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THEN I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION TO ORDER.
UM, MATTHEW, JACOB, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, KEVIN COOK, KELLY, LITTLE TRAY, MCWHORTER TRAY HERE.
ALEX, TOP OF THE CELIA, ALEX, UM, BLAKE TO LET BETH FELONS WAY ALUM.
I SAW HER I'M HERE AND CAROLINE.
CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME HOW TO GET PEOPLE'S PICTURES ON HERE? I GOT IT.
UM, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE AGENDA FAIRLY SLOWLY, UM, TO TRY TO GET OUR, UM, CONSENT ITEMS AND OUR POSTPONEMENT ITEMS AND A POSTPONEMENT DISCUSSION.
UM, FIRST, DO WE HAVE ANYONE, UM, HAVE WE DISPENSED WITH CITIZEN COMMUNICATION FOR ONLINE MEETINGS? UH, YES.
THERE IS NO GENERAL CITIZEN COMMUNICATION FOR THE ONLINE MEETING.
OH, BEFORE, UM, BEFORE WE START WITH OUR AGENDA, I WANTED TO WELCOME CAROLINE RIGHT TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, THERE SHE IS WITH HER GREEN NECKERCHIEF ON, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
[ Reading of the Agenda: Call to Order]
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, BUT, UM, WE CAN TAKE THAT AS A CONSENT ITEM.WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS AT THIS MEETING, SO I'LL GO FORWARD WITH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND GO THROUGH AND IDENTIFY THE CONSENT ITEMS UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS, A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR HISTORIC ZONING.
THE FIRST ITEM, 28, 16 SAN PEDRO STREET, THE POSTPONEMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT.
THE SECOND ITEM WE HAVE BAKER SCHOOL.
FIRST, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF THERE PEOPLE TO SPEAK TO THEM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO ON WITH THE, UM, WITH THE PRESENTATIONS, THE, UM, THE SECOND ITEM UNDER CATEGORY A IS BAKER SCHOOL.
THE THIRD ITEM IS A REQUEST FOR A ZONING CHANGE.
THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DISCUSSION POSTPONEMENT WAS A MISTAKE.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO ADD THAT TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, A THREE UNDER B DISCUSSION AND APP ACTIONS ON APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS.
WE HAVE B ONE SIX OH TWO HIGHLAND AVENUE IS GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION ITEM B TWO.
WE HAVE A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF.
SO WE'D LIKE TO ADD THAT TO OUR POSTPONEMENT AGENDA ITEM, B3 SIX 11 OAKLAND AVENUE.
UM, WE CAN PUT THIS ON CONSENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE APPLICANT RESTORE RATHER THAN REPLACE THE WOOD WINDOWS, WHICH WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE AND, UM, AND STAFF, EXCUSE ME.
UH, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT ON, UH, ITEM B3.
WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A PERSON REGISTERED TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.
SO WE DO NEED TO PULL THAT ITEM FROM CONSENT.
AND BEFORE IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT ITEM C ONE AS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT ITEM C TWO, IT'S OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
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I CAN'T PULL UP MY SPEAKER LIST.WE HAVE THIS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
I WANTED TO NOTE THAT ACCORDING TO DEED RESTRICTIONS FOR, UM, FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD STONE OR BRICK ARE REQUIRED, UM, JUST THAT'S NOT IN OUR PURVIEW, BUT I WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UH, WE HAD A COMMENT FROM A CITIZEN ABOUT THOSE RESTRICTIONS ITEMS. C3 IS A DISCUSSION ITEM.
C4 IS A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR 1609 WEST 12TH STREET, C FIVE IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR THAT ITEM THEN IT'S OFFERED FOR CONSENT.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION TO STAFF ON THIS ONE.
UH, I TAKE IT THAT THIS WAS RELATED TO A CASE WHERE WE GRANTED THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING.
AND I, SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL THE PAST AGENDAS, UH, IN, UH, IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, IF WE COULD BREAK REFERENCE TO THAT SINCE THEY'RE BOTH REFERENCED IN THE, IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL, BUT THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC DATE WHEN WE APPROVED THE DEMOLITION STAFF.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS ELIZABETH BRUMMETT, UM, CALEN CONTRARAS IS NOT HERE TONIGHT.
SO I AM FILLING IN ON YOUR CASES AS WELL AS I CAN.
UM, I WILL NOTE THAT IN THE STAFF COMMENTS ON THAT STAFF REPORT, IT DOES INDICATE THAT A DEMOLITION WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION IN JUNE OF 2020 AT THAT TIME.
YEAH, I BELIEVE AT THAT TIME WE WERE NOT EXPECTING THERE TO BE ASSOCIATED NEW CONSTRUCTION.
UH, SO NOW THAT, THAT HAS COME IN FOR PERMITTING.
UM, ITEM C SIX IS A DISCUSSION ITEM.
THAT'S 1703 WOODLAWN BOULEVARD ITEMS C SEVEN IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL THAT 1703 WAS 32ND STREET.
UNLESS THERE'S ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM HEARING NO ONE I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM D DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR DEMOLITION OR RELOCATION.
UM, AND THEN D ONE EIGHT 15 RATHER FOR PLACE AND 1204 ALTA VISTA AVENUE.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE TO SPEAK TO THAT ITEM.
SO I'D LIKE TO PULL THAT FOR DISCUSSION ITEM D TWO 47, 14.
I DIDN'T D THREE 1113 WEST 22ND AND A HALF STREET AS A DISCUSSION ITEM, 25 OH FIVE PARK VIEW DRIVE IS A DISCUSSION ITEM AS WELL AS 25 OH SEVEN PART, THE DRIVE 1806, TRAVIS HEIGHTS BOULEVARD IS A DISCUSSION ITEM, 45 OH NINE BALCHUNAS DRIVE IS A DISCUSSION ITEM ITEM D EIGHT 1601, WILLOWS AS A DISCUSSION ITEM ITEM DEAN NINE, ED TURNING THE PAGE NINE OH SIX EAST 13TH STREET IS A DISCUSSION ITEM.
I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING AGAIN, D NINE, WE HAVE AN APPLICANT, A REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT, UH, THAT HAPPENED AFTER THE AGENDA WAS POSTED.
SO, UM, IF WE COULD ADD THAT TO THE CONSENT POST-MOMENT LIST, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
STAFF, AS I'M FINISHING THE AGENDA, CAN YOU LIST THE NUMBER OF POSTPONEMENT
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ITEMS SO THAT I DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE? SO THAT'S NINE OH SIX EAST 13TH STREET, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.ITEM D 10, NINE, 10 WEST ELIZABETH STREET, UM, THAT SAYS IT'S OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON OUR AGENDA, BUT WE HAVE SOMEONE TO SPEAK TO THAT ITEM ON.
SO WE'RE PULL UP FOR DISCUSSION ITEM D 11 1400 DRINK AVENUE.
STAFF HAS REQUESTED POSTPONE THAT ITEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A POSTPONEMENT AND ITEM D 13, EIGHT 15 WEST 11TH STREET.
STAFF HAS REQUESTED POSTPONE ITEM D 14, 12 OF FIVE TAYLOR STREET.
CAUSE THE CONSENT ITEM, UNLESS THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION ITEM D 15, 2000 FOREST TRAIL IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON THIS.
AND IF SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION ITEM D 16, 1903 EAST EIGHTH STREET IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
UNLESS THERE'S SOMEONE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION AND ITEM D 1726, 17 EAST FOURTH STREET IS OFFERED, IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
AND FINALLY ITEM D 18 1117 LINDEN STREET IS A DISCUSSION POSTPONEMENT AT STAFF'S REQUEST.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING IN ON US AS SPEAKERS, THE ONE TO PULL ANY OF THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANY COMMISSIONER NUMBERS, I'M GOING TO PULL ITEMS OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[Consent Agenda: 1, A3, C2, C5, C7, D14 - D17]
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM A THREE OH THREE ITEM C TWO C FIVE, ITEM C SEVEN ITEM D NINE.THAT ONE WAS FOR DISCUSSION AND ITEM D 14 ITEM D 15 ITEM D 16 AND ITEM D 17.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? MADAM CHAIR MOVE APPROVAL.
THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR SEPTEMBER 26 MEETINGS SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE SAY AYE.
DO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE POSTPONEMENTS?
[ Postponed Items: A1, B2, B4, C1, D9, D12]
OKAY.UM, THE POSTPONEMENTS, UM, ARE ITEM A ONE APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT.
ITEM B TWO REQUESTED BY STAFF.
THIS IS FOR THE MILLER C WRIGHT HOUSE ON FRIEDRICH GLEN ITEM B FOR POST BUMMER REQUEST BY APPLICANT ITEMS C ONE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY APPLICANT 32 70 GLENVIEW AVENUE, ITEM C TWO.
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I WROTE TOO MANY NOTES ON MY AGENDA.I THINK THE NEXT ONE IS D NINE.
BUT I THINK THAT WAS A REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT.
THAT'S THE REQUEST FOR, BY AN APPLICANT TO PAUL, ARE YOU SURE? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THAT WAS, UH, ITEM D NINE, SORRY.
UM, ITEM D 11 POSTPONED REQUEST BY STAFF ITEM D 12, APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT FOR 1208 WEST 22ND STREET ITEM D 13 STAFF REQUESTS FOR POSTPONEMENT FOR EIGHT 15 WEST 11TH STREET.
AND THAT'S THAT IS OUR CONSENT POSTPONEMENT.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT POSTPONEMENTS? WE'LL MOVE.
AND THINK ALSO THAT WE HAVE THE SEAGRAM'S THE CBROWNE SNEAD HOUSE.
IS THAT GOING TO BE ON? WE NEED TO ADD THAT BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
HOW ABOUT IF WE JUST LEAVE IT ON OUR AGENDA AND DISCUSS IT AT THE END OF THE MEETING? OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE POSTPONEMENT AGENDA.
DO I HEAR A SECOND SECOND BY TREATMENT BORDER? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE POSTPONEMENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[D18. HDP-2020-0419 – Offered for consent approval 1117 Linden Street Council District 3]
THE LAST ITEM WE HAVE A HEART AGENDA, UM, TO CONSIDER IS THE DISCUSSION POSTPONE MET AT STAFF REQUESTS FOR 1117 LINDEN STREET.DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT? THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO DEMOLISH A CIRCUIT IN 1940 HOUSE STAFF HAS ASKED THAT WE CONSIDER POSTPONING UNTIL NOVEMBER 16TH TO FULLY EVALUATE TO DEMOLITION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
ACCORDING TO THE STANFORD REPORT FELT THAT THIS WAS A UNIQUE CONSTRUCTION AND HAD PARTICULARLY ARTISTIC WINDOW OF DETAILING AND THOUGHT THAT IT WARRANTED FOR THE CONSIDERATION, UH, TO GIVE STAFF TIME FOR, UM, TWO COLLECT FOR THE RESEARCH AND TO EVALUATE THEIR ALTERNATIVES.
IS THERE SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? HELLO? YES.
AND YOU'RE THE APPLICANT, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.
DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE ON THIS? UH, FROM THE RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE, IT APPEARS LIKE THE DONIN BRICK FACADE WAS ADDED LATER ON TO THE DWELLING.
UH, THAT IS SIDING UNDERNEATH IT, WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE ORIGINAL, UH, UH, ARCHITECTURE OF THE HOUSE.
OKAY, SIR, I HAVE MADE THAT, HOLD ON JUST A SECOND.
WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING THE MERITS OF THE CASE, BUT JUST WHETHER OR NOT TO POSTPONE THIS OR TO CARRY IT, UM, DISCUSS IT TONIGHT.
SO SEEING AS YOU'RE HERE AS THE APPLICANT, YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT YOUR POSTS YOU'RE POSTPONING THE CASE, IS THAT CORRECT? I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A DISCUSSION AND SEE IF WE CAN RESOLVE IT.
THEN, THEN WE WILL, UM, WE WILL DISCUSS THAT NOW AND, UM, I NEED TO HAVE A MOTION ON THE CASE
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WHETHER TO POSTPONE IT OR DISCUSS IT NOW, AND WE WILL DISCUSS WHETHER TO TAKE IT UP ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT OR POSTPONE.DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THIS FOR POSTPONEMENT? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER HAIM, SETH HAS MOVED, UH, TO FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO POSTPONE.
DO I HEAR A SECOND COMMISSIONER COOK, SECONDED THE MOTION.
UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, UM, WHAT WAS YOUR CONSIDERATION, UH, COMMISSIONER I'M SETH, THIS IS A NEW CASE.
UH, IF THE STAFF IS, UH, TELLING US THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS STRUCTURE.
UM, I, I THINK THAT AN EXTRA DELAY OF A MONTH, UM, PARTICULARLY IF IT'S AN IMPORTANT HOUSE AND WE FIND OUT THERE'S MORE THAT, UH, WE NEED TO KNOW WILL BENEFIT EVERYONE.
UH, CONVERSELY OF COURSE IT MAY VERY WELL BE IN THE COURSE OF THEIR RESEARCH THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION AGAINST TAKING ANY ACTION.
SO, UH, THE APPLICANTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THE DELAY, UH, AUTOMATICALLY PUTS HIM AT A, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE HE'S, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH, UH, SOME SORT OF DESIGNATION OR SOME SORT OF HISTORIC ACTION.
WE JUST NEED MORE TIME TO RESEARCH.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO, UM, SPEAK TO THIS CASE? WE'RE JUST DECIDING, NOT ITS MERITS, UH, FOR PRESERVATION, BUT WHETHER TO POSTPONE IT TO OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, COMMISSIONER BONSWA I PROBABLY WON'T BE VOTING TO SUPPORT THE POSTPONEMENT.
UM, I, BECAUSE THE OWNER, UM, HAS EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO HAVE THE CASE HEARD TONIGHT AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, ASKED FOR A POSTPONEMENT TO EVALUATE ALTERNATIVES TO DEMOLITION AND NOT FOR MORE RESEARCH, I'M INCLINED TO HEAR THE CASE THIS EVENING AND MAKE A DECISION AT THAT POINT.
HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING, ACCORDING TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT WOULD BE HI, SETH KELLY, LITTLE CAROLINE, RIGHT MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER COOK IN FAVOR OF POSTPONEMENT.
UH, WE WILL POSTPONE THIS ITEM.
DO I HEAR AN ALTERNATIVE OF MOTION? WE SHOULD.
AND, AND, UH, NOT, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION IN ORDER TO TAKE THIS UP ON AS A CASE.
SO SINCE IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T PASS THEM.
WE JUST SHOULD GO FORWARD WITH, OKAY.
I'LL, I'LL GO ALONG WITH THAT.
UM, UM, MR. MUDD HALL, IF YOU'RE STILL THERE, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA, THEN IT WILL BE THE LAST ITEM, UM, UM, IN THAT SECTION TONIGHT.
SUGGEST HE'S BEEN TRYING TO SPEAK, SO I AM MUTED HIM IF HE, IF YOU, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE HIM HAVE A WORD.
UH, MR. SADOWSKY, UM, I'M NOT HEARING FROM MR. SEDOWSKY, UH, V I'M NOT SURE HE'S ON MUTED, SO WE CAN'T.
CAN YOU HEAR MR. SEBASTIAN? UM, THERE HE IS ON THE SCREEN.
I'M WONDERING IF HE'S MUTED ON HIS END.
IT'S SHOWING, WELL, NOW HE'S SHOWING HIS UN-MUTED.
HE WAS SHOWING HIS MUTED JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO.
MR. SEDOWSKY DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? GIVE Y'ALL HEAR ME NOW? YES.
BECAUSE I TRIED JUST TALKING LOUDER, BUT MADAM CHAIR, WE NEED TO GO BACK THROUGH THE POSTPONEMENTS.
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THAT OUR STAFF REQUESTED, BUT THOSE WOULD BE DISCUSSION POSTPONEMENTS.SO THE FIRST ONE IS D 11 1400 DRAKE.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS D 13, EIGHT, 15 WEST 11TH.
DO WE NEED TO ADD THE LAST ITEM TO THIS DISCUSSION POSTPONEMENT AGAIN? NO, I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY MADE THAT DECISION.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE EMOTION, POSTPONING THINGS WITHOUT THE APPLICANTS HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT IT.
DO WE KNOW IF THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE TO SPEAK TO THOSE ITEMS? OKAY.
WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHAT ITEM? YOU'RE SPEAKING TO SNYDER? 16 WEST 11TH.
UM, EIGHT 15 WAS 11 TO DEMOLISH A 1911 HOUSE.
WE ALSO HAD, UM, ITEM D 11, 1400 DRAKE STAFF REQUESTED A POSTPONEMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK TO THE 11 1400 DRAKE AVENUE? OKAY.
DO WE HAVE TO TAKE A MOTION ON EACH OF THESE? YES.
IF THERE'S NOBODY TO SPEAK ON IT, WE CAN CONSIDER THAT A, UH, CONSENT POSTPONEMENT.
I'M PAST THAT, BUT, UH, WE NEED TO ASK MR. SNYDER 13.
HE AGREED TO THAT POSTPONEMENT 11 1400.
YOU ARE SPEAKING ON 1400 DRAKE.
DO YOU WANT THAT LEFT ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION TONIGHT OR, UH, OR POSTPONE? OKAY.
WE CAN'T HEAR ANY OF THIS DISCUSSION.
AVI, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY HAS A MEDIA.
WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T HEAR THIS DISCUSSION.
WE NEED TO HEAR THIS DISCUSSION.
UH, WE ARE WONDERING IF, IF THE APPLICANTS ON D 11 AND D 13 MAY HAVE LOGGED OFF THE CALL AFTER THE VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THOSE POSTPONEMENTS.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT HEARING THEM NOW.
RIGHT NOW, THE STAFF HAVE EVERYONE UN-MUTED I HEARD TWO PEOPLE SPEAK UP.
AND THEN THERE WAS SOMEONE FOR 1400 DRAKE FUCKING HUNDREDS.
WAS THAT, WAS THAT, UM, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC? YOU JUST SAID 1400 DRAKE.
UM, WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.
[D13. HDP-2020-0410 – Staff request for postponement – possible discussion postponement 815 W. 11th Street Council District 9]
AND I'M THE APPLICANT ON EIGHT 15? UH, THE 13.LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND HEAR THAT.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE, SIR? YEAH.
IN THE LAST CASE, SINCE MEDICARE, YES.
TECHNICALLY AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE WE DID NOT REALIZE THIS.
AND SO IT WASN'T OUR CONSENT MOTION, WHICH WAS PASSED THAT WE WOULD REQUIRE A MOTION TO RESCIND THAT ONE ITEM FOR POSTPONEMENT AND TAKE UP THE CASE AGAIN, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DISCUSS IT UNDER A NEW MOTION.
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OKAY.UM, YOU WERE THE MAKER OF THAT MOTION.
WERE YOU NOT? I DON'T THINK I DID THE POST CONFERENCE WAS I WAS THAT COMMISSIONER TILL THAT YEAH.
AS FAR AS THAT ONE ITEM GOES, OKAY, I'LL SECOND.
CAN WE VOTE ON THAT? AND WE VOTE ON RESENDING.
THE MOTION TO PLAY THAT I AM ON THE POSTPONEMENT AGENDA WAS RECEIVED.
THAT PORTION OF THE POSTPONEMENT AGENDA, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE HAVE RESCINDED THAT ITEM BEING ON THE POSTPONEMENT AGENDA.
WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE MAKE AN, UM, A MOTION I'LL MAKE A MOTION WOULD POSTPONE.
SO YOU'RE MAKING THE MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM.
STAFF WANTS TIME TO RESEARCH IT, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT A LOT OF AGE TO IT.
IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION? SECOND, I WILL SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UM, HOUSE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE GIVE STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO FURTHER RESEARCH ON THIS.
UM, SO I WOULD SUPPORT THIS, UM, WITH THE APPLICANT, LIKE JUST SAY ANYTHING ON THIS ITEM, RIGHT.
BASED UPON THE FACT THAT, UH, IT IS OWN COMMERCIAL AND EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND IT HAS HAD A CONVERSION TO IT ALREADY.
UM, SO WHILE THIS IS A GREAT HISTORIC PIECE, UH, ARCHITECTURALLY, UH, IT'S VERY DILAPIDATED AND BASED ON THE EVALUATION THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, DOESN'T REALLY FIT IN THE AREA AND WITH THE VALUE BEING IN THE LAND AND THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE, IT'S JUST NOT, UH, UH, FEASIBLE TO KEEP GOING.
UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT MEETING.
HAVE WE TAKEN A VOTE ON THAT? NO.
THEN OUR MOTION RIGHT NOW ON THE TABLE, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
WE HAVE 75 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TONIGHT.
UM, THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS TO POSTPONE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING, TO GIVE STAFF A TIME TO FULLY EVALUATE.
AND HE SAYS FULLY EVALUATE ALTERNATIVES TO DEMOLITION, BUT I THINK, UH, THEY ALSO WANTED FURTHER RESEARCH ON IT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING, THE ITEM TO THE NOVEMBER 16TH MEETING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT ITEM WILL BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
[D11. HDP-2020-0400 – Staff request for postponement – possible discussion postponement 1400 Drake Avenue Council District 9]
DO WE HAVE, UM, WE NEED TO RESEND 1400 DRAKE, THE MOSER THAT'S ITEM D 11.IF THE APPLICANT IS NOT PRESENT AND IS PRESENT.
OH, IS THERE, OKAY, SO THEN SORRY, SOMEBODY IS OPPOSED TO IT AS A PRESENT THE APPLICANT.
I DON'T THINK THE APPLICANT HAS SPOKEN UP.
I'M HEARING LOTS OF DISCUSSION GOING ON.
SO I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S STAFF GIVING, UM, ADDRESSES IN THE BACKGROUND OR IF IT'S PEOPLE ON THE PHONE, UH, STATING ADDRESSES IN THE BACKGROUND.
SO IF WE DON'T KEEP, IS THE APPLICANT ON THE PHONE? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK HE IS SO, SO OTHER THAN SOME, WE, WE, WE INDICATE THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME CONCERN BY THIS APPLICANT OF HAVING IT BE POSTPONE, BUT THEY'RE NOT EVEN HERE, NOBODY TAKEN WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN THAT ACTION OF POSTPONING IT.
SO UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO RESEND THAT MOTION, I THINK WE JUST GO ON
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HEARING HIM.AVA, COULD YOU ASK PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW TO PLEASE MUTE THEMSELVES? I'M HEARING A LOT OF TALKING IN THE BACKGROUND.
SO THIS ITEM 1400 DRAKE AVENUE, DRAKE IS POSTPONED TO THE NEXT MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP THE REGULAR AGENDA.
[Additional Item]
THAT WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA IS A TO BAKER SCHOOL, 39 OH EIGHT AVENUE B.THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK STATUS.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION? GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
I'M TRYING TO GET THEM ON THE LINE.
UH, IS STAFF AVAILABLE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION? OKAY.
I THINK WE SHOULD DESIGNATE THE STAFF IS WORKING ON GETTING, THERE IS A, SUCH A LONG LIST OF SPEAKERS ON THE LINE.
WE NEED TO FIND THE RIGHT SPEAKER TO UNMUTE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THE BACKGROUND NOISE.
SO, UM, IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH US, THEY SHOULD BE ON THE LINE SHORTLY.
IS AMY TICKETS, CITY HALL, WHOEVER IS UP TO SPEAK, PLEASE.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, PLEASE MUTE YOURSELF.
THERE'S SOMEONE COMPETING VOICES IN THE BACKGROUND.
IF YOU ARE SPEAKING IN THE BACKGROUND, PLEASE PUT YOURSELF ON ME.
ARE WE ABLE TO PUT EVERYBODY ELSE BESIDES, OKAY.
WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? SO WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED YOUR NUMBER YET.
SAY THAT AGAIN? ZERO FOUR, THREE, THREE IS MY NUMBER, SORRY, SIX DIGITS OR FIRST SIX DIGITS, PLEASE.
WHAT ARE THE FIRST SIX DIGITS OF YOUR NUMBER? YEP.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THE TELEPHONE NUMBER? YES, SIR.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN THE BACKGROUND, CAN YOU TURN IT OFF? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE BACKGROUND.
IT'S OTHER PEOPLE IN THE BACKGROUND, PLEASE MUTE YOURSELVES.
WE'RE READY FOR THE APPLICANT.
RICHARD WHITE WHITES ARCHITECTURE.
AND, UM, YOU HAVE ALL OF THE BACKUP IN YOUR, IN, IN, IN YOUR, UH, OR YOU HAVE ALL MY PRESENTATION IN THE BACKUP.
UH, AND STEVE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF SUMMARIZING THIS.
SO BAKER SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN, IN, UH, 1910 ORIGINALLY.
UH, IT'S UH, BEEN A SCHOOL FOR MANY, MANY GENERATIONS.
IT WAS PURCHASED, UH, IN 2019 BY TIM AND CARRIE LEAGUE, UM, WHO, UH, HAVE CONVERTED IT INTO A, UM, AN OFFICE BUILDING, BUT THEY DID AN EXTENSIVE, UH, RENOVATION ON THE INSIDE TO RESTORE IT BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL GLORY.
UH, THIS WEEK AT ONE, AN AWARD FROM, UH, PRESERVATION AUSTIN FOR THE REMODEL.
AND HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WILL HAVE COMPLETED BOTH THE, UH, UM, UH, UH, THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, UH, TAX CREDIT APPLICATIONS FOR THE PROJECT.
UH, WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THIS PROJECT AND WANT IT TO BE IN AUSTIN AND PERPETUITY, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE ASKED FOR HISTORIC ZONING
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STAFF.DO WE HAVE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS? DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION? PATIENTS COME AFTER ALL THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
THEN ARE WE GOING TO GO DOWN THE SPEAKER LIST? YES.
OPPOSITION SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION ONLY ACTUALLY SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT FIRST AND THEN SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS ON THE CASE OF THE BAKER SCHOOL FOR HIS TO START ZONING? ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS WE'VE HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT? RICHARD WEISS, ANY OTHERS TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? OKAY.
ANYONE SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION? HI.
