Metrotech P.O. Box 180988 Austin, Texas 78718 - 0988 Tel. (512) 699-7964 November 25, 2024 Mr. Alan Avery Avery Building Company RE: Structural Integrity Inspection 2103 S L Davis Avenue Austin, Texas 78702 Dear Mr. Avery: As requested, I made a site visit on the afternoon of November 25 at the above referenced property to conduct a visual observation of the foundation and framing members of the single- story residential building on the property. The purpose of this inspection is to provide a general assessment of the structural integrity of the building and determine if it is worth salvaging given its current condition. The building was built in 1935 with an approximate footprint of 1,200 square feet. The roof structure of the building consists of asphaltic shingles with plywood decks supported on wood rafters that span between interior and exterior walls. The walls consist of wood planks with sheathing on both sides and vinyl sidings on the exterior face. The substructure of the building consists of a wood deck with wood floor joists and beams supported on piers and spread footings. The record drawings of the building and the geotechnical report of the property were not available for review. According to my experience with projects located in vicinity of this property, the geology of the area generally consists of expansive clayey soil that expands and contract with the change of subgrade’s moisture content. The following conditions were observed during the site visit: • Large differential settlements were observed floor system. displacements vary between 2” to 4” from the perimeter to the center of the building. throughout The the • The foundation system consists of pier and beams with shallow spread footings which are subject to large movements due to moisture variation in the subgrade. This foundation system is not adequate for sites with expansive clayey soil. • Gaps were observed around the door and window frames. These gaps will continue to open or close depending on the foundation movement and compromise the efficiency and performance of the HVAC system. • Most of the walls are out of plumb due to the differential settlements in the floor system. All the door and window frames are out of square which make the doors and windows hard to operate. • Some of the roof and floor framing members appear to be rotted and require replacement. 2103 S L Davis Avenue November 25, 2024 …
To Historic Review From Avery Building Company Project: 2103 SL Davis, Austin TX The bullet points below along with the pictures attached are for consideration for the Historic Review of 2103 S L Davis. • Exterior Walls are in extremely poor condition and have no practical usefulness for an exterior wall in a home. • The approximately 2” thick exterior walls are comprised of old vinyl siding attached to very old “board & batten” style wood (much of which is rotten), with sheets of wood on the interior. There is no insulation (nor was there ever insulation). There are no 2x4 studs. • Some exterior walls are literally cardboard. Other areas are patched with random materials. • The only form standard studs/2x4 material is where they have been added recently or additions that were patched to the original structure. • Rotten wood can be seen around the windows, floor perimeter boards, house corners, in most any place the vinyl siding can be pulled back or is missing. • Interior walls are also approximately 2” thick. No studs. A form of wood sheet material I assume attached to boards. But no “studs”. • Electrical is extremely minimal. Appears to have been retrofitted through the floor. Only a couple interior lights, no exterior. The outlets are attached to the walls (as opposed to being in walls as is standard • Plumbing is extremely limited. It appears someone started the process of installing a bathroom and a kitchen at some point. The only plumbing that looks to have been active was a kitchen sink (in a room that was added to the back of the house). I assume there was an active bathroom at some point in time. • As there are no typical walls, plumbing is attached to the walls on the exterior of the house. • Floors are extremely wavy. Some entire rooms are slanted. • Windows are a mix-match of various types added over the decades. • The interior doorways are shorter than standard height. • Literally no portion of the floor system, interior walls, or exterior walls, could be used in a modern home. The structure at 2103 S L Davis appears to be an old shanty which experienced some additions and adjustments over the decades. Work that was done, such as attaching vinyl siding, installing the various windows, the “kitchen”, and room additions, were ALL done in a …
CONGRESS AVENUE URBAN DESIGN INITIATIVE Historic Landmark Commission Briefing | December 4, 2024 TODAY’S TOPICS • About the CAUDI Vision Plan • Review of the full build scenario (unfunded) • Review of the proposed first phase from Cesar Chavez St. to 11th St. • 100 Block • 200, 300, 400, 600 Blocks • Rebalancing the Avenue • 500 Block • Plaza Concept • Motor Vehicle Access Changes • 700 & 800 Blocks • 900 & 1000 Block OVERVIEW of the VISION PLAN "Congress Avenue, often called the "Main Street of Texas," is one of the most iconic, historic and lively streets in Austin. The Congress Avenue Urban Design Initiative (CAUDI) envisions a transformative urban design, placemaking, and implementation strategy for Congress Avenue between Riverside Dr. and 11th St.” “The goal of this effort is to create a multifunctional complete street with a dynamic public realm that contributes to Downtown Austin's evolution as a sustainable mixed- use downtown and supports Austin's identity as a unique and iconic cultural city." FULL BUILD SCENARIO (UNFUNDED) 4 11/22/20 24 5 100 BLOCK 11/22/20 24 6 200 - 600 BLOCK 7 FULL BUILD CROSS SECTION: 200-400 & 600 BLOCKS 8 700 BLOCK 9 FULL BUILD CROSS SECTION: 700 BLOCK 10 FULL BUILD PLAZA CONCEPT: 7th ST. - 11th ST. 11 PROPOSED FIRST PHASE: CESAR CHAVEZ ST. – 11TH ST. Initial funding through the 2020 Mobility Bond Program 12 CROSS SECTION: 100 BLOCK Plan view of the proposed 100 block 13 200, 300, 400, 600 BLOCKS 14 REBALANCING THE AVENUE Funded first phase cross section at the 200, 300, 400 and 600 block. Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding. • Opens a 25-30 feet pedestrian amenity zone on both sides of Congress Avenue • Maintains left turn lanes at Cesar Chavez St., 5th St. and 6th St. • Upgrades bikeway barrier quality and consistency • Maintains ADA accessible parking or relocates it nearby • • Considers contextual factors for maintaining or adding on-street parking where necessary • Impacts 0.27% of existing downtown parking and 1.5% of on-street parking Leverages wayfinding solutions to direct people to available on and off-street parking supply Parking, Wayfinding & Street Patios 15 CROSS SECTION: 500 BLOCK Plan view of the proposed 500 block 16 PLAZA CONCEPT: 7th ST. - 11th ST. 17 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCESS Summary of Changes • Motor vehicle movements would end at 7th St. rather than …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS DECEMBER 4, 2024 PR-2024-142315; GF-2024-148232 305 NORTH BLUFF DRIVE 20.0 – 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1936 elementary school. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS ARCHITECTURE Demolish a section of the Pleasant Hill Elementary School campus, currently serving as the AISD Science and Health Resource Center. The building is a freestanding institutional building with a footprint of approximately 25,758 square feet. It is entirely one story in height, with several wings projecting out from the main entry area, which contain classrooms and other general school spaces. Most of the individual classrooms feature large window walls, containing operable (or formerly operable) 10-lite metal windows. Though they are not true ribbon windows, as they are broken up by interior walls, each assembly does extend most of the width of each classroom to provide light and, at one time, ventilation. The main entry features a set of double metal doors recessed slightly from the front façade, with a covered walkway projecting out to the parking lot and street. The horizontality of the building is emphasized by the flat roof with a modest overhang to shade the fenestration from direct sunlight. Buff brick clads the entirety of the exterior façade. At ends of each wing, full masonry walls are present without fenestration. Since construction, some interventions such as new awnings and exposed mechanical systems are present at public-facing locations. RESEARCH Formerly a rural community, the neighborhood now known as Pleasant Hill in South Austin was built on a site once called Johnstown, which was surveyed but never developed years prior. Records indicate that, by 1903, Pleasant Hill had two one- teacher schools. These schools were split by race, with one reported to have 73 black students and the other 42 white students. Though an in-depth survey of this community could not be located during the first decades of the twentieth century, the southward development of the Austin urban area, as well as highway maps, indicate some growth in the area. The present school saw construction of its original wing (presently located in the center of the current complex) in the mid-1930s, opening in 1936 as a 1st-9th grade school in the local Pleasant Hill School District. After 9th grade, students would attend Austin High School. Continued growth and development in the area saw more students and expansion of the school, with the Pleasant Hill School District becoming a part of Austin …
