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Deputy Court Administrator Aaron Gunther said the court’s primary focus is public safety and compliance, not revenue collection, and outlined alternatives the court offers to promote compliance, including deferred disposition, driver safety courses and diversion options. Gunther said the court handles criminal (municipal offense) matters such as traffic violations and that it does not have civil jurisdiction.

The court operates under Chapter 45 of the relevant criminal procedure code, Gunther said, and staff highlighted professional training and certification efforts: Denise Romero, a clerk, recently completed court-clerk certification, and additional staff are pursuing higher levels of certification. The staff also described a diverted-case program launched earlier in the year to offer alternatives for eligible defendants.

Dual-court agreement and location: Staff noted the court serves both Colleyville and, under agreement, the City of Keller; the court’s physical address is on Riverwalk Drive. Gunther and staff emphasized the court’s role in building community trust, citing the municipal court’s day-to-day interactions with residents.

Technology migration and customer service: Gunther said the court is migrating its case-management system (Encode) to a newer version. Once completed, the court expects to deploy automated reminders and an improved online payment system to drive higher compliance and reduce staff workload. Staff said awards and customer-service feedback show the office’s focus on accessibility and transparency.

Public comments and council praise: Several council members praised court staff for improved operations over the past decade and described individual cases in which staff helped residents navigate court processes. Staff said the court maintains open dockets and encourages council members and the public to observe court proceedings.

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Assistant City Manager Adrienne Lothree described the “Brighten Up the Boulevard” proposal as a two-to-one matching grant that would reimburse participating businesses for eligible lighting purchases. Lothree said staff proposed seeding the program with $50,000 for its first year, offering up to $5,000 per shopping center and up to $2,000 per individual business.

Lothree said the program would focus on a consistent, warm‑white commercial look designed to complement the city’s median tree lights along the corridor. She told the council the program’s scoring would favor installations that outline rooflines and building façades with commercial‑grade bulbs rather than small residential strands, and that supplemental landscape or pole wraps could be considered but would not be the primary focus.

Administration and eligibility: Staff proposed that the city’s existing Beautification Committee vet applications and that grant awards operate on a reimbursement basis—applicants would buy eligible materials, submit documentation and then be reimbursed after staff verification. Lothree said staff would try to turn applications around quickly, given the seasonal timing for holiday installation.

Council questions and constraints: Council members asked whether funds would be better split into smaller increments to assist more small businesses and whether the program can accommodate tenant-level installations where the building owner does not want to participate. Lothree said the program was intended to incentivize full building outlines and therefore would generally require building-owner agreement; staff said the city would not fund installations that create a dispute between tenant and landlord and that the program requires a multiyear commitment by recipients to purchase, store and reuse lights in future seasons.

Scope and next steps: Lothree said the initial program would concentrate on the city’s Route 26 commercial corridor (referred to in the presentation as the “26 Corridor”), while noting existing holiday lighting takes place downtown and in the Village. She said staff would bring the consent resolution later in the evening to authorize marketing and application intake and that the council could expand funding or change parameters in subsequent years if demand warrants it.

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The discussion centered on two goals, consultant David Pettit said: “One is to capture increment where you think there’s going to be development, and another is where you want to spend TIF money.” Pettit said the proposal would amend the TIF map to add several noncontiguous areas and corridors, set a 2025 base year and extend the district term by 25 years to Dec. 31, 2055, with no change to the city’s 100% participation of real property increment inside the zone.

The extension would also increase the project and financing plan to reflect additional project costs and new spending categories, Pettit said. He said the consultant team projected roughly $344 million in new development taxable value over the extended term and estimated that anticipated development would generate about $147.6 million in increment to fund projects, with the majority of revenues in the extension period coming from the existing base value in the original zone.

Why it matters: City staff and the consultant said expanding the TIF boundary would give Colleyville flexibility to both capture new tax increment from likely redevelopment areas and spend funds on infrastructure—roads, water, sewer and drainage—along identified corridors. That flexibility also affects how the city plans for long-term commitments funded by the TIF, including school-related items that currently receive a share of increment.

What the plan would add: Pettit walked council members through map areas the team proposes to add, including parcels near McDonwell School Road and Precinct Line, a city-owned parcel adjacent to an existing TIF boundary, park and recreation center parcels, corridors along State Highway 121 and Glade Road, and areas abutting Hurst with redevelopment potential. The city would group expected uses into categories such as hotels, quick-service retail, office, industrial and senior living for projection purposes.

School participation and SRO funding: The presentation reiterated that the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District and Tarrant County College currently participate in the TIF but that, under state law, their statutory participation ends in 2030. Council members asked about how the schools’ departure would affect ongoing commitments paid from the TIF, including funding for school resource officers (SROs). A council member said Colleyville and Grapevine currently pay for SROs in part out of TIF funds and asked whether a TIF extension could provide a transition period rather than a hard stop in 2030.

Pettit and staff told the council that state statute generally limits TIF spending to capital and project-related costs but that a statutory provision allows maintenance of project improvements; the consultant said that language has been used elsewhere to permit ongoing operational costs tied to project improvements, and that the city could use TIF funding to support SROs for a transition period if the council and TIF board elect to do so. Staff emphasized that post‑2030 increment levels would be lower and that using TIF revenue for SROs could consume a substantial portion of future annual increment.

Process and timing: Pettit said staff planned to finalize maps, a revised project and financing plan (including legal meets-and-bounds), and publish statutory notice ahead of a first reading and public hearing planned for Oct. 8, 2025. He said a second reading was scheduled for Oct. 21, a TIF board meeting for Nov. 5, 2025, and additional council consideration in mid-November. He and staff stressed that the amendment process would return individual project allocations to the TIF board and city council for approval on a case-by-case basis.

City context and constraints: Pettit noted the consultant’s projections become less certain beyond a 5–10 year horizon and described the estimates as conservative. He also noted that under state law the school district’s statutory TIF participation ends in 2030, which is a constraint the city cannot change through the TIF amendment.

Next steps: Staff said they would prepare the formal amendment package and notices for the Oct. 8 hearing and bring project-level proposals back to the TIF board and council as projects are proposed.

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