April 27, 2008 by president.

Citizens have begun using myRollingwood to post commentary on political issues. This dialog serves to strengthen the City, but it may also confuse myRollingwood readers who are not seeking this type of information.

To ensure that commentary is clearly identified, posters must observe the following guidelines:

• Clearly state that this is your opinion by prefix your post with “Opinion:”
• Use only the “commentary” category for all editorial posts
• Use a “split” (editing icon is ) after the first paragraph
• Must be published with actual name, physical address, & email address. No handles, aliases, or anonymous posts
• Must be civil and non-defamatory

The Rollingwood Neighborhood Association does not endorse any political position and reserves the right to edit or censor posts.

If this usage is abused then we will not longer be able to allow the use of myRollingwood for commentary.

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April 26, 2008 by Earnest Casstevens.

If the three incumbents running for election win, they intend for the City to submit the certificates of obligation and associated construction plan to voter approval as proposed rather than to revamp their proposal even to recognize recently acknowledged changes to the project (elimination of the line to nowhere, for example). Proponents of their plan have argued erroneously that increased property valuations, which they predict in spite of seeming contradictory trends, will somehow reduce the burden of the debt service which issuance of these certificates necessarily imposes. Their argument is most misleading.

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April 24, 2008 by Joni Greeson-Collectic Home.

Hi Neighbors!

Just a friendly note to invite you to visit us at Collectic Home anytime!

Greg and I live down Bee Caves and I work in our store here in Rollingwood daily.

Would love to say hello and show you around our store!

Kind regards,

Joni Greeson

Collectic Home

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April 20, 2008 by president.

I had the idea that it may be interesting to start keeping the email newsletter (subscribe) on this site: 

My fellow Rollingwoodians,

Ask not what your City can do for you, but what you can do for your community!  You can come to the Candidates’ Forum on Tuesday @ 7 PM and the Corner Social on Sunday @ 2 PM.

Every year in May, we have the priviledge (some would say the Honor) of electing citizens who will serve our community as Mayor and Alderpeople.  We entrust in these volunteers both the important and the trivial decisions that impact our daily lives.  The Candidates’ Forum is the only opportunity you’ll have to meet all these selfless people together at one time.  So make a point of joining us in City Hall on 4/22 at 7 PM (agenda).

Every year in May, we also hold one of our Corner Socials.  This is a casual “drive by” event in which you’re encouraged to drop in and meet your neighbors on Sunday anytime between 2 and 4.  We’ll set up some light refreshments on Rollingwood Drive by baseball fields.

Looking for peace and quiet or just more reading material?  The City has also posted information about the proposed changes to the noise ordinance.

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April 20, 2008 by president.

The 2008 Candidates’ Forum will be Tuesday 4/22.  Paul Crocker, Forum chair, has proposed a different format so that our candidates have more time to present their ideas: all alderpeople and mayoral candidates will be together for the forum.

The agenda is:

7:00 - Introductions, Paul Crocker
7:15 - 90 minutes of moderated questions.
- All candidates will respond to every question.
- The order of responses will be randomized.
- Each question will be re-stated between responses.
- We plan to have a timer to help the candidates
pace their responses.
- Candidates introduce themselves. (11 minutes)
- 2 minutes for each response.
- The content is up to the candidate.
- Prepared questions.  (20 minutes)
- 90 seconds for each response.

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April 15, 2008 by Earnest Casstevens.

• The Line to Nowhere will be eliminated from the project.

• The 12’’ water source into the Endeavor Tract will be connected to Timberline, providing a major new flow to the eastern side of the system.

• The pressure analysis will be redone in consideration of the new 12’’ source of flow to the east side, identifying any areas of critically low system pressure.

• A prioritized schedule of individual facilities (i.e. individual fire hydrants, pressure values, pressure regulators, water mains), individually costed out, will be prepared, with fire protection receiving the highest priority, critically low pressure the next, and corroded or damaged lines the next.

• The position of each individual facility on the prioritized list should be justified based on its effectiveness to solve a high priority problem and its cost-effectiveness compared to other possible solutions.

• A $100,000 water system maintenance and replacement item will be included henceforth in the City’s annual budget and will be used in lieu of borrowing to the maximum extent possible to effectuate water system improvements.

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April 14, 2008 by Liz Krakow.

The following item was created by City Council at citizens’ request to explain the proposed change to the noise ordinance without legalize.

Remove Construction Nuisance from the current noise ordinance, reduce ticket from $2,000 to $500, all other parts of existing noise ordinance remain.

In Chapter 5 add:

Construction Nuisance

Prohibits construction activity before 7am and after 7pm weekdays, all day on the weekends and on Federal holidays.  Fine is $500.

 Exceptions:

 ·        Minor construction (defined as maintenance & repair, landscape, mowing, etc) with property owner present.

·        Saturdays from 10am to 4pm construction is allowed as long as:

o       Maximum of 3 workers present

o       Maximum of 2 vehicles beyond what is normally there

o       Doesn’t block street

o       Doesn’t block access

o       Adheres to noise ordinance

·        Emergency work as approved by City Administrator.

