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COMMITMENT TO RESIDENTS: WATER AND SEWER REHABILITATION The Council’s pledge to the City’s strategic priorities is the driving force for the water and sewer line rehabilitation project, and when complete, will positively impact the residents and businesses of Nassau Bay for decades to come. Council began addressing the underground infrastructure in the early 2000’s, with a heavy focus on updating the wastewater treatment plant and miles of the accompanying sewer lines. Now that sewer line backup reports have dwindled to minimal levels, a large- scale effort is planned to address more than 15 miles of water lines and the remaining sewer lines, which is still north of seven miles. Council approved the first phase of this five-phase project and will begin implementation of approximately five miles of water and sewer lines in January 2019. To fund the first phase of the project, new water and sewer rates were adopted on June 11, 2018, and will be effective for the November 2018 utility bill. The average The purple lines depict the planned water/sewer line replacements for residential utility bill in Nassau Bay will increase Phase 1 of this project, while the green lines represent infrastructure approximately $3.00 per month, but remains at or below recently replaced. The first phase will begin in November 2018 and is average when compared to neighboring cities. planned to be completed in one year. The City’s website is the primary host for all information regarding the water and sewer line rehabilitation project. Please visit our website to find maps of the proposed infrastructure enhancements, a complete list of water rates, comparable utility rate benchmarks, and a project summary. In addition, the website will be updated quarterly to show money inflows/outflows and give updates on rehabilitation. To learn more, please visit our website at www.nassaubay.com/WaterRehab.

Nassau Bay water/sewer rates will be increased to account for the proposed Mark A. Denman Phase 1 of the project. Rates are based off usage and calculated to incentivize Mayor, City of Nassau Bay water conservation for residential and commercial properties. Nassau Bay City Hall | 1800 Space Park Drive, Suite 200 | Nassau Bay, TX 77058 | 281.333.4211 AUG 18 • 1 NASSAU BAY GARDEN CLUB COMMUNITY A Ghostly Appearance in Summer? Nassau Bay homeowners are walking around their yards only CALENDAR to be shocked by a mysterious, silvery web covering their trees. This has homeowners rushing to call master gardeners and August 2018 nearby stores to try to find a pesticide that will save the trees! Coffee with the City Manager...... Aug 3, 9am The webbing is not caused by webworms or tent catapillars, Joint Budget Workshop / EDC ...... Aug 6, 7pm but by a harmless insect that is Planning Commission (if needed)...... Aug 7, 6pm known as barklice. This insect’s Coffee with the City Manager...... Aug 10, 9am name is very misleading as it is City Council Meeting...... Aug 13, 7pm not lice. Barklice are very small (less than 1/8 inch long), so it Parks & Rec Committee Meeting (if needed)...... Aug 15 does not look like lice at all. This species of barklice is Coffee with the City Manager...... Aug 17, 9am commonly found in the greater Houston and Galveston region. Barklice live together under the protection of silvery, Coffee with the City Manager...... Aug 24, 9am silken layers of webbing. This ghostly looking webbing Coffee with the City Manager...... Aug 31, 9am provides protection from predators while the barklice feed. The webbing usually appears in late summer and can September 2018 completely cover the trunk and large branches of a tree in what seems like overnight. This web usually appears after long periods of high humidity. City Hall Closed (Labor Day)...... Sept 3 Although the silvery webbing gives the tree a ghostly Planning Commission (if needed)...... Sept 4 appearance, the silky webbing and the insects are harmless Coffee with the City Manager...... Sept 7, 9am and will disappear as quickly as they came, in time with less City Council Meeting...... Sept 10, 7pm humid weather. Barklice live on the rough bark of live oak Garden Club Social / Program...... Sept 11, 9:30am trees, pecan trees and even crêpe myrtles. This is one instance Coffee with the City Manager...... Sept 14, 9am where the “ghosts” are friendly and helpful! Parks & Rec Committee Meeting (if needed)...... Sept 19 New Season to Join the Garden Club Coffee with the City Manager...... Sept 21, 9am The Nassau Bay Garden Club will kick off its new season on Coffee with the City Manager...... Sept 28, 9am Tuesday, September 11th at 9:30 am in the Council Chambers of City Hall. All meetings are open to any interested residents For more information about these events and a complete list of and their guests. Join the Garden Club for scrumptious community events, please visit: www.nassaubay.com/calendar. goodies and coffee as you settle in to hear the State of Nassau Bay – all about the exciting things going on in our JOIN US FOR NASSAU BAY 101 City. We hope to see you! Want to know more about the ins and outs of city government? The City of Nassau Bay is offering a six-week program that will give residents a behind-the-scenes look CITY STAFF SPOTLIGHT of the City. Officer Gino Gallegos started his career with the