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debris cleanouts.

We completed a long overdue slope and stabilization project along with road and bridge improvements on
Valley Lane and Averett Road last year. A complete rebuild of Collett Sublett Road, in addition to the needed

improvements to our neighborhood concrete streets, is also planned for the new fiscal year. We have also
partnered with Tarrant County Precinct 2 for FY 2024-2025 for additional road projects.

The long-awaited Safe Routes to School project finally began in June of this year. The city had originally
partnered with the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) in 2016 to improve pedestrian and bicycle

mobility in our community. The program focuses on providing children the opportunity to walk and bike to

school safely with the goal of also reducing vehicular traffic in the Delaney Elementary and James A. Arthur
Early Childhood Center neighborhood. The projected completion date will be announced as soon as possible.

We have been negotiating with Arlington Water Utilities this year to supply water and wastewater services to
the city. Negotiations are going well and we anticipate signing the agreement on August 20, 2024 for the

FY2024-2025 Budget. Updates will also be provided as information becomes available.

As a result of the 2023 Certificate of Obligation (CO) Bond, we were able to start the design and construction

on the T4 750,000-gallon storage water tank. The storage water tank is needed to continue supplying water to
our city and to help us meet state water pressure standards. The engineering design for the sewer line from the

Kennedale Texas Raceway to the Interstate 20 sewer and meter connector in Arlington is approximately 30%
complete.

Communications and Community Outreach

The communications team provides transparent, innovative, and creative information, alerts, notices and

advertisements to promote our mission, programs, events, and community-wide initiatives. Our vision is to
consistently create and distribute effective messaging that is recognized as the best, most accurate, and

dependable source of city information. This past year, the team created a new communications and social media

policy, new branding standards, and increased outreach which has resulted in a significant increase in
community participation at city events. As a result of the team’s efforts, it is estimated that attendance at city

events has more than doubled since the previous year.

In FY 2024-2025, we will partner with the Kennedale Youth Association (KYA) and the YMCA to improve

the availability of youth sports and activities in our city. We created a Recreation Department to encourage
better utilization of our parks and green spaces. The new department will provide scheduling, programming,

and recreation related services, as well as promoting the use of facilities and resources available in Sonora

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