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[CALL TO ORDER]

[00:00:05]

NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 6:03 P.M..

FIRST, LET'S TAKE ROLL. PLEASE LET US KNOW YOU'RE HERE WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.

CHAIR WOODS, I AM HERE, VICE CHAIR. HANEY HERE.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL HERE. COMMISSIONER AHMED HERE.

COMMISSIONER LON IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING.

COMMISSIONER GANNON HERE. COMMISSIONER BARRERA RAMIREZ IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING.

COMMISSIONER BEDROSIAN DOES NOT LOOK TO BE WITH US YET THIS EVENING.

COMMISSIONER POWELL HERE. COMMISSIONER BRETON, I THINK IS GOING TO BE JOINING US A LITTLE BIT LATER.

COMMISSIONER SKIDMORE HERE. COMMISSIONER HILLER HERE.

THANK YOU. AS USUAL, TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BE HYBRID, ALLOWING FOR A VIRTUAL QUORUM.

AS LONG AS THE COMMISSIONER SERVING AS CHAIR IS PRESENT IN CHAMBERS.

THEREFORE, WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS HERE AT CITY HALL AND IN ATTENDANCE VIRTUALLY.

SIMILARLY, SPEAKERS CAN PRESENT HERE FROM COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY.

VIRTUAL COMMISSIONERS. PLEASE REMEMBER TO SEND YOUR SIGN IN SHEET TO OUR STAFF LIAISON PER THE CLERK'S GUIDELINES.

AND PLEASE HAVE YOUR GREEN, RED AND YELLOW ITEMS FOR VOTING.

JUST AS A REMINDER FOR ANY COMMISSIONERS ATTENDING VIRTUALLY TONIGHT OR IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT OUR STAFF LIAISON NEEDS YOUR SIGN IN SHEET BEFORE YOU JOIN THE MEETING. PLEASE REMAIN MUTED WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING AND RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE RECOGNIZED.

AND IF I DON'T SEE YOU, OF COURSE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO UNMUTE AND LET ME KNOW VERBALLY.

WE WILL HAVE ASSISTANCE FROM MISS GARCIA IN ANNOUNCING THE SPEAKERS DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

MISS GARCIA, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? NO, CHAIR.

OKAY. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE JULY 28TH MEETING.

[Consent Agenda]

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EDITS TO THOSE MINUTES? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, THOSE 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. VICE CHAIR HANEY WILL READ THE PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA AND SPECIFY THOSE THAT ARE CONSENT, POSTPONEMENT AND NON DISCUSSION. AFTER THIS COMMISSIONERS, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST ANY CONSENT ITEMS BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.

VICE CHAIR HANEY, WOULD YOU MIND READING THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR US? SURE THING.

SO ITEM NUMBER TWO IS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT NPA-2025-0018.028.

AIRPORT AND KOENIG MULTIFAMILY. THAT ITEM IS UP FOR APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER THE 8TH.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A REZONING C14-2025-000115.

AIRPORT AND MULTIFAMILY. THAT ITEM IS UP FOR APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER THE 8TH.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT NPA-2025-0020.04.

CONGRESS VIEWS IN DISTRICT TWO. THAT ITEM IS UP FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO AUGUST THE 25TH.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A REZONING 1420250096. CONGRESS VIEWS IN DISTRICT TWO.

ITEM IS UP FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO AUGUST THE 25TH.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS REZONING C14-2026-0038 CV.

OAKLAND BUNGALOWS IN DISTRICT NINE. THAT ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A REZONING, C14-2026-0016.

WICKERSHAM RETAIL IN DISTRICT THREE. THAT ITEM IS UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO AUGUST THE 25TH ITEM.

NUMBER EIGHT IS A RESTRICTED RESTRICTIVE COVENANT TERMINATION.

C14-86-128RCT AT 4009 BANNISTER LANE, C T, DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.

THAT ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT AND ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A HISTORIC ZONING C14-2026-0045.

