bicycles, trails and parks (East of Airport)

I need your support as explained below to get the hike and bike trail done (the drawing is attached) - if we don't ask for it we won't get it but we pay for the bond through our taxes (just to let everybody know our CIP requests were turned down because we were few days late in submission) - you can read the same thing in this blog and comment

the following thing are in the table for funding and analysis purposes

1. Hike and bike trail in the map attached (not part of it but complete)

2. Little walnut-creek park funding and development

3. Redbluff nature reserve

4. Schools that are in the trail for connectivity purposes

5. Creation of equity through connectivity (I need to understand a quantitative value for this)

Strategy:

1. We have to present it in the city council (I am doing that on Thursday 26th but others need to )

2. Have Mueller association beside us - because they have to decide if they want more bicycles or more cars through Mueller

3. Bring the folks in golf course to the table and make them understand that this is a social thing to do (my tax dollars pay for it)

4. We have to communicate with our council members (Houston, Rentaria, Tovo and Cesar primarily)

5. Communicate it with Adler

6. Get buy in from all neighborhoods

7. Have a good plan

Goal: its very simple for me but we will add more

1. No person (even a 5 year old kid) should have a crash when they are in these trails which force them to end up in a hospital - so its a safe connectivity between the neigborhoods

2. .......

The following people are in this email 

YBP - you are the voice and reason representing the everybody who ride bikes

Bike Austin -  we need your guidance support and guidance

Bike Texas - we need your guidance support and guidance

Neighborhood associations - support/buy in and contact with council members and Adler (this is our bond money)

Chris, James and Mercedes - please consider this as building our equity

Joel Bell - YBP 

Paul Wuersig - YBP

Pete Wall - YBP

Rob Greenfield YBP

Ali Ronder - Hog Pen NA

Miller Nuttle - Bike Austin

Pete Rivera - SANA

Maria Alonso _ SANA

Ben Hirsch - ATXEJ

Lynn Hass - Bike Texas

Leslie Luciano - Bike Texas

Tyson Brown - PSSNA, EMLK CT

Andrea Harrington PSSNA

Clara Mcbrayer - Hog Pen NA

Andrew Bucknall - EMLK NA

Charlie Duncan - Hog Pen NA

Christopher Hutchins - CM Houston's office

HEather Cox - she has shown interest

James Norty - Mueller NA 

thanks

Pinaki

EMLK Combined Neighborhood Plan Goals

Here is the contact team Goals

bicycles, trails and parks (January 16th)

The following people were in the meeting today. Thanks to everybody for your time.

Joel Bell - YBP

Paul Wuersig - YBP

Ben Hirsch - ATXEJ (could not read his email)

Ali Ronder - Hog Pen NA

Miller Nuttle - Bike Austin

Pete Rivera - SANA

Rob Greenfield YBP

Lynn Hass - Bike Texas

Tyson Brown - PSSNA, EMLK CT

Andrea Harrington PSSNA

Clara Mcbrayer

Problem Statement: 

There is about 100 million dollar money on the table for Bikes, Trails in Austin and we do not have a cohesive plan in East of Airport Blvd. We are the people who need this connectivity most.

Goal for next 30 days

Come with a plan for 4 robust plans in East of Airport working with Lynn and Miller to move forward with bond money. To work with Lynn and Miller to push the Tier 1 and Tier 2 projects in east of Airport.

Action Plans:

1. Hog Pen NA to provide some Bike and Hike route to Lynn and Miller. We need to see how we can add them to the tier 1 plans. This also needs to have a connectivity story to rest the area like Mueller etc. (Ali and Clara)

2. SANA to provide some bike and hike routes to Lynn and Miller. This will include the routes through Redbluff and other routes which create broader connections for SANA - again there must be a cohesive story. - (Pete to provide info to Lynn and Miller)

3. Morris Williams Trail - This is the gateway to Mueller for all other neighborhoods south of Mueller. This can be used by all other neighborhoods in their future projects. (Mueller is a food source and many other amenities so we should all have the option to go there easily) - Tyson to provide info to Lynn and Miller

4. Park in PSSNA - this is a 206 acre area and we need to develop some trails through it - the park will be developed over next few years. Tyson to provide details to Lynn and Miller - this may already be in Tier 2.

We are requesting Lynn to provide us a cohesive plan for bike and hike trail including these 4 items and more. 

Again all the projects we push through must have a cohesive story and not just a 1 mike bike route to nowhere - that story will be that of connectivity.