09-14-20 Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting

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JAY MARTINCHUCK ENGELKEN Chairman Member STEVE GILLETT DANNY EARP Alternate Member Vice-Chairman MINUTES OFTHEDRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEEMEETING AUGUST10,2020 The Drainage and Flooding Committeeof the City of La Portemet on Monday,August10,2020, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 5:00p.m. to consider the followingitems of business: Committee Members present:Jay Martin, Chuck Engelken, Danny Earp Committee Members attending remotely: None Committee Members absent:None Council-appointed officers present:Corby Alexander,City Manager; Lee Woodward, City Secretary 1. CALL TO ORDER-Chairman Martin called the meeting to order at 5:00p.m. 2. CITIZENCOMMENT (Generally limited to five minutes per person, in 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 July13, 2020, meeting minutes. \[Jay Martin, Chair\] Committee member Engelkenmoved to approve the minutes;Member Earp secondedthe motion and it was adopted, 3-0. (b)Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding changes to drainage criteria recommended by Harris County.\[Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works\] Mr. Wingatediscussedthe new Harris County requirements and their potential impact on the City (chart from packet below). Alisa Max, P.E., Chief Operations Officer, Harris County Engineering Dept., answered questions from the Committee. Member Earp asked that the City requirement for detention for the entire property size be brought back for consideration. Mr. Wingate noted that Harris County has offered to have their consultantcome to La Porte to provide impactanalysisto show how the Harris County proposed changescompare to current City requirements. August10,2020-Drainage and Flooding Committee Minutes