* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:06] ONE, 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. I AM HERE, VICE CHAIR HANEY. HERE. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL MAY BE JOINING US A LITTLE BIT LATER. COMMISSIONER AHMED HERE. COMMISSIONER LON. HERE. COMMISSIONER GANNON. HERE. COMMISSIONER BREIRA RAMIREZ. HERE. COMMISSIONER TROJAN. HERE. COMMISSIONER POWELL, I THINK WILL BE JOINING US LATER. COMMISSIONER BRETTON IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING. COMMISSIONER SKIDMORE, I'M HERE. AND COMMISSIONER HILLER HERE. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING 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. 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. BUT IF I DON'T SEE YOU, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO UNMUTE AND LET ME KNOW. VERBALLY, WE'LL HAVE ASSISTANCE [PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL ] FROM MS. GARCIA IN ANNOUNCING THE SPEAKERS DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. MS. GARCIA, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? YES. CHAIR, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, PHILIP WILEY. PHILIP, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. UH, PHILIP WILEY, DOWNTOWN RESIDENT FOR 34 YEARS. UM, AND I THINK HALF OF 'EM HAVE BEEN WAITING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WITH YOU THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TONIGHT. . UM, NOTHING BUT GOOD NEWS. THIS IS WHERE I LEFT YOU THREE MONTHS AGO AND I WAS HERE IN, UH, IN JUNE. UH, TALKING ABOUT THE POPULATION HASN'T REALLY CHANGED DOWNTOWN IN THE LAST 80 YEARS, AND PERHAPS IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO TRY TO, UH, ACCELERATE THE THE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH. NEXT CHART, PLEASE. SO WHAT I'M HERE MOSTLY TO DO IS MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF SOME CURRENT EVENTS TOO SPECIFICALLY. UH, THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER, UH, AN UPDATE TO THE EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT THAT WAS PUBLISHED RECENTLY FOR THE CENTRAL CITY PLAN. UM, IT ISN'T OFFICIAL YET, BUT UH, THIS MONTH THE GOVERNOR ABBOT SUBMITTED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AN APPLICATION FOR THE, THE MIDDLE THIRD OF DOWNTOWN TO BECOME AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE. UH, AND THE, UH, I GUESS IT'S THE TREASURY SECRETARY FOR THE US WILL DECIDE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE APPROVED FOR THAT. BUT THIS IS, THIS IS HUGE. IT, IT WILL CREATE A VERY BIG TAX INCENTIVE TO, UM, TO, UH, DO SIGNIFICANT REDEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. I THINK IT MIGHT BE, IM IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, THE TAX INCENTIVE IS A LONG-TERM ONE, SO IT'LL PROBABLY CREATE AN INCENTIVE TO BUILD APARTMENTS AND HOTELS AND OFFICES MORE THAN CONDOS WOULD BE MY EXPECTATION, BUT I'M, I'M CERTAINLY NOT AN EXPERT IN THAT MATTER. NEXT CHART, PLEASE. UM, NOW THIS, THIS IS REALLY WHAT, WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TALK ABOUT FOR 15 YEARS AND I DIDN'T EXPLAIN MYSELF VERY WELL. UM, DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, THERE'S AN ACT THAT'S GOING FORWARD IN CALIFORNIA AND I THINK THAT WE UNDERSTAND TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT EACH OTHER ARE DOING. UM, THAT THAT HAS PASSED THROUGH THE SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY AND IS SITTING ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK AND WILL EITHER BE SIGNED OR BECOME LAW BY THE END OF THE MONTH IF HE DOESN'T VETO IT. UH, SO I WANTED YOU TO KNOW BEFORE THAT GETS SIGNED BECAUSE THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF PRESS. UM, THIS LAW IMPORTANTLY HAD OVERWHELMING SUPPORT. SO THERE WERE 106 VOTES FOR IT, NINE AGAINST, UH, AND THREE PEOPLE DIDN'T VOTE IN CONTRAST WHEN, WHEN THEY DID, UM, THEIR VERSION OF A TODD VOTE A YEAR BEFORE, THERE WERE 64 VOTES FOR 27 AGAINST AND 29. SO THERE IS MUCH MORE POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR DOING DOWNTOWN UPZONING THAN THERE IS, UM, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OR OR CONNECTION AREAS. THERE'S A LOT OF CONTENT IN THE BILL THAT I'D LIKE TO COME BACK AND TALK WITH YOU ABOUT LATER, BUT FOR NOW I JUST WANTED TO LEAVE YOU WITH A SUMMARY OF THE KEY POINTS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. WILEY FOR KEEPING US UPDATED ON THIS. AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT COMMISSIONER BRETTON HAS JOINED US. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE CONSENT [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 8TH MEETING. DOES [00:05:01] ANYONE HAVE ANY EDITS TO THOSE MINUTES? OKAY, SEEING NONE, THOSE MINUTES WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND OUR FIRST ACTIVITY TONIGHT IS [Consent Agenda] 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'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST ANY CONSENT ITEMS BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION. VICE CHAIR, WOULD YOU MIND READING THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR US? ABSOLUTELY. