05 C14-2025-0061 - 6105 Melrose Trail; District 6 - Public Comment Part 2 — original pdf
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View results Respondent 424 Anonymous 37:32 Time to complete 05 C14-2025-0061 - 6105 Melrose Trail; District 61 of 11 1. What is the Zoning/Rezoning Case Number? * Only Zoning/Rezoning Cases open for public comment at this time are available in this list. Not all cases may be scheduled on the PC/ZAP agendas at this time, but here are helpful links to those agendas. You can find Zoning and Platting Commission Agendas here: http://austintexas.gov/cityclerk/boards_commissions/meetings/54_1.htm You can find Planning Commission Agendas here: http://austintexas.gov/cityclerk/boards_commissions/meetings/40_1.htm C14-2024-0006 (Greater Walnut Area Centralized Odor Control Project - Loyola Facility) C814-04-0187.03.SH (Goodnight Ranch PUD Amendment #3) C814-2008-0165 (East Riverside PUD Amendment C814-2021-0175 (614 S. 1st Street/Timbercreek PUD) C814-2023-0057 (200 E. Riverside PUD) C14-2024-0015 (Montopolis-Fairway Mixed Use) C14-2024-0036 (7005 & 7007 Guadalupe St.) C14-2024-0051 (Rawson Saunders - Tarrytown Christian Church Improvements) C14-2024-0092 (Allred & Riddle) C14-2024-0099 (Saxon 2) C14-2024-0179 (6th & Lamar) C14-2024-0181 (Far West Multifamily) C14-2024-0182 (5706 Nancy Dr.) C14-2024-0183 (1120 West Howard Lane) C14-2025-0002 (Cooper Apartments) C14-2025-0003 (6th & Walsh) C14-2025-0004 (Strandtman Cove) C14-2025-0005 (Shady Lane) C14-2025-0006 (34th and West - Tract 1) C14-2025-0007 (34th and West - Tract 2) C14-2025-0008 (34th and West - Tract 3) C14-2025-0009 (34th and West - Tract 4) C14-2025-0011 (11525 Menchaca Rd.) C14-2025-0024 (Little Lion) 05 C14-2025-0061 - 6105 Melrose Trail; District 62 of 11 C14-2025-0025 (5705 Nancy Dr) C14-2025-0027 (821 Woodward) C14-2025-0028.SH (The Bloom at Lamar Square) C14-2025-0029 (Airport 38 Rezone) C14-2025-0030 (1201 East 11th Street) C14-2025-0032 (Acres West Lot 20 Rezone) C14-2025-0034.SH (Waverly North) C14-2025-0035 (Crosstown Tunnel Centralized Odor Control Facility) C14-2025-0036 (2000 E. 6th Street) C14-2025-0038 (Oak Hill Apartments) C14-2025-0039 (1305 W Oltorf Street) C14-2025-0040 (4811 SOCO) C14-2025-0041 (Olaffson Rezone) C14-2025-0042 (9117 Northgate Rezone) C14-2025-0043 (608 Blanco) C14-2025-0044 (1700 South Congress) C14-2025-0045 (8234 Ferguson Cutoff) C14-2025-0046 (1904 San Gabriel) C14-2025-0047 (Wildridge Assisted Living) C14-2025-0048 (West Mockingbird Ln) C14-2025-0049 (1169 Hargrave Street) C14-2025-0050 (North Loop Community Commercial) C14-2025-0051 (Woodward Mixed Use Flats) C14-2025-0052 (9400 Metric Boulevard) C14-2025-0053 (Duval-Harris Residential) C14-2025-0054 (Rezoning Lot 31 Block A - Forest Section One at The Villages of Spicewood) C14-2025-0055 (6512 Mc Neil ESS) C14-2025-0056 (12940 North U.S. 183) 05 C14-2025-0061 - 6105 Melrose Trail; District 63 of 11 C14-2025-0057 (1430 Collier Street) C14-2025-0058 (1600 West Ben White) C14-2025-0060 (AE Medical & Retail Rezone) C14-2025-0061 (6105 Melrose Trail) C14-2025-0062 (301 N Pleasant Valley Road) C14-2025-0063 (2323 South Lamar Mixed Use) C14-2025-0064 (Circle C Tract 110) C14-2025-0065 (4304 Nuckols Crossing Rd) C14-2025-0068 (OneTERRA) C14-2025-0069 (1709 W Koenig Lane Rezoning) C14-2025-0070 (McNeil Rezone) C14-2025-0071 (Travis County West Service Center) C14-2025-0072 (Sir Swante Neighborhood Park Rezoning) C14-2025-0073 (P & P .72) C14-2025-0074 (410 & 408 W St Johns Rezone C14-2025-0075 (Wehmeier 3.0) C14-2025-0078 (10200 McKalla Place) C14-2025-0079 (South Town Rezoning) C14-2025-0080 (1811 E Cesar Chavez) C14-2025-0081 (Thrasher) C14-2025-0082 (1012 E 38th) C14-2025-0083 (809 Lydia Street) C14-2025-0084 (Howard Lane Rezoning) C14-2025-0085 (1200 W Gibson Street) 2. Your name (providing this information will be part of the public record and will be available online) Michael Q. Hooks 05 C14-2025-0061 - 6105 Melrose Trail; District 64 of 11 3. Your address (providing this information will be part of the public record and will be available online) 12821 Carrera Dr. 4. Your zip code (providing this information will be part of the public record and will be available online) 78727 5. Position on Zoning/Rezoning * I am in favor I object I am neutral 6. Daytime telephone number (providing this information will be part of the public record and will be available online) Not