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Mercedes Hall, who said she has been elected charter president of the Coppell Kiwanis Club, described Kiwanis as a service organization focused on youth and leadership development. “Kiwanis is focused on serving the children of the world,” Hall said, announcing that Coppell High School students seek to charter a Key Club and that organizers hope to sponsor Builders Club and K-Kids in local schools.

Nut graf: Organizers said the charter club plans regular meetings and will focus on youth-service programs including Key Club at Coppell High School and potential Builder Club and elementary-level K-Kids. The public is invited to the first meetings.

Diane Evans, a new member of the club, invited residents to the group's first meeting this Thursday at Triumph in Corporate Park, 651 Canyon Drive, Suite 105, at 6 p.m. She said the club will meet on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month and plans to discuss fundraising, youth engagement and volunteer opportunities.

Ending: Organizers asked interested residents to attend the Thursday meeting and said they will share future volunteer and youth-program opportunities with the council and community.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council - 04/22/25","oneSentenceSummary","Two residents announced formation of a new Kiwanis club in Coppell and said a Key Club at Coppell High School is organizing; the club plans regular meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays at a corporate park location and invited community members to attend.","taxTitle","Coppell, Dallas County, Texas","taxId",55075,"location","Texas","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6262028,"Coppell adopts 2024 International Building Code; council cites safety and potential insurance benefits",154,6114000,6268000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3115893-70e924ae7f6146f1561b7fb11d690e6e&start=6114&end=6268","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3115893-70e924ae7f6146f1561b7fb11d690e6e/thumbnail_6114000.jpg","/articles/6262028/Texas/Coppell-adopts-2024-International-Building-Code-council-cites-safety-and-potential-insurance-benefits","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6262028-e7f3e0ca865e55d8c5af595c3e4d9ea5/orig.mp4?Expires=1771142131&Signature=nln2hNDuNMQn7N36WqcBzLqc1a9eg9lae99hbJOldUngwgJwL7PfQz0Wvqle-KiaJnePAN16y3h04Ym12LYu2v-apu27G7ZyyxnL~D7vQoED2jM0VpkaCOiLF12hoT0tDRORaKij1SL5kfQHU2cFgzmXWLJ7rl5v-yqxQ0QhPDRv1zFcCU3JYTZK~Qwg6ikB2tqmKQ5Pwxo-WkMYzHP2qHPfKNCQRQdlpf3HkMe4BBJRDPrxibif9kJHLGdWFqL-0dJ2mLBZfyZ-rw68JBh7Ii7EeG43v2mIF-ZpH5tte0lBtxV~VbuX0b1RgD2fO2ENF2aAJiwMeeGR~hymDLaanw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Coppell City Council voted Tuesday to adopt the 2024 edition of the International Code Council’s family of building codes into Chapter 15 of the City of Coppell Code of Ordinances.

Steve Schubert, the city’s chief building official, presented the item and described the codes as the industry standard for updating construction practice and safety. “The codes are supposed to be the most mutually beneficial way of increasing the safety and the solidity of construction while also still trying to keep costs down to a reasonable level,” Schubert said.

Nut graf: The city’s Building and Standards Commission had recommended the adoption and the update follows the standard three-year ICC cycle. Staff said adopting the newer codes can support safer construction, better regulatory consistency and could improve the city’s Insurance Services Office (ISO) audit outcomes, with potential for lower insurance costs.

Council member Walker moved to close the public hearing and approve the ordinance adopting the 2024 ICC codes; Mayor Pro Tem Nevills seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously with recorded votes by Walker, Council member Carol, Mayor Pro Tem Nevills, Council member Prem Kumar and Council member Matthew Hill.

Schubert told the council the ICC updates every three years and said the revisions reflect new data and construction practices; he said better code enforcement and up-to-date requirements are considered in ISO audits that can affect insurance rates for residential and commercial properties.

Ending: The adoption takes effect following ordinance procedures; Schubert noted the cycle means the council will revisit the code adoption process on a three-year cadence.
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Tracy Leech, a city staff member leading the refresh effort, told the council the city’s existing strategic plan was accepted in 2019 and that the city has invested more than $75,000,000 in projects and programs since that adoption. “We the current plan that we've been operating under was accepted in 2019,” Leech said. “And since that time, we have made significant progress and investment in support of the plan in excess of $75,000,000.”

Nut graf: The engagement plan, developed with consultant Barry Dunn after an RFP released in January and awarded in February 2025, is designed to capture feedback from a broad cross-section of residents through stakeholder interviews beginning in May, an online social-pinpoint platform, pop-up events, targeted focus groups, an innovative \"meeting-in-a-box\" kit for community groups, and two larger community forums in the fall. A draft report will come to council in November and staff plans to present the final recommended refresh for approval in December.

