NSCNA Blog Archive

  • CRUMP – GORDON PROPERTY REZONING HEARING APRIL 16

    Administrator

    The second and third readings for the rezoning of 8528 Burnet Road (Crump-Gordon properties), case C14-2014-0157 are scheduled for the April 16 City Council meeting. The draft agenda for the meeting lists the case as Item 10 in the session beginning with item 7 at 10 AM.
    Rezoning the property from CS to MF-6(CO) was approved on first reading by the City Council on February 12, 2015.

  • CodeNEXT MEETING APRIL 6

    Administrator

    The Land Development Code Advisory Group will hold a special meeting April 6 to solicit public comments about CodeNEXT.

    Recently, the advisory team concluded its series of working group meetings to discuss key issues (listed below) related to the existing land development code. The CAG now asks for public comment on the subjects covered.

    The April 6 meeting will take place from 6 to 8 pm at the Pleasant Hill Branch Library, 211 E. William Cannon Drive, Austin. Attendees are encouraged to review presentations and materials prior to the meeting.

    Click on the following links to review presentations from past meetings:
    * Code issues related to affordability (http://www.austintexas.gov/department/working-groups-affordability)
    * Infill, compatibility and missing middle housing (http://www.austintexas.gov/department/working-group-missing-middle-compatibility)
    * Obstacles to small businesses (http://www.austintexas.gov/department/working-group-small-business-obstacles)

    To access audio recordings of each meeting, visit http://austintx.swagit.com/planning (http://austintx.swagit.com/planning/) .

    A SpeakUpAustin page (https://austintexas.granicusideas.com/discussions/codenext-co-creation-with-working-groups) allows the opportunity to offer feedback on concepts covered in each meeting. Deadline for comments is April 16.

    Materials for the CAG working groups are located on our CodeNEXT Bloomfire site (https://codenext.bloomfire.com/) .

  • NEIGHBORHOOD SURVEY ABOUT AUSTIN OAKS PUD

    Administrator

    North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association has been requested to survey the neighborhood to get feedback about neighbors’ views of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) proposed for the Austin Oaks property Southwest of the MOPAC Blvd and Spicewood Springs Road intersection.
    This proposed re-development is within the Northwest Austin Civic Association (NWACA) neighborhood. If you are not familiar with the proposed re-development of the Austin Oaks business park into a PUD, please go to the NWACA website for details:
    https://sites.google.com/site/nwaca2org/
    https://sites.google.com/site/nwaca2org/committee-overview/zoning-committee/austin-oaks-pud-documents or
    http://tinyurl.com/PUD-documents
    http://www.austintexas.gov/faq/planned-unit-development-pud-what-it

    Any resident of the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood may take this survey, whether or not you are a member of North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association.

    • The boundaries of North Shoal Creek Neighborhood are Hwy. 183 (north), Anderson Lane (south), Shoal Creek Blvd. (west) and Burnet Rd. (east).

    • We ask your name and address to validate residency. No IP addresses are being collected, so there is no link to you or your computer from your responses. There will be no association of name and responses in our analysis. This information will be used for residency validation.

    • One response allowed per household.
    The survey contains additional information and must be completed by Friday, March 20.
    To complete the survey, please select this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NSCNAPUD1

  • CRUMP/GORDON PROPERTY REZONING: A LETTER FROM NSCNA’S BOARD EXPLAINING OUR OPPOSITION TO MF-6 ZONING AT THIS LOCATION

    Administrator

    At NSCNA’s November meeting, the membership voted to object to rezoning the Crump/Gordon property at 8528 Burnet Road from CS (Commercial Services) to MF-6 (Multifamily, highest density).

    On January 13, this zoning case came before Austin’s Planning Commission which approved MF-6 zoning.

    Subsequent to the Planning Commission vote, the NSCNA Board proposed MF-4 level zoning instead, but this was rejected by the developer, Sackman Enterprises.

    On February 12, the case came before the Austin City Council, which voted 7-4 to approve the MF-6 zoning on first reading. This means Council will need to vote two more times on this issue.

    Currently, Development Committee Chair Kevin Wier and Sustainable Neighborhood’s founder Steven Zettner are meeting with council members in an effort to change two yes votes to no.

    The NSCNA Board of Directors continues to view MF-6 zoning as too dense for this location for several reasons. The Board has written a letter explaining our association’s opposition to MF-6 zoning at this site. That letter has been posted at this link: NSCNA Board Letter

    Please click on the link and read the letter. We think it will give you an understanding of the issues involved in this case.

    This zoning case will be discussed at our Tuesday, March 3rd general membership meeting at the Pillow Elementary School cafeteria, 6:30-8:00 pm. We urge you to attend the meeting to discuss this issue, which we believe to be an important one to our neighborhood’s future.

    Thank you.

     

     

  • NSCNA GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING, March 3, 2015

    Administrator

    The next General Membership Meeting of the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association will be held:

    When: Tuesday, March 3, 2015, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
    Where: Pillow Elementary School Cafeteria, 3025 Crosscreek Drive.

    The agenda will include:

    City Council Member for District 7 Leslie Pool and her staff and

    Crump/Gordon MF-6 zoning change.

    The normal meeting requirements will also be included.