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AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS WARNING
Citizens should call 311, not 911 for fireworks complaints
AUSTIN, TX With very little rain to speak of and more than 11 days of record 100+ degree heat, the Fourth of July holiday weekend is a worrisome one this year for area
firefighters and police officers. The Austin Fire Department (AFD) and Austin Police Department (APD) are issuing a reminder today to all citizens that fireworks are illegal within the
Austin city limits. Each year, there are hundreds of brush, grass, and structure fires across the state started by fireworks, doing millions of dollars in damage and risking the lives of
innocent bystanders. Nationally, there is an average of more 10,000 injuries per year from fireworks, with 40 percent of those being children ages 10-14.
This year, APD will be partnering with AFD to help enforce the ordinance ban on fireworks. It is illegal to possess fireworks within the City of Austin. It is illegal to use or sell
fireworks within the City of Austin and within 5,000 feet outside the city limits. The fine is $248; that may not seem like much but if your fireworks cause bodily harm and/or property
damage, the Austin Fire Department can charge you with assault and/or arson, both felony crimes. The Austin Police Department will be responding to fireworks complaint calls made to the
311 system. Please remind citizens not to call 911 for fireworks complaints.
Remember, sparklers can reach temperatures of 1,800 degrees and smoke bombs shoot a flame of two to three inches when ignited so even though these fireworks are legal, they can
still be very dangerous.
APD and AFD instead encourage citizens to attend one of the many free fireworks displays that will be happe
North Austin Coalition of Neighborhoods Meeting:
If you are interested in helping create the best North Austin, please consider coming to a NACN meeting! third Wednesday of the month, 6:30pm. for more info:
info@gracywoods.org
Gracywoods Neighborhood Association Meeting:
Tuesday, July 7th 2009 at
7:00 p.m.
Location to be announced
North Creek Georgian Acres Neighborhood Meeting:
July 21st, at 6:30, third Tuesday of the month at Austin Revival Center on Deene Street.
email: rundbergwatch@yahoo. com
North Austin Civic Association Meeting:
June 16th 2009 7 PM at the Little Walnut Creek Library
Office of the Police Monitor
Regular Monthly Meeting
July 6, 2009
Council Chambers
301 W. Second Street,1st Floor
Austin, Texas 78701
6 p.m.-8 p.m.
more info: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/opm/
Mark your calendars!
Oct 9th - Third Annual Night Without Crime Walk on Rundberg Friday, 6-8pm
We will have flyers to walk around to the Rundberg neighborhood the last two weeks of September. If you could take street (or two) and walk around flyers to help us announce this event,
we would be very grateful. Theres over 1500 houses we need to get flyers too!
These flyers will be available to be picked up at the September meeting for NACN and NCGANA!
please email: info@gracywoods.org if you are interested in helping!
Useful Websites!
The site, www.cityofaustin.org/specialevents, tracks permitted city events, such as running events and parades. The site provides advance notice of
street closures to citizens so they can plan the best traffic routes to avoid delays and supplements the existing www.austinroadworks.org site.
The site allows visitors to keep track of road closures geographically with an interactive map, or chronologically through a calendaring feature.
Austin residents can now use new information to help fight crime.
Austin police announced it will provide up-to-date crime information via the Citizen Observer Web site.
According to the site, “Citizen Observer...enables citizens to receive and respond to text, e-mail, and web alerts from your agency.”
An APD spokesperson said the web-based alerts will be faster and more up-to-date than its competitors like SpotCrime . Austin residents will be able to get information on crime trends,
the latest crimes, weather alerts, and even amber alerts on the site. Officials say Austinites can also send tips to APD through the site:
http://www.citizenobserver.com/cov6/app/index.html
July 13th Downtown Plans
The City of Austin will present revisions to the Downtown Austin Plan’s affordable housing and density bonus reports 6 p.m. Monday, July 13, at Town Lake Center, 721 Barton
Springs Road, Room 130.
Also on July 13, the Planning Commission’s Comprehensive Plan Subcommittee will meet to discuss the scope of services for the Comprehensive Plan.
Sign up to receive all email updates from the Comprehensive
Planning Staff:
www.ci.austin.tx.us/zoning/contact_info_ncp.cfm
City administrative offices will close on Friday, July 3, 2009, in observance of the holiday. Garbage and recycling pickup will remain on a normal
schedule.
Reminder! Austin Water Utility implemented its mandatory watering schedule though Sept 30th
* Residential customers with addresses ending in an odd number water only on Wednesdays and Saturdays;
* residential customers with addresses ending in an even number may water only on Thursdays and Sundays.
* Residential customers water lawns anytime on these days except between the hours of 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
* Hand watering is allowed any day except during the hours of 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
For more information visit www.waterwiseaustin.com
CBS-42 KEYE and the Capitol Area Boy Scouts of America have joined to create one of the largest food drives
in Central Texas.
Austin-area residents are encouraged to place healthy, non-perishable food on their doorsteps. Boy Scouts will pick up all donations on Saturday, July 25th, providing a
convenient way to donate. Or, donate at any Austin-area Randalls Monday, July 13 through Sunday, July 26 by purchasing pre-packaged bags of food at the entrance of the store, or
by adding $1 or $5 to your grocery bill when you check out.
Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival
Sunday, August 30 | 11 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
Waterloo Park
Hot Sauce Festival
Awesome local music and a heated hot sauce competition make this a can’t-miss event every year. Make a cash donation or bring three healthy,
non-perishable food items at the entrance to benefit the Food Bank. Enter the Sizzlin’ Raffle for a chance to win great prize packages valued up to $600 each! Visit
the Austin Chronicle website for details.
Silicon Labs Canned Food Drive at the Driveway
Thursday, March 12 - Thursday, October 22 | 5 - 8:30 p.m.
The Driveway 8400 Delwau Ln.
Keep up the pace with Silicon Labs and Holland Racing as they host a canned food drive as part of a 33-week criterium style bicycle racing series. This family friendly event
showcases bike races every Thursday from the youngest of novices to the experienced racer. Receive a $5 discount on your entry fee when donating healthy non-perishable food items
to support the Capital Area Food Bank. Children that bring a non-perishable food item can ride the Kids Fun Lap for free. Juniors and Collegiate riders receive $10 off. Offer good for
one entry per person per week. For more information, visit http://budurl.com/ckw8
FEFC Summer Movie Series and Food Drive
Saturday, July 18 - Thursday, August 20 | 8:30 p.m.
First Evangelical Free Church - 4200 Monterey Oaks Blvd, Austin, TX (Courtyard)
FEFC Help feed hungry Central Texans and interact with other community members by attending FEFC Summer Movie Series. Don’t miss the first screening of a
Princess Bride Quote-Along at the FEFC courtyard. Donate healthy non-perishable food at each movie and help FEFC reach their goal of collecting one ton of food for the Capital
Area Food Bank. FEFC will provide popcorn and lemonade. Horseshoes/washers will be available for playing before and during the movie. Dogs allowed. For movie listings and
more information, visit http://www.fefc.org/.
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Next Commanders Forum is Second Tuesday of August, Location to be announced.
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all proceeds go to support NACN activities!
Results of the City's First Budget Meetings are available on Line:
Results of the first three budget meetings are now posted on the ANCwebpage:
http://www.ancweb.org/
Message from
Elizabeth Harris:
Hello Friends and Family,
I am very happy to announce that Roxanne has a new billboard YEAH!!!!
It is located at Braker Ln and IH35 Austin Tx
I want to Thank everyone for the help, support, contributions, and prayers to make it all happen
You are such a blessing.
The billboard has a new look, new colors , new picture, and a New Anonymous Tip Line number 1800-670-6760
Roxanne's 3rd Anniversary is fast approaching 7-7-09
Please Light a candle and say a prayer for her on this day
Please share her new billboard picture with everyone you know
With God blessings we will find her and find answers
There's not a second of the day that goes by she is not thought of and missed so much
We are so ever grateful for all you who work so tirelessly behind the scene in our search for my daughter Roxanne.
You all make this journey a little easier
Please help bring my Roxanne home
Thank you and God Bless
Elizabeth Harris , mother of Roxanne Paltauf missing 7-7-06
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North Lamar Planning Meeting
Has not announced their next meeting yet.
website:
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/zoning/north_lamar.htm
Heritage Hills Planning:
Has not announced their next
meeting.
Results of the survey are up on their website, though!
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/zoning/heritage_hills.htm
Burnet Gateway Planning:
No date yet. Please check the NBG website for updated information.
website:
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/zoning/north_burnet.htm
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Chew Treats Needed to Calm Shelter Dogs on July
4th
While people love the sights and sounds that accompany July 4th fireworks, many dogs become frightened and stressed. That's why the Austin/Travis County Health and Human
Services' Town Lake Animal Center needs rawhide bones and chews to help keep the dogs in its care calm and safe on July
4th.
The shelter's location puts the animals in close proximity to the City's largest 4th of July fireworks display. The noise and lights of the fireworks can
cause a great deal of stress for the dogs at the shelter, so shelter managers are putting out the call for rawhide chew treats and
toys.
"Chewing can be a healthy way for dogs to relieve stress," says Dorinda Pulliam, assistant director for Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services. "By
providing all the dogs at the shelter with natural rawhide treats, we can help re-direct their nervous energy away from potentially dangerous activities-- like attempting to
jump or dig to escape their kennels-- to the healthier, safer activity of chewing on
rawhide."
While ingesting a great deal of tough rawhide can be hard on a dog's digestive system, the rewards of providing chews to the dogs at this time of year or at
other times of stress far outweigh the minor risks the chews might
pose.
"We like to do whatever we can to try to help our dogs get through the fireworks displays safe and healthy," says Pulliam. "We're hoping the wonderful,
pet-loving people of Austin will help us out by donating natural rawhide chews in the coming days."
Natural rawhide treats of all shapes and sizes are needed, and can be dropped off at the Town Lake Animal Center during the hours: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
weekdays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays and
Sundays.
Church, youth, neighborhood and business groups, as well as individuals, are encouraged to organize collections and bring the rawhide treats in to the
shelter anytime before July 4th. Town Lake Animal Center is located at 1156 W. Cesar Chavez, between MoPac and Lamar on the north side of Town
Lake.
Note: In an
ongoing effort to confuse our volunteers, we send two newsletters each month
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One for the Gracywoods Neighborhood (Metric/Braker area) and a general one for North Austin
(78758/78753). If you have been added to the wrong list, or just want to receive the other one as well, please let us know. info@gracywoods.org
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than four days before the end of the month and we add your information to the newsletter.
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