The Keller City Council agreed to join the Fort Worth Police Department’s TRIDENT Center, approved an economic development program agreement with HOPS Kitchen + Bar and discussed sculpture options for a roundabout at its Aug. 18 regular meeting.

TRIDENT: Keller will join several other municipalities across the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the Tactical Real-Time Intelligence, Detection and Enforcement of North Texas Center, or TRIDENT, a multi-agency real-time crime and data-sharing initiative run by the city of Fort Worth.

With the approval by Keller City Council, the Keller Police Department will join 14 police departments and the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office as part of TRIDENT.

Economic development program agreement: The city approved a Chapter 380 economic development program agreement with HOPS Kitchen + Bar, a Chinese steakhouse that is under construction at 200 Keller Parkway.

Roundabout art: Council also looked at options for a sculpture that is planned for a roundabout at Mt. Gilead Road and Bourland Road.

Tire Store Service Center opened its 13th Texas location in Texas in Keller at the end of July, a company representative confirmed.

The details: The company sells tires and wheels and also provides services like oil changes, alignments, state inspections, brake work, air conditioning service, mechanical repairs and towing, according to its website.

Tire Store Service Center is also the only tire store in Texas to provide a road hazard policy for free, according to its website. Valid on most tire purchases, if a customer gets a nail in a tire, hits a curb or something causes damage to the tire, the store would patch or replace the tire for free.

If the incident happens more than 50 miles away from one of the company’s locations, Tire Store Service Center will cover a portion of the replacement.

What else? Tire Store Service Center has locations in Denton, Bedford, Euless, Coppell, Saginaw, Cleburne, Bridgeport, Greenville, Bowie and Palestine. The company's headquarters is in Bedford, its website states.

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The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Board approved construction projects on Terminals A, C, D, E and F and road work near the Rental Car Center during the Aug. 6 meeting.

The projects are part of the DFW Forward capital plan, according to the airport website.

Terminal A:  A reimbursement agreement with American Airlines was approved for $6.5 million for construction of the Terminal A pier ramp space, part of the Central Terminal Area expansion. 

According to board documents, the work will include interior reconstruction for offices, ramp-level restrooms, a breakroom and renumbering the north part of Terminal as the north Skylink station.

A filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shows the project will encompass 51,000 square feet and has an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2028.

Terminals D and E: Vanderlande Industries, Inc., from Marietta, Georgia, will provide operations and maintenance service for Terminal E and a baggage handling control room operation for Terminal D. 

The $66.8 million has a five-year term and is set to start in October.