03/20/2023
Although it may still feel like winter, today is the first day of spring! 💐 We’re hoping this is the last of the winter chill, and spring temperatures are just around the corner. ☀️
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University Park, Texas, is a predominantly residential community of more than 25,000 residents.
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03/16/2023
The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for University Park until 5:30 pm. SEEK SHELTER NOW!
03/16/2023
Traffic advisory - Long term lane closure in the 8300 block of Preston
The outside northbound lane of Preston Road (adjacent to the commercial buildings) between Villanova and Wentwood will be closed for surface improvements by The Plaza at Preston Center. The closure is scheduled from March 20 through July 20, weather permitting.
03/15/2023
Save the date! The spring 2023 Park Cities Recycling Event will take place on Saturday, April 15 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the SMU parking lot across from Burleson Park. You may bring documents to shred, donations for the Salvation Army and electronic waste to the event. Hope to see you there! ♻️
03/15/2023
The City's March UPdate newsletter has been distributed! To catch up on current City news and happenings, or to subscribe to our newsletters, click here - https://www.uptexas.org/433/Newsletters
03/14/2023
Traffic advisory - Road closure 4000 block of Caruth
The 4000 block of Caruth adjacent to University Park United Methodist Church will be closed to traffic tomorrow, March 15, for crane placement to install equipment at the church. The closure is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting. Smith Park will remain open during this time and parking will be available on Pickwick and Greenbrier.
03/13/2023
Hop on over to Goar Park on Saturday, April 1 for Eggstravaganza! The event begins at 9 a.m. and the Easter egg hunt will start at 10 a.m. Remember to bring a basket for egg collection!
For even more fun, Eggstravaganza will also include photos with the Easter Bunny, face painting, and bounce houses!
03/13/2023
Congratulations to HPHS alum Scottie Scheffler on another big win!
The Golden Moment.
Scottie Scheffler has won THE PLAYERS Championship 2023.
03/10/2023
Who else is ready for spring?! Thankfully, it is almost time to spring forward! Friendly reminder that daylight saving time begins at 2:00 a.m. this Sunday, March 12. Make sure to set those clocks forward an hour and say hello to brighter evenings! Also, remember to change the batteries on your smoke detectors!
03/10/2023
Traffic advisory -
The annual Dallas Mavs St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival on Greenville Ave is taking place this weekend. The parade begins at 11 a.m. tomorrow, March 11, and the festival is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This may result in traffic delays and road closures near UP. For a parade map and more information, visit - https://www.dallasstpp.com/
03/09/2023
Update - this project has been completed!
Oncor contractors will be trimming trees near power lines in a section of University Park, just south of Lovers and west of 75-Central Expressway. The effort is set to start the week of February 20. The work will take up to three weeks to complete, weather permitting.
The areas involved are:
-Alley between Rankin and Westminster from Airline east to the City limits
-Alley between Milton and Rosedale east of Durham to the City limits
-Alley between Rosedale and Daniel east of Dublin to the City limits
-Bodeker from Daniel north to Westminster
Doorhangers explaining the process will be distributed to the addresses involved. Learn more about Oncor’s efforts to maintain vegetation and reliable system operations - https://www.oncor.com/content/oncorwww/us/en/home/faqs/faq-tree-pruning.html
03/08/2023
Applications are now open for the 2023-24 Youth Advisory Commission! If you are a high school student interested in learning more about local government, you should consider applying for YAC. Apply on our website, and please share with those who may be interested!
Apply here - https://www.uptexas.org/FormCenter/Youth-Advisory-Commission-8/Application-for-Youth-Advisory-Commissio-55
03/08/2023
Here are some highlights from last night's City Council Meeting!
Watch the video of the meeting and view the full agenda here - https://uptexas.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=11&clip_id=1570
03/07/2023
You don't want to miss inspirational author Blake Lindsay on Thursday evening at UPPL's UP and Coming Author Series!
