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Home My WebLink AboutMayor's Newsletter 04/90 T H E C I T Y O F SS9, MAYOR'S NEWSLETTER j APRIL, 1990 Dear Euless Citizens: Euless citizens who reside south of Little Bear Creek are in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School The City of Euless is District. They may now vote at Midway Recreation excited to announce that Center, 300 West Midway Drive, for City, School, and for the convenience of our County candidates/propositions that will appear on the voters we now have two May 5th ballot(s). These Euless citizens are in Precinct polling places for City Numbers 3036,3160,3183,3247,3329,3335,3336,and elections!With the open- 3391. ing of Midway Recreation (There is a section of Fort Worth that is in the Hurst- Center at 300 West Mid- Euless-Bedford Independent School District. This in- way Drive, and with the cludes Precinct Numbers 2055, 2316, 3175, and 3197. addition of Bear Creek Elementary School at 401 Bear These people may not vote for Euless city officials,but Creek Drive,Euless citizens can more easily vote for the may vote for their HEBISD candidates at Midway Rec- City and School District candidates of their choice. reation Center.) The previous polling place at the City Complex at We hope you will enjoy becoming acquainted with Ector Drive and Airport Freeway is no longer available. these two new beautiful facilities!And we hope this will The `old gym" space is now being utilized in other make voting easier for all! capacities. This Election Bulletin also has information on future City Hall closing for holidays in 1990,important election Euless citizens who reside north of Little Bear Creek dates,announcement of a new code enforcement pro- are in the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School gram, and smoke detector information. District. They may now vote for their City and School District candidates at Bear Creek Elementary School, Sincerely, 401 Bear Creek Drive. Any Tarrant County candidates and/or propositions may also be voted upon at that location on May 5th. These Euless citizens are in Pre- Harold D. Samuels cinct Numbers 3216, 3322, 3389, and 3390. Mayor ITEMS OF INTEREST BOARD/COMMISSION APPEARING IN ThiS NEWSLETTER ARE: APPLICANTS NEEDED BALLOT OUTLINE FOR MAY 5 ELECTION The Euless City Council appoints approximately 55 CALENDAR OF EVENTS citizens to serve 2 or 3 year terms on various Boards and Commissions.Of course,only a portion of those Boards FREE SMOKE DETECTORS are appointed each year,as open places become avail- able. Euless citizens interested in being considered for BOARD/COMMISSION APPLICATIONS appointment to these Boards and Commissions please CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM contact the Office of City Secretary for an application at 685-1420. on lin on XD �`n �n OD on OD 0a 00 !fin XD !fin XD OD OD On OD OD OD OD OD !fin on 00 OD OD ELECTION BULLETIN CCAIENdAR Of EVENTS The City of Euless General Election for Councilmem- The Euless City Council holds its regular meet- bers Places One, Three and Five is Saturday, May 5, ings on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at 1990,from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. 7:00 pm in the Council Chambers,Municipal Build- You have a "choice" and a "voice" in the May elec- ing, 201 North Ector Drive, Euless. Agendas are tion,and I urge you to vote for the candidates you feel posted on the public bulletin board, located at the will do the most for you as a citizen and the City of southwest entrance to the Municipal Building. Euless. The Euless Planning and Zoning Commission ABSENTEE VOTING will be from April 16 through holds its regular meetings on the 1st and 3rd Tues- days of each month at 7:30 pm in the Council Cham- May 1, 1990, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 bers, Municipal Building, 201 North Ector Drive, p.m. at the Administration Building, 201 North Ector Euless. Agendas are posted on the public bulletin Drive. board, located at the southwest entrance to the VOTING ON MAY 5, 1990, will be in two new Municipal Building. locations: Midway Recreation Center at 300 West Mid- April 16-May 1, 1990 ..............ABSENTEE VOTING way Drive and Bear Creek Elementary School at 401 (Mon -Fri—8:00 am-5:00 pm) Bear Creek Drive. May 5, 1990 (Saturday) .................ELECTION DAY The HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD INDEPENDENT May 28, 1990........................Memorial Day Holiday SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES will hold (Monday, City Hall closed) a joint election with the City of Euless for Places 6 and July 4, 1990.................Independence Day Holiday 7. The Polling place for the joint election is Midway (Wednesday, City Hall closed) Recreation Center located at 300 West Midway for the September 3, 1990................... Labor Day Holiday following precincts:3391,3335,3336,3036,3160,3329, (Monday, City Hall closed) 3183 and 3247. November 22& 23, 1990...Thanksgiving Holidays (Thursday& Friday, City Hall closed) Citizens living in Fort Worth,but in the H-E-B In- December 25 1990 Christmas Day dependent School District,may vote for school trustees (Tuesday, City Hall closed) at Midway Recreation Center. Precincts included are: 2055,2316, 3197 and 3175. GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT also will vote for Board of Trustees Places 5,6 and 7 on May 5,1990,at Bear Creek Elementary School.Euless Citizens in this school district may vote for Euless Council- members and GCISD Board of Trustees for the following pre- cincts:3216,3390,3389 and 3322. ABSENTEE VOTING for GCISD Board of Trustees will be �(�p held from April 4rthrough.�4 -T, 1991,at the G� D Education Center, 3051 Ira E. Woods Avenue at Hwy. 26 in Grape- vine. ELECTION LISTINGS ap- pear in this bulletin for your con- venience in selecting the candi- dates of your choice. Bear Creek Elementary School,401 Bear Creek Drive Mock PARENTS PROGRAM t Wilshire Elementary School is looking for Block Parents.The purpose of the Block Parents Program is to assist the children in theirtravels to andfrom school. The Block Parent will provide safety and help for children if they have a problem on their way to or from school.The pro- gram is open to anyone who lives in the Wilshire area.You do not have to have a child enrolled in school at Wilshire to be a Block Parent. If you would like more infor- mation on the Block Parent Program,please contact Wilshire Midway Recreation Center, 300 Midway Drive Elementary School at 283-2711. ATTENTION: SpARUE MONTH Once again the City of Euless is conducting Sparkle Month, when citizens are afforded the opportunity of discarding everything from bicycles to tree limbs.This year's Sparkle Month is April 2nd through May 5th. However,Sparkle Month 1990 will undergo a slight, yet improved,modification.If you have any large items to dispose of, City Garbage Service will pick these up year round. So, instead of waiting for Sparkle Month, LEARN NOT To BURN City Garbage will pick up these large items at no cost.All you need to do is contact City Garbage at 283-3092. Your garbage service will also pick uptree limbs aslong FREE SMOKE DETECTORS as they are cut in four-foot sections and bundled. If the limbs are too large and cannot be bundled, Over the years we at the Euless Fire Department please contact the Euless Street Department at 685-1580 have seen a number of times where "SMOKE DETEC- and a city crew will schedule a time to pick up the items. TORS" saved lives or have alerted occupants to a fire Once again, there is no need to rush to meet your and the fire was contained while it was small. Sparkle Month schedule.Any large items will be picked The Rotary Club of H.E.B. has again donated a up by City Garbage Service at no charge throughout number of SMOKE DETECTORS to the Euless Fire the year. Department for distribution to Euless citizens. If you LIVE IN EULESS and DO NOT HAVE A Should you have any questions on what can or SMOKE DETECTOR IN YOUR HOME,please contact Lt. cannot be picked up, please contact City Garbage at Franchot Thomas with the Euless Fire Department at 283-3092. 685-1605. E NING: Refrigerators/freezers have certain state There is NO CHARGE for the SMOKE DETECTOR or requirements regarding disposal. Please contact INSTALLATION. ity of Euless for proper disposal at 685-1622 IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE! ELECTION OF OffidAIS ELECTION OF TRUSTEES CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS TARRANT COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE MAY 5, 1990 DISTRICT TRUSTEE, PLACE ONE FOR COUNCRMEMbER, PLACE ONE J. Pe�Zepeda Frank Douglass DISTRICT TRUSTEE, PLACE TWO FOR COUNCRMEMbER, PLACE THREE J. Ardis Bell Glenn Walker DISTRIC TRUSTEE, PLACE ThREE Bobby Baker Paz "Mike" Hernandez FOR COUNCRMEMbER, PLACE FIVE Tom M. Demarest Gus Anquizola Peter Staks Todd Smith Ron Henson ELECTION Of TRUSTEES H*EeB INdEpENdENT School DISTRICT DISTRICT TRUSTEE, PLACE