[CALL TO ORDER]
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HAVING A QUORUM PRESENT WITHIN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM FIRST, LET'S TAKE ROLE.
PLEASE LET US KNOW YOU'RE HERE WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, CHAIR WOODS.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING.
ARE YOU HEARING US? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK.
COMMISSIONER BRETTON IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING.
COMMISSIONER SKIDMORE HERE AND COMMISSIONER HILLER HERE.
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.
PLEASE REMAIN MUTED WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING AND RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE RECOGNIZED.
AND IF I DON'T SEE YOU, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO UNMUTE AND LET ME KNOW.
VERBALLY, WE'LL HAVE ASSISTANCE FROM MS. GARCIA
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
ANNOUNCING THE SPEAKERS DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.MS. GARCIA, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? YES.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM IAN WILSON.
IAN, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS IAN WILSON, DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT, UM, AND ALSO A PART OF THE HOLLY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF TODAY.
UM, I AM THE SMALL AREA OF MOBILITY PLAN WORK IS PROGRESSING.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PERSONALLY ADVOCATE FOR THE WORK ON THE EAST CAESAR CHAVE SEGMENT TO NOT END AT ROBERT T. MARTINEZ.
UM, BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE BIKE IMPROVE, BIKE AND PET IMPROVEMENTS, UH, FROM PLEASANT VALLEY STRETCHING EAST.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER STRETCH OF CAESAR CHAVEZ BETWEEN I 35 AND ROBERT T. MARTINEZ.
AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE BLOCK GAP, UM, WHICH SEEMS LIKE IT WILL LEAVE LOTS OF DANGER THAT THAT JUST DOESN'T NEED TO BE THERE.
UM, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T GO ALL THE WAY TO PLEASANT VALLEY, I WOULD REALLY STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ANY WORK OR ALL CONSIDERED WORK TO GO TO AT LEAST PETALS, WHICH HAS BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND BETTER CONNECTIONS TO THE BUTLER HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
UM, SO AT LEAST THAT EVEN IF YOU CAN'T GO ALL THE WAY TO PLEASANT VALLEY, I JUST IDENTIFYING WHAT THE LEAST, UH, GAP THAT COULD BE THERE WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WORKING, WORKING ON THE SMALL AREA MOBILITY PLAN TO LOOK AT.
UM, AND ALSO I KNOW THAT, THAT, THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS INEV ENDEAVORS GOING ON AROUND, UM, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, STREET TREE WORK.
UM, AND I WOULD HATE FOR THE SMALL AREA MOBILITY PLANNING WORK TO NOT, UH, BE IN SYNC WITH THAT.
NOT THAT IT, IT, NOT THAT I KNOW THAT IT ISN'T, BUT I KNOW THAT THE, GIVEN THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, GOING ON ALONG THIS, UH, SEGMENT OF THE PLAN, UH, THERE IS A LOT OF THE CANOPY THAT IS GOING AWAY AS, AS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS.
UM, AND SO I WOULD JUST HATE FOR THESE VARIOUS EFFORTS TO NOT BE COHESIVE.
UM, SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S BASICALLY THINGS YOU ALREADY, YOU ALL KNOW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND CHAIR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 11TH MEETING.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EDITS TO THOSE MINUTES? OKAY, SEEING NONE, THOSE MINUTES WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT COMMISSIONER BRETTON HAS JOINED US AS WELL AND I WANNA CIRCLE BACK.
COMMISSIONER LON, ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR US? YES.
[Consent Agenda]
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, WOULD YOU MIND READING THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR US? SURE THING.
SO ITEM NUMBER TWO IS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT NPA DASH 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 0 2 0 4.
CONGRESS VIEWS IN DISTRICT TWO THAT IS UP FOR A APPLICANT AND DEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A REZONING C FOUR DASH 20 0 25 0 9 6 CONGRESS VIEWS IN DISTRICT TWO.
