Comfort Floodplain Coalition
Meeting Minutes
April 12, 2012
Comfort Heritage Foundation, 7pm

Present: Emmanuel Flatten, Nick Watson, Robert Chamberlain, Louise Homilius, Shirley Solis, Cheryl Pierce  

Mani informed group that the website is up and running! www.comfortflood.org

Nick will get with Rusty Busby regarding Do’s and Don’ts  for flyers/petition and get information on the Engr report that was done on the low water bridge from Guadalupe River Authority.

Mani read “Rising Water” Author Brody/Highfield.  It was checked out thru CPL. Very good information and helpful to our cause. According to a 2002 U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (ACE) report, between 1991 and 2000 flood damages totaled $45 billion, but a further $208 billion in damages were averted entirely by ACE flood control projects.  Between 1940 and 2000 the Army Corp of Engineers spent $100 billion on structural flood control.  In the 9 years between 1991 and 2000 alone, flood damage prevented by ACE’s structural mitigation projects covered construction costs  for the prior 60 years by over 200%.

Robert Chamberlain will find out if there are two (2) mitigation projects being done on Guadalupe River or if any projects being planned.

Michael Hawkins with Comfort News will be sending questions to stakeholders for the paper.

We need three (3) people to meet with Richard Tobolka to request copy of the new aerial radar maps, as well as get answers to various other questions. 

Robert Chamberlain advised that San Saba Cap are donating caps, buttons & bumper stickers with the new logo.

Next Commissioner’s Court Meeting is April 23rd at 9am. Need as many Coalition members attending these meetings as possible.

Nick will check with Dan Hatfield, work on petition. Also, format letters that can be handed out and/or put on the website for supporters to send to their Representatives.

At some point, Coalition will make a presentation to the Commissioners Court. We need to go door to door and get people the information and get them involved.

May 12th, 10am at the Comfort VFW is the next General Meeting. Doug Miller, Ken Rusch will be present, invitation has been made to Harvey Hildebrand, Robert Chamberlain will get invites to CNews, Dailey Times, Boerne Star, Express News and John Letz.

Shirley Solis offered to help getting letters/emails.

Cheryl re-contacted Kevin Spraggins (Engr with VEI Engr) regarding study that was done by Corp of Engr  of Cypress Creek after the 1978 flood.  They suggested:
“The first place I would check would be the Kendall County Natural Resources 
Conservation Service (NRCS), which used to be the Soil Conservation Service (SCS).  
They typically are involved in various flood control projects.  Hopefully someone 
there may recall the project from 34 years ago, or they would know who may have 
information on it. “

We agreed that we would have combined meetings – Regulatory/Mitigation instead of the split groups.

Possibility of a Monday night meeting.

Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Cheryl A Pierce