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Applications due by Jan. 31<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dec. 18, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n The recently formed Community Flood Resilience Task Force<\/a> is looking for a new member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The task force, a project of Harris County Commissioners Court, is looking for \u201cmulti-disciplinary members who are committed to serving the community and represent the geographic, gender, age, racial, and ethnic diversity of Harris County,\u201d according to an announcement emailed Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The task force is especially interested in candidates from the Greenspoint and Aldine areas. However, all Harris County residents are invited to apply, according to the email from task force facilitator Leah Chambers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deadline to apply is midnight Jan. 31, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The task force has seventeen positions<\/a>, of which five are appointed by commissioners\u2019 court. Those five are responsible for appointing the remaining twelve members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The task force was created in August of 2020<\/a> to replace the Harris County Flood Control District Task Force. Established nearly fifty years ago, the old task force was criticized for being engineer-dominated and do-nothing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n