HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-12-2022JAY MARTIN, CHAIRMAN
MAYOR PRO TEM
MANDI WILLIAMS
COUNCILPERSON
CHUCK ENGELKEN
COUNCILPERSON
BILL BENTLEY, ALTERNATE
COUNCILPERSON
MINUTES OF THE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE MEETING
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
The Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, September
12, 2022, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas,
at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following items of business:
Committee Members present: Chuck Engelken, Jay Martin, Mandi Williams (arrived at 5:04
P. m.)
Committee Members attending remotely: None
Committee Members absent: Bill Bentley (alternate)
Council -appointed officers present: Corby Alexander, City Manager (arrived at 5:04 p.m.); Lee
Woodward, City Secretary; Clark T. Askins, Asst. 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.)
Ryan Mathis had questions about inspection of fill dirt.
3. STATUTORY AGENDA
a. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve the minutes of the
Drainage and Flooding Committee regular meeting held on August 8, 2022. [Jay
Martin, Chair]
Member Engelken moved t0 approve the minutes: the motion was seconded by Chair
Martin: the motion was adopted. 2-0.
b. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the status of potential
development 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]
Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works, said the City had received a copy of
the drainage report and then shortly received notification from Beazer that they were not
proceeding at this time. Tom Hitchcock, a representative for the property owners, was
asked if he had any comments and said the owners have been allowing Beazer to move
through its process with the City.
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
La Porte and the City of Pasadena. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public
Works]
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Mr. Wingate noted the City was waiting for environmental impact feedback from the City
of Pasadena.
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]
Mr. Wingate said he would have a call on all projects with HCFCD this week. He added
that Harris County Precinct 2 had asked if there were any additional projects that were
seeking funding and that the City was considering asking for assistance with the 6'" Street
Madison to Main improvements.
e. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the status of current
drainage projects. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works]
Mr. Wingate said the Coupland Street project would be advertised for bidding this week
and that he expected construction to begin in January.
f. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to provide administrative staff of the
City with direction, if necessary, regarding additional drainage concerns. [Lorenzo
Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works]
Chair Martin requested that any ditches maintained by the state or County be identified
and ask for prompt mowing.
4. SET NEXT MEETING
The next meeting was set for October 10, 2022.
5. COMMITTEE COMMENT — Hear announcements conceming 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.
There were no comments.
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Lee Wg1odward,
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