10-13-08 Drainage and Flooding Committee minutes

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MINUTES OF THE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE October 13,2008 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chairman Mike Mosteit at 5:00 p.m. Committee Members Present: Council Members: Chairman Mike Mosteit, Vice Chairman Mike Clausen, Committee Members Chuck Engelken, and Tommy Moser. Committee Members Absent: Howard Ebow Other Council members Present: None Members of City Employees Present: Assistant City Secretary Sharon Harris, City Manager Ron Bottoms, Emergency Management Coordinator Jeff Suggs, Director of Public Works Steve Gillett, Director of Planning Tim Tietjens, Assistant City Manager John Joerns, and City Engineer Rodney Slaton. Others present: Bill Scott, Jorge Gutierrez, Gary Struzick, Charles Nute, Sue Gale Mock Kooken, Richard Winn, Charles Rothmund, Ted Powell, Kathryn Aguilar, David Janda, and Joe Bertuglia. 2. Consider approval of Minutes of Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting held on June 23,2008 Motion was made by Committee member Engelken to approve the minutes as presented. A second by Committee Member Clausen. The motion carried. Ayes: Tommy Moser, Mike Mosteit, Mike Clausen, and Chuck Engelken Nays: None Abstain: None Absent: Howard Ebow 3. Petitions, Remonstrance's, communications, and citizens and taxpayers wishing to address the Drainage and Flooding Committee Bill Scott 1722 Lomax School Road - addressed the committee with drainage and flooding concerns. 4. Discuss City Wide Drainage Report #3 and consider making possible recommendations to La Porte City Council Gary Struzick with Klotz and Associates presented a summary and recommendation of the City Wide Drainage Report #3 to the committee and answered questions. Mr. Struzick informed the committee the due date for the final report is January 19,2009. 5. Receive Draft Report on Repetitive Loss Area Analysis #7 (Brookglen Subdivision) from the University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology