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With continued dry canditions and extreme temperatures,
officials at the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) have
notified member cF~ies that more stringent water restrictians
across the region are likely to be enacted by early September.
~ Under TRWD's drought p~an, if the district's lakes and reservoirs
drop ~0 75% of capacity, TRWD wil~ require cities to enforce
~, : ~ ~ r~andatory c~strietions. Those restrictions include:
~ ~• - Limiting Qutdoor watering vuith sprinklers or irrigation ~ysterns
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ta twice per week
- Prohibiting hosing off paved areas like driveways and
~idewalks, or buildings and windows
_ Restricting draining ar~d refilling swvirnming pools
- Limiting private vehicle washinc~ to the use of a buck~t o~ a
hose with a turnoff val~e
In Colieyville, twi~e-a-week watering would be accampl~shed in
zones depicted in the map abave. The res,pective zones and
~Ilowed watering days are as follows:
Zone A- Tuesday and Friday
North of Cofleyville Bouleward and west of Pleasant Run Road
Zone B- Wednesday and Saturday
North af Glade Road and east af Pleasant I~un Road
Zone C- Thursday and Sunday
So~th of Glade Road and ~ast of Calieyville Boulevard
4utdoor moVie cance~led
Due to concerns for the public`s safety, th~ autdoor mo~ie,
"How to 1`rain Your Dragan,° scheduPed Friday, Sept. 2, ~as
been cancelled. Continued high terrrperatures and dry conditions
may present healti~ concerns for some residents. The event will
not be rescheduled.
September 11 ~-emembrance ceremony Qr~
5unday, Sept, ]~1, 2(311, the eity of Colleyville will canduct a
remembrarece ceremony in honor of those losk in the attacks of
Sept. 11, 2QQ1. The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. in front of
Colleyville City Hall. Everyc~ne is invited to this very speciaV
ceremony.
Non-emergency number
Effective Oct. 1, the former non-e~nergency numbers for Colleyvil~e-
8i7.281.2132 and 817.281.3134-will no longer be operational. The new
non-emergency r~umber 817.743.4522, which went into effect Vast year
when the city joined th~ regianal jail and communications center, will
remain active. fn the e~ent of an emergency, residents should always
cal I 9-1-1.
PARD anline brc~chures
Colleyville Parks and Recreation eor~tinues the city's efforts to
keep ColleyvilOe gr~en, Beginning this fall, class and aetiu~ty
brochures will no longer be mailed to individuaf households, but
will be available through a fully digitai, int~ractive online "bnok"
at Collev~rillePA~iD.eom. Braehures will be available for three
seasons-fall, winter/spring and summer. Read mare here
Nat~onal Night gu~ in C~ol~eyville
T~resday, Q~t. 4, 6:00 p.m. (Citywide)
The Colleyville PaPice Department encourages everyane to get
invplved in CoVleyville's Nationa! Night Out e~vent, sch~dul~d
Tuesclay, Oct. 4, from 6:OQ-8:00 p.m. The program prt~motes
n~ighborhoad interaction, police ar~d community partnersY~ips,
and hei'ghtens awareness of crime and drug prevention
acti~ities. 'Suggestior~s far neighborhoQd activities inclutEe: block
parties, cookouts, organized walks, and contests for the kids.
Far more informati~an, or to arrange for a police ar fire
departrraent visit, contact Officer Raymon Cannon at
$17.5Q3.123~.
Fal~ Clean Sweep
Saturday, Oct. 1, 8:45 a,~m. (McPhe~rson Park, 2~0 West
McDonwell School Rd.)
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Presented by Keep Cofleyville Beautifu! (KCB}, in association
with the city of Colleyville, Clean Sweep brings the Colleyvill~
community together to pick up city streets and operr spaces.
KCB currently is acc~pting individual, group, or family
volunteers for the event, whrch qualifies for community service
haurs, Please call 817.5fJ3.118Q for volunteer information.
Via~ of Life program
For emergency p~rsonnel, knawledge of a patient`s medicatian
can be critical, The Vial c~f Life pragram provides access ta that
information through a free medical information krt. Partici~ar~ts
complete the forrn included with the kit and place e~, afong with
a photograph, in a clear plastie bag. Tt~e bag, labeled with a
special decal, is placed on the refri~erator. A second decal is
placed on the front door to alert first responders to the medical
information. Read rnore here
Colleyville History:
Spring Garden, circa 1855-1$75
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(Excerpted from Cnlleyville Then arrd IVow, avail~ble for sale
through the Colleyville Histordcal Preservation Comrroittee
at ColleyvilleC~eolleyvlle.cam)
Spring Garden, north af pre~ent-day Bedfard, is regarded as the
first community to develop +n pre-Col~eyville, The man generally
accepted as the founder of the Spring Garden cvmmunity is
Samuel Cecil Hflliday Wftten. Barn nn Kentucky, he was a
Missouri resident befor@ h~ eame ~a Tex~s ta surwey for a land
grants company. Witten return~d to Missouri and brought his
family, two surreys, twca cov~r~d wagon~, and $30,000 ta settle
here in 1854,
The Wittens bu+lt a large board house with lumber hauled from
East Texas~ prabably the fir~~ of its kind in the area. Prosperity
folfawed for him an~ his i1 children, and between 1860 and
1~70, S. C. H, Witten ~nd his wife, Jennett~, were granted over
1200 acres of public land in Tarrant County, most all of it in pre-
Calleyville. In addi~ian to farming, the Wittens were also cattle
and horse rancl~ers. Read the full starv
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