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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ' -
Agency awards millions to cities
BY ALEX BRANCH HUD funding also received $1.15 million to vitalize older homes.
abranchpstar-teIegram.com Arlington: $2.2 million combat homelessness. "It all goes back to our citi-
The Housing and Urban De- Euless: $101,900 "It is very good netvs," said zens," Saleh said.
velopment Department has Fort Worth: $4.5 million Patricia Ward, director of corn- Overall, the American Re-
allocated $517 million in eco- Fort Worth Housing munity development and covery and Reinvestment Act
nomic recovery stimulus Authority: $2.5 million housing for Tarrant County. "It of 2009 included $13.61 billion
funding to Texas, including Grapevine Housing should fill the gaps. We will get for projects and programs ad-
$4.5 million to Fort Worth and Authority: $1 49,905 out the door as soon as possi- ministered by HUD. The agen-
$2.2 inillion to Arlington, the North Richland Hills: ble. It will create jobs." cy has allocated 75 percent of
agency said Friday. ' $87,739 Euless Mayor Mary fib Sa- the funds.
The money is for rehabili- Tarrant County: ' leh said the $101,900 that her The rest will be awarded
tating affordable hous'ing, im- $1.9 million . city received will help contin- later.
proving public facilities, stabi- , ue a home-revitalization pro-
lizing communities, creating Tarrant County, received ject that has been ongoing for staff wrlter Diane Sm~th contr~buted to
jobs and fighting homeless- $756,109; an official said it will two years. this report.
ness, according to a HUD help pay for shovel-ready pro- The county, city and
news release. jects in area cities. The county churches work together to re- ALEX BRANCH, 817-390-7689
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Ed Housewright: McKinney hopes ice hockey project yields cold
cash
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Keith Andresen has a good description of hockey:
"The hand-eye coordination of baseball, the strategy of basketball and the physical play of football - all
on ice," said Andresen, who works at the Dr Pepper StarCenter in Eiiless.
McKiriney residents will soon get a chance to watch and play amateur hockey, a spoit booming in North
Texas, without leaving town.
City Council made a courageous, and correct, decision to proceed with plans to build a Dr Pepper
StarCenter in McKinney.
The politically safe choice would have been to keep the project on ice. The council delayed the $13.2
million, taxpayer-funded center in Novenlber because of rising costs.
In this doom-and-gloom economy, council members could justifL holding on to every cent
But, instead, they squeezed inoney froin the Stars organization and local developer David Craig to cover
the rising costs and make the pro-ject happen. Constn~ctioil is scheduled to be colnpleted Oct. I.
"We'll pick up some sales-tax dollars," said McKinney Mayor Pro Teln Bill Cox. "It can generate inore
traffic in McKinney, more hotel stays, inore f~iel sales."
McKiilney desperately needs the StarCenter to stay competitive. Both Frisco and Plailo already have
one, and they are hubs of activity.
The StarCenters often open at 6 a.m. with youth hockey practice and close at midnigl~t with an adult
hockey game. In between, you'll see figure skaters perfectiilg their skills and beginners just learning to
stay upright.
StarCenters also host birthday parties, meetings, concerts and gymnastic competitions. They're a safe,
fiin place for people of all ages.
"It's alinost like a mini-mall," said John McManainan, hockey director of the Frisco StarCenter.
The first StarCenter opened in Euless a decade ago. Others soon followed in Du~lcanville and Farmers
Branch, as well as Frisco and Plano.
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A total of more than 150 adult hockey leagues and 100 youth leagues now play at the centers, said
Andresen, senior director of hockey programs.
"The bottom of the pyramid has been growing every year - the 4- to 6-year-olds and 7- to 8-year-olds,"
he said.
I recently dropped by the Plano StarCenter over lunch. Twice a week, it holds adult "drop-in" games,
akin to pickup basketball games.
The guys divide into two teams and have good-natured competition. I watched for an hour and didn't see
fights (unlike some pro games), trash talking or taunting.
I was surprised by the speed and grace of the players, even at this level. You can't really appreciate
hockey by watching it on TV or sitting up in the rafters.
In the adult leagues at the StarCenters, players are grouped by age and skill level. Checking, or
slamming an opponent against the boards, isn't allowed.
"We want to make sure everybody can get up and go to work the next day," Andresen said.
I was amazed when he said sotne people play until they're 60
"You're never really too old," Andresen said. "Hockey players are hockey players for life."
Even adults like me, who have never held a hockey stick, can learn to play.
