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Minutes from April Meeting with Councilwoman Macy Hill

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April 15, 2026 FW City Hall Fort Worth City Councilwoman Macy Hill Fort Worth  ( Councilwoman's assistant )  Sammi Roop Fort Worth Parks and Rec Joel McEnany SSNA President Deanne Kearney SSNA Vice President Brian Keller SSNA Treasurer Tom Mast SSNA Secretary Adrienne Taylor Deanne first mentioned how the SOI was only posted to Bonfire for 6 weeks, but after she reached out it was extended to 6-7 months.  Joel explained that their lawyer had suggested the 6 week timeframe in order to only receive contacts of interested parties without their full proposals yet.  No parties responded with interest yet.  Joel said this is the first time FW is soliciting private parties to operate businesses on their land, so the process has been unclear to them. Deanne explains that the entirety of the Casino Beach property is overgrown, run down, and run over with  homeless .  She shows pictures taken the day before by the board members who gathered at Casino Beach to do...
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Minutes from the April 10th Meeting and Cookout

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  Friday April 10, 2026 Cookout and Meeting Sunset Park Topics: * Will be voting on new board members in the fall * Scott Cooner about bridge construction * Neighborhood voted to seek allowing non-powered watercraft lake access during lake closures * Neighborhood voted to add a fifth board position, to manage the blog and Facebook page * Casino Beach Update * use iNaturist for reporting alligator sightings (a page here on blog will be made to give instructions) * Watercress update * The old Bingo Hall property has a new owner interested in running his landscaping business there * The leak at Rankin and Watercress is resolved Attendance: Scott Cooner - Texas A&M Transportation Deanne Kearney - SSNA President Brian Keller - SSNA Vice President Tom Mast - SSNA Treasurer Adrienne Taylor - SSNA Secretary Over 30 in attendance, adults and kids Special Thanks to Volunteers: Mike Statler - grill master Deb Ballard - set up, cashier, tear down Justin Taylor - providing speaker and micro...
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Board Meeting from Feb 19

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  Occurred Feb 19, 2025 Keller Home Attendees President Deanne Kearney VP Brian Keller Secretary Adrienne Taylor Treasurer Tom Mast Topics of discussion:  Casino Beach Status and Path Forward Watercress  199 Landscaping Supplier Goat Island Clean Up Alligator Sightings Logging App Next Neighborhood Meeting Casino Beach Deanne has been in communication with Scott Penn about the SOI.  Very little has been learned, however these discussions lead to the SOI date being extended to September instead of only the 6 weeks it was originally given.  Scott said Casino Beach received no project bond funding, or even visibility despite the many people who followed the directions to participate in the city bond funding input tool.  It has not yet been explained why it received no attention. We are requesting a representative to attend our next neighborhood meeting to update us and answer questions.  The board plans to meet with Macy Hill to brainstorm on new ideas fo...
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The Boat Parade was a Merry Time!

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Last month on Dec 6th SSNA neighbors gathered at the Taylor home on Peninsula Club to watch the lighted boat parade together.  We voted on our favorite top three decorated boats, and the boaters voted on our decorated docks.  About a dozen boats were in the parade and we had a gathering of about 20 neighbors for good fun and good food!
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SSNA Lighted Boat Parade Watching Party

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  Photo by John DeGroat When: Saturday December 6, 2025, beginning 5:30 pm Where:   The Taylors' house on Peninsula Club Circle ( a different house than last year , please email ssna76135@gmail.com for the address) What's Happening? Come hang out with neighbors to watch both the sailboat club and the boat and ski club parade their lighted boats around the lake (especially if you live on Love Cir, where the parade will not be going by).  The parade will begin at dusk, the two boat clubs will have met up at the Marshal's office to begin their parade, which will process in a counter-clockwise direction. Dock Decorating Competition Decorate and light up your dock to dazzle the judges!  Who's judging the docks?  The participants in the boat parade will be!  As they pass by all of our docks each boat will be evaluating the decorated docks and will determine the winners.  The winners will be announced the following day, by our online platforms.   N...
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Walking Town Hall with Councilwoman Macy Hill

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Enjoy an evening walk at the Nature Center with Councilwoman Macy Hill! Thursday October 16, 5:30 pm  
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Discussion: Yellow Center Striping on Watercress Initiative

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  UPDATE Email recieved Dec 16, 2025 from Phelisha Bollin - COFW Transportation Customer Solutions Analyst I have received an update from our Engineering team concerning your traffic safety concerns and requests regarding Watercress Dr. While the roadway does not comply with TMUTCD guidelines (a travel way of 20 feet or more in width and an ADT of 4,000 vehicles per day or greater) for centerline implementation, our Engineering team analyzed traffic count data for both eastbound and westbound Watercress Dr in relation to your request for an exception. The daily volume is very low (667 vehicles /day). The findings also revealed that this location does not present significant speeding issues. The recorded 85th percentile speed on Watercress Dr was 33 mph eastbound and 29 mph westbound. The posted speed limit is 30 mph. Consequently, a petition is also not recommended.   The Engineering team also examined the crash data for this area, which indicated that there have been 6 r...
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