Precinct 3 Commissioner Steve Radack requested authorization at the March 12 Harris County Commissioner's Court meeting to accept 8,000 trees from the Apache Corporation Tree Grant Program. Valued at $60,800, the trees are to be planted in multiple parks within Precinct 3 along trails and roadways.

Apache is a Houston-based oil and gas company that has awarded more than 3 million trees across 16 states. There are 15 Precinct 3 parks in the Katy area, with Mary Jo Peckham Park as the largest in the City of Katy's limits at 32 acres with a variety of amenities, including a fishing pond. Precinct 3 has 54 parks overall.