SRCC Neighborhood Association

The SRCC/GSRCC Joint Ad-Hoc Committee on CodeNEXT is working on creating a position paper which lays out some concerns about the proposed new code and maps. The paper includes these topics:

-Affordability
-Mobility, transportation, parking
-Inconsistency with neighborhood plans and FLUMs
-Environmental concerns such as watershed/flooding
-Preservation of neighborhood character/demolitions
-Compatibility changes
-Increase of administrative waivers
-Conflicts with Growth Concept Map in Imagine Austin

There will be a vote on support for this paper at the June 5 meeting. The position paper can be found at this link:
SRCC CodeNEXT Position Paper

Please read it ahead of the meeting.

Dear District 9 Neighbors,

I want to remind you that on June 3, 2017, City staff will host a CodeNEXT Open House at City Hall from 10:00 AM – 12:00 p.m.

As we approach this weekend, please visit austintexas.gov/codenext to learn more about CodeNEXT, to read the proposed land use code, and to view the proposed maps. If you have specific feedback for City staff and the consultants about the proposed Code or the mapping, please also feel free to copy my office (kathie.tovo@austintexas.gov) so that I am also aware of your feedback.

My office has received word that there will be a large event occurring outside of City Hall during the same time as the Open House. Please arrive early to secure a parking spot or, if possible, opt to bike, walk, or take public transportation to City Hall.

The Open House will occur in the Chambers. The meeting will be televised within City Hall and extra seating will be provided in front of the televisions in the atrium and the Boards and Commissions room. Light refreshments will be provided.

Your participation is critical in ensuring that the City’s land development code rewrite is successful. I truly hope you can attend.

Sincerely,

Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo
Council Member District 9

City Hall, 301 West 2nd St, Parking Information:
You can park for free in the City Hall garage in any non-reserved spots; just bring your ticket in with you so that we can validate it. The garage entrance is located on Guadalupe between 2nd and Cesar Chavez, and take the steps or elevator to the ground floor.

What YOU can do to become informed
and make your voice heard

–Get informed at the city’s website:
https://www.austintexas.gov/codenext

–Come to the CodeNEXT Zone Mapping Open House
City Council District 9 (Area Represented by Kathie Tovo)
When: Saturday June 3, 10:00am – Noon
Where: Austin City Hall, 301 W. 2nd St – Free Parking
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A new ad-hoc committee has been formed by members of SRCC. This committee includes members of SRCC, members of the Greater South River City Combined Neighborhood Plan Contact Team, and the SRCC Planning and Zoning Committee. The committee will be reviewing the draft code, creating a position paper to reflect our feedback on the code, and checking the re-zoning of our area parcel-by-parcel. The committee will be meeting every week or two as necessary for the next several months, or longer. A report of the committee will be presented at the June 5 SRCC General Meeting. If you would like to join this committee, please contact Gretchen Otto at president@srccatx.org.