DORIS MILLER AUDITORIUM AND DISTRICT ONE, THAT ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT.

THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. DO ANY COMMISSIONERS NEED TO RECUSE OR ABSTAIN FROM ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? OKAY. MISS GARCIA, DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? YES, CHAIR, BEGINNING WITH ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE, THIS ITEM.

THESE ITEMS ARE OFFERED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO AUGUST 25TH.

WE'LL FIRST BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT, ALICE GLASGOW.

ALICE, YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. MISS GLASGOW'S WAIVING HER TIME.

WE'LL NOW BE HEARING FROM OUR SPEAKER IN OPPOSITION, BRAD MASSINGILL.

BRAD, YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. I DON'T SEE MR. MASSINGILL HERE. MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM SIX, THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.

WE'LL FIRST BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT, ALICE GLASGOW. ALICE, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING. COMMISSION MEMBERS. I'M ALICE GLASGOW, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT ON THE CV AUCKLAND BUNGALOWS.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS THREE EXISTING BUNGALOWS AND THE PURPOSE OF THE REZONING TO CS IS TO ALLOW A WIDER VARIETY OF USES.

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WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE OLD WEST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE ADJACENT CONDOMINIUM RESIDENTS TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS THROUGH A PRIVATE, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, WHICH WE WE WILL BE GETTING RECORDED BEFORE WE GET TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IN FAVOR IS DONNA OSBORNE.

DONNA, YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONERS. I'M DONNA OSBORNE WITH THE OLD WEST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND LIKE ALICE SAID, WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. IT'S A RESULT OF A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS INVOLVING THE APPLICANT, COTTON VENTURES, AWANA, AND THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS.

THE ADJACENT RESIDENTS DEDICATED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME AND ENERGY TO MEETING WITH ALICE AND COTTON VENTURES TO IDENTIFY PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR ISSUES THAT WERE ADDRESSED ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS, AND THEIR THOUGHTFUL PARTICIPATION WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SHAPING OUR RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AND THE COMMITMENTS THAT ACCOMPANY THE REZONING REQUEST. WE'RE LIKE ALICE SAID, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING OUR RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT WE WILL HAVE SIGNED BEFORE.

AS THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD AND WE BELIEVE THE COMMITMENTS REFLECT A BALANCED APPROACH THAT SUPPORTS APPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY WHILE PROTECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE NEARBY RESIDENTS. AND WE APPRECIATE THE WILLINGNESS OF ALL THE PARTIES WHO WORK TOGETHER IN GOOD FAITH TO REACH THIS OUTCOME.

AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS REZONING APPLICATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE'LL NOW BE HEARING FROM OUR SPEAKER IN OPPOSITION, LINDA CANGELOSI. LINDA WILL BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY.

LINDA, YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI. GOOD EVENING, LINDA CANGELOSI.

I LIVE AT 606 OAKLAND. WHICH IS ONE HOUSE OFF OF SIXTH STREET, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES.

THESE APPLICANTS ARE SEEKING A ZONING CHANGE IN ORDER TO ENLARGE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFIT WITH FUTURE AS YET UNKNOWN TENANTS.

THEY WANT THEIR ENTITLEMENTS INCREASED AGAIN FOR THEIR BENEFIT.

AS BEST I CAN SEE, NOT FOR ANY BENEFIT OF FOR ANYONE ELSE.

I THINK THIS AREA BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH HAS BEEN BEGGING FOR A LOOK AT COMPREHENSIVELY TO SEE HOW IT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO HOUSING CLOSE IN HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. HOW WE COULD IMPROVE WATER QUALITY BY BUILDING VERTICALLY INSTEAD OF HAVING ALL THAT PAVEMENT THAT'S BACK THERE WITH THE BUNGALOWS CAUSING THE RUNOFF INTO TOWN LAKE DEVELOPMENT IN WAYS THAT WOULD ALLOW SMALL BUSINESSES TO OPERATE THAT CAN'T MAKE DO IN A BUNGALOW. THE NEIGHBORHOOD AWANA ACTIVISTS ARE INTENT ON PRESERVING THE BUNGALOWS. I THINK THAT'S THE WRONG APPROACH.

