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[CALL TO ORDER]
TO ORDER.IT IS NOW SIX OH, WELL, 5:00 PM
FIRST, WE'LL, UH, TAKE ROLL CALL.
PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.
WE'LL BE FOLLOWING THE NAMES AS THEY'RE WRITTEN ON THE AGENDA.
VICE CHAIR WOODS IS ABSENT THIS EVENING.
UH, PARLIAMENTARIAN HANEY HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER LAMB IS ABSENT.
UH, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON HERE.
AND COMMISSIONER BARRERA RAMIREZ IS ALSO ABSENT THIS EVENING.
AND I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR EX OFFICIO IC COMMISSIONER OR CHAIR COHEN WITH US, WITH BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS PER, UH, TO PER USUAL.
TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BE HYBRID, ALLOWING FOR VIRTUAL, UH, QUORUM AS LONG AS THE COMMISSIONER SERVING AS CHAIR, THAT'S ME IS PRESENT HERE 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 SHEETS TO OUR STAFF LIAISON PER THE CLERK'S GUIDELINES.
AND PLEASE HAVE YOUR GREEN, RED, AND YELLOW ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR VOTING.
ALSO, PLEASE REMAIN MUTED WHEN YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING, AND RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE RECOGNIZED.
UH, IF I MISS YOU, UH, PLEASE TRY AGAIN, AND I'M SURE MY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WILL HELP ME.
IF YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION TAKING UP YOUR ITEM, AND WE HAVE ASSISTANCE FROM MS. GARCIA IN ANNOUNCING THE SPEAKERS DURING PUBLIC HEARING.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL ]
INTO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.MS. GARCIA, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? YES.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, AVES AZAR AVE.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES CHAIR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
[Consent Agenda]
FIRST ITEM, UH, ON THE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE JULY 22ND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EDITS TO THOSE MEETINGS? HEARING NONE, UH, THOSE MEETINGS WILL BE ADDED TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
OUR FIRST ACTIVITY TODAY IS TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS THAT ARE CONSENT APPROVAL, DISAPPROVAL, POSTPONEMENTS OF PUBLIC HEARING, OR NON-DISCLOSURE NON-DISCUSSION ITEMS, PARLIAMENTARY HANEY WILL READ THE, UH, WILL
YOU'LL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST CONSENT ITEMS BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION COM PARLIAMENTARY HANEY.
UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE, UH, PLAN AMENDMENT NPA DASH 2 0 0 24 DASH 0 0 9 0.01.
RED RIVER DISTRICT NINE IS UP FOR CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS, UH, ITEM C 14 DASH 2024 DASH 0 21, RED RIVER DISTRICT NINE.
THAT ITEM HAS, UH, MODIFICATION, UH, THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, WHICH, UH, IS, UH, TO MODIFY THE FIVE FOOT VEGETATIVE BUFFER TO A 10 FOOT VEGETATIVE BUFFER AT EAST AND SOUTH PROPERTY LINES ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY ZONING, SUBJECT TO ANY GREATER SETBACKS REQUIRED BY CODE OR LAW AT THE TIME OF THE FILING OF THE SITE PLAN.
AND EXPANDING THE LIST OF PROHIBITED USES TO ALSO INCLUDE HOTEL, MOTEL, RESTAURANT, GENERAL RESTAURANT, LIMITED FOOD, SALES, FOOD PREPARATION, DROP OFF RECYCLING COLLECTION FACILITY, AND PETTY CAB STORAGE AND DISPATCH USES.
THAT ITEM IS ALSO UP FOR CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR NPA DASH 2 0 24 DASH 0 0 1 6 0 4 STRATMAN COVE DISTRICT THREE.
THAT ITEM IS UP FOR DISCUSSION.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A REZONING, UH, C ONE FOUR DASH 20 0 25 DASH ZERO FOUR STRAND COVE DISTRICT THREE.
THAT ITEM IS ALSO UP FOR DISCUSSION.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS PLAN AMENDMENT NPA DASH 2 0 24 DASH 0 0 6 0 5 SHADY LANE DISTRICT THREE.
THAT IS AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER THE 23RD OF THIS YEAR.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A REZONING C UH, C 14 DASH 2025 DASH 0 0 5 SHADY LANE, DISTRICT THREE.
THAT IS ALSO AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 23RD OF THIS YEAR.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A REZONING C 14 DASH 2025 DASH 0 6 9 1 7 0 9 WEST KENIG LANE REZONING DISTRICT SEVEN.
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ITEM NUMBER NINE IS C 14 DASH 2 0 2 5 0 0 2 9.A REZONING FOR AIRPORT 38 REZONE DISTRICT ONE THAT IS UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER NINE OF THIS YEAR.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 10 IS REZONING C 14 DASH 2025 DASH 0 0 5 7 1 4 3 0 COLLIER STREET, DISTRICT NINE.
THAT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO AUGUST THE 26TH OF THIS YEAR.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A HISTORIC ZONING AND REZONING, UH, C 14 H DASH 2025 DASH 0 0 6 6 TRASK HOUSE SLASH CASTLEMAN BULL HOUSE DISTRICT NINE ZONING REZONING.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A CODE AMENDMENT INITIATION, C 20 DASH 2025 DASH 0 0 9 PARKLAND DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A RIGHT OF WAY.
VACATION 2 0 2 4 DASH 3 2 4 LM 1 1 0 9 SOUTH LAMAR BOULEVARD, DISTRICT NINE.
AND ITEM NUMBER 14 IS ANOTHER RIGHT OF WAY.
VACATION 2 0 2 4 DASH 3 2 5 9 LM 1200 WEST GIBSON STREET, DISTRICT NINE.
THAT ITEM IS ALSO UP FOR CONSENT.
THANK YOU, PARLIAMENTARY HANEY.
UM, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS NEED TO RECUSE OR ABSTAIN FROM ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? GREAT.
UH, MS. GARCIA, DO WE HAVE SPEAKER SIGNED UP TO ON ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? YES.
[Items 2 and 3]
TWO AND THREE, WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT VICTORIA HASSI.VICTORIA, YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
MS. SASSI WA WAIVES HER RIGHT TO SPEAK.
WE'LL NOW BE MOVING ON TO THOSE SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION.
OUR PRIMARY SPEAKER IN OPPOSITION IS CHARLES STARCO.
CHARLES WILL BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
CHARLES, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR REMARKS.
UM, WE, I WILL WAIT MY TIME EXCEPT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE NEIGHBORS WHO PARTICIPATED, WHO DID MOST OF THE WORK FOR THIS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BARBARA EPSTEIN.
BARBARA WILL ALSO BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
BARBARA, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR REMARKS.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY MINUTES DO I HAVE? THREE.
AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THEM, SO MY SPEECH REFLECTS THAT.
UM, MY NAME IS BARBARA EPSTEIN.
I OPPOSE THE REZONING OF 43 0 5, SENATOR NINE RED RIVER STREET, AS DID OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT NEIGHBORS KNEW AT THE TIME WAS THERE WAS UNCERTAIN HEIGHT HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL PLANS.
MORE TRAFFIC WILL BRING RED RIVER STREET TO A STANDSTILL, EVEN AS IMPATIENT DRIVERS IN DANGER.
PEDESTRIANS, THERE ARE ALREADY SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC BURDENS FACING RED RIVER STREET TO 14 STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS AT 38TH AND I 35, 200 MORE UNITS AT 32ND AND I 35.
THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING BUILDING TO CITY OFFICES WITH OVER 200,000 SQUARE FEET OF PARKING SPACE AT 33RD AND I 35.
THE TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THIS PROJECT INDICATED THAT RED RIVER STREET COULD ACCOMMODATE 1800 MORE CAR TRIPS PER DAY.
THAT BEING SAID, CARS ARE STILL MORE EFFICIENT THAN PUBLIC TRANSIT FROM 38TH STREET AND DUVAL STREET.
IT TAKES 45 MINUTES AND TWO BUS ROUTES TO GO TO EITHER THE HEB OR ST.
IT'S 30 MINUTES TO WALK, BUT FIVE MINUTES TO DRIVE BY CAR.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT.
RIGHT NOW, OUR OLD NEIGHBORHOOD HAS DRAINAGE ISSUES WHEN IT RAINS.
THAT WILL ONLY INCREASE ALONGSIDE BUILDINGS IF WE MOVE GREEN SPACE AND MATURE TREES.
IT WAS ALSO RECENTLY REPORTED THAT AUSTIN IS SECOND ONLY TO LAS VEGAS FOR ABNORMALLY HIGH NIGHT TEMPERATURES, AUSTIN'S NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES INCREASED 137% OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES.
WHILE OUR POPULATION INCREASED 170% RESULTING IN MORE CEMENT BUILDINGS AND CARS.
THE ARGUMENT FOR AFFORDABILITY IS THAT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND, BUT THAT IGNORES THE FACT THAT WHEN PEOPLE WANNA LIVE IN A CERTAIN AREA, PRICES WILL BE WHATEVER THE MARKET WILL BEAR.
NEW RENTS NEAR UT ARE NEVER CHEAPER DUE TO THE COST OF LAND CONSTRUCTION AND INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES IF WE NEED MORE HOUSING.
I HAVE TO WONDER WHY AUSTIN HASN'T EVEN USED.
ITS AVAILABLE LEGAL REMEDIES FOR THE 19,757 VACANT HOMES.
WE'VE HAD VACANT HOMES CITED JUST NORTH OF UT FOR AS LONG AS 19 YEARS BEFORE THE CITY TOOK ANY LEGAL ACTION.
THE OCCUPIED BUILDINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, HOWEVER, PROVIDE SOME OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE AND CHARMING HOUSING THAT CAN BE FOUND IN AUSTIN.
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SO WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN PRESERVING BOTH AFFORDABILITY AND CHARACTER.RATHER THAN VIEW THIS APPLICATION AS JUST ANOTHER CASE FOR DENSITY, WE NEED YOU TO REFLECT ON WHAT THESE THREE MODEST HOUSES GIVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM THE PROJECT ARE INCREASED RENTS, INCREASED TRAFFIC, AND INCREASED FLOODING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAWN LARSON.
DAWN, YOU LEFT THREE MINUTES TECHNOLOGY, UM, CHAIR MAXWELL COMMISSIONERS.
I'M A NEIGHBOR, AND I HAVE WORKED WITH THE GROUP THAT HAS BEEN TALKING TO THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU DONATE TO THE CITY AND THE JOB YOU DO TO HELP PROTECT THE CITY.
UH, WE HAVE MET SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE APPLICANT'S, APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES RELUCTANTLY AND WITHOUT A GREAT DEAL OF JOY.
UM, IT IS GIVEN THE NEW LEGAL BACKGROUND THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AS NEIGHBORS, WE HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT PROVIDES SOME BENEFITS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
PART OF THOSE WERE ONES THAT YOU WERE READING OFF.
UH, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS MADE CONCESSIONS AND WE DO APPRECIATE THAT.
MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM EIGHT, WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT AMANDA BROWN.
AMANDA, YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
MS. BROWN WAIVES HER RIGHT SPEAK.
THIS ITEM IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
OUR, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER SPEAKING IN FAVOR, RILEY TRIG.
RILEY, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 13.
THIS ITEM IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT, LEAH, BOJO, LEAH BO LEAH WILL BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
LEAH, PLEASE PRESS SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR REMARKS.
MS. BOJO, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR REMARKS.
I'M, I'M WAIVING MY TIME ON ITEM 10.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OR OTHERWISE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? GREAT.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING? A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER RAM.
IT'S SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BRENTON.
UH, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, UH, THE ITEM PASSES AND WE CAN CLOSE OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, THIS CONCLUDE CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UH, MS. GARCIA, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS EVENING.
[Items 4 and 5]
YES.CHAIR ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE, ST.
WILL WILL FIRST BE HEARING FROM STAFF.
OH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER LAMB HAS JOINED US BRIEFLY.
