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REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2026, AT 6 P.M. AUSTIN CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ROOM 1001 301 WEST 2ND STREET AUSTIN, TEXAS Some members of the Planning Commission may 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 2 p.m. on the day of the meeting is required for remote participation by telephone. To register to speak remotely, please use the QR code or link at the end of this document. If you have questions regarding speaker registration, please contact Ella Garcia, Staff Liaison, at LandUseLiaison@austintexas.gov or by phone at 512-978-0821. CURRENT COMMISSIONERS: Alice Woods, Chair (District 2) Casey Haney, Vice Chair (Mayor’s Representative) Felicity Maxwell, Secretary (District 5) Imad Ahmed, Parliamentarian (District 6) Anna Lan (Mayor’s Representative) Vacant (Mayor’s Representative) Chris Gannon (District 1) EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS: Nadia Barrera-Ramirez (District 3) Brian Bedrosian (District 4) Adam Powell (District 7) Peter Breton (District 8) Danielle Skidmore (District 9) Joshua Hiller (District 10) Jessica Cohen, Chair of Board of Adjustment TC Broadnax, City Manager Candace Hunter, A.I.S.D. Board of Trustees Richard Mendoza, Director of Transportation and Public Works Staff Liaison: Ella Garcia, 512-978-0821 Attorney: Steve Maddoux, 512-974-6080 Page 1 of 8 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first four 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 1. Approve the minutes of the Planning Commission special called meeting on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. PUBLIC HEARINGS 2. Plan Amendment: NPA-2025-0030.01 - Ben White; District 5 Location: 2217 West Ben White Boulevard Service Road Eastbound, Williamson Creek Watershed; South Austin Combined (Westgate) Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: RPS Family Enterprises, LP (Robert P. Stern) Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Keepers Land Planning (Ricca Keepers) Neighborhood Node to Mixed-Use Activity HUB/Corridor Recommended Maureen Meredith, 512-974-2695, maureen.meredith@austintexas.gov Austin Planning 3. Rezoning: Location: C14-2025-0104 - Ben White; District 5 2217 West Ben White Boulevard Service Road Eastbound, Williamson Creek Watershed; South Austin Combined (Westgate) Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: RPS Family Enterprises, LP (Robert P. Stern) Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Keepers Land Planning (Ricca Keepers) CS-NP to CS-1-NP Staff recommends CS-1-CO-NP Nancy Estrada, 512-974-7617, nancy.estrada@austintexas.gov Austin Planning 4. Plan Amendment: NPA-2025-0031.01 - 8701 N Mopac Rezoning; District 10 Location: 8701 North Mopac Expressway Service Road North Bound, Shoal Creek Watershed; North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: Mopac Atrium Investments, LLC, a Texas limited liability company Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Dubois Bryant & Campbell, LLP (David Hartman) Commerce to Mixed-Use Activity HUB/Corridor Recommended Maureen Meredith, 512-974-2695, maureen.meredith@austintexas.gov Austin Planning Staff Liaison: Ella Garcia, 512-978-0821 Attorney: Steve Maddoux, 512-974-6080 Page 2 of 8 5. Rezoning: Location: C14-2025-0088 - 8701 N Mopac Rezoning; District 10 8701 North Mopac Expressway Service Road North Bound, Shoal Creek Watershed; North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: Mopac Atrium Investments, LLC Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Dubois Bryant & Campbell, LLP (David Hartman) CS to LI-PDA Recommended Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057, sherri.sirwaitis@austintexas.gov Austin Planning 6. Plan Amendment: NPA-2026-0022.01.SH - Rowen Vale; District 9 Location: 206, 206 ½ East Annie Street and 1710 Brackenridge Street, East Bouldin Creek Watershed; Greater South River City Combined Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: South Austin Christian Church/Rowen Vale, LLC Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Rowen Vale, LLC (Megan Lasch) Civic to Multifamily Residential land use Recommended Maureen Meredith, 512-974-2695, maureen.meredith@austintexas.gov Austin Planning 7. Rezoning: Location: C14-2026-0010.SH - Rowen Vale; District 9 1710 Brackenridge Street; 206 and 206 ½ East Annie Street, East Bouldin Creek Watershed; Greater South River City Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: South Austin Christian Church / Rowen Vale, LLC Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Rowen Vale, LLC (Megan Lasch) SF-3-NP to MF-3-NP Recommended Jonathan Tomko, 512-974-1057, jonathan.tomko@austintexas.gov Austin Planning 8. Rezoning: Location: C14-2026-0017 - 55 N I-35; District 3 55 North IH-35 Service Road Northbound, Lady Bird Lake Watershed; East Cesar Chavez Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: 55, LLC (Nick Tarantino) Agent: Request: Weiss Architecture (Richard Weiss) LO-MU-CO-NP (Tract 1 and 2) to CS-MU-CO-NP (Tract 1) and LO-MU- CO-NP (Tract 2) Recommended Jonathan Tomko, 512-974-1057, jonathan.tomko@austintexas.gov Austin Planning Staff Rec.: Staff: Staff Liaison: Ella Garcia, 512-978-0821 Attorney: Steve