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ZONING AND PLATTING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, June 16, 2026 ZONING AND PLATTING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2026 MEETING MINUTES The Zoning and Platting Commission convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, 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 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Hank Smith Betsy Greenberg Andrew Cortes Luis Osta Lugo Lonny Stern Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Alejandra Flores Ryan Puzycki Scott Boone David Fouts Taylor Major Christian Tschoepe PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Zoning and Platting Commission regular meeting on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. The minutes from the meeting of Tuesday, June 2, 2026, were approved on the consent agenda, on Commissioner Stern’s motion, Commissioner Osta Lugo’s second, on an 11-0 vote. 1 ZONING AND PLATTING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, June 16, 2026 PUBLIC HEARINGS 2. Zoning: Location: C14-2026-0009 - 11819 IH-35 Zoning - 7.71 acres; District 5 11809, 11809 ½, & 11819 South Interstate Highway-35 Service Road Northbound, Onion Creek Watershed Owner/Applicant: Protestant Episcopal Church Council of the Diocese of Texas (Michael Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Hilfinger) H.D. Brown Consulting, LLC (Amanda Brown) I-SF-2 to GR-MU-CO Recommended Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057, sherri.sirwaitis@austintexas.gov Austin Planning The motion to approve Staff’s recommendation of GR-MU-CO for C14-2026-0009 - 11819 IH-35 Zoning - 7.71 acres; District 5, located at 11809, 11809 ½, & 11819 South Interstate Highway-35 Service Road Northbound, was approved on the consent agenda on Commissioner Stern’s motion, Commissioner Osta Lugo’s second, on an 11-0 vote. 3. Zoning: Location: C14-2026-0025 - 11819 IH-35 Zoning - 1.9 acres; District 5 11819 & 11819 ½ South Interstate Highway-35 Service Road Northbound, Onion Creek Watershed Owner/Applicant: Protestant Episcopal Church Council of the Diocese of Texas (Michael Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Hilfinger) H.D. Brown Consulting, LLC (Amanda Brown) Unzoned to GR-MU-CO Recommended Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057, sherri.sirwaitis@austintexas.gov Austin Planning The motion to approve Staff’s recommendation of GR-MU-CO for C14-2026-0025 - 11819 IH-35 Zoning - 1.9 acres; District 5, located at 11819 & 11819 ½ South Interstate Highway- 35 Service Road Northbound, was approved on the consent agenda on Commissioner Stern’s motion, Commissioner Osta Lugo’s second, on an 11-0 vote. 4. Rezoning: Location: C14-2024-0092 - Allred, Riddle, and W. Slaughter; District 5 2205, 2207, 2209, & 2200 Riddle Road; 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 Riddle Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Road LLC; 2105 Slaughter Lane LLC; Ruff Gibson; Steve Carpenter; Getalong Productions LLC; Scioneaux Scott; Eugene Robertson; Michael Scott Eppes; Deloram Shokrollah; Sandra Mizell Metcalfe Wolff Stuart & Williams, LLP (Michele Rogerson Lynch) SF-2; NO; LR-MU-CO to GO-MU; LO-MU; LR-MU; CS-1-MU Applicant indefinite postponement request Nancy Estrada, 512-974-7617, nancy.estrada@austintexas.gov Austin Planning The motion to approve the Applicant’s indefinite postponement request was approved on the consent agenda on was approved on the consent agenda on Commissioner Stern’s motion, Commissioner Osta Lugo’s second, on an 11-0 vote. 2 ZONING AND PLATTING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, June 16, 2026 5. Site Plan Extension: Location: SPC-01-0456C(XT3) - St. Michael's Episcopal Church - Extension III; District 10 1500 North Capital of Texas Highway SB, Lake Austin Watershed and Bee Creek Watershed Owner/Applicant: St. Michael's Episcopal Church (John Newton) Agent: Request: Drenner Group (Amanda Swor) The applicant requests a 10-year extension to an approved site plan, from December 6, 2027, to December 6, 2037. Recommended Heather Chaffin, 512-974-2140, heather.chaffin@austintexas.gov Austin Development Services Staff Rec.: Staff: The motion to approve the Staff’s recommendation for a 10-year extension to an approved site plan from December 6, 2027, to December 6, 2037, was approved on the consent agenda on Commissioner Stern’s motion, Commissioner Osta Lugo’s second, on an 11-0 vote. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM 6. Discussion and action to approve a recommendation to the Austin City Council to initiate the development of a Public Access Easement (PAE) policy within the Land Development Code. (Sponsored by Commissioner Stern and Vice Chair Greenberg) The motion to approve a recommendation to the Austin City Council to initiate the development of a Public Access Easement (PAE) policy within the Land Development Code was approved on Commissioner Stern’s motion, Vice Chair Greenberg’s second, on an 11-0 vote. PERMANENT 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) No update was given. 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) No update was given. 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) No update was given. 3 ZONING AND PLATTING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, June 16, 2026 WORKING GROUP UPDATE 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, and Osta Lugo) Update was given by Commissioner Major. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS None. ADJOURNMENT Chair Smith adjourned the meeting at 6:21 p.m. without objection. 4