South Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan (Crockett, Impact: 2013, neighborhoods, buying)

[tildahat]

Thought the planning process was worth having its own thread.

The next step, the design workshop, is Saturday:


Visioning Workshop – February 16, 2013

• 8:30 am - Doors open at for sign-in and a light breakfast.
• 9:00 am -12:00 pm - Staff presentations and group exercises
• 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Open house

The 2nd neighborhood planning workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Crockett High School on February 16. Representatives from the Watershed, Parks and Recreation, Transportation, and Neighborhood Connectivity departments will be back to report on what they heard during the kickoff and to identify next steps. In the second part of the workshop, we will begin to identify desired neighborhood character, including how development or redevelopment should look and function in relation to the neighborhoods.

[twange]

Links?

[zakas80]

http://www.austintexas.gov/departmen...ghborhood-plan

South Austin group to share neighborhood planning perspective Jan. 12 - Community Impact Newspaper

[tildahat]

Originally Posted by zakas80

South Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan | Planning | AustinTexas.gov - The Official Website of the City of Austin

South Austin group to share neighborhood planning perspective Jan. 12 - Community Impact Newspaper

Thanks, thought I had put a link in there.

[tildahat]

Also, if you're interested, I'd suggest getting on the mailing list. Not too many emails, but they seem to rely on that more than posting on the site....

[tildahat]

Never reported back on this. Decent meeting. Free breakfast tacos!

I think they tried to rush through too much. Did some snap polls on various pictures of buildings but didn't explain well what we were voting on. People weren't really clear on if they were voting on the style vs. the form, or what that even means. Also weren't clear on the where these building were supposed to be. Just too much info in too short a time, especially since so many probably haven't spent a lot of time reading on these sorts of issues.

From my urbanist perspective, I'd say it was pretty even as far as openness vs. hostility to making the area more walkable and less car centric. Though a disappointing number of people who seem to have the attitude "I want to drive *everywhere* and if anyone else is giving the option of sometimes not driving, it's tyranny and I'm mad as hell about it!" Never understood that. If you want to drive everywhere, fine, but why is it 'tyranny' if I'm given a choice, but 'freedom' if you force me to make *your* choice?

[tildahat]

Anyone going to the NH planning meetings? We ended up buying outside of the planning area, so I haven't been, but I'm curious what direction they are taking.

I still think 78745 has the potential to be semi-retrofitted - lots of intersections with dying low intensity malls that could be made into mini-Muellers or at least something like the Triangle, not to mention all the completely undeveloped land along Congress.

This would actually benefit the people in SF housing near those areas, though past history and the comments of some of the people at the planning meetings make me think some will oppose it.