Lost Creek Civic Organization general meeting on September 7, 2017 in Austin, TX. Main topic was wildfire defense and mitigation.

1. Lost Creek Civic Organization
General Meeting
September 7, 2017

2. 9/7/17 LCCO 2
Agenda
Announcements 7:00 – 7:05
Bob Nicks, President, Austin Fire Fighters
Association 7:05 – 7:35
Public comments 7:35 – 7:40
Other Civic Issues 7:40 – 7:50
TxDOT Billboards
Dark Skies & Apple Lone Star Design
Center
CodeNEXT
Lost Creek Blvd.
Lost Creek Wildfire Adapted Community
Plan
Fund Raising 7:50 – 7:55
Next meetings 7:55 – 8:00
October 5 Wildfire Simulation
November 2 TBD
December 7 TBD
Adjourn 8:00

3. 9/7/17 LCCO 3
Agenda
Announcements 7:00 – 7:05
Bob Nicks, President, Austin Fire Fighters
Association 7:05 – 7:35
Public comments 7:35 – 7:40
Other Civic Issues 7:40 – 7:50
TxDOT Billboards
Dark Skies & Apple Lone Star Design
Center
CodeNEXT
Lost Creek Blvd.
Lost Creek Wildfire Adapted Community
Plan
Fund Raising 7:50 – 7:55
Next meetings 7:55 – 8:00
October 5 Wildfire Simulation
November 2 TBD
December 7 TBD
Adjourn 8:00

4. 9/7/17 LCCO 4
Agenda
Announcements 7:00 – 7:05
Bob Nicks, President, Austin Fire Fighters
Association 7:05 – 7:35
Public comments 7:35 – 7:40
Other Civic Issues 7:40 – 7:50
TxDOT Billboards
Dark Skies & Apple Lone Star Design
Center
CodeNEXT
Lost Creek Blvd.
Lost Creek Wildfire Adapted Community
Plan
Fund Raising 7:50 – 7:55
Next meetings 7:55 – 8:00
October 5 Wildfire Simulation
November 2 TBD
December 7 TBD
Adjourn 8:00

5. 9/7/17 LCCO 5
Agenda
Announcements 7:00 – 7:05
Bob Nicks, President, Austin Fire Fighters
Association 7:05 – 7:35
Public comments 7:35 – 7:40
Other Civic Issues 7:40 – 7:50
TxDOT Billboards
Dark Skies & Apple Lone Star Design
Center
CodeNEXT
Lost Creek Blvd.
Lost Creek Wildfire Adapted Community
Plan
Fund Raising 7:50 – 7:55
Next meetings 7:55 – 8:00
October 5 Wildfire Simulation
November 2 TBD
December 7 TBD
Adjourn 8:00

6. 9/7/17 LCCO 6
Apple Lone Star Design Center

7. 9/7/17 LCCO 7
Agenda
Announcements 7:00 – 7:05
Bob Nicks, President, Austin Fire Fighters
Association 7:05 – 7:35
Public comments 7:35 – 7:40
Other Civic Issues 7:40 – 7:50
TxDOT Billboards
Dark Skies & Apple Lone Star Design
Center
CodeNEXT
Lost Creek Blvd.
Lost Creek Wildfire Adapted Community
Plan
Fund Raising 7:50 – 7:55
Next meetings 7:55 – 8:00
October 5 Wildfire Simulation
November 2 TBD
December 7 TBD
Adjourn 8:00

8. 9/7/17 LCCO 8

9. 9/7/17 LCCO 9
Agenda
Announcements 7:00 – 7:05
Bob Nicks, President, Austin Fire Fighters
Association 7:05 – 7:35
Public comments 7:35 – 7:40
Other Civic Issues 7:40 – 7:50
TxDOT Billboards
Dark Skies & Apple Lone Star Design
Center
CodeNEXT
Lost Creek Blvd.
Lost Creek Wildfire Adapted Community
Plan
Fund Raising 7:50 – 7:55
Next meetings 7:55 – 8:00
October 5 Wildfire Simulation
November 2 TBD
December 7 TBD
Adjourn 8:00

10. 9/7/17 LCCO 10
Lost Creek Blvd.
Austin Bicycle Map
Lost Creek Speeding (7/2013)

11. 9/7/17 LCCO 11
Through Truck Survey on Lost Creek
Blvd.
● Purpose: To estimate the number of trucks driving through Lost
Creek
● Time: September 2017
● Report any truck you may believe is not making a delivery or
service call in Lost Creek
● Safely gather as much information as you can.
● Take a picture if you can.
● Complete survey and send picture to paschumann2009@gmail.com
● Answer as many questions as you can
●
Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BKW6C82