CONSTRUCTION SET FOR PLEASANT HILL ANNEX – DEMO 305 N. BLUFF RD. AUSTIN, TX 78745 SHEET LIST TABLE Sheet Number Sheet Title COVER SHEET GENERAL NOTE EROSION SEDIMENTATION CONTROL AND TREE PROTECTION PLAN ENLARGED DEMO PLAN POST CONSTRUCTION SITE PLAN ESC DETAILS SHEET 01 02 03 04 05 06 SITE LOCATION MAP GRID: MG16 MAPSCO: 644X, 644T SUBMITTED BY NHAT HO, P.E. #119194 02/15/2024 DATE FIRM REG# F-12469 5110 LANCASTER CT, AUSTIN, TX 78723 PHONE 512 761 6161 FAX 512 761 6167 INFO@CIVILITUDE.COM 01 PERMANENT VEGETATIVE STABILIZATION ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — · · TEMPORARY VEGETATIVE STABILIZATION · · · · · · · · · 02 NORTH BLUFF DR 56' R.O.W. - ASPHALT LEGEND BOUNDARY / RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT / SETBACK BENCHMARK SURVEY ROD/NAIL TREE W/ TAG TREE - REMOVE TAG# TAG# TREE PROTECTION FENCE MULCH SOCK LIMIT OF CONSTRUCTION SILT FENCE FILTER DIKE ROCK BERM POND SKIMMER STABILIZED CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE NORTH BLUFF DR 56' R.O.W. - ASPHALT T T L L A A H H P P S S A A D D R R S S - - . . W W . . O O E E L L C C R R I I C C . . R R ' ' 7 7 7 7 E E E V V V A A A T T T L L L A A A H H H P P P S S S A A A S S S S S S E E E R R R G G G N N N O O O C C C S S S - - - . . . W W W O O O . . . . . . R R R S S S E E E I I I R R R A A A V V V E V A T L A H P S A S S E R G N O C S - . W O . . R ' 3 1 1 N N 03 NORTH BLUFF DR 56' R.O.W. - ASPHALT E E E V V V A A A T T T L L L A A A H H H P P P S S S A A A S S S S S S E E E R R R G G G N N …
21 – 1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS DECEMBER 4, 2024 DA 2024 149924; GF-2024-151345 1010 EAST CESAR CHAVEZ STREET PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Partially demolish and construct an addition to a ca. 1884 building for use as a restaurant. Demolish and reconstruct existing outbuilding. Construct a porch and trellis at the Medina Street elevation, where an existing porch has been infilled. Construct a gable- roofed addition to the East Cesar Chavez Street elevation with a projecting bay window and vertical fiber-cement siding. Demolish and reconstruct the existing outbuilding as-is for bakery use. One-story center-passage vernacular house with Italianate and Folk Victorian detailing. The building has a compound roofline, full-width front porch with turned posts and jigsawn trim, 2:2 wood windows, and horizontal wood siding. The house at 1010 East Cesar Chavez Street, addressed historically as 1010 East 1st Street and 1010 East Water Street, was constructed between 1887 and 1901. In 2011, it was determined eligible for individual listing on the National Register of Historic Places based on its association with the McDonald family, who lived there from 1901 onwards and was believed to have constructed the existing house at the time, and the Cain family, long-term residents of the property who purchased the house from the McDonalds. However, later research indicates that the main building was constructed as early as 1887, though its earliest extensions at the Cesar Chavez Street elevation and characteristic decorative elements were likely constructed by the McDonalds at the turn of the century. The 1900 Sanborn map indicates that several accretions to the building’s original center-passage form had occurred at that time, and directory and newspaper records indicate that George Evans lived at the address as early as 1884. The building’s longest-term occupants during the twentieth century were the Cain family. Patrick Henry Cain, who ran Austin’s Dam and Suburban Railway in the late 1800s, later became foreman of the Colorado Fire Company and Inspector of the Austin Water, Power, and Light Department. Cain and his employees were responsible for laying Austin’s earliest plumbing systems in much of the city. The property also served as a home-based business for the most recent of its significant residents, the Quintanilla family. Immediately after purchasing the house, cosmetologist Anita Quintanilla opened a full-service salon there until she moved the business a block away from her home. Quintanilla’s entrepreneurship is emblematic of the importance of …
URTH CAFFÉ 1010 E CESAR CHAVEZ STREET, AUSTIN, TX 78702 SD PROGRESS BACKGROUNDS, 11/11/2024 PROPERTY ZONING INFORMATION LOCATION TAX PARCEL ID LEGAL DESCRIPTION ZONING DISTRICT LOT AREA NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AREA HISTORIC DISTRICT 1010 E CESAR CHAVEZ, AUSTIN, TX 78702 191697 LOT 7 & 8, BLOCK 4, SUBDIVISION OF OUTLOT NO. 18 IN DIVISION "O" (1/18) CS-MU-CO-NP 12,833 SF CESAR CHAVEZ NO S.M.A.R.T HOUSING GREEN BUILDING REQUIREMENT AIRPORT OVERLAY ZONE SEPTIC SYSTEM EXCEEDS 3,600 SF UNDER ROOF EROSION HAZARD ZONE WITHIN 100' OF 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN (AT 467.61') TREES 19" OR GREATER PRE-DEVELOPMENT CONSULTATION FOR TREE REVIEW PROPOSED IMPACT TO TREES CAPITAL VIEW CORRIDOR RESIDENTIAL DESIGN COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS (LDC 25-2 SUBCHAPTER F) SITE HAVE THE FOLLOWING: WATER AVAILABILITY WASTEWATER AVAILABILITY HAVE OR WILL HAVE AUXILIARY WATER SOURCE SITE REQUIRE +/- 4' OF FILL WATERFRONT OVERLAY LAKE AUSTIN OVERLAY FRONT PAVED STREET ADJACENT TO PAVED ALLEY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT (BOA) VARIANCE NO NO NO NO YES NO NO YES, (2) NO NONE NO NO YES YES NO NO NO NO YES YES NO TOTAL NEW/ADDED BUILDING AREA GREATER THAN 5,000 SF NO EXISTING USE PRPOSED USE PROJECT TYPE PART OR ALL OF AN EXISTING EXTERIOR WALL, STRUCTURE, OR ROOF BE REMOVED EXISTING BEDROOMS BEDROOMS UPON COMPLETION BATHS EXISTING BATHS UPON COMPLETION N/A N/A N/A N/A A-2, RESTAURANT A-2, RESTAURANT RENOVATION/ADDITION YES CITY OF AUSTIN CLIMATIC AND GEOGRAPHIC DESIGN CRITERIA DESIGN CRITERIA CLIMATE ZONE GROUND SNOW LOAD WIND SPEED TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS SPECIAL WIND REGION WIND-BORN DEBRIS ZONE SEISMIC DESIGN CATEGORY DAMAGE FROM WEATHERING FROST LINE DEPTH TERMITES WINTER DESIGN TEMP ICE BARRIER UNDERLAYMENT REQUIRED FLOOD HAZARD AFTER AIR FREEZING INDEX MEAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE R-VALUE, ROOF R-VALUE, WOOD FRAME WALL R-VALUE, BASEMENT WALL R-VALUE, SLAB R-VALUE, CRAWL SPACE WALL U-FACTOR, FENESTRATION SHGC, GLAZED FENESTRATION U-FACTOR, SKYLIGHT PRESCRIBED 2A 5 115 MPH NO NO NO A NEGLIGIBLE 12 INCH YES 28 DEGREES NO 09/02/1981 30 68.1 R-38 R-13 R-0 R-0 R-0 U-0.40 0.25 U-0.65 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: PROJECT CONSISTS OF BUILDING RENOVATION TO INTERIOR OF EXISTING RESTAURANT STRUCTURE AND WD FRAMED ADDITION TO EXISTING RESTAURANT STRUCTURE. EXISTING BACK BUILDING TO BE RENOVATED AND RETROFITTED FOR NEW BAKERY COMMISSARY USE. BUILDING HEIGHT: ASSUMED ELEVATION 100'-0" = MEAN SEA LEVEL ELEVATION 468.41'. BUILDING HIGH POINT: TBD AVERAGE ADJACENT GRADE: TBD BUILDING HEIGHT ZONING LIMIT: 60' Adopted Building Codes 2021 International Building Code - Local Amendments 2021 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) - Local Amendments 2021 International Energy Conservation Code …
