Message from the President

2012-February

I hope all residents of Mistletoe Heights had a great holiday season. Here’s to an even better 2012. In the last newsletter, I listed several goals for the upcoming year. I believe we should get to work on a few of them now. 

Here’s what’s on the immediate agenda:

The MH Traffic Committee will be meeting at 6:30pm on Tuesday Feb 7 at the Fort Worth South offices 1606 Mistletoe Blvd. to discuss a traffic mitigation proposal to help reduce traffic and traffic speeds on Forest Park Boulevard. Please contact Scott Nishimura, Mistletoe Heights traffic committee chairman, 817-913-8671, julieandscott91@att.net, for more info or to join the traffic committee. This item is also scheduled for discussion at the Mistletoe Heights association’s regularly scheduled quarterly meeting.

The MHA quarterly meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 21 at Jeff Davis home, 2325 Mistletoe Drive. This information will be on our website www.mistletoeheights.com, and a reminder will be sent out to the neighborhood via the residents email list. If you are not on the email list, the instructions to sign up are always in the newsletter.

Secondly, I would like to discuss some of the things that have occurred the past several weeks:

  • Christmas trees were placed at the Triangle and in Newby Park for the holidays. By all accounts they were a big hit. Hopefully this will be the start of a long tradition.
  • A zoning issue on a property on West Rosedale has been determined favorably to our residents. Future zoning changes are desired for the entire block and we will need to work with the city to get the desired changes.
  • Several members of the neighborhood met with representatives from NTTA and the City for Fort Worth regarding the Chisholm Trail Parkway sound wall. Further discussions will be necessary to determine the final alignment and design of the sound wall.

Since spring will be upon us soon, I would like to initiate the following:

  • More information and discussion about possible train station and bus bays site need to be followed closely by the MHA.  Please attend your neighborhood meetings to stay informed.
  • A neighborhood-wide live oak tree planting plan along sidewalks within the streets right of way – this will serve as both a beautification program as well as a noise reduction plan.  The work that needs to be done includes an identification of areas where there are currently no trees along the sidewalk, a total number of trees required, a tree supplier, and a method to plant the trees. A total cost estimate will be developed and presented to the MHNA. As part of this effort I request the assistance of home owners to water each tree planted in front of their property. This will guarantee the survival of the trees and also enhance the property values. In the present every-day parlance, it is a win-win for all. It is anticipated that the majority of trees will be planted east of Forest Park Boulevard.
  • Design of landscaping improvements at the entrance of the neighborhood from Forest Park Boulevard to Jerome Avenue, and west of Forest Park Boulevard. This includes plantings at the Jerome/Rosedale entrance.

These two items will require much work. Please contact me, or any of the MHA officers, if you would like to help in these two important efforts.

  • Also I would like to develop a place on our Mistletoe Heights web site for historic information such as old photographs and maps – these could then be viewed by all. Old home or street photographs of the neighborhood could be posted and I think would be very interesting to see. I have several old aerial photographs of the neighborhood and old maps that I can contribute. I have asked our Webmaster Scott Ewing to develop this for the web site.

Mike Danella
Irwin Street