Fort Bend County authorizes lawsuit against U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Fort Bend County Commissioners voted during their regular May 22 meeting to approve a lawsuit that seeks a declaratory judgment from a federal district judge regarding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' operation of the Barker Reservoir. Officials of the county and the Fort Bend County Drainage District believe the Corps does not have the legal authority to inundate property the Corps does not own in its operation of the Barker Reservoir. "The county is filing suit seeking to require the Corps to