The city councils of Hudson Oaks and Annetta North will meet jointly this Thursday, Sept. 6 to continue discussions about potential merging of the cities and other issues pertaining to cooperation between the two entities.

The public is invited to attend the meeting , which will be held at 7 p.m. at Lakeshore Drive Baptist Church.

City of Hudson Oaks and Town of Annetta North
Special Joint City Council Meeting
Lakeshore Baptist Church
200 South Lakeshore Drive
Hudson Oaks, Texas 76087
Thursday
September 06, 2007
7:00 p.m.

1. Call to order/announce a quorum is present

2. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and provide staff direction/take action
on issues and items regarding regional interests to include the formation

Three men rescue woman and grandson from high water
By Lindsay Marshall
The Community News
Shirley Hutton had just passed through the water not but five minutes ago. It was early Monday evening and it had just begun to storm. As she came back to take her grandson home on the road she had just passed through, she didn’t realize the water over Jenkins Road had gotten higher. By the time she knew her Ford van wasn’t going to make it, that the water had gotten too high in a short time, it was too late.

Could be anomaly; analysis underway
By Daniel Brannigan and Lindsay Marshall
The Community News

A private water well recently drilled to the Trinity Aquifer along Jenkins Road in Annetta North was found to have a high concentration of sodium, a potentially troubling development to homeowners, farmers and businesses in the area.
However, it could just be an anomaly.

Calls city’s acquisition of water system ‘complete’
By Daniel Brannigan
The Community News

The City of Willow Park added a new wrinkle to the battle over Deer Creek Water Works (DCWW) this week, adopting a policy statement during the council meeting Tuesday, May 15 that rejects an offer made to purchase the embattled water system.
After a 24-minute executive session, departing Mayor Brad Johnson read a prepared statement about the issue detailing the city’s stance.

See May 4 issue of The Community News for candidate profiles
By Daniel Brannigan
The Community News

In an effort to create voter interest and help those going to the polls on Election Day (May 12) or during the early voting period (Apr. 30-May 8) be more informed about their choices, The Community News has published a question and answer session with each candidate in contested races for the upcoming election.

Deal may now be agreeable
By Daniel Brannigan
The Community News

A new development emerged in the seemingly endless story about Deer Creek Water Works (DCWW) this week, placing the matter back into Willow Park’s hands.
In hopes of ending a delay in progress to discussions and finalizing an agreement, Hudson Oaks held a special council meeting Monday, April 16 and agreed to cosign the contract for Parker County Utility District No. 1 (PCUD) to purchase the embattled water system from Willow Park.

May 3 workshop off
By Daniel Brannigan
The Community News

Consolidation talks between Annetta, Annetta North, Annetta South and Hudson Oaks took a different turn this week as discussions have been revamped and could now focus on two separate mergers between the four east Parker County municipalities.
Future discussions are likely to focus on the possibility of a merge between Hudson Oaks and Annetta North and a merge between Annetta and Annetta South.

REGULAR MEETING
CITY OF ANNETTA NORTH
April 10, 2007

The Annetta North City Council will hold a Regular Meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the Annetta Methodist Church, Farm Road 5, Annetta, Texas on Tuesday April 10, 2007. This is an open meeting, open to the public, subject to the open meeting laws of the State of Texas.

7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Discussion concerning possible amendments to the zoning code (Ordinance # 2003-1) with regard to nonconforming uses and creation of subsection to allow for specific use permits for nonconforming uses locations, and additional amendments regarding nonconforming lot sizes. 2) Discussion and possible regarding Resolution 2007-2- A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN ANNETTA NORTH, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A POLICY OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE GOALS.

Scheduled for May 3 in Annetta
By Daniel Brannigan
The Community News

Annetta, Annetta North, Annetta South and Hudson Oaks – intrigued enough by initial discussions during a Feb. 28 workshop – continue to explore the possibility of a merge, scheduling a second joint consolidation workshop.
The mayors and councils of the four east Parker County cities agreed: they want to hear more.