May 2012

Officers President Ann Collum 713-645-0241 Vice President Shannon McNair 713-847-6685 Recording Secretary Alsine Ryan 713-641-3670 Membership Secretary Norma Navarro 713-645-3409 Treasurer Vicky Schoppe 713-643-7643

Directors at Large Jamie Oyler (NE) Roxanna Ramirez (NW) Saundra Hughes (SWI) Dolores Thacker (SWII) Gilbert Martinez (SE)

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Section Directors 1. Yvette Miles 2. Billimarie Gannon 3. Robert Searcy 4. Emma Valdes 5. Larry Rucker 6. Dianne Punch 7. Allison Kennedy 7X. Emma Valdes 8. Karen Kemper 9. Bunnie O’Brien 10. Karen Carpenter 11. Cy Clark 12. Elizabeth Gomez

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Helpful Numbers Deed Restrictions Karen Carpenter 713-640-1336 Or Any Director Deed Restriction Hot Line 832-393-6333 Citizens-on Patrol 713-645-1886 HPD Reports www.hpdse.com Non-Emergency Police 713-884-3131 Heavy Trash Pick-up 2nd Thursday of each month Southeast - 713-928-4101

Neighborhood Protection/ Public Works 311

Airport Noise 713-845-6901

Street light problems 713-207-2222 District Council Member James Rodriguez 832-393-3011 E-mail: districtI@cityofhouston.net

State Representative Dist. 147 Garnet Coleman 713-520-5355 E-mail garnet.coleman@house.state.tx.us

State Senator Dist. 6 Mario Gallegos 713-678-8600 E-mail mario.gallegos@senate.state.tx.us

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Glenbrook Valley Civic Club “Glenbrook Valley Is A Deed Restricted Neighborhood” May

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Glenbrook Valley Community Meeting May 17 7 p.m.

Glenbrook Valley Reunión comunitaria 17 de mayo 7 p.m.

Glenbrook Methodist Church 8635 Glen Valley

Glenbrook Methodist Church 8635 Glen Valley

Is your home ready for your vacation?

Making sure our home is secure whether we are home or away is a prime concern for all of us. We will have guest speakers from law enforcement and the security field to give us instructions and tips at our next meeting.

¿Está lista su casa para su vacación? Asegurarnos que su casa está segura si usted está o no es una preocupación principal para todos nosotros. Tendremos oradores invitados de la aplicación de la ley y la seguridad para darnos instrucciones y avisos en nuestra próxima reunión.

Hobby International Report

by Ann Collum

Council Member James Rodriguez called a meeting on Wednesday, April 18, with the Hobby area civic club presidents, representatives from Southwest Airlines, and the Houston Airport System (H.A.S.) to discuss Southwest's proposal for international service at Hobby Airport.

Ron Ricks, Senior Vice President with Southwest Airlines, spoke for the airline.

Andy Akin was in attendance representing the Mayor. Mr. Akin described the process by which the idea of a possible international terminal at Hobby was born.

Southwest approached the City with the proposal to establish international flights from Hobby. The appropriate departments began gathering background information and mapping the plan. When Southwest and H.A.S. were in agreement on a plan of action, the plan was presented to City Council. Southwest chose Houston for

Reporte de Hobby Internacional por Ann Collum

El concejal James Rodriguez llamó una reunión el miércoles, 18 de abril, con los presidentes de los clubes cívicos del área Hobby, representativos de Southwest Airlines, y el Houston Airport System (H.A.S.) para discutir la propuesta de Southwest para servicios internacionales en el Aeropuerto Hobby.

Ron Ricks, el Vicepresidente Sénior con Southwest Airlines, habló de parte de la línea aérea.

Andy Akin asistió representando a la alcalde. El señor Akin describió el proceso por el cual se nació la idea de un terminal internacional posible en Hobby. Southwest abordó la propuesta de establecer vuelos internacionales de Hobby con la Ciudad. Los departamentos apropiados comenzaron a recopilar información de fondo y trazar el plan. Cuando Southwest y H.A.S. estaban de acuerdo en un plan de

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their international service. Almost all airports that Southwest serves have contacted them to offer their airports for the facility. These other cities see the huge economic boon for the community that international service will provide the community. Unfortunately it appears that some members of Houston's City Council are caught up in the childish attitude of, "I didn't know what was going to happen so I'm against it!"

The proposed international terminal will be paid for and built by Southwest Airlines. The estimated cost quoted was 100 million dollars. The terminal will have 5 gates and a customs facility. At the earliest, international flights won't begin until 2015. Projected flights would be 25 per day. Currently there are 140 Southwest flights a day from Hobby between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.

Not all air traffic at Hobby is Southwest.

The City Council will meet on May 8. Later in the month there will be community meetings held in the IAH area and Hobby area.

City Council will vote on a "Memorandum of Understanding." It basically says the City and Southwest agree to the terms mapped out in the plan. It is not legally binding.

The document then goes to Washington for approval from the United Sates Customs Department, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Transportation Security Administration.

