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FORUM PRESENT WITHIN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO THE PLANNING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 6:01 PM UH, FIRST LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL.
UH, PLEASE LET US KNOW YOU ARE HERE WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.
UM, I AM HERE, UH, SECRETARY MAXWELL.
UM, AS USUAL, TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BE A HYBRID ALLOWING FOR A VIRTUAL QUORUM AS LONG AS THE COMMISSIONER, SERVING AS CHAIR AS PRESIDENT CHAMBERS.
THEREFORE, WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS BOTH HERE AT CITY HALL AND IN ATTENDANCE, VIRTUALLY.
SIMILARLY, SPEAKERS CAN PRESENT HERE FROM COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR PARTICIPATE, PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY VIRTUAL COMMISSIONERS.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO SEND YOUR SIGN-IN SHEET TO THE STAFF LIAISON PER THE CLERK'S GUIDELINES.
AND PLEASE HAVE YOUR GREEN, RED, AND YELLOW ITEMS FOR VOTING.
PLEASE REMAIN MUTED WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING AND RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE RECOGNIZED.
IF FOR SOME REASON I DON'T SEE YOUR HAND GO AHEAD AND PIPE UP PLEASE.
UM, UH, WE'LL HAVE ASSISTANCE FROM MS. GARCIA IN ANNOUNCING THE SPEAKERS DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, SO MS. GARCIA, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? NO.
[ Consent Agenda]
ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 28TH, MAY 12TH AND MAY 26TH MEETINGS.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EDITS TO THOSE MINUTES? ALL HEARING NONE.
UH, THE MINUTES WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
OUR FIRST ACTIVITY TONIGHT IS TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS THAT ARE CONSENT APPROVAL, DISAPPROVAL, POSTPONEMENTS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS OR NON-DISCUSSION ITEMS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILL READ THE PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA AND SPECIFY THOSE THAT ARE CONSENT, POSTPONEMENT AND NON-DISCUSSION.
AFTER THIS COMMISSIONERS, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST ANY CONSENT ITEMS BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
UH, THIS EVENING WE HAVE PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 25 0 0 1 8 0.02 AIRPORT AND KIG MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT FOUR.
THAT'S AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO JULY 14TH.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A REZONING C 14 20 25 0 1 1 5 AIRPORT IN IC MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT FOUR.
THAT'S AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO JULY 14TH.
UH, NUMBER ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A PLAN AMENDMENT NPA 20 25 0 0 1 6 0.02, FORMER A ISD BROOKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THREE.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A REZONING C 14 0 20 25 0 1 2 5.
THERE'S AN EXTRA ZERO, WHICH WE'RE NOTING FORMER A ISD BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THREE.
UH, THAT'S ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A PLAN AMENDMENT N PA 20 23 0 0 1 4 4 4 3 0 2 KNUCKLES CROSSING DISTRICT TWO.
THAT IS A PLANNING COMMISSION POSTPONEMENT TO JUNE 23RD.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS REZONING C 14 20 25 6 5 4 3 2 KNUCKLES CROSSING DISTRICT TWO.
THAT IS A PLANNING COMMISSION POSTPONEMENT TO JUNE 23RD.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A PLAN AMENDMENT NINE NPA 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 1 0.02.
SKYLINE ALT MIXED USE DISTRICT THREE.
THAT'S AN APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.
ITEM NINE IS REZONING C 14 20 26 0 1 4 LEY GROCERY AND KITCHEN DISTRICT FOUR.
THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO JUNE 23RD.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REZONING C 14 20 26 0 0 2 4 700 OFF 700.
DAWSON OFFICE USE DISTRICT NINE.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS, UH, C 14 20 25 0 1 2 3 74 0 1 HIGHWAY TWO 90 REZONING DISTRICT EIGHT THAT'S OFFERED ON CONSENT.
AND ITEM NUMBER 12 IS C FOUR IS A REZONING C 14 20 25 0 0 5 1 WOODWARD MIXED USE FLATS.
DISTRICT THREE, THAT'S A STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO JULY 28TH.
THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS. CHAIR.
UM, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS NEED TO RECUSE OR ABSTAIN FROM ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? NO.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TILL JUNE 23RD? THAT'S CORRECT.
ALRIGHT, UM, UH, MS. GARCIA, DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? YES.
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CHAIR.BEGINNING WITH ITEM SIX AND SEVEN, THESE ITEMS ARE BEING OFFERED AS A PLANNING COMMISSION POSTPONEMENT TO JUNE 23RD.
WE'LL FIRST BE HEARING FROM OUR FIRST SPEAKER IN FAVOR, JOSHUA JOSE, JOSHUA WILL BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
JOSHUA, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES.
