09-21-09 Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting

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Director of Public Works Steve Gillett updated the committee on the Fleetwood Drive area preliminary engineering study. He advised the committee it will take approximately four months or more for the study to be complete. He also noted there will be a no impact study for the flood control district. Mr. Gillett also informed the committee with an update on the following in house projects: Creekmont project is scheduled to be finished this week. Bay Oaks and Dwire will be finished in the near future. Once the Bay Oaks project is complete, the next project will be the Bay Colony project. In addition, there is a meeting scheduled next week to discuss the pre-check facility with ' . the Port of Houston. The Park Street area will be addressed as well and that will include the Lobit and A flooding that Ms. Norwine was referring to earlier in the meeting. There will need to be a joint effort with the Port of Houston, Harris County and the City on this project. The survey for the Glen Meadows project is near completion. Harris County Flood Control District representative Mr. Randolph updated the committee on the city drainage issues. He informed the committee the F101-6 structure is out and the concrete work has begun. He further noted there had been 18 home buyouts in the Brookglen Subdivision and 2 pending. There may be an additional 30 hours tied to the grant application and those homeowners have been notified. In addition, Mr. Clark of Harris County Flood Control provided a brief update on the continued efforts for improvements on Valleybrook Street. 6. Set date for next meeting The Drainage and Flooding Committee will not set the next meeting until the Preliminary Engineering Report is finalized. It should take approximately 4 or more months for the report to be completed. 7. Committee Comments A. Matters appearing on agenda B. Inquiry of staff requiring a statement of specific factual information or a recitation of existing policy. Committee members Leonard, Clausen and Rigby brought items to the table.