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Southgate is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. ==History== In 2002 St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital was engaging in an expansion project.〔Lake, Deborah Mann. "(More construction for medical center / Study shows minimal impact on Southgate residents during St. Luke's expansion project )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday October 17, 2002. ThisWeek 1. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.〕 In January 2003 some residents asked the City of Houston to reclassify University Boulevard as a residential street in order to control the amount of traffic on the street.〔Lake, Deborah Mann. "(University Boulevard residents fight street closure / Traffic idea divides Southgate neighborhood )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday January 9, 2003. ThisWeek 1. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.〕 The Southgate Civic Club asked for a street closure on Southgate Boulevard to prevent traffic from the Texas Medical Center from reaching the subdivision. In late December 2003 the City of Houston Public Works Department closed a portion of Southgate Boulevard to block Medical Center traffic.〔Kilday, Anne Marie. "(Traffic count to measure effect of Southgate closure )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday March 25, 2004. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.〕 In 2003, on weekdays, 38% of the vehicle traffic on Southgate Boulevard did not originate from the neighborhood.〔Lake, Deborah Mann. "(Some say closing Southgate won't help / Residents claim plan to stop traffic useless )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday November 20, 2003. ThisWeek 1. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.〕 The Houston Fire Department had stated opposition to the street closures.〔Lake, Deborah Mann. "(HFD blocks street closings / Opposition is a big blow to Southgate residents' plan )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday October 30, 2003. ThisWeek 7. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.〕 In December 2003 the City of Houston closed Southgate east of Travis Street, preventing commuters to a St. Luke's office building from parking in the neighborhood.〔Lake, Deborah Mann. "(Cutting off Southgate drivers / Street closed east of Travis to lessen neighborhood traffic )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday December 18, 2003. ThisWeek 1. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.〕 Deborah Mann Lake of the ''Houston Chronicle''. said that the closure of Southgate Boulevard did not bring very many complaints.〔Lake, Deborah Mann. "(Closing of Southgate brings few complaints )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday December 25, 2003. ThisWeek 1. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.〕 In 2004 residents considered establishing a property owners association to better prevent developments not desirable to the community from occurring and to more strongly enforce deed restrictions. Some residents believed that a property owners association could gain too much power and cause the community's direction to fall into an undesirable power authority.〔Saucier, Heather. "(Southgate residents debate need for owners association / Some favor more control, but others express concerns )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday May 27, 2004. ThisWeek 8. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.〕 In 2004 Richard Merrill, the president of the Southgate Civic Club, said that a majority of residents supported the idea of a property owners association. One resident, Michael Bonderer, launched a campaign against the idea of a property owners association and put a sign in his yard. He was banned from the Southgate community message board, which had been established to discuss the property owner issue.〔Saucier, Heather. "(Southgate resident banned from group's message board )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday August 19, 2004. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.〕 In 2007 Southgate residents and Houston City Council member Anne Clutterbuck worked on a plan to make modify street closures to continue stemming Texas Medical Center traffic.〔Friedberg, Jennifer. "(Southgate seeks relief from TMC motorists / Petition given to officials asks for traffic restrictions )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Thursday July 26, 2007. ThisWeek 5. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.〕 In 2010 Raj Mankad of the ''Houston Chronicle'' said that despite being in the presence of the high-rises of the Texas Medical Center, it "retains a close-nit community feel.〔Mankad, Raj. "(Houses vs Towers — Can urban neighborhoods survive? )" ''Houston Chronicle''. Tuesday March 16, 2010. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.〕 In April 2010 the City of Houston "automated" curbside recycling program was extended to Southgate.〔"(Residents begin new curbside recycling )." ''Houston Chronicle''. April 2, 2010. Retrieved on May 2, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southgate, Houston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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