Below are Links to Videos of The City of Plum Grove Council meetings, and some articles from different news sources. from 2016 to 2021
Information on Plum Groves Issues over The past 4 yrs.
First of all Im not taking sides Im just going by what I have seen and heard myself over the years of this situation
All I can say is I feel for the citizens of Plum Grove and I believe the Council or at least the Past Council is doing nothing for the ones who live inside Plum Grove City Limits
The City Demands to Fix FM1010 THEIR WAY ONLY and NO Agreement can be Made from PG City Council with the Developer or Liberty County from What I have seen and been keeping up with from the time the first subdivision started and HEARD myself that The COUNCIL dont want to fix the Washout from HARVEY ( Because that would put too much traffic going Too fast thru the City ) I will not Put a name but this came from A council Member HERSELF to me.
I dont live inside Plum Grove City Limimits but if I did I would Demand to see Where the FEMA money went to fix 1010
Also in one of the videos a council member states The Washout didnt Happen during Harvey I know it DID.
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Below Videos BY- OnePissed OffTexan
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PLUM GROVE, TX CITY COUNCIL 8/8/16 PT 1 of 5
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Videos Below By Scott Engle - MCPR
081720 Plum Grove is located East of Splendora just inside the Liberty County line. In the 2000 census, there were 284 households. The city sits 95 feet above sea level and the East Fork of the San Jacinto River borders the west side of the city limits. It was a small quiet community where most of the residents had been there most of their entire lives. Several timber companies owned hundreds of acres around it and were a deer hunters paradise. In 2012 a man named Dennis Rogers went for a walk and never returned. For weeks volunteers searched the woods, Most of the time on 4-wheelers or in deep mud and water walking those woods. Rogers was never found. In recent years a Houston Developer came in and started building subdivisions. At present, it is estimated to have close to 10,000 families living there with thousands more purchasing land and moving in daily. The developer forced Plum Grove to back their city limits up several years ago as the city, with no tax base at the time had no means for a legal battle.n, Grand San Jacinto, Montebello, Camino Real, Rancho San Jacinto, and Bella Vista. The main road going into Plum Grove was a winding and narrow asphalt road. The road connected FM 1010 which was the main artery from Cleveland and Huffman-Cleveland Road which originated at FM 2100 in Harris County. The subdivisions started popping up in late 2014, the land was clear cut of thousands of trees. The developer Trey Harris built concrete roads in the subdivisions but never made any upgrades to the access roads. The cost to improve the access roads was astronomical, the city at the time without a tax base had and interlocal agreement with Liberty County to foot half the bill. Liberty County never came through. When Hurricane Harvey hit the bridge on Plum Grove Road was washed out. To this date, it ha not been repaired. A concrete wall blocks traffic from entering the area of the bridge. Hundreds of cars traveled that road daily going to the new subdivisions. The road had never been upgraded to handle the heavy loads of traffic let alone the construction equipment, concrete trucks, and dump trucks. Late last summer after the City Council denied a permit for the developer to build another road known as County Road 5000. This was due to no engineering studies or evaluations. The new road was built anyhow and on December 24, 2019, a day Council Members saw no attorneys or courts were available, the road was opened. Since that time the area has turned to a traffic nightmare. In addition, the road is marked with a private sign on each end and no trespassing without the written consent of the owner. Last week the owner cut off access to a property owner that adjoins the road by removing the culvert pipes. Law Enforcement was called, but the developer removed them anyhow. Cleveland ISD has already built one, stores, restaurants, and other businesses. With schools comes bus traffic and student traffic. With the new school, several busses need to be brought in. The issue now is that the new road comes in very close to where FM 2090 and FM 1010 meet Plum Grove Road. Going onto the new road or coming off the new road vehicles at times must wait due to the condition of the intersection. In the early morning and late afternoon hours, the traffic backs up onto FM 1010/FM 2090. The highway intersection is in a blind curve. Several crashes have already happened as vehicle are stuck in line going onto Plum Grove Road large trucks and other vehicles come around the curve at highway speed. The City Council worries this could be one of the long thirty-some busses which may be at that point as a truck rounds the corner. At last night's city council meeting Don Enloe was authorized to purchase ten loads of rock to try to repair some of the potholes in the roadway and attempt to fix an area of the road which is washing out. At that point, a school bus could easily roll over and drop into the ravine. The subdivisions are not like most would think of a subdivision. It is broken in lots, there is a property owners association in some of them which partially funds contract law enforcement from the Liberty County Sheriff's Office. The Plum Grove Fire Department, which is 100% Volunteer sits at the intersection of FM 1010 and FM 2090. After much public debate Monday night the City Council decided on the following measures. Close County Road 5000 (the one deemed illegal) This will be done with a gate which will be monitored with security cameras. Close County Road 3479 From 347 South (also known as Paul Campbell Loop) Close 347 North at County Road 5017 No Turn Signs will be installed on FM 1010 and FM 2090 which will stop cross-traffic from being involved in a crash. Northbound on Plum Grove you will not be able to turn left at 1010 to go back to Splendora South on FM 1010, you will not be able to turn left the cut thru Cut thru you cannot turn right to go to Cleveland. Stop signs are also being ordered for those intersections.
