Help Keep Crime off the Katy Trail

Dear Friends, Neighbors and Katy Trail Supporters:

As you may know by now, a developer has filed to open an outdoor bar/restaurant on the Katy
Trail at intersection of the Katy Trail and Fitzhugh. Like the Ice House, the bar will play music
and serve alcohol outdoors until 2 AM.
Like you, we are concerned that this bar will move crime, drugs, litter and noise to the Katy
Trail. We have good reason to worry. Violent crime in our area has increased 65% over the past
year, compared to only 5% in City of Dallas overall. In the FitzKaty area such crimes have tended
to cluster around the late night bars on Fitzhugh Ave; less than a block away from the proposed
bar on the Katy Trail.
Now is a critical time in our effort to keep the Katy Trail and our neighborhood safe and clean.
Only one major hurdle stands in the way for the bar developer from doing business on the Katy
Trail - the need for an alcohol permit from the TABC (Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission).
We need your help NOW to keep our community safe. Please:
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Sign our online petition at www.fitzkaty.org and then forward the link to 10 or more of
your friends and neighbors who want to keep the Katy Trail and our neighborhood safe
and clean. Please ask them to forward it to others as well. Our loud support of this
effort will send a clear message to the Texas alcohol granting authorities (TABC) that our
community strongly opposes a late night outdoor bar on the Katy Trail.
Submit a liquor license protest to TABC before Friday October 16, 2015. Youll find
TABC protest forms & instructions at http://tinyurl.com/ophnksx. Once complete, you
can submit PDF files via email to complaints@tabc.texas.gov or printed forms via fax
(817-607-2492) or mail (Arlington Regional TABC Office - Licensing and Enforcement,
Audit and Investigations Personnel, 2225 East Randol Mill Road, Suite 200; Arlington, TX
76011).
Contact Councilman Philip Kingston to express your strong opposition to a new late
night bar on the Katy Trail. E-mail him at (Philip.Kingston@dallascityhall.com) or call
him at 214-670-5415.
Attend the FitzKaty community meeting on November 9th. Councilman Kingston is the
guest speaker and will listen to community concerns and let us know what he is doing to
help us keep the Katy Trail and the FitzKaty community safe and clean. If you wish to
attend, just e-mail us at FITZatKATY@gmail.com to let us know. Well send you the
details of the meeting when available.
Sign up to be a FitzKaty Community Volunteer! To be effective in keeping our
community safe, we need of volunteers with skills in social media, community
mobilization, communications, data analysis, landscaping and knowledge of the
restaurant and bar industry and licensing processes. We also need volunteers to help
out with occasional tasks from time to time. To are able to volunteer, please send us a
note at FITZatKATY@gmail.com.
Have your HOA Board to officially support our efforts to keep the Katy Trail safe and
clean and prevent a late night bar from opening on the Katy Trail. If your HOA board

members need more information they can find more check out the information at
http://tinyurl.com/ophnksx or contact Ron Olson at FITZatKATY@gmail.com.
7. Mobilize your neighbors and friends to join our efforts. Please forward them this note
and if they need more information refer them to Key Points and other documents
located at http://tinyurl.com/ophnksx.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact us FITZatKATY@gmail.com.
Thank you for your support!
Eric G. Bing & John Wall
FitzKaty Community Co-organizers