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Ramirez, Elaine From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Elaine, Thank you, Jim Wittliff Jim Wittliff Wednesday, July 07, 2021 10:11 AM Ramirez, Elaine Amir Kalantari Re: REMINDER: Speaker Registration Deadline for Mon. July 12, 2021 BOA. mtg. Austin Energy estimates it will take up to 23 weeks (5.75 months) to move the overhead line. Therefore, I think this BOA hearing will need to be postponed until the first BOA hearing date of 2022. I will pay the $302.64 renotification fee, but I am paying it under protest, because this is Austin Energy’s delay, not ours or the property owner’s. It doesn’t seem fair that the property owner needs to pay because Austin Energy has such ridiculously long timeframes to move a simple wire. Please tell the Board that Austin Energy’s schedule requires us to postpone this case until the January 2022 hearing date. From: "Ramirez, Elaine" <Elaine.Ramirez@austintexas.gov> Date: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 2:06 PM To: Jim Wittliff < Subject: RE: REMINDER: Speaker Registration Deadline for Mon. July 12, 2021 BOA. mtg. Hi Jim the Board will not want to move forward without an approval from AE. Do you have a date or month on when this approval could take place? The reason asking is they are not going to grant a Postponement each month, the Board is going to want a date. And if it is more than 60 days then a re-notice will need to be sent out, which include a re-notice fee that needs to be paid of $302.64 I think it is best you request a Postponement but with a date set as well. These are our next available BOA mtgs. BOA Mtg. Schedule 2021 (BOA meets on the 2nd Monday of the Month) Aug. 9 Sept. 13 Oct. 11 Nov. 8 Dec. 13 Respectfully, Elaine Ramirez Planner Senior / Board of Adjustment Liaison City of Austin Development Services Department 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr, Austin, Texas 78752 Office: 512‐974‐2202 1 D-1/1-LATE BACKUP PER CITY ORDINANCE: All individuals scheduling or accepting a meeting invitation with a City Official are requested to provide responses to the questions at the following link: DSD Visitor Log. Please note that all information provided is subject to public disclosure via DSD’s open data portal. For more information please visit: City of Austin Ordinance 2016- 0922-005 | City Clerk’s website | City Clerk’s FAQ’s From: Jim Wittliff [ Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2021 1:30 PM To: Ramirez, Elaine <Elaine.Ramirez@austintexas.gov> Subject: Re: REMINDER: Speaker Registration Deadline for Mon. July 12, 2021 BOA. mtg. *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Elaine, My BOA powerpoint presentation is attached. However, I am confused regarding whether the Board can act on this case, since Austin Energy stated that an overhead electric line will need to be rerouted before AE can recommend approval of the variance. AE only recently provided a cost to relocate the line, which our client has to pay to AE before they will do the work. Should this case be postponed again until the overhead electric line is rerouted? Jim Wittliff From: "Ramirez, Elaine" <Elaine.Ramirez@austintexas.gov> Date: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 12:41 PM Cc: "Ramirez, Diana" <Diana.Ramirez@austintexas.gov> Subject: REMINDER: Speaker Registration Deadline for Mon. July 12, 2021 BOA. mtg. Good afternoon Applicants on the Mon. July 12th, 2021 BOA mtg. Agenda, Regardless if you went before the Board last month or previous months, I will still need you to register to speak at the meeting, if you do not register you will not be able to call in and the Board can either Postpone or Deny your case. Also the deadline for Presentations was yesterday, but because it was a City Holiday, IT is giving us to 3p.m. today to turn in all Presentations, please e-mail me your Presentation as well before 3p.m. today along with Speaker Registration information. Please read this entire e‐mail The deadline to submit Speaker Information (who will speak at the meeting and/or available for questions) is Tuesday, July 6th, before 3p.m. 2 D-1/2-LATE BACKUP July 12th BOA Deadlines Please make sure that when submitting the Advanced Packet and the Presentation that each is labeled as such The deadline for Opposition and Support letters is Mon. July 12th, before 9:00a.m. Applicant Speaker Registration: If you will be speaking/giving presentation or be on the list for the Board to possibly call on you for questions I will need the following information: No late Speakers will be accepted after 3p.m. on Tues. July 6th. 1. Name of speaker (Primary) to give presentation on BOA Case, are you the applicant, Homeowner, Land Surveyor, Architect, etc. I will need the primary speaker listed as Primary. 