NEWS
Richwood Hills Park debated between residents, city council
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Lake property owners concerned about the possible future of Richwood Hills Lake Estates Park met with the Bowie City Council at its Monday night meeting.
Patricia Kosa, a resident in Richwood Hills located next to the park, said they came because they heard the mayor had something to talk over with them. Mayor Gaylynn Burris said there was nothing specific, but she put it on the agenda “to give you a public voice.”
The park is on the Nov. 2 election ballot and asks voters to decide if the city would be allowed to sell the 1.97-acre tract which was deemed parkland by city ordinance in 2012. It is located on Lakeside Drive. Please see the related story on 10A for more history on this park.
Kosa said she welcomed the opportunity explaining the residents aren’t sure why this is happening and they feel like “it is not fair and not right.” She raised some questions about the most recent survey procured by the city stating the property is in the Hillside Subdivision when it is Richwood Hills. Kosa said her research of the subdivision’s developers does not indicate why this small property would have been excluded from those plats. She also had been unable to find a deed.
City Manager Bert Cunningham said the park property was not included in that subdivision, but part of the overall land purchased for the new lake back in the late 1950s, adding those two developers never owned that parkland, it was owned by the city.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on May 12 in the council chambers.
The agenda opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
In the city manager’s report, Bert Cunningham will discuss the Rock and Pillar Street project and the Texas Water Development Board grant application.
In new business, Brittany Barnes will be considered as an appointment to the Bowie Community Development Board.
A resolution requesting financial assistance from the TWDB authorizing the filing of an application for assistance will be reviewed.
The master parks plan also will be presented by staff from Public Management.
The consent agenda and public comments round out the meeting.
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on May 11.
After the consent agenda and public comments, the court will discuss an interlocal agreement between precinct two and the Bowie Sports Association for the baseball complex.
Precinct three will ask for a line-time budget adjustment of $15,000 from operating expenses to part-time.
The court will open and consider accepting sealed bids for emulsified asphalt and prime oil, all on a 90-day contract.
The consent agenda of minutes, bills and reports also is slated.
A 44-year-old Bowie man was arrested Monday morning at the lake next to Bowie High School after he was acting suspiciously and ran from police.
At 7:28 a.m. May 4 Lt. Bob Blackburn saw a man trespassing at the school lake. Nearby there was a vehicle parked on the service road belonging to the suspect, Zane Huntley. The license plate on the vehicle had been concealed using tape.
“My immediate first thought was someone was here to hurt my kids. Covering up your plates is something criminals do,” said the officer.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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