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Fran Jurney accepted a proclamation for Woman’s Thursday Club Anniversary Day in Dublin in honor of the club’s 125th anniversary. Mayor David Leatherwood read and signed the proclamation during the regular City Council meeting Monday, March 13. Paul Gaudette | Citizen staff photo
The Dublin City Council voted to amend the zoning ordinance and replat property to make way for new business and a subdivision.
Acting off recommendations from the Dublin Planning & Zoning Commission, the council members present unanimously voted to replat properties purchased by Mack Stewart for a planned subdivision off of Highway 377 on the north side of town near the Shamrock Apartments. (Council member Darren Turley was absent.)
Council member Sammy Moore asked whether there would be a certain quality threshold for the properties since Stewart is planning to develop the lots and sell them for others to build homes for sale. City Manager Bobby Mendez reported Stewart has set several guidelines for the division including: every lot must be fenced, restrictions on RVs and a minimum of 1,800 square feet for homes constructed in the neighborhood. Properties will also be subject to city ordinances as well as these guidelines.
The Council also unanimously approved an amendment to the zoning ordinance and rezoning two five acre plots on Highway 6 from agricultural to commercial. The plots are on the west northern and east northern corners of a large agricultural plot and are being rezoned for a planned truck stop on the western side near the Dublin Loop intersection on Highway 6 as well as a retail business center on the eastern side towards downtown.
In honor of the 125th anniversary of the Dublin Woman’s Thursday Club, Mayor David Leatherwood read a proclamation declaring the 125th Anniversary Day for the group.
Council members unanimously approved closing a portion of Elm Street (near Dublin Bottling Works) and the intersection of Elm and Grafton for a bike show on April 29. The Stephenville Area Elk’s Lodge is hosting the show to promoted the Dublin community and benefit the drug awareness program the group oversees. The Elks Lodge is a consistent supported of the First Methodist Church Community Table and tries to assist local youth and veterans. The Lodge is also the lead line sponsor of this year’s Eggstravaganza Easter Egg Hunt at the Dublin City Park on April 8.
A limited tax note was approved by council members for the completion of the new Dublin EMS building. Payments are expected to be about $43,000 per year with no principal payments until 2024 and a finish of 2030.
EMS Director also requested listing the portable FEMA trailer that EMS has been in for many years as ‘no value.’ This will allow the trailer to be hauled off quickly once the EMS moves into the new building Council members unanimously approved the request.
In the consent agenda, the Council voted to approve a certificate of unopposed candidates as Council members Lee Jones, Darren Turley and Sammy Moore are running uncontested in the May elections.