Pemberton Heights - September 2015

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The Pemberton Journal

Official PublicatiOn Of PembertOn HeigHts neigHbOrHOOd assOciatiOn sePtember 2015, VOl Vi, issue iX


JULY 2015

PHNA INCOME & EXPENSES

Kimberly Comstock - PHNA Treasurer

BEGINNING BALANCE:Operating.........................................................$14,838.87Security.............................................................$31,398.53Triangles – KAB...............................................$14,943.00Gail’s Triangle....................................................$ 2,703.99Triangles – not KAB...........................................$2,445.00TOTAL..........................................................$66,329.39

REVENUE:Membership..........................................................$120.00Security..................................................................$222.00TOTAL...............................................................$342.00

EXPENSES:Bookkeeping..........................................................$100.00Bank Service Fee........................................................$5.00PayPal Fee – Operating..............................................$3.51PayPal Monthly – Oper.............................................$15.00PayPal Fee – Security.................................................$8.25PayPal Monthly – Sec..............................................$15.00P.O.Box Yearly Fee...................................................$82.00Water – Gail’s Triangle.............................................$22.11TOTAL..............................................................$250.87

ENDING BALANCE:Operating...........................................................$14,753.36Security ............................................................$31,597.28Triangles – KAB................................................$14,943.00Gail’s Triangle ...................................................$ 2,681.88Triangles – not KAB...........................................$2,445.00TOTAL .........................................................$66,420.52

HARTFORD TRIANGLE PARK UPDATE

Betty Trent, AIA LEED APThe plans for the proposed Hartford Triangle Park keep moving

ahead. This spring the Parks Board approved our concept plans based on a recommendation from the Parks Department Land and Facilities Committee. The Parks Board and the PARD committee were very enthusiastic about our public/private partnership to create a park in this area of the neighborhood. This approval gave us momentum to continue developing the plans needed to permit and construct the park.

We are now in the stage of looking into the financial and legal entity that will be able to fundraise and maintain the Park. This fall we will hold a Fundraising Campaign and hope that the park will receive widespread support from current and former neighbors. This will be an opportunity for families to honor their parents, grandparents or loved ones with a brick commemorating their names.

The park will provide a wide range of activities for children of all ages, along with providing quiet areas for adult use. It will be an asset to the neighborhood for years to come and will also provide a much needed venue for families and neighbors to connect.

dwg.HARTFORD PARK_site plan

trash receptacle

drinking fountain

bocce courtdeck with movable chairs

ADA parking

gravel walk

arbor

gravel plaza

crepe myrtles

benches

lawn

playscape

brick walk

seat wall

stone wall & fence

mitigation trees

live oak

custom entry gate crepe myrtles

fence

fl oweringshrub bed

fl oweringshrub bed

table + chairs

lawn outside fence

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PHNA CONTACT LISTSecurity, Traffic, MoPAC, Zoning and Permits, Governmental Liason, Neighborhood Social Events, Triangle Fundraising and Improvements

PresidentFrank Hartmann [email protected]

Vice PresidentTina Weinberger [email protected]

SecretaryAlly Kir ............................ [email protected]

TreasurerKimberly Comstock ......... [email protected]

Treasurer-ElectDon Simkins [email protected]

Security & TrafficTina Weinberger ....... [email protected]

BylawsBeverly Sutton .................................... [email protected]

Policy & ProceduresJane Hayman ...................... [email protected]

Government AffairsBetty Trent ................................ [email protected]

TrianglesFrank Hartmann ............. [email protected]

WebmastersEric Venditti ................ [email protected]

Don Simkins ............. [email protected]

COMMITTEE CHAIRS:

Call for PHNA Board NominationsNominations are now being accepted for positions on the PHNA

Board 2016. If you wish to have a say in issues that affect the neighborhood, or if you know someone who would be an asset to the Board, contact Tina Weinberger at [email protected] to place your name (or the name of a neighbor) on the ballot. Six seats are open this time. Any PHNA member may nominate another member so long as they’re a current dues payer. The nomination period will close at 5:00 p.m. on September 12th. Candidates will be announced as they are qualified. Voting will commence at the PHNA Picnic, and the new Board will take office on December 1st.

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Join the Pemberton Heights Neighborhood Association!The membership of the Association is open to all persons

who reside or own property within Pemberton Heights. Membership costs $30/year, and benefits include:• Annual neighborhood picnic• Landscaping and maintenance of Triangles • Voting rights on neighborhood issues (e.g. bylaws

amendments, Board elections)• Contribution to the administration of the PHNA• Community involvement and other social activities

Payments are now being accepted for the October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2015 membership period.

There are two ways to pay!You can pay online with any credit card using our PayPal

link, or you can send us a check.1. Pay online with a credit card. With this option, your

credit card will be charged $30 only once or you can pay using PayPal; you will not be billed automatically each year. A link to pay online can be found on the PHNA website.

2. Send us a check made to PHNA in the amount of $30 to:

Pemberton Heights Neighborhood AssociationP.O. Box 50388

Austin, Texas 78763-0388Join PHNA today!

