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[CALL TO ORDER]
THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 6:05 PM FIRST, WE WILL TAKE ROLE.PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.
AND BEFORE THAT, I NEED TO NOTE THAT I RECEIVED AN EMAIL THIS MORNING THAT CHAIR CZAR HAS RESIGNED TODAY FROM THE COMMISSION.
SO I WILL BE SERVING IN THE ROLE OF CHAIR UNTIL WE ELECT A NEW CHAIR.
WE'LL START WITH VICE-CHAIR WOODS HERE.
COMMISSIONER POWELL IS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER HILLER WILL COME BACK TO YOU.
AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR EXOFFICIO MEMBER BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS CHAIR JESSICA COHEN IS WITH US PER USUAL, TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BE HYBRID, ALLOWING FOR A VIRTUAL QUORUM AS LONG AS THE COMMISSIONER SERVING AS CHAIR IS PRESENT IN CHAMBERS.
AS SUCH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS HERE IN CHAMBERS AND IN ATTENDANCE, VIRTUALLY SIMILARLY, SPEAKERS CAN PRESENT FROM THE CHAMBERS OR PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY VIRTUAL COMMISSIONERS.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO SEND YOUR SIGN-IN SHEET TO OUR STAFF LIAISON PER THE CLERK'S GUIDELINES.
AND PLEASE HAVE YOUR GREEN, RED, AND YELLOW ITEMS FOR VOTING.
ALSO, PLEASE REMAIN MUTED WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING AND RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE RECOGNIZED.
BUT IF I MISS YOU, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
IF YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, YOU'LL RECEIVE AN EMAIL PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION TAKING UP YOUR ITEM.
WE'LL HAVE ASSISTANCE FROM MS. BROWN IN ANNOUNCING THE SPEAKERS DURING PUBLIC HEARINGS.
MS. BROWN, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
UP TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? YES.PHILLIP, WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I'VE LIVED DOWNTOWN FOR 33 YEARS AND LOVED ALL BUILDINGS.
UM, I CAME HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UM, I, I CAN'T HELP, UH, BUT FEEL LIKE WE'VE MISSED A LITTLE SOMETHING WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT WESTERN WEST CAMPUS AND WE TALKED ABOUT SHOAL CREEK CASES LATELY.
AND, UM, SO I WENT TO, UM, TO A PLACE TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE WHO COULD LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WOULD CHOOSE TO LIVE.
UM, WHERE THE MOST, WHAT MANY WOULD CONSIDER THE MOST DESIRABLE, CERTAINLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE REAL ESTATE IN THE WORLD IS THAT'S RESIDENTIAL.
AND I WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED TO FIND MYSELF, AND I'M SORRY, I I COULDN'T SEND A PHOTO, MY PHOTO IN, IN TIME BECAUSE I JUST DECIDED TO COME DOWN AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
UM, BUT I, I WAS SURPRISED TO, UM, TO SEE THAT IT WAS A QUIET RESIDENTIAL STREET.
AND THERE THERE WASN'T A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON THE STREET.
AND I HAVE A PICTURE THAT, THAT HAS A BOOKEND OF TWO BUILDINGS THAT ARE THE TALLEST RESIDENTIAL TOWERS ON THE PLANET.
AND THEY'RE LOCATED NEAR CENTRAL PARK.
THEY'RE NOT LOCATED ON THE PARK BECAUSE PEOPLE WANNA BE BY PARKS.
THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UH, BEING RIGHT ON THE PARKS CAN BE KIND OF NOISY AND MESSY.
UH, BUT BEING CLOSE TO IT IS, UH, CONSIDERED REALLY A NICE THING.
UM, THERE WASN'T ANY TRANSIT THAT WAS VISIBLE, BUT WE KNOW IT WAS CLOSE TO SUBWAYS.
IT CERTAINLY WASN'T NEAR A HIGHWAY.
UM, THE, THESE BUILDINGS, I I, I, I WISH YOU COULD SEE A PICTURE OF IT, BUT THEY'RE INSPIRING.
AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE, AS WE THINK ABOUT REDOING, IMAGINE AUSTIN, AS WE THINK ABOUT DOING THE CITY CENTER PLAN, AND CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR THE CITY CENTER PLAN CONCEPT.
UM, I THINK WE, WE REALLY NEED TO STEP BACK AND, AND FOCUS ON WHAT, WHERE DO PEOPLE REALLY WANNA LIVE? WHAT IS IT THAT THEY VALUE? AND, UH, AND SEE IF WE CAN'T DO A LITTLE BETTER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
[Consent Agenda]
AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE JULY 8TH MEETING.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EDITS TO THOSE MINUTES? OKAY, HEARING NONE THE MINUTES WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
OUR FIRST ACTIVITY TODAY IS TO VOTE ON THE CON CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS THAT ARE CONSENT APPROVAL, DISAPPROVAL,
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POSTPONEMENTS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS OR NON-DISCUSSION ITEMS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILL READ THE PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA AND IDENTIFY THOSE THAT ARE CONSENT POSTPONEMENT AND NON-DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS.YOU'LL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST CONSENT ITEMS BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, BEFORE YOU READ THE CONSENT AGENDA, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT COMMISSIONER HILLER IS WITH US.
COMMISSIONER HILLER, CAN YOU VERBALLY CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE FOR US? PLEASE CONVERT.
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, GO AHEAD.
AND ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO IS PLAN AMENDMENT EAST 11TH AND E AND 12TH STREET URBAN RENEWAL AREA MODIFICATION NUMBER 13 EAST 11TH AND 12TH STREET URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, UH, AMENDMENT DISTRICT ONE, AND THAT'S STAFF POSTPONEMENT UNTIL 8 26.
THE SEC, THE ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A REZONING C 14 20 24 0 0 3 12 0 1 EAST 11TH STREET DISTRICT ONE, THAT'S STAFF POSTPONEMENT TILL AUGUST 26TH.
UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 25 0 0 2 0.0 3 4 8 1 1 SOCO DISTRICT THREE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS REZONING CASE.
IT'S SEVEN C 14 20 25 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 8 1 1 SOCO DISTRICT THREE.
AND THAT'S OFFERED ON CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A PLAN AMENDMENT IT NPA 2 20 24 0 0 1 6 0 0.04 STRATMAN COVE, DISTRICT THREE STAFF POSTPONEMENT UNTIL AUGUST 12TH.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS REZONING C 14 20 25 0 0 0 4 STRATMAN COVE, DISTRICT THREE, AND THAT'S STAFF POSTPONEMENT UNTIL AUGUST 12TH.
NUMBER EIGHT IS A PLAN AMENDMENT AND PA 20 24 0 0 1, 9 0.02, 34TH, AND WEST.
IT'S ALUM AMENDMENT DISTRICT NINE.
ITEM NUMBER NINE OF REZONING C 14 20 25 0 0 6, 36 30 FOURTH AND WEST TRACT ONE, DISTRICT NINE THAT'S OFFERED ON CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER 10, REZONING C 14 20 25 0 0 7 30 FOURTH AND WEST TRACK TWO, DISTRICT NINE THAT'S OFFERED ON CONSENT.
AND ITEM NUMBER 11 IS REZONING C 14 20 25, 8 30 FOURTH AND WEST TRACK THREE.
DISTRICT NINE OFFERED ON CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS C 14 20 25 0 0 9 30 FOURTH AND WEST TRACK 14 DISTRICT NINE.
AND ONE NOTE ON THE CLARIFICATION, UH, CLARIFICATION ON THESE CASES IS WE THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO NOTE THAT THE RECORD ON THE RECORD, UH, IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE ON A THEATER.
THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE ALLOWED WOULD BE CONDITIONALLY ALLOWED, WOULD BE 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO WE'D LIKE TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOVING ON TO CASE NUMBER 13, THAT'S NPA 20 23 0 0 1 4 0.0 4 43 0 2.
KNUCKLES CROSSING DISTRICT TWO, THAT'S STAFF POSTPONEMENT TILL SEPTEMBER 9TH.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS A PLAN AMENDMENT NP 20 18 0 0 2 0.02.
SKYLINE MIXED USE DISTRICT THREE, APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.
IT'S C 14 20 24 0 0 1 6 3 1700 SOUTH LAMAR, DISTRICT NINE.
THAT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REZONING C 14 20 25 48 WEST MOCKING BOARD LANE DISTRICT THREE THAT'S OFFERED ON CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER 17, REZONING C 14 20 25 6 2 3 0 1 NORTH PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD DISTRICT THREE, AND THAT'S OFFERED ON CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER 18 IS C 14 20 25 0 5 3 VAL HARRIS RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT NINE, THAT'S A STAFF POSTPONEMENT UNTIL AUGUST 26TH.
AND THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS NEED TO RECUSE OR ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? COMMISSIONER HANEY? UM, I AM ABSTAINING FROM ITEMS NINE THROUGH 12.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE A REASON FOR YOUR ABSTENTION? I OWN PROPERTY NEARBY.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER MAXWELL? UH, YES.
I'LL BE ABSTAINING ON ITEM NUMBER 15 AS I USED TO OWN A BUSINESS IN THE, UM, SUBJECT TRACT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS NEED TO RECUSE OR ABSTAIN? YES.
I JUST HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
SO WE RECEIVED THE LATE NOTICE FOR ITEMS NINE THROUGH 12 WITH THE DEVELOPER OR THE CHANGE IN AMENDED ZONING REQUEST.
SO WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TAKES THAT INTO CONSIDERATION? CORRECT.
UH, JONATHAN TOMKO WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE CASE MANAGER FOR ITEMS NUMBER NINE THROUGH 12.
WE RECEIVED AN AMENDED REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT, WHICH MATCHES THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
I RECEIVED THAT LATE ON FRIDAY, AND THAT'S ALSO WHAT'S BEEN
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NEGOTIATED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.SO I'VE SINCE RECEIVED BACKUP FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AGREEING TO THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD ON THE CONSENT AGENDA HERE TODAY, JUST FOR AN ABUNDANCE OF CLARITY.
MS. BROWN, DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? YES.
WE DO, WE HAVE THE APPLICANT SPEAKING FOR ITEM FIVE.
MS. GLASGOW'S WAIVING HER RIGHT TO SPEAK.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, UM, FROM ITEM FIVE IS LONNIE STERN.
LONNIE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
OKAY, SO, SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. STERN IS COMING UP TO SPEAK.
I KNOW IT'S UNUSUAL TO SPEAK ON A CONSENT ITEM,
UM, MY NAME IS LONNIE STERN AND, UH, I'M HERE TO SPEAK, UH, UH, IN FAVOR OF ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE.
UM, BUT, UH, IN PARTICULAR, UH, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, A, A SPECIFIC ITEM ABOUT IT.
UM, TWO SPECIFIC ITEMS. ONE, UH, THE DEVELOPER INCLUDED A, A VERY LONG LIST OF CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS THAT WERE INTRODUCED EARLIER, UM, LAST YEAR.
THEY'RE BASICALLY JUST AUTO ORIENTED OVERLAYS AND ZAP HAS MADE A HABIT OF ADDING CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS LIKE THIS ON OUR TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
AND I, UM, AM BRINGING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION 'CAUSE I WANTED TO APPLAUD THE DEVELOPER FOR DOING THIS WORK AND ENCOURAGE THIS BODY TO, UH, ENCOURAGE OTHER DEVELOPERS TO CONSIDER THAT ON TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
UM, ANOTHER REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM WAS REALLY OPEN TO THE RECOMMENDATION TO CREATE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN BATTLE BAND, NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE.
AND I MEAN, MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE IS TO USE LIVERPOOL DRIVE BECAUSE OF ACCESS TO THE PARKLAND AND ITS ESSENTIAL CONNECTION, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S THERE.
AND ALSO THE CONNECTION DIRECTLY TO HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSIT.
AND THEY'VE AGREED TO STUDY THIS FURTHER WITH THE CONNECTION ALONG WILLIAMSON CREEK.
NOW, THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT ISN'T JUST BECAUSE I LIVE IN THIS AREA AND I, I, THESE ARE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE.
UM, IT ISN'T JUST IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY SAID YES.
UM, THE REASON I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE POLICY TO ENCOURAGE MOBILITY EASEMENTS AROUND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WE HAVE NO GUARANTEE THAT AS WE BUILD OUT DISTRICTS LIKE ST.
ELMO, UH, THAT THEY'LL BE WALKABLE.
UH, MOST OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE BUILT WITH FENCES AROUND THEM AND NO WAY TO WALK OR BIKE AROUND THEM.
SO THEY WIND UP BEING LARGE FENCES, KEEPING PEOPLE IN SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AWAY FROM THE CORRIDORS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS.
SO, UM, WHILE I WANNA APPLAUD THIS DEVELOPER FOR BEING OPEN TO THIS, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THIS NEED FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO CONSIDER HOW MOBILITY EASEMENTS CAN BE BROUGHT TO MORE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS ONE.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FOR ITEM EIGHT.
THE PRIMARY SPEAKER IS MICHAEL WAYLAN.
SPEAK ON ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 12.
YEAH, MICHAEL WHALE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A REBUTTAL PERIOD.
I'M GONNA SIT DOWN AND, UH, YIELD BACK MY, UH, 24 AND A HALF UH, MINUTES
WE'VE SPENT MONTHS WORKING ON AN AGREEMENT.
WE'VE CONCURRED NOW WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
WE DO HAVE ONE TWEAK RELATED TO A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
UM, UH, IF A VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDING IS BUILT, UH, THE SENSE IS THAT, UH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXCEED 45 FEET BECAUSE A VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDING REQUIRES RESIDENTIAL AND REQUIRES ONSITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, AND WOULD BE LIMITED TO, UH, THE GR BASE HEIGHT.
SO, UM, OTHERWISE THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY TWEAK.
DBE TODD, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE ORDINANCE ALREADY HAS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE, WHICH OVERRIDES ANY CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, BUT AS YOU ALL ALSO KNOW, IT ALSO REQUIRES RESIDENTIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT'S A, IT'S JUST A WEIRD TWEAK, UH, BASED ON A RECENT, UH, LEGISLATIVE ACTION THAT OCCURRED, SENATE BILL EIGHT 40.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JILL PARRISH, WHO'S SPEAKING ON ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 12.
OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER IS, UM, JENNIFER CARLSON, SPEAKING OF ITEMS
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NINE THROUGH 12.JENNIFER, YOU HAVE 12 MINUTES.
HI, I THINK, DO I NEED TO, I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO THIS.
UM, I WILL ONLY NEED ABOUT TWO MINUTES.
UH, MY NAME IS JENNIFER CARLSON OR JENNY.
I REPRESENT THE HERITAGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND I LIVE ON WEST 35TH STREET WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE TRACKS.
UNDER DISCUSSION, UM, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT, UH, TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT THAT IS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR THE APPLICANT AND THE COMMUNITY OF WHICH THESE TRACKS ARE APART.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO STAFF, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR CONSIDERED EFFORTS IN REVIEWING THESE CASES AND STRONGLY CONCUR WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF GR WITH CONDITIONAL OVERLAY FOR TRACKS ONE, TWO, B THREE AND FOUR AND, UH, AND CONTINUED CS WITH CONDITIONAL OVERLAY ON TRACKS TWO A.
