Cancelations and Updates for Thursday, February 18

Here is the last information on City of Southlake program and meeting cancelations: 

City 

• All City facilities will be closed on Thursday, February 18. Residents are encouraged to utilize City e-services or contact the City by phone or form. 

• Republic Services has suspended its services for Thursday, February 18. They will assess again on Thursday to determine when it is safe to resume service. 
• Due to weather issues causing a disruption in electric power and internet services, the virtual February 18 Planning & Zoning Commission, Sign Board and Capital Improvements Advisory Committee meetings have been postponed to Thursday, February 25.  Due to weather conditions expected to improve next week these meetings will be held in-person at Town Hall in the City Council Chambers – 1400 Main Street. The Capital Improvements Advisory Committee meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. and the Planning and Zoning Commission/Sign Board work sessions will begin at 6 p.m. or immediately following the conclusion the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee meeting.  The regular Planning and Zoning Commission meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the Sign Board meeting following the conclusion of the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. 
• The City’s Building Inspection Division will not be scheduling or conducting any on-site inspections on Thursday, February 18. Virtual inspections for water heater replacement and HVAC will still be available. For updates on building inspection statuses, please visit the Building Inspections webpage or Customer Self-Service webpage. For questions, please call 817-748-8236 or 817-748-8237 during regular business hours. The department will be continuously monitoring weather conditions to determine when on-site building inspections can resume. 
• AARP Tax Aide canceled for Thursday, February 18. The Library is working to provide alternate dates. 

Parks and Recreation Programs 

• All parks and recreation programs have been canceled for the rest of the week. 
• The Tennis Center will be closed for the rest of the week. 
• Bob Jones Nature Center Forest Pre-School canceled for the rest of the week. 

Southlake Water System Update 

The water supply from Fort Worth has been constant but at a very slow rate. We expect this rate to increase as Fort Worth’s distribution system gets pressurized. Unfortunately, we do not have a specific time when their system will get pressurized and when the water rate increase will occur.  

We have established an emergency interconnection with Grapevine to help fill our tanks. We understand you want a definitive timeline, and we want to give you one. But we are unable to do so without a sustained flow of adequate water into our system. 

Electric Outage 

Tri-County Electric issued an update regarding the outage on their Facebook page. Tri-County Electric has requested members who are experiencing an outage of more than three hours to report it online at oms.tcectexas.com, through the member app TCEC Connect or by calling 817-444-3201. Tri-County prefers notification through the website or app because it is faster. 

Oncor has stated that they have continued to be directed to drop the power load to the grid through maintained, controlled outages. Oncor states they were able to restore some of the previously dropped power load and increased their capability to rotate some outages throughout the territory. However, even with this increased capability, they still have many customers who continue to experience extended outages.  

Please visit our winter weather page on www.ProtectSouthlake.com, the City of Southlake Facebook Page, and the Southlake DPS Facebook page for the latest information.