Don't forget we have an inspirational author talk this Thursday at 7 p.m. We hope you join us to hear from the amazing local author Blake Lindsay!
03/07/2023
Tune in to tonight's City Council meeting via livestream! The meeting begins at 5 p.m.
If you want to comment on an agenda item, you can easily do so before or during any portion of today's meeting using our e-comment feature. All comments made through e-comment are shared with City Council and become part of the official public record.
https://www.uptexas.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=707
03/06/2023
There is still some availability in this weekend's Babysitter's Training Course!
Register on RecTrac - https://info.uptexas.org/webtrac/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/splash.html?_csrf_token=ec5f1001ed5998f1133b7ede95d886a1fab86b79909c203ee2558c7777c39c4c
There are still openings available for this weekend's class. Head over to www.uptexas.org to register for this weekend's American Red Cross Babysitters Training class. For more information, contact Robert Coleman at [email protected].
03/06/2023
Curtis Park tennis courts are open today!
It took a little longer than expected but we are happy to announce that the Curtis Park tennis courts will reopen on Monday, March 6.
Thank you so much for your patience as we continue to make enhancements throughout our park system!
03/04/2023
Thanks to everyone who attended the Chidren’s Fishing Derby! Hope to see you again in June!
03/03/2023
Traffic advisory - Preston/Lovers lane closure
On Monday, March 6, the outside northbound lane of Preston will be closed between Grassmere and Amherst so Atmos contractors can repair alley concrete from a previous gas leak. The closure is scheduled from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm, weather permitting.
03/03/2023
The forecast is looking perfect for tomorrow’s Children’s Fishing Derby at Caruth Park! Hope to see you there!
It's Friday which means we're only ONE day away from our Children's Fishing Derby!
We hope you've dusted off your fishing gear and practiced a few rod-casting techniques as we're less than 24 hours away from kicking off our first fishing derby of the year at Caruth Park Pond from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Awards will be given each hour for the largest catch and smallest catch.
You won't want to miss this morning full of fun!
03/03/2023
Happy Employee Appreciation Day! UP employees were celebrated today with some sweet and savory treats. 🍫🍿 We are so appreciative of all of our amazing employees, and we hope they feel the love today! 💚
03/03/2023
Most of North Texas is under a Tornado Watch until 10 p.m. There is potential for severe weather in the area tonight that could produce damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes.
If your phone is alerted and you hear sirens, that is for wind speeds as strong as a weak tornado! So treat it like one! Get inside, away from windows! Widespread damaging winds will impact most everyone in Collin and Dallas counties.
The latest severe weather information will be posted on our website - https://www.uptexas.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=49
Oncor's Outages
Customers may report a power outage or check the status of a previously reported power outage on the online reporting tool. You can also call Oncor at 888.313.4747. If you have signed up for My Oncor Alerts, text OUT to 66267 (ONCOR). To register for My Oncor Alerts, text REG to 66267.
https://stormcenter.oncor.com/
03/02/2023
Heads up, UP! There is potential for severe weather in the area tonight that could produce damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes.
Please stay weather aware and monitor local media for the latest information. Also, make sure you're signed up to receive CodeRED Weather Warnings! https://www.uptexas.org/312/Emergency-Notifications
[3/2/23 7:45 AM] 🚨SEVERE THREAT TODAY🚨: All of North & Central Texas should remain extremely vigilant this afternoon and evening as widespread severe thunderstorms are expected to develop with damaging winds, tornadoes, and large hail all possible. Stay weather aware!
03/01/2023
We would like to give a special shoutout to these guys on their 25 year work anniversary! Paul Falkenhagen (left) and George Jones (right) began working for UPFD in 1998. 🚒 When asked what their favorite part about working for the City was, Paul said “It’s my second family,” and George said, “The people I work with.” ❤️
Congratulations and thank you for your 25 years of service and dedication to University Park!
03/01/2023
Due to the current weather conditions, the monthly Outdoor Warning Siren Test scheduled for today at 1:00 p.m. has been cancelled.
