Record of Votes

Rethink35

Results: Passed

Support – 16 (80%)
Oppose – 4 (20%)

PREFACE:

Rethink35 Description: “Rethink35 is a grassroots campaign advocating to replace I-35 through Austin into a vibrant world class boulevard. The boulevard would provide transportation options, including wide sidewalks, protected bicycle lanes, and dedicated rights of way for buses and trains. New housing would be placed into community land trusts to ensure permanent affordability and new tax revenues would go toward anti-displacement measures and programs that reduce socioeconomic disparities. Lastly, Rethink35 is a bold but sensible measure that would meaningfully address climate change. We welcome volunteers of all kinds to join us on this crucial campaign.”

More information can be found here:
http://rethink35.com/

VOTE: Do you support Friends of Hyde Park endorsing ReThink35’s plan or similar future vision for I-35?

Vote open date: 04/04/21

Vote close date: 04/07/21 at 6 pm

Friends of Hyde Park 2021 Board Election

Candidates:

Thomas Ates – 16
Matt Desloge – 16
Matt Epple – 17
Pete Gilcrease – 19
Teresa Griffin – 19
Tania Oropeza – 17
Scott Snyder – 17

Vote open date: 04/04/21

Vote close date: 04/07/21 at 6 pm

Candidate Bios:

Thomas Ates

Thomas Ates is a Technical Writer who works with software, hardware, and mobile web applications. He loves learning about the history of Austin and the Central Texas area. This interest has led to research the development of Texas cities and wondering how these sprawling metropolitan areas can adapt and adjust to serve Texas’ large diverse populace. Thomas’ research has concluded the best days of Texas cities lay ahead with unique, tailored housing solutions containing the cooperation of local neighborhoods, businesses, and municipalities.

Matt Desloge

I moved to Austin 30 years ago in a VW van, a grad student living in a cheap garage apartment on Avenue H. Today I’m a semi-retired math teacher and stay-at-home dad living on Avenue D with three young children and a dog. I’ve traveled and worked all over the world and have always had a keen interest in cities. I would like to see Hyde Park to continue to be a vibrant, diverse, and welcoming neighborhood.

Matt Epple

I was a renter in Hyde Park in 2005 while a student at UT. I purchased a home on Avenue D in 2007 and have been a resident for 14 years. I love Hyde Park and appreciate why it is special while believing continual evolution is important. I’m 38 so feel that I represent the growing number of residents around my age while also being able to represent the history of the community.

About me:
Hobbies – Tennis, biking (mountain & road), eating out, & cooking.
Profession – Commercial Real Estate focused on brokerage.
Affordable housing – I am in favor of increased density when done appropriately so that price will decrease when supply increases.
Local businesses – The more the better. These businesses are part of the culture and feel that makes Hyde Park unique & special. How many neighborhoods exist in Austin that are truly walkable like HP?
Roads, sidewalks, bike lanes – they should be improved and invested in.
Parks – In favor of street parks like Avenue G and improvement of existing ones.
Trees – They’re beautiful, but can be trimmed. This will improve property values/aesthetics and decrease home damage and power outages.

Pete Gilcrease

I’m a current board member and a founder of Friends of Hyde Park. I also helped found Friends of Austin Neighborhoods (FAN), which is a coalition of neighborhood associations throughout Austin. My wife and I moved to Hyde Park in 2010 and have two young children. I’m involved in Friends of Hyde Park because I felt like most people in our neighborhood weren’t being given the opportunity to have their voices heard on important issues or didn’t feel welcome to participate. Nearly 70% of our neighborhood is made up of renters, which rarely had any voice in our neighborhood. Allowing online participation gives everyone the opportunity to participate whether people have children, busy schedules, or are students. Having meetups/social events provides a better place for people to get to know their neighbors instead of meetings that people might not have time to attend or feel welcome to attend. I want to see our neighborhood become more affordable for people from all backgrounds and income levels. Allowing more affordable housing choices like garage apartments, townhomes, and other missing middle housing types help homeowners pay for their increasing property taxes as well as provide renters with more housing options that can help bring down their monthly rent. I also want to help create a better walkable and bikeable neighborhood where everyone has access to more amenities within walking distance. Our neighborhood is constantly changing and we need to make the decision about what it changes into – something that only the wealthy can afford or something that allows the people to continue to live here that make Hyde Park what it is.

