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THE TIME[1. Call to Order.]
IS NOW 6:00 PM AND THE MEETING OF THE LEANER PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WILL NOW COME TO ORDER.PLEASE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COMMISSIONER MAHAN DIRECTOR'S
[3. Director's report to the Planning & Zoning Commission on action taken by City Council on the May 16, 2023 meeting.]
REPORT.I'M REPORTING ON ACTION TAKEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THEIR MEETING, UM, LAST WEEK, UH, THEY DID APPROVE THE SULLIVAN TRACK CONCEPT PLAN.
UM, THE CITY DID WITHDRAW THE HISTORIC BRYSON FARMSTEAD PLANNING UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO WE CAN GO BACK AND WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CHAMBER A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAKE SURE WE GET IT EXACTLY HOW WE WANT IT.
UM, OWL, UH, DID GET APPROVED.
THEIR SECOND READING IS JUNE 6TH, AND THEN THE HERO RANCH MINOR PUD WAS ALSO APPROVED WITH THE SECOND READING ON JUNE 6TH.
[4. Review of meeting protocol.]
RIGHT.NUMBER FOUR IS OUR MEETING PROTOCOL ON THE WALL.
OVER TO MY LEFT IS HOW WE CONDUCT OUR MEETINGS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO READ OVER THAT.
NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE, WE'LL
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.I BELIEVE THAT COMMISSIONER OLIVER HAD A CORRECTION.
THE ONLY THING WE NEED TO DO IS ON ITEM 16 FROM OUR LAST MEETING, UM, IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE JUST CHANGE THE, UH, VOTE AGAINST FROM BOARD MEMBER MAY TO BOARD MEMBER MAHAN.
E EASY, YOU KNOW, EASY TO GET THAT MIXED UP.
MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE CORRECTION.
MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.
NOW YOU MESSED ME UP WITH THE ENDS.
[7. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Special Use Case Z-24-0111 to consider action on a Special Use Permit to allow for temporary buildings on one (1) parcel of land approximately 0.775 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R505808; and more commonly known as 449 San Gabriel Campus Drive, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SPECIAL USE CASE Z DASH 24 DASH 0 1 1 1.
TO CONSIDER ACTION ON A SPEC SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR TEMPORARY BUILDINGS ON ONE PARCEL WIND, APPROXIMATELY 0.775 ACRES IN SIZE, PARTIAL R 5 0 5 8 0 8, KNOWN AS 4 4 9 SAN GABRIEL CAMPUS DRIVE STAFF PRESENTATION.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE ZONING PROCESS.
LEANDER ISD IS CONTINUING THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO OPERATE THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AT THE A CC SAN GABRIEL CAMPUS.
DUE TO AN INCREASE IN STUDENT POPULATION, LID IS PROPOSING TO ADD 18 TEMPORARY PORTABLE BUILDINGS TO THE SITE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SWITCH OVER TO THE SITE PLAN.
A CC HAS PLANS TO CONSTRUCT A PERMANENT BUILDING IN THIS AREA IN THEIR FUTURE EXPANSIONS.
FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE SAP ASIDE DEVELOPMENT PLAN MUST BE APPROVED, WHICH WILL INCLUDE SCREENING OF THE BUILDINGS FROM VIEW, FROM THE PUBLIC ROADS.
THE TIMELINE ALIGNS WITH THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PERMANENT BUILDINGS PER A CC, AND THESE TEMPORARY BUILDINGS WILL BE REMOVED PRIOR TO THAT CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE AN APPLICANT PRESENTATION? OKAY.
THERE IS NO PRESENTATION, BUT THEY'RE HERE FOR, FOR QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS, BUT SEE THEN WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTER DISCUSSION.
START WITH COMMISSIONER COSGROVE.
QUICKLY, UM, ONE QUESTION FOR STAFF.
WHY THIS SCREENING REQUIREMENT TO HIDE THE, IT'S PART OF OUR ORDINANCE.
THEY HAVE TO SCREEN ANY TEMPORARY BUILDINGS.
