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Copyright © 2012 Peel, Inc. Cedar Park Town Center Living - January 2012 1 iving January 2012 Volume 3, Issue 1 Official Newsletter of the Cedar Park Town Center HOA L CEDAR PARK TOWN CENTER News from the Board I’m going to brief this month so that (hopefully) some other writers get their articles into this issue. You may have noticed that the last couple issues have been kind of skimpy, but that’s not for lack of submissions. Peel, Inc, our publisher distributes this newsletter for us at no charge, and they keep the ad revenue. Unfortunately, the current economic conditions have led to reduced ad placements, which results in smaller newsletters and the omission of some articles that were turned in. If you deal with a business that runs an ad, let them know you saw it here and that you appreciate it. Until next month…. Ken Walsh News from the Website I’m going to be brief here too... Pool keys are probably quite far from your mind in the middle of winter, but if you have lost your key and need to get a replacement, you can arrange it on-line at poolkey.com. is site is run by Goodwin, our property manager. e regular charge for replacing a key is $25, and there is no additional charge to the resident or the HOA for this service. You can specify whether you want the key mailed or held for pickup and arrange payment. - Ken Walsh Neighborhood Watch In the fifteen months since we started/resurrected our current Neighborhood Watch program we have made dramatic progress as crime has become almost non-existent. I receive a crime update every day showing a map of Cedar Park with all crime locations indicated on it and Cedar Park Town Center has almost become a sanctuary as almost every day there is crime all around us. As a result, I was sensing a troubling attitude of complacency from you and my neighbors. en, in late September, lightning struck. At 3:00 AM on September 30, a resident on Main Street woke up hearing someone slam a crow bar in to his back door lock. As he approached the door there was a second attempt but when he turned on the back light the intruder ran off. Very brazen and bold by the intruder. Please turn on your garage lights and put locks on your gates. Let’s be vigilant and keep our neighborhood safe. We have a safe neighborhood but don’t hesitate to call the police if you see a crime being committed or if something looks suspicious to you. We have lost some Block Captains due to changing job requirements and relocations and we need some new members. Nobody but us is going to keep our neighborhood safe, so please join us. HELLO FROM THE POOL COMMITTEE Yesterday we were walking by the pool and I noticed the lock on the gate that leads into the bathroom area was all messed up. Apparently someone had tried to jimmy it open. ey neglected to notice that there was a chain holding the gate shut as well… but nobody said vandals were rocket scientists. Anyway, I did file a police report.is brought to mind that when or if any of you are out walking and pass by the pool/ playground area, we still need to be vigilant about doing a simple walk-around to be sure everything is okay. With fewer residents using the area, it’s more susceptible to vandalism, so we really need to keep a close eye on it. If you see anything that isn’t right, please report it the police at 911 if it’s an emergency or 512-260-4600 for non-emergencies, And please let me know too at 512-658-9605 (or 9604). ank you, Diana Walsh - Pool Comm. Chair - [email protected]
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CEDAR PARK TOWN CENTER LIVING
ivingJanuary 2012 Volume 3, Issue 1
Official Newsletter of theCedar Park Town Center HOA
LCEDAR PARK
TOWN CENTER
News from the BoardI’m going to brief this month so that (hopefully) some other writers get their articles into this
issue. You may have noticed that the last couple issues have been kind of skimpy, but that’s not for lack of submissions. Peel, Inc, our publisher distributes this newsletter for us at no charge, and they keep the ad revenue. Unfortunately, the current economic conditions have led to reduced ad placements, which results in smaller newsletters and the omission of some articles that were turned in.If you deal with a business that runs an ad, let them know you saw it here and that you appreciate it.
Until next month…. Ken Walsh
News from the WebsiteI’m going to be brief here too... Pool keys are probably quite far from your mind in the middle
of winter, but if you have lost your key and need to get a replacement, you can arrange it on-line at poolkey.com. This site is run by Goodwin, our property manager. The regular charge for replacing a key is $25, and there is no additional charge to the resident or the HOA for this service. You can specify whether you want the key mailed or held for pickup and arrange payment. - Ken Walsh
Neighborhood WatchIn the fifteen months since we started/resurrected our current Neighborhood Watch program we
have made dramatic progress as crime has become almost non-existent. I receive a crime update every day showing a map of Cedar Park with all crime locations indicated on it and Cedar Park Town Center has almost become a sanctuary as almost every day there is crime all around us. As a result, I was sensing a troubling attitude of complacency from you and my neighbors. Then, in late September, lightning struck. At 3:00 AM on September 30, a resident on Main Street woke up hearing someone slam a crow bar in to his back door lock. As he approached the door there was a second attempt but when he turned on the back light the intruder ran off. Very brazen and bold by the intruder. Please turn on your garage lights and put locks on your gates.
