Feb 02, 2026 Special Design

GONNA MOVE TO THE, UM, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR DECEMBER 15TH, UH, MEETINGS.

GO AHEAD.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY COMMISSIONERS OR COMMENTS? MR. SPEAKER? THANK YOU FOR SHORT UP TODAY.

SO I'M

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

CONSIDER MOTION.

I MAY, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

DO AGAIN A SECOND, SECOND AND SECOND.

COMMISSIONER CARROLL.

SO ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF MINUTES DECEMBER 15TH.

COMMISSIONER GIL, ANY NAYS? SO UNANIMOUS.

UM, OUR NEXT

[2. Staff briefing regarding the update to the Downtown Density Bonus Program. Presentation by Alan Pani, Austin Planning. Sponsors: Commissioners Howard, Murkes, and Wittstruck.]

ITEM IS THE STAFF APPROVAL REGARDING THE, UM, DOWNTOWN DENSITY BUMP PROGRAM.

NICOLE, DO YOU HAVE A QUICKER, OR DO I JUST SAY NEXT SLIDE? UM, YEAH, I JUST SAY NEXT SLIDE.

THANK COMMISSIONERS.

UH, I AM, UM, PLANNING WITH OFTEN PLANNING.

I AM WORKING ON THE DEPTH OF BONUS UPDATE, UH, WHICH WILL BE PHASED OUT IN TWO PHASES.

AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, PHASE ONE, UH, MOSTLY JUST GOING OVER HOW A NEW PROGRAM WILL HAVE TO WORK IN ITS FORMAT, UM, AND HOW IT DIFFERS FROM THE EXISTING DENSITY BONUS.

IC ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT PHASE ONE IS IN COMPARISON TO PHASE TWO AS WELL AS THAT TIMELINE FOR YOU.

FINE.

EXCELLENT.

SO JUST TO GO OVER THE CURRENT DOWNTOWN ONES PROGRAM, UH, THE WAY IT WORKS AS YOU ALL ARE VERY COMMONLY, I'M SURE, UH, THERE ARE BASE ENTITLEMENTS THAT EACH SITE HAS.

UH, THOSE PROVIDE DIFFERENT HEIGHTS AND BAR LIMITS BASED ON THE BASE ZONING.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A CPD ZONE, UH, SITE, YOU WILL HAVE 350 FEES AS OF LAST FALL AND EIGHT TO ONE BAR SITE THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DENSITY BONUS.

UM, MUST MEET GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE SOME COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN EXCHANGE FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS.

IE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT AND FAR THE PROGRAM HAS A MAP WHICH DESCRIBES WHAT THOSE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT AND FAR, UH, LIMITS ARE BASED ON WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED.

UM, BASED ON EACH SUBDISTRICT, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO EXCEED WHAT'S ALLOWED WITHIN THAT SUBDISTRICT, UM, THEY CAN GO TO COUNCIL AND REQUEST APPROVAL TO EXCEED WHATEVER THAT HEIGHT AND ENVIRONMENT IS.

SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THE EXISTING, UH, DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS BOUNDARIES ARE SHOWN ON THE MAP, BUT REALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE ARE WHAT PHASE ONE WILL BE INVOLVING, UM, WHAT I'M CALLING THE CORE SUBDISTRICT.

IT THINK WHAT WAS THE CORE

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RAINY IN THE LOWER HALF OF WALLER.

UM, YOU WILL NOTICE THERE IS A SMALL CARVE OUT AND THEN NORTHEAST CORNER, KIND OF THE CORE SUBDISTRICT, WHICH WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING WITH PHASE TWO.

THAT IS BECAUSE THE RED RIVER, UH, CULTURAL SUBDISTRICT IS SPLIT BETWEEN EXISTING DENSITY ONE SUBDISTRICT AND WE'D LIKE TO CONSOLIDATE, CONSOLIDATE THAT INTO ONE.

SO WE'RE GONNA DO ALL OF IT AS PART OF PHASE TWO.

THE REASON WE ARE DOING THIS SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHY IS DUE TO COUNCIL'S, UH, REQUEST LAST FALL WHEN WE DID THE CBD AMENDMENT TO ADD A HEIGHT, THEY ASKED US TO BRING THESE THREE SUBDISTRICTS BACK BY THE END OF MAY OR EARLY JUNE.

AND I'LL HAVE SOME MORE DETAIL ON THAT TIMELINE.

THE REMAINDER OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM WOULD BE DONE AS PART OF PHASE TWO, WHICH WOULD BE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

UH, THIS JUST SHOWS, UH, SOME CONTEXT ON THE EXISTING, UH, ZONING.

SO WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY ALL CBD ZONING FOR THIS CORE SUBDISTRICT AREA.

THERE ARE A FEW PARCELS THAT HAVE DMU, UM, THERE ARE ONE OR TWO CS COMMERCIAL ZONES AND THEN GR AND A COUPLE OTHER, UH, KIND OF PARKS ARE UN ZONED ZONING IN THE AREA.

SO OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENT APPROACH FOR THIS PROGRAM.

UM, SO AS PART OF PHASE ONE WE'LL BE CREATING NEW ZONING COMBINING DISTRICTS THAT WILL INCLUDE THE UPDATED PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS FOR THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.

WE WOULD BE REZONING THIS PHASE ONE GEOGRAPHY INTO A NEW COMBINING DISTRICT THROUGH AN AREA WIDE REZONING.

AS PART OF PHASE TWO, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO REFINE REGULATIONS THAT MIGHT NEED, UH, MANY TWEAKS AND THEN WE WILL BE CREATING ADDITIONAL COMBINING DISTRICTS AS NEEDED.

AND THEN REZONE THE REMAINDER OF THE GEOGRAPHY ENGINEER COMBINING DISTRICTS AS WELL.

I'LL GET INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW THEIR MONEY DISTRICT STILL WORK.

MOVING FORWARD, PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD BE ABLE TO REQUEST REZONING INTO HIGHER INTENSITY COMBINED DISTRICT IF THEY WISH TO EXCEED WHATEVER THEY HAD BEEN REZO TO.

SO TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT HOW THE NEW UH, PROGRAM WILL WORK, UH, AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST GONNA BE EXAMPLE NUMBERS.

NOT ANY INTENTION ON WHAT THE ACTUAL HEIGHTS OR PERCENTAGES ARE, BUT THERE WILL BE NEW COMBINING DISTRICTS THAT ARE CREATED.

EACH PROPERTY WITHIN A SPECIFIC COMBINING DISTRICT WOULD GET THE SAME HEIGHT IN EXCHANGE FOR THE SAME AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

SO JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE COULD BE A COMBINING DISTRICT ONE, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE A HUNDRED FEET OF HEIGHT IN EXCHANGE FOR SAY, 5% OF AFFORDABLE UNITS OR WHATEVER THAT FEE AND LOOP EQUIVALENT IS.

WHILE THERE COULD BE A COMBINING DISTRICT TWO THAT WOULD PROVIDE 400 FEET IN EXCHANGE FOR 7% OR SOME OTHER FEE AND LIMIT, THE HEIGHT WOULD BE ADDITIVE TO THE PROPERTIES BASE SUMING HEIGHT LIMIT.

SO AGAIN, GOING BACK TO OUR EARLIER EXAMPLE, IF WE HAD A CVD ZONE PROPERTY THAT STARTED AT 350 FEET, IF YOU WERE IN COMBINING DISTRICT ONE, YOU WOULD GET A HUNDRED FEET AND YOU WOULD NOW BE AT 450.

OR IF YOU WERE IN COMBINING DISTRICT TWO, YOU WOULD BE AT 750 AFTER YOU GOT THE ADDITIONAL 400.

SO BASED ON WHAT YOU START WITH AND GOES UP FROM THERE, DEPENDING ON MY DISTRICT.

UM, SO AS PART OF THIS WE'LL BE DEFINING THE CORE SUB-DISTRICT IN THE LVC OR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

SO PROPERTIES WITHIN THE SUBDISTRICT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO REZONE TO THE DENSITY BONUS.

COMBINED DISTRICTS, THERE WOULD BE GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENTS OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT MENU THAT COULD BE CUSTOMIZED FOR EACH SUBDISTRICT.

THE EXAMPLE I'VE BEEN USING IS, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR EXAMPLE IN PHASE TWO WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE THE RED RIVER CULTURAL SUBDISTRICT, WE MIGHT HAVE COMMUNITY BENEFITS OR GATEKEEPER PARTS THAT ARE MORE TAILORED TOWARDS LIVE MUSIC AND CULTURAL SPACES AS OPPOSED TO OTHER PERFECT TOWN OR DOWNTOWN.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL BE REZONING THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CORE SUBDISTRICT TO A NEW COMBINING DISTRICT.

SO THAT WOULD ADD A FIXED AMOUNT OF HEIGHT ABOVE THEIR BASE ENTITLEMENTS IN EXCHANGE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM.

AND IF PROPERTIES WANTED TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT, THEY WOULD REQUEST REZONING IN THEIR HIGHER INTENSITY COMBINED DISTRICTS.

HEIGHT AND THEN THERE WILL BE A MAXIMUM HEIGHT THAT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED, UM, THAT COUNCIL CAN APPROVE VIA REZONING.

SO TO VISUALIZE IT A LITTLE BIT, AS I'VE BEEN MENTIONING, WE HAVE A CBD EXAMPLE.

SO YOU HAVE YOUR BASE HEIGHT TODAY.

YOUR BASE BRIGHT ENTITLEMENTS ARE AT 350 FEET OF HEIGHTS.

AFTER THE DENSITY ONE IS UPDATE FOR PHASE ONE IS DONE AND THE CITY INITIATED RE RESIGNING IS APPROVED, YOU WOULD RECEIVE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT ABOVE THAT AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A FUTURE MAXIMUM ENTITLEMENT THAT COULD BE REQUESTED VIA REZONING .

SO ONE KEY DIFFERENCE I WANNA HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT IN THE CURRENT PROGRAM THERE IS A MAP THAT TELLS YOU WHAT YOUR HEIGHT IS IN EACH SUBDISTRICT.

AND IF YOU WANT TO GO ABOVE THAT, YOU GO TO COUNCIL AND REQUEST A VERY SPECIFIC HEIGHT FOR YOUR SITE, RIGHT? YOU SAY I WANT 752.5 FEET AND 23.1 FAR, OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

WITH THE NEW COMBINING DISTRICTS, THEY'RE EQUAL FOR EVERYONE.

SO THERE WILL BE ONE TIER, UM, OF ADDITIONAL HEIGHT THAT WE'LL BE LEARNING EQUAL INTO THAT.

WE'LL GIVE THEM X AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL

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SO JUST AS A THOUGHT PROCESS FOR THAT.

ON, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THINGS THE CASE WE'RE CONTEMPLATING, ESPECIALLY FOR THAT SECOND TIER, IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALLOW, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A WATER LINE TO OCCUR.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY HIGH TIER SO THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS THAT REALLY WANT TO GO REALLY FOLLOW BE THE NEXT FUTURE.

TALLEST BUILDING IN THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE THAT HEIGHT IN THAT COMBINING DISTRICT AND THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL DISCRETION.

UH, THIS JUST SHOWS ADDITIONAL REFERENCE FOR HEIGHTS THAT ARE IN DOWNTOWN.

OUR CURRENT BASE HEIGHT OF THREE 50 PER CBD, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WINDS AROUND THE LAKE HAS DONE AT 330.

THE AVERAGE HEIGHT FOR DEVELOPMENTS IN CBD, UH, IN DOWNTOWN IS, SORRY, 450.

SO 300 COLORADOS AROUND THAT.

OUR CURRENT FINISHED TALL BUILDING, UH, WHICH IS SIX G AT 8 75.

AND MIGHT SEE THE, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE WIRE LINE, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY TALL ENOUGH TO BE A THOUSAND, BUT NOT QUITE FINISHED.

UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE SOME ADDITIONAL STA FOR REFERENCE.

SO WE LOOKED AT WHAT NOT ONLY HAS BEEN BUILT IN AUSTIN, BUT A FEW OF THE P CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO HIGHRISES, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHRISES FOR OUR P CITIES ARE OCCURRED IN THE 500 TO 650, CALL IT UNDER 700 FEET.

SO MOST HIGHRISES WITHIN THESE CITIES ARE BEING BUILT TO AROUND 700 FEET OF HEIGHT.

AND VERY, VERY FEW ARE GOING TO THAT NEXT LEVEL OF HIGHRISE UP TO THE, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO A THOUSAND FEET.

UM, WHERE YOU SEE AUSTIN HAS ONE, UM, ATLANTA COMPLETELY ALSO HAVE ONE AND BELIEVE LA HAS A COUPLE.

SO MOST OF THESE HIGHLIGHTS ARE LANDING BELOW THAT 700 ISH, SIX 50 ISH FEET OF PIPE.

AND VERY, VERY FEW ARE GOING TO THAT SECOND TIER SLIDE.

SO AS PART OF THE UPDATE, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THE CURRENT GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENTS THAT PARTICIPATING DEVELOPMENTS NEED TO PROVIDE WHEN THEY'RE UNDER REVIEW.

UM, AS YOU GUYS ARE WELL AWARE, ONE OF THEM IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.

ANOTHER IS A COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE A GREAT STREET STANDARD IMPROVEMENTS AND, UH, COMPLETING MINIMUM OF TWO STAR RATING UNDER THE AUSTIN ENERGY.

WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL, UH, THESE COMPONENTS OF THE GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENTS.

UM, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND A COUPLE SITES ABOUT THOSE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME FEEDBACK, HOW ARE WORKING, WHY THEY'RE WORKING, WHY THEY'RE NOT WORKING FROM STAKEHOLDERS AS WE GO ACROSS.

ADDITIONALLY, UH, THERE IS A LARGE MENU CURRENTLY OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT DEVELOPMENTS CAN CHOOSE TO OFFER IN EXCHANGE FOR VARIOUS EMPLOYMENTS.

UH, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THOSE IN THIS PROCESS.

UM, WE KNOW A NUMBER OF 'EM HAVE NEVER BEEN USED AND MOST OF THEM ARE SELDOM USED.

MOST DEVELOPMENTS CHOOSE TO PROVIDE FEE AND LIE, UH, OF OFFSITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT MOST OF THESE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE NOT VERY REALISTIC FOR MOST DEVELOPMENTS.

HOWEVER, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO HAVE 'EM AS AN OPTION THAT THEY COULD FUNCTION.

SO IF A PROJECT WAS PARTICULARLY IN, UH, YOU KNOW, INCLINED TO BE USING ONE OF THESE FOR THEIR SITE, THERE MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD REASON WHY THEY WANTED TO DO AN OFFSITE PARK.

THEY WANTED TO PUT IN SOME KIND OF LIVE MUSIC PART OF THEIR PROGRAMMING.

ANYWAYS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAM WILL WORK AND ARE NOT REALLY A HINDRANCE FOR THEM TO USE.

SO WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT MOST, UM, SITES WILL LIKELY PREFER TO DO VM NEW OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS THAT IS THE BEST APPROACH FOR THESE PROJECTS.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANY, ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO AS I MENTIONED, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FOR ARE ON HOW THE GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENTS FUNCTION TODAY.

UM, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT COULD BE ADDED, REMOVED, CHANGED, AND OF 'EM AS WELL AS SIMILARLY WITH THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ON WHAT FEEDBACK GENERALLY DO WE HAVE ON HOW THEY EXIST, BUT ALSO HOW COULD WE MAKE THEM FUNCTION BETTER IN THE FUTURE IF THEY ARE TO REMAIN? AND IF THEY ARE NOT LIKELY TO, UH, FUNCTION, THEN WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT REMOVING OR CHANGING THOSE.

LASTLY, UH, JUST A QUICK TIMELINE ON OUR PROJECT.

WE ARE WORKING ON STILL DRAFTING OUR STAFF PROPOSAL.

WE ARE AT 70 DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS, MEETING STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND DOING SOME EARLY ENGAGEMENT SHARING HOW THE PROGRAM WILL HAVE TO FUNCTION AS A NEW COMBINING INDUSTRY BASE PROGRAM.

WE ARE WILL BE FINALIZING THE STAFF PROPOSAL OVER THE NEXT MONTH, HOPEFULLY, AND PLAN ON COMING BACK TO DIFFERENT COMMISSION STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AS WE GO THROUGH THE ADOPTION PROCESS.

UM, AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, PHASE TWO WOULD INITIATE AFTER THIS TIMELINE IN MAY CARRY ON THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR FOR THE REST OF THE JR PERIOD OF TIME.

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THAT IS ALL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

ANY

[3. Discussion of the Design Commission’s strategy prioritizing urban design in Density Bonus Program projects in the City of Austin. Sponsors: Commissioners Howard and Wittstruck.]

ANY OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS OR ANY OF THE PROPERTY HOLDERS, WOULD THEY BE COMING FOR OR, UM, I MEAN EXISTING BUILDINGS SEEMS UNLIKELY UNLESS THEY'RE SEEKING REDEVELOPMENT FOR ANY ANY REASON.

UM, SO YES.

NO, I MEAN, AGAIN, UNLESS THEY'RE REALLY SEEKING TO REDEVELOP, UM, IF THEY'VE ALREADY USED THE PROGRAM, IT SEEMS VERY UNLIKELY.

UH, BUT THEY WOULD BE REZONED INTO A COMBINING DISTRICT, SO THEY WOULD HAVE THOSE IMP EMPLOYMENTS BY, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IS THEY WON'T HAVE THE IMP THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT AND IT JUST, WHEN THEY OPT TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THOSE GATEKEEPERS, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS, BENEFITS, THERE'LL BE INCREASE IN THE TAX RULES BECAUSE OF THIS ONE.

UM, SO WE ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, CHANGING HOW TAXES WORK OR, YOU KNOW, CALCULATE OR ANYTHING WITH THE PROGRAM.

WILL BE ACTUALLY THE, THE SITE, THE PROPERTY THAT WILL HAPPEN.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MCKINNEY? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT IT'S A LITTLE HARD, I THINK, TO PROVIDE COMMENTARY ON THIS BECAUSE THE GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENTS, LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.

WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE GREAT STREETS PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE BEING ASKED TO LIKE, PROVIDE COMMENTARY ON SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME OF TWO OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS, YOU KNOW, FUTURE PROGRAM ARE GONNA BE.

UM, SO I'M JUST KIND OF STRUGGLING TO PROVIDE ANY QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK BECAUSE, SO, YOU KNOW, TWO OF THE THREE THINGS THAT THIS IS GONNA HINGE ON ARE GONNA BE DIFFERENT BY THE TIME THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PROPOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.

SO I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT.

UM, I'M ALSO, I THINK A FEW MORE EXAMPLE LIKE PRACTICAL EXAMPLES SHOWING, OKAY, IF 300 COLORADO WERE BE, WERE TO BE REDEVELOPED TODAY, WHAT WILL THESE NEW, THIS NEW LIKE FORCED REZONING LOOK LIKE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES? UM, AND NOT JUST LIKE THE SLIDE WITH THE QUESTION MARKS OF LIKE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW TALL IT WOULD BE.

I THINK DEVELOPERS ESPECIALLY ARE GONNA STRUGGLE WITH BEING REZONED, YOU KNOW, THE THREAT OF REZONING WHEN THEY CAN'T ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THAT'S GONNA DO TO SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES.

SO I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA FOR US TO LOOK AT ABOUT HOW THIS WILL ACTUALLY AFFECT FAR DOWNTOWN WOULD BE HELPFUL.

THIS PRESENTATION PRESENTATION ISN'T INTENDED TO DESCRIBE THE HEIGHTS OR ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT.

WE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH A PROPOSAL, WHICH WE WILL HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH WILL INDICATE WHAT THAT ADDITIONAL HEIGHT WILL BE FOR EACH COMBINING DISTRICT AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU WERE REFERENCING.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO DESCRIBE MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM WILL WORK AS FAR AS BEING COMBINING DISTRICTS, WHICH IS MORE BASED ON ZONING STRENGTH THAN THE CURRENT PROGRAM, WHICH EXISTS JUST IN THE CODE.

UH, BUT WE WILL COME BACK WITH MORE DETAIL AS YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL ONCE WE HAVE THAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

MR. YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION JUST SO THE, FOR FOR , SINCE I HOPE FOR THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONS AS WELL, THE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE, UM, BASED WITH THIS BONUS PROGRAM AS A NEW COMBINING ISSUE, WE ESSENTIALLY COME ACROSS TYPICAL PLANNING PROCEDURE WOULD THE CITY OF LAW.

SO THIS CHANGES THE INTERFACE TO .

I PREVIOUSLY WAS PLANNING, UH, THAT COMBINING DISTRICT TAKES EFFECT AND THAT THEN TRIGGERS THAT GATEKEEPER REQUIRE FOR THEM COME ROOMS. SO IT WILL BE ONCE THEY SUBMIT AN APPLICATION.

SO THE, THE DIFFERENCE IS YOU WILL WITH THE SITE ITSELF.

SO RIGHT NOW BASICALLY THE DENSITY OWNERS WORKS ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS.

THE DIFFERENCE NOW WILL ACTUALLY BE ON A SITE BY SITE BASIS.

SO WHEN WE REACH OUT PEOPLE OR IF YOU REQUEST REZONING TO FOR A DIFFERENT COMBINED DISTRICT, IT WILL BE FOR THE SITE ITSELF.

SO THAT SITE WILL HAVE THOSE ENTITLEMENTS.

THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AS PART OF THAT IF THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING.

SO IT WILL BE, ONCE YOU HAVE THOSE ENTITLEMENTS, YOU'LL SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION, YOU GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THE WHOLE PROCESS, BUT IT WON'T BE ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS.

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THAT, THAT CERTAINLY STRIKES ME AS A, A PRETTY INTERESTING AND SIGNIFICANT POINT AND I'D LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT WITH OUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.

THAT, UH, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SITE PLAN FIRST HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING ONE OVER TIME, LOTS OF YEARS.

BUT, UM, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT THAT PROCESS WILL BE TAKING PLACE WHEN THIS IS OVERLAY ON TOP.

AND SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THEY WON'T COME IN FRONT OF THIS COMMISSION.

YEAH, SO WE WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THE COMMISSION WILL, WHAT STEP IN THE PROCESS OR HOW THAT WILL WORK FOR URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES BECAUSE THIS IS NOW A ZONING, UH, CHANGE.

BASICALLY, IT DOESN'T HAVE A DISCRETIONARY REVIEW AS PART OF IT.

SO WHEN WE DO THE REZONING OR IF A A SITE SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO CHANGE A DIFFERENT BY DISTRICT, THERE IS NO KIND OF DISCRETIONARY PROCESS IN THAT YOU GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND CASTLE FOR THAT NEW ZONING STRING.

UM, SO THAT IS, BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, A DIFFERENCE IN HOW IT WORKS, WHERE IT IS NO LONGER HAVE A PROJECT BY PROJECT DISCRETIONARY REVIEW PROCESS, IT IS ACTUALLY A, YOU KNOW, ZONING CASE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER ? THANK YOU CHAIR.

UM, I, I CAN'T SEE THE WHOLE ROOM ALL AT ONCE.

I ASSUME COMMISSIONER HOWARD IS NOT ON THE DA.

THAT'S CORRECT.

UH, THAT'S TOO BAD.

'CAUSE HE'LL ASK THIS.

HE WOULD ASK THIS QUESTION BETTER THAN I'M CAPABLE OF WHICH I, I BELIEVE IF, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE, THIS PRESENTATION OMITS STAFF, THERE WAS DISCUSSION.

I, I UNDERSTOOD THAT STAFF WAS GOING RECOMMEND A BASE HEIGHT FOR CBD, UH, FOR CBD TO GET AROUND SBA, UM, SBA 80.

UM, AND THAT COMMISSIONER HOWARD HAD VOICED CONCERNS THAT THAT WAS BEING SET, UM, AT AN INAPPROPRIATE LEVEL THAT NEEDED TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION.

UH, I COULD NOT TELL FROM SLIDE 10.

I, I SEE THAT THE, THE SLIDE 10 THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US WAS SHOWING NUMBER OF BUILDINGS.

IT DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE SHOWING THE, IT SHOWED SOME HEIGHT THRESHOLDS, BUT IT DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE SHOWING AN AVERAGE OF HEIGHT.

SO I WONDER IF WE COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TOWARD WHAT STAFF'S DIRECTION IS ON, UM, ON SETTING THE, UH, THE BUYRIGHT HEIGHT, UH, FOR CBD TO, TO COUNTER THE STATE BILL, UM, AND ENCOURAGE THE DENSITY BONUS WITHOUT MAKING IT SUCH THAT, I THINK AS MY COMMISSIONER, FELLOW COMMISSIONER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE BASE WAS GOING TO BE ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH THAT THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM WOULD NOT BE USED.

YEAH, SO THE CBD HEIGHT AMENDMENT ACTUALLY OCCURRED LAST FALL, UM, AND, AND IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL LAST OCTOBER.

UM, AND SO THE HEIGHT FOR CBD WAS INTRODUCED AND IT IS NOW 350 FEET OF PIPE, WHICH WHAT I, I TRY TO DESCRIBE, I THINK ABOUT SLIDE, UM, EIGHT, YOU HAVE A, A GRAPHIC, SO THAT IS NOW THE BASE HEIGHT FOR CBD, WHICH IS 350 FEET.

AND THE DENSITY BONUS WOULD, YOU KNOW, START ABOVE THAT ESSENTIALLY.

UM, AND THEN SWITCHING GEARS, I THINK TO ECHO COMMISSIONER MCKINNEY'S COMMENTS, THIS BODY IS FOREMOST INTERESTED IN, IN, IN DEVELOPING AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE ARE CHARTERED TO, TO PUSH FOR QUALITY URBAN DESIGN.

UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINE UPDATES.

SO I SHARE HER CONCERN AND CONFUSION ABOUT HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK TO YOUR PROCESS WHEN WE'VE IN FACT BEEN TOLD TO COMPLETELY STOP OUR PROCESS PENDING THE OUTCOME OF YOUR PROCESS, WHICH SEEMS BACKWARD FROM WHAT IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE WE NEED YOUR PROCESS TO BE BEING INFORMED BY, UH, THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.

SO I'M WONDERING HOW DO WE GET THAT DIALOGUE GOING? BECAUSE I, THAT FEELS LIKE WE CAN'T REALLY GIVE FEEDBACK ON GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENTS UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT THOSE GATEKEEPER REQUIREMENTS ARE.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING RIGHT NOW ON THE CURRENT PROGRAM, SO HOW HAS IT WORKED SO FAR? SO FOR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ASKED THIS FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO.

SO ON YOUR SIDE NOW AT THE DIVINE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAS AND HASN'T WORKED, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IN THIS CASE, VERY SPECIFICALLY, THE DESIGN GUIDELINES.

WHAT PART OF THAT PROCESS HAS, YOU KNOW, WORKED FOR YOU GUYS? WHAT HASN'T WORKED? WHAT DO YOU SUPPORT, WHAT DON'T YOU SUPPORT? SO AS WE ARE LOOKING AT AMENDING THE PROGRAM ITSELF, UM, WE CAN TRY TO TAKE THAT FEEDBACK IN AND INCORPORATE IT.

AND AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN ASKING THAT SAME FEEDBACK FROM DEVELOPERS, FROM AREA STAKEHOLDERS, UM, TO HEAR THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON THESE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE EXISTING PROGRAM SO THAT WHEN WE DO COME BACK WITH A PROPOSAL FOR THE NEW PROGRAM, UM, WE HAVE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU REFLECT THAT FEEDBACK.

AND IS THIS, ARE YOU ASKING FOR OUR FEEDBACK NOW? OR IS THAT ASKED GOING TO COME? I DON'T BELIEVE ANY DESIGN COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED.

YES.

I, I WAS

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GONNA SAY.

SO YES, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTARY YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE RIGHT NOW, THAT'D BE GREAT.

BUT THE SLIDES WE'RE, WE'RE INCLUDED IN BACKUP WITH THE QUESTIONS WRITTEN NOW, SO WE COULD HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, WRITE OUT A MORE THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE AND SHARE THAT WITH US, UM, ONCE YOU HAD THE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, THINK THROUGH IT AND PROVIDE IT.

THAT SEEMS REASONABLE.

COMMISSIONER CARROLL.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

UH, COMMISSIONER WHIR BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT THAT, UH, THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES ARE BENEFIT AND IF THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FOR THE DEVELOPER.

UH, SO THINKING ABOUT HOW THERE'S A CONSULTANT WORKING ON CALIBRATING THE FEES, THE NEW FEES FOR THIS PROGRAM, THEY'RE NOT TANKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THE DEVELOPERS ALSO PAYING FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS OF WHAT WOULD BE THE NEW URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES, WHICH RAISE THE BAR, THE EXISTING DESIGN GUIDELINES.

AND SO TO ME THAT'S PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THEY COULD BE SETTING THE FEE TOO HIGH, FOR EXAMPLE, TO SAY, YOU NEED TO PAY A HIGHER FEE AND YOU NEED TO, A GREATER NUMBER OF STAKES IN THERE THAT REALLY, THAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED TO HELP CALIBRATE .

SO JUST THAT COMMENT.

YEAH, CERTAINLY.

UM, AND I, I THINK I'M JUST DOING A SEPARATE MEETING, BUT WE ARE WORKING, YOU KNOW, PHASE ONE IS TRYING TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM FOR THESE CORE SUBDISTRICT AS PART OF PHASE TWO.

WE'RE ALSO OPEN TO REFINING WHAT WE DO IN PHASE ONE IF THINGS NEED TO CHANGE AND AMENDED AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

UM, AND AS WELL AS OUR FEES MOVING FORWARD, UH, WE'LL BE UPDATED ANNUALLY, WHICH WILL ALSO HELP WITH THIS PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THINGS ARE CALIBRATED CORRECTLY UPDATED BASED ON YOUR MARKET IONS.

SO I KNOW THAT THE CURRENT PROGRAM, UM, REQUIRES AN ORDINANCE FOR CHANGES FOR FEES, UH, WHICH MAKES IT A LOT HARDER TO BE UPDATED.

UM, AND WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE PROGRAMS THAT UPDATE ANNUALLY.

SO WE HAVE A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND DELETE.

THAT'S BIG CHANGE.

COMMISSIONER MCKINNEY, THAT PIECE OF IT SEEMS VERY CONCERNING TO ME THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CERTAINTY FROM A DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT.

I MEAN, THOSE, YEAH, THOSE DEALS TAKE YEARS TO PUT TOGETHER.

AND SO AS YOU'RE TRYING TO GATHER FINANCING OR WHATEV LIKE YOU'RE PLANNING FOR A BUILDING AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR THE, THE FEE COULD CHANGE.

SO HOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DOES SOMEONE PLAN FOR THAT? SO THERE ARE, THERE'S VESTING SCHEDULES, OBVIOUSLY BASED ON, AND I GUESS I WOULD'VE TO SLOT EXACTLY WHEN YOU ARE VESTED FOR A BE IN A PROJECT.

UH, BUT YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT OTHER PROGRAM OR OUR NEW OTHER PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED RECENTLY, LIKE DENSITY BONUS 90 AND UTAH HAVE FEES THAT ARE UPDATED ANNUALLY.

UM, AND SO IT'S, IT'S WILL BE A SIMILAR PROCESS.

UM, WE OBVIOUSLY ARE NOT TRYING TO UPDATE FEES DRAMATICALLY, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, INHIBIT DEVELOPMENT.

UH, SO THERE IS SOME CONSIDERATION AS WELL IN THAT SENSE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? UH, COMMISSIONER CHAIR, I'LL, I, I, I'LL SIMPLY SAY THAT I, I CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THIS PROCESS IS UNFOLDING.

I I APPRECIATE STAFF, UH, SPENDING TIME WITH US TONIGHT TO, TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION.

UM, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE RECEPTION HERE IS THAT WE ARE CONCERNED THAT, UM, THAT THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES IS BEING LEFT BEHIND, UH, THAT THIS IS THE ONLY AVENUE WE CAN PURSUE THE, YOU KNOW, THE CHARTER OF, OF THE DESIGN COMMISSION.

AND IT IS, IT'S BEEN THROUGH THIS DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, AND THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE CAN, UH, PROVIDE FOR GOOD OR URBAN DESIGN.

SO I, I, I TAKE THE, THE PRESENTER'S COMMENT ABOUT, UM, THE DESIGN COMMISSION PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO HEART, I THINK THAT'S COM THAT'S FEEDBACK WE CAN GIVE.

UM, AND I THINK LATER TONIGHT WE'LL TALK ABOUT A, A, A POTENTIAL, UH, ACTION OF RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL THAT MIGHT SET THE BALL ROLLING TO THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMISSION SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE UP, UM, IN THE, IN, IN THE INTEREST OF, UH, BEST PRACTICES IN URBAN DESIGN AND REALLY THE, THE LIMITED OUTLETS THAT WE HAVE TO EXECUTE THEM.

ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS?

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? I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I SHARED THAT SAME SENTIMENT OF, UH, TRYING TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND IT SEEMS A LITTLE CLOUDY, UH, BUT TO COMMISSIONER'S POINT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AFTER TODAY, UM, WITH THE AGENDA ITEM, UM, CAN KIND OF PUSH THE BALL A LITTLE FORWARD AND HOW WE CAN PROVIDE ANY KIND FEEDBACK.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

FIRST ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.

I'M GONNA MOVE THIS AGENDA AROUND, UH, WE'RE GONNA START WITH

[4. Discussion and action to recommend to City Council two-way conversions downtown. Presented by Adam Greenfield, Safe Streets. Sponsors: Commissioners Carroll and Howard.]

THE ITEM FOUR.

SO WE'RE GONNA GO WITH, BEFORE WE DO ANY DISCUSSION ITEM, WE'RE GONNA GO WITH DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS, AND WE MOVE, UH, FOUR UP.

DISCUSSION, ACTION ITEM CITY COUNCIL, THE TWO-WAY CONVERSION DOWNTOWN, UH, PRESENTED BY ADAM GREEN.

UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, UH, ADAM GREENFIELD, UM, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH AUSTIN.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND HAVING US AND FOR CONSIDERING, UH, THIS ISSUE.

SO, UM, I'M HERE TO PRESENT ABOUT, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF CONVERTING DOWNTOWN'S ONE WAY STREETS TO TWO WAY.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

I GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY AND THEN TALK ABOUT WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.

UH, SO THIS IS SIXTH STREET IN 1968.

UH, UH, AND THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU ABOUT THIS PHOTO.

UM, AND YOU PROBABLY GUESS CORRECTLY GIVEN THE SUBJECT OF THIS TALK THAT THIS IS TWO WAY, UH, IN THIS PHOTO.

IN 1968, AUSTIN, LIKE MANY CITIES IN THE MID 20TH CENTURY, STARTED CONVERTING A LOT OF ITS TWO WAY STREETS.

ALL DOWNTOWN STREETS PRETTY MUCH WERE TWO WAY BEFORE THE, THE SORT OF RECENT ERA.

AND THEN THERE WERE A LOT OF STREETS WERE CONVERTED TO ONE WAY TO SPEED UP CARS.

AND THERE WAS REALLY VERY LITTLE CONSIDERATION OF, OF ANYTHING ELSE APART FROM THAT, UH, NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO, SIXTH STREET TODAY, UH, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE ONE WAY SIXTH STREET WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

UH, AND YOU CAN REALLY SEE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU STAND ON A ONE WAY STREET DOWNTOWN AND, AND JUST KIND OF OBSERVE WHAT IT'S LIKE.

SO THIS IS SEVENTH STREET DOWNTOWN.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE, IT, IT KIND OF GOES THROUGH THESE ALTERNATING WAVES OF, OF DEATHLY SILENT, EERILY SILENT, AND THEN NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN THERE'LL BE THIS ROARING WAVE OF HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC, UH, THAT SCREAMS THROUGH AND KIND OF MAKES YOUR HEAD WRAP.

