Grapevine - Colleyville - Southlake | January 2023

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Council approves $14.5M in debt for streets, parks

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Colleyville City Council Will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 17, Feb. 7 www.colleyville.com Grapevine City Council Will meet at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 17, Feb. 7 www.grapevinetexas.gov Southlake City Council Will meet at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 17, Feb. 7 www.cityofsouthlake.com Tarrant County Commissioners Court Will meet at 10 a.m. Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31; Feb. 7 | www.tarrantcounty.com Carroll ISD MEETINGS WE COVER Colleyville City Council weighing housing developments Colleyville City Council held its third discussion on Greystone Manor, a proposed 49-unit neighborhood near the roundabout at McDonwell School Road and Westcoat Drive, during a Jan. 3 meeting. Hat Creek Development stated in a letter to the city that homes prices would start at about $2.5 million. During the council’s meetings, concerns about trac, density, drainage and the location of the neighborhood’s entrance were voiced. The proposal was tabled and will be discussed again at council’s Jan. 17 meeting. To be approved, Greystone Manor must receive a supermajority, or 7-0, vote. Council held its rst discussion on the creation of The Blus at Colleyville, a 14-acre neighborhood with 19 lots at a Jan. 5 meeting. The gated neighborhood from WillowTree Development would be located at Pool Road along Big Bear Creek. Planned lot sizes are larger than 20,000 square feet, and homes will begin at $2 million, according to the presentation.

BY HANNAH JOHNSON

“The debt program is extremely critical for the long-term sustain- ability of the city,” Grapevine Chief Financial Ocer Greg Jordan said in a Sept. 20 council meeting. The certicates of obligation will be used to pay $6.7 million for vehicles, $4.9 million for streets and $2.5 million for parks. The vehicles purchased will remove end-of-life vehicles with comparable replacements. The city will purchase two 100-foot ladder trucks, one pumper truck, two ambulances and ve pickup trucks for the re department. Seven pursuit vehicles will be purchased for the police department.

SPRUCING UP The city of Grapevine approved $14.5 million in certicates of obligation that will be spent for three dierent departments. Vehicle replacement $6.7M Streets $4.9M Parks $2.5M Fees related to certicates $350,000 $14.5M total

Contract sets stage for wastewater repairs expenses. Unlike general obliga- tion bonds, which must be voter approved, certicates of obligation provide cities with more exible spending abilities. GRAPEVINE Grapevine will spend about $14.5 million on streets, city vehicles and parks. During a Dec. 6 meeting, Grapevine City Council unanimously approved issuing $14.5 million in certicates of obligation that will be split between $14.1 million for capital projects and about $350,000 to cover the cost of issuing the debt. Certicates of obligation are a form of bonds issued to pay for nonroutine

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City approves new cafe, patio

The building was constructed in 2004 as a theater, and the remodel will start Feb. 1, according to a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation ling. The cost is $1 million to renovate 4,900 square feet between the interior and patio. The Arizona-based company features wine from Italy, Germany, France and California. “We wanted to change the build- ing for a while, and these guys have been on our list after they [have] been requested on [the] ‘who do you want to see’ tier, and their name pops up,” Kasal said.

BY CODY THORN

GRAPEVINE City Council is taking the rst steps to repair wastewater issues in the Bellaire neighborhood. During the Dec. 20 meeting, the council approved a $740,000 contract with Burgess and Niple Inc. of Dallas for design services for an area located near William D. Tate Avenue between W. Dallas Road and Hwy. 114. The engineering services provided will look at repairing infrastructure for a subdivision that was constructed in the 1950s. The city slip-lined, essentially putting pipe inside the existing pipe as a temporary x. How- ever, that also made the pipes more narrow and has caused maintenance issues, according to documents.

SOUTHLAKE A site plan and encroachment agreement for Postino WineCafe were approved unanimously during the City Council meeting Jan. 3. The latter will be for a patio area in front of the location at 1426 Main St. in the current location of Ann Taylor. A re hydrant that is in front of the store has been removed for the patio, according to Jason Kasal, vice president and senior leasing director of the Western division for Kite Realty Group, which operates Southlake Town Square. He added Ann Taylor will vacate the space at the end of January.

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