Thanks, but I'll let the youngsters learn. And they do
"It's like riding a bike," Andresen said. "It doesn't take long."
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SOCIALEYES
STUDENTS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED TROOPS
WILL BE RECOGNIZED
The special evening will ,
honor members of the '
military and their families.
Liberty and freedom: For the
past two Christmases, 80 stu-
dents at Come Read to Me,
ranging in age from late teens
to mid-50s, made, decorated
and signed more than 600
cards to troops in Iraq. These
adllts with developmental
disabilities will be thanked by
some of the returning soldiers.
in a flag ceremony from 7 to
8:30 p.m. Thursday at 901
Clinic Drive in Euless. The
folks at Come Read to Me, un-
der the leadership of Executive
Director Martha Kate Dow- - --
ney, Cylinda Marshall, advi-
sory 6oard member ,Rita
Goodner, government in-
s tl u~tor Toe Henning md the
organization SNAP, hope that
the evening will be well-at-
tended for these soldiers and
their families. A special pre-
sentation to these students - ----
will also come with a special
gift; come see for yourself. To
learn more about Come Read
to Me, visit www.comeread-
withme.us.
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CANDIDATE FILINGS
Star-Telegram
The filing period for Tarrant
~ounty'municipal and school
board elections ended Mon-
day. The elections are May 9.
Among the candidates to
officially file:
Councils
' Bedford
Mayor: Jim Story, Kenneth
Kimmons . Place 1: Francisco A. Chin-
chilla, Roger D. Fisher, Jason L.
McCaff ity . Place 2: Roy H. Savage, Jason
Sinisi, Dave Gebhart
Colleyville
Place 5: Tom Ha~t
Place 6: Mike Taylor, Carmen
Thayer, Chris Parshall
Euless . Place 5: Glenn Porterfield,
Eddie Price
Place 6: Lorren Britton,
Perry Bynum
Flower Mound
H Place 1: Steve Dixon . Place 3: Mike .Wallace
Place 5: Rick Cleland, Angie
Cox
Fort Worth
Mayor: Louis McBee, Mike
Moncrief, Clyde Picht , '
District 2: Sal Espino
W District 3: Eric Fox, Gary
Hogan, Bill Lawson, Elizabeth
Jane McCune, James NuttaH,
W.B. "Zim" Zimmerrnan
District 4: Lupe Arriola,
Danny Scarth
District 5: Melinda Hamilton,
Frank Moss
District 6: Jungus Jordan . District 7: Carter Burdette,
Charlie Murphy
District 8: Kathleen Hicks,
Suzette Watkins . Mayor: Rick Stacy, John . District 9: Joel Burns Terrell
Grapevine . Place 2: Carolyn Morris,
Mayor: ~illiam D. Tate Vernon Stansell . Place 1: C. Shane Wilbanks . Place 3: Brandon Bledsoe . Place 2: Sharron Spencer Trophy Club
Haltom City . Mayor: Nick Sanders, Jim '.
Mayor: Bill Lanford Budarf, Connie White
Place 1: Carl Grassl . At-large: Jim Moss, Bill Rose, . Place 2: Bob Watkins Kathleen Wilson, J,oseph Bo-
rn Place 7: Ken Gibson, Gary clair
Nunn Watauga . Place 6: Darlene Hooks Mayor: Henry Jeffries
Haslet Place 2: Brandon Krausse . Mayor: Bob Golden, Kathy . Place 3: Mike Steele
Hopper Place 4: Robert Davis
W Place 2: Lynnda McCoy Place 5: Seth Thomas . Place 4: Brian Ebersold, Westlake
Harold Williams At-large: Larry carson, Carol
Hurst - Langdon, Don Redding, Rick ' . Place 1: Charles Swearengen Rennhack . Place 2: Larry Kitchens
Place 6: Henry Wilson school boards
Keller Birdville
W Mayor: Pat McGrail Place 3: Brad Greene . Place 1: Ray Brown . Place 4: Wanda Strong ,
Place 5: Mitch Holrnes Place 5: Richard Davis' .
North Richland Hills Place 7: Cary Hancock - . Place 1: John Lewis , Carroll .
Place 3: Tom Lombard , Place 4: Read Ballew, Jamie
Place 5: David Whitson Cadiz . Place 7: Tim Welch . Place 5: Erin Shoupp
Richland Hills Grapevine-Colleyville . Place 1: Jeffrey Ritter, James . Place 1: Charlie Warner
Blyn . Place 2: Vince Rosen . . Place 3: ~iilialn J. Agan, Hurst-Euless-Bedf ord
Mark Donald Karpinski . Place 1: ~ay'~iller . Place 5: Edward E. Lopez, . Place 2: Jeff Burnett
Larry Marrs Keller ..
