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May 2014 Volume 4, Issue 5

KleinwoodKrierOfficial Publication

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4/12 Swim Team Registration

4/28 Swim Practice4:00pm 9-10 / 4:45pm 7-8

5:25pm 6 & unders5:55pm 11-12 / 6


5:25pm 6 & unders / 5:55pm 11-12 / 6

5/10 Time Trials

5/12 Swim Practice4:00 pm 9-10 / 4:45pm 7-8

5:25pm 6 & unders / 5:55pm 11-12 / 6

5/16 Team Pictures

5/17 Home Meet vs. Champion Park

5/19 Swim Practice4:00 pm 9-10 / 4:45 pm 7-8

5:25 pm 6 & unders / 5:55 pm 11-12 / 6

5/24 Away Meet @ Forest Oaks

5/26 Memorial Day No practice


5:25pm 6 & unders / 5:55pm 11-12 / 6

5/31 Home Meet vs Colony Creek


5:25pm 6 & unders / 5:55pm 11-12 / 6

6/7 HomeMeet vs.Woodlands Riptides

6/9 No Practice

6/10 Morning Practice8:00am 9-10 / 8:45am 7-8

9:25am 6 & unders / 9:55am 11-12 / 10:5

6/14 Away Meet @ Imperial Oaks

6/16 No Practice

6/17 Morning Practice8:00am 9-10 / 8:45am 7-8

9:25am 6 & unders / 9:55am 11-12 / 10:5

6/21 NWAL C3 Divisionals

6/23 No Practice

6/24 Invitational ONLY Practice8-8:45: 10&under / 8:45-9:45: 11 & ups

6/28 Ponderosa Invitational

6/28 Allstars

Kleinwood Dolphins SEASON IN FULL SWING!

By Matt Stephens

Growth spurs new schools, expansions in Klein ISD

Klein High School students will walk the halls of a completely new building in August, one of several significant projects funded by $646.9 million in bonds approved in 2008. As the student population continues to rise in Klein ISD, the district plans to propose another bond election in 2015.

“[The growth] is not surprising to us because we know

ExxonMobil’s moving in, Noble Energy [is growing] and Baker Hughes is building a new training facility that’s going to impact Klein,” said Judy Rimato, associate superintendent for communications and planning. “So there’s a number of different corporations that are in the area that are going to support growth in Klein.”

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IMPORTANT NUMBERSKLEINWOOD MAINTENANCE BOARDLarry Chamberlin, President ........................... 281-580-2222Ronnie Brod, Vice President ............................ 281-370-9200Tom Houser, Secretary .................................... 281-379-6517Jeff Gobbell, Treasurer ..................................... 281-251-7767Kelly Smith, Director at Large ......................... 281-370-9735

KLEINWOOD MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTSherry Allard, President ................................... 281-923-8603Joe Fratangelo, Vice President.......................... 281-251-3189Bernie Bryl, Secretary-Treasurer ....................... 281-251-2688David C Guerrero, Assistant Secretary. ............ 281-251-2773Robert Ehmann, Asst. V.P. & Asst. Sec ............ 281-251-8621

MANAGEMENT COMPANYChaparral Management ................................... 281-537-0957

POOL MANAGEMENT COMPANYSouthwest Pool Management .......................... 281-370-2474MUD FACILITY MANAGER & BUILDING RENTALSRoger Schuett .................................................. 281-685-1275

NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATORSJeff Gobbel, Message Board Coord. .... [email protected] Gobbell, Pool Liaison ................................ 281-593-5405Mona Currey, Newsletter Editor ......... [email protected] Brod, Tennis Liaison ........................... 281-370-9200Head Block Captain ....................................................OPEN

SCHOOLSMittelstadt Elementary .................................... 832-484-6711Kleb Middle School......................................... 832-249-5500Klein High School ........................................... 832-484-4000

