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Weekly News Summary

Week ending Friday, 09 June 2023

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13 June 2023 Council Meeting

Agenda items: budget calendar; contract inspection services; Phase 2 Drainage Project; Executive Session, dispute with Halff Associates regarding the Fort Worth Water Project; Chief of Police Position * Location and Time: El Chico City Hall, 120 El Chico Trail, Suite A, Willow Park, TX 76087, 6PM * Meeting Page (agenda packet, minutes, video) / Video Facebook * Latest Update: Friday, 09 June, 2023 * Tags: #Finance #DrainageManagement #EMSFirePoliceAmb #FortWorthWater Public Comments Agenda Ite

"Texas is the headquarters of headquarters" with the Most Fortune 500 HQs

Summary: "Texas is the headquarters of headquarters," said Governor Abbott. The greater Houston metro area is No. 2 in the nation with 25 Fortune 500 headquarters, and the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area is No. 3 with 24. Fort Worth has one F500, American Airlines, just 40 miles east of Willow Park.

New Port-to-Plains Interstate, Growth from the West, Update

Summary: Since the new Port-to-Plains I27 will intersect with I20 about 240 miles west of Willow Park, this will have a major impact, during the next several decades, on Willow Park and on the region of Parker County that surrounds I20. Growth will come to Willow Park from the east and from the west.

Drink. Drive. Go To Jail. Enforcement Wave > Independence Day, 23 June to 09 July, 2023

Summary: Starting 23 June to 09 July 2023, Willow Park Police are implementing their Impaired Driving Mobilization Program on I20 through Willow Park, including access roads and U-turns. Drink. Drive. Go To Jail.

Street Improvement Projects, Kings Gate Road

Update: 01 June 2023. "Crews will begin work today on the intersection of Meadow Place and Kingsgate Road as part of the 2022 Street Improvement Project. If you are a pedestrian crossing Kingsgate to reach the park or some other nearby area, please do not cross through the work zone.

Street Improvement Projects, Phase One

Summary: Work began 28 November 2022 on Phase One (1) of the Willow Park Comprehensive Street Improvement Project. The first roads will be reconstructed with cement and include the following areas: Crown Road (from Ranch House Road south to the city limits); Sam Bass Road; Ranch House Road (from Crown Road to Vista); Kingsgate Road (from north of the bridge to the top of the hill).

Street Improvement Projects, Comprehensive

Summary: During the 14 September 2021 Council Meeting, the council approved Willow Park's Comprehensive Street Improvement Plan and funding options. The Comprehensive plan was the beginning of the implementation phase of years of studying and planning to improve and update the infrastructure of Willow Park.

Reminder Monday for June 2023

Reminders for June 2023: Emergency Warning System test; city emergency alert notifications; current road construction; Willow Park water bill senior discount; city meetings; Willow Park Police Enforcement Wave Drink. Drive. Jail; elections (none in June).

WPC News Summary, 02 June 2023

Summary: A compendium of Willow Park Civics weekly news summaries, emailed to WPC Blog subscribers. The week in a glance; the year in a list. "It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority."

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Updated Blogs and Issues

  • 23 May 2023 Council Meeting

    • added The Community News council review

    • added New City Hall final debt presentation .pdf by Hilltop Securities

    • added council minutes

Upcoming Events

on the Willow Park Civics Calendar 

  • 13 June 2023, Tuesday, 6p. Regular Council Meeting

  • cancelled - 20 June 2023, Tuesday, 6p. P&Z Meeting

  • Drink. Drive. Go to Jail Enforcement Wave, 23 June – 09 July, 2023, Willow Park Civics Blog > Drink. Drive. Go To Jail. Enforcement Wave > Independence Day, 23 June to 09 July, 2023

  • 27 June 2023, Tuesday, 6p. Regular Council Meeting and Budget Workshop

Current Public Notices 

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