Department: County Engineer
Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman, PhD, P.E., PMP, CFM, ENV SP, County Engineer
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): UPIN 19103MF14E01
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): BGE, Inc.
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - project was awarded prior to launch of County's M/WBE Program
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval to execute an amendment with BGE, Inc., in the amount of $139,269.00 for Professional Engineering Services in connection with Memorial Parkway Subdivision Drainage Improvements - 2018, UPIN 19103MF14E01, Precinct 4, Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - project was awarded prior to launch of County's M/WBE Program.
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Background and Discussion:
The Memorial Parkway Subdivision is in Katy, Texas, northwest Harris County. The existing drainage system for this subdivision is located in the Barker Reservoir (subbasin T103A) and generally drains northwest to southeast. There are fourteen individual storm sewer systems within the neighborhood which mostly outfall to the T103-00-00 channel. The existing system does not have sufficient capacity to convey a 2-year storm event. Previous study alternatives were not feasible due to a need for mitigation or posing an adverse impact to the downstream.
A recommended alternative includes replacing and upsizing storm sewer and inlets in the neighborhood street area, outfall pipe from the new storm sewer to T103-00-00 south/downstream of the Highland Knolls Drive culverts and improve T103-00-00 at two locations will be analyzed further. This analysis will include field investigations not previously performed, and hydraulic analysis for the new underground system configuration, and for the T103-00-00 channel.
The Memorial Parkway Subdivision Proj...
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