COMMUNITY SERVICESEmergency .......................................................................911 Harris County Constable ................................ 281-376-3472C.C.E.M.S ...................................................... 281-440-4300St. Lukes Vintage Hospital .............................. 832-534-5000Methodist Willowbrook Hospital .................... 281-737-1000Poison Control Center .................................... 281-654-1701Waste Management ......................................... 713-686-6666Klein VFD Business Office .............................. 281-376-4449Water/Sewer Repairs (24/7) ............................. 832-467-1599Water/Sewer Billing Questions ........................ 832-467-1599Reliant Energy/HL&P .................................... 713-207-7777Centerpoint (report streetlight outings) ........... 713-207-2222Harris County Library, Barbara Bush Branch .. 281-376-4610Harris County, Precinct 4 ................................ 281-353-8424Harris County Animal Control ....................... 281-999-3191Aircraft Noise Complaints ............................... 281-233-3900Environmental Development Partners ............. 832-467-1599Harris County Dispute Resolution Center ...... 713-755-8274 ...................................................... www.co.harris.tx.us/drcDomestic Violence .......................................... 281-401-6250Harris County Animal Control ....................... 281-999-3191Dead Animal Pick-up ...................................... 713-699-1113Harris County ..........................................www.co.harris.tx.usPoison Control .............................................1-800-764-7661Harris County Health Dept. ........................... 713-439-6000 ................................................................. www.hcphes.orgHarris County Community Service ................. 281-353-8424Ha ................................................................... www.hcp4.netHarris County Appraisal District ..................... 713-757-7800 .....................................................................www.hcad.orgHarris County Flood Control District ............. 713-684-4000 ....................................................................www.hcfcd.org

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The district is expected to grow by 28.8 percent, or 13,902 students, in the next 10 years, which is less than the 35.69 percent growth experienced over the last 10 years, according to the most likely scenario of a 2013 demographic study performed by the firm Population & Survey Analysts.2008 bond

Several new schools were funded by the 2008 bond package from 2009 to 2012 with French Elementary expected to open in the fall of 2015. Bernshausen Elementary was built with 2008 bonds using money originally allocated for an intermediate school.

Planned as part of the 2008 bond package, the district’s fifth high school was estimated to cost about $131 million. However, Rimato said the project was delayed and the money was spent on other projects, including campus renovations, buses and an elementary school at FM 2920 and Mahaffey Road. About $64.1 million remains for the high school’s construction.

She said the district constructs new schools once nearby schools reach a “tipping point” of about 120 percent of capacity, when the student population begins putting a strain on public spaces.

“You can build the school with the bond money, but if you don’t have the maintenance and operation funds to support the teachers and the supplies and all the other employees that it takes to run a school, then you can’t operate it,” she said. Klein High School

Perhaps the most significant piece of the 2008 bond package was the reconstruction of Klein High School, the district’s oldest high school. Robert Robertson, associate superintendent of facilities, said the $123.3 million rebuild is nearly completed, with the final three buildings of the original school set to be demolished this summer.

“The Klein High School Bearkats are tremendously excited about the completion of the new building and look forward to moving into the new spaces this summer,” KHS Principal Larry Whitehead said. “The new academic wing and athletic facilities allow our students to enjoy modernized classrooms, laboratories, library, gymnasiums and career technology spaces that better meet the needs of today’s learners.”

The high school will be a completely new campus, Robertson

said, and will use none of the old buildings that have been added since the first building opened in 1963.

“With any school facility, when they start to hit that 40-50-year point, you really have to ask yourself if the facility itself is meeting the needs of the instruction program,” he said.

Robertson said none of the campus buildings were attached, which made campus management difficult and created safety concerns. He said some instructional spaces were not up to

standard, and the campus had storm water runoff issues.

Although the campus nearly doubled in size—from less than 400,000 square feet to just under 700,000 square feet—Robertson said the campus’ capacity will only increase from 3,000 students to about 3,500, because of the increase in the size of classroom and science lab standards.

The bulk of the project will be completed in August, but some additional site work is planned for completion around November.

