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AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ONLINE LISTENING RIGHT NOW, I'LL EXPLAIN OUR PROCEDURE.
UH, AS SOON AS I CALL THE ROLE I'M HERE, BEN HAIM SETS HERE WITH FEATHERS, MATTHEW AND JACOB IS ABSENT.
AND SO IS HIS DAUGHTER BLAKE TO LET I SAW HIM.
I BETH SHE'S HERE AND CAROLINE WERE UNANIMOUS.
[Consent Agenda: 1, B4, B5, C1, C2, C4, C5, D2, D5, D10, D11, D13, D17 - D19, E1 (Part 1 of 2)]
WE WILL APPROVE THE MINUTES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ONLINE AND FOR THE COMMISSION AS WELL.
I JUST, I WANT TO EXPLAIN A FEW THINGS ABOUT OUR PROCEDURE.
UM, ALL OF THE SPEAKERS ON ALL OF THE CASES THAT COME UP TONIGHT, WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH TO SPEAK AND ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE SPEAKERS WILL SPEAK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, NOT WHEN THE CASES PRESENTED.
UM, BUT THE APPLICANTS MAY STAY ON THE LINE TO MAKE CLARIFICATION ON, ON, UM, UH, MATTERS ON THE APPLICATION.
BEFORE WE START THE MEETING, BEFORE WE START THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS, ONE ON THE HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS BY CHERUB OR TRON LAKE OF THIS PRESERVATION OFFICE.
AND, UH, ITEM B THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COURT BRIEFING WE'LL HAVE BEFORE WE START THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
NOW, WHEN WE START THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA.
WE'LL PULL ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IF SOMEONE ASKED TO PULL THEM FROM THE AUDIENCE OR FROM THE COMMISSION, WE WILL HAVE A POSTPONEMENT AGENDA.
AND THEN WE WILL HEAR THE REMAINER OR THE REMAINING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA IN THE ORDER THAT THEY ARE ON THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE FOUR SECTIONS, SECTION A FOR INITIATION OF HISTORIC ZONING OR HISTORIC DISTRICTS, SECTION B DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS, CE, OR APPLICATIONS FOR PERMANENT WITHIN A NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT AND D DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR DEMOLITION OR RELOCATION.
SO WE'LL BE TAKING THOSE, UM, IN ORDER, ONCE WE APPROVE THE, UM, THE CONSENT AGENDA AND GO ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA,
[2A. Presentation on the Historic Design Standards by Cara Bertron]
MS. BERTRAND, ARE YOU READY TO GIVE A PRESENTATION? OKAY.CAN YOU PULL UP THE PRESENTATION PLEASE? CAN SOMEONE, LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU SEE IT? THERE'S A DELAY, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
AND, UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S FOUR THINGS.
WHO IS, WHO IS THIS SPEAKING? PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF.
WHOEVER IS TALKING ABOUT THE FOUR THINGS.
I THINK I'VE GOT MY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON MUTE WHILE THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE LISTENING TO A BRIEFING.
BEFORE WE GO ONTO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE WILL GET TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AFTER SHARING TWO BRIEFINGS.
UM, THAT'S WHY WE'RE TAKING THE SPEAKERS AT THE BEGINNING.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY ON THE TELEPHONE LINE ON LIGHT TO GO AHEAD, MS. BERTRANG.
SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION TO EVERYONE ELSE.
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A COMMISSIONER'S IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS WORKING GROUP THAT THE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED IN FALL OF 2018, WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE END OF A TWO YEAR PROCESS WITH NUMEROUS STAKEHOLDERS AND TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL BENEFITS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN AUSTIN.I WANT TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS A TOOL TO STEWARD CHANGE NEXT SLIDE.
AND ALSO THE DESIGN STANDARDS PROVIDE A CLEAR AND OBJECTIVE WAY TO EVALUATE PROPOSED CHANGES.
DESIGN STANDARDS ARE AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, DESIGNERS, CITY STAFF, AND HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION MEMBERS TO HAVE COMMON GROUND WHEN PROPOSING AND EVALUATING PROJECTS.
THIS EFFORT TO CREATE A SINGLE SET OF HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS IS IMPORTANT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
FIRST TO INCREASE EQUITY IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT APPLICATION PROCESS RIGHT NOW, COMMUNITY APPLICANT TEAMS MUST CREATE THEIR OWN HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGN STANDARDS, WHICH ADDS A LOT OF TIME TO THE PROCESS.
MOST APPLICANT TEAMS HAVE OPTED TO HIRE A CONSULTANT, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT ALSO ADDS COST PRESERVATION.
AUSTIN DOES OFFER A DESIGN STANDARDS TEMPLATE, WHICH WAS AT THE BEGINNING BASIS FOR THESE STANDARDS, BUT SOME EXPERTISE IS STILL REQUIRED.
IF COMMUNITY MEMBERS DON'T ALREADY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION, HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS WILL ALSO INCREASE PREDICTABILITY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS IN POTENTIAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
SO THEY'LL KNOW FROM THE BEGINNING, WHAT DESIGNATION ENTAILS, IT WILL TAKE A COMMON SENSE APPROACH BY RECOGNIZING COMMON UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES.
SO ALL EIGHT OF OUR EXISTING HISTORIC DISTRICTS CREATED THEIR OWN DESIGN STANDARDS BASED ON THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES.
AND 95% OF THOSE STANDARDS ARE THE SAME WITH JUST A FEW VARIATIONS.
HAVING A SINGLE SET OF HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS REDUCES THAT WILL REMOVE THE NEED TO HAVE NEARLY IDENTICAL DESIGN STANDARDS DEVELOPED THROUGH A VERY LONG PROCESS.
HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS WILL ALSO PROVIDE CLEARER STANDARDS FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK OWNERS AND NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT PROPERTY OWNERS WHO USE THE SECRETARY STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION.
RIGHT NOW THAT'S A GREAT SET OF 10 STANDARDS.
WE'LL SEE THEM IN JUST A MINUTE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO PRETTY VAGUE WHEN FIGURING OUT WHAT'S APPROPRIATE.
IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS, HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS WILL PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR ALL HISTORIC PROPERTY OWNERS OR EVEN PROPERTY OWNERS OF OLD BUILDINGS.
UM, AS YOU HOPEFULLY HAVE SEEN IN REVIEWING THEM, THE STANDARDS, UH, INCLUDE, UH, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS OF GOOD PRACTICES AND AN ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY.
IN THE PAST, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS, HISTORIC DISTRICT APPLICATE APPLICANT TEAMS TO INCLUDE ILLUSTRATIONS SINCE IT ADDS COST.
AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY HAVE BEEN WANTING TO ADDITIONALLY, IMPOSE ON WHAT, ON A PROCESS THAT ALREADY REQUIRES A LOT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
ONE SET OF HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS WILL PROVIDE CONSISTENT STANDARDS FOR PROJECT REVIEW BY COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF, AT LEAST FOR HISTORIC LANDMARKS, NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT PROPERTIES AND FUTURE HISTORIC DISTRICTS, TO BE CLEAR EXISTING HISTORIC DISTRICTS WILL BE ABLE TO ADOPT THESE STANDARDS IF THEY CHOOSE OTHERWISE THEIR EXISTING STANDARDS WILL REMAIN.
AND FINALLY, ONE SET OF HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS FOLLOWS GOOD PRACTICES IN PRESERVATION.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT MANY OTHER PRESERVATION PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY DO, INCLUDING THE LEADING HISTORIC PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AS YOU, UH, LIKELY KNOWS THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES ESTABLISHED THE FOUNDATION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND AS I MENTIONED, THEY ALSO FORM THE BASIS FOR THESE HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS.
NEXT SLIDE, BECAUSE THE SECRETARY OF THE SECRETARY STANDARDS INCLUDE A LOT OF WORDS THAT CAN SEND VERY SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER.
UM, I LIKE TO BOIL THEM DOWN TO A FEW OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES THAT, AND THESE APPLY THROUGHOUT THESE DORK DESIGN STANDARDS, BASICALLY TO PRESERVE BUILDINGS AS THEY DEVELOPED OVER TIME TO MAINTAIN AND REPAIR HISTORIC MATERIALS.
IF YOU HAVE TO REPLACE, REPLACE IN KIND AND ON A LIMITED BASIS, AND FINALLY FOR NEW WORK ADDITIONS OR NEW BUILDINGS, IT SHOULD, THEY SHOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH IN DIFFERENTIATED FROM HISTORY BUILDINGS.
SO HERE'S THE CHAPTER OUTLINE OF THE HISTORIC DESIGN NINE STANDARDS, UM, BLAZE PAST THIS NEXT SLIDE, I'M GOING TO TRY TO ONLY
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HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROPOSED, THE RECOMMENDED STANDARDS THAT BASICALLY THOSE THREE ARE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES AND THE SECRETARY STANDARDS AS A WHOLE FORM, THE FOUNDATION OF A HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS AS APPLICABLE TO EACH, UM, CHAPTER NEXT SLIDE.SO NOW THE HIGHLIGHTS, THE WORKING GROUP PRIORITIZED MAKING THE STANDARDS EASY TO USE FOR EVERYONE, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE THE STANDARDS APPLIED TO CONTRIBUTING AND NON-CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
THERE ARE CHARTS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH CHAPTER SHOWING WHICH STANDARDS ARE REQUIRED AND WHICH ARE RECOMMENDED FOR EACH PROJECT TYPE AND FOR EACH PROPERTY, THE TYPE, THERE ARE ALSO CHARTS ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORIC REVIEW PROCESS AND WHAT PROJECTS QUALIFY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE VERSUS COMMISSION REVIEW, WHICH IS A SUBJECT OF WHICH CAN BE A SUBJECT OF GREAT CONFUSION.
THE STANDARD USE ACCESSIBLE LANGUAGE AND HAVE CLEAR GRAPHICS AND CONSISTENT SYMBOLS TO HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE THE DOCUMENT AND RECOGNIZE KEY THEMES.
THE TWO SYMBOLS SHOWN HERE REPRESENT SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES, THE GREEN SUN AND LE UH, ADDITIONAL STANDARDS AND NOTES FOR HISTORIC LANDMARKS, WHICH IS A YELLOW STAR.
AND THE PDF OF THE FILE INCLUDES HYPERLINKS TO HELP PEOPLE EASILY GET AROUND THE DOCUMENT.
SO FOR CROSS-REFERENCING AND ALSO TO GET TO OUTSIDE RESOURCE WEBSITES LIKE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PRESERVATION BRIEF, NEXT SLIDE.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO DIVE BRIEFLY INTO SPECIFIC CHAPTERS COVERING KIND OF OVERARCHING GOALS AND HOPED FOR OUTCOMES.
THERE'S A MODERN CODES AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY SECTION TO ADDRESS HOW HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECTS INTERSECT WITH ENERGY AND EFFICIENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY CODES.
THIS SECTION ALSO TRIES TO BROADEN THE PERSPECTIVE FROM SHORT-TERM FIXES LIKE WINDOW REPLACEMENT, UH, IN A COUPLE OF WAYS FIRST BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE LONGTERM SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY BENEFITS, NOT ONLY JUST KEEPING BUILDINGS STANDING, BUT ALSO PRESERVING HIGH-QUALITY HISTORIC COMPONENTS.
AND SECOND, BY FOCUSING ON THE HIGH IMPACT HIGH RATE OF RETURN ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY NOT WINDOW REPLACEMENT, THERE'S A SPECIAL SUBSECTION ON WINDOWS AND ENERGY CONSERVATION IN THE WINDOWS SECTION OF THE REPAIR AND ALTERATIONS CHAPTER.
SINCE WE KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE SECTION THAT RELATES TO THEIR PROJECT, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THERE UNDERSTANDING THIS INFORMATION AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, THE REPAIR AND ALTERATIONS CHAPTER HAS A FEW GOALS.
A BIG ONE IS TO HELP PEOPLE BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR BUILDINGS.
I HAVE, AS YOU CAN SEE, FLIPPING THROUGH THAT CHAPTER AND A LITTLE BIT HERE ON THE SCREEN, THE CHAPTER INCLUDES A LOT OF DIAGRAMS SHOWING BUILDING PARTS AND ROOF WINDOW AND DOOR TYPES.
MOST SECTIONS IN THE CHAPTER INCLUDE A SHORT DISCUSSION ON MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC MATERIALS CHAPTER.
TOWARDS THE END OF THE DOCUMENT, WE ALSO WANTED TO PRESERVE, TO PROVIDE DIVERSE EXAMPLES OF BUILDINGS TO BROADEN PEOPLE'S UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OUR HISTORIC BUILDING LOOKS LIKE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE TWO PHOTOS ON THE BOTTOM LEFT PART OF THE SCREEN, UM, ILLUSTRATE A DISCUSSION ON PORCHES, UM, BUILDING, UH, VERY DIFFERENT VINTAGES.
THERE ARE SEPARATE CHAPTERS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ADDITIONS THAT THEIR GOALS ARE SIMILAR TO PROVIDE A DIVERSE SET OF GOOD EXAMPLES, AND TO CLEARLY ILLUSTRATE THE STANDARDS.
BOTH WHAT'S RECOMMENDED IN GREEN, AND WHAT'S NOT RECOMMENDED IN RED.
UH, LIKEWISE THERE ARE SEPARATE CHAPTERS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THEY ALSO HAVE SIMILAR GOALS, THE WORKING GROUP AND THE DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL FOCUS GROUP THAT WAS CONVENED TO FOCUS ON COMMERCIAL BUILDING STANDARDS FELT THAT IT WAS REALLY ESSENTIAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE MARKET REALITIES AND LOCAL PRIORITIES AROUND DENSITY.
THIS IS SHOWN IN THE RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS THROUGH DISCUSSION OF HOW SCALE MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS AND ADU AND IN THE COMMERCIAL STANDARDS WITH THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT NEW BUILDINGS MAY BE MUCH LARGER AND TALLER THAN SURROUNDING HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND GUIDANCE ON HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE SITUATIONS.
NEXT SLIDE, THE STORE'S DESIGN STANDARDS INCLUDE AN ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY THAT WE HOPE WILL HELP PEOPLE NOT ONLY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE STANDARDS, BUT ALSO GET TO KNOW THEIR BUILDINGS BETTER.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S PARTS OF A WINDOW OR DIFFERENT MATERIALS USED FOR CITING.
AND FINALLY, I WANT TO GO OVER THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS.
AS I MENTIONED, THE AND MANY OF, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION FORMED THE DESIGN STANDARDS WORKING GROUP IN SEPTEMBER, 2018, THAT FALL WHAT WE STAFF WORKED WITH A, A UT GRADUATE CLASS IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO SURVEY NATIONAL
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BEST PRACTICES AND DESIGN STANDARDS.AND THEN IN EARLY 2019, THE WORKING GROUP CONVENED AND DID A DEEP DIVE INTO THOSE BEST PRACTICES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE UT STUDENTS.
SMALL SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE WORKING GROUP CREATED A DRAFT CHAPTERS THAT WERE KNITTED TOGETHER AND REVIEWED A COUPLE OF TIMES.
AND THEN IN JUNE OF 2019, A DRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR COMMUNITY REVIEW.
WE RECEIVED MORE THAN 175 COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT FROM COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
AND OVER THE LAST 16 MONTHS, THE WORKING GROUP HAS REVISED THE STANDARDS GRAPHICS HAVE BEEN ADDED AND THE DOCUMENT WAS LAID OUT AND FORMATTED.
THE WORKING GROUP HAS FINE, HAD FORMALLY RECOMMENDED THE HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS TO THE HLC, SATISFYING ITS CHARGE.
AND, UM, IF NOW IT'S UP TO Y'ALL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THAT COUNCIL TAKE UP THE HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS FOR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION.
UM, IF YOU DO MAKE THAT, THAT IF YOU DO ADOPT THAT RESOLUTION, UH, STAFF WILL DO PRESENT SIMILAR PRESENTATIONS OR BRIEFINGS AT RELATED, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THE DESIGN COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND THEN IT WILL GO TO COUNCIL, WHICH WILL MAKE, UM, MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IF COUNCIL ADOPTS THE STANDARDS, THEY WILL APPLY TO ALL HISTORIC LANDMARKS, PROPERTIES AND NATIONAL REGISTERED DISTRICT ON AN ADVISORY BASIS AND ALL FUTURE HISTORIC DISTRICTS, UM, WHICH IF THEY CHOOSE, CAN ADOPT A SUPPLEMENT TO THE HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS WITH MORE SPECIFIC STANDARDS.
FINALLY, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
FINALLY, THE DESIGN STANDARDS WORKING GROUP HAS POWERED THIS PROCESS SINCE 2018, IF IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD.
AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE ALL THE FOLKS, UM, IN THE WORKING GROUP, TREMENDOUS CREDIT, UH, A FEW COMMISSIONERS AT THIS MEETING HAVE PARTICIPATED VERY ACTIVELY IN THIS PROCESS AND MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROBABLY WATCHING ON ATX N WORKING GROUP MEMBERS WERE SELECTED THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS WITH THE GOAL OF HAVING ALL SORTS OF STAKEHOLDERS AT THE TABLE.
AND, UH, THE MEMBERS SHOWED OUTSTANDING DEDICATION THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING, REVISING, REVIEWING, REVISING AGAIN, AND REVIEWING AGAIN, UM, AS STAFF, WE FEEL REALLY HONORED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FACILITATE THE PROCESS, AND WE FEEL CONFIDENT IN PUTTING FORWARD THESE STANDARDS BECAUSE THEY WERE DEVELOPED BOTH BY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, KARA? WOULD YOU LIKE THAT, UM, RESOLUTION AT THIS TIME? YEAH.
IF THE COMMISSION IS WILLING, I THINK THERE ALSO IS ONE, UH, MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO IS JUST TO SPEAK ON THE HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS.
AND MAYBE YOU CAN ASK FOR A NORMAL, UM, I DON'T THINK I WOULD.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AND THEN THAT PERSON COULD SPEAK IN, IN THE COMMISSION, COULD, COULD, UH, HAVE A DISCUSSION.
DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? I SAW COMMISSIONER HIMSELF AND YEP.
WELL TO THE STAFF AND TO THE WORKING GROUP, THIS IS VERY TIMELY AND VERY IMPRESSIVE, EVEN A QUICK OVERVIEW OR GIVE US A REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, IF I COULD ALSO ADD THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION TO YOUR, UH, CHECK OF COMMISSIONS, I HATE TO MAKE MORE PRESENTATIONS, BUT I THINK THAT GROUP WOULD ALSO BE VERY WELL-INFORMED AS WE'VE RAISED THE ISSUE ABOUT THE THREATENED TO HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN THE AREA.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR, THANKS FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO LOOKED AT.
I'LL DEFINITELY ADD THEM TO THE LIST.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? KUDOS TO KARA FOR SHEPHERDING THIS THROUGH, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S MOVED ON TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT AND, UM, SHE WAS REALLY THE FORCE THAT PUSHED US ALONG HERE.
UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DRAFT SUCH A REBEL ON REVOLUTION RESOLUTION.
LET'S LET'S HAVE, LET'S KEEP THEM, MAYBE WE THOUGHT, AND THEN RETURN TO THE, I LIKE THE, I LIKE THE DIRECTION YOU'RE GOING THOUGH.
I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO STOP YOU FOR TOO LONG.
WHILE WE ASK THE PERSON TO SPEAK, BE THINKING OF A RESOLUTION, UM, IS THERE A PERSON FROM ON THE LINE, UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS? WE ONLY HAVE ONE.
ALISON, ALISON, IT'S YOUR TURN NOW, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES.
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YOU.UH, THIS IS ALISON MCGHEE AND I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF PRESERVATION AUSTIN.
AND I'M SPEAKING TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY SUPPORT AUSTIN'S, UH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICES, PROPOSED HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS.
WE COMMEND THE TIME INTENSIVE AND COMMUNITY FOCUSED EFFORTS OF THE WORKING GROUP AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE DESIGN STANDARDS WILL INCREASE EQUITY AND ACCESSIBILITY AND AUSTIN'S LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT APPLICATION PROCESS.
WE'VE ADOPTED UNDERREPRESENTED HERITAGE AS FISCAL YEAR 21, THIS ADVOCACY PRIORITY IN OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND WE SEE THE CITYWIDE DISASTER DESIGN STANDARDS AS A WAY TO ENCOURAGE MANY GROUPS WHO DO NOT HAVE THE TIME OR MONEY TO DEVELOP UNIQUE STANDARDS FOR THEIR PROPOSED DISTRICTS.
WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT THE DESIGN STANDARDS WILL LEAD TO NEW HIS LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT APPLICATIONS AND UNDERREPRESENTED AREAS OF AUSTIN.
AT THE SAME TIME, THESE DESIGN STANDARDS WILL STREAMLINE THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PROCESS FOR CITY STAFF AND ADVOCATES ALIKE BY PROVIDING CLEAR AND CONSISTENT STANDARDS.
THIS WILL CREATE A MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE STANDARD SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF OUR CITY'S DIVERSE HERITAGE FOR THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN, IN A WAY THAT'S COMPATIBLE WITH INCREASING DENSITY PRESERVATION.
AUSTIN KNOWS HOW CRUCIAL DENSITY IS FOR AUSTIN FUTURE AND APPRECIATE THAT THE STANDARDS DO NOT DISCOURAGE DENSITY, BUT RATHER RECOGNIZES THAT IT CAN OCCUR ALONGSIDE, ALONGSIDE PRESERVING OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE ENCOURAGE THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS.
WE KNOW THEY WILL BE AN ASSET TO OUR CITY FOR YEARS TO COME.
AND WE ONCE AGAIN, WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATION THAT WENT INTO CREATING THESE STANDARDS AND HOPE TO SEE THEM ADOPTED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, I WOULD NOW ENTERTAIN A RESOLUTION, UH, BASED ON THE COMMENTS OF MS. MCGEE TO SEND TO FORWARD TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONS AND CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE OR SUPPORT OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS, VICE CHAIR.
UM, UH, I WILL KNOW ALL OF THE, UH, DESIGN STANDARDS AS PRESENTED TO US WITH EXTREME URGENCY, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, THAT THIS IS A TOOL WE REALLY HAVE NEEDED FOR A WHILE.
AND THIS WILL BE AS WAS PRESENTED A SIGNIFICANT RESOURCE THAT WILL ASSIST WITH PRESERVATION FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO COME.
MAYBE WE, UM, USE STAFF COMMENTS AND MS. MCGEE'S COMMENTS TO HAVE STAFF DRESS DRAFTS SUCH A RESOLUTION.
WE NEED A SECOND POP OF THE CELIO ALEX TOP OF THE CEILING THE SECOND DAY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION DON'T EVERYONE SPEAK AT ONCE? I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RIGHT HERE ON THE COMMISSION NOW HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN STANDARDS IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
SO, UM, YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEM AND THE REST OF YOU, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, UH, DON'T HIDE THEM.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS.
SO CAN WE HAVE A VOTE ON THIS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND, ANY OPPOSED NONE IT'S UNANIMOUS.
WE SUPPORT THE DESIGN STANDARDS.
DO WE HAVE THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION? UM, FOLKS HERE TO BRIEF US AT THIS TIME, DAVID, GO AHEAD.
UM, AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOUR, WHAT THE CORPORATION IS ABOUT AND GIVE US YOUR SLIDES.
I WOULD SAY THAT THERE MAY BE A DELAY BETWEEN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WHAT WE SEE ON SCREEN.
I'M GETTING A LOT OF, UH, FEEDBACK.
LET ME, LET ME ASK ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE ON THE LINE TO PLEASE MUTE YOURSELVES, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HEAR THE SPEAKER.
[2B. Austin Economic Development Corp briefing by David Colligan: Presentation and discussion for process to nominate a board member of the Austin Economic Development Corporation in January 2021.]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIR AND BOARD FOR HAVING HERE THIS EVENING, UH, AND ALSO FOR MAKING SPACE,[00:25:01]
UH, TO, TO GET THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION QUICKLY.I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT A VERY LONG AGENDA, UH, AND, AND YOU'RE LEAVING SCHOOL VERY LONG.
SO I'LL TRY TO BE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE FLIGHT DECK, UH, THAT WE PROVIDED FOR THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UM, I CAN'T SEE YOUR SCREEN, SO I WILL DO MY BEST TO, TO, TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS I SEE IN TERMS OF THE FLIGHTS, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN STAY ON TASK WITH THE DISCUSSION, UH, BUT IF THERE'S ANY, ANY POINT IN TIME THAT YOU NEED TOMORROW, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, TO STOP ME.
SO IT'D BE THE FIRST SLIDE THAT WE'LL GO TO THE, THE BACKGROUND POINTS OUT THE RESOLUTIONS IN THE COUNCIL ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN TO DATE, UH, WERE MARIN COUNCIL REQUESTED FOR STAFF TO BRING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CREATION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
NOW, YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH YOUR WORK IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS EXISTING.
THE MARIN COUNCIL WERE MORE FOCUSED ON HAVING A PARTNER AVAILABLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT COULD EFFICIENTLY WORK WITH US, UH, IN MORE OF A COLLABORATIVE AND HOLISTIC FASHION TO ACHIEVE MORE INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO WHAT WE ESSENTIALLY CREATED ON OCTOBER 1ST BY THE APPROVAL OF MARIN COUNCIL FOR THE BYLAWS AND ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION IS THEY CALL IT REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER THAT CAN MOVE QUICKLY.
IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, THAT HAD A STRONG INTEREST IN BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THE VALUE SETS THAT HAVE BEEN ARTICULATED BY MAYOR COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS HELPING TO ACHIEVE A HIGHER DEGREE OF VALUE, UH, WITHIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OR OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN WHICH THE CITY MAY NOT HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION, UH, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS NEW BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
WE LOOKED AT 17 DIFFERENT PEER AND ASPIRATIONAL CITIES THAT HAD THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH AN OUTSIDE ENTITY THAT COULD HELP THEM TO ACHIEVE MORE OF THEIR HOLISTIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
NEXT SLIDE, THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND FAMILY OF THE ORGANIZATION.
UH, SO IN LOOKING AT THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND EVEN SOME OF THE FOUNDING COUNCIL ACTION, WE WERE ASKED TO BRING FORWARD AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT ALREADY EXISTED WITHIN THE CITY.
AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, YOU'LL FIND THAT INFORMATION WITHIN OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY, WE WERE ABLE TO POINT OUT THAT THE CITY HAS CREATED A NUMBER OF THESE ENTITIES OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AS A CITY, BUT A NUMBER OF THEM WERE CREATED A SINGLE PURPOSE OR AN ENTITY THAT WAS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT A PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO THE CITY HAS NOT IN OUR ISSUE.
WE'VE SEEN, STEPPED AWAY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE OF AN OVERARCHING ENTITY THAT WAS MORE COLLABORATIVE IN NATURE.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED FROM ERIN COUNCIL WAS TO DO SO BY BEING ABLE TO DRAW TOGETHER A FAMILY OF INSTITUTES THAT CREATES THIS ORGANIZATION.
SO NEXT FIGHT GET EXISTING ENTITIES THAT ARE ALREADY WITHIN THE STATE.
A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE AUSTIN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
ONE WAS GOING DORMANT OVER THE YEARS, BUT IT DOES HAVE PARTICULAR BONDING DEFORMITY UNDER WHICH THE ALSO IN ECONOMICS, BUT ALL MY CORPORATION COULD USE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE, THE FINANCIAL GAP IN ANY PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT WERE NEGOTIATING DIFFERENT COMMUNITY BENEFITS OR CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACHIEVE MORE OF THOSE INCLUSIVE OUTCOMES NOW IN COUNCILS LOOKS TO ACHIEVE, BUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
SO FOR STRUCTURE MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE, WHICH ALLOWS US A PRETTY HIGH DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING TO ACHIEVE, IT ALSO HAS FIVE OH ONE C THREE SETUPS.
SO WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT CREATING NEW ENTITIES, LIKE THE CULTURAL TRUST, THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING, UM, TALKED ABOUT WIDELY BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE MORE PATIENT.
WE CAN CREATE THAT ENTITY UNDERNEATH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THE FUNDING, THE RAISING, THE FUNDS, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE INITIATIVES.
NOW, MANY PEOPLE OFTEN ASK, WELL, WHAT'S THE GOAL OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND HOW IS IT GOING TO WORK WITH THIS ENTITY? OF COURSE, THE, THE REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION WITHIN OUR, IT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE STATES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
IN FACT, THAT'S HOW THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WAS STARTED.
UH, WE HAD IN ANOTHER CITY OWNED ASSETS AND STILL DO THAT.
WE WERE LOOKING TO BRING INTO COMMERCE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND REALLY THE REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE CONDUIT, AS THIS ENTITY WILL HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE ARTICULATED BETWEEN US IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT THEY WILL, EXCUSE ME,
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DAVID, DAVID, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.YOU'RE KIND OF BREAKING UP AND YOUR VOLUME IS VERY LOW.
I'M NOT ABLE TO HEAR YOU CLEARLY OR DISTINCTLY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN ARTIFACT OF THE, OF THE PHONE OR WHAT WE'D BE SPEAK CLOSER TO THE PHONE.
UH, SO, UH, I'LL, I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, LOOKING AT OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, UH, WHICH IS SLIDE SIX.
SO AGAIN, THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE OVERSIGHT, UH, AND INTERACTION OR ENGAGEMENT WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS THE, THE BOARD WILL BE APPOINTED BY MARION COUNCIL AND THE PRESIDENT AND CEO THAT'S SELECTED WITH THE BOARD'S INPUT WILL BE RESPONDING BACK TO MARIN COUNCIL WITH THE PRESIDENT OF ABC ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE TERMS FROM WITHIN THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THIS INSTITUTION AND THE CITY, UH, OR AT LEAST WITHIN THE FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS FOR THE CREATION OF THE ENTITY, WHERE WE WILL COMING BACK TO THE CITY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO REVIEW THE, THE PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXECUTED.
AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE FORTHCOMING IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE DEGREE OF SKILLSETS OR EXPERTISE THAT WILL BE WITHIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND THIS IS A PARTICULAR INTEREST, ESPECIALLY FOR SUPPORTING MORE OF THAT COLLABORATIVE BANDWIDTH, BECAUSE WE CAN SEE A NUMBER OF THESE PROFESSIONALS SUPPORTING A VARIETY OF OTHER PROJECTS AROUND THE COMMUNITY IN INSTITUTIONS, OR WITH DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THESE SKILLSETS.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE MORE EXTENSIVELY NATIONAL SLIDE SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE, THE GOVERNANCE OF THE AEDC BOARD, THAT'S DEFINED EACH OF THE 20 PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, APPROVED BY AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR THE BOARD AND SINCE MARION COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME CREATED THAT ONE RIBBON BOARD, THEY ARE LOOKING TO DIFFERENT NOMINATING BODIES FROM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO SUGGEST A NOMINATION THAT THEY WOULD APPROVE TO THE BOARD.
SO YOU CAN SEE, PLUS ONE THROUGH 20 HERE, THE FIRST SIX PLACES ARE IN RED FONT OR THOSE SEATS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILLED AND SERVING AS OUR INTERIM BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, THE REMAINING PLACES HAVE, UH, ARE KIND OF A MIX.
SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN NAMED IN TERMS OF THE INSTITUTION THAT WILL BE THE NOMINATING BODY, OTHERS WHO ARE STILL WORKING WITH, BUT WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THIS LIST IS PLACEMENT.
MY TEAM SEEKS TO A LOCAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UH, AND THAT IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A NOMINATION FROM THE HISTORIC LAND COMMISSION, UH, SUPPORTED.
NOW, WHEN YOU WERE THINKING THROUGH THAT NOMINATION, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU TO THINK THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LENS OR FILTERS.
THE FIRST IS FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT SHE NOMINATED TO HAVE STRONG UNDERSTANDING AND BACKGROUND OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE CITY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE DIFFERENT SERVICES OR FACETS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THEY, THEY THINK THEY NEED AN INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPACE THAT YOU ALL SERVE THAT NEXT FILTER FOR YOU TO THINK THROUGH.
ARE THEY ACTUAL SKILLSETS THE BACKGROUND OR THE EXPERTISE THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL BRINGS FORWARD FROM THEIR PROFESSIONAL WORK, MAYBE WITHIN REAL ESTATE PLANNING, MORE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT OR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
OF COURSE, IF YOUR PRESERVATION.
