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City Manager updates council on festivals, development, and major infrastructure projects
Summary
City Manager Chaise Cary briefed the council on community events and infrastructure: the Italian Festival, a substandard-structure hearing for Harbor Playhouse with repair estimates over $1 million, Jack in the Box renovation after demolition, Lago Mar East access requests and rejection of Hughes Road tie-ins, and multiple drainage and sidewalk projects supported by county grant matches.
City Manager Chaise Cary provided a multipart administrative update at the March 10 meeting covering community events, development projects and infrastructure work.
Cary noted the Italian Festival at City Hall (Saturday) and a Galveston County Mayor & Council dinner to be hosted in Dickinson. He reported a substandard-structure hearing for the Harbor Playhouse with repair costs estimated "over $1 million" and described a Jack in the Box renovation following demolition proceedings. Cary also summarized access requests related to the Lago Mar East development and stated the City rejected tie-ins to Hughes Road. He detailed progress on the Hughes Road Drainage Project, Moore’s Addition Drainage Project, HSIP sidewalks on California Avenue, Emergency Watershed Protection Program work, Safe Routes to School efforts and a county partnership providing local grant matches to continue major projects.
