Contacts-2002     [Top]

• Lisa Kocich
• Ricardo Soliz
• Kathleen Welder
• Neighborhood contacts listed in Community Registry
• BLACKLAND ~ Kathryn Poole , 2201 Leona Street, 477-7778, 494-0434 ~ Charles Smith , 1702 East 22nd Street, 472-4821, Fax: 494-0434 ~ Bo McCarver <bmccarver@austin.rr.com> 474-6009, 1719 Manor Road

CHERRYWOOD ~ Bree Buchanan , <bbuchanan6@austin.rr.com> 1510 Edgewood Avenue, 482-8468 (h), 685-6247 (o).  Dave Westenbarger , <daveintex13@yahoo.com> 1707 E. 38½, 494-9905.
• DELWOOD2 ~ Chris Perkins , <cperkins@io.com> 1412 Fairwood Rd., 453-8115
• WILSHIRE WOODS ~ Jay Velgos <jvelgos@austin.rr.com> 1304 Crestwood, 452-4627 ~ Sari Moyer , 4201 Lullwood Road, 459-9076 ~ Chris Wiencek , rrwf30@email.sps.mot.com, 4113 Lullwood Street, 454-3994, Fax: 895-3798 ~
  

Links     [Top]

• 06Apr15 Ten Years of Neighborhood Planning in Austin  (Prof. Patricia A Wilson, UT Community Regional Planning, School of Architecture, UT Austin)
• San Francisco ordinance designating "formula retail uses as a conditional use in the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District..."
• Redeemer Presbyterian
• NewUrbanism.Org   A site that presents "new urb" ideas concisely and graphically

THE PRINCIPLES OF NEW URBANISM   The principles of New Urbanism can be applied increasingly to projects at the full range of scales from a single building to an entire master-planned development.   1. WALKABILITY   -Most things within a 10-minute walk of home and work   -Pedestrian friendly street design (buildings close to street; porches, windows & doors; tree-lined streets; on street parking; hidden parking lots; garages in rear lane; narrow, slow speed streets)   2. CONNECTIVITY   -Interconnected street grid network disperses traffic & eases walking   -High quality pedestrian network and public realm makes walking pleasurable  3. MIXED-USE   A mix of shops, offices, apartments, and homes on site. Mixed-use within neighborhood, within block, and within buildings   4. MIXED HOUSING   A range of types, sizes and prices in closer proximity   5. QUALITY ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN   Emphasis on beauty, aesthetics, human comfort, and creating a sense of place; Special placement of civic uses and sites within community. Human scale architecture & beautiful surroundings nourish the human spirit  6. TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD STRUCTURE   -Discernable center and edge   -Contains range of uses and densities within 10-minute walk  7. INCREASED DENSITY   More buildings, residences, shops, and services closer together for ease of walking, and to enable a more efficient use of services and resources  8. SMART TRANSPORTATION   -A network of high-quality trains connecting cities and towns together   -Pedestrian-friendly design that encourages a greater use of bicycles, rollerblades, scooters, and walking as daily transportation  9. SUSTAINABILITY   Minimal environmental impact of development and its operations; Less use of finite fuels; more local production; more walking  10. QUALITY OF LIFE   Taken together these all add up to a high quality of life well worth living

• "LAND USE" in Upper Boggy Creek (G. Bennett).
• Zoning Code (Chapter 25, Section 2 of COA Land Development Code)
• "Driven to Spend" study .  "Biking, walking, and public transit are all cheaper than owning two or three cars per family, but they are not viable options for many Americans," said Kienitz. "The continuing resistance to spending public funds to support transit, bicycle facilities and smarter growth is costing America's families a lot of money."  Driven to Spend uses data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, produced annually by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to rank metro areas according to the portion of household expenditures devoted to transportation. Intra-metropolitan area data is from the Location Efficiency Value formula.  The Surface Transportation Policy Project is a nationwide network of more than 250 organizations, including planners, community development organizations and  advocacy groups, devoted to improving the nation's transportation system. The Center for Neighborhood Technology is a Chicago-based group inventing new tools for creating livable communities.
• Cherrywood's 1999 Vision Workshops and their products, including Pat Grigadean's "interest-based conflict resolution" techniques
• Neighborhood Planning (Neighborhood Planning & Zoning Dept)
"Neighborhood Resource Guide"  Contents