SO WITHIN THAT FIRST PARAGRAPH, WE TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT FILTERS AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, LOOKING AT GOVERNANCE PART TWO, YOU CAN SEE HERE UNDERNEATH THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE PROJECT THREE TYPES, WE PRETTY CLEARLY ARTICULATE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES IN WHICH YOUR NOMINATION WILL BE SEEN FROM A BOARD LEVEL AND LOOKING TO APPROVE OR HELP SUPPORT, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY MUCH A WORKING BOARD RATHER THAN ONE THAT IS POLITICALLY AGILE OR ASKED TO BE ABLE TO WORK POLITICALLY.
SO THAT PERSON WILL BE SEEING HOW IT IS WE DEFINE LEASE ADMINISTRATION, TRANSACTION SUPPORT, AND PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU ALSO THINK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HOW IT IS YOUR, YOUR NOMINATION, UH, WOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS SPACE AND HELPING TO, TO PROVIDE SOME, SOME CHECKPOINTS AND ANY INPUT OR FEEDBACK SLIDE NINE, THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
THIS IS AN OUTDATED THOSE BY FAR, BUT IT SERVES AS A GOOD INVENTORY OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS IN WHICH THIS ENTITY COULD SUPPORT MORE COLLABORATIVE BANDWIDTH.
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WHICH SPEAKS TO FOUR EXAMPLES FROM THAT PROJECT WAS I CAN TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO ALSO DIAL INTO SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WE LEAD WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL.SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE MPP AND SUPPORTING THESE PROJECTS, THIS UP CENTRAL WATERFRONT, WE SEE AS A PRIME OPPORTUNITY TO SUSTAIN AND SUPPORT THIS ENTITY, UM, AND, AND BEING A CATALYTIC PROJECT FOR THE ENTITY FOR YEARS TO COME.
THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MUST BE SELF-SUSTAINING.
AND IN FACT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAD ONLY THREE YEARS OF INITIAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THIS ENTITY AND THE AMOUNT THAT THEY WOULD BE SEEDING THIS ENTITY WITH IS NOT GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED TO THE SAME FOR A LONGTERM PERIOD OF TIME.
SO THE ENTITY THAT SERVES TO SUPPORT IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE VERY UNIQUE, MUCH LIKE SOUTH CENTRAL WATER PRODUCT, WHICH IS A LARGER DISTRICT BASED AREA THAT HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, PRIVATE, ALSO NONPROFITS, ALL OF THE THINGS WITHIN THAT SPACE.
SO THE CITY HAS LIMITED RESOURCES OR ASSETS IN THAT AREA.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TOOLS OR RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO REALIZE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.
AND THIS ENTITY COULD CERTAINLY STAND AS A PARTNER TO THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THOSE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENTAL WILL TAKE PLACE TO INCORPORATE THE VALUES THAT WE SEEK.
NO ONE REALLY GREAT CROSS SUBSIDIZATION IS THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH A UNIVERSITY LIKE HOUSTON TILLOTSON.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR CREATING A MASTER PLAN THAT CAN HELP THEM TO, TO PROFIT OR CAPITALIZE, BUT ALSO SECURE THE VALUES OF THEIR UNIVERSITY WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT'S ADJACENT OR SURROUNDING THE UNIVERSITY, BECAUSE THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THEM, BUT THIS ENTITY COULD BRING FORWARD SKILL SETS AND EXPERTISE TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE NEGOTIATION ONE, THEN THE TRANSACTION ITSELF.
UH, SO WE GAINED CROSS SUBSIDIZATION JUST BETWEEN THOSE TWO PROJECTS, AS WELL AS THE CREATION OF A CULTURAL TRUST, WHICH IS A TOP OF MIND FOR BEING ABLE TO FIND SUSTAINABLE AND STABILITY, UM, FOR STAYS, ESPECIALLY AS AFFORDABILITY WAS IMPACTING THE CREATIVE SECTORS OF BOSTON WELL BEFORE COVID, AND NOW EVEN MORE BECAUSE OF COVID, UM, ANOTHER AREA LOOKING AT MORE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENTS OR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR CITY WILL BE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT, PRIMARILY FOCUSING IN ON THE HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE THAT NEEDS TO EXIST WITHIN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY, ESPECIALLY AS IT CORRELATES TODAY MOST CLOSELY WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND BEING ABLE TO PUT FAMILIES BACK TO WORK, UM, BY HAVING SOME OF THOSE, UH, CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, SLIDE 11, LOOKING AT OUR NEXT STEPS, JUST OUTLINES.
OUR NEXT STEP SAYS, UH, WE LOOK TO BRING FORWARD THE, THE CREATION OF ENTITY AT VERY FAST PACE.
I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH A CONSULTANT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND WE ARE BRINGING ON BOARD, UH, SPECIALTIES TO START PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IMMEDIATELY.
ACTUALLY, WE HAVE STARTED THOSE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK, BUT WE ARE HAVING THESE TYPES OF CONNECTIONS GOING THROUGH THIS INFORMATION WITH THE DIFFERENT NOMINATING BODIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO BRING FORWARD FOR APPROVAL ON DECEMBER 3RD, SORRY.
UH, SO THAT INFORMATION WILL BE MADE PUBLIC, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, AS WE LOOK TO BRING FORWARD STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR FILLING THOSE DIFFERENT NOMINATING BODIES ON THE BOARD, WE'LL HAVE TO THEN UPDATE THE BYLAWS.
BUT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE FOLLOWING DECEMBER 3RD, WE WOULD THEN TURN INTO EACH ONE OF THOSE NOMINATING BODIES TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR NOMINATION PROCESS.
SO WE COULD LAND ON A NOMINATION THERE SPEAKING, PLEASE MUTE YOURSELVES.
SO WE CAN LOOK TO, TO SUPPORT THEIR PROCESS, TO LAND ON A NOMINATION BY THE END OF JANUARY.
AND MOST SPECIFICALLY THE FRIDAY, JANUARY 22ND, THE GOAL IS TO PACK THEIR INFORMATION ON EACH OF THE NOMINEES TO BRING FORWARD FROM ERIN COUNCIL TO APPROVE THEM TO BE WARY 18.
SO WE CAN IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO HAVE OUR FIRST BOARD MEETING.
AND THE IMMEDIATE ACTION THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING TO TAKE IS THE FORMATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES ON THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO LOOK TO HIRE ON THE FIRST PRESIDENT AND CEO.
SO THE FINAL SLIDE JUST HELPS TO LAY OUT THE, UH,
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THE, THE COMMISSION SELECTION CRITERIA, REALLY.UH, SO SLIDE 12, UH, IT GOES THROUGH SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE ALREADY INCLUDED.
AND SO MAYBE A WHOLE GRAB WHO IS THE ACTING DIRECTOR FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THERE TO ALSO SUPPORT YOU IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS, UH, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP TO SUPPORT.
SO THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS ENTITY THROUGH NOMINATION ALL HAVE A STREAMLINED VERSION OF THE PROCESS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE INITIAL YEAR, UH, BECAUSE THE DENOMINATION YOU BRING FORWARD WILL SERVE ONLY A ONE-YEAR TERM AND THEN WE'LL NEED TO BE REFILLED ELECTED, UH, OR YOU WILL BRING PAUL THE NEW NOMINATION, THEN JUMP ON TECH THREE-YEAR TERM.
WE'RE LOOKING TO STAGGER THE TERMS, UH, AND, AND ONE OF THE FIRST OFF WOULD BE OUR COMMISSION-BASED, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO REDEFINE YOUR PROCESS.
IF YOU CHOOSE PEOPLE OFTEN ASK THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE WORKING.
UM, I THINK WE CLEARLY SAY HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ANTICIPATE AT LEAST ONE HOUR PER MONTH TO, TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE FULL BOARD AND FOR THE BOARD MEETINGS, BUT OF COURSE THIS WOULD BE A WORKING BOARD AND AS MOST BOARDS YOU WILL HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE SUITES.
UH, SO THE PRESIDENT TREASURER, SECRETARY OTHER SEATS, UH, SO IF THE PERSON WHO YOU NOMINATED IS INTERESTED IN SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY, THEY CAN ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL TIME.
SO THERE, YOU WILL ALSO A NUMBER OF WORKING COMMITTEES.
UH, I MENTIONED THE CULTURAL TRUST BEING ONE PARTICULAR COMMITTEE.
WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT, UH, THE, UH, COMMITTEE HERE AROUND THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.
UH, AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE OTHERS THAT WILL COME OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
SO IF YOUR NOMINATION IS INCLINED TO WORK IN THOSE PARTICULAR SPACES, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL TIME THAT THEY WOULD BE SERVING, UH, WITHIN CAPACITY AS WELL.
SO THAT, UH, IS MY FORMAL PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, SOME RABBITS HERE TO HELP YOU TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AS WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH THE MUSIC AND THE ARTS COMMISSION.
SO YOU CAN FEEL MORE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OF HAVING A NOMINATION BOOK FORWARD BY THE END OF JANUARY.
UM, AS DAVID HAS MENTIONED, AND WE'VE MET WITH CHAIR MEYERS EARLIER THIS WEEK, STREAMLINE AND HAVE A CONSISTENT PROCESS, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT EACH COMMISSIONER, UH, BRING FORTH A RECOMMENDATION AND THAT THE COMMISSION DEVELOP A WORKING GROUP TO VET THE RESUMES AND APPLICATIONS, AND THEN BRING BACK ONE OR TWO RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL LANDMARK COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.
BUT AGAIN, FOR THE LANDMARK COMMISSION TO DEVELOP A WORKING GROUP TO ANALYZE, UM, NOMINEES BROUGHT FORTH BY EACH ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS ONE OR TWO IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, HOPEFULLY, UH, VOTE IN JANUARY SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT NOMINATION TO COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY.
AND SO WE WILL BE GETTING THE CHAIR, I ONE PAGER AGAIN, ON THOSE CRITERIA THAT DAVID HAS TALKED ABOUT SO THAT EACH COMMISSIONER CAN HAVE IT AND, UM, HAVE A THOUGHT ABOUT WHO THEY WOULD WANT TO BRING FORTH.
AND IT COULD BE THE COMMISSIONER THAT'S ON YOUR COMMISSION, UH, THAT YOU WANT TO BRING FORTH, BUT THAT IS THE STREAMLINED PROCESS THAT WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU WILL SELECT TO YOU, BUT THE SPEAKER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
PHIL KNOW-HOW ACTING DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
I WONDER, UH, MS. HOLT MENTIONED A WORKING GROUP.
I WONDER IF THAT WOULD BE A ROLE FOR THE PRESERVATION PLAN COMMITTEE TO MEET ON AN AD HOC BASIS.
UM, IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THAT COMMITTEE, UM, FOR THIS, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS EVERYONE IN THE, ON THE COMMISSION CAN THINK OF, UM, PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE SUITED FOR THIS POSITION.
IT WILL BE A PERMANENT POSITION.
UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FROM THE COMMISSION THAT CAN BE FROM SOMEONE OUTSIDE WITH THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT THEY PRESENTED, AND THEN WE WILL, UM, THERE'LL BE AN APPLICATION AND WE WILL REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND, UM, RECOMMEND SOMEONE TO, FROM THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION TO BE THE PERMANENT MEMBER OF THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COURT.
DO WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING FURTHER AT THIS TIME, OR CAN WE DISCUSS THIS LATER, UH, AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARINGS?
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YEAH.UH, THE STATE, UH, I THINK THIS CAN BE DONE AFTERWARDS.
THIS IS A BRIEFING THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY, UH, ACTION THIS EVENING.
SO I INFORMATION TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
IF Y'ALL WANT TO DO SOMETHING, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE GET THE PUBLIC HEARINGS UNDERWAY AND THEN PUT THIS AT THE END.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PUBLIC SHARINGS.
I WILL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA PLANE.
UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS, UH, ON, UP FOR CONSENT TO THOSE WHO ARE ON THE LINE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES, UH, CASES THAT COME TO DINNER FOR CONSENT.
IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY PULLED THEM AND WISHED TO PULL THEM AND YOUR REGISTERED SPEAKER, PLEASE DO SO.
UM, SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE ITEM EIGHT ONE, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION OF MANY 28, 16 SAN PEDRO, A TO THE BAKER SCHOOL.
UM, THAT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM, A THREE 45 OH NINE BULKINESS DRIVE.
THAT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM, A FOUR 1304 ALTA VISTA AVENUE DISCUSSION AND A FIVE, NINE OH FIVE CONGRESS AVENUE DISCUSSION.
THE NEXT SECTION THAT THESE SECTION IS DISCUSSION AND APP ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS B ONE, WE'LL GO ON THE POSTPONEMENT AGENDA AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT, B TWO, UH, THAT WAS ITEM, UH, THAT WAS THE MILLER C WRIGHT HOUSE AT 5,400 FRIEDRICH LANE.
B TWO HAS ALSO BEEN REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT TO BE POSTPONED.
THAT'S THE JACKSON NOVI KELLY HOEY HOUSE AT 24 OH SIX HARRIS BOULEVARD, B3 AS POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY APPLICANT.
THE MAVERICK MILLER HOUSE BEFORE IS THE BANKSTON HOUSE AT 38 OH THREE AVENUE, H THAT'S OFFERED FOR CONSENT B FIVE, THE PARAMOUNT THEATER AT SEVEN 13 CONGRESS AVENUE.
THAT'S OFTEN OFFERED FOR CONSENT GOING ON TO SEE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR PERMIT WITHIN A NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT C ONE IS 32 OH SEVEN GLENVIEW AVENUE OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
WOODLAWN BOULEVARD IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
ETHERIDGE AVENUE IS A DISCUSSION ITEM C FOR NINE, 10 EAST 14TH STREET IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL, FIVE 81, SAN MARCOS STRAIGHT.
AND THE WILLOW SPENCE DISTRICT IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
C6 FIVE OH SIX CONGRESS AVENUE HAS BEEN PULLED, SO THEY WILL NOT BE ON THE CONSENT.
IT'S A STAFF REQUESTED POSTPONEMENT AND HAS BEEN CALLED C7 IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY APPLICANT FOR EIGHT 16 CONGRESS AVENUE.
AND THAT'S ALL OF THE ITEMS UNDER C ITEM D DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR DEMOLITION D ONE 47 14.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A POSTPONEMENT.
ROWENA IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT.
1113 WEST 22ND AND A HALF STREET, D THREE TWENTY-FIVE OH FIVE PARK VIEW DRIVE WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM D 25 OH SEVEN PART DRIVE ALSO DISCUSSION D
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FIVE 1806.TRAVIS HEIGHTS BOULEVARD IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
THE SIX, NINE, 10 WEST ELIZABETH STREET HAS BEEN PULLED FOR DISCUSSION SEVEN, WHICH WAS OFFERED FOR CONSENT HAS BEEN APPALLED.
THAT'S 1400 DRAKE AVENUE, D D EIGHT, 12 AND EIGHT WAS 20 SECONDS STRAIGHT AS A DISCUSSION ITEM, D NINE, EIGHT 15 WEST 11TH STREET.
THE 10, 1117 LINDEN STREET, WHICH WAS POSTPONED AT THE LAST MEETING WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM.
STAFF WAS THIS OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL? YES.
COMMISSIONER, UH, ITEM D 10 IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT FOUR D NINE, EIGHT 15 WEST 11TH.
REMIND ME OF THAT IN A SECOND.
LET'S KEEP THAT ON FOR, LET'S KEEP THAT ON FOR DISCUSSION THEN.
IS THAT STILL ON CONSENT? YEAH, THAT'S OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
DIAZ STREET IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
D 12 FIVE 14 ACADEMY DRIVE HAS BEEN PULLED FOR DISCUSSION D 1337 11.
CEDAR STREET IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
D 14 MIC FAILS FLORES SIX OH FIVE.
BARTON SPRINGS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM D 15 1811 DRAKE AVENUE HAS BEEN PULLED FOR DISCUSSION D 16 FOUR 16 WEST 12TH STREET AS A DISCUSSION ITEM, D 1733 15 PERRY LANE IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT D 1838 OH SEVEN AVENUE B IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
FRENCH PLACE IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT AND
AND I WOULD LIKE TO PULL THAT ITEM DISCUSSION.
THAT IS THE END OF OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
ONE ALSO WILL THEN BE A CONSENT ITEM.
THAT SHOULD BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I'M SORRY, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR REQUEST.
UM, UH, MY NAME IS SEAN O'BRIEN.
MY ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED, BUT PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IT TO THE AND ADD IT TO THE DISCUSSION LISTED IT IS.
STOP ME ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA OR C6
[Consent Agenda: 1, B4, B5, C1, C2, C4, C5, D2, D5, D10, D11, D13, D17 - D19, E1 (Part 2 of 2)]
ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES BEFORE D FIVE C1, C2, C4,[00:55:01]
C5, D ONE D FIVE D 10, D 11, D 13, D 17, D 18 D 19.DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA COMMISSIONERS? SO MOVE MADAM CHAIR.
LAYLA, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? THEY WERE TRYING TO GET ATTENTION.
I WAS JUST MAKING SURE, UM, MADAM CHAIR, YOU SAID
D D TWO 1113 WAS THE 22ND AND A HALF.
D ONE IS NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COMMISSIONER SAYS YOU MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND COMMISSIONER PORTER SECONDS.
THE MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
IF THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WAITING ON THE PHONE, IF YOUR ITEM WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT WAS JUST APPROVED AND YOU MAY LEAVE YOUR TELEPHONE.
NOW YOU CAN GO WATCH TELEVISION OR DO SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THAT IS IS OVER.
[Postponed Items: B1, B2, B3, C7, D1]
WE'LL NOW TAKE UP THE POSTPONEMENT AGENDA.AND THIS IS CONSENT POSTPONEMENT APPLICANT INITIATED.
WE HAVE B ONE 5,400 FRIEDRICH LANE, B TWO 24 OH SIX HARRIS BOULEVARD, B3 NINE, 10 POPLAR STREET, C7 EIGHT 16 CONGRESS AVENUE AND D ONE 47 AND 14 ROWENA.
NOW I THINK WE HAD ONE THAT WAS TO BE ADDED TO THE POSTPONEMENT OR WAS THAT A DISCUSSION POST POSTPONEMENT, STEVE 15.
AND IT WAS MY REQUEST, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE THIS.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO PASS THE POSTPONEMENT AGENDA? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
WOULD ANYONE SECOND? IT I'LL LET STOP OF THE CELIO SECONDED THE MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE POSTPONEMENT AGENDA, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
THE POSTPONEMENT AGENDA PASSES.
IF YOU WERE WAITING TO HEAR A CASE ON POSTPONEMENTS, THOSE ITEMS WILL BE POSTPONED TO OUR NEXT MEETING UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED ON THE AGENDA.
NOW I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A DIS ANY DISCUSSION POSTPONEMENTS, THE ITEMS THAT WERE POLLED OR PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
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WE HAVE ITEM A ONE.THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPLICATION FOR HIS SORT XY BESIDE HIM IS FOUR 28 16 SAN PEDRO STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS TATER JOSEPH.
MR. JOSEPH, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? JUST SPEAK TO THIS APPLICATION.
UH, AT THIS TIME I'M REQUESTING THAT THE DEMOLITION PERMIT BE GRANTED FOR THE PROPERTY AT 2016, SAN PEDRO, THE CURRENT IMPROVEMENTS ARE AN EXCEPTIONALLY POOR CONDITION AS HAS BEEN INDICATED ON THE PROVIDED ENGINEER'S REPORT.
IN ADDITION, I'VE INCLUDED A CHECK CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL INSPECTOR'S REPORT THAT FURTHER DETAILS THE CONDITION OF THE HOME 28 16 SAN PEDRO WAS MOST RECENTLY OPERATED AS A FRATERNITY HOUSE.
HOWEVER, THAT EXISTENCE ENDED WHEN ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FRATERNITY
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WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE HOME IN 2005.SINCE THAT TIME, THE HOUSE HAS NOT BEEN OCCUPIED AND IT HAS BEEN MINIMALLY CARED FOR, IN ADDITION TO THE PROPERTIES AGE AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME, IT HAS BEEN VACANT, SEVERE GRADING ISSUES HAVE ATTRIBUTED TO ITS POOR CONDITION.
THE OVERSIZE CURRENT YARD DRAINS INTO THE PIER AND BEAM FOUNDATION, WHICH IN THE FRONT OF THE HOME IS SITTING JUST AT GRADE LEVEL.
AS A RESULT OF THIS, THE FOUNDATION IS IN NEED OF COMPLETE REPLACEMENT.
I'VE BEEN A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR FOR 15 YEARS, AND, UM, I'VE WORKED ON NUMEROUS LANDMARK PROPERTIES UPON RECEIVING THE HISTORIC RESEARCH FOR THIS HOME A MONTH ATTEMPT TO MODIFY PLANS AND INCORPORATE THIS HOUSE INTO THE PROJECT.
THESE PLANS INCLUDED OPTIONS WHERE THE HOUSE COULD STAY IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION AND WHERE THE HOUSE WOULD RELOCATE WITHIN THE LOT.
THE COMMON DENOMINATOR FOR ALL OPTIONS RESULTED IN A HOUSE WITH VERY LITTLE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, BEING SALVAGED AMONG THE ITEMS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED ARE THE WINDOWS DOORS, ROTTEN FRAMING, WHICH THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STUCCO.
THE FOUNDATION, ROOF GUTTERS, MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL PLUMBING SYSTEMS, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
ONE SUCH ONE SUCH MEASURE, ONE SUCH MEASURES WERE TAKEN TO MAKE THE BUILDING STRUCTURALLY SAFE AND SOUND.
THERE WOULD BE LITTLE TO NO HISTORIC FABRIC REMAINING, AND THE HOUSE WOULD BE INELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC ZONING WHILE THE HOUSE WOULD MAINTAIN ITS ORIGINAL FORM, THERE WOULD BE NO ORIGINAL RE ORIGINALITY.
ASIDE FROM THE SHAPE OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED ITEMS, IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE PROPERTY'S CONDITION IS BEYOND REASONABLY SALVAGEABLE.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CHANGES MADE TO THE STRUCTURE.
THESE INCLUDED INCLUDE ADDED DORMERS STREET FACING SIDE OF THE ROOF.
ASIDE ADDITION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HOME, A REAR ADDITION AND VARIOUS REPLACED ADDED DOORS AND WINDOWS THROUGHOUT THE HOME CONSIDERING AUSTIN'S CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.
I BELIEVE IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE PROJECT PLAN TO REPLACE THE EXISTING HOME WOULD BE BUILT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AUSTIN'S AFFORDABILITY ONLINE PROGRAM AND WOULD PROVIDE THREE MUCH NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AROUND THE UNIVERSITY AT 60%.
I SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND I'M AVAILABLE, AVAILABLE TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE PROPERTY AND MY REQUEST FOR DEMOLITION PERMIT.
AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE READING ONLINE, WE ARE NOT TAKING UP THESE CASES RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE SHARING ALL OF THE SPEAKERS IN THE ORDER OF THE CASE AS IT IS ON OUR AGENDA.
SO WE'RE HEARING THE SPEAKERS AND THEN WE WILL GO BACK AND START WITH THESE CASES TO JUST TO HAVE STAFF PRESENTATION AND DELIBERATION.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK TO THIS APPLICATION? UM, HISTORIC ZONING FOR 28, 16 SAN PEDRO COMMISSIONER CHAIR.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MODERATE THE SPEAKER LIST IF THAT IS HELPFUL.
NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP FOR 28, 16 SAN PEDRO.
[A2. C14H-2020-0087 – Baker School, 3908 Avenue B – Discussion (Part 1 of 2)]
WE'LL MOVE TO 82 39 OH EIGHT AVENUE D WE HAVE RICHARD BICE.DO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES? OKAY, GREAT.
UM, I'M GOING TO TRY AND MAKE THIS BRIEF, UH, BAKER SCHOOL, UH, WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1911.
IT IS, UH, ONE OF THE CROWN JEWELS OF THE HYDE PARK NCCD.
IT WAS PURCHASED BY ALAMO DRAFT HOUSE IN 2018 TO, UH, TURN INTO THEIR CORPORATE OFFICES, BUT THEY'VE DONE A HIT, UH, AN EXTENSIVE HISTORIC, UH, REHABILITATION, INCLUDING, UH, UH, FEDERAL AND A STATE TAX CREDITS.
UM, THE, WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED, UH, BECAUSE THEY'D NEVER BEEN ZONED BEFORE BECAUSE IT WAS A SCHOOL, UH, THE CITY ZONE, THE BACK PORTION OF THE, UH, OF THE CAMPUS, UH, FOUR 50 FEET IN HEIGHT AND, UH, A PROVISION THAT 25% OF THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE.
HOWEVER, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE CITY, UH, REACHED A, AN AGREEMENT WITH ALAMO TO BUY THAT LAND, UH, AND USE IT AS A DETENTION POND.
SO, UH, WE WOULD LIKE THE REST OF THE CAMPUS TO BE PRESERVED, UH, IN ITS ENTIRETY.
UH, I, UH, PROVIDED BACKUP SHOWING, UH, THE AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UH, PARKING LOTS, UM, THAT, UH, UM, WOULD BE THE ONLY AREA THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY REDEVELOP.
HOWEVER, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH PARKING ON THE SITE AND, UH, UNLESS YOU INCLUDE ALL OF THE PARKING AROUND THE BUILDING TO PARK THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.
SO IF YOU WERE TO BUILD ANYTHING NEW ON THIS CAMPUS, UH, LET ALONE
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THE FACT THAT, THAT, UH, IT IS, UH, ANYTHING THAT YOU BUILD WOULD BLOCK THE HISTORIC BUILDING.UM, UH, AND THERE'S ALREADY A, UH, 75 FOOT SETBACK ON THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
SO WE WOULD ASK THAT THE ENTIRE SITE, UH, BE ZONED.
HOWEVER, I HAVE PROVIDED A COMPROMISED DOCUMENT THAT REMOVES THE TWO PARKING LOT AREAS FROM THE HISTORIC ZONING.
UM, AND IF YOU, UH, CHOOSE THAT AS AN ALTERNATE, UM, UH, RECOMMENDATION OR APPROVAL, THEN I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU USE THE SETBACKS IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT I PROVIDED TO, UM, THE PRESERVATION OFFICE, WHICH IS BASICALLY 30 FEET OFF ANY OF THE STRUCTURES, AND THEN THE, THE, UH, ZONE, THE CEILING SETBACK ON THE FRONT THAT'S LABELED.
THE NEXT SPEAKER, SUSAN MOSES, SUSAN, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UH, I'M SUSAN MOFFITT SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF HISTORIC ZONING FOR THE BAKER SCHOOL SITE.
I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN ALMOST 40 YEARS, NEARLY 30 OF THAT IN HIGH PARK.
AND I'M THE CURRENT SECRETARY OF THE HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM.
I HAVE ALREADY EMAILED YOU ON THIS ITEM.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY RECAP FIRST HISTORIC ZONING WOULD NOT PRECLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THIS SITE.
AS YOU MAY HAVE MISTAKENLY BEEN TOLD HISTORIC ZONING WOULD ONLY AFFECT THE BUILDING EXTERIOR AND GROUNDS.
THE 66,000 SQUARE FEET INTERIOR COULD STILL BE RECONFIGURED FOR AFFORDABLE UNITS IN THE FUTURE.
HYDE PARK, STRONGLY SUPPORTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RESIDENTS HAVE IDENTIFIED AREAS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT CAN BE READILY INCORPORATED, BUT IT IS A FALSE CHOICE TO PIT HISTORIC RECOGNITION OF THIS.
ONE OF A KIND LANDMARK AGAINST AFFORDABILITY.
AUSTIN IS CAPABLE OF DOING BOTH AS RICHARD JUST NOTED IN 2019, THE REAR OF THIS SITE BAKER FIELD WAS REZONED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT TO ALLOW FIVE STORIES OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH 25% AFFORDABILITY.
HOWEVER, IN MARCH, 2020, THE CITY INSTEAD DECIDED TO BUY BAKERFIELD FOR THE REGIONAL DETENTION POND, WHICH OF COURSE IS ALSO A PUBLIC GOOD, BUT NOT WHAT WE HAD HOPED FOR.
FORTUNATELY, THERE ARE MANY LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES NEAR BAKER SUITABLE FOR CONVERTING TO PERMANENT DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND IN FACT, MOST OF THESE OLDER COMPLEXES RIGHT NOW PROVIDE MARKET AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE RENTERS WHO MAKE UP OVER 70% OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BAKER WAS BUILT IN 1911 ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGH PARK PAVILION.
IT WAS NAMED TO HONOR DEWITT CLINTON BAKER WHO HELPED ESTABLISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN AUSTIN AND SERVED AS AN INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS FROM 1872 TO 1887.
IT'S A TRADITIONAL THREE-STORY BRICK BUILDING WITH LARGE WINDOWS, BOB HURLEY DETAILS ON THE UPPER SIDE.
AND THAT'S THE GROUND CONTAINS HISTORIC POST OAK TREES THAT WERE LIKELY PLANTED TO PROVIDE SHADE FOR THE YOUNG STUDENTS.
BEGGAR WAS CONSTRUCTED DURING THE SUPERINTENDENCY OF AAN MACALLAN FOR WHOM MCCALLUM HIGH SCHOOL WAS NAMED THE HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN LIST BAKER AS ONE OF FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD SITES THAT SHOULD SPECIFICALLY BE CONSIDERED FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK STATUS.
IN 1911, AUSTIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE COMPLETELY SEGREGATED AND BAKER WAS BUILT TO BE AN ALL WHITE SCHOOL.
HOWEVER, IT LATER PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE LONG OVERDUE INTEGRATION OF AUSTIN SCHOOLS IN THE 1970S, WHEN BAKER BECAME ONE OF A HANDFUL OF CAMPUSES DESIGNATED AS AN INTEGRATED SIXTH GRADE CENTER, FINALLY OPENING BAKER'S DOORS TO ALL STUDENTS OF EVERY RACE AND ETHNICITY.
SO AFTER MORE THAN A CENTURY OF SCHOOL USE BAKER IS NOW THE HEADQUARTERS OF AN ICONIC BOSTON BUSINESS, THE ALAMO DRAFT HOUSE, WHICH HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, RESTORING THE BUILDINGS GROUNDS.
I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO PRESERVE THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF AUSTIN HISTORY BY RECOMMENDING HISTORIC ZONING FOR THE BAKER SCHOOL AND ITS SITE.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SUSAN.
BEFORE, BEFORE WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER, I JUST WANT TO ASK SPEAKERS WHO ARE LINED UP TO TALK TO, UM, NOT TO REPEAT INFORMATION, IF YOU CAN.
WE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS AND WE WANT TO KNOW, UM, THAT YOU SUPPORT OR THAT YOU APOE OPPOSING AN APPLICATION, BUT PLEASE, UM, DON'T REPEAT PREVIOUS INFORMATION.
I HAVE A TEXT FROM COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON WHO GOT KICKED OFF AND NOW YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER HIM BACK OVER HER.
WON'T BE ABLE TO GET BACK IN THE MEETING.
UH, GO AHEAD AND ANGELA NEXT SPEAKERS.
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WELCOME BACK.KAREN, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? HI, KAREN, GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.
UM, I AM SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF HISTORIC ZONING FOR THE BAKER SCHOOL I'VE DONE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OVER 40 YEARS.
I'VE LEARNED MANY, MANY THINGS ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD I SENT YOU A LETTER.
IT DID NOT APPEAR IN YOUR BACKUP, BUT I SENT IT TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.
AND I INCLUDED A COPY OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEGOTIATED WITH, UH, THE ALAMO DRAFT HOUSE OWNERS.
SO I HOPE YOU HAVE THAT BECAUSE WE DID THE MOST, WE COULD SHORT OF ACTUALLY GETTING THE HISTORIC, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, BY PROHIBITING ANY BUILDING, UH, TO THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AND LIMITING ANY SIDE BUILDINGS TO 30 FEET IN HEIGHT.
UM, HAVING DONE THAT, I WOULD REALLY HATE TO SEE YOU CARVE UP THIS SITE.
THIS SITE HAS BEEN ONE SITE FOR ONE SCHOOL SINCE 1911, AND THERE ARE MANY WONDERFUL STORIES OF, UM, THE PRINCIPAL RINGING THE BELL ON THE FRONT PORCH, TRYING TO GET ALL THE STUDENTS TO GET THERE FROM ALL OVER HYDE PARK.
AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE IT WAS REALLY HARD PARK'S SCHOOL, BUT IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT LANDMARK.
AND I REALLY BELIEVE IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO CUT OFF PIECES OF THIS SITE AND SAY, WELL, THOSE ARE HISTORIC.
UM, THE WHOLE SITE IS HISTORIC.
AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU, UM, TO PLEASE LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING SUCH THAT IF ANYTHING ELSE IS BUILT, YOU WILL LOOK AT IT AS ONE HISTORIC SITE.
UM, AND I ALSO MENTIONED IN MY LETTER JUST THAT WHILE WE HOPE ALAMO DRAFT HOUSE, IS THERE A LONG, LONG TIME THEY'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
THERE COULD BE A DIFFERENT OWNER IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO WE WOULD JUST WANT TO CONTINUE THE REALLY EXCELLENT LEVEL OF PRESERVATION THAT HAS OCCURRED THERE SO FAR.
AND, UH, I'M GOING TO STOP RIGHT THERE.
NEXT IS HI, THIS IS PRACTICALLY.
UM, I LIVED IN HYDE PARK FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND I'M CURRENTLY CO PRESIDENT OF THE HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND I AM CALLING TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES TO DESIGNATE THE FORMER BAKER CAMPUS AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK.
UM, I DID SEND A LETTER, BUT I JUST WANT TO RECAP AS WELL, THAT IN DECEMBER, 2017, AFTER EXTENSIVE, UM, INPUT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS, HPN MEMBERS UNANIMOUS, UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED THE ZONING CHANGES AND VARIANCES REQUIRED BY ALAMO TO RESTORE THE BAKER SCHOOL CAMPUS FOR USE AS THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS.
AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT ALAMO WOULD BE SEEKING HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THE CAMPUS AND THAT ANY FUTURE PROPOSED STRUCTURES WOULD HAVE TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FROM THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION, WELL ADDITIONS TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AREN'T PERMITTED FOR THE ADOPTED ZONING.
AND THE ADDITION TO THE SIDES OF THE BUILDING SHOULD BE REVIEWED AS PART OF THE AUSTIN HISTORIC LANDMARK STATUS FOR THIS IMPORTANT SITE, AS WELL AS ITS STATUS, AS A CONTRIBUTING, AS CONTRIBUTING TO THE LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.
UM, AND I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE HAS COVERED MY OTHER POINT.
UM, I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE HISTORIC ZONING, UH, WITH ACTUALLY WHAT IT'S ON AVENUE B FOR 48 YEARS.
AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TEACHING AT BAKER WHEN IT BECAME THE INTEGRATED SIXTH GRADE CENTER.
AND I WAS VERY AWARE OF WHAT THE SCHOOL LOOKED LIKE INSIDE OF IT.
WHEN I HAD THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN AND SEE ALMA DRAFT HOUSE HAD DONE TO THE STORE BAKER SCHOOL WAS ACTUALLY VERY EMOTIONAL FOR ME TO SEE THAT SCHOOL COME BACK THE WAY THAT IT ACTUALLY WAS.
I FEEL LIKE THAT BAKER SCHOOL IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE HISTORIC AUSTIN.
AND I ALSO FEEL LIKE IT'S LONG OVERDUE FOR THE BUILDINGS BECOME A HISTORIC BUILDING.
ONE SECOND ELIZABETH FROM, IT WAS LIKE, OH, I'M SORRY, DAN.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? MY MIC WAS NOT ON PREVIOUSLY.
UH, THIS IS ELIZABETH BRUMMETT WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE STAFF.
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UM, STEVE SEDOWSKY JUST FORWARDED AND, UH, WE WANTED TO PROMPT, UM, MR. WEISS, IF HE'S STILL ON THE LINE, UH, IS THIS THE, UH, COUNTERPROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE FOR A POTENTIAL REDUCED HISTORIC ZONING? IF IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE SITE? I AM LOOKING AT THE, THERE'S A DELAY IN THE VIDEO.UH, THAT WOULD BE THE COUNTER PROPOSAL.
HOWEVER, UH, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO STRONGLY ADVOCATE, UM, THAT THE, UH, HOLD ON.
YES, THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT.
THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE SETBACKS THAT WOULD, UM, MA MAINTAIN THE, THE BEST VIEWS OF THE BUILDING.
COULD I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, UH, TO THE LEFT, WHICH I ASSUME IS THE WESTERN SEGMENT, IS THAT THE AREA OF THE DETENTION POND AT THIS POINT? UH, THAT THAT'S THE AREA THAT IS PURCHASED? CORRECT.
AND I'M SURE WE'LL HEAR MORE DURING THE PRESENTATION.
OKAY, ANGELA, WE NEED TO GO ONTO THE, SO THE OTHER CASES, YES, THESE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR THAT ITEMS. SO WE'LL NEED TO
[A3. GF-2020-140200 – 4509 Balcones Drive – Discussion (Part 1 of 2)]
EIGHT, THREE 45 AND NINE DOC CONEYS.THIS IS NICK DEVER AND I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT.
WE MET WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE TO REVIEW OUR PROPOSED ADDITION TO, UH, UH, THIS, UH, DAVID GRABER RESIDENCE.
AND JUST BRIEFLY, UH, THE MATERIAL THAT I SENT YOU, I WAS ASKED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IF WE COULD SAVE AND, UH, UH, SAVE SOME OF THE EXISTING MATERIAL NEAR THE NORTH END OF OUR BUILDING, UH, WHERE WE WERE PROPOSING OUR ADDITION.
I DID TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND, AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO RELOCATE AN ORIGINAL WINDOW AND A DECK IN THERE, UH, VERY SIMILAR LOCATION TO OUR, UH, TRANSITIONED TO OUR, UH, ADDITION.
AND, UH, UH, WE THINK THAT THIS WILL BE, UH, A NICE TRANSITION AND ALSO PRESERVE MORE OF THE MATERIAL.
AND THAT'S REALLY ALL THESE DRAWINGS SHOW.
UH, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY, UH, THAT WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR IS TO BE ALLOWED TO PROCEED WITH OUR ADDITION.
AND I BELIEVE MY CLIENT IS HERE TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THE LANDMARK STATUS.
NEXT WE HAVE CARLA CARLA, CARLA TREMBLAY.
THIS IS KYLA TREMBLAY, THE OWNER OF FORTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINE BUCK COUNTIES DIVE.
AND I'M JUST HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF, UH, THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF OUR HOUSE IN PARALLEL WITH THE, UM, WITH MOVING FORWARD ON THE EDITION.
[A4. C14H-2020-0113 – 1304 Alta Vista Avenue – Discussion (Part 1 of 2)]
IS ITEM A FOUR 13 AND FOUR ALTA VISTA AVENUE.I'M A PRESERVATIONIST AND, UM, PREPARED THE APPLICATION FOR 1304 TO THIS DAY.
UM, AND IT'S THE EA MURCHISON HOUSE.
UM, TWO REALLY NICE EXAMPLE OF TUTOR REVIVAL.
UM, SO ARCHITECTURALLY IT'S BEEN SLIGHTLY MODIFIED, BUT MOST OF THE ADDITIONS AND CHANGES AROUND THE REAR, UM, IT'S BEEN IMPECCABLY MAINTAINED, UM, AND IT HAS, UH, AN ASSOCIATION WITH MR. EUGENE MURCHISON, WHO WAS THE LONGEST SERVING, UM, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IN AUSTIN HAS A, UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL NAMED AFTER HIM UP IN NORTH AUSTIN.
UM, AND IT WAS REALLY A PROMINENT, UM, HUMANITARIAN CITIZEN OF AUSTIN IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.
UM, HE LIVED THERE FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE.
UM, AND AFTER RETIRING FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, HE BECAME A, UM, PROBATION OFFICER AND DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO HELPING GENERATIONS OF YOUNG AUSTIN MEN.
UM, SO IT, IT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE, ARCHITECTURALLY AND, UM, HAS A REALLY STRONG TIE TO A REALLY GREAT AUSTINITE.
UM, IT HAS FULL SUPPORT FROM THE OWNER WHO WAS REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO LANDMARK HIS VERY NICE HOUSE, BUT HE'S GOT THAT.
NEXT WE HAVE PAULA GUZMAN, NO COMMISSIONERS.
I'M PAUL KOFMAN RESIDENT OF TRAVIS HEIGHTS FOR EVERY BAR, NATURAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT.
I HARDLY SUPPORT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO HISTORIC FOR 1304 ALTAVISTA.
THE MARKET'S IN HOUSE, THIS MAGICAL
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HOME I GARDEN AS A CONTRIBUTING PROPERTY TO OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT.IT IS A HIGHLIGHT OF A BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE ADMIRED, BUT BOTH AUSTIN RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WHO'VE WALKED OUR TREE-LINED STREETS.
THE APPLICANT TOM COOK HAS PUT IN TIRELESS VOLUNTEER HOURS TO PRESERVE THIS AREA OF OUR UNIQUE CITY, ESPECIALLY AROUND NEARBY LADY BIRD LAKE CONSIDERED THE CROWN JEWEL OF BOSTON.
AND BY MANY ENJOYED BY ALL ACCESS TO THE LAKE BY THE PUBLIC IS DUE TO THE EFFORTS OF VOLUNTEERS LIKE MR. COOK, WHOSE SURVEYS REVEALED THAT A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF AUSTINITES SUPPORT THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY AND OPPOSE BUILDING TALLER THAN 60 FEET AROUND LADY BIRD, LAKE AUSTINITES CHOSE QUALITY OF LIFE OVER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IN MY OPINION, TOM COOK IS CERTAINLY A PERSON OF SIGNIFICANCE.
MAYBE CALL IT THE MARKETS AND COOK HOUSE.
I'M HAPPY TO ASSIST WITH ORGANIZING A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF ABOUT 5,000 HOUSEHOLDS, IF THAT'D BE HELPFUL.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON THAT ITEM.
[A5. C14H-2020-0120 – 905 Congress Avenue – Discussion (Part 1 of 2)]
IS A FIVE, 905 CONGRESS AVENUE.I REPRESENT OWNERSHIP OF NON-DEFINED, UH, CONGRESS AVENUE.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT HISTORIC ZONING AND THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AS IT IS, UH, ONE OF THE BETTER EXAMPLES OF OUR DECO ARCHITECTURE ON CONGRESS AVENUE.
AND, UH, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS RECOMMENDATION FOR HISTORIC ZONING AND APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
[C3. GF-2020-162558 – Discussion 1406 Ethridge Avenue (Old West Austin National Register District) Council District 9 (Part 1 of 2)]
ITEM C3, 1406 ETHERIDGE AVENUE.I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE ROBIN BRUCE, THE OWNER IN SAN BIRCH, THE ARCHITECT REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS HOUSE.
I ALSO HAD ROY, BUT HE'S NOT HERE.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH THE COMMITTEE FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER THE RESEARCH THAT YOU DID ON THE HOME.
WE PURCHASED THE HOME BACK IN APRIL AND HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO LEARN ABOUT ITS LEGACY OF WARMTH AND INCLUSION THROUGH REVEREND HIGH TONES, 25 YEARS, OCCUPYING THAT HOME AND PRESENTING SUCH AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF THE CITY THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS METHODIST CHURCH.
YOU KNOW, A BIG REASON THAT WE WERE DRAWN TO THIS HOME WAS ITS HISTORY AS A PARSONAGE, UM, UP UNTIL OUR PURCHASE OF IT.
AND IT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SAFE IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR FAMILY.
AND WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO RAISING OUR CHILDREN WITH THAT HISTORY AND SORT OF THE BONES OF THE HOUSE, REALLY ENLIVENING THAT SPIRIT, THE UPDATES AND RENOVATIONS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE TO THE HOME ARE REALLY IN THE VEIN OF WANTING TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE HOME AND EXTEND ITS WARMTH AND WELCOME INTO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR ARCHITECT WILL SPEAK A BIT MORE TO THE FEATURES OF THE HOME, BUT THE FRONT PORCH IN PARTICULAR IS ONE THAT FOR US, IT'S REALLY EMBLEMATIC OF THE SPIRIT OF THE FORMER OCCUPANTS AND SOMETHING THAT WE THINK WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON FURTHER ENGAGEMENT AND NEIGHBORLINESS AS YOU LIVE IN THE HOME FOR THE NEXT MANY, MANY DECADES.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE COMMISSION FOR REALLY BRINGING THIS HISTORY AND DETAIL TO LIGHT TO US AND OUTLINING THE DETAILS OF REVEREND HEIGHTENS INCREDIBLE LEGACY IN THE CITY WHO ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WORK AND SERVICE.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS ON THE PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS THAT ARE INCORRECTLY STATED.
UH, THE GARAGE IS EXISTING ON THE PROPERTY WAS BUILT IN 2004 AND APPROVED BY THE HLC AT THAT TIME.
UH, WE'RE SIMPLY PROPOSING TO RENOVATE, UH, THE GARAGE, RECLAD IT, NEW GARAGE DOOR AND WE'RE ACTUALLY CONVERTING, UH, EXISTING ADDICTS BASED.
SO WE'RE NOT, UM, CHANGING THE ROOF LINE AS IS STATED.
THE ADDITION, UH, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS ACTUALLY IN PLACE OF AN EXISTING ADDITION THAT WAS BUILT IN 1994.
IT'S IN A TERRIBLE SHAPE, WAS BUILT POORLY AND, UM, WE'RE PROPOSING IT IN ESSENTIALLY THE SAME FOOTPRINT THAT'S THERE NOW, UH, AT THE TIME THAT THIS ADDITION WAS BUILT IN 1994, ALL OF THE STEM ON THE BACK OF THE HOUSE WAS REMOVED AND IS NO LONGER PRESENT.
UM, SO OUR ADDITION IS GOING IN, IN ROUGHLY THE SAME FOOTPRINT IS NOT EXTENDING OUT ANY FURTHER ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE HOUSE, UM,
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AND WILL NOT BE VISIBLE FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.UM, AND, UH, FURTHERMORE, I THINK THE ADDITIONS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ARE REALLY GOING TO ENHANCE THE EXISTING HOUSE RATHER THAN DETRACT FROM IT.
WE, UM, WHILE WE ARE PROPOSING A FRONT PORCH ADDITION, AS ROBIN SAID, UM, THE PROPOSED FRONT PORCH IS MORE IN KEEPING WITH OUR CULTURE AND OUR CLIMATE AS OPPOSED TO THE EXISTING PORCH.
IS THERE, UM, WHILE IT IS A COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLE PORT, UM, I DON'T THINK SIMPLY THE AESTHETICS OF IT OR MERIT, UH, REASON TO KEEP IT.
UH, WE ARE PROPOSING TO REPLACE WINDOWS AND DOORS.
THEY'RE SINGLE PANE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY REASONS.
AND OF COURSE, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN REPLACING WINDOWS AND DOORS, YOU'VE GOT TO REMOVE BASE AND RATE TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE TO WATERPROOF AND PROPERLY.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MORTAR BEING MISMATCHED WHEN WE DO REPLACE IT.
THAT'S THE REASON FOR, UH, SMEARING THE STONE, UH, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE THINK IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE A HODGEPODGE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, LASTLY, I WOULD SAY I DON'T, IN MY OPINION, BELIEVE THE EXISTING HOUSE IS OF ANY ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OR A FINE EXAMPLE OF COLUMBUS REVIVAL STYLE.
IT IS, HAS A RED STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF, WHICH OF COURSE IS NOT ORIGINAL TO THE HOUSE.
I BELIEVE THE HOUSE ORIGINALLY HAD A WOOD SHAKE, A SHINGLE ROOF ON IT.
AND I ALSO DON'T BELIEVE THE STONE ON THE HOUSE AS IT EXISTS IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE STYLE, UH, NOR A FINE EXAMPLE OF CRAFTSMANSHIP.
SO I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[C6. 506 Congress Avenue (Congress Avenue National Register Historic District) – Staff-requested postponement Council District 9 (Part 1 of 2)]
UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, SEAN O'BRIEN FOR ITEM C6 FIVE OH SIX CONGRESS AVENUE.THIS IS SEAN O'BRIEN AND WRECKING 105 OH SIX CONGRESS.
UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS A NEW ART MURAL INSTALLATION ON THE FACADE OF PUBLIC SIX CONGRESS, WE'RE WORKING WITH REUBEN SANCHEZ, A RENOWNED SPANISH ARTIST WHO WORKS IN LARGE AND SMALL SCALE MURALS AND SCULPTURES AND PRINTS.
OUR PROPOSAL IS A MURAL TO BE INSTALLED OVER THE EXISTING TWO-STORY STUCCO FACADE.
THIS CURRENT FACADE DATES BACK TO 2002, WHEN THE BUILDING WAS REMODELED, THE ORIGINAL FIRST FLOOR INSET FACADE WAS DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED WITH THE LINEAR NEW ALUMINUM AND GLASS FACADE THAT RUNS ALONG THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE.
ALSO IN 2002, THE SECOND FLOOR BENEFITED FROM FIVE NEW WINDOW OPENINGS THAT WERE ADDED TO THE EXISTING THREE WINDOWS.
THESE, THESE CHANGES DEMONSTRATE THAT THE BUILDINGS ARE NOT RETAINING SUFFICIENT INTEGRITY TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A CONTRIBUTING BUILDING.
THIS BUILDING PREVIOUS TO THE 2003 REMODEL DID NOT APPEAR IN THE LOCAL OR NATIONAL REGISTERS.
FURTHERMORE, IN THE 1978 APPLICATION TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR FOR THE CONGRESS AVENUE DISTRICT.
THIS ADDRESS DID, IS NOT MENTIONED AS A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE AT THAT TIME.
UH, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS BUILDING FITS INTO THE REVIEW PROCESS.
I WENT TO THE, UM, UH, I'M SORRY, UH, TO UNDERSTAND HOW BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT, BUT ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING.
I WENT TO THE CITY CODE AND PRESERVATION WEBSITE FROM WHAT I CAN FIND THIS ECO DOES NOT ADDRESS TEMPORARY CHANGES SUCH AS ART.
HOWEVER, THE PRESERVATION OF WEBSITE STATES THAT WILD BUILDING EXISTING INSIDE IN NASHVILLE, HISTORIC DISTRICT DOES NOT CARRY IT AS A ZONING CHANGE.
THE HISTORIC REVIEW IS ADVISORY.
ONLY THIS TYPE OF ARTWORK IS SUPPORT IS SUPPORTED BY THE DAA M OUR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE OR HAD BEEN COMPLETED BY DAA VIA WRITING ON THE WALLS.
UH, FURTHERMORE, THIS WORK DOES NOT REQUIRE APPROVAL BY ART AND PUBLIC PLACES SINCE IT IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF, OF BRINGING A VIBRANT, CONTEMPORARY ADDITION TO OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
NEXT ARE ITEMS D THREE AND D FOUR 25.
UH, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION TO THE SPEAKER.
THE LAST COMMENT YOU MADE, YOU SAID A TEMPORARY ADDITION.
IS THIS NOT TO BE PAINTED ON THE FACADE OR IS THERE SOMEHOW A TEMPORARY INSTALLATION ONLY IT WILL BE PAINTED? UM, IT JUST, UH, AS WITH, UH, I GUESS MOST PAINT JOBS THAT CAN'T LAST FOREVER, SO IT'S, WELL, NO, IT'S A PAINTED.
SO IT'S MADE IT ON THE FACADE.
[D3. HDP-2020-0353 – Discussion 2505 Park View Drive Council District 7 (Part 1 of 2)]
[D4. HDP-2020-0352 – Discussion 2507 Park View Drive Council District 7 (Part 1 of 2)]
ON TO 25 OH FIVE AND 25 OH SEVEN PARKVIEW COMMISSIONERS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK THAT THE COMMENTERS ADDRESS, BOTH ITEMS ONE SPEAKING, OR DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THEM INDIVIDUALLY?[01:30:05]
I, FOR ONE WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD, COULD, COULD COMMENT ON BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, SINCE THEY DO SHARE MANY ISSUES.IF THEY WANT TO DISTINGUISH ONE FROM THE OTHER, THEY COULD DO THAT AND CALL ATTENTION TO IT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO IT THAT WAY.
SO FIRST WE HAVE, UH, DOMINIC LEVESQUE, THE APPLICANT.
YEAH, THIS IS DOMINIQUE LEBANC.
UM, I'VE SUBMITTED THE ENGINEERING REPORT FOR, UH, 25 OH FIVE PARK VIEW AND, UH, 25 OH SEVEN SPEAKING FOR 25 OH FIVE PARK VIEW.
UM, I WILL JUST, UH, HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM, THE FOUNDATION IS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION, THE, UH, ENGINEER WITH THE, UM, THE ISSUES CLEARLY.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THAT, UH, NECESSARILY RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND YOU CAN READ THE REPORT.
I'M HOPING THAT, UM, TIM PACKARD, THE, THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN, ON MAKE ANY COMMENTS, UH, FURTHER ABOUT THE, THE PROCESS FOR HIM.
SOME OBVIOUSLY SPEAKING ABOUT 25 OH FIVE PARK VIEW, UM, JUST, I THINK WE STATED LAST TIME ON THIS CALL, SOME OF OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY, CONSIDERING THE DRAINAGE.
AND, YOU KNOW, NOW WE HAVE THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER REPORT TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT OUR ORIGINAL VIEW ON THE PROPERTY IS THAT IT'S NOT STRUCTURALLY SOUND IN ORDER TO DO A REMODEL ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY.
SO I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER PUTTING THIS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND GOING AHEAD AND LETTING US MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR DEMOLITION OF THIS PROPERTY.
ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO OBJECT TO THE OVERALL PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH WITH THIS.
UM, I FEEL THAT THE WAY THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS PROCESS WHERE YOU'RE LETTING ALL THE APPLICANTS SPEAK FIRST, AND THEN THE CITY GETS TO COMMENT ON THESE DEMOLITION PERMITS WITHOUT THE APPLICANTS BEING ABLE TO RESPOND IS NOT FAIR.
AND I PROPOSE THAT WE CHANGE THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AND LET ME JUST COMMENT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE OUR CHAIR RIGHT NOW, IF IT, SHE MUST'VE GOTTEN KICKED OFF, UM, THAT WE AGREE WITH YOU, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, BUT WE ARE BEHOLDEN TO THE CITY'S, UH, PROCESS THANKS TO COVID AND THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE GIVEN US.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS FAIR AS POSSIBLE.
I WOULD THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK AND THEY'RE AGAINST, UH, ISSUING A DEMO PERMIT AND THE OWNERS ARE FOR IT.
UM, I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY'S RECOMMENDATION, WE HAD A PROPOSAL WITH OVER 27 SIGNATURES, UM, SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF OUR PROPOSAL TO GET THIS DEMO PERMIT, UM, THAT WASN'T EVEN CONSIDERED, I THINK ON THE LAST TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THE RALLY SUPPORT AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING FORWARD THAT ARE GOING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ISSUING THIS DEMO PERMIT.
SEEMS LIKE THERE'S AN OVERWHELMING COMMUNITY RESPONSE.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE COUNCIL IS BIZ POSTPONING US INDEFINITELY, AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOME CLOSURE.
OKAY, MR. PACKARD, ONE THING I WILL SAY IS THAT YOU CERTAINLY CAN STAY ON THE LINE, BUT WHEN THE CASE COMES UP, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO STILL REFER TO A CALLER BY ASKING A QUESTION.
SO THAT MAY BE A POSSIBILITY OF SUCH A THING COMES UP.
BUT AS I SAID, THE PROCESS WE'RE WORKING UNDER IS THEN DICTATED BY THE CITY HALL AND THE CITY'S STAFF AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE TO OPERATE UNDER THIS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO WORK WITHIN THAT SYSTEM.
UH, WHY DON'T WE CONTINUE WITH THE SPEAKERS NEXT IS JOHN ALISON AND JOHN'S NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
UM, I'M LAURA MINNICK AND I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN SINCE 1978 AND I'VE LIVED AT 25 AND FOUR PART TO DRIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM, UH, 25 OH FIVE.
UM, AND I'LL SPEAK TO 25 OH SEVEN, BUT I'VE LIVED IN THIS AREA FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS WITH MY HUSBAND AND THREE SONS RAISED THEM HERE.
UM, AND I ACTUALLY KNEW THE FORMER OWNERS OF 25 OH FIVE AND 25 OH SEVEN PARKVIEW DRIVE.
AND THEY EXPERIENCED FLOODING AND DRAINAGE ISSUES, PLUMBING, NO AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING, FRENCH DRAINS, ET CETERA, HELPED THEM WITH THOSE ISSUES.
I'M IN FAVOR OF THE DEMOLITION OF THESE.
I TRUST THAT THE BUILDER DOMINIQUE GLOVIS WILL
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BUILD QUALITY HOMES TO REPLACE THESE RELICS QUITE I'VE SEEN HIS WORK AND I APPRECIATE THE QUALITY AND OUR, HE BRING TO THE HOUSE AND BONES.NEXT IS JACKSON ROCHE, MY NAME'S JACKSON ROACH AND NATIVE AUSTINITE RESIDENT ON NASA GRADS.
UH, JUST A FEW HOUSES DOWN FROM 25.5 AND 25 WITH SEVEN, OR CAN, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE EQUITABLY COMMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE IN SUPPORT OF THE DEMOLITION PERMIT.
UM, JUST SAY THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT APPROVAL OF THE PERMIT WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
HI, THIS IS ANDREA MOYERS AND I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE DEMOLITION PERMITS FOR BOTH 25 OH FIVE AND 25 OH SEVEN.
I LIVE AT 25 OH SIX PARK VIEW DRIVE.
SO I'M DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM 25 OH FIVE AND CATTY CORNER FROM 25 OF SEVEN.
UH, MY HUSBAND, I HAVE BEEN THE OWNERS AND OCCUPANT OF OUR HOUSE, WHICH IS ALSO AN AIR CONDITIONING VILLAGE HOUSE FOR 20 YEARS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GRADUATES OF UT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE.
SO WE'RE AWARE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE AND DESIRABILITY OF MID-CENTURY MODERN, BUT WE STILL SUPPORT THE DEMOLITIONS FOR THE REASONS PREVIOUSLY STATED.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT YOU CANNOT VISUALLY IDENTIFY THE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE HOUSES.
IF I WERE TO DRIVE SOMEONE AROUND NASSCO IN TWIN OAKS AND
THERE IS NO IDENTIFIABLE SHARED STYLE BEYOND THE GENERIC MID-CENTURY AND EXAMPLES OF THIS STYLE ARE BEING DEMOLISHED REGULARLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE WAS ALSO NO SHEER COMMUNITY AND THEIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE IN MY 20 YEARS OF LIVING HERE.
UM, I THINK YOU COULD REASONABLY, UH, CONSIDER THE AIR-CONDITIONED VILLAGE TO BE A CLEVER MARKETING STRATEGY TO PROMOTE AIR CONDITIONING.
UH, THE RESEARCH DONE AS WELL-DOCUMENTED AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND NO, NO, NO RESEARCH IS REALLY POSSIBLE FOR THIS.
SO ITS HISTORIC VALUE IS BASICALLY FINISHED.
UH, ONE THIRD OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEMOLISHED AND MOST OF THE REST HAD BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY REMODELED AND ARE IN CONSIDERABLE DISREPAIR AT MY OWN HOUSE.
ALSO HAS THOSE SAME FLOODING ISSUES WITH SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS AT THIS POINT.
UM, I'VE READ SUGGESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT TO KEEP THE EXISTING FACADE AND ADD ON BEHIND THAT.
THAT TO ME IMPLIES THAT THE FACADE IS WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THESE HOUSES, WHICH IS REALLY NOT THE CASE AT ALL.
UM, THE FACT THAT MY 65 YEAR OLD HOUSE IS NAMED AFTER AN AIR CONDITIONING MACHINE, DOESN'T SEEM JUSTIFICATION FOR RIGHT RESTRICTING PROPERTY RIGHTS TO MODIFY OR DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE LIKE OUR NEIGHBOR, A FEW HOUSES DOWN MIGHT BE ABLE TO.
THIS IS, UH, ASEEM PAJARO, I'M A LIFELONG AUSTINITE.
UM, AND I LIVE AT TWO SIX ZERO ONE PARK VIEW DRIVE, UH, JUST, UH, UH, NEARLY NEXT DOOR TO TWO FIVE, UH, IS THERE 702 FIVE ZERO FIVE? UM, I WAS REALLY GLAD TO HEAR SOME, SOME OTHER HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE ON THE STREET, BRING UP THE FLOODING.
UM, THAT IS, UH, AN ISSUE THAT TAKES PLACE AT MY HOUSE AS WELL.
UH, AND I THINK IS JUST EXTREMELY COMMON FOR THE HOMES THAT WERE BUILT ON THIS STREET ON TIGHT BUDGETS IN ORDER TO APPEAL FROM A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE TO MIDDLE-CLASS, UH, HOPEFUL, UH, AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS.
UM, I THINK THAT AS A NEIGHBOR AND AS SOMEONE THAT'S BUILDING A FAMILY ON THE STREET, IT'S EXTREMELY EXCITING THAT DOMINIQUE LOVE H IS THE BUILDER ON THESE TWO DEMOLITION APPLICATIONS.
I CONSIDER THIS A BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR THE CITY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, EVERYONE THAT YOU'VE HEARD SPEAK ALREADY LIVE WITHIN PROBABLY 200 FEET OF ONE ANOTHER.
UM, WE KNOW EACH OTHER PERSONALLY, WE ENJOY SPENDING TIME WITH ONE ANOTHER.
UH, AND THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THAT THESE HOUSES PUT ON YOU AS DISASTERS TAKE PLACE OR JUST AS TIME GOES ON, UH, I, I THINK IS, IS IT'S AN UNREALISTIC EXPECTATION THAT, THAT THE CITY SHOULD WITHHOLD THE ABILITY TO, TO BUILD WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU AND BEST FOR YOUR FAMILY GOING FORWARD.
UH, AND SO I DO JUST KIND OF WANT TO, UH, EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR BOTH OF THESE PERMITS, UH, AND, AND BE ANOTHER POSITIVE VOICE ON, ON A POSITIVE PATH FORWARD WITH A BUILDER THAT THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE AESTHETIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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HELLO.MY NAME IS JAMES WATSON AND I AM A RESIDENT AT 25 OH EIGHT PARK VIEW DRIVE.
I LIVED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM 25 OH FIVE AND 25 OH SEVEN.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE HOMES BEING DEMOLISHED AND BEING REBUILT.
I THINK DOMINIQUE WILL BUILD A VERY HIGH QUALITY HOME.
UNLIKE MANY RESIDENTS ON OUR STREET.
I AM IN ONE OF THE ORIGINAL AIR CONDITIONING VILLAGE HOME, ALL OF THE AIR CONDITIONINGS THAT WERE INSTALLED IN THESE PROPERTY, MAKING IT AIR CONDITIONING VILLAGE HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
UM, NONE OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROPERTIES AND I DO NOT SUPPORT, UM, THE HISTORICAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THESE HOMES FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
UM, I DISCOVERED MANY YEARS AGO, CAUSE I'VE LIVED HERE 18 YEARS, THAT MY HOUSE IS CONDITIONED WITH THE SLAB AND THE DRAINAGE PREVENTS ME FROM BEING ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY ADD ONTO THE PROPERTY.
SO LIKE MANY HOMEOWNERS HERE, WE'VE BEEN FORCED TO HAVE TO SAVE TO COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED AND BUILD A NEW HOME.
IN OPPOSITION, WE HAVE HANNAH STARK.
YES, I'M HANNAH STARK REPRESENTING PRESERVATION AUSTIN.
UM, WE ARE DISMAYED AT THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF TWENTY-FIVE OH FIVE AND 25 OF THE SEVEN PARKVIEW DRIVE IN THE AIR CONDITION VILLAGE.
UM, WE URGE THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER HISTORIC ZONING FOR THESE SIGNIFICANT PROPERTIES.
UM, THE LETTER WE SUBMITTED LAST MONTH HIGHLIGHTS OUR REASON FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIC AND COMMUNITY VALUES AND NOT GOING TO GO OVER THEM AGAIN.
UM, THE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE HAS SEEN TOO MANY DEMOLITIONS AT A RAPIDLY INCREASED RATE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THEY ONLY 15 OF THE ORIGINAL 23 HOMES RETAIN INTEGRITY.
EVERY LOSS BRINGS US CLOSER TO LOSING ANY CHANCE FOR HISTORIC DISTRICT TO HONOR AND PROTECT THESE BUILDINGS.
WE URGE THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION TO OPPOSE THIS PERMIT AND OPERA PRESERVATION, AUSTIN SUPPORT TO HELP PROTECT THE AIR PLACEABLE PIECE OF AUSTIN HISTORY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A REBUTTAL.
YEAH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON A SPEAKER.
THIS HAS GONE NICO VAGUE AGAIN, UM, UH, IN REFERENCE TO PRESERVATION AUSTIN CLAIM THAT THESE HOUSES ARE IMPORTANT IF INDEED THAT IS THE CASE.
