Posted Oct 14, 2021, 9:21 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Austin<--->Birmingham<--->Atlanta
Posts: 55,831
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Quote from the planning commission PDF. These people are dubious with their high rise definitions.
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Hi Kate,
Thanks for speaking with me earlier on the phone. I wanted to formally state how deeply opposed I am to the
zoning changes allowing yet another huge high rise to be built on Toomey. As I’m sure you know, Toomey is a
very small street that already has FOUR huge high rises on the block. There are thousands of people that live
in this small small area, already overcrowded with cars that pollute, directly next to Austin’s beloved Barton
Creek and Zilker Park. Each of these high rises has occupancies- MANY occupancies. We are not in dire need
of more housing. And we definitely aren’t in need of more expensive housing. In fact, there are even more high
rises being built just blocks away that will provide expensive housing for thousands more people. We do not
need more expensive, overpriced housing.
What exists currently at 1725 Toomey is what makes Austin special yet is becoming exceedingly rare. Our
complex is holding onto what has been so great about Austin: we are friends, look out for each other, and
invest in the community. We are mixed ages that actually still mingle and have some people who have lived
here for decades. Their lives are rooted here, not recent tech transplants. We have beloved elderly teachers
who have been forced to recently retire due to COVID concerns, people working in immigrant and refugee
resettlement nonprofits, and just genuinely good people who can’t afford the crazy rents of the high rises that
continue to go up all around us. We cannot forget to take care of our residents who make average wages just
for the sake of profit, greed, and the incoming tech transplants. I lived in San Francisco for 6 years and can
certainly tell you how that doesn’t end well!
Please don’t allow the destruction of what keeps Austin so special.
You may use any of my comments, name, and contact info publicly. My phone number is 713-598-1112.
Thank you,
Cat Cooke
Resident of 1725 Toomey
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