Part One                   1.How do I organize a neighborhood association?                   2.How do we register our neighborhood association or                     report a change of our association officers?                  3.What is neighborhood planning?                   4.How can I start a Neighborhood Watch group?                   5.What can our neighborhood do about graffiti?                   6.How do I get a junk car removed from my neighbor's                     property?                   7.How do I get an abandoned car removed from my street?                   8.I am interested in having a block party in my                      neighborhood. Can you tell me what I need to do to block                      the street?                  9.How can our neighborhood organize a neighborhood                      clean-up?                  10.Who do I call to have a vacant lot or my neighbor's yard                      cleaned up?                  11.How can our neighborhood get more streetlights?                  12.Who do I call to replace a burned out streetlight?                  13.How can I get a bus stop moved or added in my                      neighborhood?                  14.Can my neighborhood get a residential parking permit                     restriction?                 15.How can I get speed humps on my street?                  16.Who should I call to report a broken traffic signal?                  17.Who do I call to report a missing stop sign?                  18.My neighborhood needs a stop sign installed. Where do                      we call?                  19.How can we have a 'children at play' sign installed in our                      neighborhood?                  20.Who do I call to repair a pothole on my street?                  21.What can be done when plants or trees block the visibility                     at an intersection or are hanging in the street?                 22.Who do I call to trim the tree growing into my power line?       Part Two                   1.Where can I dispose of car oil and household chemicals?                   2.Where do I call to report a chemical spill?                  3.Who do I call to report pollution in the creek in my                      neighborhood?                   4.Who do I call to report flooding or drainage problems in my                      neighborhood?                   5.What is my solid waste service pick-up day?                 6.Who can I call to begin curbside recycling? What can I                      recycle?                   7.I live in an apartment and want to recycle. Where is my                     nearest recycling drop-off location?                   8.What are yard trimmings and when are they collected?                   9.How should yard trimmings be prepared for collection?                  10.What else can I do with my yard trimmings?                  11.What can be collected and how should I prepare for brush                      pick-up?                  12.When is my neighborhood scheduled for bulky pick-up?                      What can I set out at the curb for pick-up?                  13.Where can I take bulky items and other solid waste                     between pick-ups?                 14.When is my street going to be cleaned?                  15.What are the dead animal pick-up procedures?       Part Three                  1.What is zoning?                   2.How can I find out what the zoning is on my property?                   3.What is a nonconforming use?                   4.What is code enforcement?                   5.Does the City enforce homeowner covenants or deed                      restrictions?                   6.Can I operate a business from my home?                   7.My neighbor operates a business from her home and the                      traffic is causing problems. Where do I call to complain?                   8.What is a building permit?                   9.When do I need a building permit?                  10.What size fence can I build?                  11.How can I find out if my property is within the city limits?                 12.Where can I call to find out the dimensions of my property?                  13.I need a map of my neighborhood. Where can I get maps?                  14.Does the City publish resource guides on other topics?                      How can I get one?                  15.I have a question that you did not answer. How can I get it                     answered now or where can I send it so that it can be                      included next time?

• Services for Austin Neighborhoods has dropdown menu-- choose (among others):

        Community Policing
        Crime (track in your neighborhood)
        Growth Watch
        Land Development
        Neighborhood Planning Program
        Sidewalk Task Force, draft report
        Speed Humps
        Streets and Traffic
Zoning

• 01APR17 "90s' Suburbs..." (NYT}
• 01Mar24  New Urbanism for 500,000 in Mexico ( American Statesman article ) ( PDF version )
• 01Mar12  Article on bike use in Europe (Transportation Quarterly, Vol. 54, No. 3, summer 2000)

preprint version does not contain the ten photographs in the
• 00Nov 25  AAS article about new projects under TND zoning
• 00Nov9 Boggy Creek neighbors and traffic issues