UM, THE RECENT SALE OF A HOUSE THAT, UH, UH, 27 16 GARRITY, WHICH IS A HOUSE BUILT IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD, 1953, UM, WAS SOLD BY CLAYTON BULLOCK, UM, AND THEN DEMOLISHED.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT AN AERIAL PHOTO OF AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE, YOU HAVE FROM THE TOP, YOU HAVE ALL THE ORIGINAL AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE.
YOU HAVE ADDISON GOING NORTH AND GARRITY ALL BUILT AROUND THE SAME TIME.
IT'S NONE OF THESE HOUSES WERE HISTORIC OR IF THEY'RE ALL BUILT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, WHY WEREN'T THESE HOUSES ALL CONSIDERED HISTORIC? AND I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT THE PRESIDENT OF PRESERVATION AUSTIN SITE AND BULLOCK, YOU KNOW, HAS THE RIGHT TO TALK OUT BOTH SIDES OF HIS MOUTH.
IF HE'S SELLING HOUSES THAT ARE BUILT AROUND THE SAME TIME, WHY CAN'T HE ALSO PRESERVE THEM BECAUSE THAT HOUSE IS DEMOLISHED IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE HAS A CLAIM FOR PRESERVATION OFTEN HAS A CLAIM ON THE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE HOUSES FOR A MARKETING SCHEME.
AND, UM, YET THEY CAN PROFIT, UH, INDIVIDUALLY OFF THE SALE OF OTHER HOUSE.
THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR ITEMS, T3 AND T4.
[D6. HDP-2020-0384 – Offered for consent approval 910 W. Elizabeth Street Council District 9 (Part 1 of 2)]
GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO D SIX, NINE, 10 WEST ELIZ ELIZABETH.WE HAVE THE APPLICANT, GABE, JOSEPH, MR. JOSEPH, ARE YOU HERE? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? NO, GO AHEAD.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE OTHER SPEAKERS.
SIGN UP FOR THE ITEM IN OPPOSITION.
DID YOU CALL PAM GIBLIN? YES, PAM, GO AHEAD.
UH, UH, MY NAME IS PAM GIBLIN AND I OWN THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO THE PROPERTY THAT HE WANTS TO DEMOLISH.
UH, I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN SINCE 1965.
AND WHAT HE'S PROPOSING IS GONNA, IS GOING TO TAKE OUT A REALLY NICE HOUSE THAT
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IS PART OF AUSTIN'S CULTURE, WHICH IS, UH, CUTE DOWNTOWN, UH, CENTRAL AREA PROPERTY.AND IF HE WANTS A NEW BUILD, HE SHOULD GO TO SOME SUBDIVISION AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO BUY SOMETHING IN THE BOLDEN AREA AND TAKING OUT A, UH, A HOUSE THAT'S IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO I'M VERY OPPOSED TO IT.
HE'S NEVER REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS.
I'VE NEVER HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT TO DISCUSS WHAT HE PLANS TO BUILD THERE IF HE WERE ALLOWED TO DEMOLISH THE HOUSE.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE CULTURE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND I OPPOSED IT.
UM, AS ATTENDANT AIR AT NINE 12 WEST ELIZABETH NEXT DOOR, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, ALSO WITH MS. GAMBLIN MAINLY TO THE CULTURE OF BOSTON BEING STRIPPED AWAY WITH EVERY DEMOLITION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LAKIN STONE HOUSE, 83 YEARS OLD, AND IS A WONDERFUL REPRESENTATION TO THE HERITAGE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE OF THE APPEALS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS HISTORICALLY, IS THAT IT HAS THIS TERRIFIC LITTLE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE MIDDLE INCOME CLASS TO ALSO BE ABLE TO AFFORD BEING CLOSE TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND WITH EACH DESTRUCTION, IT IS COMPLETELY CHANGING THE ECONOMIC DIVERSITY OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
HAVING THOSE RENTAL OPTIONS REMOVED.
ALSO, THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TREES AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE LIVE OAK TREES, SIX OR SEVEN, MAYBE MORE, THEY HAVE GREEN RIBBON SIDE TO THEM, AND WE DON'T KNOW ARE THESE TO BE DESTROYED OR DOES IT MEAN THAT THEY WILL NOT BE HARMED BECAUSE THEY DO PROVIDE A TREMENDOUS CANOPY OF SHADE TO THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS NINE, 12 NEXT DOOR.
IF THEY'RE TO BE REMOVED, THIS IS A CONCERN AS CENTRAL TEXAS SUMMERS CAN BE BRUTAL.
AND IF THESE ARE REMOVED, WHAT IMPACT IS THAT GOING TO HAVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT CAUSING MORE ENERGY TO BE USED IN THE HOTTEST TIME OF YEAR? AND AGAIN, WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO INQUIRE WHAT WHAT'S THE INTENTION OF WHAT'S TO BE BUILT THERE.
IS IT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME? UM, IS IT TWO STORY, A DUPLEX, A FOURPLEX, WILL IT LOSE STRUCTURE, AFFECT THE PRIVACY OF THE YARD? AND WE VERY MUCH LIKE TO LEARN, UM, WHAT THE INTENTION IS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND FOR PROVIDING A PLATFORM TO DO SO.
NEXT IN OPPOSITION, WE HAVE PAULA KOFMAN.
HI, UM, I ON A HISTORIC PROPERTY IN BOLDEN, A FEW BLOCKS FROM THIS HOME, AND I ECHO THAT SENTIMENT OF THE TWO SPEAKERS BEFORE ME AND OPPOSITION TO THIS APPLICATION.
I ALSO FOUND AN ISSUE WITH THE APPLICATION.
IT STATES THAT IT PLANS TO DEMOLISH ONE STRUCTURE.
DOES IT PLAN TO KEEP THE ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH STRUCTURE, UM, AS STATED JOSEPH BUILDERS HAS NOT APPROACHED THE NEIGHBORHOOD REGARDING ITS PLAN AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE, WE THINK THAT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM AS WELL IS IF A LARGER HUB MIGHT OVERTAX THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA OR THE PROPENSITY TO FLOODING AS SOME OF THE OTHER JOSEPH BUILDER STRUCTURES MIGHT BE DOING IN SOME AREAS, OTHER AREAS OF THE BOLDEN CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU, MR. JOSEPH, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL IF YOU'D LIKE.
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, THE PROPERTY ON ELIZABETH, UH, THE TREES ARE MARKED BECAUSE WE HAD A TREE SURVEY DONE TO SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY WHICH WILL BE PRESERVED AND WHICH YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR REMOVAL.
UH, THE LARGER HERITAGE ONES, OF COURSE, WON'T BE REMOVED.
WE FEEL THAT'S AN ASSET TO THE PROPERTY.
WE FEEL IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THOSE AS WE CAN, AS OFTEN AS WE CAN.
THE PLAN FOR THAT PROPERTY, YOU DO A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME GARAGE FACING F THE ALLEY.
IT'S SETBACK, YOU KNOW, AND COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THE, THE, UH, SIDE IN FRONT YARD SETBACKS.
UH, THERE IS A LARGE TREE IN THE FRONT YARD WE THINK IS GOING TO REALLY KIND OF HELP KEEP THE CHARACTER, THE STREET INTACT.
UH, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT, WHOEVER THAT WAS WAS PROPERTIES.
WE'VE DONE FLOODING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S FACTUALLY ACCURATE.
UH, I ALSO DON'T, UH, DON'T RECALL SPECIFICALLY THE SECTION OF THE DEMOLITION APPLICATION REGARDING HOW MANY STRUCTURES AROUND THE SITE, BUT THE PLAN IS, LET ME BE CLEAR TO COMPLETELY REMOVE ALL OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE AND PUT UP SOMETHING NEW.
UM, THERE'S NOTHING HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THIS HOUSE.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, NONE OF THE RESEARCH HAS BORNE OUT ANYTHING THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THERE WAS EITHER ANY EVENT OWNERSHIP OR ARCHITECTURE THAT IS WORTH PRESERVING.
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UH, THE HOUSE IS IN DISREPAIR, IT'S FALLING DOWN NOTHING, AND IT WORKS.IT IS, AS SHE SAID AT 83 YEARS OLD.
UM, AND ALTHOUGH IT HAS SOME VERY NICE ROCKS ON THE FRONT OF IT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT A SAFER HABITABLE PLACE TO LIVE.
SO BARRING ANY REAL REASON WHY A DEMOLITION PERMIT SHOULDN'T BE APPROVED.
I WOULD INSIST THAT WE APPROVE IT TONIGHT, THAT WE CAN MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF DOZEN OTHER PROJECTS IN BOLDEN.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT IN POOR FORM TO SUGGEST THAT ANYONE PERSON GETS TO DICTATE THE CULTURE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST, JUST DESIGN BUILD.
WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT BY INCORPORATING A LOT OF DIFFERENT STYLES AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT OWNERSHIPS THAT WE HELPED ENHANCE THE CULTURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY NOT ALLOWING IT TO BECOME SO MUCH NEWNESS.
AND SO IDENTIFIED JUST BY WHOEVER MOVED IN FIVE YEARS AGO AND DECIDED THEY WERE THE HISTORY OF THE PLACE.
[D7. HDP-2020-0400 – Offered for consent approval 1400 Drake Avenue Council District 9 (Part 1 of 2)]
WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM D SEVEN 1400 DRAKE AVENUE.WE HAVE, UH, THE APPLICANT MARK.
IF MARK IS NOT HERE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE OPPOSITION.
UM, SO AS STATED, I'M A RESIDENT OF THE NEWLY APPROVED TRAVIS HEIGHTS, FAIRVIEW PARK NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.
WE ASKED FOR A POSTPONEMENT IN ORDER TO DISCUSS WITH THE APPLICANT ALTERNATIVES TO TOTAL DEMOLITION, INCLUDING MOVING THE HOUSE.
THE APPLICANT HAS NOT BEEN IN TOUCH WITH US.
THIS MODEST HOUSE PROVIDES AN AFFORDABLE RENTAL FOR A FAMILY OR WORKFORCE WALKING DISTANCE TO AREA EMPLOYERS.
LOTS OF THESE RENTALS NEEDS LOTS OF ECONOMIC DIVERSITY AND THE INTERCORE FURTHERMORE, BY REPLACING THESE SMALLER HOUSES WITH LARGER PROPERTIES, WASTE MATERIALS AND IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE, WHICH OPPOSES AWESOME GOALS TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT, MORE ENERGY, TO COOL AND HEAT, MORE TRAFFIC AND MORE WASTED MATERIALS IN OUR LANDFILLS.
I ALSO QUESTIONED WHY BAD ACTORS WITH A HISTORY OF WARDING ORDINANCES AND CITY DIRECTIVES CONTINUE TO GET PERMITS.
SEVERAL NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH MORE TATE WHO SEEMS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPERTY PER PUBLIC DATA.
MORE TATE HAS BEEN, HAS HAD BOUNDARY TO BE USED WITH MULTIPLE RESIDENTS IN SEVEN, EIGHT, SEVEN OH FOUR HAS FELT PROTECTED.
TREES HAVE BUILT MORE THAN ALLOWED, ENORMOUS HARDSHIP TO THE BUYER AND HAS BEEN CITED FOR USING A FORGE ARCHITECTURAL FIELD.
THEY MAY INTERRUPT THE SPEAKER FOR A MOMENT.
I THINK WE JUST NEED TO ENFORCE SOME DECORUM BECAUSE OUR POINT HERE IS TO LISTEN TO THE MERITS OF THE CASE.
REALLY NOT TO DEBATE THE EFFICACY OF ONE APPLICANT OR ANOTHER.
I AGREE, PLEASE
AND, UM, DON'T UNDERMINE THE APPLICANT PERSONALLY.
I WAS SPEAKING ON THEIR HISTORY OF PR OF THEIR WORK IN AUSTIN.
SO WE WILL BE VOTING AS PROPERTY AT OURSELVES RIVER CITY, CENTRAL CITIZENS, GENERAL MEETING TOMORROW EVENING TO GET THE INPUT OF APPROXIMATELY 5,000 HOUSEHOLDS, PLEASE POSTPONE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS LETTER FOR THE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
[D8. HDP-2020-0402 – Discussion 1208 W. 22nd Street Council District 9 (Part 1 of 2)]
WE'LL MOVE TO D EIGHT, 1208 WEST 22ND STREET.UH, GOOD EVENING CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.
I'M THE ATTORNEY FOR INGRID RADKEY.
THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY WHO IS APPLYING FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT.
I'LL BRIEFLY PROVIDE YOU SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND THEN ARCHITECT, BARNABY EVANS WILL ADDRESS THE ARCHITECTURAL CRITERIA FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION AND WHY WE DON'T THINK THIS PROPERTY MAY MEETS IT.
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN THE RADKE FAMILY SINCE THE LATE 1930S.
UM, UNTIL THE 1950S, IT WAS THE RESIDENCE OF PROFESSOR OLIVER RADKE.
IN THE LATE FIFTIES, THE FAMILY BOUGHT A LARGE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET AT 1305 WEST 22ND.
UH, PROFESSOR RADKE ACTUALLY LIVED THERE UNTIL HE DIED IN 2000, UM, A GREAT DEAL, LONGER TIME THAN HE LIVED AT 1208, UH, IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS AFTER INGRID RADKE HAD VERY LOVINGLY RESTORED HER PARENTS' HOUSE AT 1305.
IT WAS PURCHASED BY TIM AND CARRIE LEE WHO LIVED THERE NOW.
AND IN 2007, 1305 WAS DESIGNATED AS AN AUSTIN HISTORIC LANDMARK AS THE GOLF RADKE HOUSE BASED LARGELY ON ITS ASSOCIATION WITH PROFESSOR RADKE, UM, BARNABY,
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THE ARCHITECT WILL DISCUSS WHETHER 1208 MERITS ARCHITECTURAL, UH, PRESERVATION.IT'S A VERY ORDINARY 1920S BUNGALOW.
I HOPE YOU SAW THE PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDED IN OUR STATEMENT TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, I WOULD JUST PERSONALLY SAY THAT IF YOU WENT TO UT SINCE THE 1960S, YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN IN DOZENS OF WEST CAMPUS BUNGALOWS THAT WERE MORE DISTINCTIVE THAN 1208.
IT'S CURRENTLY IN TERRIBLE CONDITION DUE TO NEGLECT BY A LONG-TERM TENANT.
IT HAS A REAR ADDITION THAT THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AND THE ARCHITECTS SAY CANNOT BE RESCUED.
AND IN ADDITION, ANY WORK THAT WOULD BE DONE ON IT WOULD REQUIRE A NEW FOUNDATION.
UH, WE THINK IF NOT FOR THE ASSOCIATION WITH PROFESSOR RADKE THERE, NO WAY THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE PROPOSED FOR LANDMARK STATUS, BUT PROFESSOR RADKE IS ALREADY COMMEMORATED, UM, BY A GENUINELY DISTINCTIVE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET WHERE HE LIVED TWICE.
AS LONG AS THIS PROPERTY, WE THINK THAT NAMING AN INFERIOR STRUCTURE IS A LANDMARK BASED ON HIS TIME.
THERE WOULD NOT REALLY HONOR HIM.
IT WOULD PROBABLY DILUTE THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GOLF RADKE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET IN CLOSING.
UH, WE'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT THERE'S NO OPPOSITION FROM THE TWO AFFECTED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
UH, WE ASSURE YOU THAT MS. RADKE HAS AGREED TO PRESERVE ALL LARGE TREES ON THE SIDE.
IF THE DEMO PERMIT IS GRANTED, SHE WILL ALSO HAPPILY COOPERATE WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE IF THAT'S THE COMMISSION'S DESIRE.
UH, MS. RADKE HAS AN EXCELLENT RECORD OF RESPECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S ARCHITECTURAL TRADITION, BOTH IN HER PRESERVATION OF HER PARENTS' HOUSE AT 1305.
AND IN THE PRESERVATION OF WHAT'S CALLED THE HUNTING LODGE DOWN AT THE END OF 22ND STREET.
SO, UH, WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU RELEASE THIS DEMOLITION PERMIT AND I WILL STICK AROUND FOR THE STAFF PRESENTATION.
SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THEN OR NOW? HI, I'M BARNABY EVANS.
AND I WAS ASKED, UM, BY MS. RANCHI TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBLE, UM, RENOVATION OF THAT HOUSE.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS BEFORE SHE AND I HAD EVER BEEN IN THERE.
AND ONCE WE WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE, WE DETERMINED IT WAS REALLY IN UNINHABITABLE CONDITION.
UM, THE FOUNDATION WASN'T LEVEL, ALL, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE WINDOWS DIDN'T FUNCTION, IT NEEDED COMPLETELY NEW PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.
UM, AND THERE WERE DRAINAGE ISSUES RELATED TO THE ADDITION IN THE BACK.
THE OVERALL STRUCTURE, I BELIEVE IS 1,270 FEET.
ROUGHLY THE ORIGINAL PART WAS NINE 42 AND THE ADDITION OF 336 FEET AT THE BACK WAS BUILT TOO LOW TO THE GROUND.
AND SO IT FLOODS EVERY TIME THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT.
UM, AND THEN IN, IN WANDERING, SO WE WENT AND HAD ESTIMATES DONE ON, ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO THAT RESTORATION.
AND THAT CAME OUT TO ABOUT $240,000.
AND SO THAT SAME BLACK, UM, THAT IT WAS MORE OF AN UNDERTAKING.
YOU, YOU WOULDN'T WIND UP WITH, UM, GOOD VALUE THERE.
AND SO WE SUGGESTED PERHAPS SHE LOOKED INTO REBUILDING IT.
UM, THE HOUSE ITSELF IS A FAIRLY TYPICAL BUNGALOW, ONE OF, UM, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO MANY THAT I'VE RESTORED, UM, AND, AND WORKED ON IN MY CAREER DOING RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
UM, NOT VERY DISTINCTIVE, I SUPPOSE.
IT'S, UM, COULD BE CONSIDERED CRAFTSMAN STYLE BY THE HINT OF A, OF AN ARCHWAY AT THE, THE FRONT PORCH AND PERHAPS THOSE TWO FRONT COLUMNS, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THAT ENDS.
UM, SO AS TO SAY THAT IT'S, UM, HAS DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS AS A CRAFTSMAN, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY A STRETCH.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT EXEMPLIFIES ANY TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN DESIGN.
IT'S A FAIRLY TYPICAL OF FRAME RESIDENTS FROM THAT AREA ERA.
UM, I SEE NO INDICATION THAT IT WOULD, WOULD DISPLAY HIGH ARTISTIC VALUE.
UM, IT SEEMS ARCHITECTURALLY SIMILAR TO MANY, MANY STRUCTURES THAT I'VE WORKED ON IN THE PAST.
UM, IT WASN'T, UM, CONSTRUCTED BY ANYBODY, UM, THAT CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY.
UM, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY SORT OF A, ONE OF A KIND IT'S VERY COMMON FOR HOMES WITH THAT ERA.
UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS, AS MR. KAISER SAID, UM, PROFESSOR RADKE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT STRUCTURE.
AND CERTAINLY, UM, HIS, HIS DAUGHTER INGRID LIVED THERE WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, BUT THEY MOVED ACROSS THE STREET AND, AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S BEEN SAVED AND PRESERVED REALLY IN HIS NAME.
UM, WE DON'T KNOW OF ANY ARCHITECTURAL
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CRITERIA, UM, THE COMMUNITY VALUE, IT'S PRETTY STANDARD FOR, FOR WHAT'S OVER THERE, UH, IN THAT AREA.THERE'S A LOT OF DIVERSITY IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN THE, UH, LANDSCAPING WISE, IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY SIMPLE.
IT'S FLAT LOT LIKE THE OTHERS ADJACENT TO IT.
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NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM D NINE, EIGHT 15.YES, I'M HERE THIS KEVIN FLEMING.
I AM ONE OF THREE, UH, PARTNERS THAT ARE LOOKING AT, UH, THIS HOUSE AT EIGHT 15.
AND, UM, WE HAVE PUT THE HOUSE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE CURRENT OWNER WHO AGREED TO, UM, TO SUBMIT FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT ON THE PROPERTY, KNOWING THAT WE WOULD RAISE THE STRUCTURE, UM, AND TAKE IT TO A NEW LEVEL.
SO COMMISSIONERS, WE UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT SEE THAT REPARATIONS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL ON THIS PART ON THIS HOUSE.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT IT, UH, NUMEROUS WAYS AND THE CONDITION OF THE HOME UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT IN GREAT CONDITION AND TO BRING IT UP TO STANDARDS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TO MEET ENERGY CODES AND OTHER, UM, MODIFICATIONS WOULD BE TOO COSTLY.
UM, WE, WE HAVE OUR, WE HAVE A CONSULTING FIRM.
WE LOVE BEING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY IS FOR BUSINESS USE AND IT WOULD BE USED FOR OUR OFFICES AND PERHAPS WHEN TENANT.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF THE CITY THAT ARE TRYING TO INCREASE DENSITY AT SOME LOCATIONS AND EVEN, UM, PROPOSED ZONING IN THE FUTURE, HAD IT FOR EVEN HIGHER DENSITY THAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED.
AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE A SMALL BUSINESS WE WOULD, UM, IN THIS AREA WE WOULD USE IT ONLY IT'S USED FOR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EIGHT TO FIVE.
AND WHEN WE WENT UNDER CONTRACT, WE, IN ORDER TO EVEN PRESENT THIS TO THE, UH, HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION, WE HAD TO PAY, UH, ARREARS IN TAXES THAT WERE OWED ON THE PROPERTY OF THREE YEARS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE CAN EVEN PRESENT IT TO YOU.
SO OUR COMMITMENT TO TRY TO MAKE THIS WORK IS PRETTY, UH, SIGNIFICANT.
AND WE FEEL LIKE IF WE CAN DO THIS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AND DESIGN A STRUCTURE THAT IS, UM, THAT COMPLIMENTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOME WAY, UM, BRINGING MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO THE, TO THE AREA WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, WE, WE BELIEVED THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THIS, UH, PERMIT TO BE RELEASED SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
AND THERE ARE MANY FACTORS THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE SITE IT'S IT'S NARROW, BUT WE THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE IT WORK WITH A NEW USE FOR THE PROPERTY THAT IS IN LINE WITH THE ZONING.
AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN, UH, ANY INDICATION OF ANY SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL EVIDENCE MAKING THE PROJECT OR THE BUILDING TO BE RETAINED AS IT IS.
UM, THE USE IS, UH, I THINK IS OVER FOR WHAT IT'S CURRENTLY USED FOR AND IN FUTURE USE WOULD BE OFFICE USE.
WELL, WE WILL STAY ON TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY HAS, BUT, UM, THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION.
YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FOLLOW UP AND, UH, POINT OUT THAT THIS WAS ON CONSENT, UH, TO APPROVE THE DEMO.
SO I, I JUST WANT TO SUPPORT THAT APPROVAL.
NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO OPPOSITION.
I'VE LIVED IN THE HOUSE FOR 42 YEARS.
THE STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN 1880, SO IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST HOUSES IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND THE PROPERTY HAS MANY LARGE TREES, INCLUDING A HERITAGE OAK TREE.
AND I FEEL THAT THE HOUSE CURRENTLY FITS IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND A THREE-STORY MODERN, UH, BUILDING WITH PARKING UNDERNEATH IS NOT IN, UH, CONGRUENT WITH THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD.
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UM, I WOULD LIKE TO OPPOSE THE DEVOTION AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.UH, YES, THIS IS PAM GIBLIN AND MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED THE OLD MOFFITT HOUSE FROM HYDE PARK, WHICH OUR HOUSE IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM EIGHT 15.
AND, AND WE, WE RENOVATED THE HOUSE WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CARE AND THIS WHICH IS REALLY CHANGED THE CHARACTER OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHEN I HEAR, OH, IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO RENOVATE OLD HOUSES.
AND AS I SAID, WE, WE MOVED THE MOFFITT HOUSE TO THE SIDE, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS HOUSE.
AND, AND THE IDEA THAT THIS HUNDRED YEAR OLD HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM US IS GOING TO GO AWAY AND BE REPLACED WITH A MODERN STRUCTURE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO FATHOM BECAUSE IT WILL CHANGE THE ENTIRE CHARACTER OF THAT AREA.
UM, MY HUSBAND WAS BORN IN AUSTIN IN 65 AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING TO SEE PEOPLE WHO BUY OLD HOUSES AND ARE WILLING TO PUT THE LABOR AND THE LOVE INTO 16 THE MONTH.
CAUSE WE'VE DONE THAT WITH A NUMBER OF HOUSES AND YES, IT'S NOT THE EASIEST THING, BUT IT IS WELL WORTH IT.
AND SO WE, I OPPOSE THAT DEMOLITION BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO REALLY CHANGE THE WHOLE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT LEVER IS NOT MUTING YOURSELVES.
WE'RE HEARING BACKGROUND NOISE.
PERHAPS CHERYL IS NO LONGER HERE.
UM, BEFORE I BEGIN, MAY I HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT TO BACKUP DOCUMENTS THAT I PRESENTED.
ONE IS A MAP AND THE OTHER IS 20 PHOTOGRAPHS.
I THINK THE COMMISSIONERS CAN ALL HEAR YOU.
BEFORE I BEGIN, CAN I HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE THE 20 PHOTOGRAPH AND THE MAP THAT I PRESENTED THAT I'VE FILED WITH STAFF? YES, SHIRLEY AND WE'LL WORK ON PULLING THAT UP ON THE SCREEN, BUT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START TALKING.
MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE AND ROWE.
I'M A NATIVE AUSTINITE AS WERE BOTH OF MY PARENTS.
I ATTENDED BAKER HIGH SCHOOL ALL THE WAY FROM FIRST GRADE THROUGH NINTH GRADE, I WALKED TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND I WOULD PASS, OH, LADY MOFFETT'S HOUSE ON AVENUE F WHEN HYDE PARK BAPTIST CHURCH WAS DEMOLISHING HOMES IN THE MID SEVENTIES, THE MOFFITT HOUSE BECAME A REFUGEE.
MALCOLM SMITH BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND MOVED IT TO EIGHT OH EIGHT WEST 11TH STREET DUE TO A CORK IN THE NUMBERING EIGHT OH EIGHT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM EIGHT 15, YOUR SUBJECT PROPERTY, MALCOLM PAINSTAKINGLY RESTORED EIGHT OH EIGHT.
AND I MOVED MY OFFICE TO THE SECOND FLOOR IN 1980.
I PROVIDED YOU WITH 20 PHOTOS AND A MAP FOR LOCATION ACROSS THE STREET FROM NUMBERS.
UM, 12 THROUGH 17 IS PS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN REPURPOSED WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR ORIGINAL STRUCTURE.
THE ONLY RESIDENCE THAT I RECALL BEING TOTALLY DEMOLISHED WITH EIGHT 13, BUT EVEN THEN THE APPEARANCE OF THE REBUILD WAS EXTREMELY SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINAL RESIDENTS.
THEY JUST REBUILT AS A TWO-STORY DEMOLITION MADE SENSE BECAUSE THE OLD EIGHT 13 STRUCTURE WAS IN VERY POOR CONDITION, BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE OF EIGHT 15.
I'VE BEEN AN EIGHT, 15, MANY TIMES THROUGH THE YEARS, VIVIAN JANESSA, AND I SHARE A LOVE OF BORDER COLLEAGUES.
SO I'VE VISITED AT 15 HAS HIGH CEILINGS, NICE HARD WOOD FLOORS, HARDWOOD TRIM TRANSCENDS A MASSIVE ATTIC.
IT SITS ON A LARGE LOT WITH A HERITAGE OAK AND A BACK ALLEYWAY.
THE INTERIOR HAS BEEN SHAPED ROCK, BUT VIVIAN, I ONCE TALKED ABOUT CHIP AND JOANNA GAINES AND WACO.
SHE LAUGHED AT JOANNA WOULD BE IN SHIPLAP HEAVEN IF THEY WERE TO RESTORE HER HOUSE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THE APPLICANTS EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT BUYING
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EIGHT 15, IF THEY DIDN'T PLAN TO RESTORE THE RESIDENCE.IT WAS, UH, CALLED AN HISTORIC HOME IN THE LISTING.
EVERYONE ASSUMED IT WOULD BE REPURPOSED INTO OFFICES, JUST LIKE ALL OF THESE OTHER BUILDINGS HAD BEEN REPURPOSED AND KEEPING THE SAME STRUCTURE.
IF I WERE YOUNGER AND LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO OFFICE AND TO RENT OUT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.
IF YOUR APPLICANT HAS DECIDED IT CANNOT MAKE A PROFIT WITHOUT DEMOLISHING THE HOUSE, IT HAS THE OPTION TO WALK AWAY FROM THE DEAL AND IT SHOULD DEMOLISHING EIGHT, 15 WOULD BE A TRAGEDY.
UM, I HAVE AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM AND OUR OFFICES ARE AT EIGHT 17 WEST 11TH.
I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS OF EIGHT 17 WEST 11TH, WHICH IS DIRECTLY WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AND I AM AN OPPOSITION OF THE DEMOLITION.
UM, I WON'T REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT, UH, MY NEIGHBOR, UM, CHARLOTTE AND TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE I THINK SHE GETS TO THE CHARACTER OF THE STREET.
AND AS YOU GO TOWARDS THE COURTHOUSE, UM, IT'S MAINLY BUSINESS, BUT THERE'S STILL A FEW RESIDENCES AND A FEW MULTI, UM, RESIDENTS' PROPERTIES, BUT THEY'RE ALL, UM, BY AND LARGE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW, UM, THAT STREETSCAPE, UM, WHAT YOU SEE AS YOU WALK DOWN THAT STREET IS, UM, IS, IS INTACT.
AND I THINK IT'S IRONIC THAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THIS, UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GUIDELINES, UH, BECAUSE, AND I DID SEND YOU ALL A MEMO AND I HOPE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO READ IT, UM, THAT SOME OF THE THINGS ABOUT STREETSCAPE IS WE CAN'T TAKE AWAY ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS, UM, AND TALK ABOUT BRICKS OR TALK ABOUT A WALL OR A FENCE.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT FRAMES THAT WHOLE KIND OF OUTDOOR SPACE, UM, TO TAKE THIS AWAY.
WE WILL LOSE THAT VISTA ON THIS STREET.
WE'VE ALREADY LOST IT WITH THE BUILDING THAT'S DIRECTLY, UH, TO THE WEST ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE TO BALANCE, AND THE PROBLEM IS IF WE PUT 13 CARS ON THAT LOT, YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF THE PROPERTY.
BUT IF WE COULD SAY EIGHT, UM, CARS COULD GO THERE, THEN YOU CAN, YOU COULD ACTUALLY ADD ONTO THE BUILDING.
YOU COULD CONNECT TO THE ATTIC AND USE THE VERY LARGE ADDICTS SPACE, BUT YOU WOULD KEEP THE FRONT AND THE STREET AND THE SEALED THE BUILDING.
THIS IS JUST A QUICK CARTOON SKETCH, UM, SHOWING THAT I HAVE ACTUALLY OFFERED, UM, TO EVEN USE MY DRIVEWAY AND HAVE AN EASEMENT SO THAT PERHAPS WE ONLY NEED THAT ONE CURB CUT ON 11TH STREET.
SO IF NOTHING ELSE I THINK, AND I KNOW, AND I'VE TALKED TO THE APPLICANT AND I, I REALLY DO FEEL FOR THE SITUATION THEY'RE IN, BUT I THINK THAT WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO BALANCE WHAT WE NEEDED WITH THE TREES, THE PARKING, THE STREET, PARKING, THE STREETS FACADE.
UM, AND SOMEHOW WE PAINTING THAT BUILDING.
UM, I THINK WE COULD COME WITH A COMPROMISE.
THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH IT.
THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO BE AMENABLE.
UM, AND THE NEIGHBORS I THINK WOULD HAVE TO GET TOGETHER.
THE ALLEY IS NOT REALLY FUNCTIONS, BUT THERE'S A DRAINAGE ISSUE.
THE CITY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, UM, THAT I THINK HAS TO BE WORKED THROUGH, UH, BUT TO DEMOLISH THIS WITHOUT A SITE PLAN, WITHOUT A CLEAR IMAGE OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT THIS, UM, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, I THINK IS A SHAME.
