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Heights Family Aquatic Center will open tomorrow through Monday, noon-8 p.m., for Memorial Day Weekend. The Aquatic Center will then reopen Saturday, June 3 for its regular summer schedule along with the City’s neighborhood pools: Canyon Creek, Cottonwood, Glenville and Terrace.

Due to the Memorial Day holiday, there will be no City Council work session or meeting May 29. The City Council will next meet Monday, June 5 beginning at 6 p.m. 

Newly re-elected City Council Member Arefin Shamsul has been chosen by his peers on the Richardson City Council to serve as Mayor Pro Tem for the 2023-25 City Council term. The vote took place at the May 22 City Council meeting. Shamsul represents Place 6 and has served on the City Council’s Education Committee and Retail Committee.

Eighteen employees from Public Services gathered at Huffhines Park this week to compete in the City’s Heavy Equipment Rodeo as part of National Public Works Week, May 21-27.

In observance of Memorial Day, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has announced the following schedule changes: 

Join Dialogue Institute Dallas for a fun Turkish culinary class that explores one of the many cultures that make up Richardson, in celebration of Richardson’s 150th anniversary. Attendees will make Hasan Pasha meatballs, oven baked pasta, Sheppard’s salad and Kunefe with ice cream.  

The June 2023 issue of Richardson Today will be mailed next week and should start arriving in mailboxes by next weekend.

As part of DART’s SilverLine project, Waterview Parkway will be reconstructed adjacent to the SilverLine corridor (between Synergy Park Boulevard and Frankford Road). A full closure of the southbound lanes will be in place from May 30-July 7, weather permitting. During this time period, the northbound lanes will be converted to allow for two-way traffic.  

Vote to decide which flavor of Tongue In Cheek ice cream best represents Richardson to celebrate the City’s 150th anniversary.

The left lane of northbound Jupiter Road extended 500 feet south of Springpark Way, and both left turn lanes of southbound Jupiter Road onto eastbound Springpark Way may be closed to traffic at all times beginning Tuesday, May 30 as pavement replacement takes place after a gas leak repair. The work is expected to be complete by early June.  

Enjoy live rock/pop music from Matthew Show (May 26) and Jade Nickol (May 27). Tables and chairs are provided, and lawn chairs, blankets, picnics and dogs are welcome.