University of Houston Police What is Nassau Bay 101? Nassau Bay 101 provides a unique Department on October 29, 2015, before opportunity to get an up-close and in-depth look at the becoming an officer with the Nassau Bay inner workings of your municipal government. It is designed Police Department on September 12, to equip and encourage citizens to become more engaged 2017. Officer Gallegos' duties consist of and assume a leadership role within the community. investigating misdemeanor and felony Participants will meet City Staff and Elected Officials and cases, as well as investigating all drug learn all about each department of our City through facility related offenses. Officer Gallegos' continuous will and tours, interactive sessions and demonstrations. determination earned him a promotion to the Criminal When Are the Classes? Classes will be held Thursday Investigations Division, where he then earned the rank of evenings from 6:00pm to 8:00pm for six weeks starting on Detective on May 21st, 2018. Congratulations on your recent September 13, 2018. promotion Detective Gallegos! Who Can Participate? This program is open to Nassau Bay residents and business owners. Participants must be registered voters and at least 18 years old. The class is ANOTHER GREAT FOURTH OF JULY! limited to a maximum of 20 participants that will be selected Thank you for joining us for the July 4th celebration! A based on their submitted applications. special thanks goes to our Special Events Committee How Do I Apply? The Nassau Bay 101 application is available and all those that assisted in making this such a wonderful at City Hall or online at www.nassaubay.com/NB101. day in Nassau Bay! View all of the event photos on our Submit the application by August 31st to Mary Chambers at Facebook page at www.facebook.com/nassaubay. [email protected]. Nassau Bay City Hall | 1800 Space Park Drive, Suite 200 | Nassau Bay, TX 77058 | 281.333.4211 AUG 18 • 2 BY THE NUMBERS Statistics for June 2017 HELP! DO I NEED A POLICE BUILDING PERMIT? Total Service Calls...... 328 Total Reports Taken...... 29 Total Patrol Miles...... 6,294 A building permit requires that a Crimes Against Persons...... 6 contractor use safe methods and materials. Property Crimes...... 16 Inspections assure you the contractor Arrests...... 2 does. The question of when a permit is needed is baffling for most everyone. Avg Response Times (minutes)...... 3.56 Let’s start with new construction. New construction always requires a building FIRE DEPARTMENT permit, whether you’re putting up a Total Calls...... 29 building or a major part of a building like Fires...... 1 a new addition. This permit can cover everything from the footings below Rescue...... 1 the foundation to the roofing materials overhead. Motor Vehicle Accident...... 2 Here’s a list of items that typically require a permit. If you are having work Hazardous Conditions/Hazmat...... 2 done and it’s not on the list, contact the City to be sure you are in compliance. Fire Alarm...... 8 Failure to obtain a permit for work that requires a permit will result in a fine EMS Assist...... 9 and sometimes require that the work be torn out or the building removed. Cancelled in Route/Other...... 6 A permit is required for: • Demolitions • Roof replacement EMS • Room additions • Signs Total Calls...... 89 • Garages • Driveways & driveway replacements Total Patients in Nassau Bay...... 35 • Enclosures or covers of porch or • Plumbing, electrical & mechanical patio work • All detached accessory structures • Wall removal or relocation due to NBHA REMINDER • Fences structural requirements The Nassau Bay Homes Association • Retaining walls • Window or exterior doors recently completed a survey of the This is not an all-inclusive list, but intended to provide guidance on when a Association in regards to yard lights. If building permit is needed. you live in NBHA and do not have a Once you know you need a building permit, actually getting one may seem functioning yard light on a pole in your like a hassle. But it will be worth it in the end and we are here to help every front yard, the Assocation will be sending step of the way. The Nassau Bay Building Inspection Department is currently a letter to correct this matter within 30 reviewing processes and procedures in an effort to provide customers a days, or the Association will take action to more user friendly experience. Thank you in advance for your patience in bill you. The light must be white with a this endeavor. color of 3500K and a brightness of 550 to 600 lumens, which is the same as a 60 watt As a note, permits are issued on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from light bulb. For more information, contact 7:30am to 5:30pm. For more information, contact Building Permit Technician the Association at 281-333-2570. Catrina Maxwell at 281-336-6292 or at [email protected]. CANBE CORNER FILL A BACKPACK, FILL A NEED The first official Legacy Bench is now on St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church and School is display at David Braun Park. Take a trip providing backpacks to be filled with school supplies to the park to see the new look of our for McWhirter Elementary School in neighboring Legacy Benches and contact Gayle Webster, Texas. These filled backpacks will be delivered Nelson at [email protected] in mid-August to the