20211108-F-2: PROPOSED BYLAW CHANGES — original pdf

Recommendation

BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT RECOMMENDATION 20211108-F-2 Date: 11/08/2021 Subject: Board of Adjustment bylaw change Motioned By: Vice-Chair Melissa Hawthorne Seconded By: Chair Jessica Cohen Recommendation Article 7(D) - remove monthly and add “at 5:30PM on the second Monday of each month at Austin City Hall” Description of Recommendation to Council An administrative change in the BOA bylaws to specify the time, day, and location for BOA meetings to occur matching the time, day, and location the BOA has traditionally observed since 2004 Rationale: In the interest of transparency, equity, and accessibility for all Austinites to the Board of Adjustment, the Board is in unanimous agreement that future hearings and meetings should continue to be held at Austin City Hall and that as a quasi-judicial sovereign land use board, the time and day should be defined in the bylaws similar to other sovereign land use boards. Vote For: 11 Against: 0 Abstain: 0 Absent: 0 Attest: Chair Jessica Cohen 1 of 1 Recommendation to Council Audit and Finance Committee for adoption to Board of Adjustment Bylaws    Bylaws  Article 7 (D) remove monthly and add “at 5:30PM on the second Monday of each month at Austin City  Hall”