2011-01-07 SPIN Weekly E-mail Update
Kyle Taylor
From:Alison Ortowski
Sent:Friday, January 07, 2011 3:30 PM
Subject:January 7, 2011 SPIN Weekly Email Update
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Weekly E-mail for January 7, 2011
IMPORTANT LINKS
Standing Committee Meeting
My Southlake News
Meetings and Agendas
SPIN will meet next Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.
Development Activity
You should have received an email from me yesterday that
Report
included the meeting packet and agenda.
Upcoming SPIN
Meetings
If you have not yet RSVPd please do so by noon on Monday.
SPIN Meeting Reports
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DATES AND INFO
Dispatch Name Change
Meeting Follow-up
City Council Meeting
01/04 - -
See attached for results
P&Z Meeting
01/06 - - See
attached for results
Upcoming SPIN
Meetings
January 10 at 7:00 pm
SPIN #5 will host a meeting to
discuss alterations to the existing
building and a proposed rezoning
from AG (Agriculture) to SP1
(Detailed Site Plan) with office and
light industrial uses for the
property located a 2411 Sam
The Cities of Keller, Southlake, Westlake and Colleyville
School Road.
have merged dispatch services to provide the best possible
service to our communities and with this merger, starting
February 14 at 6:00 pm
January 1st, you will now hear a new name when you dial 9-
1-1. These four cities encompass an area of over 60 square
SPIN #3 will host a meeting to
miles that support a population of over 90,000 people in the
discuss the proposed placement
heart of the Metroplex--and it is an exciting expansion that
of a new light pole with attached
Southlake is proud to be a part of. This merger began in
telecommunications antennas as
2007 and was the first in Tarrant County.
well as the installation of ground
equipment proposed to be located
When you call 9-1-1, you are routed to the Keller Southlake
inside a fence at the base of the
1
Emergency Communications Center or KSECC. Effective
new pole. The new pole will
January 1st, with the inclusion of Colleyville to the dispatch
replace the most southeast
center in recent months, the new name you will hear when
existing light pole located on the
calling 9-1-1 during an emergency is the North East Tarrant
athletic field south of Carroll
Communications Center or NETCOM. Greetings to callers
Intermediate School located at
will include "NETCOM 9-1-1 where is your emergency?" or
1101 North Carroll Avenue.
for non-emergency calls "NETCOM Emergency
Communications Center.
February 28 at 6:00 pm
"The selection of the name better represents all of our
The City of Southlake's Planning
communities and the new expansion of dispatch services to
and Development Services
the additional cities," said Southlake Department of Public
Department will host a city-wide
Safety Director Jim Blagg.
SPIN meeting to discuss proposed
changes to the City’s Zoning
The dispatch center is still housed in Keller at the Police
Ordinance (Ordinance 480) to
Department located at 330 Rufe Snow Drive. The name
address Assisted Living Facilities.
transition will take place on January 1, 2011--in time to kick
off the New Year.
9-1-1 is still to be used during emergency situations for Fire,
Upcoming Meetings
Police, and EMS emergencies within the City and its services
will not change with the new name. The non-emergency
SPIN Meeting
1/10 - at 7:00 PM,
dispatch number (817-743-4522) is also still the same should
Town Hall
you need to use it.
Parks and Recreation
1/10 -
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Board Meeting
at 7:00 PM, Town
Hall - Council Chambers
The Comanche, The Settlers, and
Senior Advisory
1/11 -
Commission Meeting
at 1:00
the U.S. Calvalry
PM, Senior Activity Center
Local author, Dr. Max Ratheal, will speak about some of the
SPIN Standing Committee
1/11 -
area’s earliest residents – the Comanche Indians – at 7 pm
at 6:00 PM, Town Hall
on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 in the third floor meeting
room in Southlake Town Hall, 1400 Main Street.
Zoning Board of
1/13 -
Adjustment
at 6:30 PM, Town
Sponsored by the Southlake Historical Society, Dr. Ratheal’s
Hall - Council Chambers
presentation will recreate the lives of the early white settlers
(such as the families who built Parker’s Fort, near present-
Mulch and Electronics
1/15-
day Waco, site of the infamous raid and ultimate kidnapping
Recycling
at 10:00 AM at
of Cynthia Ann Parker in 1836), the U.S. cavalrymen
Bicentennial Park
assigned to protect them, and the fierce Native American
tribesmen, the Comanches.
Construction Alerts
Dr. Ratheal is the author of the historical novel, “The
Wrinkled Hand Chase,” a retired professor from Weatherford
For information on construction
College, and a member of the Texas Archaeology Society.
projects, visit cityofsouthlake.com
Copies of Dr. Ratheal’s book will be available for sale. The
/cityconstruction
program is free and open to the public.
For more information on this event or to become a Historical
PLANNING
Society Member, visit the society’s website,
www.southlakehistory.org.
DEPARTMENT
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The Planning Department
maintains a number of pages on
Recycling and Mulch Reminder
the City website that provide
useful and timely information
Don’t forget that you can recycle your Christmas tree at
about all development cases in the
Bicentennial Park until January 12th. On January 15th, from
city. Click here to view.
10a.m. to 2p.m, you will be able to pick up mulch and recycle
your electronics.
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For more information about Christmas tree recycling, e-mail
parkrec@ci.southlake.tx.us or call 817-748-8203. For more
FEEDBACK
Information about electronics recycling, contact 817-748-
8638.
What’s going on in your SPIN
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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
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