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JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE October 27th, 2021 at 3:00 PM City Hall Board and Commissions – Room 1101 301 W 2nd St. Austin, Texas 78701 Meeting Minutes CALL TO ORDER: Meeting was called to order at 3:05 pm MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: 1. Amanda Afifi 2. Raul Alvarez 3. Rebecca Austen 4. Emily De Maria 5. Vincent Cobalis 6. Karen Crawford 7. Charles Curry 8. Robin Orlowski 9. Gregory Smith CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Alvarez moved to approve the August minutes. Seconded by Commissioner Smith. Minutes for August 25th 2021 was approved unanimously. Commissioner Smith moved to approve the September minutes. Seconded by Commissioner De Maria. Minutes for September 22nd 2021 was approved unanimously. 2. PRESENTATIONS 3. OLD BUSINESS a. FY22-23 Budget Process i. Report from individual Commission representatives on progress made in determining status of FY21-22 recommendations in the FY21-22 Adopted Budget Members reported back what information they could get from departments on items funded in the FY2021-22. Chair and Vice Chair will contact Budget Office 4. NEW BUSINESS and the Equity Office about scheduling a post-budget briefing as well as the budget process for FY2022-23 that they can then communicate with the rest of the JIC. Discussion of how to have budget forums, and areas of general concern, including: Language access Digital access Community engagement Health care, including pandemic response and mental health Affordability including homelessness Resiliency Public Safety Immigrant Legal Services a. Discussion and vote of 2022 meeting schedule Fourth Wednesday of every month with the exception of November and December which will be combined to meet on December 7th 2022 with the same time of 3 to 5 pm. Motion to approve by Commissioner Cobalis and seconded by Commissioner De Maria. Approved unanimously. b. Report from Immigrant Affairs Commission, “Advancing Immigrant Incorporation in Austin, TX” If JIC wants, Dr. Wasem can attend a JIC meeting in-person and present the report. The complete report is available online: repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/86821 c. Discussion of the LGBTQ+ Quality of Life Study Report The study was delivered to Council. The LGBT Commission is working on creating workgroups and develop metrics on how to measure outcomes in the community as well as goals and how they are being accomplished. LGBT Commissioner Chair and Vice Chair can present the report at any Commissions’ meetings. Ena will send over the press release on the report that highlights key findings. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS …
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An inclusive voice for Austin neighborhoods. Felicity Maxwell Zilker President Roger L. Cauvin Downtown Treasurer Thomas Ates Hyde Park Adviser October 10, 2021 Honorable members of the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC), Friends of Austin Neighborhoods (FAN) thanks you for your service on the ICRC and for the important work balancing numerous factors and priorities as you drew new boundaries for Austin’s city council districts. Friends of Austin Neighborhoods (FAN) recently polled its membership on priorities for redistricting, and we would like to express our support for the proposed maps in areas where they provide more effective representation for historically-marginalized, or sometimes-overlooked, communities of interest. A supermajority of FAN’s voting members approved the following statement and criteria in a secure online vote. Full results of these and all other online votes are on the Votes page of the FAN website. FAN champions the needs of the citywide community and representation of the full diversity of neighborhood stakeholders – not just the vocal minority of incumbent homeowners that sometimes dominate neighborhood conversations. Accordingly, FAN calls for redistricting that enables neighbors belonging to the following groups to have fair and effective representation in city government: 1. Historically marginalized ethnic groups, including Hispanics and 2. Fast-growing Asian communities. 3. Overlooked socioeconomic groups such as renters, residents of multi-family African-Americans. homes, and students. FAN believes that drawing district boundaries to support better representation for these groups is far more important than blind consistency with self-defined neighborhood boundaries. FAN represents about 3,000 neighbors (homeowners, renters, and small business owners) among its 18 member neighborhood associations and individual members living in 212 other neighborhoods throughout the city. A complete list of member neighborhood associations and individual members is on the FAN website. Again, thank you for your work, and we are happy to answer any questions you may have. Respectfully, Board of Directors of Friends of Austin Neighborhoods (FAN) Friends of Austin Neighborhoods (FAN) is a coalition of neighborhood associations and residents reclaiming the word “neighborhood” to include the full diversity of voices, moving beyond neighborhood protectionism.