SIX DISTRICT TRUSTEE, PLACE SEVEN Position 1 ..................John T. DeLorme Position 1..........................Jay Heilman Position 2 .....................David L. Moon Position 2.............................T.J. Quinn Position 3 ....................Richard Catt,Jr. Position 3 ......................James Ramsey Position 4......................Todd Hendryx Position 4 ..........................Julia Monks Position 5...........................Paul Baugh Position 6 ...............................Ron May Position 7 ......................Monte Stewart ThE CREATION Of ThE TARRANT COUNTY ELECTION OF TRUSTEES CRIME CONTROL ANd PREVENTION GRA EVINE�COLLE VILLE DISTRICT dEdiCATEd TO CRIME REdUCTiON P Y PROGRAMS iN THE AdOPTiON Of A MEpENdENT SchooL DISTRICT PROPOSEd LOCAL SALES ANd USE TAX AT A DISTRICT TRUSTEE, PLACE FIVE RATE Of ONE-I1ALf Of ONE PERCENT. ❑ For ❑ Against Roy Stewart DISTRICT TRUSTEE, PLACE SIX DON'T FORGET TO VOTE Jack Webre DISTRICT TRUSTEE, PLACE SEVEN OUR FUTURE iS iN YOUR HANDS Dick Rawlins z NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM ANNOUNCED The message to city officials is clear: Euless citizens When violations are found, the property owners in think it's time to clean up their city. question will be informed by letter. So sometime in the spring, the City of Euless will "We'll be putting them on notice and giving them a launch a major code-enforcement campaign designed chance to correct the problem on their own,"Godbey to spruce up the city's image by ridding it of eyesores said. "Hopefully, we won't have to follow up after the such as abandoned cars, overgrown lots and annoying first letter." potholes in the city streets. Because of the size of the effort, "this will largely be Moreover, the campaign will improve the city in a volunteer effort." other ways by replacing burned out street lights, iden- volunteers are being recruited from city boards and tifying bridges in need of repair and in locating danger- commissions to help city employees carry out the in- ous situations such as broken tree limbs and open manhole covers. spections and to write notification letters. The code-enforcement effort will begin shortly after Many city employees will be devoting their own off- the end of Sparkle Month,the city's popular program in duty time in the code-enforcement campaign. which the city provides free curbside pick-up of virtu- At least two inspection tours will be made in each ally any item that citizens wish to discard. zone. One will be done in the daytime and another at Sparkle Month has proved to be most successful in night to check on such things as burned-out street lights encouraging citizens to clear away, without charge, and traffic problems not readily apparent by day. such unsightly items as worn-out appliances. If successful, the city could conduct such compre- Assistant City Manager Kay Godbey said the code- hensive,city-wide code-enforcement inspections twice enforcement program is an extension of Sparkle Month a year. and is being undertaken at the suggestion of citizens. Some code-enforcement efforts are being conducted "This program comes about at the request of citizens all the time. But invariably, citizens complain that they who have told us that they want our city to be clean and are being singled out for attention. orderly," Godbey said. "They are proud of our city and "One of the complaints we often get from people want it to be known as a garden spot." being cited for code violations is that the people down "We're trying to listen to what they're telling us." the street are doing it, too, and why aren't you fining them?" The city has been divided into 32 inspection zones. So Euless should sparkle even more in the Summer Teams of two inspectors then will travel through each of 1990 and beyond, as City employees and other zone, looking for a variety of violations of city codes. volunteers join together to make Euless an even better Among the things for which they will be looking are: place to live,work and play. > junk vehicles and oversize vehicles. > Trash in view. > Tall grass and/or weeds. > Street lights out or needed. > Streets in need of repair(potholes,etc.). > Bridges in need of repair. > Buildings in need of inspection pection by city inspectors. > Stop signs and other traffic controls in need of repair or replacement. > Line-of-sight intrusions such as trees blocking street E.X E!V I corners. ' x.,,.;... > Dangerous situations such as broken tree limbs, open Your Constitutional