Livable Neighborhood Summary
1. Neighborhood:
Tepe
Park
2. Date of Meeting:
April
17, May 15, 2000
3. Number of Participants: 30 neighbors
4. Facilitator: Mary Kixmiller, Association
President
5. Boundaries of Neighborhood: Washington Avenue on north,
Kentucky on east,
Riverside on south, and Garvin on west.
6. Neighbor Description of Neighborhood:
(Affirmed 1997 Action Plan)
7. Descriptions of “Ideal Livable Neighborhood”:
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Clean
and quiet
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Helping/caring
for neighbors
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Increased
efforts at upkeep and flower planting can be a “contagious disease”
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Sharing
information with other neighborhoods
8. Agreed-Upon Goals:
(Affirmed 1997 Action Plan Goals):
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Elimination
of nuisance
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Preservation
of neighborhood character
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Increased
recognition for the neighborhoods
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Improve
public safety
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Improvement
of public space
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Sensitive
and effective traffic planning
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Improvement
of parks and recreation facilities
9.
Goals, Objectives and Responsibilities:
(Per 1997 Tepe Park Action Plan):
Objectives:
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Investigate
feasibility of environmental court
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Block-by-bloc
improvement program
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Give
property maintenance and improvement awards
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“Declare
War” on critical neighborhood problems
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Continue
to register complaints with proper agencies
Objectives:
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Establish
a systematic neighborhood inspection of all structures
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Support
and encourage participation in ownership programs
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Develop
visual guidelines for new construction and modify existing codes
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Create
a pamphlet marketing neighborhoods to potential residents and investors
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Align
with existing CDC or develop neighborhood CDC
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Investigate
the need and benefit of down-zoning
Objectives:
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Increased
participation in neighborhood watch program
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Establish
a “crime prevention through environmental design” task force
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Initiate
a “safewalk” project