Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee - April 28, 2022
Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee Special Called Meeting of the Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee - This special called meeting will follow a hybrid format. Please see agenda for details. Public comment may be made in-person or over the telephone.
Agenda Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee April 28, 2022 at 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Street-Jones Building RM 400A 1000 E 11th St, Austin, TX 78702 Some members of the committee may be participating by videoconference. Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely by telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once, either in-person or remotely, and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation. To register, call or email the board liaison at 512-974-2036 or deedee.quinnelly@austintexas.gov. SPECIAL CALLED MEETING Zoning and Platting Commission Cesar Acosta Hank Smith COMMITTEE MEMBERS Planning Commission Grayson Cox Yvette Flores Carmen Llanes Pulido Robert Schneider CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first three speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Austin Strategic Mobility Plan Amendments (Discussion and Action) 2. NEW BUSINESS 3. OLD BUSINESS 4. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Future agenda items will NOT be discussed at the current meeting, but will be offered for initiation, discussion, and/or possible recommendation to the full Planning Commission at a FUTURE meeting. ADJOURNMENT The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days before the meeting date. Please call Dee Dee Quinnelly at Housing and Planning Department, at 512-974-2036, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee, please contact Dee Dee Quinnelly at 512-974- 2036 and DeeDee.Quinnelly@austintexas.gov
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE Draft Minutes The Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee convened in a regular meeting on March 10, 2022 at Street-Jones Building, 1000 East 11th Street, Room 400A, Austin, TX 78702. Some member participated by video conference. REGULAR MEETING March 10, 2022 Members Absent Carmen Llanes Pulido Cesar Acosta Timothy Bray Zoning and Platting Commission Hank Smith The meeting was called to order at 12:03 p.m. Joint Committee Members in Attendance: Planning Commission Grayson Cox Yvette Flores Robert Schneider City Staff in Attendance: Matt Dugan, Housing and Planning Department Dee Dee Quinnelly, Housing and Planning Department Others in Attendance: None. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made to approve the minutes from the December 2, 2021 meeting by Commissioner Cox, seconded by Commissioner Smith. Vote 4-0. Commissioners Llanes Pulido, Acosta and Bray were absent. 2. NEW BUSINESS 3. OLD BUSINESS a. Annual goal setting (Discussion and/or possible action). Commissioners discussed setting goals around zoning for industrial land, and flooding. Chair Flores asked Dee Dee Quinnelly to email Commissioners asking for any additional goals. No action was taken. b. Long-Range Capital Improvement Program Planning (Discussion and action). Dee Dee Quinnelly explained the two-year planning cycle and since this is an off-year the memo with recommendations from last year needs to be retransmitted. A motion to retransmit the memo with modifications was made by Commissioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Schneider. Vote 4-0. Commissioners Llanes Pulido, Acosta and Bray were absent. 1 a. Industrial Study (Discussion and/or possible action) Item postponed to next regular meeting. 4. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS -The Imagine Austin Year 10 Progress Report ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 12:47 p.m. The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 4 days before the meeting date. Please call Dee Dee Quinnelly at Planning and Zoning Department, at 512-974-2036, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee, please contact Dee Dee Quinnelly at (512) 974-2036 or deedee.quinnelly@austintexas.gov. 2
2021 ASMP Amendments COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE APRIL 28, 2022 COLE KIT TEN, DIVISION MANAGER AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT Presentation Agenda o Purpose o Timeline o Public Engagement o ASMP Amendment Cycle o Street Network Changes o Q & A 2 Purpose | Why Update the ASMP? • Council Resolution 20200610-002 directed the City Manager “to initiate process to amend the [ASMP] to add the Project Connect System Plan…” • Additionally, per the adopted ASMP “Amendments to the Street Network Table and Map will be processed when right of way requirements change based on project details determined during the project development process” • “Modifications to adopted right of way widths will be processed as formal amendments to the plan, requiring City Council approval” • Transportation Criteria Manual (TCM) • Mobility Bond Projects 3 Timeline | Initial Feedback Schedule 2021 2022 October 1 November 15 December 31 ASMP Policy Survey released ASMP Street Network map released Original close date for Policy survey and Street Network map January 16 First extension date for Policy & Street Network feedback January 30 Policy & Street Network comment period closed February Developed updated draft of the proposed amendments Round 1 Feedback Report October November December January February *Internal Review began May 2021 Updates were provided to Mayor