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT NPA A DASH 20 0 26 0 2 1 0 3 2 2 1 SOUTH I 35 REZONING AND DISTRICT NINE. THAT ITEM IS UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT TWO OCTOBER THE 13TH. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A REZONING C FOUR DASH 20 26 0 4 1 2 2 1 SOUTH I 35 REZONING AND DISTRICT NINE ITEM IS UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER THE 13TH. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS OF NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT NPA DASH 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO 8.02 AIRPORT AND KANIG MULTIFAMILY AND DISTRICT FOUR. THAT ITEM IS UP FOR APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER THE 27TH. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A REZONING C 14 DASH 20 0 2 5 DASH ZERO 15 AIRPORT IN KENIG, MULTIFAMILY AND DISTRICT FOUR. THAT ITEM IS UP FOR APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER THE 27TH. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A REZONING C FOUR DASH 2025 DASH 0 5 1 WOODWARD MIXED USE FLATS IN DISTRICT THREE. THAT ITEM IS UP FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER THE 27TH. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A REZONING AND I THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING TO READ IN TO THE RECORD ON THAT ONE. HI, CYNTHIA HAD AUSTIN PLANNING. UM, YES. WE'RE GONNA ADD ONE ITEM TO THE HEIGHT PORTION OF THIS. THAT'S SECTION FIVE, PART FIVE OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. IT'S GONNA READ THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY FIVE A AND FIVE B ABOVE, PLUS ADDITIONAL HEIGHT BY THE CITY CODE SECTION 25 2 5 3 1 HEIGHT LIMIT EXCEPTIONS. EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. UM, SO THAT IS REZONING C ONE FOUR DASH 20 26 0 0 2 6 PHOENIX MOTOR WORK IN DISTRICT NINE. UH, WITH THE ITEMS THAT UH, MS. HURI JUST UH, READ INTO THE RECORD, THAT ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT. AND NUMBER EIGHT IS REZONING C 14 DASH 20 0 2 6 DASH 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 WEST ANDERSON LANE IN DISTRICT FOUR. THAT ITEM IS UP FOR APPLICANT AND NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER THE 27TH. ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A CONDITIONAL U USE PERMIT S PC 20 2616 A NIRVANA RETIREMENT COMPLEX IN DISTRICT ONE. THAT ITEM IS UP FOR NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO NOVEMBER THE 10TH. ITEM NUMBER 10 IS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT SPC 2 0 26 0 2 3 A, ROSS AND SONDER SCHOOL CUP IN DISTRICT 10. THAT ITEM IS UP FOR CONSENT. THANK YOU VICE CHAIR. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONSENTED ITEM? UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS MS. GARCIA? YES. BEGINNING WITH ITEMS TWO AND THREE, THESE ITEMS ARE BEING OFFERED AS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO OUR OCTOBER 13TH MEETING. WE'LL FIRST BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT LINDSAY WALKER. LINDSAY, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES. MS. WALKER IS WAIVING HER TIME. MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM SIX. WE, THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER 27TH. WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT VICTORIA HASI VICTORIA, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES. MS. HASSI IS WAIVING HER TIME. MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM SEVEN. THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT. WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT. ALICE GLASGOW. ALICE, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES. MS. GLASGOW IS WAIVING HER TIME. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IN FAVOR ON THIS ITEM IS DONNA OSBORNE. DONNA, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES. MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM EIGHT. WE'LL BE HEARING THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED AS A JOINT APPLICANT AND NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO OUR OCTOBER 27TH MEETING. WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT ALEX GLASGOW. ALICE, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES. GLASGOW'S WAIVING HER TIME. AND OUR FINAL SPEAKER ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ON ITEM 10. THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT. WE'LL BE HEARING, LOOKS LIKE THAT ITEM GOT WAIVED. IT WAS MS. LINDSAY WALKER, THE APPLICANT ON THAT ITEM. BUT THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO ANY COMMISSIONERS WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OR OTHERWISE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON ITEM SEVEN. I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT THE APPLICANT IS IN AGREEMENT WITH STAFF'S ADDITIONAL HEIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS MS. GLASGOW? YES. GREAT, THANK YOU. UM, AND I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ON ITEM SIX, WHICH IS, UH, WILL THIS BE GOING TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO US, JONATHAN TOMKO WITH AUSTIN PLANNING? YES. UH, THERE IS AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE 10 13 OCTOBER 13TH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. UM, THAT ITEM IS DISCUSSION [00:10:01] AND ACTION