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Dear Neighbors,
The Neighborhood Watch program is coming along. We have 5 block captains in Crestview but need more! Please e-mail me if you are interested in participating or have any questions. Thank you so much for all of your help with this!
What is a block captain?
Block captains are the eyes and ears for a block of houses, and look for anything out of the ordinary that might need attention. They carry out the Neighborhood Watch Program on each street. They are not vigilantes, and are supposed to notify the police when necessary, not try to act as poilce themselves.
Responsibilities:
1. Create a contact list for your block
2. Hold a block meeting
3. Update residents of your block on any pertinent issues such as a break-in
4. Keep your ears and eyes open and call 911 if you feel an officer is needed
5. Coordinate the annual National Night Out on your street if you choose
Benefits:
It fosters a better communication and closer knit community on your block. The time commitment is very small and the outcome can be extremely helpful. The idea is to watch out for each other and keep communication open, which makes for a better community all around!
April Mitchell
(512) 653-6504
mitchellapril@att.net
Friday, September 23, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Traffic Calming Meeting - Sept. 26, 6pm
The traffic calming meeting will be Monday Sept 26, 6 p.m., in the school library at St Louis Catholic Church, 7601 Burnet Road.
The purpose of the meeting is
1) to review the city's plans for the remaining traffic calming devices to be installed
2) to ensure that the plan is in compliance with the existing plan approved by the neighborhood
3) to come to agreement with the city on the level of commitment the neighborhood can provide in maintaining the landscaped medians, islands, or traffic circles.
This will not be a review of the already approved traffic calming plan.
Deanna McMillen
President, Crestview Neighborhood Association
The purpose of the meeting is
1) to review the city's plans for the remaining traffic calming devices to be installed
2) to ensure that the plan is in compliance with the existing plan approved by the neighborhood
3) to come to agreement with the city on the level of commitment the neighborhood can provide in maintaining the landscaped medians, islands, or traffic circles.
This will not be a review of the already approved traffic calming plan.
Deanna McMillen
President, Crestview Neighborhood Association
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CNA Announcement
Monday, September 19, 2011
09.12.2011 CNA Meeting Minutes
Traffic Calming
Peter Marsh came to talk about the status of the neighborhood traffic calming effort. Half the neighborhood has been marked, and the other half should be marked by early next week. Markers will be in place for 1-6 weeks. At about 1 month, they will put in the medians. Curb extensions on Morrow near the railroad tracks and near the fire station on Madison will have rain gardens. Sara had programs to partner with neighbors to care for medians. There is an application process. Sara will leave literature and people can contact her with questions. The traffic circle on Yates may become a round-about instead of a traffic circle. A tentative detail meeting will be 1 week from Friday at 6pm. Deanna will post to the listserv once details are finalized. Landscape architects and engineers will be there.
Metro-Trails
John Michael Cortez, Cap. Metro’s community involvement team manager came to talk about the metro trails feasibility study. Most federal grant money went to fixing bridges from enhancements. They received $2 million in stimulus money to put a rail-side trail from Highland Station, through the TOD, to Morrow. The Optimists were for the rails with trails, as they felt it would reduce the vagrant population along the tracks, and they would lease the land to Cap Metro. The TOD developer was willing to give 10 ft of their property along the tracks for the trail, but they said the city required some of that land for drainage (need a total of 15 feet). Cap Metro was afraid that if they didn’t spend the money soon, they would lose it, and it would take too long to get the land through the TOD developed. So, they will instead put the trail along Justin, across Lamar, and down Airport to Highland Station. They are still working with the Optimists and Trammel-Crow to eventually do a section through the TOD. They are 60% through the design and they plan to have it built by this time next year. Cap Metro will irrigate the trees along the trail for 1 year, and then the City takes over. A large chunk of their money went to surveying the entire 32-mile stretch of the rail. The metro rail gates across Lamar work as designed, but Cap Metro wants to work with the City to so that they don’t stay down while the train is stopped at the station.
TOD Access to Morrow
DR Horton came to tell the neighborhood about changes to the TOD. The original site plan had 500 residential units to be places in Stage II. A market study drove them to change the types of buildings from multi-story and town houses to 2/3 town houses and 1/3 single-family detached (more like Mueller), and reduce the number of units to 310. They plan for the units to be available in late spring to early summer of next year. The PDA says that there must be no more that 1000 additional trips per day along Morrow due to the TOD site. They propose to put in a right-in/right-out vehicular access from the TOD onto Morrow. They say that this will not add more than 750 trips/day to Morrow, based upon the reduced number of units. The CNA remembers the original agreement of no vehicular access from the site onto Morrow (except for emergency response vehicles). DR Horton is under contract with the current owner, but has not yet purchased. There is apparently no language in the ordinance to prohibit vehicular access from the TOD onto Morrow. Limited access was taken to mean pedestrian/bicycle, but is now seen to mean right-in/right-out.