Southwest began flights from Hobby in 1971. They only fly Boeing 737's. There were more flights in the 80's than there are May, 2012

today, and the planes of the 80s were much louder.

Hobby is land locked. There is no room for expansion. It is unbelievable and downright scary how many different rumors are going around about what all is going to happen.

The newsletter is published at the end of a month so that it will arrive at your home early in the month. This said, the date and time for the proposed community meeting will be posted on our web site, glenbrookvalley.org. If you have signed up for the email list on our web site, you'll receive notice of the date, time, and location of the meeting via email.

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acción, el plan se presentó al Consejo Municipal. Southwest escogió Houston para su servicio internacional. Casi todos los aeropuertos que Southwest sirve les han contactado para ofrecer sus aeropuertos para la facilidad. Estas otras ciudades ven la ventaja económica enorme que el servicio internacional le proveerá la comunidad. Desafortunadamente aparece que algunos miembros del Concejo Municipal de Houston están atrapados en la actitud infantil de "¡No sé lo que va a pasar, así estoy en contra de ello!"

A lo más pronto, los vuelos internacionales no comenzarán hasta 2015. Los vuelos previstos serían 25 al día. Actualmente hay 140 vuelos Southwest al día de Hobby entre las horas de 7 a.m. y 10 p.m.

No todo el tráfico aéreo de Hobby es Southwest.

El Consejo Municipal se reunirá el 8 de mayo. Más tarde en el mes habrá reuniones comunitarias en las áreas de IAH y de Hobby.

El Consejo Municipal votará acerca de un "Memorándum de Entendimiento" Básicamente dice que la Ciudad y Southwest están de acuerdo con los términos planeados en el plan. No es jurídicamente vinculante.

Luego el documento va a Washington por aprobación del United States Customs Department, la Federal Aviation Administration, y la Transportation Security Administration.

Southwest comenzó vuelos de Hobby en 1971. Solamente usan Boeing 737's. Hubo más vuelos en los '80 que hoy en día, y los aviones de los '80 eran mucho más ruidosos.

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El terminal internacional propuesto se pagará y se construirá por Southwest Airlines. El costo estimado citado era 100 millones de dólares. El terminal tendrá 5 puertas y una facilidad de aduana.

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Hobby está cerrado en cuanto de la tierra. No hay espacio para la expansión. Es increíble y da verdadero miedo el número de rumores diferentes dando vueltas de todo lo que quizás vaya a pasar.

Este boletín se publica al fin del mes para que llegue a su casa a principios del mes. Esto dicho, la fecha y hora de la reunión comunitaria propuesta se publicará en nuestro sitio web, glenbrookvalley.org. Si usted ha optado en nuestro sitio web para recibir nuestras cartas electrónicas, recibirá noticia de la fecha, hora, y ubicación de la reunió por email.

Permanent Electronic Recycling The City of Houston's Solid Waste Management Department and CompuCycle! have partnered to provide a permanent electronics recycling drop-off site for Houstonians to recycle their electronics responsibly at the CompuCycle building located at 7700 Kempwood, Houston, 77055. The partnership also provides monthly one-day collection events on Saturdays at three neighborhood City of Houston recycling centers.

Recycling electronics keeps potentially harmful materials, such as mercury, cadmium, lead and cathode ray tubes out of the waste

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stream and the environment.

Permanent drop-off site: The permanent location is 7700 Kempwood, Houston 77055 in the Spring Branch area. It is open Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Once a month drop-off sites: The monthly Saturday electronics recycling will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the: • Ellington/Clear Lake Neighborhood Recycling Center (2nd Saturday of the month), Highway 3 @ Brantley Road , Houston 77037 Center Street Recycling Center (3rd Saturday of the month) 3602 Center Street , Houston 77007 Electronic Items accepted: Personal computers, servers, keyboards, mice, laptops, game consoles, monitors, small kitchen appliances, memory chips, hubs and routers, printers, copiers, scanners, fax machines, projectors, rechargeable batteries, cable boxes, car batteries, telephones, cell phones, PDAs (personal digital assistants), tape drives, hard drives, cords, cables and cameras.

In addition to electronics recycling, all of the locations are dropoff sites for common household recyclables such as paper, plastics, aluminum and glass.

For more information see http:// www.houstonsolidwaste.org/ or contact Sandra Jackson at 713.837.9152.

El reciclaje electrónico permanente

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May Yard of the Month Winners

Yard Of the Month

Northeast Raymond Crow 8214 Glencrest

Southeast Dora & Jose Martinez 7930 Glenlea

Southwest I Rose & Fidencio Reyes 6722 Hollygrove

Southwest II Russell Magee 7735 Dillon

Northwest Becky & Eddie Carroll 8106 Colgate

electrónico para que los Houstonians puedan reciclar sus electrónicos responsablemente en el edificio CompuCycle!, ubicado en 7700 Kempwood, Houston, 77055. La asociación también provee eventos de recolección un sábado al mes en los centros del reciclaje de tres vecindades de la Ciudad de Houston.

