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[Determination of Quorum / Meeting Called to Order ]
WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 6:05 PM.
AND HERE, UM, TODAY WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS ANDERSON IS OUR FLORES, AMPLE HOWARD, AND THAT'S KALITA STEGER, UH, POD SHAW, SHAY AND THOMPSON, UH, ABSENT TODAY, UH, IS COMMISSIONER SCHEIDER.
SO I THINK, AND THEN I WOULD ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE OUR EX OFFICIO MEMBER, UH, DONNELY BURWELL, UM, WHO WAS ON WITH US A LITTLE EARLIER.
YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN NOW COME UP.
SO JUST A QUICK REMINDERS COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE YOUR GREEN, RED, YELLOW ITEMS READY TO VOTE.
UM, THAT'S ALWAYS ENTERTAINING TO SEE WHAT YOU BRING, UH, EACH, EACH CONDITIONED MEETING, UH, REMAIN NEEDED WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING AND RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE RECOGNIZED.
AND IF I DON'T SEE YOU, CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE DAUNTING, SAME AS LITTLE SQUARES.
AND IF I MISS YOU, UH, FOR SOME REASON, UH, AND YOU NEED TO, UH, USE OR BOYS, JUST LET ME KNOW IF I'VE MISSED YOU AND I'M NOT SEEING YOU RAISE YOUR HAND.
UM, WE ARE MISSING TWO MEMBERS.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, STILL SEVEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE MOTION, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE DOWN TO AND, UH, FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OUT THERE.
UH, JUST, UH, ONE THING WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP REMINDING IS USE A STAR SIX TO UNMUTE, AND IF YOUR ITEM IS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION, YOU DID NOT HAVE TO REMAIN ON THE LINE.
YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WHEN WE'RE ABOUT 15 MINUTES AWAY FROM TAPE TAKING UP THE ITEM.
[Reading of the Agenda ]
WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA DIVE INTO THE SABOTAGING THE CONSENT CONSENT AGENDA TODAY.AND FOR THOSE LISTENING, UM, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST ACTIVITY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE AGENDA AND VOTE ON THE CONSENT ITEMS. I'M GOING TO READ TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, UH, WHICH ONLY HAVE A FEW, UM, AND IDENTIFIED THOSE THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY STAFF OR CONSENT APPROVAL AND THOSE LITTLE CODES, CONSENT POSTPONEMENTS AND NON-DISCUSSION ITEMS. AND IF YOU ARE WAITING FOR A DISCUSSION OF AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I WILL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO PULL THE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AFTER I'VE READ THROUGH THE AGENDA.
WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH ANY ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO PULL EITHER BY COMMISSIONERS OR THOSE THAT ARE ON THE PHONE A LITTLE LATER.
SO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, UH, ITEM MAY IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
UH, DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS, DID ANYONE HAVE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? ALL RIGHT, SEEING THAT MINE WILL MOVE THOSE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN.
UM, NOW JUST GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR TONIGHT.
UH, ON SECTION B, WE'LL START WITH ITEM B.
ONE IS IN GRETA ZONING, C 14 2020 DASH ZERO ZERO EIGHT FIVE LESSON LANE VILLAS AT TWO 19 LESSON LANE.
UH, AGAIN, STAFF RECOMMENDED, UH, RE REZONE FROM SF THREE AND P TO SF SIX AND P.
AND THIS ITEM IS FOR DISCUSSION ITEM D TWO S P TWO ZERO ONE NINE ZERO THREE TWO EIGHT DASH 10 10 CLAREMONT, 43, NORTH 35 SERVICE ROAD NORTHBOUND.
THIS IS A SITE PLAN DARIEN SUCCEED, ALLOWED OR ALLOWABLE IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS.
AND IT IS, UH, ON CONSENT RECOMMENDED WITH CONDITIONS.
AND, UH, THE APPLICANT NOTED HERE AS THE APPLICANT APPLICANT IS AMENABLE TO THE STAFF CONDITIONS.
AND THIS HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND THE SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE.
SO THAT IS A, UM, CONSENT ITEM, ITEM THREE, ALSO ON CONSENT, UH, IS THE SITE PLAN C U P SPC 2019 ZERO FIVE 98, 76, RANDY.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE THREE ITEMS, UH, IN OUR BIG GRINDER PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO I'LL JUST GO OVER THAT REALLY QUICK.
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82 DAY THREE, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, UM, AS WELL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.AND WITH THAT, UM, DO ANY, UH, COMMISSIONERS, EITHER A KIDS THEMSELVES, UH, ANY ITEMS TONIGHT? ALRIGHT, NONE.
[Consent Agenda ]
DO ANY COMMISSIONERS WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE ACRONYMS FOR DISCUSSION? THERE'S ONLY ONE LEFT AND OR OTHERWISE HAVE QUESTIONS.SO, UH, DO ANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS ON THE PHONE WANT TO PULL ANYTHING, UH, FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY.
WELL WITH THAT, UH, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, APPROVED AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, FROM THERESA SEGER WITH A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. SHANNON.
SO I GUESS ALL IN FAVOR OF EMOTION, LET'S SEE, I'M GETTING OKAY.
[B1. Rezoning: C14-2020-0085 - Lessin Lane Villas; District 3 ]
OKAY.WELL WITH THAT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THIS IS, UH, OUR FIRST NOE DISCUSSION ITEM.
UH, I'M A V ONE AND THIS IS A AGAIN, IT'S A REZONING, UH,
AND LET'S, WE WILL START IN ONE SECOND, GET MY SPEAKER LIST.
UH, JUST BEFORE WE GET STARTED, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF, UH, WHO DO WE HAVE REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENTS TODAY? DO WE HAVE ANY ONE FROM, UH, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS? ZONING DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT'S A TWO, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS OUR QUESTIONS TWO THIS EVENING ON THIS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. OKAY.
SO WITH THAT, UM, JUST WANNA REMIND PARTICIPANTS, UH, STAR SIX TO UNMUTE AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND, UH, LOOKING AT THE SPEAKER SHEET HERE FOR BEING ONE.
I HAVE THE APPLICANT, UH, MOBILE, LET STAFF GO FIRST, UH, WITHOUT PRESENTATION ON THIS CASE CHAIR.
I'M GIVING A STRANGE FEEDBACK.
I CAN ALMOST SOUND LIKE A PENCIL BEING SHARP IS ANY, IF I'M ALONE IGNORE.
DOES ANYONE GET A STRANGE FEEDBACK NOW? IT'S A, I'M GETTING IT TOO, SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S, IF IT'S ME TALKING, IT MAY BE SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY DEVICE.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
IF WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, I WAS JUST GONNA SHARE THAT IT'S THERE, BUT IT CAN STILL HEAR EVERYBODY YEAH.
UH, I ASK IT, STAFF COULD HEAR IT AND THEY SAID NO, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN, AND OTHERS CAN TOO.
SO I'LL HAVE TO GET THAT CHECKED OUT.
CAUSE IT'S ANNOYING ON MY END, I COULD TELL.
SO LET'S START WITH STAFF ON ITEM B, ONE WITH THE PRESENTATION, WITH THE PLANNING AND BURNING DEPARTMENT.
SEE 14 2020 DASH ZERO ZERO EIGHT FIVE.
THIS PROPERTY'S LOCATED AT TWO 19 WESTERN LANE AND IS APPROXIMATELY 1.45 ACRES IN SIZE.
IN ADDITION TO US AND LANE, IT IS ALSO ACCESSIBLE FROM RIANNA STREET OR KREBS LANE AND FORT MAGRUDER LANE.
IT IS CURRENTLY DONE S AND P AND IT'S SURROUNDED BY EXCESS THREE MPS TURNING TO THE WEST NORTH AND THE SOUTH ACROSS FORT MAGRUDER LANE IS A PROXY SOUND G R E N P.
ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY IS FLOOD PLAIN IN THE EAST BUILDING CREEK, WHICH SEPARATES HIS PROPERTY FROM THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURES.
THAT'S RECOMMENDING THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO READ THAT ON TO SF SIX, AUNTIE THIS DISTRICT IS INTENDED FOR MODERATE DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY, DUPLEX, TWO FAMILY TOWNHOUSE AND CONDOMINIUM USES ON LARGER LOT.
THIS PROPERTY IS OVER AN ACRE IN SIZE WITH ACCESS THE THREE STREETS ON THREE SIDES OF IT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE SSPS DOWNING ALLOWS FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY IN SITE DESIGN, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR SITES CONTAINING
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS, SUCH AS LARGE CLUSTERS OF TREES IN FLOODPLAIN AREASAND THE PURPOSE STATEMENT OF THE ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, UM, SPEAKING TO THE CASE THAT STAFF JUST PRESENTED.
SO THE FIRST SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE FIGHT HAD HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AND, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE ZONING CHANGE IS REALLY NOT.
SO DENSITY, UNLIKE MOST CASES THAT YOU RECEIVE THIS CASE HAS TO DO WITH, UM, PROVIDING THE DEVELOPER THE ABILITY TO ORIENT THE UNIT ON ONE LOG IN A MARCH MO OCCUPY TEXTURALLY AND AESTHETICALLY PLEASING MANNER.
SO AGAIN, UNDER SF THREE ZONING, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DENSITY IS BETWEEN 18 AND 22 UNITS.
THAT'S WHAT IS ALLOWED, I'LL EVER BE ACHIEVABLE.
NUMBER OF UNITS ON THIS LOT WOULD BE, UM, 16 UNITS UNDER THE SFC ZONING DISTRICT.
THE MAXIMUM ACHIEVABLE DENSITY IS 18 UNITS AND THE ACHIEVABLE DENSITY IS 17 UNITS.
AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH ALL OF THAT AS WE GO THROUGH.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO SHOW YOU THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS BETWEEN SFC AND THAT SUFFIX.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, EXCEPT FOR MAXIMUM.
AND THE FACT THAT UNDER SF, UNLIKE OF THREE, THE PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS.
SO FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE SOUTH OF US, WHERE WE ARE JOINED SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING, OUR BUILDINGS HAVE TO BE SET BACK 25 FEET FROM THEIR PROPERTY LINE.
SO PROVIDING A 25 FOOT, NO BUILD ZONE BETWEEN THE POP TO MINE AND WHERE OUR HOMES BEGIN.
SO IF YOU COULD MOVE ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WELL, THAT'S COMING UP UNDER THE COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS.
THE BUILDING HEIGHT IS LIMITED TO SERVICE BETWEEN 25 AND 50 FEET, THEREFORE PROVIDING MUCH A PROTECTION FOR THE IMMEDIATE LABORS.
SO THIS SLIDE IS THE SF SLIDE AS I CALL IT.
SO THE REASON WE'RE ASKING FOR SFC ZONING EAST TO ALLOW ONE DRIVEWAY ONTO THE SIDE FROM LESSEN LANE TO PRIVATE LANE AND VICE VERSA, THIS ALLOWS THE APPLICANT DEVELOPERS TO ALL THE END, THE DETACHED HOMES, 17 OF THEM ARE AROUND THE INTERNAL DRIVEWAY.
SO THE NUMBER OF UNITS HERE WOULD BE 17.
THE MAXIMUM IS 18 ON THE SF SIX.
THE MAXIMUM PERVIOUS COVER IS BASED ON THE ENTIRE SITE AND WE'RE SHOWING 43, 8.8% IN PURCHASE COVER BASED ON THE ENTIRE SIDE, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM SF THREE, BECAUSE AS OF THREE ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 35% IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR EACH UNIT.
THIS SLIDE, THE NEXT SLIDE IS SLIDE.
NUMBER FOUR JUST SHOWS YOU THE COMPATIBILITY SETBACK.
AND WE PUT THIS TOGETHER BASED ON A MEETING WE HAD WITH OUR, WITH THE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE TUESDAY MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THEY NEEDED NEIGHBORS.
AND THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH, THE PINK AREA IS THE 25 FOOT NO BUILD ZONE, WHICH YOU DO NOT GET UNDER SF THREE.
YOUR SETBACK ON THE SS THREE IS JUST FIVE FEET.
SO THE HOMES WOULD BE AT THREE STORIES UNDER SF THREE ON THE ASSETS, SIX, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT UNDER THE SFX BETWEEN 25 AND 50 FEET IS TWO STORIES OF 30 FEET.
SO THAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS.
THAT'S SPECS THAT SSP DOES NOT PROVIDE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE NEXT ZONE IS THE HIGH STEP THAT'S BETWEEN 25 AND 50 FEET.
AND THEN THE YELLOW AREAS YOU CAN GO TO POLICE.
SO HE'S UP 40 FEET AND A FEW BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED THERE.
THE NEXT SLIDE JUST HAVE TO DO WITH, UM, AN
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ORIENTATION BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND THE ADJACENT OPTI OWNERS.SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS AFTER OUR FIRST MEETING, ONE OR TWO, HAVE A PICTURE THAT SHOWS ON EXHIBIT THAT SHOWS THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY AND HOW THE BUILDINGS ARE ORIENTED, VIS-A-VIS THEIR LOT LINES.
SO THIS SHOWS YOU THE PALMS FACING WILSON STREET.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, THERE ARE LOCKED LINES COME ALL THE WAY TO EASTERN BOLDEN CREEK AND ALL PROPERTIES OF THE HOMES ARE ORIENTED IN THIS MANNER.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF OPEN SPACE, A LOT OF, UM, OPENNESS WITH THIS SITE.
AND OF COURSE, ACCESS SIX REQUIRES BETTER PROTECTION OF TREES AND MORE OF THEM, IF YOU WILL, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE NEXT SLIDE HAS TO DO WITH WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED ON THE SF THREE.
SO UNDER SF THREE, AS I INDICATED OUT EARLIER, THE PROPERTY CAN BE SUBDIVIDED INTO INDIVIDUAL LOSS.
THIS IS A SUBDIVISION LAYOUT UNDER SRE.
AND THE FIRST THREE LOTS ON LESSENED LANES WOULD BE DUPLEX SLOTS, WHICH HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 7,000 SQUARE FEET EACH AT A MINIMUM.
AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE TWO UNITS ON EACH LOT.
THE SETBACK FROM THE SOUTH WATERLINE IS JUST FIVE FEET AND THE MASS AND THE HEIGHT THERE WOULD BE 32 FEET OF BUILDINGS, THREE STORIES.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ASSET THREE AND THAT'S A SIX FOR THE NEIGHBORS ARE LISTENING.
SO YOUR SF, THIS SETBACK IS A THREE STORY BUILDING 32 FEET, TALL, FIVE FEET AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORS ALPHABETS.
SO EACH LOT IS 45% THAT WE TROT, UM, AS SUBDIVIDED AND ALLOWED UNDER SF THREE, YOU DON'T HAVE AS MUCH OPEN SPACE.
YOU HAVE CANNED DRIVEWAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE DRIVEWAY TO MAGRUDER.
SO EACH LOSS ON THIS AREA HAS A POLICE.
THAT DRIVER, AS YOU CAN SEE, COMING ONTO EITHER A CREDS LANE OR ONTO LESSEN LANE.
SO YOU DO HAVE A LOT MORE IN FRONT OF THIS COVER UNDER THE SF THREE SUBDIVISION, WHICH CAN DO ACHIEVE, I KNOW SOME NEIGHBORS THING, BUT IT'S NOT CHEAP BUBBLE, BUT IT IS ACHIEVABLE.
SO THIS NEXT SLIDE JUST SHOWS YOU MY LAST SLIDE, WHICH SHOWS YOU A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO SCENARIOS YOU'RE AS A PERSON AREA VERSUS YOUR ASSET SCENARIO.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THE, UM, THE TOP ONE IS THE ETHICAL SCENARIO WHERE YOU HAVE 16 HOMES AND UNDER A SUBDIVISION.
SO YOU HAVE NINE LOSS AND, UM, THE LOWER BOTTOM OFF THE EXHIBIT IS YOUR F FIXED SCENARIO.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE OPENNESS AND, UH, THE, UH, JUST WIDE DRIVEWAY IN AND ONTO THE SIDE, AS OPPOSED TO 10 DIFFERENT DRIVEWAYS AND TO GET YOUR METH AND PROTEUS COVER MORE PRE PRESERVATION.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I HOPE YOU CAN SUPPORT STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THE NEXT PAPER I SHOW HERE, UH, FOR BESIDE HIM IS CHRISTOPHER, NOT THE NEATO START SIX MUTE, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS ANTHONY NIDO WITH URBAN ATX DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES INTRODUCING MYSELF AND OUR COMPANY AND, UH, REITERATING A FEW OF ALICE'S POINTS.
AND SO FOR THE DURATION OF MY PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO REMAIN ON THE LAST SLIDE.
UM, MY COMPANY URBAN ATX IS A LUXURY HOME BUILDER AND A DEVELOPER.
UM, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BUILDING THINGS THAT, UM, THAT ARE, THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL, UM, FRANKLY.
AND SO WHEN WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY AND WE BEGAN DESIGNING IT WITH THE INTENTION OF RE SUBDIVIDING IT INTO SEVERAL DIFFERENT SF THREE LOS AND UTILIZING THE TYPICAL USES A SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, TWO FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL, UM, WE ENDED UP WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THAT SLIDE PRESENTATION, UM, WHICH I WAS HOPING THAT WOULD REMAIN ON, BUT, UM, WE HAD NINE LOSS, 16 UNITS, UM, AND WE TOOK A LOOK AT IT OR MIDWAY THROUGH OUR DEVELOPMENT AND OUR DESIGN THROUGH OUR PLANNING PROCESS AND GETTING INTO THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS.
AND WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS NOT THAT APPEALING.
UM, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT UGLY.
UM, I DIDN'T LIKE THAT WE WERE PROPOSING TO BUILD, UM, SEVERAL LARGE DEEP FLEXES.