AND THEN IT'LL GO BACK TO DEPTHLY QUIET AGAIN.

AND THAT'S SORT OF HOW A LOT OF OUR DOWNTOWN STREETS FUNCTION.

AND IF THERE ARE STREETS DOWNTOWN THAT YOU DON'T GO TO VERY OFTEN, OR YOU DON'T LIKE, OR YOU DON'T KNOW, WELL, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT THOSE, THOSE STREETS ARE ONE WAY STREETS.

AND YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY I'VE SPOKEN TO ABOUT THIS KIND OF SAY LIKE, YEAH, I'VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT ONE WAY STREETS BEFORE, BUT NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT, I DON'T REALLY EVER SPEND TIME ON ONE WAY STREETS, UH, PARTICULARLY.

UM, AND SO NEXT SLIDE.

SO, UH, BEGINNING IN MAINLY IN THE 1990S, A LOT OF CITIES STARTED TO REALIZE THAT THOSE, THOSE TWO WAY, THOSE ONE WAY CONVERSIONS HAD NOT REALLY WORKED OUT AS THEY WERE PLANNING.

AND SO CITIES STARTED CONVERTING THEIR, A LOT OF THEIR DOWNTOWN STREET BACK TO TWO WAY AGAIN.

UH, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, UH, WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A VERY IN DEPTH STUDY DONE OF IT, UH, WHEN THEY CONVERTED THEIR DOWNTOWN STREETS TO, FROM ONE WAY BACK TO TWO WAY.

AND YOU SAW 50 49% FEWER CRASHES, 23% LEFT PRIME PROPERTY VALUES WENT UP 39%.

NEXT SLIDE, IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, UH, AN INCREASE OF 10 TO 20% IN RETAIL SALES WITH THEIR CONVERSIONS.

UH, EVEN POLICE AND FIRE LIKED IT BECAUSE IF THERE WAS AN INCIDENT IN A TWO-WAY SYSTEM, TRAFFIC COULD MORE EASILY BE ROUTED AROUND THE AREA.

SO THEY REALLY, REALLY FELT FROM AN EMERGENCY PERSPECTIVE, THIS WAS REALLY A BENEFIT FOR THAT TOO.

YOU'RE DOING SHORTER TRIPS, WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE THREE POINT TURNS AND THE SHENANIGANS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET TO WHERE IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO TO, ACTUALLY A TWO-WAY SYSTEM IS PRETTY COMPETITIVE.

AND EVEN IT SEEMS THE INITIAL PREMISE OF TWO WAY STREET CON, UH, ONE WAY CON ONE WAY STREETS WAS GETTING PEOPLE IN CASTA WHERE THEY'RE GOING MORE QUICKLY.

EVEN THAT HAS BEEN MORE RECENTLY CHALLENGED BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT YES, IF YOU ARE GOING ON LONGER TRIPS, UH, UM, A ONE-WAY STREET MAY GET YOU TO WHERE YOU ARE GOING SLIGHTLY MORE QUICKLY.

BUT IF

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UM, AND WHEREVER CONGESTION IMPACTS OF TWO-WAY CONVERSIONS HAVE BEEN STUDIED, IT SEEMED BASICALLY A WATCH THAT THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT CONGESTION IMPACT.

AND IN FACT, IN A FEW CASES, UH, CONGESTION SEEMS TO HAVE IMPROVED SLIGHTLY.

UH, PROBABLY WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE IS THAT WHEN THERE IS A A, A BOTTLENECK DOWNTOWN IN RUSH HOUR, TRAFFIC CAN MORE EASILY ORGANICALLY REROUTE ITSELF AROUND A BOTTLENECK AS OPPOSED TO A ONE WAY, ONE WAY CARPET SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN'T GO ONTO THE NEXT STREET OVER 'CAUSE THAT'S GOING THE WRONG WAY.

AND SO, JEFF SPECK, UH, FAMOUS URBAN PLANNER, UM, UH, AUTHOR OF WALKABLE CITY AND WALKABLE CITY RULES.

THE WALKABLE CITY IS ACTUALLY THE BESTSELLING URBAN DESIGN BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

UH, HE HAS, HE HAS FOUND OVER 75 CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE CONVERTED ONE WAY STREETS BACK TO TWO WAY.

HE IS ACTUALLY A NATIONAL EXPERT IN THIS.

HE'S WORKED WITH CITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ON THIS.

AND I'M GONNA PLUG, UH, FOR NEXT THURSDAY AT SIX 30.

HE, WE HAVE, WE ARE BRINGING HIM HERE TO AUSTIN.

HE WILL BE PRESENTING AT DAVID DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS RINGED BY ONE WAY STREETS.

AND PART OF HIS, UH, OVERALL, HIS O OVERALL TALK WILL BE ON WALKABILITY, BUT HE'LL BE SPOTLIGHTING TWO-WAY STREET CONVERSION.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT JEFF IS COMING TO TOWN.

AND, UH, SO IF HE FOLLOWS SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, SAY STREETS AUSTIN IN CHECKOUT THE LINK TO THAT TO, UH, GET A TICKET.

IT'S FREE FOR THAT.

SO, GOVERNING MAGAZINE, DOZENS OF CITIES HAVE DONE THIS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AS A WAY TO REVITALIZE THEIR DOWNTOWN STREETS.

AND I THINK THAT'S JUST A THEME WE KEEP COMING BACK TO WITH THESE CONVERSIONS, IS THEY REALLY HELP REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN STREETS.

SO, JUST TO SUMMARIZE, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST WHEREVER THERE ARE DATA FOR ONE WAY TO TWO-WAY STREET CONVERSIONS, WE, IT IS ALL GOOD.

WE ACTUALLY, WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND AN EXAMPLE OF A FAILED ONE WAY TO TWO-WAY STREET CONVERSION.

YOU ARE ALWAYS SEEING IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY, MORE WALKING AND BIKING, BETTER BUSINESSES, EMERGENCY ACCESS, LOWER CRIME, PROPERTY VALUES, AND OF COURSE, EASIER NAVIGATION.

IT'S NOT HARD TO FIND SOMEONE WHO'S ACCIDENTALLY DRIVEN THE WRONG WAY DOWN A ONE WAY STREET AND THEN, AND THEIR LUCKY STAFF THAT THEY MADE IT OUT ALIVE.

NEXT STEP, NEXT SLIDE.

UM, SO CERTAINLY THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, ISSUES TO ADDRESS WITH ONE WAY TO TWO WAY STREET CONVERSIONS.

PEOPLE ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN FOR TRANSIT LANES? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN FOR LEFT, LEFT TURNS? AND THAT KIND OF THING.

AND THESE ARE ALL ISSUES TO ADDRESS, BUT REALLY WE'RE SAYING, LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE TWO WAY STREETS ARE THE NORM IN CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, CITIES WITH, YOU KNOW, HIGH TRANSIT SHARE, UM, AND CITIES THAT SUCCEED AS PLACES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GO.

SO THESE ARE SOME WAYS THAT YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT.

YOU CAN HAVE LEFT TURN POCKETS, YOU CAN HAVE PROHIBITIONS ON LEFT TURNS, EITHER COMPLETELY OR AT CERTAIN TIMES.

UM, AND OTHER MEASURES.

THERE ARE CERTAINLY WAYS TO ADDRESS LEFT TURNS.

AUSTIN ALSO HAD SUCCEEDED EVERY TIME IT IS CONVERTED ONE WAY, STREETS DOWNTOWN TO TWO WAY.

UH, THE FIRST ROUND WAS IN 1992, OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN TO THE EAST.

UM, AND THEN 2008, WE HAD SEE THE SHADOWS AND SECOND STREET, SECOND STREET IS PROBABLY THE POSTER CHART, TWO-WAY STREET CONVERSIONS DOWNTOWN.

AND THEN WE HAD A WAVE AFTER THAT WITH BRAS FIFTH COLORADO, AND A COUPLE OF STREETS OFF OF THE CAPITAL MALL, UM, TO THE NORTH OF THIS MAP.

AGAIN, SUCCESS EVERY TIME THAT THEY'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

SO SECOND STREET.

THIS WAS SECOND STREET IN THE MID 1980S.

SECOND STREET WAS ACTUALLY SO UNDESIRABLE AS A STREET.

WE, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO FIND VERY FEW PHOTOS OF THE STREET AS A ONE-WAY STREET AT ALL.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW WE FOUND.

UM, AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE SAYING, THE SECOND STREET WE ALL LOVE TODAY.

YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THERE WERE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS MADE OTHER THAN CONVERTING IT TO TWO WAY.

BUT CLEARLY THE TWO WAY ASPECT OF IT IS, UH, IS REALLY CONTRIBUTING TO THIS STREET BEING A DESTINATION.

AND FOR US, THIS IS REALLY THE QUESTION OF ONE WAY VERSUS TWO WAY STREETS.

IS DOWNTOWN A PLACE FOR HIGH SPEED RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC TO PASS THROUGH QUICKLY, IN WHICH CASE, ONE WAY STREETS MAY FUNCTION SLIGHTLY BETTER FOR LONGER TRIPS AND NOT AS GOOD, BUT, BUT SHORTER TRIPS, OR DO WE WANT DOWNTOWN TO BE A DESTINATION, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME? AND I THINK WE WOULD ALL HEAR PROBABLY LAND ON THE LATTER

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THERE.

UH, NEXT SLIDE.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS SAID IN 19 91, 6 STREET SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY CONVERTED TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.

SO, UH, MANY YEARS AFTER 1991 WAS STILL SAYING THE SAME THING.

UM, I'LL JUST SAY THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A VERY RELEVANT ISSUE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE OVER DESIGN GUIDELINES.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SHARED VALUES OF, YOU KNOW, HUMANE CHARACTERS, SUSTAINABLE DOWNTOWN, AN ECONOMICALLY VITAL DOWNTOWN, A SAFE DOWNTOWN, AND, AND PEOPLE REALLY GETTING OUTSIDE AND HAVING A CONNECTION TO THE OUTDOORS, ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC VIBRANCY, UH, COMFORT IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND IN AND STREET LEVEL ACTIVITY.

UH, THESE ARE VERY MUCH, UH, VALUES AND GOALS THAT WOULD BE MET BY ONE WAY TO TWO WAY STREET CONVERSIONS.

THIS IS VERY COOL.

WE FOUND THIS RECENTLY.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A COPY OF THE COUNCIL MINUTES FROM 1989, WHERE THE ORIGINAL ONE-WAY TO TWO-WAY STREET CONVERSION WAS MADE OF EAST FIRST AND EAST SECOND.

AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO MOWED THE MOTION WAS COUNCIL MEMBER BARN STONE.

HIS SON, MATEO BARN STONE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CONGRESS FOR THE NEW URBANISM OF CENTRAL TEXAS.

AND MATEO IS A AND CNU AS A KEY PARTNER IN PUSHING FOR, TO BASICALLY FINISH THE JOB.

SO IT'S KIND OF FUN TO SEE THE APPLE NOT FALL FAR FROM THE TREE THERE.

AND WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THIS IN SOME PRETTY CRITICAL PLANS RIGHT NOW.

THE AUSTIN CORE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UH, THE, UH, GREAT STREETS, UH, UH, PLAN UPDATE, NEXT SLIDE.

AND THIS IS A GREAT QUOTE FROM A FORMER MAYOR OF MINNEAPOLIS TO A FORMER MAYOR OF, UH, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, UH, TALKING ABOUT TWO-WAY STREET CONVERSIONS.

AND THE MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR SAID, JUST DO IT.

15 MINUTES AFTER YOU MAKE THE CHANGE TO TWO-WAY PEOPLE WILL BE ASKING, WHY DIDN'T YOU DO IT 25 YEARS EARLIER? AND, UM, UH, ONE OF OUR, UH, BOARD MEMBERS WAS ACTUALLY STANDING ON THE CORNER OF SECOND STREET THE DAY IT WENT THE ALMOST THE MOMENT.

IT WENT TWO WAY AND EVERYONE'S BITING THEIR NAILS.

AND THEN IT WAS TWO WAY, AND THEN THE WORLD JUST WENT ON.

AND OVER TIME, IT JUST GOT MORE AND MORE PLEASANT.

AND THAT'S JUST WHAT WE SEE ON THESE KIND OF STREET.

PEOPLE ARE JUST GONNA, IT'S JUST GONNA BE NICE.

IT'S JUST GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA BE PLACES THAT PEOPLE INCREASINGLY WANT TO GO TO.

UM, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THIS RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE, UH, ALMOST 60 BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMISSIONS SIGNING ON TO SAY THAT THEY, THEY REALLY BACKED THIS VISION, UM, INCLUDING UNANIMOUS BALLOT VOTE LAST WEEK FROM THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, THE YOUTH COMMISSION, THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND CONGRESS FOR NEW URBANISM, UH, CENTRAL TEXAS.

SO THIS IS A POPULAR COURSE.

UH, WE, WE, WE, IT'S TIME TO FINISH THE JOB THAT WE STARTED ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRIME.

I HOPE THIS COMMISSION WILL SIGN ON IN SUPPORT TO, AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THAT STREET TREES WERE A NICE ADD-ON TO THE, TO THE BASE PROJECTS.

UH, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM AND, UM, WOULD ANYONE MEETING COMMISSIONER LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? WE CAN BRING IT TO A DISCUSSION.

I, OKAY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO STATE THE MOTION? UM, IT SAYS HERE TO, UH, DISCUSSION AND ACTION TO RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL TO WAKE CONVERSIONS DOWNTOWN.

UM, MOTION IS TO RECOMMEND, UH, THE DESIGN COMMITTEE TO HAVE, UH, DISCUSSION TWO WAY COMPLAINTS.

IS THERE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER, CAROL, COMMISSIONER.

DO SECOND THAT.

ALRIGHT, ALL LIKE TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ING DISCUSSION BEFORE WE, UM, GO TO VOTE? I, UH, COMMISSIONER TRO THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU MR. GREENFIELD FOR THE, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, SO I WAS, UH, WHILE PRE WHILE HE WAS PRESENTING, GOING BACK, 'CAUSE WE LOOKED AT THE AUSTIN CORE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AS A GROUP, AND I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER, UM, WHAT OUR DISCUSSION WAS AT THAT TIME.

AND, UM, BECAUSE I'M AT MY COMPUTER, I'M ABLE TO PULL UP, PULL UP OUR RECOMMENDATION OF THE CORE TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION PLAN FROM FEBRUARY OF 25, UM, WHERE IF I WILL RECAP TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE DID NOT TAKE KINDLY TO THE PLAN'S, UH, SUGGESTION

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AND I THINK WE FOCUS MOST OF OUR CRITIQUE ON MAKING SURE THAT STREET TREES AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE GENERALLY WOULD BE A CORE PIECE OF ANY OF THE, ANY OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

UH, WE FURTHER RECOMMEND, WE RECOMMENDED THE CORE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FURTHER WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN SHALL INCLUDE THE GREEN COSTS AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ESTIMATES, BASE ESTIMATES, NOT A LINE ITEM, UH, THE INCLUSION OF A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN AND OUT OF THE URBAN CORE AND, AND TO ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

UH, AND, AND FINALLY THAT THE PROJECTS BE BROUGHT TO THE DESIGN COMMISSION.

WE DID NOT EXPLICITLY DIS DISCUSS THE, THE TWO WAY CONVERSIONS.

AND THE ACT PLAN IS IN, IN A SHORT SCAN, HIGHLY TIMID ON CONVERSIONS.

IN A WAY THAT SURPRISES ME BECAUSE MY INSTINCT IS TO CONCUR WITH MR. GREENFIELD.

I'VE SEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, IN MY DAY COLORADO, MOST RECENTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, I I SEE THE SAME DATA THAT HE'S BEING, THAT HE'S PRESENTING TO US.

SO I'M A BELIEVER IN THIS.

WHAT GIVES ME PAUSE, UH, ON, ON, ON VOTING FOR A, A MOTION, UH, RIGHT NOW IS THAT I AM CURIOUS TO HEAR THE POINT OF VIEW FROM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OF PUBLIC WORKS AS TO WHY THEY WERE SO RELUCTANT TO MAKE ANY MEANINGFUL CONVERSIONS IN THE ACT PLAN.

UM, THE ACT PLAN IS IN A LOT OF WAYS REMARKABLY CONSERVATIVE PLAN FOR OUR DAY AND AGE.

UH, BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT IT'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, UM, IN THE PDF INCLUDE, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTNER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE ARE OBVIOUS, BUT THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, CAP METRO DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE, MOVEABILITY AUSTIN, UM, SHOAL CREEK CONSERVANCY, UM, YEAH, TRAIL FOUNDATION, WATERLOO GREENWAY, UT THESE WOULD BE STAKEHOLDERS THAT I WOULD EXPECT TO JOIN US IN WANTING THE TWO-WAY CONVERSIONS GENERALLY.

SO I'M CURIOUS WHY THIS PLAN IS ELECTED NOT TO DO IT.

SO WHILE I'M IN, WHILE I AM INCLINED TO, UH, TO, TO SIGN ON TO ANY, ANY SUPPORT OF PUSHING FOR, UM, TWO-WAY CONVERSIONS CITYWIDE, I AM RELUCTANT TO VOTE ON IT TONIGHT WITHOUT HEARING MORE FEEDBACK ON WHY THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE ACT PLAN.

I CAN SPEAK TO THAT, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT STAFF.

UM, BUT THE CONCERNS WE HEARD FROM STAFF WERE, UM, IMPACTS ON THE PROPOSED TRANSIT LANES IN THE ACT PLAN AND THEN THOSE LEFT TURNS.

UH, WE ALSO HEARD FROM SOME MERCHANTS, UH, CONCERNS OVER, UH, DELIVERIES, VALET PARKING AND GARAGE ACCESS.

UH, OF COURSE THESE ARE ALL, AND THEN STAFF DID ACTUALLY PUT OUT A WHITE PAPER ON, ON THIS THAT INCLUDED THE, PARTICULARLY THE TRANSIT LANE, UM, ARGUMENT.

