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THIS IS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE DESIGN COMMISSION FRIDAY, OR IT'S NOT FRIDAY.COULD YOU CALL A ROLL PLEASE? YES, SIR.
CHAIRMAN CAROL RESIDENT CHAIRWOMAN GONZALEZ, COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN PRESENT COMMISSIONER MINORS, COMMISSIONER HEN.
ROBLEDO PRESENT COMMISSIONER, KEN OF GUCCI, RESIDENT COMMISSIONER FRAIL COMMISSIONER COLEMAN, COMMISSIONER WATLEY, AND COMMISSIONER LEPTIN.
DID YOU GET COMMISSIONER? LUKINS THAT ENVIRONMENT SPOT? UM, PRESENT.
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WE'LL GO INTO A NEW BUSINESS ITEM ONE, A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO EVALUATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING WHETHER THE UNIVERSITY HILLS AND LIBRARY PARKING LOT EXPANSION ADDRESS AT 47 OH ONE LOYOLA LANE.COMPLIES WITH THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.
I WILL BE MANAGING THE UNIVERSITY HILLS LIBRARY, BRANCH EXPANSION PARKING LOT EXPANSION, UH, WITH ME TODAY IS ALDO SAPELO.
HE IS RPM, UH, WITH STANTEC, OUR CONSULTANT, AS WELL AS ROBERT LAVAR.
AND HE'S OUR DESIGN ENGINEER WITH, UM, WITH STANTEC.
IS THERE GOING TO BE SLIDES? YOU'LL HAVE OUR SLIDES SO WE CAN BEGIN THE PRESENTATION.
I HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE.
MAY I ASK WHICH ONE IT WAS? YEAH, THE UNIVERSITY HILLS LIBRARY, BRANCH PARKING LOT EXPANSION.
AND YOU CAN JUMP OVER TO THE SECOND SLIDE.
SO I'LL BE DISCUSSING ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
THE PROJECT INFORMATION, THE PROJECT BACKGROUND, EXISTING CONDITIONS IN CONTENT RELATIONSHIP TO PUBLIC REALM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES, THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS.
AND AT THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.
UH, THIS IS THE PROJECT INFORMATION.
UH, THIS IS A CITY, UH, UH, FACILITY, UH, PUMP ALSO PUBLIC LIBRARY, CITY BUILDING THE, UH, THIS IS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL MIXED USE AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.
UH, THE ADDRESS IS AT 47 OH ONE AND A HALF LOYOLA LANE, UH, NEAR MAYNER ROAD.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN SITE PLAN PERMIT, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE A FOUR MONTHS DURATION.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO BEGIN, UM, IN JULY OF THIS YEAR AND, UM, END ON DECEMBER, 2020 ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT, UH, THIS PROJECT, WE SEE OUR, UM, A COMMISSION MEETING OR, UM, BRINGING IN A BOARD USING THE JOB OR A CONTRACT WITH CAPITAL CONTRACTING OFFICE, UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT WE HAVE ON BOARD WILL BE BROWN AND ROOT.
YOU CAN MOVE TO SLIDE NUMBER FOUR.
AND THE REASON FOR, UM, THE PROJECT IS WITH OUR PROJECT GOES, UH, GOALS IS, UM, UH, IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING TO THE LIBRARY LIBRARY OF VISITORS AND STAFF DUE TO INSUFFICIENT PARKING, UH, TRAINING EVENTS.
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THE, UH, SORRY, THE, UH, CITIES, UH, DEPARTMENTS THAT USE THE LIBRARY FOR, UM, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UH, OUTREACH EVENTS, SUCH AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT USES AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.UM, AS WELL AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT USE THE, UH, THE LIBRARY.
WE HAVE THE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT USE THE LIBRARY FOR MEETING LOCATIONS, UH, PUBLIC EVENTS, AS WELL AS A STUDENT TUTORING SESSIONS AND OTHER LIBRARY ACTIVITIES.
UH, THIS WILL ALSO REDUCE A SAFE SAFETY HAZARDS DUE TO, UH, WE HAD A, UH, WAY BACK, UH, THAT INITIATED THE, UH, THE 2012 BOND FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, WAS WE HAD A, A, A DEATH OF A CHILD CROSSING THE STREET, AND THIS WAS DUE TO THE CURRENT, UH, CURVED SLOPE THAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, UM, AS WELL AS THE, UH, LIMITS THE, THE VISIBILITY OF, UM, WHERE THE LIBRARY'S LOCATED AS WELL AS THERE A SIDEWALK, THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO THE ROADWAY AND THAT'S GOING TO BE LIMITED LIGHTING AS WELL IN THE VICINITY OF THE PARKING LOT.
THIS WILL ALSO IMPROVE THE ADA COMPLIANCE, ASSESSABILITY OF SIDEWALKS, UH, CONNECTING TO THE LIBRARY.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING TO ADD ADDITIONAL ADA PARKING SPOTS FOR THIS PROJECT, MOVING FORWARD TO A FLIGHT NUMBER FIVE
UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE REQUESTING FOUR 26, UH, PROPOSING 26 PARKING SPACE, UH, SPOTS.
UH, THIS WILL INCLUDE TWO HANDICAP AND THREE NEW MOTORCYCLES, SPOTS, UH, NEW DRIVEWAY, ISLES AND DRIVEWAY, NEW IMPROVED SIDEWALKS AND RAMPS, NEW IMPROVED PARKING, LOT LIGHTING.
UH, WE ALSO WORKING WITH AUSTIN ENERGY, UH, SO THAT WE CAN BRING IN TO FUTURE ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING STATIONS, UH, NEW, UH, THIS IS ALSO MEETING THE ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT.
UH, THERE IS A PROPOSED PUBLIC ART SCULPTURE AT THE LIBRARY FOR THIS PROJECT.
UH, THERE WILL ALSO BE A MONUMENT SIGN FOR THIS PROJECT.
UH, WE'VE INCREASED THE CALIBER SIZES, UH, TO BEAUTIFY THE AREA WITH LANDSCAPING.
SO THE CALIBER INCHES, UH, WILL BE INCREASED FOR TREES AND LANDSCAPING AND ADDITIONAL IRRIGATION TO BEAUTIFY THE AREA.
UM, AND ALSO THIS WILL INCLUDE A NEW STORM WATER DETENTION POND FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN MOVING FORWARD TO SLIDE NUMBER SIX, I'D LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER TO, UM, OUR, UH, ENGINEERING CONSULTANT WITH ALDO SOTELO.
SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT A MAP SHOWING THE VICINITY OF THE LIBRARY IN THE CENTER OF THE MAP.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING LIBRARY BUILDING, UH, LIKE PAUL MENTIONED, THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN FRONT OF LOYOLA LANE, UH, WHICH IS A LEVEL THREE MINOR ARTERIAL ROAD WITH A 30 MILE PER HOUR, UM, LIMIT AND IS VERY CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH MAIN ROAD, WHICH A 35 MILE PER HOUR, UH, ARTERIAL ROADWAY.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF BUS STOPS NEAR THE INTERSECTION THAT ALLOW, UM, PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE LIBRARY, UH, WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK, LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LOYOLA LANE.
UH, THERE'S ALSO A RECENTLY MARKED, UM, BICYCLE LANE, UH, ON THE, ON LOYOLA LANE THAT ALLOWS FOR, UH, BIKERS TO ACCESS THE LIBRARY AS WELL.
UM, MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE.
UH, IT'S JUST A FEW PICTURES OF THE EXISTING CONDITION ON THE TOP LEFT.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST, UM, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE SHARP CURVE THAT, UM, ALL HAD MENTIONED BEFORE AND THE STEEP SLOPE, WHICH PRODUCES DISABILITY FOR PEOPLE DRIVING OVER IT, UH, WHICH CREATES A RISK FOR ANYBODY, UH, PEDESTRIANS CROSSING THE STREET, PARKING ON THE STREET AND TRYING TO CROSS THE ROADWAY.
UM, APOLO ALLUDED TO A FATALITY THAT HAPPENED A FEW YEARS BACK AS A RESULT OF THAT, UH, ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE EXISTING PARKING LOT, UH, AND THAT, UH, STONEWALL THAT DEVICE, BASICALLY THE EXISTING PARKING LOT WITH OUR SITE, WHICH IS TO THE LEFT OF THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN GRASS ON THERE.
THAT IS WHERE OUR PROJECT WILL BE LOCATED.
UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THE EXISTING PARKING LOT SHOW IN CARS.
THIS WAS TAKEN DURING A NORMAL DAY.
THERE WERE NO, UH, EVENTS PLANNED FOR THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF THE
UM, A LOT OF THESE CARS ARE FOR PEOPLE THAT WORKED AT THE LIBRARY.
UM, SOME OF THEM ARE FOR VISITORS ON THE TOP, I'M SORRY, ON THE BOTTOM.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY, UH, FOR THE LIBRARY.
THIS IS THE AREA IN WHICH SOME HAVE ADA COMPLIANCE IMPROVEMENT
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NEED TO BE MADE, UH, FOR MAKING, UH, THE SIDEWALKS AND THE CROSSING OF THE, OF THE SIDEWALK ACROSS THAT DRIVEWAY.UM, MEET ADA COMPLIANCE, UM, SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE.
UH, THIS DRAWING, UH, SHOWS, UH, IN COLOR, UH, SOME, UH, IMPORTANT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES, UH, IN RED, YOU CAN SEE THAT LINEATED, THE CRITICAL AMINE RENTAL FEATURES THAT WERE FOUND IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY THAT WILL PERFORM.
UM, THERE IS THE WETLAND FOR, UH, THE CREEK.
THERE ARE RIM ROPES AND SEEPS, UH, DELINEATED AND RED, YELLOW.
YOU CAN SEE THE 500 YEAR FLOOD, PLAIN, UM, BOUNDARY, AND THEN IN, UH, ORANGE BEING INGRAINED, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, 25 YEAR FLOOD, PLAIN, THE EROSION HAZARD ZONE, CRITICAL WATER QUALITY STONE.
UH, OUR PROJECT IS FULLY LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE FIVE HERE UNDER A YEAR, UH, FLOOD PLAIN, UH, WHICH IS, UM, TRYING TO MEET THE FUTURE ATLAS 14, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THE PORTION OF THE SITE THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN THAT, UH, WILL NOT BE DISTURBED.
UH, THE PROJECT SITE IS DELINEATED IN GREAT, UH, AS THE POLYGON LIQUID LINEATED IN GRAY, UH, THERE IS 150 FOOT BUFFER ZONE FOR THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES THAT IS ALSO DELINEATED IN BLACK, A PORTION OF A PROJECT AS SPECIFICALLY THE DETENTION POND IS WITHIN THAT.
AND WE ARE SECURING A WAIVER OR THAT FROM THE CITY THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED WILL BE KNOWN TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES, SHARED VALUES HERE, AND, UH, SOME OF THE FEATURES OF OUR PROJECT THAT ARE RELATED TO THOSE, STARTING WITH THE DENSITY AND DIVERSITY, UM, AS PAUL MENTIONED, THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF A PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THIS PUBLIC SPACE.
AS PAUL MENTIONED, UH, IS BEING USED BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, AND WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN WHICH WE HAD RECEIVED VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
UH, THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EXPANDED, UH, PARKING LOT CAPACITY SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, INCREASE THE USE OF THIS FACILITY.
I MENTIONED A NUMBER OF STAFF TRAINING SESSIONS ARE, HAVE, UH, LIBRARY, REACH EVENTS, TUTORING SESSIONS, AND, UH, THINGS AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES.
UH, SO WE BELIEVE WITH THIS PROJECT WHERE WE PROMOTING THE SOCIAL INTERACTION WITH THESE PEOPLE, UM, SINCE THERE'S, UM, UM, THIS IS A PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT HOLDS, UH, MANY PEOPLE TOGETHER AT DIFFERENT KINDS OF EVENTS MEETINGS.
UM, THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE SAFETY WITH A NEW AND IMPROVED SIDEWALK, RAMPS AND LIGHTING.
UH, WE HOPE TO REDUCE, UH, SAFETY HAZARDS THAT PULL US EXPLAINED BEFORE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROADWAY, UH, ATTRACT PEOPLE AND ALLOW THEM TO FULLY IN LIBRARY ACTIVITIES IN A SAFE MANNER ON SLIDE NUMBER 10, PLEASE.
UH, THERE IS A NUMBER OF FEATURES OF OUR PROJECT THAT, UH, IMPACT SUSTAINABILITY IN A POSITIVE WAY.
UH, OUR MAIN PROJECT FEATURE IS WE'RE INTRODUCING POROUS PAVERS TO BE USED.
UM, MOST OF THE NEW PARKING AREA WILL BE OVER WITH CONCRETE, UH, PAPERS, UH, THAT ALLOW TO, UM, REDUCE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY.
