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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3/26/18 Presentation on Neighborhood Watch
If you were unable to attend the recent meeting on Neighborhood Watch, here's a copy of the presentation that was done by Officer Darrell Grayson. It has many helpful ideas about keeping our neighborhood safe.
Northwest Hills Neighborhood Watch
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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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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
2017-NWACA-Annual-Meeting-OakWilt
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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...
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.