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Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT REVIEW SHEET NEIGHORHOOD PLAN: Crestview/Wooten (Crestview) Combined CASE#: NPA-2021-0017.02 DATE FILED: March 12, 2021 (In-cycle, with winter storm two-week extension) PROJECT NAME: Stobaugh Residential PC DATE: July 13, 2021 ADDRESS/ES: DISTRICT AREA: 7 SITE AREA: 1 acre OWNER/APPLICANT: Blue Pig, LLC for 901 Stobaugh St. / Northgate Development, 901 & 907 Stobaugh St. LLC for 907 Stobaugh St. AGENT: Thrower Design (Ron Thrower and Victoria Haase) CASE MANAGER: Maureen Meredith, Housing and Planning Dept. PHONE: (512) 974-2695 STAFF EMAIL: Maureen.meredith@austintexas.gov TYPE OF AMENDMENT: Change in Future Land Use Designation To: Multifamily From: Single Family Base District Zoning Change Related Zoning Case: C14-2021-0055 From: SF-3-NP To: MF-4-NP NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN ADOPTION DATE: April 1, 2004 PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: July 13, 2021 – (Action pending) 1 1 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the applicant’s request for Multifamily land use. BASIS FOR STAFF’S RECOMMENDATION: The property is located on the south side of Stobaugh Street approximately 400 feet west of the main traffic lanes (~300 feet from frontage road) of North Lamar Blvd, which is identified as an activity corridor on the Imagine Austin Growth Concept map where increased density is supported. The existing land use is Single family and the proposed land use is Multifamily. Mixed Use land use is on adjacent property to the north and east side of the subject tract. Single family and multifamily land use is on adjacent property to the south and single family land is on adjacent property to the west. The applicant’s request for Multifamily land use will provide a buffer between the auto body shop commercial use directly to the east of the property and the single family uses to the west. The property is near public transit facilities and within walking distance to commercial uses. Adding additional dwelling units in this location is appropriate. The Crestview Neighborhood Plan document recommends that existing single family areas retain the SF-3 zoning, however, given the need for housing in Austin, transitioning these two lots to multifamily will provide an opportunity to increase housing options in the planning area and the city. 2 2 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 Subject tracts location near Project Connect proposed light rail Orange and Blue lines LAND USE DESCRIPTIONS EXISTING LAND USE ON THE PROPERTY Single family - Detached or two family residential uses at typical urban and/or suburban densities. Purpose 1. Preserve the land use pattern and future viability of existing neighborhoods; 2. Encourage new infill development that continues existing neighborhood patterns of development; and 3 3 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 3. Protect residential neighborhoods from incompatible business or industry and the loss of existing housing. Application 1. Existing single‐family areas should generally be designated as single family to preserve established neighborhoods; and 2. May include small lot options (Cottage, Urban Home, Small Lot Single Family) and two‐family residential options (Duplex, Secondary Apartment, Single Family Attached, Two‐Family Residential) in areas considered appropriate for this type of infill development. PROPOSED LAND USE ON THE PROPERTY Multifamily Residential - Higher-density housing with 3 or more units on one lot. 1. Preserve existing multifamily and affordable housing; 2. Maintain and create affordable, safe, and well-managed rental housing; and 3. Make it possible for existing residents, both homeowners and renters, to continue to live in their neighborhoods. 4. Applied to existing or proposed mobile home parks. Purpose Application 1. Existing apartments should be designated as multifamily unless designated as mixed use; 2. Existing multifamily-zoned land should not be recommended for a less intense land use category, unless based on sound planning principles; and 3. Changing other land uses to multifamily should be encouraged on a case-by-case basis. IMAGINE AUSTIN PLANNING PRINCIPLES 1. Create complete neighborhoods across Austin that provide a mix of housing types to suit a variety of household needs and incomes, offer a variety of transportation options, and have easy access to daily needs such as schools, retail, employment, community services, and parks and other recreation options. • The proposed multifamily development will provide a mix of housing types to meet various needs and incomes of Austin residents and to people in the 4 4 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 planning area. The property is near public transportation facilities, public parks and numerous businesses along North Lamar Blvd and Anderson Lane. 2. Support the development of compact and connected activity centers and corridors that are well-served by public transit and designed to promote walking and bicycling as a way of reducing household expenditures for housing and transportation. • The property is located within walking and biking distances to public transportation and numerous businesses along North Lamar Blvd and Anderson Lane. 3. Protect neighborhood character by ensuring context-sensitive development and directing more intensive development to activity centers and corridors, redevelopment, and infill sites. • The property is located approximately 300 feet west of North Lamar Blvd frontage road and approximately 400 feet from the main lanes of North Lamar Blvd which is identified as an activity corridor on the Imagine Austin Growth Concept Map. The property is also located approximately 0.25 miles south of Anderson Lane, which is also identified as an activity corridor. 