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City Council Meeting
July 6, 2009
Work Session 6:00 p.m.
Regular Session 7:00 p.m.
Burleson City Hall
141 West Renfro Street
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248 SW Johnson Avenue
| Friends of the Library Meeting
August 5, 2009
Burleson Public Library
10:00 a.m.
Library Board Meeting
July 28, 2009
Burleson Public Library
7:00 p.m.
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Planning and Zoning
Commission Meeting
July 7, 2009
Burleson City Hall
2:00 p.m.
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| Burleson Heritage
Foundation Meeting
Heritage Visitors Center
July 13, 2009
124 West Ellison Street
7:00 p.m.
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Park Board Meeting
scheduled as needed
Senior Activity Center
216 SW Johnson Ave.
6:00 p.m.
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Texas SmartScape®
Yard Contest
Deadline - July 31
The City of Burleson will host its first Texas SmartScape® yard contest in 2009! The Texas SmartScape yard contest will recognize residential yards that utilize native or adapted species with low water requirements that need little or no fertilizers and pesticides.
Burleson residents have through July 31 to get their landscapes in tip-top SmartScape® shape and enter the yard contest. In August, members of Keep Burleson Beautiful will review entries. The first place winner will receive $100 cash! The second place winner will receive $75 cash. The third place winner will receive $25 cash.
To enter the contest, you must submit an entry form and pictures of your yard to the City of Burleson environmental services division, 141 W. Renfro, Burleson, Texas 76028 by July 31.
For more information about the SmartScape® yard contest, call the City of Burleson environmental services division at 817-447-5410, extension 269.
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Chisenhall Farms Sports Complex Groundbreaking
The groundbreaking ceremony, originially planned for Wednesday, June 17, has been postponed due to a scheduling conflict. The new date will be announced soon.
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7:30 p.m.
Hidden Creek Sports Complex
295 E. Hidden Creek Parkway
Food is available at the concession stand. The rest of the festivities, as well as parking, are free.
The gates will open at 5 p.m. “Men in Black” will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. and perform a tribute to American icons Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison. Immediately following the concert, there will be a 20-minute fireworks extravaganza choreographed to patriotic music.
Chairs are allowed at the sports complex, but shade structures are not. Pets on leashes are also allowed, but alcohol and glass bottles are not. The City has a mixed beverage permit for the restaurant/grill at Hidden Creek Golf Course and it is illegal to take any alcoholic beverage on the premises of a permit holder. Celebrants can bring coolers filled with food and soft drinks, but the coolers will be checked for violations. Cigarette smoking is permitted in designated areas.
Burleson Police are coordinating routing traffic in and out of the fireworks show. Read the news release for more details regarding parking and traffic flow before and after the concert.
For more information about the event, call the City of Burleson Parks and Recreation department at 817-295-8168.
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The City of Burleson and Carter Bloodcare will be hosting a community blood drive on Monday, July 13. Carter’s mobile unit will be parked in the Burleson City Hall parking lot, 141 W. Renfro St. Blood will be drawn between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
For more information about what is entailed in donating blood, go to www.carterbloodcare.org. To sign up for the July 13 blood drive at city hall, go to https://iwebb.carterbloodcare.org/pls/iwebb/DRLOC.SPONSIGN.
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