WHY DO WE NOT DO, WHEN WE DO CONSTRUCTION, DO WE SCREEN THE, UM, CONTRACTORS? THE, YEAH, THE CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS ARE DIFFERENT.
UM, WHY? I, I I'M NOT, I DON'T EVEN PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
I I'M NOT, I'M NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT.
IT JUST SEEMS THAT ONE IS A QUICKER, LIKE IT'S NOT A LONGER PROCESS.
THIS ONE IS GONNA BE OVER FIVE YEARS.
I, UH, I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.
I JUST, UH, I THINK IT'S A, TO ME IT'S AN UNDUE BURDEN ON, ON THE APPLICANT FOR, UM, THINGS THAT AREN'T UNSIGHTLY.
UH, MY DEAR FRIEND MR. TYBERG HAS A GIANT MOUNTAIN OF DIRT THAT'S FAR MORE UNSIGHTLY THAN I THINK THESE PORTABLES WOULD EVER BE.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS ONE GO FORWARD.
UH, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TEMPORARY BUILDINGS THERE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY'RE PUTTING THE NEW BUILDING UP SOON.
COMMISSIONER MOSS? WELL, I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I AM A A CC ALUMNI AND I LOVE TO SEE THE EXPANSION, UH, OF THE CAMPUSES.
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THANK YOU.YEAH, I ECHO THOUGH SENTIMENT MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER.
UM, THE, THE SCREENING, I'M, I'M A LITTLE BIT CURIOUS ABOUT SINCE THE CITY'S REQUIRING THAT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA CONSIDER APPROVED SCREENING FOR THESE, FOR THESE STRUCTURES? NOW THEY'RE TEMPORARY, SO OBVIOUSLY I'M ASSUMING STONE, BRICK, WOOD FENCING, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF, WHAT KIND OF SCREENING IS GONNA BE REQUIRED? THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS AND THEY CAN USE LANDSCAPING IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO OKAY.
UM, DO PERMANENTLY, BUT WE'RE NOT INTENDING ON DOING SOMETHING THAT'S TOO PERMANENT THAT'S GONNA BE OKAY.
SO YOU'RE THINKING LANDSCAPING OR LIKE, DO YOU THINK THERE'S GONNA BE FENCING LIKE CHAIN LINK FENCING? NO, THAT WOULD BE UP TO THEM TO, TO DECIDE HOW THEY'RE GONNA GO ABOUT IT.
UM, THEY CAN DO LIKE A WOOD FENCE OR THEY CAN DO LANDSCAPING.
OBVIOUSLY LANDSCAPING WOULD ULTIMATELY GET RIPPED OUT AT SOME POINT.
'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA PUT A PERMANENT STRUCTURE THERE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, I'M ASSUMING, WHENEVER YOU GET YOUR BOND PASSED AND GET THE MONEY FOR IT.
SO, UM, SO I, I'M, MY ONLY THING IS IF WE'RE GONNA PUT A CHAIN LINK FENCE THERE MM-HMM.
YOU'RE IN A LEAN OR CENTRAL AREA AND YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF GROWTH HAPPENING IN THAT AREA NEXT FIVE YEARS.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS A FANTASTIC PROJECT AND NEEDS TO HAPPEN, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH IT.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
AND SO IF THERE'S ANY SCREENING MM-HMM.
BE CHAIN LINK WOULD NOT BE AN APPROVED MATERIAL.
BUT IF IT WAS LIKE ONE OF THOSE BLACK CHAIN LINK FENCES OR GREEN ONES THAT MIGHT BE, MIGHT BE MORE SEPARATELY, UH, PLEASING WITH MAYBE SOME LANDSCAPING MM-HMM.
UM, BUT WHATEVER, I JUST LET THEM WORK WITH THE CITY TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
BUT ANYWAY, WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE TOO SPECIFIC.
WE STARTED OFF WITH A NOTE THAT HAD SPECIFICS, BUT WE LEFT IT VAGUE SO THAT THEY CAN DECIDE WHEN THE TIME COMES.
