Livable Neighborhood Summary

 

 

1.  Neighborhood: WESTERN TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

 

2. Date of Meeting:  May 4, 2000

 

3.  Number of Participants:  25

 

4.  Facilitator:  Brenda White

 

5.  Boundaries of Neighborhood: 

 

6. Residents’ Description of their Neighborhood:

 

Ø      Good neighbors

Ø      Quiet

Ø      Safe

Ø      Established

Ø      Pretty

Ø      Private

Ø      Free from business

Ø      Friendly

 

7.      Descriptions of “Ideal Neighborhood”:

 

Ø      Slow street signs

Ø      Street Bumps

Ø      Stop signs

Ø      Traffic control

Ø      Park

Ø      More adopt-a-spots

Ø      Recreational area for kids

Ø      Better street lighting

Ø      Children’s activity in summer months in picnic area

Ø      Streets are kept repaired

Ø      Better Drainage at cross streets

Ø      More participation in neighborhood meeting

Ø      Better sewers

Ø      Craig Ave widened (to narrow for traffic)

Ø      More fire hydrants

Ø      Repave streets (especially Clement and Werner)

Ø      New curbs

 

 

 

 

8.      Agreed-Upon Goals:

 

1.      Establish park (17 votes)

2.      Maintain  and improve streets (17 votes)

3.      Better sewers  (15 votes)

 

4.  Traffic control (3 votes)

 

 

9.  Goals, Objectives and Responsibilities:

 

Goal #1:  ESTABLISH PARK

 

     Neighborhood Objectives:

 

Ø      Initiate and get going

Ø      Attend meetings

Ø      Prepare plan

Ø      Get estimate

 

 

Businesses and Institution Objectives:

 

Ø      Donations

 

     City Objectives:

 

Ø      Grant right of way

Ø      Provide lights

Ø      Fire hydrant

Ø      Excavation

Ø      Surveyed

 

     Other Resource Objectives:  

 

Ø      Solicit help

 

Goal #2:  MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE STREETS

 

     Neighborhood Objective:

 

Ø      Report

Ø      Report

Ø      Report

                       

     City Objectives:

 

Ø      Make Western Terrace streets a priority

Ø      Put on schedule for repairs

 

 

     Goal #3:  SEWER REPAIR

 

     Neighborhood Objectives:

 

Ø      Report

 

     City Objectives: 

 

Ø      Repair inadequate sewers