South River City Citizens
neighborhood association
Austin, Texas


THE LATEST
• Agenda for meeting of the general membership, Tuesday, March 2; 6:00 pm (not the usual first Monday of the month); Grace United Methodist Church (205 East Monroe): all are welcome
annual potluck dinner and election of SRCC officers (bring a dish to share with your neighbors), to include introduction of candidates, call for nominations from the floor, voting, tabulation, and announcement of newly elected officers (at this point, all officers are willing to go another year and are unopposed), plus special program
IN ORDER TO VOTE on Tuesday, March 2: Our SRCC by-laws require that members be dues-paid in order to vote. For NEW members there is a 28-day waiting period after dues are paid before a new member can vote. Members whose dues have lapsed for not more than 2 years may vote by bringing dues current prior to a vote (as late as that evening). But, if you did not pay dues in 2008 or 2009, or you've never paid dues, you must have renewed/paid by February 1, 2010, in order to vote in the elections on March 2. If you are unsure of your membership status, email Carol Martin, our Membership Chair, at csmartin2@austin.rr.com with your name and address, so that she can look you up, and she'll let you know.
[final agenda posted to the neighborhood e-mail list March 2, 10:10 a.m.]
[draft agenda posted to the neighborhood e-mail list February 22 p.m.]


• New, increased dues effective February 15, adopted February 1 see new membership form for transmittal of new dues
[posted to the neighborhood e-mail list February 2 p.m.]

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• Agenda for meeting of the general membership of South River City Citizens: Monday, February 1, 2010; 7:00 pm; Grace United Methodist Church (205 East Monroe): all are welcome; see details: topics proposed raise in dues (would be effective February 15), annual potluck supper and election of officers, East Riverside corridor master plan, pending street closures for events, and much, much more
[posted to the neighborhood e-mail list January 26 p.m.]
[notes for February 1, 2010, meeting of the general membership posted to the neighborhood e-mail list February 8, 2010, pm]


• Agenda not posted for meeting of the executive committee of South River City Citizens: Monday, January 18, 2010; 6:00 pm; Grace United Methodist Church (205 East Monroe): there was discussion of a proposed rise in dues
[minutes posted to the neighborhood e-mail list January 28 p.m.]

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• Agenda for meeting of the general membership of South River City Citizens: Monday, January 4, 2010; 7:00 pm; Grace United Methodist Church (205 East Monroe): all are welcome; see details: topics include burglaries and crime in the neighborhood, proposed music venue at the Whip In, pending street closures for events, and much, much more
[posted to the neighborhood e-mail list December 30 p.m.]
[notes for January 4, 2010, meeting of the general membership posted to the neighborhood e-mail list January 11, 2010]

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•Newsletter January 2010 issue: read all the latest about everything, including the the big March potluck supper and election of officers (see below), tips on public safety (see when to call 911 and draft report by public safety committee on plans for addressing crime), important zoning and planning matters, and much, much more


this recently in (22 October): APD Detective Sheldon Askew of South Central Investigations has been assigned to work on several burglaries in SRCC-land; his number is 974-5978 and he advises neighbors to report anything that looks odd and to call him with any information regarding such activities in the neighborhood
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The latest statistics counting the number of views and individual visitors to this home page and the number of neighbors on our e-mail list have been posted; they are updated through the end of February. It's possible to compare these most recent numbers with what they were a month ago, or a year ago, or back at the earliest count.



•Newsletters November 2009 issue, read all the latest about everything, including the Norwood Estate, zoning matters, proposed elimination of bus service, upcoming Travis Heights Art Trail, and much, much more; June 2009 issue, read all about the Fourth of July parade and picnic; February 2009 issue, read all about the scheduled election of SRCC officers at Grace United Methodist Church, 205 East Monroe (see Article IV of the by-laws for voting information), and the potluck supper starting at 6:30 pm preceding the election set for Monday, March 2, plus much, much more




•SRCC officers elected March 2, 2009 :: :: [more information; see by-laws]
PRESIDENT: Sarah Campbell
VICE PRESIDENT: Marc Davis
TREASURER: Bob Drew
CO-SECRETARIES: Dawn Cizmar and Garret Nick
[results posted March 5, 2009]
•:: r e s o u r c e s :: The 2008 version of the resource manual prepared by the Austin Police Department is available on line in Adobe PDF format (11 pages, 148K); it's also available in MS-Word format for downloading from the files section of the neighborhood e-mail list; learn what number to call for which neighborhood problems; learn the difference between 9-1-1 and 3-1-1 and much more; draft agreement about Sunnymeade Apartments at 501 East Oltorf; learn about stricter City of Austin watering regulations in effect between May 1 and September 30, plus link to City of Austin FAQ page

