[Call to Order]
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SO WHY DON'T WE JUST GET THIS BALL ROLLING.
AND SOMEDAY WHEN WE CAN GO OUT FOR DRINKS, WE CAN MEET OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER.
SO IT IS SIX OH ONE AND FOUR TONIGHT, ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
AND FIRST I'LL TAKE ROLE AND COMMISSIONER ON GARY HERE.
VICE CHAIR, BURRELL RAMIREZ HERE.
COMMISSIONER BRAY, COMMISSIONER BRAY.
UM, COMMISSIONER DANCLER COMMISSIONER DUNKIN, COMMISSIONER EVANS, COMMISSIONER KING.
JOLENE KOBASA COMMISSIONER RAY HERE, AND COMMISSIONER SMITH.
I'M HERE AND OUR NEWEST MEMBER COMMISSIONER ACOSTA.
OH, IF YOU COULD SPEAK UP, ACTUALLY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT PRESENT DAY AND VERY HAPPY TO BE JOINING HIM.
I SEE YOUR LITTLE, YOUR LITTLE FRIEND OVER THERE TOO.
THIS IS MY CO COMMISSIONER FREEDOM MOMENT.
[Reading of the Agenda]
AND NOW I WILL READ THE AGENDA, UM, A ONE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2020, AND THEN A RES UH, B ONE REZONING, UM, C 14 DASH 2020 DASH ZERO ZERO EIGHT FOR THE TRAINING KITCHEN IN DISTRICT FIVE.THAT WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM B TWO REZONING, UM, C 14 DASH TWO OH ONE NINE DASH ZERO ONE FIVE NINE.
THAT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN B3 REZONING C 14 DASH 2020 DASH ZERO ZERO NINE TWO 13 FIVE OH FIVE BURNETT ROAD REZONING.
THERE IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST, UM, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR NOVEMBER 4TH.
AND THE APPLICANT AGREES, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO PUT THIS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR NOT, BECAUSE I DID SEE THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.
SO I HAD A QUESTION FOR ANDREW IS THAT SOMEBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE CASE OR TO THE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST, SHARED CHEMISTRY LAYS ON ANDREW, THE INDIVIDUALS IN AGREEMENT TO THE POSTPONEMENT.
THAT GOES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND THEN BEFORE RE SUBDIVISION C 18 DASH 2201 NINE DASH ZERO ONE ZERO 0.08, RESUB DIVISION OF LOT THREE BLOCKY WESTOVER HILLS SECTION FOUR, SECTION PHASE TWO.
UM, AND THAT IS, UH, IT SAYS IT'S ON THE CONSENT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IS A DISCUSSION ITEM AND UNLESS, UM, AND UNLESS SOMEBODY, UM, I BELIEVE THAT IS A DISCUSSION ITEM AND, BUT WE CAN CLARIFY THAT.
AND THEN I'LL RE I'LL FINISH READING THE AGENDA, THE FIVE FINAL PLAT WITH PRELIMINARY C EIGHT DASH 2018 DASH ZERO TWO ONE 7.3 A UM, COLTON BLUFF PHASE TWO THAT IS, CAN A CONSENT DISAPPROVAL FOR REASONS, UM, FOR, UH, PER THE REVISED STAFF REPORT, EXHIBIT C, WHICH WAS DATED, WHICH IS DATED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, AND THEN B SIX FINAL PLATFORM PRO UH, PRE APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAN C EIGHT DASH 2016 DASH ZERO ONE FOUR 5.4, A PARKER CREEK RANCH PHASE FOUR.
AND THAT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE TWO QUESTIONS.
UM, FIRST OFF IS, UM, DID ANYBODY WISH TO PULL? CAUSE I THOUGHT I DID HEAR THAT SOMEBODY WANTED PEOPLE WANTING TO DISCUSS THE SUBDIVISION CASE ON HIGH RIDGE, UH, THAT IS BEFORE.
SO COMMISSIONER DANCLER IS PULLING IT, SO THE REST WILL BE
[Consent Agenda]
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS B R A ONE THE MINUTES, A B TWO, WELL B3 FOR THE POSTPONEMENT REQUESTED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO NOVEMBER 4TH AND B UM, FIVE CONSENT IS APPROVAL FOR REASONS AS STATED BEFORE AND B SIX.[00:05:01]
UM, WE DO A MOTION.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING RIGHT NOW, NOW WHO IS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND I GUESS NOT.
AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY STAFF, ARE YOU GOING TO DO A STAFF POSTPONEMENT AGAIN ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? BECAUSE THAT I THOUGHT WAS JUST, UM, I THINK, UH, WE, IT WOULD BE GOOD AND I DID BRING THIS UP WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
IF WE DO HAVE STAFF POSTPONEMENTS THAT THEY NOT BE DONE DURING THE MIDDLE OF A PRESENTATION.
AND, UM, SO, AND THAT HAS BEEN HEARD AND I KNOW ANDREW IS AMPLIFYING THAT MESSAGE.
AND I DID TALK TO HIS CITY LEGAL.
I TALKED TO A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ABOUT IT, SO I HOPE, AND I THINK THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT IF THERE IS A POSTPONEMENT FROM STAFF, COULD YOU LET US KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE? OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, COMMENT THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER BRAY IS NOW WITH US.
HEY, SO COMMISSIONER BRAISE WITH US.
SO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND, UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SMITH? WELL, THE PUBLIC HEARING APPROVED THE MINUTES ITEM.
I HAVE READ INCLUDING ITEMS THREE, FIVE ON EXHIBIT C AND C.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
THE MOTION, IF I CAN GET AN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS THE ARBORETUM REZONING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT BY THE APPLICANT.
AND YOU SAID IT WAS WITHDRAWN.
THE CASES WITHDRAWN OR THE REQUEST IS WITHDRAWN.
SO I'LL SECOND, MR. SMITH'S MOTION.
AND THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
AND NOW ONTO OUR FIRST CASE, WHICH IS, AND THE REASON OKAY.
I DIDN'T SEE IN A COMMISSIONER DAIMLER'S HAND WHEN SHE BOUGHT IT.
I KNOW, I KNOW SHE SECONDED THE MOTION, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO ACTUALLY SEE THE HAND AS WELL, BUT I DON'T SEE OUR VIDEO WAS ALL.
DANCLER WE ARE NOT GETTING YOU AS VIDEO AND WE ARE NOT GETTING COMMISSIONER BRAY OR AT LEAST ON MY SCREEN.
AND WE DID IMPROVE AT MY HOUSEHOLD, OUR WIFI, SINCE THAT ONE MEETING WHERE I CAN SEE PEOPLE.
UM, I CANNOT SEE COMMISSIONER GANGLER OR NOW COMMISSIONER BRABECK COMMISSIONER DANCLER CAN YOU STATE HOW YOU VOTED COMMISSIONER DANGLER AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COMMISSIONER KING COMMISSIONER DANCLER.
THIS IS BY THE WAY, I DID ALSO RAISE ISSUES WITH COUNCIL AND WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ABOUT THE TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH OUR MEETING.
AND I'M HEARING THROUGH MY COMMISSION, MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT THEY ARE STARTING TO TAKE NOTICE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT THE ONLY COMMISSION THAT HAS COMPLAINED.
UM, AND THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
WE CAN JUST GO ON BECAUSE WE HAVE THE, THE OTHER VOTES.
SO I WILL, BUT THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE, UM, WE'VE, SHE'S TRYING TO ATTEND AND WE DO HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM ON B ONE, THE REZONING.
AND SO COMMISSIONER DINKLER IS THERE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF SHE'S HEARING US OR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
I DID VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE CONSENT MOTION AND MY HELP DESK THAT'S STANDING RIGHT BY ME IS TRYING TO GET ME BACK ONLINE PER VIDEO SO YOU CAN SEE ME.
AND JUST, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE YOU GO ONTO MUTE IS THAT YOU CAN HEAR EVERYTHING.
AND THEN, UM, JUST, UM, LET, UM, ANDREW KNOW IF YOU CANNOT AND HE WILL CONTACT ME.
AND NOW WE CAN START WITH THE, UM, PRESENTATION ON
[B1. Rezoning: C14-2020-0084 - The Training Kitchen; District 5]
AND WENDY RHODES.[00:10:01]
IT'S YOUR TIME.MY NAME IS WENDY RHODES WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS, UH, A CASE KNOWN AS THE TRAINING KITCHEN.
IT IS ONE HALF OF A ONE AND A HALF ACRE TRACK THAT IS OWNED BY THE APPLICANT.
IT IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A 1,350 SQUARE FEET COMMERCIAL BUILDING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY USED AS THE SALON.
IT HAS, UH, THIS, THE NORTHWEST CORNER HAS G O C O ZONING, WHICH, UH, WAS DONE IN 2005 AND IT LIMITS THE USE OF THE PROPERTY TO PERSONAL SERVICES USE, WHICH WAS THE SALON PLUS ALL LIMITED OFFICE USES AND SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
THE REMAINING PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY HAS SF THREE ZONING, THE PROPERTY ACCESSES MATTHEWS LANE.
IT IS SURROUNDED BY A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND DUPLEX TO THE SOUTH OR TO THE EAST.
THERE'S A HEAVILY TREED AREA THAT IS ALSO OWNED BY THE APPLICANT AS WELL AS THE CONDOMINIUM COMMUNITY AND TO THE WEST OF THE DAYCARE FACILITY IN A MEDICAL OFFICE THAT IS MORE ORIENTED TOWARDS MEN SHAKKA ROAD.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL OR GR DISTRICT IN ORDER TO REDEVELOP THIS PROPERTY WITH A LEARNING CENTER FOR ADULTS AND FAMILIES.
UH, THE PROPOSED USES OF THE PROPERTY INCLUDE FOOD PREPARATION, FOOD SALES, PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT SERVICES, AND COMMUNITY RECREATION.
PRIVATE G R IS THE FIRST ZONING DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS FOR ALL OF THESE USES THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING, UH, THE FOOD PREPARATION IN HIS CONDITIONAL NGR AND WOULD REQUIRE A REVIEW OF A CUP OR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BY THIS COMMISSION.
THE, UH, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF GENERAL OFFICE MIXED USE DISTRICT, UM, BASED ON ITS LOCATION, MID-BLOCK ON A COLLECTOR STREET AND ADJACENCY TO LOW DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
UM, THE SIZE OF THIS PROPERTY WOULD ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR UNDER THE GEO OF U DISTRICT AND WOULD SERVE AS A CONTINUATION OF THE ZONING PATTERN AND OFFICE USES THAT ARE ESTABLISHED AT MANSHACK AND MATTHEW'S LANE.
UM, PLEASE KNOW THAT UNDER GEO M U ZONING, THE APPLICANT'S ONLY USE THAT COULD BE ACCOMMODATED, WOULD BE THE COMMUNITY RECREATION PRIVATE USE, AND THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED.
UH, WE DID HAVE CONCERNS THAT THE GR DISTRICT WOULD INTRODUCE COMMERCIAL USES TO MATTHEWS LANE AND BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE, WITH THE PREDOMINANT RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER, UM, OF THIS PORTION OF MATTHEW'S LANE.
UH, THE, WITH THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
THERE IS A CORRESPONDENCE IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
AND NOW WE HAVE, I'M SPEAKING FOR THE APPLICANT AND YOU WILL HAVE SIX MINUTES IS, UM, I, I'M NOT SURE FROM THE NOTES, IF IT'S GOING TO BE AMANDA LONG, WHO IS THE LEAD OFF SPEAKER WITH THE SIX MINUTES OR BLAINE STANSBERRY? OH, I BELIEVE I DID GET AN EMAIL ON THAT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE BLAMED STANSBERRY.
IS THAT CORRECT? ANDREW PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION AND THE THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
OKAY, GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF PLEASE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN HEAR ME.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CONFIRMATION.
SO I AM THE CEO AND FOUNDER OF THE TRAINING KIT KITCHEN AND SITTING NEXT TO ME IS MY HUSBAND OF 13 YEARS.
OVER THE PAST 13 MONTHS, WE HAVE DESTROYED RESTORED THE PROPERTY ON MATTHEWS LANE WITH THE GOAL OF PRESERVING NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY AND CHARACTER TO DATE WITH THE HELP OF FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORHOOD VOLUNTEERS.
WE HAVE TURNED A ONCE DILAPIDATED HOUSE INTO SOMETHING WONDERFUL, A SPACE THAT IS WELCOMING, PEACEFUL, AND SAFE, ALL ON GROWING FOOD AND USING AN ASSET BASED APPROACH TO BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS AND FRIENDSHIPS IN OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
CAN YOU PLEASE GO SEE THE NEXT FIVE? ALL RIGHT.
WHENEVER YOU SAY NEXT SLIDE, WE WILL BE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
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OKAY.THANK YOU FOR THAT CONFIRMATION.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE HOUSE LOOKED LIKE BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU'LL SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE EXTERIOR REMODEL AND WE COMPLETED THAT REMODEL IN 2020.
UM, IT WAS WITH THE HELP OF MY HUSBAND AND DAD, WHO IS A LICENSED JOURNEYMAN AND MY HUSBAND SERVED AS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1941 AND WE DID NOT EXPAND, AND WE REALLY WORKED HARD TO STAY WITHIN THE CONTINUITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO HERE ARE MORE, UH, BEFORE AND AFTER SHOTS OF THE PROPERTY.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT ON THE BOTTOM, LEFT OUR SELLER GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE DEDICATED HALF OF THE PROPERTY TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WITH THE INTENT OF CAPTURING AS MANY NUTRIENTS AS POSSIBLE FOR TTK FAMILY MEAL SERVICE, AND TO ALSO PROVIDE ENRICHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD FOLKS.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY REWARDING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE RIGHT, YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE A SET OF OUR VOLUNTEERS LEADING THE GARDEN FOR US.
UM, AND OUR VOLUNTEERS SHOW UP MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK AND WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT.
SO OUR MISSION AT THE TRAINING KITCHEN TTK FOR SHORT IS TO BUILD AN ALTERNATIVE, ALTERNATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT INSPIRES BELONGING AND EVERYONE AS A 13 YEAR EDUCATOR WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE IN ADULT PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE WELL SUITED TO ENSURE EVERYONE WHO STEPPED SPLIT ON OUR PROPERTY, WALKS AWAY FEELING CONNECTED TO SOMETHING LARGER THAN THEMSELVES.
A COMMUNITY MISSION GROUNDED IN THE AMPLIFICATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD, VOICE OWNERSHIP AND AGENCY.
AS MS. RHODES MENTIONED, OUR INTENTION IS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE FAMILY MEALS AND PREPARED FOODS.
WE ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE FREE FAMILY MEALS FOR QUALIFYING FAMILIES, ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HIRE NEIGHBORHOOD FOLKS TO FACILITATE THE INSTRUCTIONS CHILDCARE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OUR ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES AND MICRO FOR MICRO FARM AND OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS. SO KIDS HAVE ACCESS TO NATURE AND GREEN SPACE, SUMMER PROGRAMMING AND JOBS.