Communities in Schools (CIS) today for sponsoring a Legacy Bench in office at McWhirter, to be given out to students who honor of your favorite person! Our don't have the resources for a new backpack or new Legacy Bricks are also on display at David school supplies to start the school year. The backpacks are available for Braun Park and can be ordered anytime grades PreK-3 through 5th grade and have the supply list attached. CIS has day or night through our website at www. also requested a pair of new tennis shoes for each backpack. NassauBayCANBE.org. Always available Anyone in the community, school, or church is encouraged to come pick up with your sponsorship are fabulous a backpack to fill. The church is open from 7:00am until 6:00pm, Monday to goodies such as I NB hats, aprons and Friday. Backpacks can be returned to St. Thomas anytime or on the last more! collection day of Wednesday, August 15th by 6:00pm. In closing out the backpack project, volunteers are invited to stay and enjoy bingo for the family and banana splits. Nassau Bay City Hall | 1800 Space Park Drive, Suite 200 | Nassau Bay, TX 77058 | 281.333.4211 AUG 18 • 3 NASSAU BAY ANIMAL SHELTER BLAST FROM NASSAU BAY PAST Enjoy this blast from our past, an article originally written ten years ago for the City's 2008 edition of Foghorn. This article is titled Remember When? and was written by Bob Mitchell. Remember When... When, the Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Clear Lake City was only open 4 days a week because there wasn't enough business to be open 6-7 days a week. When the Gulf Freeway main pavement ended around the Almeda Mall Shopping Center and you drove on the service roads the rest of the way to Webster. When El Camino Real ended at NASA Road 1 (now NASA Parkway) and a gate closed off the area to the south where cows grazed. One could hear their moos in Nassau Bay across Cow Bayou. When the Sizzler Steak House (located at the site of the Hilton BANDERA LT & NT Hotel) served those good steak sandwiches. Nassau Bay Public Works When Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby came to one of the Employee Kevin Mead is the Nassau Bay Civic Associations meetings at the Southwest newest fur-parent on the block, Savings Association building (which is now the Pain Clinic). lovingly adopting "ST." When they tore down the Nassau Bay Resort Motor Inn and the Help find loving forever homes booth from which Walter Cronkite and Jules Bergman for Bandera, LT, and NT, and all of broadcasted. the dogs and cats at the shelter. When they covered all those TRW/IBM office buildings with Please call the Nassau Bay Animal black glass. Shelter at 281.333.2944 and When Chuck Miller ran the Texaco gas station, now the Shell schedule a time to meet one of station, and Sakowitz II was "the" store in the Nassau Bay our dogs or cats ready for Shopping Center. adoption. When Tropical Storm Claudette (July 1979) dumped 43 inches www.nassaubay.com/animalshelter of rain in Alvin in one day, and the water level in Cow Bayou Hours: Mon-Thurs 7:30am-5:30pm rose to 11.6 feet above mean sea level on Nassau Bay Drive and Fri 7:30am-11:30am 9.0 feet in Swan Lagoon. Thanks for the walk down memory lane Bob! Find us on Facebook @NassauBayAnimalPound FROM SHELTER TO FOREVER HOME Here is a story that will make your COUNCIL MEETING RECAP heart flutter, it's all about the love JULY 9, 2018 - REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING of a dog named Butter. Little did she know where her journey would end, ‘til she found a forever home with Betty and Phil, her two new best friends. It was a dream of Betty’s that she held onto for so long, God bless Butter for coming along. Presented a Certificate of Appreciation Presented a Proclamation to the Texas Suddenly Betty and Phil had a new to the Nauticats Champ Meet Swimmers Society of the Sons of the American love in their life, with Butter beside for leading the Pledges Revolution them, they were beaming inside. Approved second and final reading of an ordinance Phil could not walk far because of his knees, but now amending Article 14 of the Zoning Ordinance, Property that they’re fixed he and Butter are free to walk to the Development Regulations, Residential. mailbox and chase squirrels into trees. Approved a resolution reappointing George Dempsey Betty’s prayers were answered and she is as happy as (Position 5), Gary Mossman (Position 7), and appointing can be, while Phil smiles from ear to ear as anyone can Matt Prior (Position 3) to the Board of Directors for see. Reinvestment Zone Number One (TIRZ), for terms set to With life in a shelter now at an end, Butter is where she expire December 31, 2019. Additionally, appointed Mark belongs with her two best of friends. Denman as Chair. Approved a resolution appointing Bob Warters, Sandra A poem written about Betty, who recently adopted Mossman, Dick Gregg, III, Tuie Lee and Rena Bozak to the Butter from the Nassau Bay Animal Shelter. Betty is 87 Charter Review Commission. years old and struggles with dementia - since Butter’s Join us for next month's Council Meeting: adoption, Betty’s anxiety, agitation, irritability, and Monday, August 13, 2018 @ 7:00pm - Nassau Bay City Hall depression has significantly decreased. Nassau Bay City Hall | 1800 Space Park Drive, Suite 200 | Nassau Bay, TX 77058 | 281.333.4211 AUG 18 • 4