If you have an opinion. Speak.

Also, listen and think.

Be reasonable and don't call people childish names.

Regarding HEB. You should think. It was unreasonable according to the CCHOA leadership to put a Walmart at a major intersection that wasn't within CCHOA land. But, the CCHOA leadership said it's ok to put an HEB IN CC land, without major intersection access. Think. This will permanently change the feel of CC. Do you honestly think the HEB at Brodie and William Cannon didn't significantly change that area? Realize it had substantial impact.

An HEB at Slaughter and Escarpment will have an even greater substantial impact. Recall how the City recently changed the roads at William Cannon and Brodie? What are the plans for Slaughter and Escarpment for road enhancements to accomodate the traffic?

The plans currently in place will significantly change your neighborhood to the detriment. Think and sign Sal's petition and attend the January 6th CCHOA meeting.

Voss

Don't be MISLED


I thought Sal's petition is to limit the size of H.E.B. grocery store, thus also limit the size of the parking lot. I believe Sal's petition is NOT to eliminate a grocery store at the intersection of Escarpment and Slaughter altogether. So, please don't be misled to believe that the petition is for eliminating the grocery store. IT IS NOT. Sal does not have that kind of power, neither do any of us!

The most ideal way is not to have a grocery store or apartment building at that area at all. And the best to all of us is to have that piece of land be the way it is or to make that area into a park. But remember, that piece of land belongs to the developer, not us; we didn't pay for it. Developers purchased land to develop and make money, and making money legally is not a sin.

Since we have no power and no right to stop the developer to build a grocery store there, why not just let H.E.B. to decide which size of the store and parking lot is the best to have in this area. These are smart business people. They must have done a residential population study before deciding which size is the best. It costs more money for them to construct a larger parking lot than a smaller one. Why would they want to spend more money unnecessary? Just think!

All I want to say is two or three years from now, there will be a lot more people living in Circle C and in the surrounding area. Would that be better off to have a larger parking lot than a too small one? Just think!

Nobody is confused...except

Lisa,

Nobody is confused about the petition except you.

Some people want a small 40,000 sq ft pantry size store. Some want Whole Foods instead. Some want the developer to stay within the already agreed impervious cover. They are simply overbuilding on the lot. But, I have not addressed these more ''radical'' feelings of our neighborhood.

The petition is simple enough. I'm sorry your obsessed about parking lots. But parking is simply not an issue, unless your confused, and imagine there is a parking issue. Have you gone to HEB Brodie and had to park on the street?

When a developer looks to rezone, it is customary for the City of Austin to ask those in the surrounding areas to have input. So, I, as a resident, am asked to comment, if I would like.

I am not God. But I live here, and I've been asked my opinion, and I'll gather consensus, as I have and submit it to the City, as I have a right to. Just like you do. I have the right to put together a very conservative petition to limit the size by 25%.

Most people, as well as myself had NO IDEA what 93,000 sq ft really is, until I found out that Brodie Lane is 75,000 sq ft smaller.

Your theory of ''let the developer do what they want'' is reckless. What if they wanted to put a 24/7 Walmart on this property. Would that be acceptable to you? Because, most of your neighbors would ''have a cow'' over that one.

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/CCheb/petition.html

Let the developer do what

DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO...

If the developers had their way there would be high-density development (more stores = more money to developers), no green space, no trees. Since I have lived in Austin I have seen more trees & green space destroyed then I could have imagined. This is one of the reasons I chose Austin and stay in Austin, GREEN SPACE.

Parking lots are impervious cover they do nothing but create pollution.

In 20 to 30 years when some of us are DEAD, we leave this mess to our kids. It's time everyone WAKES UP and STOPS thinking only about their own little selfish worlds?… what we do now, how we act, decisions we make our kids inherit.

How many brands of ketchup & salsa do you need? I am sure this store will be more then a market for food, look at the Brodie store, they sell all kinds of stuff that a SUPER STORE LIKE WALMART carries.

Dont be a fool, lets have HEB build a store we will be PROUD to have in our neck of the woods (or what once was the woods).