Department: Flood Control District
Department Head/Elected Official: Tina Petersen, Ph.D., P.E., Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Grant
Project ID (if applicable): D111-00-00-C002
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Texas Water Development Board
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable):
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable):
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Flood Control District for approval to accept from the Texas Water Development Board grant funds in the amount of $16,900,000, with a discretionary match of $4,500,000, for the Poor Farm Ditch Structural Improvements Project. (Brays Bayou Watershed, Bond ID C-12, Project ID D111-00-00-C002, Precinct 1).
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Background and Discussion:
It is recommended that the Flood Control District be authorized to accept the grant award funds in the amount of $16,900,000 from the Texas Water Development Board from Texas legislative action (state Community Directed Funding) to fund the Poor Farm Ditch Conveyance Improvements (D111-00-00-C002). TWDB funding efforts were led by Rep. Ann Johnson. This project has also received Congressionally directed grant funding assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM) program providing up to $9,886,000 for design and construction. FEMA funding efforts were led by Rep. Lizzie Fletcher. The remaining cost of $4,500,000 would have to be funded using local funds.
The primary goal of the project is to avoid a failure of the existing channel by constructing an entirely new channel structure. The existing concrete channel is over 55 years old and has deteriorated at an accelerated pace, buckled at many locations and is well beyond its useful life. The project reach is within HCFCD ROW varying from 45 feet to 80 feet where encroachments have been constructed within...
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