Shady Acres Visioning Meeting Priority List 2009
CIP:
1. Maintain 19th and 20th street within Shady Acres as two lane streets
2. Create a tree lined boulevards along 19th and 20th Street between Durham and Bevis
3. Install a traffic light at 18th Street / East TC Jester
4. Install a traffic light at Bevis / East TC Jester
5. Widen side walks over the 18th Street bridge
6. Fix traffic pattern where 18th/ 19th, and 20th Street meet
7. Improve drainage throughout Shady Acres
8. Petition CoH Parks and Rec to incorporate the dead end parcels at 22nd, 23rd, and 24th into Little Thicket Park
9. Replace picnic tables at Little Thicket Park
10. Upgrade play park at Little Thicket Park
11. Create a Dog Park in the Shady Acres area
12. Check on status on the Wright Bembrey Park plan.
Thoroughfare Plan:
1. Maintain 19th and 20th Street within Shady Acres as two lane streets
2. Widen side walks over the 18th Street bridge
Mayor’s Assistance Program:
1. Establish restrictions for commercial traffic through residential areas with signage and possibly blocking or “dead ending” certain streets.
2. No Parking Signs along streets that are too narrow to allow for safe parallel parking.
3. Begin the process to establish a vibrant business district along 19th and 20th which could support a Trolley on weekends running along 19th Street in the Heights all the way into Shady Acres to Rainbow Lodge, Cavatores, Tony’s and Tecates.
Shady Acres Parks Committee Initiatives:
1. Follow-up for the Wright Bembry Park CIP Grant
2. Plan and arrange for the twice yearly clean-up of Little Thicket Park, Wright Bembrey and the White Oak Bayou Trail, including the Trash Bash at Little Thicket.
3. Petition CoH Parks and Rec to incorporate the dead end parcels at 22nd, 23rd, and 24th into Little Thicket Park.
4. Arrange for reforestation initiative to replace trees lost to Hurricane Ike at Little Thicket
5. Hold plantings that provide food for the birds and other wildlife at Little Thicket, Wright Bembrey and WOB Trail
6. Provide for trail maintenance at Little Thicket
7. Provide for deck maintenance at Little Thicket
8. Replace tree signage along the walkway as an educational component at Little Thicket
Parks Department:
1. Dog waste bag stations along White Oak Bayou
2. Additional trash cans along White Oak Bayou Trail
3. Water fountains with dog water bowls along trail
4. Assist with maintenance of medians along Ella Blvd. and E.T.C. Jester
5. Replace picnic tables and acquire play park upgrades for Little Thicket Park
Beautification Projects:
1. Signage for Shady Acres in medians
2. Adopt medians along Ella
3. Adopt medians along East TC Jester
4. Assist with maintenance of medians along Ella Blvd. and E.T.C. Jester
5. Spread wild flower seeds along the White Oak Bayou Trail
Block Captains:
1. Report builders that do not keep their sites clean
2. Contact 311 to enforce vacant lot upkeep (trash/ mowing)
3. Report builders that abandon their projects (311)
4. Report streetlights out
5. Report potholes
6. Report any signage that needs to be replaced.
7. Distribute information i.e. newsletter/ flyers
Social Events:
The goal is to establish social activities that are re-occurring annually
1. Monthly farmer’s market with art sale at Cedar Creek
2. Community Picnics at various locations to include as many members as possible.
3. Membership Drive (January)
4. Crawfish Boil at Shady Tavern (Spring)
5. Community Garage Sale (Spring / Fall)
6. Pumpkin Patch in the fall at Cedar Creek (Fall)
7. National Night Out (October)
8. Election of Officers and Holiday Gathering (December)
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