The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 150, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 30, 1988 Page: 1 of 100
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poses no danger,
local officials say
State says Maun wrong
to delay tax statements
Planning commissioners
review development rules
Collin County Tax Assessor
Collector Ken Maun had no authori-
ty to delay mailing property tax
statements, according to an opinion
Allen firefighters, from left, Michael
Hagood, Mike Stiles and Terry Paschal
use a variety of tools in an exercise at
Fire Station No. 2 Tuesday. The firefigh-
ters used a section of a wooden beam to
simulate extricating an accident victim
collector. Nothing in the section
provides or implies that the
assessor-collector is authorized to
determine the validity of the tax
rate or of the county contract.”
Commissioners have maintained
that the county correctly followed
County Judge Bill Roberts said
the law allows the commissioners to
appoint the person of their choice to
calculate the effective tax-rate.
year’s campaign was a triumph for
the city. The local non-profit agency
provides free food, medical help and
other services to needy area resi-
dents and obtains three-fourths of
its funding from the United Way.
“It’s wonderful. I think everyone
involved did a great job. Businesses
as well as individuals in the town
came through for us by showing
violated the state purchasing act in
ordering the printing of the tax
statements.
According to the opinion, the law
“makes no provision for discretion
on the part of the assessor-
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employers.
The remainder was collected
from other local business and indivi-
dual contributions.
This year’s campaign is especially
encouraging to United Way workers
because last year’s campaign was
not so successful. The 1987 goal of
$75,000 was not met; only $63,524,
or 84.69 percent of the goal, was
raised.
Gene Davenport, assistant chair-
By ANNETTE DWYER
Harte-Hanks News Service
By TERI BISHOP
Staff Writer
By TERI BISHOP
Staff Writer
By TERI BISHOP
Staff Writer
The Allen Planning and Zoning
Commission on Thursday began its
review of the Allen Subdivision
Ordinance.
Commissioners discussed gener-
al areas that may need reform,
including street drainage regula-
tions, driveway and curb width
regulations, sewer and water line
specifications, and building codes.
However, no specific regulations
were discussed and no action was
taken by the commission.
The commission plans to review
the ordinance over the next few
months to identify problems that
may be present and revisions that
need to be made. Some revisions
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made a great effort to get the infor-
mation to the people; this was as
much an information campaign as a
money-making one,” Davenport
said.
McCarty, this year’s United Way
campaign chairman, was not avail-
able to comment on the campaign’s
success or how it will affect future
campaigns.
Brown-McDaniel, executive
director of Allen I&R, said this
The 1988 Allen United Way
campaign netted $81,600, 123
O percent of its $66,500 goal.
The campaign, which ran from
Aug. 30 to Oct. 27, included about
$39,000 donated by employees of
DLM, Inc. and about $33,500
donated by employees of InteCom,
Inc., two of Allen’s largest
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reported only a few areas contained
asbestos. AISD plans to remove
that asbestos during the Christmas
holidays.
One area of ceiling texture at
Rountree Elementary contains
some friable asbestos, and some
wall tiles in wash areas of kindergar-
tens at Reed, Boyd and Rountree
elementaries also contain some
friable asbestos.
However, these areas present no
danger because the friable asbestos
is encapsulated, said Superinten-
dent Gene Davenport.
Asbestos presents a serious
health hazard only when it is in a
friable, or crumbly, state, according
to the federal Environmental
Protection Agency.
The friable asbestos in Roun-
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Allen and Lovejoy school
districts’ facilities are virtually free
of asbestos and pose no danger to
teachers and students, officials say.
After a preliminary inspection of
Allen Independent School District,
facilities, Maxim Engineers, Inc.,
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Because the asbestos is present,
however, the district is required by
federal regulations to have it
removed, Davenport said. The
asbestos in each area will be
removed by trained personnel
during the Christmas holidays, he
said...
“I think it is important for people
to know that the asbestos present is
of no danger to anyone,” Davenport
said. “If there was any danger at all,
we would have it removed right
away, but the engineers recom-
mended waiting until the holidays
when no one will be around.”
When dealing with federal regula-
tions, Davenport said, the school
district must be precise in its
compliance.
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who had been thrown through the winds-
hield of the car. Allen firefighters got a
chance to practice with different devices
and demolished three junk automobiles
brought to the fire station for the
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The retail atmosphere here is
critical to Allen’s development as a
community, according to U.S.
Chamber of Commerce representa-
tive Mike Klickman.
Klickman, marketing representa-
4 tive for the Dallas branch of the
chamber, said his experience as a
businessman has taught him that a
city and its retail developers must
work together to build a strong
business climate.
He made his comments on the
Allen retail business climate after a
speech last month to members of
the Allen Chamber of Commerce.
“Retail business is dependent on
m the environment in which it oper-
“ ates,” Klickman said. “Retailers
can’t afford to ignore what’s going
on around them.”
