[provided by Adam Smith, City of Austin, 4/6/04]
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Area 3a Walkabout – Summary

April 5, 2004

Attendees: Sherri Ancipink, John Donisi, Bill Fagelson, Tim Mahoney, Susan and Winston Harwell, Kathleen Littlepage, Don Kersey, Jennie Burger and Martha, Graham and Lucas Stockton

City Staff: Adam Smith

  1. Infill development – residents feel Area 3a already has plenty of infill. There are many garage apartments, duplexes and houses converted into multifamily.
  2. Uniqueness of the area – mix of housing types, trees, creeks, topography
  3. Young families – largest concentration of children under 5 in Area 3a. Many young families have moved in recently.
  4. Chelsea Lane and Reagan Terrace – cut thru traffic, motorists fail to stop at intersection, drainage problem
  5. Progressive Insurance – employees cutting through neighborhood, 3 shifts a day/24 hours employees go in and out
  6. Oak wilt – has not spread east into Area 3a, but still concerned that it has not been dealt with yet.
  7. Harper’s Creek – illegal dumping at Reagan and I-35, neighborhood coordinated with City in cleaning up shrubs and brush along tributary of Harper’s Creek
  8. Redevelopment out of scale with adjacent homes
  9. Norwood House/Dog park – No infrastructure at the park (no bathrooms, water or phones). Underutilized. Gateway to City. Needs to be redesigned.
  10. Edgecliff Street – homeless camp out down near banks of Town Lake, crime – car break ins, streets not cleaned by City, street not paved when Travis Heights done, concern that a couple of homes are prime for redevelopment and will be replaced by McMansions, Code enforcement issues with a couple of houses (one operated as business, other put fill on property to meet height requirement), Ziller Estate
  11. Connection to Hike and Bike Trail – closest neighborhood to Townlake, yet there is not a direct, safe connection to hike and bike trail. The trail has not been extended to I-35. Crossing Riverside is dangerous. More and safer pedestrian crossing needed on Riverside.
  12. Use of pontoons to extend hike and bike east to I-35 and beyond
  13. Travis Heights Boulevard – Stacy House, 1204 Travis Heights, speeding