• Please send our Communication Officer your current email address to receive important "Constant Contact" notices and invitations.
• Get Free "NH" Window Sticker(s) for your vehicles and help police improve neighborhood security.
• Please join the NH neighborhood association - Only $50/yr     Click Here for the NHHA Membership Form
  You can now use Paypal on our homepage to start or renew your NHHA membership.
• Please volunteer for Citizens on Patrol (C.O.P.) - Contact our COP Manager (Contacts page) for free training by SAPD.
• Report suspicious persons and vehicles to police. That action provides police a way to ask for identification.

Please join our C.O.P. program. Dog walkers are especially encouraged to attend the COP class to learn what to report to police.

All residents and advertisers are invited to enjoy the added benefits of NHHA membership.
Thanks to all of you that stay active in supporting our community.

You can count on NHHA. Can we count on you to do your part with your annual dues of $50.
Since ALL RESIDENTS receive the benefits of the Northern Hills Neighborhood Association; we ALL need to mail our $50.00 annual membership payment to PO Box 34792, San Antonio, TX 78265-4792. You can also use PAYPAL to begin or renew your NHHA membership. For more information about membership, contact Membership Secretary listed on "contactus.html" page. Thank you very much!

Dear Northern Hills Residents

Now is the time for all of us to show our support for our Northern Hills Neighborhood by paying our annual HOA dues of $50 per household.

All homeowners, and those renting or leasing are eligible for membership. Also, any homeowner who is renting or leasing their home to another person, may also sign up.

All funds collected are used to support programs which help preserve and protect our residents and our neighborhood. These programs include: Citizens On Patrol (COP), Neighborhood Beautification, Community Garage Sales, Neighborhood Clean Up Days, Northern Hills Scholarships, NHHA Website, Yard of the Month (YOM), Constant Contact Notifications, and much more.

Your NHHA membership also gives you RAFBFCU membership. It is another good benefit so Please join NHHA.

PLEASE mail your $50 check to: NHHA, P.O. Box 34792, San Antonio, TX 78265-4792
You can also make your payment by using PayPal. Just go to their website www.paypal.com. Log in to your account, click on send and request at the top of the page, enter the NHHA email address – NHHAHOA@hotmail.com, click on next, enter the amount $50, enter notes, click continue, and click send payment. You can also use your PayPal app.

If you have any questions, please call or text our Membership Secretary Carol Garza at 210-410-5254.

Please join the Northern Hills Homeowners Association. You are already receiving the benefits.

You are strongly encouraged to join the homeowners association by completing the Membership Form.

Please Join and Volunteer today! We would love to have you join our friendly and valuable group. After completing the membership information, to volunteer simply choose your area of interest at the lower portion of the application.

Thank you very much for your support of our neighborhood.

NHHA President - Mike Gallagher - Phone 210-946-0190

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OUR SAFFE OFFICER

Hello, My name is Richard Grant. I'm thrilled to be your new SAFFE officer. I have been a San Antonio Police Officer for over 12 years and been a part of multiple specialized units serving the community. It is my intent to stay vigilant in your neighborhoods and attempt to help all of you with your concerns. I'm looking forward to meeting you all soon.
Officer R, Grant #0231, North SAFFE, cell # 210-219-8538, Office # 210-207-5197, richard.grant@sanantonio.gov

FOR ALL EMERGENCIES, CALL 911.

For non-emergencies, please call the department's non-emergency line. Please report suspicious activity here.
San Antonio Police department - Non Emergency Number 210.207.7273 (SAPD)

San Antonio Fire Department: 210.207.7744

For code compliance issues, Please call 311 or use the 311 app on your smartphone

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HELP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY

Help reduce strangers in our neighborhood and reduce the flyers on your doorstep.
Place a "NO SOLICITING" sign on your door. Ask to see "permit" of any door to door sales people.

This will make the neighborhood cleaner, safer and likely increase advertising in the newsletter and on our neighborhood website http://www.mynhha.org/
Please contact your SAFFE officer if you receive door to door solicitations or phone 311.
City of San Antonio, Code Enforcement Services Department
Phone (210) 215-1737 - Fax (210) 207-7914

BEAUTIFICATION:
Do you enjoy landscaping? Come and participate in planting and maintaining the landscaped areas at our entrances. Visit Contacts page for rep. info.

