Item 4B
City of Southlake, Texas
M E M O R A N D U M
February 15, 2006
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
FROM: Shana K. Yelverton, City Manager
Agenda Item Comments and Other Items of Interest for City Council Meeting
SUBJECT:
February 21, 2006
Note that there will be an SPDC meeting prior to the City Council meeting.
4A. Mayor’s Report
Proclamation for Flag Football State Champions - City Council will recognize the age eight and
under Southlake OT team coached by Marty Bellamy and Larry James and the age ten and
under Southlake Broncos team coached by Ray Crockett and Tony Tolbert for winning the
2005 Texas Amateur Athletic Federation State Flag Football Championship in their respective
divisions. Our teams competed against representative from all over the state such as San
Angelo, El Paso, Stephenville, Fort Worth, and Austin.
4B. City Manager’s Report
Presentation of results from 2006 Citizen Survey – Decision Analyst, Inc. will be available at
the meeting to make a brief presentation on the citizen survey that was conducted in January.
Contact Jim Blagg with questions on this item.
4C. Financial Report. A copy of the financial report for January 2006 is included in your packet.
Note that the sales tax collection for December increased by 14.4% compared to December
2004. Sales tax collections to date exceed budget by $592,075. Staff is prepared to do a
presentation on the sales tax or any other financial question upon your request. Contact Sharen
Jackson with questions on this item.
4D. Local Business Report. The local business report will be presented by Southlake Fitness.
5A. Approve the minutes for the February 7, 2006, regular City Council meeting. The minutes are
included in your packet.Contact Lori Farwell with questions on this item.
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5B. Consider excusing members of the City Council and of the Planning and Zoning Commission
for absences from meetings. Mayor Pro Tem Shankland was absent from the February 7 City
Council meeting and Vernon Stansell and Michael Boutte were absent from the February 9
P&Z meeting.
5C. Authorize the City Manager to enter into a professional services agreement with
Credera/Maximus, Inc. for information technology alignment study. One of the initiatives of
the transition plan you reviewed last March was to conduct a number of studies of the larger
operating departments to identify opportunities for improved resource utilization. The scope of
the IT alignment study is intended to be comprehensive and the areas of review will include:
Hardware – emerging or declining technology
Software – does it meet our needs
System Optimization – systems matched with workload and working at optimum levels
IT Staffing and Budget – adequacy
Business Continuity
Help Desk Operations – customer service
Potential Long Term Impact on Operating Budget
The team of Credera/Maximus, Inc. has experience conducting information technology studies
in both the public and private sectors. This team brings deep local government industry
knowledge, with an appreciation for the need to clearly link technology investment to
constituent benefit and extensive and proven IT alignment strategy experience to deliver
tangible business benefits
A fee of $50,000 has been negotiated with Credera/Maximus, Inc. plus a not-to-exceed amount
of $2,000 for expenses. Funds were budgeted in the current fiscal year to conduct this study.
Contact Jim Blagg with questions on this item.
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5D. Authorize the Mayor to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Cheatham and
Associates for design of certain projects included in the 05/06 CIP and Strategic Initiative
Fund. This professional services agreement includes the design and preparation of construction
plans and specifications for: (1) Pavement Management System street rehabilitation, (2)
Shumaker Lane paving and drainage improvements, (3) Quail Creek Estates, Woodland
Heights and Shumaker Lane neighborhood sanitary sewer projects, and (4) a 12” water line
along East Continental Boulevard from Byron Nelson Parkway to Champion’s Way. Funds for
these projects were included in the FY2005-06 CIP and the Strategic Initiative Fund.
Cheatham and Associates was selected as the design engineer for these particular projects
because of previously performed preliminary engineering work on all them. The total cost of
this professional services agreement is $91,150 which will be charged to the project budget.
Contact Charlie Thomas with questions on this item.
5E. Award annual contract for utility parts to Hughes Supply, Texas Water Products, and Ferguson
and Atlas Utility Supply. In an effort to streamline our purchase of utility parts used in the
everyday maintenance of the water and wastewater systems and make these operations more
efficient, the staff has worked with purchasing to prepare an annual bid for commonly used
utility parts.
