08 NPA-2025-0008.01 - 2406 Rosewood Ave and 09 C14-2025-0049 - 1169 Hargrave Street; District 1 - Opposition Letter — original pdf

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August 25, 2025 Planning Commission City of Austin Dear Planning Commission Members, This letter is regarding two rezoning cases for the same property: NPA-2025-0008.01 and C14- 2025-0049. These are for the Austin Can Academy property in District 1 on the block between Hargrave Street on the west, Rosewood Street on the south, Bedford Street on the east, and Sol Wilson Street on the north. I live at the corner of Bedford and Sol Wilson Streets in a single-family house that I purchased in 2009. My house faces the Austin Can Academy. I am opposed to their rezoning this property as mixed-use commercial. The Austin Can Academy owns and has been occupying an old public school building. They closed this spring and are going fully remote. They are trying to rezone the property so it can be sold for more money for commercial mixed-use redevelopment. It is my understanding that the current zoning was approved by the Rosewood Neighborhood Contact Team, and these proposed changes have not been. I'm okay with residential units being built across the street from my house, but a commercial mixed-use development is not an appropriate neighbor. Please deny (1) rezoning the part of the property that faces the Sol Wilson and Bedford from Residential to Commercial Mixed Use (case C14-2025-0049) and (2) rezoning the entire property from Civic to Mixed Use (case NPA-2025-0008.01). Thank you, Kim Barker 1170 Bedford Street 08 NPA-2025-0008.01 - 2406 Rosewood Ave; District 1 and 09 C14-2025-0049 - 1169 Hargrave Street; District 11 of 1