PfCONA and Citywide Special Events Right Around the Corner (Workgroup, Candidate Forum, Cleanup, Pier Building, Workshop)

***SPECIAL WORKGROUP MEETING***SPECIAL WORKGROUP MEETING***

March 8th at 6:30pm is a special PfCONA Workgroup Meeting on draft of City's Commercial Development Negotiation Policy. Wednesday meeting will be held in the Council Chambers with Mayor Callen and City Manager David Buesing, and PfCONA board/neighborhood leaders. Meeting is open to the public and interested community leaders.

Click here for policy draft initially discussed by Council at Jan. 10th Council meeting. Click here for Feb. 13th PfCONA Town Meeting minutes where topic was discussed and membership expressed that they wished to continue discussion at a special meeting. Minutes also include discussion regarding proposed Picadilly Estates elderly apartment development at 1300 Grand Avenue. Area stakeholders will do a follow-up meeting with developer.


***CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUM***CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUM***

March 13th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm is annual City Council Candidate Forum. Forum will be held at Pflugerville Justice Center. Questions will come from participating residents, neighborhood leaders, sponsors, and moderator. At this time, two candidates have filed for Place 5, Sidney Hacker and Victor Gonzales.

Forum and related get out the vote activities are part of PfCONA's Pflugerville VOTES! project. PfCONA website will soon include contact information and links to candidate material so residents may compare candidates. Contact Jeff Sims, PfCONA Vice Chair, about Pflugerville VOTES! signs for your yard or neighborhood entrances. They have blanks so you can include early voting and election date.

THREE HANDS-ON THINGS ON MARCH 4TH:

**PFLUGERVILLE CITYWIDE CLEANUP***PFLUGERVILLE CITYWIDE CLEANUP**

March 4th from 8am to 2pm is Pflugerville Citywide Cleanup. Sign-up will be at 300 E. Pecan (between Cotton Gin and El Rincon). Neighborhoods are encouraged to organize a team for their trails and parks in their area and/or other city trails. Please register your cleanup crew by calling Jill Marsh at 251-2222 or E-mailing jillamarsh@cfland.net. Event is sponsored by Keep Pflugerville Beautiful.

This is a chance for neighborhoods that have adopted a trail/street to get their neighbors together to beautify their neighborhood trails/streets. If your neighborhood has not adopted a trail/street, call Glen Holzer, Parks and Recreation Director, at 251-5082 so he can have you fill out a simple one-page application to make a commitment. Your neighborhood will get a sign showcasing your adoption of trail/street.

Holzer said that neighborhoods that have committed up to this point to adopt a trail/street are: Club at Wellspoint (trail along Heatherwilde Blvd & W. Olympic); Bohl's Neighborhood Association (trail along Old Hutto from Pecan to FM 685); Boy Scout Troop 214/Pack 214 (trail from Park Access to Swenson Farms Blvd); Saxony Homeowners Association (trail along northern boundary treeline between FM 685 and Rocky Creek. May adopt portion of Railroad Ave along western boundary); and, Texas Black Belt Karate (Pfluger Park Trails). He said Creekside Neighborhood Association is planning to apply to adopt trail that runs through their neighborhood. He said key trails that especially need adopting are: trail that starts at 10th St. behind Pflugerville High School (running through Moose Park) and Lake Pflugerville trail being developed. Key streets that need adopting are Immanuel Road, Railroad Ave, Pecan St., and Heatherwilde.


**LAKE PFLUGERVILLE PIER BUILDING*LAKE PFLUGERVILLE PIER BUILDING**

On March 4th community volunteers will meet at 8 a.m. to build fishing piers at Lake Pflugerville. Meet that Saturday at the parking lot at the southeast corner of the lake at Weiss Lane and Pfluger Lane. Four past city councilmembers, David Seeker, Pat McCord, Ron Beyer and Wendell Holloman, have come together to ask city residents to volunteer their labor, as in times past.

The city is providing the building materials. Volunteers need to bring their power tools for screw driving, drilling, sawing and wrenches for tightening bolts and nuts. Power generators also will be needed. Posts for the piers are already set, so the volunteers will construct the deck and the railings.

Although the city built the lake to provide water to city residents, there was always a recognition of the possibilities for the lake to provide recreational needs. Due to the cost factor of building the lake, city councilmembers decided to seek grants to building recreation facilities. So far, grants from the Pflugerville Community Development Committee and private solicitations have provided materials to complete four piers.

The first group approached to help build the piers was the Pflugerville Police Association. This group has set Feb. 27-28 for members to build piers. HDR Engineering has volunteered to work on the U-shaped pier. A couple of weeks ago, Pflugerville Scout Travis Kirkham led a group to build the platform on one T-pier for the community project toward his Eagle Scout rank. Other groups that have volunteered to work on the community project include St. Elizabeth K.J.T. Society #132. Neighborhood associations, school and civic organizations are encouraged to participate.

With volunteers helping on March 4th, the project can be completed to provide summertime activities for Pflugerville families. For more information, contact Michelle at the police department at 251-4004.

**PHOTOGRAPHY STORY WORKSHOP**PHOTOGRAPHY STORY WORKSHOP**

March 4th & 25th is NeighborNet: Photography Story Workshop to be held from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Library (after you've worked on trails and/or piers in the morning). You take pictures in your neighborhood in between class dates. Hosted by PfCONA Communications Committee. Learn how to capture Pflugerville neighborhoods as a caring community and post photos/captions on a workshop website. $10 fee includes reference notes and refreshments. Limited to 30 adults over 18. Click here for flyer and click here for press release. Register with Clay Leben at cleben@swbell.net.