4. Expand the number and variety of housing choices throughout Austin to meet the financial and lifestyle needs of our diverse population. • The proposed multifamily development would increase the number and variety of housing choices in Austin and the planning area. 5. Ensure harmonious transitions between adjacent land uses and development intensities. • The applicant’s request to change the land use on the future land use map to Multifamily is appropriate in this location because it provide a buffer between the commercial zoning and land uses to the east of the property along North Lamar Blvd and to the single family zoning and land uses to the west. 6. Protect Austin’s natural resources and environmental systems by limiting land use and transportation development over environmentally sensitive areas and preserve open space and protect the function of the resource. • The property is located within the Desired Development Zone. 7. Integrate and expand green infrastructure—preserves and parks, community gardens, trails, stream corridors, green streets, greenways, and the trails system—into the urban environment and transportation network. • The property is approximately 0.75 miles from Wooten Neighborhood Park located northwest of the property and is approximately 0.85 miles from T.A. Brown Neighborhood Park to the east across North Lamar Blvd. 8. Protect, preserve and promote historically and culturally significant areas. • To staff’s knowledge there is no historic or cultural significance to this property. 9. Encourage active and healthy lifestyles by promoting walking and biking, healthy food choices, access to affordable healthcare, and to recreational opportunities. 5 5 of 53B-11 • The property is located within a walkable and bikeable environment close to businesses located along North Lamar Blvd. Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 10. Expand the economic base, create job opportunities, and promote education to support a strong and adaptable workforce. • The proposed multifamily development could provide a limited number of jobs. 11. Sustain and grow Austin’s live music, festivals, theater, film, digital media, and new creative art forms. • The proposed multifamily residential development is not directly related to Austin’s live music, festivals, etc. 12. Provide public facilities and services that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, decrease water and energy usage, increase waste diversion, ensure the health and safety of the public, and support compact, connected, and complete communities. • Not applicable because the proposed development is multifamily residential and not a public facility. Proximity to Imagine Austin Activity Center and Activity Corridor 6 6 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 Proximity to Park Facilities 7 7 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 Proximity to Public Transportation 8 8 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 IMAGINE AUSTIN GROWTH CONCEPT MAP Definitions Neighborhood Centers - The smallest and least intense of the three mixed-use centers are neighborhood centers. As with the regional and town centers, neighborhood centers are walkable, bikable, and supported by transit. The greatest density of people and activities in neighborhood centers will likely be concentrated on several blocks or around one or two intersections. However, depending on localized conditions, different neighborhood centers can be very different places. If a neighborhood center is designated on an existing commercial area, such as a shopping center or mall, it could represent redevelopment or the addition of housing. A new neighborhood center may be focused on a dense, mixed-use core surrounded by a mix of housing. In other instances, new or redevelopment may occur incrementally and concentrate people and activities along several blocks or around one or two intersections. Neighborhood centers will be more locally focused than either a regional or a town center. Businesses and services—grocery and department stores, doctors and dentists, shops, branch libraries, dry cleaners, hair salons, schools, restaurants, and other small and local businesses—will generally serve the center and surrounding neighborhoods. Town Centers - Although less intense than regional centers, town centers are also where many people will live and work. Town centers will have large and small employers, although fewer than in regional centers. These employers will have regional customer and employee bases, and provide goods and services for the center as well as the surrounding areas. The buildings found in a town center will range in size from