___________________________...___________________________ Bo McCarver, Girard Kinney, and José Marerro representing Blacklands, Cherrywood, and Wilshire Wood met Nov 9 ~ Scott White representing Delwood-2 added comments later by email ~ the purpose was to discover how much common ground our four areas share on traffic issues... ___________________________...___________________________ BLACKLANDS wants Manor Rd to be safe for bicyclists and pedestrians, if not to become an actual bicycle-commuter route an end to on-street parking next to the UT physical plant, which reduces Manor Rd there to one vehicle lane in each direction, with no room for cyclists... They have opened a dialogue with UT on this... CHERRYWOOD wants traffic calming for interior streets 38½ St , slicing through its middle, to be removed from the AMATP future IH35 exits to distribute EW traffic, and especially to not concentrate it on 38½ St IH35 to be depressed below grade from downtown to about 51st St WILSHIRE WOOD wants IH35 upgrade improvements to not encroach on residences unless absolutely necessary IH35 improvements to not encourage cut-through trips _if_ IH35 remains at or above grade, to erect noise barriers DELWOOD-2 wants Depressed grade at least as far north as 51 st No cut through traffic into the neighborhood IH35 upgrade improvements to not encroach on residences If IH35 remains at or above grade, to erect noise barriers Proposed HOV lane access into Mueller moved to either 51st or as far north on development as possible Promised bike/pedestrian lanes  Promised landscaping with noise abatement in mind IH35 DEPRESSION BELOW GRADE Everyone favors this, for multiple reasons Active coalition with downtown interests who want their segment depressed may help  IH35 NORTHBOUND OFF-RAMPS Cherrywood prefers before Manor Rd and before Airport Blvd (TXDoT currently favors before MLK and before 38½ St Blacklands is open to this change _if_ it doesn't hurt chances of achieving their goals above Wilshire Wood is open to the switch _if_ it doesn't hurt chances of achieving their goals above Delwood-2 favors an off-ramp serving Airport Blvd IH35 DESIGN CHARRETTES including local residents, EnviroTech engineer / planner Roland Gamble, and architect Sinclair Black (What is a "charrette?" See < http://www.dpz.com/E-03-charrett.htm >) one for Manor Rd off-ramp and overpass one for Airport Blvd off-ramp and [over]pass interested might be UT, St David's, and Concordia U

• 00Nov8 Andres Duany, " Gentrification and the Paradox of Affordable Housing " (u.p. paper) [cf. Mission District below]
• 00Nov5   When the market casts a loving gaze on a residential neighborhood (story about San Francisco's Mission District ) [cf. Duany above]
• 00Nov4 Local businesses supporting Maplewood Elem's FrightFest 00Oct28

Academy, 4103 North IH 35                 Aikido of Austin, 5501 North Lamar Boulevard                 Austin Outdoor Gear and Guidance, 3411 North IH 35                 Calabash Caribbean Restaurant, 2015 Manor Road                 Eastside Cafe, 2113 Manor Road                 Fiesta Mart, 3909 North IH 35 (in Delwood Center)                 Hancock Recreation Center staff, 811 East 41st Street                 Hollywood Video, 1000 East 41st Street (in Hancock Shopping Center)                 Hoover's Cooking, 2002 Manor Road                 Monarch Food Mart, 1402 East 38½ Street                 MusicMania, 3909 North IH 35 (in Delwood Center)                 Newman Associates, www.jackjoseynewman.com                 Pato's Good Tacos, 1400 East 38½ Street                  Quizno's Subs, 1000 East 41st Street (in Hancock Shopping Center)                Royal Touch Cleaners, 1406 East 38½ Street                 Stubb's Bar-B-Q, 801 Red River Street                 Transformative Wellness, www.utransform.com                 UT Wranglers Paul Andrews Maplewood PTA Fright Fest 2000 committee member

• 00Oct17  Final balloting problems at Dawson ~ Kelley Smoot postings to ANC list
• 00Oct6 Mike Clark-Madison, " Totally PC ," Austin Chronicle v.20 n.6

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