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SPOTLIGHT – – Important Meetings and Events
November 16, 2020 – 6PM- City Council will hold a Public Hearing on applications by Evelyn’s Park Conservancy for the parking lot at 4300 Bellaire Blvd.
UPDATE: Postponed again. Council wants as many trees saved as possible!
HISD may be back before Bellaire City Council in November 2020 regarding the application for 2 ball fields on the old Gordon Elementary property. Find the Agenda here.Visit SidewalkChoice.com for information on the Charter amendments on the November ballot.
Find some background on the City sidewalk issues here.
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.
FEMA imposes requirements for new structures and limits on existing structures in flood zones. Check with Development Services for more information,
