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Geeeeeeeeee according to a kazillion tree lovers who vocally opposed the Montrose TIRZ and mega posted on Montrose NextDoor……Uh……..Montrose doesn’t flood. As far as I can decipher in treelover speak………Montrose was meant to collect rain water as part of drainage and might have some “ponding” might occur but shouldn’t be confused with “ flooding….. guess the discussion will continue……

Okay-okay i should have used more specific language……PLANTS….I’d like to see more plants at Metro stops🥴😀😄🙃

At Neartown meeting last night; Abbie Kamin was requesting the reporting and exact locations( ID# on poles?) of any damaged or leaning utility poles- no matter who poles belongs to. Apparently a map of these damaged poles is being compiled by COH. Also— there is no plan/ protocol in place for COH to find and repair damaged or fallen stop signs, yield signs, school crossing signs etc. Abbie asks to contact 311 with the location, then contact her office and relay the 311 work order number and her office can follow up. it looks like her office has established a routine to use those 311 work order# to do email follow up on any 311 reports her constituents make send her office.

Guess, I was being old fashioned and meant green- like plants. 😁.

I’m not sure [ both groups came out in force] it seems majority ( 60-40% maybe 75-25%) spoke for the proposal. There was also a huge amount of talk about c….compromise……..mostly about Montrose TIRZ doing the compromising. The treelove people- never spoke about allowing one tree to be cut down; ditto the 10’ shared bike/walk sidewalk…..none seemed to care about safety for bicycles wanting to use Montrose Blvd. Sure some of them are former big bike users- but really each thought sharing 6’ wide sidewalk with walkers, strollers, wheelchairs and other bicyclists seemed AOK as long as no tree was cut down— not ever sick trees……………sigh

Well, I guess one can only hope a few ideas ( green or no) might be examined for the rest of Metros Unshaded bus stops. maybe…..

I keep wondering why nothing “green” was part of proposal……

At The meeting last night, newly appointed Board members were introduced. Lots of residents showed up to speak a few requested the TIRZ not become a rubber stamp nor a piggy bank,for Mayor Whitmire.. several reported first hand knowledge of walking the sidewalks in July, along Montrose Blvd as part of the AARP evaluation/data gathering. . The Montrose Blvd improvement was brought up— same old yadayada about very little if any flooding in Montrose, planting puny trees will never get a nice tree canopy - no matter how many years go by, absolutely no 10 foot shared bike/ pedestrian sidewalk(.only 6 feet period) same…..same….same

Here is a picture 600 Avondale Moderators I think the original thread concerned 3015 Bagby=> originally built on the NW corner ofBagby street and Hathaway- occupied by Ross Sterlings daughter-law and grandson Ross jr- Here is current renovation of Ross Sterling house 3015 Bagby

This is a picture taken today at the Jetty Park looking a front row houses up towards the A frames. clean up is doing well- There was a lot of damage. we have house between International Waterway and Blue water highway-side not nearly the same amount of damage.

Great pictures…….hoping for a few Texas native trees to be planted to shade that cement parking lot……..BTW……do any businesses ever consider “ permeable “ ground covering for parking urban parking lots? St Arnold’s parking lot comes to mind- maybe they were ahead of its time?

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……an interesting side note, the articulate ( read mainly fact based) young lawyer, who seemly lead the pursuit of “saving” those trees, has suddenly gone silent for the past two months…….

Of course there was a huge discussion ( the position of the Cementary folks as well as the Montrose TIRZ folks was brought up many times)of those trees on the Montrose Nextdoor site. I mean just post after post, rant after rant……but as happens so many times- a few come late to the subject and want to question…….”why?” Why Cementary didn’t make their position know to COH ? Why— if trees were in danger of falling- did TIRZ want (In reality- TIRZ didn’t want)sidewalk on that side of Montrose Blvd anyway……. All new yadayadayada……🙄