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CITY HIGHLIGHTS DALLAS During its March 9 meeting, City Council approved a roughly $2.9 million contract for excavation work to be done on the 7-acre pond in Watercrest Park at Lake Highlands Town Center. According to city o cials, the pond has accumulated “signi cant sediment” since its construction in 2009, reducing its average depth from 6 feet to 1 or 2 feet. Construction will begin in May and conclude in January 2023.
Newstreetlights coming tonortheast neighborhood
BY VALERIE WIGGLESWORTH
DALLAS City Council voted March 9 to approve new street- lights as part of a broader e ort to improve public safety in one northeast Dallas neighborhood. The project consists of 26 new streetlights along Ferris Branch Boulevard and Fair Oaks Crossing. The area is located south of I-635E and north of Skillman Street. The council’s vote also autho- rizes up to $572,000 from the Skillman Corridor TIF, or Tax Increment Financing, District Fund to be transferred to the city’s transportation department to pay for the lighting, according to the resolution approved by council. According to the mayor’s o ce, the lights will be completed by December.
Police plan aims to reduce crime About 200 apartment complex owners and managers meet with Dallas police March 22 in Lake Highlands. (Alexander Willis/Community Impact Newspaper)
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Sgt. Leroy Quigg, a 30-year Dallas Police Department veteran. Police will rst identify ve to 10 apartment complexes with the highest crime in Dallas and then work with property managers to help educate the community as well as address any shortcomings. “Everything is about education; everything is about helping the own- ers to combat and get rid of crimes,” Lt. Paul Thai said. O cer Bervin Smith said monthly meetings with property managers will start in April.
DALLAS The police department and about 200 apartment complex owners and managers met in Lake Highlands on March 22 to discuss a new police initiative. Known as the Multifamily Expo, the event saw police o cers discuss how to better prevent or stop crime while also sharing some details on the new police initiative. “We’re going to have a high presence in apartment complexes trying to assist you to hopefully decrease some of the crime,” said
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Dallas City Council meets April 13, 20 and 27 and May 4 at 9 a.m. at Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla St., Dallas. www.dallascityhall.com/Pages/ default.aspx Dallas County Commissioners Court meets April 19 and May 3 at 9 a.m. in the Allen Clemson Courtroom of the Dallas County Administration Building, 411 Elm St., Dallas. www.dallascounty.org/ government/comcrt MEETINGSWE COVER DALLAS At its March 29 meeting, the city of Dallas’ Transportation Committee identi ed streetlight improvement priorities through next scal year. Dallas has more than 94,000 streetlights, less than 12% of which are energy- e cient LEDs. The committee outlined plans to convert most to LEDs within the next ve to seven years through a maintenance agreement with the electric utility company Oncor, which owns more than 76% of city streetlights.
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DALLAS About $1.1 million worth of improvements, including two new parking lots and a new trail, are coming to Flag Pole Hill Park. The city of Dallas began construc- tion Feb. 15 with work scheduled to be nished by November. The current parking lot will be
removed to create an entry area for the new lots. Crews will also build a nearly 1-mile-long, 6-foot-wide trail that will loop the park. Changes are also coming to the entrance of the monument.
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