2015 bondKlein ISD has successfully passed

nine bond elections since 1971.Although Robertson said the amount

of a possible 2015 bond referendum is unknown, the district knows it will need at least one elementary school, one intermediate school and partial funding for the fifth high school. He said the district anticipates the referendum to be less than 2008’s bond package, although the property tax rate will increase.

“Once we get the facility assessment with the educational adequacy and the repair renovation numbers from that, we’ll know just how big that number is,” he said.

Robertson said all the new schools will be built toward the north of the district, including high school No. 5, which could break ground as early as January 2015.

“The excitement’s not in the buildings,” he said. “It’s in the quality of the students that we’re turning out. The excitement for me is being able to support the instructional program with quality facilities that makes all that great stuff that happens in the classroom possible.”Reprinted with permission: Community Impact Newshttp://impactnews.com/houston-metro/spring--klein/growth-spurs-new-schools%2C-expansions-in-klein-isd/

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Three segments of the Grand Parkway—Houston’s third outer loop—are expected to bring improved mobility and new developments to northern Harris County after the roadway opens to traffic at the end of 2015. Segments F-1, F-2 and G of the Grand Parkway will connect Hwy. 290 to Hwy. 59, bringing the proposed 184-mile roadway one step closer to completion.

“A road like the Grand Parkway coming into our region will affect our economy because it allows us to have improved mobility from one region to another, it takes pressure off other roads and it draws traffic to itself,” Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle said. “We’re already seeing property

outer urban communities and improving safety on roadways,” said Linda Merritt, public information officer with Zachry-Odebrecht. “The lessening of traffic time represents business opportunities to expand service areas and gives potential customers more choices.”

Segment F-2 will run through the Spring/Klein area beginning at Hwy. 249 about 1,000 feet south of the existing Boudreaux Road. The segment will travel 12 miles east to I-45 at the southern edge of Springwoods Village north of Spring Stuebner Road.

The design of Segment F-2 will be similar to the other segments of the Grand Parkway with two tolled lanes in each direction.

There will be no continuous frontage roads along Segment F-2—instead the toll road will feature 10 exits to connecting roadways, not including the two direct connectors to I-45. However, there will be several areas with reasonably long frontage roads, such as west of I-45 to Springwoods Village Parkway and from east of Boudreaux Road past FM 2920.

There are no direct connectors planned for the interchange at Hwy. 249 included in the scope of the project, but the building of future direct connectors will be determined by TxDOT at a later date, Merritt said.

Drivers will need an EZ Tag, Texas Tag or North Texas Toll Road Authority tag to enter the roadway. David Gornet, executive director of the Grand Parkway Association, said drivers who use the toll road without a tag will be caught electronically and mailed a bill. Those motorists could be subject to additional

fees and penalties, he said.The toll rate per mile will be the same as other Harris County

Toll Road Authority toll roads. Gornet said the Grand Parkway was constructed as a toll road because of the lack of state funding.

“We haven’t raised gas taxes since 1991,” Gornet said. “The state only takes in so much money and everyone wants to get roads built, but they’re not willing to raise taxes. The state has explored ways to fund them without raising taxes, and one of the ways of doing that is a user fee, or a toll.”

Improved MobilityLocal officials said the Grand Parkway will provide better

mobility options for getting to and from major highways around the Greater Houston area.

“The Grand Parkway will open up mobility through the north side of the Houston metro area,” Gornet said. “It will allow for

by Marie Leonard

Grand Parkway to Improve Mobility in Spring Area

Construction is underway on segments F-1, F-2 and G of the Grand Parkway, which crosses Hufsmith-Kohrville Road just south of Boudreaux Road in Spring.


values increase and communities growing in areas that were previously inaccessible. All of this brings in a revitalization of economic energy.”

The Grand Parkway was originally conceptualized in the 1960s, but ground did not break on the three northern segments until mid-2013. The Texas Department of Transportation signed an agreement in 2012 with developer Zachry-Odebrecht Parkway Builders to construct segments F-1, F-2 and G simultaneously for approximately $1 billion in an effort to move forward on the project that is expected to improve mobility in the Greater Houston area.

