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MINUTES OF DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE
The Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, July 8, 2019, 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, Danny Earp.Chuck Engo|ken.Steve Gillett
Committee Members absent: None
Council -appointed officers present: Jason Weeks, Assistant City Manager; Lee Woodward, City Secretary
Call to Order - Chairman Martin called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
Statutory Agenda
(a) Approve the minutes of the meeting held on May 13, 2019. [Jay Martin, Chairman]
Committee member Engelken moved to approve the minutes of the meeting held on May 13, 2019: the
motion was adopted, 3-0.
(b) Receive report from Harris County Flood Control District regarding current and future plans
relating to flooding in the City of La Porte. [Lorenzo Wingate, P.E., City Engineer]
Lorenzo Wingate, City Engineer, and Jeremy Ratcliff, Harris County Flood ControlUistrict(HCFCD),
discussed projects |isted. HCFC[Yo plans for the full wab*nahed, and the Committee's concerns over
the prior treatment of the area and the time it is taking to move forward.
[Lorenzo Wingate, P.E., City 6gineer]
Committee members asked for updates onthe BeysideTerrace Drainage Improvements and Little
Cedar Bayou/F216/Phase III Improvements, urging that staff keep them as priorities.
(d) Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding additional drainage concerns and
provide staff with direction. [Lorenzo Wingate, P.E., City Engineer]
Vice Chairman Earp asked that answers be provided on the Sens Road/H Street Drainage as to why
the ditches fill but not the pond. Without objection, Chair Martin set the item as an action item for the
next meeting. Mr. Wingate reported that the outfalls along Roseberry were to be reviewed to see if an
inonauee in pipe size was called for. Chair Martin noted that Fondren Road was tied into the Beyeide
Terrace project and asked if there were future concerns to be addressed with the new construction on
Bay Area Boulevard. Mr. Wingate said water would be moved through a series of ponds before release
and that the developer had submitted adrainage report approved byHCFCD.
3. Set date for next Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting
The next meeting date was set for August 12ed5:OOpm.
4. Committee Comments
Members then |dffor his attendance and information.
ADJOURN —ThemeeInqwas adiournedWifhoO"bieotionat5:42p.m.
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