Maddoux, 512-974-6080 Page 3 of 8 9. Rezoning: Location: C14-2026-0004 - Springdale Farm Follow-Up; District 3 735, 755, 755 ½ Springdale Road; 740 Mansell Avenue, Boggy Creek Watershed; Govalle/Johnston Terrace (Govalle) Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: 755 Springdale, LP Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Armbrust & Brown, PLLC (Michael J. Whellan) CS-MU-CO-NP to CS-MU-CO-NP (change a condition of zoning) Recommended Jonathan Tomko, 512-974-1057, jonathan.tomko@austintexas.gov Austin Planning 10. Rezoning: Location: C14-2025-0051 - Woodward Mixed Use Flats; District 3 3426 ½ Parker Lane and 1710, 1712, 1714, 1716, 1718, 1720, 1722, 1724 Woodward Street, Country Club West Watershed; East Riverside/Oltorf Combined (Parker Lane) Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: Flats on Woodward LLC Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Thrower Design LLC (Victoria Haase) MF-3 to GR-DB90 Staff postponement request to June 9, 2026 Jonathan Tomko, 512-974-1057, jonathan.tomko@austintexas.gov Austin Planning 11. Rezoning: Location: C14-2026-0005 - Family Affair Liquor Store - 512 Baker LLC; District 1 4501 East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Unit 4503, Tannehill Branch Watershed; East MLK Combined (MLK) Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: Rodney Anderson Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Neighborhood Realty and Property Management (Shelby Biggs) GR-NP to CS-1-NP Recommended Jonathan Tomko, 512-974-1057, jonathan.tomko@austintexas.gov Austin Planning 12. Historic Zoning: Location: C14H-2026-0013 - Nitschke-Versea-Goins House; District 1 907 East 13th Street, Waller Creek; Central East Austin (Subdistrict 1) Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: Applicant: Historic Landmark Commission. Owner: Bubble Bee Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: LP/Eureka Holdings (owner-opposed) Historic Landmark Commission SF-3-NP to SF-3-H-NP Recommended Kalan Contreras, 512-974-2727, kalan.contreras@austintexas.gov Austin Planning Staff Liaison: Ella Garcia, 512-978-0821 Attorney: Steve Maddoux, 512-974-6080 Page 4 of 8 13. Conditional Use SPC-2025-0177A - 5016 E Cesar Chavez St. C.U.P. Permit: Location: 5016 East Cesar Chavez Street, Colorado River; Govalle Neighborhood Planning Area Owner/Applicant: Cliff Kendall Tyrin McCoy Agent: Change of use to allow for late hours permit, restaurant-general with Request: alcohol sales that are less than 51% of sales. Recommended Alyse Ramirez, 512-978-1750, alyse.ramirez@austintexas.gov Austin Development Services Staff Rec.: Staff: 14. ROW Vacation: Location: Owner/Applicant: Board of Regents of the University of Texas System Agent: Request: 2024-011813 LM - 2024-011813 LM (1909 Comal Street); District 1 1909 Comal Street, Boggy Creek; Central East Austin Richard Suttle An alley right-of-way vacation application for an approximately 0.2399-acre portion of land, being the unpaved/undeveloped right-of-way abutting 1909 Comal Street, as shown on C.R. Johns and Co. Subdivision (20’ alley and an alley of variable width out of Block 2, of Outlot 45, Division B of the C.R. Johns and Co. Subdivision of Outlot No’s 57, 36, 37, and 46, Division B, a Subdivision recorded in Volume 1, Page 3, Plat Records of Travis County, Texas) Recommended with conditions Christopher Bueckert, 512-974-1780, christopher.bueckert@austintexas.gov Austin Transportation and Public Works Staff Rec.: Staff: STAFF BRIEFINGS 15. Staff briefing on proposed amendments to City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to repeal certain regulations related to Downtown Density Bonus Program and Rainey Street Subdistrict Regulations and establish new Downtown Density Bonus 400 (DDB400) and Downtown Density Bonus 850 (DDB850) combining districts, that grant additional building height and modifies uses and site development regulations, in exchange for affordable housing and other community benefits, for properties that are located Downtown. Presentation by Alan Pani, Principal Planner, Austin Planning. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 16. Discussion and action to establish a working group related to the Citywide Density Bonus Programs. (Sponsored by Chair Woods and Commissioner Gannon) 17. Discussion and action to establish a working group related to the Urban Design Guidelines update. (Sponsored by Secretary Maxwell and Commissioner Gannon) 18. Discussion and action to conduct officer elections for the Chair, Vice Chair, Parliamentarian, and Secretary. PERMANENT COMMITTEE UPDATES 19. Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee – Update pertaining to recommendations to the Planning Commission regarding proposed amendments to the Land Development Code for Staff Liaison: Ella Garcia, 512-978-0821 Attorney: Steve Maddoux, 512-974-6080 Page 5 of 8 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 Vice Chair Haney, Secretary Maxwell, and Commissioners Barrera-Ramirez and Gannon) 20. 