Tour de Tech Terrace

An Invitation from Safety Committee Co-Chair, Kevin Austin Keith

In the beginning, the first Tour de Tech Terrace consisted of just 32 cyclist friends with a single goal to have fun and enjoy an afternoon ride through the neighborhood. As time progressed and Tour de Tech Terrace (TDTT) grew, so did the goals and ambitions of the riders and organizers alike. From less than a hundred to more than a thousand riders, the tour gained the strength to give back to the community. Starting in 2006, TDTT began donating canned food to the South Plains Food Bank, Hurricane Relief Efforts, and Salvation Army. This proved to be most beneficial when in Fall 2009 the South Plains Food Bank ran out of canned goods. Without the Tour riders generous donations, the food boxes would have been short of needed canned food and many people would have gone without. Now the tour has obviously outgrown its infancy and must evolve into a neighborhood-sponsored family and student event. The vision is simple: a day where the unique and diverse Tech Terrace neighborhood can come together and show not only how great a neighborhood we are but also what we have to offer to Lubbock, Texas.

So this Saturday May 1st, 2010 come out and show your support for our neighborhood and for the many bike riders in our community. Bring canned goods to any house the tour stops at and wave to the riders that pass. Cheer and smile! We would also like to encourage people to give more than just support.  Help spread the word about how great Tech Terrace and The Tour are! Hope to see you out in the neighborhood.

Sincerely, Tour de Tech Terrace Organizers

The following was submitted to TT/UNIT News by Laura James.

The Hutch Campus Beautification Committee will be selling beautiful hanging plants MAY 3-7 on the front lawn after school. Make Mom Smile by supporting the beautification committee’s efforts to Give Hutch A Facelift!! Large baskets will be $30 and smaller succulent baskets will be $20. These will sell out quickly and quantities are limited, so get yours before they are gone!! (CASH PREFERRED)

Proposed Amended Bylaws

Below are the proposed neighborhood association  bylaws.  Please send any comments/questions to Dustin Burrows  dustinburrows@mhbg.com before the May 17th bylaws meeting scheduled at J.T. Hutchinson Middle School on May 17th at 5:30 PM.  Anyone is welcome to attend or submit comments. 

Bylaws -- Proposed Amendments



http://www.scribd.com/full/30531107?access_key=key-hexobra57zhi8m3vuqj

Social Committee Meeting This Wednesday!

Submitted by Laura Anderson

The Tech Terrace/UNIT Social Committee will be meeting Wednesday May 28th at Schlotsky's at 19th and Memphis (outside the nurturing biosphere of the UNIT) starting at 12:00.  Topics include but are not limted to: lawnmower brigade, summer movies, block parties, kite day, tour wrap-up, anything else people want to discuss.

THIRD ANNUAL CHROME LIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL

The Third Annual Chrome Live Music Festival will be held on Saturday April 24th

Starting at 10:00 AM at Chrome located at 2601 19th Street

http://www.shopchrome.com/Chrome_Live%21_Music_Festival/Welcome.html

Information on the upcoming meeting

Submitted by Celeste Yoshinobu at the request of Michael Martin, UNIT N.A. President

Please join us for the General Meeting of the Tech Terrace UNIT Neighborhood Association on April 22, 2010 5:30 pm at JT Hutchinson Cafeteria.


At the last meeting we voted to follow the bylaws accepted in 2004. These bylaws require each member to pay one dollar in dues to be a member in good standing and have the privilege to cast a vote. Please be sure to bring one dollar to the meeting and come a little early to pay your dues if you have not already.

The following committees will present their reports:

Aesthetics- currently looking at issues in Wagner Park

Communications

Safety-exclusively working on tour de tech terrace at this time

Social-currently addressing Spring Open House, Movies in the Park

Finance

The last 15 minutes of the meeting will be an open microphone session for 10 residents to voice concerns or comments for one minute. Committee chairs will be available to answer questions after the meeting adjourns. These comments and committee chair responses will be posted in this blog after the meeting. Be sure to sign in at front table if you would like the opportunity to speak. If more than 10 residents sign-up, ten speakers will be randomly picked from a hat.

Plant Sale at The Lubbock Memorial Arboretum

From the Lubbock Memorial Arboretum

To All Arboretum Friends,

We hope you will be able to attend the annual Arboretum Plant Sale, Saturday April 17, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This is always a fun time to visit old friends, make new friends, get answers to any gardening questions, and find new plants for your garden. We also welcome your help on the sale, if you would like. Call or email us if you would like to help.

