HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-13-18 Drainage and Flooding Committee MeetingJAY MARTIN
CHAIRMAN
DANNYEARP
VICE-CHAIRMAN
CHUCK ENGELKEN
MEMBER
CITY OF LA PORTE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE
MEETING AGENDA
JOHN ZEMANEK
ALTERNATE
Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City Council of
the City of La Porte, to be held August 13, 2018, in the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 W. Fairmont
Parkway, La Porte, Texas, beginning at 5:00 PM to consider the following items of business.
1. Call to order
2. Authorizations
(a) Consider approval or other action regarding minutes of the meeting held on July 9, 2018 - P.
Fogarty
3. Staff Reports
(a) Discussion regarding prioritization of drainage projects - L. Wingate/D. Pennell
4. Set date for next Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting - L. Wingate/D. Pennell
5. Committee Member Comments - Matters appearing on agenda; Recognition of community
members, city employees, and upcoming events; Inquiry of staff regarding specific factual
information or existing policy
6. Adjourn
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of La Porte will provide for reasonable
accommodations for persons attending public meetings. To better serve attendees, requests should be received
24 hours prior to the meetings. Please contact Patrice Fogarty, City Secretary, at 281.470.5019.
Councilmembers may attend in numbers constituting a quorum. This is a Drainage and Flooding Committee
Meeting at which there will be no deliberation or formal action taken by City Council as a governmental body.
CERTIFICATION
I certify that a copy of the August 13, 2018 , agenda of items to be considered by the Drainage and Flooding Committee
was placed on the City Hall Bulletin Board on August 7, 2018.
Patrice Fogarty, City Secretary
JAY MARTIN
Chairman
DANNY EARP
Vice -Chairman
CHUCK ENGELKEN
Member
MINUTES OF DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE
MEETING HELD JULY 9, 2018
DANNY EARP
Member
VACANT
Alternate Member
The Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, July 9, 2018, 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:
1. Call to Order
Vice -Chairman Danny Earp called the meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. The following members of the
Drainage and Flooding Committee were present: Committee Member Chuck Engelken. Absent:
Chairman Jay Martin. Councilmember Zemanek was also in attendance at the meeting. Staff
Present: Corby Alexander, Don Pennell, Lorenzo Wingate and Patrice Fogarty.
Authorizations
(a) Consider approval or other action regarding minutes of the Drainage and Flooding Committee
Meeting held on June 11, 2018— P. Fogarty
Committee Member Engelken moved to approve the minutes of the Drainage and Flooding
Committee Meeting held on June 11, 2018, as presented. Vice -Chairman Earp seconded.
MOTION PASSED 2/0. Chairman Jay Martin was absent.
3. Staff Reports
(a) Receive report from Harris County Flood Control District and Harris County Precinct 2 regarding
current and future plans relating to flooding in the City of La Porte — D. Pennell
Public Works Director Don Pennell opened staff's presentation and had those in attendance from
Harris County Precinct 2 and Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) introduce themselves:
Layne Yeager, Property Management for Harris County Precinct 2; Jeremy Ratcliff, Precinct
Coordinator for HCFCD, liaison between HCFCD and Harris County Precinct 2; Alan Black, Director
of Engineering, HCFCD; and Jeremy Phillips, Senior Director of Infrastructure, Commissioner Jack
Morman's Office.
Senior Director of Infrastructure Jeremy Phillips spoke and informed the committee of an
August 25, 2018, Bond Election for $2.5 billion for flood control improvements. Mr. Phillips advised
he has met with Corby Alexander, Don Pennell and Lorenzo Wingate to go over specifics on issues
La Porte has faced in the past, as well as from Hurricane Harvey. Part of his job is to ensure the
east side is well represented in the upcoming bond package and address La Porte's concerns. He
stated that ditching work will begin in August on re-grading/desilting H, L, & P Streets in Lomax. All
three of these streets are funded [Item 3(h) on staff reports].
Chuck Engelken asked out of the $2.5 billion, how much is slated for projects in La Porte. Mr.
Phillips stated he doesn't have that exact information, but the numbers will change going forward
because of these meetings.
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Vice -Chairman Earp brought up an issue when it was raining really hard a few days ago, he
checked on the area of the detention pond on Sens Road. He stated the house on the north side of
that intersection — the one like a bed and breakfast 2-story house — their whole yard was completely
under water. However, the detention pond probably wasn't at 50 percent capacity. He said it is like
the bottom of the detention pond is higher than the ditches. Even 216, that flows under right there,
had capacity still available, too. He asked if elevation can be shot at the detention pond to see if
there's an elevation issue. Mr. Phillips responded he will talk to the survey crew, and that a crew
should be able to shoot the elevation, probably, in a couple of weeks.
