ACL Festival

ACL Festival Neighborhood Information

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Neighbors,

ACL Fest is scheduled for October 4-6 and 11-13 this year at Zilker Park. Below you’ll find the road closure and traffic control maps. Not everyone is on the listserve and if you could help direct fellow neighbors to the information it would be most appreciated.

ACL does have dedicated patrol stationed in the area during the festival (the number below doesn’t get activated until right before the event). It does take you to Command Central which can dispatch fairly quickly. Additionally 911 is always available depending on your situation.

Command Central: 646-432-0753 (Note new number)

Below is a quick summary.

SCHEDULED CLOSURES

ZILKER PARK GREAT LAWN
Sept. 23 – Oct. 26 closed to the public Oct. 18 festival load out ends
Oct. 21 – 25 park maintenance

STRATFORD DRIVE at Nature Center Dr & Barton Springs Rd Sept. 25 & 26 7am – 10pm daily
Oct. 4 12:01am – Oct. 7 3am
Oct. 11 12:01am – Oct. 14 3am

BARTON SPRINGS ROAD at Robert E. Lee & Rollingwood Dr Oct. 4 12:01am – Oct. 7 3am
Oct. 11 12:01am – Oct. 14 3am
ROADS REOPEN OCT. 7-10

During this time, a portion of the areas in and surrounding Zilker Park will be accessible to the public including Barton Springs, Rugby Field and the Botanical Gardens and Austin Nature and Science Center.

PARKING

Due to the increase in restricted parking areas, appropriate signage will be installed earlier, as well as allowing for time for corrections prior to the event commencing.

These signs are valid upon installation. Please adhere to the signage. The restricted parking area signage will stay UP between weekends. They remain valid during this time period.

NEIGHBORHOOD INFO

Neighborhood Call-In Line — 646-432-0753
Noise Complaints — Call the neighborhood call-in line, or 311.
Festival Questions — info@aclfestival.com

Sincerely yours,

Melissa

Melissa Hawthorne
President, Barton Hills Neighborhood Association
P.O. Box 41206
Austin, TX 78704
(512) 560-0044

Austin City Limits Festival 2012

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Neighbors,

ACL is coming up on October 12-14.  You can start to see the beginnings…

This year there are additional officers in the Dedicated Neighborhood ROVING Patrol  10 officers and 1 sergeant (increased from 7 and 1), Roving 10 am until approximately 11 pm daily as well as 2 APD Officers (on Bikes) in the Barton Creek Greenbelt, 12pm-8pm.

The dial in number for ACL related response is (646) 578-8562. 

These officers are stationed and roving to be here in the area(s) impacted.

This year there are a number of streets that will have temporary No Parking zones that will be enforced by the police during ACL. The NP signs will be deployed on Wednesday and Thursday, October 10 and 11, but become enforceable Friday, October 12.

The streets with No Parking zones are shown on the attached map.

Please warn your neighbors. Only a small percentage of the population of the neighborhood is subscribed to this Yahoo Group. Parking within 30′ of the approach to a stop sign, within 15′ of a fire hydrant are illegal and will be enforced. Also, make sure when you park on the street that the right wheels of your vehicle are closest to the curb.

Please don’t put barriers in the street. It is public property and the police will ask you to remove them. I suggest placing orange cones along the curb, but not in the street.

The FAA allows the aerial advertisers. The city and C3 Presents have no control over them.

FAA low flying aircraft information

The San Antonio Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) is the office that would take complaints about safety violations. That number is (800) 292-2023. The FAA does not, however, take calls regarding nuisance complaints.  Nuisance/aircraft noise complaints would go to the Aviation Department. Stephen Dick Stephen.dick@austintexas.gov would be the point of contact for those. His number is (512) 530-5541.

I strongly urge you to use this number to report parking and other violations: (646) 578-8562

See the bottom of this page for road closure info:  http://www.aclfestival.com/plan/getting-here/

If you would like to volunteer to monitor traffic and parking we could always use your help. Contact John Luther jluther@austin.rr.com or myself mwh@austin.rr.com

Thanks,

Melissa

Melissa Hawthorne
President, Barton Hills Neighborhood Association
PO Box 2042
Austin, TX 78768-2042

KXAN news: ACL fire preparations

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KXAN’s Reagan Hackleman reported live from Zilker Park again last night during the evening news with a story about preparations by Austin Fire Deparment for the crowds expected for the Austin City Limits Festival that runs today through Sunday.

Our own Neighborhood Watch chairman John Luther was interviewed and included in the story, describing actions residents of Barton Hills are taking to heighten awareness of the fire danger. Luther said “The fire danger is extreme The greenbelt is rugged. It would difficult to get fire equipment in there, if not impossible.”

City officials held a press conference Thursday morning at Zilker Park where Austin Police Lt. Todd Smith stated “This is about the most dangerous place in Austin where a fire could start and it could really cause a lot of damage.” Fire Department Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr said ,”Yes we are concerned. Yes we are prepared. We’re staffing up additional brush trucks.”