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: Memorandum of Understanding
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval to provide additional funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District in an amount not to exceed $400,000 for dedicated positions to expedite permit reviews and to continue with a Memorandum of Agreement executed on January 8, 2009. (Countywide).
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Background and Discussion:
The provision for dedicated positions with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District is under the referenced Memorandum of Agreement with the Flood Control District to expedite wetland verifications, jurisdictional determinations, and permitting requests submitted by the Flood Control District to the USACE. This funding request is similar to previous approved requests, which allows USACE to fund full-time staff to support the increased number of projects that are currently pending USACE review and that are anticipated for future submittal associated with the ongoing HCFCD Bond Program and the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) projects.
Under a Memorandum of Agreement with the Flood Control District (approved in Commissioner's Court on December 23, 2008), as authorized by Section 214 of the Federal Water Resources Development Act of 2000 ("WRDA 2000"), as amended, the parties were authorized to fund dedicated positions for future fiscal years. Commissioner's Court previously approved continued funding in June 2023, which is now nearly completely spent. The service to expedite req...
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