THEY TALK ABOUT ALLOWING FOR APPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL USES.

THAT AREA HAS BEEN REZONED PIECEMEAL FOR YEARS.

THIS IS WHY TO GO IN AND REZONE ZONE THREE PROPERTIES WITH NO KNOWN USES.

NO APPLICATION FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO OTHER THAN THEY WANT TO TRY TO GET BETTER TENANTS OR OFFER, YOU KNOW, GET BETTER RENT FOR THE PROPERTY. THAT DOESN'T SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ORIGINALLY I WAS INDIFFERENT TO THIS REZONING, BUT I THINK, AND I IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO NOT DO THESE PIECEMEAL, BUT MY GOODNESS, WE GOT A PLANNING DEPARTMENT A LOT OF TRAINING AS OPPOSED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO NEGOTIATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS OVER DETAILS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE IN THE FUTURE.

I WOULD JUST ASK THE CITY TO THINK ABOUT, LET'S TAKE THIS LARGE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH STREET.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. FIND A BETTER A BETTER WAY TO DEAL WITH IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM EIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP BACK TO ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE.

AGAIN, THESE ITEMS ARE BEING OFFERED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO AUGUST 25TH. IT LOOKS LIKE MISTER BRAD MASSENGILL IS IN ATTENDANCE.

BRAD, YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.

SORRY, I JUST WALKED IN THE DOOR. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE THE SOUTH CONGRESS COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM. I, I WANT TO I MEAN, THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE TEAM.

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WE'RE PRETTY MUCH AGAINST THE ZONING CHANGE. SO WE APPRECIATE THE POSTPONEMENT TO TRY TO WORK SOME MORE THINGS OUT.

THERE'S A A ZONING, IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED MH AND IT HAS A HISTORY HERE IN AUSTIN OF BEING SOMETHING THAT WE DEFEND AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS LOT IS. SO WE NEED TO WORK AT PRESERVING THIS KIND OF STUFF AND NOT REWARDING SPECULATIVE REAL ESTATE SHENANIGANS. THERE WAS A LOT OF DRAMA AROUND THIS PROPERTY, SO THERE'S A LOT OF AFFECTED PEOPLE, AS YOU ALL PROBABLY FIND OUT AT SOME POINT. AND THE SITE IS JUST PERFECT FOR EITHER SMALL HOMES OR MOBILE HOMES UNDER THE NEW DEFINITION OF FEDERALLY, WHAT A MOBILE HOME IS.

WE COULD EASILY PUT 100 SMALL HOMES ON THIS PLACE RATHER THAN A VMU.

AND IT'S RIGHT BY A SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, LIKE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM A SCHOOL AND IT'S ON THE BUS LINE.

IT'S RIGHT ON THE BUS LINE. AND IT'S, IT'S VERY PRECIPITOUS.

IT HAS QUITE A GRADE ON IT. SO ANYBODY DOING ANYTHING HERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO QUITE A BIT OF DIGGING DOWN INTO THE, THE AQUIFER, WHICH IS REALLY CLOSE TO PLEASANT VALLEY CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF WILLIAMSON CREEK.

SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE FACTORS THAT ARE REASONS WHY WE'RE OBJECTING TO THE ZONING CHANGE.

AND HOPE Y'ALL APPRECIATE Y'ALL GIVING US MORE TIME TO TO WORK THIS OUT.

THANKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM EIGHT.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT. WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT, DREW RAPHAEL. DO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES? MR. RAPHAEL'S WAIVING HIS TIME. CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THANK YOU, MISS GARCIA. DO ANY COMMISSIONERS WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OR OTHERWISE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR HANEY. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT ITEM PASSES.