SAVE THE DATE!Sunday, October 25, 4-7pm

Please save the date for the annual Pemberton Heights neighborhood picnic – a wonderful chance to meet and socialize with neighbors. We are in the process of planning the picnic and the social committee is working hard to make this the best picnic ever!

ABOUT THE PICNICThe Pemberton Heights neighborhood picnic is an annual tradition

held on Jean Mueller’s empty lot at 1404 Wooldridge. It’s a great chance to socialize with your neighbors, meet new ones, and sign up for the annual neighborhood carriage rides held in December. This year we are featuring:• Cabo Bob’s. They will again be providing fabulous tacos and

burritos. • Live Music by Mr. Wills will be returning.• Supervised bouncy house• Face painting• Homemade desserts donated by neighborhood volunteers• And much more still in the works!

Free to members! This is a Great Opportunity to pay your dues to be a PHNA member:

Neighborhood Association dues for 2014/2015: $30 per householdPay your dues online here: http://pembertonheights.org/about/

membership (preferred) or in person at the picnic

DON’T MISS THESE OPPORTUNITIES AT THE PICNIC:• Sign up for the Christmas Carriage Rides – limited availability –

this fills up fast!• Donate to the Security Fund that gives us security coverage year

round and supports the “away from home” watch program. Suggested donation $100.00

• Sign up for the PHNA Pet Registry, a tool to allow loose pets to be identified and returned home safely. Free.

• Sign up for NextDoor, the social website for the neighborhood.• Meet the Pemberton Heights Board of Directors.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:If you would like to volunteer to bring a homemade, nut-free dessert,

please contact Amanda Cowen @ [email protected]

NEW!! RSVP EARLY FOR A CHANCE TO WIN!All neighbors who RSVP by September 30 will be entered for a

chance to win a free carriage ride. The winner will have a carriage that seats 6 and will have first choice of available departure times.

LOOKING FOR PICNIC SPONSORSThe picnic is funded by neighborhood association dues and

sponsor donations. If you own a local business and are interested in becoming a sponsor and having your business listed on the website, picnic press releases and on a banner at the picnic should contact Amanda Cowen @ [email protected].



LET US LEND OUREXPERTISE.Ben RichardsPresident – Austin

Austin1011 West 40th [email protected]# 718851

ibtx.com

Did You Know? Windsor Road Bridge was built in 1928 in only 28

days. Prior to its construction, Pemberton Heights and other residents of west Austin could only access downtown by crossing Shoal Creek on the State Street Bridge-- now a pedestrian bridge adjacent to the 34th Street Bridge. Windsor Road Bridge has architectural merit in that it incorporates a difficult decorative concrete technique.

The bridge was widened to four lanes in 1939 as part of a Public Works Administration project during the Great Depression. In 1988, the city planned to demolish the bridge in order to widen Windsor Road to six lanes. However, citizens lobbied for preservation, and Windsor Road Bridge was given protected city historic landmark status the same year.



There are numerous ways to manage fire ants, but they are often broken into two categories- broadcast treatments and individual mound treatments. Individual mound treatments are used to treat one mound at a time and can be labor intensive and may result in more pesticide being spread into the environment. Broadcast treatments will spread product (granular or bait) over a large area.

Individual mound treatments include pouring boiling water onto the mound, using insecticide mound drenches, spreading insecticide granules onto the mound and watering them in, sprinkling insecticidal dusts on top of the mound or using bait-formulated insecticides around the perimeter of the mound. There are also many “home remedies”, but be advised that many of these do not kill fire ants. Many home remedies make the fire ants move to a new location (often 1-2 feet away), but do not kill the ants.

Bait-formulated insecticides most often consist of a defatted corn cob grit coated with soybean oil; the soybean oil is where the active ingredient (what kills the pest) is dissolved. Worker ants collect bait as a food source and take it back to the colony to share with other ants, including the queen. Depending on the active ingredient, the bait may cause the queen to die or be unable to produce viable eggs, which gradually kills off

FIRE ANT TREATMENTS

The information given herein is for educational purposes only. Reference to commercial products or trade names is made with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by Texas A&M

AgriLife Extension Service or the Texas A&M AgriLife Research is implied. Extension programs serve people of all ages regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status.

the colony. When using baits, results are often slower to observe when compared to individual mound treatments, but can provide 80-90% suppression for 12-18 months. A bonus to broadcasting baits is that the amount of active ingredient is generally very small, which places less chemical into the environment.

With any pesticide treatment, read and follow all label instructions. Make sure to water in the pesticide if the label instructs to do so. Failure to water in chemicals when recommended by the label does an inadequate job of killing the ants. Baits should not be watered in or used before a rainfall event; baits will not be picked up by ants if they get wet.

For more information or help with identification, contact Wizzie Brown, Texas AgriLife Extension Service Program Specialist at 512.854.9600. Check out my blog at www.urban-ipm.blogspot.com.


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