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
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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
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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 - C814-2014-0120 - 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 27th.
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
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2015
Jan 25-29
Neighborhood
Information Sessions
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Dec 1
Dec 2
Organization of the Charrette
Nov 2015
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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)
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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
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ASAP
The Working Group- the organizers
Ben Luckens
Kata Carbone
Carol Dochen
Chris Edwards
Charlie Galvin
Dan Germain
Madelon Highsmith
Shannon Meroney
Sarah Pickard
Jon Ruff
Jay Sands
Laurie Shanblum
Ken and Vallarie Sinclair
Pam Snell
Kathy Vermillion
Joyce Statz
Michael Whellan
Chris Wlezien
Charrette Project Manager
Allandale NA
NWACA
Balcones Civic Association
NWACA
NW Austin Neighbors
NW Austin Neighbors
NWACA
Spire
Spire
Balcones Civic Association
Williamsburg-Ch. Place HOA
NW Austin Neighbors
NW Austin Neighbors
Williamsburg-Ch. Place HOA
NWACA
Spire
NW Austin Neighbors
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
ver. 1/8/16
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
7:30 PM
8:00 PM
9:00 PM
Sunday Jan 24 Monday Jan 25
Start
Review Objectives,
Strategies, Measures
Transportation 101
Break
Stakeholder
Meetings
Break
Break
Site Analysis with City
Env Scientist and
History/ Demographics
Market Analysis 101
Zoning 101
Break
Town Planning 101
Move in/ set up Re-cap: Opportunities/
Constraints
Tuesday Jan 26
Start
Market Analysis
with Owner
Design
Design
Break
Design
Design
Design
Design
Alternatives
Break
Presentation
Pin-up Reviews
Pin-up Reviews
Review input
Wednesday Jan 27
Start
Tech Meeting Transportation
Tech MeetingDrainage/Envt
Break
Design
Design
Design
Design
Alternatives
Break
Presentation
Pin-up Reviews
Pin-up Reviews
Review input
Thursday Jan 28
Start
Tech Meeting Transportation
Tech MeetingDrainage/Envt
Break
Design
Design
Design
Design
Composite
Break
Presentation
Pin-up Reviews
Pin-up Reviews
Review input
Friday Jan 29
Start
Refinement
Refinement
Refinement
Refinement
Presentation
Presentation
Move out/ take
down
Times when the public may participate are highlighted in yellow. Times when the public may observe are highlighted in blue.
Implementation
• The charrette plan will be implemented through zoning
• Zoning possibilities each with advantages and disadvantages
– Conventional zoning
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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