Colleyville council reviews 2024–25 accomplishments and sets beautification, open‑space and connectivity priorities for 2025–26

City staff presented a recap of Colleyville’s 2024–25 council priorities and laid out proposed priorities for 2025–26 at the City Council work session on July 1.

The staff presentation recapped seven high‑priority items from the previous year that the council identified at a workshop, noting progress on several: planning and voter feedback for a recreation center referendum; bid and construction work on Caris Park; completion of a flood study and initial property maintenance work related to the Northern Gateway project; ongoing beautification programs including park signage replacement and median landscaping; continuation of branding and community‑spirit projects; and attention to property holdings that may benefit the community.

Staff also recapped other accomplishments and actions from the prior year, including updating board/committee appointment processes, lobby and art improvements at City Hall, targeted creek cleanup behind Chick‑fil‑A, expanded use of the city billboard for public messaging and police recruiting, and outreach regarding a house on Tinker for code and property status.

Looking ahead, staff described the council’s new priorities for 2025–26. Top items include an expanded beautification program (adding median plantings, banners and gateway flags), a tree‑planting and native Texas tree trail initiative behind the senior center developed with the recently formed tree board, a website update timed to new federal ADA accessibility expectations (staff noted an April 2027 compliance expectation), continued investment in sidewalks, trails and connectivity (including the Bransford Road trail project that was redesigned and put back out to bid), expanded events and community programming, and a review of the city’s tax increment finance (TIF) district ahead of its 2030 expiration for the city’s portion.

Staff also noted several operational and outreach actions: filming a short recruitment video to encourage applications to boards and commissions, promoting the municipal online service tool (Colin Colleyville) and CodeRED alerts, quarterly development updates to council, and meetings with the school board to discuss school resource officers and related policies. Staff said they will continue to monitor and report on police wellness programs, noting that an update on the Guardian Wellness program will appear in the council’s Friday report.

Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Richardson and others were cited in the presentation as participants in tree‑board activities and other priority initiatives. Council members praised the breadth of the priorities and staff’s progress report. The work session did not include formal votes on these items; staff presented the priorities for future work and follow‑up at subsequent meetings and work sessions.