Missouri City officials announced the opening of a warming center at the Recreation and Tennis Center during a Feb. 17 press conference. Located at 2701 Cypress Point Drive, Mayor Robin Elackatt said the recreation center will open Feb. 17.
The opening of a local warming center which is run in conjunction with Fort Bend County comes as approximately 50,164 people, or 51% of Missouri City residents, remain without electricity as of 2:30 p.m. Feb. 17. Today we have reached an agreement with Fort Bend County and partnered with them to open the Missouri City Rec Center as a warming station, Elackatt said. I cannot stress enough that this is a historic time for our great city. We are dealing with this weather emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic, a struggling economy and limited resources.
The running water outages are due to frozen pipes, said Trameka Jewett, Missouri City’s emergency management coordinator. Jewett said residents without running water should notify their water provider and municipal utility district.
Mayor Robin Elackatt said there is a known issue with MUD 42, which serves the Brightwater area. The fire department and other utility providers are working to flush the frozen pipes, City Manager Odis Jones said.
“We are experiencing some water issues,” Jones said. “I think those water issues will dissipate as we have some warming.”
Furthermore, Missouri City residents are affected by ongoing rolling power blackouts. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas initiated rotating power outages across the state at 1:25 a.m. in an effort to reduce demand on the electric system.
Missouri City leaders outline winter storm plan
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City leaders warned residents to stay home starting Sunday evening through Tuesday morning. This pandemic has given us a lot of practice on staying in, said a city leader.
The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning for the regions from Sunday at 3 p.m. to Monday at 6 p.m. Temperatures are expected to drop below freezing from Sunday night through Tuesday, with winter precipitation including snow, freezing rain and/or sleet is possible. If you think you can drive on ice, I ll tell you right now, it s not a good practice said Missouri City Police Department Chief Mike Berezin.
During a Jan. 11 special meeting, the city council for Missouri City unanimously approved a series of charter amendments from its charter review commission, including establishing four-year terms and a limit of three consecutive terms for the mayor and council members.
 Missouri City residents will have a chance to approve or reject the charter amendments in a special election in May.
 The cityâs charter review commission, which convenes every four years, issued its final report Dec. 21 and Assistant City Attorney James Santangelo presented the commissionâs findings to the council.Â
 Noel Pinnock, a real estate agent who has been a Missouri City resident for more than 20 years, said âthere is no way in the worldâ he would support four-year terms for city council seats.Â
During a Jan. 11 special meeting, the city council for Missouri City unanimously approved a series of charter amendments from its charter review commission, including establishing four-year terms and a