Goodnight Ranch has been approved to participate in the city’s SMART Housing expedited review program. Goodnight Ranch representative Myra Goepp told the commissioners that the development was trying to provide “reasonably priced housing and affordably priced housing in a variety of forms that is completely supported with education options, parks, open space, neighborhood services, retail, and employment opportunities.” She added that they aimed to put those resources within walking distance. Goodnight Ranch substantiated its case by comparing its request to the Mueller Development, which is also about 700 acres in size and has a residential allowance of 6,500 homes. In a letter to Commission Chair Linda Guerrero in November, Goodnight Ranch representatives said, “The proposed changes are designed to diversify and create close access to employment opportunities by increasing the commercial, retail, employment and civic space.” It would also increase the number of residential units from 3,533 to 6,308 allow for up to 635,000 square feet of commercial, retail and office uses and allocate another 64 acres of land intended for a new AISD high school. The PUD amendment would add more than six acres of land on the south side of Slaughter Lane already owned by Goodnight Ranch to the development. Goodnight Ranch is a master planned unit development that covers 695 acres encompassing the area on the east side of Old Lockhart Road between Nuckols Crossing Road and Capitol View Drive. A proposal to amend zoning requirements for a South Austin residential development was discussed and subsequently approved by the Environmental Commission at its Jan.
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