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[from A. Smith 4/30/04]
Area 2 Walkabout – Summary
April 28, 2004
Attendees: Rick Low, Myra Goepp, Dan Vickers, Tim
Mahoney and Danette Chimenti
City Staff: Adam Smith and Scott Whiteman
- Pedestrian safety – more sidewalks and safer
intersection crossing needed; particularly on routes to
Fulmore Middle School
- Fulmore Middle School and Day Care on Brackenridge
– bad traffic congestion and circulation on
Brackenridge in morning especially when parents dropping
children off
- Twin Oaks Shopping Center – too much
pavement, prime for redevelopment, not enough basic
services provided
- Post/South Congress/E. Live Oak Triangle –
traffic circulation study needed, hazardous traffic
situation, one suggestion given to alleviate some of the
problems would be to change Post from a 2-way to one-way
street
- East Live Oak – 1) discontinuous sidewalks
and curb and gutter; 2) clogged inlet near Eastside and
Live Oak causing drainage issues; 3) combination of
inadequately sized storm sewer pipes and heavy storm
event causes manhole cover to pop-off which creates a
potential hazard to motorists and children; 4) pothole
worsening due to position of speed hump; 5) cut-thru
traffic and speeding
- Blunn Creek – 1) Increased algae growth and
stagnant water since Big Stacy no longer discharging into
creek; 2) retaining wall near pedestrian underpass in
disrepair
- Hidden creek – where’s its source, what
path does it take?
- Restaurants on East Oltorf – while seen as
positive attribute to neighborhood, customers forced to
park in the neighborhood since there is not enough
parking provided
- More and more homeowners building high fences in front
yard – one thought this is being done is to
mitigate increasing traffic noise
- Lack of street cleaning – in some areas
weeds, grass and debris in street impede run-off
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