Five bids were received on January 20. The bids have been reviewed by staff and in order to
obtain the best possible value, the supplies were divided into categories with the intention of
awarding each category to the low bidder. It is recommended that City Council award the
annual contracts to Hughes Supply, Texas Water Products, Fergusson and Atlas Utility Supply
for the various categories indicated on the bid tabulation sheet. Awarding the bid will secure
this pricing for the length of the process period.
Contact Charlie Thomas with questions on this item.
5F. Authorize the Mayor to execute a Residential Developer’s Agreement for Villas Del Sol, a
10.82-acre, nine-lot subdivision, located at the northwest corner of Highland Street and
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Sunshine Lane. This is the City’s standard residential developer’s agreement and covers the
construction of public streets, water lines and sanitary sewer lines. The agreement also
includes the requirement that the developer will plant trees along Highland Street and Sunshine
Lane. The developer will pay a park fee of $13,500 and a downstream critical structure fee of
$2,551.
Contact Charlie Thomas with questions on this item.
5G. Authorize the Mayor to enter into an Interlocal Assistance Agreement for fire and explosive
investigation. The Southlake Department of Public Safety has been involved with the Tarrant
County Fire and Arson Investigators Association for 20 years. A component of this association
is the Arson Task Force which is comprised of 36 agencies in Tarrant, Denton, Dallas, Ellis,
Johnson and Parker Counties. These agencies have historically assisted each other in the
investigation of large loss fires. In the event a member agency needs assistance with arson or
explosive investigation they contact members of the Task Force. Southlake has an existing
agreement with each member city and this Interlocal Agreement is designed to replace the
individual agreements between each city. Each participating city will pay an annual fee of
$150 the Tarrant County Fire and Arson Investigators Association to participate.
This agreement will allow our City to benefit from the expertise of other investigators during
the investigation of large loss fires, suspicious fires and or explosive investigation.
Contact Rick Smith with questions on this item.
5H. Resolution No. 06-012, Support the City’s participation in a drug and alcohol awareness
program known as “Game Over” every two years. This item is on your agenda at the request of
Councilmember Jones. Please contact him with questions on this item.
5I. Resolution No. 06-013, Call the May 13, 2006, General Election and authorize joint election
agreements with Tarrant County Elections Administration and Carroll Independent School
District. On February 14, the Tarrant County Commissioner’s Court was scheduled to call a
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bond election to be held on May 13. If approved, the City of Southlake would piggyback onto
the County’s election which would allow Southlake voters to cast votes anywhere in Tarrant
County. Although we have not received final documents from the County for city attorney
review, we anticipate we will have them by next Tuesday. If Council chooses not to consider
this item at the February 21 meeting, we will place it on your March 7 agenda as the deadline
for calling the election is March 13.
Contact Lori Farwell with questions on this item
5J. ZA05-172, Plat Revision for proposed Lots 3R2R1, 3R2R2, 3R3R1, 3R3R2, and 3R3R3,
Green Meadow Subdivision being a revision of Lots 3R2R1, 3R2R2, and 3R2R3, Green
Meadow Subdivision, located at the southeast corner of South Kimball Avenue and East
Continental Boulevard. Current Zoning: I-1 Light Industrial District. SPIN Neighborhood #7.
The property is currently platted as a single 11.12 acre lot. The proposed plat subdivides the
property into three lots ranging from 0.9 to 9.1 acres for office/light industrial development.
There are no variances requested.
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval (5-0) subject to the plat review
summary #1 dated February 3.
Contact Ken Baker with any questions on this item.
7A. ZA05-156, Site Plan for The Shops at Southlake – Bldg A3, located at the southeast corner of
East Southlake Boulevard and South Carroll Avenue. Current Zoning: SP-2 Generalized Site
PUBLIC HEARING.
Plan District. SPIN Neighborhood #8.(Note the subsequent agenda
item, a variance to the maximum height of the acoustic wall located near the southern property
boundary, may be considered in conjunction with this site plan.) The purpose of this site plan
is to receive approval of the architectural building elevations for the minor anchor building
directly east of Central Market. The proposed building elevations appear similar to the
previously approved buildings within the development. A variance to the articulation on the
east, west and south façade is requested. Also, the applicant is proposing more than 80% use of
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concrete tilt wall with a stucco type textured paint finish on the south and east facades. This is
similar to what was approved on the south facades of the Central Market building and building
‘C’ to the west. It should be noted that exposure of the east façade is temporary. A future
building is planned to be added to the east wall which will conceal this façade.
