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JAY MARTIN <br />Chairman <br />DANNY EARP <br />Vice -Chairman <br />CHUCK ENGELKEN <br />Member <br />MINUTES OF DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE <br />MEETING HELD JULY 9, 2018 <br />DANNY EARP <br />Member <br />VACANT <br />Alternate Member <br />The Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, July 9, 2018, at the City <br />Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 5:00 p.m. to consider the <br />following items of business: <br />1. Call to Order <br />Vice -Chairman Danny Earp called the meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. The following members of the <br />Drainage and Flooding Committee were present: Committee Member Chuck Engelken. Absent: <br />Chairman Jay Martin. Councilmember Zemanek was also in attendance at the meeting. Staff <br />Present: Corby Alexander, Don Pennell, Lorenzo Wingate and Patrice Fogarty. <br />Authorizations <br />(a) Consider approval or other action regarding minutes of the Drainage and Flooding Committee <br />Meeting held on June 11, 2018— P. Fogarty <br />Committee Member Engelken moved to approve the minutes of the Drainage and Flooding <br />Committee Meeting held on June 11, 2018, as presented. Vice -Chairman Earp seconded. <br />MOTION PASSED 2/0. Chairman Jay Martin was absent. <br />3. Staff Reports <br />(a) Receive report from Harris County Flood Control District and Harris County Precinct 2 regarding <br />current and future plans relating to flooding in the City of La Porte — D. Pennell <br />Public Works Director Don Pennell opened staff's presentation and had those in attendance from <br />Harris County Precinct 2 and Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) introduce themselves: <br />Layne Yeager, Property Management for Harris County Precinct 2; Jeremy Ratcliff, Precinct <br />Coordinator for HCFCD, liaison between HCFCD and Harris County Precinct 2; Alan Black, Director <br />of Engineering, HCFCD; and Jeremy Phillips, Senior Director of Infrastructure, Commissioner Jack <br />Morman's Office. <br />Senior Director of Infrastructure Jeremy Phillips spoke and informed the committee of an <br />August 25, 2018, Bond Election for $2.5 billion for flood control improvements. Mr. Phillips advised <br />he has met with Corby Alexander, Don Pennell and Lorenzo Wingate to go over specifics on issues <br />La Porte has faced in the past, as well as from Hurricane Harvey. Part of his job is to ensure the <br />east side is well represented in the upcoming bond package and address La Porte's concerns. He <br />stated that ditching work will begin in August on re-grading/desilting H, L, & P Streets in Lomax. All <br />three of these streets are funded [Item 3(h) on staff reports]. <br />Chuck Engelken asked out of the $2.5 billion, how much is slated for projects in La Porte. Mr. <br />Phillips stated he doesn't have that exact information, but the numbers will change going forward <br />because of these meetings. <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />July 9, 2018 <br />Drainage and Flooding Committee Minutes <br />