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Important Meetings and Events
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Bellaire City Council – Agenda for February 6, 2023 @ 7:00 PM – State of the City and Board and Commission Reports
Bellaire Has A New City Manager
Find Agendas for City Council and Boards and Commissions Here
Residents can attend most meetings in person or via U-verse Channel 99, Comcast Channel 16, or on the City’s Facebook page
City Manager’s Weekly Memos and Updates
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 $100
October 28, 2022: Sadly we lost Lynn McBee in 2022. Her volunteerism. historical perspective on city administrations, and her skill in maintaining a written record of Bellaire’s history will be missed.
Click on the Trolley to view the Table of Contents for Lynn’s history of Bellaire. Great information on your Home Town!
I couldn’t resist a photo of one of Bellaire’s manhole covers.
And for a terrific photo history check this out: www.bellairebook.com
Mosquito Spray Program Information Here’s a “No Spray Request” for citizens who do not want the spraying to occur near their home. “No Spray Request Form”
Problems with stray cats? If you are in Bellaire borrow a live trap from the BPD. Check with SNAP for low-cost spay or neuter https://www.snapus.org/houston/. Friends for Life https://friends4life.org/programs-and-events/fixhouston/ HOPE https://www.homelesspets.net/feral-cats/TNR Houston site: https://www.houstontx.gov/barc/trap_neuter_return.html and PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
Wonder what happened to your flood insurance discount? Find out here.
Construction on the new Bellaire High school is complete. The original building was demolished during the week of July 13-17, 2021. Find more information here.
Recycling, organic gardening, less pesticides – all win/wins for our kids and our community. So are reusable bags!
Find informative articles here.
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.!
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.
Brays Bayou Association News
Stormwater Conveyance – June, 2022
Find your address on the FEMA Flood Map Portal
Residents are encouraged to examine the maps to determine their location and risk in the flood zone.
Are You Covered? Information On Flood Insurance In Bellaire’s Flood Zones.
FEMA RISK RATING 2.0- IN PLACE AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2021
Community Rating System – Bellaire
Flood Education Mapping Tool for Harris County
Harris – Galveston Subsidence District
Using a Flood Insurance Rate Map
How Base Flood Elevation is Determined
Find information on Flood Insurance here: http://www.bellairecivicclub.com/are-you-covered-up-to-date-on-your-flood-insurance/
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.