TWIN CREEKS TRIBUNE
JUNE 2015
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Official Newsletter of the Twin Creeks HOA
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What’s Happening
VOLUME 8, ISSUE 6
IN AND AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
Karen Calvert, HOA Communications It’s hard to believe that this year is half over and to report suspicious activity regarding people we still have so much to look forward to, both you don’t recognize. Note that you should within the City of Cedar Park and, of course, in always dial 911 if you perceive a serious safety issue, threatening situation, or a crime being our neighborhood! To start with, let’s look at the outcome of our committed. Secondly, over the past few years we have seen city elections. Although results are all but official at the time of this article, we want to congratulate posts on Nextdoor.com regarding safety concerns the City Council incumbents: Stephen Thomas, with kids driving golf carts in our neighborhood. Lyle Grimes and Jon Lux who appear to have The City’s Transportation Code indicates that a retained their seats on the Council. We also want golf cart is a motor vehicle, requiring a licensed to thank candidates Stephen Thomas and Maria driver to operate it on a public roadway. Now Talamo for coming out to our community to that we live within the city limits, this includes personally speak with residents about their issues kids driving golf carts on our neighborhood and concerns. A special thanks to everyone that streets. You may have noticed, either online or in got out and voted during our first year as citizens your 2015 property tax appraisal statement, an of the City of Cedar Park! There are a couple of items that we wanted to error where the Travis Central Appraisal District highlight now that we are Cedar Park residents. (TCAD) erroneously lists both WCID and City The first has to do with the City curfew ordinance of Cedar Park taxing authorities. As a result of for minors under the age of 17. This applies to annexation, only the City of Cedar Park should public places, which include streets and the park be listed. We want to let you know that the error in our neighborhood. The City’s curfew hours has been corrected and the WCID entry has been are from 11 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday removed. The city has worked with TCAD to morning and continue each day on this schedule correct this on their website and is working on through Friday morning plus 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. getting new tax notices sent in the mail, but Saturday and Sunday mornings. Kids seen know that your property tax bill at the end of without accompanying parents can be reported the year will be correct (yay!). Every 5 - 7 years or more, the City of Cedar as a non-emergency to the Cedar Park Police at 512-260-4600. Note that there are exceptions Park considers capital improvement projects to the curfew and we will be posting the curfew through the issuance of general obligation bonds; ordinance details on both the Nextdoor and Goodwin sites. The curfew ordinance is a way (Continued on Page 2) Twin Creeks Homeowner's Association Newsletter - June 2015
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