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Herzig-Letter&Attachments(1)-Redacted — original pdf
From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Arlyss Herzig Tuesday, October 19, 2021 7:11 PM HPD ICRC Commissioners Jerry Vattamala Re: AALDEF Proposed City Council Map AALDEF Proposed City Council Districts.pdf; AALDEF Proposed District 3.pdf; AALDEF Proposed District 4.pdf; AALDEF Proposed District 2.pdf; AALDEF Proposed District 1.pdf; AALDEF Proposed District 5.pdf *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Hi Independent Citizens Redistricting Committee, I hope this email finds you well. Attached is the proposed Austin City Council districts for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF). We have included pdfs of the districts and an Excel file of the district demographics. I will be sending another email with geographic files (shapefile and json) because the attachment size was too large for one email. Please let us know if you have any questions or need any additional information. Thank you for your time and consideration. Arlyss Herzig On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 8:09 PM Arlyss Herzig Hi ICRC, Please find the geographic files attached here. Thank you. Best, Arlyss Herzig On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 8:09 PM Arlyss Herzig Hi Independent Citizens Redistricting Committee, I hope this email finds you well. Attached is the proposed Austin City Council districts for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF). We have included pdfs of the districts and an Excel file of the district demographics. I will be sending another email with geographic files (shapefile and json) because the attachment size was too large for one email. Please let us know if you have any questions or need any additional information. Thank you for your time and consideration. Arlyss Herzig wrote: wrote: CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 1
Herzig-Letter&Attachments(2)_Redacted — original pdf
From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Arlyss Herzig Tuesday, October 19, 2021 7:12 PM HPD ICRC Commissioners Jerry Vattamala Re: AALDEF Proposed City Council Map AALDEF Proposed District 7.pdf; AALDEF Proposed District 9.pdf; AALDEF Proposed District 10.pdf; AALDEF Proposed District 8.pdf; Proposed district demographics.xlsx; AALDEF Proposed District 6.pdf *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** wrote: Here is the last set of pdfs and the Excel file. Thank you for your consideration. Best, Arlyss Herzig On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 8:11 PM Arlyss Herzig Hi Independent Citizens Redistricting Committee, I hope this email finds you well. Attached is the proposed Austin City Council districts for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF). We have included pdfs of the districts and an Excel file of the district demographics. I will be sending another email with geographic files (shapefile and json) because the attachment size was too large for one email. Please let us know if you have any questions or need any additional information. Thank you for your time and consideration. Arlyss Herzig On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 8:09 PM Arlyss Herzig Hi ICRC, Please find the geographic files attached here. Thank you. Best, Arlyss Herzig On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 8:09 PM Arlyss Herzig Hi Independent Citizens Redistricting Committee, I hope this email finds you well. Attached is the proposed Austin City Council districts for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF). We have included pdfs of the districts and an Excel file of the district demographics. I will be sending another email with geographic files (shapefile and json) because the attachment size was too large for one email. Please let us know if you have any questions or need any additional information. wrote: wrote: 1 Thank you for your time and consideration. Arlyss Herzig CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 2 District % White Black %Blk Population Deviation % Deviatio White -99 -1372 64 -620 69 -202 757 969 442 1121 -0.10% -1.43% 0.07% -0.64% 0.07% -0.21% 0.79% 1.01% 0.46% 1.17% 96087 94814 96250 95566 96255 95984 96943 97155 96628 97307 37798 38995 42705 34130 59621 49097 58980 68752 64900 71807 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 …
