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Highland Village council approves new fire facility The Highland Village City Council approved a second amendment to an interlocal agreement with the city of Lewisville and the town of Flower Mound for a joint-use fire training facility. The background According to previous Community Impact reporting, the three government entities approved the interlocal agreement for the facility in October 2021 to replace the previous training facility. According to data provided by Flower Mound, the original estimate was $6.8 million with Flower Mound providing $2.7 million, or 40.6%, and Highland Village giving nearly $535,800, or 7.8%, and Lewisville giving $3.5 million, or 51.6%. Current situation According to a Highland Village news release, significant groundwater intrusion was evident
Flower Mound eyes scooter ordinance Flower Mound council plans to create rules to help prevent scooter-related accidents. The gist During the Sept. 17 council meeting, Police Chief David Coulon brought forward different ideas on how to regulate scooter use and prevent accidents, including a helmet law for children under age 18, lowering scooter speeds, creating an age limit to ride and requiring riding on the right side of the road. The item will be discussed at a further meeting after polling is done with the com- munity, said Town Manager James Childers. He added that he hopes to have a proposal ready for council in early November. “Anything easily observable ... puts us in a better position to actually enforce what we’re passing,” said council member Ann Martin.
The new facility will serve three re departments.
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during the pre-construction phase, but this has since been resolved. The additional costs to repair the water intru- sion and stabilize the foundation is approximately $600,000, which exceeds the allocated owner’s contingency of $373,380. According to the news release, an additional $395,000 is required to cover the additional cost and replenish the contingency. Highland Village’s portion at 7.8% is $30,810, which will be funded in the fiscal year 2023-24 budget.
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