The Village of Briarcliff has been awarded the Gold Award Level (highest level) by the Texas Comptroller in their Leadership Circle transparency program (http://www.texastransparency.org/local/index.php).  The Comptroller’s rep that reviewed the community website (www.BriarcliffTx.com) was impressed with the website’s user friendliness and was especially excited that such a small city as Briarcliff had achieved the Gold Level – very few small cities achieve that level.  Mayor Hostetler, who has been working on this project for a year, said that there are further upgrades in the works to our transparency program to include further explanation of money disbursals and a raw (searchable) budget.  He praised our Village Clerk, Tina Linder, for her efforts to complete this project.  Check online to view what’s happening with our Village.

 

Steven Autrey has won his bid for re-election for Council, and the City welcomes Kathy Crawford and Kelly Patterson as our newest Council members. For complete Election results follow this link to the Travis County website .

 

As we saw with last Labor Day's wildfires, natural disasters can happen any time, and it is neighbors who pull together to aid in a quick response. If you are interested in being a trained volunteer to help during a disaster consider attending free training sessions in nearby Marble Falls. This is a great opportunity to serve your neighborhood and possibly save lives. For more information about joining the Briarcliff Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), please click here and contact the City Office at 264-2274 to become part of the team.

 

Since last summer, mandatory water conservation efforts have been in place. In spite of the recent rains we need to remain diligent in conserving our water as our resevoirs are still dangerously low. Lake Travis is 30' down, and all of Central Texas continues to operate in severe Stage Two drought mode.

 

The Village of Briarcliff requires all residents to water only two days a week maximum, and only before 10 a.m. or after 7 p.m. Single Family Residential Zoned addresses ending in even numbers are assigned Thursday and Sundays as their watering days, and the odd numbers have Wednesday and Saturday. Commerical and Mulit- Family Zoned areas are asked to use Tuesday and Friday. For more information check out the Public Notices section of this website, or just click here.

 

The recent Briarcliff Property Owner's Association election has designated one new board member and two returning board members for three year terms to the BPOA Board of Directors. The BPOA welcomes longtime volunteer Wayne Holly to the Board and congratulates Edd Curry and Gary Lesko on their successful bids for re election.

 

The Lake Travis Community Library will be hosting Storytime every Friday in June and July for Briarcliff children at 10 a.m. at out Community Center.

 

Additionally, the library has scheduled some special presentations on Thursdays.

These include:
Thursday, June 14 - 10:30am - Tiny Tails to You! Petting Zoo
Thursday, June 28 - 10:00am - Storyteller Bernadette Nason (the kids LOVED her last year!)
Thursday, July 12 - 10:30am - Musicians Mr. Johnny and Friends
Thursday, July 19 - 10:30am - Wild Things Zoofari

 

Mark your calendars to join your neighbors for some great summer reading events!

 

The pool referendum showed evenly divided results amongst homeowners in the recent BPOA request for opinions regarding building a community owned pool in Briarcliff. Every owner's opinion was sought and over 40% of the homeowners took the time to weigh in on the result. Of the 353 votes turned in 177 were against spending funds to pursue plans for a community pool and 176 were for continuing to research the project. To that end, the Board of Directors decided to shelve researching the idea unless or until a community pool becomes a priority for residents.

 

Are you a wordsmith? Do you want to help the neighborhood's communication? Think about volunteering for Member Relations! Volunteers with a journalistic tendancy are in need. If interested, please contact Chair, Jim Tackett at 395-5400.

 

The BPOA Board is drafting a charter for a Long Term Planning Committee. To see the work in progess, click here. Or visit the BPOA Records section of this website.

 

Even though it is only February, it is time for Lake Travis Community Library to start planning the Summer Reading Program!  Last year's attendance at Briarcliff events was a bit down from previous years, so I would like to hear from you.  What sort of programs would you like for us to offer?  For what ages should we gear most of the events?  What days of the week and times of day might work best for you?

 

Thank you in advance for your help.  We hope to make this a great summer!
Morgan McMillian
Library Director
Lake Travis Community Library
2300 Lohman's Spur, Suite 100
Austin, Texas 78734
(512) 263-2885
www.laketravislibrary.org