UM, CAN YOU PLEASE, OH, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS SELL IT AND LULA, AND WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BUY THE PROPERTY AT 1901 MATTHEWS LANE IN 2019.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ADULT LEARNERS AND TTK IS METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING LEARNING WITH AN ASSET BASED APPROACH.
WE WILL OPERATE FROM THE NOTION THAT EVERY ADULT HAS INTRINSIC VALUE AND EXPERIENCE, AND IT'S OUR JOB AS EDUCATORS TO BUILD ON THEIR FUNDS OF KNOWLEDGE BY NOT CONCENTRATING ON THEIR DEFICITS, BUT INSTEAD CONCENTRATING ON THEIR STRENGTHS BY BUILDING SUSTAINABLE FUTURES FOR ADULT LEARNERS, WE ARE ALSO BUILDING A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR THEIR KIN AND PUTTING POWER BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS STAFF CONCERNS, COMMERCIAL CREEP.
UH, Y'ALL SAY THAT COMMERCIAL USES ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE PREDOMINANT RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER.
WE ARE OPERATING OUT OF THE ORIGINAL HOME AND WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, WE WILL IMPACT RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC AND ACTIVITY.
OUR INTENTION IS TO KEEP EVERYTHING SMALL.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO TRANSFER LEARNING TO ADULTS.
AND MOST OF OUR STUDENTS AND PATRONS WILL BE WALKING FROM NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS AND USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE OPERATING.
IT'S NOT A HIGH DENSITY OPERATION.
WE'LL BE OFFERING EVENING MEAL PICKUP THREE TIMES A WEEK CLASSES WE'LL HAVE MAYBE 12 ADULT AND TTK JOBS.
WE WILL TRAIN AND HIRE LOCAL RESIDENTS.
AND YOU SAY THAT WE DON'T FIT WITHIN IMAGINE AUSTIN, BUT WE DO BECAUSE IT'S ALL GROUNDED IN PROSPERITY FOR ALL NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WHAT WE KNOW ONE IN SEVEN TEXANS EXPERIENCED STUDENT SECURITY, 14% OF TEXAS CHILDREN LIVE IN FOOD INSECURE HOMES.
IN 16% OF TRAVIS COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE FOOD INSECURE THROUGH AN ASSET BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT APPROACH.
TTK WILL HELP HELP LOCAL RESIDENTS MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS AS POVERTY RATES AND FOOD INSECURITY INCREASE IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN.
WE ARE IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO SHARE OUR ACREAGE WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, BY FEEDING FAMILIES, NOURISHING FOOD AND OFFERING ACCESS TO ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF EDUCATION AND PROVIDING PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT.
WE ARE PUTTING THEIR NEEDS BEFORE.
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TIME AND CONSIDERATION.MISSION HELPS BRING PROSPERITY TO OUR COMMUNITIES MOST VULNERABLE BY SHOWCASING THAT COMMUNITY ASSETS ARE MEANT TO BE SHARED, NOT PROTECTED.
WE HAVE LANE STANSBERRY WHO WILL BE SPEAKING FOR THREE MINUTES.
EXCUSE ME, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY REMARKS AT THIS TIME.
I AM A FRIEND OF AMANDA AND MATTHEW AND PROVIDING THE ENGINEERING SERVICE FOR THEM.
I AM MAINLY HERE TO SEEK AND THE REBUTTAL, AS I UNDERSTAND, THERE IS ONE PERSON SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION I WILL CLOSE FOR NOW, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
WE'LL GET TO THE QUESTIONS AFTER WE HEAR EVERYBODY.
WE HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS KABUKI TAI, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PRESS STAR SIX THAT'S STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
IF YOU'RE ON THE CITIZEN CALL, IF KEVIN
AND ABRAHAM STRIPPED, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
YOU'RE UM, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MY NAME IS ABRAHAM SHOOK AND I AM A AUSTIN BASED MUSICIAN WHO HAS HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING AMANDA AND MATTHEW PERSONALLY FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT I ALSO HAVE THE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF BEING A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE THE TRAINING KITCHEN IS LOCATED SINCE I BOUGHT MY FIRST HOME HERE 14 YEARS AGO, I LIVE WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK, A VERY SHORT DISTANCE TO THE TRAINING KITCHEN, AND I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR THEM TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE REALLY NEED A CREATIVE GATHERING SPACE FOR PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IPO HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT AMONG MY NEIGHBORS FOR A LONG TIME.
UH, I FEEL THAT AUSTIN NEEDS MORE SPACES LIKE THE TRAINING KITCHEN, ESPECIALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT AREN'T IN THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR OF THE CITY TO HELP PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES FOR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE KNOWS AUSTIN TRAFFIC, WOES AND PROBLEMS. AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT'LL BE GREAT TO HAVE A PLACE MUCH CLOSER.
LIKE AMANDA SAID, WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK OR TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THAT IS FOCUSED ON HYPER-LOCAL COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTIONS, JOB CREATION, GARDENING, FRESH FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION, UH, ADULT CLASSES.
I MEAN, THE LIST REALLY GOES ON.
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF VOLUNTEERING OVER THERE AND, UH, JUST SEEING IT GROW FROM JUST A SMALL IDEA THAT AMANDA HAD YEARS AGO TALKING ABOUT IT AND TO WHAT IT IS TODAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M 100% IN SUPPORT AT THE CHANGE FOR THE TRAINING KITCHEN.
UM,
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE REZONING REQUEST MADE BY THE TRAINING KITCHEN.
I'M ALSO A FRIEND OF MATT AND AMANDA FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, AND I'VE BEEN TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTING THE PROCESS AS THEY HAVE REDEVELOPED WITH PROPERTY.
UM, IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO ME TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THE PLACE.
I DON'T THINK THAT I'VE EVER MET PEOPLE WHO ARE AS INVESTED IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND YOU HAVE SUCH GOOD HEARTS AND WANT TO GET BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY IN THE WAY THAT MATT AND AMANDA TO, UM, THE REZONING REQUEST IS ESSENTIAL TO FULFILLING THEIR MISSION AND THEIR VISION FOR THIS PLACE.
UM, WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO DO IS IMPROVE THE LIVES THAT THEIR NEIGHBORS, THEY INTEND TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING SPACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
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DETRIMENTAL JOB LOSS AND FOOD INSECURITY TO PEOPLE IS.WE'VE SEEN THAT THIS YEAR SO MUCH, UM, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A SOCIAL SAFETY NET AND THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO RECTIFY SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SOCIETY BY CREATING NUTRITIOUS FOOD, UM, AVAILABILITY FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS, CREATING JOBS, CREATING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, I REALLY THINK THAT THE NONPROFIT IS GOING TO BE A HUGELY IMPORTANT AND VITAL RESOURCE WITH A LONGTERM POSITIVE EFFECT BECAUSE THEY'RE BASING IT ON OUTREACH AND LEARNING AND EMPOWERMENT.
UH, THEY ALSO HAVE THE INTENTION TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS AND ARTISANS, WHICH, UM, AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HAS THE REPUTATION OF THE MUSIC CITY AND THE ARTISTIC COMMUNITY.
AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL AS ANYONE.
AND I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE CULTURAL FABRIC OF THIS CITY.
UM, I AM COMPLETELY IN SUPPORT OF THEIR EFFORTS.
UM, I THINK THAT IT WILL ALSO HAVE A GREAT EFFECT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND OUR CITY AS A WHOLE, UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL COME TOGETHER AND BECOME MORE MINDFUL AND PROACTIVE AND INVESTED IN EACH OTHER AND THEMSELVES.
UM, AND THAT WILL ONLY HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND NEXT KATIE COELAN, UM, THREE MINUTES UNLESS KABUKI THAI HAS JOINED US.
SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER.
UM, BUT I, IN ORDER TO AVOID REDUNDANCY, UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ALSO, UM, JUST FOCUS ON THE VISION OF THE TRAINING KITCHEN AND HOW IMPORTANT, UM, UH, THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMUNITY BUILDING, EXCUSE ME, IS TO THE, UM, IT'S AN OVERALL GOAL.
UM, UH, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN AUSTIN FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS NOW AND IN THE SOUTH AREA, UM, OVER HERE UP MAGIC AND BURNING JUST UNDER A YEAR.
SO I'VE GOT A FEELING FOR THE IDENTITY OF THE SOUTH IN A SPECIFIC AREA OF MATTHEWS.
UM
SO ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, THE SPACE ITSELF AND, AND ALL OF THE ORGANIZERS, UM, FROM EVEN CAITLYN GIVEN TO GOT ME INVOLVED, UM, THEY WERE VERY, VERY FOCUSED ON WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP, UM, AUSTIN KABUL IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING, UH, SOME OF THE RAMIFICATIONS FROM THE, UH, THE CHRONIC PANDEMIC CRISIS AND HAVING OTHER GRATIFICATIONS SO SHORT SEASON, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO, UH, I HOPE I'VE GOT MY POINT ACROSS THAT THE SHINY KITCHEN IS DEFINITELY NOT ONLY, UH, IMPERATIVE, BUT NOTHING AS IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY BEAUTIFUL, A BEAUTIFUL THING FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
AND NEXT KATIE CEILING, AND THEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY JESSICA GARCIA.
AND IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, I'M AN ARCHITECT AS A DESIGNER.
I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR SEVEN YEARS AND I'VE LIVED IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS THE TRAINING KITCHEN, UH, FOR FIVE YEARS NOW, I'M ABOUT A MILE AWAY.
UM, AND I JUST, UH, WANTED TO SPEAK FOR THIS, UH, REQUESTED ZONING CHANGE, UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT THE TRAINING KITCHEN IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO BEST SERVE, UM, THE COMMUNITY.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT THAT'S HOW THEIR VOLUNTEER BASE WILL BE, UM, EVEN MORE ACTIVE AND INVOLVED.
I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, THE REASON WHY I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE TRAINING KITCHEN AND HAVE BECOME INVOLVED WITH IT IS BECAUSE I DO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DRIVE BY THEIR SITE AND I GOT CURIOUS AND I REACHED OUT, UM, AND FOUND OUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
AND IT WAS JUST REALLY AN IMPRESSIVE ENDEAVOR.
UM, AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT ASSET, UM, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO THIS LEARNING TEAMS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CRITICAL TO KEEPING IT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RATHER THAN PUSHING THEM FURTHER OUTSIDE.
THE NEXT JESSICA GARCIA
I AM A DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY BY TRADE AND, UH, MY PARTNER AND I ARE RESIDENTS OF THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD OFF OF MATTHEW'S LANE DOWN
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THE STREET FROM THE TRAIN KITCHEN.UM, I REALLY WOULD JUST LIKE TO KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU GUYS MY PERSONAL STORY AND HOW I CAME ACROSS A TRAINING KITCHEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, I LIKE MANY OF YOU HAD A LOT TAKEN AWAY FROM ME DUE TO COVID.
UM, AND THE CHAOS THAT THIS YEAR HAS KIND OF BROUGHT WITH EVERYTHING.
UM, I JUST FINISHED MY DOCTORATE, HAD A SHINY NEW DEGREE IN MY HAND AND FOUND MYSELF JOBLESS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AFTER FACING A DREAM THAT I'VE HAD SINCE I WAS 13, COUPLED THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, DAILY ANXIETY OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, VERY HIGH RISK FAMILY MEMBERS, MY, MY LIFE IS CHRONICALLY STRESSED, EMOTIONALLY, FINANCIALLY, PRETTY MUCH IN EVERY WHICH WAY YOU CAN IMAGINE.
UM, THE SABER LEAF, I FOUND THE TRAINING KITCHEN WHEN I WAS IN A PRETTY LOUSY PLACE, UH, VULNERABLE, DISAPPOINTED, SCARED, YOU KNOW, STIR CRAZY.
I WAS RIDING MY BIKE FREQUENTLY DOWN MATTHEW'S LANE, AND I WATCHED THEM OUT THERE WORKING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, FINALLY REACHED OUT TO AMANDA ON THEIR WEBSITE AND MET WITH HER AND AFTER LEARNING AND JUST HEARING HOW MUCH PASSION SHE HAS FOR THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY, I WAS, I WAS HOOKED.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TRAINING KITCHEN HASN'T EVEN REALLY BEGAN, YOU KNOW, THE TRUE NATURE OF THEIR NONPROFIT YET.
AND THEY ARE ALREADY IMPACTING WISE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE EMPOWERED ME.
THEY HAVE OFFERED ME A PEACEFUL SPACE TO GO AND WORK, TO BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE, TO GET MY MENTAL HEALTH CHANGED AROUND.
AND I'M A VOLUNTEER THEY'VE OFFERED ME A PLACE TO SERVE, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT IN TODAY'S SOCIETY.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT MOST OF US NEED RIGHT NOW IS SOMETHING TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT.
UM, MOST IMMEDIATELY AMANDA AND MATTHEW ARE, YOU KNOW, SWITCHING GEARS, LIKE ALL OF US ARE IN REACTING TO THIS PANDEMIC AND THEY'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE FOOD AS WE'VE ALL HEARD TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT MOST.
UM, IF YOU DO SOME RESEARCH, YOU KNOW, THE AREA WHERE WE LIVE RIGHT THERE OFF MATTHEW'S LANE, THE FOOD BANKS DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO COVER THE NEED OF THAT SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK IT'S PRETTY SAFE TO SAY EVERYONE'S GOAL HERE IS TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS, RIGHT? THAT SURROUND THE TRAINING KITCHEN AND, YOU KNOW, AMANDA AND MATTHEW WOULD FIGHT THAT BATTLE TO THEIR DEATH.
THEY HAVE NOTHING MORE THAN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS BEST INTEREST IN MIND.
AND, UM, I'LL KIND OF CLOSE WITH I'M IN A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT OF REZONING REQUESTS OF THE TRAINING KITCHEN AS PROPOSED, BECAUSE I'VE MENTIONED IN THE NAME, THE KITCHEN IS, IS THE SOURCE.
YOU KNOW, FOOD BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THAT IS ALLOWED ON THIS PROPERTY.
AND NOW WE'LL GO TO CYA AND MARY, WHO IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AGAINST, AND YOU WILL HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S SIX MINUTES CAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AGAINST AND DON'T EVEN PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I GET INTO THE TECHNICAL PART OF THIS PROJECT, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE A FANTASTIC, YOU KNOW, PROJECT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M SURE IT'S GONNA FIT, YOU KNOW, UM, THE TYPE OF BUSINESS SAYS, NO NEIGHBORHOOD IS LOOKING FOR, AND I'M NOT HERE TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, TO CAUSE ANY DELAY OR, OR MAKE ANY, YOU KNOW, TO DENY THE PERMIT.
I'M JUST HERE, YOU KNOW, TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, SOME CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, UM, REGARDING THE DRAINAGE AND IT RUN OFF FOR THE ENTIRE, UH, DRAINAGE BASIN.
