HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-10-2022 Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting MinutesJAY MARTIN, CHAIRMAN
MAYOR PRO TEM
MANDI WILLIAMS
COUNCILPERSON
CHUCK ENGELKEN
COUNCILPERSON
BILL BENTLEY, ALTERNATE
COUNCILPERSON
MINUTES OF THE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE MEETING
JANUARY 10, 2022
The Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, January 10,
2022, 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, Mandi Williams
Committee Members attending remotely: Bill Bentley (alternate)
Committee Members absent: None
Council -appointed officers present: Corby Alexander, City Manager; 'Lee Woodward, City
Secretary; Clark T. Askins, Assistant City Attorney
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. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve the minutes of the
November 8, 2021, meeting. [Councilperson Martin, Chairman]
Member Engelken moved to approve the minutes; the motion was seconded by Member
Williams; the motion was adopted, 3-0.
b. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the status of property
located at the intersection of State Hwy. 146 and McCabe Road and owned by Dutko
Family Partnership, Ltd. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works]
Mr. Wingate introduced Keith Morgan of Berg -Oliver Associates, Inc., who was attending
remotely. He confirmed the property's USACE Approved Jurisdictional Determination
(AJD) letter allowed for development of the Dutko property, with no USACE requirement
for mitigating impacted wetlands. Mr. Wingate confirmed that the drainage plans would
require approval from both the City and Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD).
Chair Martin asked that the drainage plan come back before the Committee. Mr. Wingate
noted the property is currently partially zone as Planned Unit Development (PUD) and
conditions related to wetlands mitigation/preservation could be placed within the terms of
the SCUP required for development in a PUD to address concerns of impacting existing
wetlands. Mr. Alexander also noted that the developer is considering being annexed into
Harris County MUD No. 561 (Morgan's Landing MUD), and similar conditions could be
included within the City's approval of the annexation request.
c. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding status of 100 acre-foot
detention pond project near the Pasadena Convention Center and Brookglen
Subdivision, in connection with amended interlocal agreement between the City of
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La Porte and the City of Pasadena. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public
Works]
Mr. Wingate noted the cities had met with Halff Associates and expected to begin
construction in one year, just east of the Pasadena Convention Center and south of
Fairmont Parkway.
d. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the Harris County Flood
Control District's (HCFCD) and Harris County Precinct 2's current and future plans
related to flooding in the City of La Porte. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of
Public Works]
Member Engelken moved to recommend to the Council approval of an interlocal
agreement with HCFCD for the Brookglen Subdivision Drainage lmprovement Project; the
motion was seconded by Member Williams; 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 said residents had been contacted regarding landscape issues and that
design changes to street widths are being considered to minimize impacts to existing
landscaping.
f. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to provide administrative staff of the
City with direction, if necessary, regarding additional drainage concerns. [Lorenzo
Wingate]
There were no further issues for discussion.
4. SET NEXT MEETING - The next meeting date was set for February 14, 2022.
5. COMMITTEE COMMENT — Hear announcements concerning matters appearing on the
agenda; items of community interest; and/or inquiries of staff regarding specific factual
information or existing policy from the Committee members and City staff, for which no formal
action will be discussed or taken.
Members thanked Mr. Wingate and Mr. Morgan.
RN — Th6 meetina was adiourned-without obiection at 5:36 o.m.
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