REGULAR CALLED MEETING of the COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE April 10th, 2024 at 4:00pm PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, ROOM 2103 6310 WILHELMINA DELCO DR. AUSTIN, TEXAS Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely via 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 by telephone. To register to speak remotely, call or email Ann DeSanctis, 512-974-3102, ann.desanctis@austintexas.gov. ZONING AND PLATTING COMMISSION CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS/COMMISSIONERS: PLANNING COMMISSION Grayson Cox, Vice Chair Adam Haynes Alberta Phillips Ryan Johnson Hank Smith, Chair David Fouts Carrie Thompson AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approve the minutes of the COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE REGULAR CALLED MEETING on February 21, 2024. Staff briefing regarding ETOD amendments to Imagine Austin. 1. 2. STAFF BRIEFINGS DISCUSSION ITEMS DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 3. Discussion and action to approve transmission of CIP Memo from the Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee to the Planning Commission. The transmission of the memo of recommendations to the City Manager allows the Planning Commission to meet its Charter requirement to submit a list of capital improvements to the City Manager that implement the City’s Comprehensive Plan, Imagine Austin. Conduct officer elections for the Chair and Vice Chair. (include any other officers) 4. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 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 (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call Ann DeSanctis at the Planning Department, at 512-974-3102, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Comprehensive Plan Joint Commission, please contact Ann DeSanctis at 512-974-3102.
M E M O R A N D U M Interim City Manager Jesús Garza The City of Austin Planning Commission May 30, 2024 TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Introduction FY 2024-2025 Capital Improvement Memo of Recommendations The Planning Commission is pleased to transmit the FY 24-25 Capital Improvement Memo of Recommendations. Transmittal of the recommendations to the City Manager allows the Planning Commission to meet its Charter requirement to submit a list of capital improvements to the City Manager that implement the Comprehensive Plan, Imagine Austin. These capital improvements are intended t -term vision and aspiration of being a celebrated; where community needs and values are recognized; where leadership comes from its citizens and where the necessities of life are affordable and (Imagine Austin Vision, p.2). Imagine Austin has eight Priority Programs that policies and actions: Invest in a compact and connected Austin Sustainably manage our water resources entrepreneurs, and local businesses Use green infrastructure to protect environmentally sensitive areas and integrate nature into the city Develop and maintain household affordability throughout Austin Create a Healthy Austin Program This Memo of Recommendations is organized by these eight Priority Programs. Additionally, the City of Austin is committed to the advancement of equity in all aspects of City operations, and equity will be a core theme of the update to Imagine Austin that the Planning Department is currently leading. 1 In the lists below, items with an asterisk (*) are substantially the same from the FY 23-24 Capital Improvement Memo of Recommendations and remain relevant today. Invest in a Compact and Connected Austin Implement the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan (ASMP). * Align investments with the updated Bicycle Plan, Urban Trails Plan, and new Sidewalks, Crossings, and Shared Streets Plan. * Continue to deliver Mobility Bond improvements funded in 2016, 2018, and 2020. * Expand the amount of Vision Zero safety improvements to address the disproportionate share of people of color among severe crash victims in Austin. * Prioritize capital renewal and maintenance of infrastructure that supports our mobility goals. * Focus capital improvements and maintenance of infrastructure within areas that are intended to be compact and connected, such as Imagine Austin Activity Centers & Activity Corridors and Equitable Transit-Oriented Development station areas. Sustainably manage our water resources Review the c ensure the safety of city residents, ensure the reliability of electric, water and other critical infrastructure, and identify long-range capital improvements to …
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING DRAFT MINUTES 21, February, 2024 The Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee convened in a SPEICAL CALLED meeting on 21, February, 2024, at 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr, Room 2103, in Austin, Texas. Chair Smith called the Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee Meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Hank Smith, Carrie Thompson Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Grayson Cox, David Fouts PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL There were no speakers signed up to speak APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approve the minutes of the COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE REGULAR CALLED MEETING on 10, January 2024. The minutes from the meeting of 01/10/2024 were approved on Grayson Cox motion, David Fouts second on a unanimous vote. (Commissioners Haynes, Phillips, and Johnson were absent) DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Presentation from Budget Office by Kerri Lang on budget process and integrating requests. Presentation by Kerri Lang, Budget Officer with Financial Services, to provide insight on the budget process and how to integrate request from a Comprehensive Planning Perspective. The board has no recommendations at this time. Presentation by consultant CD&P on the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan Update’s Community Engagement Process. Presentation by Dennis Manalo, CD&P, to share approach and strategy for public engagement for Comprehensive Plan Update. The board recommends reviewing Equity Based Preservation Plan engagement presentation for best practices. 1. 3. 1 DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 4. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to amend Imagine Austin Plan to attach Equitable Transit Oriented Development (ETOD) Typologies and map from accepted ETOD Policy Plan. Presentation by Lucy Hall, Planner Senior with Planning Department, on the Equitable Transit Oriented Development typologies and map from the accepted ETOD Policy Plan. The motion to approve the transmission of the ETOD typologies and map to Planning Commission, to be amended and attached to Imagine Austin, was approved on Commissioner Cox’s motion, Commissioner Thompson second on a unanimous vote, with recommendations for amendments to the ETOD map and typologies to include process for incorporating latest available data and adding a footnote noting the age of the data before transmission to Planning Commission. (Commissioners Haynes, Phillips, and Johnson were absent) Chair Hank Smith adjourned the meeting at 5:16 p.m. without objection. 2
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE REGULAR CALLED MEETING MINUTES 10, April, 2024 The Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee convened in a REGULAR CALLED meeting on 10, April, 2024, at 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr, Room 2103, in Austin, Texas. Chair Smith called the Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee Meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Hank Smith, Adam Haynes Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Grayson Cox, Ryan Johnson, Alberta Phillips, Carrie Thompson PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL There were no speakers signed up to speak. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JOINT COMMITTEE REGULAR CALLED MEETING on 21, February 2024. The minutes from the meeting of 02/21/2024 were approved on Carrie Thompson motion, Alberta Phillips second on a unanimous vote. (Commissioners Cox and Fouts were absent) STAFF BRIEFING 2. Staff briefing regarding ETOD amendments to Imagine Austin. Presentation by Christopher Crain, Planner Senior with the Planning Department, to provide a status update on the ETOD Policy Plan map and typologies. 1 DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 3. Discussion and action to approve transmission of CIP Memo from the Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee to the Planning Commission. The transmission of the memo of recommendations to the City Manager allows the Planning Commission to meet its Charter requirement to submit a list of capital improvements to the City Manager that implement the City’s Comprehensive Plan, Imagine Austin. Presentation by Evelyn Mitchell, Principal Planner, and Christopher Crain, Planner Senior with Planning Department, on the CIP Memo. The motion to approve the transmission of the CIP Memo to Planning Commission was approved on Commissioner Cox’s motion, Commissioner Thompson second on a unanimous vote, with recommendations to include additional language related to Water Ruse, Water Conservation, Data Infrastructure, and Home Ownership. (Commissioner Fouts was absent) Conduct officer elections for the Chair and Vice Chair. (include any other officers) On Commissioner Cox’s nomination, Commissioner Phillips’ second, Commissioner Haynes was unanimously elected to serve as Chair. On Commissioner Smiths’ motion, Commissioner Haynes’ second, Commissioner Thompson was unanimously elected to serve as Vice Chair. Chair Hank Smith adjourned the meeting at 4:39 p.m. without objection. These minutes were approved at the 10, July, 2024 meeting on Commissioner Hanks motion, Commissioner Thompson second on a 4-0 vote. 2 4.