WE FIND THIS TO BE AN INSPIRED WAY TO ENSURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD REMAINS A SPACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY WITH THE PROMISE OF NEW NEIGHBORS TO KNIT OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT THE APPLICANT AND THEIR AGENT HAVE WORKED WITH US TO ENSURE THAT THESE TRACKS WILL, WILL BETTER FULFILL THE CITY'S GOAL, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO WISH TO PUT DOWN ROOTS AND HERITAGE, RENTERS AND OWNERS ALIKE COMMUNITY SUPPORTIVE DEVELOPMENT CHIEFLY HOUSING.
WE ARE PROUD OF THE AGREEMENT WE'VE REACHED WITH THE APPLICANT, UH, WHICH OUR MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED IN A RECENT VOTE.
AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS MAY HAVE REGARDING OUR SUPPORT OF THE REZONING OF THESE TRACKS.
WE HAVE BARRETT RAVEN SPEAKING ON ITEMS NINE THROUGH 12 BARRETT.
YOU HAVE 12 MINUTES, MR. RAVEN'S WAIVING HIS TIME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEFF WEBSTER, WHO IS SPEAKING ON ITEMS NINE THROUGH 12.
MR. WEBSTER IS WAIVING HIS TIME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KILA JIMENEZ, WHO IS SPEAKING ON ITEMS NINE THROUGH 11.
UM, KISA, YOU HAVE SEVEN MINUTES.
MS. MENEZ IS WAIVING HER TIME.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA SWITCH TO SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION.
UM, SPEAKER IN OPPOSITION FOR ITEM 11 IS JOHN FOXWORTH.
JOHN, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, I FIGURE OUT HOW TO, MR. FOXWORTH IS WAIVING HIS TIME.
UM, ANOTHER SPEAKER IN OPPOSITION IS FOR ITEM 12, IS GEORGE NELSON WHO'S JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
GEORGE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
MY NAME IS GEORGE NELSON, 3, 2 0 4 WEST AVENUE FOR MORE THAN FROM MORE THAN 75 YEARS AGO.
I CAN REMEMBER A TIME ON WEST AVENUE NEAR 34TH STREET WHERE THERE WERE THREE HOMES ON EACH SIDE OF WEST AVENUE BETWEEN 32 0 4 AND 32 0 5 WEST AVENUE AND WEST 34TH STREET.
NOW IT'S VIRTUALLY VACANT GEORGE ORWELL IN THE ROAD TO WIGGIN PIER DEAD.
A GOOD SOCIETY WOULD PRESERVE ONE OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT SO MUCH TO KNOW HOW LIFE HAD BEEN IN THE PAST, BUT RATHER TO LET PEOPLE KNOW A GOOD IT HAD BEEN IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING.
SO I CAN ALSO REMEMBER A NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH SMALL DOGS AND KITTY CATS WORKED FREE TO ROAM SAFELY FROM BACKYARD TO BACKYARD.
IN ADDITION, I REMEMBER A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYGROUND DEDICATED TO AND NAMED FOR TA PENN FAMILY STALL OF THE PENN FAMILY WHO PROVIDED THE PLAYGROUND CONTAINING A TENNIS COURT AND BASKETBALL GOAL WHERE CHILDREN COULD PLAY BASEBALL, TOUCH FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, AND DIG TO THEIR HEART'S DESIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SAND TENNIS COURT NOW, WHICH IS PART OF THE DESERTED REMNANTS OF THE AUSTIN DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC, ALL LARGE DIRT OAK TREE ONCE THE TARGET FOR HITTING A HOME RUN OVER HAS NOW BEEN CUT DOWN.
IT WAS EVEN A DEN OR CUB SCOUTS IN A VACANT GARAGE.
THE OTHER THINGS THAT I REMEMBER ARE THAT THERE WERE DOCTORS AND LAWYERS AND STATE AND COUNTY WORKERS AND TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS AND NURSES AND PREACHERS AND COACHES AND CARPENTERS AND MECHANICS WHO LIVED IN THE AREA IN SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES.
AND I CAN REMEMBER THE TIMES BEFORE BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
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TO ME THAT IN REGARDING DENSITY, WHICH THE CITY OF AUSTIN SEEMS TO BE BENT UPON, PERHAPS THE CITY OF AUSTIN WOULD BE WELL SERVED TO CONSIDER SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING AS A PART OF THE MIX OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.AND THAT INSTEAD OF PASSING OUT CONDOMINIUMS, PERHAPS THEY SHOULD PASS OUT CONDOMS. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS THE PRIMARY SPEAKER ON ITEM 16, BRAD MISSAL WHO'S JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
UM, OKAY, WELL CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT.
WAIT, EXCUSE, SORRY, ONE MORE.
SO WE HAVE OUR APPLICANT FOR ITEM 18, UM, VICTORIA HASSEY.
VICTORIA, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
AND WE DON'T HAVE MR. MASSEN ONLINE? NO.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER FOR ITEM 18 IS CHARLES, UM, DARCO.
CHARLES IS SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION.
CHARLES, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES WAIVING MR. DARCO IS WAIVING HIS TIME.
ALL CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO ANY COMMISSIONERS WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OR OTHERWISE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? UM, UH, MR. TOMKO, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT YOU WANTED TO SHOW US? YES, I DID.
BEFORE YOU'ALL STARTED TO TAKING ACTION.
SO TO BE ENTIRELY CLEAR ON ITEMS NUMBER NINE THROUGH 12, UM, WHAT'S MOVING FORWARD TODAY IS THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, WHICH IS IN YOUR BACKUP DATED 7 22.
UM, IT DOESN'T TOTALLY MATCH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AS THE APPLICANT OUTLINED, BUT THE APPLICANT STAFF AND LAW WILL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
AND YOUR RECOMMENDATION OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IF YOU CHOOSE TO MOVE THAT FORWARD, IS SUBJECT TO LEGAL REVIEW.
UM, I HAVE A RELATED, UH, ITEM FOR THIS.
UM, SO, UH, PER THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT, WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE A RECOMMENDATION FROM PLANNING COMMISSION SUBJECT FURTHER TO C TO CITY LEGAL'S.
FURTHER REVIEW FOR THE AMENDED APPLICANT'S AMENDED REQUEST FOR THE COMMENTS OF MR. TOMKO THAT THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS FOR ITEMS 9, 10, 11, AND 12 PROHIBIT A HEIGHT OVER 45 FEET IF THE PROPERTIES ARE NOT DEVELOPED TO DBE TODD STANDARDS OR BMU STANDARDS.
AND WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THAT GOES FORWARD TO CITY LEGAL FOR FURTHER REVIEW, UH, BEFORE IT GOES TO COUNCIL.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, ANY OBJECTION TO THE INCLUSION OF THIS RECOMMENDATION INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING? SEE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BREER RAMIREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER AHMED? ANY OBJECTION? OKAY, SEEING NONE, THAT ITEM PASSES AND THIS CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[15. Rezoning: C14-2024-0163 - 1700 South Lamar; District 9]
TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING CASE, WHICH IS ITEM 15.MS. BROWN, WILL YOU PLEASE MC THE PUBLIC HEARING ANNOUNCING SPEAKERS AND WHEN THE SPEAKER'S TIME HAS ENDED? YES, YOUR HONOR.
GOOD EVENING MARCEL BOUDREAU, DEPARTMENT STAFF.
