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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE HAVING A
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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 IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING.
COMMISSIONER POWELL IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING.
WE'LL CHECK IN AGAIN WITH COMMISSIONER MAXWELL.
WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AND I THINK COMMISSIONER BRETTON IS GONNA JOIN US IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
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 COMMISSIONER IS 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 UNMUTE AND LET ME KNOW.
VERBALLY, WE'LL HAVE ASSISTANCE FROM MS. GARCIA IN ANNOUNCING THE SPEAKERS DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
MS. GARCIA, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? NO CHAIR.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA
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IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 22ND MEETING.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EDITS TO THOSE MINUTES? OKAY, SEEING NONE, THOSE MINUTES WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[Consent Agenda]
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 AHMED 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.
COMMISSIONER AHMED, WOULD YOU MIND READING THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR US? OF COURSE.
FIRST WE HAVE UH, NUMBER TWO PLAN AMENDMENT NPA, UH, 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 0 0 9 0 1 AND THAT'S WESLEY RELOCATION PROJECT IN DISTRICT ONE.
UH, AND THAT'S UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT UNTIL NOVEMBER 10TH.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE NUMBER THREE, REZONING C 14 DASH 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 0 2 8 DASH WESLEY PROPERTY DONATION, UH, IN DISTRICT ONE AND THAT'S UP FOR STAFF POSTPONEMENT UNTIL NOVEMBER 10TH.
NEXT WE HAVE NUMBER FOUR, UH, PLANNED AMENDMENT NPA DASH 2 0 26 DASH 0 0 2 6 0 1.
UH, THAT'S NORTH LAMAR BOULEVARD AT BEAVER STREET IN DISTRICT FOUR.
AND WE HAVE NUMBER FIVE REZONING, UH, C 14 DASH 2026 DASH 0 0 3.
UH, THAT'S NORTH LAMAR BOULEVARD AT BEAVER STREET IN DISTRICT FOUR.
UH, NUMBER SIX IS A PLANNED AMENDMENT NPA DASH 20 26 0 2 1 0 3 AND THAT'S 1 2 2 1 SOUTH IH 35 REZONING IN DISTRICT NINE.
THAT'S UP FOR APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT UNTIL OCTOBER 27TH.
UH, THEN WE HAVE NUMBER SEVEN, UH, REZONING C 14 DASH 2026 DASH 0 4 0.
UH, THIS IS UH, 1 2 2 1 SOUTH IH 35 REZONING IN DISTRICT NINE.
UH, AND THAT'S UH, ALSO FOR APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT UNTIL OCTOBER 27TH.
UM, THEN WE HAVE NUMBER EIGHT, UH, REZONING C 14 DASH 20 26 0 16.
THIS IS, UH, WICKERSHAM RETAIL IN DISTRICT THREE.
THAT'S UP FOR APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO DECEMBER 8TH, NUMBER NINE, UH, REZONING CASE C 14 DASH 2024 DASH 0 1 47 14 0 5 EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN DISTRICT NINE.
POSTPONE IT ALSO TO DECEMBER 8TH.
UH, THEN WE HAVE NUMBER 10, A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT TERMINATION.
UH, THAT'S C 14 DASH 85 DASH 1 49 RCT AND THAT'S FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INCORPORATED,
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NORTH PROSPER CENTER IN DISTRICT FOUR.AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE NUMBER 11 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, SPC DASH 2 0 24 3 C AND THAT'S TOYOTA OF NORTH AUSTIN AND DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH IS UP FOR CONSENT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER AHMED, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS NEED TO RECUSE OR ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? OKAY, MS. GARCIA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? YES, CHAIR.
BEGINNING WITH ITEMS TWO AND THREE, THESE ITEMS ARE BEING OFFERED AS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO NOVEMBER 10TH.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM PETER COOPER WHO WILL BE SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION.
PETER, YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
MOVING FORWARD TO ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE.
THESE ITEMS ARE BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
WE'LL FIRST BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT, ASHLEY FISHER.
ASHLEY, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LEAH BOJO.
LEAH WILL BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
LEAH, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
SHE'S NOT ONLINE AT THE MOMENT.
SO MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM EIGHT.
THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED AS AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO OUR DECEMBER OR OUR DECEMBER 8TH MEETING.
WE'LL FIRST BE HEARING FROM ROBERT MORROW.
ROBERT, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES MOVING FORWARD AND TO CLARIFY, THESE ARE SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TRICIA YARDLEY.
TRICIA, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MALCOLM YATES.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP AND SPEAK IF YOU'D LIKE TO, BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO.
AND IF YOU WANNA WAVE YOUR TIME, JUST GIMME WAVE AND I'LL KNOW ARE YOU COMING UP? GREAT.
WHILE THIS SPEAKER'S MAKING HER WAY UP, I JUST WANNA CHECK IN WITH COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, MAKE SURE YOU'RE ABLE TO HEAR US AND WE CAN HEAR YOU.
AND SECRETARY MAXWELL, IF YOU COULD SEND ME YOUR VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.
I'M A RESIDENT OF THE SHAMAN, UM, CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX AT THE CORNER OF UL TORF AND WICKERSHAM.
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HOA BOARD FOR THAT COMMUNITY AND WE ARE ATTENDING TODAY MOSTLY TO OPPOSE THE REZONING.