• Our Austin Police Department district representative for the area south of Oltorf to Ben White is Officer Ray Lopez, 974-5551; we are in the South Central district. Our Austin Police Department district representative for the area north of Oltorf is Officer Atilano Guerra, 974-4475. Commander John Hutto is in charge of the South Central District.
• to report grafitti or tagging for removal, call 974-1028.

• Austin Police Department loss-report form is available both at the site of the neighborhood e-mail list (downloadable from the files section) and by clicking here (MSWord document that can be faxed to the police department).
• Join our neighborhood e-mail list and receive news of the neighborhood, including crime alerts
• Join our neighborhood collaborative photograph bank at Flickr; ask for an invitation; contribute photographs, from today and from the past, of neighborhood natural features, neighborhood flora and fauna, neighborhood events, and the good, the bad, and the ugly in SRCC-land; even if you don't have digital photographs to contribute, join anyhow and add information about local landmarks via tags, descriptions, and comments

• Fraud, waste, and abuse cost us all money ~~ The City of Austin integrity unit will investigate misuse of resources, and your anonymity will be protected

•Neighborhood coffee klatsch Meet your neighbors informally on the first Monday of each month between 9:30 and 10:00 am at Dominican Joe coffee shop at Congress and Riverside; all are welcome. (more information).

•in our neighborhood ~ ~ ~
OF INTEREST learn about how you can be a part of the historic Travis Heights - Fairview Park effort and learn how you may contribute to the preservation of this early street-car suburb that is so large a part of SRCC-land
 
Documentation of flooding problems in Sherwood Oaks, along St. Edward's Drive ~~ After four years of much work by the St. Edward's committee documenting traffic and flooding problems in that neighborhood, the City has finally begun addressing the flooding issue on St. Edward's Drive. In the past two or three weeks, members of the staff from the Austin Department of Public Works and Watershed Protection have been walking around the neighborhood assessing current drainage infrastructure and doing tests to determine where the water from the floods comes from and taking measurements. The City has dedicated $50,000 of our tax dollars to study this problem and try to find a solution. If you have had flooding problems and have photos to share, please call or send e-mail to the St. Edward's committee chair, Elloa Mathews (ellomail <at> austin.rr.com; 442-6986). You may view existing information and photographs contained in an Adobe Reader PDF file. (Install free Adobe Reader if you don't have it.)[3/15/04]
. . . ~ ~ Just for fun, see selections from the newsletter announcing the 1992 election of SRCC officers At that time, this event occurred in May, and you may view a selection of articles discussing issues facing SRCC in its 20th-anniversary year return to top
our neighborhood schools:
Travis Heights Elementary
Fulmore Middle
Travis High
Austin I.S.D.
 
current SRCC bylaws received and posted August 2003 ::::: for purposes of information and comparison, view earlier versions of documents and prior notices (download free Adobe Acrobat Reader if you don't have it)
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Among the links and information available at this site are: neighborhood e-mail list, history of bylaws and articles of incorporation, including original SRCC constitution, plus an old prediction that the close-in south neighborhoods would disappear to give way to the central business district by the year 2000.
 
Meetings of the general membership are the first Monday of each month, 7:15 pm, at Grace United Methodist Church, 205 East Monroe. Meetings of the executive committee (officers and area coordinators, with all welcome to attend) are usually on the third Monday of each month, 7:15 pm, at the church. Membership Please mail completed membership form, along with your check for dues made payable to SRCC (memo note: membership), to SRCC, Post Office Box 40632, Austin, Texas 78704, Attention: Treasurer. Please furnish name, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number. Additional contributions may be dedicated to the SRCC general fund (see the membership form), amended as of February 15, 2010.

$20

  

Single

$35

  

Family

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Blunn Creek Nature Preserve is on the above map east of area 5, south of Oltorf Street, and north of St. Edward's University (see detailed map). There are always opportunities to volunteer to help maintain this neighborhood wonder Courtesy of Sergio Chapa, take a virtual tour (many spring photographs) if you have the bandwidth.

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