12. 9/7/17 LCCO 12
Survey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BKW6C82

13. 9/7/17 LCCO 13
Agenda
Announcements 7:00 – 7:05
Bob Nicks, President, Austin Fire Fighters
Association 7:05 – 7:35
Public comments 7:35 – 7:40
Other Civic Issues 7:40 – 7:50
TxDOT Billboards
Dark Skies & Apple Lone Star Design
Center
CodeNEXT
Lost Creek Blvd.
Lost Creek Wildfire Adapted Community
Plan
Fund Raising 7:50 – 7:55
Next meetings 7:55 – 8:00
October 5 Wildfire Simulation
November 2 TBD
December 7 TBD
Adjourn 8:00

14. 9/7/17 LCCO 14
Lost Creek Wildfire Adapted
Community Plan
● Description
● Firewise Principles
● Inspection
● Home Owner Defense
● Wildland Mitigation
● Emergency Services
● Evacuation Plan
● Infrastructure
● Land Development Code
● Resources

15. 9/7/17 LCCO 15
Other
● Austin – Travis County Firewise Alliance
● 2017 Texas WUI Symposium

16. 9/7/17 LCCO 16
Agenda
Announcements 7:00 – 7:05
Bob Nicks, President, Austin Fire Fighters
Association 7:05 – 7:35
Public comments 7:35 – 7:40
Other Civic Issues 7:40 – 7:50
TxDOT Billboards
Dark Skies & Apple Lone Star Design
Center
CodeNEXT
Lost Creek Blvd.
Lost Creek Wildfire Adapted Community
Plan
Fund Raising 7:50 – 7:55
Next meetings 7:55 – 8:00
October 5 Wildfire Simulation
November 2 TBD
December 7 TBD
Adjourn 8:00

17. 9/7/17 LCCO 17
Fund Raising
● All volunteer effort – Officers, Board, Advisors, Committees
● No restricted memberships – all home owners and business owners
within Lost Creek
● No dues
● Operating expenses < $2,000 per year
● Social media engagement – interactive web site, Facebook page,
Twitter page
● Civic engagement – CodeNEXT, Austin Neighborhoods Council,
Project Connect Multi Modal Community Advisory Committee,
TxDOT Loop 360 Improvement, Loop 360 TxDOT Billboards,
Austin–Travis County Firewise Alliance, Dark Skies, Affordability,
Built and Natural Environment

18. 9/7/17 LCCO 18
Fund Raising (cont)
● Political engagement – Representative Howard, Senator Watson,
Commissioner Daughtery, Mayor Adler, Council Member Troxclair
● Media engagement – Westlake Picayune, Austin American
Statesman, Westlake – Lake Travis Community Impact Newspaper
● Neighborhood engagement – Las Cimas-Westbank Corridor,
Wildfire Adapted Community, Safety & Security, Marshall Tract
(Cousins, Marshall Ranch Development Group)
● Seeking cooperation and collaboration with other Lost Creek
Organizations
● IRS Classification: Civic League – 501(c)(4)
● Incorporated in the State of Texas as a Nonprofit

19. 9/7/17 LCCO 19
Ways to Help
● Become engaged
– Join the web site and sign up for tracking
(www.lostcreekcivicorganization.org)
– Volunteer your time & skills (attend & report on
meetings, committees, adviser, board)
– Contributions
● Online (on web site)
● Check (make out to and mail to Lost Creek
Civic Organization or LCCO at 1405
Thaddeus Cove, Austin, TX 78746
● Cash (donations jar at every meeting)

20. 9/7/17 LCCO 20
LCCO Smart Phone App
● http://h.theapp.mobi/lcco9

21. 9/7/17 LCCO 21
Agenda
Announcements 7:00 – 7:05
Bob Nicks, President, Austin Fire Fighters
Association 7:05 – 7:35
Public comments 7:35 – 7:40
Other Civic Issues 7:40 – 7:50
TxDOT Billboards
Dark Skies & Apple Lone Star Design
Center
CodeNEXT
Lost Creek Blvd.
Lost Creek Wildfire Adapted Community
Plan
Fund Raising 7:50 – 7:55
Next meetings 7:55 – 8:00
October 5 Wildfire Simulation
November 2 TBD
December 7 TBD
Adjourn 8:00