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ZONING AND PLATTING COMMISION REGULAR CALLED MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 The Zoning and Platting Commission convened in a regular called meeting on Tuesday, September 16, 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 6:00 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Hank Smith Alejandra Flores Ryan Puzycki Lonny Stern Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Betsy Greenberg Scott Boone David Fouts Taylor Major Christian Tschoepe Commissioners Absent: Luis Osta Lugo PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Zoning and Platting Commission regular meeting on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. The minutes from the meeting of Tuesday, September 2, 2025, were approved on the consent agenda on Commissioner Stern’s motion, Parliamentarian Flores’ second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Osta Lugo was absent. 1 PUBLIC HEARINGS 2. Rezoning: Location: Owner/Applicant: Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: C14-2025-0084 - Howard Lane Rezoning; District 7 2315 West Howard Lane, Walnut Creek Watershed Ishtel Heating Air & Refrigeration Inc. (Ishtel Uddin) Encon, LLC (Diane Bernal) GR to CS Recommended Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057, sherri.sirwaitis@austintexas.gov Planning Department The motion to approve Staff’s recommendation of CS for C14-2025-0084 - Howard Lane Rezoning, located at 2315 West Howard Lane, was approved on the consent agenda on Commissioner Stern’s motion, Parliamentarian Flores’ second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Osta Lugo was absent. C14-2025-0070 - McNeil Rezone; District 6 7221 McNeil Drive, Rattan Creek Watershed 3. Rezoning: Location: Owner/Applicant: Roy L. Wyatt III & Luke Hogan Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Land Answers, Inc. (Tamara Mitchell) CS-CO to CS-1 for Tract 1 and CS-CO for Tract 2 Staff Recommends CS-1-CO for Tract 1 and CS-CO for Tract 2 Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057, sherri.sirwaitis@austintexas.gov Planning Department The motion to approve Staff’s recommendation of CS-1-CO for Tract 1 and CS-CO for Tract 2 for C14-2025-0070 - McNeil Rezone, located at 7221 McNeil Drive, was approved on the consent agenda on Commissioner Stern’s motion, Parliamentarian Flores’ second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Osta Lugo was absent. C8S-77-234(VAC) - Byrd Subdivision; District 2 4. Subdivision Vacation: Location: Owner/Applicant: Agape Christian Ministries Austin, Inc. (Lawrence Wilkerson) Agent: Request: 7809 Peacefull Hill Lane, South Boggy Creek BGE, Inc. (Megan Reynolds) The applicant is proposing a full sybdivision vacation. There is already a replat that is in review, pending the outcome of this vacation. Recommended Nick Coussoulis, 512-978-1769, nicholas.coussoulis@austintexas.gov Development Services Department Staff Rec.: Staff: The motion to approve Staff’s recommendation of a full sybdivision vacation for C8S- 77-234(VAC) - Byrd Subdivision, located at 7809 Peacefull Hill Lane, was approved on the consent agenda on Commissioner Stern’s motion, Parliamentarian Flores’ second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Osta Lugo was absent. DISCUSSION ITEMS 5. Discussion on the roles, responsibilities, and division of labor between the Zoning and Platting Commission and the Planning Commission. (Sponsored by Chair Smith and Commissioner Fouts) 2 The motion to postpone to September 16, 2025, was approved on Commissioner Tschoepe’s motion, Chair Smith’s second, on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Osta Lugo was absent. WORKING GROUP/COMMITTEE UPDATES 6. 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 Vice Chair Greenberg, Commissioners Flores, and Stern) Update was given by Parliamentarian Flores.   7. 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 Chair Smith, Vice Chair Greenberg and Commissioner Fouts) No update was given.   8. 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. (Sponsored by Commissioners Osta Lugo, Puzycki, and Tschoepe) No update was given.   9. 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) No update was given.   FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS None. ADJOURNMENT Chair Smith adjourned the meeting at 6:15 p.m. without objection. 3