UH, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF PRESERVATION, AUSTIN, WE WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF HISTORIC HISTORIC ZONING ON THE BIGGER SCHOOL.
UM, LIKE THE APPLICANT SAID THIS WEEK, WE ANNOUNCED IT AS A WINNER OF THE 2020 PRESERVATION MERIT AWARD FOR REHABILITATION.
WE THINK WHITE ARCHITECTURE AND DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA DID A FANTASTIC JOB ON THE PROJECT.
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT FURTHER CELEBRATED WITH THE RECOGNITION AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? OKAY.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, THERE IS NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP ON THIS ITEM.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH THE SPEAKER LIST AND CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER? SURE.
I BELIEVE ITEM A THREE PASSED ON CONSENT.
UM, SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FOR ITEM B ONE SIX OH TWO HIGHLAND, UH, MS. BECKY JANES.
UM, SO ON SIX FOOT, TWO HIGHLAND, UM, WE WERE ON MONTH TWO.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A FEW MONTHS NOW MEETING WITH, UM, HIS WORK COMMISSION AND AWANA AND RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS TO, YOU KNOW, FIND THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, UH, JOINED BY COMMERCIAL TO THE SOUTH WITH ONE ADJOINING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH, UM, FRONT, UM, THE STREET, SORRY, HIGHLAND AT THE FRONT.
AND THEN THERE'S AN ALLEY THAT ABUTS ACROSS, UH, TOBACCO.
UM, PRIOR TO THE OWNERSHIP THAT OWNED THE LOT WAS CONDO TO DO A FRONT AND REAR UNIT.
AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TONIGHT IS THE FRONT UNIT, BUT THE REAR UNIT RECENTLY STARTING CONSTRUCTION, THE OWNERS LOOKING TO ADD A SECOND STORY, ADDITION TO THE HOME, ALONG WITH A ROOF DECK, UM, OFF THE ADDITION ON THAT SECOND STORY LEVEL, THE SIDE OF THE ADDITION, OR, SORRY, THE SIZE OF THE ADDITION IS CONTROLLED BY THE AVAILABLE SAR.
UM, AND BUT AFTER MEETING WITH AWANA AND HISTORIC COMMISSION AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, UH, WE'VE DISTRIBUTED THAT AREA IN SUCH A WAY THAT KIND OF KEEPS WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE HOUSE.
THE SECOND FLOOR DECK IS POSITIONED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE, AWAY FROM THE ADJACENT NEIGHBOR OVERLOOKING KIND OF A SIDE YARD SIDE COURTYARD SPACE, AND THEN THE, UM, ADJOINING COMMERCIAL SPACE TO THE SOUTH.
UH, THE OWNER IS ALSO LOOKING TO ADD A FREESTANDING CARPORT TO THE SOUTH OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE, UM, THE SOUTH OF THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
THESE, UH, THE CARPET WILL BE A STEEL STRUCTURE.
THAT'S CANTILEVERED AWAY FROM THE HOUSE, UM, INTO THAT KIND OF SIDE YARD SPACE.
UM, BASED ON THE LAST TEST OR COMMISSION MEETING, WE'VE REDUCED THE HEIGHT OF THE SECOND FLOOR ADDITION, UM, AS WE WERE ABLE TO, WE PULLED BACK, UM, THE STREET ED SIDE OF THE DECK SO THAT IT WAS A CLEAR 15 FEET FROM THE FRONT WALL OF THE, UH, RESIDENCE, UM, UM, THE ACTUAL KIND OF ENCLOSURE OF THE RESIDENCE.
AND THEN WE SHIFTED THE CARPORT, UM, JUST BEYOND THE SPACE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, WE HAVE KIND OF SOME BALANCE BETWEEN GRADING AND THEN THE DISTRICT STANDARDS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH TO FIND THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THIS CARPORT STRUCTURE BECAUSE OF THE WAY, THE LOT LOAD THAT, UM, IT'S, UM, A LESS DESIRABLE SLIP FOR PARKING.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'VE SHIFTED IT BACK ABOUT FOUR FEET WE'VE, UM, RELOCATED A RETAINING WALL.
UM, AND, UH, SO NOW THE CARPET SITS JUST SLIGHTLY BACK BEYOND THE WALL AND THE RESIDENCE.
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UM, THIS IS, LET'S SEE, I THINK I'VE COVERED THE, I WILL POINT OUT THAT BECAUSE I SEE THE STAFF COMMENTS TONIGHT ABOUT THE CAR COURT.I WILL POINT OUT THAT, UM, THERE WAS A SIMILAR CAR PORT CAN ONLY RESTRUCTURE A FEW DOORS DOWN FROM THIS RESIDENT THAT HAS JUST ABOUT THE SAME RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE, JUST SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE FACE OF THE WALL.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE OWNER ON THE LINE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS, UH, RICHARD WHITE SPEAKING AGAIN FROM ITEM TO TWO.
UH, I THOUGHT THAT WE CLOSED OUT EACH ITEM BEFORE WE WENT ONTO THE NEXT ONE REMOTELY.
WE, WE TOOK ALL OF THE SPEAKERS IN FAVOR AND THERE WAS NO ONE OBJECTING WE'RE TAKING ALL OF THE SPEAKERS.
THEN THE COMMISSION WILL HEAR EACH CASE.
I SHOULD HAVE, I SHOULD HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT AT THE BEGINNING.
IT'S JUST DIFFICULTY BRINGING SPEAKERS IN.
UM, WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO SEE THE PRESENTATIONS.
UM, IS THERE IS, UH, THE APPLICANT OR THE OWNER WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM AT SIX OH TWO HIGHLAND? YES.
YEAH, GO AHEAD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
SO MY HUSBAND AND I ARE THE OWNERS AS SICK TOO TO HIGHLAND.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION TODAY.
I'M HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL, WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS APPROVAL EVER SINCE MY HUSBAND AND I WENT TO SEE OUR HOUSE, WE REALLY FELL INSTANTLY IN LOVE, AND WE'RE REALLY DETERMINED TO KEEP THE HISTORIC CHARM.
WE REALLY CONSIDER OURSELVES LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE A HISTORIC PHONE WHOSE PREVIOUS OWNER DID A MARVELOUS AND DETAILED JOB IN RESTORING THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, THE HOMES, UNIQUENESS, AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE LORE ARE WHAT MADE US WANT TO LIVE IN OUR HOME.
WHEN WE INITIALLY MOVED INTO OUR HOUSE, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE ENGAGED AND RECENTLY MARRIED IN MY HOMETOWN IN PUERTO RICO.
WE ARE CURRENTLY, UM, A FAMILY OF THREE, UM, US TWO, AND THEN INCLUDING OUR DOG.
AND AS WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT OUR FUTURE AND HAVING CHILDREN, WE REALLY CAME TO THE AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD LOVE ADDITIONAL SPACE BEFORE EXPANDING OUR FAMILY.
THEN COVID CAME INTO OUR LIVES LIKE A TIDAL WAVE IN OUR SHIP WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
WE IMMEDIATELY FOUND OURSELVES BOTH WORKING FROM HOME, LIKE THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN AND MADE THE BEST USE OF OUR SECOND ROOM AND CONVERTED INTO OUR WORKING SPACE.
MY HUSBAND WAS ACTUALLY ALREADY WORKING FROM HOME, BUT PRIOR TO COVID AND NOW I'M FACED WITH, UM, WORKING FROM HOME A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME, AT LEAST UNTIL NEXT JUNE AFTER JUNE, I'LL STILL BE EXPECTED TO WORK FROM HOME.
PARTIALLY DURING MY WORKING WEEK, WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A SECOND FLOOR TO REALLY HAVE AN ADEQUATE PERMANENT OFFICE SPACE FOR BOTH OF US.
AND AT THE SAME TIME STILL HAVE SPACE TO GROW OUR FAMILY.
WE HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH OUR ARCHITECTS, BECKY, AND THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THIS SECOND FLOOR WILL FLOW AND REALLY JUST BLEND BEAUTIFULLY WITH OUR HOME AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS CHARM.
WE'VE REALLY BEEN TRANSPARENT WITH OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND HAVE SHARED OUR PLAN, ASK FOR FEEDBACK AND INCORPORATED THEIR FEEDBACK INTO OUR PLANS MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND REALLY HONESTLY, WE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO BUILD FLAT ON THE GROUND AND NOT UP, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T OWN THE BACK PART OF OUR HOUSE SINCE OUR LOT WAS PREVIOUSLY BOUGHT AND THEN SPLIT AND RESOLD.
WE ARE ASKING FOR HISTORIC APPROVAL TODAY TO GIVE US A CHANCE FOR US TO OPTIMIZE OUR SPACE FOR AN OFFICE AND ALSO AN AREA TO TAKE A BREATHER AND GET FRESH AIR THROUGHOUT OUR WORKING DAYS, WHICH IS THE PURPOSE OF OUR BLOCK.
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING.
WHEN ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS APPLICATION, HEARING NONE.
IS THERE ANYONE OPPOSED TO THE APPLICATION WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, MIGUEL IS NEXT ON THE LIST.
UM, I'M JUST THINKING OUT OF MUTE.
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AGAIN AND, AND, UM, YES, MIGUEL RIVERA.I'M A NEIGHBOR TO UMPIRE OF THE ONE, UH, SONY COMMITTEE.
I SPOKE LAST TIME IN OPPOSITION.
TODAY'S, UH, THESE HOUSE LIKE THE OWNER JUSTICE PRES UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SECOND FLOOR, BUT HE'S REALLY IN THEORY, A THIRD FLOOR FLOOR.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION TO HAVE A BASEMENT, WHICH IS THE SAME FOOTPRINT OF THE HOUSE ABOVE.
SO THEY'RE DOUBLING THE SPACE THAT THEY HAVE.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO ADD A SECOND FLOOR THAT BOTH FROM THIS SIDE ON THE BACK IS ACTUALLY A THIRD FLOOR MAXIMIZING THE HIGH.
WE HAVE SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ARCHITECT, UM, AND THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT WE SEEN, OR THE RENDERINGS FROM THAT'S BEEN SHOWN TO US, OUR PHONE VIEWS THAT ARE NOT REALLY, UH, REALISTIC.
THEY'RE KIND OF ON THE THREE ANGLES THAT YOU REALLY SEE, VERY LITTLE OF THE REALITY OF THE PERSPECTIVE AS YOU'RE WALKING IN THE SIDEWALK OR WORKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT A REALISTIC VIEW.
UM, I THINK THE OWNER IS GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME VIEWS THAT ARE MORE REALISTIC.
WE THINK THAT, UH, THIS IS OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT.
YOU ARE THE GROUP THAT IS PROTECTING THAT HISTORIC LANDMARKS IN OUR CITY AND THIS EDITION, WHICH, UM, HE'S NOT REALLY, UH, ADDING THAT MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THEM.
AND, UM, IT'S REALLY, UH, OUT OF PROPORTION WITH THE SCALE AND THE CHARACTER OF THIS HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH GOES AGAINST WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO, WHICH IS PROTECTING, UH, THAT LANDMARK, UM, SITUATION IN THERE.
UH, EVEN IF YOU KNOW, PART OF DISEASE IN THE BACK, I I'M AN ARCHITECT AND I BELIEVE THAT BUILDINGS SHOULD LOOK GOOD FROM ALL SIDES, NOT JUST FROM THE STREET, IT SHOULD BE, UH, DON'T PROPORTIONALITY, UH, HISTORICALLY, UH, ADEQUATE, UM, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ALSO DISCUSS ABOUT HAVING SOME WINDOWS TO THE NORTH THAT WERE SMALLER.
AT SOME POINT WERE SMALLER AND LATER IT BECAME MUCH TALLER.
UH, THE CURRENT BASEMENT IS NINE FOOT CEILING.
ACCORDING TO THE DRAWINGS WE HAVE THIS FIRST FLOOR IS NINE FOOT FIVE INCHES.
AND THE SECOND FLOOR THAT THEY'RE ADDING IS NINE FOOT TALL.
UH, WE ASKED IN ONE OF THE MEETINGS, IF THAT COULD BE EIGHT AND THERE'S, AS FAR AS I KNOW FROM TODAY IS NINE FOOT TALL.
SO IN, IN, IN, IN CONCLUSION IS I THINK IS OUT OF PROPORTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HE GOES AGAINST THE HISTORIC LANDMARK, UH, CONNOTATION AND 10TH.
AND, UH, WE WISH THAT, UH, SO MORE OF THESE COMMENTS THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THEM WERE INCORPORATED, AND THERE WERE NOT FOR THAT REASON.
I DIDN'T SIGN NEXT ON THE LIST IS MARINE MED HOUR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK TO THE KIDS.
I'M AN OLD WEST HAAS AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ALANA'S ZONING COMMITTEE.
UM, AND I SET UP AN OPPOSITION.
UM, MIGUEL REALLY COVERED A LOT OF IT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD, UM, IT'S UNUSUAL THAT THESE PERMITS ARE BEING DONE ONE AND ONE AFTER ANOTHER, UH, THIS CAME UP LAST TIME.
WE HAD NO OBJECTION TO THE BASEMENT PERMIT.
UH, HOWEVER, THIS ADDITION, WHICH, UH, WE'VE TOLD THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IT REALLY IS, UH, OVERPOWERING THE, THE ORIGINAL HOUSE, THE CONTRIBUTING HOUSE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES ON THE STREET THAT DO MAKE USE OF THEIR ATTIC SPACE TO BASICALLY GET A THIRD STORY OUT WITHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGING THE STRUCTURE OF THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY.
AND WE HAD ENCOURAGED THEM TO LOOK AT THAT.
WE THINK IT'S VIOLATING, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADDITIONS TO CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS.
AND LASTLY, THE, UH, ROOF DOCK, WHILE IT'S BEEN PUSHED BACK PER THE 15 FOOT, NO BUILD AREA ON THE ORIGINAL HOUSE AND THE DESIGN STANDARDS, IT'S STILL VERY, VERY PROMINENT.
AND THERE ARE NO, NO ROOTSTOCKS THAT FACED THE FRONT FACADE OF CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES ANYWHERE IN THE DISTRICT OR EITHER, OR THE OTHER TWO HISTORIC DISTRICTS THAT ENCOMPASS THAT ARE
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ENCOMPASSED IN AWANA.SO, UH, SETTING THIS WOULD NOT BE GOOD FOR SMOOTH TERRACE PARK.
WE WOULD REALLY ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT PLENTY OF ROOF DECKS IN THE BACK, PLENTY OF ROOF DOCKS ELSEWHERE, BUT, BUT THIS IS REALLY A DEPARTURE FROM WHAT IS TYPICAL FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE NEXT SPEAKER AND OPPOSITION.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
THEY WANNA ZONING CHAIR AND HERE TO SUMMARIZE THE SECOND STORY ADDITION AT SIX OH TWO HIGHLAND AVENUE HAS MADE REVISIONS FOR THE BETTER BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.
OTHER REVISIONS ARE AN IMPROVEMENT.
THE AWANA ZONING COMMITTEE STILL OPPOSES THE SECOND STORY ADDITION FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, NEW ADDITION SHOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH HISTORIC BUILDING BY REFLECTING THE SCALE AND MISSING THE HISTORIC HOMES IN THE SMOOT TERRACE PARK, LHD ARE ONE OR TWO STORY HOMES, ANY THIRD STORIES THAT EXIST MADE USE OF ADDICTS OR VERY LOW HUNG ROOF LINES.
IN ADDITION TO SIX OH TWO HIGHLAND IS AT A SCALE AS IT SITS ON TOP OF THE EXISTING HISTORIC HOME AND THAT UNDER THE EXISTING ROOF LINE, THIS CREATES AN, THAT HISTORIC PRECEDENT AND WOULD BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND DESIGN NUMBER TWO DESIGN, NEW ADDITIONS THAT ARE SUBORDINATE TO AND DO NOT OVERPOWER THIS HISTORIC DISTRICT.
THE TWO PERSPECTIVES SHOWN ON THE PLANS ATTEMPT TO STRONGLY SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL WILL NOT OVERPOWER THE ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTING HOME.
SO THE ADDITION SEEMS HIGHLY PROMINENT AND INTRUSIVE AT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
RECENT PHOTOS WERE TAKEN ON HIGHLAND AVENUE AND SIXTH STREET TO SHOW ACCURATE VIEWS OF 602 HIGHLAND TO GIVE AN APPROXIMATE IDEA.
BUT THE PROPOSED ADDITION WILL LOOK LIKE DRAWINGS OF THE PROPOSED ADDITION AND DECK ARE SUPERIMPOSED ON THE PHOTO.
YOU CAN SEE THE ATTACHED PHOTOS WITH THE LETTER AND DRUGS OF THE LETTER AND COMPARISON.
THE ACTUAL REASON PHOTOS SHOW THE PROPOSED CROW'S NEST EDITION AND PEOPLE ON SEX WILL BE MORE VISIBLE FROM HIGHLAND AVENUE THAN INDICATED BY THE PERSPECTIVES FROM THE PROPOSED PLANS.
THE VIEW FROM SIXTH STREET IS NOT BEEN PRESENTED BEFORE, BUT CLEARLY AND VISIBLY SHOWS A THREE-STORY HOME LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE SMOOTH TERRACE PARK LHD, THE STREET SIGN AT HIGHLAND AND SIX WILL SOON BARRETT, UH, SMOOT TERRACE PARK SIGNS, TOPPER.
CURRENT STREET VIEW PHOTO SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT APPLICATIONS.
NUMBER THREE, HISTORIC HOMES IN THE SMOOT TERRACE PARK.
LHD DO NOT HAVE UPPER STORY DECKS VISIBLE FROM THE STREET ON HIGHLAND OR SIXTH STREET, UPPER STORY ROOF DECKS ON THE FRONT FACADE OF HOUSES AND ARE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET, DO NOT EXIST ON HISTORIC BUNGALOW HOMES AND SMOOTH TERRACE LHD.
THIS CREATES A NON HISTORIC PRECEDENT AND GIVING THE SIGNAL TO OTHERS THAT LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS AND GUIDELINES ARE WITHOUT MERIT AND WILL NOT BE RESPECTED.
DECK BACK FROM THE FRONT OF HOUSE IS A DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT.
PEOPLE ON THE DECK WILL BE VISIBLE FROM HIGHLAND AND SIXTH STREET.
NUMBER FOUR, THE NEIGHBORS BOARDING ON THE NURSE'S SIDE.
OPPOSED THE SECOND STORY ADDITION AS IT WILL BE OVERPOWERING FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND WILL SUBSTANTIALLY AFFECT THEIR PRIVACY.
THE ZONING COMMITTEE DOES NOT FEEL THE PROPOSED ADDITION IS A GOOD FIT FOR THIS TERRORIST PARK LHD.
WE DO NOT WANT TO SET A PRECEDENT FOR FRONT BESIDE ADDITIONS THAT ARE NOT IN SCALED TO THE ORIGINAL HISTORIC STRUCTURE OR FOR FRONT FACADE, ROOF DECKS, PLEASE DESIGN FOR THE SECOND STORY.
REAR ADDITION ENTRY, A THIRD STORY PRECEDENT, SETTING STRUCTURE, A STRUCTURE.
WHAT IS, WHICH IS CERTAIN TO GENERATE MORE PROTESTS AND CONFUSION IN THE FUTURE AS OTHER PROJECTS WILL FOLLOW SUIT.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IN OPPOSITION TO THIS APPLICATION IS NEXT SPEAKER IS SHAD REYNOLDS, SHAD RENTALS.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND GOOD EVENING.
I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU AGAIN THIS EVENING.
UH, MY NAME IS CHAD REYNOLDS AND I'VE BEEN AT 64 HIGHLAND AVENUE NEXT DOOR TO SIX OH TWO.
UH, SINCE 2003, I ATTENDED THIS MEETING LAST MONTH AND SPOKEN OPPOSITION TO THE MASSING AND THIS PROJECT AND THE PRECEDENT IT SETS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WOULD AGAIN LIKE TO SPEAK TO THESE TOPICS AND I HAVE THREE SPECIFIC POINTS TO COVER.
THE RENDERING FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE AS PRESENTED IS SOMEWHAT DISINGENUOUS, MISLEADING, GENERALLY NOT A PROPER REPRESENTATION OF HOW THIS PROJECT WILL ACTUALLY APPEAR ONCE COMPLETE AFTER SOME TRIAL AND ERROR.
WE DETERMINED THAT THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE ARCHITECT'S RENDERING IS JUST 12 TO 18
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INCHES OFF OF THE STREET.A FEW FEET NORTH OF THE PROPERTY HIGHLAND AVENUE WAS ON THE HILL.
HOWEVER, AND SO THIS PROPERTY WILL NATURALLY BE VIEWED FROM A VERY DIFFERENT ANGLE, UM, IN MY REQUEST TO SPEAK THIS EVENING AND IN A SEPARATE EMAIL TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND MR. SADOWSKY, I INCLUDED A RENDERING OF THIS PROJECT FOR MORE REPRESENTATIVE FOR A MORE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, POINT OF VIEW.
UM, THIS IS NOTED IN FIGURE TWO.
UH, SECOND, I HAVE ALSO INCLUDED PHOTOS OF THE BACK OF THE HOUSE TO GIVE SOME IDEA OF THE HEIGHT OF THIS PROPERTY FROM THE BACKSIDE, AS WELL AS THE PROXIMITY TO THE ADU BEING CONSTRUCTED BEHIND THIS PROJECT NOTED IN FIGURE THREE, IN TERMS OF HEIGHT, THIS THREE-STORY PROJECT IS A DEPARTURE FROM OTHER HOMES ON THE STREET AND IN THE LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.
FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE OVERALL PRECEDENT THAT THIS PROJECT SETS IS NOT HARD TO IMAGINE FUTURE PROJECTS, BOTH ON SILENT AND THROUGHOUT THIS MOVE TERRACE LHD USING THIS AS A PRECEDENT PRECEDENT FOR GOING UP CARVING HISTORIC ROOF LINES FOR ROOFTOP DECKS WITH EXTERIOR SPIRAL STAIRCASES COULD EASILY BECOME THE NORM AS ARCHITECTS AND DEVELOPERS STRIVE TO GIVE THEIR CLIENTS COVETED DOWNTOWN VIEWS.
I URGE YOU TO TAKE THESE FACTORS INTO CONSIDERATION AS YOU MAKE YOUR FINAL DECISION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TO SEE ME.
NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
SO WE'LL MOVE TO NO ONE ELSE'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
SO WE'LL MOVE TO B THREE, SIX 11 OAKLAND AVENUE.
WE HAVE CRAIG HABERMANN CRAIG, ARE YOU ON THE PHONE, MAKE YOUR CASE, STATE YOUR NAME, MAKE YOUR CASE WOMEN ARCHITECTS, OR SIX 11 OAKLAND AVENUE.
UH, I'VE INCLUDED, UH, TWO PRESENTATIONS IN THE BACKUP.
ONE OF THE DESIGNS THAT THE OTHER IS, UM, THE DEMO AREN'T GOOD DEMO THAT WE WILL DO.
UH, WE MET, UM, THE PRE COMMISSION A FEW WEEKS AGO AND, UH, THERE WERE SOME, SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE MADE THAT WE HAVE HAVE DONE.
I NOTICED THAT, UM, STAFF HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT REPAIRING EXISTING WINDOWS THING WAS LIKE W AND WE'RE SATISFIED WITH THAT.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN SOME PUSHBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORS IN REGARDS TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE MADE THE ACCOMMODATIONS TO MEET THESE.
UM, WE'VE HIDDEN THE MATH BEHIND THE EXISTING BUILDING.
I'VE INCLUDED A FEW DIAGRAMS THAT SHOW, UM, THE VIEWS FROM THE STREET AND THAT THE MATH IS HIDDEN FROM THE STREET.
UM, SPECIFICALLY ON SIX 13 OAKLAND, WE'VE MATCHED THE GABLE.
THE SITE WE'VE MATCHED THE ROOF LINE.
THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING, UH, TO NOT OVERPOWER THAT HEALTH.
AND THEN THE HOUSE ON SIX OH NINE OAKLAND.
UH, THE EXTENSION IS, UH, MIRRORING THEIR, UM, DOUBLE HEIGHT WALL ON THE BACK.
WE'RE ALSO OVER 35 FEET, THE EXTENSIONS OVER 35 FEET AWAY FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
AND WE'RE, UH, KEEPING WE'RE REMODELING THE INSIDE.
BUT THE, UM, THAT FRONT 35 FEET IS, UH, IS TO REMAIN, UH, WE REPLACED ROTTED BOARDS, REPAINT.
UM, THE ROOF IS IN GOOD SHAPE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO REPLACE THAT.
UM, I SAW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND WE'RE FINE TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE ON THE APPLICATION, UH, TO REPAIR EXISTING IN ANY OF THE DEMO PART.
IF THERE'S SOME THAT NEEDS PARTS, WE CAN USE THIS, UM, SORRY.
ONE MORE THING THAT WE DID CHANGE, UH, THERE WAS A COMMENT BY ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO REDUCE, UM, THE WINDOW SIZE OF THE EXTENSION THAT ARE BEHIND THE SCREEN.
SO DURING THE DAY YOU DON'T SEE THOSE, BUT AT NIGHT YOU WOULD, IN THOSE, THE SIZE OF THOSE ARE NOW MATCHING, UH, THE EXISTING HOUSE, UM, SIZE, UH, IT DOESN'T SHOW IT ON THE RENDERS.
WE ENDED UP DOING THE RENDERS, BUT IT IS ON THE WINDOW SCHEDULE AND THEN THE ELEVATION.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS APPLICATION? NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP IN FAVOR, BUT WE DO HAVE JONATHAN BUCK WHO WAS SIGNED UP IN OPPOSITION.
JONATHAN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? I AM.
UM, GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE.
AND, UM, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I LIVE, UH, AT SIX, 10 PRESSLER IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
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UM, JUST LISTENING TO THIS PROCESS, I'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF APPLICANTS WHO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME NEIGHBORHOOD VETTING.IT SOUNDED LIKE MR. HOBERMAN HAS SPOKEN TO SOME OTHER NEIGHBORS.