Reciclar electrónicos mantiene fuera del flujo de residuos y del medio ambiente materiales potencialmente dañosos, como el mercurio, cadmio, plomo y tubos de rayos catódicos.

Sitio de entrega permanente: La ubicación permanente es 7700 Kempwood, Houston 77055 en el área Spring Branch. Está abierto lunes - viernes de 8:30 a.m. a 4:30 p.m. y sábado de 9:00 a.m. a 3 p.m.

Sitios de entrega una vez al mes:

All residences are eligible to win the “Yard of the Month!”

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713-645-0241 Residuos Sólidos de la Ciudad de Houston y CompuCycle! se han asociado para proveer un sitio de entrega permanente para el reciclaje May, 2012

El reciclaje electrónico mensual en los sábados se llevará a cabo 9 a.m. a 3 p.m. en: • Ellington/Clear Lake Neighborhood Recycling Center (el 2° sábado del mes), Highway 3 @ Brantley Road , Houston 77037 • Center Street Recycling Center (3 sábado del mes) 3602 Center Street , Houston 77007 Artículos electrónicos aceptados: Computadoras personales, servidores, teclados, ratones, portátiles, consolas de juego, monitores, electrodomésticos pequeños de cocina, chips de memoria, concentradores y enrutadores, impresoras, copiadoras, analizadores, maquinas de fax, proyectores, pilas glenbrookvalley.org

Community Calendar Thursday, May 12 P.I.P. 7:00 p.m.

8300 Mykawa Everyone is welcome!

Thursday, May 17 Civic Club Meeting 7 p. m.

Glenbrook Methodist Church 8635 Glen Valley @ Wilmerdean Everyone is welcome!

Monday, May 21 C.O.P. 6:30 P.M. Park Place Regional Library 8145 Park Place Blvd.

All residents welcome

Saturday, May 29 Primary Elections 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Curbside Recycle “Green” Cans Tuesday, May 1 Tuesday, May 15 WEDNESDAY, May 30

Second Thursday TREE WASTE

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recargables, decodificadores de TV por cable, baterías de automóvil, teléfonos, celulares, PDAs (asistentes personales digitales), unidades de cinta, unidades de disco duro, cuerdas, cables y cameras.

Ventas de garaje

Cuando hace más calor y comenzamos a pensar de limpiar cosas, muchos de nosotros consideramos tener una venta de garaje. Es una manera de deshacernos de trastos y darnos un Además del reciclaje electrónico, poco de dinero para comprar más. todas las ubicaciones son sitios de entrega para reciclaje casero co- Por ley, los residentes se permiten mún como el papel, plástico, alu- tener 2 ventas de garaje por un minio y vidrio. período de doce meses durando no más que 3 días cada una. Más Para más información vea http:// que 2 ventas en una propiedad www.houstonsolidwaste.org/ o constituye uso comercial de la póngase en contacto con Sandra propiedad, que es una violación de Jackson en el 713.837.9152. las restricciones escritas. Estas infracciones se resuelven por el Garage Sales Departamento legal de la Ciudad As the weather warms up de Houston. and we start thinking about clearing things out, many of COP us think about having a garage sale. It's a way to get rid of junk and give us a little money to buy more junk.

May 17 at 7 p.m. the Glenbrook By law, residents are permitted to Valley Civic Club’s program is have 2 garage sales per twelve home s ecurit y. Nei ghb ors month period lasting no more watching out for neighbors is our than 3 days each. More than 2 best line of defense. If you see sales on a property constitutes suspicious activity, call it in to the commercial use of the property, police. which is a deed restriction violation. These infractions are re- There is an increasing number of solved by the City of Houston's people on bicycles riding slowly through our streets. It’s better to Legal Department. be safe than sorry when strangers are on your block. If someone is on a property and you feel they Handyman have no business there, call 911.

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There is also an increasing number of vagrants under the Sims Bayou Bridges. Several properties near the bayou have been broken into or an attempt has been made. When you see pan handlers on the corners, call the non-emergency HPD number, glenbrookvalley.org

713-884-3131, to report them.

You’ll be asked if they appear mentaly unbalanced or if they have a weapon. (Who knows why those questions are asked.” You will also need to giver a physical description of the person and the location.

Repeated calls for service and the removal of the vagrants is the best way to protect our neighborhood.

Our next meeting is Monday, May 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the library.

Crime Statistics for FEBRUARY, 2012 Murder:

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Rape:

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Robbery 0 Assaults: 0 Burglary: 7700 Lakewind 8300 Glen Valley Theft:

7500 Glenbrae 7900 Glen Vista 7900 Wilmerdean 8300 Glen Valley

Auto Theft: 8600 Glen Valley Narcotics: 0 DWI:

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Statistics collected are for Glenbrook Valley residential only and exclude apartments, shopping centers and peripheral businesses. This data is reported as supplied by H.P.D. Crime Reports.

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