THIS IS ITEM 15 ON YOUR AGENDA, CASE NUMBER C 14 DASH 2024 DASH 0 1 63 ADDRESS AT 1700 SOUTH LAMAR BOULEVARD IN 1401 AND 1509 COLLIER STREET.
THIS ITEM WAS MOST RECENTLY GRANTED A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT REQUEST FROM THE JUNE 24TH PLANNING COMMISSION TO THIS EVENING'S HEARING.
THE APPROXIMATELY 5.2 ACRE SUBJECT REZONING AREA IS CURRENTLY ZONED CSV ON TRACK ONE AND LO AND SF THREE ON TRACK TWO.
THE REQUEST IS CSV DB 90 ON TRACK ONE AND C-S-V-C-O ON TRACK TWO.
THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY FOR TRACK TWO AS PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT AND SUPPORTED BY STAFF DUE TO THE SITE'S ADJACENCY TO EXISTING LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONING INCLUDES A LIST OF PROHIBITED USES AND A 75 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK AT THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE.
THIS IS, UM, DETAILED MORE IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT I CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IF YOU NEED.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ON SOUTH LAMAR BOULEVARD, WHICH IS AN IMAGINE AUSTIN CORRIDOR AND A CORE TRANSIT CORRIDOR AND A JOINTS, A PUBLIC SIDEWALK, BIKE LANES, AND IS LOCATED WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF PUBLIC TRANSIT STOPS, INCLUDING THE UM, RAPID LINES LINE.
THIS REQUEST FOR THE V AND THE DB 90 COMBINING DISTRICTS CONTINUES TO ALIGN WITH CITY OBJECTIVES TO INCREASED DENSITY AND AFFORDABILITY AS WELL AS VERTICAL EXCUSE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING CSV DB 90 FOR TRACK ONE AND
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CS VCO FOR TRACK TWO.THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM THOSE IN FAVOR.
SO THE APPLICANT IN FAVOR FOR ITEM 15 IS MICHELLE HAMAN.
MICHELLE IS RECEIVING THREE MINUTES OF DONATED TIME FROM DYLAN KOONS.
DYLAN, ARE YOU HERE? OKAY, MICHELLE, YOU HAVE EIGHT MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.
I'M MICHELLE HAUSMAN REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING.
THIS IS A, A SUMMARY OF OUR REZONING REQUEST.
WE'VE HAD AN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR THE LAST NINE MONTHS.
WE HAVE SURROUNDING OWNER, PROPERTY OWNER SUPPORT, AND AS OF YESTERDAY WE DID NOT HAVE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE.
THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS HERE AND WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
UH, STONE LAKE IS THE PROPERTY OWNER AND DEVELOPER.
THEY'VE DEVELOPED A LOT OF HOUSING AND PROJECTS IN THE AUSTIN AREA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
PIPE AUSTIN IS OUR CIVIL ENGINEER AND TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
KIRKSEY IS OUR ARCHITECT AND LAND USE SOLUTIONS.
UH, THAT'S MY COMPANY'S ZONING AND ENTITLEMENTS.
THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF STONE LAKE'S DEVELOPMENTS THAT, UM, WE'VE REVIEWED WITH DURING OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
THE FLATIRON AND THE BOWEN ARE IN DOMAIN SOUTH END OF BERNARD AND BREAKER AND TRAILHEAD EAST IS IN EAST AUSTIN AT BAL ROAD AND SHADY LANE.
THE PROPERTY LOCATION IS AT COLLIER AND THE MAR HERE'S A CLOSEUP VERSION.
IT'S CURRENTLY AN UNDERUTILIZED SITE THAT IS DEVELOPED WITH ONE STORY COMMERCIAL USES AND IS OWN CSV WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 60 FEET.
UM, MS. BOUDREAUX WENT OVER THE, THE ZONING REQUEST, SO I WON'T, UM, SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THAT.
SO OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WHEN WE FILED WAS DCSV DB 90 FOR THE ENTIRE TRACT, WHICH IS 5.2 ACRES FOR THE MAXIMUM OF 90 FEET IN HEIGHT.
DURING OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, WE HEARD FROM NEIGHBORS AND WE AMENDED OUR PROPOSAL IN MAY FOR TRACT ONE AS DB 90 AND TRACK TWO.
UH, WE REMOVED THE DB 90 AND KEPT IT AT 60 FEET IN HEIGHT AND INCLUDED A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY THAT HAS A 75 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK AREA, WHICH WE BASICALLY FROM THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE PULLED THE ENTIRE BUILDING OUT OF THE COMPATIBILITY SETBACK.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN 25 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, BUT WE PULLED IT OUT OF THAT AREA AND ALSO INCLUDED PROHIBITED USES.
SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THE APPLICANT DOES AGREE WITH, AND AS MS. BOUDREAUX DISCUSSED, TRACK ONE IS THE FRONT PORTION ON LAMAR AT THE INTERSECTION AND TRACK TWO IS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SITE, THE 75 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK IN YOUR BACK.
ON THE LEFT YOU SEE ATTACHMENT B.
THERE IS A, A CURVED LINE THAT SHOWS THE 75 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK.
AGAIN, THAT WAS THE COMPATIBILITY AREA WHERE WE MOVED THE BUILDING COMPLETELY OUT OF IT.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, UM, KIRKSEY PREPARED THIS EXHIBIT FOR US THAT SHOWS THE IDEA OF WHAT WILL BE WITHIN THAT 75 FOOT SETBACK.
THAT KIND OF SQUIGGLY GREEN LINE IS ACTUALLY A FIRE LANE THAT IS REQUIRED BY CITY CODE, BUT IT WILL BE MADE OF GRASS CREEK AND IT'LL INCLUDE HARDSCAPING LANDSCAPING AND WILL BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.
THIS IS ALSO AN EXAMPLE THAT KIRKSEY PUT TOGETHER FOR US THAT SHOWS WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE WALKING IS A A 28 FOOT WIDE FIRE LANE, BUT IT WILL LOOK LIKE GRASS.
AND THEN YOU SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THE, UH, FENCE BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORS AND THIS PROJECT.
SO HERE'S A CONCEPTUAL MASSING, A CONCEPTUAL SITE LAYOUT THAT YOU CAN SEE THE, THE SETBACK IN THE BACK 60 FEET IN THE BACK.
SO BASICALLY THE BUILDING WAS LOWERED, UM, 90, UH, FROM 90 FEET TO 60, WHICH IS A 30 FOOT REDUCTION DURING OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
THESE ARE, UH, IMAGES AND MASSING THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND SHOWED DURING OUR MAY 20TH ONSITE COMMUNITY MEETING.
YOU SEE THE BUILDING IN THE FRONT IS 90 FEET.
THE BUILDING IN THE BACK IS 30 AND I'LL FLIP IT AROUND SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN FROM THIS PROJECT AND SIMILARLY SITUATED, UH, PROJECTS ALONG SOUTH LAMAR.
THIS HERE SHOWS YOU, UM, THE GRAY BOX IN THE BACK IS THE MASSING STUDY.
AND THEN ZILKER STUDIOS IS IN THE FRONT.
ZILKER STUDIOS IS ACTUALLY 85 FEET IN HEIGHT ON LAMAR.
SO THE MASSING STUDY IS IN, UM, CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS.
HERE YOU SEE, UM, LAMAR AND COLLIER.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT.
AND THEN THIS IS FURTHER DOWN COLLIER TOWARDS KENNY.
AND THEN HERE IS, UH, KENNY AVENUE IS WHERE THE STOP SIGN IS AND YOU CAN SEE A SMALL PORTION OF THE GRAY BUILDING IN THE BACK.
THAT'S THE, THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING THAT WILL BE SEEN FROM KENNY AVENUE.
