Don’t Miss Town Hall Meeting Thursday Evening
9/18/2024 – Houston City Council Member Fred Flickinger will host a town hall meeting on Thursday 9/19/24 at the Kingwood Community Center. Doors open at 6PM. The program starts at 6:30.
The event will feature a series of informational presentations at tables where residents can talk to representatives of various city departments. It will also feature several presentations, followed by Q&A.
Even though the program will be hosted in Kingwood, all residents of the Lake Houston Area including Huffman are welcome to the town hall and will find something of value. The agenda includes topics that apply to everyone, such as status of the Lake Houston Dam Gates Project.
Time, Date, Place
- Thursday, September 19th
- Program: 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Kingwood Community Center
- 4102 Rustic Woods Drive
- Kingwood, Texas 77345
Featured Speakers
Speakers will address issues crucial to the safety and success of the Lake Houston Area. They include:
- State Representative Charles Cunningham will kick off the meeting. He will discuss his priorities going into the next legislative session.
- Houston At-Large City Council Member Twila Carter will also talk about her priorities.
- Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey hopes to make the meeting, but will be coming from budget meetings downtown and may not make it if they run over.
- New Coastal Water Authority Board Director Dan Huberty will give an update on the project to add more flood gates to the Lake Houston Dam.
- Ekaterina Fitos, Houston’s Water Planning Director, will discuss the status of dredging and sand traps, designed to reduce sedimentation and flood risk.
- Mark Wilfalk, Houston’s Director of Solid Waste Management, will go over storm debris pickup following Hurricane Beryl. He will cover lessons learned and what they will do differently in the next disaster.
- Tom Broad, chair of the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority, will give an update on the Northpark Expansion Project.
- New Houston Police Chief J. Noe Diaz will inform residents of his priorities moving forward.
- Sergeant Rajesh Sawlani, also with HPD, will talk about crime suppression tactics and strategies being implemented in other parts of the City. He will also cover the growing homeless population in Kingwood.
Booths around the perimeter of the room will feature Houston:
- Public Works (water, infrastructure, transportation, drainage, Lake Houston Gates)
- Department of Neighborhoods
- Solid Waste
- Forestry (which handles tree-trimming in medians of major thoroughfares)
- Parks/Green Space Management (which handles tree planting medians)
- BARC (animal shelter and adoptions)
- Northpark Drive Expansion Project Team
The ambitious town hall agenda covers a lot of territory. So, come early. Mingle with neighbors. And ask your questions at the tables if you can. It’s been a year since we last had a town hall meeting with Dave Martin.
Posted by Bob Rehak on 9/18/2024
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