The Cy-Fair ISD board of trustees is set to review its board operating procedures on Sept. 4 and Sept. 8 regarding the recording of board members, as well as hear a full report regarding the district's Texas Education Agency A-F accountability ratings.
The details: According to agenda documents, board members will discuss updating the board's operating procedures on communicating with each other and district staff. The four major new inclusions include:
Requiring the superintendent to offer quarterly meetings with each board member
Prohibiting personal recording of the superintendent or district staff without permission
Prohibiting personal recording of other board members without permission
Prohibiting personal recording of community members by board members without permission
Stay tuned: The work session is open to the public and scheduled for Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. in the Mark Henry Administration Building, located at 11440 Matzke Road in Cypress.
Bridgeland breaks ground on 51,000-square-foot Memorial Hermann medical campus
Howard Hughes, the development firm behind the Bridgeland master-planned community, broke ground on a 51,000-square-foot Memorial Hermann Bridgeland office at the end of July, Community Impact confirmed. The new facility is slated to open summer 2026.
The specifics: Located at 20819 Tuckerton Rd, Cypress, the medical building will house emergency services, primary care, pediatrics and sports medicine, per a news release. The facility is expected to drive the development of approximately 1 million square feet of medical space within Bridgeland, according to past Community Impact reporting.
Harris County Flood Control seeks public input on flood risk plans across 11 watersheds
Harris County Flood Control District officials are looking for residents to provide input with their flood experiences during extreme weather events and how the county’s 11 watersheds have impacted their communities.
Two-minute impact: Along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the HCFCD is spearheading Phase 1 of what’s being called the Solutions for Advancing Floodplain Evaluation and Resilience study. The SAFER study’s aim, according to HCFCD, is to evaluate and identify large-scale flood risk reduction projects across these 11 watersheds in Harris County:
Brays Bayou
Buffalo Bayou
Clear Creek
Cypress Creek
Little Cypress Creek
Greens Bayou
Halls Bayou
Hunting Bayou
Sims Bayou
Vince Bayou
White Oak Bayou
What they're saying: HCFCD officials at an August Cypress Creek workshop said the multiyear, multiphase initiative will incorporate technical analysis to develop a strategy using both structural and non-structural tools such as detention basins, tunnels and floodplain risk analysis.
What residents should know: The online survey on the HCFCD website is available for Phase 1 public input until Sept. 25.