Roanoke . Place 6: Wendy Collins, Brian
Ward 1: ~elvin Smith Crowson, Jennifer Lutz . Ward 2: Kevin Stillwell . Place 7: Melody Kohout, . Ward 3: Frank Temple, Shar- Raquel Fenton
ron Holland Northwest
Mayor: Carl "Scooter" Gie- . Place 1: Kyle Young, Jeff
risch Jt , Kennedy, Joshua Wright
Southlake Place 2: Mark Schluter
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DEVELOPMENT 1 . ,
QuikTrip is to open north
of downtown Fort Worth . . !, -
8. By SANDRA BAKER sabake@star-telegram.cdm
QuikTrip will soon begin construction on a convenience
store on the city's north side. 1
The Tulsa-based company recently bought slightIy more
than 1 acre at the northeast comer of North Main Street and
Northside Drive, just'north of the downtown business dis- '
trict, according to deed records.
The company bought some commercial buildings along
Main Street owned by the Mulholland Co. and a few houses
on Commerce Street that date t6 the 1920s.
Construction on a 5,000-square-foot store should begin
in April and be completed in October, said Mike Thorn- . hrugh, QuikTrip's spokesman. It will have 10 gas pumps to
accommodate 20 vehicles at a time, he said.
QuikTrip is a 50-year-old privately held company. It has
60 stores in Dallas-Fort Worth, with six more under con- '
struction, including one in Euless. , i
"We're going to be ekpanding like *crazy," Thornbrugh,
said. QuikTrip stores employ 15 to 18 full- and part-time
~.vorke:s, he said. . -
SANDRA BAKER, 817-390-7727 ' - ' ' ' , .
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Groundwater districts are
a wellspring of controversy
Attempts to assess fees and impose mental Quality said most roundw water conservation districts
conservation rules have met resistance. North Central Texas counties The state of Texas favors a regional approach to groundwater - are exceeding or close to ex- management, but many counties are using legislation to carve
BY BILL HANNA ceeding what can safely be out their own, smaller districts.
b~llhanna@star-telegram corn i taken out of the Trinity Aqui- Groundwater Conservation Districts For Parker County resident Kathy Chrusciel- fer~ the huge underground
ski, moving to the country a decade ago ~polo~?roundwaterinthisre-
seemed like the best of both worlds. She fell in glen.
love with the scenic rolling hills of Remuda And as the ~o~ulafion
Ranch Estates, a few miles west of the Tarrant swells in once-rural counties
County line. such as Parker, Hood, Wise
"We have these beautiful hills, yet we can and Montague, the' tensions
be in Fort Worth within a matter of minutes," are likely to keep growing.
Chruscielski said. "It's like having one foot in
the country and one in the city." 'An illegal operation'
She learned that it has its downside. The Upper Trinity Groundwa-
In January2002, Chruscielslu was forced to ter Conservation District!
drill a new well after her old one'went dry. which covers those counties,
"They told us when we bought this place was created by the Lkgislature
that groundwater levels had remained the in 2007. The four counties
same for the last 40 years," Chruscielski said banded together in Part to
with a rueful laugh. "Then I learned different- avoid being lumped in with
ly. " large urban areas like Tarrant
County. They felt they would
She started the online newsletter have little or no political clout
PARCHED to address groundwater issues in said Bob Patterson, the dis
Parker County and backed the creation of a trict's executive director.
groundwater district as she watched other When the district began
wells go dry during recent droughts. She be- imposing des and user fee
came concerned as some new subdivisions in in recent months? though, ma
the county tapped groundwater for man- nY city officials and resident
made ponds and lawns. began that it had mandates, said L~~~~ ~~b~-
Groundwater is a critical issue in Texas be- gone too far, too fast. ry, Texas water projects direc-
cause it is the source of 59 percent of the I&- "1 have told our city not to tor for the ~~vi~~~~~~~al De-
ter used, according to tke 2007 State Water give them any money not to fense ~~~d.