A LOT OF THESE WOULD BE IN TERMS OF GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE, INCLUDING, UM, EXEMPTIONS FOR GARAGES
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AND ADDICTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.THESE WOULD BE BUILDINGS THAT WOULD BE NEARLY 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND BECAUSE OF SITE CONSTRAINTS, INCLUDING THE FLOOD PLAIN, UM, INHERITED TREES, UM, WE WOULD SORT OF BE SQUEEZING SOME OF THESE BIG BUILDINGS, UM, IN LESS THAN IDEAL POSITIONS.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, ON THAT SLIDE PRESENTATION, UH, THE BOTTOM RIGHT LOT IN THE SF THREE ORIENTATION, THE RE SUBDIVISION IS A PARTICULARLY GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE WE HAVE TO JOG THE DRIVEWAY AROUND CRITICAL ROOT ZONE OF ALL OF THESE PROTECTED TREES.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO PUT THE DUPLEX ITSELF ALL THE WAY AGAINST THE FIVE FOOT BUILDING SETBACK.
AND SO, UM, AT SOME POINT IN PROCESS, WE JUST KIND OF STEPPED BACK AND WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER, UM, DEVELOPMENT IF WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP IT UNDER CONDO RESIDENTIAL USE.
AND SO THAT'S BEGAN OUR PROCESS OF, UH, OPPOSING THIS REZONE.
AND AS ALEX MENTIONED BETWEEN THE SITE CONSTRAINTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TREES AND THE FLOOD PLAIN AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HERE, UM, THAT'S A SIX JUST SIMPLY ALLOWS US FOR A MUCH MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING USE OF THE SITE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE AGAIN, NOT PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE DENSITY, UM, THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND THE FAR THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ARE WELL WITHIN THE THRESHOLD, BUT THAT'S AT THREE ANYWAY.
UM, AND THE DAY WE CAN TAKE AND WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THAT SMALLER UNIT, WHICH ALLOWS BEAUTIFUL PRODUCT TO OFFER, BUT AT A MORE REASONABLE PRICE, THREE MINUTES, SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
UM, YOU GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, DAVEY.
NICK YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, PLEASE START SIX.
HOW ABOUT NOW? I CAN HEAR YOU NOW HEAR ME NOW.
I THINK I HAD MY PHONE MUTED AND YOU HAD TO BE NEAR TO GOTCHA.
UH, MY NAME IS NIKITA AND I'M THE ARCHITECT, UH, WORKING WITH URBAN ATX ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE HAVE WORKED WITH URBAN ATX FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW ON A COUPLE OF DOZEN PROJECTS, AND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
AND, UM, FROM THE OUTSET OF THIS PROJECT, UM, WE WERE TASKED WITH, UM, KIND OF FINDING WAYS TO MAKE THE PROPERTY WORK, UM, TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE FOR, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, BUT AS WELL AS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO THE TYPICAL WAY THAT WE WORK IN, IN SOUTH AUSTIN IS TO, UM, WE COULD AN INFILL LOT AND WE'D DEVELOP IT, UM, AS NEEDED FOR, UM, A PRODUCT THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN SELL FOR, UM, UH, AN END BUYER OR EVEN FOR A CUSTOM USER.
UM, BUT, UH, AS CHRIS MENTIONED, WHEN WE GOT INTO THIS PROJECT AND STARTED LAYING OUT ALL OF THESE LOTS WITH THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE TREES AND THE FLOODPLAIN AND, UM, MAKING IT MAKES SENSE, IT JUST FELT A LITTLE BIT, UM, BUT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, TAKE A DIFFERENT SORT OF APPROACH ON IT.
CHRIS ACTUALLY CAME TO THE TABLE WITH THIS IDEA OF DOING SF, UM, WHICH ARE, UM, A MUCH SMALLER SCALE, THE HOME AND, UM, WOOD THAT WE COULD OFFER BACK INTO THE MARKET AND MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE RATES.
UM, SO IT WAS VERY APPEALING TO WANTED TO PUT THIS OUT THERE.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF, UM, OUT OF EXEMPTED DUPLEXES.
UM, SO WE, WE TOOK A STAB AT PUTTING THIS ONTO PAPER.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS ON THIS, A ONE OH SEVEN SHEET THAT WE WERE SHARING, UH, THE SCALE OF THE, OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS MUCH SMALLER, MUCH MORE IN SCALE WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, IT PUSHES EVERYTHING AWAY FROM THE OTHER NEIGHBORS TOWARDS THE CENTER.
UH, SO IT GIVES A LOT MORE, A LOT MORE PRIVACY TO THE NEIGHBORS.
IT GIVES A LOT MORE, UM, WE HAVE TWO ACCESSES FROM ONE FROM LESSEN LANES AND ONE FROM KREBS, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF DRIVEWAYS DUMPING OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
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OUR PARKING CONTAINED WITHIN OUR LITTLE DEVELOPMENT.SO THE, UH, STREET PARKING WOULD BE MINIMIZED.
UM, WE JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS A VERY MUCH A WIN-WIN FOR, FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
UM, WE COULD OFFER MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL VERSUS, UM, PUTTING ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR HOMES ON THE MARKET.
IT JUST FELT LIKE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY.
SO, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE JUMPED FORWARD WITH IT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME LOOKING AT IT.
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU AGREE WITH US THAT THIS IS A, AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN SOUTH AUSTIN.
UM, SO THAT WRAPS UP THE PROPONENTS.
AND NOW SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION, AND LET'S START WITH THE PRIMARY SPEAKER HERE.
I HAVE FIVE MINUTES, STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME ON THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? UM, AND, UM, LOOKING AT SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PROJECT, BUT, UM, MY PRESENTATION IS SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
UM, I WANTED TO START BY THANKING, UM, MS. GLASGOW AND THE OTHER FOLKS ON HER TEAM FOR BEING SO WILLING TO MEET WITH NEIGHBORS.
UM, WE DISCUSSED OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROJECT, AND I THINK I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH HOW RESPONSIVE THEY HAVE BEEN TO, UH, CONVERSATIONS.
UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BEING PUT IN SUCH AN AUTONOMOUS STATE, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP.
UH, CRAIG LANE HAS A SHARP BEND.
IF YOU ARE PULLING OUT OF ANY OF THE DRIVEWAY'S ALREADY THERE WHEN THE RISK OF BEING RUN INTO, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CUT-THROUGH TRAFFIC FROM HAWAII TO HELLO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? DID YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW US WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE MATERIALS THAT GO ALONG, UM, TRAFFIC AND PARKING IMPORTANT CONCERNS.
NEIGHBORS ALSO WERE UNHAPPY AT THE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE A GATED COMMUNITY WITH MILLION DOLLAR HOMES FOR PREVIOUSLY.
THERE HAD BEEN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
AND, UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT BUILDER'S BEEN TO LEAVING THAT SPACE OPEN AND PERHAPS ALLOWING NEIGHBORS TO USE THIS ON A PEDESTRIAN BASIS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL CONTINUE TO WALK IN THIS AREA.
AND WHAT I DO WISH TO DISCUSS MY MORE DETAIL IS JUST THE FACT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS PROBABLY HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE BEFORE ANYTHING IS BEING BUILT.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IF YOU COMPARE ONE YEAR AGO UNTIL NOW THAT'S BEEN CHANGING QUITE A LOT TO ASK THAT THE CITY GAVE A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY OR PERHAPS A PUBLIC RESTRICTIVE COVENANT COVENANT WITH THE CITY IN FORCE, BUT WE CAN NEGOTIATE THE TERMS WITH THE DEVELOPER SO THAT THE PROJECT ACTUALLY COMES TO FRUITION.
WHAT WE HAVE IS WHAT THE DEVELOPER AND THE NEIGHBOR, UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN AT TIMES APPEARS TO TAKE THE POSITION THAT IT'S THEIR JOB TO MAXIMIZE DEVELOPER AND BUILDER PROFITS OVER THE CONCERNED OF NEIGHBORS.
AND YOU I'M SURE ARE AWARE BECAUSE THERE'S DEFINITELY RESULTS IN HAPPY NEIGHBORHOODS OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, ALTHOUGH TO BE HONEST, THIS IS NOT BY ANY STRETCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IT'S JUST OUT OF REACH THEN WHAT OTHERWISE MIGHT BE BROKE.
UM, FURTHERMORE, WE'RE NOT AS AN AID AND HAYDEN OPPOSITION TO EARN AN INFANT.
PROJECT'S QUITE THE CONTRARY, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT CONSTRUCTED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN HARMONIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AT LEAST AT THIS STAGE IN THE PROJECT IS WILLING TO TALK TO US AND DISCUSS WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY CONCERNS REGARDING HIS QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT SAFETY CONCERNS INVOLVING THINGS LIKE A BLIND NEIGHBORS WHO HAD PROBLEMS WHEN IT COMES TO QUIRKY UP AND BROWN.
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UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR MISTAKE AND I WANT TO, AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE BUILDING IN THIS INSTANCE.SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SIT IN TO STAND WITH US AND MAKING SURE THAT A SUBSEQUENT OWNER OR SOME OTHER ENTITY THAT MAY BUY IT IS PROBABLY THE FUTURE DOESN'T COME ALONG AND BUILD SOMETHING ENTIRELY INCOMPATIBLE.
THE NEXT SPEAKER, WE HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UH, DO ALL YOUR PLANNING, COMMISSIONERS HAVE MAPS OF THE I'M HOPING THEY DO.
THEY HAVE THE BACKUP? OKAY, WELL, UH, UH, MY LAST NAME IS RE RE NAH, NOT, NOT.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FROM THIS PART FOR MISPRONOUNCING MY NAME, BUT WE'VE, UH, I'M LIKE THE THIRD GENERATION THAT'S LIVED HERE AND I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE LAST FEW.
AND, UH, IF THIS KEEPS HAPPENING THE WAY IT DOES, IT'S GOING TO EVEN DRIVE ME OUT.
I WAS BORN IN AT TWO OH NINE DUMB ASS AND MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE HAD TWO 11 DONE THAT, AND I RENT THOSE AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES, BUT THIS DEVELOPMENT COMES IN.
UM, IT'S GONNA FORCE ME TO RAISE THE RENT OR EVEN BE FORCED TO SELL MY PROPERTY ONE DAY, WHICH I DON'T WANT TO DO.
THAT'S A LOT OF MEANING TO IT MORE THAN MONEY, BUT, UH, MY OBJECTION AND JULIE IS RIGHT ABOUT PARKING.
UM, I WOULD BE OKAY IF THEY WOULD ALL, UH, LEAVE OUT OF LESSON, NO DRIVEWAY AT FRED'S.
AND NOW IF YOU LOOK WHERE THAT'S, UH, WHEN THEY MEET RIGHT NOW IN KREBS, UH, LIKE MEET TOGETHER, BUT THAT DRIVEWAY IS, AND, UH, THEY WOULD ELIMINATE THAT.
THAT WOULD ELIMINATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
NOT ONLY THAT, THE PART UP THE STREET AT SEVEN, EIGHT, SEVEN, FOUR BAR, WHEN THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE OR WHEN THEY HAVE STUFF GOING ON AT THE COLOMBIAN CAFE, CARS ARE ALL PARKED ALL THE PLACE AND IT'S GOING TO BE A MAD HOUSE.
UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT IT'S GOING TO THE U PROPOSAL'S GOING TO BE TOO HIGH.
AND RIGHT NOW TO MY HOUSE, I CAN SEE DOWNTOWN WITH THAT HEIGHT EXTENSION.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE DOWNTOWN ANYMORE, AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
BUT THEN TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME LIKE THAT, UM, ANOTHER CONCERN IS POLLUTION FROM THE WATER OFF MORE CARS, MORE POLLUTION GOING IN THERE.
AND MOST OF THAT LOTS IN THE FLOOD, PLAIN, A SECOND DATE, IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A TRAVESTY AND A LIE.
I'D MAKE THINGS AFFORDABLE AT MILE HOMES FOR VENDORS THAT CAN AFFORD IT.
THIS PLACE, HE TALKS ABOUT A HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS.
INSTEAD OF HALF A MILLION, IT'S GONNA BE $100,000.
THERE'S NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING THERE AND THAT'S JUST PLAIN WRONG.
UM, I'M KINDA UPSET AS YOU CAN TELL, BECAUSE HE, PEOPLE HAVE NO INTEREST.
ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS MAKE MONEY.
AND I THINK I'M THERE LAST WELL.
UM, AND I PROBABLY WILL BE GONE ONE DAY, BUT AS LONG AS I'M HERE, I DON'T WANT TO SEE MORE GROWTH.
I'M 63 YEARS OLD AND WE GO FISHING.
AND THAT CREEK BACK THERE USED TO BE AT PINK BEFORE THAT THERE WAS A DAIRY COST.
I'M SORRY, I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE SPEAK TO ME.
MY NAME IS CARNEGIE HERNANDEZ.
AND TODAY I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE TWO, ONE SEVEN, LESS THAN TWO 16 CONDOMINIUM OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED.
WE ARE THE NEIGHBORS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND AFFECTED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT.
WE MET WITH THE DEVELOPER EARLIER THIS MONTH, THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED, AND WHILE WE RECEIVED ANSWERS FOR EVERYTHING,
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IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE DEVELOPER WAS WILLING TO MAKE CONCESSIONS ON ANYTHING.WE OBJECT TO THE REZONING FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
NUMBER ONE IS THE TRAFFIC LESS THAN CREPT ARE ALREADY VERY CONGESTED SO THAT THE POPULATION WILL NOT PROVIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR STREETS WOULD FILL UP WITH CARS FROM PATRONS, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES WITH MISS MARINA MENTIONED, UM, THE CRUX JAM, THE COSMIC COFFEE LOUNGE AND THE COLOMBIAN COFFEE SHOP.
BUT, UM, LATELY AS BUSINESSES INCREASE PATRON CAPACITY, THE TRAFFIC IS ALSO INCREASING AGAIN.
MY SECOND OBJECTION IS THE DATE DURING OUR MEETINGS WITH DEVELOPER WAS AGREEABLE TO NOT BUILD DATE, TO BLOCK THE PRIVATE STREET, BUT AFTER THE HOUSES ARE SOLD, THE PROPERTY OWNERS FEEL WITHOUT A DOUBT, ONE TO INSTALL A DATE, TO KEEP THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AWAY FROM THEIR PRIVATE STREET.
THIS WILL CAUSE AN UNDESIRABLE BOTTLENECK EFFECT ON BOTH LESS THAN INCREDIBLE.
NUMBER THREE IS THE ORIENTATION OF OUR HOMES MAKES US IN AT THE FRONT DOOR OF TWO 16 KREBS PIECES DIRECTLY INSTEAD OF A PROPOSED 1700 SQUARE FOOT.
THAT'S THE GARAGE HOME SHUT THE IMPACTS WITH THREE STORY PROPERTIES ON OUR FENCE LINE ARE SITTING THERE, SITTING OUT ON MY SECOND STORY.
I WILL BE THINKING THE BACK WALL OF ANOTHER HOME, BLOCKING EVERYTHING IN MY VIEW AND MY THOUGHT I DIDN'T MISS THE TREES, BEAUTIFUL TREES AND A LOT OF GREEN SPACE IN ORDER TO FIT THE ANOXIC AMOUNT OF HOUSES THAT THE DEVELOPER INTENDS TO BUILD.
WE WON'T LOSE MOST OF THE GREEN SPACES.
THIS WILL LEAD TO MORE FLOODING AREA ALREADY PRONE TO FLOODING.
SO TAKING THE PROPERTY AS ASSETS THREE GUARANTEES WITH A BETTER CHANCE THAT THERE WILL BE LESS HOMES BUILT ON THE PROPERTY.
WE UNDERSTAND THROUGH THE DRAWING, THE BUILDER PRESENTERS, THAT THEY CAN BUILD HOMES ON SF THREE, BASED ON CURRENT CODE QUESTION, THIS NUMBER BASED OFF OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND THE DIFFICULTIES THAT THEY HAD IN TRYING TO SUBDIVIDE THIS PROPERTY.
WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD, THE BUILDER SHARED WITH THE HOMEOWNER THAT THEY CAME TO BUILD EIGHT HOMES ON THE LOT LUXURY TOWNHOMES AS A FREESTYLE FORMAL PROMISING, AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THAT I JUST PRESENTED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR URBAN INFILL WITH HIGH DENSITY, BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC NOISE AND TRASH, BUT SO MANY MORE HOMES THAT BRINGS US UP SUCH A SMALL SPACE AND TWO TINY STREETS.
HE'S CONSIDERING THE REZONING TO
THIS IS A CURVE PLEASE LIMIT THE INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS LOWER UNIT PER ACRE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE LAST WEEK, OR WE HAVE, UH, IN OPPOSITION IS REBECCA SCHELLER, UH, STAR SIX ON NUCLEUS.
UH, DID YOU GUYS HEAR ME ANNOUNCE, ANNOUNCING NEXT SPEAKER.
I WASN'T DOING I REBECCA SHELLER.
YOU'RE THE NEXT SPEAKER? THIS IS REBECCA.
THE PROPERTY TWO OH NINE CHRIS LANE, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT TWO 19 LESSON, UH, REALLY, UM, HOPE THAT YOU'LL TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY TWO 19 LESSON LANE AND WHAT A STRANGE SHAPED PROPERTY IT IS.
YEAH, IT'S 1.4 SOMETHING ACRES, BUT IT'S A DOG LEG.
THAT'S AT A DEAD END AT LESSON LANE.
AND IT RUNS ALONG EAST BOULDER CREEK.
ALSO FORT MAGRUDER LANE IS ONE WAY COMING TOWARDS RAINA AND, UM, RAINA AND KREBS ARE, YOU KNOW, A SINGLE STREET REALLY ON A BLIND CURVE AS SOME PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED.
AND SO IT'S, UM, IT'S A REALLY AWKWARD TRAFFIC FLOW.
MY MAIN OPPOSITION IS REALLY ABOUT THE DENSITY THAT'S PROPOSED AND IT'S SO FRUSTRATING THAT ACTUAL LAND USE DOES NOT COME WITH ZONING BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT ONCE THIS IS REZONED, SOMEONE CAN PRETTY MUCH DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO UNDER
UM, I WILL JUST, I LOOKED AT THE NOTICE THAT I RECEIVED AND THIS SIX ZONING, THE LATTER PART OF THE DESCRIPTION SAYS THAT IT'S UNUSUALLY LARGE, LOTS PREDOMINANT WITH ACCESS TO OTHER THAN MINOR RESIDENTIAL STREETS, OTHER THAN MINOR RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
AND THIS IS ON A CURVE AND A DEAD END AND IN SELECTED AREAS WHERE TRANSITION FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY USES APPROPRIATE.