I, I UNFORTUNATELY NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
UH, INITIALLY I WOULD LIKE TO, AND TO GET SOME OF THE UPDATED RENDERINGS AND SO FORTH.
UM, I, I WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND TO, UH, TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S AMENABLE TO DOING THAT, TO WAITING, UH, OR POSTPONING.
SHOULD I RESPOND? CAN I RESPOND TO THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER MYERS OR THE GO AHEAD? UM, I DID MEET, I DIDN'T MEET WITH THE, UH, UM, I GUESS THE, UH, HISTORICAL COMMITTEE FOR CLARKSVILLE AND I WOULDN'T BE HAVING A MEETING.
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO POSTPONE.
AND I EXPLAINED, I SENT A BUNCH OF IMAGES TO THE BOARD AND JUDY WHO IS AT SIX, 12 PRESSLER WAS SO THAT SHE WAS HAPPY TO PASS THOSE INFORMATION AROUND.
WE'VE ACTUALLY, WE'RE NOT EXTENDING PAST THE REAR PORCH.
WE'RE KEEPING THE SAME ROOF LINE IN, AND I SENT SOME PICTURES DEMONSTRATING THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY SHIFTED, UM, THE WINDOWS AWAY.
SO THAT YOUR VIEW IS OUR VIEW IS REALLY OF A TREE.
THE CLIENT IS ELDERLY AND THEY ARE MOSTLY HANDLING HABITAT IN THE GROUND FLOOR.
AND SO THE UPSTAIRS VIEW IS NOT IMPORTANT TO THEM.
AND, UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY FROM THE CURRENT VIEW OUT THE BACK, WE'VE ACTUALLY SHIFTED AWAY FROM VIEWING INTO, DOWN INTO PRESSLER.
AND I, AND I HAD APOLOGIZED TO THE BOARD BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN THINK TO THAT PRESSER WAS AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S BLOCKED BY A HUGE TREE AND WE HAVE SHIFTED THE WINDOWS.
UM, AND I DON'T SEE THAT WE WOULD CHANGE THIS DESIGN AT ALL, BECAUSE IT IS SUBSERVIENT TO THE HOUSE AND WE'RE NOT GOING PAST, UM, THE REAR FACADE AND WE ARE, UM, AND WE'VE, WE'VE ACTUALLY CHANGED THE WINDOWS SO THAT THEY'RE EVEN LOOKING AT THE BACKYARD LESS.
UM, BUT I'M HAVING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, BUT I REALLY DON'T WANT, THIS IS TAKING QUITE A BIT OF TIME AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO POSTPONE, OKAY, MAY I, MAY I, UH, BY OUR ORDER OF BUSINESS, WE DON'T ALLOW US, UH, ANOTHER, UH, REBUTTAL THAT WAS MOTION FOR MORE TIME.
I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO ARTICULATE THE ITEMS THAT I WAS CONCERNED WITH.
I WASN'T AWARE THAT I, THAT I DIDN'T CONSIDER THAT I WAS JUST SEEING IF HE WAS AMENABLE TO A DELAY.
COULD I HAVE THE REMAINDER OF MY, UH, IS THAT POSSIBLE TO HAVE MANY, MANY MORE TIME JUST TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS I EXPRESSING, SIR, PLEASE EXPRESS YOUR CONCERNS IN 30 SECONDS, THREE MINUTES.
I'M APPARENTLY NOT DOING THIS VERY WELL, UM, IN ANY EVENT.
SO I, I JUST LEARNED OF THIS, UH, THIS NEW PROJECT WHEN LOOKING THROUGH THE PLANS, WHICH MAY BE OLD PLANS EFFECTIVELY, I I'M, I'M IMMEDIATELY 80% OF MY HOUSE IS ALIGNED 80% OF MY LOT ALIGNS WITH THE SUBJECT LIE.
AND, UM, WHAT IT'S DOING IS ESSENTIALLY IT'S AN OLD CRAFTSMAN STYLE HOME, MODEST HOME FROM THE FRONT AND FROM THE BACK, IT'S SORT OF A, UH, VERY INTERESTING, UH, UH, MODERN SORT OF BUILDING.
BUT WHAT IT, WHAT IT'S DONE IS IT'S TAKEN BASICALLY LIKE A SMALL OUTDOOR PORCH, AND IT LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST FROM THE YARD, WHICH IS SITUATED ABOUT 10 FEET BELOW, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DESIGNED, LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE THREE STORIES.
UM, IT'S, IT'S TALLER THAN IT WAS BEFORE IT APPEARS I'M JUST GOING.
I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO IT IT'S WIDER THAN IT WAS AND APPEARS TO BE CLOSER.
IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE CASE ANYMORE.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, I, THIS WAS SORT OF MY LAST OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS.
AND FIRST TO UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WITH THIS PROCESS, UH, THERE, THE TREE THAT'S REFERENCED, UH, IS THE, THE MAIN THING THAT IS IN THE WAY NOW IT'S JUST SOME, SOME MINOR, LIKE SOME BAMBOO THERE'S A TREE.
SO CERTAINLY, UM, WHICH I HADN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE, UH, THE IMPACT ON THE TREE.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, I, I'M NOT NECESSARILY HERE IN OPPOSITION.
I JUST WASN'T GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND IT CERTAINLY THE STANDARDS, UH, OR WHETHER IT'S COMBATIVE COMPATIBLE, UH, WE, YOU CAN, YOU LOOK AT SIZE SCALE, MASSING AND MATERIALS.
AND THEN THE STANDARD OF WHETHER IT'S SUBORDINATE TO, IT SEEMS LIKE IF YOU TOOK A WALK AROUND, UH, THE PROPERTY, IT'S THIS BIG SORT OF MODERN BEING WITH BIG, GIANT WINDOWS THAT LOOK OKAY.
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I I'M CONCERNED THAT IT DOESN'T MEET THOSE GUIDELINES, THAT ONE, TWO AND THREE OF THE LOCAL HISTORICAL DISTRICT.WE WILL, UH, WE WILL TAKE YOUR CONSIDERATIONS, UM, INTO OUR DISCUSSION WHEN WE, UM, SPEAK ABOUT THIS APPLICATION, WHEN IT COMES UP.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF SOMETHING, WE, UM, WE CHANGED THE TIME LIMITS FOR THE, UM, REMOTE MEETINGS.
WHAT ARE THE CURRENT TIME LIMITS FOR, UH, SPEAKERS? IT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
I DIDN'T HEAR THAT THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER WITH NO DONATION OF TIME.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE? SIX 11 OAKLAND? NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO ITEM C3, 1700 WEST 32ND STREET.
THIS IS, UM, IN OLD WEST AUSTIN NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT, 1700 WEST 32ND STREET.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK, UM, TO THIS APPLICATION? YES, LIKE ARCHITECT FOR THE APPLICANT HERE.
UM, YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR NAME, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU, UM, JUST BEFORE YOU START THE CLOCK ON MY THREE MINUTES, UM, I'M, I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION STAFF IS GOING TO ADVANCE SLIDES FOR ME WHEN I GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, UM, I'LL BE SAYING NEXT SLIDE, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
STAFF, DO WE HAVE THOSE SLIDES PREPARED? JUST A MOMENT.
I HAD THAT UP AND IT HAS CLOSED ON ME, SO I WILL HAVE THAT UP MOMENTARILY.
CAN YOU START YOUR PRESENTATION, SIR? SURE.
UM, WHILE SHE'S PREPARING THAT, UM, MY NAME IS MARIE LEG AND I, UH, OUR OFFICE IS THE ARCHITECTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF OUR PROPOSED DESIGNED AND THEN, UH, MENTIONED THE OUTREACH AND MEETING WE HAD WITHIN, UH, BRIGHTWOODS NEIGHBORHOOD REVIEW DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE AND SHOW YOU, UH, THE, UH, ARTICULATE THEIR CONCERNS, AND THEN SHOW YOU THE DESIGN REVISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE IN RESPONSE TO THAT.
IF YOU CAN DO THAT IN THREE MINUTES.
I CAN, UH, HAVE YOU GOT THE SLIDES IN FRONT OF YOU OR ARE YOU READY TO GET READY TO GO? WE HAVE SOMETHING UP ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, THE SITE PLAN.
YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULD SEE THE EXISTING HOUSE SITE PLAN.
UM, THERE'S AN EXISTING HOUSE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE, WHICH IS NOT A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE TO THE WEST AUSTIN HISTORIC DISTRICT PLAN.
WE DO PROPOSE TO SALVAGE AND REUSE THE EXISTING STONE FROM THE EXISTING HOUSE.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, UH, YOU SHOULD SEE THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, REPLACING THE HOUSE FURTHER BACK FROM JEFFERSON, WELL OFF THE STREET TO CREATE SPACE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LOT AND TO KEEP, KEEP THE HOUSE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE STREET AND THE PROTECTED TREES TO REDUCE THE SCALE AND FIT BETTER WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE HOUSE IS DESIGNED AS TWO STRUCTURES, A PRIMARY HOUSE AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS A GARAGE TO THE NORTH OF THE LOT WITH THE BEDROOM SUITE ABOVE IT.
WE ALSO PROPOSE CREATING A LANDSCAPE SCREEN WALL ALONG JEFFERSON USING THE STONE FROM THE EXISTING HOUSE, WHICH I WILL SHOW YOU IN A SKETCH LATER.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, UH, LOOKING AT THE ELEVATION, THIS HOUSE WILL, UM, UH, FIT APPROPRIATELY WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, MAKING USE OF A TRADITIONAL OVERALL FORM OF A SLOPED GABLE ROOF WITH A LARGE WRAP AROUND PORCH.
THE EVE OF THE ROOF IS ABOUT 16 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.
UM, NEXT SLIDE SHOULD BE THE EAST ELEVATION, WHICH FACES JEFFERSON, WHICH IS A VERY BUSY STREET, LIKE MANY BRIGHTWOODS HOMES.
THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE HOUSE IS CONTAINED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE GABLE ROOF.
WE PROPOSE TO USE DORMERS, WHICH BRING LIGHT INTO THE ROOF AND CREATE, UH, THE NECESSARY HEADROOM.
UM, NEXT SLIDE IS JUST SHOWING YOU THE ACCESSORY BUILDING, WHICH IS, UM, BASED ON THE DESIGN OF THE MAIN, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, ADDRESSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS IN SEPTEMBER, WE SENT THE DESIGN DRAWINGS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR THEIR INPUT AND HAD A MEETING WITH THEM.
UH, WHAT WE HEARD WAS THAT, UH, THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE OVERALL DESIGN APPROACH, UH, BUT THEY DID HAVE ISSUE WITH SPECIFIC DETAILS.
SO IN GOOD FAITH, WE MADE DESIGN CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO THEIR SPECIFIC CONCERNS AND SENT THEM THESE DRAWINGS, WHICH YOU SHOULD SEE NOW.
UM, THE CHANGE NUMBER ONE WAS WINDOW DETAILING.
THEY DID NOT WANT THE WINDOWS FLUSHING THE EXTERIOR WALLS AND WANTED SOME DETAILS.
SO WE PROPOSED CREATING A COMBINATION OF INSET, WINDOWS AND WINDOWS WITH TRIM DETAILS, CREATE SHADOW LINES.
UM, NEXT SLIDE SHOULD BE, UH, NEVER HAD CONCERNED.
NUMBER TWO, WHICH WAS THE DESIGN OF THE DORMERS.
UH, THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE DORMERS OF THE ORIGINAL SCHEME.
UH, THERE WERE THREE OF THEM AND
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THEY WERE ALL DIFFERENT.SO WE SIMPLIFIED THE DESIGN, LOWERED THE DORMERS AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF THEM ON THE EAST SIDE FROM THREE DORMERS TO ONE TO MAKE A QUIETER, MORE UNDERSTATED, TRADITIONAL DORMER DESIGN FROM THE JEFFERSON SIDE, THE THIRD AND FINAL CONCERN THEY HAD WAS ABOUT THE SCREEN WALL ON JEFFERSON.
UM, THE HIGH CONCERNS ABOUT THE SCREEN WALL AND JEFFERSON, AND DID NOT WANT TO SEE A SOLID WALL THERE.
SO WE PROPOSED THE DESIGN, INCORPORATING EXISTING STONE FROM THE OLD HOUSE AND COMBINING IT WITH LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS TO SOFTEN THAT, UH, THAT SHOULD BE ON YOUR SCREEN.
AND THEN THE FINAL SLIDE IS EAST ELEVATION.
WE FEEL WE'VE CREATED A, OF A GOOD FIT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD USING TRADITIONAL GABLE ROOF FORM AND A SECOND FLOOR, UH, WITHIN THAT GABLE ROOF AND A LARGE WRAPAROUND PORCH IN GOOD FAITH.
WE MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD REVIEW COMMITTEE AND RESPONDED WITH DESIGN CHANGES TO ALL OF THEIR CONCERNS.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS APPLICATION? NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP FOR ITEM C3.
THIS IS RICKY WITH HAILEY STUDIO.
WHAT IS YOUR, UH, WHAT IS THE ADDRESS OF YOUR PROJECT? OKAY, THANK YOU.
SLIDESHOW STAFF, ARE THERE SLIDES FOR THIS? I'M DOING HAVE SOME VISUAL.
UH, YES, I HAVE THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION THAT'S BEEN UPLOADED.
I HAVE A SET OF ARCHITECTURAL PLANS, UH, AS WELL AS SOME PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE STAFF REPORT.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO WALK THROUGH THE ARCHITECTURAL PLAN SO THAT I CAN DO THAT.
PLEASE GO RIGHT AHEAD WHILE SHE'S PULLING THAT UP.
THIS IS A HO THIS IS A BUNGALOW HOUSE THAT'S ON WEST 12TH STREET, UH, IN THE CLARKSVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD, VERY CLOSE TO THE JEFFERY'S RESTAURANT.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THAT IS, UH, IS AN EXISTING, UH, APPROXIMATELY 550 SQUARE FOOT BUNGALOW.
THAT WAS, UH, UH, WAS A RENTAL PROPERTY FOR A LONG TIME.
UH, WE WERE PROPOSING KEEPING THE, THE EXISTING HOUSE IN TAX.
WE WERE GOING TO MAKE A FEW CHANGES.
STAFF RECOMMENDED HAVING TO THE EXISTING HOUSE STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT WE WOULD KEEP, UH, THE EXISTING WINDOW FINISHED DURATION ENDORPHIN ILLUSTRATION AS IS.
AND I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY ACCOMMODATE THAT.
UH, THE HOUSE IS ON A SLOPING SITE AND NARROW SLOPING SITE WITH A, UM, A STREET IN THE BACK, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY SERVES AS AN ALLEY.
SO WE HAVE REAR ACCESS TO PARKING IN THE BACK, BUT THERE'S A, UH, WE'RE WORKING CAREFULLY WITH THE HOUSE, WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY, WITH A SPLIT LEVEL CONCEPT WHERE THE HOUSE, THE ADDITION TO THE HOUSE, WHICH IS A CONTEMPORARY ADDITION, STEPS DOWN ONE HALF LEVEL TO THE LOWER LEVEL AND UPPER LEVEL.
SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S, UH, FROM THE STREET IT'S, UH, VIRTUALLY, UM, THE ADDITION IS VERY DIFFICULT TO EVEN SEE THAT THERE'S A NEW STRUCTURE THERE AT ALL.
SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S A NEW HOUSE THAT'S TUCKED BEHIND THAT EXISTING HOUSE.
UH, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? OH, WE'RE SHOWING SHEET P S 2.1.
WE'RE SHOWING THE FIRST SHEET OF ELEVATIONS.
I THINK IT'S, UH, THE RENDERINGS.
DO YOU SEE THE RENDERINGS THERE? SOME 3D RENDERINGS THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED THERE, ELIZABETH, TILL THE LAST SHEET, AND THEN NOT SEEING THE RENDERINGS, LET ME STOP SHARING THE SCREEN AND SEE IF IT'S SOME OTHER BACKUP.
AND THERE WERE, UM, DO YOU SEE THE 3D RENDERINGS? THERE WERE TWO PACKETS AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE, YEAH, YEAH.
VENDORING BUT THERE WERE SOME 3D RENDERINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED FROM THE STREET VIEW.
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WE'RE SEEING THOSE NOW.ANYWAY, THE, THE INTENT WAS TO, UH, FROM THE STREET, THAT'S BASICALLY ALL YOU SEE ESSENTIALLY IS THE FRONT ELEVATION.
UM, AND THEN, UH, BASICALLY THERE WAS A HOUSE WHERE THE EXISTING, IS THERE ANOTHER RENDER THAT SHOULD BE AT ANOTHER VENDOR, LIKE FROM THE FRONT VIEW ME, SEE THAT I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS.
UH, YOU SEE THE STRUCTURE THERE.
THERE'S, THERE IS A TEAR DOWN VIEW.
THIS IS A LITTLE, UM, I GO TO THEM, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE FRONT VIEW, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THE WAY THE TOPOGRAPHY WORKS HERE.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF THE BACK, THE SIDE VIEW, UM, THE FRONT VIEW.
SO YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FRONT, THIS IS LOOKING, LOOKING DOWN ON THE HOUSE, BUT FROM THE STREET VIEW, UH, THE, THE HOUSE IS COMPLETELY TUCKED BEHIND IT.
IT'S UM, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A VIEW FROM THE, FROM THE CORNER OF THE, OF THE FRONT PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THE WAY THAT THE HOUSE HAS STEPPED DOWN.
THERE IS A, ACTUALLY A VERY LARGE TREE THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE, IN THE EXISTING PHOTOGRAPHS.
TH THIS IS, THIS WILL BE, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT YOU SEE FROM THE STREET CURB.
UH, THE OTHER IS A LITTLE, BUT THERE'S A VERY LARGE TREE.
UM, THAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
IT'S A PROTECTED TREE, WHICH ESSENTIALLY SCREENS THE ENTIRE HOUSE.
UM, THE, THE, THE LITTLE CORNER, A LITTLE STAIR TOWER, THERE IS ESSENTIALLY THE ONLY THING THAT YOU WOULD SEE KIND OF PEEPING UP, PICKING UP, UH, BEHIND THE, BEHIND THE, THE EXISTING BUNDLE OF HOUSE THIS SHOWS UP.
UM, YOUR, YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP.
UM, CAN YOU WRAP THIS UP VERY QUICKLY? UH, THE INTENT WAS TO WORK WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY TO, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW EDITION, WHICH IS A CONTEMPORARY EDITION IS DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE, THE ORIGINAL HOUSE WE'RE WORKING WITH, THE TOPOGRAPHY AND THE SITE AND THE LANDSCAPE WE'VE DONE THAT WE DID MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS APPLICATION? NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
THERE WAS NO ONE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO IT.
NO, WE HAD A NUMBER OF LETTERS IN OPPOSITION.
THEN WE'LL GO ON TO, UM, 1703 WOODLAWN.
TELL ME WHO USED TO BE ON THIS COMMISSION? UM, MR. CAPEK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, THIS IS TIM KAPUTT, I'M THE ARCHITECT AND THE APPLICANT ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION HERE BECAUSE THE QUEUING OF MY SCREEN IS SO FAR BEHIND REALITY THAT I, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO NARRATE.
UM, BUT YOU HAVE, I'M SURE STAFF WILL MAKE A FULL PRESENTATION.
UM, WE ARE PROPOSING TAKING DOWN, TEARING DOWN AN INTERESTING HOUSE, WHICH, UH, LOOKED LIKE THE SORT OF THING THAT OUR ARCHITECT WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO TACKLE AND, UH, REHAB WHEN I STARTED.
BUT THIS IS A SMALL, UNIQUE STUCCO HOUSE ON MASONRY WALLS, ON CONCRETE, ON, UH, CONCRETE FOOTINGS AND PERIMETER BEAM THAT HAS FAILED.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE TO REHAB THE STRUCTURE.
IT SITS TOO LOW IN THE GROUND.
IT'S, UH, THE FINISHED FLOOR AT THE NORTH SIDE IS JUST A FEW INCHES ABOVE THE EXTERIOR GRADE.
UM, THE HOUSE, THERE'S NO WAY TO DRAIN A LOT AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.
UM, I KNOW THAT IT'S EXPANSIVE CLAY.
UH, IT NEEDS A NEW DEEP PIER FOUNDATION, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THE MASONRY HOUSE AND LIFT IT AND BUILD A NEW FOUNDATION THAT THE HOUSE IS FALLING APART.
AND I BELIEVE THAT, UM, I BELIEVE IT WILL JUST CONTINUE TO DECAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
UM, THERE ARE LARGE HORIZONTAL CRACKS THROUGH THE WALLS AND YOU SEE CRACKS
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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.AND THE ONLY ORIGINAL ROOMS ON THE HOUSE ARE THE FRONT.
THERE'S A LIVING ROOM AND ENTRY HALL AND A FRONT BEDROOM.
EVERYTHING BEHIND THAT IS A, IS A PRETTY COOL, IT'S A VERY CORE EDITION THAT HAPPENED, UH, I GUESS A FEW DECADES AGO.
UM, BUT I JUST DON'T THE CONDITION.
I WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
IF IT WAS MY OWN HOUSE, AS, AS MUCH AS I LIKE IT, I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO REHAB IT.
UM, IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN JUST PICK IT UP AND FIX IT AND PUT IT BACK IN PLACE.
UH, WE HAVE DESIGNED, UH, IF YOU GET TO IT, WE HAVE DESIGNED A TWO-STORY REPLACEMENT HOUSE WHERE THE SECOND STORY IS TUCKED, UH, UNDERNEATH THE ROOF LINE.
AND THERE ARE DORMER WINDOWS TO GET CEILING HIGH AND DAYLIGHT ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
SO IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL SCALE HOME FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, BUT I TRIED TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE, WITH THE STREETSCAPE.
UM, I WILL STAY ON FOR THAT PRESENTATION, IF YOU WANT, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME, I'LL STILL BE AVAILABLE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS APPLICATION? NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
HI, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND, UH, THE APPLICATION THAT YOU ARE.
OH, I KNOW THAT'S ONE EIGHT 15 RUTHERFORD.
OKAY, PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR PRESENTATION.
HELLO, SEAN SPEAKING, WE CAN'T HEAR WIKI.
I CAN SHARE A VOICE OFF IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT I CAN'T MAKE OUT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AND PRE RECORDED ME.
LET ME GO AND LET HIM SAY IT OUT LOUD THERE.
I HAD IT FOR YOU WITH FLORIDA SPEAKING LIVE, BUT THERE I GO.
SO THE RATE OF LOCATION THEN RELOCATION, BUT THAT'S THE RELEASE OF THE PERMIT AFTER COMPLETION OF DOCUMENTATION FACTORS? UH, WE'D LIKE TO STATE THAT ANYONE COULD PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY FOR SALE.
UM, SO W WITH THE, WITH THE PRICE WE PURCHASED IN THE
A COUPLE OF THE OPPOSING PARTIES HAVE SUGGESTED THAT WE TAKE THEM OUT AND RENT THEM OUT.
UM, AGAIN, WITH THE CRISIS OF REAL ESTATE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, SIR, COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK UP? COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK UP, MAYBE IT'S YOUR PHONE.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, BACK TO WHAT THE PRICE OF REAL ESTATE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD RENTAL INCOME SIMPLY DOES NOT MEET THE CASH INVESTMENT NEEDED TO THESE HOMES.
WE ALSO CAN'T SUBDIVIDE THESE LOTS TO ENHANCE THE RESALE VALUE AS IT DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM LAND REQUIREMENTS TO DO SO.
ALSO WE LOOKED AT ADDING ONTO THE TUTOR, BUT, UH, IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE THERE'S A HERITAGE TREE RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
UH, WE'VE HAD OUR ARCHITECTS LOOK AT IT AND, UH, IT DOESN'T, HE DOESN'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE WITHOUT REMOVING THE HERITAGE TREE.
UM, IF WE WERE TO RELOCATE THE TUTOR, THEN IT WOULD NO LONGER BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, ANYWAY, IF ANYONE WANTS, WANTS THE TUTOR HOUSE TO PUT IT ON THEIR PROPERTY, THEY COULD TAKE IT, BUT IT IS 30 BY 30 FOOT AND BRICK ON ALL SIDES.
SO IT'D BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE TO DO THAT.
SO BASED ON THESE CITY RECOMMENDATIONS, WE THINK THAT ISSUING THE PERMIT IS THE ONLY VIABLE OPTION.
ALSO BASED ON THE CITY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, WE'VE ALREADY SPENT OVER $50,000 TO, UH, TO ARCHITECTS
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AND ENGINEERS AND CITY BUILDING PERMITS DEPARTMENT.UM, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IF THIS, IF THE PERMIT, IF THE DEMOLITION PERMIT IS RELEASED, THAT YOU WILL NEED TO, UH, TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALL FACADES OF ALL THREE RESOURCES AND PROVIDE A DIMENSIONAL SKETCH, AND A NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE RESOURCES FOR ARCHIVING AT BOSTON HISTORY CENTER.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? YEAH, I'VE GOTTEN THAT EMAIL FROM ANGELA AND I'VE ALREADY GONE AND SENT THE PICTURES IN THOSE EIGHT BY 10 WITH MARK AND PENCIL AND, UH, THE SITE PLAN AND THE PROPOSED BUILDING.
AND THEN YOU WILL NEED TO COME BACK, UM, WITH YOUR PLANS FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT, UM, WHEN THEY'RE READY, UH, THEY ARE, THEY'RE ALREADY DONE.
THEY'RE ALREADY SENT INTO, UH, TO ANGELA GODADDY.
I DIDN'T SEE THEM ON THE BACKUP.
UM, LET US, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS APPLICATION? YEAH.
WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH A FEW NEIGHBORS SINCE THEY'RE NOT MEETING WHAT'S.
THE NEIGHBORS TO IGNORE IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE A LOCAL, SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, HIS MOTHER AND HIS SON.
THIS IS HOW THEY'RE NOT SPEAK NATIONAL BUILDERS.
I HAVE A LARGE POOL OF INVESTORS, MONEY BACKING US.
