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Welcome to the free City of Burleson weekly E-Newsletter! There are more than 1,570 subscribers! Click here for archived issues. If you have questions or suggestions about City programs, services and events, call the public information office at 817-426-9622.
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Library is picked for national Family Place Library program
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The Burleson Public Library is one of 24 libraries in Texas to be invited to participate in the Family Place Library Program. The goal of this national program is to expand the role of public libraries as community centers. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission's initiative connects children's librarians and libraries in 27 states and in more than 400 sites nationwide to help build healthy communities and healthy families recognizing that literacy begins at birth. F amily Place Libraries redesign the library environment to be welcoming and appropriate for children beginning at birth; connect parents with the resources, programs and services offered at the library and other family service agencies; and reach out to non-traditional library users. This creates the network families need to nurture their children's development during the critical first years of life and helps ensure all children enter school ready and able to learn. Read More
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They are learning how to be firefighters
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If you see a lot of youngsters hanging out at the Burleson fire stations for the next two weeks, they are there to learn! The Burleson Fire Department's free Junior Fire Academy is for students who are entering the fifth grade in the fall of 2015. The first academy is July 27-30 and the second is Aug. 3-6. The rosters are already filled. Participants receive their own bunker gear, tour the fire stations, and learn about disaster safety, extrication, fire safety, fire hydrants, fire hoses, and search and rescue. The soon-to-be fifth graders will be learning just what it takes to be a firefighter. Check out the City of Burleson Facebook for the pictures.
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How do you report a crime?
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How do you report a crime or what appears to be criminal activity? Call 911! If you prefer to remain anonymous and possibly receive a cash reward, call Johnson County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-794-8477 or 817-469-8477. Tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers online or you can text 274637 and type JCCS, then your message.
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We let you know if we are going to spray for mosquitoes
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Are you getting notified if your area is being sprayed for mosquitoes? The City of Burleson notified the residents of both mosquito spray areas (Zone 3 and Zone 8) on Friday evening, July 17, via the Everbridge Emergency Phone Notification System, the City of Burleson website, the City of Burleson Facebook and the City of Burleson Twitter. We also emailed an E-Newsletter Saturday morning, July 18, at 6:30 a.m. to those 1,500-plus subscribers. Please take advantage of the phone notification by signing up online through the City website. This is the same system that notifies you of severe thunderstorm warnings, tornado warnings, and street repair/maintenance. If you do not already receive this weekly E-Newsletter, please sign up. Weekly E-Newsletters are in your email inbox every Friday at 6:30 a.m., and, we do special E-Newsletters in instances of a West Nile virus positive mosquito trap. You can also sign up to receive the news releases posted on the City website by going to Notify Me (News Flash/City Updates) on the City website. You might even find some other things you want to know about! And again, we ask everybody to help us spread the word to their family, friends, and co-workers. Thank you!
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Dive in at the BRiCk for 'Big Hero 6'
Grab your swimsuit and towel and dive in for a movie at the BRiCk tonight, July 24! The BRiCk staff will be showing "Big Hero 6." Doors to the BRiCk's indoor pool open at 6:30 p.m. and the movie starts at 7 p.m. Admission is $7. Tickets are on sale now. Bring your friends and lounge around the indoor pool and enjoy the movie on an 18-foot big screen. It will feel like a pool was installed at the local cinema! Bring your own Coast Guard approved float or noodle. Popcorn will be available for $1. For more information and for tickets, call the BRiCk at 817-426-9104.
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Are you navigating the new City website?
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Have you checked out the newly redesigned City of Burleson website? Can you find your way around it? All of your social media and contact buttons are at the top right hand corner of the homepage. The pages you visit the most - Employment, Stay Notified, Online Bill Pay, Request Tracker (report an issue), and Agendas and Notices are all prominent links below the homepage picture. Check out our slideshow - links to the BRiCk, Bailey Lake, recreation, animal services, military veteran services, and why you should choose Burleson - that features pictures submitted by Nicole Lockett and Raymond Cervantes. We have all of the Recent News and Upcoming Events right next to the slideshow. There is a link on the homepage dubbed "Engage with Burleson" so that you can find the best method for you to get the news you need from your City. We also put a Meetings & Videos link at the bottom of the home page so you can watch the council meetings you missed. You can also find links to the most talked about topics - mosquito control, Old Town Improvements and Year-Round Water Restrictions - at the bottom of the homepage. The headings - Government, Community, Services and I Want To - across the top of the homepage are dropdown menus that make it easy for you to find what you need with just one click. Do you want to go straight to a specific department? Breeze right past the homepage by just using the department name, i.e., www.burlesontx.com/animalservices and www.burlesontx.com/policedepartment. Is there something we've missed? Email us and let us know.
