HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-13-23JAY MARTIN, CHAIRMAN
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MANDI WILLIAMS
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CHUCK ENGELKEN
MAYOR PRO TEM
BILL BENTLEY, ALTERNATE
COUNCILPERSON
MINUTES OF THE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE MEETING
MARCH 13, 2023
The Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, March 13,
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 — Chair 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 comments.
3. STATUTORY AGENDA
a. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve the minutes of the
Drainage and Flooding Committee regular meeting held on February 13, 2023.
[Councilperson 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 proposed phased drainage
improvements within the Brooklen subdivision. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant
Director of Public Works]
Andrew Moore of Halff Associates, Inc. provided an update on their study of improvements
needed to reduce flooding in and around Brookglen.
Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding status of 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]
Mr. Wingate provided a timeline mapping and letter of explanation concerning the project's
progress. Chair Martin requested a status update on the decision from the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, as its 120-day window expected for a response has expired.
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
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related to flooding in the City of La Porte. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of
Public Works]
Mr. Wingate noted there have been biweekly meetings and he expects a draft of the
engineering report shortly.
e. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the status of current
drainage projects. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works]
Mr. Wingate said solicitation documents for Bayside Terrace were expected to go out by
the end of the month. On project 5, he said this was waiting on a determination letter from
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Wingate noted that Project 6 had been added to
the project for 71' Street and has been completed. He said Copeland was tied to the Lomax
Lift Station and he did not have a report yet.
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]
Member Williams noted there were some drainage issues in Lomax due to runoff from
some properties onto others. She and Mr. Wingate confirmed these were private property
issues but that the City had been assisting where it could. Member Engelken thanked the
City Manager and Public Works for cleaning up the trash on the lots bought out by the
Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) and asked that citations be issued for each
of the lots for high grass and weeds. Mr. Alexander confirmed the staff would proceed.
Chair Martin expressed a desire for a better relationship with HCFCD and suggested a
special meeting with them.
4. SET NEXT MEETING
The next meeting was set for April 10, 2023.
S. 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.
There were no comments.
— Th6 meetina was adiourrfe--d without obiection at 5
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March 13, 2023 - Drainage and Flooding Committee Minutes