SO IN SUMMARY, I KNOW MS. REUX UM, ADDRESSED THIS VERY WELL.
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IS AN IMAGINE AUSTIN CORRIDOR COURT TRANSIT CORRIDOR.UM, THE CITY HAS A SOUTH LAMAR CORRIDOR PROGRAM THAT IS INVESTING, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS, MOBILITY, SAFETY AND CONNECTIVITY ALONG LAMAR.
IT'S WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF CAPITAL METRO RAPID BUS AND LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE FROM BUS STOPS WITHIN A HALF MILE OF RICKY GUERRERO PARK.
IT IS CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USES.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED HOUSING IN AUSTIN AND WILL PROVIDE THE AFFORDABLE UNITS THROUGH THE VERTICAL MIXED USE PROGRAM IN THE BACK AND THE DB 90 PROGRAM IN THE FRONT.
SO OUR WHOLE TEAM IS HERE IN AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHARLENE LEIG, WHO IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
CHARLENE GON PRESS STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
I LIVE AT 1709 NEY AVENUE, A PROPERTY THAT I OWN AND HAVE LIVED IN SINCE 2013.
IT'S ADJACENT TO 1700 SOUTH LAMAR AND SPECIFICALLY TO TRACK TWO OF THE PROPERTY BEING BEING CONSIDERED FOR REZONING.
UM, SINCE 2013, I'VE EXPERIENCED FREQUENT NOISE NUISANCES FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT AT 1700 SOUTH LAMAR.
AND I'VE APPRECIATED THE NEW OWNER'S EFFORTS TO MITIGATE THIS NUISANCE THROUGH MIGRATION OF THEIR WASTE SERVICES TO A NEW VENDOR.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE NOISE NUISANCE HAS NOT ABATED AS THE WASTE CONTINUES TO BE COLLECTED AT NIGHT.
UH, OFTEN WITH REPEATED VISITS BETWEEN THREE AND 5:00 AM SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK WITH SUBSTANTIALLY LESS WASTE BEING PRODUCED TODAY THAN THE PROPOSED DENSITY WILL GENERATE.
UM, AS PROVIDED IN BACKGROUND MATERIALS, I PROVIDED A COMMISSION YESTERDAY.
JOAN LAKE HAS PROVIDED ME A DRAFT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, AGREEING TO LOCATE ALL WASTE AND LOADING THEM IN AREAS OF THE PROPERTY NOT ABUTTING OR FACING THE WESTERN SETBACK, WHICH IS THE 75 FOOT SETBACK THEY'VE COMMITTED TO ESTABLISHING FROM THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE ADJOINING MY PROPERTY.
AND I APPRECIATE THIS COMMITMENT AND HAVE PROVIDED MY CONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.
UH, WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ME MEMORANDUM THAT THEY'VE DRAFTED PROVIDE ME ASSURANCES THAT THEY OR ANY FUTURE OWNER OF THE SITE WILL ADHERE TO THE COMMITMENT THEY'RE IN.
AND I'VE REQUESTED THAT THEY MODIFY THE MEMORANDUM TO BE A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, UH, THAT THEY MOVE THEIR CURRENT DUMPSTERS TO A MUTUALLY AGREED LOCATION WITHIN 90 DAYS OF COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THEIR REZONING REQUEST AND THAT THEY COMMIT MONEY INTO ESCROW TO SUPPORT ANY FUTURE LEGAL FEES THAT MIGHT BE INCURRED TO ENFORCE THE AGREEMENT.
UM, I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO FINALIZE THESE TERMS AND WE WILL BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH COUNSEL AS THIS CASE PROCEEDS TO ACTION.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I'M PROVIDING MY CONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GRAHAM TROLL, WHO'S JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
GRAHAM, GO PRESS STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS GRAHAM TROLL AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE REZONING REQUEST FOR 1700 SOUTH LAMAR BOULEVARD, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM WHERE I LIVE ON KENNY AVENUE.
THIS SITE LOCATED ALONG A MAJOR TRANSIT CORRIDOR JUST TWO MILES FROM DOWNTOWN AND CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF LOW DENSITY SINGLE STORY STRUCTURES AND UNDERUTILIZED SURFACE PARKING.
IT DOES NOT REFLECT THE KIND OF LAND USE WE NEED TO SEE AT AUSTIN'S URBAN CORE, ESPECIALLY AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW.
THIS SITE PRESENTS A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFORM BLIGHTED SPACE IN A MUCH NEEDED HOUSING AND A DENSE URBAN FORMAT, WHILE ALSO ACTIVATING THE CORRIDOR WITH HIGH QUALITY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMMERCIAL SPACE RIGHT ON SOUTH LAMAR.
IMPORTANTLY, THE DESIGN HAS BEEN THOUGHTFULLY DEVELOPED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY IN MINE.
THE PROJECT LIMITS BUILDING HEIGHT NEAR ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UH, AND IT EVEN INCLUDES A 75 FOOT VEGETATIVE BUFFER AND STEP BACK TO SOFTWARE, THE TRANSITION INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS ISN'T JUST SMART GROWTH, IT'S RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
AS AUSTIN CONTINUES TO FACE THE HOUSING SHORTAGE AND RISING AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES, I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT REZONING THIS, THAT MAKE BETTER USE OF OUR EXISTING LAND IN PLACES WHERE DENSITY MAKES SENSE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAMES LANDON, WHO IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
JAMES, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JAMES LANGDON, UH, MY WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS, AND I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND THIS DEVELOPMENT ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET AWAY.
UH, I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT AND REZONING REQUEST.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE REALLY MARVELED AT THE GROWTH AUSTIN HAS EXPERIENCED SINCE
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I GRADUATED FROM MCCOMB WAS ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO, AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN DOING A LOT, YOU KNOW, EVEN BEFORE THAT.UH, AND BY AND LARGE, AUSTIN HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB MANAGING THAT GROWTH.
UM, WE PURCHASED OUR CURRENT HOME WITH THE AIM OF BEING CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN AND THE RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL THAT GO WITH IT.
UH, SOUTH MAR THE MAJOR TRANSIT CORRIDOR AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, AND I EXPECTED IT TO GROW WITH MY FAMILY.
UH, THIS PROJECT PROVIDES MUCH NEEDED HOUSING AND WILL BRING NEW RE NEW RETAIL THAT THE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BENEFIT FROM.
UH, THE CURRENT LOT IS BLIGHTED AND NOT WELL ORIENTED TO THE STREET WITH UNUSED SURFACE PARKING.
UH, THE NEW PROJECT I THINK IS A RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
NOW I'LL BE SWITCHING TO OUR SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION.
OUR PRIMARY SPEAKER AND OPPOSITION IS YASMIN MALARA.
YASMIN, YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
UM, I SAW THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, LITERALLY TWO DAYS AGO, AND WE HAPPEN TO HAVE OUR BOARD MEETING AT THAT SAME TIME AND EVERYBODY FREAKED OUT BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS AT 1702 HAD NO CLUE THIS WAS HAPPENING.
SO WHEN I HEAR NOW THAT THEY'RE DOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, MADE ME FREEZE BECAUSE WE, WE DIDN'T KNOW.
AND HOW ARE YOU REACHING A COMMUNITY WITHOUT EVEN REACHING YOUR NEIGHBORS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING? NOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE, AND THIS IS 32 UNITS OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, THE SAGE, WHICH IS 1702, HAVE BOUGHT THEIR PROPERTY SINCE 2014 BECAUSE OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS BUILT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF IT.
