2010-10-29 SPIN Weekly E-mail Update
Kyle Taylor
From:Alison Ortowski
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Weekly E-mail for October 29, 2010
IMPORTANT LINKS
MySouthlakeNews.com Launched
Latest News
Meetings and Agendas
Development Activity
Report
Upcoming SPIN
Meetings
The City of Southlake, in partnership with Carroll
SPIN Meeting Reports
Independent School District, announced the launch of
MySouthlakeNews.com, a website that offers in-depth news
DATES AND INFO
about Southlake schools, business and community
happenings.
Meeting Follow-up
Modeled after mainstream news websites, such as CNN.com
or MSNBC.com, MySouthlakeNews.com encompasses a SPIN Meeting
10/11 - - Tower
broad range of topics – including business, sports,
Plaza
community, arts and entertainment – combined with photo
galleries, videos, newsfeeds, and Twitter updates. Most SPIN Meeting
10/25 - - Southlake
significantly, the website is continuously updated to provide
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the Southlake community with real-time, unbiased news and
information
Upcoming SPIN
Intended to inform not only residents, but also visitors and
Meetings
the business community, MySouthlakeNews.com includes
city government news, development reports, construction
November 8 at 6:00 pm
updates, upcoming events, and public safety information.
SPIN #8 will host a meeting to
discuss the proposed construction
of a 17,000 sq. ft. medical office
building located on the southeast
corner of Nolen and Silicon Drive.
November 8 at 7:00 pm
SPIN #8 will host a meeting to
discuss proposed classroom
additions and renovation to
Dawson Middle School and
Eubanks Intermediate School
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located at 400 S. Kimball Avenue.
November 15 at 6:00 pm
The City of Southlake will host a
city-wide SPIN meeting to obtain
feedback on the development of
the following two project priority
lists: 1) Wayfinding Signage
Installation (utilizing hotel
occupancy tax funds); and 2)
Public Area Beautification projects
(utilizing reforestation funds).
November 15 at 7:00 pm
The City of Southlake will host a
city-wide SPIN meeting to obtain
feedback on the development FY
2011 Sidewalk Construction
Projects Priority List (utilizing
general funds).
According to Schank, MySouthlakeNews.com will
supplement, not replace, existing websites for the City and
November 15 at 8:00 pm
Carroll ISD, as well as provide links to other city-hosted
websites.
The City of Southlake will host a
city-wide SPIN meeting to discuss
“The City’s official website, CityofSouthlake.com, contains a
adoption of the 2009 International
tremendous amount of information and we wanted to
Building Codes.
maintain its focus on city government.
MySouthlakeNews.com has been designed with a much
December 13 at 6:00 pm
broader reach in mind,” explained Schank.
The City of Southlake's Planning
“In many cases, articles on MySouthlakeNews.com will link
and Development Services
back to the city’s website or to an organization’s website,
Department will host a city-wide
such as the Southlake Chamber of Commerce, Southlake
SPIN meeting to discuss
Historical Society or Southlake Sister Cities.”
requirements and limitations
regarding the maintenance,
When approached by the City of Southlake to partner on the
handling and temporary storage of
news website, Carroll ISD’s Julie Thannum saw it as a huge
soil stockpiles (dirt piles) within the
boost to the district’s communications efforts. Thannum
City of Southlake.
serves as the district’s Executive Director of Communications
and Marketing, overseeing a multi-faceted program that
December 13 at 7:00 pm
seeks to increase public understanding and support of the
public schools.
The City of Southlake's Economic
Development and Tourism
Seizing the opportunity, Thannum added a news feed on the
Department will host a SPIN
site’s home page, which features updates for each campus in
meeting to present the findings
the district. The site includes daily Dragon sports updates,
and elicit feedback on the
band, theatre and choir news on the arts and entertainment
Economic Development and
page and general district news on the CISD link. The
Tourism Strategic Plan which is an
district’s goal, too, is to drive more traffic back to CISD’s
element of the Southlake 2030
main home page, not to replace it.
Plan.
“We are extremely excited about the official launch of
January 10 at 6:00 pm
MySouthlakeNews.com and what it will mean to our Carroll
Dragon family,” said Thannum. “This joint project with the
The City of Southlake’s Planning &
City is exactly the type of cooperative service our taxpayers
Development Services
have come to expect and appreciate about their community.