Lubbock Memorial Arboretum PO Box 93446 Lubbock, TX 79493
Phone: (806) 797-4520
Email: lubarbo@lubbockarboretum.org
Website: www.lubbockarboretum.org

AJ Features Story about Tech Terrace Open House

The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal features a story highlighting the upcoming Tech Terrace Open House.

John Henry Davis, 7, right, and his sister, Harriet, 10, enjoy ice cream cones at the Ice Cream Shoppe on Thursday afternoon. The Ice Cream Shoppe is located in the TechTerrace neighborhood, along with a few other specialty stores.

Geoffrey Mcallister / Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

From left, Zoey Stucker, 6, Galen Yoshinobu, 6, and Lauren Stanfield, 7, play in the rain outside of Roscoe Wilson Elementary, Thursday in Lubbock. Roscoe Wilson Elementary is one of the selling points to living in the Tech Terrace neighborhood.Thursday, April 15, 2010. (Geoffrey McAllister/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

This Tech Terrace home is an example of the unique styles that can be found in the upcoming Spring Home Tour-Geoffrey Mcallister / Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Tech Terrace tour to take neighborly approach


By Adam D. Young
AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Friday, April 16, 2010


The Tech Terrace UNIT Neighborhood Association will host a home tour this month aimed at improving its image as a college-student- and family-friendly neighborhood.



Organizers for the one-square-mile neighborhood just south of Texas Tech hope to show off what they call a family atmosphere

Its magnet schools and central location in the city help attract families and prospective Lubbockites to the neighborhood, said Laura Anderson with the neighborhood association.



The association is hosting a Spring Home Tour from 1 to 4 p.m. April 24 to give people free tours of the more than 30 homes for sale in the neighborhood.


"We know not everyone coming will be actually looking to buy a home, and that's fine," Anderson said. "What we really want people to do is come to our neighborhood - see it and tell their friends about it."


The tour starts at Roscoe Wilson Elementary, 2807 25th St., where people can pick up a sheet listing houses on the tour.


To find the neighborhood, Anderson said, she recommends people remember the UNIT in the association's name is an acronym for the streets that surround it - University Avenue, 19th Street, Indiana Avenue and 34th Street.


Neighborhood Association member Mary Vines said the Spring Showcase is a chance for the neighborhood to dispel what she described as a recent perception Tech Terrace is not family friendly.


She said negative media exposure - such as reports on a Tech student who was stunned with a police Taser during the Tour de Tech Terrace bike ride and a neighborhood resident who claims she was assaulted by a Tech student at a party - doesn't give an accurate picture of the neighborhood.

Anderson said Tech Terrace is a tight-knit neighborhood where young families interact positively with college students.


"This neighborhood wouldn't be what it is if it wasn't right by Tech and didn't have college students in it," she said.


Along with its college students and families, Anderson said, Tech Terrace houses a diverse community of different ethnicities and professions ranging from Tech faculty members to medical professionals to lawyers.


"It really enables people to draw on a lot of other cultural references," she said.


Vines said the neighborhood association also is betting Tech Terrace's schools can entice families to move to the neighborhood. Both Roscoe Wilson Elementary and J.T. Hutchinson Middle School are humanities and fine arts magnet schools within the Lubbock Independent School District.


Children who live in the neighborhood are automatically accepted into the schools while other students typically are placed on a magnet school waiting list, said district spokeswoman Nancy Sharp.


Anderson said the neighborhood association also encourages Tech Terrace residents to be involved in the community through parties and such annual events as the 4th of July Lawn Mower Brigade - a group of dozens of the neighborhood's residents who march in the 4th on Broadway Parade with their push- or riding-lawn mowers.


"What we've really been trying to do is get people out meeting their neighbors, working on projects together," Anderson said.


To comment on this story:

adam.young@lubbockonline.com l 766-8725
james.ricketts@lubbockonline.com l 766-8706

Todd Klein to host "Coffee with Citizens" this Saturday at Market Street

District Three City Councilman Todd Klein will host "Coffee with Citizens" on this Saturday.  The meeting will run from 11:00 AM to Noon at United Market Street at 50th and Indiana.  All District Three residents (especially those in the Tech Terrace/UNIT Neighborhood) are invited to share their concerns and suggestions.

Lowe's Grand Re-Opening

Lowe's Corner Market held their Grand Re-Opening of their newly refurbished store in Tech Terrace.  Roger Lowe, Jr. cuts the ceremonial blue ribbon to christen the much improved grocery.  Along with a brand new facade and landscaping, the interior of the store is all new with a deli and an organic food section.  

