Lost Creek Civic Organization General Meeting 050516
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Lost Creek Civic Organization General Meeting 050516
- 1. Lost Creek Civic Organization General Meeting May 5, 2016
- 2. May 5, 2016 LCCO 2 Agenda Announcements 7:00 – 7:05 A Demographic Snapshot of Austin, Ryan Robinson, Austin City Demographer 7:05 – 7:30 Community Wealth, Ruth Glendinning & David Armistead 7:30 – 8:00 Public comments 8:00 – 8:05 Civic Issues 8:05 – 8:50 Firewise (video) Natural & Built Environment Code Prescription (CodeNEXT) Loop 360 Services Signs (Status) Affordability Water Meters AFD Response Times Recommended Videos Next meetings 8:50 – 8:55 June 2, 2016 Darrick Nicholas on CodeNEXT July 7, 2016 No Meeting August 4, 2016 Report from the City on Wildfire Protection Adjourn 8:55
- 3. May 5, 2016 LCCO 3 Firewise
- 4. The Next Austin: Manage Our Growth, Keep Our Character Natural and Built Environment Code Prescription Information Important to Lost Creek Paul Schumann April 26, 2016
- 5. 4/26/16 LCCO 5 What is CodeNEXT? New land development code (zoning) Update confusing and complicated existing code Bring into congruence with Imagine Austin (Master Plan) Switch from Euclidean based zoning to form based zoning Implement new urbanism strategy Forum for the clash of ideals
- 6. 4/26/16 LCCO 6 New Urbanism Principles Walkability Connectivity Mixed-Use & Diversity Mixed Housing Quality Architecture & Urban Design Traditional Neighborhood Structure Increased Density Green Transportation Sustainability Quality of Life
- 7. 4/26/16 LCCO 7 Why Should We Care? It will affect how we are permanently zoned. It will shape the redevelopment of the neighborhood. It will affect the city, where we work, our mobility, and our taxes among other things If we had CodeNEXT when Lost Creek was developed, it would be a very different place, and we would not have had large office buildings next to houses. We can use it positively to help shape the area along Loop 360 between 2244 and Westbank Drive, and possibly Marshall Ranch.
- 8. 4/26/16 LCCO 8 What's Missing from This Prescription? Safe and livable transition from single family homes to park land New Urbanism This Prescription Firewise 0 30 100 200 feet
- 9. 4/26/16 LCCO 9 What's Missing? (continued) Improved maintenance and policing No mobility provided Lack of emphasis on civic space Over use for commercial purposes No mention of Dark Skies No dedication for office development even if zoning changed from residential
- 10. 4/26/16 LCCO 10 Loop 360 Services Signs Meeting with Commissioner Daugherty Petition What are we asking for? − Removal of existing signs − Change of state law Status
- 11. 4/26/16 LCCO 11 Affordability Crisis It's complicated It's contentious Many strategies − Talked about Subsidies Density Supply Preservation Reduced size Less regulation − Not talked about Renovation Innovation & technology Paradigm shift Higher wage jobs
- 12. April 9, 2016 Paul Schumann 12 You Can't Get There from Here! <$200K $200K- $400K $400K-$600K $600K-$800K $800K-$1M $1M-$1.2M $1.2M-$1.4M $1.4M-$1.6M $1.6M-$1.8M $1.8M-$2M $2M-$2.2M $2.2M-$2.4M $2.4M-$2.6M $2.6M-$2.8M $2.8M-$3M >$3M 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 78704 SF Townhouse Duplex Condo Price NumberofHouses 1,740 1,727 2,325 1,054
- 13. 4/26/16 LCCO 13 Water Meters "We are in the process of replacing 130 randomly selected meters in Lost Creek for accuracy testing. This test will provide us a statistical sample of the area so we can determine how accurate the meters are that were installed in Lost Creek when it was a MUD. Meter accuracy is also an important input into our water audit required by the Texas Water Development Board.” Jill Mayfield, Austin Water
- 14. 4/26/16 LCCO 14 AFD Response Times Color Code Dark Green >=90% Light Green 80% to 89% Tan 70% to 79% Orange 50% to 69% Purple <50% Grey Insufficient Data Response times less than or equal to 8 minutes
- 15. 4/26/16 LCCO 15 Recommended Videos 10 Homes that Changed America http://lostcreekcivicorganization.ning.com/blog/10-homes-that-changed-america 10 Towns that Changed America http://lostcreekcivicorganization.ning.com/blog/10-towns-that-changed-america 10 Parks that Changed America http://lostcreekcivicorganization.ning.com/blog/10-parks-that-changed-america
Editor's Notes