AND THAT THAT'S REALLY NOT THE
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CASE.IN FACT, 17 UNITS ON THIS LOT WILL BE MORE THAN THE CURRENT, UH, HOUSES THAT ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF LESS THAN MINE.
AND THAT EVEN INCLUDES THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S JUST PUT IN AT THE VERY END OF MESSAGING LANE ON A DEAD END THAT HAS SIX UNITS A DAY, WEEKLY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GONE IN DOWN THERE.
SO I'M INCLUDING THOSE SIX, BUT EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS IN SOMETHING NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE MORE THAN ALL OF THOSE 17 UNITS IS MORE THAN HALF OF WILSON LANE.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S ALL OF KREBS LAYING ON THE OTHER SIDE TOWARDS ANYWAY, IT'S HUGE.
IT'S JUST, THE DENSITY IS REALLY INSANE.
UM, AND, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IT'S GOING TO BE A BURDEN ON HER INFRASTRUCTURE OR WATER OR DRAINAGE, THE FLOODING AND EAST BOLDEN CREEK, UM, ELECTRICITY, INTERNET, TRASH EMERGENCY VEHICLES, CERTAINLY NOISE ROAD USE.
I KNOW THAT, UH, THAT THE, UH, DEVELOPER THINKS THAT THAT'S A STORY THAT THEY COULD CRAM IN THIS AMOUNT OF HOMES, BUT I'M NOT SURE I DID RUN INTO TROUBLE WITH HERITAGE TREES AND FLOODING.
I MEAN, THAT'S MY MAIN COMPLAINT IS THE DENSITY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOME ADVANTAGES TO SF SIX, BUT THE DENSITY ON THIS PARTICULAR LOT IS VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK.
THEY WILL GIVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE APPLICANT'S REBUTTAL.
SO DO WE HAVE THE LAST SLIDE UP, PLEASE? SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN.
THE VERY LAST ONE THAT'S COMING UP.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS KNOW ABOUT WE, WE HEAR THE NEIGHBORS AND, UM, ALL THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE RAISED.
WE BELIEVE THAT SF ZONING PROVIDES THE BEST PROTECTION SETBACK HEIGHT.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE EITHER A 36.
THE HEIGHT THAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT IS NOT POSSIBLE UNDER COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS, THAT COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS PROVIDES BETTER PROTECTION FOR POLLUTION, UM, DETENTION, TREE PRESERVATION, UM, INGRESS AND EGRESS ONE DRIVEWAY IN AND OUT THE SM THREE PROPERTY.
BY THE WAY, WE DID SUB SUBMIT, UM, A PLAQUE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
A SUBDIVISION PRELIMINARY PLAN WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY AND THE CASE NUMBER, UH, IS ASSIGNED.
YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE CITIES.
THE GOVERNMENT PORTAL WILL LET THE CASE EXPIRE PENDING THE RESOLUTION OF THIS CASE.
SO THE SF THREE LAYOUT YOU SEE UPDATE IS BASED PRECISELY ON THE NUMBER OF LOSS AND THE ORIENTATION, THE CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THIS PROJECT PREPARED AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY THAT THE CASE HAS EXPIRED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T RESPOND BACK PENDING THE RESOLUTION OF THIS CASE.
BUT IF THE FIX IS NOW GRANTED, THE, UH, THE SUBDIVISION LAYOUT CAN BE ACHIEVED.
IT'S BEEN DESIGNED BY CIVIL ENGINEERS, THE NUMBER OF BLOCKS, AND, UM, THEY ALL SUBDIVISION, LOTS HAVE TO COMPLY WITH CITY REGULATIONS AND STATE REGULATIONS.
AND THE PLAQUE THAT WAS SUBMITTED, YOU CAN ACHIEVE NINE LOTS FOR A TOTAL OF, UM, UH, 18 UNITS, OR THEY'LL JUST BE 16 UNITS THERE.
THE, UM, CONCERN THAT, UH, REBECCA RAISED REBECCA IN THE COMMON REGARDING CRABS LANE, THE SF ACTUALLY HAS MORE DRIVEWAYS IF SHE WAS TO BUILD ON UP FOR YOU TO HAVE MORE DRIVERS ONTO CLUB'S LANE, WHICH IS CURVED, AS YOU CAN SEE, WELL, THAT'S WHERE THE SFTS COULD HAVE ONE DRIVEWAY IN AND OUT, BUT, UM, AGGRESSIVE, THE INGRESS AND EGRESS TALKING WOULD BE ONSITE AS A UNIT WILL HAVE PARKING PARKING GARAGE AND PARKING SPACE.
SO MY, THE SIDE, SO THOSE ARE THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED AT THE GATE.
SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ASKED US TO PUT A SHOW ON DATE, ON THE SITE PLAN.
OUR FIRST MEETING WE MET AND I'M TOTALLY WITH ONE OF THEM WOULD ACCEPT JULIA WAS, WAS HOSTING THAT MEETING.
UH, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS WERE CONCERNED AND JUST PROBABLY WELL-INTENDED, I DON'T TOWARDS A BAD IDEA.
THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT BY US HAVING A DATE, WE WOULD PREVENT CUTS OR TRAFFIC TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ONTO BEN WHITE AND OTHER AREAS.
SO THE NEXT MEETING, WHEN THE NEIGHBORS TOLD US THEY DID NOT WANT TO GATE, WE WOULD REMOVE IT FROM HERE.
WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF HAVING A DATE.
WE ONLY SHOWED IT BECAUSE SOMEONE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASKED US TO JUST SHOW A GATE.
SO I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
SO, UM, BELIEVE WE'VE, UM, THIS
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SFX ZONING REALLY PROVIDES THE BEST SETBACK, EVEN FOR THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS THAT SF THREE DOES NOT PROVIDE.SO EVEN IF SOMEONE ELSE WOULD BE SUBDIVIDED INTO THE HOME.
AND THAT CONCLUDES, UM, OUR SPEAKERS.
AND SO NOW I GUESS, COULD I GET A MOTION TO CLEANSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? ALRIGHT.
UH, I GOT A LUNCH, UH, MR. HEMPHILL, IF I DO A SECOND.
OH, WAIT, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
UH, SO NOW WE MOVE TO THE ROUND ROBIN, UM, AND, UH, THIS, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE, KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, WE'RE EACH COMMISSIONER, IF THEY WANT TO HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS AND, UH, PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE CASE.
AND SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? ANYBODY WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED HERE? JUST FOR QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER.
UM, I DO APPRECIATE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, BOTH SIDES, YOU KNOW, COMING UNDER STATION, BUT, UM, I HAVE QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT.
I MEAN, LOOKING AT THE SIDE PLAN, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE WATER QUALITY, UM, AND ALSO DETENTION, UH, AND THAT BEEN ALREADY LOOKED INTO WHETHER IT WOULD SIT AND WOULD IT, WOULD IT START TAKING UP PLACES HAS BEEN LOOKED AT FOR THE ENGINEERING FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UH, WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY GETS A ZONING AND ONCE THEY GET IT, THEY'RE GOING TO JUST RUN WITH IT.
UM, WOULD YOU GUYS BE OKAY WITH CONSIDERING A CAP ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS? UM, AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT THE, UM, THE SUBDIVISION PLAN.
I MEAN, UH, MY, MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE EXPIRED, I MEAN, HOW LONG AGO IS IT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHEN WAS IT DONE? I MEAN, REALLY, THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN THE FINAL QUESTION IS SIDEWALKS.
SO THERE'S SIDEWALKS BEING PROVIDED ALONG ALL THE EDGES.
SO JUST FOR A MONITOR COMMISSIONERS, UH LET'S UH, STATE, HERE'S YOUR QUESTION.
SO WHO DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION? OKAY.
OH, COMMISSION MEMBERS CAN USE MY FILL ON A COMMISSION.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR CIVIL, OUR CIVIL ENGINEER IS ON THE OTHER LINE.
HE CAN CERTAINLY RESPOND TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
UH, FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT, THE FIVE FRIENDS WE HAVE HERE, YOU SHOULD GO TO BACK TO A SLIDE.
IF YOU WANT TO SHOW SLIDE NUMBER, THE
NUMBER THREE, ONE OR THREE DETENTIONS ARE SHOWN THAT THERE'S A DETENTION POND ON THE NORTH SIDE, WHERE WE JOINED, UM, HOLDEN CREEK.
AND, UH, THE, UM, WERE SHOWN THAT THERE WOULD BE DETENTION PROVIDED UNDER THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH, UH, OUR SHARED DETENTION POND DETENTION POND, AND I BELIEVE WE'D HAVE TO COMPLY, HAVE WATER QUALITY ALSO ADDRESSED.
SO I THINK YOU ASKED ABOUT DETENTION FUNDS, UM, YEP.
WE HAVE A SLIGHT DROP DETENTION PONDS, AND THEY'RE SHOWN ON THE PLAN.
WHAT ARE QUALITY? I KNOW TYPICALLY FROM EXPERIENCE THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE WATER QUALITY, UH, ASPECTS AND, UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW, THE CIVIL ENGINEER THAT MAY SPEAK TO THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO REGARDING NUMBER OF UNITS IS THE COMMISSION, THE COMMISSION VALUE YOU CAN CAP, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE CONCERN IS GOING TO BE MORE UNITS, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH SF THREE CAN ALLOW, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF UNITS AWAY.
I'M SURE THE, THE APPLICANT WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM, CAPPING IT AT WHAT IS SHOWN HERE EITHER 17 UNITS.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT PRETTY SURE NEAR WE CAN ACHIEVE.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS? YEAH.
AND THAT WAS JUST LOOKING OKAY.
AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE, UM, IS, IS THERE NO GUEST PARKING PROVIDED? I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.
YOU CAN SEE THE PLANT, YOU CAN SEE EACH HOUSE HAS A GARAGE IN THEM AND THEN THEIR FACES ON THE SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE SIDE THERE'S SP UM, FACES POCKETS.
WHICH I BE OUT IN EACH NEXT TO EACH FEATURE AND THAT YOU CAN SIT.
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YEAH.I MEAN, LIKE MY CONCERN IS LIKE, IT'S REALLY HAVING, YOU KNOW, ANY CARS SPILLING IN, INTO KREBS AND LESSEN AND ALL THAT, AND SEEMS LIKE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU DO HAVE SUFFICIENT GUEST PARKING SPACES.
UM, ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE TYPE OF PAVING? I MEAN, ANYTIME I THINK ABOUT AN S THE SIX OFFICERS KIND OF THINKING ABOUT ANY ADDITIONAL TYPE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, BENEFITS THAT WE CAN GET.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, W W WE DO HAVE SOME PAVING THROUGH THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, TRYING TO IMPLEMENT A LITTLE BIT MORE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF PERVIOUS PAVING AND PAVERS AT CERTAIN AREAS.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT? YEAH.
SO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS THEY'VE ASKED HER WITH SOME TIDBIT THAT, AND THE OUTCOME SAID, YES, DEFINITELY CONSIDER USING A PROGRESS PAYMENTS, WHAT WE CAN.
SO THOSE ARE THE LAST TWO MEETING WE HAD WITH THE NEIGHBORS WAS A TWO AND A HALF HOUR MEETING, AND THEY RAISED SOME VERY GOOD POINTS ABOUT GREEN ASPECTS THEN.
AND, UM, THE CONCERN, I HAVE A NUMBER OF UNITS.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT CAN BE IN A PRIVATE, RESTRICTED COVENANT INSTEAD OF ANY, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC, BUT IT COULD BE, UM, PART OF IT IS, I MEAN, NOT IN A PLANNING COMMISSION, USUALLY WE LIKE CEO'S AND STUFF, BUT IT COULD BE A PRIVATE AGREEMENT.
AND IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A COMMENT, BUT, OKAY.
COMMISSIONER, CAN I JUMP IN HERE? I'M THE CIVIL ENGINEER.
NOW WE'RE AT A TIME FOR JIM SHAY.
SO MAYBE SOMEBODY WILL ASK A QUESTION THAT YOU CAN CHIME IN ABOUT.
SO GIVE US A MOMENT AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS EXHIBIT DOWN.
I CAN'T SEE THE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO WHO'S GOT THE NEXT, UH, QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR APPLICANT.
UH, LET'S SEE, I'VE GOT THE RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONER.
SIEGERT, UH, I NEED TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.
THE COMMISSIONER SHOW STARTED AND COULD GET THE INPUT FROM THE ENGINEER ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, SIR, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME.
I'M THE CIVIL ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT.
SO YOU GUYS BRING UP A LOT OF GOOD, GOOD QUESTIONS.
UM, SO WE'LL BE SIDEWALKS, THE PAVER.
SO THE FIRE LANE, THE FAR LANE THAT'S GOING THROUGH, WE CAN DO PERVIOUS PAVERS.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S EASY TO DO AND TO KEEP SOME GREEN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.
I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THESE, THE, UM, THE PRELIMINARY PLAN AND THE FINAL PLAT THAT WE SUBMITTED THAT JUST EXPIRED, I BELIEVE, LESS THAN A MONTH AGO.
SO WE, WE DECIDED TO JUST NOT ADDRESS THE, UH, THE COMMENTS JUST TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS.
SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S A GOOD TOUCHED UPON THE TWO DETENTION.
SO WE SPLIT, WE SPLIT THE LOT UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT DRAINAGE AREAS.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY THREE DIFFERENT DRAINAGE AREAS, ONE DRAINAGE AREA.
SO IT'S GREEN, AND IT JUST FLOWS BACK INTO THE, INTO THE CREEK.
THE OTHER TWO, WE'LL SPLIT IT UP AND RELEASE THE, THE FLOW.
THE RE THE RATE OF FLOW RELEASE WILL BE LESS THAN WHAT IT IS EXISTING AS WE SPEAK.
SO WE WON'T HAVE ANY IMPACTS TO THE CREEK.
WON'T HAVE ANY DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS TO ANYONE ELSE.
UM, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S AN ADDED BONUS TO THIS ONE OTHER, SO I KNOW, I KNOW ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS SAID SOMETHING ABOUT AFFECTING THE WATER.
WELL, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE DESIGN OF THIS WATER SYSTEM, WE WILL CONNECT A WATER LINE FROM KREBS TO LESSEN INCREASING THE FLOW ON LESSON LANE FOR BETTER, FOR BETTER PRESSURES.
AND IT JUST, IT MAKES THE SYSTEM ULTIMATELY BETTER.
I HAVE NOT HEARD THE BUZZER YET.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANYONE THAT WILL RESPOND WITH THAT WHOLE
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THAT ALL PAGE? IS THAT PART OF THE PLAN? THAT'S THE IDEAS, THAT'S THE DRIVEWAYS.AND THAT COULD BE PERVIOUS PAPERS AS WELL.
WAIT DOWN THE EXHIBIT, PLEASE SEE EVERYONE.
SO WHO'S GOT COMMISSIONER HEADPHONES NEXT.
THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THE SITE PLAN.
I'M WONDERING IF, UM, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT GOING FROM SSP TO SFC ALONG THE THREADS, UM, COMMISSIONER SHAY'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
IF THERE WAS DISCUSSION, UM, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT POTENTIAL FOR OPENING UP AND LEAVING THESE GREEN SPACES, IT SOUNDED LIKE THEY HAVE BEAUTIFUL TREES AND ACCESS TO THE GREEN SPACE NOW.
AND IF ANY OF THOSE AREAS MIGHT BE COME MORE OF A, A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY PARK OR OPEN SPACE, WHO DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? THE APPLICANT THAT THE APPLICANT.
WE, UM, ARE EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO OFFER MORE GREEN SPACE, UM, TO THIS COMMUNITY AS SORT OF AN AMENITY AREA, UM, VERSUS THE SF FREE PLAN.
THERE'S JUST, THERE'S NO WAY THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY KIND OF SHARED AMENITIES.
AND YET THAT THREE PLANS LIKELY EACH LOT WOULD BE FENCED IN.
UM, AND SO, YES, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT PROVIDES MORE OPEN SPACE.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HOW, HOW THAT MIGHT BE MORE SOLIDIFIED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR SOME OTHER KIND OF METHODS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD COULD BE ENSURED THAT THEY HAVE THAT AS A PUNISHMENT? WE HAVEN'T HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PROPER WORK.
INTERESTING, WELL, COMMISSIONERS, CAN I ANSWER THAT SINCE I'M THE ONE WHO GETS TO DEAL WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING AMBITIONS THAT WE STRIKE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ENDED UP, ENDED UP FAXING, THEY CANNOT BE IN A PUBLIC RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.
SO, UM, I WOULD, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CONTINUE THAT DIALOGUE BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE MET THE OBVIOUS WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND WHAT YOU'VE HEARD.
UH, WE FELT LIKE THE S OF SIX PROVIDES BENEFITS BY VIRTUE OF THE, UH, YOU HAVE YOUR DESK, THE LIMITATION OF ALREADY, WHICH MEANS THE YOU TO, UM, HAVING 3,500 SQUARE FEET OF 500 PER DWELLING UNIT.
SO THOSE ARE BUILT IN DENSITY CAP ANYWAY.
SO IT WOULD NOT MATTER WHO BUYS THE PROPERTY, BUT IF WE DON'T DEVELOP IT, THEN YOUR DENSITY IS ALL OF A SUDDEN BE LIMITED AT THAT AT THE 3,500 SQUARE FEET OF
BUT WE HAVE 17, I SWALLOWED THE OPEN SPACE.
I THINK THE OPEN SPACE YOU SAW ON THE PLANET SIDE WAS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE IT'S, UM, I TRY TO, IT'S STRUCTURED FOR THE RESIDENTS THERE TO BE USING IT WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
SO I THINK THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE NEED TO EXPLORE.
AND I CAN TELL YOU WHY WITH THE CITY, I'M NOT ONE OF THE TWIN WHEN I'M SO SAD.
HOWEVER, I WANT TO ALSO ADD THAT WE DO HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WHERE WE NEED TO ADDRESS, UM, PARKLAND.
THE, EITHER FEELING BLEW OFF OF SOME OPEN SPACE, AND MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE, OR WE CAN PROBABLY TALK TO THE POSITIVE PARTS AND REGARDING HOW WE SATISFY THE POTS AND REQUIREMENTS.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT, UH, ASPECT.
