Mayor's Corner

Mayor

Mary Rose Zdunkewicz

5634 Westerdale Drive

Weston Lakes, Texas 77441

Proclamations

From the Mayor - Monday, August 30, 2010

The City Community Volunteers will be distributing Emergency Preparedness Door Hanger along with other Emergency Preparedness information in the Month of September. The door hangers are intended to be hung on the front door knob after a significant emergency event or hurricane to indicate whether or not the resident may need assistance. On one side of the hanger it says "We're OK" in green, and on the other "HELP" in red. The door hangers can be seen from the street and will allow our Community Emergency Response Teams to render assistance to those in need when electricity, telephone and other essential services are interrupted. The City is proud to have initiated this effort in Weston Lakes.

The Weston Lakes Women's Association will be sponsoring a fund raising Walk-a-Thon on September 18th. It is for a good cause, it should be a good community event and a good time. See you there.

All citizens to register on the City Web page so that we can have accurate knowledge of who lives in our city. The register can be used to make email emergency notifications and other information of interest to the community available to each of our citizens. Please go to www.cityofwestonlakes-tx.gov to register. Also any feedback on the website will also be appreciated.

It has been a long hot summer and the heat just does not seem to go away. Hopefully September will bring some relief. Along with the heat and summer months unfortunately also brings out some bad behavior on the part of some of our children. The City continues to suffer from the effects of juvenile property damage, vandalism, and excessive noise at night. I urge all residents to be vigilant and report all vandalism to the Sheriff's office. I also urge all parents to be aware of their children's activities.

Aqua Texas Field Supervisor Lonnie Foley provided the following information at our monthly Emergency Management Committee meeting concerning generator backup to their water and waste water plants that would be available during an emergency. Aqua Texas has contracted with Kohler Generator Services to provide backup generation for the plants during an emergency on a lease basis. The contractor will deploy generators 96 hours in advance of a predicted event. In November the infrastructure improvements in the form of transfer panels will be installed and tested to ensure all will be ready for the installation and delivery of the generators when needed. The central water and waste water systems will then be able to operate in the event of an electrical failure; however, since each home acts as an individual lift station waste water will not be moved from the home to the system without a locally installed generator at the house to operate the local grinder pump system. Such local generators would have to be installed at the homeowners expense.

WESTON LAKES, TEXAS
Proclamation

Child Abuse Prevention Month April 2009

WHEREAS, the future of Weston Lakes lies in its children; and

WHEREAS, nearly 200,000 children in Texas are reported as abused or neglected every year; and

WHEREAS, all Weston Lakes children have the right to live in an environment free from abuse and neglect, and

WHEREAS, child abuse prevention is a community responsibility and finding solutions depends on involvement among all Weston Lakes residents; and

WHEREAS, effective child abuse prevention programs succeed because of partnerships among agencies, schools, religious organizations, law enforcement agencies, and the business community; and

NOW, THEREFORE, I Mary Rose Zdunkewicz, Mayor do hereby proclaim the month of April 2009 to be Child Abuse Prevention Month in Weston Lakes, Texas, and urge all citizens to work together to help reduce child abuse and neglect significantly in years to come.

Dated this 28th of April, 2009
Mary Rose Zdunkewicz

WESTON LAKES TEXAS

Proclamation

Hurricane Awareness Week 2009

WHEREAS, Texas hurricane season each year begins June 1 and ends November 30, and

WHEREAS, the 624-mile Texas Gulf coastline, our area in particular, and areas of Texas hundreds of miles inland are vulnerable to the devastating effects of a hurricane or tropical storm, and

WHEREAS, both public and private entities should develop emergency response and recovery plans in accordance with local jurisdictions and local emergency management offices, and

WHEREAS, the National Weather Service and the Governor’s Division of Emergency Management are designating the week of May 24 – 30, 2009, as Hurricane Awareness Week in Texas and Weston Lakes, and

WHEREAS, The National Weather Service, the Governor’s Division of Emergency Management, and the leaders of Weston Lakes strongly suggest that all residents and visitors to this area be made aware of the potential dangers of these storms, and

WHEREAS, the best defense is preparedness and public education about the dangers of the high winds, storm surge, flooding and tornadoes that may occur for hundreds of miles in conjunction with a hurricane or tropical storm, therefore;

BE IT RESOLVED, that Weston Lakes Mayor Mary Rose Zdunkewicz urges all citizens of this county and this community to participate in hurricane preparedness activities, and to pay close attention to watch and warning instructions.

IN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION WHEREOF, I Mayor Mary Rose Zdunkewicz the undersigned hereby affix my signature this 19th day of May, 2009.

Mary Rose Zdunkewicz
Mayor City of Weston Lakes

City of Weston Lakes, P.O. Box 1082, Fulshear, Texas 77441

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