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TWIN CREEKS TRIBUNE

MARCH 2014

VOLUME 7, ISSUE 3

TWIN CREEKS Neighborhood Watch By the time each resident receives their Tribune for March 2014, we will have a few new Twin Creek HOA Board Members. Neighborhood Watch would like to welcome each new member! Neighborhood Watch would like to take a moment and express our gratitude and thanks to the previous HOA Board members, Tom Moody and Adam English for the years of volunteering of your time and energy into our community! We especially would like to thank Tom Moody (former HOA President) for his support and encouragement along the way with all Neighborhood Watch endeavors. Tom attended the very first Neighborhood Watch presentation held at the club in 2012. Additionally, he took the time to let all Twin Creek residents know that the Board was not only excited about this program starting in the community, but extended the Board’s support to the Twin Creeks Neighborhood Watch program.

PARK UPDATE (PARK AT DERVINGHAM / IZORO BEND)

We would like to thank our Twin Creek resident, Dale Homburg, for taking the time to not only look into the problem, but find the solution to the million dollar question… Which law enforcement entity to call when there are issues in the park? After many phone calls, research and emails… Dale found the solution. Normally the Travis County Sheriff’s department is dispatched to our community if there is a problem within Twin Creeks. Because the park is owned by the City of Cedar Park the Sheriff’s

department does not have jurisdiction within the park. If you need to report an incident in the park you are asked to: Please contact Cedar Park Police NON EMERGENCY phone number - 512.260.4600 & press option 0. Please make sure that you explain to the dispatcher the fact that the park belongs to the City of Cedar Park, even though it is physically located within Twin Creeks.

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH BLOCK CAPTAINS

Welcome to our newest Block Captain, Lionel Dyck, for Mystic Summit Dr. With so many new homes being built in The Reserve we are grateful for all the new residents who have stepped up to get involved and volunteer in their new community. Very little time is involved to serve as a block captain and the rewards of a safer neighborhood are certainly worth the effort! Why not volunteer to serve as a Block Captain by contacting Twin Creeks Neighborhood Watch Chairperson, Terra Tisdale, at ttisdale61@gmail.com. Block Captains for the following streets are still needed: The Park

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Millstream

The Reserve

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TWIN CREEKS TRIBUNE BOARD OF DIRECTORS President............................................................ Tom Moody Vice-President..................................................Adam English Secretary...................................................... Brian Dougherty Treasurer........................................................ Daniel Needles Director............................................................... Ross Burns

MANAGEMENT INFO Jim Smitherman Property Manager Goodwin Management Office: 512-502-2114 Cell: 512-230-3220 Fax: 512-346-4873

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