It even has a bike rack to you can pedal to the store. 

Lowe's made a significant investment in the neighborhood.  I encourage neighbors to check it out.

Aesthetics Committee Meeting

At J&B Coffee 4/11 left to right:

Holle Humphries, Jaime Nainez, Marion Phillips, Helen Liggett, Talia Jackson, Sherman Phillips, Tai Kreidler, Clint McDonald. Others participating that evening, but not in photo: Celeste Yoshinobu, Brandy Davis, Shery Goodwin, Patrick DeCesaro, Elaine Wilson, Calum Hetherington,Caroline Nunn, Denise Pope and Deanna Pearson.

The following was submitted by Helen Liggett, Chair of Aethestics

The Aesthetics Committee looked at Wagner Park related issues at a meeting held Sunday, April 11 at 7 pm at J&B Coffee. We addressed:


1) The Wagner Park Pavillion renovation or destruction. We wish to learn from the general membership of the Neighborhood Association if we want:


a. - renovation of the current pavilion, with bathrooms, or


b. - renovation of the current pavilion, without bathrooms, or


c. - tear out and replacement with the type of pavilion found at Ribble Park, or


d. - tear out and replacement with something more expensive than the type of pavilion found at Ribble Park.


We have requested from Parks and Recreation a move-back of the slated destruction of the pavilion by one year to give the neighborhood the opportunity to research and decide from the available options. Options a. and d. would require addtional funding other than what Parks and Recreation has available.


2) We also are seeking input from the entire membership of the Neighborhood Association on what should be done with the bathrooms at the current pavilion while awaiting destruction or renovation. Do we want the bathrooms opened as soon as possible? Or for them to remain locked? If opened, when? immediately or at some time in the future? When open, should there be limited hours they are available, such as 8:00 am to 8:00 pm?


In addition to neighborhood input, I am polling the staff at Roscoe Wilson Elementary as to their preferences.


3) Driving on the park is continuing to be a problem, as is parking enforcment. We are gathering information for the membership to consider in determining whether or not to pay for off-duty police officers to patrol the parks.

Volunteers Needed For Spring Home Tour

Received From Tech Terrace Neighbor Laura James

Spring Home Tour Fast Approaching

Tech Terrace Neighborhood Association is holding a Spring
Open House on Saturday, April 24th from 1-4.


This tour will feature over 50 homes that are for sale in the neighborhood. The purpose of the event is to encourage families to come and take a look at the many wonderful homes that are currently available, get information about the schools in the neighborhood, and get a feel ofwhat a great place Tech Terrace is to live. The event is free.


I am asking you to volunteer your time during the event. We are hoping to have as many neighbors on hand as possible, positioned at various locations to answer questions and be a presence in the homes. The tour will start on the lawn at Roscoe Wilson Elementary and we are asking volunteers to show up just a few minutes early and get their assignment. If you can help, please email Laura James at laurajames@suddenlink.net or Marjorie Manning at mmmanning@sbcglobal.net


Please tell your friends that have been looking for a home in the neighborhood about this event. Let them know that the easiest way to ensure a spot at either Roscoe Wilson Elementary or Hutch Middle School (the best schools in Lubbock), is to live in the attendance zone!!!

Tech Terrace UNIT Neighborhood Spring Home Tour

The following was sent to TT/UNIT News by neighbor Mary Vines:

With the spring home tour just 17 days away, we would like to get information out to the neighbors so that they can begin to share it with their friends and acquaintances outside the area.. Word of mouth will go a long way toward publicizing the event and bringing folks in to enjoy the tour. We plan soon to have a flyer that can be downloaded and printed by folks who would like to put some printed information in the hands of prospective buyers. But we would like to have folks start talking up April 24 even before the flyer.


Neighbors who may or may not know prospective residents can help in another way. We need hosts for the houses, so if neighbors could volunteer by sending a return e-mail, that would be wonderful.

A third way neighbors can help is to contact owners selling their homes without a realtor and tell them to contact Laura Anderson (phone number is in media advisory) if they want to be listed on the home tour. People who may be planning to list their homes may want to finalize the listing right away so they, too, can be included.

I’m attaching the media advisory that we’re sending to radio and television stations and newspaper to let people know how they can contribute to the success of this event.


Mary Vines

MEDIA ADVISORY: Tech Terrace UNIT Neighborhood Association Spring Home Tour


WHO: Tech Terrace UNIT Neighborhood Association


WHAT: Spring Home Tour


WHEN: Saturday, April 24, 1 to 4 p.m.