Neighborhood Watch
April Mitchel just received a map of the neighborhood from the City to help with assigning blocks for block captains. Only 5 people have volunteered so far. The CNA can put a link on the web site, if helpful. April is working with Allandale for guidance, and they have 1000 volunteers.
Executive Committee Meeting
Deanna will organize a sub-committee to plan strategy on Morrow access from the TOD.
There is an Airport planning meeting on the 13th. Jonathan, Chip, Deanna, and Don are planning to go.
There is a Burnet Rd. planning meeting on September 22nd.
The CNPCT will vote on October 17th on whether or not to support the VMU overlay rezoning request by the Dallas Nightclub developers. The CNCPT will pass out fliers to inform neighbors of the voting meeting. CNA voted to approve funding the printing of fliers (estimated at $250).
Planning Commission discussing residential garage sales, and tours for residential art production on 6pm, September 13th. Deanna will send a link out on the listserv with pointers to details (if she can get the web site to come up).
Membership renewals need to be mailed out. Tonia indicated that she is unable to do it. Tim said that he can do it. Otherwise, we need to have an annual group mail out (which seems to negate the purpose of eliminating the set date for membership expiration).
Emily will form a committee on beautification to meet with the City on medians landscaping.
October – executive committee meeting with no activity planned for general meeting. Plan to discuss the funding policy.
November - ANC wants to come to Crestview to talk about the Comprehensive Plan and how it overrides the neighborhood plans. Rosemary Lemberg, candidate for DA, wants to talk about her community outreach.
Don will contact the Brentwood NA about how they did their PayPal account for membership renewals.
Treasurer’s Report:
$12,739.90+$60.00 (memberships)+$729 (newsletter ads)-$412.92 (printing costs) =
$13,145.98
Peter Marsh came to talk about the status of the neighborhood traffic calming effort. Half the neighborhood has been marked, and the other half should be marked by early next week. Markers will be in place for 1-6 weeks. At about 1 month, they will put in the medians. Curb extensions on Morrow near the railroad tracks and near the fire station on Madison will have rain gardens. Sara had programs to partner with neighbors to care for medians. There is an application process. Sara will leave literature and people can contact her with questions. The traffic circle on Yates may become a round-about instead of a traffic circle. A tentative detail meeting will be 1 week from Friday at 6pm. Deanna will post to the listserv once details are finalized. Landscape architects and engineers will be there.
Metro-Trails
John Michael Cortez, Cap. Metro’s community involvement team manager came to talk about the metro trails feasibility study. Most federal grant money went to fixing bridges from enhancements. They received $2 million in stimulus money to put a rail-side trail from Highland Station, through the TOD, to Morrow. The Optimists were for the rails with trails, as they felt it would reduce the vagrant population along the tracks, and they would lease the land to Cap Metro. The TOD developer was willing to give 10 ft of their property along the tracks for the trail, but they said the city required some of that land for drainage (need a total of 15 feet). Cap Metro was afraid that if they didn’t spend the money soon, they would lose it, and it would take too long to get the land through the TOD developed. So, they will instead put the trail along Justin, across Lamar, and down Airport to Highland Station. They are still working with the Optimists and Trammel-Crow to eventually do a section through the TOD. They are 60% through the design and they plan to have it built by this time next year. Cap Metro will irrigate the trees along the trail for 1 year, and then the City takes over. A large chunk of their money went to surveying the entire 32-mile stretch of the rail. The metro rail gates across Lamar work as designed, but Cap Metro wants to work with the City to so that they don’t stay down while the train is stopped at the station.
TOD Access to Morrow
DR Horton came to tell the neighborhood about changes to the TOD. The original site plan had 500 residential units to be places in Stage II. A market study drove them to change the types of buildings from multi-story and town houses to 2/3 town houses and 1/3 single-family detached (more like Mueller), and reduce the number of units to 310. They plan for the units to be available in late spring to early summer of next year. The PDA says that there must be no more that 1000 additional trips per day along Morrow due to the TOD site. They propose to put in a right-in/right-out vehicular access from the TOD onto Morrow. They say that this will not add more than 750 trips/day to Morrow, based upon the reduced number of units. The CNA remembers the original agreement of no vehicular access from the site onto Morrow (except for emergency response vehicles). DR Horton is under contract with the current owner, but has not yet purchased. There is apparently no language in the ordinance to prohibit vehicular access from the TOD onto Morrow. Limited access was taken to mean pedestrian/bicycle, but is now seen to mean right-in/right-out.
Neighborhood Watch
April Mitchel just received a map of the neighborhood from the City to help with assigning blocks for block captains. Only 5 people have volunteered so far. The CNA can put a link on the web site, if helpful. April is working with Allandale for guidance, and they have 1000 volunteers.
