If you or someone you may know has an interest in being a charter member of Melissa's own Rotary chapter, please call J.J. Chapa at 972-254-2011 for time and dates of our meetings.
Anyone (male/female) is eligible to join our chapter.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Office suites in Melissa, Texas
Do you know someone that is wanting a small office in the Melissa area? Currently there are only large retail shopping strips in Melissa. There will soon be an office suite that will allow executive styles suites with many professionals sharing the cost of a large office space. Two of the four suites are already leased so pass this information on and have anyone that is interested call J.J. Chapa at 972-254-2011.
Friday, January 9, 2009
City approves contract with CodeRED
MELISSA MINUTE
DECEMBER, 2007
City Council Approves Contract with CodeRED, Weather Warning
What if an emergency situation arose in Melissa and all or portions of the city were affected?
How can people be notified? The City has implemented a new tool called CodeRED, an
emergency notification system capable of placing up to 60,000 telephone calls per hour. A
pre-recorded message will be delivered telling residents and businesses about the situation
and what action needs to be taken if any. When a situation arises in Melissa, City staff will
turn to the Internet and the CodeRED mapping tools to designate a call area based on addresses.
With the push of a few buttons, a pre-recorded message describing the situation
will be delivered to a live person or an answering machine in the affected area, possibly including instructions requiring action on
the part of the recipient. CodeRED is a geographical based system where street addresses are needed to select the telephone numbers
that will receive emergency notification calls. A calling database has been supplied by Emergency Communications Network
with the best known phone numbers for the addresses in Melissa; however this calling list does not initially contain unlisted or cellular
telephone numbers. Beginning in January, residents and businesses may add their numbers to the calling database by
clicking on the CodeRED icon on the City of Melissa website (www.cityofmelissa.com) and following the instructions. No one
should automatically assume his or her telephone number is included. All businesses should register, as well as all
individuals who have unlisted phone numbers, those who have changed their phone number or address within the last year and
those who use a cellular phone as their home phone. The system works with cellular phones but requires a Melissa street address.
People who have recently moved to the City but kept the same listed or unlisted number will need to input their current address
into the database. When entering information, please fill out all of the screens. The newest data entered will replace the old data.
CodeRED will be used for emergencies or disasters that might call for action like evacuation, sheltering in place, or boiling contaminated
water, but may also be used in situations that are non-emergency related. For more information about CodeRED, call
the City at 972-838-2338.
Quick Facts
• CodeRED and Weather Warning are both mass notification
tools.
• CodeRED will primarily be used to disseminate emergency
information but may also be used to send general information
to the community.
• Weather Warning is an opt-in service where subscribers
will receive a message when the National Weather Service
issues an alert that may impact Melissa.
• BOTH SERVICES ARE FREE.
• CodeRED will deliver a database for use by the City. Residents
can enter their information to ensure the data listed
for them is accurate. Resident entered information will take
precedence over any other database.
• Opting in for the Weather Warning can be done while entering
information for CodeRED.
• The City will initiate any call from CodeRED, but the National
Weather Service will initiate any calls for those who
opt in to Weather Warning.
• CodeRED can contact a designated area of the City or the
entire City depending on the situation.
Weather Warning
Weather Warning is an early warning system designed to
deliver severe weather warnings to your telephone within
seconds after being issued by the National Weather Service
(NWS). Subscribers to Weather Warning service receive recorded
message alerts anytime severe weather threatens their
local area...24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Weather
Warning would initiate a call for 3 types of severe
weather: Tornado, Flash Flood, and Severe Thunderstorm
warnings. The system is designed to call each subscriber once
per hour (per event); even if duplicate warnings have been
issued. Weather Warning calls are only delivered for severe
weather WARNINGS. Weather Warning calls are
not delivered for severe weather WATCHES.
DECEMBER, 2007
City Council Approves Contract with CodeRED, Weather Warning
What if an emergency situation arose in Melissa and all or portions of the city were affected?
How can people be notified? The City has implemented a new tool called CodeRED, an
emergency notification system capable of placing up to 60,000 telephone calls per hour. A
pre-recorded message will be delivered telling residents and businesses about the situation
and what action needs to be taken if any. When a situation arises in Melissa, City staff will
turn to the Internet and the CodeRED mapping tools to designate a call area based on addresses.
With the push of a few buttons, a pre-recorded message describing the situation
will be delivered to a live person or an answering machine in the affected area, possibly including instructions requiring action on
the part of the recipient. CodeRED is a geographical based system where street addresses are needed to select the telephone numbers
that will receive emergency notification calls. A calling database has been supplied by Emergency Communications Network
with the best known phone numbers for the addresses in Melissa; however this calling list does not initially contain unlisted or cellular
telephone numbers. Beginning in January, residents and businesses may add their numbers to the calling database by
clicking on the CodeRED icon on the City of Melissa website (www.cityofmelissa.com) and following the instructions. No one
should automatically assume his or her telephone number is included. All businesses should register, as well as all
individuals who have unlisted phone numbers, those who have changed their phone number or address within the last year and
those who use a cellular phone as their home phone. The system works with cellular phones but requires a Melissa street address.
