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Hancock Neighborhood Association Meeting Minutes Wednesday September 16, 2015
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Code Committee with not be presenting a. Linda - Presentation on development for 913 Duncan Lane - mainly multifamily and agree to put in high density there b. Zoning has received waive variance for project Presentation by Kevin Yang - offers handout with information. Reviews handout. a. No complaints from neighbors b. Duncan Ln. and Keith St. are zoned c. Garbage and recycling plan TBD. Will be a container with commercial pick up d. Professionally managed homeowners association e. Zoning and development committee is comfortable with Kevin and would recommend waiving compatibility waiver and sending to the neighborhood association Beanna Project (?) update - request no waiver and variance. City has blessed the site. Report on I35 Triple Deck a. TXDot meetings on future plans on 35. Can review online by searching I35 Mobility b. 183-12th St plans include double decks c. Can add 3rd lane on upper deck d. Continue new lanes to Riverside. Widen base of exiting lanes and include vertical walls e. Other option to depress the highway from 15th St to the river (similar to Dallas) and may cover area with a park, if funding allows f. NCINC2 groups think TX Dot isn't thinking outside the box and they are writing to City Council about it. Suggest that lanes are not changed and rather get rid of traffic using other forms of multimodal transportation. The Legislature would need to fund this project. g. 51st St access road to be a roundabout with no lights. NCINC2 is asking if HNA supports city council and not to put money in the upper deck and find other ways to improve the highway system. i. Asking City Council to use influence to keep upper deck the same, as its time and lifespan are limited. They suggest doing a comprehensive plan to minimize the barrier function of a highway. h. What about carpooling or HOV lanes? 2 lanes to be added will be tolls like Mopac, not HOV. There has been no talk of an HOV lane i. Once HNA sees the letter, a vote can be called
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Harry Swinney on Park Lane accessibility a. Park Lane is the only thoroughfare from Red River to Duval. There is lots of pedestrian traffic however there are no curb ramps so those that rely on wheeled devices must walk in the street and this poses a safety hazard. b. With the support of HNA, curb ramps can be placed on Caswell and Barrow c. Will vote on this initiative at the next meeting d. Informal vote of the neighbors is unanimous e. Unsure of how long it will take to implement the request as there is a backlog in the city Lee Elementary School name change a. Subcommittee met with the school board and will pursue a name change for all schools named after Confederate figures i. This initiative been added to the school board calendar - will set up a meeting to determine the process to change the name of a school b. At Lee, the PTA is likely to take a position i. 500 signatures on a local petition in support of a name change ii. Friends of Hyde Park voted in support of a name change, as did the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association iii. School board is still unsure of the process but serious about the issue iv. The new name would not be decided by the school board but rather by the community Introduction of Tiffany Scolnic - HNA historian The Treasurer reported, as of September 16, 2015, there was a balance of $7, 453.14 in the checking account and $2505.79 in the money market account.
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Code Committee with not be presenting a. Linda - Presentation on development for 913 Duncan Lane - mainly multifamily and agree to put in high density there b. Zoning has received waive variance for project Presentation by Kevin Yang - offers handout with information. Reviews handout. a. No complaints from neighbors b. Duncan Ln. and Keith St. are zoned c. Garbage and recycling plan TBD. Will be a container with commercial pick up d. Professionally managed homeowners association e. Zoning and development committee is comfortable with Kevin and would recommend waiving compatibility waiver and sending to the neighborhood association Beanna Project (?) update - request no waiver and variance. City has blessed the site. Report on I35 Triple Deck a. TXDot meetings on future plans on 35. Can review online by searching I35 Mobility b. 183-12th St plans include double decks c. Can add 3rd lane on upper deck d. Continue new lanes to Riverside. Widen base of exiting lanes and include vertical walls e. Other option to depress the highway from 15th St to the river (similar to Dallas) and may cover area with a park, if funding allows f. NCINC2 groups think TX Dot isn't thinking outside the box and they are writing to City Council about it. Suggest that lanes are not changed and rather get rid of traffic using other forms of multimodal transportation. The Legislature would need to fund this project. g. 51st St access road to be a roundabout with no lights. NCINC2 is asking if HNA supports city council and not to put money in the upper deck and find other ways to improve the highway system. i. Asking City Council to use influence to keep upper deck the same, as its time and lifespan are limited. They suggest doing a comprehensive plan to minimize the barrier function of a highway. h. What about carpooling or HOV lanes? 2 lanes to be added will be tolls like Mopac, not HOV. There has been no talk of an HOV lane i. Once HNA sees the letter, a vote can be called
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Harry Swinney on Park Lane accessibility a. Park Lane is the only thoroughfare from Red River to Duval. There is lots of pedestrian traffic however there are no curb ramps so those that rely on wheeled devices must walk in the street and this poses a safety hazard. b. With the support of HNA, curb ramps can be placed on Caswell and Barrow c. Will vote on this initiative at the next meeting d. Informal vote of the neighbors is unanimous e. Unsure of how long it will take to implement the request as there is a backlog in the city Lee Elementary School name change a. Subcommittee met with the school board and will pursue a name change for all schools named after Confederate figures i. This initiative been added to the school board calendar - will set up a meeting to determine the process to change the name of a school b. At Lee, the PTA is likely to take a position i. 500 signatures on a local petition in support of a name change ii. Friends of Hyde Park voted in support of a name change, as did the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association iii. School board is still unsure of the process but serious about the issue iv. The new name would not be decided by the school board but rather by the community Introduction of Tiffany Scolnic - HNA historian The Treasurer reported, as of September 16, 2015, there was a balance of $7, 453.14 in the checking account and $2505.79 in the money market account.