YARD OF THE MONTH
Each month from April through August a "yard of the month" will be selected in each area by judges.
You can volunteer to be a judge. Judges are needed to select a yard each month and to notify the winner in each area.
Visit Contacts page for Area rep. contact info.

Our Northern Hills Yard of the Month (YOM) selection has been delayed until May. YOM Manager, Clare Coleman, explained that many of our yards were affected by the late freeze. This will give you another month to get your yard ready to be a YOM winner! Here are some things the judges are looking for:

CURBS - well maintained

MAILBOXES - upright, in good condition

DRIVEWAYS & SIDEWALKS - clean, litter free

LAWN - well maintained

SHRUBS, TREES, FLOWERBEDS - nice image overall

HOUSE FRONT - not needing repairs or painting

HOUSE NUMBERS - visible from the street

FENCE - upright, in good condition

PROPERTY - complies with San Antonio City Codes - (sanantonio.gov/dsd/codes)

If you missed the Northern Hills General Meeting, Rick Murta with Northern Hills Curb Appeal, gave us some good information about yard maintenance - now is the time to compost and fertilize - use Preen in flowerbeds and pre-emergent on the lawn - wait until the fall to trim oak trees.
Did you notice the improvements?
Many of our Northern Hills residents have most likely seen the excellent improvements going on at our main neighborhood entryway at Thousand Oaks and Scarsdale.
Beautification Manager Ray Blankenberg asked that we give special recognition to volunteers Suzanne and Jessie Ong for their wonderful efforts including the re-lettering of the two giant stones on either side of the main entrance. Ray pointed out that their re-lettering work has made the neighborhood name Northern Hills really stand out.

Thanks to all our volunteers like Suzanne and Jessie for helping keep our neighborhood looking great! Do you enjoy working with plants? Ray would love to have some help with the Northern Hills entrances. Contact Ray Blankenberg - rayblankenberg@gmail.com.

NORTHERN HILLS COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE The NH neighborhood holds its semi-annual Garage Sale on the 1st SATURDAY in MAY & OCTOBER. Permit is required by city, purchase online or HEB. Post permit outside of garage during sale. Permit states that the sale starts at 9am. The cut-off time for submitting your address for the neighborhood maps will be the proceeding Friday before the Saturday Garage Sale by 9am. Please call #210-627-0153. Leave your address, name and phone number. Only your address will be provided on the map. Only 2 garage sale signs are allowed by the city. You will need to cut off label from your permit and tape onto the back side of your signs. The NHHA will purchase the ad in the Express Newspaper, online and Recorder for the SATURDAY. I will post to Next Door. You do not need to be a member of the association to participate, however your membership is always welcome. $50 yearly If you have any questions, call Kathy Green at 210-627-0153 Just a reminder: The following Saturday - the NHHA will have a Neighborhood Cleanup Day. SPRING & FALL NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN-UP - VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED OF ALL AGES! Our semi-annual cleanup day in Northern Hills will be held the 2nd Saturday in MAY & OCTOBER, 8:30-1pm. Meet at the NH POOL parking lot for instruction and cleanup supplies. The City of San Antonio will provide garbage trucks. This is a service reserved for Northern Hills neighborhood. Materials may be brought to the pool parking lot by car or truck. Trailers are prohibited from this program. We have the same older and reliable volunteers and I need the younger crew, meaning 60 or under to participate. WE NEED YOUR HELP CLEANING UP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD! Volunteers will pickup trash along the major entrances and allies, cut back shrubs on Uhr, Bell, Bellcrest and More if neighbors volunteer to cleanup our neighborhood. HELP AN ELDERLY OR HANDICAPPED NEIGHBOR Ask if they have any items to discard and offer to pickup and deliver to the pool parking lot If you are not available to participate, please grab a trash bag and cleanup your street. ACCEPTABLE MATERIALS Appliances, furniture, tree limbs, shrubs, mattresses, tires, lumber, auto parts, water heaters, carpet UNACCEPTABLES HAZARDOUS WASTE MATERIALS Liquids, chemicals, pesticides, oil, concrete, bricks, soil, sheetrock, roofing shingles. ***YOU can dispose of these unacceptable items at the area City’s Hazardous Waste Site at 1800 Wurzbach Parkway on the 1st FRIDAY & SATURDAY of the month between 8am till 3pm. Requirement: Take you CPS bill and Identification If you have any questions, call 311 or online at sanantonio.gov/swmd VOLUNTEER QUESTIONS: Kathy Green, #210-627-0153

