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By Kaila Contreras, Staff writer   Updated 4:11 pm CST, Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Houston launches Homeowner Assistance Program for residents affected by Hurricane Harvey

Houston City Councilman Dave Martin recently announced the City of Houston has launched is Homeowner Assistance Program to help residents rebuild and repair their homes after Hurricane Harvey.

The City of Houston received the $1.17 billion for housing recovery through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the State of Texas General Land Office.

The recovery funds include the Homeowner Assistance Program, which offers five options including reimbursement for completed repairs, homeowner-managed rehabilitation, city-managed rehabilitation and reconstruction, buyouts and interim mortgage assistance.

There will be several meetings held this month for those interested for more information.

Residents that are interested in applying for this program are encouraged to take the Harvey Recovery Survey. The survey can also be taken through the phone at 832-393-0550 from Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or in person at any of the four new Housing Recovery Centers.

City officials urge residents to take the survey before attending one of the public meetings.

The survey a tool to direct residents to the appropriate recovery program and to help the city prioritize those with urgent needs. No documentation is required to take the survey, and it takes less than 15 minutes to complete, city officials said.

While priority will be given to low and moderate income homeowners, assistance is available to homeowners of all income levels. An intake specialist will contact applicants after they have completed the survey regarding the next steps.

kaila.contreras@chron.com

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Best Trash Contact Information

As a service to our residents, below is the contact information that was provided on the first bill from Best Trash. If you should need it in the future, you may always do a search on this website on the NEWS page. You may need to scroll down a bit. Enter either “Best Trash” or ‘trash’, press enter and any article that has been published about Best Trash or trash will be listed.

Best Trash
www.best-trash.com
Email: customerservice@besttrashtexas.com
281-313-2378

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New Trash Service beginning January 1

Just a reminder that the Lake Houston Community Association/The Enclave’s new trash service with Best Trash begins January 1. Please note that Tuesday, January 1 is a Best Trash holiday; our first & only trash collection this week will be Friday, January 4, 2019.

From Best Trash:

HOLIDAYS: If your regular collection day falls on a holiday (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4th – Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day), the collection will be made on the next regularly scheduled collection day.

GARBAGE COLLECTION: On each regularly scheduled collection day, Best Trash will collect residential refuse located at the curbside. Please have the trash out at the curb no later than 7 am. Please make sure it is not blocked by any vehicles.

Items excluded from normal collection are dirt, rocks, bricks, concrete, tires, batteries, motor oil, cooking oil, waste generated by a private contractor or any materials or items deemed hazardous material. Please do not dispose of gasoline, tile, motor oil, paints, cooking oil, or any other liquid items in a container that are not visible to Best Trash personnel. If such items results in spillage that causes a stain, Best Trash is not responsible for the cleanup. Best Trash will leave a tag explaining the reason for any non-collected item(s).

Trees, scrubs, brush trimmings and fencing must be bundled/tied in lengths no greater than 4 feet with no branch diameter exceeding 3 inches. The bundling is required to allow quick pickup and size limitations are required to avoid damaging the equipment in the compacting process.

Items such as appliances, furniture, mattresses, carpet (up to 1 room, rolled up four feet wide and less than 40 pounds, bundled and tied), will be picked up on both of your collection days. By Federal Law, refrigerators, freezers, and any other items containing Freon must be drained of Freon and have an accompanying bill to validate such service was performed.


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New Trash Collector – BEST TRASH – Effective January 1, 2019

On November 8th, at a special meeting following the Annual Meeting of the Lake Houston Community Association, the board voted to select Best Trash to provide services to The Enclave beginning January 1, 2019.  Waste Management quarterly rate was $58.46 and the new provider, Best Trash, is $45.05 Quarterly.  

Our Homeowner Association Board was notified at their October 16th meeting by our management company, Community Asset Management (CAM), that Waste Management, our trash collection provider, would not be renewing our contract.  The Board was notified that Waste Management was moving to automated trucks that lifted specific trash cans located at curbside only.  The Board was disappointed to hear this news.  They requested CAM to contact Waste Management to see when they would cease their current service and what would the new service cost to provide to residents.  In addition, the Board requested CAM to pursue bids from other trash collectors that provide services in the area.  

CAM received the following response from Waste Management:

“Thank you for your email.  It looks like the current term is up on 12/31/2018.  Unfortunately, I do not believe I have a cost effective option to propose to the Board as I do not have current ASL truck capacity to support a cost efficient option and/or transition at this time.”

With that response, it left no option for The Enclave to continue with Waste Management.

We look forward to great trash pickup and customer service with Best Trash. 

 

City of Houston Electronic Recycling

The City of Houston is offering an electronic recycling drop-off day once a month at the Kingwood Neighborhood Recycling Center to residents. On the 1st (first) Saturday of each month residents, no businesses please, are invited to recycle their unwanted televisions, computers, monitors, printers, hard drives and other electronic devices. There is NO COST to the resident to drop-off their electronics for recycling.
When: 1st (first) Saturday of each month
Where: Kingwood Metro Park-n-Ride Transit Center
Time: 9:00 am till 3:00 pm.

For more information:  City of Houston – Kingwood Recycling Center

Council Member Dave Martin Hosts Kingwood/Lake Houston Area Town Hall Meeting

City Council Member Dave Martin will host a town hall meeting on Tuesday, October 9 at 6:30 p.m., at the Kingwood Community Center, 4102 Rustic Woods, Kingwood, TX 77345. The community is invited to attend and hear from city and community representatives about ongoing projects, issues and community news related to the Kingwood and Lake Houston ar
eas of District E.

This fall’s town hall meeting will include a presentation from Mayor Sylvester Turner who will speak on the Rebuild Houston and fire salary referendums that will appear on the November 6 ballot. All registered voters within the boundaries of the City are urged to attend.

Residents will also hear from Stephen Costello, City of Houston Chief Resiliency Officer and Marvin Odum, Chief Recovery Officer, on the progress made to rebuild the City post-Harvey. Harris County Flood Control Chief Operations Officer, Matt Zeve, will provide a post-Harris County Flood Control Bond update.

Stan Sarman, the Chair of the TIRZ 10 board will provide information on a variety of projects including the Northpark Drive Mobility Improvement Project, and the status of area intersection improvements.
There will be an update on the Lake Houston Debris Removal Project provided by a member of the City of Houston Solid Waste Department Team. State Representative Dan Huberty is confirmed to provide insight on the upcoming legislative session.

For those that arrive to the Kingwood town hall early, there will be information tables available starting at 5:30 p.m. from Harris County Precinct 4 to discuss their upcoming projects in Forest Cove, from the Texas Department of Transportation to educate residents on the expansion of TX Loop 494, and from the Houston Parks Board to provide information on the upcoming San Jacinto Greenway Project. The Houston Department of Neighborhoods and the Houston Police Department’s Kingwood Division will also be on site with information available to residents before and after the town hall meeting.

For more information, please contact
Council Member Martin’s office at (832) 393-3008 or via email at
districte@houstontx.gov.