UH, WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING, UH, PROVISIONS FOR, UH, ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING STATIONS THAT WILL REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT.
AND WE ARE UTILIZING ENERGY EFFICIENT, LIGHT FIXTURE, UH, BOTH AT THE EXPANDED PARKING LOT AND ALSO REPLACING THE EXISTING LIGHT POLES, UH, IN THE EXISTING PARKING LOT WITH THE SAME TYPE OF LED LIGHT, UH, WHICH IS GOING TO REDUCE ELECTRIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE COMPLETE PROJECT IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE 500 YEAR FLOOD, PLAIN OUTSIDE OF THE CRITICAL QUALITY STONE, THE EROSION HAZARD ZONE.
AND, UH, THIS WILL HELP MINIMIZE ANY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO THE LITTLE WALNUT CREEK LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO OUR SITE.
AND FINALLY, UH, WHERE, UH, PROPOSING TO USE A HUNDRED PERCENT NATIVE AND ADAPTED TREES AND PLANS, UH, WHICH SHOULD REDUCE OUR MAINTENANCE, UH, REDUCE WATER USE FOR OUR PLANTING AND TREES AND PRESERVE THE ECOSYSTEM.
UM, WE ALSO ARE TOUCHING ON A FEW MORE, UM, SHARED VALUES, UH, HUMAN CHARACTER, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING NEW SIDEWALKS AND RAMPS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY, PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN USE AND IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY AND ACTIVITY LEVEL WITH THIS PROJECT.
UH, LIKE PAUL MENTIONED, THERE IS A PUBLIC ART SCULPTURE
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BEING INSTALLED HERE, AND WE'RE ALSO PUTTING IN A MONUMENT SIGN AND WITH IS, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE THE LOCAL ARTISTS THAT DESIGNED THE SCULPTURE.WE'RE TRYING TO STIMULATE ORIGINAL CULTURE AND REVITALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND FINALLY, UH, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPING, NEW NATIVE TREES AND PLANTS, UH, INSTALLED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THE EXPANDED PARKING LOT.
AND WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO CONNECT THE URBAN SPACE WITH THE OUTDOORS AND PROVIDE SHAPE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THE PARKING LOT.
UM, JUST, UM, TOUCHING AGAIN ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES, UM, WE'VE ALREADY TOUCHED ON MOST OF THESE, UH, POROUS PAPERS AND THEIR IMPACT.
I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT THAT AGAIN, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE JUST A SUMMARY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES, UH, PROVISIONS FOR ELECTRIC CAR STATIONS, ENERGY EFFICIENT LIFE EXTERIOR'S, UM, PROJECT LOCATED COMPLETELY OUTSIDE OF THE 500 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN, AND A HUNDRED PERCENT NATIVE AND ADAPTED TREES AND PLANTINGS MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED SITE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE, OUR PROJECT LOCATION IS A DELINEATOR WITH A Y DASH AND DOTTED LINE AND THE LIMITS OF CONSTRUCTION IT'S SHOWN WITH THE RED DOTTED LINE.
UM, SO IN HERE YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATIONS OF THE NEW TREES AND PLANTINGS, THE LOCATION OF THE DRY AISLE, WHICH IS SMART WITH THE DARK GRADE AND THE NEW, UM, ACCESS DRIVE, UH, THAT NEW PARKING SPOTS.
UM, THE INTENT OF THE PROJECT IS THAT THE EXISTING, UH, DRIVEWAY WILL BE USED AS ENTRY ONLY.
AND THE NEW DRYWALL WILL BE USED AS EXIT ONLY.
THAT'S CREATING A LOOP WITHIN THE NEW, THE EXISTING AND THE NEW PARKING LOT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN HERE, MARK THE, UM, THE LIGHT POLES, UH, THE EXISTING LIGHT POLES MARK WITH NUMBER NINE HERE THAT ARE BEING REPLACED WITH THE ENERGY EFFICIENT LED LIGHTS.
AND, UM, ALSO YOU CAN SEE THE, THE HANDICAP SPOTS WHICH ARE LOCATED, UM, RIGHT NEXT TO THE EXISTING HANDICAP.
YOU'RE ON THE, ON THE EXISTING, UH, PARKING LOT.
AND THERE IS A RAMP THAT'S GONNA BE CONNECTING.
UM, THE TWO OF THEM, UH, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE IN ELEVATION BETWEEN THE EXISTING AND THE PROPOSED SIDE, BUT IT'S VERY MINOR AND WE'RE PUTTING AN ADA CON TO CONNECT THE TWO OF THEM.
THERE'S ALSO A SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PROPOSED, UH, PARKING SPOT, UH, OR CONNECTIVITY TO THE EXISTING, UH, PARKING LOT.
AND YOU CAN SEE ALSO ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, UH, THAT THE EXISTING SIDEWALK IS BEING REPLACED WITH A PROPOSAL, UH, EXTENDING FURTHER, UH, INSIDE THAT'S KEEPING THE SIDEWALK FURTHER FROM THE CURB.
THE IX IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE CURB, WHICH MAKES IT, UH, A SAFETY HAZARD, UM, BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO THE CURVE ROAD SLIDE.
AND HERE ARE JUST SOME RENDERINGS AND PICTURES OF THE, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, ON THE TOP, RIGHT? YOU CAN SEE A RENDERING OF THE HUSK CULTURE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO INSTALL.
THIS IS THE
AND THEN ON THE TOP LEFT, YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF HUMANS THAT WAS USED AT ANOTHER LIBRARY, GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO THIS.
AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM BRIGHT, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE PAVER VAPOR WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN INSTALLED.
BASICALLY IT'S A CONCRETE PAVER THAT SITS ON A BASE AND HAS ALL HOLES IN BETWEEN FILLED WITH GRAVEL THAT ALLOW FOR WATER TO PERMEATE THROUGH.
AND, UH, THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THAT UNLIKE OTHER PAVER, THE REDUCED AREA, UH, HELPS THAT, UH, FOR GRASS NOT TO GROW THE SOIL REDUCES ON THE MAINTENANCE OF THE, UH, THE PARKING LOT.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE ASPHALT LOCATED ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THE CONCRETE STRIP, THE HOLES AND IN PLACE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR FOR PAUL,
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THANK YOU.ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A COUPLE, GO AHEAD.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY, A NOD TO BICYCLE WHETHER EXISTING BICYCLES PARKING THERE OR ARE Y'ALL ADDING ANY, THERE ARE EXISTING BICYCLE NEXT TO THE BUILDING.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF RACKS NEXT TO THE BUILDING, WHEREAS YOU'RE NOT ADDING ANY WITH THE NEW PARKING WE WERE, WE WERE IN PLANNING ON DOING THAT.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS THE ELECTRIC CHARGING STATION.
UH, CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING WITH AUSTIN ENERGY ON THAT, AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD TO THAT, BUT, UM, RIGHT NOW WHERE WE, UH, WE DON'T KNOW, CAUSE MOST OF THE LIBRARIES IN TOWN ARE A LOT OF STUDENTS HAVE SOLAR POWERED.
ANYONE ELSE? I HAVE A QUESTION.
I CAUGHT IN A LITTLE LATE ON WHEN YOU WERE PRESENTING, BUT I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE, UM, THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.
IT WAS THERE ANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND CREATING THAT, THAT SCULPTURE FOR THE, YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT WAS DONE WITH THE, UM, ARTS AND PUBLIC SPACES, UH, WITH THAT DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, THEY DID DO A COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND SO THE COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA DID HAVE A HUGE INFLUENCE ON, ON THE, UH, THE, UH, I WANT TO SAY THE, UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S DIFFERENT SCRIPTURES AND INFORMATION ON THE ACTUAL DESIGN OF THAT SCULPTURE, UH, WITH THEIR, UH, WORDING AND PHRASES COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
CAN YOU ALSO KNOW IF THE ARTISTS, UM, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S OBVIOUS, OBVIOUSLY AN AUSTIN ARTISTS, BUT DO YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE, UH, FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY OR IF THEY ARE LIVING IN EAST AUSTIN? I WANT TO SAY THEY ARE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE FROM EAST AUSTIN, BUT I KNOW THAT, UM, MOST OF THE ARTISTS ARE FROM THE, UH, THE REGION, UH, WHEN THEY APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM, UH, WITH, WITH, UM, ARTS AND PUBLIC SPACES.
I WAS JUST WONDERING ANYONE ELSE.
I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THEN.
UM, HOW MANY TOTAL SPACES ARE YOU ADDING? ARE THOSE FULL SIZED SPACES OR ARE YOU DOING COMPACT SPACES? UH, 26 TOTAL.
30% ARE COMPACT AND THE REST ARE FULL SIZE AND TWO HANDICAP.
SO IF YOU DO REMEMBER THAT RENDERING THAT I WAS SHOWING, THE COMPLEX SPACES ARE LOCATED ON ONE SIDE ON THAT RENDERING, IT WAS ON THE TOP SIDE AND THE FULL SIZE WERE LOCATED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
UM, SO THIS PROJECT OBVIOUSLY WOULD NOT COMFORTABLE I, WITH OUR URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES, SO, MMM.
I WOULD RECOMMEND A MOTION THAT WE S THAT WE RECOMMEND THAT IT COMPLIES WITH THE CITY.
UH, THE CITY IS A NINE STANDARD, UM, IN GENERAL, SINCE IT'S REALLY JUST AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
UM, SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION MYSELF.
THEN WE WILL GET TO VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.
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AND ANY ABSTAIN, I BELIEVE THAT WAS UNANIMOUS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
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OKAY.WE WILL GO ITEM ONE, THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO EVALUATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING WHETHER THREE, TWO, ONE WEST SIXTH STREET COMPLIES WITH THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH THE PRESENTATION.
SO THIS IS RICHARD SETTLING, AND NOW THAT WE KIND OF SEE THE RHYTHM OF YOUR MEETINGS, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO ABBREVIATE AND OPEN IT UP MOSTLY TO, UH, QUESTIONS FOR Y'ALL BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE WORKING GROUP AND I'LL JUST INSTRUCT OUR GUYS REMOTELY HERE THAT IT'S, IT'S TOUGH OVER THE INTERNET, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL DO A CHOP, CHOP, UH, PRESENTATION, AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
DOES THAT WORK FOR THE BOARD? UM, I'VE SEEN THE PROJECT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER STAFF, NO, WE'LL DO A COMPLETE PRESENTATION, BUT WE'LL JUST MOVE THROUGH IT MAYBE QUICKER THAN WE WOULD IF WE WERE ALL SITTING AROUND A TABLE.
AND PLEASE, PLEASE USE THE OTHER PRESENTATION.
THIS IS THE NEXT PROJECT, NOT OURS.
WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE OF THE AB THANKS.
SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD SESSION WITH WORKING GROUP AND YOU'LL SEE SOME CHANGES IN THE NEXT REGARDING THAT.
UM, OUR PROJECT, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, IS IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SIXTH AND GUADALUPE, AND, UM, WE IT'S THE CURRENTLY WHAT'S ON THAT SITE.
THERE IS A DRIVE THROUGH BANK, UH, THREE CORE CUTS AND, UH, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TREES AND A LOT OF SURFACE PARKING.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A TALL BUILDING AND IT'S A TALL BUILDING IN THE CONTEXT OF A CHANGING NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS GETTING PRETTY TALL, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SLIDE HERE WHERE THE, UH, WHERE THE BUILDING IN RED, UH, I'VE GOT SOME BIG NEIGHBORS COMING IN NEXT DOOR.
SO, UH, THE CHALLENGE SET BEFORE US WAS CREATING A WONDERFUL, UM, YOU KNOW, OUTDOOR, URBAN DESIGN SPACE THAT COULD ALSO HOLD ITS OWN WITHIN A CONTEXT OF INCREASED DENSITY.
AND SO, UH, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE A PROGRAM WHICH IS TRUE VERTICAL MIXED USE.
WE HAVE A GARAGE, AND THEN ON TOP OF THE, I'M SORRY WE HAVE RETAIL.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THE RETAIL, WE HAVE GARAGE.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THE GARAGE, WE HAVE SIX LEVELS OF OFFICE.
THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE SOME AMENITIES SPACE AND 39 LEVELS OF RESIDENTIAL FOR A TOTAL OF 60 FLOORS OCCUPIED SPACE.
AND IT'S, IT'S DENSELY PACKED IN ORDER TO GET, UH, THE SITE TO WORK OUT, RIGHT, BUT IT'S, IT'S TRULY, TRULY BRIGHT.
IT WILL MAKE AN EXCELLENT, UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THAT MASSING AS IT, UH, AS A RESULTS IN THE CITYSCAPE IS GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SKYLINE OF AUSTIN.