SO WE CAN EXPLORE THAT TO ADDRESS THE TOP LINE OF COMMENTS FROM STAFF.
UH, DID THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS? OH, RIGHT.
UM, SO I HAVE, UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK A FEW HERE ON THIS.
SO I JUST WANNA, ARE YOU GUYS STILL GETTING THE BUZZING WITH JUST ME OR WITH EVERYBODY? ANYBODY WANT IT? MR. ANDERSON? I'M JUST CHECKING.
ARE YOU HEARING IT WITH EVERYBODY
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OR JUST, OKAY.THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, I DID HEAR THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO PUT IN A GATE, BUT IT'S THIS DRIVEWAY.
UH, IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL STREET THOROUGHFARE, UH, FROM ONE STREET TO ANOTHER.
I MEAN, UH, THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT HASN'T REQUIRED.
THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, SECONDLY, YES, I KNOW GATES.
AND THEN ON THE PARTS I DO WANT TO, YOU DID MENTION THE, UH, THIS IS TO, UM, KIND OF RESPOND TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT MAY BE GOOD.
IT LOOKS LIKE PARKS WAS RECOMMENDING SOME OF ACTIVITY ALONG THE CREEK THAT YOU COULD, UH, UM, CONTRIBUTE.
SOME OF THAT LAND IS A TRAIL TO, UM, GET FROM ONE STREET TO ANOTHER.
SO I JUST MAKE A COMMENT THAT THAT MAY BE A WAY TO, UH, AS COMMISSIONER HEMPEL SAID, PROVIDE ACCESS TO SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SOME OF THE TREES AND THE, UH, GREEN SPACE, UH, ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT, UM, THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO THINGS I HAD, UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS BEFORE WE, YES.
UM, SO WE WOULD BE, WE CAN ENTERTAIN LOOKING AT PUTTING THE, PUTTING UP A PAP IN, THERE'LL BE A DJ PATH BECAUSE ALL THAT, THE MAJORITY OF THE WEST SIDE OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS IN THE FLOOD PLAIN.
SO IF YOU'D LOOK, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXHIBIT, YOU'LL SEE HOW THE HOUSES ARE STEPPED BACK.
THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD, PLAIN, ESPECIALLY WITH ATLAS 14, THAT JUST CAME IN.
SO ATLAS 14 ACTUALLY MADE THIS MORE RESTRICTIVE OF HOW WE COULD DEVELOP IT, BUT THERE IS, THERE IS DEFINITELY A WAY TO PUT EGG IN THE FLOOD, PLAIN, AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT WASH IN.
ALSO, I WANTED TO JUST TOUCH ON THE DRIVEWAY.
THE DRIVEWAY IS GOING TO BE A FIRE LANE, BUT THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES FROM PREP TO LESSONS AS WELL.
SO IT WILL BE STRIPED AS NO PARKING.
IT WILL BE STRIPED TO AS A FIRE LANE.
UH, SO THAT, UH, ONE LAST CHANCE FOR ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO, UH, THE DEBATE, SEEING NONE, UH, SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO THE DEBATE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A, A MOTION? LET'S SEE, SEE, SEE A COMMISSIONER SHAKE HIS HAND FIRST.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH THE, UM, WITH THE ADDITIONAL INCLUSION OF A TRAIL ALONG THAT CREEK AREA.
UM, PER RECOMMENDATION OF, I GUESS YOU SAID, UM, COMMISSIONER CHAIRS SAID LIKE THE, WAS IT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT? OKAY.
SO WITH THE ADDITION OF THAT AS A PUBLIC BENEFIT.
I HAVE PATRICIA, UH, COMMISSIONER STINKER SECOND IN THAT MOTION.
UH, MR. SHEA DO IS SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK WHAT WAS COMPELLING IN THOSE DIRTY HAD A PRELIMINARY, THE SF THREE WITH THAT MANY NUMBER OF UNITS THAT COULD GET THERE.
AND I DO THINK THAT SINCE THEY CAN ALREADY GET THAT NUMBER OF UNITS, WHAT IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE SAME MEMBER UNITS SPENT IN A MUCH MORE ORGANIC WAY THAT WAS, UM, THAT HAD BETTER PROTECTION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A 25 FOOT BUFFER, SFP FOSTERS, HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
UM, I MEAN, WITHOUT THAT, I MEAN, MAKING IT 10 FEET OR FIVE FEET FROM THE NEIGHBORS WITH THIS, THEY GOTTA BE 25 FEET.
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THERE'S ALSO THE CONSENTS OF TRAFFIC.AND WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY DRIVEWAYS COMING ALONG THE STREETS, YOU HAVE BASICALLY EVERYBODY JUST COMING AROUND THE STREET, THE SAME TIME, HUMAN SF, SIX, YOU'RE SEEING THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE DRIVEWAY THAT GOES TO THE TWO SIDES.
AND SO IT'S ACTUALLY VERY REGULATED ON HOW CARS ARE, UH, LEAVE THE SITES.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, THE NEIGHBOR TALKED ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE TREE CANOPY AND HOW IT'S THE NICE PARK LIKE, WELL, WITH THIS, I MEAN THE TREE PROTECTION SET UP 19 INCHES.
IT GOES DOWN TO EIGHT INCHES OF TREE PROTECTION.
SO THE PERSON IS GOING TO STAY MORE PARKLAND TO WHAT IT'S BEEN, AND EVEN WALKING DOWN THE STREET OR WITH THE SIDEWALK, RUBY ON SOME PARKWAY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF DRIVEWAYS, IT'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, OPEN SPACE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GO HOME FOR IT THAT I FEEL IT'S GOING TO, UM, WITH THE SAME DENSITY, THAT'S THE THREE IT'S GOING TO BE A BETTER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR THE NEIGHBORS AND TO HELP HER GET READY FOR THE NUMBER, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC VERSUS, UM, EXISTING ZONING.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING IT.
UH, I, UH, JUST GETTING PAID BY, UH, ANDREW AND THE LEGAL TEAM.
WE CANNOT MAKE THE TRAIL A CONDITION OF TELLING YOU THE APPROVALS, SO I'LL PULL UP.
BUT THAT MEANS THAT THAT COULD GO INTO SOME CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS.
WE'RE GONNA JUST DRAW THAT MOTION.
WE'LL WITHDRAW THAT PART OF IT.
AND, UM, I GUESS JUST TO HAVE A SECOND AGAIN, JUST TO RESTATE THE MOTION.
AND YOU HAVE A SECOND, SO IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
AND I HOPE, YOU KNOW, I WANT THE APPLICANT TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE WITH THEM.
UM, BUT SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND COUNT YOUR TIME NAMED HER CONDITIONERS.
SAY, DO WE HAVE ANY ONE AGAINST THE, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THE MOTION, ANYBODY SPEAKING AGAINST? OKAY.
ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? UH, UH, COMMISSIONER'S SECRET TO HIM SPEAK IN FAVOR.
UM, I SECOND THE MOTION, CAUSE TYPICALLY I DO NOT GO ALONG WITH BSF TO EXIT SIX WALKING AFTER THIS IS SIGN AND THE FACT THAT WE, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY CHANGE REALLY IN DENSITY.
I THINK CHANGE IS, IS THE USE OF THE LAND AND THE SIGN AND HOW, WHAT WILL NOT BE 10 CURB CUTS.
THERE WILL NOT BE ALL OF THE SPECIAL LITTLE, LOTS THAT COULD BE FENCED, BUT I'M HOPING THEY'RE NOT GOING PARENTS.
THIS CONDO, THE WAY IT'S SET UP.
IT JUST INVITES THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN, UH, DRIVEWAYS THAT REALLY FENCE YOU OFF THE COMPATIBILITY IS A BIG ISSUE BECAUSE GIVES THE EXISTING NEIGHBORS MORE PROTECTION FROM THE ENCROACHING DEVELOPMENT.
AND I JUST LIKED THE DESIGN AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL STICK TO THEIR SITE PLAN.
SO, UH, ANOTHER CHANCE FOR ANY, UH, COMMISSIONERS AGAINST ONE MORE THOUGHT FOR ANY ONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK IN FAVOR.
SO, UM, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FUN OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE GET TO SEE KIND OF A PRETTY LOUSY DESIGN AND THEN DECIDE TO NOT GO WITH THAT.
UM, I'VE GOT THROUGH BETWEEN CLUBS AND LESSON IN THIS BLOCK ON THIS PROPERTY, MAYBE 20 TIMES.
UM, THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A REALLY COOL GUY.
HE WAS REALLY INVITING AND REALLY NICE AND WAS ALWAYS ASKING HIM TO BUY HIS PROPERTY.
I WISH, BUT, UH, SO HE'S BEEN TRYING TO SELL IT FOR A WHILE AND HE SAID HE HAD BIG IDEAS OF THINGS YOU WANT TO DO IN LIFE.
SO HE KNEW ALSO THAT THE ZONING WAS WRONG.
UM, THE SFP ZONING, AND WE HAVE 10 DRIVEWAYS ON THIS SITE.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE GET TO COOK IN THAT CONNECTIVITY.
UM, ONE THING I REALLY LIKED TO CHALLENGE THE APPLICANTS AND THAT I HOPE COUNCIL FIGURES OUT A WAY TO REQUIRE YOU GUYS TO DO IS, UH, REALLY IF YOU'RE TO
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YOUR PROMISES OF NOT DATING THIS AND THEN ALSO LEAVING THAT RIGHT AWAY OR A TAIL AT SOME TIME BACK THERE FOR THE FUTURE IS THIS AREA.I KNOW WE HEARD FROM SOMEONE WHO SAID IN THE END THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO SAY ANY MORE GROWTH, BUT I CAN, OR NOT.
AUSTIN IS THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
AND THE MORE PEOPLE WE DON'T ALLOW TO LIVE AND INFILL, THE MORE WE PUSH PEOPLE OUT SO THAT WE'RE FINDING A BETTER DESIGN AND GOING TO HAVE A BETTER ZONING FOR THIS BACKYARD.
THAT WRAPS UP ALL THE, UH, UH, IN FAVOR AND NOT IN FAVOR.
SO I GUESS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT THIS TO A VOTE.
SO, UH, PLEASE TELL ME, UH, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SHOW ME YOUR GREEN CARDS OR GREEN ITEMS AND LEADING UP A LITTLE WHILE, JUST CHECK THEM OUT.
UM, THE ONE DISCUSSION ITEM FOR THE EVENING.
[C1. Briefing and discussion regarding Industrial Zoning Study. Staff: Mark Walters, 512- 974-7695, Planning and Zoning Department. ]
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO A AGENDA ITEM, C STAFF BRIEFINGS AND B, LET ME CHECK THE AGENDA THERE AND SEE WHAT TWINE IS FIRST WE'D HAVE TO.YEAH, WE HAVE, UM, THE FIRST WILL BE, UH, C ONE INDUSTRIAL ZONING STUDY AND, UM, THE TWO SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM, UH, FROM STAFF ARE MARK WALTERS AND JEFF INKSTER.
SO, UH, I GUESS WE'LL GO AHEAD STAFF, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, GET YOUR PRESENTATION LOADED UP AND BEGIN.
OH, BEFORE WE START, I WANTED SOMEBODY, I WANTED TO GIVE STAFF, UH, STAFF, EACH PRESENTATION, ACTUALLY 20 MINUTES INSTEAD OF 15, IT WAS A LITTLE STRESSFUL LAST TIME TRYING TO PLOW THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING, UH, METRICS, UH, PRESENTATION, IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR SOMEBODY TO EXTEND BOTH OF THESE, STILL TALK TO FOR 20 MINUTES TEACH, UM, OKAY.
COMMISSIONED CEDAR AND GOT A SECOND.
AND I COULD SEE YOUR CARDS, UH, RIGHT.
WE HAVE, UM, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN FOLKS ON, UH, SEVEN.
SO WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND YOU TODAY'S FOR EACH PRESENTATION, UH, STAFF.
I HAVE 20 MINUTES FOR EACH ONE.
I'M MARK WALTER WALTER WAS THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.
I'M HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE JEFF INTERIM, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE INDUSTRIAL STUDY THAT OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING DIVISION CONDUCTED I'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, BUT JEFF WILL BE AROUND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ANALYSIS.
THE STUDY IS ORGANIZED INTO SIX BASIC PARTS, BUT, UH, WHEN I ORIGINALLY CREATED THIS PRESENTATION, I WAS TOLD I HAD 10 MINUTES.
SO I DECIDED TO FOCUS ON, UH, THREE OF THOSE, I THINK THE MOST SALIENT PARTS, THE CURRENT STATE OF AUSTIN INDUSTRIAL ZONE LAND, UH, THE INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER TOPOLOGY THAT STATS DEVELOPED AND FROM CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, I'LL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OVERVIEW OF AUSTIN'S INDUSTRIAL LAND AND WHY WE DID THIS, UH, STUDY IN THE FIRST PLACE OVER ONE WASTE PLANNING STAFF NOTICED OVER A MULTIYEAR PERIOD THAT THERE'S BEEN A STEADY CHIPPING AWAY AT INDUSTRIAL ZONE LAND, PRIMARILY IN EASTERN, SOUTHEAST, UH, IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN, UH, IN, IN AND AROUND THE, UH, BIG EMPLOYMENT CENTER RIGHT THERE, UH, SOUTH OF BEN WHITE AND EAST OF, UH, 35 AS WELL AS JUST MORE TO THERE.
AND WE WANT YOU TO SEE IS WHAT'S GOING ON? IS THIS A TREND THAT'S LOCALIZED TO THIS AREA? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING ON CITYWIDE? SO, UH, ON THE MAP HERE, YOU CAN SEE A LAND USE MAP OR ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE MOST OF IT'S YELLOW, WHICH INDICATES SOME KIND OF SINGLE FAMILIES ON ME, BUT AROUND THE PERIMETER, YOU SEE THESE PURPLE BOTCHES AND THAT'S WHERE THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE PROPERTY IS.
SO ABOUT 11,657 ACRES ARE ABOUT 6.6% OF AUSTIN LAND IS ZONE FOR INDUSTRIAL AND WHERE YOU CAN 2018 DATA.
CAUSE THAT'S THE MOST UP TO DATE DATA THAT WE HAVE IN REGARDS TO THIS.
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HOWEVER OF THAT 11,600 ACRES, ONLY A LITTLE UNDER 40% IS ACTUALLY USED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES OF THAT TOTAL OF 27% IS UNDEVELOPED AND COPACETIC IS BEING USED FOR OFFICE SPACE.THIS MAP HERE KIND OF SHOWS THE AREAS THAT ARE ZONED INDUSTRIAL AND LIKE INDUSTRIAL USES IN THE PAST.
UH, AND DEFINITELY USE THIS TEND TO LOCATE ON OR NEAR A TRANSPORTATION, UH, FACILITIES IN THE PAST.
HE WAS UP A RIVER, A CANAL, A PORT, BUT NOW, UH, IT'S HIGHWAYS AND THE AIRPORT.
SO IF YOU CAN SEE THAT ON MOST OF OUR MAJOR HIGHWAYS IS WHERE, UH, THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE LAND IS, UH, IS OKAY.
SO BETWEEN 2001 AND 2018, THAT 17 YEAR PERIOD, A LITTLE OVER 1800 ACRES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND WAS REZONED TO A NONINDUSTRIAL USE.
AND ON THIS MAP HERE ON SLIDE FIVE, YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS IN ORANGE THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY INDUSTRIAL, THAT WERE ZONED TO A NONINDUSTRIAL USE, UH, WITH THE PURPLE BEING THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WERE ZONED INTO INDUSTRIAL.
UH, THIS ANALYSIS ALSO DID NOT INCLUDE, UH, INDUSTRIAL LAND THAT WAS REZONED DURING THE COURSE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROCESS.
UH, THE WAY THE DATA IS STRUCTURED MADE THAT REALLY DIFFICULT TO TEASE OUT AND WE'D HAVE TO GO OVER EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE ORDINANCES.
SO WE LEFT IT OUT OF THIS ANALYSIS, BUT WITH THE CAVEAT THAT IT WAS HUNDREDS OF ACRES, THAT WAS PROBABLY ALSO LOST, PARTICULARLY IN THE EAST CESAR CHAVEZ AND ONLY NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE A LOT OF THAT INDUSTRIAL ZONE LAND, UH, THAT LEGACY INDUSTRIAL ZONE LAND FROM THE 1931 ZONING PLAN WAS REZONED TO SOME KIND OF INTENSE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.
UM, THE INDUSTRIALS ONLY IN, AND AUSTIN'S APPROXIMATELY WORTH $9.5 BILLION OR ABOUT 6% OF THE CITY'S VALUE, UH, INDUSTRIALLY.
AND BY-IN-LARGE TENDS TO HAVE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AROUND RACIAL.
AND THIS IS GENERALLY DUE TO A SPECIALIZE BUILDINGS, SPECIALIZED MACHINERY, SPECIALIZED FACILITIES THAT INDUSTRIAL USES REQUIRE CONSIDER A HIGH TECH FACILITY.
IT'S GOING TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN SAY A BIG BOX DEPARTMENT STORE, UM, THOUGH IN BETWEEN 2014 AND 2018.
AND I'M SURE THIS HAS CONTINUED ON PRESENTLY, BUT AGAIN, THOSE 2018 IS THE DATE THAT WE CHOSE TO STOP THIS ANALYSIS BECAUSE THE DATA AVAILABILITY DATA, UH, INDUSTRIAL ZONE LAND, THE TAX ASSESSMENT INCREASED BY OVER 50%.
AND BY COMPARISON COMMERCIAL LAND, UH, TAX ASSESSMENT INCREASED BY LITTLE OVER 60%.
AND THIS CAN HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL LAND, WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, THROUGHOUT THE MOST RECENT HISTORY, LAST 30, SOME ODD YEARS, MOST INDUSTRIAL LAND, SOME LAND IN AUSTIN WAS ACTUALLY, UH, GAINED THROUGH ANNEXATION.
SO A FAB OR A FACTORY WOULD BE BUILT JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
AND WHEN WE WERE, WHEN THE CITY HAD A MORE, UH, MORE EASY TO ANNEX PLAN, AS OPPOSED TO IT IS NOW, UH, DUE TO ACTIONS, THE STATE LEGISLATURE, YOU WOULD ANNEX THESE A LARGER FACILITY TO EXPAND THE TAX BASE.
