More Solicitors, More Crime?

As many of you have observed, our neighborhood has seen an increase in solicitors over the last month.  We have seen many complaints about rude behavior and late hours for these solicitors.  Unfortunately, we have also seen a dramatic increase in burglaries and property crime in the same period.  While we don’t know whether the solicitors are responsible for the increase in crime or if they are unwittingly providing “cover” for criminals to pose as solicitors, the correlation is impossible to ignore.

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Travis Heights Elementary’s Innovation School Project

Travis Heights Thunderbirds, with the support of Education Austin, Austin Interfaith and Austin ISD, are thinking outside the box when it comes to education by bringing it back to the “village”. Travis Heights Elementary School is now the first community based, campus-led public school in Austin!

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Helicopters Everywhere!

How intense was helicopter traffic over and around our neighborhood during last November’s Formula 1 weekend? Many of us have anecdotal guesses, but the hard numbers are that over the three-day event, there were 317 landings or take-offs from the temporary helipad at Embassy Suites on Riverside Drive. That figure doesn’t count the many other helicopters that flew over our neighborhood from other launch sites. As a result of those numbers, and as a result of complaints from our neighborhood (58 percent of complaints during the weekend came from the SRCC area) the City Council created a Helicopter Stakeholder Group to recommend changes in the City’s helicopter codes.

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SRCC General Membership Meeting Agenda 2/4/13

SRCC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
MONDAY, February 4, 2013 7:15 PM
GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
205 E. MONROE, AUSTIN, TEXAS

AGENDA
To be sure you get a vote, be 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.

CALL TO ORDER/APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. 7:15 Meeting procedures, etiquette, welcome newcomers.
Presenter throughout: Marc Davis, President, unless otherwise noted.

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Neighborhood Resources Update – SpeakUpAustin.org

The “Resources” page of the SRCCatx.org website has been updated to include a link to the city’s portal for facilitating idea exchange.  This is a great tool, along with the link to email all City Council members at once, when you want to share thoughts with the city.

https://www.srccatx.org/resources/

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