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Draft Minutes for Karth Lake Improvement District Board <br /> Regular Meeting 6:30 PM, Tuesday, September 26, 2023 <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br />The meeting convened at: 6:30 PM. <br /> <br />Present: <br />Board Members: Aisha Elmquist, Chair; Renée Marino, Secretary; Gary <br />Gerding; Linda Hansohn; Susan Johnson; Kent Stennes <br />Staff Liaison: David Swearingen, Public Works Director <br />Visitors and Karth Lake Improvement District members: Jim Elliott Jr.; Joel <br />Gerich <br /> <br />1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: The agenda was approved as written. <br />2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the previous meeting on July 11, 2023 <br />were approved as written. <br />3. PUBLIC INQUIRIES: None. <br />4. OLD BUSINESS <br />4.1. Process to fill Board Seat from Kathy Johnson’s resignation. Board <br />4.1.1 Background: The term of this seat is until elections in April 2024. The <br />board may appoint a candidate to fill that seat until then. <br />Discussion: Per Susan Johnson, the process to fill this seat is for anyone <br />interested to come forward and for the board members present to vote on approval <br />of the appointment. The website had been updated the week before to encourage <br />prospective candidates to attend this meeting. Joel Gerich indicated his interest in <br />being appointed to this seat. The attendees introduced each other. The board <br />proceeded to approve the appointment of Joel Gerich to the vacant seat. <br /> <br />4.2. Karth Lake water level modeling and management process progress report. <br />Renée Marino <br />4.2.1 Background: Hypothesis: a revision to the pump management policy can <br />reduce water level bounce (i.e., range of high and low levels), which can improve <br />lake quality and its environment while appropriately mitigating risk of damage to <br />shoreline properties. <br />Discussion: Renee has continued to work with the model trying to validate it <br />against actual rain and lake level data from the prior two years. The rain data <br />sources are a challenge. Linda offered to download rain data from her personal <br />gauge that is part of a network of citizen gauges connected to the internet. <br /> <br />David suggested that we review the newly-released Rice Creek Watershed flood <br />resiliency study performed by Houston Engineering. The Houston Engineering <br />Karth Lake model Renee is working with draws from that work. There was some <br />discussion of the city’s 2026 PNP Karth Lake area street improvement planning <br />process. It might be eligible for grant funding opportunities that draw on the <br />RCWD/Houston Engineering flood resiliency program. Public engagement will <br />be a part of that PNP planning process in around February and March of 2025.