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Home My WebLink AboutEuless Today 10/20101010 *October i r �i iwftci 4 4M Dear Citizens, Welcome to the new EULESS TODAY! We have decided to enclose the newsletter in the monthly water bills. You will have improved information on current projects and programs. The city budget has been final- ized and we applaud our staff along with the City Council in providing a budget our citizens can be proud of with no cuts to services or programs. Have you visited our renovated Euless Family Life Center along with the new Fitness Center? We await the opening of the Senior Center. Now that it is cooling down enjoy our many parks and trails. Don't forget to turn your clock back on Nov. 7. Together we are working to make our city the FABEULESS community we live and work in. Thanks to our volunteers! r • MEOff a'a et MON of EUESS a FY2011 Budget Approved Without Property Tax Increase Although the FY2011 budget will be challenging, this budget continues all existing programs and services for our citizens, and maintains our current tax rate of .47(. A copy of the budget is on file in the City Secretary's Office, the city's website, and the library for citizen review. General Fund The General Fund is the largest fund and supports primary governmental func- tions. As Euless becomes more dependent upon sales tax revenue, we are more sus- ceptible to downturns in the economy, which has been evident during the last couple of years. Property tax revenue represents 29% of the total General Fund. Overall property tax revenue is projected to be approxi- mately $827,000 less than the current year, due to a 5.2% decrease in our over- all property values. This shortfall has been offset by a transfer from the car rental fund, as well as a portion of gas royalties received from mineral leases on city owned property. In addition, the FY2011 Permits Other 3% Prop Tax Fines/Fees 8% 32% 14°/ Sales Tax 29% budget includes a drawdown of $1,519,962 in excess reserves to fund capital expenses. Water and Wastewater Fund The second largest operating fund is the Water and Wastewater Fund. The FY2011 budget includes rates sufficient to cover the overall cost of operating the system. The remaining revenues are derived from interest earnings, sanitation, recycling, and other user fees. Water & Wastewater Combined Rate Comparison (8,000 Gallons) b11.00 711.IN1 J Homo 50.00 40.e0 1 30M) , _ ti The rates above consist of 2009-10 average water bills for surrounding cities compared to the proposed rate for Euless. FY2011 budgeted expenses for the Water/Wastewater fund includes a 2.73% increase over the current budget and covers the increased cost of purchasing water from Trinity River Authority (TRA), the cost of wastewater treatment by TRA, all expenses associated with water production and distribution, meter reading, billing, debt payments, overhead (continued on page 4) Holiday Schedule The Library will be closed Nov. 25 & 26 for Thanksgiving. Author Visit - Rachel Hawthorne October 23, 2 p.m. Meet the author of the popular werewolf series, Dark Guardians. Princess Puppet Show Saturday, November 13, 2 p.m. Young princes and princesses are invited to join us. After our exciting adventure with knights and dragons, we will enjoy some royal treats and make a craft to take home. False Alarms are Alarming False alarms have become a great concern for law enforcement agencies everywhere. In 2008 the Euless Police Department responded to over 1,800 false alarms. While police are responding to alarms that turn out to be false, they are less available to respond to alarms that are valid. In order to reduce the number of false alarms, Eu- less now requires anyone with an alarm to have a per- mit with an annual renewal. We hope this encourages alarm users to properly use and maintain their systems so they will reduce false alarms. False alarms consume officer time, waste fuel, increase the risk of accidents and reduce the qual- ity of police service to other areas with