I hope everyone is doing well! We have some very important meetings this week on Tuesday, April 13th, that I'd like to bring to your attention and I'll go into more detail on those below. Please feel free to check back on the city's calendar here http://www.waxahachie.com/calendar.php to see if any more meetings have been added after this newsletter has gone out.
Also, I want to let you know of a tool that shows the zoning of land in the city. Let's say that you are purchasing a home and there's a field behind the house in question. You might be told that it will always stay a field. Chances are, it is already zoned for something. You can enter that address into the box on this page and it will tell you what that area is zoned for and usually give you the ordinance that goes along with that zoning. https://waxgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=585bd455f22d477882e98c5555ee7de9 This is a great tool for realtors as well, to let their clients know what is coming in near a particular property. I hope you find this helpful!
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Monday, April 12, 2021
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8:30 AM - Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund Board Regular Meeting
Waxahachie Fire Station No. 2
1601 Cleaver Street
Agenda Packet: https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/document-uploads-001/uploads/video/agenda_file/117705/4-12-21_FR_R_Agenda_Packet.pdf
3 - Consider appointment of civilian member to the FR&R board.
4 - Administer oath of office to civilian board member.
5 - Reorganize the board.
The rest of the meeting seems to be fairly standard, but you can review those details in the agenda packet, linked above. Also, this meeting will not be live-streamed, although it is an open meeting, so the public may attend.
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** Tuesday, April 13, 2021 **
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8:30 AM - City Council Retreat
Waxahachie Civic Center, Crape Myrtle Room
2000 Civic Center Lane
There are very few Council meetings that I really push people to attend, if possible, but this is one of those. I understand with it being during the day that it is a hard one to attend, but it will be jam-packed with great information about our city.
2 - Presentations and discussion:
- Introduction
- Legislative update
- Special districts overview
- Community survey results
- Major project updates
- 5 year capital and operating plan discussion
- Budget timeline and initial requests
I do not believe that this meeting will be live-streamed, but as is the case with all our Council meetings and briefings, there will be an audio recording that is made and can be requested from our City Secretary's office. To request that audio or to make any other open records request, you may do that online through here: http://www.waxahachie.com/departments/city_secretary/open_records_requests.php .
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6:00 PM - Planning & Zoning Briefing
Council Conference Room, City Hall
This is the pre-meeting where staff will brief the P&Z commission on the items that are on the agenda for the 7 PM meeting. This is a highly informative hour and is open to the public to attend. Given that Emory Lakes, the massive 2800+ acre development is on the agenda, this is one briefing that you won't want to miss! Unfortunately, the briefing is not live-streamed at this time.
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7:00 PM - Planning & Zoning Regular Meeting
Council Chamber, City Hall
Agenda Packet: https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/document-uploads-001/uploads/video/agenda_file/118364/4-13-21_P_Z_Agenda_Packet.pdf
** 16 & 17 **- Emory Lakes is up again in front of the P&Z commission. Please see the agenda packet for all details. Staff is recommending denial, but saying that if the commission wishes to approve, that certain criteria are met. That criteria, along with the changes that the applicant has made from the last time they presented are in the agenda packet- there are many. The changes that have been made to the development start on page 50 of the packet. The criteria for approval start on page 57. The rest of the packet (201 pages in total) is dedicated to this case, so there is a lot of material you can review, if you wish.
This meeting will be live-streamed and available via this link at the time of the meeting. http://www.waxahachie.com/government/city_council/city_council_meeting_live_stream.php The meeting is open to the public and residents are welcome to attend.
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Thursday, April 15, 2021
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3:00 PM - WCDC - Waxahachie Community Development Corporation Regular Meeting
Council Conference Room, City Hall
Agenda Packet: https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/document-uploads-001/uploads/video/agenda_file/118040/4-15-21_WCDC_Agenda_Packet.pdf
4 - Consider WCDC annual financial report for year ended September 30, 2020
5 - Hear and discuss presentation on improvements at city's dog park and take any necessary action
6 - Hear Mid-Way Airport presentation
This meeting is not live-streamed at this time, but is open to the public should you wish to attend.
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That's all we currently have scheduled for this upcoming week. It'll be a busy one, but productive. Please feel free to reach out to me (text is the fastest) if you have any questions, comments or concerns. I hope y'all have a blessed and wonderful week ahead!
Your Friendly Councilmember,
Melissa Olson, CMO
(text) 817-507-5162
molson@waxahachie.com
Good lord, there's enough of that stuff already in this city! You are ruining our cities
ReplyDeleteAtmosphere! Traffic on any road in this town is a nightmare, and you want to bring more? Enough already! Fix what we got first at least!
If I wanted to live in a town like frisco I would move there! And I'm not the only one that feels this way about it!
You nailed it Nathan. We work all our young lives to afford to live in the "country" then they bring the traffic, crime, and crap to us. I've been paying yearly taxes to Waxahachie for 30 years and now they apparently want to run us good citizens off. What they are proposing to do to my sparse neighborhood is egregious. Please be sure to vote May 1st for the right people in our local races; very important. And I too hate Frisco and for the last few years I have been referring to Waxahachie as "little Arlington" but we're apparently on track to outgrow even them.
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