AND THEN IN FIVE YEARS, WHAT HAPPENS IF, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU DON'T SECURE FUNDING? WHAT HAPPENS IN FIVE YEARS? UM, WHEN, WHEN THAT PERMIT HAS, SO THE SUP WOULD EXPIRE AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK FOR A RENEWAL FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS OR WHATEVER THE TERM IS.
SO THERE'S POTENTIAL, LIKE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING, THEN YOU HAVE TO REAPPLY FOR A LONGER TERM AND THEN YOU HAVE MORE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TEMPORARY BUILDINGS, BUT I KNOW THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LEANDER, ISD AT LEAST ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN, NOT STEINER RANCH, I KNOW THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT SITUATION OVER THERE.
AND LIKE LITERALLY THE MINUTE THEY BUILT AIKEN, THEY DROP PORTABLES IN THERE.
MY DAUGHTER WENT TO, YOU KNOW, TO TARN AND, AND PARKSIDE AND NOW GOES TO STYLES AND THERE'S PORTABLES OVER THERE.
IT JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK LONG TERM BEING IN LEANDRO CENTRAL, WE WANT THAT PERMANENT BUILDING THERE.
SO CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THERE'S THE, UH, THAT THE FUNDING WILL BECOME AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
SO, BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAD.
I'M GLAD EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT THE FENCE, UH, THE SCREENING WALL.
UM, BECAUSE I, I WAS, I'M KIND OF TROUBLED BY THAT AS WELL.
UM, THERE'S SO MANY OF THOSE TEMPORARY BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW THAT REALLY AREN'T UGLY.
UM, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WAY THEY LOOK.
AND I THINK THE ORDINANCE, AS COMMISSIONER COSGROVE SAID, IS KIND OF AN UNDUE BURDEN.
THERE'S NO PLAN RIGHT NOW FOR EXACTLY WHAT MATERIAL THAT'S GOING TO BE.
HOW HIGH IS IT? DOES IT HAVE TO BE? UM, I DON'T REMEMBER SIX FEET.
SO WE CAN STILL SEE, I MEAN, WE'RE 200 FEET OFF OF MAIN STREET AND MORE, A LITTLE ABOUT ABOUT 500 FEET OFF OF COLLEGE WAY.
UM, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WE'RE STILL GONNA SEE THE ROOF LINES OF THIS AND MAYBE THE TOPS OF THE BUILDINGS.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT VALUE JUDGMENT TO ALLOW THE TEMPORARY BUILDINGS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UM, 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE OF SOME OF THOSE HIGHER IDEALS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PARTICULARLY THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UH, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND ALL THAT.
UM, BUT I, I, I WANNA SEE THE REQUIREMENT AND THE ASSOCIATED COSTS OF THE SCREENING WALL GO AWAY.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION TO THE ORDINANCE THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T HAVE TEMPORARY BUILDINGS THERE, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT ONE MORE STEP OF SAYING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO REQUIRE A SCREENING WALL.
THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT SAY THEY CAN'T HAVE IT.
IT JUST SAYS THEY NEED AN SUP IN ORDER TO HAVE IT.
IT IT, IT, IT, IT CONDITIONS THE SUP ON THE REQUIREMENT OF THE SCREENING.
SO THE, THE SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS FOR TEMPORARY BUILDINGS SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN SUP TO HAVE TEMPORARY BUILDINGS.
BUT IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED.
IT'S JUST, THEY'RE ALLOWED WHEN YOU HAVE AN SUP.
AND, AND IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES THE SCREENING WALL AS PART OF THE SU OR CAN THE SUP PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION FOR THAT AS WELL? UM, YOU CAN PROVIDE IF, IF THEY WANTED TO MAKE THE REQUEST, OR IF YOU WANTED TO ADD IT TO THE SUP, YOU CAN DO A WAIVER FOR THAT.
BUT IT IS PART OF THE SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE WHERE IT ALLOWS FOR THE TEMPORARY BUILDINGS.
