April 25th ¡Hola Vecinos!© E-Letter

In an emailed letter to all of her constituents, our City Council Representative, Mayor Pro Tem Susie Byrd, addressed the rather complex and detailed revision of the subdivision ordinance – a land development reform. It is lengthy but you can read it in its entirety in the Newspaper Tree: Byrd on Developing New Communities.

There is additional information on the City web site about the recommended revision of the subdivision code. Unfortunately, you only have until 5p.m. today to comment about these recommendations either by emailing subdivisionrewrite@elpasotexas.gov or calling 541-0241. Since City Council does not take action on the recommendations until this coming Tuesday, you may want to email your thoughts to Councilmember Byrd at ByrdSM@elpasotexas.gov before then.

Hope you all have discovered our blog and are reading it: www.newmanpark.blogspot.com. There’s a new poll on whether you have plans to make any “green” improvements to your home this year. In the next e-letter, I’ll report about the last poll on traffic and discuss the El Paso program for safer traffic throughout the City neighborhoods.

Also, please email me (jimhtolbert@elp.rr.com) and ask me to add you to our Google Groups. This simply is the best way for you yourself to get urgent information out to all of your neighbors and to join in discussions about issues that are relevant to our neighborhood.

Many thanks go to Bobby Byrd for alerting the Parks Department to the fact that the doggie bag dispenser in our Park was out of bags. If you see something that needs attention, just call or email Victor Flores: 915-873-5370 or floresvi@elpasotexas.gov.

Here’s a special event you and your family can enjoy tomorrow – Saturday April 26th: Día De Los Niños/Día De Los Libros, the “celebration to promote literacy, education and health to young people regardless of social, cultural or economic condition. The event will go from 11:00 until 6:00p.m. at Washington Park. This annual festival has two principal goals: to create a family event that people of all cultural, social, and economic backgrounds can attend and enjoy; and to promote the importance of literacy and education.

Finally, this from Marylou Robnett of the Redd-Mulberry Neighborhood Association: There will be multiple garage sales on Saturday, April 26th, starting at 7:00a.m. “These sales are conducted at the individual residences within the neighborhood and the streets involved will include La Mirada Circle, Los Nietos, Soledad, Calle Olaso and Mulberry. All of these are located in the Upper Valley.”

¡Vaya con Dios!