The West End Civic Club

West End Civic Club Meeting - Thursday, February 11

The regular monthly meeting of the West End Civic Club will be held on February 11, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. Please remember, the location has changed. We now meet at St. Mark's United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, at 1615 Patterson.

In addition to other important topics that affect our neighborhood, this month we will be talking about how we would like to promote the West End Civic Club throughout our community in the coming months. We will need your help!

If anyone has a topic they would like to discuss at the meeting, please send it to info@westendcivicclub.org!

Please plan to attend this very important meeting!

Thank you,

YOUR West End Civic Club Board

New West End Civic Club Officers Sworn In

January 14, 2010

From Left to Right, Membership Secretary Donna Harvison, Houston City Council
Member Ed Gonzalez, Secretary Terry Trang, President Howard Watson, Vice
President Rich Taylor, Treasurer Matthew Barré
PHOTO CREDIT: Craig Bowie, Photographer & West End Resident

At the regularly scheduled meeting of the West End Civic Club, new officers for 2010 through 2012 were sworn in by Judge David Patronella, Harris County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 2. Also in attendance were District H Houston City Council Member Ed Gonzalez and Gloria Lewis, a representative of Houston Council Member Melissa Noriega's office.

The new officers are as follows:

Howard Watson - President
Rich Taylor - Vice President
Matthew Barré - Treasurer
Terry Trang - Secretary
Donna Harvison - Membership Secretary

Also at this meeting, outgoing officers were presented with plaques comemmorating their service to the West End Civic Club. One of our neighborhood businesses, Laurenzo's Grille, graciously provided tortilla chips, guacamole, chili con queso and salsa as snacks for our event.

A special thanks from the Civic Club to all who attended and made this event a special evening. The next meeting of the West End Civic Club will be on February 11 at 6:30 p.m. at St Mark's Methodist Church Fellowship Hall.

Final Letter from President Juan Arriaga

6 January 2010

Dear West End Residents,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you West End: Civic Club board members, club members and community, for your help and support while I held the position of President of the West End Civic Club, Inc. I would like to specially thank Ms. Vanessa Yeomans for helping in getting the city's attention in our quest to better the West End park, Nick Urbano in establishing and maintaining our website, www.freewebs.com/westendcivicclub/, and Barbara Oliver for mentoring and guiding me during my tenure. It was a great honor and pleasure to serve you all.

Together we have seen, in my opinion, both positive, and not so positive changes in our community, including the "Welcome to West End" sign, plans for the beautification of the West End park, the Quiet Zone and unfortunately the closure of half of our railroad crossings towards Washington Ave. and parking issues. Other plans in the near horizon that we did not have a direct say in are: the feeder roads along I-10 between Patterson and Yale and the detention ponds on the NW corner of West End.

My future civic plans are to continue being active in the community, but in a smaller capacity. I plan on attending most of the monthly club meetings and also make myself available to the new administration for any help that I may be able to provide.

My farewell recommendations are: for the club to keep us informed of happenings in West End so that WE, the community, can make informed decisions, and for the community to wave at each other as a gesture of acknowledgement and friendship.

Again, thank you and Happy New Year

Juan Arriaga

Washington Quiet Zone Featured on Channel 11 News

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WECC Newsletter for Sep / Oct 2009 is Out

Please click here to see a PDF Copy of the Newsletter!

Part Time, District H Satellite Office in the Heights

District H Council Member Ed Gonzalez Announces the Grand Opening of the District H Satellite Office.

Please feel free to drop by and meet your new District H Council Member Ed Gonzalez at 107 W. 12th and Yale.

Council Member Gonzalez announces that he will continue to open his office the second Monday of the month from 5-7 pm and beginning on Monday August 24th the satellite office will be open every 4th Monday of the month from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm.

The office will be located on the first floor of the historic Heights Fire Station in the office area at the southeast corner of the building.

City of Houston - Safe Sidewalks Program - New Sidewalks in West End

In order to keep pace with the growing needs of the community, the City of Houston Department of Public Works and Engineering will be improving the sidewalks in the areas described below. The contractor for this project is Metro City Construction, L.P. Work started on August 5, 2009, and is scheduled to end on January 31, 2010. You may not see any activity by the contractor for several weeks after the construction time has begun. This is due to the contractor getting prepared to perform work which includes procurement of materials and equipment, setting up staging areas or working in other areas in the project

A detailed description and contact information is listed below.

WBS No. N-00610A-00H4-4 & N-00610A-00H5-4
Project Description: Safe Sidewalk Program H4 & H5 Project
Construction Cost: $841,950.56

Streets in West End involved in construction:

Street Name To From

Patterson I.H. 10 East Washington

Construction Firm: Metro City Construction, L.P.
Construction Firm Project Manager: Rob Ovalle 713-943-0090 Ext.14
City of Houston Project Manager : Philip DeWalt 713-837-7193 philip.dewalt@cityofhouston.net
City of Houston Managing Engineer : Joe Smith 713-837-0946
joe.smith@cityofhouston.net
City of Houston Inspector: Claudius Anyalebechi 713-412-9142 Claudius.Anyalebechi@cityofhouston.net

The contractor is required to provide residents written notification, via door hangers, 72 hours prior to construction beginning on your street.

If you have questions about the construction phase please contact the Construction Management and Inspection Project Manager or the City of Houston Project Manager listed above. If the issue is not resolved to your satisfaction please contact the City of Houston Managing Engineer listed above or Tim Lincoln, Senior Assistant Director, Construction Branch at (713) 837-7074 or e-mail at tim.lincoln@cityofhouston.net