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE BUILDING DESIGN IN A MINUTE, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU A QUICK, A QUICK TEASER OF WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE.
SO IT'S AN ALL GLASS TOWER AND THE, UH, THE GLASS ON THE TOWER MATCHES THAT OF THE PODIUM AND THE OFFICE BUILDING ITSELF.
SO AS A COHESIVE UNIFIED FORM, AND THAT'S IN KEEPING WITH THIS PART OF DOWNTOWN AUSTIN FIRST, UH, SO, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S PERFECTLY SET UP TO TAKE PART IN ALL OF THE GREAT, UH, TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN DOWNTOWN, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED LIGHT RAIL HUB THERE ON ENTER PUBLIC SQUARE.
THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING NEXT, PLEASE.
THE SITE ITSELF TAKES ITS ACCESS FROM SIXTH STREET AS ITS PRIMARY ENTRY.
AND IT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF SECONDARY ACCESS FROM THE ALLEY, WHICH SERVES BOTH LOADING AND ONE AND A HALF LEVELS OF BELOW GRADE.
RICHARD SAYS, WE'RE GOING TO GO FAST.
YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO THAT, MAN.
SO THERE'S THE, THE QUICK ACCESS DIAGRAM, A MAJOR ENTRY OFF SIX AND A MINOR ENTRIES OFF OF THE ALLEY.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS SITE PREVIOUSLY HAD TWO CURB CUTS ON SIX AND ONE ON GUADALUPE.
SO REALLY RESTORING THE STREETSCAPE TO DOWNTOWN AUSTIN NEXT AND FURTHER TO THAT
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REALLY, THIS WAS AN UPDATE FROM THE WORKING GROUP.UH, WE WE'VE BEEN WORKING PRETTY HARD, UH, TO, TO GET THAT THIS IS NOT OUR UPDATE TO THE WORKING GROUP, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO, TO GET THE PARKING RATIOS, RIGHT? SO THIS PROJECT IS, IS REALLY AGGRESSIVE AND IT'S PARKING IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY.
UH, IT IS PARKED UNDER MARKET RATE TO START WITH, AND THEN, BECAUSE IT'S VERTICAL MIXED USE NATURE, IT'S GOT OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL, UH, WE'RE CROSS PARKING THE OFFICE AND THE RESIDENTIAL IN ORDER TO GET IT DOWN TO JUST THE MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, VARIABLE, QUANTIFIABLE PARKING UNIT THAT WILL WORK.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF YOU WERE TO PARK THIS AT THE TOTAL LDC RECOMMENDED RATIOS FOR EACH OF THOSE USE TYPES, AND WE'RE PARKING HALF OF THAT, WE THINK THAT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
IN ADDITION TO TRYING TO CUT DOWN THE AMOUNT OF PARKING, UH, WE HAVE REALLY WORKED HARD TO GET PEOPLE SPACE ON AS MUCH OF THE OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING, AS WE POSSIBLY POSSIBLY COULD.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THERE'S A TON OF STUFF WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT THAT NEEDS GROUND FLOOR ACCESS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THOSE THINGS THAT, THAT, UH, THAT WERE REALLY NEED, UH, SAFE ACCESS TO, BY ALL OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS HERE IN THE CITY.
UH, BUT EVERYTHING HAS THOUGHT THAT AND EVERYTHING, THAT'S NOT AN ENTRY AND EXIT FOR CARS THAT IS PEOPLE'S SPACE.
THAT'S REPRESENTED IN GREEN HERE.
TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE NEXT PLACE.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINKING SINCE THE WORKING GROUP, AND WE'VE COME BACK WITH A, WITH A LITTLE CHANGE OF DIRECTION IN THE STREETSCAPE, AND THAT CHANGED THE DIRECTIONS REALLY ABOUT UNIFYING THE PUBLIC REALM AND, UH, AND WORKING WITH A STREETSCAPE THAT, THAT LOOKS LIKE IT.
IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN AN AUSTIN FOR A LONG TIME AND, AND, AND WILL LOOK GOOD FOR YOUR ACCOUNT AT THIS MOMENT.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE STEVEN LEE FROM SWA, OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, STEVEN, AND IT'S TALMUDGE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT WITH OUR, UH, AUSTIN BASED PARTNERS, COLEMAN AND ASSOCIATES, AND OF COURSE WITH PAIGE AND THE WHOLE TEAM.
UM, AND WE THINK WE'VE, WE'VE COME UP WITH THE STREETSCAPE THAT REALLY, UM, IS VERY APPROPRIATE FOR DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.
ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE WORKING GROUP WAS THAT, UM, WE ORIGINALLY HAD PROPOSED TO DO A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PAVING PATTERN, A LITTLE BIT, UH, DIFFERENTIATED, BUT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT, UM, THE GROUP WOULD PREFER FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE GRADE STREET STANDARDS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE, UM, WITH THE KEYSTONE PAVERS IN TWO DIFFERENT COLORS.
SO, UM, THE ANTIQUE SAVANNAH AS THE MAIN COLOR, AND THEN A CONTRASTING CHARCOAL AT THE DRIVEWAY, SO THAT WE MAINTAIN CONTINUITY OF THE PAVING, BUT USING DIFFERENT COLOR TO INDICATE THAT YOU'RE IN A VEHICULAR ZONE.
AND WE'VE ALSO INCORPORATED A TACTILE PAPERS TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN A VEHICULAR ZONE.
UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE REALLY, UM, MADE IT A PRIORITY TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF, UH, STREET TREES AND SHADE THAT'S PROVIDED WITHIN THE STREETSCAPE.
SO WE'VE, UH, RE MINIMIZE THE, THE NUMBER OF PARKING STALLS ON SIXTH STREET IN ORDER TO, UH, UH, HAVE FOUR, UH, ELM TREES ALONG SIX.
AND WE HAVE FOUR OAK TREES ALONG, UM, GUADALUPE, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO ADD A FIFTH TREE, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A UTILITY CONFLICT.
UH, THAT'S PREVENTING US FROM DOING THAT.
UM, AND THEN WITHIN THOSE TREES, WE OF COURSE HAVE BE, UH, THE GREAT STREETS, STANDARD BENCHES, UM, BIKE RACKS, UH, TRASH, TRASH BINS, UH, STREET LIGHTING, ALL FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE GREAT STREETS STANDARDS AND WE'VE, UM, PAID SPECIAL ATTENTION TO WHERE THAT SEATING IS LOCATED.
AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU SEE TWO BENCHES PERPENDICULAR TO THE CURB, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE RETAIL SPACE, THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE HOPING THAT WE CAN, SOME OF THAT ACTIVITY SPILLS OUT TO THE SIDEWALK AND PEOPLE HAVE A NICE SHADY SPOT TO SIT.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND BY PROPOSING, UM, THE INTERACTIVE PUBLIC ART AT THAT MINI PLAZA, UM, AT THE CORNER, AS WELL AS, UH, A RAISED PLANTER BED WITH BROWN COVERS AND SHRUBS, THAT'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL GREENERY AND SOFTENING OF THE BUILDING AT THAT CORNER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS PLAN AGAIN, UH, BUT LET'S DO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THIS WILL BE AN ARIEL WHERE WE CAN SEE ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
STEVEN JUST DESCRIBED SO WELL IN THREE DIMENSIONS AND, UH, ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SIXTH.
STREET'S GOING TO BE ALL LEFT AND GUADALUPE WILL BE ON THE RIGHT.
UH, BUT THEN YOU'LL SEE ALL THOSE THINGS, THE, THE GREAT PALLIATE OF TREES, THE, UH, THE PAVERS THAT FIT NICELY INTO THE CURRENT CONTEXT IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, A COUPLE OF PARKING SPACES AND, UM, REALLY A DYNAMIC CORNER ACCENTUATED BY BOTH THE ART AND THE WAY THAT THE ARCHITECTURE IS OPENING UP THERE TO ALLOW FOR PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT AROUND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO IN DESIGNING THE SPACE, WE REALLY WERE TRYING TO INCORPORATE
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ABOUT FOUR SCALES INTO THE URBAN DESIGN.AND ONE OF THEM IS THE SCALE OF THE TREE, VERY CANOPY OF A TREE.
SO ESSENTIAL FOR SHADE FOR SO MUCH OF THE YEAR HERE IN AUSTIN, BUT ALSO, UH, THE SECOND, THE SCALE, WHAT WE'RE TENDING TO DO WAS A WHAT'S A RETAIL CANOPY.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF IMAGE, A FOURTH LATE WAS THE SCALE OF THE PORCH, WHICH SIGNALS THE PRIMARY ENTRIES INTO THE BUILDING.
AND THEN FINALLY THE SCALE OF ART AND URBAN STREET FURNITURE ETHIC AT THAT LOWER LEVEL.
AND THOUGH IT IS A SMALL SITE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE MIXING AND MATCHING THESE SCALES TO PROVIDE A VERY, TO USER EXPERIENCE AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THIS VERY SMALL SITE NEXT, PLEASE.
UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, VIA THE IMPACT OF URBAN FURNITURE IS AS STRONG ON A STREETSCAPE.
AND THEN THIS SLIDE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THAT HAPPENING ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A GLIMPSE INTO THE PORCH, UH, AS IT, AS IT, WHEN IT APPEARS ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE IT, THERE IT IS.
AH, THERE'S THE PORCH, THE, THE SOFFIT OF THAT PORCH IS CLAD IN WOOD IS A NICE, WARM, WELCOMING MATERIAL.
WE HAVE A SCRAM, UH, COMPRISED OF TERRACOTTA OVER A GLASS ENCLOSURE.
SO AGAIN, A GREAT BIG WARMTH AND HUMAN TEXTURE, BUT ALL WITHIN THAT PALETTE THAT WORKS SO WELL WITH, UH, THE STREETSCAPE THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE.
AND AUSTIN, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UH, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS PRIMARILY A NORTH FACING SITE, YOU KNOW, WEST SIXTH, UH, IT'S NOT GOING TO GET AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF SUN THROUGH A LOT OF THE YEAR.
AND WITH THE ADDITION OF STREET TREES AND SOME OVERHANGS AND THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT SCALES ON THIS BUILDING, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE PROVIDING MORE THAN ADEQUATE.
AND IN FACT, REALLY SUPERIOR SHADE ALONG THE STREET THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
UM, ONE, ONE OR TWO MORE VIEWS OF THE GROUND FLOOR.
THE NEXT ONE'S GOING TO BE NEAR THE RETAIL COMPONENT ON THE GROUND FLOOR, AND THAT'S GOING TO SHOW SOME OF THAT TERRACOTTA SCRAM ON THE UPPER LEFT, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THE STREET TREES ON THE RIGHT, AND AGAIN, UH, A GOOD, A GOOD SHOT WITH A THREE OR FOUR SCALES IN THERE.
LET'S DO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, SO FINALLY THAT CORNER, YOU KNOW, WE DID TALK ABOUT, UH, THE INCORPORATION OF INTERACTIVE ART AND THE WORKING GROUP ASKS, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN INTERACTIVE ART? CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT SLIDE? OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO FIND THE RIGHT ARTIST TO WORK WITH, TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT.
WE KNOW THAT, BUT WE REALLY THINK THERE'S, THERE'S THREE APPROACHES TO INTERACTIVE ART.
ONCE WE GET AN ARTIST ON BOARD, ONE IS JUST A REALLY INTUITIVE PIECE WHERE YOU SEE IT AND YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO THE ANEESH REPORT, BEING SCULPTURE IN CHICAGO ON THE LEFT.
THE SECOND APPROACH WE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH AN ARTIST TO THINK ABOUT WOULD BE PERHAPS A TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACH WHERE YOU WOULD USE A PHONE TECHNOLOGY OR OTHER TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY TO ACTIVELY INPUT THINGS ONTO THE ARTWORK.
SO THAT, THAT WAY THE ARTWORK REALLY EXPRESSES THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT.
THIRDLY, WE COULD LOOK AT A TRANSITIVE APPROACH WHERE IT'S AN ARTWORK THAT INVITES YOU TO WALK THROUGH IT AND FOR YOU AS THE PEDESTRIAN TO BECOME A PART OF THE ARTWORK.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INTERACTIVE ART, WE MEAN SOMETHING LIKE THAT NEXT SLIDE.
SO FOR A MOMENT HERE, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO ZOOM OUT OR CHANGE SCALES AND TALK ABOUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
AND, UM, THE WHOLE BUILDING IS IT'S TALL, IT'S AROUND 770 FEET.
UH, IT HAS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MOMENTS WHERE THE MASSING CHANGES MOST NOTABLY AT THE TOP OF THE PODIUM.
THAT'S THE MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE A AMENITY DECK JUST FOR THE RESIDENTS.
IT'S A, IT'S A TWO LEVEL SPACE.
