NEWS
Bowie council to consider allowing structures on Bowie Reservoir side of Amon Carter
The Bowie City Council will consider an ordinance that would lift restrictions for building docks, piers, walkways and boathouses on the Bowie Reservoir side of Lake Amon G. Carter when it meets at 6 p.m. on June 13.
When City Manager Bert Cunningham raised the idea of selling the 24 acres of lakefront property on the reservoir side next to Silver Lakes Ranch last month, he said he would bring back an ordinance to allow those structures on that side of the lake, but it would include stiff provisions for inspection and maintenance including a fine for violations.
The ordinance outlines all construction must be approved by the city through a permit process. The permit fee for new construction is proposed at $10,000. There is no permit fee for general maintenance. Plans for new structures must be submitted to the city for review.
Size and setback limitations are stated, along with restrictions such as no toilet facilities of any kind will be allowed on any structure built past the lakefront property line. Fuel pumping facilities exceeding 55 gallons are not allowed on structures going past that lakefront line. They will be limited to a single story and a sundeck or roof. White photocell lighting also would be required from dusk to dawn for boater safety. The ordinance also outlines design loads, roof loads, design minimums, inspections, removal and inadequate maintenance violations. Those violations could carry a $2,000 fine.
In new business, the city officials will consider the hotel/motel quarterly report. The consent agenda and community interest items also are listed for the panel.
The city manager’s report will touch on the following topics: Firewall installation, software upgrade, budget process, Ussery sewer line progress, Texas Water Development Board sewer line project, rodeo arena and BMX Bike Park.
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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