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) 21. Joint Sustainability Committee – Update regarding recommendation and matters related to conservation and sustainability; and review City policies and procedures relevant to the Austin including planning, Community Climate Plan and the Austin Climate Equity Plan, 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) 22. Small Area Planning Joint Committee – Update regarding recommendation and issues surrounding planning and zoning in areas such as downtown, corridors and centers, neighborhoods, transit-oriented the waterfront, planned unit developments, and developments. (Sponsored by Vice Chair Haney and Commissioners Barrera-Ramirez, Bedrosian, and Skidmore) FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Note: City Code requires at least two board members sponsor an item to be included on an agenda. This section of the agenda provides members an opportunity to request items for future agendas. Staff should assume that if there is no objection from other members expressed at the meeting, the members’ silence indicates approval for staff to include on the next agenda. ADJOURNMENT The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. For assistance, please contact the Liaison or TTY users’ route through 711. A person may request language access accommodations no later than 48 hours before the scheduled meeting. Please call or email Ella Garcia at Austin Planning, at LandUseLiaison@austintexas.gov, to request service or for additional information. For more information on the Planning Commission, please contact Ella Garcia at 512- 978-0821 or LandUseLiaison@austintexas.gov. PARKING AND VALIDATION Parking is available at the City Hall parking garage and is free with validation. Staff Liaison: Ella Garcia, 512-978-0821 Attorney: Steve Maddoux, 512-974-6080 Page 6 of 8 SPEAKER REGISTRATION All participants wishing to address the commission must register to speak. Public participation is available by teleconference or in-person. Presentations and handouts are requested to be e- mailed by 1:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. TELECONFERNCE REGISTRATION Registration for participation by teleconference closes at 2:00 p.m., the day of the meeting. Teleconference code and additional information to be provided after the closing of the teleconference registration period. IN-PERSON REGISTRATION While in-person registrants are encouraged to register in advance of the meeting, in-person registration closes at 5:30 p.m., the day of the meeting. Please scan the QR code below with a mobile device or click on the link below. Mobile devices will also be available at the meeting for public use for the purpose of speaker registration. SPEAKER DONATION OF TIME For discussion cases, speaker donation of time is an available option for in-person participants. Both the registered speaker donating time and the speaker recipient must be present when the public hearing is conducted. See chart below regarding speaker time allotments. SPEAKING ORDER The speaking order is determined by the order in which individuals register to speak and is conducted on a first-come, first-served basis. If multiple speakers register as the Primary Speaker, the first to register is allotted the additional speaking time. Participants who are part of a group or organization and wish to request a specific speaking order must contact Ella Garcia, Staff Liaison, at LandUseLiaison@austintexas.gov or 512-978-0821 as soon as possible, and no later than 2:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Click on the link below or scan the QR code and submit the form to register to speak. Speakers should submit a separate registration form for each item of interest. https://forms.office.com/g/W9r6dSSkUG Staff Liaison: Ella Garcia, 512-978-0821 Attorney: Steve Maddoux, 512-974-6080 Page 7 of 8 SPEAKER TESTIMONY TIME ALLOCATION PUBLIC HEARING CASES – CONSENT ITEMS *Donation of time is not an option for consent items. All speakers in favor or opposed 2 minutes each PUBLIC HEARING CASES – DISCUSSION ITEMS The applicant/speaker designated by the applicant Primary speaker in favor and primary speaker opposed All other speakers in favor or opposed 5 minutes each; up to 9 minutes total with donated time, plus a 2 minute rebuttal 5 minutes each; up to 9 minutes total with donated time 2 minutes each; up to 6 minutes total with donated time DISCUSSION POSTPONEMENT *Donation of time is not an option for discussion postponement. The applicant/speaker designated by the applicant All speakers in favor or opposed to the postponement ORDER OF MEETING 2 minutes each, plus a 2 minute rebuttal 2 minutes each 1. Determination of quorum/meeting called to order 2. Reading of proposed consent agenda 3. 1 Vote and disposal of consent agenda 4. 2 Determination of discussion postponement items 5. Discussion cases (including public comment, staff and applicant/representative presentations) 6. Other business adjournment 1 The consent agenda may be acted upon by one vote without separate discussion. Speakers are allowed to provide testimony on an item proposed for the consent agenda. At the discretion of the Commission, the item may remain on the consent agenda. 2 Discussion postponement consists of public comment and should not delve into the merits of the case. The granting of a postponement must be approved by affirmative vote of the Commission. Staff Liaison: Ella Garcia, 512-978-0821 Attorney: Steve Maddoux, 512-974-6080 Page 8 of 8