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TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
1977
General Excellance
First, Editorials
Second, Column Writing
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Vol. 13. No. 49
Cedar Hill, Texas 75104
Thursday, July 28, 1977
CEDAR HILL TODAY AND TOMORROW
CH Master Plan
Paves Way For
Growth, Progress
EDITOR'S NOTE—The first
in a series of weekly articles by
Chronicle staff writer David
Anderson examining Cedar
Hill's prospects for growth and
development. Most facets
effecting Cedar Hill's future
will be examined in the series,
"Cedar Hill Today and
Tomorrow." Writer Anderson
welcomes contributions from
any source concerning positive
prospects in Cedar Hill's future.
By David Anderson
Staff Writer
In order that Cedar
Hill may move into the
future in an orderly
fashion it's important
that the cornerstone to
growth be laid now.
Quentin Hix, retiring
City Manager, feels that
this is being achieved
through the Master
Plans being worked on
by the City Council and
concerned citizens on the
Advisory Boards.
But what exactly are
Master Plans and how do
they operate?
A Master Plan is a
blueprint of the future
based on the projected
population and develop-
ment figures estimated
by experts in the field.
"The Master Plan is
the cornerstone to
control development,"
Hix said.
In addition, the Master
Plan makes the area
more attractive to
developers because it
tells them what is
expected of them," Hix
added.
Hix explained that
there are three elements
of Cedar Hill's Master
Plans which have
already been completed.
Firstly the land use
plan, which indicates
how development will be
arranged when
completed has been
worked out.
Secondly the water I
distribution system has
been worked out. | \
This indicates how the | \
water development
system will have to be
constructed to serve the 5 ^ x
city once it has reached v '
the stage of full develop-
ment.
Thirdly the Master
Plan for the sewer
system, which serves the
same purpose as the
water distribution
system, has been
completed. ^
The Master Plans for a ; %
water distribution >Yn.
system and sewer
system will be
implemented incremen-
tally over a number of
years, Hix added. Pat Johnson and his son Randy, who have just
Hix explained that SCOUTING DUO completed initiation for membership into the Order of
there are also future the Arrow. —Chronicle Photo
planning elements of
Cedar Hill's Master
Plans.
For example zoning
ordinance revisions,
which has already
begun, will have to
continue to be made so
that they coincide with
the land use plan.
Subdivision regula-
tions will also have to be
revised to coincide with
the land use plan and to
benefit the whole
community, Hix said.
Hix estimates that if
the present full area of
Cedar Hill is developed
according to the land use r /
plan that the community
could eventually support
a population of 138,000
sometime well into the
21st century.
However, there is one
major obstacle that the
City Manager sees to
growth at this time and
this will be examined
next week.
Schools' Opening
Is Rescheduled
To August 22nd
LAKEVIEW MEETING
The Cedar Hill School
District's calendar for
the 1977-78 school year
has been updated due to
the Legislature's recent
five-day reduction in the
number of days in the
school year: /
Director of Curricu-
lum Willis Springfield
reports the opening of
the fall term will be
moved to four days later.
Cedar Hill's Schools
had been scheduled to
commence classes
Thursday, August 18, but
Guess What!
It Was Hot!!!
Local Weather
watcher Greg Patton of
the Clark-Patton
Insurance Agency said
that his thermometer did
not go over 108 degrees
fahrenheit Sunday, July
25.
One hundred and eight
degrees was also the
official temperature
recorded by the National
Weather Service
now will start Monday,
August 22.
Teachers who had
been scheduled to return
to work Monday, August
15, will return Wednes-
day, August 17.
Springfield stressed
that the delay in opening
of the fall semester was
the result of the special
session of the
Legislature's action and
not due to the remodeling
of the schools, which is
on schedule.
The Legislature's
action reduced the
number of days in the
school year from 180 to
175.
The other three days
will be added onto the
beginning of the Christ-
mas vacation, Spring-
field says.
