Recap of City Issues - July 25, 2008

After a year of work, the city launched a new logo - the Earth, Land and Water logo. A special event for the "unwrapping" of the new logo took place on Tuesday morning at the Municipal Complex. Staff, residents and board and commission members were in attendance as Mayor Costa and myself presented the new logo. I truly believe the new logo is a mark our staff can wear with pride as a representation of the commitment and quality service we provide the residents of this city. Mayor Costa invited the four most tenured employees (Jesse Acevedo, Bill Parsons, Crisanto Perez and Sue Thompson) in attendance to help her with the "unwrapping" of the new logo. After the presentation, attendees were treated to breakfast pastries donated by Wal-Mart and coffee donated by Texas Roast as well as new logo give-away items. This budget year the vehicle decals will be replaced with the new logo as well as the stone monument at the Municipal Complex and the welcome monument at Highland Village Road off of FM 407. Other items will be replaced with the new budget and all the monument signs will be updated over the next two years. We're excited about the new logo and hope everyone wears it proudly!         

Sue Thompson and Laurie Mullens attended the monthly merchants meeting at the Shops at HV held by Regency on-site management and their marketing department.  Sue and Laurie talked about the upcoming HV Business Directory. stating that the new directory due out in August will feature the name of retail centers with their merchants/tenants and contact information.   Sue invited those present to attend and/or take part in the upcoming "All About You" HVBA luncheon on Tuesday, August 12th.  Sue and Laurie plan to attend the monthly meetings with Regency and the Shops merchants. New contacts were made with Patrizio's and other shops interested in the HVBA activities.

Sue Thompson, Rhoda Savage and I had an opportunity to sit down with the representatives of the Highland Village Women's Club and discuss the Village Glows and its future.  Sue had been approached by Regency Centers about Village Glows recently.  Staff is in the process of setting up a meeting between Regency representatives, the HV Women's Club and city staff to discuss the event.

Sue Thompson reports the HVBA held two ribbon cuttings this week for new businesses located in the Shops at Highland Village.  One was held at the Chocolate Apothecary and the other was at Sweet and Sassy.  Mayor Dianne Costa and Sue welcomed the new shops to the City.  The Chocolate Apothecary ribbon cutting was a joint event with both area Chambers of Commerce.  Sweet and Sassy was HVBA and the Flower Mound Chamber. 

The Sasche Police Department sent two more representatives to tour the Police Department and our city.  They spent two days and speaking with the command staff and officers and were given information about our current programs and projects.

The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board met on Monday evening to discuss technical considerations related to the Copperas Trail Alignments.  They encouraged the design to include a pervious but multiuse trail through Wichita Forest.  Along Highland Village Road, the board felt that, if the trail width needed to be reduced to 8'-0'' for short distances along the road, it would be a worthwhile consideration if trees adjacent to the road could be preserved.

On Tuesday, the Highland Village Community Development Corporation held a public hearing on the annual update and five year budget included in the facility development capital improvement program.  After the public hearing was held, they voted to approve the plan.

On Monday, the Senior All- Stars enjoyed Game Day at the Highland Shores Community Center.

On Thursday, the Senior All-Stars met at the Highland Shores Community Center for game day. 

Our Kids Kamp had an awesome week of events for Explorer Week.  They especially enjoyed Ripley's Believe It or Not and the Palace of Wax on Monday and Mrs. Baird's Bakery on Thursday.

The Street Division and Kansas City Southern Railroad  made repairs to the railroad crossing located on Highland Village Road. The railroad crew leveled up the rails and added new crossties. The Street crew made the repairs to Highland Village Road at that location by leveling up the road surface and repairing some base failure at the railroad.

All park crews worked on regular Maintenance this week.

This week, the police department responded to 160 calls for service, made 88 traffic contacts, made 5 arrests, responded to 5 traffic accidents and performed 720 community policing activities.

Martha Butz, Jana Onstead and Vanesa Childers attended the unveiling of the new logo on Tuesday morning.

The Customer Services Series in Corinth wrapped up this week on Thursday.  Lori Wright, Karen Bradley, Shelly Clark, Sandy McCoy, Diane Callahan, Nancy Sharp, Julie Erickson and Vanesa Childers attended "Making the Right Call". 

On Thursday Martha Butz and Jana Onstead attended an open house hosted by United Health Care.  Information was provided regarding a variety of educational tools for employees and promoting wellness.

Jana Onstead participated in a free webinar on compliance training on Thursday afternoon.

Officer Christie Perry and Officer Tim Henderson attended the Active Shooter training.

Sergeant Sheri Morrison attended class at the Dallas Police Department for a new Attorney General program.  This program is called the Address Confidentiality Program and it provides for an alias address and mail forwarding through the AG's office for victims of Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Family Violence.  This training now allows the Police Department to participate in the program.

 Mayor Costa and Members of Council were on hand on Tuesday morning to unveil the new City Logo at the Municipal Complex.  Afterward, Mayor Costa and Council Members attended two ribbon cuttings at the Chocolate Apothecary and Sweet and Sassy at The Shops at Highland Village.

On Wednesday morning Council Members Adams and Combs attended the UTRWD Annual Members Breakfast in Lewisville.