KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire reports on a drainage-fund proposal developed by Councilmember Khan and supported by Mayor White:
A plan to create a special fund in the city’s budget to act as like a detention pond for dedicated tax dollars was scheduled for a vote [Wednesday], but two members of the City Council asked to hold off on a vote for a week.
Council members Anne Clutterbuck and Pam Holm said they support the measure, but requested the extra time to gather additional comments on the measure from the community.
Even so, it appears the full council will vote to support the measure next week. The plan will funnel roughly $211 million into a dedicated fund over the next five years. That money will be used for infrastructure projects targeting neighborhoods that flood during heavy rainfall.
M.J. Khan, who chairs the flooding and drainage committee and developed this plan, said it cannot fix all of the city’s flooding problems.
“If you talk to the professionals in the engineering community, they will tell you that this is just a small portion of what is really needed,” he said. “The real numbers are upwards of two billion, or three billion. The important thing with this fund is that we’re not taking money from the general revenue fund
