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ZONING AND PLATTING COMMISION REGULAR CALLED MEETING TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2025 The Zoning and Platting convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at Austin City Hall, Council Chambers, Room 1001, 301 W. Second Street, in Austin, Texas. Chair Smith called the Zoning and Platting Meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Hank Smith Betsy Greenberg Alejandra Flores Ryan Puzycki Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Scott Boone David Fouts Taylor Major Lonny Stern Christian Tschoepe Commissioners Absent: Luis Osta Lugo 1 vacancy on the dais. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Zoning and Platting Commission regular meeting on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. 1 The minutes from the meeting of Tuesday, June 3, 2025, were approved on the consent agenda on Vice Chair Greenberg’s motion, Commissioner Puzycki’s second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Osta Lugo was absent. One vacancy on the dais. PUBLIC HEARINGS C14-2025-0050 - North Loop Community Commercial; District 7 2302 and 2304 West North Loop Boulevard, Shoal Creek Watershed 2. Rezoning: Location: Owner/Applicant: Cuisines of Mexico Inc. Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Thrower Design, LLC (Ron Thrower & Victoria Haase) LR to GR Recommended Cynthia Hadri, 512-974-7620, cynthia.hadri@austintexas.gov Planning Department The motion to approve Staff’s Recommendation of GR for C14-2025-0050 - North Loop Community Commercial; District 7, located at 2302 and 2304 West North Loop Boulevard, was approved on the consent agenda on Vice Chair Greenberg’s motion, Commissioner Puzycki’s second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Osta Lugo was absent. One vacancy on the dais. C14-2025-0002 - Cooper Apartments; District 5 7804 Cooper Lane, South Boggy Creek Watershed 3. Rezoning: Location: Owner/Applicant: 7804 Cooper Lane LLC (Stephen Stokes) 7804 Cooper Lane LLC (Stephen Stokes) Agent: SF-3-CO to MF-3 Request: Recommendation of MF-2 Staff Rec.: Nancy Estrada, 512-974-7617, nancy.estrada@austintexas.gov Staff: Planning Department The public hearing was closed on Commissioner Puzycki’s motion, Comissioner Flores’ second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Osta Lugo was absent. One vacancy on the dais. The motion to approve Staff’s recommendation of MF-2 for C14-2025-0002 - Cooper Apartments, located at 7804 Cooper Lane, was approved on Vice Chair Greenberg’s motion, Commissioner Puzycki’s second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Osta Lugo was absent. One vacancy on the dais. 2 4. Rezoning: Location: C14-2024-0092 - Allred, Riddle, and W. Slaughter; District 5 2205, 2207, 2209 & 2200 Riddle Rode; 2200, 2202, 2206, 2208, 2300, 2102, 2104, 2106, 2108, 2014 & 2014 ½ Allred Drive; 2105, 2107, 2109, 2111 & 2113 West Slaughter Lane, Slaughter Creek Watershed Owner/Applicant: 2106 Allred LLC; 2206 Allred LLC; 2200 Allred Dr LLC; 2205 Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Riddle Road LLC; 2105 Slaughter Lane LLC; Ruff Gibson; Steve Carpenter; Getalong Productions LLC; Scioneaux Scott; Eugene Robertson; Michael Scott Eppes; Deloram Shokrollah; Sandra Mizell Austin NNN, LLC (Karthik Angamuthu); South Austin Entertainment District Fund, LLC (James Stinson) SF-2; NO; LR-MU-CO to GO-MU; LO-MU; LR-MU; CS-1 Staff Indefinite Postponement Request Nancy Estrada, 512-974-7617, nancy.estrada@austintexas.gov Planning Department The motion to approve Staff’s indefinite postponement request, was approved on the consent agenda on Vice Chair Greenberg’s motion, Commissioner Puzycki’s second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Osta Lugo was absent. One vacancy on the dais. C14-2024-0183 - 1120 West Howard Lane; District 7 1120 and 1120 1/2 West Howard Lane, Walnut Creek, Harris Branch 5. Rezoning: Location: Owner/Applicant: Howard Route Center Ltd and Barr Properties Ventures LLC Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Drenner Group, PC (Amanda Swor) CS-CO, GR-CO to CS-MU Staff Indefinite Postponement Request Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057, sherri.sirwaitis@austintexas.gov Planning Department The motion to approve Staff’s indefinite postponement request, was approved on the consent agenda on Vice Chair Greenberg’s motion, Commissioner Puzycki’s second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Osta Lugo was absent. One vacancy on the dais. 