HELLO? UH, MY NAME IS JOSHUA JOSE.
UH, I AM FOR THIS REZONING CASE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A POSTPONEMENT TILL THE 23RD AND I'D JUST LIKE TO APPEAR HERE IN FRONT OF THE CHAIRS.
UM, AND, UH, PRETTY MUCH, UH, BE UP TO DATE AS TO ANYTHING THAT WOULD, UH, MAKE THIS CASE MORE PLAUSIBLE OR JUST TO HEAR SOME OF THE THOUGHTS.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S POSTPONEMENT.
UM, SO YEAH, UH, TO GIVE UH, FURTHER INSIGHT, UM, RECENT MEETINGS, UH, WE'VE HAD WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, NEGOTIATING SOME CONDITIONS AS TO HOW TO GET THIS APPROVED, UH, HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY.
UM, AGAIN, FURTHER DETAILS AND, AND MORE ITEMS TO BE PRESENTED WHENEVER, UH, OUR CASE DOES GET, UM, UH, PUT UP IN THE 23RD.
UH, BUT FOR NOW, THAT'S ALL I'D LIKE TO SAY.
MOVING FORWARD TO THOSE SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION, WE'LL BE HEARING FROM OUR PRIMARY SPEAKER AND OPPOSITION, LAUREL FRANZEL.
LAUREL BE RECEIVING FOUR MINUTES OF DONATED TIME FROM JOHN SERMON.
JOHN, ARE YOU PRESENT? MR. JOHN SERMON? ARE YOU PRESENT? OKAY.
SEEING THAT MR. SERMON IS NOT PRESENT? LAUREL, YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM 10.
THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT MICHAEL WHALEN.
MICHAEL, YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
THIS ITEM IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT.
AMANDA, YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES CHAIR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, UM, UH, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS WANNA PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OR OTHERWISE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OH, AND LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT COMMISSIONER AHMED IS WITH US.
I JUST WANNA MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT ON ITEM, UH, NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS THE WESLEY GROCERY AND KITCHEN.
UH, JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT, UH, TO REACH OUT AND WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THIS POINT.
UH, AND WITH THIS, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO GRANT THE POSTPONEMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THESE TWO PARTIES.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER TROJAN.
ANYONE ELSE?
UM, WELL THE STAFF WILL BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU.
UM, UH, SO IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE? OKAY.
I SEE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MAXWELL AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER TROJAN.
UM, UH, SO WE WILL APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? SEEING NONE, THAT ITEM PASSES.
THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR
[4. Plan Amendment: NPA-2025-0016.02 - Former AISD Brooke ES Redevelopment; District 3 ]
FIRST CASE.LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT ITEM NUMBER FOUR COMING UP.
AND FIRST WE WILL GO AHEAD AND HEAR FROM STAFF RE MEREDITH AUSTIN.
PLANNING ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS PLAN AMENDMENT MPA 20 25 0 0 1 6 0.02 FORMER A ISD BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REDEVELOPMENT.
PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 3 1 0 0 EAST FOURTH STREET.
IT IS WITHIN THE GOVALLE JOHNSON TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREA.
THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM CIVIC TO MIXED USE LAND USE, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.
[5. Rezoning: C14-2025-00125 - Former AISD Brooke ES Redevelopment; District 3 ]
WHO DO WE HAVE HERE? UM, AS THE APPLICANT, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM HIM.UH, BEVERLY VELO WITH AWESOME PLANNING.
THIS ITEM IS NUMBER FIVE ON YOUR AGENDA.
IT IS KC 14 2 2 5 1 25 43 1 EAST FOURTH STREET.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 5.4 ACRES
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AND IS CURRENTLY ZONED PNP PUBLIC NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING, THE SITE IS DEVELOPED WITH A FORMER BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH ISD HAS IDENTIFIED FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO C-S-M-U-V-C-O-N-P, COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT CONTAINING RETAIL USES AND 425 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY WOULD PROHIBIT 28 MORE INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL USES, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE PROPERTY.
SURROUNDING ZONING INCLUDES P AND P-L-O-P-S-F THREE NP AND C-S-M-U-C TO THE NORTH SF THREE NP AND C-S-M-U-C-O-N-P TO THE SOUTH C-S-C-O-N-P AND NONP TO THE EAST AND SF THREE NP AND C-S-M-U-C TO THE WEST.
THE SUBJECT TRACT IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST FIFTH STREET AND TILLERY STREET, WHICH ARE BOTH AS SMP LEVEL TWO ROADWAYS.
