Results are now available for the 2015 NWACA survey of Neighborhood Interests and Concerns.
A summary of all responses to the questions: 2015 NWACA Interest Survey Results
and a list of the comments provided for the final open question: Q5 Open Question
Please let us know if you have additional questions or comments.
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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...
July and August Austin Oaks PUD Updates
Seven items have been added to the Library materials for the Austin Oaks PUD, a consolidated set of comments from the City Planning and Zoning Department regarding the April update from Drenner Group: 2015 07 16 Staff Comments and the Drenner response: 2015 08 13 Drenner Update 2 with additional notes and changes made to...
Summer Vacation – Crime Prevention Tips
July and August are two of the most common months for family summer vacations, and, unfortunately, for burglaries. The links below have great tips for preventing burglary while you are away on vacation. Chief among the tips are these:
- Make your home look inhabited.
- Ask your neighbors for help.
- Check and lock your doors and windows.
- Keep valuables out...
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...
Neighborhood Association Leaders Met on 5/30/15
On Saturday, 5/30/15, leaders from the 4 neighborhood associations surrounding the Austin Oaks property (NWACA, Balcones Civic Association, Allandale Neighborhood Association, and North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association) again met to talk about the Austin Oaks PUD. We discussed: • the feedback from our neighborhoods about the PUD gathered in surveys, social media and other communications, •...
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...
Sign up for your Free Wildfire Risk Assessment
The NWACA Wildfire Prevention Committee is working the Austin Fire Department's Wildfire Division to establish Firewise Communities throughout NWACA, enabling local residents to make their homes fire-adapted and resistant to the threat of wildfire.To get a free risk assessment for your home, go to the Get Involved section of this web site and select...
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...
Results of 2014 Survey of Issues
In late August and early September, 2014, NWACA conducted a survey of all households in the NWACA boundaries, gathering opinions about the proposed Austin Oaks PUD and asking for ratings on topics of interest for NWACA’s work in the coming months. Attached is a summary of the responses for the questions about communication media used...
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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...
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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...
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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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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.