I THINK SHE'LL BE BACK IN A MINUTE.
MARINE MEREDITH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS PLAN AMENDMENT MPA 20 24 0 0 1 4 0, I'M SORRY, 0 0 1 6 0.04.
STRAND MAN COVE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 20 ST.
IT IS WITHIN THE GOVALLE JOHNSON TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREA.
THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM INDUSTRY TO MIXED USE, LAND USE, AND IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.
GOOD EVENING, JONATHAN TOMKO WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS C 14 DASH 2025 DASH 0 0 4.
STRAND COVE IS REZONING REQUEST OF 2020 STRAND COVE FROM L-I-C-O-N-P TO L-I-P-D-A-N-P.
STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING L-I-P-D-A NP THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY WOULD PROHIBIT THE 26 USES DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
THE SUBJECT TRACT IS APPROXIMATELY 5.34
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ACRES AND IS CURRENTLY CONTAINS A MEDIUM SIZED WAREHOUSE UTILIZED FOR FOUNDATION BUILDING MATERIALS.UM, TO THE NORTH IS ONE MEDIUM OFFICE AND AUTO REPAIR GARAGE TO THE WEST ARE EIGHT MEDIUM SIZED WAREHOUSES, COMPRISING THE WHOLE DOOR SUPPLY COMPANY AND UNDEVELOPED LAND TO THE SOUTH IS UNDEVELOPED LAND, WHICH FRONTS THE COLORADO RIVER.
TO THE EAST IS THE OLD BORDEN DAIRY SITE, WHICH WAS RECENTLY REZONED TO THE SAME ZONING BEING REQUESTED.
IN THIS CASE, EAST CAESAR CHAVEZ AND EAST SEVENTH STREET ARE BOTH, BOTH IMAGINE AUSTIN ACTIVITY CORRIDORS AS WELL AS SHADY LANE BETWEEN THOSE TWO STREETS, WHICH ARE IDENTIFIED AS AN A SMP TRANSIT MOBIL, UH, TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE WILL NOW BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT, ALICE GLASGOW.
ALICE, YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES, TOO MANY CHOICES OF WHERE TO SIT.
GOOD EVENING COMMISSION MEMBERS.
I'M ALICE GLASGOW REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT FOR ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE.
THE MAP IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN WITH A BLUE BOUNDARY.
IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED L-I-C-O-N-P.
THE PROPERTY TO THE, UH, EAST OF OUR PROPERTY IS ZONED L-I-P-D-A AND AS STAFF INDICATED, UH, THE HEIGHT THAT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR THAT PROPERTY WAS 120 FEET, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A, A NEGOTIATED HEIGHT STEPBACK LATER WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM, WHICH I'LL SHARE WITH YOU SHORTLY.
UH, THIS, UH, UH, EXHIBIT SUMMARIZES WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
WE HAVE, UH, HEIGHTS REPRESENTING STEPBACK FROM 30 FEET TO 120 FEET TO, UH, REFLECT COMPATIBILITY IN HEIGHT WITH THE BOARD AND TRACT.
UH, BASED ON, UH, THE NEGOTIATED HEIGHTS BETWEEN THE, UH, DEVELOPER OF THAT PROPERTY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM, WE ARE PROPOSING MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 945 UNITS.
AND OUT OF THOSE 10% WILL BE AFFORDABLE ON SITE.
UM, THE, UH, AFFORDABILITY LANGUAGE IS, UH, WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM, UH, SUGGESTED AND WE ACCEPTED AND WE WORK BASED ON THE SAME AGREEMENT THAT THEY REACHED WITH THE, UH, THE BOARD AND DAIRY SITE DEVELOPERS.
SO WE ARE MIRRORING THE SAME, UH, LANGUAGE, THE EXCEPTION BEING THAT, UH, THE, UH, THE ADDITIONAL $250,000 CONTRIBUTION WILL BE MADE TO JUST ONE, TO THE GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WITH A GOAL OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE GOLD VALLEY JOHNSON TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, ONCE WE GET ISSUED A, ONCE WE ARE ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND ADDITIONALLY, ANOTHER $50,000 CONTRIBUTION WILL BE MADE TO THE COLORADO RIVER CONSERVANCY, UH, FOLLOWING THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
AND THAT WILL GO TOWARDS HELPING, UH, THIS ENTITY IN, IN CLEANING THE, THE RIVER.
SO THIS MAP MAP REPRESENTS THE HEIGHTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, AGREED TO STEP BACK.
SO I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM FOR THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS, AND, UH, WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE WE REACHED AN IMPASSE ON WHAT THE HEIGHT SHOULD BE.
OUR ORIGINAL REQUEST AS, UH, INDICATED BY A ZONING CASE MANAGER IS THAT WE APPLIED TO HAVE, UH, ALLY PDA WITH A HEIGHT OF 120 FEET FOR THE ENTIRE OF 5.34 ACRES.
HOWEVER, UH, BASED ON WHAT ENDEAVOR OR THE BODEN, UH, PROPERTY, UM, DEVELOPER WAS, UH, ABLE TO SETTLE WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM, WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, APPROPRIATE TO HAVE COMPAT HEIGHTS WITH A PROJECT.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE COMPATIBILITY.
SO THE, UH, WE'VE EXTENDED THE HEIGHTS REPRESENTING THAT.
SO ON OUR PROPERTY, WE'RE TURNING OFF FROM THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY LINE FOR A DEPTH OF 75 FEET.
THE HEIGHT WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 FEET, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SAME HEIGHT THAT THE, UH, BODEN DAIRY SITE AGREED TO.
AND THEN BETWEEN 75 FEET AND 225 FEET FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE, THE HEIGHT WOULD BE 90 FEET, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE BODEN TRACKED TO THE EAST OF US.
AND THEN BEYOND THE 225 FEET, THE, FOR THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS ALMOST A RECTANGULAR, UM, ERECT IS AT 120 FEET.
SO WE THOUGHT THIS HEIGHT IS, UM, APPROPRIATE AND, AND WOULD COMPATIBLE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS CONTEMPLATED TO THE, TO THE EAST.
UH, I'LL PAUSE THERE AND, UM, UH, RECEIVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WE'LL NOW BE HEARING FROM THOSE SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION.
CANDACE FOX IS THE PRIMARY SPEAKER
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IN OPPOSITION.CANDACE, YOU WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIR OF MAXWELL AND GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US SPEAK TODAY.
ALSO WANNA APPRECIATE, UH, COMMISSIONER AHMED FOR REACHING OUT TO ME FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I AM THE CO-CHAIR OF THE GO VALLEY JOHNSON TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM.
UM, MY OTHER CO-CHAIR MAY BE SPEAKING HERE IN A LITTLE WHILE, DANIEL YANAS.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, MS. GLASGOW.
UH, REALLY OUR CO OUR CONVERSATIONS HAVE GOTTEN, UH, MORE IN DEPTH IN STARTING LATE SPRING.
UM, AND WE DO APPRECIATE HER AND HER CLIENT WORKING WITH US TO TRY TO COME TO SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT FOR THIS AREA BECAUSE THIS IS AN, AN AREA OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL THAT, UH, IS BECOMING A LITTLE LESS COMPATIBLE, UM, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NOT A GUARANTEE THAT THOSE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE SELLING AT ANY POINT SOON.
UM, AND SO WE ALSO DO APPRECIATE THE CONSENSUS WITH US TO, UH, HAVE THE DONATIONS FOR THE, UH, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLOTMENT TO THE GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ALSO TO THE COLORADO RIVER CONSERVANCY.
SO WE HAVE BEEN GOING ALONG AND WORKING TOGETHER.
UM, AS MS. GLASGOW SAID, WE HAVE HIT AN IMPASSE WITH THE HEIGHT, UM, A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE BOARD AND TRACK, WHICH IS THE, WHAT IS SETTING THE PRECEDENT FOR THE HEIGHT TO THE EAST.
UM, IT WASN'T EXACTLY NEGOTIATING NEGOTIATIONS IN THE TYPICAL MANNER.
UM, IT WAS BROUGHT THROUGH LITIGATION, UM, AND THERE WERE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ADVOCATES INVOLVED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
AND SO EVENTUALLY THE AGREEMENT CAME THAT BOARD, THE BOARD IN TRACKED, AS IT IS CALLED, WOULD HAVE, UM, THE 120 FEET LOCATED ON THE MOST EASTERN SIDE, CLOSE TO THE FREEWAY, CLOSE TO 180 3.
AND THEN THEY HAVE THE OTHER, UM, OTHER ALLOTMENT OF THE 120 TOWARDS ANOTHER EDGE.
AND THEN THEY DO STEP DOWN TO THE 90.
OUR CONCERN IS THAT THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT GO BEHIND THIS.
OF COURSE, THERE'S HEIGHT, UM, WHICH MAY BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EASTERN SIDE, BUT ON THE WESTERN SIDE, THAT IS STILL NOT AT 120 FEET.
THOSE BUILDINGS ARE STILL AT 60, UM, 60 FEET MAYBE COULD BE MAYBE 75 FEET, BUT IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S JUST COMPATIBLE WITH A PROPERTY THAT DID GO THROUGH LITIGATION AND WAS NOT, UM, NOT IMMEDIATELY APPROVED BY THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO THAT IS WHY WE WERE SAYING WE WOULD SUPPORT, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE DO NOT USUALLY SUPPORT, WHICH IS GOING TO 90, LAST SUMMER WAS OUR SUMMER OF THE DB 90, UM, CASES.
UM, AND, UM, AND NOW LOOKING BACK, WISHING, WOW, I WISH THIS WAS A DB 90 IN A, IN A WAY BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE HIGHER, UH, AFFORDABILITY IN THIS PROJECT THAN AN AGREEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE MADE WITH US.
UM, SO REALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, A 120 FOOT BUILDING THAT WILL LIKELY BE SINGLE, UH, BEDROOM STUDIO APARTMENTS, AND THOSE KIND OF SITUATIONS DO CONCERN THE COMMUNITY.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE, WE'RE THE FIRST HIT BY CONSOLIDATIONS OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS.
WE ARE, WE HAVE RAPIDLY BEEN DRAINING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE CHILDREN FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND EVEN OVER TIME THERE STILL HAS NOT BEEN AN INCREASE.
UM, IF YOU'VE SEEN ANY OF THE A ANY OF THE, UH, AUSTIN ISD, UM, DISCUSSIONS AND DATA ABOUT, UH, ENROLLMENT, SOME OF IT IS LOSING THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, BUT SOME OF THIS ALSO, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE FAMILIES WE USED TO HAVE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, SO WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE DEVELOPMENTS IF THIS WAS LIKE A 120 FOOT AND WE KNEW IT WAS GONNA HAVE, UM, 20% AT 60 MFI OR EVEN A HIGHER PERCENT AT 80% AND TWO BEDROOMS, THREE BEDROOMS INCLUDED IN THE MIX.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT, BUT THAT'S MORE OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
UM, A BLOCK OF SINGLE, UM, EFFICIENCIES IN ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS IS NOT REALLY GONNA DO MUCH TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY BUY-IN.
UM, SO THAT WE HAVE DECREASED AMOUNT OF POLITICAL,
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UM, GATHERING POWER.SO IT GOES A LITTLE BIT BE IT GOES, DOES GO BEYOND HEIGHT, UM, BUT IN A WAY ALSO THE HEIGHT WILL, UM, IS THAT MY WARNING? IS THAT IT
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSICA ELY.
JESSICA WILL BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
JESSICA, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR REMARKS.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, JESSICA'S NOT CURRENTLY ONLINE.
IF WE SEE HER JOIN, THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO HER.
BUT OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL YANIS.
DANIEL WILL ALSO BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
DANIEL, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND PROCEED WITH YOUR REMARKS.
LOOKS LIKE DANIEL IS ALSO NOT IN OUR QUEUE.
WE'LL COME BACK TO BOTH OF THESE FOLKS TOWARDS THE END.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VALERIE MENARD.
