Mayors Message - January 2022

 

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas.

 

Chief Ruben Rivas celebrated his one-year anniversary as Double Oak Police Chief on December 1.  Rivas has 22 years of law enforcement experience and has served our Town for 16 years.  He  continues to effectively lead the police department and we are thankful for his commitment and dedication to Double Oak!  

 

Initial construction along the Double Oak segment of Waketon Road began last month with the full road closure for the weekend of December 18-20 to accomplish lowering a 30” water line and installing box culverts for drainage.  Construction continues on the Flower Mound portion of the project, and Waketon Road remains one lane eastbound only, from Chinn Chapel Road easterly to FM 2499.  Once the Flower Mound segment is complete and opened for traffic, construction will begin on the roundabout at Waketon and Chinn Chapel Road, and then continue to the Double Oak segment later this year.     

 

Culvert work has been completed at the intersecting streets of the project and will remain as temporary gravel surfaces until the milling and overlay begins in earnest later this month.   The project should take less than two weeks to complete once construction begins.  

 

Groundbreaking began in mid-November for the Braums hamburger and ice cream restaurant near the southwest corner of Chinn Chapel Road and FM 407, between Rapid Med and the Tropical Smoothie Café, just behind the Old Town Meat Market.  Grand opening expected this summer.  Double Oak is looking forward to welcoming Braums to town!  

 

The 11th annual turkey trot was a resounding success with nearly 1,000 participants braving the colder temperatures on Thanksgiving morning.  Many volunteers help to make this event safe and successful, and our thanks go out to Geoff Reese and his team for putting on such a worthy event.  The proceeds from this event go to Dare to Serve, a high school mentoring program.

 

Double Oak citizens will elect three council members May 7, 2022.

The three seats are for two-year terms. The expiring terms are Council Members Anita Nelson, Joe Dent, and Billie Garrett.

 

Check the website for information and feel free to contact town hall staff.

 

The first day to file an application for a place on the ballot is Wednesday, January 19, 2022. The last day to file an application for a place on the ballot is Friday, February 18, 2022, at 5:00 p.m.

 

Please contact Town Secretary Eileen Kennedy with questions about the May 7, 2022, local municipal election.