AND I HAD OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, TO GET A COPY OF THE SITE PLAN AND FROM, UH, FROM THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEER.
AND I HAD NOT HAD OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE DRAINAGE PLAN, CAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY HIGHER THERE BY LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN.
AND BASICALLY A MAJORITY OF THE DRAINAGE OR RUNOFF, UM, COMES FROM ANDY AND FROM MANCHESTER AND GLEAN EAST AND, AND ALL THE PROPERTIES, INCLUDING TTK AND
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TEACHING PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, GOING EAST AND INTERCEPT, UH, GOING SOUTH AND INTERCEPT.THAT REALLY IS BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AND ON THE EAST, ON THE EAST SIDE OF MATTHEW SLEEP AND SO PRETTY MUCH, UH, T T K AND AT JASON PROPERTIES AND THE WAY THEY TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, YOU KNOW, SHOWS DRAIN INTO TOO, UM, DRAIN IS BASED IN AND DAY THAT DRAINAGE DITCH OR COLLEEN CRITIC.
AND IT GOES THERE AND EVERYTHING INTO MY PROPERTY.
SO I OWN MY PROPERTY AT SEVEN
HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM IS NOT ANY ADDITION, YOU KNOW, TO ADD TO THE AREA, THE PROBLEM IS THE EXISTING CONDITION, NOT ONLY THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUT ADJACENT PROPERTIES BETWEEN MANCHESTER AND DENTINE AND IT IS SOUTH OF, YOU KNOW, DAN G DRIVE.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT CONSENT AT AREA AND IT'S FROM, I WOULD ALL THE TIME, MY PROPERTY IT'S ON IT.
I CANNOT DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY.
I CANNOT SELL IT BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY BEING DETENTION ANDINO FOR ALL THE PROPERTIES.
AND AGAIN, I DO UNDERSTAND THE EXISTING CONDITION.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU HAVE THE EXISTING CONDITION, YOU CANNOT, YOU KNOW, COMPLAIN TO THE CITY OR RAISE YOUR CONSENT.
BUT WHEN IN THE NEW CASE, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY THAT TO CDU FOUR ZONES OR FORESIGHT PLANT, THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS, YOU KNOW, GET TO, TO SEND IT, TO SEND A MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, TO THE CDN AND TO ADVOCATE THE DOG COULD SAY ANYTHING IN THAT AREA.
AND, AND EVERYBODY JUST, YOU KNOW, PUSHING AN EMPTY DRAINAGE INTO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY.
SO THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKING CARE OF, YOU KNOW, OR NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
AGAIN, I'M NOT HERE, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, TO KILL A PROJECT, YOU KNOW, AND I'LL BELIEVE HE'S GOING TO BE EXCELLENT.
I KNOW PROJECT FOR THE AREA AND THANKS TO YOU.
AND NOW, UM, I, UH, WE WILL, WE CAN HAVE THREE MINUTES REBUTTAL FROM THE APPLICANT.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN THE REBUTTAL PRESENTATION IS VISIBLE ON SLIDE ONE AND I WILL BOTTLE PRESENTATION.
I SENT THAT TO ANDREW EARLIER THIS MORNING.
IT'S SOMETHING I CAN EMAIL TO YOU AGAIN REAL QUICK.
ANDREW, IS THAT POSSIBLE? YES, WE'RE GETTING IT.
SO I CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND MENTION HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT T T T TTK GET THE GR ZONING THAT YOU'VE REQUESTED.
UM, AS THE STAFF RECOMMENDS RECOMMENDATION WILL NOT ALLOW TTK TO FULFILL ITS MISSION.
SO GEO WOULD NOT ALLOW THE USE OF FOOD PREP OR SALES FOR THEIR FAMILY MEALS OR THE PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT SERVICES FOR THE ADULT LITERACY LITERACY CLASSES.
I'LL JUST KEEP TALKING WHILE Y'ALL ARE PULLING UP THE PRESENTATION, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WELL, JUST REITERATE WHAT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
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CODE STATES IS THAT IT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT, NO MATTER RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL TO IMPACT ANY LANDOWNER, THE DRAINAGE PRESENTATION.SO IF YOU PLEASE GO TO SLIDE TWO.
SO DRAINAGE IS REVIEWED IN DETAIL BY THE CITY STAFF DURING THE SITE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION AND DRAINAGE IS THE REVIEW OF DRAINAGE IS NOT REQUIRED AS PART OF THE ZONING APPLICATION.
UH, IS THE PROPERTY SHOWN IN YELLOW? DAN JEAN OAK SUBDIVISION IS OUTLINED IN ORANGE AND MR. MARY'S PROPERTY AT 72 10 DAN GINA'S SHOWN IN BLUE.
SO THERE IS A CRITICAL WORK QUALITY ZONE THAT BEGINS AT MINT CHOCOLATE ROAD FOR A MINOR WATERWAY.
IT GOES THROUGH THE REAR OF TTK AND ENTIRELY ENCOMPASSES.
HIS LOT IN BLUE IS DIRECTLY AT THE CENTER OF, OF THE WATERWAY.
UM, THIS WAS INTENTIONAL AND MR. MURRAY IS RIGHT.
EVERYTHING UPSTREAM DRAINS TO HIS LOT.
AND SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY, UM, THIS, THIS, UH, SUBDIVISION PLAT FOR DAD'S GENE OAKS, WHICH RECORDED IN 1999.
I ROTATED THE VIEWS AND NORTH IS NOW TOWARDS THE RIGHT TTK IS SHOWN IN YELLOW.
UH, THE INSET SHOWS MR. MARY'S PROPERTY LIGHT THREE LOTS, THREE, AND A DARKER BLUE WITH AN ORANGE BORDER.
LOT THREE IS PLANTED ENTIRELY AS A DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE DEVELOPED.
THE OTHER DRAINAGE EASEMENT, UM, PLANTED WITH, UM, THE SUBDIVISION ARE SHOWN IN LIGHT BLUE.
UM, THIS IS A STREET VIEW OF MR. MARY'S PROPERTY IN BETWEEN THE TWO DUPLEXES.
HIS PROPERTY IS VACANT AND THE TOPOGRAPHY DRAINS TWO, THREE, FOUR FOOT BY SIX FOOT BOX CULVERT PIPES THAT CROSS UNDER THE STREET AT THIS LOCATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, MR. MARY OWNS A DRAINAGE EASEMENT, AND IT WAS DESIGNATED AS SUCH BEFORE HE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 2018 AS THE OWNER OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT, HE HAS RESPONSIBILITIES TO KEEP THE EASEMENT FREE OF DEBRIS AND FLOWING, UH, SLIDE SIX, PLEASE.
SO THE TRAINING KITCHEN WILL HELP THOSE MOST IN NEED WITH CRITICAL SERVICES SUCH AS TRAINING AND FOOD, AND THAT NEED HAS BEEN EXACERBATED BY THIS PANDEMIC.
SO I REQUEST MR. MARY'S DRAINAGE CONCERNS WITH HIS DRAINAGE EASEMENT, WHICH HAD DELAYED THIS PROJECT BY A MONTH, BE ADDRESSED OUTSIDE OF THIS ZONING CASE.
AND IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I AM HAND RAISED BY COMMISSIONER DINKLER AND THEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DUNCAN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND NOW I HAVE THE MAGIC BALL ON MY SCREEN, SO I'M JUST, AND I SEE COMMISSIONER KING HAS HIT THE MAGIC BALL ON YOUR SCREEN.
SO, UM, BEGIN, UH, COMMISSIONER CAN GO AHEAD.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ON THIS.
UH, SO, UM, THE WOOD COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ADJACENT, UH, SINGLE FAMILY, LOTS APPLY TO THIS ZONING EITHER UNDER GEO M U OR UNDER THE ZONING REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT.
IT WOULD APPLY TO THE EAST SIDE AND THE NORTH SIDE.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, I, THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN TERMS OF THE QUESTION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT WHAT I JUST HEARD.
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE, THE CONCERN ABOUT THE DELAY IN THIS CASE, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WHO WHO'S AFFECTED BY THESE DEVELOPMENTS, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO, TO ASK FOR A DELAY IF THEY NEED MORE TIME.
AND THIS COMMISSION HAS HONORED DELAYS FROM THE, UH, WITH, UH, POSTPONEMENTS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FROM THE DEVELOPERS, UH, AN APPLICANT.
AND SO I JUST, I, I, I DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE CRITICISM OF NEIGHBORHOODS TAKING THEIR RIGHT TO ASK POSTPONEMENT SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND HOW A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL IMPACT AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THAT.
AND SO I JUST HOPE THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CRITICIZE NEIGHBORS FOR COMING IN AND ONE MORE TIME, UH, AS THEY ARE, THEY CAN DO, AND THEN BEING GRANTED THEM AND THEN BEING CRITICIZED FOR DOING THAT.
I HOPE THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
OKAY, THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER SMITH.
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YEAH.I MEAN, I LISTENED TO THE PRESENTATION AND WHAT THEY DO IS LIKE A GREAT USE OF THE PROPERTY.
THE CONCERN I'VE GOT IS GR IS A VERY INTENSE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY USE ON THIS TRACK OF LAND, ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE MUCH TRAFFIC, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MOSTLY FOOT TRAFFIC.
PEOPLE WILL BE WALKING THERE FROM THE NEIGHBOR.
THERE'S NO SIDEWALK, THERE'S NO CROSSWALK.
UM, SO ANYBODY GETTING INTO THIS PROPERTY, YOU GET A, GOING TO BE WALKING THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE'S YARDS THROUGH THE STREET, OR JAYWALKING ACROSS THE ROADWAY TO GET TO THE TRACK.
BECAUSE FROM THE SAFETY STANDPOINT, THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS.
THERE'S NOT EVEN A STOP CONDITIONAL MATTHEWS LANE OR THE, THE INTERSECTION ACROSS ON THIS, BUT IT'S NOT A STOP VISION.
SO IT WILL BE GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH THIS WITH NO SAFETY CONCERNS.
IT CONCERNS ME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SAFETY.
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR BY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO WALK TO A SITE THAT HAS NO WAY TO GET THERE VIA PEDESTRIAN, WHAT IS GOING TO BE A HEAVY COMMERCIAL USE? AGAIN, WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO IS GREAT AND WONDERFUL, BUT I'M NOT SURE THIS IS BE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR IT.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT IT JUST GIVES ME SOME CONCERNS.
THANK YOU, THEN COMMISSIONER BRAY AND THEN COMMISSIONER BERRERA AND VICE-CHAIR BURRELL RAMIREZ.
OH, I JUST WANTED, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THE SIDEWALK SITUATION, THERE'S A SIDEWALK ACROSS THE STREET.
AND MOST OF THE WALK TO, TO DAVID, TO MANCHESTER, YOU COULD WALK THROUGH A PARKING LOT, UH, TO GET TO IT.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO BE WALKING IN THE STREET VERY MUCH TO GET TO THIS, UH, AT LEAST COMING FROM MANCHESTER FROM THE NORTH, UH, MAYBE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SOME DEGREE, BUT I ALSO LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PUT IT IN, UH, IT COULD PUT IN A STOP SIGNS.
IT, UH, KENDALL LOOKS LIKE CAMMO, KEVIN LEE COULD DRIVE OUT MY APOLOGIES.
AND THEN MATTHEW'S LANE, UH, F I FEEL LIKE, AND WE COULD ADDRESS THE SIDEWALK ISSUES.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S, TO ME, THAT'S NOT, I MEAN, THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED, BUT I THINK THAT THAT COULD COME, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD ALLOW THE USE AND THE IMPROVEMENTS HOPEFULLY WOULD THEN BE A RAISE RAISING PRIORITY.
THEN VICE-CHAIR BURRELL RAMIREZ.
I AGREE WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER SMITH AND WHAT COMMISSIONER RAY BOTH SAID, AND I'M HOPING THAT COMMISSIONER RAY HAS SOME KIND OF SPECIAL, UM, CEO OR SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, BUT I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT I LOOKED AT THE CITY SIDEWALK PLAN AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT CONNECTION FROM MEN CHAKA TO, UM, THE S THE T INTERSECTION.
THERE IS A VERY, IS A HIGH SIDEWALK MEANS IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A HIDE SIDEWALK NEED.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A FAIRLY, IT'S A RECOMMENDED BICYCLE ROUTE.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A FAIRLY LOW TRAFFIC ROAD TODAY, CALM ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND FOR THE CITY TO RECOMMEND IT AS A BICYCLE ROUTE.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOT SUCH A NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL THAT IT WOULD, THAT I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT TRAFFIC OR TRANSPORTATION.
I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT, UM, THE S AND P CALLS FOR DOUBLING THE SIZE OF THE ROAD.
SO, I MEAN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY HAVING TO PUT AWAY, UH, 13 FEET OF YOUR FRONTAGE AT SOME POINT, BUT THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT.
BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, IT DOES SEEM LIKE AN INTENSIVE USE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, A REALLY GOOD, UH, USE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING CREATIVE TO HELP THEM.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER RAY, AND THEN COMMISSIONER EVANS, UH, CHIMING IN THERE.
I REALLY APPRECIATED ALL OF THE TESTIMONY FROM THE NEIGHBORS OR JAKE THAT INDICATE A LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE FOR BLISS AROUND ME.
AND REALLY THE MISSION OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS GREAT.
AND LET'S LIKE PUT THAT UP THERE AS A DATA POINT AS EQUALLY AS WE WOULD.
UM, THE NUMBER OF TRIPS GENERATED FROM THE PROJECT.
UM, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT ACCESS TO FOOD.
AND WE ALSO NEED TO CHARACTERIZE THIS AS AN IMPORTANT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIECE, UM, IN THE TIME PERIOD WHERE FOLKS REALLY NEED THAT SORT OF TRAINING.
UM, SO I THINK MY COMMENT IS BASICALLY JUST THAT, UM, OVERALL, THE ISSUE SEEMS TO BE ABOUT HOW WE CHARACTERIZE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY HERE.
UM, DUE TO THE SPACE CONSTRAINTS, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT AN 800, UM, WE'LL MAKE A 1,800 SQUARE FOOT OPERATION.
SO WE CAN'T ASSUME THAT IT'S GOING TO GENERATE THE NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT I'M MAKING, LIKE PUTTING A WENDY'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD, THIS IS JUST A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DEAL.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK CREATIVELY TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR NEEDS.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER DINKLER.
CAUSE I THINK YOU WERE RAISING YOUR HAND, BUT NOT WITH THE LITTLE ICON THINGS.
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IS ALREADY A STOP SIGN.IT'S ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF THE COMMISSIONER.
DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T REALIZE WE WERE BACKED UP A LITTLE.
UM, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR MS. RHODES.
UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT SHE HAD ASKED STAFF ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OR SOUTH.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL ACREAGE SHE OWNS IS IT'S A ONE AND A HALF ACRES.