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HELP WITH RECYCLING - Remember to "Bag in Brown, Recycle in Blue, It's Easy to do." Use "Green cart" for lawn and brush items.
Avoid placing diapers and other garbage in the blue recycle container. Fines are being assessed thru random curb checks.
Yes to plastic bottles, but not the bottle caps,
Yes to paper drink cups and plastic lids, but not plastic straws,
Yes to paper and cardboard but not packing material, popcorn or peanuts used for packing,
Yes to newspapers, but not waxed paper or wax coated packaging, wax covered drink cups or snack chip bags.,
Yes to steel and aluminum cans but not steel coat hangers, batteries, electronic gadgets or paint in cans.
Yes to glass bottles and jars. You can place plastic bags in one bag to make a "ball" and place in "Blue cart".
Yes to milk cartons.

Go to www.sanantonio.gov/swmd for pickup for more information

Call 311 for more information

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Hazardous disposal - Solid waste management information - Click Here

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WEEKLY CURBSIDE PICKUP by city services - For holiday service check http://www.sanantonio.gov/
Weekly Garbage Collection: Thursday Brown cart for landfill (trash)
Weekly Recycling Collection: Monday Blue cart (recycle)
Weekly Compostable collection: Monday Green cart for lawn and yard clippings

SPECIAL CURBSIDE PICKUP SERVICES will be announced by San Antonio Waste Management

Brush-only pickup in our area is February and August. DO NOT place bulky items in your brush pile.

Curbside pickup of Bulky items Only is approximately every six months.
Example of bulky items: Furniture, mattresses, appliances, barbeque grills, water heaters, fencing, passenger car tires (limit 6) and small pieces of carpeting. The maximum is 8 cubic yards. Construction materials are not accepted. No brush is allowed during this collection. Do not place in front of parked cars or other obstructions.

Bulky items - Click here for more information

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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DROP OFF AVAILABLE - Click here for information

WARNING: DO NOT place brush materials out for collection unless you have received a notice from the City notifying you that brush collection will be provided in your area.

Remember that you can take your brush, bulky items, and hazardous materials to specific locations at specific times. See the website links above.

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NORTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE (NNA) & DISTRICT 10:

Made up of leaders from District 10 neighborhoods. Once meetings resume; We hope to see you all at our District 10 Community Meetings at the Tool Yard. Some meetings are available online.

Please attend the next meeting of the Northeast Neighborhood Alliance (NNA) at the Northeast Service Center,
10303 Tool Yard, located on the south side of Wurzbach Pkwy between Perrin Beitel & Thousand Oaks.

All are welcome at the DISTRICT 10 COMMUNITY MEETINGS at the Tool Yard.

AT THESE MEETINGS you will have a chance to learn about the latest issues affecting your neighborhood.
Sign up for and get the latest news from our District 10 City Councilman office.
Get updates on the progress of San Antonio City Council. Learn more about the neighborhood association's plans for programs and projects for the future.

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For more information, Please contact Cathalina Schneider at 210-207-5182 or email her at Cathalina.Schneider@sanantonio.gov

As with past classes, if a group would like to organize a class of 10 participants that are willing to attend; You can schedule the class at the substation, or at a location of your choosing. Regardless of the location, an invitation will be sent out to all COP groups in case there are others who would like to attend. COP Manager is Pam Hays. Her phone is 210-865-1224

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CITIZENS ON PATROL - C.O.P. - Northern Hills Neighbors - Call for volunteers!

Get involved in neighbors looking out for neighbors. Volunteers are trained by SAPD to recognize and report suspicious activity.

If you live in Northern Hills, then you know what a great neighborhood we have; please consider helping to keep it that way by joining our fabulous Citizens on Patrol (C.O.P.) program. We especially need folks to patrol weekend nights.

To become a member of C.O.P. just attend a one time, no cost training class at the SAPD substation at 13030 Jones-Maltsberger, see schedule below. This is the 21st year of our C.O.P. program, please join and help us to continue keeping our neighborhood safe.

Upcoming C.O.P. classes are listed on the home page - "Calender of Events".


