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North Shoal Creek is in the Baker Section of Austin Police Department’s Region 1, which includes Central, West and North Austin along with Downtown. Baker Section’s next Commander’s Forum is July 27th, 6:30 – 8:00pm at Cornerstone Church, 1101 Reinli St. (between I-35 and Cameron Rd).
Plan now to be there–it’s worth your time to attend. It’s an opportunity to ask your questions about crime and safety in our neighborhood and to meet our area’s APD District Representative, Darrell Grayson.
For more info, please contact NSCNA’s Safety Committee Chair Roger Wines at safety@nscna.org.
Roger Wines, Chair, Safety Committee
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Join us for a NSCNA meeting on Saturday, July 23, 12:30pm-2:30pm at the North Village Branch Library on Steck Avenue. We will be planning our upcoming Neighborhood Partnering Program (NPP) application with the City of Austin.
We want to hear your ideas on how to make our neighborhood even better. We have already received suggestions for a
• Community Garden
• Park space
• Sidewalks
• Dog park.
The NPP provides opportunities for neighborhood organizations to affect public improvements by sharing in the costs of those efforts with the City of Austin government.
See you Sat. July 23, 12:30pm at North Village Branch Library.
Kevin Wier, Chair, Development Committee
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Hi neighbors! I have been collecting Styrofoam and taking it to a recycling center since last summer. I finally found the fabric that I was looking for to sew a couple of nets and establish a drop-off center at Pillow. So please hang on to your Styrofoam until I announce that the nets will be ready at Pillow for drop off.
If you have a lot and can’t wait a couple of weeks, here is the info on the Recycling Center in South Austin; it’s open 6 days a week:
Austin Recycle & Reuse Drop-Off Center
2514 Business Center Dr.
Austin, TX 78744Evelin Nunes,
Primrose Lane
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Some North Shoal Creek residents recently received an email survey related to our North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Planning Process. It is a test run for a later neighborhood-wide survey.
Here is an excerpt from the email describing this pilot survey that NSCNA received from Planning and Zoning Department staff:
“… this is an initial/pilot survey that was sent to a sample of utility account holders. With this initial survey, there is only one link per respondent in order to ensure that the results are statistically significant. This initial survey will be open for two weeks. Residents should check their spam folders to make sure the email wasn’t caught by the filters.
The City will soon be opening the same survey to all residents. Within the next week or two you will receive a post card in the mail with a link to the survey. This post card will also have a link to the North Shoal Creek plan website, and will announce the first few public meetings (we are still finishing up the details for where and when those meetings will be held). There will be additional outreach to the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association, posters, and social media campaigns.”
Everyone, please watch for that postcard in the mail! And if you received one of the test run surveys, please fill it out by the end of the month.
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Here’s some new information on the status of the roundabout or traffic circle planned for the intersection of Rockwood Lane and Stillwood. The information is from Michael Gaudini, Policy Advisor to Council Member Leslie Pool:
“… the plan and designs for the traffic circle are done and the project is in utility review (to ensure that construction doesn’t accidentally damage water, electric, or another utility in the area).
After that, the project will go through permitting (the big element here is planning the traffic control, since construction will shut down that intersection).
Right now, Public Works is projecting that they’l have the permits this summer and their goal is to have the circle by the end of the summer. As always, these are just projections — heavy rains or other unforeseen issues could cause delays. But the project manager does know that this project has been in line for a while now and told me he is working hard to get this and other projects like it on the ground as quickly as he can.”
Thank you to Tomas Rodriguez for requesting this information.
Media Committee