WE LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WORK HERE, GET BACK WHAT WE CAN HERE WITH TWO NINE FULL OF MOUTH BUSINESS, OUR COMMUNITY.
WE TOOK OUT 10 CLIENTS TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY CONSTRUCTION LOAN, TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE.
WE FEEL WE HAVE THE SAME LIVE IN CLEVELAND TO BUILD THE HOUSE.
WE WANT ABIDING THE CITY, CLOSE THE NEIGHBORS SO STRONGLY ABOUT KEEPING THE HOUSE, THIS EXCREMENT HOUSE.
THEY HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE, BUT THEY RENT.
THAT'S WE HAD, WE WERE NOT IN A FINANCIAL POSITION TO BE AT A LANDLORD AT THIS TIME.
THIS IS NOW ON THE PROJECT UNDERWAY, PREPARING US FOR NEXT YEAR.
THIS DELAY PROCESS IN A FINANCIAL HOUSE.
PLEASE COME SIT DOWN SITUATION.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO RELEASE THE DEMO PERMIT TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMISSIONER FOR YOUR TIME.
DID YOU GET THE NAME OF THE SPEAKER? YES, I HAVE HER NAME.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FIT? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION? NO ONE ELSE CAN SIGN UP IN FAVOR, BUT WE DO HAVE PAULA KAUFMANN AND MS. KAUFMAN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M THE RESIDENT OF THE HEIGHTS FAIRVIEW PARK, HISTORIC DISTRICT THREE STRUCTURES ON THIS ALMOST 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT MAP.
OUR PRESERVATION COMMITTEE HAS, IS, UM, COMPROMISED BY ACCEPTING THAT WE WILL LOSE TWO CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES FACING ALTAVISTA.
WE'RE FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON THE TUTOR, REVIVAL STYLE HOUSE FACING WEATHERFORD PLACE ONLY PER YOUR DIRECTION.
COMMISSIONERS THREE OF OUR SOFTWARE FOR CITY CITIZENS PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS SPOKE WITH THE, UH, THE APPLICANT FOR A ONE FIVE WEATHERFORD LANG CAM AND OFFERED TO MEET WITH HIM AS A PROPERTY.
MANY OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE NOT ONLY INTERESTED IN PRESERVING BUILDINGS.
WE'RE ALSO INTERESTED IN PRESERVING THE ECONOMIC DIVERSITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
MANY OF OUR OFTEN SMALL VINTAGE HUMS PROVIDE RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE RENTALS AND THIS OTHERWISE EXPENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HIS LETTER IN TODAY'S BACK-UP AND HIS PRESENTATION TO YOU TODAY, MR. KENSAL, JUST THAT WE'VE ASKED HIM TO KEEP THE TWO HOMES AS RENTALS AND BECOME A LANDLORD.
THERE'S A BIT OF A MISUNDERSTANDING.
WHAT I HAD DISCUSSED WITH HIM OVER A WEEK AGO WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING TWO DWELLINGS RATHER THAN JUST ONE TO REPLACE A TUBE HOMES, V6 DEMOLISH A MORE EXPENSIVE HOME, WHICH WILL BE WELL OVER A MILLION MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS.
AND THEN ADU, WHICH COULD BE A MORE AFFORDABLE LENTIL TO PROVIDE EITHER INCOME OR FLEXIBLE LIVING SPACE FOR HIS NEW BUYER, NOT FOR HIM.
AND AFTER DISCUSSING HIS PROJECT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, WE SEEM TO BOTH FEEL THAT PART OF THE TUTOR REVIVAL HOUSE,
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ESPECIALLY THE FIRST POD FACING WEATHERFORD SPLAYS MIGHT BE REPURPOSED AS AN ADU.THEN MR. KIM OFFERED TO ENGAGE IN ARCHITECTURE REVIEW VIABILITY OF PRESERVING PART OF THE HOUSE.
THEY ARE FACING WEATHERFORD PLACE AS A CABANA FOR A CONTEMPLATED SWIMMING POOL.
UM, IT MIGHT HAVE TO BE OPEN DUE TO FAR CONSTRAINTS EXPLAINED TO US, OR, YOU KNOW, THAT POSSIBLY OUR NEIGHBOR MIGHT SUPPORT A FAR VARIANCE.
IF IT WOULD ALLOW THE BUILDER TO PRESERVE PART OF THE HISTORIC HOUSE.
OUR COMMITTEE WAS REALLY PLEASED.
MR. KIM ALSO SHOWS GREAT RESPECT, RESPECT FOR PRESERVING THE HERITAGE TREE JUST BEHIND THE HOUSE.
HOWEVER TO DATE, I HAVE NOT HEARD HER BACK FROM MR. KIM REGARDING THIS PROJECT, AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE REQUESTING SOME FURTHER ACTION TILL WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO REPORT BACK TO US ABOUT A POTENTIAL CABANA THAT HE HAD OFFERED TO EXPLORE.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE REGISTERED FOR A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, STARTING TOMORROW, RUNNING THROUGH FRIDAY OR ANY OF THE REST IT'S GOING TO BE IN THAT CONFERENCE.
SO I'M ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN PRESERVATION, EQUITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A DIVERSITY, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NANA MOSTLY VOTED TO INCENTIVIZE 80 YEARS AS A MEANS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND YOU HAVE THIS UP, YOUR TIME IS UP LAST SENATE.
AND MANY OF OUR CURRENTLY AFFORDABLE WILDLINGS ARE SLATED TO BE DEMOLISHED.
SO IS ANYBODY ELSE GOING TO BE AT THAT CONFERENCE TOMORROW? OKAY, THANKS.
IS ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE APPLICATION? NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP.
WE RECEIVED SEVERAL LETTERS, ONE FROM MELANIE MARTINEZ AND ONE FROM ANGELA REED, UM, IN OPPOSITION TO THE LOSS OF THESE PROPERTIES.
UM, WE'LL GO ON THEN TO THE NEXT ITEM, UH, WHICH IS 47 14 ROWENA STREET.
CAN I TURN YOUR CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO ANY RAIN, SORRY.
THE OWNER DOES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL.
SO, UH, I, WE, I DID SPEAK TO MS. KAUFMAN.
UM, I DID GO OUT THERE WITH BOOKMARK ATTACKS AND, UH, BEING THAT THE HOME IS AN OVER OR CLOSE TO 100 YEARS OLD AND IT'S ALSO BRICK ON ALL SIDES.
UM, HE, YOU KNOW, HE PRETTY MUCH TOLD US THAT IT'D BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CUT PART OF THAT HOUSE DOWN TO USE IT AS A CABANA.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I, I DON'T, I, I DON'T THINK I ACTUALLY TOLD HIM THAT MS. KAUFMAN I'D GET BACK TO HER.
I JUST KIND OF SAID, YOU KNOW, I'D TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UH, THE POSSIBILITY AND IF IT WAS POSSIBLE, THEN MAYBE I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I COULD GO BACK TO HER.
SO, UH, THAT IS, IS, UH, SO THE POOL CABANA IS, IS NO LONGER IN PLAY ON THAT.
UM, AND, UH, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, BUILDING OUT OF TWO HOMES, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY GOT BUILDING PLANS INTO THIS, GOING INTO THE CITY TOMORROW.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WE'D MAYBE BE UP FOR IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF YOU GUYS COULD GIVE US SOMETHING BACK IN RETURN, MAYBE A, WE GO THROUGH WITH THE PROPOSED 3000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE.
AND THEN WE ALSO JUST KEEP THE TUTOR AS IS AND REMODEL THE 1100 PLUS SQUARE FOOT.
BUT I DID NOT TEXT US WAY OVER THE FAR.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, ALSO REGARDING THE, UH, THE, UH, NEED FOR MIXED INCOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS, AS, UH, AS SOME OF THE OPPOSERS HAVE STATED, TRAVIS HEIGHTS IS, IS OVER 60% RENTER OCCUPIED RIGHT NOW.
SO ADDING A NEW HOMEOWNER WOULD ACTUALLY LEND TO A GREATER DIVERSITY OF RESIDENTS, UM, OUT OF THE 1200 OR SO HOMES IN THIS DISTRICT 850 OF THEM ARE LISTED AS CONTRIBUTING, WHICH IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE MAJORITY.
SO, UH, I THINK ADDING ONE, ONE MORE HOMEOWNER WOULD HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT SWAY THAT BALANCE TOO FAR, WE HAVE FIVE UP FOR DEMOLITION TONIGHT.
SO, UM, ANYTHING ELSE? IT'S THIS, THE TREE THAT BIG HERITAGE STREET KIND OF BLOCKS US FROM, FROM DOING AN ADD ON TO IT OR ELSE WE WOULD CONSIDER.
UM, WELL, THAT'S AN INTERESTING POSSIBILITY.
WE'LL DISCUSS THAT WHEN THE ITEM CAN, UH, COMES UP.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS CASE?
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OKAY.THEN WE WILL GO ON TO 47, 14 REAL STREET.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE APPLICANT TO SPEAK TO THAT.
UH, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ME, GOSH, WELL, FROM THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE.
GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO, UH, I PURCHASED THE HOUSE IN 1995 FROM, UH, PREVIOUS OWNER WAS MR. CROCK.
UM, HE WAS BEING TOLD THAT HE NEEDED TO DEMOLISH THE HOUSE AT THAT POINT.
UM, CINDY HAS GIVEN HIM THREE WEEKS TO ACTUALLY DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE AFTER I PURCHASED IT FROM HIM, I PUT A SMALL AMOUNT OF WORK INTO IT AND LIVED IN IT FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
I PUT IT ON THE MARKET THIS SPRING, AND I HAD A PERSON UNDER CONTRACT.
UH, THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN ORDER TO GET A DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR.
AND SO I'M CONTINUING THIS PROCESS TO HOPEFULLY A SECURED DEMOLITION PERMIT SO I CAN SELL IT, UM, GOT AN ENGINEER'S REPORT AND HE IS STATING THE, UH, STATE OF, UH, DILAPIDATION OF THE HOUSE.
IT'S, UH, ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS OLD, UM, MANY, UH, STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT IT STILL DOES.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO, UH, GET THAT DEMOLITION PERMIT.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT MENTIONED IN THAT REPORT ARE THE FACT THAT IT HAS ALUMINUM WIRING.
IT HAS, UH, EXTENSIVE TERMITE DAMAGE HAS ORANGEBURG PIPE GOING OUT TO THE STREET.
UM, THERE WAS NO CONSTRUCTION ITSELF, NOT THAT GREAT.
IT'S JUST GOTTEN A WORST AFTER A MANY DECADES OF RENTING IT BEFORE I PURCHASED IT.
UM, LEAD PAINT, WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO, UH, USE THE WINDOWS.
I THINK THAT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MR SADOWSKY IS SAYING ABOUT THE HOUSE WAS THAT IT WAS LIVED IN BY JJ HAGEN.
IT APPEARS THAT HE DID LIVE THERE FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS.
UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY EVIDENCE OF THE ACCIDENT BUILT THE HOUSE.
MAYBE HE DIDN'T, UM, HANG ON APPARENTLY WAS SOMETHING OF A WELL-KNOWN BUSINESSMAN AND THE SUBDIVISION IS NAMED AFTER HIM.
ALTHOUGH HIS MAIN CLAIM TO FAME IS THAT HE OWNED AND RAN A WHITE, ONLY THEATER THAT HAD RAN.
I CAN RUN FILMS, UM, GROWING UP.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE JUST SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION TO DEMOLISH? NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
NO ONE ELSE HAS TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
UM, WELL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS WHEN IT COMES UP.
UM, WE, OUR NEXT ITEM IS 1113 WAS 22ND AND A HALF STREET.
DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK ON THIS? YES, MIKE MCALLEN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE OWNERS, HOW IT SAYS, OKAY, UH, THIS ASSET IS FULL OF BUILDING PLANS AND RESTORATION PLANS AND ADAPTIVE REUSE PLANS FOR ADAPTATION TO IT ON FILE WITH THE CITY AUSTIN, WE'RE COMING TO THE BOARD TONIGHT WITH A RECOMMENDATION BY THE STAFF THAT WE, UH, BE GRANTED THE PARTIAL DEMOLITIONS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO RESTORE THE BUILDING AND ADD THE ADDITIONS.
WE, UH, POSTPONED LAST TIME AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.
YOU HAVE A COMPLETE, A PACKET OF INFORMATION THAT I HAVE SENT OUT TO YOU CONCERNING THE LATEST, UH, NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, I WOULD ACTUALLY GO BACK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION THAT I GAVE OR THE BACKUP THAT I GAVE YOU FOR THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, WHICH SHOWS THAT IT IS A ONE STORY, 1,180 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE ON PROPERTY.
THIS IS, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, PRICED AT OVER $390,000.
UH, THIS IS NOT AN ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE HOUSE TO KEEP.
UM, THE PROPOSAL IS TO ADD A SECOND STORY BACK BEHIND THE FRONT.
AND, UH, THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF THE NEIGHBORS WAS THE FRONT YARD SITUATION
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WHERE WE HAD, UH, ORIGINALLY PROPOSED A SITE PLAN THAT HAD FRONT YARD PARKING AND A CURB CUT, WHICH WOULD BE UNIQUE TO THAT BLOCK.UH, AFTER NEGOTIATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, UH, AVOID THAT CHANGE THE SITE PLAN, WHICH WE WILL DO AND OUR BUILDING PLANS AND PUT THE PARKING, ALL OF THE PARKING IN THE REAR, UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT PROCESS IN PLACE, AND THIS PROPERTY WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROJECT, UH, PROJECT.
UH, SO I BELIEVE WE'RE IN A SITUATION.
WE HAVE A VERY POSITIVE, UH, DISCUSSION, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ANSWERED THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS.
AS FAR AS THE STREETS DATE IS CONCERNED, THE STREET FRONTAGE AND MAKING IT LOOK LIKE THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORS HOUSE WILL BE A TWO STORY.
UH, SECOND STEELERS THAT, THAT THERE IS A TWO STORY HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT, SEVERAL OTHER HISTORIC HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, QUITE LARGE, UH, A BLOCK AWAY.
AS OF COURSE I HAD KIA STATE, WHICH IS, UH, THE LEAGUES HAVE COMPLETELY RESTORED OTHER TWO STORES HOUSE JUST TO THEIR SOUTH THAT, UH, UH, UH, FORMER PLANNING COMMISSIONER HAS RESTORED.
AND SO THERE ARE SEVERAL HOUSES AT THIS SIZE.
UH, WE HAD A RELIABLE, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE OUT OF SCALE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT HOUSE FOR ONE, THE SCALE AND SIZE WE'LL HAVE AN ADU IN THE BACK THAT WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR IT TO BE WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE STAFF AND MAKING SURE THAT WE COMPLY WITH ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE DOCUMENTATION, WHICH I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION? I BELIEVE WE HAVE SCOTT MILLER ON THE LINE AND FAVOR.
UH, MIKE JUST PRESENTED ON MY BEHALF, BUT EVERYTHING THAT THEY PRESENTED AND ASKED FOR, UM, I KNOW WITH MY ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER AND MADE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S UPDATED IN THE BACKUP TO SHOW WHERE THE PARKING IS NOW IN THE BACK AND NOT IN THE FRONT.
SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH ME ON THAT.
UM, WAS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS APPLICATION? NO, NO, NO ONE SAYING THAT.
UM, THEN WE'LL GO ON TO 25 OF FIVE PART VIEW.
IS THERE ANY REASON THAT WE SHOULDN'T CONSIDER 25 OH FIVE AND 25 OH SEVEN TOGETHER? OR HAVE THE, IF THERE'S, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE SAME APPLICANT FOR BOTH? UM, NO WE'RE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
THEN WOULD THE APPLICANT PLEASE MAKE THEIR, UM, PRESENTATION FOR 25 OH FIVE PARK VIEW DRIVE? OKAY.
HELLO, I'M THE HOMEOWNER AND TIM PATRICK, ALSO HOME OWNER.
AND, UM, WE, WE ARE APPLYING TO, UM, UM, 25 OH FIVE PARK VIEW, WHICH IS PART OF THE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE.
UM, I WANT TO SAY, I, I THINK THE AMERICAN, THE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE STORY IS A GREAT STORY.
I'M A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN AUSTIN.
AND AS A DESIGNER, I'M PERSONALLY VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, UH, WHICH OUR DRAW ALLENDALE MIX, THERE WERE SO MANY GREAT EXAMPLES OF MID-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE IN THE NICKNAME.
BUT, UH, IF WE HAD FOUND A GYM THAT WAS PART OF THE AIR-CONDITIONED VILLAGE STORY THAT HE COULD REMODEL, I WOULD BE SUPER EXCITED AND PASSIONATE UP THAT THIS HOUSE, HOWEVER, IS VERY DILAPIDATED.
UM, THE ASSESSMENTS OF THIS HOUSE, UM, SAY THAT IT'S BEEN SLIGHTLY ALTERED.
IT HAS BEEN ALTERED MANY TIMES THAT THERE IS NO MID-CENTURY BONES THAT REALLY LEFT IN THEIR HOUSE.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO, UH, IN POOR CONDITION THAT CONVENTION, I WISHED I COULD HAVE GOT THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET CAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO BUY IT, THAT IT IS IN PERFECT AND, UH, GREAT, UM, AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE HOUSE.
UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY SO MUCH COUNTLESS HOW IT'S AN ALTERED.
UM, IT'S REALLY NOT MUCH WE CAN WITH IT.
WE DO, HOWEVER, TO BUILD A NEW MYTH THAT IS BRICK.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE IT BELONGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'VE SAID RENDERING OF THAT.
SO I CARRYING THE IDEAS OF MISSING THAT, THE
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SPIRIT OF THAT, WHICH WAS PART OF AIR-CONDITIONED VILLAGE, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT CALC THAT LOOKS LIKE IT FITS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THIS HOUSE WAS DIVIDED IN HARCOURT AND ADDED ON TO THE, WITH THAT APARTMENT.
SO WE WILL BE TAKING THIS PROPERTY FROM, YOU KNOW, A, TO FOLLOWING PROPERTY, BACK TO A SINGLE DWELLING PROPERTY, WHICH HAS ALSO REALLY GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS AREA OF AUSTIN.
SO FOR THEM, WE'RE BUILDING TWO HOUSES WHERE ONE USED TO BE, AND THAT IS THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE THING WE'RE SEEING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE WANT TO BUILD A BEAUTIFUL MID-CENTURY HOUSE.
LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE THERE.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY, MY PART IN THIS MEETING AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE SOME OTHER STRUCTURAL ISSUES TO ADDRESS.
AND SO YOU HAVE SOMEONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION TO DEMOLISH YES.
THIS HAS IMPACT OTHER THIS PROPERTY, UM, THAT THERE, AND THIS WILL BE OUR PERSONAL RESIDENCE.
UH, YOU KNOW, I I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE SERIES OF COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, JUST LOOKING AT THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, THE FIRST PICTURE, UM, I CAN'T SEE IT ON YOU, BUT I'M ASSUMING IT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THE WATER IN THE BACKYARD COOLING, UM, PICTURES, SIGNIFICANT DEPENDS OF THE WAY IT'S HITTING ON THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY IS FAIRLY, FAIRLY FLAT FROM FRONT TO BACK.
IT DOESN'T HAVE A SLIGHT SLOPE TO THE BACK.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL STRUCTURE AS ORIGINALLY BUILT ON THE PROPERTY WAS PROBABLY BUILT THAT, UH, DEEP IN ELEVATION, BUT OVER TIME, THE HOUSE IS SINKING INTO THE GROUND.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE SECOND PICTURE THAT I SUBMITTED, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF A SIDE SHOT OF THE FRONT ELEVATION, SHOWING A BRAIN THAT WAS INSTALLED IN FRONT OF THE ORIGINAL CAR THAT WAS HERDED INTO AN APARTMENT, A SECOND STRUCTURE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TREE ON THE, UH, ON THE PLANTER BOX IN THE FRONT, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW, WHERE THE, IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE DRIVEWAY, AND THEN YOU CAN FRENCH DRAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE HOUSE IS SITTING BELOW GRADE ALREADY.
AND THIS IS DUE TO THE POOR ENGINEERING OF THE FOUNDATION BACK IN TO SOMEONE'S BUILT.
THEY WERE JUST GETTING INTO REINFORCED CONCRETE FOUNDATION, UM, DESIGN, AND THEY WEREN'T ACCOUNTING FOR THE HIGH FAN OILS IN THIS PARTICULAR PART TOWN.
SO OVER TIME, THE TOUTED AS SUNK SIGNIFICANTLY INTO THE GROUND AT SOME POINT CAUSED THEM TO PUT INTO THIS REFRAIN, WHICH IS CAUSING THE FLOODING BACK THE PROPERTY THAT YOU CAN SEE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE THIRD PICTURE THAT I SUBMITTED THE ADDITION TO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE FOR SOME OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF FLURRY DWELLING UNIT OR THE TAB UNIT OR THE ATTACHED APARTMENT, SO TO SPEAK WHERE THEY CONVERTED THE ORIGINAL CAR PORT AND STRUCTURE ONTO THE BACK, UM, STRUCTURE HAS A FLAT ROOF AND IS, UM, LEAKING AND HAS CAUSED A LOT OF, UM, PROBLEMS WITH OVERALL APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE.
THREE IS THE APPEARANCE FROM THE FRONT.
THIS IS KIND OF ELWING TO THE BACK OUT OF THIS, UM, RE SIDING MATERIAL THAT YOU'D SEE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE THAT I THINK IS, IS ORIGINAL AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT.
IF THAT EQUIPMENT EXISTED STILL IN THE HOUSE, I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WORTH PRESERVING AND MAYBE PUTTING IN AM OF SOME SORT.
UM, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL OF THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, UM, FROM MY LAST PICTURE HAS TO, FROM THIS HOUSE, THERE'S NONE OF THE ORIGINAL COMPONENTS OF THAT AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT.
UM, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES STILL EXIST IN THE NAVY, IN THE HOUSE? YOU KNOW, THE POOR INSTALLATION THAT WAS DONE, THEY WERE GETTING INTO THE IDEAS OF INSTALLATION, UM, AND BEHIND ALL THESE WALLS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE GUARANTEED THAT THERE THERE'S NO MODERN INSULATE, REALLY HELPING TO CREATE AN ENERGY EFFICIENT PRODUCT HERE.
UM, SO OUR PROPOSAL BACK TO THE PICTURE THAT WE SUBMITTED FOR THE FRONT ELEVATION OF OUR HOUSE, TRYING TO STICK WITH THAT MID CENTURY DESIGN THAT WE'RE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT AND THAT WE'D LIKE TO BUILD.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT KIND OF ADD TO THE OVERALL SCOPE OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENT FOR AUSTIN IN GENERAL, COUNTING IN PROGRESS AND THE CITY BEING ENERGY EFFICIENT AND BEING ON THE INNOVATIVE COST.
AND I THINK WE CAN KIND OF TAKE THE ORIGINAL IDEA, TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
IT'S ALL THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY SHOWING OUR PROGRESS OVER TIME AND HOW WE'RE DEALING WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER NEEDS GOING FORWARD.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS APPLICATION? MY NAME IS EHR.
MY, UH, I'VE I CALLED IN AT FIVE 30, BUT WAS NEVER FORMALLY CHECKED IN IT DOES THIS
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SUFFICE.UH, THESE HOME NEEDS THAT EXIST TODAY ARE WOEFULLY INADEQUATE FOR MODERN FAMILIES.
THEY WERE NEVER DESIGNED TO LAST AND IN MY OPINION ARE FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR THEIR OWNERS, ME BEING IRONICALLY, ONE OF THEM, UH, MY NAME'S
I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN AUSTIN.
I, ALONG WITH MY WIFE AT SEVEN LINCOLN OLD DAUGHTER LIVE AT 26 OH ONE PARK VIEW.
WE EFFECTIVELY LIVE NEXT DOOR TO 25 OH SEVEN AND 25 OH FIVE PARK VIEW.
UH, I FEEL THAT THOSE THAT ARE LARGELY AGAINST THIS ARE PRESENTING DISINGENUOUS FACTS, HYPOCRITICAL, MOTIVATION.
UM, ELIZABETH BRUMMETT, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS PRESENTED HERSELF AS A STAKEHOLDER, BUT SHE'S NOT.
SHE HAS AN ACADEMIC INTEREST AND RATHER THAN JOIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SHE COULD AFFORD, SHE BOUGHT A BRAND NEW HOUSE IN MUELLER AND LISTED KEVIN SMITH TO HELP CANVAS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, TO ADVANCE HER PLATFORM AND KEVIN SMITH, UH, HONESTLY, A GREAT NEIGHBOR.
AND I LIKED THE GUY WE SPOKE RECENTLY AND HE WORKS FOR THE CITY, BUT HE DOESN'T EVEN PLAN TO RETIRE HERE.
HE WANTS TO MOVE AWAY SOMEWHERE WHERE IT'S COOLER, WHEN HE'S READY TO RETIRE.
AND HE PLANS TO SELL HIS HOME FOR LOT VALUE.
AND HE IS ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT IS, UH, THAT IS AGAINST THIS APPLICATION.
AND I DO RESPECT HIS PASSION FOR HISTORY AND HIS EFFORTS TO RECOGNIZE THE TANGENTIAL INCLUSIVE EFFECTS OF LARGE SCALE HOME OWNERSHIP.
BUT THE CONDITION OF THESE HOMES ARE MANY OF THEM.
BUT SPECIFICALLY THESE TWO, UH, IS IT'S KIND OF BEYOND REPAIR.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE DEMOLITION PERMITS FOR BOTH THESE HOMES, PRIMARILY ON THE BASIS THAT DENYING THE PERMITS IS GOING TO IMPOSE AN UNDUE BURDEN ON THE HOMEOWNERS AND THAT THE HOMES ARE LONG PATHS OR USEFUL LIFE AND ARE FUNCTIONALLY DEFICIENT IN 25 OH FIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE I HAVE WALKED THROUGH IT, THE HOMES IN TERRIBLE SHAPE, THE FOUNDATION'S ESSENTIALLY BROKEN, UH, NOT JUST CRACKED AND SITTING IN THE LIVING ROOM IS YOU BASICALLY ARE SITTING DOWNHILL TOWARDS PARK VIEW DRIVE AT 25 OH SEVEN, WHERE I I'VE BEEN ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN, WHEN THE RESIDENTS ORIGINAL RESIDENTS MOVED OUT, THEY LEFT IT IN A COMPLETELY DILAPIDATED CONDITION.