one-to three-story houses, duplexes, townhouses, and rowhouses, to low-to midrise apartments, mixed use buildings, and office buildings. These centers will also be important hubs in the transit system. Job Centers - Job centers accommodate those businesses not well-suited for residential or environmentally- sensitive areas. These centers take advantage of existing transportation infrastructure such as arterial roadways, freeways, or the Austin-Bergstrom International airport. Job centers will mostly contain office parks, manufacturing, warehouses, logistics, and other businesses with similar demands and operating characteristics. They should nevertheless become more pedestrian and bicycle friendly, in part by better accommodating services for the people who work in those centers. While many of these centers are currently best served by car, the growth Concept map offers transportation choices such as light rail and bus rapid transit to increase commuter options. Corridors - Activity corridors have a dual nature. They are the connections that link activity centers and other key destinations to one another and allow people to travel throughout the city and region by bicycle, transit, or automobile. Corridors are also characterized by a variety of activities and types of buildings located along the roadway — shopping, restaurants and cafés, parks, schools, single-family houses, apartments, public buildings, houses of worship, mixed-use buildings, and offices. Along many corridors, there will be both large and small redevelopment sites. These redevelopment opportunities may be continuous along stretches of the corridor. There may also be a series of small neighborhood 9 9 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 centers, connected by the roadway. Other corridors may have fewer redevelopment opportunities, but already have a mixture of uses, and could provide critical transportation connections. As a corridor evolves, sites that do not redevelop may transition from one use to another, such as a service station becoming a restaurant or a large retail space being divided into several storefronts. To improve mobility along an activity corridor, new and redevelopment should reduce per capita car use and increase walking, bicycling, and transit use. Intensity of land use should correspond to the availability of quality transit, public space, and walkable destinations. Site design should use building arrangement and open space to reduce walking distance to transit and destinations, achieve safety and comfort, and draw people outdoors. BACKGROUND: The plan amendment application was filed on March 12, 2021. Normally the open filing period for neighborhood plan amendment applications filed within planning areas with City Council approved neighborhood plans located on the west side of I.H.-35 would be the month of February, but due to the winter storm and the subsequent disruption of public utilities in some areas of the city, staff extended the open filing period by two weeks until March 12, 2021. The applicant proposes to change the land use on the future land use map from Single Family to Multifamily land use. The applicant proposes to change the zoning on the property from SF-3-NP (Family Residence district- Neighborhood Plan) to MF-4-NP (Multifamily Residence Moderate-High Density district- Neighborhood Plan) for a multifamily residential development. For more information on the proposed zoning request, please see case report C14-2021-0055. PUBLIC MEETINGS: The ordinance-required community meeting was virtually held on April 19, 2021. The recorded community meeting can be found at https://www.speakupaustin.org/npa. Approximately 174 meeting notices were mailed to people who own property or have a utility account within 500 feet of the property in addition to neighborhood groups and environmental organizations who requested notification for the area through the City’s Community Registry. Two city staff members attended the meeting; in addition to Victoria Haase and Ron Thrower, the applicant’s agents, and three people from the neighborhood. After city staff gave a brief presentation outlining the applicant’s plan amendment and zoning change request, Victoria Haase, agent for the property owner, gave a presentation with the following information. Her presentation is at the back of this report. • The application includes two tract, 901 & 907 Stobaugh Street. • The current future land use designation is Single Family, shown in yellow. The proposed land use is Multifamily, shown in orange. • We are requesting to change the zoning from SF-3-NP to MF-4-NP. 10 10 of 53B-11 • The property is across the street from CS-CO-NP zoned property, which is a shopping Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 center. • To the east is a body shop that is zoned CS-MU-V-CO-NP. • 901 and 907 Stobaugh Street are about 300 feet away from the Imagine Austin Activity Corridor, North Lamar Boulevard. We’re asking to place a little more density on these two tracks from what exists now. • Over time you can see from the map that there is a transitional buffer between the yellow area to the west and the red area along N. Lamar Boulevard. That buffer consists of multifamily tracts that are zoned multifamily. So we are basically