WE ACTUALLY SENT THAT TO JEFF SPEC AND JEFF SPEC HIMSELF CALLED THE WHITE PAPER WELL-INTENTIONED, BUT FLAWED, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IS, IS EXCITED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH US IN TOWN.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM STAFF.

THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S IN, IN THE WHITE PAPER.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE DON'T, WE CERTAINLY DON'T REFUTE THAT THESE ARE, ARE GOOD ISSUES TO BRING UP AND TO, TO HASH OUT, BUT, UH, THEY THEY SHOULD NOT BE THE END OF THE CONVERSATION.

THEY SHOULDN'T REALLY BE A FUNDAMENTAL REASONS NOT TO IMPLEMENT TWO WAY CONVERSIONS.

AND AGAIN, THERE ARE NO FAILED EXAMPLES OF TWO-WAY CONVERSIONS THAT, THAT WE COULD FIND.

COMMISSIONER CHAIR I'LL, I WILL NOTE ALSO, UM, BECAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, ON A KICK TONIGHT THAT THE DRAFT, THE CURRENT DRAFT OF THE URBAN DESIGN, THE CURRENT URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES ARE SILENT ON THIS.

UH, THE CURRENT DRAFT WHILE SILENT ON TWO-WAY CONVERSIONS, DOES SPECIFICALLY CALL FOR, UM, PROJECTS TO SLOW MOTOR VEHICLES TO SAY SPEEDS USING ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.

NOW, IF WE APPLIED THAT LOGIC TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH THE, UH, THIS COMMISSION HAS ALSO BEEN CHARTERED TO LOOK AT, IT WOULD, ONE, ONE WOULD FOLLOW THAT IT WOULD BE VERY MUCH IN THE COMMISSION'S INTEREST TO HAVE TWO-WAY CONVERSIONS AS A, AS A, UM, METHOD OF, OF TRAFFIC CALMING.

UH, YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY THAT I, I FULLY SUPPORT THIS AND I ACTUALLY WROTE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.

UH, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH JEFF SPEC'S WORK AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH,

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UH, EXAMPLES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND IT JUST, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER TO ME.

UM, SO YEAH, I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THIS COMMISSIONER MCKINNEY.

I DID WANNA KNOW THAT THE CURRENT GUIDELINES DO REFERENCE CREATING A POTENTIAL FOR TWO WAY STREETS IN THE PUBLIC STREETS SCAPE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT, I DON'T RECALL IF WE ADDRESSED IT OR NOT IN THE, UM, THE REWRITE OF THE GUIDELINES.

UM, I, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY NOT 'CAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER.

UM, BUT I'LL ECHO COMMISSIONER CARROLL.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD SUPPORT, UM, MOVING IT FORWARD.

COMMISSIONER MARCUS, UM, I DO WANNA, UH, HAVE TWO POINTS.

UM, ONE IS, I, I SUPPORT THE IDEA OF CONVERTING THE STREETS INTO TWO WAY STREETS, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THE TIMING OF SUCH CONVERSION.

UM, I DID NOT SEE IN THE PRESENTATION, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE ESTIMATED COST OF CONVERTING THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN TO A TWO-WAY STREET SYSTEM? AND, UM, HOW WOULD THE TIMING OF SUCH UM, CONVERSION PLAY OUT? IS IT ALL GONNA HAPPEN IN A SINGLE YEAR OR WAS IT GONNA BE A STAGGERED APPROACH? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

UM, I MEAN, EVEN THE ORIGINAL CONVERSION OF EAST FIRST AND EAST SECOND, THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION WAS PART OF 1989 AND THE CONVERSION HAPPENED IN 1992.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT CAN TAKE A WHILE FOR THESE CONVERSIONS TO HAPPEN.

UH, THAT'S DEFINITELY A CONVERSATION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE AS A COMMUNITY AND, AND COUNCIL AND TBW STAFF NEED TO HAVE.

UH, I THINK THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT THESE COULD GET HITCHED ONTO OTHER PROJECTS LIKE ACT PLAN STREET UPDATES LIKE SIXTH STREET OR SEVENTH STREET THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING ANYWAY.

UH, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE TWO-WAY CONVERSIONS BEING, UH, PARTICULARLY EXPENSIVE IN THE GREAT GREATER SCHEME OF THINGS.

FOR THE MOST PART IT WOULD BE KIND OF SIGN SIGNS, SOME SIGNALS, UH, PAINT ON THE GROUND.

NOT A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, HEAVY, UM, HEAVY INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND CERTAINLY IN THE, IN THE SORT OF GREATER, GREATER SPECTRUM OF, OF PROJECT COSTS.

THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE ON THE, THE MILDER SIDE.

AND CERTAINLY IF WE ARE SEEING THOSE, UM, ECONOMIC BENEFITS THAT THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE SEEN, WE WOULD, WE WOULD EXPECT FOR THOSE COSTS TO, TO BE PAID BACK IN A, YOU KNOW, NOT UNREASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME.

AND FOR THIS TO ACTUALLY BE AN INVESTMENT THAT WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF IN THE LONG RUN.

PRETTY, PRETTY HANDSOME WAY.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

I REVIEW.

YEAH, UH, SO FOR THE LAST ONE YOU ONE OBSERVATION THAT'S ONE YEAR I'VE BEEN WORKING ON BRAZO STREET SEVEN BRA STREET WHERE OMNI THERE.

SO WE ARE BETWEEN THE SEVENTH AND THE EIGHTH STREET AND THE BRAZO ITSELF IN ONE WAY.

SO BASICALLY THE WHOLE MARKETS ARE .

SO I DO AGREE THAT I USE, SEE SPORADIC TRAFFIC ON SEVENTH STREET GOING TO RACING TOWARDS 35, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME CARS MOVE ON IN THE RAMPS AND HOW THEY'RE STRUCTURED AND ALL OF THAT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CONSIDERED BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET UP TO 35 ALSO ABOUT THERE LOT OF EXISTING RAMP EXISTING FACTORS, THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

AND NUMBER TWO IS THE GAP.

METRO RUNS BUSES.

SO HAS THERE BEEN A DISCUSSION THE GAP METRO OR TRANSPORTATION SIDE? UM, BECAUSE THEY EVEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FOR THEM.

SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE GET UP ON, UM, STREET ONE, TAKE THE BUS AND COMING BACK, I TAKE ON .

SO, AND THOSE TWO ARE MADE WITH SPEED, EITHER LOT OF IMPACT OF THE BUS SERVICES.

YEAH, THOSE ARE SOME GOOD POINTS.

UH, FOR THE FIRST ONE WITH HOW THE STREETS WOULD INTERFACE WITH I 35, I MEAN ABSOLUTELY THOSE NEED TO BE THOUGHTFULLY MADE.

IN FACT, THE ACT PLAN, THE FEW BLOCKS THEY DO PROPOSE FOR TWO-WAY CONVERSION.

UH, SOME OF THEM DO COME UP BY 35, PARTICULARLY SEVENTH AND EIGHTH.

SO THAT IS ANTICIPATED, BUT JUST FOR THREE BLOCKS.

AND THEN IT GOES BACK TO ONE WAY AGAIN.

AND ONE PIECE OF FEEDBACK WE'VE HEARD IS THAT WHAT PEOPLE REALLY DON'T LIKE IS INCONSISTENT, UH, INCONSISTENCY.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, FIFTH STREET IS TWO WAY UNTIL BRAUS BETWEEN BRAUS AND CONGRESS AND IT GOES ONE WAY AGAIN, UH, WHICH IS KIND OF FRUSTRATING AND CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE.

UM, ARY DOES KNOW ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION.

UH, AND YOU KNOW, WE DID, WE ARE NOT SAFETY EXHAUST AND NOT TRAINED ENGINEERS, BUT WE DID SORT

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OF, WE USED STANDARD, UH, NATO STREET DESIGN WITH GUIDELINES TO DO, DO KIND OF OUR OWN VERSION OF WHAT TWO-WAY CONVERSIONS COULD LOOK LIKE, INCLUDING THE WHAT THE BUS LANES AND THE BIKE LANES THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THE ACT PLAN.

AND IT SEEMS TO US, BECAUSE THESE STREETS ARE WIDE, I MEAN WE'RE LOOKING AT GENERALLY LIKE FOUR LANE ROADS THAT THERE, THERE IS DEFINITELY SPACE FOR THE TRANSIT LANES WHERE THEY'RE WARRANTED AND HOW THEY OPERATE INTERSECTIONS IS REALLY, I THINK THE, THE BIG CONCERN.

AND YEAH, WE JUST NEED TO, WE JUST NEED TO DO THAT RIGHT.

AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN, IF WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD, UH, CONSULTANT OR PLANNER, UM, TO, TO LOOK INTO THAT.

SO YEAH.

GOOD, GOOD QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER TRO CHAIR.

I OWE MY COLLEAGUES AN APOLOGY.

COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER GIL? SORRY.

COMMISSIONER MCKINNEY.

THE TWO, THE TWO-WAY STREETS IS REFERENCED IN THE, UH, EXISTING URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ATTRACTION OR APOLOGY THERE FROM MS SPEAKING.

UM, YEAH, I, I MEAN I, I I I, MY, MY CURIOSITY IS MAINTAINED.

IT IS, UH, THIS, THIS SUDDENLY SUDDEN CHALLENGE OF, UH, TRANSIT VERSUS PEDESTRIANS IS SOME SORT OF ZERO SUM GAME IS A FRUSTRATING CONVERSATION TO HAVE.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD WIND OF THAT.

UM, I, YOU KNOW, IN AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER CARROLL THAT ON ITS FACE, THIS RESOLUTION AND THIS ACTION IS A NO-BRAINER.

UM, SO I'M, UH, JUST, JUST WANTED TO KIND OF CLARIFY AND, AND SHARE THAT THINKING.

PARDON ME CHAIR.

I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT THE CONVERSATION AND I SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THIS EARLIER, BUT THERE ARE THREE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR THE SIGN UP.

LIVE ALONG SOUTH CONGRESS, DOWNTOWN IS PART OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

DO YOU WANNA HEAR FROM THEM AFTER DELIBERATION OR LET'S, WE'LL GET COMMISSIONER GIL'S COMMENTS AND THEN, UH, THEN WE WILL BRING UP THREE SPEAKERS.

UM, YOU HAVE THEIR NAMES OR? YEAH, YEAH.

UM, COMMISSIONER GIL.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

JUST TO SAY THAT, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I'M FAMILIAR WITH DOWNTOWN COMMISSION AND UM, 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO, I THINK UNFAIR THE ENTHUSIASM, IT'S, IT'S POSITIVE DIRECTION AND CERTAIN OF THINGS IT FEELS AS THOUGH IT'S A NO BRAINER, WHICH SHOULD BE ENACTED STRAIGHT AWAY.

THE LINE WITH THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, I GRAVITATE PERSONALLY AND DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT OF SLOWING DOWN THE TRAFFIC IS MAJOR CONCERN IN MY OPINION, TO HEADING TOWARDS A MORE .

HOWEVER, IF THIS IS STRIKING AS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED ON THE SAME TIME, I THINK IT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED HOW TO PLAN BASED APPROACH.

AND I ALSO WANT TO SURE TO MENTION AS, AS FAR AS SECOND STREET WAS A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE, THE TWO-WAY STREET CONVERSION.

THERE WAS A LOT THAT WENT ALONG WITH IT.

SO ALREADY SOME OF THE OTHER STREETS TO TWO, TWO-WAY NOT HAVE SECONDARY, WE DON'T ALSO HAVE THE WIDENED CYCLES, THE STREET TREES VENTURES AMONG THE OTHER GREAT STREETS AGREEMENTS.

WE DO THINK WHILE IT IS A POST CHILD WAY, IT'S NOT ALL DOWN TO, TO THE END CONVERSION EFFECT.

UM, ITS, IT'S AN EXCELLENT PROPOSAL AND I WOULD BE ON , BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE ALL THOSE TO COMMISSIONER, UH, NICOLE SPEAKER.

UM, SO THE FIRST SPEAKER IS TER GONZALEZ AND SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

HI ERS.

UH, I'M CUTTER GONZALEZ.

I'M THE HOST OF URBAN AUSTIN REEDS, OUR LOCAL URBAN BOOK CLUB HERE, UM, THESE DAYS.

UM, THANKS FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK, UH, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN, UH, DEVELOPMENT IN IN AUSTIN.

UM, DOWNTOWN AUSTIN IS A DESTINATION NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

AND IT'S WHETHER YOU'RE A VISITOR FROM ELSEWHERE IN TOWN OR YOU'RE FROM ANOTHER CITY, STATE OR EVEN COUNTRY, IT'S A PLACE THAT INEVITABLY DRAWS US ALL IN.

UM, AND OUR DOWNTOWN IS ALREADY SEVERAL STEPS AHEAD OF BASICALLY EVERY OTHER CITY.

IN TEXAS IS DOWNTOWN IN TERMS OF ITS BEAUTY VIBRANCY AND ITS PROSPECTS TO GET BETTER AND BETTER THANKS TO GENERATIONAL, UH, TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS VIA PROJECT CONNECT AND OTHER URBAN DESIGN INITIATIVES.

UM, AND WHILE DOWNTOWN CERTAINLY HAS STRENGTH AS A DESTINATION TO GET TO AND THEN DEPART FROM, IT'S ALSO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND I WANNA FOCUS ON THAT.

UH, 'CAUSE I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE AND WHILE I

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I WORK OUT AT SIXTH AND BRAS.

I STUDY AND WORK FROM A PL.

I EAT OUT ALL TOO MUCH AT MANY OF DOWNTOWN'S RESTAURANTS.

UH, AND I DANCE IN THE MANY QUEER SPACES ON FOURTH STREET IN RED RIVER.

AND OF COURSE, ENJOY LIVE MUSIC AND VISIT FRIENDS ALL THROUGHOUT DEB TOWN.

MOST OF MY LIFE IS SPENT SOUTH OF CAMPUS IN NORTH OF THE RIVER.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE THE CONVERSION AND THE STREETS FLIGHT SEVENTH AT EIGHTH AND OTHER DOWNTOWN STREETS INTO TWO-WAY STREET.

'CAUSE WHILE I DO OWN A CAR, BIKING, WALKING AND TAKING THE BUS ARE MY PRIMARY MEANS OF TRANSPORT.

AND I RECOGNIZE THAT GREAT PLACES ARE PLACES FOR PEOPLE, AND I DO MY PART TO BE THE PERSON LIVING INTO A SPACE, NOT THE CAR, USING IT AS AN EFFICIENT GETAWAY.

UH, I'M ALSO A DOCTORAL STUDENT STUDYING URBAN GEOGRAPHY AND REVIEWING THE LITERATURE, UH, REVEALS A GROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE THAT ADAM, UH, MENTIONED.

UM, THAT TWO WAY CONVERGENCE HELPED TRANSFORM MANY LIFELESS STRUGGLING STREETS INTO PLACES THAT ARE RICH AND MEANING USE AND BEAUTY.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE ONE WAY STREET SERVE AS A DEFACTO SINGULAR FUNCTION, WHICH IS MANNING MANAGING THE EFFLUENCE OF CARS AT A HIGH VOLUME.

AND THIS IS TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE OTHER 20 HOURS OF THE DAY WHEN THEY WOULD OTHERWISE SERVE EVERYONE.

AND IT'S NOT TRIVIAL, UH, AND NO AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, MURAL BENCHES, OTHER SUPERFICIAL, UM, AESTHETIC INTERVENTIONS CAN CORRECT THE DOMINANCE THAT DYSFUNCTIONAL DESIGN EN GENDERS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN THINK OF SEVENTH AND EIGHT TODAY, AND THE, AND HOW THE LIVELINESS OF DOWNTOWN KIND OF FADES AS WE APPROACH THE CAPITAL.

AND QUICK, UH, AND WE'D, WE'D BE LYING.

WE SAID THAT THAT WAS WORKING.

UM, TWO-WAY STREETS ARE THE ANTIDOTE TO THAT.

THEY CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR MORE PEDESTRIAN LIFE, FOR BETTER BUSINESS NEIGHBORHOOD RECONNECTION, AND REALLY INHABITING NOT JUST PASSING THROUGH.

AND TODAY I'M ASKING YOU TO JOIN THE WORK IN PROGRESS TO MAKE OUR DOWNTOWN A STRONGER NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO A PLACE TO BE AND IN.

SO DO WE MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE TO VISIT AS WELL.

SUPPORTING RECOMMENDATIONS BE A BRAINER.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSHUA GOLD GOLDBERG.

JOSHUA, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING, MR. UH, MY NAME IS JOSHUA GOLDBERG AND I'M A HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE MYSELF, AS WELL AS THE AUSTIN YOUTH COUNCIL.

UH, SO I SUPPORT RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL BECAUSE TWO-WAY STREETS ARE BOTH AN EASY AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO IMPROVE SAFETY ABILITY AND LIVABILITY FOR ALL USERS OF DOWNTOWN STREETS, AS WELL AS TO INCREASE THE ECONOMIC FATALITY OF THE AREA.

UH, A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL SHOULD EMPHASIZE HOW TWO-WAY STREET CONVERSIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH VISION ZERO AND MO SHIFT GOALS OUTLINED IN THE AWESOME STRATEGIC STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN.

UH, THESE GOALS ARE NOT ONLY WORDS IN A PLAN, BUT ALSO POLICIES WHICH IF IMPLEMENTED, WOULD AFFECT REAL PEOPLE'S LIVES.

UH, AS A YOUNG PERSON WHO WANTS TO LIVE CARRE, WHEN I GROW UP, I DON'T FEEL SAFE WHILE WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN.

UH, CURRENTLY I FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WALKING DOWN SECOND STREET THAN I DO ON MANY OTHER STREETS IN THE AREA.

BUT THAT FEELING OF SAFETY AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL FOOT TRAFFIC, WHICH, UH, TOY STREETS HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO INDUCE, CONTRIBUTES TO A PLEASANT WALKING EXPERIENCE AND DYNAMIC STREET ENVIRONMENTS, WHICH I HOPE TO ENJOY WHEN I GROW UP.