SO THE ZONING AREA IS 0.7, FIVE ACRES OR HALF OF THAT.
THE, THE REMAINDER OF THE OTHER 0.75 IS ALSO OWNED BY THE APPLICANT AND IS NOT PROPOSED TO BE REZONED IT'S SF THREE.
AND THAT IS THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE THAT HAS THAT THE APPLICANT MENTIONED.
UM, CAN I, THIS IS REALLY A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, IF SHE'S GOT A MOMENT TO COME UP BECAUSE, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY COOL, THESE WERE, THIS WAS A COOL PROPOSAL AND I'M HOPING WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL USES, BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT WAS A MEDICAL OFFICE, EVEN UNDER 5,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, THAT'S A CAR YOU COULD PULL IT POTENTIALLY HAVE FOUR CARS EVERY 15 MINUTES.
SO I DO THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A CEO ON SOME OF THIS.
AND I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THE APPLICANT IS AMENABLE TO PROHIBITING.
SOME USES THAT I DON'T THINK WOULD BE NECESSARILY COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IN THAT WOULD BE FOR EXAMPLE, UM, MEDICAL OFFICES, UM, UNDER OR EXCEEDING 5,000 SQUARE FEET, UM, A PAWN SHOP.
UM, ACTUALLY I'LL JUST WALK THROUGH THE ONES I'M LOOKING AT.
AND I JUST LIKE TO GET THE APPLICANTS THOUGHTS ON THIS.
UM, A LOT OF RENTALS, REPAIR SERVICES, SALES, OR WASHING, UM, COMMUNICATION SERVICES, UH, LET'S SEE.
WE ALL WANTED A FUNERAL SERVICES, GENERAL RETAIL, SALES, CONVENIENCE, OR GENERAL HOTEL OR MOTEL, UM, INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT.
THESE ARE A LOT I KNOW, TO KIND OF, UM, I HAD HOPED SOMEBODY MIGHT'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU, SOME OF THESE MEDICAL OFFICES EXCEEDING, OR, UM, NOT EXCEEDING 5,000 SQUARE FEET, OFFSITE PARKING.
UM, IN OTHER WORDS, NOT TURNING THAT INTO A PARKING LOT, UH, OUTDOOR SPORTS AND REC, UH, I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT PEDICAB STORAGE.
UM, I WON'T WORRY ABOUT PET SERVICES.
UH, WON'T WORRY ABOUT OFFICE, LET'S SEE RESEARCH SERVICES, UM, THE RESTAURANT LIMITED GENERAL, UM, WHEN THAT ALLOWS ALCOHOL SALES, UH, I'M NOT TOUCHING RESTAURANT LIMITED SERVICE STATION, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT THEATER.
UM, IT'S A LOT TO THROW AT YOU.
DID YOU HAVE, UH, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD CONSENT TO ELIMINATING THOSE AUTO USES? HI, THIS IS BLAINE STANSBERRY.
I'M THE ENGINEER FOR THE APPLICANT, AND WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF PROHIBITING CERTAIN DENSER COMMERCIAL USAGE, AND SHE IS AGREEABLE.
THE APPLICANT IS AGREEABLE TO BE, UM, LIMITS IN THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
WELL, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M MAKING A MOTION THAT, THAT SHE'S THOUGHT ABOUT AND CONSIDERED.
SO LET ME ELIMINATE, WHAT DID LIZ CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME?
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YES, YES.UM, YES, I'M, I'M FLEXIBLE AS MENTIONED.
IT'S REALLY GROUNDED IN OUR MISSION.
UM, AND SO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU LISTED DO NOT FALL WITHIN OUR MISSION.
I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP THAT WE HAVE NO INTEREST IN SELLING ALCOHOL.
UM, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT BLAINE BLAINE SAID, YES, WE, WE ARE FLEXIBLE.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DECISIONS ARE GROUNDED IN THE MISSION AND REFLECT WHAT THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY NEEDS.
AND WE DO NOT NEED MORE PAWN SHOPS.
WELL, LET ME DO THE EXTRA BY MAY.
I'M GONNA, UM, MOVE A, UH, THAT WE APPROVED THE REZONING TO G R M U WITH THE CEO, AND I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THESE VERY SLOWLY SO THAT, UH, EVERYONE HEARS THEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS TIME TO REACT AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, MR. RIVERA CAN GET THEM ALL DOWN AND, UM, MISS DEBBIE CAN TOO, CAUSE SHE'S OUR, OR OUR CHECK WOULD BE POSSIBLE POST THEM, LIKE JUST ON YOUR SCREEN OR SOMETHING, SHARE A LIST INSTEAD OF HAVING TO READ OFF.
IF, UH, IF ANYONE CAN PUT I'M, I'M TECHNICALLY CHALLENGED HERE.
IF ANYONE COULD PUT UP A, UM, COMMERCIAL, UM, USE TABLE, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
ANDREW, DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A COPY HANDY THAT YOU CAN EMAIL THE TECH GUYS? IT'S A GOOGLE SEARCH AND JUST DO CITY OF AUSTIN PERMITTED COMMERCIAL USES PERMITTED AND IT'S THREE PAGES I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN.
WE CAN LET ANYONE SHARE THEIR SCREEN.
IT'S UNAVAILABLE TO US AT THE SEC AT THIS MOMENT.
I CAN'T SHARE THE SCREEN ON DIFFERENT COMPUTERS, HOW YOU'RE SAVING ME.
I, I, UM, I, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, BUT I JUST ASSUMED SOMETHING WOULD HAVE BEEN, SOMEONE WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO APOLOGIZE UNDER WELL, WHILE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT.
CAUSE I WAS ABLE TO POP UP THE, MY OH, OKAY, GREAT.
UM, I STILL HAVE CONCERNS LIKE, UM, COMMISSIONER SMITH HAD SAID ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS PROBABLY TOO INTENSIVE FOR THIS AREA.
AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE, ALSO I HAD POPPED UP THE, THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STANDARDS FOR GR, UM, WHICH STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED OR NOT, WHICH THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR.
AND GEO FOR EXAMPLE, ON MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE, GEO IS 60%, BUT G UM, GR IS 75%.
AND ON IMPERVIOUS COVER, GEO IS 80%, WHEREAS GR IS 90%.
AND SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD PREFER GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR THE FLOODING ISSUES AND ALSO THE USES.
I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, THIS, YOU KNOW, PROPERTIES CAN ALWAYS LIKE 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THAT ZONING IS GOING TO STILL BE WITH IT.
AND WHAT WOULD PRECLUDE A RESTAURANT FROM BEING OPEN THERE? SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A VERY, VERY CREATIVE SOLUTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO IT, BUT I'LL PASS IT BACK ONTO TO COMMISSIONER.
DANCLER THE QUESTION I HAVE BEFORE WE GO BACK TO BINKER IS YOUR ORIGINAL VR CEO ZONING GRANT, THEN THE REQUEST FOR THE
AND CAN WE GO BACK TO WHAT WAS GONE?
CAUSE ONCE YOU ZONE IS A BIG ATTRACTION FOR ASKING, ANYBODY CAN COME BY AND PUT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT ON BECAUSE I'D MADE THE ZONING REQUIREMENT.
UM, I THINK IF WE COULD BRING IT DOWN TO WHAT
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WAS ORIGINALLY ZONE GOC.OH, IT PUTS, IT FITS THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING.
EVERYTHING FITS IN THERE, BUT IT'S MORE SMALLER FOOTPRINT.
AND WHAT THEY'RE ASKING THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO ASK THE APPLICANT.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, I, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT IDEA.
UM, AND FIRST I BELIEVE THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH IS SHARON CONTENT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FINDING THE USE CHART.
COMMISSIONER DAN CLAIRE, AT THIS POINT, YOU WANTED TO GO OVER THE CHARTS, THE USES THAT YOU WANT TO PROHIBIT IT.
AND THEN I WILL GO BACK TO, I WILL GO BACK TO COMMISSIONERS AND I WILL SAY I WILL GO BACK TO COMMISSIONER SMITH ABOUT THE FOOT.
Y'ALL UM, I, AND I WAS THINKING MR. SMITH, WE WOULD JUST PROHIBITED THAT MAKE THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS GEL, BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT FAR.
THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO GO BACK TO THAT AS WELL.
SO IN TERMS OF A CEO, LET'S PROHIBIT THE, IF EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME, THE AUTOMOTIVE RENTALS AUTO REPAIR SERVICES, AUTO SALES AUTO WASHING, UM, I HAD NO THOUGHTS ABOUT BUSINESS OR TRADE SCHOOL OR BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES.
I THINK BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES WAS LIKE A KINKO'S WENDY, AM I CORRECT? THAT KINKO'S WOULD ACTUALLY BE A RE I THINK RETAIL SALES, BUSINESS SUPPORT, BUSINESS SUPPORT.
I'LL LOOK THAT UP JUST A MOMENT.
SO I'M FINE WITH BUSINESS AND TRADE SCHOOL.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU COME IN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN YOU GO OUT, BUT SEEMED OKAY.
WENDY'S CHECKING ON BUSINESS SUPPORT, UM, COMMUNICATION SERVICES.
I THOUGHT SHE'D BE ON CONSUMER CONVENIENCE SERVICES AND CONSUMER REPAIR SHOULD BE ON.
DOES ANYONE NEED DEFINITIONS WHEN YOU SAY ON, DO YOU MEAN INCLUDED OR NOT INCLUDED? SORRY.
UM, EXTERMINATING SERVICES SHOULD BE INCLUDED.
FUNERAL SERVICES INCLUDED, UH, GENERAL RETAIL SALES, BOTH CONVENIENCE AND GENERAL SHOULD BE INCLUDED.
HOTEL MOTEL, INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT, INDOOR SPORTS AND RACK.
AND I'M MOVING TO THE SECOND PAGE.
UH, SECOND PAGE INCLUDES MY WE'RE STILL IN THE RIGHT.
WE ARE A MEDICAL OFFICES UNDER 5,000 MEDICAL OFFICES OVER 5,000 INCLUDE OFFSITE PARKING.
LET ME KNOW IF I'M GOING TOO FAST, OUTDOOR SPORTS AND RAFT.
AND ACTUALLY WE DO NEED SOME CLARITY EDUCATION.
CAN YOU JUST SAY THESE ARE THE ISSUES, THESE ARE THE USES THAT WE WANT EXCLUDED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY IS.
SO YOU ARE SEEING THESE AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, THIS IS, YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN, UM, OR GO THROUGH THE LIST AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.
I'D HAVE BEEN A MORE PREPARED, UH, OFFSITE, ACCESSORY PARKING.
I LOVE HOW YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING IT.
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DID WE CATCH THAT ONE? OKAY.OUTDOOR SPORT AND REC OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT PAWN SHOP.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT PETTY CABS, UM, PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT SERVICES.
WOULDN'T IT? UH, PERSONAL SERVICES WOULD BE FINE.
WENDY, WHAT'S A DEFINITION FOR PET SERVICES.
UH, PET SERVICES IS, IS WHERE YOU TAKE YOUR, YOUR CAT OR DOG FOR, UM, TREATMENT OR GROOMING.
ME TOO INTENSE WIDES, PROBABLY.
UM, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING PROHIBIT.
WE'RE DOWN TO RESEARCH SERVICES.
HEY, UH, WE GOT PRINTING AND PUBLISHING AND RESEARCH SERVICES RESTAURANT IN GENERAL AND LIMITED SERVICE STATION, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT THEATER.
UM, NOW WE'RE ON THE THIRD PAGE.
G R UH, COMMUNITY REC PUBLIC, UH, CONGREGATE LIVING.
UH, LET'S SEE DAYCARE COMMERCIAL.
THIS STILL ALLOWS YOU A SMALL TO SMALLER USE BED CARES AND, UH, LOCAL UTILITIES SERVICE.
UH, THAT'S THAT'S ONE W WE CANNOT PROHIBIT MINOR CITY SERVICE, LIMITED UNLIKELY A HOSPITAL SERVICES, CONDITIONAL.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE USES MS. ROADS, UM, ARE OF COURSE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE APPLE COM, ARE WE DOING A CEO TO PROHIBIT THESE USERS? YES.
ALL OF THESE USERS WOULDN'T BE PROHIBITED.
AND THEN YOU ASKED ABOUT BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES, AND THAT WOULD BE LIKE OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY FIRMS AND SMALL BUSINESS MACHINE REPAIR SHOPS.
LET'S LET'S ADD THAT ONE IN IF EVERYONE'S OKAY WITH THAT.
AND THEN, UM, HANK, WOULD YOU MIND JUST REPLAYING, REPLAYING THE LIST? YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
SO, UH, A, UH, APPROVED G R M U WITH A C O TO PROHIBIT THE FOLLOWING USES AUTO RENTALS, REPAIR SERVICES, SALES, AND WASHING.
THAT WAS ON THE FIRST PAGE BUSINESS TRA UH, WE WERE MISSING AUTO SALES AND AUTO WASH.
SO Y'ALL FEEL LIKE Y'ALL ARE IN A TEAMS MEETING HERE, UM, BUSINESS OR TRADE SCHOOL, BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES, COMMUNICATION SERVICES, CONSUMER CONVENIENCE SERVICES, CONSUMER REPAIR.
WE'RE DOWN TO EXPERIMENT DATING SERVICES CHAIR.
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I HEAR A VOICE, BUT I DON'T KNOW.UH, JUST, I THINK WE ALL AGREE THIS, UH, BUT I, I, IF YOU HAD A QUESTION STAFF, I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT WITH WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, WE COMMITTED UNDER SUSTAINABLE FOOD POLICY AND URBAN FARMS, UH, PROCEDURE WHERE THEY'RE GROWING THEIR FOOD.
UM, IT WAS, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN DOWN HAVE THAT AND I'M GONNA WORK, BUT THIS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, JUST OVER COMPLICATING, THE WHOLE THING, UNFORTUNATELY.
I THINK IT'S THE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN AND THE FOOD SALES YOU CAN UNDER URBAN FARMS, YOU CAN SELL GROWING ON SITE.
GROUNDWORK REPAIRED INTO A, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE COMPETITOR.
THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING IF WENDY POTENTIAL THOSE QUESTIONS.
THAT WOULD WENDY, ARE YOU THERE? THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THAT HE'S VERY INELEGANT.
THIS, THIS IS A, THESE ARE A BETTER COMMERCIAL USES.
I MEAN, THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, IN ADDITION TO FOOD PREPARATION AND FOOD SALES, THEY'RE ALSO, UM, SEEKING COMMUNITY REC COMMUNITY RECREATION USE AND PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT CENTER.
SO THIS, THIS IS A COLLECTION OF COMMERCIAL USES THAT ARE PRIMARY USES OF THE PROPERTY RATHER THAN, RATHER THAN ACCESSORY USES.
IF YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, THAT'S FINE.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS EMOTION, GO AHEAD.
