Lazybrook Civic Club
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A small group of homeowners that includes residents of Timbergrove, Brookwoods Estates, and Holly Park have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Highway Administration claiming that the agency approved the expansion of Hwy. 290 along the 38-mile stretch from 610 to FM 2920 last August without properly analyzing how noise from the project would affect their properties. Read more.
The City of Houston Charter requires that the City Council expand to eleven single-member districts at such point that census data demonstrates that the City’s population exceeds 2.1 million residents. The City is interested in hearing from you and your neighborhood regarding your suggestions for the configuration of the new council districts. Attend this Town Hall meeting and tell us what you think.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Oak Forest Elementary School
1401 West 43rd St.
Houston, TX 77018
Parking located in 2 school lots along West 43rd St. Additional street parking located along Oak Forest Dr. and Lamonte Dr.
This public town hall meeting is open to all Houstonians! The City of Houston has set up a web page detailing information regarding the redistricting process. Please check back frequently, as it will be updated as new information becomes available. Vietnamese and Spanish language versions of the site are also available.
There will NOT be a map of new districts available at the redistricting meetings. This phase of the process is designed to hear from the public BEFORE the City of Houston draws any proposed map.
Go to http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/2011/index.html for more information.
Hello Lazybrookers! What a winter….I keep trying to see my garden as half full but my heart aches at the lovely plants that once again didn’t make it through the freeze. Why oh why do I keep planting delicate plants? Is it the thrill of a neighbor asking what is that planted in your side yard and where can I get it? I think it is more that I like to dig in the dirt, visit Joshua’s and Buchanan’ nurseries several times each spring for replacement plants and the ultimate thrill of conquering Mother Nature’s winter whims. Our 1st Lady Richard Cade is a diehard advocate for survival of the fittest. Oh what do we do? So out the door Richard and I went with the few extra sheets we own. Were we successful? Well not exactly….. but I am thoroughly committed to snooping around my neighbor’s yards this month to see what survived. Please Lord, don’t let me see something delicately blooming at the nurseries and make me throw caution to the wind yet again in my Spring plantings.
About our Club – 5th Friday Social will be relocated to 2110 Millwood at Melissa and Mark Cougle’s home for Friday April 29th. Handouts for the Social will be given out at the LCC meeting March 22nd at Lazybrook Baptist Church. Our March 22nd Lazybrook Civic Club meeting will have a guest speaker on the 290 Corridor expansion which is starting this year. Come hear the details 7PM .
I want to give a special THANK YOU to the Lazybrook Block Captains who stepped up to the plate and agreed to take on more responsibilities for the LCC and Ilya Martinalbo who now chairs this new committee.
Questions on the LCC Deed Restrictions? – our Gregg Kalba has organized this team with the dedicated people who have volunteered for years.
Check out Lazybrook.org it has the email addresses for all your needs associated with the LCC. We owe a thank you to our Webmaster Greg Frommert for organizing us online and you can now PAY YOUR DUES ONLINE with PayPal – thanks Greg! Greg is a real behind the scenes hero!
See you all around the neighborhood this Spring,
Shane Davis LCC President and Richard Cade our 1st Lady.
Hope you are all out enjoying the beautiful weather after our cold January and start of February. My husband and I love our walks in the mornings.
After looking over the City’s website, I would like to remind you that we have a relatively new Neighborhood Depository at 9003 North Main (N Main – north of Crosstimbers). You may take your recyclables and junk waste there from 9 am to 6 pm 7 days per week. Bring your Driver’s License or recent utility bill to prove that you are a resident.
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There was also a bit of information new to me. The company, Jaco Environmental, has a program for recycling refrigerators, freezers, and room air conditioners. I went to their website (www.jacoinc.net) and there was a place to enter your zip code to start the process. I didn’t enter mine as I have no appliance to recycle. But the info on the website said that they recycle 95% of the components, that pick up is free, and they give a $25 rebate. If anyone tries this, let me know how it goes!!
Many of you know that another source of information about the neighborhood (quite complete and well researched) is the online newsletter Nor’westener 3-3-11. Ben Crabb, of Timbergrove, writes it. His email is bncrabb@comcast.net and I am sure that he would add you to his readership if you contact him. Each issue has excellent info and I go there to be sure that I haven’t missed something of great importance environmentally to share with you. In January, Ben wrote up a very comprehensive article about home lighting. He had a great deal to say about which bulbs (incandescent, LED, or compact florescent) are best. To boil down my views on the matter, as long as you recycle the spent florescent bulbs (IKEA), they are much cheaper and better for the environment than incandescent which squanders a large percentage of energy on making heat. LED (Light Emitting Diodes) have the potential for being the cheapest, after you factor in the length of time that they continue to work. However, they are a larger investment. I will email the article to you so that you can take advantage of all of Ben’s work if you email me.
As we drove all around the Lazybrook subdivision on the last days of February looking for the “yard of the month” for March, we finally came back to our own street and selected our next door neighbors, Duane and Betty Davis’ yard. Duane is meticulous in the way he takes care of their yard. We have observed him on many days during February hand pulling weeds from his front lawn and distributing weed and feed fertilizer. His efforts show in a very neat overall appearance even though the grass is not totally green – there are NO weeds!!
Duane and Betty have lived at 2430 Willowmoss Court since 1997. Before that they lived on Sea King in Lazybrook for 10 years so that adds up to almost 25 years as Lazybrook residents.
Their driveway and front sidewalks are a dark gray pressed concrete and they are very attractive. Along the front of the house a short, curved boxwood hedge provides continuity as its graceful lines move across the entire front of the house. Large variegated Pittosporum plants frame the double front doors and salmon Azaleas behind the boxwood are beginning to bloom.
A large Magnolia tree is near the house on the left and a large Water Oak is on the other side. Across the driveway are two smaller Red Oaks. A raised bed around the first Red Oak is bordered by three layers of stone. Duane and Betty have selected some dark red (almost maroon) Verbena and some white Alyssum for color in the bed. The same Verbena is planted in front of the boxwood and behind the sidewalk from the front door to the driveway. Again three layers of stone form a nice border to the bed. Across the sidewalk a small area of red and white Dianthus provide a nice color accent.
In an effort to help prevent identity theft, Sheriff Adrian Garcia is extending an invitation to the public to come and shred old documents such as, old tax records, old medical records, and other personal documents free of charge. Identity theft has become one of the costliest crimes in the nation.
With that in mind, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office has teamed up with the company, Shred-It, to wage a war against identity thieves and heighten the awareness of the general public on ways to reduce their chances of becoming a victim of identity theft.
Batteries, glass and needles will not be allowed. Documents will only be accepted if they are received in file/banker boxes. Each household will be limited to 5 boxes.
Following are the scheduled dates for the Shred-It Program. All Shred-It services will be provided at the scheduled locations from 9am-12pm.
3/26/2011 – Harris County Sheriff’s Office District 2 Substation
7900 Will Clayton Parkway, Houston, TX 77396
5/21/2011 – Harris County Court Annex
10851 Scarsdale, Houston, TX 77581
8/27/2011 – George Bush Park
16756 Westheimer Parkway, Houston, TX 77082
11/12/2011 – Harris County Sheriff’s Office District 1 Substation
6831 Cypresswood, Houston, TX 77379
Please contact the Community Services Section at 713-759-9454 if you have questions regarding this event.
Approved By: Deputy Reaves (713) 759-9454