Jun 08, 2023 P&Z Commission

PARDON?

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ALL RIGHT.

[1. Call to Order.]

LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT

[2. Roll Call.]

[3. Director’s report to the Planning & Zoning Commission on actions taken by the City Council at the June 1, 2023 meeting]

GOOD EVENING.

I'M REPORTING ON ACTION TAKEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE JUNE 1ST MEETING.

UM, DURING THAT MEETING, THEY CONDUCTED THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE, UM, FOR THE B TWISTED ZONING CASE.

UM, THEY CONDUCTED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE OF SHADY BREW GARDEN SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

THEY APPROVED THAT REQUEST AND IT'LL BE ON FOR SECOND READING.

UM, NEXT WEEK, THEY ALSO DID THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND ZONING CASE.

THIS ALL RELATED TO THE, UM, UPDATES FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, AND THOSE WERE ALL APPROVED.

AND FINALLY, THEY APPROVED THE LONE STAR LANDING CONCEPT PLAN.

AND THAT'S IT FOR MY REPORT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

[4. Review of meeting protocol.]

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[5. Citizen Comments: Three (3) minutes allowed per speaker. [Please turn in speaker request form before the meeting begins.]]

CITIZEN COMMENTS.

THIS IS WHERE SOMEONE CAN SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS, BUT IS, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA? SEEING

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

AGENDA ITEM SIX THROUGH NINE.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION TO APPROVE.

MY COMMISSIONER MAY SECONDED MY COMMISSIONER CARPENTER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY.

MOVING ON TO

[10. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-22-0050 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to adopt the Speaking Rock PUD (Planned Unit Development) with base zoning district of SFE-2-A (Single-Family Estate) on one parcel of land approximately 10.7563 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Travis Central Appraisal District Parcel 513825; and more commonly known as 1601 Speaking Rock, Leander, Travis County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-22-0050 as described above. Staff Presentation Applicant Presentation Open Public Hearing Close Public Hearing Discussion Consider Action]

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSION.

THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF THE ZONING PROCESS.

THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATED ZONING DISTRICT OF THEIR PROPERTY IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.

THIS NUMBER, UH, THE NUMBER OF UNITS IS LIMITED TO 17 RESIDENTIAL DETACHED UNITS, UH, ALL WITH THE S F E DASH TWO DASH A ZONING.

UM, IT'S OUR 80 FOOT LOTS.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THIS STANDARD LISTED IN THE PUT NOTES.

I BELIEVE THAT'S UNDER ITEM SEVEN IN YOUR PACKET.

THIS IS LOCATED OFF OF OSAGE DRIVE AND SURROUNDED BY THE TREVISO SUBDIVISION AND THE BLUFFS AT CRYSTAL FALLS.

SUBDIVISION WATER AND WASTEWATER ARE ALL, UH, AVAILABLE ALONG OSAGE, AND THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED.

UH, THIS DOES FIT WITHIN OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF, OF NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AND IS ALLOWED, UM, IS ALLOWED TO BE REQUESTED, UH, REQUESTED ZONING PER OUR WATER RESOLUTION.

UH, DEVELOPMENT MEETING WAS HELD WITH STAFF ON, UM, AUGUST 29TH, 2022, AND NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.

UH, PUBLIC NOTICES HAVE BEEN MAILED OUT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR EVERYBODY WITHIN 200 FEET.

AND THEN THE AGENT DID PERFORM A NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH.

UM, I DID PROVIDE SOME UPDATED LETTERS THAT WERE SENT IN BY THE APPLICANT TO Y'ALL.

UM, BUT THE, UH, THE, UH, ATTACHMENT NINE WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS, UM, FOR THAT OUTREACH.

UH, THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATED, UH, AS NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AND THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES.

STAFF DOES SUPPORT THIS REQUEST AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT HE PROVIDED TONIGHT.

UM, SO I'LL GET THAT READY.

THANK YOU APPLICANT PRESENTATION.

GOOD.

JUST NICE LOOKING FORWARD BACKWARDS.

ALL RIGHT.

UP DOWN RIGHT, .

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS RALPH SHARP.

I'M, UH, PRESIDENT AND MANAGING PARTNER FOR LAGO HOMES.