THE SITE IS LESS THAN 1000 FEET FROM THE PROPOSED GREEN LINE RAIL STOP AT PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD AND IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SEVERAL IMAGINE AUSTIN CORRIDORS, INCLUDING EAST SEVENTH STREET, EAST CAESAR, CHAVE STREET, SPRINGDALE ROAD, AND NORTH PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN A HIGHLY WALKABLE AND BIKEABLE AREA WITH ACCESS TO PUBLIC'S TRANSIT AND DAILY NEEDS WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING C-S-M-U-V-C-O AND P COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING BECAUSE REQUEST SUPPORTS COUNCIL ADOPTED GOALS FOR LOCATING ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, NEAR TRANSIT SERVICE, NEAR TRANSIT SERVICES AND ACTIVITY CORRIDORS.
STAFF ALSO FINDS THE REQUEST REASONABLE FOR THIS LOCATION AS THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY LIMITS MORE INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL USES, WHILE STILL ALLOWING REDEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AND SUPPORTIVE OF ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'LL NOW BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT, RICHARD SU.
RICHARD, YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES, MINUTES CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
DID SHE SAY 10 MINUTES? OH MAN, NO, I CAN'T EVEN LISTEN TO MYSELF FOR 10 MINUTES.
UM, WE REPRESENT THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE.
THEY WANT A BID WITH THE A ISD TO BUY THIS SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN CLOSED SINCE 19.
UM, WE WENT THROUGH LOTS OF ITERATIONS OF WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND WE FULLY ADOPT.
WELL, LET'S GO THROUGH THE SLIDES SO I CAN EARN MY KEEP.
IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM CAB METRO.
I DON'T, THAT SHOWS YOU THE ZONING.
THE IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS ZONING IS, IS UP AND DOWN THE, THE STREET, UH, WHERE CAP METRO IS.
YOU SEE A LOT OF 60 FOOT ZONING.
SO WE'RE NOT LIKE STICKING OUR THUMB IN, IN ANYBODY'S EYE ON THIS ONE.
AND WE'RE NOT, UH, ASKING FOR A A HUGE TALL BUILDING.
UH, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF GOOD, GOOD, GOOD MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP.
WE JUST, WE GOT A LETTER LAST NIGHT THAT FRANKLY WAS QUITE A KIND OF A SURPRISE 'CAUSE WE THOUGHT WE WERE THERE.
BUT, UH, I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME NEIGHBORS THAT ARE, UH, ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS COMMITMENT TO YOU GUYS.
WE'VE POSTPONED SEVERAL TIMES.
WE NEED TO MOVE IT BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACTUAL, BUT THE COMMITMENT TO YOU GUYS IS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET THERE SO THAT IT COUNSEL, UH, WE'RE ALL TOGETHER ON IT, BUT, UM, WE ADOPT EVERYTHING IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, ALL THE PROHIBITED USES.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU, SOMETIMES YOU LIKE TO ADD SOME BACK IN, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE COOL WITH THE CITY STAFF ON ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC THING.
AND SO NOW I'LL JUST KIND OF TELL YOU STORIES FOR 10 MINUTES IF YOU WANT ME TO.
WE'LL NOW BE HEARING FROM THOSE SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION, BEGINNING WITH OUR PRIMARY SPEAKER IN OPPOSITION.
WILLIAM, YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES.
UM, I, UH, MY NAME IS WILLIAM MALKA.
I'M A NEIGHBOR OF BROOK ELEMENTARY AND I PARTICIPATED IN THE CONTACT TEAM SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THIS REQUEST.
I'M CERTAINLY NOT GONNA TAKE, UH, 10 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.
IN FACT, I DON'T THINK MY, MY DAUGHTER SITTING THERE IN THE CHAIR WILL LET ME.
UM, I'LL ADMIT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THIS REQUEST.
NUMBER ONE, IT WOULD BRING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
NUMBER TWO, IT WOULD HELP A ISD WITH THEIR BUDGET DEFICIT.
NUMBER THREE, THE DEVELOPER HAS DONE SOME WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS ON A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY THAT BROADLY HELPS WITH, ALTHOUGH DOES NOT COMPLETELY ADDRESS OUR PRIVACY AND COMPATIBILITY CONCERNS.
I VERY MUCH HOPE THIS CONDITIONAL OVERLAY WILL BE DISCUSSED MORE TONIGHT.
UH, IT WOULD REQUIRE A MORE SUBSTANTIAL SETBACK FOR FOURTH
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STREET AND LINDEN STREET.AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS OVERLAY IS THAT IT WOULD CARRY THROUGH TO ANY SUBSEQUENT OWNER IF TRAMMELL CROW DOES NOT ULTIMATELY DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, I WILL NOTE THAT TRAM TRAMMELL CROW IS NOT YET THE OWNER.
