS, DO WE NEED TO SET GOALS FOR THE COMMITTEE? FOR
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THE COMMITTEE? THE WORKING GROUP WILL DO THAT.THE WORKING GROUP WILL COME BACK AND DO THAT.
UH, WE CAN GIVE THEM DIRECTION IF WE WANT.
SO TAYLOR MAJOR'S VOLUNTEERING.
ANYBODY ELSE? WE CAN HAVE UP TO FIVE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO SERVE AS WELL.
WHO WAS THAT? COMMISSIONER FOUTS.
SO WE HAVE COMMISSIONER FOUTS AND TAYLOR MAJOR.
WE CAN HAVE UP TO FIVE I BELIEVE.
AS LONG AS THERE'S NOT A QUORUM AND WE CAN DO IT WITH JUST THREE.
AND THESE ARE FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF THE COMMISSION, CORRECT? YES, THESE ARE TO WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, BRING THEM BACK TO THIS BOARD AND WE WILL MAKE THE MOTION OUT OF THIS BOARD.
I COMMISSIONER ONE POINT OF CONCERN CHAIR.
UH, I DON'T SEE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT THAT WE DISCUSSED EITHER.
IT WAS NOTED THAT IT DIDN'T GO OUT.
SO THEY DID SEND AN AMENDED AGENDA.
I SEE IT POSTED AND IT WAS POSTED ON TIME.
ANYBODY ELSE? THAT IS OUR FOUR MEMBERS.
SO IT'S LUIS OLUGO, DAVID F. CHRISTIAN, CHEPE AND TAYLOR MAJOR.
ANY DIRECTION WE WANT TO GIVE THEM? IF NOT, I THINK TO START I THINK WOULD BE TO REVIEW THE RESPONSIBILITIES IN DETAIL OF BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE ZONING.
COMMITTEE TO SUMMARIZE TO THE FULL BO FULL COMMISSION.
SO FIRST WE HAVE A GOOD LAY OF LAND ABOUT WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT RIGHT JOINT RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND THEN FROM, I WOULD SAY THAT'S SAY THE FIRST REPORT THAT THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD BRING WORKING GROUP SHOULD BRING FORWARD.
AND I THINK THE SECOND THING IS TO LOOK AT THE PURPOSES OF ZONING AND PLATTING AND MAYBE COME WITH A SET OF ONES THAT SEEM MORE NATURALLY FIT TOWARDS ZONING AND PLATING VERSUS THINGS THAT ARE, SEEM MORE PLANNING ORIENTED.
BUT I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE, WHAT'S EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE PLATE.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S GONNA BE MAINLY IN THE BYLAWS IS WHERE IT'S GONNA BE LAID OUT.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO RE MAINLY REVIEWING THE BYLAWS OF BOTH COMMISSIONS TO START WITH AND THEN COMING OUT WITH KIND OF BULLET POINTS AS TO WHAT ARE THE KEY ITEMS THERE? WHAT BELONGS IN WHICH ONE? THERE'S SOME CODE, CITY CODE.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE AND FAMILIAR, CORRECT ME.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CHARTER.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE LOOK INTO TO SEE WHAT USUALLY GETS BROUGHT IN FRONT? THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WHAT GOES BRING INTO THE UM, ZAP? NO, JUST THE CHARTER.
AND BYLAWS AND I THINK THE STAFF LIAISON FROM EACH CAN HELP OUT WITH THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? IF NOT, IT IS 6 0 8 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.