Plan. The danger is that the aquifers - un- cooperate with them" Wllow '(The state is requiring derground pools of water that are a lifelpe to Park Mayor h4-n Glasgow thek to enforce rules that af-
farmers, rural residents and many cities - said. "The entire setup is con- fee- these resources, and If
could eventually be depleted. To avoid that, fusing.Inm~mind~the~arean anybody comes up and sues the Legislature decided that groundwater operation." over these rules, the state says,
districts should create plans that could limit New groundwater districts (Sorry, youb on your own,. .
how much water is pumped. . in' Tarrant and McLennan Marbury said.
Many of Chruscielski's neighbors view counties are also struggling , parker county are groundwater districts as another unwanted with funding, and other coun- hearing from irate residents,
layer of bureaucracy. ties are create citiQS and developers who say
But the Texas Commission on Endron- a local groundwater dismcts the upper ~~i~i~ is overreach-
more to their liking. Many ds- \ "g.
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County's police agencies prepare
wish lists for stimulus funding
Departments are seeking Stimulus for cops ment saves jobs or helps the.
new equipment and Here's how much area law enforcement agencies can receive economy, Oliver said: "I think
improved technology. through Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grants: ' you have to take a look at the
Fort Worth: $2 million . Watauga: $28,795 big picture. When a depart-.
By ALEX BRANCH . Arlington: $1.3 million . White Settlement: merit purchases new equip-,
abranch@star-telegram.com . Bedford: $1 22,502 $22,45 1 ment, they purchase it from a
Tmant County law enforce- North Richland Hills: Lake Worth: $22,125 , business. That helps that
ment agencies are shaping $99,563 Kennedale: $1 9,034 business stay in business." ,
their wish lists for $4.15 mil- . Hurst: $93,706 w Azle: $1 6,919
lion in federal law enforce- Haltom City: $82,644 ¤ Saginaw: $17,245 The county's share
ment grants they can soon re- Euless: $61,820 ¤ Benbrook: $1 5,455 Municipalities will not keep
ceive as part of the economic W Tarrant County: $54,987" ¤ Keller: $13,015 the entire amount allocated,'
stimulus. ¤ Mansfield: $45,714 . Everman: $1 2,852 - officials said. Under a de-
The Fort Worth Police De- rn Grapevine: $44,088 . ¤ Crowley: $1 2,689 % cade-old agreement with.
partment is eligible for $2 ¤ Forest Hill: $42,298 Richland Hills: $10,737 .Tarrant County, each city
million, the largest amount 'Tarrant Counry also can recerve 5653,627 under an agreement wfch rn~nc~~at~ne; gives 16 percent of its yearly
to be received in Tarrant - JAG grant allocation to the
County. most money in Texas at just would be utilized similar to c~unty.
Arlington police could re- under $12 million. Dallas is how tactical officers use the The money is used for
ceive $1.3 million, while eligible for $7.1 million. ro'bot to keep officers out of such things as drug diver-
smaller cities stand to get be- harm's way." sion, mental health diversion
tween $10,000 and$122,302, Increased funding ' Fort Worth police will fi- and recidivism re-entry pro-
Hurst police are preparing Law enforcement agencies nalize their proposal in about grams, said Marc Flake, a Tar-
a proposal for new body ar- apply for the grants - known two weeks, spokesman Lt. rant County spokesman. Tar-
mor, an emergency generator as JAG grants - every year., Pedro Criado said. rant Coqty will receive more
and weapons, Assistant Chief But the amount of available JAG grants can be used for than $700,000.
Richard Wmstanley said. funding swelled this year be- a range of purposes, includ- . JAG proposals are due by
"Some of the weapons we cause of the recently passed ing equipment, technology May 18, Oliver said. Once
have are 20 years old," Wm- stimulus package. and prevention and educa- submitted, jurisdictions,
stanley said. "Like most cit- Arlington police, for ex- tion programs, said Susan 01- could receive funding in 15 . * ies, we've been slashing these ample, received only iver, a spokeswoman for the days. , I
items from our budget lately $130,000 in JAG grants in U.S. Justice Department. Forest Hill spokeswoman,.
because of losses in tax reve- 2008. While the money can be used Venus Wehle -said the city "
nue. Nowwe have achance to' Among the items on he to retain officers that would would move quickly to apply :
get them." department's wish list is an have otherwise been laid off, for the $42,000 available to its
Edward Byrne Justice As- unmanned aircraft, which its purpose is not to fund new police force.
sistance Grants are allocated police spokeswoman Tiara , officers. "That's a good amount,"
though a formula based on Ellis said would cost about Agencies use the Cornrnu- she said. "We arevery excited,
population and violent crime $50,000. nity Oriented Policing Servic- about the possibility of re-1
rates, according to the U.S. "It could be used for es program to hire new offi- ceiving this grant money."
