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Lost Creek Neighborhood
The document details a community workshop for the Lost Creek neighborhood, focusing on strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement. It highlights assets such as local schools, views, and parks, while noting issues like unsafe walkways and a controversial condominium project. The report also discusses the potential of undeveloped land and emphasizes the need for better planning to align with community values.
Lost Creek Neighborhood
- 1. Lost Creek Neighborhood PhotographsTaken for CodeNEXT Character in a Box Exercise Paul Schumann September 25, 2014
- 2. Community Character ina Box Project Photographs and Workshop Ann McCormick Chuck McCormick Wayne Whitney Paul Schumann Workshop Deborah Castro Barbara Gaston Mathew Vaughn
- 3. Community Character ina Box Workshop ● Two Maps of the Area ● Identify on the Maps (sticker and writing) – Things that are assets (strengths) – Things that are constraints (weaknesses) – Opportunities for improvement (things that have potential) ● Follow-up with photographs that characterize the neighborhood ● Turn all of that in to the City
- 4. Neighborhood Schools ● Havingtwo public schools just across Loop 360 and a high school a short distance away are real assets to the community ● Not having a safe way for students to walk to a neighborhood school is a potential for improvement
- 5. View ● The viewof the city from Loop 360 is an asset ● The presence of power lines along Loop 360 is a potential for improvement
- 6. Office Buildings The officebuildings on the east side of Loop 360 fit into the environment better than any other buildings near Lost Creek. These are in the city of West Lake Hills. Power lines are still a distraction.
- 7. Lost Creek CommercialArea ● All are clustered around the entrance ● Most fit reasonably well into the environment ● One is way to large for the environment ● Too high ● Required lawsuit to control ● Changed some of its use from office to medical over objections from neighborhood
- 11. Entrance Into LostCreek ● The entrance is an asset ● Power lines are not ● Boulevard has been improved since these pictures ● Some recent condominium development is not an asset
- 14. Condo Project ● Thecondo project was approved even though 70 residents wrote letters opposing it ● It has essentially zero set back ● Not enough parking ● Commanding views of residential neighbors across the street ● Property is too small for size of project ● Construction quality is suspect
- 16. Sidewalks ● Sidewalks arean asset ● Sidewalk stopping before Loop 360 is not ● Lack of safe crossing across and along Loop 360 is not ● Not all neighborhood sidewalks have been completed
- 17. Vistas ● Vistas, hillsand curved roads are assets ● Trees are an asset
- 29. Neighborhood Parks ● Neighborhood parksare an asset ● But we don't have enough parkland ● We do have access to greenbelt
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- 37. MUD Building ● Awell functioning MUD is an asset ● MUD board room and community room is an asset
- 38. Housing ● Housing isan asset ● About 1,200 homes ● Wide variety of designs ● Quality construction ● Most 20 to 30 years old ● Average value ~$500,000 ● Utilities under ground
- 59. Marshall Tract ● Largestpotential (good or bad) ● 37.4 acres undeveloped ● Zoned residential (SF2) ● Historical land ● Fronted on two sides by residential ● Environmentally sensitive ● Ecologically valuable ● Important cemetery ● Highest point in Lost Creek (1003 ft) ● On Lost Creek Blvd near entrance ● Planned PUD is not compatible with Lost Creek
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