(updated on 11/17/23)
Homeowners received a purple post card about October 15th, pointing out that Land Development Code (LDC) changes are being proposed to:
allow up to 3 housing units, including tiny homes and recreational vehicles (RVs), on a single-family (SF) zoned property,
revise regulations that apply to a property with 2 housing units, and
remove restrictions on...
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NWACA 2023 Annual Meeting Slides Available
Announcement: The presentations shown during the 2023 NWACA annual meeting (held May 11th 2023) are available at the links below:
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... Information and Feedback Regarding Greystone Speed Mitigation
At the community meeting on Wednesday, April 19th, neighbors asked where to direct their questions and comments about the Greystone project to the Austin Transportation Department. ATD has asked that email go to [email protected], and phone calls to 512-974-2300. They pointed out that they are getting a large volume of feedback, so neighbors may need...
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Greystone Drive Speed Mitigation
The Austin Transportation Department (ATD) plans to add speed mitigation devices (speed bumps) to Greystone Drive this spring. These three documents provide information about this plan:
Greystone Speed Management Flyer from ATD
Greystone Speed Management Project Background-NWACA
FAQ Document from ATD
A community meeting about this plan will be held on Wednesday, April 19th...
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Meeting Materials from May 12, 2022 NWACA Annual Meeting
NWACA held its 2022 Annual Neighborhood Meeting in a hybrid form. For those who were unable to attend, you may want to review these items:
NWACA Annual Meeting slides
NWACA WUI Code
Development Services handout
NWACA-Vision-Zero-Handout
PropertyTaxInfo-2022
To watch a Zoom recording of the meeting, go to this link in the next several weeks. After...
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NWACA Annual Neighborhood Meeting – May 12, 2022
NWACA Annual Neighborhood Meeting – May 12, 2022 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church – Huffman Hall Please join us at our annual neighborhood meeting to learn what’s happening in NWACA and around Austin. During the first hour of the meeting, you’ll hear from :
2022 NWACA Annual Interest Survey Results
Each year, the NWACA Board surveys the neighborhood to see what areas are of greatest concern for them, The Board uses the results to set or adjust its priorities.
See the summary of this year's survey results at the link below.
2022 NWACA Interest Survey Results...
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Quarterly NWACA Road Construction Report – Spring 2022
There are three major road construction projects scheduled for our area. Preliminary work has already started on two of them with heavier work scheduled for the last half of this year.
1. As was mentioned in a recent NWACA Notes posting, the actual construction on widening Spicewood Springs Road is forecast to start this fall and...
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Solidarity Statement from the NWACA Board
In light of recent antisemitic events across our community, the NWACA Board has issued the following statement repudiating such actions and expressing our full support of the Jewish community: The Northwest Austin Civic Association (NWACA) stands with the Jewish community. Hate and anti-Semitism have no place in our community, no place in our city. The display...
Recording and Slides from October 13 Forum
If you were unable to join us for the Informational Forum on the November 2nd Election, or if you want to review the materials again, these will be helpful to you.
Recording of the Zoom session
Election Forum Moderator Presentation
Petricek presentation on Prop A
Van Eenoo Prop A Fiscal Analysis_FSD v2
In addition, we have...
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Detailed FAQ on Public Safety
In early September, questions that were commonly heard in our neighborhood regarding policing and public safety were collected and sent to Councilmember Alter's office for answers. A brief version of the response by her office is published in the October issue of the NWACA Newsletter. The full response from April Brown, an aide to Councilmember Alter,...
Items from CM Alter’s Town Hall on 4/21/20
On April 21st, Councilmember Alison Alter held a virtual town hall meeting on Food Access Issues and Senior Issues during Covid-19. See the following links for more details: Presentation Summarizing the Town Hall Content video recording of the Town Hall If you have any questions about these topics, please contact the District 10 office: Office: (512) 978-2110...
LDC (CodeNEXT) Updates Published 1/31/20
Late Friday evening January 31, 2020, new maps were released which involve new areas of “up-zoning”- allowing greater density, deeper into some of the neighborhoods in NWACA, for the creation of “Missing Middle” residential housing, coded as R-4.
Our neighborhood could be zoned for far more density than the original map called for. It is important...
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Latest Updates on LDC (CodeNEXT) Revision
As we have updates for the NWACA Community regarding the revision of Austin's Land Development Code, we will be putting them here. Items will appear in the order of latest information first.
Posted 4/6/20 - from the LDC Revision Team working on the LDC:
On March 18, a Travis County District Court Judge ruled that...
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Materials from 10/24/19 NWACA Meeting on Code Revision
If you were unable to attend the NWACA Informational Meeting regarding revisions to the City of Austin Land Development Code on 10/24/19, or if you'd like to review some of the material, here is information for you.
video of the event
presentation slides from the start of the meeting
handout with schedule and some...
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NWACA Community Meeting July 25, 2019
NWACA Community Meeting - Understanding Changes to City of Austin Ordinances and Help for the Homeless
On July 25, 2019 NWACA held a community meeting to hear about changes to City of Austin ordinances as they relate to no sit/no lie/public camping and to discuss productive solutions about how to help the homeless in our area,...
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Fun at First Annual NWACA National Night Out!
Hundreds of neighbors joined together for the First Annual NWACA National Night Out on Saturday evening, September 29, 2018. Even the weather cooperated!
Neighbors enjoyed meeting each other and having a bite to eat - hot dogs from the Randall's grill, tacos and the fixings from Torchy's, and snowballs from Sweet Caroline's. There was an opportunity...
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2018 Annual Meeting Files Available
We were pleased to see more than 130 neighbors at the May 8, 2018 Annual Neighborhood Meeting. If you were unable to attend, or if you would like to review the presentations again, the slides can be found here. In addition, this handout was provided for each attendee.
You can review a subset...
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Until July, sap beetles are attracted to fresh tree wounds and can transmit the oak wilt fungus to a healthy oak tree during pruning. The heat of July-August is believed to suppress the beetles and reduce the risk of infection. Note that all trees are under the normal stress of summer, depending on soil moisture, and some are still in their growing season then. So if you haven’t completed pruning of oaks by now, it’s best to wait until fall.