Current openings
Updated February 5, 2017

• Non-Profit Representative:   Our team has an opening for a Leaderhip Team Representative for Non-profits. If you operate a non-profit within the East Cesar Chavez Neighborhood Plan Area and would like to get involved,  please email the Nominations Committee Chairperson and she will send you the Leadership Team Representative Application Packet.

• Sector 5 Representative:   Our team has an opening for a Leadership Team Representative for Sector 5 (see map). If you live within this sector and would like to get involved,  please email the Nominations Committee Chairperson and she will send you the Leadership Team Representative Application Packet.

Martin Middle School Austin, Texas: Modernization Required / Stay at Current Location

The Campus Advisory Committee of Matin Middle School has an online petition to the FABPAC (Facilities and Bond Planning Advisory Committee) for Austin ISD that supports Martin Middle School being fully modernized and maintain its current capacity of 804 at it’s present location.

Here is the link to the petition which includes updates, comments, and links to documents regarding this process. Please sign the online version if you have not signed a paper version of petition.  LINK TO PETITION

Plan to Attend Jan. 31st FABPAC Meeting, at 5:30pm, Martin Middle School Cafeteria

Martin Middle School 1601 Haskell, Austin, Texas 78702

JAN 15, 2017 — Thank you to all that have signed this petition.
The messages left and reasons for signing, especially from Alumni, have been no less than inspiring. Please continue to forward this petition to neighbors, community members/ leaders, concerned citizens, as well as former students and classmates.
If you would like to help pick up petition signatures, please email FABPACpetition@gmail.com

Respectfully,
Martin CAC, (Campus Advisory Committee)

The East Cesar Chavez Historic Preservation Committee will have its next meeting on Thursday, January 12, at 6:00pm in the Terrazas Library meeting room, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez St.  Everyone is welcome to attend, hope to see you there.

Say goodbye to this historic beauty in our neighborhood!

NOTE:  Consideration of this agenda item was postponed to the next Planning Commission meeting on January 12, 2017.

Endeavor Real Estate is requesting a vote at Planning Commission tomorrow, Tuesday, December 13, 6pm at City Hall, for a Zoning Change at the Plaza Saltillo development to allow an increase in the height allowance of three buildings between I-35 and Waller Street, from 4th to 5th Street (from 60 to 68 feet, 60 to 70 feet, and 60 to 125 feet).

It is unknown at this time if the 60 to 125-foot office building height increase, if approved, could open the door to upzoning the adjacent single-family (SF) residential areas to central business district (CBD), or a similarly intensive zoning designation.

They also will ask for an adjustment in the affordable housing allowance, most of which would be located on one small tract of the development, on 4th Street between Navasota and Onion Streets (a range of Median Family Income-MFI levels up to 60% MFI, including 30%, 50% and 60% MFI).

The Endeavor developers’ plan for Saltillo Plaza was introduced at an East Cesar Chavez Neighborhood Plan Contact Team (ECCNPCT) meeting in June 2016 with the understanding that future updates would be made prior to submitting the request to the Planning Commission.  Endeavor did not return to the Team for a vote before taking the issue to the Planning Commission, however.

Therefore, ECCNPCT has not yet sought community input about the Zoning Change request that may be voted on tomorrow, Tuesday, December 13, 6pm at City Hall and no letter of community support has been written.

For more information about this development, please read the attached document for details as well as this article in Austin Towers, online journal.

At this point, if you want your voice to be heard, please email members of the Planning Commission directly and also notify your ECCNPCT representative.

Contact information for the Planning Commission is as follows:

Chair, Steven Oliver: bc-Stephen.Oliver@austintexas.gov
James Shieh: bc-James.Shieh@austintexas.gov
Fayez Kazi: bc-Fayez.Kazi@austintexas.gov
Jayme Mathias: bc-Jayme.Mathias@austintexas.gov
Karen McGraw: bc-Karen.McGraw@austintexas.gov
Tom Nuckols: bc-Tom.Nuckols@austintexas.gov
Angela Pineyro De Hoyos: bc-Angela.PineyroDeHoyos@austintexas.gov
Patricia Seeger: bc-Patricia.Seeger@austintexas.gov
Jeff Thompson: bc-Jeffrey.Thompson@austintexas.gov
Jose Vela: bc-Jose.Vela@austintexas.gov
Trinity White: bc-Trinity.White@austintexas.gov
Michael Wilson: bc-Michael.Wilson@austintexas.gov
Nuria Zaragoza: bc-nuria.zaragoza@austintexas.gov

If you do email the PC, please also CC our District 3 rep, Sabino Renteria, and his land use policy aide, Nicholas Solorzano, on your email message:

Sabino.Renteria@austintexas.gov
Nicholas.Solorzano@austintexas.gov

Our next meeting will be held this Wednesday, October 19, at 6:00pm in the Terrazas Library meeting room, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez St.  Here is the REVISED* agenda:  Revised Agenda for October 19, 2016 ECC meeting.

*Please note that two items have been added to Unfinished Business and two items have been added to New Business.

Everyone is welcome to attend, hope to see you there!