Reminders for October 2024: Emergency Warning System test first Wednesday (02 October 2024); register for emergency alert notifications via email, text and app; online City Services; current road construction; Willow Park water bill senior discount; City meetings; City events; Willow Park Civics updates.
Latest Update: posted 27 September 2024
• Note: Willow Park Civics is about Willow Park but is NOT associated with or managed by the City of Willow Park.
Reminder Monday
➜ Wednesday, 02 October, 2024
On the first Wednesday of every month, the ESD1 in Willow Park conducts a full test of the Willow Park outdoor siren warning system. At 1 p.m. you may hear about three (3) minutes of siren noise during the test.
Emergency Alert Notifications
• Willow Park Civics > City Safety Services
The Willow Park outdoor siren warning test is a good reminder to register for all local Emergency Alerts Systems available to Willow Park residents: Willow Park CivicReady AlertSense, CASA Radar Weather Alerts, and...
• Willow Park Civics > City Safety Services > Other Emergency Prep
Parker Co. Hyper-reach, Parker Co. Alert Center, ONCOR App and My ONCOR Alert texts, ERCOT TXANS, Federal and State Emergency Prep
Online City Services
• City of Willow Park's new communication tool, TextMyGov, Willow Park Civics, 23 July 2024
Floating at the bottom right of all the City of Willow Park webpages is info on the City's new automated communication tool, TextMyGov . Just send a new text to 817-458-3443 with the word "Hi" and you are on your way to information and answers about the City of Willow Park. Note: Willow Park Civics is about Willow Park but is NOT associated with or managed by the City of Willow Park.
• SeeClickFix, new digital portal to WP Public Utilities, Willow Park Civics Blog, 15 May 2023. SeeClickFix is a digital reporting tool for Willow Park Citizens to report trouble or issues with City public utilities.
• Important communications update: the City of Willow Park is retiring and replacing SeeClickFix with TextMyGov. Good news. Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 21 July 2024.
Good news for those in app-overload. This week, Willow Park Civics suggested two ways to contact the City of Willow Park about the City's Parks and Trails and other City services. In response to the WPC Blog, the City announced SeeClickFix, which requires an app, will be retired and replaced with TextMyGov, which only requires a simple text message.
• Monitor your City water usage in real time with Sensus portal, City of Willow Park Website, 08 February 2022
• Open Records Request, City of Willow Park, 05 December 2022. The City of Willow Park Gov QA portal for open records requests for City documents.
Current Road Construction
• WPC Blog > Willow Park Street Improvement Projects, Index
• WPC Blog > Street Improvement Projects, Phase One
• WPC Blog > TxDOT I20 Project through Willow Park, starts May 2023, 27 April 2023
Willow Park senior discount for Willow Park water bill
City Meetings
• 08 October 2024, Tuesday, 6P, Council, El Chico City Hall
• 15 October 2024, Tuesday, 6P, Planning and Zoning, El Chico City Hall
• Note: As of posting date, the City of Willow Park Homepage Calendar does not include the 22 October 2024 Council Meeting. However, during the 24 September 2024 Council Meeting, an agenda item was postponed until the 22 October 2024 Council Meeting.
• City of Willow Park Calendar. Note: The City of Willow Park is required by state law to post notice and the agenda of official city meetings at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance of each meeting. However, the City often does not post meeting notices on their homepage calendar, but only on the city's agenda webpage, three pages down in the website; check this webpage often for meetings and cancellations.
➜ Events
• Tuesday, 01 October 2024, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Kingsgate Park (890 Kings Gate Road)
• National Night Out in Willow Park, 01 October 2024. Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 10 September 2024
• National Night Out returns Oct. 1! City of Willow Park, posted 24 September, 2024
• Note: Events managed or sponsored by the City of Willow Park, not Willow Park Civics.
• Note: Sometimes these City events are not posted on the City's calendar, so check the Willow Park Civics Calendar for details and updates as the city provides.
Willow Park Civics
• Latest Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 20 September 2024
A compendium of Willow Park Civics weekly news summaries, that include all our Willow Park Civics Blogs.
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