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From: Tamsen Reed < Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2022 12:57 PM To: Chaffin, Heather <Heather.Chaffin@austintexas.gov> Subject: C14-2021-0141 Agave Annex: District 1 Dear Heather, Speaking publicly at the Zoning and Platting Meeting for Tuesday May 17, 2022 on the above topic appears to be limited by time, but as a resident of Annette Cove the Agave street most impacted if this re-zoning measure was to pass would like to have my voice heard. I understand the traffic survey reported a 780% traffic increase to Annette Cove. This may be a relative number to the zoning committee, but by what standard is this number acceptable to the people who live on a relatively quiet street off a busy main road - Sendero Hills Parkway. How would any of you feel if you did not work for the City and in zoning and was told your once quiet street was about to become a main thoroughfare access to a new neighborhood development? Annette Cove as a cul-de-sac understandably and currently has resident, visitor, and construction traffic. The construction traffic has certainly been disturbing -- as I listen to it right now-- but there are lots available and in development that exist so this is what we must live through until completed. That is manageable. This re-zoning is not. Not for Annette Cove residents and not for the Rogers Lane residents. Have any of you traveled Rogers Lane? It is rather obvious that Sendero Hills to Annette would be the preferred drive in and drive out. What can we anticipate however in the future if this re-zone was to pass? MORE construction traffic, dangerous two way- one way traffic, crowding, cars with unacceptable speed coming onto Annette from Sendero Hills Parkway, noise disturbance, more speeding on Sendero Hills, traffic jam from Sendero Hills to 969. Traffic is a number and objective, but conditions and living behaviors of the residents are another consideration all together. Neighbors on Annette Cove park on either side of the street. What this creates is a narrow drive through which is fine in normal traffic but not for heavy traffic. We have to think of the tenements of safety and quiet enjoyment. What are the measures for traffic and pedestrian and homeowner safety? What will be implemented? How do the developers intend to address road widening for increased traffic on Annette Cove, slow down measures for the unacceptable traffic speed on Sendero Hills Parkway that will turn right onto Annette Cove coming off that hill (and if missed... landing right into a neighbor's yard), construction noise, community plan of inclusion for both the streets affected of Annette Cove and Rogers Lane, as well as, added amenities such as the roundabout previously discussed and park- like environment for the cul de sac (IF this project was to bull-doze its way forward)? I am clear this meeting is for re-zoning to even position a move forward on this project, but we have to anticipate what the real questions and issues are for the neighborhood should this pass. This is a decision being forced upon a set of neighbors on either side of a piece of undeveloped land where an acceptable solution that should and could improve the lives, behaviors, and the community of Agave Annette Cove neighbors and the Rogers Lane neighborhood has not been clearly presented or thought-out. I stand in protest AGAINST the re-zoning. Tamsen Reed 7316 Annette Cove 78724 -- Tamsen Browne Reed Principal at Rev2 Partners and Rev2 Talent O 469.222.9628