Category: In The News

From Ronda Schultz:

The Holiday Lights contest winners for 2012 are:

Main Section:  13305 Scofield Farms Drive

Park Section:  13309 Bosswood Drive

Withers Way Section:  12816 Withers Way

I apologize for the picture quality, but these are some of the beautiful houses in our neighborhood.   Thank you to everyone who made nominations.  It was a tough judging season.

I encourage everyone to walk or drive around and enjoy these wonderful “Holiday Cards” to everyone.  Thank you to everyone who took the time to extend their wishes to us all by putting up lights to make our neighborhood so festive!  Safe and Happy Holidays to everyone!

Your Yard of the Month/Holiday Lights committee members

Please note the following regulations from the city of Austin regarding weekly trash pickup:

From the Code of the City of Austin, section 12-3-26:

A customer shall deliver a receptacle to the designated collection location at a  public street or alley between 8:00 p.m. on the day preceding the collection day and 6:30 a.m. on the collection day.  A customer shall remove a receptacle from the collection location not later than 10:00 p.m. on the collection day.

From the current City of Austin website:

Place your trash cart at the curb by 6:30 a.m. on your collection day.

• Place trash, recyclables and yard trimmings 5 feet apart to allow our automated trucks to collect materials safely and efficiently.
• Extra bags of trash that do not fit in your trash cart with the lid closed must be placed next to the trash cart and tagged with an Extra Trash Sticker, which can be purchased at most local grocery stores ($4 + tax). Extra bags without a sticker will be charged a per-bag fee of $8 + tax.

Our neighboring community, the Ridge at Scofield Farms, is hosting a safety meeting this Thursday, December 6th at 7 pm at the Parmer Woods Assisted Living Center, 12429 Scofield Farms Drive.  All are invited to meet with local law enforcement and hear details on a new, easy-to-implement neighborhood watch program from Mary Rudig of the North Austin Coalition of Neighborhoods.  Come hear new tips regarding how to keep the criminals out this holiday season.

Slide Over!: All trash, recycling and yard trimmings collections scheduled on or directly after the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s holidays “slide” to the next day.

Thanksgiving Day, if your collection day is Thursday, Nov. 22, it slides to Friday, Nov. 23. If your collection day is Friday, Nov. 23, it slides to Saturday, Nov. 24.

Christmas Day, all collections scheduled between Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25 and Friday, Dec. 28 will be picked up one day later. Monday, Dec. 24 collections will not change.

New Year’s Day, all collections scheduled between Tuesday, Jan. 1 and Friday, Jan. 4 will be picked up one day later. Monday, Dec. 31 collections will not change.

Remember, these changes only affect residents who are City of Austin curbside customers. For more information about Austin Resource Recovery’s holiday collection schedule, visit bit.ly/atxholidayslide.

A good time was had by all at our Neighborhood Night Out celebration on October 12.  It was even warm enough for some of us to enjoy some late-season swimming!  Here are some photos from the evening.

As many of you now know, Oak Wilt is in our neighborhood again. There are several trees that have died as a result. Learn how to protect the trees, such a valuable asset on your property and how to help manage the issue throughout the neighborhood.

There will be an Oak Wilt meeting for the neighborhood on Monday, October 22 from 6-7:30. The meeting will begin at 1304 Braided Rope Dr for the neighbors directly affected by the Oak Wilt in the neighborhood. The first part of the meeting will be from 6:00-6:30. All are welcome to attend this meeting to see the issue first hand.

We will then move to the pool for a 6:30-7:30 meeting for the entire neighborhood to talk to the Austin City Arborist. Please join us so you can learn more about how to protect your trees. There will be FREE FOOD: Sandwiches and drinks will be available on a first come first serve basis.