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Reduce Flooding: Flood Digest: Brief Summaries of Five Flood-Related News Items

11/25/24 ā€“ This flood digest contains brief summaries of five recent flood-related news items. GLO Launches Disaster Recovery Reallocation Program A month ago, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) announced the creation of a Disaster Recovery Reallocation Program (DRRP). The purpose: to utilize unused and de-obligated Community Development Block Grant for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: Homebuyers Beware: Flood Risk is Shifting Target

Homebuyers beware. Flood risk is a shifting target. This morning, I began reading more than 100 pages of legal briefs in the appeal of the upstream Addicks and Barker awards. I could not help but think how hundreds of millions of dollars in losses and untold heartbreak could have been averted with more due diligence [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: Downstream Addicks Barker Case Moves Another Step Closer to Trial

On January 10, 2023, McGehee ā˜†Ā Chang, Landgraf, Feiler responded to the governmentā€™s most recent motion in the Addicks Barker Downstream ā€œTakingsā€ Case on behalf of the plaintiffs. Their response included a counter-motion against the government. Here is a copy of their motion. Each side will have a chance to file one more round of written [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: Government Again Moves for Summary Judgment In Addicks-Barker Downstream Cases

On November 21, 2022, the U.S. Government filed a 70-page motion for a summary judgment in the Addicks-Barker Downstream Cases. In 2020, Judge Loren A. Smith dismissed the downstream cases, ruling that the plaintiffs had no right to sue the government for ā€œtakingā€ their property in what he called a 2,000-year storm. However, in June [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: Addicks-Barker Upstream Trial Case Entering Final Phase

On the fifth Anniversary of Harvey, the law firm McGehee ā˜†Ā Chang, Landgraf, Feiler issued updates on both its upstream and downstream cases in the Addicks-Barker lawsuits against the Army Corps of Engineers. Final Arguments Scheduled in Upstream Case The upstream Addicks-Barker lawsuit is finally drawing to a close. Earlier, Judge Charles F. Lettow ruled that [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: HCFCD Asks for Army Corps Help with Tunnels, Halls Bayou, Addicks/Barker

In June 2022, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) pitched the Army Corps (actually the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, referred to as ASA(CW)) for help with three large projects. They included Flood Tunnels; Halls Bayou; and the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs. This leave-behind summarizes the presentation. Setting the Stage The presentation [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: Upstream Addicks-Barker Trial Concludes, But No Ruling Yet on Damages

The damages phase of the Upstream Addicks-Barker class-action lawsuit over Hurricane Harvey flooding concluded Friday, 6/11/2022. Earlier, Judge Charles F. Lettow ruled that the Army Corps was liable for damages. The question being decided now is ā€œHow much will they get?ā€ We donā€™t yet have that answer, but should before the end of the year. [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: Appeals Court Revives Addicks-Barker Downstream Takings Cases

After Hurricane Harvey, people downstream of the Addicks and Barkers Reservoirs on the west side sued the Army Corps for ā€œtakingā€ their property. On February 19, 2020, Judge Loren A. Smith dismissed the takings cases.Ā According to the Houston Chronicle, he said that property owners had no right to sue the government for inundating their land [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: Coastal Prairie Conservancy Plan Shows How Preservation Can Help Reduce Flooding

The Katy Prairie Conservancy (now the Coastal Prairie Conservancy) has preserved prairies for more than 25 years to slow down and reduce floodwaters. Tall-grass prairies and wetlands soak up, store and slow runoff from heavy rains, all of which decrease flooding for residents downstream. But how does that work in practice in specific locations? How [ā€¦]

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