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From: To: Subject: Date: Jane Stanley HPD Preservation Demolition 2200 W 9th St Wednesday, April 3, 2024 1:59:10 PM [You don't often get email from https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] com. Learn why this is important at External Email - Exercise Caution I will try to make meeting at 6, but I’ll have to walk…. I am concerned that y’all are tearing down this old asbestos-ridden house so you can put in - what? You’ve got a sinkhole in the back that levels out to join the gutter water that becomes Johnson Creek across the street on Meriden (this house is at the intersection of 9th/Meriden Ln). So that whole back area is affected in a weakened way by the much heavier rains that climate change dumps on us once or twice a year. Also, where the water runs to the creek across Meriden and near or about at the guard rail, there is BIG drop-off hole that didn’t used to be there… what if another rain is so heavy that Meriden Lane road sinks and breaks or that infrastructure placed near the weakened area behind 2200 fractures and drops down to the level of ground this hole leads to? I tried to take pictures of the hole by the guard rail on Meriden, but a stubborn patch of poison ivy has become profuse there. You have decades of drought and climate change and neglect by the previous owner who lived in Michigan, and the city of Austin, and NOW you want to stack housing up next to a serious environmental problem??? Please, this is not the answer. Who can you forward this to who can inspect and help end this nonsense? About a year ago I made a mental note not to drive down Meriden in the dark at or after heavy rain. That road might not be there, fair warning. Thanks. Jane Stanley 2201 W 9th St 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 or forward to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.