JUST YESTERDAY, ACTUALLY, I MISSED A BUS IN DOWNTOWN, UH, ON A LINE THAT ACTUALLY ONLY COMES EVERY 30 MINUTES BECAUSE THE STOP LOCATIONS ON THE ONE WAY STREETS WERE CONFUSING.

AND I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO GET TO MY STATE FOR MY STOP TIME.

UH, YEAH, AND CONVERTING TO TWO WAYS WITH SIMPLIFY TRANSIT SERVICE FOR RIDERS, AND ALSO PROVIDING MORE REDUNDANCY IN THE NETWORK.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THE BENEFITS OF WASTE STREET VERSIONS THAT BORROWED, LIKE ADAM SAID, VERY CHEAP TO IMPLEMENT BECAUSE THESE CHANGES WOULD OFTEN INVOLVE A LITTLE MORE THAN PAINT AND NVX STREET RECONSTRUCTIONS, WHICH WOULD ALREADY HAPPEN, UH, BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, THE FUNDS AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO MAKE THESE CHANGES HAPPEN, UH, WOULD BE NEGLIGIBLE.

UH, AND TWO-WAY STREET CONVERSIONS ARE ONE OF THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO CREATE MORE SAFE, WELL ENVIRONMENT CITY.

THAT WAS SUCH A HIGHER RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

ON TOP OF THE PRACTICAL, PRACTICAL BENEFITS OF TWO-WAY STREETS, UH, I HOPE YOU'LL ALSO CONSIDER THE STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT BEHIND THIS PROPOSAL.

UH, AURA AND, UH, SAFE STREETS AUSTIN HAVE GATHERED THE SUPPORT OF OVER 15 LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR TWO-WAY STREET CONVERSIONS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE AUSTIN YOUTH COUNCIL OF WHICH I'M A MEMBER, RECENTLY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE.

UH, AND AS THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL LIVE THIS, WOULD LIVE, WHO WILL LIVE WITH THIS CHANGE FOR THE LONGEST AMOUNT OF TIME, I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE THE YOUTH COUNCIL SUPPORT TO CONSIDERATION, UH, ON THE SIDE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR WORK, UH, AND WE SUPPORT OUR THANK YOU.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS STELLA BOSWELL.

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HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS STELLA BOSWELL.

I'M CURRENTLY A MASTER'S STUDENT AT UT STUDYING CIVIL ENGINEERING WITH FOCUS IN TRANSPORTATION.

AND I'M SPEAKING TO YOU ON BEHALF OF ARA, A VOLUNTEER GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND SAFE STREETS FOR WALKING AND BIKING.

I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR GOING ON SEVEN YEARS NOW AND CARE DEEPLY FOR THE WELLBEING OF THE CITY, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR TWO WAY STREET CONVERSIONS TO IMPROVE DOWNTOWN.

I LOOKED INTO IT, UM, ONE WAY.

STREETS WERE INITIALLY DESIGNED WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING TRAFFIC THROUGHPUT AND SERVICE OF THOSE WORKING IN THE CITY AND DWELLING IN THE SUBURBS.

UM, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCHOOL, IT HOLDS PARAMOUNT, THE EASE WITH WHICH DRIVERS CAN GET THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA QUICKLY.

AND I THINK HERE IS THE CENTRAL ISSUE.

I BELIEVE THAT DOWNTOWN IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE, NOT JUST TRAVERSE.

UM, AND ONE WAY STREETS ALSO ENCOURAGE DRIVERS TO SPEED AS THEY REMOVE THE RISK OF HEAD-TO-HEAD COLLISIONS.

AND DRIVERS CAN SENSE THAT, UM, THEY ALSO ALLOW MORE PASSING LANES FOR DRIVERS TO PASS, UM, PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE GOING SLOWER IN FRONT OF THEM.

THESE ELEVATED SPEEDS MAKE IT LESS LIKELY THAT DRIVERS WILL NOTICE THE ESTABLISHMENTS DOWNTOWN MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ATTRACT BUSINESS.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THESE SPEEDS INCREASE THE SEVERITY OF ANY CRASH THAT MAY OCCUR.

UM, SO THERE'S EVER-GROWING EVIDENCE THAT THERE, THAT TWO WAY, AS OPPOSED TO ONE WAY STREET, SEE MORE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND LOWER CRASH RATES.

RESEARCH OUT OF THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOUND THAT CHILDREN ARE 2.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE PEDESTRIAN INJURY, UM, ON A ONE WAY STREET THAN ON A TWO WAY STREET.

UM, AND ALSO, UM, DESIGN SUGGESTS THAT THE VISION FOR AN AREA THAT PARTS CAN MOVE MORE QUICKLY IN, UM, IS NOW COUNTERING DOWNTOWN AS BEING A DESTINATION.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE, UM, INSTEAD TO DESIGN DOWNTOWN AS A DESTINATION WHERE PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, AND DRIVERS ALIKE CAN ENJOY SAFE STREETS AND BUSINESSES CAN BETTER ADVERTISE TO POTENTIAL PATRONS.

UM, THIS CHANGE WOULD BE INEXPENSIVE AND QUICK TO MAKE AND HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE ON MANY AUSTIN STREETS.

AS ADAM MENTIONED.

UM, I AM ASKING THIS ALONGSIDE 50 ORGANIZATIONS AND DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, MANY OF WHOM I SPOKE WITH PERSONALLY.

UH, WHILE CANVASSING AND MANY OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS EXPRESSED TO ME RELIEF THAT ONE WAY STREETS WERE BEING REEVALUATED, MANY TOLD ME STORIES THAT INVOLVED THEM WITNESSING SPEEDING ALONG ONE WAY STREETS, AND IN A LOT OF DISTANCES, DRIVERS DRIVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

UM, THE OWNERS AND MANAGERS AGREED THAT TWO-WAY STREETS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE INTEREST IN THEIR BUSINESSES AND INCREASE SAFETY.

UM, SO IN CONCLUSION, CONVERTING ONE-WAY STREETS DOWNTOWN TO TWO-WAY STREETS, HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SAVE LIVES, GENERATE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, AND ENHANCE THE URBAN CHARACTER OF DOWNTOWN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS ISSUE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE AND A SECOND.

SO, AND, AND SHALL CHAIR, UM, WOULD YOU MIND WE RESTATE THE MOTION, PLEASE? OKAY.

MOTION MR FOR THIS ABOUT THE MOTIONS DOWNTOWN.

AND, UH, PHOTO, IS IT RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT HIM OR TO DISCUSS IT? MINE WILL ONLY DISCUSS IT.

I HAVEN'T BEEN SUPPORT THAT RECOMMENDED.

I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON AN, AN ACTION IN A, OKAY.

THERE.

MOTION AND IS TO RECOMMEND CITY COUNCIL, THE, THE BANK COMMITTEES POSITION ON RECOMMENDATION ON THE TWO WEEK ADMISSIONS, THE TO RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL THAT SUPPORT.

YEP.

IN SUPPORT OF A TWO-WAY CONVERSION.

THE SECOND APPROVE THAT MODIFICATION .

MM-HMM .

A UNANIMOUS WILL GET THE RECOMMENDATION.

SO MOTION.

IS THAT THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION THAT THE DESIGN COMMISSION SUPPORTS THE, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL? WELL, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS THE TWO WAY CONVERSION OF THE ONE WAY STREETS DOWNTOWN.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, ANY AGAINST

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UH, ITEM FOR DISCUSSION IN ACTION, UH, IN REGARDING THE PROJECT THAT, UH, MK AND OASIS IS SOLD.

ALL RIGHT.

OUR SECOND,

[5. Discussion and action to recommend to City Council whether the project W. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard & Nueces Street, located at 601, 607, 611, 619 West Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, 1809 Rio Grande Street, 1806 Nueces Street, 1801 Rio Grande Street, 604 West 18th Street and 1800 Nueces Street, complies with the Urban Design Guidelines for the City of Austin in accordance with Land Development Code § 25-2-586 (C)(1)(a)(ii). Presented byLeah Bojo, Drenner Group, PC, Justin Short, STG Design, and Chris Jackson, Fable Landscape Architecture.]

7 11 6 19 WAS MLK 15 0 9, 3 GRAND, SIX OIS 18 OH HUNDRED GRAND .

UM, CHAIR, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED UP FOR THIS ITEM THIS TIME.

DOES THE SPEAKER JUST GO AFTER THEIR PRESENTATION? I THINK WE WERE ACTUALLY USUALLY HEAR FROM SPEAKERS BEFORE THE ITEM.

I JUST HAD MISSED THE LAST ITEM, BUT YEAH.

SO PHILIP WILEY SIGNED UP TO SPEED.

GOT THREE MINUTES.

I'M LEAH OJO WITH RENER GROUP HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

UM, I'M GONNA CHANGE HATS A LITTLE BIT THIS TIME.

AND I'M SPEAKING AS PHILIP WILEY, THE PRESIDENT, CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHO, UH, I'VE LIVED DOWNTOWN SINCE, UH, MARCH OF 92.

SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT 33 YEARS.

I'VE SEEN A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPEN AND, UH, AND A LOT OF THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE GOOD WORK YOU ALL HAVE DONE HERE, INCLUDING MR. JORGE.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

UM, DANA NOT ONLY SUPPORTS THIS ENTHUSIASTICALLY, BUT WE WOULD EVEN PREFER THAT THERE NOT BE ANY OF THE LIMITATIONS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST, UM, IN THE CASE, BUT WE WILL BE HAPPY WITH WHATEVER GOES FORWARD.

UM, AND SO THAT'S MY PHILIP WILEY AS A DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

NOW, NOW I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT AGAIN AS A, AS A PLANNING PROFESSIONAL, IS I, UM, AS I RESEARCH WHAT'S HAPPENED DOWNTOWN, THERE WAS A BUILDING CALLED THE, THE CAMBRIDGE TOWER THAT WAS THE, THE TALLEST, UH, RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA WHEN IT WENT UP IN 1964.

AND IT WAS A COUPLE OF CITY BLOCKS FROM THE SUN.

UM, SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE WESTGATE TOWER WENT UP IN, IN, UH, 1966 NEXT TO THE CAPITOL.

AND THAT REALLY GOT PEOPLE EXCITED.

THE CAMBRIDGE GOT PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT EXCITED, BUT THE WESTGATE GOT 'EM REALLY EXCITED.

AND THEN ADOBE WENT UP IN, UH, 1972 AT 307 FEET, THE FIRST BUILDING IN AUSTIN, UH, AS TALL AS THE CAPITOL.

I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, IN A FREE MARKET WHERE PEOPLE COULD PLACE BUILDINGS WHERE THEY WOULD AND, AND TRY TO ADDRESS THE MARKET NEEDS, UM, WHICH IS GETTING PEOPLE TO THE CAMPUS, GETTING PEOPLE TO, UH, THE CAPITAL COMPLEX.

I'D SUGGEST TO YOU THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE TRUEST EXAMPLE OF A COMPACT SITE, COMPACT SUPPORTIVE SITE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN REALLY WENT TO THE FIRST MOVER.

THERE'S ALWAYS THE FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE.

IT MAY BE THAT THE CAMBRIDGE IS THE PERFECT SITE TO IMPLEMENT COMPACT AND CONNECTED IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

NOW, IF, IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, WELL, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A TALLER BUILDING THERE? WE KNOW THAT THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T WANT AN 800 FOOT BUILDING NEXT TO THE CAPITOL, BUT I'D SUGGEST TO YOU THAT IF, IF WE CAN'T HAVE IT NEXT TO THE CAPITOL, THEN MAYBE A COUPLE BLOCKS DOWN THE ROAD WE COULD HAVE IT.

SO I, I CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THAT WE, WE KIND OF OPEN OUR MIND AND MAKE A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER AND SAY, IF WE WERE STARTING FROM SCRATCH, WHAT WOULD WE DO HERE? AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A GOOD CASE TO SUPPORT AN 800 FOOT BUILDING AND, AND CERTAINLY A MORE MODEST ONE IN 400 PLUS.

SO, UH, AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND PLEASE ACCEPT OUR ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.

THANK YOU .

HELLO COMMISSIONERS.

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I'M EXCITED TO RUN THROUGH THIS WITH YOU.

UM, HERE, NUMBER HERE.

UM, SO IF YOU COULD JUST GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO, UM, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE LOCATED, UM, YOU'LL SEE MORE OF LATER ON.

THIS IS A FULL BLOCK WITH KEEPING THE ALLEY, OF COURSE.

UM, WE ARE JUST SOUTH OF UT OF WEST CAMPUS.

WE ARE JUST SOUTHWEST OF UT ITSELF.

UM, WE'RE RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF JUDGES HILL AND, UM, AND THE CAPITAL COMPLEX NORTH CAPITAL COMPLEX.

UM, DOWNTOWN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM, SO THIS IS WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

UM, WE ARE, THIS IS A, IT'S BEEN A COMPLICATED PROCESS, UM, THAT YOURS IS THE LEAST COMPLICATED PIECE OF AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT, .

UM, BUT WE, WE HAVE A ZONING, WE HAVE A ZONING APPLICATION AS WELL, UH, THAT WE'RE REZONING THE TYPE 2D MU.

UM, THIS TENDS TO BE BONUS APPLICATION WOULD, WOULD THEN, UM, BE, UH, INTERACTING WITH THE DMU BASE DISTRICT.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE ON HERE THAT THE SITE IS SURROUNDED BY OTHER DMU IS OBVIOUSLY UNO ON THE NORTH, UM, UTAH NEARBY, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO NOW, NOW I MOVE ON TO OUR COMPLIANCE WITH THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS AS IT'S TODAY.

UM, WE ARE OF COURSE GONNA BE COMPLIANT WITH GREAT STREETS ON ALL FOUR SIDES.

UM, I'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE DETAILS OF THE SITE.

IT'S ACTUALLY SPLIT BETWEEN THE DENSITY BONUS AREA AND NOT DENSITY BONUS.

SO THE ONLY WAY THAT THE SITE WOULD GET GREAT STREETS ON A NON DENSITY BONUS SIDE IS BECAUSE THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS CONSIDERED A DENSITY BONUS PROJECT.

UM, ALSO IN ENERGY, UH, GREEN BUILDING, WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING FOR, WE'RE GONNA BE AIM FOR THE THREE STAR RATING, OBVIOUSLY COMPLIANCE WITH URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES, AND THEN, UH, THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

THINK WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM, SO THIS IS SOON, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOON TO BE IRRELEVANT, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, THIS AREA, NEXT SLIDE.

AND HERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT THE EASTERN SIDE AND THE WESTERN SIDE.

SO, SO WHILE THE PROJECT WILL BE TWO TOWERS ON THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, EACH TOWER, UH, IS SPLIT BETWEEN THE WESTERN SIDE, WHICH WOULD MAX OUT AT 120 FEET WHEN ZONING IS COMPLETE.

THEN THE EASTERN SIDE OF EACH OF THOSE TABS OF THE BLOCK IS WHERE THE TOWERS ARE.

GONNA SEE MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, SO HERE ARE ALL THOSE ADDRESSES AND THE LOT SIZES.

UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS KIND OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

UM, THE HEIGHT ON THE EASTERN TUBE PORTIONS WILL BE, UM, JUST OVER ABOUT 4 33, 4 35 ISH, AND JUST OVER, UM, 400 ON SOUTH TOWER.

UM, SO THE, INTERESTINGLY, THE, UM, FAR OVER THE ENTIRE SITE AVERAGES OUT TO 10 TO ONE, UM, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY 20 TO ONE ON THE EASTERN SIDE AND FIVE TO ONE ON THE WESTERN SIDE ABOUT THE SITE, PLEASE.

SO I'M GOING TO, UM, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A, WE HAD A VERY, UH, WE HAD A FANTASTIC WORKING GROUP MEETING.

WE GOT A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCORPORATE.

I'LL JUST, UM, GIVE YOU A SPOILER ALERT, WHICH IS THAT WE DID INCLUDE A POCKET PARK.

WE DID, UM, ADD ON TO OUR MEZZANINE, SOME OF THE MEZZANINE DESIGNS THAT WE HAD ADDED TO WHICH OF COURSE, UM, PARTICULARLY WITH THE TO TOPOGRAPHICAL CHANGE OF THE SITE REALLY HELPS A LOT WITH THAT HUMAN SCALE.

UM, AND WE'VE ELABORATED A BIT ON HOW OUR ALLEY WILL BE TREATED SO THAT IT FUNCTIONS BOTH AS AN ALLEY WITH BACK OF THE HOUSE ALL HER BACK OF THE HOUSE BACK THERE, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL FULL GREAT STREETS AND ALSO, UM, WILL BE, WILL SERVE AS A PEDESTRIAN CUT THROUGH EVEN HAVE SPACE FOR LOADING, UM, ON THE SIDES OF THE ALLEY.

SO WE REALLY HAVE CREATED, I THINK, A REALLY GREAT BLOCK LAYOUT OUT HERE.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, AND LET MY TEAM TALK ABOUT THE WORKING GROUP FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT.

GREAT.

I, I'LL JUST SAY REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE, UM, PASSING TO ALLEY ON JUSTIN SHORT WITH STG, UM, AND THE WORKING GROUP, UM, MEETING GAVE US THE SUGGESTION TO, UM, POTENTIALLY REROUTE THE PRIMARY SIDEWALK THROUGH THE ARCADE WE'RE SHOWING HERE ALONG RIO GRANDE AS A WAY OF AFFORDING ADDITIONAL SPACE, WHICH IS WHERE THE, THE IDEA OF THE POCKET PARK CAME FROM.

UM, SO THIS IS, UH, ROUGHLY 3,100 SQUARE FEET, UM, OF OPEN TO SKY AREA.

AND ONCE YOU ACCOUNT TOWARD THE, THE CURB TO BASIC BUILDING PLUS THE ADDITIONAL ARCADE, IT'S ROUGHLY, UM, 38 OR 39 FEET FROM THE CURB TO THE STOREFRONT OF SPACE.

AND I'LL ADD IT TO ELLIOT.

GREAT.

AND JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF.

I'M MEL DOLE WITH DAVE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.

UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US.

