Livable Neighborhood Summary
1.
Neighborhood: WHEELER
2.
Date of Meeting: May 17, 2000
3.
Number of Participants: 24 present
4.
Facilitator: Phillip
S Field, United Way staff
5.
Boundaries of Neighborhood: Well known
(Assets were taken, but not
recorded)
7. Descriptions of “Ideal Livable Neighborhood”:
No loud radios; no sewer smell; clean streets;
operable, clean and orderly alleys; grocery store; drug store; no drug houses;
no slum lords; no working women; no cat problems; underground utilities;
businesses back in Haynie’s Corner; restaurants; sidewalks repaired; more new
trees; lower and more appropriate street lights; signage for historic area;
slower traffic on Second and Third; stop lights or four-way stops on Second and
Third; police on bicycles; Main Street opened; renovated river front; Greenway
finished; signs during construction for historic homes; minimum code
compliance, hefty fines or City take over; homes not with nor allowed to have
multiple apartments; rental unit license required with inspections; lower
taxes; South sector office open twenty-fours a day; more than one officer on
duty after 11 P.M.
|
GOAL |
1996 PRIORITY |
2000 PRIORITY |
RESPONSIBILITY |
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IMPROVED
PUBLIC SAFETY (24) |
Sixth |
First |
Wheeler: * make City aware of
importance of keeping South Sector office open; * reactivate Watch; *
organize blocks; * work with SIGECO to improve lighting; * hold block
parties. Bus./Inst.: * SIGECO improve
lighting; post * *post parking lots
for after hours; *sponsor block parties parties; * keep properties lit; *have
fewer pay pay phones & well-lit;
*phones to be send only.(!?) City/Government: *zone permit parking;
*hire more officers; *keep South
Sector office open at night; *patrol alleys; *help improve street lighting. |
|
PRESERVATION
OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER (23) |
First |
Second |
Wheeler: *residents take care of
their properties; *press for tighter code enforcement; *identify problem properties, investigate
owners; *develop relationship with landlords; *become involved with Preservation Society; *facilitate sharing resources via
newsletter or a central gathering place bulletin board. Bus./Inst.: *museum could focus on
historic neighborhoods. CITY/GOVERNMENT: *pass ordinances to help
preserve neighborhood; *enforce codes and laws that exists; *make landlords
have permit and subject them to possible loss. |
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IMPROVEMENT
OF PUBLIC SPACE (7) |
Fourth |
Third |
Wheeler: *keep properties clean;
*work on getting sidewalks repaired; *work on improving alleys. Bus./Inst.: *keep properties clean
and lit; *keep alleys open; *cooperate with neighborhood associations. City/Government: *City should pave
alleys; *pass ordinance to keep
garbage cans out of alley except on pick-up days. |
|
INCREASED
RECOGNITION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS (6) |
Seventh |
Fourth |
Wheeler: *active in Neighborhood Associates. Bus./Inst.: *to be active in
Association. |
|
SENSITIVE
& EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC PLANNING (4) |
Third |
Fifth
(tie) |
not
addressed |
|
INCREASED
ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES (4) |
Fifth |
Fifth
(tie) |
not
addressed |
|
ELIMINATION
OF NUISANCE (3) |
Second |
Seventh |
not
addressed |
|
IMPROVEMENT
OF PARKS & RECREATION FACILITIES |
not
a goal |
Eighth |
not
addressed |