Austin ISD Former Brooke Elementary Land Use Change at East 4th Street

Context: The July 23, 2026 item conducts a public hearing on an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 030327-12, and the matter record lists status active with next step unknown.

Recommended: Request the ordinance as adopted amending Ordinance No. 030327-12 and the July 23 Council action record to confirm whether the Mixed Use designation was granted outright, postponed, or conditioned. The matter still shows as active with no identified next step, so treat the land use designation as unsettled until the signed ordinance text is in hand.

Context: The July 23, 2026 item amends the Govalle/Johnston Terrace Combined Neighborhood Plan future land use map from Civic to Mixed Use under NPA-2025-0016.02, with no zoning change described in the item text.

Recommended: The future land use map change to Mixed Use is a comprehensive plan amendment only — it does not by itself change the base zoning on the 3100 East 4th Street campus. Call Austin Planning staff Maureen Meredith (512-974-2695) to get the companion rezoning case number and its status before underwriting units, height, or floor-to-area assumptions on this site.

Context: E1 lists Austin Independent School District as owner/applicant with Armbrust & Brown, PLLC (Richard T. Suttle, Jr.) as agent on the Former AISD Brooke ES Redevelopment plan amendment.

Recommended: Austin Independent School District is the owner-applicant seeking Mixed Use land use on its former Brooke Elementary campus while represented by private development counsel Richard T. Suttle, Jr. of Armbrust & Brown — file records requests to AISD for any surplus property disposition, request for proposals, or purchase agreement tied to 3100 East 4th Street, and ask why a school district needs a development entitlement it does not intend to use itself.

Context: The July 23, 2026 Council item changes the Govalle/Johnston Terrace future land use map at 3100 East 4th Street from Civic to Mixed Use, with staff contact Maureen Meredith listed.

Recommended: Changing the neighborhood plan map at 3100 East 4th Street from Civic to Mixed Use removes the designation that pointed this closed campus toward schools, parks, or other public uses and points it toward housing and commercial buildings instead. Contact Austin Planning staff Maureen Meredith at 512-974-2695 to ask what building heights and commercial uses the follow-on zoning case would permit, because the plan map change is the step that clears the way for it.