02/28/2023
Who’s ready to go fishing?! 🎣 1,006 rainbow trout were delivered to the Caruth Park pond this morning ahead of the Children’s Fishing Derby, taking place this Saturday from 9 am to noon! Prizes will be given at the top of each hour for the largest and smallest catch. Bring your bait and tackle, and we’ll see you there!
02/27/2023
Congratulations to Sergeant Gloria Banderet on completing the 138th School of Police Supervision class at The Institute of Law Enforcement Administration (ILEA) in Plano!
02/24/2023
Road closure - 6900 block of Snider Plaza
All lanes of the 6900 block of Snider Plaza will be closed early tomorrow morning, February 25, to set up a crane for the replacement of mechanical equipment on the rooftop of 6901 Snider Plaza. The closure will be in effect from 4 to 9 a.m.
02/23/2023
Thanks for the reminder, UPPD!
Quick tip from the University Park Police Department! 👮♀️ Alleys marked with “No Thru Traffic” signs are not shortcuts, and they are not thoroughfares. So, the next time you think you’ve found a would-be timesaver, make sure you check for signs. Our officers are watching, and you could be ticketed! 🚔
02/23/2023
Lane closure - 8100 block of Preston
The outside southbound lane of Preston between Centenary and Marquette is closed for an emergency water service repair at 8111 Preston. This closure is scheduled through 5 p.m. tomorrow, February 24, weather permitting.
02/22/2023
Here are some highlights from last night's City Council Meeting!
Watch the video of the meeting and view the full agenda here -
https://uptexas.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=11&clip_id=1567
02/22/2023
Calling all UP anglers! Stop by Caruth Park on Saturday, March 4 from 9 a.m. to noon for our Children's Fishing Derby.
Grab your fishing gear and meet us at the Caruth Park Pond on Saturday, March 4, for our Children's Fishing Derby!
Enjoy a morning filled with fishing and family fun. Awards for the largest and smallest catch will be given each hour.
We can't wait to see you there!
02/21/2023
Tune in to tonight's City Council meeting via livestream! The meeting begins at 5 p.m.
If you want to comment on an agenda item, you can easily do so before or during any portion of today's meeting using our e-comment feature. All comments made through e-comment are shared with City Council and become part of the official public record.
https://www.uptexas.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=696
02/21/2023
The sky put on a beautiful show last night! 🌅 Sunsets in University Park can’t be beat. 😍
02/20/2023
Happy Presidents Day, UP!
City Hall and the Peek Service Center are open for normal business hours today, and sanitation collection is operating on the regular schedule.
02/17/2023
Register for our next Babysitter Training Course!
Back by popular demand! Parks and Recreation is hosting another American Red Cross Babysitters Training class on Saturday, March 11-Sunday March 12. Registration is open now through Rectrac - you can link directly with the QR code! We hope ;to see many of you there!
02/17/2023
Oncor contractors will be trimming trees near power lines in a section of University Park, just south of Lovers and west of 75-Central Expressway. The effort is set to start the week of February 20. The work will take up to three weeks to complete, weather permitting.
The areas involved are:
-Alley between Rankin and Westminster from Airline east to the City limits
-Alley between Milton and Rosedale east of Durham to the City limits
-Alley between Rosedale and Daniel east of Dublin to the City limits
-Bodeker from Daniel north to Westminster
Doorhangers explaining the process will be distributed to the addresses involved. Learn more about Oncor’s efforts to maintain vegetation and reliable system operations - https://www.oncor.com/content/oncorwww/us/en/home/faqs/faq-tree-pruning.html
02/15/2023
It’s daffodil season at City Hall! While we still have a few weeks left of winter, these beautiful, bright flowers remind us that spring is not too far away! 🌸
⏰ 25 days until daylight saving time begins
☀️ 33 days until the first day of spring
02/14/2023
Happy Valentine’s Day, UP! 💞 Our Valentine’s gift to you is…
A brand new City website!!! 🎉 We hope that you enjoy the new site designed with you in mind. We encourage you to take some time to explore our new site and give us your feedback!
