And while we have determined that there is not actually a definite plan yet for opening the once-a-boat-launch, we can confirm that there may be some plans eventually to possibly appropriate some money to build handrails for safety and handicapped access, a proper parking lot, and some other stuff that city officials claim are required to make the longtime, popular no-longer-a boat-launch safe again for the public.<\/p>\n
The Uptown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) 16<\/a>, which in 2013 expanded to include Memorial Park<\/a>, will consider funding the improvements \u201crequired to open the area as a public access point to the bayou,\u201d Sarah Newbery, Memorial Park project director for the TIRZ 16, said in an email. This budget decision will happen at the next board of directors meeting on February 25, 2015, at 3:30 p.m. in Suite 1700, 1980 Post Oak Boulevard, said Newbery.<\/p>\n Why an unelected semi-private entity controls our public park, we don\u2019t know. But the Uptown TIRZ meeting notices and agenda are posted 72 hours prior to the meeting at the Houston City Hall Public Bulletin Board, at the rear entrance of the City Hall Annex, 900 Bagby. So go downtown and park and find the bulletin board and look on it to see what\u2019s on the agenda. There does not seem to be an online notice.<\/p>\n We can tell you that the Uptown TIRZ 16 2015-2019 Capital Improvement Plan includes nothing for the Woodway \u201cdrainage\/erosion control\u201d project, not even for maintenance, which is a constant problem, since the badly designed (AECOM<\/a>) outfall collects mud. However, the TIRZ 16 2015 CIP budget includes $9.5 million for \u201cMemorial Park\/Buffalo Bayou.\u201d<\/p>\n
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