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Re: [NNADL] [nndl] [Fwd: Re: Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program Update]

yes, I called 311 yesterday & had a good conversation w/ woman re:avenue F, especially the portion just north of the Avenue F/North Loop intersection- 
 
many thanks to all for the helpful information
 
kate
avenue F resident

--- On Wed, 9/3/08, Daniel Kumburis < [at] > wrote:



 

[nndl] FW: HPNA letter to City Council

For people who are keeping track of the proposed zoning and development
of property south of the cemetery on 51st Street, the Hyde Park
Neighborhood Association has now rescinded their support for this
project. They are now expressing concerns over flooding, traffic, and
parking, and have written a letter to Council requesting a postponement
of consideration of this property until after more study has been
conducted. (See attached letter.)

It is hard to argue against a request for further study, so this is a
fairly intelligent move on the part of HPNA. It is not at all clear how



 

[nndl] Hyde Park/Park

I sent the message below out yesterday but it bounced back (likely due
to the attachment)
Now resending w/o attachment.

We should be spending more time trying to do positive things in our
neighborhood instead of putting another one down.

With that in mind, we desperately need to get (30!) trees in the
ground for the new 551/2 St. park.

We have a planting May 3 (next Saturday) 9am-1pm.

The park is located on 551/2 St between Chesterfield and Guadalupe



 

Re: [nndl] The compassionate conservatives of Hyde Park strike again

I find this whole situation rather appalling, to be honest. Let's see. . . take a snippet of news out of context, make wild assumptions about peoples' motives without researching the actual facts of the case, and then encourage people to write letters to the government in protest. . .  and if you don't, that means you don't care about the children's safety! Give me a break.
And this isn't even in our neighborhood.



 

RE: [nndl] The compassionate conservatives of Hyde Park strike again

Michele Page Wrote:
>
>Hmm...I'm not sure the Hyde Park NA deserves all this criticism. Hyde
Park
>has better-maintained and more numerous sidewalks and bike lanes than
>Northfield. It might be wrong to assume the forces of xenophobia or
>paranoia are the reason for this decision. I read another post on the
>austinzoning website suggesting that the real reason is because of
>parking/egress issues.



 

Re: [nndl] The compassionate conservatives of Hyde Park strike again

Hmm...I'm not sure the Hyde Park NA deserves all this criticism.  Hyde Park has better-maintained and more numerous sidewalks and bike lanes than Northfield.  It might be wrong to assume the forces of xenophobia or paranoia are the reason for this decision.  I read another post on the austinzoning website suggesting that the real reason is because of parking/egress issues.  Apparently,



 

RE: [nndl] The compassionate conservatives of Hyde Park strike again

thanks, Sebastian, for that information & link; I've sent an email & hope they'll re-consider   you know, even with the latest scare at our house, me n Fred would never want to see access compromised in the street or the alley-   for every person with a hostile motive, there are ten legitimate & lovely people we get to know who walk/bike past our home, either by chatting or a wave/nod of the head-    a few days ago there were some high school students walking home from school and as they passed by I



 

RE: [nndl] The compassionate conservatives of Hyde Park strike again

Fancy rhetoric aside, this is not a smart maneuver, and I'm ashamed of
our city leaders for their lack of foresight. The residents of Hyde
Park may be xenophobic, but our city leaders should not be influenced by
their irrational paranoia. Denying access for pedestrians and cyclists
to a residential street is quite unforgivable.

When people think of pedestrians and cyclists, they often think of fit
and healthy adults, but in fact, there will be children living in this



 
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