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We posted previously about the Strategic Mobility Forums held earlier this month. The City of Austin is using these forums to gather citizen priorities on transportation projects.
If you weren’t able to attend a forum, now you have the opportunity to participate online through an online survey.
Here’s the announcement from the City:
“The City of Austin today launched a new online survey asking citizens about their transportation priorities to help guide how future transportation dollars will be spent. The survey mirrors the workshop exercises conducted at the six Austin Mobility Forums across the city this week. […] Results from the survey will be shared with the City Council as it considers future mobility projects.”
The survey is available here: http://www.austinstrategicmobility.com/get-involved/survey/
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Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Time: 2:30 – 5 pm
Location: North Village Library, 2505 Steck Ave.The Friends of the North Village Library group will hold a meeting on Feb. 27. The featured topic will be a presentation from the Paradox Players community theater group.
Speakers from the Paradox Players will include:
- Ann Edwards – producer/director
- Charles Hill – actor/director
- Kathryn Govier – coordinator of volunteers
Discussion topics include:
- Overview of 10 years a theater group
- Best and worst experiences of a producer
- An actor’s observations of theater in Austin
- Volunteer opportunities with Paradox Players
- Questions and answers from the speakers listed above
The meeting also will include the monthly North Village Shorts — audience readings of favorite short poems and stories. All are welcome to read.
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Date: February 27, 2010
Time: 2 -4 pm
Location: Ruiz Library, 1600 Grove Blvd. (map)Update from Laura DiCarlo:
The group that met about city-wide crime prevention and safety issues on January 23rd at North Village Library is now called CLASP (Citizen Led Austin Safety Partnership). Neighborhood leaders who focus on safety issues, run Neighborhood Watch programs, do newsletters, patrols, etc. will continue to meet on a regular basis sharing ideas and working with APD.
We will have a crime analyst speak at our next meeting, which will be February 27 from 2-4 pm at Ruiz Branch Library.
For more information about CLASP — the mission statement, pictures and informational highlights from our first meeting, and much more — go to:
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs041/1102675608768/archive/1102973201333.html
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The NSCNA general meeting schedule for the year will be as follows:
- Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- Tuesday, September 7, 2010
- Tuesday, November 9, 2010
- Tuesday, January 4, 2011 (tentative)
All the above meetings take place at 6:30 pm at Pillow Elementary School, 3025 Crosscreek Drive.
We generally meet the first Tuesday of odd-numbered months, except for a summer break in July. The March and November meetings will be on the second Tuesday this year, due to conflicts with local elections.
We are keeping all the association event dates in Google Calendar.
If you are a Google Calendar user, you can add the association calendar into your calendar by going to your calendar and doing:
Add -> Add a Friend’s Calendar -> northshoalcreek@gmail.com
If your organizer/calendar understands ICAL format, you can import the NSCNA calendar from: http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/northshoalcreek@gmail.com/public/basic.ics
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The Democratic and Republican primary elections in Texas take place on Tuesday, March 2. Many of us in the neighborhood are in Precinct 252, which votes at Pillow Elementary.
However, early voting starts today (Feb. 16) and runs through Friday, February 26. You can vote at any Travis County polling place for early voting, and the lines are usually significantly shorter. The early voting location nearest to our neighborhood is the Ben Hur Shriners Hall at 7811 Rockwood Lane, but polling places are located all around town. Travis County also has mobile voting locations that are set up for a day or two in various places such as hospitals, shopping areas, and senior centers.
The elections include primaries for governor, lieutenant governor, state attorney general, U.S. representative (we are in District 10), state representative (we are in District 49), state senator (we are in District 14), state Board of Education members, and a number of other offices. Visit the Travis County Clerk Elections Division website for more information, including sample ballots.
Voter registration is closed for March 2 election. However, if you are not registered to vote, you can still register to vote in the primary runoff elections on April 13. You have until March 15 to register.