NO ONE HAS PUT ANY MONEY INTO THAT HOUSE OTHER THAN THE CURRENT OWNERS.
AND AGAIN, THAT SLAB IS CRACKED AND YOU CAN FEEL IT WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE HOUSE AND THE FLOORS AS WELL, BECAUSE THE HOME WASN'T DESIGNED TO BE INSULATED FOR THIS LONG.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED IN IT HAD BEEN TYPICALLY MIDDLE-CLASS MIDDLE-CLASS MY OWN HOME HAS A MASSIVE CRACK RUNNING THROUGH THE GARAGE WHERE IT DOESN'T EVEN FULLY CLOSE FROM THE EXTERNAL ELEMENTS.
AND WHEN I HAD PROFESSIONALS COME LOOK AT IT, THEY SUGGESTED TO LEAVE IT UNTIL WE'RE READY TO SELL THE HOME OR DEMOLISH THE HOME CAUSE ATTEMPTING TO FIX.
IT WOULD LIKELY DESTABILIZE THE REST OF MY HOUSE.
UH, OTHER ROOMS IN MY HOUSE HAVE ON THREE OF THEIR FOUR WALLS, STRUCTURAL CRACKING.
AND WHILE I'M CERTAINLY NOT SPEAKING FOR AN APPLICATION FOR MY HOUSE, IT IS EMBLEMATIC OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THE CONDITION THAT THESE HOMES WERE BUILT AND LEFT.
IN MY OPINION, THE REAL ISSUE IS THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNERS TREATED THE PHONES FOR WHAT THEY ARE AND FREE LIBERAL HOME DESIGNED AS A TOPIC FOR DEVELOPERS, 1950S, THE AC INDUSTRY KNEW IT WOULD BE A BOONDOGGLE FOR THEM.
AND IT WAS THE OWNER SINCE THEN HAVE FOCUSED ON BUILDING THEIR LIFE.
AND FORTUNATELY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IN AUSTIN, THESE OLD HOMES HAVE EVEN RESULTED IN MASSIVE WEALTH CREATION, EVEN THOUGH THE HOMES ARE FALLING APART, WE AT LEAST ON VIEW AND THE ROAD.
THOSE, THOSE AGAINST I FEEL ARE BEING A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS AND USING EMOTIONAL APPEALS, PUTTING 1950 DEVELOPERS AND HARDWORKING IN, IN ROSE COLORED GLASSES, THE BUILDER FOR THESE TWO HOMES ON THESE TWO PIECES OF LAND, UH, HAS BUILT HOMES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE'S LIVED IN AUSTIN 30 YEARS AND HE BUILDS TASTEFUL HOMES.
AND SO I'M APPEALING TO YOUR REASONABLE NATURE TO APPROVE THESE DEMOLITION PERMITS FOR THESE TWO PARTICULAR HOMES, BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, BEYOND JUST THEIR HISTORICAL VALUE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITE IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION? YEAH.
I AM ESSENTIALLY THE APPLICANT FOR BOTH OF THESE HOUSES WITH, UH, HEIDI GO BELT.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
UM, I'VE BEEN, I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN NOW 30 YEARS.
I WAS INTRODUCED TO, UH, AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE BACK IN 2011 WHEN I WAS, UH, AWARDED THE PURCHASE OF 26 OH TWO PARK VIEW, WHICH IS ALSO A FORMER AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE HOUSE.
UM, THE, THE OWNER OF THAT HOUSE HAD, HAD
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PASSED AWAY AND, AND THE DAUGHTER WANTED ME TO PURCHASE IT BECAUSE SHE KNEW OF THE QUALITY OF WORK THAT I HAVE GOTTEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.I'VE BUILT OVER 60 HOUSES IN THE AREA FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.
MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN ADDITION, REMODELS AND CRESTVIEW AND BRENTWOOD.
UM, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN RATED WITH AUSTIN ENERGY AND GREEN BUILDING PROGRAM RATINGS.
AND I SHOW A GREAT LEVEL OF CARE TO MY COMMUNITY.
I'M NOT JUST A DEVELOPER, BUT I'M AN ARTIST AND BUILDER.
SO WITH THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAD WITH 26 OH TWO PARK VIEW, UM, THE ONLY THING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO IT SINCE THE SLAB WAS, UM, STRUCTURALLY FAILED IS THAT WE OBTAINED A DEMOLITION PERMIT FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
IS THE TIME WHEN APPARENTLY THE CLIMATE FOR, FOR DEMOLITION PERMITS FOR AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE HOUSES IS NOT SO HOT.
UM, I WAS ALSO THEN, UH, AWARDED A DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR 25, 10 PARK VIEW WHERE I BUILT MY HOUSE AND LIVED THERE FOR THREE YEARS.
UM, AND THAT ALSO WAS A FARMER AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE HOUSE.
IT WAS OWNED BY, UM, UH, A VIETNAM VET WHO HAD CHICKENS LIVE INSIDE THE HOUSE.
IT WAS COMPLETELY DILAPIDATED AND ALSO THE, UH, STRUCTURAL FOUNDATION HAD FAILED.
UM, I HAVE REPUTATION IN THE AREA FOR, FOR DOING QUALITY WORK AND THAT HAS RESULTED IN ME OBTAINING 25 OH SEVEN AND 25 OH FIVE PARK DRIVE.
WHEN, WHEN I, WHEN I ATTAINED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED, FIVE PARKVIEW DRIVE, I WAS ASKED BY THE PHARMA HOME OWNER WHO WAS A 90 YEAR OLD LADY WHO TO BUY BECAUSE SHE KNEW I WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING REALLY NICE ON THE PROPERTY IN, IN, IN MEMORY OF, OF, OF THE LAND, BECAUSE SHE REALLY APPRECIATED THE TREES.
NOW WHAT'S VERY UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL ABOUT 25 OH SEVEN AND 25 OH FIVE PARK VIEW IS THAT THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF LIVE OAK TREES.
AND, UM, THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL ABOUT THAT PLACE.
NOW, BOTH OF THEIR SLABS ARE STRUCTURALLY FAILED AND I WILL, UH, PRESENT ENGINEERS REPORTS AND EVIDENCE OF THAT.
WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS WHAT I CALL AIR AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE, TOO.
IT'S TAKING THE STEPPING STONE OF WHAT THESE HOMES REPRESENTED BACK 50 YEARS AGO AND HOW TECHNOLOGY HAS EVOLVED AND OUR ABILITY TO BUILD HOUSES THAT HAVE ENERGY SUSTAINING FEATURES PLUS MEET THE AESTHETIC OF THE, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE AS MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES, CAUSE I AM A FATHER OF TWO, A THREE YEAR OLD AND A SEVEN WEEK OLD BABY.
I WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A HOUSE IN THESE SPACES.
AND I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY BY MY FORMER NEIGHBORS TO OBTAIN THEIR HOUSES FOR THIS REASON.
SO I'M ASKING THE COMMISSION TO LOOK AT THE, UM, THE RENDERINGS AND KNOW THAT WE'RE PROBABLY, UM, SOME OF THE BEST POSSIBLE CANDIDATES FOR REBUILDING THESE HOUSES THAN ANYONE ELSE.
SINCE I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING AROUND TO MANY OF THE OTHER HOUSES THAT WERE FORMERLY DEMOLISHED THAT WERE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE HOUSES, BECAUSE I WAS ASKED TO BUY THEM AND, UM, MOST ALL OF THEIR FOUNDATIONS HAVE FAILED AND BECAUSE OF WATER ISSUES AND, UM, AND POOR DESIGN, MY, MY THANK YOU.
YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THESE AIR CONDITIONS AND HOW THEY WERE BUILT ARCHITECTURALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE WASTED PAST THEIR QUALITY AND WE NEED TO MOVE ON AND DO SOMETHING FOR AIR CONDITIONED BUILDINGS VERSION TWO, HUH.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS APPLICATION? WE HAVE KEVIN SMITH.
UM, IS SOMEONE KEEPING TIME? OKAY, MR. SMITH, GO AHEAD.
UM, HELLO, MY NAME IS KEVIN SMITH.
I GUESS MY REPUTATION KIND OF PRECEDED ME A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF AN INTRODUCTION TO YOU GUYS FOR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME AS A MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT.
I LIVE ON PARKVIEW DRIVE FOR 10 YEARS.
UM, I'VE BEEN PRESENT IN THE NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION TWICE, AND THEN I SPENT THE LAST 20 YEARS, UM, FOR AS A PUBLIC SERVANT.
I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION PERMITS FOR 25 OR FIVE.
AND I WAS REVIEWING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANTS.
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SOMEONE IS CLANKING METAL PIPES TOGETHER IN THE BACKGROUND.COULD YOU PLEASE MUTE YOURSELF MR. SMITH? GO AHEAD.
UM, MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF LATE OCTOBER FEST TO ACTION HAPPENING OVER THERE.
UM, ANYWAYS, SO I, I THOUGHT WAS, I WAS SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE, UM, APPLICATION PACKETS ONLINE FOR TWENTY-FIVE OH FIVE PARK VIEW.
AND WHILE I WAS REVIEWING THAT INFORMATION, I NOTICED THERE ARE SOME REFERENCES TO CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE HAVE ON THE STREET, UM, AFTER SHARING FROM SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND SPEAKING WITH THEM, I KIND OF NOTICING COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE WAS SOME POTENTIAL CONFLATION OF INFORMATION BETWEEN LOCAL DISTRICTS AND NATIONAL DISTRICTS AND OTHER PIECES OF INFORMATION.
UM, AND I, I'M GOING TO GET TO HOW THIS IS JERMAINE IN A MINUTE.
SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION ALONG THE, SOME FLEXIBILITY HERE ON THIS.
UM, FROM TALKING TO MY NEIGHBORS, THERE WAS A COMMONLY HELD BELIEF AND WHICH WAS ALSO NOTED BY THE LETTER AND PETITION THAT WAS SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION PACKET THAT ANY TYPE OF HISTORIC DESIGNATION WOULD PREVENT ANY TYPE OF WORK HAPPENING FROM THESE HOMES, UM, RANGING FROM MATERIAL REMODELS TO DEMOLITION.
THIS IS WHAT THE FEEDBACK I HAD GOTTEN.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION'S IS AWARE OF THIS.
UM, IF WE DO A QUICK SEARCH AND WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SOME NATIONAL RESEARCH, CERTAIN PLACES RESTRICTIONS, UM, FOR ME, WHEN I DID IT, MY SECOND ENTRY WAS AT DAY TWO AND SAID, I'M NOT GONNA READ IT VERBATIM.
UM, THERE'S JUST NO RESTRICTIONS ABOUT THIS.
UM, LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE RELEASING THE RELEASE OF A DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR 25 OH FIVE.
UM, I FEEL LIKE THE CHAIR HAS BEEN MODIFIED REALLY TO THE POINT THAT THE CHARACTER, THEIR HOME IS BUILT UNDER INTACT, BUT I WOULD ASK MOVING FORWARD THERE, IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THERE'S BEEN SOME SCRUTINY ON OUR HOMES ON PARKS.
UM, FOR THIS, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF SCRUTINY FROM HOMES ON PARK D DRIVE BECAUSE OF THE, WHAT I HAVE READ FROM THE INFORMATION FROM THE CITY, THE POTENTIAL DISTRICT HERE, I FEEL LIKE IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME OUTREACH ON THE CITY SIDE, JUST MAKE US AWARE OF WHAT THE SPECIAL DISTRICT IS AND THE RESTRICTIONS ON THESE CONVERSATIONS, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN, UM, BETTER HAD HAVING SAID THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU AND I WILL BE ON THE CALL A CHAMPION FOR THE QUESTIONS, THE END OF THE MEETING.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION? NO.
ANNA IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION, IS THERE AN ANA KEVIN SMITH SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, SORRY FOR THAT CONFUSION AND EVERYONE ELSE, NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND THE LAST SPEAKER, BUT HE SAID HE WASN'T NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO THE DEMOLITION THAT OKAY.
SO HE WAS SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE, OUR PURPOSES FOR THE ORDER OF THE SPEAKERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, I'VE KNOWN PRESERVATION.
STAFFELS WITH BRUMMETT FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND SHE'S THE LEAST DISINGENUOUS PERSON.
UH, I'M SURE THAT HER INTEREST IN THE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE THOUGH IT WAS ACADEMIC.
IT WAS ALSO FROM, UH, HER TRUE FEELINGS ABOUT, UM, UM, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VILLAGE.
IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK, ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE APPLICATION? NO ONE ELSE HAS HEARD ABOUT THIS BEACON OPPOSITE, BUT YES, THE APPLICANT HAS OPPORTUNITY TO REBUTTAL.
PERFECT BOTTLE FOR 25 OH SEVEN PARK.
UM, TO SPEAK, UH, ABOUT 25 OH SEVEN PARKVIEW, IT'S NOT ORIGINAL IN ANY WAY.
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TWICE.UM, ORIGINALLY IT HAD A CARPORT AND 10 FEET WAS ADDED TO THE WESTERN SIDE TO CREATE A GARAGE.
UM, AND THIS ADDITION ITSELF IS PULLING AWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE AND IS POORLY DONE.
UM, THE, THE FACT THAT I'M VERY GOOD AT, AT, UM, PUTTING LIPSTICK ON A PIG IS WHY THIS HOUSE LOOKS GOOD.
CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING.
AND I, I DO LANDSCAPE VERY WELL TOO.
SO THIS HOUSE FOR, FOR THE MOST PART LOOKS REALLY WELL FROM THE STREET DOES NOT FUNCTION, UM, AS A, AS A SOUND STRUCTURE.
SO I WILL BACK THAT UP WITH ENGINEERING REPORT.
SO, UM, MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE ARE A REALLY LIMITED AMOUNT OF, UH, INSIGHT INTO HOW THESE HOUSES FUNCTION BECAUSE THEY HAVE PLUMBING PROBLEMS AND WE, AS OWNERS HAVE TO LIVE IN, IN SUFFER THROUGH THESE, UM, THINGS.
SO I WANTED TO BE ADEQUATELY REPRESENTED, UM, CAUSE THEY'RE NOT ORIGINAL THEY'VE BEEN ADDED ONTO.
AND UM, IF WE, UM, DO YOU SEEK THESE DEMOLITION PERMIT? UM, WE'RE DOING THAT.
UM, NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T LOVE OUR HOUSES BECAUSE WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING BETTER FOR OUR FUTURES IN OUR FAMILIES.
SINCE WE HAVE, UH, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS.
WE'LL GO ONTO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS, I'M SORRY, THIS IS KEVIN SMITH.
I THINK I MIGHT TELL YOU THAT'S MY MR. SMITH.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO REBUT A REBUTTAL.
I, I, I'M NOT, I MIGHT BE CONFUSED BY BELIEVE.
I SIGNED UP FOUR TIMES 25 AND 25 WEEKS.
UM, AND MY PREVIOUS ONE WAS 25 OH FIVE AND NOT 25.
I THINK, UH, WE, WE GOT SOME, UH, MISUNDERSTANDING ON THE LAST SPEAKER, THE APPLICANT FOR 25, ONE SEVEN.
I THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE THESE UP SEPARATELY.
YOU GET THE APPLICANT'S OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT 25 OH FIVE AND 25 OH SEVEN SEPARATELY.
AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 14 CASES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS AND TAKE NOTES ON BEFORE I BELIEVE 10 O'CLOCK, WHICH IS OUR DROP DEAD DATE.
SO IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE, I DO BELIEVE THAT IN THE INTEREST OF ALL OUR BEST EFFORTS, WE SHOULD ASK PEOPLE TO MAKE VERY, TO THE POINT WITH THEIR COMMENTS, WE'LL HAVE LESS THAN SIX MINUTES TO CONSIDER WHEN WE FIGHT.
IF WE CAN GET FINISHED BY EIGHT 30, THESE TESTIMONIES, OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE DOING THIS ALL A MONTH FROM NOW.
SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE TIME AND SEE IF WE CAN MAXIMIZE WHAT WE HAVE.
UH, IS THERE IF WE HAVE GIVEN 25 OH FIVE AND 25 OH SEVEN PARK VIEW, IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT TO BE SET ON THIS? IF SO, IF THE APPLICANT IN FAVOR OF 25.
OH, HAS ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD ON 25 OH SEVEN, PLEASE DO.
UM, I THINK I'VE STATED, UH, OUR PURPOSE CLEARLY.
UH I'M UH, I'M FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE HOUSE, THIS HOUSE AT 25 OH SEVEN PARKVIEW.
AND, UM, THEY'RE NOT ORIGINAL IN, IN ANY WAY AND THEY HAVE FAILING FOUNDATION ISSUES AND YOU ARE I'M DOMINIQUE LAVECK.
I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID ABOUT 25 OR SEVEN PART VEER? MADAM HIM? I WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT THIS POINT.
UM, WAS THAT YOU, MR. SMITH? YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT 25 OH SEVEN? YES, PLEASE GO RIGHT AHEAD.
UM, OBVIOUSLY KEVIN SMITH, YOU GUYS JUST TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT LATER.
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A REALLY BRIEF CONVERSATION.IT'S MUCH MORE SUCCINCT THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE, ABOUT 25 OH SEVEN.
UM, I PROPOSE THE DEMOLITION DEPARTMENT FOR 25 OH SEVEN PARKVIEW DRIVE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MAJOR REMODEL OF CONVERTING THE CARPORTS AND MODIFICATION.
THE EXTERIOR OF THIS HOME REMAINS FOR THE MOST PART, TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOME.
I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS THAT ALL OF US HAVE LIVING ON PARKVIEW AND TWIN OAKS AND NESCO, AND REALLY OUR AND DEL CRESTRON BRENTWOOD IN GENERAL, THE PLACE HOLDS A CLAY SOIL.
UM, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE REASON THAT SHOULD BE THE OVERRIDING ONE FOR THE DEMOLITION PERMITS.
AND THEN MY LAST POINT, AND I'LL GET OFF THE PHONE.
SO YOU GUYS CAN GO HERE AND MEETING, UM, AFTER THIS IS, THERE'S MORE OF THE VALUE OF THESE HOMES AND THE ARCHITECTURE THAT WAS BUILT IN THE 1950S, THE VALUE OF THESE HOMES IS NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE CONDITIONING INSTILLED IN THEM OR THE ARCHITECTURE WAS THAT IT WAS THE FACT THAT THESE HOMES HAD UNIQUE LAYOUTS OF THE AIR CONDITIONED COMPONENTS, DUCKS, RETURN DUCKS, ET CETERA.
AND THERE'S ALSO SOME INFORMATION AROUND WHAT'S IN YOUR PACKET.
SO I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO IT ABOUT LOAN STANDARDS.
UM, THANKS YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR TIME.
AND AS I SAID BEFORE, I'LL BE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR. SMITH, CAN WE GO ON TO 1806 TRAVEL SITES? IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS APPLICATION? YES, WE SHOULD HAVE NORMAN TELL YOU THROUGH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION QUICKLY.
UH, SO, UH, IN A NUTSHELL, TRAVIS HEIGHTS IS, IS A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, FOR US THAT, UH, IS EXTREMELY SPECIAL.
IT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE WANTED TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO FIND A HOME, UH, TO MOVE INTO.
WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT HOMES IN THERE, UM, THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO END UP GETTING, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY.
UM, HOWEVER, PUT THAT NEW TYPE FIND EIGHTY-SIX, UH, GOING INTO IT.
IT HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED.
UH, AND BY THAT, I MEAN, IT IS THERE WASN'T A SINGLE WIRE.
UM, THERE, THE ENTIRE INTERIOR, THERE WASN'T AN AIR DUCT.
IT WAS LITERALLY TWO BY FOURS.
IT WAS THE HARDWOOD FLOORS AND THE WALLS AND, UH, UH, AND THE ROOF.
SO IT HAD TO BE A COMPLETE REMODEL AND WE KNEW WE WANTED TO KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF THE TUTOR.
UH, WE WANTED TO FIND THE RIGHT ARCHITECT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND SO WE FOUND OUR ARCHITECT IN TRAUMATIZED, UH, BEN MADE DESIGN, UH, BECAUSE HE'S DONE FOAMS AND APPETITES IN SURROUNDING AREAS.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF THE HOME.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, UH, THE HOME AS IT STANDS IS A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
IT'S A, IT WAS BUILT AS A TWO, ONE, UH, WE WERE EXPANDING OUT TO A THREE, TWO AND A HALF.
UH, WE ARE KEEPING THE ORIGINAL, UH, ROOF PITCH.
WE'RE ADDING A DORMER, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE SECOND FLOOR BECAUSE THE HOME IS, IS SET SO FAR BACK ON, UH, ON THE LOT, WE DON'T HAVE ROOM TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND OUT, UH, THE WAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE LIKED.
AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT AND KEEP THE ORIGINAL ROOF PITCH WAS TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE DORMER ON THERE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE KEEPING THE ORIGINAL STONE ON THE FRONT.
WE'RE KEEPING THE ORIGINAL BRICK ON THE HOUSE.
WE'RE KEEPING, UH, THE ORIGINAL, UH, FRONT DOOR THAT IS THERE.
HOWEVER THAT FRONT DOOR AS IT IS, IS NOT IMPOSED.
SO WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A NEW SOLUTION THERE, UH, WHICH WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE OVER TO WHERE SOME EXISTING WINDOWS WERE, UM, AND ABLE TO PUT IN, UM, UH, A MORE OPEN, UH, FRONT DOOR RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND SO ON THE, UH, THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, WE'RE KEEPING THE ORIGINAL CHIMNEY, WE'RE KEEPING THE ORIGINAL HARDWOOD FLOORS.
WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP IT MUCH INTEGRITY AND HISTORICAL INTEGRITY TO THIS HOME AS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, SO I, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT.
THIS IS KATHERINE STINSON, NORMAN'S WIFE, UM, AND WE'RE KEEPING THE ORIGINAL STONE.
WE'RE KEEPING THE ORIGINAL BRICK.
HOWEVER, IT IS PULLING AWAY FROM THE HOUSE, UH, AS IT SITS AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED.
SO WE'RE REPAIRING THE ORIGINAL STONE AND WE'RE REPAIRING THE ORIGINAL BRICK AND WE'RE JUST DOING A WASH COAT.
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AND IT DOESN'T, BUT WE'RE KEEPING AS MUCH AS THE HOME AS WE CAN TO CODE.THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO BE IN TRAVIS HEIGHTS AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAINTAIN IT.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IT.
WE, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT FLOOR PLAN IS A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND WE'RE GOING UP TO 1800 SQUARE FEET WHERE A FAMILY OF THREE, TWO ADULTS AND A DOG AND BECOMING FOUR THIS SPRING.
SO WE REALLY NEED THE ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE UP TOP FOR A NURSERY AND A GUEST ROOM FOR FAMILY TO VISIT.
AND THAT'S REALLY ALL WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS A LITTLE BUNGALOW FOR OUR FIRST FAMILY.
I GAVE YOU A FEW EXTRA SECONDS THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
UM, SO I'M BOTH OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION.
ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION? UH, YES.
UM, UH, THIS HAS BEEN MY DESIGN AND, UH, I'VE BEEN HOPING NORMAN KATHERINE WITH THIS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO COME OUT AND APPLAUD THEM.
I, I WOULD SAY THEY HAVE A LOT MORE GUTS AND COURAGE FOR TAKING THIS PROJECT ON.
AND I PROBABLY WOULD JUST BECAUSE THE HOUSE WAS IN CONSIDERABLE DISREPAIR AND, UH, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABSORBING A LOT OF, UH, EXTRA COSTS JUST TO ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AND YEAH, THE FACT THAT IT SITS BACK SO FAR, IT'S, IT'S SUCKED IN BY A NON-PROTECTED TREE, BUT THEY WANT TO KEEP THE TREE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SIZEABLE TREE ONLY ABOUT THAT.
HE'S LIKE 12, 14 INCHES, BUT, UM, ANYWAYS, THAT KIND OF WALKS HIM IN ON THE BACK.
SO THEY CAN'T REALLY GO OUT AND WE DID THE DORMERS POPPING UP BY THE ORIGINAL ROOF PITCH IS SUBTLY AS POSSIBLE, KIND OF JUST HIDING IT THERE, BEHIND THE EXISTING CHIMNEYS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YET THERE ARE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO BE MADE, BUT, UH, LIKE CATHERINE KIND OF TOUCHED ON, YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING ENTRY DOOR IS NOT CODE COMPLIANT AT ALL.
IT'S ABOUT PROBABLY FOUR INCHES TOO NARROW THE RAILING AT THE STOOP THAT WAS THERE, ISN'T A CODE EITHER.
SO THAT WAS ALSO PEELING AWAY FROM THE HOUSE AND MADE A REPAIR AND WOULD HAVE HAD TO BEEN UPDATED ANYWAYS.
UM, ALSO THERE'S THE VISITABILITY REQUIREMENT FOR THIS PROPERTY.
AND IF WE WERE TO TRY TO REDO IT, TO PUT IT TOWARDS THE STOOP THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THERE FOR THAT FOR AN ENTRY, THEY WOULD'VE REQUIRED A REALLY UNSIGHTLY, YOU KNOW, RAMP UP TO IT, WHICH I THINK PROBABLY EVEN BE MORE ATTRACTIVE.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I, AGAIN, I JUST REALLY WANT TO KEEP IT BRIEF, BUT, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE SORT OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO KEEPING THIS.
AND WE'VE REALLY JUST WORKED TO KEEP THE SCALE AND THE CHARACTER OF THE HOUSE.
WE WILL BE DOING SOME LIKE WASH.
