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Davis to join Highland Village mayoral race
By Chris Roark, croark@acnpapers.com
Patrick Davis, who has served on the Highland Village City Council for two terms, has announced his intentions to run for mayor.
Davis will be joined in the race by fellow Councilman Bill Irwin, who announced in late December that he is running for mayor. Scott McDearmont, the current mayor, announced in December that he will not seek re-election.
Davis said he is willing and ready to handle the responsibilities that come with being a mayor.
Davis notes several ways he stays in touch with the community, including attending Denton County Precinct 3 monthly meetings, the North Texas Regional Transportation Council and the North Texas Council of Governments meetings and area chamber of commerce events.
Davis said he also attends Highland Village Business Association events and grand openings. He said he has been to Austin on Denton County Day and has also participated in a Denton County, Washington D.C. fly-in to raise awareness of regional issues on the national political scene.
He added that he has never missed a council meeting or a board of adjustments meeting in four years of combined service.
As far as his vision for the city, he notes several upcoming issues that will be key to follow, specifically transportation issues.
"There are things we can do to help the Denton County Transportation Authority," Davis said. "We have a station here in Highland Village, and we want to grow the ridership."
The future expansion of Interstate Highway 35E is another issue that will impact the city.
"The plan is to use Copperas Branch Park for a staging area," Davis said. "And we want to make sure that we're fairly compensated for any loss of use of that park."
Other issues include parks and recreation, such as the design and development of Double Tree Ranch Park, a 37-acre area that is expected to include soccer fields, trails, a picnic area and more.
"It's an important area because this is 37 acres with a lake and protected waterways," Davis said. "It can be a real nice area for our residents."
He also said the parks and trails master plan will be a big issue, including the completion of the trails system in the Castlewood subdivision.
"I want to get us through what we already have on the plan before we start adding on to it," Davis said. "I don't want us to get diverted from what we already have planned."
Other goals include working for directional horns at the railroad crossing on FM 2499, as well as maintaining the strength of the city's emergency response, which he said has contributed to Highland Village being named the Safest City in North Texas for 10 straight years.
Davis said he also hopes to continue the strong working relationship between the city staff and the elected officials, as well as maintain a budget that hasn't required a tax increase in 17 years.
Davis recently retired as a middle school science teacher. He was a founding member of the Lewisville ISD Drug Task Force Enforcement Committee and was on the Lewisville Education Foundation.
Before that, he spent 30 years in business, holding executive positions that put him in charge of $1 billion in sales revenues for a Fortune 500 company.
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