2. Addtl. possible Speakers name(s) and who they are 3. Address of BOA Case 4. Case # 5. A good phone number, if you have a landline this will be the best phone number to provide? It has to be the phone number that the Speaker will be calling from on Monday July 12th, 2021 to speak at the meeting (it cannot be a different number, your call will not be accepted). Once you send me the number it cannot be changed, it is sent to City Clerk’s office to accept the calls E-mail Address, it will need to be an e-mail address that the Speaker will be able to easily access his/her e- mails? 6. Please note: Any late support that will be accepted after this deadline date of June 25th, 2021 will only be for Opposition and Support letters for this case. Support and Opposition Letters can be received up to Monday, July 12th, before 9a.m. in order for the Board to have access to them during the meeting. Anything after the deadline will not be viewed by the Board but will be added to the BCIC website. Respectfully, Elaine Ramirez Planner Senior / Board of Adjustment Liaison City of Austin Development Services Department 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr, Austin, Texas 78752 Office: 512‐974‐2202 PER CITY ORDINANCE: All individuals scheduling or accepting a meeting invitation with a City Official are requested to provide responses to the questions at the following link: DSD Visitor Log. Please note that all information provided is subject to public disclosure via DSD’s open data portal. For more information please visit: City of Austin Ordinance 2016- 0922-005 | City Clerk’s website | City Clerk’s FAQ’s CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 3 D-1/3-LATE BACKUP D-1/4-LATE BACKUP D-1/5-LATE BACKUP Ramirez, Elaine From: Sent: To: Subject: Molly Nefkens Wednesday, July 07, 2021 9:30 PM Ramirez, Elaine Comments for hearing on case # C15-2020-0038 Hi Elaine, Please include these comments in the hearing relating to case# C15-2020-0038: We are the owners of 1403 Possum Trot Street. We are not opposed to the new owners of 1409 Possum Trot creating 2 lots from the current single lot. We understand that the stand alone single dwelling at the back of the property is currently not in compliance with the city’s 10 feet set back regulation, and that this will be overlooked in creating the additional lot. This is not a problem so long as this 5 foot set back is not viewed by owner or city as a precedent which can be perpetuated should construction or renovations take place now or in the future. If this new variance allows the owners to bypass city mandated set back distances in the future for new construction or for renovations, then we do oppose this variance. Sincerely, Molly & Mike Nefkens 650-644-5053 On Jul 7, 2021, at 7:31 AM, Ramirez, Elaine <Elaine.Ramirez@austintexas.gov> wrote: Good morning Molly, As stated before the Applicant’s contact information is there in case the public has further questions and wishes to contact the applicant to gather more information. If you have any support comments or opposition comments you want the Board to read/see you can forward that to me and label as such. As stated on the Notice you will need to submit that to me before 9a.m., Monday, 7/12 in order for the Board to view it at the meeting. Respectfully, Elaine Ramirez Planner Senior / Board of Adjustment Liaison City of Austin Development Services Department 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr, Austin, Texas 78752 Office: 512‐974‐2202 <image001.png> 1 D-1/6-LATE BACKUP PER CITY ORDINANCE: All individuals scheduling or accepting a meeting invitation with a City Official are requested to provide responses to the questions at the following link: DSD Visitor Log. Please note that all information provided is subject to public disclosure via DSD’s open data portal. For more information please visit: City of Austin Ordinance 2016-0922-005 | City Clerk’s website | City Clerk’s FAQ’s From: Molly Nefkens [m Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2021 6:44 PM To: Ramirez, Elaine <Elaine.Ramirez@austintexas.gov> Subject: Re: case # C15‐2020‐0038, 1409 Possum Trot Street Okay, thanks. The documents only show phone numbers of the applicants but not emails. Is it okay if I phone them to make inquiries? And are you able to pass along my comments to the hearing on the 12th or I must I provide my comments via a different path? Thanks, Molly On Jul 6, 2021, at 4:38 PM, Ramirez, Elaine <Elaine.Ramirez@austintexas.gov> wrote: Hi Molly, If you have questions on what the applicant is proposing to do, you can contact them directly. Applicant contact information is on the Notice for anyone that may have further questions for them. The Liaisons are not Plan Reviewers so we do not know what they are proposing to do, in other words we are not part of the Plan Review process. Respectfully, Elaine Ramirez Planner Senior / Board of Adjustment Liaison City of Austin Development Services Department 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr, Austin, Texas 78752 Office: 512‐974‐2202 <image001.png> PER