Teresa Griffin

I’m retired from a career in health care planning, most recently at Seton Healthcare Family so am well-versed in demographic and geo-spatial analysis and the history of Austin’s development. I’ve lived in Hyde Park for 30+ years. I’ve lived in a several types of housing: apartments, 6-bedroom student co-op (now called a different, disparaging term), duplex and now a single family dwelling. I have 2 adult children who were raised in Hyde Park but there are few options for them or their friends to live here now. I love the walk-able, vibrant, economically diverse neighborhood that Hyde Park has been, and my vision is to add housing to this area so that more students, young middle class families, and seniors on fixed incomes can live here. I oppose the fact that Hyde Park’s NCCD supersedes the city-wide zoning – this means that our area is exempt from city policies on transit corridors and lot-size for ADU’s.

Tania Oropeza

My name is Tania Oropeza, and I am a mom and currently a Spanish teacher. I moved to Austin for college in 2002 from Guadalajara, Mexico. Much of my time in Austin was spent in Hyde Park, where I met most of my best friends as well as my partner. This has always been my favorite neighborhood in Austin, and I’m hoping that we can shape how it grows so that it can continue to provide a world class experience to its residents and not wall itself off from the rest of the city.

Scott Snyder

My name is Scott Snyder and I have lived in Austin since coming here for college in 2000. I have been living in Hyde Park with my family since 2017. I love to build things and take on DIY projects and thus quickly became acquainted with the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association and some of the unusual powers that they wield over property owners as well as renters living here. Having always seen Hyde Park as a progressive, diversity-loving place, we were taken aback to find out that a very small, not so representative group of people are asserting what we believe to not be progressive or diversity-friendly policy over the neighborhood.

We joined Friends of Hyde Park because we share views like that people need to be able to build additional structures on their property to generate extra income to offset the extreme costs of their property taxes. We don’t think that affordable housing should be feared or obstructed. We value diversity and representation for all residents, including renters and we don’t want small concentrations of power to be able to write NCCDs that restrict property owners beyond existing rules.

Hyde Park is a historic treasure, and we all want to see it preserved. But there are smart ways to do this without mandating extreme wealth as a barrier for entry.

Transforming Hancock Golf Course Into a Public Park

Results: Passed

Support – 80 (91%)
Oppose – 8 (9%)

PREFACE:

The Austin Parks and Recreation Department and the City of Austin are currently seeking input into the future of the Hancock Golf Course and what the community would like to see the land used for. The Hancock Golf Course is 45 acres of green space next to Hyde Park that’s been exclusively used by a limited number of golfers each day. According to reports from the City of Austin, the golf course has been declining in use, has been losing money for years, and is unavailable to the general public. As a public park the land would be opened up for everyone in the community to use – walkers, joggers, picnickers, and families and could help transform sections of Waller Creek into a natural greenbelt for public use.

One plan for the vision of turning the Hancock Golf Course into a public park open to all can be found here: https://www.hancockconservancy.org/our-plan/

VOTE: Do you support transforming Hancock Golf Course into a public park?

Vote open date: 10/17/20

Vote close date: 10/21/20 at 9 am

Friends of Hyde Park 2020 Board Election

Candidates:

Thomas Ates – 18
Matt Desloge – 19
Pete Gilcrease – 20
Teresa Griffin – 18
Tania Oropeza – 21
Scott Snyder -18

Vote open date: 12/06/19

Vote close date: 12/12/19 at 9 am

Candidate Bios:

Thomas Ates

Matt Desloge

I moved to Austin 25 years ago, a grad student in a cheap garage apartment on Avenue H. Today I’m a semi-retired math teacher living on Avenue D with three young children and a dog. I’ve traveled and lived all over the world and have always had a keen interest in cities. I would like to see Hyde Park to continue to be a vibrant, diverse, and welcoming neighborhood.

