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Check out the Super Sale map. Once you've brought up the map, click on an address to get a description. Some have have information about items you will find at the sale.
Here is a link to the ad in today's Austin American-Statesman. This is Allandale's once a year big sale. Don't miss it!
On Monday night, a group of 20 residents met with Officer Richard Vargas for training as block captains. The meeting was held at Genuine Joe's coffee house on Anderson Ln. Laura DiCarlo organized the meeting and is the point person for the Allandale block captain network. She will be conducting another block captain training next week for those who could not make it to Monday's meeting. The next step is for the block captains to get a letter to their neighbors introducing themselves as the block captain and to organize a block get-together. At the get-together they will go over the Neighborhood Watch program, exchange contact information, and discuss safety concerns. The goal of the Neighborhood Safety Committee is to have a block captain on every block. If you are interested, contact Laura at: lhdicarlo@yahoo.com.
The Super Sale is an annual event in which all Allandale residents are encouraged to participate by having a garage or yard sale on the same day. An ad is placed in the Austin American Statesman, and the event is promoted online and via flyers. You do the rest!
Neighbors from across the ‘hood are participating! There will be lots of shoppers going from sale to sale, so whether your sale is big or small.. this is a great opportunity to convert some clutter into cash!
Not having a sale? Spend a day strolling the neighborhood, greeting neighbors, and maybe bag a bargain while you’re at it.
Email supersale08@fitmom.info to sign-up. Include your address and a brief description of what you will have for sale.
View the dynamic map here
Hey Cupcake will be opening up on Burnet Rd next to Austin Plumbing Supply soon. I spoke with Wes Hurt, owner of Hey Cupcake, on Friday and he said he hopes to be open in about three months. He asked that I not go into too many of the details at this time but said a coffee shop is being considered as part of the mix. He is very excited about the location and being in Allandale. You can read more about Hey Cupcake and the cupcake business in Austin from an Austin American-Statesman article written in January, "Cupcake businesses thrive in Austin," by Kathy Adams. According to the article, Wesley Hurt is a young entrepreneur who opened up a cupcake stand near the university a little of a year ago. He relocated the stand, a silver Airstream trailer, to South Congress in September. It's doing well!
At Thursday's ANA EC meeting, Mark Price, chair of the ANA Drainage Committee, reported that the plans for addressing the flooding problem on White Rock have changed.
Instead of installing a holding pond up behind Burnet Storage, the city is now looking at installing a drainage pipe under Bull Creek that will go from White Horse Trail to south of Northland/2222 and drain water into Shoal Creek. Here is a link to Mark's blog with the latest information on the project: "ANA Drainage Committee including a link to a larger version of the adjacent map."
Allandale Neighborhood Association – General Membership Meeting—Minutes
March 27, 2008
Ralph Yarborough Library
6:30PM
(Note, these minutes are in draft form and have not been officially approved by the membership)
Executive Committee Members Present:
Tom Linehan—President Mary Jean Matus—Secretary
Joe Reynolds—Treasurer Cynthia Keohane
Donna Beth McCormick Paulette Kern
George Roman Margie Gordon
I. Meeting was opened by the President Tom Linehan
II. Minutes:
George moved to defer reading of the previous General Membership meeting minutes until the next General Membership meeting; seconded by Joe; motion passed unanimously.
Continue reading "Minutes from March ANA General Membersthip Meeting" »
Allandale Neighborhood Association
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
28 February 2008
The regular monthly Executive Committee (EC) meeting of the Allandale Neighborhood Association (ANA) was held on Thursday, February 28, 2008, at 6:30 pm at Ralph Yarborough Library, the President being in the chair and the Secretary being present*. The minutes of the previous three meetings (25Oct2007, 15Nov2007, and 24Jan2008) were read and approved as corrected.
*Members Present:
Tom Linehan, President; Allan McMurtry, Vice President; Mary Jean Matus, Secretary; Joe Reynolds, Treasurer; Donna Beth McCormick; Paulette Kern; Laura Slaughter; Dan Jones; George Roman; Margie Gordon; Cynthia Keohane.
The April issue of the Allandale Neighbor should be arriving at your doorstep soon however The Allandale Reporter delivers it to your desktop here. This issue includes articles on status of Allandale Neighborhood Association's VMU application, progress report from the Neighborhood Safety Committee, photos from the Celebrate Allandale picnic, information about the upcoming Supersale, and more...