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval (6-0) on January 5 subject to
site plan review summary #1, dated December 30, 2005, and with the following comments:
granting the requested variances for articulation and exterior materials;
limiting time period of variance to 3 years on east side; and
accepting the applicant’s willingness to appropriately screen the patio area on the west
side.
A landscape and screening plan for the courtyard area between proposed building A-3 and the
Central Market is included as part of attachment ‘C’ and ‘F’ in the staff report. Also, following
the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation on this item, review of the grading
plans indicated that the wall to be located along the south boundary of the property may require
additional height for the site to comply with the noise ordinance. The maximum wall height
permitted under the zoning ordinance is 8 feet. The original site plan approval allowed for a
maximum wall height of 14 feet. The applicant is now proposing a wall height of 16 feet to
accomplish the required noise mitigation under the City’s noise ordinance. Approval of a
variance by the City Council is needed to allow further height extension of the wall. An exhibit
of the wall is included as part of attachment ‘C’ in the staff report. A request for a variance to
the noise ordinance is included on the agenda as well.
Council will need to consider the wall height as part of the site plan approval process. You will
also need to consider whether you wish to grant the noise variance (the following item on the
agenda). Should you decline to approve the additional height to the wall, Mr. Palmer is
requesting the variance to ensure that he will not be out-of-compliance with the noise ordinance
when the project is complete. You may wish to consider the variance whether or not you
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approve the change in the size of the wall. As of this time, he is required to build it as part of
his currently approved site plan.
You may wish to consider if this effort to mitigate noise is sufficient. If you believe it is, you
may opt to go ahead and grant the variance.
Contact Ken Baker with questions on this item.
7B. Consider variance to the Noise Ordinance No. 778 as it pertains to certain commercial
operations of the proposed retail center known as the Shops of Southlake located at the
southeast corner of East Southlake Boulevard and South Carroll Avenue. If the City Council
chooses not to grant the proposed wall height increase to 16 feet along the south boundary of
the Shops of Southlake property, it will be necessary to consider a variance to the City’s noise
ordinance. You may also wish to consider this variance if you believe that the wall is an
adequate noise mitigation effort. A site plan exhibit and report from the applicant’s acoustics
consultant is included in the staff report.
Contact Ken Baker with questions on this item.
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Reading, (ZA05-149) Zoning Change for 680 East Dove Road,
7C. Ordinance No. 480-477, 2
being legally described as Tract 2B01A, J.L. Chivers Survey, Abstract No. 348. Current
Zoning: AG Agricultural District. Requested Zoning: SF-1A Single Family Residential District.
PUBLIC HEARING
SPIN Neighborhood #3.. Jerry and Patricia Gilliland are requesting
approval of a change of zoning from AG agricultural district to SF-1A single family residential
district on approximately 2.0 acres. The intent is to remove the existing residence and
construct a single new home in approximately the same location. A single lot plat showing has
been submitted for review in conjunction with this zoning change. The plat will be approved
administratively if the zoning is approved. There have been no changes since the City
Council’s first reading approval of this item.
Contact Ken Baker with questions on this item.
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7D. Resolution No. 06-011, (ZA06-012), Specific Use Permit to allow a mass gathering for the
Kelly Miller Circus, located on the southwest corner of North White Chapel Boulevard and
State Highway 114. Current Zoning: C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District and AG
PUBLIC HEARING
Agricultural District. SPIN Neighborhood #11. The circus was held at
this same location last year on March 30 & 31, 2005. The applicant is requesting approval of a
specific use permit for a mass gathering to hold the event again this year under the same
approval conditions as last year with the following exceptions:
Shows are proposed for Tuesday, March 28 at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
A veterinarian will be on call if needed, rather than on-site.
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval (5-0) on February 9, 2006;
subject to the conditions of the preceding SUP except as follows:
Allowing a veterinarian to be on-call rather than on-site;
Allowing the DPS Director to determine the number of safety officers needed for
security and traffic control.