Vice -Chairman Earp stated that this Committee will continue to meet frequently, but had not met
since 2015, but that many of the items on the list from 2015 have still never been addressed, and
the Committee wants to nail down dates as much as possible.
Councilman Zemanek asked if he could ask a question even though he is not on the committee,
and it was allowed. He stated that 112 runs through Brookglen and the issue he sees is you have
all that water moving south through Deer Park through this subdivision, and you've got a concrete
bayou that meets it at a 90-degree angle going west in this neighborhood. Brookglen's water
cannot get out until Deer Park's water comes through, and that's what floods it. What can be done
to change that angle of intersection so Brookglen can get some relief and get water out of the
neighborhood?
Mr. Phillips stated he can't speak on the specifics of it; but in terms of the projects identified along
B112, they've identified a project north of La Porte, and "now we have a new project we are
proposing in Brookglen Subdivision area, as well as looking southward down at the detention pond,
as well, on B112. These guys (motioning to those also in attendance) can show you a little bit more
detail on that. But it's going to have to take a combination of those projects in order to alleviate
some of that. Some of that's going to have to be conveyance improvements. Some of it's probably
going to have to be detention and mitigation for what's been done upstream." "Also, and what we
talked about this morning when I was on the phone with Matt Zeve, the operations director for Flood
Control, is that we want to make sure we are looking at the holistic approach to the issue there,
specifically at Brookglen... it's been one that's gone back and forth [since the 70's], and we've got
buyouts in there as well. And we've got spots that haven't been bought out." He went on to say
they need to make sure if there's local projects that have to be happening inside the storm drain
system there to help facilitate and complement what goes on in the channel, we need to keep that
on the table, as well, and make sure they're looking at it through a holistic perspective.
Councilmember Zemanek asked if he was correct in his ascertation that when you've got head
pressure coming a certain direction moving at a much more rapid pace and water trying to meet it
at a 90-degree angle, without any head pressure, it isn't getting in, is it? Councilmember Engelken
stated he was out video-taping it on July 4. Councilmember Zemanek stated he didn't know this
would be brought up tonight, and Mr. Phillips stated he knew it would be brought up tonight
because Councilmember Engelken's input is one of the reasons why they are here to today to talk
about some of the things they are going to add to the bond list. Councilmember Zemanek replied,
"Great; thank you."
Vice -Chairman Earp stated he had one more question on 216, between Sens Road and the railroad
tracks, he believes he's reading that it is on the fourth quarter 2018, first quarter 2019 to get that
thing cleaned out. Layne Yeager replied it is still on track, but if there any delay, they will let
Lorenzo Wingate know so he can pass along the information.
Mr. Phillips stated they would like to utilize this Committee as their medium for conversation and
staying on track with projects. Vice -Chairman Earp indicated the Committee agrees this is a good
idea.
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Precinct Coordinator Jeremy Ratliff, with HCFCD, spoke and informed the committee of
maintenance projects and presented a handout and a PowerPoint. He went over a brief history of
the maintenance they have going on and some of the bond projects.
Director of Engineering Alan Black, with HCFCD, spoke and advised many of the projects will need
to be well chosen if the Bond Election passes, to get a prioritized list of projects needing to be done
in La Porte.
Vice -Chairman Earp commented the Committee will work with HCFCD and Harris County Precinct
2 in order to get a list of projects prioritized. Mr. Black suggested the City provide a list and meet to
discuss the projects before the August Bond Election.
Councilmember Zemanek asked whether it is feasible to get a pump station at Lomax F101-03-00
in order to get through the Pipeline Corridor. Mr. Black responded pump stations are the last resort
due to pump stations having to be powered by electricity and when lines go down, they need a
back-up generator; and there is also the factor of having to conduct routine maintenance of pump
stations to assure they are pumping properly and not flooding downstream.
Mr. Black provided information on funding sources for the City of La Porte.
Councilmember Engelken commented he heard there may be a subdivision built at Fairmont and
Red Buff that will increase blocked drainage in the Brookglen subdivision and asked what
restrictions will the City of Pasadena have for detention facilities for the new subdivision. Mr. Black
responded developments have to mitigate the increase flow in the form of storm water detention
basins.
