Neighbors,

Here’s the agenda for our neighborhood association meeting on Tuesday night.

Social hour (with snacks) starts at 6:00 PM and the meeting itself begins at 7:00.

Information on how to watch via Zoom follows. Please plan to join us if you can!

Thanks,

Stan

BARTON HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
SPRING MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Tuesday April 23, 2024
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall

6:00 Social hour and snacks
7:00 Call to order
7:05 Introductions and announcements
7:10 Approval of Jan 2024 meeting minutes
7:12 Treasurer’s report
7:15 Committee reports
Emergency Preparedness
Barton Hills Community Park
Oak Wilt Prevention
Greenbelt Guardians
Outreach and Events – 4th of July call for volunteers
7:30 Barton Skyway traffic calming – special committee report and discussion
with Laura Dierenfield, City of Austin Transportation Dept.
8:00 Committee on Area Development – HOME initiative discussion
8:20 Austin Neighborhoods Council report and vote on ANC HOME resolution
8:30 Adjourn

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Apr 23, 2024 06:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpcO6gqzojHdMINCJwRE_6lRQ1gB7jqEJK

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Stan Ostrum
BHNA President

Neighbors,

Here’s the agenda for tonight’s BHNA meeting:

BARTON HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
WINTER MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Tuesday January 23, 2024
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall

6:00 Social hour and snacks
7:00 Call to order
7:05 Introductions and announcements
7:10 Approval of Nov 2024 special meeting minutes
7:12 Treasurer’s report
7:15 Committee reports
Barton Hills Community Park
Oak Wilt Prevention
Greenbelt Guardians
7:25 Emergency Preparedness – update on BH Wildfire Prevention Plan
7:40 Committee on Area Development – HOME initiative discussion
8:15 Adjourn

Please join us in person if you can. Social hour with snacks starts at 6:00 PM, so come out early and visit. The meeting itself will begin at 7:00.

Alternatively, you can view tonight’s proceedings via Zoom by registering in advance here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qcuivqD8uGNM-Aigz_16jkOTQipI5lA7K.  After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.

We’ll be talking about the city’s HOME initiative, both the part that already passed and the 2^nd part that’s coming this spring We’ll also have an update on the Barton Hills Wildfire Protection Plan and the community risk assessment that AFD has completed, along with the usual reports from our other committees. No special guests, big presentations, or resolutions to debate this time, so we’re planning to wrap up a little earlier than usual.

See you tonight!

Thanks,

Stan Ostrum
BHNA President

Neighbors,

The Barton Hills Neighborhood Association has scheduled a special meeting for next Tuesday November 14^th at 7:00 PM at St. Mark’s church to address the zoning and land development code changes (HOME initiative) that our city council is currently trying to push through.

Austin certainly needs affordable housing, but these proposals are just another big present to developers that the rest of us will end up paying for with higher taxes and a lower quality of life.

I’m not sure if the city is listening to us anymore, but they certainly won’t listen if we don’t say anything.

Please join us on Tuesday to discuss these issues and consider the attached resolution (revised 11/13/23), written by Larry Akers, opposing the proposed changes.

We need to do what we can to protect our neighborhood and the community that we’ve built from being completely destroyed by our city leaders’ insatiable appetite for growth and their misguided belief that if we just build enough, some of it will be affordable.

Thanks,

Stan Ostrum
BHNA VP, acting president