Friendswood will host a second public meeting to discuss the Friendswood Comprehensive Master Drainage Plan on Feb. 12.
The specifics
City officials held an initial meeting in August to gather resident feedback on how to address flooding in Friendswood. The upcoming meeting will include updated draft strategies incorporating resident feedback from the August meeting.
The meeting will take place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Friendswood Activity Building, located at 416 Morningside Drive, Friendswood.
Why it matters
The plan will reflect current data and use modern modeling techniques to create a list of prioritized flood reduction projects, actionable recommendations and a centralized database to guide development and funding decisions, according to the city’s website.
Funding to create the plan comes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, administered through the Texas Division of Emergency Management, according to the city’s website.
Also of note
At the Friendswood City Council Feb. 2 meeting, city staff updated City Council on several ongoing drainage projects in the city, including:
A utility relocation at Clear Lake near the Blackhawk Wastewater Treatment PlantDeepwood Flood Control Project is nearing completionThe city will move forward with a dry bottom detention basin to provide over 730 acre-feet of detention for the Friendswood Regional Stormwater Detention BasinExcavations for the detention ponds for the Friendswood City Center are nearly completeWhat’s next?
Following the second public meeting, staff will present a draft of the drainage plan to City Council in May, according to the city’s website.