HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-10-20 Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting Minutes JAY MARTIN A��^ 0 CHUCK ENGELKEN
Chairman � Member
v STEVE GILLETT
DANNY EARP
Vice-Chairman � — Alternate Member
MINUTES OF THE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE MEETING
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, February 10, 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, (Alternate Gillett available if needed)
Committee Members absent: None
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.
Kevin Lewis spoke about issues in the watershed around his home in Bay Harbor.
3. STATUTORY AGENDA
(a) Approve minutes of the meeting held on January 13, 2020. [Chairman Martin]
Committee member Engelken moved to approve the minutes; the motion was adopted. 3-0.
(b) Presentation, discussion, and possible in connection with receipt of a report regarding the Harris County
Flood Control District's (HCFCD) and Harris County Precinct 2's current and future plans relating to
flooding in the City of La Porte. [Lorenzo Wingate,Assistant Director of Public Works]
Mr. Wingate said he expected there would be HCFCD action by March.
(c) Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the Bayside Terrace Subdivision Improvements
Project. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works]
Mr. Wingate provided a proposal for engineering services regarding the Bayside Terrace Subdivision from Halff
Associates, chosen via RFQ and expected to be on the February 24 City Council agenda.
(d) Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the status of current drainage projects. [Lorenzo
Wingate,Assistant Director of Public Works]
Mr. Lewis was allowed to speak about the experience in his neighborhood. Mr. Wingate reported on the work being
done and Chairman Martin let Mr. Lewis know that there would be an update at next month's meeting. Committee
Member Earp requested an update on the desilting for the Lomax/F101 area. Ray Mayo, Public Works Director,
said work was being done on approximately 2000' of ditch at the airport.
(e) Presentation, discussion, and possible action to provide staff with direction, if necessary, regarding
additional drainage concerns. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works]
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Committee Member Earp asked that the additional work on the north side of the airport consistently be included in
and discussed with the monthly report. Mr. Wingate said a resident had requested for F216 (Little Cedar Bayou)
from Fairmont to Broadway to be selectively cleared and desnagged, so staff was going to do a visual inspection
initially. Chairman Martin confirmed that the drainage, less detention ponds, at Morgan's Landing,was overseen by
the City and that now the development was only finishing up internal drainage, and that staff had no concerns.
4. Set next meeting -The next meeting date was set for March 9.
5. Committee Member Comments—There were no comments.
AIJOURN ,e meeting as a urned without objection at 5:27 p.m.
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