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CITY MANAGER’S WEEKLY UPDATE City Offices to Close for Christmas Holiday City offices will be closed Friday, Dec. 23, and Monday, Dec. 26, in observance of the Christmas holiday. All essential services will continue to operate. Because there is no regular garbage or recycling collection on Sundays, the residential collection schedule will not be impacted by the holiday. Christmas Tree Recycling Program Runs Through Jan. 18 Recycling Christmas trees helps to reduce waste, extend landfill life, provides useful compost and saves money. Starting Dec. 15 and running through Jan. 18, Christmas trees can be dropped off at the Lewisville Lake Park soccer fields (near Lake Park Road and North Mill Street) to be recycled into mulch. Trees must be stripped of all nails, wire, ornaments, lights and tinsel prior to being dropped off. Free mulch will be available at the dropoff site between Dec. 30, and Jan 18, suitable for use in yards, gardens and flower beds, walkways, around trees and shrubs or for livestock bedding. The program is sponsored by Keep Lewisville Beautiful and the City of Lewisville's Parks and Leisure Services. For more information, call KLB at 972.538.5949 or PALS at972.219.3550. Keep Lewisville Beautiful is the preeminent environmental organization in Lewisville, committed to empowering Lewisville residents through education to take greater responsibility for enhancing their local environment. KLB is an affiliate of Keep Texas Beautiful and Keep American Beautiful. For information, call 972.538.5949 or visitwww.keeplewisvillebeautiful.org. Fire Department News It’s Santa Claus time again! The Lewisville Fire Department began escorting Santa Claus on their trucks to visit the children of Lewisville on December 10th.. Look for Santa in your neighborhood between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. LFD's three newest Engines, E162, E163, and E166 are now in service. State, City Schedule Trout Stockings at Trinity River’s Elm Fork Three stockings are planned this winter to place thousands of rainbow trout in the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, below the Lewisville Lake Dam. Texas Parks & Wildlife stocked the river with fingerlings on Dec. 16 and are scheduled to stock more fingerlings on Jan. 13, weather permitting. The City stocked additional larger trout on the evening of Dec. 15. Anglers interested in trout fishing in the Trinity River must have appropriate state fishing licenses and must abide by state limits for rainbow trout. Bassmaster to Launch 2012 Central Open Series at Lewisville Lake For the second straight year, Bassmaster will launch its Central Open Series at Lewisville Lake, giving anglers their first opportunity of 2012 to qualify for the prestigious Bassmaster Classic. The local tournament will be held Feb. 9-11, launching from Lewisville Lake Park with final weigh-in to be held at Bass Pro Shops in Grapevine.The full field will compete the first two days of the tournament, with the top 12 pros and co-anglers moving on to a third day. The 2012 Opens will award a Bassmaster Classic berth to the pro-side winner of each event, if the angler competes in the same division at all three Central Open Series tournaments. “The 2013 Classic berth to the winner of each Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open event makes each tournament in the series a high-stakes, premier event with the eyes of the industry anxious to see what angler can grasp that coveted invitation,” said Chris Bowes, B.A.S.S. senior tournament manager. The pro prize package includes $5,000 cash and a bass boat rig valued at $45,000. The co-angler first prize is a boat-and-motor package valued at $35,000. The event pays to 40th place in pro and co-angler divisions, with a total purse of $229,700 based on 125 boats. In addition, $500 each will be awarded for the pro’s and co-angler’s big bass of the tournament. Lewisville was site of the season-opening Central Open in February 2010 and also has been home to three Women’s Bassmaster Tour events and a Bassmaster Elite 50 tournament in June 2005. For information on the Central Open Series, please visit www.Bassmaster.com. Lewisville-area lodging, dining and entertainment information is available at www.VisitLewisville.com. New Competitive Fishing Circuit Headed to Lewisville Lake in 2012 Lewisville Lake has been selected as one of five stops in the inaugural season of the Texas Team Trail fishing tournament circuit, launching in 2012. Anglers will visit Lewisville for a one-day event on Saturday, June 9. The new circuit, designed exclusively for team competition, will debut March 10 at Sam Rayburn Lake and will make stops at Lake Ray Roberts and Lake Livingston before paying a visit to Lewisville. The series championship will be held Oct. 20-21 at Lake Amistad. Registration is open online for the 2012 season at www.TexasTeamTrail.com. “The Texas Team Trail will create tremendous opportunities for bass tournament anglers throughout the state of Texas,” said Tournament Director Mike Hastings. “The payout structure is incredible and with a low-cost, budget-friendly entry fee, anglers have a real opportunity to cash in. And when you consider the sponsor bonus contingency prizes available, there's just not another team trail in Texas that delivers this much value to the angler.” For a $250 entry fee, anglers have a chance to win a fully equipped boat and motor package at every Texas Team Trail event. The year-end championship features two more boat and motor packages awarded to top teams. To qualify for the two-day Championship, anglers must fish all four qualifying events. The new circuit will receive unprecedented television coverage not only across Texas, but across the country as a national audience will watch the action unfold from each event throughout the season on The Texas Channel, World Fishing Network, Pursuit Channel, and the new NBC Sports Network. “We are looking forward to the opportunity to work with some great partners to build an exciting event for Texas anglers,” said Chris Sprangers, Brand Partnership Manager for circuit sponsor Cabela’s. “It’s great to be part of such a strong commitment to the sport of fishing.” Declared the official “Urban Bass Fishing Capital of Texas” by the State Legislature, Lewisville Lake is located 20 minutes north of downtown Dallas along Interstate 35E. Created in 1954 on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, the lake covers nearly 30,000 acres of surface area and reaches depths of up to 67 feet. Lewisville Lake is rated as “excellent” by Texas Parks & Wildlife for catfish, crappie and white bass, and “good” for largemouth bass and striped/hybrid bass. Major tournaments held at Lewisville Lake since 2005 include a Bassmaster Elite 50, Bassmaster Central Open, Women’s Bassmaster Tour, BoatUS National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship, FLW Bass-Fishing League, and 2 Of Us Couples Championship. Lewisville Lake also recently was announced as the site of a Bassmaster Central Open tournament to be held in February 2012. For information on the Texas Team Trail, please visit www.TexasTeamTrail.com. Lewisville-area lodging, dining and entertainment information is available at www.VisitLewisville.com.
Street and sidewalk repairs on Azalia Dr. between Fox Ave. and Azalia Bend Street and sidewalk repairs on Kirkwood Dr. Street repairs on Pinto, Drake, Falling Water, Sandra and Michael Crack sealing on Sendero and Mustang
Main line cleaning on Ridgecreek, Circle Creek, Creekway, Surf, Manco and Purnell Video inspecting in the 700 blk. Edmonds Ln., on Wentworth and on Teakwood
December 20 CDBG Meeting-CANCELLED December 20 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting-CANCELLED December 21 Library Board Meeting December 23-26 Christmas Holiday – Offices Closed December 26 Old Town Design Review Committee Meeting-CANCELLED December 27 I-35 Corridor Plan Meeting-CANCELLED January Meetings & Events January 2 New Year’s Holiday – Offices Closed January 3 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting January 4 Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting January 9 City Council Meeting January 9 Old Town Design Review Committee Meeting January 11 Park Board Meeting January 14 2nd Saturday Household Hazardous Waste/Electronics Collection Event January 16 Martin Luther King Holiday – Offices Closed January 17 CDBG Meeting January 17 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting January 17 Transportation Board January 18 Library Board Meeting January 23 City Council Meeting January 23 Old Town Design Review Committee Meeting |
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