March 10, 2012
Comfort Floodplain Coalition – Mitigation
Old State Bank Building

Present: Tim DeWitt, Steve Spence, Mani Flatten, Melvin Boerner, Tom Parsons, Dan Hatfield, Nick Watson, Kathy Hughes, Alfredo Avalos, Eric Pierce, Bill Meyer, Cheryl Pierce 

Meeting began at 9:32am

Nick made introductions, with each attendee sharing their interest in helping

Mani informed everyone that the DVD on the initial meeting was complete and ready to be delivered to Doug Miller.

RobtSchmid will be doing web domain with help from Tom Matula regarding layout.

Comfort is not only a unique Town and Community with much History, we have unique situations withrising water –
	When the Guadalupe is swollen, the Cypress is unable to dump into the river;
	Debris along the Cypress Creek gets picked up during flooding, causing the 
damming effect;
	Non-existent Retention Ponds result in mass amounts of run off, resulting in
a wall of water coming thru Town;
	Poorly engineered/constructed Retention Ponds result in erosion to property 
owned by others;
	Rising radium in water system due to lower water levels;
	Water shortage – we need a permanent water supply that would not only supply
                         Comfort, but also Kerrville, Center Point, Boerne;
	Mitigation dams along the North, Cypress, Bear creeks would not only help
                         Comfort, but would also help our neighboring Towns of Waring, Sisterdale,
Kendalia…..
	Large ranches are being split up and cedar allowed to take over, resulting in loss 
of grass which helps keep erosion at bay;

What needs to be done –
	Watershed study of the big picture (Kerr County, Kendall County +) Get Harvey 
             Hildebrand and Doug Miller to work together;
	Ask for recently received aerial radar maps from Richard Tobolka;
	Get with Donnie Boerner on Survey he is working on to fix erroneous flood maps;
	Dan Hatfield will gather information needed for a petition;
	Need to keep our presence/activities in forefront of Community;
	Locate copy of prior study of Cypress Creek completed by Corp of Engrs after
	1978 Flood;
	Rusty Busby will get copy of Engr report on Low Water Bridge;
	Cheryl will try and get copy of Flood study that his Dad, James Arnold, had done. 
		They own property where Cypress & Guadalupe meet;
	Nick will locate copy of old FEMA report from 1978;
	Robert Chamberlain will make contact with Doug Miller

Meeting was adjourned at 10:45

Several members joined Melvin Boerner to view/inspect the Retention Pond at CHS. Although the pond was Engineered and approved on paper, it is working as built, resulting in mass amounts of water running into Hwy 87, eroding the side of the Hwy as well as the property across the Hwy owned by the Boerners.  (copy of the letter from CISD Supt to Mr. Boernerattached to email)
One other note – the Catholic Church is constructing their new Church on Hwy 87 across from the Methodist Church and next to the Episcopal Church. While the Methodist and Episcopal Churches were required to have Retention Ponds, the Catholic Church is not.
There is concern that the runoff from this new construction and others, will cause additional erosion to other property owners.

Respectfully submitted,
Cheryl A Pierce