- The first report in a four-part CodeNEXT Code Prescription series, &quot;The Next Austin: Manage our growth, keep our character&quot; details strategies to preserve, protect and enhance the City’s natural and built environment. Specific topics include tree protection, open space, responsible use of water resources, water quality and stormwater management, flood mitigation, compatibility and transitions between different types of land uses, design for mobility, redevelopment, greenfield development, and parks and open space. “CodeNEXT will be important tool to fixing permitting, development services and neighborhood planning. It will put growth where we want it, protect our neighborhoods, and pave the way for affordability,” said Mayor Steve Adler. “The upcoming conversations will not be easy, but they are long overdue and I encourage Austinites to get engaged and to be open to collaborating in bold ways to solve long-standing problems.” https://www.austintexas.gov/department/next-austin-manage-our-growth-keep-our-character Copy of Prescription: http://austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Planning_and_Zoning/CodeNEXT/2016-03-07_NBE_Prescription_DRAFT_Comp.pdf
- Zoning codes have evolved over the years as urban planning theory has changed, legal constraints have fluctuated, and political priorities have shifted. The various approaches to zoning can be divided into four broad categories: Euclidean, Performance, Incentive, and form-based. Named for the type of zoning code adopted in the town of Euclid, Ohio, and approved in a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co.[13] Euclidean zoning codes are the most prevalent in the United States.[citation needed] 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. Also known as &quot;effects-based planning&quot;, performance zoning uses performance-based or goal-oriented criteria to establish review parameters for proposed development projects. Performance zoning is intended to provide flexibility, rationality, transparency and accountability, avoiding the arbitrariness of the Euclidean approach and better accommodating market principles and private property rights with environmental protection. Difficulties included a requirement for a high level of discretionary activity on the part of the supervising authority. Performance zoning has not been widely adopted in the USA. First implemented in Chicago and New York City, incentive zoning is intended to provide a reward-based system to encourage development that meets established urban development goals.[14] Typically, the method establishes a base level of limitations and a reward scale to entice developers to incorporate the desired development criteria. Incentive zoning allows a high degree of flexibility, but can be complex to administer. 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoning
- http://www.newurbanism.org/newurbanism/principles.html
- Civic spaces are an extension of the community. When they work well, they serve as a stage for our public lives. If they function in their true civic role, they can be the settings where celebrations are held, where social and economic exchanges take place, where friends run into each other, and where cultures mix. A park is an area of natural, semi-natural, or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. It may consist of grassy areas, rocks, soil, and trees, but may also contain buildings and other artifacts such as monuments, fountains or playground structures. In North America, many parks have fields for playing sports such as soccer, baseball and football, and paved areas for games such as basketball. Many parks have trails for walking, biking and other activities. Some parks are built adjacent to bodies of water or watercourses, and these parks may comprise a beach or boat dock area. Often, the smallest parks are in urban areas, where a park may take up only a city block or less. Urban parks often have benches for sitting and they may contain picnic tables and barbecue grills. Parks have differing rules regarding whether dogs can be brought into the park: some parks prohibit dogs; some parks allow them with restrictions (e.g., use of a leash); and some parks, which may be called &quot;dog parks,&quot; permit dogs to run off-leash. An open space reserve (also called open space preserve, open space reservation, and green space) is an area of protected or conserved land or water on which development is indefinitely set aside. The purpose of an open space reserve may include the preservation or conservation of a community or region&apos;s rural natural or historic character; the conservation or preservation of a land or water area for the sake of recreational, ecological, environmental, aesthetic, or agricultural interests; or the management of a community or region&apos;s growth in terms of development, industry, or natural resources extraction. Open space reserves may be urban, suburban, or rural; they may be actual designated areas of land or water, or they may be zoning districts or overlays where development is limited or controlled to create undeveloped areas of land or water within a community or region. They may be publicly owned or owned by non-profit or private interests. http://www.eastshorepark.org/benefits_of_parks%20tpl.pdf http://darksky.org/