The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 145, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 30, 1993 Page: 1 of 63
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Memorial Day
HARI
HANK
Sunday
May 30, 1993
Vol. 23- No. 145
Alien American
50 cents
Allen, Texas
A look at events
planned in
Metroplex for
the coming
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Systematic support
Preliminary
Twin Creeks
plat approved
Developers to meet with city staff
By MARK HUTCHISON
News editor
course, private and public re-
creational facilities and hike and bike
Doug Layton/Staff photo
From left, Hillary Beaumont, Hillary Kidd, Daniel Fyne, Hannah held Wednesday to celebrate the opening of the Allen Public
Fyne, Deana Yetter and Sarah Fyne join in the ribbon cutting Library’s new on-line public catalog system.
trails along Rowlett and Watters
Seven plats were approved creeks. Arvida has committed to be-
Thursday by the City of Allen Plan- gin building the golf course 30
ning and Zoning Commission. One months after approval of the final
was a preliminary plat for Phase 1 of plat. Construction of the other ame-
Twin Creeks, the 2,400-acre re- nities will also follow.
sidential and commercial planned de- During Thursday’s meeting, de-
velopment west of U.S. Highway velopers said all streets in Twin
75. Creeks will be named after cities in
Approval of the preliminary plat Texas. All streets in the Watters
allows developers to work out en- Creek subdivision south of Twin
gineering details with city staff and Creeks will be named after cities in
return to the commission for approv- California.
al of a final plat. A final plat must be Twin Creeks is a 2,700-acre plan-
approved before actual construction ned community located west of U.S.
can begin. Highway 75, north of Farm-to-
Tom Keener, development coor- Market Road 2170 and south of-
dinator for the City of Allen, said it State Highway 121. Briar Ridge In-
generally takes three weeks to com- vestments of Dallas purchased
plete the engineering and return 2,400 acres in 1992 as an invest-
with the final plat. ment, then hired Arvida, a Florida-
Phase I of Twin Creeks includes based homebuilder, to develop the
98.57 acres north of Farm-to- property.
Market Road 2170 between Custer Two tracts will be developed inde-
Road and Alma Drive. Developers pendently: the 153-acre Green tract
plan to build 285 lots.
Amenities include an 18-hole goli
Turn to PLATS, Page 9A
Residents get inside look at city plans via meeting
" By SOTORIA MONTANARI
Staff writer
Development projects a highlight at council-sponsored event to the council. The entire group then
4 90 reconvenec[ to provide summaries
In an effort to inform residents Mayor Joe Farmer providing the velopment. Councilman Kevin Lilly Director David Pitstick. cated that because of complaints the reportsrandthe mayor provided
and receive input about strategic opening remarks and overview of presented information on Twin Councilman David Bishop pro- from citizens regarding debris The citizen information meetings
planning on going and proposed de the program. Creeks: with visuals denoting the de- vided a financial overview of the re- weeds, vehicles, dumping and bull were initiated by the1" inan
velopment se and the proposed PROD- City Manager Jon McCarty pre- signatedresidential and commercial creation center and improvements der and contractor debris, a more effort to improve communication be-
Citv Council conducted a the Allen sented information regarding areas, thegolf course and the parks to Bethany Lakes. .comprehensive ordinance is being tween residents of the Allen com-
formation Interaction Program goals for the city during the upcom- trails. ■ ■ was discussed by Councilwoman enforce and levy fines for those who Two citizen information meetings
meeting T School Y at Rountree ing year. An economic impact analysis de- Sharon Hamner. The proposed code do not comply with maintaining were scheduled for this week. The
Elementary School. , monstrating the effect of the de- is being evaluated to uphold neigh- neighborhood quality standards. first meeting set for Tuesday at
Development projects were a key velopment was delivered by City of borhood integrity. Smaller groups were formed to Vanchan FiSlaim S1 1
The meeting began at 7 p.m. with issue in lieu of the Twin Creeks de- Allen Economic Development In her presentation, Hamner indi- discuss the issues and provide input not held Elementary School, was
Fence art
Special to The Allen American
Debbie Gordon of Allen, with a little help from her children — Crystal, 9, and Joshua, 7 — painted this mural on a neighbor’s fence. Gordon said her friends, Rick and Cheryl Reeves, told her
what they wanted, she produced a sketch and then painted the fence. She said she completed the work in about three weeks.
Several schedules altered
in honor of Memorial Day
On the Inside
From staff reports
■ Holiday activities
2A
All Allen Independent School Dis-
trict elementary schools on the year- not be affected by the holiday. The
round calendar and administrative North Texas Municipal Water Dis-
"offices will be closed Monday- in trict transfer station located on Cus-
observance of Memorial Day. The ter Road north of McDermott and
district will resume its regular sche- south of State Highway 121 will be
dule Tuesday morning, closed Monday.
City of Allen offices will be closed The Allen post office will be closed
Monday. However, Ford Park Pool Monday but will reopen Tuesday
will be open from 1 to 7 p.m. Indi- with regular 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
vidual admission fee • are $1.50 per business hours.
person. Children under age 6 are All Allen banks will be closed
admitted free but must be accompa- Monday. Community Credit Union
nied by an adult.
& BFI's Monday trash collection will
Turn to CLOSINGS, Page 9A
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■ The Allen Independent School
District Community Education
Department is offering 35 new
classes for this year’s summer
session — Page 9A.
■ Vietnam Veterans of America
will sponsor a Memorial Day
ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday at
the Texas Vietnam Veterans
Memorial in Fair Park — Page 2A.
Early voting high for Senate runoff
By SALLY SHULTS
Staff writer
Rut taim071t mot libply Ofthat total, 21 percent voted early.
D Ul Lurnum nut (Re "So you see this 6,981 sounds re-
111)47 May 1 fioutrpc latively high,” Strub said. "But I still
Tuesday is the last day to vote D / don’t think it will reach 28 percent,
early in the June 5 runoff election for Notoriously, in runoff elections
U.S. senator. Despite above- get a feel for what this means with there is a drop.”
average numbers in early voting, the holiday and people voting early
election officials say voter turnout because they have other plans this Early voting in the senate race is
will fall short of the turnout in the weekend. We really didn't expect from 9 a.m. 4 p.m. Saturday; and 7
May 1 election, this high of a turnout.” a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday. The county s
,. : . Early voting in the May 1 election five polling sites for that election are
, County Elections Administrator with 9,483 ballots cast - higher the Allen Public Library, 2 Civic
Donna Strub said 6,897 had voted than expected to With two addi- Plaza; Collin County Courthouse,
early through Ihursday, including eeralamiogehinodarsleft „ ' 210 S. McDonald in McKinney; Col-
8Oiwho mailed in ballots. She said frunom, in Bounty GovernmentCenter, 661
601 early ballots have been cast at Strohid E. 18 th St. in Pano; Haggard Lib-
the Alien Public Library. . Strub said. rary, 2501 Coit Road in Plano; and
It s higher than we projected,” In Collin County, the May election DART Transit Center, 4040 W.
Strub said. “But it’s really hard to saw a 28 percent turnout, or 45,118. 15th St. in Plano.
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Epperson, Wayne. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 145, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 30, 1993, newspaper, May 30, 1993; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1670734/m1/1/?q=deberry: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Allen Public Library.