Update ~ July 2nd???

For those who could not attend the Annual Homeowners Meeting on March 27, 2010, it was a productive and very informative meeting. All were encouraged to hear that management believes that the repairs to Peregrine and the rebuilding of the entire infrastructure associated with the facility can be accomplished using the insurance proceeds, without need of a special assessment. We are making every effort to open part or all of Peregrine starting July 2, 2010, for use by homeowners only. Since building permits were not released by the County until April 10, 2010, the tentative July 2nd opening date presents a serious re-construction challenge. Every effort will be made to accomplish that goal. This does not mean that RCI or II trading can begin on July 2, 2010. When the project is 100% complete, RCI and II will do their final approval inspection, before reactivating the exchange program. We will keep you advised as to the earliest possible date to begin exchanges with RCI and II. You will be happy to know that since April 10th, when the building permits were issued, construction of the Public Water System and the Waste Water Treatment Facility was started. The heavy duty aluminum panels for rebuilding the bulkhead wall, which protects the property from high tide, will be delivered Friday April 30th and re-construction will begin. Extensive repairs to the building’s exterior siding, exterior doors and windows will be complete by April 30th. Power washing of the building exteriors in preparation for painting is underway. Repairs and expansion of the old office building, which will become the new laundry, is in progress. Satellite TV wiring installation will begin on April 27th. Eighteen sets of kitchen cabinets with counter tops are on order and should arrive by May 7th. The purchase of unit furnishings and décor has been started. Once again, your patience under these difficult circumstances is greatly appreciated. We are sorry for the delay in issuing this Web Page update, but until the County construction permit was issued, the infrastructure portion of the project construction was on hold.

Will we get to use our beach condo this Summer?

What is going on now - this was from the first week of March 2010:

The unforeseen delays in obtaining government permits to rebuild Peregrine’s infrastructure, as well as the swimming pool, driveways, bulkhead wall, laundry, and basically everything at ground level, has caused much frustration for all of you and for us here, who are dealing with the reconstruction first hand.

Why all the delays with permitting? There was always a real possibility that permits would never be issued to rebuild Peregrine. There were two major problems, both equally serious.

Problem number 1: the treatment and disposal of wastewater, (often called black water) discharged by forty townhouses on the beachfront. The Peregrine property that was being used as a wastewater discharge area was washed away by the storm surge tide. The only Peregrine property now available where 4,500 gallons of wastewater per day could be discharged runs adjacent to protected wetlands adjoining Christmas Bay and its delicate eco system. After eight months of study and consideration by the Army Corp of Engineers, as to whether the wastewater discharge area required by Peregrine’s forty townhouses would have a negative impact on the wetlands and the environment of Christmas Bay, approval to use that area for wastewater discharge was given December 2009. The Texas Commission on Environmental Health has also now given their approval. Our permit application, with the engineer’s design plans, and other required legal documents, is now being reviewed by the County Environmental Health Department and Texas General Land Office, who will ultimately be responsible for issuing the permit.

Problem number 2: Peregrine is one of only a few Texas resorts truly on the beach, being only 200 feet from the surf. All beaches are publicly owned by the State of Texas. By law, the line of vegetation running parallel to the gulf determines where public beach ends and private property begins. After the storm, the line of vegetation had been pushed inland leaving many properties, including Peregrine, on public beach. Because Peregrine was now on public property and was heavily damaged, the State of Texas could have condemned it as they did with many other beach properties. During 2009, the Texas General Land Office, in the absence of a natural vegetation line, established a temporary boundary line to clarify what was now public beach and private property. With a State approved boundary line re-defined on August 17, 2009, Peregrine was re-surveyed and found to be landward of the 200 foot line and is now on private property. This has cleared the way for the permitting process to move forward.

As noted earlier, there is still a lot to be done before Peregrine can safely accommodate guests, even if for only owners. Again, we cannot begin replacement of any ground level facilities, driveways, dirt work, swimming pool, laundry, etc., until we have the proper permits in hand. Shortly after receiving the construction permits, we will inform you of a tentative opening date.

We are very conscience of your losses as a homeowner, and are working to restore your resort to you as soon as possible. Even though frustrated, the majority of you have been reasonable and understanding when calling the office and we thank you for that.

I hope they are Wrong ...

Click here for info on the 2010 hurricane season.

This was the swimming pool ~

Peregrine Condos, Texas, originally uploaded by exumabound.

this is a week after Ike - the grounds of the condos were ruined and they are still trying to fix the water, sewer and bulkheads.

The pool now (March 2010) ~ I don't think it will be ready by summer.

March 2010 Update -

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Condo Updates ~

January 25, 2010

In the December 15, 2009 Peregrine Hurricane Ike update, the process for obtaining permits to rebuild the infrastructure for Peregrine Townhomes was discussed. In addition to the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, we now have approval from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to install the waste water treatment facility.

With these two approvals in hand, we are finalizing the remaining governmental petitions to obtain the required building permits for the construction of the waste water treatment Facility, the public water system well, the repairs to the bulkhead barrier, the rebuild the swimming pool area and replacement of all of the driveways and landscaping.

