COMMUNITY: Residents, UT seek common ground, compromise

From page 1 obtained state funding and built Community Development Corpo­ homes on vacant land UT intended ration, said he appreciated the ef­ their homes, to purchase as it battled and nego­ fort by UT to keep the neighbor­ j tened the tiated with the University through­ hood in the loop sandi out the decade. In 1988, Blackland "It's always good to know Wa ker said the meeting al­ managed to catch the ear of soon- what's going cm, even if we don’t lowed him to gather input from to-be Governor Ann Richards, like it," he said. members of the community dur­ whose support turned the tide in Blackland residents attending ing the earliest stages of develop­ favor of the community. the meeting voiced concerns about ing a new campus master plan for the potential increase in traffic and UT. The plan, created in the early non-resident parking the develop­ 1900s, was last updated in 199m. Sticking to the truce ment could bring, and they wor­ rhe University is about due for The end of Blackland's 10-year ried that whatever UT eventually a new \ ersion of the plan as most real estate battle came in 1992. A builds will tower over the residen­ of the projects envisioned in the truce that set the effective eastern tial buildings east of Leona. early '90s have come or are com­ boundarv ot the Main C ampus — Walker mentioned that the Uni­ ing to fruition, Walker said. a stretch of road less than a mile versity was applying for stimulus "You don't just do one and nev­ long called Leona Street — was funding to build a parking garage er do one again," he said. signed by then-University Pres­ between the baseball stadium and The land battle started in 1982, ident William Cunningham and Interstate Highway 35. when UT began purchasing prop­ two Blackland representatives. Resident Daniel Tucek's sugges­ erty in Blackland through a con­ The agreement, set to last until tion of a buffer zone along Leo­ tract with a real estate firm under 2052, is not a legally binding con­ na to make any height differenc­ the name of a front corporation, tract, and nothing prevents either es more gradual resonated with JAM, Inc. In April of that year, The party from buying land on the oth­ Dean Almy, an associate professor Daily Te\an uncovered the compa­ er side of Leona. The UT System of architecture and director of the ny through an open records request, Board of Regents' July purchase of graduate programs in urban de­ May-Ying Lam | Daily Texan Staff and a year later, the Blackland Com­ six lots just west of the street raised sign and landscape architecture. munity Development Corporation concerns in the community that "It makes a certain amount of Roderick Riggins, Jamaica Wonodi, Ronnie Herring, Tamaj Jones and Mike Herring watch their basketball was founded to resist the Universi­ the truce could soon be broken. sense to me," Almy said. fly past during a late afternoon game on Salina Street. The area is part of Blackland neighborhood, where ty's physical expansion. Walker said that when updates to Almy and assistant profes­ residents have expressed concerns about UT's expansion along its border. Bo McCarver, a Blackland resi­ the campas master plan happen, the sor Ming-Chun Lee were at the dent, was a chronicler and partici­ first phase will likely involve East meeting with more than a dozen erty was a logical target for use by Queen, who studies with Almy, that McCarver gave at the meet­ pant in the conflict. Campus. But he insisted that UT graduate students who would be the land-starved campus. said he was reassured by seeing ing, he said. "It was fun to do the research, would stick to the agreement while working on different hypothetical "If you're really going to tackle the University listen to a small "I think the community and the but it was not fun to do the bat­ it develops the next master plan. new campus master plans during an issue, you need to deal with the community. The proceedings campus are trying to work togeth­ tle," McCarver said. McCarver, now the chair of the the semester. Almy said the less east side," Almy said. were calm given the short history er in a very diplomatic way," Mc­ The development corporation board of directors of the Blackland developed Leona-adjacent prop- Graduate student George Mc­ of the UT-Blackland relationship Queen said.

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