THEY KIND OF TALK TO YOU, BUT IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE FITTING FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL APPRECIATE, AND ALSO, I APOLOGIZE, THE RENDERINGS ARE A LITTLE MISLEADING, AS SHE MENTIONED, THEY ARE GOING TO BE KEEPING THE ORIGINAL BRICK.
WE WERE, WE WERE DISCUSSING DOING STUCK OVER IT, BUT FOR BOTH COSTS AND CHARACTER CONCERNS, UH, WE WILL BE KEEPING THE ORIGINAL BRICK AND KIND OF DOING A CONSISTENT KIND OF WASH OVER BOTH THE STONE AND THE BRICK, BUT THEY'LL STILL BE VISIBLE, UH, MANAGES FOR CONSISTENCY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? OKAY.
ANYONE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? WE HAVE PAULA POLICA COOKMAN.
NORMAN JUST WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M THE PRESIDENT AND THE CHAIR, THE NEW CHAIR OF THE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
I DO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE NEARBY NEIGHBORS HAD A FEW LIKE MINOR CONCERN, BUT, UM, THAT THEY SUBMITTED TO THE IN LETTERS.
BUT, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE, LIKE YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT TRYING TO PRESERVE WHAT YOU CAN AND, AND MAKE THAT THOUSANDS PER FOOT, UM, TO 1800 SQUARE FOOT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT WE HAVE A HISTORIC, THE TRAVIS HEIGHTS, EVERY PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT IS VERY NEW AND TRAVIS HEIGHTS BOULEVARD IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT.
SO ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS OF HAVING THIS NEW HISTORIC DISTRICT IS THAT IT WILL BE A TOURIST ATTRACTION, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN SAN DIEGO OR SOME OF YOU MAY BE, UM, MORE, UM, FAMILIAR WITH MONTEVISTA AND SAN ANTONIO.
SO REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW YOUR HOUSE
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IS WITH THE HOUSES AROUND IT AS, UM, UH, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE THAT VISIT OUR FAIR CITY, UM, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT.AND I THINK, UM, SPEAKING TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT HOW MUCH OF THE HOUSE WAS INTERIOR RATED.
WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS TRY TO START PRESERVING SOME OF THESE HOUSES BEFORE THEY, SO DRILL OPERATOR, THEN THAT YOU HAVE SET A BIG JOB AHEAD OF YOU.
WE'RE LOOKING AT MAINTENANCE GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS IF IT ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY GOAL, TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, AN OLDER HOUSE INSTEAD OF PREVENTING WASTE, KEEP OUR COMMUNITY CLEAN, SO APPLAUD WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU, MR. GUZMAN, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM ON THIS ISSUE? I WILL HAVE SOME COMMENTS WHEN WE BRING, WHEN IT, IF IT COMES UP FOR DISCUSSION, UH, LATER THIS EVENING, UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK TO 45 OH NINE BALCHUNAS DRIVE IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION? NICK DEAVER.
IS THERE SOMEONE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION FOR 45 OH NINE BULKINESS? WE HAVE TO SIGN UP IN FAVOR, NICK DEVER AND CARLA TREMBLAY.
WOULD SOMEONE, UM, LIKE TO START STATE YOUR NAME? HEY, THIS.
I WAS EXPECTING NICK TO PRESENT FIRST.
HE HE'S OUR ARCHITECT AND WAS GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE PLANS, BUT I CAN START IF HE'S NOT AVAILABLE.
SO WE HAVE, UH, WE PURCHASED THIS HOUSE ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND WE'VE BEEN LIVING IN IT SINCE THIS DECEMBER AND WE, WE LOVE THE HOUSE.
WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT THE ORIGINAL HOUSE, BUT WE KNEW WE WANTED TO DO AND A THEM, AND WE, THAT'S WHY WE HIRED NICK FEVERS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO FIND AN ARCHITECT THAT WOULD BE REALLY SENSITIVE TO THE ORIGINAL HOUSE AND DO SOMETHING THAT FIT IN WELL WITH THE STYLE OF THE HOUSE.
SO THE ADDITION THAT WE'VE PROPOSED, WE THINK ACCOMPLISHES THAT, UM, WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE TAKEN YOUR SUGGESTION AND I'VE SPOKEN TO ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT OUR AUDITION, ANSWERED ALL OF THEIR QUESTIONS, AND THERE'VE BEEN NO OBJECTIONS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, BACK IN SEPTEMBER, I MET WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS BOARD AND I PRESENTED OUR PLANS TO THEM.
AND THEY ALL AGREE THAT THE, UH, STYLE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS IN STEP WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE HOME AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE BETWEEN THE BOARD THAT THEY HAVE NO OBJECTIONS ON THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
SO THEY INCLUDED A LETTER IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT TOO, AND THAT SHOULD BE IN PACKET.
UM, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO PRESENT.
I CAN WALK THROUGH THE SLIDES THAT NICK WAS GOING TO PRESENT IS NICK WITH US NOW.
WALK US THROUGH HIS SLIDES AND PLEASE.
I WILL TRY TO DO THESE JUSTICE.
SO LET ME PULL THEM UP MYSELF.
SO I THINK, AND I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE A LAG ON WHEN I'M LOOKING AT IT ON THE COMPUTER.
I, UH, THERE'S A LAG BETWEEN WHAT I SEE AND WHAT I'M HEARING.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT BASED ON THE PACKETS.
UH, TERROR, UH, MS. UH, COMMISSIONER MYERS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I CAN HEAR YOU PERFECTLY.
NO IDEA WHY THIS WAS NOT GOING THROUGH.
IF YOU COULD, UH, I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH OUR SLIDES.
THIS IS NIKKI ARCHITECT REPRESENTING MY CLIENTS, CARLA AND DAVID TREMBLAY.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THAT THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO CONSIDER, UH, UH, HEAD LANDMARK CENTER RATION FOR OUR HOUSE.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU OUR ADDITION AND ALSO JUST, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHAT YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING LATER IN THE EVENING ABOUT THE, UH, ABOUT THE LANDMARK STATUS.
THIS SLIDE NUMBER ONE SHOWS A 93 SURVEY THAT SHOWS OUR, OUR HOUSE, A DETACHED GARAGE AND THE DECK SIDED NEAR THE TOP OF THE HILL WITH
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A 36 FOOT WIDE FRONTAGE ON BELL.COUNTY'S DRIVE THE DRIVEWAY WINDS AROUND THE WEST SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND ENDS UP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL IN AN AUTO COURT, UH, UH, WHERE THE ENTRANCE IS BY THE SIDE OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
NUMBER TWO, IF WE COULD PROCEED IS OUR NEW SITE, CAN THEY FORWARD OUR SLIDE? UH, WHAT WE SHOW IS OUR ONE-STORY ADDITION ON THE NORTH SIDE IN BLUE, IF THEY COULD ADVANCE OUR IMAGE, A SERIES OF STONE RETAINING WALLS ARE ON THE HIGH EAST SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
WE HAVE THE OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL SERVICE ON THE NARROW NORTH END, AND A PREVIOUS RENOVATION IS CALLED OUT ON OUR HOUSE THAT CONNECTED THE HOUSE TO THE GARAGE.
I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THIS LATER.
IT'S NOT SHOWING UP ON OUR IMAGE.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE A RED ARROW THAT SHOWS THE SECLUDED FRONT DOOR AND THE COVERED PORCH ON THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
A LIGHT ORANGE SHOWS, A PREVIOUS LANDSCAPE REMODELING THAT CHANGED THE DRIVEWAY TURNED AROUND AND STAIRS THAT DO NOT CONNECT TO THE HOMES ENTRY FOR YOUR, HERE YOU GO.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE OUR NEW ADDITION ON THE, UH, IN BLUE ON THIS, ON THE NORTH, YOU CAN SEE THE RED IN THE MIDDLE A IS A PREVIOUS EDITION TO RAJ W W WE WERE KEEPING UP WITH YOU ON THE, ON THE DISCUSSION AND YOU'RE GOING OVER THE SAME MATERIAL NOW.
SO YOU MAY GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
ON SLIDE THREE, YOU'LL SEE A VIEW OF OUTCOME-BASED DRIVE THAT SHOWS THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS.
THERE'S A THICKLY WOODED SITE AND LITTLE VIEW OF THE HOUSE FROM BALCONIES SLIDE.
FOUR IS THE FIRST VIEW OF THE HOUSE THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE DRIVEWAY.
APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET FROM BALCONIES SLIDE FIVE IS A VIEW OF THE HOUSE FROM THE WEST WHERE YOU SEE THE ONE-STORY HOUSE.
THE HILLSIDE TERRACE IS A TURNAROUND REMODEL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL AND AN AUTO PORT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL.
SLIDE SIX SHOWS THE SOUTH ELEVATION NEAR THE GARAGE AND DECK.
UH, SLIDE SEVEN SHOWS THE SOUTH DECK LOOKING AT THE COVERED SECLUDED ENTRY AND THE PREVIOUS EDITION CONNECTING THE HOUSE AND GARAGE SLIDE EIGHT SHOWS THE RENOVATED STEPS TO THE LIVING ROOM PER RHONDA, BUT DO NOT SHOW THE CONNECTION TO THE ENTRY FOR YOUR, OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE A SLIDE OF THE ADDITION I DO? IT IS COMING YOUR TIME IS UP.
UM, UH, IF YOU'LL GIVE ME JUST A SECOND.
I'VE, UH, I HAVE, I HAVE SOME, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOUR CONVERSATION TONIGHT.
UH, THIS SLIDE, THERE'S A SLIDE NUMBER NINE THAT SHOWS THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE.
IT SHOWS THE GRADE AT THE APPROXIMATE EAVE HEIGHT, WHICH LIMITS A SINGLE STORY ABOVE GROUND ADDITION TO THE EAST.
UH, THEN I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU SLIDE 10, WHICH IS THE RED LINE SHOWS WHERE WE PROPOSE TO ATTACH OUR NORTH, UH, UH, OUR NEW EDITION.
UH, I'M GOING TO SKIP THROUGH AND JUST TELL YOU THE VERY LAST SLIDE WE'LL SHOW.
OUR ADDITION IS TUCKED BEHIND THE MATURE TREE.
AND, UH, AND THE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT, UH, ONCE AGAIN, THAT THE HOUSE, UH, IF YOU PROCEED WITH A LANDMARK STATUS, WE OF COURSE WOULD ASK, UH, TO BE RECOMMENDED TO GO TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR ADDITION.
YOUR TIME IS, IS WELL, UH, UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS APPLICATION? NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP, SO I'LL MOVE TO ITEM D EIGHT 1601 WILLOW STREET.
I'M THE ARCHITECT WORKING AT THE PROPOSED ADDITION AND RENOVATION.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND THEN GO AHEAD.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA MACKLEY ARCHITECTS, THE PROPOSED TO RENOVATION AND ADDITION TO 1601 WILLOW.
AND, UM, I WAS SPEAKING AFRICAN.
THEY WILL BE SPEAKING, UM, MARY SENDERS, WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR AT 85 KOMAL.
UH, THIS PROPERTY ON WILLOW WAS PURCHASED BY HER DAUGHTER AND HER FAMILY, AND IT WILL BE A FAMILY HOUSE.
A HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE HOUSE IS, UM, THE THIRD, UH, THIRD CHARACTER OF THE HOUSE IS IMPORTANT TO THE FAMILY AND IT WAS THE REASON THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY TO BEGIN WITH.
AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO WAS AN ADDITION THAT IS IN KEEPING WITH THIS HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE.
UM, IT'S AN ORIGINAL ONE STORY BUNGALOW
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THERE.UH, A TWO-STORY ADDITION, HOLD ON JUST A SECOND, MR. MACKLEY JUST A SECOND.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT NEEDING THEIR PHONES AND WE CAN'T HEAR THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL GIVE YOU, UH, SOME EXTRA SECONDS AT THE END.
JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED DESIGN.
THERE'S AN EXISTING ONE STORY BUNGALOW, UM, FROM ABOUT 1920, UH, WHICH WE'LL BE KEEPING AND, UH, ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, THERE IS A SUBSEQUENT EDITION OF TWO STORIES, UM, THAT IS OLD WITHIN THE, UM, WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME FOR A HISTORIC REVIEW, BUT, UM, WAS AFTER THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION AND, UH, HAS A DIFFERENT CHARACTER FROM THE REST OF THE HOUSE.
IT HAS A UNUSABLE CEILING HEIGHTS AND, UH, HAS AN ADDITIVE PROPERTY THAT DOESN'T WORK AS WELL WITH THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE ORIGINAL BUNGALOW.
SO OUR PLAN IS TO REPLACE THAT TWO STORY ADDITION, UM, WITH A NEW ADDITION OF TWO STORIES THAT IS MORE IN KEEPING WITH THE MASSING AND THE CHARACTER OF THE ORIGINAL COTTAGE.
UM, WE PROPOSE TO USE, UH, AN HISTORICALLY ACCURATE DETAIL, UH, APPROACH FOR THIS THAT IS INSPIRED BY THE EXISTING ARCHITECTURE OF THE COTTAGE, UH, REFLECTS ITS ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURE.
AND THIS IS, UM, THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE HOUSE IS, UH, APPRECIATED BY THE OWNER.
AND THIS APPROACH FOR THE DESIGN IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE MET WITH THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION LAST WEEK, AND THEY VOTED FOR UNANIMOUS, UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF, OF THIS, UH, DESIGN APPROACH.
UM, OUR DESIGN WILL NOT ALTER THE PRIMARY ELEVATION ALONG WILLOW AT ALL, UM, FOR THE BODY OF THE ORIGINAL COTTAGE ALONG KOMAL, WE WILL LEAVE IT AS IS, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EXTENDING IT SLIGHTLY ABOUT NINE FEET TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND UNIFYING, UH, THE ORIGINAL LINE ACROSS, UH, THERE IS A SERIES OF BEFORE-AFTER RENDERINGS AND ELEVATIONS IN THE PACKET.
SO YOU'LL HAVE TO, UH, THIS COMPARISON, UM, THE PROPOSED ADDITION WILL BE ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS A WAY FROM THE MAIN STREETS.
IT WOULD BE VISIBLE FROM, UH, THE ALLEY SIDE ON THE SOUTH AND PRINCIPALLY FROM, UM, MS. SANDERS HOUSE, UH, BECAUSE SHE LIVES RIGHT NEXT DOOR AND BE LOOKING AT THAT ELEVATION.
SO, UH, WE WILL BE RESTORING, UH, THE MAIN BODY OF THE EXISTING COTTAGE DOING UPGRADES TO ITS FOUNDATION, UH, FIXING DAMAGE ON THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR THAT INTERIOR IS VERY DEGRADED AND REPLACED, UH, IN KIND, UH, EXISTING AND WITH A HISTORICAL PRECEDENT.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SLIDES, UH, IN THE PACKET THAT REFERENCE HISTORICAL PRECEDENCE.
SO, UH, ONE NOTE TO MAKE IS WE WANT TO CREATE A DESIGN THAT IS, UH, ARCHITECTURALLY COHESIVE AND HARMONIOUS BETWEEN THE EXISTING CONDITION AND THE PROPOSED ADDITION.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS A GOOD TO DIFFERENTIATE THE EDITION IN A SENSE, WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH A VOLUME METRIC MASSING, UH, WE'VE SET BACK THE, UM, GABLE PROPOSED ALONG KOMAL, UH, SO THAT THE MAIN BODY OF THE COTTAGE, THE ONE-STORY, UH, ORIGINAL COTTAGE CAN, UH, CAN BE PROMINENT.
AND THE BODY OF THE ADDITION IS, UH, IS A TWO-STORY CROSS CABLE THAT IS SET PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF THE ORIGINAL COTTAGE.
SO, UM, THIS BALANCES, THE, UH, THE IDEA OF USING ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURE, UH, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS, UH, WASN'T THROUGH THE ACTIC ABOUT, UM, WITH A NEW ADDITION THAT, UM, THAT WORKS WITH THE, UH, THE ORIGINAL COTTAGE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS APPLICATION? OKAY.
DO WE HAVE ANY OPPOSITION? WE HAVE MANY CENTERS IN FAVOR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND MAKE A PRESENTATION.
MY NAME IS MARY MARY SANDERS, AND I LIVE AT 85.
KEMAL DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS HOUSE.
THIS IS MY, UH, DAUGHTER'S HOUSE, AS JOSH MENTIONED.
SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS, UH, RENOVATION.
UM, MY PARTNER MARIO'S PAPA IS ALSO THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR ON THIS PROJECT.
SO WE ARE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF KEEPING THE HISTORICAL VALUE OF, AND THE CHARACTER OF THIS PROPERTY.
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WE MET WITH THE EAST CESAR CHAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM, WHERE WE RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGN.AND ALSO MARIO AND I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH NEIGHBORS, UM, AROUND OUR WILLOW STREET AND KEMAL AND CANTERBURY, UH, ALL WHO HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH, UH, BUNGALOW BEING IN THE FAMILY AND ALSO THE DESIGN THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL HISTORIC VALUE.
WE'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT KEEPING THE HISTORIC COTTAGE LOOK HERE IN EAST AUSTIN AND, UH, ARE SUPPORTIVE OF OBTAINING THE PERMISSION TO PROCEED WITH THIS PERMIT.
IS ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION? NO ONE ELSE IS SIGNED UP FOR THE ITEM.
NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP THEN CAN WE MOVE ON NO SIX EAST 13TH STREET? THAT ITEM WAS POSTPONED.
NINE, 10 WEST L OH, ELIZABETH STREET.
IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION FOR NINE AND 10? JUST ELIZABETH.
THIS IS DEMOLISH A CIRQUE IN 1937 HOUSE.
THE APPLICANT IS GAVE JOSEPH, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S HERE IS THE APPLICANT HERE.
IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS? YES, I AM.
UH, MY NAME IS PAM GOBLIN AND I OWN THE TWO HOUSES DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THIS HOUSE.
AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO REALLY CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE BUY OLD, OLD, CUTE HOUSES AND THEN JUST REALLY WANT TO DEMOLISH THEM AND TRY TO PUT IN SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T FIT IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK IT WOULD REALLY HURT THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE CHARACTER AND MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR RENTERS.
UH, I HAVE A TENANT WHO'S ALSO GOING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, ALTER THAT WHOLE AREA.
IT WILL BE PUTTING UP WITH ALL SORTS OF DEMOLITION NOISE AND CONSTRUCTION NOISE, AND IT'S JUST SO UNNECESSARY BECAUSE THAT HOUSE IS CUTE.
UM, WITH THE OTHER SPEAKER, UH, PLEASE STATE THEIR NAME AND GIVE HER PRESENTATION.
I AM A TENANT AT NINE 12 NEXT DOOR TO NINE 10 WEST ELIZABETH, AND NINE 10 IS BEAUTIFULLY CONSTRUCTED, WHICH WAS SO, SO MUCH AUSTIN, AN 83 YEAR OLD HOUSE.
IT'S STILL JUST A SOLID AND BEAUTIFUL.
UM, I, AND I JUST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR THE DEMO AND THE CONCERN, UH, MUCH LIKE NEW SCRIBBLING IS WHAT IT'S DOING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORICALLY AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING, UH, THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE THERE IN AUSTIN AND IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND NOT TO MENTION THE ECONOMIC VALUE THAT IT'S IMPACTING, UM, YOU KNOW, RAISING THE TAXES UP, RAISING ALL THE RENTAL RATES THAT ARE ONE-TIME AFFORDABLE, NOT SO MUCH ANYMORE.
ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP, SO WE'LL MOVE TO, I'M SORRY.
THIS IS PAULA PAULA COOKMAN AGAIN.
UM, I ALSO OWN A HOUSE INVOLVED.
I ALSO OWN A PROPERTY INVOLVED IN THE LOSS OF HIS HOME WOULD BE LOTS OF THE LIKELY RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE HOME OR RENTAL.
THAT'S WHAT IMPACTS THE ECONOMIC DIVERSITY OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
PERHAPS THERE ARE SOME REHABILITATION OPTIONS THAT WOULD BE A WIN-WIN FOR THE NEW OWNER AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONCE AGAIN, I'M ATTENDING THIS CONFERENCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PRESERVATION AND, AND HOW THE RELEVANT INFORMATION, BUT IF THIS, IF THE, OR PERHAPS FINDING A WAY TO MOVE THIS HOUSE SO IT CAN PROVIDE SHELTER FOR SOMEONE ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT JOSEPH'S PLAN FOR THE HOME AND TO SEE IF THEY'D BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS, UM, AS THEY'VE BEEN BUILDING AND BUILDING AND TRAVIS SITE, AND THAT SHOULD BE VERY SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT.
IF THE BUILDERS ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS OR NOT.
WE ASK THAT YOU POSTCOMM THIS PROPERTY INTO YOUR NEXT MEETING.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO S UH, AN APPLICANT TO SPEAK A KID? DID WE POSTPONE 1400 DRAKE
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OR IS THAT STILL ON OUR AGENDA? OKAY, THANK YOU.UM, SO THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS WE NEED 15 WEST 11TH COMMISSIONER HAIM, SETH.
I BELIEVE WE'RE READY FOR THE CASES, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN YOU NOW HAVE 15 CASES, WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY JUST OVER FOUR MINUTES PER CASE.
IF WE CAN TAKE THEM ALL QUICKLY, UH, IN THE INTEREST OF PERHAPS STAFF'S TIME AND ALL THE REMAINING, UH, OWNERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE HEARD TONIGHT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF THERE'S ANY CASE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE LONG, WE IMMEDIATELY POSTPONE IT AND DON'T TAKE IT UP WHERE WE CAN AT LEAST TAKE THE ONES THAT WILL BE VERY QUICK.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS TO SPEAK ON FOUR 11, 17 LINDEN, D 18.
THE SPEAKER, THIS IS SOMEONE IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION.
WE, UH, THE MOTION DID NOT PASS.
PERHAPS YOUR ROD IS NO LONGER HERE, SO NO I'M HERE.
UM, MR. APPLICANT, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN FOR THE RECORD AND GIVE HER PRESENTATION.
I'M SORRY FOR THE MISUNDERSTANDING.
MY NAME IS SHERROD MUDHOLE, AND I'M THE APPLICANT AND THE, UH, HOUSING QUESTION.
I'LL BE VERY BRIEF AND TRY TO MAKE MY POINTS.
UM, IT HAS A LIMESTONE AND BRICK STRUCTURE.
THAT IS WHAT IS IN A QUESTION.
THE, THE THING IS THERE IS A KIND OF SIDING UNDERNEATH THAT.
SO THIS HOUSE, THE BRICK AND LIMESTONE, UH, SEEM TO HAVE BEEN ADDED LATER ON TO THE HOUSE, OVER THE SIDING THAT IT ORIGINALLY HAD.
THERE WAS A APPARENTLY A GARAGE THERE THAT IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE.
SO THERE SEEMED TO BE MANY MODIFICATIONS MADE TO THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURE.
SECOND POINT IS THE, UH, UH, HISTORICAL, UH, THIS THING, UH, THE CENTER SAID THAT THERE'S NO HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS WHO LIVED IN THIS HOUSE.
I HAVE CONTACTED MULTIPLE NEIGHBORS AND SEVERAL HOUSE RELOCATION SERVICES AND ASKED THEM IF THEY WANT TO MOVE THE HOUSE AND REHABILITATE IT'S WHERE ELSE.
AND I EVEN OFFERED THE HOUSE FOR FREE AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON, WHETHER THEY WERE ENABLERS OR, UH, MOVING COMPANIES, THEY SAID THEY CANNOT DO THAT BECAUSE THE HOUSE HAS A STONE EXTERIOR, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE ALL THE STONE AND BRICK FROM THE HOUSE BEFORE THEY COULD MOVE IT.
AND IT WOULD BE PROHIBITIVE TO, IN COST TO MOVE IT.
AND AS FOR MYSELF ON ONE 11 GUNTER STREET, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, I DID WORK WITH A NEIGHBOR TO MOVE THE HOUSE AND REHABILITATED.
I DID THAT FOR FREE AGAIN WITH THE NEIGHBOR, AND I ACTUALLY HELPED HIM IN GETTING THE RELOCATION PERMIT FOR IT.
AND I CONTINUED TO WORK WITH HIM IN GETTING THE HOUSE READY, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE CITY CODE AND ALL THAT.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM TO HELP WITH THIS.
IN FACT, THE NEIGHBOR TWO ONE, ONE, ONE SEVEN LINDEN.
WHEN THE HOUSE CAME UP ON THE MARKET ACTUALLY CALLED ME.
THEY ARE, UH, UH, GREG AND JADE MATTHEWS.
THEY OWN A HILLSIDE PHARMACY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY ACTUALLY CALLED ME AND SAID, WILL YOU PLEASE BUY THIS HOUSE AND BUILD SOMETHING NICE BECAUSE THEY HAVE SEEN OTHER, UM, PROJECTS THAT I HAVE DONE AROUND THE CORNER.
I BUILT A VERY HIGH ARCHITECTURAL AND QUALITY STANDARDS.
I PUT DOWN NATIVE LANDSCAPING THAT ARE DROUGHT RESISTANT.
IT TAKE UP VERY LITTLE WATER IN THAT BUILDER, REALLY HIGH QUALITY, THE WAY MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS ACTUALLY THINK THAT MI BUILDING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADDS VALUE TO THEIR PROPERTIES.
AND THEY LIKED THE STYLE AND ARCHITECTURE THAT I BUILT IN.
UM, AND AS I SAID, I HAVE ACTUALLY TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND MOVING COMPANIES TO GIVE THIS HOUSE FOR FREE SO THAT THEY COULD MOVE IT AND REHABILITATED ENDED UP ABSOLUTELY NO TAKERS.
SO BASED ON THAT, I VERY HUMBLY REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE THE PERMIT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP AND THAT'S THE
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LAST OF THE SPEAKER KIT, THEN WE'D GO BACK TO BAKER SCHOOL.[A2. C14H-2020-0087 – Baker School, 3908 Avenue B – Discussion]
THAT'S CORRECT.I'M JUST GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF.
UH, EVERYTHING IS, IS IN THE STAFF REPORT.
WE BELIEVE THAT BAKER SCHOOL MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION, UH, FOR HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITY VALUE.
