* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. GOOD [00:00:01] EVENING. TODAY IS TUESDAY. GOOD EVENING. TODAY [I. Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call] IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH, AND THE TIME IS 6:57 PM AND I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO ORDER. MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? DELORE GEL. HERE. KIN HERE. SHIELD. HERE. JAMES? HERE. HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. ITEM NUMBER [II. Approval of Minutes] TWO, APPROVAL OF MINUTES. ITEM 2.1. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. JULY, 2020 THIRD. JULY 23RD, 2024. REGULAR MEETING MINUTES. WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JULY 23RD. 2024. I SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COMMISSIONER SHIELD AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER STEGEL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER THREE, CITIZEN COMMENT, PERIOD. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS EARLY IN THE AGENDA OF REGULAR MEETINGS. SPEAKERS ARE PROVIDED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DURING THIS TIME PERIOD ON ANY AGENDA ITEM OR ANY OTHER MATTER CONCERNING CITY BUSINESS, AND THEY MUST OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN CITIZEN COMMENTS. CITIZEN COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER [IV. Consent Agenda] FOUR, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 4.2. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A ONE YEAR EXTENSION FOR THE FINAL PLOT FOR GREG GARDEN SUBDIVISION, SUV DASH 22 DASH 0 2 6 9. WE'LL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH A MOTION. YES. UH, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS 4.2 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND ON THE MOTION? YES. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER JAMES AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER STEGEL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? YES. COMMISSIONER SHIELD. OKAY. SO EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. WHY ARE WE NEEDING, WHY DID THEY NOT GET THIS UNDERWAY AND WHY IS THERE AN EXTENSION? MS. WILL ATKINSON RECORD JUDGE, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING. SO ON THIS ONE, ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS THAT THEIR PROJECT JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THEY HAD ANTICIPATED. THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE FINAL CLASS. UH, THE PROJECT IN ITSELF AFTER TALKING TO THE LEAD PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR AS THE PROJECT'S APPROXIMATELY 90% COMPLETE AT THIS TIME. AND SO IT'S A, IT'S ESSENTIALLY A WASTE OF TIME FOR STAFF TO COME BACK AND RE REVIEW AND WHEN IT'S, NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE. AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR IT TO BE APPROVED. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OF COURSE. WAS THAT PAR, UM, PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY DUE TO THE STORM WATER DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT ARE CITED HERE IN THIS, UH, MEMO STORM WATER AND DRAINAGE ISSUES? YEAH. WHERE IT AT IN FROM CHRIS WALL ON THE APPLICANT HAS NOTHING'S CHANGED. CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. THEY'RE A MONTH, YOU KNOW, A MONTH BEHIND FROM OF YEAR DATE, SO THEY'RE LOOKING TO FINALIZE THE PROJECT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT TO ITEM? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED A NAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, [V.3. Recognition of Brandon James for his years of service on the Planning and Zoning Commission.] REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS. ITEM 5.3 RECOGNITION OF BRANDON JAMES FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. I, DID I SKIP SOMETHING? OKAY. THEY LOOK QUIZZICAL. UM, I WILL GIVE IT TO MR. ATKINSON. OH, WONDERFUL. , WE DID SOMETHING EARLY. SO, . ALRIGHT, SO, UH, BRANDON JAMES IS, UH, THIS IS THE SECOND TERM AS A PLANNING ZONING COMMISSIONER. HE, UH, HE'S GONNA BE MOVING HERE SHORTLY, UM, TO THE NORTH SIDE OF AUSTIN. AND SO HE WILL NOT BE A ELIGIBLE ANY LONGER TO BE ON THE COMMISSION, BUT WE DO CREATE, APPRECIATE HIS TIME AND HIS EQUITY. HE'S PUT IN, UH, AMONGST ALL OF Y'ALL. HE HAS HELPED US GET THROUGH THE COMP PLAN. WE JUST, UH, PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR. HE'S ALWAYS, HE ALWAYS HAS GOOD QUESTIONS AND JUST WANTING TO KNOW HOW THINGS ARE WORKING THROUGH THE CITY WHEN PROJECTS COME FORWARD. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND, UH, WE HAVE A PLAQUE HERE THAT, UH, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER HAVE ALSO SIGNED THAT YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR WALL. THANK YOU. AND, UH, YOU GET TO KEEP THAT, UH, [00:05:01] LITTLE PLACARD HERE THAT WAS HERE ON THE DICE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SAY SOME COMMENTS ABOUT OUR FELLOW COMMISSIONER JAMES? WELL, I WOULD ACTUALLY. OKAY. I, UH, BROKE IN HERE, SO TO SPEAK AS A COMMISSIONER SITTING NEXT TO BRANDON JAMES. AND, UH, I ALWAYS FELT HE WAS, UH, A, A GOOD ROLE MODEL, HAD GOOD THINGS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I REALLY LEARNED BY WATCHING HIM IN PART, JUST GETTING STARTED. SO I ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT AND ON A CONTINUING BASIS, APPRECIATED, YOU KNOW, HIS ATTENDANCE IN HIS ABILITY BRINGS SOMETHING TO THE MEETINGS WHEN HE REALLY HAD A THOUGHT OR CONCERN. HE WAS WILLING TO EXPRESS IT AND THEY WERE ALWAYS QUITE CLEAR AND, AND HELPFUL AND I THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. WELL SAID. MM-HMM . EVEN THOUGH MY TIME SITTING HERE HAS NOT BEEN ALL THAT LONG, UM, IT HAS BEEN A JOY SITTING NEXT TO YOU AND AGAIN, LEARNING FROM YOU. SO THANK YOU. YEAH, JUST, UH, JUST TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GO ON TOP OF WHAT NEIL HAD TO SAY. YOU KNOW, BRANDON ALWAYS BRINGS, UH, SOME GOOD VALID POINTS OF DISCUSSION TO, YOU KNOW, EVERY MEETING WE HAVE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING ONE OF THE NEWER MEMBERS, IT'S, UH, HE'S BEEN SUPER WELCOMING. UM, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS GREAT GETTING TO KNOW HIM IN MINNEAPOLIS AS WELL. AND, UH, YEAH, HE'S A GREAT COMMISSIONER AND WE THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. WRAPPING UP, UM, JUST ECHOING WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID HERE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALL JOINED THIS COMMISSION AFTER YOU WERE NEWBIES AND, UM, LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR YEARS OF GOOD QUESTIONS AND KIND OF KICKING THE TIRES ON THINGS AND HELPING US LOOK AT THINGS FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN THOUGHT OF BEFORE. AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO CARRY THAT TORCH THAT, THAT YOU'VE, UM, WIELDED THE LAST FEW YEARS AND MAKE YOU PROUD OF US GOING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES. YEAH. I JUST WANNA THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THE, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. UM, AS MUCH AS YOU ALL SAID THAT YOU'VE LEARNED THINGS, YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE BLESSED WITH THE ABILITY TO HAVE A GREAT STAFF WHO'VE HELPED US THROUGHOUT THIS TIME. UM, YEAH. UH, I'M GONNA MISS THIS TIME ON TUESDAY AT LEAST OF Y'ALL. AND, UH, Y'ALL ARE AMAZED AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT Y'ALL CAN DO TODAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, UNLESS, UNLESS HE WANTS A PICTURE. DO YOU, DO YOU WANT A PICTURE? SURE. A PICTURE. OKAY. CAN WE GET A PICTURE WITH HIM AND THE DICE AND EVERYBODY? DO YOU WANNA DO IT IN FRONT OF THE DICE? I WOULD LET HIM PICK. DO YOU WANNA SIT IN YOUR SPOT OR DO YOU WANT TO, HOWEVER Y'ALL WANNA DO IT. IT'S UP TO YOU. IT'S UP. UH, I'LL SIT HERE. I'LL STAND HERE. DID YOU PUT THE BACK ON? OH YEAH. THERE YOU. HERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT, LET'S KIND SHUFFLE. IT'S ALL LOOK LIKE WE LIKE EACH OTHER FOR ARE Y'ALL READY? CAME FROM THE GALLERY. WHAT'S GOING ON? SEE THE SECOND ONE? OH, SAID PLANNING. PERFECT. BEAUTIFUL. ALL RIGHT. UM, [V.4. Staff Report regarding previously approved and upcoming agenda items. Annexation (Maredia Property) 1417 Bunton Creek Road (Community Commercial Rezoning) Completed Code Changes (Low Hanging Fruit) - Part 1 Code Changes (Low Hanging