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Potential Travel Stop North of Confederate Pkwy

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  This is an example of their travel stops, one would be custom made for 199 Highlights *     This travel stop does NOT fall within our boundaries, nor does it touch our boundaries *     Macy Hill has directed Victron Group to consult with us about concerns/suggestions out of an abundance of caution *     Victron Group is getting back with us about environmental  concerns  *     Victron and Jared Wood (Nature Center) will be at our October 9th meeting Red Flag indicates Travel Stop location from Scenic Shores 10000 Nine Mile Bridge Rd Status of the travel center  Victron Group is interested in building a Travel Center at 10000 Nine Mile Bridge Road.  Macy Hill (District Councilwomen) asked them to meet with Jared Wood (Director of the Nature Center) and Scenic Shores Neighborhood Association (SSNA) for comments and concerns. The property is adjacent to the Nature Center.  It is ~1.5 miles north on 199 from our SSNA bo...
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Walking Casino Beach with COFW Officials

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  Thursday September 24, 2026 3:30 pm Casino Beach - Site Walk with SSNA Board and C ity Depts to Discuss Clean Up SSNA President - Deanne Kearney SSNA VP - Brian Keller SSNA Treasurer - Tom Mast SSNA Secretary - Adrienne Taylor FW P&R Deputy Director - Theresa Thomason FW P&R Capital Projects Officer - Scott Penn FW P&R Planning & Resource Mgnt - Joel McElhany FW District Superintendent - Clint Wyatt FW Water Dept Assistant Director for Field Operations - Roy Teal Who manages the 60 acres of land at Casino Beach? What, in person, looks like one parcel of land is actually two.  44 acres are under the parks department as Casino Beach Park.  An additional unused 16 acres, towards the new 199 bridge, is under the city’s Property Management department.   Roy Teal of the city’s water department clarified for us that the 16 acres had been passed from the water department to the property management department a decade ago.   The 16 acres porti...
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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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