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wwwstar-tclegramcom 1 5B Monday April 14 2003 1 Star-Telegram A FORT WORTH I FROM IB Fort Worth to present preservation plan A city-appointed steering committee has scheduled hold a public meeting Tuesday night to get input on an updated preservation plan Input meeting Fort Worth's Preservation Plan Steering Committee is scheduled to host a public meeting at 7 pm Tuesday in the Lecture Hall at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Center 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd The committee hopes to receive input on the citywide historic preservation plan said is a preservation plan at City Hall but not good said Louise Appleman chairwoman of the steering committee trying to add to it so it offers more alternatives more options end the debate But we are moving in the right The recommendations fall into five categories: Historic resources survey and analysis to identify historic resources that are particularly significant for conserving Fort history and continue to update and expand the Tarrant County Historic Resources Survey City ordinances to modify city designation criteria to better detail what buildings or locations might be significant to consider designating conservation dis tricts and to replace the designation with a more detailed designation Incentives to promote federal tax incentives revise the existing historic tax exemption and establish a local revolving loan fund for historic preservation City policies and decisions to provide for the historic preservation officer to review all city projects that might adversely affect historic resources create a rehabilitation code for historic and older buildings and consider using historic buildings for any new public facilities Public education and communication to provide information on the benefits of preservation and the diversity of Fort history and to provide technical assistance to owners of historic properties regarding design review and designa- Municipal Court The new Arlington Municipal Court hours are 8 am to 5 pm Mondays through Fridays Appointments with a judge can be 'scheduled at 7:45 am or 1 pm Class misdemeanor citations can be paid by mail at Mail Stop 02-0100 P0 Box 90403 Arlington TX 76004-3403 or placed in the drop box in the Municipal Court lobby 200 Abram St Citations can be paid with cash a cashier's check a money order or a personal check If there is an active arrest warrant fines can be paid with cash a cashier's check or a money order Fines can also be paid with credit cards by calling (888) 604-7888 SOURCE: City of Arlington Street Theatre near the Cultural District and the Ripley Arnold public housing complex downtown The 7th Street Theatre a west-side landmark for 55 years was torn down in October after its new owners the nonprofit FPA Foundation deemed it too costly to renovate The movie house had been declared historically significant in 2000 RadioShack bought the Ripley Arnold property from the Fort Worth Housing Authority and began demolition this year The complex was eligible to be declared historically significant but that designation was not on the title when RadioShack bought it in October 2001 The purpose of the citywide preservation plan is to create agreement among public officials preservationists business leaders and others about protecting Fort historic resources officials tions in Municipal Court she said The fee has been collected since Sept 1 2001 Some residents say the reduced hours may make paying fines more difficult for people who work during the day Bernadette Aguilar 20 who usually works until 5 pm as a food server at a Mansfield restaurant managed to arrive at the court about 4:45 pm Tuesday She waited in line for about 30 minutes to pay a traffic ticket had no idea they were searched through ripped posters memorializing the World Trade Center towers Patsy Sutton expressed grief at the closing of a store she associated with her childhood in the same neighborhood is where we always put our layaways she said just moved from central Arlington to south Arlington but still partial to this Other big stores including Winn-Dixie grocers and Wickes Furniture also have pulled out of the Metroplex in the past few months Kmart struggled for years with weak earnings and customer complaints about shoddy-looking stores product shortages and poor service Analysts speculated as early as 1995 that the chain would file for bankruptcy An effort to refurbish stores and the addition of exclusive brands such as Martha Stewart housewares cant sites determining priorities and evaluating goals for historic preservation The recommendations for a citywide historic preservation plan are scheduled to be presented in a public meeting at 7 pm Tuesday in the Lecture Hall at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Center 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd this will lead us to a new era in what this community needs to be doing in the historical preservation Barr said Business leaders and preservationists have opposed each other in the past including over the recent demolitions of the 7th After Sept 1 the court plans to offer two new ways for residents to pay fines besides going to court or paying by mail Kocot said A 24-hour payment option is expected to be added to the Web site and payments by telephone will be accepted through an automated voice response system Both options will require payment by credit card for the full amount of the Fine she said The new payment options are funded by a $4 technology fee collected