WASHINGTON CO. COMMISSIONERS TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
Washington County Commissioners will look to adopt an updated Hazard Mitigation Plan at their meeting Tuesday.
A public hearing will be held before commissioners act on the plan. This will be the second opportunity for the public to provide input on the plan, with the first input meeting held last May at the Washington County Event Center.
The plan, which is updated every five years, deals with ways to reduce natural disaster damage and is a sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to life and property from hazards.
Emergency Management Coordinator Bryan Ruemke said the plan has been conditionally approved by the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but will not be officially approved until adopted by commissioners.
Representatives from the county, Cities of Brenham and Burton, and Blinn College will be present at the hearing to answer any questions. Those entities will adopt the plan at a later date.
A copy of the current plan is available for review in County Judge John Durrenberger’s office in the Washington County Courthouse.
In addition, the court will hear a request from the Historical Society to close several roads from 8 a.m. April 13th through 6 p.m. April 14th. These streets include:
- East Cedar Street, from FM 1155 approximately 200 yards to the Chappell Hill Historical Society’s Circulating Library.
- West Sycamore Street from FM 1155 to FM 2447.
- East Poplar Street from FM 1155 to Church Street.
- Providence Street would allow for traffic flow north in a one-way direction as the access route.
Commissioners will also issue a pair of proclamations. The court will proclaim the month of April as Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month in the county. In addition, it will proclaim April 8-12 as Boys and Girls Club Week.
Also in court, commissioners will consider:
- Approval of a memorandum of understanding between Washington County EMS and Patricia Carothers for 200 feet of roadway repair.
- A resolution authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Office of the Governor, Homeland Security Grant Program for a Mobile Video Surveillance Trailer.
- Formal notice for a road bore at 1011 Happy Hollow Road in Precinct 3 by PGMS-Central Washington County Water Supply Corporation.
- A subdivision variance request for a land division on Christian Cemetery Road in Precinct 4.
- Appointing Traci Bilski and Billy Sutherland to the Brazos Valley Council of Governments Criminal Justice Planning Committee.