NSCNA Blog Archive

  • Report of 2007 NSCNA Nominating Committee

    Administrator

    Article VIII, 3 b. of the NSCNA By-Laws:
    A Special five member Nominating Committee shall be appointed by the President no less than 30 days prior to the annual meeting. It shall attempt to balance membership of the Board of Directors with respect to geographic residence, age, sec, occupation, and area of expertise, choosing from among persons who have demonstrated interest in the goals of the Association.

    We, the undersigned, as members of the 2007 Nominating Committee, nominate the following eleven people to serve on the Board of Directors for the 2008 calendar year. In discussing and talking with several members of our neighborhood association, we attempted to meet the goals laid out in the By-Laws of our association. Additionally, given the turmoil faced by the association and its board over the last several months, we tried to focus on a group of people that worked well with each other and other people, as well as members who would hold the wishes and well being of the association and its members above those of themselves.

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  • Board meeting announcement

    Administrator

    The NSCNA Board will be meeting on December 18th at 6pm. The meeting will be held at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 3003 Northland Dr. (corner of Northland and MoPac)

    The room is located in portable building 3 which is adjacent to the parking lot. We have the space from 6 to 8. Guests are welcome but only board members may participate in the meeting.

  • Commanders Forum notes from November 13th, 2007

    Administrator

    The 4th Quarterly meeting of the APD Commanders Forum was held on November 13th, 7pm at Austin Revival Center on Deen St. Attending from North Shoal Creek was Mary Arnett and Roger Wines. Sgt. Beechinor and District Rep Mike Young spoke about the new Rundberg Revitalization Initiative. Previously, North Shoal Creek block captains and most Board Members signed a petition and letter of support requesting the City Manager to give special attention to this crime ridden area. Other NACN neighborhoods gave their petitions as well.
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  • Message from the NSCNA President

    Administrator

    During the recent special meeting, we discussed the following motion:
    “… To financially support ANA with $2,000.00 to be distributed to ANA within 14 days… “.

    Nearly 100 members were present during this Special General membership meeting held on Tuesday, September 18th. Betsy Todd, who served as the meeting’s Parliamentarian. She made sure that over twenty people were each given at least 1.5 minutes to discuss (and debate) the Motion and she insured the vote by the General Membership on the Motion occurred. We are grateful for her service.

    Each Board Member spoke for a minute and over 20 members provided their feedback and opinion of the night’s topic.

    There were 95 votes (of 97 attendees) cast this evening. 51 votes were cast FOR and 44 votes cast AGAINST (both the NSCNA President and meeting Parliamentarian abstained) the Motion.

    Our Treasurer will be preparing the check soon and the President will write a formal reply to ANA’s letter. The NSCNA President will deliver the check and the letter before October 2, 2007.

  • 1998 Nissan Dealership agreement

    Administrator

    On Tuesday night, Dallas Maham provided the Board with copies of the agreement signed by NSCNA and the developers of the Lucas Tract which is now the location of the Nissan Dealership north of our neighborhood. This occurred in 1998 and provided our association with $25,000.

    You can read the agreement here.

    “A combined total of a twenty-five thousand dollar contribution from North Shoal Creek Commercial, Ltd. and Town North Autoplex to be utilized for neighborhood traffic calming efforts or any other neighborhood project. ”

    The NSCNA was working with the City to provide speed humps to slow traffic down, but the City around 1999 decided to suspend all traffic calming projects. This money has been accruing interest since this time and now sits close to $30000.

    The City has decided to restart traffic calming projects in 2008 with a pilot program. Their plan is to choose 4 neighborhoods with the greatest need and work with them to implement traffic calming measures. They have not chosen the 4 neighborhoods yet, but the traffic committee is doing everything we can to increase our odds. We also do not know if this means more speed bumps, or if technology has improved to include new items that help. But we are certain that neighborhoods that have the ability to partially fund these traffic calming projects will get considerably more attention from the City.