King-Letter_Redacted — original pdf
From: Sent: To: Subject: David King Wednesday, October 13, 2021 5:49 PM HPD ICRC Commissioners Please Don't Split Zilker Neighborhood *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Honorable Members of the Austin Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, Please do not split the Zilker Neighborhood between District 5 and District 9. Please leave the Zilker Neighborhood in District 5. Based on the proposed preliminary map, a large section of the Zilker neighborhood would become part of District 9. The Zilker neighborhood would be split between District 5 and District 9. The area of the neighborhood bounded by South Lamar Boulevard, Barton Springs Road, and Lady Bird Lake would become part of District 9. This area includes Sterzing Street, Toomey Road, Jessie Street and Josephine Street. In addition, the proposed boundary for District 9 will expand to include the area of the Zilker neighborhood between Kinney Avenue and Union Pacific Railroad from Lady Bird Lake to West Oltorf Street. Please do not split the Zilker Neighborhood between District 5 and District 9. Please leave the Zilker Neighborhood in District 5. Thank you for considering my comments and your service. Regards, David King Zilker Neighborhood Resident City Council District 5 CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 1
Maggard-Letter&Attachment_Redacted — original pdf
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BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Date: October 27, 2021 The Building and Standards Commission (BSC) convened at City Hall and via video conference for a regular hybrid meeting on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. The meeting was available for viewing live at http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live. Commission Members in Attendance: Chair Andrea Freiburger; Vice Chair Pablo Avila; Commissioners Sade Ogunbode, Wordy Thompson, John Green, Elizabeth Mueller, Timothy Stostad, Edgar Farrera and Edward Selig; and Ex Officio Commissioner Chief Thomas Vocke. Note: Commissioners Green and Stostad attended remotely. Staff in Attendance: Melanie Alley, Code Review Analyst/BSC Coordinator; Robert Moore, Austin Code Division Manager; Marlayna Wright; Supervisor; James Candelas, Program Specialist; Farah Presley, Investigator; Micheal Ezikemo, Inspector; Elaine Garrett, Assistant Director; Daniel Armstrong, Division Manager; Michael Dial, Code Supervisor; James Adams, Supervisor; Justin Brummer, Investigator; Willis Adams, Inspector; Khary Dumas, Inspector; Aurelio Martinez, Inspector; Johnny Serna, Inspector; Rick Coronado, Austin Water Assistant Director; Charles Arnold, Austin Water Supervisor; Lauren Khoury, Assistant City Attorney; Patricia Link, Assistant City Attorney; and Adam Ellis, CTM A/V Technician. CALL TO ORDER Chair Freiburger called the Commission Meeting to order at 6:37 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by Commissioner Mueller for approval of the minutes from the September 22, 2021 regular meeting. The motion was seconded by Vice Chair Avila. The motion carried on a 9-0 vote. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION No one appeared for Citizen Communication at this meeting. PUBLIC HEARINGS Case(s): Case Number(s) 1. CL 2021-085126 The property was represented at the hearing by Lawrence Chang, attorney, and Josh Salinas. Chair Freiburger Magnolia Christian Church 3004 E. 12th Street Street Address Owner 1 8900 Austin, LLC 6121 Ponca Street R. Munson Investments, LLC 8900 N. IH 35 Service Road SB, Exteriors of Buildings 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21 (aka Orbit Apartments) admitted Staff Exhibits 1, 2A-2I. Commissioner Green moved to close the public hearing and adopt staff’s recommendation for demolition within 45 days, and on the 46th day, if compliance has not been achieved, the code official is authorized to proceed with demolition and, to assess all expenses incurred and file a lien for those expenses with Travis County Deed records. Commissioner Thompson seconded, and the motion carried on a 7-2 vote. Chair Freiburger and Vice Chair Avila voted against the motion. 2. CL 2021-156922 The property was represented at the hearing by John Buono, broker and agent, and Dan Stout. Chair Freiburger admitted Staff …
