The News from Friendswood, Texas • Page 5

Much 20 1313 NEWS Pace 3 BROOKSIDE By Bunny Audel NF.ns sutf BROOKSIDE A close lal the City of Brookside kge reveals a community with a heavy load of and a long way to they arc solved. pOn the other hand, ills immunity where every Is being made to bring ut solutions to the ilcms, even though new continue to crop up. i Incorporated In 1959 as dc Village with. some 300 to 400 residents, the community's boundaries wander around a bit because everyone around the proposed pcrimiters of the Village was asked if they wanted in or not. Boundaries were drawn accordingly.

Until last year the village was limited lo a taxing power of 25 cents per $100 of valuation. As a result there are no water or icwcr service within the community and the roads vary from bid to terrible. Last year Brookside was Incorporated Into the City of Brookside Village and taxes raised to $1 per $100 of valuation assessed at 60 percent. "The first year was a shock." acknowledges Mayor George Carter, who has led Brookside from village to city status and now is desperately trying lo get federal funds to combat the city's ever present sewer and water problems. Water wells and septic tanks are all that Brooksldo residents have now and raw sewage In the drainage ditches Is not unusual.

The i i BROOKSIDE VILLAGE Mayor Ocorgo Carter goes over city business Court irk Margaret O'Neal. MAGNAVOX QUASAR I Stock Liquidation WOW! ONLY 499 9S Model WU9184ZW 25" DIag. Color Console i Wilh 100 Percent Solid Stale Chassis, works In a drawer. Instt- malic color tuning, auto fine lunlng and more Gil's TV 104 E. Edgewood (FM2351) Friendswood 482-1384 A City With Wandering Boundaries Low Taxes, Bad Roads, And Raw Sewage In Ditches CCBA was out last week cheeking on the problem.

Meanwhile Carter Is seeking 75 percent federal funding for a sewer project and 50 percent for water. Carter anticipates working with a neighboring city If possible rather than building a sewer treatment plant when it is able lo do anything al all. and almosl to Stone Road on the west. Wilh the exception of the 50 by 100' lots In Brookside Subdivision moil of the lots arc large and the feel of the city Is counlry rather than urban. Brookside governed by five councilmen and a mayor.

Currcnlly serving arc Prank Gonzalez, Nathan Zalnfeld. David Armelll. Planned Alvin Freeway Would Cut Village In Two BROOKSIDE VILLAGE Mayor George Carter relaxes for a minute at City Hall with assistant." son Craig. Ana Give utti Aa If major water and sower worries weren't enough preliminary Highway Department plans show the east alternate for the State Highway 35 bypass running directly through the City of Brookside Village. As proposed the freeway would go over the top of the village, approximately where Ruslln's Market (formerly Boots Food Store) is located, and effectively cut the city In two pieces.

There would be no access from the freeway in Brookside, so the city has nothing to gain If It comes tnroufjn. What worries Carter Is that the city's large Mexican-American population, about 30 percent of Its total, would almost all be Isolated on the east side of town If the freeway does come through Brookside. 6 in KetUrn TARS Members Get Blue Windbreakers Prank Noe Glen Powtll and Carter. Gonzalez, Zaln- PEARLAND TARs feld and Armelll are up for (Teen Aid the Retarded) re-election April 6. They arc members arc sporting new being challenged by former blue wlndbrcakers thanks lo mayor Shirley Zamorlskl donations from several local and Mike Milstcad.

groups and Individuals. TARs members work City Council meets the with and befriend the first and third Thursdays of retarded, especially the the month at 7:30 p.m. children. In the community. "The city is kind of on They plan parlies and trips the center right now." says for them and help whenever Carter.

"It could be tilted Is needed. either way. You don't stand Among those donailng still," money lo make the jacket! possible are the Pearland It Is Carter's hope lhal Optimist Club, Pearland through the Increased lons VFW and VFW revenue of the new property ux flUary. Wallace Palm tax and a 1 percent city sales Company of Houston. Mr.

tax and with federal grant am jj Marshall Johnson assistance Brookside will be nnd several anonymous tilled toward progress. donations. ELECT PAUL MAAZ City Council Position 2 Paid political ad by committee to elect Paul Maaz, Paul Maaz Chairman Due To An Embarraslng Overweight Condition WATER AND SEWER Service win do a lot for homes like In the Brookside division of Brooksldo Village. To dale Carter feels the city's two populations have Integrated well and' ho doesn't want to see the city divided by an artificial barrier. Many of the commun Ity's Mexican-American citizens live In the Brookside Subdivision, just off of Mykawa.

Conditions are nol always good there, but when city water and sewer become available and roads can be Improved Carter feels many people will begin to take a new pride In their homes. Brookside also has applied for a HUD grant which could bring (100.000 to $150.000 per year to the city tor community development. Carter Is hopeful of receiving the grant, which he would like to see applied to roads, drainage and parks. He already has approached the Pearland Independent School District, of which Brookside Is a part, to see If the city can use property al Brookside School for a park on a cooperative basis with the district. PISD officials are studying the request.

It granted and if federal funds become a reality Carter would like to see tennis courts and a covered basketball pavllllon at the site. Eventually he would like to see two parks in the city, one on the east side and one In the center. Roads In the Brookside Subdivision would be another major consideration if the HUD money Is granted. A major force in the Mexican-American Community, according lo Carler. Is the Progress Civic Club.

The city also has an active Volunteer Fire Department. VFD Ladies Auxiliary and a Lions Club. The only school is Brooksi3c Elementary. Intermediate and High School students attend school In Pearland. The city of Brookside Village covers approximately two square miles bounded by Clear Creek on the North.

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