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Local Topic FEMA's Mouth Bar Debris Removal Has Concluded

Local Topic FEMA's Mouth Bar Debris Removal Has Concluded

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by: KingwoodDotCom Active Indicator LED Icon 18 Site Admin  OP 
~ 4 years ago   Sep 12, '19 10:16am  
 
Council Member Dave Martin would like to make District E residents aware the Federal Emergency Management Administration's (FEMA) mission assignment modification to address partial removal of the mouth-bar has concluded.
 
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The mission assignment modification provided the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) authorization, acting at the direction of FEMA, to remove an additional 497,400 cubic yards of debris from the confluence of the San Jacinto River and Lake Houston, known locally as the "mouth-bar". Council Member Martin has never accepted the amount of debris included in the mission modification and continues to fight that number today.

The modification to the USACE Emergency Debris Removal Contract was executed at the beginning of June 2019. FEMA instructed USACE to remove 497,400 cubic yards of material deposited in the mouth-bar from Hurricane Harvey. As of September 3, 2019, USACE removed 500,000 cubic yards of debris from the mouth-bar. Council Member Martin and the City of Houston, through Chief Recovery Officer Stephen Costello, have been very vocal in opposition to the amount of sediment to be removed from the mouth-bar since last year, believing that it was much too low.

FEMA cannot explain how the number of 497,400 cubic yards was calculated, even while the City of Houston has provided verifiable scientific data to show the amount needing to be removed from the mouth-bar is closer to 1.4 million cubic yards of sediment deposited by Hurricane Harvey. During a meeting held in June 2019 FEMA representatives verified the City's study and data collected was of sound scientific nature, which lead the Council Member to believe further modification to the extension was feasible. In August during a follow up meeting with FEMA representatives they again stated, "Your (City of Houston) data is not bad data", leaving Council Member Martin with lingering questions as to why no additional modification had been granted. The report that FEMA is using to justify their number (497,000 cubic yards) is a four-page table top study that does not begin to answer questions that were asked of the City of Houston by FEMA, which produced a 94-page comprehensive report.

Overall the dredging efforts in the San Jacinto River have removed roughly 2 million cubic yards of debris from the river alone, which has been tremendous to return the flow and depth in the river. The 500,000 cubic yards removed from the mouth-bar, while helpful, does not achieve the goal of Council Member Martin to further reduce the effects of potential future flooding while protecting lives and property of those living in Kingwood and the Lake Houston area.

As a result of the most recent meeting held in Austin, Texas, with representatives from FEMA, USACE, Texas Division of Emergency Management, City of Houston, and Governor Greg Abbott's office, Council Member Martin along with Mayor Sylvester Turner have sent a letter to our Federal Congressional Delegation requesting action be taken to address the remaining Hurricane Harvey debris remaining in the mouth-bar. This letter urges Senator John Cornyn, Senator Ted Cruz, Chairman Kevin Brady, and Congressman Dan Crenshaw to continue to support recovery of our area through requesting an additional mission modification from FEMA allowing for the final one million cubic yards of sediment related to Hurricane Harvey to be removed. Granting a second mission modification allows the use of existing pre-positioned resources as well as an estimated savings of nearly $20 million for mobilization.

In the hopes an additional mission modification is granted, the City of Houston has proactively secured a third disposal site that has already received USACE permits for sediment disposal. Residents wishing to participate in this request for additional support, please contact your federal representatives. Council Member Martin remains committed to removing additional sediment in the mouth-bar and will continue to fight for additional dredging of the mouth-bar.
 
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ChesterAtkins Active Indicator LED Icon 6
~ 4 years ago   Sep 12, '19 10:23am  
One third down, two thirds to go! 😑 4951
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ExCTGuyInTX Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 4 years ago   Sep 12, '19 10:25am  
Now that the "Mouth Bar" has been removed, where is the aquatic life going to go for a drink after work? 4951
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terilyntx Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 4 years ago   Sep 12, '19 10:35am  
Now that the "Mouth Bar" has been removed, where is the aquatic life going to go for a drink after work?
 
@ExCTGuyInTX : Omg, next door to my KW gift shop... Popcorn & Drama, I will open a local watering hole called Mouth Bar. I'm gonna be rich!!! Rich!!!! 4951
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Melody4444 Active Indicator LED Icon 4
~ 4 years ago   Sep 12, '19 10:43am  
Who came up with the term mouth bar? That doesn't tell me anything of what it is without reading the whole thing. Context clues be darned! I like them in a sentence, not a story. LOL
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Melody4444 Active Indicator LED Icon 4
~ 4 years ago   Sep 20, '19 8:50am  
So, I wonder if the Mouth Bar project is now undone some since all this rain. 4951
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fcabanski Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 4 years ago   Sep 20, '19 9:14am  
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand it didn't stop flooding. 4951
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Abn556 Active Indicator LED Icon  New Member
~ 4 years ago   Sep 20, '19 9:23am  
I was recently in my boat in the West Fork channel where it dumps into the lake. I am not sure what the dredging accomplished, but the river channel there is barely 1' deep as it comes around the point near the mouth bar. Without additional dredging we still have a bottleneck. 4951
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