asking to just complete this transitional buffer that has started and will continue over time to provide the interior of the neighborhood protection with this multifamily buffer. • This is also a place where we would like to add more housing because it’s close to the activity corridor where people have access to transit options and have places to walk where you do not need a vehicle. • We are here tonight to listen to your concerns and are willing to have any follow up meeting with you. After Ms. Haase’s presentation, the following questions were asked and comments made: Q: Is 52 dwelling units from two dwelling units “a little” density? A: With the current zoning of SF-3-NP you could get up to 14 dwelling units, but that does not take into consideration drive aisles, water quality detention ponds, for example, so realistically it may be less than 14 single family homes. Under MF-4-NP, you can get up to 36 two-bedroom units, but again, that does not take into consider drive isles, water quality detention ponds and the compatibility standards that would apply, so with those elements added to the development the actual numbers will be lower. Q: Is it really 300 feet, because it’s a mile, not a half-mile to the Crestview Station which is a lie in their letter. A: If you measure the northeast corner of 907 Stobaugh Street out to North Lamar Blvd it measures at about 300 feet from North Lamar Blvd which is an activity corridor. Q: I’m concerned about parking, the reality of it, not the mass transit-biased vision. When were the street photos taken? The photos of Stobaugh must have been taken early morning on a weekend because, today for example, there are often upwards of fifty cars parked along that stretch of road. A: Staff response: The photos of the street from the staff presentation was taken from Google Maps. I don’t know when those photos were captured taken by Google. Victoria Haase: I visited the property and took pictures of Stobaugh Street sometime between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. around lunch hour. I took some photos and there were no cars parked on the street during that time. I’m happy to share those photos with anyone who would like to see them. About parking, the development will have to provide parking that the city requires. The parking will be on-site and not on the street. 11 11 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 Q: There is no traffic impact analysis, NPZ connectivity or urban design plan has been done, right? A: This development is not large enough to trigger a full traffic impact analysis. This is a small development in terms of traffic impact analysis which is triggered when the development generates 2000 or more daily vehicular trips. MF-4 zoning generates up to 220 daily vehicular trips on an acre, so that is below the 2000 daily vehicular trips. The other Code requirement is that the development might trigger a Neighborhood Traffic Analysis, but I believe the development would have to generate 300 daily vehicular trips, but I don’t think the development will even trigger this, so no, a TIA has not been done. Q: Over time as development happens piece-meal which may not trigger a TIA for development, in the aggregate the developments will create a dangerous situation for pedestrians and children. Can I ask for a TIA to be done through our City Council Member, Leslie Pool? A: In the past the City would add a conditional overlay limiting properties to 2000 daily vehicular trips. I can’t tell you where that number came from. The TIA form is included with the zoning application which is submitted to Austin Transportation Department (ATD) to make a determination of how many vehicular trips will be generated. If the applicant doesn’t know how many units will be built, ATD will look at what the maximum number of units could be built with the proposed zoning. Once a development gets to the site plan stage, there is a more realistic idea of how many dwelling units can be achieved and ATD will provide another review of the traffic impact. Q: I’m not opposed to density; I just want to know how many on-site parking spots per domicile will be proposed? There is so much pressure from two neighboring businesses, the rent-a-car store where they park cars and from and the Continental Collision where employees park. They even park over on Taulbee Street, too. A: The City Code requires a ratio of two parking spaces per unit. If the property is within the Urban Core, which this property is, the City will give a 20% reduction in the number of parking spaces that would normally be required. It’s hard to know exactly how many spaces will be provided because there are 25-foot set-backs triggered by Compatibility Standards. We will have to provide water quality detention ponds, and open space, so once all this is factored in you won’t know exactly how many parking spaces will be provided. We don’t have a conceptual site plan at this point, we’re just trying to get the zoning. Once we achieve the zoning, then the clients will look at what can realistically be achieved, the engineers will get involved and they will look at how the site flows, the topography of the property and where the water quality detention ponds will go. It’s a very expensive process. Q: What is your plan to address the power outage? You’re talking about putting a strain on an already strained system. Your application is not proposing any S.M.A.R.T. Housing, no green incentives, nothing to prevent further strain on an already compromised grid. What is the percentage of impervious cover is proposed? We are in a 100-year flood plain, but storms happen all the time. A: We haven’t gotten far enough along in the development of the project to know what kind of sustainability green practices the development will include, so I don’t have an answer for you, but we can have discussions on our end and get more information to you. 12 12 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 Q: There are six zoning options between SF-3 and MF-4, right? A: Yes, there are several zoning districts between SF-3 and MF-4, which is correct. Q: Will the units be rented or owner-occupied? The renter-occupied units are up to 20% in this Council District, so you are changing the character of the neighborhood such that homeowners will no longer want to live here. You’re not stopping sprawl; you’re just pushing people who can afford to move out to the suburbs. If these are going to be rentals, I look around my neighborhood and see people who don’t take care of their yards, who don’t care if the sprinklers run and waste our water all day. It bothers me that our precious resources are going to waste for people who really should be living in apartments, who really don’t know what it takes to be a homeowner. Not to mention our property values. God forbid there was a shooting at some point. You don’t know if you’re going to have long-term residents, so you are kind of degrading the neighborhood. A: We may have to agree to disagree. I believe strongly that creating a more sustainable city that serves more people means placing density in appropriate places so someday we will have the density to support mass transit that everyone will use and enjoy, which won’t happen overnight. For property taxes concerns, you could have new single-family homes that costs up to $1,000,000 each, or you could have more units that costs less so people could afford to live there. Q: I feel the process was a bit dishonest. The term Single Family to Multifamily. Multifamily is what you expect to become a duplex which has been done throughout the neighborhood, but in the second letter you find out that it could up to 54 units, which is different. I think the terminology the city uses is dishonest. I don’t think people would know that multifamily could be an apartment. When I talked to staff they suggested I give the applicant a preview of my thoughts prior to this meeting when the applicant hasn’t put too much together for us to consider. It makes me wonder how much the city staff is working with the developer. A: Staff’s response: There are two applications filed on the properties, a plan amendment application, and a zoning change application. One Notice of Filing was for the plan amendment application which is the request to change the land use from Single Family to Multifamily, which provided a broad definition of Multifamily land use. The second notice you received was for the zoning change application which is a request from SF-3-NP to MF- 4-NP, which then provided more details on the proposed zoning request of MF-4-NP. There are two separate applications so that is why you received two separate notices. If people who received the notices needed further clarification, each notice has staff contact information so they could contact staff us. When we talked on the phone, my memory was you were asking for more information on what the applicant was proposing to build and I said I can only provide you with the information they submitted with their applications, so I suggested you call them. Note from Maureen Meredith: When I spoke to this person on the phone I offered her the opportunity to send questions to the applicant prior to the community meeting so the applicant could have answers for her at the meeting. This is not an uncommon practice, especially for technical questions participants might have that might cause a delay in getting answers to questions that the applicant will need to look up and/or calculate. 13 13 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 Q: I want to verify with this application that we're going from the current two dwelling units to possibly 54 dwelling units and that we're going from allowable heights of 35 feet to 60 feet and we're going from current 45% impervious cover level to a 70% impervious cover level. Is this correct? A: I know we are not going to put 54 efficiency units on this one acre of land, that is not our client’s desire. The spreadsheet that shows this number does not take into consideration the need to provide land for water quality detention ponds, parking aisles, land for compatibility standards and area for parking. The compatibility standards will require the building to step back at least 25 feet from the west from any property line with a single-family zoning or use. And then the building after that 25-foot setback is limited to two-stories in height, which is the same height limitation of the single-family homes. MF-4 allows up to 60 feet in height but these two tracts are not