01. Draft Meeting Minutes March 24, 2025 — original pdf

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DESIGN COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2025 The Design Commission convened in a regular meeting on Monday, March 24, 2025, at the Permitting and Development Center, Room 1405, 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive in Austin, Texas. Chair Salinas called the Design Commission meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Jon Salinas, Chair Josue Meiners, Vice Chair David Carroll Nkiru Gelles Evgenia “Jenny” Murkes Brendan Wittstruck Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Marissa McKinney PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Design Commission regular meeting on February 24, 2025. The minutes from the meeting of 02/24/2025 were approved on Vice Chair Meiners’ motion, Chair Salinas’ second on a 6-0 vote. Commissioner Murkes was off the dais. Commissioners Howard, Ladner, Luckens, and Wallace were absent. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 2. Discussion and action to recommend to City Council whether the project AUS West Garage, located at 2921 1/2 Presidential Boulevard, complies with the City Design and Sustainability 1 Standards. Presented by Mari Boren, Capital Delivery Services, Cris Ruebush, PGAL, and Shelby Horton, Dunaway. There was a motion to recommend to City Council that the project AUS West Garage, located at 2921 1/2 Presidential Boulevard, complies with the City Design and Sustainability Standards. There was a substitute motion to recommend to City Council that the project AUS West Garage, located at 2921 1/2 Presidential Boulevard, complies with the City Design and Sustainability Standards with the inclusion of solar array, exploring water retention, increased electric vehicle capacity, increased vertical or horizontal vegetation to mitigate the heat island effect, and to encourage safer, intuitive paths for pedestrians was approved on Vice Chair Meiners’ motion, Commissioner Gelles’ second on a 6-0-1 vote. Commissioner Wittstruck recused from this item due to a conflict of interest and left the dais. Commissioners Howard, Ladner, Luckens, and Wallace were absent. Discussion and action to recommend to City Council whether the project Austin Convention Center Redevelopment, located at 500 East 3rd Street, complies with the City Design and Sustainability Standards. Presented by Riley Triggs, Capital Delivery Services, and Larry Speck and Josh Coleman, LMN/Page. The motion to recommend to City Council that the project Austin Convention Center Redevelopment, located at 500 East 3rd Street, complies with the City Design and Sustainability Standards failed on Vice Chair Meiners’ motion, Chair Salinas’ second on a 4-1-2 vote. Those members voting aye were: Chair Salinas and Commissioners Carroll, Gelles, and Murkes. Those voting nay were: Vice Chair Meiners. Commissioner Wittstruck abstained. Commissioner McKinney recused from this item due to a conflict of interest and left the dais. Commissioners Howard, Ladner, Luckens, and Wallace were absent. Select a representative and alternate representative to serve on the Joint Sustainability Committee per City Code § 2-1-206. The motion to select Chair Salinas as the representative to serve on the Joint Sustainability Committee was approved on Commissioner Wittstruck’s motion, Vice Chair Meiners’ second on a 7-0 vote. Commissioners Howard, Ladner, Luckens, and Wallace were absent. The motion to select Commissioner Murkes as the alternate representative to serve on the Joint Sustainability Committee was approved on Chair Salinas’ motion, Vice Chair Meiners’ second on a 7-0 vote. Commissioners Howard, Ladner, Luckens, and Wallace were absent. 3. 4. 2 5. Discussion and action to select Downtown Density Bonus Program projects from the past ten years to conduct analysis on outcomes. Sponsors: Chair Salinas and Vice Chair Meiners. The motion to select the Downtown Density Bonus Program projects 405 Colorado, located at 405 Colorado Street, associated with SP-2016-0260C, and 5th and West, located at 501 West Avenue, associated with SP-2013-0454C, to conduct analysis on outcomes was approved on Chair Salinas’ motion, Vice Chair Meiners’ second on a 7-0 vote. Commissioners Howard, Ladner, Luckens, and Wallace were absent. WORKING GROUP/COMMITTEE UPDATES 6. 7. 8. 9. Update from the representative of Urban Design Guidelines Working Group regarding the meeting on February 28, 2025. Update was given by Commissioner Carroll. Update from the representative of the Joint Sustainability Committee regarding the meeting on February 26, 2025. No update was given. Update from the representative of the South Central Waterfront Advisory Board regarding the meeting on March 17, 2025. No update was given. Update from the representative of the Downtown Commission regarding the meeting on March 19, 2025. Update was given by Commissioner Gelles. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS None. ADJOURNMENT Chair Salinas adjourned the meeting at 8:58 p.m. without objection. 3