Leech explained roles: council members will be invited to be visible observers at engagement events and the city’s staff will act as informational resources to the process while the consultant facilitates many sessions. She said stakeholder interviews will include one-on-one discussions with leaders such as the school superintendent and chamber president. “We will begin the stakeholder interview process in May,” Leech said.

The plan includes a resident satisfaction survey to run over the summer alongside the online engagement tool (social pinpoint) that offers a virtual sticky-note idea wall, forums and an online survey. Leech described “meeting in a box,” a self-facilitated kit that neighborhood groups, clubs or faith congregations can use to host structured input sessions without city staff present.

Council members asked about measures of success and the role of an executive or citizen committee. Several members said they wanted to be able to observe without driving the process; some supported a citizen-led executive committee to preserve independence while keeping council informed. Leech said the city will set expectations for council participation to avoid placing council members in an awkward facilitation role.

Ending: The formal timeline has stakeholder interviews beginning in May, engagement activities running May through October, a draft report to council in November and a final adoption request in December. Staff said they will coordinate timing with the city’s budget and retreat schedule so that near-term priorities can be considered as appropriate.","City staff outlined a refresh of Coppell’s Vision 2040 strategic plan, describing an engagement program led by consultant Barry Dunn that includes stakeholder interviews, an online engagement platform, pop-ups, focus groups, 'meeting in a box' kits, two community forums and a December adoption timeline.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6262039,"Coppell staff present updated Community Experiences master plan, adoption scheduled for May 13",1082,254000,1336000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3115893-70e924ae7f6146f1561b7fb11d690e6e&start=254&end=1336","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3115893-70e924ae7f6146f1561b7fb11d690e6e/thumbnail_254000.jpg","/articles/6262039/Texas/Coppell-staff-present-updated-Community-Experiences-master-plan-adoption-scheduled-for-May-13","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6262039-b7cea38fdd14323f210b5e31672b2c51/orig.mp4?Expires=1771142131&Signature=g2FbYJ-I~kyLJ0QoVzhZtW8eVGfrb6fSo9O~sWAP1j6BOcFNmtjybEwzRZ3hg1JLcH6enhKDu13f9fx~UqcjDcmB6wvsO9GEg2eM2B5JU85V6e97HR24fQqZcHfDtiT01EBgi6lp3UVoaO82VZi4werd8IXZ6ucNR3HB1N37jO6YB7KRi~~at0Bwzp0SGvjfYpEPNefuvPCzwZhEfIDzHrUfCoteJzLFrdB9vAvA2hFrDswgKinqSVcCoFWvJFUIa1yJl2Un5mK9II-QqKAuAjdbt~TNI9fN-FkD0BVuuWodyYN6PpVzaCGMp84oe0yDVlpbx9wiSSthEo5jF2IKqA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City staff and a consultant on Tuesday presented a draft update to Coppell’s Community Experiences master plan and told the City Council the document will return to council for possible adoption at the May 13 meeting.

The draft plan, led by Lauren Rodriguez, manager at The CORE and project coordinator for the master plan, summarizes a year-long inventory and needs assessment and recommends a five- to ten-year action plan. “Our previous master plan was last updated in 2017,” Rodriguez said, noting the update included an inventory, demographic analysis, benchmarking and public outreach.

Nut graf: The draft provides a systemwide inventory, identifies coverage gaps and ranks capital and program priorities so parks staff and the Parks and Recreation Board can use the document to inform annual capital-priority lists and budget requests.

Rodriguez and consultant Grama Moulton of Dunaway described the outreach and analysis that shaped the recommendations. The team said the process included 17 pop-up events at local businesses, parks and facilities, a dedicated project website, a first-ever teen-specific survey and on-site park inventories using GIS and photography. The plan collects facility-level amenities and classifies parks by role (neighborhood, regional, special use) and includes a 10-minute-walk access analysis and benchmark comparisons to similar communities.

Moulton said the plan translates public input into prioritized program and capital recommendations, with examples of high-, medium- and low-priority projects mapped to specific parks and a budget-range estimate and potential funding sources attached to many projects. “We worked then with a draft master plan through the park board, reviewing that a few times and then now with this final draft master plan that you have, to review for the next meeting,” Moulton said.

Council members questioned specific elements of the survey results and next steps. Council member Matthew Hill asked for more detail about the health, wellness and fitness programming the survey favored; Rodriguez said the survey included follow-up questions on specific programming but that she did not have those detailed responses in hand and would pull the report and share it with the council. Rodriguez also noted that the Parks and Recreation Board reviewed and approved the draft earlier this month.

Council members asked how the planning work would be used in budgeting. Moulton and Rodriguez said the action plan is intended to inform the annual project priority list staff prepares for the Parks board and council, and that individual projects would be brought forward for budget consideration in the capital-improvement process.

Ending: The council was not asked to take formal action Tuesday. Staff and the consultant said they will return on May 13 with the final recommendation and adoption request. In the meantime, staff will provide council members with the more detailed survey results and cross-checks with the ad hoc council committee working on recreation and wellness programming.
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