ZNEWS Archives for 1998

meeting
MEETING:
April 27
7:00 PM
Kinney Ave. Bapist Church
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meeting_agenda
Meeting Agenda We have a full agenda for our April meeting and are in need of as many neighbors attending the meeting as possible. We will be discussing Barton Springs Rd. and the its latest developments. Sinclair Black will be attending to discuss the latest proposals for Palmer which includes leasing to restaurants and inevitably putting more traffic into the area. Representatives of the bond issue will be there to discuss the election May 2" The owners and their attorney for Slick Willies will be there to address our concerns about a 10,000 square foot bar and pool hall going into our neighborhood. Index(meeting)

Barton_Springs_Road_Design
Barton Springs Rd. Design Conflicts
As you may remember ZNA had been trying for five years to get Public Works to meet with the Association to discuss the design and construction of Barton Springs Rd. After numerous meetings with the landowners and businesses they met with us and showed a design that was a five-lane raceway through the neighborhood with a continuous turn lane. We protested this South Lamarization of Barton Springs Rd. Told by Public Works that it was too late, they had an engineering firm is Lubbock drawing up the specs for construction, we were able to convince City Council to stop Public Works. A charette (meeting) was conducted last April and the business owners and neighbors came up with an incredibly beautiful design wrth landscaped 15-foot media and landscaped roundabouts. Subsequently the landowners have gotten expensive lawyers and a high powered lobbyist to intervene to get their Lubbock designed street back,
Understand that faster traffic means more cars and more cars going faster means that the landowners can eventually put more and bigger buildings on their property Also the untold story is the new Bee Caves Road Freeway that the Texas Dept. of Transportation is going to build from Loop 360 to Mopac through Westlake and Rollingwood. It will dump many more thousands of cars a day into Zilker Park and Barton Springs Rd. which would become Barton Springs Road Freeway, So, a new Bee Caves Freeway from Loop 360 connecting at Zilker Park to Barton Springs Road Freeway connecting to Riverside Dr. connecting Interstate 35 results in the Austin East-West Freeway through the City that business leaders have pushed for over the years and rejected by other neighborhoods. Now we understand why a very expensive high-powered lobbyist appeared on the scene. Negotiations are in process. Please join us at this neighborhood meeting. We will Need your support to prevent wealth and power from stealing our street and park. Index(Barton)

ZNA_dues
Any Dues Will Do All residents are members of our Neighbdrhood Association by simply residing in it. Membership includes all residents, both homeowners and renters. Dues are voluntary and almost exclusively used for this newsletter. We now only get the newsletter out to about half of our residents because it is hand delivered by volunteers. We are hoping with advertising and strong dues srpport ~am our neighbors we can purehaae I mailing list and mail the newsletter to everyone in the near fufilrc. To do this and insure that everyone gets the newsletter please mail in your dues of $5.00 with the dues coupon included in this newsletter. Thanks! Index(ZNA)

correction
Correction Claire Barry's work phone number was inadvertently listed in our previous newsletter regarding interest in getting the City to bury ovnhcad utility lines. Should you want to discuss this with her she can be reached phone at 451-2356. Thanks Index(correction)

buzzbombs
Buzz Bombs During the Motorola Marathon and the Austin 10,000 many of us were harassed bj; the low flying airplanes moving back and forth over our houses and Zillrer Park. These planes were trrriliag banners advertising businesses and obviously had loud exhaust pipes making extra ordinary noise intended to cause people to look up. I received a number of calls and made several calls regarding the regulating and regulation of these intruders. Nothing, as a practical matter , can be done about them. The only recourse we have is to call the advertisers and ask them to stop strafing our homes and park.'lhe advemscrs I noted were, prestige Chrysler Plymouth at 219-3600,Roger Beasley Volvo at 452-0266 and'lhe Yellow Rose at 458-2106. Index(buzzbombs)

bridge_players
Bridge Players Needed June Rade has asked for people to call 442-8241 if you are interested in forming a group to play bridge. Index(bridge)