a greater need for officer presence. Our goal is to make Euless a safer place to live for all of our citizens. E Flutasia Performance November 29, 7:00 p.m. Get in the holiday spirit by listening to Flutasia play beautiful holiday music in front of the Blooms of Enlightenment glass sculpture. Check Your Smoke Detectors The Euless Fire Depart- ment reminds you to change the batteries in your smoke detectors, carbon monoxide (CO) detectors and hazard warning radios when you change your clocks for Daylight Saving Time on November 7, 2010. This simple step greatly increases your chances of escaping safely from a house fire or a gas leak. It is critical to test detectors regularly and replace the batteries at least once every six months. Safety experts also recommend replacing detector that are more than ten years old. For more information, call the Euless Fire Department at 817-685-1600. -� TEX" STAR 888-�� www.texass aryn f com ATHLETICS Thanksgiving Dinner To Go Take the stress out of Thanksgiving and let Raven's Grille prepare your feast. Order your entire meal or choose from any of our selected menu items. All orders must be placed by 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 19. To place your order call 817-685-1843. Catfish Fry -Day Join Raven's Grille for all you can eat catfish with fries, hush puppies and coleslaw on November 5. The Holidays are Near Get a jump start on your Holiday shopping for that hard -to - buy -for person. Ring in the New Year at Texas Star with gift certificates good for food, merchandise and golf. Men's & Women's Basketball Leagues Men's and Women's League Basketball registration will be held November 1 - December 5. The cost is $325 per team. A $100 deposit is required at the time of registration. Men's League will begin on Thurs., Jan 6 and Women's League will begin on Sun., Jan. 9. Call 817-685-1838 for more details or visit www.EulessTx.gov/pacs/athletics. Softball World Register now for Winter League softball. The outfield fences are moved in to 250' for unlimited home runs. Call 817-267-7867 or visit www.SoftBallWorld.biz to sign up. Fuzzy"s Tacos in Euless Fuzzy's Taco Shop began in Fort Worth in 2003. Since then, Fuzzy's has become a franchise with locations all over the Metroplex and in Lubbock. Now, Fuzzy's is coming to Eu- less! They expect to open their doors in early November and will reside at 1363 West Euless Blvd, just in front of Softball World. Euless residents will soon be able to dine on baja tacos, jumbo burritos, Mexican dinners and many breakfast favorites. Fuzzy's prides themselves on a delicious yet inexpensive menu. Once open, the 121 restaurant will be able to 183 A'"°'tr""" 183 host live music as well as F X157 offer a banquet room to no their customers for about 50-60 people. Call 817-267- 10 TACO for more details. -Qo"""�'`� Shop Euless! Support your local Euless retailers during the Holidays. Money spent in Euless goes directly back to Euless residents. You not only support our economy, you can help to improve the quality of life. Portions of our sales tax are devoted to improving our parks, library, economic development, the Crime Control and Prevention District and is dedicated to lowering your property taxes. Don't forget about our great Euless restaurants! 3 Mon - Tues - Thurs ♦ 6:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. ♦ Wed ♦ 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. ♦ Fri - see monthly activities below November Activities 5 Bingo & Potluck 9:00 a.m. (bring a new gift between $5-$7 and a covered dish) 12 Pancake Breakfast $3 9:00 a.m. 17 N. Main Senior Holiday Luncheon 11:45 a.m. 19 Thanksgiving at Simmons 11:15 a.m. (Bring a covered dish. Meat provided.) 