Author: FBMUD 146

The Fort Bend Master Gardeners (FBMG) provide volunteer service through the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service for Fort Bend County. The volunteers offer their skills and knowledge of horticulture and environmental issues to Fort Bend residents supporting the goals of the AgriLife Extension Service.

The Master Gardeners promote conservation and sustainable horticultural practices to residents of the County by:

• Providing research-based gardening information
• Presenting educational programs for both adults and children
• Communicating gardening information using articles, newsletters, phone and digital media, and
• Maintaining demonstration gardens to determine the best plants for the local area

FBMG programs, demonstration gardens and operations are supported through their annual plant sales. See below for upcoming plant sale information and a link to the website for more detailed information about FBMG and the types of plants being sold:

Fruit & Citrus Tree Preview Program

Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: O’Shieles Coomunity Center – 1330 Band Rd., Rosenberg, TX 77471

Fruit & Citruis Tree Sale Day

Date: Saturday, January 14, 2017
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm or until sold out
Location: Fort Bend County Fairground Barn H, Rosenberg, TX 77471

Fort Bend Master Gardeners Website

In November 2016, the Parks Committee and the Board of Directors approved a new program that allows residents living adjacent to the Oyster Creek Greenbelt and the Nature Preserve a mechanism to install new trees in these District common areas. At the request of the residents living adjacent to these areas and the recreational users of these common areas, the Parks Committee developed a program whereas residents can pay for the purchase and installation of a native tree in a location mutually agreeable to the resident and the District.

The purpose of the Reforestation Program is:

• To provide individual residents the opportunity to install a tree behind their home
• To promote the installation of new native trees along the greenbelt to ensure a native population of varying maturity
• To educate the community regarding the positive environmental impacts of reforestation
• To preserve property values
• To enhance the quality of life for recreational users of the OCG and the Nature Preserve
• To maintain or enhance wildlife habitat
• To sequester carbon dioxide

The program’s success will be monitored and it may be expanded in the future. To review the Reforestation Program in its entirety you may follow this link to the District’s website:

FBMUD146 Oyster Creek Greenbelt & The Nature Preserve Initiative

Questions and / or comments may be directed to:

FBMUD146 Contact Page

The Board of Directors (the Board) of Fort Bend Municipal Utility District No. 146 (the District) is considering its draft budget for fiscal year 2017, which will run from January 1, 2017-December 31, 2017. The District annually prepares a list of potential improvement projects to enhance our community. These projects have been identified by Board members, District residents, the Long Meadow Farms Homeowners Association, District consultants, and others.

The types of projects under consideration at this time include: the replacement of wood fencing with brick, the addition of walking trails and site furnishings at various locations, landscape screening of the wastewater treatment plant and expansion of playground facilities. These projects are under consideration, but the Board makes no assurances regarding whether any or all of these projects will be completed and, if they are, the timing for when they will get underway. One of the biggest factors affecting the initiation of these projects is the availability of funds; the projects under consideration total in excess of $2,000,000.00. At this time, the Board plans to consider these and other community improvement projects based solely upon funds available on hand each year.

The Board requests your feedback regarding these projects and other District improvement projects you would like to see implemented. Please click on the following link to submit your questions and comments: http://www.fbmud146.org/contact/

State law authorizes Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs) to enter into contracts to provide fire protection services for property located within the MUD. Pursuant to a written fire plan approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the voters of Fort Bend County MUD No. 146 (FBCMUD146), FBCMUD 146 has entered into a Fire Protection Agreement with the City of Richmond (the “City”) for the City to provide fire protection services to property located within FBCMUD146. FBCMUD146 generally receives fire protection services from the fire station on Mason Road approximately one mile south of the District. Under the Fire Protection Agreement, FBCMUD 146 collects from its customers and then pays to the City a mandatory monthly fee for fire protection services based upon the number of residential homes and apartment units and the square footage of non-residential property located within the District.

The terms of the Fire Protection Agreement provide for an annual inflation adjustment of the monthly fire protection fee, which is calculated based upon the change in the published Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, known as the CPI-U, and occurs each year on October 1 st.

Based on this calculation, beginning on October 1, 2016, the monthly fire protection fee paid to the City by the District will be increased from $11.22/month per connection to $11.35/month per connection.

Click on the following link to submit questions/comments:

http://www.fbmud146.org/contact/.