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QUOTEOFNOTE “I THINKTHISPROJECT ISWIDELYNEEDED TO SUPPORT GROWTH.” SHASHI KUMAR, MISSOURI CITY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, ON THE EXPANDED WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT NUMBER TOKNOW acres zoned for a new park in Missouri City 6.69 MEETING HIGHLIGHTS FORTBENDCOUNTY Up to $2 million is available to Fort Bend County small businesses that were a ected by the pandemic through the Regional Revolving Loan Program after it was approved by the Houston- Galveston Area Council on Feb. 15. Program details are online at www. hgaldc.com/tripler. Businesses must prove they were impacted by the pandemic or that they will contribute to economic recovery. The program, which is a partnership between Fort Bend County and the H-GAC, will be available through 2028. Sugar Land City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. March 15 at 2700 Town Center Blvd. N., Sugar Land. Meetings are livestreamed and in MEETINGSWE COVER Missouri City City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. March 21 at 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City. Meetings are livestreamed and in person. 281-403-8500. www.missouricitytx.gov Fort Bend County Commissioners Court will meet at 1 p.m. March 22 at 401 Jackson St., Richmond. Meetings are livestreamed and in person. 281-342-3411. www.fortbendcountytx.gov person. 281-275-2900. www.sugarlandtx.gov
Missouri City outlines COVID 19 spending plan
BY HUNTER MARROW
Once the total funding is available, the plan authorized by Missouri City City Council includes: EXPENSE BREAKDOWN
MISSOURI CITY In August, Missouri City will receive its second $3.45 million payment from the U.S. Department of the Treasury via the American Rescue Plan Act. The funds are designed to assist the city in responding to the impact of COVID-19, according to a Feb. 7 agenda report. On Feb. 7, Missouri City City Council approved a $6.9 million plan for those funds, which will address two main categories of need, public health and economic response—as well as water: sewer and broadband infrastructure, accord- ing to Allena Portis, the city’s director of nancial services, at the meeting. These two categories were eligible uses for the funding alongside public-sector revenues and premium pay for essential workers, o cials said. The funding allows the city to cover eligible costs incurred between March 2021 through 2024. $2 million will pay for land for a 12-acre expansion to the city’s Mustang Bayou wastewater treatment plant, according to City Engineer Shashi Kumar. “I think this project is widely needed to support growth,” Kumar said at the meeting. “It not only bene ts the city, but bene ts the developer, so we believe there may be some opportunity to collaborate.”
Parks Quail Green West Park restrooms - $200,000 parks - $1,200,000
Total $6,910,253
Other HVAC & building repairs Upgrades-$450,000 COVID-19 response-$135,253 Contingency-$200,000 Wastewater Projects Mustang Bayou collection system design - $1,900,000 Land purchase for WWTP expansion - $2,000,000
Small Business Programs Disparity study-$225,000 Small business workshops - $200,000 Patio program-$400,000
SOURCE: MISSOURI CITY COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
Missouri City o cialsmakeway for newpark
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BY HUNTER MARROW
new park to be known as Randy/Dee Park, said Jennifer Thomas, the city’s director of development services, at a Dec. 8 meeting. The park will be located east of Columbia Blue Drive and west of Texas Parkway, according to city documents. City Council unanimously approved the item Feb. 7 after holding a public hearing Jan. 18. The approval means the municipal utility district is able to move forward on the rst two phases of its three- phase plan to redevelop the site. The rst phase will include parking, a playground, a picnic area, and an
MISSOURI CITY A new park planned on the west side of Missouri City’s Quail Valley subdivision has been given the green light. Missouri City City Council approved the second of two readings during its Feb. 7 meeting to rezone the 6.69- acre site from LC-2—neighborhood commercial zone—to CF, known as community facilities. The zoning change will allow Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 26 to move forward with plans to provide recreational opportunities for the district’s residents and open a
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8-foot brick wall and perimeter fence, according to city documents. Con- struction on phase one will commence over the next fewmonths, Thomas said at a Dec. 8 meeting. Phase two will include ball elds, a shade structure, a trail, a splash pad and restrooms. The third phase will include a water treatment plant.
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