Warren Addition-CS 830915 VOL. 1, N0.17
Council approves 7 cent tax
rate crease d ng meet
By Rick M~n ~th the c~nc~ as ~ reque~
N('~'s I~,eklv S ti H'~ler zon~g on SF-12 M, a move
Steve Parson's request to b~d edby
honms on 9,~ square f~t lots was ~tho~gh he fo~
members of ~e co.cji. DMe
t~ed down at t~ Tuesday ni~t Ci- ~d Bunny ~om~n. he ~'t
ty Counca meeting ~d a new tax ~e
WaS a~pted as the counc~ met ~ntfl s~ng the other thee and e~
los~g ~s bid for ~e cons~
ll:~.m, w~t was ~o ~ No~e W~
The coun~ adopted a ~ax rate of
31 cents ~r $1~ ev~uation at ~e EasL Pha~ V.
~g. The ra[e represems ~ m- Co~ ~u Du~
crease of ~ven cents over t~s ~sr reasons for op~o~ ~g ~t
ye~'s 24 ceres. The wre was ~an-
~us.
Pa~ns ~d a 5tile more trouble ~e ZON~G on page
crease to aid city
By Rick M~ We ~en't at met pines
Ne~ Weekly S~ff Wnt~ yOU ~'t k~p ~yo~
City M~ger Ron ~d, ~e d- you ~ y~ ~'t k~p up
ty s~ff ~d ~e city ~u~fl Mve ~en ~et."
~y wor~g on ~e budget for ~ ~ ~ ~M~
~t ~ey have a g~ o~ wo~ed ~a~to~e~e
out. of ~ Fke ~nt.
~e study ~ey ~ve ~e m- "We ~ res~
~tes a ~ for ~ mcr~ m ~e ~nt ~,
m rote from 24 ~nts ~r $1~ ~ 31 at ~t, ~
w~k t~t ~e afi~m iht.rest M t~ ~ at n~ ~ ~
~ hearings, Gee Mar ran into meeting.
~~ mm. me 'begs, the rlght of ways md t~e ~ ByRlci~Mazln ~i~ ~ oplx~tion from homeownem. ,,Wehaveasubstantialfamndalin'
tere~t in that area and in all of ~
,,,~ ;ea~dy Setg ~,r . .¢j, Wayne Ferguson,
,' "-! ~'' · '[i0~,~loubl~ the ' l:terks;~lltlftwe'Ve inMtired from ami development corot~ies and pell," Executive
la what -is ~,~ , ~,.4 that they would be interested %r~ce President of Lomas & Nettleton
toeoverl~.~.~?m~__~,___.~m ~ofapark~anyremoenu~ memift.om~l~J ~
mmea~ .z~r~v/ -- een, i~e ~ thereie~nincrea~m .
cOnvention ideas
~av~lhlde'toL!~...Pt~c. ~.'~ ~ an immediate increase in thecitia~Sof~ ·
i~ ~ a: came, ,wnun~ n funds
~_~ ~h on.F~.Mtrt, z Road h~ ~, Brown said that the participation of fort~ through my offace and I w~l be
"If Iht. re is a ~ s~tuautm . .~_._,:__ ,:t,~ that will go before a joiflt ' =' ' : l~-it~gOrS boost to local image as well. glad to help anyone that I can to get
involved with this."
c~ty ~ ms.to reslxam . ..c,,-,,~,rdal ~rowth helps the tax City Council and Plann~ anti Zefli~ "We all stand to l~rofit from this.
a~d it he is shot, injured or wounded ~""- ~ and that is what Dallas Mayor Starke Taylor wants Brown emphasized that this was a
he is extremely vulnerable because base immediately do with party politics.
he d0e~m't have.any help out on the any city needs to aid their finances, the plato - everyone to get involved and help o~. non-partisan effort and had nothing to
But in order to attract commercial The plan, as drawn up .by ~_& i~ some way. dtizens in our "This is totally non-partisan, you
stree~.-
,,Wlththisb~lgetie, crease we wilI development you have to have a NettletonLandCo~oratx~omg~, ,,I said that we had don,t have to be a Republican W.g. et
be alfle to double the protection, add strong t~klential base., .... calls /or a 45 acre lake, a 10 acre . community that wanted to get inv. olv- involved or believe in all the politics
"Residential doesnt moa ;~ commercial site and 445 acres o[ ed with the project and help out- ~°w
one man to e/ch si/It. That means much to the city flmds because o residential develMg/ierq,"'4'l~t we have to get to work and start that are coming out of the convert-
that we sho~ have so,leone avail- . "This is a community effort. The
able S0 to l00 percent of the tm~e. demand that it pl~ces on the city residentiatdevelopmentw~_ .co~St~, ~attha~ ai~anltwaywecan.,, tmon.
We shoutd be able to reslx~/d much governnent. ~o you have a "leap of single family and rnultif~mlY ~we~- The arl,,otmt Of people co .ming to
flog" at~ect. We are working to cor- mags. Dalhs in for the convention is entire community of Coppell and
quicker. The land, located west massive and there should be plenty Dallas are coming together to help
,,Thisbudgetalsoa~owsmetoge't rect the problems that people are out with this plan. lthasnothJngtod°
our people in the depa~ t ul~ or concerne~ with in the ck'y, but it is Road, north of Sandy ~?.. ~.. , to do accot'z]ing to Brown. party politics but with communi-
~ to the mmtletplace, s~arywhe, going to take time to do it all. esst of the Was thousands o/ people pourS., n~ ty involvement."
Dsttas ~ the convenno Out of the 31 mayors called on 29
· t,,~e w~ be hundreds of enterprises agreed to help out with the ~c~nv_e~_,~
t/~lSe~ ~volunteer jobs that people will be tmon. Brown is anxious to see ~oppe,
~an~ able to do. Anyone who wants to get join in with the other dries
57., associated with this can do so. preparation/or the event.
.... "'school board pOsition
;'-" Cop- board. We w/l miss him. may wait uaul the spring election to
Austin irdicated that due to ~ ruling fin the seat.
from the state oface concermng ap- The MAY is the key word, accor-
pohling someone to fill a vacant of- ding to Austin. .
rice, the Ix~xl can do aotl/ng at this ,rrhe new ruling might change me
time con~ the empty seal on wording from 'may appoint' to 'nmst
the bosrd, appoint'," she said. "At that time
we would do what the state says and
"The state just recently sent a ~1~ appoint soraeone. We w~ do what
.. the state directs us to do but we
r ', . ter to tim superintendents across can't do anything until they give us
state to te~ them that there is some some positive direction on the mat-
We; w/l revision in the ord--," Austin ter."
, Ne~ W~t~ ~'~_ ttremen- make a public statement as soon as
· . · k b~g, f~nce
11 School Board and scho~_l ad~..inistration made t~h_,e_ o_?~c)~.d~2{~,n~ ~a~s~I~ ,t the corporate "The ordinance as we know it says they hear from the state on the mat-
The Coppe .... ~ - ---:-~ ~ ~-~- liouse. Lee, former scnom o~- P. - , . ~
Elementary Tuesday n~gnt lOliOwlal~ ~-~1~,, . - ~. ~,.~ ~ +~o new ~¢hoo! lovel that was very valuable to the that we may appoint someone or we ter.