Approved Minutes — original pdf

Approved Minutes

Special Meeting of the Design Commission - Remotely; Via WebEx DESIGN COMMISSION FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020 3:00 PM MEETING MINUTES Call to order by: Chair D. Carroll at 3:02 p.m. COMMISSION MEMBERS ✓ David Carroll, Chair (District 1) ✓ Martha Gonzalez, Vice-Chair (District 2) Samuel Franco (District 3) ✓ Josue Meiners (District 4) ✓ Melissa Henao-Robledo (District 5) ✓ Evan Taniguchi (Mayor) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Beau Frail (District 6) Jessica Rollason (District 7) Aan Coleman (District 8) Bart Whatley (District 9) Ben Luckens (District 10) • “✓” Denotes Commission Members who were in attendance CITY OF AUSTIN PLANNING & ZONING STAFF ✓ Jorge E. Rousselin, Executive Liaison ✓ Aaron D. Jenkins, Staff Liaison ✓ Patrick Colunga, Staff Liaison CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 1. NEW BUSINESS (Discussion and Possible Action): a. Courtesy briefing of the Master Plan for John Trevino Jr. Metro Park at Morrison Ranch (Charles Mabry, COA and David Malda, GGN) Charles Mabry presented and answered questions from Commissioners. No action taken. Page 1 of 2  b. Courtesy briefing for the Arts in Public Places Program by the Cultural Arts Division within the Economic Development Department (Sue Lambe, COA and Curt Gettman,) Sue Lambe, and Curt Gettman presented and answered questions and comments from Commissioners. No action taken. No Action taken. c. Discussion and possible action on Downtown Pavers. Commissioner A. Coleman and Vice Chair Robledo will be drafting a proposal which will be shared at the next Design Commission, with the intent to submit a letter to city council to request action for possible changes. 2. COMMISSION-SPECIFIC BUSINESS (Discussion and Possible Action): a. Approval of the June 22nd meeting minutes; The motion to approve the minutes as drafted was made by Commissioner A. Coleman and seconded by Commissioner J. Meiners. The motion was approved on a unanimous vote of [8‐0‐0]. b. Liaison Reports: report from collaborative commissions from their most recent meeting Commissioner M. Henao-Robledo met with the downtown commission and discussed the proposed convention center expansion. Chairman D. Carroll met with the Joint Sustainability committee regarding revisions to the Climate Plan with joint stain committee about climate plan revision. 3. ANNOUNCEMENTS: a. Chair Announcements; b. Items from Commission Members; None; None; c. Items from City Staff; Working group scheduled for next Thursday, July 23rd, 2020; 14th and Guadalupe ADJOURNMENT at 4:25pm Page 2 of 2