From: To: Subject: Date: Contreras, Kalan Fahnestock, Sam FW: O"Quinn House Wednesday, May 1, 2024 9:58:55 AM One more to post. Thanks! Kalan Contreras MSHP | she/her | Historic Preservation Officer City of Austin Planning Department 512.974.2727 | kalan.contreras@austintexas.gov Please Note: Correspondence and information submitted to the City of Austin are subject to the Texas Public Information Act (Chapter 552) and may be published online. Por Favor Tome En Cuenta: La correspondencia y la información enviada a la Ciudad de Austin está sujeta a la Ley de Información Pública de Texas (Capítulo 552) y puede ser publicada en línea. From: Fatima Betts < Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 9:52 AM To: Contreras, Kalan <Kalan.Contreras@austintexas.gov> Subject: O'Quinn House > You don't often get email from . Learn why this is important External Email - Exercise Caution HLC, please do NOT release a demolition permit for 2307 Windsor Road #2 (Case No. GF-24-030562) and instead either initiate historic zoning or invoke a 180-day demolition delay to allow for further research or for potential purchase. This is a historic house that contains amazing landscape elements, incorporating the natural landscape into the Modernist design, including decorative stonework procured from the 1853 Texas Capitol, wrought iron fencing that graced the 1888 Texas Capitol, bricks and other elements from UT's Old Main, and an iconic dry stack limestone fence constructed of hand hewn stones salvaged from Anderson's Mill, a local grist mill operating from 1861 to 1894. Thanks, Fatima Betts CAUTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious or phishing email, please report it using the "Report Message" button in Outlook. For any additional questions or concerns, contact CSIRT "cybersecurity@austintexas.gov."
Catherine M. Johnson 1503 Marshall Lane / Austin 78703 (Old Enfield HOA) x May 1, 2024 By tearing down and developing this property in Old Enfield, it goes against the premise of having a historic neighborhood with many homes 100 years and older - several of which have been designed by important architects in the Austin community. This home was originally owned by one of Austin’s founders. Yes, Austin is changing, but don’t demolish its roots.
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From: To: Subject: Date: Contreras, Kalan Fahnestock, Sam FW: O"Quinn House Wednesday, May 1, 2024 7:11:45 AM Please post! Kalan Contreras MSHP | she/her | Historic Preservation Officer City of Austin Planning Department 512.974.2727 | kalan.contreras@austintexas.gov Please Note: Correspondence and information submitted to the City of Austin are subject to the Texas Public Information Act (Chapter 552) and may be published online. Por Favor Tome En Cuenta: La correspondencia y la información enviada a la Ciudad de Austin está sujeta a la Ley de Información Pública de Texas (Capítulo 552) y puede ser publicada en línea. From: Jay F > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 7:00 PM To: BC-jamie.alvarez@austintexas.gov; Larosche, Carl - BC <BC-Carl.Larosche@austintexas.gov>; McWhorter, Trey - BC <BC-Trey.McWhorter@austintexas.gov>; Castillo, Raymond - BC <BC- Raymond.Castillo@austintexas.gov>; Evans, Roxanne - BC <BC-Roxanne.Evans@austintexas.gov>; Rubio, JuanRaymon - BC <BC-JuanRaymon.Rubio@austintexas.gov>; Featherston, Witt <BC- Witt.Featherston@austintexas.gov>; Heimsath, Ben - BC <BC-Ben.Heimsath@austintexas.gov> Cc: Contreras, Kalan <Kalan.Contreras@austintexas.gov>; ; Jeff Harper < Subject: O'Quinn House >; Mark Seeger < > Some people who received this message don't often get email from . Learn why this is important External Email - Exercise Caution Dear Commissioners: I am an Austin architect and have have recently become aware of the demolition application for the O’Quinn House at 2307 Windsor Road, #2. The house's association with notable Austinites (The O’Quinns), with notable architects (Fehr and Granger) and its presence as an early Austin example of domestic Mid Century Modern architecture strongly suggest historic significance. There has been mention, too, that some of the materials used on the property were salvaged from buildings at UT and the Capitol. For these reasons I am writing to request that commissioners consider invoking a 180 day demolition delay to allow for further research on the property or its purchase by a buyer sympathetic to preservation of the house. While I have no firsthand knowledge of the O'Quinn House, I have had the pleasure of guiding the renovation of Fehr and Granger’s "Granger House" in Judge’s Hill and subsequent work on that house and "The Perch” on the same property. Both those structures are designated Austin Landmarks and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The significance of Fehr and Granger to Modern Movement expression in Austin cannot be overstated and it would be a shame if their O’Quinn House were lost to us before thorough investigation of its historic merit was made. Sincerely, Jay Farrell Jay …
