Month: December 2023
Ribbon Cutting for Oak Meadows Park announced on ABC13!
Oak Meadows made the news!
Please check out the link and you will see OM is mentioned during live episode at 6AM this morning, December 20, 2023. You can find it exactly at 12:47 into the segment.
OAK MEADOWS ANNUAL DUES ARE $25.00 – Ready for the 2024, WE ARE! Make a difference in where you live.
President – Jesus Gonzalez – laredorx54@yahoo.com – email us today!
Oak Meadows Neighbors,
2024 is only few weeks away! Let’s begin the new year right and be mindful that January is the time to pay your membership dues.
You saw your civic club worked for you through out the year of 2023.
- OM Website
- OM Meetings and updates
- Reported Water leaks and drainage system
- OM Park
We are hoping that more residents will become members and are able to reach out to those that live near you. We still have petitions on hand to sign so that we can update our Deed Restrictions to allow those that want to build 2-story homes.
We have a new council member in office that pledged during his campaign to not ignore Dist. “E.”
There is so much we can do together for 2024. Please reach out to us and become a member of your Civic Club.
Thank you.
Updated scheduled event for Oak Meadow Park Ribbon Cutting SCENARIO will be December 20, 2023 at 3:00pm.
- Date / Time: Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2023 / 3:00p.m.
- Site: Oak Meadow Park, 500 Ahrens St., Houston, TX 77017
- Point of Contact: Oneika Peters, Sr. Community Liaison, HPARD, 832-755-0293(cell)
- Chanelle Frazier, Outreach Manager, Houston Parks Board, 713-
- Parking: Speaking program participants and VIPs will park along Ahrens Street near the playground; general public parking will be around the park
- Weather Provisions: Event will be outdoors; umbrellas will be provided in case of light rain; in case of moderate rain, speaking program will be under the park’s picnic pavilion
- Language Provision: This is a bilingual speaking program through interpretation headsets provided to people who prefer to listen in Spanish
- Confirmed Speaking Program Participants (in order of appearance):
- Kenneth Allen, Director, Houston Parks and Recreation Department
- The Honorable Mayor Sylvester Turner, Mayor, City of Houston
- Mayor Pro-Tem and Council Member Dave Martin, District E
- Beth White, President and CEO, Houston Parks Board
- Dean Corgey, Commissioner, Port Houston
- Michelle Garcia, Vice President, Oak Meadows Civic Club
- Confirmed Elected Officials, Partners, and Guests
- Sara Cronin, Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs; Gwendolyn Kimble, Communications Coordinator; Nick Gill, Houston Operations Plant Manager; Jason Sanders, Environmental Manager, TPC Group
- Sara Montelongo-Oyervidez, Manager, Refinery Public Affairs, Valero Energy Foundation
- Jesus Gonzalez, President, and Rita Snow, Secretary, Oak Meadows Civic Club
- Eileen Puente, Principal, Rucker Elementary School, HISD
- Scenario Snapshot
- 01:30 p.m. Event Load-in Begins
- 02:30 p.m. All Event Elements in Place 03:05 p.m. Opening Remarks Begin
- 03:26 p.m. END of Program & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony BEGINS 04:00 p.m. Event ends
- Speaking Program – 21 minutes
- 3:05 p.m. Kenneth Allen, Director, Houston Parks and Recreation Department, thanks participants for coming and offers remarks (4 mins)
- 3:09 p.m. Mr. Allen introduces The Honorable Mayor Sylvester Turner, Mayor of The City of Houston (1 min)
- 3:10 p.m. Mayor Sylvester Turner offers remarks (3 mins)
- 3:13 p.m. Mayor Sylvester Turner introduces Mayor Pro-Tem and District E Council Member Dave Martin (1 min)
- 3:14 p.m. Mayor Pro-Tem Martin offers remarks and turns program back to Mr. Allen(2 mins)
- 3:16 p.m. Mr. Allen introduces Beth White, President and CEO, Houston Parks Board (1 min)
- 3:17 p.m. Ms. White offers remarks (2 min)
- 3:19 p.m. Ms. White introduces Dean Corgey, Commissioner, Port Houston (1 min)
- 3:20 p.m. Mr. Corgey offers remarks and turns program back to Ms. White (2 min)
- 3:22 p.m. Ms. White introduces Michelle Garcia, Vice President, Oak Meadows Civic Club (1 min)
- 3:23 p.m. Ms. Garcia offers remarks and turns program back to Mr. Allen (2 min)
- 3:25 p.m. Mr. Allen offers closing remarks and thanks everyone for attending! All
- speakers, VIPs, and electeds move to the ribbon cutting location (1 min)
- 3:26 p.m. Ribbon Cutting Photo Opp
- PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: All Program Participants gather at the ribbon-cutting location
- Oak Meadow Park Improvements Description and Background – This event celebrates the grand opening of improvements at Oak Meadow Park, located in the Oak Meadows Neighborhood.
- Improvements made by the Houston Parks Board and the Houston Parks and Recreation Department
include:
o Replaced the playground’s equipment for ages 2-5 and 5-12 and the adjacent concrete plaza
o Replaced swing set and added adjacent site lighting
o Upgraded asphalt walking trail to new concrete and installed two new benches along the trail
o Renovated basketball area with resurfaced court, repainted lines, new backboards and posts, and
installation of new seatless benches for players to lean on
o Converted the baseball field into a soccer field and established new turf
o Added picnic pavilion area with lighting and four new picnic tables
o Enhanced volleyball court with new sod, posts, and corner markers
o Refreshed and reconfigured site furnishings, such as benches, picnic tables, and grills
o Repaired park water fountain
o Addition of bollards around the park perimeter
o Detention area for improved drainage for the park - Houston Parks Board served as the project manager, with Times Construction as the construction
firm. The landscape architect was Clark Condon Associates, Inc. The overall total project cost is
$1,095,000. - Upgrades to this neighborhood park were made possible by 50/50 Park Partners, a Mayor
Sylvester Turner initiative led by the City of Houston, Houston Parks and Recreation Department,
Houston Parks Board, and Greater Houston Partnership. - The 50/50 Park Partners framework provides an opportunity for corporations to play a
leadership role in supporting neighborhood parks and their surrounding communities, catalyzing the
process of reinvigorating an under-resourced park. - In addition to a City of Houston public investment of $14 million to the 50/50 Park Partners
Initiative, we would like to acknowledge over 30 philanthropic partners who together invested over
$10 million, including Houston Endowment, Port Houston – the official Park Partner for this park. - Houston Endowment has played a leadership role in parks across the city through its history of
investments and recognizes the value of smaller neighborhood parks. - Port Houston played a pivotal role in this park’s transformation by pledging $1 million to the
50/50 Park Partners program, partnering with both Oak Meadow Park and Hidalgo Park, and inspiring
the maritime-themed playground. - In addition, three companies contributed funding towards improvements at Oak Meadow Park:
INVISTA, TPC Group, and the Valero Energy Foundation – collectively contributed over $30,000 to the
project. - The initiative included a coordinated process for determining park improvements focused on
collaboration with the Oak Meadows Neighborhood and the District E Office. - For this park, an initial community listening session was held on December 8, 2021, during
which residents provided their ideas and feedback on key aspects of the park. - An in-person pop-up on December 14, 2021, and additional meetings were held with the community
to refine the park’s improvements and design further. - A survey was also distributed to the neighborhood via email and yard signs.