Early Voting for city elections goes from Monday, April 27, 2009 through Tuesday, May 05, 2009. The link below has information on all early voting locations (and yes, you can vote at any of them).
http://www.co.travis.tx.us/county_clerk/election/20090509/early.asp
The closest to the neighborhood is:
Randalls Research and Braker
10900-D Research Boulevard @ Braker Lane
Mon–Sat 7 am–7 pm, Sun Noon–6 pm
AISD, along with the E3 Alliance and Austin Voices, is sponsoring a series of Community Conversations to gather input from the public about education in our city. Over 30 neighborhood groups will gather in homes, libraries, schools, churches and other community spaces to talk about what we can do to educate the community’s children for the 21st century.  Notes from all of the community conversations will be compiled into a report that will be used by our new superintendent, Dr. Meria Carstarphen, and the AISD Board of Trustees as they develop a new strategic plan for the district.
The closest Community Conversation to Milwood is:
Friday, May 1
Davis Elementary 5214 Durval Rd.
8:30 – 10 a.m., cafeteria
His name is “White Catâ€. He is entirely white except for a grey smudge on the top of his head. There’s a good chance that he is pretty dirty because he likes to roll in the dirt. He is a male 5 year old that weighs about 15lbs. He was lost on Sunday, April 5, 2009 in the Duval/Dull Knife area of the Mesa Park Subdivision. We think he might have gotten into the drainage system and popped out on the north side of Duval somewhere. He is strictly and indoor cat (no collar) and so he’s probably very scared and won’t let anyone approach him. Reward if found. Please contact with any information.
Summer’s almost here. Come gather tips on starting and improving your vegetable garden from Kathy Boles of the Texas Master Gardners Association.
Date: Saturday April 25th
Time: 2pm – 3pm
Location: Milwood Library (Meeting Room)
The Austin Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) will meet with the community in April to review the draft document of the Parks and Recreation Long Range Plan for Land and Facilities (LRP). The document will be available, starting 04.01.09, to download for 30 days/month of April 2009. www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/longrangeplan.htm
The meetings will explain:
1. How input was gathered for the LRP
2. How input was implemented into LRP
3. Display where input is located within LRP
4. Open the floor for 3 minute citizen communication
The public meeting for the N/NW portion of the city will be Tues. April 14th, 2009. PARD does ask that input participation be from residents within the designated boundary to ensure the meeting stays on track and focuses only on recreational opportunities within these areas.
For residents unable to attend the public meeting, comments may be submitted to: longrangeplan@ci.austin.tx.us
If you have any questions prior to the meeting, please contact the PARD
Planning & Design Division at 974.6760.
Public Meeting for the N/NW portion of Austin
Tues. April 14, 2009
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Northwest Recreation Center – Gymnasium
2913 Northland Dr.
512.458.4107
Come out tonight at 7:00pm to the Covenant Methodist Church at 4410 Duval Rd, Austin, TX‎ to hear from Union Pacific on the siding project coming to a rail line near you.
Map is here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=4410+duval+road+covenant+church+duval&sll=30.4207,-97.727509&sspn=0.094442,0.206165&ie=UTF8&ll=30.4207,-97.727509&spn=0.098883,0.206165&z=13&iwloc=A
A small tidbit we wanted to note for those of you looking for new information on the commuter rail…
From the March 20 press release: By May 15, Capital Metro will report back to the community with the status of the project and an action plan.
so we’ll look forward to that…