big enough to achieve 60 feet in height, the most they could achieve would be closer to 45 feet on the most eastern side of the property adjacent to the body shop. Q: People sometimes have multiple dogs will there be open space for them, and will you put in the actual numbers of dwelling units you are asking for in writing? A: Some open space will be required but we don’t know how much at this time. Also, we don’t know the actual number of dwelling units yet. The actual number of units is determined once you get to the site planning process when you bring in an engineer to look at specific details. We’re not in the site planning process yet, we’re just asking for the zoning. Comments: • • Apparently less than 4% of the population in District 7 takes public transportation. I think it’s important to provide two parking spaces. People are walking with their children and their pets. There is garbage, recycling, and compost. It’s very dangerous, especially with the businesses on the end of the street adding extra strain. I really wish a traffic impact analysis could be done given all the new domiciles being added to this part of Crestview, auto and pedestrian conflicts are my concerns more than anything else. I’m not against property tax values, I’m a product of public schools and I’m happy to pay my taxes. I’ll probably be moving out and renting my home or sell it to a developer based on how things go. You want more people but at some point you lose the value of a single-family neighborhood, which is what I bought my home for. Code Next was soundly rejected, what the applicant’s agent wants is not necessarily what the people in the city of Austin want. • • You’re essentially offering nothing to the neighborhood. I feel very frustrated by this process and I will protest to my Council Member. CITY COUNCIL DATE: August 26, 2021 ACTION: 14 14 of 53B-11 Applicant Summary Letter Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 15 15 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 16 16 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 Letter of Recommendation from the Neighborhood Plan Contact Team (NPCT) From: Chip Harris Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2021 10:52 AM To: Meredith, Maureen <Maureen.Meredith@austintexas.gov>; mglavigne@gmail.com Cc: Graham, Mark <Mark.Graham@austintexas.gov> Subject: Re: Crestview NPCT Rec? - 901 & 907 Stobaugh St *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Thank you Maureen! Chip From: Meredith, Maureen <Maureen.Meredith@austintexas.gov> Sent: Thursday, July 1, 2021 9:07 AM To: austinchip@<austinchip@; mglavigne <mglavigne@ Cc: Graham, Mark <Mark.Graham@austintexas.gov> Subject: Crestview NPCT Rec? - 901 & 907 Stobaugh St Crestview NPCT: Cases NPA-2021-0017.02 and C14-2021-0055 the plan amendment and zoning change applications for 901 & 907 Stobaugh Street are scheduled for the July 13 PC hearing date. If you’d like your team’s letter of recommendation added to the staff case reports, please send it to me and Mark Graham no later than Tuesday, July 6 at 4:30 pm which when our reports are due. If we get the letter after that date and time, it will not be in the staff reports but we will submit it as late back-up to the Planning Commission. Thanks. Maureen Maureen Meredith, Senior Planner City of Austin, Housing & Planning Dept. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1088 Austin, Texas 78767 Phone: (512) 974-2695 Maureen.meredith@austintexas.gov 17 17 of 53B-11Letter of Recommendation from Neighborhood Association(s) Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 18 18 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 19 19 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 20 20 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 21 21 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 22 22 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 23 23 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 24 24 of 53B-11 Applicant’s Presentation at the April 19, 2021 Virtual Community Meeting Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 25 25 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 Correspondence Received 26 26 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 27 27 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 28 28 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 29 29 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 30 30 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 31 31 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 32 32 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 33 33 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 34 34 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 35 35 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 36 36 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 37 37 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 38 38 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 For information on the status of the zoning petition, see zoning case report C14-2021-0055 From: Helen Kelley Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2021 1:03 PM To: Graham, Mark <Mark.Graham@austintexas.gov>; Meredith, Maureen <Maureen.Meredith@austintexas.gov> Subject: C14-2021-0055 Petition *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Mr. Graham and Ms. Meredith, Please see attached petition regarding 901 and 907 Stobaugh St. A hard copy of the petition will be mailed by certified mail this week to the Zoning and Planning Department. If you would also be so kind as to include the following graphics in your staff report as it independently supports our contention that traffic in the area is a major safety concern, I would appreciate it. Sincerely, Helen Kelley-Bass "Austin Transportation's Vision Zero team developed separate modal High-Injury Networks for motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians looking at moderate, severe, and fatal injury crashes. A separate motor vehicle HIN was developed by looking exclusively at severe and fatal injuries. These separate modal networks were then combined into a single, multimodal High Injury Network. Austin’s Combined HIN includes just 8% of the city’s street network but contains nearly 70% of all serious injury or fatal crashes for all modes (2013-2017)." 39 39 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 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. 40 40 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 41 41 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 42 42 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 43 43 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 44 44 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 45 45 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 46 46 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 47 47 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 From: Amy Olsen Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 8:41 AM To: Meredith, Maureen <Maureen.Meredith@austintexas.gov> Subject: 901 & 907 Stobaugh Zoning *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Ms. Meredith, Please see below as my protest against the zoning designation of 901 and 907 Stobaugh. Let me know if you have any questions. We have 4 children living in our complex, this would completely change the safety of our street and neighborhood. Thank you, Amy Olsen 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. 48 48 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 From: Helen Kelley Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 10:13 PM To: Meredith, Maureen <Maureen.Meredith@austintexas.gov> Subject: Re: Automatic reply: Stobaugh neighborhood response *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** A picture is worth a thousand words. . 49 49 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 50 50 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 17 cars on Stobaugh near Lamar during lunch time. Derelict Taulbee apartments that were never aesthetically appealing. Overflow parking on Watson and Taulbee from park activities on Morrow street taken after work. 51 51 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 From: David Dixon Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 7:15 AM To: Meredith, Maureen <Maureen.Meredith@austintexas.gov> Subject: Opposition to 901 & 907 Stobaugh rezoning 52 52 of 53B-11Planning Commission: July 13, 2021 From: Don Shepard Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2021 8:43 AM To: Meredith, Maureen <Maureen.Meredith@austintexas.gov>; Graham, Mark <Mark.Graham@austintexas.gov> Cc: Chip Harris Thomas Ross Lisa Shepard Subject: I Object to Both the Proposed Crestview/Wooten Neighborhood Plan Amendment and The Rezoning Cases at 901 and 907 Stobaugh St. *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Ms. Meredith and Mt Graham (& neighborhood folks ccd): Please confirm receipt of the attached PDF of the scans of my written objections to Case Number C14-2021-0055 and NPA-2021-0017.02 on July 4, 2021. The proposed development is preposterous, changing occupancy, in effect, from one single domicile on each of two large lots, into 54 potential units on a single lot combined from the two original parcels. Stobaugh is already overwhelmed with commercial auto parking from adjacent auto businesses including Continental Collision and Hertz rental car, and is often unnavigable as it is. Fifty-four two bedroom domiciles, with likely roommate parking factored into future occupancy, will spill at least fifty extra parked autos onto Stobaugh and throughout Eastern Crestview neighborhood. Walkability, traffic navigation, noise effects (commercial dumpsters would be required), and quality of life will all be adversely affected by such an out of neighborhood character plan amendment and zoning change. Our sewer and water systems in Crestview will be overwhelmed, even with the two-year public works upgrades currently underway from Morrow to Stobaugh, N. Lamar to Tisdale and including Watson and Taulbee Lane. Our power grid extensions have also been demonstrated to be easily overwhelmed, we were especially adversely affected by the recent winter storm. In sum, if the planning commission and city council approve these two planning and zoning changes, you will not be solving problems such as housing shortages, you will be exacerbating problems with which Crestview already is burdened by and creating new quality of life conflicts as well. Regards, Don Shepard 7700 N. Lamar Austin, Texas 78752 53 53 of 53B-11