I'M DOWN TO EXTERMINATING SERVICES, UH, FUNERAL SERVICES, THAT'S GENERAL COMMISSION DAN FOR 42 LISTS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, SERVICES, UM, AND FINANCIAL EXTERMINATING, FINANCIAL, UH, FUNERAL SERVICES, GENERAL RETAIL, SALES, CONVENIENCE, AND, UH, GENERAL.
ARE YOU DONE? I'M GOING TO THE SECOND PAGE.
I ALSO WROTE THESE DOWN IF IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
AND IT WAS THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH.
NO, THAT WAS KEN WE'LL SHARE OUR COSTA.
SO I JUST WANT TO ASK, IT SEEMS LIKE A NUMBER OF THESE USES, WHICH WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF SURGICALLY REMOVE.
WOULDN'T WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO OPERATE ON A 0.5 OR 0.7, FIVE ACRE LOT.
IS THAT THE CASE? I MEAN, WE'RE CURRENTLY TALKING ABOUT REZONING FOR JUST THAT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? YES.
SO AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN, YOU KNOW, NOT ALLOWING A CAR DEALERSHIP TO ENTER, BUT I'M NOT SURE IT WOULD BE FEASIBLE TO POINT THEM FIVE ACRE, LOT TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST JUST 2 CENTS.
IF THIS IS THE SOLUTION WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, TO GET THE JOB DONE, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR, FOR CONSIDERATION, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS NECESSARY AND OKAY.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COSTA.
USUALLY THIS IS NOT, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ATYPICAL, SO COMMISSIONER DAN DANCLER, ARE YOU DONE WRITING? I CAN JUST SIMPLY BUZZ.
NO, I AM TRYING TO AVOID THE USES THAT I DON'T THINK ARE NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE ON A SMALL LOT SIZE, BUT I GIVEN THE VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL USES THE APPLICANT IS WANTING IN THIS.
I'M TRYING TO PROHIBIT THE ONES THAT WOULD, I THINK, PRESENT A PROBLEM.
SO LET'S ADD IN THE AUTHOR OF MEDICAL OFFICE
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ON PAGE, UM, MEDICAL OFFICES ON THE SECOND PAGE, UNDER 5,000 SQUARE FEET AND OVER OFFSITE, PARKING'S A PAWN SHOPS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING RESEARCH SERVICES, RESTAURANT GENERAL AND LIMITED SOFTWARE STATION, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT THEATER.AND THEN, UM, IT'S A QUESTION FOR MR. UH, UH, SMITH.
DID YOU THINK WE SHOULD LIMIT THE SITE DEVELOPMENT RAGS TO THE SAME, UH, FAR? WELL, WHAT I WAS SAYING IS I THINK, AND WINNIE, MAYBE ATLANTA, THIS THEY'RE ASKING TO REZONE A MUCH LARGER AREA AND ROLES ORIGINALLY.
UM, DOC, YOU GO BACK TO WHAT WAS ZONED GOC.
OH, IN ZONA GR MOST OF MY CONCERNS GO AWAY BECAUSE THE REASON IT BECOMES MUCH MORE, ALMOST A SPOT ZONING.
UM, AND YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIT PART OF ANY OF THE USERS ON THAT.
IF THEY WANT TO GO AND ZONE BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE SORT OF WATER QUALITY ZONE, THE ZONE THAT GR DIDN'T.
I THINK WE DO NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE INDIVIDUALLY.
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZE LOT AT ONE TIME.
SO DO YOU THINK WE COULD JUST LIMIT, MAKE IT THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR G O M U, WHICH WOULD MEAN LEFT BILL FLYNN COVERAGE? YES.
THE AREA THAT WAS ORIGINALLY, UM, VOC OF, IS THERE AN, WHEN DID HE HAVE AN EXHIBIT THAT SHOWS WHAT WAS ZONED GLC OF BOTH IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR DTR ZONING.
I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE BACKUP.
UM, I DID INCLUDE THE ORDINANCE AS PART OF THE BACKUP IT'S EXHIBIT B.
SO IT'S PROBABLY AROUND PAGE 10 OF THE REPORT OR MORE PAGE 12.
UM, YEAH, SO IT IS, THERE ARE SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT APPLIED TO THE PROPERTY AND THAT THOSE WERE BASED ON ELLO LIMITED OFFICE ZONING OH, WRONG.
SO WOULD LIMITING IT TO GEO M GEO SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WORK.
AND THAT WOULD BE LESS BUILDING COVERAGE AT THE, THE 60% BUILDING COVERAGE VERSUS THE 75% G UM, THAT GR DOES WHAT I'M SAYING IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, YOU GOT TO THE BACKUP, THEY WERE ONLY, ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE SITE WAS ZONE DOC UP, RIGHT.
UH, AND THEY'RE ASKING TO RESOLVE NOT ONLY THE GOC, BUT ALSO A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE SF TO D R IF WE LIMIT THE RESULTING TO JUST WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PHONE TOC AND LEAVE ALL THE SF ALONE.
AND IT FITS THE STRUCTURE THAT THEY'RE ONE TO HOUSE, BUT IT WOULD PRECLUDE SOMEONE FROM ONE TO COME IN AND BUILDING A RESTAURANT OR ANY OF THESE FACILITIES THERE'S JUST TOO SMALL.
UM, BUT IT DOES TAKE CARE OF, I THINK, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO THAT CORRECT.
WHEN YOU AGREE WITH ME WHEN THEY ON THAT, UH, WELL, THEY THERE'S, THERE'S ONE YOUTH THAT THEY HAVE THE COMMUNITY RECREATION THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE.
SO THAT WOULD BE IN THE CURRENT EXISTING SF THREE AREA OF THE FOOD PREP, UM, THE FOOD SALES AND THE PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT, UH, SERVICES.
THOSE MAY ALL VERY WELL BE INSIDE.
I, I WOULD SUPPOSE, I THINK CONFIRMATION FROM THE APPLICANT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT COMMUNITY RECREATION WOULD LIKELY BE IN THAT SF THREE AREA, AND THAT DOES NEED AT LEAST GEO.
SO WOULD WE MAKE THAT SF TRACKED? UH, YEAH.
THAT'S, THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.
THERE WOULD BE, UH, A GRM UCO TRACK TRACT.
ONE WITH THE SET OF PROHIBITED USES THAT YOU'VE READ ALOUD.
AND THEN A SECOND TRACK FOR GIO.
UM, M U R G O M U AT LEAST, UM, FOR THE REMAINDER THAT, THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, BUT WE, I, I WOULD LIKE CONFIRMATION FROM THE APPLICANT ABOUT THE, WHERE THE PROPOSED USES ARE PROPOSED OR WHERE THEY WOULD BE CITED ON THIS PROPERTY.
HI, THIS IS PLAIN STANSBERRY SPEAK FOR THE, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE
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IT'S THE ZONING TO G R WE'RE LIMITED TO THE CURRENT GEO BOUNDARY, WHICH IS JUST ESSENTIALLY THE HOUSE, A COUPLE OF ISSUES I COULD FORESEE BEING A PROBLEM IS NUMBER ONE, WHEN THE MATTHEW'S LANE HAS EXPANDED, THEY WILL LOSE THEIR PARKING.AND SO WE'LL LIKELY HAVE TO, UM, WE LOCATE PARKING TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH WOULD BE SF THREE.
IF, IF, UM, THE BOUNDARY IS, IS REDUCED, AS YOU'RE SUGGESTING THE OTHER THING TOO, IS THAT ANY OUTDOOR, UM, CLASSES FOR THE PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT SERVICES, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE LIMITED TO THE BUILDING.
UM, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY STEP OUTSIDE, THE BUILDING WOULD BE AN SF ZONING.
AND THEN WHEN ADDITIONAL, UM, COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE REGARDING THE LIMITATION OF THE BUSINESS TRADE SCHOOL, UM, THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT YOUTH AND KEEPING THAT USE A LOUD.
SO HOLD OPTION WOULD BE THE AREA YOU REQUESTED.
OH, THIS SMALLER AREA THAT WAS ORIGINALLY GLC.
OH, YOU REZONED GR SO THIS GR VALANCE BECOMES GOC.
OH, THAT TAKES CARE OF ANY EXPANSION.
YOU NEED TO DO ANY FUTURE FOR ROADWAY THAT TAKES ANY OUT OR ACTIVITIES AND SO FORTH, BUT WE'RE DEALING WITH A MUCH SMALLER AREAS OF GR I TURN THAT OFF RIGHT HERE.
LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND, UM, ADD BACK IN BUSINESS SCHOOL.
THE PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT SERVICES, UM, WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED IN GEO MEANING WE COULD NOT HOLD, UM, ADULT LITERACY CLASSES INSIDE THE BUILDING, OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.
GIVEN ALL THAT COMMISSIONER DANCLER OR COMMISSIONER SMITH, ARE YOU PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS? WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THE ORIGINAL AREA THAT WAS ZONE GOC.
BACK WITH THE 14 BECOME GR CORRECT REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT.
THE BOUNCE OF THE TRACK WOULD BE ZONED VR AS REQUESTED BY THE STAFF, THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY BEYOND THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE, WHICH WE PAID SF WITH THE EXEMPTIONS LISTED BY COMMISSIONERS.
UM, TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU SAYING THEN IT'S, SO IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, THE ZONING CHANGE WOULD COVER THE SF THREE, OR JUST TO REPEAT THIS OF THREE PART OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS NOT IN THE CRITICAL YEAH.
WHAT'S BEEN ASKED FOR BY THE APPLICANT WOULD BECOME GLC, THE ORIGINAL AREA THAT WAS GLC.
SO THE MOTION IS, IS IT, AND IS THERE A SECOND? I AM.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DANCLER MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SMITH.
AND YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO HELP ME REPEAT IT AGAIN.
IS THE ORIGINAL G O C O PROPERTY ZONED TO G R M U C O.
AND THEN THE SF THREE PROPERTY ZONE TO GEO.
AS REQUESTED THE PORTION REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT? CORRECT.
THE PORTION REQUESTED BY THE APP APPLICANT AND THAT MOTION IS SECONDED AND IS ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? THEY DON'T SEE ANY LITTLE ICON HANS AND I ACTUALLY, I CANNOT SEE EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE THANK YOU.
CAUSE I PULLED THAT UP ON MY OTHER COMPUTER, THIS MAP.
COMMISSIONER GEARY, JUST TO, JUST TO CLEAR CLARIFICATION, YOU NEED TO TAKE ALL CONTEXT WHEN YOU STARTED THE PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY ALSO HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS AS COMMISSIONER SMITH.
SO I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, DANCLER COMING UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE FLOODING AND TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS SUPPOSING THIS, UM,
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IF, YOU KNOW, I DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS JUST BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY IS SO CLOSE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, A CREEK BUFFER AND FLOODING AREA.SO JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT IF ANYTHING WERE TO CHANGE, YOU KNOW, ONSITE DETENTION IS ALWAYS THE BEST THING TO DO.
UM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WITH THIS BEING MORE LIKE FARM RELATED, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS LIMITED IMPERVIOUS COVERED, THEN THE MORTGAGE LIMITING PURPOSE COVER SO CLOSE TO A CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES AND SO FORTH IS SO IMPORTANT.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD SOLUTION, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THE DENSITY IS NOT, YOU KNOW, ALMOST PROHIBITED TO AS MUCH TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE.
AND NOW I DO HAVE THE LITTLE, THE BALL, THE BALL BACK FROM COMMISSIONER SMITH.
SO I SEE COMMISSIONER BURRELL, RAMIREZ, JUST, I WAS UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT THE GEO ZONING ON THE
IS THAT PERMISSIBLE WITHOUT ZONING NODE? IS THAT OKAY? UH IT'S THIS IS WENDY ROADS.
UM, IT'S IT, IT, THE GEO WOULD ALLOW FOR COMMUNITY RECREATION, BUT NOT PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT SERVICES.
I NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
CAUSE WHAT IT EXACTLY WHAT'S COMMUNITY RECREATION, COMMUNITY RECREATION.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE USES REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT FOR THIS.
THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, UM, FAMILY MOVIE NIGHTS.
I ALMOST SAID COMMISSIONER WENDY RHODES, UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER KING AND THEN COMMISSIONER BRAY AND THEN COMMISSIONER EVANS.
WELL, THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING, THIS IS AMANDA.
CAN I, CAN I SPEAK, I'D LIKE TO INTERJECT REALLY QUICK, UM, WITH THE OUTDOOR CLASSES FIRST.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TRYING COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER KING HAD STARTED, THEN I'LL GET TO YOU.
I WILL WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE APPLICANT MAKES THEIR COMMENT.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WORKING WITH US.
MY CONCERN ABOUT THE LIMITATION BEHIND THE HOUSE IS THAT DURING A PANDEMIC, WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE HOW LONG THIS IS GOING TO GO ON.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE CLASSES OUTSIDE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PHYSICALLY DISTANCE AND BE SAFE, BUT NOT LIMIT ACCESS TO EDUCATION BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO RESCALE TO PUT PEOPLE ON A PATHWAY TO A FAMILY SUSTAINABLE WAGE.
SO THAT'S MY, MY BIGGEST CONCERN.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
AND THEN I HAD SAID COMMISSIONER, UM, I'VE SAID, I GUESS EVERYBODY, PEOPLE TOOK DOWN THEIR ICONS.
UH, COMMISSIONER CAN GO AHEAD AND THEN COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ.
THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING CASE HERE.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I KEEP GOING BACK TO IS THIS IS A PERFECT SITUATION FOR SMALLER ARE AREA PLANNING, THESE QUESTIONS AND ISSUES AND GIVE AND TAKES.
WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT THAT'S THIS PROCESS IS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW IS COMPRESSING THAT DOWN TO LIKE 30 MINUTES, YOU HAVE 30 MINUTES, YOU HAVE AN HOUR TO GET THROUGH ALL THIS AND MAKE SURE YOU DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING AND MAKE SURE HE DIDN'T GO TOO FAR OR TAKE IT TO LET YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH.
AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, I'M JUST VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS CHANCE TO SAY, THIS IS WHY WE NEED SMALLER AREA PLANNING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT WANTING TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AND, AND TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO DO THAT.
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO COMPLETELY.
I DON'T HAVE A CONCERN, YOU KNOW, I WISH WE COULD JUST, THIS WOULD, I WISH THIS WERE THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR THAT, BUT IT'S NOT.
AND, AND SO WITH ALL THESE CONSTRAINTS AND ISSUES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, SO I'M JUST VERY UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT DOING THIS AND I JUST, I GUESS I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
AND I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH YOU, I THINK DEVISING SOMETHING ON THE DYESS I'M NOT REAL HAPPY WITH.
AND I LIKED COMMISSIONER DUNCAN'S IDEA ABOUT LOOKING INTO THE URBAN FARM AND SEEING IF THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE USED, UM, CAUSE THIS IS A CRAZY CEO, BUT, UM, AND I, SO I JUST WANTED TO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS AND I DON'T SEE ANY MORE LITTLE HAND ICONS EXCEPT FOR COMMISSIONER KING.