Pete Gilcrease

Teresa Griffin

Tania Oropeza

Scott Snyder

Hyde Park is a historic treasure, and we all want to see it preserved. But there are smart ways to do this without mandating extreme wealth as a barrier for entry.

46th-47th St Neighborhood Bikeway

Results: Passed

Support – 26 (76.5%)
Oppose – 8 (23.5%)

PREFACE:

The Austin Transportation Department is looking for input on the proposed Neighborhood Bikeway in and around North Hyde Park. You can read about their preliminary plan details here. The Friends of Hyde Park board created draft recommendations to send to them, if the membership would like greater biking protections than what’s currently proposed. Feel free to suggest any changes or edits within the Friends of Hyde Park draft recommendations. You can read further information about bikeway infrastructure in the NACTO guidelines.

City of Austin Preliminary Plan Details:

https://data.austintexas.gov/stories/s/46th-47th-Streets-and-Bennett-Clarkson-Middle-Fisk/bb5t-6y5z

Friends of Hyde Park Draft Recommendations:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QwgfEhZQWunPMlN_THyHh687V2Ylgogm8L-ncfUh8ms/edit?usp=sharing

NACTO Guidelines and Information on Bikeways:

https://nacto.org/publication/urban-bikeway-design-guide/

VOTE: Do you support greater biking protections on the 46th-47th St Neighborhood Bikeway than proposed by the City of Austin?

Vote open date: 12/06/19

Vote close date: 12/12/19 at 9 am

Friends of Hyde Park 2019 Board Election

Results:

Thomas Ates 10
Tom Clear 11
Matt Desloge 11
Pete Gilcrease 11
Teresa Griffin 9
Adam Luikart 11
Matt Walsh 11

Vote open date: 2/03/19

Vote close date: 2/11/19 at 9 am

Registered Voters and Who Voted Can be Found Here: https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/e/Friend-of-Hyde-Park-2019-Board-Election

Candidate Bios:

Thomas Ates

Tom Clear

BA, English Literature, Washington University.
JD, Vanderbilt Law School.
Member, Missouri Bar. Practiced municipal and civil rights law.
Austin Pedestrian Advisory Council (alt).
Pianist at UT and Ballet Austin.
Wife Carol graduate of Austin Theological Seminary.
Part of the Chicago diaspora, 18 months in Austin. Love everything about Austin except taking their lives in their hands crossing the street.
They attend Central Christian Church.

Matt Desloge

Pete Gilcrease

Teresa Griffin

Adam Luikart

Adam Luikart is a software engineer that graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and lives in the northern part of Hyde Park.

Matt Walsh

My name Is Matt Walsh, and I’m writing to become a board member for Friends Of Hyde Park.
My wife and I have had the absolute pleasure of residing in Austin for the last 10 years, and in Hyde Park the last 9. We’re both native Texans; born and raised in El Paso.
Below are my areas of interest and concern for the neighborhood.
Walkability – We are a historic neighborhood that has fallen behind in modernizing our sidewalks. Walking around this neighborhood is already fantastic, and I would like to imagine how much more amazing it could be if people didn’t have to walk in the street and dodge cars.
Local businesses – I would like to see more businesses within walking distance to promote people being outside. Mueller is an example of a well integrated business/residential area. They’ve embraced a modern urban mentality while providing more community spaces.
Affordability – Like Mueller, Hyde Park is too expensive for mid-level income families. In general, I’m in favor of anything that allows more people to affordably live and commute here.
In closing, I would like to reiterate how much I care about Hyde Park. I hope I can make an impact for good with your organization.