AND ONE POINT NOTE, UH, IN 2008, THE NORTH BURNET GATEWAY REGULATING PLAN WAS ADOPTED AND REMOVED ABOUT A THOUSAND ACRES OF INDUSTRIAL ZONE LAND, UH, FROM THE CITY.
AND THIS IS A POLICY DECISION, UH, AND AT THE TIME WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER REFERRED TO IT AS, UH, VERY CREATING THE NEXT DOWNTOWN FOR AUSTIN, BUT AT THAT SAME TIME, IT TOOK A LOT OF POTENTIAL JOB PURCHASING LAND OFF THE MARKET, THOUGH, THERE ARE SOME INDUSTRIAL ZONES STILL REMAINING NORTH PRINTING GATEWAY.
THE MAJORITY HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE INDUSTRIAL LAND MARKET.
SO BASED ON A LITERATURE REVIEW AND LOOKED AT WHAT SOME OTHER CITIES WERE DOING, STAFF DEVELOPED A, UH, A CLUB, A NEW BEST SCHOOL CLUSTER TOPOLOGY.
AND ALONG WITH THAT, SOME, MAYBE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THE STAFF PLANNING STAFF IDENTIFIED EIGHT INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AGAIN, IT KIND OF FORMS AN ART FROM THE NORTHWEST
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ALONG THE SOUTHEAST AND KIND OF ENDS UP THAT WE CAN IN 30, I'VE BEEN WINDING 35 AND THESE TECHNOLOGIES BASED LARGELY ON WHAT LOS ANGELES AND PHILADELPHIA HAD DONE, UH, CREATED THIS TYPOLOGY OF PROTECTION, INTENSIFICATION AND TRANSITION.NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE WE'LL GO OVER BRIEFLY.
THESE DIFFERENT, UH, TYPOLOGIES PROTECTION IS FOR THOSE AREAS THAT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AS INDUSTRIAL AND RECOGNIZED.
AND RESIDENTIAL USES SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED FROM GOING INTO THESE AREAS, INTENSIFICATION, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO PROTECTION, BUT WE'RE JUSTIFICATION HAS MORE CAPACITY TO EXPAND THE INDUSTRIAL BASE IN A ZIP IN A GIVEN CLUSTER.
AND THIS COULD BE DONE THROUGH A CLAN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PLANNING TO COORDINATE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT, UH, AND KIND OF CEMENT THESE AS LONGTERM INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT CAN PROVIDE, UH, MIDDLE SKILL JOBS FOR AUSTIN RESIDENTS.
AND ACCORDING TO A WORKFORCE STUDY IN 2008, UH, MIDDLE SKILL JOBS, THERE'S GOING TO BE QUITE A MARKET DEMAND FOR THOSE GRANTED THE MARKET STUDY.
NOW IT'S SEVERAL YEARS OLD, BUT I THINK THEY PUT THE STUDY PREDICTED THAT IT WOULD NEED OVER 60,000 MIDDLE SKILL JOBS OVER THE UPCOMING YEARS.
AND THESE INDUSTRIAL AREAS, UH, PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL JOB IS ONE THAT, UM, ALLOWS SOMEBODY TO GET A GOOD PAYING JOB WITHOUT A FOUR YEAR DEGREE.
A TWO YEAR DEGREE WOULD BE ADEQUATE TO GET ONE OF THESE TYPES OF JOBS AND THEN TRANSITION.
AND, AND THIS IS WHERE THOSE AREAS THAT MAY AT ONE TIME BEEN MORE VIABLE AS A INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS, BUT DUE TO CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS, REAL ESTATE MARKETS.
AND THAT TAXATION THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY LESS VIABLE AS INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
AND BASED ON THAT PSYCHOLOGY, WE APPLIED, UH, TO THOSE EIGHT, UH, KIND OF WHAT, WHERE THEY FALL ALONG THAT THREE TIER, UH, INTENSIFICATION FIX AND TRANSITION, UM, NORTH RESEARCH BOULEVARD, BOTH INTENSIFICATION AND PROTECTION.
AND I THINK THAT SAME COULD BE SAID FOR
THERE ARE, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF VACANT LAND AND THAT'S AMONGST THE, UH, THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS UP THERE.
AND, UH, LARGELY ALONG A ONE WAY HIGHWAY FRONTAGE ROAD, AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEEKING TO CONVERT THAT INDUSTRIAL ROAD LAND FROM MULTIFAMILY.
AND, UH, ANOTHER ONE OF THESE THAT'S REALLY IN TRANSITION, AND THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, BEFORE WE WENT INTO LOCKDOWN, THE ST.
ELMO, RIGHT, JUST SOUTH OF BEN WHITE ON STUFF.
CONGRESS WAS REALLY AN AREA THAT YOU COULD SEE REALLY POISED FOR SOME KIND OF TRANSITION, PARTICULARLY WITH THE RECENT ZONING CASE OF 600 INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD THAT WOULD ALLOW AN 85 OR 90 FOOT TALL MIXED USE BUILDING.
SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF DIVE INTO SOME OF THE FINDINGS, UH, THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
ANNEXATIONS ARE, HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST DRIVER FOR INDUSTRIAL LAND GROWTH IN AUSTIN, BUT ALSO WE FOUND FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE LAST DECADE, ALMOST 40 ACRES OF INDUSTRIAL ZONING GETS LOST ANNUALLY.
AND IN THE PAST ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRIVERS OF LOSING INDUSTRIAL ZONE LAND AT BEND A NEIGHBORHOOD IN SMALL AREA PLANS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE IN NEAR EAST AUSTIN TO ADDRESS THE SYSTEMATIC RACISM THAT WILL PUT THOSE BEAR FROM THE 1928 PLAN, AS WELL AS THE 1931 ZONING PLAN, AS WELL AS SMALL AREA PLANS, SUCH AS THE NORTH GRAND GATEWAY PLAN, A RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN INCORPORATE CANVASES IN BUSINESS AS BUSINESS PARKS, INDUSTRIAL PARKS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST DRIVER FOR AN INCREASE INDUSTRIAL LAND IN AUSTIN.
AND, UH, AUSTIN LEGACY, INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS ARE GOING SIGNIFICANT TRANSMISSIONS.
ELMO, BUT NORTH GATEWAY, IF YOU'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN FOR A WHILE AND YOU GO BACK 20 YEARS, UH, THE DOMAIN WOOD WAS NOT EVEN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT EVEN THOUGHT OF, AND IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY REALLY RESHAPING THE CHARACTER OF THAT PART OF NORTH AUSTIN.
SHE'S REALLY NOW WITH THE BROADMORE DEVELOPMENT AT THE OLD IBM SITE, AS WELL AS THE SOCCER STADIUM GOING IN THERE JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE DOMAIN.
SO THAT IS AN AREA THAT'S GOING A SIGNIFICANT TRANSITION.
UH, ALSO THEY MENTIONED UNDEVELOPED LAND, INDUSTRIAL ZONE LAND ALONG ONE WAY.
FREEWAY PRINTING ROAD ARE BEING TARGETED FOR GARDEN STYLE APARTMENTS,
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AND THE ONCE THOSE ARE CREATED, IT'S GOING TO LOSE THE POSSIBILITY FOR THAT LAND TO BE USED FOR INDUSTRIAL USE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAME UP WITH, UH, AS PART OF THIS STUDY, UH, I THINK PRECAUTIONS MUST BE TAKEN NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.IN SLIDE 12, NOT USED TO DOING IT WITH SLANG, UH, PRECAUTIONS MUST BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT NEARBY INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES DO NOT OPPOSE A RISK TO MULTIFAMILY WHEN MULTIFAMILY IS ALLOWED INTO THESE INDUSTRIAL AREAS, UH, MATERIALS AND WHATNOT CAN CAUSE A RISK TO HEALTH RISKS TO RESIDENCES, UH, REDEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION AREAS SHOULD PROVIDE SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES, THROW MARCUS ABILITIES UP IN SPACE, ET CETERA.
MANY OF THESE WHEN THEY WERE BUILT AND SUBDIVIDED OR BUILT AND SUBDIVIDED AS COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
AND SOME OF THEM PREDATED THE CURRENT RECODE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, THESE TYPES OF, AND SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED THEM, WE NEED TO BE POSITIONED AREAS IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM GET THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHANGING.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS THERE CAN HAVE CERTAIN LEVEL OF, UH, SOME AMENITIES SO THEY CAN WALK AND BIKE AND NOT, UH, MORE SAFELY, EVEN THOUGH WHILE THESE AREAS ARE, ARE TRANSITIONING TO MORE MIXED USE AREAS, THERE'S STILL INDUSTRIAL USES THERE.
THERE'S STILL LARGE TRUCK TRAFFIC DELIVERIES ARE BEING MADE SO SEGREGATED BY CLEAN SIDEWALKS.
AND THE LIGHT WOULD BE THE TYPES OF AMENITIES THAT WOULD MAKE THESE PLACES SAFER FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS.
ALSO, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AS WE MOVE INTO ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL MIXED USES INTO THESE PREVIOUSLY INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT THE BUSINESS IS NOT BEING PUNISHED BECAUSE PEOPLE MOVING TO THE NUISANCE, UH, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO, A RESIDENT SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT ACROSS THE STREET.
THERE MIGHT BE A METAL FABRICATION PLANT AND THEY DO MAKE NOISE AND THEY MAY HAVE TRUCK TRAFFIC OR OTHER TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL USES THAT PREDATED THOSE RESIDENTIAL USAGE.
HEY, MR. WALTERS, CAN I INTERRUPT FOR A SECOND? YEAH, LET ME, I MADE A ROOKIE MISTAKE HERE.
UH, I'M GOING TO NEED ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TO COME BACK.
UM, UH, COMMISSIONER YOUNGEST, TOLEDO.
UH, WE ACTUALLY NEED TODAY A VOTE, UH, THREE, FOUR VOTE, WHICH WOULD BE EIGHT COMMISSIONERS.
WE ONLY HAD SEVEN ON THE DIOCESE.
SO COULD I GET A MOTION TO EXTEND THIS FOR ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES? OKAY.
WE'VE GOT A, UH, UM, COMMISSIONER
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
ALRIGHT, CARRY ON FOR FIVE MORE MINUTES, MR. WALTERS.
WELL, YOU GOT ME ON MY LAST SLIDE HERE, SO WE'RE GOING TO WRAP THIS UP AND WE CAN JUMP INTO THE QUESTIONS WITH MYSELF AND JEFF EXTRA, A FINAL SLIDE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
IF DECISIONS IS MADE TO ALLOW RESIDENTS USES IT SHOULD EVEN INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS, A STEP SHOULD BE MADE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PRESERVE THOSE DISPLACE JOBS IN THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOL JOBS, OR EVEN THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES.
AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE ST ELMO, MOST OF THOSE INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES ARE NOT LARGE APPLE CAMPUSES.
THEY'RE SMALL BUSINESSES WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO'VE BEEN THERE IN MANY CASES PER DECADE.
UH, I REMEMBER RECENTLY A CASE IN THE ST ELMO DISTRICT THAT, UH, AS THE TAXATION INCREASED TO THE POINT THAT THE CURRENT TENANTS CAN NO LONGER AFFORD THE RENT BECAUSE THE TAX IS A PASS THROUGH, THEY'RE HAVING TO LEAVE.
AND A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY IS SCRAMBLING, SCRAMBLING TO FIND LOCATIONS WHERE THESE PEOPLE, SO FOR THESE JOBS WOULD THESE BUSINESSES.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS KIND OF A GENTRIFICATION OF JOBS, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THE MOST GLAMOROUS PROFESSIONS.
AND, UH, ALSO MOVING FORWARD, UH, POLICY SHOULD BE EXPLORED, UH, AS HOW TO INCORPORATE A PRESERVES OF INDUSTRIAL USES INTO THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TRANSITION AREAS.
AND THE, UH, ONE AREA THAT COMES TO MIND THOUGH, IT'S NOT EXACTLY CLICKABLE OR TRANSFERRABLE TO AUSTIN IS THE FALSE CREEK DISTRICT IN VANCOUVER, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY INDUSTRIAL AREA.
BUT AS VANCOUVER BECAME MORE DESIRABLE AND MONEY FLOWED
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IN FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT DID KIND OF CREATE SOME OF THE MORE PRESERVED, SOME OF THE MORE BOUTIQUEY, WARM, MAKERY TYPE JOBS IN THOSE AREAS.SO THE SAME THING IS OCCURRING IN, I THINK A LITTLE BIT IS PORTLAND'S PORTLAND, OREGON, CAUSE IT, UH, POLICIES TO, TO PRESERVE HOW TO PRESERVE NEW JOBS.
SO THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION AND JEFF AND I WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UM, AND NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR, UH, KIND OF OUR STANDARD ROUND ROBIN.
AND WHAT I PROPOSE FOR THIS IS, UM, CONDITIONERS.
YOU EACH HAVE, UH, FIVE MINUTES, UM, DURING YOUR, UH, DURING THE Q AND A, BUT IF WE HAVEN'T USED UP THAT, UM, ALL OF THE SPOTS AND YOU STILL HAVE, ARE INTERESTED IN ASKING MORE QUESTIONS, UM, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE SPOT AND I CAN BE ABLE TO COMMISSIONER.
SO, UM, SO, UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO, WHO HAS QUESTIONS TO START WITH FOR STAFF? I SEE A COMMISSIONER YOUNGEST TOLEDO.
MY QUESTION JUST HAS TO DO WITH, UH, SOME OF THE RELATIONSHIP WE'RE PUTTING IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AND SOME OF THE AREAS WITH A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL ZONING IN PARTICULAR ABOUT VALERIE JOHNSON, UH, PARIS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WHICH ENCOMPASSES NINE NEIGHBORHOOD AREAS IN EAST AUSTIN, WHICH OF COURSE HAS A TON OF INDUSTRIAL ZONING.
AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN ACTUALLY BOUNDS ZONED, UH, OVER 600 PROPERTIES FROM MANY OF THEM, INDUSTRIAL OTHERS, UM, COMMERCIAL SERVICES TO RESIDENTIAL, UM, AND IN PARTICULAR TO THE LOWEST INTENSITY POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO SORT OF NEGOTIATE A COMMUNITY BENEFIT AS, UM, PROPERTIES THAT REDEVELOPED.
UM, AND I WONDER IF ANY OF THAT PLAYS INTO THIS DISCUSSION OF HOW COMMUNITIES EITHER THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, UM, OR THE MEANS OF ADVOCACY TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP INTERACTS WITH US AND THE DESIRE TO KEEP SOME INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY UNDERSTANDABLY FOR, UM, DIVERSITY.
WELL, THAT REALLY WASN'T A CONSIDERATION IN THIS ANALYSIS.
OTHER THAN WE, WE HAD GUARDS THAT, UH, THE CLAN ROPE CORRECTLY QUICK, UH, SOME OF THE FIRST CITY INITIATED PLANS WERE PUT IN PLACE IN NEAR EAST AUSTIN, UH, THAT TRIANGLE FORMED BY 35 AIRPORT AND THE LAKE, UH, WERE THREE MOVE PROPERTIES.
AND TO ADDRESS ISSUES BROUGHT UP BY EAST AUSTIN OVERLAY THAT WAS ADOPTED IN THE LATE NINETIES.
SO AS, UH, WHICH WAS ADOPTED TO, UH, AND TO ADDRESS VERY HEAVILY ZONED PROPERTIES IN THAT PART DOWN.
UH, SO I GUESS THAT IT SEEMS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROCESS THEY SOUGHT TO DO WHAT SHE SAID IS TO DOWN ZONE THESE, TO THE APPROPRIATE ZONE AND NOT TO THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE.
UH, SO IF A PROPERTY WAS ACTUALLY A CSU, BUT ADDING DEPTH FIELD ZONE TO PROPERTY GOT DOWNTOWN TO CS, OFTENTIMES WITH A MIXED USE COMBINING DISTRICT, AND IT'S A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
AND I'M NOT SURE THAT REALLY ADDRESSING YOUR QUESTION.
THAT'S MORE OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY.
I JUST WONDERED IF THAT WAS PART OF THE ANALYSIS OR, UM, AWARENESS.
NO, IT WAS MORE JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THIS HAPPENED AND REMOVED A LOT OF INDUSTRIALS OWN LAND.
DID YOU FEEL THE QUESTIONS CONDITIONER OKAY.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT COMMISSIONER HAVING A QUESTION? SO I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF BRINGING THIS SENSE OF BRIEFING AND THE MONEY I SNARE, THE RESEARCH THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
UM, AND IT WAS, I'M HOPING IT'S USEFUL FOR US, UM, IN THE FUTURE ON CASES MOVING FORWARD.
AND I'M CURIOUS IF THIS IS GOING TO BE, UM, DEVELOPED INTO A TOOL OF SOME SORT BEARANCE COMMISSION IN SYDNEY COUNCIL CAN USE TO HELP MAKE DECISIONS ON, UM, ON CASES MOVING FORWARD IN, IN WEATHER, UH, REQUESTS FOR, UH, LAND ON ZONING CHANGED FROM INDUSTRIAL TO SOMETHING ELSE WOULD, WOULD GO THROUGH THIS VETTING OF STUDYING AND RESEARCH YOU'VE DONE
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AT THIS POINT, IT WAS MORE OF AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT.THAT WAS JUST LIKE I SAID, WE BEGAN IT.
I CAN'T REMEMBER EITHER LATE LAST YEAR, WE WRAPPED IT UP EARLY THIS YEAR.
AND BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED, WE SIGNED IT, IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET OUT.
BUT I THINK FOR NOW A MUCH SOMEONE CHOOSES TO SAY, WE WANT TO USE THIS AS PART OF OUR DECISION MAKING RUBRIC.
AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD JUST NOT BE A GUIDE FOR STAFF DECISIONS, BUT IF SOME AWESOME BORDER COMMISSION CHOSE TO USE THIS AS A DECISION MAKING TOOL, THAT'S THEIR PURVIEW.
