1/21/2003
Quarries Update: The Hyde Park Baptist Church-Five Neighborhoods Coordinating Committee met January 13, 2003. Highlights of the meeting follow. The next meeting will be March 24, 2003.
Construction Update: Construction of the Mopac to Quarries driveway and the infrastructure in the Quarries itself is substantially complete. As of today, most of the privacy fence along Balcones Woods Drive is up and the boulders blocking access at the dead-end of Balcones Woods Drive are in. Precluding additional bad weather, construction, except for 'Punch out' work, should be complete by 1/31/03.
The next construction will be of a storage building.
HPBC has not finalized plans or funding for the next construction phase, the Christian Life Center, and there is no projected start date for this or additional construction.
Use of Quarries: Reminder - the Quarries area is closed for use by unauthorized personnel during the construction. Fall league softball is scheduled to be played in the Quarries as well as normal Hyde Park school sports events. Info. on these events can be found at <http://www.hpbc.org/rec/>.
Other Issues:
The coordination committee is still working out a plan for coordination of large events in the Quarries. This effort will give the neighborhoods advance notice of large special events and a chance to voice concerns and work out potential conflicts. Also, points of contact for both the neighborhoods and HPBC will be named for issues arising during the events. This event planning will also include neighborhood access, via the Hyde Park WEB site, of all events in the Quarries area, including regularly scheduled activities.
An article in the newspaper mentioned a Hyde Park option to move the Church to their property in Northwest Austin. This area was not the Quarries area.
Easter Egg Hunt. HPBC may have an Easter egg hunt in the Quarries during April. Plans have not been finalized. If the event occurs, Church members and surrounding neighbors will be invited. Access for the event will be via the Mopac driveway only and the event will be handled as a 'Special event' and coordinated with the neighborhoods.
Information Sources: There are several good sources of information regarding the Quarries including the HPBC web site <http://www.hpbc.org> and our own Balcones Woods site <www.balconeswoods.org>. The Mesa Park site has an extensive collection of documents and will soon contain minutes of the coordination committee meetings <www.main.org/mpna>.
Contacts: Please use your neighborhood committee contacts for information about the Quarries or input regarding complaints. The Balcones Woods contact is listed below. If you believe your issues are not being addressed, please contact a Balcones Woods board member.
Tom Terry <tomkterry@hotmail.com> Day 459-6820