I WANT TO THANK TRAMMELL CROW FOR WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS, UH, ON THIS OVERLAY CONCEPT, I'LL NOW MOVE INTO THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THIS REQUEST AND PROCESS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF AIS D'S FINANCIAL DEFICIT, BUT IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS PROCESS IS MOVING FORWARD ON SUCH A QUICK TIMELINE.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING NEW ZONING CATEGORIES FOR MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITH ADOPTION EXPECTED IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.
THESE NEW CATEGORIES WILL SUPPORT, SUPPORT A DEVELOPMENT TYPE THAT IS BOTH DENSE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHILE ALSO INCORPORATING AFFORDABILITY INCENTIVES.
AND SECOND, I WANT TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT A ISD STAFF HAS NOT PARTICIPATED IN ANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM MEETINGS, DESPITE BEING THE OFFICIAL APPLICANT FOR THE REZONING REQUEST AND PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, ALL COORDINATION HAS BEEN WITH JUST THE DEVELOPER AND LEGAL COUNSEL AND I THANK THEM FOR THAT, THAT THAT, UM, COORDINATION.
I REACHED OUT TO MY BOARD OF TRUSTEES REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THAT STAFF WILL ATTEND FUTURE MEETINGS.
BUT HERE WE ARE FACING ACTION AT PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE OFFICIAL APPLICANT HAS NOT SPOKEN DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THESE REQUESTS.
UH, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE THE SQUEAKY WHEEL HERE.
A ISD SHOULD WANT TO COME TO THE TABLE WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND I HONESTLY THINK THIS DECISION SHOULD BE DEFERRED UNTIL THEY'RE FULLY ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IN OPPOSITION IS MIRANDA CASTERO.
MIRANDA WILL BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
MIRANDA, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES.
I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM, UH, WHAT'S CURRENTLY BROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL ON EAST FOURTH STREET.
AND I AM IN OPPOSITION, UH, FOR A LOT OF REASONS, WILL COVERED MANY OF THEM, BUT I, I, UH, WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT RICHARD SAID THAT YES, THE 60 FOOT, UM, HEIGHT IS WITHIN THE, THE, THE WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE EAST FIFTH SIDE, THE CAP METRO SIDE OF THE BUILDINGS.
BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT ALL OF THE HOMES ON THE EAST FOURTH SIDE OF WHAT WOULD BE THIS POTENTIAL PROPERTY ARE FACING A SINGLE STORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND SO YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS WHERE OUR CONCERNS AROUND THE PRIVACY AND THE SETBACK ARE, ARE COMING IN IS THAT THERE'S NOT A STAIR STEP TO THIS OVERLAY.
IT IS, YOU KNOW, 50 FEET BACK FROM THE STREET AND THEN UP.
WE HAVE A 60 FOOT BUILDING, WHICH NO PRIVACY FENCE, UH, IS GOING TO COVER.
AND WHILE I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT TRAMMELL CROW IS OFFERING, WE NEED TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT THAT PRIVACY LOOKS LIKE AND POTENTIAL, UM, CHANGES AROUND THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S FACING THE RESIDENTIAL STREET ON EAST FOURTH.
UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS AROUND THE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN DENSITY AS WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES OF SMALL CHILDREN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO IF WE'RE ADDING 425 UNITS, THAT'S ROUGHLY WHAT, 600 CARS.
SO HOW ARE WE LOOKING AT TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND WHAT ARE WE DOING AND ORDER TO KEEP, UM, FAMILY'S SAFE AND THAT'S POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, KIND OF REITERATING WHAT WILL SAID, THIS REZONING REQUEST DOES NOT MEET THE NEED FOR MISSING MIDDLE.
THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY COME WITH REZONING, UH, AND, AND NEW ZONING CODES IN IN MARCH.
UM, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, THOSE WOULD ALL SIGNIFICANTLY MATCH WHAT WE'VE GOT ALREADY HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BETTER, IT WOULD BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO MOVE TO THE EAST SIDE WHILE ALSO MATCHING WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING THERE.
UM, THOSE ARE THE END OF MY COMMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HARRISON WRIGHT HARRISON WILL ALSO BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY HARRISON, YOU WILL HAVE FOUR MINUTES.
LOOKS LIKE HARRISON IS NOT CURRENTLY IN OUR QUEUE.
AND THAT COMPLETES THE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
WE'LL NOW BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT FOR A THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
RICHARD, SETTLE AGAIN, I'LL JUST RENEW MY COMMITMENT.
