HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-09-23JAY MARTIN
CHAIRMAN, COUNCILPERSON
MANDI WILLIAMS
COUNCILPERSON
CHUCK ENGELKEN
MAYOR PRO TEM
BILL BENTLEY, ALTERNATE
COUNCILPERSON
MINUTES OF THE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE MEETING
JANUARY 9, 2023
The Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, January 9,
2023, 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: Chuck Engelken, Jay Martin, Mandi Williams
Committee Members attending remotely: None
Committee Members absent: Bill Bentley (alternate)
Council -appointed officers present: Corby Alexander, City Manager; 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.)
There were no comments.
3. STATUTORY AGENDA
a. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve the minutes of the
Drainage and Flooding Committee regular meeting held on November 14, 2022. (Jay
Martin, Chair]
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 100-acre-foot
detention pond project near the Pasadena Convention Center and Brookglen
Subdivision as established in amended interlocal agreement between the City of La
Porte and the City of Pasadena. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public
Works]
Ray Mayo, Director of Public Works, said the consultant was reviewing comments from
Harris County and hoped to respond to them by January 27. Regarding the jurisdictional
determination, there has been no potential wetlands impact determination by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers as of yet and a response is due by early February. Mr. Mayo
and Mr. Alexander confirmed they were not aware of Harris County filing a street closure
at Brookglen.
c. 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]
January 9, 2023 - Drainage and Flooding Committee Minutes
Mr. Mayo shared updates on current projects with HCFCD.
d. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the status of current
drainage projects. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works]
Member Engelken thanked staff and the City Manager for proactively removing dangerous
trees in the HCFCD right-of-way.
e. 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]
There were no further concerns.
4. SET NEXT MEETING
The next meeting was set for February 13, 2023,
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.
January 9, 2023 - Drainage and Flooding Committee Minutes