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: Financial Authorization
Project ID (if applicable): UPIN 19103MF14E01
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Department of the Army, 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 pay the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $19,600.00 for evaluation of REIN-24-011, application to conduct geotechnical investigation and the widening of the channel bottom within Barker Reservoir in connection with Memorial Parkway Subdivision Drainage Improvements - 2018, UPIN 19103MF14E01, Precinct 4.
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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 USACE will need to provide a ...
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