Helping Hand Home For Children

Results: Passed with 87% Support out of 38 total voters (421 total members)

Support – 33 (87%)
Oppose – 5 (13%)

Registered Voters and Who Voted Can be Found Here: https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/e/Vote-on-Helping-Hand-Home-For-Children

Discussion Link: https://forum.friendsofhydepark.com/t/new-land-development-code-vote/390

PREFACE:

Helping Hand Home For Children, located at 3804 Avenue B, wants to continue providing congregate living and add an expansion on their property to better serve the children that they help. This would require a zoning change to General Office (GO) and they are asking for neighborhood support to get approval for the change.

Helping Hand Home For Children was founded in 1893 and has been located in Hyde Park since 1925. Today, they serve as a residential treatment center for children who have experienced extreme abuse. It also provides foster care and adoption services as well as an on-site charter school operated in partnership with UT. This past year, Helping Hand was able to place roughly 95% of its children in home settings, either through foster care or permanent adoptions, but there is an ongoing need for beds and services as new children arrive. More information on its mission and services can be found at http://helpinghandhome.org.

The proposed expansion would allow the addition of 15 new beds and would reduce the number of children in each residential unit from the current 7 to 8 per unit to 5 per unit. They would remove all buildings currently on the site, which faces Avenue B between 38th and 38 ½ Streets. The school, community room, and storage would be at the back of the property while the children’s residences will be facing 38th St. All heritage trees would remain on the site, though some smaller trees would be removed. Construction would occur in phases, with housing being built first, followed by structures for their charter school, community room, and storage. They would likely take in fewer children during the construction period.

VOTE: Friends of Hyde Park members support Helping Hand Home For Children being granted a zoning change to General Office (GO) in order to continue providing congregate living and add an expansion on their property to better serve the children that they help.

Vote open date: 8/08/18

Vote close date: 8/15/18 at 3 pm

Friends of Hyde Park 2018 Board Election

Results:

Thomas Ates 15
Tom Clear 14
Matt Desloge 16
Pete Gilcrease 16
Teresa Griffin 15
Adam Luikart 14
Robert Prentiss 14

Vote open date: 1/24/18

Vote close date: 1/31/18 at 11 am

Registered Voters and Who Voted Can be Found Here: https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/e/Friend-of-Hyde-Park-2018-Board-Election

Candidate Bios:

Thomas Ates

Tom Clear

Matt Desloge

Pete Gilcrease

I’m a current board member and a founder of Friends of Hyde Park. I also helped found Friends of Austin Neighborhoods (FAN) and a current board member of FAN, which is a coalition of neighborhood associations throughout Austin. My wife and I moved to Hyde Park in 2010 and have two young children. I’m involved in Friends of Hyde Park because I felt like most people in our neighborhood weren’t being given the opportunity to have their voices heard on important issues or didn’t feel welcome to participate. Nearly 70% of our neighborhood is made up of renters, which rarely had any voice in our neighborhood. Allowing online participation gives everyone the opportunity to participate whether people have children, busy schedules, or are students. Having meetups/social events provides a better place for people to get to know their neighbors instead of meetings that people might not have time to attend or feel welcome to attend. I want to see our neighborhood become more affordable for people from all backgrounds and income levels. Allowing more affordable housing choices like garage apartments, townhomes, and other missing middle housing types help homeowners pay for their increasing property taxes as well as provide renters with more housing options that can help bring down their monthly rent. I also want to help create a better walkable and bikeable neighborhood where everyone has access to more amenities within walking distance. Our neighborhood is constantly changing and we need to make the decision about what it changes into – something that only the wealthy can afford or something that allows the people to continue to live here that make Hyde Park what it is.

Teresa Griffin

Adam Luikart

Adam Luikart is a software engineer that graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and lives in the northern part of Hyde Park.

Robert Prentiss

Robert Prentiss is a Contracts Specialist that works at the University of Texas at Austin and graduated with a degree in history also from the University of Texas at Austin.

