Category Archives: Lake Travis

Why, Council Member Flannigan, why are you knowingly placing River Place residents at risk

Editor’s note: Randall Jamieson, River Place Firewise Coordinator, sent the following letter on Oct. 3 to Jimmy Flannigan, District 6 city council member, Mayor Steve Adler and Alison Atler, District 10 council member. This involves the proposed Milestone Community Builders project at the end of Milky Way Drive. No vote was taken at the Oct. 3 meeting and council members continues to work on understanding the rules and laws as it applies to this case.

Dear Council Member Flannigan,

As someone who has spent much of my career working in the field of safety and has worked closely with the remarkable men and women at the Austin Fire Department (AFD), including the AFD Wildfire Division, to keep River Place and surrounding Travis County communities safe from the very real threat of wildfire, I feel compelled to write this open letter to ask why you are putting the interests of outside developers above the safety of your constituents residing in River Place?

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After threats, gestures man detained in front of SRE

By LYNETTE HAAALAND, Four Points News

Travis County Sheriff’s Office detained a man who was making verbal threats and making gestures toward students at Steiner Ranch Elementary around dismissal time in the early afternoon on Oct. 1. 

SRE Principal Angela Hodges and Leander ISD sent out an email to parents stating: “… a man in front of the school began making verbal threats and inappropriate gestures toward students, including ‘shooting’ hand signs.”

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Middle School Night at VHS

Middle School Night was a big hit at the Vandegrift football game on Sept. 20 vs Hendrickson. Students from Four Points and Canyon Ridge middle schools were invited to be part of the action. Eighth grade band students were featured with the Vandegrift band during their performance and football players, cheerleaders and dancers were all part of the event.

Photos by Vandegrift band photographers, Erin Seitzler, Lynette Haaland

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River Place working toward trail fee resolution after agency “prohibited” charge Residents ask for transparency from Limited District

River Place resident Paul Spring said he opposes the fee charged for non-Limited District use of the trail in his community. During its Sept. 24 meeting, he asked the District board for more information about correspondence it received from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department that found the fee in violation of a 2001 grant the former River Place Municipal Utility District used to construct the feature. LESLEE BASSMAN

By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News

Introduced as a River Place Limited District proposal more than seven months ago, a fee imposed on visitors and pets to the River Place Nature Trail has been ripe with controversy ever since. Whereas the fee implementation brought cheers from some residents seeking to make their streets safer from the vehicles crowding and endangering the subdivision’s roadways on weekends as well as raise funds for the trail’s maintenance, the new process caused angst for many outside users and non-District residents, neighbors who can see the popular paths but have suddenly become limited in their use.

Now, a new claim by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department may put the kibosh on the charge for good but residents have had to rely on their own digging or the media for information.

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Viper Nation Academic Booster impacts STEM, leadership ~ key reasons why I give

By CARMEN PAZ,
VNAB Board Member

This year I’m proud to represent my community as a board member of the Viper Nation Academic Booster. 

Previously called Viper Nation Education Foundation, this charitable organization raises money to provide leadership, entrepreneurship, college readiness, and STEM-related grants and scholarships to students and teachers attending Vandegrift High School, or one of their feeder middle or elementary schools in the Four Points area. 

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