February 2019
Work projects
City Park
1. Fill in along new concrete path from upper restroom with road base.
2. Finish the installation of split rail fence by Barnes Garden
3. Clear out rubbish and bushes, cedar saplings and deadfall limbs etc. from area south of kayak
launch by lake.
4. Began to clean up lake shore by Blume plaque and all along lake shore south of there. The
City of Lakeway will provide a truck to haul debris form all areas.
We will dump trees limbs and debris by dumpster at Public Works yard off of Serene Hills drive.
5. Clean out Butterfly Garden area and prep for planting on March workday.
6. Clean out cedar saplings and brush area east of dog run entrance down to new restroom.
7. Remove cedar saplings from City Park.
8. Take down broken oak limb on Duck Lake trail.
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Upcoming Events
- February workday will be Sat. 2/8 starting at 8AM at the Pavilion in City Park.
- March Board meeting will be Mon. 3/2 6:30PM at the LAC.
- March workday will be Sat. 3/14 starting at 8AM at the Pavilion in City Park.
- Save the DATE : Sat. Apr. 18th, Wilderness Run
- We have a Facebook page being administered by Dan Moyer
Lakeway Friends of the Parks
- For those who shop on Amazon, FOP is now a listed charitable organization and can receive 0.5% of your Amazon purchase.
Navigate to smile.amazon.com, login, select "Change Your Charity" and search for "Friends of the Park" located in Lakeway, TX
and click on the Select button.
- Family membership dues for 2020, pay by mail, click here or
pay in person at our workday, contact our Treasurer Sondra Morton.
- FOP encourages you to purchase an annual family membership for the Lakeway Activity Center,
it helps FOP retain access to the meeting rooms at LAC plus providing you with discounts at LAC events.
- See all the workday photos here.
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Leslie Lilly shows transformed meadow near Lady Bird Lake. Photo by Jim Dunn.
New kiosk being constructed in the greenbelt. Photo by Bill Freas.
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Workday Report
The day got off to a good start with twenty-three volunteers.
| Ron Moore | John Wilkins | David Conner | Dennis Gans |
| Kathie King | Doris McDermott | Carol Ferree | Carol Linn |
| Allison Winchester | Sondra Morton | Linda Mackie | Emily Haeussler |
| Mike Light | Dan Moyer | Jim Dunn | Elmer Tyler |
| Pat McDermott | Mary Ann Kendall | Carl Christensen | Kathleen Christensen |
| Paul Jacobs | Lorraine Tallent | Judy Hazen | Clare Freas |
| Deane Willis | Bill Freas | | |
Jackets, coats, head gear and gloves came off soon as the people started working on the
following projects. We had twenty-six volunteers by the end of the workday. See all the workday photos
here.
City Park
o Garden Work
On Saturday, February 8, FOP workers Sondra Morton, Linda Mackie, Kathie King,
Allison Winchester, Carol Ferree, Carol Linn, Doris McDermott, and Kathleen
Christensen worked at three gardens: planting at the Hamilton Greenbelt entrance;
weeding and cleaning the Butterfly Garden, readying it for March planting; and
tackling the initial cleanup of the Barnes Garden. The Barnes Garden will need
more attention throughout the spring, culminating in planting. As a result
of the morning's work, Kathie’s pickup was heaped high with brush, which Kathie
drove to the Public Works yard and unloaded.
submitted by Kathleen Christensen
o Trail improvement
Dan Moyer, Mary Ann Kendall, Emily Haeussler, Bill Freas and Lorraine Tallent used shovels and a wheelbarrow to move road base
provided by
the City of Lakeway. They placed the road base along both edges of the new sidewalk that goes from the bathrooms by the
Pavilion down to the Butterfly Garden. After placing the road base by the sidewalk, it was tamped down. Then rocks were
placed along the edge of the road base to help control water flow going down the hill.
submitted by Jim Dunn
o Fence building
The day started off at the FOP shed. Carl and Mike tried to get the hydraulic jack hammer attached to the Kubota to work. After
calling Lance and having a city employee rush over the hammer started working but with a oil leak. Then Bill backed the Kubota
down the trail to the site where the post holes were to be dug. At that point the jack hammer refused to work again. The
team of Mike Light, Jim Dunn and Bill Freas used a rock bar, post hole digger and a shovel to excavate six holes for the fence.
Lorraine Tallent, Mary Ann Kendall and Emily Haeussler assisted us by mixing concrete in a wheelbarrow. We went slightly high
tech as Mike used his
cell phone as a level to set the fence posts in a vertical position. The split cedar rails were inserted in each post as the
post was set in concrete. At the end of the workday we had installed a fifty foot section of split cedar fencing along the
new sidewalk next to the Barnes Garden. Thanks goes to Dan, Carl, Doris and Lorraine for taking pictures of the workgroups.
At the end of the workday Elmer Tyler was collecting yellow ribbons from the cedar trees near the Pavilion.
submitted by Jim Dunn
o Park Cleanup
During the first part of the morning John Wilkins, David Conner and Pat McDermott removed
cedar saplings from an area around the dog park. After they loaded their brush pile into
the dump truck they joined the group working by the lake shore. That group was composed
of Elmer Tyler, Dennis Gans, Ron Moore and Carl Christensen. They removed debris from
the area around the kayak boat launch location and several dump truck loads were removed.
Elmer's chain saw tangled with a copper electric wire and Mike Light came to the rescue.
submitted by Carl Christensen and Pat McDermott
Pat’s group was assisted by Elmer Tyler who limbed up (per guidelines provided by the City of Lakeway)
trees by the dog park. Then Elmer joined Ron Moore and Dennis Gans and Paul Jacobs in the area
south of the kayak launch near the receding lake shore line. Elmer cut brush while Ron lopped and
stacked and Paul untangled and stackedthe brush. Dennis used the wheeled cutter on any grass and
small brush he could get to. We filled up the dump truck with our cuttings at the end of the workday.
We could probably use another workday to finish the job.
submitted by Elmer Tyler
Lunch @ 11:45
o Brats, buns & beans, veggies, fruit and desserts
Volunteers: Doris McDermott, Judy Hazen, Kathleen Christensen, Carol Ferree, Sondra Morton,
Clare Freas, Deane Willis, L Moore
submitted by Judy Hazen
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Volunteers signing in at the beginning of the workday. Photo by Jim Dunn.
Cleaning up the Butterfly Garden. Photo by Lorraine Tallent.
Mary Ann and Dan spreading road base along the new sidewalk. Photo by Carl Christensen.
Lorraine mixing concrete slurry for setting fence posts. Photo by Jim Dunn.
The crew that filled the dump truck with brush and deadfall debris. Photo by Carl Christensen.
The hungry volunteers enjoying the brats and sides. Photo by Dan Moyer.
See all the workday photos
here.
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