Edloe Street bridge on Bellaire, looking north. The restrictor is approximately underneath where I was standing to take this picture. Photo Jim Shields.
More than anything, however, this strikes me as a political issue relating to who has jurisdiction/authority over flood control.
• What is the relationship between Harris County Flood Control agency and West U. City government?
• How much say does the city have over how the county manages floods?
• What have been the actions of the City Council up to now? From what I can tell, Mike Ross has been our sole negotiator with the county, he may need help from our elected leaders.
I spoke with Anne Clutterbuck's office today. They told me that at a meeting last January, the City of Houston told West U officials that they would need an official written request from West U before they could consider the possibility of West U using any of Houston's catchment capacity to mitigate the runoff from our College Street project into the Poor Farm Ditch. They have received no such request from us.
I suggest that the City Council set up a sub-committee to research the problem, evaluate the technical documents, and assess the feasibility and cost of various alternatives (e.g., removing/modifying the restrictor, constructing addtional flood-control, litigation against Brayes or the flood control district, etc.). It would also be helpful to construct a timeline that indicates the history flooding events and measures that have been taken in the City over the past 50-100 years to address flood risk.
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