WE FEEL THAT THERE IS A BETTER USE FOR THIS AREA AND HAVE VERY, UM, I FEEL LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT COULD BE THE IMPACT OF PUTTING YET ANOTHER GAS STATION ON THAT CORNER.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, WORRIED ABOUT WHAT COULD BECOME LOITERING AT SOME POINT.
AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF GAS STATIONS WITHIN THE ONE MILE RADIUS.
I'D SAY THERE'S ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN.
WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER GAS STATION IN THAT AREA.
UM, BUT YEAH, MOSTLY I'M JUST HERE TO OPPOSE THE REASONING CHANGE ON THAT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM IS WILL MARTINO.
WILL, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS WILL TANNER MALIN MAYFIELD, I AND PATRICK BABIN.
THOSE WERE ALL THE SPEAKERS ON ITEM EIGHT.
THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
WE'LL FIRST BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT.
JASON, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY CONCERNS.
I THINK THIS IS FAIRLY STRAIGHT, STRAIGHTFORWARD, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT REMOVAL.
EVERY ONE OF THESE WE DO IS A STRIKE AGAINST THE RACISM THAT WAS BUILT INTO OUR PAST ZONING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER OR OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 11.
THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT, CHRIS BRADFORD.
CHRIS, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES WAIVER.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GRAHAM MOORE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRAD JOHNSON.
AND OUR FINAL SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM IS RYAN NIL.
RYAN, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
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HELLO? UH, MY NAME'S RYAN NIL.UM, I ACTUALLY DON'T NEED THAT.
I THINK I'LL JUST SPEAK WITHOUT IT TODAY.
I AM THE CHAIR OF THE WOOTEN NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM SPEAKING ON THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE TOYOTA DEALER ON RESEARCH BOULEVARD AND LAZY LANE.
I'M HERE TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT, UH, THE CONTACT TEAM VOTED TO SUPPORT THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ON CONDITIONS OF MEETING ADDRESSING CONCERNS WE HAVE WITH THE DEALERSHIP, UM, WITH NOISE AND TRAFFIC.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER FOR, IN THE OWNER OF THE SITE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND WE'VE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON HOW TO MITIGATE THE PROBLEMS OF HAVING A CAR DEALERSHIP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND SO YEAH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I I DID SEND Y'ALL AN EMAIL ON THE STATUS AND DID WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WE FIRMED UP THE LAST FEW PIECES THIS AFTERNOON.
SO WE ARE IN FULL AGREEMENT ON THE, UH, SUPPORT FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND MEETING THOSE, UH, REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES.
WE'RE COMING BACK TO CHRIS BRADFORD.
CHRIS, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
I'M VP OF FACILITY PLANNING CONSTRUCTION WITH GROUP ONE AUTOMOTIVE.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THE FACT THAT I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH RYAN OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO.
UM, WE'VE GONE THROUGH ABOUT 25 VERY THOUGHTFUL CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE'VE ARRIVED AT A WHAT I FEEL IS A GREAT PLACE FOR THE PROJECT AND WE'RE IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT ON THE CONDITIONS OF THE COP.
AND CHAIR, 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, IS THERE A MOTION TO SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SKIDMORE.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER AHMED.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT ITEM PASSES AND THIS CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS WHO CAME OUT THIS EVENING.
[12. Discussion and action to approve the 2027 annual schedule of the Planning Commission. ]
TO ITEM 12, DISCUSSION ACTION.TO APPROVE THE 2027 ANNUAL SCHEDULE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, THIS IS JUST OUR STANDARD SCHEDULE, SO SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAYS OF EVERY MONTH.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR IS THAT GENERALLY WE HAVE ONE REGULAR MEETING AND ONE CONSENT ONLY MEETING IN DECEMBER.
UM, AND BASED ON THE WAY THE HOLIDAYS FALL IN 2027, WE ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING IN DECEMBER.
ONLY MEETING, LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THAT SCHEDULE.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GANNON WITHOUT OBJECTION.
NOT SEEING COMMISSIONER MAXWELL ON MY SCREEN, BUT WITHOUT HEARING HER OBJECT.
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OUR PERMANENT COMMITTEE UPDATES, CODES AND ORDINANCES.NO, UM, WE MET AND WE REVIEWED A CASE.
WE REVIEWED A CASE, UM, THAT WAS, I BELIEVE SUPPOSED TO BE HEARD TONIGHT, BUT WAS POSTPONED TO THE NEXT MEETING.
THE, UH, CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK FROM THAT COMMITTEE WHEN WE HEAR THAT CASE.
WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK, UH, AND HAD A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF ON, UH, THE PLACE TYPES INITIATIVE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.
UH, WE MET A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND DISCUSSED SOLAR FOR TWO HOURS AND, UH, NO UPDATES OTHERWISE.
SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE.
UH, NO UPDATES SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR WORKING GROUP
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UPDATES.URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES, UPDATE WORKING GROUP.
UH, THAT WORKING GROUP IS STILL IN PROCESS WAITING FROM UPDATES FROM THE DESIGN GROUP.
WE HAVE UPDATES, UM, FROM STAFF PLAN FOR DECEMBER, AND WE'LL CONVENE SHORTLY AFTER THAT.
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ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]
FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY.SEEING NONE, I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT 6:15 PM THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.