Mark your calendars for March 4, 10 AM to give Balcones Park and Greenbelt a spring cleaning. We will be cleaning trash, clearing debris from trails, managing invasive plants, installing a border around the volleyball court and retrieving gravel from the playscape (kid friendly – bring a bucket). Sign up at
https://austinparks.givepulse.com/event/36553-Balcones-Park-and-Greenbelt-Beautification Hope to see you in the park!
Our dedicated landscape designers have been working hard using your feedback to come up with two potential site layouts for our new playground and pavilion. Two meetings will be held to discuss in detail both concept plans and gather final feedback on which option our community prefers along with other details. We hope you can join us!
– Thurs., Feb. 9 at 7pm at Milwood Baptist Church
– Sat., Feb. 11 at 10am at Milwood Baptist Church**
RSVP here
If you cannot make one of the meetings, we hope to also make voting available online & at the library, but the meetings do allow for more details viewings, questions and feedback so we highly recommend trying to attend one of the meetings if you can. If you can’t attend, sign up here to get notified about an online survey.
Special thanks to our three amazing designers, Kristy Street, Neal Charles, & Kim Gilbertson, for all of their hard work and dedication to this project. It is very much appreciated!!
**There is a chance that we will be able to provide childcare if needed at the Saturday, Feb 11th meeting so please let us know if you need it and would attend by RSVPing.
For those who love the numbers and feedback like we do and want to see the data that drove the designers’ decisions… Here is the compiled data from the Park Survey that was circulated in 2016 regarding improvements to Balcones Park!
Compiled Data based on Survey Monkey
Data straight from Survey Monkey
While it begins on Feb 13, please consider placing your items out by Sunday so they have the best chance of being reused or recycled by those driving through picking up items before the city does.
Also note it is a weekend where lots of non-neighborhood traffic comes through so lock your doors and be careful items in your front yard,etc aren’t easy to grab or too near the curb to avoid any accidental loses.
We collect items that are too large for your trash cart during specially-scheduled bulk collections. This list is not all inclusive, please see below for items that can go.
Bulk Items Include:
> Doors
> Carpet
> Furniture
> Appliances (remove doors for safety)
> Passenger car tires (remove rims; limit 8 tires per house)
> Lawn mowers (remove gas/oil)
> Railroad ties (cut in half)
> Pallets
> Rolled fencing
> Nail-free lumber
Bulk Item Collection Crews Cannot Collect:
>Brush, household trash, cardboard boxes, hazardous materials, mirrors, automotive chassis and bodies, motorcycles, trailers, boats and tires that are still mounted on rims
>Sheet glass and other construction and remodeling debris
Collection Guidelines
> Place bulk items at the curb in front of your house by 6:30 a.m. on the first day of your scheduled collection week
> Separate items into three piles as described below
> To prevent damage to your property, keep items 5 feet away from your trash cart, mailbox, fences or walls, water meter, telephone connection box and parked cars. Do not place any items under low hanging tree limbs or power lines
> Austin Resource Recovery only collects bulk items from its residential trash and recycling customers
> Items will not be collected if they are in an alley in any area, including Hyde Park, in front of a vacant lot or in front of a business
> Do not put items in bags, boxes or other containers. Bulk collection is for items too large to fit in containers. Bags will be treated as extra trash and are subject to extra trash fees.
Separate Items into Three Piles
> Metal items – Includes appliances (remove doors). These are taken to our Resource Recovery Center for recycling
> Passenger car tires – Rims must be removed. Limit of eight tires per household. We cannot collect truck or tractor tires. Tires will go to a tire recycling facility
> Non-metal items – Includes carpeting and nail-free lumber. These items go to a landfill. Austin Resource Recovery is working on plans to salvage reusable items from bulk collection to help meet the City of Austin’s Zero Waste goal
Because these piles are collected by different trucks, they may be collected at different times throughout the week.
All are welcome to join us for Milwood’s first Mobility & Neighborhood Planning Committees meeting. This Wed Jan 18 at 7pm at Abel’s North (hopefully in Board Room, which is a left at hostess stand then immediate right across from bar)
Milwood Neighborhood Assoc. is teaming up with Council Member Leslie Pool to establish a Neighborhood Planning Workgroup AND a Mobility Workgroup. The goal will be to help our neighborhood with growing traffic concerns and to create an Official Neighborhood Plan that the city can work from when development comes up in our area.
To join the meeting or committee, sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/yD3yoathFccpyCGI3 or email mnaboard@milwoodna.com or reply here so if the location changes we can make sure to let you know.