VALERIE, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, NICE TO MEET YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE GO VALLEY JOHNSON TERRACE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM AS WELL.
AND JUST TO ECHO THE THINGS THAT CANDACE HAS TOLD YOU.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT OPPOSING DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT'S NOT THAT THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.
IT'S THE HEIGHT AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO BRING UP BOARD IN AGAIN, WAS BOARD HAPPENED AND IT HAD, WAS REDUCED FROM THE INTENSITY.
BORDEN WAS GONNA HAVE NOTHING BUT ONE 20.
SO BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUIT, WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THAT DOWN.
UM, AND THE ISSUE WITH NICK BORDEN IS THAT OF THE CONCERN FOR BORDEN IS THAT WE DID NOT WANT THAT TO BE A PRECEDENT.
AND WE FEEL THAT SHOULD THIS GO FORWARD WITH ONE 20, THEN WE DEFINITELY WILL BE SETTING A PRECEDENT AND THAT IS NOT COMPATIBLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE ALSO IS TO, TO HAVE, UM, MORE CONSIDERATION OR TO ASK YOU FOR POLICE CONSIDERATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THERE IS VERY MUCH CONSIDERATION RIGHT NOW FOR DEVELOPERS IN THE AND THEIR PROJECTS, BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO REALLY ARE INVESTED BECAUSE THEY'VE BOUGHT HOUSES AND THEY'RE STAYING HERE.
THEY'RE NOT JUST WORRIED ABOUT PROFIT.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONE OF.
IT'S A, IT'S A SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S A FRAGILE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE'RE HERE TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH US.
WE HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING AND, AND UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE IS NOT, DON'T BUILD THAT AT ALL.
THE ISSUE IS SIMPLY WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A 60 FACING THE RIVER.
REMEMBER THE RIVER, THIS SECTION OF THE RIVER IS THE MOST PRISTINE PART AND IS THE ONLY PRISTINE CITY, RIVER, AND THE STATE.
I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'M ALSO PART OF THE COLORADO RIVER CONSERVANCY.
WE TEST THE RIVER WITH E-L-C-R-A PROGRAM AND WE KNOW THAT THIS, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA CONTINUE.
THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE RIVER.
WE'VE GOT THE PRESERVE THAT'S PROVIDING US A LITTLE BIT OF, OF, OF PROTECTION, BUT THE PRESERVE NEXT TO THIS MUCH INTENSE, UH, DEVELOPMENT THIS HIGH.
WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED WITH THE VIEW FROM THE RIVER.
WE WANNA HAVE THAT NATURAL SETBACK.
SO YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD HERE WHO SAYS THIS IS NOT COMPATIBLE.
UM, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR SOME SMALLER BUILDING.
UH, 90 FOOT FOR 90 FOOT AT THE TALLER END, UH, 60 AT THE LOWER END, WHICH IS CURRENTLY WHAT'S REQUIRED.
AND ALSO PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WHILE IT'S BEEN, UM, UH, UH, UH, IT IS BEEN TOLD TO YOU THAT, UH, THIS IS COMPLETELY COMPATIBLE WITH THE BOARD AND IT'S NOT, UH, AGAIN, AS CANDICE SAID, THE ONE 20 HEIGHT IS BY THE FREEWAY.
IT'S NOT CLOSER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S AT THE FURTHER END, UM, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IF THEY COULD JUST BRING THAT SIZE DOWN, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO COMPLY AND TO AGREE WITH THIS.
BOTH DANIEL YIANNIS AND JESSICA ELY ARE NOT IN OUR QUEUE WITH THAT CHAIR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON THESE ITEMS. GREAT.
DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT? DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE A REBUTTAL? YES, MS. GLASGOW, UM, YOU'LL HAVE A REBUTTAL FOR THREE MINUTES.
COULD YOU FOR MY, COULD YOU PLEASE PULL UP THE PRESENTATION? WELL, IT'S FROZEN
WELL, CAN YOU ZOOM OUT THE, THE NO, I, ONE OF THE LAST THAT MAP.
SO, SO COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE, ARE HAVING LISTENED TO THE, UH, THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, CONTACT FOLKS.
FIRST OF ALL REGARDING NUMBER OF BEDROOMS AND THE SIZE OF UNITS.
SO THAT'S REALLY DETERMINED, UH, BASED ON DO A MARKET STUDY AT THE TIME OF DEVELOPMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT, WHAT CAN BE ABSORBED IN THE AREA AND WHAT THE DEMANDS ARE.
SO THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF UNITS JUST THAT WE CAN MAKE A COMMITMENT RIGHT NOW THAT'S GONNA BE AT A LATER DATE.
AND THEN, UM, SECONDLY, REGARDING THE HEIGHTS THERE, THE NEIGHBORS RECOMMENDING 60 OR 90.
CURRENTLY THE HEIGHT ALLOWED UNDER I IS NINE 60 FEET.
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SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT INCREASING ANY DENSITY THERE HEIGHT WISE.SO IN, UM, YOU KNOW, BY REDUCING, UM, REALLY THE HEIGHT, IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS TO THE NUMBER OF UNITS YOU GET.
SO, UH, THERE WOULD BE A NET LOSS OF 275 UNITS.
SO GO FROM NINE, WE'RE PROPOSING 945 UNITS.
95 OF THOSE WOULD BE AFFORDABLE ON SITE FOR 40 YEARS.
UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HEIGHT OF 90 FEET AND 60 FEET RESULTS IN A TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS OF 670 UNITS.
UH, SO YOU END UP WITH 67 AFFORDABLE UNITS IF THAT WERE THE CASE.
UM, SO I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE HEIGHT WE'RE REQUESTING AGAIN IS, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS MAP WE'RE SURROUNDING TO THE NORTH BY, UH, INDUSTRIAL USES ACROSS, UH, THE STREET ON SEVENTH STREET.
YOU DO HAVE DB 90 OR ON CESAR CHAVE AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE COLORADO RIVER IS REALLY, UH, SET.
THE HEIGHTS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING WOULD BE, UM, UH, AGAIN, COMPATIBLE WITH THE BOATING TRACK SO THAT YOU DO HAVE THAT PROTECTION FROM THE SOUTH.
THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SUGGESTING 60 FEET IN THE SOUTH AND WHICH GOING 30 FEET FOR DEPTH OF 75 FEET AND, UM, 90.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT THE HEIGHT IS PRESERVED THAT WAY.
UH, GOING TO THE NORTH, YOU HAVE THE HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE TO THE NORTH, AND THAT'S, UH, PRETTY HIGH.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP, UM, HOW MUCH INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES ARE TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF US.
UH, THE SINGLE FAMILY, UH, UH, HOMES ARE TOWARDS RED, UH, RED BLUFF STREET, AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE LOTS THEMSELVES THAT ARE ZONED SF THREE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE LOCATION TO THE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING EAST OF, UH, SHADY LANE FROM THIS TRACKER YOU CAN SEE IS ALL INDUSTRIAL USES.
THE ARE SLOWLY PHASING OUT OR THEY'RE EVOLVING FROM BEING INDUSTRIAL USES.
SO I, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT BASED ON THE HEIGHT STEPBACK.
WE HAVE SUGGESTED THANK YOU CHAIR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON THESE ITEMS. GREAT, THANK YOU.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU.
COMMISSION MADE BY, UH, FROM PARLIAMENTARY HEARING NEEDS FOR A SECOND.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE INTO OUR ROUND ROBIN QUESTIONS.
UM, WE HAVE EIGHT COMMISSIONERS AT FIVE MINUTES EACH.
UH, ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, GO AHEAD.
UM, I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM MAYBE SOMEBODY ON THE OPPOSITION THAT'S YOU.
SO I, I'M, I'M, I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD UP STAFF, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
IF YOU CAN PUT UP THE IMAGE THAT SHOWS THE BOARD AND TRACK AND THEN THE NEXT DOOR TRACK, THERE'S KINDA A ZOOMED IN ONE.
THAT NEXT ONE MAYBE? YEAH, SO I THINK I HEARD A COUPLE OF FOLKS TALKING ABOUT HOW IT'S INCOMPATIBLE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT'S WHAT'S IN RED THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
AND I JUST LOOK AT THAT AS ALMOST BEING A MIRROR IMAGE OF WHAT'S FOLLOWING IT ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST, ALL THE WAY TO 180 3.
AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD BE INCOMPATIBLE ABOUT THIS.
YEAH, I I I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION.
UM, IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THAT PROPERTY.
IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE, THAT ARE ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE.
UM, THE, UH, OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE, UH, CLIENT, FOR THE CLIENT THAT IS DEVELOPING THIS, HE HIMSELF EVEN HAD LET HER KNOW THAT THE REASON HE WANTED THE HEIGHT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS WORRIED THAT THE VISIBILITY FROM C DE CHAVEZ WOULD BE BLOCKED AS FURTHER PROPERTIES TURN TO THIS PDA, UM, ZONING REQUESTS, WHICH REALLY, UH, WORRIES US AS A CONTACT TEAM.
LIKE IS THIS WHOLE STRIP GOING TO BECOME 120 FEET PDA? UM, AND SO I GUESS IF I COULD JUMP IN REAL QUICK.
SO I, I'M, I LOVE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT, UH, THE LOSS OF CHILDREN IN THE AREA.
AND I KNOW A IC HAS BEEN, I THINK WE'VE LOST 10,000 OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS LOOKING TO LOSE ANOTHER 5,000.
AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING LIKE TURNING INDUSTRIAL LAND THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY HOMES ON INTO MORE OR LESS HOUSING.
I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND HOW IT MAKES SENSE TO PUT LIMITATIONS AND ALLOW LESS HOUSING HERE.
YEAH, AND I THINK IT'S, IT GOES BACK TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ALICE SAYS THAT YOU CAN'T PREDICT IS WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING IS GOING TO GO IN.
UM, THE DB 90 THAT IS OVER WHERE ANITA COY WAS, THAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT.
UM, THE PDA WE ARE, WHEN WE WERE LUCKY, WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THE 10% OF 80% MFI, BUT IF THESE OTHER PROPERTIES AROUND HERE GO PDA, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY GONNA HAVE AFFORDABILITY.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE BAD OUTDATED ZONING IN THE CITY.
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I KNOW.WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I THINK I'M GONNA CALL IT MS. KLASKO NOW.
ACTUALLY, A QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF STAFF, A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.
SO I KNOW WE'RE ABOUT TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET TOMORROW.
I SAY WE
UM, IF THIS BUILDING IS BUILT AT, YOU KNOW, THE 600 UNITS THAT WAS QUOTED OR 900 UNITS, IS THE TAXABLE VALUE OF THE ADDITIONAL HOMES SOMETHING THAT IS, THAT THE CITY WOULD JUST MISS OUT ON? OR DO WE GET TO CAPTURE ALL THE ADDITIONAL TAXABLE VALUE IN A BIGGER BUILDING VERSUS A SMALLER BUILDING? I HOPE THAT QUESTION MAKES SENSE.
I MEAN, SO THE PROPERTY, THE TRAVIS COUNTY ASSESSOR ASSESSES THE VALUE OF STRUCTURES AND I GUESS IF THERE WAS GREATER DENSITY THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE.
I DID WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE EDUCATIONAL IMPACTS, UH, STUDY THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE APPENDIX OF THE STAFF REPORT, IF THAT'S HELPFUL AS WELL.
AND, AND, AND AS FAR AS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CAN SPEAK TO IMPERVIOUS COVER, MR. TOMKO, BUT YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I HOPE WE'D ALL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE IS THAT IF THIS IS A SIX STORY BUILDING AND IF IT'S THE SAME SIZE FOOTPRINT, BUT RATHER IT'S A 10 STORY BUILDING, WOULD THE IMPERVIOUS COVER OF THAT PROPERTY CHANGE? SO TYPICALLY IF YOU BUILD HIGHER, UH, YOU CAN BUILD A TALLER BUILDING AND HAVE LESS IMPER OR MORE LESS IMPERVIOUS COVER, EXCUSE ME.
