*HOUSING POST* June 2016: Volume 16, Issue 6
In this Edition:

Tenant Advisory Board Applications 
 Karaoke Night 6/22 @6:30!
 June Yoga Classes
 Summer ESL Classes - Thursdays
June Events
 Bio: Colorado Garden Manager, Katherine
 Maintenance & Grande Service Requests
 Apartment Staff Contact Information
Apply to be a Tenant Advisory Board (TAB)
member and represent your complex!
If you want to give back to your community and serve as a
TAB representative, email Chairperson Motolani Ogunsanya
your Cover Letter and 1-2 page Resume, outlining your
interest and qualifications for the position:
[email protected]
These positions require a two (2) year commitment.
 TAB meets twice monthly to discuss resident concerns, proposals and
TAB events.
 Each monthly meeting remunerates a $75 rent waiver.
TAB representatives attend an annual mandatory summer 1-day retreat in
Austin to plan ahead for the year (August 25th).
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All applications - including your Resume
and Cover Letter - must be emailed to
Motolani as soon as possible. TAB plans
to review all applications and schedule
candidate interviews in the coming weeks.
2 Positions Open in August:
1 Colorado Representative
& 1 Brackenridge Representative
Tenant Advisory Board
The Tenant Advisory Board (TAB) is comprised of 2 residents from
each complex (Brackenridge, Colorado & Gateway) and one
representative from the Apartments Office. TAB meets twice a
month during the semester to discuss resident concerns and ways
to improve life within University Apartments.
Join us at our June Tenant Advisory Board Meeting:
Tuesday, May 31st, 7pm-8:30pm
in the Colorado Community Room
*The June meeting will be held on the last day of May, as half of the TAB representatives are traveling and
interning in June. If you would like to “Skype” into our meeting, please contact the TAB Chair at
[email protected] with your Skype username.*
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
10
11
16
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18
9:30am:
ESL Class
@COL
10am:
Knitting Club
Social @BRK
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24
10am:
ESL Class
@COL
5
6
7
8
9
9:30am:
ESL Class
@COL
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13
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15
2:00pm:
Free Yoga
Class @GAT
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2:00pm:
Free Yoga
Class
@BRK
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27
28
6:30pm:
Research
Meet & Greet
@BRK
22
10am:
6:30pm
KARAOKE
Night @ BRK
9:30am:
ESL Class
29
30
@COL
Professional/
Family Photo
Shoot @BRK
Google Form Sign
Up Will Be Emailed
9:30am:
ESL Class
@COL
BRK = Brackenridge Community Room
COL = Colorado Community Room
GAT = Gateway Community Room
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Bio: Katherine
Romans
Colorado Garden Manager
Warm winters and wet springs are a
gardener’s best friend, and never underestimate
the ingenuity of a Colorado Apartment
gardener: those have been the clearest lessons
I’ve learned as the Garden Manager of the
Colorado Community Garden for the past year
or so. I’m not a particularly good gardener,
myself. I come from a colder climate — I grew
up in Northern Virginia, just across the Potomac
River from Washington, DC) where the growing
season doesn’t start until the middle of May. It
was quite an adjustment to learn that I could
plant my tomatoes as early as March here! And
even more of a shock to learn how quickly a
well-watered garden can shrivel up in the heat
of the Austin summer.
Before Austin, my fiancé Cody and I had limited experience gardening. We had a
few container plants when we lived in Washington, DC, tried and failed to coax
vegetables out of a shade-covered side yard in New Haven, CT—where I went to
graduate school—and even tended a few gardens as WWOOFers (World Wide
Opportunities on Organic Farms) in South America. But this plot has proven to be our
most rewarding gardening adventure yet.
It is an incredible luxury, as an apartment dweller, to have the space to grow
lettuces, beets, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes and even watermelon just a few steps from
your front door. And the comradery we have found with our fellow gardeners has been
fantastic. While we clearly have some true experts in the mix (you know them by the
neat, orderly arrangement to their plots, their vertically towering bean poles and
bountiful harvest), many of us are figuring out this gardening in Texas thing together.
