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MARCH 20, 2009
SERVING COPPELL, VALLEY RANCH AND HACKBERRY CREEK SINCE 198~
City Seeks Public
Input on Trail Plans
GOING 'GREEN' IN TH
By Jane Moore
overview of current plans and
share their ideas for the future
of the trail system. Items to be
discussed include potential trail
locations, rules, usage and fund-
mg.
Reid said items to consider
include whether to create bike
lanes on certain roadways, which
was part of the original master
plan 15 years ago.
"We have sort of avoided it
for safety reasons," Reid said,
eXplaining that bicycle riders
might have a false sense of se-
curity when riding in a bike lane.
While some wider roads in town
would lend themselves to such
lanes, the City wants to hear from
When it comes to pure rec-
reational use, Coppell's hike and
bike trails are probably the most
popular park amenity among
residents of all ages, and the <:::ity
is seeking the public's input on
development of a new master
plan for the system.
"We're doing an update of
our total hike and bike trail," said
Brad Reid, director of parks and
recreation. "We want to hear
from the citizens about the trails
- what might be beneficial and
what they want."
Residents are invited to at-
tend a meeting in City Council
Chambers at 7:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, April 1, to hear an
Coppel! High School Band marches through a seaof.l
St. Patrick's Day Parade on Tuesday. About two millle
parade route down 5th Avenue. The band,also.pei
spring break trip. . . '1., ,. ~
see INPUT on page 19
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DELI GAINS PARKING
CITY GAINS FRONTAGE
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Oil and Gas
Changes on
Council Agenda
By Jane Moore
Coppell School Boan
bers recently asked adm
tors to investigate if any s
were attending CISD il
spurring a report on "spe
rallment" numbers for
campuses.
By Jane Moore
City Council members
will discuss proposed
changes to Coppell' s gas
well ordinance at its March
24 meeting.
Several of the proposed
changes increase limits on
well distance from various
structures such as roads or
water wells, but one still at
issue relates to "habitable
structures." That change
Council, De,
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photo by Haley Moore
The City of Coppel! and Jay Khorrami, owner of Coppel! Deli
in old downtown, reached an agreement approved by the
Council last Tuesday to trade 1,1 OO-square-feet of frontage
along '!N. Bethel Road for 1,400-square-feet of space for Deli
parking in the west side parking lot, owned by the City. The
trade was made in anticipation of W. Bethel Road improve-
ments, to begin in early 2010.
The Coppell City C
Planning & Zoning 0
sion and the City's Eel
Development Commitl
hold a joint work seS1
Wednesday, April 1, a
see COUNCIL on page 20
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