From: To: Subject: Date: Contreras, Kalan Fahnestock, Sam FW: Stop the Demolition of O"Quinn House Wednesday, May 1, 2024 7:11:56 AM More backup Kalan Contreras MSHP | she/her | Historic Preservation Officer City of Austin Planning Department 512.974.2727 | kalan.contreras@austintexas.gov Please Note: Correspondence and information submitted to the City of Austin are subject to the Texas Public Information Act (Chapter 552) and may be published online. Por Favor Tome En Cuenta: La correspondencia y la información enviada a la Ciudad de Austin está sujeta a la Ley de Información Pública de Texas (Capítulo 552) y puede ser publicada en línea. From: Wiedemann, Nichole < Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 9:03 PM To: Contreras, Kalan <Kalan.Contreras@austintexas.gov> Subject: Stop the Demolition of O'Quinn House > You don't often get email from wiedemann@utexas.edu. Learn why this is important External Email - Exercise Caution I ask that HLC NOT release a demolition permit for 2307 Windsor Road #2 (Case No. GF- 24-030562) and instead either initiate historic zoning or invoke a 180-day demolition delay to allow for further research or for potential purchase by a sympathetic buyer. Thank you. NICHOLE WIEDEMANN, AIA | Associate Professor Paul Philippe Cret Centennial Teaching Fellow | Director, Professional Residency Program | NCARB Architect Licensing Advisor The University of Texas at Austin | School of Architecture | 512.471.0736 CAUTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious or phishing email, please report it using the "Report Message" button in Outlook. For any additional questions or concerns, contact CSIRT "cybersecurity@austintexas.gov."
City of Austin Historic Landmark Commission Seconded By: Commissioner Rubio Subject: University Junior High School/Steve Hicks School of Social Work Building Date: May 1, 2024 Motioned By: Commissioner Koch To the Texas Historical Commission and the University of Texas System, We, The Historic Landmark Commission (HLC) of the City of Austin, as appointees of elected officials of the City of Austin charged with the protection and promotion of the City’s historic resources, wholeheartedly voice our support for the preservation of the University Junior High School on the University of Texas campus. While the HLC acknowledges our lack of jurisdiction over this State property, we are compelled to voice our opinions based not only on the urgency and importance of the case, but also on the historic connection between the City and University as represented by this very structure. The City of Austin and the State of Texas have shared space and mutual interests in the City of Austin since its founding in 1839. The University of Texas joined the family in 1883. The resulting history and culture of the City is heavily imprinted with this mix. The University Junior High School itself is the result of a partnership between the University and AISD, between a City that needed a school building and a University that needed students and teachers to serve as a laboratory and place for higher learning in the practice of education. As such, it embodies this important link between the State University and the City. The value of the Spanish Renaissance Architecture of this 1933 structure, both alone and in the context of the University of Texas campus, is clear to even the untrained eye. It would be a loss to the campus and the community that surrounds it. But like all cases that rise to the level of any landmark designation, its architecture is only a part of what makes this structure worthy of preservation. Its context, surrounded by remaining bits of green space and majestic oaks that define the University campus, and alongside Waller Creek before it continues past Santa Rita No. 1, through the new Medical School and the historically rich soils of the Waterloo Greenway, is itself worth saving. P a g e 1 | 2 Its continued occupation by the school of Social Work continues to represent that unbroken thread of use by the University in one of its most humanistic areas …
701 Texas Ave Austin TX 78705 1 May 2024 Landmark Commission (by email) Re: 501 Texas Ave. demolition permit request Dear Sirs: As the city kicks off its equity preservation plan, it is disheartening to see the very heart of our city increasingly seeing demolition permit requests----and getting them---even when houses are historic, and the Landmark Commission repeatedly violating its own by-laws purposes -- “7. Recommend that the City acquire property if the Commission finds that acquisition by the City is the only means by which to preserve the property”. In the instant case, 501 Texas Ave. although staff has not recommended denial of a demolition permit, the question remains whether the house will lose its historic character if the current plan goes through. If adding a garage will eliminate its historic character, it will diminish the historic character of Texas Avenue, which the city previously surveyed to designate as a historic street. historic structure, as a neighbor, I object to the demolition permit being issued. Neighbors are also reporting that is is still unclear whether any protected trees are in jeopardy since one is banded. Barbara Epstein If the plan for this house will eliminate it as counting as a
