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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Dear Neighbors: Slowly but surely we are making progress on the transportation front. I am pleased to let you know that after a concerted effort of complaining to the city at every turn (no pun intended) about the horrendous conditions at Manchaca and Slaughter, that city staff is soliciting bids for a major improvement project. According to staff reports, the intersection will include dual left-hand turn lanes in both the northbound and southbound directions of Manchaca. Additionally, and perhaps the best news of all, the turn bays will include a raised median that will prohibit left-hand turns into and out of the HEB shopping center, which has been the genesis of most problems in that area. I will continue to communicate with staff and see if they might come to one of our future association meetings to brief us on the design. In related news: Association leaders met with city staff to discuss the Davis Lane/Westgate planning efforts. We learned quite a bit from the meeting, some of which is provided later in the newsletter and has been sent around via our email distribution list. Most important was the admission that Westgate will likely be extended with or without city bond money under consideration during this planning process. However, the same cannot be said for any future Davis Lane improvements. There is neither enough development funds nor any other city sources to construct any improvements along Davis Lane at this time. Even if there is a future bond election, there is no guarantee Davis Lane will be slotted for funding. We are scheduled to have the association leaderships meet shortly to begin discussing possible consensus positions on these improvements. If a tentative agreement can be reached, that agreement will be brought before COVNA for consideration to include adoption, amendment, or rejection. Progress is slow but steady. And hopefully by late Spring we will have a solution before the city council. Dominic Chavez |
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ANC 2008 CITY
COUNCIL
Dear Neighbors, at our last meeting, I explained that I was (with the association’s blessing) going to see about organizing a candidate forum in our area of town with some of the other associations. Unfortunately, I have been so covered up with the Davis Lane and Traffic Calming planning processes that I was unable to make it work. However, if you are interested, ANC is hosting a major candidate forum on March 26 (see details below). I hope to get a better jump on an effort to organize a forum for next year’s Mayoral race. – Dom You are cordially invited to attend the Austin Neighborhoods Council (ANC) 2008 Austin City Council Candidates' Forum. Get to know the candidates and hear their answers to questions about the issues important to Austin on such varied topics as: Growth Management, Neighborhood Planning, City Government Structure, Open Governance, Community Values, Code Enforcement, Environmental Issues, Transportation, Working with AISD, and more. Everyone is welcome to attend this free forum. ANC 2008 City Council Candidates Forum Candidates Schedule |
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| TRAFFIC UPDATE On March 6th, representatives from Deer Park HOA, Sendera HOA, Cherry Creek on Brodie, and COVNA met with representatives from the city of Austin and AISD to discuss the Westgate/Davis Lane Planning Project. Below are some of the highlights from the meeting:
Click here for answers to questions we submitted in writing that provide additional context. The next step is to set a meeting with the neighborhood leaderships to begin discussing possible compromise(s) that we can then bring back to our associations for consideration/discussion, etc. Ideally the city would like some input in the next 30-60 days, so we must act quickly. |
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The
city staff preference is for the full construction of Westgate Blvd
as a four-lane divided roadway at $8.5 million. This would result
in no funding for any additional Davis Lane improvements other than
those already funded (e.g. Davis Lane realignment west of Brodie
and short connect of Davis at Guidepost).
