NSCNA Blog Archive

  • Beautification Committee Meeting

    Administrator

    Date: Wednesday, January 26
    Time: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
    Location: North Village Branch Library, 2505 Steck Ave.

    This will be the first meeting of the year for the NSCNA Beautification Committee.

    Please come and invite any other neighborss that might be interested or have some ideas for neighborhood projects.

    If you are interested but unable to attend, please contact committee chair Mary Jane Wier at beautificationchair@nscna.org so we can get your ideas.

  • Update on North Village Library Funds

    Administrator

    In November 2009, NSCNA helped organize and run a rummage sale to help benefit the nearby North Village Library, which had its periodicals budget severely cut. The rummage sale raised enough money to buy subscriptions for all the newspapers and magazines the library requested for 2010.

    We still had enough money left to fund many of the library’s periodical subscription requests for 2011. We recently spent the last $476 from the rummage sale proceeds on 30 magazine subscriptions for the North Village Library, as detailed below. The Friends of the North Village Library group, which also helped run the 2009 sale, ran a thrift sale of their own in late 2010 and are funding other subscriptions as well.

    Thanks again to all of you who helped with the rummage sale, bought things or donated money. It’s great to see that we raised enough funds to cover TWO years of many subscriptions the library needed.

    American Legacy
    Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel
    Asimov’s Science Fiction
    Better Homes and Gardens
    Cooking Light
    Discover
    Entertainment Weekly
    Entrepreneur
    Family Handyman
    Game Informer
    Good Housekeeping
    Health
    Hispanic
    Latina Magazine
    Marie Claire
    Money
    National Geographic
    O, The Oprah Magazine
    Outside
    Parents
    People en Espanol
    Popular Mechanics
    Popular Science
    Psychology Today
    Reader’s Digest
    Rolling Stone
    Southern Living
    Sports Illustrated
    Texas Parks & Wildlife
    Wired

  • 2011 NSCNA Board of Directors Elected

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    NSCNA 2011 Board

    On January 4, the North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association held its annual meeting. The main order of business at our annual meetings is the election of officers and directors for the coming year.

    Here are the results of our election.

    2011 Officers

    • Chip Rosenthal – President
    • Kenneth Webb  – Vice President
    • Donna Eagar – Secretary
    • Jeri Wines – Treasurer

    2011 Directors

    • Cheryl Carter
    • Amelia Cobb
    • Ernie Garcia
    • Don Jones
    • Alice Kubacak
    • Jon Menegay
    • Mary Jane Wier

    Congratulations to everybody elected, and thanks to all the members who participated in the election.

    Thanks to our Nominating Committee: Chair Evelin Nunes Vorzimmer, Jerry Horn, John Migl, Keven Wier, and Sherran Williams. Thanks to our Election Committee: Chair Randy Alexis, Kate Brien, Lois McEvoy, and Lynda Oakes, who ensured an orderly process.

    The photo above shows most of the new Board. From left to right: (top) Don Jones, Chip Rosenthal, Ernie Garcia, Kenneth Webb, Jeri Wines, Donna Eager, Amelia Cobb, Cheryl Carter, (bottom) Jon Menegay.

  • NACA Meeting (Homeless RV Park Issues), Jan. 20

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    Date: Thursday, January 20
    Time: 7 – 9 pm
    Location: Lanier High School, 1201 Payton Gin Rd. (map)

    North Austin neighbors have been invited as guests to the North Austin Civic Association (NACA) monthly meeting in January. There will be some informational presentations that may be of interest to people who want to learn more about the proposal to build an RV park for homeless people near Braker and Burnet.

    Here is the information we received on the meeting:

    Speakers: Council Member Sheryl Cole and Alan Graham of Mobile Loaves and Fishes

    Focus: Council Member Cole’s vision for Austin and her work to help the homeless of Austin. She will be available for limited Q&A.

    Alan Graham will present information about the homeless (including some myths and truths) and also about his RV park (no site has been picked, so a location will not be part of Mr. Graham’s presentation)

    Note: NACA will have a short business meeting to elect officers before the speakers are presented.

    No debate/comments over the proposed RV park site at Burnet and Braker (or the south site) will be allowed. This is strictly an educational meeting and an opportunity to have conversation with Ms. Cole and Mr. Graham. If members of the audience need clarification about information they have heard from Ms. Cole and Mr. Graham during the meeting, those kind of questions will be entertained. If audience members become argumentative, the conversation will be halted, and we will move on.

  • AISD Community Meetings, January 12 and 13

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    From Laura Kunz of the Austin Independent School District:

    As leaders within the Austin community, we’d appreciate your attendance at and your help in sharing information with members of your community about AISD’s upcoming Facility Master Plan Community Meetings. Attached please find a flyer with details about the two Community Meetings taking place January 12 and 13 as well as draft content for inclusion in a newsletter or on a website for your use as needed.

    AISD and the Facility Master Plan Task Force are hosting the two Community Meetings to gather further input from the public on facility options to address the immediate and future needs of the District and its students. The meetings are a critical step in the process that began in March 2010 to develop a comprehensive Facility Master Plan. The plan will enable the District to reduce operating costs by achieving greater facility efficiency while being responsive to changes in student enrollment. With budget constraints across the District, developing a plan that guides efficient and effective use of District facility resources into the future is an important part of maintaining AISD’s fiscal responsibility to its taxpayers.

    Every AISD campus will be impacted by the plan, and feedback from members of the entire AISD community is critical to ensuring the recommendations that shape the plan have taken into consideration the needs of AISD students, parents, teachers, and staff. The final Facility Master Plan will include recommendations for new schools and additions, building replacements, renovation, consolidation, repurposing, attendance zones, and vertical alignment to be implemented over a 10-year period.

    At the Community Meetings, the public will be asked to give feedback on possible options being considered for the Facility Master Plan. The options, developed by the Facility Master Plan Task Force — a 70-member group of AISD staff and teachers, parents, and community members — will include recommendations for specific elementary, middle and high school campuses. For anyone not able to attend the Community Meetings, there will be an opportunity to provide input on the Facility Master Plan website starting Wednesday, January 12 through Monday, January 17.

    For comprehensive information about the Facility Master Plan process, please visit http://www.dejongrichter.com/projects/austin-independent-school-district/ also accessible by clicking on the Facility Master Plan link on the home page of www.AustinISD.org.

    Thanks in advance for your help in sharing this information with others in the community and for your support of the Austin Independent School District.