JUST DOING A COMP OF WHAT THOSE VALUES WENT DOWN FOR IS ASTRONOMICAL.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NORTHERN SIDE, WHICH IS MY SIDE, WHERE YOU HAVE A LIMITED VIEW, YOU HAVE SOME SKYLINE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING, OUR UNITS ARE ABOUT $670,000 TO PURCHASE.
HOWEVER, THE OTHER SIDE, BECAUSE OF THE OBSTRUCTION OF THAT BUILDING ARE 561,000 ON AVERAGE, SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER.
SO NOT ONLY WOULD IT TAKE AND WIPE OUT THE
I MEAN, ME AS A SINGLE MOM, I SOLD MY HOUSE IN BEAVE BEAUTIFUL HOUSE BECAUSE I WANTED TO LIVE DOWNTOWN.
AND WHAT SOLD ME ON THIS UNIT WAS MY VIEW.
AND ALREADY WITH A MAXINE STUDY, HALF OF THAT WAS WIPED OUT WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT.
ALL OF OUR UNITS WOULD BE SEEING CEMENT.
SO WE HAVE BALCONIES, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I I MADE A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL DECISION FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND MOVED US ALL ACROSS TOWN FOR NOW, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT EVEN GONNA BE THERE.
SO WE ARE JUST HOPING THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE NOT AGAINST REDEVELOPING.
WE WE'RE FINE WITH REDEVELOPING.
WE JUST DON'T WANT IT TO AFFECT US IN THIS WAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE THAT HIGH.
WE DO NOT, WE DO NOT OPPOSE A REBUILD.
WE JUST DO NOT WANNA LOSE OUR, OUR VALUE OR OUR VIEW.
AND THAT'S ALL OF US AT THE SAGE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LORRAINE ATHERTON.
LORRAINE, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UM, JOINING US VIRTUALLY IS SHANNON FRA SHANNON, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
I'M A BORN AND RAISED AUSTIN RESIDENT, AND I'M ALSO HERE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED REZONING OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, ONE ALSO ON THE BASIS, UM, HAD, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO DO OUR OWN, UM, OUTREACH WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND IN THE PROPOSALS SHARED, YOU'LL SEE THAT AT THE HIGHEST POINTS OF THE TRACKS, IT'S RIGHT ADJACENT TO OUR PROPERTIES, WHICH ARE ABOUT 10 FEET.
UM, WELL, I SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WILL DIRECTLY AND NEGATIVELY IMPACT HOMEOWNERS LIKE MYSELF.
THE STRUCTURES HEIGHT AND DENSITY WILL LIKELY BLOCK VIEWS, UM, THAT NOT ONLY I,
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BUT MY NEIGHBORS ENJOY AND HAVE BOTH, YOU KNOW, INVESTED FINANCIALLY, PERSONALLY, IN AND TO BEING IN THE CULTURE OF WHAT IS DOWNTOWN AUSTIN AND SOUTH LAMAR.ONE THAT I GREW UP LOVING WHEN IT WAS JUST AUTO SHOP.
UM, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT AESTHETICS.
IT'S LOST PROPERTY VALUE, DIMINISHED SUNLIGHT, AND A PERMANENT CHANGE TO THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS HAS ALREADY UNDERGONE VAST OVER DEVELOPMENT.
THE PROPOSAL, IN MY OPINION, PRIORITIZES A LOT OF SHORT-TERM DEVELOPMENT GOALS OVER LONG-TERM COMMUNITY STABILITY.
UM, I WANNA ONCE AGAIN, VOICE FOR NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT, UM, WHERE I'M IN OPPOSITION OF OVERDEVELOPMENT THAT DISREGARDS EXISTING RESIDENTS FOR FURTHER COMMERCIALIZATION.
SO I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER OR SPEAK ALTERNATIVES THAT, YOU KNOW, BOTH ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH THAT OFTEN IS SEEN AND WE ALL LOVE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, TAKES ACCOUNT FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE LONG BEFORE THE GROWTH STARTED.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IN JAMESON DUCK, WHO'S JOINING US VIRTUALLY JAMESON, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND PROCEED.
SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SEAN, ER WHO IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
SEAN, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GARRETT, NICK, WHO IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
GARRETT, PLEASE PRESS SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR CON.
UM, MY NEXT SPEAKER IS PHILIP MOFA, WHO IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
PHILIP, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
HI EVERYONE, IT'S PHILIP MOFFITT.
UH, I ALSO LIVE AT THE SAGE AT 1702 SOUTH LAMAR BOULEVARD.
AND, UH, JUST WE'LL ECHO WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID THAT ON A COMMUNICATION STANDPOINT JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY.
I'VE NOT SEEN ANY KIND OF OUTREACH THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE ARE THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS, SO I FIND THAT REALLY SURPRISING THAT IT DOES NOT COME UP IN OUR HOA MEETING.
AND, UH, AND SO PART OF, I MEAN, EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VISUAL DISPLAYED, YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE THE SAGE APARTMENTS AND THEY'RE COMPLETELY ENDORF BY THIS LARGE MASSIVE BRICK WALL THAT NOW THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDINGS WILL FACE.
AND, UH, AND NOT ONLY JUST TAKE AWAY OUR VIEWS, BUT HONESTLY BLOCK OUT SUNLIGHT, JUST CREATE, YOU KNOW, IN A CAGED IN FEEL.
SO, UH, STRONGLY OPPOSING THIS REZONING.
AND AGAIN, ECHOING WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID THAT HAPPY TO, TO USE THE SPACE WELL AND THINK ABOUT BUILDING, YOU KNOW, A A A PLACE THAT AUSTIN CAN GROW AND GROW SMART.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED THE IMPACT THAT IS HAVING ON THE EXISTING NEIGHBORS THERE, THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THOSE PROPERTIES AND, UH, AND, AND JUST THE OVERALL WELLBEING OF THE RESIDENTS THAT RESIDE THERE.
DREW, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
UM, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME'S DREW ECKY AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AS ITS VP OF ZONING.
UM, MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN DIFFERENT WITH, UM, THE DEVELOPER STONE LAKE.
WE HAVE BEEN IN, UH, COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AND I APPRECIATE, UH, THEIR, UM, WILLINGNESS TO CORRESPOND WITH US AND, AND WORK ON THE PROJECT.
UM, THAT SAID, AS, AS WE'VE HEARD THERE MANY IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY THAT, THAT STILL HAVE, UH, RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT.
UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH A PART OF MY SPEECH ABOUT THOSE THAT WE'VE JUST SO RECENTLY HEARD.
UM, BUT, UM, LIKE THE OTHERS, YOU KNOW, ZNA IS IS OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT HERE ON, ON THE COMMERCIAL PORTION OF THE SITE.
UM, BUT WE CAN'T SUPPORT THE, THE BLANKET UPZONING OF THE WESTERN PARCEL WITHOUT ENFORCEABLE COMMITMENTS ON ESPECIALLY TRAFFIC MITIGATION AND SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COORDINATION AND THE, THE GREEN SPACE PRESERVATION.
UM, AND I, I GUESS I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO DRAW EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO THE INTERSECTION AT SOUTH LAMAR AND COLLIER WHERE THE PROJECT IS.
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INTERSECTION WHERE COLLIER MEETS EVERGREEN AND IT'S DANGEROUS.UM, AND THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT THERE, I THINK LAST THURSDAY, I BELIEVE.
UM, AND THIS, IT IS ON, UH, THE PLAN FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CORRIDOR TO MAKE IT A SIGNAL.
UM, BUT I WOULD SUPPORT GETTING A SIGNAL THERE LIKE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND BEFORE, UH, CONSTRUCTION BEGINS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF AREA CONSTRUCTION, IT'S ALREADY PRESSURING THAT.