I WOULD ALSO HOPE THAT THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION WOULD START TO LOOK AT NOT ONLY GUIDELINES, BUT WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE THESE TRANSITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE DOWNTOWN, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE INCREMENTAL IN TERMS OF YOUR DENSIFICATION AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AND, AND HAVING A SENSE OF WHAT AUSTIN WAS, UM, AND HOW IT RELATED TO THAT ORIGINAL KIND OF PLANTING ITS RELATIONSHIP, EVEN TO THE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE PEAS AND WE HAVE ACC, UM, I, I DO WORD YOU TO LET'S CONSIDER THIS BECAUSE WE'LL LOSE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ONE PROPERTY AT A TIME, AND IT'LL ALWAYS BE BECAUSE WE'RE TOO CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN AND WE NEED THE DENSITY WITHOUT REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO PLAY IN THE FUTURE.
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YOU.THE APPLICANT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BOTTLE IF THEY'D LIKE, IS THE TIMER WORKING FOR INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS? YES.
UH, THIS KEVIN, UH, FLEMING BACK TO, I GUESS, REBUTTAL, WHATEVER.
UM, SO W W WE DID TALK TO DONNA.
WE UNDERSTAND, UM, THERE MAY BE A PATH FORWARD, BUT, UH, ECONOMICALLY UNFORTUNATELY AT THE PRICE POINT FOR THIS PROPERTY, WE'RE JUST, AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SET ALL THIS INTO A BOX WITH THE OWNER.
WHEN WE APPROACHED HER, SHE WAS WILLING TO SIGN THE DEMOLITION PERMIT SO THAT WE COULD OR AGREE TO IT SO THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
IF THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE, THEN I GUESS THIS BUILDING WILL BE DESIGNATED AS HISTORIC, WHICH, UM, I FIND MAYBE A CHALLENGE TO DO, UM, TIMING WISE FOR US.
WE NEED TO FIND THE PATH SO THAT WE CAN, UM, COMPLETE THE DEMOLITION.
AND ALSO WE'LL BE COMING UP WITH PLANS.
WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT THINGS OF, OF HOW TO WORK ON THE SITE AND WE ARE GREAT THAT DONNA HAS APPROACHED US AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS MAY WORK OR THEY MAY NOT WORK.
AND IN ORDER US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
AND I DARE SAY THAT THE ZONING THAT'S IN THAT AREA ALLOWS FOR, UM, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE NEED, UNFORTUNATELY, TO MAKE IT ECONOMICAL.
UM, OTHER PEOPLE MAY HAVE ABILITY TO PURCHASE THAT AND NOT, UH, INCREASE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
BUT, UM, I THINK THE DENSITY OF DOWNTOWN AND THE PROPERTY VALUES ARE SUCH THAT YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE ECONOMICAL THAN TO, UH, DESIGNATE IT AS A HISTORIC, UM, STRUCTURE.
AND SO I WOULD APPEAL TO THE STORY LANDMARK COMMISSION TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN, UM, GET ON ABOUT PLANS AND, UM, FIND A WAY AND PATH TO MAKE THIS WORK.
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TO ITEM D 12 FIVE 14 ACADEMY DERIVE.FIRST IS HUGH, UH, JEFFERSON RANDOLPH, SORRY, HUGH RANDOLPH.
UM, I AM THE ARCHITECT FOR FIVE 14, OR THE HOUSE PROPOSED FOR FIVE 14, UH, ACADEMY.
AND I DON'T KNOW, UH, STAFF, CAN YOU ALL SEE THE RENDERING, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE BUILT THERE? OKAY.
YES, WE CAN SEE THEM IT UP ON THE SCREEN.
I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE DOCUMENT, UM, ATTACHMENTS IN THE LIST, BUT, UM, SO I'M ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT, UM, WHO IS, UH, MOVING BACK TO TEXAS AND IT WILL BE HIS RESIDENCE.
UM, SO HIS PRIMARY IS ONLY RESIDENTS AND, UH, WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF, WE'VE BEEN A BUSINESS NOW FOR OVER 20 YEARS PRACTICE HERE IN AUSTIN.
AND WE DO A COMBINATION OF HISTORIC RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS AS WELL AS NEW HOMES.
UH, MUCH OF OUR WORK HAS BEEN, AND, UH, THE CLARKSVILLE OLD WEST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS TARRYTOWN AND SO FORTH.
AND EVEN WHAT WE DO NEW HOUSES, WE TRIED TO KIND OF BE VERY COMPATIBLE IN BOTH IN SCALE AND CHARACTER.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED DESIGN, UH, ONE OF THE BIG FEATURES IS HAVING A LARGE, WE LOST YOU.
UNFORTUNATE WILL BE SET BACK FROM THAT.
UM, AS A WAY OF KIND OF INTEGRATING IT IN TERMS OF SCALE AND MASSING, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORS, UH, IT'LL BE PRIMARILY A STONE HOUSE AND WE'RE EXPLORING DIFFERENT KINDS OF PATTERNS WITH STONE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND KIND OF IN KEEPING WITH A NUMBER OF THE LITTLE STONE COTTAGES AND LARGER HOMES THAT ARE IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ADD THAT WHILE IT IS NICE TO KEEP THE CHARACTER.
AND WE DO TRY TO KEEP OLD HOUSES IN MANY CASES IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
UM, IT IS OUR INTENT TO KEEP WITH THE COMPATIBILITY, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THE PITCHED ROOF, THE PORCH AND THE OVERALL CHARACTER OF THE SCALE OF THE OPENINGS AND SO FORTH IS MEANT TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDINGS.
I'M A LONG-TERM LOCKTON RESIDENT
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HERE.I'D LIKE TO SECOND THE COMMENTS FROM MR. RANDOLPH HERE.
UM, THE EXISTING HOUSE, UH, DOES NOT QUALIFY EVEN WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, HISTORIC HOUSE, UH, OR THE FINDINGS OF THE COMMISSION AND THE NEW PROPOSED HOUSE IS WELL WITHIN, UH, THE CHARACTER AND THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THIS IS ALSO A RESIDENCE, UH, FOR A, UH, A PERSON THAT IS COMING BACK TO AUSTIN, UH, THAT HAS LIVED HERE BEFORE, AND HE'S LOOKING TO SETTLE DOWN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HE'S FAMILIAR WITH IN THE PAST.
AND, UH, WE ARE BUILDING HIM A HOUSE THAT IS AGAIN, FITTING WITHIN THE NATURE OF THE CHARACTER AS IS HIS INTEREST AS WELL TO, UH, BE A PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS PROJECT.
IN OPPOSITION, WE HAVE PAULA COACHMAN, SORRY TO SPEAK SO MUCH, BUT OUR TRAUMATIZES UNDER SIEGE, AND I'LL TRY NOT TO REPEAT MYSELF.
I REQUEST THE PRICE COMMENT IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT THAT THEIR ARCHITECT DID REACH OUT TO US A FEW DAYS AGO, WHICH WE APPRECIATE AND APPRECIATE THAT THEY WILL TRY TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT MEETS WITH THIS SCALE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER, UM, HOUSES ON THIS STREET.
UM, ONE TO TALK ABOUT OPTION TWO, A TOTAL DEMOLITION ACADEMY DRIVE IS A VERY IMPORTANT STREET IN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND THIS HOUSE IS CURRENTLY A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE.
THE APPLICANT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL.
UH, I RESPECT THIS IS SHE RANDOLPH AGAIN.
AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT WE WILL BE KEEPING THE, UH, STRUCTURE THAT IS IN THE BACK.
UH, MY ACADEMY IS VERY INTERESTING STREET OR PORTIONS OF IT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S A THROUGH BLOCK A LOT, WHICH GOES TO SUNNY LANE, UH, TO THE NORTH.
AND SO IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL PROPERTY, UM, BUT, UH, THERE IS AN EXISTING, UH, CORRUGATED METAL, UH, SHED, AND THAT WILL BE REPURPOSED AS THE GARAGE AND A WORKSHOP.
UH, HE'S AN AVID CYCLIST, SO HE'LL BE USING IT ALSO FOR STORING HIS SITE BICYCLES AND BEING ABLE TO WORK ON THERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT WE ARE CERTAINLY IN FAVOR OF KEEPING STRUCTURES, UH, WHEN WE CAN, WHEN THEY CAN BE REPURPOSED IN A MANNER THAT SUITS, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF CHANGING OF TIME AND CHANGING OF BEADS.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, JUST, WE REALLY LOVE THE ECLECTIC FEEL.
AND AGAIN, UH, BOTH IN SCALE AND CHARACTER AND, UM, THE RENDERING DOESN'T QUITE YET SHOW IT, BUT THE STONEWORK AND PARTICULARLY SOMETHING THAT, UH, I'VE WALKED AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE LAST FEW WEEKS LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT STONE PATTERNS AND SO FORTH.
SO, UM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE, UH, ESPECIALLY THAT, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF ACADEMY DOES HAVE SOME REALLY NICE HOMES.
UM, AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO KIND OF, UH, RETAIN THAT CHARACTER AND NOT COME IN WITH SOMETHING THAT, UM, PERHAPS MIGHT BE BETTER SUITED TO OTHER, UH, NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM D 14, SIX OH FIVE BARTON SPRINGS AVENUE.
WE HAVE THE APPLICANT, PHIL MONCADA, PHIL MONCADA.
ARE YOU HERE? GUESS NOT, THAT WAS THE ONLY SPEAKER FOR THAT ITEM.
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WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO D 15, 1811 DRAKE AVENUE.UH, THE APPLICANT GAVE JOSEPH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? SURE.
SO AC 11 DRAKE IS A CUSTOM HOME FOR FAMILY LONGTIME AUSTIN RESIDENTS.
UM, WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED IS VERY MUCH IN KEEPING WITH WHAT'S BEEN REDEVELOPED ON THAT STREET.
THERE'S A LOT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, UM, FAIRLY MODERN OF MID CENTURY VIBES TO IT, VERY COOL HOUSE.
SO FAR, VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORS THAT, UH, THEY SPOKE TO.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF TREES THAT WERE, UH, HERITAGE ON THE SITE PLAN TO PROTECT THEM.
WE'VE ALREADY NOTED THE ARBORISTS ABOUT THAT FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT.
UM, AND WELCOMING DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT.
NEXT IN OPPOSITION, WE HAVE PAULA COLEMAN.
AGAIN, I'M STICKING UP FOR OPPOSITION AND THAT REASONS STATED PREVIOUSLY, WE JUST WANT DEVELOPERS TO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A NEW HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES.
WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THEM AS HIS, AS CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES THAT THIS HOUSE WERE TAKEN AWAY, THEN IT WOULD NO LONGER BE CONTRIBUTING.
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REACH OUT TO THE OWNERS AND THE APPLICANTS.SHE DISCUSSED OPTIONS TO TOTAL DEMOLITION.
NO ONE HAS CONTACTED US SO FAR FOR THAT DISCUSSION.
MR. JOSEPH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO OFFER A REBUTTAL? YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S, THE HOUSE IS UNDER A THOUSAND FEET, NOT IN GREAT SHAPE.
IT'S NOT PRESENTING ANY ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO OTHER AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXAMPLE OF A VERY SMALL HOUSE FOR LIKE 60 YEARS AGO THAT NOBODY WANTS ANYMORE.
SO I DON'T THINK YOU OWN, AS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ADAPTIVE REUSE OR PICKING IT UP AND MOVING IT SOMEPLACE ELSE OR DOING ANYTHING ELSE WITH IT FOR A LOT OF REASONS ECONOMICALLY.
UM, CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY IN STEP WITH THAT ANYMORE.
THERE'S A LOT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION AND FRANKLY, THE STREETS SORT OF MOVED ON FROM WHATEVER A HISTORIC DISTRICT MAY EXIST NEARBY.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL, UM, SO HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT, BUT DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE GOING THROUGH THE BRAIN DAMAGE OF DELAYING ANY OF THIS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY NOBODY'S INTERESTED IN KEEPING IT THANKS.
I J I LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT.
THIS IS A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE AND A BRAND NEW HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT PEOPLE WORKED ON FOR 15 YEARS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, TO MENTION THAT TO THE, TO THE APPLICANT.
LET'S SAY LAST CHANGED OVER THERE IN 15 YEARS.
[D16. HDP-2020-0440 – Discussion 416 W. 12th Street Council District 9 (Part 1 of 3)]
TO D 16, WHICH IS FOUR, FOUR 16 WEST 12TH STREET.MICHAEL WHALEN, ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, I'M HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA CASE AT FOUR 16 WEST 12TH.
I WANTED TO OPEN UP THE DISCUSSION AT A HIGH LEVEL AT ITS CORE.
I THINK THIS CASE IS ABOUT TWO THINGS.
I THINK IT IS ABOUT HOW WE BALANCE OUR PRIORITIES AS A CITY, INCLUDING PUTTING FORWARD THOUGHTFUL DESIGNS AND PLANS WHILE ALSO MEETING OUR GOAL, OUR GROWING HOUSING NEEDS.
IMPORTANTLY, I ALSO THINK IT IS ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH OUR LAND USE POLICIES AS A CITY OFTEN CATCH FOLKS IN UNSUSPECTING BUYING.
WE KNOW AUSTIN HAS SIGNIFICANT HOUSING NEEDS AND DOWNTOWN IS CRITICAL TO MEETING THOSE NEEDS.
IT IS ONE OF THE AREAS OF THE CITY IN WHICH THERE IS A BROAD CONSENSUS THAT INCREASE IS BOTH APPROPRIATE AND BRYCE, AND IN WHICH PROPERTIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM LIKE THIS ONE, WHICH HAS BEEN A KEY FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE CITY'S HOMELESSNESS EFFORTS AT THE SAME TIME, DOWNTOWN IS ALSO THE OLDEST PART OF BOSTON, THEREBY CREATING THIS TENSION.
THE CITY HAS LOOKED TO ENSURE THAT THIS GROWTH IS ACCOMPANIED BY THOUGHTFUL DESIGN.
THAT CREATES A VIBRANT STREET-LEVEL SPACE AND COMMEMORATES THE PROPERTIES LONG LIFE.
THIS IS A, THIS IS THE BALANCE THAT OUR DOWNTOWN PROJECTS LOOK TO PROVIDE.
AND THAT IS THE BALANCE THAT WE BELIEVE WE HAVE MET WITH OUR PROPOSAL FOR THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SITE, THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL, AS YOU MAY KNOW, IS A WOMAN LED ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS FEMALE EDUCATORS AND THEIR CURRENT OFFICE BUILDING IS A SUBJECT OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION.
ALTHOUGH DKG HAS OPERATED OUT OF THE OFFICES FOR MANY YEARS, IT IS NOT THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATION.
INSTEAD, WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE SECOND POINT I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE WAY IN WHICH OUR LAND USE POLICIES AS A CITY OFTEN CATCH FOLKS IN UNSUSPECTING BY THIS SITE IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
IT WAS PLACED ON THERE THROUGH THE WORK OF A UT ARCHITECTURE STUDENT.
SHE APPROACHED THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA TO TAKE IT ON AS A CLASS PROJECT.
AND THEY WANTED TO SUPPORT HER GROWTH AND DEVELOP.
IT WAS NOT CLEAR TO DKG AT THE TIME THAT A PROCESS THEY SAW IS CELEBRATING THEIR ORGANIZATION COULD LATER END UP IMPACTING THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE STRATEGIC DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR RESOURCES AND ULTIMATELY ENDANGERING THEIR ABILITY TO DELIVER ON THEIR MISSION AND VISION.
IN FACT, DKG SPECIFICALLY ASKED IN WRITING THE NATIONAL REGISTER COORDINATOR FOR THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, WHO WROTE BACK TO THEM AS FOLLOWS QUOTE LISTING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER IMPOSES ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND QUOTE, NO RESTRICTIONS WAS IN ALL CAPS.
AND THAT CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE NATIONAL REGISTER COORDINATOR, THIS IS A CRITICAL JUNCTURE FOR DELTA KAPPA GAMMA.
AS YOU WILL HEAR IN A MOMENT, THEY'RE LOOKING TO REVITALIZE THE ORGANIZATION AND PRIORITIZE THEIR RESOURCES IN WAYS THAT EXPAND THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND DELIVER ON THEIR MISSION.
THIS CASE IS A CRITICAL PART OF THAT PLAN.
AND WE WOULD ASK, DID YOU SUPPORT DELTA KAPPA GAMMA'S ABILITY TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT PLAN? WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PLAN STRIKES THE RIGHT BALANCE,
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BOTH FOR DELTA KAPPA GAMMA AND FOR THE CITY.IT WOULD EMPOWER DKG TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND THRIVE AND WOULD PROVIDE INCREASED HOUSING IN AUSTIN DOWNTOWN WHILE ALSO ENSURING A VIBRANT STREETSCAPE THAT INCORPORATES DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT EVOKE AND COMMEMORATE THE EXISTING BUILDING.
WE HOPE THAT YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, IN PLACE OF THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO TO PLAY.
I BELIEVE THE, UM, VOICES YOU'LL HEAR ARE FROM NITA SCOTT AND BECKY SADOWSKI.
COMMISSIONERS, BEAR WITH US FOR JUST A MINUTE.
ARE THEY SPEAKERS THAT WE COULD HEAR WHILE YOU'RE WORKING ON THERE? YES, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE QUICKLY TO ITEM D 2014, 14 ALAMEDA DRIVE, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO ITEM D 60 WHEN WE HAVE OUR VIDEOS.
[D20. HDP-2020-0453 – Offered for consent approval 1414 Alameda Drive Council District 9 (Part 1 of 2)]
WE HAVE, UH, IS THE APPLICANT EDUARDO PONCE HERE? UH, NO, THIS IS JASON FRY WITH FORESIGHT STUDIO SPEAKING.SORRY, STATE YOUR NAME ONCE MORE.
UH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO THE ITEM.
UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PULLING A DEMO PERMIT FOR 14, 14 ALAMEDA.
UH, WE'RE AWARE THAT THE SR CC HAS JUST RECENTLY BEEN DESIGNATED A HISTORIC, UH, AREA.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WE'VE WORKED REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD GRAY.
I'VE REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE ON SR.
SO SHE'S TALKING ABOUT DESIGN STANDARDS AND HOW YOU FIT BETTER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM SINCE MID-OCTOBER.
SO WE ARE LOOKING NOW TO THEN WITH THE CURRENT STRUCTURE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE, BUT IN OUR RESEARCH, WE FOUND THAT THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1932 WAS ACTUALLY BURIED BENEATH A MUCH LATER EDITION.
UM, THE OWNER IS PROPOSING TO REMOVE THE EXISTING BUILDING THAT HAS SOME PRETTY SEVERE FOUNDATIONAL PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH AS FAR AS ADDING ON AND RENOVATING THAT STRUCTURE AND DOING SO IN A SAFE MANNER.
UH, HE'S CURRENTLY LOOKING AT REBUILDING THE STRUCTURE TO ALSO MOVE THE EXISTING BUILDING OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, SHARES ZONES OF THE TREE.
THERE WERE SEVERAL PROTECTED TREES ON THE SITE.
UM, THE GOAL IS TO REMOVE ANY CONSTRUCTION THAT IS IN THE HALF GRIPPER ZONES OUT OF THOSE ZONES, AND TO BUILD A STRUCTURE THAT RESPONDS TO THE TREES ON THE SITE, UH, THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND OF COURSE THE DESIGN STANDARDS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, IT'S OUR GOAL TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WE GO FORWARD.
UM, I HAVE SOME EMAILS FROM PAULA KAUFMANN TALKING ABOUT SENDING THEM DESIGN STANDARDS AND SENDING THEM WHAT OUR DESIGNERS, AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IT.
UH, THE OWNERS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DESIGN, HE'S BOUGHT THE HOUSE FOR HIS SON.
WHO'S MOVING INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HIS FAMILY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING DOWN ROOTS FOR THE NEXT MANY YEARS AS POSSIBLE.
IN OPPOSITION, WE HAVE PAULA COSSMAN AGAIN.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, ONE IS TO THANK THE ARCHITECT FOR SENDING ME PLANS LATER THIS AFTERNOON, BUT I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM.
SO WE'D LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS OPTIONS TO TOTAL DEMOLITION.
AND ONCE YOU APPLAUD ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON THE WONDERFUL DESIGN STANDARDS THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO USE AND APPLY AND HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW SOME OF THESE, UM, WE REMODELS OF SOME OF THESE OLDER HOUSES, THEY MAKE THEM FIT THE MODERN LIFE MORE, BUT RETAIN SOME OF THE HISTORIC CHARACTER, BECAUSE
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ACTUALLY THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN THOSE TYPES OF HOUSES.THE APPLICANT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BOTTLE THEY'D LIKE ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE ARE VERY AWARE OF THOSE FACTORS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE OWNER DOESN'T FEEL SAFE RAISING A FAMILY IN A HOUSE WITH A COMPROMISED FOUNDATION.
AND SO HIS GOAL IS TO TAKE DOWN THE STRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY THE NON-PERFORMING STRUCTURE, THAT'S IN THE FRONT TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT DOES HONOR THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF THAT INPUT.
UM, HE, BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR DOWN THE LINE, HE'S REQUESTING THE DEMO FROM THAT SO THAT WE CAN REALLY GET INTO DEFINITELY THE ACTUAL DESIGN BEFORE IT TURNS OUT THAT HE IS NOT ABLE TO LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT WE'RE, HIS PARENTS HAD GROWN UP.
WE ARE STILL WAITING ON A VIDEO TO DOWNLOAD.
UM, IF YOU CAN JUST HANG ON FOR A MINUTE, WE WILL HAVE THE VIDEO UP AS SOON AS WE CAN FOR ITEM D 16, WE'RE GETTING ON HERE.
IT'S EIGHT 46 AND WE HAVEN'T TAKEN UP ANY OF THE CASES YET.
YOU'RE SIGNED UP FOR THE SAME ITEM.
UM, WE HAD MICHAEL LELAND SIGN UP TO SPEAK AND THE OTHER SPEAKERS ARE SPEAKING ON THE VIDEOS.
UM, UNLESS, UH, MICHAEL, YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CHANGE THE ORDER OF THINGS.
NO, WE HAD THE VIDEO DONE SPECIFICALLY IN THE FORMAT THAT, UH, YOU TOLD US, WE'D LIKE TO SHOW IT.
IT HAS THE ARCHITECTURE TALKING HAS THE CHAIR OF DKG ALONG WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
CAN WE GO AHEAD WITH OUR AGENDA? CAN WE GO AHEAD WITH OUR AGENDA AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES FIGURED OUT, HAVE THAT COME IN AND INTERRUPT THE AGENDA? YES.
AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN OUR VIDEOS ARE READY.
SHOULD WE BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON OUR, ON IT WITHOUT YOU GOING FORWARD WITH THE AGENDA? SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ANY LONGER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IF IT NEEDS TO COME UP, I GUESS WE COULD, WE COULD HAVE YOU SPEAK.
WE HAD TWO PEOPLE GIVE UP THEIR POSITIONS SPEAKING TO HAVE THIS VIDEO.
IS THAT CORRECT? MICHAEL WHALEN? WE HAVE, WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE ON THE LINE THAT ARE PRESENT AND HAD PREPARED THE VIDEO FOR THEM TO USE THE VIDEO AS THEY'RE SPEAKING FOR THEM.
D IS, CAN WE LISTEN TO, CAN WE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO SPEAK? THEY WANT TO SPEAK.
WE WANT TO TAKE THOSE UP NOW WHILE THEY'RE WORKING
[D16. HDP-2020-0440 – Discussion 416 W. 12th Street Council District 9 (Part 2 of 3)]
POSITION.WE ONLY HAVE ALISON SIGN UP IN OPPOSITION.
ALISON, IF YOU'RE READY, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
CAN WE HELP THE PERSON WITH THE DOG? MEET YOURSELF? MUTE THE DOG.
I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF PRESERVATION AUSTIN, AND WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF FOUR 16 WEST 12TH STREET.
THEY DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY, INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AND ENCOURAGE EITHER AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION FOR THE PROPERTY OR THAT THE ATLANTA HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION SUPPORT HISTORIC ZONING FOR THE SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY.
IN ADDITION TO ALREADY BEING LISTED INDIVIDUALLY LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
THE PROPERTY ALSO MEETS TWO OF THE LOCAL CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION, THOSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ARCHITECTURE.
THIS SOCIETY WAS FOUNDED IN 1929 BY A UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PROFESSOR DR.
ANNIE BLANTON TO ENCOURAGE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN IN EDUCATION.
SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MAKING HER THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO A STATE AT TEXAS STATE OFFICE.
THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN WOMEN'S HISTORY.
AS AN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY WOMEN TO SUPPORT WOMEN AT A TIME WHEN SUCH SUPPORT WAS SCARCELY FOUND ELSEWHERE.
WOMEN ARE TYPICALLY LEFT OUT OF HISTORICAL NARRATIVES AND UNDERREPRESENTED AMONGST, UH, PROTECTED HERITAGE SITES LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.
THE 1955 BUILDING IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF POST-WAR MODERN DESIGNED BY CUNY BROOKS AND BAR
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AND FEATURES AND INTERNATIONAL STYLES FACADE.THE WOMEN OF DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOUGHT TO ACCOMMODATE A DIVERSE RANGE OF FUNCTIONS THAT THEIR EVER GROWING ORGANIZATION DEMANDED.
THIS NATIONAL REGISTER BUILDING ALSO HAS ALSO BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR INDOLENT INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK STATUS, AND THE RECENTLY COMPLETED HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY OF DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, A PROJECT SPONSORED BY THE OLD AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY A CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANT RECEIVED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE MATCHING MATCHING GRANTS FOR PRESERVATION AUSTIN.
WE SUPPORTED THE COMMUNITY'S HARD FOUGHT EFFORTS WITH THE 2020 PRESERVATION MERIT AWARD THIS FALL FOR THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE.
THE CITY REALLY MUST STAND BY ITS HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEYS TO PROTECT OUR SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS AND LANDMARKS.
WE CAN'T AUSTIN CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE THIS PIECE OF WOMEN'S HISTORY OR AFFORD TO LOSE ANOTHER POTENTIAL LANDMARK LOCAL LANDMARK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND OFFER YOU DO ALL THAT YOU DO TO PROTECT OFFICE HERITAGE.
THANK YOU, ALISON ANGELA, THERE ARE OTHER SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION.
THERE ARE NO IN OPPOSITION OR ARE WAITING FOR A VIDEO TO DOWNLOAD AND NEED ABOUT 60 SECONDS.
I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THE REBUTTAL.
WE'LL HEAR IN A MOMENT FROM, UH, THE DKG LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW, TELL YOU THAT THE FOUNDERS DR.
BLAINE NEVER, UH, UNFORTUNATELY NEVER SMOKED, PUT IN A BUILDING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
SHE, THEY WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT IN CONCUR, THAT'S SUPPORTING WOMEN IN HISTORY, A VITAL AND IMPORTANT LEGACY THAT DR.
BLANK, BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT DR.
BLAINE'S LEGACY AND BEING FORWARD, LOOKING AND FORWARD THINKING AS AN ORGANIZATION, THE APPLICATION IS BEING BROUGHT ON BEHALF OF DKG AS A WAY TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO GO FULL UP BASIS.
SO AGAIN, UH, AS I MENTIONED, THE NATIONAL REGISTER COORDINATOR, WHEN I ASKED SPECIFICALLY IN WRITING WHETHER, UH, AND THIS IS FROM DKG BACK IN 2011, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT RESTRICTIONS OR IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE ON THE PROPERTY? WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING THIS DISTINCTION? THE NATIONAL REGISTER COORDINATOR FOR HIS HISTORY PROGRAMS DIVISION AT THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION WROTE LISTING AS A NATIONAL REGISTER AND POSES.
ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTIONS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THE ADVANTAGE TO YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD BE THE FORMAL RECOGNITION OF YOUR ORGANIZATION AND ITS HEADQUARTER SIGNIFICANCE BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION PERIOD.
SO AGAIN, WE WOULD ASK THAT, UH, THIS IS NOT BEING REPRIMANDED FOR, UH, HISTORICAL DESIGNATION AND THE DEMOLITION PROBABLY BE RELEASED.
AND I GUESS THAT'S MY REBUTTAL AND I'LL WAIT FOR A STAFF TO CUE UP THE VIDEO.
IS THE VIDEO READY? FIRST ONE IS READY.
CAN YOU SEE THAT? NO, THERE'S NOTHING ON THE SCREEN YET.
FINALLY CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS BECKY SADOWSKY AND I'M PRESIDENT OF THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY.
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INTERNATIONAL.WE ARE PROFESSIONAL HONOR SOCIETY FOUNDED TO SUPPORT WOMEN EDUCATORS AROUND THE WORLD.
I RECOGNIZE THAT MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION TODAY WILL LIKELY BE ABOUT THE BUILDING THAT WE HAVE WORKED IN FOR PART OF OUR TIME AS AN ORGANIZATION.
BUT I WANTED TO SPEND JUST A FEW MOMENTS INTRODUCING YOU TO DELTA KAPPA GAMMA, AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, DELTA KAPPA GAMMA IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ON WEST 12TH STREET, BUT WE WERE ACTUALLY FOUNDED AT THE WOMEN'S FACULTY CLUB ON UTS CAMPUS IN 1929 BY A STRONG WOMAN TRAILBLAZER DR.
ANNIE WEB BLEND AT A TIME WHEN WOMEN FACED EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH PROFESSIONAL BARRIERS, DR.
BLANTON EARNED HER DOCTORATE BECAME THE THIRD WOMAN EVER PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN EVER ELECTED TO STATEWIDE OFFICE IN TEXAS AS THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, SHE WAS BOTH A LEADER AND A TRAILBLAZER.
AND WITH DELTA KAPPA GAMMA, SHE WANTED TO TRY TO KEEP THAT DOOR OPEN FOR OTHER WOMEN EDUCATORS TO SUPPORT THEIR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT.
SHE ALSO NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
WE MOVED INTO IT OVER A DECADE AFTER SHE PASSED AWAY.
I MENTIONED ALL OF THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHO WE ARE.
AND THAT ORGANIZATION IS MORE THAN A BUILDING.
OUR ORGANIZATION IS THE VISION THAT DR.
BLEN HAD TO DEVELOP AND EMPOWER WOMEN EDUCATORS AROUND THE WORLD.
AND IT IS THE WORK THAT WE DO EVERY DAY TO MAKE THAT VISION A REALITY.
AND THIS PROJECT IS KEY TO CONTINUING TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION.
WE ARE AT A CRITICAL POINT IN DELTA KAPPA GAMMA'S LIFE.
OUR ORGANIZATION HAS SHRUNK FROM ROUGHLY 166,000 MEMBERS IN THE 1990S TO BELOW 60,000 TODAY, WHICH MAKES THESE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO STRATEGICALLY DEPLOY OUR RESOURCES SO IMPORTANT TO OUR FUTURE.
I, ALONG WITH OTHER LEADERS AND ACTIVELY WORKING ON EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DELIVER ON DR.
AND A CRITICAL PIECE OF THAT HAS BEEN OUR DECISION TO PARTNER WITH THE APPLICANT, NOT JUST TO SELL THEM THE PROPERTY, BUT ALSO TO THINK THROUGH WAYS THAT THE PROJECT CAN HONOR THE LEGACY OF DR.
BLANTON AND THE WOMEN WHO FOUNDED DELTA KAPPA GAMMA AT THE UT WOMEN'S FACULTY CLUB.
WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK OUR PREDECESSORS HAVE UNDERTAKEN.
AND WITH THIS PROJECT AND RENEWED FINANCIAL STRENGTH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HONORING THEM BY BUILDING ON THEIR LEGACY AND DELIVERING ON THEIR VISION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN YOU TODAY.
I'M NITA SCOTT, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL AS MY COLLEAGUE, BECKY SADOWSKY DISCUSSED DR.
ANNIE WEB PLAN FOUNDED DELTA KAPPA GAMMA AT THE UT WOMEN'S FACULTY CLUB ON UTS CAMPUS IN 1929.
AND SINCE THEN, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON DELIVERING ON DR.
BLANTON'S VISION OF EMPOWERING PROFESSIONAL FEMALE EDUCATORS.
OUR CURRENT OFFICES WERE BUILT OVER TWO AND A HALF DECADES AFTER OUR FOUNDING AND OVER A DECADE AFTER DR.
BLANTON PASSED AWAY, WE HAVE ENJOYED WORKING FROM THIS OFFICE SPACE, BUT THE COST TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDING INCREASES EVERY YEAR.
AND WE'RE SENSITIVE TO PRIORITIZING OUR MEMBERS DUES ON EFFORTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR MISSION AND VISION OF SUPPORTING WOMEN EDUCATORS.
I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS STRUCTURE IS CURRENTLY LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT OF THAT APPLICATION.
THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, APPLICATION FOR DELTA KAPPA GAMMA ACTUALLY CAME FROM THAT SAME DESIRE TO HELP WOMEN GROW AND DEVELOP PROFESSIONALLY.
