Neighbors can be Skunks

I walked out on my porch a couple of months ago thinking I saw a neighbors cat on the porch. As soon as it brushed against my leg I noticed its tail was a little bit larger than normal. It turned out that a Neighborhood Skunk came by hoping for something to eat. It seemed sort of tame but I wasn't about to try to pet it. It didn't try to spray nor did it stink in anyway. After a free meal it went about its way.

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Pelican Bay City, TX Website

Pelican Bay City Council Meeting

City Council Meetings are usually held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM. The City Council dates, times and agendas are posted outside the City Hall.

Pelican Bay City Council Meeting, Tuesday, March 13

Pelican Bay City Council Meeting, Tuesday, April 10

Pelican Bay City Council Meeting, Tuesday, May 8

Pelican Bay City Council Meeting, Tuesday, June 12

1300 Pelican Circle

Pelican Bay, TX 76020

(817) 444-1234

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Tarrant County Tax websites

Tarrant County Tax website

Link: http://tax.co.tarrant.tx.us/

Tarrant Appraisal District

Link: http://www.tad.org/

Texas Property Tax Forms

Link: http://www.cpa.state.tx.us/taxinfo/taxforms/02-forms.html

TAD Tax Plat Maps

Click on the map to view a PDF file of the property Plat maps. You can also see a plat map at the city hall.

Link: http://www.tad.org/MapIndex/ndxd3.htm

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Pelican Bay Boat Ramp Closed due to Low Water Levels

The City of Pelican Bay which is located in Tarrant County, TX operates a boat ramp on Eagle Mountain Lake. Due to Historic low water levels, the boat ramp is closed. Check out the pictures we took on January 29th, 2006 to get an idea of how bad it is.

Why is the Eagle Mountain Lake water levels are so low?

Texas Regional Water District (TRWD) is constructing a 19.5 mile pipeline connection between Lake Benbrook and Eagle Mountain Lake which requires the lake level to be at historic lows.

Why is the Eagle Mountain Pipeline being built and where will the water come from?

The pipeline, which is scheduled for an early 2008 completion, is being built to meet the future water supply needs in rapidly growing northwest Tarrant County. The additional water will be pumped into Eagle Mountain Lake from TRWD’s two East Texas reservoirs, Cedar Creek and Richland-Chambers. Once completed, the pipeline will allow TRWD bring the lake as close to conservation level as possible by June 1 in order to meet high summer demands on its water supply system.

Will the City of Fort Worth pipeline at Eagle Mountain Lake allow more water to be pumped out of the lake?

Yes, but the increase will only be equal to the amount of water pumped into the lake by TRWD’s new pipeline from Richland-Chambers and Cedar Creek Reservoirs. By using this imported water from East Texas, the City of Fort Worth can meet increased water demands in rapidly growing northwest Tarrant County without exclusively using water from the watershed of the West Fork of the Trinity River.

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Eagle Mountain Lake, Texas

Eagle Mountain Lake Dam

EAGLE MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR. Eagle Mountain Reservoir, formerly Eagle Mountain Lake, is on the West Fork of the Trinity River just north of Lake Worth in northwestern Tarrant and southwestern Wise counties (at 32°53' N, 97°28' W). It is owned and operated by the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 to supply water to Fort Worth for municipal and industrial uses and for irrigation and recreation. Construction of the dam began on January 23, 1930, and was completed October 24, 1932. Impoundment of water began on February 28, 1934. The dam is 85 feet high and 4,800 feet wide, with an original spillway width of 1,300 feet. The crest of the service spillway is at 649.1 feet above mean sea level. The reservoir has a normal capacity of 190,460 acre-feet and a maximum capacity of 680,335 acre-feet; its surface area at normal capacity is 9,200 acres and at maximum capacity, 19,050 acres. A new service spillway was added in 1971 at a cost of $2,565,679. The drainage area of the West Fork of the Trinity River at Eagle Mountain Dam is 1,970 square miles.

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Pelican Bay City, TX Website

The City of Pelican Bay Texas now has a Web site.

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Our goal is to provide you with useful information about the small Texas City in Tarrant County of Pelican Bay. There is not currently an official web site for Pelican Bay, so we are trying to fill a need for the citizens.

Pelican Bay is a small community along Eagle Mountain Lake in the northwestern corner of Tarrant County and about seventeen miles northwest of Fort Worth. Other nearby cities include Azle, Reno, Sanctuary, Briar and Peden. The town was founded in the 1970s and incorporated in 1981. Local government consists of a mayor and city council.

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