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CAN YOU HELP?: UPDATE 3/8/23 — Dianna Perez spoke at our neighborhood association meeting last night. She says donations have been coming in, and thank you very much to everyone who has donated. Update on what’s most needed right now: kitchen items, bedding, diapers, HEB or WalMart gift cards. If you have a large item to donate that needs to be moved via truck, please email Dianna (adrianna.perez@austinisd.org). She has someone who has a truck who can help with large donated items. Also, Spring Break is March 11-19, and Pillow Office will be closed. Please hold items you can donate during this time period and resume dropping items off Monday, Mar. 20. Once again, thank you from me, from Dianne, and from the refugee families. Your generosity reminds me why I still love living in Austin.
Sharon Justice, Chair, NSCNA Media Committee
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CAN YOU HELP?: There are 26 refugee students from Cuba currently enrolled at Pillow Elementary School. Their families need help with food, furniture, clothes and other necessities. If you can help, please email Dianna Perez, Pillow’s Parent Support Specialist, and let her know what you can do to help these students and their families. Dianna’s email is adrianna.perez@austinisd.org.
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If you see firefighters and police officers at Pillow Elementary School this Friday, March 3, don’t be alarmed. Pillow is hosting a Career Fair for their students that day, and guests will include firefighters and police officers. Thank you to Pillow Principal Dinorah de la Torre-Salazar for giving us a heads up about this.
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The meeting will focus on a discussion of the recent power outage. Officers hope to have some information from Austin Energy regarding causes of the outage in North Shoal Creek and what can we do as a neighborhood to prevent a future one.
All NSCNA meetings are open to the public. You do not need to be a member to come and participate.
Pillow E.S. is located at 3025 Crosscreek. Please enter through Pillow’s front door; the library is the first room to your left.
If you haven’t paid your $15/household dues for 2023 yet, you can pay via check or cash at the meeting. Or, you can pay anytime online via Paypal at www.nscna.org/join. Dues paid online are $16, which includes a $1.05 Paypal processing fee. You can also pay anytime by mailing a $15.00 check, payable to “NSCNA,”to NSCNA / PO Box 66443 / Austin, TX 78766-0443.
We hope to see you there!
Posted by Sharon Justice, Chair, NSCNA Media Committee (mediachair@nscna.org)
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Austin Energy currently trims limbs on fast growing trees to keep them 15’ from power lines, and limbs on slow growing trees to 10’ from power lines. These clearances are intended to keep the trees away from power lines for 7 years. However, if you have trees on your property that are within 10′ of a power line and don’t think it’s safe to wait until your trees’ next trimming cycle, file a Tree Trimming Request form to let Austin Energy know your trees need service now. Don’t try to trim them yourself and don’t hire someone to trim them for you.
You can fill out the request form online at https://www.formstack.com/forms/?1661182-Z4LePmavF1. If you prefer, you can telephone Austin Energy at 512-322-9100 and make the request. If you’re renting, you’ll need to ask your landlord to file the request.
If you see sparks or a limb pulling down a power line from either pole or house, whether it’s on your property or not, that’s an emergency. Report it to 911.
If you see trees needing to be trimmed located within 10’ of a power line (not an emergency and not on your property), report the location to 311.
Thank you to NSCNA Director Ayesha Badar for telling me about requesting out-of-cycle tree trimming via a Tree Trimming Request form. To learn more about Austin Energy’s tree related policies and procedures, go to https://austinenergy.com/residential/residential-services/tree-trimming. You’ll find a link to the Tree Trimming Request Form in the upper right corner of that page too.
Sharon Justice, Chair, NSCNA Media Committee