on convic been coming in here today trying to take all kinds of things Collins 18 might have unintentionally touched on one of biggest obstacles its inability to attract younger shoppers mom has been a longtime shopper here but she said Most of the 50 or so shoppers milling around tried on formerly pricey Italian-made sunglasses selling for $3 per pair Tags read $39 Employees said the store was scheduled to close at 6 pm but the lack of merchandise would probably lead them to close much earlier Bargains at the Pioneer Parkway location were more sporadic Big mens khaki shorts were $129 a pair An audio cassette tape of The Mwjic of General Hospital was also $129 and a commemorative videocassette of the Toronto Maple 1992-93 hockey season went for 88 cents A lone store security officer posted by the entrance began the shutdown process at about 3:30 pm Darin and Patsy Sutton pushed an empty cart around the Pioneer Parkway store giving 4-year-old daughter Catlyn a ride Kelsey 9 a 11 I M-GotiPn ii Pi urldriii' be able to do it after work than Purgerson said I have to Portland and Texarkana Customer Darin Sutton said he always preferred Kmart to Target or Wal-Mart been an icon for he said remember the Blue Light Specials with the cart going around in the store They used to sell pop By ANNA TINSLEY 'STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER FORT WORTH Historic buildings and sites in the city could be in danger of being forgotten or falling by the wayside without an updated citywide historic preservation plan But the challenge in developing such a plan is to balance the interests of preservationists with those who seek new development idea is to build broad community consensus about historic said Shajion Wasielewski the citys historic preservation officer will help us in the decision-making process when historic preservation issues come up in the future This makes historic preservation less contentious and more about steering committee appointed last year by Mayor Kenneth Barr has been reviewing historically signifi- CITATIONS Continued from IB dollar budget deficit has affected numerous city services forcing the elimination of two full-time and one part-time position at the court All four customer-service windows will remain open throughout the day she said we were going to reduce our services this was the least impact on the Kocot said KMART Continued from IB Kmart on South Cooper were announcing in that patented Kmart way that everything left was 90 percent off That included the one remaining flowery dress a size 8 and a single pair of thong underwear size large The Randol Mill store closed shortly before 3 pm and by 3:50 pm a handful of remaining employees were out front waving off approaching customers been with Kmart for nine said Cesar Rodriguez store manager at the Randol Mill store had a good ride with them treated me with great respect and I got a bad thing to say about Valerie Collins had worked at the South Cooper Kmart since Dec 8 On Sunday she checked out sunglass and calculator purchases two of the last products with any selection in the store people are sad but others really Collins said of the mood of shoppers on the last day a lot of people have vv Prni' Da! 817 3354837 for details wtiimmii 4 fj i 6 u'b Work NEWSROOM STAFF now to tion The steering committee expects to present the plan to the Landmarks Commission and the City Plan Commission before formally going to the City Council in July might help us to avoid having projects falling through the said Fernando Costa the planning director might make it easier to save older ONLINE: wwwfortworthgovorg planningconceptplanindexasp Anna Tinsley (817) 390-7610 atinsleystar-telegrainconi be back down Susan Schrock (817) 548-5475 sschrockstar-telegramcom corn and even live animals was a better environment It seemed like there was a bigger selection here at less Staff Writer Heather Landy contributed to this report Shirley Jmkms (817) 548-5565 syjmkinsstar-telegramcom Dallas Bureau Chief Lance Murray (972) 263-4448 lancemstar-telegramcom Photo Editor Gregg Ellman (817) 548 5402 gellmanstar-telegramcom Assistant Photo Editor Bruce Maxwell (817) 548-5409 bmaxwellstar-telegramcom Community Editor Kristi Payne (817) 548-5531 kapaynestar-telegramcom order: April 18 Grade Level' ZIP: Home Phone FAX: Purchase Order Visa Discover JAmencanExpress exp dale Zip doing this with their hours I probably would have showed up here at 5 pm and then I would have had to go Aguilar said Bryon Purgerson 36 of Arlington drove straight to the court to pay a traffic ticket after getting off at 5 pm from his job at a Fort Worth motorcycle company He said he works too far away to take care of his ticket during his lunch break rather see them move it from 9 to 6 because there are more people that would helped the company stave off bankruptcy but rivals such as Target and Wal-Mart gained strength using more efficient distribution systems to lower costs and offer consumers lower prices In May 2000 the company hired former CVS drugstore executive Chuck Conaway to rejuvenate the chain He gutted distribution network and offered incentives to store employees to encourage better service Conaway also cut back on advertising and tried to undercut prices mistakes that drove shoppers away at a critical time for Kmart Having lost the confidence of customers suppliers and lenders the company filed Chapter 11 in January 2002 Conaway and other top managers were ousted The company will keep about 20 stores in Texas including 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