22 – 1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS DECEMBER 4, 2024 PR-2024-150598; GF-2024-151270 4704 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, BUILDING 13 Relocate a ca. 1924 house outside the city limits. PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH The house is a Craftsman bungalow with a prominent gable roof with wide eaves sheltering a front porch with square columns and decorative brackets. It has horizontal wood siding and 1:1 wood windows, as well as non-original aluminum casement windows at secondary elevations. The house at 4704 South Congress Avenue, known historically as 4704 Post Road, was constructed sometime before 1940 outside Austin’s city limits, according to aerial photographs. Its Craftsman style suggests that it was built in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Though its earliest occupants are not known, the Blackwell family was living in the home as early as 1946; the Blackwells moved to Austin from Taylor around 1924. Charlton Blackwell worked as a brickman for the S & P Lines. By the 1970s, the property belonged to Charlie Goodnight, who developed the adjacent motor court and café. PROPERTY EVALUATION Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain high integrity. 3) Properties must meet two criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated the property and determined that it does not meet two criteria for landmark designation: a. Architecture. The building is a good example of a Craftsman bungalow. b. Historical association. The property does not appear to have significant historical associations. c. Archaeology. The property was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the human history or prehistory of the region. d. Community value. The property does not possess a unique location, physical characteristic, or significant feature that contributes to the character, image, or cultural identity of the city, the neighborhood, or a particular demographic group. e. Landscape feature. The property is not a significant natural or designed landscape with artistic, aesthetic, cultural, or historical value to the city. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Encourage rehabilitation and adaptive reuse, but release the relocation permit upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package. LOCATION MAP 22 – 2 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos 22 – 3 22 – 4 Source: Applicant, 2024 Occupancy History City Directory Research, September 2022 Charlton Blackwell, owner 1959 1955 1952 Charlton Blackwell, owner - Brickman, S.P. Lines Address not listed; outside city limits 4704 Post Road listed …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS DECEMBER 4, 2024 DA-2024-089522 WEST DOWNTOWN AUSTIN HISTORIC DISTRICT 810 WEST 11TH STREET 7.0 – 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a contributing property. ARCHITECTURE A wide, double-pitch side-gabled roof dominates the front façade of the house. A dormer vent is present at the center located above and behind a small gable overhang above the front door, which features a modest pair of brackets on either side of it. There are windows on either side of the brackets, and, while similar in size and material, do not match and provide a small amount of asymmetry to the elevation. The windows have been replaced with newer units and feature nonfunctional shutters. There is a concrete porch held two steps above ground in front of the door, with a simple metal handrail all around. The foundation is pier-on-beam, with a vented crawlspace underneath the floor. The house is almost entirely clad in buff brick in good condition, except for the side dormers, which are clad in wood lap siding with vents also present. RESEARCH The house at 810 West 11th Street was built in the early-to-mid 1930s, and the long-term owners for over 20 years were Joseph & Ida Kasper. The former was a furrier and owned a business at 109 East 9th Street in downtown Austin. While living at the address, they housed their children while they studied at the University of Texas. The son, Albert, was a dentistry student who left school to serve in World War II and finished his degree upon his return, graduating in 1945. Their daughter, Beatrice, graduated from university and became a teacher at Baker Junior High School in Hyde Park. She married Stewart Barnett in 1947 and they lived together in the house before moving out sometime after 1949. In 1987, the residence was converted to office use, and has continued in this function to present day. PROPERTY EVALUATION The property contributes to the West Downtown Austin National Register district. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain high integrity. 3) Properties must meet two criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated the property and determined that it does not meet two criteria: a. Architecture. The building is a good example of an intact minimal traditional bungalow in the district. b. Historical association. The property does …
TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS T. J. CHAMBERS SURVEY, A-7 ALTA/NSPS LAND TITLE SURVEY W/ TREES 0.153 ACRE (6,678 SF) OF LAND, BEING A PORTION OF OUTLOT 5, DIVISION "E" OF THE GOVERNMENT OUTLOTS ADJOINING THE ORIGINAL CITY OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT ON FILE AT THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS D R A V E L U O B K E E R A L C O H S WEST 12TH STREET SITE E U N E V T A S E W WEST 11TH STREET VICINTY MAP (NOT TO SCALE) A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL VOL. 10078, PG. 19 R.P.R.T.C.T. CALLED 0.555 ACRE TDC WEST TWELFTH LP DOC. #2019150413 O.P.R.T.C.T. 0 20 40 SCALE: 1" = 20' UTILITY AND IMPROVEMENT NOTE: ONLY SURFACE EVIDENCE OF UTILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS ARE SHOWN ON THIS SURVEY. BEARING BASIS & HORIZONTAL DATUM: TEXAS COORDINATE SYSTEM, GRID NAD '83 (CENTRAL ZONE 4203) PORTION OF OF OUTLOT 5, DIVISION "E" 809 WEST 12TH STREET LLC DOC. #2019185329 O.P.R.T.C.T. (S70° 26'E 46') S73° 13' 42"E 46.00' OHE OHE ASPHALT PP OHE (S70° 26'E 50') S73° 13' 42"E 50.00' // FROM WHICH A PINCHED 1/2" IRON PIPE FOUND BEARS S73° 13' 42"E, 0.49' NG FROM WHICH A 1/2" IRON ROD FOUND BEARS S15° 39' 19"E, 0.23' E H O BRICK PARKING [CALLED 0.405 ACRE] CJI PROPERTIES INC. VOL. 11554, PG. 1380 R.P.R.T.C.T. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 0.5' CONC. CURB ASPHALT PARKING 0.5' CONC. CURB 1851 E H O 1850 E H O 4.7' 18.1' ' 1 . 8 0.3' ' 1 . 8 EM 12.4' 10.9' 1849 / / AC ) ' 2 . 5 4 1 W ° 9 1 S ( ] ' 2 2 . 5 4 1 ' W 6 0 ° 9 1 S [ ' 2 1 . / / 5 4 1 E " 1 5 ' 8 0 ° 6 1 N / / NG / / ' 5 . 9 3 0.153 ACRE 6,678 SF A 5 . 9 3 ' 1-STORY BRICK BUILDING ' 1 0 . 5 4 1 W " 2 5 ' 6 0 ° 6 1 S ) ' 5 0 . 5 4 1 E ° 9 1 N ( T L A H P S A Y A W E V R D I …
810 W 11th Street Historic Landmark Commission September 4, 2024 1 Site Aerial Improvement: •Constructed: Circa 1938 •Age: Approx. 86-years-old •Use: Office 2 Street View 3 Side View 4 Rear View 5 City of Austin Historic Designation Criteria A property must meet at least two of the below criteria: i. Architecture ii. Historical Associations iii. Archeology iv. Community Value v. Landscape Feature 6 Request We respectfully request your approval for the release of the demolition permit upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package. 7 8 1935 Sanborn Map 9 1961 Sanborn Map 10 1938 Water Service Permit 11 Neighborhood Character 810 1938 808 Cir. 1910 806 Cir. 1920 821 Cir. 1907 819 ½ Cir. 1915 819 Cir. 1925 817 Cir. 1917 813 Cir. 1917 12 Neighborhood Character 13
