Pre-K teacher Priscilla Fife is retiring

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Submitted by Luann Toney

Brentwood Elementary is hosting a retirement reception for her at HopeChapel on Thursday, May 29 from 3:30 - 5:30. We invite those who've known and loved her to attend the reception and/or send well-wishes to Ms. Fife at Brentwood. You can contact Brentwood's campus office at 414-2930

HopeChapel is located at 6701 Arroyo Seco.
http://www.hope.org/

Bios for Those Seeking Officer Positions in the Crestview Neighborhood Association

The Bios for those seeking officer positions in the Crestview Neighborhood Association are now available with the following link

Bios for those seeking officer positions in the Crestview Neighborhood Association

If you intend to run for one of the 9 officer positions, please get your Bio into me no later than Sunday 11-May-2008 at my email address jslpublic@gmail.com.

Elections for the Crestview Neighborhood Association

Crestview Neighborhood Association meeting will be on 12-May-2008 at 7:00 pm in Wozniak Hall (The Parish Activity Center) at the St. Louis Catholic Church on Burnet Road and St. Joseph (Morrow).

Elections for 9 Executive Officer Positions are held every year at the May meeting. The 9 positions are as follows:

1) President
2) Vice President
3) Treasurer
4) Secretary
5) Editor
6) Place 1
7) Place 2
8) Place 3
9) Place 4

Please see the Crestview Neighborhood Association ByLaws ( look to your left or click here ) for more information about the responsibilities of these positions. So far 11 residents, 7 existing officers and 4 existing members of Crestview NA, will be running for the 9 officer positions. I will be posting their bios by next week.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Membership in the Crestview Neighborhood Association will be required to vote for officers. You must be a member of the Association 1 week prior to the election meeting. This means you must be a member on or before 4-May-2008. This is 13 days from the day this article was posted. Elections and voting will be run as detailed in the ByLaws.

If you are interested in running for an officer position in the Crestview Neighborhood Association and would like to post your Bio on the website, please email me, Jonathan Locklin, at jslpublic@gmail.com.

If you need a Crestview Neighborhood Association membership form, please email me, Jonathan Locklin, at jslpublic@gmail.com.

The Parks and Recreation staff invites you to attend a meeting

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Submitted by Ricardo Soliz

Dear Neighborhood Association President, Neighborhood Representative, or Neighbor

The Parks and Recreation staff invites you to attend a meeting on:

Monday, April 14, 2008, 6:00 - 8:30 PM
O. Henry Middle School Cafeteria
2610 West 10th Street
512-414-3229

The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the future planning for updating the Parks and Recreation Long Range Plan. The goals for the meeting are to:

1. Outline the process for updating the Parks and recreation Long Range Plan;
2. Group discussion on identifying strengths, opportunities and challenges that exist within the Parks System within the Central Area in Austin;
3. Prioritize future opportunities for the next 5 to 10 years;

Please invite your members to attend. We hope to see you and your neighborhood at the meeting to assist with planning for the future.

If you have any questions prior to the meeting, please contact me at 974-6765 or Jenna R. Neal as 974-6790.

Ricardo Soliz
Division Manager

Planning Commission meeting April 8, 2008 Notes

The following items were heard at the Commission on April 8, 2008

1) C14-2008-0030 - Lamar Blvd./Justin Lane TOD Station Area Plan
2) NPA-2008-0017.01 - Crestview/Wooten Combined Neighborhood Plan Amendment - Lamar/Justing Station Area Plan

Commissioner Jay Reddy fought for "public" / "parkland" open space for Crestview. Commissioner Chris Ewen fought for "public" / "parkland" open space for the entire TOD area. Please let Commissioners Jay Reddy and Chris Ewen that we appreciate their efforts to create "public" / "parkland" open space for Crestview and in our area in general

Commissioner Perla Cavazos fought for 1) a left turn from Lamar onto Morrow and 2) Morrow to be opened up to cross Lamar. If you feel so inclined, please let her know you opinion about this option. However Commissioner Clint Small interjected a change to this option stating that we should consider all East/West traffic flow along Lamar from Koenig Lane to Anderson Lane. Small's recommendation ended up being the one passed in the motion (see below)

Commissioner Jay Reddy - jay_reddy@dell.com
Commissioner Chris Ewen - chris@brandocular.com
Commissioner Perla Cavazos - pcavazos_planning@yahoo.com
Commissioner Clint Small - clint_small@hotmail.com

Below is the motion for approval and the recommendations made by the Planning Commission.

Lamar Blvd./Justin Lane Station Area Plan - PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 8, 2008
LAMAR BLVD./JUSTIN LANE DRAFT STATION AREA PLAN PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION

Motion: The Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the Draft Lamar Blvd./Justin Lane Station Area Plan and associated amendments to the Brentwood/Highland and Crestview/Wooten Combined Neighborhood Plans as presented by Staff with the following amendments:

1. Consider the dedication of public open space on the Austin Energy site and that other parkland be provided in and/or near the TOD District through parkland dedication funds;

2. Establish a Working Group to implement the Station Area Plan as soon as possible;

3. Ask staff to investigate methods of funding the proposed capital improvements to the Lamar Blvd./Airport Blvd. intersection;

4. Ask staff to study the potential of a parking benefit district where on-street parking fees are used to fund future capital improvements to the intersection of Airport Blvd. and Lamar Blvd;

5. Ask staff to examine methods of improving overall east-west movement along Lamar Blvd. between Koenig Lane and Anderson Lane with a goal of dispersing traffic load; and

6. Strongly recommend that the City Council:
a. Establish a clear and firm plan to help developers achieve the 25% affordability goal in the TOD Ordinance using the tools presented by the affordable housing consultant, Diana McIver and Associates;

b. Consider amending the scoring process for the allocation of affordable housing bond funds so that projects in TOD Districts are prioritized;

c. Designate CIP funds to infrastructure improvement projects within and connecting to the TOD Districts;

d. Prioritize fee-in-lieu funds generated from a development bonus in the TOD District for future expenditure within the TOD;

e. In order for a project that wishes to take advantage of a development bonus to be approved for the fee-in-lieu option, the Director of the Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Department should work with the Community Development Commission to determine if a fee-in-lieu should be approved;