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JAY MARTIN CHUCK ENGELKEN <br /> <br /> <br />Chairman <br /> Member <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> JOHN ZEMANEK <br />DANNY EARP <br /> Alternate Member <br />Vice-Chairman <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES OF DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE <br />MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 <br /> <br />The Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, September 10, 2018, at the <br />City 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 />Chairman Jay Martin called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. The following members of the Drainage <br />and Flooding Committee were present: Committee Members Chuck Engelken and John Zemanek. <br />Absent: Vice-Chairman Danny Earp. Staff Present: Corby Alexander, Don Pennell, Lorenzo Wingate, <br />and Patrice Fogarty. <br /> <br />2. Authorizations <br />(a) Consider approval or other action regarding minutes of the Drainage and Flooding Committee <br />Meeting held on August 13, 2018 P. Fogarty <br />Committee Member Engelken moved to approve the minutes of the Drainage and Flooding Committee <br />Meeting held on July 9, 2018, as presented. Committee Member Zemanek seconded. MOTION <br />PASSED 3/0. Vice-Chairman Earp was absent <br /> <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 L. Wingate/D. Pennell <br />Layne Yeager with Harris County Precinct 2 and Jeremy Ratcliff with Harris County Flood Control <br />District were in attendance. Jeremy Ratcliff provided an update on the progress of bond funding now <br />that the bond election passed. <br /> <br />Committee Member Engelken spoke in regards to flooding in the Brookglen subdivision. He stated that <br />Brookglen has been studied many times over, and suggested the latest study be looked at to see if it is <br />usable before spending more money on a study. He stated we all know it floods, and we know why it <br />floods; it needs to be fixed, not studied. <br /> <br />(b) Discussion regarding Community Development Block Grant Disaster recovery (CDBG-DR) <br />Harris County Hurricane Harvey Method of Distribution L. Wingate/D. Pennell <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />September 10, 2018 <br /> Drainage and Flooding Committee Minutes <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />