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New Caney ISD board approves MOU to formalize overflow parking at county sports complex
Summary
The New Caney ISD Board of Trustees voted to approve a memorandum of understanding to formalize overflow parking access at a nearby county sports complex, a public-private partnership presented by Precinct 4 Commissioner Matt Grama.
At its Jan. 23, 2025 regular meeting, the New Caney Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a memorandum of understanding to allow overflow parking at the county sports complex adjacent to district property.
The agreement, presented to the board by Montgomery County Precinct 4 Commissioner Matt Grama, formalizes an existing informal arrangement to use the neighboring park’s parking for district events and is tied to a larger public-private partnership to upgrade the sports complex.
“what I'm here to discuss is much larger than a parking agreement,” Commissioner Matt Grama told the board, describing planned capital improvements at the park and the role the MOU would play in formalizing coordination between the county, the sports association and the district. Grama said the private partner would invest “millions of dollars” to turf fields and that the partnership would relieve the county of recurring maintenance costs, citing “watering, $70,000 utility and electric bills that they're now going to carry.”
Superintendent Calvert introduced Grama and framed the item as a mutual partnership between the district and the precinct. The board pulled the item for discussion, recessed into closed session, then returned to open session and voted to approve the MOU. The meeting transcript records the motion, a second, and a voice vote; a roll-call tally was not recorded in the minutes provided.
Board members did not record additional conditions or an implementation timeline during the open-session vote. The MOU was presented as part of a broader economic-development effort that Grama said could increase weekend visitation, hotel demand and sales tax receipts in the Valley Ranch area.
Action on the MOU was taken after the board’s closed session; the motion carried in open session with no recorded nay votes in the transcript. The document delegates no specific spending authority to the district in the open-meeting remarks, and any operational details were not specified on the public record at the time of the vote.
The board’s approval formalizes parking access and signals district support for the related public-private improvements at the county-run sports complex. Further operational or financial details were not specified in the open meeting.
