Spicewood at Bull Creek HOA
When: Sunday 6/24/12
Where: Balcones Country Club - BCC is opening the doors to the community
What: Family Day (Two local HOA’s coming together “SBCHOA and BVSHOA”)
Activities include: Concert in the Park, Food, Drinks, Golf, Demo Day, Range Clinics, Child Activities, Swimming, etc.
Be on the lookout for additional information coming soon.
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Proper set out of trash and recycling containers
We need your help! Residents frequently set their trash and recycling carts too close together, causing operational issues for Austin Resource Recovery collection crews. Carts should be placed 5 feet apart and away from mailboxes, cars and other objects. Please help us spread the word to your neighbors, friends and family.
Why 5 feet apart?
The trucks that collect trash and recycling are equipped with automatic arms that pick up the carts. If carts are set too close together or too close to other objects, the drivers have to get out of their trucks to move the carts so the automatic arm can pick up the cart without bumping into or knocking over anything.
The crews can collect materials more safely and efficiently when your recycling cart, trash cart and yard trimmings are placed 5 feet apart from each other and from other objects like parked cars, mailboxes, etc.
What if I don’t have room to set my carts 5 feet apart?
We understand that some areas won’t allow for this; simply set the carts as far apart as possible.
Other Important Collection Guidelines:
• Always place the handle of the cart toward your house.
• Your trash cart, recycling cart and yard trimmings must be placed at the curb by 6:30 a.m. on your collection day.
• Do not put recycling or yard trimmings in plastic bags. Plastic bags cannot be recycled in Single Stream Recycling and cannot be composted with yard trimmings.
• Help prevent litter by bagging your trash and allowing room for the cart lid to close.
• Extra bags of trash that do not fit in your trash cart with the lid closed must be placed next to the trash cart and tagged with an Extra Trash Sticker, which can be purchased at most local grocery stores ($4 + tax).
• Extra bags without a sticker will be charged a per-bag fee of $8 + tax.
• Do not put carts in the path of the mail truck or on top of a water meter.
For more information, visit austinrecycles.com.
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After approval by the HOA Board, there were a fair number of changes to the Texas laws relating to HOA/POA s which were enacted by the last Legislature. We are therefore withdrawing the proposed changes to the Declarations of Covenants and Restrictions. Once we have had a chance to review these changes, the Board will reconsider and submit needed revisions for consideration by the homeowners.
To promote family and pet safety, I have a "Snake Safety Class" that I have been presenting in the Austin area for over 10 years. This program has been well received by residents who want to learn more about Austin area snakes. Identification and safety issues are presented using live animals. HOA's such as Steiner Ranch, Tera Vista, Hays County Neighborhood, and Lake Pointe are just a few that have hosted this presentation.
My snake identification website has been up for over 10 years and is tailored to the Central Texas Area to make snake identification easier.
Learn the answers to the following at one of my snake safety classes and more…
Learn how non-venomous snakes help keep venomous snakes away from our homes.
What’s the most beneficial snake in Central Texas?
What’s the largest snake in Texas?
What’s the safe thing to do when a snake is seen?
How do we discourage snakes from living in our yard?
Does snake repellant work?
What venomous snakes are in our area?
Are baby rattlesnakes born with a rattle?
Can you tell the age of a rattlesnake by its rattles?
How difficult is it to be bitten by a Texas Coral Snake?
Do we have Water Moccasins here?
I charge $150.00 for the class. It usually runs from 1 hour to 1.5 hours depending on the number of people.
Locations over 30 miles from Georgetown will incur a travel fee.
Giving this website to residents will quite often dissolve potential snake problems or issues.
See our ingenious venomous and non-venomous snakes in a safe and secure environment for an entertaining and educational experience.
Tim Cole
(512) 83-SNAKE
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Conservation through Education
Police Liason
Within the past few weeks, a few residents experienced some vandalism on their property. Several homeowners reported that large flower pots were broken from back patios, off mail boxes, and in front yards. If anyone has incidents to report or needs non-emergency police assistance, our neighborhood police liaison is Officer Joe Hebbe. Officer Hebbe can be reached at the follow phone and/or email address:
Joe Hebbe #2566
Austin Police Department
Region II District Representatives
(512) 974-4289
Joe.hebbe@austintexas.gov.
Neighborhood Signs
The Covenants and Restrictions for Spicewood at Bull Creek are written to discourage signs in the neighborhood. However, we are in the midst of the political season, and many people wish to display temporary signs that support political candidates. The Homeowners Association Board has discussed this practice, and concluded that a reasonable number of political signs (2-3) will be acceptable during the period just prior to elections, and that these signs should be taken down promptly after the election.
We have also considered that a sign honoring student athletic or other school activities is generally acceptable.
Dear Spicewood at Bull Creek Neighbors
We all want our yards and our neighbor’s yards to be at their best, recent weather patterns may make this a bit more difficult. We had record heat and drought last summer, distressing all yards. Then we have had a very mild winter with minimum freezes to help control the weed population. With rain in recent weeks, weeds are just exploding, and mowing may do more harm than good as weed seeds and pollen might be spread.
Still, we should be doing what we can - removing dead bushes and trees, especially evergreen trees and bushes close to homes, as their dry, dead needles present a significant fire threat. Digging up large weeds may help without spreading them to other yards.
Bottom line, please be patient but also please do what you can as the entire neighborhood recovers from a weather pattern that favors our weed population.
Spicewood at Bull Creek HOA
info@spicewoodbullcreek.org