UM, AND AM I WRAPPING UP? YES, YES, I AM WRAPPING UP.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, HAPPY TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS AND HOPE TO MAKE THIS A GOOD PROJECT.
AND CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
WE HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR OUR APPLICANT.
THANK YOU MICHELLE HOUSEMAN AGAIN, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE THIS EVENING.
AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AS I MENTIONED, STARTED NINE MONTHS AGO WITH THE ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE DID, UH, SEND OUT NOTICE AND THE ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ALSO ON THEIR LISTSERV.
UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEETING ON MAY 20TH, WE HAD OVER 30 PEOPLE ATTEND WITH ZNA BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION AND WORKING WITH CHARLENE LURI, OUR ADJACENT NEIGHBOR AS THIS IS ON THE WEST PROPERTY LINE, AS WELL AS OUR ADJACENT NEIGHBOR, UM, TERRY ORTIZ AND THEN LYRIC CONDO.
SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF GOOD SUPPORT THAT WAS, UM, HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION.
AND SO, UM, AS FAR AS CHARLENE LU'S COMMENTS TODAY, YES, THE APPLICANT DOES AGREE WITH HER, UH, REQUESTS THAT SHE MADE THIS EVENING AND SHE DID IN HER WRITTEN, UH, MATERIALS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU IN YOUR BACKUP.
SO I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS CASE HAS HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT AND WE ARE HAPPY TO MEET WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS BETWEEN NOW AND COUNCIL AND CERTAINLY WOULD, UH, WELCOME THAT.
AND SO, UM, AND AS FAR AS THE, THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THIS HAS BEEN ON THE COMMISSION AGENDA, SO IT HAS ALSO BEEN PUBLICLY DISCUSSED THAT WE WERE HAVING OUR MAY 20TH COMMUNITY MEETING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE POINTS JUST TO, UM, REEMPHASIZE THAT THIS CASE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME AND, UH, OPEN TO CONTINUING TO MEET WITH, UM, THE OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND REGARDING THE SIGNAL ON SOUTH LAMAR, WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT A LOT WITH DREW IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UM, THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM IS GONNA START THEIR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION IN 2026 AND THE SIGNAL AT COLLIER AND LAMAR IS FULLY FUNDED.
IT IS FULLY DESIGNED AND IT IS IN PERMITTING RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THIS, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT IS GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION.
AND I KNOW THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THAT SIGNAL BUILT.
AND, UM, A COUPLE OF THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, THE, REGARDING THE, THE VIEWS, THE, THE CURRENT ZONING TODAY IS CSV ON THE FRONT PORTION THAT DOES ALLOW 60 FEET IN HEIGHT.
AND SO, UM, THAT WAS REZONED BACK IN 2008 AS A CITY INITIATED ZONING CASE.
SO, UM, WHEN THE SAGE CONDOS WERE ACTUALLY BUILT, THAT WAS ALREADY ZONED, UH, CSV.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT THAT, THAT THE CURRENT HEIGHT OF THIS PROJECT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONE STORY TODAY, IS ACTUALLY 60 FEET IN HEIGHT.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE ALL AVAILABLE HERE FOR QUESTIONS AND REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME AND PARTICIPATION IN OUR PROCESS.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SEE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HANEY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER AHMED.
ANY OBJECTION? SEEING NONE, LET'S MOVE INTO OUR ROUND ROBIN SO WE CAN TAKE EIGHT COMMISSIONERS AT FIVE MINUTES EACH WITH QUESTIONS.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO START US OFF? I'LL JUMP IN.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT, WHICH IS, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHETHER THERE ARE ANY AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT ARE INTENDED TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL? YES, CHAIR.
SO THE BACK PORTION OF THE PROJECT, THE V REQUIRES 10% OF THE UNITS AT 60% MFI, AND AGAIN, THAT WAS BACK IN 2008.
THE VERTICAL MIXED USE ZONING THAT THE ER NEIGHBORHOOD ADOPTED IS 60%.
AND THEN ON THE FRONT PORTION UNDER DB 90, THAT WOULD BE 12% OF THE UNITS AT 60% MFI.
AND DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MANY UNITS WILL BE INCLUDED IN EACH PORTION OR JUST A ROUGH ESTIMATE? SO AS FAR AS THE AFFORDABLE UNITS GO, THAT'D BE 50, ABOUT 50 UNITS
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OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON SITE.COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, YOU HAD A QUESTION? SURE.
THANK YOU CHAIR, MAYBE FOR STAFF AND FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, I DID HEAR A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT THE SIGNAL AT COLLIER AND LAMAR.
IS THERE A PLAN FOR THAT THAT WE KNOW OF? AND OF COURSE IT WOULD BE GREAT OF COURSE, BUT WE'RE TO COME IN BEFORE 300 HOMES OPEN.
YES, I DID HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THEIR CORRIDOR PROGRAM IS IN, IT'S IN PERMITTING RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, ONCE THEY GET THROUGH THAT PERMITTING PROCESS, WHICH THEY ANTICIPATE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY CAN START CONSTRUCTION IN 2026.
AND SO THE, UM, THE SIGNAL'S FULLY FUNDED, FULLY DESIGNED AND PERMITTING, AND THEN SLATED TO START CONSTRUCTION IN 2026.
SO YOU, THIS, THIS SITE IS LOCATED NEXT TO EXISTING CONDOS.
HAS THERE BEEN THOUGHT PUT INTO, LET'S SAY YOU GET THESE ENTITLEMENTS AND YOU BUILD, WHAT MIGHT THE MATERIALS BE IN IF SOMEONE LOOKING IN THEIR HOME AT YOUR BUILDING? DO WE KNOW WHAT THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT? YES, SIR.
SO THE, THE, THE PORTION OF THE CONDOS THAT ARE NEXT TO SAGE CONDOS, THAT WILL BE ALL LINED WITH UNITS.
SO IT'LL BE RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT THEY'RE FACING.
SO, SO NO CHANCE OF LOOKING INTO A GARAGE? CORRECT.
I HEARD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE HEIGHT BEING NEXT DOOR.
CAN STAFF SHARE WHAT CURRENT ENTITLEMENTS ARE AND WHAT COULD BE BUILT BUILT THERE TODAY? YES.
MARCEL BOUDRO UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, ON THE FRONT PORTION, WHICH IS ZONED CSV, UH, BUILDING UP TO 60 FEET COULD BE PERMITTED AND A MIX OF USES.
SO A COMMERCIAL, UM, THE CS COMMERCIAL, UM, USES ON THE BASE WITH, UH, RESIDENTIAL.
SO FOR A BUILDING THAT'S 40 FEET TALL, THEY'RE GONNA GET BLOCKED WITH CURRENT ENTITLEMENTS IF IT WERE TO BE BUILT UNDER CURRENT ENTITLEMENTS FOR THE EXISTING OH, THE SAGE CONDOMINIUMS? CORRECT.
AND THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION PLAN, DOES THE STAFF HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? IF I COULD MAYBE DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUES WITH, UM, TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS.
I ASKED THIS, SO, UH, THERE WAS A A, A STOP SIGN NEAR ME DESPERATELY NEEDED, AND SADLY DIDN'T REALLY GO IN UNTIL WE WERE REALLY BEHIND.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT, WHAT KIND OF, HOW WE LOOK AT THIS AND WHEN A 300 UNIT BUILDING WERE TO OPEN, LIKE WHAT THE PLAN MIGHT BE AND HOW WE CAN BE AHEAD OF THAT AND AHEAD OF THE DISASTER.