IT'S WE BELIEVE IT'S THE OLDEST SCHOOL BUILDING LEFT AND OFTEN BUILT IN 1911.
DESIGNED BY VERY PROMINENT LOCAL ARCHITECT WOULD ADDITIONS ALSO, UH, DESIGNED BY LOCAL ARCHITECTS.
IT HAS SERVED THE HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IT THEN BECAME A MIDDLE SCHOOL, FINALLY, A HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN AFTER THAT IT BECAME AISD ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES.
UH, IT, IT DISPLAYS OR EXEMPLIFIES THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, THE ARCHITECTURE IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T CONSIDER ON, UH, BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALREADY CONTRIBUTING TO A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, BUT THE ARCHITECTURE HERE IS SIGNIFICANT.
UH, THE PRESENCE OF THE BUILDING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
WE BELIEVE IT QUALIFIES UNDER COMMUNITY VALUE, UH, FOR RELATIONSHIP TO EDUCATION IN HYDE PARK AND THE ENTIRE CITY AND ITS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS ACTUALLY AS WELL, BUT JUST COMMUNITY VALUE IN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION, UH, UNDER COMMUNITY VALUE AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS.
DO I, DO I MENTION A LITTLE MADE THE MOTION? ANYONE'S SECOND ACT COMMISSIONING ALL THE COMMISSIONERS OF SECOND DAY.
LET'S GO WITH, LET'S GO WITH MATTHEW, JACOB ON THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF HISTORIC ZONING FOR BAKER SCHOOL.
OH, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS? WE'RE WE'RE ABOUT PITTSBURGH ZONING ON A LOT OF PARKING LOT.
I THINK IF WE COULD JUST PUT A 25 FOOT BUFFER AROUND THE ACTUAL BUILDING AND THEN TO THE FRONTAGE, THAT'D MAKE A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE ZONING.
UM, I WAS GONNA MOVE TO POSTPONE THIS ONE SINCE IT'S THE FIRST TIME UP ON OUR AGENDA.
UM, BUT WE, WE ALREADY MOVED TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT LET ME JUST A QUICK THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
UH, IF AT SOME FUTURE DATE, THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH ALL THAT EXTRA SPACE, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT IS CHARACTER DEFINING.
AND IT DOES MEAN THAT GIVES US THE PURVIEW.
IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN ON THE REST OF THAT PROPERTY, TO LOOK IT OVER BEFORE WE EITHER ACCEPTED IT OR, OR MODIFIED THE PERIMETER, I WOULD ADD THERE THAT BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS, UH, ALREADY CONTRIBUTING TO THE LOCAL DISTRICT, THAT ANYTHING THAT IS PROPOSED TO THAT SITE IS GOING TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION ANYWAY, FOR REVIEW, FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, WE HAVE TO PONDER THIS.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE, UH, COMMISSIONER VILLAINS, VIOLA CAN LEAVE THE FLOOR OPEN FOR COMMISSIONER FEATHER SENSITIVE FINISH IS FINE.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE HE WAS ABLE TO FINISH HIS THOUGHT.
IT'S MY THOUGHT IS LONG AND COMPLICATED AND WRAPPED UP IN WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND THIS EVENING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT AN ALPHABET SOUP ZONING ON THIS PROPERTY THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADD ONE, TWO THAT'S SYMPTOMATIC OF OUR, OUR BROKEN LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND, UH, I AGREE THAT THE CONTEXT OF THIS BUILDING INCLUDES A LOT OF SPACE AROUND IT TO LET IT BREATHE.
UM, BUT IT, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO PUT A STORY ZONING ON A LOT OF PARKING LOTS AND INHIBIT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE PLAN OF THIS PROPERTY.
THE LAST TIME IT TRANSACTED WAS, WAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO ERECT ANOTHER BARRIER TO THAT.
UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA OPPOSE THE MOTION, BUT I, I, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE SHOULD LIMIT IT TO JUST THE BUILDING AND 25 FEET BUFFER AROUND IT, BUT I WON'T OPPOSE IT.
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THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS NOT ON THIS, UH, ON THE, JUST PART OF THE PROPERTY.I DON'T BELIEVE, UH, COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON.
IF, IF YOU FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE SHOULD EXPLORE THIS IN MORE DETAIL, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD CERTAINLY MEET THE CRITERIA OF LET'S POSTPONE AND I WOULD SUPPORT A MOTION TO POSTPONE IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED, WE NEED TO GET THE APPROVAL OF THE SECONDER SPEAK.
HELLO IS TRYING TO SPEAK, UH, THE APPLICANT.
WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY MORE, UM, PUBLIC TESTIMONY ANYWAY, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH IT.
SUELA W WHERE ARE WE? YOU NEED APPROVAL FROM THE SECONDER TO AMEND THE MOTION? YES.
ARE YOU GIVING PERMISSION? I WAS NOT THE SECONDER.
IF IT WAS, IF WE WANTED TO POSTPONE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON COULD JUST MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE AND THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD TAKE PRECEDENT AND I'LL SECOND.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING.
COMMISSIONER JACOB COMMISSIONER MYERS.
[B1. HR-2020-125268 – Discussion 602 Highland Avenue (Smoot/Terrace Park Historic District) Council District 9]
THE NEXT ITEM IS B ONE SIX OH TWO HIGHLAND AVENUE.I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, THAT THE ADDITION, BUT REFER THE ROOFTOP DECK AND THE CARPORT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
WOULD ANYBODY SECOND THAT MOTION WOULD ANYBODY, I WOULD ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION.
WOULD ANYBODY MAKE THAT MOTION? NOPE.
DO I HEAR A MOTION? THE DESIGN HAS PRESENTED A REPORT.
I KNOW WE'RE IN A HURRY BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE AN HOUR, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE HEARD THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS.
OH, WE'VE HEARD IT SEVERAL TIMES.
AND FOR, UM, STAFF, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? YES.
UH, IN, IN REVERING, THE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SMOOTH TERRACE PARK, THE APPLICANT HAS COMPLIED WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION AND THE COMMITTEE TO PULL BACK THE ADDITION, PULL BACK THE DECK, THE ROOFTOP DECK.
UH, REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT THE STAFF STILL HAS A CONCERN ABOUT IS THE CARPORT BEING FLUSH WITH THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND RECOMMENDS THAT, THAT BE PULLED BACK AND REFER TO THE ARC BEFORE FINAL APPROVAL ON THIS, UH, STAFF WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY OF MOVING THE LOCATION OF THE ROOFTOP DECK SO THAT IT'S NOT ON THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
IS YOUR MOTION STILL VALID TO APPROVE AS PROPOSED? YES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND TO THAT? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER COOK THE MOTION, COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON, SECOND ED DISCUSSION ON A SCREEN, EIGHT ADJUSTMENTS.
I DON'T SEE THAT THE ROOFTOP BACK IS AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
IT'S HIDDEN BEHIND, WELL, BEHIND A PEAK IT'S VISIBLE FROM SIXTH STREET.
SIXTH STREET IS NOT IN THE DISTRICT.
IT IS THREE STORIES IN THE BACK, BUT IT'S ONLY EFFECTIVELY TWO STORIES ABOVE.
WE DON'T LOOK AT PROPERTIES FROM THE BACK.
WE LOOK AT THEM FROM THE STREET.
I DON'T BELIEVE A SECOND STORY ADDITION AS FAR BACK AS IT IS AND LOWERED IS OVERPOWERING THE BUILDING.
I THINK THEY THEY'RE COMPLIANT.
AND ALTHOUGH I APPRECIATE ALL THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN STATED.
AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS A CARPORT AND
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A CONTRIBUTING PROPERTY, TWO DOORS DOWN, THAT'S NEARLY IDENTICAL TO THIS ONE.THERE'S ANOTHER REASON THAT I JUST WANT TO KICK THIS, GET IT DONE.
IT'S, IT'S AN X IT'S NOT ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING.
UH, AND SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT TO EXTEND THIS ANY FURTHER.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR PORT ALTOGETHER AND THE CARDBOARD DESIGN.
I ALSO DON'T WANT A PRECEDENT OF THE ROOFTOP DECK AND IN THIS, UM, LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, TELL IT, MY CONCERN WAS THE ROOFTOP DECK.
IF, IF THERE IS, IF THERE IS NOTHING, THERE, THERE IS NO PRECEDENT FOR THIS.
I DON'T WANT US TO ESTABLISH ONE THERE.
UH, I JUST THINK THAT THEY JUST LOOK LIKE SOMETHING JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ME.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE IN FAVOR OF THIS COMMISSIONER, CORRECT? I DON'T THINK WE CAN REJECT A ROOFTOP DECKS AND THREE SHOP DECKS.
AREN'T MENTIONED IN THE DESIGN STANDARDS AND IT'S NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET.
I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN, BUT AS SOMEONE IS ABLE TO HIDE THEIR ROOFTOP DECK, SO IT'S NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET.
I THINK THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO ANYONE ELSE.
THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE IT ENTIRELY AS A PROPOSED, INCLUDING THE ROOFTOP DECK AND THE CARDBOARD.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
IF PASSES, THIS IS NOW A PRECEDENT IN THE SMOOTH TERRORIST HISTORIC DISTRICT.
[B3. HR-2020-135226 – Offered for consent approval 611 Oakland Ave (Smoot/Terrace Park Historic District) Council District 9]
WE HAVE SIX, 11 OAKLAND.UH, I'M PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF CALLEN.
CONTRARES WHO'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION I'LL JUST CUT TO THE CHASE IS TO, UH, CONCUR WITH THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SOME DESIGN MODIFICATIONS.
I BELIEVE THE ARCHITECT HAS ALREADY MADE, UH, AS WELL AS TO RECOMMEND THAT THE APPLICANT RESTORE RATHER THAN REPLACE HISTORIC WOOD WINDOWS ON THE ORIGINAL HOUSE.
AND FROM WHAT I HEARD, UH, FROM, UH, THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION EARLIER, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE AMENABLE TO THAT IDEA.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THE CASE? WE'LL GET THROUGH THE DESIGN AS PROPOSED.
THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE AS PROPOSED AND SECONDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[C3. HR-2020-144852 – Discussion 1700 W. 32nd Street (Old West Austin National Register District) Council District 10]
1700 WEST 32ND STREET TO DEMOLISH A NON-CONTRIBUTING PROPERTY AND CONSTRUCT A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.UM, THIS IS A HOUSE THAT IS NON-CONTRIBUTING AND THE OLD WEST AUSTIN NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC DISTRICT.
IT'S RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE.
SO STAFF IS NOT CERTAIN IF IT WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE DATE OR PERHAPS A VERY LARGE PLACE STRUCTURE IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE THAT LED TO THAT NON-CONTRIBUTING STATUS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE HOUSE IS VERY INTACT, WE WENT AHEAD AND REFERRED TO THE COMMISSION.
I WILL NOTE THAT THIS IS ONE OF MULTIPLE DEMOLITIONS AND NEW CONSTRUCTIONS AND THE BIKER WOODS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE OPPOSED THE, UM, THE PROJECT, UH, BASED ON THE CONTRAST WITH ADJACENT PROPERTIES, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO COMMENT ON AND RELEASE THE DEMOLITION PERMIT PENDING ON A COMPLETION OF A CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE AND, UH, TO COMMENT ON THE PLANS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS CASE? I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RELEASE THE DEMOLITION PERMIT UPON COMPLETION OF A CITY DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE, WHICH CONSISTS OF
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALL FACADES, A DIMENSIONAL SKETCH, AND A NARRATIVE HISTORY COMMISSIONER COOK MADE THE MOTION.DO I HEAR A SECOND COMMISSIONER JACOBS SECONDED IT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
THAT CASE IS APPROVED CLARIFICATION.
UM, DO YOU INTEND TO MAKE A SECOND MOTION REGARDING THE PLANS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OR ARE THOSE ALSO APPROVED? UM, I WOULD, UM, I MEAN THE MOTION IS TO MAKE COMMENTS AND THE COMMENTS ARE, IT COULD BE WORSE.
IT COULD BE BETTER, BUT, UM, THAT'S ABOUT THE NUANCE THAT I WANT TO GET INTO IT RIGHT NOW.
THE NEXT ITEM, 1609 WAS 12TH STREET AND CLARKSVILLE STAFF.
UM, THIS IS A HOUSE AND THEY CLARKSVILLE NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT, UH, WITH A SUBSTANTIAL REAR ADDITION BEING PROPOSED.
UH, BUT IT'S NOT, UH, LARGELY VISIBLE FROM THE STREET.
UH, THE MAIN CONCERN THAT STAFF HAS REGARDING THIS APPLICATION WAS THE, UH, THE EXTENT OF MODIFICATIONS PROPOSED FOR THE FRONT ELEVATION, UH, WHICH COMPLETELY ALTERED THE FENESTRATION PATTERN AND REALLY TAKE AWAY FROM THE HISTORIC CHARACTER AND ITS ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT HISTORIC DISTRICT.
UH, AGAIN, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, THE APPLICANT IS AMENABLE TO MAKING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, UH, TO, UM, UH, ADDRESS THOSE COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF COMMISSIONER COOK? OKAY.
POSTPONE THIS CASE, UH, TO OUR NOVEMBER MEETING, TO GIVE THE APPLICANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE CHANGES THEY HAD.
THEY HAD OFFERED UP TO RETAIN THE FENESTRATION AND SITING ON THE FRONT PART OF THAT COMMISSIONER.
LITTLE I'LL SECOND, THAT SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UM, I WAS CONSIDERING, UH, ASKING THAT IT GO TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION.
UM, BUT THEY CAN DO THAT WITH THIS IF TO POSTPONE IT WOULD GIVE THEM TIME TO BRING THOSE, UH, THEY WOULD BE KIND OF TAKING THEIR CHANCE GOING TO THE NOVEMBER MEETING, BUT I, UM, I THINK, UH, I AGREED THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE FENESTRATION PATTERN TO PRESERVE THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THE MAIN PART OF THE BUILDING.
SO IF THEY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT TO, THEY MAY COME TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH IS NEXT MONDAY, I BELIEVE VERY, VERY EARLY THIS TIME BECAUSE THE HISTORICAL LANDMARK COMMISSION MEETING IS MOVED UP BY A WEEK TO ACCOMMODATE THANKSGIVING.
UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? THE MOTION IS TO POSTPONE UNTIL NEXT MONTH TO GIVE THE APPLICANTS TIME TO REVISE THEIR, THEIR DRAWINGS FOR THE, UM, FRONT OF THE BUILDING? JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
COULD WE, COULD WE JUST MAKE THAT A REQUEST OF THIS APPLICANT, THIS IS AN ARCHITECT DOING HIS PROJECT FOR HIMSELF.
UH, IF WE SAY IT'S APPROVED, PENDING A REVIEW BY THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, THEN THEY GET TO GO FORWARD QUICKER AND WE CLEAN UP OUR NOVEMBER ISSUE.
WE CAN, WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT IF THEY COME TO THE W W IS THAT A NIBBLE TO, UH, COMMISSIONERS COOK AND LITTLE, BECAUSE WE CAN RECOMMEND THAT STAFF APPROVE IT IF THEY COME TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AND WE MAKE THAT, UM, THAT IS, UH, UH, CONDITION.
SO WE ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT TO COME TO THE REVIEW COMMITTEE.
UM, YES, COMMISSIONER VALANZUELA
THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, CONCERN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE GOT LETTERS FROM THE PARKS, VILLE, UM, COMMUNITY, UH, ECONOMIC, UM, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS.
I CAN'T THINK OF IT, BUT, UM, IT'S, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO GO TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION COMMITTEE OR TO THE LANDMARK
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COMMISSION, BUT NOT GO DIRECTLY TO STAFF.WOULD BE TO KEEP THE MOTION AS IT IS FOR THE POSTPONEMENT.
AND IT COULD JUST GO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IF THEY DO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
THIS WILL BE POSTPONED TO OUR NEXT MEETING WITH AN INVITATION TO ATTEND THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
[C6. HR-2020-146817 – Discussion 1703 Woodlawn Boulevard (Old West Austin National Register District) Council District 9]
ITEM IS 1703 WOODLAWN BOULEVARD.DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION? IT WAS BUILT IN 1929 PARIS AND HIS WIFE, NICK PARIS WAS A VERY PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN.
HE RAN THE MARY ANTOINETTE SHOP ON CONGRESS AVENUE AND HIS WIFE POLLING WAS A DESIGNER, ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE, OF THE, UH, LADIES CLOTHING STORE ON CONGRESS.
THIS HOUSE IS AN ART DECO, INSPIRED SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL, COMPLETELY ATYPICAL FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY STANDS OUT.
UH, THE NEXT MAJOR, UH, FAMILY WHO LIVED HERE WERE THE PARAMETERS AND THOMAS PRATHER WAS, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS CONFERENCE OR CONGRESS ON PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND HIS WIFE.
UH, THE, THE CONDITION OF THE HOUSE IS, IS CERTAINLY, UH, SAD, BUT, UH, STAFF BELIEVES IT'S STILL HAS ARCHITECTURAL AND, UH, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
AND, UH, IF THE COMMISSION WANTS TO POSTPONE TO, UH, REVIEW THAT MORE, THAT WAS SET.
STAFF IS CERTAINLY AMENABLE TO THAT.
IF THE COMMISSION, UH, VOTES TONIGHT TO RELEASE THE PERMIT FOR DEMOLITION, THEN STAFF RECOMMENDS COMPLETION OF A CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE AND THEN RELEASE, UH, THE, UH, VERY HANDSOME DESIGN FOR THE NEW HOUSE PROPOSED TO THE SITE.
UM, COMMISSIONER VALANZUELA, UH, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF IS NOTED AS A NON-CONTRIBUTING BUILDING.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY IT WAS CONSIDERED NON-CONTRIBUTING IN THE, UM, OLD WEST, OFF THE NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT? NO, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, IT'S IT, IF I WERE LOOKING AT IT TODAY, I WOULD STILL, I WOULD CALL IT CONTRIBUTING.
THAT WAS, I JUST WONDERED IF MAYBE THERE WERE SOME ALTERATIONS THAT WE WEREN'T SEEING.
UM, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF THE BACK HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1929.
I WAS WONDERING BECAUSE WHEN THE, THE OLD WEST AUSTIN DISTRICT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS, AND I THOUGHT MAYBE THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE WOULD PRECLUDE IT FROM BEING CONTRIBUTING.
UM, BUT APPARENTLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
I WOULD GUESS IF THESE WINDOWS ACROSS THE, THE, THE BUILDING ARE NOT ORIGINAL TO THE SIDE YEAH.
AND I WOULD SUSPECT THAT THAT WAS A REASON FOR NON-CONTRIBUTING STATUS COMMISSIONERS.
I CAN'T UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME WAIT? OKAY.
I'M GOING TO SHARE IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE MORE EFFORT THAN WE HAVE, AND WE SHOULD POSTPONE THAT TILL OUR NEXT MEETING.
ARE YOU SECONDING? YES, I'LL TAKE IT.
UM, THE MOTION IS TO POSTPONE TO THE NEXT MEETING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE POSTPONED IT TO THE NEXT MEETING ON NOVEMBER 16TH.
[D1. HDP-2020-0274 – Offered for consent approval 815 Rutherford Place and 1204 Alta Vista Avenue Council District 9]
EIGHT, 15 RUTHERFORD.AND, UH, THE HOUSE ON ALTA VISTA, THESE TWO HOUSES ALONG WITH THE GARAGE BETWEEN THEM, UH, HAVE BEEN BEFORE THE COMMISSION SEVERAL TIMES
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ALREADY.UH, THIS WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THE COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THESE, UH, BOTH, BOTH HOUSES, EXHIBIT ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT IN THAT.
UH, THE HOUSE ON RUTHERFORD PLACE IS A CLASSIC CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF TUTOR REVIVAL.
THE HOUSE ON ALPHA VISTA IS A MUCH MORE VERNACULAR LATER HOUSE, BOTH BUILT BY THE SAME, OR ACTUALLY I'M SORRY, HELP.
THE VISTA WAS BUILT BY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED AT RUTHERFORD PLACE AS A SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANYTHING TO SUPPORT THE SECOND CRITERION FOR HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS ON THIS.
AND, UH, DESPITE THE FACT THAT, UH, THE TRAVIS HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT IS IN THE PROCESS, UH, AND IT, IT PAINS ME TO HAVE TO SAY THAT THESE HOUSES DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO RELEASE THESE PERMITS, UH, BUT, BUT EACH SHOULD GET A CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE.
I WOULD, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT NOT JUST EACH, THERE'S ALSO A CONTRIBUTING GARAGE THAT'S CONTRIBUTING IN AND OF ITSELF, AND THAT SHOULD BE DOCUMENTED AS WELL.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS CASE COMMISSIONER LEVEL, UM, AND ENCOURAGE REHABILITATION AND IT'S AND RELOCATION, BUT RELEASE THE PERMIT FOR THE HOUSES, UM, ON COMPLETION OF A DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE FOR THE HOUSES AND THE GARAGE.
IS THERE A SECOND COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON SECONDS? THE MOTION, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
SO THAT LITTLE COOTER LIBEL HOUSE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TRY AND PRESERVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEY SET SO MANY ROADBLOCKS.
SO IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE, BUT I AGREE WITH THE STAFF THAT ARCHITECTURALLY, IT DOESN'T MEET OUR CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION, BUT THERE'S NOT THE SECOND COMPONENT TO THAT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THE GROUNDS TO INITIATE WORK DOWNING.
WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THREE CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES IN THIS BRAND NEW HISTORIC DISTRICT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
THEN I CALL A VOTE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RELEASING THE DEMOLITION PERMIT AND, BUT REQUIRING THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE FOR ALL THREE RESOURCES.
THAT'S THE TWO HOUSES AND THE GARAGE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO THAT WAS WHAT? THREE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE.
[D2. HDP-2020-0340 – Discussion 4714 Rowena Street Council District 9]
OKAY.THE NEXT ITEM, 47, 14 ROWENA 47, 14.
THE ORIGINAL PART OF THE HOUSE IS A WINGING GABLE.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE AT HOME AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY THAN IN 1932 CONSTRUCTION DATE, BUT IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, JJ AND ELIZABETH HAGMAN WHO LIVED HERE UNTIL ABOUT 1948, JJ HECKMAN, UH, DEVELOPED A SUBDIVISION, WHICH BEARS HIS NAME.
HE ORIGINALLY LIVED IN A HOUSE ON AVENUE F UH, THAT IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE, UH, BEFORE BUILDING THIS HOUSE IN 1932, AND HECKMAN WAS THE PROPRIETOR OF SEVERAL MOVIE THEATERS, INCLUDING THE FIRST, OUR FIRST THEATER IN AUSTIN, DEDICATED TO SHOWING ONLY MOTION PICTURES.
EVERY OTHER THEATER AT THAT TIME HAD THOUGHT AVAIL OR STAGE SHOWS OR A MUSICAL ORCHESTRA SHOWS RATHER THAN JUST MOVIES.
AS A MOVIE, PURVEYOR, HAGMAN DID RUN A FAT OF THE LAW BECAUSE HE SHOWED MOVIES ON SUNDAYS.
AND THAT WAS, UH, A VIOLATION OF THE OLD BLUE LAWS THAT USED TO EXIST IN TEXAS.
HE LIVED HERE UNTIL, UH, THAT 1937, SORRY, UNTIL ABOUT 1948.
UH, HIS SON WHO TOOK OVER THE RITZ, UH, FROM HIM ALSO GREW UP IN THIS HOUSE.
AND STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE HOUSE
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QUALIFIES FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION, UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, PRESENTED JERRY WELL THAT, UH, THE HOUSE HAS SOME SERIOUS ISSUES, UH, FOUNDATION, ALL KINDS OF, UH, ISSUES WITH, UH, LACK OF MAINTENANCE ON THE HOUSE.BUT, UH, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A UNIQUE PROPERTY AND STAFF RECOMMENDS, UH, EITHER INITIATING HISTORIC ZONING OR, UH, POSTPONING UNTIL NOVEMBER TO CONSIDER OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO DEMOLITION STAFF BELIEVES THE HOUSE MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR, UH, ARCHITECTURE AS WELL AS FOR HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS COMMISSIONERS, MADAM CHAIR.
I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE ABOUT THE EXPLORATION OF THE ARCHITECTURE.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.
SO I'M GOING TO MOVE POSTPONEMENT TILL OUR NEXT MEETING COMMISSIONER COOK.
WAS THAT A SECOND? UM, AS FAR AS DISCUSSION, I GUARANTEE YOU, THIS HOUSE WASN'T BUILT IN 1932, THIS HOUSE IS A TURN OF THE CENTURY HOUSE AND MAYBE THE, UH, ALTERATIONS.
IT HAS THAT SWEAT STUCCO ON IT.
SO I THINK, I THINK SOME IN THE HOUSE MAY HAVE BEEN MOVED HERE.
IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ON THIS SITE EARLIER.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WOULD SUPPORT THE MOTION TO POSTPONE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED THE MOTION PASSES.
THIS IS POSTPONE TO THE NEXT MONTH TO THE NEXT MEETING.
[D3. GF-2020-119343 – Discussion 1113 W. 22nd Half Street Council District 9]
13 WEST, 22ND AND A HALF STREET STAFF.UH, THIS HOUSE WAS OCCUPIED BY A SERIES OF SHORT-TERM RENTERS.
SOME OF WHOM WERE VERY PROMINENT, UH, BUT NONE OF WHOM LIVED IN THE HOUSE, UH, FOR A LONG ENOUGH PERIOD FOR HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS OR THAT WERE IN THE HOUSE, UH, DURING THEIR MOST SIGNIFICANT PERIODS.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, UH, RALPH YARBOROUGH, UH, LIVED IN A HOUSE IN 1937 WHEN HE WAS A STATE DISTRICT JUDGE, HE WAS ELECTED A US SENATOR IN 1957 AND, UM, CHAMPION PROGRESSIVE CAUSES.
