SPOTLIGHT – – Important Meetings and Events
2021 Proposed Budget – Take a Look
First impression – Deeper spending cuts, a more conservative fiscal policy, and efforts to reduce our bonded debt are needed. Residents can email the City with questions or concerns.Register to Vote, Update Change of Name or Address. Download a mail-in Application. Pick up mail-in Voter Registrations in front of Bellaire City Hall on Tuesday, September 22nd, from 5 pm to 7:30 pm. Drive in service!Spruce and Fifth Streets
The $3.2 million in contracts for this project called for completion by February 15, 2020. Instead not even Fifth Street was completed on time. Here’s some background on this project.Bolivar – What has happened to this quiet tree-lined cul-de-sac?
At a cost of about $2 million in bond funds.Over the past five years our property tax rate has risen from $.3805 in 2015-2016 to $.4473 for 2019-2020, an 18% increase.- The City’s revenue from property taxes increased – from $15.42 million for 2015 to $20.53 million in 2019. A 33% increase. More than $5 million dollars in five years. Anticipated revenue in 2020 is $21.9 million.
- But no Capital Improvement Cash funds are scheduled to be paid from the General Fund in year 2020. Nothing for Parks or the Library. Why?
- Over those same 5 years our bonded debt increased almost $50 million dollars, to $127.5 million by 9/30/2019.
Our Environment
Recycling, organic gardening, less pesticides – all win/wins for our kids and our community. So are reusable bags!
Find informative articles here.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:
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.
Category Archives: Pathways Study
A 4 to 2 Vote and We Get 5 Foot Sidewalks
Update – 10/15/2018: Late summer and into the fall of 2018 residents protested and submitted petitions to remove their streets from the projects, and their requests were approved. But most Council members still continued to vote in favor of installing … Continue reading
Stand-Alone Sidewalks On Hold For Now
Preface: On August 15, 2016, City Council approved a motion to call a bond election for November 8, 2016, for $53,980,000. Four propositions were initially discussed: 1) street and drainage facility improvements for $20 million); the construction of new municipal … Continue reading
The Community Pathways Plan Hits A Dead End At Bellaire City Council
Bellaire City Council faced a large crowd of Bellaire residents who turned out for the August 6, 2018, City Council meeting. The Council chambers and the City Hall atrium were full, and resident after resident spoke their mind on the … Continue reading
P&Z Does Not Approve the Pathways Plan – Due to Move On To City Council for Review
Streets shown on current maps: 8 feet wide path – South Rice, Evergreen, Fournace, Newcastle; 6 feet wide path – Maple, Alder, Chimney Rock, Ferris, Anderson/Second, Englewood, Avenue B, Mulberry, Sunburst. (This Plan is not part of the sidewalk project … Continue reading
Pathways Project – The Latest Version – June 2018
UPDATE: The Pathways Plan was presented to Planning and Zoning on Thursday, July 12, 2018. The Meeting video is available to view online. P&Z voted unanimously not to recommend the Plan to City Council at this time. The Pathways Project … Continue reading
FEMA imposes requirements for new structures and limits on existing structures in flood zones. Check with Development Services for more information,