available 7. Comments I oppose this proposed change in zoning for the property under consideration. I do not believe it will benefit the residents and residential properties in the area. Rather, it will add to the ever-increasing traffic nightmare on both McNeill Dr. and Parmer Ln., as well as on Melrose Trail and Heinemann Dr. City services are already stretched thin and will worsen. The City Council just passed a property tax increase that the voters citywide must approve, which is problematic. What about the schools in the area? Round Rock ISD will be impacted. Need for additional school tax increase there? Do you want all middle- class residents to leave so that new residents, many probably higher paid, are then burdened with these problems? Austin has become another large city without its distinctive character. Is that what you want? 05 C14-2025-0061 - 6105 Melrose Trail; District 65 of 11 View results Respondent 423 Anonymous 42:39 Time to complete 05 C14-2025-0061 - 6105 Melrose Trail; District 66 of 11 1. What is the Zoning/Rezoning Case Number? * Only Zoning/Rezoning Cases open for public comment at this time are available in this list. Not all cases may be scheduled on the PC/ZAP agendas at this time, but here are helpful links to those agendas. You can find Zoning and Platting Commission Agendas here: http://austintexas.gov/cityclerk/boards_commissions/meetings/54_1.htm You can find Planning Commission Agendas here: http://austintexas.gov/cityclerk/boards_commissions/meetings/40_1.htm C14-2024-0006 (Greater Walnut Area Centralized Odor Control Project - Loyola Facility) C814-04-0187.03.SH (Goodnight Ranch PUD Amendment #3) C814-2008-0165 (East Riverside PUD Amendment C814-2021-0175 (614 S. 1st Street/Timbercreek PUD) C814-2023-0057 (200 E. Riverside PUD) C14-2024-0015 (Montopolis-Fairway Mixed Use) C14-2024-0036 (7005 & 7007 Guadalupe St.) C14-2024-0051 (Rawson Saunders - Tarrytown Christian Church Improvements) C14-2024-0092 (Allred & Riddle) C14-2024-0099 (Saxon 2) C14-2024-0179 (6th & Lamar) C14-2024-0181 (Far West Multifamily) C14-2024-0182 (5706 Nancy Dr.) C14-2024-0183 (1120 West Howard Lane) C14-2025-0002 (Cooper Apartments) C14-2025-0003 (6th & Walsh) C14-2025-0004 (Strandtman Cove) C14-2025-0005 (Shady Lane) C14-2025-0006 (34th and West - Tract 1) C14-2025-0007 (34th and West - Tract 2) C14-2025-0008 (34th and West - Tract 3) C14-2025-0009 (34th and West - Tract 4) C14-2025-0011 (11525 Menchaca Rd.) C14-2025-0024 (Little Lion) 05 C14-2025-0061 - 6105 Melrose Trail; District 67 of 11 C14-2025-0025 (5705 Nancy Dr) C14-2025-0027 (821 Woodward) C14-2025-0028.SH (The Bloom at Lamar Square) C14-2025-0029 (Airport 38 Rezone) C14-2025-0030 (1201 East 11th Street) C14-2025-0032 (Acres West Lot 20 Rezone) C14-2025-0034.SH (Waverly North) C14-2025-0035 (Crosstown Tunnel Centralized Odor Control Facility) C14-2025-0036 (2000 E. 6th Street) C14-2025-0038 (Oak Hill Apartments) C14-2025-0039 (1305 W Oltorf Street) C14-2025-0040 (4811 SOCO) C14-2025-0041 (Olaffson Rezone) C14-2025-0042 (9117 Northgate Rezone) C14-2025-0043 (608 Blanco) C14-2025-0044 (1700 South Congress) C14-2025-0045 (8234 Ferguson Cutoff) C14-2025-0046 (1904 San Gabriel) C14-2025-0047 (Wildridge Assisted Living) C14-2025-0048 (West Mockingbird Ln) C14-2025-0049 (1169 Hargrave Street) C14-2025-0050 (North Loop Community Commercial) C14-2025-0051 (Woodward Mixed Use Flats) C14-2025-0052 (9400 Metric Boulevard) C14-2025-0053 (Duval-Harris Residential) C14-2025-0054 (Rezoning Lot 31 Block A - Forest Section One at The Villages of Spicewood) C14-2025-0055 (6512 Mc Neil ESS) C14-2025-0056 (12940 North U.S. 183) 05 C14-2025-0061 - 6105 Melrose Trail; District 68 of 11 C14-2025-0057 (1430 Collier Street) C14-2025-0058 (1600 West Ben White) C14-2025-0060 (AE Medical & Retail Rezone) C14-2025-0061 (6105 Melrose Trail) C14-2025-0062 (301 N Pleasant Valley Road) C14-2025-0063 (2323 South Lamar Mixed Use) C14-2025-0064 (Circle C Tract 110) C14-2025-0065 (4304 Nuckols Crossing Rd) C14-2025-0068 (OneTERRA) C14-2025-0069 (1709 W Koenig Lane Rezoning) C14-2025-0070 (McNeil Rezone) C14-2025-0071 (Travis County West Service Center) C14-2025-0072 (Sir Swante Neighborhood Park Rezoning) C14-2025-0073 (P & P .72) C14-2025-0074 (410 & 408 W St Johns Rezone C14-2025-0075 (Wehmeier 3.0) C14-2025-0078 (10200 McKalla Place) C14-2025-0079 (South Town Rezoning) C14-2025-0080 (1811 E Cesar Chavez) C14-2025-0081 (Thrasher) C14-2025-0082 (1012 E 38th) C14-2025-0083 (809 Lydia Street) C14-2025-0084 (Howard Lane Rezoning) C14-2025-0085 (1200 W Gibson Street) 2. Your name (providing this information will be part of the public record and will be available online) Michael Saulters 05 C14-2025-0061 - 6105 Melrose Trail; District 69 of 11 3. Your address (providing this information will be part of the public record and will be available online) 5908 Baton Rouge Dr 4. Your zip code (providing this information will be part of the public record and will be available online) 78727 5. Position on Zoning/Rezoning * I am in favor I object I am neutral 6. Daytime telephone number (providing this information will be part of the public record and will be available online) 05 C14-2025-0061 - 6105 Melrose Trail; District 610 of 11 7. Comments I am the owner and resident for 24 years of a neighboring property to the address in question at 6105 Melrose Trail now owned by Austin White Lime Company. I object to the request for rezoning of the property to MF5 for the following reasons. I work from home, and the construction of 250 units 200 feet from my home will be disruptive. When the property owners demolished the old farmhouse on the property I found it difficult to concentrate on work or attend remote meetings as jackhammers and the CONSTANT beeping from their equipment filled the air for two weeks. I already suffer from floodlights on a neighboring property along Melrose Trail that shine directly in my bedroom window all night and do not want more of this from a property even closer to my home. The requested zoning is for MF5. The nearest MF5 zone is miles away. The surrounding properties are all MF3 or below. The character of the neighborhood would be fundamentally changed by dense apartment buildings up to 60 feet in height replacing heritage trees that are a century old. The addition of 250 units will affect traffic, drainage, noise, pollution, crime and general safety in the neighborhood. There is no public transportation available as the nearest Cap Metro station or bus stop is miles away. I find the applicant's estimated vehicle traffic insultingly low when taking into account the possibility of 3 cars per unit, the lack of nearby public transportation, and including food and package deliveries. The proposed MF5 zoning violates numerous guidelines in the CoA Zoning Principles. Among these are: *Zoning should satisfy a public need and not constitute a grant of special privilege to an individual owner; the request should not result in spot zoning. This request is clearly being made to allow Austin White Lime to maximize their sale price to a developer. It creates a zone for a single property with a single owner that is out of line with the rest of the neighborhood *Granting a request for zoning should result in an equal treatment of similarly situated properties. *Granting the zoning should not in any way set an undesirable precedent for other properties in the neighborhood or within other areas of the city. *Zoning should promote a transition between adjacent and nearby zoning districts, land uses, and development intensities. All neighboring properties are MF3 or below. This property should be zoned MF3 to remain in line with those. *Zoning should promote the policy of locating retail and more intensive zoning near the intersections of arterial roadways or at the intersections of arterials and major collectors. As MF5 is the second-highest zoning density, the location within the middle of a quiet residential neighborhood is clearly inappropriate. While I support growth and density in our city development, for this property I urge the city to consider zoning for density comparable to neighboring multi-family properties and designate this property as MF-2 or MF-3. Further, while a procedure is available to protest via petition, the requirement that 20% of the property owners within 200 feet *by land area* sign the petition is onerous in this instance where the vast majority of the land area within 200 feet is city-owned property. I urge council to consider revising this policy to something that is more fair to neighboring property owners and rental residents alike such as excluding city-owned land area from the percentage calculation and allowing ALL residents to petition, not just those who own adjacent properties. 05 C14-2025-0061 - 6105 Melrose Trail; District 611 of 11