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ZONING AND PLATTING COMMISION REGULAR CALLED MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2025 The Zoning and Platting convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, October 7, 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 6:10 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Hank Smith Ryan Puzycki Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Betsy Greenberg Taylor Major Luis Osta Lugo Lonny Stern Commissioners Absent: Scott Boone Alejandra Flores David Fouts Christian Tschoepe Commissioners Not Yet Serving: Andrew Cortes PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Zoning and Platting Commission regular meeting on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. 1 The minutes from the meeting of Tuesday, September 16, 2025, were approved on the consent agenda, with corrections, on Commissioner Puzycki’s motion, on Commissioner Osta Lugo’s second, on a 6-0 vote. Commissioners Boone, Flores, Fouts, and Tschoepe were absent. PUBLIC HEARINGS C14-2025-0056 - 12940 North U.S. 183; District 6 12940 N. U.S. 183 Highway, Rattan Creek Watershed 2. Rezoning: Location: Owner/Applicant: SHA LLC DBA First Care Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Drenner Group PC (Amanda Swor) GR, LO to CS-V Staff recommends GR-V-CO Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057, sherri.sirwaitis@austintexas.gov Planning Department The motion to approve Staff’s recommendation of GR-V-CO for C14-2025-0056 - 12940 North U.S. 183; District 6, located at 12940 N. U.S. 183 Highway, was approved on the consent agenda on Commissioner Puzycki’s motion, on Commissioner Osta Lugo’s second, on a 6-0 vote. Commissioners Boone, Flores, Fouts, and Tschoepe were absent. 3. Restrictive Covenant Amendment: Location: C14-93-0047(RCA) - 1116 & 1120 W. Howard Lane RCA; District 7 1116 West Howard Lane and 1120 & 1120 1/2 West Howard Lane, Walnut Creek, Harris Branch Watersheds Owner/Applicant: Howard Route Center, Ltd., Barr Properties Ventures, LLC, C&T Shops Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: on Howard Lane, Ltd. Drenner Group PC (Amanda Swor) To amend a previously approved public restrictive covenant 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 covenant. Recommended Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057, sherri.sirwaitis@austintexas.gov Planning Department The motion to approve Staff’s recommendation to amend a previously approved public restrictive covenant 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 covenant for C14-93- 0047(RCA) - 1116 & 1120 W. Howard Lane RCA; District 7, located at 1116 West Howard Lane and 1120 & 1120 1/2 West Howard Lane, was approved on the consent agenda on Commissioner Puzycki’s motion, on Commissioner Osta Lugo’s second, on a 6-0 vote. Commissioners Boone, Flores, Fouts, and Tschoepe were absent. 2 4. Hill Country Roadway & Conditional Use Permit: SP-88-0052CX(R4) - LISD ES No. 19 Grandview Hills Ancillary Building Project; District 10 12024 Vista Parke Drive, Lake Travis Watershed Location: Owner/Applicant: Leander Independent School District Agent: Request: AtkinsRealis, Michael Shangreaux, (512) 340-1193 Project Description: The applicant is proposing a site plan revision to add staff and bus parking and a fuel system to an existing elementary school. Additional improvements include installing a new storm drain network, upsizing the existing storm drain network, and expanding the detention, sedimentation and filtration ponds. Increase in impervious cover is 8 percent. No new buildings are proposed. Requests: This site is located within the Hill Country Roadway Corridor FM 620 and therefore requires Land Use Commission review according to the Land Development Code (Section 25-2-1102). This site is zoned P (Public) and is greater than one acre in size; therefore, a Conditional Use Permit is required, according to the Land Development Code (Section 25-2-625). Recommended Meg Greenfield, 512-978-4663, meg.greenfield@austintexas.gov Development Services Department Staff Rec.: Staff: The motion to approve Staff’s recommendation of a site plan revision to add staff and bus parking and a fuel system to an existing elementary school. Additional improvements include installing a new storm drain network, upsizing the existing storm drain network, and expanding the detention, sedimentation and filtration ponds. Increase in impervious cover is 8 percent. No new buildings are proposed. Requests: This site is located within the Hill Country Roadway Corridor FM 620 and therefore requires Land Use Commission review according to the Land Development Code (Section 25-2-1102). This site is zoned P (Public) and is greater than one acre in size; therefore, a Conditional Use Permit is required, according to the Land Development Code (Section 25-2-625) for SP-88-0052CX(R4) - LISD ES No. 19 Grandview Hills Ancillary Building Project; District 10, located 12024 Vista Parke Drive, was approved on the consent agenda consent agenda on Commissioner Puzycki’s motion, on Commissioner Osta Lugo’s second, on a 6-0 vote. Commissioners Boone, Flores, Fouts, and Tschoepe were absent. 3 5. Site Plan SP-2024-0202D - The Clovis at McKinney Falls (Environmental Variance): Location: Owner/Applicant: Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: 6507 McKinney Falls Parkway, Cottonmouth Creek Jake Brown; LDG Development, LLC J Segura; Dunway Request to vary from LDC 25-8-342 to allow fill from 8 to 15 feet. Recommended with conditions Mohamad Abdulkader, 512-974-6303, mohamad.abdulkader@austintexas.gov Development Services Department Alyse Ramirez, 512-978-1750, alyse.ramirez@austintexas.gov Development Services Department The motion to approve Staff’s recommendation of to vary from LDC 25-8-342 to allow fill from 8 to 15 feet, with conditions, for SP-2024-0202D - The Clovis at McKinney Falls, located at 6507 McKinney Falls Parkway, was approved on the consent agenda on Commissioner Puzycki’s motion, on Commissioner Osta Lugo’s second, on a 6-0 vote. Commissioners Boone, Flores, Fouts, and Tschoepe were absent. DISCUSSION ITEMS 6. 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) No discussion took place. This item will move forward to the next agenda. WORKING GROUP/COMMITTEE UPDATES 7. 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, Parliamentarian Flores, and Commissioner Stern)   Update was given by Vice Chair Greenberg. 8. 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)   Update was given by Chair Smith. 9. 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 Secretary Puzycki and Commissioners Osta Lugo and Tschoepe) Update was given by Secretary Puzycki. 4    10. 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 To approve revisions to the draft Rules of Procedure following Commission review. ADJOURNMENT Chair Smith adjourned the meeting at 6:21 p.m. without objection. 5