AND SO THE BUILDING HAS A SPECIAL INDENTATION THERE TO INDICATE THAT USE THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU PROBABLY NOTICE ON THIS DRAWING IS THE PREVALENCE OF TERRACES AND BALCONIES.
IN FACT, EVERY OCCUPIED LEVEL ON THIS BUILDING ABOVE THE GROUND FLOOR HAS ITS OWN TERRACE.
AND SO WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO, TO REALLY ACTIVATE THE SCAN.
IT'S NOT JUST, UH, A MUTE BOX IN OUR CITYSCAPE, BUT IT WILL BE ACTIVATED BY ITS INHABITANTS YEAR ROUND.
UH, WE'VE ALSO GONE THROUGH RATE CARE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SKIN AROUND THE PODIUM AND AROUND THE OFFICE MATCH THAT OF THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT AND THE TOWER.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A COHESIVE, A WHOLE BUILDING, UH, WITH A LOT OF ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY.
AND, AND AS IT MEETS THE GRADE, THERE'S KIND OF ONE FINAL SHIFT WHERE THE, UH, THE PORTRAIT CURVES, YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE NORTH ELEVATION ON THE FAR LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE AND PORTIONS OF THE TOWER OF THE GEOMETRY OF THE TOWER ITSELF WRAPS AND INFORMS THE INSIGHT EDGE OF THAT PORCH.
SO THE BUILDING IS COMMUNICATING TO EVERYONE HOW YOU GET IN AND OUT OF THAT THING.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO DO AND DIFFICULT TO DO AT THIS PARTICULAR SCALE.
NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO SHOW JUST A, A DIAGRAM OF ALL THE TERRACES THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, ON THE PROJECT.
AND, UH, THAT'LL GO A LONG WAY, I THINK, TO MAKING THE LIVELY BUILDING LONGTERM, NEXT SLIDE, THE GROUND FLOOR.
I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF HINTED AT
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THIS AND DANCED AROUND IT.THE GROUND FLOOR HAS A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, I BRING A MODEST OPENING FOR THE LOBBY ACTUALLY RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
SO THE OFFICE USERS NOW THE RESIDENTIAL USERS SHARE A SINGLE SPACE OF, OF, OF STOREFRONT FRONTAGE, IF YOU WILL.
AND WE DID THAT IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE WHAT WE COULD GIVE BACK TO RETAIL, BOTH IN THE FORM OF THE SMALLER CAFE RETAIL.
WE ENVISIONED A CAFE BEING THERE OFF TO THE RIGHT AND TO THE LEFT THAT AS BANK RETAIL AND THE BANK IS ON THE SITE AND THEY ARE A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUILDING.
SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE FOLLOWING URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES BY REPLACING IT LIKE USE ON THE SITE.
THERE'S A LITTLE MORE ARCHITECTURAL PLAN FOR THOSE OF YOU LOOKING FOR THE FIRE COMMAND ROOM.
IT'S IN THERE A LITTLE JOKE AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS I'M JUST A SHOT.
I'LL WAIT UNTIL IT GETS UP THERE.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO BE THE MEZZANINE.
THERE IS A MEZZANINE COMPONENT TO THE BANK, PERHAPS FOR THE LOBBY OF THE OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BELOW GRADE PARKING.
IT'S A COMPACT FOOTPRINT SLIDE ABOVE THAT.
WE HAVE AN ABOVE GRADE GARAGE.
THAT'S, WHAT'S PRETTY SIMILAR.
THERE ARE TWO LEVELS OF AMENITIES OR THE RESIDENCES, INCLUDING A POOL IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.
NEXT SLIDE, TERRACES ON THE LEVEL OF ABOVE THAT.
THERE IS A ROOF DECK FOR THE RESIDENTS, WHICH LOOKS NORTH, NORTHEAST, AND SOUTHWEST.
IF YOU USE THE CAPITOL AND CONFUSE THE LAKE NEXT SLIDE, AND THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION.
THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE IN YOUR LISTENING.
WE'LL BE OPENING UP TO QUESTIONS NOW.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? NOTHING.
UH, I GUESS I WILL GO, UM, UH, I, I'VE HEARD YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT RESPONDING TO THE WORKING GROUP COMMENTS, BUT AS I'M LOOKING AT THIS, OTHER THAN THE PAVERS, I'M FAILING TO SEE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND THE ITERATION WE SAW PREVIOUSLY.
WELL, WE, WE ALSO INCORPORATED A PLANTER WITHIN THE PORCH.
THERE WAS A COMMENT OF WHAT COULD WE DO TO GREEN UP THE, UH, GUADALUPE SIDE OR, UH, ANYTHING WITHIN THAT PORCH AREA.
SO WE HAVE ADDED A PLANTER IN THE RECESS THERE.
UH, WE CAN GO SO FAR AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO ENCOURAGE THE BANK, TO DO INDOOR PLANTINGS, BUT WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY, WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED STREETSCAPE, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ROOM FOR PLANTING WITHOUT PULLING BACK THE BUILDING FACADE ON BOTTLED LOOP, UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE COMPACT SITE AND THE NEEDS OF THE BANKS IN TERMS OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT ENTERTAIN AND HAVE A VIABLE PROJECT.
SO WE DID, WE DID THAT, A PLANTER THERE.
UH, WE HAVE ALSO DONE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA THINKING ABOUT THE ART AND PRESENTED SOME VIEWS ABOUT HOW WE THINK THAT MIGHT LOOK, WHY WE THINK THAT MIGHT BE A BENEFIT TO THE CITY.
YEAH, I THINK, I MEAN, I THINK THAT CORNER IS IT'S FINE.
I THINK MAYBE THE, THE MORE OF THE CONCERNS WERE FURTHER EAST.
UM, AND, AND THEN ALSO ALONG GUADALUPE, WHERE THERE IS A LITTLE ACTIVITY, A LITTLE ARTICULATION IN THE BUILDING, A LITTLE SHADING.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU'RE JUST SHOWING SOME CAFE TABLES AND CHAIRS SITTING OUT IN THE SIDEWALK.
FOR ME, I STRUGGLED TO SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO ACTIVATE THE SPACE.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST TEMPORARY, UH, FURNISHINGS.
UM, SO I'M REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THAT.
AND THEN, UM, ALONG GUADALUPE, THERE'S NO OVERHANG AND THERE'S REALLY NOTHING HAPPENING ON THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
NO, I DON'T THINK THE GUADALUPE CAME UP IN THE WORKING MEETINGS, BUT I'LL ADDRESS YOUR OTHER CONCERN ON THE EAST SIDE, THE BUILDING DOES STEP BACK AND IT ARTICULATES IN A TWO DIFFERENT AREAS.
THERE'S A, AN ENTRY TO THE BIKE STORAGE.
FIRST ON THE FURTHEST EAST PORTION OF THE SITE, THEN THERE IS A BREAK FOR CAR ENTRIES AND EXITS.
AND ONE THING WE'VE DONE IS TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THAT AND WITH THE KEY KILLER PAVING, AS WELL AS SOME WARNING STRIPS.
SO THERE IS SOME ARTICULATION WITHIN THE GROUND PLANE THERE, UH, FOLLOWING THAT WE'D GIVEN AWAY AS UPSET AT WE'VE GIVEN AS MUCH AREA AS WE POSSIBLY COULD TO ANY PUBLIC FACING USE.
WE COULD BECAUSE, SO THERE'S A RETAIL SPACE.
WE'VE MADE IT AS WIDE AS WE COULD.
AND WE'VE DONE THAT REALLY TO, TO, UH, NOT TO THE DETRIMENT, BUT TO THE MINIMIZATION OF THE ENTRY INTO THE BUILDING
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ITSELF.UH, EACH OF THOSE MOMENTS BY THE WAY, HAS ITS OWN CANOPY OVER ITS OWN OPPORTUNITY FOR SIGNAGE.
AND EACH OF THOSE IS SET BACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GIVE AWAY AREA ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF A BUILDING LIKE THIS, WHICH IS LIKE PROBABLY COMPACT SITE.
AND THERE'S ALL THIS PRESSURE FOR USE ON IT.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN USES THINGS FOR IT'S TRANSFORMERS.
WE GOT TO HAVE A LOT OF ELEVATORS CAUSE IT'S A TALL BUILDING AND IT'S GENERATING A LOT OF TAX REVENUES.
SO IT'S GOT A LOT OF ELEVATORS IN IT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE, AT THE NEEDED LOBBYIST TO, TO ENTER.
SO IN TERMS OF A PUSH POLL, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE AS MUCH AS WE CAN OR MORE, UH, AND, UH, YES, THE, THE CULMINATION OF THE INTEREST OF THE SITE IS INTENDED TO BE IN THE CORNER.
SO, UH, SOMETIMES IN DESIGN YOU HAVE TO LET SOME THINGS BE QUIET AND OTHER, FOR OTHER THINGS TOO, TO REALLY READ STRONG AND HAVE A MOMENT OF EMPHASIS
DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? I JUST KIND OF RATTLED OFF A FEW THINGS THERE.
NO, IT'S SIMPLY TO SAY THAT, UM, I THINK WITH, IN TERMS OF THE GROUND PLANE, WE PREFER THE KIND OF VERY CLEAN LOOK OF THE PAVER GREATS, UM, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE MAXIMUM KIND OF WALKABLE SPACE AND SPACE FOR FURNISHINGS, ET CETERA.
UM, AND REALLY KIND OF THAT DAPPLED SHADE FROM THOSE SHADE TREES COMING DOWN ONTO THE SIDEWALK, WHICH WILL PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, A REALLY PLEASANT PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT.
UM, I HAVE A COMMENT, I THINK THAT ENTRY INTO THE CAFE COULD BE IMPROVED.
I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE Y'ALL JUST PUT A COUPLE OF TABLES.
LIKE THEY CAN SIT AND SOME CHAIRS AND THEN SOME DENTURES RIGHT BY THE TREES.
BUT IF THERE COULD BE SOME ELEMENTS THERE, THEY WERE MORE TIED TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDING, LIKE SOME SEAT WALLS OR SOMETHING WITH SOME PLANNERS OR SOMETHING THAT KIND OF REFLECTS THAT ARCHITECTURE THERE RATHER THAN JUST BUYING STUFF OUT OF A CATALOG, WE'VE BLOCKED THEM DOWN THERE.
AND THE BIKE RACK TOO, MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING ARCHITECTURALLY TOO.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WAS JUST KIND OF BROUGHT IN FROM SOME KIND OF A LANDSCAPING CATALOG, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IF YOU'VE TREATED THAT MORE ARCHITECTURALLY KIND OF REFLECTS THE NORTH ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING, IT MAY LOOK MORE CUSTOMS. I THINK THAT WOULD HELP A LOT BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT AREA IS LACKING.
UH, I LIKE THE CORNER AT LIFE KIND OF THE CORNER IS KIND OF EVOLVED, BUT THIS AREA I THINK NEEDS SOME MORE.
SO I DO AGREE WITH THE CHAIR ABOUT THAT ISSUE.
I BELIEVE THE BIKE RACKS ARE CITY OF AUSTIN STANDARD.
ALL OF THE FURNISHINGS, THE LIGHT POLES THAT BEN SHOES, THE BIKE RACKS AND THE TRASH RECEPTACLES WERE ALL GREAT STREET STANDARDS.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PROJECTS WHERE THERE ARE SEAT WALLS.
YEAH, NO, THEY DON'T USE THE TRADITIONAL BENCH THERE.
THEY HAVE SEATBELT MORE LIKE THE BUILDING.
UM, MAYBE HAVE SOME GREENERY IN THEM, WHATEVER.
BUT YEAH, I DO HAVE TO SAY THOSE LOOK LIKE THEY WERE KIND OF JUST THROWN IN THERE.
NO, YOU MIGHT GIVE THAT A THOUGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS? SURE.
UM, GOING BACK TO THE ARTWORK, UM, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE THREE EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING AS FAR AS DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART, BUT CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT AS TO, AS TO HOW YOU PLAN ON GOING ABOUT CHOOSING THOSE ARTISTS AND OR WHERE YOU MIGHT SOURCE THEM FROM? YEAH, THAT'S A FANTASTIC QUESTION.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY NUMBER ONE, PREFERENCE IS GOING TO BE USED SOMEONE LOCAL IN SO FAR AS WE CAN.
UH, IT'S NOT ON IN PUBLIC PLACES.
AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO FUND THIS EFFORT OUT OF THEIR INTEREST AND STREETSCAPE.
SO WE'LL, UH, WE'LL PROBABLY WORK WITH AN ART CONSULTANT.
I KNOW THIS IS FOR SURE TO ISSUE AN RFP, TO ENGAGE LOCAL ARTISTS FIRST AND PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL ARTISTS, SOME TEXAS SOUTHWEST, YOU NAME IT TO TRY TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN WELL I'VE INTERVIEWS.
I WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR, THEIR WORK AND THEIR ASPIRATIONS, WHAT THEY SEE FOR THE SITE, TYPICAL RFP PROCESS, BUT IT'LL NEED TO BE CURATED THROUGH SOMEONE WHO'S WELL-CONNECTED IN THE ART WORLD THAT WOULD NOT BE A HUMBLE ARCHITECT.
WELL MAYBE RICHARD COULD ANSWER THIS QUESTION, RICHARD.
AND WE'RE THINKING OF, AND WE'D LIKE TO, BUT I'M NOT HEARING ANY, WE ARE GOING TO, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ART IS LOCAL OR AT LEAST GO THROUGH A LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE AT LEAST DONE OUR BEST EFFORT POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS.
UM, I THINK WE CAN COMMIT TO THAT AS PART OF THIS RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A JURY TO PROCESS OR A LOCAL PROCESS, BUT WE CAN
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SURE.COMMIT TO GOING THROUGH A PROCESS ON CHOOSING THE ART THAT WOULD GET LOCAL PREFERENCE FOR SURE.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT BIKE SNORE.
I KNOW NOT BIKE RACKS IN THE STREETS, BUT BIKE STORAGE WITHIN THE BUILDING, IT IN MY INBOX, THERE'S BIKE STORAGE WITHIN THE BUILDING.
UH, IT SERVES THE RESIDENTS PRIMARILY, BUT IT HAS AN ENTRANCE OFF OF SIXTH STREET ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY SITE.
BUT IT'S STRICTLY FOR THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE UNLESS THE BUILDING OWNERSHIP DECIDES TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC OCCURRENT IT'S FOR RESIDENTS, IS THERE, IS THERE A WAY THAT IT COULD BE USED, I GUESS, IN YOUR DESIGNS, IS THERE A WAY THAT IT COULD BE ACCESSED BY THE PUBLIC, UM, FOR, IN THE FUTURE? SURE.
IT'LL HAVE A KEY CARD ON IT BASED ON OUR CURRENT DESIGN.
BUT IF THAT THINKING EVOLVES, IT'S TOTALLY SET UP FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, IT COULD JUST BE A CAPACITY ISSUE.
THAT'S THOSE ARE MY ONLY QUESTIONS.
THIS IS BOTH FRO, UM, MY QUESTION IS ABOUT, I SAW YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AS WELL.
HOW MANY OF YOUR RESIDENTIAL UNITS WILL BE AFFORDABLE? THAT'S A GOOD BYSTANDER.
RICHARD, DO YOU HAVE A HANDLE ON THAT OR AMANDA? YEAH, IT'S ALL MARKET.
IF THERE'S NOT AN AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT ON THIS ONE.
SO YOU'LL BE PAYING INTO THE, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEE.
DO YOU KNOW IF THAT, UM, WAS THERE EVER, UH, A DISCUSSION ABOUT DOING ONSITE AFFORDABILITY OR WHY I'D BE INTERESTED TO HEAR WHY, UM, YOU DECIDED IT WASN'T A GOOD FIT FOR THIS PROJECT? WELL, WHEN I, WHEN I SAY IT'S BEEN DECIDED, OF COURSE THAT'S, THAT'S ALWAYS A MOVING TARGET, BUT USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS ON PROJECTS LIKE THIS DOWNTOWN, IT'S JUST THAT THE NUMBERS DON'T WORK OUT, UM, TO, TO INCLUDE IT.
UM, THE, THE, THE MO THE MOST SHIRT WAY IS TO SAY, WE'LL PARTICIPATE IN THE FUND WITH THE ATTEMPT TO SEE IF WE COULD GET SOME AFFORDABILITY IN THE UNITS OR NOT, BUT JUST EACH BUILDING'S DIFFERENT.
AND, AND DEPENDING ON THE DESIGN AND THE, AND ALL THE BILLING CAN'T WITHSTAND THE COST OF IT.
THANKS FOR EXPLAINING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, HEY, IT'S MELISSA.
UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE COMMENT OF, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR MEETING WITH THE WORKING GROUP AND FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION, THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE.
THERE'S NOT, UM, MEET THE SPIRIT OF THE IMAGES THAT YOU SHOWED AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION AND PUTTING HALSEY ON THE MARRIOTT CORNER.
ALL OF THESE SPACES THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY GENERATED INACTIVE AND REALLY GAVE A LOT OF THE STREETSCAPE TO THE OUTDOORS VERSUS TO THE SO, MMM.
I GUESS, I GUESS MY COMMENT IS I WOULD JUST BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT IMAGES AND THE SPIRIT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REFER TO WITH SHOWING THAT, AND THEN I JUST DON'T SEE THAT IT MATCHES WITH THE DESIGN I'M THAT'S, THAT'S ALL.
PERHAPS I'M CONFUSED, BUT YOU'RE POTENTIALLY REFERRING TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
WE DID NOT SHOW IMAGES OF THE HALCYON OR THE MARRIOTT.
MELISSA, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE OTHER PRESENTATION HERE.
ONE MORE THING WHILE WE'RE, WHILE WE'RE, I'M SURE I MADE MY COMMENTS AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, UH, THAT, UM, THE DEVELOPER WOULD ESSENTIALLY WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE LOCAL ARTISTS AND WE'LL EVEN COMMIT TO DOING SO AND DOING AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH, BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST ONE ELEMENT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT PART OF THE WORKING GROUP.
UNFORTUNATELY, I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THAT MEETING, BUT IF I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY, WHAT I'M HEARING THEIR WORKING GROUPS SAY IS THAT THIS IS NOT, THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROJECT.
SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S AS MUCH CHANGE TO THE, UH, TO THE GENERAL OPINION THAT IT DOESN'T MEET WITH THE, UH, THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES STANDARDS.
SO, SO THE MAIN, THIS IS RICHARD RESPONDING.
UM, ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS WAS WE WERE DEALING WITH THE UTILITY VAULT
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AND THE VENTING ON THAT ONE.WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY.
AND I KNOW YOU GOT STRUGGLED WITH THEM AS MUCH AS WE DO WHERE WE'RE ALIGNED ON THAT.
BUT IF WE GET THAT WORKED OUT, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S ADDED TREES THERE.
THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF ROOM TO DO A LOT OF THE STUFF, BUT WE ARE LANDSCAPE GUYS.
AREN'T DESIGN GUYS, AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO GET IT ACTIVE ON A, ON A RELATIVELY SMALL SITE, FELT LIKE WE HAD RESPONDED, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IF YOU'VE GOT IDEAS ON WHAT WE COULD DO BETTER.
WE'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT OTHER THAN WE JUST MISSED THE MARK, BECAUSE WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS ONE DUE TO THE PROXIMITY.
ARE WE LOOKING AT THIRD AND BRAZOS? NO, NO.
THEN I'M TOTALLY FASTED ON THE WRONG ONE.
IT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE OF THESE VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE DIFFICULT AT ALL.
JUST LIKE ON THE ART, WE CAN COMMIT TO THAT.
WE'LL COMMIT TO THE JURY SYSTEM AND WITH REFERENCE TO LOCAL ARTISTS, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S AN IDEA THAT WE COULD TAKE BACK, TAKE BACK ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS, IT WOULD BE GREAT.
WELL, RICHARD, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I MEAN, WE PROVIDED A DETAILED LETTER IN THE WORKING GROUP ADDRESSING EVERY SPECIFIC GUIDELINE, AND WE DO THAT TO PROVIDE YOU FEEDBACK IN ORDER TO RESPOND TO THOSE.
SO IT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD USE OF EVERYONE'S TIME IN THIS MEETING TO GO THROUGH THAT LETTER ITEM BY ITEM THAT'S FAIR.
I KNOW IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T BE A GOOD IDEA TO DO IT ITEM BY ITEM, BUT I DID JUST LIKE THE LETTER A AND I SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT ACCORDING TO LETTER COMPLYING WITH SIX OF THE 12 FOR THE STREETSCAPE, AND THREE OF THOSE ARE FOR THE UTILITY VAULT OVER WHICH WE HAVE NO CONTROL.
AND ONE OF THEM WAS ABOUT, UM, THE CORNER AND THE ART AND ENGAGING.
AND I, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU GUYS SAYING WE WERE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON THAT.
SO I FEEL LIKE IF YOU'RE TELLING THIS, UH, THE, THE SCORECARD MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UH, WE HAVE ALSO DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THE PEDESTRIAN PAVING AND WE HAVE MADE CHANGES.
THERE WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN KEEPING WITH THE REST OF DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.
AND AS RICHARD SAID, WE'RE DOING EVERY POSSIBLE THING WE CAN TO MAKE THIS BUILDING AS GOOD AS IT POSSIBLY CAN BE GIVEN ALL THE CONSTRAINTS.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR TOO, I MEAN, AND THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY IT'S OPEN, UH, WITH, UH, SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE CERTAIN, UH, GUIDELINES THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH WHETHER IT'S VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY.
AND SO CAN WE RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE REVIEW THESE AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE ONES THAT ARE NOT REALLY APPLICABLE TO THE PROJECT, UM, ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS PERMISSIONS, MELISSA? DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'RE YOU'RE MUTED YOU'RE MEAN YOUR IMMEDIATE MELISSA? WHAT, SORRY, WHAT DOES THE BACK OF THIS ONE? WHAT IS THIS CALL? THIS IS THREE 21 WEST SIXTH STREET.
I THINK IT'S DESIGNED COMMISSIONED PRESENTATION UPDATED IS THE PDF ON THE WEBSITE.
THIS IS WHEN YOU, YOU DID ATTEND THE WORKING GROUP FOR THIS ONE.
I'M NOT FINDING THE THANKS CHAIR.
UH, I WAS JUST GONNA CHIME IN JUST TO COMMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, OVERALL I THINK SOME OF THE STRUGGLES WE SEE WITH THE PROJECT, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD ASPECTS ABOUT THE PROJECT, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE STRUGGLES WE SEE ARE LESS SPECIFIC ABOUT THE ITSELF AND MORE TO DO WITH THE TYPE APOLOGY, YOU KNOW, SKYSCRAPER JUST INHERENTLY HAS A, IT JUST URBAN CHALLENGED A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF A GROUND FLOOR HAS TO DO WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, BRINGING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET, BRINGING THEM UP TO, YOU KNOW, UH, HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND JUST THE, THE BUILDING BREATHING IN AND OUT CARS, YOU KNOW, IS, AND THEN IT JUST SAID SERVICES LIKE THE, UH, UH, UM, ELECTRIC VOLT AND ALL THE OTHER UTILITIES THAT JUST BY NATURE OF HAVING A TALL BUILDING, UM, THE FIRST FLOOR JUST KIND OF GETS POPULATED WITH THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU DON'T REALLY
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SEE AND, UH, WITH MID-RISE AND KIND OF RICH URBAN ENVIRONMENTS.AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SO MANY THINGS, I DON'T KNOW, IT'D BE FAIR TO KIND OF HOLD THE APPLICANT AGAINST.
I MEAN, I DO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS I THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT WHERE THINGS COULD BE IMPROVED, BUT, YOU KNOW, OVERALL IT'S JUST, AS WE LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS, I SEE KIND OF A COMMON THEME THAT IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO GET A HIGH RISE, TO REALLY ACTIVATE THE STREETSCAPE IN A NICE WAY, BECAUSE IT'S JUST, IT'S AN INHERENT DIFFICULTY WITH THAT PROJECT TYPE.
SO I JUST OFFER THAT AS AN OPINION.
IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO, UM, NOT COUNT AT THAT POINT, BUT AT LEAST JUST, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THE ROAD OF SAYING THAT IT'S IT'S WITH HIGH RISE BUILDINGS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET ANY OF THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES, UM, IMPLEMENTED.
WELL, THEN WE SHOULD JUST DISSOLVE THE DESIGN COMMISSION BECAUSE THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO.
SO, AND EVERYTHING IN DOWNTOWN ISN'T AS A HIGH RISE BUILDING NOW.
SO I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON NOT ONLY US AS COMMISSIONERS, BUT ALSO THE APPLICANTS TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND TRY TO TRY TO MEET ALL THE SPIRIT OF THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.
AND THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR CHALLENGE, RIGHT? EVEN ON SOME OF THESE SMALLER SITES, I THINK, AND I COMMEND YOU CHAIR AND THE WORKING GROUP FOR, FOR SPENDING THE TIME AND, AND WRITING THAT VERY DETAILED LETTER.
UM, AND I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN PLENTY OF FEEDBACK.
UM, AND IF, IF, IF IT'S STILL NOT THERE, IT'S NOT THERE.
UM, DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I MOVE APPROVAL.
