Well over 600 Kingwood and Lake Houston area residents heard a message of accomplishment, hope and cautious optimism at Houston City Councilman Dave Martin’s Town Hall Meeting March 6. The main subject was about future flooding in Kingwood and the Lake Houston Area following Hurricane Harvey.
On hand to explain all aspects of the recovery were City of Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner; State Representative for District 127 Dan Huberty; Matt Zeve of Harris County Flood Control; City of Houston Chief Resiliency Officer Stephen Costello; Niel Golightly, chief of staff of the Harvey Recovery Office; a representative from Governor Gregg Abbot’s office; and Carol Haddock, the Houston director of public works. In addition, there were at least three other City of Houston council members in attendance, along with Stan Sarman, chair of the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority/Texas Increment Reinvestment Zone 10, with an update regarding the Northpark mobility project and the impact that Harvey has had on that project.
Martin opened the meeting and set the stage for presentations to follow when he displayed a big map on an overhead screen. Read complete article at OurTribune.com.