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News from Town Hall
Mayor Mike Donnelly

March 2010

Mayor Mike Donnelly, on behalf of the Town of Double Oak, presents a 30 year recognition plaque to the Double Oak Volunteer Fire Department

Double Oak Volunteer Fire Department 30 year anniversary

Congratulations to our Double Oak Volunteer Fire Department as this organization celebrates their 30 year anniversary. It will be a year long celebration and I encourage all residents to stop by the firehouse or send them a card recognizing this anniversary of their service to the town and region. It has been an honor to meet some of the original members of the department.  The traditions they started have been carried forward today by the current department leaders and members. As well, thank you to all the families of the firefighters and to all those who have supported the DOVFD in the past and continue to support them today. The DOVFD remains 100% all volunteer and your donations of support are greatly appreciated.

We can all say we were around for North Texas’ largest recorded snow event in a 24 hour period. We did have some residents to lose power due to a downed power line and CoServ responded to quickly restore power. The amount of snow also caused damage to many tree limbs and full trees in town. The town council and staff, working with Waste Management officials, worked to provide 5 roll off dumpsters over several days to assist residents with immediate storm clean up. Also, as it turned out, the Friday after the snow event was our bulk pick up date so many residents were able to place their snow storm debris along the roadway for pick up. As a reminder, the 3rd Friday of every month is our town bulk pick up by Waste Management. Over the last year, due to spring, summer and now winter storm events, your town council and Waste Management have provided over 20 roll off dumpsters to assist our town residents with clean up. This was not budgeted for but council and staff felt it was necessary to help our residents as much as we possibly could with an immediate response after each storm event.

Road and Drainage Projects

Pepperport Lane: The town continues to work with Denton County and utility companies to have this paving project going in the springtime.

Waketon Road and Simmons Road, 2008 Denton County approved Bond Projects:

Engineering design work continues for both roadway improvement projects and is approaching the 90% completion stage. There are project design boards on display at town hall, so please stop in. Both projects will upgrade the road surfaces to concrete and have some necessary drainage improvements and both roads will remain 30 mph. Current plans are to put the contracts for both projects out to bid in early spring. There will be road detours during construction and things will be messy. During construction, the town will do its best to keep project updates on our website at: www.double-oak.com, so I encourage you to frequently check there for current information. Weather and other unforeseen items sometimes affect construction, so please be patient during the projects. Those who live on Simmons and Waketon will be affected most day to day. Let me go ahead and apologize for any inconvenience which you will experience during construction. Most of your mailboxes will have to come down and will be restored after the project is complete. Right now, we plan to have the contractor put up temporary mailboxes at each property. As I discussed in last month’s column, the design team has worked to minimize tree loss.  Unfortunately, some trees will have to be removed if they are in the project’s right-of-way for drainage improvements. We will work with each property owner to replace removed trees.

Town Council Election in May

The first notice for the May town council election has been posted at town hall. Three council member terms will be on the ballot. The first day to file as a candidate was February 6th. The filing period closes at the end of the business day on March 8th. Please contact Town Secretary Charlotte Allen for more information.

Town of Double Oak Employee Recognized

The town council would like to recognize Assistant Town Secretary Eileen Kennedy, on her 4 year anniversary with the town. Thanks for all you do Eileen and congratulations!

Cub Scout Pack 262

I was honored to be invited and to represent the town at Cub Scout Pack 262 recent 2010 Blue and Gold Banquet – Scouting’s 100th Birthday. Congratulations to the Pack members and to all the parents, leaders and volunteers who do a wonderful job of helping them.

Second 1st Annual Town of Double Oak – DOVFD Golf Fundraising Event

All you golfers out there, come on and sign up. This is going to be a fun day and a terrific golf outing with friends and funds raised will go to our Double Oak Volunteer Fire Department. It is scheduled for April 26th at Bridlewood Golf Club. The golf event still has openings for players, sponsors and volunteers. For more information, please go to the town website at www.double-oak.com or call town hall at 972-539-9464. You can also email to: golf@double-oak.com. Come on and sign up today!

Our Town of Double Oak wishes all a safe and fun Spring Break