AIPP Ceremony for sculpture “Your Essential Magnificence”

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Newsletter Editor
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Inauguration Ceremony of Public Artwork on South Congress

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Newsletter Editor

 

Saturday, September 1o, 9-11am
South Congress at Live Oak

Please join the City of Austin and Austin artist James Talbot for a short ceremony to inaugurate the public artwork titled “Your Essential Magnificence.” The artist will be present to speak about his work, which was conceived as a shrine to South Austin. The sculpture is constructed of ferrocement, ceramic tiles, glass and concrete, with iconic objects collected from Austin buried inside.

The dedication event is scheduled for Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 9 AM to 11 AM in the South Austin Island Park, 2205 S. Congress Avenue (between South Congress Avenue, E. Live Oak St. and College Ave., in front of the Tree House Italian Grill). On-street parking is available, although we encourage neighbors to come by foot or bicycle.

Please see invitation below, and feel free to forward to others as desired.

Best wishes,

Erica Leak, Senior Planner
City of Austin Planning & Development Review Dept.
T:  512.974.2856, erica.leak@austintexas.gov

 

 

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Position Paper on Short Term Rentals – 7/11

Posted on August 17, 2011 by President

I am posting per the SRCC meeting minutes (Item #14) from August 1, 2011:

CURRENT CODE ISSUES WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS
8 July 2011
Blake Tollett-West Austin Neighborhood Group (WANG)
3701 Bonnie Road 78703
512-477-4028 <blake.tollett@earthlink.net>

We begin with the City’s Land Development Code (LDC) definition of residential uses:

“Residential uses include the occupancy of living accommodations on a nontransient basis. Residential uses exclude institutional living arrangements providing 24-hour skilled nursing or medical care and those providing forced residence, including mental hospitals and prisons.”

Below this definition come residential use classification descriptions, amongst which are:

“Bed and breakfast residential use is the use of a residential structure to provide rooms for temporary lodging for overnight guests on a paying basis.”

“Group residential use is the use of a site for occupancy by a group of more than six persons who are not a family, on a weekly or longer basis. This use includes fraternity and sorority houses, dormitories, residence halls, and boarding houses.”

“Mobile home residential use is the use of a site for occupancy of mobile homes on a weekly or longer basis. This use includes mobile home parks and mobile home subdivisions.” Continue reading →

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SRCC General Membership Meeting Minutes – 8/1/2011

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Secretary


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Fulmore 125th Anniversary Personal History Survey

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Newsletter Editor

Attention all Fulmore alumni (staff and students)!

Fulmore Middle School is currently planning an anniversary celebration September 24, 2011, for Fulmore’s 125th year as a school. We hope you will be able to join us, but, if not, we would still like to include you in our memories on that day.

Alumni: Click here to take survey

Please complete the information in this survey so that we may keep you informed about the upcoming activities. For questions, contact Muriel Parker mparker [at] austinisd.org, (512.841.4862) or Morgan Goldbarth, morgan.goldbarth [at] austinisd.org, (512.841.4865).

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