Community-Centered Planning

Monumental changes to our City shouldn't be decided in a manner of weeks, based largely on a consultant's biased and flawed questionnaire, or during a global pandemic when fewer of our friends and neighbors are able to participate. The process should be delayed, robust, and involve a door-to-door effort to engage every Rollingwood homeowner.  Our voices should matter.  The process so far suggests that our views aren't being taken seriously.

Targeted Redevelopment That Respects Neighbors

We recognize that change is inevitable and some of our non-residential spaces aren't being used to their potential.  We are not against enhanced uses and renewed development where it makes sense, on a tract-by-tract basis, to both bring income-producing projects to Rollingwood and preserve the investments that our friends and neighbors have made in their homes.  The one-size-fits-all approach offered by the City consultant should be swiftly rejected.

Complex Problems Require Complex Solutions

The City's consultant has attempted to create a false binary choice: embrace his vision of Bee Caves Road lined with four-story buildings on both sides, or have our finances crash down on top of us.  It isn't that simple, and even the consultant's rosy economic projections (which assume no costs to tripling the population of the City and ruining some residents' investments) could be decades away from fruition.  If the City faces real economic challenges, we should consider all revenue options and aim to share financial burdens.