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MINUTES OF THE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE MEETING
MAY 11, 2020
The Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, May 11, 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.)
There were no citizen comments.
3. STATUTORY AGENDA
(a) Approve minutes of the meeting held on March 9, 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 HCFCD was moving forward with plans for preliminary engineering for property
in the northern section of Brookglen, for detention in a five-acre area near Gladwyne Court. He
noted they were then expected to work on the adjacent area to the south and then to regional
solutions. Regarding F10106, Mr. Wingate said HCFCD was also working on designs to get
across the pipeline corridor. For F216, Phase Ill, from Madison to Sens Road, he said HCFCD
has also secured consultants and were coordinating with the City, and that additional clearing and
cleaning of the ditch was being accomplished.
(c) Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the status of current drainage
projects. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works]
Mr. Wingate provided updates on drainage projects, noting the consultant had sent crews at
Bayside Terrace and about 30% of the PER was complete. He said two allocations had been
received for 6th Street from Madison to Main and that Phase I would be on the first June Council
agenda. He said the scope for Phase II was being completed. Mr. Wingate referred to the list of
other projects in the packet for which grant applications had been made, as the City was notified
on April 13 that TDEM had not selected any of them. Member Earp asked that the money that
had been set aside be evaluated to determine which products it could cover design expenses for.
Mr. Wingate reviewed with the Committee Exhibit 9, regarding proposed drainage improvements
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at the airport. The City Manager agreed to return options to prevent water flooding from the airport
across to the Lomax area.
(d) Presentation, discussion, and possible action to provide staff with direction, if necessary,
regarding additional drainage concerns. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public
Works]
Member Earp asked for a look into the water coming off Koala Wash at Battleground. Chair Martin
asked if the apartments to be built east of the airport would create any additional concerns. Mr.
Wingate said the development would be required to have detention and the property would have
to meet Harris County standards. Member Engelken recalled the City had conducted a land swap
with Pasadena several years ago, on which a 100-acre detention pond would be developed. Mr.
Wingate said Pasadena had received several million dollars in funding and wanted to relocate the
drainage to the Red Bluff area. The City Manager said staff would bring an update on the
agreement. Member Engelken said he would also set up a meeting with Mr. Black of HCFCD.
Member Engelken also expressed concern as to whether additional issues would result with the
Fairmont Parkway expansion.
4. Set next meeting - The next meeting date was set for June 8, 2020.
5. Committee Member Comments—There were no comments.
ADJ C UR The meeting wajourne without objection at 5:38 p.m.
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