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS DECEMBER 4, 2024 HR-2024-142310 TRAVIS HEIGHTS-FAIRVIEW PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT 2021 TRAVIS HEIGHTS BOULEVARD 8.0 – 1 PROPOSAL Construct a third housing unit at rear of property. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Demolish a rear carport that is currently attached to a two-story garage and apartment structure. In its place, construct a third housing unit that is fully detached from both the main house and the garage/apartment building. The new housing unit is proposed to be two floors, with a smaller setback from the alley than the existing carport. A long, narrow building footprint of approximately 1000 square feet fits within all required setbacks, and the second floor is approximately half that size, located away from the alley side of the property. ARCHITECTURE Originally constructed in the Tudor Revival style, the house at 2021 Travis Heights Boulevard is clad in multi-toned brick on the first floor with stucco above. Several front-facing gables frame the right half of the building, There are several screened windows along with an arched front door recessed slightly into the smallest gable. At some point after the district’s period of significance, a second-story addition was built above the left side of the house. This addition is clad in stucco to match the second floor of the original house and features three front-facing windows at one side. The inventory for the National Register district describes this alteration as “severe.” Behind the house is a two-story detached garage with living space above with little to no decoration. RESEARCH DESIGN STANDARDS When it was first constructed in the early 1930s, the house was owned by Lawrence & Lorraine Lane. Lawrence worked at multiple roles at the E. M. Scarbrough & Sons store, and Lorraine worked as a teacher. Lawrence Lane passed away prior to 1937, and Lorraine occupied the house for the next decade, at which point it was rented out to students and young professionals. The house was purchased by Reynolds & Gwendolyn Bixler, who occupied it for several years after. The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects in National Register districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Residential new construction 1. Location The proposed construction is located at the rear corner of the property, facing an alley, in accordance with Standard …
D V L T B H EIG VIS H A R T EXTG. C SIDE W O N ALK C. E " 2 3' 2 0' 5.2 5° 1 7 2 N S 64° 47' 28" 139.92' E EXTG. UNIT 1 C. N K O L A G. C W E SID T X E N 64° 57' 18" 140.20' W EXTG. WOOD DECK C O N C. PAVERS AC 22.8" ASH JUNIPER TO BE REMOVED 16.5" PECAN COV'D CARPORT EXTG. PORTION OF DRIVE TO BE DEMO'D EXTG. UNIT 2 Y E L L 5' A 1 W " 5 0' 3 0' 4.8 5° 0 7 2 S 1 SITE PLAN - DEMO 1/8" = 1'-0" M P 6 1 : 5 2 : 2 4 2 0 2 / 8 1 / 0 1 FULL SCALE IS 24X36 SHEET | HALF SCALE IS 12X18 SHEET GENERAL DEMO 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE TO THE EXISTING BUILDING AND GROUNDS ARISING FROM DEMOLITION OPERATIONS. DASHED LINES INDICATE EXISTING CONSTRUCTION TO BE REMOVED. REMOVE ALL CONSTRUCTION THAT CONFLICTS WITH THE INTENT OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION. NOTIFY ARCHITECT OF ALL M.E.P. ITEMS LOCATED IN PARTITIONS OR CEILINGS NOT NOTED ON M.E.P. DRAWINGS. REMOVAL OF DOORS ALSO INCLUDES REMOVAL OF DOOR FRAMES AND HARDWARE UNLESS SPECIFICALLY NOTED OTHERWISE. RETURN ALL SALVAGED DOORS, FRAMES, HARDWARE, LIGHT FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT NOT REUSED IN THIS PROJECT TO THE OWNER FOR REUSE ELSEWHERE. NOTIFY ARCHITECT OF ALL NOTICEABLE DEFECTS IN EXISTING CONSTRUCTION PRIOR TO BEGINNING DEMOLITION OPERATIONS,AS WELL AS DEFECTS UNCOVERED DURING DEMOLITION OPERATIONS. REMOVE ELECTRICAL BOXES, WIRING, AND CONDUIT IN DEMOLISHED PARTITIONS BACK TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PANELS, UNLESS INDICATED TO BE REROUTED. REFER TO MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING SERIES DRAWINGS FOR ADDITIONAL DEMOLITION INFORMATION. IT IS THE INTENT OF THE DEMOLITION TO REMOVE ALL EXISTING CONSTRUCTION WHICH CONFLICTS WITH THE INTENT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION. EVERY DEMOLITION DETAIL MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE COVERED ON THESE DOCUMENTS. PRIOR TO BID, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL REVIEW THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND SHALL INCLUDE ALL DEMOLITION WORK REQUIRED TO ACCOMMODATE NEW WORK, EVEN IF NOT SPECIFICALLY CALLED FOR. WHERE EXISTING WALLS OR CEILINGS ARE DAMAGED BY THE CONTRACTOR FOR ACCESS TO SERVICES, AND NEW CONSTRUCTION IS NOT SCHEDULED OR SHOWN ON THE DRAWINGS, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING MATERIALS AND FINISHES TO MATCH ORIGINAL CONDITIONS. RESTORE EXPOSED …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS DECEMBER 4, 2024 HR-2024-149566 OLD WEST AUSTIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT 1515 WEST 31ST STREET, BUILDING 2 9.0 – 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a contributing garage and construct a second housing unit. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS A garage that is listed as a contributing resource to the Old West Austin National Register district, which has been altered, is proposed to be demolished. It its place, a second housing unit, which is to be two floors in height with an added loft space. The footprint of the housing unit is to be similar in size and in an approximate location to the garage. The housing unit would be connected to the historic house with a new single-story screened porch. ARCHITECTURE The house at 1515 West 31st Street is a single-story and was constructed around 1938 with simple bungalow details. There is a front porch set at the right side, supported by two simple wood posts. The front entry is recessed under the porch, along with a single-hung window. Along with the two other windows at the front elevation, these have all been previously replaced. The roof is also made of replacement metal finish, which is a combination of hipped and gabled construction. There was also a two-story rear addition added to the house previously, which features a front-facing gable roof with decorative brackets that may confuse it as original. At the rear of the property is a simple rectangular garage with two roll up doors at opposite sides. A backyard pool is also present. RESEARCH DESIGN STANDARDS Little could be found about those that lived at 1515 East 31st Street. There is record of a William & Beatrice Spraul owning the property in 1940, but it is possible that they may have moved during World War II, as news articles identify an Earl Smith with that address by 1942. In between this, an invitation for service members was extended by Mrs. Mary Warner of this address. It is unclear how long each of these people lived at the address, or what their roles in the community were. The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects in National Register districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Residential new construction 1. Location The new unit is located …
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We do NOT support the demoli�on of 1417 Preston Ave., which has its original window and door openings and architectural configura�on from its 1935 construc�on. Changes in its siding over the years, easily reversible, are the likely cause of its “non-contribu�ng” status in the Old West Aus�n Na�onal Register Historic District. The unique design/ floorplan of this house for Pemberton Heights indicates that it is likely an architect-designed residence. The Landmark Commission does not appear to have undertaken any research on 1417 to determine if it meets City of Aus�n Landmark status. This should be determined before the Landmark Commission makes a determina�on on the fate of this house. Because the OWANRHD is so large, contribu�ng status was based on visual assessment (approved by the Texas Historical Commission) rather than research for the 1600+ proper�es in this largest NRD in Texas. It is unfortunate to have a buyer for one of our historic proper�es who likes the historic appearance and stability of this block of Preston Ave., wants to own a residence here, and then demolishes an original house. Their view of our street doesn’t change, but everyone else’s does and not in a good way. The east block of Preston Ave. is very intact from its original construc�on; only one house has been completely demolished and rebuilt. A “modern farmhouse”, the style that the architect appears to be planning for 1417 Preston, is today’s version of a McMansion and is incompa�ble architecturally with our historic street. The scale and style of the original 1930s-50s houses on Preston Ave. works well for our small lots and low ver�cal density; adjacent homes are not crowded or overhung, and the streetscape and large trees are not overwhelmed. However, the architect plans to widen the street façade of 1417 so that the east side will be at the east setback line; this will place the new house ten feet from the neighboring house to the east. The garage will be raised to story and a half height and placed against the west setback line, overhanging neighbors on the south and west sides. We request that the Landmark Commission perform basic research on 1417 Preston Ave. to determine whether it meets the criteria to be eligible for Aus�n Landmark status if the exterior is restored. We do not want this original house to be demolished. Candace and John Volz 1406 Preston Ave.
