04-08-19 Drainage and Flooding Committee Meeting Minutes

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F JAY MARTIN J(1`AO CHUCK ENGELKEN Chairman U 4"� Member / �[ m DANNY EARP JOHN ZEMANEK Vice-Chairman • \ i — Alternate Member MINUTES OF DRAINAGE AND FLOODING COMMITTEE MEETING HELD APRIL 8, 2019 The Drainage and Flooding Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, April 8, 2019, 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: Danny Earp, Chuck Engelken, John Zemanek Committee Members absent: Jay Martin Council-appointed officers present: Corby Alexander, City Manager; Lee Woodward, City Secretary 1. Call to Order—Vice Chairman Earp called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. 2. Consent Agenda (Approval of Consent Agenda items authorizes each to be implemented in accordance with staff recommendations provided.An item may be removed from the consent agenda and added to the Statutory Agenda for full discussion upon request by a member of the Committee present at this meeting.) (a) Approve the minutes of the meeting held on February 25, 2019. [Lee Woodward, City Secretary] Committee member Engelken moved to approve the minutes of the meeting held on February 25, 2019; the motion was unanimously adopted, 3-0. Without objection, Billy Green was permitted to offer public comment, asking that drainage issues in the Lomax area be addressed. 3. Staff Reports (a) Receive report from Harris County Flood Control District regarding current and future plans relating to flooding in the City of La Porte. [Lorenzo Wingate, City Engineer and Don Pennell, Public Works Director] City Engineer Lorenzo Wingate informed the Committee that Harris County Flood Control District(HCFCD) was not able to attend but had emailed him updates, including that they had analyzed their review of the Brookglen area and that they would meet with staff on April 16. Mr. Wingate said HCFCD had had HDR review the 8112/Lomax area and that they would consider it internally before the next phase. Mr.Alexander asked Mr.Wingate to forward the email correspondence to the committee on Tuesday. Committee member Engelken said he was very disappointed that HCFCD had not attended yet again and noted he would reach out to the Harris County Commissioner to address these issues, citing destruction at Brookglen, current construction projects, and the loss of a related revenue stream. Mr. Alexander agreed to reach out to the Harris County Judge's office on the issues as well. (b) Receive a report regarding the status of the Texas GLO CDBG-DR 2015 Floods and Storms (DR- 4223 and DR-4245) Allocation. [Lorenzo Wingate, City Engineer and Don Pennell, Public Works Director] Mr. Wingate said the project had been placed under contract, with scope communicated in order to move ahead. (c) Discussion regarding Harris County's Method of Distribution (MOD) for the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDGB-DR) Round 1 Funds for Hurricane Harvey. [Lorenzo Wingate, City Engineer and Don Pennell, Public Works Director] April 8,2019-Drainage and Flooding Committee Minutes