Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 27, 2000 Page: 1 of 16
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January 27, 2000 -
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Serving Sanger, Krum and the Lake Ray Roberts Area
Volume 101, Number 14
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Unlimited Tax Debt Service -
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PcfinitioM;
IF A Program:
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Gross Outstanding Debt Service
Less Slate Assistance (Tier III & IFA)
Net Outstanding Debt Service (Dirtrict’s Portion)
Stale of Teves program administrvd by the Texas liducation Agency that assists qualifying school
districts with debt service payments on debt obligations issued for instructional facilities. Limit on
assistance is $250 times average daily attendance for each biennium
is
$103,179
106.326
102 044
101.183
100,309
102.886
101,793
112,156
112,156
112.856
112.856
I 12,856
112.856
I 12.856
I I2.R56
112,856
112,856
112,856
112,856
112,856
112,856
I 12,856
I 12,856
I 12,856
I 12,856
I 12,856
112,856
112,856
S3,088 ,607
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20,725,950
14,519,477
6306,473
13 I,' 49
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Prrre ■!<*£«■
1<X) (X>%
70.05%
29.95%
E VALUATING THEIR OPTIONS
Sanger investor John W Porter
and his son, John R. Porter, are still
evaluating their options when it
comes to this house on the former
Double JP Ranch, which was
owned by Joe Powell. For now,
though, they plan to put a roof on
the building to keep it from being
exposed to the elements. Accord-
ing John R. Porter, they don’t have
a definite plan for the building, but
one of the things it could be used
for is an office building.
4 iwihmi of Sana
Sanger resident Sam Jones receives
the Sanger Beautification Board's
Make A Difference Award from Nelva
Higgs for his longtime recycling efforts
within the city.
Sanger ISD sets dates
for Open House events
The Sanger Independent School District
has scheduled Open House festivities at cam-
puses throughout the district.
Open House at Sanger High School and
Sanger Middle School will take place Monday,
Jan. 31. The high school Open House will be
held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and the middle
school Open House will be held from 6:30 p.m.
to 8 p.m.
The Open House at Chisholm Trail El-
ementary School will be held from 6 p.m. to
7:30 p.m And, Tenderfoot Primary School and
Clear Creek Intermediate School both will have
their Open House festivities Thursday, Feb. 3.
Open House at the primary school is
scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. and conclude at
6:30 p.m. Clear Creek’s Open Hobse is sched-
uled to commence at 6 p.m. and end at 7:30
p.m.
For more information about any of these
Open House events, contact the Sanger ISD
Administration at (940) 458-7438.
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Total
State
ABoiotanre _
$519,964
503,496
499,718
502,389
516,143
$18^721
517,627
511374
518.374
518.374
518,374
518,374
521,877
521,877
521,877
521,877
521.877
521.877
521.877
521.877
521.877
521.877
521.877
521.877
521.877
521.877
521.019
_______522,253
$14,519,477
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Net
Outstanding
Debt Service
$198,1 13
215.264
213.649
214,791
228,324
229,450
228,978
221.626
221.626
221.626
221.626
221.626
223.123
223.123
223.123
223,123
223,123
223,123
223.123
223.123
223.123
223.123
223.123
223.123
223,123
223,123
222,756
__223,284
$6,206^473
Fiscal
Year
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
201 I
2012
201 3
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
Total:
to Sanger, it would increase the school’s tax
base by $30 million to $40 million, he added.
But, Smith said, the city would be asked
to meet a long list of requirements set forth by
Wolski. Among those stipulations would be that
the View Road overpass be re-worked and that
water and sewer be brought to the property at
a projected cost of $600,000. The city may also
be responsible for building at least one road
on the property, but the city manager said that
the city could apply for Capital Improvement
Grants from the state to help fund road con-
struction.
The 4A directors and Smith discussed the
possibilities of gifting the land to the company,
so that conditions could be placed on the agree-
ment if the company decided not to locate to
the city for any reason. But, Smith said that
the first thing that had to be determined was
whether or not the board was interested in pro-
ceeding with discussions.
Currently the city’s 4A fund has approxi-
mately $125,(XX), which could be leveraged 15
times. But, Smith said that if the numbers don’t
work, it’s a ‘no-brainer’ as far as the city is con-
to the tract."
Cooke County Commissioner Bill Cox
said that construction will begin in the next
few weeks on a facility which will serve as a
mechanical shop. Proposals he received from
the company last year indicate that the track
will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and
that racing could draw as many as 3,000
people to the area.