IT WAS A CLASS PROJECT FOR AN ARCHITECTURE STUDENT IN 2011, WHO PRESENTED THE IDEA AND TOOK ON THE PROJECT OF PREPARING THE APPLICATION.
WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE AND SUPPORTING THE ABILITY OF YOUNG WOMEN
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TO TAKE INITIATIVE AND DEVELOP PROFESSIONALLY IS CORE TO THAT WORK, OUR LEADERSHIP VIEWED THE APPLICATION WITHIN THAT CONTEXT.I DON'T THINK IT WAS CLEAR TO OUR ORGANIZATION AT THE TIME THAT WHAT WE VIEWED AS A CELEBRATION OF THE VALUE OF OUR LEGACY AND THE WORK WE DO WOULD ACTUALLY BECOME A DISCUSSION OF THE VALUE OF OUR OFFICE BUILDING.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH OF THE CRITERIA THE CITY HAS ESTABLISHED FOCUSES IN LARGE PART ON THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SHARED THIS CONTEXT WITH YOU, AS WELL AS BECKY SAID EARLIER, DELTA KAPPA GAMMA IS MORE THAN A BUILDING.
IT IS OUR VISION, OUR MISSION, OUR MEMBERS, AND THE WORK WE'VE DONE AND WILL DO.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT BEST POSITIONS, DELTA KAPPA GAMMA, TO DELIVER ON THAT VISION.
WHILE ALSO PARTNERING WITH AN APPLICANT WHO RESPECTS WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WANTS TO INCORPORATE WAYS TO HONOR THAT LEGACY.
I THINK THE PROJECT WE HAVE PUT FORWARD IS THE BEST WAY TO MEET BOTH OF THOSE GOALS.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I'M CLAIRE LUMBER PRINCIPAL WITH SEB ARCHITECTS.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR BECKY AND NITA'S VISION AND AMBITION FOR DKG TAKE A MOMENT TO STEP BACK AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR VISION FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF.
OUR CITIES ARE ASSEMBLIES OF THE PAST, BOTH AN ACTIVE AND SUBTLE WAYS.
ALTHOUGH AS ARCHITECTS, WE LIKE TO THINK OF EACH ERA AS ITS OWN CHAPTER.
THE REALITY IS THAT EACH MOMENT BLURS INTO THE NEXT DAY, YEAR AND DECADE, WHERE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS ARE INSPIRED AND INFLUENCED BY THOSE SOLUTIONS THAT CAME BEFORE.
WE'RE AT A MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE THE PROMISE OF AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TO BE INFLUENCED AND INSPIRED BY THE SUCCESS OF A STRONG WOMAN, LOOKING FOR A VOICE AND SUPPORT IN HER OWN TIME.
ANY BLATANT WAS DRIVEN BY AMBITION AND ACHIEVEMENT AND EMPOWERED OTHER WOMEN THROUGH HER ACTIONS AND HER ORGANS AND HER ORGANIZATION.
ANNIE WAS NOT LOOKING FOR A TROPHY THROUGH THE BUILDING THAT ULTIMATELY HOUSED HER GROUP AFTER HER DEATH.
RATHER, SHE WANTED TO SEE HER PEERS ACHIEVE AND BE RECOGNIZED AS A WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN AT SIMILAR CROSSROADS AS ANNIE.
I SEE THIS NEW PROJECT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO ONE OF AUSTIN'S PAST INFLUENCERS.
OUR VISION FOR THE SITE IS TO OPEN IT UP TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, CREATE A RESPITE OF REFLECTION FOR THOSE WHO COME TO VISIT WHERE THE ORGANIZATION BEGAN AND FOR EXPANDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS, UH, LOCAL AMENITIES.
AS WE SEEK TO CREATE A CAREFULLY CURATED BUILDING, ALONG WITH A REFERENCE TO THE PAST ORGANIZATION, THAT SOFT GATHERING SPACES, CAMPING COMMUNITY, AND ACTIVATE THE GROUND FLOOR.
THE IMAGES IN FRONT OF YOU ON PAGE TWO, SEEK TO ELICIT THE INSPIRATION OF MID-CENTURY MODERN, THE GRACIOUSNESS OF BEAUTIFUL MATERIALS THAT OPEN UP TO SOFT GARDENS AND PLACES OF GATHERING THAT LEAD TO ACTIVATION OF THE STREET AROUND THOR AND NEIGHBORHOOD.
I TURN IT OVER TO KELLY SUMMERS WHO WILL PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF HOW WE PROPOSE ORGANIZING THE PROJECT AS ILLUSTRATED ON PAGE THREE.
I'M KELLY SUMMERS, PROJECT MANAGER AT SCB BUILDING ON THAT OVERALL VISION FOR THE PROJECT THAT CLARA OUTLINED.
THIS PLAN SEEKS TO BALANCE REUSE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING MATERIALS AND COMMEMORATION OF DKG HISTORY WITH A THOUGHTFUL ARRANGEMENT OF PROGRAM ELEMENTS TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS.
WE'RE PROPOSING ACTIVE USES ALONG THE TWO MAJOR STREET.
FRONTAGE IS RETAIL WOULD ANCHOR THE CORNER OF THE SITE SHOWN ON THIS DIAGRAM IN PURPLE.
THIS WOULD HELP REINVIGORATE 12TH STREET AS A VIBRANT PEDESTRIAN DESTINATION, NOT SIMPLY A COMMUTER BOULEVARD, DEPRIORITIZES PRIORITIZES VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
THE RESIDENTIAL LOBBY SHOWN HERE IN YELLOW IS TUCKED AROUND THE CORNER OFF OF QUIETER SAN ANTONIO STREET, PROVIDING A MORE INTIMATE FRONT DOOR FOR RESIDENTS.
ALL OF THE SERVICE AND SUPPORT FUNCTIONS FOR THE PROJECT ARE LOCATED ALONG THE ALLEY AND INTERNAL HOTLINE, HIDING THEM FROM VIEW AND MAXIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF FRONTAGE AVAILABLE FOR ACTIVE PEDESTRIAN USES ALONG THE MAJOR STREETS ON THE PLAN.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHERE WE ARE PROPOSING THE INTEGRATION OF MATERIALS FROM THE EXISTING BUILDING.
WE'RE INDICATING IN RED, WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO REUSE THE EXISTING MARBLE AND BRICK AS BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR FEATURE WALLS CAREFULLY WOVEN INTO THE NEW DESIGN.
FINALLY, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT AUSTIN IS A CITY THAT LOVES ITS OUTDOOR GATHERING SPACES.
WE'RE PROPOSING A VARIETY OF LANDSCAPED AREAS THAT SUPPORT THE BROADER DESIGN GOALS AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE.
WE'RE SHOWING A QUIET COMMEMORATIVE GARDEN THAT OFFERS A SPOT FOR THE PUBLIC AND DKG MEMBERS TO GATHER AND REFLECT ON THE HISTORY AND ONGOING MISSION OF DKG
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AT THE BUSIER CORNER OF, AND SAN ANTONIO, OUR RETAIL TERRORISTS AND CASCADING STEPS PROVIDE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO LINGER AND ENJOY THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THAT.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JUSTIN PETERSON TO PRESENT OUR DESIGN FOR THE FACADES.
I'M A PROJECT DESIGNER WITH A CB ARCHITECTS ON THIS SLIDE.
WE SEE A CONCEPTUAL RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED 12TH STREET ELEVATION ILLUSTRATING A NEW GATHERING SPACE AT THE CORNER.
BUT THIS INITIAL CONCEPT, WE ARE MAINTAINING THE SPIRIT OF THE EXISTING DKG G BUILDING BY ADOPTING THE MID CENTURY MODERN LANGUAGE, STRONG HORIZONTAL LINES, WHILE PRIORITIZING OPENING THE CORNER OF THE SITE TO A MORE COMMUNITY-MINDED ACTIVE AND TRANSPARENT USE IN THE FOREGROUND ON THE LEFT, WE CAN SEE A LARGE TERRACE WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN CONGREGATE IN A SHADED AND SHELTERED OUTDOOR ROOM AT THE CENTER OF THE IMAGE, THE REPURPOSE TANS BRICK AND PINK MARBLE OF THE EXISTING DKG BUILDING IS VISIBLE IN THE INTERIOR RETAIL SPACE.
AS KELLY MENTIONED, THE DKG COMMEMORATIVE GARDEN WOULD BE LOCATED TO THE RIGHT OF THIS IMAGE.
WE ANTICIPATE DESIGNING THIS AS A QUIET SHADED SANCTUARY SPACE FOR REFLECTION BUFFERED FROM THE BUSTLE OF 12TH STREET AND THE MORE ACTIVE PUBLIC TERRORISTS AT THE CORNER ON THE LEFT.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE SEE AN INITIAL CONCEPT FOR THE SAN ANTONIO ELEVATION, WHERE AGAIN, WE ARE PRIORITIZING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BY ANCHORING THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH AN OPEN TERRACE AT THE CORNER TO THE RIGHT THAT GENTLY FLOWS TOWARD THE NORTH WITH A SERIES OF ELONGATED STEPS.
ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE INTENTIONALLY ECHOING THE EXISTING DKG BUILDINGS, MID CENTURY MODERN LANGUAGE WITH STRONG HORIZONTAL LINES AND A CANOPY STRUCTURE THAT MAINTAINS A MORE INTIMATE PEDESTRIAN SCALE AT THE GROUND LEVEL OR CREATING A SOFT OR MORE COMMUNITY-MINDED STREET PRESENCE AT THE CENTER OF THE IMAGE.
THE REPURPOSE TAN BRICK OF THE EXISTING BUILDING IS AGAIN, VISIBLE ON THE EXTERIOR AND TO THE RIGHT.
THE PINK MARBLE IS VISIBLE ON THE INTERIOR.
UH, THE RETAIL SPACE TO THE LEFT OF THE IMAGE.
WE'RE CREATING A NEW RESIDENTIAL LOBBY AND AN OUTDOOR ARRIVAL ROOM AS A QUIETER AND MORE PRIVATE SPACE BUFFERED FROM THE ACTIVE PUBLIC SPACES AT THE CORNER OF 12TH AND SAN ANTONIO.
AND FINALLY, ON THE LAST SLIDE, WE HAVE THE PRELIMINARY MASSING ELEVATIONS ILLUSTRATING THE OVERALL RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM INTENT FOR THE SITE.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS EXCITING PROJECT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK.
UM, I THINK WE'VE HEARD ALL THE SPEAKERS AND WE HAVE HAD THE REBUTTAL.
THAT WAS THE END OF THE TWO VIDEOS AND END OF OUR SPEAKER LIST.
I CAN SHARE MY, MY ACCOUNT SAYS THERE'S 18 CASES AHEAD OF US.
WE HAVE LESS THAN AN HOUR BEFORE OUR 10 O'CLOCK.
UM, IF THAT SEARCH RIGHT, IT'S ABOUT THREE MINUTES PER CASE, EVEN IF WE GO FOR ANOTHER HOUR, THAT'S GOING TO BE SIX AND IT'S PER CASE.
SO I DO THINK THAT IF WE CAN GET A PRESENTATION THAT'S EXPEDITED LIKE LAST TIME.
AND IF WE CAN COME TO A QUICK UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OUR ACTION MIGHT BE, WE SHOULD TAKE THE CASE AND FINISH IT.
OTHERWISE I DO THINK WE NEED TO POST ON, OKAY.
I'LL TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT.
EVEN OUR INVITATION, IF WE COULD GO PAST 10 O'CLOCK IF WE HAD A MOTION TO EXTEND PAST 10, THAT CORRECT.
WE TAKE THAT MOTION AT 10 O'CLOCK OR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE 10 O'CLOCK.
AND HOW LONG CLASS 10 CAN WE STAFF? I THINK YOU CAN EXTEND THE MEETING FOR AS LONG AS YOU THINK NECESSARY.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN GO ON FOR A MARATHON.
I THINK ANOTHER HOUR IS PROBABLY ABOUT ALL I CAN STAND, BUT LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
WELL, WE'VE GONE ON UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK BEFORE, BUT UM, NOT IN FRONT OF, UH, NOT ON ZONE.
[A1. HDP-2020-0293 – 2816 San Pedro Street – Discussion (Part 2 of 2)]
TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, A ONE 28 16 SAN PEDRO STREET.AND WE'VE HAD THE APPLICANT SPEAK TO THIS, PLEASE.
STAFF WE'VE, UH, EXPEDITE YOUR PRESENTATION AS REQUESTED CERTAINLY COMMISSIONER, UM, ITEM A ONE IS AN APPLICATION TO DEMOLISH A CIRCUIT 1924 HOUSE.
THE COMMISSION INITIATED HISTORIC ZONING BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS VERY QUICK.
AS FAR AS THE PRESENTATION GOES, UM, 28
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16 SAN PEDRO STREET WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR THE WISE FAMILY AROUND 1924.ELLEN WISE WAS A PROMINENT WRITER, EDITOR AND BUSINESS OWNER IN AUSTIN.
SHE EDITED THE SOCIETY SECTION OF THE STATEMENT, THEN ESTABLISHED GOSSIP ADVERTISING IN 1911, BY THE 1920S GOSSIP HAD GROWN INTO A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN ADDITION TO OWNING AND OPERATING SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, WHICH WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR A WOMAN IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.
WHY IS USED FOR TALENT AND CHARISMA TO REACH OUT TO OTHER WOMEN WRITERS BY THE TEXAS PRESS ROOMS ASSOCIATION, TO QUILL CLUBS AND OTHER VARIED, UH, MARKETING AND ADVERTISING COMMUNITIES TARGETED TOWARDS WOMEN.
WIVES IS HONORED BY MAYOR AP WOOLDRIDGE FOR HER ROLE IN PLANNING AND SELECTING AUSTIN'S MUNICIPAL FLAGGED LINE IN 1912 AND HER SON WILLIAM WISE JR.
JOINED HIS MOTHER AS AN EDITOR OF GOSSIP BEFORE, UH, MOVING ON TO FOUND THE OFTEN ADVERTISING CLUB HEADING UP THIS MERCHANDISE NEW SCHOOL DURING THE 1930S AND ESTABLISHING HIS OWN BROADCASTING COMPANY IN KANSAS IN THE 1940S, THE ESTATE ALSO OFTEN HOSTED ELLEN WISE'S SISTER, MARGARET, WHO WAS A WATERCOLORIST AND A FOUNDER OF THE AUSTIN HERITAGE SOCIETY, AS WELL AS THERE HAS BEEN WAYMAN ADAM, IT WAS A WORLD RENOWNED PORTRAIT, PAINTER, VUS PRESIDENTS, UH, OTHER POLITICIANS, UH, FAMOUS ARTISTS AND AUTHORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
UM, UPON RETIREMENT ADAMS WAS MOVED BACK TO AUSTIN, UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEIR SAN GABRIEL STUDIO BURNED TO THE GROUND IN 1976.
UM, AND, UM, WHY IT'S PASSED AWAY IN 1947, UM, LIKE HER LATE HUSBAND, SHE REQUESTED THAT HER FUNERAL SERVICE BE HELD AT THE ESTATE.
THEY BOTH LOVE, UH, KNOWN AS OWL'S ACRE AT FIRST, AND THEN LATER SHORTENED TO WISEACRE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPERTY IS TO RECOMMEND HISTORIC ZONING.
UH, HOWEVER, SHOULD THE COMMISSION CHOOSE NOT TO RECOMMEND DESIGNATION STAFF RECOMMENDS ENCOURAGING REHABILITATION AND ADAPTIVE REUSE, THEN RELOCATION OVER DEMOLITION, AND THEN FINALLY RELEASING THE DEMOLITION DEPARTMENT UPON COMPLETION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE.
DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THIS CASE? COMMISSIONER COOK ZONING.
DO I HEAR A SECOND COMMISSIONER VALANZUELA SECONDS? OKAY.
UM, WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION, UH, COMMISSIONER COOK.
WOULD YOU, UM, GIVE US A REASON PROCTOR SEEMS TO HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF INTEGRITY.
WE HAD A PROMINENT WOMAN, WHICH IS AN UNUSUAL HISTORIC ASSOCIATION AT AN EARLY DATE.
UM, THERE'S SO MANY OF THE CASES TONIGHT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND.
I THINK WHENEVER WE SEE SOMETHING THAT QUALIFIES, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD ACT ON IT AND RECOMMEND COMMISSIONER VALANZUELA.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? I AGREE.
I AGREED TO, I WILL SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROPERTY.
UH, COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON ZONING HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE CURRENT OWNER.
ANYMORE, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AGAIN, THE MOTION IS TO RECOMMEND HISTORIC ZONING, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
WE HAVE TO HAVE POSED COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON AND COMMISSIONER POPOVA CELIO.
WE HAVE A MAJORITY, THE ADAM PASSES WE'LL RECOMMEND HISTORIC ZONING
[A2. C14H-2020-0087 – Baker School, 3908 Avenue B – Discussion (Part 2 of 2)]
GOING ON TO AID TO THE BAKER SCHOOL STAFF PRESENTATION.UH, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT HAS RECUSED HERSELF FROM THE CASE.
PERHAPS YOU COULD TURN YOUR VIDEO OFF.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME BAKER SCHOOL HAS APPEARED ON OUR AGENDA.
AND AS MR. WEISS SAID EARLIER IN THE EVENING, THIS IS A JAM OF THE HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AND CLEARLY, UH, QUALIFIES AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK.
UH, IT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE HYDE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT, WHICH MEANS THAT ANYTHING, UH, ON THIS SITE WE'LL NEED A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR MODIFICATIONS OR REMOVAL OR NEW, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UH, MR. WEISS AND I TALKED EARLIER, UH, LAST WEEK ABOUT A COMPROMISE FOR THE HISTORIC ZONING THAT REALLY PUTS THE SCHOOL BUILDING FRONT AND CENTER.
AND THAT IS WHAT YOU REVIEWED THIS EVENING.
UH, I KNOW IT'S NOT MR. WEISS'S FIRST CHOICE, BUT IT IS ONE THAT,
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UH, HE AGREES TO AND SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE TO LIMIT THE HISTORIC ZONING, TO CELEBRATE THE SCHOOL BUILDING RATHER THAN THE ENTIRE PARCEL.THAT CONSISTS OF A LOT OF, UH, PARKING LOTS AT THIS POINT.
SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO RECOMMEND HISTORIC ZONING FOR THE BAKER SCHOOL ON THE REDUCED PARCEL.
THAT INCLUDES THE SCHOOL, THE TWO OTHER CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS AND THE BUFFER ZONE THAT, UH, MR. WEISS AND I HAVE DECIDED IS APPROPRIATE FOR, UH, MAINTAINING THE HISTORIC CONTEXT AND PROTECT THE SCHOOL AND CELEBRATE FOCUS ON, ON, UH, THE SCHOOL BUILDING ITSELF.
WE HAD, UM, TWO DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIONS, ONE FROM THE APPLICANT WITH THE COMPROMISE AND ONE FROM STAFF THAT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THE TWO ENDS OF THAT 70 FOOT BUFFER ARE CUT OUT OF THE HISTORIC ZONING.
UH, IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE ZONED HISTORIC TO PROTECT ITS INTEGRITY.
GIVE US THE LAST SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE OBLIQUE ANGLE OF THE BUILDING PLACE.
SO WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED RIGHT THERE.
WELL, THAT PRESENTATION ARE, LIKE I SAID, THIS ENTIRE SITE IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE HYDE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT.
SO TO LIMIT THE HISTORIC ZONING DOES NOT AFFECT THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSION TO REVIEW ANY CHANGES ANYWHERE ON THIS SITE AND UNDERSTANDING THE, THAT, UH, THE SCHOOL BUILDING IS THE FOCAL POINT AND BRINGING, BRINGING THAT OUT IN THE HISTORIC ZONING, UH, LIMITED PARCEL.
DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THE CASE? COMMISSIONER THINKS THAT, OKAY, THE ENTIRE SITE IS ZONED HISTORIC.
THIS WAS REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT COMMISSIONER LITTLE, ARE YOU SECONDING IT? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE WHOLE SITE WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LITTLE, THE MOTION IS BY COMMISSIONER HIND, SETH.
UH, THE SECTION THAT'S IDENTIFIED AS A THAT'S KIND OF PINKISH COLORED THAT HAS BEEN THE CITY IS GOING TO DEVELOP THAT AS A, UH, WATER DETENTION, UM, ON, SO WOULD THAT STILL BE INCLUDED IN THE, IN YOUR MOTION? OKAY.
THAT'S NO LONGER PART OF THE PARCEL.
SO THIS YOUR MOTION IS TO INCLUDE THE WHOLE SITE.
UM, IT WAS PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT.
I, UM, I WOULD AGREE WITH THE MOTION.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, IT MADE THE REST OF THE SITE MAY COME UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION, BUT AS WE ARE TOLD FREQUENTLY, UM, A HISTORIC LANDMARK NEEDS TO HAVE MORE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT THE SITE IS WORTHY OF THAT CONSIDERATION, SALT SUPPORT, THE MOTION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE ZONING IS GOING FROM GR H D N P C P N P TO G R H D H N C C D N P.
UM, THAT ALPHABET SOUP IS, UH, NOT EQUITABLE.
UM, CLEARLY THE BAKER HOUSE IS WORTHY OF HISTORIC ZONING.
I WOULD HAVE RATHER SUPPORTED THE ZONING THAT WAS OF THE REDUCED PARCEL THAT SAFRA COMMENDED, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE ZONING IS MESSED UP.
I THINK ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS, WHEN I, THE REASON I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE OBLIQUE OF THE CAMPUS.
IF YOU HAVE ENCROACHMENT, IF THAT'S NOT PART OF THE HISTORIC ZONING, IF THAT'S NOT PART OF THE H ZONING AND COULD BE DEVELOPED, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THIS VIEW SHED A PEDESTRIAN OR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DRIVING BY.
I THINK THAT THE SITE WARRANTS, UH, THIS CONSIDERATION, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ANYONE, UM, LET'S CALL IT FOR A VOTE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF HISTORIC ZONING FOR THE WHOLE SITE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED COMMISSIONER, PROBABLY THE CELIO IS OPPOSED.
[A3. GF-2020-140200 – 4509 Balcones Drive – Discussion (Part 2 of 2)]
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ON TO 45 OH NINE BALCHUNAS DRIVE.WELL
UM, THE COMMISSION ALSO INITIATED HISTORIC ZONING LAST MONTH TO WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS AGREED.
UM, THE, UH, APPLICANTS HAVE ADJUSTED THE PROPOSED ADDITION PLACEMENT IN ARE USING ORIGINAL FABRIC HURRY.
THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE SUGGESTIONS, UM, AS THE APPLICANT, UM, NOTED IN THEIR COMMENTS.
SO I WON'T GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN.
UM, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, UM, THE HOUSE HAS NATURAL MATERIALS.
IT'S BLOW SWUNG FORM, CONTINUOUS EXPANSES OF GLASS AND JAPANESE INSPIRED DETAILING EXEMPLIFY THE CONTEMPORARY OR MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE, UM, WHICH MAKES US HOW SIGNIFICANT IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1959 BY ARCHITECT DAVID C GRAVER AS HIS PERSONAL HOME GRAVER JOINED CUNY BROOKS AND BAR IN 1957.
AND WHEN THEY BEGAN CONSULTING FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN 1962, GRAEBER LED THE DESIGN TEAMS FOR ALL NEW UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
HE ESTABLISHED HIS OWN FIRM IN 1978.
NOTABLE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON, THE U S CONFLICT IN MEXICO CITY AND PRO BONO WORK AROUND TOWN AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATER, THE LONG CENTER AND THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER GRAVER PARTICIPATED IN THROUGH THEATRICALLY IN THE REVITALIZATION OF AUSTIN'S DOWNTOWN AS WELL THROUGH A PHILOSOPHY OF CONTINUITY, NOT CONFLICT.
HE CHAMPIONED URBAN LIVING AND MOVED HIS FAMILY TO SIXTH STREET IN 1967, RESTORING AND LANDMARKING IN 19TH CENTURY STONE BUILDING.
HE SERVED ON THE BOARDS OF THE TEXAS SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS, OF THE CONCERT ASSOCIATION AND OTHER CIVIC MINDED MINDED PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS, UH, IN 1969, HE ALSO CHAIRED THE GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE ON URBAN AFFAIRS AND LATER INITIATED AUSTIN'S CONGRESS AVENUE, TREE PLANTING PROGRAM STAFF RECOMMENDS THE COMMISSION RECOMMEND HISTORIC ZONING TO THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION BASED ON THE HOUSE ARCHITECTURE AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH GRAYBAR AND STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS RELEASE OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR THE ADDITION, UM, AS PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT WITH THE, UH, COMMITTEE CHANGES IMPLEMENTED.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE CASE COMMISSIONER COOK? UH, I KNOW THE TWO OR THREE OF THE PLANS AND RECOMMEND HISTORIC ZONING ON THE PROPERTY WITH THE ADDITION AS DESIGNED BASED ON ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS.
DID YOU WANT A SECOND OR, UH, HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, THEY CAME TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AND, UM, TOOK OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'LL SUPPORT THE MOTION, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UNLESS THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ANY OPPOSED.
WE'RE VERY LUCKY THIS HOUSE AT THIS TIME, AND IN THIS SHAPE, I WILL ACTUALLY LEARN TO GET A GOOD OWNER FOR IT AS WELL.
KEVIN, I DID JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT WE HAVE REJECTED ADDITIONS AND, AND SIDE YARDS IN FRONT YARDS OF OTHER LANDMARKS THAT HAVE A MORE FORMAL, UH, RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STREET.
BUT THE ARCHITECT HERE HAS TAKEN THAT INTO, INTO ACCOUNT VISIT A DIFFICULT PROPERTY.
UH, HE TOOK A PRESENTATION TO THE STREET IN THE ACCOUNT IN DESIGNING THIS SIDE ADDITION.
SO IT'S A LITTLE UNUSUAL, BUT UH, WELL DONE.
AND HE REALLY INCORPORATED IT INTO THE LANDSCAPE AND SORT OF OUT OF, UH, IT DOESN'T COMPETE WITH A HISTORIC HOUSE.
[A4. C14H-2020-0113 – 1304 Alta Vista Avenue – Discussion (Part 2 of 2)]
ALTA VISTA AVENUE.UH, THIS IS AN OWNER'S APPLICATION.
UH, MS. JORDAN HAS ALREADY GIVEN YOU A VERY, UH, VERY GOOD AND SUCCINCT DESCRIPTION OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE SIGNIFICANCE, I GUESS, SUFFICE IT TO SAY THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1931.
UH, IT WAS DESIGNED BY THE OWNER'S SON WHO WAS AN ARCHITECT, UH, IN A DRAFTSMAN IN AUSTIN AT THE TIME, WENT ON TO BE AN ARCHITECT IN HOUSTON AFTER THAT, UH, IT IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF TUDOR REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE.
UH, IT'S GOT THE FALSE, UH, HALF TIMBERING, THE STONE ELEVATIONS, UH, STONE, AND, UH, THE MASSING OF THE TUTOR REVIVAL OF STATE.
THIS IS ONE OF THREE ON ALPHA VISTA, UH, AS IT INTERSECTS WITH AVON DALE ROAD, THAT AREA IS REALLY THE ESTATE SECTION OF TRAVIS HEIGHTS.
UH, THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE IN THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE
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THREE LARGE HOUSES WERE BUILT AT SIMILAR TIMES.AND, UH, THE CONTEXT OF, OF THIS HOUSE IS STILL VERY MUCH INTACT.
THE HOUSE WAS BUILT FOR, UH, AND BY EUGENE, A MURCHISON WHO, UH, WAS ON THE AUSTIN SCHOOL BOARD, MERCHANTS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIS NAME FOR HIM, HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION AND OFTEN ARE NUMEROUS, INCLUDING HELPING OFTEN TEACHERS GET HIGHER WAGES, UH, CREATING THE FIRST PTA IN AUSTIN AND, UH, ADVOCATING FOR AN ROTC PROGRAM IN THE EARLY 1940S FOR WORLD WAR II.
AFTER HE RETIRED FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, AFTER, AFTER SERVING AS THE LONGEST SERVING PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, HE BECAME PROBATION OFFICER, WHICH HE WAS EMPLOYED UNTIL, UH, 1948.
UH, DURING THAT TIME, HIS PHILOSOPHY WAS TO HELP THE, UH, TROUBLED YOUTH OF AUSTIN, UH, LIVE A CLEAN LIFE AND WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT.
UH, HE RECEIVED MANY AWARDS DURING HIS LIFETIME AND, UH, WAS A TRUE HUMANITARIAN AND CIVIC LEADER IN THE CITY.
SO THIS HOUSE, UH, QUALIFIES FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION UNDER IT'S OUR FIRST ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE AS TUTOR, REVIVAL, UH, STATE AND FOR ITS ASSOCIATIONS WITH EA MURCHISON WHO LIVED HERE FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF HIS LIFE.
I WOULD ADD THAT I, I SURVEYED THIS HOUSE IN, UH, 15 YEARS AGO AND THOUGHT IT WAS ALREADY A LANDMARK.
I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT IT WASN'T, IT'S A TREMENDOUS HOUSE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THE CASE, KEVIN COMMISSIONER COOK, I MOVED TO RECOMMEND HISTORIC ZONING BASED ON ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS WITH YOUR DNA MURCHISON.
DO I HEAR A SECOND COMMISSIONER VALANZUELA? OH, AND A THIRD FROM COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON.
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT NOT JUST THE HOUSE, BUT THE, THE, THE SETTING, THE SITE AND THE ESTATE SECTION AS, AS MR.
I THINK, I THINK ONE REASON THAT THE PHOTOGRAPH DOESN'T DO IT JUSTICE IS BECAUSE IT REALLY IS ON THIS, THIS WOODED SITE.
IT'S ALMOST AS IF IT WERE IN THE FOREST OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE AND A WONDERFUL CONSTRUCTION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[A5. C14H-2020-0120 – 905 Congress Avenue – Discussion (Part 2 of 2)]
A FIVE, 905 CONGRESS AVENUE.ANOTHER APPLICATION FOR HISTORIC ZONING BY THE OWNERS, UH, THE MUTUAL BUILDING AT NINE OH FIVE CONGRESS AVENUE IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF ART DECO ARCHITECTURE IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.
AND IT WAS THE FACADE THAT WE SEE NOW, UH, WAS PUT ON THE BUILDING IN 1930.
THIS IS A 19TH CENTURY BUILDING THAT HAD A NEW FACADE, UH, DESIGNED BY HUGO CUNY IN 1930 AND, UH, REPLACED THE OLDER RED BRICK FACADE FROM THE 1870S UNDERNEATH THE, UH, BUILDING HAD A LONG HISTORY OF, UH, BEING HOME TO A SHOE SHOP, A CONFECTIONER'S, UH, ALL KINDS OF BUSINESSES UNTIL THE MUTUAL DEPOSIT COMPANY, UH, TOOK OVER THE BUILDING.
THEY STARTED IN THE 1920S AT, UH, EIGHT 19 CONGRESS AVENUE, AND THEN MOVED INTO THIS BUILDING, UH, AT, IN THE LATE 1920S, THE MUTUAL, IT STARTED OFF AS A BUILDING AND LOAN FUND.
AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES, THESE BUILDING AND LOANS, LOAN FUNDS WERE TO ALLOW AUSTIN HOMEOWNERS IN PARTICULAR TO, UH, DEPOSIT MONEY AND THEN GET LOANS TO BUILD HOUSES, BUILD THEIR OWN HOUSES SO THAT THEY COULD PAY A CASH PRICE FOR THE PROPERTY AND RECEIVE A DISCOUNT.
SO IT DID SEVERAL THINGS THAT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SAVE UP, UH, AND PROVIDED THEM A GOOD DIVIDEND ON THEIR SAVINGS WHILE THEY WERE DOING SO, BUT THEN WHEN THEY NEEDED THE MONEY TO BUY THE PROPERTY THAT THEY WANTED, THEY WERE, UH, THESE BUILDING AND LOANS WERE THERE TO HELP THEM OUT AS WELL.
UH, ANOTHER THING THAT, UH, I CAN REMEMBER NOT WITH THIS ONE, UH, BUT IN GENERAL, I THINK MOST OF OUR, MAYBE PEOPLE OF MY GENERATION CAN REMEMBER A SCHOOL
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CHILDREN'S SAVINGS PROGRAM THAT WAS, UH, ESTABLISHED BY, UH, BUSINESSES LIKE THIS, WHERE SCHOOL CHILDREN COULD DEPOSIT NICKELS OR DIMES OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER THEY COULD AND BUILD THAT SAVING AND INSTILLED THRIFT AND CHILDREN THAT WOULD HELP THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.THIS FACADE, UH, HAS UNDERGONE SOME CHANGES.