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April 7, 2008 by president.

The Capital Area Boy Scouts are asking citizens of Rollingwood to leave canned goods out for pickup early on Saturday 4/12. This effort is part of the 2008 Keep Texas Fed food drive to stock the Capital Area Food Bank.

Scouts from several area units including Troop 990, Troop 31, and Pack 66 will be patrolling the neighborhood at 9 AM on Saturday to pickup bags of canned food. Please make sure that anything left out is clearly visible from the street.

Before Saturday, you may drop off donations at 4900 Timberline Dr.

Thank you!

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April 7, 2008 by klack.

The 2008 Rollingwood Women’s Club (RWC) 5K Fun Run was a huge success! After hailstorms Friday morning we had the most beautiful sunny, cool run weather in the afternoon! More than 250 participants came out for this year’s annual 5K fundraiser benefiting the Rollingwood Park and recreation areas.

The RWC greatly appreciates all of our generous sponsors and would like to give special thanks to:

• Franklin Bank
• Freebirds World Burrito
• Garwood & Associates
• The Green Bag Project.org
• Massage Harmony
• Miller Blueprint (for great signs)
• Runtex
• Scofield & Scofield attorneys
• Southwest Strategies
• Thundercloud Subs
• Wilson Goldrick, Amy Rung

The RWC gives huge thanks to our neighborhood bank, Franklin Bank, for sponsoring our musical entertainment.  Additional thanks goes to our water stop sponsors:  Edward Jones (Tim Coffey), FedEx Kinko’s (for donating all paper & copying), The Finish Line, Hop-A-Lot Moonwalks, Mira Vista, State Farm Insurance (Dick Clay), Tokyo Sushi, Westlake Market HEB, and Westlake Pediatrics.

We couldn’t have congratulated our first and second place runners without over $1500 in donated prizes provided by:  Body Business, Champions Gymnastics of Westlake, Dolce Baby, Francesca’s, Great Harvest Bread, Gymboree, Hutson Clothing, Jamba Juice, Jason’s Deli, JEI Design, Mr. Gatti’s, Rollingwood Shell, Starbuck’s, Thundercloud Subs, Tokyo Sushi and Westbank Cleaners.

All participants received a green neighbor friendly reusable shopping bag provided by our own local Rollingwood resident, Frana Sadler, and her non-profit organization, The Green Bag Project.org.  The bags were loaded with goodies from these local contributors:  10 Fitness.com, Abercrombie Gems, All Year Heating & Cooling, Austin’s Pizza, Body Business, Champions, Costco (race day water & paper goods) Dahn Yoga, Amelia Bullock (Diane Dillard), Dr. Sutton, Freebirds Burrito (free salad & t-shirt), Coldwell Banker (Roselind Hejl), iSOLDIT, JEI Design, Kittleman Photography, Lift Beverage Cafe, Mail Center USA, Pizza Nizza (free participant pizza), Republic Paint & Decorating, Salone Di Essenza, Scout Realty (Jaye Lynn Russell), Synergy Dance Studio, Texas Honey Ham, Verokolt Designs (Veronica Koltuniak) and Zuzu’s.

This effort could not have been possible without a lot of hard work by the RWC 5K Planning Committee:

• Lisa Kirkpatrick, Graphic Design
• Amy Rung, Food Coordinator
• Frana Sadler, The Green Bag Project.org
• Lisa Serface, Entertainment Coordinator
• Ellen Smitheal, Assistant Event Coordinator/Fundraising & T-shirts

Additional gratitude to: Shelly Bain, Sue Dawson, Cristina Feldott, Carolyn Gondran (Jesse & friends), Bea Howe (RWC President), Dede Hurson (and troop 2112), Shanthi Jayakumar, Sandy Keller, Debbi Perkins, Jacqueline Rosso, Joann Senn, Jenny Thomas (& friends) and more than 30 RWC members volunteering their time on race day.

We live in the most wonderful, supportive, friendly community. THANK YOU Rollingwood and Westlake residents! THANK YOU to our terrific local business sponsors! Without all of your support we could never have raised more than $5500 this year towards beautification efforts in our community ! ! ! ! Life is GOOD in the Wood. See y’all next year.

Sincerely,

Karen Lack, RWC 5K Event Coordinator

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April 4, 2008 by Earnest Casstevens.

These opinions were posted by Earnest Casstevens as part of the discussion about the City’s proposed water project.

Rollingwood citizens should be allowed to vote on the water loans!

The City Council of the City of Rollingwood intends to take final action at its next meeting to borrow $2,350,000 ($4700 per household) as Part 1 of a $5,274,100 loan ($10,500 per household) for water system facilities. Under the law, 5% of Rollingwood’s qualified voters can petition to require the City to obtain voter approval before issuing the debt. The citizens of Rollingwood should insist on voter approval!

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