And that is where the true fun lies—in experimenting, not being afraid to fail, and
getting to spend a few quiet moments watering your 10x10 piece of earth once a day.
If you are ever walking by and see someone in the garden, say hello! Come in and
ask for a tour! Most of us gardeners enjoy the opportunity to show off the fruits of our
labors. =)
- Katherine Romans, Garden Manager, Colorado Community Garden
2015-2016 Apartment Monthly Rates
Brackenridge & Gateway One Bedroom
$558
Colorado One Bedroom
$588
Brackenridge & Gateway Two Bedroom $638
Colorado Two Bedroom
$668
Brackenridge Three Bedroom
$814
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Maintenance Requests
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All maintenance issues in your apartment and around the complex must be reported via an online
maintenance request. A paper version of the request may also be submitted to the main office.
Rent
Rent is always due on the 1st of every month and late after the 5th of every month regardless of whether you receive a courtesy bill reminder email or not
 Bookmark https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/dhfs/aptsapp/ for reference if you do not
receive the courtesy bill reminder email
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Grande Service Request
All service requests for your cable or internet service must go
through the office via an online maintenance request
 Please DO NOT contact Grande for service directly. Grande will
be turned away if we do not have a maintenance request on file
for you
 You may contact Grande directly if you want expanded services
 Grande will not be given keys to your apartment if you did not
submit a maintenance request for the work
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Pest Control Requests
 All routine pest control requests must be
submitted via maintenance request.
 All routine pest control requests will be
scheduled each Tuesday & Thursday between 8
am and 4 pm.
 If you request pest control, please remember
Vacancy Notices
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A 60 day written notice is required for all vacancies
If you give 30 to 59 days written advance notice you
will pay a 50% penalty
If you give 1 to 29 days written advance notice you will
pay an 85% penalty
To view the terms & conditions of your contract in its
entirety go to: www.utexas.edu/student/housing/
index.phpsite=0&scode=2&id=518
that you are required to leave your apartment
when pest control staff arrive and remain gone
for 2 hours.
 Due to a heavy workload, the tech cannot
return that day.
 Emergency pest control
situations should be
reported to the office.
University Apartments
3501 Lake Austin Boulevard
Austin, TX, 78703
Hook ‘Em Home
Open Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm Guided by our values and commitment to
Phone: 512-232-5299
support the University mission, our vision
is to provide first-class housing and food
Email:
[email protected]
Have a concern or question about
the UT Shuttle?
service while embracing an inclusive,
nurturing, community where students
and staff realize dreams while achieving
Email: [email protected]
goals.
Maintenance Requests: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/dhfs/aptsapp/
Log in and click on maintenance. Request form in the left hand column.
University Apartments Staff
Associate Director
Courtney Howard
[email protected]
Apartments Coordinator
Julie Lekstutis
[email protected]
Facilities Maintenance Manager
Gilbert Acosta
[email protected]
Administrative Associate
Denise Zuniga
[email protected]
Administrative Associate
Paul Previte
[email protected]
Brackenridge CAs:
~ Hillel Ofek
[email protected]
~ Gabe Venegas
[email protected]
Tenant Advisory Board Members
Brackenridge Representatives:
- Motolani Ogunsanya, Chair
[email protected]
- Justin Power
[email protected]
Colorado CAs:
~ Daria Pus
[email protected]
Colorado Representatives:
~ Ahmad Agbaria
[email protected]
- Shuning Lu
[email protected]
Gateway CAs:
~ Bruno Chiquini—Sr. CA
[email protected]
Gateway Representatives:
- Nagaraja Revanna
[email protected]
~ Jake LeVieux
[email protected]
- Ya-Ching Huang
[email protected]
- Mohsen Babazadah
[email protected]