Government
BY CONNOR PITTMAN & CODY THORN
$2.7M contract for water treatment plant moves forward Progress continues on Grapevine’s water treatment plant improvement project. Grapevine City Council approved an engineering contract with Ardurra Inc. worth over $2.78 million for design work pertaining to the water treatment plant improvement project during the May 21 meeting. According to city documents, funding for the contract will be allocated through the city’s utility enterprise fund. The overview Per city documents, the engineering contract will help cover the nal design for several aspects of the $18 million project, including: • The addition of three new waste lters • Rehabilitation of four clear well storage tanks and replacement of one other • Restoration and replacement of other equipment
A mixed-use development near Carroll Avenue and Southlake Boulevard was approved.
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Mixed-use development to include homes, o ce
23, and during the approval on May 21, council said no more than 20 homes would be allowed. Houses that will back up to Owenby Lane will not be allowed to have windows in the back of the house, as part of the agreement. There will be 15 houses inside a gated community and then ve houses outside of the gated community. The background With opposition from 39% of residents within 200 feet of the site, above the 20% needed to require a supermajority vote, the project needed six out of seven a rmative council votes.
The Southlake City Council voted 6-1 May 21 to approve a zoning change for a 9.6-acre development from agriculture and single-family residential to transition zoning. That would allow for an o ce called The Overlook and a housing development behind it called WillowTree Gardens. Place 3 council member Francis Scharli was the dissenting vote against the development. The details Developer Travis Franks, owner of WillowTree Custom Homes, initially said 26 houses would be in the project. However, that number was cut to
Council approves contract for pond improvements
City council member submits resignation
A contract was approved for a pond enhance- ment project at the Justice Center in Colleyville. During the May 7 City Council meeting, RCITX, LLC was awarded a contract not to exceed $411,223.50 for the project. “It will look beautiful when done,” Colleyville Mayor Bobby Lindamood said. “It will just be an added bonus in front of the Justice Center.” The background When council approved the capital improve- ment program for scal year 2024-25, money was set aside for this project. Work will consist of installation of mossy sandstone boulders along the embankment and pond edge, stone veneer at the headwall structure, grading of the pond edges, and slopes and installation of turf. RCITX, based in Colleyville, had the lowest of the two bids. The other was from J.B. & Co. for $699,012.
George Bond was asked to resign from his position on Colleyville City Council by Mayor Bobby Lindamood on May 23, according to a city news release. The Place 2 council
The Justice Center in Colleyville will have enhancements made to its pond.
George Bond
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member tendered his resignation after being arrested on the suspicion of driving while under the in uence in the early morning hours of May 23 by the Colleyville Police Department, according to the city. What’s next Bond’s term expires in May 2025. As of press time, council was set to discuss the matter of the vacancy at the June 4 meeting, according to the news release.
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