Recap of City Issues - November 7, 2008

On November 6 at 3:32 p.m. Highland Village, Flower Mound and Lewisville Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire at 434 Copperas Trail in Highland Village. Upon arrival firefighters encountered heavy interior fire and smoke and initiated an aggressive interior attack. Due to the intensity of the fire, the fire reached three-alarm status calling in additional units from Argyle, Coppell and Double Oak. The residents were not home at the time of the fire and no injuries were sustained. The Denton County Fire Marshal's Office and Highland Village Fire Department are investigating the cause of the fire.

138 fifth graders received LETS certificates on Friday Nov 7.  Corporal April Roppolo and Corporal Jered Cameron assisted with the program.  Guest speakers were Mayor Dianne Costa, Sergeant Dennis Oliver, Corporal David Harney, Corporal Jered Cameron, Officer Luis Flores, Detective Andrea Musick, and Corporal Detective Doug Bell.

Corporal Jered Cameron, Corporal David Harney, and Corporal April Roppolo assisted Officer Tim Henderson conduct a Safety Fair at Rambling Oaks for about 75 residents.  

The Highland Village Senior All Stars met on Monday for game day.

The Highland Village Senior All Stars met on Thursday for game day and pot luck.

Rhoda Savage and Fince Espinoza met with Opus West , Medical Center of Lewisville and the Highland Village Parks Foundation on Thursday to discuss the Highland Village Resolution Run on January 17th.

Don't forget, Our Village Glows will be on December 2nd at The Shops of Highland Village this year from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Scott Kriston met with BW2 Engineers to discuss the current  I & I project, Utility CIP and the Municipal Service Center plat.

Scott Kriston performed a final walk through on the Majestic store this week.  The contractor is working on a small punch list.

Scott Kriston attended the TX DOT FM 2499 phase 4 weekly project meeting.  The TX DOT FM 2499 project status  is as follows:  Currently the installation of the stormwater pipe continues on the south end, retaining wall construction continues on the south end of the project at Clifton and near Castlewood, they continue to install the drill shafts for the proposed bridges on the south end of the project at Poindexter Branch of Lake Lewisville.  Franchise utilities are working on relocating their infrastructure that needs to be relocated inside the TX DOT right of way.  CoServ is anticipated to start relocating electric poles & buried electric south of Highland Shores Blvd. next week.  They are relocating the poles to 1-foot inside of the TXDOT right of way so TXDOT can install a proposed retaining wall.  Time Warner CATV is anticipated to start relocating approximately 800 feet of buried wire located south of Highland Shores Blvd. over the next ten days.  TXDOT is verifying drainage easements along the entire project.  Explorer Pipeline completed the relocation of their gas line that cross the TXDOT right of way in Highland Village, they are currently backfilling the trench slowly to get proper compaction results.  Monday & Tuesday, November 10th & 11th, TXDOT is proposing to install a culvert box across the right of way located at the Railroad crossing, Wednesday & Thursday, November 12th & 13th, TX DOT is proposing to install a culvert box across the right of way located near the Southwood well lot, Friday & Saturday, November 14th & 15th, TX DOT is proposing to install a culvert box across the right of way located north of Fairland Dr. Flagmen will control traffic during this process, it is anticipated to take 2 days to install each of the box culvert across the right of way weather permitting. 

The Street Division crews remarked the bike lane on Highland Shores Boulevard.

The Street Division crew made some asphalt street base and re-topping  repairs on Gayle Lane.

Parks' Inland Trail Crew has been working on the landscaping of the amenity stations on City Trail.

Parks' Pilot Knoll Crew with assistance from Wes Neinhuser laid a flagstone porch around the Pilot Knoll gatehouse.

Parks' North Crew has painted the fence at Lower Sellmeyer Park and also stained the tables at Lion's Club Park.  North Crew has also applied mulch to various park trees and shrub beds.

Parks' South Crew has been preparing Unity athletic fields for their last week of games.

Parks' South Crew has installed benches at Unity Park in the Kid's Kastle area.

Wes Neinhuser aerated all athletic fields.

Tony Palesano has repaired and adjusted various irrigation systems.

Tony Palesano met with representatives from an irrigation company to discuss the possibility of installing a centralized irrigation system.

The Utility Division had Layne Texas plug an old well tapped in the Paluxy Aquifer at Oak Street Well lot to prepare for the proposed upgrades to the existing pump house. 

Utility crews relocated a section of 12-inch water line near the Citi Bank so a stormwater inlet box can be installed for the FM 2499  phase 4 project. 

Utility crews made 19 of the 37 point repairs that were a result of the 2007 I&I smoke testing project.  The remaining point repairs are scheduled to be addressed over the next few months.

Utility crews dressed areas of recent water and sewer line repairs.

Utility crews repaired an emergency main break on the 8 inch water main located at 1700 Highland Village Road last weekend. 

Utility crews obtained required BAC-T water samples and delivered to the lab for testing per TCEQ mandate.

Utility crews repaired a fire hydrant that was damaged by contractor error on the FM 2499 phase 3 project.

Utility crews installed a new vent cover on the top of the Idlewild elevated storage tank.  All openings must be covered per TCEQ mandate.

Utility crews completed the Timber Crest wastewater lift station automation programming.  All City lift stations are on SCADA control.

Utility crews performed maintenance on well lots, lift stations, fire hydrants and the water distribution and wastewater collection system.

Drainage crews reshaped the bar ditch on Remington Terrace & eliminated a standing water issue, & a mosquito breeding area.

Drainage crews reshaped a drainage ditch in an easement located on Trails end to re-establish proper drainage flow and eliminated an erosion issue.

This week the Police Department responded to 134 calls for service, made 67 traffic contacts, made 6 arrests, responded to 9 traffic accidents and performed 553 community policing activities.

Martha Butz and Vanesa Childers attended the Board of Ethics meeting on Monday night.

Jana Onstead, Martha Butz and Jane Ponder conducted orientation for Luis Flores, our newest police officer, on Wednesday.

Martha Butz attended the board appreciation dinner on Thursday evening at Celebrations.

The Police Department hosted a training session put on by the Denton County District Attorney's Office for the Field Operations officers.  The class covered family violence assault cases.

Council member Don Combs served as a "judge" at the Lewisville MDA Lock Up fundraiser on Thursday, November 6, 2008.  The Lewisville Area Lock-Up raise $39,756.00 for MDA and the money raised will send 50 kids to MDA Summer Camp! 

 The Mayor and Council recognized city volunteers at the annual board and commission appreciation dinner on Thursday, November 6, 2008.  The event was held at Celebrations and guests were entertained by the U.S. Actors Company in their murder mystery performance of "Reservations for Murder". 

Mayor Costa joined Corporal Roppolo on Friday, November 7 at Heritage Elementary for the LETS Graduation. 

Mayor Costa, Michael Leavitt and Dorothy Palumbo met with other elected and appointed officials at the Denton County Legislative Workshop on Friday, November 7 to discuss upcoming the legislative session.