UM, AND IF YOU BUILD OUT KIND OF ALONG A LOWER, UH, HEIGHT OVER A WIDER AREA, YOU WOULD HAVE MORE IMPERVIOUS COVER.
AND THEN, UH, MS. GLAS, WE HAVE A SECOND.
I MIGHT RUN OUT OF TIME HERE AND THAT'S OKAY.
UM, COULD YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF HOMES PROPOSED AND UNDER YOUR REQUEST VERSUS WHAT'S BEING THE ALTERNATIVE REQUEST? UNDER OUR REQUEST, THE NUMBER OF UNITS AT 120 FEET AND 90 WITH A STEP BACK, UH, IT'S 945 UNITS.
THE, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S, UH, 90 AND 60 FEET OF HEIGHT, THE NUMBER OF UNITS WOULD BE SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX SEVEN ZERO.
AND I WISH WHEN STAFF WAS UP, I'D ASK WHERE ARE THE BETTER ZONING TOOLS? MY GOSH, WHY ARE WE ZONING MORE PROPERTY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, JUST TO ALLOW HOUSING BROKEN RECORD.
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.
COMMISSIONER BRITTON, I HAD A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UH, JUST TO EXPAND ON THOSE NUMBERS.
SO THE CURRENT PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT IS 945 UNITS, AND WITH THE CHANGES THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS PROPOSING, IT WOULD BE 670.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENTIAL IN THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS BASED ON THE AGREED UPON THE AFFORDABLE UNITS UNDER, UH, OUR, THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST WOULD BE 95 UNITS AFFORDABLE, NINE FIVE.
AND UNDER THE, UM, NIG, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S HEIGHT WOULD BE 67 UNITS AFFORDABLE.
IBEL BELIEVE, WHAT IS THAT? 22? THERE COMES A DIFFERENCE WOULD BE 28.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION.
SO THE ACCESS, UH, TO THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE ALONG, UH, LAVENDER LOOP, I ASSUME? OR WOULD IT BE INSIDE THAT, UH, CUL-DE-SAC? THE, THE, THE PROPERTY'S ACCESS RIGHT NOW IS THE, THE, THE CUL-DE-SAC IS THE PUBLIC STREET.
THAT GOES ONTO LAVENDER LOOP AND THEN CAN GET ONTO, UH, CESAR CHAVEZ SEVENTH STREET AND GET ONTO AIRPORT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
I, I'M JUST FAMILIAR WITH THAT INTERSECTION.
AND DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT ACCESS IS GONNA BE, I CAN IMAGINE IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE MIGHT BE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THAT, UH, CUL-DE-SAC.
WELL, THAT'S CURRENTLY, THERE ARE BUSINESSES ON THE PROPERTY THAT ARE, THAT ARE USING THE SITE.
YOU KNOW, THE BODEN DAIRY SITE WAS A DAIRY AND USED A, THE, THE CUL-DE-SACS, A PUBLIC ROADWAY AND THE OTHER SIDE.
AND THEN WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE JOIN US THAT HAVE FRONTAGE ON THE STREET, ON THE CUL-DE-SAC.
THE STRATMAN COVE, WHICH THEN FEEDS A SHORT STREET, BUT THEN IT'S, IT'S MORE LIKE A DRIVEWAY, REALLY.
SO IT'S LIKE A DRIVEWAY TO THOSE BUSINESSES.
'CAUSE IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE, REALLY.
AND, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE, MY CLIENT AND, UH, THE, UH, ENDEAVOR FOLKS WILL WORK TOGETHER.
WE HAVE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, THE CITY COLLECTS STREET IMPACT FEES.
SO THE MORE UNITS WE HAVE, THE MORE MONEY THAT GOES INTO THE CITY, UH, KITTY REGARDING TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I THINK WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA, IN THAT INTERSECTION.
IT'LL NEED SOME, I I HAVE BEEN AROUND THAT AREA ON MY BIKE AND I KNOW THAT AS A PEDESTRIAN AND A BICYCLIST, THAT AREA IS, UH, REALLY FRAUGHT TRYING TO CROSS.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UH, POSSIBLY SOME IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE CITY.
WE, WELL, YOU DO HAVE SUBCHAPTER E THE STREET, THE REQUIREMENTS CITY JUST IN STAFF JUST INDICATED WHAT THE STREET, UM, REQUIREMENTS ARE UNDER SUBCHAPTER E.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THE SIDEWALKS WHITE SIDE, SO IT ADDS IMPROVEMENTS WHEN YOU HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
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YOU HAVE DETENTION THAT YOU NEVER HAD BEFORE BECAUSE THE CITY DID NOT HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR ONSITE DETENTION AND WATER QUALITY FILTRATIONS.YOU HAVE ALL THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENTS BECAUSE THE SITE IS BEING REDEVELOPED.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR SIDEWALKS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR CONNECTIVITY.
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WILL GET INVOLVED IN COORDINATING ALL OF THAT.
SO IT'LL BE PERFECT WORKING, GETTING THOSE TWO PROPERTIES, AT LEAST WORKING WITH A, WITH APPROPRIATE STAFF TO CREATE THAT, UH, MEANINGFUL CONNECTIVITY FOR PEDESTRIANS IN THE AREA.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, AND IT MIGHT BE YOU, IT MIGHT BE STAFF, ANYBODY OR MAYBE ON THE COMMISSION, UH, ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ALONG THE RIVER AND POTENTIAL CONNECTION TO, UH, THAT SITE.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S ONGOING IN THAT AREA? BECAUSE I KNOW THE WISHBONE BRIDGE, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PLEASANT VALLEY AND THEN SOUTH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER, THERE'S CREEK FIELDS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
IS THERE ANY PLAN TO EXTEND THAT, YOU KNOW, OF, UH, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ALONG THE RIVER IN THAT AREA? I DON'T KNOW.
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS REACHED OUT TO US ALREADY.
WE, UH, ARCHITECT WALKED THE SITE WITH THEM.
THEY CHECK WITH ME EVERY MONTH, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE? SO IN THE STAFF REPORT, YOU'LL SEE COMMENTS FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY.
SO THEY WILL GET INVOLVED WHEN YOU GET INTO THE SITE PLANNING STAGE, THERE'S ONGOING COORDINATION.
UM, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER SKIDMORE HAS QUESTIONS.
UH, YEAH, UH, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ACTUALLY HAVE COVERED I THINK ALMOST ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, BUT I DO HAVE ONE FOR STAFF OF THE COMMUNITY MENTIONED CONCERNS AROUND COLORADO RIVER QUALITY, AND I KNOW EARLIER THIS YEAR WE DEBATED AN, ACTUALLY APPROVED AN EXPANSION OF THE EROSION HAZARD ZONE FOR THE COLORADO RIVER OF GUESS.
I WANNA CONFIRM IF THIS TRACT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THAT EXPANDED HAZARD ZONE.
GOSH, UH, I THINK THAT DEFINITELY A QUESTION FOR PARD, BUT PARD IS WEIGHED IN ON THIS CASE AND, UH, I THINK THE THING THAT WAS OF GREATEST VALUE TO THEM WAS THERE'S A SLIVER OF LAND THAT'S OWNED BY TRAVIS COUNTY THERE, UH, OFF OF RED BLUB BLUFF THAT INTERSECTS WITH THIS TRACT.
AND THEY WERE INTERESTED IN, UH, YOU KNOW, COORDINATING WITH THE COUNTY AND, AND, UH, MEETING WITH THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE WHEN THE CASE GETS TO SITE PLAN TO DISCUSS THOSE SPECIFICS.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN.
BUT, UH, I THINK, UH, NOT ONLY THE TRAIL CONNECTIVITY, BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS THAT APPLY TO THIS PROPERTY, WHETHER IT'S IMPERVIOUS COVER OR SETBACKS, ARE ALL, UH, MET AS THE PROPERTY'S DEVELOPED ONCE WE'VE CLEARED THE REZONING PHASE.
AND I THINK OF WITH RESPECT TO THE HA EROSION HAZARD ZONE, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS MIGHT HELP ME, BUT I, IT WAS, WE EXPANDED AT THE 200 FEET, AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS TRACK AND WHERE IT'S LOCATED ALONG THE BEND IN THE COLORADO RIVER, THE NEAREST POINT OF THIS TRACK IS MORE THAN TWO OR THREE TIMES FURTHER AWAY FROM THAT 200 FOOT LIMIT.
SO WHILE THE TRACK IS NEAR THE COLORADO RIVER, IT IS NOT, UH, NEARLY AS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER AT THIS POINT AS, UH, THE HOUSES ARE ON RED BLUFF, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SKIDMORE.
ARE THERE OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS? GREAT.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE QUES COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
COULD YOU PULL UP THE MAP THAT THE APPLICANT SHARED EARLIER? UM, AND I THINK THIS JUST IS JUST TO FOLLOW UP FOR THOSE OF OUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE NOT HERE WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE BOARD AND TRACT.
CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME DETAILS ON JUST HOW MUCH SORT OF WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT? IT'S SEVERAL BUILDINGS, OBVIOUSLY, WHICH I THINK YOU CAN SEE IN ONE OF THESE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THAT ONE.
UM, BUT IF STAFF COULD PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON WHAT IS APPROVED FOR THE BOARD AND TRACT.
SO THE BOARD AND TRACT WAS, UH, 120 FEET OF, UH, MAX HEIGHT.
AND THEN IT WAS NEGOTIATED THROUGH THE, THE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
THE, THE SETBACKS OR THE REDUCTION HEIGHTS THAT YOU'RE SEEING DEPICTED HERE.
IMPERVIOUS COVER WAS LIMITED TO 75% AND THERE WAS A 60 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SITE.
UM, THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY THAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED IN THIS CASE DOES MIRROR THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY THAT WAS IN BOARD.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THE, THE RESTRICTIONS IN TERMS OF THE, UH, USES, THE 26 USES THAT ARE DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
UM, SO I THINK STAFF WAS DOING ITS BEST TO, TO MODEL THIS AFTER BORDEN AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, BEING SENSITIVE TO THE LOCATION OF THE SITE NEAR THE COLORADO RIVER, BUT ALSO THE PROXIMITY TO THE IMAGINE AUSTIN CORRIDOR, CESAR CHAVEZ AND SEVENTH STREET.
UM, AND THAT GIANT INTERCHANGE, UH, IT WAS BLOWN AWAY WHEN I CALCULATED THE AREA OF THAT INTERCHANGE IS CLOSE TO 40 TO 45 ACRES, SO ALMOST 10 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE SUBJECT TRACT HERE.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IMPERVIOUS COVER,
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UM, THAT WAS REALLY A KIND OF MAYBE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY THERE, UM, WITH ITS PROXIMITY TO THE, UH, RIVER.AND THERE'S AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS AS PART OF THE BOARD AND TRACT AGREEMENT AS WELL, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, BUT THOSE ARE NOT REQUIRED AS A PART OF THE, THE CONDITION OF ZONING THAT WAS NEGOTIATED AS A PART OF THE APPLICANT WITH THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, AND JUST ONE MORE POINT ON THIS IS THAT THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY ALREADY LI AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE CONSIDERING L-I-P-D-A AND NOT A DB 90.
IS THAT CORRECT? CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT PLEASE? I MEAN, SO THAT WAS THE REQUEST WE RECEIVED, BUT YES, IT IS ALREADY AN LI ZONING CATEGORY.
UM, I WENT BACK AND LOOKED, UH, IN WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN WAS, UH, ADOPTED, THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY RESTRICTION WAS JUST FOR RESOURCE EXTRACTION.
SO THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS OF CONCERN AT THAT TIME.
BUT UH, RIGHT NOW YOU'RE SEEING THE, THE, THE SENSITIVITY TO ADDING A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY THAT ENCOMPASSES A LOT MORE USES THAN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS? GREAT.
AND WE HAVE A SMALL PROCEDURAL.
I REALIZE THAT I FORGOT TO ASK YOU ALL IF YOU ACTUALLY WANTED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, THANKS FOR EVERYBODY BEARING WITH US TONIGHT AS WE HAVE THE B TEAM LEADING THE CHARGE HERE.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO THIS AGAIN.
WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT COVERS OUR QUESTIONS.
AND CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS OR I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT REQUEST.
IS THAT'S STAFF REQUEST, IS THAT CORRECT? YEP.
IS THERE, IS THERE A SECOND MS. GLASCO COMING UP? OH, MS. GLASGOW MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.
YEAH, I THINK IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.
JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE, UH, IT WOULD BE THE, MY, MY REQUEST WAS THE STEP BACK HEIGHT 30 FEET.
SO, SO YOU APPLICANT THE APPLICANT REQUEST WE, WE, WE OFFERED THAT IN, WE IN SINCERITY AND WE WANT TO HONOR THAT.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE ARE WITH AN IMPASSE AND THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING 120 FEET, WHICH IS WHAT WE ASKED FOR, BUT UH, IN, IN, IN RESPECT TO WHAT WE OFFERED THE CONTACT TEAM AND IN TO KEEP THE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE BOARD IN TRACK, I THINK IT WOULD BE, IT JUST MAKES SENSE FOR US TO HAVE THE SAME STEP BACKS AS WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEGOTIATED WITH THE BOARD AND TRACK.
SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT BE THE, THE HEIGHTS THAT I READ INTO THE RECORD.
YOU KNOW, THE, UH, FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE, THE HEIGHT WOULD, BETWEEN 75 FEET WOULD BE 30 FEET, AND THEN BETWEEN 75 FEET AND 225 FEET, THE HEIGHT WOULD BE 90 FEET.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT THE HEIGHT WOULD BE 120 FEET.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
COMMISSIONER AHMED, I ASSUME THAT'S YOUR MOTION? YES, IT'S THE APPLICANT REQUEST.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
UH, WE'LL MOVE INTO, UH, PROS AND CONS.
IS THERE SOMEONE'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS COMMISSIONER AHMED? YEAH, SO FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY WANTED TO, UM, OFFER MY APPRECIATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR BRINGING UP SOME OF THE ISSUES HERE AND ALSO WORKING IN GOOD FAITH, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPER.
I APPRECIATE THE BACK AND FORTH THAT WE HAD HERE.
UH, AND I THINK YOU HAVE SOME LEGITIMATE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAD BROUGHT UP.
UH, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS ABLE TO GET 10%, UH, AFFORDABLE UNITS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS AND WORKING THROUGH THE STAIR STEP, UH, UM, HEIGHT LIMITS, WHICH ARE VERY IN LINE WITH THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST.
UH, ALSO, I I I THINK THE DONATIONS THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS COMMITTED TO 300,000 DONATIONS WILL HELP CONSIDERABLY THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UH, THE REASON I THINK, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, I I I SUPPORT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS HERE, UH, IN TERMS OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, BUT ALSO MIX OF UNITS AND SUPPORTING MORE FAMILIES AND, UH, AND STUDENTS HERE, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, HAVING MORE HOUSING SUPPLY HERE IS IMPORTANT.
UH, IF WE'RE ABLE TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT TO 90 FEET, THAT MEANS MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS AS WELL, UH, WITH 10% OF THE UNITS AFFORDABLE.
UH, I ALSO AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS NOT DETERMINED THAT THESE ARE ALL, UH, STUDIO OR ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS, BUT WILL BE DETERMINED BASED OFF OF THE MARKET NEEDS.
AND MY HOPE IS IF THERE IS ENOUGH DEMAND FROM FAMILIES THERE, UH, PARTICULAR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL, UH, HEAP TO THAT DEMAND AND WILL SEE MORE KIND OF MULTI BEDROOM UNITS AS WELL AND MORE OF THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE HEIGHT THERE.
UH, SECONDLY, WITH THE COMPATIBILITY AND PRECEDENT, I THINK THE MOST RECENT COMPATIBILITY CHANGE HERE WAS TO THE, UH, THE LOT ON
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THE EAST TO THE EAST VERSUS THE ONE ON THE WEST.AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS BEING PART OF THE IMAGINE AUSTIN KIND OF BEING A MAJOR IMAGINE AUSTIN CORRIDOR, I THINK THERE IS MORE, UH, HOUSING THAT'S MORE HOUSING AND DEMAND FOR HOUSING ALONG THIS CORRIDOR.
AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK USING, UH, THE BOARD AND TRACK AS A PRECEDENT OR AS SOMETHING TO BASE KIND OF, UH, THIS ZONING ON MAKES SENSE IN THIS CASE.
AND THEN FINALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, WHICH, UH, WHICH I COMPLETELY HEAR, AND I THINK WE, WE, WE, WE SHOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
UH, THE FACT THAT THIS PROJECT REQUIRES CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENTS FROM THE DEVELOPER AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE GETTING A 50,000 DONATION TO THE COLORADO RIVER CONSERVANCY, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKES ME, UH, FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AS WELL.
IS ANYONE SPEAKING AGAINST ANYONE SPEAKING FOR COMMISSIONER POWELL? YEAH, I'M, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE HIGHER HEIGHTS HERE AGAIN FOR MORE HOUSING, MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS WITH IT.
BUT I, I, I WANNA SECOND A LOT OF WHAT COMMISSIONER AHMAD SAID IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SUCCESS OF THE $300,000 OF INVESTMENT, THE 10%.
UM, RECOGNIZING THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS MANDATED, BUT AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DEVELOPERS.
I JUST WANT TO COMMEND BOTH PARTIES FOR COMING TO THE TABLE, COMING WITH SOMETHING THAT REALLY BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY THERE.
UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PIECES, UH, THE INGRESS, EGRESS, ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE AS A COMMISSIONER, IT'S JUST TRUSTING THE SITE PLANNING PROCESS, KNOWING THEY'RE THE RIGOROUS STANDARDS THERE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I'M JUST KIND OF EXCITED TO SEE HOW THIS DEVELOPS.
AND THEN LAST THING, VERY IMPORTANT, I WANNA SECOND WHAT COMMISSIONER BRENT SAID ABOUT JUST MOBILITY IN TERMS OF BEING A PEDESTRIAN, UH, BIKE RIDING THERE.
UH, I HAVE NOT BIKED THERE 'CAUSE I'VE JUST STRAIGHTFORWARD AVOIDED IT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
ALSO, UM, I HOPE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS, UH, TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, THE SITE PLANNING PROCESS, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY ADAPT THE A SMP, THE BEST PRACTICES AND MOBILITY.
SO I THINK THIS COULD BE A REAL ZERO TO HERO SITUATION JUST IN TERMS OF PEER MOBILITY OUTSIDE OF A CAR IN THAT AREA.
UM, I HOPE TO SEE THAT OUTCOME.
SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL INVOLVED AND THANK YOU STAFF FOR THE WONDERFUL INPUT AND PREPARATION ON THIS AS ALWAYS.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS AGAINST OR FOR, SO I KNOW SOMETIMES THESE CONVERSATIONS GET DOWN TO DO WE ALLOW MORE HEIGHT OR DON'T WE, AND IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT THERE WAS A CASE NEARBY ON CESAR CHAVEZ, A LITTLE BIT WEST OF HERE WHERE THERE WAS A JUNKYARD, AND THE JUNKYARD WANTED TO GET REDEVELOPED AND THEY NEEDED MORE HEIGHT TO BUILD HOUSING AND THEY HAD A LOT OF AFFORDABILITY, A LOT OF HOUSING, AND THERE WERE FOLKS NEARBY WHO SAID, NO, NO MORE, NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GREEDY, THEY'RE THIS, THEY'RE THAT, THEY'RE THIS.
AND I TALKED TO BOTH PARTIES AND DEVELOPERS, VERY CLEAR LIKE, WE WANT TO BUILD HOUSING, BUT WE CAN'T WITHOUT BETTER ENTITLEMENTS.
AND THEN THERE WAS THE GROUP WHO WERE JUST DEAD SET AGAINST IT.
THE CASE DIED, AN OFFICE BUILDING GOT BUILT INSTEAD, WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.
WE HAVE TO MAKE HOUSING EASIER TO BUILD.
AND I AM STILL A LOT LESS AFRAID OF HEIGHT THAN I AM THE LACK OF HOUSING.
AND WE STILL HAVE A LACK OF HOUSING, ESPECIALLY FOR A LOT OF INCOME GROUPS.
SO EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL, I THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO A VOTE.
UH, THE MOTION IS FOR APPLICANT REQUEST MADE BY COMMISSIONER AHMED, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ANDERSON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AND OUR VIRTUAL COMMISSIONERS, RAY GREEN, SO WE CAN SEE ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
AND I THINK THAT IS UNANIMOUS.
SO ALL COMMISSIONERS WERE VOTING IN FAVOR AND THERE WERE NO ABSTENTIONS.
UM, SO THAT MOTION PASSES AND WE ARE COMPLETED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND I BELIEVE NEXT WE HAVE A BRIEFING.
IS THAT CORRECT, MS. GARCIA? YES, CHAIR.
[15. Briefing on Parking Management Districts including waivers or modifications on city meters for hybrid and electric vehicles. Presentation by Joseph Al-Hajeri, 512-974-6528, joseph.al hajeri@austintexas.gov, Transportation and Public Works Department. ]
EVENING,HE HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY TODAY, SO, UH, I WAS ASKED TO STEP IN FOR HIM.
I'M THE PARKING SERVICES PROGRAM MANAGER.
I, UH, I OVERSEE OUR METER SHOP, CURB MANAGEMENT AND HANDLE THE DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT OF OUR PARKING TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EVER DOING THIS, SO FORGIVE ME.
UM, BUT, UH, I WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER MOST, HOPEFULLY ALL YOUR, ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL TAKE SOME BACK.
BUT I'M SPEAKING FOR THE PARKING TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT UPDATE AND BRIEFING.
THERE WAS, WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE,
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INCLUDING WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS CITY METERS FOR HYBRID AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES UNTIL TODAY.SO I DON'T HAVE A BRIEFING ON THAT.
I WILL TAKE THAT BACK AND GET YOU AN ANSWER FOR THAT AS WELL.
THE AGENDA IS GONNA BE HISTORY, PARKING, DISTRICT AREAS, PARKING, DISTRICT FUNDING, AND THEN PROJECTS.
SO THE HISTORY IS IN 2006, AUSTIN ESTABLISH ITS FIRST PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT.
PBD IN WEST CAMPUS IS A PILOT PROGRAM.
IT WAS FUNDED BY A FEDERAL GRANT IN 2011.
THE PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN 2013.
WEST CAMPUS PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT WAS APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY COUNCIL.
AND ONCE THE PILOT PROGRAM ENDED AND WE ESTABLISHED THE WEST CAMPUS PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT, WE CREATED A NEW PARKING DISTRICT DESIGNATION CALLED A PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, OR PTMD.
THIS NEW DISTRICT WAS MORE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE AND ALLOW FOR PAID PARKING REVENUE TO BE SPENT ON ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION RELATED PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF THE, OF THE PBD OR PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT.
TO BECOME A PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, AN AREA WITH PAID OR ON STREET PARKING MUST ADD AT LEAST A HUNDRED NEW SPACES ON A HUNDRED NEW PAID ON STREET PARKING SPACES, EXCUSE ME.
AND AN AREA WITHOUT PAID ON STREET PARKING.
MUST HAVE AT LEAST 200 ADD MUST HAVE, ADD AT LEAST 200 ON STREET PARKING SPACES TO CONVERT TO PAID SPACES.
THE GOAL OF THIS REQUIREMENT IS TO PROMOTE PARKING, TURNOVER AND REDUCE HIGH COMMUTER IDLE.
THE PTMD DEDICATES 51% OF THE PAID THE PUBLIC, PAID PAID PARKING REVENUE, LESS CITY EXPENSES TO HELP WITH THE MOBILITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED DISTRICT.
