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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-08-19 Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting MinutesJAY MARTIN 0 CHUCK ENGELKEN Chain-nan 4 Member mrevE G|LLETr omNwYExnP Alternate Member Vice-Chainnwn 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. Page I of I