Department will host a city-wide
We’ve been communicating with parents, taxpayers and
SPIN meeting to discuss proposed
business leaders using a weekly electronic newsletter since
revisions to the City’s Sign
1998. This online news portal will transition our program to
Ordinance to include regulations
real-time daily news posts that bring our audiences closer to
for logos on attached signs.
the Carroll Dragons than ever before.”
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Learn more by visiting MySouthlakeNews.com.
Back to top Upcoming Meetings
Southlake Parks
11/2 -
Development Corporation
Election Day
Meeting
at 4:00 PM, Town Hall -
Council Chambers
Election Day is Tuesday November 2nd, and Southlake
voters will be able to cast their ballot on many important
City Council Meeting
11/2 - at
races, including those for Governor, State Representative,
5:30 PM, Town Hall - Council
State Senator, U.S. Representative, and others.
Chambers
Tarrant County Voting Information:
Planning and Zoning
11/4 -
Commission
at 6:00 PM, Town
Tarrant County voters can click here to find their precinct.
Hall - Council Chambers 11/8 -
The polls will be open from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and unlike
Parks and Recreation Board
early voting, you must vote at your assigned precinct.
Meeting
at 7:00 PM, Town Hall -
Council Chambers
For more information about voting in Tarrant County, please
click here. For questions about general election information,
Southlake 2030:
11/8 -
please contact the City Secretary’s Office at 817-748-8015.
Economic
Development/Tourism
Denton County Voting Information:
Committee/Land Use Planning
Joint Meeting
at 5:00 PM, Third
Tarrant County voters can click here to find their precinct.
Floor Training Rooms
The polls will be open from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and unlike
early voting, you must vote at your assigned precinct.
SPIN Meetings
11/8 - from 6:00
PM - 8:00 PM, Third Floor Training
For more information about voting in Tarrant County, please
SPIN Standing
Rooms 11/9 -
click here. For questions about general election information,
Committee
at 6:00 PM, Third
please contact the City Secretary’s Office at 817-748-8015.
Floor Training Rooms
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Construction Alerts
Capital Projects Update
Highland Street Reconstruction
and 12-inch Water Line from
The Public Works Department recently released a Capital
Shady Oaks Drive to SH114
Projects Update in early October. This document contains
helpful information about the different capital construction
Highland Street paving is
projects going across the city, including updates about
complete from Shady Oaks Drive
projects that are under construction, pending construction,
to SH114. Cleanup of the area will
and recently completed.
be completed by the contractor
thru October 2010. For more
You may view the Capital Projects Update report for October
information click here.
2010 by clicking here.
Dove at N. White Chapel Blvd
For more information about City Construction projects, visit
www.cityofsouthlake.com/construction.
(Substantially Completed)
Construction of the Roundabout is
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now complete. Sidewalks from
Dove Tower to the new CISD
Elementary School are under
construction. Cleanup of the
intersection to be completed in
October 2010. For more
information about intersection
improvements click here, and for
drainage improvements click here,
Heatherwood, Royal Oaks, and
Twin Creeks Addition Sanitary
Sewer Construction
(On-going) Construction of
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sanitary sewer began and will
continue through Fall 2010.
Paving activities will follow once
the sewer is complete. For more
information, please click here.
For information on other
construction projects, visit
cityofsouthlake.com
/cityconstruction
PLANNING
DEPARTMENT
The Planning Department
maintains a number of pages on
the City website that provide
useful and timely information
about all development cases in the
city. Click here to view.
FEEDBACK
What’s going on in your SPIN
Neighborhood? Email or phone
(817-748-8261) me anytime. You
don’t have to wait for the next
Standing Committee meeting to
report on something concerning
you in your neighborhood.
Alison Ortowski, Assistant to the City Manager
City of Southlake - 817-748-8261 - aortowski@ci.southlake.tx.us
Alison Ortowski
Assistant to the City Manager
(817) 748-8261 - Office
Follow The City:
www.CityofSouthlake.com
www.MySouthlakeNews.com
www.VisitSouthlakeTexas.com
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