July 11,
2008
The RUTLAND CLEANUP
Project
NACA's ABC Campaign
an Eye-Opening Experience
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Back in May,
2008, Anthony Willliams, Brian and Gina Almon, Linda Moore, Matt Myers, and
others from NACA began a campaign to help the residents of Rutland Drive
improve and beautify their neighborhood.
The campaign was geared toward getting the residents
of the area, mostly renters and many of them immigrants, to better maintain
their residences by clearing it of trash, complying with the lawn parking
ordinance, and engaging in more community oriented activities such as cleanup
walks, cookouts and exercise programs.
Now, toward the end of August, the campaign is coming to a close with
an eye-opening mixture of encouraging successes and troubling reality checks.
Full Story
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Fear Factor:
The ABC Campaign
suffers a gallant loss
Enforcement of the Lawn Parking Ordinance
Renters:
Know your Rights!
A letter
from Anthony Williams |
August
24, 2008
Bus Route Alterations
to Reflect Changes in Ridership
Capital Metro Makes Changes to Route 101,
others |
As of Sunday, August 24, Capital Metro will be adjusting
several bus routes to better accommodate the current ridership. The increase in
ridership is due largely to the increase in gasoline prices.
In the NACA
area, the 101 North Lamar Limited will be extended to the Tech Ridge Park and
Ride, going straight up North Lamar instead of looping around the HEB via
Rutland, Mearns Meadow and Rundberg. That will take pressure off the 1L and 1M
routes during peak commuting hours.
The Limited's frequency and hours
will remain roughly the same. That means that during weekday non-peak hours the
101 will still end at the North Lamar Transit Center at NACA's southern
tip.
The schedule from Tech Ridge to
downtown and back will be as follows:
- Early
Morning, Southbound from Tech Ridge P&R (6:00am-7:00am), every 20
minutes
- Morning,
Southbound (7:00am-9:00am), every 15 minutes
- Midday,
Northbound ending at North Lamar Transit Center (9:00am-3:00pm), every 15
minutes (catch the 1L or 1M to continue north)
- Afternoon,
Northbound from downtown to Tech Ridge P&R (3:00pm-5:00pm), every 15
minutes
- Evening,
Northbound (5:00pm-6:00pm), every 20 minutes
New stops north of North Lamar TC:
- Rundberg/Lamar
- Masterson Pass/Lamar
- Braker/Lamar
- Tech Ridge P&R
To see the changes to all
bus routes, visit the
Capital Metro
website.
Fare
Changes: For all local routes including the 101, the fare for
adults will increase from 0.50 per ride to 0.75; monthly passes will also
increase from 10.00 to 18.00.
See all the changes,
including day trip and single-trip passes but not including the August 4
decisions, when the new rate structure was modified for the elderly and
disabled to ease the burden on those most likely to need the services.
To view the results of the August 4 meeting, see
Capital Metro's
perspective. For the mainstream
media view, go to the
Austin
American-Statesman article. |
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NACA Meetings
are held on the third
Thursday of every month, except July and December.
The next NACA meeting
will be
August 21, 2008 at 7:00 PM
at Little Walnut Creek Library,
835 W. Rundberg Ln.
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NACA
Meeting
August 21, 7 P.M.
Code Enforcement
Little Walnut Creek Library
835 West Rundberg |
Learn how you can help keep NACA a clean and safer place
to live, with tips from Steve Ramirez of the City Code Enforcement
Division.
Steve, who has been with Code Enforcement since 1991, will
talk about programs, processes, community involvement and ways citizens can
become active participants in code enforcement. A DVD on the subject will be
shown, and NACA members may ask questions. |
| Neighborhood Plan
Amendment |
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A request has been made to the City of Austin by the NACA
Neighborhood Plan Contact Team (NPCT) to amend the Neighborhood Plan to address
the uniqueness of Macmora
Road.
Update:
The amendment will be going to
the Planning Commission on August 12 and to the City Council on August 28.
Watch here for more information as it becomes available.
The NPCT voted to petition the City to change Item 8, page 20
of the NACA Neighborhood
Plan. The original text did not state the particular zoning desired, or the
precise location the restrictions would affect.
Neighbors will have the opportunity to voice their opinion
about the change to NPCT and City staff at the June 19 NACA
meeting.
Existing
Text: Protect the unique
character of residences on Macmora Road, which includes large lots and some
livestock.
Requested
Change (updated from June 19 meeting): Retain the qualities that make Macmora
Road between Topperwein Drive and Golden Quail Drive a special place within the
NACA neighborhood. These qualities include larger lots with ranch-style houses
set further back from the street, agricultural outbuildings, a maturing tree
canopy and livestock. In the future, the only changes to the area should
include the addition of organic, urban farms. New development should be
sensitive to the character of this area. |
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