New Land Development Code Applying to Hyde Park

Results: Passed with 78% Support out of 91 total voters

Support – 71 (78%)
Oppose – 20 (22%)

Registered Voters and Who Voted Can be Found Here: https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/e/land-code-and-ping-pong

Discussion Link: https://forum.friendsofhydepark.com/t/new-land-development-code-vote/390

Resolution:

PREFACE: According to the City of Austin’s website, “CodeNEXT is the City of Austin initiative to rewrite and simplify our outdated and complicated Land Development Code. The Land Development Code sets requirements for what, where, and how much can be built in Austin.” “The Land Development Code has a significant impact on our daily lives, from shaping the kinds of places where we live, work, and hang out, to influencing the design of our streets and public spaces.” The Land Development Code determines everything from how easy it is for you to remodel your home to what amenities are allowed near you to allowing more affordable housing for lower income families. More information about CodeNEXT can be found here: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/why-matters

VOTE: Friends of Hyde Park supports a new modernized land development code applying to Hyde Park that helps housing affordability for renters and homeowners, reduces economic and racial segregation and income inequality, improves transportation across our neighborhood, and is based on current research for smart land use regulations. A new land development code should allow property owners to choose to build more affordable “Missing Middle” housing options in the interior of the neighborhood that fits in with the historic character of our neighborhood while allowing more housing options for renters (Garage apartments, smaller homes on smaller lots, townhouses, bungalow courts, triplexes, fourplexes, etc. More information here: http://missingmiddlehousing.com/). The land development code should streamline and shorten the permitting process, which would make it easier for homeowners when doing remodels or adding additions. The new code should allow a more walkable and bikeable neighborhood, amenities and restaurants located near neighborhoods, allow more housing to be built near corridors and major roads, help reduce car dependence throughout the city in order to reduce traffic and commute times, provide open spaces and parks, and help provide more opportunities for families with children and people of all income levels to live in our central Austin neighborhoods.

Vote open date: 5/01/17

Vote close date: 5/08/17 at 3 pm

Ping Pong Table At Shipe Park

Results: Passed with 86% Support out of 91 total voters

Support – 78 (86%)
Oppose – 13 (14%)

Registered Voters and Who Voted Can be Found Here: https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/e/land-code-and-ping-pong

Discussion Link: https://forum.friendsofhydepark.com/t/ping-pong-at-shipe/376/

Resolution:

Friends of Hyde Park supports the Friends of Hyde Park board, other Friends of Hyde Park members, or Friends of Shipe Park to seek funding for a permanent ping pong table and other recreational amenities for Shipe Park.

Vote open date: 5/01/17

Vote close date: 5/08/17 at 3 pm

Neighborhood Business Parking Requirements

Results: Passed with 91 out of 101 votes in favor (90% Support)

Support – 91 (90%)
Oppose – 10 (10%)

Discussion Link: https://forum.friendsofhydepark.com/t/whats-up-at-quacks/323/

Resolution:

PREFACE: Quack’s Coffee at 43rd and Duval has had half of its indoor tables and all of its outdoor tables removed due to the city’s requirement that it provide more off-site parking. It has operated this way since 1998 with many of its patrons walking, biking, or taking the bus. An anonymous complaint and the lack of additional off-street parking spaces available for them to lease has led to the current situation (for a more detailed explanation of the situation visit the Friends of Hyde Park forum thread: https://forum.friendsofhydepark.com/t/whats-up-at-quacks/323/4). Excess parking requirements can be a barrier to having successful walkable amenities and restaurants near neighborhoods, as in this case with Quack’s. Friends of Hyde Park has as one of its statements of purpose: “To promote a more walkable, bikeable, and transit friendly neighborhood.”

VOTE: Do you support neighborhood businesses (such as Quack’s) being allowed to have less required parking in order to continue to provide adequate amenities to the neighborhood and promote a walking/biking environment?