AND CAN, SOME PROJECTS CAN INCLUDE PARKING, MAINTENANCE, SIGNAGE, WAY FINDING, AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.
WEST CAMPUS BEING THE ORIGINAL, THE PILOT ONE AT THE PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT.
EAST AUSTIN WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2015, ALONG WITH THE MILLER ONE IN 2015 AS WELL.
COLORADO RIVER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2018, AND THE SOUTH CONGRESS ONE IS THE NEWEST ONE ESTABLISHED IN 2023.
THE PROJECT FUNDS FOR EACH DISTRICT, WE HAVE ABOUT 2.4 MILLION IN THE WEST CAMPUS.
PBD, WE GOT ABOUT TWO POINT JUST UNDER 2.7 IN, IN THE EAST AUSTIN, PTMD AND THE MUELLER.
PTMD HAS ABOUT JUST OVER $1 MILLION.
AND COLORADO RIVER IS JUST AROUND 5,000 AND SOUTH CONGRESS IS AT 444,000.
HOW PROJECT FUNDS ARE IDENTIFIED, PTMD FUNDS ARE USED FOR PROJECTS TO ENHANCE MOBILITY IN THE AREA.
PROJECTS CAN ORIGINATE FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES, BUT GENERALLY COME FROM PTMD COMMITTEE, RESIDENTS AND MERCHANTS REP REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF THE PTMD AREA, INTERNAL THROUGH THE CITY, CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, DEPARTMENTS WITH MOBILITY PROJECTS NEEDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
PARK ENTERPRISE TEAM WILL ALSO IDENTIFY PROJECTS IN THE PTMD GENERAL PUBLIC.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS ALWAYS ENCOURAGED TO PITCH IDEAS TO THE PTMD.
WE ACTUALLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT MORE.
HERE'S SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE DONE AND SOME FUTURE PROJECTS ON THE WAY.
UM, EAST AUSTIN, WE'VE DONE ONE FOR 500 BRUSHY STREET.
IT'S A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2017.
WE ALSO COMPLETED THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ON 600 NOVA SOTA IN 2022.
AND THEN SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL ON HASKELL IN 2023.
AND THEN SOME FUTURE, FUTURE ONES THAT ARE COMING UP EAST OFF EAST FOURTH STREET, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT, TAYLOR STREET, MEDINA STREET, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT.
AND THEN WE'RE WORKING WITH ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION TO LOOK AT AN EAST FIFTH STREET RAIL CROSSING AND, UH, THE PLAZA SAN STATION MOBILITY IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE, AN EXTENSION OF THE, UH, PASS ONION STREET PASSE.
UM, WE, THE PTMD, THERE'S, WE DID, WE HAD, IT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT WE DID DO ONE.
THERE'S A FLASHING BEACONS ALONG THE SCHOOL UP THERE.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON EAST 51ST STREET.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO FUTURE PROJECTS COMING, UH, BIKE RACK EXPANSION AS ROAD AS WELL AS RED CURBS, UH, TO COVER FIRE HEIGHT AND INTERSECTIONS.
AND IN THE SOUTH CONGRESS PTMD, WE'RE ENGINE, WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF ENGINEER APPROVAL FOR A SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT ON ACADEMY DRIVE JUST WEST OF RAVINE.
IT'S GONNA MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE ACADEMY AND RAVINE INTERSECTION, WEST CAMPUS, UH, PARK AND BAY.
PATRICIA, WE, WE JUST FINISHED, UH, WEST 25TH STREET, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.
WE TRIED A NEW FLEXI PAVE BETWEEN OASIS AND SETON ON THE NORTH CURB.
IT, IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE ROOTS OF THE TREES THERE, UH, IT'S, AND WE DID MORE OUTSIDE OF THAT, JUST REGULAR, UH, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS IS, IT LOOKS REALLY WELL, IT LOOKS, YOU KNOW, AWESOME ACTUALLY.
COLORADO RIVER, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR MORE FUNDS.
UH, WE HAVE EXPANDED THE HOURS OVER THERE TO HELP GENERATE SOME OF THE REVENUE.
THE LAST FEW YEARS IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE WITH THE, WITH THE FUNDS, UH, IN THAT DISTRICT.
THIS IS THE WEST CAMPUS PBD AND THE, THE BEFORE AND AFTER THE, IT'S A FLEXI PAY PICTURE POINTING WEST FROM OASIS.
THIS IS E ONE OF THE PROJECTS IN EAST AUSTIN.
I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE WHAT INTERSECTION THIS IS, UH, BUT, UH, IT'S JUST, UH, TO, TO WIDEN THE SIDEWALK AND
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CREATE BETTER CROSSINGS.AND THEN THIS IS SOMEWHAT SOME OF THE PROPOSED, UH, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS FOR EAST AUSTIN, FOR TAYLOR STREET AT EAST FOURTH STREET, AND THEN SOUTH CONGRESS.
UH, THE ACADEMY DRIVE ONE, WHICH IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF APPROVAL FOR RAVINE.
UM, YOU KNOW, GO INTO THE EAST THERE PAST MELISSA.
IT WON'T GO PAST THERE, BUT IT, IT, IT IS CONCENTRATED JUST AROUND THE RAVINE AND, UH, ACADEMY DRIVE INTERSECTION.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S, THAT'S MY BRIEFING.
YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND, UH, WE'RE ALL ROOKIES TONIGHT, SO THANK YOU,
UM, SO, UH, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, I'M SURE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
UH, IS THERE SOMEONE WHO'D LIKE TO START US OFF?
SO FIRST OFF, UH, I SEE A LOT OF SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITH THIS.
UM, HOW DO Y'ALL AS A TEAM, UH, ALONG WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS THAT, UH, BUILD IN SOME INPUT HERE, ALIGN THESE PROJECTS WITH VISION ZERO AND A SMP? WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I'M NOT SURE IF I WOULD HAVE THE ANSWER TO.
WE, WE MEET, WE MEET INTERNALLY.
WE, WE, WE HAVE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF STEPPING UP MORE, SETTING UP MORE CONSISTENT QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH SIDEWALKS TEAM AS WELL AS VISION ZERO.
UM, SIDEWALKS ARE LIKE THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF PT MDS.
UM, AND SO WE, WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT NOW WHERE WE, WE HAVE ENOUGH PROJECT FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLY AND BUILD MORE PROJECTS WITH SIDEWALKS.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO A BETTER JOB STARTING WITH THIS YEAR AND INTO NEXT YEAR TO, TO DO THAT.
AND MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR USED TO BE OVER LEWIS LIVE USED TO BE OVER VISION ZERO.
HE, HE, HE WOULD ALWAYS WANT ME TO REACH OUT TO THEM TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
I'LL, I'LL SAY I LOVE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, ESPECIALLY THE DAY LIGHTING AND THE CURB BUMP OUTS, UH, THAT I SAW THERE.
I ALSO LOVE VISION ZERO, LIKE BIKE IMPROVEMENTS.
BARTON SPRINGS PILOT WENT REALLY WELL.
ARE THERE, UH, WHAT DOES THE SETUP LOOK LIKE, UH, FROM ZERO TO ACTUALLY HAVING A-P-T-M-D? IS THAT A COUNCIL ONLY DECISION? IS THERE A STAFF INPUT INTO BUILDING OUT A NEW PTMD? I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ZILKER PARK IN BARTON SPRINGS AREA.
AS I GO THROUGH THERE VERY OFTEN.
UM, I'VE ONLY BEEN PART OF ONE, UH, PTMB ESTABLISHED THE SOUTH CONGRESSMAN.
UM, SO GOING FROM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BEGINNING, IT REALLY STARTS WITH SORT OF A, A REQUEST.
AND THEN SOUTH CONGRESS'S CASE, WE DID THE, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH CONGRESS PARKING STUDY AND THE APPLICANT, OR THE CONSULTANTS, EXCUSE ME, THEY'RE RECOMMENDED PARKING, TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IN ORDER TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE PARKING MITIGATION ISSUES THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.
AND SO FROM THERE, WE REACH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, ALL STAKEHOLDERS REALLY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, THE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATIONS, THE SOUTH CONGRESS CASE, THERE WAS TWO OF 'EM, THE PIT AND THEN THE MERCHANT ASSOCIATION OUTSIDE OF THE BID.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE, IT'S OVER THE COURSE OF PROBABLY A YEAR, YOU'RE HAVING MULTIPLE MEETINGS GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, PAIN POINTS, SOME CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE CONCERNS WAS ABOUT HOW ARE WE GONNA INSTALL.
SOUTH CONGRESS HAD A HYBRID APPROACH TO THE RPP, YOU KNOW, FORMING IT, ALLOWING FOR PUBLIC ACCESS IN THE RPP AREAS.
AND SO WE HAD TO RUN INTO SOME CONCERNS ABOUT PAID PARKING IN FRONT OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND HOMES.
AND SO WE, A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT LIKE WE WERE GONNA PUT, YOU KNOW, PAY STATIONS AND WE TOOK A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THAT.
THERE'S SOME EQUITY CHALLENGES WITH IT, UH, THAT WE, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH AND DOING A NEW PILOT IN SOUTH CONGRESS NOW TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE PAY STATIONS THERE.
UM, BUT, AND THEN FROM THERE YOU GET SORT OF, UM, YOU GET BUY-IN FROM OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND IT COMES TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
AND THEN FROM THERE, THE REAL WORK, YOU KNOW, STARTS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GENERATING REVENUE TO, FOR THESE PROJECTS.
UH, OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS.
HEY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I HAVE, I KNOW FOR A LONG TIME, I THINK CHRIS RILEY'S ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS, LIKE TRYING TO EVENTUALLY GET TO, UM, PERFORMANCE BASED OR DEMAND BASED PARKING.
ARE WE GONNA GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN SEE THE PRICES FLUCTUATE TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S TOTALLY FULL, THEN OBVIOUSLY THE PRICE ISN'T HIGH ENOUGH.
OR IF IT'S MOSTLY EMPTY, MAYBE YOU'RE CHARGING TOO MUCH.
THAT'S, SO YEAH, CHRIS RILEY, HE USED TO BE ON THE, YOU KNOW, UH, COLORADO FOR PTMD, UH, COMMITTEE.
HE WAS A BIG BELIEVER IN DEMAND BASED PRICING, WHICH MAKES, BASICALLY, MEANS EXACTLY WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON SAID IS, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE OCCUPANCY OF THE, OF THE STREET, THE PRICE CAN FLUCTUATE.
THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE WITH DEMAND BASED PRICING IS IT'S HARD TO COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT YES, THE, I WOULD LIKE TO GO, I THINK WE AS A, AS A DIVISION WOULD LIKE TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION IN THE FUTURE.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WOULD BE.
THERE'S, UH, A NUMBER OF, YOU KNOW, HURDLES TO GET THERE.
UH, I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, UM, CHANGE THE PRICING ON THE STREET AND THEN PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH IT IS FOR THEM TO PARK THERE FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.
SO ONCE WE GET OVER SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL
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HURDLES ASSOCIATED WITH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMUNICATION ABOUT THAT, I THINK WE'LL GET THERE.SO ARE WE NOW, AS A CITY KIND OF GRADUATING TO THAT NEXT LEVEL WHERE WE'RE NO LONGER JUST PRIVATIZING PARKING WITH RPP, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE KIND OF THE HYBRID? IS THAT WHERE WE ARE NOW? UM, I LIKE TO THINK SO, BUT NO, WE, WE'LL STILL HAVE SOME STRICT RPP IN CERTAIN CASES, BUT WE'RE TAKE, WE JUST DID, UH, YOU KNOW, WENT THROUGH OUR RPP RULES ADOPTION PROCESS.
