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Topic – Flood Control
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County Commissioners
Meeting notes - June 23, 2009
The commissioners discussed the 2010-2014 Capital Improvement Program and approved ethics reforms and a burn ban in unincorporated areas.
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Sims Bayou: A more natural approach to flood control
Shanley's slow-water model
The Houston Chronicle recently ran a story crediting landscape architect Kevin Shanley with finding "a way to make a necessity beautiful," and make it work.
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