SO I'M GOING TO DO, I'M GOING TO GO FOR THIS AND WE'LL JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
AND I'M GOING TO OFFER A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE,
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UH, THAT WE, UH, SUPPORT STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THIS CASE.DID YOU HEAR ME? YES, I DID, BUT I DIDN'T UNMUTE.
A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KING TO SUPPORT STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A SECOND? AND I, I WILL DO A SECOND AND I BELIEVE I CAN, ACCORDING TO ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDERS OF ORDERS SO THAT WE CAN GET A VOTE ON THIS.
AND I WILL ALSO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF IT BECAUSE I JUST DON'T LIE.
I, I THINK WHAT WE'VE DONE IS A LITTLE BIT MESSY, SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS, BUT OKAY.
COMMISSIONER BRAY, IT'S LIKE, TO ME, THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO A MAJOR INTERSECTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S SURROUNDED MOSTLY FUNDED BY OTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES OR, YOU KNOW, SO I, I, YOU KNOW, TO ME, THIS IS LIKE ON THE BARRE BORDER OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY SEE A PROBLEM WITH THE COMMERCIAL USE HERE.
LIKE I AM, I GUESS I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING TO NEED TO BE SO CONSTRUCTIVE ON THIS STRICTLY.
THANKS ANY OTHER, I SEE SOME MORE HANDS, UH, COMMISSIONER ACOSTA.
UM, I DO NOTICE THAT DIRECTLY NORTHWEST OF THIS PROPERTY, THERE IS A GR ZONING ALREADY ALLOWED, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT, UH, WHAT KIND OF USES THAT HAS.
AND AGAIN, I DO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BRAYDEN.
THIS SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SMALL AREA THAT A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS OF LIKE WHAT THIS COULD BECOME OTHER THAN WHAT THE APPLICANTS ARE PROPOSING TO MAKE, IT WOULD JUST NOT BE FEASIBLE THE, IN THAT, IN THAT SIZE OF AN AREA.
AND I THINK ALLOWING IT TO EXIST, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY IT HAS THE SUPPORT OF, UH, OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT AREA AND IT WOULD DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD TO KEEP THAT FROM COMING FROM.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DUNCAN.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS, I WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT IT AND TRY AND PICTURE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AND I APPRECIATE THE MAP, BUT EARLIER, AM I RIGHT? THAT THERE'S A SENIOR LIVING CENTER ACROSS THE STREET AND THEIR OFFICES TO THE WEST? UH, YEAH, THIS TO ME IS NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY AREA.
AND I THINK WE MAY BE CHICKEN CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
AND MAKING IT A LOT MORE COMPLEX THAN WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
UM, AND SINCE I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE AGAINST WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO, UH, LET'S, DON'T MAKE IT ANY MORE COMPLICATED THAN THIS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW THE ANSWER CAUSE I'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE CONFUSED SITTING THERE.
UM, BUT ANYHOW, THAT WAS MY FEELING WHEN I SAW CONTEXT TO THE STREET AND WHAT'S AROUND IT, UH, AND, UH, THIS WAS, UH, ON THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY'RE PUTTING IT ABOUT THE FAR FROM THE, FROM THE DUPLEXES AS THEY COULD.
I MEAN, I'M READY TO VOTE ON IT.
AND, UM, ANYBODY ELSE WAS JUST SPEAK AND IF NOT, OKAY.
THE WHOLE THING GR I MEAN, I LIKE WHAT THEY'RE DONE AT THE WHOLLY APPROPRIATE, BUT IF WE GET ZONE THE WHOLE THING, GR THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM THERE TO COME IN AND BUILD A AAA OR TACO BELL OR ANY OTHER YEARS ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND IT WOULD BE WITHIN 25 FEET OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
UM, WHAT WE'VE, WHAT THE MOTION IS RIGHT NOW WOULD PRECLUDE THAT IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO DO WHAT THEY WANNA DO, BUT IT WOULD PRECLUDE BUILDING ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK WHAT WE HAVE IS KIND OF A COMPROMISE IN BETWEEN THAT ALLOWS THEM TO GO FORWARD WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
UM, BUT IF WE COULD, ANYTHING OF ANY NATURAL SIZE COMING, THEY'RE BUILDING A COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT.
COMMISSIONER SMITH AND THEN COMMISSIONER DANCLER AND THEN LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON CAUSE THERE IS, AND I'LL BE BRIEF ON THE ZONING PATTERNS AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE USES AND THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THERE WAS ONE STRIP OF GR TO THE NORTH, OR MAYBE IT WAS GEO, BUT IT WAS FOR CONGREGATE LIVING, EVERYTHING ELSE, LOW DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY, LOW DENSITY, APARTMENTS,
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EVEN THE OFFICE WAS ELO.UM, WHY MS. RHODES CAME TO THE CONCLUSION SHE DID.
I ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE POINTS EVERYONE IS MAKING, BUT, UM, IF THE ONLY OTHER THING I THINK WE COULD DO WOULD BE TO POSTPONE TO SEE IF IT'S SUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER WOULD WORK, BUT I'M NOT HEARING IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR ALL THE OTHER COMMERCIAL USES THE APPLICANTS, UH, PROPOSING, WHICH IS WHY I CRAFTED THAT VERY LONG COMPROMISE.
SO, UH, I GUESS WE'RE TO MOVE BEING TOWARDS THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
AND THEN VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO GO WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S TWO OF US AND ALL POSED, AND THAT IS, UM, AND SO I'LL SAY THE TWO OF US WERE COMMISSIONERS KI, UH, KING AND ME KUBASSEK OPPOSED AGAIN.
SO I'LL GET YOU AND I CAN READ COMMISSIONER SMITH, COMMISSIONER BREY, COMMISSIONER RAY COMMISSIONER, OR VICE BURRELL, RAMIREZ COMMISSIONER EVANS, COMMISSIONER, GARY, UH, COMMISSIONER DUNKIN AND COMMISSIONER ACOSTA.
NOW WE CAN GO ONTO THE MAIN MOTION AND THE MAIN MOTION IS OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW GOD COMMISSIONER DANKER ON THAT LAST VOTE AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER DANCLER YES, SIR.
YEAH, THAT'S THE WAY MY SCREEN IS.
AND THEN THE MAIN MOTION IS THAT, SO THAT MOTION LOST AND THAT IS THE COMPROMISE CRAFTED BY AN, THE MOTION WAS BY COMMISSIONER DANCLER I BELIEVE, AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER OR MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SMITH AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DANGLER.
AND THERE IS, AND THAT IS TO LEAVE IT, UM, THE ORIGINAL JIBO TO GO UP TO G R M U C O AND THEN THE, THE SF THREE PROPERTY TO GO TO GEO, HAVE I STATED THAT CORRECTLY? AND THEN THERE'S A BUNCH OF CONDITIONS, IS THAT CORRECT? AND THE CONDITIONS WERE ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED.
I THINK THERE'S NO WAY THAT I COULD REPEAT THEM.
UM, SO, BUT THEY WERE ON THE SCREEN AND COMMISSIONER KING.
JUST TO CLARIFY THAT THOSE ARE ALL HABITED CONDITIONS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND THAT IS COMMISSIONER DINKLER COMMISSIONER SMITH, COMMISSIONER COSTA COMMISSIONER, GARY COMMISSIONER, RAY COMMISSIONER, BRAY AND COMMISSIONER BERRERA RAMIREZ.
AND I CANNOT SEE YOU COMMISSIONER DUNCAN.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND, UM, COMMISSIONER KOBASA COMMISSIONER KING AND COMMISSIONER EVANS, BUT THE MOTION PASSES, I BELIEVE THAT IS EIGHT TO THREE.
AND YOU'RE GOING ONTO COUNCIL WITH THAT AND THEN ONTO OUR NEXT
[B4. Resubdivision: C8-2019-0100.0A - Resubdivision of Lot 3, Block E, Westover Hills Section Four Section Phase Two; District 10]
DISCUSSION ITEM.AND THAT IS THE SUBDIVISION ON HIGH RIDGE AND THAT IS BEFORE AND GOOD LUCK TO EVERYBODY WITH ALL THOSE CEO'S.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION TOO, AND VERY SPIRITED.
SO I WANT TO, SO SINCE WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ON THAT BEFORE RE SUBDIVISION CA DASH 2019 AND THE, UM,
AND SO, BUT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT AND, UM, CESAR, ARE YOU THERE? YES.
THE DEPARTMENTS, EVERYTHING DEPARTMENT.
CAN YOU REDO SOMETHING SO THAT YOU'RE NOT GARBLED? HI, CAN YOU HEAR THE COMMISSIONERS? BARELY.
YOU ARE SOUNDING LIKE YOU ARE GARGLING A MOUTHWASH.
HOW ABOUT NOW? THAT'S BETTER, BUT IT'S REALLY IT'S ON THE BORDER.
CAN YOU SPEAK NOW? AND LET'S SEE IF PEOPLE CAN HEAR YOU, UM, COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS ALL OVER THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
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THAT IS NOT OPTIMAL.AND, UM, UH, UM, CAN OUR WONDERFUL TECH PEOPLE HELP US ON THIS ONE.
I'VE BEEN AWKWARD ON THE LINE AND YOU COULD HEAR ME.
YOU COULD CONTINUE THE CASE ALSO.
IF HE DIDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE WE ARE, YOU ARE SOUNDING LIKE MOUTHWASH.
SO, UM, I'VE BEEN, ARE YOU THERE? OKAY.
UH, WELL, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
UM, IF I SAID I'M LEAVING, BEEN ON HOPE PLANNING OFFICER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND THIS CASE IS THE RECEPTIVITY OF LOT THREE BLACKIE, UH, OF THE LIST OVER HERE, SECTION FOUR, PHASE TWO DEVELOPMENT.
UH, IT WAS ORIGINALLY SUBDIVIDED IN 1971.
IT'S ONE LARGE 0.4, THREE ACRE LOT.
THE LOT IS LOCATED AT 42 OH ONE HYBRID DRIVE IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN.
UH, HIGH RIDGE DRIVE IS A, UH, IS A COLLECTIVE RESIDENTIAL COLLECTIVE ROADWAY OR FUNCTIONS AS A RESIDENTIAL COME UP, THE ROADWAY, YOU HAVE 60 FEET AND RIGHT AWAY AND 40 FEET OF PAVEMENT, UH, THE PROPOSED ROUTE IS TO DIVIDE THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL APP INTO TWO LOTS.
UH, THE PROPOSED LOT THREE, IT STATES THIS HIGH RIDGE DRIVE.
UH, THE INTERSECTION OF HYBRID DRIVE WITH MOUNTAIN, WHICH DRIVE THE HYBRID DRIVE AND MOUNTAIN RIDGE DRIVE IN A SECTION IS A T INTERSECTION, WHICH IS POLITICAL TROLL WITH STOP SIGNS AT EACH LEG.
AND THE AVERAGE SPEED THAT WAS, UH, BASED ON A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, UH, SHOWS THAT HE WAS 22 MILES PER HOUR, UM, EAST AND WEST OF THE INTERSECTION.
UH, THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY REPORTED CRASHES AT THIS INTERSECTION WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
UH, THIS CASE WAS FIRST FALLING FROM THE SEPTEMBER 15TH ZONING PLANNING, INITIAL MEETING, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS RAISED BY, UM, UH, COMMISSIONERS AND, AND CITIZENS AND STAFF, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WAS WORKING WITH A STAFF FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND THE APPLICANT, AND WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL TIME TO PROVIDE THOSE ANSWERS.
AND ALSO TO RECORD THE APPLICANT, UH, IN ORDER TO REVISE NOVEMBER NUMBER 27, WHICH WILL EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE ACCESS CONCERNS FOR LOT TWO EIGHT, UH, ON BEHALF OF STAFF, I DO APOLOGIZE THAT WE HAD TO PRESS DOWN, UH, ON A VERY SHORT NOTICE.
UH, BUT AS I SAID, IT WAS NOT TO GET HEAVY, THE PROPER LANGUAGE TO, TO REVISE THAT PLAN.
UH, THE REPLY THAT IS RED HERE TONIGHT CONTAINS THAT REVISED PLATINUM, WHICH IS NO NUMBER 27 AND DEALS DIRECTLY WITH THE ACCESS CONCERNS FOR THIS CASE.
UM, IT WILL ACT, EXCUSE ME, IT WILL BE EFFECTIVELY AND LEGALLY BUYING THE PROPERTY TO PRODUCE STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE CALCULATIONS, AND POSE DESIGNED BY THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER SO THAT IT WILL ENSURE SAFE ACCESS TO HIGH RIDGE DRIVE, UH, FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
UH, THE NEW REVISED PLAT NOTE READS AS FOLLOWS DUE TO UNIQUE FEATURES OF LAB THREE AND THREE B REQUIREMENTS FOR DRIVEWAY ACCESS FOR BOTH LIVES SHALL BE DETERMINED FOR BUILDING PERMIT REVIEW PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT, AND MUST INCLUDE THE SUBMITTAL OF SITE DESIGN DRAWINGS, STOP SITE, DISTANCE CALCULATIONS, AND OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE DIRECTOR ASSETS SHALL BE DESIGNED BY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE REGULATIONS, INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS FOR DRIVEWAY APPROACHES AND TO ENSURE A SAFE ACCESS TO HIGH RIDGE DRIVE.
THIS IS MY PRESENTATION AND I WILL BE PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER BRAY, DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP IN THE VIRTUAL LIFE? OKAY.
UM, THEN COMMISSIONER, UH, DANCLER, I'LL GO TO YOU BECAUSE YOU HAD EXPRESSED
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CONCERN BEFORE.UM, MR. SAVALA, I REALLY THINK YOU AND THE REST OF THE STAFF FOR YOUR WORK INVOLVING, UH, BOTH LEGAL AND THE ENGINEERING STAFF ON THIS.
UM, THE QUESTION I HAVE, UM, I HAVE A MINOR ONE, WHICH ONE NEIGHBOR HAS ASKED HIM.
I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I KINDA WANT TO GET IT ON RECORD.
BUT THE MAIN QUESTION IS IF THE ACCESS IS DESIGNED BY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN DOESN'T DEMONSTRATE THAT IT COMPLIES WITH SITE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS, DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BUILD, UH, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT'S ONE THING TO ASK FOR THE INFORMATION, BUT IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IF IT DOESN'T DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE RIGS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? OKAY.
WE'LL BE PLEASED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UH, THE ANSWER TO THAT IS THAT IF IT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE SITE DISTANCE, UM, CALCULATIONS THAT, UM, WILL BE APPLICABLE TO THE SITE, THEN STAFF WOULD NOT APPROVE THE PERMITS AND THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY BUILDING PERMITS AND THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THAT PROPERTY.
AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS AN INTERESTING ONE.
