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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...
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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,...
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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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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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NWACA Boundary Extended to US 183

NWACA has extended its boundaries to include the neighbors in Westover Hills, the area north of Spicewood Springs Road. The boundaries now are Loop 360 to the west, U.S. Highway 183 to the north, MoPac to the east, and RM 2222 to the south. This postcard was sent to all of our new neighbors....
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3/5/2018 ATD Presentation on Speed Mitigation

The Austin Transportation Department (ATD) held an informational meeting on March 5th to present plans for three new speed mitigation installations in our neighborhood: 1. Mesa Drive from First View Drive to Cross Valley Run 2. Hart Lane from Greystone Drive to Executive Center Drive 3. Mountainclimb Drive from Highland Hills Drive to Dry Creek Drive Mesa Drive and...
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Wildfire Maps Now Online

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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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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