BHNA - 2002 Neighborhood Survey Results

Barton Hills Neighborhood Association
Year 2002 Membership Opinion Survey Results
	163 Responses with at least one response
	Survey Item	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Add bus service, shelters, benches	8	39	52	21	32	152
2	Develop Barton Hills Elementary School projects	28	63	46	7	9	153
3	Schedule annual Barton Creek Greenbelt cleanup	53	71	21	8	2	155
4	Promote traffic enforcement	59	47	31	15	4	156
5	Develop neighborhood strategic plan	37	41	61	3	5	147
6	Develop traffic calming on Barton Skyway	29	40	40	13	34	156
7	Develop traffic calming on Barton Hills Drive	36	34	38	15	29	152
8	Promote crime prevention	92	54	9	2	3	160
9	Promote law enforcement in the Greenbelt	86	43	20	4	4	157
10	Provide oak wilt education and/or plan	61	61	25	2	5	154
11	Develop bicycle lane plan and cycling awareness	42	50	41	12	7	152
12	Develop fire prevention and evacuation plan for potential Greenbelt fires	46	53	35	13	4	151
13	Provide regular information about development in or near neighborhood	80	55	10	9	3	157
14	Complete the sidewalk on Barton Hills Drive between the school and Barton Hills Market	71	48	23	7	7	156

	Comments
1	Do not pursue those stupid traffic humps for traffic calming; it tears up cars and slows emergency vehicles. Use 4-way stops instead! Avoid double-sided parking on narrow streets.
	Should get temporary tax appraisal reduction for extensive road construction and commuter inconvenience.
	City should address Barton Parkway washout from last flood--large chunks of concrete displaced may undermine street in next flood.
	Repave Barton Skyway.
	Mosquito control needed.
	Need faster service on burned out street lights.
2	Neighborhood strategic plan important, but wait 1-2 years.
3	Need signs on Arpdale to prevent parking on both sides of Arpdale - top of hill.
4	Support traffic calming: I find the square-topped humps completely unacceptable, torture devices and do not promote them anywhere else. I advocate other methods than uniformly torturing all of our neighbors. Support bike lanes, but not if have disappearing lanes and margins around humps.
5	Traffic calming on Barton Skyway: Hasn't this been addressed?
6	Barton Skyway repaving: will we ever get a new surface?
	All signs placed on poles in the neighborhood should be removed promptly, with the exception of lost or found animals.
7	NO street bumps!!
8	Add curb cuts along Barton Hills Drive from church to school.
9	Finish paving Barton Skyway to smooth out surface all the way across.
10	We feel that the 4-way stop on Barton Skyway has certainly done a good job slowing traffic.
	I love the full sidewalk on Robt. E. Lee for walking. Thanks!
11	Connect Barton Skyway with a foot/bike bridge over the creek.
	Build sidewalks so that B.H. Elementary students can walk to school.
	Implement "Safe Routes to School" program for B.H. Elementary.
12	Construct a sidewalk from Rabb Road to Zilker Park along Robert E. Lee.
	Encourage/sponsor renovations at the Sunken Garden in Zilker Park.
	Monitor traffic projects affecting the neighborhood.
13	Great newsletter -- it's very much appreciated! Thank you for your volunteer efforts and commitment to our community!
14	No traffic calming on Barton Skyway!
	Keep graffiti wiped out; try to capture the offenders.
15	Remove speed humps on Rae Dell.
16	Construct "Barton Hills Neighborhood" entry signs at Trailside Drive and Westhill. (See signs on Brodie Lane for Shady Hollow neighborhood.)
17	Please, no speed humps.
18	We don't need those awful road bumps all over the roads. Parents need to take the keys away from their kids if they speed. We don't seem to have that much of a problem in this neighborhood.
19	Finish paving Barton Skyway.
20	Support traffic calming as important, but no bumps.!
21	Clean up the neighborhood. Remove abandoned vehicles even on private property.
22	Need a sign or traffic signal indicating danger at Westhill Drive off Barton Skyway. Very dangerous turn off Barton Skyway - cannot see car coming down the hill.
23	If we get sidewalks there will be little need for bike lanes that could interfere with parking along curbs. That's what has happened along Shoal Creek.
24	Build neighborhood swimming pool for all to enjoy and each family pays a fee to join and help with upkeep costs.
25	Speed bumps + traffic circles = INSANITY. Please don't go there! If you do, this is the last dues you will get from us!
26	Need news of the memorial for the officer.
27	Please do not add additional traffic calming devices in the neighborhood. The extra stop sign on Barton Skyway is enough of a hassle -- we do not need anything else.
28	Reconstruction of sidewalks and stairway trail near Barton Springs pool.
29	Bicycle lanes: We would typically not use these but for the safety of others (and as a driver in the neighborhood) these are important.
30	Promote urban density, e.g., creation of garage apartments & granny flats possibly through favorable property tax treatment.
31	I hate those humps!! NO MORE!!
32	No humps! There needs to be paths in and out of the neighborhood that are traffic hump free. The current set up works.
33	Thank you for the last edition of the newsletter. It is very informative, esp. regarding legislative redistricting.
34	Traffic calming on Barton Skyway and Barton Hills Drive: by speed indicators only - no humps!
35	Promote awareness of our neighborhood's impact on Barton Creek through use of chemical fertilizers & pesticides. Promote organic gardening/landscaping techniques.
36	YES to completing the sidewalk on Barton Hills Drive--very many kids of all ages walk this route.
37	Finish repaving Barton Skyway in lane moving west.
	Make a diligent effort to reduce development of the Terrace, whatever it takes.
	Schedule an appearance by Jeff Wentworth to learn his views on representing Barton Hills.
38	Traffic calming on Barton Skyway is important between Lamar and Oaklane. High speeds and blind curves create frequent hazards for pedestrians and cyclists crossing Barton Skyway. A 4-way stop sign at Oakhaven would help.
	Work with the City to reduce Trail of Lights traffic through the neighborhood all the way to Barton Skyway.
	Get the Parks & Recreation Department and APD to enforce park curfews and limit parking more effectively at unofficial Greenbelt entrances on residential streets.
39	Traffic calming on Barton Skyway: Just last week I had someone speed up and go around me racing up the hill to Lamar, and I was going 31 mph! When I have followed speeders home to see where they are coming from, it is inevitably the apartments/duplexes on Barton Hills across from the Market. They don't seem to understand this is a residential area! And I'm not an old timer, I'm 39, have owned our home here for 6 years. We support any method to control speed and people cutting through the neighborhood to avoid Lamar.
40	Deed restriction violations are "very important."
	Wow! The BH newsletter is ultra fantastic! Thank you especially for the last page.
41	Focus on ways to keep neighborhood property values up--basics like keeping garbage cans out of front yards.
42	Develop traffic calming on Four Oaks Lane --cars use this as a shortcut and travel at excessive speeds. This can be harmful to our pets!
	Offer turkey as another meat selection for the General Meetings--"very important"!
43	Fourth of July Parade is "very imporant."
44	Put "No Thoroughfare" signs on Rae Dell, Oak Haven and other streets south of Barton Skyway that are dead ends of horseshoe loops. We commonly get cars going fast down our street in apparent attempts to cut through and then see them speed back by 30 seco
45	Support fun things to get neighbors together (i.e., bicycle rides, walks around Town Lake, hike Green Belt, inner tube creek, Christmas caroling, c&w dance at Broken Spoke, etc.)
46	No speed humps, Please!

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