Lakewood Civic

The City will be hosting a Zoom meeting on Tuesday, December 15^th at 6 p.m. to discuss a potential grant for our subdivision and answer questions. We have the opportunity to be selected to receive a $500 – $5000 enhancement grant for one of the following projects:

* A 2^nd neighborhood sign with landscaping for entrances to Lakewood

* A Dog Park

* A playground with amenities for older children and adults

Please show your interest and support for this opportunity by attending the Zoom conference (you can connect only by phone too):

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Meeting ID: 899 5027 1550

Passcode: 029

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Thank You!

ExxonMobil will begin work on replacing a underground pipeline that crosses Lakewood starting Nov 9th. They plan to bore under the streets to minimize disruption. Residents near the construction have been notified. For more details see their website: ExxonMobil Pipeline Replacement Project

Congratulations to our first ever Halloween Decorating Contest!!!

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The Lakewood Civic Association has the opportunity to apply for a grant to improve our subdivision. Grants range from a minimum of $500 to a maximum of $5000 and eligible projects must support neighborhood goals under one of the following categories: Beautification, Neighborhood Safety, or Connecting Neighbors. Any project will need to be supported by the LCA and neighborhood after implementation if we are successful in qualifying for a grant. Lakewood is a great place to live and we’d like your suggestions on projects (by November 10th) to make it even better.

Thank you!

From Asst. City Manager Kevin Troller about Mosquito spraying:

“I am providing this as an update since National Night Out; and hope you can share this info with your neighbors and the HOA. The attached maps” (link below) “show each night that we’ve sprayed since Oct. 7th . We still receive complaints from the Lakewood subdivision, still stating that our spray trucks are not coming down all the streets – which we are. We continue checking as all of our trucks are chipped; our trucks are spraying up and down the complete lengths of all streets. The months of September and October are typically bad for the neighborhoods that are closest to the bay. These months have excessively high tides that bring water into the coastal areas where the Aedes taeniorhynchus mosquito flourish. To top that, the two tropical storms that have been just to the East of us has made even more impact on our tides than normal. In many cases, these areas where these particular mosquitoes breed, in high tide pools, we rely on adulticiding (spraying) to reduce the populations which takes several treatments to reduce the populations effectively. Our mosquito division has sprayed this area 8 times in the past 20 days since NNO. Dates of spray missions are: Oct 7, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26. I hope this information is helpful.”

Kevin G. Troller, ICMA-CM
Assistant City Manager | City of Baytown
Office: 281-420-6503 | www.baytown.org

https://lakewoodcivic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Oct.-Lakewood-Mosquito-Spraying-7th-_.pdf

For the first time ever, the Lakewood Civic Association is having a Halloween house/yard decorating contest. The judging will be Oct 24th and 25th with the top 3 winners announced on Tuesday Oct 27th. The prizes will be small gift cards and yard signs. We thought this may be a fun way to lighten a pretty somber year. Good Luck!!!

During the Neighborhood Night Out (NNO) in Lakewood this week, the concern about mosquitos was raised.

The key way to reduce mosquitos around your property is for you and your neighbors to find and empty all standing water where they breed.

This message is from Kevin G. Troller, Baytown Assistant City Manager about City spraying:

“Lakewood has been sprayed 32 times this year, which is more than any other zone in the City which is typical with their proximity to the bay.  Attached are graphs of the last three spray missions which show Lakewood in general and the 200 block of Post Oak where I heard the concern during NNO.  The graphs show, as we have all our vehicles chipped, that the last 3 spray dates/times are September 29 ^th at 9:12pm; October 2 at 8:42pm; and October 5 at 8:39pm.  Also, knowing Lakewood’s proximity to the Baytown Nature Center, know we both spray and larvicide there.  The problem this year has been the numerous tropical storms and the high tides caused by them.  I’ll include a link to an article that might be helpful as well. Lastly, please call our Health Department main line as we log all calls, and we do respond to areas where heightened concerns are raised.  That number is: (281) 420-5384.  I hope this information is helpful to you.  We really appreciate the dialogue we’re able to have with our citizens during NNO.  Sincerely,  Kevin”

Link to graph of Post Oak Spraying

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/10/07/feeling-the-sting-lately-fort-bend-harris-counties-combat-spike-in-mosquito-population/

The Bayway Corridor Plan will be used to drive the revitalization of the Corridor by identifying key marketing and economic development opportunities and challenges, beautification opportunities, and infill development opportunities. It will also develop a Capital Improvement and Action Plan.

Click on this link to view the presentation from the first meeting of this team –> BPSC

Also linked is a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) table –> SWOT
If you would like to provide input for SWOT, please email lca1_board@lakewoodcivic.org by July 25th.

The next Lakewood Civic Association (LCA) Board meeting is currently scheduled for July 16th at 7:00 pm at the Lakewood Church of Christ. Please review the LCA Board Open Meeting Policy for more information if you would like to attend: https://lakewoodcivic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/LCA-Open-Meeting-Policy.pdf

The following individuals were elected to the Lakewood Civic Association board by the membership for a 2 year term (per the bylaws):

Randee King

Frank McKay

Renita Price

Randy Dickey

Existing board members that have one more year in their current two year term are:

Tammy Calaway

Dell Cantrell

Spencer Carnes

Lloyd Lively

The board will meet soon (virtually or physically) to elect new officers.

Thanks to all the board candidates and the residents of Lakewood that joined the association and voted.