The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 201, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 2017 Page: 1 of 12
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popular park working to remove any remaining silt.
“We had about two feet silt across the lower half of
the park." Park Superintendent Dustin Schubert told
the Parks and Recreation Advisors Board. “We have
all the parking lots completely scraped away, some of week underwater.*'
"That building is a goner.” he added “And we hope
to get funding to rebuild it because it’s a heavily used
When Harvey passed through Baytown the storm left
behind about two feet of silt at Roseland Park that the
city has been dealing w ith for more than a month.
City equipment operators are currently out at the quired a rebuild. And when Hurricane Ike hit »n 2008, 5
feet of waler once again flooded the structure.
" The hurricanes put a ton of water in, it floods, the
storm surge gets you and then it washes out,” said
Johnson. “This did not leave, this was here for like a
Hurncane Harvey caused Cedar Bayou to rise dramati-
cally, inundating Roseland Park. As a result, 2 feet of silt
was left behind and the pavilion was damaged beyond
repar. Since Harvey, the Baytown Parks and Recreation
Department has been working diligently to reopen the
Repairs ongoing; park to reopen in month
BY CHRISTOPHER JAMES FEMA assistance to see what options they will have
(^instopherjames^baytownsun.com The hope is to rebuild the structure on the opposite side
of the park on higher ground.
Since 1983, the pavilion has been damaged and re-
built due to two previous storms In 1983 Hurricane
Alicia put 3 feet of water in the pavilion, which re-
the grass area scraped away and you still go out there
w ith a truck and you slide all over the place.”
On Thursday, the parks department used an 18-wheel- building but we can’t leave it there. Its has to come
er to haul some the silt offsite in an effort to reopen the down.”
park in about a month.
Besides silt. Scott Johnson. Parks and Recreation di-
rector, said they w ill more than likely have to demolish
the Roseland Park Pavilion after it took on water about
halfway up the structure.
“The pavilion is in bad shape,” Johnson said.
Projects from the Lee
College $40 million 2013
bond referendum are com-
plete
Stephen Dorman of
Sledge Engineering said
Wednesday night that Man-
hattan Construction had
finished all of the work
on the nursing facility and
renovation to the McNulty
Haddick building This was
the last of the bond referen-
dum’s projects.
Voters passed the bond in
I May 2013. and it included
a complete upgrade of the
- historic Rimdell Hall in-
cluding the addition of the
college’s new fcstmg C en-
ter and University Center
The college was also able
to expand the McNair ( en-
ter on Interstate 10 to house
workforce programs such
as welding, a machine shop
and pipefitting. In addition,
the nursing facility now has
a simulation lab. as well as
space for occupational ther-
apy and phy sical therapy.
Manhattan Construction
also worked on the col-
lege's TV I building, John
Bntt Hall and the TV 2, 3
and 4 buildings.
Building Committee
Chair Pete Alfaro said he
was proud they were able to
I finish the projects on time
I and within budget
"Remember, we changed
contractors in fall 2015.”
i Alfaro said. "Any lime you
do that, the schedule chang-
es and costs could increase
But, we were able to man-
age.”
During the construction
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Other than Roseland Park, all of the city parks are
operational including the Baytown Nature Center,
w hich required some repairs.
When assessments were first made after Harvey,City
Manager Rick Oavts said the cost of damage sustained
at all the city ’s parks was in the neighborhood of $1
The plan now is to wait on insurance adjusters and million.
park, which they hope will be in about a month At top:
Parks and recreation staff needed an 18-wheeler Thurs-
day to dig up and haul of silt at Roseland Park. Since the
storm, city staff has cleared away sift in parking lefts and
grass areas thus far.
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THEA Director Jacquelyn Young made
the claim on the basis that J.T. Edwards,
the spokesman for GMA, is a former
senior systems programmer for Waste
Management According to his Linkedln
profile he worked for Waste Management
from 2001-2005.
"This raises a lot of fundamental ques-
tions.” Young said.
Contact information for the GMA was
not available on each of the group’s web-
sites.
The 20-acre waste pits, located just
Companies have loughi lor eoniainmeiil for m
BY CHRISTOPHER JAMIS
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and standards for containment and time
has shown, the waste pits cannot be suc-
cessfully contained m the dynamic San
Jacinto River These caps are not meant
for swift moving waters.” Young said.
“The parties responsible for the waste
pits. International Paper and McGinnis
Industrial Maintenance Corp (a subsidiary
of Waste Management!, have fought for
containment for years An internal Waste
Management email from 2011 shows their
plan was to sell the cap as part of the final
remedy *
"However, in 2011, the feasibility study
and research studies had not yet been
SEE PITS • PAGE 6A
|,W The lexas Health and Environmental
I Alliance Thursday blamed Waste Man-
I agement for the creation of a new group
I advocating the permanent capping of the
I San Jacinto River Waste Pits.
The environmental group accused the
potentially responsible parties of the
w aste pits of creating an "astroturf” group
s named the Galveston Maritime Business
Association, which is calling for a con-
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Industrial Maintenance
YOUNG Corporation to dispose of
toxic waste
Houston-based Waste
Management of lexas merged in 2003
with another company that had previously
acquired the dumpsite.
"A permanent cap’ at the San Jacinto
River Waste Pits does not fit 1 PA policies
north of the Interstate 10
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Scientists caution it is too soon
to draw conclusions from the data.
BY S£TN BOBENSTEm
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BIBLE VERSE
Trust in the Lord with
all your heart: do not
depend on your own
understanding. Seek his
will in all you do, and he
will show you which path
to take — Proverbs 3:5-6
BY ZAOI MARTIN
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than they were Some scientists
say past humcane data is so weak
that it’s impossible to connect the
recent activity to global warming.
But more intense storms are
what scientists expect to see as
the planet's climate changes be-
cause warmer <xean waler is fuel
Templo Emanuel ( hurch heard
the cries for help from Puerto Ri-
can residents nearly 2,000 miles
away after Humcane Mana and
responded by preparing five in-
dustrial containers of supplies to
send to west Puerto Rico.
“I'm a Puerto Rican myself and
so are 11 of my church members,
Pastor Carlos C aban said “I was
bom in May ague/ and it’s my
responsibility to take care of my
homeland and respond with the
same love we did during Harvey ”
Templo Emanuel C hurch has
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rid. Jose and Lee that have raged tivity confirms a trend. Storms in
the distant past may have gone
unnoticed, which could make
across the Atlantic are contribut-
ing to w hat appears to be the most
active period for major storms on earlier general ions appear quieter
record.
And the busiest part of hum-
cane season isn't even over.
An analy sis of 167 years of fed-
eral storm data by The Associated
Press found that nt' 30-year pen-
od in history has seen this many
major humcanes, this many days
of those w hoppers spinning in the
Atlantic, or this much overall en-
Church sends palettes
of relief to Puerto Rico
gathered vOOO pairs of Skechers
shoes, solar-powered lighting, six
pallets of diapers and baby w ipes,
three pallets of baby tbmiula.
three pallets of canned goods,
three pallets of instant meals, two
pallets of MREs, six pallets of
waler, four pallets of clothes, two
pallets of personal hygiene items
and dog LkmI
Non-profits, churches, busi-
nesses and individuals filled three
containers w ith donations and also
provided the church with funds to
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