SO WAS, WAS THE SCREENING WALL STAFF'S IDEA FOR, FOR THIS TO, TO HAVE IT GO FORWARD? OR WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT CAME TO THE TABLE WITH? WELL, IT'S PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
THEY DIDN'T ASK TO HAVE IT REMOVED.
UM, I WANNA VOTE FOR IT, BUT I ONLY WANNA VOTE FOR IT IF THE SCREENING WALL REQUIREMENTS ARE REMOVED AND, AND COUNSEL COULD VOTE TO APPROVE THAT.
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WE NOTIFIED SURROUNDING, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS AND SO THEY'RE EXPECTING IT TO HAVE A SCREENING WALL.DO WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND RE NOTIFY IF WE WAIVE THAT OR WE RECOMMEND THE COUNCIL THAT THEY WAIVE THAT SCREENING WALL.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND I, I THINK THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING AS WELL.
WELL, WOULD JUST, WOULD YOU MIND, WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP? IT'S GOOD.
THESE ARE GONNA BE BRAND NEW
THAT WAY EVERYONE, EVERYONE AT HOME CAN HEAR YOU.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES FOR LEANER ISD.
AND MY BIGGEST CONCERN AFTER HEARING EVERYTHING ABOUT THE RE THE, UH, THE WALL IS THAT THESE ARE GONNA BE BRAND NEW PORTABLES RIGHT OFF THE PRESS.
SO THEY'RE, THEY SHOULD LOOK VERY NICE.
ALL OF THE DECKINGS GONNA BE ALUMINUM BRAND NEW AS WELL.
UH, AS YOU SEE ENGINEERS ARE INVOLVED, THEY'RE DOING THIS THE RIGHT WAY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW THAT WE WERE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THE AESTHETICS OF THIS, AND I'M SURE A CC IS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN SOMETHING THAT'S FAIR FOR US AND ACCEPTING FOR THEM.
SO THAT'S, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE I HAD A CHANCE TO SAY THAT.
MY, MY, MY, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT WE, WE END UP TURNING THIS THING INTO A PEN, RIGHT? RIGHT.
THAT WE, WE PEN THIS, THIS EARLY, THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY.
I WAS, I TAUGHT, UH, HIGH SCHOOL FOR 20 YEARS AND, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS WHERE, WHERE WE AREN'T PLACING AN ARBITRARY LIMIT ON, HEY, IT'S 180 DAYS AND YOU HAVE TO LEARN ALGEBRA ONE.
IT, IT, IT, IT, IT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR, UM, TO MEET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, I I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, UM, CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE, UM, THIS EVEN AS TEMPORARY AND PORTABLES ARE NOT, UM, FELT LIKE THEY'RE INTEGRATED WITH THE A CC CAMPUS.
THAT'S, THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN IN, IN THAT.
DOES A CC PREFER TO HAVE THE SCREENING WALL? I THINK THEY'RE KINDA LEAVING IT UP TO US.
I, AT THIS POINT, IF THERE'S GONNA BE SCREENING, I THINK IS MOST OF WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS SOME KIND OF TREE LINING OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD BE MORE WITH, UH, THE ENVIRONMENT.
DID THEY ASK FOR IT? I DON'T THINK SO.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE WERE TOLD WE SHOULD DO.
HEY, CAN I ASK YOU THIS WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE, UM, D DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY, I MEAN, THIS MAY, LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST FIVE YEARS OUT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE A C WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BUILD THIS PERMANENT FACILITY? IS IT GONNA BE WHERE THE PORTABLES ARE? I BELIEVE IF WE'RE LOOKING UP HERE, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CIRCLE IS JUST ABOUT ON IT, ABOUT WHERE THAT LITTLE DIAGRAM IS.
BECAUSE I, I KIND OF PINED OVER THIS ONE AT HOME WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE, THE, THE DOCKET TONIGHT.
