SRNA Annual Meeting Presentation

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We were happy to see a healthy turn-out for our meeting last night. Now is the time to join SRNA and/or renew your annual membership: click here. Click below to view the presentation from our meeting: SRNA 2013 Community Meeting - April, 17, 2013 -...

SRNA First Year Recap & Community Meeting

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Dear SRNA Community Member,

In its first year, SRNA has been become a vocal and recognized voice for our community and with your help we have achieved tangible results.

We have been highly engaged with developers and government entities - actively working on a multitude of issues. We represent everyone in the "Land between the lakes" including all neighborhoods between Lake Travis and Lake Austin click here to see our boundaries.

Some of our successes in the first year include:

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January 2013 Traffic Update

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We have made some great progress on traffic issues since SRNA's first joint meeting with City, County and TXDOT traffic engineers back in June 2012. Board members H Lobdell and Brian Thompto attended a meeting with TXDOT this past week and also were able to speak with the City signal engineer. Updates have been posted under 'Traffic Issues' detailing: 1. Progress with the City of Austin to start adjustment of signaling near 620/2222 2. TXDOT meeting summary including expanding immediate and longer-term plans for improvements 3. Feedback from Travis County TNR...

January 2013 Development Update

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The 'Development Issues' page has been updated with the most recent status of development in and around Steiner Ranch, including: 1. Significant news at the end of 2012 was that Travis County TNR agrees with SRNA's assessment that residential is a bad fit for MU-14 due to poor traffic flow. Also, Taylor Morrison and KLP/Kucera would need a variance to be granted to proceed with the proposed duplexes since the tract only allows for one exit/entrance. SRNA continues to advocate alternatives to residential development on MU-14 including light-traffic commercial, or ownership by government entity and/or taxing district either permanently...

Forged In Flames – An Oral History of the Labor Day Wildfires

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KUT has put together this Oral history of the 2011 Labor Day wildfires in Central Texas and has a dedicated site for it. http://kut.org/forged-in-flames/ At the website, you can listen to a one hour special on the Central Texas Fires one year ago and you can also read personal stories. There is also an event Monday evening, September 10 at 6pm at the KUT studios: Forged in Flames: An Oral History of the Labor Day Wildfires September 4, 2011 Central Texas was a fire: suburban neighborhoods abutting drought...

City Council Nears Approval of Unfair Rates

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It is very disappointing that the city council chose to ignore the significant and legitimate concerns of fairness and equity regarding both out of town ratepayers and the punitive 5-tier rate structure. Simply put, Austin Energy should not include costs of Austin Energy payments to the City of Austin which are unrelated to the utility in the rates for out of city rate payers. HURF has done a great job of documenting why this general fund transfer from Austin Energy constitutes taxation without representation. Rep. Workman has indicated he would support challenging the City of Austin on this issue if not addressed. ...

May 2012 Developer Update

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Members of SRNA met with Taylor Morrison representatives on April 30th to discuss the petition currently being circulated as well as other issues related to the development of the remaining mixed use lots in Steiner Ranch. The meeting was successful in opening up a constructive discussion with the developer related to limiting the potential negative impacts of additional residential housing planned within Steiner Ranch. Specific concessions have been offered by Taylor Morrison as captured in a Memorandum of Understanding, shown below, and include progress with respect to the concerns of...

Developer Update: Across Quinlan Park from Quinlan Crossing – MU-14

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Members of SRNA met with Taylor Morrison representatives on April 30th to discuss the petition currently being circulated as well as other issues related to the development of the remaining mixed use lots in Steiner Ranch. You can read more about the meeting outcomes in the "May 2012 Developer Update", including a Memorandum of Understanding that sets the stage for future discussions to limit the potential negative impact of development within Steiner Ranch.

Update on MU #14 Re-zoning

SRNA was able to negotiate certain restrictions on a...

Meeting Agenda – March 28, 2012

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 7pm, Steiner Ranch Elementary School

New members are welcome and encouraged to attend and can register at the meeting. We will introduce the newly elected SRNA Board of Directors, introduce newly forming committees and will focus on honing immediate priorities for the SRNA. Board identified priorities will be presented to the membership with an opportunity for member input. Members may also sign up for committee involvement at the meeting. Members please RSVP for the meeting here. If you would like to propose any changes or additions to the agenda please Contact the...

2012 Board Election Results

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After a very close race, I am pleased to announce the nominees who were elected to the first Board of the Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association. Congratulations to the following newly elected Board Members: Brian Clifton Daniel Hodges Harrison Lobdell Paul O'Brien Richard Piotrowski Rick Rivera David Sandal Cindy Thompson Brian Thompto I would like to thank each of you for your willingness to serve our community. Sincerely, Carla...