6. Restrictive Covenant Amendment: Location: C14-93-0047(RCA) - 1116 & 1120 West Howard Lane RCA 1116 West Howard Lane and 1120 & 1120 1/2 West Howard Lane, Walnut Creek, Harris Branch Owner/Applicant: Howard Route Center, Ltd., Barr Properties Ventures LLC and C&T Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Shops on Howard Lane, Ltd. Drenner Group, PC (Amanda Swor) To amend a previously approved Restrictive Covenant Agreement to remove Lot 6A and to update the legal description of the remaining lots, 3-A-B, 4-A and 5-A, subject to the Original RC, to include all of current Lot 3-A-B. Staff Indefinite Postponement Request Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057, sherri.sirwaitis@austintexas.gov Planning Department The motion to approve Staff’s indefinite postponement request, was approved on the consent agenda on Vice Chair Greenberg’s motion, Commissioner Puzycki’s second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Osta Lugo was absent. One vacancy on the dais. 3 7. Conditional Use SPC-2025-0091A - AW - Walnut Creek WWTP Expansion to 100 MGD - Overall SP A; District 1 Site Plan: Location: 7113 FM 969 Road, Walnut Creek Owner/Applicant: City of Austin, Capital Delivery Services, Erik Kunkel Agent: Request: Civil Team Engineers LLC, Sharon Hamilton, (512) 695-3263 Land use site plan for the expansion of the existing Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. Subsequent site plans will be filed for construction. Site is zoned P (Public) with an LOC over an acres making it a CUP. Recommended Meg Greenfield, 512-978-4663, meg.greenfield@austintexas.gov Development Services Department Staff Rec.: Staff: The motion to approve the land use site plan for the expansion of the existing Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. Subsequent site plans will be filed for construction. Site is zoned P (Public) with an LOC over an acres making it a CUP for SPC-2025-0091A - AW - Walnut Creek WWTP Expansion to 100, located at 7113 FM 969 Road, was approved on the consent agenda on Vice Chair Greenberg’s motion, Commissioner Puzycki’s second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Osta Lugo was absent. One vacancy on the dais. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 8. Discussion and action regarding the September 12, 2023, Planning Commission Recommendation to Council to establish a Regulatory Plan for the area generally bounded to the east by Capital of Texas Hwy 360, to the south by the north shoreline of Lake Austin, to the west by 620, and to the north by Boulder Lane and Bull Creek. (Sponsors: Vice Chair Greenberg and Commissioner Tschoepe) There was a motion by Vice Chair Greenberg, seconded by Commissioner Flores, for the Zoning and Platting Commission to join the Planning Commission in the approval of forwarding a recommendation to Council for a Regulatory Plan for the area generally bounded to the east by Capital of Texas Hwy 360, to the south by the north shoreline of Lake Austin, to the west by 620 and to the North by Boulder Lane and Bull Creek. The substitute motion to postpone to July 1, 2025, was approved on Vice Chair Greenberg’s motion, Commissioner Flores’s second on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Osta Lugo was absent. One vacancy on the dais. WORKING GROUP/COMMITTEE UPDATES 9. 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). (Sponsors: Vice Chair Greenberg, Commissioners Flores, and Stern)  No update was given. 10. 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 4    or initiatives of the city council or the Planning Commission. (Sponsors: Chair Smith and Commissioners Fouts, and Thompson)  No update was given. 11. Small Area Planning Joint Committee – Update regarding recommendation and issues surrounding planning and zoning in areas such as downtown, corridors and centers, neighborhoods, the waterfront, planned unit developments, and transit-oriented developments. (Sponsors: Vice Chair Greenberg and Commissioners Floyd, and Puzycki) No update was given. 12. Land Use Commissions Roles and Responsibilities Working Group – Update on the ongoing evaluation of potential changes to the Commission’s structure and responsibilities, and the development of recommendations for City Council in accordance with Resolution No. 20241212- 133. (Sponsored by Commissioners Fouts, Major, Osta Lugo, and Tschoepe) Update was given by Commissioner Fouts. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS None. ADJOURNMENT Chair Smith adjourned the meeting at 6:55 p.m. without objection. 5