ICRC-Approved-Minutes-2021-10-27 — original pdf
Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC) October 27, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Permitting and Development Center (PDC); Event Center 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr. Austin, TX 78752 CURRENT COMMISSION MEMBERS: Prabhu Kannan Brigham Morris Errol Hardin Eugene Schneider Erin Dempsey Luis Gonzalez, Vice-Chair Dr. Sterling Lands Hoang Le Shaina Kambo Sara Inés Calderón Selina Yee Christina Puentes, Chair Joshua Blank Camellia Falcon Members in Attendance Christina Puentes, Chair Luis Gonzalez, Vice Chair Joshua Blank Sara Inés Calderón Erin Dempsey Errol Hardin Shaina Kambo Sterling Lands Hoang Le Eugene Schneider Selina Yee Staff In Attendance Matthew Dugan, City's Planning Manager Patricia Fraga, Corrie Stokes, City Auditor, George Korbel, Mapping Specialist, David Richards, Legal Counsel (virtually) Christine Granados, ICRC Administrative Manager, Elizabeth Garcia, Notary, Amy Dang, Photographer MINUTES Meeting Goals: Certification of Final Map; Discussion of Final Report; Receive Updates from Working Groups/Subcommittees CALL TO ORDER Chair Puentes called the meeting to order at 6:06 p.m. with 11 members present. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Peck Young, with the NAACP/Hispanic Coalition addressed the commission. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Oct. 6, 2021, meeting minutes were amended and approved without objection. 2. NEW BUSINESS The ICRC may discuss and take action on the following agenda items A. Certification of Final Map Discussion of annexations On Commissioner Yee's motion, Commissioner Land's second, after debate, the ICRC unanimously approved and adopted the final maps for City Council districts as they are on a roll call vote: Commissioner Kannan-not present Commissioner Morris-not present Commissioner Hardin-Yes Commissioner Schneider-Yes Commissioner Dempsey-Yes Vice Chair Gonzalez-Yes Commissioner Lands-Yes Commissioner Le-Yes Commissioner Kambo-Aye Commissioner Calderón-Yes Commissioner Yee-Aye Commissioner Blank-Aye Commissioner Falcon-not present Chair-Puentes-Aye The motion passed. B. Discussion and possible action on the procedure for the Final Report Commissioner Blank gave an update on final report and documents being emailed to each commissioner. Commissioner Hardin proposed translating the final report into different languages. C. Discussion and possible action of dates for future meetings Chair Puentes gave an update and Vice Chair Gonzalez proposed setting aside the third Wednesday evening of every month for future ICRC meetings: Nov. 17, 2021; Dec. 15, 2021; Jan. 19, 2022 and Feb. 16, 2022 as possible dates for future meetings. D. Updates from Working Groups/Subcommittees 1. Social Media/Press Release Working Group Commissioner Dempsey gave an update about creating an onboarding document for the final report subcommittee and continuing social media posts as needed. 2. Advertising/Website Working Group Commissioner Yee gave …
B-01 (C14-2021-0009 - 1725 Toomey Rd; District 5).pdf — original pdf
C14-2021-0009 1 ZONING CHANGE REVIEW SHEET CASE: C14-2021-0009 – 1725 Toomey DISTRICT: 5 ZONING FROM: CS TO: MF-6 ADDRESS: 1725 Toomey Road SITE AREA: 0.90 Acres PROPERTY OWNER: 1725 Toomey LLC AGENT: Drenner Group (Amanda Swor) CASE MANAGER: Kate Clark (512-974-1237, kate.clark@austintexas.gov) STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends multifamily residence highest density (MF-6) district zoning. For a summary of the basis of staff’s recommendation, see page 3. SMALL AREA PLANNING JOINT COMMITTEE June 2, 2021 Forwarded to Planning Commission without a Recommendation. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION / RECOMMENDATION: October 26, 2021 Scheduled for Planning Commission October 12, 2021 Approved neighborhood’s request to postpone to October 26, 2021 on the consent agenda. Vote: 9-0. [Commissioner Schneider – 1st, Commissioner Shieh – 2nd; Commissioner Praxis was off the dais; Vice Chair Hempel and Commissioners Azhar and Connolly were absent]. September 14, 2021 Approved neighborhood’s request to postpone to October 12, 2021 on the consent agenda. Vote: 11-0. [Vice Chair Hempel – 1st, Commissioner Azhar – 2nd; Commissioners Praxis and Shieh were absent.]