Contact Ken Baker with questions on this item.
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7E. Ordinance No. 512-A, 2 Reading, Amending Ordinance No. 512 which levied assessments
for part of the cost of sanitary sewer improvements in Continental Park Estates in the City of
PUBLIC HEARING
Southlake.. In 1990, City Council approved Ordinance No. 512 which
levied a sewer assessment for sanitary sewer improvements in Continental Park Estates.
Purchase liens were imposed on all lots within the subdivision until full payment of the
assessment. The ordinance imposed an interest rate of 10% per annum. There were a total of
69 lots assessed. There are 9 lots remaining with unpaid balances. In an effort to close the
outstanding assessments and provide an incentive for the residents to pay the assessments, we
are recommending a six month incentive period with an interest rate of 4.5% for the
outstanding balances. The interest collected per lot would be reduced by $5,728 (difference
from $7,924 to $2,196).
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City Council approved first on reading at its February 7 meeting. Contact Sharen Jackson with
questions on this item.
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8A. Ordinance No. 480-478, 1 Reading (ZA05-127), Zoning Change for proposed Bella Lago
being approximately 11.25 acres located at 2970 Burney Lane. Current Zoning: AG
Agricultural District. Requested Zoning: SF-1A Single Family Residential District. SPIN
Neighborhood #3. This is an 11.25 acre property located between the west side of the 2900
block of Burney Lane and an easterly portion of the Grapevine Lake Corp of Engineers
property. The property does not have physical street frontage and there is no evidence that the
property has any access by easement to a public street. The developer of this property owns a
lot within the adjoining Harbor Oaks subdivision which abuts this property. The developer’s
Harbor Oaks lot has physical street frontage and access to Burney Lane.
A request for a zoning change to the SF-1A single family residential zoning district does not
require a concept or development plan. A preliminary plat was initially submitted with this
request but was tabled by the applicant prior to any action of the Planning and Zoning
Commission.
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the zoning change (5-0) subject to accepting
the applicant’s “Developer Commitment” letter received by the Commission on February 9,
and noting the applicant’s unwillingness to commit to a maximum of seven new residential
lots.
Approximately 26% of the surrounding property owners within 200 feet of the property have
officially registered opposition to the request. Because of this, a super-majority vote (6 of 7
City Council members) is needed to approve the zoning change.
Contact Ken Baker with questions on this item.
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8B. Ordinance No. 480-479, 1 Reading, (ZA05-154) Zoning Change and Concept Plan for
proposed Hawthorne Place, on approximately 10 acres located along the east side of Randol
Mill Avenue approximately 1,200 feet north of Johnson Road, being legally described as Tracts
1E, 1E01, 1D01, and a portion of Tract 1D02, Ben J. Foster Survey, Abstract No. 519. Current
Zoning: AG Agricultural District. Requested Zoning: SF-20A Single Family Residential
District. SPIN Neighborhood #13. This property is located at 515 - 565 Randol Mill Avenue.
The concept plan shows a total of 17 lots, with 16 of the lots being for new single-family
residential construction. The average lot size is 24,000 square feet. The proposal does not
comply with the low density residential land use designation which recommends detached
single-family residential development not exceeding a net 1 dwelling unit per acre. The net
density of the proposed development is 1.6 dwelling units per acre. The applicant has provided
a justification for the development which is included as part of attachment C in the staff report.
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval (5-0) on February 9; subject to
concept plan review summary #3, dated February 3, 2006 and accepting the applicant’s
willingness to limit any fencing to wrought iron.
Contact Ken Baker with questions on this item.
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Reading (ZA05-068), Zoning Change and Concept Plan for Carroll
8C. Ordinance No. 480-480, 1
Crossroads on property described as being a portion of Tract 4G, O.W. Knight Survey, Abstract
No. 899; located at the southwest corner of East Southlake Boulevard and South Carroll
Avenue. Current Zoning: AG Agricultural District. Requested Zoning: S-P-2 Generalized Site
Plan District. SPIN Neighborhood #9e. This site is located on the south side of E. Southlake
Boulevard just west of the Prade air strip and approximately 350 feet west of South Carroll
Avenue. The plan proposes the development of two retail buildings totaling approximately
27,100 square feet adjacent to Southlake Boulevard and five retail/office buildings totaling
approximately 49,500 square feet on the southern half of the site adjacent to the future Zena
Rucker Road.