CITY ORDINANCE: All individuals scheduling or accepting a meeting invitation with a City Official are requested to provide responses to the questions at the following link: DSD Visitor Log. Please note that all information provided is subject to public disclosure via DSD’s open data portal. For more information please visit: City of Austin Ordinance 2016-0922-005 | City Clerk’s website | City Clerk’s FAQ’s From: Molly Nefkens [m Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2021 3:44 PM To: Ramirez, Elaine <Elaine.Ramirez@austintexas.gov> Subject: Re: case # C15‐2020‐0038, 1409 Possum Trot Street Hi Elaine, 2 D-1/7-LATE BACKUP Thanks for the link with further info about this variance request. I need a little help further understanding if this petitioner wants to do construction (does not appear so) or if they are merely asking to divide the lot and leave things as-is? We would be fine with this, but not fine with anything that would establish a precedent for any future construction on this lot. In other words, fine to leave things as-is and divided the lot into 2 parcels, but if later renovations or construction occur, those improvements must meet current code. Can you please advise if I am understanding this correctly? Thanks, Molly On Jul 6, 2021, at 12:27 PM, Ramirez, Elaine <Elaine.Ramirez@austintexas.gov> wrote: Hi Molly, You can view all that is submitted for the above case at the following linkhttps://www.austintexas.gov/cityclerk/boards_commissions/meetings /15_1.htm , it is item # D-1. Once you have taken a look you can e-mail your Support or Opposition for this case. Please note: Any late support, Support and Opposition Letters can be received up to Monday, July 12th, before 9a.m. in order for the Board to have access to them during the meeting. Anything after the deadline will not be viewed by the Board but will be added to the BCIC website. Respectfully, Elaine Ramirez Planner Senior / Board of Adjustment Liaison City of Austin Development Services Department 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr, Austin, Texas 78752 Office: 512‐974‐2202 <image001.png> PER CITY ORDINANCE: All individuals scheduling or accepting a meeting invitation with a City Official are requested to provide responses to the questions at the following link: DSD Visitor Log. Please note that all information provided is subject to public disclosure via DSD’s open data portal. For more information please visit: City of Austin Ordinance 2016-0922-005 | City Clerk’s website | City Clerk’s FAQ’s From: Molly Nefkens [m Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2021 11:01 AM To: Ramirez, Elaine <Elaine.Ramirez@austintexas.gov> Subject: case # C15‐2020‐0038, 1409 Possum Trot Street 3 D-1/8-LATE BACKUP *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Hi Elaine, I am the homeowner at 1403 Possum Trot Street and understand there will be a hearing on July 12th regarding approving a new rear setback for the property at 1409 Possum Trot Street. I investigated this issue online but am still unsure of what is being decided. Is this a ruling to allow the setback to remain as it is outside of the 10 foot minimum requirement or is the city asking the new owner to come into compliance and remove the dwelling to make it within the 10 foot setback requirement? We would not seek to have the new owner remove any existing structures, however we are opposed to allowing additional construction that would be less than the code allowance of 10 feet minimum setback. And, we are opposed to any decision which would allow future construction the right to a reduced setback. Are you able to help us better understand what is being asked for by the new owner of this property? I am traveling outside the country at the time of the Monday July 12th hearing and will not be able to join by zoom to hear/participate, so any advance information you are able to provide is appreciated. Thanks and best regards, Molly Nefkens 650-644-5053 CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 4 D-1/9-LATE BACKUP Wednesday, July 07, 2021 Hi Elaine, Please include these comments in the hearing relating to case# C15-2020-0038: We are the owners of 1403 Possum Trot Street. We are not opposed to the new owners of 1409 Possum Trot creating 2 lots from the current single lot. We understand that the stand alone single dwelling at the back of the property is currently not in compliance with the city’s 10 feet set back regulation, and that this will be overlooked in creating the additional lot. This is not a problem so long as this 5 foot set back is not viewed by owner or city as a precedent which can be perpetuated should construction or renovations take place now or in the future. If this new variance allows the owners to bypass city mandated set back distances in the future for new construction or for renovations, then we do oppose this variance. Sincerely, Molly & Mike Nefkens 650-644-5053 D-1/10-LATE BACKUP