Rowen Vale Multifamily Rezoning on Brackenridge Street
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C14-2026.0010.SH - Rowen Vale - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 206 and 206 1/2 East Annie Street and 1710 Brackenridge Street (East Bouldin Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from family residence-neighborhood plan (SF-3-NP) combining district zoning to multifamily residence medium density-neighborhood plan (MF-3-NP) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation: To grant multifamily residence medium density-neighborhood plan (MF-3-NP) combining district zoning. Planning Commission Recommendation: To be reviewed on May 12, 2026. Owner/Applicant: South Austin Christian Church/Megan Lasch. Agent: Megan Lasch. City Staff: Jonathan Tomko, AICP, Austin Planning, (512) 974-1057.
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Get Planning Commission's May 12 action on apartment rezoning
Why now: The May 21, 2026 council item for C14-2026.0010.SH states the Planning Commission recommendation was 'To be reviewed on May 12, 2026' while staff recommended granting MF-3-NP.
What to do: Request the Planning Commission's actual May 12, 2026 disposition and minutes before relying on the council record, because the May 21 council agenda listed the commission recommendation only as pending review. If the commission postponed or split from staff, the basis on which council was asked to act differs from what the posted item described — confirm the recommendation exists and matches before advising a client on the ordinance's posture.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Confirm apartment zoning terms for church land on Brackenridge Street
Why now: Case C14-2026-0010.SH seeks SF-3-NP to MF-3-NP for 206 and 206 1/2 East Annie Street and 1710 Brackenridge Street in the East Bouldin Creek Watershed, with staff recommending the grant; city contact is Jonathan Tomko, AICP, (512) 974-1057.
What to do: Call the assigned city planner to confirm whether staff's medium-density multifamily recommendation is a clean grant or carries a conditional overlay, and whether all three tracts — the two East Annie Street lots and the Brackenridge Street lot — are being treated as one development site. A straight upzoning from single-family across an assembled church campus changes what unit count and site plan are realistically achievable, and the East Bouldin Creek Watershed location drives impervious cover and detention costs you should price before assuming yield.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask what affordable housing the church rezoning actually commits
Why now: C14-2026-0010.SH carries the .SH affordable-housing case suffix with South Austin Christian Church as owner and Megan Lasch as applicant and agent, yet the May 21, 2026 agenda text states no unit count or affordability terms.
What to do: Ask the planning department and applicant Megan Lasch what affordability commitment attaches to this case's affordable-housing designation — how many units, at what income levels, for how long — and what happens to South Austin Christian Church's use of the property after the upzoning. The public agenda describes only the zoning change from single-family to medium-density multifamily and names no unit or affordability figures, so the housing benefit being traded for the upzoning is unverified in the record.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Ask about drainage and building size at Annie Street church site
Why now: The rezoning would change 206 and 206 1/2 East Annie Street and 1710 Brackenridge Street from SF-3-NP to MF-3-NP in the East Bouldin Creek Watershed, with staff support; planner Jonathan Tomko is listed at (512) 974-1057.
What to do: If you live near East Annie and Brackenridge, contact the case planner to ask what height, unit count, and parking medium-density multifamily zoning would permit on the church property, and how stormwater will be handled given the site sits in the East Bouldin Creek Watershed. Once the single-family zoning is replaced, those limits are set by the new district rather than negotiated per project, so questions raised before the ordinance passes carry more weight than complaints afterward.
Act before: After the next material record update
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C14-2026.0010.SH - Rowen Vale - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 206 and 206 1/2 East Annie Street and 1710 Brackenridge Street (East Bouldin Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from family residence-neighborhood plan (SF-3-NP) combining district zoning to multifamily residence medium density-neighborhood plan (MF-3-NP) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation: To grant multifamily residence medium density-neighborhood plan (MF-3-NP) combining district zoning. Planning Commission Recommendation: To be reviewed on May 12, 2026. Owner/Applicant: South Austin Christian Church/Megan Lasch. Agent: Megan Lasch. City Staff: Jonathan Tomko, AICP, Austin Planning, (512) 974-1057.