AND I'M JUST THINKING LIKE, WELL, IF, IF YOU DO PLANT A BUNCH OF TREES THERE AND DO LANDSCAPING, YOU MAY HAVE TO EVENTUALLY RIP IT OUT AND YOU'RE JUST PLANTING A BUNCH OF TREES AND THEN YOU'RE TAKING 'EM BACK OUT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GO TO CONSTRUC.
I MEAN, WE THOUGHT IT WAS PART OF THE ORDINANCE, SO WE WERE JUST GONNA COMPLY.
AND SO THAT, I MEAN, I AGREE WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
I THINK THAT THE, THE SCREENING WALL, UNLESS THERE'S A SECURITY ELEMENT, IS THERE ANY NEED? I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A COLLEGE CAMPUS, SO I'M ASSUMING THERE'S NOT REALLY, WE DON'T CURRENTLY, UH, FENCE IN OR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES THAT ALSO HAVE PORTABLES.
SO WE PREFER THAT IN AN EMERGENCY THEY HAVE A WAY TO ESCAPE.
SO I, I MEAN, I ACTUALLY ECHO THE SENTIMENT OF COMMISSIONER COLO.
I THINK, I THINK THE SCREEN WALL SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE MAYBE MAKE A CONDITIONAL APPRO APPROVAL SAYING WE REMOVE THAT AND THEN LET IT GO TO COUNCIL.
WE COULD, CAN WE, UH, RECOMMENDATION, CAN WE RECOMMEND THAT? CAN I RECOMMENDATION, SAY THAT IT'S OPTIONAL? THAT WAY THEY CAN WORK WITH A C, C AND SEE IF IT'S PREFERRED AND SO FORTH.
YOU COULD JUST SAY IT'S NOT REQUIRED.
AND THEN THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T DO IT.
OR IF ANYTHING, MADAM CHAIR, CAN I MAKE A, UH, I THINK I, I HAD ONE MORE COMMENT.
BEFORE I JUST ONE MORE COMMENT.
BUT INSTEAD OF TREES THOUGH, I MEAN, I'M THINKING YOU COULD STILL DO SOMETHING LOW COST LIKE SHRUBS, AND I THINK IT WOULD, THAT WOULD LOOK NICE.
AND I PERSONALLY THINK THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ACCEPTABLE.
UM, IN MY OPINION, YOU STILL SEE THE BUILDINGS ABOVE THEM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S, AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
IF THE, THE, THE MAKE IT OPTIONAL.
I THINK IF THEY DECIDE WHEN, WHEN THEY GET READY TO SET THESE, IF THEY THINK IT'S AESTHETICALLY, UM, SOMETHING THAT ADDS TO THE PROJECT, BECAUSE THESE AREN'T GONNA BE COVERED BY THE SCREENING TECHNICALLY.
I MEAN, LIKE, I THINK YOU SEE THE WHOLE THING.
I MEAN, A FENCE IS WHAT, SIX, EIGHT FEET TALL? THESE BUILDINGS ARE 12.
THE PEAK OF THE BUILDING'S PROBABLY GONNA BE CLOSER TO 15.
SO IT'S LIKE, WHAT'S THE POINT THEN? YEAH, I AGREE.
SO YOU GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER CO.
THINGS WE NEED TO REALIZE TOO.
I THINK COMMISSIONER COSGROVE HAD ONE MORE COMMENT TOO.
NO, I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION.
IF, IF, IF, IF EVERYBODY IS, IS DONE.
I WOULD, I WOULD, UM, LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE
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THE, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH A WAIVER OF THE REQUIRED, UM, SCREENING.MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COSGROVE.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KALAM.
[8. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider action regarding Ordinance Case OR-24-0014 to amend sections of Article 10.02, Exhibit A, the Subdivision Ordinance to adopt updates to the approval process for subdivision applications, and to provide for related matters; Williamson & Travis Counties, Texas.
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THIS REQUEST IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE ORDINANCE PROCESS.
THE LATEST LEGISLATIVE SESSION INCLUDED THE ADOPTION OF HOUSE BILL 36 99, WHICH AMENDED THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODES CHAPTER TWO 12 TO ALLOW FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS OF CERTAIN PLATS.
