There were several GIS maps on display at the NWACA Annual meeting in May, which showed risk factors to our homes in times of wildfire (or house fire next door). Those have now been uploaded to the Wildfire Prevention Library. Go to the Resource tab, then select Library, then Wildfire Prevention to see a description...
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Presentations from NWACA 2017 Annual Meeting
NWACA Annual Neighborhood Meeting
Thursday, May 11, 2017, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
See the slide presentations from the meeting here:
2017-NWACA-Annual-Meeting-slides
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Austin Oaks PUD Approved on April 13, 2017
At its meeting last week, the Austin City Council passed a PUD ordinance for the Austin Oaks site. After making several amendments, Council voted 8-2 in favor of the PUD. (Councilmember Pool was out of town.)
For more detail about this rezoning case, how the NWACA Board dealt with the case, and how things changed during...
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Austin Oaks on March 2 Council Agenda – recent discussions
In the last several weeks, members of the NWACA Board and of the Zoning Committee have met with the Mayor and members of City Council to discuss the plans for Austin Oaks. We have reiterated our support for the outcome of the charrette, for which we were the original champions with City Council and the...
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Results Posted for December/January Austin Oaks Survey
During December, 2016 and early January, 2017, NWACA conducted a survey of the neighborhood regarding the final plans submitted for the Austin Oaks PUD. The survey asked about aspects of the proposed PUD and concerns about it, as well as aspects and concerns about a proposal for development under current zoning which had been used...
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Austin Oaks Summary Chart
This chart summarizes data about the proposed Austin Oaks PUD over the last two years. It shows the current state of the site and key elements of the proposed changes from three points in time. The first point in time is the initial Drenner proposal for the PUD. The second point in time...
NWACA Board Resolution on Austin Oaks Submission – 9/14/16
At its September 14, 2016 NWACA Board meeting, the Board adopted the following resolution regarding the Austin Oaks latest PUD submission (as of 9/1/16):
RESOLUTION NO. 2016‐5
WHEREAS, on February 10, 2016, the Northwest Austin Civic Association (NWACA) Board of Directors passed a resolution endorsing the process of the Austin Oaks Charrette and supporting the charrette outcome;...
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NWACA Board Resolution on Austin Oaks Charrette
At its February 10, 2016 monthly meeting, the NWACA Board of Directors passed this resolution endorsing the charrette process and supporting the outcome of the Austin Oaks charrette....
Update on OSMs for Austin Oaks Charrette
Development of the Objectives, Strategies, and Measures (OSMs) for the Austin Oaks charrette is continuing to move forward as we approach the charrette date. At this point, there is a draft OSM list created by the Charette Working Group (the working group is composed of key stakeholders) and OSMs from the December 16th Vision...
Austin Oaks Charrette Neighborhood Update
Save the Date: During the week of January 24-29, 2016, the owner of the Austin Oaks site and the neighborhood stakeholders surrounding the site will participate in a design charrette in a collaborative effort to create a consensus-based design for the site. Both the owner and the neighborhood representatives working on the charrette...
10/27/15 Meeting about Austin Oaks Charrette
On Tuesday, October 27, the group of neighborhood representatives met again with Michael Whellan and Jon Ruff, to begin the planning for the neighborhood charrette for Austin Oaks. Ben Luckens, one of our neighbors who is a City Planning consultant with charrette experience is our project manager for the charrette effort. There will...
COA Restricted Front and Side Yard Parking
NWACA received this notice from the City of Austin regarding off-street parking. The link internal to the message indicates that our area has already been "opted-in" to this parking restriction ordinance. This is passed on to the community as an FYI. Dear Neighborhood Association or Neighborhood Plan Contact Team Representative: As you are a representative of...
Drenner PUD Survey Results Report
Littlefield Consulting has published a results report of the phone survey conducted throughout District 10 for Drenner Group on May 17-18, 2015, regarding the Austin Oaks PUD. Read the report here: Littlefield Report...
NWACA Board Resolution on Austin Oaks PUD Issued
At its June 10, 2015 meeting, the NWACA Board of Directors reviewed the status of the rezoning request for the Austin Oaks property at Spicewood Springs Road and Mopac, considered input from the neighborhood, and discussed next steps the Board and neighborhood might take. The Board agreed to issue the resolution at the link...
2015 Annual Meeting Files Posted
For those who were unable to attend the May 14, NWACA Annual Meeting, you may want to review the presentations and handouts from the meeting. See these files for the details: Slides: 2015 05 14 NWACA Annual Meeting slides Handouts: 2015 05 14 NWACA Annual Meeting handouts Loop 360 Information: 2015 05 14...
Key Points about NWACA and the Austin Oaks PUD
To clarify for everyone what the NWACA Board and the Ad Hoc PUD Committee have been and are doing with respect to the Austin Oaks PUD, the Committee has put together the key points below. At the Annual Meeting tomorrow night, we won’t have time for a serious discussion of the matter, but we...
Recent Meetings about the PUD
Neighbors, Based on authorization from the NWACA Board upon reviewing the results of the latest survey, members of the NWACA Ad Hoc PUD Committee and a NWACA Zoning Co-chair have had two meetings regarding the PUD over the last four days. The NWACA representatives met with Rahm McDaniel, a member of the Zoning and Platting...
March 2015 Austin Oaks PUD Survey Results
During the month of March, 2015, NWACA ran a survey for the neighborhood to respond to changes proposed by the developer in December 2014 to the PUD zoning application for the Austin Oaks property.
See the following documents for the results: a results summary for the questions which had choices of responses, and a set of...
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Austin Oaks PUD – Official Update – Nov. 24, 2014
NWACA wishes to assure you that we continue to proceed exactly as communicated to our community regarding this matter:
To date, we have:
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- Conducted a Community Forum on the Austin Oaks (AO) PUD.
- Conducted a survey to get the community's input on the AO PUD application.
- Passed a NWACA resolution in opposition to the AO PUD, consistent with the...
Central Texas is in a long drought cycle, despite occasional rain. Dry NWACA landscapes and the homes within are vulnerable to wildfire because we live in a greenbelt with a lot of wildfire fuel in its dead and down material. Our homes are most at risk from flying embers. They can be made relatively safe by removing debris, sealing all points of entry from flying embers, and clearing dead and dry vegetation. If you haven’t yet done so, please get a free home assessment to help you identify your risks. Use the Home Firewise Risk Evaluation form in the Be Involved menu on the home page.