That means that
schools will dismiss
Friday, December 16,
for Christmas vacation
instead of Wednesday,
December 21, as had
been previously
scheduled.
David Clayton of Duncanville, president of the Lake-
view Planning Council, addresses landowners as the
hearing began Thursday, July 14, on land acquisition
for Lakeview Reservoir. The meeting was held at
South Grand Prairie High School. Other speakers
were, from left: Mark Bielamowicz, mayor of Cedar
Hill; Col. John Wall, head of the Fort Worth District
Corps of Engineers,; and Weldon Parkhill, mayor of
Grand Prairie.
Lakeview Land $7,000 Acre
Landowners in the
area where Lakeview
Reservoir will be built
learned what they can
expect in the way of com-
pensation for their land
during a public meeting
in Grand Prairie
Thursday evening, July
14.
The U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers district
.engineer, Col. John F.
Wall, told the residents
of that area they can
expect the federal
government to pay them
an average of about
$7,000 per acre.
He said approximately
$121 million has been
budgeted for acquisition
of 17,400 acres necessary
for the project.
Total cost of the lake is
expected to be about $200
million, Col. Wall said, in
comparison with a pre-
dicted $31 million when it
was proposed in 1965.
The inflation price, he
said, is blamed on
increased speculation
and development in the
area.
However, Col. Wall
said Corps studies show
that in spite of the
increased land costs, the
lake still has a 2 to 1
benefit-cost ratio, which
means it will return $2 in
benefits for each $1
invested.
His estimate during
the first meeting be-
tween the Corps and 350
landowners affected by
the lake, was the first
public indication of how
At Camp
James and William
Hulsey, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Hulsey,
recently attended a
Fellowship of Christian
Athletes national camp
in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
much the Corps think the
land is worth.
Appraisal of the
property is expected to
get under way this
month.
Depending on what
area their land is
located, some residents
may be forced to sell
their land and leave later
this year, while others,
Wall said, may be per-
mitted to remain for as
long as four or five
years.
Estimates are that it
will take eight years to
complete the project.
Lakeview Reservoir
will provide water for
Duncanville, Cedar Hill,
Grand Prairie and
Midlothian.
The Corps will build
the lake for the Trinity
River Authority, a state
agency which will sell
the water to the four
cities.
Lone Star Gas And
City Fail To Agree
On Rate Hike Plan
By MARY SPICER
Cedar Hill City Council
and Lone Star Gas
Company have again
failed to agree on a
settlement of a rate ad-
justment increase for
local gas users.
Action came at the
regular City Council
meeting Tuesday night,
July 27.
Old business
consumed a greater
portion of the meeting.
Lone Star Gas
presented its rate settle-
ment to Council for con-
sideration.
A representative of
LSG stated the requested
increase amount of
$12,573 was the
company's bottom
figure and not subject to
renegotiation.
After discussion con-
cerning the disparity
between the request and
the amount the City's
consultant recom-
mended, a motion was
made to accept the
settlement, but it failed
to carry.
So also did a motion to
let the Railroad Com-
mission settle the
matter...and a motion to
request the consultant to
meet again with Lone
Star Gas and try to work
out a settlement more
agreeable to the City.
A motion finally
passed to give the rate
settlement request*
further consideration by
adding it to the agenda
for a special meeting
Thursday night, July 28.
Motion was carried to
proceed with patching
the hole in Shorty
Wilson's driveway on
Cedar Street.
A complete report
concerning the
conditions of other areas
damaged by City sub-
contractors will be
presented by City
Manager Quentin Hix at
a budget workshop.
The condition of
Cedarview Street in the
southwest section of the
city again was a topic of
discussion.
One of the residents
has undertaken to oil the
dirt street at his own
expense to lessen the
amount of dust
generated by auto
traffic.
City road maintenance
crews, however, have
negated his efforts by
twice regrading the road
with a maintainer.
Motion failed to carry
to make limited funds
available to purchase
additional used oil to
reoil the road.
