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There will be a runoff election for City Council Position 5 on Saturday, December 11, 2021. Early voting begins Nov. 29 – Dec. 7. Early voting location close by is HCC on the Loop by Home Depot
Election day locations are Bellaire Civic Center, HCC on the Loop, and Burnett-Bayland Center 6200 Chimney Rock. Find your closest polling places at HarrisVotes.com
FY2022 COB Adopted Budget
FY2022 Consolidated Financial Statement
Tax Rate Remains $0.4473 per $100COVID UPDATES – Texas, Harris County, and Bellaire
As of October 1, 2021, Bellaire residents will lose the 15% discount on flood insurance
Mosquito Spray Program Information And here’s a “No Spray Request” for its citizens who do not want the spraying to occur near their home. Please click here for a “No Spray Request Form“
Brays Bayou Association News
BRAYS BAYOU ASSOCIATION MEETING
Monday November 15th at 7:30pm
Via Zoom – Link belowThe Dynamic Duo of HOWARD SACKS, Chair of Levitt Pavilion Houston, and BILL BURHANS, President of the Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy, will provide details regarding the $millions coming to Southwest Houston via the Kinder Foundation. The Willow Waterhole was constructed to be, and is, a vital component of the flood risk reducing Project Brays. That being said, its’ attractiveness as a multi-purpose 300 acre venue, is driving the quality of life and community enhancements from possibility to reality! The vision, and never ceasing effort, given to the transformation process is something never before seen in Southwest Houston. So tune in Monday night and hear about it all…Kinder Bucks, Trails, New Access Street and Parking, Levitt Pavilion….where does it stop or does it!
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One tap mobile +13462487799,,86195086447#,,,,*287188# US (Houston) New Bellaire High – Expected Completion in 2022
Construction on the new Bellaire High school began in 2018. The original building was demolished during the week of July 13-17, 2021. Find a Quick update here.The ne
w school was financed by the 2012 HISD bond election and completion is expected in 2022.100 Years of Bellaire History!
Click on the Trolley to view the Table of Contents for Lynn McBee’s history of Bellaire. Great information on your Home Town!And for a terrific photo history check this out: www.bellairebook.comLeft Overs From the 2016 Bond Issue
Spruce and Fifth Streets –
Now the subject of a lawsuit, the $3.2 million in contracts for this project called for completion by February 15, 2020. A drive through the area feels as though you’re in a rundown fun house. Here’s some background on this project.Houston Metro is planning a circulator routefrom the Gulfton area to the Westpark Transit Center. This C
enter also connects the Silver Line to the Northwest Transit Center.Bolivar – What has happened to this quiet tree-lined cul-de-sac?
At a cost of amost $2 million more in bond funds.!Our Environment
Recycling, organic gardening, less pesticides – all win/wins for our kids and our community. So are reusable bags!
Find informative articles here.No More City Of Homes?
According to the City manager and staff our longtime City logo, representing Bellaire as a City of Homes, will soon be gone, thanks to City Council and the $50,000 branding study. Read more here.
enter also connects the Silver Line to the Northwest Transit Center.
HCFCD – Brays Bayou Updates & New Flood Maps
Flood Issues – Insurance, Flood Elevations, Subsidence
HOUSTON A YEAR AFTER HARVEY: WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE NEED TO BE
Jim Blackburn, J.D. Professor in the Practice of Environmental Law, Rice University; Philip B. Bedient, Ph.D. Herman Brown Professor of Engineering, Rice University © 2018 by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University Read more here.Articles on Causes of Flooding in Houston
Brown study finds roadways, sidewalks helped cause flooding
Flood Expert Jim Blackburn: Houston Must Plan or Perish
What makes Houston so vulnerable to serious floods?
