Update August 27 City council approved the purchase.
Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) plans to purchase 606 Barwood Park and 8610 N IH35 as part of creating a greenway along the creek. This would add a little over seven acres to PARD’s previous Georgian Dr land purchases. The land is mostly in the 25-year floodplain and is undeveloped now.
USGS stream gauge on facebook
USGS stream gauge on iNaturalist
Objective Q.2: Ensure public safety throughout the planning areas.
Recommendation 8: Adopt and apply those principles set forth by the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design tool.
Recommendation 9: Encourage the use of a CPTED Neighborhood Safety Audit.
Recommendation D210 Provide well-designed light solutions for pedestrians, streets, and school and transit bus stops, consistent with CPTED.
Objective Q.D44: Develop outcome goals and measures for observed issues at bus stops, sidewalks, parks, libraries which reduce the sense of safety.
Objective P.9: The new park’s landscaping should provide function and safety to all visitors.
Recommendation 52 Investigate safety measures that will protect all park visitors.
Recommendation 58 Plant low-growing, native shrubbery and/or greenery that promote natural surveillance among visitors of the new park.
Objective Q.D67 Increase native wildlife and pollinator habitat in the planning area, compatible with public safety.
Objective Q.D39 No North Lamar/Georgian Acres deaths from drowning
North Lamar/Georgian Acres neighborhoods 