As some of you all know I was not able to attend the planning and zoning meeting held on the 20th due to a death in the family. I therefore have no idea what the outcome of the meeting was. I have emailed the city requesting this information and as soon as I get it I will share it with you all. As for a final decision the city counsel will make that at a later date. Its not too late to stop AFP from being rezoned and I plan to attend the city counsel meeting to do my part to stop them. Please feel free to contact me at the email listed below if you have any questions.

Scott, Tex_251@earthlink.net

ON 10-7-08, this message was received by Scott Askew -->

This morning the Planning Department met with our GIS Department to verify your petition. It appears that the petition does not meet the 20% of affected property owners as we first thought last night. I have attached a copy of the map of the surrounding property.

State Law Provides:

The protest must be written and signed by the owners of at least 20 percent of either:

(1) the area of the lots or land covered by the proposed change; or

(2) the area of the lots or land immediately adjoining the area covered by the proposed change and extending 200 feet from that area.

The commission will most likely reconsider this matter again at their October 20th meeting. In addition to the State requirements that we notify all property owners within 200 feet the City also notifies all property owners within 500 feet and the affected Home Owners Association. Since we have already notified these property owners the City will not re-notify the area. You may submit additional petitions in order to protest this application and require the City Council to have 3/4ths of its members vote to approve the zoning change if you so desire. The staff would request that any additional petitions be filed at the City Planning Office at least 24 hours before a meeting so that we may verify the petition.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact my office.

Regards, Floyd Akers 512-670-5526

I then called and spoke with Floyd on the phone. He told me that without approximately 12% more signatures this request will go back to the commission on Oct 20th and only require regular majority to pass. I need your help in getting those signatures. Talk to your neighbors especially if they live on the west side of Grafton lane. It appears that the city does not care that the rest of you are opposed to this change.

ON 10-6-08, this message was received by Scott Askew -->

As those of you in the affected area know Austin Foam Plastics Inc. the company located at 2933 A.G. Grimes has recently submitted a request to the City Of Pflugerville to having their business rezoned from Agriculture/Conservation to Light Industrial. The company did so because they want to increase the building (size) at this location by 40000 sq ft. and in doing so consolidate two locations that are currently in Austin to this Pflugerville location.

When I spoke with most of you in the "500' notification" area, I explained the potential negative affects this would bring to our community and specifically the increase in semi-truck traffic/noise to the area directly affecting our property values in some way. On 10/06/2008 the planning and zoning commission of the City of Pflugerville held a public hearing which I attended. I am pleased to say that as a result of getting 65 signatures on the petition to block the change the city has tabled the issue and agreed to rehear the issue in November. The city was forced to wait to vote on the issue because as a result of having more then 20% of the residence in the affected area sign the petition they had to vote "super majority" (6 out of 7) as opposed to majority (which is need to pass most changes).

As some would say this was a victory for us as home owners. Unfortunately this problem has not gone away completely. As stated above the commission will hear this request again in another public meeting in November. I plan to attend the meeting and again request that the commission refuse the request for the change. I also plan to get a lot more organized in my efforts and will be be requesting that any interested parties make contact with me tough the forum.

Thanks to all those who signed the petition and helped to block the first request. I'll be in touch in the coming weeks and welcome any suggestions to help in the blocking of this request for good.

Scott Askew

For complaints or just needing information, call one of the following numbers.

Pedro Ss. Services (the company digging the holes in preparation for AT&T doing their utility work)
403 Springdale Rd
Austin, TX 78702
Company POC is Nellie
Her number is 476-2979

Foreman for AT&T
James Anthony
870-1528

I spoke with Nellie this afternoon about 4:30 over the phone. She said Pedro SS Services would replace any dead sod and plants affected by the digging once all their work is done or give the homeowner money as compensation.

Paul
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Also, the next board meeting is Nov 14th, not the 21st.

Here are some updates. Nothing really exciting right now. The constant rain this summer is really slowing Keystone down.

-Keystone Construction is moving along on the Manville relocations along Pflugerville Pkwy, but their progress has been slow due to the rain. We met with them last week and they intend to be completed at the end of August. I know they have been in contact with your landscaping/irrigation person at TruGreen.

-The City's design consultant has the design completed to about 90% for the Schultz Lane relocation. The land acquisition for the relocated Schultz Lane is also underway. We intend to bid this construction out ASAP. Our hold-up will likely be the ROW acquisition.

-Right-of-way acquisition is moving along well on Pflugerville Pkwy West at this time so we hope to have Pflugerville Pkwy. West bid out in late 2007. Plans are basically complete. I still don't have any construction phasing info yet.

