SNEAK PEEK AT MONTIE BEACH PARK IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE

It was an exciting day in the neighborhood.

Montie Beach Civic Club Easter Egg hunt

The Montie Beach Civic Club Easter Egg hunt at Cigna’s Sunday in the Park was a blast! Thanks to all the volunteers, the City of Houston, Cigna, and all the generous sponsors that made the event possible.

For more information on Cigna’s Sunday in the Park visit
https://www.houstontx.gov/specialevents/sunday-in-the-park.html.

The civic club was able to enroll several additional members to the club. If you did not get a chance to enroll in person, please visit our membership page  to join and stay connected with our current and future efforts regarding our neighborhood.

2022 Arbor Day at Montie Beach Park

What a glorious day!  The two hour delay made it just perfect to work, be comfortable, and not break a sweat.  We all enjoyed tasty breakfast thanks to Evan and Compean Group and we now have more than 750 trees in the ground!  The air is cleaner already.. Thanks to all of you for participating.  

Note: Peter Blanchette, the head of the forestry team that worked on our park, said to expect maybe 30% loss.  Forestry will be out to water throughout this first year however.

W. Cavalcade Esplanade Cleanup on Saturday, Feb. 19th. 2022

Thanks to the small crew who turned out this morning for the annual esplanade cleanup. We neglected to take the picture before Ken and Aaron left! Two photos are “before” pictures of the sign debris. As always, thanks to Andrea for her dedication to 2nd Saturdays and keeping our neighborhood presentable. Also thanks to Aaron Evans who picked up debris with us, and then hauled to the recycling center in his truck. - Peggy

I-45 NHHIP Community Workshops

I just finished attending the NHHIP (North Houston Highway Improvement Project) Facilitation Group Meeting.  Very informative.  The process for the project is lumbering along:  TxDOT just released the Final Environmental Impact Statement, which is reacting only(well mostly) to 2017 community input on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. That means that most of the truly creative and progressive input that was developed over the last year, and included in what are referred to as "the Mayor's Letter" and "the County's Resolution" to TxDOT is NOT included.  So, there is a parallel process to have a group develop an MOU (Memo of Understanding) to continue to work with TxDOT to include many of our concerns.  Public comment period for the FEIS is only 30 days, so until November 9.  Requests are being made to extend the comment period to 120 days.  

 

In the meantime, it is key that TxDOT receive specific comments from the public.  To help us hone our ideas, the city and county are hosting the three meetings NEXT WEEK as in the email below.  We just need to attend one of the three meetings -- they are offering different days/times to be more available to different schedules. The link for the meetings will be available starting tomorrow at the address at the bottom of the flyer. (http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/nhhip/)  I'll be attending one -- probably the Thursday one.  I hope some of you will also attend a meeting. 

 

Since we are smack dab in the middle of Segment 2, there are many things that affect us.  A few I noted from today's meeting are how they are handling flooding/what rainfall data will be used; bike lanes; changing to bridges from culverts for Little White Oak Bayou at 610, Cavalcade, and Patton; designing feeder roads in our segment to be more like a city street (i.e. lower speeds) than a traditional feeder road;  no mitigation for the removal of the North St. overpass; no mitigation of the destructive visual impacts to Bayou Greenways ("because it is not a designated parkland"). 

 

Thanks! 
Peggy   

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Montie Beach Civic Club COVID-19 Update

In accordance with the Stay at Home order, the Montie Beach Civic Club is cancelling our Crawfish Boil (3/28), MBCC General Meeting (4/2), and Easter Egg Hunt (4/4).   We will of course let you know, depending on public health advisories, if we are able to hold our next General Meeting on Thursday, June 5.

We are thankful that State Senator Carol Alvarado, State Representative Anna Eastman, and Council member Karla Cisneros sponsored our Crawfish Boil, and look forward to planning a future event under their sponsorship.

In lieu of the Easter Egg Hunt at Montie Beach Park:

Members with children, please contact Amy Gutierrez at amy@montiebeach.org, and she will drop a bag of Easter eggs on your front porch.

Non-members are welcome to make a donation (or join MBCC!) for a bag of eggs.  Again, contact Amy for a drop off plan. Additionally, MBCC will donate 500 eggs to Browning Elementary School, as well as to local bars, restaurants, and caterers to share with neighbors who come for take out.

Speaking of take out:  please support our local bars, restaurants and caterers who are providing take out and/or delivery!  We have a Local Businesses tab on our web page listing our neighborhood establishments, with as much helpful information as is known to us.  If we have neglected a business, or if we need to add or delete information, please contact Juan Gallegos. You can also consult Northside To-Go Restaurants document, compiled by the Northside Management District.

The City of Houston through Houston Parks and Recreation Department continues providing food for children through age 18 at Montie Beach Park and 49 other parks throughout Houston.

HPARD at Montie Beach Park:  

  • Curbside Meals for Children 18 and under (Child must be present)

  • Mon - Fri, 1 - 3 pm. While supplies last

  • Comidas gratis para niños 18 y menores (el nino/la nina tiene que ser presente)

  • Lunes - viernes, 1 - 3 pm. Mientras duren las reservas

Thanks,

Peggy Robinson, President

Montie Beach Civic Club



Engraved brick for renovated Welcome to Brooke Smith sign

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A small silver lining to the unfortunate demolition of our Welcome to Brooke Smith sign in the Cavalcade esplanade at Airline is that we have a short window to add to the number of engraved bricks!  (All previously purchased engraved bricks will be re-created for the new sign.). 

For $250, you may have an engraved brick included in the renovated sign.  Please use the link below to pay for your brick, and then send an email to peggy@montiebeach.org and juan@montiebeach.org with the text you would like engraved on your brick BY SUNDAY MARCH 15, 2020, at midnight.  The text may be two lines with up to 22 characters/spaces per line.  The finalized list will be sent to Metro Monday morning so that their subcontractor may begin the process of recreating our sign. - Peggy Robinson, President

As the brick and mortar portion of the signs were paid for, and the replacement will be covered by the subcontractor who unfortunately demolished our sign at Cavalcade and Airline, all funds generated by the sale of new engraved bricks over the next 4 days will be used to cover landscaping and irrigation around the signs. 

CANCELED: 2nd Annual Brooke Smith Crawfish Boil

In accordance with the Stay at Home order, the Montie Beach Civic Club is cancelling our Second Annual Brooke Smith Crawfish Boil Boil.

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$5 OFF PRE-SALE CODE: CRAWFISHBOIL

(Pre-Sale end on March 15th)

Saturday, March 28, 2020

11:30 AM to 3:00 PM

D&T Drive Inn (map)

Sponsors For Event:

District H Council Member Karla Cisneros

State Senator Carol Alvarado

State Representative Anna Eastman

Proceeds from this event go back to the Montie Beach Civic Club which in turn assist in improving the neighborhood.