MNA Board Meeting – Thursday, Feb 6th at 7pm

The Mountain Neighborhood Association will hold its next meeting this Thursday evening at 7pm.  The meeting will be at 10703 McFarlie Cove (Eric Deal’s house).

This will be our first meeting with our new board and we plan on holding meetings once per quarter.  The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

  1. Call to Order
  2. Introductions
  3. Review of Agenda
  4. Approval of Minutes
  5. Officer/Committee Reports
    1. President’s Report
    2. Treasurer’s Report
    3. Membership Report
    4. Reports from any other standing committees
  6. Other Items
    1. Social Events
    2. Community Involvement
    3. MNA Website
    4. MNA Entrance Improvements?
    5. CodeNext Discussion
  7. General Discussion
  8. Open Forum
  9. Adjournment – Set next meeting date

All MNA members are welcome to attend, but I would like to ask that you are not on the board and are planning on attending, please send me an email at so I know how many people to expect.

MOUNTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE SALE — NEW DATE: SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2019 8AM-12PM

Hello Mountain Residents,
Need more space in the home? It could be time for a little Spring cleaning. Several Mountain neighborhood families have expressed interest in holding a garage sale and rather than each family having their own garage sale, we thought we could maximize the exposure by turning this into another spectacular Mountain Neighborhood Garage Sale, now scheduled for Saturday, April 6th, 2019, 8am-12pm.  
You can always run your own garage sale but if you’d like to participate in the one we are organizing,  please contact the organizers (below) and send your address and a short list of items you’ll have for sale.
In addition, we like to find ways to incorporate children where we can as a learning and growing experience. We encourage families with children to get their children to help organize and run the garage sale. In doing so, we will have a raffle and give away up to three (3) $20 to 3 children (under the age of 12) in the neighborhood at the end of event who gets involved in the garage sale.  This is on an honor system so parents can email their child’s name to the email below for the raffle. We will have a third party draw the winners and make the announcement.
Co-organizers:  Donna Bhavsar  & Judit Kolics
Here’s to a new Spring, less clutter and more space to live and play.
Donna & Judit
Neighborhood Parent Volunteers

It’s My Park Day!! (March 2nd, 2019)

Please save the date for Parks Day at Mountain View Park on March 2nd.  This is our third year for this event and all have a good time.  All family members are invited.  We will start around 9 am and finish about noon.
Thanks for putting this on your calendars.  We need about 75 people to help spread mulch around trees, plant a few tree and clean up the Park.
Thanks
Sharon Blythe
President – The Mountain NA

Mountain View Park – Beautification and Cleanup

Saturday, March 3rd, 2018 from 9:00am to 12:00pm
Mountainview  Park – Meet at the Park Pavilion
Yearly we have volunteers clean out flower beds and plant flowers.  We also will clean out brush in the Park, mulch trees and plant two trees damaged by deer.  Also, we will installed green gator bags around trees and water the trees.  In addition, we will paint the bathroom doors and repair bathroom fixtures that are rusting.

Neighborhood speed mitigation meeting

A speed mitigation meeting was held with the city of Austin’s ATD (Austin Transportation Department) on Sunday 9/24/2017 at 4:30pm at the Balcones Country Club. Atendees spanned the Mountain, Balcones Village/Spicewood, the Enclave, and perhaps Spicewood Estates.  Approximately 75 people attended.

See the two files attached for the presentation from ATD and the presentation from me representing the multi-neighborhood survey and requests.

The short summary of the meeting is:

From ATD:

PROPOSED SPEED MITIGATION

  • Cedar Crest:  Four locations of Speed cushions
  • Clearock:  Two locations of Speed Cushions
  • Spicewood Parkway:  Possibility of flat top cushion installation

Messages from neighborhood to ATD:
– ATD is only listening to a small fraction of the impacted residents
– 95% of the neighborhood does not like the Spicewood Parkway Speed Bumps
– Request: remove those rubber speed bumps
– Request: do not install any more rubber speed bumps
– Engage the full neighborhood; change your policy

There are a several follow-ups under consideration and a few of us are going to meet Thursday to discuss next steps.

MNA Fall Social 2017

To All Mountain Neighborhood Residents,

Come eat, drink and do a little jig with us!

We are excited to bring another fun-filled Mountain Neighborhood Association (MNA)-sponsored social event for the residents of the Mountain community this year. Please join us for our upcoming Annual Fall Social on Nov 11 2017, from 1-5 PM at the Mountain View Park pavilion.

Similar to “Movie Under the Stars,” this event will be a lot of fun and another great opportunity to meet more of your neighbors and/or reconnect with them. We will be providing a full spread of Mediterranean-themed dishes, including drinks and live music.

This event is open to all Mountain residents.  Food / drinks are complimentary for all MNA members. Visitors and non-member may partake in the food/drinks for a nominal fee of $10 per person. Any new or existing Mountain resident interested in becoming a member can register via the link below or at the MNA Membership Drive table at the event.   Membership to the MNA is voluntary and is $50/family per year.  Please register here to become an MNA member: http://mountainneighborhood.com/join

In closing, please RVSP for the event by Nov 8 so we can get an accurate count for food.  An Evite has been sent to those we have email addresses for so we apologize if we have missed you. If you haven’t received an Evite to the event, please go to http://evite.me/x7xM4tEz2G..

Please feel free to bring folding chairs if you’d like to sit and listen to the live music, including bikes/toys for your children to play with.

Also, we’re seeking 6 helping hands for some easy set up and break-down. If you can offer a helping hand, please email Donna, .

See you at the Fall Social!

MNA Board

Outdoor Summer Movie 

	@ The Mountain View Park Field
Open to all Mountain Neighborhood residents

Movie Title: To be announced (Stay tuned)
Saturday, June 10, 2017
7:30 p.m. Ice Cream Social

Feature Presentation will start after 8 PM (as soon as it’s dark enough).

Bring drinks/coolers, popcorn, bug repellant, blankets and camping chairs; or bring a sleeping bag & wear your favorite jammies - whatever you need to be able to enjoy outdoor movie experience.

A special thanks to our MNA HOA for sponsoring this event.

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Meet With City Councilman Jimmy Flannigan About Anderson Mill’s Road Improvements

We’ve come a long way in our efforts to finally get much delayed safety improvements to Anderson Mill Road (between 183 and 620).  We started by calling 311 to report problem areas, speaking up at District 6 town halls and posting our concerns on the Mobility ATX Forum which included Anderson Mill Road as one of the top 5 traffic concerns in the report this group delivered to the City of Austin in 2016.

And, most important, the City of Austin included over $5 million for improvements to this section of Anderson Mill Rd in the 2016 Mobility Bond proposal which was approved by voters in November.

Now, we have an opportunity to both hear from and provide feedback to city traffic engineers and our District 6 City Councilman, Jimmy Flannigan about plans for spending this bond money.

Please join us at the Anderson Mill Road Public Meeting on Saturday, March 11th from 10 am – noon at Spicewood Elementary School, 11601 Olson Drive.  Invite your neighbors and friends!