Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The October 2009 Steering Committee meeting will be Monday, October 5, 2009, at 7 p.m. at the Clarksville Neighborhood Center. The meeting is open to all OWANA members. The meeting agenda has been posted online [pdf].
Posted Sunday, September 27, 2009
September 21 – October 1, 2009
Load in occurs at Zilker Park Great Lawn area
October 2-4, 2009
11 am – 10 pm daily
Festival Event Days
512-320-0406 (prime neighborhood call-in number)
Staffed 11:00 am - 10:30 pm daily on EVENT days (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday)
At some points, the line may be busy with another caller depending on call volume.
6 officers and 1 sergeant
Roving 10 am until 11 pm daily
This dedicated unit will be roving and responding to issues/concerns throughout the impacted neighborhoods.
Posted Sunday, September 27, 2009
National Night Out is Tuesday, October 6, 2009. Neighborhoods throughout Austin, and the Nation, are invited to participate in the 26th Annual National Night Out. Residents are asked to turn on their porch lights and spend the evening outside with the neighbors. Past neighborhood events include potluck dinner/supper from 6-9 p.m. or desserts from 7-9 p.m. The purpose of NNO is to strengthen neighborhood connections and awareness -- "eyes and ears on the neighborhood."
National Night Out is designed to:
OWANA has submitted an application to Austin Police Department to register our participation in National Night Out. We have requested either a police officer, fire fighters, or EMS personnel to attend some of the block parties, but there is no guarantee that we will receive a visit because there are typically over 400 community parties that evening. Even our police contact and the crews at the Blanco Street Fire House may be scheduled elsewhere.
If you are interested in hosting and/or organizing a National Night Out event for your street and/or surrounding streets, and need some assistance or ideas, please contact Christine Buendel, Chair, Neighborhood Activities, at c_buendel@yahoo.com.
Posted Sunday, September 27, 2009
Click on the links below to view the notice and striping plan:
Link to Phase I of Striping Plan shown in notice: http://tinyurl.com/COA6thPhase1
Link to Phase II of Striping Plan shown in notice: http://tinyurl.com/COA6thPhase2
Posted Monday, September 14, 2009
The City of Austin will have an Open House to discuss plans for a bike lane on West Sixth Street (from Lamar to Patterson) on September 14, 2009, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at One Texas Center, 505 Barton Springs Road, 3rd Floor Conference Room.
You can view the plans here: www.lobv.org/westsixth.html.
If you can't attend the Open House, please e-mail Annick Beaudet at annick.beaudet@ci.austin.tx.us with your comments. Questions about the bike lane can be addressed to Jason Fialkoff at Jason.Fialkoff@ci.austin.tx.us.
OWANA received the following e-mail update from Annick Beaudet, Project Manager of the Bicycle & Pedestrian Program.
On Wednesday September 2nd, 2009, the City Area Traffic Engineer and Bicycle Program Manager walked the W.6th Street business area, adjacent to the existing W. 6th St angle parking, to communicate on the plan for mobility improvements for W. 6th St. On September 3rd , 2009 a letter was sent to property owners, tenants, and other stakeholders with regard to the City's intent to combine a bicycle lane installation on W. 6th street with routine street maintenance, which affected parking on W. 6th Street. The letter contained a baseline plan for how the bicycle lane and parking could co-exist, based on best practice in engineering design.