Let’s be vigilant and keep our neighborhood safe. We have a safe neighborhood but don’t hesitate to call the police if you see a crime being committed or if something looks suspicious to you. We have lost some Block Captains due to changing job requirements and relocations and we need some new members. Nobody but us is going to keep our neighborhood safe, so please join us.
HELLO FROMTHE POOL
COMMITTEEYesterday we were walking by
the pool and I noticed the lock on the gate that leads into the bathroom area was all messed up. Apparently someone had tried to jimmy it open. They neglected to notice that there was a chain holding the gate shut as well…but nobody said vandals were rocket scientists. Anyway, I did file a police report.This brought to mind that when or if any of you are out walking and pass by the pool/playground area, we still need to be vigilant about doing a simple walk-around to be sure everything is okay. With fewer residents using the area, it’s more susceptible to vandalism, so we really need to keep a close eye on it. If you see anything that isn’t right, please report it the police at 911 if it’s an emergency or 512-260-4600 for non-emergencies, And please let me know too at 512-658-9605 (or 9604).
Thank you, Diana Walsh- Pool Comm. Chair -
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EMERGENCY NUMBERS EMERGENCY .............................................................911 Fire ...............................................................................911 Ambulance....................................................................911 Cedar Park Police Non-Emergency .............. 512-260-4600
SCHOOLS Leander ISD ............................................... 512-434-5000
UTILITIES City of Cedar Park Water ............................. 512-401-5300 Perdernales Electric ...................................... 512-331-8883 ATMOS Gas Service .................................1-800-460-3030 Solid Waste Services ..................................... 512-401-5678 Williamson County News ...........................www.nixle.com
AT&T Customer Service ......................................1-800-288-2020
TIME WARNER Customer Service ......................................... 512-418-8848
PRESIDENT Kate McDonald (D.R. Horton) [email protected] Ken Walsh (Resident) ................................ [email protected]/TREASURER Stacy Laine (D.R. Horton).................................................. PROPERTY MANAGER Celeste Schulz [email protected], 512-852-7922
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COMMITTEESNEIGHBORHOOD WATCH Robert Ingraham…….…[email protected]
POOL Diana Walsh……………[email protected]
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EDITOR’S NOTESBy LeighAnne Fulcher, Cedar Park Town Center Living Editor
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDTO SPREAD CRUSHED GRANITE
ON OUR NEW HIKE & BIKE TRAIL
Would you like to see an outdoor hike and bike trail in our community? If so, would you be willing to help on a Saturday or Sunday (or other day?) and help make this a reality in Cedar Park Town Center? My name is Brian Collins and I’m trying to get the trail segments around our two water retention ponds connected by crushed granite trails similar to Austin’s Ladybird (Town) Lake. Once complete, we will be able to walk, bike, or run around the ponds without having to back-track or walk through tall weeds or over dangerous rocky terrain.
The City has completed a number of projects in Cedar Park when residents express an interest in participating either financially or by providing labor. We were shot down on prior appeals to the Parks Board and City Council when they were asked to complete the trails as standalone City projects. I am, therefore, trying a different approach. Our citizenry will demonstrate how much interest we have in having this park amenity improved as a benefit for the entire City. We need to be willing to offer our time and labor to make it happen.
In a meeting with Curt Randa (Cedar Park Recreation Department Director) and his superintendent last month, Mr. Randa seemed fairly comfortable saying that if we can participate by providing light labor in spreading the granite around, he could more readily convince the City to release funding for the improvements. He will purchase crushed granite and provide some city labor to run the Bobcat to complete initial scraping of the trail (there will also be some engineering involved up front to make sure that the trail meets certain codes). We, the residents of Town Center, will provide the labor to move the granite from the piles to the trail bed and spread it.
Mr. Randa anticipated that a January or February schedule before he would have any necessary engineering completed and be able to commit his work force to carving the trail out. There are also some water analysis issues (storm water drainage, et al) that will need to be addressed. If you are interested in helping make our hike and bike trail a reality, please e-mail me your contact information or call me with questions, and/or additional suggestions.
Brian Collins | 512-913-3969 | [email protected]
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