"Enforcement" revises all ordinances to be enforceable by the police department.
"Junk" maybe a useful ordinance to address the stinky barn behind Madden, AND cars that are on blocks in drive ways.
"Parking" Addresses RVs, trailers and boats.

Paul,

I have not talked to you in awhile so I wanted to provide you an update on Pflugerville Pkwy West.

-Keystone Construction will start relocating some Manville water lines on Monday the 14th. Here is a PDF sheetof a map that highlights the area in which the water line work will occur. The relocation work will start west of Regis Drive and go to Schultz Lane, then up Schultz to the Austin Foam Plastics site. With this new line work, Springbrook Glen will have increased water pressure. I know there have been a lot of low water pressure complaints from your subdivision. We have stressed to Keystone that avoiding damage to the HOA landscaping is very important, please don't panic if you see some areas they have to cut through we will be working with them to make sure all areas are put back the way they found them.

-The City's design consultant is working on the design of the Schultz Lane relocation. We should be ready to start construction on that relocation this fall.

-Right-of-way acquisition is moving along well on Pflugerville Pkwy West at this time so we still hope to have the roadway project bid out in late 2007. Plans are at about 95%. I still don't have any construction phasing info yet it will probably be a few months before we get to that point.

Regards,

Gina Fechter
CIP Project Coordinator
City of Pflugerville-Public Works, Engineering Division
512.251.2074 Fax: 512.251.2874
www.cityofpflugerville.com

Mr. Clutts,

I have a few items ready for you and your HOA Board. Here is a PDF sheet that Gary Gemar with HDR created that shows each lot that backs to Pflugerville Pkwy and the distance from the back of curb and the back of sidewalk. You can place this PDF file on your HOA web site if you wish.

The Schultz Lane reroute agreement is still in process between the City and the landowner. When I hear anything new on that I will send you an update email.

Our Environmental Consultant, Dean Tesmer, is preparing something regarding the noise modeling process etc. I still don't have that yet but when I receive it I will email it to you.

Joe Carpenter and I did speak with City Manager, David Buesing, about the City replacing or moving damaged trees in the ROW at the City's cost for Springbrook Glen. Mr. Buesing said for you to put Springbrook Glen's requests in writing and submit a letter to him. It is up to you if you want to mail the letter directly to him or you can send it to me and I will forward it to him.

Here is David Buesing's info:

Mr. David Buesing, City Manager
100 East Main Street, Suite 300
Pflugerville, TX 78660
(512) 990-4363

Regards,

Gina Fechter
CIP Project Coordinator
City of Pflugerville-Public Works, Engineering Division
512.251.2074 Fax: 512.251.2874
www.cityofpflugerville.com

At 5:30 PM Feb 15th 2006, the applicant called me to say that he was withdrawing from the real estate deal on Grand Avenue and would not proceed to closing on the property later this week. He ordered the release of the earnest money to the sellers that he posted on the property.

In early January, I wrote the applicant to urge him to re-think his plans for this site. As a Commissioner, I told him that I would support those who opposed him in pursuing whatever legal avenues were still open to them to prevent the establishment of an SOB at that location.

Since that time, I have been in direct communication with the applicant and his representative to explore whether he would consider a change of plans. He did just that. Tonight's call confirms the real estate deal is off. I thanked the applicant for making this decision and that I felt that it was the best outcome for all involved.

Thanks to all who provided input into this matter. I especially want to thank District 50 State Representative Mark Strama, who also weighed in early in support of the surrounding neighbors on this matter.

You may forward this to anyone else you think may be interested in this breaking news."

Karen Sonleitner
Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:50:43 -0600
Travis County Commissioner---Pct. 2

Visit www.impactnewspaper.com for more information as this story develops.

This phase will begin at Greenlawn Boulevard and extend east to the new Pflugerville Loop/Railroad Avenue intersection. The typical section of the road will consist of two twelve foot lanes in each direction and a raised median. There will also be a 10 foot hike and bike trail along the north side and a 6 foot sidewalk along the south side of the new roadway. This project is funded by STP 4C (Federal Funds) funds that are administered by TxDOT and City of Pflugerville funds. The project cost is approximately $10 million. Due to funding constraints with the STP 4C funds, the earliest funding will be available in the middle of 2006. Once the funding is available this project will be bid and construction can begin. If you have questions about this project please contact Gina Fechter at (512) 251-2074 or by email at ginaf@cityofpflugerville.com.

The plan is to get a more active with the city council and the city planers to find a workable solution that will prevent any increases in traffic after the Shultz is changed.

Here is a picture showing a preliminary proposal to the city for approval for the proposed changes.