12-14-20 Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting Minutes

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JAY MARTIN OF14 pO CHUCK ENGELKEN Chairman Member A, 'A4 DANNY EARP V �_ 111 STEVE GILLETT Vice-Chairman Alternate Member I- 10) MINUTES OF THE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE MEETING DECEMBER 14, 2020 The Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, December 14, 2020, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 5:00 p.m. to consider the following items of business: Committee Members present: Jay Martin, Chuck Engelken, Danny Earp Committee Members attending remotely: None Committee Members absent: Steve Gillett Council-appointed officers present: Corby Alexander, City Manager; Lee Woodward, City Secretary 1. CALL TO ORDER - Chairman Martin called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. 2. CITIZEN COMMENT (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 November 9, 2020, meeting minutes. [Chairman Martin] Member Engelken moved to approve the minutes; Member Earp seconded the motion; the motion was adopted, 3-0. (b) Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding an Interlocal agreement between the City of La Porte and the City of Pasadena related to land within the ETJ of the respective cities. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works] Ray Mayo, Public Works Director, offered copies of the updated draft amendment to the inter local agreement to the City of Pasadena, including information on design, construction, covenant requirements for future sale of the property, and restitution, if needed. Chair Martin asked staff keep the pressure on and keep the Committee informed of Pasadena's response. (c) Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the Harris County Flood Control District's (HCFCD) and Harris County Precinct 2's current and future plans related to flooding in the city of La Porte. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works] Mr. Mayo noted Mr. Black was not able to attend until the January meeting. Jeremy Ratliff of the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) noted they had sent a report over a couple of days ago. Chair Martin said the Committee would resume consideration of this item at the January meeting. (d) Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the status of current drainage projects. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works] December 14,2020-Drainage and Flooding Committee Minutes