FALL 2013

A PUBLICATION OF THE EL JARDIN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

BAYFEST 2013 WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!

I heard that Volunteering is at the heart of a strong

community.

Bayfest 2013 is just around the corner (Oct 12th) and we

have already started preparing for the big day. For it to be a

big success we are in need of volunteers.

Please consider volunteering a couple of hours or more to

help with our largest community event. We will need

volunteers for the kid’s games (Cake Walk, Ring Toss,

Fishing, Ticket Sales Table, Raffle, and more.

If you would like to volunteer please contact Melissa Conkling

at 281-701-9743 or by email at

melissa_conkling@yahoo.com

Thank you in advance!

Melissa

Important Contacts

Emergencies 911 ActionLine

713-475-5555

Non-emergency Police 713-475-5568

Public Works 713-475-7836

Animal Rescue &

Assistance 281-991-0602

Pasadena City Hall

713-477-1511

Emergency Preparedness 713-475-5588

Pasadena Recycling

713-922-1000

City of Pasadena Website

www.ci.pasadena.tx.us

We’re on the Web!

www.eljardindelmar.org

We’re on Facebook!

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UPCOMING EL JARDIN EVENTS:

Neighbors Night Out - October 2, 2013 5:30pm

BayFest – October 12, 2013 Noon til 6pm

Gumbo Cook Off Oct 26, 2013, Setup 9am, Judging 2:30pm

Fall EJCA General Meeting - November 10, 2013 4PM

2013 – 2014 EJCA Officers

Tara Woodruff,

President

JJ. Lewis, Vice

President

Jan Carroll, Secretary

Mary Anderson,

Treasurer

And Board Members

Bob Buddingh

Bill Connally

Melissa Conkling

Sue Hayes

Greg Eick

Steve Hoffman

Tanya Schmidt

EASTER EGG HUNT 2013

Submitted by: Tanya Schmidt

Howdy neighbors, better late than never…but I wanted to tell everyone a

BIG THANK YOU for helping to make this year’s Easter Egg Hunt at the

Weiss House “egg”cellent! So many neighbors dropped off eggs at my

house! And another BIG THANK YOU to the EJCA Board who donated

so many eggs and a bunny suit! The kids got a real treat when the

Easter Bunny himself showed up!

We had “egg stuffing parties” at my house for many nights before the

hunt. When we spread the eggs the ENTIRE park was covered in Easter

eggs!! It was quite the sight!

So again, thank you all for your help and support. We could not have

pulled it off without your help. I can’t wait for next year’s Easter Egg

Hunt…but I might ask for a little more help stuffing all those eggs!!

CONSTRUCTION ON PORT ROAD

Submitted: Mary Anderson

There are currently two construction projects underway along Port Road. One is the Northbound flyover from Port Road to Northbound Highway 146. Estimated completion is 4th Quarter 2013. And the project just getting started in the vicinity of the Bayport Terminal Exit Gate is to create another lane for westbound traffic with plans that this will allow room for through traffic in the left-most (and middle) lanes, and allowing the trucks the room they need to pull out of the terminal onto Port Road.

SIGNS HAVE ARRIVED!

Signs will be posted around the Bay front park indicating that the Bay front park (El Jardin side) is for use by “paid” members of the El Jardin Community Association. If you have not paid your dues yet ($35 a year, which covers June of 2013 through May of 2014), now is the perfect opportunity. See the attached form (page 5)

Fall General

Meeting

The El Jardin

Community Association

has two General

Meetings a year. The

second meeting will be

the second Sunday in

November. That will be

November 10, 2013.

The meeting will start at

4:00 PM. The main

focus is the overview of

the recent Bayfest. We

will not serve dinner but

we will have soft drinks

and water. Please mark

your calendar and come

visit with your

neighbors.

COMMUNICATIONS DURING AN EMERGENCY

Talks are underway with the Port of Houston and the neighboring chemical plant communities to assure that the Port of Houston has a plan and method in place to communicate with the truck drivers, cruise guests, and the neighboring communities in the event of an incident. This includes POHA developing a plan should there be a Shelter in Place called due to an incident at one of the neighboring chemical plants.

A Little of This and That

Submitted by: Sue Hayes

I have been told this and as of yet I have not tried it. Home Depot

sells orange cleaning concentrate stuff and if you mix it as directed

pour it on ant mounds and they will die. The orange cleaning stuff is

really good for cleaning also. Another tip I have been told is to mix

one gallon of vinegar and a tablespoon of dish soap and spray on

weeds and they will die. I have not tried this either but I am going to

try both.

