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TWIN CREEKS TRIBUNE

JANUARY 2016

VOLUME 10, ISSUE 1

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN AND AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD Karen Calvert, HOA Communications

Wondering what’s going on in and around our neighborhood? Well here are a few things to catch-up on… Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a safe and relaxing holiday and enjoyed the wonderful display of holiday lights on the homes throughout the neighborhood. And, another big THANK YOU to the Social Committee for a fun and successful Winter Wonderland event attended by many families in the neighborhood. If you still have a live Christmas tree to get rid of, you might want to consider recycling it. Each year the City of Cedar Park sponsors a Christmas Tree Recycling program. This year you can drop off your tree on Saturday, January 9, 2016, in the parking lot of the Cedar Park Recreation Center located at 1435 Main Street. Drop off times are from 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon. Normal trash pickup is also available for tree disposal. If you leave your tree out for normal trash pickup, the City asks that you cut the tree in half and tie and bundle the limbs with twine or rope. You may have heard that Cedar Park’s watering restrictions changed on December 1st. The Cedar Park City Council decided to return to Stage 2 restrictions, allowing for outside watering twice per week. This decision also removed the temporary 9%

water surcharge that was imposed during the stage 3 drought restrictions. This rate change became effective with your December water usage. Although winter is here, there are still a few things we can do in January to prepare our lawns and gardens for the new year. Here are a few things found on www.greenscapesaustin.com and from KXAN’s Weekend Gardener: • Cut back dormant, woody plants and shrubs • Prune trees, especially Live Oaks • Transplant roses, shrubs and trees and Divide and transplant perennials • Add manure or compost to your vegetable gardens • Fertilize roses, berry buses, daylilies, pansies, etc. • Preserve your garden tools by putting boiled linseed oil on the wooden handles and spraying WD-40 on the metal portions of the tools. And last, but not least, the HOA will provide a review of the past year at the annual meeting being planned for February 2016. Stay tuned for more information!! Okay, that’s all for now! See you around the neighborhood!

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TWIN CREEKS TRIBUNE BOARD OF DIRECTORS President.............................................................. Ross Burns Vice-President..................................................Brandon Lind Secretary.......................................................Chuck Andersen Treasurer....................................................... Deb Hackbarth Director.............................................................Bruce Roach

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TWIN CREEKS TRIBUNE A TWIN CREEKS WINTER WONDERLAND

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With sleigh bells ringing, Santa, Mrs. Claus, and their trusty elves descended upon Twin Creeks Country Club at the Winter Wonderland Fest on Sunday, December 13th. Families gathered for photos with Santa, while Mrs. Claus entertained with stories and tales from the North Pole. Twin Creeks’ children worked hard in Santa’s Workshop, creating toys they could take home and writing letters to Santa with their wishes for the big night. Outside the fireplace was roaring for all to roast marshmallows and make S’mores. Our Winter Wonderland Holiday Train traveled fast and furious around the Twin Creeks driveway, Elf Holly did a fabulous and hilarious job leading the costume contest while Sara and Charlton Lee judged. We had many contenders and all of our children contestants were winners with their choice of prizes. All were warmed with their custom hot cocoas, adults with mulled wine, and tummies filled at the Mac-n-Cheese bar. The Twin Creeks Family Activity Center glowed with holiday spirit and fun was had by all. We would like to thank the following businesses for their generous donations of time and prizes: • Inner Divas Studio http://www.innerdivastudios.com • SuperShuttle/ExecuCar of Austin http://www.supershuttle.com/ Locations/AustinAUS, http://www.execucar.com/OurLocations/ AustinTXAUS.aspx . Twin Creeks Neighbors Discount – AUSTC Good for 10% discount on airport transfers used at www. SuperShuttle.com or www.ExecuCar.com • Lifestyle Photo and Video www.lifestylephotoandvideo.com All Santa photos can be seen at http://larryr.shootproof. com/TwinC and prints/digital files can be ordered from www. lifestylephotoandvideo.com Event photos can be viewed at http://1drv.ms/1k0h3Qc Hope everyone had a great holiday! See you at the next TC HOA event for Easter!! Your elves, Eva, Kristina, Michelle, Kate and Holly (More Pictures on Page 4)

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TWIN CREEKS TRIBUNE TWIN CREEKS NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH NEWS… Brian and Shannon Tweedt, Neighborhood Watch Co-Chairpersons TWIN CREEKS CRIME STATS FOR THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER & NOVEMBER Cedar Park Police responded to 114 calls for the months of October & November. Here’s how they break down: • October - 71 calls o 30 calls were for Alarms o 1 call for Criminal Mischief • November – 43 calls o 1 call for Assault o 1 call for car burglary • The rest of the calls for these 2 months were related to animal calls, traffic stops, etc. On October 21st, there was a “Meet the Mayor & Cedar Park Police Department” that was held at the club. During this meeting, the Cedar Park Police reported that Cedar Park is ranked as one of the safest cities in Texas. Based off of the call volume that Cedar Park receives, Twin Creeks represents less than 1% of those calls, thus making Twin Creeks one of the safest neighborhoods in Texas. This speaks volumes to the hard work the Block Captains and neighbors do to keep an eye out for each other.

BLOCK CAPTAIN POSITIONS STILL NEEDED We are still in need of Block Captains for a handful of streets. Please contact Twin Creeks Neighborhood Watch Chairpersons, Brian & Shannon Tweedt, at tweedts@gmail.com to discuss volunteering. Block Captains For the Following Streets Are Needed: • The Gardens: 2500’s Farleigh Lane • The Reserve: Hidden Hills Lane, Millstream Drive, Shadow Canyon Drive, Sugar Maple Court, & The Condos Thank you, ~Shannon & Brian Tweedt Co-Chairpersons Twin Creeks Neighborhood Watch

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A SPOTLIGHT ON DCCRs (Declaration of Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions) Karen Calvert, Communications Committee Chair Each month we will put the spotlight on a new DCCR (or group of DCCRs). All DCCRs can be located on the Goodwintx.com site under Governing Documents within the Twin Creeks neighborhood. This month the spotlight is on DCCRs 2.02 (o) (General Restrictions) and 2.10 (Noise). Are you thinking of adding a porch or a deck? DCCR 2.02 (o) states: “Porches and decks must be designed with substantial, well-proportioned railing, flooring, and support posts, and meet all applicable building code requirements. Areas beneath decks must be screened by the use of perimeter lattices between support columns.”

Are you wondering what the noise restrictions are? DCCR 2.10 states: “No horns, whistles, bells, or other sound devices (other than security devices used exclusively for security purposes) may be located, used, or placed on any Lot within the Subdivision. No noise or other nuisance, including sounds from exterior speakers, will be permitted to exist or operate upon any portion of the Subdivision so as to be offensive or detrimental to any other portion of the Subdivision or the Property or to its occupants. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any noise or nuisance emanates from any Lot or any Improvement on any Lot, the Association may (but will not be obligated to) enter any such Lot or Improvement and take such reasonable actions as may be necessary to terminate such noise (including silencing any burglar or break-in alarm).”

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Happy New Year … Resolutions! (from Statistic Brain Research Institute, Health Magazine) Have you made any New Year’s Resolutions yet? Did you know that you are 10 times more likely to reach your goals if you openly state your resolutions? Here are some stats on how we do each year with our resolutions: • Percent of Americans who usually make New Year’s Resolutions --------------------45% • Percent of Americans who infrequently make New Year’s Resolutions--------------17% • Percent of Americans who absolutely never make New Year’s Resolutions--------38%

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