AND THIS CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO WE WILL MOVE INTO ITEM TEN, WHICH IS DISCUSSION ACTION TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP RELATED TO DOGS HEAD

[10. Discussion and action to establish a working group related to Dog’s Head Developments. (Sponsored by Chair Woods and Secretary Maxwell)]

DEVELOPMENT. JUST SOME HOUSEKEEPING NOTES ON THIS.

WE ARE LIKELY TO HAVE A STAFF BRIEFING ON THIS ITEM.

SORRY, I'M JUST PULLING UP MY NOTES. AT OUR NEXT MEETING IN AUGUST.

AND THEN THIS ITEM WILL COME BACK TO US FOR ACTION ON SEPTEMBER 22ND.

AND SO I WOULD ASK OUR COMMISSIONERS TO GO AHEAD AND HOLD SEPTEMBER 22ND FROM 5 P.M.

ONWARD AND SEPTEMBER 23RD FROM 5 P.M. ONWARD.

IN CASE THAT WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF SPEAKERS AND WE HAVE TO ROLL INTO THE FOLLOWING DAY.

WE MAY NOT HAVE TO USE BOTH OF THOSE MEETING TIMES, BUT I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL IF WE CAN JUST ALL HOLD THAT IN OUR CALENDARS FOR NOW.

SO COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, PUT THIS FUTURE AGENDA ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO WHY WE NEED A WORKING GROUP FOR THIS.

YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS IS A COMPLEX AND QUITE LARGE SITE, AND BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE'VE FOUND FROM OUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, IS INTEREST IN HAVING A WORKING GROUP SO THAT WE CAN BRING SOME SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BEFORE THIS GOES TO COUNCIL.

AND I WOULD JUST ALSO NOTE THAT THERE ARE TWO PIECES TO THIS, WHICH ONE OF WHICH IS RELATED TO THE ROADWAYS AND THE S AND P CHANGES.

AND THE OTHER IS ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE, THE DESIGN GUIDELINES.

SO THERE'S KIND OF MULTIPLE PARTS, WHICH AGAIN IS WHY IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A WORKING GROUP TO HELP US GUIDE THE DISCUSSION.

IN SEPTEMBER. YES, WE HAVE THE A SMP AND THEN THE REGULATING PLAN AS WELL.

SO I HAVE HEARD FROM A FEW COMMISSIONERS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE WORKING GROUP.

I THINK COMMISSIONER MAXWELL IS INTERESTED. I'VE HEARD THAT COMMISSIONER GANNON IS INTERESTED.

WE HAVE SLOTS FOR FIVE COMMISSIONERS. I KNOW COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT AS THE D3 REPRESENTATIVE, SHE'S INTERESTED IN JOINING THIS WORKING GROUP AND I'M NOTICING COMMISSIONER SKIDMORE IS INTERESTED AND COMMISSIONER AHMED. SO THAT FILLS UP OUR FIVE SLOTS FOR THIS WORKING GROUP.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP RELATED TO THE DOG'S HEAD DEVELOPMENTS THAT INCLUDES COMMISSIONERS, MAXWELL, GANNON, BRETT RAMIREZ, SKIDMORE AND AHMED.

CAN I GET A SECOND? SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT ITEM PASSES. SO Y'ALL SHOULD HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER MAXWELL TO SET UP A TIME

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TO MEET ABOUT THAT WORKING GROUP VERY SHORTLY.

GREAT. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE INTO OUR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ON THE DOG'S HEAD DEVELOPMENTS AND WHAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING ON SEPTEMBER 22ND AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WORKING GROUP.

OKAY. WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR PERMANENT COMMITTEE UPDATES, CODES AND ORDINANCES.

[PERMANENT COMMITTEE UPDATES]

JOINT COMMITTEE. OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON AUGUST THE 19TH.

THANK YOU. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. JOINT COMMITTEE. NO UPDATES.

JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. NO UPDATES. SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE.

OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON SEPTEMBER THE 9TH. AND THEN OUR URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES UPDATE WORKING GROUP.

I'M STILL IN PROCESS. GREAT. ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT 6:19 P.M..

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU. BYE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.