YOU CAN TELL FROM THE CONVERSATIONS, UH,
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IT'S CORDIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UM, I DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'VE GOT, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL.
UH, NOW WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR ROUND ROBIN, WHERE WE'LL HAVE EIGHT COMMISSIONERS, UH, WITH UP TO FIVE MINUTES EACH.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WITH QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
UM, I'M WILLING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
YOU WANNA? ALRIGHT, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER RERA RAMIREZ, UH, WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU? SURE.
AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I'M NOT THERE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I'M READING OVER, UH, WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LETTER FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I GUESS I JUST WANNA KIND OF AIR THOSE, UH, IN PUBLIC AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT ON SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WERE PRESENTED.
AND I DID ALSO ATTEND SOME OF THE MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THEIR ISSUES.
SO I GUESS, UM, SO THIS IS QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, MR. SUBTLE, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A, A BIRD COLONY THAT LIVES IN THE CHIMNEY OF THE CAFETERIA AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT RELOCATING THAT COLONY.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR STEPS TO DO THAT? OH, SCRAMBLING WAS THE, THE QUESTION, THE QUESTION ABOUT THE BIRD COLONY? YES SIR.
SO, SO WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE A COUPLE TIMES AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND THEM.
WE HEARD THAT THE VERY FIRST MEETING AND UM, AND WE THOUGHT THEY WERE BATS AT FIRST AND WE WENT OUT AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING.
AND THEN WE WERE TOLD THEY WERE CHIMNEY SWIFTS SWIFTS SWIFTS.
AND WE, WE STILL HAVEN'T FOUND THEM, BUT WE'RE STILL COMMITTED TO FOLLOWING ALL THE RULES IF WE DO FIND THEM.
'CAUSE UM, I WALK ON THAT STREET ALL THE TIME.
UM, I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY ASKED FOR US STAIR STEPPING.
SO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT ON ONE SIDE YOU HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IT'S MORE OF A INDUSTRIAL OFFICE USE.
SO THE QUESTION ABOUT KIND OF ORIENTING THE, THE BUILDING IN SUCH A WAY THAT WOULD REDUCE THE DI YOU KNOW, IMPROVE THE COMPATIBILITY ON THE SINGLE FAMILY SIDE AND THEN PUSH THE HEIGHTS TO THE FIFTH STREET SIDE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE LOOKED AT? WE, WE HAVE.
AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE, IN KEEPING IT 60 FEET, WE REALIZED THAT THAT'S MORE THAN WHAT THE NEIGHBORS ON THE HOUSE SIDE ARE USED TO.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE IN, INSTEAD OF EATING INTO THE BUILDING AND THE PARKING STRUCTURE, WHICH MESSES UP THE PROJECT, WE HAVE OFFERED UP A SETBACK ALONG THAT SIDE.
ON THE L-SHAPED SIDE OF 70% OF THAT WOULD BE AT LEAST 50% SETBACK.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE STAIR STEPPING.
WHEN YOU START STEP STAIR STEPPING A BUILDING, YOU EAT INTO THE BULK OF IT AND IT MESSES THE BUILDING.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S CHALLENGING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT IS A VERY BELOVED SPACE AND ALMOST, YOU KNOW, HISTORIC IN THAT IT'S BEEN THERE FOR SO LONG AND THAT USE HAS BEEN THERE FOR SO LONG.
I KNOW, UH, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THAT WERE HEARTBROKEN WHEN THE SCHOOL CLOSED.
AND I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD USES THE TRACK SPACE IN THE PLAYGROUND.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU PLAN TO RETAIN OPEN SPACE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD? SURE.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, UM, IS 0.54 ACRES OF ONSITE PARK.
SO RATHER THAN TRYING TO PAY THE FEE IN LIEU AND GET OUT OF THAT, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE ONSITE HALF ACRE PARK THERE.
UM, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUE OH, THE OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND ANY PROGRAMMING YOU PLAN, UM, FOR THAT? YES.
WELL, AND I BELIEVE IT'S UNDER THE V ISN'T IT KELLY? IT'S THE, IT'S THE CITY'S PROGRAM, WHICH IS, LEMME SEE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS IS DIFFERENT.
I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER BURRO RAMIREZ, UH, VICE CHAIR MAXWELL
UM, COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
SO I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY HOW THIS IS, UM, WHAT IS PROCESS WE'RE USING RIGHT HERE? UM, THIS LAND WAS CONSIDERED SURPLUS BY A
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ISD AND WAS PUT UP FOR SALE AND NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS TO SORT OF MAKE SURE THAT THE ZONING MATCHES WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE BUILT THERE.MAYBE YOU COULD EXPLAIN EXACTLY HOW THIS, WHAT THE STEPS ARE THAT WE'RE, THE PROCESS IS BEING USED SO THAT EVERYONE HAS SOME CLARITY AROUND THAT.
TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, I WILL.
SO THIS, IT'S ZONED P WHICH IS PUBLIC AND TRAMELL CROW OR ALL THE BIDDERS ARE NOT IN THE P BUSINESS.
SO, UM, THEY, THEY WON THE BID BASED ON WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE A REASONABLE USE OUT THERE RATHER THAN GO TRY TO DO WHAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT DO AND REALLY MAKE IT REALLY DENSE.
WE, WE PICKED KIND OF WHAT WAS CONSISTENT UP AND DOWN THE STREET AND THEN WENT TO A PROGRAM FROM THERE.
AND SO THE CLEARLY TRAMMELL CROW'S NOT IN THE SCHOOL BUSINESS.
SO WE NEED TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WE COULD BUILD OUT THERE BEFORE THEY CAN CLOSE.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY THAT EXACT POINT, SO ONCE THIS ZONING MOVES FORWARD, THEN THE SALE WILL CLOSE AND THE DISTRICT WOULD RECEIVE THE FUNDING FROM THE SALE OF THE LAND, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THAT THIS WOULD STILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL AFTER THE PROCESS THIS EVENING, SO THERE'S ADDITIONAL TIME FOR CONVERSATIONS? YES.
WE'RE SHOOTING FOR THE JULY 23RD COUNCIL DAY BECAUSE AT THE END OF JULY IS WHEN KIND OF EVERYTHING STARTS GETTING WEIRD ON THE CONTRACT
AND UM, AND THEN I NOTICED THAT SEVERAL OF THE SPEAKERS MENTIONED POTENTIALLY WAITING UNTIL THERE WAS A MAYBE DIFFERENT ZONING CATEGORIES, BUT THE SALE OF THE LAND WAS BASED ON SORT OF MORE INTENSE DEVELOPMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT OR POTENTIALLY SO THAT IF WE HAD TO RE WE WOULD HAVE TO REBID THIS WHOLE PROJECT IF THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE DELAYING FOR, IS THAT CORRECT? IT WOULD BE A REBID AND A RE IT WOULD DELAY IT PRETTY FAR OUT THERE.
AND IN FACT WHAT HAPPENED WAS, UM, I THINK A ISD ACTUALLY FILED A ZONING CASE WHEN TRAMMELL CROW WON THE BID.
THEY CAME IN AND SAID LET US HAVE THIS.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED THE MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CAME UP WITH WHAT WE FELT LIKE WAS A RIGHT SIZE PLAN.
AND THEN, UH, A QUESTION SINCE IT CAME UP RELATED TO PARKING, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE GONNA HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES ON THIS SPOT.
CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO SOME SORT OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT GIVEN THE NUMBER OF UNITS? SURE.
WE DID, UH, A NEIGHBOR, WE DIDN'T GENERATE ENOUGH TRIPS TO DO A FULL ON TIA, BUT WE'VE GOT A NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC ANALYSIS WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND TAKING THE ACCESS POINTS AT CRITICAL PLACES AND TRYING TO STAY OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOME SPACE.
WE'VE MANAGED ALL THAT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.
AND YOU'LL HAVE ON SIGNIFICANT ONSITE PARKING.
UM, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, CHAIR.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WISHING TO SPEAK? OH, I HAVE JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER LAND, UH, MR. SETTLE SAID THERE WAS A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.
IS THIS THE SAME TRAFFIC ANALYSIS REQUESTED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WARRANT ANALYSIS FOR IMPACTED INTERSECTION CITY BIKE LANE? NO, IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC ANALYSIS THAT, THAT WE DID THROUGH THE CITY PROCESS PROCESS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO DO THE REQUIRED TRAFFIC SIGNAL WARRANT ANALYSIS? UM, LET ME TURN AROUND AND LOOK.
WHAT, WHAT WAS IT REQUESTED? WE'RE REQUEST SURE.
EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE IN OUR CONTINUED CON DISCUSSIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE HASN'T BEEN ASKED FOR BY ANY OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT IT.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALRIGHT, AND COMMISSIONER AHMAN.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, A COUPLE POTENTIAL TYPES OF BUSINESSES.
UH, I I UNDERSTAND SMOKE SHOPS WERE ME, UH, WERE MENTIONED AND POTENTIALLY, UH, LIQUOR SALES.
SO, UH, I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD PLANS FOR THOSE TYPE OF BUSINESSES.
