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Design Commission discusses downtown density-bonus review; staff warns against listing specific past projects on agendas
Summary
The City of Austin Design Commission discussed forming a working group to review downtown density-bonus projects, and staff warned that agendas must not list specific addresses or site-plan numbers for closed applications.
The City of Austin Design Commission discussed how to review downtown density-bonus projects from the past 10 years and explored forming a working group to analyze lessons learned. Staff advised the commission that agenda posting language must remain general and cannot list specific addresses or site-plan numbers for projects that are closed.
Commissioner McKinney proposed a working group to analyze selected density-bonus projects and report back to the commission. Jorge Rosalani, the commissions executive liaison, told commissioners the legal concern was the agenda posting language: "What is of issue is the posting language calling out specific projects, addresses, and site plan numbers," Rosalani said, adding that the commission could…
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