ANY, ANY COMMISSIONER WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? NO ONE, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION I JOINED LATE AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE MAKING THE MOTION.
UM, CAN I ASK A QUESTION REALLY QUICK? YEP.
SO, UH, AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE.
UM, I'M LOOKING THROUGH THE PACKAGE, UH, THAT YOU ALL HAVE SENT.
UM, AND I AM FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT.
UM, I WASN'T PART OF THE, UH, THE WORKING GROUP, BUT THIS IS, THIS DOES REPLACE THE BELMONT.
IS THAT KIND OF THE EXTENT OF WHAT IT'S REPLACING BEYOND THE BANK? IS, IS THAT THE BORDER OR YOU TAKE THE SPACE OF THE IRON BEAR AS WELL? NO, IT DOES NOT.
SO THIS ONLY REPLACES THE BBG BANK, THE BELMONT STAYS, THE MC SUSHI IS A AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO MIKO GOES AWAY IF YOU MADE BANK DRIVE IN PARKING, ALL THAT GOES AWAY.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I FEEL PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
I THINK A LOT OF AUSTINITES WOULD HAVE BEEN PRETTY DEVASTATED.
UM, IF THE BELMONT, WHERE TO GO, I KNOW EVEN THE SUSHI RESTAURANT, KIND OF THE CHARACTER OF THAT SUSHI RESTAURANT, WHERE IT DOES, UM, PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF VISIBILITY FROM THE STREET AND IT DOES KIND OF ACTIVATE IT BETWEEN STAN.
UM, THERE ARE CLEARLY, I'VE READ SOME SENTIMENTS ONLINE OF UPS AND FOLKS, AND THEY DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO SEE IT GO.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT I'VE SEEN.
SO AGAIN, I DIDN'T HEAR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION.
SO I THINK ULTIMATELY IT WENT TO ABSTAIN, BUT, UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, TO APPROVE IT IF SOMEONE SECONDS THAT I'M LIKELY GOING TO ABSTAIN.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THAT.
WELL, COMMISSIONER, I'M SORRY.
YOU CANNOT UPSTATE YOU CAN'T BE COMMOTION IF PEOPLE WILL BE ABSTAINING.
THEN I WON'T MAKE A MOTION BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE ABSTAINING.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UH, THE, UH, WORKING GROUP SHOULD RECOMMENDATION THAT IT DOES NOT MEET THE GUIDELINES.
I'M HAPPY TO SECOND THAT MOTION CHAIR.
WE HAVE A MOTION THAT IT DOES NOT MEET, UH, DOES NOT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLY WITH URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT TERRIFYING MAN FROM STAFF? YES.
WE RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO A FINDING OF NON SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE IN ORDER FOR STAFF TO CONTINUE OUR REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF THIS PROJECT, WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO REACH
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SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE.THANK YOU, CHAIR, AS THE PERSON WHO MADE A SECOND OF THE MOTION.
I JUST WANT TO JUST, JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, THAT, THAT THE INFORMATION IS IN THE LETTER THAT IS PROVIDED IN THE BACKUP.
COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU CAN JUST INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF YOUR MOTION THEN TO REFERENCE THE LETTER OF THE WORKING GROUP, THAT IF THOSE CONDITIONS ARE CONSIDERED AN ADDRESS THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD THEN FIND IT IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE, IF THAT IS WHAT THE COMMISSION WISHES TO DO.
SO COMMISSIONER LUKINS, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE, MODIFY YOUR MOTION WOULD BE TO ACCEPT THE WORKING GROUPS, UH, FINDINGS AND STAY FED.
WE, UH, WITH THAT WE SHARED, AND WE SAY THAT THE, NOT ME HAVE MEAT, UH, IT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE, UH, UNLESS ADDRESSES THE ITEM IS SHUT OUT IN THE WORKING GROUP, A MEMO.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? I HAVE A QUESTION OF WHETHER, UM, SINCE I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE WORKING GROUP SUGGESTED, THIS IS BO, UM, DOES IT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO ADD A AWNING OR SOME COVERING FOR PEDESTRIANS ALONG GUADALUPE STREET AS PART OF THAT? CAUSE IF NOT, I'D LIKE THAT, THAT AS A FRIENDLY MOTION, AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE ARTISTS BEING SELECTED, UH, BEING COMMITTED TO A LOCAL AUSTIN BASED ARTISTS, UM, IT, IT, THE LETTER DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY, UH, SAY GUADALUPE STREET, BUT IT DOES SAY THAT THE OVERHEAD PROTECTION PROVIDED WAS INSUFFICIENT AS A WHOLE.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND PART WAS YOU WANTED TO REQUEST A LOCAL ARTIST FOR THE AR INSTALLATION.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? YEAH, I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED THAT EARLIER AND I THOUGHT IT'D BE A GREAT THING, UM, TO, UH, TO REQUEST, OKAY.
COMMISSIONER, LUKINS YOU ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT? OH, YES, I DO.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLARIFICATION THOUGH.
JUST THAT MY POINT WAS NOT THAT, UM, UM, THAT WE HAVE THE ARTISTS SELECTED NOW, BUT AT LEAST THAT THEY WILL GO THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS TO SELECT A LOCAL ARTIST.
UM, PREFERABLY YOU KNOW, FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS ON AN EVERYDAY LEVEL.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? UH, THIS IS PART OF THE PART HERE.
I GOT ONE ITEM I'M KIND OF LEANING TOWARDS THE VOTING AGAINST THE MOTION AND JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT I'M THINKING.
AND I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD COMMENTS.
UM, I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH EMOTION THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY SUPPORTIVE WITH CONDITIONED ON A COUPLE OF THINGS BEING MET, LIKE ADDITIONAL SHADING OR SOMETHING.
UM, OVERALL I SEE A COUPLE OF UPDATES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION TO THE WORKING GROUP.
THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, HUGE, UH, UPDATES, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE.
UM, BUT I THINK WHERE I'M LEANING PROBABLY TOWARDS VOTING AGAINST IT IS WHEN I JUST STEP BACK AND LOOK AT OVERALL, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT IS NOT KIND OF HOW IT MEETS THE GROUND PLATE AND THE THINGS THAT WRESTLES WITH ON THE FIRST FLOOR ON THE SMALL SIDE IS NOT TOO DISSIMILAR FROM A LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS WE SEE.
SO I DON'T SEE A GREAT INCONSISTENCY.
I DO SHARE THE CONCERN THAT, YOU KNOW, MORE SHOULD BE PROBABLY DONE.
THE STREET'S NOT ACTIVE ENOUGH, BUT LIKE I SAY, I JUST, I DON'T SEE IT SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT FROM A LOT OF OTHER, SO THAT'S JUST ONE TO EXPLAIN, UH, WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
AND THAT'S NOT A STRONG FEELING, BUT THAT'S JUST CALM LEANING RIGHT NOW.
UH, MICHELLE NOW, OR BLADES, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING I'M SO SORRY TO THE TEAM ON THIS ONE AND THEN I GOT DISTRACTED BY ANOTHER SO TOTALLY BUSTED
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AND YES, I DO REMEMBER THIS ONE.AND THEN MY ONLY COMMENT WAS JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON PROVIDING SHADY AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ON WEST SIXTH STREET JUST CONTINUOUSLY BECAUSE JUST HAVING THOSE LITTLE POCKETS OF SHADE DOES BABY AWNINGS DON'T DO MUCH FOR THE STREETSCAPE AND, UM, THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE BB VA, UH, PAGE 16 JUST DOES NOT RESPOND TO A HUMAN SCALE.
I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT VERY YESTERDAY AND FRIENDLY.
IT'S, IT'S JUST, I DON'T KNOW.
AND THEN YES, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT A LOCAL ARTIST.
I APPRECIATE THAT THAT ART WAS IN THERE.
UM, AND WE JUST WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO ALLOWING ENOUGH SPACE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF A SCARY STREET.
AND ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? IF NOT, WE WILL TAKE A VOTE, ALTHOUGH FAVOR.
UM, I'M, I'M KIND OF WITH BART ON THIS.
UM, I DID STATE WHAT MY CONCERN WAS AND THAT WAS MAINLY THE EAST, UH, EAST SIDE OF THE PROJECT IN FRONT OF THE CAFE.
AND IF, UM, THEY DO KIND OF, UH, UH, LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT HARDER.
I THINK I WOULD GO WITH THIS FOR SURE.
RIGHT NOW I'M NOT POSITIVE, SO.
SO YOU DON'T KNOW? WELL, I'M GOING TO PROBABLY GET STAY UNLESS THEY READ IT.
AND THEN, UH, SO, UH, COMMISSIONER HOWARD BLADE REGISTER YOUR VOTE.
JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S KIND OF OPPOSITE IN THIS ONE.
WOULD IT BE OR QUESTION OR MINORS YOU ABSTAIN? CORRECT.
FOR THE MOTION AND COMMISSIONER WALLY YOU'RE NO, I'LL VOTE AGAINST THE MOTION.
UM, I'M COUNTING THAT, THAT IS FIVE.
OR HEY, UH, DO WE NEED TO PASS SOMETHING? SURE.
WE WOULD PREFER THAT BECAUSE THE CODE REQUIRES THE DESIGN COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION TO STAFF, NOT REQUIRED TO ISSUE ONE TO STAFF, BUT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THE COMMENTS YOU DISCUSSED TODAY AS THERE WAS NOT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF VOTES TO CASSIE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION.
SO WE INTERNALLY LOOK TO STAFF TO EVALUATE THIS PROJECT.
WE CERTAINLY RELY UPON THE COMMISSIONER'S EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATION AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
BUT IF THE MOTION FAILS, YOU WILL NEED ANY MOTION CHAIR.
ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A NEW MOTION? TERRIFY ME.
JUST TO CLARIFY A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
UM, AND IF THERE IS NO EMOTION PUT FORWARD, SO THAT MEANS THAT WOULD MEAN THERE'S NO FORMAL LETTER OF SUPPORT OR NO FORM, NO BETTER SAID NO FORMAL FINDING OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT CASE, YOU WOULD JUST NOT BE FORWARDING.
THE COMMISSION WILL NOT BE FORWARDING A RECOMMENDATION TO STAFF.
SO THEN, BUT I MEAN, WOULD THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AT SOME POINT TO GET A FINDING OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE OR IT'S JUST, HEY, WE DIDN'T FIND THIS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIANT.
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UM, OFFICE OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? NO, SIR.
THE VISITATION THAT DOESN'T COMMISSION COMPONENTS TODAY, YOU WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN REACHING A RECOMMENDATION.
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TO STAFF.THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE DESIGN COMMISSION REVIEW.
SO THE SITE PLAN WOULD MOVE ON THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.
THEN WE WOULD NOT HAVE DESIGN COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION.
SO CHAIR, THERE'S NOT A MOTION.
YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM AND WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE DESIGN COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATIONS PROJECT.
AT SOME POINT, SOMEONE COULD ASK THOUGH, WHAT DID THE DESIGN COMMISSION SAY? AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO SAY THEY DIDN'T FORWARD IT.
LET ME COME DOWN ON HIS PROJECT.
SO, SO COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO ULTIMATELY WEIGH IN ON THIS AS WELL, CORRECT? NO, UNLESS THEY WERE EXCEEDING, CORRECT.
I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT? IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE AND SO ONLY THEY'RE EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM FAR.
SO IN THIS CASE, IF ANYONE WERE TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE DESIGN COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, WE WOULD SAY THAT THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH THIS PROJECT.
THERE WAS NONE ISSUED, NO RECOMMENDATION BY THE DESIGN COMMISSION.
IF THERE WAS NO MORE, UH, DISCUSSION OR NO EMOTION, UH HUH.
THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU DON'T GET TO DRIVE ANYMORE.
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OKAY.WE'LL GO TO ITEM ONE, SEE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO EVALUATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING WHETHER HANOVER BREZA STREET ADDRESS AT TWO OH ONE EAST THIRD STREET COMPLIES WITH THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.
UM, AND WE ARE MEETING, UH, ABOUT THIRD AND BRAZOS WITH HANOVER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
UH, FIRST, YOU KNOW, FIRST PAGE HERE.
UM, IS IT UP ON THE SCREEN? SEEN ANY PERFECT, RIGHT? UH, WE ARE STARTING TO RUN SHORT ON TIME.
SO, UH, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND PLEASE.
WE CAN SKIP, UH, THE FIRST COUPLE PAGES, INTRODUCTORY SEB.
UH, WE'RE A CHICAGO BASED FIRM NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, UH, FOR OUR MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL CROSS COUNTRY.
UH, SEVERAL PROJECTS, UH, FOCUSED WITH, UM, DOWN IN TEXAS AND WITH HANOVER IN PARTICULAR, UH, UH, BUILDING ON THE LEFT, UH, NORTH SHORE APARTMENTS, THEN REPUBLIC SQUARES UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.