Department of Justice. Hous- search-and-rescue or haz- cers, she said.
ton stands to receive the ardous spills," ~llis said. "~t AS for how new equip- ALEX BRANCH,~I~-~~O-~~S~ ;
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"I've had more complaints
over this issue than anything
else in my 10 pears in office,"
,&id state Rep. Phil King, R-
Weatherford, who sponsored
the initial legislation to estab-
lish the water district.
King has filed bills that
would Exempt fire depart-
ments from the new water fees -
- though the Upper Trinity
board has already voted to ex-
empt fire departments.
He has also filed legislation
requiring the water district to
post its check transactions on
its Web site. King said the dis-
trict wasn't created to levy fees
on municip~ties' ,water sup-
plies. Instead, it was designed
to deal with large commercial
wells and had power to charge
fees to gas drillers, he said.
"Nobody has shown that
there is a need for this regula-
tion," he said.
Patterson has heard the
complaints but insists that the
district is fulfilling its mission
and needs to make residents
understand that .preserving
groundwater is a mandate.
"There are some pedple
that do not understand the
principle of water conserva-
-titipn or what the state of Texas
is trying to accomplish and
what the water development
board has set out," Patterson
said.
~~atchiork quilts
The Northern Trinity Ground-
water District in Tarrant
County is in its embryonic
stages. In an urban county
where post residents and
businesses use surface water,
groundwater isn't irrelevant:
More than 20 cities and small
water providers use it during
peak usage.
"The biggest problem actu-
ally is funding," said Jim Oli-
ver, director of the groundwa-
ter district and also general
manager of the region's prima-
ry water source, the Tarrant
Regional Water District. "You
have to go out and levy fees
without knowing who you are
levying fees on."
Last month, the Texas
Commission on Environmen-
tal Quality proposed an eight-
county district that would run
from Cooke County at the
Oklahoma border through
Dallas County and then south-
west to Johnson County.
But even before commis-
sioners approved the district,
many counties were seeking to
break off from it.
For example, Dallas County
could end up with Tarrant, Oli-
ver said, because Grand Prai-
rie has wells in both counties.
Environmental Quality
Commissioner Larry Soward
of Austin lamented the state's
"patchwork quilt" approach to
groundwater conservatio~. "1
think if this state is ever to tm-
ly manage its aquifers, we're
going to have to get away from
county-by-county groundwa-
ter districts," Soward said dm-
ing the meeting.
Oliver agrees. "I think it's
just intercounty politics," he
said. "If YOU look at it from a
pure science standpoint, they
probably all need to be in one
district. It just makes sense
from economies of scale."
A commission executive or-
der prepared for the Feb. 11
meeting said North Central
Texas counties and others "ate-
experiencing, or are expected
to experience critical ground:
water problems in 'the next 25
years."
It also said that "water-user
groups in Ellis, Johnson and
Tarrant counties, collectively,
are using the Trinity Aquifer at
quantities over regional plan-
ning groups' estimates for the.
safe supply for each county".
and that "water-user groups in
Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton,
Fannin, Grayson, Hood, Park-
er and Wise counties" are us-
ing the aquifer "near each
county's estimated safe sup-
ply."
State law requires that de-
sired future conditions must
be set for the state's major and
minor aquifers by Sept. 1,
2010, and then must be updat-
ed every five years.
A closer look
Tarrant County water suppliers th
8 Bedford
8 BenbrooYBenbrook Wa-
ter and Sewer Authority
8 Bethesda WSC
8 Blue Mound
8 Colleyville, .
8 Crowley
8 Dalworthington
Gardens
8 Euless
8 Everman
8 Grand Prairie
8 Haslet
8 Hurst
"We want enough water left
for future generations and not
just to pump them dry," said
Horace Grace, president of the
Clearwater Underground Wa-
ter Conservation District in
Bell County.
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BILL HANNA, 817-390-7698
at ule some groundwater.
8 Johnson County Rural WSC
8 Keller
8 Kennedale
8 Lake Worth
8 Lakeside
8 North Richland Hills
8 Pantego
8 Pelican Bay
8 Richland Hills
Sansom Park ,
White Settlement
Note Mos: Tarnnt County cltles and water
providers use groundwater only dur~ng peak
usage tlmes
Source Tarnnt Reglonal 'Nater D~str~ct