08 and 09 - NPA-2024-0008.02 and C14-2024-0107 2967 Manor Road Revision; Districts 1 and 9 Public Communication — original pdf

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From: Marty Combs Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 12:28 PM To: Meredith, Maureen <Maureen.Meredith@austintexas.gov> Cc: Tomko, Jonathan <Jonathan.Tomko@austintexas.gov>; Hadri, Cynthia <Cynthia.Hadri@austintexas.gov>; Harden, Joi <Joi.Harden@austintexas.gov>; Thomas, Eric <Eric.Thomas@austintexas.gov>; Walters, Mark <Mark.Walters@austintexas.gov> Subject: Re: Speaker Registration: January 14, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting Importance: High Meredith, RE: Case C14-2024-0107 / NPA-2024-0008.02 Thank you for replying and further clarifying the reason for the zoning change request. I watched the video of last week's meeting with the applicant (https://publicinput.com/a4768) and I concur with the concerns expressed. I strongly prefer amending the City of Austin's TOD designation to accommodate higher density and taller buildings over carving out exceptions on a per-lot basis. I noted a few things not discussed in that meeting: Just because the current property owner is amenable to implementing pedestrian and bike friendly amenities at the street does not mean future property owners will do the same. Unless codified in law, nothing would prevent a future renovation which negatively impacts all the positives of what's in the existing TOD designation. No one discussed what is required to amend the TOD. Is it really so onerous that carving out piecemeal exceptions is the only solution? If removing a lot from the TOD is the only possibility for increasing building height and housing density, why not extract all the lots at the corners of Manor and Airport, keeping all the TOD's requirements for pedestrians and bicyclists and simply increase building height and density of residential units? I would love to see more taller buildings at this intersection. It would increase pressure to walk, bike, or ride the bus over driving. We might also get enough housing density to support more local commercial on the ground floors which serve the community such as a minimart, small hardware, restaurant or cafe. Regards, Marty Combs Grayson Lane (78722)