IT'S NOT THE EXACT 1930 D ART DECO FACADE THAT CUNY DESIGNED.
UH, BUT IT STILL RETAINS A VERY HIGH DEGREE OF INTEGRITY.
AND THE ART DECO, UH, ON THIS BUILDING WAS TRULY A STATEMENT OF THE, UH, STABILITY OF THE BUSINESS.
REMEMBER, THIS WAS DONE IN 1930, UH, DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE DEPRESSION, AS WELL AS PROVIDING A, UH, A SHEET, AN ELEGANT PLACE THAT, UH, SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE BANKING INSTITUTION INSIDE.
SO AT THIS BUILDING, UH, AT NINE OH FIVE CONGRESS QUALIFIES FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR ITS ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, AS WELL AS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS FOR PATTERNS OF, UH, HOME LOAN BUSINESSES AND THE ABILITY FOR AUSTIN TO GROW WITH THE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESSES IN THE CITY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF HEARING? NONE.
DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THIS CASE? COMMISSIONER CUT.
COMMISSIONER LIDDELL, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER COOK, THERE WERE SOME INTEGRITY ISSUES WITH THE GLASS BLOCK WINDOW MISSING AND SOME LOSS OF DETAIL ABOUT THE OTHER SFN ASPECTS OF INTEGRITY.
I THINK THIS PROPERTY MEANS IN SPADES.
IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF ART DECO ALONG CONGRESS AVENUE AND A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OTHER HISTORIC PERIODS AND THE STATE ARC OF THE BUILDINGS AROUND THE CORNER.
I THINK THIS IS THE EPITOME OF A LANDMARK.
I THINK, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LATER ADDITIONS OR LATER MODIFICATIONS THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE HAVE ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANCE OF THEIR OWN.
UM, AND, UH, THIS, THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR, UM, FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, I THINK FOR THE DISCUSSION.
LET'S CALL A VOTE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF HIS START ZONING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I WOULD SAY, UM, FOR NEW MEMBERS OR OLD MEMBERS, WE JUST PASSED FIVE, UM, RECOMMENDED FIVE PROPERTIES FOR THE START ZONING.
WE HAVEN'T HAD VERY MANY IN A WHILE.
SO IF YOU THINK THAT OUR CUP RUNNETH OVER, MAYBE WE'RE JUST MAKING UP FOR SOME LOST TIME.
UM, I THINK THESE WERE ALL GOOD PROPERTIES MOVING ON.
[C3. GF-2020-162558 – Discussion 1406 Ethridge Avenue (Old West Austin National Register District) Council District 9 (Part 2 of 2)]
CASE, I BELIEVE IS C3 1406 ETHERIDGE AVENUE.THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM THEY WANT TO, UH, DEMOLISH AND RECONSTRUCT THE FRONT PORCH, UH, PLAY A MORTAR WASH CONSTRUCT REAR AND GARAGE ADDITIONS REPLACE THE WINDOWS DOORS.
INCITING STAFF HAS ASKED THAT WE CONSIDER INITIATION OF HISTORIC ZONING OR REFER IT TO THE NOVEMBER 30TH MEETING OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
YES, I AGREE IS THAT PROPOSAL TO DEMOLISH AND RECONSTRUCT THE FRONT PORCH, UM, AT A MORTAR WASH, THE EXISTING MASONRY TO MATCH, UM, RECONSTRUCT THE REAR GARAGE ADDITION, UM, AND REPLACE THE WINDOWS DOORS AND SIDING, UH, TO MATCH.
SO THIS HOUSE, UM, WAS BUILT IN 1939 FOR THE REVEREND EDMUND HEINSOHN.
UM, HEINSOHN WAS PASTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY METHODIST CHURCH FOR OVER A QUARTER CENTURY, UH, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS THE RECORD FOR THE LONGEST DAY AND A SINGLE CONGREGATION FOR A METHODIST MINISTER.
HE WAS A TRUSTEE OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT HOUSTON TILLOTSON FOR 30, HE SERVED ON THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION FOR 25 YEARS.
AND IN 1958, HEINSOHN WAS HONORED AS THE CITY'S MOST WORTHY CITIZEN BY THE AUSTIN REAL ESTATE BOARD FOR HIS CAREER AND HIS MINISTRY AND SERVICE TO AUSTIN HENSON'S LEGACY IS ROOTED IN HIS ANTI-WAR AND ANTI SEGREGATION ACTIVISM IN THE 1930S AND FORTIES.
HE SPOKE UP FOR AMERICAN NEUTRALITY, OPPOSE RELIGIOUS OPPRESSION UNDER THE NAZI REGIME
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AND PROMOTED NON-VIOLENCE AS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE METHODIST COMMISSION ON WORLD PEACE UNIVERSITY METHODIST BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST HISTORICALLY WHITE CHURCHES TO ACCEPT BLACK PARISHIONERS IN 1957, UH, LATER HEINSOHN CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS IN A BID TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVIL RIGHTS, RIGHTS PROTESTERS.DURING SEDANS REVEREND'S REPUTATION FOR INCLUSIVITY LED THEM TO MAINTAIN FRIENDSHIPS AMONG A DIVERSE GROUP OF PROMINENT IC AUSTINITES OF ALL CREEDS FROM SUPREME COURT JUDGES TO AUTHOR J FRANK DOBY DESCRIBED TO THE LEGEND IN HIS OWN LIFETIME, BUT THE AMERICAN STATESMAN IN 1979, HEINSOHN PASSED AWAY IN 1989 AT THE AGE OF 100, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE COMMISSION CONSIDER THIS CREATION OF HISTORIC ZONING, UH, BASED ON THE ASSOCIATIONS WITH HEINSOHN, UM, AS WELL AS REFERRAL TO THE NOVEMBER 30TH MEETING OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
UM, BUT SHOULD THE COMMISSION DECIDE AGAINST INITIATION AND REFERRAL STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT, UH, THEY COMMENT ON THE PLAN SUGGEST RETAINING THE CHARACTER, DEFINING FEATURES OF THE FRONT FACADE AND RELEASE THE PERMIT UPON COMPLETION OF A DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE.
UM, DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THE CASE TO START DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER COOK? I MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE THE CASE OR DECEMBER 11TH MEETING AND REFER TO THE OWNER TO THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE MEETING ON NOVEMBER 30TH COMMISSION, DECEMBER 11TH OR DECEMBER 14TH TO THAT NEXT MEETING.
I THOUGHT I'D BEEN AROUND THE 14TH, I THINK WAS OVERBOOKED OR WASN'T IT? UH, YES, THIS IS ELIZABETH FROM IT.
UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, WE DON'T HAVE FINAL CONFIRMATION FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE YET, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO RETAIN THE ORIGINAL DECEMBER 14TH DATE FOR THAT MEETING.
UH, IF WE DO NEED TO CHANGE TO DECEMBER 11TH, UH, DUE TO JUST THE CRUNCH OF BOARD AND COMMISSIONS MEETINGS AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, UH, WE WILL CERTAINLY COMMUNICATE THAT, UH, TO THE PUBLIC, THROUGH THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION WEBPAGE AS WELL AS DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
WELL, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON SECOND A DAY, THIS TIME.
SO I CAME IN BEFORE I GET RECOGNIZED THEM COMMISSIONER COOK, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEARING IN HER CASE.
THERE'S A PHONES TONIGHT THAT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAVE THIS ONE, DEFINITELY HAS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS AND WE POTENTIALLY CAN.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD, I CAN, WE CAN'T AND THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THEIR RESPECT TO THE CHARACTER AND HISTORY OF THE HOUSE.
SO HOPEFULLY THE MEETING WITH THE REVIEW COMMITTEE WILL HELP THEM FURTHER.
THOSE INTERESTS, I THINK, HAS EXCEPTIONAL, UH, HISTORIC VALUE A COMMISSIONER, RIGHT.
AND THERE'S REALLY NO CONCERNS ABOUT REALLY THE MINER MAKING TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
WELL, IF IT, IF IT GOES TO THE, UM, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, MAYBE WE CAN, UM, SOFTEN SOME OF THAT.
SO THAT'S REALLY QUITE THE, IT'S NOT WAY OUT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WE'LL RE UH, THE MOTION IS TO REFER THIS TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 30TH, AT LEAST FOR NOW.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND, ANY OPPOSED? NONE OPPOSED IT WAS UNANIMOUS.
[C6. 506 Congress Avenue (Congress Avenue National Register Historic District) – Staff-requested postponement Council District 9 (Part 2 of 2)]
IS C SIX, FIVE AND SIX CONGRESS AVENUE, UM, REQUESTED BEING A MURAL ON THE BUILDING.APPLICATION TO PAINT A MURAL ON THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
UH, THIS IS THE OLD YARNING STORE.
SO IT'S BETWEEN TWO LANDMARK BUILDINGS, ONE AT FIVE OH FOUR, THE ROBINSON ROZNER AND THEN THE SCARBOROUGH BUILDING, UH, THE ANNEX TO THE SCARBOROUGH BUILDING IS JUST TO THE NORTH OF IT.
THIS BUILDING, UH, HAS HAD SOME MODIFICATIONS, BUT, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, IT RETAINS A LOT OF ITS, UH, INTEGRITY FROM WHEN YARRINGTON DID THIS MAKE OVER ON THE BUILDING, THERE HAS AN ADDITIONAL WINDOWS ADDED.
THERE WAS NEVER A DETERMINATION BACK IN 2002 THAT THIS BUILDING WAS CONTRIBUTING OR HAD HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
UH, THE CHANGES WERE APPROVED BY THE LANDMARK COMMISSION.
A NEW STOREFRONT WAS ADDED, SOME WINDOWS UPSTAIRS WERE ADDED, BUT, UH, STAFF STAFF HAD ORIGINALLY, UH, RECOMMENDED POSTPONEMENT OF THIS CASE FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, A MISTAKEN BELIEF THAT AIPP
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HAD JURISDICTION OVER, UH, ANY PUBLIC MURALS THAT ARE IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, THEY DO NOT.UH, SO THAT, UH, THE COMMISSION COULD ACTUALLY MAKE A DECISION ABOUT IT TONIGHT.
THIS IS, UH, EVEN IF THIS WERE CONSIDERED OR CONSIDERED CONTRIBUTING TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, UH, YOUR REVIEW HERE IS ADVISORY, UM, STATS, STATS, REAL CONCERN HERE IS THAT THIS IS A VERY VIBRANT MURAL BETWEEN TWO VERY HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
NOW, THIS COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SAY NO TO THIS, BUT COULD MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THE EXTENT OF THE MURAL, UH, STAFF, FULLY SYMPATHETIC WITH THE, UH, CONCEPT OF LIVENING UP CONGRESS AVENUE.
UH, BUT THIS SEEMS A LITTLE DISRESPECTFUL OF THE CONTEXT OF THE CONGRESS AVENUE, HISTORIC DISTRICT, MR.
UM, I AGREE, AND I, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO REFER TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE TO, TO TRY TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER WITH THE APPLICANT, UM, WHILE THIS IS A NON-CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE, IT, IT WILL HAVE A STRONG IMPACT ON THE REST OF THE DISTRICT.
AND, UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT.
COMMISSIONER HEIM SAYS, DO I HEAR A SECOND COMMISSIONER, JACOB?
PERHAPS WE CAN INVITE A MEMBER TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
CAN WE ASK STAFF TO SEE IF WE CAN ARRANGE FOR THAT TO REACH OUT TO THEM? WOULD THAT BE, WOULD THAT SERVE YOUR PURPOSE, MR. HEMSATH? YES.
UH, AND I TH I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT STAFF HAS SAID.
I THINK IT'S A LAUDABLE IDEA, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR A VERY, UH, SENSITIVE AREA, THERE ARE MANY PARAMETERS TO KEEP IN MIND, NOT JUST, UH, WHETHER ONE ARTIST WITH ONE EXUBERANT MURAL, UH, IS CONTRIBUTING AS, UH, AS APPROPRIATELY.
SO, UH, THE MORE LEARNED CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE, I THINK THE BETTER THE END RESULT WILL BE OKAY.
THE MOTION IS ESSENTIALLY TO POSTPONE IT TO OUR NEXT MEETING, BUT REFER THEM TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE ON NOVEMBER 30TH.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
IT'S REFERRED TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, BUT IT'S YES.
GO TO THE ARC SO WE CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT SO WE CAN TRY TO MAKE, WE CAN MITIGATE, UH, SOME OF THE, THE IMPACT ON THE REST OF THE DISTRICT.
I UNDERSTAND COME BACK IN A MONTH.
I MEAN, IT'S AN ADVISORY ROLE, THE ADVICE, AND TO SPEAK THE ART.
WE HAVEN'T HAD, WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO REALLY REVIEW IT AND WE'LL HAVE THE NRC IS, UH, AN INFORMAL COMMITTEE THAT WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS IT IN FURTHER DETAIL.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT, UM, THAT THE, IF WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT AT THE ARC THAT WE CAN ALLOW STAFF TO, UM, APPROVE IT ADMINISTRATIVELY AT THAT TIME.
[D3. HDP-2020-0353 – Discussion 2505 Park View Drive Council District 7 (Part 2 of 2)]
[D4. HDP-2020-0352 – Discussion 2507 Park View Drive Council District 7 (Part 2 of 2)]
NEXT ITEM, AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE, D THREE AND D FOUR.WITH YOUR ADULTS, LET'S TAKE THESE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
THE ARGUMENT IS, UH, IS EXACTLY THE SAME FOR BOTH OF THEM.
BOTH OF THESE HOUSES ARE IN THE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE, UH, BUT THEY DON'T RISE TO THE SAME LEVEL AS THE ONE ACROSS THE STREET AT 25 OH TWO, WHICH WE HAD ON OUR AGENDA RE UH, RECENTLY THAT HOUSE WAS MUCH MORE INTACT, UH, ARCHITECTURALLY
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THAN EITHER ONE OF THESE TWO, THE PROPERTY OWNERS.THEY'RE DEFINITELY SEPARATE THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH HOUSES THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAT, UH, THEY HAVE NOW PROVIDED A STRUCTURAL REPORT THAT DOCUMENTS THOSE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT LAST MONTH.
SO IT WAS MORE DIFFICULT TO MAKE, UH, A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER THESE HOUSES COULD BE REHABBED.
WHEREAS THE HOUSE AT 2,500 THERE, WE HAD THAT INFORMATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS DISCUSSIONS THAT YES, THERE WERE SOME MAJOR ISSUES WITH THAT HOUSE AS WELL, BUT NOTHING THAT COULDN'T BE OVERCOME, UH, AS I SAID, BOTH OF THESE HOUSES ARE, ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT.
UH, LAST MONTH, UH, HIGH ARGUED, THEY HAD, THEY HAD, UH, PROPOSED A QUOTE UNQUOTE, NEW MID-CENTURY MODERN HOUSES FOR THESE SITES.
AND, UH, STAFF'S RESERVATION ABOUT THAT WAS, BUT YOU'VE GOT THE, THE REAL GENUINE RIGHT HERE AND, UH, REQUEST THAT THE POSTPONEMENT TO FURTHER EXPLORE WHETHER REHABILITATION OF EVEN THE FACADES OF THESE HOUSES WOULD BE, UH, WOULD BE FEASIBLE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITION AND NEW, UH, MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN THE HOUSE, MAYBE NEW GRADING TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE FLOODING.
UH, WE, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION NOW AND, UH, WHILE STAFF STILL STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPLICANTS CONTINUE TO CONSIDER WAYS OF MAINTAINING THE GENUINE ARTICLE HERE.
UH, NEITHER ONE OF THEM IN ALL HONESTY.
AND I, I HATE TO SAY THIS, NEITHER ONE OF THEM QUALIFIES INDIVIDUAL LANDMARKS.
UH, BUT I'M VERY, VERY CONCERNED THAT A, THE PROPOSED NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION FOR THE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE IS IN A LOT OF DANGER OF FAILING.
UM, IF, IF WE STILL ARE, IF WE ALLOW DEMOLITION OF THESE HOUSES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THE CASES, COMMISSIONER COOK, STRONGLY ENCOURAGE APPLICANT TO RETAIN THE EXISTING HOUSE TO GREAT EXTENT POSSIBLE, UH, BUT TO RELEASE IT IN PUSH IN PERMIT, DEPENDING PENDING A CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION, COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER COOK, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, UH, THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES OF THEIR STYLE ELECTRICAL SIDE.
AND HE WAS, UH, I ACTUALLY BIKED THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAW SEVERAL OTHERS THAT HAD HIGH INTEGRITY THAT HOPEFULLY A WORD'S GETTING OUT THERE TO OWNERS YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME FORWARD AND I'M PRESENTING THE APPLICATION TO LANDMARK AND INDIVIDUAL HOUSE WOULD DEFINITELY CONSIDER THAT, BUT WE LANDMARK THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, UNFORTUNATELY IN MY MIND, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FATE OF THESE TWO OTHERS WEIGH IN? OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY COMBINED BOTH INTO ONE MOTION, BUT THE ACTION PERTAINS TO BOTH PROPERTIES INDIVIDUALLY.
I THINK THE STAFF'S REASONING AND I AGREE IS THAT THEY'RE BOTH VERY SIMILAR IN, IN THEIR APPEARANCE CONDITION ALTERATIONS AND, UM, HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS COMMISSIONER.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON THIS? OKAY.
UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO RELEASE THE DEMOLITION, PERMITS WITH THE STIPULATION THAT CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKETS, THE PREPARED, NOT FOR BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER, BUT FOR EACH OF THEM, I'M INTERPRETING THAT.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE, BY RAISING YOUR HAND, ANY OPPOSED? WE HAVE ONE OPPOSED.
OH, AND COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON.
WE HAD ONE OPPOSE THAT WAS COMMISSIONER LITTLE COMMISSIONERS.
WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE TO SEE IF WE GO ON PAST 10 O'CLOCK COMMISSIONER HOMESNAP.
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WE EXTEND THE BETA FOR ANOTHER HOUR.THERE ARE NINE REMAINING CASES AT THE PACE WE'RE ON.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT BY 11 O'CLOCK.
I'M NOTHING, IF NOT FAST COMMISSIONER VALANCE, WAYLAND.
THE MOTION IS TO PROCEED ON FOR ANOTHER HOUR.
UM, AND, UH, WE CAN TAKE ANOTHER VOTE AT THAT TIME OR COMMISSIONER HIMSELF CAN LEAVE.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND, THE MOTION PASSES WE'LL CARRY ON FOR ANOTHER HOUR AFTER, UM, TO 10 O'CLOCK.
THE NEXT ITEM TWO 11 TO 11 O'CLOCK I'M SORRY TO 11 O'CLOCK.
[D6. HDP-2020-0384 – Offered for consent approval 910 W. Elizabeth Street Council District 9 (Part 2 of 2)]
D SIX, I BELIEVE NINE, 10 WEST ELIZABETH STREET, THE, UH, APPLICATION.THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT'S BEEN ON OUR AGENDA AS WELL FOR A LITTLE 1937 STONE FACED HOUSE AT NINE 10 WEST ELIZABETH.
AND I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH THE, UH, WOMEN WHO TESTIFIED ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS REALLY AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF, OF VANISHING BREED IN AUSTIN.
THESE, THESE LITTLE ROCK VENEER HOUSES WERE FAIRLY COMMON, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH BOSTON AND THEY'RE RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING.
UH, THIS HOUSE, UH, I CAN TELL HAS STRUCTURAL ISSUES HAVING VISITED IT.
UM, AND, UH, I HOPE THAT THE, UH, APPLICANT MR. JOSEPH RECOGNIZES THAT, UH, PEOPLE LIKE THESE TYPES OF HOUSES AND TO PERHAPS THINK ABOUT IT, DESIGN THAT INCORPORATE SOME OF THE ELEMENTS AND THE MAPPING AND THE MATERIALS, UH, THESE HOUSES, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THIS HOUSE DOES NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
SO STAFF MUST VERY RELUCTANTLY RECOMMEND A RELEASE OF THE APARTMENT WITH THE CITY DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE.
DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THE CASE? COMMISSIONER COOK, THIRD REHABILITATION AND DR.
MUSE, UH, BUT REALLY THE PATIENT, THE CITY OF BOSTON DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE, IS THERE A SECOND COMMISSIONER, JACOB AND COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON IS A THIRD COMMISSIONER COOK.
YOU TO PUT THE, PUT A PLUG IN FOR LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS THAT ARE DECLINING, STILL BE LISTENING IN THIS CASE.
LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS ARE BEST WAY TO SAVE THE KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY DOES NOT MEET THE VERY, VERY HIGH STANDARD OF AN INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK, YOU CAN, YOU CAN HAVE A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT HAS ONE BLOCK PHASE WHERE YOU WILL HAVE THE CITYWIDE DESIGN STANDARDS.
HOPEFULLY SOON THAT'LL BE MUCH EASIER.
UM, AND I ENCOURAGE IT IS FOR ASSISTANCE AND PHILIPPINES APPLICATION.
CAUSE IT HAS TO COME FROM THE GRASSROOTS, FROM THE GROUNDS UP AND FROM THE OWNERS, OTHERWISE OUR HANDS ARE TIED AND IF WE CAN'T LAND MARKET INDIVIDUALLY, WHICH IS VERY HIGH STANDARD, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE CAN DO AS A COMMISSION.
UM, I, I CONDUCTED A, UM, RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF ALL OF BOLDEN CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO.
AND IN THE COURSE OF THE SURVEY, WE LOST 200 HISTORIC PROPERTIES.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IN THE BOLDEN NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU STILL HAVE HISTORIC FABRIC LEFT TO SAY THAT GO FOR A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSIONER COOK BACK NOW
YOU HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE CAN HELP.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE, UM, OF THE MOTION TO GO WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND DO THE AUSTIN CITY, BOSTON DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE FOR ARCHIVING, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[D7. HDP-2020-0400 – Offered for consent approval 1400 Drake Avenue Council District 9 (Part 2 of 2)]
1400 DRAKE AVENUE.THIS IS ALSO A VERY DIFFICULT CASE BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF HOUSE REALLY TYPIFIES
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RESIDENTIAL PATTERNS AND TRAVIS HEIGHTS AND SOUTH BOSTON IN GENERAL, THIS IS A 1937 HOUSE IT'S GOT, UH, IT'S GOT ASPIRATIONS FOR COLONIAL REVIVAL, UH, BUT IT WAS A WORKING CLASS, FAMILY HOUSE AND F UH, IT DOES HAVE A HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND STAFF RECOGNIZES THAT, UM, UNFORTUNATELY STAFF DOES NOT BELIEVE OR JUST REALLY CAN'T MAKE THE CASE THAT THAT SIGNIFICANCE RISES TO THE LEVEL OF AN INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THIS.BUT AGAIN, AS I HAS, UH, AFT OF THE PREVIOUS APPLICANT, I WILL ASK, UH, THIS ONE, MR. AHERN, UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'VE GOT HERE.
THIS IS A VANISHING RESOURCE AND THIS TYPE OF HOUSE MAINTAINS THE CHARACTER OF AUTISM NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, TRAVIS HEIGHTS IS ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING A HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND THIS WOULD VERY MUCH, THIS IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE DISTRICT.
SO IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER RETAINING THIS HOUSE AND REHABBING IT, UH, RATHER THAN DEMOLISHING IT, THAT WOULD BE, UH, IN STAFF'S MIND THE BEST POSSIBLE ACTION HERE.
BUT, UH, I CANNOT IN GOOD FAITH SAY THAT THE HOUSE QUALIFIES AS A LANDMARK.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO ENCOURAGE REHABILITATION AND ADAPTIVE REUSE, BUT RELEASE THE PERMIT UPON A CITY DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS TO OUR DECEMBER MEETING.
UM, THE PLANS JUST CAME TO LIGHT TODAY ARE THURSDAY, AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THIS.
POSSIBLY HAVE THE OWNER SPEAK TO MEMBERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHO HAVE WORKED 15 YEARS TO GET THIS, UM, NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT.
IT IS A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE AND I WILL BE ASKING THE SAME OF SOME OTHER, UM, UH, PROPERTIES THAT ARE COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LATER IN OUR AGENDA.
I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE TO HAVE ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY AT THE GATEWAY, UM, RIGHT AT THE CIRCLE WHERE IT MEETS DRAKE, RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE TRAVIS SITES, FAIRVIEW PARK, JUST START DISTRICT.
AND I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE TO HAVE, UM, HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO CONSIDER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH, UH, OWNER COMMISSIONER HAIM, SETH MADE THE MOTION.
WOULD ANYONE SECOND IT COMMISSIONER COOK ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET ME JUST BRIEFLY THE HOUSE APPEARS TO HAVE A LOT OF INTEGRITY.
I DO BELIEVE ALSO COMPARE IT TO SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT WE'VE BEEN CONSIDERING, UH, VERY LIKELY QUITE ADAPTABLE TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NEEDS.
SO I WOULD SAY BASED ON ITS CONDITION AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FLEXIBLE OPPORTUNITIES HERE TO PRESERVE A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE IS CERTAINLY WORTH THE TIME GIVE IT IS FOLKS HAVE JUST WORKED SO HARD.
I'D LIKE THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND I, UM, I UNDERSTAND, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE OWNER'S POSITION, BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN COME TO A COMPROMISE OR SOMETHING ON IT.
UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALLOW ADDITIONS OTHER MODIFICATIONS, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY A STATEMENT PROPERTY, RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEIGHBOR, TO THE NEW HISTORIC DISTRICT.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING THIS TILL THE NEXT MEETING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ANY OPPOSED IT'S UNANIMOUS IN FAVOR PLUS OPPONENT.
SHOULD WE REFER IT TO AIR? SEE THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE? WELL, THAT'S TRUE.
THERE'S NOT A PROJECT PROJECT YET, SO WE LET THE NEIGHBORHOOD DO THEIR WORK FIRST.
[D8. HDP-2020-0402 – Discussion 1208 W. 22nd Street Council District 9 (Part 2 of 2)]
1208 WEST 22ND STREET, DEMOLISH A 1933 HOUSE.UH, 1220 SECOND STREET WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1933 BY BF PITTENGER.
UM, AFTER SERVING AS A RENTAL PROPERTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, IT WAS PURCHASED IN 1939 BY ALL OF HER AGE AND JACOBY RADKE DOCTOR
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TO COVER ROD.HE WAS A FORMER SCHOOL TEACHER.
OLIVER RADKE WAS A PROFESSOR OF RUSSIAN HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ROCKY'S WORTH ON WORK ON BOLSHEVISM AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION RECEIVED NUMEROUS ACADEMIC ACCOLADES, THAT MID CENTURY STATESMAN PRAISE HIS AWARD WINNING 1958 MONOGRAPH THE AGRARIAN PHOTOS ASSOCIATE BOLSHEVISM AS THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME.
AND THE FIRST DEFINITIVE STUDY OF THE SOCIALIST REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA DURING THE 1917 REVOLUTION THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, RADKE LECTURED AT UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE IMPACT OF RUSSIA'S HISTORY ON THE COLD WAR ERA FOREIGN POLICY, THE RAKHI FAMILY LIVED AT 1208 WEST 22ND STREET UNTIL AT LEAST 1959, 1960.
THEY DID MOVE TO 1305 WEST 22ND STREET, WHICH WAS LANDMARKED AS THE GOLF REC WE HOUSE IN 2007.
AS WE HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT IN THAT CITIZEN COMMUNICATION DEF RECOMMENDS THAT THE COMMISSION THAT THE COMMISSION CONSIDER INITIATION OF HISTORIC ZONING, WE THREAD KEYS EARLY INFLUENTIAL WORK WAS COMPLETED DURING HIS TENURE AT THIS ADDRESS.
AND THE CITY MEETS THE CRITERION FOR A STORK ASSOCIATION.
HOWEVER, A BUILDING BEARING RADKE, HIS NAME ALREADY EXISTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SHOULD THE COMMISSION DECIDED INSTEAD TO RELEASE THE PERMIT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT IT REQUIRED COMPLETION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE PRIOR TO RELEASE.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF OF STAFF? IS THERE A MOTION ON THE CASE COMMISSIONER COOK? DO I HEAR A SECOND COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON ON, I WILL SUPPORT THE, I WILL SUPPORT THE MOTION IT GETS.
UM, OUR, OUR GENERAL MANNER OF BUSINESS IS TO HAVE ONE PROPERTY ASSOCIATED WITH A PERSON THAT THE MOST, THE STRONGEST SIGNIFICANCE FOR THIS BUILDING IS ITS ASSOCIATION WITH DR.
RAD, RAD G, AND THERE'S ALREADY A HOUSE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH HIM.
UM, I HATE TO SEE THE HOUSE GO WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT DENSIFICATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, WE ON THIS COMMISSION SEE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, GOING AWAY, UM, THAN ANYONE I THINK.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RELEASING THE DEMOLITION PERMIT, UNCONDITIONED THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL OUT OF CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION BACK YET FOR ARCHIVING AT THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ANY OPPOSED IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[D9. HDP-2020-0410 – Offered for consent approval 815 W. 11th Street Council District 9 (Part 2 of 2)]
OUR NEXT ITEM IS DEAN NINE, EIGHT 15 WEST 11TH STREET, DEMOLISH AND 1911 HOUSE.UH, THIS IS, THIS IS ALSO THE SECOND TIME IT'S APPEARED ON YOUR AGENDA.
UH, SO A POSTPONEMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE, UH, I ORIGINALLY HAD SAID, WELL, THE APPLICANT HAD REQUESTED THE POSTPONEMENT ON THIS, NOT REALIZING IT WAS ACTUALLY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, UM, WHO TESTIFIED THIS EVENING THAT HAD REQUESTED THE, UH, POSTPONEMENT AS SHE WAS OPPOSED TO ITS DEMOLITION.
UH, THIS IS 109 YEAR OLD HOUSE AND IT'S HAD SOME MODIFICATIONS TO IT.
IT'S GOT PERMIT STONE SIDING, BUT IT IS VERY MUCH INTACT.
AND I THINK SOME OF THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS THAT, UM, MS. CARTER PROVIDED FOR YOU ALL THIS EVENING SHOW THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY, UH, THIS BUILDING COULD BE USED FOR A NEW PURPOSE WITH THE REQUISITE PARKING.
AND I'D SAY WE COULD EVEN GO UP A STORY THE BACK, UH, AS THIS IS A THREE LOT, THIS, UH, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OF WEST 11TH STREET IS REALLY SPECIAL.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INTACT, UH, LATE 19TH CENTURY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.
AT THIS POINT, EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN PERMEATED BY NEW COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION OR NEW MULTIFAMILY CONSTRUCTION, UH, WHICH IS CERTAINLY FINE.
IT IS DOWNTOWN, UH, BUT IT IS HAVING A VERY SERIOUS EFFECT ON PRESERVING THE CHARACTER
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OF OLD AUSTIN AND THESE LATE 19TH CENTURY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY HOUSES THAT CAN BE REUSED FOR OFFICES.IT'S DONE ALL OVER THE WEST END OF DOWNTOWN.
SO STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND POSTPONEMENT TWO COUNTS.
FIRST OF ALL, TO SEE IF WE CAN SATISFY THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE OWNER, UH, REQUESTING THE POSTPONEMENT BECAUSE SHE'S OPPOSED TO ITS DEMOLITION AND THE, UH, SECONDLY, TO SEE IF WE, IF THERE IS A DESIGN THAT THE BUYERS OF THIS PROPERTY COULD, UH, ACHIEVE WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF IT WHILE STILL PRESERVING THIS HOUSE.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDS POSTPONEMENT TO DECEMBER AND PERHAPS A REFERRAL TO THE ARC ON NOVEMBER 30TH, PERHAPS WE COULD INVITE, UM, MS. CARTER TO THAT MEETING.
UH, IF WE DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE, UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THE CASE? I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO POSTPONE IT TO DECEMBER AND REFER IT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMISSIONER COOK MOVED.
DO I HEAR A SECOND COMMISSIONER, JACOB? UM, I THINK THAT THIS, I THINK THAT SOME OF THE, THE SKETCH THAT, UM, DR.
CARTER USED TO BE THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE TEXAS, UM, OF THE STATE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, ASSIST US A LITTLE BIT, UM, SO THAT SHE HAS, UH, A PLACE RIGHT HERE ON THE STREET.
UM, I THINK THAT IT, IT MIGHT BENEFIT FROM, UH, FROM A VISIT TO THE ARC.
SO I SUPPORT THIS MOTION, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ANY OPPOSED.
