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Tomball hosts open house for comprehensive plan
Tomball council votes against term limits Tomball City Council voted 1-4 against approving a proposition that would create term limits during a special meeting Feb. 9. What happened On Feb. 9, Tomball City Council approved sending all propositions to amend the city’s charter except Proposition F—which outlined term limits—to voters in May. They voted on Proposition F separately, voting it down 1-4. Council member Dane Dunagin voted in approval; council mem- bers John Ford, Mark Stoll, Derek Townsend and Randy Parr voted against. The term limits proposed were four con- secutive full terms, or 12 consecutive years, whichever is longest. Council members then would not have been eligible to be elected until they were out of office one full year.
Comprehensive plan timeline
August-October 2023: Background analysis November 2023-May 2024: Plan development June-July 2024: Implementation plan August 2024: Adoption
Dozens of community members attended Tomball’s comprehensive plan open house Jan. 31 at the Tomball Community Center. “The comprehensive plan is the document that, in the next five to 10 years, you are telling your city what you want them to do,” Mayor Lori Klein Quinn said at the open house. “This comes from you. This is your plan.” What happened Residents were invited to share their thoughts and opinions on the city and its future for the new comprehensive plan. Attendees were invited to use Post-its and dot stickers to mark up various posters on different aspects of Tomball, such as downtown, its streets and its land uses. During the open house, Alexis Garcia, a project
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manager with engineering firm Freese and Nich- ols, gave a presentation on what the plan entails. How we got here Last May, Tomball City Council approved an agreement with Freese and Nichols to spend $450,000 developing updated comprehensive, future land use and major thoroughfare plans, Community Impact previously reported. The city’s last comprehensive plan, adopted in 2019, included information on topics such as the city’s existing conditions, visions and recommen- dations for Tomball and plans for implementation.
Montgomery County ESD 10 completes $2.6 million renovation on Station 183 Montgomery County Emergency Services Dis- trict No. 10, which provides firefighting services in Magnolia, held an open house and ribbon-cutting Feb. 15 for the newly renovated Station 183. In a nutshell MEADOWSWEET DR.
“Everything came out down to the red iron; the slab was modified for additional plumbing; the addition was set on the southern end of the build- ing, and we built everything back,” Grant said. Funded by ESD 10, the $2.6 million renovation was completed in late 2023. “This new facility will make a difference in many people’s lives,” ESD 10 board President Larry Smith said.
Chuck Grant, assistant chief of administration for the Magnolia Fire Department, said via email that the station was completely overhauled.
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