WHERE: Square mile south of Tech between University, Nineteenth, Indiana and Thirty-
Fourth Streets


WHY: To create families’ awareness of advantages of living in Tech Terrace UNIT
Neighborhood and of having their children eligible to attend the neighborhood
schools.


CONTACT: Mary Vines 806.799.2494


Laura Anderson 646.265.1063


On Saturday, April 24, from 1 to 4 p.m., the first-ever Tech Terrace UNIT Spring Home Tour will take place in the square mile bounded by University Avenue and Indiana Avenue just south of Texas Tech. The free event will be hosted by the TTUNIT Neighborhood Association and local realtors. It will feature homes that are available for prospective homeowners.


Students in this central city neighborhood attend Roscoe Wilson Elementary, Hutchinson Jr. High, and Lubbock High School. These magnet schools have waiting lists for students outside the attendance areas, but every K-12 student living in Tech Terrace UNIT Neighborhood is eligible for enrollment. Other amenities in the neighborhood include two neighborhood parks, and a central business area with a newly-remodeled neighborhood grocery store and many other convenient shops and stores reminiscent of the atmosphere of a small hometown. The neighborhood itself also has the diversity of a small town with residents of all ages, races, and economic status. In Tech Terrace UNIT Neighborhood, a wide range can be found of home architectural styles, sizes, and prices ranging from below $100,000 to over $500,000.


The Tech Terrace UNIT Neighborhood Association has been active for over thirty-five years. It is well-known for its support of parks, schools, and neighborhood preservation. This kid-friendly neighborhood welcomes to this home tour all prospective resident homeowners and particularly families who desire their children to have the opportunities of attending Roscoe Wilson, Hutchinson, and Lubbock High.

Please come to Spring into Green; Our Children's World is this year's theme

2010 Spring Into Green Flyer

KCBD update on legal action concerning 22nd Street

http://www.kcbd.com/global/story.asp?s=12257881

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - The owners of an alleged party house in the Tech Terrace neighborhood have requested a jury trial.



The trouble began in February when police say Bailee Barrett, 19, attacked a woman outside her home in the 3200 block of 22nd Street. The victim, Sherry Grusendorf, filed suit against Holden Jacoby and his parents, who own the home across the street.


The Jacobys' attorneys have said the family is not to blame for Barrett's actions. And in a response to the court, the Jacobys denied all of Grusendorf's allegations. They also say her complaint is too vague, and therefore makes them unable to prepare a proper defense.


The Jacobys response also indicates that Grusendorf's own actions may have contributed to the incident that night, including taking flash pictures of strangers in their cars - not on Grusendorf's property. They say her lawsuit is groundless, filed for the sole purpose of harassment. The Jacobys want the suit dismissed, and they want Grusendorf to cover their legal expenses.

2004 Neighborhood Association Bylaws

TTUNA Bylaws/Organization Wednesday, April 7th meeting location: JT Hutchinson PLC Conference Room 5:30pm (next door to the office--enter main doors and take a right).  The bylaws under which the neighborhood association is currently operating are listed below:

 

Bylaws of Tech Terrace-U.N.I.T. Neighborhood Association

Article I. Name

The name shall be My Tech Terrace-U.N.I.T. Neighborhood Association.

Article II. Purpose

The purpose of this Association shall be to create a sense of unity and community among the residents of the area, to provide a means of communication of information among them, to protect and preserve the integrity of the community, to provide a means of action in the best interests of the entire community and to develop and maintain a sense of pride in the community.

Article III. Membership


Sec. 1. All resident homeowners living in the area bounded by University Avenue, Nineteenth Street, Indiana Avenue and Thirty-Fourth Street shall be eligible for membership.

Sec. 2. Annual Dues shall be one dollar per family unit.


Article IV. Officers


Sec. 1. There shall be a President whose duties shall be those customarily assigned to a presiding officer.


Sec. 2. There shall be a Vice President who shall preside in the absence of the Chairperson and shall succeed to the Chairpersonship in the event that office be vacated.


Sec. 3. There shall be a Secretary whose duties shall be those customarily adhering to that office.


Sec. 4. There shall be a Treasurer whose duties shall be those customarily adhering to that office.


Sec. 5. All officers shall be elected at the third quarterly meeting and may be elected for a second term. In the event there is more than one candidate for an office, the voting shall be by ballot.


Sec. 6. A nominating committee shall be selected by the elected officers which shall select a slate of one or two candidates for each office. Nominations may be made from the floor.


Article V. Meetings


Sec. 1. Meetings shall be held quarterly on the fourth Thursday of each month as follows: October, January, April and July.