I THINK JUST TO BUILD OFF OF RIGHT COMMISSIONER, WHO'S ASKING YOU ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT FACTOR.
AND THERE'S BEEN A CASE RECENTLY THAT COMES TO MIND IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS REALLY DESIRING AND INDUSTRIAL.
HE SAYS LAND CHANGED TO SOMETHING OTHER RESIDENTIAL USE.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT WOULD BE A FACTOR IF THIS WAS TO BECOME MORE OF IT'S ADDED INTO HOW THESE LANDS ARE LOOKED AT AND WHAT OTHER DESIRABLES COMMISSIONERS, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONERS TO ASK SOME QUESTION, IF IT IS, YOU CAN JUST NOT ANSWER FOR WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS, RIGHT? SO I THINK YOU'RE REALLY TERRIFIED.
AND JUST DON'T YOU BETWEEN THESE AREAS THAT ARE TRANSITIONING, THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR THOSE TRANSITIONING GEARS AND WONDERING WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE PLANNING BOXES? IS IT ALIGNING THEM WITH OUR BOSSES, HOW WE PROCEED WITH THAT, AND IS THAT SOMETHING STAFF HAS CONSIDERED AT THIS POINT? LIKE I SAID, HE WAS REALLY DRIVEN BY JUST A MULTIYEAR OBSERVATION THAT WE SAW THIS MAN CHANGING AND WANTING TO KNOW, UH, WHAT WAS SOMETHING, AN ISSUE ACROSS THE CITY OR, OR WHAT, WHAT WAS GOING ON.
BUT I THINK THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE INCUMBENT UPON CHEF HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE BACK OF A STUDY, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'D BE INCUMBENT UPON THE ROBERTO COMMISSION OR WHOMEVER TO CHOOSE THE SAME WAY THIS IS A POLICY THEY WANT TO ADOPT, OR THEY WANT TO EITHER ADVANCE THIS OR FURTHER, FURTHER THIS.
CAUSE I THINK THE STUDY STANDS PRETTY WELL ON ITS OWN.
I THINK WONDERFUL JOB AND IT'S REALLY GOOD WORK.
SO I'VE NOT, THAT WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
IT'S JUST MORE OF, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN.
SO YOU NOTICE IN HERE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND DECISION MAKERS TO CHOOSE OR NOT TO CHOOSE, TO CONSIDER A FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN MAKING THESE DECISIONS.
SO WE HAVE A LOT MORE, BUT I'M SPECIFICALLY THINKING OF THE TRANSITION AREAS, RIGHT? LIKE STAND OUT MORE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THOSE LEASES WHEN SOMETHING WAS SO STRUGGLING THINKING ABOUT THEM, BUT MEAN YOU HIGHLIGHTED SOME INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN ZONING PERSPECTIVE, ISN'T WE SHOULD BE THINKING OFF IN THOSE TRANSITIONING A REDS WHEN WE'RE THINKING OF WHETHER WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT MOVING OVER A DOC, BECAUSE YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING, YOU DON'T WANT TO GO ON, BUT I THINK YOU HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE IN LIES THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS THAT EXISTS GRABBING YOU BY MOVING NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
THERE ARE RESIDENTS THERE, BUT ESSENTIALLY HOW DO WE FIGURE THAT, THAT TENSION OUT AND HOW DO WE PROCEED TRANSITIONING GEARS FROM WHAT WE SEE IS MORE OF THESE TENSIONS ON 92 ARRIVING? HMM, WELL, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN A, IN A CITY WITH FINITE RESOURCES, IT'S HARD.
I THINK, UH, I KNOW THAT THE RECENT 600 INDUSTRIAL WENT DOWN AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT THEY PUT IN SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES ON EITHER SIDE TO SOUTH CONGRESS AND THOSE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS BE DEVELOPERS
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TO COME IN AND HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACCOMMODATE.THE CHANGE THAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO AN AREA WOULD, THAT'S ONE APPROACH THAT I, AGAIN, THIS IS A POLICY DECISION ABOVE THE STAFF LEVEL.
OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS.
I GUESS IT'S BEEN SOMETHING I NOTICED WHEN DIFFERENT PLACES WOULD COME UP AND ALL THIS, BUT IT'S LIKE, THERE'S A BIAS, A LITTLE BIT BIAS FROM STAFF ABOUT PROTECTING INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
AND SO I, THE IDEA OF US HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND MAYBE THAT BEING PART OF A BROADER POLICY DISCUSSION, I CAN THINK OF MENTIONED POLY IN ECC AND A, AND IS OIL AND BALCONIES RECYCLING BUS TERMINAL, LIKE ALL THESE LIKE OFF SITE, BUT YET INDUSTRIAL USES IN THE MIDDLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS LEFT.
THEN THE HOUSING AND URBAN ISN'T CAME IN, UM, JUST MUCH MORE VITALITY.
I MEAN, I'M KIND OF SEEING THE SAME THING HAPPENING DOWN IN SAINT ELMO.
AND I THINK WE DID FROM, FROM A RECENT PERSON WHO CAME INTO THESE ON PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO PUT RESIDENTIAL HERE, BUT OUR TAXES ARE SO DARN HIGH NOW THAT WE CAN'T JUSTIFY INDUSTRIAL USE HERE ANYMORE.
AND SO OUR TENANT WANTS OUT, SO WE KIND OF HAVE TO.
AND SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ARE CALLING THAT TRANSITION AND I GUESS TRANSITION ZONES IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT I'M PULLING OUT FOR BIKE AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE TO GO IN THERE.
I JUST, I GUESS I JUST NEVER WANT TO, I HOPE TO SEE THIS USED AS A TOOL IN THE FUTURE FOR BEING ABLE TO LIKE BE AGAINST NEW HOUSING, BUT UNDERSTANDING YES.
THAT WE HAVE TO BE AWAY FROM CERTAIN MATERIALS.
SO, SO YES, IT'S BEEN ASKED THEM SOME NOT TOTALLY CLEAR WHAT ARE THE STEPS FROM HERE, BUT I GUESS THERE'S VALUE IN KNOWING WHERE THESE THINGS ARE, IS THAT AS BEST WE CAN.
I MEAN, AGAIN, FOR ETHOS THAT YOU SAW SOMEONE GOING TO START CLEANING ALL THOSE, WHEREAS LIKE THE RAIL CORRIDOR AND WHATNOT, THOSE WERE DONE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REDRESS LONGSTANDING, YOU KNOW, ISSUES.
UH, BUT AS AN INTEGRATED, AS THERE IS BECOMING MORE VIBRANT AND ALIVE, NOT GONNA ARGUE OTHER ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE CHANGES OR DISCUSSED THEM, BUT IN OTHER AREAS WHERE YOU DO HAVE THIS HIGHWAY ORIENTED INDUSTRIAL, UH, WHERE THOSE WITH THOSE, UH, USES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FREEWAYS AND THE AIRPORTS, YOU KNOW, I THINK HIS DEFINITION IS, UH, THAT THOSE ARE GOOD LOCATIONS AND GOOD USES FOR THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND, UH, GOING BACK TO THE VERY BASIC BEGINNING ZONING IS THAT SOMETIMES YOU REALLY DO NEED TO SEGREGATE USES, UH, IN ORDER FOR HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU WHATSOEVER.
I JUST LOOK AT SAINT ELMO BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE OF AN AREA THAT'S QUICKLY CHANGING AND, YOU KNOW, THE COMMERCIAL USES AND THE RESIDENTIAL USES.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING INTO THAT AREA THAT ARE REALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT, I GUESS.
AND SO I JUST WOULD HOPE STAFF, ISN'T JUST APPLYING BRAKES ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S INDUSTRIAL INVESTOR, BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST, THAT'S IT.
IT'S ON BERLIN AIRPORT, SOME FACES, BUT I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT I CAN CALL OUT.
THERE ARE AREAS IN TRANSITION THAT WOULD BE MOST DEFINITELY THE CASE STUDY.
I WROTE THE CASE STUDY, PER SE.
WHEN I FOUND IT, I STARTED DIGGING INTO IT.
IT WAS JUST LIKE POINT HIT ME.
IT'S LIKE, WOW, THIS AREA REALLY IS CHANGING.
I MEAN, EVEN IN THE YEAR, SINCE I WORKED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, IT'S DONE VERY, IT STARTED TO CHANGE QUITE A BIT.
SO, AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT CITIES DO SOMETIMES THEY DO CHANGE.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER, YOURSELF QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A FEW MORE SPOTS AVAILABLE.
I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY ELSE LAST CHANCE.
I'LL JUST, UH, A COMMENT, MAYBE A QUESTION IN HERE.
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WHEN I WORKED AT AUSTIN ENERGY, UH, SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THE HOLLAND STREET POWER PLANT ALL THE WAY FROM WHEN THEY WERE FULLY OPERATIONAL TO WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S KIND OF GIVEN THE NOISE POLLUTION AND THE OTHER ISSUES ARE SOME FIRES THERE.UH, OVER TIME, THERE THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE TO MOVE THAT PLANT AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
UH, BUT WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT AS A COMMUNITY GROWS UP AROUND THESE INDUSTRIES, THERE WILL BE PRESSURE TO MOVE THEM.
I THINK IT'S JUST A NATURAL EVOLUTION.
AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR A LOT OF THESE INDUSTRIES TO COME EXIST, BUT WHERE STAFF CAN CREATE A MORE, UH, KIND OF REFINED ASSESSMENT TOOL, THERE MAY BE CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL TYPE ACTIVITIES THAT IF WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON THERE, OR HAVE SOME KIND OF MEASURE OF THE RISK OF THAT, UH, INDUSTRIAL, UM, UH, WHATEVER THE COMPANY THAT'S THERE TO THE NEIGHBORS, WE COULD HAVE BEEN HAVE A BETTER DECISION MAKING TOOL, WHETHER OR NOT TO PLACE, UM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL, UH, HOUSING IN AN AREA.
SO I THINK MORE TOOLS IN THE TOOLKIT MAY BE GOOD FOR US IS WHEN WE DO OUR PLANNING.
AND ALSO I'D LIKE COMMISSIONERS AS PART OF THEIR JOINT, UH, COMMITTEES.
UH, MAYBE IT'S ONE, I DON'T KNOW, COMMISSIONER FLORES, MAYBE IT'S COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING.
THERE MAY BE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAN COME OUT SOMEWHAT FROM SOME OF OUR COMMITTEES AS A RESULT OF THIS STUDY.
SO PLEASE BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, STAFF WANTS TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THAT.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT BIG DISCUSSION PICK 'EM UP AND WE CAN, UH, WE CAN FIGURE OUT SOME SECTIONS AND SEE WHAT KIND OF TOOL MIGHT BE MAYBE NEEDED, MIGHT BE DESIRED, UH, TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
WELL WITH THAT, UH, THAT CLOSES OUT THAT NAME AND, UH, THIS AGENDA ITEM, THE FIRST PRESENTATION, AND
[C2. Briefing and discussion regarding housing displacement preventions strategies and other matters related to housing. Staff: Nefertiti Jackmon, (512) 974-3196, Department of Neighborhood Housing and Community Development. ]
WE'LL MOVE ON INTO THE SECOND PRESENTATION.UH, LET ME GRAB MY, SO THIS, UM, WE'LL BE HEARING, JUST MAKING SURE, OKAY, HERE WE GO.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'LL, UH, WE HAVE, UM, FOR THIS ITEM,
WE'RE STILL, STILL NOT HEARING ANYONE FROM STAFF AND YOU ARE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
WELL, I THINK WE ARE JUST, UH, PLEASE LET ANDREW, THEY'RE TEMPTING TO COMMUNICATE WITH MS. JACKSON.
AND SO, UH, JUST TO VERIFY WE, UM, WE, UH, REBOOTED TO GIVE EACH, UM, PRESENTATION 20 MINUTES.
UH, SO YOU HAVE, UH, 20 MINUTES FOR THE PRESENTATION IF YOU NEED IT.
I DON'T NEED THAT LONG FOR THE PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, I'LL GO FORWARD.
AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, OKAY.
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UM,UM, OUR GROWING POPULATION, UM, RECEIVABLE HAS EXPANDED, UH, THE REGION POPULATION COULD BE 4 MILLION PEOPLE BY, SORRY.
I FORGOT TO SHARE THAT, BUT THIS RAFIQ GROWTH, UH, IT WOULD HAVE HAD A SUCCESSFUL GROWING TRANSPORTATION THROUGHOUT.
UM, HOWEVER, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS DEFINED AS HOW THAT WILL TAKE NO MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR MUSCLE COMES FROM BREAD AND NO MORE THAN 35% COME ON, CHILD.
UH, WE SERVE, UH, HOUSE FAMILY.
UM, AND, UH, AS YOU SEE ON THE BOTTLE, INDICATE A HELPFUL BAR FOR INCOME FOR A PERSONAL SIDE AS 19,009 HOURS.
UM, BASICALLY ABILITY FOR ASSISTANCE IS DETERMINED BY, AND THEN NEXT HOUSING CONTEXT, THEN WE'RE FOCUSED ON HOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTENT WE SEEK TO BE HONEST, OUR COMMUNITIES DISCRIMINATION THAT LAY IT TO BE ANSWERED HOW THE PRACTICES ALSO WE WORK DILIGENTLY AND CREATIVELY AND INTENTIONALLY TO CULTIVATE DIVERSE, A DIVERSE AND ECONOMICALLY INCLUSIVE CITY BY CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSES, OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITIES, AND MANY GATING COMMUNITY MEMBER DISPLACEMENT.
I'VE HEARD THE CONVERSATION OF ROBERT SPACEMENT MUST BEGIN BY SPILLING IT AROUND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MOST IMPACTED BY IT.
AND THIS DISPLACEMENT SPECIFICALLY, GENTRIFICATION IS NOT REALLY A RESULT OF NATURALLY OCCURRING MARKET FORCES AT DISPLACEMENT, AND OFTEN CAN CLEARLY BE TRACED BACK TO THE PROCESS ROOTED IN INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM THAT INCLUDED THE SEGREGATION OF BLACK PEOPLE.
AND WE STOPPED MINING AND DISINVESTMENT IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
WE ARE CERTAINLY WORKING TO CHANGE THAT UP NEXT SLIDE.
THERE WERE OVER 600 DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION STRATEGIES, UM, THAT WE'LL REVIEW, WHICH LED TO, UM, THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, 15 DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION, STRATEGIES, AND PRIORITIES WERE INCLUDED IN THE OFFICE, STRATEGIC HEALTH AND THE BLUEPRINT, BUT MANY OF THE STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED, UM, THAT CAME FORTH FROM REPORTS AND THE REPORT,
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UH, CREATED BY THE STUDY COMPLETED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.THERE WAS AN ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE, WHICH WAS COMPLETED BY A CONSULTING GROUP.
THERE WAS SEVERAL REPORTS ON INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND SYSTEMIC INEQUITY.
THERE WAS ALSO THE PEOPLE'S PLAN AND THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TASK FORCE.
SO THERE WERE A MYRIAD OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I CLAIM FOR THE CITY, FROM THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS, AS WELL AS THE CONSULTANTS.
THERE ARE FORUMS AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS THAT INSTITUTIONS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT FROM OVER THAT, FROM THOSE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WE TAGGED APPROXIMATELY 605 OF THOSE RECORDS IN 35.
UH, WE IDENTIFIED AS SOMETHING THAT WAS ASKED AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD ON 143 OF THOSE.
WELL, WITHIN OUR, UM, OUR CONTROL, LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IN IT ON HOUSING COULD ACTUALLY DO.
AND THEN WHAT WE DID FROM THERE IS, UH, WE PRIORITIZE THEM BASED ON FEEDBACK.
AND THEN WE CAME DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 15 SHORT TERM RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE TO DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN AND SURE.
AND TO ENSURE THAT A SHORT TERM IMPACT, WE WORKED WITH THE INNOVATION OFFICE ON A PROSPECT PROCESS TO BASICALLY SYNTHESIZE ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRIORITIZE THE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT IMPACT WE CAN HAVE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WERE REQUIRED TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ACTIONABLE.
UH, WE BASICALLY, AS A SHARE, WE WORKED WITH THE INNOVATION OFFICE REALLY PRIORITIZING THESE, AND WE LOOKED TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT, UH, WHAT MIGHT BE QUICK WINS AND A STRATEGIC BET AS IT RELATES TO PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TO BOTH A HOUSING NEEDS, ADD TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, PEOPLE OFTEN WERE NOT DISPLACED.
SO THIS INCLUDED A NUMBER OF, UH, ENGAGEMENT CAN REALLY THE ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS THAT WE HAD, DR.
ELSEVIER, I HIGHLIGHT THE FINAL 15 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, THE PRIORITIES THAT WE ALL WORKING WITH THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT TO INTIMATE ONE OF THE FIRST WAS TO IMPLEMENT A PREFERENCE POLICY, TO PRIORITIZE NEW CITY SUBSIDIZE, AFFORDABLE UNITS OR INCOME QUALIFIED HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE A POPULAR SIZE TO THE UNIT AND ARE, HAVE TIES TO THE CITY.
AND, UM, BUT MOST LOOSENED UPDATE ON THAT.
I COUNCIL BOLTED ON THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, ON THE FILLER AND GARDEN PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST ONE FOR UNITS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PREPPING POLICY.
THERE ARE SOME OTHERS THAT WILL BE, UM, FOR SALE FOR HOME OWNERSHIP, BUT THESE TWO PROJECTS, UH, WILL BE THE FIRST ONE.
I USE THE PREFERENCE POLICY FOR ALVIN FOR UNITS.
THE SECOND IS TO INCORPORATE WELL KNOW PROTECTION FOR ALL WINTER PROPERTIES, WITH STUDENTS GETTING SUPPORT AND AN UPDATE ON THAT IN A PRECAUTION HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT.
OH, AND THE NEXT IS THE GOAL WAS TO STREAMLINE THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR AFFORDABLE UNITS.
UM, AND WHAT WE DID, WE CREATED A HOUSING HUB, WHICH IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING SEARCH TOO, WHICH IS, UM, IT'S, IT'S IN THE FINAL STAGES OF TESTING.