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT ONE, ONE NEIGHBOR, THE ONE NEIGHBOR I'VE SPOKEN TO ABOUT THIS ISSUES INDICATED THAT PEOPLE WOULD, UM, COME, UM, DROP OFF AND THEN THEY WOULD BE, UH, PICKED UP IN A VAN AND, UH, LIKE A 15 PASSENGER VAN AND, UM, TRANSPORTED ELSEWHERE.
AND I KNOW THAT IN SUBDIVISION, WHATEVER USE THEY DO HAS TO MATCH THE ZONING.
SO THIS WOULD BE A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVIDE FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVIDE.
I'M ASSUMING, UM, THAT IF THE NEIGHBORS SEE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY OF ANY SORT, THEY SHOULD BE CALLING CODE COMPLIANCE, UH, TO INVESTIGATE.
WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN A, UH, IS THAT TRUE? AND THEN HOW DOES IT WORK WHEN YOU HAVE A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT IS USING A BUSINESS OUT OF THEIR HOME, BUT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS TO DO THAT? NO SIGNAGE, UM, LIMITED NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, LIMITED PARKING.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? JUST SO THAT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEIGHBORS, THAT, UH, THE ONE NEIGHBOR WHO TALKED TO ME ABOUT THIS ISSUE? YES.
UH, THE FIRST PART, THE REAL QUESTION DEALS WITH REPORTING TO CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES, UH, ENFORCEMENT IS, UH, THE, THE BEST OPTION, IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT SHOULD EVER HAPPEN, UM, THAT THE PROPERTY IS ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY.
SO SEE, THE FAMILY REALLY IS THE ONLY USE THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE.
UM, THEY CAN USE, UH, USELESS OUTSIDE OF THAT ARE, UH, WILL NOT BE, UH, WITHIN, UH, UH, I GUESS, UH, THE CODE, UH, AND, UH, WILL BE SUBJECT TO, UM, POSSIBLE SHUTDOWNS OR, UH, CODE VIOLATIONS CITED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE THEIR HAND RAISED UP THEN? I DON'T SEE ANY LITTLE BAROQUE COMMISSIONER DUNCAN, JUST TO READ COMMENTS.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL SITE PLAN OF THE NIGHT.
IT WASN'T PUT ON HERE TO SCREENSHARE WHAT, UM, BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO DO TO RECALL IT, BUT WE KNOW IT'S AN OVERSIZE LOT AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID.
IT'S ABOUT 0.4, FOUR ACRES 24 FOUR.
WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN? I'M SORRY.
SO THE WHOLE, WHOLE LOT IS ABOUT HALF AN ACRE.
UH, JUST, JUST A LITTLE BIT UNDER HALF AN ACRE.
UH, WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE LOT IS ABOUT TWICE THE SIZE OF THE OTHER LOTS IN THE, UH, IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY? UH, THAT WOULD BE A FAIR STATEMENT.
I HAD THE THREE THOUGHTS AND I SORT OF EXPRESSED THEM LAST TIME THAT I'VE GOT, I'M NOT GOING TO ELABORATE ON NOW, BUT NUMBER ONE, THE SIZE OF THE LOT,
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NUMBER ONE, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT LENDS ITSELF TO A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.UH, I, AN ADU IN THE BACK, WHICH COULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME DRIVEWAY, WHICH WOULD NOT CAUSE ANY PROBLEM AND STILL ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, TWICE, TWICE THE RETURN ON IT.
AND IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT THAT WAY, THAT'S NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, HAVING DESIGNED A LOT OF SUBDIVISIONS AND RE RECALLING FROM THE LAST MEETING, THE LAYOUT THAT, THAT LAW IS TWICE AS LARGE BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION.
I MEAN, WHEN THE ORIGINAL SUB DIVIDERS PUT THERE, UH, THEY, THEY DID NOT HAVE AN EXCESS LOT AT THAT CORNER.
AND I SAID EARLIER SEVERAL TIMES, PUTTING THE DRIVEWAY ON THE INSIDE OF A CURB IS, IS USUALLY A PRETTY BASIC, NO, NO, THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE AN ENGINEER TO UNDERSTAND.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT BOTHERS ME ENOUGH TO VOTE AGAINST IT.
JUST, I THINK PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A RIGHT TO USE THIS PROPERTY AND I DO LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
I'VE BEEN IN TERMS OF COMING UP WITH THE KICKING, THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD TO A PHILLIP ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS ALSO NOT ALWAYS THE SOLUTION THAT WORKS.
THAT'S PUTTING A BURDEN ON AT A CERTAIN TIME WHEN IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT NUMBER ONE, IT'S AN OVERSIZED LOT.
I WISHED THAT THEY HAD, INSTEAD OF USING THE ADU, WHICH WE'VE BEEN PITCHING FOR FIVE YEARS AND IDEAL LOCATION FOR IT, UH, AND TO, UH, UH, AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S MY 2 CENTS.
I, I PLAN ON VOTING FOR IT, BUT, UH, I, WITH THE WORK THAT STAFF HAS PUTTING IN, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THEM FORWARD FOR COMING.
AND YOU KNOW, I DID VISIT THIS SITE.
UH, WELL, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW, LAST WEEK SOMETIME.
AND, AND I LIVE AT THE INTERSECTION THERE, UH, AND, AND WATCH THE TRAFFIC THERE.
AND BASICALLY I PARKED, UH, HIGHWAY HIGH RIDGE DRIVE, UH, RIGHT BEFORE, UH, I GUESS IT WOULD BE GOING EAST ON HIGH RIDGE DRIVE, RIGHT BEFORE THE, THAT, THAT PROPOSED A NEW LOCK THERE.
AND I PARKED THERE AND I WATCHED THE TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THERE.
AND WHAT I NOTICED WHILE I WAS THERE IS WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN THE STREET THERE, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A HILL.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE THERE.
IF YOU COULD SEE THIS, I THINK YOU WOULD MAYBE HAVE SOME, I'D INFORM YOU A LITTLE BIT HERE.
SO I DROVE OUT THERE AND SO HIGH RIDGE GOES UP HEEL BASICALLY TO WHERE THIS LOT IS.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BIG LOT, IT STARTS GOING DOWN.
BUT, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK TO MOUNTAIN RIDGE DRIVE THAT INTERSECTION, THAT IS A STEEP, IT GOES DOWNHILL.
AND WHAT I SAW WAS THAT MOST OF THE CARS DID NOT STOP AT THE STOP SIGN THERE ON HIGH RIDGE DRIVE.
AND I WAS THERE FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES, AND MOST OF THE CARS ROLLED THROUGH THE STOP SIGN, GOING EAST ON HIGH RIDGE AND THEN GOING WEST ON HIGH RIDGE BECAUSE THERE'S A STOP SIGN THERE.
AND ALSO CARS WROTE FOR THEM BECAUSE MANY OF THEM WERE TURNING RIGHT OFF OF, UH, THE WESTBOUND, UH, LANE OF, UH, DRIVE GOING DOWN MOUNTAIN RIDGE DRIVE AND THAT'S DOWNHILL.
AND THERE WERE KIDS ON THEIR BICYCLES RACING THROUGH THERE, AND THEY DIDN'T STOP AND, UH, EQUALS COULDN'T SEE THOSE KIDS.
AND THERE WERE FAMILIES WITH THEIR STROLLERS WITH KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN, YOU KNOW, A NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, I JUST, I WAS, I'M VERY WORRIED.
SO, AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THAT STAFF IS SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW AN UNSAFE, UH, YOU KNOW, EASEMENT HERE FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, PARKING IN THE, IN THE INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THIS PROPOSAL A LOT.
BUT WHAT I WONDER IS I WONDER WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO.
I CAN TELL YOU IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE STOP SIGNS DON'T REALLY, REALLY WORK CONSISTENTLY.
PEOPLE ROLL THROUGH THEM, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT DOES WORK, THE SPEED BUMP.
IF YOU PUT A SPEED HUMP IN THERE, MOST OF THE CARS WILL SLOW DOWN.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WONDER IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE COULD DO THAT COULD HELP MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE SAFE BY SAYING WE DEMAND HAVING SPEED BUMPS IN THEIR, EITHER SIDE OF THIS INTERSECTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT, BUT I DON'T.
I WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT CAN ALLOW THIS TO BE DEVELOPED BECAUSE I AGREE IT'S A BIG LOT.
WE NEED MORE HOUSING, LET'S PUT A HOUSE THERE.
I'M, I'M I'M FOR THAT, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO CREATE A, UH, AN UNSAFE SITUATION THERE.
AND, AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN RIGHT NOW, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE WHEN IT DOES GET DEVELOPED.
HE'S POSTED THAT, UH, THAT IS CERTAINLY A, UH, AN ISSUE THAT, UH, WE CAN BRING FORWARD THROUGH THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO LOOK INTO, UH, REGARDING THE SPEED BUMP THAT YOU SUGGESTED.
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IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, UM, FORWARD TO INSTALLATION DEPARTMENT AND LET THEM LOOK INTO IT.UM, ALSO THE OTHER PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE MADE SUCH AS, UH, LIKE A FLASHING STOP, A STOP SIGN, UM, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN THE SIGNAGE, UH, AS WELL, UH, PRIOR TO IT, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S THE STOP SIGN UP AHEAD.
SO JUST ITEMS THAT COULD BE DONE TO, TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND TRY TO LISTEN FORCE MORE, UH, UM, PEACEABLY, UH, WITHOUT POLICEMEN INVOLVEMENT, BUT, UH, JUST SO THAT THE RESIDENTS FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOOD.
ALSO WITH COMMISSIONER KING, I ALSO WENT OUT THERE AND IT WAS BEFORE THE LAST, UM, MEETING THAT WE HAD, AND I WAS SURPRISED ON, AND I DID HAVE SOME MAJOR SAFETY CONCERNS, SO I WOULD STRONGLY STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THIS SPEED.
AND I CITED NOT SO MUCH MORE FOR THE NEIGHBORS, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT USE IT THROUGH ESSA CROSS THROUGH ROUTE AND, YOU KNOW, TO GO, YOU KNOW, THEY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THEY'RE, THEY MAY NOT SINCE BE SENSITIVE TO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE YOU HAVE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, ON BICYCLES AND SO FORTH.
SOME LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.
AND I THINK THAT YOU WOULD BE A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO PEOPLE THAT SPEAK CARELESSLY AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO STOP AND SLOW DOWN.
IS THERE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY'S HANDS ARE DOWN AS THEIR EMOTION, UM, OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS AND EMOTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROJECT BASED OFF THAT RECOMMENDATION AND THE NEW NOTE THAT WE'LL ADD IT.
UM, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SMITH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COSTA TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
AND, UM, AND I WAS JUST CHECKING ON AN EMAIL FROM ANDREW.
DID YOU ADD ANYTHING ELSE OR WAS THAT IT? OKAY, THAT WAS IT.
LET'S SEE SOMETHING ABOUT CONDITIONS.
I JUST, I THINK HE WAS REFERRING TO THAT.
I THINK THE STAFF PUT A NOTE ON THERE ABOUT THE REQUIRING A PROFESSIONAL, I GUESS, ENGINEER TO GO.
AND DO WE NEED TO INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE MOTION, I WOULD BE BACK TO BE SAFE AND SAY THAT IS INCLUDING PROMOTION IF WE CAN.
YOU'RE MOVING THROUGH THE REVISED PLAN.
AND THE BACKUP REVISED STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THE REVISED PLAN, INCLUDING STAFFS PLANT NOTES INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THERE WAS THIS TYPE OF, FROM COMMISSIONER ACOSTA, AND I'M GOING TO SAY THE TERM, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
SO, UM, THEN I THINK WE'VE HAD OUR DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
AND, UM, UH, THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S UNANIMOUS AND UNLESS, UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA S UNLESS ANYBODY'S OPPOSED AND I MISSED THEM OR ANYBODY'S ABSTAINING.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR A GOOD DISCUSSION AND THANK YOU STAFF FOR A LENGTHY, BUT FRUITFUL PROCESS ON THAT SUBDIVISION.
[C1. Discussion and possible action regarding matters related to any proposed revisions to the Land Development Code including but not limited to staff updates, presentations and scheduling. Sponsors: Chair Kiolbassa, Commissioner Duncan]
WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ITEM FROM THE COMMISSION, UM, I BELIEVE, AND THAT IS, UH, AS ZENOBIA, UM, WE HAVE ITEMS C UH, ONE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING MATTERS RELATED TO ANY PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.IT HAD TO STEP UPDATES, PRESENTATIONS AND SCHEDULING, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE NOVIA.
AND WHILE I KNOW AS AN OB, UH, JOSEPH OF FLAGGED A FEW OF US, AND I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES, ZONES AND BEST PRACTICES ON THIS, ON THIS AGENDA ITEM AND SYNOVIA.
ARE YOU THERE? WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU SURE.
COMMERCIALIZE ON ANDREW AS I CC'D YOU
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ON THE EMAIL TO MRS. SYNOVIA.I SAW THAT, BUT I WAS HOPING SHE WOULD GET BACK ON.
SO, UM, SHE HAS EMAILED OR, UM, UH, SHE HAS EMAILED AND I SEE IT RIGHT NOW.
SHE'S EMAILED WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO US AND, UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU SPEAK AND OTHER TIMES ENOVIA AND WE WILL, UM, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING OPPORTUNITIES ZONES TO OUR ATTENTION.
AND SO THAT IS THAT COMMISSIONER KING.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT, THAT HER FEEDBACK, HER COMMENTS INPUT TONIGHT BE SHARED WITH THE FULL COMMISSION.
AND, UH, AND I THINK SHE'S MADE SOME VERY, I THINK, IMPORTANT RESEARCH HERE AVAILABLE TO US.
AND I THINK THAT'D BE VERY HELPFUL TO THE, TO THE FULL COMMISSION.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE DID SEND IT TO EVERYBODY.
SHE SENT IT, I GUESS SHE GOT KICKED OFF AND I WILL, I WILL CIRCLE BACK WITH HER TO FIND OUT, UM, I KNOW SHE'S HAD SOME ISSUES WITH CONNECTING TO THE MEETING AND, UM, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER EVANS, DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP AND IF NOT, YES OR NO.
AND ON THE LITTLE IMAGINARY ICON HAND.
THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW ALL I'M ANDREW AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS THIS.
AND THEN LET ME ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN, UM, UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COMMENTS, AND IF NOT, THEN WE CAN
[D. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
GO TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. AND I KNOW THAT NEXT, OUR NEXT MEETING, I BELIEVE.AND I'M GOING TO LOOK TO COMMISSIONER GARY HERE, CAUSE I CAN'T SEE ANDREW, BUT I BELIEVE WE ARE HIS NEXT MEETING.
WE'RE HAVING OUR ONION CREEK PRESENTATION ON DEVELOPMENT THAN THE ONION CREEK AREA.
