NNO, Weeks News

National Night Out was a huge success! 17 neighbors opened their front yard to neighbors to get together, meet each other, and talk about safety issues. There was an estimated 350 total attendance. My thanks to police and City Officials that visited the gatherings and answered questions and talked to citizens about current events.

There was much concern about fires and notifications - if you would like your cell phone to be added to the CAPCOG Emergency Notification System click on this link.

From Steve Jones:

Rachel Wallace, Administrative Assistant, is producing a public information program on wildfire safety. She has already posted information on our website informing readers on how they can help, how to find information, and how to prepare for the possibility of a wildfire in your area.

Code Enforcement is actively looking for overgrown lots that need attention. They are currently working 40 active cases. Because of the severity of the situation, I have directed them to reduce all notice periods to be as short as possible to speed up the process of getting lots cleared.

I talked to the POA manager at the Hills about their contractor tracking tar onto Lakeway Blvd. and obscuring our pavement markings. The contractor has agreed to help pay the cost for repainting the stripes. This should happen in the near future!

There has been some concern about our ability to hold local elections in May because of legislation about National Primary Elections. Decisions by the City of Austin will make it possible for us to continue holding our election in May. Their final vote will occur on their October 6 meeting.

The City has recently done some traffic studies on Lakeway Blvd. and Lakeway Dr. Average speeds are usually withing a few MPH of posted limits, however a disturbing number of drivers are driving 5 to 10 MPH over the limit. Chief Radford is working on an effort to slow down traffic based on information from the study.

Chessie Blanchard reports that Maldonado Nursery and Landscaping has been selected from the bids that were received for landscape maintenance services. Their bid was $15,000 less than our current expense level and they are experienced in high visibility projects.
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Lakeway MUD went to their new watering restrictions Monday. One watering a week is allowed - odd addresses on Tuesday and even's on Thursday. Go to their site for a complete list of restrictions - www.lakewaymud.org

In other MUD news, the developer that has been trying to by their cedar tract property on Lohmans defaulted on the purchase last Friday. More on that as I find out.

That's all for now - more soon! Thanks for all the support. If you would like to be added to my email list, write me at lakeway@bain.us

Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us