Preliminary discussions also included
talk of using the track as a testing facility, but
he said he did not know if those plans had
changed. His overall impressions of the
motorsports park, however, is that it will have
a positive effect on the area.
Valley View Mayor John Fortenberry
agreed. Although the motorsports park will
be located in the city’s extraterritorial juris-
diction, he said that the town of Valley View
will benefit from the people who are drawn
to the events.
“My initial impression is that it’s a great
thing for this southern part of Cooke County,
It’s going to bring some growth to this area.
There’s no doubt about that. I suspect they’ll
have a permanent workforce of some sort,
and those people, obviously, will be looking
for housing.
“We’re at a crossroads right now from
migration from the D/FW Metroplex,”
Fortenberry said. “The area around Valley
View is skyrocketing from the number of
people moving into the area, and this is just
an addition to that activity."
Nevertheless, the town council has no
plans to raise taxes or institute impact fees in
preparations for the city’s growth, he said.
“We plan to operate business as usual, and
with open arms.”
FOSSIL HUNTERS - Tenderfoot Primary School students Zachary Dickens and Brianna
Loyd take part in a dinosaur dig Friday, Jan. 21 in a sandbox behind the school. The dig
was organized by pre-kindergarten teachers Molly Davis, Sandra Langford and Cherie
Mayfield as part of a study on dinosaurs.
Company to develop motorsports
park north of Sanger
Ishida Motor Sports Inc., a division of the
Keller-based Ishida Group, has formed a lim-
ited partnership called Valley View Crown
Partners Inc. and purchased 205 acres of land
north of Valley View in order to develop a
motorsports park.
According to Trevor Bond, general man-
ager of Isbida Motorsports Inc., the site for
the park is located nine miles south of
Gainesville on the west side of Interstate-35.
Plans for the park include a 2.5-mile road
course which will be used for racing sports
cars and motorcycles and the development of
land fronting 1-35 for motorsports-related com-
panies wanting to lease space near the track.
“We are in negotiations with the general
contractor for construction, trying to get
things worked out. We hope to start construc-
tion in the next couple of months and finish
by October or November,” Bond said.
"Since it’s a road course," he added, “the
asphalt has to cure a little bit before we hold
any serious races on it, so we probably won’t
open until 2(X)1.”
Ishida estimates that the project will cost
around $5.6 million to complete. The company
is planning to invest $950,000 and is counting
on the remainder to come from bank financ-
ing or private investors. One possible inves-
tor may be the Texas region of the Sports Car
Club of America (SCCA), which is interested
in the track because of its proximity to the
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. As things now
stand, amateur SCCA racers in Texas must
travel to College Station or Corpus Christi in
order to race.
Bond said that reaction to news of the
track has been very positive. “We’ve had a lot
of interest from different companies, race-ori-
ented businesses that may possibly relocate
tions on behalf of Wolski is recommending
that the company planning to open the distri-
bution center pay $2(X),(XX) toward purchase
of the land.
The question that City Manager Jack
Smith posed to the directors of the Industrial
Development Corp, is, “Do we want to spend
$1 million to entice a company to come here?”
According to Smith, Sanger has become
the top choice of a company which would like
to open the distribution center. The project
has been given the name “Operation Truck”
by Denton County officials and the city.
Smith told 4A board members what little
information he had about the company,
namely that it wished to build a 1.2 million-
square-foot facility, employed 600 people and
would have 1,200 car movements per day. The
average salary for employees is $10 per hour.
The company is a Fortune 1 (X) company
and is prepared to offer a capital investment
of between $30 million and $40 million.
“The county will give a 25 percent tax
abatement and has offered to pay the school’s
tax abatement since they cannot,” Smith said.
If the distribution center were to come
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cerned because it couldn’t afford it.
“You have to decide in your mind what this
business is worth,” said board member Carroll
McNeill. “And, do you want your town to go in
the direction of $7.50 or $10 an hour. Is that
what you’re looking for, or are you looking for
a more upscale situation? What are you look-
ing for your town?”
Board member Frank Ballard said, “Per-
sonally. if the numbers work out I’d be for it,
not because I’m in favor of giving big Fortune
100 companies money, but like the DFW Air-
port, that’s an economic engine that funds ev-
erything around it. Most of the jobs in this
country in the last 10 or 20 years have come
from small businesses, not from large busi-
nesses, and I think this will spur a lot of small
business growth in town, and that’s why I’d be
for it.”