Under the “S-P-2” zoning the applicant proposes the following (see Attachment C):
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C-2 local-retail commercial district uses and development regulations to exclude the
following uses:
bakeries; cleaners, laundries and/or laundromats; grocery stores and/or meat
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markets; newsstands; tea-rooms and/or “take-out” food restaurants. Although
the documents submitted with this application still reflect this proposal, the
applicant amended this at the Planning and Zoning Commission to only
eliminating laundries and/or laundromats, grocery stores and/or meat markets;
Front Yard – not less than 30 foot along F.M. 1709. Not less than 20 foot for all other
streets;
Floor Area – maximum area of 40,000 square feet per structure;
Loading Spaces – no loading spaces shall be required for the development; and
Architecture similar to renderings.
The following variances are being requested (see Attachment C):
Public Street R.O.W. – minimum 60 foot required, 50 foot R.O.W. with 31 foot
pavement width proposed; and
Driveway Stacking – minimum 150 foot required, requesting as shown on concept plan
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval (5-0) on February 9, subject to
the concept plan review summary #4 dated February 3 and subject to the following:
noting that the permitted uses shall allow all C-2 uses with exception of laundromats,
grocery stores and meat markets;
dry cleaners shall be limited to a maximum of 2,500 square feet with no on-site cleaning
or pressing processes;
all buildings adjacent to the street must have store fronts facing the street;
the east driveway on Southlake Boulevard must be right-in/right-out; and
approving requested regulations and variances except as noted.
The plan does not comply with the City’s land use plan. This area has an underlying “Office
Commercial” designation with an optional T-1 on the north and T-2 on the south portion. Any
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approval of this request as currently proposed must include justification. A justification letter
has been provided by the applicant and is included as part of attachment ‘C’.
Contact Ken Baker with questions on this item.
10A. Consider SP06-031, Variance to Sign Ordinance No. 704-B for Stampede Sports Arena located
at 250 Players Circle. This is a request for variance to the maximum letter/logo height, sign
width, and sign placement for attached signs on the indoor soccer facility under construction in
the Player’s Circle development located on the south side of West Southlake Boulevard just
east of Davis Boulevard. The applicant is proposing one attached sign on the north side of the
building, which does not directly face a drive or street but will have visibility from Southlake
Boulevard. The specific variances requested are as follows:
Sign Reg. Permitted Requested
Maximum letter/logo 12 inches 24 inches (letters)
height36 inches (logo)
Sign width 31 feet 11 inches 32 feet 5 inches
Sign placement Permitted on a façade On the north side of
facing a street or the building, which
vehicular driveway does not face a
accessstreet or drive
Contact Ken Baker with questions on this item.
10B. Amend the current professional services agreement with Dunkin, Sims, Stoffels, Inc., to
include the design and engineering of the loop road parking lot improvements at Bob Jones
Park. The Parks and Recreation Board, at their January 9, 2006 meeting, recommended and
SPDC and City Council approved an agreement with Dunkin, Sims, Stoffels, Inc., for
professional services relative to the parking lot improvements at Bob Jones Park south of the
existing softball fields. As part of their motion, SPDC requested staff to contact Dunkin, Sims,
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Stoffels, Inc., to inquire about expanding their scope of services to include the design and
engineering for improvements to the gravel loop road parking lot. The additional parking
(approximately 20-25 spaces) is anticipated to help alleviate current parking shortages resulting
from activities at the softball facilities, dog park, periodic special events, and from general park
use.
The contract with Dunkin, Sims, Stoffels for design services relating to parking lot
improvements at Bob Jones Park has been reviewed by the City Attorney. The action presented
simply expands the scope of services provided by Dunkin, Sims, Stoffels, Inc.
