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Bunny Daze Extravaganza hits the BRiCk on April 16
Grab your children, camera and Easter baskets and join the City in the annual Bunny Daze extravaganza at the BRiCk at Bartlett Park. This is a free event sponsored by the City. The fun takes place between noon and 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 16, at 550 N.W. Summercrest Blvd. There will be on-stage performances, carnival games, face painting and more. Peter Cottontail is the special guest! The Easter Egg Hunt starts at 1:30 p.m. The children, up to age 12, will be divided into age groups before the egg hunt begins. For more, call the BRiCk at 817-426-9104. |
Improvements include pump station, elevated storage tank and transmission lanes to serve lower pressure plane
On March 7, Burleson City Council members directed staff to publish a notice of intent to issue $9.5 million in certificates of obligation to fund the first year of the Water and Wastewater Master Plan approved by council in November 2010. The current plan is for approximately $7.5 million. Those bonds will pay for $5.3 million in water improvements and $1.65 million in wastewater improvements. Big ticket items are a 5.0 million gallon per day water pump station and a 1.0 million gallon elevated water storage tank, as well as the associated transmission main lines. Both projects will serve the lower pressure plane. The city is divided into three pressure planes - a lower pressure plane, an upper pressure plane, and the Mountain Valley pressure plane. The lower pressure plane covers the majority of the city. Read more |
 Four vie for unexpired term
in Place 6 for city council
There is a four-way race for the unexpired term for Place 6 on the Burleson City Council. Janine Austin-Quinn and Jim Bailey filed for Place 6 on Monday, the deadline to file to have the name on the May 14 ballot. This is the seat that longtime councilmember Chip Stephens held until Stephens turned in his resignation letter Feb. 21. Stephens will serve until after the May 14 election. Austin-Quinn, Bailey, Joshua Pickrell, and Larry Pool are vying for Place 6. Place 3 Councilmember Matt Powell faces two challengers - Jerry W. Allen and Brian S. Cameron. Place 5 Councilmember Dan McClendon is opposed by Leslee Clark Ahrend. Place 1 Councilmember Stuart Gillaspie did not draw an opponent. Read more |
TOD transit service and design concepts are focus of April 7 meeting
A public meeting to discuss transit service and station design concepts for the Burleson Transit Oriented Development (TOD) study is slated for Thursday, April 7, at 6:30 p.m. at Burleson City Hall. Bus service, commuter rail, pedestrian and bicycle access are all in the plans for the TOD. The TOD is a 560-acre area straddling the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad in west Burleson. The transit station would be located at the intersection of the future Alsbury Boulevard and Hulen Street (formerly Shaffstall Road), west of Hwy. 174. The proposed W-4 rail corridor runs from downtown Fort Worth through Burleson and ends in Cleburne. Read more |
Nomations are being accepted for Mayor's Youth Council
Nominations are being accepted for the Mayor's Youth Council. Youth must be 13-19 years old by June 1, 2011; live in Burleson or Burleson's extra-territorial jurisdiction; and show leadership qualities within the community. Nominations are due to city hall by April 4. Nominated students must submit a questionnaire by April 11. A panel will select students to interview, then the students recommended by the panel will be presented to the Burleson City Council for appointment to the Mayor's Youth Council. For more information call Kellye Cunningham, assistant to the city manager, at 817-426-9682. Read more |
All spots are reserved for garage sale!
All of the spots for the Keep Burleson Beautiful community garage sale, set for March 26, have been reserved!  Residents from 46 homes have signed up to participate. If the weather does not cooperate, a rainout date has been scheduled for Saturday, April 9.The garage sale will take place 7 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the First United Methodist Church on McAlister Road. Set-up begins at 5:30 a.m. For more, call Keep Burleson Beautiful Executive Director Bianca Chafin at 817-426-9842. |
Parent's Night Out is March 19
Parents, it's your turn to have a night out! The Burleson Recreation Center (the BRiCk) is hosting a Parents Night Out on Saturday, March 19, 3 p.m.-7:45 p.m. The festivities are for children 6-12 years old. The fee is $10 for BRiCk members and $15 for non-members. The kids will play games, create art, watch a movie and eat pizza. Call the BRiCk at 817-426-9104. |
The BRiCk hosts City's first Aqua Egg Hunt, in the pool, on April 16
The BRiCk is offering a twist on the traditional Easter Egg Hunt with the Aqua Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 16. The fun starts at noon in the indoor pool at 550 N.W. Summercrest Blvd. Children up to 11 years of age need to don swimsuits and goggles to search for plastic eggs in the pool. Children will be divided into four age groups for hunts in the play structure area and the lap pool. Children can redeem eggs for prizes. Admission is $2 per child. Choosing to stay and swim after the egg hunt requires the purchase of a day pass. For more information, call Aquatic Supervisor Melissa Kerns at 817-426-9106. |
See what happened and what's on the horizon in the Annual Financial Report
 What happened in Burleson in fiscal year 2010? Read the City of Burleson's 2010 Annual Financial Report and find out what businesses opened; read about the transportation changes that are on the horizon; see what the City was able to do via grants from the Department of Justice, State Homeland Security and United States Department of Energy; and look over the assets, revenues and expense charts. Click here
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Friends of the Library will host annual two-day book sale April 15-16
The Friends of the Library will host the annual Book Sale on Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April 16, at the Burleson Public Library. Friday's hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday's hours are 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The sale will include donated books - paperbacks, hardbacks, books on tape - and movies on DVD and VHS. The selection will include every genre - non-fiction, fiction, history, romance, biographies. If you have books to donate, please call the library at 817-426-9210 or stop by 248 S.W. Johnson Ave. |
If you can't make it to a Burleson City Council meeting, watch it on video
Do you want to know how a vote went at a Burleson City Council meeting? View the video, live or at your leisure, on the City website. Click on the meeting date, then click on the item you are interested in. There is also a tab for streaming video of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Official minutes of council and commission meetings are not posted on the City website until the council/commission members have approved those minutes at their next scheduled meeting. |
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