Katy Edition | March 2022

QUOTEOFNOTE “HAVINGA STATEOF THEART EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ANY COUNTYOF OUR

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SAT, APRIL 23•11am-3pm The Art Market will showcase paintings, ceramics, woodwork, jewelry and other handcrafted items. Enjoy music, local art, activities for the kids and delicious cuisine from some of the area’s best food trucks. Stop by our Giant Art Photo Ops, and then visit one of our 15 + Model Homes to pick up the newest décor tips!

NUMBER TOKNOW ballots were initially uncounted in Harris County’s primary election. 10,000 MEETING HIGHLIGHTS FORTBENDCOUNTY The COVID-19 risk level in Fort Bend County was lowered from orange— moderate to signicant community risk—down to yellow—low to moderate community risk. According to Fort Bend County’s coronavirus data dashboard, 75% of Fort Bend County residents age 5 and older have received one vaccine dose and 94% of residents age 65 and up have received one dose. HARRIS COUNTY Commissioners in Harris County chose to support four aordable housing projects Feb. 22. The Cole Creek Estates and Cypress Senior Homes projects were approved unanimously, but the Fairbanks Crossing and Vecinos Apartments projects were approved in a 3-2 vote with precinct 3 and 4 Commissioners Tom Ramsey and Jack Cagle dissenting. The Cole Creek Estates project wil be built at Gessner Road in Precinct 1, while the Cypress Senior Homes project is set for Precinct 4’s Barker Cypress Road. The Vecinos Apartments are set for the intersection of Spring Cypress and Lexington roads in Precinct 3, while the Fairbanks Crossing project will eventually open in Precinct 1. Katy City Council meets the second and fourth Mondays of the month at 6:30 p.m. The next meeting is March 28 at 910 Ave. C, Katy. 281-391-4800. www.cityoaty.com Harris County Commissioners Court usually meets Tuesday mornings twice a month. The next meeting is April 5 at 1001 Preston Ave., Ste. 934, Houston. 713-755-5000. www.harriscountytx.gov Fort Bend County Commissioners Court meets at 1 p.m. the rst, second and fourth Tuesdays each month. The next meeting is March 29 at 401 Jackson St., Richmond. 281-342-3411. www.fortbendcountytx.gov MEETINGSWE COVER

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FortBendCounty emergencyoperations center toopen inMay

BY HUNTER MARROW

FORTBENDCOUNTY A new emergency operations center is slated for a late May opening in Fort Bend County. The two-story emergency operations center at 307 Fort St., Richmond, originally scheduled for completion by late March, is now looking at a late May opening due to supply delays, per a Feb. 28 news release. The county broke ground on the building in February 2021. The $9.3 million building is designed to consolidate oces and communications spaces to best accommodate the county’s response to weather, re and other emer- gencies, said Mark Flathouse, the county’s emergency management coordinator. The facility will include a detached apparatus bay for emer- gency vehicles in addition to large training rooms, a media room, sta oces and support areas. “This building ... will develop the communications throughout the county during any emergency or anything taking place,” Flathouse said at a Feb. 28 news conference. The old facility used by Fort Bend County during emergency events has been unusable in some disasters, such as during Hurricane Harvey, when the county was forced to utilize a portable command center, Fort Bend County Judge KP George said at the conference. “Having a state-of-the-art emer- gency management is one of the best things any county of our size can have,” he said.

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