I WILL BE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION IF THIS IS APPROVED FOR RA AND THE, UH, AND THE INVESTMENT GROUP.

THIS IS RAAS.

HE'S THE ENGINEER AND, UH, ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS ON THIS PROJECT, UH, RA ANY COMMENTS? OKAY, VERY GOOD.

SO, UH, THE INTENT, OF COURSE IS TO, UH, IS TO DEVELOP, UH, UH, GET SECURE A PUT APPROVAL FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND OUR OBJECTIVE, OF COURSE IS TO REMAIN CONSISTENT, AS JUSTIN SAID, WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN DONE.

AND, UH, AND HOPEFULLY EVEN ELEVATE.

UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN THAT AREA.

I THINK YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT

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IT'S RIGHT THERE ON OSAGE, UH, JUST, UH, BORDERED BY BOVIO, CRYSTAL FALLS, THAT'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, JUST, JUST, UH, UH, UH, NORTH OF, UH, PAINTED SKY.

UH, THAT'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN THE RED DOCK THERE IN THE FART.

RIGHT.

VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE.

MM-HMM.

, UH, .

I'M NOT PUTTING MY EYES.

ANYWAY.

SO AS, AS, UH, JUSTIN MENTIONED, UH, WE'RE, UH, SUBDIVIDING THIS PROPERTY, UH, FOR 16 LOTS.

UH, AND THE IDEA IS THAT THERE WOULD BE OVERSIZED LOTS OR AT LEAST LARGE LOT THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, THAT'S THE, UH, THAT'S THE BROAD PLOT.

HERE'S A LITTLE BIT, UH, CLOSER VIEW.

UH, THE LOT HAS SOME SLOPE TO IT.

SO WE WILL BE, UH, WE, IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WE DO WILL BE VERY, VERY COGNIZANT OF EROSION CONTROL AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PROJECT IS, UH, IS BUILT, UH, HIGHER STANDARDS THAT ARE REQUIRED.

UH, AND, UH, THE ONLY TWO, UH, OH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN, OH, HERE'S A, GIVE YOU A LITTLE, SOME OF THE, THESE ARE SOME, SOME HOMES THAT ARE EITHER, WE HAVE BUILT LAGO HOMES OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S BEING BUILT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S A HOME IN THE HOLLOWS.

THIS IS A HOME IN WATERFORD IN, UH, SOUTH OF WAGO VISTA.

UH, THIS IS ANOTHER HOME IN WATERFORD.

UH, AND, UH, AND SO WE PLAN TO, EVERYTHING WE PLAN TO BUILD THERE IS GONNA EITHER BE CONSISTENT WITH OR HOPEFULLY ELEVATE THE PROJECT.

THE ONLY TWO, UH, UH, UH, EXCEPTIONS I WOULD SAY ARE IT'S OUR INTENT TO HAVE A SIDEWALK ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.

AND THE OTHER IS THAT WE ARE COMBINING THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN WITH THE PRELIMINARY PLAN, SINCE IT'S PROBABLY RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF THE NUMBER OF HOUSES.

SO, UH, I HAVE THE ENGINEER WITH ME, SO HE CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER THE HIGH TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AND I CAN ANSWER ANY DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE PUBLIC CLEAR HEARING IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE.

OKAY.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? SEEING NONE.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTER INTO DISCUSSION.

WE'LL START DOWN HERE WITH COMMISSIONER COSGROVE.

THANK YOU.

UH, MR. HUNT, WHY ARE WE, WHY ARE WE LOOKING FOR SIDEWALKS ON ONE SIDE ONLY? UM, I THINK THAT'S ALLOWED, UM, IN THE PUT, I THINK IT SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO IF THEY DO CHOOSE TO GO ONE-SIDED, THAT THERE'S A CERTAIN DISTANCE THAT IS REQUIRED, UH, FOR THE STREETS TO BE CERTAIN WIDTH.

UM, OKAY.

I'M GOOD.

YEAH, THAT'S, UM, ROBIN, DO YOU HAVE, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH.

BUT THE ESTATE ZONING MM-HMM.

, I'M GOOD.

I'M JUST CURIOUS.

BUT WHAT'S ON, ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THE SIDEWALK'S GONNA BE? UM, I'M SORRY.

