Shady Shores Welcomes You

Welcome to the official Website for the Town of Shady Shores, Texas. Click on the links below to tour our site. We hope you will become a regular visitor.

The Shady Shores Community Event Committee Needs Your Help!

Join us Sept. 11 in welcoming the Texas Baptist Men Volunteers to Shady Shores. They will be in town for two weeks to construct the Activities Hall at the Shady Shores Baptist Church. If you can help by donating time, food, or paper goods, please contact: Mindy Grimes- onegoal@charter.net (940.321.3811) or Cindy Spencer – cspenc@centurytel.net (940.321.2411)

The proposed budget for fiscal year 2010 - 2011 is available to the public at the Community Center. Office hours are Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 2-5 pm.

Click here to be added to our e-mail list for notifications of upcoming town meetings and other events, or to provide us with your feedback about the website. Questions or input about your town government can be e-mailed to shadyshores@centurytel.net.

Shady Shores Road in Denton will be closed at the crossing starting June 14 and lasting six weeks. This will allow workers to make improvements to the crossing grade and install rail for DCTA’s A-train passenger rail. The A-train railroad will connect Denton to Carrollton and will provide another transportation choice in Denton County. For more information or to sign up for future e-mail updates, go to http://www.mya-train.com/construction-info/road-closures

The Lake Cities Library now has access to Learning Express. Click here to read about this new service to the community. It is a great resource for practice tests and study guides for a variety of professions, and for GED tests. Accounts can be set up In the library with any user name and password. Outside use requires a library card number. Summer reading club starts June 10. Click here for the brochure.

The Denton County Public Works department is working with Upper Trinity Regional Water District and has created 100 Vouchers for Household Hazardous Waste Disposal to be handed out on a first come first serve basis. Residents will need to pick up a voucher and to specify to which location they will take their items. We will be updating our websites as more dates are available. Click here to read the brochure which explains the program and gives recycling dates and locations. (updated 5/31/10)

Voucher pick up:

Denton County Public Works Department

The Mary and Jim Horn Government Center

1505 E McKinney St Ste 175

Denton TX 76209

940-349-3250

Click here for the Corinth Police Department's anonymous tip site. Corinth or Shady shores residents may use this site to notify us of any traffic problems, drug issues, or any other criminal related activity. They can choose to provide their information or they can remain anonymous.

Click here for road closure information related to A Train Construction in the Lake Cities/Denton area.

Click here for the answers to the Shady Shores Q&A quiz. Thanks to those who participated at the December Hello Neighbor Event, and congratulations to the winners. There was a three way tie: Patty Durkin, Tonya Myers, and Paula Woolworth.

Click here for the Army Corps of Engineers' Elm Fork Project Mowing and Underbrushing Permit guidelines.

Click here for the Army Corps of Engineers' requirements for the Habitat Management Zone between the water's edge and the Mowing and Underbrushing Zone.

If you are going out of town, click here to fill out a Vacation Watch form for the Corinth Police Department. Officers will check your residence while you are away and document the date and time they stop by.

Click on the Contacts link above for contact information for local services.

Click on the Agenda link above for meeting agenda and public meeting notices.

The Town of Shady Shores is governed by a council of 5 aldermen and a mayor. The town’s office hours are Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 2-5 pm at the Shady Shores Community Center, located at 101 South Shady Shores Road. Burn permits are issued on Fridays. The office number is 940-498-0044. Municipal Court is held the first Wednesday of each month. The Municipal Court business hours are 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, and 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday. The phone number for the Municipal Court is 940-498-0048. The town's e-mail is shadyshores@centurytel.net

If you have any questions or comments, please contact one of your elected representatives (see contact information below).

The Town Council meets on the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. The Planning and Zoning Commission meets on the second Thursday evening of each month at 7 p.m. Both meetings are held at the Community Center. All residents are welcome to attend. Click on the links above to review approved Minutes of past meetings, as well as the Agenda for recent and upcoming meetings.

Mayor	Olive Stephens	940-497-2202
Town Council:	Betty Brown, Mayor Pro Tem	940-321-4878
	Cindy Aughinbaugh	972-437-6862
	Polly Carter	940-321-9527
	Charles Grimes	940-321-3811
	Cindy Spencer	940-321-2411
Secretary:
Planning and Zoning Commission	Brad Andrus
	Elizabeth Nugent
	Susan Raabe
	Bill Roberts
	Roy Smith
	Tom Spencer
	Jonathan Tate

Please be aware that the installation of weather sirens to cover the Lake Cities area for weather alerts has been completed.