Vote open date: 1/16/17

Vote close date: 1/23/17 at 11 am

Baker Center Development

Results: Passed with 87 out of 101 votes in favor (86% Support)

Support – 87 (86%)
Oppose – 14 (14%)

Discussion Link: https://forum.friendsofhydepark.com/t/council-approves-bid-to-buy-aisd-properties-including-baker-center/334

Resolution:

PREFACE: AISD has placed several properties on the market to be sold. One of the properties is the Baker Center property located at 3908 Avenue B, which is currently being used as an administration building for AISD. Responses include proposals from Alamo Drafthouse and the City of Austin and other bids from housing developers for purchase of the property. More information can be found here: http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local-education/austin-district-properties-fetch-million-bids/29aWodCWcbjLLtD8ieqfLI/ – For more details, participate in a discussion, or ask questions, please visit this link on the Friends of Hyde Park forum: https://forum.friendsofhydepark.com/t/council-approves-bid-to-buy-aisd-properties-including-baker-center/334

VOTE: Friends of Hyde Park members support and encourage AISD to select the bid that would allow the site to be developed to allow the maximum amount of housing and/or walkable neighborhood amenities that would benefit the neighborhood. If residential use is included, options should include affordable housing units. Friends of Hyde Park encourages the preservation of the Baker Center building exterior. Regardless of selected bid, ample time should be afforded for neighborhood input.

Vote open date: 1/16/17

Vote close date: 1/23/17 at 11 am

Ridgetop Elementary School Repurpose and Consolidation With Reilly Elementary School

Results: Passed with 81 out of 101 votes in favor (80% Support)

Support – 81 (80%)
Oppose – 20 (20%)

Discussion Link: https://forum.friendsofhydepark.com/t/ridgetop-elementary-vote/345

Resolution:

PREFACE: AISD wants to consolidate the Ridgetop Elementary School with the nearby Reilly Elementary School. AISD says the option being considered is to modernize, expand, and convert Reilly into a World Languages/Culture school in the next 12 years. AISD says that it would be a first of its kind school in Austin that would teach many different languages including English, Spanish, Chinese, and/or Arabic with a multicultural focus. AISD says that Ridgetop isn’t large enough to expand in the future and maintenance costs would be lower with 1 modern facility vs multiple small, ageing facilities. AISD says Reilly has more land for expansion, easier access, further removed from busy streets, which make it a better candidate for expansion, even going up. The current Ridgetop School could be repurposed as a district facility – offices, flex space, etc. AISD staff affirm that when, or IF, a transition happens, it will be thoughtful, slow and intentional for the benefit of the kids, families, staff and teachers/admin. More information can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2nfSc0R5zKfTXhvSG04MnVGalE/view?usp=sharing – For more details, participate in a discussion, or ask questions, please visit this link on the Friends of Hyde Park forum: https://forum.friendsofhydepark.com/t/ridgetop-elementary-vote/345

Option 1: I support the Ridgetop Elementary School being consolidated with the Reilly Elementary School and the Reilly Elementary School being modernized, expanded, and converted into a World Languages/Culture school in the next 12 years.
Option 2: I do not support changing the current use of the Ridgetop Elementary School.

Vote open date: 1/16/17

Vote close date: 1/23/17 at 11 am

2017 Friends of Hyde Park Board Election

Results:

Tommy Ates – 38
Matt Desloge – 42
Pete Gilcrease – 50
Teresa Griffin – 54
Ricky Hennessy – 41
Adam Luikart – 39
Robert Prentiss – 38

Vote:

Select up to 7 people that you would like to vote for to be on the Friends of Hyde Park board

Vote open date: 1/16/17

Vote close date: 1/23/17 at 11 am

Light Rail on Guadalupe Resolution

Results: Passed with 48 out of 58 votes in favor (83% Support)

Support – 48 (83%)
Oppose – 10 (17%)

Helios voting results and voters can be found here: https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/e/light-rail-resolution

Discussion Link: https://forum.friendsofhydepark.com/t/light-rail-on-guadalupe/303