SO THERE'S JUST A DISCONNECT IN MANY CASES, AS WELL AS A SHORT PERIOD IN WHICH, UH, THESE RENTERS LIVED IN THE PROPERTY.
SO IT'S A STAFF'S OPINION THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH THERE FOR HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS, EVEN THOUGH THE HOUSE WOULD MEET THE CRITERIA FOR ARCHITECTURE.
SO, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING RELEASING THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION PERMIT, UH, CONTINGENT UPON THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE.
DO I HEAR A MOTION, UH, ON THE CASE COMPLETION OF A MUTATION? I THINK THAT THE, THE WORK THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE DONE IN THE HOUSE SEEMS APPROPRIATE.
DO I HEAR A SECOND ON THIS MOTION HEARING? NO.
IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION ON GUYS? I'LL MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? WE LIKE A SECOND ON THAT ONE.
WELL, IF WE CAN GET A SECOND, THEN WE CAN CLEAR THIS OFF AND WE CAN PROBABLY FINISH OUR AGENDA.
THIS ISN'T, THIS IS TAKING TIME AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
AND I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE WORTH TALKING ABOUT ON THIS AT THIS MOMENT.
I, I HAVE LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
ARE WE POSTPONING THIS? I DID MAKE A MOTION ON, I GOT A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER HINDSIGHT'S MAIN MOTION TO POSTPONE, UH, COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON, SECONDED THE MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND.
IT'LL BE POSTPONED TO THE NEXT MEETING.
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TO 25 OH FIVE PARK VIEW, 25 OH FIVE AND 25 OH SEVEN PARK VIEW TO GATHER WE HAD TESTIMONY ON EACH ONE SEPARATELY.UM, THESE HOUSES ARE IN THE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE AND AS SUCH, THEY, THEY REPRESENT A VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER IN OFTEN HISTORY.
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WERE ALL TEST HOUSES, UH, THAT HELPED COMPANIES DEVELOP, UH, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS FOR MIDDLE-CLASS RESIDENCES, UH, MODEST HOUSES AT A MODERATE PRICE.AND WHILE I COMPLETELY SYMPATHIZE WITH THE OWNERS, UH, AND THAT WANT TO, UH, ANY APPLICANT WHO WANTS TO GO FORWARD WITH AN AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE PART TWO, UH, I I'M AFRAID THAT THE BAT IS, UH, THAT'S REPLACING THE GENUINE ARTICLE WITH SOMETHING NEW, UH, B THESE ARE IMPORTANT HOUSES AS PART OF THE WHOLE OF THE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT EVEN ONE OF THEM RISES TO THE LEVEL OF LANDMARK DESIGNATION, BUT THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET AT 25 OH TWO PARK VIEW IS BEING RENOVATED AND ADDITIONS MADE TO IT.
AND, UH, THAT I THINK IS MORE TRUE TO THE LEGACY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE, STAN, COMPLETELY REPLACING THESE HOUSES WITH A 21ST CENTURY VERSION OF MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE.
NOT SAYING THAT THE HOUSE THAT'S PROPOSED ISN'T VERY HANDSOME.
IT IS, BUT IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME AS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF B'S HOUSES IN THEIR CONTEXT, IN THE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE.
SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, WAS TO, UH, RELEASE DEPARTMENT WITH A DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE, BUT, UH, UPON CONSIDERATE RECONSIDERATION STAFF BELIEVES THE BEST, UH, ALTERNATIVE HERE WOULD BE FOR A POSTPONEMENT AND SEEING IF WE CAN DEVELOP PLANS THAT WOULD INCORPORATE THESE HOUSES, UNDO THE MODIFICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THEM, AND, UH, REALLY DO JUSTICE AND HOMAGE TO THE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF COMMISSIONER A LITTLE OVER MY CAMERA? IGNORE ME.
ANY QUESTIONS? UH, DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THE CASES WE'RE CONSIDERING BOTH CASES? YES.
I MOVED THAT WE POST BOTH TO NOVEMBER AND ASKED THE APPLICANT TO, UM, FOLLOW STAFF'S, PROVIDES RECOMMENDATION OF CONSIDERATION OF INCORPORATION OF THESE BUILDINGS INTO A NEW DESIGN.
SECOND, UM, FOR DISCUSSION, I THINK THESE TWO HOUSES MEET OUR CRITERIA.
HERTZBERG ZONING AS PART OF THE AIR CONDITIONED VILLAGE.
I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
I ALSO SUPPORT THE MOTION TO POSTPONE AND GIVE A CHANCE TO WORK THAT OUT WITH THEM.
I GOT THE IMPRESSION, THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE INITIATIVE, THE NATIONAL REGISTER LISTING THAT IS BEING INSTITUTED VERSUS WHAT THE DEMOLITION PERMIT WE HAD LAST MONTH FOR THE HOUSE ON THE SAME STREET AND WHAT THOSE DIFFERENT REVIEW PROCESSES WOULD ENTAIL.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS BEST TO CLARIFY THAT FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, DURING THE MONTH, WHILE IT PUTS ON.
WHO SECONDED THE MOTION TO POSTPONE? OKAY.
UM, I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY AT THE SAME TIME, SO, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION TO POSTPONE AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION FURTHER.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT MONTH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ANY OPPOSED? ONE OPPOSED COMMISSIONER JACOB OPPOSED.
THAT PASSES, THAT WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
[D6. GF-2020-140147– Discussion 1806 Travis Heights Boulevard Council District 10]
ON THE DOCKET IS 1806 TRAVIS HEIGHTS BOULEVARD.DO WE HAVE A STAFF OR A STAFF PRESENTATION? UH, YES.
THIS IS A PROPERTY, ANOTHER PROPERTY WITHIN THE TRAVIS HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT.
UM, I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE APPLICANT AND THEY FELT, FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT RETAINING THE HISTORIC HOUSE.
UM, THE MODIFICATIONS THEY'RE MAKING, EXCUSE ME, THAT LED US TO REFER THIS TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION INCLUDE.
ADDITION HAS A DORMER THAT FACES THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
UH, THERE ARE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXTERIOR MATERIALS, UH, NAMELY PUTTING A WASH OVER THE STONE AND THE BRICK AS WELL AS MODIFICATION OF THE, UM, ORIGINAL FENESTRATION PATTERNS ON THE FRONT
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OF THE HOUSE AND REPLACEMENT OF THE WINDOWS, I BELIEVE IN GENERAL.UM, SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT TO RECONSIDER MODIFICATIONS TO THAT MAIN FACADE AND FAVOR OF THOSE THAT WOULD NOT COMPROMISE CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES AND RELEASE THE PERMIT CONTINGENT UPON THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF.
UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THIS GO TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
AND IF I GET A SECOND ON THAT, I'LL EXPLAIN WHY COMMISSIONER BELEN SUELA YOU'LL SECOND.
THIS I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS GO TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, THIS, UM, THE PROPOSED CHANGES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE APPLICANTS, UM, WANT TO RETAIN THE HISTORIC CHARACTER.
THIS, UH, HOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY, UM, THE SAN ANTONIO ARCHITECTURAL FIRM DAVIDSON AND ENGLISH.
IT WAS ONE OF THE BUILT THREE HOUSES IN TRAVIS HEIGHTS, AND THIS WAS, UH, USED AS THEIR MODEL HOUSE.
THEY CONTRACTED WITH WILLIAM STACY, THE DEVELOPER OF TRAVIS SITES TO BUILD 25 HOUSES IN THE D AND TRAVIS HEIGHTS.
AND AS I SAID, THIS WAS ONE OF THE, THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BUILT.
IT WAS, UM, IT WAS A MODEL HOME.
IT WAS INTENDED TO HAVE EXPOSED TO HAVE THE STONE LOOK AS IT DOES.
THE WHITEWASHING OF THE STONE WOULD REALLY CHANGE THE APPEARANCE AND THE INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSE.
UM, THIS, THIS REALLY WAS A MODEL, NOT JUST FOR THE DEVELOPER AND THE, AND THE BUILDERS.
IT WAS A MODEL THAT WAS THEN FOLLOWED, UM, BY OTHER HOUSES IN THE DISTRICT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE APPLICANTS AT THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AND DISCUSS SOME OF THESE MODIFICATIONS THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER COOK
THE PROPOSED CHANGES WILL MAKE THIS, THIS IS A CONTRIBUTING BUILDING IN TRAVIS HEIGHTS ON THE MOST VISIBLE AND IMPORTANT STREET, MAYBE IN TRAVIS' SITES.
AND THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS WOULD MAKE IT A NON-CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE.
SO THE MOTION IS TO POSTPONE, UH, WITH RECOMMENDATION TO GO TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING COMMISSIONER VALANZUELA FOR YOUR SECOND? YES.
UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UH, IT'S POSTPONED TO THE NEXT MEETING AND WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO GO TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AND, UM, AND DISCUSS THE MODIFICATIONS.
[D7. GF-2020-140200 – Discussion 4509 Balcones Drive Council District 10]
THE NEXT APPLICATION IS 40 OH NINE BALCHUNAS DRIVE.DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION? UH, THIS IS A HOUSE DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT DAVID GRABER AS HIS PERSONAL DWELLING IN 1959, UH, GRAYBAR AND HIS FAMILY LIVED THERE UNTIL 1967 WHEN THEY MOVED TO SIXTH STREET AND RESTORE THE HISTORIC BUILDING, UH, WHICH HE WAS ABLE TO GET LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR, UM, DESPITE THE LESS THAN TENURE, 10 YEAR TENURE AT THE HOUSE.
UM, THIS IS A RARE EXAMPLE OF GRAYBARS RESIDENTIAL DESIGN.
UH, HIS WELL-KNOWN PROJECTS ARE PRIMARILY COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIC, UH, INCLUDING BUILDINGS, SUCH AS, UH, BUILDINGS AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, UH, THE ALL FACE CHAPEL AT THE AUSTIN STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTER, THE LBJ PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, UM, AND NUMEROUS OTHER, UM, IMPORTANT PROJECTS, UH, AROUND TOWN AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
UM, GIVEN THAT THIS IS THE HOME HE DESIGNED FOR HIMSELF DURING THE ERA OF HIS ASCENSION AND TEXAS ARCHITECTURE AND TO THE MOST CLOSELY ASSOCIATED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT'S EXTANT AND AUSTIN STAFF BELIEVES THAT THIS HOUSE MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
AND AS SUCH STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT WE REFER THE APPLICANT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE ADDITION DESIGN OF THE COMMISSION INSTEAD CHOOSES TO RELEASE THE PERMIT.
UH, WE SUGGEST THAT THE ADDITION BE REFINED REFINED TO REDUCE ITS VISIBILITY
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AND REQUIRE A CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE, COMMISSIONER HEIMAN SOUTH.I THINK THERE'S A VERY FITTING WAY OF RECOGNIZING, UH, DAVID GRAPER.
AND THIS IS, UH, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED AT HOW INTACT THIS BUILDING IS.
I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE INITIATE HISTORIC ZONING AND THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE LOOK AT THE ADDITION AND PART OF THAT APPLICATION PROCESS.
IT'S, UH, COMMISSIONER HEIM, SOUTH RECOMMENDED, UM, UH, MADE A MOTION TO INITIATE HISTORIC ZONING AND ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPLICANTS GO TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER VALANZUELA SECONDED ANY DISCUSSION BECAUSE I KNEW DAVID GRAVER MYSELF.
IT'S AWESOME BECAUSE HE REALLY HAS HAD A MAJOR IMPACT, UH, IN SOME OF THE WORK HE DID IN DOWNTOWN AS WELL.
UH, AND I, AGAIN, I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS HOUSE WAS THAT PRISTINE.
IT CERTAINLY, UH, REPRESENTS PART OF HIS CAREER THAT I DON'T BELIEVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF INCLUDING HIS CHURCH.
THE MOTION IS TO INITIATE HISTORIC ZONING AND RECOMMEND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ANY OPPOSED COMMISSIONER TELL IT, BUT, OKAY.
IT'S XENON OH TWO P OF COMMISSIONER JACOB OPPOSES THE MOTION PASSES, WE'VE INITIATED HISTORIC ZONING.
[D8. GF-2020-146072 – Discussion 1601 Willow Street Council District 3]
THE NEXT ITEM IS 1601 WILLOW STREET STAFF.UH, THIS IS, UH, A PROPERTY THAT WAS RECOMMENDED AS INDIVIDUALLY ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALLY ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION IN THE 2016 EAST AUSTIN HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY ALSO RECOMMENDED AS CONTRIBUTING TO A POTENTIAL SOUTHEAST AUSTIN, UH, HISTORIC DISTRICT WITH NATIONAL REGISTER AND LOCAL.
UM, THE HOUSE HAS A HIGH INTEGRITY IT'S, UH, FROM CIRCA 1912.
AND, UM, IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH A NUMBER OF, UM, DIFFERENT FAMILIES.
UM, THE HOUSES LONGEST TERM RESIDENTS INCLUDED WORKING HOUSE HOUSEHOLDS WHOSE LIFEWAYS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, ECHO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERNS AS A WHOLE.
THERE NO ONE WHO REALLY STANDS OUT AS AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT CERTAINLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY VALUE, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S A VERY BRIEF PERIOD, UH, WITHIN THE PERIOD IN WHICH THE COMMISSION CAN CONSIDER, UH, IT WAS AN ACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD NEXUS.
UH, IT, IT GOT WRITTEN UP IN THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN AS BEING A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CONGREGATED, UH, WHERE THERE WOULD BE MUSIC AND PEOPLE GATHERING ON THE PORCH.
UH, BUT THAT WAS, UH, DURING THE TENURE OF THE CASTILLO FAMILY WHO MOVED TO THE HOUSE IN 1967.
SO IT'S ONLY THE PERIOD FROM 1967 TO 1970, THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED UNDER THIS CRITERIA.
AND, UH, STAFFS CAN SAY, THIS IS NOT A FULL DEMOLITION.
THIS IS A PARTIAL DEMOLITION TO REMOVE A HISTORIC PERIOD, TWO STORY ADDITION TO THE HOUSE AND CONSTRUCT A NEW TWO-STORY ADDITION.
UH, STAFF'S MAIN CONCERNS REGARDING THE DESIGN ARE, UM, UH, THE IMPACT.
AND, UM, SO THE SIDE ELEVATION IS CLEARLY VISIBLE.
THERE'S A VERY LARGE, UM, GABLE ROOF TO DORMER.
THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE SIDE ELEVATION AND, UM, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THIS IS, UM, YOU'RE VERY CLOSELY MIMICKING THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE.
SO, UM, SOME SUBTLE ALTERATIONS TO ENHANCE DIFFERENTIATION, UH, WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THAT REGARD.
UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS AND, UH, OR TO RECOMMEND THESE MODIFICATIONS TO THE APPLICANT AND RELEASE THE PERMITS UPON COMPLETION OF A CITY OF AUSTIN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF FIRST? OKAY.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THE CASE, COMMISSIONER TELE ANYONE COMMISSIONER COOK FOR THE SAKE OF QUICK DISCUSSION, I'LL MOVE TO, UH, FOLLOW THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO RELEASE THE PERMIT WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, TO REDUCE THE VOLUME OF THE GABLE AND, UH, CREATE SOME DIFFERENTIATION IN THE EDITION AND TO, UH, COMPLETE THE DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE.
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ON THIS MOTION, COMMISSIONER, MCWHORTER SECONDS, THE MOTION, ANY DISCUSSION? I, I HAD HESITATED TO CONSIDER A POSTPONEMENT AND, UM, HAVING THEM COME TO THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW COMMITTEE, UH, BUT I AM JUST MOSTLY DELIGHTED THAT THEY'RE SAVING AND RESTORING THIS MOUSE IN LARGE PART, CHINS ARE LARGELY LARGELY SENSITIVE, BUT YES, IF THEY COULD REDUCE THAT GABLE AND PROVIDE SOME DIFFERENTIATION BECAUSE IT IS WORKS VERY WELL, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW IT DIDN'T, WASN'T LIKE THAT FROM THE BEGINNING.SO I TRUST THAT THEY'LL DO THE RIGHT THING.
I THOUGHT THAT THE ARCHITECT NEEDS TO BE COMPLIMENTED.
UH, I THINK THAT THEY WERE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE IN THE WAY THAT THEY, UH, NOT ONLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT TO REMOVE OUT OF THE INSENSITIVE EDITION, BUT HOW TO MAKE SOMETHING BLEND IN A VERY APPROPRIATE WAY.
SOME DIFFERENTIATION I THINK IS NOW CERTAINLY POSSIBLE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY SHOULD BE LAUDED FOR THE WAY THEY APPROACHED THIS IN A VERY SENSITIVE WAY THAT IT'S CLEARLY A SKILLED OPERATION THERE.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ANYONE OPPOSED MR. FEDERSON? OH, OKAY.
IT WAS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE EMOTION TO RELEASE IT WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND THE DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE.
UM, NEXT, DO WE NOW HAVE NINE OH SIX EAST 13TH STREET? NO, THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS POSTPONED.
[D10. HDP-2020-0384 – Offered for consent approval 910 W. Elizabeth Street Council District 9]
19 WEST ELIZABETH.THIS IS, UH, ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME, KNOWS I LOVE THESE LITTLE ROCK HOUSES.
IT'S GOT A FRAME ADDITION ON THE BACK, BUT IT LACKS THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO WARRANT INITIATING HISTORIC ZONING TO PRESERVE IT.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE INCORPORATION OF THIS HOUSE INTO A NEW PROJECT.
THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANYTHING STRUCTURALLY WITH THIS HOUSE.
AND IT DEFINITELY IS ONE OF SEEMING SEEMINGLY VANISHING, A NUMBER OF, UH, ROCKMAN EARED HOUSES IN THE CITY, IN A CITY THAT USED TO BE RENOWNED FOR THEM.
UM, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION RELUCTANTLY IS TO RELEASE DEPARTMENT UPON COMPLETION OF A CITY DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE, UH, UNLESS HOPEFULLY THE APPLICANT RECONSIDERS, UH, DEMOLITION OF THIS HOUSE AND DECIDES TO USE IT IN AS PART OF THE NEW PROPOSAL.
I'M GOING TO MOVE POSTPONEMENT ON THIS BECAUSE WE DID HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO SPOKE AND EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OWNER HERE TO HEAR IT.
AND IF WE RELEASE THIS PERMIT, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THE OWNER'S GOING TO BE AWARE OF ANY OF THESE CONCERNS.
HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE, A POSTPONEMENT DOES GIVE THE OWNER A CHANCE TO COME AND, UH, DISCUSS THIS WITH THE COMMISSION.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK IT ALSO DOES ALLOW, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY OVER THESE NEXT THREE WEEKS FOR THE VERY CONVERSATION THAT, THAT THE STAFF IS SUGGESTING TO ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE.
MY WORRY IS, IS THAT NONE OF IT WILL TAKE PLACE BECAUSE WE HAD AN ABSENT OWNER.
AND NORMALLY WHEN THERE'S A REQUEST, WHEN AN ABSENT OWNERS THERE FOR POSTPONEMENT, WE GRANT IT.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION TO POSTPONE COMMISSIONER FEATHERSTON, SECOND MOTION, ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO POSTPONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
IT'LL BE POSTPONED TO THE NEXT MEETING STAFF, PLEASE CONTACT THE APPLICANT.
WE'LL DO THE LAST, LAST CASE IS 1117 LINDEN THE AGENDA.
UM, DID WE POSTPONE 1400 DRAKE? YES.
UH, LET'S NOT FORGET TO SEE BROWN SLEEP HOUSE BECAUSE OF THAT.
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WE LEAVE THAT OFF OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, WE'VE LOST IT.WE DON'T MAKE ANY EMOTION ON IT.
IF WE'RE GOING TO WITH IT, YOU FIVE MINUTES, WE CAN DO IT.
UH, THIS IS A 1940 HOUSE, SORRY.
[D18. HDP-2020-0419 – Offered for consent approval 1117 Linden Street Council District 3]
1117 LINDEN COMMISSIONERS IS A 1940 HOUSE, BUT UH, GOT A TUTOR, REVIVAL, STYLISTIC INFLUENCE.IT IS A COMPLETE ANOMALY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AS FAR AS ITS ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS AND SIZE.
UM, THIS WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF EXTREMELY MODEST.
UH, WOOD-FRAME WHAT SIDED HOUSES AND THIS HOUSE STOOD OUT TO ME AS ONE THAT DISPLAYS INCREDIBLE ARTISTRY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE STONE AND THE BRICK, UH, MAY HAVE BEEN ADDED LATER, BUT THIS HOUSE REALLY IS A, IS A GYM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, I THINK IT'S WORTH POSTPONING TO CONSIDER WHETHER THIS CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO A NEW HOUSE ON THE SITE, UH, AND ALSO TO, TO DETERMINE COMMUNITY VALUE IF THIS HOUSE HAS IT, UH, THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE IS NOT REALLY THERE TO BE HONEST, BUT, UH, A HOUSE LIKE THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD LANDMARK IN, IN MY OPINION.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE THAT POSSIBILITY FURTHER BEFORE MAKING A DECISION ABOUT THE FATE OF THIS HOUSE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FOR THE SAME, FOR THE SAME REASON AS THE LAST MOTION, UH, WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WORKING WITH AN OWNER IN THIS CASE.
THEY WERE PRESENT AND THEY DID HEAR THESE CONCERNS, BUT I DO BELIEVE A POSTPONEMENT IS APPROPRIATE HERE.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION, COMMISSIONER, FEATHERSTON SECONDS, THE MOTION, ANY DISCUSSION I'M SORT OF, OF THE OPINION THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR A LANDMARK, BUT, UM, I'LL GO ALONG WITH THE MOTION.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.
HEARING NONE OF THE MOTION IS TO POSTPONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED ANYONE OPPOSED OF COMMISSIONER MCWHORTER, UH, COMMISSIONER TELL THAT ARE OPPOSED.
THE MOTION CARRIES IT'LL BE POSTPONED.
THAT IS THE, UH, THAT'S THE END OF OUR CASES.
[E1. HDP-2019-0394 – Sebron Sneed House, 1801 Nelms Drive – Offered for consent approval to maintain the case on the agenda]
WE DO NEED A MOTION TO POSTPONE IT AS WE HAVE FOR 13 YEARS.SO COMMISSIONER, TELL IT A SECOND SET OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING IT.
[4B. Ratification of proposed 2021 Historic Landmark Commission meeting dates]
ONE FINAL PIECE OF, UH, UH, OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO TONIGHT.AND THAT IS THE SCHEDULE FOR 2021, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE IN YOUR BACKUP.
UH, AND I WOULD URGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AND MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE DATES WORK FOR YOU.
THE, UH, BIG QUESTION THAT WE'VE GOT IS THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UH, SET THE DECEMBER MEETING AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, OR WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT MEETING BEING ON THE 13TH OF DECEMBER THE WEEK BEFORE, JUST BASED ON THE WINTER HOLIDAYS OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME, IF I MIGHT INTERJECT ALSO, WE COULD CONSIDER THE FOURTH MONDAY FOR THE MAY MEETING.
UM, WE MOVED THAT UP SINCE WE NORMALLY HAVE TO MOVE IT UP TO AVOID MEMORIAL DAY.
UH, BUT THERE ARE FIVE MONDAYS IN MAY.
AND SO THE FIFTH, MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY.
WE COULD HAVE THAT DATE RATHER THAN THE THIRD, MONDAY AS PROPOSED ON THE LIST HERE,
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I WOULD SUGGEST I WOULD PREFER GOING TO THE FOURTH MONDAY IN MAN SYSTEM AS POSSIBLE WHEN WE BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH.UM, WITH OUR MONDAYS, WE TEND TO LOSE COMMISSIONERS AND DECEMBER.
I DO THINK THAT THE 13TH IS PREFERABLE.
I BELIEVE IF WE'RE ABLE TO TRAVEL AGAIN AT 2021, WE'LL PROBABLY ALL BE GONE ON THE 20TH.
SO THE, WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS, UH, CHANGING THE MAY, UM, MEETING TO THE FOURTH MONDAY IN MAY AND THE DECEMBER MEETING TO DECEMBER 13TH, INSTEAD OF DECEMBER 20TH, ANY DISCUSSION THAT'S TOO FAR IN ADVANCE FOR ME TO EVEN KNOW.
SO I'LL, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THAT, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE, OF THE REVISED, UH, 20, 21.
I WILL ASK STAFF TO TALK WITH ME IN A CONFERENCE CALL OR SOMETHING BEFORE NEXT MEETING TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THROUGH THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY FASTER.
UH, I HAVE SOME IDEAS AND, UM, WE CAN, MAYBE WE CAN MAYBE, UH, DOES ANYBODY, THE ONLY MEETING THAT'S TAKEN PLACE SINCE? UM, OUR LAST, UH, LANDMARK COMMISSION MEETING WAS THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.
WE HAD A NUMBER OF CASES ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA THAT PASSED THROUGH, UM, PRETTY, UH, PRETTY WELL, UH, BECAUSE THEY WENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS COMMITTEE COMMISSIONERS TOOK HER BALANCE WHEEL.
OR DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
CAN WE DO A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE SCHEDULE WE DID THE NEXT YEAR WE DID.
WHO WAS THE SECOND ON THE MOTION? ME WHAT? YOU MADE THE MOTION, BUT DID SOMEONE SECOND THE MOTION.
BY THE WAY, TERRY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MEET WITH STAFF ON THE, UH, THE SCHEDULING OF, OF, OF THOSE MEETINGS, I'LL LET ME JOIN YOU OKAY.
ON NOT THE SCHEDULING, BUT, BUT THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY FOR THE NEXT.
SO I KNEW WE WERE GOING TO ZIP THROUGH THESE CASES THOUGH.
ANYWAY, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? IT'S UNANIMOUS COMMISSIONER.
UH, YOU'RE THE DESIGNATED SECONDER ON THAT MOTION.
WELCOME TO THE COMMISSION, CAROLINE.
AND AS SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S IN FOR, TAKE IT EASY.
CAROLINA DOESN'T USUALLY GO THIS FAST.