I told you about the Mayors Hot Line (713-475-5555) is the number to

call if you have a problem with the city. One of our neighbors found

two large pot holes on Youpon and call the hot line and told them

about the big deep pot holes and they were out the next day to fix

them. This shows that the hot line works.

Mike Jackson from the police department came and talked to us at the

June General Meeting. One of the things he stressed was NOT to leave

stuff in your car that people walking by can see. Car break-ins increase

greatly in the summer. Keep this in mind when you leave your car.

Another thing he told us is that El Jardin is one of the safest places to

live in Pasadena. We do have police call outs but they are lower than

any other area of Pasadena and they usually are not of a severe

nature. That is good news. A number you may want to have by your

phone is the non-emergency number for the police department 713-

477-1221. If you call the number just mentioned you can request

vacation patrols for your home while you are gone.

Neighbors Night Out

Neighbors Night Out will

be October 2, 2013. We

will be serving hot dogs

with all the trimmings.

We will meet at Weis

House about 5:30 and

hopefully start serving

shortly afterward. We will

serve until the hot dogs

are gone, since we buy

over 100 dogs we will be

serving for awhile. We will

put signs out to remind

you the week before.

Martyn Farm Harvest Festival

at Armand Bayou Nature Center

This great event is going to be November 9-10, from 10:00 AM to

4:00PM at the Armand Bayou Nature Center. You can experience Gulf

Coast life during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The kids can make

candles, wash clothes on a scrub board, make a yarn doll, stuff a scare

crow and many other activates. They will have local artisans demonstrating

forgotten crafts, live music and other entertainment. The cost is $10.00 for

adults and $5.00 for children 4-12 and seniors. This cost covers all

activates. At the “Martyn’s Mercantile” you will be able to purchase

homemade jams, jellies, pickles, local honey, homemade pies, and historic

clothing and dolls. Also food and drink will be available to purchase. The

Martyn Farm Harvest Festival helps to provide funds for the Hands on

History educational program at the nature center.

CRUISING…….. WITH PRINCESS

Starting November 2013, Princess will be sailing out of Houston's Bayport Cruise Terminal. Caribbean Princess will sail 27 departures to the Caribbean isles this coming Winter and Spring calling on ports at Island of Cozumel, Island of Roatan, and Belize City

Port of Houston Practice Drill

On Saturday, August 24, 2013 starting at 8:00 AM the Port of

Houston plans to conduct an Active Shooter Exercise at the

Bayport Cruise Terminal. There will be about 100 participants.

There may appear to be mass causalities but they will just acting.

A lot of emergency vehicles and other equipment will be at the

cruise terminal so don’t be alarmed if you see this activity. If you

monitor the emergence channels you probably will hear chatter

about the drill.

Gumbo Cook Off

Oct 26, 2013

If you missed our first

Gumbo Cook Off, last

year, you missed a

great party! There will

be two categories

seafood gumbo and

other. If you do road

kill please do not tell!

There is no entrance

fee and you do not

need to register, just

show up on Oct 26.

Bring the meat raw and

cook on site. You must

show, the raw meat, it

to an official, Sue Hays

or JJ Lewis before you

start to cook it. Set up

time is 9:00 AM. If you

need to set up earlier

that is OK too. Judging

will start about 2:30 if

every ones gumbo is

done. We will have

music if all goes well.

We are also going to

have a washer’s

tournament along with

everything else. We

are going to have a

great time so come join

us. You do not have to

cook just come and

have fun.

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El Jardin Community Association

Membership Registration

P.O. Box 1115

Seabrook, TX 77586

Dues: $35.00 per year for June 1, 2013 – May 31, 2014

Name(s): __________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

Phone: _____________________________________Email: ___________________________________

I am a: ______Property Owner _______Rental Resident

The El Jardin Community Association, a non-profit

organization, needs your monetary support!

Where does this money go?

It keeps the common areas (like the parks) maintained.

It pays for gasoline and tractor maintenance for lawn mowing.

It pays for the maintenance costs for the playground equipment.

It keeps the electricity running at the Weis House.

It gave us our awesome new entrance sign.

It pays for mosquito spraying twice per month….You don’t want West Nile, do you?

Historically, only about 12% of households pay these low annual dues. Just think of what we could

do it everyone donated! Please do your part to help make our community the best it can be!

P.O Box 1115 Seabrook, Texas 77586

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A publication of:

El Jardin del Mar

Community Association

El Jardin del Mar is a village on Galveston Bay just north of Seabrook.

It sits on land that was once part of

William Plunkett Harris’s Red Bluff Ranch.

It is a wonderful, restful place

to live in the southeastern part of Harris County.

Please visit us on the Web at

www.eljardindelmar.org

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