Resolution:

Friends of Hyde Park supports the Central Austin CDC proposal to place a bond on the November ballot intended to fund the construction of a light rail starter line on Lamar and Guadalupe. The prospective line would start at the intersection of Lamar and Airport, head down Lamar to the Triangle, down Guadalupe to Republic Square. This line would be funded locally. It’s likely the Federal Transit Administration would give Austin retroactive credit later on by increasing funding levels of future extensions, as was done in Houston (who also built their own first short line with 100% local funds). The proposed cost is roughly $400M. For more details, a map, and presentation, please see this link in the Friends of Hyde Park forum: https://forum.friendsofhydepark.com/t/light-rail-on-guadalupe/303

Vote open date: 7/29/16

Vote close date: 8/2/16 at 6 pm

Austin State Hospital Resolution

Results: Passed with 64 out of 88 votes in favor

Support – 64 (73%)
Oppose – 24 (27%)

You can view the results and voters at the link below:

https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/e/austin-state-hospital

Discussion Link: https://forum.friendsofhydepark.com/t/ash-resolution-friends-of-hyde-park/291/

Resolution:

Friends of Hyde Park members support and encourage the responsible development of the Austin State Hospital site as long as a few considerations be taken:

1) Adult Psychiatric Services, Specialty Services, and Children & Adolescent Psychiatric Services should be kept on-site or carefully transitioned to another appropriate location that is central to Austin and has similar/ample access to public transit.

2) The site should be developed in keeping with the urban core, with housing of all types (including “Missing Middle” housing and Vertical Mixed Use buildings). A reasonable percentage of units built should be considered affordable to a range of low to moderate income households and priced so that these households are also able to meet other basic living costs.

3) The ASH Administration Building should be preserved and restored as part of the overall development of the site.

4) A reasonable amount of green space should be preserved and open to public use.

5) Development should encourage walkability in its design with a pedestrian/cycle focus, offer connectivity between Hyde Park and Rosedale, and focus on providing a healthy connected street grid to help with traffic and improve safety.

6) Stakeholder input should be considered in all phases of development.

Vote open date: 7/18/16

Vote close date: 7/25/16 at 6 pm

Board Member Election December 2015

Results:

Ricky Hennessy
Teresa Griffin
Pete Gilcrease
Alejandro Puyana
Tommy Ates
Matt Desloge
Robert Prentiss

You can view the results and voters at the link below:

https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/e/electionfohp2015

Vote open date: 12/19/15

Vote close date: 12/26/15

Robert E Lee Elementary School Name Change

Summary:

After 140 votes were cast there is strong support for changing the name of the Robert E Lee Elementary School.

Results:

Robert E. Lee Elementary, named after the Confederate General, was established by Austin Independent School District as a public school in 1939. Should the name of the school be changed?

Yes – 100 (71.4%)
No – 40 (28.6%)

You can view the results and voters at the link below:

https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/e/LeeElementary

Vote open date: 6/26/15

Vote close date: 7/6/15 at 11 am

Outcome:

Vote on 45th St Uses

Summary:

After 136 votes were cast there is strong support for uses other than residential along 45th st. (except for Vertical Mixed Use where voters where split down the middle).

Results:
136 ballots cast
70% support potential restaurants
65% support potential grocery
68% support potential small businesses
50% support potential Vertical Mixed Use (VMU)

You can view the results and voters at the link below:

https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/e/45street

Vote open date: 4/10/15

Vote close date: 4/17/15 at 10 am

Outcome: We will draft and send a to the city council and staff.

Vote on Accessory Dwelling Units

Resolution: “In order to increase housing options for renters and provide more flexibility for property owners, I support easing restrictions on accessory dwelling units (granny flats, secondary apartments, garage apartments).”

Vote open date: 1/20/15

Vote close date: 1/28/15 at 5pm

Result: Passed with a vote of 91-65

Outcome: We sent a letter to city council and staff. We will also be sharing the results in person.