As a reminder, this evening, Thursday, 6:30 - 8:30 we will be having our monthly ANA Executive Committee meeting at Yarborough Library at 2200 Hancock Dr. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
ANA EC Meeting, 4.24.08 Agenda
Call meeting to order - 6:30
- Approval of Minutes from March and February - Mary Jean
- Treasurer's report - Joe Reynolds
AISD Bond Election - Julie Cowan - 7:00
Update on White Rock Flooding Project - Mark Price - 7:20
According to an article in today's Statesman, "Farmers market site for sale again," by M.B. Taboada, the current owner of the Farmers Market property Paz Dhody, who bought it from the County back in September has it up for sale. His redevelopment plans never materialized and Brentwood Tavern and Dog Almighty are no longer there. County Commissioner Sara Eckhardt's says the restrictive covenants are still in place, i.e., no fast-food drive-in restaurants or strip clubs, but other than that, the County has no say over what goes there.
As you probalby know, Frisco's is moving from their current location across from HEB on Burnet Rd to a new location on Burnet Rd where Cura's was. This will all be taking place mid-to-late May. The Austin American-Statesman did a nice write-up on Frisco's in today's paper, "Menu Full of Memories," by Dale Rice, including a bit of history on the Nighthawk chain and Frisco's. Walgreen's will be taking over the location. The move is a good thing for Frisco's. It allows them to stay in the neighborhood and get a bigger place. Also, check out the video of the story here.
Computer and Electronics Recycling Event
Saturday, April 19, 9 am- 6 pm and
Sunday, April 20, 11 am – 5 pm
The Old Palm School
100 North IH 35
(Cesar Chavez at I35)
Sponsored by Round2 Technologies, Spansion,
RSVP and Austin FreeNet
http://www.austinfree.net/events/recycling2007.htm
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Judge Margaret Cooper awarded Lincoln Properties $22,748 in attorney's fees attributed to defending against Allandale's claims regarding approval of the Northcross site plan that includes a 196,000 sq ft Wal-Mart Supercenter. While the order has not been finalized, this is the amount granted by Judge Cooper at the hearing that took place on Monday, April 14.
Continue reading "Judge Cooper awards Lincoln $22K in attorneys fees" »
The AISD Board of Trustees has called an election for May 10, to vote on three bond propositions that would benefit children in the Austin school district. This bond package is intended to be limited in scope: it addresses overcrowding at those schools in the district at 125%+ capacity, boosts technology for students and teachers, responds to health and safety mandates from outside entities, and supports academic achievement.
Continue reading "AISD Trustees Call for May 10 School Bond Election" »
Just in case you haven't seen or heard about this already. Both KXAN and KVUE each ran a story last night during the 10pm hour regarding the coyote meeting held at the Northwest Recreation Center.
Here's the link to KXAN's coverage - video on the upper right on home page
and to KEYE's.
Hi, I just wanted to send y’all a story we are doing on coyotes in your area.
Thanks, and have a good day.
Chelsea Stark
Web Producer
CBS 42 News
www.keyetv.com
(512) 832-7582 - office
(512) 367-0046 - pager
Happy Day, both clean-ups were a success. More volunteers, more achievements, and substantial improvements in Northwest Park and along Great Northern.
Along Great Northern Volunteers cleared brush along the bike path by the little league fields, planted a crepe-myrtle, marked the existing crepe myrtles, removed debris from the street, and picked up trash.
At Northwest Park, they cleared algae from the surface of the pond, removed trash from the island and painted sign-posts and the detention wall railing.
Continue reading "Volunteers turned out for It's May Park Day" »
Electric cars are trendy, but are they useful in our neighborhood?
At some point in the last several months, you may have noticed a pair of blue three-wheeled trucks parked in a driveway on Shoal Creek Boulevard. This is Rhonda and Michael Hall’s house, where they’ve lived for the last seven years, along with their two young children and a 19-year-old who recently moved out on his own.
Rhonda and Michael drive these matching electric two-seater trucks. Over the past year, they’ve also used an electric sedan (yes, it seats four) and another model of electric truck—all from Rhonda’s brother’s ZAP (Zero Air Pollution) dealership in San Antonio.
Public Input Meeting for Central portion of Austin- Monday, April 14, 2008
The Austin Parks and Recreation Department will be conducting a series of public meetings to discuss the future planning for updating the Parks and Recreation Long Range Plan for Land and Facilities.
