Rosewood Neighborhood Contact Team Monthly Meeting
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, at the Harvey House, 2938 E. 13th Street

Present
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Jane Rivera (Chair), Dusty McCormick (Vice-Chair), Linda Hutchins
(Secretary), Daniel Bradford, Lee Clippard, Jarrett Cole, Greg
Hammond, Sun McColgin, Girard Kinney (FLWR), Mary T. Parker, Gilbert
Rivera, Bryan Robison, Megan Spencer, Lonny Stern, John Stott, Staryn
Wagner, Dave Westerngarger. Guests: Christina Calvery, Mike Kelly,
George Walker, City of Austin; Jerimi Henry, Darrell Jones, URS Corp.;
Carolyn Kelley, CKLA; Dale Miller, Mainstream Restoration, Inc.
    
Chair's Report
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Introductions and motion to approve August minutes.

Jane Rivera reported attending recent ANC meeting wherein the City
stated new comprehensive plan will replace Austin Tomorrow Plan; that
all neighborhood plans (including Rosewood) will become defunct and
new planning process will begin.

Jane encouraged Rosewood individuals to urge council members of choice
to allow their present neighborhood plans be incorporated into the new
neighborhood plans.

Jane gave a Rosewood Dump Site Project update, stating the site
remediation is to be completed by December 2011.

Jane attended Austin Parks Foundation Application Training for yearly
grants, and she encouraged Rosewood to form a project team and apply
for funding for a Downs Field artistic, historical project by the
January 31, 2010 application deadline.

Jane Rivera discussed Homewood Heights' unanimous opposition to the
Wallace Development Corporation's Rosewood Oaks Apartment Community
development (presentation given at July 16 RNCT meeting). Greg
Hammond, of Homewood Heights, requested more time to discuss the
project with James Wallace and that a "blanket" letter of support not
be offered on this project by RNCT, but that Homewood Heights meet
individually with Mr. Wallace on an ongoing basis as the project
progresses.

Old Busines
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Neighborhood newsletter
Lonny Stern gave release status of the "Greater Rosewood, Summer 2009"
publication and urged neighborhood leads to contact him in order to
distribute the newsletter to residents/businesses in their
communities.

Boggy Creek improvements
George Walker of the Boggy Creek Greenbelt Project Team introduced
individuals participating in creek restoration plans to improve poor
water quality and storm-water drainage issues and ensure prevention of
flooding. 

Mike Kelley, original project manager, discussed span of creek slated
for improvement as being north, from Willowbrook Drive/Cherrywood
Street, south to Rosewood's Boggy Creek Greenbelt. With the recent
Austin Water Utility improvements and the funding from 2006 bond
election stormwater/drainage-related funds, $25-million improvements
will be made to the Boggy Creek Watershed. URS, an engineering and
design service, was hired for design/construction plans, with a Winter
2010 design completion date. Within six months thereafter, permitting,
advertising and bidding will take place on the project, and the actual
construction start date will begin one year out from today's date.

Darrell Jones, URS project manager, stated they are at the 60% design
stage and discussed the expertise involved in the process.

Dale Miller, Mainstream Restoration, Inc., geomorphologist, spoke
about stream-process issues, i.e., bank safety, fluvial geomorphology,
creating secondary flood plains.

Carolyn Kelley, Landscape Architect, spoke regarding mitigating
vegetation and re-vegetation (native species) along stream banks and
in flood plains throughout the project.

*Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.*