Right to Vote manhole covers,etc. > Any other items that may need attention by city crews. May 52 1990 , 3 S• • R . V & City of Euless Service to Enlist Resident Volunteers (S.E.R.V.E.) is a program to encourage volun- teering with the City of Euless. S.E.R.V.E. was founded in 1989 by two Euless resi- dents, Mary DeWitt and Geoffrey Tait who were dedicated to increasing the number of volunteers in the city. The need to utilize volunteers is essential for several key reasons. First, the City of Euless performs such a multitude of jobs that it would be cost prohibitive to hire such expertise. Second, numerous citizens are interested in volunteering their time, skill or experience to the community in which they live. Finally, volunteering enables citizens to take "ownership" in their resident city. In other words, supporting the city by vir- tue of their skills in helping the community be a better place to live. The city has volunteer opportunities in many areas, such as library, police, parks, rec- reation, personnel, administration, as well as other departments. The positions range from shelving books to teaching a class in recreation. Whatever your skill or expertise is, we should find a match for you at the City of Euless. Any time you wish to volun- teer,the city would be most appreciative. If you are interested in a volunteer position with the city, please contact the volunteer coordinators,Mary DeWitt or Geoffrey Tait at 283-9456 for more information. Service to Enlist Resident Volunteers in Euless P.O. Box 473 , Euless , Texas 76039-0473 ( 817 ) 283-9456 CITY PHONE NUMBERS PR BLEM' DEPARTMENT PHONE ABANDONED,JUNK or OVERSIZED VEHICLES POLICE 685-1501? BUILDING PERMIT CODE ENFORCEMENT 685-1622 DRAINAGE STREETS/UTILITIES 685-1580 DUMPING(on private/public property) ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 685.1622 FIRE PROTECTION FIRE MARSHAL 685-1622 HOUSING CONDITIONS CODE ENFORCEMENT 685-1622 JUNK(see abandoned vehicles/dumping) SIGN,ILLEGAL CODEENFORCEMENT 685-1622 STREET HAZARDS(tree limbs,open manholes. . .) STREETS/UTILITIES 685-1580 STREET LIGHTS NEEDED PLANNING/ENGINEERING 685-1627 STREET LIGHTS OUT TU ELECTRIC COMPANY 858.2564 STREET REPAIRS(pot holes,etc.) STREETSIUTILITIES 685-1580 TRASH,ABANDONED(see dumping) TRAFFIC CONTROL REPAIRS/REPLACEMENT MAINTENANCE 685-1457 TRAFFIC VISIBILITY OBSTRUCTION CODE ENFORCEMENT 685-1622 (trees&shrubs blocking street comers) UNSAFE/VACANT BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT 685-1622 WEEDS,OVERGROWN —on public property PARKS 685-1650 —on private property ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 685-1622 ZONING —certificates CODE ENFORCEMENT 685-1622 —general information PLANNING&ENGINEERING 685-1627 — violation CODE ENFORCEMENT 685-1622 The City of Euless need all kinds of volunteers in many areas. If you can volunteer Ci* of Eu/as VOLUNTEER please call Mary DeWitt or Geoffrey Tait at 283-9456. MID-CITIES Rates for Disposable Items, Recyclable Materials(all types)......................No Charge Household Trash .....:...........................$1.00/load CONVENIENCE Tree Limbs.......................................$1.00/load Building Materials CENTER (lumber,sheetrock,cement,etc.) .................$5-15/load* Batteries.........................................No Charge RECYCLING & Tires .......................................$3.00/tire&up* Used Engine Oil...................................No Charge * The assigning of the rate will beat the careful discretion of the cen- ter attendant. TRASH DISPOSAL City Garbage will pick up refrigerators, washers, dryers, furniture and most large items at the curb, provided citizens contact City Garbage.There is no fee for this service,as this is 3 a part of your monthly charge for Garbage Service. a N H`9hw ay�0 3 Proceeds South Pipeline Road The funds received from recycling goes to the BEE Com- mittee to help provide training and employment for disad- vantaged persons. City Garbage Service provides the Recy- cling Center and hauling services without charge.The charges NG't Mid-Midi assessed for trash/refuse disposal go to City Garbage to help Center defray the cost of an attendant and equipment required to rX. comply with new State laws. Hours: Open Close Mon-Fri 1:00 pm 6:00 pm T H E C I T Y O F Saturday 7:00 am 12:00 noon EULESS 3355 Raider Drive 817-283-3092 T H E ''C I T Y O F E BULK RATE U.S.POSTAGE PAID Euless,Texas 76039 Pertnd No.78 201 N. Ector Drive • Euless, Texas 76039-3595 817-685-1400 • Metro 817-267-4403