Help Milwood Neighborhood Assoc reach our New Year Resolutions for 2017 & continue to grow by making the $15 yearly voluntary dues. It’s easy, safe and quick. Simply click HERE
Believe us when we say we do a lot with the money and could really use your support to continue improving Milwood! Below are some examples:
Here is what MNA did in 2016 for Milwood with the help of many:
– Received 2 Grants for $200,000 for Balcones Park Improvements
– Applied for another Grant for Creekside Trail Repairs
– Organized 3 amazing Landscape Designers to create a Concept Plan for our Park (Kristy Street, Neal Charles, & Kim Gilbertson)
– Arranged for the City to provide Balcones Park with a New Larger Playground in 2017
– Presented the City with an improved trail alignment and low water crossing option for the Northern Walnut Creek Trail
– Pressured the City to speed up the Library Renovations & provide the Book Mobile & got $10,000 donated to our library from Google Fiber
– Supported Summitt Elementary
– Supported our Neighborhood Businesses
– Held the Biggest ever July 4th Parade & Picnic
– Liasioned with the City on the Amherst & Duval Intersection Changes
– Holiday Lighting Contest
– Held two Neighborhood-wide Garage Sales (Spring & Fall)
– Monthly Emails & Regular Website Updates
– Crime Alerts
– Held two It’s My Park Clean-up Days (Spring & Fall)
– Established a Neighborhood Group Rate with a Curbside Composting Company
– & More!
Here are our Goals for 2017:
– Establish Neighborhood Planning Workgroup to create an Official Neighborhood Plan
– Establish a Mobility Workgroup to help our neighborhood with growing traffic and concerns
– Complete the Concept Plan for Balcones Park & see Improvements Installed
– Oversee the Completion of the Creekside Trail and the Northern Walnut Creek Trail to establish a easy walking loop around the Park
– Host a Batteries, Oil, Paint & Antifreeze Collection (Spring)
– Continue to work with the City on projects in our area
– Grow our Neighborhood Watch / Crime Alerts & Block Captains
– Work with CapMetro on an alternative service option
– Continue to Push the City for Longer Swim Session
– & More plus the incomplete & annual items from the 2016 list above!
Join Now and Help MNA Make ALL These Things Happen!
https://milwoodna.com/the-association/pay-dues/
Not sure if your dues have expired or have an idea of a goal MNA should add, email us at mnaboard (at) milwoodna.com.
It wasn’t too hard to pick the top 8 or 10, but only 5? That was tough! There were so many good ones to choose from. Thanks for all the votes and nominations! We hope you can go by and check them out before the holiday season ends!
Go Like and See the pictures at MNA’s Facebook Page (photos by Tim McMullen)
Best Overall: 3806 Hawkshead Dr
Best Overall: 12523 Enchanted Forest
Best Inflatables: 12011 Freemont Cove
Best Motion: 11930 Dorsett
Best Theme: 4107 Adelphi Ln
Runner-up: 12007 Wycliff Ln
We hope you enjoy the lights and Happy Holidays!
A Big Thanks to MNA Board Member’s Tim McMullen and Michael Lewis for managing the contest!
2016 Nominee List:
12011 Fremont Cove
12123 Arrowwood Dr
12239 Forsythe Dr
12112 Wycliff Ln
12323 Wycliff Ln
12402 Bedrock Trl
12408 B Coronet
12421 Turtleback Ln
3806 Hawkshead Dr
3825 Cologne Ln
3902 Cologne Ln
3907 Cologne Ln
4100 Kilgore Ln
4103 Kilgore Ln
4105 Kilgore Ln
4204 Cumbria Ln
4505 Pelham Dr
4620 Sidereal Dr
4806 Transit Circle
4808 Pelham Dr
Friendly Reminder… Monday starts off Large Brush Collection!
(If you are pruning any Oak Trees for the pick-up, please make sure and follow the correct steps to protect your tree against Oak Wilt, for your sake and your neighbors’. If you are unsure of what those steps are, feel free to inquiry here. Thanks!)
Collection Guidelines
– Brush should be between 5 and 15 feet in length.
– Tree trunks more than 8 inches in diameter should be 3-feet-long or less.
– Do not include vines or thorny vegetation.
– Place large brush at the curb in front of your house by 6:30 a.m. on the first day of your scheduled collection week.
– Cut ends should face the street.
– Stack loosely along the curb in one row, not more than 15 feet across and no higher than 4 feet.
– Do not block the sidewalk.
– Do not extend into the street.
– To prevent damage to your property, keep items 5 feet away from your trash cart, mailbox, fences or walls, water meter, telephone connection box and parked cars. Do not place any items under low hanging tree limbs or power lines.
– Austin Resource Recovery only collects large brush from its residential trash and recycling customers and from homes in some recently annexed areas.
– Items will not be collected if they are in an alley in any area including Hyde Park, or if they are in front of a business or a vacant lot.
Brush Drop-Off
You can drop off brush at the Recycle & Reuse Drop-Off Center.
