8-9-21 - Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting Minutes

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O. "."N. ht VACANT AUGUST 9, 2021 W11011101"0110=11 *11, BILL BENTLEY, ALTERNATE COUNCILPERSON The Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, August 9, 2021, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 5:00 p.m. to consider the following items of business: Committee Members present: Jay Martin, Chuck Engelken, Bill Bentley (alternate) Committee Members attending remotely: None Committee Members absent: None Council -appointed officers present: Corby Alexander, City Manager (attended remotely); Lee Woodward, City Secretary; Clark T. Askins, Assistant City Attorney CALL TO ORDER — Chairman Martin called the meeting to order at 5:�00 p.m. 2. CITIZEN COMMENT (Generally limited to five minutes per person, / I n accordance with state, law, the time may be reduced if there is a high number of speakers or other considerations.) There were no citizen comments. 3. STATUTORY AGENDA a. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve the minutes of the June 14, 2021, meeting. [chairman Martin] Member Enqelken moved to approve the minutes; the motion was seconded by Member Bentley, the, motion was adopted, 3-0. b. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding status of drainage infrastructure project for property near the Pasadena Convention Center, under terms of the interlocal agreement between the City of La Porte and the City of Pasadena. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works] Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Public Works Director, said negotiations with the consultant on the proposal have begun and staff review was expected to be complete by the end' of the week, c. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the Harris County Flood Control District's (HCFCD) and Harris County Precinct 2s current and future plans related to flooding in the City of La Porte. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works] Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Public Works Director, announced that applications had been submitted to Harris County Precinct 2, regarding a partnership and interlocall agreement on Bays0e Terrace and Brookglen, to be considered by the Harris County Commissioners Court in September. d. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the status of current drainage projects. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works] August 9, 2021 - Drainage and Flooding Committee Minutes