WE ADDED, YOU KNOW, WE FORMALIZED 'EM INTO DIRECTOR'S RULES, WENT THROUGH THAT PUBLIC PROCESS FOR THAT.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING, THE HOPE IS TO SORT OF OPEN UP RRP STRICT RPP TO BE MORE HYBRID BASED, BUT IT'S GONNA BE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
WE HAVE TO WORK WITH EACH OF THESE HOUSEHOLDS AND ROLL THESE, THESE BLOCKS THAT HAVE STRICT RPP.
IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S A CULTURE SHOCK TO THEM, A LITTLE BIT TO PUT IN METER PARKING AS WELL.
AND IT WON'T, IT WON'T BENEFIT EVERY SINGLE STRICT RPP LOCATION.
IT DEPENDS ON THE EXTERNALITY NEARBY THE TRAFFIC BEING GENERATED THAT YOU KNOW EXACTLY.
IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF HYBRID WOULD BE A APPROPRIATE.
SO WHEN DONALD
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE INCREASING THAT AMOUNT TO HELP HOPEFULLY GET MORE BUY-IN? UM, NOT, NOT, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
UM, I'M SURE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD ALWAYS HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, BUT NOT AT THIS TIME.
IT DEFINITELY HELPS BRING FOLKS WITH US, RIGHT? YES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT ULTIMATELY.
SO I, I HAPPEN TO LIVE IN MILLER AND THERE'S A BIG PARKING LOT IN THE PARK IN MILLER LAKE PARK.
THAT ISN'T, THAT DOESN'T CHARGE.
AND THERE'S STREET PARKING ALL LIKE RIGHT THERE.
AND SO WHAT WE SEE IS THERE'S FOLKS WHO WILL JUST SAY, WOW, I'VE GOT THIS GREAT PARKING SPACE.
I THINK I'M GONNA STAY HERE FOR A FEW DAYS.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR RADAR AS A CITY? IT NEEDS TO BE, UH, IT'S BEEN ON MY RADAR.
I WAS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR EIGHT YEARS AND MUELLER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT DISTRICTS HAD WORKED ON, AND I WAS SHOCKED THAT THEY HAD THAT FREE PARKING THERE.
THAT WAS A, A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AT THAT TIME.
UM, I THINK IT'S TIME FOR PROBABLY WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU, WHAT PEOPLE DO IS THEY LOOK FOR FREE PARKING AND THEY'RE GONNA PARK IN THE PARKING LOT BEFORE THE STREET.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PARKING LOT GETS PARKED UP FOR THE WRONG REASONS, SO TO SPEAK.
I TALKED TO SOMEONE WHO SAID, WHY CIRCLE UP THREE LEVELS RIGHT HERE IN MY BUILDING WHEN I CAN JUST PARK RIGHT THERE.
I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT.
COMMISSIONERS, OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS? OH, COMMISSIONER SKIDMORE.
UM, AND I GUESS THIS QUESTION FOR STAFF AGAIN, UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND THE UPDATE.
UH, I THINK IT WAS REALLY USEFUL.
UM, I HAVE, I GUESS A QUESTION AROUND YOU.
YOU SPOKE ABOUT EXTERNALITIES AND TRYING TO MANAGE, UH, WHAT COMMISSIONER ANDERSON HAD TALKED ABOUT OF IN TERMS OF APPROPRIATE PRICING SO THAT THE, THE PARKING IS UTILIZED APPROPRIATELY.
SO I GUESS I'M CURIOUS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER, WHICH IS SORT OF ALONG LADY BIRD LAKE, I GUESS BY AUSTIN HIGH, THAT REGION, UH, MY OBSERVATION AS SOMEBODY THAT, UH, GOES TO ROAD DOWN THERE FREQUENTLY IS THAT THE PRICING, THE PARKING, THE PAID PARKING ON THE STREET IS DRIVING PEOPLE PARKING THE POND TO LITERALLY PARK ON A PIECE OF DIRT PROPERTY UNDERNEATH OF T STOP RIGHT OF WAY FOR QUOTE, UNQUOTE FREE WHEN, BECAUSE WE'VE MAYBE OVERPRICED THE PARKING ALONG THE STREET THERE.
SO I THINK MY QUESTION IS, HOW ARE WE EVALUATING THE APPROPRIATE PRICING, EVEN IF IT'S NOT DYNAMICALLY PRICED, BUT THE APPROPRIATE PRICING FOR THESE DIFFERENT REGIONS SO THAT WE ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THE GOAL WE WANT, WHICH IS AVAILABLE PARKING THAT TURNS OVER AT A REASONABLE LEVEL? WOW, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, WE ARE CONSTANTLY LEARNING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE PUTTING IN PAID PARKING AND THE HOURS.
WE WENT TO EXTENSIVE STUDIES TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE PUT IN THAT AREA AND EXPANDED THE HOURS, WE DID STUDIES THAT SHOWED THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE PEOPLE WAREHOUSING VEHICLES LATE INTO THE EVENING THERE ON THE WEEKENDS.
AND SO, AND THAT, AND THAT'S WITH THE DIRT LOT, RIGHT? THAT PEOPLE WERE USING.
AND SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT BETTER TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO HELP WITH OCCUPANCY TO DETERMINE THAT, TO GET TO THAT, THAT, UH, DYNAMIC PRICING MODEL TO BE ABLE TO FLUCTUATE.
BUT AT THIS TIME, WE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT, UM, HANDCUFFED IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN BE BASED ON THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION.
WE'RE WE, IT'S HARD FOR US TO CHANGE PRICING WITHOUT, WITHOUT SURVEYING AND LEARNING MORE.
BUT I, MAYBE I CAN OFFER THE FRIENDLY SUGGESTION THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO DO A PILOT PROGRAM FOR PRICING, THAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT AREA BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS, QUITE FRANKLY, CITY OF AUSTIN LAND ADJACENT PROPERTY ALMOST UNIVERSALLY.
I MEAN, I RECOGNIZE THERE MIGHT BE SOME DIFFERENCES THERE ON VETERANS DRIVE AND ALL, BUT IT IS OF LARGELY OF PARKLAND ADJACENT.
SO WE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE AND, UH, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP Y'ALL CHAMPION THAT.
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YOU.UM, OTHER COMMISSIONERS QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER POWELL, THIS IS GONNA SOUND LIKE A COMMENT, I PROMISE.
THERE'S A QUESTION AFTERWARDS.
I JUST WANNA SAY A, A THING I REALLY ENJOY ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS THE FACT THAT IT'S TAKING OUR CITIES, FRANKLY, LIKE OVERDEPENDENCE ON CAR DEPENDENCY.
FINDING WAYS TO GET THOSE FUNDS INTO INVESTING IN MOBILITY AND HOPEFULLY REDUCING THAT DOWN.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS.
SO MY QUESTION IS, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO SUPPORT NEW, WONDERFUL SIDEWALKS GET CONSTRUCTED? I, I LOVE IT ACTUALLY.
SO TO ME, IT'S, UH, THE GOAL OF PAID PARKING IS TO, TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, RIGHT? PEOPLE DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THAT PAID PARKING CAN BE THAT TOOL TO GET PEOPLE TO TAKE OTHER MODES TO WALK MORE.
AND SO I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE CAN USE PAID PARKING THAT'S LOOKED AT AS A NEGATIVE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S POSITIVE, RIGHT.
AND SIDEWALKS ARE A HUGE PART OF THAT.
NOW, OTHER, YOU KNOW, PTMD IS LIKE MILLER'S A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING GIVEN HOW NEW IT IS, BUT IT ALSO MAKE, IT ALSO FORCES STAFF AND MYSELF TO BE MORE CREATIVE WITH WHAT WE CAN USE THESE FUNDS FOR.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO EXTREMELY REWARDING AS WELL.
AND I'LL SAY, IT'S COOL TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, PARKING IN SOME OF THESE AREAS CAN ALSO BE DIRECTLY INVESTING IN MOBILITY JUST AS A TAXPAYER, EVEN MORE THAN A COMMISSIONER, SO, RIGHT.
THANK Y'ALL FOR THE WORK AND FOR THE BRIEFING ON THIS.
OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS? UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE QUITE A FEW
SO FIRST OF ALL, I DO WANT, FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S NOT AWARE, UM, I'M INVOLVED IN A LOT OF PARKING CONVERSATIONS AND AUSTIN IS ABSOLUTELY A FOR AT THE FOREFRONT OF PARKING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
SO I REALLY WANNA COMPLIMENT THE STAFF AND THE WORK AND THE TEAM THAT DOES THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY A NATIONAL MODEL FOR ALL OF THIS.
SO THE BRIEFING REALLY SHOWS THE WORK WE'RE PUTTING IN AND HOW THAT'S REWARDING US TO THE POINT THAT SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE MADE.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I NOTICED THAT YOU ARE COORDINATING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, SPECIFICALLY THE SAFE STREETS FOR SCHOOL.
AND I, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK THROUGH THAT AND HOW THAT, AND HOW YOU END UP MATCHING FUNDS WITH THOSE PROJECTS? SO I CAN'T TALK TOO MUCH TO IT.
I WAS NOT INVOLVED WITH THE PT, WELL, I WAS INVOLVED, BUT NOT IN TERMS OF PICKING THE PROJECTS AND WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.
THAT WAS MY MANAGER, JOSEPH RI.
BUT IT'S A LOT EASIER NOW THAN IT WAS BEFORE WITH, WITH TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS BEING MERGED AS A, AS A SINGLE DEPARTMENT, IT, IT'S MAKES THESE CONVERSATIONS A LOT EASIER.
AND SO WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS FOR PROJECTS IS, IS WE KIND OF CHALLENGE OURSELVES ON TRYING TO COME UP WITH A, A BETTER PROCESS.
WE WE'RE STARTING TO GENERATE A LOT OF MONEY INTO THESE ACCOUNTS AND IT IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY TO USE IT, IT'S NOT AS EASY AS OTHER, OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECT FUNDS.
UM, WITH THE, WITH THE, 'CAUSE YOU NEED COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY BUY-IN FOR, IN ORDER TO DO IT.
BUT WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
IT'S LIKE, HEY, WHERE'S, WHERE'S SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPE? CAN WE HELP PLUG IN SOME THIS MONEY IN FOR THE PT MDS INTO THESE PROJECTS WITH, WITH THE COMMUNITY'S APPROVALS? OF COURSE.
AND THAT WAY YOU HAVE BUDGET FUNDS TO SPEND ELSEWHERE THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A PARKING TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF, THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF PROJECTS I LOVE TO DO IN ORDER TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THE, THE SPENDING.
AND THEN, I GUESS RELATED TO THAT, UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED ABOUT GETTING MORE PUBLIC INPUT AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITIES ABOUT WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE.
SO IS THERE SUGGESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN INCREASE THAT AVAILABILITY? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO I, I, I WOULD LOVE, I HAVE ALWAYS WELCOME COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH.
BUT I, I LOVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
UM, AND SO YEAH, YOU COULD PLEASE, YOU COULD EMAIL US.
WE HAVE EMAIL ACCOUNTS FOR ALL THESE DISTRICTS NOW.
UM, AND WE HAVE WEBSITES THAT WE'RE CONTINUED TO BUILD OUT AND TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION AND BE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC.
AND SO I CAN PROVIDE THOSE IF, AND SO THEY CAN, THE PEOPLE IN THESE DISTRICTS CAN, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS IN THESE DISTRICTS CAN EMAIL AND SUGGEST PROJECTS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, SINCE HAVING SUCCESS, WE'RE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN WHERE WE MIGHT DO MORE OF THESE.
AND, UM, I OF COURSE AM VERY CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOUR CONSIDERATION WOULD BE FOR, UM, THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA SINCE THAT'S ADJACENT TO SOUTH CONGRESS AND THAT AREA ISN'T BUILT OUT.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS AND DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT? OR OTHER AREAS OF AUSTIN WHERE WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL EXPANSIONS? UH, SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, BUT BESIDES THE STUFF I'VE LEARNED THROUGH THE PROJECT CONNECT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UM, MY CONCERN THERE IS, IF I'M THINKING OF THE RIGHT AREA, IS THAT THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH ON-STREET PARKING SPACES, UH, OR, OR, UH, OPEN UNRESTRICTED ON-STREET PARKING SPACES, I SHOULD SAY.