and City Council via memos dated 6/10/2021, 9/30/2021, 12/1/2021 and 2/25/2022 October - January Round 1 Public Comments *Notification for the second round of comments was sent out to the Community Registry on February 28 4 Timeline | Remaining Feedback Schedule 2022 March April May 3 June Round 2 public feedback closed on March 31 Boards and Commissions Council Mobility Committee Develop final draft of the proposed amendments and Round 2 Feedback Report Publish Final Draft May 10 Planning Commission May 19 City Council Public Hearing City Council Meetings First reading expected June 9 March April May June *Council Public Hearing will be advertised in the American Statesman 16 days prior to the hearing date and sent out to the Community Registry 5 Round 1 Engagement Timeline: Strategy and Results: •Interdepartmental review of the ASMP and Street Network began in May 2021 •Goal was to create awareness and provide an opportunity for feedback •Project Connect completed 15% Design in May 2021 and conducted engagement in late Summer •Engagement materials were produced in English and Spanish •ASMP feedback period began October 1 and closed January 30 •Competing community needs: • …
2021 ASMP Amendments COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE APRIL 28, 2022 COLE KIT TEN, DIVISION MANAGER AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT Presentation Agenda o Purpose o Timeline o Public Engagement o ASMP Amendment Cycle o Street Network Changes o Q & A 2 Purpose | Why Update the ASMP? • Council Resolution 20200610-002 directed the City Manager “to initiate process to amend the [ASMP] to add the Project Connect System Plan…” • Additionally, per the adopted ASMP “Amendments to the Street Network Table and Map will be processed when right of way requirements change based on project details determined during the project development process” • “Modifications to adopted right of way widths will be processed as formal amendments to the plan, requiring City Council approval” • Transportation Criteria Manual (TCM) • Mobility Bond Projects 3 Timeline | Initial Feedback Schedule 2021 2022 October 1 November 15 December 31 ASMP Policy Survey released ASMP Street Network map released Original close date for Policy survey and Street Network map January 16 First extension date for Policy & Street Network feedback January 30 Policy & Street Network comment period closed February Developed updated draft of the proposed amendments Round 1 Feedback Report October November December January February *Internal Review began May 2021 Updates were provided to Mayor and City Council via memos dated 6/10/2021, 9/30/2021, 12/1/2021 and 2/25/2022 October - January Round 1 Public Comments *Notification for the second round of comments was sent out to the Community Registry on February 28 4 Timeline | Remaining Feedback Schedule 2022 March April May 3 June Round 2 public feedback closed on March 31 Boards and Commissions Council Mobility Committee Develop final draft of the proposed amendments and Round 2 Feedback Report Publish Final Draft May 10 Planning Commission May 19 City Council Public Hearing City Council Meetings First reading expected June 9 March April May June *Council Public Hearing will be advertised in the American Statesman 16 days prior to the hearing date and sent out to the Community Registry 5 Round 1 Engagement Timeline: Strategy and Results: •Interdepartmental review of the ASMP and Street Network began in May 2021 •Goal was to create awareness and provide an opportunity for feedback •Project Connect completed 15% Design in May 2021 and conducted engagement in late Summer •Engagement materials were produced in English and Spanish •ASMP feedback period began October 1 and closed January 30 •Competing community needs: • …
2021 ASMP Amendments Updated Frequently Asked Questions Throughout the ASMP process several questions have been asked frequently by many community members. We hope these answers help clarify this process and elucidate what the ASMP amendments do, as well as what they do not. • Are you taking my property? • Are you changing my zoning? • Are streets expanding? Why are they changing? • If these amendments are adopted, does this action change the size of my property automatically? • My street is narrow. Where is the extra space coming from for future improvements? • Does this mean that our streets will become “patchy,” such as a partial bike lane that runs into parking, since development might not be uniform? • How does the ASMP affect the design of my street? • How did you identify these Street Network Amendments? Q: Are you taking my property? No, the ASMP is not taking or acquiring any land. Let’s go deeper: The ASMP is not a process to acquire land. The ASMP is the city’s Transportation Plan and the transportation element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan. Its purpose is to provide the city’s future transportation vision and is used for the long-range development of the city’s transportation network through development regulations. The ASMP identifies the amount of land that a property being developed must dedicate per the Land Development Code to promote public health, safety, and welfare, but the ASMP itself is not acquiring land. Land acquisition occurs during the project development and delivery phases of a Capital Improvement Project. The land that is dedicated through the land development process becomes public right of way to provide public infrastructure according to the standards in the TCM. Land dedication is only triggered for certain types of development: residential development that is a greater intensity than a duplex or commercial development. It does not apply to single-family homes going through the building permit process. Properties that are going through the subdivision process are subject to land dedication, but land dedication is subject to Rough Proportionality, which is a legal statute that requires any land being dedicated be proportional in value to the development’s impact on the transportation network. Because every development is unique it is impossible to definitively determine if a subdivided property would be required to dedicate land, but based on current land values, TCM standards, and the recently adopted Street Impact …