Executive Committee Meeting
Deanna will organize a sub-committee to plan strategy on Morrow access from the TOD.
There is an Airport planning meeting on the 13th. Jonathan, Chip, Deanna, and Don are planning to go.
There is a Burnet Rd. planning meeting on September 22nd.
The CNPCT will vote on October 17th on whether or not to support the VMU overlay rezoning request by the Dallas Nightclub developers. The CNCPT will pass out fliers to inform neighbors of the voting meeting. CNA voted to approve funding the printing of fliers (estimated at $250).
Planning Commission discussing residential garage sales, and tours for residential art production on 6pm, September 13th. Deanna will send a link out on the listserv with pointers to details (if she can get the web site to come up).
Membership renewals need to be mailed out. Tonia indicated that she is unable to do it. Tim said that he can do it. Otherwise, we need to have an annual group mail out (which seems to negate the purpose of eliminating the set date for membership expiration).
Emily will form a committee on beautification to meet with the City on medians landscaping.
October – executive committee meeting with no activity planned for general meeting. Plan to discuss the funding policy.
November - ANC wants to come to Crestview to talk about the Comprehensive Plan and how it overrides the neighborhood plans. Rosemary Lemberg, candidate for DA, wants to talk about her community outreach.
Don will contact the Brentwood NA about how they did their PayPal account for membership renewals.
Treasurer’s Report:
$12,739.90+$60.00 (memberships)+$729 (newsletter ads)-$412.92 (printing costs) =
$13,145.98
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CNA General Meeting
Thursday, September 8, 2011
City public design meeting on Burnet Rd - Sept. 22
Greetings Neighborhood Associations and Neighborhood Advocates,
The City of Austin Transportation Department is sponsoring two public meetings in an interactive mini-design workshop format. The purpose of the meetings is to get input from you about improvements you wish to see along the North Lamar Blvd. and Burnet Rd. corridors. The study of these corridors was approved by voters in the 2010 Mobility Bond Referendum.
The meetings are as follows:
Lamar Blvd. Corridor (US Hwy 183 to N. IH-35)
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
6:30-8:30 p.m.
St, Mark's United Methodist Church
601 W. Braker Lane
Burnet Rd. Corridor (W. Koenig Ln./Allandale Rd. to Mopac)
Thursday, September 22, 2011
6:30-8:30 p.m.
St. John's United Methodist Church
2140 Allandale Rd.
We are requesting your assistance in sharing the attachments with your associations/organizations. Since this is an interactive mini-design workshop, we are asking attendees to RSVP, so we will have adequate resources and materials.
The team will gather input from the September meetings, and will return to you in January with potential concepts for consideration. Meeting dates and locations will be announced shortly after the beginning of the new year.
Please feel free to contact me at any of the mediums below should you wish additional information.
Thank you for your assistance in sharing the word about these meetings. We look forward to seeing you on September 20 and/or September 22.
Regards,
Beverly
Beverly S. Silas
Lamar Blvd./Burnet Rd. Corridor Study Project Team
Austin Strategic Mobility Plan
512-374-4997 Office
512-323-9800 Fax
512-925-7777 Cellular
bsilas@beverlysilas.com Email
More info at http://www.AustinSMP.com/corridors/lamar-burnet
The City of Austin Transportation Department is sponsoring two public meetings in an interactive mini-design workshop format. The purpose of the meetings is to get input from you about improvements you wish to see along the North Lamar Blvd. and Burnet Rd. corridors. The study of these corridors was approved by voters in the 2010 Mobility Bond Referendum.
The meetings are as follows:
Lamar Blvd. Corridor (US Hwy 183 to N. IH-35)
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
6:30-8:30 p.m.
St, Mark's United Methodist Church
601 W. Braker Lane
Burnet Rd. Corridor (W. Koenig Ln./Allandale Rd. to Mopac)
Thursday, September 22, 2011
6:30-8:30 p.m.
St. John's United Methodist Church
2140 Allandale Rd.
We are requesting your assistance in sharing the attachments with your associations/organizations. Since this is an interactive mini-design workshop, we are asking attendees to RSVP, so we will have adequate resources and materials.
The team will gather input from the September meetings, and will return to you in January with potential concepts for consideration. Meeting dates and locations will be announced shortly after the beginning of the new year.
Please feel free to contact me at any of the mediums below should you wish additional information.
Thank you for your assistance in sharing the word about these meetings. We look forward to seeing you on September 20 and/or September 22.
Regards,
Beverly
Beverly S. Silas
Lamar Blvd./Burnet Rd. Corridor Study Project Team
Austin Strategic Mobility Plan
512-374-4997 Office
512-323-9800 Fax
512-925-7777 Cellular
bsilas@beverlysilas.com Email
More info at http://www.AustinSMP.com/corridors/lamar-burnet
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City of Austin,
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