25-26 Closed for Thanksgiving *Registration ends one week prior to event unless noted and is required for all activities. Free Senior Yoga Wednesdays from 9-10 a.m. Seniors, come experience our new free yoga class sponsored by Care -N -Care! Our instructor leads a gentle class designed for older adults. Boost your en- ergy level and have fun with a relaxing ancient exercice. Classes meet at the Euless Family Life Center. (Budget continued from page 1) reading, billing, debt payments, overhead expense and infrastructure replacement. Car Rental Fund The car rental fund is our third largest operating fund and is solely supported by a 5% tax authorized by Euless citizens in 1999 that is imposed on the short-term rental of motor vehicles at the ' -' ' Car Rental Facility at reduce debt, ' ' ' DFW Airport. This stable tax rate,• • cash fund is used to flow capital projects. reduce debt, maintain a stable tax rate, and cash flow capital projects including drainage improvements, street improvements, facility improvement and upgrades to city parks. Based on Council direction, a portion of these funds support general government operations and general obligation debt service, which has a direct reduction on the property tax rate of approximately 5.41$. A portion of these funds will be transferred to the Streets Capital 4 Project Fund for the construction of Baze Road, Ash Lane and county overlay projects. Additional funding has also been included for the city overlay projects, the Community Powered Revitalization program (formerly ER) and the special legal fund. This revenue source has allowed our city to make improvements throughout the community that might not have been possible otherwise. Capital Projects Several capital projects have been recommended. These include funding for flooding mitigation, annual wastewater line replacements, and the construction of Rio Grande Boulevard, which ultimately will become an extension of Harrington Garden Parkway from Glade Road to Mid Cities Boulevard. Preparation of this budget included a city-wide effort to cut cost, without impacting the quality service provided to our citizens. While we believe this budget allows us to accomplish this goal, we do not anticipate a quick recovery. We continue to take cost saving measures in the upcoming budget year and we are confident that we can manage FY2011 with limited resources. Christmas Parade of Lights - An Out of This World Christmas Saturday, December 4, 6:30 p.m. Celebrate the spirit of Texas at this year's Christ- mas Parade of Lights. Even Santa Claus won't miss this year's spectacular dis- play of moving lights. Or- ganizations of all kinds may enter floats in the best parade in Texas! Let your imagination run wild as you consider this year's theme - "An Out of this World Christmas." Winning floats will be announced on the Euless website the following Monday. Participants are asked to attend a safety meeting on November 15. The Parade begins at Midway Dr. and Bear Creek Parkway. It will travel west on Midway and end at Trinity High School. Icefest 2010 Sunday, December 5, 1:30 - 7 p.m. Dr Pepper StarCenter, 1400 S. Pipeline Road Holiday fun for the whole family. Happy Holidays from the Dr Pepper StarCenter in Euless! Free public skate session Harwood Road Free skate with Santa 2:30 - 3 p.m. Free Holiday ice show 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Free public skate session Midwa�r Dr. a .� � Start LD = -" Knish —»1k,iiiiiii LL LL Airport Free.W The Parade begins at Midway Dr. and Bear Creek Parkway. It will travel west on Midway and end at Trinity High School. Icefest 2010 Sunday, December 5, 1:30 - 7 p.m. Dr Pepper StarCenter, 1400 S. Pipeline Road Holiday fun for the whole family. Happy Holidays from the Dr Pepper StarCenter in Euless! Free public skate session 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Free skate with Santa 2:30 - 3 p.m. Free Holiday ice show 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Free public skate session 5 - 7 p.m. Heritage Park Christmas Saturday, December 11, 1-5 Heritage Park, 201 Cullum Dr. Participate in an old fashioned Christmas at historic Heritage Park. Members of the Euless His- torical Preservation Society will conduct guided tours of the 151 -year-old Himes Log House and the Fuller House. You can listen to