People who have recently moved to the City but kept the same listed or unlisted number will need to input their current address
into the database. When entering information, please fill out all of the screens. The newest data entered will replace the old data.
CodeRED will be used for emergencies or disasters that might call for action like evacuation, sheltering in place, or boiling contaminated
water, but may also be used in situations that are non-emergency related. For more information about CodeRED, call
the City at 972-838-2338.
Quick Facts
• CodeRED and Weather Warning are both mass notification
tools.
• CodeRED will primarily be used to disseminate emergency
information but may also be used to send general information
to the community.
• Weather Warning is an opt-in service where subscribers
will receive a message when the National Weather Service
issues an alert that may impact Melissa.
• BOTH SERVICES ARE FREE.
• CodeRED will deliver a database for use by the City. Residents
can enter their information to ensure the data listed
for them is accurate. Resident entered information will take
precedence over any other database.
• Opting in for the Weather Warning can be done while entering
information for CodeRED.
• The City will initiate any call from CodeRED, but the National
Weather Service will initiate any calls for those who
opt in to Weather Warning.
• CodeRED can contact a designated area of the City or the
entire City depending on the situation.
Weather Warning
Weather Warning is an early warning system designed to
deliver severe weather warnings to your telephone within
seconds after being issued by the National Weather Service
(NWS). Subscribers to Weather Warning service receive recorded
message alerts anytime severe weather threatens their
local area...24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Weather
Warning would initiate a call for 3 types of severe
weather: Tornado, Flash Flood, and Severe Thunderstorm
warnings. The system is designed to call each subscriber once
per hour (per event); even if duplicate warnings have been
issued. Weather Warning calls are only delivered for severe
weather WARNINGS. Weather Warning calls are
not delivered for severe weather WATCHES.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Friday, December 19, 2008
Melissa Community Comes Together To Support Family
Aguirre Fund Established At Melissa Bank
Early yesterday morning, Wednesday, December 17th, we as a community began to receive the regretful news that a beloved Melissa family was involved in a fatal car accident south of Dallas on Tuesday morning. More specifically, Stephanie Aguirre, a fifth grade student enrolled at Melissa Ridge Intermediate School, did not survive the accident. Stephanie's younger sister and father also sustained serious injury and remain under the watchful care of physicians in two separate local hospitals. Predictably, as word began to spread, the caring and supportive nature of the individual residents who comprise our community began to emerge. As a result, you may want to be aware that a support fund has been established for the Aguirre family at the Melissa branch of First National Bank of Trenton. Bank location and contact information is as follows:
1308 South Highway 121
Melissa, TX 75454
972-837-2800
For specific information about the fund or to learn more about how you may contribute, please contact bank staff directly at the phone number listed above.
Early yesterday morning, Wednesday, December 17th, we as a community began to receive the regretful news that a beloved Melissa family was involved in a fatal car accident south of Dallas on Tuesday morning. More specifically, Stephanie Aguirre, a fifth grade student enrolled at Melissa Ridge Intermediate School, did not survive the accident. Stephanie's younger sister and father also sustained serious injury and remain under the watchful care of physicians in two separate local hospitals. Predictably, as word began to spread, the caring and supportive nature of the individual residents who comprise our community began to emerge. As a result, you may want to be aware that a support fund has been established for the Aguirre family at the Melissa branch of First National Bank of Trenton. Bank location and contact information is as follows:
1308 South Highway 121
Melissa, TX 75454
972-837-2800
For specific information about the fund or to learn more about how you may contribute, please contact bank staff directly at the phone number listed above.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Melissa Texas is our home
Rarely, in the course of a persons history can they look back and pinpoint a great decision. Sometimes a decision may look good from one side, but on getting on the other side, the choice became bad. More often than not, our choices leave us scratching our heads more than anything.
The great deicisions are a rare thing. However, I can honestly say that moving to Melissa was one of the greatest choice my family ever made. The community is tight knit, the schools are good, the home values are strong and the development has been well planned.
I encourage you to come out and visit and let me give you a personal tour of our little community, in the thick of Texas.
The great deicisions are a rare thing. However, I can honestly say that moving to Melissa was one of the greatest choice my family ever made. The community is tight knit, the schools are good, the home values are strong and the development has been well planned.
I encourage you to come out and visit and let me give you a personal tour of our little community, in the thick of Texas.
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