Hurst City Council to consider non-hostile church takeover, etc.

by Chad Jones

At its upcoming meeting at 6:30 p.m. on July 8, the Hurst City Council will consider the following measures:

Blue Moose

Northeast Church (1313 Karla)

View Larger Map Only in America are there churches ugly enough to be seamlessly converted into frame assembly stores.

First, they'll look over Ordinance No. 2061, for the second time, which adopts a site plan allowing Blue Moose International, LLC to set up shop at the 1.192 acres located at 1313 Karla Drive.

In this case, Blue Moose is in fact not the chain of bar/grills but a company that makes (picture) frames. What's more, the location on 1313 Karla that Blue Moose will take over is the former Northeast Church of Christ. The company plans to make no changes to the building and has hinted at continuing to offer Sunday baptisms at discounted prices.

I want my ATM

Next, the council will consider adopting Ordinance No. 2062, which will plop a Bank of America ATM in the parking lot of the NE Mall (801 Northeast Mall Boulevard).

Time for T-ennis

In time for summer, the council will consider authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract for tennis court resurfacing services.

Since its reopening in 1998, Hurst's Tennis Center (701 Mary Drive) has had steady participation and revenue. Last year alone, the Tennis Center had over 19,000 participants, 8,600 court rentals, 7,300 league participants, 700 participants in the Junior Program, and hosted five (5) major tournaments.

As part of the regular maintenance of the Tennis Center, two of the ten courts are resurfaced each year allowing all courts to be resurfaced within five years.

City Hall lot facelift

And finally, the council will consider awarding a business a contract for City Hall parking lot reconstruction, which will include improved safety features like handrail and sidewalks--you know, things you need to enter a building.

To read the full meeting agenda, click it.

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You know, I've never understood this obsession with church structures/buildings.

There are some stunning examples of architecture around, beautiful works of art! When were were in Paris over the holidays in 2000, 90% of our time was spent wandering around in old churches. It was also very depressing seeing how much this artwork was being lost to pollution and neglect.

But I'm digressing.

Point I wanted to make: why do so many people feel that they MUST have a building to go to/ be in / use / to talk to their respective God or Goddess? Of course on the same vein, why would they need some intermediary (minister etc) to talk for them?

I've simply never understood this.