SO ARE YOU, IS THAT YEAH.

IS THAT DEVELOPED ALREADY OR? NO, IT'S PART OF THE TREVISO PUT AND THEN YOU HAVE THE GOLF COURSE.

OH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

I'M GOOD.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONER OLIVER? I'M GOOD.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

COMMISSION CARPENTER IS, IS THAT THE CITY OWNED GOLF COURSE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM THERE? YEAH.

RIGHT WHERE I POINTED OUT.

RIGHT.

THAT IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK IN THERE, HUH? YES.

I'VE NEVER GOLFED ON IT, SO I DIDN'T KNOW.

YEAH, RIGHT.

THERE'S A LITTLE, UH, TRIVIO SECTION RIGHT HERE.

YEAH.

OKAY.

THAT IS UNDEVELOPED.

BUT YOU, YOU DO HAVE THE GOLF COURSE THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THAT.

SO WHAT ELSE IN THE AREA IS ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED? OOF.

UM, I GUESS DEPENDING ON THE ENGINEERING.

NO, ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT, I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT BACK THERE.

YEAH.

THIS IS THE BLUFFS AT CRYSTAL FALLS RIGHT OVER HERE.

YEAH.

AND THEN, UH, SO THAT'S DEVELOPED ALREADY.

MM-HMM.

, UM, THIS AREA I'D HAVE TO LOOK FURTHER INTO.

IT'S ALL PART OF TREVISO, SO THEY MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL LOTS.

I FEEL LIKE THEY WON'T CUZ OF THE TOPOGRAPHY, BUT YEAH, THAT'D BE TOUGH.

I, I THINK WHERE THERE WHITE BOXES, THAT MIGHT BE, I THINK PHASE 12 TREVISO, AND I THINK THERE'S SOME PROPOSED LOTS GOING IN THERE THAT WE HAD ALREADY REVIEWED.

WE HAD TO GO BACK AT OUR NOTES AND LOOK, BUT I, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S PRETTY, AND IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S WHERE THE WHITE BOXES AND JUST TO THE, TO THE LEFT OF THAT I THINK IS WHERE NOT BELOW IT.

I THINK WHERE THERE WAS SOME PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FOR PHASE 12, I BELIEVE, OR MAYBE PHASE 10, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL.

I'M GOOD OTHER THAN THAT.

OKAY.

MY QUESTION IS ALSO ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS, UH, QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPER.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S ALLOWED, BUT, UH, WHY WOULD YOU WANT THEM ON JUST ONE SIDE OF THE, SO I GUESS HALF THE LOTS WILL HAVE A SIDEWALK IN FRONT AND THE OTHER HALF WILL NOT.

RIGHT.

BASED, UH, I DON'T KNOW.

I CAN COLLECT THE, UH, LAYOUT TOO.

JUSTIN, DO YOU NEED YOURS? UH, YEAH, I THINK YOU HAVE, LET'S GO AHEAD.

I GUESS THE REASON FOR MY QUESTION IS I LIVE IN AN AREA THAT,

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AND I, I CAN JUST ENVISION IF MY SIDE OF THE STREET WERE, WERE THE SIDE THAT HAD THE SIDEWALKS AND THE OTHER SIDE STILL DIDN'T, THEN ALL THE FOOT TRAFFIC'S ON COMING ACROSS MY PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, SO I'VE JUST, I'M CURIOUS.

I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT THE LAYOUT RIGHT HERE.

SEE THE, ALL THE LOTS ON THIS SIDE, RIGHT? THIS SIDEWALK.

OKAY.

SO PRETTY MUCH IT'S COVERING THE SIDEWALK ON THE, THIS SIDE OF THE STREET.

IT'S NOT REQUIRE LIKE IT'S ONE BIG LARGE COMPANY.

OKAY.

SO WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY, BUT WE, WE BUILT AS PER REQUIRED, LIKE, YOU KNOW.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WE WANT TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.

THAT'S ALL.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

OKAY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION UP HERE? OKAY.

READY FOR A MOTION? UH, MOTION TO APPROVE ONE SECOND.

MOTION BY MADE BY COMMISSIONER OLIVER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MOSS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

THE TIME IS SIX 10 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.