March 16, 2020: Mayor Ron Jensen has issued a proclamation declaring a local state of disaster and, operating under the Order of Dallas County regarding COVID-19, in order to help slow the spread of the virus, the city of Grand Prairie will:
- Close the Summit Active Adult Center March 14 for two weeks or longer; nutrition program meals will be offered in a modified manner while the center is closed
- Close The Epic March 14-22
- Close Recreation Centers, Kirby Creek Natatorium March 14-March 23
- The Ruthe Jackson Center and Uptown Theater will review events on a case-by-case basis and cancel or reschedule, as needed, in accordance with the Dallas County Order
- Close EpicWaters March 16-20, no pre-sale tickets
- Close Grand Prairie Libraries March 14-22. Use our Virtual Library online, or Main and Warmack are offering Curbside Service and will bring your book-on-hold out to you. See www.gptx.org/library for details.
- Close Veterans Event Center March 14-29
- Close PlayGrand Adventures March 14-22
- Postpone Mayor’s 5K No Frills & 1 Mile Chase the Chiefs
- Cancel Main Street Fest, which had been scheduled for April 17-19
- Cancel Easter Eggstravaganza, which had been scheduled for Saturday, April 11
- Cancel Egg Swim, which had been scheduled for Saturday, April 11
- Cancel Mayor’s Community Table scheduled for Thursday, April 30
To view latest updates of affected recreation facilities, events and programs, please visit: grandfungp.com/coronavirus/
- City Hall and City Departments
- Water Bill Payment Office
- Police
- Fire
- Prairie Paws Animal Shelter
- Garbage and Recycling collection
- Landfill
- Airport
- Grand Prairie Memorial Gardens
- Public Open Air Parks
- Golf Courses
- Tourist Center
- Lake Parks
City of Grand Prairie Executed Gathering Order
The City of Grand Prairie Emergency Management Director issued an Executed Gathering Order effective as of Friday, March 13, 2020 and continuing until 11:00 a.m. on March 20, 2020.
Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency
The Dallas County Order is effective from 11 a.m. March 13 to 11 a.m. March 20 and may be extended if necessary. The order:
- Prohibits community gatherings of 500 persons or more
- Strongly recommends canceling, rescheduling, or not attending events with more than 250 persons
- Strongly recommends cancelling gatherings of more than 10 high risk people
Dallas County Health and Human Service Hotline
Inquiries from the general public may be made to 972-692-2780 between the hours of 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM, Monday – Friday. For information about testing, please call your doctor and/or access care the way you usually do. If you need help finding a doctor or accessing medical care, call 2-1-1 and they can direct you to low or no cost providers in your area.
West Townhouse Lane is now open following repairs done by the City following a major water leak a few weeks ago.
As you can see from the photos below, the City has replaced a large area of the street with concrete, including the water drainage channel like it had before.
The City says they will be pouring concrete tomorrow, February 29th and the street will reopen on Monday at 10 AM. In the interim, the street is blocked completely and those who live on West Townhouse in the work zone will not be able to get to their carports until the repairs are completed.
We are sending out 2020 Election Packets later this week for the upcoming Annual Meeting on Friday, March 27, 2020 at the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport conference room, located at
3116 S Great SW Pkwy, Grand Prairie, TX 75052.
Map below:
Painting season is upon us again, and this year we are painting the single story units starting at 31 – 45 West Townhouse Lane and continuing on the South side of the double drive (West Mountain Creek Drive) all the way to Belt Line Road. This will include 2 thru 84 West Mountain Creek Drive (even numbers only).
As usual, we will pressure wash the buildings and do necessary repairs prior to painting.
Sometime over the weekend, the City returned and packed in more dirt into the street and removed the barricades. The street is fully passable now The Director of Public Works emailed me and said that they will be back out in the next few weeks to do a permanent repair of the street.
Here is what it looks like now:
Below are photos if the repairs done on West Townhouse following the massive water leak on Monday.
This is the repair done sometime late Monday evening, after the City repaired the 6″ line:
This is the second repair made after they removed the asphalt from Monday:
As you can see from the minimal space to get past this repair,cars/trucks are having to drive over the grass to get through. Problem is, there is a fire hydrant right behind the fence, about a foot from the tire tracks. I have addressed this concern with the City and I am not sure how they will respond to it.
Until the street is properly repaired, the City may block off that section so residents will have to access that end of the street from W Mountain Cree Drive (the double drive). I will keep you advised once I hear more.
We have a water leak on West Townhouse Lane, in the middle of the street. It is a 6 inch line feeding the fire hydrants, so there is a lot of water coming out. The City has been notified and we are not sure when they will get this fixed. Below are photos of the leak area, which looks like a river.
For the past week or so, we have had sewer pumper trucks cleaning out the main lines on both sides of the property. Usually, they are TRA (Trinity River Authority) trucks, but the last few trucks are from a company called AIMS. The one shown below is on East Mountain Creek Court and Warrior Trail. Not sure how long they will be working on the East side.
