Lost Creek Civic OrganizationGeneral MeetingDecember 3, 2015

Agenda

Announcements 7:00 7:05

A Tale of Two Cities: Austin and Seattle, Jim Duncan 7:05 7:35Discussion 7:35 7:45

Public comments 7:45 7:55

Updates 7:55 8:15ADU

AT&T

CodeNEXT

Firewise

New Business 8:15 9:00Neighborhood Plan

Neighborhood Character (Community in a Box Exercise)

SWOT Analysis

Annexation day

Next meetings

Adjourn 9:00

Auxiliary Dwelling Units (ADUs)

Reduced size of lot (7,000 to 5,750 sq ft)

Increased size cap (850 to 1,100 sq ft)

Reduced off street parking (2 to 1)

Can't be used a Type 2 STR (commercial short term rental)

Limited to SF-3+, not SF-2

Removed other restrictions like removing need for second driveway and decreasing spacing on lot

AT&T Fiber Optic Cable Installation on Hilltop

The PUC granted a franchise to AT&T AT&T obtained a cable/video franchise from the Public Utility Commission. Other providers who have a state cable franchise are Google Fiber, Grande Communications and Time Warner Cable. As of 2005, cities no longer have any role in the process and I dont believe the PUC engages with the public. Telecommunications & Regulatory Affairs, City of Austin

Certificates of Franchise Authority are granted in accordance with Substantive Rule28.6. PUC

Permits for access to the easement for Lost Creek are issued by the city.The city did grant a permit to install the fiber optic cable on The Hilltop in Lost Creek. That permit is GP-2015-0198.ATT granted on July 22, 2015.

AT&T (continued)

Utility easements are also granted for telecommunications providers so yes, all providers have access to those easements where they have rights granted to them. Telecommunications & Regulatory Affairs, City of Austin

There was ongoing reviews by the city of the construction process.

There are still some unresolved issues.

AT&T (continued)

What's the process for allowing this type of invasive construction in a neighborhood?

Why were we not involved?

Why were we at least not notified by the city?

What's AT&T's plans for the completion of this project throughout Lost Creek?

How will the City guarantee the quality of the construction process?

Will AT&T notify us before they start the next phase of construction? I have asked for their plans but would not disclose them. I then asked to be notified before they begin the next steps.

Can't we do this once for all vendors?

Did they have permission to use ROW instead of easement?

CodeNEXT

CodeNEXT is the City's initiative to revise the land development processes and regulations to realize our city's future as envisioned in the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan.

Land development regulations guide how land is used: what can be built, where it can be built, and how much. Austin's Land Development Code regulates new development, redevelopment, zoning, subdivisions, transportation and parking, outdoor signs, site plans, drainage, watershed protection, open space, and more.

The City Charter requires that all land development regulations must be consistent with the comprehensive plan. The code that is developed through the CodeNEXT initiative must align with and implement Imagine Austin.

The two major deliverables of CodeNEXT will be a new land development code and a corresponding map.

CodeNEXT and Imagine Austin

New urbanism

Form based rather than Euclidean zoning

Ecological Transects

Fractal in nature

CodeNEXT and Imagine Austin

New urbanism

Form based rather than Euclidean zoning

Ecological Transects

Fractal in nature

Euclidean vs. Form Based

Euclidean zoning is characterized by the segregation of land uses into specified geographic districts and dimensional standards stipulating limitations on development activity within each type of district. Advantages include relative effectiveness, ease of implementation, long-established legal precedent, and familiarity. However, Euclidean zoning has received criticism for its lack of flexibility and institutionalization of now-outdated planning theory.

Form-based codes offer considerably more governmental latitude in building uses and form than do Euclidean codes. Form-based zoning regulates not the type of land use, but the form that land use may take. For instance, form-based zoning in a dense area may insist on low setbacks, high density, and pedestrian accessibility. FBCs are designed to directly respond to the physical structure of a community in order to create more walkable and adaptable environments.

Transect Planning

The urban-to-rural transect is an urban planning model created by New Urbanist Andrs Duany. The transect defines a series of zones that transition from sparse rural farmhouses to the dense urban core. Each zone is fractal in that it contains a similar transition from the edge to the center of the neighborhood. The transect is an important part of the New Urbanism and smart growth movements. Duany's firm DPZ has embodied the transect philosophy into their SmartCode generic planning code for municipal ordinances.

The importance of transect planning is particularly seen as a contrast to modern Euclidean zoning and suburban development. In these patterns, large areas are dedicated to a single purpose, such as housing, offices, shopping, and they can only be accessed via major roads. The transect, by contrast, decreases the necessity for long-distance travel by any means.

Firewise

National program sponsored by National Fire Protection Association http://www.firewise.org/

Lost Creek became a Firewise community in 2014

Firewise Communities: An Introduction to Firewise Concepts for Local Communities http://www.firewise.org/~/media/firewise/files/pdfs/presentations/firewisecommunitypresentation.ppt

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Firewise Community

Agenda

Announcements 7:00 7:05

A Tale of Two Cities: Austin and Seattle, Jim Duncan 7:05 7:35Discussion 7:35 7:45

Public comments 7:45 7:55

Updates 7:55 8:15ADU

AT&T

CodeNEXT

Firewise

New Business 8:15 9:00Neighborhood Plan

Neighborhood Character (Community in a Box Exercise)

SWOT Analysis

Annexation day

Next meetings

Adjourn 9:00

Neighborhood Plan

Allows citizens to shape the neighborhoods where they live, work or own property.

Provides an opportunity for citizens to take a proactive role in the planning process and decide how their neighborhoods will move into the future while addressing Land use

Zoning

Transportation

Urban design issues.

Community Character in a Box Workshop

Two Maps of the Area

Identify on the Maps (sticker and writing)

Things that are assets (strengths)

Things that are constraints (weaknesses)

Opportunities for improvement (things that have potential)

Follow-up with photographs that characterize the neighborhood

Turn all of that in to the City

Go to http://lostcreekcivicorganization.ning.com/codenext for complete information

SWOT

Strength: a resource or capacity of the community, organization, company or team that can be used effectively to achieve objectives now or in the future

Weakness: a limitation, fault or defect of the community, organization, company or team that will hinder achievement of objectives now or in the future

Opportunity: any favorable situation present now or in the future in the milieu

Threat: any unfavorable situation in the milieu that is potentially damaging now or in the future

SWOT

Take the Survey!

Front page of web site http://www.lostcreekcivicorganization.org

Go directly to survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XJ37MMJ

Annexation Day

Next Meetings

January 7, 2016, Imagine Austin, Matt Dugan

February 4, 2016, Commissioner Daugherty, Precinct 3, Travis County

Future topics: CodeNEXT

Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO)

Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Others?

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