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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;...

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 16^th 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...

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:

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...

NWACA Board Vote on Austin Oaks PUD

The NWACA Board has voted unanimously to oppose the PUD Re-zoning Application for Austin Oaks based on the results of the NWACA residents’ survey, and the comments received at the NWACA Community Meeting on the Austin Oaks PUD Application. After thoughtful and thorough consideration, the NWACA Board has voted to oppose the PUD. The resolution opposing the...

Notes from 8-19-14 Community Meeting on Austin Oaks PUD

More than 300 people attended the Community Meeting about the Austin Oaks PUD on Tuesday, August 19, and most were very actively engaged. Neighbors provided a clear message to the City staff and the developer’s staff that those present oppose the plans for the PUD they have outlined. The feedback forms gathered at the meeting...

Plant List and Presentations Available

On Saturday, April 27, we had a presentation on deer-resistant and drought-resistant gardening, followed by a tour of neighborhood yards with landscaping that illustrated many of the examples discussed. For those who weren't able to attend, you can see two presentations from that event and a list of drought-resistant plants for our neighborhood in the Archive...

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