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New Babies - Mary Lea McAnally and husband Britt Pasloske had a baby girl, Kay, at home on Mother's Day May 12. ZNA Board member and newsletter contributor Donna Barton and husband Rob and had a baby girl Abigail, on May 19, also born at home. She joins three year old brother Shae. Congrats to the new Zilkerbabies!
From: 1996_July new
noise
SPECIAL, EVENTS POLICY NEIGHBORHOOD NOISE
Public Hearing Set For Tuesday, Novem by Larry Akers
Over six months of negotiations still have not produced livable limits on amplified sound in the draft Special Events Policy for Austin's parks, but now is the time for the policymakers to hear directly from those most immediately affected by the late night drumbeat.
Two elements of the policy endanger the integrity of Town Lake neighborhoods:
1) The amplified sound curfew allows a number of events to continue until midnight on weeknights and specifically allows the Austin Aqua Festival to blast music until 12:48 a.m. on every night of its operation.
2) Quotas on the number of annual late night (after 10 p.m.) concerts allow for significantly more than we have now, both at Auditorium Shores and the Zilker soccer fields.
The positions requested by neighborhood negotiation have been strict limits of midnight on weekends and nights preceding holidays and 10 p.m. on all other nights, with quotas set to allow no more late night events than we currently endure. This itself is a compromise position from our original request for a strict 10 p.m. limit on all days.
Our last and best shot is right now! The Special Events Taskforce will conduct a public hearing this Tuesday, November 21, at 5:30 p.m. in the large meeting room at Town Lake Center (the Sumiken Building) at 721 Barton Springs Road.
The taskforce needs to hear our voices loud and clear. Some members are fence-straddling and have made remarks like saying that if the late night noise were in their (West Austin) neighborhood, they would go to court to stop it, yet they have voted for the late curfews. That is a double stand, folks, but it is also an indication their votes could be swayed.
The policy strategy will be discussed at the ZNA meeting Monday night.
From: 1989_November noise
noise
The Sounds of Summer - The summer season has brought a combination of factors together to create some unhappy Zilker neighbors; live, amplified music, open windows, and an unusual natural ampitheater effect. The June 11 ZNA board meeting mushroomed into a approximately 25-strong meeting with the APD, Fire Department, TABC, a representative of at least one restaurant, and quite a few Zilker dwellers. Some folks who live in the north end of Zilker, particularly those on the cliff above Barton Springs road are faced with the sounds of music so loud it sounds as if they hired the band themselves. Perhaps some people enjoy the loud music, but we're heard quite a few complaints. Frustrated neighbors, spearheaded by Charles Whitford have been working with the Austin Police Department trying to get some relief. Charles and others are keeping a close eye (and ear) on the situation, and are quick to lodge complaints when the restaurants/clubs go past their legal decibel and time limits. We will have information about filing complaints to handout at the meeting.
From: 1996_July noise
noise
Noise
Several neighbors met in arbitration with representatives of the beer joints and nightclubs that used to be restaurants on Barton Springs Road and reached agreements that hopefully will alleviate some of the abuses of noise and patron parking in our neighborhood. The two major offenders have agreed to make changes effective this summer and the neighbors have agreed to postpone their criminal complaint trials pending the outcome of their efforts.
From: 1997_January noise
noise
Noise Ordinance
We are in the process of drafting a proposed noise ordinance to replace the current one that gives no protection to neighborhoods. You may remember from several newsletters ago that the last paragraph of the existing amplified noise ordinance exempts permanent businesses." Proposing a redraft of the noise ordinance was endorsed by the Austin Neighborhoods Council (ANC).
Councilmember Gus Garcia (our Lamar Bridge hero) told Kaye Trybus and Charles Whitford that he would call for a public hearing once the ANC endorsed a redraft. So, let's do it, Any suggestions?
Any volunteers?
From: 1997_June noise
nominations
2. Nomination of Officers. Nominations for President, Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Austin Neighborhoods Council Representative, and United South Austin Representative will be taken. The election will be held at the next Neighborhood Association meeting.
From: 1993_June nominations