The City of Seabrook’s

e-Update Jan. 2012

Volume 4, Issue 1

The Friends of Evelyn Meador Library Spaghetti Dinner Date: January 27, 2012 from 5 pm to 7:30 pm Place: Bay Elementary School off Hwy. 146 in Seabrook Price: Adults $6.00 and children $3.00 tickets available at door Silent auction with catering by Angelo’s Pizza and Pasta Restaurant. Funds raised will benefit our new Evelyn Meador Library

Scouting for Food 2012 Saturday, February 4th, 2012

Cub Scout Pack 389 needs your help - and so do thousands of hungry people in our community!!! Our Scouts are participating in the annual Scouting for Food drive this winter. The 2012 food drive will take place on two consecutive Saturdays. On Saturday, January 28th, Scouts will place door hangers throughout the Houston Metro area and the surrounding counties of southeast Texas. The following Saturday, February 4th, Scouts will return to pick up the donated food items. Food donated in a particular area will be distributed through relief pantries in that area. This year the Scouts hope to match or better the success of last year’s food drive. This year the food pantries are looking for protein food such as canned tuna, peanut butter, or canned ravioli. Your help is desperately needed. Please be sure to look for your Scouting for Food door hanger on January 28th and make plans place your donated food items at your front door the next Saturday. Scouts will collect the donations from your doorstep on February 4th. Visit www.houstonfoodbank.org to learn more about hunger in our area. Check our website for additional information: http://sites.google.com/site/pack389tx/Home Contact us at pack389@gmail.com if you have questions or would like donate, but do not receive a door hanger.

News from the Friends of Evelyn Meador Library The Evelyn Meador has opened on N. Meyer and is ready for all to see and use. Our new feature is drive up service for returning books and checking books out from the library. Just come and check out this service. Every Tuesday at 10:30 am, year round, we have Preschool Story time. Every Wednesday at 10:30 am, year round, we have Bookworm Babies.

The City of Seabrook has received a Class 7 Community Rating System (CRS)Classification. Effective October 1, 2011 citizens living within the floodplain are eligible to receive up to a 15% reduction in their flood insurance policy premiums. For more details, visit the City’s website at www.ci.seabrook.tx.us or contact the City’s Building Department by phone (281) 291- 5705.

Lowered Community Rating Classification

Left-right: Chuck Pinto, Kelly Templin

City Council and employees bid a fond farewell to Chuck Pinto as he retired after serving for the past five years as Seabrook’s city manager. Chuck was instrumental in Seabrook’s rapid recovery after Hurricane Ike and in many successful improvements to our city. Kelly Templin, formerly Deputy City Manager, will step into the role of City Manager. Gayle Cook, Human Resources Manager, will also serve as the Assistant City Manager. With their combined experience and longevity with the City, we remain in good hands.

Project: El Mar Lane/Seascape Entrances Paving & Drainage Improvements Project 2011-02 Engineer: Cobb Fendley & Associates, Inc. Contractor: D & W Contractors, Inc Contract Total: $1,408,623.00 Project Duration: 180 Days Project Award Date: November 15, 2011 Summary of Work El Mar Lane will be under construction starting in January 2012 from State Highway 146 to North Meyer Avenue. The entire street (3,150 ft) will be completely replaced with reinforced concrete pavement with curb and gutter drainage system. In addition, all driveways and sidewalks will be removed and replaced with new reinforced concrete up to and within the street right-of-way. Traffic will be controlled based on 6 different phases during construction. Traffic will ONLY flow in the east-bound direction and will be closed in the west-bound direction for all phases. Phase 1 & 2 will consist of the portion of El Mar Lane between SH 146 and Bahama Dr. Phase 3 & 4 will consist of the portion of El Mar Lane between Bahama Dr. and Nassau Dr. Phase 5 & 6 will consist of the portion of El Mar Lane between Nassau Dr. and N. Meyer Ave. For residents who live along Phases 3-6, access to your property during construction on your side of the drainage ditch will be temporarily unavailable. Parking will be provided on the opposite side of the drainage ditch until construction on your side of the street is completed. Seascape entrances at N & S Flamingo will be constructed of 8” reinforced concrete pavement with 6” cement stabilized subgrade. Existing pavement elevations will be matched. The entire project is scheduled to take 6 months to complete. Project Start Date: Early January, 2012

PROJECT UPDATE

Due to recent cases of tampering with water and wastewater SCADA systems, your help is needed in order to protect local water and wastewater utilities and the safety of all residents. As recent security incidents and suspicious activities in Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, and other places demonstrate, water and wastewater systems remain possible targets of people with malicious intent. With your help, we can help protect the water sector from such people. Some incidents may appear insignificant, but when analyzed with other incidents, they may prove to be part of a possibly dangerous pattern. Timely reporting to authorities enhances the overall security of the water sector and reduces public misinformation. So report all events, no matter how insignificant they may seem. Events worth reporting include: • Equipment tampering • Unauthorized people attempting gate access • Cyber intrusions • Thefts • Broken locks • Physical intrusions • Suspicious facility surveillance or observation

The Seabrook Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting a blood drive. The drive will be held on Monday, January 30th, 2012 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM in association with the UTMB Blood Bank. All community members are invited and encouraged to participate in the blood drive, which will be held at the Seabrook Volunteer Fire Department, Station 1, located at 1850 E. Meyer Road. For more information, please contact SVFD at 281-474-3434.