Some of the features on the new site that we hope you will love are:
💓 Community Calendar
💓 Chatbot
💓 Expanded search capability
💓 And more!
Check out the website at https://www.uptexas.org, and let us know what you think! 🥳
02/13/2023
We are only one day away from our exciting Valentine’s Day launch! So far, nobody has guessed it correctly, so here’s a poem with a clue. 😉
One more hint - this project was teased in the January Arbor!
With these new clues, do you think you know what it is?! Comment your guesses! 💞
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Today, we would like to express gratitude to the women and men that have served so faithfully to protect our country. We would especially like to thank the 24 University Park employees that have served in the Armed Forces. Thank you for your service!
Happy Halloween, UP! Here are some safety tips for UP trick or treaters to remember before heading out tonight – Younger trick-or-treaters should be supervised by an adult, older children should trick-or-treat in large groups if they are not accompanied by an adult and only visit houses that are well-lit! Parents, tell your children to not eat any trick-or-treat candy until it is inspected by an adult. For more Halloween safety tips - https://www.uptexas.org/news-events/2022/halloween-safety-tips
We’ve received some great burning questions so far! Fire Prevention week continues through the end of this week, so if you think of some more questions for UPFD, send us a DM! 🔥 #FirePreventionWeek
Today, we are going to take a look at the Master Plan Theme of Technological Integration. Sergeant Rod Edwards shares with us Action Item 1.1, which falls under the goal of “Improving Traffic Technology.” This action item suggests utilizing the most current available traffic signal preemption technology to assist police and fire units safely traveling through intersections when responding to emergency calls for service. For more info on the Centennial Master Plan, go to planuniversitypark.com
Join us at the Pooch Parade in conjunction with National Night Out to learn more about the Dog Walker Watch program! The event will take place on October 4 at 5:30 p.m. on the SMU campus. Attendees will receive this paw-some goodie bag courtesy of UPPD Animal Control, while supplies last! Register here - https://upform.wufoo.com/forms/pooch-parade-national-night-out/ We hope to see you and your furry friends there! 🐶
The Parks Department showed off at this morning’s Community Helper Story Time! In addition to reading two stories, Parks staff demonstrated some of the awesome tools that they use everyday. It was a hit among the kiddos, and our employees had a great time too. 🌳😊 At next week’s Community Helper Story Time, a UPFD Paramedic will be featured at 10:30 a.m. in the Goar Park Gazebo on Thursday, October 6. Thanks again to University Park Public Library for organizing these awesome events!
Today, we are going to take a look at the Master Plan Theme of Affirming Sense of Place. Assistant Fire Chief Scott Green shares with us Action Item 7.5. This action item, which falls under the goal of “Increase Investment in Programs to Protect University Park Residents,” suggests offering CPR training for residents as a valuable community building activity, while also providing training that could save lives. Stay tuned for another Centennial Master Plan Action Item highlight next week!
If you guessed that we would be highlighting Assuring Connectivity this week, you were correct! Kaylon from the Parks Department shares with us Action Item 3.1. This action item, which falls under the goal of “Promote Pedestrian and Bicycle Mobility Throughout University Park,” suggests improving the wayfinding of the UP park system by signage that indicates the nearest other parks, so that visitors would be more aware that any given park is only a piece of a larger system. Stay tuned for another Centennial Master Plan Action Item highlight next week!
In the week’s Centennial Master Plan feature, we’re spotlighting the goal of Resident Protection. This goal falls under the theme of Preparing for the Future. Thomas will share a sample action item from this portion of the plan. Any guesses to what goal we will highlight next week?!
The Centennial Master Plan has been adopted! Visit https://www.planuniversitypark.com/ for details about this resident-crafted roadmap for the future. Stay tuned in the coming weeks as City staff featured in this video highlight some of the plan’s Action Items!
