Livable Neighborhood Summary

 

 

1.  Neighborhood:  SPRING PARK

 

2. Date of Meeting:  May 11, 2000

 

3.  Number of Participants:  26

 

4.  Facilitator:  Brenda White

 

5. Boundaries of Neighborhood:

 

 Weinbach Ave., Voegel Road, Boeke Road, RR tracks

 

6. Residents’ Description of their Neighborhood:

 

Ø      Good neighbors

Ø      Friendly people

Ø      Old neighborhood

Ø      Variety of ages

Ø      Big trees.

 

7.  Descriptions of “Ideal Neighborhood”:

 

Ø      No drug houses

Ø      No crime

Ø      Enforcement of scattered housing rules & laws (Section 8 drug house)

Ø      Lights in alleys, streets well lighted

Ø      Dusk-to-dawn lighting

Ø      More lights in easements

Ø      No flooding

Ø      Streets & sidewalks paved

Ø      Redo RR tracks at Weinbach

Ø      Stoplight at Weinbach & Columbia

Ø      Signs for slower traffic

Ø      Children street signs

Ø      Cleaner streets

Ø      Helping hands house

Ø      Park with playground

 

 

 

 

 

8.      Agreed-Upon Goals:

 

Each person was given three votes each to vote on one, two or three different goals.

 

1. Better Crime Control (20 votes)

2. Proper Drainage (19 votes)

3. Traffic Safety (12 votes)

4. Road & Sidewalk Improvement (10 votes)

5. Neighborhood Beautification (10 votes)

6. Children Safety (4 votes)

 

9.  Goals, Objective and Responsibilities:

 

Goal #1:  BETTER CRIME CONTROL

 

     Neighborhood Objectives:

 

Ø      Neighborhood watch

Ø      Put crime watch signs up

Ø      Telephone network

Ø      ALWAYS call 911 and report 

Ø      Report to neighbors when on vacation, etc.

Ø      Leave on outdoor lights

Ø      Landscape to protect home

 

 Neighborhood Institutions Objectives:

 

Ø      Support financially

Ø      Camera at service station on Weinbach (It is robbed often.)

 

  City Objectives:

 

Ø      More patrols

Ø      Better response time

Ø      Enforce laws for Sec 8 housing

Ø      Better lighting

 

 

Goal #2:  PROPER DRAINAGE

 

     Neighborhood Objective:

 

Ø      Clean leaves and clippings from yard

Ø      Clean sidewalks and street in front of house

Ø      Don’t litter

 

     Neighborhood Institutions Objectives: 

 

Ø      Petition city

Ø      Clean up litter

 

     City Objectives:

 

Ø      Clean sewers

Ø      Install new sewers

Ø      Later tie in to new Weinbach sewer

Ø      Keep flushed out

 

Goal #3:  TRAFFIC SAFETY

 

     Neighborhood Objectives:

 

Ø      Take down license number of offenders

Ø      Neighborhood residents obey laws 

 

 

    City Objectives:

 

Ø      Stop light at Weinbach & Columbia

Ø      Children at play signs

Ø      More street & alley lighting

Ø      Build curbs and sidewalks

Ø      Repave streets

 

Other Resource Objectives:

 

Ø      RR tracks at Weinbach crossing repaired.