How Can I Help?

What Can NASWC Do For ME?

NASWC is the Neighborhood Association of Southwestern Williamson County. Our Association membership is dedicated to promoting the general welfare of the residents and resources as well as protecting property values. All of our work for the welfare of our community and the residents is done by community volunteers. All Officers, Board Members, and Committee Members are volunteers.

Help Us Help You!

Become a member of the Board – to attend monthly meetings and conduct the business of the Association. Board meetings are the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Jollyville Fire Station on Anderson Mill Road
Executive Committee – Secretary to record minutes of the monthly Board meetings and Quarterly General Meetings
Hospitality for the Quarterly Meetings – Provide snacks and set-up/clean-up for meetings (reimbursement available)
NASWC Signs – Help with putting out quarterly meeting signs and yearly NNO signs (you can take a meeting sign to post in your yard/nearby corner a few days before Quarterly Meetings).
National Night Out – Assist NNO Chairman with planning and logistics for our annual event co-hosted with Town & Country at the park on Meadowheath Drive. NNO is the 1st Tuesday of August each year.
Zoning Change & Site Plan Notices from the City of Austin – Review online documentation on the city’s website; determine if NASWC has Restrictive Covenants with property owners; follow-up as needed with Agent or the city’s case manager.
Annual Audit – Serve on ad hoc committee to audit NASWC records.
Scholarship Committee – review applications for the annual Doreen L. Sholtes Scholarship Award, which is presented to recipient at National Night Out event in August.

Membership in NASWC offers several benefits, including discounted trash and recycling services; NASWC News & Notes, our e-announcements and reminders; membership availability in three local credit unions; and active participation in zoning, new development in our area, safety concerns, and growth issues which affect your property values and standard of living.

If you enjoy living in our neighborhood and plan to be here awhile, take a step to affect how the community develops with regard to businesses, roadways, activities, and use of tax dollars. Let your voice be heard and your family represented. Join your neighborhood association, NASWC, and get involved in the planning board.

We work with both Williamson County and the city of Austin on Zoning and Development issues, often spending long hours at Zoning and Planning meetings in Austin.
Through the hard work of NASWC leadership, we have nurtured an excellent relationship with area Police, Sheriff’s department and our County Commissioner’s office since our beginnings in 1998.
We have a special lower-rate, members-only, contract for garbage disposal with Round Rock Refuse. They also provide recycling and bulk items pick-up as part of the contract. Our members are eligible to participate in this contract if they do not live in an area serviced by City of Austin or a MUD district disposal service.
We award a scholarship each year to a student who has completed high school and will be attending college or a trade/technical school. Eligibility is for students who live in our neighborhood and are children or grandchildren of NASWC members.
We co-host the annual National Night Out event with Town & Country at the T&C Ball Fields in August for the entire NASWC community.
We sponsor the community’s Forest North Stingrays Swim Team as part of our support of family-oriented activities
Our members are eligible for membership in two local credit unions, University Federal Credit Union (UFCU) and Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union (RBFCU); also with TxDPS Credit Union located in Austin on St. John’s Avenue.
We work to uphold the Restrictive Covenants in the community.
We email announcements of events, programs, alerts, and reminders to our members via Constant Contact. Through it, members keep in touch with issues affecting our community.
We maintain this website, www.naswc.org, which is chock-full of community information and links.

We are ALL volunteers and your neighbors. We are not a Municipal Utility District nor an HOA. No company or person has been hired to do this work.

Garage Sales

Question: Can I have more than two garage sales per year?

Answer: No.

Or said another way, a person can have as many garage sales per year as they want PROVIDED they have a tax permit, charge sales taxes at those sales, pay sales taxes on the sales, and are conducting the sales on property zoned for commercial use, not on a single family residential lot.

From the Texas Comptroller’s site:

The comptroller’s document covering sales and use tax for garages sales is here. It also can be found on the comptroller’s documents page: http://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/publications/.

Neighbors Should Be Neighborly:

It has to be said that most of us have no idea of this tax law and thus might mistakenly think three or four sales of used jeans and old dishes is okay. Those should be fairly simple sales and of course a quick survey would reveal that the items for sale fit the definition of what a garage sale is about.

However, if frequent garage sales are a problem or if the contents of those sales do not fit the profile of a garage sale, then a concerned neighbor can call the State Comptroller’s Tax Assistance line at (800) 252-5555 to report possible violations.

No Commercial Use of Single Family Residential Lots:

Concerning the impact on our neighborhood (traffic, eyesore, etc.), should a neighbor conduct three or more garage sales per year or if a neighbor sells items in a yard sale which do not fit the definition of yard sale items, it might be argued that the person is operating a business on their single family residential lot. Doing so is not permitted because the lots are not “zoned” by the county for any commercial use. Plus, the Restrictive Covenants for most of our area do not allow the use of our properties for commercial or business usage of any kind.

To determine the neighborhood designation for a property, visit www.wcad.org and search for the property address in question. On the listing you will find the neighborhood and phase information.