HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-13-20 Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting Minutes JAY MARTIN j O CHUCK ENGELKEN
Chairman _� Member
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DANNY EARP •
— Alternate Member
Vice-Chairman
MINUTES OF THE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE MEETING
JULY 13, 2020
The Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, July 13, 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, Danny Earp
Committee Members attending remotely: Chuck Engelken
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 5:01 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) Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve the June 8, 2020, meeting
minutes. [Jay Martin, Chair]
Committee member Engelken moved to approve the minutes; the motion was adopted, 3-0.
(b) Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the Texas General Land Office
grant funding opportunity. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works]
Mr. Wingate noted the GLO has invited the City to apply for supplemental funding for Brookglen.
He noted the County has LMI data and is willing to assist with the LMI calculations. Committee
member Engelken shared that the meeting with Mr. Black of Harris County Flood Control District
(HCFCD) this morning had included additional drainage funding, as well as for F-216, potentially
including channel improvements and other work. The Committee asked Mr. Wingate to inquire as
to whether the airport project might be eligible, as well.
(c) Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding changes to drainage criteria
recommended by Harris County. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works]
Mr. Wingate explained the potential impacts of increased Harris County design requirements on
future projects and the correlations to supplementary funding requests. Mr. Wingate explained
the potential floodplain development impacts, particularly for those with fill within the 500-year
flood plain. Chairman Martin asked that the item come back with more information.
(d) Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding an interlocal agreement between
the City of La Porte and the City of Pasadena related to land within the ETJ of the respective
cities. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works]
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Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins said the agreement was enforceable from the City of La
Porte's end. He said he understood the main concern of the Committee was to have the drainage
facilities constructed. Mr. Askins said the City of Pasadena had created a plan and submitted it to
HCFCD, but had never followed up on it, and that now Pasadena wanted to work on a larger
project in the area. He said the City could claim a breach by Pasadena. Committee member
Engelken expressed concern about the area around Brookglen and asked that pressure be kept
on the process. If the City of La Porte wanted to move forward, it could consider a formal demand
letter, perhaps accompanied by a meeting to clearly indicate the action was needed. Committee
member Enoelken moved that the City of La Porte move forward with any action needed to have
the City of Pasadena honor the agreement; the motion was adopted, 3-0.
(e) Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the status of current drainage
projects. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works]
Mr. Wingate referred to status changes on several projects.
(f) Presentation, discussion, and possible action to provide staff with direction, if necessary,
regarding additional drainage concerns. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public
Works
There were no additional items.
4. Set next meeting - The next meeting date was set for August 10, 2020.
5. Committee Member Comments—There were no comments.
ADJOURN Thel meeting was adjourned without objection at 5:45 p.m.
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