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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 Attachments:image005.jpg; image006.png; image007.png; image008.png; image009.png; image010.jpg; image011.jpg 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 Back to top 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 - Back to top 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 Back to top 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. 2 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 Back to top 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 3