[CALL TO ORDER]
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HAVING A QUORUM PRESENT, UM, IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 5:08 PM FIRST OFF, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE ROLE.
PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.
UM, COMMISSIONER WOODS IS ABSENT.
UH, PARLIAMENTARIAN AHMED IS NOT PRESENT.
UM, PER USUAL TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BE HYBRID, ALLOWING FOR A VIRTUAL QUORUM AS LONG AS THE COMMISSIONER IS SERVING AS CHAIRS PRESIDENT IN CHAMBERS, WHICH I AM.
AS SUCH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS HERE IN CHAMBERS AND IN ATTENDANCE VIRTUALLY SIMILARLY, SPEAKERS CAN PRESENT FROM CHAMBERS OR PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY VIRTUAL COMMISSIONERS.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO SEND IN YOUR SIGNUP SHEET TO OUR STAFF LIAISON PER THE CLERK'S GUIDELINES.
AND PLEASE HAVE YOUR RED, GREEN AND YELLOW ITEMS FOR VOTING.
ALSO, PLEASE REMAIN MUTED WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING AND RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE RECOGNIZED.
IF I MISS YOU, PLEASE TRY AGAIN AND VERBALLY LET ME KNOW IF NEEDED.
IF YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, YOU'LL RECEIVE AN EMAIL PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION TAKING UP YOUR ITEM.
WE WILL HAVE ASSISTANCE FROM MS. GARCIA IN ANNOUNCING SPEAKERS DURING PUBLIC HEARINGS.
MS. GARCIA, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? NO CHAIR.
[Consent Agenda]
UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 9TH MEETING.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EDITS TO THE MINUTES? ALL RIGHT.
UM, THOSE MINUTES WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
OUR FIRST ACTIVITY TODAY IS TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS THAT ARE CONSENT APPROVAL, DISAPPROVAL, POSTPONEMENTS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS, ARE NON-DISCUSSION ITEMS. UH, SECRETARY MAXWELL WILL READ THE PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA AND IDENTIFY THOSE THAT ARE CONSENT POSTPONEMENT AND ARE NON-DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS.
YOU WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST CONSENT ITEMS TO BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
UH, THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLAN AMENDMENT EAST 11TH AND 12TH STREET, URBAN RENEWAL AREA MODIFICATION NUMBER 14, EAST 11TH AND 12TH STREET URBAN PLAN, URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER 14, DISTRICT ONE THAT'S OFFERED ON CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS AN NCCD AMENDMENT.
COUNSEL INITIATED BLOCK 16 REZONE DISTRICT ONE THAT'S OFFERED ON CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A REZONING C 14 20 25 0 0 9 7 17 16 SAN ANTONIO STREET REZONING DISTRICT NINE.
THAT'S OFFERED ON CONSENT NUMBER.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS REZONING C 14 20 25 0 0 7 8 10,200 MACAL PLACE, DISTRICT SEVEN.
AND ITEM NUMBER SIX, IT'S A CONDITIONAL USE, UH, ITEM.
IT'S SPC 2 2 5 0 2 7 9 A MORRIS WILLIAMS GOLF COURSE DISTRICT ONE, AND THAT'S OFFERED ON CONSENT.
AND THOSE ARE THE AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU.
DO ANY COMMISSIONERS NEED TO RECUSE OR ABSTAIN FROM THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALRIGHT, MS. GARCIA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP ON THE CONSENT ITEMS? YES.
STARTING WITH ITEMS TWO AND THREE, THESE ITEMS ARE OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT.
SEAN, YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO ANY COMMISSIONERS WANT TO PULL ANY CONSENT ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? COMMISSIONER BEDROSIAN, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON ITEMS TWO AND THREE.
UH, IN THE BACKUP WE RECEIVED, I NOTICED THERE WAS A NUMBER OF REQUESTS FROM NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS REQUESTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PROJECTS OR THIS PRO THIS PROJECT, UM, WITHOUT ANY, UH, BACKUP IN, SORRY, WITH ANY FOLLOW UP IN THE BACKUP THAT SUGGESTED THAT THAT COMMUNICATION HAD TAKEN PLACE.
UM, I SPOKE WITH HUNTER MAPLES TODAY.
UH, THE STAFF MEMBER NOTED ON THE STAFF REPORT, UH, AND HE INDICATED THAT THERE WAS SOME OUTREACH FROM THE, UH, FROM THE DEVELOPER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THAT THERE WAS SOME CONCERN THAT THE DELIVERED, UH, ITEMS THAT DELIVERED, UH, DIAGRAMS REGARDING THE HEIGHT AND WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING TO DO WERE NOT WELL RECEIVED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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CITY DRIVEN, UH, CHANGE, I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN SOME BACKUP FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SOME SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROVIDED, UH, IN THE BACKUP.UM, AS PART OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING TONIGHT, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE PROJECT GENERALLY, BUT SINCE THIS IS COMING FROM THE CITY, I WOULD LIKE US TO SEE, UH, MORE INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEING REPRESENTED, ESPECIALLY SINCE SO MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT REQUESTING MORE INFORMATION WAS INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PEORIA, UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR NEEDS TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? OH, AND LET'S, UH, GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE THAT COMMISSIONER POWELL HAS JOINED US.
UM, 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? ALRIGHT, I SEE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MAXWELL.
YOU, YEAH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOOD.
AND A SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER BRETTON.
UM, AND DO WE HAVE, UH, ANYONE OPPOSED? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[COMMITTEE UPDATES]
ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE FOR COMMITTEE UPDATES.UH, I CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE THE CODES AND ORDINANCES, JOINT COMMITTEES MEETING TOMORROW.
UM, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE, I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES AT THIS TIME.
JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, NO UPDATES AT THIS TIME.
AND SMALL AREA JOINT SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE.
NO UPDATES AT THIS TIME EITHER.
WELL, OH WELL WE CAN SAY THAT WE FAILED TO MAKE FORUM AGAIN AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIALLY REMOVING THE COMMITTEE FROM OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IF THERE'S FEELS AS THOUGH WE'RE NOT QUITE UTILIZING BEST USE OF STAFF TIME AND COMMISSIONER TIME.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONERS GET MORE, IF YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING.
NO, I THINK I WOULD EXPECT IN THE NEW YEAR I MAY PROPOSE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM THAT WOULD BE OF THE INITIATION PLANNING COMMISSION'S INITIATION, THAT LOOKING TO AMEND THE CODE TO ELIMINATE THE, THAT SMALL AREA OF PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S QUITE REDUNDANT WITH OTHER COMMITTEES AND THE WORK OF BOTH PLANNING COMMISSION AND ZAP.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
[BOARD/WORKING GROUP UPDATES]
CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.UH, OUR MEETING YESTERDAY WAS CANCELED BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE QUORUM.
I SENSE A THEME RUNNING HERE,
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? UH, CHAIR, THIS IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT I DID WANNA TAKE A MINUTE, UM, JUST AS WE ARE AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO THANK ALL OF OUR, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN SUPPORT.UM, THANKS FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR OF PLANNING COMMISSION.
I THINK WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF GREAT STUFF THIS YEAR AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU GUYS DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT 2026.
UM, WELL, IF THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS COME BEFORE THE PLANNING OR SEEING THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 5:17 PM GOOD NIGHT.