August 31, 2006 by president.

No matter what you call it, our waste water rates stink! The City Council has a suggestion to provide some relief. They are providing a public hearing (9/6) and straw poll (you go to City Hall to vote). You’re welcome to post your comments about as a reponse to this entry or on the City web site. If you feel strongly, the public hearing is the best place to be heard.

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August 30, 2006 by Leslie.Davis.

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August 30, 2006 by president.

The Corner Social is on Sunday 9/3, not 9/2. The heat is addling my brains - that goodness that it finally rained.

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August 30, 2006 by president.

The City Council has adopted a parking ordinance to address parking issues created by ACL (and other large commerical events) at Zilker Park. The map below shows the basic parking restrictions in effect:

• Rollingwood is closed near Zilker to ensure traffic flow
• Timberline’s north curb is closed near Zilker to ensure traffic flow
• Parking between Riley and Zilker is permit restricted to residents in that area.

The city will distribute more detailed at www.cityofrollingwood.com shortly.

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August 29, 2006 by president.

Everyone had better start cleaning out the garage - we’ve got a tenative date for the City Wide Garage Sale. We tried to pick the last practical weekend before the Holiday Season. Please let us know ASAP if you know of any major conflicts with this date.

The garage sale runs early in the day and should not interfer with afternoon events.
We are planning to use the web site for sign-ups. Stay tuned for details.

If you are interested in helping out, please contact Joy (garagesale@myrollingwood.com)

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August 28, 2006 by president.

Bill Hamilton (bbq@myrollingwood.com) and I have reviewed the calendar and it looks like Saturday 10/21 is the best date for the BBQ. There is no UT Football home game this weekend. The Eanes Elementary Fall Carnival is the following day (10/22).
If you know of other conflicts, please let us know ASAP. We expect to make this date official by 9/3.

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August 22, 2006 by president.

Joy Baldwin (garagesale @ myrollingwood.com) is chairing our City Wide Garage Sale.  I hope that she’ll post on this site as we get closer to the date, but I’ll try to answer questions until then.

The CWGS is a single day when many people in the city all have a garage sale.  We do NOT pool all the sales into a single location; instead, each seller will have maps to the other sellers.  In some cases, we’ve had neighbors combine into a single drive way.  For example, my across the street neighbor reluctantly sold our 4 MONSTER TRUCK tires (thanks again Tara!).
The many advantages of having everyone on the same day are:

1. it’s fun to meet your neighbors
2. the RNA takes care of your permit (yes, you DO need a permit for a garage sale)
3. the RNA takes care of advertising (tin pie plates are optional)
4. it draws a larger crowd (yes, I know some of you don’t like this.  Please send angry emails to “thevoid@myrollingwood.com”)
5. it motivates you to clean out the garage
6. you can find everyone in Rollingwood who shares your passion for second-hand 70’s art-deco vinyl kitchen chairs with psychedelic flowers

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August 20, 2006 by president.

The City has been doing a great job using the new website to get notices out for meetings including agendas and ordinances.  Thanks!
As promised, RNA will send out an extra edition of the newsletter to help get the word out about the 8/23 special session.

There is also an open offer to the City to host informal polls and allow the Mayor and Aldermen to contribute to this blog.

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August 20, 2006 by president.

We are pleased to welcome Eliot Greenwood Morrow (born 8/11) to the neighborhood.

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August 20, 2006 by president.

While the City Council conducted lots of business last week including the dedication of a tree, review of the budget, and listening to a highly entertaining and informative presentation by the RNA president; they postponed action on the two most debated items: ACL parking and changes to appointments for boards & commissions. (wow - my sentences run on like an actual Council meeting)

On 8/23 @ 7 PM, the Council will discuss an alternate plan for parking during the Austin City Limits Music Festival. This was supposed to be a special budget session, but the agenda has been expanded.