UM, AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE CONCERN I WOULD'VE TO LOOK AT IT.
UM, WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, CREATING A NEW DISTRICT.
UM, IT IS A LOT OF WORK TO CREATE AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK AFTER IT'S CREATED, BUT IT'S, IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC AND AS WELL AS US AS AN DEPARTMENT.
'CAUSE WE HAVE BETTER MANAGED CURVE, WHICH IN TURN HELPS US MEET A LOT OF OUR GOALS AS SMP TO BE ONE OF THEM.
SO, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT SEGUE INTO ONE OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS IS THAT WE KNOW THAT PROJECT CONNECT IS COMING, AND I ASSUME THAT YOU'RE HOPEFULLY GONNA BE COORDINATING WITH A TP.
AND HAS THERE BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT SORT OF MATCHING SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE GONNA SEE PROJECT CONNECT WITH THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS? WE HAVEN'T.
WE'VE MOSTLY TALKED AROUND SOUTH CONGRESS.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED, INVOLVED WITH
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THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND ENGAGEMENT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UM, REGARDING THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RAIL GOING DOWN SOUTH CONGRESS AS FAR AS LOOKING AT FUTURE AREAS WHERE THE RAIL IS GOING FOR TRANSPORTATION AND MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS YET, BUT THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY ONE OTHER QUESTION.
UM, YOU DID MENTION AT THE TOP THAT WE, THE WEST CAMPUS WAS THE FIRST PLACE THAT WE DID THIS.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY ARE STILL NOT ACTUALLY, THEY'RE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS STILL YES.
I KNOW THAT QUESTION CAME UP WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY KNOW WE HEARD OVERLAY UNO MM-HMM
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT AND IS THERE A REASON TO CONVERT OR KEEP IT THE SAME SORT OF WHAT THAT STATUS IS? I WOULD LOVE TO CONVERT IT.
UM, THE MAIN, THE BIGGEST, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS THE P TM B IS MORE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE AND I'M ALL FOR THAT.
AND SO, UH, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG EXACTLY WITH WHAT, HOW THE PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT HAS BEEN SET UP.
IT'S JUST THE PTMD ALLOWS FOR A LITTLE BIT, WHICH I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
IT ALLOWS FOR, IT OPENS IT UP TO MORE TO BE USED, THE FUNDS NEEDED FOR MORE PROJECTS, BUT ALSO, UH, IT'S JUST YOU GET MORE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THROUGH IT.
WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH A CONVERSION PROCESS WITH IT.
AND SO WE, I'M HOPEFUL TO START HAVING, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS SOON, MAYBE EARLY FISCAL, UH, NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ALL MY QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK OUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, OH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO HAVE ONE MORE COMMISSION QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER BRETON.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE PROCESS THAT Y'ALL HAVE GOING FROM ZERO TO PTMD USUALLY STARTS WITH A COMMUNITY GROUP, UH, IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA REQUESTING THIS.
DOES CITY STAFF HAVE ANY FACTORS OR ANALYSIS THAT CAN HELP IDENTIFY CERTAIN AREAS THAT MAY BE, UH, MORE FEASIBLE FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS THAT MAY BE HELPFUL FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS IN THESE AREAS TO EITHER FIGHT FOR THIS KIND OF STUFF OR FOR COUNCIL OFFICES OR OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT WIDER RANGING TO IDENTIFY AREAS AND BUILD SUPPORT? I SHOULD DO THIS MORE OFTEN.
Y'ALL, Y'ALL MAKE ME THINK
UM, THAT'S AN OUTSTANDING QUESTION, UM, TO THE, THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS NO, I DON'T HAVE A GREAT, WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT WAY, UM, THAT I LOVE THAT THOUGH.
SO I'LL TAKE THAT BACK AND, UM, YEAH, I'M NOT TRYING TO, I, IT'S LIKE YOU A GREAT ANSWER.
WELL, UM, AS YOU COULD TELL FROM THE ENTHUSIASM, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT AND SHARING, UH, ALL THESE ANSWERS WITH US.
AND I, UM, APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONER.
UM, MS. GARCIA, WHAT'S NEXT ON OUR AGENDA? WE'LL NOW BE
[16. Discussion and action to conduct an officer election for the Chair position. (Sponsored by Vice Chair Woods and Commissioner Maxwell) ]
MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM 16, THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION TO CONDUCT AN OFFICER ELECTION FOR THE CHAIR.UM, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE ARE, UM, IN NEED OF A NEW CHAIR.
UM, I'M SADLY NOT GOING TO CONTINUE IN THIS POSITION.
SO WE DID PUT AN AGENDA ITEM ON FOR OUR LAST, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE, UH, INTO A, AN ELECTION FOR THE CHAIR POSITION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND I BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN A NOMINATION AND, UH, LET ME PULL UP THE SPECIFIC DETAILS HERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA, LET ME WALK THROUGH THE SPECIFIC PROCESS.
SO, UM, THE CHAIR WILL ASK FOR NOMINATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL PC MEMBERS IF THE CHAIR POSITION THE INDIVIDUAL NOMINATED FOR THE POSITION MUST ACCEPT.
UM, ONCE ALL THE NOMINATIONS ARE MADE FOR THE POSITION, THE COMMISSION WILL VOTE INDIVIDUALLY ON THE NOMINEE.
THE VOTE FOR THE NOMINEE SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN THE SAME OWNER AS THE NOM AS THE NOMINATION WAS MADE.
UM, AFTER A NOMINATION, NOMINEE IS VOTED ON THE STATE, THE NEXT PERSON'S NAME, THEN EACH COMMISSIONER VOTE.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE NO, UH, NOMINATIONS, UM, EACH COMMISSIONER SHOULD ONLY VOTE FOR ONE NOMINEE.
UH, ONCE ALL THE NOMINEES HAVE BEEN VOTED ON, THE CHAIR DETERMINES WHICH NOM NOMINEES WERE, UH, RECEIVED THE MAJORITY VOTE, WHICH IS SEVEN, RESULTING IN THE NOMINEE BEING ELECTED FOR THAT POSITION IN THIS CASE CHAIR.
UM, ALTERNATIVELY, COMMISSION MAY STOP VOTING ONCE A GIVEN NOMINEE RECEIVES SEVEN VOTES.
SO IF NO NOMINEE INITIALLY RECEIVED SEVEN VOTES, THEN THE COMMISSION SHALL REVOTE ON THE TWO NOMINEES RECEIVED THE MOST VOTES FROM THE FIRST VOTE.
SO I THINK THAT THAT WAS AS CLEAR AS MUD, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO ASK OFFICIALLY IF THERE IS A NOMINATION FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION CHAIR.
WE DID RECEIVE ONE NOMINATION FROM VICE CHAIR ALICE WOODS FOR COMMISSIONER GREG ANDERSON.
UH, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, WOULD YOU CARE TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION AND SPEAK TO IT? YES AND NO.
I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK TO IT, BUT
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE COMMISSIONER ANDERSON HAS ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR.
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UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINEES FROM THE DIOCESE?SO I THINK THAT THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN MOVE INTO A, UH, PROCESS OF NOMINATIONS.
AND I WILL JUST ASK ONE MORE TIME, UH, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, WOULD YOU CARE TO SPEAK TO YOUR NOMINATION AT ALL? THANK YOU, CHAIR.
MY, MY, MY GOAL WOULD BE IS TO BE AS OPEN AND FORTHRIGHT AND AS AMAZING AS YOU HAVE BEEN TONIGHT.
VICE CHAIR WOODS FOR THE NOMINATION.
OKAY, SO PER THE RULES THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED, UM, WE HAVE ONE NOMINATION AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.
UH, SO, UM, I WILL STATE MR. CHAIR, UH, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON'S NAME, AND THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH AND VOTE INDIVIDUALLY.
SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ BASED ON THE AGENDA, THE NAMES AS LISTED HERE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY NOT COUNTING THOSE COMMISSIONERS IN ABSENCE.
SO FOR THE NOMINATION OF GREG, OF COMMISSIONER ANDERSON FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR, UM, I'LL START WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER HANEY PARLIAMENTARIAN.
AYE, UH, COMMISSIONER LAMB? YES.
COMM UH, COMMISSIONER POWELL? AYE.
AND COMMISSIONER SKIDMORE? YES.
AND COMMISSIONER ANDERSON I'S STAND.
AND I'LL SAY I, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS, UH, UNANIMOUS WITH ONE OF STEON FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE HERE.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO CHAIR ANDERSON.
UH, WE ARE NOW, UH, CONCLUDED THE ELECTIONS.
I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE CHAIR ANDERSON FOR THE NEXT COMMISSIONING PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, AND THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS FOR OUR AGENDA.
IS THAT CORRECT? MS. UH, GARCIA? YES.
[17. Discussion and action to appoint a member to serve on the Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee (Sponsored by Vice Chair Woods and Commissioner Maxwell) ]
ITEM, DISCUSSION AND ACTION TO APPOINT A MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE.UH, UM, ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANYONE WHO'S WISHING TO BE NOMINATED FOR THE CO CODES JOINT ORDINANCES COMMITTEE AND, UM, CHAIR ANDERSON OR COMMISSIONER ANDERSON DID JUST MENTION IT IS THE BEST COMMITTEE AND I WOULD BE INCLINED TO AGREE.
I DO ALSO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
SO IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN BEING NOMINATED.
OH, YOU WERE ALREADY APPOINTED.
SO WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL NOMINATION.
IS THAT CORRECT, MISS? I DON'T BELIEVE, DO WE NEED NOMINATIONS OR JUST APPOINTMENTS? I BELIEVE WE CAN JUST APPOINT A MEMBER.
SO, SO WE DO, WE, UH, BUT DO WE HAD ALREADY APPOINTED, UH, COMMISSIONER BRETTON OR WE NEED TO YES.
SO IN ADDITION TO COMMISSIONER BRENTON, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO IS WISHING TO SERVE ON THE CODES ENJOYED ORDINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS, OH, I WOULD LOVE TO SERVE.
SO WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR OTHER COMMENTS? GREAT.
WELL, ALL THOSE WHO HAVE APPROVE.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO COMMISSIONER HANEY AND MOVING ON
[WORKING GROUP/COMMITTEE UPDATES ]
TO OUR FINAL ITEMS HERE.WE'LL HAVE OUR WORKING GROUP UPDATES AND COMMITTEES, I BELIEVE MS. GARCIA AND
AND THEN, UH, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE CODE AND JOINT ORDINANCES COMMITTEE.
IS THERE AN UPDATE FROM ONE OF OUR CURRENT MEMBERS FOR THAT COMMISSION? ALL RIGHT.
AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANT JOINT COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER AHAD JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.
UH, SMALL AREA PLANNING COMMITTEE.
SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
ANY UPDATE FROM THAT? ALL RIGHT.
AND THE GOVERNANCE, UH, RULES, PROCEDURES, WORKING GROUP, AND NO UPDATE FROM THAT.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE DO NEED TO PLACE AN AGENDA ITEM ON OUR NEXT AGENDA FOR OFFICER ELECTIONS FOR A FULL SLATE OF OFFICER ELECTIONS.IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT ITEM? SECONDED BY, UH, PARLIAMENT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT CHAIR? IS THAT THE NEXT AGENDA OR WOULD I THINK TWO WE CAN, OH, WELL, WHY DON'T WE DISCUSS WHEN WE'LL PLACE THAT ON THE AGENDA THEN.
UM, MY, MY THOUGHTS WAS WE WOULD, UH, NEXT MEETING PLACE THAT FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING.
SO WE WILL TABLE THAT ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT AGENDA, UH, ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
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EXCELLENT.UM, WELL I BELIEVE THAT THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS. AND AS THAT IS THE CASE, UM, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE, UM, MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT 7:30 PM ON AUGUST 12TH.