THE UPDATE OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW FOR THE PROCEDURE, FOR THE PROCEDURE FOR CONCEPT PLANS, PRELIMINARY PLATS, FINAL PLATS, AND SHORT FORM FINAL PLATS TO ALLOW FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AS LONG AS THE APPLICATION MEETS ALL THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT REQUESTING VARIANCES SIGNIFICANT AND OR HERITAGE TREE REMOVALS OR REQUIRING A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I CAN EXPLAIN THE ORDINANCE, UM, OR YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT
ANYWAY, UH, LET'S START DOWN HERE WITH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT IS PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC
SO, UM, LET'S, WE HAVE NO AUDIENCE, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SKIP THE PUBLIC HEARING SINCE THERE'S NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE OPEN.
THERE'S NO ONE HERE AND WE'LL CLOSE IT.
UH, COMMISSIONER KALO, NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, COMMISSIONER OLIVER.
UH, SO WE'RE BASICALLY, WE'RE GIVING, UM, DIRECTOR GRIFFIN A LOT MORE POWER HERE, ESSENTIALLY IN AUTONOMY AT THIS POINT.
SO YOU'RE GONNA BE IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING.
THAT DOESN'T REALLY, THAT REALLY IS THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA, OR, I MEAN, LIKE HOW, HOW'S THIS SUPPOSED TO WORK? WELL, THEY CAN APPEAL TO YOU IF I ACT UP.
WE CAN JUST SLAP YOU AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
I GONNA, UM, YEAH, I READ THROUGH IT.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IS, CAN, CAN BE CONFUSING.
I THINK IT TAKES SOME OF THE BURDEN OFF OF THIS, THIS BODY, BUT WE STILL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO, TO COME BACK TO US FOR FURTHER APPROVAL IF NEEDED.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST ANOTHER CHECKS AND BALANCE THAT WORKS REALLY WELL.
COMMISSIONER MOSS? UH, I'M GOOD.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S OVERDUE AND, UH, ALL FOUR STREAMLINING THE PROCESSES TO GET SHOVELS IN THE GROUND AND STILL KEEP UP THE SPIRIT OF OUR ORDINANCES.
COMMISSIONER COSGROVE, I, UH, I HAVE SAT HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS AND EVERY TIME I HAVE READ YOU MUST APPROVE THIS BECAUSE IT REQUIRES NO VARIANCE OF MY HAIR ON THE BACK OF MY NECK STANDS UP.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT, THAT WE ARE FINALLY, THAT THE STATE IS, IS FINALLY GIVING US A MECHANISM WHERE, UM, STAFF CAN DO THEIR JOB MORE EFFICIENTLY.
WHERE, WHERE DEVELOPERS CAN BRING PROJECTS MORE EFFICIENTLY WITHOUT AFFECTING THE INTEGRITY OF WHAT IT IS WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH, WITH OUR COMP PLAN, OUR ORDINANCES.
SO IF IT STILL REQUIRES A, THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE IT WILL STILL REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARING, THERE JUST WILL BE LESS OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING TO DEAL WITH IN THAT REGARD.
THERE'LL ACTUALLY BE ONES WHERE YOU CAN GIVE FEEDBACK AND MAKE A CHANGE.
UM, AND ON THE, UH, NOT ON THE RED LINE, BUT ON THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE DOWN IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, UNDER MUNICIPAL REVIEW AND AUTHORITY, UM, THREE LINES UP INTO THAT THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL ARE RESPONSIBLE.
SHOULDN'T THAT BE, IS THE CITY COUNCIL IS RESPONSIBLE.
SO JUST A LITTLE GRAMMAR CHECK THING THERE.
SORRY, I HAD TO BE DONNY'S NOT HERE, SO I HAD TO, I HAD TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.
DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COSGROVE, SECOND BY VICE CHAIR.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE TIME IS NOW SIX 19 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.