CITY & COUNTY News from Tarrant County, Westlake & Trophy Club Study planned for new terminal at DFW Airport
HIGHLIGHTS KELLER The public works department completed the recon guration of the southbound lanes of Keller-Smith eld Road as they approach Keller Parkway on April 12. The new lane assignments are left-turn only, straight only and right-turn only. Fort Worth City Council 200 Texas St., Fort Worth www.fortworthtexas.gov Keller City Council 1100 Bear Creek Parkway, Keller www.cityo eller.com Roanoke City Council 500 S. Oak St., Roanoke www.roanoketexas.com Trophy Club Town Council 1 Trophy Wood Drive, Trophy Club www.trophyclub.org Westlake Town Council 1500 Solana Blvd., Bldg. 7, Ste. 7200, Westlake | www.westlake-tx.org Denton County Commissioners Court 1 Courthouse Drive, Ste. 3100, Denton | www.dentoncounty.gov Tarrant County Commissioners Court 100 E. Weatherford St., Fort Worth www.tarrantcounty.com MEETINGS WE COVER
Council approves pickleball courts at Harmony Park
Taylor Swift donates to local food bank
New town managers named in Westlake and Trophy Club after Carroll’s hire
BY KARLY LAMM
the terminal. The project was originally unveiled in 2019 but was paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed sixth terminal was estimated to cost between $3 billion-$3.5 billion at the time and could add up to 24 new gates. Discussions are ongoing regarding the timeline of the project, Poinsatte said. There is no new estimate on how much the terminal would cost. Airport o cials are negotiating a new use and lease agreement with the airlines, according to documents.
EXPANSION ARRIVING? Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport o cials are looking at adding Terminal F, rst discussed in 2019.
FORT WORTH The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport received approval for a $27 million planning study for the proposed Terminal F. Chris Poinsatte, DFW Airport’s exec- utive vice president and chief nancial o cer, announced the airlines had approved the request during the March 7 Fort Worth City Council work session. The study’s funding will be pro- vided by previously approved bonds and will help determine the design of
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TARRANT COUNTY In the days prior to her concerts at AT&T Stadium March 31-April 2, Taylor Swift made what a Tarrant Area Food Bank o cial called a “very generous” donation to the nonpro t organization. “We were thrilled and hon- ored,” Chief External A airs O cer Stephen Raeside said. “While we can’t reveal the exact amount, it was very generous and will provide a couple hun- dred thousand meals to people in our service area.” To get Swift’s attention, TAFB conducted an Instagram cam- paign, which included tempo- rarily changing its name to the Taylor Area Food Bank. The Tarrant Area Food Bank was founded in 1982 by Fort Worth residents concerned about food insecurity.
BY KARLY LAMM
WESTLAKE Following a unanimous vote at the March 20 meeting, West- lake Town Council announced Wade Carroll as the new town manager. Carroll will begin his new role May 1. This announcement followed a nationwide search led by Mosaic Pub- lic Partners. According to a town press release, numerous applications were submitted with council narrowing it down to a handful of semi nalists. Carroll was formerly the town manager of Trophy Club. He was with Trophy Club since 2017 and also served as interim town manager, assistant town manager and re chief, according to the press release. Before his time in Trophy Club, Car- roll was deputy chief of the Southlake Fire Department from 2010-17. He was with the city of Southlake for 18 years. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from American
$3B-3.5B Cost of a proposed new terminal from estimates in 2019 24 Number of new gates that could be added
TROPHY CLUB City Council members approved plans for building four pickleball courts at Harmony Park, at 699 Indian Creek Drive, during the March 28 City Council meeting. Harmony Park pickleball players share two blended-lines courts with tennis players. The four new courts will replace the shared courts for pickleball players and revert the shared courts back to tennis courts, the town said. The estimated cost of $300,000 and will be paid for with money from the park dedication funds.
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Military University as well as several leadership certi cations. “[Wade] brings a wealth of munic- ipal knowledge and experience and is a true professional who will lead our town in the right direction,” said Mayor Sean Kilbride. To ll the town manager role in Trophy Club, council appointed Police Chief Patrick Arata as the interim town manager. He has been with Trophy Club since 2014 as chief of police and has served as interim town manager once before in 2016. Trophy Club is conducting a national search to ll this position.
SOURCES: DALLAS FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CITY OF FORT WORTH COMMUNITY IMPACT
Commissioner Gary Fickes will not seek re-election in 2024 TARRANT COUNTY After serving for 18 years as the commissioner of Precinct 3 in Tarrant County, Commissioner Gary Fickes will not seek re-election in 2024. BY MARK FADDEN Fickes said in a statement. “It’s now time to make that o cial.”
Fickes was mayor of Southlake for 10 years and he also chaired the Southlake Planning and Zoning Committee. As commissioner, Fickes last day in o ce will be Dec. 27, 2024, according to his o ce.
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