The proposed amendment to the current agreement for survey, design and engineering services
of the loop road parking lot improvement is for an amount not to exceed $5,800 based on a
projected construction budget of $60,000. Should the decision be made to move forward with
this project, funding may be derived from the SPDC project reserve ($61,846) and/or SPDC
unencumbered proceeds ($281,836). The Parks Board will review this item at its February 16
meeting and SPDC will consider at their meeting on February 21 immediately prior to City
Council.
Please contact Steve Polasek with questions on this item.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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1.Signs installed on Corps of Engineer propertyEighteen volunteers along with members of the
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Parks Maintenance crew spent the morning of Saturday, February 4 “planting” poles and
installing signs throughout the walking, hiking and equestrian trails at Bob Jones Park. Twenty-
one signs were put up to help guide those who venture out on the trails and to indicate which
trails are for walking and hiking and which are for horseback riding. Volunteers also picked up
trash and trimmed tree brushes and branches. The work of the volunteers will be beneficial to
all those who visit the trails.The estimated value of services performed was in excess of $700.
2.FCC meeting regarding Cable TV competition. The FCC started a new process of holding
some meetings outside of Washington, DC with the appointment of the new chairman to the
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commission. Technical Services Manager Gary Gregg attended this meeting in Keller last
week. They wanted to see new technologies in cable television. They also came to Texas to
receive their mandatory report on the state of cable competition. There are some mandatory
numbers on penetration of cable and direct broadcast satellite, that when reached, will cause the
commission to potentially review and issue new or changed rules regarding competition.
The report cites two sets of studies that both border on the threshold number of 70%. The
commission adopted the report and seemed to indicate that they did not choose to believe the
70% threshold has been met.
The Commission then received testimony from about ten people. The panel consisted of the
mayor of Keller, Mayor Moncrief of Fort Worth, representatives of Verizon, Charter,
SBC/AT&T, NATOA, NTC, PUC Commissioner of Texas and a Keller resident.
The testimony took the form expected from the three sides. The national organizations
representing cable and cities that regulate cable testified that the individual franchise scenario is
working and a fair process. The telecom providers, Verizon and AT&T, insist on either state or
federal legislation to reduce the length of time to get approval to build and give statewide or
nationwide franchising ability.
Mayor Moncrief summed it up very nicely by making three points. He related the struggle to
get SB5 passed in Texas. The issues were hard fought and Mayor Moncrief stated that Texas
cities would not settle for anything less at the federal level.
The three points he made were:
Any legislation promulgated must be revenue neutral to cities.
Rights of way must be protected and the local police powers must not be diminished.
Social values must be observed. Community cable channels must remain funded and
providers not be allowed to redline neighborhoods solely on the account of economics
or income levels.
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These are the same items that were addressed by Mayor Wambsganss’ letters to selected
Congressional representatives.
Contact Gary Gregg with questions on this item.
3.The “funnel” project is moving forward. City Managers from the area met today for a briefing
on the current design of the various sections of the proposed project in anticipation of the
public meeting set for February 23. Jerry Hodge with the City of Grapevine is scheduled to be
at Town Hall on Friday, February 17 to review the plan with any interested party. If you are
interested and have not yet done so, please contact Diana Smith (748-8001) for the times he
will be available. It is his hope that the area cities are comfortable with the plans and will
present a united front to TxDOT to support the project. Please let me know if you have any
questions on the funnel or our participation in the public meeting.
will be Friday, February 24,
4.The annual Southlake Chamber of Commerce awards banquet
12:00 – 1:30 at the Marriott Solana. Let Lori Farwell know if you would like to attend so that
she can make a reservation for you.
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Staff Direct Phone Numbers:
Baker, Ken, Director of Planning, 748-8067
Blagg, Jim, Assistant City Manager, 748-8601
Farwell, Lori, City Secretary, 748-8016
Gregg, Gary, IT Manager, 748-8086
Hugman, Kevin, Director of Human Resources, 748-8193
Jackson, Sharen, Finance Director, 748-8042
Last, Greg, Director of Economic Development, 748-8037
Polasek, Steve, Director Community Services, 748-8018
Smith, Rick, Director of DPS, 748-8108
Thatcher, Ben, Assistant to the City Manager, 748-8005
Thomas, Charlie, Interim Director Public Works, 748-8089
Yelverton, Shana, City Manager, 748-8001