IT IS, UM, AVAILABLE FOR USE, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN HIGHLY PROMOTED AT THIS TIME, IF WE'RE TRYING TO TEST IT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THERE ARE NO CHALLENGES FOR THOSE WHO NEED TO LOSE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SEARCH TO THE BASICALLY THE WILL ALLOW PEOPLE
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WHO ARE LOOKING FOR PORTABLE HOUSING, UH, TO HAVE, UH, A MOST UPTODATE SEARCH ENGINE TO USE FOR THAT, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO CALL EACH AND EVERY SINGLE APARTMENT UNIT, UH, INDIVIDUALLY.UM, AND THEN WE WILL ALSO MARK IT THAT'S ABOUT AS AFFORDABLE UNITS TO PEOPLE OF COLOR IN CERTAIN AREAS AND ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITIES VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT AND CONNECT THEM WITH SERVICES.
SO THOSE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL PRIORITY.
AND, UH, FORTUNATELY AT THIS TIME, SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD, UH, AS A RESULT OF COLBY HAD TO PIVOT.
AND CURRENTLY, UM, WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON, UM, THE RIP PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUT AT LEAST FOR EMERGENCY USE, FOR TENANTS TO PROVIDE DIRECT, GOING FOR ASSISTANCE BY, UM, MODIFY AND EXPAND THE HOME UP HERE PROGRAMS IN GENTRIFIED AREAS.
UH, AND THAT HAS BEEN DELAYED DUE TO COLBY AND A LOT OF THE OUTREACH THAT WE'VE HAD TO PIVOT, SUPPORT THE ORGANIZING AND ENGAGEMENT AND PROVIDE LEGAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO TENANTS FACING EVICTION OR DISPLACEMENT.
AND, UH, AND THAT A PRIORITY, I SORT OF BUNDLE THESE TOGETHER.
I PROVIDE TENANT RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY, AND I PUT THOSE TOGETHER AND THOSE ARE SEPARATE PRIORITIES, BUT THEY ARE RELATED.
AND WHAT WE DID, WE WORKED TO DEVELOP A TENANT STABILIZATION CONTRACT, WHICH WAS WRITTEN AFTER THAT WAS RELEASED PRIOR TO COVID-19.
AND THAT ONE WAS ALSO PUT ON HOLD AS A RESULT, WE HAD A VERY LOW RESPONSE THAT THE GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE A DIRECT MENTAL ASSISTANCE IN BITCHING PREVENTION AND RELOCATION SERVICES TO PEOPLE FACING, UM, EVICTION BECAUSE OF THE, THE NONPAYMENT OF RENT, BUT THAT HAS ALL OF THOSE OR THAT CONTRACT.
YOU WILL SEE, UM, A NUMBER OF THOSE CONTRACTS HAS HAD BEEN RELEASED IN THE FORM OF THE BRENT, UH, DIRECT DENTAL ASSISTANCE.
AND, UH, AS A RESULT OF COLBERT, WE WILL CERTAINLY SAY WE HAVE HAD ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I HAVE INCLUDED THOSE IN THE SLIDE.
I PROACTIVELY MONITOR AFFORDABLE PROPERTIES AT RISK OF LOSING AFFORDABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
A STAFF MEMBER WAS HIRED TO DO THIS, AND THIS OCCURRED IN APPROXIMATELY 2019 LAST YEAR AND COUSTEAU HOUSING ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION.
UM, THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS BEEN WORKING WITH TRAVIS COUNTY AND OTHERS.
UM, HOUSING AUTHORITY IN THEIR REGION.
I WILL BE WORKING IN EARLY 2020, AND THAT WORK IS ONGOING TO, UH, ADDRESS THEIR HOUSING ISSUES, THAT SLIDE, UH, SUPPORT CAPACITY BUILDING FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS.
UH, WE AWARDED A GRANT CONTRACTS IN EXCESS OF $400,000, UH, APPROXIMATELY 13 POPULATION FOR CAPACITY BUILDING.
AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE TO REALLY HAVE, UH, IDENTIFIED FUNDING TO CONTINUE THAT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UM, DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON CALIBRATES THROUGH MINE AND
AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON NEW PROGRAMS AND CONTRACTS THAT WILL BE RELEASED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.
SO DRESS THAT LONG THING AND GENTRIFIED TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND WE ARE A SUPER PROPERTY TO SEPARATE THE BLUE ZONES, WHICH ARE UNDERWAY AND SUPPORT THE CREATION OF
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A FEDERAL 30% MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME AND BELOW THOSE ARE FOODS AND WITH THE 15 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT WERE DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS, CORRECT.I SHARE WITH YOU, WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED A LOT OF THE WORK FOR THE PLACEMENT PREVENTION DIVISION THAT WE HAVE LATELY.
COLBERT HAS SORT OF SHIFTED OUR FOCUS.
NOT THAT, UM, THIS IS JUST ONE PIECE TO THAT.
STABILIZATION IS ONE PIECE OF OUR EFFORTS AROUND OUR DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION.
SO WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON CALL BAM AND OUTREACH, WHICH I'LL PROVIDE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON, I, WE HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED APPROXIMATELY $17.75 MILLION COMMITMENT, UH, WHICH WE ARE PROVIDING TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID-19, WHICH INCLUDES NEARLY $13,000 IN DIRECT LANSCHOOL ASSISTANCE, APPROXIMATELY $1.2 MILLION FOR TENANT STABILIZATION SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AS WELL AS TENANT AND THEN MEDIATION AND NEARLY $500,000 FOR TARGETED COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND BASICALLY THAT THAT'S WORKING WITH, UM, A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION THAT'S HELPED US AND SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THAT ARE WITH, UM, APPLICATION, UM, COMPLETING THE APPLICATION, GETTING THE WORD OUT SO THAT PEOPLE, FAMILIES WHO ROOM ASSISTANCE CAN RECEIVE IT LIKE SLIDE, UM, THE STRUCTURE INSTEAD OF LISTING THE LOW APPROXIMATELY 12.9 MILLION AND THE RESIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE.
IT'S A VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES, WHICH INCLUDES THE D A B C D E D D D.
AND AS WELL AS GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH HAKA
AND THE GOAL IS TO PAY APPROXIMATELY 2000, NOT ALL BEING DONE THROUGH A RANDOMIZED SELECTION PROCESS ELIGIBILITY AND EXCLUDE PERSONS AT AN 80% WITH NO FAMILY INCOME.
AND WE ARE, UH, WE WERE RESPONSIVE TO GOOD NEWS AS WELL AS COUNSEL TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR TRADITIONAL NON TRADITIONAL LEASES, ANY DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS, AND THAT THEY MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID-19.
I'VE ACTUALLY MET WITH A GUY WITH AN OFFICE FULL OF JURISDICTION, UM, THE FULL CONTRACT, WHEN IT NOW, UM, FOR FAMILIES AT 30 TO 80% MINIMUM FAMILY INCOME INCLUDES ONE MONTH AND THOSE THE LOW 30% IN THAT FIVE, UM, THAT WILL BE
AND, UM, AND THEN I GO VERY QUICKLY, UM, AGAIN ABOUT, UH, 400,000 AND SERVICES, UH, AS HIS ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH LANDLORDS AND PAY APPROPRIATE FEES THAT HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED TO PREVENT EVICTION.
AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES, UH, UH, MOVING AND STORAGE FEES.
AS WE WERE A PRIORITY FOR CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE WORKING ON AN OUTREACH STRATEGY AND, UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HELP PEOPLE, UH, GETTING THE WORD OUT, UH, HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THE ELIGIBILITY.
I CREATE EMAIL ADDRESSES, WHAT THAT PROCESS IS ALL ONLINE.
THIS IS CHALLENGING FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO NEED ASSISTANCE.
UM, SO COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM NOW, WE'RE, UM, ORGANIZATION FOR A VALUE WHERE YOU DEAL WITH THIS PROGRAM.
AND, UM, AS YOU SEE, THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 400,000 IN FUNDING TO PARTNER WITH, UH, EXPERIENCED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO GET THE WORD OUT, USING A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES AND GRANTS RANGE IN THE AMOUNT OF 1000
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TO $50,000.AND I WILL SAY, I MOST LIKED IT.
I DO APOLOGIZE THAT I FORGOT TO SAY NEXT SLIDE.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT WITH ME, UM, I WOULD JUST, I WOULD GO TO SLIDE 21, JUST BRIEFLY WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE MOOD OF PROGRAMS THAT WE DO HAVE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND HELP A RANGE OF A HOUSEHOLD, INCLUDING THE DANCER, AS WELL AS HOMEOWNERS.
UM, AND I'D HAVE A LIST OF RESOURCES FOR HOME BUYER FLIGHTS.
AND I WOULD BASICALLY JUST WRAP IT UP.
THAT'S THAT'S ALL THAT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT AT THIS TIME TO BE WAS LONGER THAN I FELT WE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
THAT'S VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.
AND I KNOW THEN GO AHEAD AND PULL IT DOWN THERE WILL GOOD.
SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS HERE IF HE WANTS TO GO FIRST.
I SEE MR. HOWARD PRESENTATION.
I WOULD EXPECT THE CONDITIONS THAT WE PUT THE FOLKS AT RISK.
IS IT TRUE THOUGH THAT MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS WHAT YOU SAID WITH THE FUNDING THAT WAS FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, THOSE ARE IN HIS SISTER FEDERALLY ASSISTED, HOW HE CANNOT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR ANY OF THAT ASSISTANCE, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THAT IS BASED ON FEDERAL GUIDELINES.
SO, I MEAN, I, WASN'T GOING TO MAKE THE CITY SHOULD CONSIDER A RESOURCE OUTSIDE OF THE FEDERAL OFFENDING BECAUSE, UM, I THINK THAT THERE ARE THOSE IN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING THAT POTENTIALLY COULD USE SOME ASSISTANCE, BUT BECAUSE OF THIS REQUIREMENT I PRECLUDED FROM DOING SO.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY THINK ABOUT WAYS MAYBE ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE, UM, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, MINISTER.
I'M SORRY, YOUR QUESTION REALLY.
I'M HEARING IF HE CAN REPEAT IT.
IS THAT CORRECT? UNCONVENTIONAL VALUES.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT? OKAY.
UM, THE ARCHITECTURAL BURIAL REMOVAL PROGRAM, UH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M REFERENCING THE PUPPET SIDE.
UM, FOR THAT ONE TO BE QUITE HONEST, UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
ARE YOU ASKING OTHER GENERAL DOLLARS OR LOCAL DOLLARS OR
SO, UM, AND THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT IS UNDER A DIFFERENT
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DIVISION AREA IN HCV, AND IT'S FOCUSED ON THE UNITS, UH, HOLDS HEALTH AND SAFETY, UH, FOR HOMEOWNERS.UM, IT IS OPEN TO ALL SYDNEY, BOSTON RESIDENTS.
UM, I DO THE SAME IN TERMS OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS UNDER 80% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME AND BELOW.
UM, AND OUR GOAL IS TO BETTER MARKET THOSE SERVICES TO PERSONS THAT ARE GENTRIFYING.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT HAD BEEN PUT ON.
UH, BUT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THAT PROGRAM, I WOULD PREFER TO REFER YOU TO THE MANAGER OVER THAT PROGRAM, WHICH IS MAKING SURE BROWN.
THAT'S REALLY MY SECOND QUESTION.
HAS IT BEEN CONVERSATION YET, OR ARE YOU THINKING OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF AND BRING THIS WORK TO THEM AND SORT OF ALIGN BOTH SIDES? YES.
AND I WILL SAY UP MY SINCERE APOLOGIES FOR ANYTHING.
YOUR QUESTIONS ARE VERY, UM, IT'S NOT VERY CLEAR TO ME AND NOT THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU, BUT I WILL SHARE BRIEFLY, BUT MIGHT, I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, UM, IS IN THE PROCESS OF MERGING AND THAT MERGER, I GUESS, PART OF THAT MERGER WILL BECOME OFFICIAL ON OCTOBER 3RD AND, UH, ONE, UH, DESIRED OUTCOME.
A ONE HOPEFUL OUTCOME IS THAT, UH, WE WILL HAVE A MORE ROBUST RESPONSE TO DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION IN THE CITY, ONCE THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS AND MERGE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, WORK CLOSELY ALIGN THE WORK AROUND, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING AND HOUSING.
AND SO, UM, THE TEAM FOR, I MEAN, INITIALLY OCTOBER, 2019, WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, I WAS THE ONLY ONE WORKING IN THE SPACE OF DISPLACEMENT, UH, PREVENTION.
I, WITH THE MERGER, THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY, UM, EIGHT STAFF MEMBERS, UH, TWO COMING OVER FROM PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, AND HAVING THE COORDINATED RESPONSE, UH, WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UH, UH, PLAN INCLUSIVE PLANNING OR THE PLANNING AREA.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK RIGHT NOW.
I'M ON MUNDER THAT DIVISION, BUT, UH, IT'S POLICY PLANNING AND RESEARCH RIGHT NOW FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
I WILL CONTINUE WORKING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT, UM, AREAS TO PROVIDE A MORE, UM, ROBUST RESPONSE TO, UH, DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION.
AND THEY'LL BE THE STRATEGIES THAT WE CURRENTLY FAST.
THANK YOU AND APOLOGIZE FOR MY MICROPHONE ISSUE.
COMMISSIONERS THAT FURTHER QUESTIONS.
ANYBODY, A COMMISSION ANDERSON.
UM, YOU WENT THROUGH THE THANK YOU, CALL THEM PRIORITY PROGRAMS AND IT SAID THAT THEY WERE, UH, I DON'T, I'M NOT, I DIDN'T SEE SOMEBODY.
MAYBE I'LL JUST ASK YOU WAS ONE OF THEM TO ADOPT A NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT, KEVIN.
UM, BUT THERE IS ONE IN REFERENCE TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT'S NOT, UM, I'LL GO BACK UP TO THEM.
I THINK IT'S, UH, UM, LET ME SEE.
YEAH, LET ME, AND I THINK IT'S ON SLIDE.
UH, NOW WE'RE NOT FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING THEM OUT.
SO, UM, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE 11, WHAT WE DID, UH, PROVIDE THE
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RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF REVISION THAT WILL BASICALLY IDENTIFY TO HELP RECALIBRATE, STREAMLINE AND EXPAND THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.AND MAINLY THAT WAS DONE SO THAT WE COULD EXPAND THE HOUSING, UM, HOUSING FOR RENTERS AT 60% MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME.
AND BELOW THAT, THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE INCLUDED TO ADDRESS THAT AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CULTIVATION AGREED.
IS THIS A DOCUMENT THAT YOU GUYS FEEL IS FULLY BAKED? ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING TO, IS THERE MORE ADJUSTMENTS POSSIBLY BEFORE COUNCIL LOOKS AT, OR LIKE, WHAT ARE NEXT STEPS FOR YOU ALL? SO NEXT STEPS ON THAT ARE REAL ARE LARGELY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE GOES FROM THERE.
SO RIGHT NOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT.
SO, UM, IT'S SORT OF IN NEPAL, IF YOU WILL.
AND IT KINDA JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE WE END WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO COME BACK AND FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE, UM, REALLY, UH, EXPAND THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, BUT NOT THROUGH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE? UM, I DON'T KNOW.
SO, I MEAN, I REALLY CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IT'S, EVERYTHING IS ON HOLD.
SO I MEANT MORE NOT NAME THE DOMAIN CODE ITSELF, BUT WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON RIGHT HERE.
AND I GUESS MY, MY BIGGEST FEEDBACK IS I WOULD LOVE IT IF WE COULD CALL OUT THE FACT LIKE JUST LIKE EMPHASIZE AND MAYBE EVEN MAKE IT LIKE FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT BULLETS.
LIKE WE NEED A NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT GO, WE NEED A LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
I CAN'T THINK OF A SINGLE THING IN AUSTIN.
THAT'S BETTER EATING DISPLACEMENT THAN OUR 1984 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THE STRATEGIC HOUSING PLAN PAGE 18 TALKING ABOUT, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT MATRIX TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR DENSITY BONUS UNITS, LIKE A HUGE PIECE OF IT, OR THAT ARE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS.
A HUGE PIECE OF THAT IS THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS OF WHICH, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT POET IS JUST SO LOUSY AND WEAK ON.
AND NOT ONLY THAT OF COURSE IS AS YOU KNOW, BUT JUST ARE CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND THE FACT THAT IT PRETTY MUCH MANDATES INEFFICIENT HOUSING AND EXPENSIVE HOUSING AND FEWER UNITS.
SO ALL THE MARKET RATE PRODUCTION THAT WE'RE SEEING IS JUST HITTING HIGHER AND HIGHER INCOME LEVELS.
AND WE'RE JUST, WE'RE CREATING SO LITTLE ANYTHING FOR THIS HUGE AMOUNT OF OUR POPULATION, WHICH AS YOU JUST APTLY POINTED OUT IS LOOKING TO GO TO 4 MILLION METRO BY 2060.
SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO ON THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.
SO JUST SO THAT I HAVE CLEAR STRATEGIES THAT ARE OUTLINED ON SLIDE 19 AND 11, YOU ARE STATING THAT YOU WOULD PREFER, OR I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT I HEAR YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
YOU REALLY WANT US TO EMPHASIZE WE NEED A NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NOT IN, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE WHAT WE CARRY OUT TO WHICH WITCHES OF CITY COUNCIL AND CITY LEADERSHIP, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR SO THAT I COULDN'T BE AS RESPONSIVE TO YOUR NEEDS OR ANSWERING YOUR NEEDS AND AS APPROPRIATE ON YOUR REQUEST, I SHOULD SAY, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO HIGHLIGHT FIVE OTHER STRATEGIES AS OPPOSED TO 15 OR NOT I'M FIVE? SO A RANDOM NUMBER, JUST CALLING OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF A NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH THANKFULLY COUNCIL ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY THE NEED FOR A NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I SUPPOSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UH, CHAIR, UH, COMMISSIONER INTERESTED IN, BUT WE, UM, JUST REMIND FOLKS WE ARE, UH, TAKING THE ACTION THIS EVENING, UH, BUT LET'S GO ON AND DO A COMMISSIONER.
MY QUESTION IS BACK ON THAT DENSITY BONUS QUESTION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, UM, IT IS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO COMPREHENSIVELY WRITE A PLAN TO CODE IN ORDER TO CALIBRATE THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.
