St. Edward’s Continued Growth and Neighborhood Impact

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Communications

“We’re a popular school now,” said university architect Kit Johnson, recently hired to help the university design its new campus master plan. “Word’s gotten out.”

Known colloquially as “the Hilltop,” the four-year private university borders South Congress Avenue and I-35 about 2 miles south of Lady Bird Lake in an otherwise fairly residential area appropriately named South River City.

The university campus is changing to keep up with the growth—school enrollment has gone from nearly 200 students in the early 1900s during the school’s early days to 3,747 undergraduates today—by building new campus housing, renovating existing buildings and constructing a new operations building less than 100 feet from neighboring Sherwood Oaks residents. Click here to read the entire article posted in Community Impact Newspaper.

St. Ed’s continued growth threatens Sherwood Oaks’ neighborhood character

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SRCC General Membership Meeting Agenda – March 2017

Posted on March 2, 2017 by President

SRCC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 7:30 PM
LIFE IN THE CITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
(formerly Grace UMC)
205 E. MONROE, AUSTIN, TEXAS

AGENDA
To be sure you get a vote, become a member. You can join or renew online www.srccatx.org. Not sure if you are current? Email membership@srccatx.org and we’ll let you know.
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Code Next Meeting March 4 LBJ High School 1:30

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Communications

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SXSW Short Term Rentals! READ ALL ABOUT IT FROM CITY!

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Communications

Dear Austin resident:

                As the City of Austin begins its busy festival season with the upcoming South by Southwest music festival and related events, the Austin Code Department would like to remind both owners and renters of short-term rental properties to make sure properties are legally registered.

Owners of short-term rentals, properties rented for less than 30 days, should visit http://austintexas.gov/STRto get license requirements and other valuable information before advertising and renting property. Owners who violate the law could be subject to enforcement action, including fines of up to $2,000 a day.

Festival goers and other visitors are urged to make sure properties they rent are registered; licenses are required to be posted on site.

Both owners and renters are required to abide by the following rules in order to be good neighbors:
  • Follow the occupancy limit of no more than 10 adults or six unrelated adults
  • Follow the rules related to sound equipment, live music and noise
  • No outdoor assemblies from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
  • No commercial events, such as bachelor and bachelorette parties, concerts, weddings and other large events
Owners and managers of short-term rentals are encouraged to visit the Austin Code Department website to keep up to date on short-term rental requirements. That site is: http://austintexas.gov/STR.

The Austin Code Department encourages residents and those living near homes being used as short-term rentals to use the Austin 3-1-1 mobile app on their cell phones to report STR problems. People can also call 3-1-1 if they have STR complaints. Calls may be anonymous.
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2017 SRCC Annual Election

Posted on March 2, 2017 by President

SRCC’s annual election will be held Tuesday March 7 and we encourage all residents to come out to vote and enjoy the potluck dinner beforehand. This event is a wonderful opportunity to meet your neighbors and have a voice in who will be our new neighborhood leaders. You don’t have to be a member to join in the festivities, but you do have to be a member to vote.

In order to vote, dues must be paid a month in advance, per by-laws requiring a 28-day waiting period after dues are paid until a new member can vote, with the exception that if a former member’s dues have lapsed no more than 2 years, they may renew at the meeting and be eligible to vote. The deadline to pay dues and still be able to vote in the election as a new member was Tuesday, February 7, 2016. You can learn more HERE.

Meeting details are as follows:

Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2016
Potluck Starts: 6pm
Election Starts: 7:30pm

Location:
Life in the City United Methodist Church
205 E. Monroe St.
Austin, TX 78704

We have a nominating committee for officer positions, and the minimum qualifications required are that you must be a resident and member in good standing within SRCC. If you would like to be considered by the committee and have your candidacy posted on the slate, please let Carol Martin (membership@srccatx.org) know before the meeting if possible. We will also be taking nominees from the floor during the meeting.

Our current slate is as follows and will be updated as we receive new candidates.

President:
Gretchen Otto

Vice President:
Dan Fredine

Secretary:
Mary Friedman

Treasurer:
Nancy Byrd

Area Coordinators:
Area 1 Claudette Lowe
Area 1 Marylin Orton
Area 1 Lee Schneider
Area 2 Russell Fraser
Area 2 Eugene Kubelka
Area 3a Jo Webber
Area 3a Sara Newsom
Area 3b Brooks Kasson
Area 3b Marc Davis
Area 4a Sam Martin
Area 4a Mary Friedman
Area 4b Kris Asthalter
Area 5 Neal Nuwash
Area 5 Elloa Mathews
Area 6 Laura Gass Weaver
Area 6 Rachel McClure
Area 7 Kelvin Glover
Area 7 Jackie Hatfield
Area 8 volunteer needed
Area 8 Kim Lanzillotti

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