Dave Brockman, Martin Erhart and Ami Vaidya have been nominated for two-year terms on the Lakewood HOA Board of Directors.

Dave Brockman is running for re-election. He works for a tech company and has lived in Lakewood more than 17 years. He served as a board member nine years before rejoining the board two years ago.

Marty Erhart is a 47-year Lakewood resident. He is retired from a 40-year career in marketing and branding and today helps local non-profits with marketing and graphic design needs.

Ami Vaidya is a 33-year Lakewood resident whose professional background is in engineering and today enjoys her career in tax preparation.

Board members Shawn Jamail and John Harris have reached the end of their terms. The HOA thanks them for their service to Lakewood.

The three candidates have completed a nomination form, and their names have been placed on the directed proxy (absentee) ballot. Their short biographies are enclosed along with the ballot that is being mailed to your home.

If mailed, your proxy ballot is due by 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30 at the Lakewood Homeowners Association, P.O. Box 27674, Austin 78755. Or bring it in person to the clubhouse and drop it into the office drop slot by 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2; or email it to hoa@lakewoodhoa.com by the in -person deadline.

Election results will be announced at the HOA annual meeting, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Lakewood Clubhouse. 

(UPDATE: SHE HAS BEEN LOCATED SAFELY)

MISSING ADULT.DOROTHY BELT 80-YEAR-OLD WHITE FEMALE LAST SEEN AT 7211 LAKEWOOD DRIVE AFTER 11PM WAS WEARING RED JACKET PAJAMA PANTS AND MISMATCHED SHOES. PLEASE CALL 911 IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION.

Interested in joining the Lakewood HOA Board of Directors? It’s a great opportunity to serve your community.

Three board seats on will be on the ballot. Any property owner meeting the qualifications is eligible. Please fill out this form for the Nominating Committee’s consideration. Final vote will occur at the HOA annual meeting, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Lakewood Clubhouse. Please submit your form no later than 5 p.m. Jan. 14.

For 2026, annual homeowner dues will increase by 5%, or to $743.72. To improve HOA accounting practices and maintain accurate budget tracking, homeowners are asked to pay 2026 fees between Jan. 1 and 31, 2026. Waiting to pay until Jan. 1 will enable the HOA to record your payment as 2026 revenue and align HOA income with the new fiscal year for accurate financial reporting. If you pay your 2026 dues between those dates, you will receive a 5% discount on your annual fee, reducing it to $706.54.

Even with the increase, annual dues in Lakewood remain lower than HOAs in many Austin-area neighborhoods.

UPDATE (Dec. 19, 2026): The contractor for this project is closed for the holiday season and will notify the HOA office when they are back up and running. Earlier work was postponed due to weather.

Sealcoating of four Lakewood streets is tentatively scheduled to start in mid-December, weather permitting. Work had been tentatively scheduled to start late this week, but that has been postponed because of the colder temperatures.

Work crews started the repair last week with filling of holes on parts of Gardenridge Hollow and Dogwood Hollow (Gardenridge is shown above). Turkey Hollow and Winecup Hollow are the other two cul-de-sacs.

Each street will be shut down for one day for curing time, which means cars of residents on those streets must be moved temporarily; those left behind could be towed. Signs will go out on those streets the day before the sealcoating finally begins.

The HOA board selected Lone Star Paving Co. for the work on Dec. 1. Cost of the project is $21,466.77. Next year’s streets will be announced in the near future.

This is true for two reasons. First, the TownSquare app makes it quick and easy to seek HOA approval of your plans for painting your house or adding a fence or a new roof. Have you signed up for it? Please fill out this form. After you’re registered, open the app, click on “Submit for ARC” and follow the prompts to propose your project. Expect a reply in usually a few days.

Second, you can improve the look of your home and the neighborhood by rolling those garbage, recycling and compost bins out of sight after the city picks them up. We all agreed not to leave them at the curb or store them in the driveway when we bought our homes and signed the HOA agreements. AC/heating units should be hidden as much as possible too. Our governing documents, which we all signed off on when we bought our homes, require all this.