PLUM GROVE CITY COUNCIL
Video- https://youtu.be/6zjBBeD8PpM
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Sep 6, 2020
After weeks of legal dealings, the Plum Grove City Council closed County Road 5000which is a private road owned by developer Trey Harris who developed the subdivisions being Plum Grove with close to 20, 000 lots. The City of Plum Grove is a community of about 600 people and was tucked back int he woods almost unnoticed until about 8-years ago when the developer started building roads and selling properties. The traffic has increased dramatically since then. Several roads come out of the subdivision to the main road in Plum Grove. Daily thousands of cars travel it. Loads of dirt, rock, concrete, building material, and mobile homes travel that main road. Over the years the main road has deteriorated. The City Council says that they have an interlocal agreement with the county to fix the roads where it is 50/50. They say the county hasn't stepped up to the plate as of yet. Durning Harvey part of the road washed out and that section has been closed since awaiting FEMA money for repair. The Council sid over the years all the taxes in the area go to Liberty County. Plum Grove just started collecting taxes, however non of the new subdivisions are within the city limits. The road has become very dangerous. In 2019 the developer put a concrete road from the subdivision and put private property signs on it. The City Council would not allow him to connect to the city street of Plum Grove Road. He did though on Christmas Eve of 2019 which the Council say he picked that day as no legal remedy could be taken immediately to stop him. It has been used by property owners and construction traffic. Now Cleveland has built schools in the new subdivision and school busses must travel it. The concrete road is wide and can handle the traffic. It however dumps onto Plum Grove Road less than one-half mile from the highway FM 2090 and FM 1010. FM 2090 curves onto FM 1010. Plum Grove Road comes out in that curve. Plum Grove Road is quite narrow and has many large potholes making motorists either wait on traffic so they can drive into the oncoming lane to get around them or tear their vehicles up. In the evening traffic backs up into the curve which is a blind curve with a 55 mph speed limit. Traffic from 5000 causes a backup which extends up Plum Grove Road and into the curve. Several crashes have happened at both locations. At 8 am Saturday morning crews from Plum Grove moved in and closed 5000 with not just barricades but piles of rock to make sure the barricades were not removed. The Liberty County Sheriff's Office responded but after they were satisfied that the barricades were on city property they left the scene. Trey Harris was not on the scene Saturday morning. The fight will most likely continue as it has for some time until something can be reached between the developer, the County of Liberty, and the Plum Grove City Council.
PLUM GROVE CITY COUNCIL CLOSES ROAD
Video- https://youtu.be/osUBNGvt1-M
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091420-PLUM GROVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Video- https://youtu.be/3QaIxSf9EK8
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101220- PLUM GROVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Video- https://youtu.be/D-3h3wlQYf8
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VIDEOS Below BY- Dolcefino Consulting
The City of Plum Grove hired him to help the FIGHT
Nov 27, 2020
On a weekend for giving thanks, the small Texas town of Plum Grove is under assault. We’ve joined the fight to find out more about the wealthy developer cashing in on illegal immigration in the neighborhood right next door.
Unfair Fight
VIDEO- https://youtu.be/PpLKOSywZbs
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Dec 14, 2020
Exclusive video exposes the heartbreaking conditions in that sprawling subdivision catering to illegal immigrants in Liberty County.
Rivers Of Mud
VIDEO- https://youtu.be/uIKcYFepVE0
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Jan 4, 2021
A small town in Liberty County hired us to expose the dangers they are facing next door from the large colonia being developed by a powerful Republican family. The politicians can’t say they didn’t know it was happening... so why are they looking the other way?
The Fight For Plum Grove
VIDEO- https://youtu.be/ZZ7Cr0sE-ZE
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**Articles from news sources**
Liberty County commissioners believe they have a plan to fix the worst stretch of Plum Grove Road at no cost to the city, but first they have to get city leaders to agree.
By Bluebonnet news- https://bluebonnetnews.com/2020/11/18/road-work-ahead-for-plum-grove-maybe-if-county-can-get-the-city-to-agree/
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Potholes causing big problems for residents in Plum Grove
KPRC-2 news Houston
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Plum Grove developer hoping to create taxing entities
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By MCPR-
Colony Ridge Development, the developer of the Plum Grove area east of Splendora has filed a lawsuit against the City of Plum Grove
Colony Ridge Development, the developer of the Plum Grove area east of Splendora has filed a lawsuit against the City of Plum Grove officials for $1,000,000.00 claiming significant hostility from the city through the actions of the former Mayor and City Council Members. He claims the defendants have played a role in harassing or impeding Colony Ridge’s operations at the instruction of the former Mayor and City Council members.
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This is what happens when MILLIONS OF ILLEGALS pour into our country. We don't have the infrastructure to support them all! Not to mention they want free medical, free education, Free Housing, free food!! And they get it at our expense. To the dick head developer who created this messgreat job selling out your country
Ray Chappell either put a name to this alleged city council member who said the city didn't want the Rocky Branch Creek washout fixed, or else kindly remove that unfounded reference! Cause I think you're full of BS on that, I've spent far too much of my time attending these meetings and talking WITH the city council members to believe for a second what you printed there sir!
The lawsuit by Colony Ridge against the city council members and LeeAnn Walker and Donald Enloe was dropped last Fall in fact. Donald Enloe was no-billed by a Grand Jury which re-opened the case of his own beating by the Nelson's at the "illegal road entrance" (a very clearly marked "PRIVATE ROAD" connected to the main Plum Grove Road without any Permit by the city to do so... hence why it's been referred to as "Illegal Road") and was for a time closed by order of the city council. Liberty County, who illegally seized City of Plum Grove property, has refused to return the city property they took.... there will be consequences coming for that in short order! Just saying.
Actually, the Rocky Branch Creek washout of Plum Grove Road began during Hurricane Harvey, but could still be crossed over by vehicles though it was no longer safe to do so and was closed shortly afterwards. It only became a giant hole since TS Imelda, and just gets larger and larger with each rainstorm now. FEMA has not released a single penny of money to the City of Plum Grove to fix that or any other city roadway, they have money set aside for the city to fix the road PENDING Hydrology Studies they have required which cannot be done without Colony Ridge's cooperation (since they own all the lands the water thru Rocky Branch comes from) and they won'…