************MIV,ED ADO 7S0 n Mailed Subscribers in North Texas Counties of HORS %. SONS' INC 145 MAIN ST Collin, Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman and Rockwall EATON RAPIDS MI 48827-1225 withthe hseconder quak :39 Pl 'eunh fo, Belle mu, noz to hi Y With- a 53. [as. 'I loss )orm the, 47.44141 oQkgrallCountyNews Volume Number 29 • Issue Points nthe mar f°11 Rair1h Number 7 • USPS 002-495 • Thursday, February 12, 2015 • Single Copy Price 75 Cents • Copyright 2015 Rockwall County News 4th 17 8;111 C-C council repeals Sonoma PID 8 30 kle°Ial Lewis 8, 8i"y Giltnore6 sessment, approves new assessment I 6, ()mar itedie t 2, Jared 7ity of McLendon-Chisholm City Council convened for a regular the indebtedness on the Authorized Improvements." 4th fCcisonAee 3, Tue. Jan. 13, 2015 6:30 p.m. at the city hall. The Rockwall County News recently began an inquiry to determine 25 Tding to the official minutes, council members present were whether the Jan. 13 repeal action occurred because the indebtedness on 69 4a 11 58 Gary Moody, Mayor Pro-Tern Steve Hatfield, council members the Authorized Improvements had retired; and whether state law allows ovell, Jack Pullen, Patrick Short and Lee Nichols. Staff members an original assessment be passed on to future owners who purchased the Matt Briceno 10 itte ng the meeting were City Administrator David Butler, City same lots from Chisholm Properties, but did not sign a petition. Yelvenon 4. Jones ec Lry Deborah Sorensen, City Attorney David Paschall, City Bond The council also unanimously approved a resolution 2015-01R to Jacob Nut Leroy Grawunder, and City Financial Advisor Boyd London. amend the reimbursement agreement for the Sonoma PID. Jonathan Parker S D ig the meeting, the council unanimously approved ordinance 2015- To date, the City Secretary has not selected the Rockwall County News '1 :h repealed the assessment ordinance relating to the Sonoma Public 4th Final for publication of each required notice, related to the above ordinances, m srement District, including terminating the assessments against PID as required by state law. 12 50 )ro ;y, releasing liens against PID Property, refunds of assessments In other business the city: 14 m nd mual installments collected for PID Property, repealing, savings • Unanimously approved Short's motion to increase the IESI waste Dory 12, Victoria (end 'erability clauses, and an effective date and recordation. solutions company monthly rates to $22.22 per month. is°1 Del GIRT° 4,N1 S after releasing the assessment burden, the council turned around • Unanimously approved Short's motion for Karen Laughlin to be nd animously voted to approve a service and assessment plan and named "Special Citizen of the Year for 2014. itorgan Sumrow6,yha assessment roll for the Sonoma Public Improvement District. • Unanimously approve Hatfield's motion to re-appoint Frank Fite in 2,rEmily Sanfordl C icilmember Short moved for approval of both ordinances. II, Herb Harker, Gary Nickel, and Karen Laughlin as members for the ::nd-and-around ordinance 2015-02 will levy special assessments Board of Adjustment. hes 8 gTameiga property within the district and establish a lien on such property. • Unanimously approved Hatfield's motion to re-appoint Jay Webb, clinched a playoff111 dinance states the assessment is designed to pay for Phase 1, as Troy Reich, Karla Clark and Paul Wilson as commissioners for Planning s winning streak to tint zed under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 372. & Zoning. Student earns first place in inquiry, the city provided a PDF copy of the original Resolution • Unanimously approved Hatfield's motion to approve the financial S District 3-1A) ':1, adopted Sept. 10, 2007. reports for the month of November 2014. Rowlett art exhibit >riding to the 2007 resolution, the owner of the related 547.89 acres • Heard a report by Butler about the condition of Pullen Road, League [ay, Jan. 27, and of Springer Elementary student Litzy Herrera, pictured above, filed a Petition for the Creation of a Public Improvement District Road, and Klutts Road, all of which require repairs. Butler stated that placed first in the 3D Division of the Arts and Humanities Young 5, 2007. The land owner was Chisholm Properties, L.P. "staff is working on getting it repaired." is guaranteed one in Artist Exhibit in Rowlett. The competition was open to all i)rding to records held by the Secretary of State's office, Chisholm The meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m. ns have a four-Earre students of Rockwall and Rowlett area schools. Herrera will go —ko :ties is managed by Sterling One