OR IS IT THE FOLLOWING MEETING? I THINK IT'S THIS, MAYBE IT'S THIS UPCOMING MEETING ON OCTOBER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE ONION CREEK ON D ON DEVELOPMENT IN THE ONION CREEK AREA, A WATERSHED AND ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. IF NOT, YOU CAN ALL CELEBRATE, UH, WE'LL HAVE
[F. COMMITTEE REPORTS & WORKING GROUPS]
COMMITTEE REPORTS AND INSTEAD OF CALLING OUT WHY JUST, UM, RAISE YOUR LITTLE HAND ICON IF THERE IS A REPORT.CAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL MOST PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN MEETING.
COMMISSIONER RAY I'M AT MY SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE DID MEET.
UM, WE RECOMMENDED TO GRANT A VARIANCE FOR A PROJECT, UM, IN THE WATERFORD OVERLAY DISTRICT.
UM, THE IMPERVIOUS COVER STILL EXCEEDS THE 40% THRESHOLD THAT WE PRINTED IT BECAUSE IT'S STILL REDUCING IMPERVIOUS COVER BY 10%.
SO THAT WENT THROUGH AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON FOUR OCTOBER, BUT WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE SCHEDULE FOR THAT ONE.
AND IF I COULD JUST FOLLOW ON WITH COMMISSIONER RAY'S, UH, COMMENTS THERE AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON A SMALLER AREA COMMITTEE, UH, AGENDA ITEMS COMING UP ON OUR NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TESLA, ERIC, THE TESLA PLANT AND THAT AREA AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE PLANNING TO DEVELOP THAT.
SO THAT THAT'LL BE VERY INTERESTING TOPIC.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR MEETINGS ARE OPEN SO THE PUBLIC CAN LISTEN IN IF YOU'D LIKE TO, AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, I ATTEND, SO THANK YOU, JOSEPH ON THE LINE.
THEN WE WILL GO TO ZENOBIA AND SYNOVIA.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING SYNOVIA AND ZENOBIA THANK YOU FOR OFFERING YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON OPPORTUNITIES ZONES AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES, BUT UH, STAY ON THE LINE AFTERWARDS IN CASE WE HAVE QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO OPPORTUNITIES ZONES.
I JUST DIDN'T SEE WHERE WE'RE TAKING THE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IN AUSTIN AND FIVE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY
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GET A PRESENTATION AS IT RELATED TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REWRITE.AND I SPECIFICALLY SENT YOU INFORMATION ABOUT A GENTLEMAN NAMED MAURICE JONES.
HE'S AN ATTORNEY AND HE ALSO TESTIFIED MAY 17, 2018 BEFORE CONGRESS.
SO HE HAS A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA IS THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE CONGRESSIONAL HEARING.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXAMPLE THAT I GAVE YOU THE ASSISTANCE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, AND IT SHOWS A, A MINI WALMART AND IT WAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY ZONE, BUT IT COULD ACTUALLY BE THE ANSWER FOR SOME OF THE ONES IN EAST BOSTON, AS OPPOSED TO SIMPLY MITIGATING THIS PLACEMENT.
THE OTHER EXAMPLE THAT I WOULD CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THE AM FORMER AIR FORCE BASE BOOK'S AIR FORCE BASE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST IN TEXAS TO ACTUALLY BE DESIGNATED AS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
AND BEFORE THE DESIGNATION, THE COMMUNITY HAD ALREADY ENERGIZED AND THEY WILL BASICALLY READY TO ENGAGE IN A MIXED DEVELOPMENT, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
THE LAST EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE YOU IS SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA.
I DON'T HAVE IT IN, I CAN SEND IT TO YOU, BUT THERE'S A $7.5 MILLION WAS ACTUALLY INFUSED IN THE AREA, WHICH WAS A FOOD DESERT.
AND THEN IF YOU GO ONLINE, THERE'S A SEVEN MINUTE VIDEO OR SO, AND IT JUST SHOWS THE HEALTHY FOODS.
SO THE AREA THAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME IS REALLY FM NINE 69, AS YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, IT'S A FOOD DESERT AND THEY HAVE A BROWNFIELD AREA THERE WHICH COULD ACTUALLY BE ENERGIZED.
I DON'T THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE, BUT THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE, UM, SOME TYPE OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT CAN HAPPEN.
YOU DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IS ON, ON MLK THOUGH, EAST MLK, WHICH IS A PROPERTY THAT WAS RECENTLY MADE RECENTLY WENT BEFORE COUNCIL.
MY POINT IS THAT ALL TOO OFTEN, WHAT I SEE IS THAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE PRIMARILY RELYING ON THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS.
AND I JUST AM PERPLEXED AS TO WHY THEY'RE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE DEFERRED TAXES THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A LOT TO INVEST IN THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX DEPARTMENT WOULD SEEM TO BE AN IDEAL WAY TO GO.
IT'S A WIN, WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A WIN, WIN FOR THE INVESTOR AS WELL.
LASTLY, THE OTHER THING I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER HAVING ALL OF THE STAFF TALK ABOUT IS WHAT HOUSING AND I'LL JUST END THERE, BUT THAT DOESN'T, THAT I'M CARE IS FROM 2007 AND THE STAFF IS ABLE TO WAIVE THE TRANSIT ORIENTED, UM, PORTION OF SMART.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WITH ME CONNECTING.
AND, UM, ANDREW HAS FORWARDED YOUR INFORMATION AND I'LL FIRST SEE IF THERE WAS ANY, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER RAY HAS A QUESTION AND THEN COMMISSIONER KING.
I'LL GO WITH COMMISSIONER RAY RAY.
I'VE BEEN, I'VE TALKED ENOUGH ALREADY.
AND, AND, UH, MS. JOSEPH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND I WILL DEFINITELY, UM, YOU KNOW, I HOPE I GET SOME SUPPORT FOR ASKING THAT OPPORTUNITY ZONES BEYOND OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEM FOR US TO DISCUSS, AND ALSO THIS, UH, UM, THESE TAX, UH, FINANCE, UH, HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT YOU, THAT YOU REFER TO.
I THINK THAT THERE'S INFORMATION THAT'S VERY HELPFUL IN INFORMING THOSE TWO POTENTIAL STRATEGIES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US AS WE LEARN AND UNDERSTAND THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE TWO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES, ZONES AND, UH, TAX, UH, CREDIT, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOW THOSE TWO PROGRAMS WORK AND, YOU KNOW, AND HOW THEY MIGHT BENEFIT AND HOW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME DOWNSIDES OR CONCERNS ABOUT THEM AS WELL.
I THINK THE MORE OUR EYES ARE OPEN ON THOSE, THE BETTER WE CAN UTILIZE THEM AND INCORPORATE THEM INTO OUR SMALL AREA PLANS AND INTO OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THING, I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
AND LIKE I SAID, I JUST THINK IT'S THE, IT'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY AND I'M NOT TO BE POLITICAL, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE, UM, POSITIVE BIPARTISAN, UM, BILLS THAT PASSED UNDER THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.
AND IT'S ONE THAT THEY HAD PROMOTED MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.
SO I THINK IF WE CAN GET STAFF
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TO TRY TO BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE, UM, THE, WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES ON THAT MIGHT SHED SOME LIGHT ON POSITIVITY IN AN AREA THAT'S CERTAINLY BEEN GENTRIFYING LATELY.AND SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARY, THANK YOU CHAIR.
SOME OF, YOU KNOW, I'M INVOLVED WITH THE SOUTHEAST COMPANY, THE STEEL VALLEY COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE'RE, WELL, PART OF OUR STUDENTS ARE CONTACTING YOU GO TO DEL VALLEY ISD, BUT THE DEL VALLEY COMMUNITY APPROACH, THERE ARE CONTACTING, SEEKING ASSISTANCE TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT OF A SMALL AREA PLAN BECAUSE THEY KNOW OF ALL OF THE GROWTH IS HAPPY IN THAT AREA.
AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PROACTIVE AND BE INVOLVED IN THAT PLANNING.
SO JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH THE END, THIS TIES INTO WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED BY MS. JOSEPH AND SUPPORTED BY COMMISSIONER KEY.
AND I, I WANT TO SAY, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA ABOUT YES.
CAN I JUST SHARE THAT ACTUALLY THE DELL VALLEY AREA SOUTHEAST, UM, AUSTIN, THAT AREA IS THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE.
SO THIS COMMENT IS RIGHT ON POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH TESLA AND ALL OF THAT GROWING IN THE AREA, IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE A SAY.
SO IN WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THEIR AREA, AS OPPOSED TO A DEVELOPER, GETTING EXCITED THAT TESLA'S COMING AND THEN, YOU KNOW, INFUSING ONTO THEM WHAT HE WANTS TO SEE, BUT THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE IN THAT AREA THERE.
THEN I HAVE A QUESTION AND THAT IS HOW, HOW ARE, AND THIS IS WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THE PRESENTATION IDEA, HOW ARE OPPORTUNITIES, OPPORTUNITIES, ZONES DETERMINED, BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE A GREAT IDEA.
AND I REMEMBER THE CASE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, ZENOBIA ON MLK, AND I'M ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT, WE NEED MORE AMENITIES.
WE NEED MORE AMENITIES IN CERTAIN, ALL THESE AREAS AND THE FOOD DESERT ISSUE IS IMPORTANT TOO.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO AND WHAT CAN THE CITY DO? AND WHERE IS THE CITY RIGHT NOW? AND IT'S AN OB, YOU MIGHT BE THE BEST PERSON TO ASK FIRST, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CITY STAFF HERE TO ANSWER THAT, BUT WHERE DO THINGS STAND WITH THE CITY ON OPPORTUNITIES ZONES? YES.
MADAM CHAIR OPPORTUNITIES ON THE ASKING YOU DETERMINED THEY WERE DETERMINED BY THE GOVERNOR, BUT, UM, MAYOR ADLER HAD INPUT INTO THE PROCESS.
SO HE DESIGNATED AREAS THAT ARE REALLY SOUTHEAST.
SO THE AIRPORT AREA, UM, AND THEN THERE'S NORTHEAST THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY AREAS THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED, BUT, UM, YOU WILL FORGIVE ME FOR NOT HAVING THE EXACT NUMBER AND A HAND LIKE I USUALLY DO, BUT THEY'RE ARE ACTUALLY DESIGNATED AND THERE IS ACTUALLY A LEAK I CAN SEND TO YOU.
AND THEN YOU CAN JUST PUT AN ADDRESS.
AND SO AS CASES COME BEFORE YOU, YOU COULD AT LEAST TARGET THAT ADDRESS, JUST TYPE IT IN.
AND THEN IT ACTUALLY COLORS THE MAP.
AND YOU CAN SEE IF IT'S IN THE OPPORTUNITIES ON OR NOT, AND REALLY WHAT IT IS, IT'S THE TAX DEFERMENT.
SO IT'S UP TO THE INVESTOR TO REALLY WANT TO DEFER TAXES.
SO IF IT'S FIVE AND 10 YEARS, SO IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, IF THERE'S A QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY, UM, IT'S, UM, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY SET UP THE ACCOUNT.
SO WITH, IF THERE'S A QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY FUND, THAT MONEY JUST SITS IN FOR FIVE YEARS, THEN THEY PAY ONLY 90% OF WHAT YOU KNOW OF THE RETURN.
AND THEN IF IT'S SEVEN YEARS, IT'S 85% THAT THEY PAY.
AND IF IT STAYS IN THAT ONE FOR 10 YEARS, THEN THEY COULD ACTUALLY ALMOST REALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BALANCE OFF IF YOU GET ENOUGH TAXES, YOU KNOW, TAX CREDITS.
AND SO THAT'S KINDA HOW IT WORKS.
SO IT'S A REALLY BIG INCENTIVE, BUT THE DOWNSIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY IS THAT IF WE DON'T GET THOSE TAXES INTO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEN IT COULD CUT INTO OTHER PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY THE, INVESTOR'S THE ONE THAT'S BENEFITING, YOU KNOW, CAUSE IT'S HIS OR HER MONEY, BUT THAT'S HOW IT'S ALREADY DESIGNATED.
UM, IT'S BEEN SINCE 2017, IT'S THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT OF 2017.
AND THE BILL WAS SPONSORED BY CORY BOOKER.
AND, UH, TIM SCOTT IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS ACTUALLY HIS AREA.
AND THAT'S WHAT DREW ME TO THAT PARTICULAR EXAMPLE.
AND SO HE'S ACTUALLY ASKING FOR MORE DATA TO SHOW WHETHER OR NOT IT'S HELPING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, BUT I THINK IT'S NOT HELPING IN NUMBERS OF GEORGIA AS IT RELATES TO AUSTIN BECAUSE THE STAFF, IF YOU LOOK ON AUSTIN'S PAGE,
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THEY'VE TAKEN A PASSIVE APPROACH.SO THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION IT'S HOSTED ONLINE, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY ENGAGED, BUT MAYBE THE OTHER PERSON I WOULD TELL YOU LOCALLY OR CLOSER TO HOME WOULD BE A ULI.
THEY WOULD BE A GOOD PERSON TO COME AND BRIEF YOU ON THAT.
BUT THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE, THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDE LOTS OF INFORMATION TO THE CITY.
AND THERE'S A INFORMATION ONLINE RELATED TO THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES ON THE GENTLEMAN THAT GIVES THESE PRESENTATIONS HAS BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR LIKE 30 YEARS, BUT HE WOULD BE SOMEBODY THAT THE CITY WOULD TRUST.
AND I THINK THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, HELPS HIM MOVE THIS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES ON FORWARD.
BUT I, THE REASON I ALSO, UH, APPRECIATE, UH, THE AFRICAN AMERICANS MALE IS BECAUSE OFTENTIMES COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WERE THE ONES BEING, YOU KNOW, THIS PLACE.
AND SO IT WOULD JUST BE NICE TO SEE SOMEBODY WHO IS DOING THE WORK, WHO IS A PERSON OF COLOR AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, UM, I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHEN STAFF, AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF, SO STAFF, WHEN YOU BRING CASES TO US, DO YOU INDICATE IF THE, IF THE, IF THE SITE IS LOCATED IN AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE, IS THAT INFORMATION PART OF OUR PACKET? I DON'T RECALL ANY CASES THAT WE'VE HAD THAT WERE IN OPPORTUNITIES ZONES.
THAT WAS A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
IF THEY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY STAFF ON, IS THAT THERE? THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOBODY HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ASK THE GROUP IF WE COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT I'LL SUBMIT THAT, I GUESS I'LL SUBMIT A QUESTION TO ANDREW AND A COPY OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
SO Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT ASK IF THAT CAN, IF THAT INFORMATION IS NOT PROVIDED, IF IT COULD BE PROVIDED NOW WITH ALL OF OUR CASES WHERE THE CASE IS IN OR ADJACENT TO AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE.
ANY OTHER, UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS AND IF NOT, WE CAN, UM, FINISH UP OUR STAFF OR, UH, COMMITTEE REPORTS.
ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS, IF NOT, THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.