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From: To: Subject: Date: Historic Preservation Office Comment for Hearing PR-25-008236 - 4901 Ridge Oak Drive, Austin Tuesday, April 1, 2025 11:18:05 AM You don't often get email from . Learn why this is important External Email - Exercise Caution As a neighbor of this property with a hearing tomorrow (Weds April 2nd), I want to voice support for the new owner to be able to demolish this property and move forward with building a new dwelling. I live three houses down from the property, and while I understand the mission of the preservation society, and for Austin, I feel this property does not qualify and the process should have been started before a seller purchased the property. This property has been in total disrepair since our neighbor Roy (a former UT chemistry professor) moved out several years ago. Nothing has been taken care of, and when the property was being sold, not one person in the neighborhood came forward to speak about it being covered as historical. From my perspective, while there are certainly houses that should be covered by preservation plans, this one does not seem to most neighbors like it should be in the same category as those. In speaking with neighbors surrounding the property, we are all in favor of the plans we've seen for the new dwelling by the new owners. They're planning in building a dwelling that will fit the neighborhood (unlike some of the ones we've seen go up) and it will be a great upgrade to that corner of our street. It also does not seem fair that someone purchases a property, moves forward with millions of dollars and then someone comes out of nowhere stopping the progress once they're ready to get underway. The house as it stands now has been an eyesore, and a place where people have gathered to drink, sit out back and generally not add value to our corner. I do hope my vote is registered on the " approve for removal" side of the vote log . I do not have the letter that some people were submitting, but I wanted to make sure to vote anyway. Appreciate the work your team does, and do look forward to many other houses that do have true historical value being preserved. Elizabeth Whitney Zoller-Hyde 4704 Crestway Drive - corner of Ridge Oak and Crestway Dr 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 at "cybersecurity@austintexas.gov".