Sheffie Kadane, Dallas City Council District 9

DECEMBER 19, 2008
Let's keep the momentum

I am so grateful for your support during my first term as your Dallas City Council member.
Together we have worked hard and accomplished a great deal ... but the job is not done. That is why I seek a second term as your City Council representative. We can truly make Dallas a great place to live and raise a family. Learn more.

District 9
NEWS AND INFORMATION

Baker Idea Institute ... on creativity
The Baker Idea Institute is located at the Rosewood Center in District 9 and honors the creative thinking of namesake Texas theater pioneer, Paul Baker. In January, the institute hosts business, arts and educational leaders for a symposium entitled "Creativity: The Next Literacy," Jan. 16-18. Get the details.

Adopt a Fire Station
As the first homeowners' group to participate in Dallas' Adopt-A-Station program, you can help the Highland Meadows Neighborhood Association upgrade the 47-year-old Fire Station #48 with your donation. Make your check directly to Adopt-A-Station and mail it to Highland Meadows Neighborhood Association, P.O. Box 38437, Dallas TX 75238.

Thank goodness it's FRI
Neighborhood transformations only happen when citizens, schools,
businesses and public agencies work together toward change. The most effective community transformations have a catalyst. In East Dallas, the Ferguson Road Initiative IS that catalyst. The citizens of Dallas Learn more about the FRI.

Councilman Sheffie Kadane
NEWS AND INFORMATION

Form-based code coming soon?
Form-based zoning places an emphasis on commercial building types, dimensions, parking locations, facades and the public spaces around and between buildings ... with less emphasis on the uses within those buildings.

Considered a "smart growth" fix to old-thinking zoning — particularly in larger cities across America — one challenge with form-based codes can be the connection between commercial and residential areas.

Two distinctly different approaches to form-based zoning are being circulated at City Hall. One version — crafted by neighborhood groups with developers — successfully addresses residential adjacency, proximity slope, and maintains city council member accountability.

I support this version.

Look for that to come back before City Council in February.

Neighborhood news from Oncor
Oncor’s first homeowners' association newsletter, In Your Neighborhood, is now posted at sheffiekadane.com. Get tips on energy efficiency, tree pruning, and how to report streetlight outages.

Read more District 9 news

City of Dallas
NEWS AND INFORMATION

Spillway improvements
If you've recently driven by the White Rock Lake Spillway, you can see how the repairs and improvements are coming along. Here's an image of what the new parking area will look like. You can also review the overall plan.

Insured and assured
Drivers with no proof of insurance will have their vehicles towed under a new policy that goes into effect Jan. 1. Violators will be issued a citation AND will have their vehicles towed to the Dallas Auto Pound ... at the owner's expense.
• Here's the full story

HUD grant hearings
In January, neighborhood hearings will take place across Dallas to solicit citizen input on the use of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant funds for block grants, shelter grants, housing for persons with AIDS and other affordable housing programs.

While none of the six public hearings will be held in District 9, there are District 9 ramifications worth following. One of the closest public hearings to District 9 will be from 10 a.m. until 12 noon on Monday, Jan. 12, at the Willie B. Johnson Recreation Center, 12225 Willowdell.

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