YEAH, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
UM, DANIELLE MOORE IN TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS, UM, THIS SITE, UM, AS PROPOSED DOES NOT TRIGGER A TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS.
SO UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE THAT AS LEEWAY TO REQUIRE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THE SIGNAL AS MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, LUCKILY THAT SIGNAL IS FUNDED IN DESIGN AND IN PERMITTING.
AND AND SORRY IF YOU'D LEFT AND I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO, UH, I'M HEARING SOME FOLKS SAYING THEY WEREN'T MAYBE NOTIFIED THE WAY, THE WAY THEY WOULD'VE WISHED TO HAVE BEEN.
UM, DO WE KNOW WHEN NOTIFICATION WOULD'VE GONE OUT AND HOW THAT WOULD'VE BEEN HANDLED AND YES.
SO, UM, THE ORIGINAL NOTICE FOR THIS WAS SENT OUT AROUND MARCH 27TH IN ADVANCE OF THE APRIL 8TH PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING.
UM, THE REQUIRED NOTICE IS A RADIUS OF 500 FEET.
UM, IN JUST DOUBLE CHECKING THE NOTICE, IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE 1702 SOUTH LAMAR, UM, ADDRESSES ARE INCLUDED.
SO TWO AND A HALF TIMES WHAT STATE LAW REQUIRES.
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS ON THIS CASE? GOT ONE QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT? YES, COMMISSIONER HANEY.
I'M, I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE LOOKING INTO A PARKING GARAGE OR ANYTHING ON, ON THE SAGE SIDE, BUT, UM, COULD YOU, I, I COULDN'T FIND IT IN THE BACKUP.
WHAT IS THE SETBACK BETWEEN WHERE THE SAGE PROPERTY LINE IS AND THEN WHERE THE BUILDINGS, UH, WILL, WILL LIKELY BE? WELL, THE, THE MASSING STUDY THAT KIRKSEY PUT TOGETHER AND PTOS AND ENGINEERS DID THE SITE LAYOUT.
SO THE CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT WOULD HAVE A FIRE LANE THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE SAGE CONDOS.
YEAH, THE CURVY LINE GOES IN THE, YES, EXACTLY.
THE CURVY LINE IS IN THE BACK ON THE 75 OF SETBACK.
AND THAT WOULD ALSO RUN THE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO SAGE.
OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION.
I'LL MOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR A SECOND.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HANEY.
WE'LL MOVE INTO DEBATE SO WE CAN HAVE THREE SPEAKERS FOR AND AGAINST.
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO KICK US OFF? SURE, BRIEFLY.
UH, I, I HAD A FRIEND THAT WORKED AT MHMR 20 YEARS AGO AND I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT TO FEEL THE SITE HAS BEEN WOEFULLY UNDERDEVELOPED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
I'M SUPER HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE RINGING THEIR PROPERTY WITH HOUSING
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AND THAT THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE GONNA HAVE NEIGHBORS.SO, UM, JUST MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE TO HAVE THIS HERE AND I REALLY DO HOPE THAT WE CAN GET A, A LIGHT UP AT THE INTERSECTION PRETTY SOON, BUT GREAT TO WELCOME THESE HOMES HERE.
ANY COMMISSIONERS SPEAKING AGAINST THE MOTION? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK FOR? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
SO THE MOTION IS STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
THOSE IN FAVOR, THOSE AGAINST AND THOSE ABSTAINING.
UH, SO WE, THAT PASSES NINE ZERO TO ONE.
THANK YOU TO STAFF AND THANK YOU TO OUR SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT IS OUR ONLY PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. WE WILL MOVE
[19. Discussion and action to approve the 2024 Annual Internal Review and Report. (Sponsored by Chair Azhar and Vice Chair Woods)]
INTO OTHER ACTION ITEMS. SO ITEM 19 IS DISCUSSION AND ACTION.TO APPROVE THE 2024 ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW AND REPORT, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED OUR ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW AND REPORT AS PART OF OUR BACKUP.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT THE CHAIR PREPARES EACH YEAR ON THE ACTIONS, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES OF OUR COMMISSION.
WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS REPORT, BUT BEFORE THAT, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON OR THE CONTENTS OF THIS REPORT? AND COMMISSIONERS ONLINE? I CAN'T SEE YOU AT THE MOMENT, SO IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE SPEAK UP.
BUT HEARING NONE, DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS REPORT? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BRETTON.
ANY OBJECTION? SEEING NONE THAT ITEM PASSES.
[Items 20 & 21]
IS DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPOINT A MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE.UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT OUR LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS.
DO ANY OF OUR COMMISSIONERS WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO SERVE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE? YES.
UM, AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ACTION ON THIS WITH ITEM 21.
SO NOTING THAT, UM, WE ALSO HAVE DISCUSSION ACTION TO APPOINT A MEMBER TO SERVE AS AN ALTERNATE ON THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.
UM, COMMISSIONER HILLER IS OUR APPOINTEE TO THAT COMMITTEE AT THE MOMENT.
SO THIS ALTERNATE WOULD ONLY SERVE IF COMMISSIONER HILLER WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WHICH I BELIEVE ARE THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
MAY COMMISSIONERS INTERESTED IN SERVING AS ALTERNATE FOR THAT COMMITTEE? COMMISSIONER BRETON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT COMMISSIONER BRETTON TO SERVE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE AND TO SERVE AS ALTERNATE ON THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL.
[WORKING GROUP/COMMITTEE UPDATES. ]
INTO OUR WORKING GROUP AND COMMITTEE UPDATES.OUR FIRST IS THE CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE.
ANY UPDATES FROM COMMISSIONER BARRE, RAMIREZ OR MAXWELL? SURE.
WE JUST INITIATED AMENDMENTS TO THE, WELL, SORRY, IT WAS ABOUT PARKS AND DRAINAGE AND EASEMENTS.
SORRY, MY BRAIN IS NOT, UM, WAS ANYBODY ELSE? WHO ELSE WAS THERE? I WAS THE ONLY ONE.
UM, IT WAS ABOUT PERMITTING A DRAINAGE EASEMENT ON PARKLAND.
UM, UPDATES FROM THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER HILLER? ANY UPDATES FOR US? NO UPDATES.
COMMISSIONER HILLER, ANY UPDATES FROM THE SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE? THAT WOULD BE COMMISSIONER BREIRA RAMIREZ, HANEY, HOWARD, OR SKIDMORE? WE DID, WE HAVE NOT MET.
UH, UPDATES FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, NO, THAT BO THAT BODY CONTINUES TO HAVE SOME QUORUM ISSUES, SO I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'VE MET.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAXWELL AND GOVERNANCE RULES AND PROCEDURES WORKING GROUP.
I'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE THAT WE HAVE, UM, SOME NEW WORKING RULES THAT WE ARE WORKING ON WITH STAFF AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING TO COMMISSION FOR ADOPTION AT SOME POINT IN OUR NEXT SEVERAL MEETINGS.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
ITEMS FROM THE COMMISSION? I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT, UM, AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.SO THAT'S OUR AUGUST 12TH MEETING ELECTIONS FOR A NEW CHAIR.
SO IF YOU'VE NOT GONE THROUGH THIS ELECTION PROCESS WITH US BEFORE, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SEND YOUR NOMINATIONS TO OUR STAFF LIAISON, MS. GARCIA AND MYSELF BY EMAIL BEFORE OUR AUGUST 12TH MEETING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR THAT POSITION.
OR YOU MAY MAKE THE NOMINATION, THE NOMINATION DURING THE MEETING.
BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL VOTE ON NOMINATIONS IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE RECEIVED.
ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY, SEEING NONE, I NOW ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT 7:05 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.
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YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR STAFF.