THE, THE NATURAL REACTION, I THINK, TO A POCKET PARK IN AN URBAN STREET SCAPE IS HOW ARE YOU GONNA MEET THE GREAT STREET STANDARDS THAT ARE TYPICALLY VERY LINEAR AND HAVE VERY, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC OFFSET REQUIREMENTS IN, UH, STREET SCAPE INGREDIENT REQUIREMENTS TO MEET.

SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT WHAT WE, WE DEEM AS A VERY MEANINGFUL POCKET PARK ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.

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UM, SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT WE'RE DOING FROM WEST TO EAST.

SO GOING FROM THE BACKUP CURVE AT RIO GRANDE TO THE BUILDING BASE, AS JUSTIN MENTIONED, IT'S ROUGHLY 38 FEET.

UM, BUT AT THAT BACKUP CURVE PORTION WHERE WE HAVE THE STREET TREE AND FURNITURE ZONE REQUIREMENT OF EIGHT FEET, WE'RE MEETING THAT AT A MINIMUM.

BUT THEN WE'RE PULLING THESE LANDSCAPE BEDS IN A CURB LINEAR FASHION, UH, AND BULB THEM OUT AS, AS WIDE IN CERTAIN AREAS AS 15 FEET.

AND THEN ON THE EDGES, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT, WE'RE TRYING TO LIFT THOSE USING NATURAL MATERIAL LIKE STONE SHOWN HERE TO ELEVATE THE VOLUME OF SOIL.

AND THEN WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO CREATE MICRO TOPOGRAPHY TO REALLY CREATE SOME MEANINGFUL, UM, ECOSYSTEMS WHERE WE CAN PULL IN LOTS OF PERENNIAL PLANTINGS, A VARIETY OF, UH, TREE OPTIONS IN HERE.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, ELEVATING THAT WHOLE PIECE ALONG THE BACK CURB, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT 110 LINEAR FEET OF THE 150 FEET TOTAL.

SO THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS TRULY BUFFERED BY A GREEN, UM, EDGE THAT IS NOT ONLY BOASTING A VARIETY OF PLANT MATERIAL, BUT IT'S ELEVATED IN ITS, UM, YOU KNOW, Z AXIS, IF YOU WILL, AT THE CENTER OF THE BLOCK.

THE LARGE CIRCULAR YOU SEE IS A 25 INCH EXISTING CEDAR ROUND THAT WE'RE GONNA PRESERVE AND WORK AROUND.

IT SITS PERFECTLY IN THAT CROSS SECTION.

UM, SO THOSE, THE STREET TREE AND FURNITURE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET AND EXCEEDED IN OUR OPINION THERE.

THE NEXT THING WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT IS THE 10 FOOT CLEAR ZONE.

AND WHAT WE'VE DONE TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT IS WE, WE'VE PULLED A SIX FOOT CLEAR CENTRAL WALKWAY, IF YOU WILL, THAT KIND OF MEANDERS AROUND ITS BEDS AT THE CENTER OF THE STREETSCAPE.

AND THEN WE'VE TAKEN THAT AND DIVIDED IT WITH ANOTHER FOUR FOOT PATHWAY THAT MOVES UNDERNEATH THE ARCADE.

SO YOU KINDA HAVE A CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU'RE ON THE STREETSCAPE TO MOVE DOWN THE MIDDLE WITH PLANTING ON YOUR LEFT, UH, OR MOVE TO THE RIGHT, UH, UNDERNEATH THE ARCHITECTURAL CANOPY.

EITHER ARE GONNA PROVIDE A PRETTY NICE MICROCLIMATE AS YOU'RE MOVING THROUGH THE SPACE.

UM, SO THEN AS WE GET TO THE FURTHER TO THE EAST, WE'VE GOT THE WIDE SUPPLEMENTAL ZONE THAT WILL INCLUDE A SERIES OF SITE FURNISHINGS, POTTED PLANTS, AND OTHER LANDSCAPE BEDS UNDER THE CANOPY, UH, AGAIN TO PROVIDE, UM, SHADE IN A COMFORTABLE WALKING ENVIRONMENT.

UH, IN TERMS OF THE OTHER INGREDIENTS, UH, BIKE, BIKE RACKS, UH, BENCHES AND SO FORTH, THEY'RE ALL MET PER THE STANDARD.

AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO TREES AND BENCHES, WE'RE TRYING TO EXCEED THOSE IN A, IN A TYPICAL GRAY TREES PROGRAM, THIS WOULD REQUIRE FIVE STREET TREES.

WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 30 TREES IN A VARIETY OF SIDES AND SPECIES WITHIN THESE LANDSCAPE BEDS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

UH, AND THEN FROM A BENCH PERSPECTIVE, TWO BENCHES WOULD BE REQUIRED ALONG THIS BLOCK, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 91 LINEAR FEET OF INTEGRATED BENCHES INTO THESE LANDSCAPE AREAS TO HELP PROVIDE MORE OF AN ADEQUATE AND ROBUST SEATING AREA FOR THIS PARK BIKE EXPERIENCE.

SO IF I COULD REAL QUICK ON THAT ONE, I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT, THIS IS ON, SO THIS DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A PLAZA BECAUSE IT'S NOT SQUARE ENOUGH.

UM, SO YOU, WHEN WE GET TO THE, WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE, WE'VE LEFT ALL THOSE AS NOT APPLICABLE, BUT I THINK CLEARLY YOU CAN SEE THAT THE GOAL HERE IS TO REALLY RECREATE A EXPERIENCE.

THERE'S AN IMAGE AND A COUPLE SLIDES FROM NOW WHERE YOU'LL SEE A KIND OF, UM, ILLUMINATED VIEW AT DUST.

SO AS LEAH MENTIONED THAT THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SITE IS, UM, SUCH THAT THERE'S A 10 TO 20 FOOT DIFFERENCE, UH, BETWEEN THE EAST SIDE OF OASIS AND THE WEST SIDE AT RIO GRAND STREET, UM, HERE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER AT NOIS AND MLK.

UM, WE WERE INITIALLY WORKING WITH AN ARCADE THAT WAS ROUGHLY 25 FEET HIGH.

UM, AND DURING OUR WORKING GROUP MEETING, COMMISSIONERS FELT IT WAS REALLY OUT OF SCALE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND WE OF, UH, SMALLER STOREFRONTS TO CONTRAST THE LARGER ARCHITECTURAL GESTURES ABOVE.

UM, AND WE TOTALLY AGREED.

SO TO, TO ADDRESS IT, WE'VE INCORPORATED IT AS AINE, UM, TO KIND OF SEPARATE OR DIVIDE THAT VERTICAL HEIGHT.

TWO, UM, IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO, UM, IT, IT'S TECHNICALLY WE'RE CONSIDERING A HOTEL MEZZANINE, BUT IT'S ACCESSIBLE FROM BELOW THROUGH THE OPEN STAIR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE IMAGE.

UM, OTHER COMMENTS WE RECEIVED WERE ABOUT, UH, KIND OF DIFFERENTIATING THE TWO ENTRIES.

UM, THERE'S A HOTEL LOBBY ADJACENT TO A CONDO LOBBY HERE, SO WE'VE RELOCATED THE HOTEL LOBBY ENTRANCE, THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE, UM, FURTHER AWAY FROM THE CORNER ON MLK.

UM, AND GIVEN THE CONDO ENTRANCE, UM, THE ARCADE ON OASIS, UM,

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IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO SEE, UM, THE INTERIORS THERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS, THE SCALE IS MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE, PEDESTRIANS, .

SO THIS WAS THE IMAGE, UM, YOU SAW BEFORE, BUT, UM, JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW IF THE EAST SIDE, UM, IS GIVEN THAT GREATER HEIGHT AT GROUND LEVEL WHEN YOU GET TO THE WEST SIDE, IT'S, UM, MUCH MORE KIND OF APPROPRIATELY SCALED TO, UM, THE PEDESTRIANS.

SO THIS IS PROBABLY 14 OR 15 FEET.

UM, AND, UH, WE'LL GET TO IT, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PLANS, I BELIEVE.

BUT WE'VE LOCATED ART SPACES, UM, WHICH COULD BE MUSEUMS, STUDIOS, GALLERIES ON THIS SIDE OF THE PROJECT AS A KIND OF PROGRAMMATIC BUFFER, UM, BETWEEN OUR PROJECT AND JUDGES HILL, UM, FOR KIND OF WIDER, MORE COMMUNITY FOCUSED KIND OF LEFT TRAFFIC ACTIVITY ON THIS SIDE SITE.

UH, NEXT SLIDE.

UM, SO WE'RE DEALING WITH A SIMILAR VERTICAL CHALLENGE.

UM, BUT HERE IN, IN LIEU OF KIND OF THE, THE HOTEL HOUSING THAT WE SHOWED THERE, THIS AFFORDED, UM, KIND OF A, A WIDER RETAIL MEZZANINE, UH, WHERE WE THINK WE CAN REALLY HAVE SOME KIND OF FUN WITH THAT SPACE.

UM, IN THE PROJECT, THE, UM, THE RESIDENTIAL LOBBY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE IMAGE IS KIND OF PULLED OUT UNDER THE BASE OF BUILDING, BUT ON THE RETAIL SIDE, WE DIDN'T NEED THE, UH, THE DOUBLE PIPE SPACE.

AND SO IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SHADED OUTDOOR AREA ON ONE SIDE OF THE .

THANKS, GLENN.

UM, ONE OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS WE RECEIVED WITH THE WORKING GROUP WAS WE PRESENTED THIS, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC ALLEY IS BEING RETAINED THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE.

IT'S LIKE A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROJECT, AND, UM, IT'S BEING DESIGNED TO SUPPORT, UM, OCCASIONAL ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 20 EVENTS LIKE, UH, FARMER'S MARKETS OR FIRST THURSDAY, UH, STYLE PROGRAMMING.

UM, AND ONE OF THE KINDS THAT CAME UP WAS THAT WE, UH, THE WORKING GROUP WANTED TO SEE IT, UM, WHEN IT WAS NOT FUNCTIONING AS A, UM, A FESTIVAL OR A SPECIAL EVENT, UM, FOR THE OTHER 340 SOME DAYS OF THE YEAR.

UM, SO THIS IMAGE SHOWS THE, YOU KNOW, ENTRY TO THE ALLEY AT OASIS.

AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS, UM, WHAT WE'RE RETURNING THE, WHAT WE'RE RETURNING BRICK AND THE MATERIALS FROM, UM, OASIS ON THE BUILDINGS INTO THE ALLEY.

UM, SO IT DOESN'T JUST ABRUPTLY TURN INTO BACK OF HOUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS STILL, THIS IS STILL BEING USED PRACTICALLY SPEAKING AS AN ALLEY OR SERVICES, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO READ THAT WAY.

UM, THE STOREFRONTS OF THE RETAIL AND ART SPACES ARE TURNING INTO THE ALLEY AS WELL FOR, YOU KNOW, 40 OR 50 FEET, SO THEY CAN OPEN UP ONTO THE ALLEY AND IT DOESN'T JUST FEEL LIKE A BACKSIDE.

UM, ANOTHER COMMENT WAS ABOUT THE, UM, HAVING IT READ LESS LIKE A ROAD AND READ MORE, UM, LIKE A CONTINUATION OF THE SIDEWALK AND IF ANYTHING, GIVING THE, UM, THE PAVING AND THE ALLEY KIND OF A DISTINCT FEATURE TO KIND OF CALL ATTENTION TO HOW IT'S SPECIAL AND THAT YOU CAN'T SEE IN THIS IMAGE.

BUT, UM, WE WILL TOUCH ON SUBSEQUENT, SUBSEQUENT SLIDES WITH, UH, THE LANDSCAPE IMAGES.

THINK THAT'S IT.

JUST CAN I ADD JUST A COUPLE POINTS, JUSTIN? UM, THE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS WE'LL TALK ABOUT LIGHTING HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT CAME UP.

AND YOU CAN START TO SEE THAT WE'RE SHOWING SOME FESTING LIGHTING THAT'S INTENDED TO MOVE THROUGHOUT THE ALLEY SO THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS OR ON ANY GIVEN DAY, IT'S AN INVITING SPACE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH AS A PEDESTRIAN.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE KIND OF PINCHED DOWN THE ROAD OF THE ALLEY, SO WE'VE ADDED SOME PLANT BEDS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS IMAGE HERE TO REALLY SHORTEN THAT VIEW SHED, UM, AND NOT MAKE IT FEEL LIKE SUCH A ROBUST, UM, YOU KNOW, BACK OF HOUSE ALLEY, IF YOU WILL.

AND THEN LASTLY, ANYWHERE WE'RE ON THE PROJECT WHERE WE HAVE AN INTERSECTION OF CURBS WHERE THE VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS ARE CONNECTING, UH, WE'RE WE'RE HAVING PEDESTRIAN PAVEMENT PROCEED OVER THE VEHICULAR SO THAT THEY ARE FAIRLY PERCEIVED AS THE PRIORITY IN THIS, UH, IN THIS BLOCK.

VIEW, BUT AT AT DUST THERE WERE SOME CONS ABOUT WANTING TO SEE LIGHTING.

AND SO HERE'S THE, UH, THAT SAME NORTHEAST CORNER

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AND SO WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE HERE SHOWING THE SUBSTANCES SOME ILLUMINATED SIGNAGE AS WELL, UM, LIGHTING UNDER THE CAN NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN AGAIN, THE LIGHTING COMMENT THAT CAME UP IN WORKING GROUP, UH, JUST ADDRESSING THAT AROUND THE SITE.

UM, AS JUSTIN JUST SHARED, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES ON THE BUILDING TO HELP ILLUMINATE THE SIDEWALKS, BUT WE'LL SEE IN SOME OF THE LATER SLIDES.

THE MAJORITY OF OUR, UH, STREET TREE AND FURNITURE ZONES ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE PLANTED.

SO THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOLLARDS TO SUPPORT THE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING AS WELL.

WE'LL HAVE THE AE REQUIRED COBRA HEADS FOR THE STREET LIGHTING.

THE POCKET PARK ITSELF WILL HAVE A SERIES OF BOLLARDS ELIMINATION COMING FROM THE, UH, ARCADE.

UM, AND THEN EACH OF THE TREES WITHIN THE STREETSCAPE WILL RECEIVE OUTLETS FOR, UH, SEASONAL, UM, FESTIVE LIGHTING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE, SIR.

SO FOR THE, UM, MATERIAL PALLETS FOR THE NORTH AND SOUTH TOWER, UH, THE NORTH TOWERS LARGELY CURTAIN WALL ABOVE, UM, AND, UH, WITH KIND OF DARKER, UH, TRIM AND THIN MATERIALS.

AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE, UM, THE PUBLIC REALM, UM, THERE'S CONTRASTING WOOD PLACE TILE BRICK, WHICH AS YOU'LL SEE IS, UM, SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT WITH THE SOUTH TOWER AS WELL.

UM, BUT IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THANK YOU.

UH, THE SOUTH TOWER, UH, HAS BRICK ON THE TOWER ABOVE, UM, AND STEEL CLOUDING.

UM, AND THEN TRANSITIONS TO CONTRASTING GLAZED TILE OF WOOD AT THE, IN THE PUBLIC REALM.

THERE IS AN IMAGE THERE FOR BOTH POWERS THAT SHOWS THAT SMALLER PAVING, UM, AND ELLIE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THAT'S, UM, KEN, TO WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING FOR THE POCKET PARK THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY EXIST AROUND THE ENTIRE FRAME, RIGHT? YEAH, WE WOULD IMAGINE THE PAVING IN THE POCKET PARK BEING SPECIAL AND UNIQUE TO THE REST OF THE BLOCK.

POCKET PART, YOU CAN SEE THE LANDSCAPING THAT GOES WITH IT, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT, UM, THAT THE FACADE IS PULLED BACK A LITTLE BIT.

SO HERE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STACKING DIAGRAMS THAT WERE REQUESTED.

SPECIFICALLY YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THE SOUTH TOWER IS THE BLUE.

IT'S PRIMARILY GONNA BE RENTAL WITH VIRTUAL RETAIL.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NORTH TOWER IS A MIX OF FOR SALE, CONDOS AND HOTEL OVER THE RETAIL.

AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT, SORT OF A ZOOMED IN ON THOSE, UH, TO SHOW THE LOWER FLOOR.

SO A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY, WE'LL HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE FROM THE TECHNICAL SIDE.

UM, AND THEN THE NEXT, THE NEXT ONE.

SO HERE YOU HAVE AGAIN, EAST FROM THE EAST ELEVATION.

AND ONE MORE.

SO THESE ARE HELPFUL BECAUSE WHAT I, WHAT I, WHAT WE WANT YOU TO SEE HERE IS, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS FROM THE NORTH, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE, UM, JUDGES HILL SIDE, WE'RE KEEPING THE 120 FEET.

THIS IS KIND OF GOES TO THE FBR WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE TOWER OF BOTH TOWERS ARE PUSHED OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE, UM, BOTH FOR THE DENSITY BONUS AND ALSO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE, SORT OF THE STEPPING DOWN.

THERE'S EVEN SOME MORE, UM, SOME MORE DETAIL TO THOSE STEPS.

YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, NICOLE, HERE WE HAVE AGAIN FROM THE WEST.

AND THEN GO ONE MORE.

UM, YOU CAN SEE AGAIN SORT OF THAT GRADUAL STEP DOWN.

UM, AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE, THE TOPOGRAPHY CHANGE HERE.

UM, TO ADD ANYTHING TO THOSE, ONLY THAT, UM, THE CAME OUT DURING WORK GROUP.

UM, THE QUESTION OF, UH, BIRD FRIENDLY DESIGN STRATEGIES AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THE REPORT AND, UM, AND, AND KIND OF THE SPIRIT OF THE REPORT AND WOULD INTEND TO, UM, IMPLEMENT BOTH THE KIND OF SAFER BIRD FRIENDLY MATERIALS UP TO A HUNDRED FEET.

IN ADDITION TO THE, UM, KIND OF THE DARK SKY LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS, I THINK ON THIS TOWER IN PARTICULAR, THIS IS THE SOUTH TOWER, SO IT'S, UM, IT'S LESS AFFECTED I BELIEVE.

