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Gaudette, Angela From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Linda Cangelosi Friday, October 23, 2020 5:04 PM Sadowsky, Steve PAZ Preservation; HLC Agenda item B-1; 602 Highland Ave > ; Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Steve,     Please convey to the HLC my enthusiastic support for the project at 602 Highland Avenue and my request that a  Certificate of Appropriateness be granted without further delay.    As you know, I live 1 street over from this house, a couple of hundred yards away, if that. It has been unoccupied for  over 2, maybe 3 years.  October 26 will be the 4th time the owners, through compensated representatives, will appear  to 'defend' their project, which meets ALL of the design standards of the LHD (except perhaps the location of the  carport, which HP staff wants moved back a few feet).     It is astonishing that a minor addition, entirely compliant (27' back from the front facade, 12' more than required), takes  so much time & money (in redesign, meetings & hearings) to obtain a CoA. The objections I have heard are that a  neighbor doesn't like it and 1 HLC Commissioner says she felt 'misled' over the fact that this 2nd floor addition is  coming before the Commission after the approval of a basement addition, creating "too much mass" in her opinion. Yet  the overall project is entirely within all regulations, including FAR, and the basement addition is NOT VISIBLE from the  street, giving this house the same appearance (& visible "mass") as it had historically, and much less than many other  houses on the street. Isn't this exactly what the HLC should want?    Please grant this Certificate of Appropriateness without delay. 602 Highland is one of 8 houses (at least, on Highland &  Oakland alone) around me which are unoccupied. Empty houses do not make for a safe or convivial neighborhood.  I am  looking forward to having new neighbors ‐‐ please do not hold this up further.    Respectfully,  Linda  ‐‐   Linda Cangelosi 606 Oakland Ave Austin, TX 78703 512/422-5957 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.   1 Gaudette, Angela From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Shad Reynolds < Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:06 AM PAZ Preservation Request to speak at HLC meeting on Monday (602 Highland Ave) 602 Rendering.pdf > Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** RE: 602 Highland Ave, Austin TX 78703  Shad Reynolds     (512) 294‐5716    Additionally, I would also like to submit the attached PDF for the council to consider.    Figure #1: Shows the architect’s rendering of the final project, compared to a photo of the home as it sits today. Figure #2: View of this property from eye level, across the street (with Architect rendering POV called out). Figure #3: Views from the back/north side of the structure. Important to show the scale of this structure. Figure #4: (Poor) rendering of this project from the north/back side. Note: annotations in orange. Thank you, Shad 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.   1 Project: 602 Highland Figure #1: Architect rendering Highlighted area underground Project: 602 Highland Figure #2: View from street Approximate rendering from Approximate rendering from a “normal” perspective. (wide angle, 12-15” off the street) Architect Rendering POV (wide angle, 12-15” off the street) Project: 602 Highland Figure #3: View from north/back side of structure Project: 602 Highland Figure #4: Rendering from back