There's a LOT going on in Parker right now and fortunately for us, we have Stephanie Fort our Parker specialist and Realtor. She took these notes from the December City Council Meeting.
Stephanie and I will also be providing quite a bit more updating on the status of Parker's water issues, ban on proposed developments, etc. Below are Stephanie's notes .............
It was a packed house for the appointment of a new fire chief - firefighters from departments of surrounding cities and a lot of support for the retiring Chief and the new Chief. Mike Sheff retired after 41 years of service and the meeting was filled with his praises. He has helped a lot of people over the years. He recommended his assistant, Justin Miller, for the new Chief, and the Division Chief, Jeff Kendrick to become the new assistant Chief. The council voted unanimously to support his recommendation. Both Justin and Jeff were sworn in and their families had the honor of pinning their new badges on their shirts. It was a really cool experience. I have attached a picture of these three men.
Below are the consideration items from the meeting.
I learned in items (5) & (6) that integrity is planning to break ground on the "Monroe property" (48 acres in Wylie but associated with Parker water CCN - which was the issue in discussion) in Jan 2025. Half the property is developable and they plan to put in 159 homes for a 55+ community. The decision was postponed to next meeting but I think they will approve it eventually - he's basically saying for the convenience of the residents that will live there he wants them to pay all utilities to Wylie - right now they all are except water.
Regarding the moratorium in Parker, item (7) council approved amending the NTMWD contract to allow for a second take point - this will hopefully allow Parker to lift the moratorium and move forward.
There was a lengthy discussion about adopting non-retroactive repeating colas in Parker (item 8). It sounds like it will benefit retirees and make Parker a more attractive place for working residents. They approved a non-retroactive cola at 50%.
The "drama" started after the consideration items when the Mayor asked for updates from the noise committee. There were a few residents in attendance at the meeting with strong opinions about Parker needing a noise ordinance. Parker currently does not have a noise ordinance. From the perspective of these residents, they just want a reasonable rule (like no amplified noise after midnight, for example) so that if a neighbor is constantly blasting music at 2am the cops can actually do something about it.
I think there has been some issues coming from late noise at Southfork as well. One of the council members stated that Parker does not need a noise ordinance because the residents don't want to be managed and there are only a few domestic issues that should be solved independently. His fear is to land Parker in another lawsuit. The conversation ended with council voting to appoint a new chair of the noise committee as voted on by the noise committee.