UM, BUT ON THE, THE NORTH TOWER, WHICH WAS ONE OR TWO SLIDES AGO, IT WOULD IMPACT THOSE FIRST TWO KIND OF CONFERENCE LEVELS OF HOTEL.

UM, SO THERE'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO KIND OF IMPLEMENT SOME STRATEGIES OF THE GLASS.

UM, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IN THE RENDERINGS THAT YOU WILL SEE SLIDES FROM NOW, UM, THEY READ AS VERY CLEAR GLASS VOLUMES.

SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S, IT COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO HERE AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS IS A HELPFUL SLIDE TO SHOW, UM, THE WAY THE USES ARE LAID OUT ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE AGAIN ON THAT SOUTHWEST CORNER, YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE THE

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UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL THAT PINK IS THE ART SPACE.

SO WE REALLY TRIED TO PUT THE SORT OF LOWER INTENSITY USES ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE SITE, UM, INCLUDING THE BUFFERING FROM THE POCKET PARK.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE SORT OF PEACH COLORED USES THAT ARE ALONG MLK AND ALONG, UM, NEW ACS ARE THE HEAVY SORT OF THE MORE LIKE HEAVIER FOOT TRAFFIC, KIND OF MORE COMMERCIAL, MORE ACTIVE USES.

AND SO WE PUT THOSE, UM, ORIENTED AWAY AGAIN FROM JUDGES HILL.

UM, AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE HERE THAT, UM, IN THAT ALLEY IT IS A REGULAR 20 FOOT WIDE ALLEY, BUT WE HAVE PULLED THE BUILDING BACK FROM EITHER SIDE.

I GUESS THIS IS WHAT YOU GOT WHEN YOU HAVE A FULL, FULL ACTUAL BLOCK TO DEVELOP SO THAT WE HAVE THE SPACE IN THERE TO MAKE IT SERVE THE PURPOSES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BOTH AS A PEDESTRIAN CUT THROUGH AND AS A LIKE, DESIGNED FOR PEDESTRIAN USE AND ACTIVITIES.

AND THEN ALSO SERVE AS BACK OF HOUSE AND FUNCTION IN THAT WAY TOO.

SO WE HAVE, UM, NICE COMPLETE STREET SCAPES AND MAY, MAY I ADD THAT A COMMENT CAME DURING WORKING GROUP ABOUT THE, UM, THE OTHER SPACES READING, READING REALLY LARGE, UM, AND, AND QUESTIONS OF EQUITY.

AND WE WANTED TO, UM, WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE SPACES ARE, BUT WE WANTED TO DEMONSTRATE IN THE PLAN WITH THOSE DASH LINES THAT THEY COULD BE SUBDIVIDED IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS INTO SMALLER SPACES, UM, AS OPPOSED TO BEING THE FOUR, 5,000 SQUARE FOOT SPACES SHOWN CORRECTLY.

GREAT.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT, SO THEN YOU CAN SEE KIND OF WHERE THOSE COULD BE BROKEN UP.

THERE IS THAT HALLWAY IN THE BACK IF WE WANTED TO HAVE AN ENTRY FROM THAT, THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE WE TALKED ABOUT.

IF WE WANTED TO HAVE AN ENTRY TO SOME OF THOSE SMALLER SPACES, UM, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

UM, THE ONLY RETAILER WE DO KNOW IS GONNA BE TO STREETS 'CAUSE WE'RE REOPENING THEM.

UM, AND THEN IF YOU GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THOSE LOBBY SPACES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

UM, AND THEN IF YOU GO NEXT TO, YEAH, YOU SEE AGAIN NORTH, EAST AND SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST THERE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE.

UM, AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS CIRCULATION.

UM, SORRY, ONE MORE.

AND SO I'M HOPING THIS IS HELPFUL.

SO THIS, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP IN THE WORKING GROUP MEETING ABOUT, UM, ABOUT DIFFERENT USERS, BIKE LANES, LIKE WHERE THERE'S ON STREET PARKING, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE INCLUDED THIS TO TRY TO SHOW, UM, WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS POINTS ARE, WHERE THE DOORS ARE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WHERE THE MAIN DOORS WERE PLANNED TO BE.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT WHERE THE BIKE LANES ARE ON EITHER SIDE, UM, ON RIO GRANDE AND OASIS, YOU CAN KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF HOW DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLES AND USERS WOULD, WOULD USE THE SITE AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

YEAH, THAT'S HELPFUL.

UM, FROM WHAT I WAS DESCRIBING EARLIER ON THE POCKET MARK, HOW WE'RE MEETING AND OR EXCEEDING THE CIRCULATION REQUIREMENTS OF GREAT STREETS BY PEELING OFF, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PATHWAYS THAT END THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE.

IF YOU WANNA READ THE NEXT ONE, WE CAN.

GOING A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT GRAY STATE.

YEAH, SO JUMPING IN, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF MOVE AROUND THE, THE PROJECTS, BUT ON THIS NORTHWEST CORNER, THESE EXHIBITS ARE REALLY INTENDED TO SHOW HOW THE ALLEY, WHICH SERVES ALL OF OUR GRAY STREET NECESSARY EVILS, UH, ALLOWS US TO HAVE THESE REALLY CONSISTENT, UM, GRAY STREET MEETING STANDARD STREET SCAPES.

SO ON, UH, RIO BRAND HERE IN THIS SECTION, WE'VE GOT SIX CONTINUOUS, UH, STREET TREES.

THE ADEQUATE SIDEWALK ADJACENT WE'RE, UM, TRYING TO PROVIDE AS MUCH LANDSCAPE BUFFER ON THESE EDGES.

SO THE EIGHT EIGHT FOOT STREET TREE AND FURNITURE ZONE WHERE THIS ONE IS, IS PREDOMINANTLY LANDSCAPE AS WELL TO PROVIDE A GREEN BUFFER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AS YOU TURN THE CORNER AND HEAD DOWN MLK, WE'VE GOT A CONTINUOUS ROW OF 12 STREET TREES ALONG THAT FRONTAGE.

UM, WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP PLANTING ABOUT 230 LINEAR FEET OF LANDSCAPE ON THAT EDGE AS WELL.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE BUSIEST ROAD IN THE, IN THE PROJECT.

SO THAT'S GONNA REALLY HELP THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE, UM, FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE PROTECTED IN THAT WALKWAY.

WE ALSO GET A NICE SUPPLEMENTAL ZONE BETWEEN THE, UH, CLEAR ZONE AND THE, AND THE BUILDING ITSELF FOR FURNISHINGS AND PLANTING AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN YOU CAN START TO SEE THE ALLEY SHOWN IN, I BELIEVE IN THE WORKING GROUP, THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT POTENTIALLY MAKING THAT, UH, INTERESTING FROM ABOVE.

UH, AND THEN FINISHING OFF THE BLOCK, UM, SAME CONDITIONS, THE STREET TREES CONTINUE TO THE INTERSECTION AND THEN WE TURN THE CORNER HEADED DOWN OASIS, UM, WHERE WE END UP WITH A WIDER CROSS-SECTION, GETTING A LARGER SUPPLEMENTAL ZONE AGAINST THE BUILDING THAT'S HELPING.

THAT IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE DROP OFF OR THE CONDO LOBBY IS.

SO WHILE THAT CARS ARE PULLING INTO THAT CROSS SECTION, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF OFFSET THAT A LITTLE BIT BY BILL PEELING THE BUILDING BACK AND HAVING SOME PEDESTRIAN SPACE OUTDOORS UNDER THE CANOPY OF THE BUILDING.

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MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE A EARLY MARKS PATTERN, WHICH MANAGED TO FIND ITS WAY IN THE IMAGE EARLIER ON.

JEFF SPECS, UM, FLYER, UH, WHILE WE DIDN'T TAKE THAT, UH, LITERALLY WE DID, UH, PROPOSE A CONCEPT THAT WOULD BE INSPIRED FROM THE HILL COUNTRY TOPOGRAPHY AND CREATE SOME TYPE OF INTERESTING PATTERNS IN THAT PAVEMENT THAT WHEN LOOKING DOWN WOULD BE OF INTEREST.

AND, AND WHEN YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH, IT WOULD FEEL A LOT LESS LIKE AN ALLEY.

UM, WHILE WE'LL CERTAINLY GET INTO THE MATERIALS AT A LATER DATE, WE'RE IMAGINING THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE A INTEGRAL COLORED CONCRETE OR SOMETHING DARKER SO THAT THE, THE REALITIES OF IT BEING A FUNCTIONING ALLEY WITH A LOT OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC TURNING AND DROP OFFS AND SO FORTH, THOSE WEAR AND TEAR WOULD BE, UH, MITIGATED THROUGH MATERIAL CHOICE.

UH, MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THEN COMPLETING THAT BLOCK AGAIN, CONTINUOUS ROW OF STREET TREES ALONG THAT EDGE.

THEN WE TURN THE CORNER, UH, TO GO DOWN 18TH, WE THEN FIND OURSELVES AGAIN WITH THE DROP OFF FOR THE HOTEL.

AND THEN ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT LOBBY, WE'VE GOT A NICE DEEP, I THINK WE'RE 15 FEET WIDE THERE, UH, FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL ZONE UNDER CANOPY FOR MORE, UH, FURNISHINGS, PLANTINGS AND ACTIVATED EDGES ALONG THE SECTION.

AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THE LAST PORTION AGAIN SHOWS HOW THAT CONTINUES AND THEN TIES INTO THE POCKET PARK AT THE INTERSECTION, UH, OF RIO GRANDE.

UH, ONE THING TO NOTE TOO, IF YOU SAW THOSE ELEVATIONS, WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF GRAY CHANGE ALONG THE SOUTH FRONTAGE WHERE WE HAVE THE POCKET PARK, UH, IN THAT CORNER, UM, ALONG 18TH STREET, WE'RE ABLE TO USE THOSE LARGE PLANT BEDS TO MITIGATE BOTH STAIRS AND A RAMP, UH, TO MAKE UP THOSE GRAY CHANGES SO THAT YOU'RE MOVING DOWN THAT EFFICIENTLY, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH SORT OR A, A CHALLENGE FOR THE PEDESTRIAN TO MOVE THROUGH.

AND THEN THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE RENDERED VERSIONS SHOWING THE FULL NORTHERN BLOCK, UM, AND AGAIN, JUST ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH PLANTING WE'RE ABLE TO GET ON OUR EDGES TO REALLY SOFTEN THE STREETSCAPE EXPERIENCE.

SAME THING HERE.

UH, AGAIN, SHOWING THE POCKET PARK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN ILLUSTRATIVE FASHION.

AND THIS IS ONE, TRYING TO SHOW IT, UH, ACTIVATED ADDING BARS, ADDING PEDESTRIANS, UH, IMAGINING, YOU KNOW, EVENTS HAPPENING, UM, IN THESE EDGES AND ART SPACES AND SO FORTH.

NEXT SLIDE, THAT'S SAME ON SOUND BLOCK.

AND THEN NEXT SLIDE.

UH, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO ARTICULATE HOW WELL THIS COULD FUNCTION IN ONE OF THOSE ACTIVATED EVENTS.

SO THIS IS SHOWING, UH, THE POTENTIAL OF A FARMER'S MARKET AND HOW IT, YOU KNOW, FITS IN THERE NICELY.

UM, COULD BE HIGHLY ACTIVATED, BLENDS INTO THE EDGES.

UM, AND THEN FLIP OVER TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

A, YOU KNOW, CONCEPTUAL RENDERING OF, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY AUSTIN'S, UH, NEW STANDARD FOR ACTIVATING ALLEYS, , UH, THOSE IN THE WORKING GROUP, YOU'LL ACTUALLY, WE, WE HEARD YOUR COMMENTS.

WE ACTUALLY DUMB THIS DOWN IF YOU COULD BELIEVE IT.

, UH, IT A GET FREEZE THAT WE WERE OVERLY GENEROUSLY SHOWING.

UM, BUT WE THINK THIS HAS SUCH GREAT POTENTIAL, UM, TO REALLY BE AN ACTIVE PUBLIC SPACE.

SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER.

AND THEN JUST A COUPLE MORE IF YOU WANNA GO FORWARD.

WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE FULL BUILDING FULL BLOCK SHOTS HERE IN FROM THE NORTH, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE, IT'S FROM THE SOUTH, WE CAN SEE EACH TOWER.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

IT GETS A LOT LESS EXCITING HERE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW FOR THE AUSTIN ENERGY GREEN BUILDING, THREE STAR RATING.

UM, AND THEN ONE MORE SHOWS THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

SO WE ARE TALKING RIGHT NOW, WE JUST DID JUST USING THREE STAR GREEN BUILDING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEE AND L UM, WE ARE PLANNING TO DO SOME PORTION OF THE HOUSING ON SITE, BUT JUST FOR THIS PURPOSE WE DID FULL FEE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S THREE POINT OVER $3.3 MILLION IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEE.

AND THOUGH THEN WITH THAT WE'LL MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK.

GOOD.

WELL THANK YOU ALL THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

NOW THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE IF WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION BEFORE WE GET INTO DISCUSSION.

UM, THE COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS PROJECT COMPLIES WITH THE, UH, DESIGN GUIDELINES OR SECOND.

SECONDED.

UH, ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM BEING COMMISSIONERS?

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NO.

COMMISSIONER DU THERE IS A, UM, FIRE STATION BY, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GIVES INFORMATION .

SO ANY COMMENTS ABOUT TRAFFIC IMPACT OR ANYTHING FOR STATEMENT? UM, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED COMMENT.

WE DON'T HAVE A SITE PLAN IN REVIEW RIGHT NOW, SO WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED DETAILED COMMENTS, BUT WE DID DO A ZONING TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS, SO WE DID GET AN APPROVED MEMO OF THIS THE OTHER DAY.

SO, UM, OBVIOUS WE'RE PAYING SIGNIFICANT CERTAIN IMPACTING FEES, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY CONCERNS.

UH, ONE MORE.

ACTUALLY I HAD THREE, BUT ONE WAS ALONG THE ANSWER.

THE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE BURN, YOU KNOW.

THERE INTENT GLASS TRY TO SKY THAT OR TRY TO SUSPEND ILLUSION FURTHER.

THAT'S PAGE.

UM, THE ONE I HAD WAS ABOUT THE ALLEY BAY AND ABOUT THE PE LIFE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE BE ANY OTHER LIGHTING IN THE ALLEY BAY OR THAT ROOM, I THINK YES.

I THINK THERE WOULD NEED TO BE.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? UM, WELL, WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE THE ROOM TO PROVIDE THOSE, AND THEN I WOULD IMAGINE WE'D HAVE SOME EMERGENCY RES ON THE BUILDING PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LIGHTING.

UM, AND WE'LL LOOK IF THERE'S ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE, BECAUSE OF THE, THE ADDITIONAL WIDTH OF IT, UM, PROVIDING MORE SAFETY LIGHTING THAT SURE.

CAROL, THANK YOU CHAIR.

UH, I FEEL LIKE I COULD TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR, FOR A LONG TIME.

UM, I, MY OFFICE IS A FEW BLOCKS SOUTH FROM HERE, AND I, I WALK THIS WALK RIO GRANDE IN THIS AREA QUITE A BIT.

AND HONESTLY, THE ONLY THING NICE ABOUT IT IS IT'S A TWO-WAY STREET.

UH, IT'S A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

THIS CORNER IN PARTICULAR IS A WORLD.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, SEEING, SEEING THE SITE PLAN, SEEING THE LANDSCAPING, UH, THAT, THAT LOOKS WONDERFUL.

UH, THAT THE ONLY THING THAT, UM, MAYBE IS NEGATIVE TO ME IS THAT THE STUPID BOUNDARY STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SITE.

MM-HMM .

AND IT DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY TO RIO GRANDE.

UH, YOU KNOW, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE BOUNDARIES BONUS PROGRAM, BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE REALLY NICE THINGS THAT I SAW BESIDES THE LANDSCAPING WAS JUST THE, UH, THE CURB CUTS FOR LACK THEREOF, ESPECIALLY ON MLK.

AND, AND THE GRAND, UM, USE THE ALLEY TO, TO ACCESS THE BUILDING.

UH, THAT'S FANTASTIC.

AND, AND EVEN, UH, IT, IT'S A LITTLE THING, BUT ON THE 18TH STREET YOU DRIVE INTO THE GARAGE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BUILDING IS PULLED BACK A BIT THERE.

SO, SO AN EXITING VEHICLE DOESN'T IMMEDIATELY HIT DISCIPLE.

RIGHT.

AND THERE'S A CONFLICT LIKE PEDESTRIANS RIGHT THERE, SO THAT'S FANTASTIC.

BUT THERE'S A LITTLE BUFFER THERE FOR BISHOPS THAT A DRIVER CAN SEE, PEDESTRIAN BEDROOM CAN SEE THE VEHICLE.

UH, SO OVERALL IT'S JUST A GREAT JOB.

SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GIL CHAT.

UM, I AGREE WITH .

IT'S A GREAT PROJECT I'S PART OF THE WORKING GROUP, SO THEY VERY MUCH APPRECIATE UPDATES, KNOW TO REPRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT.

THEN ALSO HEIGHTS AND SOME OF CAN ONE POINT TEXTURE LIGHTING TO LOT CONVERSATION AND ADDRESS THEM ALL VERY WELL.

UM, I, I ALSO LIKE TO COMMENT IN ADDITION, UM, ON HOW SOLVING SCALE OF ON AND NOT, NOT JUST IN ADJUSTMENT TO YOUR FACADE MATERIAL FROM, UM, JAMES IN THE BOTTOM THERE, BUT SHOOT MATERIALS, THE BRICK UNITIZED MATERIAL ON THAT SIDE, HUMAN SCALE.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES FALL FOR HUMAN SCALE MATERIALS, HUMAN SCALE ARCHITECTURE AND SOLVES TO PEDESTRIANS MOVING THROUGH.

I THINK THE CREATED ON THAT SIDE.

UM, CORNER'S FANTASTIC.

IS A PURCHASE AND CONNECTS TO ADJACENT .

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

THIS IS MORE FOR GENERAL, MORE CURIOSITY.