According to action taken at Monday
night’s meeting, the city manager will check
with the state’s economic development com-
mission to see if the city can afford to finance
the project, and if so, the board will proceed
with negotiations.
Sanger police
chief to retire
Sanger Chief of Police Benny
Erwin has announced plans to retire
Monday, Jan. 31.
Erwin has worked in the Sanger
Police Department for 25 years. He
was named chief of police June 25,
1984.
A reception in Erwin’s honor
will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday at
the Community Center. 'Hie public
is invited to attend and extend their
farewell wishes.
Sgt. Curtis Amyx is expected to
take over as acting police chief until
a new chief is appointed by Sanger
City Manager Jack Smith.
Leos: !>eas:
Projected Existing Projected Existing
Tier IH Funding IF A Funding
(State Assists nee) (State Assistance)
$416,085
306,960
397,674
401,204
415,834
415.834
415.834
405,518
405,518
405,518
405,518
405,51R
409.020
409.020
409,020
409,020
409,020
409,020
409.020
409.020
409,020
409,020
409,020
409,020
409,020
409,020
408,162
___________409,397
________$11,430,870
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Sanger Independent School J>istrict
Outstanding Unlimited Tax Debt Ser’
Net of Projected State Funding
(1)
Gross
Outstanding
Debt Service
$718,078
718.760
713,368
717.180
744.468
748.180
746.605
740,000
740,000
740,000
740,000
740,000
745,000
745,000
745.000
745.000
745,000
745,000
745,000
745.000
745,000
745,000
745,000
745,000
745,000
745,000
743.775
________745,538
$20,725,950
St. 8 a m. to 4 p.m.
Sanger ISD Administration Builds
601 Elm St. 8 a m to 4 p.m.
Tenderfoot Primary School
404 Hugh* 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Clear Creek Intermediate School
1901 S. Stommons 5:30 p.m. to 7:30
Feb. 4,7 and I
Sanger ISD Administration Budding
601 Elm St. 8 am. to 4 p.m.
THE DEADLINE LOOMS: Early voting has begun and the Feb. 12 election date is set for the
Sanger ISD bond election to build a new high school. According to the chart above, if the
election passes, the Sanger ISD can apply to the state for additional funding which would
reimburse SISD for nearly one-third of the cost of its combined debt. The deadline to apply for
state assistance, however, is arriving quickly — June 15, 2000. For early voting times and
places, see the chart at left. The final public forum for those wishing to obtain more informa-
tion about the bond package will be held Thursday, Jan 27 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanger High
School cafeteria. The public is encouraged to attend the forum to learn more about the pro-
posed plans for the new high school.
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Mystery company eyes Sanger
By Lisa Hardy
Members of the Sanger Industrial Devel-
opment Corp, met Monday night and have
agreed to explore the possibility of funding
land for a distribution center whose identity
has yet to be released to city officials.
The property being discussed by the In-
dustrial Development Corp, is located on 356
acres of land north of Lois Road and east of
Interstate-35. The property was formerly
owned by Joe Skiles, a member ot the devel-
opment corporation’s board of directors, who
sold the land to Denton-area physician Dr. Ed
Wolski. The deal was set to close Wednesday,
so Skiles abstained from any action taken on
the property. Another board member, Vickie
Jenkins, was absent from the meeting, but a
quorum was present.
The Sanger Industrial Development
Corp., which oversees money collected by the
city's 4A sales tax, has been approached by
Denton County Judge Kirk Wilson and
Denton County Commissioner Jeff Krueger
to purchase 200 acres of land purchased by
Wolski for $6,0(X) per acre. The 4A board may
not have to foot the entire $1.2 million, how-
ever, as a consulting firm involved in negotia-
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Tier III Funding: The 76th State Legislature in 1999 created an additional funding tier ("Tier HI" or the "Program") to
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Sanger ISD Administration Building
401 Elm St. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m
Sanger Middle School Gym
508 N. 76 St. 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Jan. 28
Sanger ISD Administration Building
401 Sm St. 8 o.m. to 4 p.m.
Jan. 31
Sanger ISD Administration Building
401 Bm St. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sanger High School
10$ N. Berry 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Sanger Middle School
506 N. 7lh St. 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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Sanger ISD Administration Building
401 Elm St. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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vnisnown ircHi Elementary ocnooi
512 N. Keaton 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Sanger Indian Gym
207 Acker St. 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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