Sec. 2. Special meetings may be called by the Chairperson upon request of a majority of the Executive Committee or upon the petition of fifty members.


Sec. 3. All residents of the area shall be notified of date and place of each meeting.


Sec. 4. A quorum is necessary to conduct business of the Corporation at any meeting. A quorum shall consist of eight (8) members in addition to the presiding officer.


Article VI. Committees


Sec. 1. There shall be the following Standing Committees: Aesthetic, Communication, Finance, Legal, Organization, Safety, School, Social, and Housing Information.


Sec. 2. Each committee shall be constituted of five members who volunteer to serve. In the event fewer than five volunteer, the Chairperson may appoint the necessary number.


(April 17, 2004)


Sec. 3. Each committee shall elect its Chairperson and Vice Chairperson .


Sec. 4. The Executive shall consist of the elected officers and the Chairpersons of the Standing Committees.


Sec. 5. The Chairperson of the Association may call meetings of the Executive Committee at his/her discretion.


Sec. 6. The Chairpersons of the Standing Committees may call meetings of their respective committees at their discretion.


Article VII. Parliamentary Authority

The rules contained in the current edition of ROBERT’S RULES of ORDER shall govern the Association in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these Bylaws of any special rules of order adopted by the Association.


Article VIII. Amendment to the Bylaws


Sec. 1. Amendments to these Bylaws shall be submitted to the Chairperson of the Association not less than thirty days before each quarterly meeting, who in turn shall call a meeting to notify every member of the Executive Committee of such proposal.


Sec. 2. All residents of the area shall be notified of such proposal.


Sec. 3. An Amendment shall be effective upon the affirming vote of two-thirds of the members voting at a regular quarterly meeting or at a special meeting called to act on such proposal.


Article IX. Dissolution

Sec. 1 In the event the Corporation terminates existence, any assets of the corporation shall be distributed to the City of Lubbock Parks and Recreation Department to be used at their discretion in maintaining Wagner Park or Tech Terrace Park, located within the boundaries of the My Tech Terrace - U.N.I.T. Neighborhood Association described in Article III.


These by-laws and amendments thereto are effective April 17, 2004 and November 20, 2004, respectively.

Mishap at the old Tech Chancellor's House

Late Friday night or early Saturday morning an automobile took out a portion of the brick wall of the old Tech chancellor's house at the south east corner of 19th and Flint.  Looks like a pretty violent collision.

An Invitation from Lowe's Corner Market

LOWE'S CORNER MARKET AT 26TH & BOSTON GRAND OPENING

Invitation to Neighbors

April 14th 9:00am

Coffee and Donuts

Dear Tech Terrace Neighborhood,

We would like to cordially invite you to our grand reopening celebration of Lowe's Corner Market. The official ribbon cutting ceremony will begin at 9:00am on April 14th.  Attendance by neighbors is welcome and will be greatly appreciated.

We would also like to thank you for your patience during our remodeling. For the past several months we know our store has been occupied with construction crews. All this makes LOWE'S CORNER MARKET the easiest place to shop. That is why we would like you to share in our accomplishments at our opening. Also look for the great specials, free coffee and doughnuts.

Looking forward to seeing you there,
Lowe's Corner Market

Communications Committee

Please join the Communications Committee that is now forming. The first official meeting will be on Tuesday April 6th 11:45 am at Angela's Cafe. We will be voting for a chairperson and discussing electronic and written ways for the TTUNA to effectively reach the neighborhood. If you can not make it to the meeting please email communicationsttuna@yahoo.com so you can be added to the committee. The following residents are currently serving on Communications:



Todd Davis
Patrick DeCesaro
Celeste Yoshinobu
Denise Pope
Deanna Pearson

Water Restrictions Go Into Effect Today

Lubbock ordinances that prohibit watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. in hopes of blocking the wasteful spray of city drinking water start today.  The rules prevent watering during the stretch of day least likely to do grass and plants any good. The city limits also customers to spraying no more than 1.5 inches of water on their lawn a week.  Heat and wind during the day mean the hundreds of gallons of water residents pay to spray on their lawn have a better chance of becoming clouds than nourishing yards.


Lubbock allows some exceptions. Residents need not starve newly planted grass, and can use soaker hoses or water by hand during the day.

Lubbock also prohibits runoff — long creeks that spill out of yards and down city streets.

Ignoring the rules can carry their own price. Violations of the water policy customers refuse to correct come with an up to $200 fine.

Summer watering restrictions continue through Sept 30th.