{"id":10045,"date":"2021-06-19T17:23:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T22:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?page_id=10045"},"modified":"2021-06-19T18:27:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T23:27:47","slug":"parks-flooding-update-on-past-and-upcoming-meetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?page_id=10045","title":{"rendered":"Parks, Flooding: Update on Past and Upcoming Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Corps of Engineers Releases Long-Awaited Regional Watershed Assessment<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 19, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wonderful thing about this virtual world is that you can go to meetings anywhere, anytime, stay cool and collected, and save time and gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we have plenty of meetings of regional and local councils and committees to attend, plus a new federal watershed report to read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parks Board Public Meeting June 22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After some prodding, the Houston Parks Board has graciously revealed the time and date of its next public meeting, which is Tuesday, June 22. They\u2019ve even announced it on the Intertubes<\/a>! Previously a board spokesperson claimed that notices for its rare public meetings were posted on the bulletin board outside City Hall as required by law. The catch was you sorta had to know there was an upcoming meeting to go downtown to try to find the notice. We never saw one posted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We and many others think the Houston Parks Board (along with the private conservancies that run some of our major public parks) should be more accountable, more transparent, and more representative of the public<\/a>, which is why we are telling you about this. Also, they\u2019ve done some damaging things<\/a> to Buffalo Bayou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n