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Stadium Ln. west of the Grand Katy residents living at Franz 7:00 p.m. Parkway in Katy. and Katy Hockley Cutoff right Morton Ranch High School Located immediately behind the Junior High have graduation. off the eastbound been complaining to the City exit ramp in the 130- of Katy to do something about JUNE 7 acre mixed-use Katy the drainage ditch behind their Merrell Center at Ranch complex, Katy homes. They stated that their 6301 S. Stadium Ln Ranch Offices Phase Katy Ranch Offices Phase I, is backyards have been sinking 9:00 a.m. I will be completed located in the 130-acre mixed-use into the ditch with the erosion in the first quarter Katy Ranch complex west of the of the soil. Many have had to Mayde Creek High School Grand Parkway in Katy. graduation. of 2015. Including replace their fences several 2:00 p.m. a parking garage times; sometimes losing a Katy High School with a parking ratio of four “The timing is right for foot of land at a time to the graduation. per 1,000 square feet, the a Class A, multi-tenant ditch. After years of back and 7:00 p.m. office building is located office building to serve forth debates between the city Taylor High School on three acres adjacent to professionals and small and Katy ISD, the residents graduation. the southwest corner of the businesses in Katy,” says felt that they were getting City Councilman, Jimmy Mendez is keeping his Interstate 10/Katy Freeway Griff Jaggard, vice president, the runaround. There were campaign promise to his constituents. The Town Park JUNE 8 and Highway 99/Grand Moody Rambin. "Just as 27 different residents that Drainage Ditch Improvement Project has begun. Parkway. The Class A retail follows rooftops, so complained about this ditch. Merrell Center at thing he began to work on as soon as he was 6301 S. Stadium Ln building will feature 24,800- does office follow retail During his door-to-door square-foot floor plates in the Katy sub-market. campaigning for his seat on city council, sworn in. 2:00 p.m. The Town Park Drainage Ditch Cinco Ranch High School with 45-foot bay depths Katy Ranch Offices Phase Jimmy Mendez spoke to these home owners for flexible space planning. I marks the beginning of a to collect the data necessary to get this issue Improvement Project has begun. The city took graduation. bids on the project and awarded the bid to 7:00 p.m. Katy Ranch Offices Phase new era in the history of this resolved. Mendez made this part of his I will have optical fiber area.” promise to his constituents and it was the first Scohil Construction Company in the amount Seven Lakes High School of $445,525. Instead of budgeting this graduation. transmission cable with Katy Ranch Offices a back-up ring and back- is part of the 2,000,000- project out over several cycles, the city JUNE 10 up generator for high- square-foot, mixed-use Katy voted to take the entire amount needed Katy Chapter # 2655 speed data transmission Ranch Crossing scheduled out of the city’s reserve funds. By AARP Meeting and optimum security and for completion in 2017 taking it out of reserves to get it out of Katy VFW Hall redundancy. The project is with 700,000 square feet the way and by using the reserve funds 6206 George Bush Dr. applying for LEED Gold of multi-tenant residential, they saved the tax payers 20% on the 6:30 p.m. certification by the U. S. 1,000,000 square feet of cost of the project. Come join us for potluck Green Building Council. retail, entertainment and The work has begun with the digging supper, meeting and Griff Jaggard and Kurt medical, and 300,000 square of the base of the ditch which is being entertainment. All Senior Kistler of Moody Rambin feet of office space. leveled and will have concrete poured Adults are welcome. For are leasing the property. The Katy Ranch Offices for the base. Once this is completed the more information call architect is Powers Brown Phase I will be the first sides will then be cemented in which 281-744-5302. Architects. The general mid-rise office property will stabilize the side that backs up to contractor is LSI. TAS as the Energy Corridor the residential homes. As this project progresses, The Katy News will add JUNE 28 Engineering Construction extends west past the Grand is the mechanical, electrical Parkway. With immediate The work has begun on the ditch. Once it is more photos to the online photo gallery Katy Shred Days leveled concrete will be poured for the base. showing the continuing work. McDonald’s of and plumbing engineer. on/off access to Interstate “The completion of 10 and Highway 99, the Spring Green Katy ISD 27140 Cinco Ranch Blvd. the Katy Freeway/Grand property is adjacent to the 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Parkway interchange is residential neighborhoods Summer Hours Minimum $10 donation. attracting businesses and of Cinco Ranch and Katy. Benefits Impact a Hero. residents to Katy and Cinco It is next to the fully leased All Katy ISD campuses and central offices on Fridays during summer hours. For information, contact Ranch. The population is 210,000-square-foot Katy will operate from 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday Regular work hours will be observed the Veronica Mullenix. increasing by five percent Ranch Crossing retail center through Thursday beginning Monday, June week of June 30 – July 3, with Friday, July annually,” says Mike Baker, with restaurants, shops and 9 and ending on Thursday, August 7, 2014. 4 being a holiday. The first day of school is owner, Freeway Properties. other services. Katy ISD will not provide office coverage Monday, August 25, 2014. Don’t know what to do? We can help. Personal Injury Late Hours 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. • Car Accidents • Massage • Detox Saturday Appt Available • Slip and Fall • Weight Loss • Spinal Decompression Dr. Benton 20501 Katy Freeway, Katy TX 77450 • 3000 Weslayan, Ste 150, Houston, 77027 Suite 108 www.ChiroDynamics.net 281-599-0005 Page 2 |June 6 , 2014 The Katy News Volume 25 | Number 11 honor Exceptional funeral a life well lived and memorial services close to home. 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Donna England, PetroSkills Conference Center Manager, says she is looking forward to seeing the Katy brand develop throughout the area. “We feel this will further enhance greater Katy and are proud to showcase how ‘Energy Grows Here’.” The planters prominently display the brand logo along with the sponsoring business’ name. The conference center’s planter boasts a beautiful array of seasonal flowers and an ornamental tree. For the past three years, the Katy Area Economic Development Council has been working on a major place-based branding project designed to capture and articulate the defining characteristics of Katy, as well as to provide a graphic platform for key city assets to have a cohesive look and feel. The yellow and red base colors for the new Katy Pictured are: Durran C. Dowdle, Bill Lawton, Steve Pierson, Fabol Hughes, Charles brand icon were used to A. Brawner and James C. Mendez, Jr.