COULD YOU CLARIFY THAT ENTERTAINING? WELL, WHAT WE DID WHEN WE INCLUDED THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, I MEAN, WE DON'T,
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AND IT DOESN'T, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO WITH CALIBRATING, UH, BUT, UH, AND STRING MINING, ET CETERA.BUT SO, SO PART OF THAT PROGRAMMING, IF YOU WILL, UH, BEING FOR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE CODE, UM, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WAS HAPPENING BEFORE.
UM, BUT WE WERE HOW WE PULL THE BALL WALK AT WHAT LEVEL TO SUPPORT THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT, UM, THAT CLARIFICATION, THAT, THAT THOSE SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS WENT INTO THE PROPOSAL OF THE LDC BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO GO AT THE TIME.
BUT A LOT OF THESE CALIBRATIONS AND ACTIONS DON'T ACTUALLY REQUIRE A COMPREHENSIVE REWRITE OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, I UNDERSTAND IT'S COMMISSIONER ANDERSON'S OPINION THAT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IS THE BIGGEST DRIVER DISPLACEMENT.
I ACTUALLY DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY EVIDENCE OF THAT.
AND I BELIEVE THE BIGGEST DRIVER DISPLACEMENT IS A HOUSING MARKET THAT IS ENTIRELY CENTERED AROUND PROFIT AND INVESTMENT AS A TARGET, AS OPPOSED TO CREATING SHELTER CONFLICTING WITH OUR HOUSING MARKET, LOOKING FOR SHELTER, AND JUST BASICALLY INCENTIVIZING A RETURN ON INVESTMENT OVER CREATING HOUSING COMPREHENSIVELY.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR NACD IN PARTICULAR SHOULD BE REALLY ACCURATE AND PRECISE ABOUT WHEN PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
BECAUSE I ALSO HEARD COMMISSIONER ANDERSON AND MANY OTHERS SAY THAT WE NEEDED A COMPREHENSIVE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REWRITE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE WATER QUALITY AND DRAINAGE ISSUES, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE.
THOSE THINGS WERE ROLLED INTO THE LDC V RIGHT.
AND WE'RE JUST CREATING THE DEAL AND BASICALLY MAKE A DEAL BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL UPS ZONING.
SO WHILE I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO ADDRESS THOSE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT CONCERNS IN THE REWRITE OF THE LBC, I WANT US TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE ROLL INTO THAT ENTIRE PROCESS AND WHAT ACTUALLY CAN BE ADDRESSED TO DEBATE WITHOUT VIOLATING STATE LAW NOTIFICATION AND PROTEST RIGHTS COMMISSIONERS LOOKING FOR HAND, UH, OKAY.
UH, YEAH, CONDITIONER IS OUR, WE HAVE SOME SPOTS THAT YOU WANT TO CONTINUE.
I CAN WAIT AND SEE IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO GO AND BACK AND BACK AS MY SECOND SLOT.
ANYONE ELSE? I THINK I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WRAP IT UP.
UM, LET'S TRY MOTION, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT IN THE COMING FUTURE, YOU MIGHT BE WORKING WITH EXCITED STAFF COMBINING, UM, AND LOOKING AT IT MORE EXPANDED.
SO I'M WONDERING IF IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO INVITE YOU BACK AND GIVE US AN UPDATE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE ON THAT.
AND DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO DO THAT? LET'S SAY IN A FEW MONTHS, LIKE ONE WOULD BE A REASONABLE BANKER STUDENT BACK TO BACK TO GIVE US SOME MORE SPECIFIC UNDERSTANDING, LONG ZONING AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR WORK AND OUT OF DISPOSABLE.
I THINK, UH, NOVEMBER, I MEAN, UH, AS THEY'RE IN THE HOSPITAL, I TALKED WITH SOME OF THE SCENE NUMBERS.
AND SO WE ARE, UH, CURRENTLY WORKING ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITH AN EXPANDED SCHEME, UH, LOOKING AT STRATEGIES AROUND IN STORAGE AND THEN ALSO SOME TRANSPORTATION PRESSURES OR, UM, CHALLENGES AROUND TRANSPORTATION AND WHAT CAN WE DO AND WHAT TOOLS DO WE HAVE.
SO IT WOULD GIVE US SOME TIME TO SORT OF FLESH OUT THE WORK.
AND A LOT OF THIS IS ALREADY HAPPENING.
IT'S JUST HAPPENING SEPARATELY.
SO NOW WE WANT TO REALLY BE ABLE TO SPEAK MORE EFFECTIVELY
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TO HOW DOES THAT LOOK AT WORK LOOK LIKE, UH, FROM ONE DIVISION.AND SO WE HAVE HAD ONE MEETING.
AND WHEN I SAY WE, UM, THE, THE GROUP OF THE SMALL GROUP, THOUGH FROM PLANNING AND ZONING, AS WELL AS FROM HOUSING AND WE ARE STILL FINALIZING OUR BUDGET AROUND DISPLACEMENT AS WELL.
SO, UM, AS I SHARE, WE WILL BEGIN WORKING OFFICIALLY AS A ONE DIVISION IN OCTOBER.
SO, I MEAN, MOST PEOPLE WOULD STILL BE EARLY, BUT THAT WOULD GIVE US SOME TIME TO, UM, ADDRESS PROPERLY ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION AND COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
I GUESS I MENTIONED IT BEFORE.
WE'D GO TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING BACK NOVEMBER.
IF IT SEEMS EARLY, MAYBE NEXT YEAR MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE SOMETIME EARLY NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND MS. JACQUELINE, I THINK
AND AM I KIND OF CORRECT? AND YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THIS NEW FIVE YEAR PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF QUESTION, BUT I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE COUNCIL HAS HAD THIS CONVERSATION, BUT WE CAN NOT AT THE POINT, OR AT LEAST AT THIS POINT, DO ANY CODE AMENDMENTS.
AND SO A CITY WIDE OR MORE COMPREHENSIVE LIMITED, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN STILL WORK ON EXISTING BARS PROGRAMS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A QUESTION THAT YOU CAN ANSWER OUR PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I, I, I THINK THAT SOME OF THE STAFF FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COULD ANSWER THAT IN A WAY, UH, THEY CAN SPEAK TO IT MORE THAN I COULD.
SO I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE RETURNED THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SHARE AND I CAN FOLLOW UP AS WELL WITH A MEMBER OF THAT TEAM TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH ANDREW.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK SO YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, ANYONE ELSE BEFORE I GO LAST CHANCE? OKAY.
UH, SO, UH, LET'S CHECK IN, I GUESS, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS HOPING TO SEE IN THE PRESENTATION, AND OF COURSE IT WAS VERY THOROUGH, BUT SOME OF THE METRICS, I KNOW THE STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT, UH, WAS PRETTY EXPLICIT AS TO OUR GOALS OVER CERTAIN PERIODS OF TIME.
AND I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN TRYING TO SEE HOW ALL THESE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE.
UM, AND SO MAYBE WHEN WE GET Y'ALL BACK, WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE, AND I KNOW THIS YEAR HAS BEEN KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, FUNDS HAD TO BE RE PURPOSED FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I'M ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERS.
I LIKE TO SEE HOW THE PROGRAMS ARE ACTUALLY SUPPORTING OUR, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF UNITS, UH, THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT THERE.
SO MAYBE WE COULD, UH, ALSO WRAP THAT INTO THE FEATURE PRESENTATION.
UM, AND JUST TO, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT JUST, I WANT TO, AND SOMETIMES THIS IS A LITTLE CHALLENGING.
UM, BUT, UM, SO THE, THERE, THERE IS A SEPARATE OR SEPARATE INFORMATION THAT BEADS TO THE GOALS AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO BAD EATS AS OUTLINED IN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT.
AND THOSE ARE GOALS THAT ARE FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND WHAT I GENERALLY SPEAK TO ARE THE GOALS REALLY, OR REALLY CENTERED AROUND DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION.
AND, AND I DO AGREE, AND THIS IS WHY I DO AGREE THAT THOSE ARE SORT OF INTERRELATED AND WE ARE WORKING ON ESTABLISHING A CLEAR METRICS FOR ADDRESSING THE 15TH STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I WILL TAKE THIS BACK TO OUR DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE TO SEE, UH, WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE, BUT I DON'T WANT, I DO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THOSE ARE JUST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE WORK SPECIFICALLY AROUND JUDGE FURCATION, BECAUSE THOSE HOUSING GOALS ARE MEETING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, RESPONDING TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
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QUOTE REQUESTS, UH, BOTH AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS, BOTH AROUND, UH, DISTRICT MEANS FOR HOW WE, AND SO I DON'T LIKE IT THAT I HEAR YOU AND I WILL RECEIVE THAT.AND I WILL TAKE THAT TO OUR TEAM TO SEE WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE THERE IS A SEPARATE YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I GUESS THEN WHAT I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY IS YOU'RE COMING UP WITH THE METRICS CURRENTLY FOR THE INITIATIVES THAT YOU DISCUSSED TODAY, BUT THOSE HAVEN'T BEEN ESTABLISHED YET.
SO MAYBE THAT SHOULD REALLY BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION IS, UH, WE, WE, UH, MAYBE VARYING, UH, IF YOU HAVE IT DONE YET KIND OF THE, THE METRICS DATA YOU'LL BE TRACKING TO MONITOR THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAMS, UH, MAYBE THAT WOULD BE BETTER ALIGNED WITH WHAT YOU SHOWED US TODAY.
UM, SO THAT WRAPS UP THE Q AND A, AND, UM, AS I SAID, WE'RE NOT SCHEDULED FOR ANY ACTION ON
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THIS ONE.SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, ITEM D AND LET'S SEE, EIGHT 41 WE ARE MISSING.
UH, SO THIS SIDE ITEM IS TO TRY TO FILL THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE ON OUR, UH, COMMITTEES, BUT ALSO TO GIVE FOLKS TO CHIMPS IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN MOVING FROM ONE TO ANOTHER, UH, TRIED TO DO BOTH THOSE THINGS.
UH, WE ARE MISSING SOME COMMISSIONERS, UH, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE, I COULD MAYBE MAKE SOME PROGRESS IN GETTING YOUR INPUT.
BUT AS I LOOKED AT THIS, I I'M GETTING A GENERAL SENSE THAT PEOPLE ARE PRETTY HAPPY WHERE THEY ARE, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET A LOT OF FOLKS MOVING AROUND.
UH, BUT IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO ASK AND FOR US TO MAYBE MOVE SOME FOLKS AROUND IF, UH, IT MAKES EVERYBODY HAPPY.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, UM, WITH THAT IS JUST KIND OF IN THIS DISCUSSION PERIOD, IF A STAFF CAN PULL MY WONDERFUL SPREADSHEET, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT WILL GET ON THE ENTIRE SCREEN, BUT WE CAN SEE, OH BOY, CAN WE MAKE THAT BIGGER, PLEASE? NO, THAT'S, THAT'S BETTER.
UM, SO REAL QUICK, UH, AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL JUST GO ROUND ROBIN AND PEOPLE CAN JUST EXPLAIN, UH, THEY'RE GOOD.
THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY INTEREST IN, IN, UH, MAYBE TRY ANOTHER COMMITTEE.
UH, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR, WE HAVE ONE, HAVE A GAPS IN THE CODE IN ORDINANCE JOINT COMMITTEE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE.
I WOULD LOVE TO TRY OUT THE CODES AND ORDINANCES THAT I KIND OF SHOW YOU THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M WANTING TO MOVE FROM ONE TO THE OTHER, UH, BY THE PLUS AND MINUS SIDE.
BUT WHAT I'LL DO HERE TODAY IS, UH, JUST TAKE NOTES AS WE GO ROUND ROBIN.
AND I SAID, IF YOU'RE HAPPY, WHERE YOU ARE ALL GOOD, BUT I AM INTERESTED IN FILLING THOSE TWO SPOTS.
I'VE TALKED TO ANDREW ABOUT WHEN DOES HE THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS? AND WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, WE COULD BE KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, GOING FOR A WHILE WITH ONLY 11.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, LET ME, UH, I'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LIST HERE.
ARE YOU GOOD WITH YOUR COMMITTEES? CONTENT? ALRIGHT.
UM, I'M JUST LUCKY, UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES.
AND YOU'RE ALSO THE SECRETARY THERE TOO.
THAT WAS LOOKING AT MY LIST ALMOST MISS YOU THERE.
YEAH, I'M REALLY ENJOYING SMALL AREA PLANNING.
UH, COMMISSIONER YANNIS, POLITO.
I'M, I'M ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN SMALLER AREA PLANNING.
UH, IF THERE IS A VACANCY OR OPENING AVAILABLE.
THAT'S UH, WELL, LET'S KEEP GOING HERE.
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LOOKING AT THE SCREEN HERE, COMMISSIONER, UH, SEGER.AND HERE ACTUALLY, YEAH, YOU'RE ACTUALLY ON THREE RIGHT NOW WITH THE NEW MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE MISSING, UH, DID I MISS ANYBODY? I THINK I'VE CUT EVERYBODY FROM HIS LEFT.
UH, SO ALL OF YOU ARE CONTENT WITH WHERE YOU ARE.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF PROGRESS WITHOUT THE OTHERS.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'M PROPOSING, UM, WE, UH, GO AHEAD AND POSTPONE ACTION ON THIS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, A SECOND BY A CZAR? UH, SHOW ME IF YOUR BRAIN, IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.
EIGHT ZERO A UNANIMOUS WITH ONE TO HAVE LEFT.
WELL THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT ITEM.
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A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. NO.UH, ANDREW WAS SAYING POSTPONE INDEFINITELY.
I THINK I WOULD JUST POST FUNDING FOR TWO WEEKS WHEN WE HAVE MORE NUMBERS.
ANDREW, IS THAT, UH, CAN WE DO THAT? SURE.
WE JUST NEEDED TO, UM, REFLECT THAT.
SO YES, THIS MOTION IS TO DELAY FOR TWO WEEKS.
SO MOVING ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, UM, I'LL BRING IT UP.
THE FIRST ONE, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION AND ACTION.
UNLIKE THESE OTHER TWO TODAY, WE WILL BE MAKING AMENDMENTS IF YOU WISH, UH, TO THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN THAT WILL BE PRESENTED AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
UH, ANDREW WILL BE SENDING THAT OUT AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT YOU DO THAT, UH, AND BE PREPARED WITH YOUR AMENDMENT, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS RESPONSES BACK TO STAFF.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE COMING UP AND I BELIEVE, UH, COMMISSIONER AZHAR ARE YOU WANTED TO PROPOSE A FUTURE ITEM? I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE.
WE HAVE, UM, LET'S SAY ESSENTIALLY WHENEVER WE FIT THEM IN, BUT NOT AT, NOT BEFORE NOVEMBER AND COMMISSIONER W WHAT ALL TOPICS DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEM COVER? SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME UPDATES AND SOME METRICS OF, FOR THE 15 STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO SPEAK IF WE CAN GET A BREAK DOWN OF AFFORDABLE UNITS, MY DISK OR GOALS TO MATCH THOSE METRICS AND SEE WHERE WE ARE.
UM, AND ALSO I, IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD LOVE FOR THE STAFF TO PRESENT HOW WE CAN REALLY CATCH SUFFOCATION IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CASES.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND HOW DO WE GO SEE THAT? SO THAT WE REALLY ARE REFLECTING THE STRATEGIES AND THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE BY STAFF, IN OUR DECISIONS, IN RELATION TO ZONING ON THIS COMMISSION CHAIR.
OUR SECOND MAN COMMISSIONERS ARE, DO YOU MIND IF WE ALSO ADD TO THAT DIRECTION THAT WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON OUR HOUSING GOALS AND WHERE WE'RE FALLING SHORT AND WHERE WE'RE DOING? OKAY.
NO ONE MISSED THE FACT THAT ADVERTISING IN AUSTIN IS NOW WE A FAMILY PRICE SELLING IT 430, $5,000 EACH.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR CODE DOING WHAT IT DOES DRIVING UP COSTS.
SO IT'D BE GREAT TO GET REAL NUMBERS SO WE CAN REALLY START TO UNDERSTAND MORE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AND HOPEFULLY ACT.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BRING THAT FORWARD.
UH, UM, ANY OTHER FUTURE ITEMS FROM ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, WELL, WE ARE MOVING ALONG HERE.
UM, I THINK, UH, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE ON THE AGENDA.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, WE ARE AT, UH, EIGHT 50.
THERE'S THE, ANY UPDATES FROM THE BOARDS COMMITTEES.
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LET'S DO THAT.CAUSE I DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE JOINT COMMITTEES HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET.
SO LET'S GO AROUND AND GET THOSE UPDATES WHERE WE HAVE THEM.
UM, IT CODES AND ORDINANCES HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING THIS MONTH.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, WELL COMMISSIONER, A FLORIDA OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? NO, WE DID NOT MEET, UH, BROAD SUSTAINABILITY AND SERVE IN ANY, ANY MEETINGS, COMMISSIONER SAGER.
THERE IS A MEETING, A ZOOM MEETING ON FRIDAY.
THEY CANNOT ATTEND IT AND I CANNOT ATTEND, BUT IT'S AN UPDATE ON THE CLIMATE.
HOW ABOUT A SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE? YES.
WE HAD A SPECIAL CALL MEETING YESTERDAY MORNING TO REVIEW THE CLAREMONT CASE THAT WENT THROUGH ON TONIGHT.
IT WAS ABOUT THAT THEN VARIOUS REQUESTS FOR INCREASED IMPERVIOUS WATERFRONT.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR YOU GUYS GETTING TOGETHER ON THAT.
UM, AND UH, WE HAVE THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
DID YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO MEET AT ALL MICHELLE ANDERSON TOMORROW? OKAY, VERY GOOD.
AND THEN LASTLY, OUR NEW MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP, UM, I'M BETTING, NO, WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING YET.
UH, BUT I GUESS WE WILL AT SOME POINT, UH, SO THAT TAKES CARE OF AGENDA ITEM S UH, I THINK I'M READY TO ADJOURN.
UM, SO WE'RE AT EIGHT 52 AND I WILL ADJOURN THE PLANNING COMMISSION.