Zoning Case File 26-2054

Context: The item was noticed as a public hearing and ordinance amending Ordinance No. 030327-12 on July 23, 2026, with staff contact Maureen Meredith (512-974-2695) and applicant agent Richard T. Suttle, Jr.

Recommended: Request the signed ordinance amending Ordinance No. 030327-12 and the July 23 hearing record to confirm whether Council granted Mixed Use exactly as staff and the Planning Commission recommended or attached conditions. Without the adopted text, you cannot advise whether the site's entitlement path, Colorado River Watershed regulations, or any companion zoning conditions are settled.

Context: The Council item is a neighborhood plan amendment to Ordinance No. 030327-12 (Govalle/Johnston Terrace Combined Neighborhood Plan) changing the FLUM designation only, with staff and Planning Commission recommending Mixed Use land use.

Recommended: The July 23 action changes only the future land use map designation from Civic to Mixed Use — it does not by itself change the base zoning on the 3100 East 4th Street campus. Pull the site's current zoning and any companion rezoning application filed by Armbrust & Brown before underwriting a mixed-use program, since a plan amendment alone will not support a permit.

Context: E1 lists Austin Independent School District as both owner and applicant with Armbrust & Brown, PLLC (Richard T. Suttle, Jr.) as agent on the former AISD Brooke Elementary School redevelopment.

Recommended: Austin ISD is the owner and applicant seeking a Mixed Use designation on a closed campus while represented by a private development attorney — request AISD board records, appraisals, and any purchase or option agreement for 3100 East 4th Street. The unanswered question is whether a buyer is already under contract and whether the entitlement change was negotiated as a condition of sale.

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

Recommended: The Civic designation that limited the old Brooke Elementary campus on East 4th Street to public and institutional uses is being replaced with Mixed Use, which opens the site to housing and commercial development. Contact city planner Maureen Meredith at 512-974-2695 to ask what building types, heights, and traffic the new designation permits and whether any public open space or field access on the campus is preserved.