Neighbors,

Just a reminder that the Barton Hills Neighborhood Association’s spring meeting is Tuesday April 25th, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church.

Informal social hour with snacks from 6 PM – 7 PM, the meeting itself is from 7 PM – 9 PM. Please see the below agenda for details.

There are several other events going on at St. Mark’s Tuesday evening, so please walk, bike, or carpool to the BHNA meeting if you can so that we don’t overwhelm the parking lot.

Hope to see everyone there.

Thanks,

Stan Ostrum
BHNA Vice-President

 

BARTON HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SPRING MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Tuesday April 25, 2023
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall

6:00 Social hour and snacks

7:00 Call to order

7:05 Introductions and announcements

7:10 Approval of Jan 2023 meeting minutes

7:12 Treasurer’s report

7:15 Neighborhood Outreach – Picnic in the Park and 4th of July Celebration

7:20 Committee on Area Development – updates on Brodie Oaks PUD and Zilker Park Vision Plan

7:25 Other committee reports

7:30 Emergency Preparedness – Wildfire Risk and Associated Mitigation Josh Portie, AFD Wildfire Division

8:00 Barton Skyway improvements –
Laura Dierenfield, Austin Transportation Department

8:40 Project Connect update –
Peter Mullan, Austin Transit Partnership

8:55 Adjourn

 

Neighbors,

We’ve scheduled a special meeting of the Barton Hills Neighborhood Association on Tuesday February 28, 2023 at 7:00 PM in the fellowship hall at St. Mark’s to discuss the proposed Zilker Park Vision Plan, and consider and vote on the attached resolution. Please plan to attend if you can.

This is a huge issue that has the potential to affect everyone in the neighborhood, regardless of whether or not you use Zilker Park on a regular basis. Our discussion got off to a good start at our January meeting, but we didn’t have enough time to cover everything, and we also didn’t have a resolution prepared yet. Larry Akers and David Weinberg have been hard at work since then, and the attached draft is the product of their efforts.

Please review it, discuss it, and comment on it here. We realize there are a lot of diverse opinions on this subject but hope we can reach a consensus that will provide feedback to the planners that will reflect what is important to as many of us as possible.

We don’t call special meetings very often, but the Vision Plan is currently making its way through the various city boards and commissions, and we really need to provide our input before the next BHNA membership meeting in April.

Thanks,

Stan Ostrum
BHNA VP and Acting President

 

Join us for our first meeting of 2023

Neighbors,

Here’s the agenda for our first BHNA meeting of 2023 next Tuesday night at St. Mark’s. We have a lot to cover, including discussions on the Brodie Oaks PUD and the Zilker Park Vision Plan, two issues that both have large potential impacts on our neighborhood. Please make plans to join us if you can.

Our new city councilperson, Ryan Alter, is expected to attend. We’ll also have officers from APD to give an update on neighborhood crime and policing.

Please note that we are NOT providing dinner during the 6 – 7 PM social hour, just some light snacks. Interest in dinner before our meetings has been on the decline for a long time. We usually end up losing money and having leftover food to deal with. It usually gets donated to either the fire station or a homeless camp. That isn’t a bad thing, but it’s a lot of extra work. If anyone wants something more substantial to eat, please feel free to bring and consume it.

We are looking at having child care (provided by teachers from St. Marks) available during our meetings. Please let us know if this is something that you would take advantage of. If there’s enough interest, we’ll try to start this service at our next meeting in April.

I think that’s all for now. We hope to see lots of you on Tuesday.

Thanks and have a good weekend,

Stan Ostrum
BHNA VP

 

BARTON HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
WINTER MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Tuesday January 24, 2023
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall

6:00 Social hour and snacks

7:00 Call to order

7:05 Introductions and announcements
Ryan Alter, District 5 City Councilperson
2023 BHNA Executive Committee

7:10 Approval of Oct 2022 meeting minutes

7:12 Treasurer’s report – Pat Whiteside

7:15 Committee reports
Oak Wilt – Jorjanna Price
Greenbelt Guardians – Stan Ostrum
Emergency Preparedness – Craig Smith

7:25 APD Officers Garvey and Almedia
Brief update on neighborhood crime and policing

7:35 New business
Annual donation to St. Mark’s – Stan
BHE Community Park maintenance – Melissa Hawthorne

7:45 Brodie Oaks PUD discussion – Peter Hess and Melissa Hawthorne

8:20 Zilker Park Vision Plan discussion – Melissa Hawthorne

8:55 Adjourn

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