TOP CITY STORIES Coppell City Council denies Old Town development
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Lewisville The second phase of Lewisville’s Timber Creek Aerial Utility Crossings project is anticipated to begin Jan. 3. Lewisville City Council approved a bid award in the amount of $4.82 million for the project on Dec. 19. The project’s scope consists of replacing eight existing sanitary sewer crossings over Timber Creek. The second phase is expected to nish in late September, according to the agenda item. One of the crossings included in the second phase is Timber Creek near the southwest corner of Bellaire Boulevard and Old Orchard Lane. Lewisville City Council Meets at 7 p.m. Jan. 23 and Feb. 6 at 151 W. Church St., Lewisville. www.cityo ewisville.com Coppell City Council Meets at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 and Feb. 14 at 255 Parkway Blvd., Coppell. www.coppelltx.gov MEETINGS WE COVER
BY DESTINE GIBSON
residential, one retail building, and one parking lot, according to the Dec. 13 agenda item. Two motions were made for an amendment, and both failed 3-4. The zone change request was ulti- mately denied after a 3-4 vote, with council members Kevin Nevels, Cli Long and Don Carroll voting in favor. The development would have needed to remove the existing buildings at the site, which included
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Site plans for a new development in Old Town Coppell will not move forward. Coppell City Council denied a zone change request that would have allowed for seven lots on 0.946 acres of land located at the southwest corner of Main Street and West Bethel Road. Of the proposed lots, three were to be mixed-use of ice and residential, two for mixed-use retail and
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the former Coppell Baptist Church. The buildings are noted in the Historic Resource Survey but are not listed on the state or federal registries for historic buildings, according to the agenda item.
Sales tax among Coppell’s priorities for legislative session
BY DESTINE GIBSON
le bills will be March 10. Priority legislation for Coppell is the passing of House Bill 640, which relates to municipal sales and use tax for street maintenance, accord- ing to a Dec. 13 presentation. The bill would permit all cities to renew the tax for either eight or 10 years
if a majority approved it in that last two consecutive elections. The bill also a rms the use of the tax by allowing proceeds to be used for maintenance and repairs to streets, sidewalks and water infra- structure located directly beneath the roadway.
A list of Coppell’s priorities will be discussed during Texas’ upcoming 88th legislative session. Coppell City Council approved the city’s 2023 legislative agenda priori- ties Dec. 13. The Legislature is set to convene Jan. 10, and the deadline to
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