Fruit) - Upcoming (Not for Discussion) Richard R. Lillie FAICP Planning Excellence Award] SO WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 5.4, WHICH IS A STAFF REPORT REGARDING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. SO OVER TO YOU AGAIN, MR. ATKINSON. ALRIGHT, WILL ATKINSON FOR THE RECORD, UH, SO ON THE FIRST ONE, AND JUST SO WE ALL KNOW, PRESENTATION ITEMS ARE STUFF THAT WE'RE TELLING Y'ALL ABOUT, BUT WE JUST FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND JUST AS A HEADS UP. SO, UM, AT THE UH, EIGHT 15 COUNCIL MEETING, UH, COUNCIL ENDED UP ANNEXING 2.07 ACRES OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 1 58. AND ON YOUR SHEET THERE, THE LITTLE BLOCKS IN RED, UH, THEY HAD, UH, PREVIOUSLY THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON 8 6 24, THE AREA IN BLUE STAYED INSIDE THE ETJ, UH, ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE ON ALSO ON A 2024 COUNCIL [00:10:01] APPROVED, UH, THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL REZONING AT 1417 BUN CREEK ROAD ONE HALF ACRES. UH, IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM Y UM, FOR CC EMAIL REQUESTED RS FOR CODE CHANGES, LOW PROOF PART ONE, UH, COUNSEL VOTED ON 8 20 24 TO ADJUST THE SIGN CODE FOR MASTER SIGNAGE, UH, WIRELESS TRANSMISSION FACILITIES, RESTAURANT PARKING, SHARED PARKING, ET CETERA. ON THE NEXT THING COMING UP, UM, WE HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING BRING FORWARD FROM COUNCIL. THE FIRST ONE BEING, UH, ON THE 20TH, WE'RE GONNA UPDATE THE SIGN CODE AGAIN FOR ELECTRONIC MESSAGING BOARD FOR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING FORWARD A SIDEWALK EXEMPTION IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN, THE AREA OF KYLE, AND IN AROUND IT, UH, CVP UPDATE FOR AMPLIFIED MUSIC IN MORE AREAS OF ELECTRIC FOOD TRUCKS. AND WE ARE GONNA BE BRINGING FORWARD A REMOVING PARKING MINIMUMS FOR COMMERCIAL AREAS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE A PLANNING AWARD. UH, WE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED THE RICHARD R LILY F-A-I-C-P PLANNING EXCELLENCE RECOGNITION AWARD. UM, THE CRITERIA INCLUDES A LEVEL OF TRAINING FOR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF, PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF PLANNING STAFF AND BREADTH AND CURRENCY OF MASTER PLANNING COMPONENTS AND COMPLETION OF OTHER PLANNING RELATED PROJECTS. SO THAT, YEAH, THE WORK WILL OFFICIALLY BE GIVEN, UH, TWO CITIES AT THE, UM, A PA CONFERENCE. SO, UM, THANK YOU. YEAH. YES. AND HONESTLY, YOU GUYS ARE A BIG PART OF THAT TOO. IT TRULY IS. IT'S A KIND OF A POINT CRITERIA SYSTEM AND TRAINING AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS AND YOUR COMMITMENT IS DEFINITELY A, UM, OF EXCELLENCE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ROUND OUT OUR GREAT, UH, PLANNING EFFORTS IN THE CITY AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, CONTINUED YEARS OF SERVICE. SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US BE, UM, BETTER PLANNER. ABSOLUTELY. AND I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THE, UH, CODE CHANGES, NOT FOR DISCUSSION, I KNOW, BUT, UM, WHAT ABOUT THE, UM, AMENDMENT FOR, UM, RESIDENTIAL, UM, LOW IRRIGATION? NO LOW IRRIGATION? UH, I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD RIGHT NOW. SORRY. UH, FOR, 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY WANTED, UH, SOMEBODY TO LOOK INTO COMING UP WITH AN ORDINANCE OR AMENDMENT FOR ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL TO DO ZERO SCAPING. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. WE, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN TELL, I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AFTER. OKAY. I JUST NOTICED IT WASN'T ON YOUR LIST. THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST MAKING SURE WE WERE LOOKING AT IT AT LEAST. YEAH, WELL WE CAN GIVE ENOUGH. OKAY. BEAUTIFUL. OKAY, WELL THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER SIX. EVEN THOUGH IT SHOWS AS NUMBER SEVEN ON THE PAPER, ADJOURN AS WE'VE COMPLETED ALL THE ITEMS ON THE MEETING'S AGENDA AND THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT SEVEN 10. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.