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Council will vote on calling an election on Feb. 8.
The Roanoke City Council is set to consider a new single-family and multifamily development at its meeting on Jan. 25. The proposed development with single- family units, multifamily units and age-restricted units would be located at the intersection of Dorman Road and Lois Street, just east of Hwy. 114. The development would sit on 18.5 acres and contain about 441 units, according to city documents.
Feb. 8: Fort Worth City Council settles on bond measures, will vote to call a bond election Feb. 9-May 7: Public education e orts on bond measures May 7: Election
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to arterial streets and intersections to tra c signals, sidewalks and bicycle facilities. Parks and recreation projects make up about 19%, or $106 million, in the proposed package, according to the presentation. Among the projects targeted for improvements are Kingsridge West Park and Timberland Park. Fire safety improvements increased to $20 million and include funds for land acquisitions for re stations 16 and 37, according to the presentation. Public libraries increased to $18.9 million and would include land acquisition, design and construction of an 18,000-square- foot library in the northwest part of the city. Police facility improvements are proposed at $18.9 million.
FORTWORTH A $500 million bond program initially proposed for the May 7 election now sits at $560 million after increases were made on a variety of proposed capital projects, from roads and parks to libraries and public safety facilities. Revisions were unveiled at the Fort Worth City Council work session on Jan. 18 by Fort Worth Aviation Director Roger Venables, who gave the presentation. The bond program will have ve to seven measures for voters to consider. Streets and pedestrian mobility infrastructure comprises 66% of the total bond package, according to the presentation. The $369 million worth of projects range from improvements
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Fort Worth narrows options for revised council districts
The Jan. 18 proposal showed a standalone bond measure for the $17.8 million Stop Six Hub Commu- nity Center in east Fort Worth and a separate $15 million ballot measure for proposed open space in the city. But council members are consulting with the city attorney about whether those measures could be combined with the other parks and recreation projects into a single measure. The council is scheduled to vote Feb. 8 on the nal package that will be presented to voters.
Fort Worth’s Redistricting Task Force selected seven maps in early January for further consideration as the city inches closer to expanding from its current eight council districts to 10 districts, according to a city release. The task force will present a single map to City Council on Feb. 1. Several meetings are planned throughout February to take public comments and make changes. City Council is aiming to adopt a nal map March 29. To learn more, visit www.fortworthtexas.gov/ government/redistricting.
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