So...
A lot has been happening. Here's an update on what's going on around the City:
1. Eaglebrook Apartments passed final plat approval. There are a couple more items we are ironing out at the staff level that hopefully will not have to go back to the City Council, but they should be moving forward fairly soon.
2. The PARK!! received final approval, also, and they are working on it right now. The timeframe for completion is 15 months, depending on weather (if we get another hurricane it may slow things down a bit...). Since the bulk of the work is site work (earth moving, ditch digging, and detention pond creating, etc) these next few weeks are going to see some dramatic and exciting changes in the park. Already they have framed in the temporary entrance for/to the Park....
I have had some interest in what the park will eventually look like. Please contact me or just stop on by if you would like to stop by my office and see the plans! I would be happy to go over them with you.
3. Eagle Drive: We have a tentative layout for the new improvements to Eagle Drive. They include landscaped medians and some nice intersection layouts. It will be a nice "red carpet" for our City, something of which we can all be proud. This is still in the very preliminary stages of design. The traffic engineer and the roadway engineer are coordinating with City staff and other stakeholders to determine how to best proceed with the work.
4. There are various other projects that the City is working on that are less visible but no less important, including the Hill sanitary sewer improvements, Eagle Drive sanitary sewer improvements, a new water well on the south end of town, a new elevated water storage tank located near the new water well, and a ground level booster station on Langston. There are also several drainage improvements that are underway.
5. I am in the extremely early stages of putting together a Comprehensive Plan for 2030. I will be looking to get with citizens to solicit input toward the creation of goals and vision for the City for the next 20 years. If you have any thoughts at this point I would be happy to hear them....
That's all for now. But stay tuned! Things are happeining... It's a fun time to be in Mont Belvieu!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Meeting Monday Night!
This will be one you may not want to miss!
Eaglebrook Apartments, after much deliberation and consternation on the part of the developer and City, seems to be in a place where we can move forward. It will be on the agenda Monday night for Final Plat approval. If you would like a copy of the staff report please email me.
Eaglebrook Apartments will have 152 units, mostly one and two bedrooms, but a few three bedrooms as well. Average rent will be right around $1000 per month. The developer is using a similar architecture to that seen in the Brookstone Apartments on Rollingbrook in Baytown. The apartments will be located in the vacant parcel immediately to the south of Thrif-Tee.
The other major item on the agenda is the City Park. The contract negotiations and design refinements are finished, so we should have a vote on approving the final contract and get a notice to proceed. If all goes well, we could be looking at an actual construction start date of the middle of next week.
This has been a long and arduous process, both for the apartments and for the park. Positive things have happened, though, including a better relationship with the developer, increased awareness of processes and streamlining, and a better idea of how to budget for improvements in the future. As a City, we are sometimes limited in what we can accomplish by things that are outside of our control, either because we have no authority or because our local, state, or federal regulations require something to be done in a certain fashion.
Having said that, I look forward to getting even more done as the City continues to develop,
Eaglebrook Apartments, after much deliberation and consternation on the part of the developer and City, seems to be in a place where we can move forward. It will be on the agenda Monday night for Final Plat approval. If you would like a copy of the staff report please email me.
Eaglebrook Apartments will have 152 units, mostly one and two bedrooms, but a few three bedrooms as well. Average rent will be right around $1000 per month. The developer is using a similar architecture to that seen in the Brookstone Apartments on Rollingbrook in Baytown. The apartments will be located in the vacant parcel immediately to the south of Thrif-Tee.
The other major item on the agenda is the City Park. The contract negotiations and design refinements are finished, so we should have a vote on approving the final contract and get a notice to proceed. If all goes well, we could be looking at an actual construction start date of the middle of next week.
This has been a long and arduous process, both for the apartments and for the park. Positive things have happened, though, including a better relationship with the developer, increased awareness of processes and streamlining, and a better idea of how to budget for improvements in the future. As a City, we are sometimes limited in what we can accomplish by things that are outside of our control, either because we have no authority or because our local, state, or federal regulations require something to be done in a certain fashion.
Having said that, I look forward to getting even more done as the City continues to develop,
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