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In late breaking news, the Planning Commission supported the appeals filed
by HPNA and the Hyde Park Planning Team against extensions of the period
for getting the site plans filed by the Hyde Park Baptist Church for three
large buildings in the 3900 block of Speedway. These site plans were filed
the day before the comprehensive area-wide Neighborhood Conservation
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Pecan Press
The Pecan Press is published monthly by the Hyde Park Neighborhood
Association in Austin, Texas.
Editor
Grant Thomas 454-7284 <hgthomas@palnet.org>
Associate Editor
Sarah Sitton 459-4530 307 E. 39th St.
Poetry Editor
Nancy Taylor Day 892-0127 <NancyLTD@aol.com>
Crime Reporter
Bruce Nadig 323-0779 <motorbruce@hotmail.com>
Advertising Director
Mike Capochiano 4904 Avenue H 467-9198
Production Manager
Robert M. Farr 731-0617 <bobfarr@austin.rr.com>
Mail Ads to:
Print Deluxe
7500 Chelmsford Dr. Austin, TX 78736
Note: Each month's ad and editorial deadline is
the 15th of month preceding publication.
Distribution Coordinator
Herb Dickson 4401 Avenue D 458-4335
Area Coordinators
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North of 45th/West of Duval - Pam Dozler
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North of 45th/East of Duval - Sarah Heather
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South of 45th/West of Speedway - The Gossetts
| 452-3654 |
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South of 45th/East of Speedway - Martha Campbell
| 452-2815 |
Contributors
Bruce Banner,Candy Gray Becker,Cynthia Beeman,Laurence Becker,
Mary Collins Blackmon,George Bristol,Lewis Brownlow,Katherine Bryn,Mark
Burkhardt,Amon Burtoe,Martha Campbell,Inga Maric Carmel,Josephine Casey,
Nicole Caspers,Kitty Clark,Carol Cohen Burton,Mike Capochiano,Susan
Crites-Krumm,Celeste Cromack,Rob D'Amico,Herb Dickson,Avis Davis,Don
Davis,Lynn Denton,Pam Dozler,Cathy Echols,Jordan Erdos,Jack Evins,Patricia
Florence,Merle Franke,Gregory Free,Larry Frelich,Robert Garrett,Mary
Carolyn George,Larry Gilg,Susan Gilg,Ann S. Graham,Carolyn E. Grimes,Ben
Heimsath,John Kerr,Susan Kerr,Bo
Kersey,Deanna King,Susan Kirk,Anna Kotecki,Karen McGraw,Sharon
Majors,Barbara Manson,Alan Marburger,Peter Maxon,Brook Meggs,Fred
Meredith,Susan Moffat,Catherine Moore,Jill Nokes,Wanda Penn,Cecil
Pennington,Linda Pennington,Peter Pfeiffer,Dorothy Richter,Walter
Richter,Margie Sanford,Sheree Scarborough,Cathy Short,Sarah
Sitton,Thad Sitton,Julie Strong,Kathleen Strong,Lao Tzu,Jennifer
Vickers,Katie Vignery,Sandra Villalaz-Dickson,Lorre Weidlich,Joe Wiseman
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Combining District (NCCD) was passed by the City Council. The objective in
filing these plans at the last possible moment was, pretty clearly, to get
these projects exempted from the NCCD's rules that would have limited
building height and other impacts on the neighborhood. City rules provided
180 days to
EDITOR'S NOTE:
As HPNA Co-President Bob Breeze slips into retirement from his many duties,
we offer this sentiment on behalf of the neighborhood he has served so well:
Thank You, Mr. President!
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deal with problems identified by city staff, plus additional days to make
up for the delays in the review process, more than seven months in all.
Remarkably, when this period ended not all of the comments made by the
reviewers had been cleared, which is a requirement to get the site plans
approved and keep the projects alive as "grandfathered" exceptions to the
NCCD rules which now apply to everyone else in the neighborhood. HPBC asked
for an extension to the half year-long period normally allowed for doing
this. Even though the site plans are clearly an attempt to defeat the Hyde
Park Neighborhood Plan by building bigger and taller than the plan would
now allow, the City approved a 45-day extension. However, the Land
Development
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Code allows Interested Parties to appeal an extension and HPNA and the Hyde
Park Planning Team, which had drafted the NCCD, did appeal. It may have
been the first time such an appeal had been filed. The appeal was heard by
the Planning Commission Wednesday September 25 after a full agenda
involving passionate controversies surrounding other people's neighborhood
plans. The final vote came at 1:20 AM after the neighborhood group had
spent more than seven hours at the meeting. The Planning Commission agreed
with us on the two projects on the west side of Speedway between 38 1/2 and
39th Streets. They allowed the extension to stand on the building proposed
for the large parking lot on the
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Hyde Park Neighborhood Association
P.O.Box 49427 - Austin, TX 78765
http://www.hydepark-na.org
--- HPNA Officers ---
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Co-President - Bob Breeze, 4815 Ave G
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Co-President - Gary Penn, 3913 Ave G
| 452-3103 |
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Secretary - Glenn Coleman, 207B E. 43rd
| 407-9357 |
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Treasurer - Mike Capochiano, 4904 Ave H
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Treasurer Emerita - Josephine Casey |
HPNA Committee/Task Forces
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AISD - Ann Graham, 3815 Ave H
| 458-8096 |
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Alley Coordinator - Volunteer needed |
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Beautification - Margot Thomas, 4106 Ave F
| 454-7284 |
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- Merle Franke, 4102 Ave D
| 452-0414 |
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Children's Programs - Anne Graham, 3815 Ave H
| 458-8096 |
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Church Liasion - Niyanta Spelman, 3802 Ave F
| 459-8349 |
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Communications/Web - Mark Fishman, 3905 Ave G
| 371-7920 |
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Crime and Safety - Bruce Nadig, 615 E 48th
| 452-0781 |
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Development Review - Stan Kozinsky, 4604 Ave G
| 451-4455 |
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Homes Tour 2003 - Volunteer needed |
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Membership - Jeff Woodruff, 4007 Ave B
| 451-3978 |
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Neighborhood Planning - Karen McGraw, 4315 Ave C
| 459-2261 |
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Mueller Task Force - John Kerr, 4209 Ave F
| 451-3931 |
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Shipe Park - Suzee Brooks, 4900 Ave H
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Sidewalks - Volunteer needed |
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38th Street Taskforce - Volunteer needed |
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Triangle Development - Cathy Echols, 4002 Ave C
| 206-0726 |
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Zoning - Dorothy Richter, 3901 Ave G
| 452-5117 |
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Austin Neighborhoods Council Rep. - Vol needed |
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