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MOTION 20240501-002 Date: May 1, 2024 Subject: Bridle Ridge at Wildhorse Ranch C8-2023-0259 Motion by: Jennifer Bristol Seconded by: Perry Bedford WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission recognizes the applicant is requesting two variances 1) 25-8-341 to allow cut over four (4) feet, to 15 feet. 2) 25-8-342 to allow fill over four (4) feet, to 15 feet. WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission recognizes the site is located in Gilleland Creek Watershed, Suburban Classification; and WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission recognizes that Staff recommends the variance with conditions. THEREFORE, the Environmental Commission recommends the variance request with the following conditions: Staff Conditions: 1. Slope stabilization for areas of existing erosion adjacent to the lots, will be provided with grouted rip-rap or approved equivalent method. 2. Slope stabilization in area of cut over 8 feet will be provided by terracing, 25 feet at 15% grade and 20 feet at 5% grade, and revegetation with native grasses and forbs (per Standard Specifications Manual 609S.5). 3. Fill over 8 feet will be contained with engineered walls. 4. The water quality ponds will be biofiltration ponds. 1. Environmental Commission Conditions:Review the carrying capacity of water/ electric/ sewer to accommodate additional units per lot in reference to Home-2 Code changes if that Code passes City Council. 2. Reduce the impervious cover and reduce the need for the cut and fill by removing or reducing the houses in the dark green / steepest slopes area. 3. Utilize the HOA guidelines to insure the native plants are utilized throughout the property not just on the terracing. 4. Plant native trees on the housing lots that are naturally found in the blackland prairie. 5. Increase the native flowers and shrubs that support pollinators. 1 6. Provide home owners education or signage that helps them understand when it is best to mow or not mow to better support pollinators and migratory birds. VOTE: 9-0 For: Perry Bedford, Jennifer Bristol, Richard Brimer, Peter Einhorn, Mariana Krueger, Colin Nickells, Haris Qureshi, Melinda Schiera, David Sullivan Against: None Recuse: None Absent: Hanna Cofer Perry Bedford, Environmental Commission Chair Attest: 2
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MOTION 20240501-003 Date: May 1, 2024 Subject: Infill Plat and Site Lite Part 2 Amendments Motion by: Jennifer Bristol Seconded by: Mariana Kruger WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission recognizes the Code Amendments related to Home-2 known as Infill Plats and Site Lite Part 2 are a compilation of directives from City Council; WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission has been given a presentation from Staff on Infill Plats and Site Plan Lite; and WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission recognizes that Staff recommends these amendments. THEREFORE, the Environmental Commission recommends the code amendments with the following Environmental Commission recommendations and comments: 1. Request that the City Council recognize that the Environmental Commission was not involved in the review and recommendation of the Code changes. 2. The Environmental Commission was not provided a copy of the Code to review before or 3. The Environmental Commission is concerned that these Code changes inequitably may at the meeting. impact low-income neighborhoods. 4. The Environmental Commission was only presented watershed and drainage information and not how this impacts tree protections, tree canopy reduction, light pollution, or increase to utilities, including wastewater. 5. The Environmental Commission is concerned about how this impacts homes in the local flooding areas or homes that are on the edge of the floodplains. 6. The Environmental Commission is concerned about neighbor-to-neighbor flooding due to poor drainage, including “ghost drainage” that is done without permits. 7. The Environmental Commission was not presented the study that surveyed the size of lots in the neighborhoods and what areas would be impacted the most. 8. How was the community involved in the Code changes? 9. Request that the public is well informed in multiple ways about the new changes, how that will impact them, and how they can utilize the Code legally. 10. Request that the public is made aware of the process for adjacent homeowners to protest or improve changes to a neighbor’s lot. 11. The Environmental Commission is concerned about the increase of administrative approval rather than citizen-driven boards and commissions. 12. The Environmental Commission is in favor of increasing access to affordable homes and increasing density where possible. 1 For: Perry Bedford, Jennifer Bristol, Richard Brimer, Peter Einhorn, Mariana Krueger, Colin Nickells, Haris Qureshi, Melinda Schiera Against: None Abstain: David Sullivan Recuse: None Absent: Hanna Coffer VOTE: 8-0 Approved By: Perry Bedford, Environmental Commission Chair 2
