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Here are the addresses for the Saturday, October 4 garage sales in Lakewood. This is a great time to get out and meet some neighbors — and shop for a few bargains.

Lakewood’s communitywide fall garage sale is back! The date is Saturday, Oct. 4. Lakewood residents hold their own garage sales at their homes, from 8 a.m. to noon. If you’re planning to have a garage sale at your house, sign up on this Google form. You don’t need to give your name. The HOA will provide a list of addresses where sales are held as the date nears.  

Earlier this year the HOA board developed a regular schedule for spring and fall sales: the fourth Saturday in April for the spring sale and the first weekend in October for fall.

The Lakewood HOA pool is scheduled to close from Aug. 18-20 while repairs are made to the pool deck.

Capital Concrete Coatings plans to bleach and pressure wash affected areas (and may need to pressure wash the entire job), remove loose coating, cut out poor mastic work by a previous contractor, texture, allow to dry, and apply two coats of color seal and feather in areas with an air brush. The crew also will tape, paper and mask off surrounding areas as needed, and clean up after completion.

And in other pool news:

• Between Thursday, June 26 and Friday, June 27, someone dumped a bottle of suntan lotion into the water, giving it a weird color although the chemistry of the pool was not affected. Also, someone went behind the wood fence enclosure and turned off all of the chlorinators, including the automation injection system. The pool was cleaned, the lock to the enclosure was changed, and the electrical panels are being locked for extra security. In the future, please post a REQUEST on TownSq if you see something that concerns you. And if you have any information about this vandalism, please call the HOA office at 512-345-8367. Our pool maintenance professional is at the pool three to four times a week to make sure the pool is clean and working properly.
• Remember to replace your entry fob if it doesn’t work. (Slide the fob down the contact spot on the right of the gate to enter.) Visit the HOA office from 8 a.m. to noon on Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays to get a new one. There’s no charge. But if you lose your fob, the office will replace it for a $35 fee.

Robbie Mayfield died on May 20 at the age of 78. Robert Terry “RT” Mayfield was known for his years of community service, lasting friendships and solid faith, as described in his obituary. Lakewood also knew him as a community visionary.

Born in Houston and raised mostly in Austin, Robbie graduated from McCallum High School and attended Texas Christian University. In his accomplished career he was home builder, general contractor and real estate developer, all under the name RT Mayfield Companies.

His work included more than Lakewood:  Creekside Square, Crossroads, Balcones Woods and Rockport Village in North Austin, Davenport Village, Cat Mountain Villas, The Courtyard, Westover Hills, Twin Mesa, Austin Woods, three shopping centers on Mesa Drive, and University Park Village center in Fort Worth. His community involvement also included building the structure that became the Travis County Exposition Center.

But one development was particularly special to him: Lakewood.

As longtime friend and Lakewood resident Chuck Taylor noted in a Facebook post, Robbie was extremely important to our corner of Austin. He met him in the late 1970s when Robbie was developing a new concept – a subdivision of garden homes, “which at the time had never been done before in ATX,” Chuck recalled.

“We walked the raw land, took tons of photos and developed unique strategies on how the marketing and advertising would be presented to the home builders of ATX as well as new home buyers,” Chuck said. “Robbie’s vision would turn out to be highly successful. He named the subdivision Lakewood.”

Robbie also named a few of our streets such as Wallace Drive for his father Wallace, not too far from Robbie Creek.

He is survived by his wife, Treeta DeZelle Mayfield; daughter, Amy Sturgeon and her husband, Steve; grandson, Gage Carter Sturgeon and many friends. He was predeceased by his parents, Bernell and Wallace Mayfield; his baby son, Robert Carter Mayfield and his sisters, Ginger Mayfield Milam and Cindy Mayfield.