We have completed the engineering and design of all the above mentioned projects, but our petition must still be reviewed and approved by the County Health Department, the County permitting office, the General Land Office of the State of Texas, and the Brazoria County Commissioners Court. Both the Corps of Engineers and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality had to approve the sewer design first before these other agencies would consider the request.

Once these projects are approved and permitted, the various contractors associated with construction above projects will begin work simultaneously, and we should be in position to give you an estimate of the Peregrine re-opening date.

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December 15, 2009

After 9 months of discussion the US. Army, Corps of Engineers, we received on December 10, 2009, their final approval for the new Peregrine sewer location on the property. Once this approval trickles down through the red tape of the State of Texas and Brazoria County officials (sewer design already approved by all), a permit for construction will be issued by the County. Once the permits are issued, construction of the sewer, the water well, the bulkhead surrounding the property, the buildings damaged or destroyed and the pool reconstruction will begin immediately (contracts for each already in place).

Now it is even colder - it's Freezing Here.....{BURRRRR}

More Wild Weather in Houston ~

We had snow on December 4th and the kids got out of school.    It has been a cold fall and winter (so far)  It my get down to 20 F on Saturday morning - so much for global warming ~ most winters here,  I don't use my big coat.  I have used it a lot this winter.  The cold made the holidays fun.  Happy New Year!

We have power ...

The power has been connected to our condo and now they are working on the water and sewage, that should be done by the end of the year. They are still working on the parking area - not sure what they are going to do. Soon - we will be hanging out at the beach again.

Update - 1-3-10 - We still do not know when we will have water or a sewer.  I was hoping by Spring Break, but that doesn't look good as of now.

We have Stairs now -

A lot of work has been done at the beach condo - we have stairs and the inside is being cleaned up. It seems the west side of the house got more damage inside than the parts that face the east. The bathrooms really got messed up - not sure why. Anyway here are two photos - the kitchen looks pretty bad - it is by the west side of the condo. I will post more as the works get done. I don't think we have power yet - in this photo of the stairs it is not hooked up.

Hurricane Ike Surf

I took this photo of this pier and the photo below shows the pier with Ike out in the gulf ~

Hurricane Ike Surf, originally uploaded by antsypantsy.

This is Pensacola, FL - my kids fished off this pier in Jan,09 almost 4 months after IKe. See first photo from our hotel balcony.

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike, originally uploaded by bamboosage.

Here is storm surge in Alabama -

One year later...

we have stairs at our condo now and the insurance company has been inside taking photos - the electricity is being fixed and soon the water will be done =) this photo I got online - it is about the storm surge - that is what messed up our condo. Here are the boats that ended up on the causeway.

Hurricane Ike September 9 2008 NASA

Hurricane Ike September 9 2008 NASA, originally uploaded by 敏.

It has been a long hot summer {and we are not done with it yet}. I don't think it rained at all in June and it was in the 100''s a lot of the days and it hasn't rained much since...but we sure don't want another hurricane. We have our fingers crossed around here.

Update on our condo ~

Now, a lot of Work has been done -

 But - No work has been done on the Flagship.
No work to the pier (above) two guys were fishing on the San Luis Pass fishing pier - not sure  how they got up there.

Tom went up into the beach condo to check it out - said it just needed a good cleaning.
A beach house that still needs repairs but with beautiful flowers around it.
My photo of the 81st Street fishing pier with the red truck still stuck on it.
And....the island is starting to get green again - look at these flowers.
The pool above -

We went back to the beach and a lot of work has been done since we were there in March.  Just about all the cement has be moved and loads of dirt have been placed at the condos grounds.   So, it is even with the beach again.  (I just hope we don't have even a small storm that causes the water to come up high - it could wash away the new dirt.)  The road is done and it is nice and the beach access road next to our place is done.  Bright Light is open and the beaches are great.  Tom and Taylor went fishing with a guide in the Bay and he said it was nice - no big debris ( like a couch or a fridge.)  They are working on the electricity and the water system soon.  Maybe next summer we will be staying here again.

Remains of the Galveston Fishing pier

Remains of the Galveston Fishing pier, originally uploaded by J-a-x.

This was on the news because some "stupid" people stayed here during the storm and had to be rescued the next day. They are lucky they are a live.

Hurricane Ike Aftermath ~ Kitty's Purple Cow ~ 9/13/08

Hurricane Ike Aftermath ~ Kitty's Purple Cow ~ 9/13/08, originally uploaded by adamdevaney.

This restaurant is now open again at Surfside Beach

Welcome

Blue Water Highway is Open today ~

Blue Water Highway update

Flood - 4-28-09 - Houston- update

This is Lakeside Country Club in west Houston after the rain we had on 4/28/09.  I have seen a lot of houses with the carpet pulled out and piled in front of the houses.  So quite a few houses did get water inside of them around here.   What Allison and Ike didn't mess up - this big rain storm got.   You never know what will happen in Houston.     We have had the end of last summer, a tropical storm, hurricane Ike, snow, hail, and now a torrential down pour.   We hope this swine flu  mess doesn't have the kids missing school again.