Hancock Association Meeting Minutes, 3.21.18
1.Election of Officers for 2018
Approximately 60 plus members of the Association
were present and voted on the following officers:
Mark Harkrider, President
Ann Tucker, Vice-President
Mary Sanger, Secretary
Bruce Fairchild, Treasurer
2. CodeNEXT
Barbara McArthur and Mike Hebert, both members of
the CommunityNotCommodity research team,
provided an in- depth presentation on CodeNEXT’s
residential and commercial zoning changes, and their
effects on the Hancock neighborhood. Rather than
summarize the presentations, here is a recent
comment on CodeNEXT from the former President of
the American Planning Association, and member of
Austin’s Zoning and Platting Commission: “This is
without a doubt the worst code I have ever seen in my
life. We’re a world- class city and we
don’t deserve that."
Barbara McArthur’s slide presentation along with all
the materials handed out at the meeting will be
posted on www.hancockna.org

3. The members unanimously approved a resolution,
presented by Susan Rankin, strongly urging the
Mayor and the Austin City Council to refuse to
authorize the use of any Austin parkland for an MLS
soccer stadium or any other non-park use. See
resolution on HNA website.
4. Jennifer Dillahunty, chair of Hancock’s Local
Historic District Committee gave an up-date on the
committee’s activities. The committee’s first step is to
make certain the neighborhood residents receive
accurate information about LHDs. Over time, It will be
using all possible means of conveying information,
including the Hancock yahoo list-serve, direct mail
pieces, public forums, and block meetings. Thanks to
Coan Dillahunty, Hancock’s local historic district
project has a very good looking
website: www.hancocklhd.com. Check it out and read
the letter from HNA President, Mark Harkrider. This
will be the site to go to for all information related to
the Hancock LHD initiative. One can also email
hnahistoric@gmail.com. The email address will be
monitored by Jen and Coan Dillahunty.
5. Carolyn Palaima, Chair of HNA’s Park Committee
chair, reported that Hancock has $475,000 remaining
from HNA’s agreement with the developers of the
former Concordia College land. This money can go to
a parkland initiative, green space initiative and the
like in the Hancock neighborhood. Carolyn will be
holding a neighborhood meeting to receive

suggestions from residents on how this money should
be spent. Carolyn said it is up to Hancock residents to
decide.
6. One of our homeowners spoke about how his next
door neighbor, Louis Black, at 833 East 38th, has held
a large catered party, with valet parking, during SXS,
which has greatly disturbed, inconvenienced and
disrupted his families’ life at a time when his wife is
undergoing serious health problems. For the second
year, Mark Harkrider, our neighbor and other
residents have called and met with the police and
code enforcement at the scene. The complaints have
not been addressed. The Association’s Executive
Committee will look into the legal issues involved and
do what is necessary to address the complaints.
The HNA meeting ended at 8:30.
Submitted on behalf of the Executive Committee,
Mary Sanger, Secretary.