AND IF NOT, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PROVIDE ASSURANCES TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT YOU WON'T HAVE THOSE TYPE OF, UH, BUSINESSES THERE? WE DON'T HAVE PLANS FOR THOSE USES, BUT THOSE USES FALL UNDER A BROADER CATEGORY THAT DO INCLUDE USES THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DO.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, A SMOKE SHOP, AND I'M SORRY I, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT THESE WITHOUT LAUGHING, BUT A SMOKE SHOP COMES UNDER CONVENIENCE RETAIL, WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF BUSINESS.
SO IF WE SAID NO CONVENIENCE RETAIL, IT CARVES OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF USES JUST TO TARGET THE SMOKE SHOPS.
AS WE MOVE TOWARDS COUNCIL, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO LIMIT THE PARTICULAR USES THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T WANT.
AND IT MIGHT BE OUTSIDE THE CO BUT WE'LL TRY TO WORK ON THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT FLEXIBILITY THERE.
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BEING AS OLD AS I AM, THE FACT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SMOKE SHOP JUST MAKES ME GIGGLE.UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER AHMED.
UM, COULD I ASK, UH, WILLIAM LISKA BACK UP TO THE PODIUM.
WILLIAM, I SPOKE WITH CANDACE FOX EARLIER AND I UNDERSTAND SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT 'CAUSE SHE'S TRAVELING TODAY.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO USE YOU AS A STAND IN, UH, REPRESENTATION REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU OUTLINED SEVERAL THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT ARE POTENTIALLY GOOD FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND GOOD FOR THE CITY AT LARGE.
DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH THE DEVELOPER FURTHER ON THESE NEGOTIATIONS AS YOU PUSH TOWARDS THE MEETING AT COUNCIL? I WOULD SAY BY NO MEANS CAN I SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I, I'M NOT EVEN A, A MEMBER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM, ONLY SOMEBODY THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE PROCESS.
UM, BUT, UH, I, UH, BUT, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.
UM, I, I KNOW THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF PARENTS ON THE DIOCESE TODAY THAT UNDERSTAND HOW, UH, HOW EMOTIONALLY IMPACTFUL IT IS FOR THESE SCHOOLS TO BE CLOSED AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LOSS OF THE PLAYGROUND SPACE THAT BECOMES, YOU KNOW, A STA YOU KNOW, A STAND FOR A PARK SPACE.
I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS, UM, A LOT OF GOOD THAT A PROJECT LIKE THIS CAN BRING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I THINK WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD.
BUT I WOULD JUST, IN SPEAKING GENERALLY TO YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS THE, THE BEST SOLUTION TO THIS PRO PROJECT HAPPENS WITH YOUR INPUT.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER, OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR THE PLANNED CONTACT TEAM, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO, TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER.
YOU'VE SPOKEN VERY ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THE PROJECT TODAY.
UM, SO THAT IS ALL I WAS HOPING TO SAY TO YOU TODAY.
JUST, UH, ONE, ONE MORE, YOU KNOW, POINT TO MAKE MOST OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE, WE ARE ALL THE, UH, THE PARENTS OF, OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
YOU SEE MY DAUGHTER HERE TODAY,
UM, UH, UH, OTHER YOUNG KIDS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE, THE DEVELOPMENT, THIS, THE, YOU KNOW, THIS USED TO BE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UH, SO IT, IT WEIGHS HEAVY ON THE FOLKS, UH, THERE IN, IN MULTIPLE WAYS.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU, UH, DON'T, DON'T TAKE THIS LIGHTLY.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS SETS FORTH A PROCESS BY WHICH THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL EXPERIENCE TIME AND TIME AGAIN, UH, FOR ALL OF THESE, UH, SCHOOL CLOSURES AND REPURPOSING.
AND THAT IS WHY I JUST BRING UP THE, UH, THE PROCESS THAT IS CURRENTLY ONGOING WITH CITY STAFF TO DEVELOP MISSING MIDDLE AND MIXED USE ZONING CATEGORIES.
AND THAT, I DON'T WANT TO JUST, I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THERE IS A MIXED USE ZONING CATEGORY THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING THAT IS SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE AND, UH, THE 60 FOOT, UH, UM, COMU COMBINING DISTRICT THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY.
UH, IT'S JUST VERY INTERESTING TO A LOT OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA START HEARING A LOT MORE OF IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE DEFERRAL OF ROSEDALE SCHOOL, UH, THIS, THIS SCHOOL IS THE FIRST, UM, THIS, THIS, THIS IS THE FIRST, UH, UH, BIG DEVELOPMENT WE'RE GOING TO SEE.