Houston’s Flood Is A Design Problem
Scientists in Houston Tell a Story of Concrete, Rain, and Destruction
Bellaire Flood Plain Elevation Map
Link to Harris County Flood Map (include your zip code)
Using a Flood Insurance Rate Map
FEMA Flood Map Service Center
How Base Flood Elevation is Determined
Find information on Flood Insurance here: https://www.bellairecivicclub.com/are-you-covered-up-to-date-on-your-flood-insurance/
FEMA: Substantial Damage/Substantial Improvement
Little FREE Libraries
You’ll find Little Free Libraries popping up throughout Bellaire. Loftin Park, Evelyn’s Park, Ware Family Park, plus private LFLs. “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.” – George R.R. Martin
Find Bellaire and West University News Here
Recent Posts
- High Level Endorsements For Andrea Ehlers!
- P&Z Wll Consider 3 PD Applications For The NBSDD, The Former Chevron Site
- City Council Election And More Possible Changes At City Hall
- A Few Of Bellaire’s Many Comprehensive Plans
- Trying To Deconstruct The Bellaire City Budget
- Board of Adjustment Variance Request For Southwest Corner of Bissonnet @ Loop 610 – September 23, 2021
- North Bellaire Special Development District Updates
- Loss Of The 15% Discount For Flood Insurance – How And When Did This Happen?
- How Are Things Going In The UV-D District?
- Any Thoughts On Short Term Rentals In Bellaire?
- Bellaire Church of Christ Requests Additional Parking Spaces For A Lot On South Rice
- Some Thoughts On The Orations By Members Of City Council Re The Proposed NBSDD
- UPDATE on Public Hearing Before City Council – Proposed Zoning For The Old Texaco/Chevron Property
- Bellaire City Library’s 70th Anniversary!
- The Parking Lot At 4300 Bellaire Blvd Will Soon Be Gone!
- The Next Step For SLS Properties (The Old Chevron Property)
- Another Last Minute Request For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars
- Bellaire’s Timeline For Water Service + CenterPoint Update 2-19-2021
- Update on NBSDD Public Hearing on January 14, 2021
- North Bellaire Special Development District – The Great Wide Open!
- Why Would Bellaire Pay Over $400,000 For Building Officials?
- The City Of Bellaire Is Now Dealing With Another Lawsuit
- Is Bellaire Ready For The Cost, Uncertainty Of Turning Over Wastewater Treatment To Houston And Demolition Of Our Wastewater Treatment Plant?
- No Logo, No Welcome Sign – Just A Parking Lot At The Main Entrance To The City Of Bellaire?
- A Semi-Brief History of Evelyn’s Park: 1908 – 2020
- HISD Baseball Field Layout and Conditions – November 2, 2020
- City Council in November: HISD Ball Fields, Bellaire Blvd Parking Lot, Debt Reduction, And A Search For A City Manager
- A Lawsuit, HISD Fields, Our WWTP.2, The Siemens Contract, And Evelyn’s Park. Good grief!
- September In The City! Our Wastewater Plant, The AT&T Property, The HISD Ball Fields, And The Bellaire Blvd Parking Lot!
- Another Developer Wants A Variance – For 1.99 Acres on Bissonnet @ 610
- What’s The Point Of Our Urban Village-Downtown?
- P&Z Hearing 8/13/20 – Update 9/4/20 – The Parking Lot At 4300 Bellaire Boulevard
- Not Interested In Bellaire’s Proposed FY2021 Budget? How About A $6 Million Dollar Dog Pound?
- A Primer on Bellaire P&Z: Updates, A 30 ft Minimum Height And A Zero Setback!
- Can We Just Stop This And Reboot? Save Our Businesses And Our Commercial Area?
- 51 Trees May Be Removed From The Gordon Elementary Campus
- A Status Construction Owner Spoke At City Council
- City Council Is Back In City Hall, And Back In Action!
- Catching Up With Bellaire – As We Sheltered At Home
- South Rice Avenue In Front Of City Hall – Do We Have To Live With This?
- Bellaire After The Virus Shutdown – In Transit and On Hold
- A Breath Of Fresh Air In Bellaire City Council Chambers
- Bellaire’s Trend For Commercial Development – Residents Had Better Pay Attention
- Open Letter – Bolivar, A Double Standard. Is It Time For A Change?
- City of Bellaire – Beautification or Boondoggle?
- Bellaire City Council – A 5 Hour Marathon
- Bellaire City Manager Addresses A Problem With Fraudulent Surety Bonds
- ARKK References For A Status Construction – We Have A Problem!