Regular Meeting of the Environmental Commission December 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM Permitting And Development Center, Events Center, Room 1405 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive Austin, Texas 78752 Some members of the Environmental Commission will be participating by videoconference. The meeting may be viewed online at: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely via telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once either in-person or remotely and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation by telephone. To register to speak remotely, call or email Elizabeth Funk, Watershed Protection Department, at (512) 568-2244, Elizabeth.Funk@austintexas.gov, no later than noon the day before the meeting. The following information is required: speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, email address and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting). CURRENT COMMISSIONERS: Haris Qureshi Mariana Krueger Melinda Schiera Hanna Cofer, Vice Chair Colin Nickells Jennifer Bristol, Secretary David Sullivan Richard Brimer Perry Bedford, Chair CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL AGENDA The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approve the minutes of the Environmental Commission Regular Meeting on November 6, 2024 1 1. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS Name: Dredge of Channel Rd. Lagoon, SP-2023-0376D Applicant: Stephen Hawkins, Aqua Permits Location: 4824 Laguna Ln, Austin, TX, 78746 Council District: District 8 Staff: Miranda Reinhard, Environmental Scientist Senior, Watershed Protection Department; 512-978-1537, miranda.reinhard@austintexas.gov Applicant request: Request to vary from LDC 25-8-261(C)(9)(a) to allow more than 25 cubic yards of dredging in Lake Austin. Staff Recommendation: Recommended with conditions Name: Loyola Flats, SP-2024-0147C.SH Applicant: Allison Lehman, Kimley-Horn Location: 6700 Decker Lane, Austin, TX, 78724 Council District: District 1 Staff: Miranda Reinhard, Environmental Scientist Senior, Watershed Protection Department; 512-978-1537, miranda.reinhard@austintexas.gov Applicant request: Request to vary from LDC 25-8-261(G) to allow floodplain modification in the Critical Water Quality Zone (CWQZ) Staff Recommendation: Recommended with conditions DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS Discussion and recommendation on strategies to improve the tree canopy in Austin – Environmental Commissioners Richard Brimer and Melinda Schiera Discussion and recommendation on the Austin Energy Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan – Environmental …
ITEM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AGENDA December 4, 2024 Dredge of Channel Rd. Lagoon, SP-2023-0376D Stephen Hawkins, Aqua Permits COMMISSION MEETING DATE: NAME & NUMBER OF PROJECT: NAME OF APPLICANT OR ORGANIZATION: LOCATION: 4824 Laguna Ln, Austin, TX, 78746 COUNCIL DISTRICT: District 8 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW STAFF: WATERSHED: Miranda Reinhard, Environmental Scientist Senior, Watershed Protection Department 512-978-1537, miranda.reinhard@austintexas.gov Lake Austin Watershed Water Supply Rural Classification Desired Development Zone REQUEST: Request to vary from LDC 25-8-261(C)(9)(a) to allow more than 25 cubic yards of dredging in Lake Austin. Page 2 of 2 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends this variance, having determined the findings of fact to have been met. STAFF CONDITIONS: Staff recommends the following conditions: 1. Protect the natural shoreline areas and larger wetland Critical Environmental Feature (CEF) W-13 by providing a 3:1 H:V slope from the lake bottom elevation at the shoreline to the final dredge depth. 2. Provide additional wetland mitigation plantings (2,125 plantings comprised of an equal number of 6 different species of FACW and OBL species) within 5 feet of the shoreline to a maximum depth of 1 foot. 3. Provide additional wetland mitigation plantings (1,321 plantings comprised of an equal number of 6 different species of FAC and FACW species) on the other 14 existing wetland CEFs on land. 4. Restore all areas disturbed in the Critical Water Quality Zone (CWQZ) per Standard Specification 609S.) 5. Limit dredging within the 25% and 50% Critical Root Zones (CRZ) of trees along the shoreline to outside of the existing concrete retaining walls. 6. Provide measures to minimize/avoid sediment discharge including: 1) stabilized construction entrance and access road from the Channel Rd entrance to the barge access location and, 2) silt fencing and mulch logs downslope of staging, storage and dewatering areas, and 3) stabilized dewatering area for dredge bags, 4) floating turbidity curtain downstream of the dewatering operation, and 5) floating turbidity curtain surrounding active dredge area. 7. Conduct dredging via hydraulic methods using floating excavator units and bagging of material. Watershed Protection Department Staff Recommendations Concerning Required Findings Dredge of Channel Rd. Lagoon, SP-2023-0367D Project Name: Ordinance Standard: Watershed Protection Ordinance (current code) Variance Request: Request to vary from LDC 25-8-261(C)(9)(a) to allow more than 25 cubic yards of dredging in Lake Austin. A. Land Use Commission variance determinations from Chapter 25-8-41 of the City Code: 1. The requirement will deprive the applicant of a privilege available to owners …
URBAN FORESTRY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 2024XXXX-00X Date: Subject: City of Austin Tree Canopy Ordinance Motion by: Melinda Schiera Seconded by: WHEREAS, the Urban Forestry Committee recognizes Council approved, on August 8, 2019, a Resolution declaring a climate emergency in the City, and WHEREAS, the Council approved, on September 30, 2021, the Austin Climate Equity Plan setting a goal of 50% Tree Canopy by 2050, and WHEREAS, Council re-affirmed its target of net-zeros community-wide emissions by 2040 on February 15, 2024, and WHEREAS, Council approved, on March 21, 2024, a resolution directing the City Manager to explore a right-of-way design and management plan to promote green infrastructure including street trees in the right-of-way while ensuring the safety and reliability of utility infrastructure. WHEREAS, current data shows 41% canopy cover city wide based on satellite imagery captured in the summer of 2022, and WHEREAS, the tree canopy over East Austin is less than West Austin, and there is a specific need to increase tree canopy on private land in East Austin, and WHEREAS, an expansive Tree Canopy mitigates the heat island effect, removes carbon from the air, improves community health be removing pollutants from the air, and improves biodiversity, and WHEREAS, feedback from Urban Landscape Architects to the Environmental Commission is that trees planted from site plan requirements are not surviving, and WHEREAS, the mitigation payment rates to the Urban Forest Replenishment Fund (UFRF) defined in the Environmental Criteria Manual 3.5.4, in leui of replacement or preservation, have not been updated since 2010. THEREFORE, the Urban Forestry Committee recommends the Environmental Commission advise Council adopt the following actions to more aggressively expand, protect, and enhance the City’s Tree Canopy: 1. Set a goal of 50% city-wide canopy cover by 2040 instead of 2050. 1 of 3 2. Augment the current inventory plans to capture satellite imagery to calculate the city- wide canopy cover biennially instead of every four years in order to evaluate the tree canopy percentage in a more cost-effective manner, and gaining the ability to track progress towards tree canopy goal. This also captures tree canopy on private property, whereas manual tree inventory does not. 3. In addition to the promotion of green infrastructure in the right-of-way, promote green green infrastructure in challenging placements such as easements. 4. Require the City Arborist and the Development Services Department to document the number and scope of unpermitted removal of protected and heritage trees …