Northeast Substation Citizens on Patrol classes are a one-time four hour class. Please bring a photo ID when attending. All necessary applications will be filled out at the beginning of each class and photos will be taken for a complimentary C.O.P. ID card.

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Special appeal for new membership in Area 6

Your area has the largest area with 197 homes and the lowest percentage of members in the NHHA. Let's ask our neighbors to join! It's only $50 per year. We badly need two area reps for Area 6. Please consider helping out.
We also need an area rep for Area 7.

     Membership form

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MONDAY NIGHT DINNER GROUP

Come join your friends for Monday night dinner.
Send an email to Jan Kirby to get on the "Constant Contact" email list for the location. Jan's email is jsk1965@att.net

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Living in Northern Hills just keeps getting better and better.

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NHHA MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

All homeowners and residents are encouraged to join the NHHA.    We think we are one of the largest and strongest neighborhood associations in San Antonio.   Our boundaries are Thousand Oaks, Scarsdale, Stahl Road, Higgins Road, and Uhr lane.  

Our Membership Secretary is found on the "Contacts" page.

     Click here for our NHHA membership form
PAYPAL can easily be used to start or renew your annual NHHA membership.

Northern Hills Homeowners Association has been cited countless times by San Antonio city and county leaders as an example of what a neighborhood association should be, and we are very proud to be acknowledged in this way. As membership increases, we all benefit by remaining a strong active and exemplary neighborhood. All homeowners and tenants are encouraged to join and support the activities of the NHHA.

Our annual dues are only $50.00 per year! For this minimal investment you receive:

• A Recognized Citizens On Patrol (COPS) program keeping our neighborhood safer.
• As a resident and association member, your high school senior is eligible to apply for a $1000 scholarship.
• A quarterly newsletter full of Neighborhood news bimonthly.
• Beautification & maintenance of all NH entrances.
• Sponsorship of semi-annual garage sales and neighborhood clean-ups.
• Representation at City Hall meetings.
• Active residents who serve on the various city committees and boards.
• Our own website: www.myNHHA.org

Use PAYPAL to start or renew your annual NHHA membership.     Click for Membership Form

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Message about the new rules for Voting From Home

Monday January 24, 2022
The League of Women Voters of the San Antonio Area needs your help. Alarming numbers of Vote by Mail applications requesting mail-in ballots are being rejected by local election offices throughout Texas, including in Bexar County, due to non-compliance with the stricter voting requirements enacted last year by the Texas Legislature.

The most common reasons for rejection include the use of the incorrect (older) application and not meeting the state’s new identification requirements.
Click here for League of Women Voters website
Click here for information on the voting application for mail in votes
Steps to voting by mail in Texas

Please share this with your neighbors. Thank you.

NHHA President, Mike Gallagher

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Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas:

1. Beaumont to El Paso : 742 miles
2. Beaumont to Chicago : 770 miles
3. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
4. World's first rodeo was in Pecos, July 4, 1883.
5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water.
6. The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full-time coach at Rice University in Houston .
7. Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America
8. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.
9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.
10. The worst natural disaster in U. S. history was in 1900, caused by a hurricane, in which over 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island.
11. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was "Houston," but the space center was actually in Clear Lake City at the time.
12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island.
13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43 inches in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July of 1979..
14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead of by annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the U.S. Flag, and may divide into 5 states.
15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr Pepper..
18. Texas has had six capital cities: Washington-on- the Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston ,Velasco, West Columbia and Austin ..
19. Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington DC (by 7 feet).
20. The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing monument in the world and it is taller than the Washington monument.
21. The name ' Texas ' comes from the Hasini Indian word 'tejas' meaning "friends". Tejas is not Spanish for Texas.
22. The State Mascot is the Armadillo (an interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies. They have one egg, which splits into four, and they either have four males or four females.)
23. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.

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Our Website History

This web site started as a means for opposing the SA Airport's FAR 150 update proposal that suggested that heavy air traffic be re-directed 15 degrees to fly "over the Cement Plant".     The only problem with that solution is that WE are on the other side of that Cement Plant. Although the FAA rejected that plan in 2001, in March of 2004 the Northern Hills Homeowner's Association had learned that the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) proposed the Airport still included the 15 degree turn. In February of 2005, we were notified that were successful getting the 15 degree turn removed from the EIS.

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All residents are strongly encouraged to join NHHA.

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