Grapevine - Colleyville - Southlake | August 2025

BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH, PATRICIA ORTIZ & CODY THORN

Streets, parks top 2026 Colleyville CIP budget Colleyville ocials laid out the projects in the city’s Capital Improvement Plan for scal year 2026 and gave an economic development update during the July 15 work session. The overview Overall, there is $33.49 million budgeted in the Capital Improvement Plan for scal year 2026, according to city documents. Capital Improvement Projects are chosen based on improvement plan funding, city ocials’ long-term vision and how many people the project will aect, Colleyville Public Works Director Lisa Escobedo said. The projects selected will be paid for in cash or using grants, City Manager Jerry Ducay said. Some highlighted projects include: • Design for drainage improvements at the Bedford Road low water crossing

CISD adds new testing program for 202526 Carroll ISD students will now be assessed through the Measures of Academic Progress Growth program in the 2025-26 school year. The gist MAP Growth is designed to measure student achievement in real time. It will not replace the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness test, district documents state. The program adapts to a student’s learning level and provides educators with actionable data that informs instruction. “I can’t think of a better way to baseline and measure student learning and growth,” board President Cameron Bryan said. MAP Growth will cost $134,000 to imple- ment and will be paid for through IDEA B, which is federal grant funding from the 2024-25 school year.

Colleyville Capital Improvement Project funds: FY 2026

Utilities: $4.83 M Facilities: $5.96M Parks and Recreation: $8.32 M Streets: $8.54M

$33.49M total

Information technology: $2.69 M

Economic development: $1.18 M Other projects: $1.99 M

NOTE: FIGURES HAVE BEEN ROUNDED

SOURCE: CITY OF COLLEYVILLE COMMUNITY IMPACT

• Drainage improvements on Ponderosa Street • Economic development programs, including gift cards • Designs for a new website

• Designs for Cheek-Sparger Road • Replacement of Heritage Bridge • Completion of Heroes Park

Improvements will also be made to the recre- ation center, which does not include any of the items on the May bond referendum, Ducay said.

Bauer retains council seat despite no-condence vote Stacey Bauer is still on Trophy Club Town Coun- cil despite a 5-2 vote of no condence from fellow council members during a July 28 meeting. Bauer voted against the vote of no condence. The breakdown Roanoke youth sports organizations. “We’re still proceeding as if she’s innocent,” Bauer’s attorney Blakeley Mohr said July 29. He added Bauer plans to run for re-election in the spring and will not step down.

Her next court date is Aug. 29, according to Den- ton County documents. The town charter states if a council member is found guilty of a felony, they will be terminated.

The vote was called when Bauer was arrested June 4 on felony embezzlement charges after she was accused of stealing up to $150,000 from two

Stacey Bauer joined the July 28 Trophy Club Town Council meeting via zoom to hear the vote.

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