CITY & COUNTY
News from Grapevine & Colleyville
Colleyville City Council Meets at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 16, Sept. 6 100 Main St., Colleyville www.colleyville.com Grapevine City Council Meets at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 16, Sept. 6 200 S. Main St., Grapevine www.grapevinetexas.gov Southlake City Council Meets at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 16, Sept. 6 Tarrant County Commissioners Court Meets at 10 a.m. Aug. 9, 16, 23, 30 100 E. Weatherford St., Fort Worth www.tarrantcounty.com Carroll ISD Meets at 5 p.m. Aug. 9, 15, 29 2400 N. Carroll Ave., Southlake www.southlakecarroll.edu Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Meets at 7 p.m. Aug. 8 3051 Ira E. Woods Ave., Grapevine www.gcisd.net 1400 Main St., Southlake www.cityofsouthlake.com MEETINGS WE COVER HIGHLIGHTS GRAPEVINE Following city approval July 5, Main Street will have a 9,000-gallon ice skating rink this year as part of the Christmas Capital of Texas festivities.
Property tax freeze approved for seniors, disabled
BY VALERIE WIGGLESWORTH
community with little to no impact on city nances,” Jordan told the council at its June meeting. The tax freeze is in addition to the city’s homestead exemption of $75,000 for seniors and $10,000 for those with disabilities, city o cials stated.
GRAPEVINE Homeowners age 65 and older as well as those with disabilities will be getting some relief from rising property tax bills in the future. On June 21, the Grapevine City Council approved a property tax freeze for seniors and people with disabilities. According to Grapevine’s Chief Financial O cer Greg Jordan, the freeze would be set based on property tax bills paid in January 2023. Property taxes owed to the city for those groups would not increase beyond that amount in future years regardless of the city’s tax rate or a home’s appraised value, according to Jordan. “We see this tax freeze as a bene t to our xed-income
PROPERTY TAXES
Based on last year’s average residential taxable value of $289,271 in Grapevine, a homeowner would owe $786.27 in city property taxes.
The city’s 2021 property tax rate was $0.271811 per $100 valuation.
SOURCE: CITY OF GRAPEVINE COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Council reviewing 56-lot subdivision
near McDonwell School Road and Westcoat Drive, according to Hat Creek Development o cials. The developer is requesting 59.47 acres be rezoned from agriculture and single-family estate residential to a planned-unit development district. O cials said the council will work to schedule a future meeting with the developer that would be open to residents.
MCDONWELL SCHOOL RD.
PLEASANT RUN RD.
BY HANNAH JOHNSON
COLLEYVILLE City Council held its rst discussion July 19 on a proposal for a 56-lot residential development called Greystone Manor. The subdivision has been proposed
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