Proposed Formula E Racing in Austin

Posted on April 23, 2017 by President

An Austin-based events group is lobbying to bring Formula E racing to Austin. Representatives from Connect Partnership Group met with a few representatives of SRCC to talk about the details of how this could look on April 11. The likeliest race route would take place on the South 1st Street bridge, from City Hall down to the Long Center, and would include using Auditorium Shores. The SRCC Executive Committee compiled a list of questions, below are their responses. Please contact Gretchen Otto (president at srccatx.org) with any follow-up questions/concerns. This will also be discussed at the SRCC general meeting on May 1.

Q&A:

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Blunn Creek Preserve Trail Signs are up!

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Communications

Thanks to David Todd and his volunteers! Trail signs installed in Blunn Creek Preserve!

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Sunset Drive Closure update

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Communications

It’s been a while since we have had movement on the road closure of Sunset Lane, but I do have some updates.

  1. The boundary survey showed that we would need to vacate a small portion of Eastside Drive, so we had to conduct additional boundary survey.  As of last week, the boundary survey for both Sunset and Eastside is officially completed.
  2. With a completed boundary survey, we are able to finalize our right of way vacation application.  Next Thursday, I will meet with Real Estate Services to review our application prior to submittal.
  3. Last month, I met with PARD Forestry, WPD construction supervisors, and Public Works Street and Bridge to discuss coordination of the construction effort, including asphalt removal, asphalt pathing, curb realignment, and tree care.
  4. Based on our coordination meeting, we will work on finalizing design plans.
  5. The ROW Vacation Request was submitted to Real Estate on March 9th (attaching project map that accompanied the request).  We have been responding to stakeholder review comments since then.  Because we vetted this through all major stakeholders prior to submittal, nothing unexpected has surfaced during this review.  All comments were due on March 28th and Real Estate is rustling up the stragglers to finalize this review phase.
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SRCC General Membership Meeting Minutes – 4/3/2017

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Secretary

SRCC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Monday, April 3, 2017 7:15 PM
LIFE IN THE CITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
(formerly Grace UMC)
205 E. MONROE, AUSTIN, TEXAS

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Keep up with city hall using new vote tracker

Posted on April 5, 2017 by President

In the past it has been difficult to track how our city council members have voted in important issues. Now the Austin American-Statesman has set up a new “VoteTracker” tool which will help do just that.

http://apps.statesman.com/votetracker/entities/austin-city-council/

Using this tool, you can search by topic, meeting date, or council member to find out how the council has voted. This is a great new tool to help understand what is happening at council and should be invaluable when it’s time for the next election.

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