Properties, L.L.C. Both copmanies During a meeting on The. Jan. 27, the council "tentatively" proposed to before the Rowlett City Council on March 3 to be recognized. ire wn to be under the governance of Joseph Howell and Russell adopt an ordinance that would authorize the issuance of interest bearing Courtesy photo/Rockwall County News npionship, Fulton ghi s and located in Heath, Texas. The two businessmen are also (Continued on Page 3) o :ted with numerous other companies in the Rockwall-Heath area. s InternationalTu:s T original resolution stated that the Petition was sufficient because it Friday at secondi v tined by the "owners of of more than 50% of the appraised value LI). The final American Heart Month fundraiser rep) taxable real property liable for assessment." at Dallas The West estimated cost of improvements were $41,025,000. method of assessment was explained as follows, "the City shall 4th Final ev i assessment on each residential lot within the District to pay the 7 draws big turnout in Royse City 38 :os the Authorized Improvements in a manner that results in equal 14 26 of the cost on property similarly benefited. Each assessment may by Millie Jean Coppedge in full at any time ... or may be paid in annual installments. The Thursday, Feb. 5, a packed house enjoyed free food, entertainment, et matches tents must be paid in amounts necessary to meet annual costs for raffles, door prizes and a good time at the Well Coffee Lounge. Tickets he ithorized Improvements and must continue for a period to ;retire purchased ahead of time or at the door were contributions to raise funds first 5A district rot and awareness for the American Heart Fund. 27, at Garland N February is American Heart Month. ckwall County musicians to The Royse City Chamber of Commerce and the downtown merchants ady Bulldogs (6 sponsored the Go Red event, in which everyone was asked to wear red the defeated MesP form at TMEA convention and t-shirts were sold that said "Love Your Heart." in a shootout at RO The Chamber president, Vivian Brown, said she was impressed that Friday for their s al and area musicians are set to perform at the Texas Music such a large number of people came to support the American Heart Fund re shutout. Ed ,tors Association annual Clinic and Convention, Wed. thru Sat. event. two games, RC Fe 1[1 - 14, 2015, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in The highpoint of the evening was when 11-year-old Kaden Bredeweg, :ond place in the So town San Antonio. the son of Jack and Alishia Bredeweg, was called to the stage to speak ;wall-Heath. The k Ikwall High School Senior Shannon White will sing 'Alto 2' voice to the group. Wearing a T-shirt that said "Official Member of the Zipper o have one regalia Mixed Choir, Sat. 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. in the CC Ballroom A. Club" accented by a zipper depicting a zipper going down the middle I one shootout win, hoir is under the direction of Charles Bruffy. of his chest partially unzipped, meant that Kaden was an open-heart ney, which won iul Mixed Choir will also include Rowlett HS musicians, Senior survivor. As he stepped up to the microphone, the room fell totally :t games in regulira T Nash (Soprano 1), Senior Lillian Holguin (Soprano 1), and silent, with all eyes on him. :list with 6 points. ill r Preston Hart (Bass 1). "Hi, I'm Kaden Bredeweg. I was born on Christmas Eve in 2003. When :ity was scheduled 5A Symphonic Band will include Rockwall-Heath Sophomore my mom was pregnant with me, they found out that I had something HHS (5.3-2) T (Burden on Euphonium. wrong with my heart. Bulldogs would ted by Emily Threinen, the Symphonic Band is scheduled for "After I was born, I spent weeks in the hospital while they were doing ame at 7:15 pm.FrtS 'eb. 14 12:30 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. in the Lila Cockrell Theater. a lot of tests on me to see exactly what was wrong with my heart. They Band will again perform on Sat. 6:30 p.m. - 7:20 p.m., in the Lila h Forney Tuesday, found six things. I had two holes between my atriums, which are the rell Theater. two chambers at the top of the heart. I had a hole between my ventricles Daniels scored t for Patrick Hill of Rowlett HS will play the Alto Saxophone in which are the bottom two chambers of the heart. I also had a narrowing Eleven-year-old Kaden Bredeweg spoke before a packed insemble 1, directed by Steve Owen. inst South Gale of my aorta and pulmonary vein and a big chunk missing out of my house at the Well Coffee Lounge in downtown Royse City performance is set for Sat. 2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.