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32 people apply for gas advisory board
By Chris Roark, croark@acnpapers.com
Fresh off the Independence Day holiday weekend, the Flower Mound Town Council’s agenda Tuesday will be a light one with just one item.
But the results of the one item could be crucial for the future of gas drilling in Flower Mound.
The council is expected to consider appointments for the oil and gas advisory board, which members of the council want to create to help review the town’s gas drilling ordinance, as well as other facets of drilling.
Mayor Pro Tem Al Filidoro said there were 32 people to apply for the board. He said in addition to the 12 members, the council will also likely appoint four alternates.
“That’s a great number,” Filidoro said. “That continues to reflect the high degree of interest our residents have in this issue. It doesn’t surprise me when we have a record turnout in the May election and then we have a high number of people apply in June.”
Filidoro added that several other people expressed a desire to be on the advisory board but that they couldn’t because of other commitments.
The gas board was one of the components of an ordinance passed by the council June 7, which also included a 180-day moratorium on permits for certain oil and gas pipelines and natural gas centralized collection facilities (CCFs).
The ordinance came from an effort by the Flower Mound Cares Petition Association, which presented a petition of 5,642 signatures to the former town council March 31 calling for the moratorium.
When the proposed ordinance was presented to the previous council, the majority of the council voted to put it on the November special election ballot. But following the May election that shifted the council’s power, the new council opted to approve the ordinance.
The moratorium and advisory board demand stemmed from a decision from the previous council in January that added the definition and use of a centralized facility by component piece (gas lift, gas compression and produced water) as a specific use in the agricultural zoning district.
Those who support the CCF definition and use say it provides a safer process for handling the produced water associated with gas drilling and a more involved process for applying for a permit to have a CCF.
Those who oppose it say it brings Flower Mound one step closer to having contaminated water in populated areas of town.
The following are comments from the readers.
In no way do they represent the view of Starlocalnews.com
In no way do they represent the view of Starlocalnews.com
whatajoke wrote on Jul 9, 2010 10:44 AM:
" I'm wondering....does the mayor of Flower Mound ever have anything to say? It seems anytime I pick up a paper, watch a news brief, read a blog, etc....the grand puppet master is always the one commenting. It's hard to trust the mayor when no one ever hears anything from her! "
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