14 2024-011813 LM - 2024-011813 LM (1909 Comal Street); District 1 - Right-of-Way Vacation Memo — original pdf

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To: From: MEMORANDUM Planning Commission Christopher Bueckert, Real Estate Services Agent, Austin Transportation and Public Works Date: March 5, 2026 Subject: F# 2024-011813 LM Alley Right-of-Way Vacation of approximately 0.2399- acre tract of land abutting 1909 Comal Street Attached is the Application Packet and Master Comment Report pertaining to the 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). The proposed vacation tract will be added to the abutting parcels. The abutting properties are owned by Board of Regents of the University of Texas System. Per the transmittal letter dated April 9, 2024, received by the City of Austin, the applicant states, “How do you plan to develop the area to be vacated? Response: …will be redeveloped as Graduate Student Housing supporting the students of the University of Texas in Austin.” All affected departments and private utility franchise stakeholders have reviewed the application and recommend approval, subject to the reviewers’ conditions shown on the attached Master Comment Report. Per City Code §14-11-71 – Notice to Interested Property Owners Public notice will be sent to owners within 300’ of the area to be vacated. The director of Austin Public Works may approve the application after the 10th day that the notice is issued; and an affected property owner may submit comments regarding the proposed vacation. Public Notice was sent to appropriate parties on January 21, 2026. No objections have been received by staff as of the date of this memorandum. The applicant has requested that this item be submitted for placement on the April 14, 2026, Planning Commission agenda. Staff contact: Christopher Bueckert, Real Estate Services agent Austin Transportation and Public Works, 512-974-1780, landmanagementROW@austintexas.gov Applicant: Richard Suttle, 512-435-2100, rsuttle@abaustin.com Abutting Landowner: Board of Regents of the University of Texas System The applicant and/or property owner’s representative will be present at the meeting to answer any questions regarding future development and the vacation request. 14 2024-011813 LM - 2024-011813 LM (1909 Comal Street); District 11 of 2Attachments: Application Packet Master Comment Report 14 2024-011813 LM - 2024-011813 LM (1909 Comal Street); District 12 of 2