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Bellaire Has A New City Manager
Bellaire City Council – Agenda for August 29, 2022 @ 6:00 PM – Special Session – Budget Workshop #5
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Sorry, the City Manager’s Weekly Memos and Updates are no longer posted
You can send comments to City Council and request public records here
FY2023 COB Adopted Budget
FY2022 Consolidated Financial Statement
Tax Rate Remains $0.4473 per $100New 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 more information here.The new 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.comOur Environment
Recycling, organic gardening, less pesticides – all win/wins for our kids and our community. So are reusable bags!
Find informative articles here.Left 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.Bolivar – What has happened to this quiet tree-lined cul-de-sac?
At a cost of amost $2 million more in bond funds.!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: Pathways Plan was ‘shelved’ by Ctiy Council on August 6, 2018. 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 … Continue reading
Construction on the new Bellaire High school began in 2018. The original building was demolished during the week of July 13-17, 2021. 
FEMA imposes requirements for new structures and limits on existing structures in flood zones. Check with Development Services for more information,
