TheThe PPerrerryy PlanPlan addressaddress educationeducation fundingfunding - PAGE 4 the Irving Rambler www.irvingrambler.com “The Newspaper Irving Reads” June 23, 2005 THIS Neonatal Intensive Care West Park hosts WEEK Unit opens Juneteenth celebration LocalLocal businessbusiness peoplepeople wworkingorking HerberHerbertt GearsGears swsworornn inin asas MaMayoryor toto reviverevive BeltlineBeltline StationStation HerberHerbertt GearsGears swsworornn inin asas MaMayoryor Beltline Station remains a familiar Irving landmark. Prior to the city council work session Thursday night, the honorable Judge Tim Whisler swore in For years, Beltline Station was of the electricity and cables,” he Herbert Gears as mayor of Irving. Mayor Gears’ wife, Christina Gears, his mother, Laura Lee a hotspot for young people in said. Hubbard, and his sister, Cathy Jackson, stood with him during the ceremony. For the next three Irving. Offering a variety of video “We are pursuing the name years, councilman Joe Philipp with serve as mayor pro tem, and councilwoman Beth Van Duyne will and arcade games, batting cages, ‘Beltline Station’. If not, we will have serve as deputy mayor pro tem. miniature golf, go-cart track and See BELTLINE, Page 6 concessions, Beltline Station was the perfect place to hangout, hold a birthday party or take a date. Since Beltline Station has been Study offers suggestions for Texas closed, the 8,000 square foot building has become a target for vandals. Its three acres of outdoor entertainment have decayed and Stadium site after Cowboys leave become overgrown. Recently, long-term Irving residents, Chuck and Becky Salas, have dedicated themselves to building a new vision for the old Beltline Station facility. By gathering a number of local business people who specialize in Original stadium rendering provided childrens activities, the Salas hope by Magill Architects. to once again make the Beltline By Brynne Sissom Station facility, located at 1503 N. Over thirty years ago it was new, Belt Line Road, an entertainment the latest in design and shimmered destination for Irving’s youth. in the Texas sunlight. With the “Becky and I have lived here Dallas Cowboys headed to another since the heat-wave of 1980; we city, how can Texas Stadium, with almost changed our minds and went its unique design, be renovated? Or back home,” Mr. Salas said. “In the incorporated into a sustainable, past 25 years, we have lived here in multi-purpose site? Irving and we’ve raised our Last Wednesday RTKL children here. We want to give back Associates, an international to the community by creating architectural firm, answered some of As the sun sets on Texas Stadium’s glory days, city officials struggle to determine the best way to use or something like this.” these questions in their study replace Texas Stadium. “Beltline Station used to be a released during a city council work Researchers kept in mind three planned for the area, and the four From the document the firm key cornerstone of Irving. Children, session at Irving City Hall. The goals which were: “to create a range freeways that form the site’s released titled, “Strategic Planning including our children, who have study outlined possibilities for the of planning scenarios and boundaries. There is also the for the Texas Stadium Area”, the been raised in Irving all came here stadium and the acreage development ‘visions’ to be taken stadium’s “emotional value” which three themes are an “Urban Resort” when this was a video arcade surrounding it. According to details to the marketplace; to investigate includes three decades of NFL which includes the creation of a center. Anyone who has lived in taken from the study, the city owned the opportunities behind history and five Super Bowl teams. small lake around which retail and Irving for any time at all knows that stadium and parking lot represents collaborative planning among the The suggestions range from the condominiums would be situated this used to be the place for kids.” 80.3 acres: also included is the three primary property owners;” total demolition of the stadium and with waterfront parks; a “Mixed-Use “Quite a few years ago, Beltline property north where Central and thirdly, “to leverage this redeveloping the area to keeping Village” with retail, residential and Station went out of business. This Freight Lines is located on 117.4 opportunity to create a new legacy the roof and demolishing just the leisure activities and buildings building has been vacant for two acres, and the University of Dallas for the community and region at stadium underneath. According to intentionally designed for multi-use years, and it has been extremely owns 270.7 acres in a third section large,” according to the study. the