AND, UH, WE'VE RECENTLY FINISHED THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS NEXT PAGE.
SO OUR PLACE IN THE CITY CONTEXT HERE, WE'RE LOCATED CENTRALLY AT THIRD AND BRAZOS.
SO WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND REALLY EMPHASIZE AND CAPITALIZE OUR PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE, UH, AT THE GROUND FLOORS.
AND THEN, UH, MAXIMIZE THE VIEWS FOR LADY BIRD LAKE AND DOWNTOWN AND THE CAPITOL, UH, AS WE ASCEND UP THE TOWER.
SO, UH, OUR TOWER IS A 513 FOOT TALL TOWER FOR NOW, UH, NEXT PAGE.
UM, AS WE PROGRAM AND ORGANIZE THE GROUND FLOOR, UH, WE WANTED TO MAXIMIZE THE RETAIL FRONTAGE ALONG THIRD STREET, AND WE'VE BEEN INSPIRED BY A LOT OF THE AUSTIN VERNACULAR OF HAVING THESE OUTDOOR PORCHES AND PATIOS AND, UH, REALLY CAPITALIZING THAT EXPERIENCE DOWN AT THE STREET LEVEL.
SO OUR CORNER IS ANCHORED ACTUALLY BY AN OUTDOOR SPACE, UH, PATIO THAT WILL HOUSE SEATING FOR THE RESTAURANT, UM, HAS PLANTERS AND CANOPY TO HELP SHELTER IT FROM THE ELEMENTS.
OUR RESIDENTIAL ENTRANCE IS THEN FRONTED OFF OF BRAZOS AS A MORE OF A MID-BLOCK EXPRESSION ON THE BUILDING.
AND THEN OUR PROGRAMMATIC, UH, MECHANICALS AND LOADING AND PARKING ENTRANCES ARE, UH, PLANNED AROUND THAT LOWER THIRD SOUTHERN THIRD OF IT, THE SITE OFF OF THE ALLEY.
SO THE, THE BILLING, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE REQUESTING THE MAXIMUM FAR, WE'RE AT 8.1 RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE GOING UP TO THE 25.
THAT'S A REQUESTED FAR 442,675 FEET.
UM, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE 308 UNITS, UH, MARKET RATE, RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS, AS WELL AS THE 308 PARKING SPACES, UH, IN THE FIRST 10 FLOORS OF THE
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BUILDING, UH, ALONG THE THIRD STREET, UH, FACADE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, WE HAVE ABOUT 4,600 SQUARE FEET OF RESIDENTIAL OR RETAIL.AND WE'RE PLANNING A RESTAURANT FOR THAT, THAT USE RIGHT NOW.
UH, NEXT PAGE, THE BILLINGS, UM, STACKED UP WITH A ABOUT 10 FLOORS OF PARKING UP TO 117 FEET WHERE WE THEN HAVE A SMALL SETBACK AND AN AMENITY DECK FOR, UM, THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF THE PODIUM.
AND THEN FROM THERE, THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS ASCEND UP TO THE TOP, UH, TWO FLOORS, WHICH ARE AN AMENITY SPACE ON THE INSIDE AND THEN A POOL DECK, UH, FOR THE, THE WESTERN HALF OF THAT TOWER ROOF THAT, THAT CULMINATES AT A 300 AND 513 FEET.
UH, AS WE DIVE INTO THE GROUND FLOOR PLANNING, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING INSPIRATION FROM THE EXISTING BUILDING.
THAT'S ON THE SITE, IT'S A BRICK, A ONE STORY BUILDING, AND IT HAS A BIT OF A SETBACK ON THE THIRD STREET.
SO WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO USE THAT AS AN INSPIRATION TO DESIGN A EXPERIENCE THAT HAS THIS INDOOR OUTDOOR, UM, VERNACULAR TO IT THAT, UH, THAT RESONATES WITH, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE YELLOW, OUR RETAIL ENTRANCE IS ACTUALLY KIND OF INTEGRATED IN WITH THE PATIO ITSELF.
AND THEN THERE'S, UM, A LAYERING THAT WE'RE DOING WHERE WE'RE BRINGING GLASS DOWN TO THE STREET LEVEL, UH, PERMEABLE GLASS THAT HAS AWNINGS AND OPERABLE WINDOWS.
AND THEN THERE'S A BRICK LAYER THAT SIGNIFIES WHERE THE BUILDING STANDS TODAY.
AND THEN, UM, BEYOND THAT IS THE ACTUAL, THE RETAIL SPACE ITSELF.
UH, AS WE ROUND THE CORNER ON BRAZOS, OUR RESIDENTIAL ENTRANCE IS, UH, FRONTED, UH, MORE, IS MORE OF A SYMBOLIC, REALLY A STRONG ENTRANCE TO THE RESIDENCES.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT IS THE PARKING ENTRANCE, WHICH WE'VE SINCE THE WORKING GROUP WE'VE MOVED THE ENTRANCE INTO HIGH-SPEED COILING DOORS BACK AWAY FROM THE SIDEWALK AND CONTINUE THE SIDEWALK THROUGH THERE IS A WAY TO HELP REINFORCE THAT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, LOADING AND MECHANICALS OFF OF THE ALLEY NEXT PAGE, PLEASE.
SO IT IS A TIGHT SITE IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BASICALLY DOING A POINT TOWER HERE.
SO OUR PARKING IS, IS RAMPED ON ALL FOUR SIDES AS IT GOES UP IS A FAIRLY EFFICIENT PARKING.
UH, AND WE'RE DOING A ONE TO ONE PARKING RATIO WITH THE UNITS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, UH, LEVEL 11 IS WHERE WE START TO SET BACK THE TOWER.
AND SO WE CREATED A SMALL AMENITY DECK THAT HAS VIEWS OUT TOWARDS LADY BIRD LAKE.
AND FROM THERE THE RESIDENCES, UM, ASCEND UP TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING NEXT PAGE, PLEASE.
AND SO THIS SHOWS THE SHAPE OF THE TOWER, WHICH IS AN L SHAPE, UM, HELPS TO MAXIMIZE THE VIEWS TOWARDS THE LAKE AS WELL AS TO THE DOWNTOWN AND, AND HELP GIVE THEM THE TOWER A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, A SLENDER MASSING NEXT PAGE, PLEASE IT'S 11.
AND THEN AT THE TOP OF THE TOWER OR SHOWING OUR LANDSCAPED AND, UH, OUTDOOR POOL DECK, AS WELL AS THE TWO FLOORS OF AMENITY, THAT'S PROGRAMMED WITHIN THE, THE TOP TWO FLOORS OF THE TOWER.
AND THAT'S THE PLANNING NEXT PAGE, PLEASE.
SO AS WE STARTED TO DESIGN THIS BUILDING, UM, YOU KNOW, W ONE OF THE REASONS WE REALLY LOVE WORKING IN AUSTIN HAS THE, THE RICH DIVERSITY OF THE MATERIAL PALLET AND THE INDOOR OUTDOOR BLENDING OF SPACES AND THE WAY LAYERING AND MATERIALS CAN HAPPEN.
UM, SO WE REALLY TOOK A LOT OF INSPIRATION FROM SOME OF THE EXISTING ARCHITECTURE NEARBY.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, UH, WE REALLY WANTED TO KIND OF BLEND THAT IN WITH THE OUTDOOR INDOOR, UM, BLENDING OF, UH, SPACES IN THE LAYERING OF PATIOS AND SOCIAL SPACES AND THE URBAN CONTEXT OF OUR SITE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT STARTED OUR THINKING OF THIS.
AND SO WE START FROM THE GROUND UP AND WORKED OUR WAY TOWARDS, UM, THE TOWER THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT PAGE, 1314, PLEASE.
SO WE START FROM THE GROUND UP AND USING THE CLUES AND THE CONTEXT FROM THE EXISTING BUILDING, THE TEXTURE OF THE BRICK, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO REPURPOSE AS MUCH OF THAT BRICK AS WE CAN, AS WE, AS WE BUILD THIS, THIS, UH, GROUND FLOOR.
SO THERE'LL BE A BIT OF A, A LAYERING EXPERIENCE HERE WHERE WE WANT TO BRING THE HISTORY OF THE EXISTING SITE AND THEN THIS MODERN, UH, MATERIAL PALETTE, AND REALLY KIND OF BLEND THOSE TOGETHER IN A PLAYFUL AND ENERGETIC WAY.
SO THAT THE CLADDING THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE GARAGE, THERE IS A SERIES OF PERFORATED METAL PANELS, UM, USING MORE OF THE EARTH TONES AND THE COPPERS AND, AND, UH, THEN A BLEND
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OF GLASS, UH, TO HELP KIND OF GIVE IT THAT KIND OF LAYERED AND, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S KINDA BEEN DEVELOPED OVER TIME.UH, YOU CAN SEE AS PART OF THE, ONE OF THE, UH, COMMENTS FROM THE WORKING GROUP, UM, THE ENTRANCE TO THE RESIDENTIAL OR THE RETAIL IS, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO USE THE PATIO ITSELF AS A WAY OF CALLING THAT ENTRANCE TO IT.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, THE WHITE LETTERING IS FOR THE SIGNAGE, FOR THE RESTAURANT.
WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT THAT, UH, IS GOING TO BE USED AS A WAY OF CALLING OUT THAT FRONT DOOR.
SO YOU REALLY GET THIS INTIMATE EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU APPROACH THE, THE RESTAURANT ON THIRD STREET, NEXT PAGE, PLEASE.
AND HERE'S A CLOSEUP VIEW OF THAT PATIO, WHERE WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO PLAY UP THE IDEA OF BUILDING UPON WHAT WAS ALREADY THERE.
SO YOU SEE THE BRICK THAT WE'RE REPURPOSING IN THE BACK BEYOND THIS GLASS FACE ON THE LEFT SIDE, WHERE, UM, WE HAVE SOME TRANSPARENT AND OPERABLE WINDOWS, SO THAT YOU HAVE THIS FEELING OF BEING INDOOR OUTDOOR.
YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE KIND OF SITTING AT A BAR AND INTERACTING WITH, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIANS ON THE STREET.
UH, GREAT STREETS HAS BEEN, UM, STARTED.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE RE WE'RE CONTINUING THAT, UH, STANDARD ACROSS THESE STREETS HERE AS WE REFRESHED.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE WORKING GROUP WAS THE, UH, CANOPIES AND HOW BEFORE THEY WERE JUST AN OPEN GRID.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH LEFT TO THE, UH, THE ELEMENTS.
SO HERE WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT CLADDING THAT IN A WAY THAT, UH, HELPS SHIELD THE PEOPLE UNDERNEATH AND PROVIDE SOME EXTRA SHADE AND MEANINGFUL SHADE AT THAT NEXT PAGE, PLEASE.
LOOKING AT THE BRAZOS SIDE, UM, AGAIN, ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE WORKING GROUP WAS THAT THE, THE CANOPIES THERE WERE MORE SUPERFICIAL AND THEY WERE OPEN TO THE SKY HERE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS OF, UH, CLOUDING THEM SO THAT THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDE MEANINGFUL SHADE.
UM, WE'VE ALSO STARTED TO INTEGRATE IN, INTO PEDESTRIAN SCALE LIGHTING ALONG THE FACADE, AS WELL AS WORKING ON A WAY OF, UM, KIND OF SOFTENING THAT SOUTH WEST CORNER AND USING SOME, SOME OF OUR LITTLE BUFFER ZONE OF A STRIP PLANTING AREA TO GROW IVY UP THE WALL TO HELP HELP KIND OF TAKE THE EDGE OFF OF THAT, THAT SIDE THERE.
UM, AGAIN, WE MOVED THE GARAGE DOORS BACK TO HELP PREVENT, UH, PEDESTRIAN AUTOMOBILE INTERACTIONS THERE.
SO THERE'S NO SPACE FOR CARS TO QUEUE UP AS WELL AS THE HIGH SPEED DOORS WILL HELP GET, UH, CARS OFF OF THE STREET FASTER.
NEXT PAGE, PLEASE, AGAIN, JUST A BLOW UP OF THE FULL, FULL WIDTH OF OUR SITE HERE, WE HAVE THE PATIO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, AND THAT LEADS INTO A RESTAURANT RETAIL COMPONENT WHERE WE'RE ANTICIPATING A BAR OR SOME SORT OF, UH, KINDA LIKE WINTER GARDEN, UH, ON THE, IN THE CENTER OF THE SITE.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME UTILITIES THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF OFF ON THE FAR LEFT NEXT PAGE, PLEASE, PAGE 19, AND LOOKING AT THE TOWER FROM AN OVERALL EXPRESSION.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS REALLY TAKE THAT ENERGY AND, UM, MATERIALITY OF THE GROUND, AND REALLY START TO TRANSPOSE IT UP AT THE TOP.
