South Belt Leader (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 4, 1981 Page: 4 of 18
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Page 4, SOUTH BELT LEADER, Wednesday, November 4, 1981
By flood control director
Flood control work outlined
Editor’s Note: The following letter was
written by Harris County Flood Control
director Jim Green to South Belt area
resident Carol Coulston in reply to nine
questions Coulston had addressed to
Green on flood control work in the South
Belt area. Coulston has been working
with Green and other public officials on
flood problems.
Dear Carol:
Upon the conclusion of our lengthy
discussion in my office on October 6th
concerning many matters in the South
Belt area, you presented me with nine
written questions covering everything
that we had discussed. I will again
respond to these questions and hope
that my answers will be sufficient.
1. When will the improvements to the
Sagedowne ditch be completed, includ-
- ing:
a. opening another outlet to Tur-
key Creek, and
b. closing off the ditch which per-
mits water from the Beamer ditch to
flow into Sagedowne?
The Sagedowne Ditch you refer to is
the east-west ditch lying south of Sage-
downe Road between Beamer Road in
the vicinity of Sageoak and Sagedowne.
The first part of your question pertains
to the second outlet, or the improve-
ments to the swale along the northeast
edge of the Sagedowne Utility District
Treatment Plant. Bids have been re-
ceived and a contract awarded to Star
Concrete Construction Company. This
contract was awarded by Commis-
sioners Court August 8th and the terms
of the contract call for the work to be
completed within 90 working days. At
this particular point I again want to
stress that the contract specifies work-
ing days and not calendar days. Bad
weather days do not count against the
contract time, as you all know. Star
Concrete Construction, Inc. has done a
considerable amount of work for the
District in the past and I am pleased
that they will do this particular work.
We have a good contractor.
The second part of your question per-
tains to controlling the flow at the
Beamer Road opening into the Sage-
downe Ditch. The District has designed
a concrete closure for one barrel of the
two-barrel structure and the fabrication
is currently underway. The District is
investigating a manufactured device
(flap gate) for the second barrel. The
first item will be installed in the very
near future and the second item will be
ordered as soon as a decision on it is
made.
2. What, specifically, has been done
Art, writing contest sponsored
“What My Family
Means to Me” is the topic
of a children’s essay, po-
etry and art contest spon-
sored by the Pasadena
Chamber of Commerce.
The contest is divided
into age groups up to age
6; 7-12; 13-17; and 18-20.
Winners will be chosen in
each age group and cate-
gory and will be honored at
the Family Time USA Fes-
tival to be held in the Sam
Rayburn High School audi-
torium on Nov. 21.
A maximum of 100
words is required in the
essay and poetry portions
of the contest. Maximum
size for art is 16” by 20”.
Entries must be submit-
ted by 4 p.m. Nov. 16 to
the Pasadena Chamber of
Commerce, 4334 Fairmont
Parkway, Pasadena 77504,
or the Kuntz Insurance
Agency, 4439 Spencer
Highway, P.O. Box 3147,
Pasadena 77501.
San Jacinto College
South President Dr. Parker
Williams will chair the
judging team which will
consist of Roman Boha-
chevsky and Dr. Ron Ruck-
er, president of the San
Jacinto Central campus.
The contest is open to
residents of Pasadena and
the Pasadena Independent
School District.
Child center to open
Applications are being
accepted now from people
interested in working in
the San Jacinto College
South Child Care Center
when it opens in January.
Richard Robinson, direc-
tor of occupational-tech-
nical education, says the
positions will carry flexible
hours and can be adapted
to the needs of students
and homemakers.
The center can handle 98
children between the ages
of six weeks and five years.
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The work mentioned above will allevi-
ate much of the present load on Turkey
Creek. In addition to the above, the
District has scheduled another dip-out
on Turkey Creek from Choate Road
upstream. Also underway at this time
are negotiations with property owners
downstream of Choate Road, specifical-
ly, Exxon who owns the majority of the
property. These negotiations will enable
us to vastly enlarge the existing stream
south of Choate Road to improve outfall
into the flood plain.
3. Will shortage of bond money in the
months ahead cause a halt to work on
Beamer, Sagedowne or Turkey Creek,
assuming that work is in progress?
The maintenance work on Turkey
Creek that is underway now as well as
the work on Beamer and Sagedowne
does not come out of the bond fund
account, but strictly the maintenance
account. However, the maintenance
work is just as its name implies, mainte-
nance of the existing facilities. We all
must understand the major capital im-
provements are necessary on both the
Turkey Creek and Beamer Road facili-
ties in order to accomplish long term
improvements.
4. When is the project to widen and
deepen lower Beamer ditch supposed to
begin? When will it be completed?
The maintenance contract for the im-
provements to the lower Beamer Road
facility was awarded August 13, 1981 to
Atlas Excavators, Inc. and the terms of
the contract call for work to be com-
pleted in 360 working days. The comple-
tion date on this project also is covered
under the comments mentioned in my
response to Question No. 1. The con-
tractor has moved equipment onto the
job site and work is underway.
5. When is the work on the bridge at
Hughes and Beamer supposed to be-
gin? When will it be completed?
Work on this bridge replacement will
consist of the necessary engineering
design work and the construction of the
replacement facility. The design work
has been underway for the last month
and will be expedited all the way
through the construction phase. Com-
pletion of the project, again, is covered
by my comments to Questions 1 and 4.
