B-13 (Ms. Roya Correspondence) — original pdf

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Roya Johnson – Page 1 I have lived in West Austin since 1972, My love of West Austin started when I walked from Hartford Road every day to attend UT when living with family on Hartford Road. As real estate broker for last 35 years I have sold house almost in every street in West Austin, so this is coming from experience and deep love for one the best close in neighborhoods in Austin. Destroying it will be like taking the heart from soul of West Austin. There are many reasons to reject this re-zoning request because of the limited time I have highlighted only three of many reasons below. 1: Historical nature of two neighborhoods Surrounding 1509 Enfield Road is one the most important and precious history West Austin especially Austin’s black history. Enfield Road located in the heart of these historical neighborhoods. Please see the map, these historical neighborhoods, the neighborhoods surrounding this portion of Enfield are part of history of Austin. These are the type of neighborhoods make Austin special place. I want to stop destroying them. Please read more at http://www.clarksvillecdc.org/. We need to stop converting every neighborhood to offices and expensive condo projects. Below is little history about this small section of West Austin essence of Austin from Wikipedia: CLarksville Following emancipation at end of the Civil War, Texas Governor Pease sold and gave some of his plantation land to his freed black slaves. In 1871 this neighboring area came to be known as Clarksville and was legally set apart from the other areas of town specifically for the freed black slaves. It was called Clarksville because Charles (Griffin) Clark, a land developer with an eye to reselling to the newly freed slaves, purchased a 365-acre (1.48 km2)tract of land from former slaves where he founded the town of Clarksville, less than one-half mile from Woodlawn.[7] Other important West Austin developments during the 1870s included the establishment of the International and Great Northern Railroad, which defines the historic district's western boundary, and the establishment of Pease Park, which define the district's eastern boundary. The land was donated to the city by the Pease family. Shoal Creek is the centerpiece of Pease Park. The waterway attracted recreational use as early as the mid-nineteenth century. Old Enfield The oldest and southernmost neighborhood in the historic district is Old Enfield. Its approximate boundaries are Windsor Road on the north, Pease Park on the east, 13th Street to the south, and the Mo-Pac Expressway on the west. Originally part of the Pease family's plantation just west of Austin, the neighborhood was subdivided in 1910 by the Enfield Realty and Home Building Company. Old Enfield is home to many of the oldest colonial style-homes in Austin, including Woodlawn which was built by Texas Governor's Mansion architect Abner Cook. Additionally, Old Enfield encompasses several additions platted between 1914 and 1948. Two later additions were platted on the west side of the historic district after 1948. The plan for Old Enfield is largely intact incorporating several small island parks along curvilinear streets at the edge of Pease Park. Roya Johnson Page 2 2: The applicants keep brining zoning of 1501 to local neighborhood office as reason you should grand them same zoning. Zoning of 1501 Enfield was exchange for preserving the historical house which exited on it and owner granted that she would keep and restored it, also allowing that zoning change was in exchange for downgrading the zoning of 1503 Enfield Road to residential lot. The goal was to prevent someone to combine 1503 and 1501 Enfield to build large project. With new zoning maximum units can be built on 1503 is 3 residential units. Please see Ordinance No. 020926-26 attached regarding downgrading 1503 from local office to residential zoning. You might watch the city Council hearing concerning zoning exchange of these two projects to see what was promised for exchange.  https://austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/10052011‐682. Plus Gottesmans family who owns the 1501  Enfield have been part of West Austin for many years and have restored many old homes in West  Austin just like the one on 1501 Enfield.  3: Traffic on Enfield is already very heavy. Enfield is used to carry traffic load from Westalke via Red Bud Trail, South and North Bond traffic from south and north neighborhoods in Austin via Mopac to UT, hospitals and IH35. Most the time if we try to exit our historical neighborhood between 7-9 AM or 4-8 PM is almost impossible. We do not need more traffic and cars going through Enfield Road, Also This part of Enfield is used for many local events like Capital 10 etc. We need to keep it the way it is. Please see map showing traffic follow through Enfield Road. Please save two of our precious historical neighborhoods in Austin. Do not destroy it so a builder can move his office From HWY 71 to our residential neighborhood. Please deny this zoning and save the history and soul of our city. Thank you, Roya Johnson   ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE REZONING AND CHANGING THE ZONING MAP FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1503 ENFIELD ROAD P4 THE OLD WEST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AREA FROM NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE- CONDITIONAL (NO-CO-NP) COMBINING DISTRICT TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCE MEDIUM DENSITY- CONDITIONAL (MF-3-CO-NP) COMBINING DISTRICT. OVERLAY-NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY-NEIGHBORHOOD aPLAN PLAN BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: PART 1. The zoning map established by Section 25-2-191 of the City Code is amendea to change the base district from neighborhood office-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (NO-CO-NP) combining district to multifamily residence medium density-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (MF-3-CO-NP) combining district on the property described in Zoning Case No. Cl4-2010-0l12, on file at the Planning and Development Review Department, as follows: g 1 Lot 46, Enfield B Subdivision, a subdivision in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, according to the map or plat of record in Plat Book 3, Page 75, of the Plat Records of Travis County, Texas (the “Property”), locally known as 1503 Enfield Road, in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and generally identified in the map attached as Exhibit “A”. PART 2. Except as specifically provided in Part 3 and Part 4 of this ordinance, the Property may be developed and used in accordance with the regulations established for the multifamily residence medium density (MF-3) base district, and other applicable requirements of the City Code. PART 3. The Property within the boundaries of the conditional overlay combining district established by this ordinance is subject to the following conditions: issued, A site plan or building permit for the Property may not be approved, released, if the completed development or uses of the Property, considered or cumulatively with all existing or previously authorized development and uses, generate traffic that exceeds 2,000 trips per day. i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ii 12 13 14 is 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Draft: 912912010 Page 1 of 2 COA Law Department ____________________,2010 ________________ATTEST: _______________ PART 4. The Property is subject to Ordinance No. 020926-26 that established the Old West Austin neighborhood plan combining district. PART 5. This ordinance takes effect on 2010. PASSED AND APPROVED § § § Lee Leffingwell Mayor APPROVED: Karen M. Kennard Acting City Attorney Shirley A. Gentry City Clerk i 3 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Draft: 9/29/20 10 Page 2 of 2 COA Law Department - a 0 I s?-062 t p r ; t_____I SF.FC.Nr ‘N k N N I///ISUBJECTTRACT A PENDING CASE — _ZONING BOUNDARY 1 400 ZONING EV/”,&i / ZONING CASE#: LOCATION: SUBJECTAREA: GRID: MANAGER: C14-20i0-0112 1503 ENFIELD RD 0.339 ACRES H23 CLARK PATTERSON This map has been produced by the Communications Technology Management Dept. on behalf of the Planning Development Review Dept. for the sole purpose of geographic reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness. 1509 Eneld Rd All trac following through Eneld Rd from south/north MoPac and westalke  to UT and IH35  is already huge 6/22/20201509 Enfield Rd - Google Mapshttps://www.google.com/maps/place/1509+Enfield+Rd,+Austin,+TX+78703/@30.2800408,-97.7578448,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8644b56ec0ae062b:0xc324c8ee734c7384!8m2!3d30.2822763!4d-97.7…1/1Map data ©2020 Google2000 ft