choirs sing your Christmas favorites, visit our petting zoo or ride the Christmas choo-choo. Kids can visit with Santa and make their own Christmas ornaments. And we'll have free refreshments for everyone! Holiday cheer and Euless history in one great afternoon! Exergaming for Life - Sport Wall Sport Wall is a more physical style of the Simon game from the 80's. Simon is a game hand held that challenges the user to memorize a color pattern and repeat it. Today, the game is played against a 6 foot tall wall that you have to memorize the color pat- tern, run up to it and repeat thepattern with your hand, a ball, a noodle or bean bag. Then you run back, tag your teammate and hope they do the same only faster than the team that you're competing against. The Sport Wall can be found, along with two active gaming flight simulators, a four player dance sys- tem, Jackie Chan X Sports Package and two Wii Sta- tions at the Midway Family Life Center. The Euless Family Life Center is open seven days a week and ready to serve you. The exergaming room is for everyone from youngsters to seniors. The most important thing is that we stay active and there's no better way to do it than to participate in active play. Call for open play or schedule activity times. 5 Euless Family Life Center Hours: M-TH 5:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. F 5:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. SAT 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. SUN 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CHILD DEVELOPMENT CLASS # BEG AGE DAY TIME #WKS Fun Times at EFLC 110002-03 11/1 3-5 M/W 9am-1pm 4/$102 Fun Time Fridays! 110003-03 11/5 3-5 F 9am-fpm 4/$52 Twoosy Doodlers Art 110004-03 11/2 20-36m T 9-10am 4/$52 Mini Doodlers Art 110005-03 11/4 3-5 TH 11a.m.-noon 4/$52 Lil' Dribblers 110515-03 11j-6 5-9 S 10-10:45am 4/$35 YouTH/TEEN ACTIVITIES CL BEG AGE DAY TIME #WKS You Can Paint for Youth 110815-03 11/18 5-13 TH 4-5:30pm 1/$22 Taekwon -Do Tigerkubs 110130-02 11/6 5-8 S 9-9:45am 6/$22 ADuLT ACTIVITIES CLASS# BEu AGE DAY TIME # KS IS Cardio, Kick and Sculpt 110315-03 11/1 16+ M/TH 6-7pm 3/$26 Hatha Yoga 110330-04 11/30 13+ T/TH 7-8pm 3/$35 Body Sculpt 110355-03 11/8 16+ M/W 7-8pm 5/$38 Boot Camp 110350-03 11/2 16+ T/TH/F 5:45-6:45am 4/$68 Zumba 110300-03 11/1 13+ M/W 7-8pm 4/$50 Hoop Dance 110340-04 11/2 16+ T/TH/F 7-8 pm 4/$50 Tai Chi Beginners 110305-03 11/3 16+ W 6-7pm 6/$40 Tai Chi Correction/Advanced 110306-03 11/3 16+ W 7-8pm 6/$40 You Can Oil Paint 110810-03 11/18 14+ TH 6-9pm 1/$37 You Can Watercolor 110820-03 11/8 14+ M 7-9pm 1/$37 Digital Photography 110830-03 11/2 16+ T 7-8pm 4/$45 Memory Writing for Seniors 140332-03 11/2 55+ T 10-1 4/$30 Making Sense of Retirement 111004-02 11/16 18+ T 10 - 11:30am 1/FREE Heartsaver CPR 111020-02 11/11 18+ TH 7-9pm 1/FREE CHILD DEVELOPMENT [''� &Q bra P .Sd.¢t6 II17 KSI S Tot Ice Skating Instruction 111161-02 11/27 3-4 S 11:15-11:45am 2/$30/ Youm AC yrnEs CLASS# Do AU PAY I= #WKS/S Skate Like A "Star" 111162-03 11/23 5-13 T 7:30-8pm 2/$30 Skate Like A "Star" 111162-04 11/27 5-13 S 10:45-11:15am 2/$30 TEEN/ADULT ACTIVITIEs CLASS# Blfi AU PAY Merl€ #WKSIS Adult Ice Skating 111165-02 11/23 14+ T 8-8:30pm 2/$30 CHILD DEVELOPMENT CLASS# M AU DAY TIME Taekwon-Do Beginners* 110131-02 11/2 8-12 T/S 6-7:15pm/10-11:15 pm Taekwon-Do Advanced* 110132-02 11/1 7-12 M/TH 6-7:15pm ApuLT AcnyIT1Es CLASS# RN Asst DW LME Taekwon-Do Adult* 110134-02 11/2 13+ T 7:30-9pm Hapkido* 110133-03 11/1 13+ M 7:30-9pm * Classes alternate locations between Ruth Millican and Euless Family Life Center. Please check the class descript #WKS/$ 6.5($60 6.5/$60 #WKSIS 6.5/$70 4/$25 for full details. ADULT ACTIVITIES CLASS# Bw 1" PM TIME Vusls Water Aerobics/ Wellness 120011-05 11/1 17+ M/W/TH 11-11:45am 3/$42 Water Aerobics/ Wellness 120011-06 11/1 17+ M/T/TH 7-7:45pm 3/$42 Euless Today is published by the City of Euless 201 N. Ector Dr. 4 Euless, TX 76039 * 817-685-1400 4 eulessinfc)@eulesstx.gov *Euless Cable Channel 16 * www.EulessTx.gov/MyEutess