01 Draft Meeting Minutes November 18, 2025 — original pdf

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PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR CALLED MEETING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2025 The Planning Commission convened in a regular on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at Austin City Hall, Council Chambers, Room 1001, 301 W. Second Street, in Austin, Texas. Chair Woods called the Planning Commission Meeting to order at 5:07 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Alice Woods Casey Haney Brian Bedrosian Peter Breton Nadia Barrera-Ramirez Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Anna Lan Felicity Maxwell Adam Powell Danielle Skidmore Commissioners Absent: Imad Ahmed Joshua Hiller Patrick Howard Ex-Officio Members in Absent: TC Broadnax Jessica Cohen Candace Hunter Richard Mendoza 1 Vacancy on the Dais PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. 1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Planning Commission regular meeting on Tuesday, November 13, 2025. The minutes from the meeting of Tuesday, November 13, 2025, were approved on the consent agenda on Commissioner Breton’s motion, Vice Chair Haney’s second, on a 9-0 vote. Parliamentarian Ahmed and Commissioners Hiller and Howard were absent. 1 vacancy on the dais. PUBLIC HEARINGS 2. Plan Amendment: Location: East 11th & 12th Street Urban Renewal Area Modification #14 - East 11th and 12th Street Urban Renewal Plan Amendment#14; District 1 N/A-Urban Renewal Plan, Waller Creek Watershed; Central East Austin (OCEAN) Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: City of Austin Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: City of Austin (Hunter Maples) Amend the Urban Renewal Plan for the East 11th and 12th Streets Urban Renewal Area to align with proposed amendments to the East 11th Street Neighborhood Conservation Combining District. Staff postponement request to December 16, 2025 Hunter Maples, 512-974-3120, hunter.maples@austintexas.gov Austin Housing The motion to approve Staff’s postponement request to December 16, 2025, was approved on the consent agenda on Commissioner Breton’s motion, Vice Chair Haney’s second, on a 9-0 vote. Parliamentarian Ahmed and Commissioners Hiller and Howard were absent. 1 vacancy on the dais. 3. NCCD C14-2024-0030 - Council Initiated: Block 16 Rezone; District 1 Amendment: Location: Block 16: 907, 907 ½, 909, 911, 913, and 915 Juniper Street; 916, 920, 924, 926, and 928 East 11th Street, Waller Creek Watershed; Central East Austin (OCEAN) Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: City of Austin Agent: Request: City of Austin (Jonathan Tomko) Amend Title 25 (Land Development Code) relating to the East 11th Street Neighborhood Conservation Combining District to increase maximum building height and establish tiered stepbacks for development on Block 16. Staff postponement request to December 16, 2025 Jonathan Tomko, 512-974-1057, jonathan.tomko@austintexas.gov Austin Planning Staff Rec.: Staff: The motion to approve Staff’s postponement request to December 16, 2025, was approved on the consent agenda on Commissioner Breton’s motion, Vice Chair Haney’s second, on a 9-0 vote. Parliamentarian Ahmed and Commissioners Hiller and Howard were absent. 1 vacancy on the dais. 2 4. Conditional Use SPC-2024-0377A - HighRoad CUP; District 9 Permit: Location: 700 Dawson Road, West Bouldin Creek Watershed; Bouldin Creek Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: Dawson Overlook LLC Agent: Request: Thrower Design (Beth Turner) The applicant is requesting an approval of a conditional use permit to allow for a Lodge or Club use of 6,856 square feet to occupy portions of the existing building and the entirety of the swimming pool and decking. Recommended Gabriel Guerrero Jr., 512-978-4658, gabriel.guerrero@austintexas.gov Austin Development Services Staff Rec.: Staff: This item had a noticing error and will be heard at the December 9, 2025, Planning Commission meeting. WORKING GROUP/COMMITTEE UPDATES 5. Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee – Update pertaining to recommendations to the Planning Commission regarding proposed amendments to the Land Development Code for which review is required under Section 25-1- 502 (Amendment; Review); requests to initiate amendments to the Land Development Code under Section 25-1- 501 (Initiation). (Sponsored by Chair Woods, Vice Chair Haney, Secretary Maxwell, and Commissioner Barrera-Ramirez) No update was given. 6. Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee – Update regarding recommendations to the Planning Commission on issues relating to the comprehensive plan, including proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan; and implementation of the Comprehensive Plan, including policy directives or initiatives of the city council or the Planning Commission. (Sponsored by Parliamentarian Ahmed and Commissioners Breton, Lan, and Powell) No update was given. 7. Joint Sustainability Committee – Update regarding recommendation and matters related to conservation and sustainability; and review City policies and procedures relevant to the Austin Community Climate Plan and the Austin Climate Equity Plan, including planning, implementation, community engagement, goal setting, and progress monitoring; promote close cooperation between the council, City management, City boards, commissions, committees, and taskforces, and individuals, institutions, and agencies concerned with the politics, procedures, and implementation of the Austin Community Climate Plan and the Austin Climate Equity Plan with the goal of coordinating all similar activities within the City and the community in order to secure the greatest public benefit; and forward to the city manager all advisory material that the joint committee provides to the council, the Office of Sustainability, City departments and offices, or City boards, commissions, committees, and task forces. (Sponsored by Commissioners Hiller and Breton) No update was given. 8. Small Area Planning Joint Committee – Update regarding recommendation and issues in areas such as downtown, corridors and centers, surrounding planning and zoning neighborhoods, the waterfront, planned unit developments, and transit-oriented developments. (Sponsored by Vice Chair Haney and Commissioners Barrera-Ramirez, Howard, and Skidmore) 3 No update was given. BOARD/WORKING GROUP UPDATES 9. South Central Waterfront Advisory Board – Update regarding continuity and communication among stakeholders and advocates as the South-Central Waterfront Plan moves toward implementation and the city council regarding plan implementation. Section 2-1-172 of the City Code. (Sponsored by Commissioner Breton) No update was given. to provide recommendations to 10. Governance, Rules, and Procedures Working Group – Update on the review and proposed updates to Planning Commission procedural rules to ensure they align with current and best practices. (Sponsored by Chair Woods, Vice Chair Haney, and Commissioner Barrera-Ramirez) This working group has been sunset. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS None. ADJOURNMENT Chair Woods adjourned the meeting at 5:18 p.m. without objection. 4