The City of Seabrook’se-Update

May 2011Volume 3, Issue 5

JOIN SCOUTS NOW AND ATTEND TWILIGHT CAMP JUNE 13TH THROUGH 17TH

SPRING REGISTRATION FOR CUB SCOUTS AT THE SEABROOK COMMUNITY HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY MAY 4TH AND MAY 11TH AT 6:30 PM

Boys who will be in 1st through 5th grade for the 2011-2012 school year (currently K-4th grade) are eligible to join Cub Scouts.

New Cub Scouts, will be able to attend Twilight Camp at the Pasadena Fair Grounds June 13th through 17th! Click on our website link http://sites.google.com/site/pack389tx/Home to find out more information. Or, to join immediately contact us at 713-410-7742.

Pack 389 is in the Bayshore District of the Sam Houston Area Council (SHAC) and serves Seabrook, El Lago, Nassau Bay, and Taylor Lake Village. Boys mostly come to us from Ed White, Bay, Robinson, and Bay Area Charter, although all boys in the area are welcome.

Save the Date: April 30th - May 1st, 2011Click Here for Discounted Tickets

Honoring the 100th Anniversary of Indianapolis Racing

From the office of Michele L. Glaser, City Secretary

SEABROOK CITY ELECTION ON MAY 14, 2011

The city will hold a regular election on Saturday, May 14, 2011 for the positions of Mayor and Council Positions 2, 4 and 6 for three (3) year terms expiring in May, 2014. There will also be a special election to allow voters to vote for or against Proposition 1 “The adoption of the police officers’ civil service law.”

From the office of Michele L. Glaser, City Secretarycontinued …

REGISTERING TO VOTE

You must be registered to vote in Harris County with a City of Seabrook address to vote in the Seabrook municipal election to be held on May 14, 2011. If you have recently moved to Seabrook from another state or another county in Texas or from another address in Harris County, you must complete a new Harris County voter registration application and report your Seabrook address. If you wish to vote in the May election, the final day to register to vote or to change your address is April 14, 2011. Harris County voter registration application forms are available at city hall. You may also download a voter registration form or check to see if you are registered to vote at www.tax.co.harris.tax.us/ or you may call Harris County Voter Registration at 713-368-VOTE (8683).

From the office of Michele L. Glaser, City Secretarycontinued …

EARLY VOTING BY MAIL

Seabrook voters who are 65 years or older or who are disabled may vote early by mail for the May 14, 2011 city election. In addition, any Seabrook voter who will be absent from Harris County for the entire period of early voting (May 2 - May 10) and on Election Day (May 14) may also apply to vote by mail. Please call (281) 291-5736 or 5663 to request an application to vote early by mail. If you are voting early due to absence from Harris County, the application for ballot by mail must be mailed from a location outside of Harris County and we can only send the ballot to an address outside of Harris County. Voters who apply to vote early by mail due to age or disability, may mail the application from Seabrook and we can send the ballot to your Seabrook address. The deadline for delivering an application in person to the city secretary’s office is Friday, April 29, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. The deadline for receiving an application by mail is Friday, May 6, 2011 at 5:00 p.m.

From the office of Michele L. Glaser, City Secretarycontinued …

Early voting schedule:

• Monday, May 2, 7:30 am -5:00 pm upstairs in Room 204

• Tuesday, May 3, 7:30 am – 5:00 pm

• Wednesday, May 4, 7:30 am – 5:00 pm

• Thursday, May 5, 7:30 am – 5:00 pm

• Friday, May 6, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

• Saturday, May 7, 9:00 am – 11:00 pm

• Monday, May 9, 7:30 am – 7:30 pm

• Tuesday, May 10 , 7:00 am – 7:00 pm

• Election Day – Saturday, May 14, 7:00 am-7:00 pm downstairs in City Hall

Last day to request an application to vote by mail is May 6, 2011. This is not a postmark date, but the actual date received in the City Secretary’s

office.

Seasonal Employment Opportunities

There currently are openings for the following seasonal positions:

Lifeguards

Game Room Attendants / Cashiers

For further information, please contact Human Resources at 281-291-5680 or 281-291-5664 or go to “Employment” on the City website, www.ci.seabrook.tx.us.