No further action was
projected at the present.
A lengthy discussion
centered on the City's
legal position in
preventing an individual
from occupying a house
trailer recently moved
onto property under the
jurisdiction of the City of
Cedar Hill.
Although not within
the city limits, the City
maintains the owner
must comply with the
platting and subdivision
regulations; however,
the zoning ordinances
which specifically
control the use of house
trailers can be applied
only to property within
the city's limits.
The problem has
evolved several legal
technicalities which City
Attorney Lewis Sifford is
endeavoring to iron out
with the help of the State
Attorney General's
office and the City of
DeSoto.
Meanwhile, plans to
annex the property in
question are being
implemented and
annexation will be
presented to the City
Council as soon as
possible.
Further discussion of
the legal aspects of the
matter will be taken up
at Thursday's special
meeting.
Resolution was passed
to award Certificates of
Appreciation to outgoing
advisory board
members:
Library Board—Pat
Johnson, Virginia
Weaver and Walter
Goodnight.
Electrical Board —
Larry Sampler.
Development Board —
Archie Hall and Gail
Douglas.
A brief discussion
concerning the
problem of livestock
running at large resulted
in a motion passing to
draft an ordinance pro-
viding for the con-
finement of livestock.
Exact wording was not
defined and the
ordinance will be
presented at a later date.
A request for a
variance in house size
was made by a couple to
allow them to build a 1371
square foot house on
Antoine Street.
Motion passed to allow
the variance since the
resulting house would
conform to those already
built in the area.
Ordinance No. 77-457
was signed providing for
the installation of stop
signs at various
locations within the city,
located at:
Southbound on Saturn
at Capricorn.
Southbound on Nep-
tune at Capricorn.
Southbound on Mars at
Capricorn.
Eastbound on Capri-
corn at Clark.
Eastbound on Venus at
Saturn.
Northbound on Carrell
at Belt Line.
Many names were
submitted for consider-
ation in appointing a
committee to study the
recently adopted zoning
and subdivision regula-
tions.
The request for the
study was made
previously by Council-
man Turk Cannady.
Motion passed to make
the appointments at a
special meeting
Tuesday, August 2.
Motion passed to
request the auditing firm
which has audited the
City's books in recent
years to again audit
them this year.
Mayor Mark Bielamo-
wicz added that he would
like to ask the firm to
recommend changes in
the accounting system
the City uses which would
facilitate future audits.
A motion to deny
return to Councilman
Frank Tidwell the filing
fee he paid for a hearing
before the Board of
Adjustment died.
With no action being
taken, Tidwell verbally
withdrew his request.
The Council gave a
short period of time to a
couple of non-city
activities and to a few
items brought up in
citizen's forum and then
approved payment of
bills and withdrew into
closed session.
Public portion of the
meeting ended at
approximately 9:30 p.m.
Councilman Jim
Strickland was absent
from the meeting.
Councilman George
Walters left the meeting
at about 9:30 p.m.
Father, Son In
Order Of Arrow
Pat Johnson and
Randy Johnson, of Cedar
Hill have completed
initiation for
membership in the
Order of the Arrow, a
Boy Scout organization.
Both are members of
Troop 520.
Randy is a Life Scout
and Pat is the Troop's
committee chairman.
Both father and son
have been in the
Scouting program for
about five years.
Purpose of the Order
of the Arrow is to recog-
nize those
campers—Scouts, Ex-
plorers and Scouters—
who best exemplify the
Scout oath and law in
their daily lives and by
such recognition cause
other campers to con-
duct themselves in such
a manner as to warrant
recognition.
It also promotes Scout
camping and the Scout
habit of helpfulness into
a life purpose of leader-
ship in cheerful service
to others.
Currently, more than
200,000 Scouts and
Scouters have been
honored by being called
out for membership in
the order.
The Johnsons were
both called out at Camp
Texoma in June, while
Troop 520 was at
summer camp.
The initiation was at
Camp Cherokee, near
Athens.
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