The Allandale Reporter

ANA Executive Committee Meeting tonight, Jan 26, 6:30

ANA Executive Committee Meeting
6:30 pm, January 26, 2012
Northwest Rec Center
Agenda

Call to Order
Agenda Approval
Minutes – November
Treasurer Report
President’s Report

Lamar Bike Lane Presentation – Katie Larsen

Committee Reports:
   Safety
   Membership
   Parks and Greenspace
   ANC
   Newsletter

SH 45/MoPac extention – Bill Bunch (10 min. presentation FYI only)

Bullard Construction – Stephanie Lott

New Business
   Committee Assignments
   Future Speakers
   January 28 – Tree Pruning Workshop – Peggy Maceo
   Burnet Road Corridor – Steven Zettner - FYI
Old Business
      Storm Drain update
      Articles of Incorporation
      Bylaws update
Announcements
Adjourn

Bike Lanes Presentation Thursday, Jan 26

BIKE LANES PRESENTATION
Friends & Families  of Lamar Middle School & Gullett Elementary and Allandale Residents
DATE:  Thursday, January 26 . 6:30 PM

MEETING LOCATION:  Northwest Recreation Center, 2913 Northland Dr., 78757

Please join us for a bike lane presentation hosted by the Allandale Neighborhood Association.

The City of Austin will reconstruct or resurface Wynona Ave. (Lamar MS faces Wynona Ave.) White Rock Dr, and White Horse Trail after the completion of the storm drain system construction. Lamar MS & Gullett ES families & friends and Allandale residents are invited to a workshop at the ANA meeting to consider designs for safe, protected bike routes for those streets.

The goal is to re-design the streets to encourage more families to walk or bike to school, to provide a neighborhood amenity and to improve watershed health (by reducing street impervious cover that contributes to the degradation of Shoal Creek).

Presenter, Katie Larsen, member of Lamar Middle School-Safe Routes to School Task Group. For more information email SR2SLamar@aol.com or call Jane H. Herrin 940-3636
 
Also like us on Facebook  Lamar MS-Safe Routes to School

ANA Executive Committee meeting, Thursday, Dec 15

The Allandale Neighborhood Executive Committee will meet this Thursday, Dec. 15, at 6:30 pm at Northwest Rec. Because of the holiday, we are meeting on the third Thursday.

We will be making some committee assignments and getting an update on neighborhood projects. In January we will be back to having speakers, but the two Nov. and Dec. meetings are planning meetings.

All Allandale Neighborhood members are welcome, if you are not a member, we will be glad to sign you up!

Donna Beth McCormick, ANA President

Update on development of regulations for short-term rentals

This month's Community Impact News has an article that provides background and status on where things stand with the City in coming up with regulations for short-term rentals (STRs). Short-term rentals are homes that are rented out on a short-term basis. The Allandale Neighborhood Association has been very active in the City's effort to address this issue and the article includes quotes from Cynthia Keohane, immediate past president of ANA and Maurice Anderson, Chair of Allandale's STR Committee. Short-term rentals include homeowners renting out the home they live in on a short-term basis or a home purchased for the purpose of using as a short-term rental. ANA is opposed to the latter. Click here for more on Allandale's position and involvement in the matter.

The city has been working with all affected parties including neighborhood representatives on the matter for the last six months. The Planning Commission's Codes and Ordinances Subcommittee drafted a set of regulations on short-term rentals in October that is going through staff review before it is handed off to the Planning Commission. The draft regulations for short-term rentals includes paying the hotel/motel occupancy tax, adhering to the city's occupancy limits, posting the owner's emergency contact information on the property, addressing commerical short-term rentals, and more. Click here to read the full article about the proposed regulations and timeline. 

ANA Executive Committee meeting this Thursday

The Allandale Neighborhood Executive Committee meeting will meet Thursday, Nov. 17, 6:30 pm at Northwest Rec. This will be our regular monthly meeting. The November and December meetings
are the third Thursday because of the holidays.

This meeting will be more of a planning meeting with the necessary business being conducted. We need to plan for activities next year such as the July 4th parade, annual Garage Sale, etc. It is not too early to begin, meeting once a month does not leave many meetings before the events are here. These events do not just happen without planning.

Two things on the agenda are the February marathon that will be coming through our neighborhood and the proposed resurfacing and trails and sidewalks on Wynona and White Rock.

Everyone is welcome. Please come and get involved.

Donna Beth

Reminder: this Thursday - 6:30 pm - Northwest Rec Center - ANA meeting

We must have a quorum of 25 to elect officers for the next year since we did not have one at the general September meeting. The election will be the first thing and will probably only take a few minutes.  Following the electin will be the Executive Committee meeting.

Donna Beth McCormick

ANA's Fall General Meeting

ANA's Fall  General Meeting is at 6:30 PM, September 22, 2011, Room 100 Eaton
Hall, at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 3003 Northland.
 
Agenda includes:
Police Department District Reps Q&A – Rolando Gutierrez and Gary Griffin

Seedling Foundation overview- Sari Waxler, Executive Director
http://www.seedlingfoundation.net/ - a non-profit whose work includes a school-based mentoring program for children of incarcerated parents.

Comprehensive Plan update – Ora Houston and Scooter Cheatham, Citizens Advisory Task Force members

Short term rental update – ANA STR committee

Officer elections

Hope to see you there.
 
Cynthia Keohane, outgoing ANA President

Upcoming meetings on North Lamar Blvd and Burnet Rd

The City of Austin Transportation Department is sponsoring two public meetings in an interactive mini-design workshop format. The purpose of the meetings is to get input from you about improvements you wish to see along the North Lamar Blvd. and Burnet Rd. corridors. The study of these corridors was approved by voters in the 2010 Mobility Bond Referendum.

The meetings are as follows:

Lamar Blvd. Corridor (US Hwy 183 to N. IH-35)
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
6:30-8:30 p.m.
St, Mark’s United Methodist Church
601 W. Braker Lane

Burnet Rd. Corridor (W. Koenig Ln./Allandale Rd. to Mopac)
Thursday, September 22, 2011
6:30-8:30 p.m.
St. John’s United Methodist Church
2140 Allandale Rd.

Sample sound walls

On 7/28 I wrote a letter to this group to provide the information that I learned at the Allandale Sound Wall Workshop held at Gullet Elementary. This week I became aware of a sample of a proposed Sound Wall that is on display at the TXDot property on Bull Creek just south of 45th Street.

Some of you may already be aware of this display and have visited it; for everyone else I would encourage you to take 20 minutes from your day to drive over and walk along the wall. The wall provides a preview of the proposed wall for our neighborhood, but the three options are only 8’, 12’ and 16’. There is no 20’ section on display though this is the majority of what the height along Great Northern will be.

Photos from Northwest Recreation Center open house

On Saturday, the Northwest Recreation Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate completion of its newly renovated, technically enhanced and eco-friendly recreation center. The extensive remodel of the Center included 7,500 square feet of additional space plus the installation of flat-screen televisions, wireless internet, and the addition of new equipment - glass basketball backboards, a volleyball setup, and medicine balls, jump ropes, elastic bands and dumbbells for the fitness room. As always, the Center offers a variety of classes including jazzercise, Tai Chi, yoga, and more. Hours of operation are Mon.–Thu. 9 a.m.–9 p.m., Fri 9 a.m.–6 p.m. and Sat. 9 a.m–3 p.m.