ON EXISTING MULTIFAMILY REZONING CASES THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED FINAL ACTION FROM CITY COUNCIL. AND THAT'LL GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CDC TO WEIGH IN ON, ON THIS CASE AND ANY OTHER CASES WITH EXISTING MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. SO WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE FOR THE CDC TO WEIGH IN? DO WE, WILL WE JUST GET A RECOMMENDATION FROM THEM WHEN WE MAKE OUR DECISION HERE? I, I THINK THAT'S STILL BEING DEVELOPED BY THE AUSTIN HOUSING. UM, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN APRIL 23RD, UH, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 0 4 2 3 DASH THREE NINE THAT, UH, SEEKS FOR THOSE CASES TO BE REVIEWED BY THAT BODY. AND SO GRANTING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT REQUEST WOULD GIVE THIS CASE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD BY THAT BODY BEFORE COMING BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OBVIOUSLY BEFORE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. TOMKO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION ON ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION? A SECOND. OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER GANNON. SORRY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I WAS TRYING TO UNMUTE. I COULDN'T FIND THE BUY-IN. UM, AND UM, THIS IS RELATED TO, UH, ITEM SIX AS WELL. UM, DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S A, UH, IF THERE'S AN UPDATE TO CHAPTER FOUR 18, UH, IN THE WORKS? DO WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM OF THE CITY WHO COULD MAYBE SPEAK TO, UH, THE CHAPTER FOUR 18 UPDATE? UH, JONATHAN TOMKO WITH AUSTIN PLANNING, UH, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON ANY UPDATES TO THAT AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR AT THIS TIME. UM, OKAY. BUT THERE IS, UH, A PROCESS THAT'S LOOKING AT THAT SECTION MORE SPECIFICALLY. OKAY. OKAY. THERE, THERE'S NO, UM, WE DON'T THINK IT'LL COME BACK BEFORE WE HEAR THIS CASE. UH, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE TIMELINE OF, YOU KNOW, THAT INITIATIVE. UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY TOUCH BASE WITH THOSE STAFF AND, AND HAVE AN UPDATE FOR Y'ALL WHEN THIS CASE RETURNS, UH, IF THERE'S A TIMELINE OR EXPECTED DATE FOR THAT TO BE FINALIZED. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? 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 ROJAN. SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR HANEY. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT ITEM PASSES AND THIS CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO [DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS ] ITEM 11, OUR DISCUSSION ACTION ITEM TO CHANGE THE MEMBERS OF THE DOG'S HEAD WORKING GROUP. THIS IS JUST TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTION. SO CURRENTLY THE MEMBERS OF THAT WORKING GROUP ARE COMMISSIONERS, MAXWELL, AHMED BREER, RAMIREZ, GANNON, AND SKIDMORE. AND WE'RE GOING TO SUBSTITUTE COMMISSIONER MAXWELL OUT AND PUT VICE CHAIR HANEY IN IF YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT. VICE CHAIR. UM, I WILL MOTION TO CHANGE THE MEMBERS OF THE DOG'S HEAD WORKING GROUP TO VICE CHAIR HANEY. COMMISSIONER AHMED. COMMISSIONER BRE RAMIREZ, COMMISSIONER GANNON AND COMMISSIONER SKIDMORE. LOOK FOR A SECOND. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROSN WITHOUT OBJECTION. THAT ITEM PASSES [PERMANENT COMMITTEE UPDATES ] AND WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR PERMANENT COMMITTEE UPDATES. SO CODES AND ORDINANCES, JOINT COMMITTEE. UH, WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON OCTOBER THE 21ST. GREAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE. NO UPDATE AT THIS TIME. JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. WE MEET TOMORROW. GREAT SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE. OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON NOVEMBER 4TH. THERE MIGHT BE SOME FIREWORKS. ALL RIGHT. UH, AND THEN OUR WORKING [WORKING GROUP UPDATES ] GROUP UPDATES. WE HAVE THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES UPDATE, WORKING GROUP, COMMISSIONERS, BRA, RAMIREZ, GANNON OR LAWN OR SKIDMORE. CAN WE HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THAT WORKING GROUP? WE HAVE NOT MET. THERE'S BEEN NO UPDATE. OKAY. AND THE DOGS HEAD WORKING GROUP? UH, WE, WE HAVE AN UPDATED TIMELINE, UM, BUT WE HAVE NOT MET. OKAY, SO NO UPDATES. THANKS COMMISSIONER. GANNON, ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY, SEEING NONE, I WILL MAKE ONE BRIEF HOUSEKEEPING NOTE, WHICH IS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING AN EXTRA MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 29TH. WE WILL NOT NEED TO HAVE THAT MEETING. SO IF YOU'RE HOLDING THAT IN YOUR CALENDAR, YOU CAN RELEASE IT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR MAKING TIME TO POTENTIALLY ATTEND THAT MEETING. UM, BUT JUST TO NOTE THAT THAT MEETING IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. AND SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN OCTOBER. AND WITH THAT, I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT 6:15 PM THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.