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Barton Hills-Horseshoe Bend Neighborhood Association
Newsletter January, 2001 |
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Neighborhood
Association Meeting Agenda |
Neighborhood Association Meeting
Tuesday, January 23, 2001 Social Hour and BBQ Dinner 6-7 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church 2128 Barton Hills Drive Agenda 6-7 p.m.: Social Hour 7 P.M.: Business Meeting 1. Call to order 2. Approval of Minutes of October 24, 2000 meeting 3. Treasurer’s Report 4. Neighborhood Crime Report: APD Captain Keith Hamblin 5. Briefing on St. Mark’s Church campus expansion plans: Tom Joyce 6. Develop and prioritize Association’s annual goals 7. Committee Assignments 8. Other Business 9. Adjourn |
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We Need You
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At its January meeting the Association will be developing a finite list of achievable goals for the coming year. We need your thoughts on this, but more importantly, we need your time and commitment to serve with others on the following committees:
Please join the effort to keep our neighborhood the great place that it is. |
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| BHNA 2001 Calendar |
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| Annual Treasurer's Report |
January 1, 2000 – December 31, 2000
1/1/00 Balance $4,817.97 Receipts: 12/31/2000 Checking Account Balance $6,824.07 Designated Oak Wilt Donations |
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| Election Results in Precincts 325 and 342 |
Results from the November 7th Presidential Election are now available for each precinct. Two precincts overlay the BHNA area for a combined area that is larger than the neighborhood association boundaries. Precinct 325, south of Barton Skyway, recorded a turnout of almost 59% of 2,989 registered voters. North of Barton Skyway, Precinct 342 did slightly better with almost 62% of its 2,877 registered voters going to the poll. These results compare favorably to the overall voter turnout of 53% in Travis County. In the 1996 Presidential election, the turnout in each precinct was slightly higher with 59.6% in Pct. 325, and 62.7% in Pct. 342.
Many neighborhood residents took advantage of early voting before election day. In Pct. 325, there were 805 voters who cast their ballots early out of the total 1,762 voters. In Pct. 342, a total of 1,779 people voted, and 726 voted early. Sixteen percent in Pct. 325 and more than 15% in Pct. 342 voted Straight Party for the Democrats, while the Republicans received almost 11% and more than 8% Straight Party votes, respectively, in each precinct. In the Presidential/V.P. race, nearly 47% in Pct. 325 and 48% in Pct. 342 went for Gore/Lieberman. The Bush/Cheney ticket received about 35% and 31%, respectively in Pcts. 325 and 342. The Libertarians (Browne/Olivier) and the Independents (Buchanan/Foster) captured 1% or less of the total vote in each precinct for this race, but the Green Party’s Nader/LaDuke ticket received almost 17% of the total vote in Pct. 325 and over 19% in Pct. 342. The Nader ticket received only 10% of the vote countywide. Both precincts voted for the Democrat and BHNA member, Ann Kitchen for the 48th District State Representative seat with 65% and 66% of the total vote. Republican Jill Warren received just over 25% of the total vote in each precinct. Kitchen also won countywide with 56% compared to Warren’s 35% of the total vote. In the County Constable Pct. 3 race, Republican Drew McAngus defeated Democrat Kevin Miskell by about 6% of the county vote. In Pcts. 325 and 342, however, Miskell received strong majority support. In Capital Metro’s Light Rail referendum, the vote was almost identical in both precincts, with 53% and 55% supporting the proposal, and 41% voting against in both precincts. Six percent of the voters in Pct. 325 and 3% in Pct. 342 ignored this contest, choosing not to vote either for or against Light Rail. Both precincts also voted very similarly in the City of Austin special bond election. A majority of about 75% in each precinct approved Proposition 1 for $150 million in general obligation bonds for infrastructure for roads, highways, and bicycle and pedestrian mobility. Proposition 2 also received strong support, with 69% in Pct. 325 and 73% in Pct 342, for $13.4 million in GO bonds for land acquisitions to preserve open spaces. Both precincts also defeated Proposition 3 with slim margins. Proposition 3 would have authorized 400 acres near Lake Walter E. Long to be leased for a hotel, golf course, conference center and related facilities. These precinct tallies mirrored the countywide vote on the three propositions. Detailed results for every race, including congressional, state, judicial, school board and county contests are available at the Travis County Elections Division and also online at: http://www.co.travis.tx.us/county_clerk/election. |
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| BHNA Elects New Officers |
Welcome to our new 2001 Executive Board Members. We have 3 new members on the committee: Robin McKeever, Rafael Quintanilla, and Sharon Slagle. The 2000 President (Joe Gieselman), Corresponding Secretary (Emily Mazac), and Austin Neighborhood Council Representative (Kay Killen) continue to serve the neighborhood association. The new committee is dedicated to a productive new year. The 2001 BHNA Executive Committee members are:
Joe Gieselman – President |
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| Advertise in The BHNA Newsletter |
Interested in advertising your business/service in the neighborhood newsletter? There are over 1200 families that live in our neighborhood! A business card sized ad is $50 in January and June (when it is distributed neighborhood wide), and $30 in October and April (when it goes to paid Association members). If you’d like to advertise in all four newsletters, it is $140. Call Kay Killen at 447-4287 for more information. Please support our local neighbors and businesses that support us! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Babysitters Wanted |
A Barton Hills playgroup is looking for experienced neighborhood babysitters. The children’s ages range from 4 months to 5 years. Interested? Please call Diane Long @ 416-0679.
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| If you are not a neighborhood association member, sign up today! The cost is a mere $5.00 per year, and the benefits are well worth it.
Return the membership form below with $5.00 check, payable to Barton Hills Neighborhood Association, to: Rafael Quintanilla, Treasurer, BHNA 2001 Barton Hills - Horseshoe Bend Neighborhood Association Membership Form Name(s) (include full names of all 18+ household members) (1) ______________ (2) _________________ (3) _______________ Address: _____________________ Phone: (H) ________ (W) _________ E-mail: ____________________ I/we wish to receive the newsletter: ___ in paper form ___ by e-mail ___ both |
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