UM, BUT GLAZING THAT'S ABOVE THAT IS LOOKING AT FROM PARKING, RIGHT? UM, AND IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST ATTRACTIVE LOOKING PARKING GARAGE I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE.

BUT BEHIND THERE THAT WOULD BE PARKING LIGHTING, RIGHT? SO THAT'S SOMEHOW WELL DISTORTED ILLUSION TO A DEGREE.

SO I'M CURIOUS IF

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HAS THAT BEEN THOUGHT? YES AND NO.

I, I THINK WE WILL STILL, IT STILL NEEDS TO BE FIGURED OUT, BUT IT, AND I THINK THAT WILL BE A REALLY INTERESTING CHALLENGE BECAUSE I MEAN, AS YOU SAW, THE GOAL IS TO CREATE THE SENSE THAT PARKING GARAGE IS A CONTINUATION OF THE TOWER, THE SIDE ABOVE.

UM, BUT THAT PRESENTS ITS OWN CHALLENGES ONCE YOU HAVE THE GLAZING IN FRONT OF CARS THAT ARE PARKING.

SO THE LIGHTING WITHIN THE GARAGE, WE HAD NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO, UM, BEFORE THE PROJECT.

YEAH, IT STRIKES ME AS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST MOMENTS TO .

I'M NOT A FAN OF THAT ALL FIGHTING I PART, I'M ALL FOR IT.

JUST MY LAST COMMENT IS ON, ON THE ING THEY ALL, ALL AROUND SEE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF MATERIAL CHOICES, BUT I THE COLUMN TEND TO WRAPPED WITH PUTTING KIDS OR IT'S CONCRETE, BUT WHATEVER, JUST ENCOURAGE THE SAME PROBLEM THAT MATERIAL COMING DOWN THIS LARGE HOMES ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD SIDE ON THE SOUTH TOWER.

RIGHT? AGREED.

DEFINITELY CAN I REMEMBER A WORKING GROUP, IT WAS ALSO A CONTINUATION OF THE, THE TOWER BOW, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS LARGER PRECAST MATERIAL AND IT FELT REALLY HEAVY AND MONOLITHIC.

AND SO PART OF TRYING TO BREAK UP THE PUBLIC REALM AND KIND OF AFFECT THE SCALE AND DIVERSIFY THE MATERIALS, UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE JUST SHOWING CONCRETE ON THE SOUTH SIDE AROUND CONCRETE COLUMNS.

UM, BUT YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT.

WE SHOULD PUT A LITTLE MORE THOUGHT TO IT LIKE WE DID ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE WE CREATE A BRICK AND STRUNG TOWARDS THE BASE THAT, THAT HOW THAT TRANSITIONS ON THE NORTH SIDE.

UM, YEAH, THOSE ON COMMENTS.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WITCHCRAFT.

DID YOU HEAR YOUR HAND? THANK YOU CHAIR.

UM, JUST OUR FIRST, A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANTS HERE.

IF THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAD NOT, UM, ABOLISHED PARKING MINIMUMS, WOULD THERE BE MORE PARKING IN THIS PROJECT? DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT? IF THEY HAD NOT ABOLISHED PARKING MINIMUMS. OKAY.

HE DID DO THE PACKAGE.

I DON'T, I, HE CAN SEND IT TO YOU.

I KNOW THAT'S NOT HELPFUL FOR THIS, BUT WE CAN SEND IT TO YOU.

I DON'T THINK WE EVEN DID THE MS. BOJO.

DON'T DON'T, DON'T BOTHER SENDING IT TO ME.

I JUST, I I LOOKING AT THE, UH, THANK YOU THOUGH.

UM, LOOKING AT THE, I JUST, I'M STRUCK BY THE PROPORTION OF THE PARK PARKING PLANTS COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE BUILDING, AND IT SEEMS REALLY GOOD AND I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED THAT I, I HOPE THAT THAT'S EVIDENCE THAT THE CITY'S POLICY IS WORKING.

IF NOT, THAT'S THEN IT'S EVIDENCE THAT THE DESIGN IS WORKING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT.

UM, APPRECIATED Y'ALL ADDING THAT, UM, THAT, THAT SECTIONAL DIAGRAM OF THE BUILDING USES.

UM, CHAIR, THIS IS, UM, I THINK THE MOST FUN I HAVE ON THE COMMISSION IS WHEN WE HAVE, UH, AN, AN ENGAGING DIALOGUE WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH A DESIGN MINDED APPLICANT THAT IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE SAME OBJECTIVES WE ARE.

AND THIS WAS A REALLY FUN ONE TO BE ON THE WORKING GROUP BECAUSE WE DID HAVE THAT DIALOGUE AND THE APPLICANT HAS RESPONDED, UM, SUPERBLY TO THAT.

I REALLY LOVE SOME OF THESE CHANGES.

YOU'VE BOTH BEEN ABLE TO ARTICULATE, UM, THINGS THAT WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, WERE MAYBE NOT AS CLEAR IN THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION.

I LOVE THIS, THIS POCKET PARK, THIS SORT OF INTENTIONAL BREAK FROM GREAT STREETS THAT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, COUNTERINTUITIVELY STRENGTHENS GREAT STREETS.

I THINK THAT WAS REALLY NEAT.

I LOVE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE WITH THE ALLEY TREATMENTS, BEING ABLE TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE PLANTING INTO THE EDGES BY PULLING THE BUILDING OFF.

UM, THAT ARCADE, UH, SCALING AS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU, YOU HAVE THAT BIG ARCHITECTURAL MOMENT, BUT ALSO YOU'RE DESIGNING FOR, YOU KNOW, HUMAN BEING SIZED PEOPLE.

AND I JUST REALLY LIKE THAT.

UH, MY, MY ONLY FEEDBACK ON THIS AS YOU CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IT, IS I LOVE SOME OF THE ARTICULATION OF THE GROUND FLOOR BUILDING FACADE THAT I SEE KINDA ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE, THE, AT THE RETAIL ENTRANCE AND PLACES AND, AND PERHAPS SOME OF THE WESTERN FACADE GROUND FLOOR COULD BENEFIT FROM A LITTLE OF THAT ARTICULATION.

I KNOW THAT COMES WITH A COST.

UM, BUT THIS IS, UH, IN MY OPINION, A A WILDLY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT AND IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN TO, TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WITH YOU GUYS.

I JUST MADE MY COMMENT, I AGREE WHAT EVERYBODY WAS SAYING AS FAR AS CREATING THAT POCKET PARK AND PULLING, BUILDING AWAY FROM THE STREET, UM, AND THEN THE PRODUCTION OF THE CURB CUTS.

ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM,

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UM, THE, THE QUESTION I HAD IS ON THAT PUBLIC ALLEY, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY OF IT ACTUALLY TURNING INTO SOMETHING LIKE, LIKE THAT, UM, FARMER'S MARKET, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

YOU KNOW, THE RENDERING SHOWED A LOT OF WINDOWS ON THAT SIDE, AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT ART SPACE.

UM, BUT I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT WOULD REALLY WORK, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, THAT IT'S HERE.

UM, ESPECIALLY WITH ONE OF THE PARKING GARAGES GOING AND ON THAT WEST SIDE.

UH, BUT YEAH, OVERALL THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT.

UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, ARE WE READY TO TAKE VOTE? UH, THE MOTION THAT THIS PROJECT RELIES WITH THE DRIVEN SIDE OF GUIDELINES, UH, ALL IN FAVOR TO BE OPPOSED, UNANIMOUS, WILL GIVE YOU GUYS RECOGNITION.

THANK, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

WE CAN GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER.

AGREED.

IT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM.

UM, AND THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM THAT WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HOWARD AND COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION AND DESIGN MISSION STRATEGY, PRIORITIZING URBAN DESIGN IN THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, UH, PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UH, COMMISSIONER WI COMMISSIONER HOWARD ISN'T HERE.

UM, YOU WANNA READ THAT SCHEDULE? SOMETHING WE WANT TO TAKE NEXT TIME ON? UH, CHAIR.

I, UH, I, I SUPPORTED COMMISSIONER HOWARD IN THE MAKING IN THE, ADDING THIS TO THE AGENDA.

I AM ILL PREPARED TO ADVANCE IT ON MY OWN WITHOUT HIM.

UM, AND WOULD, WOULD, UH, UH, BE HAPPY TO POSTPONE THIS CONVERSATION TO A LATER DATE.

IF WE POSTPONE, WE NEED VOTE.

JUST, UM, SO YEAH, MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

SO IF YOU MAKE THE MOTION, I'LL MAKE THE SECOND, UH, I'LL MOVE TO POSTPONE, UM, UH, TO A FUTURE.

TO A FUTURE DATE.

HELPS SECOND THAT MOTION.

SURE.

PERMIT YOU NEED A SPECIFIC DATE? IT'D BE EASIER BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE AN UPCOMING MEETING AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.

IT'S A SPECIAL CALL.

SO WE CAN MOVE IT TO THEM.

SO TO MOVE IT TO OUR NEXT SCHEDULED COMMISSION MEETING, MR. , UH, CHAIR, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING, BUT I, I, IF, IF I'M HAPPY TO, TO PUT THAT TO THE AGENDA AND IF NEEDED WE CAN POSTPONE IT AGAIN, THAT WAY YOU GUYS CAN CARRY ON.

OF DISCUSSION AND FOR ACTION IS TO APPROVE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE THE DESIGN COMMISSION AS AN EFFICIENT STAKEHOLDER IN THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM UPDATE PROCESS.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

SO I, I'LL SECOND THAT, THAT WE, UH, MOVE IT TO OUR NEXT SCHEDULE COMMISSION MEETING.

UM, ALL IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT, UNANIM.

SO OUR LAST ITEM

[6. Approve a recommendation to City Council to recognize the Design Commission as an official stakeholder in the Density Bonus Program update process and recommend that the Design Commission and Staff advance council-requested updates to the Urban Design Guidelines. Sponsors: Commissioners Aradhyula and Wittstruck.]

I RECOMMEND THAT THE DESIGN COMMISSION AND STAFF ADVANCE COUNCIL REQUESTED UPDATES TO THEIR DESIGN GUIDELINES.

UH, IN OUR BACKUP, WE HAVE DRAFT OF THAT RECOMMENDATION, HOPING EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT, UM, AND GIVE US THOUGHT.

AND COMMISSIONER WIRA, UM, AND COMMISSIONER ARULA SPONSORS, UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO KICK THIS ONE OFF? UH, THANK YOU CHAIR.

UH, I THINK, UM, JUST AS A POINT OF ORDER, WE ARE, UM, UH, SCHEDULED FOR ACTION ON THIS ITEM.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

UH, IN THAT CASE, UH, I WOULD OPEN THE DISCUSSION BY MOVING THAT WE APPROVE THE SENDING OF THE DRAFT LETTER TO CITY COUNCIL.

MEL, COMMISSIONER CUR, COMMISSIONER CARROLL SECOND.

UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY COMMISSIONERS? UH, COMMISSIONER CHAIR? I AM, I'M HAPPY.

I THINK THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE, UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAS READ IT.

I'M, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO EXPAND AS NEEDED ON ANY ITEMS, BUT I WASN'T PLANNING ON READING THE, UM, UH, THE DRAFT ALOUD.

I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, FEEDBACK I GOT FROM COMMISSIONER CARROLL, UH, TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL WHEREAS, AND TO CORRECT A NUMBER OF MISSING ANDS IN THE FORMAT, UM, AND TO CHANGE SOME LANGUAGE IN THE NOW THE THEREFORE BE, UM,

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RESOLVED.

UH, IF I COULD READ THOSE OUT, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD.

UM, FOLLOWING THE FOURTH, WHEREAS REGARDING RESOLUTION 2021, I WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL WHEREAS, UH, CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER TWENTY TEN EIGHT NINETEEN DASH 0 3 5 DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER AND DESIGN COMMISSION TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DESIGN GUIDELINES, GUIDELINES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHICH THE UPDATE TO THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES ALSO SOUGHT TO ADDRESS.

AND, UH, I, I WOULD OFFER THAT AS I, AS, AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE DRAFT.

UM, THE ANDS I THINK ARE, YOU KNOW, CLERICAL, UM, BUT THE FOURTH WHEREAS WAS MISSING ITS AND THE SIXTH WHEREAS, AND THE SEVENTH, WHEREAS, UM, AND FINALLY I WOULD, UM, TAKE AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT COMMISSIONER CARROLL'S RECOMMENDATION TO STRIKE, UH, THE WORD ENCOURAGES, UM, IN THE NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, UM, AND CHANGE THAT TO NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE DESIGN COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZE THE DESIGN COMMISSION.

UM, AND ON THE SECOND, THE SAME CHANGE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE DESIGN COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL REAFFIRM THE IMPORTANCE.

COMMISSIONER CARROLL SHOULD ACCEPT THESE LIMITS.

MY COMMENTS.

SO ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS RECOMMENDATION, COURTNEY? SURE.

IF I MAY.

YES, THERE'S AN ERROR ON THE, UM, THE LAST WERE ASKED BEFORE THE RESOLVED.

IT STATES WHEREAS THE DESIGN COMMISSION WAS INFORMED BY STAFF AT ITS DECEMBER, 2025 MEETING THAT THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDANCE UPDATE WAS BEING PLACED ON INDEFINITE ROLE THROUGHOUT AND POTENTIALLY FOLLOWING THE CITY'S DESIGN BONUSES.

UPDATE PROJECT IS INCORRECT.

THE STAFF'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE UPDATE IS TEMPORARILY ON HOLD THROUGH THE ACTION OF THE COUNCIL OF PHASE ONE.

SO THIS STATEMENT IS INCORRECT TEMPORARILY ON HOLD UNTIL COUNCIL TAKES ACTION ON PHASE ONE, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY BE THROUGH THE SPRING OF THIS HEARING.

SO STAFF NEVER MENTIONED THAT THE UPDATE WAS BEING PLACED ON THE INDEFINITE, THAT'S AN INCORRECT STATEMENT, AND I'M PUTTING THAT ON THE RECORD JUST FROM THE STANDPOINT HERE.

YOU MAY WISH TO CORRECT IT, BUT IT'S BEING PLACED ON THE RECORD.

UH, COMM WI DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? UH, MY RECOMMEND, MY RECOLLECTION WAS THAT THE INDEFINITE WAS USED, BUT I WILL, I WILL, I WILL TRUST STAFF'S BETTER KNOWLEDGE THERE.

I'M HAPPY STRIKING THE WORD INDEFINITE AND REPLACING IT WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT COURTNEY MENTIONED, THAT IT WAS ON HOLD UNTIL THE, WAS IT MAY, WELL THE LANGUAGE I USED WAS TEMPORARY, TEMPORARY CLAUSE ON THE WORK, ON THE STAFF SIDE.

STAFF CANNOT DIRECT THE COMMISSION TO SEIZE WORK ON THAT OR VICE VERSA.

SO IT IS TO CLARIFY THAT STAFF MENTIONED THAT THE WORK THAT STAFF WAS DOING ON THE UPDATE IS TEMPORARILY ON HOLD UNTIL COUNSEL GIVES DIRECTION AS TO WHAT THEY WISH TO DO WITH THE GUIDELINES ON PHASE ONE.

SO HOWEVER YOU WISH TO CORRECT THEM, WOULD YES.

UM, UH, WOULD, WOULD STAFF ACCEPT THIS AS AN ACCURATE STATEMENT, WHEREAS THE DESIGN COMMISSION WAS INFORMED BY STAFF AT ITS 20 DECEMBER 20, 20, 25 MEETING THAT STAFF WAS PLACING THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDE STAFF WAS PLACING ITS URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES UPDATE WORK ON TEMPORARY HOLD PIN, THE CITY'S UPDATES TO THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.

CORRECT.

UM, SHOULD WE PUT A, UM, A NOTE IN THERE THAT WE ARE EXPECTING RESPONSE FROM THEM OR EXPECT, UH, EXPECTING ANY KIND OF ACTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL IN OUR LETTER? UM, IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD POINT.

I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT CHANGE.

COMMISSIONER CARROLL? YEAH, COMMISSIONER MCKINNEY, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? COMMISSIONER ? UM, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE, UM, COMMISSIONER WHIR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS LETTER COMMISSIONER, UM, CARROLL TAKING A MUCH MORE CAREFUL LOOK THAN I HAVE DONE THAT I DO REGARDING, UM, A REQUEST TO THE CITY, WHETHER FOR THE CITY COUNCIL,

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THE YES.

IT, IT, IT IS NOT TYPICAL FOR A COMMISSION TO ASK COUNCIL FOR ACTION.

BELIEVE IT'S IMPLIED BY THE BE RESOLVED STATEMENTS THAT YOU'VE CORRECTED INTO THE RECORD.

BUT TYPICALLY IT IS NOT STANDARD PRACTICE THAT A COMMISSION ASK THE COUNCIL FOR A RESPONSE BACK.

IT'S A RECOMMENDATION OR A RESOLUTION IN THIS CASE THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TO THE COUNCIL AND THAT IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL TO TAKE THAT UP ON IT.

GOT IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS WITH, UM, THE MOTION ON THE TABLE WITH THE APPROVED AMENDMENT? THE CHANGES, UH, AGREED UPON CHANGES, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS RECOMMENDATION AS IT WAS AMENDED.

UM, ALL IN FAVOR, UNANIM CHAIR, WHO WAS THE MOTION MAKER.

AND SECOND FOR THAT, COMMISSIONER SRUCK MADE THE MOTION.

AND COMMISSIONER CARROLL, WAIT A SECOND.

RIGHT.

UH, COMMISSIONER UCK, IF YOU COULD JUST EMAIL THOSE, UH, CHANGES TO STAFF WITH NOT, NOT TURKISH.

YEAH, JUST THE STAFF.

TO COMMITTEE UPDATES AND AN UPDATE FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION REGARDING THE MEETING ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2025.

WE MADE IT

[7. Update from the representative of the Downtown Commission regarding the meeting on December 17, 2025.]

I WAS NOT PRESENT.

I THAT HOW THE COMMISSION TAKE ONE.

SEVEN SEVEN.