City Pool Opens on Tuesday, June 7

Hours: Tuesday through Saturday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pmSundays and Mondays Closed

Resident Fees: Individual Pool Pass for 1 Person $25.00“Senior Citizens (65 and older) no chargeDaily Admission - under 18 years of age $2.00Daily Admission - 18-64 years of age $4.00Seabrook City Business Day Care $1.00 per child/day

Non-Resident Fees: Individual Pool Pass for 1 Person $150.00“Senior Citizens (65 and older) $150.00Daily Admission - under 18 years of age $6.00Daily Admission - 18-64 years of age $8.00Non-Seabrook City Business Day Care $3.00 per child/day

Seabrook Swim Team Hourly Rate for Use of Pool $10.00 per hour(during normal operations)

Green Thumb Gardening SeriesDr. Anthony Camerino, County Extension Agent for Horticulture, will speak on Landscape Pests and Diseases. These lectures are free and open to the public.

When: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 6:30-9 pmWhere: The Meeting Room at Clear Lake Park (on the lake side), 5001 NASA Parkway, Seabrook, TX 77586. For more information visit our website at: http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort/greenthumb.htm

Master Gardener Lecture SeriesBarry Schlueter, Master Hybridizer, will speak on "Hibiscus Culture and Breeding." Learn how exotic hibiscus are bred and their cultural requirements in the greater Houston area. This lecture is free and open to the public.

When: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 10 a.m.Where: The Meeting Room at Clear Lake Park (on the lakeside), 5001 NASA Parkway, Seabrook, TX 77586.

For more information visit our website at:http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort

Open Garden Day

You are invited to tour the working and demonstration gardens maintained by the Harris County Master Gardeners at Precinct 2. Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your gardening questions during this free event. Children are welcome, but must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Free and open to the public.

When: Monday, May 16, 9-10:30 am

Where: Genoa Friendship Garden, 1202 Genoa-Red Bluff, Houston, TX 77034

For more information visit our web site at:http://harris-tx.tamu.edu.hort

On May 7, the Johnson Space Center Contractor Environmental Partnership will be hosting an E-Waste Recycling Event in Space Center Houston’s parking lot from 8 am to 2 pm. This event is free and open to the public and allows anyone in the community to dispose of electronics in an environmentally friendly manner. The event is sponsored by EPA certified Hewlett-Packard with support of other NASA JSC contractors.

The Contractor Environmental Partnership, which represents NASA JSC, is using the certified recycling company Sims Recycling Solutions. Items collected will not be shipped off to developing nations and will be handled in a responsible manner. (Continued.)

Examples of accepted material include all working and non-working:•Personal computers (includes desktop, PCs, laptops, and workstations)•Monitors and flat panel displays•Printers (ink and laser)•All-in-Ones•Scanners•Digital cameras•Handheld computers•Cords•Digital entertainment & telecommunications equipment (VCRs, Cell phones, Portable music devices)

Unacceptable items:•White goods including microwave ovens, washers and dryers are not acceptable•Equipment containing radioactive materials, free flowing liquids, chlorofluorocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, or other “Hazardous Wastes” as defined in and having the meaning ascribed in and listed under 40 §261.3 and the regulations promulgated hereunder, as amended from time to time.Questions about the E-waste event can be directed to JSC’s Environmental Information line at 281-483-6207.

SEABROOK, TEXAS – The Seabrook Volunteer Fire Departmentwill be hosting a memorial blood drive in honor of the man wholost his life from his burns after saving the lives of many otherresidents at the Emerald Shores apartments. With the MemorialDay holiday and then the July 4th holiday not long after, there isusually an increased need for blood. The drive will be held onMonday, May 23rd, 2011 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM in associationwith the UTMB Blood Bank.

All community members are invited and encouraged to participatein the blood drive, which will be held at the Seabrook VolunteerFire Department, Station 1, located at 1850 E. Meyer Road.

For more information, please contact SVFDat 281-474-3434.