- Hopes For A New Year And A New Bellaire City Council
- P&Z – HISD Sport Fields and AT&T Bissonnet @ 6400 Loop 610 – UPDATE
- Bellaire Receives Grants For Bond Projects and an Urgent Care Center Is Approved
- A Quick Update On The November 5th Election and December Runoff
- Why Has Bellaire, Our City of Homes, Become A Target For Commercial Developers?
- 4800 Fournace Place – P&Z Meetings – UPDATES
- An Ornate ‘Streetscape’ Behind a Multi-Story Grocery Store? Why?
- Bellaire Council’s Careless Oversight – $6.5 Million Dollars of Bond Funds
- If Bellaire Can Afford A $280,000 EMS Ambulance, Why Not A Ford Pickup Truck?
- ChristChurch Presbyterian in Bellaire Is For Sale
- The Sky’s The Limit! At Least For Now…
- Did Bellaire Voters Miss The Fine Print in the 2016 Bond Election?
- All That Debt – Where Has The Money Gone?
- Where Do We Stand On The $12.8 Million Siemens Contract?
- Mike Jacobs – A Presentation to Bellaire City Council, September 9, 2019
- 4301 Bellaire Blvd – Can We Trust Our Zoning?
- Bellaire – Back to Basics? Sounds Like A Plan!
- Tax and Spend – Bellaire Council’s Budget Session #3 and Some Updates
- Bellaire Budget FY2020 – And The City Manager’s Hit List!
- Bellaire Property Taxes Up 25% Over The Next 5 Years?
- 4800 Fournace & 5901 South Rice – Development & Apartments – Undermining Residents and Our City of Homes?
- Bellaire’s Future & the Status of the 2016 Bond Funds
- Flood Mitigation Task Force Meeting March 26, 2019
- Council Meeting March 4, 2019 – “Vote No Bonds” and A Raise For City Manager
- Welcome To A Lush Grove? Now It’s Migrated To The City’s Website!
- How Much Debt Is Too Much?
- How Is Our City Money Being Managed?
- Council Votes 6 to 1 To Proceed With The Spruce/Fifth St Project at 2/18/2019 Meeting
- 15. Bellaire’s 10th Decade 2000 – 2008 A Centennial Year
- Cost Savings Won’t Lower The City’s Debt – See A Debt Comparison Courtesy Of The Texas Comptroller
- What’s All This About Downtown Redevelopment in Bellaire?
- About Those Bids for Spruce and Fifth + Maple and Bolivar
- A Sidewalk Petition and Some Fireworks at the January 28th Council Meeting!
- 2019: Drainage Plan – Town Hall Meeting – Spruce St
- A Master Plan For Wasteful Spending – While Harming Local Businesses
- City Council Update on Spruce/Fifth St Leads To An Unpleasant Exchange; The 4th Quarter Financial Report Is Available
- Chapter 14 – Controversy and Changes In The Last Decade Of The 20th Century!
- A New Addition To The Menu: Our Environment
- Yes to Chevron Property, No to Car Wash, Pause in the Sidewalk Saga
- 2019 Budget is Adopted – Future Bond Program Planning Session – A Possible $47 million Bond Issue in 2019
- Bellaire History In Tangible Form – The Centennial Walk
- Answer The Call For A Referendum on Sidewalks
- What Happened To That $54 Million Dollars?
- Bellaire’s History: The 1980s – Bellaire Special TIFD District Formed to Rebuild Downtown
- Property Values, Tax Increase, and Our Burgeoning Debt – Good Evening, Mayor and City Council,
- How Do City Bonds Work?
- Bellaire: A City Divided
- Chapter 11: The 1970s – The Bellaire Recall of its Mayor and Council Members
- Spruce Street – Not In My Backyard! But The City Manager Just Won’t Give Up. Why?
- A 4 to 2 Vote and We Get 5 Foot Sidewalks
- Chapter 10 of Bellaire’s History – The Sixties – Momentous World Changes
FEMA imposes requirements for new structures and limits on existing structures in flood zones. Check with Development Services for more information,