Boards and Commissions Recommendation Log as of April 27, 2022 ID Page Number Type Change Proposed Proposed By Staff Response Notes C-1 N/A Street Network Table Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Zoning and Platting Commission encourages the Austin City Council that there should be no street level changes in the ASMP except to incorporate the Project Connect system plan as directed by the Austin City Council; and Zoning and Platting Commission Staff does not support this change Appendix B of the adopted ASMP provides guidance for when modifications to the Street Network require City Council approval. “Amendments to the Street Network Table and Map will be processed when right of way requirements change based on project details determined during the project development process…Any modifications that may change the adopted right of way widths in the Street Network Table will be processed as formal amendments to the plan, requiring City Council approval.” With the update to the Transportation Criteria Manual and progress made on the Mobility Bond project development process, the ASMP Street Network was evaluated for additional amendments and these amendments are being proposed for City Council approval. The City Charter outlines the notification requirements for amending an element of Imagine Austin, which includes the ASMP. The City Charter requires posting notification in the Austin American Statesman and sending notification to the Community Registry 16 days prior to holding a Public Hearing at City Council. In addition to the Charter requirements, the ASMP amendment process included two rounds of engagement and outreach before posting the Final Draft of the proposed amendments for the Public Hearing, including targeted social media advertising and notification to the Community Registry. Further notification to individual households and properties is not a requirement of the Comprehensive Plan nor necessary at this stage of the process. This amendment process and proposed changes in Street Level are consistent with the purpose of the Comprehensive Plan. Additionally, significant outreach to properties along streets with proposed projects will occur as projects go through the project development and delivery phases. Notification now would be out of sync with this practice and is not required. The adopted ASMP references Title VI on page 219 under Frameworks for Equity. The ASMP prioritizes equitable outreach and this ASMP amendment process went beyond Charter requirements to provide opportunities for participation through two rounds of engagement with materials in English and Spanish. A full …
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE Minutes The Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee convened in a special called meeting on April 28, 2022 at Street-Jones Building, 1000 East 11th Street, Room 400A, Austin, TX 78702. Some members participated by video conference. SPECIAL CALLED MEETING April 28, 2022 Zoning and Platting Commission Hank Smith The meeting was called to order at 12:14 p.m. Joint Committee Members in Attendance: Planning Commission Grayson Cox Yvette Flores Robert Schneider City Staff in Attendance: Matt Dugan, Housing and Planning Department Cole Kitten and Upal Barua, Austin Transportation Others in Attendance: Joe Reynolds PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Megan Meisenbach Members Absent Carmen Llanes Pulido Cesar Acosta Joe Reynolds and Megan Meisenbach spoke on the proposed amendments to the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 2. NEW BUSINESS A motion was made to approve the minutes from the March 10, 2021 meeting by Commissioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Schneider. Vote 4-0. Commissioners Llanes Pulido and Acosta were absent. a. Austin Strategic Mobility Plan Amendments (Discussion and/or possible action). Cole Kitten and Upal Barua with Austin Transportation presented on the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan (ASMP) proposed amendments. Commissioners discussed the amendments and the ZAP recommendations, Cole Kitten and Upal Barua provided responses to the ZAP recommendations. A motion was made to forward to Planning Commission the proposed amendments, ZAP recommendations, and the staff response to ZAP recommendations by Commissioner Smith, seconded by Commissioner Cox. Vote 4-0. 3. OLD BUSINESS 1 None. 4. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS -Industrial land study ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 1:16 p.m. The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 4 days before the meeting date. Please call Dee Dee Quinnelly at Planning and Zoning Department, at 512-974-2036, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee, please contact Dee Dee Quinnelly at (512) 974-2036 or deedee.quinnelly@austintexas.gov. 2
