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Jan. 25 BHNA General Meeting agenda

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Be sure to mark your calendar now to attend the BHNA General Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 25 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, located at the corner of Barton Skyway and Barton Hills Drive. A pre-meeting dinner is available for $7 at 6 PM followed by the General Meeting at 7 PM.

7:00         Call to order
7:05         Self-introductions of new BHNA officers
7:10         Recognition of retiring BHNA officers
7:15         Approval of minutes (Written treasurer’s report available at meeting or by e-mail request to pitluklaw@aol.com)
7:16         Presentation by Chris Dolan, City of Austin, Planning & Development Review Dept. on oak wilt in Barton Hills
7:30         Discussion and possible action on the proposed closure of Barton Hills Elementary School by Austin Independent School District
8:00         Committee Reports:

  • Neighborhood Watch
  • Greenbelt Guardians
  • Area Development
  • Austin Neighborhood Council

8:30         Call for nominations of neighborhood improvement projects
8:35         Other business
8:45         Adjourn

Greenbelt Guardian Work Day Sat. Nov. 6, 9-12:30

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Greenbelt Guardians LogoBARTON CREEK GREENBELT WORK DAY
Saturday, November 6, 9:00 AM – 12:30- PM

Greenbelt Fans,

This is to notify that we will be working only from the Spyglass Trail entry to the greenbelt this coming Saturday, 11/6, from 9:00 – 12:30. We had originally planned to also work at Homedale Trail access, but have decided to focus on continuing with aggressive invasives removal at Spyglass Trail. It is one of the most infested areas, and we want to continue the positive momentum.

We can use more volunteers, so please RSVP if you can lend a hand. We want to make sure we have plenty of tools and food for the work day.

All who come, PLEASE wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants and closed toe shoes. Also bring your favorite work gloves if you have some, if not, we can provide. Some folks got into poison ivy last work day, so we encourage all to use the Poison Ivy block that we provide.

We will have some tacos to get us started, then we will go into full work mode: 1) Ligustrum removal with chainsaws, handsaws and herbicide, or weed wrenches. 2) Nandina removal with shovels or weed wrenches (depends on soil moisture). 3) Windrow construction using pruners and loppers. Also trash pick-up.

This work day will close out our 2010 work cycle. Thanks to all who participated and helped us make a difference by restoring habitat, repairing trails, and keeping the area cleared of debris.

Glee Ingram
Greenbelt Guardians Coordinator
(512) 443-7522
gleeful@earthlink.net

Hats off to Kay Killen!

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Many thanks to Kay Killen, a long-standing neighbor and activist in Barton Hills. She is moving after more than 16 years of service to the neighborhood. We say “Hats off to you, Kay!” We wish you well in all your future endeavors and you will always have an honorary membership here.

Kay's cake
Cake for Kay at the Oct. BHNA Meeting
Hats on
Hats worn at Oct. BHNA meeting to honor Kay
Hats on for Kay
Hat fashions inspired by Kay
Kay and cake
The fabulous Kay Killen