Editing Spring Branch, Houston (section)

===County representation===
[[Image:SpringBranchCommunityCenterHoustonTX.JPG|thumb|left|Spring Branch Community Center]]
[[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]] Precinct Three, headed by Steve Radack as of 2008, serves portions of Spring Branch.<ref>"[http://www.pct3.hctx.net/aboutprecinct/precinct3.aspx Precinct Maps: Precinct 3] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216144509/http://www.pct3.hctx.net/aboutprecinct/precinct3.aspx |date=February 16, 2012 }}." ''Harris County''. Retrieved on October 13, 2008.</ref> Harris County Precinct Four, headed by Jerry Eversole as of 2008, serves other portions of Spring Branch.<ref>"[http://www.hcp4.net/parks/parksmap.htm Parks Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723184303/http://www.hcp4.net/Parks/parksmap.htm |date=2008-07-23 }}." ''Harris County Precinct 4''. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref> Harris County Constable Precinct 5 patrols much of Spring Branch.<ref>"[http://www.co.harris.tx.us/pct5/precinct5boundarymap.aspx Precinct 5 Boundary Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517224308/http://www.co.harris.tx.us/pct5/precinct5boundarymap.aspx |date=2013-05-17 }}." ''Harris County''. Accessed October 14, 2008.</ref> The unincorporated area within the Spring Branch Management District is assigned to the [[Harris County Sheriff's Office]] District IV Patrol, headquartered at the Clay Road Substation at 16715 Clay Road.<ref>"[http://www.hcso.hctx.net/fieldoperationscommand/patrolbureau/district4/ District IV Patrol] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313075033/http://www.hcso.hctx.net/fieldoperationscommand/patrolbureau/district4/ |date=2009-03-13 }}." ''[[Harris County Sheriff's Office]]''. Retrieved on April 21, 2009.</ref> The Harris County Department of Education maintains an office in the North Post Oak Building in Spring Branch.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20090322180116/http://www.hcde-texas.org/default.aspx?name=ContactUs3 Contact Us]." Harris County Department of Education. Retrieved on May 30, 2009.</ref> 
The [[Harris County Toll Road Authority]] operates its West Area EZ Tag Store in Spring Branch.<ref>"[http://www.hctra.org/about_locations/ EZ TAG Stores] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226210308/https://www.hctra.org/about_locations/ |date=2010-12-26 }}." [[Harris County Toll Road Authority]]. Retrieved on May 16, 2010.</ref>

Harris County Precinct 3 operates the Spring Branch Community Center and Courthouse Annex and a tax office at 1721 Pech Road in Spring Branch.<ref>"[http://www.tax.co.harris.tx.us/locations/locations.asp Branch Office Locations] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404021604/http://www.tax.co.harris.tx.us/locations/locations.asp |date=April 4, 2008 }}." ''Harris County Tax Office''. Accessed October 13, 2008.</ref><ref>"[http://www.pct3.hctx.net/cc_springbranch/default.aspx Spring Branch Community Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929101206/http://www.pct3.hctx.net/cc_springbranch/default.aspx |date=2008-09-29 }}." ''Harris County''. Accessed October 14, 2008.</ref> Alma Corporation built the building now housing the Spring Branch Community Center in the late 1960s. In 1971 Alma sold the building to Sam Houston Memorial Hospital; in 1976 the hospital sold the building to Houghton and Neville West. Harris County bought the building in 1986, causing it to become a courthouse. Bob Eckels, then the Precinct 3 commissioner, established a community center in the ground floor's north half. Steve Radack became the commissioner of Precinct 3 and began renovating the building. After the census of 1990 the county rezoned the community center and the surrounding neighborhood into Precinct 4. During the 1990s changes to the center occurred. The county moved the center back into Precinct 3 after the 2000 Census.<ref>"[http://www.pct3.hctx.net/cc_springbranch/history.aspx Spring Branch: History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626192214/http://www.pct3.hctx.net/cc_springbranch/history.aspx |date=2011-06-26 }}." ''Harris County''. Accessed October 14, 2008.</ref> In 2011 the Trini Mendenhall Sosa Community opened, taking in the previous community center.<ref>"[http://www.newsnet713.com/Article229.htm County opens new community center in Spring Branch] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120909171257/http://www.newsnet713.com/Article229.htm |date=2012-09-09 }}." ''[[Houston Banner]]''. April 11, 2011. Retrieved on June 13, 2011.</ref>