South River City Citizens (SRCC): agenda for meeting of general
membership,
August 4, 2014
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MEETING OF THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP OF SRCC
MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2014
7:15 PM
GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
205 East Monroe; Austin, Texas
A G E N D A
CALL TO ORDER/APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. 7:15 Meeting procedures, etiquette, welcome newcomers, Verification of quorum.
Reminder: state your name when presenting or seconding a motion. If an acronym is stated during the meeting and you don’t know what it means, please
feel free to raise your hand and ask. Reminder: state your name when presenting or seconding a motion.
Presenter hroughout: Eric Rangel, President, unless otherwise noted.
2. 7:20 Membership and voting announcements.
pay multiple years in advance and get a discount.
Single membership: 1-yr $20; 2-yr $35; 3-yr $50
Family membership: 1-yr $35; 2-yr $65; 3-yr $95
NOTE: In order to vote, dues must be paid a month in advance,
with the exception that if a former member's dues have lapsed no
more than 2 years, he or she may renew at the meeting and be
eligible to vote.
3. 7:22 Approve minutes
from June 2, 2014, last regular monthly meeting
4. 7:25 Treasurer's report (see attachment to agenda distributed at meeing;
will also be available at Web site)
5. 7:30 Committee Chairs' reports--
1) Parks, Schools, Environment;
2) Planning & Zoning--items below;
3) Transportation & Public Safety--item below item below plus update on Annie - Woodland restriping;
4) Norwood;
5) Historic District;
8) Finance--status of projects funded by SRCC--item below;
9) ANC (Austin Neighborhoods Council);
10) Communication;
11) Quality of Life
OLD BUSINESS
6. 7:35 Update on 517 E. Oltorf -- request of Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in
Christ Jesus, Inc. (C14-2013-0081) to upzone to GR (with conditional
overlay) to increase its impervious cover limit and allow for additional
construction.
Presenters: Elloa Mathews, SRCC Area 5 Coordinator, and Marty Christman, SRCC
Parks, Schools, and Environment Committee Co-Chair
NEW BUSINESS
7. 7:45 Report from zoning committee on the following properties: 410 E. Annie,
1106 Algarita, proposed Terrace Hotel at 110 Academy Drive/1101 Music Lane, 1106
Woodland (demo permit), 206 E. Live Oak (relocation permit).
Presenters: Jean Mather, Chair of SRCC Planning & Zoning committee; Kent
Anschutz, SRCC P&Z committee member
8. 7:55 Request for support/ideas regarding demolition and new construction at
509 Lockhart.
Presenter: Michele Webre, Bluebonnet Hills Historic District Chair
9. 8:05 SRCC Finance Committee:
--Executive Committee approved SRCC sponsorship of the Travis Heights Art
Trail--Sponsorship level of $250 gives us a business card-sized mention. We have
done this in the past.
--Recommendation that $2,100 of the Area 8 Traffic Calming funds be reallocated
for planting native grasses in the Blunn Creek Nature Preserve.
Presenter: Sam Martin, Chair of SRCC Finance Committee
10. 8:10 Update on Good Shepherd Church’s request for a Conditional Use Permit
to operate the property at 1700 Woodland Avenue as a Day Care Center.
Presenter: Sounthaly “Tune” Outhavong, SRCC Area 7 Coordinator
11. 8:15 Sign Review Board/Board of Adjustment heard a variance request to
increase the allowable size for a sign from 35 s.f. to 329 s.f. for the District
at SOCO apartment complex at 501 E. Oltorf. Board voted against but they are
appealing. P&Z comm previously voted to not object but we need to put it to a
general vote.
Presenter: Rick Krivoniak, property owner of adjacent duplexes, krivon@aol.com
12. 8:20 Proposal to write a letter of support to the city for funding for the
next stage of planning for the south central waterfront plan. There is a request
for $200,000 to hire consultants to produce detailed documents to guide us into
the next phase.
Presenter: Garret Nick, SRCC Secretary and waterfront plan liaison
13. 8:25 Mobility 35 Project Update from TxDot and HNTB Engineering. Topics to
include: 1. Brief update on Woodland; 2. Discussion of what is proposed from
Riverside to Ben White; 3. Discussion of access to/from downtown from the
south.
Presenters: Steve Miller, VP HNTP and Project Manager, sjmiller@hntb.com; Stacey
Benningfield, Program Manager, Texas Department of Transportation,
stacey.benningfield@txdot.gov
14. 8:55 President Eric J. Rangel’s resignation of the presidency; nominations
and vote for replacement.
Presenters: Eric J. Rangel; Carol Martin
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for volunteers
Account reconciliation, Profit & Loss, and Balance reports available upon request
from the treasurer
Presenter: Nancy Byrd, Treasurer
*Frequently used acronyms: ACF - Austin Community Fund; ANC: Austin Neighborhood
Council; SF - Single Family zoning category; FLUM - Future Land Use Map
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