UM, UH, ASIDE FROM I GUESS THE ANITA COY YEAH, BUT THAT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, AND SO AB ABSOLUTELY MY SON, UH, BOTH OF MY KIDS WENT TO RIDGETOP AND WE JUST WATCHED THAT SCHOOL CLOSE, UH, LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS TOUGH FOR US AS WELL.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT THESE CASES WILL BE COMING FORWARD AND HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW THE APPLICANT REACT AND WORK TOGETHER ON THESE PROJECTS CAN REALLY SET A NORTH STAR FOR THIS PROCESS.
UM, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU THIS TIME PERIOD BETWEEN COMMISSION AND COUNSEL IS WHERE A LOT OF THE HAY IS MADE ON THESE CASES.
UM, AND THIS IS THE IMPORTANT TIME TO REALLY ENGAGE AND TO ENCOURAGE YOUR NEIGHBORS TO ENGAGE AS WELL.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS GOING ONCE, TWICE.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? COMMISSIONER MAXWELL? UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
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THERE A SECOND? ALRIGHT.GO COMMISSIONER BRUTON SECONDING.
UM, NOW WE WILL GO INTO DEBATE.
UM, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION? I WOULD, AND I, I ACTUALLY WANNA THANK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER FOR SPEAKING SO THOUGHTFULLY ABOUT THIS PROCESS WITH THE SCHOOL CLOSURES AND THE EXCESS LAND AND THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
AND I WANNA ECHO A COMMITMENT THAT I THINK HE WAS MAKING THAT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO REALLY SHOW HERE AT PLANNING COMMISSION IS WE WANT THESE, THESE PROCESSES TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT, VERY CLEAR, UM, VERY OPEN TO NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT AND TO THE REALITY THAT WE HAVE A HUGE BUDGET DEFICIT AT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE, THESE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING.
AND THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT AS A COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND WHERE WE CAN FIND THE POSITIVES IN THESE CASES.
LET'S DEFINITELY HOPE TO DO THAT.
AND I DO SEE A LOT OF POSITIVE IN THIS, IN THIS CASE, AND I SEE A LOT OF WILLINGNESS ON THE PART OF THE DEVELOPER, POTENTIAL DEVELOPER TO WORK FURTHER WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE THIS EVEN STRONGER.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS CASE AND MOVE IT FORWARD.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SPEAKING AGAINST THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT, THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
COMMISSIONER BRETTON, MAY I SPEAK AND DIDN'T SAY THERE? YES, YOU MAY.
UM, I WILL KEEP THESE RELATIVELY SHORT, BUT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN, UH, IN MY MIND AS OF RECENT IN THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR A ISD CAMPUSES, UH, THE BUDGET DEFICIT AND, UH, HOW WE HANDLE THESE CASES.
UM, OUR CITY IS A GROUP PROJECT, UH, AND THAT'S NOT JUST AS CONSTITUENTS OF THE CITY AND WORKING TOGETHER ON THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT IMPACT US, WHETHER THAT'S TRAFFIC OR PARKS OR WASTEWATER OR HAVING A COMMUNITY THAT YOU WANT TO WALK OUTSIDE OF YOUR FRONT DOOR AND PARTICIPATE IN.
BUT IT'S ALSO A GROUP PROJECT IN TERMS OF THE CITY AND OF A ISD THAT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND, AND THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE AROUND AUSTIN AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CENTRAL TEXAS JURISDICTIONS.
THIS IS A GROUP PROJECT AND IT'S ALSO A GROUP PROJECT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE APPLICANT.
SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BRETTON.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? UH, WE'VE GOT ONE MORE SLOT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SPEAK FOR THE MOTION.
ALRIGHT, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
UM, ALL THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL IS, UH, FOR THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE OR SHOW US YOUR GREEN.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND ANYONE ABSTAINING? NO.
UM, TO OUR SPEAKERS, TO OUR APPLICANTS, UM, AND OF COURSE TO OUR CITY STAFF.
UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES, UM, THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
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UH, GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS UPDATES.UM, FIRST WE HAVE THE CODES AND ORDINANCE ORDINANCES, JOINT COMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL.
UM, YEAH, OUR, UH, THAT UPCOMING MEETING WAS JUST CANCELED DUE TO LACK OF BUSINESS.
AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE? NO UPDATE.
JOINT SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, NO UPDATE.
UM, AND WE HAVE THE SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S AN UPDATE THERE EITHER.
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DESIGN GUIDELINES UPDATE WORKING GROUP.UM, I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT THAT GROUP SHOULD BE STARTING SOME WORK, UH, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS NOW THAT WE HAVE MOVED PAST THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.
SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ALL RIGHT.
UM, UH, WELL THEN I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADJOURNED AT 6:40 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.