THAT'S ALSO UP FOR APPLICANT IN
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POSTPONEMENT.ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT NPA A DASH 2 0 2 6 0 9 0 1 WESLEY RELOCATION PROJECT IN DISTRICT ONE IS UP FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER THE 13TH.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS, UH, REZONING C ONE FOUR DASH 20 0 26 DASH 0 2 8 WESLEY PROPERTY DONATION WESLEY PROPERTY DONATION IN DISTRICT ONE.
THAT'S UP FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER THE 13TH.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A REZONING C FOUR DASH 20 25 0 0 5 1 WOODWARD MIXED USE FLATS IN DISTRICT THREE.
THAT'S UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A REZONING C ONE FOUR DASH 20 26 0 0 6 WICKERSHAM RETAIL IN DISTRICT THREE.
THAT IS UP FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER 13TH.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A REZONING C FOUR DASH 20 26 0 4 8 1 8 0 1 AND 1 8 0 5 WEST 35TH STREET IN DISTRICT 10.
UM, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REZONING C 804 DASH 2025 DASH 0 0 1 600 EAST RIVERSIDE P IN DISTRICT NINE.
THAT IS UP FOR STAFF INDEFINITE INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REZONING C FOUR DASH 20 26 0 4 1 1 0 7 6 SPRINGDALE ROAD IN DISTRICT ONE.
THAT IS I, THAT ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REZONING C FOUR DASH 2 0 26 DASH 0 0 5 2 SPRINGDALE ROAD AND IN EAST MLK MULTIFAMILY REZONING IN DISTRICT ONE THAT I SET FOR CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT TERMINATION C 14 DASH EIGHT ZERO DASH THREE FIVE RCT SPRINGDALE ROAD AND EAST MLK MULTIFAMILY PUBLIC RC TERMINATION IN DISTRICT ONE.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A HISTORIC ZONING, C 14 H DASH 2026 DASH 0 0 3 9.
JAMES HARVEY AND PEARL CALDWELL HOUSE IN DISTRICT NINE.
AND ITEM NUMBER 14 IS A CODE AMENDMENT CCE TWO DASH 20 26 8 BARTON SPRINGS ZONE SOS AMENDMENT.
THAT ITEM IS UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER THE 13TH.
VICE CHAIR, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS NEED TO RECUSE OR ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? I HAVE A QUESTION.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ASK OUR STAFF OVER HERE, MS. GARCIA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? YES.
BEGINNING WITH ITEMS TWO AND THREE, THESE ITEMS ARE OFFERED AS AN APPLICANT INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.
WE'LL FIRST BE HEARING FROM THE PRIMARY SPEAKER AND OPPOSITION.
MARIO, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING, UH, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME'S MARIO CANTU, I'M CHAIR OF THE SOUTH CONGRESS CONTACT TEAM.
UH, JUST WANNA SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THE MERITS OF THE INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.
SO FOR US, IT'S ALSO OFTEN KIND OF DIFFICULT FOR US TO, UH, HAVE EVERYBODY HERE AT THE SAME TIME DUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND INDIVIDUALS WORKING.
UH, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IT'S RECOGNIZED THAT, UH, AFTER THIS IF OR WHEN THIS ZONING TWO AND THREE DO COME BACK, THAT UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WAY TO AT LEAST HAVE ONE POSTPONEMENT IF POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THAT SITUATION.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEAN ADAMS. JEAN, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES MOVING FORWARD.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRAD MASSEN.
BRAD, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
MOVING FORWARD TO ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE.
THESE ITEMS ARE BEING OFFERED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER 13TH.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE PRIMARY SPEAKER IN FAVOR, JUANITA STEVENS.
JUAN, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IN FAVOR IS WILLIE EVERETT.
WILLIE, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
WE'LL NOW BE HEARING FROM THOSE SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION, STARTING WITH OUR PRIMARY SPEAKER IN OPPOSITION, SCOTT MENZIE.
SCOTT, YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID KASHA.
DAVID, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM SIX.
THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED AS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 8TH.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT VICTORIA HASI VICTORIA WILL BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
VICTORIA, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
WE'LL FIRST BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT.
DREW, RAPHAEL, DREW, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
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GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.MY NAME IS DREW RAEL ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UM, YESTERDAY WE SUBMITTED A AMENDMENT TO OUR ZONING REQUEST TO ADD TO THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, UM, OF LIMITATION ON HEIGHT TO 39 FEET.
UM, THIS COMES FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BREER WOODS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WE WANT TO, UM, HONOR THAT, UH, AGREEMENT BY INCLUDING IT IN OUR CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
SO TONIGHT WE ASK THAT YOU, UM, RECOMMEND, UH, MAKE THE MOTION AS PART OF YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE THAT CONDITION IN THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY TO COUNSEL.
AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYONE HAS ANY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM IS GERALD BAKA.
GERALD, YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT.
THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT DAVID HARTMAN.
DAVID, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES AND ITEM MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM 12.
THIS ITEM IS ALSO BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
DAVID HARTMAN IS ALSO THE APPLICANT.
AND MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM 13.
THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT.
TERRY, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
I'M THE CONSULTANT ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER NICK WALLACE.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT WE MADE A STRONG CASE FOR THE JAMES HARVEY AND PEARL CALDWELL HOUSE TO BE DESIGNATED AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK UNDER CRITERION FOR ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
UM, THESE WERE, THIS WAS A BLIND COUPLE WHO BUILT THIS HOUSE IN 1912 AND LIVED THERE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
HARVEY WAS A TEACHER AT THE, UM, TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND FOR 30 YEARS AND THEY WERE VERY ACTIVE IN LEGISLATION FOR THE BLIND.
THIS IS, UH, A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL IN THAT IT ALSO MEETS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NEW EQUITY BASED PRESERVATION PLAN, WHICH RECOMMENDS DESIGNATION OF PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
AND, UH, JAMES HARVEY AND PEARL CALDWELL WHO CONTRACTED AND BUILT THIS HOUSE AND LIVED HERE FOR, UH, INTO, UH, HARVEY DIED IN 1947 AND PEARL DIED IN 1954.
UM, THE HOUSE IS A WONDERFUL HOUSE AND WE HOPE THAT YOU RECOMMEND IT FOR HISTORIC ZONING.
I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT TWO SPEAKERS WHO ELECTED TO NOT SPEAK, BUT WERE IN FAVOR OF THE POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER 13TH FOR ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE, ANGELA P AND MARK FOWLER.
AND WITH THAT, THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO ANY COMMISSIONERS WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OR OTHERWISE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, UM, I'M GONNA LOOK FOR A MOTION, A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
BUT I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN, UH, UPDATE ITEM EIGHT AND GET A SECOND TO MOVE THAT FORWARD AS APPLICANT REQUEST, INCLUDING THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, THE SECOND FROM VICE CHAIR.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ADDING THAT TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY.
LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SKIDMORE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BRETTON.
THIS CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[PERMANENT COMMITTEE UPDATES]
INTO OUR PERMANENT COMMITTEE UPDATES.ITEM 15 IS OUR CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE.
UM, WE HAD A POSTPONEMENT, UH, THE ONLY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, SO, UH, WE HAVE DID NOT MEET.
JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.
OUR MEETING TOMORROW WAS CANCELED.
SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON SEPTEMBER THE NINTH.
[WORKING GROUP UPDATES]
GUIDELINES UPDATE WORKING GROUP.[00:15:09]
NO UPDATES FROM THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.UM, I'M GOING TO REQUEST WE PUT A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS OUR FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER TO UPDATE THE DOGS HEAD WORKING GROUP WITH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, UM, MIX OF COMMISSIONERS.
WE JUST HAVE A, A SUBSTITUTION TO MAKE THERE.
CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND BY VICE CHAIR, HANEY, ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY, SEEING NONE, I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT 6:16 PM THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.