BY RACHEL LELAND & JAMES T. NORMAN
Seabrook voters to consider $22M bond
League City OKs study for new re station League City is making progress on its e orts to add two new re stations to the city’s western side, starting with a feasibil- ity study for Fire Station No. 7. The gist League City City Council at its Feb. 11 meeting voted unanimously to award a $24,000 feasibility study to Houston-based BRW Architects to determine whether an area south of Muldoon Parkway on the city’s west side is suitable for building the city’s seventh re station. The cost The station’s planning and design phase is expected to cost $2.25 million, while construction and equipment are projected at $15.65 million, documents show.
Seabrook 2025 bond For community pool
Among several City Council positions, vot- ers on May 3 will have the chance to vote on $22 million in bonds that the city of Seabrook is pitching for a new pool and police station. The overview The vote to call for a bond election occurred during City Council’s Feb. 4 meeting. If both propositions pass, it would raise tax rates by $0.05510 per $100 valuation of a home starting in scal year 2025-26, city documents show. O cials estimate an increase of roughly $132 annually on a tax bill for a $300,000 home if both are approved. Increases vary if just one proposition is approved. Remember this? Community Impact previously reported City Manager Gayle Cook said the city needed to relocate the current police station, which was built in 1996, due to ood risk.
For police station
$4M
$18M
LAKESIDE DR.
Potential sites for new police station
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REPSDORPH RD.
146
Current Seabrook Police Station
GALVESTON BAY
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SOURCE: CITY OF SEABROOK COMMUNITY IMPACT
“The majority of [Seabrook residents] know that we have to spend money. In order to get the services that they want, we do have to acquire debt.” THOM KOLUPSKI, SEABROOK MAYOR
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