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION 20241204-005 Second by: Date: December 4, 2024 Subject: Austin Energy Resource Plan Motion by: Haris Qureshi WHEREAS, on August 8, 2019, the Austin City Council adopted a resolution declaring a climate emergency and calling “for an immediate emergency mobilization to restore a safe climate” and directing the city manager to take a number of steps to accelerate local greenhouse gas emissions reductions, including from Austin Energy; and WHEREAS, in 2020, the Austin City Council adopted the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2030, which states that “Austin Energy will maintain an energy supply portfolio sufficient to offset customer demand while eliminating carbon and other pollutant emissions from its electric generation facilities as rapidly as feasible within the limitations set by the Austin City Council.” and states that “and all generation resources will be carbon-free by 2035;” and WHEREAS, the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2030 also states that “Austin Energy will no longer purchase, contract for or build long-term generation or storage resources that emit new carbon”; and WHEREAS, in 2021, the Austin City Council adopted the Austin Climate Equity Plan, which includes community-wide greenhouse gas reduction goals to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040, with about 75% reduction by 2030; and WHEREAS, electrification is a key strategy for reducing and eliminating greenhouse gas emissions in many sectors and Carbon-Free electricity is needed to achieve those goals; and WHEREAS, on June 8, 2023, the Austin City Council adopted a resolution endorsing the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and a plan for “transitioning to a 100 percent clean energy economy, phase out fossil fuel production, and invest in communities on the frontlines of environmental injustice;” and WHEREAS, ground level ozone and particulate matter air pollution in the Austin region already exceed the health-based standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and CAPCOG has identified that increased NOx emissions from electric generating units, including Austin Energy's power plants, as highly correlated with high local ozone measurements; and WHEREAS, the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2030 references an affordability goal and affordability remains important to many customers, but the workshops that Austin Energy hosted as part of this process to update the Austin Energy 1 of 3 Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan revealed that a large majority of participants are supportive of allowing rate increases beyond the current goal …
1. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION REGULAR CALLED MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, November 6, 2024 The Environmental Commission convened in a Regular meeting on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive in Austin, Texas. Chair Bedford called the Environmental Commission Meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Perry Bedford, Richard Brimer, Jennifer Bristol, Haris Qureshi, David Sullivan, Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Hanna Cofer, Melinda Schiera Commissioners Absent: Mariana Krueger, Colin Nickells PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Roy Wayley, speaking on APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approve the minutes of the Environmental Commission Regular Meeting on October 2, 2024 The minutes of the Environmental Commission Regular Meeting on October 2, 2024 were approved on Commissioner Sullivan’s motion, Commissioner Qureshi’s second on a 7-0 vote. Commissioners Krueger and Nickells were absent. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS Presentation, discussion, and recommendation to amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to increase erosion protections along the Colorado River below Longhorn Dam – Matt Hollon, Watershed Protection Department, Matt.Hollon@austintexas.gov, 512-974-2238 Speakers: Matt Hollon, WPD Liz Johnston, WPD 1 3. 4. 5. A motion to close the public hearing passed on Commissioner Bedford’s motion, Commissioner Brimer’s second, on a 7-0 vote. Commissioners Krueger and Nickells were absent. A motion to recommend amending City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to increase erosion protections along the Colorado River below Longhorn Dam with conditions passed on Commissioner Bristol’s motion, Commissioner Bedford’s second, on a 7–0 vote. Commissioners Krueger and Nickells were absent. Presentation, discussion, and recommendation on an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Austin and Hays Independent School District – Jacob Eickstead, Watershed Protection Department, Jacob.Eickstead@austintexas.gov Speakers: Jacob Eickstead, WPD Lexie England, Kimley Horn Jason Andrus, architect A motion to close the public hearing passed on Commissioner Bedford’s motion, Commissioner Bristol’s second, on a 7-0 vote. Commissioners Krueger and Nickells were absent. A motion to recommend the interlocal agreement between the City of Austin and Hays ISD with conditions passed on Commissioner Bristol’s motion, Commissioner Bedford’s second, on a 7–0 vote. Commissioners Krueger and Nickells were absent. Chair Bedford called a recess at 8:12 pm. Bedford reconvened the meeting at 8:18. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS Discussion and recommendation on the findings of the Bird-friendly Design working group and upcoming resolution – Environmental Commissioner Jennifer Bristol Speakers: Jennifer Bristol Craig Nazor A motion to recommend the findings of the Bird-friendly Design working group passed on Commissioner Bristol’s motion, Commissioner Sullivan’s second, on …
Miranda Reinhard Environmental Scientist Senior, Watershed Protection Department DREDGE OF CHANNEL RD. LAGOON 4824 LAGUNA LANE, 78746 SP-2023-0376D 1 PROJECT LOCATION [2 PROJECT LOCATION Project Location Lake Austin Capitol 3 [ PROPERTY DATA • Lake Austin Watershed • Water Supply Rural Classification • Desired Development Zone • Full Purpose Jurisdiction • Council District 8 [4 PROPERTY DATA • Environmental features: • Critical Water Quality Zone • Wetland CEF • 15 Wetland Critical Environmental Features (CEFs) [5 VARIANCE REQUEST LDC 25-8-261(C)(9)(a) – CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE DEVELOPMENT 1. The variance request is to allow more than 25 cubic yards of dredging in Lake Austin. 6 VARIANCE REQUEST • Restore channel navigability • Minimum amount of dredge volume to EXISTING restore navigable depth PROPOSED 7 VARIANCE REQUEST Dredge Requirements • LDC 25-8- 261(C)(9)(a) allows 25 CY dredge per site plan • Proposing dredge 4 ft in depth (down to 488.8’ depth) • Area of dredge: 174,000 sq ft • Volume of dredge: 11,237 CY of dredge PROPOSED DREDGE 8 VARIANCE REQUEST 4301 & 4307 Michael’s Cove Similar Property Examples: • 4301 & 4307 Michael’s Cove (SP-2010-0005D) • Project approved in 2010 • Dredge down to 489’ • Removed ~5,000 CY • Taylor Slough Silt Removal Project (SP-93-0380D) • Project approved in 1993 • Dredge down to 488.3’ • Removed ~2,500 CY Taylor Slough Silt Removal Project 9 VARIANCE REQUEST Dredge Requirements • Project proposes similar dredge depth and larger volume of dredge due to larger lagoon area • Proposing dredge 4 ft in depth (down to 488.8’ depth) • Area of dredge: 174,000 sq ft • Volume of dredge: 11,237 CY of dredge PROPOSED DREDGE 10 VARIANCE REQUEST Enhancements • 3:1 H:V slope at shoreline • Limit Dredging within CRZ of trees outside shoreline 11 VARIANCE REQUEST Additional Wetland Mitigation Plantings on land CWQZ Restored with 609S Lake Austin Additional Wetland Mitigation Plantings on shoreline Enhancements: • Additional Wetland Mitigation Plantings on shoreline • Additional Wetland Mitigation Plantings on land • Restore areas disturbed in CWQZ with 609S Wetland CEFs Required Wetland Mitigation 12 VARIANCE REQUEST Enhancements: • Measures to minimize/avoid sediment discharge • Stabilized construction entrance & access road • Silt fencing & mulch logs • Stabilized dewatering area for dredge bags Floating turbidity curtain • • Hydraulic dredging methods Access Road Stabilized construction Entrance Silt fencing & mulch logs Floating turbidity curtain 13 VARIANCE RECOMMENDATION • • Staff determines that …