Looking for ways to beat the heat during the last couple of weeks of summer?! Stop by the Holmes Aquatic Center or UP Public Library to stay cool! 😎
Some may say Williams Park is their favorite park due to the Pickleball Courts, the LOVE Sculpture, or the fountain and the pond, but it is UP Parks employee Mario’s favorite due to a sweet memory with his family. ♥️ We hope everyone is having an excellent National Park & Recreation Month!
July is Park and Recreation Month! We asked Johnny, Angel and Miguel from the Parks Department to tell us about their favorite parks in UP and they had some great answers! What park is your favorite?! 🌳
Officer Casana showing off his moves at the start of the Park Cities 4th of July Parade! Happy Independence Day, everyone! 🇺🇸
UPFD wants YOU to participate in our Chalk One Up to Fire Safety contest during Fire Prevention Week and ask your burning questions! For more details - https://www.uptexas.org/news-events/2021/fire-prevention-week-contest
SMU PD, University Park PD and Fire, and Highland Park DPS commemorated the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with a ceremony on Friday, September 10, 2021. Here is a video for those who would like to watch the ceremony. #NeverForget
If you live in the High School Parking District, don't forget to pick up your 2021-22 parking stickers! You can pick them up from Dispatch, located inside the 24-hour entrance at City Hall.
As promised in our post last week, here is a short video explaining the Caruth Park dredging process including some footage of the divers in action!
Park Cities July 4 Parade 2021
Did you catch the Park Cities July 4 Parade?! Here’s the beginning of the parade! We were so happy to be back this year! 🇺🇸
Utility Services - Water Bill Part III
Snider Plaza Tree Lighting 2020
Participate in the Virtual Town Hall!
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Coming to an alley near you! Atmos is in the process of replacing old gas lines that run through the alley. Understandable. When replacing the alley surface, however, not only is the contractor replacing the concrete they dug up with asphalt, the contractor is not even packing it down. Northstar just threw piles of asphalt over the holes and let the residents pack it down with their cars.
Is the City doing anything to quality control Atmos? Was throwing piles of asphalt down approved by the city? It’s a shame because the city spends a lot of money repairing our alleys, which encourages people to park in their garage instead of crowding our streets. I encourage the City to come down on this contractor like a steamroller.
Is the City doing anything to quality control Atmos? Was throwing piles of asphalt down approved by the city? It’s a shame because the city spends a lot of money repairing our alleys, which encourages people to park in their garage instead of crowding our streets. I encourage the City to come down on this contractor like a steamroller.
I understand our city has become the "Seattle of Texas" over the past month, however, the situation with the fields at Curtis and Caruth Parks, both baseball and turf, needs some thought. The fields seemed to be closed more often then they are open. The times they are open (June, July, August), no one is really using them, thus making the fields pretty useless. Either make the fields better, or resign yourself to repairing the damage periodically. A pretty field that is unused benefits no one. Most of us have a quarter of an acre at best and I personally need to bleed energy off my seven-year-old much like the space shuttle re-entering the earth atmosphere.
Got you!
Great day at Caruth! Snagged 13 fish in a row!
Just another reason why we love our community! THANK YOU, David Vartian-- City of University Park Sanitation Supervisor. You turned a mundane inquiry into a fun phone conversation. Your energy, caring, and authentically interested approach, is exactly what makes this community wonderful!
Good Sunday afternoon.. anyone in the market to purchase or sell a home reach out to Mandy Cole Real Estate she is awesome!
Please remind residents that it is past time, per City rules, for political signs to be removed.
City of UP,
On your website, Instead of telling residents to put their plastic bags in the trash, perhaps direct them to a site that that locates local plastic bag recycling bins. For example,
http://www.abagslife.com/find-a-recycle-center/
On your website, Instead of telling residents to put their plastic bags in the trash, perhaps direct them to a site that that locates local plastic bag recycling bins. For example,
http://www.abagslife.com/find-a-recycle-center/