The goals of the meeting are to:
1. Outline the process for updating the Parks and Recreation Long Range Plan for Land and Facilities
2. Group discussion on identifying strengths, opportunities and challenges that exist within the Parks System within the respective planning area boundary in Austin (see map for boundary information)
3. Prioritize future opportunities for the next 5 to 10 years
Continue reading "Parks Department Seeking input regarding Long Range Plan" »
Randy Farrar, Wildlife Damage Management Biologist, Texas Cooperative Extension - Wildlife Services, will be presenting a program on Suburban Coyotes and discussing the problems in our neighborhood.
This will be a great opportunity to find out what the city is doing and learn what we can do. See related article in the Statesman.
When: Monday, April 14, 2008 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Where: Northwest Recreation Center, 2913 Northland Drive
Whew! Things are moving fast. We met with Parks and Recreation this morning,
and they made a very generous offer of supplies to work in Northwest
Park.
To accomodate the change, we are moving the Shoal Creek/2222 clean up to Northwest park. (don't worry, we'll do the greenbelt for the summer or fall clean-up)
NW Park should be a lot of fun, we'll get to paint, mess around with the pond, and clean a playscape. There is something for everyone! (what we really need are some canoes/boats, net-thingys, and a plank... email me off list)
Northcross Mall Lawsuit
Allan McMurtry
The attorneys for Allandale have filed a petition before the District Court in Austin, Texas seeking payment of part of our legal fees as they relate to our lawsuit. We have incurred expenses due to the claim filed against us by Lincoln Properties and have filed to be recompensed for those expenses.
This petition will be heard on April 14th at 9:00AM in the 200th Judicial District Court of Travis County in the Travis County Courthouse. Once this matter is taken care of, we will be filing an appeal of the original verdict from November of 2007. This appeal will be before the Texas Court of Appeals.
Continue reading "Hearing on Attorneys Fees Monday, April 14th" »
Last night's city council candidate forum held at the Ben Shrine Hur Temple across from Sun Harvest brought out a crowd of about 100 people. Read coverage of the event in today's Austin American-Statesman, "Candidate forum brings lots of promises to neighbors," by Katie Humphrey.
Here is your chance to meet the candidate and get involved!
Why does the city council matter? Because they make decisions
important to North Central Austin.
Hear all 10 City Council Candidates answer questions concerning your
city and your neighborhood.
Tuesday night April 8 7-9PM
Ben Hur Shrine Temple 7811 Rockwood/ across from Sun Harvest
Come early for good seats.
Sponsored by RG4N.
The 2nd Annual Celebrate Allandale picnic has come and gone. Once again it was a great day in the park with friends and neighbors. The entertainment was outstanding - the McCallum Steel Band was incredible and Belville Outfit is the band to catch now before they become big stars drawing big crowds. Celebrate Allandale had it all: good food, happy children, and the perfect mix of weather, setting, and events that made for a delightful Sunday afternoon in the park. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED PUT IT TOGETHER! A special thanks to Mary Jean Matus who did a superb job of orchestrating and working the event and to Joe Reynolds for his work before, during, and when it was all over. A number of volunteers contributed to the event. It was truly a community event. Celebrate Allandale shows off Allandale and what a great neighborhood it is. Click here to see additional photos from the picnic.
Tom Linehan
President, ANA
submitted by Steven Zettner
Developers, neighborhood activists and City officials all proposed changes to the Commercial Design Standards and VMU ordinance at a review meeting held March 28 at City Hall.
Council Member Brewster McCracken moderated the meeting, the first of several which will attempt to refine the ordinance one year after it went into effect. Any changes proposed to City Council will require full consensus from all meeting participants. The next meeting is scheduled for April 11 and is open to the public.
submitted by Steven Zettner
The City’s Parks and Recreation Department is holding a public input meeting next Monday for the Central part of the City to gather feedback on priorities. See info below. This will cover Allandale, Crestview, Brentwood, Rosedale and other Central Austin neighborhoods.
PARD currently does not prioritize park acquisition based on nearby residential density. That means any new density added along Burnet or Anderson in the future will not be supported with open space, including pedestrian and bike paths. Getting the City’s parks policy in line with the City’s land use and transit policies is going to take some effort. This meeting is a great place to start. If you have time, I hope you will attend.
Public Input Meeting for Central portion of Austin-
Monday, April 14, 2008
6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
O. Henry Middle School School Cafeteria
2610 West 10th Street
512.414.3229