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June recorded 47 new homes, more commercial permits
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So you want to know what's being built in Burleson? Forty-seven residential permits were issued in more than a dozen subdivisions in June 2015. The average square footage of those homes is 3,204, making the average value $195,080. On the commercial side, new permits were issued in June for AirForce Airguns in HighPoint Business Park, the soccer complex at 550 N.W. Summercrest Blvd., Cash Plus Pawn at 1490 S.W. Wilshire Blvd., AT&T Store at 130 N.W. John Jones Dr., remodel for Holy Cross Christian Academy at 1233 Tarver Rd., and repairs to Auto Zone at 540 S.W. Wilshire Blvd. Hats off to June's completed projects! They include Okinawan Karate at 2650 S.W. Wilshire Blvd., Karate Class at 473 E. Renfro St., and Westwood Financial Corporation at 140 N.W. John Jones Dr. To see a list of all of the active commercial permits and the certificates of occupancy, go to the City website.
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Mark your calendars for SWAG!
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The SWAG Affair is coming back. The message at this free event is Sober - Wait - Awareness - Guidance. Clear your calendar for Thursday, Sept. 3, 4 p.m.-8 p.m., at Chisenhall Fields Sports Complex. The event is hosted by the Burleson Municipal Court and Burleson city marshals. More than 50 organizations have committed to participate. The court has partnered with K104.5 and K105.7 (104.5 is hip-hop and R&B and 105.7 is R&B), as well as First Financial Bank in Burleson. This year's SWAG Affair includes a Kids Zone that's tailored to elementary school-age children. CareFlite will be landing a medical helicopter at the event, and the New Braunfels Police Department is bringing the DWI simulator. You'll also see several City departments represented. SWAG includes food, fun, prizes and giveaways as well as lots of educational and fun information. Don't miss it!
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Yes, the water restrictions are permanent
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The water restrictions enacted in 2011 are year-round. If your residential address ends in an even number (0, 2, 4, 6, 8) you can use an irrigation system to water your landscape on Wednesdays and Saturdays. If your residential address ends in an odd number you can use an irrigation system to water on Thursdays and Sundays. All non-residential water locations (apartment complexes, businesses, industries, parks, medians, etc.) may water on Tuesdays and Fridays. Monday is a no-water day. Since 2009, Burleson has banned watering with irrigation or sprinkler systems, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., year round. Lawns and landscaping may be watered on any day with a hand-held hose, drip irrigation, soaker hose or tree bubbler. Irrigation using alternative water sources - a well or reclaimed or reused water - are excluded from the irrigation restrictions.
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Do you want to learn more about what's discussed?
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Are you looking for agendas for City meetings? You can still access them through the Public Notices page on the City of Burleson website, but now you can go straight to the agenda by using the Agendas & Minutes page. You can see current meeting agendas as well as past meeting agendas, minutes, and video (city council and Planning and Zoning Commission meetings are live streamed and archived).
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Watch council/commission discussions live on streaming video
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Do you want to know how a vote or discussion went at a Burleson City Council meeting or budget workshop? 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 and workshops and work sessions are not posted on the City website until the city council and/or commission members have approved those minutes at their next scheduled meeting.
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Do you know what's going on in your City? Choose the form of communication that best suits your style by going to the Engage with Burleson page on the City's new website. We have Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, the City Focus monthly newsletter, this weekly E-Newsletter, streaming video of our public meetings, and a link to our City staff directory. If you want to keep up with the latest happenings, go to News Releases on the City website and, check out the Events calendar on the City Facebook. If you aren't signed up to receive the City's Everbridge emergency notifications (severe thunderstorm warning, tornado warning, mosquito spraying alert, etc.), you can do that now by going to the City of Burleson Alert System signup page. Thank you for being engaged with your City! Sincerely, Sally Ellertson City of Burleson
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