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Stonebrook Estates, a new 54-acre gated community, is under development along Spring Cypress Road about a mile east of Hwy. 249.

“The Spring Cypress corridor has always been a good place to sell homes,” said Jeff Dye, vice president of Newmark Homes. “With the schools and everything going on there, we thought it would be an excellent fit for our product.”

Newmark Homes will have 135 70- and 80-foot home sites in the community. Pricing will range from the high $300,000s to $450,000 for homes on the larger sites.

“Stonebrook Estates borders a stretch of Spring Cypress that has seen no new-home construction for probably five years,” Dye said. “With the opening of a new section of the Grand Parkway, the timing is right to introduce a new community to the area.”

The new community will feature lake and nature trails, and it will be a low-impact development, Dye said.

“A lot o f the storm water will be filtered through natura l aquat ic vegetation before it’s discharged back into the waterway,” he said. “It takes the place of traditional detention where you just hold all the water.”

Construction will begin on two model homes in May, which are expected to be open by early August. Presales are expected to begin in the next 45 days. Reprinted with permission: Community Impact Newshttp://impactnews.com/houston-metro/cy-fair/new-residential-community-planned-for-spring-cypress-corrido/

New Residential Community Planned for Spring Cypress Corridor

By Marie Leonard

Courtesy Newmark Homes


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better access to jobs and residential and commercial areas.”Mobility has a substantial impact on people’s options and

ability to access work, home and other places they need to go, said Barbara Thomason, president of the Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce.

“The Houston area has been so smart about its freeway design, and I think [the Grand Parkway] is just a tremendous addition to our road system,” she said.

The completion of the Grand Parkway comes at nearly the same time as 10,000 employees are expected to converge on an upcoming 385-acre ExxonMobil campus north of the toll road near I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road.

Cagle said Harris County Precinct 4 is planning about half a dozen major transportation projects in Spring in preparation for the expected increase in traffic. Widening portions of Gosling, Riley Fuzzel, Spring Cypress and Spring Stuebner roads—all of which connect or run parallel to the Grand Parkway—are in the works.

“We’re trying to put the infrastructure in place to handle the volume,” Cagle said. “Many of our roads won’t link directly to

the Grand Parkway, but they’ll be collectors as the traffic comes off the roadway.”Economic development

When Segment D of the Grand Parkway opened in Katy in 1994, it brought with it two decades of growth—a scenario local officials said they believe will also occur in northern Harris County.

“If [businesses] can make more trips in a day, they can improve profitability and success rates,” Cagle said. “It’s as basic as simple economics—being able to move around improves the ability to do business and reduce costs. We can continue to draw and attract people and businesses to the region as long as we keep up with mobility needs.”

Commercial developments are already planned along Segment F-2 in the Spring/Klein area. H-E-B is in negotiations for a possible grocery store just south of where the Grand Parkway will run near Gleannloch Farms. Additionally, NewQuest Properties is developing the Grand Parkway Town Center at the southwest corner of Hwy. 249 and the Grand Parkway, which will feature 570,000 square feet of retail.

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David Meyers, broker for the project, said the developer is in talks with a grocer to anchor the center, but NewQuest is several months away from making an announcement.

Farther east, Halberdier Real Estate plans to turn up to 47 acres at the southwest corner of Riley Fuzzel Road and the Hardy Toll Road into a mixed-use development, citing the Grand Parkway as a major consideration in buying the property.

“We like it because the site is just far enough south of the off ramps so that we are the first truly accessible site after exiting onto Hardy,” president and founder Trey Halberdier said.

The project, Hardy North Office Park, could be built-out in three years.

“I think the key here overall is that you’ve got the perfect storm of Intercontinental Airport, Hardy Toll Road, Grand Parkway and ExxonMobil all being in that vicinity,” Halberdier said. “We are hedging on that 47 acres being a great affordable alternative to [the] Woodlands prices.”

Reprinted with permission: Community Impact Newshttp://impactnews.com/houston-metro/spring--klein/grand-parkway-to-improve-mobility-in-spring-area/

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