6. What is the Flood Control project
at Fuqua and Sabo? What area is to be
served by this project, and where will
the water go? Why has this project
proceeded with such speed while im-
provements to Beamer ditch and Sage-
downe ditch are lacking? Who is paying
for the project?
The extension of Flood Control Unit A
119-09-00 under Sabo Road and north to
Fuqua is a project initiated in about
1978 at the request of the City ofj
Houston. The channel has been de-
signed to ^ict as a detention facility with
a flow restrictor at Sabo Road. A dou-
ble,\fiye-foot by ten-foot box culvert is
being | constructed under Sabo Road
with ! the downstream opening bricked
up;except for a single, 24 inch pipe
outlet. The pipe was designed to result
in nb increase to the flows in Unit A
119-09-00, This project has been under
design for some time and has been able
to move forward because all right-of-
way was available.
7. Has Harris County Flood Control
notified the City of Houston that con-
tinued development in this area will
increase flooding?
My answer to this question is a very
definite “yes”. A large meeting was
held recently with Councilman Mancuso
and Houston Public Works Director,
Jimmie Schinderwolf, concerning
drainage in the South Belt area. Rep-
resentatives of the South Belt area were
also at this meeting and I feel there is
little doubt in their minds that I am
concerned with drainage in this area.
8. Why is the “H.L.& P ditch” not
draining properly? When will the prob-
lems be solved?
The work on the H.L. & P. Ditch im-
mediately upstream of the north bound
Interstate 45 feeder road consisted of a
detention pond type facility with a pump
to drain it after a storm. All of the work
was constructed by others in accordance
with the plans that the District has
reviewed and approved. We would not
approve the drainage unless a detention
facility was constructed. The facility is
not, in our minds, working properly at
this time and we will not accept it into
our system until those problems are
resolved. We are in contact with the
owner and his engineer, Robert M.
Atkinson & Associated, and are trying
to get them to correct this matter. \
9. What is the progress on the right
of way permits for the construction of
the intercept ditch behind Sagemeadow<
and Sageglen? /
The right-of-way required for this
intercept ditch which will cut off the
sheet flow presently entering into Sage-
meadow and Sageglen from unde-
veloped lands north and west of these
areas will be obtained from the owners
of the various acreage tracts. Negotia-
tions are underway with each and every
one of them. One owner has given
permission for this improvement and I
have personally discussed this project
with representives of Tenneco. The
County Engineer’s office is handling the
right-of-way acquisition of the parcels
along the northern limits of the above
mentioned developments and I under-
stand that they are making progress. At
this time, I feel that this project is
progressing in an acceptable manner
and want to assure you that when the
right-of-way package is put together the
District will immediately move on with
the construction phase of this improve-
ment. This is a promise which I will
keep.
I hope I have addressed each of your
questions in a manner acceptable to
you, but if you feel I have failed to
answer any of them, please contact mq
immediately so that your confidence in
the District stays restored. \
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Sincerely,
Janies B. Green, P.E.
Director, Harris County Flood Control
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Houston Oiler Derrick Doll Tori Thomas puts in a full week. Between
Houston Oiler games she takes classes at the south and central campuses of
San Jacinto College and at the University of Houston at Clear Lake City. Next
semester she will return to school at Texas A&M University. She graduated
from Dobie High School and lives in Clear Lake City.
Derrick Doll attends
San Jacinto College
Sometimes when you go on for modeling and a have kids, some work and
really want something you personal interview. Forty about half are students,
have to set your mind in finally were chosen for the Thomas says. “If people
one direction and just “go 1981 Derrick Dolls.
it.” Thomas, a former mem-
Terri Thomas, Derrick her of the Dobie Lariaettes,
Doll and student at three also was picked for the
area colleges, did that 20-member dance group
when she decided to try out which makes special ap-
for the Dolls. Nearly a sen- pearances and does some
ior at Texas A&M Univer- traveling,
sity, Thomas is spending “I love it,” she says,
this semester in Houston “It’s a lot of work and we
so she can perform with had to practice all summer,
the Houston cheerleading but I love it.”
squad. Her fellow Dolls, Tho-
In order to keep up in mas says, do not fit the
school, she is taking class- stereotype version of a
es at San Jacinto College pro football cheerleader.
South, San Jac’s Central “They are sweet, have
Campus and the University high morals and are intelli-
of Houston at Clear Lake gent. They are not din-
City. Her busy schedule!, gies!”
keeps her hopping, but shei Some are married and
thinks it’s worth the trou- \
ble and plans to tty out for
the! Dolls again next year.
would just meet us for our-
selves it would be different
than the whole group im-
age. We don’t want to be
stereotyped.”
When Thomas isn’t in-
volved with Derrick Doll
practice or performance,
she juggles courses in
management Accounting
and Technical Writing at
UHCLC. She will return to
A&M after football sea-
son and hopes to go on to
law school after gradua-
tion.
“People need good law-
yers and I would like to be
able to help people,” she
explains.
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I’ve loved the Oilers
since way back when, ’’ she
explains. “Being a Derrick
Doll seemed like a good
way to be involved, to be
right in the middle of all
the Action.”
When she finally made
up her mind to “go for it”
and apply, Thomas turned
her application in right on
the deadline and became
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South Belt Leader (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 4, 1981, newspaper, November 4, 1981; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth706939/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting San Jacinto College.