Welcome to the Austin Oaks Charrette Vision and

Welcome to the Austin Oaks Charrette Vision and Values Workshop

What is a Charrette? • Design approach to resolving land use conflict – An alternative to conventional negotiations – Has measurable objectives – Has a schedule • Iterative multi-day design exercise • Collaborative process – Professionals provide design and strategic input – Stakeholders provide local information, feedback and critique Preparation and Community Input Sessions Design Workshop • Cross-functional approach to problem solving – Multidisciplinary team – Input from informed stakeholders Implementation

Today’s Objectives • • • Explain how we got here Introduce the working group organizing the charrette Introduce the charrette team Get your input for the charrette OSMs Discuss the next steps Answer your questions

Austin Oaks Background – Current State • 31+ acre site at Spicewood Springs Road and Mopac • 12 office buildings; 8 2 -story, 4 3 -story; 446, 091 sq. ft. • Currently zoned with a mixture of zoning categories – Limited Office (LO), can be 40 feet high or 3 stories – Neighborhood Commercial (LR), can be 40 feet or 3 stories – Community Commercial (GR), can be 60 feet (5 stories) – Family Residence (SF-3) on a small portion, 35 foot limit

How We Got Here • Summer 2014 Spire Realty proposes a PUD for the Austin Oaks office park • Controversy over height and density, with no resolution – Traffic – Height – Trees/environmental issues • Grassroots No PUD movement • NWACA and others request a collaborative design approach - a charrette • Autumn 2015 Spire agrees to a charrette and at the request of neighborhood leaders, puts the PUD on hold

Email Putting the PUD on Hold From: Whellan, Michael [mailto: MWhellan@gdhm. com] Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 10: 09 PM To: Haase, Victoria [Tori] Cc: Rusthoven, Jerry; Whellan, Michael Subject: Austin Oaks Rezoning - C 814 -2014 -0120 - Indefinite Postponement This evening, Jon Ruff (President of Spire Realty) and I met with several representatives of neighborhood associations to discuss a process going forward. We are meeting again on Tuesday, October 27 th. During our conversation this evening, we had assumed that the indefinite postponement meant that staff was undertaking no further work on the rezoning application at this time. I wanted to confirm this was the case and request, on behalf of the applicant, that staff undertake no further work at this time. I will provide a further update after our next meeting. Thanks. MJW. Michael J. Whellan

What has been happening… A timeline of events, activities for your calendar To City of Austin for Review The legal documents governing the site development presented to: • Environmental Commission • ZAP Commission Charrette Design Workshop • 2015 Jan 25 -29 Neighborhood Information Sessions • • Dec 1 Dec 2 Organization of the Charrette Nov 2015 • • Neighborhood Representatives Identified Regular meetings and assembly with the Owner/Developer to collaborate and… • Agree upon a charrette budget, Project Manager, Design Facilitator and Design Team • Create a Steering Committee • Create a Communications Committee • Create a Logistics Committee 2016 Values Sessions (Neighborhood Input) • • Dec 16 Jan 12 Implementation Development of a Land Use Plan based on the outcomes from the charrette design and in keeping with City of Austin zoning regulations • Feb 1 -Feb 26 To City Council Vote • ASAP

The Working Group- the organizers

The Charrette Team- the designers • From TBG Partners – Sean Compton - Urban Designer – Brent Spraggins – Architect – Mark Meyer - Urban Designer – Hannah Thomas - Landscape Designer – Logan Saldivar - Landscape Designer – Sherri Coulson - Landscape Designer – Travis Crow – Illustrator – Catherine Saunders - Graphic Support

The Charrette Team- the designers • Ben Luckens, AICP- Volunteer Project Manager • Doug Farr, FAIA- Charrette Facilitator • Kareesma Ali, Urban Designer • Laura Toups, PE- Drainage and LID Engineering • Jeff Whitacre, PE, AICP- Transportation Planning and Engineering

Charrette Team • Who selected the charrette design team? – Neighborhood representatives • Who is paying the charrette team? – Mostly Spire – Neighborhoods are covering reimburseables through an NAR grant – Charrette organizing has been done on a voluntary basis • Who does the team work for? – The working group

Input for Charrette OSMs • What are OSMs – Objectives, strategies, and measures – What do we want, how do we get it and how do we know we got it • OSMs are used to test the different design alternatives during the charrette • OSMs are based on the vision and values of the stakeholders • We will be doing a facilitated table-top exercise to arrive at your OSMs for the Austin Oaks charrette

Next Steps • The working group will use the OSMs from the vision and values workshops and input from other stakeholders to derive the charrette OSMs • The OSMs will be presented at the charrette • The charrette will be Jan 25 -29 at the Agudas Achim synagogue social hall on the Dell JCC campus • The output from the charrette will be a land plan for the Austin Oaks site, uses, and design standards

Charrette Schedule

Implementation • The charrette plan will be implemented through zoning • Zoning possibilities each with advantages and disadvantages – Conventional zoning • • Conditional overlays Mixed use including VMU Variances and waivers Restrictive covenants – With the City – Private covenants with neighborhoods or individuals – Unified Development Agreements – PUD zoning • Our approach is to design the site and then zone the design

More Information? • There will be a session on zoning during the charrette • Any questions we can’t get to today will be answered on the Austin Oaks Charrette web page • Questions/comments to: aocharretteinfo@gmail. com • Latest info on the charrette: http: //nwaca. org/austin-oakscharrette/

Questions • Any questions regarding this presentation? • The team will be available after the table-top exercise to answer additional questions