WE POSTPONE THIS AND ASK THE APPLICANT AND INVITE THE OWNER, UM, TO THE FRC MEETING.
I THINK ONE OF THE PRESENTERS MAKES A VERY STRONG FOR THIS AS A HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND IF WE CAN, ONCE AGAIN, EDITORIALIZE A LITTLE BIT, BUT IF THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING, THOSE OF YOU WHO PUT EFFORT INTO THIS, UH, THIS, THIS TOOL WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE IN THAT CASE THAT STEVE, JUST MR.
UH, COMMISSIONER LITTLE WHERE HE TRYING TO WIN YOU'RE MUTED, I BELIEVE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? CAN YOU SPEAK UP, UH, AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S SAID, I'M ALSO DEEPLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH PUTTING A DEMOLITION PERMIT OR A REPRESENTATIVE, THE OWNER WHEN THE OWNER THEMSELVES, OPPOSED TO THAT DEMO.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT CLARIFIED BEFORE TAKING ANY ACTIONS.
TO DEMOLISH SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOUSE POINT WELL TAKEN FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE HEARD COMMISSIONER LITTLE SUPPORTS THE, UM, THE MOTION AND CONCURS WITH THE COMMISSIONER HIMSELF.
AND SHE THINKS THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO FIGURE OUT, UM, IF THIS IS AGAINST THE OWNER'S WISHES OR NOT, UH, BEFORE WE DEMOLISH HER HOUSE.
UM, DID WE VOTE ON THAT? SORRY.
D 10, 11, 17, LINDEN DID THAT NOT.
DID WE HAVE THAT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I HAVE IN MY NOTES, DISCUSS CAUSE PHONE, NO BACKUP STAFF REPORT.
[D12. HDP-2020-0424 – Offered for consent approval 514 Academy Drive Council District 9 (Part 2 of 2)]
FIVE 14 ACADEMY DRIVE.UM, THIS IS ANOTHER CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE IN THAT, UH, TRAVIS HEIGHTS DISTRICT.
I DIDN'T
UM, IT WAS BUILT IN 1929 BY TC STEINER, ITS FIRST OWNERS LIVING IN THE ROSA POST OWNED AND OPERATED THE POST OFFICE CAFE AT ONE 19 AND A HALF WEST SIXTH STREET FROM 1935 UNTIL THE END OF THE DECADE, THE CROSSFIT FAMILY RENTED THE HOUSE WW CROWFOOT WORKED AS AN
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INSURANCE SALESMAN WHILE HIS WIFE FLORENCE WAS A REGISTRAR IN LIBRARIAN FOR AUSTIN HIGH AND ALLEN JUNIOR HIGH FROM THE MID FORTIES TO EARLY FIFTIES NURSE DONNIE RENTED THE HOUSE.UM, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WORKER, MARTIN C WARREN, AND HIS WIFE BESSIE WARREN OCCUPIED FIVE ONE FOUR ACADEMY.
ACCORDING TO THE THC, AS COMMISSIONER MEYER SAID, FIVE ONE FOUR ACADEMY HAS BEEN DEEMED CONTRIBUTING, UM, TO THE PENDING TRAVIS HEIGHTS, FAIRVIEW PARK, NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT.
UM, IT HAS PASSED THE STATE BOARD OF REVIEW, BUT IT IS NOT YET, UM, AN OFFICIAL, UH, NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT.
UM, WE HOPE TO SEE IT IN EARLY 2021.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, STAFF WILL REACH OUT TO THE THC TO CONFIRM JUST IN CASE THEY'RE ABLE TO LIST IT SOONER.
UM, PROPERTY IS THE RELEASE, THE PERMIT UPON COMPLETION OF A CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? AGAIN, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO POSTPONE TO THE NEXT MEETING AND, UM, ASKED THE APPLICANT TO MEET US AT THE ARC AT THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE FIVE, FIVE BUILDINGS ALL CONTRIBUTING, UH, FOR DEMOLITION IN, UM, IN TRAVEL SITES TONIGHT.
AND IT SEEMS SMALL, I THINK A SMALL REQUEST TO ASK THAT, UM, THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN.
DO I HEAR A MOTION EITHER WAY ANYWAY, DO I HEAR A SECOND, SECOND FROM CAROLYN RIGHT CAROLINE, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING IT AND INVITING THE APPLICANT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.
IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COMMISSIONER JACOB, UH, MAYBE OFF THE DIOCESE OFF THE GRID.
[D14. HDP-2020-0431 – Discussion McPhail’s Florist - 605 Barton Springs Road Council District 9]
14 MIKE FAILS FLORES 605 BARTON SPRINGS ROAD.WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TESTIMONY ON THIS EVENING, WHICH IS SURPRISING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE IS, UH, THERE ARE CODE VIOLATIONS ON THIS PROPERTY.
UH, THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT I THINK ANYONE IN AUSTIN WHO'S BEEN IN TOWN FOR ANY NUMBER OF YEARS KNOWS, UH, IT IS, IT IS A VIRTUAL LANDMARK.
UM, MCPHAIL WAS IN BUSINESS FOR 70 YEARS, PROBABLY 80 YEARS AT THIS LOCATION.
AND THE MACPHAIL FAMILY WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE FLORAL BUSINESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
BUT THE, UH, THE BRANCH OF THE FAMILY WHO OWNED THIS, UH, ALSO DELVED INTO OTHER VENTURES.
UM, MR. MACPHAIL HAD A GROCERY STORE CALLED THE HOKEY POKEY AT, UH, 796, WHICH IS IN A LANDMARK BUILDING TODAY.
UH, HE ALSO DEVELOPED, UM, THE SUNKEN GARDENS, WHICH I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THOSE WERE, BUT THEY WERE ON THE SITE.
UH, THE WAYSIDE FLORIST AND THE WAYSIDE GARDENS.
AND THIS BUILDING HERE WAS KNOWN AS FAILS.
WAYSIDE FLORIST, MR. AND MRS. MCPHAIL APPEAR TO HAVE SEPARATED IF NOT DIVORCED AT SOME POINT.
AND THIS IS ROSA MCPHAIL TOOK OVER THE BUSINESS, STILL A VERY BOLD MOVE FOR A FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR AT THE TIME THAT SHE DID THIS IN THE 1940S AND 1950S, IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL STILL FOR A WOMAN TO BE THE HEAD OF A LARGE COMPANY LIKE THIS.
UH, THE ARCHITECTURE IS UNIQUE.
IT'S GOT ARCHES, IT'S GOT GREENHOUSES, IT'S GOT A TWO-STORY SECTION WHERE MRS. MCPHAIL LIVED UPSTAIRS ABOVE THE FLORALS FLORAL SHOP.
MR. MACPHAIL TRAVELED THE STATE.
HE WAS ALSO THE CHIEF, UH, INSPECTOR FOR THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE CHIEF FLORAL INSPECTOR.
AND HE WOULD GO OUT, UH, VERY MUCH LIKE MR. RAMSEY HAD RAMSEY'S OFF TO NURSERY UP AT THE NORTH END OF HYDE PARK.
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HE WOULD FIND, UH, NEW PLANTS AND CULTIVATE THEM HERE IN AUSTIN AND THEN SELL THEM.UH, HE DEVELOPED HIS OWN HYBRIDS.
THEY HAD A CATALOG, THEY GREW A LOT OF THEIR OWN FLOWERS AND MACPHAIL HIS WAYSIDE FLORIST, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, BROTHERS BARTON SPRINGS, FLORIST, REALLY A PEDIMENT, WHAT BARTON SPRINGS ROAD USED TO BE IN THE MID 20TH CENTURY.
THIS WAS AN AREA OF FLOWER FARMS AND TRUCK FARMS AND FLORAL SHOPS ON THE WAY TO BARTON SPRINGS.
IT WAS CERTAINLY NOT THE THOROUGHFARE THAT IT IS NOW, UH, STEPPED UP THAT THIS IS WORTH CONSIDERATION.
UH, AS A LANDMARK, IT IS REALLY THE LAST VESTIGE OF THE OLD CHARACTER AT BARTON SPRINGS ROAD.
AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO EITHER POSTPONE IT TO THE DECEMBER MEETING OR TO INITIATE A HISTORIC ZONING AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO, UH, REHABILITATE THESE BUILDINGS SO THAT, UH, IT, MAYBE IF THERE'S NEVER A FLORIST SHOP THERE AGAIN, AT LEAST THEY CAN BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
UH, THE BUILDINGS ARE COMPLETELY, SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S CODE VIOLATIONS, UH, IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET IN AND CAUSE ANY VANDALISM OR OTHER DAMAGE.
SO I THINK WE DO HAVE THE TIME TO POSTPONE IT, IF THAT IS THE COMMISSION'S DESIRE WITHOUT INCURRING SERIOUS LIABILITY, UH, FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER, FOR TRESPASSERS AND VANDALISM ON THE SITE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THE CASE COMMISSIONER HANGS OUT? WELL, I GUESS I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE BASED ON THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, BUT FOR THE VERY REASON THAT I THINK ALSO, UH, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE BUILDING AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE BUILDING MAINTAINS, UH, RELATIVE INTEGRITY, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD ASK.
HAVE WE NEED TO HAVE A SECOND BEFORE WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
COMMISSIONER VALANZUELA, ARE YOU OFFERING A SECOND? YES.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO POSTPONE GO AHEAD.
AND THAT WAS MY, MAYBE HAVE A STRUCTURE LIKE THAT AS WELL.
SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT CONDITION OF THE BUILDING.
I WILL HAVE TO GET THAT TO YOUR COMMISSIONER.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING IT TO DECEMBER MEETING, WHENEVER THAT IS, RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.
[D15. HDP-2020-0432 – Offered for consent approval 1811 Drake Avenue Council District 9 (Part 2 of 2)]
NEXT ITEM IS D 15, 1811 DRAKE AVENUE, A DEEP 15.UH, I JUST, I WANTED, I THINK IT'S OKAY TO SAY, UH, POSTPONE TO THE DECEMBER MEETING, UM, OR TO OUR NEXT MEETING, BUT THAT IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE THE 14TH.
AND I WOULD REALLY NOT WANT TO HAVE ANY SORT OF COMPLICATION ARISE.
UH, THREE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THAT MIGHT BE OUR POST MOMENTS NEED TO BE TO DATE CERTAIN, WE COULD JUST REPHRASE THAT MOTION.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE MUCH SAFER FOR US TO THE, TO THE DECEMBER MEETING.
AND IF THAT TURNS OUT NOT TO BE THE DATE.
WELL, I THINK THAT WAS, I THINK THE MOTION WAS TO THE DECEMBER MEETING OR TO OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS IN DECEMBER.
UH, THIS IS THE PROPOSAL TO DEMOLISH A CIRCA 1936 HOUSE.
ONE STORY WITH HORIZONTAL WOOD SIDING, TWO OVER TWO PAIRED AND SINGLE ALUMINUM REPLACEMENT WINDOWS AND ACROSS GABLED ROOF CLAD AND COMPOSITION SHINGLES, A GABLED PARTIAL WITH PORCH SUPPORTED BY CLASSICAL COLUMN SHELTERS.
THE CENTRAL ENTRANCE, THE HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1936 BY LEWIS AND RENA HALL, THE HALL ALTERNATELY OCCUPIED AND RENTED OUT THE HOME UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 1947.
AND AFTERWARDS IT WAS OCCUPIED BY SAMUEL WILLIAMS AND HIS WIFE, LUCILLE WILLIAMS OPENED AN AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY AND LIVED AT 1811 DRAKE UNTIL AT LEAST 1957 STAFF RECOMMENDS THE COMMISSION RELEASED THE PERMIT, A CON COMPLETION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE.
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OKAY.UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? THIS IS ANOTHER, UH, TRAVEL SITES, CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO POSTPONE TO DECEMBER 14TH OR TO THE DECEMBER MEETING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR ANYTHING PONDERING IT? COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON.
UM, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY, OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION TO, UM, RELEASE THE DEMOLITION PERMIT AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? WELL, I MAY JUST WEIGH IN IT.
I THINK THE ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY HERE THOUGH, THE STAFF SAYS IT'S MODERATE.
UM, I THINK PROBABLY IS A SIGNIFICANT, UH, DETRIMENT TO THE HOUSE.
IT CERTAINLY WILL NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF A LANDMARK.
I, I THINK ALSO AS MUCH AS IT PAINS ME, THIS ONE PROBABLY IS ALSO LESS ADAPTABLE PERHAPS THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS.
SO, UM, I THINK WE WILL HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US WITH THE ONES WE'VE ALREADY POSTPONED.
IF WE POSTPONE, IF WE POSTPONE THIS TILL DECEMBER, UM, WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE PLANS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MOTION TO RELEASE THE DEMOLITION PERMIT AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SIX IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, MYERS AND VELLUM.
WE HAVE WHERE WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX IN FAVOR THAT PASSES.
SO THE DEMOLITION PERMIT IS RELEASED UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE, PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALL FACADES AND A NARRATIVE HISTORY FOR ARCHIVING AT THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER.
[D16. HDP-2020-0440 – Discussion 416 W. 12th Street Council District 9 (Part 3 of 3)]
ITEM IS FOUR 16 WEST 12TH STREET.THE PROPOSAL IS TO DEMOLISH THE 1956 BUILDING THAT IS LISTED INDIVIDUALLY IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER UNDER CRITERION C FOR ARCHITECTURE AND CRITERIA AND A FOR HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS WITH, UH, THE ORGANIZATION.
DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? WE WE'VE HAD A PRESENTATION ALREADY.
DO WE HAVE MORE PRESENTATION? UH, EITHER POSTCODE WOULD BE DECEMBER OR INITIATE HISTORIC ZONING.
UH, OUR CITY CODE ALLOWS FOR, UH, RECOMMENDING HISTORIC ZONING.
IF A PROPERTY IS LISTED INDIVIDUALLY IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
AND THIS ONE IS, UH, IT ALSO QUALIFIES UNDER TWO OF OUR, UH, DESIGNATION CRITERIA FOR ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
UH, THIS IS A DIFFICULT CASE BECAUSE, UH, STAFF IS CERTAINLY SYMPATHETIC WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S NEED AND DESIRE TO, UH, REDEVELOP THIS PROPERTY.
UH, THIS BUILDING HAS, UH, OUTGROW, IT HAS SERVED ITS PURPOSE FOR THEM.
AND STAFF WAS LIFTING VERY, VERY CLOSELY TO THE, UH, PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AND IS VERY SYMPATHETIC, BUT, UH, AND ALSO THE NEWS FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COMMISSION, SORRY THAT, UH, THERE WOULD BE NO, UH, NO IMPACT ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.
AND THAT MAY BE TRUE FROM THE STATE PERSPECTIVE, BUT THE
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THAT'S NOT TRUE FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE IT'S DESIGNATION IS ALMOST AN AUTOMATIC, UH, WAY TO LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THIS BUILDING.I AM NOT SURE THAT, UH, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO INITIATE HISTORIC ZONING ON THIS CASE RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THE BETTER APPROACH WOULD BE TO POSTPONE AND TO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE AS TO HOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE CAN OCCUR.
THAT RESPECTS THE BUILDING WITH BETTER THAN THE PLANS PRESENTED AND NOT SAYING THAT THIS ISN'T A VERY HANDSOME BUILDING, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT DOES ENOUGH TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING, SIGNIFICANT BUILDING.
AND A STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO POSTPONE IS BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY, HOPEFULLY OF MORE CONVERSATIONS IN ALL HONESTY, UH, THE, THE NEW PROPOSED BUILDING WHILE IT IS VERY HANDSOME.
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO, UH, RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT'S THERE NOW.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS THE GOAL THAT THE, UH, APPLICANTS AND THE OWNER ARCHITECTS SHOULD STRIVE FOR IS UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'VE GOT A BUILDING WITH DEMONSTRATED SIGNIFICANCE, WHAT CAN BE DONE TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THE PLANS TO A MUCH HIGHER DEGREE THAN IS BEING PRESENTED TODAY.
SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS FOR IT'S FOR BOTH, BUT BELIEVING THAT POSTPONEMENT IS THE MORE APPROPRIATE AVENUE AT THIS POINT, COMMISSIONER VALANZUELA MANY TIMES.
AND ARE WE UP AGAINST THE CLOCK? I THINK WE CAN POSTPONE IT FOR SIX MONTHS.
IF IT'S A NATIONAL REGISTERED PROPERTY, IT'S AN COMMITTEE.
THE APPLICANTS HAVE COME TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE TWICE NOW.
UM, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT IT HAS BEEN ON THE FULL COMMISSION'S AGENDA.
SO IT WOULD BE, UH, YOU DO HAVE 75 DAYS TO MAKE A DECISION.
DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THE CASE? I THINK WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS BUILDING, UM, COMMISSIONER
IS THERE A SECOND COMMISSIONER TELE? AND I THINK I DO SEE IT LISTED ON OUR SIXTH MEETING.
NO, THE SIX, THAT WAS A DIFFERENT TOLL STREET.
UM, I JUST, I APPRECIATE STAFF'S INTEREST IN POSTPONING, BUT HONESTLY I HAVEN'T SEEN HOW WE CAN HAVE ANY CHOICE, BUT NOT TO RECOMMEND A NASPA NATIONAL REGISTRY LISTED PROPERTY AND DISCUSSING HOW THEY CAN PRESERVE IT BEFORE WE DO THAT.
AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS IT AFTER WE INITIATED OR BEFORE.
AND I THINK, UH, I, I FEEL FOR THE APPLICANT AS WELL, BUT THIS IS A POTENTIALLY HUGE PROJECT.
I DON'T SEE PERSONALLY HOW WE CAN NOT RECOMMEND I'M MORE IN FAVOR OF JUST MOVING THE BALL DOWN THE ROAD AND STILL REFERRING THEM TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT THE CONTROL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, IF THE RECOMMENDATION THROUGH, BUT I DON'T SEE POSTPONING AND THEN INITIATING, BENEFITING ANYONE, COMMISSIONER BALANCE EULER.
AND THAT APPROACH, I FEEL LIKE WE, UM, I GUESS AS THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE HAVE SEEN THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAVE NOT SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE IN THE DESIGN.
I THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE SAW AT THE BEGINNING.
AND I, I DO JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, UM, AS, AS MR S ASKED, YOU MENTIONED THIS BEYOND THE NATIONAL REGISTER, UM, DOES NOT COME WITH THOSE STRINGS.
IT IS HONORARY, BUT BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN THE CITY, UM, WE HAVE REVIEW AUTHORITY, BUT EVEN, EVEN IF IT WAS NOT ALREADY LISTED INDIVIDUALLY ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER, WE WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS AND IT WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD HAVE ARRIVED
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AT THIS SAME POINT, HAD IT NOT BEEN LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER.SO I WANT TO, UM, PUT MY SUPPORT BEHIND THE NATIONAL REGISTER, UM, LISTING, UM, AND, AND JUST THIS W THIS PROCESS WOULD NOT HAVE CHANGED.
HAD IT NOT BEEN ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER.
I AGREE COMPLETELY THAT IT, IT ISN'T NECESSARILY BECAUSE IT'S LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER.
WE WOULD HAVE COME TO THAT DECISION INDEPENDENTLY AS THE COMMISSION, I BELIEVE.
UM, I WANTED TO, AS COMMISSIONER TO LET, IF HE WANTED TO ADDRESS, UH, HIS SECOND TO THIS OVER 30 ACRES OF BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET FROM A BUSINESS THERE, UH, I'VE BEEN IN THE BUILDING.
IT'S EXTREMELY WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOME, AS IT MAY BE SOME ON THE COMMISSION THAT THE CUSTODY OWNERS OPPOSED TO IT, BUT THIS IS OUR, TO ME, THIS IS OUR MISSION.
YOU READ THE NATIONAL REGISTER NARRATIVE.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S, IT, IT TOUCHES ALL THE BASES.
UH, IF IT ACTUALLY, I DON'T THINK IT CONSIDERED KICKING DOWN THE ROAD.
I THINK IT GOES WITH OUR RECOMMEND.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, GO WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION DOWN THE ROAD.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL OF US ON BOARD ON THIS ONE.
AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT PROPERTY.
UH, 12TH STREET IS, IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S NOT THE WASTELAND THAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED.
UH, 12 STREETS IS ACTUALLY A NICE BOULEVARD.
UH, I WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE NOT READY, PARTICULARLY FOCUSING ON WHAT'S COMING NEXT, BUT A 31 STORY OFFICE TOWER THERE WITH FIVE PARKING PODIUM OF FIVE LEVELS.
I MEAN, I WAS FOLKS THAT'S HORRIFYING AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
I ACTUALLY OWN PROPERTY RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THIS.
SO I HAVE A, I HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER HERE FOR MY IT'S GOING UP FOR ZONING.
UH, ANYWAY, NO, I THAT'S THE REASON I'M SUPPORTING HIM.
I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS TO ME, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
COMMISSIONER MARY'S YOU'RE MUTED.
I DIDN'T, BUT, UH, COMMISSIONER HIND, SETH.
I ALSO, I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT WE, UH, FOR WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL, TAKE A STANDS FOR THIS PROPERTY, BECAUSE IT IS THE PERFECT ILLUSTRATION OF THE MISHMASH OF THE MISMATCH BETWEEN THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES IN THIS EXTENSIVELY PERMISSIVE ZONING THAT MANY OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE UP AGAINST.
AND THE FACT IS IS THAT IF WE DON'T REIGN THIS IN, IN SOME REASONABLE WAY, SO THAT OWNERS CAN BENEFIT FROM SOME VALUE TO THEIR LAND, BUT THE ONLY COURSE OF ACTION IS NOT JUST DEMOLITION OR A 30 STORY BUILDING, AND WE'RE NOT OFFERING THEM ANYTHING BUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE MASONIC LODGE CASE.
AND THIS IS A, A SERIOUS, SERIOUS THREAT TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND WE NEED TO START ADDRESSING THIS.
I'D LIKE TO ADD, UM, SOMETHING WHEN WE SAW THE VIDEO AND THE FOLKS WERE TALKING ABOUT, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR, UM, OUR MISSION AS A GROUP.
WELL, IT'S THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, AND IT WAS LISTED UNDER ARCHITECTURE AND FOR ITS HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS.
AND I FEEL A LITTLE BIT NOW THAT SOME TIME HAS PASSED AND PERHAPS THEY'VE GONE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, BUT I THINK IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN KNOWN AT THE TIME IT WAS BEING NOMINATED AND LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER AS A PLACE, AS A BUILDING WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT EXHIBITS THIS WONDERFUL ARCHITECTURE AND IT REFLECTS THE VALUES OF THE, OF THE GROUP.
AND AGAIN, I, I REALLY FEEL THAT, UM, THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE COME TO THIS CONCLUSION ON ITS OWN.
I DON'T WANT TO THROW IT BACK ON THE, UM, NATIONAL REGISTER.
UH, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER COORDINATOR OR THE NATIONAL REGISTER DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE, UH, THEY SAID THE TRUTH IS THIS WAS, THIS DID NOT PUT RESTRICTIONS ON THEM, UM, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT BY INITIATING HISTORIC ZONING,
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I THINK WE CONCUR WITH THEIR, UM, WITH THEIR ANALYSIS, THAT IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROPERTY AND WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH, UM, RECOMMENDING HISTORIC ZONING.SO I WOULD SUPPORT THE MOTION COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? YOU'RE MUTED.
UM, TAKE YOUR CURSOR DOWN TO THE BOTTOM WHERE THAT, OH, IT'S NOT WORKING.
UM, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR POINTS? UM, IN THE, IN THE VIDEOS, THE WOMEN TALKED ABOUT HOW THE ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED HOUSE, WHERE IT WAS NOT FOUND ANYWHERE AND THEY, THEY KIND OF INTIMATED IN THAT SENSE THAT THEY DON'T FEEL THAT THIS BUILDING IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF HISTORY IN THAT SENSE.
CAUSE THEY DIDN'T BEGIN HERE, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE EXPRESSION OF THIS BUILDING REFLECTED THE SUCCESS OF THE ORGANIZATION, THE GROWTH OF IT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT AT THAT TIME, UM, WHICH CAN'T BE UNDERSTATED.
THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT COMMISSIONER A LITTLE.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT LISTING INTERNET PRESERVATION, WHICH IS HOW I DEFINE SITES THAT WE SHOULD PRESERVE AND WHAT WE SHOULD PROTECT.
THIS IS AN ADD ON, IS SQUIRT PRESERVATION THAT THIS, THIS IS COMING OUT OF NOTHING, JUST THE NOMINATION ITSELF.
THAT'S THAT'S ENTIRELY CORRECT.
SHARING A FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
WHAT ARE WE RECOMMENDING? UM, INITIATING HIS STORIES ON THE, I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE INITIATING OR RECOMMENDING WE'RE INITIATING HISTORIC ZONING, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[D20. HDP-2020-0453 – Offered for consent approval 1414 Alameda Drive Council District 9 (Part 2 of 2)]
ITEM ON THE PUBLIC HEARING IS D 2014, 14 ALOMEDA DRIVE THE 1932 HOUSE.UH, IT'S ONE STORY, BUT IN HORIZONTAL WITH FIGHTING, UH, WITH SINGLE AND PAIRS ONE OVER ONE WOOD WINDOWS BY GATES WITH COMPOSITION, SINGLE SHINGLE ROOF WITH EXPOSED RANCHER PILLS AND A FULL WIDTH PORCH, UH, 14, 14 ALAMEDA WAS CONSTRUCTED AROUND 1932 BY GEORGE BARNHART.
IF THERE IS A RENTAL PROPERTY IN 1939 C SLATER, A LOCAL LAWYER PURCHASED THE HOUSE THAT YEAR AND LIVED THERE UNTIL HIS MARRIAGE TO MILDRED'S EDGAR IN 1947, BY 1954, SLATER WAS PART OWNER COVERING RESTAURANT AT 12TH STREET AND LAMAR, UH, AFTER THE SLATERS THE HOUSES ON ALAMEDA REMAINED VACANT UNTIL 1955.
WHEN NICOLE SERVICE RANSOM AND HIS WIFE SEE LUCAS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY DEF RECOMMENDATION, UH, IS THAT THE COMMISSION RELEASED THE PERMIT UPON COMPLETION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? THIS IS ANOTHER CONTRIBUTING PROPERTY IN TRAVIS SITES.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UM, CAUSE IT'S PUNISHED AT THIS DECEMBER MEETING AND REFER THE APPLICANTS TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
I THINK WE MIGHT, UM, HAVE MORE, UH, ROOM TO, UM, DISCUSS THIS ITEM THEN THAN WE DID THE LAST.
THERE WAS SOME CONSIDERATION BY THE, UM, I'LL QUIT TALKING.
I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION ON THE CASE FIRST.
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FEATHERSTON THIRDED OKAY.UM, ANY DISCUSSION PROPERTIES THAT WERE NOT QUITE AS OBVIOUS AS THEY WERE MARRIED ARCHITECTURAL, YOU'RE GOING TO BE CERTAINLY AN ISSUE.
IF WE WERE TO TRY TO INITIATE THE SETTLING, NOT TO MENTION ITS RESEARCH MIGHT SHOW THE ASSOCIATION, BUT I DID A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE.
IT MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD FOR THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THE HOUSE.
I THINK, UH, IF THE APPLICANT IS STILL ON THE LINE OR LISTENING IN, I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONSIDERATION THAT THE BUILDING HAD BEEN ALTERED, BUT THE ALTERATIONS, THE ALTERATIONS I BELIEVE OCCURRED DURING THE HISTORIC PERIOD.
UM, THE HISTORIC PERIOD FOR THIS DISTRICT ENDED IN 1970.
SO I THINK THOSE, I THINK THAT, UM, I THINK THAT ANY ALTERATIONS OCCURRED BEFORE THAT TIME THAT THIS HOUSE, UH, DOES RESEMBLE, UM, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, UH, IN 1970 IN THE HISTORIC PERIOD.
UM, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO REFER IT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
UM, IS THERE ANY MORE FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION HEARING? NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
IT PASSED, IT'S POSTPONED TO THE DECEMBER MEETING, UH, WITH A REFERRAL, UM, TO THE APPLICANT AND INVITATION TO, UH, GO TO THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE AND DISCUSS, UH, DISCUSS IT FURTHER.
UM, WE PASSED ITEM E ONE WAS PASSED ON CONSENT OF NO ACTION AND NO FURTHER ACTION, NEW, NEW UPDATES ON THE SEABORN SNEED HOUSE ONTO
[4A. Discussion and Possible Action on Committee Reports 1. Architectural Review Committee 2. Operations Committee 3. Grants Committee 4. Preservation Plan Committee]
COMMISSION AND STAFF ITEMS. UM, ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS, COMMISSIONER VALENS WHALE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPORT ON THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS COMMITTEE? UH, WE MET TODAY.I THINK THAT ALWAYS HELPS WITH OUR CONVERSATION.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL SEE A LOT OF THE OTHER CASES, UM, FROM THIS MEETING AT OUR INTERNET MEETING AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, I THINK WE HAD 1806 TRAVEL SITES.
UM, WE DISCUSSED AND, AND I THINK THAT WE, WE GOT A LOT OF CONSIDERATION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND SO FAR AS, UM, NOT WHITE WASHING THE, THE STONE, UM, THE NATURAL STONE ON THE HOUSE.
AND I THINK THAT WAS A BIG DEAL.
UM, THE PATTERN WILL CHANGE, BUT IN FACT, MANY TUDOR REVIVAL HOUSES HAVE FRENCH DOORS ON THE FRONT GOING OUT TO A TERRORIST.
SO WHILE IT, IT, IT MIGHT REDUCE ITS ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE.
IT'S STILL COMPATIBLE WITH THE DISTRICT.
AND I THINK SAVING THE STONE WAS A REAL, A REAL GOOD, UM, COMPROMISE THAT WE GOT FROM THAT AS THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MET.
WHAT ABOUT GRANTS? PRESERVISION PLAN? WE SAW THE DESIGN STANDARDS TONIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD EARLIER FROM THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THEY WERE ASKING, I COULDN'T, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I COULDN'T HEAR HIS PRESENTATION VERY WELL.
AND WHAT THEY'RE WANTING US TO DO IS THINK OF SOMEONE WHO HAS PRESERVATION EXPERIENCE OR PRESERVATION BACKGROUND, AS WELL AS PERHAPS SOME, UH, DEVELOPMENT OR REAL ESTATE BACKGROUND TO BE, UH, A PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE SECOND AND I'LL MAKE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO MAKE SURE THAT PRESERVATION DOESN'T COME AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT, UH, WHEN THEY COME AND PRESENT THEIR PLANS TO US.
AND WE SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU COULD HAVE DONE THIS, THAT WE'LL HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A COMMISSION MEMBER.
IN FACT, THAT ASKED US TO, UH, THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE ON THE COMMISSION, BUT MAY WANT TO VOLUNTEER, UM, UM, THEIR EXPERTISE AND ANOTHER IN ANOTHER WAY.
SO, UH, THEY'VE ASKED US TO THINK ABOUT PEOPLE THAT WE MIGHT PUT UP FOR, UM, FOR RECOMMENDATION, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN APPLICATION FORM.
UM, SO THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES, UH, YOU CAN GIVE IT TO THEM AS A GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS.
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YEAH.SO THE WHOLE CHECKLIST OF THINGS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ARE VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHY I VOLUNTEERED FOR THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.
SO I DO SEE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T HAVE A REALLY INTERESTING, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT OTHER APPLICATIONS MIGHT BECOME.
I FILL OUT AN APPLICATION BIN.
IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE? IT SOUNDED LIKE THE NOMINATIONS WOULD GO TO THE PRESERVATION PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THEN WE WOULD, UM, GO THROUGH THOSE AND COME UP WITH A FEW TO THE DECEMBER MEETING.
AND, AND, UM, I THINK THAT, UH, BUT WE MIGHT, WE JUST THROW THAT OUT TO THE WHOLE COMMISSION, IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK MIGHT BE, UM, MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SERVING OR THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE A GOOD MATCH, UM, LET STAFF KNOW, AND WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE AS THE PRESERVATION PLAN COMMITTEE.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT NOW.
UM, ARE THERE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, STAFF HAVE ANYTHING LEFT AND WE GOT THROUGH A PRETTY BIG AGENDA TONIGHT WITH ALL THOSE POSTPONEMENTS FROM LAST TIME WITH 15 MINUTES TO SPARE.
SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I TH UH, COMMISSIONER WARDER MADE THIS MOTION, I THINK TONIGHT.
SO, UH, WE GET A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HINDSIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
CORRINE JANE, YOU CAN TAKE ME ALONG WITH YOU.