Residents may act as extra eyes and ears on the streets, and soon you’ll be able to report a pothole, a malfunctioning traffic light, or a drainage problem while you’re out and about. Houston 311 has launched a new smartphone app that makes reporting issues like these easier than ever. The app uses GPS to identify your location and also allows you to snap a photo to add to your service request. The new app allows for reports to be automatically routed to city departments for resolutions.
You can still alert the City of Houston of issues by dialing 3-1-1 or 713-837-0311 of potential problems in your community. Houstonians can also access this helpful service via an e-mail to 311@HoustonTX.gov. A self Service Request (SR) form is available online at www.houston311.org. Once you’ve reported a problem please follow up with the District E office by emailing your case number and information on the issue to the District E office at districte@houstontx.gov to help make sure the problem is addressed in a timely manner.
Oak Meadow Park Ribbon Cutting SCENARIO Date / Time: Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023 / 3 p.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, 832- 713-1277 (cell) 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 Grant Hopkins, Asset Management Leader; Lacey LeMoine, Public Affairs Coordinator, INVISTA Katie Shelton, Public Affairs Liaison, on behalf of At-Large Council Member Sallie Alcorn Eileen Puente, Principal, Rucker Elementary School, HISD Fred Flickinger, Council Member-elect, District E (tentative)
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.
Event Location
RESERVED PARKING PASS Event at Oak Meadow Park 500 AHRENS ST., HOUSTON, TX 77017 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20, 2023, AT 3 PM
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.
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
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.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Tuesday, November 14 – 10AM Attendance: COH Mayor Turner, COH Councilman and other elected officials Every Resident is invited to attend!
The following items have been added:
4 – 8ft tables (1 – pavilion w/handicap access, others on Christine side) Soccer field will be marked BBQ Pits 3 – Wooden tables refurbished (No graffiti allowed) Walking trail covered with black top – will be redone Retention pond – not holding water
Thank you to Mayor 50/50 Park Partners, Houston Parks Board, City of Houston, TPC, Invista, OMCC worked together in making this park a success!
UPDATE ON OAK MEADOWS PARK……. Today the Civic Club had a very productive conversation with the Houston Parks Board …. Here’s the data…
Pavilion supply chain issues will ship in early September in the US and arrive in the middle of the month.
Completion date: TBD
Two stolen BBQ pit: City of Houston Parks will be replaced once completion has been reached with the renovation.
The volleyball net will not stay at Park 24/7; it will be coordinated through an officer of Civic Club for use when needed.
Walking trail portions will be resurfaced.
LED lighting around Park.
No bicycles signs on walking trail
Sponsors that donated above $250,000 will be recognized (Port of Houston & Valero) Invista and TPC will be recognized during the ribbon cutting ceremony.
Ribbon cutting would be in October.
Thank you to all for your patience on this renovation.
9045 Howard – 6:30PM – Sept 19th Some capital improvements that need to be addressed are as follows:
1. Need for infrastructure repairs
2. Need new cement street- no more blacktopping
3. Need to repair or replace water lines especially those busting on Right of Ways
Residentes de Oak Meadows: este es un momento en el que debemos unirnos y unirnos. Si no hablamos en esta próxima reunión, nuestro vecindario seguirá recibiendo NADA.
1. Primero, reemplazamos las líneas de alcantarillado en Oak Meadows debido a que el Club Cívico habló en nombre de todo el vecindario con los representantes de la ciudad de Houston.
2. En segundo lugar, propusimos renovaciones del parque con nuestros donantes circundantes, el Puerto de Houston y Plants. El próximo mes gran celebración de reapertura con la Ciudad de Houston y el Puerto de Houston y representantes de la planta.
3. La próxima reunión es nuestra oportunidad para hablar sobre reparaciones adicionales necesarias en Oak Meadows. Calles de Cemento y Líneas de Agua. Las líneas de agua se instalaron en 1950. Es hora de hacer otras nuevas.
Ven a la reunión y habla en nombre de nuestro vecindario!
