NSCNA Blog Archive

  • NSC PLAN WORKSHOP SAT. OCT. 1, 9:00 AM-NOON, PILLOW CAFETERIA

    Administrator

    From Michael J. Gaudini, Policy Advisor, Council Member Leslie Pool’s Office, District 7

    Hello,

    My name is Michael and I work in Council Member Pool’s office. As you may know, city planning staff will soon be kicking off the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan.

    This process is an important opportunity for you and your neighbors in North Shoal Creek to contribute to the community’s vision for the neighborhood and its future. Once completed, the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan will guide the city’s zoning and land use decisions in order to achieve the values and goals expressed by the community in the plan.

    City planning staff will initiate this effort at a community meeting this Saturday, October 1 from 9 AM to 12 PM in the cafeteria at Pillow Elementary (3025 Crosscreek Dr.). This first meeting will involve city staff learning what residents like best about their neighborhood, as well as what their concerns are.

    I would encourage all interested residents to participate in this process as it moves forward.

    For more information on the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan process and timeline:

    Thank you! Please do not hesitate to contact our office on this or any other city-related matter at District7@AustinTexas.gov.

  • IMPORTANT REMINDER: NSC Neighborhood Plan Meeting Sat. Oct. 1

    Administrator

    Join us this Saturday!

    We are gearing up for our first North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Plan meeting on Saturday, October 1st, 2016, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Pillow Elementary School cafeteria. Please join us for refreshments and a conversation with your fellow residents about your neighborhood.

    In addition to the upcoming meetings, please visit the North Shoal Creek Plan web page for more information about the neighborhood and the planning process. Also, please take our Complete Community Survey online. The survey will close on October 7th.

    If you have any questions, please contact me via email or telephone (see below). We look forward to helping you chart the course for North Shoal Creek!

    Sincerely,

    Jeff Engstrom, AICP
    Senior Planner
    City of Austin Planning and Zoning Department
    jeffrey.engstrom@austintexas.gov
    (512) 974-1621

  • North Shoal Creek Planning Process Article

    Administrator

    Here’s a link to an article from the KLBJ website about our neighborhood planning process:

    http://www.newsradioklbj.com/news/austin-local-news/city-austin-announces-neighborhood-planning-process-north-shoal-creek

  • North Shoal Creek Planning Process Has Begun!

    Administrator

    The City has set up a website for our North Shoal Creek Planning Process. It’s at http://www.austintexas.gov/department/north-shoal-creek

    You’ll find there:

    . a link to a flowchart of the entire process;
    . a link to the online survey;
    . a link to a 50 pg. background report done by City staff on North Shoal Creek; and
    . a link to sign up to be notified about the plan’s progress and to receive future meeting notifications.

    Please take time to check out the website; be sure to take the online survey; and don’t forget that the kick-off meeting is Saturday, October 1, 9:00 AM to noon, in the cafeteria at Pillow Elementary School.

    If you have questions about the planning process, please contract Senior Planner Jeff Engstrom, jeffrey.engstrom@austintexas.gov.

  • Membership Approves Neighborhood Partnering Program Application

    Administrator

    At our Sept. 21st Special Membership Meeting, NSCNA members voted to approve applying to the City of Austin’s Neighborhood Partnering Program (NPP). The NPP proposal NSCNA will submit to the City includes the following:
    . a community garden to be constructed in the southwest corner of the Pillow Elementary School playground;
    . beautification of traffic calming bulb-outs on Rockwood;
    . beautification and neighborhood “branding” of two neighborhood bridges (the large one of Steck and the smaller one on Rockwood);
    . construction of approximately 750 linear feet of high priority missing sidewalks in North Shoal Creek.

    The slides from NSCNA VP Sarah Brandon’s presentation at the Wednesday evening meeting have been posted on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/nscna/

    They provide details and cost estimates along with examples of proposed landscape designs for the garden and mosaic designs for bridge beautification. Please take a look at Sarah’s presentation.

    This is an exciting opportunity to beautify our neighborhood while at the same time raising its profile by adding some unique and colorful mosaics to our neighborhood’s bridges.

    A lot of volunteer help will be needed to make this project a success.  We urge all North Shoal Creek residents to please get involved and stay involved.