SO THAT THERE'S THESE TWO NODES THAT WE CONNECT, UH, WITH A VERY CLEAN AND SIMPLE TOWER AT IS THE TOWER IS GOING TO BE COMPOSED OF, UH, CONCRETE AND WINDOW WALL.
SO GLASS AND METAL, AND SOME PANICKED CONCRETE TO HELP JUST GIVE IT A CLEAN, SIMPLE EXPRESSION.
UH, SO THAT THE TOP IS REALLY MORE OF A, UH, AN ENERGETIC AND IT RECALLS THE, THE MATERIALITY.
AND, UM, THE IDEA IS THIS INDOOR OUTDOOR LIVING FROM THE GROUND FLOOR REALLY BRING THAT UP INTO THE SKY NEXT PAGE.
AND SO THE IDEA OF HAVING IT STAY CLEAN AND SIMPLE, AND REALLY JUST ALLOW THE, THE INDOOR OUTDOOR AND THE MATERIALS TO REALLY DEFINE THE TOP OF THE BUILDING AND GIVE IT A VERY CLEAN, UM, COMPOSED EXPRESSION.
UH, NEXT PAGE, PLEASE, UH, BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE, THE MATERIAL PALLET IS ANY CONCRETE ON THE TOWER WITH WINDOW WALL.
I'LL HAVE, UM, VISION GLASS AS WELL AS A SPANDREL GLASS.
AND THEN AT THE PARKING PODIUM, WE'LL USE SPANDREL GLASS TO HELP CONCEAL HEADLIGHTS AND CARS.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE A PERFORATED METAL SCREEN THAT OVERLAPS THE GARAGE FLOORS AS WELL, AND HELPS PROVIDE A, A DYNAMIC AND KIND OF, UH, INTERESTING FACADE TO A GARAGE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE.
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AND THAT WRAPS AROUND, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ON ALL THREE SIDES THAT ARE EXPOSED ON THE EAST SIDE, WE'RE UP AGAINST THE HYATT.SO THAT'S HOW IT'LL BE, UM, THAT WILL NOT HAVE THE METAL PANELS ON IT, BUT THERE ARE OTHER THREE SIDES THAT ARE EXPOSED TO THE PUBLIC WILL.
UH, AS WE MENTIONED, THE GREAT STREETS WE ARE, UM, CONTINUING TO UPDATE, UH, AND, AND MAINTAIN THE STANDARD OF THE GREAT STREETS THAT ARE THERE.
UM, SO THAT IS ONE OPTION THAT WE DID HERE WAS EXTEND THAT SIDEWALK AND THE PAVERS INTO THE VEHICULAR PARKING ENTRANCE AREA THERE TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN ZONE IS AND WHERE THE AUTOMOBILE ZONE IS.
I'M AT THE ROOFTOP, JUST A COUPLE OF VISIONING IDEAS OF HOW WE ENVISION, UM, KIND OF USING SOME OF THAT, UH, TRELLIS AND MATERIALS FROM DOWN BELOW TO HELP DEFINE THE SPACES UP AT THE TOP.
AND THEN, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE OBVIOUSLY, UH, RIGHT NOW I'D BUY THEM, BUT IN THE PACKAGE WE SENT YOU, THE BLUE ITEMS ARE OUR RESPONSES TO THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE WORKING GROUP, AND, UH, HAPPY TO KIND OF CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AND ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH WRAPS UP WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
SO YOU MENTIONED THAT THE GLASS ON THE GROUND FLOOR WAS OPERABLE.
IS IT, UM, HOW DOES IT OPEN OR HOW IS IT OPERABLE? UH, IT'S ONE OF THE, UM, IDEAS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS AS A KIND OF DOOR THAT WOULD LIKE HINGE UP, SO YOU COULD OPEN UP AND IT COULD START AT LIKE BAR HEIGHT, A BAR COUNTER HEIGHT, AND THEN AS IT AWNINGS UP, IT WOULD CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF A CANOPY ABOVE THAT OPENING.
SO THE, I MEAN, IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO VETTING ALL FILE OVER OPTIONS WITH THAT.
I COMMEND YOU BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING AND THEY JUST KNOCKED DOWN.
WHAT'S THERE AND YOU'VE TAKEN THE EFFORT TO INCORPORATE THAT.
UM, SO, UH, GREAT WORK OVERALL.
UM, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT, UM, I SEE THAT YOU'VE ADDRESSED A LOT OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE WORKING GROUP.
I APPRECIATE THAT OVERHEAD DOOR.
UM, THE ADDITION OF THAT, THE, THE RELOCATION OF THE GARAGE ENTRY, UM, THE OVERHEAD AWNINGS THAT WERE ADDED AND THE GREENERY ALONG THE SIDE STREET THERE, UM, JUST, UH, YEAH, WELL DONE.
I THINK YOU, YOU ADDRESSED MANY OF THEM, THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD, AND THEY ALSO ADDED SOME LAYERS TO THE BRANDED SIDE.
BURKE STREET HAD A LOT OF LAYERS ON IT AND THEY SEEM TO COME BACK AND EDIT SOMEONE TO BRAD'S GROUPS.
WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, THIS PART HERE, I'LL ASK ONE ABOUT AFFORDABILITY.
IS THERE ANY ONSITE, OR IS THIS FEE BEING LIEU AS OF NOW, THIS IS ALL MARKET RATE UNITS AND WE'RE DOING A FEE AND LIEU, I GUESS, OTHER COMMISSIONERS, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THIS, THIS IS USUALLY THE CHOICE, WHICH PROBABLY IN MY MIND MEANS THAT THE FEE IS TOO LOW.
UM, I WILL MAKE A COMMENT, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE.
I THINK THE GROUND FLOOR IS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THAT I DO GET A GOOD FEELING ABOUT A HUMAN SCALE, YOU KNOW, AND THE PORCH ELEMENTS AT THAT, AT THAT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL, UM, UH, CAN BASEMENT AWNINGS CERTAINLY DO HELP A LOT, UH, UP ABOVE ON THE TALLER PORTIONS OF THE TOWER, YOU KNOW, THE VARIETY OF MATERIALS, I GUESS NOT ALL GLASS, YOU KNOW, GIVES IT SOME TEXTURE AS WELL.
UM, OVERALL I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY WELL DONE.
UH, THE, THE PART THAT I THINK IS PROBABLY THE WEAKEST FOR ME IS THE PARKING GARAGE THAT MIDSECTION MMM.
YOU KNOW, THE PRIMARY PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCES COULD BE THAT FIRST FLOOR, FIRST FLOOR LEVEL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEDESTRIANS, AREN'T GOING TO START TO, THEY'RE GOING TO PERCEIVE THE LEVELS MAYBE UP TO SEVEN OR EIGHT OR SOME OF THOSE.
AND I THINK THE PERFORATED METAL PANELS ON THE GARAGE, THE SCALE OF THE KIND OF GRAPHICS AND THE LORRAINE IS IT'S PRETTY LARGE SCALE.
IT DOESN'T SEEM AS HUMAN SCALE TO ME.
I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THE ENTRANCE TO THE INTEREST OF A USE OF THE MATERIAL.
I THINK IT'S A LITTLE OVERSCALED, BUT EVEN WITH THAT CRITICISM, I'LL SAY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, THE FIRST FLOOR FEELS, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS HUMAN SCALE.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NONE.DOES SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT IT MEETS THE DESIGN STANDARD.
SO A MOTION TO, UH, TO GROW SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIES WITH URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.
ARE YOU TRYING TO SECOND? YOU'RE ON MUTE.
THE SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER TANNIC, GUCCI.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? OKAY.
ONE THING I DIDN'T MENTION, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR PLAN A COUPLE OF THESE PROJECTS.
I MEAN, I LOVE THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A LOT BY 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND IT LOOKS LIKE A HUGE RESTAURANT.
A FEW TIMES WE HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE KIND OF PREFER SMALLER SPACES, SO YOU CAN HAVE MORE DIVERSITY, BUT THEN THAT SPACE YOU CAN BRING IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE.
AND IT KIND OF ACTIVATES THAT, THAT STREETSCAPE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THE DIVERSITY OF THE CUSTOMERS, WHICH I THINK ADDS SOMETHING TO THE PROJECT.
SO IF THAT COULD BE DIVIDED UP INTO A COUPLE OF DETAILS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE KINDA NICE.
UM, SO WERE YOU, UH, SUGGESTING NO, I WAS JUST MAKING THAT COMMITMENT OR OKAY.
I'M STILL SECONDING TO MAKE THAT COMMENT BEFORE WE BROUGHT IT TO THE, YEAH.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL COMMENT.
UM, THEN WE WILL PUT IT TO A VOTE.
THOSE OPPOSED AND NONE ABSTAINED.
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OKAY.WE WANT TO GO TO ITEM TWO, A APPROVAL OF THE JUNE 5TH MEETING MINUTES.
UM, AARON, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES.
UM, I BELIEVE, WELL, I GUESS WE CAN, WE CAN MAYBE STILL VOTE ON IT, BUT I BELIEVE, UH, ON THE MEETING MINUTES, ITEM ONE B ALSO INCLUDED A VOTE, UH, FOR, UH, MY ELECTION AS WELL.
SO I DON'T KNOW THE PROCEDURE FOR APPROVING THESE.
I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT JAN, HIS NAME IS MS. BELL.
IT'S JAN AND I CAN NOT DON'T LET HER SEE YA.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN APPROVE THIS BEING THAT WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER IDOL SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR ROLE.
UM, I'LL DEFER TO YOU FOR YOUR EXPERTISE ON THAT CHAIR.
THIS IS JUST A CORRECTION TO THE MONITOR WAS AN INADVERTENT ADMISSION OR MISSION FROM THE MINUTES.
WE'LL BE ADDING THE ACTUAL VOTE COUNT ON THE ELECTION OF CHAIR, CAROL.
IT WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT CHAIR AND I APOLOGIZE.
UH, SO IN ORDER TO APPROVE IT, DO WE NEED TO REVISE IT AND BRING IT BACK? NO, YOU MAY TAKE A VOTE ON IT TODAY WITH THE CLARIFICATION THAT A CORRECTION BE MADE TO THE MINUTES TO REFLECT THE NOMINATION AND THE VOTE ON THE ELECTION OF CHAIR, CAROL AS CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION.
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I SAW A MOVE.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
I, ANY OPPOSED? I THINK THAT WAS UNANIMOUS.
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OKAY.ITEM TWO, B LIAISON REPORTS, UH, COMMISSIONER FRANCO.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT? DID WE LOSE HIM? UH, COMMISSIONER NOW ROBLEDO I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING THIS MONTH, SO I KNOW THAT THEY MET WITH PROJECT NEC AND ONE OTHER ITEM ON LOOKING UP HERE.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT.
UM, AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT BECAUSE WE'RE MEETING WEDNESDAY SO I CAN LET YOU KNOW NEXT MONTH ABOUT THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY.
I HAD A QUICK EMERGENCY, BUT ANYHOW, UM, NO, I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT EITHER.
WE HAVE NOT MET, UH, NO, WE DIDN'T MEET LIST THIS PAST MONTH.
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UM, THEN WE'LL GO ITEM THREE EIGHT SHARE ANNOUNCEMENTS.UM, I'LL, I'LL JUST, UH, WE'LL MENTION, IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, UM, WE DID GET A NEW COMMISSION MEMBER, UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND YET.
UM, SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING THAT PERSON.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF HAS HEARD ANY UPDATE FROM THAT COMMISSION MEMBER THERE AND I HAVE STILL HAVE YET TO HEAR AN UPDATE.
UM, LAST I HEARD WAS SHE WAS SWORN IN FULLY TRAINED.
UM, I REACHED OUT TO HER A FEW WEEKS AGO, BUT DID NOT GET A RESPONSE FROM HER.
SO I LOOK TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AGAIN SOMETIME THIS WEEK.
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IN ITEM THREE, B UH, ITEMS FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS.[Items 3C & 4]
THREE C ITEMS FROM CITY STEP.OH, I DO HAVE ONE ITEM ORIGINALLY.
WE WERE NOT SCHEDULED TO HAVE A MEETING IN JULY.
HOWEVER, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF AGENDA ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE COVERED.
SO WE WILL BE REQUESTING A SPECIAL CALL MEETING FOR SOMETIME IN JULY.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS AS FAR AS WHEN THAT WOULD BE.
I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GEAR TOWARDS THE MIDDLE TO END OF JULY.
BUT, UH, ONCE I HAVE MORE INFORMATION, I WILL BE SURE TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO YOU GUYS.
UM, THAT'S THAT'S IT, IT'S 4:48 PM AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.