Vice -Chairman Earp thanked everyone for attending the meeting to discuss flooding issues, and
looks forward to meeting with them again.
Vice -Chairman Earp address Don Pennell and Corby Alexander regarding what was requested at
the last meeting, and that is to provide dates and costs on each of the items listed on the agenda,
and where we are on each item. We need the dates, targets, approximate cost, so we can start
figuring out funding and timing, and we want to look at it at every meeting from here on out.
(b) Brookglen Subdivision — L. Wingate/D. Pennell
(c) Bob's Gully — L. Wingate/D. Pennell
(d) Lomax F101-03-00 Drainage Channel Feasibility Study — L. Wingate/D. Pennell
(e) Little Cedar Bayou F216 Phase II Improvements — L. Wingate/D. Pennell
(f) Battleground Estates Improvements — L. Wingate/D. Pennell
(g) North P Street Culvert Improvement — L. Wingate/D. Pennell
(h) Re-grading/Desilting H., L., & P., Streets — L. Wingate/D. Pennell
(i) Bayside Terrace — L. Wingate/D. Pennell
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(j) Southside Neighborhood Storm Water Conveyance Improvements — L. Wingate/D.
Pennell
(k) 6t" Street from Madison to W. Main Drainage Analysis — L. Wingate/D. Pennell
(1) Grant Funding Options — L. Wingate/D. Pennell
(m)Completed Drainage Reports — L. Wingate/D. Pennell
4. Set date for next Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting
There was no date set for the next meeting.
5. Committee Comments
There were no Committee comments.
6. ADJOURN
There being no further time to conduct business because the council meeting was about to start,
Committee Member Engelken made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:59 p.m. Vice -Chairman
Earp seconded the motion. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY 2/0. Chairman Jay Martin was
absent.
Respectfully submitted,
Patrice Fogarty, City Secretary
Passed and approved on this day of 2018.
Chairman, Jay Martin
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REQUEST FOR DRAINAGE COMMITEE AGENDA ITEM
Agenda Date Requested: August 13, 2018
Requested By: Lorenzo Wingate
Department: Public Works
is Report Ir'' Resolution" Ordinance
Exhibits: Costs per Risk Area July 2018 - Map
Appropriation
Source of Funds:
Account Number:
Amount Budgeted:
Amount Requested:
Budgeted Item:" Yes" No
SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION
The effort to reduce flood risk(s) requires an understanding of the limitations and deficiencies of the
drainage systems that serve the region and requires objective prioritization of improvement
recommendations in the form of Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) projects that are both functionally
efficient and financially effective. Several opportunities for financial assistance are available to assist
entities with recovering from disaster(s). Many of these financial assistance programs provide federal
funding to assist states and communities to fund cost effective measures to reduce or eliminate the long-
term risk of flood damage. Cost sharing associated with these financial assistance opportunities vary
from a 90/10 split to a 50/50 split. Staff has developed the following list of projects aimed to assist with
recovery after previous flooding events and to make the City more resilient in the future.
Financial
Total
Total Estimated
#of
Completion
Project Description
Assistance
Cost Sharing
Anticipated
City's Share
Harvey Damage
Damaged
Time
Program
Project Cost
Structures
(months)
6th Street (from Madison to
CDBG & HMGP
$325775.30 1 75/25
$2.5M
$625,000
$174,969
3
10
Main)
Southside Neighborhood
HMGP
75/25
$950,000
$237,500
$81,044
4
8
Drainage Improvements
Battleground Estates Phase II
TWDB
50/50
$68,880
$34,440
$210,341
5
8
Bayside Terrace Improvements
HMGP
75/25
$2.2M
$550,000
$1,170,082
18
8
Brookglen Drainage
HMGP
75/25
$4.OM
$1,000,000
$14,483,830
256
12
Improvements
LCB (F216) Phase III
HMGP & TWDB
75/25 1 50/50
$4.OM
$1,000,000
$449,209
12
10
F101-06-00Improvements
HMGP
75/25
$3.2M
$800,000
$640,226
18
8
(Pipeline Corridoor)
Bob's Gully (F210-00-00)
TWDB
50/50
$95,000
$47,500
$757,414
18
8
Analysis
Citywide 2D Model
TWDB
1 50/50
$165,000
$82,500
N/A
1
112
Project start times will vary based on funding and prioritization.
ACTION REQUIRED
Consider the items presented and discussed and provide direction to staff.
Approved for Drainage Committee Agenda
Corby D. Alexander, City Manager Date
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