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Residents of Fort Bend County MUD No. 185:

Effective October 4, 2021, Best Trash will be your new trash and recycle collection provider.

Texas Pride will begin removing carts on Monday, September 27th and will remove trash carts after service on Thursday, September 30th. Please leave your carts out starting Monday, September 27th until they are removed. Best Trash will be providing new carts and recycle bins.

Also, please note that trash and recycling days will be reversed with trash and recycling being picked up on Thursday and trash only on Monday.

Please refer to the Welcome Letter for details regarding the new service. Best Trash is also providing cart hangers in your new bins for additional details.

Please bring in any trash and recycling carts, bags or other items that could get caught in rising street water. These items can float and block the inlet preventing or restricting any water from entering the storm drains.

The FORT BEND COUNTY M.U.D. #185 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2021 on September 15, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. at 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000, Houston, TX 77046. Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the tax rate that is adopted and on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property. The change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in the taxable value of all other property determines the distribution of the tax burden among all property owners.

Click here to read notice.

Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 185 (“the District”) has begun construction of a trail extension project near the Falcon Landing Boulevard bridge.  The project will connect the existing sidewalk on the south side of the roadway with the existing trail system around the detention pond adjacent to the bayou on the north side of the roadway.  Once construction of the trail extension is complete, residents will be able to access the trails around the detention pond by crossing under the Falcon Landing Boulevard bridge instead of crossing the roadway itself, which does not have a dedicated traffic signal for pedestrian crossings.

The scope of the current construction project consists of approximately 510 linear feet of a 5’ wide concrete paved trail extension connecting to the existing trails and running down the bayou side slopes, along with approximately 350 linear feet of a 10’ wide concrete paved trail along the bayou and connecting to the existing concrete pavement underneath the Falcon Landing Boulevard bridge.  Pedestrian guardrails will be installed along the pavement under the bridge as an additional safety measure.   In addition, the project scope includes installation of four new benches along the existing trail system around the detention pond.

Project Specifics

Contractor

General Petro Chem Industrial, Inc. – 281-482-4694

District Engineer

BGE, Inc.
Nick Bailey (District Engineer) – 832-444-5923; nbailey@bgeinc.com
Ben Allen (Construction Engineer) – 713-632-4744; ballen@geinc.com

Construction Schedule

A notice to procced was issued on August 4.  The contractor expects to be substantially complete with construction by the end of September.

Cost and Funding

The total construction cost of the project is $109,260.18 and is being funded from the District’s general operating account.  The District has entered into an interlocal agreement with Fort Bend County under which the county will reimburse the District for 50% of all project-related costs, including construction costs, upon completion of construction.