09 C14-2025-0092 - 2108 and 2110 East 22nd Street; District 1 - Letter of Objection — original pdf

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09 C14-2025-0092 - 2108 and 2110 East 22nd Street; District 1 1 of 4 Catherine and Daniel Tucek Dear Planning Commission: Btackland Neighborhood has always supported growth on the corridors: businesses, restaurants on MLK Jr. Blvd. and Manor Rd. in our Neighborhood Plan. We have and support residential building on E 20th, 21st, 22nd - whether market rate, affordable housing with BCDC's multifamily and SF-3, or condo regimes. and worked with UT to get Grad student residential housing on our west boundary. The lots in question are also zoned residential which Sam Hellman-Mass knew when he purchased it. It's not a "neighborhood benefit" in zoning for us to have: • a commercial office incursion into the housing areas; another restaurant used for 7am-4pm PLUS prep and clean up time before and after AND use for special events in the evenings; Within 7/'0 of a mile - we have 22 other restaurants & bars on Manor Road alone with 7/10 of Este and Bar Toti - not including Sam '.s new restaurant venture in the commercially zoned former Ace Motel. On E. MLK Jr Blvd - Blackland's south boundary - 8 more coffee shops, restaurants and bars. Count them: 32 in Jess than 5 blocks north and south I checked all along MLK to Alexander Street - not one incursion into the interior neighborhood next to residences except apartments and the old United Way). On Manor Road, only apartments and the backyard of the Vortex (fenced off. Just like Enfield in West Austin - everything on the corridors. What I didn't see in West Austin was 32 restaurants/bars/trailers/ ice cream shops on those corridors (not including Lamar to 135}. The planning team said precedent was: an residential apartment complex at Stafford; and the Drenner Group cited to Blackland Neighborhood Association the Blackland Community Development Center's Stewart Conservatory: a single story 1930s' home now zoned MF and about to have affordable Housing tiny homes surrounding it. What we get: • increased traffic all morning/evening plus whenever they want to book private events in the space. I personally believe the new restaurant will be used for frequent evening events. • ore crowded streets and only 8 additional parking spots. The "party room" will compete for the same spaces as Este and Bar Toti. And valet parking - always full - will simply park further into the neighborhood. Trying to have a party on from Thurs-Sun. Evening is impossible - no where for friends to park. • I agree that the park a block away and all our intersections east of Chicon will become more dangerous for pedestrians and children - and vehicle accidents. This is not a "single case" of a new restaurant: they are not the "only" restaurant on Manor and MLK that impacts the neighborhood. 08 NPA-2025-0012.01 - 2108 and 2110 E. 22nd Street; District 14 of 4