Most retail development in Allen
is small businesses; about 85 to 90
percent of all businesses here are
locally owned, Klickman said. This
presents many problems for busi-
ness owners and potential custom-
ers alike, he said.
“One of the biggest problems
O small businesses face is competition
from the larger Metroplex busines-
ses,” Klickman said. “Small
businesses don’t have the ability to
keep a large inventory like larger
ones can, so small businesses are
forced to sell their products at high-
er prices.”
Large Metroplex businesses,
especially franchise department
stores, buy products in such a large
e quantity that they are able to sell
• the products at lower prices, he
said.
Limitations imposed on small
businesses by a local market can
also cause problems for them,
'Klickman said.
“Small business owners have to
live with a certain amount of uncer-
tainty,” he said. “Often they don’t
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“We will follow the letter of the
law stringently,” he said. “We want
to meet the EPA’s standards and be
clean of asbestos.”
The majority of the asbestos
found was in older portions of
district facilities, Davenport said.
The district has four elementary
schools, one middle school and one
high school.
In October 1987, the EPA
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RAINFALL: October rainfall Opinions/Columns
through Wednesday totaled .6 of an Schools
inch, including .15 of an inch Movies, TV
Thursday night and early Friday County
morning, according to Big Daddy Religion
Summers, local weather observer. Comics
So far this year, Allen has had 26.7 Lifestyles
inches, about 4 inches less than the Sports
average 30.07. The average date Classifieds
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will be mandatory because of new
state subdivision regulations.
Review and revision of the subdi-
vision ordinance should be
completed by the first of next year,
according to Development Coordi-
nator Tom Keener.
The commission will continue
review of the ordinance at its next -
regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Nov.
10 in the City Council Chambers,
One Butler Circle.
In other business, the
commission:
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13 regular meeting.
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WEATHER: The National Weath- for the first freeze here is Nov. 21,
er Service forecast for Saturday but “sometimes it comes sooner,
calls for a 20 percent of showers, sometimes later,” he said. Nov. 3
with a high in upper 60s and south- or 4 is about the earliest, Summers
east winds at 10 to 15 mph. The said.
forecast for Sunday through Tues- TIME CHANGE: Residents
day includes a chance of showers should set their clocks back one
on Sunday and partly cloudy skies hour when going to bed Saturday
on Monday and Tuesday. Lows will night to reflect the end of daylight-
be in the 50s, and highs will be in saving time.
the 70s.
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Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a
series examining retail development
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tree’s ceiling is encapsulated by approved regulations that require
paint, so there is no way to punc- school districts nationwide to hire
ture it and expose the asbestos to engineers to conduct inspections for
anyone, he said. The asbestos in asbestos-containing material.
the wall tiles is on the back of the Under the EPA guidelines, if
tiles and is encapsulated in a sheet asbestos hazards are found by engi-
of vinyl on the wall; so there is no neers in buildings in any district, an
danger of the asbestos being asbestos management and removal
exposed in these areas either, he
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man of this year’s campaign, said Commitment from the leadership
the 1988 total, $15,100 above the team, composed of City Manager
goal, was an all-time high for Allen. Jon McCarty, Stacy Brown-
“It just goes to show that a lot of McDaniel of Allen Information and
growing and understanding of the Referral, Darlene LaCroix of
need for United Way support in this Travelworld, Jim Evans of Texas
town has taken place,” Davenport American Bank and other local
said. “The need was made known to volunteers, was the deciding factor
the people, as much information as in the success of the campaign,
possible was circulated and, there- Davenport said.
fore, our goals were met and “Everyone on the leadership
exceeded.” team did a tremendous job. They all
from the State Property Tax Board all procedures to prepare and mail
delivered to county commissioners the statements.
Wednesday. But Maun said the opinion only
But Maun, citing information confirms that Parker, appointed by
included in the opinion, said irregu- the commissioners to calculate the
larities in preparing the 1988 state- effective tax rate, does not have the
ments could be used as a defense by authority to do so under the state’s
property owners to not pay their “truth in taxation” laws.
taxes. If any property owner files an
The opinion, in response to an injunction against the county before
Oct. 11 letter to the board from the statements are mailed out, “I
County Auditor Pasco Parker, said would cease any work or prepara-
only a property owner, and not the tion on 1988 taxes,” Maun said. “If
tax collector, could take action to the tax process is not followed in
delay improperly prepared accordance with the law, this fact
statements. may be used as a defense against
The letter asked if the tax collec- the payment of those taxes.”
tor could delay or refuse to mail the Maun said the same defense
statements on one of two grounds could be used by those who owe
— that an unauthorized person had delinquent taxes from 1986 and
calculated the county’s effective tax 1987, which he believes were also
rate, or that the commissioners had improperly prepared.
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Warnken, Mark. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 150, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 30, 1988, newspaper, October 30, 1988; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1531339/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Allen Public Library.