BHNA members:

It is very important to come to the next meeting to show our strength and resolve on important issues facing our neighborhood right now.

We have a long established excellent working relationship with the City of Austin leaders and staff and especially Parks and Recreation Department; we need to honor their commitment to us by listening and discussing issues and concerns with them at this meeting.

Please come to participate, enjoy, get involved, bring your children (babysitting provided!!), great food, celebrate our neighorhood!!

Barton Hills Neighborhood Association

General Meeting

Tues. June 22, 2004

St. Marks Episcopal Church

6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Meet & Greet Social

BBQ and Jambalaya

Green Mesquite

On the deck with fans!!

AGENDA

7:00 to 9:00

General Meeting

• Welcome
• Approval of Minutes
• 4th of July Parade and Celebration — Shannon Noble and Valinda Bolton
• Oak Wilt Presentation – Eric Beckers, Texas Forestry Service
• Barton Creek Remediation Ponds Update – Les Tull, City of Austin (COA)
• Barton Springs South Lot Parking Fee Issue – Michael McDonell, Asst. City Manager, COA and Warren Struss, Acting Director Parks and Recreation Department (PARD)
• Bike Lanes and Parking Proposal – Scott Johnson
• Greenbelt Trails Project – Austin Action representative
• Utilities Work in Barton Hills — Brad Castleberry
• Neighborhood Watch – Stephen Lyssey

Committee Reports:

• Neighborhood Planning – Don Long
• Greenbelt Guardian – Glee Ingram
• Sidewalks – Cindy Bogard

Adjourn

Don Long

President

Barton Hills Neighborhood Association

Dear BHNA Members and Members-in-Waiting:

1. Your Attendance Needed!

We have a very important neighborhood meeting this Tuesday, April 13th, with a full agenda and I am strongly encouraging your attendance. While there are no crises with banner headlines in the American-Statesman to excite interest, I am concerned that we have a very good turnout for this next BHNA meeting in particular. We have two important presenters–a City of Austin Principal (Neighborhood) Planner and Charlie Jones and Jody Goode, Capitol Sports Entertainment, the producer of the Austin City Limits Concert–and we need to impress them with our strength in numbers. These are two issues of vital interest to our community. Our influence is ultimately based on how active and large our membership is.

So please do come. And please help us with turnout by strongly encouraging friends and neighbors to attend as well.

2. New Service: Babysitting at April 13th BHNA General Meeting

I am very happy to announce that thanks to Father Bill and staff at St. Marks Episcopal Church, we will provide babysitting at the April 13th BHNA meeting. Michelle Parilla, whom many of you know as the babysitter for St. Marks, has offered to take care of your children during the meeting. She and her 13 year-old daughter will babysit the children in Miss Becky’s classroom, the nursery. Her fee is very reasonable and, when divided among the participating families, it is by far the best deal in town!

So now families with young child can attend these meetings. Make it a special family occasion by coming for the Green Mesquite barbecue that starts at 6:00 pm., and then relax and enjoy two hours of the most topical meeting in Austin. It is not necessary but if possible, please let me know in advance how many children you will bring for babysitting. Michelle has offered to do this at all four BHNA meetings during the year, so let’s get this off to a great start.

Thanks. I look forward to seeing you this Tuesday evening.

Don Long

President

Barton Hills Neighborhood Association