. August 24, 2021 The public hearing portion for the Planning Commission meeting was canceled due to technical difficulties. July 27, 2021 Approved neighborhood’s request to postpone to August 24, 2021 on the consent agenda. Vote: 10-0. [Commissioner Schneider - 1st, Commissioner Azhar - 2nd; Chair Shaw and Commissioners Howard and Thompson were absent]. 1 of 60B-1 C14-2021-0009 2 July 13, 2021 Approved neighborhood’s request to postpone to July 27, 2021 on the consent agenda. Vote: 8-0. [Vice Chair Hempel - 1st, Commissioner Flores - 2nd; Commissioners Azhar, Howard, Rosa Praxis, Llanes Pulido and Schneider were absent]. CITY COUNCIL ACTION: October 21, 2021 Scheduled for City Council September 30, 2021 Approved staff’s postponement request to October 21, 2021 on the consent agenda. Vote: 10-0. [Mayor Adler was off the dais]. August 26, 2021 Approved staff’s request to postpone to September 30, 2021 on the July 29, 2021 Approved staff’s request to postpone to August 26, 2021 on the consent consent agenda. Vote: 11-0. agenda. Vote: 11-0. ORDINANCE NUMBER: ISSUES Staff has received comments in opposition to and in favor of this rezoning request. For all written or emailed comments, please see Exhibit C: Correspondence Received. Prior to this rezoning case being submitted, a tree permit (2020-127211 TP) was filed and approved to remove a heritage tree at this property. The following is a summary of the application timeline from the Community Tree Preservation Division: …
B-02 (NPA-2020-0015.03 - 6705 and 6501 Regiene Road; District 1).pdf — original pdf
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT REVIEW SHEET DATE FILED: July 31, 2020 (In-cycle) October 26, 2021 NPA-2020-0015.03 6501 and 6705 Regiene Road NEIGHORHOOD PLAN: East MLK Combined Neighborhood Plan CASE#: PROJECT NAME: 6501 and 6705 Regiene Road PC DATES: September 28, 2021 ADDRESS/ES: DISTRICT AREA: 1 WATERSHED: Boggy Creek SITE AREA: APPLICANT/OWNER: KUNIKCO LLC (Daryl Kunik) AGENT: CASE MANAGER: Jesse Gutierrez EMAIL: jesse.gutierrez@austintexas.gov TYPE OF AMENDMENT: Change in Future Land Use Designation From: Industry Base District Zoning Change Drenner Group, Leah M. Bojo (512) 807-2918 To: Major Planned Development PHONE: 512-974-1606 Approx. 15.69 acres Related Zoning Case: C14-2020-0150 From: SF-2-NP & LI-NP To: LI-PDA-NP NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN ADOPTION DATE: November 7, 2002 PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: TBD CITY COUNCIL DATE: TBD ACTION: TBD STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Recommend applicant’s request of FLUM change to Major Planned Development 1 1 of 19B-2 BASIS FOR STAFF’S RECOMMENDATION: This 15.69-acre site located at 6501 & 6705 Regine Road currently has a FLUM designation of INDUSTRY. The site is undeveloped with no existing structures. There are a few single-family homes sandwiched between this property’s boundary lines. Directly north, a property was recently approved and rezoned from LI-NP to LI-PDA-NP. That case, 3443 Ed Bluestein Boulevard, proposes to redevelop 109.65 acres into a “mixed use, multi- tenant campus featuring a variety of commercial uses.” That project was approved for maximum building heights ranging from 120 feet to 400 feet across 4 tracts. Staff’s reasons for recommending this project at 6501 & 6705 Regiene Road include the various opportunities proposed. These include new multifamily residential, office, retail, restaurant, and industrial/creative spaces. The opportunity to potentially connect to a future CapMetro Green Line train station nearby, the opportunity to create a trail connecting to the Southern Walnut Creek Greenbelt, and most important the opportunity to participate in the City of Austin’s S.M.A.R.T. Housing Program. Although the area was once a productive industrial zone this property in particular has remained vacant. Now that the 100 plus acre property to the north has been approved for mixed use under PDA zoning, it would be hard to envision industry being applied to 6501 & 6705 Regiene Road in the future. There are still a lot of questions and variables of concern. Will this property connect in any way to the 109.65 acre project to the north? Connectivity to transit and pedestrian access within and surrounding the project area is a real concern to the Inclusive Planning …