Hello Contact Team Representative,

Please read the below announcement and send comments & questions to transportation@austintexas.gov by December 5th. 

Have great holiday weekend everybody!  City offices will be closed starting today at 3pm, I’ll respond to your emails when I return on Monday!

Thanks,

Margaret

City of Austin is proposing a change to its traffic calming program

Dear Neighborhood Group,

The City of Austin is proposing a change to its traffic calming program. The new program is called Local Area Traffic Management (LATM).  Initially this new program will provide a process for mitigating excessive speeding on neighborhood streets.  Eventually the program will include methodologies for dealing with cut-through traffic and the removal of existing traffic control devices.

The guidelines and procedures for LATM were presented to the Urban Transportation Commission (UTC) on November 8th.  The LATM PowerPoint presentation from that meeting as well as the proposed guidelines and procedures are available on the UTC website.  The guidelines and procedures can be found at:  http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/edims/document.cfm?id=160679

and the PowerPoint is at

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/edims/document.cfm?id=160205.

Please take time to review and consider providing comments on the revised guidelines and procedures by December 5th.  Comments can be emailed to transportation@austintexas.gov

A second presentation will be made to UTC in December to follow up on any comments received.  Assuming no significant issues, the program will start in January 2012.

Margaret E. Valenti

Senior Neighborhood Planner

Contact Team and Education Coordinator

(512) 974-2648

City of Austin

Planning & Development Review Department

505 Barton Springs Road, Austin Texas 78704

Please note: E-mail correspondence to and from the City of Austin is subject to open records requests

Hello Contact Team Representative,

This email contains 5 important announcements!  Please take a moment and read through to the end.

Thanks,

Margaret

The Neighborhood Plan-It

Please take a look at the inaugural issue of the quarterly newsletter produced by the Planning and Development Review Department to highlight Neighborhood Plan Contact Teams: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/planning/neighborhood/contact_teams.htm

Austin Strategic Mobility Plan - IH35 Corridor Development Program

Come, see, and comment on initial ideas for short and medium term projects to help improve IH35 through the City of Austin

The City of Austin invites residents, corridor travelers, businesses and all stakeholders to help identify, review and comment on “short term improvements” to reduce congestion, improve safety, and enhance quality of life around and on IH35. Your input is needed during this initial review of IH35 Corridor Development Program ideas.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

3:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Austin Energy’s Town Lake Center

721 Barton Springs Road

Room 130, First Floor Meeting Room

(Free parking down the block at One Texas Center, 505 Barton Springs Road)

Permanent Supportive Housing Conversation (forwarded from Councilmember Laura Morrison)

The City is formally committed to geographic dispersion of affordable housing, which means all kinds of housing in all parts of town - North, South, East, and West.  As we work toward that goal, we need a productive and efficient process for engagement of community stakeholders that will work for all neighborhoods and all types of housing developments.

Mayor Pro-Tem Sheryl Cole and I invite you to a discussion Thursday, November 17th centered around creating a framework for neighborhood engagement for proposals for affordable housing and permanent supportive housing. 

Thursday, November 17th

7pm - 8:30pm

One Texas Center, Rm 325 (505 Barton Springs Road)

Please attend this session, or ask a representative from your neighborhood to attend. To be successful, we need perspectives from neighborhoods all across Austin.

We are exploring the introduction of a set of "Good Neighbor" guidelines intended to facilitate communication between affordable housing developers and surrounding neighborhoods.  This would help address issues such as property maintenance and appearance, neighborhood codes of conduct, community safety, communication and agreement monitoring and compliance.  The goal is to have these guidelines promote communication and establish a successful approach to integrating a range of affordable housing throughout the city.  

We also plan to use this gathering as an opportunity to discuss ideas about how to more effectively achieve geographic dispersion of affordable housing.

Please RSVP to Bobby Levinski, in my office, to let him know you can attend,512-974-1626 or robert.levinski@austintexas.gov.

Airport Boulevard Corridor Study Open House

Community Presentation and Open House

Tuesday, November 29 • 6–8 pm

Center61, 2921 East 17th Street, 2nd Floor

(the PeopleFund building @ the MLK MetroRail station)

Presentation: 6:15 — 6:45 pm

Open House: 6:45 — 8 pm

Come see the latest ideas for near- and long-term ways to make Airport Boulevard work better for drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists and transit users. This is your opportunity to learn and provide hands-on feedback on design concepts, cross sections, intersection improvements and more before the study is finalized in early 2012.

For more information, contact Alan Hughes at 512-974-7186 oralan.hughes@austintexas.gov or visit airportboulevard.com

Open House Meeting #1 for Town Lake Park / Auditorium Shores / Butler Park

The Austin Parks and Recreation Department cordially invites the public to an Open House Meeting on the Proposed Master Plan Update for Town Lake Park/Auditorium Shores/Butler Park.

Saturday, December 3, 2011, 1:00 – 4:00pm

Dougherty Arts Center

1110 Barton Springs Road. A brief presentation on the project history, goals and opportunities will be conducted at 2:00 pm.

This initial meeting will inform the public about the current status of the site master planning process as well as introduce the design team to the community. The Broussard Group (TBG) will be developing the Master Plan in conjunction with the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department. Staff will provide a brief presentation, seek community input and ideas about the master plan for this vibrant park space.

For more information, please visit: www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/auditoriumshores.htm

Or submit an email to the project manager at: auditoriumshores@austintexas.gov

Thanks for reading!

Margaret

Margaret E. Valenti

Senior Neighborhood Planner

Contact Team and Education Coordinator

(512) 974-2648

City of Austin

Planning & Development Review Department

505 Barton Springs Road, Austin Texas 78704

Please note: E-mail correspondence to and from the City of Austin is subject to open records requests