CITY & SCHOOLS
News from Northwest ISD, Tarrant County, Fort Worth & Westlake
Fort Worth City Council 200 Texas St., Fort Worth www.fortworthtexas.gov Keller City Council 1100 Bear Creek Parkway, Keller www.cityofkeller.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 Keller ISD board of trustees 350 Keller Parkway, Keller www.kellerisd.net Northwest ISD board of trustees 2001 Texan Drive, Fort Worth www.nisdtx.org For the latest news coverage from these government meetings, visit communityimpact.com. MEETINGS WE COVER
Northwest ISD puts nearly $2B bond on the ballot NORTHWEST ISD After hearing what the district’s long-range planning committee has found about keep- ing up with the massive growth in Northwest ISD, board of trustees voted unanimously to put nearly $2 billion worth of bonds on the ballot for May 6. BY MARK FADDEN GOING TO THE POLL Northwest ISD will ask for voters to pass a nearly $2 billion bond in the May 6 election. It will feature three different propositions within the overall total.
County applies for grant for new unit
Grant awarded to improve traffic safety
ROADWAY SAFETY The Biden-Harris administration awarded a grant to Tarrant County.
BY RILEY FARRELL
Westlake Fire Station No. 1. There are no cell towers in Westlake; reception depends upon equipment placed on cell and water towers in neighboring communities. The impe- tus behind the construction of the town’s first cell tower came after the Town Council received feedback from residents and the business community about poor cellular reception in certain parts of town. The tower will need to match the Texas was awarded $72.7 million for road improvement projects to help reduce traffic fatalities. From 2016-20, 474 traffic deaths occurred in the Fort Worth area, per the federal Fatality Analysis Reporting System. fatalities, will use the grant to start a “data-driven, comprehensive” set of actions, according to the city’s action plan. The money will support safer roadway designs and appropriate speed-limit setting.
474 traffic deaths in Fort Worth area from 2016-20 $419,505 awarded to city of Fort Worth $72.7 million awarded to Texas for road improvement projects
FORT WORTH The Fort Worth City- wide Safety Action Plan is in motion, due to new federal funding aimed to fix roads in the region. The Biden-Harris administration awarded new grant funding to Tarrant County. The county received over $400,000 to improve roadways. Fort Worth, which does not have a roadway safety system in place to reduce roadway injuries and
BY KARLY LAMM
TARRANT COUNTY Commis- sioners approved a grant request to create a human trafficking unit and position funding for the criminal justice division. Tarrant County commissioners unanimously approved the budget and risk management department’s request to submit two grants and resolution applications for the criminal justice division. During the Feb. 7 meeting, the criminal district attorney’s office submitted two grant applications totaling $896,000 to start a human trafficking unit and fund positions for the victim services unit. The criminal district attorney’s office requested $496,567.92 for the $896,000 to create the human trafficking unit. The unit will use the funding to establish four positions: chief prosecutor, investigator, victim advocate and support staff.
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Proposition A: $1.672B
Assistant Superintendent of Facilities Tim McClure said the long-range planning committee unanimously approved the recommendation for the bond package, which by law must be broken up into certain categories. Facilities in Proposition A include four new elemen- tary schools, a replacement for Justin and Prairie View elementary schools, a new middle school, a new high school, and four new early childhood development centers. Proposition B includes funding for three new sta- diums at Byron Nelson High School, V.R. Eaton High School and High School No. 4 as well as renovations to the Northwest ISD Stadium at Northwest High School. McClure mentioned many people feel that by having to drive to the central campus stadium, it does not feel like a home game. “People really want to be able to experience a home game if they go to Eaton or Byron Nelson,” he said. “Some of those families are a little disappointed that they have to come to a central-located campus for those games when they could be held in their backyard, so to
Proposition A Proposition B Proposition C
Replacement for two elementary schools, four new elementary, middle school, high school, four early childhood centers
SOURCES: NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Proposition B: $301M
Funding for three new football stadiums; renovations at Northwest High School
$2B total bond money
Westlake council debating cell tower
aesthetics of Fire Station No. 1. It is currently in the design phase and would need planning and zoning commission approval.
Proposition C: $21M
SOURCE: NORTHWEST ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
Technology device upgrades
BY MARK FADDEN
WESTLAKE The Town Council discussed adding a new cell tower at the corner of West Dove Road and Davis Boulevard during their council meeting on Jan. 15, and, if passed, the tower would stand adjacent to
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speak, at the campus level.” NISD passed a $746 million bond in 2021 to accom- modate its rapid growth. Should the 2023 bond pass, it would likely add a 1/10th of a penny tax-rate increase, according to a school district website.
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WESTLAKE 2341 Highway 377 (817) 490-9072 KELLER 101 Keller Smithfield Rd S (817) 482-8295
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