06-24-09 Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting

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MINUTES OF THE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE JUNE 24, 2009 1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Mike Mosteit at 5:10 p.m. Committee Members Present: Chairman Mike Mosteit, Vice Chairman Mike Clausen and Chuck Engelken Committee Members Absent: Moser Other Council members Present: None Members of City Employees Present: City Secretary Martha Gillett, City Manager Ron Bottoms, Assistant City Manager John Joerns, Assistant City Secretary Sharon Harris, Public Works Director Steve Gillett. Others present: Jim Blackburn, Margaret Compton, Adam Yanelli of Bayshore Sun, John Saavedra of Harris County Precinct 2, John Randolph of Harris County Flood Control, Kim Still, Mac Ouson, Cheryl Westmoreland, Richard and Ellen Winn, Charles Rothmund, Mike Preasek, Charles Nute, and Gary Struzick and Brian Addicks of Klotz and Associates. 2. Consider approval of Minutes of Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting held on June 3,2009. Motion was made by Committee member Engelken to approve the minutes as presented. Second by Committee Member Clausen. The motion carried. Ayes: Mike Mosteit, Mike Clausen and Chuck Engelken. Nays: None Abstain: None Absent: Moser 3. Petitions, Remonstrance's, communications, and citizens and taxpayers wishing to address the Drainage and Flooding Committee. Jim Blackburn noted he is an attorney representing Fairmont Park East Subdivision. He requested the committee consider option 4 as a solution. He further noted it was a violation of the Constitution if the city did not consider that option. 4. Receive report from Klotz and Associates on Fairmont Park East and Brookglen Drainage Study. Gary Struzick of Klotz and Associates provided the committee with an overview of the report regarding Fairmont Park East and Brookglen Subdivision Drainage. At the request of Mr. Engelken, Mr. Struzick covered the Brookglen portion first. Mr. Struzick recommended the City work with Flood Control to find solutions to the flooding problems in the Brookglen Area. John Randolph of Harris County Flood Control noted they had completed a survey of slab elevations of homes in Brookglen and determined there is a sheet flow path problem in the subdivision. Mr. Engelken disagreed with Mr. Randolph and stated that there was no problem with drainage if the B112-00-00 channel was not full. Additionally, if this channel is full, B112-02-00 does not drain.