LOYOLA FLATS Miranda Reinhard Environmental Scientist Senior, Watershed Protection Department 6700 DECKER LANE, 78724 SP-2024-0147C.SH 1 PROJECT LOCATION [2 PROPERTY DATA • Elm Creek Watershed • Suburban Classification • Desired Development Zone • Full Purpose Jurisdiction • Council District 1 [3 Lake Walter E. Long Colony Park PROPERTY DATA Project Location Lake Walter E. Long Colony Park Travis County Exposition Center Travis County Exposition Center [4 PROPERTY DATA • Environmental features: • Critical Water Quality Zone • Wetland CEF • 2 Wetland Critical Environmental Features (CEFs) on-site • Partially excavated detention pond from previous site plan [5 VARIANCE REQUEST LDC 25-8-261(G) – CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE DEVELOPMENT Floodplain modifications prohibited in the CWQZ unless one of the exemptions is met. 1. The variance request is to allow floodplain modification for development within the CWQZ. 6 Proposed 100- Year Floodplain Existing 100-year Floodplain VARIANCE REQUEST 25-8-261(G) • Floodplain modifications are prohibited in the CWQZ unless one of the exemptions is met. 7 [ VARIANCE REQUEST Functional Assessment of Floodplain Health (ECM Appendix X): • Floodplain is in “Fair” condition • Excellent Good Fair Poor 8 VARIANCE REQUEST Floodplain Restoration/Mitigation Ratios ECM 1.7.5 & ECM 1.7.6 • • Zone 1 (Floodplain outside the Total Modification Area: 1.96 acres • 2.52 acres (Required Restoration/Mitigation) • Zone 2 (Floodplain within the CWQZ) • 0.84 acres • FAIR 3:1 CWQZ) • 1.12 acres • FAIR 6:1 • 6.72 acres (Required Restoration/Mitigation) • Total Required Restoration and/or Mitigation Area: 9.24 acres Zone 1 Floodplain Modification Area Zone 2 Floodplain Modification Area 9 [ VARIANCE REQUEST Floodplain Restoration/Mitigation Ratios ECM 1.7.5 & ECM 1.7.6 • • • • Total Required Restoration and/or Mitigation Area:) 9.24 Acres Zone 1 (Floodplain outside the CWQZ • 2.52 acres • 0 acres (Restored) • 2.52 acres (Mitigated) • Zone 2 (Floodplain within the CWQZ) • 6.72 acres • 0.61 acres (Restored) • 6.11 acres (Mitigated) Total Restoration Area: 0.61 Acres Total Mitigation Area: 8.63 Acres • $382,157.63 Riparian Zone Mitigation Fund payment 10 VARIANCE REQUEST Total Restoration Area (Wetland CEF Mitigation & Floodplain Restoration) • Maximizing restoration area in CWQZ 11 VARIANCE REQUEST Enhancements • ~44,000 sq ft of additional wetland mitigation • Native plantings in biofiltration pond • Native seeding in detention pond • Enhanced outfall • Native trees, shrubs, and bunchgrasses in CEF setbacks & mitigation areas • Native pollinator species • Wetland CEF mitigation plantings …
ITEM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AGENDA COMMISSION MEETING DATE: NAME & NUMBER OF PROJECT: NAME OF APPLICANT OR ORGANIZATION: December 4, 2024 Loyola Flats, SP-2024-0147C.SH Allison Lehman, Kimley-Horn LOCATION: 6700 Decker Lane, Austin, TX, 78724 COUNCIL DISTRICT: District 1 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW STAFF: WATERSHED: Miranda Reinhard, Environmental Scientist Senior, Watershed Protection Department 512-978-1537, miranda.reinhard@austintexas.gov Elm Creek Watershed Suburban Classification Desired Development Zone REQUEST: Request to vary from LDC 25-8-261(G) to allow floodplain modification in the Critical Water Quality Zone (CWQZ) Page 2 of 2 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends this variance, having determined the findings of fact have been met. STAFF CONDITIONS: Staff recommends the following conditions: 1. Provide ~44,000 square feet of additional wetland mitigation including: 1) native plantings in sedimentation and filtration basins of the biofiltration pond, 2) low-grow native seeding in the detention pond, 3) an enhanced nonerosive pond outfall, 4) planting of native trees, shrubs and bunchgrasses in CEF setbacks and mitigation areas. 2. Provide native pollinator species for wetland CEF mitigation and floodplain restoration plantings. 3. Provide an edge barrier of limestone blocks around the perimeter of the modified CEF setbacks/restoration areas to prevent mowing and/or encroachment in these areas. 4. Provide wetland CEF educational signage next to the CEF setbacks/restoration areas. 5. Provide floodplain restoration plantings of native trees and shrubs for the remaining open area (26,349 square feet/0.61 acres) maximizing restoration within the CWQZ and enhancing the floodplain from an existing condition of Fair to Excellent. 6. Pay $382,157.63 into the Riparian Zone Mitigation Fund for the remaining required floodplain mitigation (376,326 square feet/8.63 acres) using the appropriate ratios per ECM 1.7.6. Watershed Protection Department Staff Recommendations Concerning Required Findings Project Name: Loyola Flats, SP-2024-0147C.SH Ordinance Standard: Watershed Protection Ordinance (current code) Variance Request: Request to vary from LDC 25-8-261(G) to allow floodplain modification within the Critical Water Quality Zone (CWQZ) A. Land Use Commission variance determinations from Chapter 25-8-41 of the City Code: 1. The requirement will deprive the applicant of a privilege available to owners of other similarly situated property with approximately contemporaneous development subject to similar code requirements; This project is proposing modification of the City of Austin 100-year floodplain within the Yes Critical Water Quality Zone (CWQZ) to construct a biofiltration and detention pond and provide compensatory flood storage within the existing engineered drainage channel. The project is a Smart Housing/Affordability Unlocked multifamily residential development. There are two wetland Critical Environmental Features …
PROPERTY LINE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE CREEK CENTERLINE EXISTING 150' CEF SETBACK BOUNDARY MODIFIED CEF SETBACK BOUNDARY PROPOSED 100 YR COA FULLY DEVELOPED FLOODPLAIN PROPOSED 25 YR COA FULLY DEVELOPED FLOODPLAIN EXISTING CEF BUFFER AREA PROPOSED CEF BUFFER REDUCTION AREA PROPOSED MITIGATION AREA REFERENCE LANDSCAPE SHEET NUMBER 73 (LP 1.01) FOR WETLAND MITIGATION TABLE NOTES: 1. 2. 3. 4. TREES AND TOPOGRAPHY BASED UPON SURVEY BY KIMLEY-HORN & ASSOCIATES. ON OCTOBER 10, 2022. ALL ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES (CEFS) AND ASSOCIATED SETBACKS MUST COMPLY WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. THE NATURAL VEGETATIVE COVER MUST BE RETAINED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE; CONSTRUCTION IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT AS IDENTIFIED IN THIS SITE PLAN; AND WASTEWATER DISPOSAL OR IRRIGATION IS PROHIBITED. CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE INVENTORY PREPARED BY TERRACON CONSULTANTS, INC ON OCTOBER 12, 2023, LAST REVISED JANUARY 5, 2024. PLANTING DETAILS FOR PROPOSED WETLAND MITIGATION AREAS AND WATER QUALITY AND DETENTION PONDS ARE INCLUDED ON LANDSCAPE PLANS: WETLAND MITIGATION PLAN SHEET 73 25' DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND P.U.E DOC# 200300077 OPRTC COLONY LOOP DRIVE (70' PUBLIC R.O.W.) 8" PVC 78-0067 10' P.U.E DOC# 200300077 OPRTC VALVE #135081 12" CI 328997 V T T F FIB FIB CBL CBL FIB FIB T F V T SOUTHWESTERN BELL EASEMENT DOC# 2000156922 OPRTC 20 21 C O L O N Y M L E O D A T O C P D 2 H O 2 # 2 O A D W S 0 E P 0 R 3 T 0 S S II E C C 0 0 7 7 T I O N III AW MH# 97495 VALVE #134994 VALVE #135016 FH AW# 135115 12" PVC 74-0007 6" CI 304031 40' DRAINAGE EASEMENT DOC #200300077 OPRTC CONSTRUCTION IS PROHIBITED WITHIN THE WETLAND CEF INCLUDING DISTURBANCE OF LAND AND REMOVAL OF WOODY VEGETATION C E F B M M B F E C 150' WETLAND CEF SETBACK 6' S/W EASEMENT DOC #200300077 OPRTC 12' P.U.E DOC# 200300077 OPRTC AW MH# 79550 CEFBM L F F L C E F B M L F FL M B F E C F L FL C C C C C 19 18 17 16 15 L F F L L F L F F L F L M B F E D C D M B F E C T CEFBM L F L F L F L F F L …
1 ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION 20241204-002 Date: December 4, 2024 Subject: Dredge of Channel Rd. Lagoon, SP-2023-0376D Motion by: Jennifer Bristol WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission recognizes the applicant is requesting to vary from LDC 25-8-261(C)(9)(a) to allow more than 25 cubic yards of dredging in Lake Austin; and WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission recognizes the site is located in Lake Austin Watershed Water Supply Rural Classification, Desired Development Zone; and WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission recognizes that Staff recommends the variance with the following conditions: Seconded by: Perry Bedford 1. Protect the natural shoreline areas and larger wetland Critical Environmental Feature (CEF) W-13 by providing a 3:1 H:V slope from the lake bottom elevation at the shoreline to the final dredge depth. 2. Provide additional wetland mitigation plantings (2,125 plantings comprised of an equal number of 6 different species of FACW and OBL species) within 5 feet of the shoreline to a maximum depth of 1 foot. 3. Provide additional wetland mitigation plantings (1,321 plantings comprised of an equal number of 6 different species of FAC and FACW species) on the other 14 existing wetland CEFs on land. 4. Restore all areas disturbed in the Critical Water Quality Zone (CWQZ) per Standard Specification 609S.) 5. Limit dredging within the 25% and 50% Critical Root Zones (CRZ) of trees along the shoreline to outside of the existing concrete retaining walls. 6. Provide measures to minimize/avoid sediment discharge including: 1) stabilized construction entrance and access road from the Channel Rd entrance to the barge access location and, 2) silt fencing and mulch logs downslope of staging, storage and dewatering areas, and 3) stabilized dewatering area for dredge bags, 4) floating turbidity curtain downstream of the dewatering operation, and 5) floating turbidity curtain surrounding active dredge area. 7. Conduct dredging via hydraulic methods using floating excavator units and bagging of material. THEREFORE, the Environmental Commission recommends the variance request with the following conditions; 1. Supply information about best practices in maintaining the plants and avoiding using chemicals that cause Algae blooms. Each of the property owners will receive a packet that includes the Go Green manual. 2. Find a way to reuse the sediment after it is dried and evaluated for toxins. VOTE 7-0 For: Haris Qureshi, Mariana Krueger, Hanna Cofer, Perry Bedford, Jennifer Bristol, Melinda Schiera, David Sullivan Against: None Recuse: None Absent: Richard Brimer and Colin Nickells Approved By: Perry Bedford, Environmental Commission Chair …
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION 20241204-003 Seconded by: Perry Bedford Date: December 4, 2024 Subject: Loyola Flats, SP-2024-0147C.SH Motion by: Jennifer Bristol WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission recognizes the applicant is requesting to vary from LDC 25-8-261(G) to allow floodplain modification in the Critical Water Quality Zone (CWQZ); and WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission recognizes this project is proposing modification of the City of Austin 100-year floodplain within the Critical Water Quality Zone (CWQZ) to construct a biofiltration and detention pond and provide compensatory flood storage within the existing engineered drainage channel for a Smart Housing/Affordability Unlocked multifamily residential development. There are two wetland Critical Environmental Features (CEFs) on the site, located within existing drainage channels; and WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission recognizes the site is located in Elm Creek Watershed Suburban Classification, Desired Development Zone; and WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission recognizes that Staff recommends the variance with the following conditions: 1. Provide ~44,000 square feet of additional wetland mitigation including: 1) native plantings in sedimentation and filtration basins of the biofiltration pond, 2) low-grow native seeding in the detention pond, 3) an enhanced nonerosive pond outfall, 4) planting of native trees, shrubs and bunchgrasses in CEF setbacks and mitigation areas. 2. Provide native pollinator species for wetland CEF mitigation and floodplain restoration plantings. 3. Provide an edge barrier of limestone blocks around the perimeter of the modified CEF setbacks/restoration areas to prevent mowing and/or encroachment in these areas. 4. Provide wetland CEF educational signage next to the CEF setbacks/restoration areas. 5. Provide floodplain restoration plantings of native trees and shrubs for the remaining open area (26,349 square feet/0.61 acres) maximizing restoration within the CWQZ and enhancing the floodplain from an existing condition of Fair to Excellent. 6. Pay $382,157.63 into the Riparian Zone Mitigation Fund for the remaining required floodplain mitigation (376,326 square feet/8.63 acres) using the appropriate ratios per ECM 1.7.6. 1 THEREFORE, the Environmental Commission recommends the variance request with the following conditions: 1. Recommend finding a space for a community garden and provide education programing and signage to community members. 2. Partner with local non-profits on community gardening. 3. Recommend planting native pecan trees. VOTE 7-0 For: Haris Qureshi, Mariana Krueger, Hanna Cofer, Perry Bedford, Jennifer Bristol, Melinda Schiera, David Sullivan Against: None Recuse: None Absent: Richard Brimer and Colin Nickells Approved By: Perry Bedford, Environmental Commission Chair 2
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION 20241204-004 Seconded by: Perry Bedford Date: December 4, 2024 Subject: City of Austin Tree Canopy Motion by: Melinda Schiera WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission recognizes Council approved, on August 8, 2019, a Resolution declaring a climate emergency in the City; and WHEREAS, the Council approved, on September 30, 2021, the Austin Climate Equity Plan setting a goal of 50% citywide tree canopy by 2050; and WHEREAS, Council approved, on March 21, 2024, a resolution directing the City Manager to explore a right-of-way design and management plan to promote green infrastructure including street trees in the right-of-way while ensuring the safety and reliability of utility infrastructure; and WHEREAS, Council approved, on November 21, 2024, a resolution directing the City Manager to develop an incentive program to encourage the preservation of trees that have a diameter between 8 and 18 inches on residential lots through the provision of a credit toward development fees and directing funding and elements of the program; and WHEREAS, current data shows 41% canopy cover city wide based on satellite imagery captured in the summer of 2022. Thereafter in February 2023, 30% of the tree canopy was impacted by winter storm Mara, highlighting the need for updated satellite imagery; and WHEREAS, the tree canopy in the Blackland prairie ecoregion of Austin is less than Edwards Uplift ecoregion of Austin; and WHEREAS, an expansive Tree Canopy in balance with understory plants and prairie ecosystems mitigates heat island effects, sequesters carbon, improves community health, and improves biodiversity; and WHEREAS, feedback from Urban Landscape Architects to Environmental Commissioners at the City of Austin Functional Green Workshop that trees planted from site plan requirements are not surviving; and WHEREAS, the mitigation payment rates to the Urban Forest Replenishment Fund (UFRF) defined in the Environmental Criteria Manual 3.5.4, in lieu of replacement or preservation, have not been updated since 2010; and 1 of 3 THEREFORE, the Environmental Commission recommends Council adopt the following actions to expand, protect, and enhance the City’s Tree Canopy by: 1. Recommend reviewing the Climate Equity Plan of reaching 50% canopy by 2025 to find ways to reach that goal by 2040. 2. Augment the current inventory plans to capture satellite imagery to calculate the city- wide canopy cover biennially instead of every four years in order to evaluate the tree canopy percentage in a more cost-effective manner and gain the ability to track progress towards tree …
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION 20241204-005 Second by: David Sullivan Date: December 4, 2024 Subject: Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan Motion by: Haris Qureshi WHEREAS, on August 8, 2019, the Austin City Council adopted a resolution declaring a climate emergency and calling “for an immediate emergency mobilization to restore a safe climate” and directing the city manager to take a number of steps to accelerate local greenhouse gas emissions reductions, including from Austin Energy; and WHEREAS, in 2020, the Austin City Council adopted the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2030, which states that “Austin Energy will maintain an energy supply portfolio sufficient to offset customer demand while eliminating carbon and other pollutant emissions from its electric generation facilities as rapidly as feasible within the limitations set by the Austin City Council.” and states that “and all generation resources will be carbon-free by 2035;” and WHEREAS, the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2030 also states that “Austin Energy will no longer purchase, contract for or build long-term generation or storage resources that emit new carbon”; and WHEREAS, in 2021, the Austin City Council adopted the Austin Climate Equity Plan, which includes community-wide greenhouse gas reduction goals to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040, with about 75% reduction by 2030; and WHEREAS, electrification is a key strategy for reducing and eliminating greenhouse gas emissions in many sectors and Carbon-Free electricity is needed to achieve those goals; and WHEREAS, on June 8, 2023, the Austin City Council adopted a resolution endorsing the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and a plan for “transitioning to a 100 percent clean energy economy, phase out fossil fuel production, and invest in communities on the frontlines of environmental injustice;” and WHEREAS, ground level ozone and particulate matter air pollution in the Austin region already exceed the health-based standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and CAPCOG has identified that increased NOx emissions from electric generating units, including Austin Energy's power plants, as highly correlated with high local ozone measurements; and WHEREAS, the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2030 references an affordability goal and affordability remains important to many customers, but the workshops that Austin Energy hosted as part of this process to update the Austin Energy 1 of 4 Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan revealed that a large majority of participants are supportive of allowing …
