Announcements

Next Recycling Pickup -- Monday, Dec 12, 2011

2012 Homeowner Dues

The HOA Board is pleased to announce that 2012 homeowner dues will NOT be increased and will remain at $230 per year.

As always, dues are due on or before January 31, 2012.

Did you know that all the streets in Parkside are named for national parks?

Go to the About Parkside menu link on left side menu to visit their websites.

Buffalo Lake Ln

Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge

A valuable wintering area for migrating waterfowl, thousands of ducks and geese over-winter on Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge every year. Located in Randall County in the Texas Panhandle, the refuge is made up of 7,664 acres of shortgrass prairie, riparian, marsh, woodland and cropland habitats. Maintaining these habitats provide homes for migratory and resident wildlife species.

What's New

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  2012 Parkside HOA Budget
  
  The HOA Board is pleased to announce that 2012 homeowner dues will NOT be increased and will remain at $230 per year. Dues are payable on or before January 31, 2012.

• November Financial Statement
• August 2011 HOA Newsletter
• August 2nd HOA Board Meeting Minutes
• 2011 Parkside HOA Budget
• Grocery List Builder
• Property Appraisal Viewer

Parkside at Slaughter Creek - Skills Inventory

Do you have services or skills that you would like to advertise to your neighbors? Are you looking for someone to hire with special skills? The Parkside skills inventory is where you can do both.

Advertise your skill

Find someone with a skill

Display all skills

PLEASE NOTE: Skills postings will be reviewed by webmaster before appearing in the skills list.

Parkside eMail List

In the interest of attempting to provide more timely dissemination of information which is of interest to Parkside residents, you are invited to join the Parkside HOA email list.

There are currently 291 of your neighbors registered on our eMail list.

If you have not already received an invitation to subscribe to this important new feature, you may indicate your interest below.

PLEASE NOTE: You must register an email address in order to participate in any Parkside community poll and receive periodic announcements of news affecting the residents of Parkside.

Report Parkside Property Issues ...

If you notice the HOA sprinklers running at an unusual time, please report it. If you see graffiti or a dead animal, please report it.

You can report all Parkside common area property issues here.

Did you know...

... which Parkside properties are currently for sale?

... there are 452 homes in Parkside?

... every time you use a regular search engine (Google, Yahoo, etc), your search data are recorded. Your search terms, the time of your visit, the links you choose, your IP address and your User ID cookies all get stored in a database.

The identity profiles that can be constructed from this cloud of information represent an intrusion on your privacy. Startpage is the only search engine that does not record your IP address.

Make http://www.parksideatslaughter.org your homepage and search the web more privately with Startpage.

Landscape Conversion program

The HOA Board has considered the new Landscape Conversion program being promoted by Austin Water. The Board's position is that program participation is encouraged as follows:

• Front Yard (yard visible from the street)
  • Native Area Conversion - allowed
  • Non-irrigated Conversion - not allowed
• Back Yard
  • Native Area Conversion - allowed
  • Non-irrigated Conversion - allowed

All plans should follow the normal procedures for modification with plans submitted to the Parkside Modifications Committee. Participants are required to read and adhere to all program guidelines.

Landscape Conversion Rebate Program links

• NOTE: The Landscape Conversion Incentive Program has been suspended while City of Austin Water Conservation evaluates the program's current structure and water savings potential.
• Eligible Native Plants for your landscape

Austin has rebates for other watersaving measures. Find the details here.

Online Manuals

Have you lost the manual to your weedwhacker and now you have to replace the line, but you don't know how?

Check Lawn and Garden Manuals Online to locate manuals for all types of home and garden equipment.

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Opinion Polls

Parkside HOA Annual Meeting

At the annual meeting, the question was asked about keeping chickens on one's property in the Parkside community.

The Board reviewed the CCRs and section 3.08 excludes such animals. The section states 'No animals, including, pigs, hogs, swine, poultry, fowl, wild animals, horses, cattle, sheep, goats, or any other type of animal not considered to be a domestic household pet within the ordinary meaning and interpretation of such words may be kept, maintained, or cared for on the Property.'

This is an instance where the City of Austin allows certain things, but our Parkside CCRs do not.

New City of Austin Web Portal

The City of Austin has launched a new online service to enhance community engagement and provide a forum for residents to offer suggestions on how to improve the way the City does business.

The new Web portal, www.speakupaustin.org, is a moderated online discussion forum where residents can offer ideas and comment or vote on the ideas provided by others. The website enables users to contribute ideas on any subject, by answering the question, 'How can you make it better?'

Users can suggest a new service, a service improvement, a policy change or other recommendation. It also invites users to visit subject-specific forums on topics the City is currently exploring.

The Communications and Public Information Office will provide oversight to ensure comments remain civil, as would a facilitator at an in-person meeting.

News You Can Use

• Bulk Collection begins October 10, 2011

  Items must be at the curb by 6:30 am on the 10th but no earlier than October 8th.... (read more)

• 22 Tips to Save $100 per Week

  With the dramatic increase in gas and food prices, most of us can barely make ends meet, let alone think about saving money. The good news is, with a little imagination and perseverance, there are still plenty of ways to pocket extra cash. ... (read more)

• Assemble an Emergency Supply Kit

  FEMA and the American Red Cross recommend families stock their homes with six basics: water, food, first aid supplies, clothing/bedding, tools and emergency supplies. ... (read more)

• 5 Upgrades That Waste Your Money

  Crunching the numbers shows that these five splurges aren't worth their additional cost. Here's why: ... (read more)

• The 20 Healthiest Foods for Under $1

  At the grocery store, getting the most nutrition for the least amount of money means hanging out on the peripheries ... (read more)

Single Stream Recycling

Things you can recycle

• Rigid plastics, #1 thru #7 (plastic bottles, empty aspirin and prescription bottles, plastic plates, bowls & cups, yogurt and butter containers, milk bottles, produce containers, plastic takeout containers and utensils)

• Boxboard, including cereal and soda pop boxes.

• Empty metal cans, including aerosol cans.

• Empty, unbroken glass containers.

• Newspaper, magazines, catalogues, junk mail, cardboad, boxboard (cereal/soda pop cartons).

Things you may not put in your recycling cart

• Styrofoam.

• Plastic shopping bags

• Wood, rocks, concrete or building materials.

• Broken glass, window glass.