Brownie Neighborhood Park in Austin, Texas

Via Julia Foree 2014 Chair, North Lamar Contact Team: Objective P.2 Improve the Access to and Safety of Brownie Playground I met last Friday morning with new park maintenance staff and manager Jeff. By the middle of July they have committed to: mow a wide swath on both sides of path that comes from Longspur to keep it passable. reroute path so it does not cross onto retention pond area (which is private land) but stays within park, crossing through the creekbed. remove the tall vegetation just to the south of the Brownie Dead end to provide a clear line of sight. remove fence sections located wholly within the park i.e. the fence just to the south of the playscape. (but not those on the boundaries, so not the one the path currently passes through.) repair the picnic table and play structure and replace the non-working water fountain with one which has a dog watering bowl. Please plan to attend the upcoming Contact Team meeting (July 12 at 1pm at the YMCA meeting room 1 on Rundberg) to discuss future improvements you would like to see to Brownie park and its extension. The Brownie Addition will likely change shape as IDEA builds their school. IDEA School, the new owner of the large tract of land to the south of Brownie Park is in discussions with us, Parks and Recreation, Public Works and Site Plan Review about the possibility of connecting Brownie Drive and Longspur Drive via road. This would remove existing parkland, which they would need to replace with some of their own land. The completion of this road would provide the neighborhood children who attend IDEA with a safe route to school remaining inside the neighborhood. The only other entrance to the school property is from I-35. Please let me know your thoughts. Julia Foree 2014 Chair, North Lamar Contact Team