architects, the roof could still capacity. The third option is an vandalized. Vandals busted all of of the area. In all, there are 468.4 While investigating the provide shelter for spectators “Eco-Community” where the windows, walls, stole the air developable acres in the district. options, RTKL considered the attending music and sports events sustainable principles guide the conditioning units, and cut out all location, the DART transit service in a new urban development. See FUTURE, Page 4 Page 2 June 23, 2005 www.irvingrambler.com The Irving Rambler POLICE & FIRE BRIEFS Squad Car Accident/DWI: 06-16-05 12:40 The suspect punched the complainant a.m. Officers were working a major accident several times. During the attack the Irving Fire Department activity summary on the 1800 block SSR E. SH 183. Both of complainant fell back and lacerated the back their vehicles were unoccupied and parked of his head. The suspect then took his wallet June 16-22 protecting the accident scene with that contained some money. emergency equipment operating. A Jeep Irving Fire Department responded to 430 incidents Cherokee being driven by the defendant Burglary: 06-20-05 7:30 a.m. Officers were The Fire incidents Medical calls collided with the rear of unit 04685, which dispatched to a burglary at Harbor Freight 103 Miscellaneous Fire and Rescue Calls 46 Major Accidents was then pushed into the rear of unit 04629. Tools. An alarm had gone off during the night 3 Structure Fires 86 Major Medical Unit 04685 sustained a damage rating of BR- at around 7:30 p.m. The front door was found 47 Heart Attacks 4, and there was no damage to unit 04629. A unlocked. Officers along with the assistant 1 Special Operations 1 Vehicle Fires 53 Difficulty Breathing passenger in the defendant’s vehicle manager walked through the building, but 63 Trauma Related suffered class B injuries and was transported everything appeared to be in order. This 27 CPR Situations to Baylor Hospital by IFD. The defendant morning when they opened, they found that Comments: 6-18 1:27 a.m. The Irving Fire Department was arrested for DWI. entry had been made by smashing through a Comments: sheetrock and cinder blocks of an adjacent responded to a reported high rise structure fire at 4545 W. John Carpenter Frwy, the 6-18 IFD MICU ambulances were on overload Robbery: 06-15-05 The complainant was at vacant building. Once inside, the alarm box Harvey House Hotel. The first emergency status due to the high number of incidents an ATM machine located at 3612 N. Belt Line was destroyed and then the suspects forced personnel were on-scene at 0136 hours with in the past 24 hours. Rd. Two suspects pulled up in a vehicle their way into the manager’s office. They a total of 2 alarms being called. Total number 6-19 One medical was a stabbing. demanded his money. The suspects never used a saw, drills, hammer and crowbar (tools of pieces of major equipment was 11. They 6-20 Ambulance went into overload once. 6-22 Multiple respiratory related emergencies. displayed a weapon or verbally threatened from inside the building ) to attempt to break were 6 engines 3trucks and 2 MICU. 29 Fire Fighters and 3 Chief Officers were him. The complainant was intimidated and into the safe, but they were not able to get utilized in bringing the emergency under gave them his money. inside so nothing was taken. control. There were 0 injuries at this emergency. Aggravated Robbery: 06-18-05 9:16 a.m. Deadly Conduct: 06-21-05 9:30 a.m. 6-19 Car fire was on APF and County line Officers responded to robbery that had Officers met with a complainant who said that occurred at 2:45 a.m. in the 8800 block of at 1:00 a.m. he was involved in a traffic Dallas. The mother stated that the child had Saddlehorn. The female complainant advised altercation near Esters and 183 and that the watching a movie. The suspect was located fallen and broken his leg. CPS was notified. she was returning home and was in the suspect fired several times at his vehicle. and taken into custody. breezeway of her apartment complex when Aggravated Assault: 06-22-05 10:02 p.m. she was approached by a male suspect who Indecency with a child: 06-22-05 11:40 a.m. Injury to a child: 06-22-05 9:28 p.m. Officers Officers were dispatched to 900 block W. 6th pointed a sawed off shotgun at her and Officers were dispatched to 8500 block were dispatched to Baylor Medical on an Street on a domestic. The complainant was demanded her purse. The suspect also took Walton. The reporting parting witnessed the injured one-year-old. The child was being upset after finding his inebriated wife with her purse and cell phone. The suspect and suspect commit the offense of Indecency treated for a spiral fracture of the leg and another woman.