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AUGuST 1S,2OOIt
SElMNG COPPELL, VA.U.EYRANCH ANDHACKSERR
Spe..~AskS€itytoR~incl .
AlcoltolDeeisien.afCilY:Evetits .
By Jean ~urpb
The City helps sponSQr Shat-
tered Drealns, a program that.
Rod Collver, minister ofUv-' educates youth about the. dan-
, ing HopeChurchinCoPWll,told gers. of drinking,. saidCollv~,
the CoppeU City. CouncilTues:.. and "(the Council's) acuqn ~nds
day thathe "strongly disagree(s) , a confus~bnessageto OUJkids.H
with the (Council's) decision to He :called the decision "poor
,have alcohol at City facilities and parenting' and . leadership" and'
parks.H ' added that he has seen the long-
Serving on the City's' 2030 term damage' of alcohol, includ-
committee, which he sai.<!_ is ing divorce and abuse. . ..'
charged\Vit1tp~i,h"wtJle.., ,"{hope there will he. inore
City"~~~e_tuj~,..,;t~~~;.~~....~' CoungI' that
lives:~ .... .' ...........'{~.~tpe<te9i~o~,'~said
"will' . . ,WmUdJe> ..~er.'1~~()uto teCoJlSidet;"
y~ '~Oll,..> ,'{ .' In a J:'el~ted action, Torn
.._ : conv~r's.co~ment.s were .. Sawyer, a r~si<;len~ and memhe.r
nlad'e;~d~gtheCitize... AP-. .ofthe2030coti1ri:Uttee,;.~ent'a
. pearances section J>ftbe:,regu-....letter to the Council~~:ngthat
'~!lfpty ~~il~'lUld./,the~iSion W ~i~4,'
Mayor Doug Stover explained
that the Council could hear but
not dis.cuss.or take action on
items presented under that sec-
tion of the agenda.
"Your p(i)ints are well-taken
- we have heard similar fe~ .
sponses," saldStover.'''We will
take your respon.ses' to heart;'
, The~reqnestcoul4.come
back before the .' Council' as a
Council-generated.agenda item.
ot a. fpfQlalrequest fOf recon-
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bring in an element 'to our com;;' .
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engiJleeriugfees. at N~ Lake,ex~~for.land '
City Mattaget' Jinl Witt ex- . that 'U1ust Jle reta~ned.by
Plained thatthe action waS only Luminant EnergyJorthee!ist.
a "nQtice of intent, not an issu- ingpowerlinesandsuhstations.]
anceof the C.O.s. It places the The power plant is, at the
Cityjn IJIUUlciatPt:epate<b:less to' :pre~t time, still opetating ~. ]
make 'the purchase." '. it comes on-line as needed, sait;l
The proposed sale c:bJte by WJlt.' ~ . , .
Luminant'Bnergy, landowner.of. LUJ'QioantEnergy(formerly . t1J
theremaiiingNorthLak~.op- . TXU)owneddl totinoi' i,700 3I
. ~riy, is Se~mber 23, acc<B'ding acres befOTeSeDingBillingsley- ar
to' Wiu. He said the City has COmpaaY~ly hidf of . Bl
. talked about obtaining water the acreage, for'it$proposed tu
rights in the future. GurrentJy,CypressWaters residential. de- th
they areQWlJed byd1e City of velopment.Tbe develop.meDtm
Dallas.' The proposedlaml-pur", cOUld add'as~manY as. 10,000 Oll
chase iQc~..thel"eatNorth .. T~
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: The "COp~ll'City Council
Tuesday. a}>prpved a' resolution
directingpublt~nofnotice Of
its intent to i$sue Certificates, of
Obligat.iQtt in an amount not to
exceed.$2O;OOO,()O()for the ac.
quisi~()faPP!o~IY832.&
_~reS (j~.dte northemlof North .
Lake, and an amount .~ to eJt";"
"ceed $lO,OOO,OOOforIicqui~tion
of 108.0' acres to be ~sed for
, water system improvements, in.,
" cludingstorage facilities and
pumping station and for fiUure
mll~~YelllCIlts andfa-
cilities. as w8H.as legal, fisCal-and ..
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'QtftUeti$'~lHfrlriitr'. LIVING. AnGlJST' 15,2008'
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Duri-n!....Citizens' Appear-
ances, local reSident 'and,realtor
Pat Kernan fjues,tioned the
Council's intention to "borrow
$30 million to, buy property, a
large (part of it) underwater!'
ney regarding North Lake litiga-
tion.
gotiationS ~
. 1. ED PrOSPI
west oCBe!t Linl
and south of Betl
north of S.H. 121
additionalre~tial urJitj;it1'ihe
S. Belt LiD.e Roadarea-ittfad_
ditional StudeDts to the'~n
ISO, The proposed develbpJ:hent
has been the subjectoflitigation
and COunter,-litigation.
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n. Deliberation regarding Real
Property,
1. Purchase of Real Prop-
erty west of Denton Tap and
south of Bethel' Road. '
Call
Citizens'
Executiye Session Agenda
I. Cons!JJtation with. City Attor- 'Ill. EconOmic Development Ne-
"My colleg.a
Nort"la~
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